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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
Name Rockwell
Commission Head

Guy T. Rockwell, financial
editor of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, is the new president of
the East Cleveland City Commits
sion. Walter H. Sutter, manager
of the East 105th and st. Clair
Branch of the Cleveland Trust Co.
is the new vice president. The
elections marked the organization
meeting of the commission held
Monday night, during which City
Manager Chas. A. Carran admins
tered the oath of office to Richard
s. Horan, Mr.. Sutter and Rich
mond Rice, who were reelected in
the November election.
East Cleveland's street lighting
program contiues and today comes
announcement that the revamped
lighting along Phillips ave. from
125th st. to Hayden ave. and along
Shaw ave. from the western city
limits to Allegheny ST., will be
completed this week.
The city has set up an overall
improved lighting ssytem for the
municipality and its own electrical
crew, under the direction of Will
liam NARROW, and with the CO.
operation of the Gel is installing
the greatly improved system.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
New Stamp Club Is
Inviting Membership

You are invited to join a new
stamp organization called the 80"
Stamp Club. The meetings will be
held at the Museum of The Western
Reserve Historical Society, 10825
East Boulevard, on Saturday morn
ings at 1915. The first meeting
will be January 14th.
Experts from the Garfield Perry
Stamp Club of Cleveland will be
the advisors, giving information
and highlights on how and what
to collect.
Membership in the 80" Club in
wolves no fee, and is open to boys
and girls attending Junior and
Senior High School. As only a
limited number can be accommo-
dated, the first to reply will be
accepted.
Call RA. 5722, or write to the
above -aAtirrss-.immediately to be
= sured of your memoeEShip in the
80" Stamp Club.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
Record Of CIeveIands Pioneering
In Better Films Goes Into Archives

"Better Films" How often does
one hear this phrase, but how
many remember that it was coined
in Cleveland in 1915. and was the
signal Of a new movement that
was to revolutionize the film
industry.
The history of this movement in
which group of women with
vision pioneered to bring films into
the Fine Arts classification is to
be presented to the Western His
torical Society Wednesday after
noon by the Cleveland Cinema
Club. The record will include clip
pings, reports, and other material
from the year 1915 to 1949.
How we'll the club has achieved
to date is reflected in the recog-
milton which libraries, schools, col
leges, museums and the press to-
day accord this addition to Amer
lean life. Works on films are now
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05

East Cleveland's two fire sta
tions, No. on Marloes ave-, and
No. 2 on Shaw ave. are the local
receiving stations in the National
American Legion drive of Toys-for-
Tots. The drive, which closes Sat-
urday, January 7th, seeks to gather
millions of good toys to be sent
to the children across the seas,
the majority of whom have never
seen toy.
Jerry Horna, 765 East 254th st.
Legion chairman of the county's
participation in the campaign, asks
thai all toys donated by fresh
and workable, none electrical, and
none having anything to do with
war.
SoAe 1860 Legion posts over
the country have teamed up to
send these toys to the ECA coun.
tries. They will be assembled ii
philadelphia ard moved overseas
by Gle. Distribution should bs
achiey in February and March
according to Horna. If a donor
wisheJ to earmark his child's gift
for a particular country, he car
do so md the wish will be carried
through.
ThS campaign is giving of toys
by American children to European
children to develop friendship
bridge across the sea. Most Euro
pean children have never seen
toys, Horna said.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
Auto Dent Leads
To Car Recovery

It's wise to know the dents in
your own car. This knowledge,
plus the color and make, was the
cine which led Adolrh =. I.a{ris
az, OF 1856 Euclid ave-, On p
brief, but swift chase that ended
when the driver of the stolen We
hicle suddenly met up with tree.
Lauric's 1916. two-toned Buick
disappeared from a downtown
parking lot last Saturday after
noon. Going home, via bus, Laurice
and his brother-in-law, Richard
Macy, 80, of 14227 Orinoco ave-,
started out in Nagy's car to hunt
for the Buick.
After searching about down
town, they headed East on Eu-
cid ave. AS they waited for traf-
fic signal at East Boulevard, Laur-
ic spied a two-toned Buick, with
half-moon dent in its trunk. That
dent was like letter from home.
Laurie was at the cars door in a
flash-but the driver crashed the
light and sped away.
The men followed and as the
Buick raced toward Murray Hill,
it crashed into a tree. The driver
ran but Laurie ran faster. He
turned the driver, youth of 20,
over to Cleveland police.
Laurie stepped into his some
what battered car and drove
home.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
March Of Dime" )" Is Cue
For City To Pay Fund
Obligation Says Addams

