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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1954
Page
2
The Lorain Institute operated by Lorain City Board of Education reports 653 adults enrolled from 35 courses this semester. Enrollment is rising toward 709 as classes began recently. many offerings cover vocational trades and hobbies.
Lorain downtown merchants and store employees gathered as the Downtown Merchants Association hosted a United Appeal campaign briefing. Harold Pyle led the event with R V Jordan and Mayor John Jaworski as guests, coffee and doughnuts served, questions addressed, and local issues discussed.
Lorain officers report multiple crash related charges. Nancy Lee Findley and Frank Thomas Zabrecky are due in Municipal Court Saturday on crashing and red light violations at Colorado Avenue and Henderson Drive and Broadway and 2nd Street respectively. Raymond DeWitt Bloom and Digno Lopez also face crashing or license related charges with impending court appearances. Avery Clarence Flynn faces a reckless driving charge from a Friday evening arrest.
Richard C. Reed of Corning North Carolina will oversee the dining room and cocktail bar at the Antlers Hotel. The appointment was announced by manager Robert O. Moles. Reed, a Cornell University Hotel Administration graduate with a four month old daughter, will assume duties Monday.
Three children received emergency treatment at St. Joseph Hospital. Linda Hook 12 of 1330 West 18th Street stepped on a nail injuring her right foot Larry McCoy 4 of 1504 East 29th Street cut on a piece of glass at home Edward McCall 2 1 2 of 2010 Reeves Avenue treated for a head laceration from a fall at home.
Fourteen men from the Lorain area have enlisted in the U S Army. They will be sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for basic training. Listed are David M Harbaugh John L Grant William P Trimble Douglas Rodgers Joseph M Barnicle Eugene R Clapper Joseph D D Orozio Raymond C Arnold Howard Droney Earlie B Arnold Jackie A Martin Edward A Brangon Lloyd E Propst and Bernard F Coffins.
Lorain area high school seniors and juniors with parents will tour the U S Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center Tuesday at 7 22 p m They will see corps members at work and attend a drill followed by classroom work A film Navy At Work will be shown and other features included during the session.
The St. Elizabeth Circle of St. Vincent DePaul met at Mrs. Worth Mertz’s home on North Murray Ridge Road. Mrs. Michael Hoosech led the session planning a Pillow Case card party in the church hall Tuesday and distributing birthday gifts to Mrs. Peter Kokotylo and Mrs. Herb Van Keuren. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Kokotylo, Mrs. Hoosech, Mrs. Margaret Brady, and Richard Brady. A dessert was served. The next gathering is set for Nov 1 at Mrs. Ray Klingshirim’s home.
A series of accidents Wednesday afternoon and evening in Lorain sent eight persons to St Joseph Hospital for emergency treatment before release. A ninth, Alex Ringhauser 43, was admitted after a compound left ankle fracture from a fall on home steps. Additional injuries included a 1 year old who swallowed a bobbin. a 10 year old with a fractured wrist at school. a 7 year old hit head at school. a 25 year old with a cut eyebrow. a 6 year old knee cut. a 4 year old scalp laceration. a 2 year old left wrist fracture. and a 4 year old finger cut at home.
In Lorain William Holley former mayor of Sheffield Lake faced a new trial appeal this afternoon before Municipal Judge Leroy Kelly. Holley 62 was found guilty of driving while intoxicated with a 300 fine and costs, three days in jail and license suspension. If denied, attorney Walter Gordon may pursue the case in common pleas court.
Group 5 of the Women’s League of Avon Lake Congregational Church will sponsor a book review Wednesday at 2 pm in the church. Mrs. Eileen Benninghoff will lead the review of The Tip on Grandma’s Shoulder by Leavitt. A coffee hour will follow with Mrs. Gladys Weaver and Mrs. Henry Page pouring.
Ferdinand Eddie Rule 29 faces leaving the scene of an accident in Municipal Court after a two hit skip incident at Grove and Homewood in Lorain. Irma Nelly McGinty 164 Lexington Ave Wasland tube reported theft valued at 80 dollars and claimed damages around 200. Police say the Bufo sedan struck and damaged Rule’s car at Connie’s restaurant 241 Grove Ave. Damage to Rule’s car estimated at 300 dollars.
A brick near Broadway and 20th Street damaged a car driven by David Wilson of 315 13th Street last night. Wilson filed a negligence complaint against a workman repairing the northwest cover of the building at the intersection.
Police search for a juvenile who stole a letter from a National Council mail box. Richard Eugene Fout, 18, charged with driving with brakes improper. The eight o clock Mass at St. John’s Cathedral will be celebrated by Msgr. Wolf. The diocesan Communion Breakfast to be held Sunday at the Statler Hotel was announced.
Edward Chester Skeese, 63, of Mansfield, pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to a charge of driving while intoxicated. Judge LeRoy Kelly set a Nov. 9 trial, Skeese released on 250 dollar bond after a car crash involving George Van Arman, 52, of Lorain.
Police chief Frank Pawlak said solicitors have no connection with the department and do not benefit the police, though local merchants report requests for funds. He warned they may be using the department name without sanctioned authority and suspects they act as OMA representatives.
Zoltan V. Kestyn, 35, of 1800 28th St in Lorain, was fined $50 in Municipal Court yesterday for exhibiting gambling devices. Police vice squad found a punch board and tip card on display at City Cigar Store. Kostyu identified as proprietor.
Lorain labor leader Russell Reisinger appointed county chair for a joint contractor and labor committee to raise funds for the United Appeal and Community Chest campaigns in Lorain and Elyria. Virgil Hume will represent contractors. Steve Szuby chairs Lorain craft groups. The panel includes Harold Vance, Joseph Sedivy, Robert Lamarr, Clayton Bruin and Alton Page. They plan a coordinated solicitation led by George Campbell, of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., at the National Tube Management club October dinner at the Amers Hotel. A report on the AFL convention will be given by Herbert Gammons.
Five area men join two years of active duty in the U S Navy this month. All are in the Naval Reserve Surface Division. Robert Orem MacDonald of Elyria begins October 4 duty. the others report October 27 at the Philadelphia naval base.
The Lorain Board of Education hired Audrey Smith as a mathematics teacher at Lorain High School, to finish the current year. It approved two part time psychologists Donald J. Ferguson to teach one day weekly and Marion Baum two and a half days. The board also protested a store opening within 300 feet of the high school. A jewelry box theft at a Lorraine area home netted valuables and a police report noted $150 cash missing and a bank book stolen from Lydia Bodi.
The column lists multiple discharge entries from St Joseph Hospital across Birmingham Avon Vermilion Norwalk Amherst and Vermilion area addresses alongside births including a daughter to Bernard Hodkey and a son to Joseph Jiziersti among others. Names include Mrs Glenn Berkmeyer Mrs George Boerwinkle Harold Resch John Garber Miss Clara Verdes and many more with addresses throughout the region.
Five new municipal parking lots in downtown Lorain will be officially opened at 5:30 p m with Mayor John C Jaworski cutting the ribbon at the Fifth Street site. The lots cost 320 900 to build and provide space for 1 260 cars. The ceremony includes city officials and members of the parking committee and the Downtown Retail Merchants Association.
Over 30 captains and volunteer solicitors met at the Central Bank for an informal kickoff as Lorain launches a ten day United Appeal drive to raise 261164 for 29 welfare agencies. Gary Hobby of U S Steel urged broad payroll deduction participation while Amos Burrows explained pledges and mechanics.
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