East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1961-06-08
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I H A T
In Fast Cleveland

IN this newspaper will be founc
the final installment for thi:
school year of Six Skies, q
sprightly little column on activ.
tiles of the six elementary
schools in East Cleveland. Foi
the past five years, it has beer
written by Cassil Reynard, who
as far as we know, has always
stayed in the background ano
thwarted all attempts to be rec
ognized as the author.
This we could not understand
Ii is a good column; very read
able and many times carrying
stories that have been picked
up by the downtown papers.
Yet Reynard has preferred
TO remain anonymous and let
his talents and efforts go un-
rewarded.
Well, enough is enough, and
credit must be given where ere
dit is due, and as such we have
taken the bull by the horns. We
took the liberty Of putting his
name at the end of this weeks S
column and are glad.
Furthermore, we would like
to thank him here and now for
a tremendous job of writing
throughout the school year.
Please come back in Septem-
Der, Mr.. Reynard.
CHECk.UP. Starting tomor-
row friday East Cleveland
police will begin spot checking
motor vehicles along Euclid ave-,
in a countrywide effort to crack
down on unsafe automobiles
and trucks.
lncidently, this should be well
coined to those passing through
the city. For those that don't
pass the 10-point safety check,
warnings will be issued and
time enough allowed to get any
hazardous and faulty mechanism
repaired.
This check-up could well pre-
vent accidents in the city and
save motorists from the wratl
and stiff fines of-guess who.
LAUDlTS. Mrs. William P.
Wallace, 1917 Holyoke ave-,
wants us to pass on her praise
10 the East Cleveland Fire De-
partment for a job we'll done
in her apartment recently. 1t
seems her television machine
caught on fire and before you
could say "better than brand
X", our smoke eaters were on
the scene.
Mrs. Williams relates she
timed the fireman and they were
on the job lickety-split in eight
minutes.
NEW COLUMN. Elsewhere
on this page is the Leaders
latest feature which will run
at least until 50th anniversary
celebration activities are eli
NAKED in October, Here on in,
we will have a few notes every
week on interesting anecdotes
concerning East Cleveland. Con-
tributions are welcome.
TWAS a TOUGH FIGHT,
but the people, thanks to city
officials throughout the county,
won the first round in a battle
to give municipalities more home
rule control in the issuance and
location of liquor permits.
However, leaders like Judge
Adams are not going to rest
on their laurels, for getting the
bill through the senate is going
to be a tougher task. In the
second round, time will be a
great factor, because the Ohio
Assembly is due to adjourn to-
wards the end of the month.
VI.S E OF PATIENCE.
Everything is supposed to come
to those who wait, and East
Cleveland School officials will
support this proverb. Take for
instance, their 3o-year wait to
get back some property the
board sold to the New York
Central in 1920.
A stipulation in selling 62
feet of land on Elderwood ave.,
was that if the railroad ever
abandoned the property, it would
revert back to the school system.
Well, according to Nelson F.
Leist, assistant to the superin-
tendent, NYC abandoned the
property in 1850 and the board
took action in 1854 to regain
the property, which it sold for
$4,000.
Leist now reports final papers
have been signed and the land is
now school property again
however, not for free.
The board had to pay the rail
road 81 to regain the valuable
piece of real estate.
Gene Heysh