Fire Brigade At General Motors Plant Honored
Brown Lipe Chapin Volunteer Fire Brigade at the General Motors plant in South Amherst was honored at a banquet at Hungarian Hall. Plant managers and brigade leaders spoke, with Ray Hollabaugh showing films. The group, formed in 1947, includes longtime members like David Ross and John Sinar and is trained in first aid and firefighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown-Lipe-Chapin Volunteer Fire Brigade
Hungarian Hall
South Amherst
D. M. Overcash
Robert Parrett
Claire Riley
Jake Wilhelm
R. S. Morris
Ray Hollabaugh
Fire Brigade
Brown-Lipe
James Donaldson
Elyria Obituaries and Funeral Notices Summary
A string of Elyria area obituaries and funeral notices report the deaths of Selma N Franklin 50 in Cleveland after a short illness and John Papes 79 Bert H Lord 83 Barbara A Lear and Daisy Nell Hendricks with services planned at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home Fields Cemetery Gradeland Sidney St Jude s St Mary s. Also Julia Mary Dimitri 55 dies at home in Elyria with services at St Jude s Church and burial at St Mary s. Survivors include spouses children and siblings with dates and locations listed for calls and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma N. Franklin
Hanna
Sylvester
Stanley Calvird
Detroit
Meredith
Franklin
Elyria
Elyria Country Club
Harold; Dicken
G. Russel Hargate
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Ridgehill Memorial Park
John Papes
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Adams Road
Ridgeville
Papes
Bert H. Lord
Sudro-Curtis
East River Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lord
Fields
Woodman Lodge
Kenneth B
Elyria City
George C. Schmitkens
Vermailion
Victor R. Resar
Gratton Read
Catherine
Daisy Nell Hendricks
Walter Hendricks
St. Paris
Anderson
Ind
Don Epps
John Epps
Urbana
George Johns
Lorain
Lone Johns
Seattle
Wash
Rev
W. W. Walker
Grace Lutheran Church
Gradeland Cemetery
Sidney
Julia Mary Dimitri
Wesley Avenue
Cleveland
Dimitri
Nick
Frank Fiola
Leonard P. Reichlin
St. Jude's Church
St Mary's Cemetery
Stock market names from a historic American listing
A dense roster of early 20th century industrials and utilities appears, naming companies such as American Radiator American Telephone and Telegraph Anaconda Copper Avco Bendix Shrysler Citles Service Columbia Gas Ohio Edison Republic Steel Sears Roebuck Socony Vacuum Standard Oil companies and others. The fragment reflects a snapshot of ticker symbols and corporate names common to period market pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Radiator
American T. & T
Anaconda Copper
Avco Mfg
Bendix Aviation
Shrysler Citles Service
Tleveland
Elec. It
Columbia Gas Fruehaus Trailer
General Motors Glidden Co
Industrial Rayon
Kennecott Copper
Montgomery Watt
Central Ohio Edison Ohio OW ‘Penna, R. R
Republic Steel
Richman Bros
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum Standard of
Ind
Standard of
N. J
Standard of Ohio Texas Company
Toledo Edison
U. 5. Steel
Warner Brothers
Westinghouse Airbrake Wookworth Co
Community Notes From Amherst Churches and Clubs
Amherst society pages show Zeta Zeta Beta Sigma Phi planning Christmas events at Mary Schmidt home for December 14 and caroling on December 21 while room mothers meet at Central School to plan the annual carnival. Tryouts for The Man Who Came to Dinner by Workshop Players listed at Middle Ridge Road schoolhouse theatre tonight. Hospital reports list admissions and births in Amherst and nearby towns along with numerous dismissals. Church announcements include St Peter's and St Joseph programs, youth groups, a Martin Luther film invitation, and a December 14 Christmas party hosted by Lutheran Laymen's League with a one dollar gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Zeta Zeta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Dorothy Northermsast
Ruth Jaycox
Mary Schmidt
Ruth Price
Donna Ott
Audrey Tonry
Dorothy Norther
Marlene Mollison
Central School
Seth Stevens
Room Mother
Workshop
Schoolhouse Theatre
Middle Ridge Road
