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Mail Addresses
Business:
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Phone* GLenville 1-4383
News:
14500 Euclid Avenue
Apt. 302
City Defines
Motel: Amends
Its Zoning
Amendments defining motels,
establishing side wall setbacks and
lot areas were adopted by the City
Comission Tuesday eevning, upon
recommendation of the Zoning
Foard of Appeals. The amend
ments later will also be incorpo
rated in the motel ordinance which
the city is in the process of writ
ing.
A review of the zoning ordi
nance, in the light of the proposed
motel measure, it is stated, indi
cated the need for these amend
ments.
What is the city’s definition of
today’s hostelry for the accommo
dation of transient visitors? Here
it is:
“A motel is a non-combustible
building at least two stories
high, with parking facilities as
required by this ordinance, con
taining not less than thirty
guest rooms or apartments or
combinations thereof, each of
which has a complete bathroom
with toilet, lavatory and tub
or shower facilities and each of
which may have facilities for a
kitchenette or kitchen, and ip
designed, used or intended
wholly or in part for the accom
modation of transient guests.”
Lot areas, under the amendment,
must not be less than 600 square
feet for each guest room, apart
ment or combination thereof while
the matter of side wall setbacks
is regulated in this wise: Sidewalls
having windows must be set back
25 percent of the height of the
wall, while blank walls may be on
the lot line or in variance, depend
ing on the zoning of abutting
propertied.
The commission set Tuesday,
September 6th as £he date* for the
hearing on the proopsed 1956
budget. Finance Director G. T.
Apthorp explained that with in
definite figures available on antici
pated incomes it had been difficult
to set up the budget which carries
a total general fund expenditure
of an estimated $1,064,000. The
1955 general fund expenditure is
expected to reach $1,213,000,-
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tn East Cleveland
If there is one thing Our Town
could well do without it is Litter
bugs, unnecessarily noisy trucks
and horn-sounding wedding motor
cades.
Seen over a General Store in
Vermont: “Dry Goods—Wet Goods
—Can Goods”.
Vacations should provide new
and interesting experiences. Our
New Hampshire beach vacation
this summer fulfilled that antici
pation in a most satisfying manner.
One of these happy times was a
typical New England Saturday
night supper, sponsored by the
Rye Fire Department and served
in their brand new $33,000 build
ing. Equipment had been rolled
out in front for the evening.
The department boasts the oldest
piece of fire equipment in active
service in the U.S.A. It’s a four
cylinder Federal engine, open
truck, proudly boasting its age—
1915—on its side panels in figures
all can see. The children had a gay
time climbing into the seat and
vigorously ringing the bell, with
no one to say them “nay.”
We asked Fire Chief Abbott
Drake how the department is alert
ed in case of a fire. It’s very
simple, he explained, the call goes
to “central” and as a community
service she alerts most of the 60
volunteers. One paid driver is al
ways on duty, around the clock in
eight-hour shifts.
Their new alarm system, said
Chief Drake, cost about $7,000.
-Their area stretches seven miles
up and down the beach and ap
proximately three and a half miles
inland, mostly hamlets.
Much of the equipment is earned
by the department. Across the rear
of the new building is a large
room for town meetings—and so
cial affairs, the latter adding dol
lars to their treasury while offer
ing residents and visitors a mighty
good supper or some other form of
entertainment, depending on the
season.
Just a word about the meal. It
was served by Four girls. The
dishes were new, in a lovely shade
of green, making for an attractive
and inviting table.
We are grateful to our kind
neighbors who were our hosts that
evening. Having grown up in a
small town where everyone went
to all the church or lodge or “what
have you” suppers, thia was all
the mono enjoyable.
saw
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Al Singer returns as choreogra
pher. The pictures which the
Leader will carry next week and
the week* after will be taken by
Tarquin photographer Jack Tomcho
What will it be like?
This is the question that comes
to the mind of every student enter
ing a new school for the first time.
The question is answered for
new East Clevelanders with Shaw
Day, held prior to the opening of
the fall term each year to acquaint
new students with the school, its
educational plant, its activities, its
recreational opportunities, and,
most important the traditions that
have come down through the
years.
