Amherst Candidates Night Draws Largest Attendance
About 380 residents filled Central School to hear Amherst mayoral and council candidates address growth, zoning, and downtown revitalization. Republican Anthony DePaola promoted planned growth and fewer apartments while Democrat Marvin Davis urged council cooperation. Other candidates argued on leaf collection, utilities, and sewage plans as the event was co sponsored by the Amherst Chamber of Commerce and the Amherst Women's League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Central School
Anthony DePaola
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria, O
Wed
Marvin Davis
Council
First Ward
Stephen Galusha
Utilities Committee
Third Ward
Michael Patalan
Robert Voss
Fourth Ward
Joseph Godfrey
Amherst Chamber of Commerce
Amherst Women’s League
Obituaries from Elyria Area Highlight Local Deaths
Multiple obituaries list Adam Zbydnowski 88, of Oberlin area, died after a possible heart attack. Louis S. Smith 65, Lorain native, died at St Joseph Hospital after short illness. Anna Krause, 83, of Grafton Road, died at Crestview Nursing Home Medina. Grace L. Brubaker 58, Elyria native, died at Tiffin State Hospital. Lester N. Diederick 73, Elyria area resident, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Funerals set for several from Sacred Heart, St. Mary and other local churches with burial in St. Mary Cemetery and Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Details include surviving children and spouses, grandchildren, and funeral home arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Zbydnowski
Oberlin
Allen Memorial Hospital
North Main St
Poland
Zbydnowski
Sacred Heart Church
Holy Name Society
Lottie
John
Stanley
Joseph
Dorothy
Miami Springs
Fla
Albert
Wanda) Jurco
North Ridgeville
Edward
Helen} Romanowski
Cleveland
Celia) Zgrabik
Michael
Alexander
Cowling Funeral Home
St. Mary Cemetery
Elyria
Louis S. Smith
E. 34Th St
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Anna Krause
Adelbert
Grafton Rd
Grafton
Crestview
Medina
Krause
Raymond
Leonard
Eleanor Johns
Margaret Reed
Vernie Konrad
Katie Mika
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Scranton Road
Clark Avenue
Malichok
Ridge Rd
Parma
Grace L. Brubaker
Monroe St
Tiffin State Hospital
Miss Brubaker
Salvation Army
Walter
Ethel) Rust
Herbert
Mildred) Farrand
Robert
Dorothy) Ackland
Richmond, Jr
Francis
New Orleans
Richard of
Wellington
Earl of
James Scott
Sudro- Curtis Funeral
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Tod
Lester N. Diederick
Riverside Ct
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Diederick
New York Central Railroad
St. Mary Church
Catholic Sunshine Club
Knights of Columbus
Brotherhood of Railroad
Pittsburgh
Donna Mae) Woch
Sheffield
Malcolm
Frank
Aurelia) Kuchenrither
Long Beach
Calif
Dan
Hilda) Campbell
Norman
Marcella) Bell
Akron
Waline) Shippacassi
Fairview Park
Goldcamp Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Death Notices for Asimou and Mrs Samual
Steve Asimou 63 of Lorain survived by wife Stella daughter Dimitria and sons Thomas and George with many relatives. Visitation at Bodrash Funeral Home Wednesday 2 to 7 and 7 to 9 pm Parastas service 7:30 pm. Funeral Thursday 1 pm and 1:30 pm at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Elmwood Cemetery burial. Effie Samual 78 of Oberlin survived by daughter Dorothy and step son Wallace Mayfeld with four sisters. Visitation Wednesday 2 to 4 pm at Cowling Funeral Home Oberlin. Services Thursday at 1 pm in the funeral home, burial Westwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve
East 4Th St. Lorain
Stella
Dimitria Dimitropoulos
Thomas
George
Pagana Asimou
Bodrash
Lorain
Funeral
St Nicholas Greek Orthedes Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Samual
South Pleasant St
Oberlin
Dorothy Anderson
Wallace G. Mayfeld
Cowling Funeral Home
Pir
Westwood Cemetery
Charles L Olive C obituary notice in Sheffield Lake
Charles L Olive C of 4949 East Lake Rd Sheffield Lake Ohio survived by sons Charles and Donald visitation at Reidy Scanlan Funeral Home Lorain Wednesday from 2 1 9 4 and 7 and 9 pm funeral service Thursday at ? pm in the funeral home burial in Elmwood Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L ‘Olive
East Lake Rd
Sheffield Lake Ohio
Charles
Donald
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Lorain
Elmwood Cemetery
Ohio House committee backs split of mental hygiene and corrections
