East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-12-31
JULY

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Blevins was awarded $4,000
damages by a Common Pleas
Jury. Mrs. Blevins had filed a
100000 suit against City En-
gineer Malcolm Douglas for
malicious prosecution in re-
CARDS to arrest in 1857. This
is not the last of the case
though. Douglas has appealed
the courts decision.
Canon Laurence Hall of
st. Paul's Episcopal church
went to his native England
for the summer and sent
back delightful reports to his
congregation of his impress
sions while across the sea.
Rev. Arthur X. Higginson,
vicar of st. Mary's Anglican
church in Weldon, England,
took over st. Pauls while
Canon Hall headed the con-
gregatiOn at st. Mary's.
The churches were in the
midsts of having ice cream and
strawberries festivals as their
money making projects of the
summer.
An expense free vacation
was the JOY Of the Thomas By
ers family. Patrolman Byers
was named Patrolman of the
week by a local radio station.
Students at st. Philomena
school had submitted his name
and praises of him for consid-
Grafton.
A variety of programs at
Shaw pool kept the crowds
coming for the summer. Pool
director Marianne Rothhass
was in charge. Miss Rothhaas
is now Mrs. Richard l.. Tor
bert.
Fred Henderson was named |
East Cleveland's top citizen for
80 years of service to the COM
munity. Judge Stanton Ad-
dams made the award on be-
half of the picnic committee.
July was the month when
the last picture of Robert
Webster and family was taxi
en-. A LEADER reporter
talked to him then and got
his impressions Of Russia,
almost all of them favorable.
After working in Moscow for
eight months intermittently,
Webster detected to Russia,
leaving his wife and two
children behind. When Web
ster's decision was made
public in October. all the
local daily newspapers, the
wire services, and a national
magazine were clamOring on
our doorsteps trying to get
the picture, and we cooper
ated with them where it was
possible. 1t isn't very often
that a weekly is able to
scoop the dailies 1t was fun.
We must do it again some.
time.
The winner of the 80 Chew
rolet Biscayne the picnic COM
mittee awarded went to Rob-
ert Klakbrenner, 1877 Mann
ave. His children convinced him
that he wanted to go to the pic
mic although he had to take a
bus to get there. Rules stipu-
late winners must be present.
The Kileen Realty Co., won
court decision giving them the
right to make use of the Wal
worth property on Euclid near
Eastman. Originally Kileen
wanted to make arrangements
for the A & P to build a store
and the city objected because
of an increase in traffic conges-
ton. The case went to the Ohio
Supreme Court. Kileen prom
ised to cooperate. At present
many details are still being
worked out. Last report A & P
was still interested in the site.
William B. Boise, City AS
sistant, received a research
grant to study government at
University of Pennsylvania.
He had been with the city four
years. His work was divided
among other city employees.
The Board of Education
caused some foreheads to furl
over it's impending pool poll
cies. Seems some groups were
unnecessarily concerned that
the Board would be too strict
with the new pool. Although
the Board has said the new
pool will be available only to
students in the &c public
school system, it will rent the
old pool to outside groups.
Whether it will continue to do
this is a matter for the future.
AUGUST
The Board of Zoning Appeals
anproyed the construction Of a