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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1952-07-10
Pack 395 Had
Fun At Their
Annual Picnic

All the pop and watermelon you
wanted, lots of games and prizes,
a baseball game between dads and
sons, and two picnic meals-it all
added up to a picnic for the FAM
lilies in Pack 395. The all-day out
ing was held in Forest Hills Park
on June 29th.
In the games for the small fry,
Larry Keister won the penny
scramble. Donald Price and Jimmy
Bezdek blew the biggest balloons.
In the "Step on the Newspaper
Relay Lynn Anton and Jack
Hewitt proved to be the fastest
cubs. Then the fathers and sons
threw water-filled balloons and the
Berny Keisters kept afloat the
longest. Of course, there were
games for Nom and Pop - Mrs.
Victor Nusker, the James Hollands
and the Kenneth Burtons won
these. In the pie-eating contest,
John Bezdek and Ronald Kuhr
were the quickest.
The ball game for Cubs and dads
resulted in tie score.
At the May pack meeting. Lieut..
Ray Starke of the Cleveland Hts.
Fire Department gave powerful
demonstration of fire fighting
methods and equipment. He par
ticularly stressed prevention of fire
and showed various methods used
in extiquishing different kinds Of
fires.
The June pack meeting was a
picnic supper held in Forest Hills
Park, as will be the meetings in
July and August.
Two new Cubs in Pack 395 are
Leslie Dvorin, who has earned his
bobcat pin, neckerchief and wolf
badge, and Donald Price, bobcat
pin and neckerchief. Three cubs
have earned their Webelos badge
and are now Boy Scouts. Douglas
Shepard had joined Troop 81 and
Jack Hewitt and John Gardner are
in Troop 1896. John Kisroczy has
also graduated from clubbing. The
following badges were awarded:
Wolf badge - Robert Jerome
Shelley Gilman.
Wolf arrow-Terry Mclaughlin
Bear badge-John Mingione.
Bear arrows - Bernard Keister
Jerry Fischer, Tommy Marcus.
Lion Badge-Dan Dolski.
Lion Arrow-John Beszdek.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1952-07-10
Library Reading
Club Membership
Still Increasing

Membership. in the summer
reading clubs of the East Cleve-
land Public Libraries continued to
increase during the first week of
July.
In the Rocket Reading Club, the
Main Library has 20 more readers
who have attained a rocket status,
and North Branch has 16. Total
membership is now 212 at Main
and 229 at North. One hundred and
ten rockets" are in action at the
Main Library, and Ill at North
Branch.
Before a member receives
rocket, he must read and report
on two books. The overall goal
is to read Is books reaching va
rious planets with the reading of
each book, and then return to
earth.
Completing the cycle at Main
Library are the following children:
Susan Alley, 1851 Vassar ST.; Alan
Goetz, 1881 Grantham rd.; Ellen
Hanel, 1880 Lakefront ave.; Clyde
Hayes, 1929 Euclid ave. At North:
Margaret Hayes, 138O9 Strathmore
ave-, and Billy Wittemeyer, 14621
Potomac ave. Julia and Catherine
O'Donnell have each read 80 books.
The Bookmark Clubs for smaller
youngsters can boast similar in
creases in all branches. Total
number at Main on July 9th was
172, with SO of these having book
marks with titles of stories they
have read this summer. At North
membership has reached the 290-
mark, and 205 book marks are on
display. Rozelle has rs members
and 48 book marks.
Reports from the Caledonia
Branch disclose a membership of
121, 80 of whom possess book
marks. Diane Thomas, 939 Dres-
den rd., is working on her second
book mark. In the Rocket Reading
Club there are SO rockets out of
total of 156 readers.
Those who have completed IS
books are Sandra Clark, 956 Nela-
view rd.; Gloria Hoffmeyer, $40
Helmsdade rd.; Roberta Koenig,
1867 Nelaview ave-, and Peggy
Prendergast, 862 Caledonia ave.
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points hereinbefore designated, in
consequence whereof great public
inconvnience is being suffered and
public travel endangered and de-
layed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT OR
DAINED by the Commission of
the City Of East Cleveland, Ohio,
four-fifths of all members elected
thereto concurring.
SECTION /: That it is declared
TO be of public interest that the
consent of the City be and such
consent is hereby given to the i'm
provement of the above mentioned
highway between the termini
Aforesaid.
SECTION 2: 1t is hereby de-
clared that the improvement afore-
said is Of sufficient public impor-
tance to the City Of East Cleve-
land and that said City is finan-
cially able to contribute Fifteen
Hundred Dollars Isl 100000 to-
ward the cost thereof and will pre-
pare the plans for this improve
ment.
SECTION 3: That the Clerk of
the Commission be and is hereby
directed to furnish to the Board of
County Commissioners of Cuyaho-
ga County, Ohio, certified copy
of this ordinance Immediately upon
the taking effect thereof.
SECTION a: That this ordinance
is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency measure necessary for the
immediate preservation of the
public peace, property, health and
safety, such necessity exists by
reason of the condition of said road
between the points hereinbefore
designated, in consequence whereof
great public inconvenience is being
suffered and public travel en-
! dangered and delayed, and for the
! reason that it is necessary to pro-
ceed at once in order to complete
the improvement of said road dur
ing the coming year, and provided
it receives the affirmative vote of
four-fifths of all members elected
to the City Commission, it shall
take effect and be in force from
and after it's passage; otherwise,
it shall take effect and be in force
from and after the earliest period
allowed by law.
PASSED: July l, 1852
Attest:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held
Tuesday, July Is, 1852 at 7:45 pm.
in the Commission Chamber of the
East Cleveland City Hall, 1434O
Euclid Avenue, to consider a
recommendation from the Board
of Zoning Appeals that property
at 14070 Euclid Avenue be addi-
tionally zoned Us to permit the
sale of beer and wine in the
original container and not for con-
sumption on the premises under a
State of Ohio C-2 license.
Sholto M. Spears, Secretary
Board of Zoning Appeals
Published: July 10, 1852.
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PERSONALS

