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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1949
Page
12
Ohio school districts seek 586 bond issues and levies totaling 59.14 million dollars for the November 3 election. City districts average 3.86 mills, exempted villages 3.34 mills, and local districts 3.33 mills, with distributions across counties and districts.
Columbus reports the state liquor control board will approve adding Charles Mallick to the beer and wine carry out permit held by Laddie Mallick at 327 Lake Ave Elyria. Judge Cole said church objections by Lake Ave Congregational were overruled as the original permit predates the current 500 foot hearing requirement. The church argued the addition would perpetuate the permit at the location.
U S Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman arrived in Brussels by Pan American Clipper and then proceeded toward New York. The gray haired commander of American naval forces in the Mediterranean refused to comment on reports he would succeed Admiral Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations. He wore a gray top coat and fedora and spoke briefly at the Brussels airport restaurant before moving on.
Services will be held tomorrow in Cleveland for Robert D. Cowan Jr. 17 who was killed in a small plane crash near LaGuardia Field New York Saturday. The youth's father is president of Monongahela and Ohio Coal Co Inc.
Members of the PTA will hear Principal Harry Frankfather discuss child education at Hamilton school on Wednesday evening. Visitors may tour classrooms, view books and teaching media, and discuss education with teachers. Franklin school displays and demonstrations in art and physical education will be open to the public along with the Deaf Department housing 35 pupils and three teachers.
Oslo shipyards add heroic size prow sculptures to stream ined motor freighters for the Necwarsali trade, signaling bold merchant marine display.
A guide advises spreading margarine on cut avocados to prevent darkening. A Santa Barbara area study from UC shows 12 percent of male students and 29 percent of female students have foot defects.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous corporations and brands across sectors. Names include American Radiator, General Motors, Westinghouse, Cooper, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Socony Vacuum, alongside utilities and manufacturers such as J I Case, T T, and Airbrake. The passage resembles a business directory or advertisement cluster from a historical newspaper page.
Rov C Rogers of North Olmsted fined $75 and suspended from driving for six months after a drunken driving arraignment before Major Henry W. Ault. William E Smalley of 324 West River Street fined $10 for disorderly conduct arraignment. Jack Gefrth fined $10 for permitting an unlicensed driver to operate a car. A teen passenger cited for license and alcohol issues. juvenile authorities took him to juvenile court.
United Press reports nine people killed in Ohio over the weekend in multiple crashes. Victims include Robert Mayes 81 of East Liverpool struck by a truck after leaving a bus, Harold E Doubleday 62 of Cuyahoga Falls in a Route 20 crash, Damel Bennett 87 in a Cleveland area crash, Steven Durban 3 in Columbus, and Charles McKee 22 near Chillicothe when a motorcycle overturned in separate accidents.
Columbus Ohio state welfare officials announce a new admissions system for mental hospitals effective tomorrow. Insane patients from Summit Lorain Medina Richland and Ashland counties will be housed in the Apple Creek State School building once completed. Completion is expected by November 15 with transfers to Hawthornden Toledo State Hospital Columbus State Hospital and Massillon State Hospital ending.
Mrs. Margaret Houghtien, mother of Miss Birdette Alexander and former Elyria milliner, died at 1611 Hollywood Road Cleveland after illness. Survived by another daughter, a son, and grandchildren. Services at 2 pm Wednesday at George W. Edick Funeral Home Cleveland.
Death records list Mrs. Angie May Higgins 88 of 225 Bath street who died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after 14 weeks illness. Also noted are Mrs. Bess A. Schaefer 63 of 313 Oxford avenue who passed away after lingering illness, and Mary Catherine Hadaway wife of Charles of 143 South Olive street who died at home after months of illness. services set at Sudro Curtis and Leonard P. Rechlin Funeral Homes with burial at Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
Graveside services will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at Evergreen cemetery for Pamela D Markstahler day-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil C Markstahler of Oberlin route 2. The infant died at Amherst Hospital at 9 am yesterday. Surviving are the parents and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Claude Unger of Oberlin.
Joy Johnson a 34 year old Ohioan was severely injured after stepping from the Riverside Drive-In back door and plunging 70 feet to rocks below the Scioto River Deputies and a boat assisted his rescue after a late night search by a friend Al Delewese Delaware authorities said Johnson was found alive but badly hurt near the edge six feet from the river and brought to a waiting ambulance downriver.
Probate Judge Malcolm Thomson approves a $175 claim for injuries to Louis Mikula 20 from a traffic collision at Routes 58 and 113 on Aug 29 with a Sunkiss Orchard Co truck owned by Carl Gott sching. Settlement includes $825 to Mikula’s mother Anna Mikula per papers filed in probate court.
Two services mark All Saint's Day at St Andrew's Episcopal Church with Holy Communion at 7:30 am for school children and workers, and 10:30 am when the United Thank Offering is presented. A luncheon follows in the undercroft, hosted by Mrs. Arthur Robishaw, dessert and coffee provided, then Rev G Russell Hargate and Mrs. Hargate share experiences from the Triennial General Convention in San Francisco.
The Alumni choir opens its fourth season with Melody Moods on Tuesday November 22 in Elyria high school auditorium. About 50 former a capella members will perform with tickets sold by choir members. Proceeds fund the Messiah performances with church choir participation as a public service event.
William Camp reports a small girl named Nancy Medok of 332 Cambridge Avenue ran into the side of his automobile at 830 a.m. today near Park and Cambridge avenues. The girl got up immediately and refused hospital examination.
Nearly 100000 motor vehicles carry fresh bread and bakery products each day to about half a million stores. The distribution network sustains constant supply and supports regional markets.
Rares In Wisconsin studies show older sows produce heavier pigs by about 2 pounds and nearly 9 percent more weight at 98 days. Sows tend to have larger litters than gilts, and breeding practices aim to keep the best mothers for the aged herd.
Iowa Experiment Station joins several cornbelt stations in approving birdsfoot trefoil in grass mixtures for permanent pastures. It performs well with Kentucky bluegrass redtop orchardgrass or timothy in north central Iowa. When paired with aggressive grasses like brome or alta fescue plant in 42 inch rows with a corn planter or drill to reduce crowding. Thinning peaches should start just after the June drop and finish quickly to remove inferior fruit.
Moss presence signals nitrogen shortage in lawns per Oregon station. Broadcast 8 to 10 pints ammonium sulfate per thousand sq ft to kill moss and feed lawn. Apply half in one direction and half at right angles, do not water for several days. South Dakota station reports 50 gallons chlordane per acre controls 35 grasshopper varieties on baths, crops. rate 1 to 1.5 pounds per acre for young to large insects, sometimes a second application. Also effective against grass, small grains, sorghum and alfalfa. chlordane kills various pests in alfalfa including leaf hoppers.
Readable market notes show home growers and Cleveland buyers trading Jonathan apples and other produce with varied weights and prices. The report covers crates, sacks, onions, peppers, potatoes, squash, celery, cabbage, and local poultry, eggs, beef, calves, and hogs with multiple price ranges and unit forms across markets.
A board proposal suggests six cents per hour from companies to finance pensions with a possible reexamination of worker contributions later if needed. Some leaders favor not reconvening the fact finding panel unless requested by both sides. The board also recommended four cents per hour for social insurance and a non contributory pension as a guidepost.
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