Hospital News
Thorale Thrush
Elyria
Sylvester Delzeith
Michael Sirak
South Amherst
Delmas Fields
Irma Turner
Charles ‘Cook
William ‘Harris
Oberlin
Philip Pylmale
General Williams
Cyril Darnell
Vermilion
Robert Smedley
James Dellinger
Wayne Fiest
Myrtle Hurd
Loxley Collins
Cecil Haynes
Henry Ficht
Kenneth Watkins
Louis Kolbe
Ed Morrison
Lawrence Jaycox
Glenn Whipkey
Thorale Thrust
Ira Mitchell
Ernest Keith
Walter Eberhard
Ike Thompson
Ed Morrow
Joe Gsizak, Jr
St. Peter’s
Zel
S. Makiuski
L. Abel
W. Deitrich
H. Fuhrman
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Council
Franklin Miller
Ladies’ Aid
Wortman
Walther League
Grace Lutheran Church
Lutheran Laymen’s League
First Evangelical United Brethren
Church Council of Administration
Woman’s Society of World Service
Robert Nubn
Ray Sick
Police Court News Roundup From Lorain Court House
Police reports include Forrest Morris suing American Ship Building Co for workmen compensation over June injuries at Lorain plant. Frank Valigore sues David Hall for 140 and 326 for car damages from an Oct collision on Cowley Road. Willard Haynes faces hand injury after window shove at Friendship Club. A one year old Elyria driver faces reckless driving. a man arrested after a Route 57 incident. Multiple fines issued for safety violations and traffic errors. Probate lists Adam Seefcyk estate at 23783 with real estate in Amherst township valued at 18970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Morris
48Th Street
Lorain
The
American Shipbuilding Co
Ohio Workmen’s Compensation Act
Morris
Frank Valigore
R.D. Medina
David Hall
Valley City
Cowley Road
Adam Seefcyk
Annis
Amherst Township
Man Receives Citation For Reckless Driving
A Gilmer West Virginia man was cited for reckless operation by the State Highway Patrol after a two car collision at the Elyria and Lake avenues intersection at 11 pm. Earl King struck Virgil Stone who had stopped at a stop sign. Stones car had minor damages. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmer
W. Va
State Highway Patrol
Elyria and
Lake Avenues
Earl King
Virgil Stone
31St Street
Lorain
Stone
Akron Man Hurt In Rail Station Mishap at Wellington depot
Herbert Dean Kelly of 1870 13th Street Akron slipped on the Wellington railroad platform while changing trains after a Shriners meeting in Cincinnati. He received emergency treatment at Medina Community Hospital and was released after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Akron
Herbert Dean Kelly
13Th Street
Medina Community Hospital
New York Central
Kelly
Shriners
Cincinnati
New Wage Talks On In Aviation Strike
Picketing continued at the North American Aviation plant in Columbus as company and union officials opened a new round of wage negotiations. The walkout began October 23 and has halted production of F-26 Sabrejets and F-100 Super Sabrejets at North American plants in California and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
North American Aviation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Funerary Prank: Wealthy Tokyo Restaurateur Conducts Own Funeral
Yaezo Iijima a 29 year old Tokyo restaurateur and sake connoisseur attended his own funeral in a bold mock ceremony. He dressed in a white Buddhist shroud, climbed into a coffin, while friends toasted the departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Ins
Yaezo Iijima
Iijima
Sweden says it took no part in peace feeler to France
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated it did not participate in obtaining a peace feeler to France from Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Vietminh rebels in Indochina. The feeler was extended by Ho in replies to questions from Expressen, a Stockholm newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
France
Ho Chi Minh
Indo- China
Expressen
Cleveland Livestock Market Summary From Local Reports
Cattle sales showed mostly steady to slow demand with prime 24 to 27 and commercial cattle around 14 to 17. Calves and hogs traded firmly, offerings plentiful. poultry markets quiet with no prices reported, while wholesale meat values held steady on light demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Lyvest
