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Mail Addresses Business: 814 East 152nd Street Phonei Glenville 1-4383 News: 14600 Euclid Avenue Apt. 302 Opponents In Zone Appeal Win, Lose Both sides won and both sides lost in a case decided at the joint meeting of the Board of Building Code Appeals and the Board of Fire District Appeals held in City Hall April 12th. Frank Korosec was seeking a permit to erect a two-story brick faced dwelling with an attached garage and workshop at 1415 Eddy rd., between East 131st st. and the New York Central Roalroad, zoned U4 (light manufacturing). Of the five adjoining property owners notified, two came to the hearing. Both opposed the work shop in which Mr. Korosec plans to continue repair of refrigerators, washers, etc. They also wanted the zoning changed to U8 (retail). After some discussion, which at points was heated, the boards granted,, the permit, and rezoned the area to Zone 8. The Grant Home Buildirs, Inc. were given authority to construct a four suite apartment on Coven try rd., pending the working out of a few details with the city engineer and building inspector. The Luxor Apartment Co. was granted a request to erect two buildings, 16 suites in all, on Luxor rd., after agreeing to a few changes in their plan. Rejected was the appeal of the Grey Construction Co. to convert a present first floor laundry into a 3-room custodial suite, moving the laundry to the basement in an apartment at 1656 East 133rd st. Two cases were continued. Physical Ed Teachers To Attend Conference With a view of obtaining infor mation on the possibility of widen ing its physical education pro gram, the East Cleveland Public Schools will be represented at the State Conference on School Camp ing and Outdoor Education to pe held at Camp Muskingum, Canal ton, Ohio, April 27th. Selected to attend the session are Thomas Meinhazt and Niel Skinner. THAT In East Cleveland are East Cleveland Kiwanians community workers wherever they may be. Now comes word that Frank Corl of the local club has been re-elected veep of the Ohio Club at Palm Beach, Fla. Watch it Spring is bursting into bloom with blossoms and shrubs and garden flowers. What a challenge to clean-up one’s own premises. Plenty of elbow grease plus de termination will turn the trick. In a four-day jaunt into Virginia last week, we took particular note of the condition of streets and highways. Virginia warns of a fine np to 500 for tossing litter onto its highways and the suggestion carries through in the communi ties which were noticeably clear of litter. It can be done. A reader asks: “What is meant by a Sustaining Member of the Y?” A Sustaining Member of the Y is one who does not wish to be active in the Y but is interested in its work. The Y charges a boy a small fee, but the total of these fees does not add up to the costs. The Sustaining Member steps in to keep this Christian citizenship movement active. Call the Y at GL. 1-8425 if in terested. It is hoped this answers question. your pro ave. While the plans for the posed relocating of Shaw from Euclids south is in a tenta tive stage, some plan will be agreed upon by the City and the School District for the ultimate ob jective the safety of pupils of Prospect Elementary and Shaw High Schools who cross the Eu clid-Shaw intersection, now a jog, calling for two traffic signals. City officials point out that such an Intersection calls for greater general pedestrian traffic control, also,... It's time to start driving through Lake View Cemetery which is ablaze with color. Follow the arrows. It is also time, reminds Chief of Police Weaver, for parents to em phasise to their children the danger pf playing too near the curb lixx*. The Romance Of Old Ivory Miss Volume No. 14—Issue No. 15 East Cleveland, Ohio Help Fight Cancer On Sunday, April 17th, vol unteers of the American Cancer Society will be contacting their neighbors throughout Cuyahoga County between the hours of 1 p. m. and 5 p. m. They will be distributing life-saving facts about cancer while soliciting funds to carry on the relentless fight against cancer through Community Service, Education and Research. Welcome your volunteer! Strike back at cancer man’s crudest enemy. Nell F. Cramer of 14600 Euclid ave will speak on “Romance of Old Ivory” at the East Cleve