Elyria area deaths tribute to civic leader Mrs Leona Brown
Mrs Leona F. Brown 70 longtime Sheffield treasurer and American Cancer Society director died last night at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. A Republican committeewoman for 30 years she served as village treasurer from 1946 and worked as a Sheffield correspondent for the Chronicle Telegram for 15 years. Survived by husband Edward G. Brown two daughters five grandchildren and other relatives. Burial in Wade Chapel Cemetery Red House WV follows visitation at Harold Dicken Funeral Home. Memorials to the American Cancer Society requested.
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Leona F. Brown
Sheffield
American Cancer Society
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Detroit Rd
Brown
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Lorain County
Land Title Guarantee Trust Co
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Edward G. Brown
Edward B
Bud) Brown Jr
Eileen Craven
Norwalk
Sally Pendergrass
North
Ridgeville
Marilyn Wilson
Lorain
Joan Perry
Nancy Brown
Albuquerque
N.M
Robert Solomon
Ralph Meyers
John Meyers
Canton
Harold Dicken
Martin G. Waidmann
Garfield Cemetery
American Canter Society
North Ridge Rd
Deaths and services for local residents in Elyria and Lorain
Obituaries note the deaths of Mary C Baird Terry 63 of 237 Miami Ave former Elyria teacher and WWII veteran Steven B Zan 56 of 1609 Maine Ave Lorain. Terry taught Latin and history in Elyria schools and Avon prior to 1975, with links to Newark Miami University and Ohio State. Zan retired from Lorain Cuyahoga Works US Steel after 32 years, with family survivors listed and services planned. Burial set for Calvary Cemetery and Brookdale Cemetery with church services and wakes planned in Elyria and Lorain. Memorials to kidney foundation and other local groups mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simsic
Bessemer
Lorain-Cuyahoga Works
3.8. Steel Corp
Mary C. Baird Terry
Miami Ave
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Terry
Elyria
Elyria High School
Northwood Junior
Avon
Newark
Newark High School
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio State University
First Congregational Church
Missouri biologists collar most species says state
Jefferson City Missouri state biologists say nearly every animal species in the state has some form of tagging. Swan tail deer wear collars with colors and numbers, Bob white quail have bows lines and leg bands, waterfowl geese and ducks show leg bands or plastic neck collars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
UPI
Missouri
Department of Conservation
Columbia board seeks injunction to end seven-day teachers' strike
Columbia Ohio officials push preliminary injunction in Lorain County Court as a federal mediation stalls over salaries. Negotiators warn the order could ban pickets and force teachers back to work while negotiations continue.
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Columbia Twp
Columbia School Board
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Paul J. Mikus
Columbia Local Education Association
CLEA
Mikus
Johan Armeni
Armeni
Dunn
Cleveland
Bath
Lorain youth pleads innocent in car thefts
Lorain youth Danielson, 18, of 2411 E 31st St, pleaded innocent in Lorain Municipal Court to two counts of petty theft and one of possession of marijuana. Arraigned after police say he dropped stolen radios and a tape deck in the City Hall parking lot, with a marijuana bag found on booking. He is free on $310 bond and a June 1 pretrial hearing is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
David Danielson
31St St
Danielson
City Hall
Raymond Stanziano
Death of Mrs Margaret Blunt longtime Salvation Army leader
Mrs Margaret Blunt 59 of 1856 Middle Ave died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She served as deaconess usher and Dorcas worker at Park Street Seventh Day Adventist Church Oberlin. Born in Hazlehust Miss she lived in Elyria 36 years. Survived by two sons foster-daughter and relatives. Carter Funeral Home Elyria announces viewing tonight and funeral tomorrow at 1 pm at the church with Elder Leon Cox officiating. burial Brookdale Cemetery.
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Margaret Blunt
Middle Ave
Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Dorcas
Park Street
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Oberlin
Blunt
Hazlehust
Miss
Elyria
Simon
Carleton J
Ralph D. Fitzpatrick
Norma R. Taylor
Nancy N. Parrish
Jimmie B. Rae
Charles E. Rae
Haziehust
Carter Funeral
Elly- Tia
Leon Cox
Pittsburgh
Brookdale Cemetery
Vermilion man, World War II veteran Russell McGuire dies
Russell McGuire 1 of 206 Kensington Rd Vermilion Army veteran of World War II died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He lived 27 years in Hamilton before moving to Vermilion 15 years ago. Employed at Ford Lorain Assembly Plant he was honorary member and four term president of the Lorain County Coon Hunters Assn. Survived by wife Frances a daughter and a son two grandchildren his mother and three brothers. Visitation tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Fisher Funeral Home Vermilion funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church burial Maple Grove Cemetery Vermilion.
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Steven B. Zan
Maine Ave
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain - Cuyahoga Works
U.S. Steel Corp
Transportation Department
Mr. Zan
St. Anthony Church
National Council of Senior Citizens
Helen M
Steven A
Arlington
Keith B
Mark J
Pauline A
Charles
Albert
Anna) Hura
Joseph
Rose) Demyan
Antone
Stella) Barens
Irma Springowski
John R. Devin
Girard Herman
Calvary Cemetery
Elyria
National Education Associations
Richard E. Baird
Harold Dicken
First Congregational Church
Ronald K. Marmaduke
Brookdale Cemetery
American Cancer Society
North Ridge Rd
Alfred Zanni
Claus Rd
Vermilion
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Zanni
Lorain-Cuyahoga
St. Peter Church
Lorain County
Chapter
Kidney Foundation
P.O. Box
Russell McGuire
Kensington Rd
Europe
Hamersville
McGuire
Hamilton
Ford Motor Co
Darlena) Howard
Howard R
Thelma McGuire
Trenton
Robert
Donald
Marion
Ind
Larry
Kalamazoo
Mich
Fisher Funeral Home
Robert Spicer
First Baptist Church
Maple Grove Cemetery
Ver- Thilion
Address list and state claim note with explorer’s naming claim
A long list of residents and addresses from Elyria Memorial and nearby towns is presented, ending with an odd attribution about Florida being named by explorer Ponce de Leon who allegedly called it Mow ery Easter in 1514. The fragmentary text reads as a directory style listing and a misattributed historical remark.
