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It's A New
Community
Challenge
The pertinent topic of the
specific needs of older persons
and how the Cleveland area and
the local East Cleveland com
munity services these needs will
be the discussion for the Thurs
day, February 12th meeting of
the East Cleveland Community
Council.
Dinner is served at 6:30, in
Shaw Cafeteria, with reserva
tions by Tuesday. The discus
sion follows in the Cardinal’s
Nest at 7:30 o’clock.
To speak on this vital area of
civic interest will be Mrs. Dan
Eliot, former East Clevelander,
now serving as Administrative
Assistant, Department on Ol
der Persons, Cleveland Welfare
Federation.
Mrs. Eliot reminds that here
is a community need because as
a citizen grows older he should
look to his community for the
opportunity of living a fulfilled
and meaningful life in retire
ment years. She hopes to stim
ulate the community into think
ing of the possibility of creat
ing more adequate answers to
these needs and will welcome
questions from the audience.
“Here”, says Mrs. Maurice
Barnes, Community Council
president, “is an opportunity to
learn how to meet a new com
munity challenge. The public is
invited to attend and partici
pate in the discussion.”
‘N’
THAT
In East Cleveland
4 First again to sign up in
the YM-YW Sustaining Mem
bership Campaign is the Y’-
Men’s Club, the service club of
,the YMCA. And again their
signing is accompanied by a
$500.00 check. Members of this
hard-working group are all
former Y boys. The years have
proved to them the worth of
this organization with one ob
jective, the building of Chris
tian citizens. ffl
There were two important
meetings at City Hall this
week, both open to all who
would come. On Monday night
it was the East Cleveland Safe
ty Council, men and women
•dedicated to safety under the
banner of the Green Cross. On
Tuesday afternoon it was the
zone board, hearing all manner
^of requests, always with a,
“What Is Best For the City As
a Whole” viewpoint.
Visitors are always welcome.
East Cleveland Safety Coun
cil is happy over the response
to its Baby Sitter training
•courses. So many turned out
for the first session that four,
instead of the two planned
classes have resulted.
Not waiting for Spring
around the corner, the city is
already plugging up the worst
•of the chuckholes resulting
from a winter of quick temper
ature changes, deadliest of
pavement onslaughts. ffl
With Boy Scout Week and
Courtesy Week all wrapped up
in one package, we best all
•mind our manners for at least
seven days.
Folks living in the Mayfair
•School District who have not
had the opportunity to meet
the community’s current Amer
ican Field Service students,
•may do so at Mayfair School
next Wednesday evening. Our
1958 summer student, Minna
Baker, and our 1958-59 Shaw
•foreign student, Hiroshi Shiba
ta of Kobe, Japan, will speak.
Here are two fine young peo
ple doing their bit in tjiis
•business of better world
derstanding, though from
posite sides of the globs.
BAKE SALE
Women’s Welsh Club
having a bake sale Saturday,
^February 7th at Quality Clean
ers, East 146th and St. Clair.
Paul C. Winslow, jr., 14014
Woodworth rd, is among the 48
Day Division students who
^qualified for the Dean’s List of
Fenn College for the Fall quar
ter. He
peering.
in Engl-
is a student
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Hon. Frances P. Bolton
Mrs. Bolton
To Address
W.R. Scouts
Congressman Frances P. Bol
ton will be the speaker at the
Boy Scout Week meeting Fri
day, February 13th in Winder
mere Methodist Church, Euclid
at Holyoke aves. at 8 p. m.
George Voinovich, chairman of
the Western Reserve District
BSA invites all parents of scouts
and the public in general, to at
tend this recognition to their
outstanding youth program.
A recent survey shows there
are some 3,000 boys in the
Western Reserve District who
have signified their interest in
scouting. In order to compare
favorably with other Councils in
the nation, it will be necessary
for the Greater Cleveland Coun
cil to reach some 82,000 boys by
1968. This is 50 per cent of
estimated total boys available at
that time, states Mr. Voinovich.
Two East Cleveland Eagle
Scouts and Explorers will be
featured on Monday’s program
as the Kiwanis Club of East
Cleveland observes “Boy Scout
Week.”
