East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1961-01-19
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"DEAR SIR:

II wish to express my appre
citation for your choice of item
to emphasize. Recently yo
wrote of a special deed o
neighborly kindness. Why d
not more papers print sue
positive good news instead o
using front pages for tn
worst? Is it because most o
the best characters are no
really news?"
The above is a bit Of CORE
spondence from Mrs. Charlie
E. Ewing of 1928 Windermer
st.
We are happy to use it in ou
column, because her sentiment
are ours. This does not impl.
that we would ever shut ou
eyes to a situation in Eas
Cleveland that would put th'
city or some individual in /;
bad light, but, nevertheless
needed reporting.
1t means, however, as Mrs
Ewing SO ably put it, that W,
as a community paper are more
prone to report kindly neigh
borhood gestures, interesting
items about residents and the
good work of public officials
than attempt to dig up uncom
plimentary stories.
We will not endeavor to an
swer Mrs. Ewing's questions as
to why other papers do not dc
as we except to say most
weeklies in the area particu.
larly those that are members
of the Greater Cleveland Week.
ly Newspaper Association fol.
low our line Of thinking.
POWER OF THE PRESS? =?
We rarely attempt to use our
Influence as a member Of the
fourth estate to garner special
favors. But, we did attempt
same at a meeting of the
Community Council last Thurs
day - but to no avail.
Here is what happened:
At Community Council din
ners in the Shaw Cafeteria are
served extremely tasty rolls,
We found out as we munched
our third one that the rolls
left over are for sale. The
catch is you must come and
place your order early because
Of the great demand.
Well, we were late in order
ing and thus lost out. Mrs.
Ruth Kerr, director of the cafe
terra, assured US we can get
some rolls to take home next
meeting - if our order is put
in early.
We plan to do just that by
placing our order via this
column the day of the Febru-
ary meeting.
CELEBRATION PLANS. Joe
Eckel, Paul Broer and Charles
A. Carran have been putting
their heads together at many
meetings these past few days
in an attempt to get commit
tee functioning for the city's
5Oth anniversary celebration.
1t is rumored that a coordi-
nator, who will take charge of
the affair, will be announced
shortly and a general meeting
of representatives of all groups
in the city will be called in the
very near future.
Headquarters are expected to
be established at city hall.
Plans are to have the celebra-
tion during the last week of
May.
HONORS. Famed criminal
lawyer William j. Corrigan is
to be a recipient of a new
John Carroll University alumni
award this Sunday. He will re-
ceive a medal signifying out
standing professional achieve
ment and exemplary contribu-
tions to society.
Corrigan is the father of two
sons and two daughters. He
lives with his wife at 1880
Superior rd.
CHANGES are being planned
in the East Cleveland Engineer
ing and Inspection department
with the adoption of the new
housing code.
In keeping with the stricter
policy the code will call for
when it is adopted in the next
few weeks, City Engineer NAL
colin S. Douglas reports ad-
ministrative changes are in
line with the tighter control
expected.
ALSO PLANNED, according
to Finance Director G. 7. APP
thorp is the up-dating of the
city's misdemeanor ordinance
which is so full Of admend-
ments as to make it cumber-
some.
Along this line, Apthorp has
made the suggestion that all
city ordinances 10 years or over
undergo the same treatment.
Seems like q good idea to US.
Gene Hersh