Four generations of the family
were reunited recently when Mrs
N. Sekasch, the great-grandmoth
er, and Mrs. j. c. Becker, grand
mother, spent a week in the east
visiting Mrs. R. A. Woost, the for.
mer Nancy Ann Becker, and bab!
danughter, Vicky Joe, in New Lon
don, Conn. Also on hand were Mr.
Becker; the Beckers' other daugh
ter, jeanne, and their son-in-law
Rick A. Woost, whom they hadn''
seen in more than a year. He il
serving as radioman, second class
in the U. S. Navy. The Becker'
live at 1892 Fifth ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard H. Chant
1866 East 133rd ST., announce the
birth of their daughter, Sherrie
Lynn on Monday June 9th. She
weighed in at 7 lbs, 8 ounces, at
Doctors Hospital. Mrs. Chant is
the former Jacqueline Baxter.
i
If Jill Denison were to inquire
as to the whereabouts this coming
Sunday afternoon of her friends at
Shaw, where she is a senior, she
no doubt would discover all of them
dialing Radio Station VICAR, at
least at 1880 p. m. That's the
hour Jill appears on the air in the
part of Peggoty in Dickens
Young David Copperfield," pre-
sentation of the Fairytale Theatre.
Jill, daughter of Mrs. L. A. Deni-
son, lives at 1854 Glynn I'd.
Esther Mullin is producer-direc-
tor of the play.
Clark Townsend of 13427 Shaw
ave-, is spending the current week
in New York City. He plans to di-
vide his time between covering vsr-
ious radio stations there and visit
ing old schoolmates of the Fair
field Country Day School in Fair
field, Conn, where the family
lived for four years during the last
war. Clark is the son of Mrs.
Robert Townsend.
Clark Tefft, son of Mr.. and Mrs
L. C. Tefft of 1340S Lambert ST..
is assisting at Taft Headquarters
at the National Convention in Chi
cago this week. He is a 1948 grad
uate of Shaw High School and a
graduate of three weeks from God
dard College in Plainfield, Ver-
mont. He received his degree in
political science.
Miss Margery Shields, 1847 Rox-
ford rd., is attending the Christian
sen Choral School, held at Penn
Hall Junior College and Prep
School, Chambersburg, Pa.
Ethel Arndt, 1172 North Lock-
wood ave-, joined the Air Force
recently, signing in at the Induc-
tion Center, Standard Building.
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Board of Zoning Appeals on June
10, 1852 adopted by a vote of three
or more members thereof a motion
providing for an amendment of the
existing zoning classification of the
property hereinafter described to
permit the location of State of
Ohio C-2 liquor license on the
premises, which motion has been
certified to this Commission, and
WHEREAS, the City Commits
sion has reviewed said recommen-
dation and finds the same to be in
the interest of the public health,
safety, convenience, prosperity and
general welfare and for the usual
daily operation of municipal de-
partment thereby constituting this
ordinance an emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T
ORDAINED by the Commission of
the City of East Cleveland, Ohio,
four-fifths of all members elected
thereto concurring.
SECTION /: That Ordinance
No. 1875, passed April II, 1922,
and entitled: "An Ordinance es-
tablishing Zone Plan for the City
of East Cleveland, Ohio, regu-
lating location of trades, industries,
apartment houses, dwellings, and
other uses of property, the area
and dimensions of lots and yards,
and the height of buildings; and
repeating Ordinance No. 1920,
passed July Is, 1919, and entitled,
AN emergency ordinance adopting
a building zone plan for the City
of East Cleveland, establishing and
fixing the boundaries of building
zones, and regulating the location,
erection, use and maintenance of
all buildings therein" be amended
by the addition of the following
Section 72:
SECTION 72: That the exist
ing zoning classification of the
premises known as 14719 Euclid
Avenue be and the same is here
by amended so that the existing
zoning classification of US AS HIS
shall be and is hereby further
zoned Glass Us to permit the
sale of those intoxicating liquors
specified under the State of Ohio
CO liquor license classification.
SECTION 2: That the City Engi-
neer be authorized and directed to
revise the building zone map ac-
companying said Ordinance No.
1875 to show the change herein
authorized, and that the Building
Inspector and Deputy Building In
spector be authorized to issue per-
mits in accordance with said
change in classification.
SECTION 8: That this ordinance
is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency measure providing for the
public health, safety, convenience,
prosperity, and general welfare
and for the usual daily oper-
alton of a municipal department,
and provided it receives the affir-
NATIVE vote of four-fifths of all
members elected to the City Com
mission, it shall take effect and
be in force from and after its
passage; otherwise, it shall take
effect and be in force from and
after the earliest period allowed
by law.
PASSED: July l, 1852
Attest:
(Signed) G. T. Apthorp
Clerk of the Commission
Published July 10, 1852.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1952-07-10