Ralph Jacob and Steve Troy
chak, both 15 years old and
members of Troop 108 at Cale
donia School, will speak to the
Kiwanians about their experi
ence in scouting. Steve is the
son of Steven G. Troychak, 956
Brunswick rd., while Ralph’s
parents are Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Jacob, 2014 Brunswick rd.
Both'are 9th graders at Kirk
Jr. High School.
Another speaker will be Paul
Greve, District Vice Chairman
of the Boy Scouts of America
and a past president of the
Northeast Kiwanis Club.
Looking for something
unique for their display, Troop
108 found it. Pictures blown up
to four feet proportions.
In observance of Scout Sun
day, February Sth, all scouts
will don their uniforms for
services in
churches.
their respective
be out en masse
hanging Safety
Scouts will
on Saturday,
Reminders on door knobs.
Up Salaries
Of Librarians
The East Cleveland Library
Board at its January meeting
approved a new salary schedule
for employees of the Library.
The new schedule is nearer in
line with that of other systems
in the area.
The beginning salary for
professional assistants, who are
required to have a Master’s de
gree, was raised from $4000 to
$4400 year. The maximum
salary for professional assist
ants is now $5600, for senior
professional assistants $6020,
and for department heads
$6620.
Non-professiona! assistants
start at $3000 with a maximum
of $3660. For two positions in
this category the maximum is
$4020 and $4200.
“It is hoped that these im
proved salaries will help in fill
ing library positions and in
terest more qualified young
people in entering library
schools,” according to Miss
Sarah E. Miller, head librarian.
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Police Install
New Officers
Installation of officers of the
Fraternal Order of Police No.
39 and its corresponding Fra
ternal Order of Police Asso
ciates will be held Saturday,
February 7th in East Cleveland
American Legion Hall, 16544
Euclid ave. Dinner is at 8 and
dancing concludes the evening.
are
Proceeds to the Welsh Home
for the Aged in Rocky River.
Lt. Robert E. Hall will be the
installing officer. Chief of Po
lice H. S. Weaver serves as
toastmaster and chief speaker
will be Lt. Jack Dudeck of the
Cleveland Police Department.
58 Traffic
Record Sets
New High
There was an 11.3% decrease
in the number of motor vehicle
traffic accidents in the City of
East Cleveland during the year
1958. This figure, reports Lieut.
Robert E. Hall of the Traffic
Division of the Police Depart
ment, compares favorably with
the figures for Cuyahoga Coun
ty as the county experienced a
10% decrease in its traffic ac
cidents during the year.
The report, submitted y
Lieut. Hall and Sgt. Wm. A.
Campbell, also of the Traffic
Division, highlighted the Feb
ruary meeting of the East
Cleveland Safety Council.
Lieut. Hall said the Traffic
Division is extremely happy
over the 1958 report, which re
veals the strength of its Selec
tive Enforcement program
well as continuing efforts
keep motor traffic accidents at
a minimum here.
Damage to Property acci
dents totaled 766 against 850 in
1957 Damage to Property and
Injury accidents totaled 47
against 52 the previous year.
Pedestrain accidents were 31,
against 50. This is a 40% de
crease since 1951.
Most accidents, 37% of the
total, happened on Wednesday
and Friday.
The same two violations which
headed the list of all causes of
accident’s in 1957 again kept
up to top the lists in 1958. They
were 1) following too closely
and 2) failure to grant right
of-way.
Euclid remains the high ac
cident street in East Cleveland.
It is a main thoroughfare with
several large cross thorough
fares. Of these the intersections
at Euclid-Superior, Euclid-Shaw
and Superior-Hayden were the
high accident ones. Euclid-Noble
dropped on the list this year.
Discussing the Superior-Hay
den intersection, Lieut. Hall ex
plained that a recent change ip
timing of traffic signals and an
added hesitation signal is al
ready relieving the traffic
problem at this intersection.
East Cleveland experienced
one fatal accident during 1958,
and this was an early morning,
but daylight accident. A motor
ists collided with a pole, on
Hayden ave., as he is believed
to have fallen asleep at the
wheel. This is a 75% decrease
from four accidents in 1957,
and a substantially better
one than the county’s which had
a 12.2% decrease in fatals in
1958.
Alcohol as a factor was pres
ent in only 1.1% of all traffic
accidents. This, stated Hall, in
dicates the type of patrol effort
put forth by the police depart
ment and the strict sentences of
the court, in all cases of “driv
ing while intoxicated”.
