Librarian Margaret Leustig 65 dies after brief illness
Margaret Leustig nee Bendfeldt 65 of 24324 Bruce Drive Bay Village dies after a brief illness. She held library degrees from Wittenberg University and Western Reserve University and served as librarian at Lakewood Tremont and Eastman branches Cleveland Public Library Bay High School and St. Edward High School. She directed library services in Mentor and Beachwood and led the American School in The Hague. She later worked with Head Start Lorain County and served as elder at Westlake Presbyterian Church. Survived by husband William two children and five grandchildren Funeral Saturday at Zeis Funeral Home Lakewood with burial at Lakewood Park Cemetery Rocky River. Friends may call Friday 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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William
Margaret ) Leustig
Bendfeldt
Bruce Drive
Bay Village
Leustig
Wittenberg University
Springfield
Western Reserve University
Lakewood Public Library
Tremont
Eastman
Cleveland Public Library
Bay High School
Mentor
Beachwood
the Hague
Netherlands
Lorain County
Zeis
Detroit Ave
Lakewood
Lakewood Park
Rocky River
Norwalk girl, 12, dies in car-truck crash
A 12 year old Norwalk girl Tammy Barras died when her father’s pickup was struck at Rt 113 and 61 near Berlin Heights. Driver Thomas Burras and Betty Ward 43 were hospitalized with Burras in guarded condition and Ward in serious condition. The Erie County Sheriff’s Department continues investigation. The family said they had been returning from Vermilion with fish. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Heaston-Gerber Foanera Home.
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Berlin Heights
Norwalk
Rt. 113
Here
Tammy Barras
Thomas Barras
Jericho Road
Thomas Burras
Betty Ward
Pittsburgh Ave
Huron
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Burras
Obituary for Mrs Caser Teasel and Teasel family ties
Mrs Casper Teasel and Mrs Lucretia W Teasel died Thursday at 10347 Oberlin Rd Oberlin aged 96. Survived by sons Herman Gordon Jacksonville Fla and Alva Gordon Elyria a grandchild husband Casper died 1960 and daughter Idalene Moss preceded her. Cowling Funeral Home Oberlin open 7 9 pm. Services Saturday 1 pm at the funeral home Rev Carl Beighley officiating burial Westwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia W. Teasel
Oberlin Rd
Oberlin
Teasel
Herman Gordon
Jacksonville
Fla
Alva Gordon
Elyria
Casper
Idalene Moss
Cowling Funeral Home
Carl Beighley
Westwood Cemetery
Death Wolkes Runde ll A 36 fe Latin ee hee at tn husband
Funeral services for Wolkes Runde ll A 36 are announced by relatives including daughter Mrs Kathy Young and a stepdaughter. The obituary notes seven sisters and four brothers among the deceased family. Visitation times are listed as Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9, with funeral Saturday at 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rundell A
Kathy Young
Vintanour al Reidy-Scanlan Feneral Bome
In Memoriam for Sultan 4 Pained Away 1937 1975
A heartfelt In Memoriam notice remembers Sultan, mourned by loved ones and family. The message honors a beloved spouse and partner, asking readers to remember the years and to keep the memory alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovin Menary
Sultan
Noaca takeover opposed by county planning groups
Lorain County Regional Planning Commission and Lorain County Soil and Water Conservation District oppose ceding local control of the wastewater management program to NOACA. At recent meetings they voiced concerns about advisory status and voting power, as NOACA Water Quality Board set to discuss the takeover next week. Local funding would be needed for inspections and on site permits estimated at 100000 to 175000 annually.
