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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1950
Page
12
United Press reports a record number of Ohioans may vote in the November 7 general election as countywide registration closes. Officials in 14 counties expect 3,000,000 to 3,500,000 votes, driven by the Taft Ferguson senate contest.
Fourteen representatives from St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and St. Mary's plus nine members from the Jewish Temple gathered at Lordin County Blood Bank headquarters last evening. Dr. Bernhard Cheemet leads a campaign to build a donor list for emergencies, with Wednesday evenings set for typing and appointments urged. Technican Josephine Keith assisted at the bank.
Howard E. Burton associate rent director for Lorain county will be at the Elyria post office Monday October 2 from 9 am to 3 pm to meet landlords seeking rent increases. Landlords with no increases since June 30 1947 are eligible for a 15 percent rise. He estimates about 7 000 landlords in the county qualify and about a hundred have applied since last Friday. Burton plans to visit Amherst and Oberlin later to meet interested landlords.
The volume, edited by Robert C. Wheeler of the Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society, traces the first American and Ohio newspapers from 1690 to modern era. Librarians praise its vivid history and its use in education, with Elyria and Lorain residents expected to study frontier journalism on old front pages.
Funeral services for Mrs Hattie V Stewart 78 were held in Akron. She died Saturday at her daughter Miss Blanche M Stewart's home after a lingering illness. She formerly lived at 515 Cleveland Street. Her husband Rev Harry W Stewart died here in 1942. She belonged to the DAR and the Order of Eastern Star. She leaves a son Harry E of Lakewood, three grandchildren and one great grandson, plus relatives.
Elwert Coffman 79 died at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home in Sandusky at 9 15 a m after eight weeks as a patient His home was 138 Oak Street Born May 12 1871 in Washington Court House he lived in Elyria 15 years He was a retired Colson Corporation employee and a member of Major Woodworth Camp 62 United Spanish War Veterans Surviving are his wife Margaret a brother and a sister The service will be Saturday at 2 p m at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home with Dr James H Siward and the Spanish War Veterans at Ridge Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in charge.
Owners Marvin and Herman Frankel Mildred Gutentag Sylvia Robbins and Ruth Cohen sue in common pleas court to rule if the Wednesday quiz night at three Elyria theaters is legal. They contend the contest is a game of skill not a lottery and seek civil relief rather than criminal action.
LaGrange High students will attend driving tests at 1 15 p m Monday Oct 2 to learn how false confidence in modern cars can lead to danger. M J Adams supervisor of safety for Farm Bureau will direct the event. The program includes a lecture and movie in the school auditorium followed by a demonstration on East Main Street. the public is invited.
Final plans for the Lorain County Fun Night at Wellington High School on October 18 were announced. The Pittsfield Youth Council officer says a one act play titled Whats in a Name features Arlene Pycraft Mary Lou McConnell Elizabeth Kontra Jake Lukart Karl Broad and Dick Owens. The event includes group singing readings a pantomime by the Belden Youth Council and dancing with the Old Timers Orchestra from 8 30 p m to 12 p m Tickets are available at Farm Bureau cooperatives Elyria Grafton Oberlin Lorain Medina Rural Electric Co op Wellington and through local committee members. No tickets will be sold after October 4.
Arrangements have been completed by the Elyria Community Chest to have WEOL radio carry the net broadcast by President Truman and stars of stage and screen Friday evening September 29 from 10 to 10 30. George S Cole Jr general chairman will respond on behalf of all Lorain County Community Chests as the annual drive opens October 16 to 24.
Service Director D. W. Kothe along with Water Pumping Supt. Norman Hus mason and Water Distribution Supt. Walter Meyers joined colleagues in Columbus for the Ohio convention of the American Water Works Association. The event ends tomorrow.
Local landlords and housing officials debated rent ceilings, noting a $55 to $60 monthly increase for a furnished 15th street home after tenant intervention. Union leaders and Riverside Homes managers urged continuation, citing hardship and protection for low income families, with staff reporting 15 percent post 1947 increases and a 14 percent rise in rents versus 200 percent income growth.
William Jones and C A Prather reported theft of fishing equipment valued at 135 dollars from Jones car after a night at the Five Star Night Club. Two rods and reels worth 90 dollars belonged to Jones and 45 dollars of gear belonged to Prather who was with him.
Mr and Mrs William G Nixon Jr formerly of Lodi were married September 9 in Lodi Methodist church. They reside in Columbus with Nixon a student at Ohio State University and Mrs Nixon a former secretary to State Senator Ralph A Winter. The ceremony was at 3 pm with Rev Shoemaker and Rev Cassidy officiating. A garden reception followed at the bride’s aunt Mrs Underwood’s home with 100 guests. The bride wore a ivory French lace gown and carried a white Bible with a white orchid. Attendants included Miss Joyce Bormuth and Miss Lois Indoe. The couple will graduate soon and Nixon works with Equitable Life in Columbus. Funeral services for Mrs Nixon’s relatives Sullivan and Rhea Cross are noted in Apple Creek and Ashland Cemetery records.