Wayne C. Blough, principal at
Shaw is sending out letters to all
new enrollees—and the invitation
goes also for any not As yet en
rolled—to come to Shaw High
School at 9:00 a. m. Thursday, Sep
tember 2nd, for a two hour period.
Named To Fenn
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Appointment of East Cleveland
resident Dr. Walter R. Van Voor
his as chairman of the Fenn Col
lege Mathematics Department was
announced today by President G.
Brooks Earnest. The appointment
headed the list of promotions and
new faculty assuming their duties
September 1st.
Dr. Van Voorhis, a Fenn pro
fessor since 1941, succeeds Pro
fessor Marion B. Tolar, who re
signed last month.
Van Voorhis holds a Ph.D. from
Pennsylvania State College. He
lives at 838 Caledonia rd.
Prove, “It’s Never Too Late To Learn”
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Tarquin First Non-Professional To
Produce Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
When the curtain goes up on
“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” at
Kirk Auditorium Friday, Septem
ber 9th, this perennial favorite will
be making theatrical history. The
East Cleveland showing will be the
first time the original show will
have been played by a non-pro
fessional group. And the prnup?
None other than East Clev .nil’s
five-year-old Tarquin Players!
Veterans of other years and a
few newcomers will direct, stage
and “do” this 1955 production as
it has been done from the very
first.
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whose sister Ann, by the way, is
making her debut with the cast
this year.
A newcomer, Marge Riel, will
sing two top favorites, “Bye Bye
Baby” and “Chili” the first with
Jack Walsh, and the second with
Phil Tracci, both long time Tar
quins.
At rehearsals despite the heat
are Sally Dunn, who also does
publicity, Judy Keller, Bob Byth
way, Dick Small, Nancy Magnus
son, Dave Davis, Gloria Marvin,
Donna Renten, Al Zanvie, Joyce
Sabrack and John Kline.
Dave Jekman and Roger Hav
ranek will direct the music written
by Jule Styne. The book for the
play is by Anita Loos and Joe L.
Fields, and the lyrics by Leo Robin.
It's Open House Next Friday For
September Newcomers To Shaw High
Entrance will be the auditorium
door, the second door from Euclid
ave.
Jack Rowan, president of the
Shaw Student Council will wel
come new school mates in behalf of
the council. Mr. Blough will talk
about the school, its curricum, its
regulations, and what is expected
of a Shaw student.
Later the Dean of Boys, Grant
Kibble, who is also the- assistant
principal, meets with boys and
Miss Lucille Provo, dean of girls,
meets with the girls to discuss
schedules and offer further in
structions.
Then, together the newcomers
will be taken on a tour of the
buildings that make up Shaw High
School, the old Academy building,
the added Tech and the last word
addition, Shaw gymnasium. Dur
ing this tour the students can spot
their own classrooms, the cafeteria,
the library, the swimming pool and
the Cardinal’s Nest and get an
idea of how to get through the
labrynth of corridors.
To really extend a “glad hand”
Shaw Canteen announces a dance
for that evening, with the welcome
mat out to all new students. Can
teen dance hours are 8:30 to 12.
The tag is a quarter for stag and
85c for a couple.
Landlady Minus
License Is Fined
For operating a rooming housa
without a permit, Mrs. Mirta C.
Carretero, 1252 East 142nd st., was
fined $100 and costs Saturday,
August 17th. by Stanton Addams,
judge of the municipal court. The
charge was filed by Sgt. Fred Mc
Gill, rooming house inspector.
Under the rooming house ordi
nance, a permit is required for
more than two roomers. The de
fendant had exceed edthat number.
It's A Girl
Mr. and Mrs. Lee McMillen of
Beach City, Ohio, announce the
arrival of their first child, a girl,
born Sunday, August 21st, at Mas
sillon City Hospital. The little
lady, who weighed seven pounds
seven ounces, is named Deorah
Lynn.
