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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1954
Page
16
Ridgeville Township voters approve a 144000 bond to add to Fields Elementary and a 1.5 mile levy for operating costs. Bond passes 729 to 443, levy 475 to 455 with precinct 2 showing tight results. Result backs district’s plan to relieve overcrowding and shift students between Fields Ridgeville buildings.
Nearly complete returns from Tuesday's election show the Republicans with a net gain of one seat in Ohio's 23 member delegation to the U S House.
Lorain County veteran Republican commissioner Oscar G. Dunn won a fourth term with 22,071 votes to Democrat Joseph Yepko’s 17,100. Dunn’s eighth victory in county office follows a lengthy political career from Elyria city council to the present term.
Members of the junior class at Eltia High School elected Bob Wisser as class president. Wisser is active in Student Council and Youth organizations. several other juniors named as officers and staff positions include Bull Gebhart as vice president and Sue Shilling as secretary.
Inspector Robert Fabian visits 28924 Lake Road Bay Village amid snow fearing a jury visit. He recalls a tragedy linked to Chip the boy and muses on Dr Sheppard’s past case while observing a snowbound property and nearby summer house.
In Ohio a slate of Republican endorsed candidates won three state Supreme Court seats. Columbus Municipal Judge John M. Matthias defeated Judge John H. Lamneck, while Kingsley A. Tait of Cleveland won reelect unopposed and Henry A. Middleton of Toledo secured another win amid tight races.
SOUTH AMHERST voters blocked a $269 000 bond to fund a fire proof addition, failing by four votes. The tally was 191 for 160 against with 303 of ballots cast. Three of five precincts supported it while Amherst Township North and Henrietta Township opposed. Board cited overcrowding at an elementary school as justification for the measure.
A bond issue of 208,600 to fund classroom additions for Columbia Township schools won approval. Voters in three township precincts and Eaton North backed the measure, with Precinct South leading support at 192-102 and overall turnout showing a strong margin well above the 55 percent threshold. The plan estimates seven new classrooms with architect costs and a 23 year bond at 2.1702 mills per dollar of value.
Ewing, 47, a Lorain County Assistant Prosecutor, will become probate and juvenile court judge. The Democrat won 18,481 votes to Republican Charles J. Snoble's 14,547, carrying Elyria and rural areas. A Willard High School graduate with Oberlin and Western Reserve degrees, Ewing is a World War II veteran and will serve a six year term succeeding Judge Malcolm Thomson. He and his wife Mabel and three children reside at 200 Stanford Ave.
Cleveland report details Patrick ONeill, 26, claiming to have exposed juror James Manning in the Sam Sheppard trial. He says his motivation was to prevent a miscarriage of justice after his mother Mary ONeill was killed by his father on Christmas Eve 1987. The tale includes dramatic courtroom moments and ONeill’s attempts to press prosecutors and judges on Manning’s past.
Avon voters approved a $40,100 bond issue to fund a new high school with the current building converted to an elementary school. Across three precincts the tally favored the measure 204 to 76 in North, 151 to 69 in East, and 181 to 81 in West, representing broad support and a favorable turnout.
Ohio voters approved four year terms for the governor and other elected state officials effective 1958. The amendment sets terms for lieutenant governor secretary of state treasurer and attorney general to run in even numbered nonpresidential years. The state auditor remains on four years but elected in presidential years. A rival amendment to lengthen legislators’ terms to four years failed.
Ben Franklin Happy Satterlee retired Sunday after nearly 24 years with the city street department. A phone call from W rounds of West Ave surprised him when the voice revealed a 25 year absence. The men, living in Elyria, renewed a friendship once paused by time and distance.
Lorain County voters approved a one year mill levy to fund a detention home for juveniles and a hospital levy for maintenance. Auditor Frank Ayres won reelection by strong margins, carrying Elyria Oberlin and Lorain with a wide lead. The detention home and tuberculosis hospital measures passed by solid margins, supporting county operations and facilities.
A 4172,000 bond issue in Carlisle LaGrange School District was approved by 794 percent of voters. Funds will finance building and improvement across district schools including classrooms auditorium gym and a new elementary building. Four precincts supplied most of the votes while the remaining four cast only six votes. The bond covers site purchase construction of a farm shop bus garage and related facilities.
Avon Lake voters approved a 975000 bond issue by 1177 to 447 to fund a new Moore Road elementary school, expanded athletic facilities, and related educational improvements. The bonds run as 10 year callable notes with a tax rate of 127 per 1000 assessed value, supporting district growth and future facilities.
Workers report a 25 year record at the Somala Etstias sewage treatment plant was broken and a boiler restored to service. An engineer confirmed the failure after a breakdown yesterday and the plant resumed operations this morning, with repairs proceeding at the facility.
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