land Library on Thursday evening, April 21st, at 8 p. m. She will ex hibt a part of her prized collec tion of ivory carvings, and will use color slides to illustrate some of her rare pieces. This collection, assembled from many countries of Europe and the Orient, includes carvings rang ing from 200 B.C. to modern times. It has a story to tell of the his tory of mankind, and throws light on art and religion, customs and personalities. All the pieces are extremely interesting, many are beautiful and intricate, and some are amusing in the interpretation of Japanese folklore. Miss Cramer’s travel to foreign countries in quest important and interesting carvings, her pains taking research, and her genuine interest and enthusiasm make her an authoritative and vivid speaker. There will be a brief question and answer period at the close of the lecture. This program is free and open to the public. Softball Managers Will Meet Tuesday The first meeting of East Cleve land YMCA Church Softball League will be held Tuesday evening, April 19th, at 7:15 p. m. The following churches have been contacted who were in the league last year: Euclid Ave. Christian, Epworth Euclid Methodist, Church of the Cross Methodist, East Cleve land Congregational, First Presby terian (2 teams), First Church of the Nazarene, Trinity E. U. B. and Windermere Methodist. Other churches interested in joining the league must have a representative at this meeting. Games are played on Monday and Thursday evenings at Forest Hills Park. It is important that all churches interested in participating in the league be present at this meeting. ECBA Endorses Clean-Up Program Full endorsement of the city’s renewed year-round Clean-up Cam paign was voiced by the East Cleveland Business Assocmiation meeting Tuesday night in the Com mission Chamber of East Cleveland City Hall. President Bob Stratton jr. the motion after Fred Lange, chief of the Fire Department, and Cap tain Otto Swancar made a de tailed report of the “kick-off” ses sion of the second year in this over-all community undertaking. Each member of the association is being urged to make a daily inspection of his premises and rid it of any debris, said President Bob Stratton, jr. Store owners are being urged to clean up store fronts and keep display windows clean and up-to-date. He urged each member to accept the Clean Up project as an individual sponsibility. Apartment Sold re- In a reported 310,000 transac tion, the Euclid-Eddy Apartments, 13741-13805 Euclid ave., changed hands earlier this week. The build ing has eight stores and 48 ef ficiency suites. Sellers were T. W. Grogan, real estate broker and Thomas A. Brown. The new owners are Dr. Clarence and Dr. Myron F. Kantor. VMCA Drag For Hot Rods, Driver License Every Five Years, In Hi-Y Bills During a recent trip to Columbus five East Cleveland Hi Y youth received instructions from State Legislators in the how of state legislation. Returning home these boys, Randall Abbey, James Kut ceher, James Miller, Douglas Pew and Leonard Short led Hi-Y clubs in the preparation of two bills to be taken up at a Model Legislat ure meeting in Columbus April 24-26th. At the Model Legislature ses sion Hi-Y youths will occupy the Rollicking Minstrel At Kirk Friday With rehearsals almost nightly this week, the last minute polish ing is being given the Minstrel Jive of ’55 to be presented this Friday night, April 15th at Kirk Junior High School. Making up the cast for the “first of its kind at Kirk” are faculty members and parents of Kirk pupils. Everything that gave yester day's minstrel its glory will be found in Friday’s Kirk production, from the joking endmen to dancers, to singers. In fact, the report says “A stupenduous chorus of singers and dancers,” plus min strelsy skits. Mrs. S. Robert Fraser is the choreographer. Under Interlocutor Bob Wiess these endmen will afford many a good laugh: “Alibi”, Vern Fit rell “Butter Ball”, Doc. Lou Ed wards “Catnip”, Bill Zizcak “Knucklehead”, Budd Andrews “Ebony” Bob Welty, and “Flat foot”, Doc Morris. A Mothers Dancing Chorus will find Min Vaughn, Lucy Wallace, Marita Bricker, Sandy Andrews, Betty Welty, Virginia Hendricks, Betty Miller, Marjorie Graves, Violet Guenther and Enid tripping across the stage. Glick Mrs. An octette directed by Ruth Honess will present