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A near record for the number
of calls in a day was hung up
by the East Cleveland Fire De
partment Saturday, February 25th.
It answered two emergency calls,
three fire alarms, and a combi
nation alarm and phone call which
proved to be steam instead of
smoke.
The first call came in at 8:22
a. m. when the department went
to 1860 Page ave. where Mrs.
Emma Shaffer, 85, had suffered
a heart attack. After administer
ing oxygen for an hour, patient
was taken to Huron Road Hospital
in the police emergency patrol. Her
death followed in a few hours.
At 8:27 a. m. the department
answered a similar call to 1220
Melbourne rd. where Michael Bar
no, 58, had suffered a heart attack.
His death resulted soon after.
When a tressle at the Morse
Crable Coal Yard, 1650 Doan ave.,
burned, the department was called.
It proved to be a small blaze with
a small loss. This was at 9:50 a. m.
The big fire of the day rang
In at 10:35 and took the depart
ment hurrying to 1407-1400 Eddy
xd. where a two family dwelling
was found in flames. The fire
Started in the basement and burned
through the floor up to the second
floor, igniting the walls. The inves
tigation revealed that a child had
been playing with matches in the
basement. Owner of the property
and occupants of the first floor,
is Edward H. Crowe. The tenants
are Dorian Forichi and Larry
Colock. Building damage is esti
mated at $2,000 and contents loss
at $1,000.
A quiet afternoon and an even
ing lull had settled about the
fire house. Then at 12:32 a. m. an
alarm and a phone call, almost
simultaneously, sped the fire
fighters to Sohio Gas Station, Eu
clid at Page ave. where, what
appeared1 to be smoke filtering
through the roof, proved to be
steam from a hot water faucet
which had been left running. The
water was shut off and the boiler
drained. The only damage, which
was slight, was from the water
Which flowed over onto the floor.
Old Phone Booh A
Harvest For Scouts
Boy Scouts are taught to be alert
—and members of Troop 108 are
jjrooving they possess this qualifi
cation. Quick to grasp the oppor
tunity of a paper sale when the
Ohio Bell Telephone Co. decided
not to pick up the 1949 books,
which go into discard with March,
the troop has timed a paper sale
to garner this harvest.
Starting Monday, March 6th and
continuing through March* 11th, the
scouts from 108 will pick up phone
books, magazines and newspaper
for their paper sale. They will
cover the territory from Terrace
rd. to Monticello blvd. and from
Lee to Noble rds.
The boys will have rope avail
able for bundling, where necessary,
and they made the rope at their
Tuesday night troop session.
The first of three All-School
parties to be held at Shaw High
School this semester will take
place Saturday, March 4th—and
the outstanding feature of this
event and one of the most mem
orable of this year at Shaw, will
be the formal opening of the new
Game Room.
Located in what was formerly
the chorus practice room in the
Technical building, the 55x24 ft
space has been renovated from
floor to ceiling, all under the
direction of the Student Council,
and will be in charge of the Stu
dent Council Home Room Comm
ittee.
Walls of a terra cota shade have
a banding of the school colors, red
and black, and a large S centers
the tile asphalt floor where the
same color prevails. Modern flour
escent lighting has been i..Uv~.
Equipment consists of two ping
pong tables, card, tables, a phono- Gerasimas.
graph with fifty records, check-
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EAST CLEVEG^n
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The Weatherman
Weather permitting, the East
Cleveland Police Department will
get down to the business of check
ing vehicle speeds by radar, be
ginning Monday.
Chief of Police H. S. Weaver
announces that the traffic divi
sion officers with their little speed
indicator will be detailed to resi
dential streets, and streets in the
industrial neighborhoods and that
violators of the city’s speed limits
will be subject to the fines 'set
up under the city’s traffic ordin
ances...
The usual signs showing the
area in which the radar equipped
police cruisers will work, will be
installed as a precautionary meas
ure for the motorist.
All was peaceful until 7:10 a. m.