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East Cleveland Leader
Published In Conjunction with The SCOOP In Northeast Cleveland and The Newsjournal in Euclid
Volume No. 14—Issue No. 34 East Cleveland, Ohio 13,750 Circulation Guaranteed Thumday, August 25, 1955
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tty,
The Adult Classes of the Shaw
Pool Learn- to- Swim campaign
ended on a successful note as each
of the adults tried their skills in
the American Red Cross Beginners
Test last week.
Mary Ann Shively and Marianne
Rothhaas, the instructors of these
classes were well pleased as they
watched the excellent progress the
twenty-eight highly motivated stu
dents had made.
The adult program consisted of
two evening lessons a week for a
period of four weeks. In the four
week period the group completed
the American Red Cross course for
beginners (and we might add—
with flying colors).
Now that the progr*m hr*
the adult group hloc. rig forward
to next year with confidence in
the old adage—“It’s never too late
to learn.”
Making up the first adult class
at the Shaw Pool are the two
groups here pictured. Their com
mon answer to the question: “How
are you enjoying it?”, was “It’s
wonderful!” or “This is something
I’ve wanted to do for a long time.”
Reading left to right, the swim
mers in one group line up along
the pool fence: Miss Rachel Clark,
13114 East 141st st. Mrs. Miriam
Reed and her husband, Brooks
Reed, 1829 VanBuren Mrs. Merion
Donaldson, 14604 Alder ave. Mrs.
Dorah Barry, 1653 Byron rd. Mrs.
Ruth Cheek, 1736 Page ave. Mrs.
Anne Wilkinson, 884 Greyton rd.
Miss Rose Mary Brezovec, 1921
Taylor rd. Miss Bettie Bruce,
14409 Doan ave. Mi$s Gertrude
Wilkinson, 884 Greyton rd. The
instructor is Miss Marianne
Rothhaas.
The second class listens as Miss
Mary Ann Shively, instructor,
gives last minute instructions prior
to a new stroke, to: (Left to right),
Miss Louisa Rusnack, 13318 Shaw
ave. Miss Rosalie Cummings,
13824 Fernwood Miss Camille
Cummings, 13724 Fernwood Miss
Marie McNoldy, 13407 Fifth ave.
Joseph Miklich, 1712 Holyoke
Miss Joanne Hoffman, 1690 East
133rd st. Miss Rosalie Hoffman,
1690 East 133rd st. Mrs. Frances
Dreifort, 14220 Savannah and
Mrs. Carolyn Stephens, 14017
Savannah.
Truck Driver Is
Accident Victim
In Huron Road Hospital with
contussions of the head and spine
is Walter Hicks of 2415 East 89th
st. Hicks was injured at 8 a. m.
Wednesday when the truck he was
driving east on Euclid ave. was
struck at the Euclid-Noble inter
section by an auto driven by Ter
rance Meakin of 402 East 48th st.
Meakin was charged with failure
to yield the right of way.
Receives Degree
Among the successful applicants
taking the State Bar Examination
are the following East Cleveland
ers:
Robert A. Kehres, 16308 Nela
view Frank R. McKnight, 1721
Chapman Edwin Z. Singer, 1585
Coventry Carmen J. Milano, 14015
Superior.
Among those receiving their
master’s degree at commencement
exercises at Ohio State University
Friday, August 26th, will be
Leonard Visci, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Visci, 1266 East 152nd st.
Mr. Visci, who is the assistant
principal at Delaware Willis High
School, Delaware, Ohio, has en
rolled at OSU for work toward a
doctor’s degree.
Local Voter
Registration
September 20
A special registration day for
East Clevelanders will be held at
East Cleveland City Hall on Tues
day, September* 20th. The hours
will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and
from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
To qualify as an elector in the
general election this fall, one has
to be at least 21 years of age on
or before November 8th have
been a resident of the state at
least one year before that date and
a resident of the precinct and
county at least 40 days before
November 8th.
Persons who have changed their
name or changed their address
since they last voted, or who have
failed to vote within the past two
years must register.