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Lorain County
Noaca Water Quality Management Board
Federal Partici
Corwin Burrer
Soil and Water District
Conservation Board
NOACA
Burrer
Conservation District
Jeresmo J. Keron
Alan Zaleski
Whamm
Balloon Lady
Betty Wendell
Owings
Lorain County Community College
Birth notices from Elyria area Oct 25 26 1970s
Birth announcements list a son for Craig Cassidy at 198 Harbourtown Mobile Park Vernon on Oct 25 and a daughter for Robert Madison at 169 Larkmont Dr on Oct 26 Mrs Gary Thomason of 868 Community Rd Sheffield Lake and Charles Breehne of 564 Baldwin Ave noted. Also a UPI report notes the highest hat price of 29,471 in a 1970 French Napoleon chapeau auction.
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Craig Cassidy
Harbourtown Mobile Park
Vernon
Robert Madison
Larkmont Dr
Gary Thomason
Community Rd
Sheffield Lake
Charles Breehne
Baldwin Ave
United Press International
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Avon Lake approves waterworks expansion and bonds
Avon Lake council approves a 9.7 million expansion of the municipal water system to serve Avon Lake Avon Sheffield Lake and the Rural Lorain County Water Authority. Financing will use 74 million in mortgage revenue bonds and 2.3 million in general obligations with completion targeted by August 1980.
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Avon Lake
Lake Erie
Avon
Sheffield Lake
Lorain County
Kniepper
RLCWA
Eveybody
GAO to investigate cement shortages
Washington GAO will study cement shortages after budget limits delay the probe until next year. Congressman Ronald Mottl cites high prices from 16 to 28 dollars per yard and potential price fixing, with impacts on Interstate 90 and contractors in a booming construction market.
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Washington
Congress
Ronald M. Mottl
D-Parma
Mottl
General Accounting Office
GAQ
Mott
Mottle
J. Daxter Peach
Energy and Minerals Division
The
GAO
Missing pilot Valentich girlfriend says he will return
Rhomda Rushton of Victoria, 16, insists Frederick Valentich is alive after the Cessna 182 vanished over Bass Strait while reporting a hovering unidentified object with four bright lights. She claims a top secret interview with Transport Department officials and vows not to disclose details.
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Melbourne
Australia
Apt
Frederick Valentich
Bass Strait
Fred
Rhomda Rushton
Victoria
Transport Department
Miss Rushidh
Valentich
King Island
Seven Elyria police to be sworn in Monday
Safety Director Richard J. Bergman announced seven new Elyria police officers will be sworn in Monday, five new and two remaining as vacancies, increasing total sworn to 68 of 79 authorized. He noted three new firefighters will be hired soon, raising the fire department manpower to 85, two short of its authorized strength.
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Elyria Police Department
Safety Service
Richard J. Bergman
Bergman
Fragmented local notices mix car crashes and incidents
OCR reads a chaotic inventory of events including multiple two car and four car accidents on Broad Street and North Abbe Road, false fire alarms at Elyria High School and Bonannen Court, a shoplift at Higbee’s Midway Mall, gasoline siphoning at Pete’s Sunoco, a missing payment at Lorei Motel, and a police report against Gary D Stolzer.
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Elyria High School
Soxth Street
T Street
University Avenue
Broad Street
Muddle Avenue
Hilliard Avenue
Bonannen Court
Gary D Stolzer
Broad St
EHOVE registration for autumn night classes set
Registration for the second session at EHOVE Joint Vocational School is underway. Classes run Nov 6 through Dec 14 on Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Call for registration or more information. Courses include auto repair, welding, electronics, business office education, horticulture, small engine repair, and distribution education topics with special seminars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Ehove Joint Vocational School
Fiery Norwalk crash claims Plymouth man
A 78-year-old Plymouth man, John Gayheart, was killed in a fiery crash south of Norwalk when his pickup struck a culvert abutment on Peru Center Road. Police believe the vehicle skidded and split in two, with the gas tank bursting into flames as he transported fish from Sandusky to Plymouth.
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Norwalk
Plymouth
Here
Highway Patrol
John Gayheart
Trux Ave
Peru Center Road
Gayheart
Sandusky
State OKs area park fund requests
The Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources approved two federal funding applications for Lorain Lane Metropolitan Park land acquisitions. Amounts are 26778 dollars for Black Park and 71257 dollars for Ver milion Park, with a 50 percent local match. Final approval pending with the Federal Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service of the Interior.
