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Town Turns
Out For
Dedication
“No event is more notable than
flinging wide the door of hope and
high adventure to the youth of East
Cleveland.” In this quote from the
dedicatory address by Fred A. Ram
sey, is the spirit in which the new
home of the East Cleveland YMCA
was dedicated Sunday, January 29th.
Due to the blustery weather,
the entire Monday, January 30th
schedule of affairs at the Y
House were postponed one week.
Clevelanders thronged the beauti
ful and practical building at 1831
Lee rd. What they saw there and
what they heard there, pleased them.
When speakers reminded that a
building of brick and stone was but
the means to the goals of the Young
Men’s Christian Association, they
needed but to look into the faces of
the men and women present to
know that in them was the bul
wark, the power that would direct
the new facilities to the building of
Christian men.
Taking part in the impressive
ceremonies, under the presiding of
ficer, Sterling T. Apthorp, were
YMCA and community leaders from
throughout the area.
A huge key, symbol of the open
door at the completed building was
handed by C. Earl Pratt, senior vice
president of the Cleveland Construc
tion Co., through several hands un
til it came to rest in those of the
new Y executive secretary, Gordon
C. Esch.
On behalf of the city, City Man
ager Chas. A. Carran expressed ap
preciation to all who have made the
new Y house possible stating “East
Cleveland can be justly proud of
this achievement that will pay a
great return on an investment in
boys.” He closed with the comment
that YMCA makes East Cleveland a
better place in which to live.
“This is the day waited for a long
time” declared E. V. Rasmussen,
general secretary of the Cleveland
YMCA who explained that the in
sistence of East Clevelanders
pushed their Y from near the bot
tom to the second place on the list
of 10 proposed new structures.
Chairman Apthorp thanked the
people for coming to participate
in the dedication of the new Y
House on the site of once the car
rot patch for the McGregor Home.
In ,his remarks, Mr. Ramsey de
fended today’s youth as the vic
tims of unrest in a difficult period
of the world. He declared that
only 5% of the nation’s youth
could be termed delinquent and
plead for the adults to stand by
and do their utmost for youth. On
the other hand, he complimented
youth for their ability to take and
meet their responsibilities.
He held that youth were victims
of a too-many definition word
“Teenager.”
Mr. Ramsey said this Is the
century of the child—with the child
under the light and subject to a
current trend to criticize youth.
He declared that today’s youth re
veal more promise than problems.
Dr. Howard M. Wdlls, First
Presbyterian Church gave the in
vocation.
During the visiting hours that
followed music was provided by the
Shaw String Ensemble.
The Rev. J. G. Franklyn Mc
Hendry led the audience in the
Act of Dedication.
Paul Broer, chairman of tonights
dinner at the Y House states there
is still time to secure a reserva
tion. Call GL. 1-3425. Former East
Clevelander Sidney Hall is the
speaker.
Were You One
Of 121 Donors?
Were you. one of the 121 success
ful donors who on Jannuary 25th
visited the Red Cross Blood Mobile
unit at Shaw High School? If so,
declares Mrs. L. R. Kipplinger,
Blood Donor chairman of East
Cleveland Branch Red Cress, you
helped save a life or speed a re
covery.
Mrs. Kipplinger and her recruit
ing committee, Mrs. Herman Hoff
man (Industry), Mrs. Budd An
drews (Schools) and Mrs. R. G.
Christensen (Churches) are pleased
with the response in East Cleveland.
“The effort of the unit on this
day,” states Mrs. Kipplinger, “was
greatly improved by the volunteer
services of two of our own com
munity’s registered nurses, Mrs.
T. F. Holzheimer and Mrs. Kenneth
Whiteman, and by Mrs. D. A.
Baumgartner, serving as Gray Lady.
While more individual groups are
joining this life saving program, the
Blood Donor committee asks this
question: “As an East Clevelander
is your Church, your organization
in a blood bank?”
For information and for speakers
on the Blood Bank program, call
Mrs. Kipplinger, Mu. 1-5760, or
Mrs. Hoffman, UL. 1-0910.