Milwaukee corporal Robert Poczekaj, 20, was killed in Korea and died in his brother Leonard Pocze kaj Jr.'s arms after a letter from Leonard Jr. reported the fatal sight. The Army halted further frontline exposure to keep more sons from losses, and Leonard Jr. is expected to return home on furlough.
Soviet radio claims readiness to negotiate peace in Asia and Europe. U S officials fear peace feelers may slow rearmament while Harriman and Bradley warn against letting guard down as Korea effort continues. Western Europe defenses and German troops cited as vital to security.
Washington reports Robert A. Lovett, former undersecretary of state, named the new deputy secretary of defense. President Truman telephoned Lovett to offer the post, and Lovett accepted. The 55 year old New York investment banker will replace Stephen T. Early who leaves Sept. 30 for Pullman Inc. Lovett previously served under Gen. Marshall and is a Huntsville Texas native who studied at Yale and Harvard.
Columbus Ohio state health director John D Porterfield announced cash grants to local health departments meeting minimum standards. He described the plan as decentralizing state power over federal funds and praised local commissioners for their ability to fund local problems. state personnel assignments to local departments have been discontinued. Local departments must operate full time with certified civil service to qualify.
Edith Mr Carr of Oberlin died September 13 leaving an estate estimated at 109000. The will lists 96500 in personal property and 12500 in real estate. The estate goes to her husband Easton Carr and to two daughters Elizabeth Carr of Cambridge Massachusetts and Frances Keefe r of Waterville Maine.
The 16th annual event attracts champions from Kentucky New York Illinois Indiana and Ohio to compete this Sunday at the Troy fair grounds.
Paul Snyder, 13, dies at Maumee Valley hospital in Toledo from polio the first local death this year. Kathie Nelson, 7, bitten on right leg by a Chow dog at 1711 West Avenue last night. police report filed.
Reports from Flushing indicate the United Nations General Assembly may tacitly back Gen. Douglas MacArthur crossing the 38th parallel unless North Korea peace feelers to India through Peiping yield a quick end to the Korean War. Reactions at the UN were mixed with some delegations welcoming the report and a Russian delegate calling the terms “too pat.”
Ohio plans a suit in the state supreme court early next week to test the constitutionality of the turnpike law. Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy will file for the state highway director to compel State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson to pay six vouchers totaling 55 000 dollars to engineering firms for preliminary surveys of the proposed superhighway. The auditor will be represented by his own counsel Robert Drury. The suit also seeks to determine the legality of issuing toll turnpike bonds.
Crawford Legg, 55, of near Piketon, was killed when his car collided at an intersection near Circleville. Denver Patton, 46, of Seymour, driver of the other car, and his wife suffered cuts and bruises.
Martha Marsh fined 10 dollars and costs by Mayor Ault after pleading on reckless driving charge from an arrest on Cleveland Street at 2 15 this morning. Robert Spence fined 10 dollars and costs for driving through a traffic light at Lake and Foster last Friday. A car collision on East Avenue involved N S Fitch and Earl King. Arthur Lescher of Sheffield Lake received 25 dollars and costs for hit and run plus 10 dollars and costs for licenseless operation after collision with Hans Kuchis. L Draper reported tampering of ignition lock at General Industries Co parking lot. Police held three suspects, two men aged 30 and 27 and a 29 year old woman, for driving through a traffic light at Middle Avenue and Broad Street with Chicago addresses and extra license plates. Chicago authorities to be consulted. They were in a 1946 Pontiac.
Court actions include divorces granted to Harriet Radcliffe Ruby Turner Betty Lumley Hannah Stoddard and others on grounds of neglect cruelty or wilful absence. Probate notes estate of Hannah Stoddard valued at about 90563 with 41000 personal property and 47000 real estate. Various fines and non support cases also listed alongside vehicle and school bus related incidents.
More than 1,000 engineers toured the National Tube Company plant in Lorain as part of the four day Association of Iron and Steel Engineers convention in Cleveland. Visitors viewed the seamless pipe mill and blooming mill with 140 foot pipe lengths noted as a highlight. blooming mill operation was halted due to a work stoppage. Robert Urquhart extended the invitation while over 100 supervisors and foremen led tours.
Three Lima Elks lodge employees were cleared of charges after a raid by state liquor agents on April 3. Municipal Court Judge James B. Steiner dismissed the charges yesterday.
Registration days in Wellington show 150 people in the village and 45 in townships registered to vote. Balloting took place at the A B Jones garage on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
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