Sunday when the crew which had
answered all the Saturday calls,
was about to it call a 24-hour day.
But fortune was with the fire
laddies as well as the occupant at
13995 Superior rd., where a living
room chair had burned. The owner
wanted to be sure he had the fire
out. Cause of this blaze was given
as carelessness with cigarettes. At Windermere Methodist
church a visitation evangelism
program was conducted from Sun
day, February 19th through Wed
nesday, February 22nd. Following
the pattern set by the Saviour
who sent put seventy men, two
by two, some 40 members at
Church Conducts
Windermere met each evening for
a period of instruction. After
participating in a fellowship din
ner, served by the ladies of the
fhurch, each team, with given
assignments, visited in more than
300 homes in this and adjoining
communities during the evening
hours.
To continue the work, a Fisher
man’s club will be organized
among the laymen who partici
pated in the visitation, and any
others desiring to assist in wit
nessing for Christ, states Rev.
Roland Sundberg, associate past
or, who added that such a pro
gram could protect civilization
from the irreligious forces that
would submerge it.
Opening Of Game Room At Shaw High
ment will be made of the winner
in the contest being held this week,
to select a name for the room.
After the grand opening Satur
day evening, the Game Room will
be available to students during
their lunch period and after school.
An admission charge of two cents
will be made. It is hoped that
one night monthly may be reserved
for the meeting of the Student
Council Home Room representat
ives, and one for the monitors.
The room is ideally located for
its purpose. It is but a few-steps
from the school cafeteria and at
the bottom of a flight of stairs
from the Sheldon st. entrance to
the building.
The Student Council Committee
having the planning in charge is
made up of Co-Chairman Jack
installed. Keulbach and Carolyn Miller, Sue
Struggles, Tom Litwiler and Duane
graph with fifty records, check- Shaw students are all excited
erboarde with checkers, bridge, over the prospects of the Game
-pinochle and canasta cards, and Room and are eagerly looking
a coke machine. The record play- .forward to the All School party
er and storage space is found in when “something new will have
a small but adequate room off the
main game room.
been added.”
____ The Student Council sponsor is
During the evening, announce- faculty member George Todd.
Photo Harry Flynn
Girls,
have you heard the good
news
Betty
Junior at Shaw High School has
and here she is, signing up for the
first co-ed trip sponsored to Wash
ington, D. C. by the East Cleveland
YMCA. Betty is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Funk, 13401
Lake Shore ave., Bratenahl, and
signed her application blank Satur
day at the YMCA.
Funk, Friendship Y-Teen
Don Barclay is taking the regis
tration.
These Washington trips have
been
boys
spring vacation fare for Y
for years, but the 1950 trip
be the first time the girls
gone along. The invitation is
have
out for II of them to join the II
Y boys making up the party to be
sponsored by W. V. Cumler, YMCA
executive secretary, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Millcjr. Mrs^ Miller is
Teen Age Director at the East
Cleveland YMCA Center which is
cooperating with the YM for this
adventure.
This will be the twelfth spring
vacation jaunt for Mr. Cumler
who by this time knows Washing
ton as well as he does his own
East Cleveland.
There will be seven days pack
ed with
tion, to
Enroute
first and
where they will visit the famous
battle grounds where Lincoln made
a speech now accepted as one of
the best ever made by a states
man. The dates are April 1st to
April 7th.
sight-seeing and recrea
include a splash party,
the party will stop the
last night in Gettysburg,
In Washington they will drive
out to Arlington to visit the grave
of the Unknown Soldier, still
guarded night and day by service
men view Mt. Vernon, home of
Washington, enjoy the beauty of
the National Cathedral, and visit
the Supreme Court, the National
Zoo, FBI headquarters, Old Fords
Museum, then the Ford Theatre
where Lincoln was shot, and many
other places of historic and cur
rent interest.
The fee for the 1100 mile trip
includes food, housing, guides, ad
mission, tolls and a share of lead
ership miscelany expense.
