Then Lorain Enjoying Banner Year At C of C Testimonial
Then Lorain Lorain division of Koehring Co honored as Industry of the Year at the Greater Lorain Chamber of Commerce 83rd annual meeting. Thew Lorain, trade name Lorain, is a materials handling machines maker with origins traced to Thew Shovel Co. from Elyria and Thew family leadership. Sales in 1966 expected near $200 million across 18 divisions. Thew Lorain employs about 1,200 and has seen 40 percent sales growth since 1964 merger, with expansion planned and a longer growth trajectory. Nearly 80 Koehring and Thew-Lorain delegates joined about 350 attendees at the banquet at UAW Hall on Baumhart Rd.
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Then - Lorain
Greater
Then-Lorain
Koehring Co
Milwaukee
Steelman
Smythe
Elyrians
Chauncey
Alan Smythe
Thew
Smythes
Koehring
Jean W. Arnold
Elyria
Thew-Lorain
Koebring
Arnold
Thew- Lorain
Thew - Lorain
UAW
John F. Kennedy Hall
Baumhart Rd
Houston
Pittsburgh
Detroit
W. B. Dickerson
Regional Planning Chief urges annexation idea at meeting
Mills Clark of the Regional Planning Commission urged consideration of Sheffield Lake annexation by Lorain at the executive committee meeting. He argued government consolidation is needed amid diverse local governments and cited county airport cooperation as progress. No motions or votes were made.
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Regional Planning Commission
Sheffield Lake
Lorain
Mills Clark
Commission
Clark
Lorain County
Seven County
Avon Memorial Day Parade to Feature 25 Groups
Avon plans a Memorial Day parade with about 25 groups to march from Avon High School along Stoney Ridge Road and Detroit Road to Avon Cemetery. A memorial service will be held there by the Avon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7035. Participants may contact marshal James Bender for details.
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James Bender
Avon High School
Stoney Ridge Rd
Detroit Rd
Avon Municipal Building
Avon Cemetery
Detroit
Center Rds
Avon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Bender
Lorain Board to Auction Lowell School Property
Lorain Board of Education will auction the 12 room Lowell School on about two acres at 31st Street near Pearl Avenue in South Lorain. The replacement facility is near completion and the building will be vacated by June 10, with appraisals authorized to guide bidding.
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Lorain
South Lorain
Avon rezoning vote yields partial victory for residents
Avon residents opposing a downtown rezoning won a partial victory as the city council referred the proposal to the planning commission rather than granting a first reading. They seek delays until the master plan is ready, arguing haste could lower land values and enable unwanted industrial development.
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Leity Council
Planning Commission
Colorado Rd
French Creek Rd
Raymond Collins
Avon backs joint study for Avon sewer district plan
Avon City Council approved a joint feasibility study for a sewer and water district serving Avon Sheffield Lake and Sheffield Village. Appointees George Zilka James A Martin and Louis J Walker will form the study committee. The plan aims to share construction and operating costs with hoped for federal funding and strong support from county officials and the Ohio Water Pollution Control Board.
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Avon
Sheffield Lake
Sheffield
Avon City
George Zilka
James A. Martin
Louis J Walker
Sheffield Village
E. L. Toberen
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Locher confronts bid to take transit system
Cleveland officials plan a major push to persuade Mayor Ralph Locher to accept a county purchase of 50 million for the Cleveland Transit System. Commissioner Frank Gorman argues the city technically owns the system, which carries 17 million in debt, and bondholders must be paid while county funds could improve service.
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UPI
Ralph Locher
Cleveland Transit System
Frank Gorman
Locher
Gorman
Red Cross Water Safety Aide Classes Announced
Water safety aide classes to train teens 13 to 17 for Red Cross Learn To Swim programs run June 20 to July 1 at Cascade Pool. Led by Walter Junge, enrollment requires strong swimming ability and a valid Life Saving certificate. Contact Red Cross Chapter office at 406 Ohio St.
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County Water Safety
John’. Pavkc
Cascade Pool
Walter Junge
Kenyon Ct
Elyria
Ohio St
Diploma Delayed As 78-Year-Old Receives Eighth Grade Diploma
Mrs. Callie Campbell, 78, was awarded an eighth grade diploma on Wednesday night in Fresno California. She said she returned to school to keep from being dumb and to prove she could finish.
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Fresno. Calif
UPI
Callie Campbell
Lorain unveils funded boat-launch improvements
Lorain's small-boat launch at Oberlin Avenue was rededicated after a 54000 expansion funded by 36000 from the state and 18000 by the city. The Polish Fishermen's Club led the effort and donated labor and materials. The ceremony featured Mayor Woodrow W Mathna and state and city officials. The site now includes a 150-car blacktop lot, a steel walkway, and two concrete ramps, with 24 hour public access for boats up to 20 feet.
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Oberlin Ave
Woodrow W. Mathna
Fred
Ermen’s Club
Woodrow W Mathna
Edward W. DeChant
City and Fishermen's Club
State Division of Watercraft
Paul Sarossy
C. B. Taylor
Vermilion sewer project gets planning approval for federal aid
The Regional Planning Commission approved Vermilion plans for a 1.028 million sewer and treatment plant, setting the stage to seek federal aid. Financing includes 234k federal, 138k water pollution act, 586k city funds, and 70k assessments. Three zoning changes were rejected.
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Vermilion
Citu
21St St
Lorain
Massey Ave
Elyria Ave
Sheffield Township
Brown Fintube Promotes Three to Vice Presidents
Brown Fintube Co names Robert W Kaase Sr as senior vice president manufacturing Thomas P Kroehle becomes vice president marketing and Raymond H Hoefler rises to vice president manufacturing The promotions follow Kroehle joining as vice president sales in 1964 and the company’s 1953 origin as a heat transfer firm.
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Brown Fintube Co
John W. Brown Jr
Robert W. Kaase Sr
Thomas P. Kroehle
Raymond H. Hoefler
Kroehle
Snell Searight wedding set for Lorain event
Mathew Snell former Ohio State star and New York Jets fullback will wed Dorothy Searight of Lorain. The couple met at Ohio State and plan a Saturday June 11 ceremony at St Mary Church Lorain with Miss Searight teaching in Toledo.
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Mathew Snell
Long Island
Dorothy Searight
Lorain
Snell
Miss Searight
Ohio State
New York Jets
Matt Snell
West 21St St
Steel City
Toledo
St. Mary Church
LMHA Eyes Ely Village Takeover Plans
LMHA director Ronald W. Ashley met with federal officials in Washington to debate financing and plans for a 300 unit Ely Village development. A further conference is sought to decide a potential takeover with aims to rent 150 units to low income families and possibly 150 to medium income families in Lorain County.
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Village
Lorain
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