City Defers Zone
Request: Asks For
"Specific" Plan
Pending specific information as
to the nature of the business to
occupy the premises, the Zoning
Board of Appeals Tuesday morning
continued a request for a change
of zoning of the building at 16359
Euclid ave. Formerly a theatre,
the building has been occupied
temporarily by the Bailey Meter
Co.
Prospective purchasers, the A. B.
Smythe Co., through their vice
president, D. W. Wells, requested
the change from a non-conforming
U3 (local retail) use to a non-con
forming U5 (industrial) use. The
property and adjoining areas were
formerly U5 but this particular
property was later changed to a.
U3.
As is the case time and again in
an older community, the question
of a garage becomes a problem.
The board granted the request of
James L. Fox, contractor, to erect
a cement block, hooded garage at
11343 Graham rd., with a slight
variance in order to get the ga
rage in the best location.
Granted was a transfer of a
rooming ho-'se license from Mrs.
Bully 'Heckulman,' 1904 Knowles
ave., to the new owner of the
property, Mrs. Donald Hull.
Request of Hayden Avenue Bap
tist Church to construct a tem
porary fire-proof wall at the rear
of the proposed new church was
granted. Plans call for an addi
tion to the building at this point
at some future date. Discussion
revealed that there is ample open
space to the rear of the proposed
structure. The bbard also granted
two slight modifications in the
original plan.
Patrol Captains At
Instruction Camp
Three East Cleveland pupils will
be among the 79 enrollees attend
ing the Seventh Annual School
Safety Patrol Officers Training
Camp from Sunday, August 28th,
through Saturday, September 3rd
at Camp Cheerful.
During mornings the patrols will
receive training in school crossing,
bicycle, and school bus safety, and
similar subjects. Afternoons will
be devoted to sports, games and
handicrafts.
The East Cleveland students
patrol captains attending will be:
Russell Croucher, 14, of W. H. Kifk
Jr. High School Larry Fulmer, 11,
of Chambers School and Susan
Taylor, 11, of Superior School.
On their return these leaders
will brief their respective corps of
Safety Patrol members.
The Officers Training Camp is
part of the Cleveland Automobile
Club’s Safety Patrol program
which last year aided school au
thorities with the activities of
nearly 400 Patrols outside the
Cleveland School System, which
has its own Patrol organization.
Trench Cave-In
Damages Street
Hillsboro rd. is barricaded as the
result of damage in the construc
tion of the Hilltop Sanitary sewer,
a county sanitation project.
While working on Hillsboro,
where the sewer crosses Belvoir, a
trench gave way and caused a few
inches slide of the pavement and
some damage to the curbing.
Haddad Construction Co. of Co
lumbus are doing the work.
Tickets Ready For
ECBA Stag Clambake
Tickets for tha_East Cleveland
Business Association clambake to
be held Wednesday, September
28th are available from members
of the committee, Frdd Henderson,
1311 Hayden Harry Martin, 1376
Hayden Tony Tomsic 1811 Hay
den and Al Cutler, 12910 Ehclid
ave.
Bud Marsh la serving the bake.
FOP Honors Baxter
Captain Edwin C. Polk of the
East Cleveland Police Department
presents a retirement badge to
David Baxter who is concluding
28 years of service with the de
partment. The presentation fea
tured the last Tuesday night meet
ing of the Fraternal Order of
Police, at which FOP Associates
were also guests.
With a record of 28 years of
efficient service as a member of
the East Cleveland Police Depart
ment, David Baxeter resigned Aug
ust 22nd. He was appointed a
patrolman January 6th, 1927 and
Promote Jennrich
To Sergeant Rank
A member of the East Cleveland
Police Department since March 16,
1948, Milton Jennrich has been
promoted to the rank of sergeant.
The promotion was made by City
Manager Chas. A. Carran from the
list of the Civil Service Commis
sion as the result of a recent com
petitive examination.
Mr. Jennrich has been detailed
to the detective bureau since Sep
tember, i: 54.
A graduate of Lincoln High
School the new sergeant has at
tended thr special Law Enforce
nt Co .! _es for police officers at
Western Reserve University. Prior
to going on the force, he served
four years as a paratrooper, part
of which service was in the Far
East.