A bit Of mathematics applied to
the 1850 March Of Dimes goal in
comparison with the East Cleve-
land 1949 polio fund receipts and
expenditures comes up with an
answer that should result in the
heaviest outpouring of dimes yet
to mark a local drive.
This is the challenge of the 1850
campaign.
Pointing to this practical side
of the campaign, which opens Mon
day, January 9th, Chairman STAN
ton Addams jots down the figure
$4,000. This is the amount Of
money which East Cleveland,
through its regular house-to-house
drive, dime boxes and special cam
paigns gave to the polio fund this
year.
Then Judge Adams sets down
the figure - $4,000. This is what
the Paralysis Foundation spent in
1949 on East Cleveland's u new
cases.
Now take that $4,000 figure, di-
vide it by two and you get the
actual cash which the Greater
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
In Semi-FinaI
Prince Of Peace
Contest Sunday

Having won first place in the
local and district Prince of Peace
contests, Fay Botten, member of
Windermere Methodist church and
junior at Shaw High School,
seeks to place in the semi-fnals
to be held Sunday in Ashtabula.
Ohio. Winner there will enter the
finals to be held at a later date
in Columbus.
The contest is sponsored by the
Ohio Council of Churches for high
school students who select their
own entry from the materials sup
piled by the Council and gathered
from papers prepared by win
ners in the collegiate circle. Miss
Botten's subject without Apol-
ogy" requires eight minutes to
deliver, She has given the talk at
the Northeast Kiwanis club and at
the Student Recognition Day serv-
ice and will be glad to appear on
other programs.
Miss Botten is active in the
Methodist Youth Fellowship at
Windermere where she also sings
in the choir.
Prizes ranging from $500 in cash
plus a four years scholarship, on
down to $500 cash prizes awaits
the state winners.
A number of Windermere Meth
odist folks will go to Ashtabula to
attend the semi-final and cheer
their entry onto the state finals.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05

found in Fine Arts departments
everywhere.
To Miss Bertelle Lyttle, 1877
Euclid ave-, goes much of the
credit for starting the movement
which has swung along with all
the impress which the sponsors
could give it,
That the Cleveland Federation
of Women's club was quick to
recognize the Importance of the
movement is shown by the record
which sets forth that the Cinema
club was the first to be organized
by the Federation.
Among those serving on the tea
Wednesday will be Mrs. Duncan
MacKim, 1745 Chapman ave-, as
chairman; Mrs. William Rogers
Thomas, 1915 East 14Srd ST., and
Mrs. Marjorie Lawrence, 10000
Euclid ave, Miss Lyttle vii tell Of
the highlights Of the record.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
First New Year
Baby In Area Is
An East CleveIander

1850 was scarcely minute old
when Robert Keith Goldstein step
ped into the scene to become
distinguished as the first baby to
be born in the Greater Cleveland
area this year. East Cleveland
shares in the honor since the
proud parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Trv-
ing H. Goldstein, reside at 1895
Superior rd.
Robert Keith was born in Mount
Sinai Hospital at 1901, weighing
in at Z pounds 81a ounces and is
the Goldstein's first child.
The couple were married in
Pittsburgh in September, 1947,
where Mr. Goldstein was a student
in the University of Pittsburgh.
He is district sales manager of the
Weiss Noodle Co. Mrs. Goldstein
is agraduate of Laurel School.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
To Consider Vocation
In Religious Fields

Social Work and Religious Edu-
cation AS A Life Work. This is
the topic on which w. Marlin
Butts of the faculty of Schauffler
College will speak at a special
Youth Fellowship program to be
held Sunday, January 8th at 7
o'clock in Trinity United Brethren
Church, Hayden at Alder ave. Mr.
Butts is director of vocational work
at the college,
This discussion on the choice Of
vocation is being sponsored by
the Youth Fellowship group of the
church whose director. Miss Mar
jorie Mauer will preside for the
evening.
An invitation is extended to all
young people interested,
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
installation Of +
SO Exchange Club
Officers tuesday

It's annual installation time
again for the East Cleveland Ex-
change Club and the event, Tues
day, January 10th, again takes
place at Owens Plantation. Dinner
will be served at 1880 o'clock to
be followed by an informal pro-
gram and dancing.
Bromley House will be the
installing officer and President
elect Kenneth Bolmeyer will
announce the 1850 committee
chairmen.
Retiring officers, Robert Kraber,
president; Mr.. Bolmeyer and DR..
Richard Watkins, vice presidents;
James Snelier, secretary and
Joseph Eckert, treasurer, are plan
ming the installation ceremonies,
assisted by the members of the
Board of Control, Charles Brush.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
New Hardware Store
For East Cleveland

