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EAST CLEVELAND LltirMrtT
14101 LUCLID AVENUE
____ EA3T CLEVELAND, O.
Mail Addresses
Business:
814 East 152nd Street
Phone: Glenville 1-4383
News:
14600 Euclid Avenue
Apt. 302
Broom Sale
Saturday
For Blind
This Saturday. This is the day
to buy that broom, that whisk
broom or that lint broom from
tlo young salesman who appears
at your door.
Sponsored by the Lion Clubs,
with the local campaign sup
ported by the Lions of East
Cleveland, the sale of these items
made by the Society for the
Blind will mean money going
back into the club’s sight saving
program.
I
Making the local door to door
calls, with plenty of brooms of
all kinds for sale will be these
young people from the follow
ing groups:
Luther League of Calvary Lu
theran Church, Explorer Post
284 Boy Scouts of Christ the
King Catholic Church, Collin
wood Little League, Windermere
Rainbow Girls, Boy Scout Troop
368, St. Philomena Church, Lu
ther League of St. James Lu
theran Church, Trinity Ev. Uni
ted Brethren Church, Boy Scout
Troop 171, St. Louis Catholic
Church, Youth Group of Forest
Hills Presbyterian Church, Sen
ior Youth Group of Church of
i the C:
Methodist, Selynma
Chapter DeMolay.
To assure that all items for
sale are the product of the Cleve
land Society for the Blind, they
should bear the seal the trade
mark SKILLCRAFT.
Shaw June ’49
Plan Re-union
The Shaw Class of June 1949
Is planning a ten-year reunion
dinner-dance to be held at The
Lake Shore Country Club on
Saturday, June 13th at 7:00 p.m.
Music by Bob Fraser.
If you have not already heard
about the reunion by mail,
please get in touch with Mrs.
Audry Jensen Catlin (GL 1
8998).
THIS
THAT
In East Cleveland
you
the
A reader writes: “Since
often mention littering
streets, have you ever noticed
Brightwood My cousin from
Bedford drew my attention to it.
Hardly a piece of paper. Isn’t
that the street where they re
planted trees after it was wid
ened?”
Yes, Brightwood is one of the
streets entirely revamped a few
years ago by the City, even to
tree planting. It wasn’t long be
fore every house on it got a face
lifting. I haven’t been on Bright
wood for a while but after re
ceiving the note I hied myself
there. No one knew a reporter
was coming so they couldn’t have
had time “to bake a cake” in the
way of cleaning, should it have
been necessary. The street was
surprisingly free of litter.
It can be done, Brightwood ave.
proves it.
’c In another note comes this:
“May I suggest a hint to proper
ty owners with garages that they
park their autos in same instead
of all night parking on the
street.”
If the shoe fits, property own
ter or tenant, it is further sug
gested that the car at least be
parked in the drive whenever
possible, day or night.
Is your school, your club, your
organization, your neighborhood,
planning for some special
project as its support of Clean-up
’Week? Please have your chair
man call PO. 1-3378 or write it
up and send it in. The Leader
would like to report all Clean-up
■participation.
East Cleveland is an old city,
but it need not be a decaying city.
The years roll on. Nothing can
stop them. But the age of a city
should add to its charm and beau
ty, since it takes years to grow
a beautiful tree, to nurse a color
ful garden, to gain a lovely lawn.
It takes constant work to main
tain a property.
Each and all of these tasks
take individuals interested, con
cerned, devoted to their own
town. So, as individuals there is
something each one can do. Let’s
^ke a real start. Work out a
Jong range program and attune
each task to its goal. But DO
something.
In the meanwhile let’s get nd
of the winter accumulations of
debris.
Volume No. 18—No. 15
Robert Meinke James Bateman
recognition of
In
its out-
standing community service, the
Kiwanis Club of East Cleveland
has adopted a resolution com
mending the East Cleveland
Auxiliary Police. A copy of this
gracious gesture was presented
to the organization at its annual
dinner held April 2nd, in
East Cleveland Congregational
Church. Making the presenta
tion, which came as a surprise
was Mr. James E. Bateman, a
past president of Kiwanis.
