Area deaths Former EHS choirmaster Beck dies at 82
J Martin Beck 82 retired Elyria High School Choir Director died Thursday in Hemet California of a heart attack after years of heart trouble. He came to Elyria in 1926 directed the boys marching band and formed the a cappella choir. He led until 1963 and later directed community and church choruses while contributing to EHS and area musical events. He studied at Eastman Cornell Columbia and the University of Colorado and remained active in music until retirement. He and his wife moved to Hemet in 1966 but he returned for anniversary events and memorial observances in Elyria.
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Elyria High School
Hemet
Calif
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Elyria
EHS
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N.Y
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Columbia
University of Colorado
Choral Union
Singers Club
Cleveland
Elyria Musical Chorus
Elyria Community Chorus
First Methodist Church
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Elyria Schools
Daniel Spriggs
California
Longtime Elyria banker Raymond Craft dies at 86
Raymond E Craft 86 of Elyria former auditor of Elyria Savings and Trust Bank from 1929 to 1963 died at home after a long illness. Born in Mt Vernon Ohio he lived most of his life in Elyria and was active in St Jude Catholic Church the Holy Name Society and Knights of Columbus. He served in World War I and is survived by daughters Marge Youngless and Dorothy McGinnis five grandchildren two great grandchildren and sisters Mary Wonderly and Georgene Foisy. Funeral arrangements by Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home.
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San Francisco
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Bonnie) Venable
Shaker Heights
George
Chicago
Ida Battle
Elyria
Grace Rudd
Lincoln University
Beckman
Craig
Cowling Funeral Home
Funeral
Westwood Cemetery
Raymond E. Craft
American Legion
Del
Marge) Youngless
Mark
Dorothy) McGinnis
Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Wonderly
Georgene Foisy
Wellington
Alice
Reichlin-Roberts
Grace Cover
LaGrange
Allen Memorial Hospital
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Charles Sanderson
David
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West Farmington
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Homerville
Lodi Community Hospital
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Spencer Elevator
Ronald
Robert
West Salem
Lucille Haskinson
Mary Edna Esworthy
Parker and Son
Lodi
Jacob Rupple
Ashland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Camp Superkids fee corrected for out of county children
The Chronicle Telegram corrects the Ameri can Lung Association Camp Superkids cost reporting. The $220 fee applies to asthmatic children not residing in Lorain Huron Erie Ottawa Seneca or Sandusky counties. The St Joseph Hospital emergency rescue line is 245-STAT.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Sandusky
St. Joseph Hospital
Faymore spouse fights hospital sale in Lorain court
Lorain County Common Pleas Court hears Ms. Hunt suit to invalidate the November sale of New London Hospital Doctors Clinic and Faymore’s home to M E Z Inc. The plaintiff seeks $1.5 million in damages and a temporary restraining order to stop eviction of her daughter Hope Winnen.
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Leonard Faymore
New London Hospital
Doctors Clinic
Faymore
Ms. Hunt
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Douglas
Cassandra Metcalf
M.E.Z. Inc
Valley City
Lorain
T. Albert Thomas
Hope Winnen
Butternut Ridge House
Metcalis
Winning card touches mom in Grafton Mother's Day contest
Grafton boy Steven Fialkowski won the Jaycee-Ette Mother's Day card contest with a verse using the letters of mother to praise his mom Sandy Fialkowski of 18149 Chamberlain Road. He earned a $50 bond and a $20 Unicorn Restaurant gift certificate. other Brush School winners received cash and gift certificates.
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Sandy Fialkowski
Steven
Grafton Jaycee-Ette
Fialkowski
Chamberlain Road
Jaycee-Erie
Kellie Darby
East Carlisle School
Stephanie Taylor
Andrew Kirby
Lisa Schreiber
Jennifer McCrae
Brush School
Area woman on killer's grisly list in confession
Baytown police said Henry Lee Lucas confessed to the 1981 murder of Diane Underwood, a 23 year old Vermilion transplant and mother of a 2 year old. Lucas claims to have killed over 350 women in 16 states and police say he confessed to more than 60 Texas murders. The case has been referred to the Harris County district attorney. Lucas led officers to the convenience store where the crime occurred.
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Tex
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Diane Underwood
A. W. Henscey
Harris County
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Texas
Baytown Sun
Journalists honor Feagler in 1983 awards
Cleveland columnist Dick Feagler won first place for television commentary in the 1983 Excellence in Journalism awards sponsored by the Cleveland Press Club and Sigma Delta Chi. His WKYC TV-3 broadcasts and CT column were noted as part of the honor banquet at the Stater Office Tower.
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Akron Beacon Journal
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The
Beacon Journal
Lorain Journal
Plain Dealer
Firm proposes dome to store fertilizer in Lorain
Bellevue company Horn's Crop Service Center Inc. seeks 400000 in industrial revenue bonds to fund a domed fertilizer storage facility on the Black River. The plan envisions receiving shipments from Great Lakes ships and distributing to clients within a 75 mile radius with three local hires. Construction could start May 15 and finish by Aug 1. County Commissioners will hear the request at a special Thursday meeting.
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Elyria
Bellevue
Black River
Lorain
al Lehmkuhl
Horn’s Crop Service Center Inc
Great Lakes
Lehmkuhl
Lorain County
NAACP Elyria to Meet Monday at Second Baptist Church
The Elyria branch of the NAACP will hold a regular meeting at 7:15 p.m. Monday at Second Baptist Church on W. 16th Street. Reports from the regional meeting will be given. final chartered bus registrations for the national convention must be in by May 26. A special membership drive ends May 31.
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Elyria
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Second Baptist Church
W. 16Th St
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