Spring, Pearl Novak, Mildred Strack, Grace Rhodehamel, Hazel Heishmann, Willetta Fox, Loretta Baker and Barbara Seaver, Kirk mothers all. Marie Not to be outdone by the fair ones, Vern Fitrell, Roger North rup, John Spring and Del Morros, accompanied by Evelyn Parker will come out old songs would be with some of those dear without which a minstrel incomplete. numbers will be a duet Special by Min and Howard Vaughn, a singing skit by Fieltz and Spencer Knapp, a harmonica solo by Vic Elconin and a solo by Carl Strack. “The show is already practically a sell-out”, report the producers. Al Martin and his 93A boys in the drama group at Kirk are pre paring the scenery and will have charge of the lighting. Curtain is at 8:30 and everyone is invited to come and enjoy this one and only minstrel. Gallon Club Enrollees Five East Clevelanders have been added to the Gallon Club at Tapco. Awarded citations for this Blood Donor contribution are: Paul Bortz, 1876 Wadena ave. Charles Highley, 1818 Alvason Jack B. Santo, 14431 Superior George A. Neill, 1754 Lockwood ave., and Leo Ludwick, 1724 Bryn Mawr rd. Hit By Car George Welther, 4, of 15009 Elm ave. is in good condition at Huron Road with a head injury. George was hurt when struck by a car as he dashed into the street between standing autos at 3:45 p. m., Aprf 11th. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Welther. The driver war not held. East Cleveland Leader Published In Conjunction with The SCOOP in Northeast Cleveland and The News-Journal in Euclid Break Ground For This New YMCA Sunday chairs of the actual legislators and with real representatives and legislators as resource persons in their committee hearings, will spend the three days introducing bills submitted by Hi-Y Clubs. Each bill will have been properly prepared and will carry the state ment of a local legal official that, in his opinion, the bill being sub mitted could become law if it were enacted by the official legislative body. Serving as legal representative for the East Cleveland Hi-Ys is A. E. Griffith, Director of Law for the City of East Cleveland. Two bills have been drawn up by the local Hi-Y club and James Kutcher as Alternate Senator Randall Abbey as a Representa tive, and Leonard Short as Chap lain for the Legislature will pre sent them. One bill calls for the contrac tion of a drag strip for the use of hot rod cars. The second measure calls for enactment of a new drivers license law which would call for the issuance of a new license each five years with a physical examination being neces sary with each renewal. Elect Blough To N.C.A. Committee Wayne C. Blough, Principal of Shaw High School, was elected to the Administrative Committee of the Commission on Secondary Schools of the North Central As sociation at the recent Annual meeting of the Association in Chicago. Shaw High School has been ac credited by the Association since 1904. Over 3300 high schools and 379 colleges in 19 states comprise the association. The Administrative Committee is responsible for carrying on the activities of the Commission in the interim between annual meet ings. There are 493 Ohio secondary schools accredited by this asso ciation making Ohio second only to Illinois in the number of mem ber schools. The chief purpose of the North Central Association is the develop ment and maintenance of high standards of excellence, improve ment of educational program and instruction and encouraging co operative relationships between the secondary schools and colleges in the various states. It's Blossom Time At Lake View It’s Blossom Time at Lake View Cemetery. Charles B. Gleason, executive vice president announces that with the past few sunny and warmer days, Mother Nature has opened her show at this beauty spot Lake View is known throughout this section of the country for its unusual collection of ornamental trees and shrubs, displayed at their best, as well for its forested areas where trees and shrubs originally in the forests of the Western Re serve are preserved. As an ar boretum, the 285 acres are a year round mecca for botanists, ama teur and professional. Trees and shrubs are labeled with both English and Latin names. Blossom Time at Lake View means the flowering of more than a hundred white, pink and rare yellow Japanese Cherry trees the forty