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THAT
In East Cleveland
Former Shaw High School
football coach, Leo Strang, now
of Mansfield, visited Shaw last
week. Mr. Strang, and two asso
ciates from Mansfield, came to
have a look at Shaw’s new
buildings, especially the pool.
Seems as though Mansfield is
set to build a new pool and,
knowing the effectiveness of our
school building program, felt it
worth while to bring their build
ing visiting committee up here.
Continuing their lovely cus
tom of remembering the living
mothers of their membership on
Mother’s Day, Kiwanis of East
Cleveland is sending a card and
a dainty handkerchief to the 62
Moms on their list. John Kiefer
1 had the welcome detail.
Harpersville, Va., is a small
town with a big name. For ten
i. consecutive years it has won
first place as the cleanest town
in the state. How do they get
this way?
Thomas Murry, chairman of
East Cleveland’s Clean-up Com
mitte answers. He says every
one in town big enough to help,
gets up early every morning
and gives the town a going
over, yard ft yard. Street to
street. It’s an ALL CITIZENS
JOB. And we imagine, woe be
the man, the woman, the boy,
the girl, who is negligent. Mr.
Murry visited Harpersville en
route on his early Spring Flor
ida trek. If Harpersville folk
can sweep and scrub and be busy
with a nail on a stick, why can’t
East Clevelanders?
Possibly one reason why the
churches do such a good job on
^property cleanliness, is because
of the old adage: Cleanliness is
next to godliness.” We would
like to ask a few of the drug
and food stores why cleanliness
is not a first with them?
Qne volunteer for a police
motor safety check-up will be
Bill Furlong, East Cleveland
Leader advertising executive.
His car got se thorough a going
over last year that Bill will be
an early visitor in this spring’s
safety check up of motor
vehicles.
Mayor Hynes has promised
Bostonians an unrelenting cam
paign against litterbugs. We are
glad to see he is using the mas
sive deterrent of threatened $20
fines for second offenders, as
well as the comeon of 300 new
trash baskets.
Like the anti-litter campaigns
under way in other cities, Bos
ton’s aims at a double effect:
First, the threat of rigorous
enforcement and fines shoud
curb willful offenders.
Second, the knowledge that
others are no longer getting
away with making the streets
their garbage pail should re
strain those who toss out their
gum wrappers because “the
streets are so messy anyway.”
How persistent enforcement
of the new campaign will be re
I* mains to be seen—seen mostly
by the thousands of tourists who
pour into Boston in late sprin
and summer and report back
home whether it looks like the
cradle of liberty or the cradle of
litter. The Mayor’s campaign de
serves praise—-but no confetti.
—Christian Science Monitor
Seven public and private agen
cies in the Foster Home program
i have set May 7th as the day to
salute Foster Mothers, Ralph
Barton, president East Cleve
land City Commission pro
claims the day for those Foster
Home Mothers who give tender
loving care to unfortunate chil
dren. East Cleveland has some
A twenty such havens.
Persons having building ma
terials or any other trash not
picked up by the city, may call
Mr. Moore at MU. 1-5020 for
information as to where such
^material may be hauled for
/dumping.
Volume No. 18—No. 19
Baptismal Dress
To Be Worn For
Twelfth Time
Forty-five years ago Mrs.
Manion hand fashioned a bap
tismal dress for one of her
children, using batiste and val
lace.
Next Sunday, May 10th this
baptismal dress will be worn
for the twelfth thne. Wearing
it will be the infant daughter
of the Robert J. Manions of 264
East 197th st., Euclid.
Serving as godmother for the
baby will be her aunt, Mrs.
George Higgins (Mary Man
ion) of 14513 Sciota ave, who
also claims honor as one of the
family to have been baptised
in this dress.
Baby Manion will be given
the name “Carol Marie” at the
ritual to be read in Holy Cross
Church.
