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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19
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Mondays Storm
Is Traced To
Kiwanis Meeting

Several Kiwanis luncheon CO.
horst-and principally Fred Greve
may be taking some of the credit
for inducing last Mondays flash
thunderstorm that struck here
early in the afternoon, causing
temporary but periodic illuminat-
ing difficulties and considerable
property damage during its two
hour duration.
Mr.. Greve, plus companions, in
a pre-luncheon huddle at the week
ly meeting, were berating and
bemoaning the summer drought.
Mr.. Greve, in particular, was lam
enting the water shortage and
figuring down to the last drop and
penny how much it was costing
him to irrigate his crops on Char
don rd. Willoughby.
The word "rain" had scarcely
passed his lips when the heavens
opened and deluge was forth
coming-also upon Mr.. G's toma-
toes and corn, we trust.
Said deluge, accompanied by
high winds, violent thunder and
lightning, spelled a hectic two
hours for East Cleveland police
and fireman alike.
Chief H. S. Weaver reported at
least $50 calls were received at
the police desk about wires down,
fallen trees and other property
damage due to the high velocity
of the winds throughout the entire
city.
Residents at 1845 Roxford, the
Shaw-Manhatten area, 1749 East
ham section of Hayden ave. and
1865 Belmore were among those
phoning to report damage.
Among the six major SOS.
calls received by the fire depart
ment the one posing the biggest
problem occurred at 14403 Shaw
ave., the residence of Joseph J.
Pajak, next door to Engine House
No. 2.
At the time this was reported
the equipment on Shaw was busy
on call at 1869 Fourth ave.
So men from No. / rushed to the
scene. Estimated damage was 5000
to the building and $25 to furnish
ings.
Falling trees at the Fourth ave.
address caused complete demolition
of a car and garage. Extremely
high voltage wires and a ruptured
gasoline tank hampered work Of
firemen.
Other reported fires were not of
serious consequence.
Electric power failure according
to police and the Illuminating Co.,
was due to hundreds of fallen
wires and trees in all parts of
the suburb. Lights were completely
restored by p. m.
In the meantime, more than one
article for this weeks paper were
typed out by candlelight page
Liberace!
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

erty closer to his residence than
allowed by present ruling because
of the situation of the home and
width of the lot.
Also granted were requests from
Ralph E. Thoren, sr., 1841-43
Hastings ave-, for a temporary
permit allowing a third-floor suite
in the dwelling, and from Mrs.
William Mease, 1858 Terrace rd.,
for permission to house one foster
child, to be assigned by the County
Welfare agency.
Permission was granted to
amend the Dwelling House Code
concerning alterations to one-story
detached garages, providing the
total area of the altered building
does not exceed 600 ft. or be con-
structed nearer than 5 feet from
a frame dwelling or less than 3
feet from a private garage on
adjacent premises.
Continued for further study was
the case of Andrew Sutton, owner
of a home at 1878 belmont ave.
Mr.. Sutton is asking for permis-
sion to rent the third floor of his
dwelling without cooking facilities.
The request of Clayton c. Moore,
1858 lakewood ave., was also ta-
bled. Mr.. Moore is seeking to re-
vert his house to it's original class
ification of a single family unit.
An inspection early this month in
dicated the building has been ille-
gally converted to multiple-family
use and does not conform to either
ventilating or electrical wiring
regulations.
The board refused to grant The
Mulgrew Printing Co. and Mrs.
Max Alderman, owner of the prem
ises, the right to operate as a
conditional use a printing estab-
lishment at 1914 Hayden ave. The
property is located in a zone which
prohibits the operation of such
businesses.
Of the two appeals previously
continued at the August 9Th meet
ing of the board, one, filed by The
Euclid Industrial Design Corp,
was okayed. The company will be
allowed to establish a parking lot
for employees at the southeast
corner of Chapman and Euclid ave.
Turned down was the second
continued case on the agenda, that
of Luciano Tarasco, who sought to
convert his single-family house at
1884 Rosalind ave. to a two-family
dwelling.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19
Pups Get 10 DAYS