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Fred A. Ramsey, past president
of the Cleveland YMCA delivers a
stirring speech as the new home
of the East Cleveland YMCA
One glance at an ad which
graced the pages of last week’s
Leader would at once convince the
reader that G.E.’s Lamp Division
■considers community responsibility
an official company hobby. For
when 23 members of one concern
elect to spend countless hours away
from their own backyards and tele
visions in the interest of provid
ing voluntary assistance to an or
ganization such as the YMCA, two
facts are at once evident.
The first is that General Elec
tric policy not only permits its
employees to engage in voluntary
community enterprises, it encour
ages it. Secondly, the enterprise
itself, in order to attract such
response, must be a pretty sound
one.
Perhaps a statement by the vice
president and general manager of
Nela Park, Mr. Don L. Millham,
pertaining to the new YMCA build
ing provides an accurate summary.
He says:
“I am delighted to learn that
East Cleveland is soon to dedicate
its fine, new YMCA building. The
“Y.M.” has always been a most
worthy organization in my book
and I know that many General
Electric families are closely con
nected with-it. Its civic contribu-
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A student of Farley Hutchins
at the Conservatory of Music,
Baldwin Wallage College, Berea,
Mrs. Marjorie Green will give an
organ recital Sunday, February
12th. The program, to include
works of early Spanish masters,
Bach, Lizt, Hindemith, Joneggin
and Beach, will be held at 8 p. m.
in Kulas Auditorium on the
campus.
Mrs. Green, a graduate of Shaw
High School holds a degree in
psychology from Western Reserve
University. After time out for
marriage and a fam’ y, she has
resumed her study of music start
ed at the age of five under the
instruction of her mother, Mrs.
Carl A. Berg, 15618 Hazel rd., a
graduate of Pittsburgh, (Pa.) In
stitute of Music.
In private life Mrs. Green is the
wife of Loy F. Green. ’rhr family,
including a son Wayne, and a
daughter, Linda, reside at 555
Prospect rd., Berea.
Mrs. Green makes up one-half
of the popular Gould-Green piano
duo, is the organist at the De
troit Avenue Methodist Church, a
member of the Berea Fine Arts
Club, the American Guild of Or
ganists and Delta Zeta Sorority.
The recital is open to the public.
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Branch is formally dedicated Janu
ary 29th. Shown also is the Rev.
James F. Hunton, minister First
Church of the Nazarene who pro
nounced the benediction.
GE Holds Community Service To
Be Company-Employee Responsibility
tions make East Cleveland a better
place in which to live and work.”
These sentiments of Mr. Mill
ham’s have been typical of our
neighbors at G.E. down through
the years.
If we need more immediate evi
dence of this philosophy bn the
part of G.E., we have but to look
over the current roster of mem
bership campaign workers. Many
of the same men listed in this ad
will again be salesmen for the Y,
starting February 4th, with Nor
man W. Townsend, chairman of
the sustaining membership cam
paign.
When General Electric lists
progress as its most important
product it embraces social as well
as technological progress, and the
entire community benefits.
YWCA Opens Its
World Fellowship
Campaign Tuesday
The East Cleveland YWCA an
nounces a World Fellowship Family
dinner Tuesday, February 7th at
6:30 p. m. in the new Y House,
1831 Lee rd. Proceeds of the din
ner toll go toward the YWCA
World Fellowsip work in 69
countries.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Randolph
who have enjoyed extensive visits
in India Will show slides of India
and the Far East. Mrs. Randolph
is the second vice president of the
Cleveland YWCA. The Randolphs
will be introduced by Mrs. Glenn
Kitson, chairman of the advisory
board of the East Cleveland
YWCA Center. Other guests will
include Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Esch,
Mr. Esch being the new executive
secretary at the YMCA Mr. and
*Mrs. Sterling Apthorp, Mr. Ap
thorp being chairman of the
YMCA board of managers and Dr.
and Mrs. Howard M. Wells.