The Ohio House State Government Committee narrowly approves a bill to divide the Department of Mental Hygiene and Corrections into two cabinet level departments effective July 1, 1972. Sponsor Rep. David Albritton says the move aligns functions. opponents note overlap with the Health Department. The panel sent the measure to the House Rules Committee for floor consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Ohio House State Government Committee
House Rules Committee
Department of Mental Hygiene
Department of Correction
Gilligan
R-Westerville
Norris
Health Department
Ohio
Area schools test convenient meals under CUP project
Lorain County cafeteria staffers sampled convenient meals during a CUP workshop at Middle School. The program aims to cut costs via centralized cooking and satellite feeding, with four sessions and 14 district participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pozniak
Alex Pozniak
Lorain County
North Ridgeville
CUP
Ownership dispute over Chatham Township dump ownership
Chatham Township trustees worried about who owns the one acre dump used since 1955 after Medina County Health Department closed it to meet state law. The deed shows the land is in former owner Mrs Sadie Packard Thatcher name, not the township. An 1955 deed error was corrected and the land deeded back to Thatcher but not re transferred to the township. Trustees may seek a court judgment to transfer title. In other business the board approved an 80 acre subdivision on Rt 162 owned by Womagust Co and noted a 10,000 gallon cistern at the fire station funded by residents. Volunteer firefighters began a 60 hour rescue course led by David Goodyear of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Medina County Health Department
Sadie Packard Thatcher
Thatcher
Rt. 162
Township
Womagust Co
S. Jefferson St
Medina
Sharon Center
John Bambeck
Bor
David Goodyear
Brunswick
Goodyear
Cleveland
Motorist Hurt Near Lorain Jail After Crash
A Wellington man, Victor H. Smeal, 19, was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for minor facial cuts after a collision on Middle Avenue near Holly Lane. He struck a parked car owned by George F. Lewis, a Lorain County deputy. Smeal was cited for failure to stop within an assured clear distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Middle Avenue
Wellington
Elyria
Victor H. Smeal
RD 3
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Smeal
Middle
Holly Lane
George F. Lewis
Woman Suspected in Apartment Theft
Elyria police report a 21 year old woman is suspected in the theft of 258 dollars worth of items from the apartment of Rocky W. McCourt and David Baker at 719 East River Street. The men say the woman they knew stayed the night and vanished with two cameras and assorted items after they left for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky W. McCourt
David Baker
River St
Elyria
McCourt
Baker
Two Car Collision Injures Elyria Woman on Cleveland Street
Elyria woman Eyria Elizabeth Sparks, 20, of 306 Harwood St., suffered facial cuts and was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital after her car rear ended another on Cleveland Street near Olive Street at 5:20 p.m. Harriett M. Decker, 41, of 545 Stafford Dr., escaped injury. Sparks was cited for failure to stop within a assured clear distance.
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Cleveland Street
Olive Street
Elyria
Eyria
Elizabeth M. Sparks
Harwood St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Acci
Blood donors sought for Elyria doctor’s wife
Mrs. William H. Miller of Elyria faces open heart surgery on November 10 at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland. Her husband is Dr. William Miller of Park Avenue. The Lorain County Blood Bank seeks 15 pints of Type A positive blood and will determine donor blood types through November 4. Transportation to the hospital will be provided by the Lorain County Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Miller
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Cleveland
William Miller
Park Ave
Karl Heidelberg
Lorain County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorainite Joins Ohio Economic Development Council
Lorain leader Lorain J. Ed Uland from the Greater Lorain Chamber of Commerce is named one of two Ohio Chambers of Commerce appointees to the State Economic Development Council. He will serve a one year, unpaid term alongside Gerald Long of Chillicothe, attending monthly Columbus meetings and planning future trips for Ohio’s “Ohio Story” outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
J. Ed Uland
Greater Lorain
Aland
California
Columbus
Insurers' 1970 taxes rise by 2.2 billion dollars
U.S. life insurance companies paid 2.2 billion dollars in taxes licenses and fees to federal state and local governments in 1970 up 71 million from 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S