All the sightseers must' be mem
bers of the YM or the YW and
a meeting for the young co-ed
travelers and their parents will be
held ’ere the holiday starts.
Call the YM, GL. 1-3425, or the
YW UL 1-2220, for information.
Invite Parents To
Cub Pack Discussion'
On Tuesday evening, March 7th,
at 7:00 p.m. a meeting of parents
only will be held at the East Cleve
land Baptist Church, Euclid ‘at
Rosemont ave., for the purpose of
selecting additional leaders, or
ganizing new dens, and for the
consideration of any other matter
pertinent to the scout program of
the church.
All parents of boys 8, 9, and 10
are invited to attend.
In order not to encroach un
necessarily on the territory and
constituency of other packs it is
recommended that those who at
tend this meeting live within or
close to the area bounded by Ter
race rd., Shaw, Hayden, and Doan
aves.
If you wish information before
the meeting you may call R. G.
Fox at UL. 1-1986.
THOSE NUMBERS
This week’s issue of your
favorite newspaper contains the
“old” telephone numbers. In
making phone calls after mid
night please check with you.- new
telephone directory.
For instance to call our office
it w ill bo GLenville 1-4383 start
ing Monday.
Published in Conjunction with The SCOOP in Northeast Cleveland and The News-Journal In Euclid
While these achievement tests
have been conducted for many
years, this is the first time Shaw
students have entered into the
competition which numbered 10,042
this time the school’s 40 entries
was the largest percentage groups
from the Greater Cleveland high
schools.
Depends On The
“No skating”. That was the
answer given to 481 telephone calls
which came into the police desk
at East Cleveland City Hall dur
ing the weekend. And as the
reply “No Skating” was made to
the callers, they invariably ex
pressed surprise. They just could
not understand why, with snow,
blow and cold of real winter, such
as this locale has experienced the
past week or so, there still wasn’t
ice skating on the lake in Forest
Hill Park.
Those in the know explain that
it takes many cold night to freeze
ice sufficiently thick to hold the
thousands of skaters which throng
the park when there is skating.
This cold snap had not turned the
trick up to Monday evening.
The lake ice surface was tried out
Sunday—it gave way showing that
it was still not thick enough.
Tuesday it was reported that
with two or three continued
nights and days, another test
would be made and if the ice holds,
the lake will be thrown open to
skating.
East Cleveland, Ohio 12,800 Circulation Guaranteed
It’s Up To
The Voters
Tuesday night, in recessed
session, legislation was enact
ed by the City Commission
which wil put the question of
a one-mill levy for a capital
improvement reserve fund up
to the voters.
Under the plan, the city
would levy up to one mill
to establish a capital improve
ment fund, the plan being to
do away with the necessity of
bond issues and the additional
expense they incur.
The election will take place
at the Spring primary.
Shaw High School made a good
record for itself when 40 of its
students entered the- Ohio state
general scholarship tests held at
Kent State University in Febru
ary. Reports of the results are
just being announced.
Six of Shaw’s students won
honorable mention in the State
Division and seven entries placed
in the Kent State University Di
vision, which includes this county.
The six state winners also, auto
matically, place in the division
standings.
Honorable mention for state
standings was given to Janet
Sampson, who placed tenth in the
district, Dorothy Ann Jacobsen,
who was 18th in the district,
Jerry Young, Robert Haber, Allen
Hancock and John Wisbrun.
Division honorable mentions
went to Kenneth G. Watkins,
John Neylans, Janet Ann Love,
Martha Jane Ashcraft and the
girl state winners, Janet Sampson
and Dorothy Jacobsen.
Results of the tests, given by
the Slate Department of Educa
tion, will be forwarded also to
500 colleges and universities for
scholarship rating.
Wayne C. Blough, principal at
Shaw High School, expressed him
self as well pleased with the num
ber of entries and the results of
the tests.
.Top ranking girl from Cuya
hoga County was Cynthia Jane
Howarth of West High with a
score of 234. Walter K. Bonsack
of Brush High was top boy with
239 points.
