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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1970
Page
3
Enrollment in Wellington schools shows a drop from 860 at opening to 1,843 on Oct 1, with current high school at 504. District official Allison cites families leaving area due to labor strikes and higher rural bus riders now at 1,062 as key factors.
Wellington Ohio board votes to join the Lorain County Unified Cafeteria Purchasing Project. It will fund three deaf students to Elyria city schools at 813 dollars each, with Elyria classes only, and approves substitute teaching hires Peter Lehman Dorothy Turner and Janet Sprinkle. Sidewalk cost estimates from Mills Construction Co. and Farage Brothers Co. are requested. Attendance approved for teachers J Gawen Stoker and Walter Baney at a state sponsored drug seminar in Euclid later this month.
Commerce Department reports last month's retail sales at 30.8 billion dollars up five percent from a year earlier and similar to August. In Ohio, Catholic delegates join the Ohio Council of Churches two day assembly reviewing social goals, military service, sex education, poverty, pollution and drugs as a new Ecumenical Center project advances toward completion.
Evening meetings across Columbia Avon Milan Amherst Avon Lake and surrounding areas include PTA board high schools and club events. Notable items: Columbia Junior Girls Unit 7 p.m. VFW Home and Edison CES 8 p.m. at Edison schools. Holy Trinity luncheon 12:30 p.m. Avon serious zoning board 8 p.m. town hall and Ground Night Township trustees 7:30 p.m. at town hall. Community bake sale 3 p.m. at Society Hall.
William Grant Still credited Oberlin College Conservatory with a strong foundation for his composing career and emphasized the importance of individuality over herd conformity. The 75 year old musician, honored for his May 11 birthday, noted his wide output and operatic works created with his wife Verna.
The Athletic Boosters Club will address drainage issues at the Dukes football field next year and, if finances allow, consider reseeding and improving the surface. Robert Walker outlined plans to seek professional advice on seeding and aims to have the field ready for use in the fall. The board approved the idea and the club will coordinate with the school board and submit plans to Superintendent C H Allison for approval as work progresses.
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake Board of Education approved an emergency evacuation policy after eight bomb threats to Brookside High and Sheffield Middle School. Superintendent Stockum said the plan uses alarms and messengers to notify police and fire crews and covers accidents tornados demonstrations and explosions. The board also authorized selling four Lake Breeze sublots for 3300 dollars to William Manea and rehired two teachers at set rates while thanking voters for the 67 mill operating levy. The piece ends noting the Elizabeth Female Academy, Mississippi’s first women’s academy chartered by the legislature, operated 1818 to 1843.
The Walter G Nord Centers in Lorain and Elyria will provide professional counseling to Lorain County Council on Alcoholism clients. Director John L Kidwell says staff will interview clients with the council, including in jails homes or hospital emergency rooms. The council opened headquarters Oct 23 and will start classes Friday for offenders cited in Elyria Municipal Court.
The Japanese government awards the Sixth Class Order of the Rising Sea to Kyoichi Sawada of United Press International after his death in Cambodia. Prime Minister Sato's cabinet approved the decision at the morning meeting. Sawada and bureau manager Frank Frosch were killed in an ambush on October 28 in Phnom Penh. Memorial services are planned at a prominent Buddhist temple.
Spencer area brief about the Donald Larabee Marjorie Book Scholarship Fund dinner at River High School. Black River Athletic Boosters and Future Farmers of America organize a 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. beef dinner. Dan Nesbitt donates the beef.
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