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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1970
Page
2
William Mudrak 77 of Woodville and Berlinville resident Louise Villar 71 died recently in Lorain Fremont Memorial and Good Samaritan Hospitals respectively. Mudrak a former U S Steel worker, survived by wife Pearl and multiple children. Villar, married 53 years, left a daughter and a son, with WWII casualty noted. Services planned in Lorain and Berlin Heights with parastas and rosary observances.
Phil Spitalny famed conductor of an all girl orchestra who rose to prominence in the 1930s and 1940s died in Miami Beach aged 80. Graveside services are planned in Cleveland with surviving wife Evelyn two brothers Maurice and a daughter Mrs Norma Rein of New York City.
Albert A Genoso 74 of Avon died at Bay View Hospital after a brief illness. A retired chef and truck gardener, he is survived by three sons and a daughter, plus siblings and grandchildren. Dorsey Peto 80 native of Limaville died in Weber Nursing Home Wellington where he had lived five years. He was a machinist at Morgan Engineering and his wife Elizabeth died in 1929. Burial arrangements follow.
Mes Mary Finegan of 223 Home St Elva passed away after a long illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Helen Lee of TB Neorthheid and grandchildren Mes He'er Lee Mrs Dorothy Gain and Mat e Margaret Wositatons. Funeral from Goodramp Funeral Home Monday at 2 pm with rosary at the home evening prior and service at Mars Church. Burial in Mars Cemetery.
The Rev. Irvin E. Ade founder of Elyria Gospel Tabernacle and early Assembly of God minister died in Bevard Hospital Melbourne Florida after a ten day illness. He was 67 and lived in Melbourne two years leaving a wife Lydia four daughters one son eight grandchildren and four sisters. Funeral services are planned with Russell D Fulton Funeral Home Grafton handling arrangements.
Mrs Christine Andrews former Ashland resident died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at home. Born in Barberton she worked at Eagle Rubber and Faultless Rubber Co. She belonged to Seventh Day Adventist Church and Dorcas Society. Surviving husband Paul three daughters Mrs Edward Bair Elyria Mrs Lewis Rominger Freeport and Mrs Charles Still Burbank a son John seven grandchildren two brothers Harry and Robert Seevers and two sisters Mrs Florence Crawford Ferndale and Mrs Elsie Shatt Akron. Funeral at Heyle Funeral Home Ashland Wednesday at 2 pm Elder Clifford Robbins will officiate burial in Ashland Cemetery friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow.
MacArthur Foster 27 of Luray Virginia died three days after a Oct 4 one car crash near Luray. His truck left the road, struck a board fence and ended in a barn. He worked for English Construction and had been with Abex in Elyria. Survived by wife Sandra two daughters and a son, mother Grace Foster siblings. Funeral held at Bethlehem Christian Church Stanley VA with burial at Jones Cemetery.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a federal statute criminalizing mailing obscene material. A Los Angeles judge struck down the indictment, ruling it unconstitutional. The court also will rule on a separate importation ban and a confiscation of photos by customs.
The North Ridgeville school board will meet tonight in the Middle School conference room to discuss top administrative job descriptions shown in August. A reassignment followed a July staff reduction from three to two after Jerome Bontempo resigned to join Fairview Park authorities.
Alexander Roth, a Lorain real estate broker and founder of the Lorain County Cancer Society, died at 8 10 a m in St Joseph Hospital Lorain after a home heart attack. He lived at 1153 Eighth St and was active in local Jewish, fraternal and medical groups. Burial in Salem followed a funeral at Walter A Frey Funeral Home with Rabbi Ellis Sultanik officiating. A week of mourning was planned at his home.
In Elyria a 1 year old infant named Edi was not injured. two teens, David Rhodehamel aged 15 of 241 Lexington Ave and David Jackson aged 17 of 216 Lexington, were handling a shotgun when it discharged. Rhodehamel suffered a hand wound considered more serious requiring surgery. Jackson faced liability as the weapon fired during the examination.
A 70 year old Lorain woman Anna Blakely died Saturday from self inflicted gunshot wounds in her Clifton Avenue home. Despondent after her husband Dodson died in May she used a .32 pistol then a .38 pistol to end her life. She lived in Lorain 43 years and was a member of Greater St Matthew’s AME Church. Brown's Funeral Home arranging services with burial at an unspecified location.
Thieves pried open a boiler room door to enter the Northern Ohio Telephone Co offices at 167 E Herrick Ave Wellington. They removed about 150 dollars from a safe and took payments from the night deposit box. The scene mirrored a recent New London break-in, police said.
Royal Crest Golf Club in Lorain County reports eight golf carts stolen with three valued at 500 each and one unaccounted for the morning of the crime. Deputies say a man drove away in a $1500 cart. the remaining two carts are still missing from the club area.
Lorain County high school students will tour Elyria Memorial Lorain Community and St. Joseph hospitals on October 30 as part of the Ninth Annual Health Careers Day. Tours cover nine hospital sections and explain roles from laboratories to business offices. Registration via school guidance counsellor is required for eligible 10th 11th or 12th graders.
An Amherst service station on Rt 58 and Middle Ridge Road was robbed early Saturday. Attendant Gaudinier spotted voices and moving tires toward a garage at 7:45 a.m. and notified Lorain County deputies. burglars fled with new tires and tools, unidentified.
A Lorain woman was beaten and robbed of 110 by a man she says had threatened to kill her if she did not pay. The attack occurred at 320 E. 46th St in Sheffield Township about 7:45 pm. She reported earlier threats by phone and said burglars fled in a car after gaining entry by breaking a garage window with tires and tools taken in the heist.
Faulty wiring is blamed for a blaze that damaged a two story frame building at 3009 Canton Ave. The front apartment occupied by Ollie Dower suffered 50 in contents loss, while the rear unit occupied by Mrs. Margaret Hopewell had 75 in damage to her apartment. The building owned by Rita Berkowitz of New York City sustained 25 000 in damage and was brought under control in about 25 minutes.
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