East Cleveland Leader from East Cleveland, Ohio • 1

Mail Addresses Business: 814 East 152nd Street Phones Glenville 1-4383 News: 14600 Euclid Avenue Apt. 302 Shaw, Kirk Entries Score High In Area Instrumental Contest Of the forty-seven entries from Kirk in the Greater Cleveland and Ensemble Contest, twenty-two returned proudly displaying First Division medals won that day. Some of these peopie won this rating in two or even three different events. Cleveland Heights High School had hummed with activity all day long last Saturday as well over 1000 young suburban Clevelanders competed with one another. Solo winners from Kirk Jr.

High were: Peggy Lash, alto saxophone Linda Roberts, Kathleen Ficzeri, Doris Holzheimer, and Gayle Hartman, flute Gayle Vogler, violin Jade Green and Sally Parsh, clarinet Robert Wagner and Paul Magnusson, cornet. Solo contestants compete only at their own grade level. Kirk ensemble groups coming away with honors were: Molly Bayliss, Gayle Vogler and Chrisi Hodge, piano-violin-cello trio Gayle Vogler, Ruthann Ercius, Jo Anne Grant and Peggy Crysler, violin quartet Gayle Hartman, Diane Hare and Kay Sauer, flute trio Pat Shelton, Linda Roberts, Kathy Moore, and Dorothy Barnes, flute quartet Lois Hare and Diane Senger, clarinet duet. Assisting accompanists workIng long hours with several different soloists deserve special mention. Those from Kirk were Mary Ann Lowry, Jean Seery and Christine Hodge.

Seek Walkers For March 16 Health Drive Mrs. M. Worden from the Collinwood area, and Mrs. N. Fiore of East Cleveland have been appointed chairmen of their respective areas for the K-D Walk of the Northern Ohio Chapter of the National Kidney Disease Foundation.

The appointment was made by Mrs. Helen Markert, K-D Walk Chairman for Northern Ohio. The K-D Walk is a hometo-home visit for funds. Mrs. Worden who lives at 1095 East 146th hopes to enlist 500 Walkers by March day of the K-D Walk.

Mrs. Fiore of 1209 North Lockwood expects to have 700 Walkers enlisted who will canvass the East Cleveland area for the local chapter of the Kedney Disease Foundation, formerly known as the Nephrosis Foundation. Mrs. Fiore said that the goal this year for Northern Ohio chapter is $106,000 threequartersof which will be collected during the K-D Walk. The local chapter plans to use this money to implement its three-pronged program of public education, local research into the cause and cure of kidney diseases, and aid to families whose members have been afflisted with kidney the fourth ranking disease-killer.

Today the two women made an urgent appeal for more volunteers. They requested that anyone who possibly can to volunteer to contact eight homes in their neighborhood on the night of March 16th. Those in 4 the Collinwood area are requested to call Mrs. Worden at MU. 1-2062, and those living in East Cleveland are requested to call Mrs.

Fiore at MU. 1-2469. Mrs. Markert explained that there would not be a K-D Walk in those areas where there are combined health drives being planned. Collinwood Plans Reunion Plans were announced this week for a 25th Anniversary dinner-dance to be held at the Charter House Hotel, 24800 Euclid ave.

by the Collinwood Class of June, 1934. Date for the big event is Saturday, June 13th. The reunion committee includes Mrs. H. P.

Knox (RE. 1-5381), Mrs. Dorothy Larson Cross (IV. 1-6156), Mrs. Marjorie Bender Newman (EV.

1-3261), John J. 1-3884) and Ray 1-7384). The committee hear from other the I £AST CLEVELAND LIBRARY 14101 EAST I Volume No. 0 Shaw High School came home from the annual Greater Cleveland Instrumental Solo and Ensemble Contest with flying colors. The contest was held Tuesday, February 24th at Cleveland Heights High School and over 1,000 musicians from suburban and urban senior high schools competed.

Medals were awarded to first place winners in 46 different categories. Area college and school music instructors served as judges. Shaw high School winners were: Rating I 12th Grade French Horn, Tom Woehrman Viola Tama Cahow Piano, Madeline Alpine. 11th Grade Trumpet, Marvin Price Clarinet, Judy Alto Sax, Tom Andrews. 10th Grade Snare Drum, Jim Harris Trumpet, Leonard Maiani.