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State
Florida
Ponce de Leon
May birth announced for Randolphs daughter
In May, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Randolph of 1122 Melvin Lane announce the birth of their daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Hubert Randolph
Melvyn Lane
May Day Births at Lorain Street Family
A son was born to Mr and Mrs John Chederster at 317 8th Street on May 2. Jose Lugo and James Burns are listed as associated parties at 4100 Seneca Avenue and 3914 Ivanhoe Drive respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chedester
8Th St
Jose Lugo
Seneca Ave
James Burns
Ivanhoe Dr
Four locals plead guilty and receive probation
Four persons indicted by the Lorain County Grand Jury were given suspended sentences and placed on probation for three years after guilty pleas in Lorain County Common Pleas Court. Helen Marrero, 20, was given a five-month to five-year suspended sentence on two burglary counts with $4,320 restitution. Angela M. Bryant faced falsification and welfare fraud for $4,320 restitution. Carlesa Robbins, 606 Olive Street, Lorain, received a five-month to five-year suspended sentence for illegal possession of narcotics. Delbert Gnagy, 25, Amherst, got a two-to-five year suspended sentence for passing bad checks. restitution ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
John D. Pincura
Angela M. Bryant
Berkshire
Apt
Carlesa Robbins
Olive St
Lorain
Marysville
Wellington Man Beaten and Robbed at River Street Office
Edward F. Senghas, 44, of Quarry Road, was beaten and robbed of $80 by two youths who forced entry through a south door at 111 W River St. The assailants broke a window, knocked him unconscious and fled. Senghas suffered two head cuts but did not seek treatment.
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Wellington
W. River St
Edward F. Senghas
Quarry Road
Elyria
Senghas
Mayor Bowan to Attend Ohio Mayors Meeting
Mayor Marguerite Bowan will be out of town Thursday and Friday for the Ohio Mayors Association annual meeting in Marietta. In her absence safety-service director Lyle C. Scott will serve as acting mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite B. Bowman
Ohio Mayors Association
Marietta
Lyle C. Scott
Motorcycle crash injures Collins man in Elyria
Elyria police and fire officials report a Friday accident that injured 21 year old William Peter son of Collins. The crash involved a motorcycle driven by Peterson and a car, not a track related incident as previously stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
William Peterson
Collins
Ohio
Peterson
Udall vows fight in race to curb Carter edge in Ohio
U S Rep Morris Udall of Arizona declares he will not concede the Democratic nomination to Jimmy Carter and says Ohio will be a key battleground. In Northern Ohio he criticizes the bandwagon effect and offers a $100 prize for a straight Carter answer on six questions, citing Carter’s positions on energy deregulation, oil company breakups, welfare federalization, and right to work.
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Cleveland
U.S
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Ohio
Udall
Carter
United
Labor
Akron
Birch Bayh
Bayh
Lorain mayor names housing committee
Lorain Mayor Joseph Zahorec named a housing review committee to aid in code enforcement and in distributing city grants and loans. The panel will hear appeals by loan or grant applicants and investigate ineligible recipients. Members include Father Bruce Ward James Byrd Mrs Rita Hartman Jose Gracia and Elio Jacobozzi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Joseph Zahorec
Bruce Ward
James Byrd
Rita Hartman
Jose Gracia
Elio Jacobozzi
Jacobozzi
Avon plans retreat house delayed by residents protest
Avon Planning Commission postponed a decision on a religious retreat house on Williams Court after eight families objected to traffic and congestion. John R. Kipp of North Olmsted proposed a facility for groups up to 30, with deliberations paused until further talks with the non profit funding group.
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AVON
Williams Court
Avon Planning Commission
John R. Kipp
Alexander Rde
North Olmsted
Planning Commission
Marie Rak
Kipp
Rak
VW eyes two Ohio sites for U S plant in Ohio
Volkswagen officials said several alternative sites remain under discussion for a 296 million U S plant in the United States. Potential locations include Brook Park suburb of Cleveland and Columbus Ohio with a decision due within two months. The move aims to manufacture the Rabbit model to cut costs and boost exports amid a strong deutsche mark.
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Wolfsburg
West Germany
UPI
Volkswagen
Toni Schmuecker
Ohio
United States
Volkswagen of America
United Staes
Cleveland
Brook Park
Columbus
New Stanton
U.S
Oberlin Seeks Police Pension Levy To Aid Costs
Oberlin city council proposes a 9 mill five year levy to fund police pensions through the Public Employee Retirement System. The plan would cover 1977 through 1981 and generate about $19,000 yearly, offsetting current city payments of $25,000 to $30,000, with funds from an expired levy carried over to bridge costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Thomas Dalton
Police
Dalton
Council
Westerwell Hall
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Izaak Walton League of America
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