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CALL NEWS to GL. 1-4383 City Lets Contracts In a snappy commission meeting Tuesday evening, the East Cleveland Commissioners et three contracts, cut the tax consultant’s salary and renewed their cooperative contract with tne Cleveland Heights fire de partment. The bid for an eight-inch water meter went to the Nep ture Meter Co., of New York City, their bid was $1,448.40. i The only bidder on fire hy I Hrant equipment, Florence Pipe, I foundry and Machine, Inc., I was accepted at the cost of I $156 for four-inch hydrants I and $238.80 for six-inch hy drants. It was estimated that city may use 20 of the four pich models and 10 of the six I I inch models. i Mark ad Motors got the nod I 'iOn a pick-up truck for the water department. With a I a trade-in the net cost will be I $1,453.99. I An amendment to the salary ordinance will cut the salary of City tax consultant, Gordon McKay in half (from $100 a L’nonth-fo $50). This was done because recently there has been less need for Mr. McKay’s serv ices which is due primarily to I the kind of legislation under I consideration. I Cleveland Heights and East Cbveland have had an agree I for a number of years hereby, whichever fire com I pany that was called would an swer fire calls without regard the boundary lines. Tues day’s action was simply a re ne val of this understanding. k supplemental agreement has been made with the Solon Fire Brick Co., The City In cinerator is now in the process of being relined and the insu fating bricks behind the fire brick was found to need re placement. Under this agree ment, Solon will supply the bricks at the unit price but 1 will reduce the cost of labor. tScoufs Have Derby-Dinner Shaw's-Fall Honor Roll Made Public The grades for all subjects have been tabulated and averaged out for the last semester’s work to deter mine which students have the distinction to being on the honor roll. The first group mentioned has already graduated and many of them will be meeting the challenge of making the dean’s list in their respective lt colleges. Lead Coming During the past semester the following Shaw students had a 4 *B” or better average: In the January graduating class: Chuck Alexander, Madeline AL piner, William Blanchard, Vicky •I* Brown, Lucy Chang, John Col gan, Cathy Cortese and Toni Condopoulos. Also Ronald Fricke, John Haley, Tom Hendricks, Curt Hoageson, Marlene Hoff, Mari lyn Honroth, Richard King, Vicky Martin and Carole Mas ley. Gail Miller, Sandy Morger, Bill Morris, David Price, Carol Randolph, William Schultz, Bonnie Shoe and Dennis Sikora. Chfistine S o 1 e n Robert Spitz, Carl Strack, Richard Vago and Roberta Walter. In the Class of June 1960 were: Walter Arnold, Sue Beat tic, William Benz, Sue Bond, Martina Burin, Gayle Button, Tama Cahow, Gloria Caramell and Burton Carlson. Betty Chakvary, Margaret Chambers, Sandra Clark, Dale Collins, Catherine Conroy, Ann Cook, Joan Dillen and Ron Dol insky. Janet Dornback, Rolf Dumke, John Edwards, Bruce Fielitz, Don Fisher, Kathy Fogarty and Pat Forsythe.* Joan Fraser, Joann Freitag, James Gillespie, Bonnie Gordon, Marilyn Grande, Peter Guen ther, Tom Hamilton and Mary Inman. Joan Ishee, Bartley Jeffrey, Joanne Keefer* Carol Kennedy, Barbara Kirby, Janet Kriner, Catherine Lindsay and Sheila Loftus. Jane Martin, Nora Mayer, Bill Merino, Penny Miller, John 'J a Volume No. 19—No. 6 YOUNG CONDUCTOR be in charge of the teen age orchestra that will per form in the East Cleveland public library Feb. 16th at 8 p. m. Michael Krausz, son of the former conduc tor of the Akron Symphony Orchestra will lead the group. to One Side Junior Pop's Going For A Pool Swim Adults who have been read ing about the new Shaw pool and seeing pictures of the youngsters splashing around can take that glint of green from their eyes. The adult swimming program is now un derway and will continue each Tuesday and Thursday at 8:15 p. m. through June when the time may be changed. Robert Niel Skinner, varsity swimming coach at Shaw, will be in charge. There will be a 50 cent towel rental fee. The pool will close at 10 p. m. This opportunity to use the new pool is being made available to residents of the East Cleveland school district only. Saturdays, the Junior high students have access to the pool. Their use of the pool is purely voluntary and no credit will be given toward their school records. Gold The annual Blue and W dinner