Leo Di Santo, an old Collin
wood boy who attended Collinwood
High School when it was still a
grade school, this week becomes
East Cleveland's newest business
man, On Saturday, January 7, Leo
opens his Windermere Hardware
Store at the corner of Euclid and
Beersford, opposite the Winder-
mere car barns.
This new store is complete with
everything in the hardware line,
paints, etc, and if you stop in
Saturday you'll be given a useful
household item and there'll be
balloons for the children.
Frank Settonni will assist Mr..
Di Santo in operating Windermere
Hardware. You won't see Frank
every day as he is a student at
Baldwin Wallace College in Berea,
but he'll be around good part
of the time.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
Welfare Aid To
Speak Thursday

Community Council members
will learn more of their affiliation
with the Welfare Federation and
what it means at their January
meeting, Thursday, the 18th, at
the East Cleveland YMCA.
Speaker for this meeting will be
Malcolm Velas, chairman of the
Area Council Committee of the
Welfare Federation. Mr.. Velas has
for his subject, "The Two-way
Road Between Community Coun-
ellis and the Welfare Federation.
Representing the local council in
the federation are Mrs. Stuart
Cummins, council president, Ken
meth Vermillion, chairman of the
Welfare Committee.
Dinner will be at 6:30 and Mrs.
Cummins, FA. TIL is in charge of
reservations. The meeting at 1880
is, as usual, open to the public.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05

Cleveland fund received from the
East Cleveland contributions. The
other half goes to the National
Foundation for research, or for
loans to communities whose own
funds are insufficient to meet local
needs, such as in the epidemic
which struck this area this sum-
mer.
Deducting the approximately
$4,000 from the approximately
$4,000 leaves a balance this,
balance is the city's obligation to
the fund, according to Chairman
Adams compilation.
East Cleveland is not an under
privileged community yet it re-
ceived more than it gave to the
1949 polio fund. 1t should be able
to meet this obligation" states the
fund chairman.
Co-chairman for the coming
campaign is H. S. Weaver, chief
of police. Mr.. Larry Keith is school
chairman and treasurer for the
entire campaign.
The drive in Huron Road Hos
pital will be under the direction
of the superintendent, r. G.
Bodwell
Sectional chairmen, getting their
teams lined up for the house-to-
house solicitation are:
Mrs. Edward Donnelly, 1917
Beersford rd.; Miss Katherine
Ritchie, 1924 Melbourne rd;
Richard Clark, 1854 Melbourne rd.;
Mrs. Hilda Mooney, 1864 Lock-
wood; Mr. and Mrs Richmond
Rice, 1877 Garden rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kane, 1886
Hillside; William Derth, 1856
Eastman; Mrs. Joseph TRACT, 1867
Auburndale; Mrs. George Inman,
2004 Stanwood; Mrs. S, A. Ber-
man, 1860 Forest Hills blvd; Mrs.
r. c. Nichols, 1920 Oak Hill rd
Alfred Palay, 1900 Coventry rd.;
Mrs. Harry Shaffer, 1903 Hillcrest;
Mrs. Fred Harmon, 1863 Terrace
rd.; Mrs. Harlan Ridenour, 1745
Chapman ave-; Mrs. James Bar
! low, 1886 Lakefront ave;
Mrs. Stanton Adams, 1890
| Superior rd.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
Tree Burning
Observance
Friday Night