If the rush of business in the city’s Waste Dispos
al Division is any criterian, East Clevelanders are giv
ing their premises the most thorough housecleaning in
years. Service Director Joseph Henry reports that for
the first time in a local Clean-up Campaign, his depart
ment has had to step-up operations beyond the usual
anticipated increased service for the Cleata-up cam
paign. Three extra added trucks are hauling away the
PROFITS are accepted from the
BROOM SALE SHARE
Lions Club of East Cleveland by these representatives
of the co-operating groups in the annual ways and
means endeavor.
Left to right, front row: Richard Fisher, St. James Luth
er League Jerry Melerango, Forest Hills Presbyter
ian Church Youth Group Mrs. Alice Dillen, Winder
mere Rainbow Girls Lynn Olson, Selynma Chapter,
Demolay Jack Corwin, Collinwood Little League Jack
Corwin, Collinwood Little League back row: Duane
Reschke, Calvary Luther League Joe Byrk, Explorer
Post 289, Christ the King Church Thomas Beach, Boy
Scout Troop 368, St. Philomena Church William How
ells, Senior Youth Group, Church of the Cross Method
ist.
Not shown are representatives from Trinity E.U.B.
Church, Troop 171, St. Louis Church.
Shaw Graduate Returning As
N. H. S. InductionSpeaker'’"'™'
The National Honor Society
Induction Ceremony to be held
at 8:30 a.m. on May 14th, 1959
in the Shaw High School Audi
torium will have as its guest
speaker a man who received his
early schooling entirely in the
East Cleveland system Mr.
Charles M. Driggs.
In February 1944 he was com
missioned as an Ensign in the
U. S. Naval Reserve and left
Yale for active duty. He served
as an executive officer of two
ships attached to the U. S. At
lantic Fleet, and later as com
manding Officer of the U. S. S.
LSM (R) 503, U.S. Pacific Fleet,
until released to inactive duty in
July 1946, with the rank of Lieu
tenant (j.g.), DE, USNR. He
resumed studies in Industrial
Administration at Yale, gradu
ating in 1947 with honors. Upon
his graduation he received the
Hoober Scholarship Award from
the Yale School of Law and got
his LL.B. degree in June 1950.
He became associated with the
Cleveland firm of Squire,Sanders
Dempsey where be specializes
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After graduating from Shaw,
Mr. Driggs attended Yale, where
as an undergraduate he received
the Chamberlain Scholarship
Award and was admitted to Tau
Beta Pi, and honorary engineer
ing society. He was a member
of the Nu Deuteron Chapter of
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and
was also a charter member of
Yale Chapter of Society for the
Advancement of Management.
He sang with the Yale Varsity
Glee Club and was a member of
the Tomithy Dwight College
crew and baseball team.
Charles M. Driggs
Let's Make This Clean-up
East Cleveland, Ohio
Kirk's
Spring
Concert
Music Music everywhere!
Tomorrow, Shaw H^h enter
tains at their Field House.
And Thursday of next week,
May 14th—mark down that
date—Kirk Auditorium will be
filled with the music of the
Junior High singers and play
ers.
The Boys’ Glee Club, Girls’
Glee Club, Orchestra, String
Ensemble, Chorus, Vocal En
semble and Concert Band (in
that order), will display their
talents beginning at 8 p. m.
As a grand finale, all 300 of
these young musicians will join
forces in an inspiring rendition
of “One God” and the
“Alma Mater.”
Of interest to many of
Clevelanders will be the
public showing of the
and orchestra risers, financed
by last Fall’s Kiwanis Club
sponsored Kids’ Day Peanut
Sale. The safety and added
comfort provided by these ris
ers are being greatly appreciat
ed by Mr. Williams and the Mu
sical personnel.
Tickets for the concert are
being sold by all performing
members at the customary 50c
per adult, 25c per “student,”
|he latter meaning children of
elementary school age. Tick
ets will also be sold at the
door,although sellers are anxi
ous to win the annual “high
sales” contest.