of Cub Scout Pack 26 will be held Thursday, Feb. 18th at 6:15 p. m. at the First Presbyterjan Church of East Cleveland. There will be the running of the Pinewood Derby and the graduation of the Webelos into the *Troop. set up for the is as follows: girls, 9 a. m. The schedule Kirk students, Seventh grade eighth grade girls, 10 a.m., and ninth grade girls, 11 a. m. After lunch the boys will take over, seventh grade boys at 1 p.m. eighth grade boys. 2 p. m., and ninth grade boys, 3 p. m. All students should remem ber to take their own towels and suits with them when planning to use the pool. Morison, Becky Morrow, George Murray and Bob Nichols. Kirsten Poulsen, Sally Pro sek, Sue Richardson, Gerald Rosen, Douglas Rothman, Vir ginia Schlegel, Janet Schuff and Susan Serota. Diane Smith, Kevin Smith, John Spring, Martha Stillinger, Barbara Stislow, Antoinette Tartaglia, Thomas Uhrig and Joel Vormelker. (Continued on Page 2) Nine Lose Out In Police Exam Tuesday’s tabulations of po lice aspirants’ results showed that 28 of the 42 taking the medical examination were ac counted for, 19 definitely pass ing and 9 definitely rejected. The results on the second group of 42 taking the medical examinations were not deter mined at this writing. Such things as height, weight and eyesight were measured by Dr. Fred Suppes, city health director. Laboratory tests giv en at the hospital are still un der scrutiny. The most frequent reason for rejection was high blood pres sre, bad cavities, and poor eyesight, according to Robert Moore, personnel director for the city. The pollygraph tests are now being given for the nine men who have passed the physical with flying colors. Of the 75 men still left in the competi tion at this writing only the top eight will be chosen for the East Cleveland police force. Iranian Visitor An educated person with a Fullbright grant to the United States, Mrs. Bonakdar had the impression before landing on our shores that the American women did no housework but instead pushed buttons, that our freedom was so encompass ing that our children left the homes of their parents when ever they felt inclined (after the age of 12) and did what ever pleased them with no qualms of conscience. Through visiting our school systems on the West Coast and East Cleveland as well as staying with several Ameri can families here. Mrs. Bon akdar has discovered on one hand that a housewife's life is not so simple, and on the other, that our young people are fairly well behaved. A firm believer in discipline, Mrs. Bonakdar expressed such high regard for the East Cleve land schools that it bordered on outright enthusiasm. In com parison with other schools she has visited, our Iranian visitor was impressed with “the fine equipment, good teachers and careful students.” She com mented on the readily apparent motivation of the students. She said that the teachers’ interest in their subjects seemed to carry over to the students and they in turn were more atten tive than any pupils she had seen at other schools. Her esteem for East Cleve land didn’t stop at our school We’ve always considered it the place of our paper to stick to coverage of purely local mat ters. But, with the newspaper situation being what it is in Cleveland, many of the weekly publications in the area are en deavoring to provide some of the things readers of the de funct News miss. In this issue you will find the first of what we will hope will be a long series of columns by Ed McAuley. What we hear from you sports fans will de cide. Sometime soon we hope to add another well known writer who can give our readers the inside dope on those many things that are cooked up downtown but Which we on the outer fringe are told nothing except—pay the bill. McAuley, nationally recog nized and much-honored au thority,- joins us after 34 years with the Cleveland News, which recently ceased publication. While with the News, Me-* Auley covered all sports but was best known for his base ball coverage. He traveled with the Cleveland Indians for 25 East Cleveland, Ohio Sifts Fact Fancy By KEVIN McTIGUE Many of filmdom’s portrayals of life in this land of freedom will be refuted in Iran when a petite (by our standards) language teacher from Teheran re turns to her homeland. Mrs. Farahnaz Bonakdar, who teaches French and English at the junior high level in Teheran, has been visiting in the United States since September and most re cently in