“Kiwanis,” said Mr. Bate
man, “likes what is good for
East Cleveland. Among these
good things is the service the
Auxiliary is giving to East
Cleveland.”
The resolution, read by Mr.
Bateman, points out that the
Auxiliary has continuously
maintained itself in a position
Invite Parents
To School Camp
Buzz Sessions
To acquaint parents with the
school camp program a series of
four meetings are being planned
by Herbert E. Klaus and Mrs.
Marilyn DiLiberto of the Ele
mentary Physical Education
Department.
Parents of this coming Sep
tember’s Fifth Graders plan
ning to attend the fall camp
session at the East Cleveland
YMCA River Road Camp are
urged to attend one of the fol
owing meetings, the hours be
ing 7:30 to 9 p. m. in the school
auditorium:
Thursday, April 9th: Mayfair
School.
Tuesday, April 14th: Superior
Schol.
Thursday, April 16th: Cale
donai Schol.
Tuesday, April 21st: Pros
pect School.
There will be a presentation
of the program to be followed
by a question and answer pe
riod, and movies taken at the
previous camps.
Dates for the fall camps of
a week each are: September
14th and 21st, October 12th,
19th and 26th. The charge is
$10.50 per week which includes
the 50c insurance fee. The in
surance contract is with the
Hartford Accident & Indemnity
Co.
Regular class room teachers
conduct the classes, a nurse is
on round the clock duty, and
trained personnel takes over
the dining room.
Prior to leaving for camp, a
Workshop is scheduled for
adults asociated with it.
As for the individual mem
bers, the resolution stated they
were “motivated by a true com
munity spirit and a personal
desire to give of their services,
and always served without
compensation.” The members
are either residents or have a
civic interest in East Cleveland.
There are at present 44 mem
bers and a membership of 75 is
being sought.
President Robert Grey intro
duced, among others, the past
presidents present. They were:
Robert Meinke, Leonard Lind
ner, Fred Long, Arthur Chico
no, Lloyd Brown. The Kirk
String Ensemble, under Ken
neth Williams, provided delight
ful dinner music.
Cannon Hall of St. Paul’s Epis
copal Church gave one of his
inimitable talks, keeping his au
dience in a constant laughing
mood.
DiSalle Names
Local Man To
Highway Post
Com-
Col. Robert J. Welsh,
manding Officer of the Warrens
ville Nike installation will be the
guest speaker for the April 14th
meetin gof the East Cleveland
Exchange Club. The club meets
at noon at the Y House.
Following graduation from
Miami University, Col. Welsh
was commissioned a second lieu
tenant with the Ohio National
Guard. He entered federal serv
ice in 1940 with Ohio’s 37th Divi
sion and during World War II
served in the Pacific area, being
accorded a number of decora
tions. Mrs. Welsh is the former
Jessie Kreber, daughter of Ma
jor General Lee M. Kreber.
Louis B. Seltzer is the guest
speaker for the annual Past Pres
ident’s Day observance today of
the East Cleveland High 12. The
luncheon is held at the Lake
Shore Country Club. Mr. Seltzer
has been associated with the
Cleveland Press for 42 years and
s its editor since 1928.
To be honored are H. S.
Weaver, Frank Thornton, Keith
Polcar, Fred Lange, A. E. Hack
enburg and Frank Gepfert.
EaatlClevelancL Ohio
Robert Gray
of readiness, capable of coming
to the aid of the citizens in. the
event of any emergency of war,
flood, disaster or other need. In
the meanwhile it serves at all
manner of public gatherings
and in special detail under the
sponsorship of the East Cleve
land Police Department. Mr.
Meinke directs all of these ac
tivities.
The Shaw High Basketball
team held its annual awards
banquet April 1st. at Nelson’s
Restaurant. This occasion term
ninated a successful season that
saw the East Cleveland school
defeat Lakewood in the final
game to tie for the Lake Erie
League Championship. Shaw
finished with an 8-2 made in
league competition, while
amasing an 11-6 overall record.