Local births listed for Elyria and nearby
Elyria Memorial Hospital reports newborns for families including Bell at 718 Case Ave, Tarpley at 708 North Ridge Rd Lorain, Smith at 912 West Ave St Joseph, Mone Ason to Bonacker 1014 Fourth St, Ason to Hall 639 W 24th St, and Rossini at 3845 Cooper Foster Park Rd Vermilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden Bell
Case Ave
Raymond Tarpley
North Ridge Rd
Lorain
Kenneth Smith
West Ave
Ason
Steve Hall
Alon
Madio Rossini
Cooper Foster Park Rd
Vermilion
Lorain Addresses Listed for Amherst Chapman Roger Kell and William Spicer
The document lists residents Amherst Chapman at 2356 East 37th Street Lorain Roger Kell at 5000 West Erie Street Lorain and William Spicer at 5363 Oberlin Avenue Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Kell
Erie St
Lorain
William Spicer
Oberlin Ave
Oberlin Allen Asonto Mr and Mrs Kenneth Fortune
A brief notice from Lodi records Oberlin Allen Asonto and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Fortune in a local social item. The short fragment confirms names and residence in Lodi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asonto
Kenneth Fortune
Lodi
Suit filed over July 16 1970 car collision in Lorain County
James Weber of Indian Hollow Road Grafton files in Lorain County Common Pleas Court seeking 55000 for injuries and damages from a traffic accident caused by Gerald K. Squire of LaGrange. The suit, on behalf of daughter Margaret Ann Weber, also seeks 5000 for damages and expenses arising from the crash on Indian Hollow Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Weber
Indian Hollow Road
Grafton
Lorain County
Margaret Ann Weber
Hearing opens on Harris Road crossing safety bid
About 25 people including Sheffield Village and Sheffield Lake officials attended an Ohio Public Utilities Commission hearing to seek improved railroad crossing safeguards at Harris Road following the death of 12 year old Michael Logar. Petitioners want sensor devices and gates, with a estimated cost of 26 000 dollars, to time flashers to train speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Village
Sheffield Lake
Harris Road
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Norfolk and Western
Michael Logar
John P. Gordon
PACO
Lorain County
Jack Miller
Robert Wolverton
Karl Lemlein
Henry Zaborniak
Natalie Koileda
Ruth C. Potter
Leonard Pando
Sheffield
Michael Widover
The
United Church of Christ
Democrats back bridges and revamp of Elyria intersection
Democrats on the Elyria City Council favor revamping the five points intersection at Lake Avenue and Lowell Street and building two bridges over the Black River with $1 million in state funds. Mayor Leonard P. Reichlin stated the party supports both projects, while Republicans prefer one bridge first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Five Points
Lake Avenue
Lowell Street
Black River
Leonard P. Reichlin
Reichlin
Scribner L. Fauver
Council
Elyria Academy faces two day re evaluation by accreditors
An evaluation team from the Cosmetology Accrediting Commission will inspect Elyria Academy of Cosmetology today and tomorrow to maintain accreditation. The report mentions funding debates for West River Parkway bridges and intersection upgrades tied to Lorain Boulevard extension. Burglary at 4120 Toledo Rd Lorain yields $1,664 in losses. Council to reconvene Nov 9 to consider building one bridge now and finishing intersection work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Academy of Cosmetology
Cosmetology Accrediting Commission
Washington, D.C
Frank Echko
Toledo Rd
Lorain
Lorain Boulevard
Elyria
Council
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DePaola
Fran Bostwick
Eugene Stipe
Davis
Duane Parke
Rt. 58
Coney Island
Parke
Kenneth Sroka
Edmund Meyer
Second Ward
David Taylor
Richard R. Wasem
Republi
Can
Richard Geduldig
Dennis Clotz
Joseph Husar
Smith
Roundhouse
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
St. Ladislaus Church
Mary
Robert L
Marilyn Dietrich
Veronica
Verna Kocak
Anna Battos
Calvary Cemetery
John Krause
Asimou
Greeley
Sudro-Curtis
Greater Elyria and
Harvey C. Curtis
Ernest W. Schewfflar
Robert J. Caldwell
Chronicle-Telegram Bureau
Rep
David Albritton
Dayton
William Batchelder
Parole Board
Kenneth Gaver
Albritton
Allan Norris
By Nancy Schwarzwalder
Midview
Ohio Department of Education
Karen Walters
Food Service
Schoool
Prompt Foods Corp
Gel-Pak, Inc
Elyria Dairies
Chatham Two
Neysa
Stroup
Ohio Council
Elyria Memorial
John Chapman
E. 37Th St. Lorain
Oberlin Allen
Walter A. Godfrey
Lawrence M. Gwynn
Commission
Walter C. Dissen
Elyria Academy
Fulton
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