Mrs. Ruth Honess, directing
vocal groups, has selected the
following numbers:
“Dreamland,” “De Gospel
Train,” and “Holy Lord All”
(Boys’ Glee Club) “Lullaby,”
“This is My Country,” and “He
Careth For Me”, (Girls’ Glee
Club) “Save Us, O Our God,”
“Life Is a Beautiful Thing,”
and “I May Never Pass This
Way Again” (Vocal Ensemble):
“Come Out of the Valley,”
“Dream,” and “Buggy Ride”
(Choir).
Instrumental numbers under
the direction of Mr. Williams
will include “Didon* Overture,
“The Toy Train,” and “Song of
the Flame” (Orchestra), Selec
tions from “The King and I”
(String Ensemble), and “Men
of Ohio” March, “Toccata for
Band,” “The Blue-Tail Fly,” and
“Ballet Parisienne,’
Show Boy” March
Band).
above
above
in the field of estates and trusts.
He was admitted to the Ohio
Bar in March 1951.
He is currently a Director of
The City Club, a member of Ki
wanis International, Cleveland
Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
State and American Bar Asso
ciatoins. He is married and has
two daughters.
As is customary at the Induc
tion Ceremony, four senior Na
tional Honor Society members
speak, on the four qualities nec
essary for admission to the so
ciety. These speakers will be
Carol Parsh, Leadership Jim
Martis, Service Antra Priede,
Scholarship and Ken Connell,
Character.
wear
“What is she going to
for her baptism?”
This is one question
need ask when the infant to be
baptised is a grandchild of Mrs.
John Manion, 13404 Eagles
mere.
New members will be inducted
and receive their membership
cards and ribbons from Dr. O.
J. Korb, Superintendent of East
Cleveland Schools. A reception
honoring new members will be
held in the Cardinal’s Nest im
mediately following the induc
tion ceremony.
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The entire program is under
the direction of Mr. George
Todd.
Honor Bryant
The East Cleveland Library
has just received a gratifying
gift a long-term subscription
to Forbes Magazine. This was
presented to the library in hon
or of George A. Bryant’s recent
birthday by Paul A. Eden, Mr.
Bryant’s Public Relations Coun
cil. It was given to the Library
because Mr. Bryant served as a
member of the Library Board
from
1939 to 1945.
Never
members
taken on
one.
calls
that
will
and “The
(Concert
grand finale
The
mentioned
PTA Is Baking
5,000 Cookies
For Korb Day
that “It pays
The Leader last
appeal for a punch
serve 1000 people,
Proving
advertise”,
Thursday’s
receipe to
netted Mrs. Chas. Fursdon, PTA
Council president, three tele
phone calls within hours after
the Leader’s delivery. Until
then, this problem was a major
stumbling block in the plans
for Dr. Korb’s reception on
Sunday, May 17th.
before have PTA
in East Cleveland
such a task as this
example, 115 phone
been made, assuring
For
have
5,000 home-made cookies
be baked and delivered to
Shaw Gymnasium 3:30 p.m. on
that Sunday afternoon.
rubbish heaps, burnable and non-burnable.
“It’s catching on” chuckles Thomas E. Murry,
chairman of the East Cleveland Continuing Clean-up
Committee. “People who did not get into swing of the
campaign two years ago or even last year, are certain
ly in it this year.With continued fair weather this cam
paign should be our best community clean-up.
Deputy Chief Otto Swancar, the fire department’s
East Cleveland Leader
Published in Conjunction with The SCOOP in Northeast Cleveland and The News-Journal in Euclid
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Kirk
East
first
band
Ministers Get
Low Down On
Police Work
East Cleveland Police and
members of the East Cleveland
Ministers Association are an
ticipating a new experience to
morrow. The police are going
to be hosts to the members of
the clergy who will be coming
to learn more about the work
ings of a police department.
Arrangements for the visit
have been made by Chief of
Police H. S. Weaver and the
Rev. William E. Toner, minis
ter at East Cleveland Baptist
Church.
The guests will be received
in the lobby of the new section
of City Hall by Chief Weaver
and Captain Robert Troyan.