A Visit Home
Ends In Tragedy
A visit home has ended in
tragedy for James Walch, 32, of
North Hollywood, Cal., and his
brother Alan, 28, of San Fer
nando, Cal. James died in a
traffic accident and Alan, driver
of the car, has been charged
with manslaughter. The broth
ers were visiting their father,
James Walch of 1745 Chapman
ave.
The Walch brothers moved to
California three years ago.
Home on a visit, they had been
•pending the evening with rela
tives. Enroute home James went
to sleep. As he awakened he
grabbed the steering wheel,
Causing the car to crash into the
rear of a parked tractor-trailer
in front of 2319 Scranton rd.
S.W. He died a few hours later
without regaining consciousness.
The traffic victim is survived
by his parents, a son, James and
his brother, Alan. Services were
held here February 4th.
Scouters Award
For Vallier
Mr. Vallier has been asso
ciated with Troop 26 for the
past five years during Which he
has held the position of Scout
Master. He is
Explorer Ship
now Skipper of
26.
Banking and music. These
have been vocation and.avoca
tion for William H. West who
has lived at 1827 Mt.Union ave.
for the past sixty years. But
that is but a part of his life
time. Mr. West was honored
with a “This Is Your Life”
birthday party Sunday at the
Tapco dining room. He was 90
yesterday, February 4th.
Born in Oil City, Pa., he
came to Cleveland with his par
ents as a child. His first job
was with John D. Rockefeller,
handling the payroll at Forest
Hills, in the days when paved
streets and street cars were
still wonders to come. He began
his long banking career with
the old Windermere Savings
Bank, now the Cleveland Trust
Company’s Windermere
Branch. He was with the Mor
ris Plan Bank and remained on
when it became the Bank of
Ohio. In addition to being man
ager of its Kinsman Branch he
was assistant treasurer for the
as
to
Mission WeekA00*'
Evangelism
At Calvary
Rev. A. Bruce Weaver
“Upon This Rock” is the title
of the sermon, which the Rev.
J. Bruce Weaver, Director of
Evangelism of the United Lu
theran Church in America, will
deliver at 3 p. m. February 15th,
at Calvary Lutheran Church,
13100 Euclid ave. at Lockwood
ave., to dedicate the Congrega
tion Evangelism Mission.
The Rev. Dana Johnson, Re
gional Director of Evangelism,
will assist this congregation
during the mission week, Feb
ruary 15th through 19th. Dr.
Albert Buhl, Director of Mis
sions for the Synod of Ohio will
preach at the mission services.
This Evangelism Mission is
part of a two-church pilot pro
ject for the United Lutheran
Church in Ohio. The other
church being Emmaus Lutheran
Church, West 36th and Maple
dale.
It will be unique in the
Lutheran Church, because it
will use relatively untried
means to reach out for un
churched people in the commu
nity. Each member of the con
gregation is being asked to con
tact one unchurched person,
make a friend of him and bring
him to church.
The committees for this mis
sion are: Visits, Mr. Herbert C.
Lemke, 1391 Burlington rd.,
chairman Census, Mr. John S.
Roe, 1688 Lockwood ave., chair
man Prayer, Mrs. Eric Lantz,
13314 Third ave., chairman
Block Observers, Mr. Robert
Hetzler, 12800 Forest Hill ave.,
chairman and Mr. Arthur Bar
ber, 1394 Green rd., chairman
publicity.
All Lutheran churches in
greater Cleveland have been in
vited to participate in the dedi
catory service.
Heart Dollars
On February 22
out
time
In recognition of his
standing contribution of
and service to the young scouts
of Troop 26, First Presbyterian
Church of East Cleveland, Mr.
Vai Vallier, 1810 Haldane
ave. has been presented the
Scouters Award. The presenta
tion was made by District Com
missioner William Phipps at
the Troop’s Renewal Ceremonies
January 16th.
A decade has sped by since
the first Heart Fund Drive.
In that time, the fight against
heart disease has taken a giant
step forward, reported Mrs.
Myron Titleman, 1609 Edding
ton rd., chairman of the Heart
Fund Drive in East Cleveland.
