Revered Elyria pastor Jussen Urich dies after long illness
Rev. Dr. Jussen L. Urich former Emmanuel Lutheran Church pastor Elyria died Monday at Good Shepherd Nursing Home Ashland after a decade long illness. He led Emmanuel Lutheran 18 years retiring 1953 named pastor emeritus and served until 1975. Under his leadership church membership grew more than fivefold and a state funeral will be held at Emmanuel Lutheran with burial at Ridgehill Memorial Park.
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Jussen L. Urich
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Elyria
Good Shepherd
Ashland
Urich
Emmanuel Lutheran
Ronnie Tahysville Whip Peck
Bonebrake Theological Seminary
Dayton
Maude
James McKinley
Ohio
Paul Swartz
Ridgehill Memorial Park
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home
Ross hearing opens in Chicago over PCB storage at Ross and Sons
EPA seeks a 35750 fine after two 1979 incidents at the Ross Giles Road incinerator, where PCBs were allegedly stored and burned. The first formal hearing began in Chicago as EPA officials present the case under the Toxic Substances Control Act with testimony from federal EPA staff.
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Chicago
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Ross and Sons, Inc
EPA
Eaton Township
Ross’ Giles Road
Dunham
Ross
Births Report From Lorain Area Names Sept. Dates
Birth notices list a son to Mr and Mrs Charles Sopro at 451 Hamilton Avenue Lorain on Sept 14 a son to Larry and Karen Shepherd at 3736 Leavitt Road on Sept 15 a daughter to Ed and Pee Ruth at 311 Princeton Avenue Elyr on Sept 16 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Philip DeLeon at 409 West 24th Street on Sept 16 and a son to Robert and Diane Williamson at 564 Guilford Road Vermilion on Sept 17.
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Charles Sopro
Hamilton Ave
Lorain
Larry
Karen Shepherd
Leavitt Road
Pee Ruth
Princeton Ave
Elyria
Philip Deleon
24Th St
Robert
Diane Williamson
Guilford Road
Vermilion
Pullout from insurance group ends consortium
Sheffield Lake boards vote to leave a 15 district consortium with Blue Cross Blue Shield ends the alliance. Sheffield alone will see lower rates for a year but others face higher premiums up to 45 percent if the consortium dissolves. Lorain County districts seek other bids as Sheffield weighs alternatives.
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Sheffield Lake
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake Board of Education
Sheffield
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Supt
Theodore Greener
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Keystone — Consortium
Greener
Lorain County
Deaths in Sommers Point and Lorain Area Notables
Murray Tilson 74 of Sommers Point N J died Monday at Shore Memorial Hospital. Mary Kate Conley infant daughter of Charles and Mrs Conley stillborn Monday at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Graveside services Wednesday at 11 a m at St Mary Cemetery with Rev Francis Osborne officiating. Joseph C Kamholz 20 of Lorain died yesterday at Lorain Community Hospital after a month long illness. Survived by parents, step parents, siblings and grandparents. Services Thursday at 1 30 p m at Dombrowski Funeral Home with Rev Thomas E Blank officiating Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Laurine Jennie Nickel Joeg Rer
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Marietta
Ohio
Elyria
Arthur J. Smith
Buffalo
Raymond B. Smith
Detroit
Florence E. Smith
Cleveland
Curtis- Scheuffler Funeral
Henry Williams
East 29Th St
Lorian
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Oak Chia
Ala
Lorain County
AME Zion Methodist Church
Germany
Brotherton Disposal
Warren
Canton
Ronnie
Lorain
Janette
Kathy
Gloria
Champagne
Ill
Linda
Ellis
James
Greg
Gary
Sarah Wade
York
Frances Beard
Louise Evans
Oberlin
Rachel Lake
Ballamy
Willie Williams
Lauren Osburn
Greg Osburn
Olive St
Sheffield Lake
St. Joseph's Hospital
Clarence Osburn
Hoyt Galloway
Tenn
Ace Mannon
Branchland
W.va
A.O. Danielson
Hendersonville
N.C
Alga Galloway
Brevard
Ridgehill Cemetery
Joseph Canipe
Trinity Baptist Church
Chattanooga
Maurice Moseley
College Heights Baptist Church
Lyle L. Stobart
Wellington
Wellington Community Hospital
Sharpsburg
US. Steel
Lillie (Nee Messenger
Elizabeth Reichner
Betty Smith
Sue Webb
Sarah Stobart
Amesville
David Lambert
Ida Folsom
Marion
Arnold W
Baker Funeral Home
Berea
Dal Won
Columbia Methodist Church
Murray Tilson
Sommers Point
N.J
Shore Memorial Hospital
Heaston-Gerber
Norwalk
Mary Kate Conley
Charles Conley
Hilliard Road
A.P.J. O'Donnell
Ralph Conley
St. Mary Cemetery
Francis Osborne
Laubenthal Funeral Home
Joseph C. Kamholz
Lorain Community Hospital
Admiral King
Vermilion
Benny's Bar Parts
Commercial Handicapped Bowling League
Kenneth
Patricia Rambholz
Huron
Janet Kamholz
Christopher Holder
Darlene
Edna Kamholz
Hattie Kozal
Dombrowski
Thomas E. Blank
Emmanuel United Hodist Church
Ridgehill Memorial Park Cemetery
Oil barge missing on Lake Erie near Cleveland
Coast Guard cutters from Detroit and Port Huron search Lake Erie for a 230 foot coal oil barge towed by the William A. Whitney after the towline parted. The tug noted faulty navigation gear and misreported position, widening the search from Pelee Point to Buffalo with the barge said to be self contained to endure lake conditions.