A family reunion was celebrated
by Mr.. and Mrs. Bert A. Dole, this
past holiday weekend, when they
entertained their six children at
their home, 1840 lakewood ave. At
tending were a son, Berton A. Dole
and family of Burbank, California;
another son, DR.. Leslie M. Dole
and family of Lake Forest, Illi-
nois; and daughter, Mrs. Vernon
Clark of Middletown, Connecticut,
and her daughter.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Kiichi Furukwa, 12708 Shaw ave-,
at 5:19 a. M. on the Fourth of
July at Woman's Hospital.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Edith Herst
of 1913 Holyoke ave. and Mrs.
Mary Bellings of Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, left on the first
leg of their western trip, which
will take them through the Grand
Canyon and on into California,
thence up the coast to Victoria,
B. c., over to Lake Louise and
Banff, and then home. They are
travelling by rail.
In San Jose, California they will
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
James L. Eirls. At the time Mr..
Eirls was studying here at Case
/ Institute of Technology, where he
was graduated in June of '51, he
and his wife made their home with
Mrs. Herst.
The entire Richard X. Jones FAM
lily of 1910 East 143rd st. has gone
Latin American. 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, together
with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Belts
of Woodbridge rd., Clev ! a d
Heights, drove to Miami Beach to
attend the National Shrine con-
vention. Mr.. Jones is in the Legion
of Honor, and Mr.. Belts is men,
ber of the Oriental Band. When
the convention gala drew to a
close, they teamed up with hum
drews of other Shriners for a pill
grimage to Cuba, where they are
registered at the Hotel Nationale.
They plan to visit ancient MORO
Castle, the cigar factories, sugar
plantations, and the Latin quarter.
At the same time the Jones
daughter, Alice, with a friend,
Clara Regan of 1442O Woodwork
rd., are flying to Mexico City.
They've timed their jaunt to coin
eide with the famed Corpus
Christi celebration. A visit to
Guadalajara to view the glass fac
tories, and climb up the famous
volcano, Paracurtin, are "must's"
in their date book at that spot.
Next stop will be Lake Patzcuaro,
where the Indians fish with butter
fly nets from dugout canoes. Then
it's on to the Spa of San Jose and
the tile factories of Puebla. This
is a return trip for both girls.
Off on Canadian holiday are Mr..
and Mrs. James McKie of 1873
Milan ave.
Miss Audrey Scott, member of
the faculty at Caledonia School and
a resident of 1889 Holyoke ave-, is
on her way to Mexico. Kent State
University is offering aSsiH-weeks
combination study-recreation pro-
gram in Mexico City this summer,
and Miss Scott drove carload Of
passengers south as part of the
university caravan. She left on the
Fourth.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1851