varieties in some 300 flower ing crabs, 500 white Dogwood, 600 lilac bushes, 200 Hawthornes, 400 Mock Oranges, to mention a few. From the entrances at 12316 Euclid ave., or Mayfield rd. at Kenilworth, arrows direct the visi tors along the trails, being changed from day to day. Daffodil Hill with its soma 66,000 blooms worth th* visit. is W s alone ’JT .. -.W On Sunday afternoon, April 17th at 2:30 p. m. the East Cleveland YMCA will hold its ground break ing ceremonies for its new home to be built at 1819 Lee rd. The first spade of soil will be turned just south of the 60-year old house which, while never built for the hard usage of boys’ activities, has long been home to East Cleveland Y boys. The ceremony signals the begin ning of construction on the long awaited new Y house. Total cost of the modern new unit will top 4184,000, states W. V. Cum*cr, executive secretary, who adds that it is hoped the new home will appeal to and serve the young adults in the community to whom the “Y” extends its services. The program will open with the Invocation by the Rev. Robert Barkley, president of the East Cleveland Ministerial Association. James Kutcher, Big Club Hi-Y vice president will read the scrip ture and City Manger Chas. A. Carran will make a few remarks. Curtis Lee Smith, president of the Board of Trustees of the Great er Cleveland will conduct the litany for the ground breaking and the Benediction will be pronounced by the Rev. Earle Hochwald, pastor of East Cleveland Congregational Church who is a member of the East Cleveland YMCA Board of Managers. The public is invited to wit ness this historic community event Contracts for the East Cleve land, Hillcrest and South Euclid building were let Tuesday to the Cleveland Construction Co., for a total of 604,798, Curtis Lee Smith, YMCA president said. Of these three, the 35-year-old East Cleveland branch is the oldest. Won't Sell School Land School yards came in for major attention at Monday night’s meet ing of the Board of Education. It again refused to sell an inch of its Mayfair school yard it ap proved the widening by of the Garfield-Lambert tion which will mean a in the northwest corner rior School yard it approved plans for an over-all improvement pro gram of the Superior school yard at an estimated cost of 5000 and referred to committee final details for a similar improvement at Mayfair School. 13,750 Circulation Guaranteed Thursday, April 14, 1955 TAAVIS AGtfIK WAL4h A (A A U KIT5C7^ OC147 the city intersec cut-back of Supe- George Hraby, owner of a Doan ave. apartment adjacent to the north of the Mayfair school site, again sought to buy a five-foot strip abutting his property, ex plaining that he wanted to plant it with shrubbery as a buffer pro tection for the building. His drive way parallels that stretch. While the board recognized his position, it declined to change its previous action: no sale. Grounds around both Mayfair and Superior Elementary Schools are in for complete renovations, under plans submitted by N. F. Leist, assistant to the superin tendent. Portions will be grassed, other portions for playground and parking will be blacktopped and baseball fields will be graded and covered with slag screenings. Added playground equipment is also to be installed. Estimates of the cost at Mayfair have not been com pleted. As a safety measure the city proposes to widen the intersection at Lambert and Garfield rd., both of which abut Superior school site, cutting back approximately 14 feet at the corner of the school prop erty. A large oak tree on school property will not be disturbed, reports Mr. Leist. Expense of this street widening will be met by the city. The board took the neces sary action indicating its approval and deeding to the city the nar row strip of land necessary. TWIN SONS Twin boys were born on March 28th at Huron Road Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Davis, 1840 Idlewood. The boys have been named James Lloyd and Edward Loe Davis. i Set Up Red Cross Disaster Relief Corps East Cleveland has been select ed as the location for one of the Red Cross Welfare Centers being set up throughout Cuyahoga and adjoining counties to provide the basic necessities of life in the event of a natural or war emer gency. The Center, to be staffed by trained volunteers, would pro vide