Lorain County Honors War Dead With Memorial Dedication
Elyria and Lorain County paid a double tribute to war dead with a Memorial Day parade to Ridgelawn Cemetery and the dedication of a new memorial monument on courthouse grounds. The ceremony featured VA official remarks, a Gold Star Mothers unveiling, and Taps, with Mr FitzGerald urging readiness and citizenship.
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Elyria
Robert M. FitzGerald
Veterans Administration
Cincinnati
Court House
Lorain County
Ridgelawn
Court House Grounds
Second Street
Amvets
Lorain
H. M. Kirkpatrick
M. T. Ensign
Gold Star Mothers of
Kitty Jenkins Sheen
Charles Lahiser
Edward J. Conley
Lorain Naval Reserve
Amherst
Oberlin
Wellington
South Amherst
Memorial Committee
Norman Hecht
John Dandalides
Ensign
Elyria Gold Star
Robert Jefferson
Sandusky
James Velleff
Carl I. Miller
Agudath Achim Bnay Abraham Synagogue
West Avenue
Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Memorial Day Toll Sets Grim National Record
United Press reports show 542 deaths during the 102 hour Memorial Day weekend, with 314 from traffic crashes and 16 in airplane accidents. Drownings total 96 and other violent deaths 116, far eclipsing previous holiday records.
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United Press
Ned H.dearborn
National Safety Council
Unmarked Veteran Graves Sought by Chronicle Telegram
It was reported that locating graves of older veterans in older cemeteries is difficult because some graves are unmarked. The committee asks anyone with knowledge of such graves to drop a line to Carl Wolf at 406 West Avenue, Elyria.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Carl Wolf
West Avenue
Ely- Tia
Elyria Woman Suffer Burns In Housecleaning Accident
Elyria resident Mrs. E. B. Caywood of 309 Spruce Street sustained serious burns to her arms back and hands when her dress caught fire from an open grate while cleaning. A neighbor rescued her and she was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital before returning home. Splints limit use to three fingers.
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Elyria
E. B
Doc) Caywood
Spruce Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Myron Gibson Retired Local Officer Dies
Myron Gibson 72, retired Elyria patrolman, died at home on Center Ridge Road after two years of illness. A 23 year police veteran, he survived a 1937 bullet wound from a robbery pursuit and once tossed a live bomb away from a crowd. He was active in the Seventh Day Adventist church and Fraternal Order of Police, leaving a wife Mabel, son Karl, daughter Mrs. William Rooney, eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and siblings. Services Friday at 3:30 p.m. at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home with the Rev. Walter Gibson officiating. burial Camden Cemetery.
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Myron Gibson
Elyria
Center Ridge Road
Mr. Gibson
Wakeman
Gibby
West Street
Woodbridge
Steel and Tubes
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Fraternal Order of Police
Gibson
Mabel
Karl Gibson
William Rooney
Elytia
Inez Frondorf
Otway
Ohio
Verna Skeen
Mt. Vernon
Orvie Gibson
Takoma Park
Julius
Newark
Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home
Walter Gibson
Akron
Camden Cemetery
Deaf Blind Smithdas Set to Graduate From St John’s Brooklyn
Robert Joseph Smithdas, 25, who has been deaf and blind since age six, will graduate with honors next week from St John’s College Brooklyn. He is the first deaf blind person to complete a four year American college course. He plans a life aiding the deaf blind and will join the Brooklyn Industrial Home for the Blind staff. He helped found a scholarship for doubly handicapped students and will study speech further next fall. His classmate John Spanier aided his work and plans to devote his life to similar causes.
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New York
Robert Joseph Smith
St. John’s College
Brooklyn
Bob Smith
Smuith
Brooklyn Industrial Home For the Blind
Smithdas
Pittsburch
Hel
Perkins Institute
Watertown
Mass
Catholic College
Smith
Helen Keller
John Spaimer
Spanier
Spanner
Cascade Park to Hire Mounted Patrol Officer in Elyria
Elyria’s Cascade Park will add a mounted patrolman, David R Coe, with a trial horse via Elyria Saddle Club arrangements. Park Board Chairman Hubbard Wilcox says a mounted officer can patrol trails inaccessible to cruisers, boosting protection. Coe, an army veteran with Germany MP experience, will be paid 145 dollars per hour.
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Elyria
Cascade Park
Park Board
Hubbard Wilcox
David R Coe
98 Second Street
Clay Nixon
Clyde OW
Germany
Coe
Safety Check Of Cars Begin Thursday
Local police start a safety check program tomorrow to inspect brakes horns windshield wipers headlights taillights tires steering rear vision mirrors and other items for highway safety. The campaign runs through June with sessions Thursday and Friday from 7 to 8 at NEW Bruscino Home Eastgate.