The committee in charge is
headed by Mrs. Frank Holzheimer,
assisted by Mrs. Richard Randolph,
Miss Ruth Colbey, Miss Shirley
Gebhart, Miss Irene Elwanger,
Mrs. Donald Burke, Miss Eliza
beth Culver, and Miss Rutji Decker.
The table serving will be by the
members of Girl Scout Troop 194
and 129. Dinner reservations may
still be made by calling UL. 1-2220.
Newcomer To
Address Newcomers
A newcomer to East Cleveland,
and one who has traveled to East
Cleveland from a far land where
she herself was once a newcomer,
will be the guest speaker of the
February 6th meeting of the East
Side Newcomers Club. The speak
er is Mrs. Paul Dotson, the Dot
sons being the first occupants of
the Presbyterian Mission homes.
They came here from the Philip
pines.
Hostess for the day will be Mrs.
W. J. F. Donohue, 1672 Edding
ton rd.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. William
Grant Vorpe II, 14114 Bardwell, a
son, Robert Edward, January 17th.
Mr. Vorpe is a staff photographer
with the Cleveland News.
Esst dcvddnd Leader
Published in Conjunction with The SCOOP In Northeast Cleveland and The News-Journal in Euclid
"Smoking"
Fires Down,
Says Lange
Fires due to carelessness on the
part of smokers, which have topped
the cause of fires in East Cleveland
for the past few years, were nudged
out of first place in 1955. Taking
over were the number of fires due
to electricity and electric appliances.
Fred W. Lange, chief of the East
Cleveland Fire Department holds
that the continued warnings of
safety organizations is undoubtedly
the reason for the drop in the per
centage of fires from smoking.
The increased number of fires in
the electric appliance category, ac
cording to Lange, may be due to
two things. First, the increased
number of such appliances and,
second, the tendency to overload
existing electrical outlets.
In 1953, 33% (73) of all East
Cleveland fires were due to care
lessness with smoking. In 1954, the
drop was to 30% (53 fires) and in
1955, it went down to 26(43 such
fires).
In contrast, fires due to electricity
or electric appliances show a steady
increase from 25% in 1953 to 31%
of all local fires in 1955.
Chief Lange's annual department
report to City Manager Chas. A.
Carran reveals another interesting
figure. Fires in dwellings in 1955
were down 9% while fires in apart
ments jumped 30%. When these
figures started showing up on the
monthly records, Chief Lange as
signed his men to a close inspection
of apartments, the number of these
inspections mounting from 245 in
1954 to 707 in 1955. He wanted to
know just why the increase in apart
ment fires. He confesses he still does
not know. The inspections failed to
yield any “too many of a kind”
reasons. And. added the chief, the
smoking angle was not high in these
fires.
Again the department was able to
keep the city’s per capita fire loss
to a low 60c. This is based on the
total estimated loss of $24,178 in
the 165 fires threatening properties
valued at $9,049,775. The uninsured
loss is reported at $2,590.
Of the total 472 alarms registered,
250 were rescue and first aids 33
needless 16 false and seven alarms
from without the city.
The department made 4,168 in
spections, checked 1,558 hydrants,
found 446 violations. The violations
are listed as faulty wiring, combust
ible rubbish on property, defective
fireplaces, heating apparatus or
incinerators.
The department received 605
pupils, Scouts and citizens who were
shown through the station, chiefly
at No. 1 station, Marloes rd. Station
No. 2 is located on Shaw ave., ad
jacent to Shaw Field.
The department operated on a
budget of $185, 265.55, or $14.54 less
than in 1954. The 37 men lost 136
days because of illness or injuries.
None were injured while on duty.
While on duty at the station, the
men provide their department's gen
eral maintenance and repair and tend
the City Hall lawn and hedges.
Be On Guard
Against Measles
Warns Winkler
With 17 cases of measles reported
to the Department of Health during
January, Dr. James P. Winkler,
director of health today cautions
parents of small children to be on
guard against this communicable
disease.