Trumpet Quartet Marvin Price, HR Don Fisher, 11A Douglas Knapp, 11B Tama Cahow, 11 A. Woodwind Quintet Sandra Clark, 11 A Dav McGuire, 10A Joanne Keefer, 11A Tom Woehrmann, 11 A Abby Linhart, 12A. Brass Sextdt Marvin Price, 11B Don Fisher, 11A Bob McGuire, 10A Tom Woehrmann, HA Jim Hultin, 12A Vic Nelson, 12A. French Hom Quartet Tom Woehrmann, HA Ralph Lockwood, 11A Bob McGuire, 10A Marie Kraber, 10B. Rating II 12th Grade French Hom, Bob McGuire Tuba, Vic Nelson Double Bass, Bonnie Williams Oboe, Dave McGuire Viola, Margaret Chambers.

11th. Grade Kathryn Johnson and Sandra Clark Trumpet, Douglas Knapp Piano, Tama Cahow Trumpet, Don Fisher Piano, Ralph Lockwood. 10th Grade Piano, Karem Brubaker. Woodwind Duet Sandra Clark, (11th grade) and Frances Clement, (11th grade). Rating III Tuba, Marvin Fenyves Trombone, Russell Fox, 10th grade Trombone, Jim Hultin, 12th grade.

Shaw students who provided piano accompaniments for the soloists were: Ralph Lockwood, Karen Brubaker, Judy Cunningham, Darlene Hoffman, Tony Pedonesi, Madeline Alpiner, Tama Cahow, Elaine Aurada and Molly Stillinger. Name Cancer Call Chairman Mrs. Elton Webb, 1960 Hayden has been appointed chairman for the East Cleveland area in the 1959 Cancer Crusade, it is announced by Mrs. John M. Marston, suburban residential chairman for the county-wide campaign on Sunday, April 19th.

Mrs. Webb has been an area chairman in previous Cancer Crusades. She asks that men and women who will an hour to save a telephone her at MU. 1-5110, or call the headquarters of the Cuyahoga Unit, American Cancer Society, CH. 1-1177.

the appalling truth is that one in four of us will develop cancer. Each day saved in achieving total cancer control will save 700 Today one in three cancer patients is being saved, due to early detection and better methods of treatment. It could be one in two, the chairman added. Getting life-saving facts into homes in Greater Cleveland is one of the objects of the Crusade. Thousands owe their lives to the devoted men and women who wage the house-to-house educational and fund-raising campaign to prevent needless deaths.

St. Patrick Hop The annual St. Day dance of the Sons and Daughters of Erie will be held Tuesday, March 17th at the Slovenian National Home, 6417 St. Clair ave. Mr.

(IV. Novak Clancy (KE. is eager to members of Did You Know? To persons interested in the current YMCA Sustaining Membership Drive, this is not a door to door soliciation. Gifts may be sent to the YMCA, 1831 Lee or a call to GL. 1-3425 will bring a volunteer to your home business.

And no gift is small. American Field Service exchange students, Hiroshi Shibata from Kobe, Japan, and Minna Baker, Shaw 1958 summer student to Holland, will be the speakers. As usual dinner in Shaw Cafeteria at 6:30 carries a Tuesday reservation deadline. The program in the Rest at gram in the Nest at 7:45 is open without reservations. All welcome.

Is New Director Of Community X-Ray Program East.Cleveland, Ohio or too for Invest in youth today better citizens tomorrow. AFS Students At Community Council On 12th Community Council may relax from its study of community needs and broaden its concepts of American life by hearing comparisons and contrasts to life in two diverse countries, Japan and Holland, at their Thursday, March 12th meeting. Mrs. Dona Mae Cobbeldick Announcement is made this week of the appointment of Mrs. Dona Mae Cobbeldick as Director of Community Organization for the Anti-Tuberculosis League.

Mrs. Cobbeldick will represent the League in organizing the East Cleveland chest x-ray survey which is tentatively scheduled for mid-May. She replaces Mrs. Arline Eiben on the League staff. Mrs.