Commiertin
Cleveland
Nine engineers probed over radar defense project
Nine top engineers at Griffiss Air Force Base Rome are under investigation by the Senate Permanent Investigating Subcommittee for security handling amid reports tied to atomic espionage cases. Two others, Delbert Patton and Edward Solack, were fined for DWI with suspended drivers’ rights. Patton faces a 150-dollar penalty and six months’ suspension of driving rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Delbert
C. Patton
Cleveland Street
International News Service
Elyria
Julius Rosenberg
Senate
Airaton
Henry
Griffis Air
W. Ault
Patton
Ter
Edward A. Solack
Milan
Dis
Senate Group
Joseph R. McCar
R-Wis
Fot
Daniel C. Doubleday
INS
Two men plead in Amherst court for gas station break in
William Greer, 22, and Walter Hambley, 26, appeared before Mayor Henry W. Ault after pleading guilty and innocent respectively to breaking into the Haury Gas Station on Friday night. Greer bound over to the Grand Jury on 1500 bond. Hambley set for December 3. They confessed to using disguises to avoid fingerprints in the burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Greer
North Main Street
Amherst
Walter
Hambley
Thirteenth Street
Lorain
Henry W. Ault
Creer
Maurice Flood
Edward Stankard
Corwin Burrer
Haury
Fourth Street
East Avenue
Accidents Take 16 Lives In Ohio
A week end tally reports at least 16 fatalities in Ohio from various accidents with ten on highways. Among the dead are two year old James Heskett of Cambridge who choked on a peanut and Herman Litton, 30, plus Patricia O'Brien of Cincinnati killed in a rooming house gas leak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Ohio
Herman Litton
Patricia O'Brien
Cincinnati
James Heskett
Cambridge
Eugene Heskett
Home Burglary Ransacks Phelps Residence on Eight Street
burglars ransacked the home of Mr and Mrs Andy Phelps at 437 Eighth street Saturday night removing little of value. A missing Elgin watch with two inset diamonds and a rhinestone jewelry set valued at 50 dollars were taken along with a craftsman saw and case from 348 Sixteenth street reported to be stolen November 26. Police have descriptions of two men seen in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Phelps
Eighth Street
Phelps
Mrs. Phelps
Sixteenth Street
C. R. Loiseau
Woodland Avenue
Man Arrested In Delinquency Case
Police hold William P. Thompson 28 of 427 West Second Street on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Thompson, a driver for Elyria Transit Co., confessed after the mother of a 16 year old girl reported their daughter had been out with him and that they had sexual relations. The case was reported to Lorain County Juvenile Court authorities who advised contacting the city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Thompson
West Second Street
Thompson
Elyria Transit Co
West Side
Elyria
Lorain County Juvenile Court
Elyria Police Department
Cleveland Man Speaks at K of C Breakfast on Faith
Carl Martistec, a Cleveland engineer and Catholic speaker, addressed 56 Knights of Columbus at a breakfast after 8 o'clock Holy Communion at St. Mary Church. He argued Communism and Secularism oppose Catholicism, urging laymen to live Christian lives and engage in church activities. The talk followed a benediction by Fr. John Neary. Bob O'Donnell presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Martistec
Cleveland
Legion of Catholic
St. John College
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary Church
Martistee
Karl Marx
God
Martistec
John Neary
Bob O’donnell
John Kelly
Reluctant Board Approves Ayres' Funds Transfers
County commissioners approved a transfer of 38 595 from various funds in County Auditor Frank Ayres department to his salary account amid reluctance to year end transfers. Ayres noted staffing and overtime but did not mention a recent 15 monthly raise for most county employees. Thompson said the transfer violated policy though done to avoid payless Christmas for auditor staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ayres