Measles follows a general pattern
of high and low incident cycles and
the year 1956, according to pattern
may well be a high incident season,
states the health director.
Dr. Winkler points out that early
measles symptoms are a runny nose,
watery eyes and fever and when
children have these symptoms it is
time to contact the family physician,
regardless of the child’s age.
East Cleveland’s worst measles
year on record was in 1941 with
1,261 cases. The graph reached a
peak again in 1944 with 729 cases.
There were 428 in 1949 and in 1954
it reached a high of 628.
"Light For Living"
Highlights Edison
Week At Institute
Highlighting this years General
Electric Company’s observance of
“Edison Science Week” at Nela
Park will be the Institutes new
“Light for Living,” center featuring
the latest recommended seeing con
ditions in the family residence.
Approximately 2 5 0 0 students
from Northern Ohio schools will ob
serve a step-by-step re-creation of
Edison’s first lamp by veteran
glass-blower, Ben F. Rudolph, now
85, a resident of 1732 Collamer rd.
Mr. Rudolph retired in 1938 with
nearly 50 years continuous GE serv
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Installation of their new officers
calls for a dinner for East Cleve
land Business Association mem
bers and the 1956 event honors
these newly chosen officials: left
to right (top) Gerry Croley,
treasurer Kenneth Whiteman, fi
nancial secretary Dr. R. John
Stahl, vice president and Jack
Wise, corresponding secretary.
In the lower picture Bob Strat
ton, jr. (right) presents a gavel
to the incoming president, Wilbur
C. Lawrence.
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Fred W. Lange presided for the
installation ceremonies of the East
Cleveland Business Association
held Wednesday, January 25th in
the VFW Post Home, 18403 Euclid
ave.
Dr. M. Wayne McQueen pro
nounced the invocation and the re
tiring president John R. Stratton
welcomed members and their
guests after which all joined in the
singing of America. During the
dinner, music was provided by an
ensemble from Shaw High School,
made up of Ruth Phillip and Gail
Dunlap, violins Linda Schweizer,
cello and Janet Stillinger at the
piano.
Another group of young musi
cians from Shaw High School,
the Shaw Octet delighted equally
with a varied selection of num
bers. In this octet are Nancy Col
lova, Barbara Kline, Nancy Bryan,
Judy Collova, Al Alexander, Fred
Parsh, Larry Hartland and Tom
Wachter. Nancy Hodge is the ac
companist.
Dr. John A. Stahl, a charter
member and past president in
stalled the following officers:
President, Wilbur C. Lawrence
Vice President, Dr. R. John Stahl
Financial Secretary, Kenneth
Whiteman Corresponding Secre-
Plain Dealer
Promotes Reeves
Russell H. Reeves, 12719 Speed
way Overlook has been given the
assignment of assistant managing
editor (night) at the Cleveland
Plain Dealer with which he has
been associated since his gradua
tion from Ohio State University in
1927. Mr. Reeves is one of four
executives in the editorial depart
ment to receive new duties.
Mr. Reeves has been news edi
tor since 1942 and has a column
on the editorial page of the Sun
day Plain Dealer in which he re
views and comments on the week’s
news.
A native Clevelander, Mr.
Reeves began his career in jour
nalism while a student at East
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Technical High School where he
edited the East Tech Scarab, and
continued this extra curricular
activity at OSU by editing the
Ohio State Lantern.
Community-wise Mr. Reeves has
served on the East Cleveland Pub
lic Library board of trustees and
the East Cleveland board of educa
tion.
He is a member of Sigma Chi
Delta, journalism honorary fra
ternity, and the Phillips Avenue
Presbyterian church.
The family includes three sons,
Roger, Bruce and Tom.
tary, Jack Wise Treasurer, Gerry
Croley.
President Lawrence pledged the
best endeavors of the new officers
and sought the continued co-opera
tion of all ECBA members for an
other good year of service to the
community as well as to each
other.
The program closed with an
amusing and well done series of
character sketches by Phyllis
Kocher, dramatic instructor in the
Akron schools.