The canine population of the
city has been relatively quiet the
past few days, with only two in
cidents listed on the police blotter,
both minor.
Three-year-old acqu Ii n e
Tighe, 14304 Euclid ave., was bit
ten on the left cheek August 18th
while playing with a black cocker
spaniel owned by Mrs. A. George,
1881 Beersford rd.
One day later Mrs. Kiyo
Nadaoko, 1869 Hover ave., re-
ceived a slight laceration on her
left arm when her own dog bit
her.
Jacqueline and Mrs. Nadaoko
were both treated at Huron Road
Hospital and released. Their can
inc friends were forced to accept
stern fare: 10 days Of quarantine
per pup.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19
Hamilton Nine
Takes Crown In
Pony League
By Bob K eefer

The strong Hamilton Insurance
team clinched the East Cleveland
Pony League championship by
trouncing Edwards Funeral Home,
1871, at Shaw Field on Tuesday
night.
The hard hitting insurancemen
pounded out eleven hits while
Butch King held the losers to five
scattered safeties to register his
seventh victory of the season.
Al Thomson, Hamilton's slug
ging first baseman-pitcher, added
two more hits to his astounding
seasons collection, including a
home run, and now owns a lusty
.685 average with one more game
remaining.
Chuck Thomson's talented crew,
after a shaky start, was the class
of the league with good balance in
the hitting, fielding and pitching
departments. In Thomson, King
and Bob Biscotti, the winning nine
boasts a trio of really gifted dia-
mond performers who should be-
come outstanding high school ath-
letes in another two or three years.
While the other three teams had
their moments" during the 49,
game schedule, they lacked the
overall power and finesse that the
1854 champions displayed. If pos
sible. an exhibition game will be
arranged between the Hamilton
nine and a picked squad of players
representing the East Cleveland
Post 1853 Blue and Gold Class E
teams.
This game, if arranged, will
probably be played next week at
Shaw Field.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

Well under way at the corner of
Page and Euclid aves. is the new
wing of the East Cleveland Congre-
gational Church.
Pictured above, inspecting the
gray stone and brick walls, fast
rising from the ground, are R. N.
Green, chairman of the board of
trustees; Hamilton Beatty, head of
the church's property improvement
committee; Phelps Cunningham,
architect; and the Rev. Earle C.
Hochwald, pastor of the church.
Totaling in excess of $1O5,OO0,
the improvement project for the
church includes not only the new
addition but interior remodeling of
the original structure.
The wing is being erected on the
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19
Woman's S Club Picnic

Northeastern Group of Ohio U
Women's Club will have an op-
portunity to meet each others
families at a covered dish picnic
supper to be held at Squire's
Castle on Thursday, August 10Th,
at 6;15 p. m. Mrs. Thomas Del
linger, 2S1 East 2OOth st. is a
member of committee in charge of
arrangements. Reservations are
being taken by Mrs. Ernest Ko-
pecky, 2O851 Crystal ave-, ~. l.
4918 and Mrs. Clifford Allen,
1918 Huntmere ave., ". 1-1449.
Each family attending will bring
covered dish and own place set
tings. Beverages will be provided.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19
Old Shaw Stadium To Get A Rest
Less Seating
For Fans Due
To Repairs
By Stan Minotas

Thirty years old and certainly
entitled to a "rest" if only in part
is Shaw Stadium - the football
fans paradise.
Repairs and reconstruction work
now underway at cost more
than $4,000 will cut down any
possible attendance marks this fall
regardless of the caliber of teams
on the field.
The section of stands on the
East side of the stadium will be
closed off all or in part during
the falls gridiron activities.
Present repairs and future plans
for Improvement all point to the
fact that for thirty years Shaw
Stadium stood out as the dream
field of Northern Ohio.
Few if any high school stadiums
can begin to compare to the COM
pactness and facilities of the foot
ball Cardinals home field.
1t is safe to say that upwards
of 100000 fans have enjoyed
every possible form of football
on a field that was designed al
most exclusive for the spectators.
Regardless of the size of the crowd,
the players on the field always
felt surrounded because the stands
were so close.
No doubt the responsibility for
the fields design and construc-
tion can be traced back to the Os-
born Engineering Company who
made possible Shaw's we'll known
stadium. The Osborn name is
synonymous with fine fields
throughout the nation on high
school and college campuses, and
many municipal stadiums.
The fame of Shaw Stadium
started in the early months of
1923 when East Clevelander's ap-
proved $4,000 Bond Issue and
then engaged the Osborn Engineer
ing Company. Acceptance of the
field by football players and fans
can be attested by the fact the
bonds We're paid foff-4on tilFe tn
1888. Z
Since the first game in 1895
until now, use of Shaw Stadium
was not limited to just the boys
who fought for dear old Shaw.
Famous names have left cleat
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