East Cleveland second Twelfth
Night observance will take place
tomorrow, Friday-in Forest Hills
Park at 1880 o'clock. The tree
burning, sponsored by the East
Cleveland Community Council, will
take place on Ball Diamond No. l
where the collected trees are being
stacked by the East Cleveland Fire
Department.
Twelfth Night, the twelfth day
after Christmas, marks the eve
of Epiphany, signifying the ap-
pearance of Christ to the Gentiles.
In celebration, down through the
centuries a religious observance,
there have been periods when it
was also time of merrymaking.
The observance will open with
a brief program and close with
the lighting and burning of the
bonfire. Anyone who withstood
that cold night of last January
5th will want to again participate
in this beautiful and impressive
event.
The program as announced by
Program Chairman Rev. Earle G.
HochwaId, Is as follows:
Introduction OF Thomas Murry,
Twelfth Night chairman, by Mrs.
Stuart Cummins, president, East
Cleveland Community Council.
Welcome - Mr.. Murry, who will
also serve as master of ceremonies.
Selection - Shaw a capella choir
under direction of S. Robert Fraser.
Talk - "The Significance of
Twelfth Night" - Rev. Ira Stills,
st. Philomena Catholic Church.
Music by choir.
Prayer-Rev. Sam Smith, pastor,
Trinity United Brethren Church.
AS the participants join in the
singing of the first verse of "Silent
Night" members of the East Cleve-
land Fire Department will ignite
the trees.
Chief of Police H. S. Weaver
announces that parking will be
available at the Lee rd. and Beers
ford rd. entrance parking lots, on
Lee I'd. and on Forest Hills blvd.
A special detail of officers will be
on duty.
No parking will be permitted ex-
cept in the assigned parking lots
and on the assigned streets.
"Do not bring your tree to the
bonfire" is the warning re-iter-
atcs, by Fred A. Steffens, chief
of the fire department.
Mr.. Steffens issued this warn
ing last week in his announcement
of the schedule of the special
pickup of discarded Christmas
trees. He explains that the trees
are stacked to make the. safest
possible bonfire, and the throwing
of tree into the area spaced off
for the bonfire, is not safe pro-
cedure.
Members of the fire department
still stand guard during the tree
burning. A detail of police will
also be on duty to guard the piled
trees until the hour of the program.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
Class F Opens
Season Saturday

The lid will be pried off the East
Cleveland Class F Basketball
League this Saturday afternoon.
January 7th, with all six teams in
the newly-formed league seeing
action. The season opener, sched-
uled for $3.50 pm, viii bring to-
gether the Sexton Hawks and
Campbell Tigers. The second con-
test will feature the Fort Cubs and
.Msinffardt Lions. These first two
games will be played in alternating
halves. The final clash will pair the
Henderson Sharks against the
Gerasimos Panthers to round out
the three-game card.
Those boys who have already
signed up at the preseason clinic
on December 18th are reminded to
bring their contract cards, COM
pletely filled out, and turn them
in to their coaches before their
game.
The lettered and numbered
T-shirts Ga different color for each
team which are being donated by
the East Cleveland Exchange
Club, sponsors of the League, will
be issued before the games begin.
Any boys who have not already
signed up and been assigned to a
team may do so by reporting to
Bob Keefer at the Shaw gym at
800 pm, Saturday. There are
still a few openings on the team
rosters which will be filled by the
boys who apply at that time. Come
on fellas, join the league and have
lots of fun learning and playing
basketball.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
Rev. Middaugh To
Preach At Windermere
Through January

Rev. John Middaugh will occupy
the pulpit in Windermere Presby-
terian church during the month of
January, preaching his first SER
mon there next Sunday morning
at the HOO o'clock worship hour.
Formerly pastor Of Phillips
Avenue Presbyterian church, Rev.
MiddaUgh is taking post graduate
work at Western Reserve Uni
versity.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
What investment For
1850 S Leisure Hours

Are you looking for something
interesting to do in your new year
leisure hours? How about an eve
ming of bridge, with your date as
your starting partner? This wish
can be filled at the East Cleve-
land YWCA which is starting
mixed bridge program at the Y,
1865 Euclid ave-, Tuesday, the
10th, and continuing Tuesdays
thereafter. It's new idea, and the
sponsors are especially hoping it
will appeal to the men, as well as
the women. they are hoping any
number of men will come.
This isn't "lesson" in the gen.
orally accepted meaning of that
word. But a trained kibitizer will
be ready to lend a suggestion,
should you want it,
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05

Janet plans to major in Home
Economies. She has been active in
Student Council, Friendship Club
and choir, and is a member of the
Girls Athletic Association at Shaw.
Janet is the daughter of Mrs. j. E.
Johnson.
Shirley goes in for dramatics and
hopes to major in speech and
drama. She is a member of Shaw's
Dramatic and Friendship clubs
and the Girls Athletic Association.
For several years past she has
been associated with the Curtain
Pullers at Cleveland Play House
and has appeared on television
with this group Of youthful play
ers. Shirley is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Virgil l., Mowls.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
INSTALL TONIGHT

