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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1968
Page
6
The Ridgeville Board of Education agreed to assign a representative to each PTA meeting in the five city PTAs to improve parent board understanding and field questions without extra monthly meetings. Marge Hobson and Alice Coon urged the move at the last meeting.
Lewis Goodell former Lorain City engineer will speak at the Elyria Audubon Society meeting at the Elyria YMCA at 8 p.m. His slide program titled This is Our Father's World highlights scenery and wildlife from trips to Arizona Florida and Puerto Rico. Two field trips are planned for September with Presque Isle and Lake St Marys on September 14 15 and September 28 29.
The North Ridgeville junior high PTA will start a new program tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium to foster home school harmony and improve parent teacher communication. Anthony Rage will introduce the new superintendent Donald E Swartz and the junior high staff.
North Ridgeville Wilcox Parent Teachers Association will reveal this year s activities at its first meeting Thursday at 8 pm in the school multipurpose room. Alexander Lutz new principal and faculty will be introduced. Room marhers are needed. contact Mrs James Calawar at the meeting or 24689 Bainbridge Rd. A social hour will follow.
The North Ridge Board of Education announced the hiring of Mrs. Donna Heeter, 27, of 3973 Lear Nagle Rd as a playground aide. She will be paid per hour for a 40 hour week, replacing earlier staff.
Raymond Eaton of Woodbine, Kentucky, convicted of first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Rodney Hurm el, 26, during a 1967 service station robbery, was sentenced to death in the electric chair. Judge Simon Leis set the execution for January 24, 1969 after the August 13 conviction.
The Lorain County Tuberculosis and Health Association provides complimentary mobile x rays for seniors and staff of area schools. A schedule lists Ridgeville, Amherst, Keystone, Avon, South Amherst, Firelands, Columbia, Midview, Elyria High, Admiral King, Lorain High, Brookside, Ely District Catholic, Avon Lake, Clearview, and other sites with dates and times for screenings.
The North Ridgeville Women's League discussed a 3 mill park and recreation levy on the November ballot. They invited members to a park committee meeting to support it. The club approved gifts to the American Red Cross and Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs to fund gifts for servicemen and a convention.
A local hospital page presents a listing of residents and affiliated addresses. Names include Max Alvis, Mrs Race, Dr Miss, Mrs Jessie, Ray Poole, Mrs Hadsy and others with street addresses such as 1166 He nese, 4550 a sp, 208 Broad St, 335 Oberlin Rd, 38% West Lorain St, 4976 Toledo, 542 Garfield Ave, 274 Rosemere Ave, 126 West Bridge St, and 835 West Steahett. The compilation reads like a directory of patients, staff, and associated households.
A partial discharge notice lists residents and addresses across Lorain and surrounding towns including Mis., Peter Gras, Mrs Harry Hadaway, David Hatcher, Sandra Huan, Richard Kozora, Doreen Lute, Amherst, Sheffield Lake, David Moore, Mrs Marps, Reems George, Avon Lake and others with street numbers and streets such as Elyria Ave, Pearl Ave, Washington Ave, Knickerbocker Rd, Saddlewood and Reid Rd.
A fragmented listing shows names and addresses in Lorain including Claude Abbott 5780 Wes Exe, Willem Wrice 7 Mrs Exfie Davis 5285, Clarence Tupton 10 Archwood, Jon Torggse 2023 East St, Vargo Sr. 4412 Daccer S Rigz Tacoma Ave and other entries with times and locations appears in a mixed OCR snippet.
Fragmentary listing shows names and addresses associated with Southern Lorain County Hospital and nearby towns including New London. Entries include individuals such as Marz Sexton Lucy Cassell and Eveanor Conley with street addresses and related names like Tressler Fowler and Spencer.
Kenyon College announced that a new four million dollar dormitory and dining facilities will be constructed on campus this fall to serve women students of the planned coordinate college at Gambier.
Seventeen magazine reports mixed teen and adult opinions on lowering the voting age. A December 1966 poll of 2,000 panel members found 41.3 percent of girls and 49 percent of boys favor 18 as the voting age, while about 11 percent favor 19 or 21.
Teens embrace pewter and copper hues in fall fashion featuring pewter toned shoes with buckles and bows, copper accents, polishes, and stockings. Velvet capes, long gowns, and romantic herbal prints recall Victorian or Elizabethan influences with empire waists and lace trims.
Vermilion Publicity for the Vermilion School System this year will be handled by Sarah Welker. Dr. Lawrence Zinn says Welker, a high school faculty member since 140, is OSU graduate and former newspaper correspondent and faculty adviser for the school paper. She will coordinate all news releases and be given time from teaching duties.
Registered Border Collies from across the United States and Canada will compete in the third Ohio Sheep Dog Trail at Franchester Farms Inc. west of Burbank on county road 21. Preliminary trials start Saturday at 8 30 a.m. with the Grand Champion finals Sunday at 1 p.m.
Harry Zahars, 70, owner of The Pit on Broad Street, welcomed hundreds of Elyria teens on the first day of school. He read a youth-friendly pledge from a table and enforced seating rules to keep the after-school crowd orderly.
Lorain Youth Center on Leavitt Road unveils a busy fall and winter season with weekly dances starting this Saturday music by Square Orange. The center plans new awards and an annual scholarship for center members while expanding boxing and teen leadership roles.
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