Married and the father of two
sons, Garry, 8, and Ronald, 9, the
Jennrichs reside at 26150 Oriole
ave., Euclid.
Fifth Shaw High
Alumni Re-Union
The fifth reunion of Shaw Alum
ni—an event always held on the
Friday of the first weekend after
Labor Day—will again be held at
Mentor-on-the-Lake.
Chief purpose of this get-to
gether to a good time with old
friends, explains Marty Loftus, but
the by-product is an attempt to
build a fund to be used at some
future date as a loan fund for
Shaw Alumni attending college.
The first dance profits, $289,
were used for a bronze plaque in
memory of Miss Josephine Barn
aby and M. C. Dietrich, former
principals at Shaw. Profits of the
next three reunions amounted to
$692.25, which with interest of
$34.07 now totals $726.27 on de
posit in the East Cleveland Sav
ings & Loan Co. Trustees of this
fund are John Walworth, James
Bernier and Dr. Marty Loftus.
Word from the committee is:
“Don’t miss this chance to visit
with former school mates. Get
your crowd together and be there.
The hours are 9 to 1:00, Friday,
September 9th.
Patron Gifts Next
In Uniform Drive
Operation Uniform this week
turns the spotlight on Patron
Gifts to the drive to secure new
uniforms for Shaw High Band
members. The Patron plan offers
a range of contributions ranging
from $8.25 for one of two package
deals, to $74.60 for complete uni
form.
James Bateman, Operation Uni
form committee member lists the
various Patron opportunities as
follows:
Accessory package: Group
1—hat and gloves, $8.25.
Accessory Group 2—belt,
spats, citation cord, $9.85.
Trousers, $18.50.
Coat, $38.00.
Full uniform, $74.60.
Checks should be made out to
Shaw Band Fund and mailed to
E. M. Preston, 15810 Hazel rd.
Operation Uniform-Patrons will
hold forth until September 9-10
when Divisions Operation Snow
Shovel and Operation Gas Station
go into action at the Euclid-Lee
Sinclair station.
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was detailed a member of the de
tective bureau on December 1,1946.
For 21 of his 28 years in the
department, Mr. Baxter served as
secretary of its pension fund, first
under the State Police and rire
Association where he had been a
vice president, and later under its
successor, the present Police and
Fire Pension Fund System.
During his ten years as a detec
tive he worked on all important
cases, including the Koogle murder
case.
Among his experiences as an
officer of the law, Detective Baxter
recalls that in 1934 he shot one,
captured a second and the third of
a trio of hold-up men escaped. He
was cruising alone when he inter
cepted a Cleveland police radio
call for the hold-up at Wade Park
and East 118th st. Relaying the
message to his own department
and calling for assistance.
Baxter was still standing guard
alone as the trio rushed from the
store. Failing to heed his “Halt,”
he shot. One man fell. Baxter cap
tured the second. The third es
caped. Later the officer testified
at the hearing for the men.
A few years ago police had been
alerted due to a series of apart
ment robberies. On Hayden ave.
Officer Baxter arrested a man
wanted in New York for burglary
and larceny charges. The arrest
cleared 24 house j'i here, as well.
In addition to rtve.ving the usual
retirement badge presented retiring
officers, Mr. Baxter was also the
recipient of a radio. This presen
tation was made by the dean of
the department, Lieut. Albert Yar
house.
Mr. Baxter resides at 16319
Nelaview, and is now enjoying a
vacation. He has not announced
any future plans.
Shaw Shuttles, graduate lists,
the telephone book. These are the
tools as Case Sprenkle, Betsy
Townsend and Jim Snavely dig in
on a tough assignment: getting to
day’s addresses of former Shaw
school mates, who will be casting
their first ballot this fall. Case,
Betty and Jim are eager to have
their former school mates receive
a copy uf the Voter Primer which
the League of Women Voters has
Have you had a birthday this
year A special one your
twenty-first to be exact?
