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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1969
Page
10
Multiple funeral services are listed for Sophie Hansen John Vanea Arthur Foss Vern Heidrich Reuben Loretz Joseph Kasinski Forest Swanson and others with service times locations and burial plans across Amherst Lorain Elyria and Norwalk in coming days. Several families also have visiting hours and memorial details noted at local funeral homes.
Elbert Hastings 90 retired farmer of Bellamy Road Berlin Township died yesterday at Vacationland Nursing Home Vermilion after a long illness. He lived in the Berlin Heights area most of his life and was a World War I veteran. Hastings was active in Masonic orders and Firelands Scottish Rite. Survived by brother Otto of Carthage Mo. Funeral services set at Hinman Funeral Home Berlin Heights with East Townsend Lodge 322 service and Norwalk Commandery 18 assisting. Burial Riverside Cemetery.
Elyria police pursued a 15 year old youth for nine miles at speeds over 100 mph from Cleveland Street through Rt. 20 to Westlake. North Ridgeville and Westlake officers assisted before the car owned by Charles Parker of 900 Cleveland St was impounded and the youth taken into juvenile custody.
Vermilion police investigate the death of 9 year old Allen Clyde Jones after a gun discharged while he and a friend, 10 year old William Randall Wellner, sat on a couch watching a pistol kept in a cabinet. Deputy coroner ruled the death accidental.
A dedication ceremony for a new steel workers credit union building will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in Cleveland with an open house from 12 to 5 p.m. Invited attendees include steelworkers from Lorain Akron and Cleveland and dignitaries such as Congressmen Charles Vanik Michael Feighan and Louis Stokes Mayor Carl Stokes and other city officials and District 28 United Steelworkers of America members. Frank J. Valenta will be master of ceremonies.
The Stanz family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for sympathy flowers and kindness during the illness and death of their mother. Mrs Stanz and daughters and son Mrs Furst of Berlin Heights and family thank Urban Wurm the Rev Garcia and other ministers Fisher Titus Hospital personnel Hinman Funeral Home for their aid after Mr Furst's death.
A 21-year-old woman, Rita Belch, broke a leg and suffered cuts when a car ran off Grove Avenue into a utility pole near Oakwood Park. Passenger Susan Lengyel, 22, received minor injuries and was later released. Driver Norman Zent Jr., 28, a Coast Guardsman, and another passenger Peter Allerton, 20, also sustained injuries. a witness said another vehicle forced the car off the road, but no plate or occupants were identified.
Gertrude Taylor of 126 West Bridge Street reported a burglary early this morning. The thief stole a purse containing $100 while she slept in a nearby room. police were notified at 12:52 a.m.
A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Troutman at 487 Poplar Street, and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Coleman of 114 Harvard Avenue. Also a son to Mr. and Mrs. John Reid of Beaver Park Cottage 11 Lorain, and a son to Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor of 206 Blaine Street. Additional newborns listed for Ira Hunter, LeRoy Mahone, Gerald Dechant, Kenneth Padley, and William Hill in nearby addresses.
Lorain St. Joseph announces the birth of twin daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Langston of Amherst. Listed residents include Allen Rydinsky, Wesley Noble, Luis Santiago, John Ober, Emmett Greely, Garry Gibbons with addresses in Lorain Vermilion and Amherst.
The bulk of the $417000 Lorain steel plant laborer's estate, who died Oct. 29, 1968, goes to his Bulgarian sister after a Common Pleas Court jury verdict set aside the will naming Elmer and Dorothy Bogdan as executors. The sister, Tsonka Vasheva Motova, contested the 1968 will.
Elyria Municipal Court fined Leroy Bell 150 dollars and Alfred E. Jackson 50 dollars after a five and a half hour trial for resisting arrest interfering with a police officer and disorderly conduct stemming from a post Fourth of July disturbance at Mom's Open Kitchen on Broad Street. The intoxication charges were dismissed.
Nabakowski to direct Fund unit and work with area construction businessmen in UF campaign. Born in Amherst he is active in Boy Scouts and holds the Silver Beaver Award. A Amherst High School graduate attended Oberlin College and belongs to the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club and St Pauls Lutheran Church. He and wife Jane live at 412 High Meadow Rd Amherst with two children.
North Ridgeville Avon and Sheffield face a 436 434 planning bill for a 10 million sewage project. The Ohio Water Development Authority would front planning funds but each community must guarantee repayment if the project stalls, with shares based on population and debt. State will cover most project costs with communities repaying a portion over 40 years.
Mrs Donna Donovan and daughter Kathy vacationed in Elyria areas while Mrs Donovan's family links to former Elyria inspector Hart Dickason are noted. Tim Donovan Sr and Tim Jr are mentioned with Tim's WWII service and Santa Barbara relocation for health. Dr Jack Dickason is cited as ex Elyria High football star.
Six Willard housing units under construction will be leased to the Huron Metropolitan Housing Authority for elderly or low income families. H and G Improvement Center Inc. of Shelby builds six and will start six to eight more next month. Authority plans 75 Willard units in time.
The Ninth District Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal from a Common Pleas ruling upholding a zoning ordinance that permits apartments on Duff Drive. The issue, pushed by Alert Citizens Committee, will go to voters on November 4 in a referendum.
Airport official notes seven private pilots employed by Airbourne and several firms using the field for business trips. Ford Motor Co uses the airport for executive travel though not leasees yet. Gilford Instrument Co and others await hangar space as General Motors, U S Steel, Lorain Air Service, Burkhardt Pipeline, and Shawnee Airways frequent the field up to three times daily.
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