that section most dear to us, East Cleveland. Her dark eyes glowed when she spoke feelingly about American freedom and how America is regarded by her people as the “land of free dom,” but she reassured her. self, “freedom with discretion.” It seems that our cinema cre ations have painted some grue some caricatures of the Ameri can way of life for people of foreign lands who may never have the opportunity to see dif ferently for themselves. doors but encompassed all who live within the foundries. Mrs. Bonakdar repeated stories of the various kindnesses that were extended to her and took special delight in seeing Niag ara Falls at the invitation of Mrs. Ruth Williams, a visiting teacher at Shaw. Mrs. Bonakdar had told Dr. H. L. Nichols earlier that peo ple in Iran think of the United States in terms of a triangle with the line from New York to Hollywood forming the base and Niagara Falls the apex. She said that almost the first thing she’11 be asked when she returns home will be if she saw these almost legendary cities. W’hen assigned to the West Coast she visited Hollywood, while in East Cleveland she got to Niagara Falls and when she sails for Europe next month, she will leave from New York. In the West, she had her picture taken with an Indian, but in her travel across the country she didn’t see one cowboy, which she reports will be a disappoint ment to the boys back home who believe the country is over run with them. When she arrives home, Mrs. Bonakdar will find her (Continued on Page 2) ECEA Spends Social Night The East Cleveland Educa tion Association will hold a Pot Luck Dinner in the New Korb Building Feb. 17th. After the dinner, they will try out the new swimming pool. Those who do not care to wet their feet can indulge in a card game or two. Along with socializing with fellow teachers, those at tending will have the oppor tnuity of winning a prize. In past years these dinners have been a great success, and this year Mrs. Pat Muellen, chairman of the social commit tee expects an even larger group. Ed McAuley In The Leader 4L *4V years and wrote his news paper’s “lead” sports column for 22 years. He also was Cleveland corre spondent for the Sporting News', the baseball paper of the world, and still contributes to that weekly. McAuley has won several Cleveland Newspaper Guild awards and on two occasions his columns have been chosen for reproduction in the “Best Sports Stories” series. He was one of the official scorers for both the 1948 and 1954 World Series. In 1954, he was presi dent of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Our rtew columnist plans to visit the Indians’ training camp in Tucson, Arizona, ahd promises to give our readers up-to-date, first-hand and—he hopes frequently exclusive stories of the Tribesmen and other major leaguers. Born in Pittsburgh, McAuley has spent 48 of his 56 years in Greater Cleveland. He is a graduate of old Loyola High school years sity. and studied for two at John Carroll univer- ■V 1 East Cleveland Leader The East Cleveland Leader, The SCOOP and Euclid News-Journal Give Advertisers Complete Coverage In Northeast Greater Cleveland A two-session study program on the “United States and Foreign Aid” will begin for the East Cleveland League of Women Voters on Monday, at 1:30 p. m. Mrs. Frank Holz heimer, 14502 Terrace rd. has opened her home to the mem bers and their friends. Opinions on foreign aid run from “We ought to be doing much more,” to “We are throw ing our money away.” Mrs. Hamilton Beatty, 15128 Terrace rd. who heads the research committee, suggests that back ground of fact can be acquired by reading the LWV publica tion “World Economic Develop ment” or the capsule version which appeared in the “Nation al Voter” for January. Mrs. Beatty, assisted by Mrs. Fred Ghorman, 15612 Oakhill rd. will lead the discussion of the various overlapping grams now in force and evaluate the goals thus achieved. 