Cobbeldick lives at 23200 Lincolnshire Bay Village. She is a graduate of the school of journalism and radio speech at Kent State University and a member of the Lakewood Junior Group, the Lakewood College Club and Alpha Phi International Fraternity. Prior to accepting her present position, Mrs. Cobbeldick was in market research and public relations. In helping to organize the East Cleveland chest x-ray program for 1959 she will work with the East Cleveland Health department and with a local committe headed by Mrs.

Frank L. Holzheimer, 14502 Terrace rd. Mrs. Holzheimer is chairman of the local program. The best way to understand a country is to live in it for a while.

This is the firm conviction of East 195859 Shaw High School American Field Service exchange student, Hiroshi Shibata of Kobe, Japan. of Dancing to the music Johnny orchestra be from 8 to 1. will This alert and open-minded Japanese student told East Cleveland Kiwanians Monday noon that he has found out that too many of the things supposedly American that he had read, had heard and had seen in movies about the United States before coming here, were and gave him the wrong Having lived with an American family and the public la welcome can be obtained at The tickets door. and Mrs. Lee Adams of Willoughby Hills announce the birth of a daughter on February 28th.

Mrs. Adams is the former Joan Gracomin of East Cleveland. Shaw To X-Ray Seniors. Faculty New Members Continuing their chest x-ray health program for Seniors, Shaw High School has scheduled the annual visit of the Anti-Tuberculosis mobile unit for Thursday, March 12th. The equipment will be set up in the former Girls Gym in the Shaw Technical Building, and directing the testing for the school are members of its medical staff.

To be x-rayed are Seniors, faculty members and new studnts. Results of the test become a part of the permanent school record. Commenting on this chest testing, Miss Dona Cobbeldick of the Anti Tuberculosis League remarked that many colleges are now requiring a chest x-ray report from applicants. Another reason for the test-) ing of Seniors, is to uncover any possible cases of tuberculosis before the student enters college or starts on his working career. The East Cleveland chest xray prgram for this year is set for mid-May and details will be announced later.

C-2 Appeals To Commissioners Two requests for authority to operate under a C-2 liquor (carry out) permit were approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting Tuesday at City Hall. Each request will now be presented to the City Commission for final approval. The appellants are: Sam Halpe of Food Market, 12719 George Lawrence, new owner of a delicatessen at 1771 Hayden ave. The application of Wm. H.

Goemdt to rent a building at 13700 Beaumont ave. to a plastic manufacturing company has been withdrawn. The company a location elsewhere. $500 CTS FIRE Fire caused an estimated $500 damage to two cars at the CTS Windermere station early Tuesday, March 3rd. Fred Lange, chief of the East Cleveland Fire Department said a spark from a motor in a work car started the blaze which spread to an adjoining rapid coach.

4 Wr IT East Cleveland Leader Published In Conjunction with The SCOOP in Northeast Cleveland and The News-Journal in Euclid THIRTEENTH DISTRICT ESSAY CHAMPION in this year's American Legion essay contest for Tenth Graders is Robert Brownlee of Shaw High School and resident of 1229 Rozelle ave. Here Robert, 15, receives a certificate and a medal from 13th District Commander Harrison Collister as Commander Steve Lukso and Past Commander Ralph Rendsland, look on. Robert was sponsored by Brecksville Post. He will receive another medal at a meeting of posts of Cuyahoga County. Dr.

Ernest Knautz Religious Educator Talks Here Dr. Knautz is well known in Cleveland as an inspirational leader of youth and adult groups. An A.B. degree from Baldwin-Wallace in 1929 and PhD from Boston University in 1937 has led Dr. Knautz to further study at Harvard University and the Episcopal Theological Seminary.

He was pastor of the Bethany Methodist Church in Cleveland from 193538, during which time he led in uniting this church with West Park Methodist present Christ 1941 he joined Baldwin-Wallace holds a full professorship. To Understand A Country, Live In It, AFS Student Has Learned since August, having attended an American school and together with other experiences and observations, he is happy to learn what is the real American way. Hiroshi mentioned the 100 years of friendships between his country and the United States, marred by a wartime interval, but despite which, he said, the Japanese hold Americans in high regard. Since World War II, Japan, he noted, with a sometimes unstable economy, and facing great population and other problems, is striving to raise living standards and make their t. 14,100 Circulation Guaranteed to form the Methodist.