prints on the well worn turf either
as youngsters in amateur compe-
tition, junior high games, high
school, college and even profess
sional.
Aside from the Cleveland Sta
dium, Greater Clevelanders and
Northern Ohio fans preferred (and
still do) to watch their favorite
teams in action at Shaw Stadium.
1t was one of the first gridiron
plants to be lighted for night
games.
Even today youngsters in East
Cleveland, playing in the shadow
of the great field, dream of the
day when they can trot onto the
famous field.
When we said the Stadium was
due for a rest-that included the
playing field also. For the first
time in more than twenty years
the number of games will be re-
stricted. Just little over a dozen
games are on tap for the 1854
season including Shaw's five
games. This is a far cry from the
high of 26 games in one season
registered several years back.
Football fans are not the only
ones who prefer Shaw Stadium
above the rest. Few If anv naws
paper men, school scouts and Off
cials have had room to complain
on their visits. The Stadiums Press
Box Facilities are tops.
& Although the fans who visit
Shaw Stadium this fall may not
notice the more than $4,000 in
repairs, they will be treated to
something new. A new all-electric
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

Details of the annual outing,
staged by East Cleveland Lodge
of the F.O.P.A. are being whipped
into shape this week by COM
mittee whose membership is grow
ing by leaps and bounds.
With the clam bake a bare
three weeks away-it's slated for
Wednesday, September 9th at
Brae-Burn Park, $4,000 Euclid ave.
Chairman Fred Henderson and
Vice Chairman George Hickernell,
president of Local Al, are dele
gathg specific jobs to specific
members.
By way Of getting in the mood
for the Forthcoming festivities,
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

eastern section of the large church
lawn jutting out north from the old
building toward Euclid ave. Fore
most among its features will be an
assembly room for Sunday School
classes, new organ room and choir
quarters, offices housing the pastor
and church secretary, boiler room,
and other smaller classrooms. 1t
is planned as a One-story addition
with basement.
Tentative and unofficial date of
completion is approximately the
first of the year. In the meantime,
regardless of the progress of con-
struction, regular services will be
resumed on Sunday, Sept. 18th.
Members of the congregation cur
rently number $50.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19
wGradsAre
Asked To Write
Chain Letter." ="

A unique "chain letter" approach
to promote widespread coverage
of the coming Shaw Alumni Dance
on September 10th, is being inaug-
urated this week by Chairman
Marty Lotus.
Realizing it is an impossible task
to ascertain the present where
abouts of all Shaw graduates in
this vicinity, Mr.. Lotus is sug-
gesting the following plan:
Each alumnus reading this an
nouncement is asked to mail post
cards to three other alums whose
addresses he knows, stating the
what, "where" and "when" of
the event, requesting the recipient,
in turn, to contact via the post
card route three other graduates.
Vital statistics should include:
What? Fourth annual Shaw
Alumni Dance.
Where? Mentor Park.
When? Friday, September 10th.
Prime purpose of this yearly
fun-frolic is actually two-fold. Not
only is it the sole official reunion
of former students, the event also
swells a fund which, in time, will
be utilized for scholarship loan
purposes.
Ultimate goal is one thousand
dollars. When that figure is
reached, the permanent scholar
ship committee, headed by John
Walworth, will begin to function.
At present the fund has topped the
five hundred dollar mark.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19
Silver Weddinq

Friends and neighbors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Smith are being invited
to celebrate their twenty-fifth we'd
ding anniversary on Sunday, Aug
ust 22nd.
The Smiths will hold Open House
at their residence, 1906 Sixth ave.,
from three to seven o'clock.
Assisting their parents in COM
memorating the event and acting
as hosts and hostesses will be the
couples five children, Jack, jr.,
Patty, Dorothy, Colleen and Louise.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