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Coast Guard
Detroit
Port Huron
Lake Erie
Lorain Coast Guard
William A. Whitney
Cleveland
Marblehead
Haron
Pelee Point
Ontario
Buffalo
Elyria man injured in Broad Street crash
A 43 year old Elyria man listed in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital after an auto crash on Broad Street. Police say James Stormer of 638 Lowell Street was eastbound and hit Beverly Nielsen of 148 Overbrook Road from behind near Washington Avenue. The Lorain County Retired Teachers Association invites all newly retired educators to a meeting in Room CC-113 at Lorain Community College.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Broad Street
James Stormer
Lowell St
Washington Avenue
Beverly Nielsen
Overbrook Road
The
Lorain County
Retired Teachers Association
Adam
Lorain OKs 9006 for commissioners amid pay delay
Lorain council reluctantly allocated 9000 to the Civil Service Commission to cover salaries for three part time commissioners and a secretary, while warning the director’s job may be eliminated if the director returns. Critics accused them of blackmail and misusing funds as payroll delays hit 600 city workers.
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Lorain
Civil Service Commission
Council
Ted LeSner
Finance and Claims Committee
Victor Wilaszyn
D-6
LeSuer
Wlaszyn
Woodrow Mathna
Edmond Skimin
D-2
Antlers Hotel to undergo 1.1 million renovation plan
Lorain council approved up to 750000 in tax free industrial development bonds and 20 years of tax abatement for the Antlers Hotel renovation. The plan adds two storefront stories with offices and 18 one or two bedroom units on the upper floors, with construction hoped to begin in spring.
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Lorain
Antlers
Lorain Civil Service Secretary Resigns Post
Lorain civil service panel secretary Lois Barnett quits after being laid off on Sept 11 when council cut the commission salary budget. Commission President Ronald Nau says they may accept the resignation, hire a new secretary, or recall Director Ted LeSner as paychecks for 600 city employees were delayed. The move sparks questions over politics and efficiency in the commission.
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Lorain
Civil Service Commission
Lois Barnett
Commission
Ronald Nau
Barnett
Council
Nan
Nau
Mrs. Barnett
Ted LeSner
Coun
Dettore default judgments total nearly $2 million
Citizens Home and Savings Co. of Lorain won thirty default judgments from Common Pleas Judge Floyd D. Barris against North Ridgeville developer Frank Dettore. Foreclosures exceed $14.5 million across Dettore properties since last March, with specific defaults against Diamond Finance Co., Diamond Real Estate Co., John L. DeCorte, and North Ridgeville Investment Corp.
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North Ridgeville
Frank Dettore
Citizens Home and Savings Co
Lorain
Common Pleas
Floyd D. Barris
Dettore
Citizens Home
Diamond Finance Co
Diamond Real Estate Co
John L. DeCor
Bay Bridge Closure Set For Repairs This Fall
The Sandusky Bay Bridge will be closed from Wednesday until November 30 for repairs to lift machinery. The work, costing about 173000 dollars, is by Purdy Construction of Mansfield. A highway department spokesman described the project details.
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Sandusky
Sandusky Bay
State Highway Department
Ton Co
Mansfield
Purdy Construct
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Towner Petroleum Co
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Lake Erie Electric, Inc
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