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Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
Lorain Lane Metropolitan Park
Deaty Miners
Black Park
Vermilion Park
Federal Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
U.S. Dept. of the Interior
Assaulted man cut with bottle outside Elyria bar
Elyria man Robert A. Diedrick, 25, was slashed with a beer bottle outside the Little Brown Jug Bar at about 1 45 a.m. He required 40 stitches to the left side of his face. No charges were filed. Diedrick said his attacker was a man he had met inside the bar.
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Elyria
Robert A. Diedrick
15Th St
Diedrick
Cleveland St
EST vice president elected to head credit bureau
Alan Murphy, vice president for marketing at Elyria Savings and Trust National Bank, was elected president of the Elyria Credit Bureau. New officers include Bob Elbert vice president, John Frazier treasurer, and Chris Nichols secretary, with Tom Haywood Jr., Lou Kaplan, and Marge Derringer joining the board. The bureau on 360 2nd St serves over 260 commercial accounts and about 150,000 credit files.
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Alan Murphy
Elyria Savings and Trust National Bank
Elyria Credit Bureau
Elyria
Murphy
EST
Bob Elbert
First National Bank of
John Frazier
Lorain County Savings and Trust
Chris Nichols
Tom Haywood, Jr
Brandan Jewelers
Lou Kaplan
Kaplan’s Furniture
Marge Derringer
Avec Finance Co
Derringer
2Nd St
Unemployment Rates in Lorain and Nearby Counties
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services reports Lorain County jobless rate at 5.4 percent with 6,797 unemployed. Adjacent counties Cuyahoga 4.9 percent and 37,429 unemployed. Medina 3.4 percent. Erie 5.0 percent. Ashland 4.7 percent. Huron 6.3 percent with 1,638 unemployed. All rates up slightly from August in a normal seasonal trend.
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Lorain
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
OBES
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Medina County
Erie County
Ashland
Huron
Lorain County
Cuyahoga
Erie
Medina
Henrietta Township to open 1977 revenue sharing report
Henrietta Township will allow public examination of its 1977 federal revenue sharing report next week from 8 to 11 a.m. daily at Township Clerk Charles Bergs home 52614 Garfield Road. The clerk also notes 1977 expenditures of 321 dollars from sole recession fiscal assistance funds were used for road maintenance labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta
Charles Berg
Garfield Road
Driver hurt in three car crash in Oberlin
A three car crash at Lorain and Pleasant streets in Oberlin injured Michael D. Calbertson, 26, of Locust Street, with head and facial injuries. Exzzie Wallace of Hamilton Street was cited for failure to yield. Wallace, eastbound on East Lorain, ran into Calbertson and a second car at 2:34 pm. Calbertson was taken to Allen Memorial Hospital for head X rays.
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Oberlin
Lorain
Pleasant Streets
Michael D. Calbertson
Locunt Street
Exzzie Wallace
Hamilton Street
Wallace
East Lorain
Culbertson
Concepcion Urbana
Allen Memorial Hospital
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Margaret Leustig
Tammy Burras
Mrs. Casper Teasel
Death Wolkes
Memoriam
Jace
Funeral Name, Inc
Orwater Byria
Licensad Funeral Directors and
Embelmary
Pation
Elyria Memorial
Oks Waterworks
Cameroon
Federal
Republc of
Cameroons
Africa
Elyria Police and Fire Departments
Bell Avenue
Furnace
Lonsiana Avenue
North Abbe Road
Flurwood Boulevard
Hamilton Avenue
SL Clur Street
Lorain Boulevard
State
Oks Area Park Fund
Macca
Sir Richard Burton
Mecca
Louis IV
Germany
Ghouls and
Goblins
Credit Bureau
U.S
Robert Penick
Henrietta Twp
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