The point scores for the Shaw
entries had not been received up
to Tuesday.
Your “Good Neighbor
Evangelist At Sixth
United Presbyterian
A
cold
The weather during the past
week has made i^s heaviest drains
on the city’s snow cleaning and
salting for the season. Several
carloads of salt have been used
on main highway and main second
ary roads during the city’a real
February winter.
Salt is now costing the city $550
a carload which is about two times
as it cost them just a few years
ago.
However, sledding has been ex
cellent on the Lower Valley slopes
in Forest Hill Park and coasters
of all ages are enjoying the fun.
Some sort of a record was set at
Bondi’s Delicatessen, 1521 Hayden
ave., last week. Tony Bondi says
they sold seven tons of rock salt in
a week. He’s still got five tons if
you need any. And, for next week,
there’ll be a ton of sugar on sale.
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Air pollution and its control
the subject before the March meet
ing of the East Cleveland Comm
unity Council to be held in the
YMCA House, 1819 Lee rd. the
evening of Thursday, March 9th.
As usual dinner is being served
at 6:30 o'clock by reservation
phoned to Mrs. Stuart Cummings,
FA 7711. A cordial invitation al
so aw-aits all who may desire to
come in at 7:15 for the program
only.
The epeaker will be Herbert
Dyktor, commissioner of the Di
vision of Air Pollution Control of
the City of Cleveland who will
speak on the subject “Air Pollu
tion Control is a Comnjjwity Prob
lem.”
Forty-four organizations in the
.city are members of the Commun
ity Council.
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services
Presby-
When the Evangelistic
planned for Sixth United
terian Church open Sunday, March
5th, Evangelist Richard Markel
will be assisted in the services by
the well known evangelistic musi
cians, John and Jean Guy. John
and Jean are well known in church
musical circles and always bring
a special message in song. They
will sing at the evening service,
Sunday, March 5th, and again on
Friday evening, March 10th.
Rev. Ernest C. Forrester, the
pastor, extends the invitation to
all to come and take part in these
evangelistic services for which Mr.
Markel will speak each night at
7:30, except Saturday, and Sunday
mornings.
Sixth United Presbyterian
church is located on Hayden Ave.
at Castalia.
No Use, Mr. Burglar,
their
Locksmiths who follow
own sales talk and provide
selves with double door
failed attempts to enter their place
of business February 2-5th. The
Tri-Heights Service, dealers in
locks and keys, at 12525 Euclid
ave. report to police that an at
tempt had been made to enter
their store. Jimmying was with
out results. A double lock was
on the door.
them
locks,
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Register “East” Clevcdand.
This is the appeal which comes
today to.. East Cleveland motorists
as they sign up for their new
license plates.
G. T. Apthorp, finance director,
reminds the motorist that 25 per
cent of his fee is returned to the
taxing district signed on his appli
cation blank. If the taxing dis
trict is designated as “East Cleve
land”, East Cleveland receives the
allocation. If the word “Cleveland”
is used without the word “East”
in front of it, the allocation goes
to Cleveland.
In addition, Mr. Apthorp reminds
the motor vehicle owner that the
allocation also reflects an added
18=4% in gasoline tax returns to
the taxing district signed up by
the applicant.
These two percentages return to
East Cleveland approximately $50,
000 a year which is earmarked for
street repair, traffic signal main
tenance, street cleaning, snow re
moval, surface treating of streets,
etc. And every penny helps, adds
the director of the city’s finance
department.
Recover Boots
The three little kittens who lost
their mittens were in no worse a
dilemma than three guests who
lost their stadium boots in last
Saturday night’s wintery weather.
The boots were left at the door
of an apartment at 1613 Bryn
Maur ave. and were missed as
goodbyes were being said a few
hours later.
They turned up at the police
station whence Earl Severe
brought them, stating he had
found the foot protectors in the
street. The spot proved to be a
few doors from the apartment from
which the boots had been taken.