The annual installation party of
the Tenth Division Kiwanis clubs
will be held tonight in Hotel Cleve-
land. Dinner at $3.50 will be fol-
lowed by the installation cere-
monies and dancing will be in order
for the remainder of the evening.
Norman Paynter, member of the
East Cleveland club, is finishing
his year as Tenth Division Lieuten-
ant Governor.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
Recognize Peace
Program Of Lions

Lions international, through its
local clubs, invites members and
their friends to tune in on WV
Sunday at to hear Drew Pear
son pay tribute to Lions Inter
national for it's program for peace.
Special recognition will be paid to
Melvin Jones, founder of the Lions
Club and now internationaps secre-
tary general, whose birthday is
this month.
The emphasis will also be in
cluded in the next Tuesday meet
ing of the East Cleveland club at
Tudor Arms when it will view a
peace film entitled "And Some
Must Watch -"
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
To Make Holy
Year Pilgrimage

Monsignor Maurice F. Griffin,
pastor of St. Philomena's Church
of East Cleveland, will make the
holy year pilgrimage to Rome. At
all masses in the church on New
Years Day Msgr. Griffin an
nounced that he would sail from
New York Saturday.
The priest will be accompanied
by his sitter, Miss Helen Griffin,
and they plan to spend 20 Of their
thirty days away in Rome. In 1925
Msgr. Griffin led an official diosce-
san pilgrimage to Rome for that
holy year.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05
Calvary Parsonage
Open House Sunday

Members and friends of Calvary
Lutheran church will visit their
new parsonage at 1858 Montevista
rd., next Sunday. Rev. and Mrs.
John w. Grohne and members of
the Church Council with their
wives, will welcome visitors at
Open House from three to eight
o'clock.
The congregation purchased the
parsonage few months ago.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-01-05

East Cleveland mas Deen allo-
Gated $185,000 by the Local Gov
ernment Fund Of the State of
Ohio, Finance Director Grant T.
Apthorp reported to the City Com
mission Tuesday night. The amount
is the full sum re4&ested by the
city and set up in its budget for
1850. The budget will be adopted
at the next Tuesday evening
meeting. The last year ALLEGATION
was $4,000.
In ALLEGATION Of the 1850 pro-
ceeds Of the intangible tax fund,
the city has estimated $4,000, but
since the entire ALLEGATION has been
contested by the Cuyahoga County
Library Fund, no definite figure
can be anticipated until the State
Supreme Court hands down its
opinion on the question.
The budget, as set UP, does not
include any wage or salary in
creases. However, a contingency
item of less than three per cent
has been allowed in the various
funds, as authorized by law, to
meet wage or salary increases,
that may be made later.
The 1850 general fund expendi-
ture, governmental expense, is
$741, ,920 as compared with $694,-
765 in 1949.
In the budget there will be
noted in each department an e&-
penditure "City Equipment Rent
all. For the past ten years the city
has bought, operated and main
tanned all rolling equipment, in
cluding the fire department ap-
paratus, under what is know as
the Revolving" or Garage fund.
A time card is maintained on each
piece of equipment and the opera
tons of each is charged at the
fixed rate against each function.
This bookkeeping set-up reflects
the cost of each function, and also
maintains balance ready to meet
usual expenditures as required and
avoiding any unusually heavy
financial outlays in any one year.
It also ended bond issues for these
expenditures.
The 1850 badget appropriations
are as follows: The figure IN par
enthesis are the 1949 costs.
GENERAL FUND
General Administration
City Commission - Members
$3.50; Clerk Hire $4,000; Supplies
and Equipment, 1925; total $3.50.
($5490).
Director of Finance - Salary,
$eO50; Clerk Hire, $1,000; Supplies,
$140O; total. $13,4 ,410. ($12,995).
Director of Law-Salary $500;
Cosrt Stenographer, $50; Court
Costs $25; Supplies, etc. $125; total
$500. ($5290).
City Manager - Salary $11, 500;
Clerk Hire $4,000; Supplies etc.
$3.50; total $15,35O. ($15,36O).
Civil Service Commission =
Salary $3.50; Clerk Hire $500;
Supplies SIS; total 1926. ($835).
Municipal Police Court-Judge's
salary $1,000; assistant Prosecutor
$175O; Clerk Hire $3435; Witness
and Jury fees $100; Supplies etc.
$685.; total $6925. ($6220).
Lands and Buildings-Employ-
ees $4,000; Materials, tools, sup
plies, $4,000; Telephone $1,000;
Heating $4,000; Lighting $3100;
Repairs contract $3450; Insurance
$1100; Taxes, rentals, incidentals
$475; total $27,725. ($29,425).