In the faculty at where he now He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, of the National Association of Biblical Instructors of the Religious Education Association and is a member of the Board of Education of the North-East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church. found At Baldwin Wallace Dr. Knautz has been responsible for setting the pattern of campus chapel. He is chairman of a faculty committee to study long range objectives and purposes of the college. The Windermere Chancel Choir, under the direction of Robert Hull Foulkes, is featured at these mid-week services.

lives more effective. Their democratic form of government is but ten years old. There are three parties with the Social Democrats being the largest and with the Communist Party having but one representative in government this last election. Education is one big problem in Japan. Colleges and universities are lacking facilities.

Stiff entrance examinations are required and out of 23,000 applicants in one school last year, only 1,000 were admitted. Hiroshi said he has found Americans so friendly, life far more sociable, and school more fun. Contrasting one custom, Seek $280,000 In Easter Seal Drive This Year The 1959 Easter Seal Campaign officially opens this week with the mailing of traditional Easter Seals to thousands of homes in the Greater Cleveland area, announced drive general chairman Frederick T. McGuire President of the Society for Crippled Children. McGuire said the Society hopes to raise $280,000.00 for continuing and expanding services to more than 1200 handicapped youngsters in the area.

Families not receiving Easter Seals in the mail or during suburban combined health drives will have them delivered to their homes by spending one hour on Good Neighbor Sunday, March 15th, distributing Seals and educational materials about the Societyand its needs for the care of disabled children. Contributions for handicapped youngsters will be accepted by their own sent for of at be Dr. Ernest Knautz, head the Department of Religion Baldwin-Wallce College will welcomed to Windermere Methodist Church Wednesday evening, March 11th for the fourth mid-week Lenten service. Good Neighbors during visits to homes on their streets or they may be directly to the Society Crippled Children. Groups and individuals interested in being, for crippled and disabled boys and girls are asked to write Good Neighbor Program, 14587 Madison or write the Good Neighbor Secretary at LA.

1-5050. The Cleveland Easter Seal Agency maintains one of the largest comprehensive rehabilitation programs for handicapped children in the nation. The Society operates the East Side Center, 2239 East 55th the West Side Center, 14587 Madison both including nursery schools, and the wellknown Camp Cheerful in Strongsville. Bermuda Shorts Canteen Dance lively conversation at meals, he likes the American custom It is not so in Japan, where one sits on the floor and partakes of the food with chopsticks, in quietness. goal is to become a diplomat.

All of his studies are being selected with this career in view, his reason bebetter understanding among ing that he wants to work for a nations. He closed his most interesting talk with, am looking forward to the day when I visit your country as a The applause seemed to reflect the confidence of listening Kiwanians that would achieve this goal. Thursday, March 5, 1959 Matches and Smoking. This combination continues to be the principal cause for fires in East Cleveland. In the 1958 report submited by Fred.

W. Lange, chief of the East Cleveland Fire Department, an increase in the number of fires due to carelessness by smokers is shown in 68 fires or of the 187 total fires are listed as due to this carelessness. In 1957 the 58 fires from ths cause were of the 207 fires reported. Electricity, either by way of appliances, are second in principal fire causes. The 43 instances made up of the total Local Girl Makes Good On Broadway Patti Peterson When opens in New York City on March 12th, one of the five sisters in this musical version of Jane and will be a former East Clevelander, Patti Peterson.

She will portray Mary. Patti has but recently completed the 333 performances of as a member of its chorus. That show is re-opening at City Center. In this Julie Styne production of Patti steps out under a new moniker: Laurie Peters. This all came about when she joined Equity, which strange to note, already had another on its roll.

Patti is the daughter of Mrs. Harold Peterson and the late Mr. Peterson, formerly of 1847 Chapman ave. Her three brothers, Harold, Victor and Sidney are Shaw High School graduates. Her mother a graduate of Chicago University is with her daughter, and is on the staff at Union Theological Seminary.