Jayvee coach Tom Meinhardt
awarded numerals and certifi
cates to the following players:
Roger Anderson, Augie Bruno,
Martin Burin, Gil Dayton, Dick
Forschner, George Geinder, Ken
Klug, Larry Lako, Jim Madsen,
Steve Martis,
Perry, Jim
Wright.
of
James Coleman McCoy,
1266 Carlyon rd, has been named
by Governor Michael V. DiSalle
as the Administrative Assistant
to the Divisional Engineer, in
Division 12, for the state De
partment of Highways.
Mr. McCoy attended St. Philo
mena School and was engaged
in public relations prior to his
state appointment.
Division 12 comprises Cuya
hoga, Lake and Geauga counties.
With Division Engineer William
B. Henry, McCoy will co-ordi
nate the work of a number of
vitally important projects in the
Northern Ohio area. The next
30 months will see approximate
ly $316,000,000 spent for con
struction of new highways in
this section.
In January, the East Cleve
land man was named as Excu
tive Assistant to Attorney Gen
eral Mark McElroy and he
served until his services were
requested by the Governor.
Thus McCoy holds the unique
distinction of being the only
person in Ohio to have been
named to two top spots by the
two top elective officials in the
state.
all
Nike Officer
At Exchange
McCoy will make his office
at Division 12 headquarters,
10100 Broadway ave, Garfield
Heights.
Invite Boys To
Stamp Club
The East Cleveland Junior
Stamp Club held their first meet
ing April 4th at the YMCA. The
Club meets at the YMCA every
Saturday at 1:30 p. m. and any
boy or girl interested in collect
ing stamps is invited to join this
Club.
Please contact Don Fortune,
executive secretary at the YMCA,
1831 Lee rd.
J. H. Bowman, member of the
East Cleveland Philatelic Society,
has been appointed as club Spon
sor, and will direct and advise
the members in futhering
interests in their hobby.
SQUARE DANCE
The Asbury Class of Winder
mere Methodist Church will hole
a square dance in Fellowshir
Hall of the church, Euclid an
Holyoke ave., on Saturday eve
ning, April 18th, 7:30 to 11:3
p. m. Proceeds from the ever
will benefit the Church Library.
Lynn Miller, Bob
Valaetis, Orville
commended i s
Meinhardt
charge for their perseverance in
winning nine of ten games to
clinch the L.E.L. Jayvee title.
Don Peterson, Ken Connell
and Bill “Whitey” Morris re
ceived special trophies from
Coach Don Drebus. Don’s was
the “most rebounds and most
field goals” Ken’s for “most
assists and most fouls thrown”,
and Bill for being a member of
the All Tournament team.
Others earning letters and
certificates were as follows:
Second Year Awards: Ken
Connell, Bill Morris, Don Peter
son, Dennis Rogers, Al Thomson.
First Year Awards: Ken Khig,
Parker Mapes, Lou Yacobucci.
In addition each varsity player
received a small gold basketball.
In presenting these Coach Lou
Chulick pinpointed the victories
over Shaker and Lakewood, as
examples of the team’s courage
and determination. Coach Dre
bus expressed his appreciation
for the team’s showing.
"Who Did It?
You'll Thrill
To This One
One of Cleveland’s favorite
speakers, Mrs. Eugenia Thorn
ton, will be heard at East Cleve
land Library on Wednesday
evening, April 15th at 8:00 p.m.
Her subject will be From Moon
stone to Mickey Spillane. She
will cover the history of the
detective story from its sudden
beginning (for there was act
ually a time when detective
stories were not) through all its
changing ways up to the pre
sent peak in versatility and
popularity.
Mrs. Thornton has wonderful
energy and enthusiasm and
many interests. She is a leader
in two Great Book Groups in
Shaker Heights and is program
chairman for the Friends of the
Cleveland Public Library. She
is also an ardent traveller.
Mrs. Thornton’s knowledge of
the fields of literature is both
wide and deep and her way of
talking about books is most en
gaging. Listening to her, no one
can doubt that “Reading is
Fun.”
Brilliant and witty, gracious
and warm in manner and per
sonality, she never fails to de
light and entertain her audience.
This talk by Mrs. Thornton
will be the highpoint in the
Library’s observance of Nation
al Library Week which will be
celebrated all over the country
from April 12th to the 18th.