Polio Drive


There can be no defense with
out funds!"
With this slogan to spur it on,
East Cleveland is opening its
heart and pocketbooks - this
week for the opening days of its
first Emergency Polio Drive.
It's a drive dominated solely by
cans and coupons-no goal, no
door-to-door solicitation, no can
vassing.
Just an appeal to the city's
generosity and understanding
through polio cans on your neigh
borhood merchants shelves for
your spare coins, and coupons
elsewhere in your paper for mailed
contributions.
Seven hundred letters from
Polio Chairman, Stanton Adams
went into the mail this week, ad-
dressed to the 700 volunteers
which formed the army of march
ers participating in the campaign
last January.
Today these same volunteers are
merely being asked to spread news
of the emergency need by word
of mouth.
The rest is up to us.
Polio headquarters here report
the response of local merchants
in placing cans on their counters
was heart-warming. From Hayden
to Noble to Superior and beyond
they are cooperating. More than
three hundred have been placed
in various business establishments,
including several industries who
suggested distributing them in
their employee cafeterias.
Mailed contributions may be
sent to Stanton Adams, East
Cleveland City Hall, 1434O Eu-
cid ave. or may be brought to the
police desk in city hall.
The why of the emergency
drive?
Because today the March of
Dimes funds are exhausted. Why?
Because the March of Dimes has
been fighting our fight in research,
according to Mrs. Alcwyn Isaac,
co-chairman with Mr. Adams in
the campaign here.
Carry-over cases, she explained,
become increasingly numerous and
of longer duration in direct ratio
to the intensity of polio epidemics
in recent years.
"And most disturbing, States
the county polio committee, "polio
epidemics once again are aflame
in countless communities which de-
pend upon the March of Dimes
for iron lungs, medical personnel
and financial assistance"
Assisting the two chairmen are
Mrs. Dan McNall, Mrs. Robert R.
Heisler and Robert Stephens.
Queries from merchants about
cans or questions per-
tanning to the drive may be
phoned to any of the following
Ii. 1892, Ii. 1916,
or EV. 1-7632.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19
Services Held
tuesday For
William Speed

Well-knoWn In East Cleveland as
superintendent of buildings and
grounds for the Board of Educa-
tion, William w. Speed, who had
been employed by the Board for
more than Is years, died on August
18th in Huron Road Hospital.
Prior to being made superintend-
ent, he had been in charge of the
schools warehouse and at one time
was responsible for transportation
of handicapped children in East
Cleveland to Sunbeam School.
Mr.. Speed was SO at his death.
He was born in Scotland and came
to Cleveland in 1906. During his
early years he was engaged in the
building contracting business and
constructed many of the more pre-
tentious homes in both Cleveland
Heights and East Cleveland.
He was an active Mason. A men,
ber of Windermere Chapter, Win
dermere Council, AL Koran Shrine
and Lake Erie Consistory, Mr..
Speed at one time served as past
master of Forest Hill Lodge.
His principal hobby was fishing.
He belonged to the Burleigh Falls
Fishing Club of Burleigh Falls,
Ontario, and spent most of his
vacation time in the streams of
Canada.
Services for Mr.. Speed were held
in East Cleveland on Tuesday af-
ternoon, followed by burial in
Knollwood Cemetery.
His wife, Helen; a daughter and
son; two sisters in Scotland, and
three brothers and two sisters in
this country survive him.
The Speed residence is located at
3406 HARDWOOD rd.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

Airman 1/C John Foreman is
recovering from bronchial pneu-
monia at Grille Hospital. Airman
Foreman was at his home, 1000
Hayden ave-, on furlough, prepara-
tory to taking off for an assign
ment to Greenland when he be-
came i'll.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

four committeeman - or as one
member put it, "four old clans
lined up at a recent meeting in
a practice session for the "chow
line" at the outing. Left to right,
they are Jim Clark, AL Cutler,
Fred Henderson, and H. F. Hen
derson, and H. F. (Pepper) Martin.
Additional CLANS" on the COM
mittee, according to its official
release, include Bill Becker, Bob
Browske, Howard w. Edwards, Joe
Eckel, Henry Geerer, Wayne
Groenstein, John Iacofano, Bill
Kirby, Joe Kolk, Bob Mylott, Roll
lin Rendlesham, John Rondini, Bob
Thompson, Tony Tomsic, and Bob
Trapp.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

(and said to be accurately score
board will be in operation.
East Clevelanders can well be
proud of the decision they made
some thirty years ago in approx
ing 8, bond issue for the Stadium.
Ordinarily the location of a
stadium in a heavily populated
area brings protests. There have
been a few, no doubt, in the
neighborhood of Shaw Stadium
who were peeved at crowds and
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund A.
Schlak, ST., 1858 n. Lockwood ave-:
a boy, Lawrence William, July 31st.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19
Union Service

