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The Lorain Journal and The Lorain Times-Herald from Lorain, Ohio • 92

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flat ft ML (Ofttol 21 lfll These Businesses Make Lorain Prosperous City A the downtown store and william Cl expense ia erchaadia- OnieiaS ntc ims id shoppers who want the Pleasnik is manager of the meat Ashyk irrri Founded 1948 Lorain Auto Founded 1903 WEST wh0 lh leB jFwfcer Food The company specialize! in! wholesale automotive parts and equipment It has one of IhellCirtGCt 4 most complete automotive machine shops io the county I schemes and live advice oa proper aettiafi Exclusiveness is the paUcy of the shoppe Fricca are act to every homeowner's budget Plana are being formulated to enlarge the present building to iiMiuiif increased business best will be certain of finding it at Jax Liphin sponsors golf and bowling teams department Lowest Prices Tiie policy of selling groceries and meats for cash to make possible the lowest Founded 1945 Fisher Bros Company food prices and self-service for easy Firm Began 1st Of Year In JS50 the company operations were moved to the present location More than too persons attended the 50th anniversary party sponsored by the firm in Hotel Antlers in 1153 Restaurant Is Popular selection have won the approval of customers Fisher food stores are known for friendly service and strive to live up to the company slogan of Good Living as a part of the community life as well as food merchants When Lorain Auto Parts Company 232S Broadway was established years ago the founder George A (Bert) Conn specialized in harness making and repairing horse-drawn wag ons The business started as one-man operation went into thrj automotive field when the first automobiles made their appearance in the Lorain area Business Increased Insurance The Rest Clinic 4105 Oberlin founded on May 1 1945 is one of the largest institutions of its kind in Lorain county When Earl Shields Sr and his wife Blanche opened the nursing home it had facilities 13 patients Today the clinic has room for 45 patients Shields is a retired Railroad enginet and his wife is the former Blanche McFad-den who was graduated from St Luke's Hospital School of Nursing Cleveland in 1926 She is widely known as a registered nurse in this area The clinic is licensed as a nursing home by the State of Ohio and is a member of the Ohio Stale and American Nursing Home Association Firm Growing Green Thumbs Are Welcome Ashyk' Drapery Shoppe 1443 Colorado interior decorators aid drapery specialists was fouodad by Mrs Maymt E-Ashyk io July 1941 Tha shoppe I located in 1 mad era building where dra paries and slip covers are cus-tommade Tha firm has a large stock of fabrics bedspreads Venetian blinds window shades drapery hardware and related items for beautifying the borne and place of buainess The husband Stanley Victory Ashyk is co-owner and manager of the shoppe the only one in the city which does its own- sewing on custom-made items Among the personal services besides scwiitg Aahyk's do free installations assist in color stores have been providing Lorain and vicinity with a wide variety of products at' prices which put stress on economy for the past years The first Fisher fbod store was established in Lorain in Ull It was then located at 400 Broadway and represented an expansion of the firm which was started in Cleveland in 1907 Three Stores Today there arc three Fisher food stores in Lorain The downtown store is at 330 Broadway the Central Lorain store is at 1330 Broadway and the South Lorain store is located at 3011 Pearl In 1951 the company spent more than S100000 in transforming the downtown location intb a completely modern self-service master market Kermith Figley Is manager of The Elyria Implement Inc 601 Oberlin Rd Elyria is 0 of the newest firms established in Lorain county Tb firm which handles sales and service for Internatioocl Harvester farm equipment was founded on Jan 1 1955 by Kenneth Kolbc and Robert YAung co-owners Kolbc who is manager said the concern assumed some ot the business previously handled by the Elyria Truck and Implement Company Elyria Implement also handles The Spaid Insuranee Agency Lorain Auto Parts was located 211 gth was established here by One of Lorain's newer business establishments is the High Level Nursery and Gift Shop 1130 Henderson Dr which was establish' ed Feb 1 1954 The co-owners Whitey Michaels and Armand Falasca are One of the most popular caking and meeting places toe teeo-agers and adults is Restaurant at 2210 Leavitt Rd which was established in November 1946 The co-woneri and Brady started their restaurant in less than 900 square feet of space Increased business forced the