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What’ being
Pony League leaders, the Ken
nedys, meet the Edwards Funeral
Home tune at Shaw Field Satur
day p, m. in a rubber game.
Shaw Pool will be open all day
Monday, July 5th, for the pleasure
of East Clevelanders. No classes
on Monday.
East Cleveland Business Associa
tion is sponsoring an East Cleve
land Night at the Stadium Wednes
day) August 4th: the Indians vs.
the New York Yankees. Tickets
next Tuesday.
THAT
Concluding six months of their
year, President Clarence Rauch
asks his Kiwanis members a num
ber of questions, among them being
one which could well be put to each
one of us as East Clevelanders.
The questions is: Have we done
our part in making our community
a better place in which to live?
Have we?
Observed Wednesday morning:
An adult leading a number of chil
dren across Euclid ave. mid-way
between two traffic signal guarded
crossings.
This business of educating the
public to be “litter conscious” is
slow work. If anyone doubts this
comment, let him observe the con
dition of the sidewalks near en
trances to places of business sell
ing those items quickly unwrapped
or observing the area of a bus stop
—all too littered. Now this is a
job for every East Clevelander.
A little thought, a little consid
eration, .and East Cleveland can
present a neater appearance. Let’s
give it a real try.
Till next week—E.C.B.
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EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO
Picnic Ticket Call
Keeps Merchants Busy
Volume No. XU—No. 26
East Cleveland Picnic Tickets are going like hot cakes
on a cold morning. Even before Ticket Chairman Jack Wise
and his district chairman could complete their first ticket
distributions round, first-served merchants were telephon
ing Ticket Headquarters (Eckert’s Hardware) for more
pasteboards.
This is a good sign. “A very good sign” according to
Chairman Wise. It means that once again East Clevelanders
are eager for picnic day—Wednesday, July 21st—to arrive.
They’ll be out at Euclid Beach, tickets in hand, stubs in the
barrels, all attention as Trustee George Nelson, at the mike,
calls the nrize list.
The Women’s Bible class of
Windermere Presbyterian Church
is sponsoring an Ice Cream Social
at the church, corner Windermere
st., on Tuesday evening, July 13th,
from 7 to 9. Rain or Shine. Every
body welcome.
For the benefit of newcomers
to East Cleveland since the 1953
picnic, Chairman Wise explains
that tickets are available at the
store with the sign on the door.
The sign reads: We Have Picnic
Tickets. Ask for them.”
The merchants buy the tickets
and give them to their customers.
A purchase of $1.00 or over war
rants one ticket on the Grand
Prize—a 1954 Mercury sedan. Pur
chases of 35c or mdre warrant a
strip of tickets good for the seven
major and dozens of minor Prizes.
These prizes are purchased by the
Prize Committee with the money
the merchant pays for the tickets
he gives away.
In addition to the gift value
of the strip tickets, these are the
amusement tickets good for rides
at the Beach on Picnic Day.
Food, clothing, household goods,
toys, services ... just about every
thing a person, a family, a house
hold, could need, can be purchased
right in East Cleveland—and with
every purchase there are available
the precious picnic tickets.
“Watch for the sign on the door”
reminds Ticket Chairman Jack
Wise, “and get your tickets.”
Jack Wise, Ticket Chairman
Dr. Henderson
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Traffic violators may howl
but traffic enforcement continues
ifTEast Cleveland. The policy is
paying off 100% as the city takes
first place nationally for cities of
its population class (25,000-50,000)
for outstanding traffic law en
forcement in 1953. Congratulations*
down to the newest recruit on the
force who soon learns that in this,
as in other enforcement, East
Cleveland means business.
If you have a former East Cleve
land neighbor who would be in
terested in knowing the date of
the annual Community Picnic,
send them a card telling them it is
Wednesday, July 21st. They may
like to drive in for the afternoon
and evening, renew acquaintances,
recall experiences, see how tall that
little boy next door has grown,
learn who married Betty, the co-ed
across the street see Susie’s new
baby, or be assured that East
Cleveland Community Picnic is
still as big and as exciting as
ever. Drop that line* today.
In an exchange of pulpits,
Earl R. Henderson, pastor of
Church of the Cross, will go to
Elyria, and Rev. James Sivard,
pastor of First Methodist Church,
Elyria, comes to Cleveland.
Rev. Henderson will terminate
his eight years at the Caledonia
Winsford rd. church Sunday, July
4th when he preaches at the morn
ing worship service. Rev. Sivard
will preach his first sermon in his
new charge on Sunday, July 11th.