food, shelter clothing, fin ancial assistance and serve as an information and welfare inquiry to those in need, or to persons who might be separated from their families. Red Cross is recruiting volun teers for enrollment in classes for training in the various services and for demonstration of Welfare Relief procedures. These classes will be held on the next three Monday mornings April 18th, 22nd and 25th from 10 to 12 o’clock. Windermere Methodist Church at Euclid and Holyoke aves. has been designated as the East Cleve land Welfare Center. The classes will be held in Fellowship Hall, and volunteers will please use the Holyoke church. ave. entrance to the wide variety of trained is required, Red Cross all Since a personnel is urging ganizations, clubs, PTAs, and women’s this disaster relief community proj ect by having volunteers enroll these classes. East Cleveland or including service community groups groups to support in at Volunteers will report in class time, Monday, April 18th. They're Already Talking Picnic Tonight at East Cleveland City Hall will be held the first planning session for the 1955 East Cleve land Community Picnic. This meeting is open to the public. Everyone interested is in vited to come and help formulate picnic plans for another big com munity outing at Euclid Beach. New district chairman are to be named, committees will be set up and the “early does it” policy which paid off so well last year, will be outlined. St Philomean Bike Rodeo Gets Under Way Final preparations are being made for the first Annual Bicycle Rodeo of St. Philomena’s School sponsored by the Holy Name So ciety. The Rodeo will be under the direction of Robert Abersold of the Cleveland Automobile Club and Sgt. William Hartford of the East Cleveland Police Department. Sgt. Hartford will make a safety inspection April 13th of riders’ bicycles and Mr. Abersold will put the contestants through their stunts April 15th. Riders are to be at least fifth graders, and the Holy Name Society expects at least one hundred. Mr. Cramer, Society President will present grand trophy and the medals the runners-up. If you wish guidance about can cer, call the American Cancer So ciety at CH. 1-1177. The second round in the pro gram will be given the week of May 2nd., and the third round, the week of May 30th. Everything is Baseball Bandwagon Last Call Last call for the “Baseball Band wagon!” This is a final warning to all East Cleveland boys who intend to play Little or Pony League base ball this summer to turn in 1955 registration blanks if they have not already done so. A the for Receives Scholarship A Lily Foundation scholarship to Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, has been awarded to Miss Margaret Nah of Korea, who is here on a student’s visa, under sponsorship of First Presbyterian Church. Miss Nah is making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Tanno and completing her senior year at Cleveland Heights High School. She plans to return to her homeland to engage in Christian work. their Although Commissioner Roy Wisecup has already received a large number of registrations, he feels that there are probably several boys who have so far neglected to take care of this im portant matter. This is especially true of the boys in the Pony League group where the registra tion blanks have been slow in com ing in. EVERY BOY WHO INTENDS TO PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE OR PONY LEAGUE BASEBALL THIS SUMMER MUST SUBMIT A REGISTRATION BLANK IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART. This means that every boy, even though he played last summer and is assigned to a team, must once again register. Mr. Wisecup has instructed all East Cleveland School principals not to accept registration forms after Friday, April 15th. Managers are also for bidden to accept registration forms at practice sessions which are cur rently being held by most of the teams. If you have not yet regis tered, do so at your school to morrow or mail the registration form to Mr. Roy Wisecup at 960 Helmsdale rd., East Cleveland 12. Horace (Buck) Weaver has an nounced that the next meeting of the managing personnel of East Cleveland Little Leagues Inc. will be held at the East Cleveland Council Chambers of City Hall next Thursday, April 21st at 7:30 