owners to enlarge the facilities until now the restaurant occupies almost 3000 square feet Brady's has table service and specializes in carry-out and fir or an food items Plans are being made to increase the building space by another 2000 square feet in the near future The Bradys' say they Jiavt the nicest customers ani that they are doing everything possible to give them the best in service and food at 212 Erie for 47 years and business increased as thg demands for auto parts and equipment became greater Conn was a firefighter in the days of horse-pulled fire wagons as a member of the Lorain fire department volunteer foree He served with the volunteers 25 ears and was a fire captain Complete Shop After Conn died in ISM the Melville A Spaid 23 years ago The firm which handles all kinds insurance and surety bonds was started in a rented room in the Broadway building In llfl Spaid erected a modern office building at his present address Three office assistants are employed Spaid attributes the growth of his agency to1 appraisals and survey work in connection with A 24-hour a a I tractors equipment parts and used tractors of all featuring evergreens shrubs! plants fertilizers gifts and Speci1 diets and large aasortment of items for menus are a nursing service types thumbs" Norwalk Trucking Company rMOne Of Top Firms business was taken over by bis I the needa of his insurance cli-wife Edna and their son ents Kenco Becomes A Leader In Bilge Pump Business specialty and the 0 0 ms are large bright and sunny The clinic also maintains a special laundry service There are 25 full and time employes The Shields' plan to erect a new modernized kitchen dining accomodate The local terminal was located in rented spaec WajTUpp Jowpo Kuntz and '-Joyce on -lllh In A Lt? 1LI La To Expand sump pump or cellar drainer Here was a market that had not changed materially in more than 25 years Cellar drainers were turned off and on by float mechanisms which could cause the owner serious trouble KENCO engineers adapted he'0- rr -mm submersible idea to aump pump OT irlCfl room and added mites for employes along with rooms to 10 more patients One of the top trucking concerns in the nation is the Norwalk Truck Line which was founded in October 1922 by John Ernstbausen a one-time farmboy of Elmore Starting with nine trucks and 13 employes including an office girl the firm today has more than 3000 pieces of transportation equipment 3500 employe and operates terminals in Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Pennsylvania Norwalk Truck Lines with main offices in Norwalk also maintains tie in with other trucking firms air lines and boat line's which make possible deliveries to all parts of the world Origin si Employ Edwin A Avery on of four theoriginal employes still the company established the Nor- principles and the KENCO submersible floatless utility pump Wtof the result This pump has met with tremendous success in underground utility installations elevator pits septie tanks machine tool coolant applications and in tha home th horn of PEHSOIUUJZED SERVICE Jax a romplclc store for men was established early in July 1951 by Arthur Lipsin who believes in -high quality items that are ityl e-right at cost-saving prices Lipsin who is known to hundreds of style-minded men cf all ages as Art says his store stock is kept up-to-the-minute by frequent trips of buyers to March 19M the company moved id a new modern terminal on Colorado in 'the east side Avery said the new terminal was erected when the Colorado Avenue area was somewhat of a wilderness Since then the district has become studded with varied industrial and business buildings The local terminal has grown considerably and now has 14 employes Including the manager Clifford (Kip) Gildenmeister is dock foreman and Edaa Koontz is office manager Other Employes Gildenmeister joined the company hers in 1933 and Miss Koontg has been employed since 1941 Other employes include Anne Carter and Lotte Schmidt both in the office and Leroy Arnold Edward Austin 0 Goo dell Ted Heinzerling Donald Kelly Eugene Payne Nicholas Rogers Thoms 'S i and James King all city delivery men Avery resides in Nohvalk and The Temple Lumber Company 107 Griswold RoaA Elyria was established by Templeton president and manager on March 1 1952 The building occupied by the firm was newly constructed on a plot of more than three acres to assure plenty at space for' expansion The main building has more than MD0 square feet of floor space while a shop addition contains more than 600 square foot Temple Lumber retails lumber insulation hardware roofing and other materials Tha company slogan is have all building materials used above the company specializes io millwork Richard