East Cleveland Leader
Published in Conjunction with The SCOOP in Northeast Cleveland and The News-Journal in Euclid
East Cleveland. Ohio 14,100 Circulation Guaranteed
Honor Retired Banker, Dean Of
Singers Club On 90th Birthday
Mr.. West assisted William
Ganson Rose in promoting the
Cleveland Industrial Exposi
tion and a similar venture in
Detroit. He holds the distinc
tion of being the oldest person
to ever sing in the Singers
Club, of which he has been a
member since 1912. Some 35
of its members sang at his
birthday party and Tuesday
evening the club feted him with
a dinner at Park Lane Villa.
The Sunday party was ar
ranged by his sons, Dudley,who
now resides with his parents,
and William jr. of Painesville,
a Tapco employee. Mrs. West,
the former Mrs. Luella Smith
provided much of the helpful
information.
One of his hobbies is African
violets.
Here for last Sunday’s happy
event were his daughter, Mrs.
Edward (Bessie) Hoefler of
East Long Meadow, Mass., and
her daughter, Mrs. Leslie (Bet
ty) Barton of Middleton,Conn.
and a grandson, Don West,with
firm. He retired at the age of jhis wife and two children from
81* {Chicago, Ill.
To Repeat
Previous Blood
Bank Deposits
In October, when the mobile
unit last visited East Cleveland,
125 pints of blood were donated
by generous citizens. There are
many new Blood Banks being
formed by local churches, or
ganizations, and industries.
This, coupled with the fact that
the constant need for blood is
gradually being realized by
more and more people, perhaps
accounts for the fine response.
“However, unfortunate as it
may be,” says Mrs. Klimowski,
“there are people who do not
give blood until the need arises
to replace it for a relative or
close friend. Sometimes it takes
the near-tragedy 'of illness or
accident to bring to realization
the life-giving importance of
blood.” The serious number of
fires and floods suffered recent
ly in the greater Cleveland area
have taken a toll of blood deri
vatives from the hospitals’
stockpiles when victims of
these accidents have been
treated.
“It is the responsibility of all
of us to help others who are
more unfortunate, and blood
giving is equally as important
as a donation of money.
“The pint of blood donated
on February 18th is exactly like
putting money in the bank. If
you do not happen to need it
yourself, within a year, some
one else can use that particular
pint, but you still have a pint
to your credit when you do
want to make a withdrawal.
“Make a deposit of a pint of
blood at Shaw High on the 18th
it’s better than money in the
bank!”
Appoint Cowles
Pension Trustee
Bic msnry utxrvijijuwaiu
Mrs. Titleman, who is pres
ently recruiting volunteers for
a house-to-house Heart Fund
canvass on February 22nd,
Heart Sunday, said that Greater
Clevelanders have responded to
the heart appeals in the last de-1
cade with more than $4 million, frich & Taylor in Cleveland.
and Fred
appointee,
two City
W. Broer
ELECTED TO INSTITUTE
G. Eldon Raybon of 1735 Al
lendale rd., East Cleveland CPA,
has been elected a member oi
the American Institute of Cer
tified Public Accountants.
Mr. Rayborn is with the ac
(counting firm of Brubaker, Hel-
Time To Sign
Up Next AFS
Host Family
This is for families of teen
age boys and girls.
Would you, as a family, like
to widen your family circle to
welcome a foreign boy or girl
into it for this coming school
year?
The East Cleveland American
Field Service Committee is soon
to choose a host family for its
1959-60 school year student at
Shaw High School. It is eager
to know of families desirous of
participating in this project
which has been so well received
by Shaw High School and the
community.
In addition to the usual obli
gations of parent to child, AFS
sets up a number of qualifica
tions, among them these two
which come at the top of the
list:
1— Is the family truly warm
hearted, is it affectionate within
itself, friendly to other,s and
with a real liking for young
people and pleasure in their
company.
2—Is it understanding? Is it
aware of what the problems can
be and has it the capacity of
dealing with such problems sen
sibly and cheerfully?
The parents should be will
ing to assume certain minimum
financial responsibilities and
should also have an interest in
*he international aspects of the
AFS program.
is
Wednesday, February 18th
the date set for the return of
the Central Bloodbank’s mobile
unit to Shaw High School. As
in the past, the hours will be
from 1 to 7 p. m. Appointments
to donate a pint of blood may
be made by calling Mrs. Joseph
Klimowski, Blood Recruitment
chairman, at MU. 1-5352.