Dr. Henderson attended Bald
win-Wallace College and Boston
School of Theology. He has been
active in metropolitan area Meth
odist circles, is a member of
Kiwanis Club of East Cleveland,
and the East Cleveland Ministerial
Association.
During his years here the entire
interior of the church building
has been remodeled. The local con
gregation numbers about 400. His
new charge has an 1800 member
ship.
Vacation Bible School
Topping All Records
Vacation Bible School at Hayden
Avenue Baptist Church, has had
an all time record in attendance.
Mrs. Donald B. Woodby, wife of
the pastor, and director of the
school announces an average at
tendance of over 90 in the first
week of school.
Thursday night, 7:30 p. m. the
demonstration program will be
presented, in the Mayfair School.
Parents and friends are invited to
see what these young people have
learned.
Intruder Flees
An unidentified youth discovered
in the suite of Miss Marjorie Wil
loughby, 18715 Terrace rd., at
10:00 p. m., Sunday, June 27th
fled when she asked him what he
was doing there.
Mbs Willoughby had been away
for the evening. Entrance was
gained by forcing the front door
had been disturbed.
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Calvary Calls
"Rural Pastor
of the Year,
The Reverend Robert H. Secrist,
28, who in 1953 received the “Rural
Pastor, of the Year” award from
the Ohio Chamber of Commerce,
is the new pastor at Calvary
Lutheran Church, Euclid at Lock
wood ave. He will preach his first
sermon as pastor here on Sunday,
August 15th. Plans for his offi
cial installation will be announced
later.
Rev. Secrist comes to East Cleve
land from Rows’ Parish, near
Wooster, Ohio made up of the
Lutheran churches at Pleasant
Valley, Rowsburg and New Pitts
burg. He succeeds the Rev. John
W. Grohne who is now in Louis
ville, Ky.
Graduating from Wittenberg
College in 1947 with a bachelor of
Arts degree, he received his Bache
lor of Divinity Degree from Ham
ma Divinity School in 1950.
In the meanwhile he served two
years in the U. S. Navy. In 1946
he was in charge of the Youth
Caravan on the West Coast. While
a student at Hamma he was youth
director of a Lutheran church in
Springfield and spent a summer
as student pastor of Grace Luther
an Church, 'Steubenville, Ohio.
He is the son of Mrs. Carolyn
Shafer Secrist and the late Dr.
Frank E. Secrist whose death in
February of this year terminated
a 27 years’ pastorate at Second
Trinity Lutheran Church, Dayton,
Ohio.
Rev. Secrist is married to a
Wittenberg College graduate,
Martha Joan Laughner, daughter
of the Reverend and Mrs. T. P.
Laughner of Leetonia, Ohio. They
have one son, Tommy, aged one
year. A sister, Miss Anna Secrist,
is a student nurse at St. Luke’s
Hospital, Cleveland. The family
plans to move into their new par
sonage, August 9th.
D. D. Scott New
Vice President
Central National
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D. D. Scott
The election of D. D. Scott as
vice president of Central National
Bank of Cleveland was announced
today by Loring L. Oelbach, presi
dent, following a meeting of the
bank’s board of directors. Mr. Scott
will continue as the officer in
charge of the bank’s Doan Office.
Mr. Scott entered the bank in
1933 when the Doan Office became
a branch of Central National, and
has served the bank continuously
as the administrative head of that
office. In 1939 he was elected an
assistant vice president. Prior
banking experience was acquired
with the Union Trust Co., where
his employment began in 1918.
A native of Indiana, his college
work was taken at Indiana Uni
versity and later supplemented
with courses of the American In
stitute of Banking. Active over the
years in civic affairs, he is cur
rently a trustee of Women’s Hos
pital and secretary-treasurer of
the University Circle Board of
Commerce. The Scott residence is
at 1075 Carver riL
East Cleveland Leader
Published in Conjunction with The SCOOP in Northeast Cleveland and The News-Journal in Euclid
East Cleveland. Ohio Thursday, July 1, 1954
They Give of Their Blood
Wednesday, June 23rd,
At noon
Mrs. Margaret Naher of Delano,
Calif., became the 1000th blood
donor on the list of the East
Cleveland Red Cross Blood Donor
chairman, Mrs. Kenneth Watkins.