14,850 Circulation Guaranteed ONE OF THE FEW push button gadgets that Mrs. Bonakdar of Iran did find when she visited the States was on the control panel of the home economics kitchen that Dr. I. L. Myers proudly displayed. Too Much Or Too Little Aid Query Council Tonight! Recreational facilities of the YMCA-YWCA and the city of East Cleveland will be discussed at the Community Council meeting tonight at 7:45 p. m. in the Cardinal’s nest of Shaw High. Jamboree Scouts Hold Colorado Conclave At Y Scouts in East Cleveland troops who are going to the National Jamboree in Colorado Spring, Colo., in July are re quested to meet next Wednes day evening at 7:30 in the East Cleveland YMCA. At least one parent of each jamboree-bound scout is asked to attend. The Jamboree Scoutmaster, George Roth, will meet the parents and boys for the first time to explain the details of the trip. They will be given the dates of the practice camping trips they will have to attend in preparation for the big trip. Patrols will be formed so the boys will know who their buddies will be for eating and sleeping and a list of the required equipment and clothing will be available. pro will far sec- With this preparation, a ond meeting will be held Feb. 29th at 1:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Budd Andrews, 15717 Oakhill rd. Criticisms of and possible improvements in the foreign aid programs of the U.S. will be considered with Mr. J. A. Billington, 1923 Rose mont rd., leading this part of the study. Transportation to both meet ings can be arranged by calling Mrs. Richard Randall at YE. 2-1917. Correct Address Saves Money All East Clevelanders who obtain their auto license plates through the AAA are reminded to indicate East Cleveland as both their “taxing district” and address. The state returns monies to the municipalities based upon the number of vehicles regis tered in each municipality. Misaddressed registrations cost each East Clevelander money because the money for the various street maintenance projects, if not returned by the state, must come from general property taxes and rents. As usual East Cleveland res idents will be able to obtain their license plates at the city hall, 14340 Euclid ave. Sales starts March 1st. Hospital Board Gets Triva Talk Miss Mary E. Cowan, senior medical technologist in the of fice of the County Coroner, Dr. Samuel Gerber, will speak of her 20 years work experience to the Huron Road Hospital Wo men’s Board, Monday at 1 p. m. in the hospital auditorium. Miss Cowan has lectured at the Harvard Medical School State Police Seminar. She en titles her talk, “Tremendous Trivia.” Mrs. C. A. Ward is in charge of tea arrangements. Her as sistants are Mrs. William Pierik, Mrs. C. J. Vosmik, Mrs. Anna bel George, Miss Elma Ronk, and Miss Edna Hanes. The surgical dressings group will meet at 10 a. m. under the chairmanship of Mrs. W. C. Domino. Also meeting with the troop will be the parents and scouts from the Mayfield Heights dis trict (Hilltopper) as their scoutmaster, John Kovach, is an old hand at jamborees and can give a first-hand orienta tion of what both parents and scouts should expect. Boys who have been chosen as alternates are also asked to attend with their parents as they must be given the same training as the delegates in the event they are selected at the last minute to replace a scout who might become sick or un able to attend for other rea sons. Each troop will have three adult scoutmasters, as well as five junior assistants. A fourth scoutmaster will be trained at the same time in case a scoutmaster should have to be replaced at the last day. Each scout must pay $100 of his fee by March 15th or he will be replaced by an alternate. The other $100 must be paid in by July 1st. Enough alternates have been accepted to assure the quota from Cleveland being completely filled right up the time the train departs July 17th. Camp Fire Plans March Ceremony District No. 15 of East Cleve land and Collinwood is busy planning a District Ceremonial for March, under the direction of Mrs. Elmer Novak, in con nection with the celebration of Camp Fire’s 50th birthday. District No. 15 of East Cleve land and Collinwood welcomes as their new field director Miss Emily Hodge, who just com pleted an intensive training course in Oklahoma. Mrs. Daniel Patty’s Busy Blue Birds of Chambers School en joyed their visit to Wiley Audi torium to see “Peter Pan.” Mrs. H. S. Wood’s Trust worthy Blue Birds of Chambers School have made several field trips including the Aquarium, the Art Museum and a pet shop. The group also hopes to at tend the Ic« Follies at the Arena. Thursday, February 11, 1960 Adopt Football Budget, Hear Report Of Music Department The teachers’ increase will be based on years of teaching ex perience, the degree held and graduate study taken in the teacher’s field of specialty. Ef fective in 1962 will be the plan which allows a salary increase only when 15 hours