The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 35

72, 2.4 Friday, May 10, 1985 Akron Beacon Journal D5 AREA DEATHS Summit home. Arrendal Thomas of Hia- Lighthizer Wilma of 620 wassee, Ga. Tuesday. Eckard- Bachert Court S.W., North Baldwin funeral home, Akron. Canton.

Thursday. Spiker-FosAyers James 86, of Akron. ter-Shriver funeral home, CanWednesday. Dunn-Quigley-Cir- ton. iello Carr funeral home.

Malinowski Rose, 63, of 1157 Oren Lee Armstrong, 67, of Woodland Alliance. Springfield Township. Wednes- Thursday. Sharer fuday. Hecker funeral home, neral home.

Uniontown. Queen Hayward 69, of 1424 Robinson Dean 71, of Clin- 19th St. N.W., Canton. Thurston. Wednesday.

Swigart fu- day. Reed funeral home. neral home, Canal Fulton. Renicker Jason infant, of Stauffer Harry 84, of Ak- 10630 Freshley Alliance. ron.

Wednesday. Billow funer- Wednesday. Sharer-Stirling fual home, Fairlawn. neral home. Thomas Jasper, of 631 Bell Selch Howard 83, of Canal Akron.

Thursday. Stewart Fulton. Wednesday. Swigart Calhoun funeral home. funeral home.

Thornton Rose 83, of Tall- Portage madge. Wednesday. Eckard- Dufford John, 20, of Atwater. Baldwin funeral home. Tuesday.

Wood funeral home. Wagoner Evelyn 81, of Akron. Wednesday. Billow funer- Cuyahoga al home, Fairlawn. Brazalovics John of BedStark ford Heights.

Wednesday. Hohman Francis 74, of 214 Biondo funeral home. E. Gorgas Louisville. Koch Sylvia Zimmerman, of Thursday.

Paquelet 1 funeral Cleveland. Wednesday. OBITUARIES Oscar-winning actor Edmond O'Brien, 69 Los Angeles Times near Los Angeles. INGLEWOOD, winning character O'Brien, whose from introspective, heroes to dynamic vate eyes, has mer's disease, a Thursday. O'Brien, 69, who emy Award for actor as a sweaty, fasttalking press agent in The Barefoot Contessa in 1954, had been in poor health for several years and was diagnosed as having Alzheimer's two years to his daughter, He died Wednesday Erne's Sanitorium Fairlawn Women voters convene in Fairlawn celebration More than 300 delegates are attending the affair, which is being sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Ohio.

This is the Ohio group's 46th convention. The convention began Thursday night with a speech by national president Dorothy S. Ridings of Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Ridings, who i is in her second term a as national president, Mrs.

Ridings gave delegates not only the histo- Stream will be dredged; Canal Fulton boat to sail Canal Fulton's canal boat will sail again. Al broken dam and clogged stream had threatened to cut off sufficient water for the town's biggest tourist attraction, but it now appears the St. Helena II will offer rides again this summer. Damage to a dam upstream in the Tuscarawas River and an accumulation of silt and debris have been limiting the flow into the canal. Richard Fry, director of the Stark County Park District, said the dam will be fixed and the stream dredged by county workers.

He said the $6,000 repair bill A 65th anniversary of the founding of the national League of Women Voters will be held at 7 tonight at the Hilton Inn West in Fairlawn as part of a four-day state convention. will be paid by the Stark County commissioners, who will seek a federal grant for the project. Since 1970, visitors to Canal Fulton have enjoyed trips on the replica of a a a a a a a a a a 19th century canal boat. About 10,000 people take the ride each summer. Adults pay $3 and children $2 for the 45- minute trip.

The boat, towed by a team of mules, normally plies the canal from May until October. For years it has been the focus of the village's Canal Days Festival scheduled this year for July 12, 13 and 14. Montgomery Ward Important Notice Regarding Montgomery Wards Advertisement in Today's Paper TIMEX WATCHES ARE OFFERED AT SAVINGS ON PAGE 6 OF THIS WEEK'S SALE SECTION. IN ERROR, THE PRICES FOR WATCHES AND ARE REVERSED. THE CORRECT PRICES ARE AS FOLLOWS: J.

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night at St. in Inglewood, ry of the 65-year-old organization, but also an update of its continous growth and its future. A journalist, Mrs. Ridings helped plan and coordinate the 1984 presidential campaign debates which were sponsored by the league. Akron Mayor Thomas Sawyer and Summit County Executive Hard-working and versatile, 0'Brien's was best-known for characterizations that included Winston Smith, the mentally tortured protagonist of George Orwell's 1984, which was released in 1955; and an alcoholic Southern senator who is imprisoned by the military in Seven Days in May, a 1964 feature about a nearly successful military coup in America.

That role won him another Oscar nomination. He appeared in more than 60 films and television productions. In 1962, alone he worked in four: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Moon Pilot, Birdman of Alcatraz and The Longest Day. Born in New York, O'Brien got his first taste of acting at 16, carrying Lady Godiva's bathtub across a stage in Westport, Conn. And a bitter taste it was: He staggered and fell into the tub.

John Morgan welcomed the delegates to Akron during opening ceremonies Thursday. The league is a national, nonpartisan organization established to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. But within a few years, he was playing in summer stock and on Broadway. In the late 1930s, he worked in radio and on stage with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre group. He was part of the famous DEATHS ELSEWHERE 1938 radio broadcast based on H.G.

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