Rev. J. Franklyn McHendry, pas
tor of the Windermere Presbyter-
ian Church, will occupy the pulpit
for the next summer Union Serv-
ice on Sunday, August 22nd, at
1000 a. m.
Services will be held in the East
Cleveland Baptist Church, corner
of Euclid ave. and Rosemont rd.
Responsibility for the morning mu-
sic and ushering will be assumed
by the host church.
Union services are continuing
this year through September 5th.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Richard ].
Riley, 1485 East 135th ST.: a boy,
Michael Joe, July Goth.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene B.
Carroll, 14715 Terrace rd.: a boy,
Eugene Bernard, jr., July 10Th.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-08-19

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Evening star., 1954-09-30
Salesman Viewed
AS Key Suspect in
Killing Of Iowa Boy
BY The Associated Press

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 80.
"A Sioux City detective said to-
day "I think we have the right
man" in the abduction Staying
of 8-year-old Jimmie Bremmer.
Detective 1t. Harry j. Gibbons
identified the man as an timer
ant salesman previously ques-
toned in the case. No charge
has been filed.
The salesman, described by
Police Chief O'Keefe as "psy-
chotic as well as homosexual, !"
steadfastly denies any knowledge
of Jimmie's death.
II think he knows a lot more
than he's telling" 1t. Gibbons
said.
Admits Talking TO Boy.
The man has admitted talking
to the boy on August 81, the
night he disappeared from near
his home here. Police decline
to name the man.
The month-long search for the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Bremmer ended yesterday in a
pasture only 4 miles from the
boys home. Three highway
maintenance men found the
mutilated body.
Sioux City police, 1t. Gibbons
said, also are working with Off
cials of Auburn, Me-, where a
12-year-old boy disappeared last
July % under similar circum-
stances. His body was found
nine days later in a river.
Brought From Hospital.
1t. Gibbons said the salesman
being questioned here admits
being on the East Coast last
June.
The salesman, returned yester-
day from nearby Cherokee State
Mental Health Institute, was
taken to the scene where Jim
mics body was found before un-
dergoing hours of questioning.
He had entered the institute as
voluntary patient to take psy-
chiatric treatment.
DR.. Thomas L. Cordien, county
coroner, said the boys head was
crushed by one or more blows.
No weapon was found.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Cornell Wilde Is Given
Custody Of Daughter
BY the Assoeioied Press

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3d.
Actor Cornell Wilde has full
custody Of his daughter Wendy.
II, until his former wife. Actress
Patricia Knight, returns from
Europe.
Previously Miss knight had
custody of the child. with Mr..
Wilde having visitation rights.
But since the mother left the
United States the girl has been
staying with Mr.. Wilde and his
present wife. Actress Jean Wal
lace. Superior court legalized
the custody yesterday.
Miss Knight has announced
she will wed Niels Larsen, Dan
ish cosmetics maker and movie
producer. in Copenhagen October
"a
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Women's Bureau Chief
Gets Higher Labor Post
BY The Assoeiuisd Press

Secretary Of Labor Mitchell
has appointed Mrs. Alice K. Leo
pold, director of the Labor De-
partment Women's Bureau, as
his assistant in charge OF
women's affairs. She will hold
both jobs.
Mr.. Mitchell made the ap-
pointment after a meeting with
representatives of more than a
dozen women'S organizations.
He said Mrs. Leopold's broader
duties represent "a new boost
in official status" of women in
the Government.
Secretary Mitchell said Mrs.
Leopold, former Connecticut Sec
retary of State, would not con-
fine her activities to the Women's s
Bureau but participate in the
work of all the department. S
agencies to improve women
workers status.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Group Health Unit 10 Urge
Simpler Dues and CHARGES

Simpler dues and charges,
aimed at cutting costs Of pro-
lection for many, will be pro-
posed at the Group Health As
sociation's fall membership
meeting tonight.
The meeting will be at 8 pm.
in the Commerce Department
Auditorium.
Major items on the agenda in
clude a proposal to eliminate
the building assessment, and a
change in the membership fee.
The organization serves some
10000 persons in the Washing
ton area. The finance changes
would chiefly benefit family
groups, an association spokesman
said.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Thief in q Smoq

PASADENA, Calf. (P. - A
thief broke a window screen on
an Office building, reached in.
and grabbed for valuables. All
he got, the Stanford Research
Institute reported. was a note
book of smog control records
"howmeter celebration charts. !"