Shaw Student Is
Vet Essay Winner
Robert Brownlee
10A student at
School, Robert C. Brown-10" 31arc" ine enure em
iphasis of the services will be
’ito deepen the spiritual living,
High
lee, jr., 15, of 1229 Rozelle ave.
has submitted the best entry|
from Shaw in the annual:
American Legion essay contest.!
This year’s essay subject is,I
“Liberty vs. Responsibility in a
Free Society.” The paper now
will be an entry in the 13th
Legion District. Subsequent
winners will then compete for
state honors.
On February 12th Robert
will be awarded a certificate
and a medal at the regular
meeting of Brecksville Post No.
196 which is sponsoring not
only the Shaw entry but two
from West Tech, two from
Glenville and one from St. Jos
eph Academy for Girls. Par
ents of the contestants are al
so invited to this meeting.
This unusual backing came
when District 13 advised the
posts at a recent meeting that
they had received essays from
these schools but the contest
ants were minus a sponsoring
(Post.
The vacancy on the board of
trustees of the East Cleveland
Police Relief Fund has been|
filled with the appointment of I
Murle V. Cowles of 1817 Win- Post is Steve Lucksa. District
dermere st. Mr. Cowles recent- 13th commander Harrison Col
ly retired after 37 years with islet Shaker Heights is also
the Cleveland Trust Co., all of a member at Brecksville,
it at the Windermere Branch,
East Cleveland. This term con
tinues to September 1st.
Commander of Brecksville
Robert was one of four Kirk
winners last year. At Shaw he
is duplicating his straight A
record at Kirk. His major is
The new trustee also servesi---— J",’ ".
as treasurer of the East Cleve-1 sc*e"ce and "e 18 looking to a
land Little League Inc and ofjCareer as a. nuclear physicist,
the Youth Canteen at Winder-. bas studied piano and sang
mere Presbyterian Church. P" the Kirk choir and ensemble
... .'and is now in the Shaw choir.
Other members of this board.
are Henry Geerer,Edward Voll, Residents the Rozelle
F“ n 1
Frank H. Fellows.
vvai^i
Fred Schuller, Paul Broer and neighborhood know Bob aa an
The board is composed of two
members of the Police Depart
ment, Edward Voll
Schuller and their
Henry Geerer and
Commissioners, Paul
and Frank H. Fellows who ap
pointed Mr. Cowles.
Head of the English Depart
ment at Shaw High School is
George Todd. Bob’s English in
structor is Mrs. Ayleen Mor
ley.
Crime Is costing Americans
22 billions of dollars per year.
That amounts to $128 for every
man, woman, and child in the
United States. It is equivalent
to the entire budget for the
U. S. Navy for the fiscal year
1959.
Thursday, February 5, 1959
fyrt
nA
SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIPS for the East Cleveland
YMCA Branch are being sought by 300 volunteers
headed by Mrs. Clyde Morgan for the YW and Mr.
William Cleland for the YM. The appeal is the adult
Partner Participation for Youth. Kick-off is Sunday.
Churches Observe Lent As
Preparation For Easter
The Lenten Programs at the services with Communion Medi
East Cleveland Congregational tations are: Dr. Howard M.
Church will be held on Wed-jWells, Pastor The Rev. Henry
nesday evenings from 6:30 un- O. Lietman, Moderator of
til 8:30. The evenings will be- i Cleveland Presbytery The Rev.
gin with informal fellowship'Daniel C. DeArment, pastor of
during a dessert and coffee (Christ Presbyterian Church,
hour. The program, consistingjChesterland The Rev. Roscoe
of Devotions and the showing:J. Varble, pastor of Phillips
of a first-rate religious movie (Avenue Presbyterian Church
will begin at 7:30. The firstjThe Rev. Donald Benedict, di
of this series of programs will I rector of the Inner City Protes
be held on Wednesday evening,(tant Parish and The Rev. Ron
February 11th. The movie to
be shown is “God of Creation,”
illustrating, through the mar
vels of
science,
of God
verse.
astronomy and natural
the power and wisdom
as creator of the uni-
Members of Windermere
Presbyterian Church will usher
in the holy season of Lent with
a family dinner. This will be
followed by membership classes,
the Ash Wednesday topic being
“Take My Life”.