Dy NA h)LAICSI
AN EMERG ENCY ORDI-
NANCE GIVING THE CON-
SENT OF THE CITY OF
EAST CLEVELAND TO THE
IMPROVEMENT OF EDDY
ROAD FROM HAYDEN AVE
NUE. TO THE NORTHERLY
CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF EAST CLEVELAND BY
RESURFACING WITH AS
PHALTIC CONCRETE AT
AN ESTIMATED COST OF
S17,000.00.
WHEREAS, the Board of County
Commissioners has tentatively ap.
proved a construction program fol
the year 1852, and
WHEREAS, one Of these roads
proposed to be improved is a City
Street and also a County RoaC
known as Eddy Road, lying be.
tween Hayden Avenue and the
Northerly City Limits of the City
of East Cleveland, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists
for the immediate preservation OF
the public peace, property, health
and safety by reason of the con.
dition of said road between the
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ORDINANCE NO. 1850

ORDINANCE NO. 1850
By: Mr.. Horan
AN EMER G NCY ORDI-
NANCE TO SUPPLEMENT
AND AMEND ORDINANCE
NO. 1875, PASSED APRIL
II, 1922, AND BEING THE
ZONING ORDINANCE, so
CALLED, OF THE CITY OF
EAST CLEVE ND, BY
ENACTING NEW SECTION
NO. IS.
WHEREAS, after public notice
and hearing as provided in Ordi-
nance No. 1875, as amended, the
Board of Zoning Appeals on June
"a, 1852 adopted by a vote of three
or more members thereof a motion
providing for an amendment of the
existing zoning classification of the
property hereinafter described to
permit the location of State of
Ohio CO liquor license on the
premises, which motion has been
certified to this Commission, and
WHEREAS, the City Commits
sion has reviewed said recommen-
dation and finds the same to be in
the interest of the public health,
safety, convenience, prosperity and
general welfare and for the usual
daily operation of a municipal de-
partment thereby constituting this
ordinance an emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T
ORDAINED by the Commission of
the City of East Cleveland, Ohio,
four-fifths of all members elected
thereto concurring.
SECTION 1: That Ordinance
No. 1915, passed April II, 1922,
and entitled: "An Ordinance es-
tablishing Zone Plan for the City
of East Cleveland, Ohio, regu-
lating location of trades, industries,
apartment houses, dwellings, and
other uses of property, the area
and dimensions of lots and yards,
and the height of buildings; and
repeating Ordinance No. 1920,
passed July Is, 1919, and entitled
AN emergency ordinance adopting
a building zone plan for the City
of East Cleveland, establishing and
fixing the boundaries of building
zones, and regulating the location,
erection, use and maintenance of
all buildings therein" be amended
by the addition of the following
Section rs:
SECTION rs: That the exist
ing zoning classification of the
premises known as 1923 Colt
Avenue be and the same is here
by amended so that the existing
zoning classification of w "A H2
shall be and is hereby further
zoned Class Us to permit the
sale of those Intoxicating liquors
specified under the State of
Ohio C-2 liquor license classi-
fication.
SECTION 2: That the City Engi-
neer be authorized and directed to
revise the building zone map ac-
companying said Ordinance No.
1875 to show the change herein
authorized, and that the Building
Inspector and Deputy Building In
spector be authorized to issue per-
mits in accordance with said
change in classification.
SECTION 3: That this ordinance
is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency measure providing for the
public health, safety, convenience,
prosperity, and general welfare
and for the usual daily oper-
alton of a municipal department,
and provided it receives the affir-
NATIVE vote of four-fifths of all
members elected to the City Com
mission, it shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's
passage; otherwise, it shall take
effect and be in force from and
after the earliest period allowed
by law.
PASSED: July 1, 1852
Attest:
(Signed) G. T. Apthorp
Clerk Of the Commission
Published July 10, 1852.
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She was the last Of her family.
Two nieces, Mrs. Nellie Casteter
and Mrs. Eilene Toomey, survive
her. Her home was at 1900 Carl
yon rd., East Cleveland.
Services will be at 9 a. m.
Thursday in st. Agatha's Catholic
Church. Burial will be in Calvary
Cemetery. Friends may call at the
Flynn-Froelk funeral home, 131O4
Euclid ave-, East Cleveland.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4649
p,,. NJ. Ill.,

n.y. WI. I1OIdH
AN z NJ E R G E NCY ORDI-
NANCE TO SUPPLEMENT
AND AMEND ORDINANCE
NO. 1875, PASSED APRIL
II, 1922, AND BEING THE
ZONING ORDINANCE, SO
CALLED, OF THE CITY OF
EAST CLE VELAND, BY
ENACTING NEW SECTION
NO. 72.
WHEREAS, after public notice
and hearing as provided in Ordi
nance No. 1875, as amended, the
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Mayme Mcdonald


Miss Mayme Mcdonald, an ex-
pert filter connected with a large
Cleveland store for almost rs
years, died Monday, June Both,
while at her work at the Higbee
Co.
She had been with the Higbee
Co. for the last 13 years. Before
that she was for eight years with
the Lindner Co. Earlier she was
with SiegePs here.
Born and reared on the East
Side, Miss Mcdonald was a gradu-
ate of Immaculate Conce ii o n
Parochial School. She was a men,
ber of the Catholic Ladies of Co.
lumbia and the Ladies Catholic
Benevolent Association.
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CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH
1900 Euclid at Lockwood ave.