of the work done for the master’s degree is in the subject area which the teacher is employed to teach. This plan is not retroactive and will not affect teachers who are getting salary benefits, for master’s degres although the masters was gotten in a field that the teacher doesn’t in struct. Presently, beginning teach ers with a bachelor’s degree receive $4,400 for their first year and a teacher holding a master’s gets $4,600. Begin ning in September each will receive $100 more a year. The top salary in the system for a master’s degree and 14 year's teacher experience, was $7,700. the ceiling will be raised to $8,100 for the same group. Regular increments will be made each year for teaching experience up to 14 years and for advanced study as well as degrees gotten in subject area being taught. Western Reserve University has adapted its graduate pro gram to fit this program allow ing a teacher to get the 15 nours specialization which are necessary to meet the salary increase requirements. Subsctitute teachers will re ceive $16.50 a day instead of $15 wrich is the current rate. The last the substitute teacher’s pay was raised was in 1953 when it made a jump from $12 to $15. In other action taken by the Board, the football budget was accepted, five teachers and six substitute teachers were ap proved, five textbooks were adopted, three teachers were given permission to attend pro fessional meetings and a unique report on the music pro gram as well as a report on reclaiming former Board land was heard. The football budget calls for expenditure of $12,010 which is $547.13 more than last year but still $1,123.77 less than the all time high reached in 1958. Dr. Nichols explained that football carries all the minor sports and that the money which is al loted to football is not tax money but money earned from gate receipts. It has the high est costs of the sports because there are more boys to outfit and the equipment is expensive. to on The football budget was the only one which was itemized for approval at the January Board meeting. Other athletic budgets approved at the Jan uary meeting include, basket half $3,660 baseball $1,150 track $932 tennis $268 swim ming $765 golf, $120 and wrestling, $730. Three out of the five teachers new to the system who have been approved for the 1960-61 school year hold master’s de grees, the five include, Marjorie Dewey, Jean Guilford, Beverly Martin, Donald Reed and Ann Schuff. The six approved sub stitute teachers include, Donna Barratt, Americo Betori, Mary Celeste, Thomas Hoffart and Jack Steinicke. Permission was granted for the following school personnel to attend professional meetings, Richard Baker, national science teachers convention in Kansas City, Mo., March 29th through April 1st Clyde Hawthorne, Ohio industrial arts convention in Columbus, March 31»t through April 2nd, and Dr. L. L. Myers, convention of Associa- Board Of Education Increases Salaries Teachers in the East Cleveland public school system will be richer beginning next fall term when the salary increments approved by the Board of Education Mon day night go into effect. According to school superin tendent, Dr. H. L. Nichols the average increase is 4.1 per cent and brings the East Cleveland salaries closer in line to those of surrounding communities. Not only the teachers, but other school employees will get raises. This latter group in cludes personnel in such jobs as custodians, cleaning men and women, maintenance men, secretaries, clerks, cafeteria workers, bookkeepers and pow erhouse engineers. The increase will be based on years of serv ice with the average increase amounting to 3’/2 per cent. tion for Supervision and Cur riculum Development in Wash ington, D. C. March 7th through March 10th. By way of special reports. S. Robert Fraser, director of music in the East Cleveland school system, said it with music. He took a tape re corder to the Board meeting and placed back and placing of at each level, junior high and He did a narration ala Charles Collingwood along with the music explaining the aims of the department and pointing out the quality tones that could be recorded in the Korb building’s music facili ties. the singing instruments elementary, high school. Board approved a differen tial of $450 for Michael De fiore for his services as pool as sistant from February through June, and it put Mrs, Helen Parsh, the Korb Student Cen ter supervisor, on a yearly