Mayor Keys Outlines City Services at Kiwanis Meeting
Elyria Mayor J. Grant Keys, running for reelection, spoke to the Kiwanis Club on minor but essential city services. He highlighted improvements across departments over 21 months, including fire protection upgrades, added firefighters, new equipment, and a reduced work week for firefighters. He noted police staffing gains, a first warning ticket program, an alarm system trial, and school crosswalk guards.
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J. Grant Keys
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Keys
Elyria
FBI
Sanitation Department
State Health Department
Water Department
Mayor Keys Helps Clear Storm Water On City Streets
Mayor J Grant Keys described wading into high water on Tith Street to clear a large paddle and guide traffic. He recounted pulling water from a catch basin with one hand while signaling vehicles, and a bystander offered a rake as reinforcement arrived on Middle Avenue.
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J. Grant Keys
Tith St
Elyria Kiwanians
Courthouse fines and city budget notes shown in brief
Local court records show Phillip Linden fined 35 dollars and costs for reckless driving on Rt 57. Other entries list workers’ union talks, city sanitation upgrades, a new water plant permit system, and building permits totaling 33 million in value for 1955 with totals likely to exceed 500 permits. Separate items include unemployment data, divorces, and civil suits against several defendants.
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Phillip Linden
R.D
LaGrange
Justice Co. C. Lord
Sherif
William Woodford
Mitiwanga
Grand Jury
G. C. Loral
Coury
Water Department
Bureau of Unemployment
Frank Meier
Frederick
Strong
Columbia Township
Dex
Strong-Meier
Improve
Coal Co
George
City Sewage Dis
Simkovichi
Avon Belden Rd
Posal
Keys
Apa George
Welin
Ernie Seabold
Helen Lister
Sheffield
Washington
INS
Ester
Lester
James P
William
Shear St
Logan
East 37Th St
Lorain
John
Quincy
State May Conclude. Case Today in Fremont Murder Trial
Fremont 86 year old case may end today as Samuel Tannyhill, 26, faces first degree murder charges in the fatal bludgeoning of waitress Mrs Shirley Bradford. Prosecutor Thomas Dewey rested with key witness Betty Gibson who testified of the night before and after the killing, a trip to Toledo Zoo, and blood on a tissue box. Earlier, Clifford Overmyer testified Tannyhill bought a .25 caliber pistol at a Fremont sporting goods store last April, a month before the May 2 murder. The state seeks to prove the gun was used to rob the Hat restaurant and force the waitress to Tindall bridge where her battered body was found.
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Fremont
Samuel Tannyhill
Shirley Bradford
Sandusky County
Thomas Dewey
Betty Gibson
Tannyhill
Tanny- Svona
Sue
Toledo
Clifford Overmyer
Couple Share Milk Route in Ely Village Business
John Anderson and his wife Lillian run a combined milk route from Ely Village with their two sons Ray and James. They changed the business name to Anderton Milk Cartage to reflect the growing team including Lillian who drives a truck seven days a week from Medina Valley City to Cleveland for Producers Milk Co. The piece highlights weather challenges, family effort, and a pigeon named Pinky as they manage about 150 ten-gallon cans daily.
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John Anderson
Allen ‘St
Ely Village
Togo
John
Lillian
Anderton Milk Cartage
Cleveland
Producers Milk Co
West 35Th St
Schiller Ave
Anderson
James
Si Ray
Caby x County
Ohio
Guild Elects Officers South Amherst Church Dinner Draws 285
South Amherst two hundred eighty five people attended a church guild dinner at St. Pauls Evangelical Church Elyria with 285. Officers for the new year were elected and key committees named including Schacht Wragg Mori and Schneider. An invitation to a regional workshop and a missionary tea were accepted.
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South Amherst
Women's Guild
St. Dred
Paul’s Evangelical Church
Ely
Women's Guild of
St. John’s
Evan Land
Gelical and Reformed Church
Fred Holzhauer
Avitation
Fred Berger
Albert Wragg
Paul Mori
Fred Schacht
Arthur Wragg
Albert Schneider
Lorain Traffic Mishap Leaves One Slightly Hurt
Police report a rear end collision at Colorado and Nevada Aves. involving Ernest Homer Roberts Jr and Lulu Captain. Captain was treated at St. Joseph Hospital for a neck contusion and released. Roberts faces charges for failure to control. vehicle damage estimated at 390 dollars. Simunovic and White face reckless driving and failure to yield charges after a second crash in an alley between Fourth and Fifth Streets. Julis Merchand Jr. cited for sparking violation. A separate note mentions lagging South African campaign funding in Bloemfontein.
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Lorain — Constantine
Ernest Homer Roberts
Westlake Ave
St.Joseph Hospital
Roberts
Lulu
West Sixth St
Colorado
Nevada
George Simunovic
Elyria Ave
James E. White
King Ave
Fourth
Fifth
Julis Merchand Jr
East 2Th St
Lorain Health Board mails Salk inoculation letters
Lorain parents of school children who received Salk polio shots in April have been mailed notices. A tentative second inoculation date is set for November 2, per Health Commissioner Dr. J. C. Riggin. About 2791 students were vaccinated in April. second and third graders are slated for the November round at the same locations.
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Lorain
Lorain City
Thanking Friends for Support After Loss of Carl Maringer
The family of Carl T. Maringer expresses gratitude for flowers cards and prayers during their time of bereavement. They acknowledge kindness from Ridge Tool Company neighbors Mr and Mrs Gordon Benson and others for food and flowers and assistance in their loss. May God bless and reward all who offered aid.
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Thenks
Manna
Rey
Warren Carol
Faether
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