East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-10-06
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In East Cleveland

FRANK O'MALLEY and sa-
fari is expected to journey soon
to the wilds of our neighbor-
ing state, Pennsylvania in
search of that ever-evasive
product, the perfect Christmas
tree. The fruits of the weekend
endeavor will be sold here by
Exchange club members.
WE vENTURED to Carl
Browns Colonial Inn this Sun
day and aside from fine meal.
picked up the news of this cor
responding week a 100 years
ago.
An item that especially
struck our eye was a review
of activities at the county fair
in 1860. This particular tid-bit
told of fourth day events which
included competition between
Several lady equestrians." One
of the ladies rode a fine bay
horse which the report stated
"she handled with much skill"
The>news item further said that
this young lady twas dressed in
green habit and hat trimmed
with taste and elegance and
appeared finely"
The story was about a Miss
Jessie Saxton of East Cleve-
land.
INCIDENTLY, the aforemen-
toned news item came from
publication printed by Bloch
and Company, a downtown firm.
At present Carl Browns is the
only place of distribution in
East Cleveland.
1t is a four-page affair and
an authentic reprint of a Cleve-
land newspaper 100 years ago.
1t comes out once a week and is
of prime interest now because
it covers the presidential CAM
paigning in 1860 of both Abra-
ham Lincoln and Stephen
Douglas.
DON'T BE BURNED UP, but
Governor Disable has pro-
claimed the week of Oct. 9th to
18th as fire prevention week in
the state of Ohio. He urges
state and local officials join
with school, civic, and public
information agencies in pro-
noting appropriate programs
that will daily remind us all of
safety practices aimed at
stamping out the loss of life
and property resulting from
fire.
We heartily agree with the
good governor, but would like
to see a document proclaming
fire prevention permanently and
not lust during a specified
period.
IT'S INEVITABLE. The New
York Central is seeking to have
passenger train No. SO, a west
bound from New York to Chi
cago, discontinue it's stop in
East Cleveland. In it's plea, the
railroad pointed out that an
average of only IL people board
or disembark from the train in
our town. That would leave five
westbound trains stopping here.
However, the handwriting is
most certainly on the wall. 1t is
happening at the Linndale sta
ton and East Cleveland will
probably be next for the COM
plete shutdown Of it's depot.
WE MET Captain Ed Polk at
the pistol range recently and
were awed by the respect both
our own gendarmes and visiting
policemen give to the retired
chief of detectives here.
Although he has been retired
for some time and has been
managing the range, all police
men still refer to him as cap
tain.
We tried our hand at shoot
ing the standard .38 revolver
carried by uniform police and
found out why an expert like
Capt. Polk is needed on the
scene.
His patience and understand
ing has made good marksmen
out of many police officers and
could very well be a factor that
might save anyone of his apt
pupils lives.
For us, he had not too much
hope, however. Captain Polk
was kind and helpful in our be-
half, but was heard to breathe
a tremendous sigh of relief
when after we finished shoot
ing some 25 rounds, he learned
we were not on any police
force.
Eana AevSh