Ayres
Leota Mitchell
J. Norman Thompson
Thompson
Two Trainmen Die In Collision At Cleveland Plant
In a snow storm at Republic Steel on Independence Road Cleveland two switch engines collided killing fireman William J. Heffenfelder and brakeman Henry Ferris both 23 and 27. Conductor John Aierlo and brakeman Paul McMahon were on the engine. John Butcher and others injured were taken to hospital with three in fair condition. Ferris and Heffenfelder died at St Alexis hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Republic Steel
Independence Road
Wiliam J. Heffenfelder
Henry Ferris
Heffenfelder
Ferris
John Aierlo
Paul McMahon
St. Luke's Hospital
John Butcher
St. Alexis Hospital
Teacher Escapes Injury After Car Skids Into Ditch
Patricia Price 22 a second grade teacher at Edison school and daughter of Elyria Country Club manager Charles Price escaped serious injury when her car skidded on Murray Ridge road this morning, struck a pole and tipped into a ditch. Passing motorists helped, her father was summoned and she was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital for examination and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Price
Edison School
Charles Price
Elyria Country Club
Murray Ridge Road
Tokyo
Peiping
Price
Wyatt
Manchuria
Russia
Elyria Memorial Hos Management’ Techniquespital
Oberlin Man Injured In Pyle South Amherst Crash
Ralph Jacobs, 38, of 230 Woodland Avenue Oberlin, was treated at Allen Memorial Hospital for injuries from a weekend crash on the Pyle South Amherst road about three miles south of South Amherst. His car left the road, was demolished, and he had lacerations to both temples and possible chest injuries before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Jacobs
Woodland Avenue
Oberlin
Allen Memorial Hospital
Amherst
South Amherst
Jacobs
Permit Holders Appear Before State Liquor Board
Two Lorain county permit holders are scheduled to appear before the Ohio Board of Liquor Control for alleged violations. Andrew Kosco and John Kosco of 573 West Third Street hold a D-2 permit and were cited for abandonment of premises. Moses Crisp, doing business as the Palm Gardens at 1606 East 28th Street Lorain, appears for delinquent tax payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Liquor Board
Andrew Kosco
John Kosco
West Third Street
Moses Crisp
Palm Gardens
East 28Th Street
Lorain
Lorain Man Cited After 3 Car Accident
Ross Adkins of 2854 Apple Avenue Lorain was cited for driving while intoxicated after a Sunday morning Route 254 sideswipe near Route 57. His car struck Richard Renner 26 of 122 West 30th Street Lorain and Lyle Taylor 18 of 339 32nd Street Lorain. all three cars were badly damaged and no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Adkins
Apple Avenue
Lorain
State Highway Patrol
Tiguor
Adkins
Richard Renner
Car Collisions Reported On Route 10 And Nearby Roads
Continued from page one a Lancaster residence collision occurred when numbers show a mailbox struck at 32330 Center Ridge road involving a car driven by Eugene Hudson of Wellington and a car driven by Howard Schwan of Giles on Route 10 East of Durkee road. Schwan said he stopped to pick up his brother in law as the crash happened. Lloyd Worcester of 128 Courtland street Lorain reported his car was sideswiped on Route 254 near Elyria avenue on Saturday by an unlisted vehicle that fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Boylan
J. C. Boylan
Fast Broad
East River Streets
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Boylan
Robert J. Kohl
East River Street
Kohl
James H. Siward
First Methodist Church
Fields Cemetery
Kohli
William J. Dimbar
Lear Road
Avon Lake
Abbe Road
Poplar Street
Barbara A. Lear
Rambler Avenue
Lancaster
Joseph Franch
Center Ridge Road
Eugene Hudson
Wellington
Howard Schwan
Giles
R.D. Grafton
Schwan
Durkee Road
Lloyd Worcester
Courtland Street
Lorain
Bus Company Concedes Wage Rise as Strike Threat Looms