A different theme and pro
gram is being provided for the
junior youth for the Kinder
garten, and for the Primary
children. A nursery will take
care of pre-school age children.
Dinner is served at 6:30 p. m.
The pastor, the Rev. O. Srppen
field is in charge.
mew ffl
PRESB—LENT
The First
Church of East
planning a special program for
its approach to Easter. The
Sacrament of the Lord’s Sup
per will be celebrated on each
Wednesday evening beginning
ShawJ°n February 11th and ending
on March 18th. The entire em-
Presbyterian
Cleveland is
I make the resources of faith
"(available to the problems of
daily life, and to worship God.
Ministers sharing in the
aid K. Willis, assistant pastor.
All services begin at 8 o’clock.
During Holy Week there will
be the Annual Women’s Com
munion Services on Tuesday,
March 24th the Maundy
Thursday Communion Service
and Reception of New Mem
bers and on Good Friday, the
church choir will present,
“Brahm’s Requiem,” under the
direction of Mr. Frank Helf
rich.
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran
Church opens its Lenten obser
vance Ash W’ednesday evening
at 8 o’clock with the adminis
tration of Holy Communion,
Vesper services will continue
each Wednesday up to Holy
W’eek.
During this pre-Easter season
the pastor is conducting Inquir
er’s classes each Thursday,
starting February 26th. Persons
without a church home are
welcome.
BAKE SALE
The Home Builders Class of
the Sixth United Presbyterian
Church will have a bake sale on
February 7th at
ave.
Here Is The "Why" Of "No
Skating" At Forest Hills
A number of residents have year we have had more
asked if the City is continuing than usual,
to maintain the lake at Forest
Hills Park for skating now that
the new artificial ice skating
rink on Shaw ave., is in oper
ation. The answer is “yes.” The
Park lake will be available
skaters whenever the ice
thick enough for safety.
to
Unfortunately, because
ice is safe. Accurate daily rec
ords kept at City Hall show
that the average number of
skating days for the past 10
years has totaled only 6 Vs days
each winter. This current skat
ing season to and including
February 4th totals 11 skating
days.
During the 1957-58 skating
season there were a total of 26
skating days, but there were
some very low years such as:
1958-9 with 1 day 1951-2 with
2 days 1952-3 with 0 days and
1953-4 with 5 days. It was be
cause of this limited skating
that the City decided to build
the artificial ice rink.
East
ideal carrier for the
Cleveland Leader
Cleveland Press. He has deliv
ered Leaders for the past eight
years.
and the
The problems encountered at
the Forest Hills pond are nu
merous and are no different
than in preceding years, City
Manager Charles A. Carran
points out.
A rather long period of sub
freezing temperature without
snowfall is a necessity for good,
safe ice at the pond. If snow
falls before the ice is thick, the
snow acts as an insulating
agent and slows down the
freezing of the ice. Until the
ice is thick enough to hold the
snow cleaning equipment the
snow cannot be removed to give
the ice a chance to freeze. This
1325 Hayden
baked goods
at the store
Donations of
will be accepted
Saturday morning or at 14513
Idarose ave. Friday evening.
snow'and^laiJ^drainage^ondT-iwater is not as cold as surface ceipts, amounted to $48J53.19
tions, there are only a few water. It also contains all of (and total expense to $44 012 26,
days in the winter that the lake the salt that both cities throw, producing a net gain of $4.4 40..
Last weekend the ice was in
excellent condition for skating
because very little snow had
fallen.
Ice tests during every cold
spell are made frequently to
determine its thickness and the
City will continue to clear the
ice for skaters when it is thick
enough to do so, just as they
have in past years.
CALL NEWS
to
PO. 1-3378
25,000 Adult
Partners Is
YM-YW Goal
The joint East Cleveland
YWCA YMCA Sustaining
Membership campaign kick-off
will be on Sunday, February
8th at 12:30 p. m. at the Y
House, 1831 Lee blvd., near Eu
clid ave. Cannon Laurence
Hall, rector of St. Paul’s Epis
copal Church of East Cleveland
will be the speaker.
The Y’s have approximately
300 volunteers whose job it will
be to enroll 2500 sustaining
members in East Cleveland.