In making the tour through
police headquarters the giests
will undoubtedly have to step
over nere, step around there
or dodge under a ladder in an
other place, as workmen are
still busy with the renovations
as part of the over-all Cty
Hall Center building and ren
ovate n program.
The ministers will observe an
alcometer test, watch the
speed with which the county
teletype system alerts police as
to wanted persons, stolen cars
and a long list of other messag
es peculiar to police business.
They will inspect the jail, have
the detailed record system ex
plained, and become acquaint
ed wth procedures in a city
police department detective
bureau.
the
will include all of
groups en-masse.
Following this visit the min
isters will be off for lunch and
their usual monthly meeting,
undoubtedly much of it in re
view of their first tour of the
East Cleveland Police Depart
ment.
to
May Concert
Next Thursday
The May Concert at the Li
brary will present the Clarinet
Art Ensemble, a group of excel
lent musicians, well known in
Greater Cleveland. All are con
nected with the Cleveland Orch
estra.
The members are George
Silfies Kurt
Tom Brennand,
Liberti, cello
piano.
the
are
the
Testimonial letters for
Memory book for Dr. Korb
beginning to fill the box in
front hallway of the Klimowski
home. Such letters may be
mailed up until the 19th of May,
as the book itself will not be
presented until the PTA Council
Annual luncheon, on Thursday,
May 21st. All letters should be
addressed to: Dr. O. J. Korb,
care
1811
land
of Mrs. Joseph Klimowski,
Knowles are., East Cleve
12, Ohio.
14400 Circulation Guaranteed
Loebel,
viola
Sue
violin
Thomas
Thomas,
The date is May 12 the hour,
8:00 the place, The East Cleve
land Library’s auditorium. The
concert is free.
Smoking? Yes.
RED GERANIUMS that will decorate Shaw Gymnasium
ARRANGING THE GAY RED GERANIUMS that will decorate Shaw Gymnasium
for their Spring Concert Friday, May 8th are, I to r: Judy Yanetta, Orchestra
president Dave Moore, Choir president Barb Albrecht, secretary of Choir Dom
Daiani, Band President and Molly Stillinger, secretary of Band. The public is
invited to this musicale in a garden setting, apropos of a delightful music enjoy
ment evening.
Local Speech
Eliminations for the Rotary
The winner of the elimination
contest was Judy Addis, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L.
Addis, 976 East 141st st., who,
in addition to receiving an
award, represented Shaw High
School in the final contest at the
Tudor Arms Hotel, Wednesday,
May 6th. This anual contest will
be presented at the regular
meeting of the Rotary Club of
Eastern Cleveland. Cash scholar
ship awards will be given to the
winners.
The entire contest has been
under the personal supervision
of Miss Lois Crank of the Shaw
High faculty, assisted by mem
bers of the English Department.
Wins Honor
4
At last night’s meeting of the
Caledonia PTA the name of
Vernon Carl Mechtensimer was
announced as the recipient of
their $200 scholarship given
through the Ohio PTA Congress
memorial scholarship fund.
This award, granted to a stu
dent planning a teaching career,
was presented to Vernon, a for
mer Caledonia student, by Miss
Bertha Clendenen, pricipal of
the school.
Vernon, Shaw graduate of the
January 1959 class is planning
to attend Wittenberg College
where he will major in mathe
matics.
include
will
The program
works by Mozart, Bartok, and
Brahms.
The Caledonia unit was par
ticularly pleased to learn that
an East Cleveland school system
pupil had met the scholastic re
quirements of the state organiz
ation.
Aside from his math inter
ests Vernon was on the track
team and both choir and acapel
la choir at Shaw. He played foot
ball while at Kirk Junior High
School.
the
Early Sunday morning
fire department had a call to
15998 Nelaview rd. A davenport
burned, loss $150, cause, care
lessness with a cigarette.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Mechtensimer of 888 Sel
•wyn rd.