Open House On
Silver Wedding
their
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Foster
are holding open house at their
home, 13408 Gainsboro ave., Sun
lay, April 12th from two to five
/clock in honor of their silver
•zedding anniversary.
Mr. Foster retired in January
rom Willard Storage Battery
nd prior to her marriage Mrs.
oster taught at William H.
rett, Larchmont and Notting
aam schools in Cleveland.
East Cleveland Leader
Published in Conjunction with The SCOOP in Northeast Cleveland and The Newsjournal in Euclid
Honor Auxiliary Police Black and Red Rehearsal Scene
Shaw Cagers
Awards For
Tying Champs
By Bob Coates
Bi
Wayne C. Blough, Shaw
principal extended his congrat
ulations to the team and an
nounced that the basketball
from the Lakewood game would
be displayed in the main hall
cases at Shaw High.
Assistant Principal Grant F.
Kibbel stressed
academic, as well
prowess in their
complishment.
the team’s
as athletic
recent ac-
was demon-
A fitting tribute
strated by the boys with the
presentation of jackets to mem
bers of the coaching staff.
When the curtain rises on
“Wonderful Town” a week from
tonight, at 8:15 in the Shaw
Auditorium, the long hours of
rehearsal will be a thing of the
past for the singers, actors,
dancers, and orchestra mem
bers.
But many other students who
have worked on the production
will not share the glamor of
Young Father
Is Auto Victim
William Picard, 28, son-in-law
jf Dr. and Mrs. Russell S. Mc
Ginnis, 16009 Brewster rd. was
killed in an auto accident near
Kingstree, S.C., April 7th, en
route to his home in Pittsburgh
from Charleston, S.C. His wife,
Nancy, who with their three chil
dren were visiting at
Ginnis home, left at
Charleston.
the Mc
once for
associate
legal de­
Robert B. Smith, an
with Mr. Picard in the
partment of the Pittsburgh of
fice of the Aluminium Corp, of
America, received a broken leg.
Two women in the other car es
caped serious injury.
The men had been attending
Henry Picard Day at the Charles
ton Golf Club, Mr. Henry Picard
being the victim’s father. He is
the golf professional at Canter
bury Golf Club here.
Mr. Picard attended the Cita
del in Charleston and held his
law degree from Harvard, class
1958. His army service was with
the anti-aircraft.
In addition to his wife, Nancy,
and their three sons, Michael,
Mark and Marshall, and his fa
ther, he is survived by his mo
ther two brothers, Lawrence G.
and John S., and a sister,
zanne.
Irish To Dance
The All Ireland Branch, Divi
sion No. 4, of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians and Ladies Auxil
iary will present a post-Easter
Dance on Friday, April 10th,
1959.
Two bands, Irish and Ameri
can, will play for the dancing
which will start at 9:00 p. m. at
St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, 14411
Aspinwall ave., two blocks north
of St. Clair. Tickets may be pur
chased at the door. Donations
are $1.00.
14,100 Circulation Guaranteed Thursday, April 9, 1959
iMMH
A GAY SCENE from "Wonderful Town" as Ruth
are at the market. Rear line across, I. to r.: Dennis Sikora, Mary Koch, Barbara
Allen, Barbara Bradley (standing), Buzz Linhart, Wade McKee, Diane Crowell,
Chuck Alexander, Tom Hamilton, Bernie Keister. Seated: Pat Balmenti, Laurie
Siltag, Janice Pink, Ginny Richter, Linda Hakny, Deannie Madsen, Rennie
Bookman. In lower picture Bruce Myers, Lola Watkins (as Eileen), John Feagler,
Barbara Bradley (Ruth) and Mark Price.
the footlights on opening night.
Among them are Martha Got
tron, general stage manager
Patt Orwig, cast manager Sue
Riss, publicity JoAnn Marino,
costumes Ellen Edwards,
props Linda Wagner, makeup
Carl Wick, crew manager
Dave Wills, lighting Bill Benz,
construction and Vicky Brown,
technical assistant.
Tickets for ‘^Wonderful
Town,” which will be presented
next Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday, may be obtained from
any Shaw student. Proceeds
will be divided among the AFS,
the Shaw Student Lounge fund,
and the Shuttle.