OPEN HOUSE
You are invited to Open House
Sunday, March 5, 2 to 6 p. m. at
the new Forest Hill Hospital and
Clinic at the corner of Euclid and
New York Central Roadway. For
merly the East Cleveland Clinic,
the building has been completely
remodeled, all new equipment in
stalled and with a staff of twelve
doctors, brings to this area com
plete hospital service including X
Ray, laboratory, emergency and
surgery.
Hostesses Sunday afternoon will
be ladies of the hospital’s Wdman’s
Auxiliary. Mrs. Leonard Grcen
baum is president Mrs. Leonard
C. Nagel committee chairman.
Thursday, March 2, 1950
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Good Neighbors
When the 22
selected by that many Kiwanis
clubs in the district meet in Hotel
Cleveland today, among them will
be William Town, secretary of the
Doan Men’s Alcoholic Anonymous
Club. Mr. Town is East Cleveland’s
entry on the basis of a letter writ
ten by Gordon Nique, a three-time
loser ,whose present parole was
granted through Town’s efforts.
Nique in his letter, ^elected by
Chairman Joe Good, said Town, a
stranger to him, came to Ohio
Penitentiary, learned Nique’s re
cord, and offered to sponsor him.
Town is active with the prison’s
A A group, organized last July.
Mr. Town, a real estate broker,
has been a member of the Doan
group for nine years. Hisf spare
moments are given to his AA
interests, whoever they may call
him.
As a result of a study which
has been made by a committee
named for this particular under
taking,. the East Cleveland Busi
ness Association Tuesday night
went on record as favoring the in
stallation of parking meters in the
Haden ave. business district.
The parking problem is a serious
one to both citizens and merchants
along Hayden ave. and the investi
gating committee was named at
a recent meeting where this sub
ject was given careful discussion.
It was felt that one-cent parking
meters might be the solution to
the parking problem. The commit
tee then appointed by President
Fred Hender: on reported Tuesday
and the ECBA, acting on its recom
mendation, enacted a resolution
endorsing the project.
They will now present the mat
ter to the East Cleveland City of
ficials.
Red Cross
Mrs. R. C. Post
successful Red Cross campaigns
we have had, this same co-opera
tion and public response will make
of this 1950 drive another suc
cess for Red Cross.
“By helping the Red Cross”
added the enthusiastic chairman,
“we are helping ourselves be
cause we never know where dis
aster will strike next. In all dis
asters the Red Cross is first to
arrive and last to leave the scene.”
Headquarters are being set up
in the Commission Chamber in City
Hall and someone will be on duty
there at all times. Mrs. Post. Sirs.
Stanton Addams, Mrs. William
Jones, acting chairman of the East
Cleveland Branch, and Mrs. How
ard English, branch secretary, will
alternate so that one of’them is on
duty there while the others will
be assisting co-chairman and cap
tains, as needed.
Headquarters telephone is LI.
8909. Workers may call in after
11 a. m. Monday. Anyone who is
missed in the drive, may also call
LI. 8909.
Citizens who are at home Are
asked to be ready for the volunteer
when she comes. These volunteers
are busy people too, giving of their
time together with their own
duties, that the great humanitarian
work of this world-wide organiza
tion may continue to serve in
dozens of ways in times of need.
Volunteers have been supplied
with their kits. They have been
briefed as to procedure. Each one
has his personal identification card.
East Cleveland's $10,000 goal is a
part of the $953,200 which Greater
Cleveland is asked to give toward
the 837,000,000 budget of
American National Red Cross
1950.
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Starting Monday, March 6th a
small army of volunteers will be
ringing doorbells as East Cleve
land launches its 1950
Fund. The campaign
through March 20th.
Red Cross
continues
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Mrs. R. C. Post of
wood ave., chairman of the cam
paign which seeks to raise a $10,
000 quota in East Cleveland, is
confident of going over the top.
“I am heading this drive” said Mrs.