Having given nine times before,
it was “just habit” for the visitor
to sign up again as soon as she
learned the Red Cross Bloodmobile
unit was to be in East Cleveland.
Mrs. Naher is visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. Murray Richard, 14150
Superior ave. Many of her blood
pints were given while a resident
of Tucson, Arizona.
$1,025,000
Estimated
'55 Budget
An estimated budget of $1,025,000
was submitted to the City Com
mission Tuesday evening by Fi
nance Director G. T. Apthorp, who
indicated that the current year’s
expenditures would reach a prob
able $1,011,000. A hearing on the
budget was set for Tuesday, July
18th, the regular meeting night of
the Commission.
Mr. Apthorp stated there would
be no change in the city’s share of
the 1955 tax rate. It will remain
at 7.6 mills.
But there will be a slight shift
ing of allocation within the rate,
added the finance director, due to
a one-quarter of a mill reduction
in debt requirements for 1955. This
year, said Mr. Apthorp, there is
levied for debt .94 mills. For 1955
this figure will be .69, a reduction
of .25 mills.
Of this .25 mills, it is planned
to credit .16 mills to the current
.84 mills for the Permanent Im
provement Fund. The other .09
mills will go into the general op
erating fund.
No action was reported on the
proposal for a playlot on East
133rd st. The city is continuing
its checking however, and it is ex
pected to have a definite report by
the next Commission meeting.
Upon recommendation of the
Zoning Board of Appeals, the Com
mission granted the appeal of the
Dougherty Funeral Home to ex
pand its business by using its build
ing just west of its present quar
ters, 13613 Euclid ave. It also
granted permission to Industrial
Design, Inc. to rent its second floor
at 14838 Euclid ave. to Plastic
Fashions, Inc., manufacturers of
plastic household and novelty items.
An ordinance reducing the sew
age charges to be reflected in new
water bills was passed as an emer
gency measure.
One Celebration
After the Other
At the Murphys
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Murphy,
who were married and had lived at
1886 Haldane rd. for 25 .years
started celebrating June 3rd when
their oldest daughter, Joan, gradu
ated from Ursuline Academy of the
Sacred Heart. They continued the
celebration on June 6th, when their
second oldest daughter, Maureen,
graduated from Christ The King
School. On the night of their anni
versary, June 8th, they were pleas
antly surprised by a housefull of
cousins, brothers, sisters and
friends.
The final celebration took place
June 19th with an Open House
when Mrs. Murphy’s brother, Gene
Sheehan, arrived from California.
Her sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Behlke, and daugh
ter Colette, arrived from Wilming
ton, Delaware. On the next day,
June 20th, Mrs. Murphy’s sister,
Mrs. J. R. Smyth, gave a picnic at
Old Mill Road in Gates Mills. The
Murphys have one older son, Ollie,
who graduated from Cathedral
Latin last year, and one younger
daughter, Sheila, who is 9 years old.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Folcarelli, 1821 Brightwood, a
daughter, Sheila Ann, June 17th.
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Lawrence Riedel
Forty-two pints of blood for one
pint. That is the packed full and
overflowing record modestly ad
mitted by Lawrence Riedel, 13909
Savannah ave. It is in gratitute
for a pint of blood that spelled
life instead of possible death f°T
Mrs. Riedel back in 1942.
Recovered from her Illness, Mrs.
Riedel had given seven pints of
blood when her physician advised
her to discontinue the practice.
“We were so thankful for the
blood her brother gave her” ex
plains Mr. Reidel, “that we feel
the least we can do is to give
of our blood to try and save some
other person’s life.” And so it has
been for neighbor, friend,
co-worker, veteran, stranger, hos
pital, Red Cross, adding up to his
42nd pint at the June 23-24 visit
of the bloodmobile unit here.
Open House for
Golden Wedding
The golden wedding anniversary
of George and Margaret Summers
will be celebrated with an open
house, Sunday, July 4th at their
home 14317 Potomac ave. Friends
and neigfhbors will be received
between 4 and 8 p. m.
Married in Cumberland, Md. the
couple came here in 1928. Mr.
Summers is a retired General
Electric employee.
They have a son Elmer, a grand
daughter Nancy Ross and a great
grandson, David Ross.
Register Now For
Red Cross Life
Saving Course
The Junior and Senior Red Cross
Life Saving program for East
Cleveland boys and girls will begin
Wednesday, July 7th, at Shaw
Pool.
Registration for both classes are
now being accepted at the Recrea
tion Office, Fire Station No. 2 or
at the pool.
