East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-03-10

Sheryl attends Chambers Ele-
mentary School.
Full information as to schedules
of the new feeder line buses, and
the. fare rates will be found in an
announcement from CTS on an
other page in this issue. 1t might
be well to clip this information for
future reference.
Brief ceremonies will follow at
each of the seven stations enroute
to Union Terminal where an all
day program will be in full swing.
Inaugural train tickets entitle the
holder to attend the 1000 plate
luncheon at Hotel Cleveland.
TICKETS
Persons having reservations
for the souvenir tickets may get
them at the office of the Secre-
tary of the Chief of Police at
the East Cleveland Police Sta
ton on Saturday, March 18th
between the hours of 500 a. m.
and 500 p. m. The price of the
ticket is S2.75 each.
For the benefit of evening
visitors, as well as evening transit
riders the huge GE bulb will be
lighted at z p. m. and remain
lighted for a few hours. This will
also afford the public an oppor-
tunity to visit the manufacturers
display to the east of the station.
General Electric is having a dis
play of electric appliances. Thomp-
son Products Co. will exhibit a
number of it's defense products.
The Safety Division of the East
Cleveland Police Department is
taking the opportunity to spread
the gospel of Safety with a large
display. There may be other
exhibits added by Tuesday, states
Mr.. Horan.
When the switch is pulled at
noon in Union Terminal, four-car
trains will start in both directions
on the Union Winder-
mere section and so will come
into being the Van Swearingen
vision of a new era in public
transportation for "the best loca-
tion in the nation"
The Superior-Emily station is
built into and under the railroad
embankment at this intersection.
Passengers will enter on the north
east corner. An exit stairwell from
the train platform leads to the
street level on the west side of
Superior I'd. There will be a street
surface bus stop at this point for
transfer to southbound buses. An
escalator will be built into the
Entrance" side of this station
later.
At present there is one escalator
at the Windermere station. This
parallels a stairway on the right,
as one enters from the ground
level. On the opposite side are
double stairs. 1t is planned to in
stall an escalator on the left side
later.
Entrance to trains is on a level
with the station platform.
RAPID TRANSIT
Inauguration Program
1000 a.m.-Star Spangled Banner
by Shaw High School Band,
directed by S. Robert Fraser.
1905 a. m.-Address of Welcome
by Walter H. Sutter, presi-
dent East Cleveland City
Commission.
1910 a. m.-Address by Charles A.
Carran, City Manager of
East Cleveland.
1915 a. m.-Selection, Shaw Choir.
directed by Miss Margery
Shields.
1920 a. m.-lntroduction of East
Cleveland officials and guests.
10:30 a. m.-Selection, Shaw Band.
1926 a. m.-Selection, Shaw Choir.
10:15 a. m.-lntroduction of Cleve-
land Transit System and City
of Cleveland officials, and
other guests.
11:10 a. m.-Ribbon Cutting Cere-
mony, Mrs. Charles A. Car
ran.
HOO a. m.-Departure of first
Rapid Transit Train for
Union Terminal as Gov.
Frank Lausche gkives the
signal with the flashing of
the $4,000 watt bulb (the
largest bulb in the world)
courtesy of General Electric
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