p. m. Joint VFW Installation Ceremonies This Sunday Leo Kress joint installation of Post and Auxiliary officers of East Cleve land Post No. 1500 V.F.W. will be held Saturday, April 16th at 8:00 p. m. at the Post Home, 18403 Eu clid ave. Leo Kress of Willowick is the commander-elect and Mrs. Helena E. Gibbons, 1810 Page ave., East Cleveland is the president elect of the Auxiliary. The installing officers will be Past Commander Stan Russell .and Mrs. Irene Klietz, a past Depart ment President. Mrs. Kleitz will be assisted by Mrs. Blanch Aring as conductress, the installation ceremonies being in full ceremonial detail. Jack Wigglesworth will be the pianist. A crowd of over 800 are ex pected. Refreshments will be served following the ceremonies. Post officers elect are: Post Senior Trenn Hugo Ralph seph W. Bowen Chaplain, Albert Neubacher Post Advocate, Jack Salts Surgeon, Wm. Irwin Offi cer of the Day, Rudy Lundblad Commander, Leo Kress Vice Commander, Wm. Junior Vice Commander, Hornke Quartermaster, Heidinger Adjutant, Jo- .. L&TXkiXa CALL NEWS to PO. 1-3378 Winkler Outlines Three Shot Salk Immunization To Start Here April 25th With the announcement Tues day, April 12th that the Salk vac cine for polio works, Dr. James P. Winkler, East Cleveland's Director of Health said the local immuniza tion program would start Monday, April 25th. in readiness to give the vaccine whose cost is being met by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. About 95% of the First and Second Grade pupils in the city's public and parochial schools will participate in the program. The immunization here will be under the direct supervision of Dr. Winkler, who will be assisted by school nurses, other physicians and nurses from Huron Road Hospital, if needed. The summary of the study of the evaluation of last Spring's vac cine test on 2,000,000 children was made by Dr. Thomas Francis, jr., at the University of Michigan: While Dr. Jonas Salk of Pitts burgh, Pa., recommended two shots, two to four weeks apart and a third shot as a booster no earlier than seven mo~*hs later, the Salk Polio vaccine v be given in three shot intervals in Cuyahoga Coun ty. Dr. George L. Sackett, presi dent of the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland, and Dr. J. Glen Smith, acting health commissioner of Clevleand pointed out that it was on the three-shot basis that Dr. Francis jr., bases his state ment of the 80% to 90% ef fectiveness of the vaccine. The vaccine to be used, it is stated, is an improvement on that used in the initial test. Dr. Salk believes it ean theoretically pre vent paralytic polio 100%. Study Re-Location Shaw Ave. South Plans by the city to relocate Shaw ave. south from Euclid ave., to eliminate the “jog” crossing at the intersection, have been sub mitted to the Board of Education which is studying the proposal. The school board steps into tin picture since, iai order to make a straight through crossing at Euclid, Shaw ave. south must bo relocated approximately 75 feet eastward of its present location. This will require a part of the front lawn at the high school, while adding to the yard at Prospect School, on the west side of Shaw ave., south. The change ia being considered as a safety measure for the benefit of Prospect and Shaw pupils. The “jog” crossing also, it is stated, provides both a traffic and pedes trian hazard. Patriotic Instructor, Robert Mar tin Post Historian, Del McK —tey Sergeant Major, John J. W i. Trustees, Joseph Eckels (3 years), Dan LaGatta (2 years), Walter C. Miller (one year). Guard, Jack Saltz Sentinel, Elmer Condo Color Bearer, Louis Fink, Wm. Irwin Service Officer, Edward Paul Publicity, A. T. Jermain. Mrs. Helena E. Gibbons Americanism, Robert Martin Sports and Athletics, Jack Saltz Membership, Wm. Trenn. Auxiliary officers to be installed President, Helena E. Gibbons Senior Vico President, Marion Wigglesworth Junior Vice Presi dent, Mabel Llewellyn Secretary, Doris Helmick Treasurer, Marie Ausun Chaplain, Mary Heidinger Conductress, Blanche Aring Guard, Mary Neubacher Trustee (3 years), Edith Wise. Color Bearers, Isabel Hartman, Helen Henderson, Doris Kristy, Ann Fink. Flag Bearer, Evelyn Kress Banner Bearer, Helen Trenn His torian, Mary Brown Patriotic In structor, Agnes LaGatta Musician, Gertruda Thomae. V ASfflfiJfc__