During the month of July and
August, there will be only one service
Sunday morning combined Sun
day School and Church service at
9:45 a. m.
The Adult Department will meet in
the church service.
The Primary Department will meet
as usual
Holy Communion will be held Sun
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Deaths
Albert E. Otter

Burial in East Cleveland Gene
terry followed services last Satur-
day afternoon for Albert E. Otter,
81, who passed away on July 1st
at his home, 858 Caledonia ave.
An active businessman until his
death, he was president of the
Baldwin Coal and Supply Co. in
Willoughby and well-known in the
Cleveland area as a stone mason
and building contractor. Chambers
Elementary School on Shaw ave.
was one of the outstanding pro-
jects for which he was responsible,
when he operated his own stone
cutting firm. He later went into
the building contracting business.
A native of Dorset, England, he
came to this country as a young
man. He and Mrs. Otter celebrated
their fiftieth wedding anniversary
four years ago.
A member of Woodward Lodge
of the Masonic Order, Mr.. Otter is
survived by his widow; a brother,
Robert Otter of Cleveland; and a
sister and another brother who re-
side in England, Mrs. Blanche
Dunn and Charles Otter.
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Harry A. kettyle

Funeral services were Saturday,
July 9TH, at 10 a. m. in st. Joseph's s
Church for Harry A. Kettyle. His
late residence was 1881 Hayden
ave. He was the beloved husband
of Rose (nee Dowling).
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Mayme Mcdonald

Miss Mayme Mcdonald, who re-
sided here at 1900 Carlyon rd.,
died while at her work in one of
Cleveland's large d epart m n t
stores on July 1st. Services were
conducted in st. Agatha's Catho-
lie Church last Thursday, followed
by burial in Calvary Cemetery.
A member of the Ladies' Catho-
lie Benevolent Association and the
Catholic Ladies of Columbia, Miss
Mcdonald, an east-side resident all
of her life, had been educated at
the Immaculate Conception Paro-
chial School.
For approximately twenty-five
years she had been an expert filter
with three different Cleveland re-
tail stores.
There are no immediate surviv-
ors. Two nieces, Mrs. Ellene
Toomey and Mrs. Nellie Casteter,
reside in Cleveland.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1868
d. AE,. Dz.1-ll


AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PLANS.
SPECIFICATIONS, AND ESTIMATES AND AUTHoRIz-
MENT WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY CoMMISsoNERs
OF GuYAH0GA "a & GoUNTY, OHIO OHIO FOR FOR T THE IMPROVE o
ELDERWOOD AVENUE.
WHEREAS emergency preservation
Of the public health and safety the being
NOW THEREFoRE BE 1T ORDAINED by the Commission of
the City of East Cleveland Ohio urhs of all members elected
thereto concurring
SECTION plans, specifications
Noble Road from Euclid Ederwood Avenue
prepared by the City of East Cleveland be and the
Section City City
h and he into
County Ohio for the improvement of Noble Road from Euclid Avenue
20 "AGREEMENT
the Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga
County the City of East improve
Noble Euclid Avenue o Elderwood
This Agreement entered into at Cleveland, Ohio ths-day
of ------------- 1852 by and between the
the the City of East Cleveland by its City
been duly authorized into said Agreement by Ord
adopted by the Commission of the City of
Party of the Second Part.
Commission Of the City of East Cleveland by its odnan of
Consent No. adopted the----~----------- day
between improve County Road
Euclid Avenue and Eerwood Avenue by widening epavng with
Portland plans
approved by the County Engineer therefor; and
WHEREAS the Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga
has agreed improve the before
NOW THEREFORE, consideration agree
contained be performed by the parties hereto and the
payment hereinafter agreed be paid it mutually agreed by and
THAT the Party of the First Part will improve Noble Road
County the limits herenbefore
the specifications by
County Engineer of Cuyahoga County.
Second the Commission of the City of East Cleveland
this the of the
will be considered be the amount actually paid to the