wage rate rather than hourly which will give her the advan tage of a few extra dollars. The $200,000 bonds will come due Feb. 15th and will be rein vested until Feb. 15th of 1961 at the rate of 4T» per cent. Board members have set Feb. 26th as the date for a luncheon meeting when building and ground appropriations will be considered. The Board decided to try to reclaim land appropriated from it by the New York Central Railroad. The land is behind a warehouse owned by the East Cleveland public school system on Elderwood ave., between Strathmore and Chapman. When the land was originally taken over by the railroad the understanding was that when the railroad ceased using the land for a coal yard it would revert to the original owner. If and when the land is returned the school system will allow more free movement of trucks which now have a tight squeeze getting on and off of the property in making deliveries and pick-ups. City Solicitor, Stanley G. Webster is handl ing the negotiations. Dr. Nichols reported the flu bug hasn’t affected the pupil absence very much and that only 10 per cent of the stu dents have been out during the virus, but it’s taking its toll of the teachers. He said, that between 10 and 12 substitute teachers were used during the past week, and the average number of substitutes used a week is five. Robert Henderson, acted as chairman of the Board in the absence of Board president Richard Gottron who was fight ing a bout with the flu. Health Director Leads Dance Chairman of the 12th Baldwin-Wallace College Alumm Association of Cleveland scho larship dance is City Health Di rector Dr. Fred T. Suppes. BUSINESS and 814 East 152nd St. Cleveland 10 Jerome Rybar Three Time CTS Winner For the third consecutive year, Jerome Rybar, has been named the most courteous CTS operator at his station by Cleveland Transit riders. Rybar, who lives with his wife and three children at 1817 Lakeview rd., received 175 commendations from his riders during the year 1959. He and Mrs. Rybar will he honored at a luncheon on Feb. 12th where he will receive a plaque officially making him the most commended man at Superior Station. As in previous years, the kickoff for the Cleveland Transit System Courtesy Cru sade will come on Valentine's Day. A car card will be posted in all CTS vehicles inviting riders to send in commenda tions on drivers who perform some unusual act of courtesy. Two Wins Shaw Set For Euclid by Marty Marino Though in last place in the Lake Erie League, the Euclid Panthers defeated Shaker in the Shaker Gym. The Euclid team, which has an all junior line-up with the exception of their 6-ft. 6-in. center, Weldon Kytle, will star the league’s leading scorer, Dan Stevenson, in their bout with Shaw tomor row. Despite the loss of Shaw’s leading seniors, the Cardinals displayed one of the best team efforts of the season, when they defeated Parma last Friday by a score of 62-38, and University School on Saturday, 60-47. annual The dance will be held tomor row at Lake Shore Hotel on Edgewater dr., in Lakewood. Lou Elgert’s orchestra will pro vide the music from 9:30 p. m. Especially outstanding in both games were senior for ward and co-captain Bill Niess, who scored 22 points Friday and 18 Saturday, and junior guard Larry Lako. whose out standing ball-handling contrib uted 25 points to the two games. Against Parma, Niess had the season’s high for re bounds with a total of 20 for the game. Adding points to the scores was Shaw’s field goal shooting, which averaged 47 per cent against Parma and 38 per cent against the Preppers. Tax Heat On Rush Y Drive A call for prompt help went out to all East Clevelanders who may be able to make a fi nancial contribution to the YM YWCA partner membership drive. Although the drive is slated to stretch all the way to March, the Y people would like to wrap it up this week with the total met. This is the time of year when wage earners and coupon clip pers slave over their income tax returns, and Y drive Chair man Tom Priscilla helps them through his job as a certified public accountant. So many de mands are being made on his time, especially at this time of year, that Dr. H. C. 4lexan’ der of the Y Board of Gover nors has made a request for ex tra effort in hurrying the drive along. He reports that re sponse has been good so far and about 60 per cent of the goal has already been reached. Last year the Y drive fell $2,000 short of its goal.