The big sign across Euclid
ave., just west of Shaw, which
was hung as further invitation
to attend Wonderful Town, be
came the victim of high winds.
Down it came after all the care
taken in stringing the large dis
play.
Members of the American Field
Service Committee will attend
the Thursday evening perform
ance. Large group of Kiwanians
have set Thursday as their night
at Wonderful Town.
Rehearsals are going on al-
Two Pedestrians
Hit By Autos
Two pedestrians were injured
here over the weekend and in
both instances the driver of the
automobile involved was not held
by the police.
Hilda Johnston, 1770 Cliffview,
sustained a broken leg when
struck by a car at the intersec
tion of Euclid ave. and Ivanhoe
rd., April 2nd at 6:22 a. m. Mrs.
Johnston was enroute to work.
While running across Colla
mere st. with a number of other
children, April 3rd, John Cal
houn, 6, of 1748 Rosedale wa?
struck by a car. He was treated
at Huron Road Hospital foi
bruises of the forehead and chest
and released. The children accord
ing to police, were crossing north
of the Euclid intersection.
Su-
LEGION PARTY
East Cleveland Post 163 Amei
ican Legion is planning a Mont
Carlo party at their home, 1554
Euclid ave., Saturday, Apr
11th. Paul Kreitz, entertainme:
chairman, invites the public
come for an evening of varie.
games.
(Barbara Bradley) and friends
Particularly interested in East
Cleveland’s W. H. Kirk Junior
High School. It is being honored
on Monday, April 13th by a visit
from Dr. Gruhn. The noted edu
cator is spending the full day at
Kirk, interviewing administra
tors, faculty and pupils checking
the organization, the administra
tion and its extra curricular and
guidance programs.
Kirk is one of the four Junior
High Schools in the Greater
Cleveland area on Dr. Grahn’s
itinery. One other is, Woodbury
of Shaker Heights. The two re
maining have not been identified
at this time.
Dr. Gruhn’s interest in Kirk
stems from his association with
Kirk’s principal, Dr. L. L. Myers,
who has just concluded a three
year term as a member of the
Firemens Dance
All For Welfare
To continue their community
service program, the members
of the East Cleveland Fire De
partment have one big ways
and means project each year.
This
This
take
ning
ac-
most continuously and the
companying picture shows
shots of the busy cast. This is
without doubt, the biggest Black
and Red undertaking ever for
Shaw and it is confidently antici
pated that three big nights will
accommodate the folks who want
to see this particular event. It is
the first all musicale Black and
Red event.
two
DeMolays Install
New Officers
Past Master Councilor John
Ingram will preside at the public
installation of Tom Heron as
Master Councilor of Cleveland
Chapter, Order of DeMolay, at
the East Cleveland Masonic Tem
ple, Saturday, April 11, at 8
p. m. Heron will assume the
gavel of authority from James
Riehl. Elected to serve as Senior
Councilor was Brace Rick and
added to the elected officers’ line
was Ronald Wosky as Junior
Councilor.
Other features of the evening
will be the presentation of merit
bars and performance of the De
Molay Tribute to Motherhood,
which will be given by Carl
Fisher. Refreshments will be
served by the Mothers’ Club.
Officers appointed for the en
suing term are Ken Stone, Sen
ior Deacon Douglas Knapp, Jun
ior Deacon John Pisor, Senior
Steward William Lane, Junior
Steward Richard Kish, Orator
Michael Probst, Sentinel Mar
vin Price, Chaplain Wilson Rick,
Marshal and James Griner, Al
moner.
Assuming Preceptor stations
will be Kurt Bertshinger, David
Brubaker, Kenneth K o o s e c,
Tames Madson, Carl Campbell,
Richard DeMuth, and Robert
Hendricks.
Caledonia Gets
Into Clean-up
Caledonia School in launching
:s Spring Cleanup Drive har
lanned a Paper Sale, for Tues
ay, April 14th. Anyone wishing
o get rid of their paper is aske
a save newspapers, magazine
nd brown paper for the school
Please tie each kind of pape
i small bundles and take ther
the school playground in th
lorning by 9:00 o’clock on th
above date.
is their annual dance,
year’s social event will
place this Saturday eve
at the Euclid Veterans
Club, 1361 East 260th st.