CEI St. Lawrence
Seaway Film For
Council Showing
The impact which the proposed
St. Lawrence Seaway will make
on the future of Ohio, particularly
its industrial development, will be
dramatically portrayed Thursday,
February 9th in the new Cleveland
Electric Illuminating Co. film to
be shown to the East Cleveland
Community Council.
Narrator for the film will be
R. M. Atkins, who will also con
duct a discussion following the 30
minute film.
Dr. J. Waide Price will preside
and the speaker will be introduced
by the program chairman, J.
Durant Mix.
Completion of the seaway will
make Cleveland an inland seaport,
opening new channels for trans
porting many manufactured prod
ucts almost exclusive to northern
Ohio.
As usual, the meeting opens
with a dinner at 6:30 p. m. in Shaw
Cafeteria. The program at 8 fol
lows in the Cardinal’s Nest. Din
ner reservations are due by Tues
day to Mrs. Jane Townsend, 13437
Shaw ave. Persons interested may
come to dinner, by reservation, or
to the program, without reserva
tion.
The Mail Box
Editor:
East Cleveland Leader—
Now that the new East Cleveland
YMCA is opening, I for one am
grateful. My son Bob received won
derful guidance at all times from
the counselors and I truly hope
many mothers will take, advantage
of all of its facilities.
I feel that a busy child is a happy
child, whether it is physical activity
or mental.
Some children like sports, while
others prefer the less strenuous.
Whatever he prefers, they should
be encouraged. Each child has
something that he can excel in. It
may not be perfection but he should
be encouraged to give it the best of
his ability. This constitutes a cul
tural world.
Hobbies are a special interest.
They are not just handed to one,
but a discovery. It is that some
thing that takes your whole-hearted
interest and enjoyment. To follow
through is to make one alert in the
ways in which it can be improved
as the years go by. Your boy can
find his hobby and discover poten
tialities that he never knew he had
by joining the YMCA youth groups.
Christian counselors are there at all
times with helpful ideas, patience
and understanding. Many a boy can
find that the better things in life
are gained in a desire to seek
more knowledge and the better to
cope with the problems of life.
The nominal fee that is asked to
support all this is minute in com
parison to the pleasure and enjoy
ment to be derived from this en
rollment. Give your boy this chance.
Very truly your*.
Margaret Coutus
1322 Hayden ave.
A justice of the peace in East
Cleveland from 1923 to 1927, and
later a member of the law firm of
Lurie, Addams (Judge Stanton Ad
rams) and Burke, Edward A. Lurie,
61, died suddenly at his hoi 2652
Ashhurst rd., University Hwighta.
First Report Totals
$13,934.30 In City's
Mothers Polio March
First report of the East Cleveland 1956 polio contribution
is $13,934.30, reports Chairman Stanton Addams.
Despite the handicap of snow covered sidewalks and
streets and a mercury hovering in the 20-18 degrees, an
army of undaunted Mothers marched Tuesday night for
polio contributions.
Seeks Permit
For Motel
Coming before the Zoning Board
of Appeals on Tuesday, February
7th, will be an appeal from Albert
Luxenberg to erect a 44-unit motel.
The structure would be located on
Euclid ave. between Lee rd and Wy
more ave. on property owned by
Mr. Luxenberg and now occupied
by a rooming house and club for
men.
The brick structure would be
three floors on Euclid ave. and two
floors toward Lee and Wymore, due
to the grade of the lot.
To be included in the structure
will be a small restaurant for the
serving of breakfast to guests, and
one store room whose definite use
is to be determined.
If the request meets the approval
of the zoning board, it will be
recommended to the City Commis
sion for approval Tuesday evening.
With the three motels to be
erected here this spring, City
Engineer M. S. Douglas states that
150 motel units of the highest stand
ard would be available to guests in
East Cleveland.
Already approved are motels at
posfte Hastings ave. Work on this
second structure is underway.
