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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1955
Page
17
Superintendent Fred Daniel announced the new Midview High will not open until Friday with a half day to acquaint students and adjust schedules. Construction delays and blacktop work cause the postponement while elementary schools in the district open Tuesday as scheduled.
The state highway department postponed bids for the first section of the four lane improvement on Routes 2 and 6 between Vermilion and Lorain to Sept 27 from Sept 13. Bids will be taken Sept 13 for the Rt 254 project between South Broadway and Rt 57, about two and a half miles, announced by division engineer Joseph Tomsic.
Eight Lorain County youths announced by Chief O W Ziedlow join the Navy and are training at Great Lakes. Names include Hugh W Knapp Jr, Charles Eugene Reed, Paul D Verdos, Charles E Matelsky, James M Stump, Alex J Cassady, Clarence W Imhof, and Hugh W Knapp, with home addresses in Elyria Oberlin Avon and nearby areas.
At 4 30 p m Mr and Mrs J Albert Robinson watched a car driven by Raymond Halliwell fail to control at a curve east of East River Road. The auto hit a ditch and tree, knocked down mail boxes and ended in the Robinson yard. Halliwell was cited for reckless operation. In a second incident at 5 40 p m Helen Lamont 19 was in Elyria and Lake Avenues when her 1955 car was struck by a 189 car driven by Diego Robles 35. Robles was cited for failure to control and driving without a license. A fender was damaged.
A community welcome for Elyria High School football coach Bill Barton is planned for Tuesday night at 9 after the American Legion Post 12 meeting. Cheerleaders and the Elyria High School Band directed by Bill Walters will perform and Barton will speak and answer questions. a 35 minute Ohio State football highlights film will be shown.
Dexter S. Kimball Jr., president of the United Fund of Greater Elyria, will speak at the first fall luncheon meeting of the Elyria Community Welfare Council scheduled for next Friday at 12:15 in the YWCA Holly Hall. Kimball will discuss United Fund developments as Rev. Thomas Curtis notes this is a major step in voluntary health and welfare work, urging committee chairmen to resume duties immediately.
Lorain Youth For Christ announces a new series of children's meetings starting Saturday September 10 in the Ohio Theater. Programs run each Saturday from 10 to 12 with dramatized Bible stores gospel music and group singing. Awards will be given to winners.
Elwin Polvoorde reported a stone was thrown at his wife Florence's car windshield while driving south on West Ave near Ober dn Pat. The glass shattered in the incident dated yesterday.
Mrs Ellen Mae Menges a 41 of 195 Ford Rd Elva lent a hand to a stalled car on RS 234 at 6 p m yesterday and ended with a damaged car after bumpers of her car and the other vehicle touched. The collision sent her car into the path of an approaching car driven by Alice M Gruneske 43 of Rocky Rover. Both vehicles were moderately damaged but no arrest was made according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Vermilion Rotary Club heard Miss Erma Sigler discuss African change since 1929. She described rising independence sentiment, unrest from Jew Arab tensions and communism, and shifts from colonial exploitation toward soil rebuilding and modernization in Africa.
Three of this year’s Lorain County polio patients have been discharged from Cleveland City Hospital. Ricky Dean Terry six, and James Archer 23 months, have been transferred to Gates Hospital for Crippled Children for further care. Laura Stauter 11 months returned home. Linda Brine four and Robert Christopher 23, both listed as fair condition, remain at Cleveland Hospital. No new polio cases in county this week. Toll stands at 25.
Probate Judge Harold Ewing approves a $500 settlement paid by John Motelsky of 2348 East 38th St Lorain to Louis Hunyad aged 20 for injuries from a car crash at Grove Ave and 30th St Lorain on July 31. John Swayze of 2302 East 30th St Lorain files for divorce from Miriam after 143 years of marriage and three children. Radio aerials on cars owned by James Butler and Larry Manship were broken off allegedly maliciously while parked at Sheffield O'Neil shopping center last evening per sheriff's report.
A cluttered card of thanks expresses gratitude for acts during bereavement and mentions names like Sudro Curtis Henderson and Arthur Rising. The page also lists numerous lost items such as a brown wallet in Lorain, a calico cat, a blue tick hound, and reward offers, plus fruit and produce advertisements with contact numbers and local listings across Lorain Oberlin and Elyria.
Established hardware store with two story concrete block warehouse in rear and two furnished apartments above. Monthly rental income from apartments and warehouse totals 157 dollars. Property includes stock and merchandise. Price around 12,500 dollars with down payment negotiable. Ideal setup for hardware, plumbing, electrical, sheet metal or heating contractor. Write Box 437 Chronicle-Telegram.
The 3000 strong network promotes training for new associates in aggressive salesmanship and management. After 46 years in merchandising, the group claims readiness to train anyone with no prior experience to sell what people need today or tomorrow.
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