With the proceeds the
fighters back
Little League
Pony League,
many families
baskets at Christmas time.
a team in
and one in
and remember
with well filled
Committees planning the
dance are: Hall, Refreshments
and Music: Robert Watterson,
Carl Bueltner, Charles Harri
son. Tickets: James McCarthy,
Robert Mathey. Gifts: Robert
Strunk, Robert Englehart. Ad
vertising: Edward Mays.
Vic Stuart’s Band will play.
CALL NEWS
to
PO. 1-3378
Study Of Nations
Junior High Brings
Educator To Kirk
While administrators and in
structors of Senior High Schools
across the country continue their
persual of Dr. James B. Conant’s
initial report of “The American
High School of Today”, Junior
High School administrators and
instructors will be eagerly anti
cipating the results of a similar
study being given their schools
by Dr. William T. Gruhn. Dr.
Gruhn, professor of English at
the University of Connecticut is
the co-author with Dr. Harl
Douglas, professor of Education
at the University of Colorado of
“The Mod e n Junior High
School”, the “bible” for such sec
ondary schools.
Committee for the Improvement
of Junior High School Education
set up by the National Associa
tion of Secondary School Princi
pals. Dr. Gruhn is chairman of
this important committee.
Dr. Grahn, on leave from his
university post, and Dr. Conant
are working under a special edu
cational grant. Dr. Conant is a
former president of Harvard Uni
versity and has also served as
U. S. Ambassador to Germany.
He is continuing his present
search on high schools.
Safety Council
Votes Aquatic
School Tuition
The East Cleveland Safety
Council at its April meeting
Monday at City Hall voted to
pay half of two tuition charges
for students attending a Red
Cross Aquatic School this sum
mer. The students return from
the school to serve as instruct
ors in the Learn to Swim pro
gram held each summer at the
city’s Shaw Pool. Red Cross
meets an equal share of the
training fee.
The Council also voted to
pay the cost of booklets to be
distributed by the East Cleve
land Fire Department in its
next October’s Home Inspection
program. The booklets set forth
the need for safety practices
in the home. The 2000 copies
needed will total $160.00.
Tentative plans for the Green
Cross campaign in May were
discussed and definite plans
for this money raising cam
paign will be announced later.
President Charles Logan pre
sided. A new fire safety film
was shown.
Myers On PTA
District Panel
fire
the
the
Dr. L. L. Myers, principal of
W. H. Kirk Jr. High School will
be in Toledo on Saturday to par
ticipate in the North West Dis
trict meeting of the Ohio Con
gress Of Parents and Teachers.
As chairman of the High School
service committee, Dr. Myers will
preside at two of the conferences
and in the evening participate
in a panel on “Administrators
Discuss Our Schools”. Making up
the panel of four will be three
school superintendents.
Dedicate New Hymnals
Their new Service Book and i the service are written in the
Hymnal of the Lutheran Church traditional plainsong, based on
in American was dedicated]the historic liturgies of the
at the Easter Services in Christian Church. The Common
St. James Lutheran Church,
1424 Hayden ave. The three
hundred and twenty-five copies
of the hymnal and service book
were presented to the congrega
tion as a result of efforts of the
United Lutheran Church Women
the congregation and mem
bers and friends of the church.
1 gift of $500.00 was made by
he women’s group and the
jalance of over $900.00 given
y families and individuals.
The new publication is a
lint effort of eight of the
itheran bodies of America, the
Jnited Lutheran Church, in
cluded. The Liturgy settings of
4=
Liturgy is rooted in the devel
oped worship of the ancient
and medieval Church, both East
and West, and grounded on the
historic German, Scandinavian
and American uses of the post
reformation centuries.
The Service Book and Hymnal
is the result of work, study and
preparation which spaned the
years from 1945 to 1958
when the first edition was pub
lished. It was introduced at the
regular Worship Service last
Sunday and was whole-heartedly
accepted by the congregation as
a new and more worshipful
service and hymns.