Employees who sought 25 cents hourly got 5 cents with a demand for 10 more to stay on through year end. Talks on a new contract continue as city proposes a downtown stop plan shifting buses to Broad street and Mid dle avenue. The plan ends the Second street terminal to reduce losses of about 13 thousand dollars last year and may suspend Sunday and holiday service after a strike is settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet Cook
Ely Park
Broad Street
Middle Avenue
Street
Transit Co
Clearview High PTA Christmas Party and Officer Installation
Clearview High School Parent-Teacher Association hosts a Christmas party with a tureen dinner at 4:30 PM Tuesday in the school cafeteria. The installation of new officers, led by Mrs. Sherman Bloom, highlights the business session, followed by a Christmas program. Twenty five cent gifts are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Silaggi
Michael Drechsler
Hazel Herbst
Sophia Bauer
Ada Swiger
Charles Walrath
Sophia Ernst
Earl Bliss
Edward Schwitzke
Edward Wolf
Ella Jaeger
Fred Krieg
Elizabeth Jaeger
Augusta ‘Hollman
Frank Hagen
Mattie Bartlame
Grace Sprenger
Anna Sprenger
Lillie Henson
Lydia Cirle
Cordy
Elyria
Clearview
Clearview High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Sherman Bloom
Heaaces
Public Sale Of Cattle And Farm Equipment Nears
A public sale lists a white cow with a Holstein calf fresh Oct 10 1953, a Holstein cow and calf fresh Oct 17 1953, Holstein and Jersey cows due to freshen sale day, three Holstein steers 16 to 18 months, one 16 month heifer not bred, several machinery items including a David Bradley wagon, McCormick Deering tractor, hay tools, grain drill, and more. Cattle tested for T.B. and Bangs. Cash terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
T.B
Bangs
David Bradley
McCormick Deering
Local Property Sale Notice Near Elyria and Ridgeville
Partial OCR text notes a local property sale announcement tied to land located near Elyria along Rt 20 and near Ridgeville. It references relocation to Sandusky and mentions a sale action with distances in miles, but the fragment lacks complete details to specify parties, dates, or exact parcel descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Elyria
Rt. 20
Ridgeville
Farm Sale Notice for Cattle Machinery and Household Goods
Friday December 4 at 10:00 A.M. sale includes 8 Holstein cows, 2 Durham cows, 3 fresh, 2 due in January, Roan Durham heifer, Red Durham cow fresh, Bangs tested, 502 year old Leghorn hens, feeds and hay, John Deere tractors and implements, graders, mills, seeders, planters, harvest gear, cages, and a 1951 Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton truck with stake body. Household items, refrigerator, piano, tables, dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Bangs
Chevrolet
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Motors Plant
Death Records
Mrs
Selman. Franklin
Papes Services
June E. Alexander
Franklin Ave
Board of Trustees
Pilgrim
Tange
Methodist Ic
Gary
Missionary Prayer Circle
Faith Baptist
St. Joseph’s Catholic
Mission Circle 16
Dorothy Metz
St. Ann’s Circle
Mabel McDermott
Our Lady of Fatima
Altar Rosary Society
C. Aschenbach
N. Dybinski
R. Rachel
Yanula Canales
J. Wesbegher
S. George
E. Meyer
G. Nagle
William Wen
Guild
Florence Lang
Agnes
Marie
Police Dept. News
Willard C. Haynes
Lake Avenue
Friendship Club
Haynes
Walnut Street
Foster Avenue
Lodi
Manuel Rodriguez
Collegeville
Rodriguez
Elco Chevrolet
Fred Turner
E. Lorain Street
Turner
Randall W. Adams
Vulcan Street
Anthony DiCaprio
Wilbur Nixon
Roy Webb
West River Street
Bernard A. Rousseau
Willie Johnson
John
Harry Kirkpatrick
Washington Avenue
Charles W. Burke
Second Street
Apt. 14
Robert A. Eastman
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Cleveland Man
K of C
Lorain Mans
Capitol
Tony Curtis
Moudin
RIVOL
Joan Crawford
Tom'n
Martin Luther
P.R. Smith & CO
Brokerage Service
Vierview Igh Fia
Nya
Cleveland Ave
Melvin B. Slack Alfred Alexander
Alva E. Spicer
Auet
John Deere
Oliver
J. D
J.D
Westinghouse
Wiliam Billiard
J. O. Fenstermaker
Homerville
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