Fitch Heads Up Special Gifts Division Of Drive
J Fitch president of Ely- Tia Savings and Trust Co was named chairman of the special gifts division of the 110000 M C A fund raising drive starting June 13. Appointed by R J Gollmar general campaign chairman he has long supported YMCA and serves on the Elyria Chamber of Commerce board and was a former Elyria Community Chest chair. An executive committee of D Vernon Bell Harold Birch W H Gaston Jack Hannaford Paul Hardy Glenn Pierson J N Rassler R V Russell Russell Schmittgen and Ralph Standen will run the division. Each committee member will appoint five captains who will then recruit five workers each.
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Elyria Community Chest
Fitch
D. Vernon Bell
Harold Birch
W. H. Gaston
Jack Hannaford
Paul Hardy
Glenn Pierson
J N Rassler
R V. Russell
Russell Schmittgen
Ralph Standen
Reports To Congress On Talks
Secretary of State Acheson told Congress a strong united western bloc is needed to deter Russia. He summarized talks in Paris and London with Bevin Schuman and other Atlantic Pact ministers who warned of a dangerous situation, urged rapid defense buildup, and emphasized expanded production and productivity to sustain defense and social gains. The remarks were delivered at a joint House Senate meeting in the Coolidge auditorium.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Congress Today
Russia
House
Senate
Acheson
Paris
London
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Atlantic Pact Council
Coolidge
Lorain County to buy 26 more voting machines
The Lorain County Board of Elections asks county commissioners to purchase 26 additional voting machines for new precincts in Lorain Elyria and nearby towns. The $35 000 purchase would equip eight new Elyria and Lorain precincts and one new precinct in several townships and villages to reach about 400 registrants per precinct by the November election.
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Lorain
Election Board
George C Martin Dies At His Home
George C Martin died at his home 332 Eastern Heights boulevard at 6 am Tuesday at age 74. He was born March 1 1876 in Edwardsville Illinois and lived in Elyria 42 years. A retired National Tube Company employee in Lorain, he later worked in the tax map office at the courthouse. He belonged to First Congregational Church and several Masonic and fraternal bodies. Survived by widow, one son, one daughter, three grandchildren, one brother and one niece. Funeral services Thursday at 3:30 pm at Wart Wright Funeral Home, with burial in Brookdale Cemetery.
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George C. Martin
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Mr. Martin
Edwardsville
Ill
Elyria
National Tube Company
Lorain
Court House
Mariin
First Congregational
Frank Vitation
A M
Lodge
Marshall
RAM
Elsma Council
S. M
Elyria Commandery
K. T
Elyna Lodge
Hig
George A Martin
Howard E. Marjuin
Port Huron
Mich
Grace Simpson
Willoughby
William C Martin
Edwardsville Tl
Doe Taylor
la Crescentia
Calif Frields
Warts Pwright
Willam A. Leath
Brookdale Cemetery
Woman Suffers Gunshot Wounds in Accidental Discharge
Mrs Mary Shorf, 34, of Cornell Road North Ridgeville, was wounded in the left thigh by a gun discharged by friend Dave Oslin, 16, of Stearns Road, at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Oslin said he believed the gun was unloaded. The injury was reported as fair. Shorf was walking from her home when the 22 caliber pistol fired. Elyria High seniors Willmar and others planned graduation gown distribution during Senior Chapel Friday. Classes end after final exams tomorrow.
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Mary Shorf
Cornell Road
North Ridgeville
Elyzia Memorial Hospital
Shorf
Dave Oslin
Stearns Road
Oslin
Joseph Rosso
Elmer Schneider
Elyria High School
Willlmar
Short
Spital
Joseph
Elyiza
Lost Ad Prompt in Chronicle Telegram Classifieds
A playful notice urges readers to place Lost Ads in the Chronicle Telegram after Decoration Day. It invites readers to call Dual 4752 or 4753 to place any classified ad, promising quick results for finders and losers who read the ads.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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William L. Newton
Henry W. Ault
Corbett Southam
James H. Siward
Courtney Kirby
el Rey Grotto
United States
Canada
Bowker Electric Service
W. Broad
Veterans’ Administration
FitzGerald
G. L
East Ixtra
Western
Myton Gibson
Berlin
Luebeck
Communist Party
Max Reimann
Horder
Hamburg
Luebeck Bay
Hellingenhafern
Travemuende
Western Germany
Svet
Stalin
New Bruscino
Eastgate
Special Gifts
Drive
R. J. Fitch
Congress
Roper
Minn, Paints
Colson Wheel Goods
Elyria Howe, Co. Ady
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