Purse Snatcher
Given 90 Days
$300 Sentence
Admitting to two purse snatch
ing incidents here within the past
three weeks, James Staples, 35, of
2603 East 29th st., Cleveland was
fined $300 and sentenced to county
jail for 90 days by Judge Stanton
Addams.
Staples was apprehended in Lake
View Cemetery January 28th after
a chase by Patrolmen Robert Hall
and Charles Guenther, assisted
by Patrolmen Earl Lefferts and
William Rowles on a call from
Detective Paul Green.
Staples, at police headquarters,
said he got $21.00 in the purse he
snatched December 21st from Mrs.
Mary Davis, 14015 Superior rd.
and $7.83 from the purse he
snatched from Mrs. Rose Klein,
14036 Superior rd., January 6th.
Then he ran through Lake View
Cemetery, tossing aside the looted
purses. When ask4d what he was
doing in the Cemetery Tuesday,
he said he was just cutting through
to Euclid ave.
Checking with other police, it
was learned that in Cleveland
Staples had been charged with
intoxication, no driver’s license,
and having improper license plates.
Rifle Cash Register
Still unidentified person or per
sons walked off from the Swift
Dry Cleaning, 2139 Noble rd. with
the cash from the register. The
theft, occurring sometime after
Saturday was discovered by Suz
anne Stevenson Monday, January
30th.
A goodly sum of money else
where in the store was overlooked.
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Forum were installed at a buffet
supper enjoyed Saturday, Janu
ary 28th at the home of Paul
Offenhauser, 1643 Blsinore ave.
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As the women rang the door
bells on the invitation of the
porch lights, the veterans, auxili
ary police, ECBA members and
dads either trudged along beside
them, or cruised the streets to add
their moral support.
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Final figures of the Mothers
March will not be compiled for at
least a week, reports Chairman
Addams. In the meanwhile any one
missed Tuesday evening can still
give. Their contributions may be
sent or left at police headquarters
in East Cleveland City Hall. AU
THANK YOU
A grateful “Thank You” to each
and every person who in any way
contributed to the success of an
other East Cleveland Mothers
March is sincerely expressed by
Chairman Stanton Addams and
Co-Chairman Mrs. Alcwyn Isaac.
“It was another heart-warming
experience,” they exclaim.
such gifts should be made out to
the Polio Fund, and identified as
for the Polio Fund.
Can containers about town will
remain where they are until after
Saturday. These will afford other
opportunities for late givers.
Street Superintendent Joseph V.
Henry had full crews working all
night Monday and Tuesday in an
effort to clear as much snow from
as many side streets as possible.
Householders, it is repor I, did
a job in clearing their wal»«, only
a few instances of uncleared walks
were encountered.
Education today is in for another
round when the decree of The Su
perior Mikado proves to be “Much
Ado About Nothing.” It’s all to be
told at Superior Elementary School
Tuesday, February 14th as Ko-Ko
Bayes (self) puts teachers Ray-Ray
Raufman, Jay-Jay Jirus and Say
Hay Morley to work on the August
decree from the Superior Mikado
(Dale Wint, a rent) through
Katisho Leist, ..l.kado’s Right
Hand Man.
The search via TV demonstration
ridicules keeps the story packed
with laughs.
Aiding and abetting are such well
known folks as Pitty Sing Conlin,
Lady High Musicutioner Win-Win
Vinborg, Lord High Dancecuf’ ier,
Mum-Mum Morin, Errensicut-^er
Do-Do Harry, Custo* ationer who
almost succumbs to a tricky ther
mostat, etc., etc.
Practically every character in the
cast is being portrayed by the
teacher of that name. Costumes will
we ala 20th century—with a sug
gestion of the Orient in headdress
and facial make-up.
Safe to say, the comedy solves
the Mikado’s decree.
There are the Yes and No Men
(school board) too.
Linking the tale as narrator,
commentator is Nanki-Poo Just-a
parent, Lawrence Chambers.
Tickets at the door.
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John A. Arn, president Harry
Allen, vice president.
The forum meets regularly at
the Y He v: ere discussions
center on questivus and issues of
a civic nature.