Campaign Co-Chairmen for
this year are Mrs. Clyde Mor
gan, leading the YWCA, and
William Cleland, for the YM,
both experienced in the Y
through years of service to it.
Mrs. Morgan says, “When
you give money for a Sustain
ing Membership, you do so not
for any privilege which you
wish but to help East Cleveland
youth help themselves. Boys
and girls are asked to pay
only a nominal membership
fee so that no one is denied the
Y privileges because of econom
ic circumstances.”
Mr. McCleland explains that
the East Cleveland Y receives
about one-third of its total
budget from Boys and Girls
Memberships approximately
one-third from the Welfare
Federation and approximately
one-third is raised during this
campaign.
“During this past year both
program and staff at the Y
has been enlarged,” reports
Mr. Cleland, “and with the help
of 2500 partners backing the
children of East Cleveland,!959
will see further expansion.”
East Cleveland is only one of
21 Branches in Cuyahoga
County that are simultaneous
ly conducting this type
drive.
of
eo-
Assisting the YMCA
chairman, W’illiam Cleland,
four vice-chairmen, Don Bark
ley, Sterling Apthorp, Norman
W. Townsend and Dr. Homer
C. Alexander.
Don Barkley’s captains are
William Reed, Daniel Kram
er, Edward McCaskey, George
Dion and Thurston Peters,
sterling Apthorp has as his
captains Richard Bernier,
Stephen Blossom, Grant T. Ap
thorp, Harry Willert and Paul
Broer. Captains for Dr. Alex
ander
Ralph
Hann
are Dr. L. L. Myers.
Peckinpaugh, William
and Stewart Armington.
Townsend’s captains are
Mr.
James
Bryant, Howard Griffiths, Wil
liam Kutcher and Charles Ren
dlesham.
E. Bateman, James
Mrs. Morgan's aides were an
nounced in the previous issue.
City Seeks A
Share Of State
Pension Subsidy
snow
East Cleveland’s Police Re
lief and Firemen’s Pension
funds are in excellent shape, ac
cording to the annual financial
statements presented to the
City Commission by G. T. Ap
thorp, treasurer of, the two
boards.
safe
“Another deterrent to
ice at the pond is its own water
supply. The water in the lake
comes from storm water drain
age, not from springs. Water
drains from the streets in the
is Forest Hill Subdivision in East
(Cleveland and Cleveland
of(Heights. This
During the year total Fire
men's Pension Fund, income, as
underground (distinguished from cash re-
on the streets to melt snow andj 93 for deferred employees
ice. Most of the park land sur-! dependents’ benefits.
rounding the lake drains be-, There are 25 pensioners on
low the frost line into the lake.'thjs ijate
“The effcet of this land Under state law, the fund, ex
drainage into the lake and the(piajns Mr. Apthorp, is entitled
warm salty sewer water is the to a state subsidy as long as
forming of channels in which the assets of the fund do not
water is flowing most, if not all exceed the assets as of Decem
of the time, under the ice. In a ber 31st, 1947, plus $1,000 per
test made after a few days of member. Under this limitation,
cold weather much of the ice he points out, this fund has not
was four to five inches thick
which was thick enough for
skating, but it was only one
inch thick in front of the boat
house. During the Christmas
holidays after several days of
very cold weather most of the
ice was 6 to 7 inches thick, but
when the small jeep tried to
clean off the snow the jeep
went through where the ice was
found to be only 2 inches
thick. It is important, therefore,
to watch for the red danger
flag at the pond.”
... Irt* ♦r* molt annw onn Qx rtOTarrtui omnlnt’/mc
satinand
received any subsidies since
1952. In view of this fact, a
bill will be introduced during
the 103rd General Assembly to
remove this arbitary limitation
and require state subsidies for
all funds. Such a law would be
of assistance also to other cities
facing the same situation.
Trustees of the Firemen's
Pension Fund are: Ben McDon
old, chairman J. R. Colville,
Robert H. Watterson, secre
tary Robert Hecker, Paul W.
Broer, Frank H. Fellows.
The Police Fund report will
be given next week.
ADDAMS HONORED
Judge Stanton Addama of
the Eaat Cleveland Municipal
Court has been named to the
executive
Abraham
of Ohio.
committee of the
Lincoln Association