Unanimous
representative on the Clean-up Committee, has submit
ted to Administrative Assistant Robert Moore a list
of 105 properties needing outside attention. Members
of the department have completed their annual street
by-street survey to list the one or two properties on
each street most in need of attention. Letters, request
ing action, are going to these property owners today
or tomorrow. This is the longest such list yet compiled
City Library
Contest Winner Onpratinn fin
Speech Contest wwe held in the
Shave Auditorium, Monday, Ap- U P/Ml 1*^ Hl
ril 25 at 8:30 a.m. The subject
“What Lincoln Would Have
i To Say,” was discussed by Judy
Addis, Norman Bresky, Sandra
Clark, Ken Conell, Jim Gillespie,
Marty Lars, Bob Spitz.
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Keeping to its “strictly at
home” topic policy of this year,
the East Cleveland Community
Council will have another local
speaker on a local subject for
its concluding season session
Thursday, May 14th.
Mr. John D. Walworth, pres
ident of the East Cleveland
Library Board will inform the
Council of certain vital as
pects of library operation with
in our community. He will dis
cuss the general duties of the
library board to the school
board, particularly in the area
funds for financing school li
braries and point out the cur
rent pressing need for more
adequate housing of the North
Branch Library on Hayden ave.
Members of the Library
Board will be present and hap
py to answer any questions.
There will also be a brief re
port from the Juvenile Wel
fare Committee to be given
by Mrs. Ross Connell, chair
man.
As usual, dinner at 6:30 pro
gram at 8 in the Cardinal’s
nest. Visitors welcome for the
program. Dinner by reserva
tion.
This Is How
Green Cross
$ Is Spent
East Cleveland’s Green Cross
ampaign is underway. During
his month memberships at a
-ollar or more, are being
sought among East Cleveland
ers. The dollars go to support
the local Safety Council pro
gram.
These dollars buy supplies
for the school boy patrols,
safety
rental for school safety pro
grams, trophies for winners in
the bike rodeo, the I stickers
the fire department places on
a house where an ill person
resides. The “I” alerts in case
of fire.
literature and film
Taking over special Green
Cross membership assignments
are: Lieut. Robert E. Hall and
Sgt. William A Campbell of
the police Safety Division Fred
Henderson, the entire Hayden
ave. district Ray Vinborg, the
public schools Alfred Hart
man, Kiwanis and the East
Cleveland Police.
Contributions may also be
sent to or left at the police
station.
Folks won’t miss the Kubitz
place on Hayden ave. The aqua
capri front with a cardinal door
is about the gayest “Clean-up”
spot on the avenue.
East Cleveland's 1959 chest
x-ray survey, scheduled for May
20-23, was pointed to this week
as a vital link in Cuyahoga
county’s campaign to wipe-out
tuberculosis.
In emphasizing the impor
tance of this program, Mrs.
Frank Holzheimer, local chair
man, expressed the fear that
premature public complacency
about tuberculosis may be en
dangering the success of the
fight against the disease.
She points out that, from
among the residents of East
Cleveland eligible for free, chest
x-ray, only about 25 percent
have used the service each year
for the past. several years.
“Each year,” she says, “be
tween six or seven thousand
East Clevelanders have present
ed themselves at the Christmas
J5eaL^i-ray units for free chest
x-ray. An estimated 20,000 in
the eligible age group just didn’t
bother.”
“Public
fearful,”
the same
have been responding each year
and that too many of the rest
of the eligibles have not had
needed chest check-ups for TB.”
health authorities are
she continues, “that
six or seven thousand
It is for this reason, she says,
that the East Cleveland chest
x-ray schedule is being changed
this year. Christmas Seal x-ray
units will concentrate their ac
tivities along Hayden ave. espec
ially for the convenience of per
sons residing in the area bound
ed by the Nickel Plate Railroad,
the New York Central Railroad
and the north city line.
This year two new bus loca
tions are designated for the area.
“People in this area will find
x-ray locations closer to their
homes than ever before,” she
said. “We hope this will encour
age hundreds who have never
before had a chest x-ray to stop
in at the Christmas Seal bus to
make sure th.t they don’t have
TB. Our goal is 100 percent par
ticipation by those 19 years of
more of age who live in the
northeast section of East Cleve
land.”