The League of Women Voters of
East Cleveland would like to know
for it is planning to recognize this
milestone in the experience of
young East Clevelanders by pre
senting each bran’ new voter with
a copy of the League booklet, “The
Voter’s Primer.” It will also pro
vide additional information on local
registration and absentee v
Mrs. Kenneth D. Scott, 1J7-4
Brewster rd., Voters Service chair
man, called her committee together
last Tuesday to complete the com
pilation of a mailing list of young
people who have become twenty
one since the last election or who
will be twenty-one before Novem
i ber Sth. Mrs. Hamilton Beatty,
15128 Terrace rd., M**i. P^”mond
Sprenkle, 2149 Rey ., and
Mrs. F. W. Baldau, 13422 Lambert
rd. are members of the committee.
This project was env ed when
the three assisting comiu.itee wom
en realised that their sons would
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"Watch Tree"
City Warns
Elm Owners
Owners of elm trees are b*sng
cautioned to watch their es
closely for the first signs of wilt
ing. The warning comes from Wil
liam L. Robertson of the city’s
Forestry Department who reports
the loss this summer of 40 of its
2200 city owned elms, the heaviest
one-season toll since the city
inaugurated its war against the
Dutch Elm Disease in 1946. The
attack of tiny elm in bark beetles
which spread a deadly fungus is
a growing menace.
Once a tree has Dutch Elm Di
sease, there is no known cure for
it, according to the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The first sign if infection comes
on a limb usually near the top
of the tree. The limb takes on an
un-natural up-twist and the leaves
turn yellow. In all cases where
the city learns of possibly infected
trees, cuttings are sent to the
Ohio State Agricultural Experi
mental Station in Wooster. If the
test reveals the disease, the tree
is ordered cut down, promptly.
Property owners are given five
days in which to cut down the*
trees and remove all bark from its
stump. City owned trees are as
promptly attended to.
The urgency of action is to avoid
the spread of the disease to healthy
trees, since this particular beetle
breeds only in diseased elm wood.
For this same reason no cut in
fected wood should be go into the
family woodpile, nor should elm
wood be accepted for firewood.
Mr. Robertson also stated that
the city has had full cooperation
from private elm tree owners dur
ing its now seven-year-old war
against the Dutch Elm Disease,
making it possible to better control
the situation, locally.
Miss Irene Beatty
Dies In Oil City
Miss M. Irene Beatty, for yearn
assistant librarian at the East
Cleveland Public Library, died
August 16th at her sister’s home
in Oil City. She had been ill a
long time.
Because of failing health, Miss
Beatty retired in September, 1953.
She was widely known in Greater
Cleveland and was especially popu
lar among the readers xt the li
brary and will be missed by a large
circle of friends.
Search For New Voters
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be casting their first ballots this
November. It seemed important
that every young adult in our town
be reminded of this precious pri
vilege and duty. And so, by start
ing with the Shaw High School
Shuttle and by enlisting co-opera
tive members of the graduating
classes of 1952, the mailing list
has been made to grow.
Mrs. Scott makes this plea to
each East Cleveland family: If you
have a twenty-one year old in your
family or in the armed services,
whose name may have been missed,
because the family has moved, or
because the boy or girl did not
attend or finish at Shaw High
School, won’t you call please Mrs.
Scott at FA 1-5441 or send her
the name and address on a tai
card. A copy of the Voter’s Placer
and the added information material
will be mailed pronto as a gift to
each new voter whose name and
address the League can discover.
The telephone numbers of the
Voter’s Service committee are:
Mrs. Sprenkle, KE 1-2551 Mrs.
Baldau, LI 1-6574 Mrs. Beatty,
GL 1-3835.
The League of Women Voters
reminds to call or write promptly
since registration for East Cleve
land closes on 4 nber r“’h.
By the way, ir owu iogis
tration in good o: r?
There will be a registration at
East Clevelar i city Ha’l on Tu.e.
day, Sf ^ember 20th. The hours
will be om 10 a. m. to 2 p. n.
and from 4 p. m. to 9 p. m.