Dee Owen and Arlene Rice ate
the water safety instructors in'
charge of the Junior division. Mary
Ellen Brophy will instruct the
Senior group. Boys and girls in
the seventh, eighth, ninth, and
tenth grades at school or between
the ages of twelve to fifteen are
eligible for Junior Life Saving.
The first class for this group will
meet Wednesday, July 7th, at 8:30
a. m.
Persons who have passed their
sixteenth birthday, or who are stu
dents in or beyond the eleventh
grade in school are eligible foi
the senior course. The first meet
ing of the Senior class will be
Maryanne Rothhaas, who with
Beverly Wood, instruct the classes,
report enrollment up to Tuesday
as being 476.
City Takes First
Place In Traffic
Law Enforcement
East Cleveland is first-place
winner of the International Asso
ciation of Chiefs of Police (Traf
fic Division) for the most out
standing performance in the traf
fic law enforcement field for its
population class for .1953. The class
includes cities of from 25,000 to
50,000 population.'^
Honorable mention went to
Elyria, and Shaker Heights, Ohio
St. Cloud, Minn. Ann Arbor,
Mich. Eau Claire, Wis. Palo
Alto, Calif. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Enid, Oklahoma Wausau, Wis.
First place winners were named
in nine city population groups and
five state divisions.
Judging is based on the overall
traffic activities. Evaluation in
formation is provided by the
tional Safety Council.
Local Kiwanis
Has "Grandchild
for
Forty-two pints of blood
one
Kiwanis of East Cleveland has
a new distinction. It has a club
grand-child the first of two such
entirely new achievements to be
listed to its 1954 year. The club
is the newly chartered Willowick
Kiwanis Club, organized by the
Willoughby Club which, in October
1923, was organized by Kiwanis
of East Cleveland.
To properly observe this club
attainment, 12 East Cleveland
Kiwanians conducted last week’s
meeting for the newly chartered
group. The speaker, Rev. Robert
Barkley, was introduced by James
Bateman.
Other local Kiwanians to attend
this unique meeting were: Fred
Lange, Everett M. Preston, Dr.
L. L. Myers, Ralph R. Heikes, Al
Reas, George Forrester, Dr.
Charles S. Blough, Frank Hruby,
William L. Lohiser, and President
Clarence Rauch.
Another “grand child” will be
chartered at Eastlake on August
12th.
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William Z. Taylor, now residing
at 26500 Euclid ave., is the proud
bearer of the Bronze Star Medal
for meritorious service in Korea.
On June 11th, Lieutenant Taylor
was presented the medal and presi
dential Citation in special military
formation And services at Head
quarters Ohio Military District,
Columbus, Ohio.
The Citation accompanying the
iward, praised Taylor’s “courage,
initiative and perservance” while
serving as a Forward Observer and
Wednesday, July 7th at 7:00 p. m.later as Artillery Liaison Officer.
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Learn-To-Swim
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The Learn to Swim program Is
under full swing at Shaw Pool.
Following a careful testing, the
eager to learn children have been
enrolled in two classes which will
meet for a hour at 8:30 and 9:30,
either on Mondays, Wednesdays or
Fridays or on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays.
The first classes began today
for the Tuesday, Thursday, Satur
day groups. The Monday, Wednes
day, Friday group will begin to
morrow, July 2nd. However, there
will be no classes Monday, July 5th,
the official observance of the
Fourth of July although the pool
will be open that day for public
swimming.
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Present East Cleveland water
rates include both water and
sewer charges. Only that portion
of the bill covering the water
charge is being increased. At the
same time the city is making a
minor downward adjustment on
the sewer charge.
The action received a quick and
unanimous vote in Cleveland Coun*
cil, following prolonged and oft
times stormy discussions by subur
ban leaders who fell into three
groups, each group favoring one
of the three plans proposed to in
crease water income to meet
mounting operating costs and a
much needed $28 million dollar
capital improvement program.
The new rates will become effec
tive in East Cleveland for all
water consumed on and after July
1st, states Mr. Apthorp. He ex
plains that billings under the new
rate will lag over a period of four
months, concluding with the De
cember 1, 1954 bills. All state
ments will be prorated to the July
1st date.
Mr. Apthorp explains that the
city is divided into two water dis
tricts with billings being made to
half the consumers in the city
each time. The billings starting
July 15th will be as follows:
District billings dated July 15,
1954 (on one-half of all accounts)
will carry the old rate.