Next year the x-ray program
Miss Brannan To
Teach Visiting
Group Leaders
Miss Alice Brannan, Director
of Welfare for East Cleveland
and social worker for the East
Cleveland Public Schools, has
been invited to participate in
the teaching program for the
fourth International
Leadership exchange
now underway here,
two youth leaders
European and Middle Eastern'
countries are in Cleveland for at
least this six week instruction
period. After that the full four
month program will find the
72 visitors on full-time summer
job assignments with camps and
youth-serving agencies here and
in other states.
The four-month program in
cludes this course a the
School of Applied Social
Sciences, Western Reserve Uni
versity, together with tours and
lectures introducing religious,
social, governmental, economic,
industrial and educational as
pects of American life.
Miss Brannan will teach and
also lead weekly discussion
groups.
The broad purpose of the ex
change program is to increase
international understanding by
offering these youth group
leaders
working and studying with
American youth workers.
the opportunity of
This exchange program is
headed by Mr. Henry Ollendorf
of the Neighborhood Settlement
Association and is sponsored by
the Cleveland International Pro
gram for Youth leaders and
Social Workers, Inc., the U.S.
State Department and the gotA
emments of the many
pating countries.
CALL NEWS
to
PO. 1-3378
Estimate Three Out Of
Four Local Residents
Ignore Free Chest X-ray
will concentrate on another sec
tor. A third sector will be visited
in 1961.
The chest x-ray program is
approved by public health auth
orities, the Academy of Medi
cine, the city administration and
the East Cleveland chest x-ray
committee as one of the best
ways to find tuberculosis and
certain other chest conditions
early when they are easiest to
cure.
A complete schedule of hours
and locations for free chest x
ray will appear in next week’s
LEADER. At the same time,
10,000 x-ray schedules will be
distributed directly to East
Cleveland homes.
These and posters will carry
the theme, “Let’s
right now for
ray!”
make a date
free chest x-
schedules and
Distribution of
posters will be under the direc
tion of Mrs. Fred Chorman,
15612 Oakhill rd.
The free chest x-ray service
is supplied jointly by the East
Cleveland Health Department,
the County Commisioners and
the Christmas Seal financed An
ti-Tuberculosis League.
City Breaks
Even On Ice
Rink Bills
During its first season of
operation over 30,000 East
Clevelanders and their guests
skated at the municipal rink on
Shaw ave. The rink was of
ficially opened on Thanksgiving
Day in 1958 by Mr. Wm. Town
send, then President of the
City Commission, and Dr. J.
Waide Price, representing the
East Cleveland Community
Council.
From an financial point of
view, the City broke even on
its new rink. The total receipts
were $12,722.58, or just $148.65
more than the expenditures.
It was and still is the inten
tion of the City to charge just
enough for admissions to cov
er the operating costs,” accord
ing to City Manager Chas. A.
Carran. “As of this date there
are no plans to change the op
erating hours or admission
fees even though they are 35r
to 509c lower than other rinks
in the area,” he added.
Depending a little on the
weather, the City plans to re
open the rink sometime during
the latter half of November,
1959.
Youth
program
Seventy
from
16'iage
The three months operation
is quite a contrast to the aver
of seven to ten day per
season afforded by the natural
ice at Forest Hills Park Lake.
Although city employees had
to spend considerable time
clearing and resurfacing the
ice at the rink they also plowed
the snow from the ice at the
Forest Hills Pond when it was
thick enough to allow safe
skating. Because of sustained
periods of cold weather during
the 1958-59 season, there were
almost 20 days of skating at
the Forest Hills Pond, which
1 is just about twice as many
days as the average for the
past ten years.
partici-
Shaw Canteen dance at Shaw
Gym May 9th promises to at
tract a good crowd. Sharing in
the dance proceeds is the Fra
ternal Order of Police. Bill Ran
dle is bringing his show and
Phil McLean will broadcast his
from the gym.
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