Post, “because I have confidence
in the people of East Cleveland. I
feel
sure that after the many
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At a recent business meeting of
the East Cleveland Business Men’s
Association, parking problems were
discussed by several merchants
whose businesses are located on
Hayden ave. It was felt by several
of those present that the one-cent
parking meters might be the solu
tion to the parking problems on
Hayden aye. and might afford more
customer parking space that is
now being used for other purposes.
As the result of this discussion,
President Fred Henderson appoint
ed a committee to make a survey of
metered areas in Cleveland and the
recently installed meter areas in
Cleveland Heights and to secure
what other available information
they could from meters being used
in other municipalities throughout
the country.
This committea reported that
they had interviewed merchants on
Superior ave. between the East
Cleveland (west city limits) and
Lakeview rd. and found that all
favor parking meters.
Further information obtained
from Ralph C. Purvis, the Executive
Secretary of the Cleveland Heights
Chamber of Commerce, revealed
that meters recently installed on
Lee rd. there were so successful,
that meters are now being installed
on Coventry rd. and were being con
sidered in other sections of that
city.
Further, it was revealed by the
Committee that in 1946, 45 percent
of the cities in the 25,000 to 50,000
population group were using meters
and that the general public, motor
ists, and merchants like parking
meters. Actual experience of many
cities gives definite assurance that
well placed, well managed meters
will meet with toe approval of
these groups.
Motorists, the committee re
ported, like meters because they I
find that it is easier to get a park
ing space in crowded areas and|
thereby are not forced to continue. v
ally cruise up and down the ave*
»nue for an available space and ar#
not forced ot do thier shopping.
elsewhere. They feel that witli
I meters, available space is equally
distributed and that they do not
have to compete with all-day park
ers. Merchants like meters because
their customers like them and be
cause they give increasd carry
home trade.
There are several types of meter
installations. One of the most popu
lar is the combination or multiple
coin system meter which method
provides for the use of coins in the
following combinations:
12 minutes for one cent.
24 minutes for two cents.
36 minutes for three cents.
48 minutes for four cents.
60 minutes for five lc coins, or
one 5c coin.
120 minutes for ten le coins, or
two 5c coins.
Hayden ave. merchants have felt
that a serious parking problem has
been prevalent for some time, and
they feel that the installation of
meters will greater alleviate this
problem. Enforcement of the limit
ed parking restrictions alone has
not provided a solution, and with
the present and expected increase
in the number of vehicles, the use
of parking meters can contribute
to the ultimate solution of the
parking problem by a more rapid
turn-over of space for parking
which would produce more business.
Dies In Florida
Word was received here Wednes
day of the death at St. Petersburg,
Fla., of Edward Keiper. Mr. Keiper,
station master at East Cleveland,
retired ten days ago after 45 years’
service with the New York Central
Railroad.
With Mrs. Keiper, he went south
and was stricken with a heart at
tack last Sunday.
The body is being returned to
Cleveland.
Party For ECBAers
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Two of the several peices
jewelry taken from the apartment
of Lois Sacha*, 1577G Euclid ave.
recently, were found February 22
in a pawn shop by East Cleveland
police.
The LEADER has the Buyers
Reviving an old custom of the
before-the-war clays, the East
Cleveland Business Association will
have a St. Patrick's Day party to
be staged on March 17th in Moose
Hall, 763 East 152nd st.
Henry Geerer, chairman of the
party committee announces that
there will be dancing to Peter Pi
per’s orchestra, and during an in
terlude Arthur Murray Dance Stu
dio will conduct a dance demonstra
tion to include a little dance con
test. The ECBA will award the
prizes to the winners. A buffet
lunch will be served, also.
Since this party is for members
and their friends, tickets must be
secured before March 15th, and no
tickets will be sold at the door. The
pasteboards may be obtained from
Bob Stratton. Fred Henderson, Don
Fisher, Al Cutter, Tony Tomsic,
Bob MNeeley, Nelson Kubitz or Mi.
Geerer.
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