Miles is vice president and- assistant manager Established in 1947 nn a small scale production basis Inc 1125 North Ridge Rd has ghined the enviable position of accepted leader in the submersible sump pump field The co-founders Harold En-yeart and Herbert Kaatz first developed the KENCO bilge puihp which today is found on small marine craft all over the world Built Volume Enyeart and Kaatz former engineers with the Rom ex Pump Company Division of Lear Ine Elyria utilized thrir sound engineering backgrounds sales and pump know-how in building up their annual sales volume from $26000 in 1947 to more than $700000 last year Under the combined tutelage of the co-founders the continuing challenge of engineering is being met by Fred Tutthill while James Huiett heads up service Robert Woodman oversees the financial operation and Joseph Cowan is in charge of sales Almost from the lime -the KENCO bilge pumps were introduced they were universally accepted as the bilge pump" ever made Serious Trouble One of the sales possibilities KENCO noon looked into wss the We carry a complete line of DUTCH BOY DUPONT VALCO WAGENMAN Enameli RATOX FOLDING DOORS WALLPAPER VENETIAN BLINDS TUB ENCLOSURES STRAITS ACCORDION DOORS MIRRORS SUPER KEM-TONE and KEM-GLO Eastern markets Jax features just about every-) walk Truck Line terminal her thing for the male clothing in 1930 and has been its manag-sportswear ahoes haberdashery er since that time hats jewelry luggage and tux- One of the highlight of Av-edo rentals i 33 years with the company stonier also find at JaxSwas the role he played In the real convenience in services delivery of much-needed supplies Proved Milestone Synonymous with KENCO pump is the KENCO automatic liquid level control switch which was developed and patented by the local firm and proved to be a mile stone in pump switch design In September 1952 XENCO introduced an extremely light-portable self-priming pump which became widely accepted because nf its lack of check valves and trick" priming gadgets This year additional engineer-pig advance and another new pump incorporating improvement only through otose association with the submersible pump requirements will be introduced by KENCO More than 40 employes are associated with -the organization ss J'i and many other related products! such si free alterations extended payments guarantee of refund and fashion advice and tobacco to Lorain the day after the tornado hit the city in June 1924 He said the articles The first frame house built in Ridgeville township in 1S22 was OWNED BY STANLEY KUFfcL The itore located at Pearl amfjhe brought 'were very welcome hits a and a daughter andjused as a tavern The builder three granddaughters and Terrell previously bad grandson Gildenmeister has two) conducted a log bouse tavern sons and a daughter known as the Tavern" -30th carries many national ly-known brands of merchandise Lipsin who has more than 20 to the tired men who were dig ging the city out from under the debris 3211 OBERLIN AVE m' "IotI BTstow 3id ANNIVERSARY OCCASION HEUtlANITS 28 YRS OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS There's stnry that barbecue was discovered when a chinaman's house burned down roasting his pig It tasted so good that thereafter wanting more he would build a new house and burnit down We don't know when barbecue was discovered but in the past 28 years we have had thousands of regular customers who will tell you there never has been any as good as we serve everyday 1( you're a newcomer delicious barbecue awaits you if you are an old hand at enjoying our barbecue you'll be coming back often for more of it i '-A FRANK SHAM INE Co-Owner HEIMANNS BARBECUE WM HKIMANN THE FINEST NAMES IN THE FLOOB COVERING FIELD LV LINOLEUM by WALL TILES by Armstrong Gold Seal FLOOR TILES hy Armstrong Bonny Ala id Rohbins Goodyear Goodrich Antico Tile Tex Bevel Crest (Plastic Wall Tile) Church Wilson Miraplas Tile-Rite Bolta Wall 7: rbeo iWSIoan I-OC Bird Bonny Maid Jig) ALLIED PRODUCTS TOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES isRF Formica All-KIcxalum Venetian Blinds 3 '-X 'V A Bathroom Fixtures Rubber Treads Sink Rings and Metal Mouldings Felt Base (6-S-12 Ft) Linoleums Floor and Wall Waxes Plastic Sink Top Coverings 54 In Plastic and Enamel Wall Coverings All Type Adhesives -Cork Floor A Wall Tile tfcw kAv nmumrs Features: ILOTAIINI FLOOR Opt AM 12 PM Drily Buer ft Plawty Of IYm Per Id iif Taka OmI Stnrlcu Drily Lmdiam Ipidili Home Udi leu Creum ft Frillllii Pot Private Parltei WriMliifs Bemquuti ft CaaBptete Mriaf laiilca I BROADWAY AT 2ITH HUL HKIMANN NwnwmaJffCSIYEcom ahmHHCSVE-cob.

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Pages Available:
137
Years Available:
1955-1955