District 2 billings dated Sep
tember 1, 1954 will cover one-half
the homes in the city. One half of
each individual bill will be calcu
lated under the old rate and one
half under the new rate.
District 1 billings dated October
15, 1954 will all be at the new
rate.
Real Estate Tax
Payments Due
“The Real Estate tax collection
for the last half of 1953 will open
Thursday, July 1st, 1954 and will
close on Tuesday, July 20th, 1954,”
announced Leslie R. Monroe, treas
urer of Cuyahoga County.
All tax bills were in the mail
by Saturday, June 26th. Payments
were accepted even prior to open
ing date. The amount collected for
the first half of 1953 was $49,806,
581.17. The total amount charged
for the tax year 1953 is $96,994,
170.54. This staggering sum is
used for the needs of the taxing
districts and schools which are
equally great and get larger each
year due to the increased popula
tion which is spreading out in
every direction throughput the
County of Cuyahoga.
Awarded Presidential Citation, Star
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For-
He co-ordinated efforts of
ward Observers under his control,
assisted in the planning of offen
sive and defensive fire support,
acted as artillery advisor to the
infantry units and kept his bat
tallion informed of the tactical
situation. Serrig rendered by
Lieut. Taylor n eta great credit
upon himself and the Military
Service.
Taylor formerly resided at 15633
Brewster rd., with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Zack G. Taylor, attends
Columbus Military, Shaw and Al-
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City Follows Cleveland
Lead and Ups Local
Water Rate 18 Per Cent
With the unanimous adoption by Cleveland of the
18-20 percent water increase cost plan, East Cleveland, as
a master meter suburb, will pay just that much more for
the water it buys in bulk from Cleveland. This increase,
announces G. T. Apthorp, finance director, will, accordingly,
be passed on to the East Cleveland water consumers.
District 2 billings dated Decem
ber 1, 1954 will all be under the
new rate.
A comparison of new and old
rates is made as follows:
Mr. Carran was the spokesman
for the 22 suburbs favoring the
percentage plan. Included in this
group were Euclid and Lakewood.
The 18-20 percent plan has been
used by the rate engineers of the
Cleveland Water Department for
at least 25 years, and follows basie
methods and calculations used in
major engineering studies in 1940,
1946 and 1953.
“This percentage plan, supported
by these exhaustive and costly en
gineering studies,” states Mr. Car
ran, “is the only plan that fairly
allocates or attempts to allocate,
among all the suburban water
users by service levels, their prop
er share of Water Department
operating costs, the present capi
tal investment, and the proposed
$28,000,000 expansion program.”
“On the other hand,” pointed out
Mr. Carran, “Plan Nos. 2 and 3
bear no relation to costa of or to
the engineering studies above men
tioned, and would result on one
group of suburbs paying a larger
portion of the water costa
ly chargeable against another
group of suburbs.”
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New Rate
$1,386
0.539
Old Rate
.$1,173
0.552
Water
Sewer
.$1,725 $1,925
Total
Mr. Apthorp explained that the
present water rate was fixed in
1951 and in the three year’s since
that time local operating costs of
maintaining and operating the
system within East Cleveland has
increased approximately 18 per
cent. So the proposed 18 per cent
increase in the water rate will
just about meet requirements.
The East Cleveland water de
partment, states Mr. Apthorp, is
a self-sustaining utility, operated
at cost.
It is pointed out that the 18 per
cent increase in cost will increase
East Cleveland’s water costa to
Cleveland $26,000 a year. Had the
“flat” rate plan been adopted, the
added cost to this city would have
been $80,000 a year, an increase
of 58 per cent over the current
rate.
East Cleveland city officials ex
pressed themselves as pleased with
the action of the Cleveland City
Council. City Manager Chas. A.
Carran and Finance Director Ap
thorp have spent months studying
the three proposals under consid
eration.
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Elsewhere in this issue
found the ordinance amending the
water rate charges.
legheny College. After completion
of college, he had basic at Indian
town Gap Military Reservation
then attended Army Artf" ry Col
lege, Fort Sill, Okla., he
was graduated and commit med
2nd Lieutenant of Artillery, July
1952.
Taylor now an auditor with the
Lamp Dept, of General Electrio
Co., Nela Park is married, and has
an eigl month-old sdn, Calvin
Dean Taylor. His wife, Alice, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 8.
Orville Walthall, 1060 Pennfield.'
id., Cleveland Heights.
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