The young dancer-singer, who will be 16 in July, studied with Rosetta Markel and Marguerite Duncan here before going to New York City to further her career. She appeared in the 195253-54 Kiwanis Talent Shows and six local TV shows. Polly Bergen is replacing Gisele MacKenzie as Elizabeth, the eldest sister Phyllis Newman, understudy to Judy Holliday in Are will be Jane Lynn Ross from the chorus of Side is cast as Lydia while Kitty will be taken bv Lois Bewley, a dancer in U.S.A.”. a Shaw Canteen announces good dose of Spring tonic for dance as a Shaw student Friday night. The dance, to be held in the Shaw Gymnasium, offers another of these enjoyable 8 to 11:45 dancing evenings so popular among the high schoolers.

Mr. Fred Henderson of Terrace rd. was scheduled to undergo surgery for hernia at Huron Road Hospital this morning. A Woman Sees Russia Today Results of the election now underway for the new 1959 officers and new members on its board of management will be given at the annual meeting of the East Cleveland YWCA March 9th. A dinner at 6:30 p.

m. will open the meeting at the House, 1831 Lee rd. Speaker for the evening be Mrs. Irwin H. Such who will tell of her experiences and show slides taken while accompanying her husband on a trip to Russia.

Mr. Such is editor of the magazine, U.S. Steel. While the men went to Siberia to visit steel plants, the three wives in the group, with an interpreter, visited Moscow, Leningrad, Yalta and the Black Sea area. Result, this talk: Today from a Point of All YW members and their friends are invited.

Reservations by tonight, Thursday, March 5th to the YW, GL. 1-3425 at one dollar and fifty cents each. Planning the annual meeting are Miss June Aingworth, Mrs. L. McGaughey, Miss Roxie Lodge, Mrs.

Ray A. VanOmmen, and Mrs. chairman, arranging his he Careless Smokers Continue To Lead All Causes For Fires Here No other large metropolitan center in the country at this time enjoys limitless local calling privileges over so large a suburban area. The plan combines 17 large exchanges covering over 500 square miles into one huge local calling area. In addition, the inclusion of 12,000 or more telephones into the calling area, brings the total number of phones each subscriber may reach without extra charge to more than 800,000.

This advancement was completed at a cost of more than million. The changes are certain to effect considerable savings for subscribers who heretofore have made numerous or lengthy calls into Cleveland and the rest of Cuyahoga County. This will result from the complete elimination of all timed message unit charges on calls to any point as far west as Bay Village. The same changes also apply on calls to Painesville. Three Films On Great Britain March 12th at 8:00 p.

m. the audience will enjoy a travel talk and films by an annual visitor, Miss Molly Stracham of the British Consulate. Miss Stracham will introduce each of the three films on Great Britain: East Anglian Holiday shows the wonders and pleasures of Norfolk ard Suffolk. Norfolk is a delight for the gardeners and naturalists while Suffolk has the intimate lushness which Constable made famous. In both counties the audience will see the old churches and homes, Broads, the homes of sails windmills and quiet waters.

London's Country a world of wild-life, flowers and scenic beauty will offer to its visitors wonderful views of Windsor Castle, Canterbury Cathedral, house at Rochester and the peaceful country side. The Road to Canterbury Traveling with Chaucer and invoking memories of Shakespeare and Dickens, the camera follows the road from St. Cathedral in London, through towns and villages and Kentish E. E. Lehmann, as -the Mrs.

William Ziss is'orchards and hop-fields to Canthe flowers. Cathedral. or had been the depart- Lange con- However, Chief tinues to warn: the department first. take a chance on meeting the The value of all buildings with their contents, vehicles and miscellaneous fires for the year is estimated at $7,347,050.00, carrying $5,948,375.00 in insurance. Actual insurance loss is listed at $115,750 and uninsured losses at $5,410.00 for a total estimated loss by fire of $121,180.00.

Major fire safety violations noted a result of the 4,000 inspections made in the 12-month period are faulty wiring, accumulation of combustible rubbish, defective fireplaces, incinerators and heating apparatus. Inventory needs of the department call for 6,000 feet of hose, but, for Civil Defense purposes, the total carried is 8,200 feet. The department follows a policy of replacing an average of 650 feet of hose each year, and Metro Plan Of Phone Calls Is Dialer Savings The introduction of Ohio Metro Calling last Sunday gave residence and business customers throughout the Willoughby area what may well be the most significant improvement since the dial telephone itself. CALI NEWS to PO. 1-3378 187 fires in 1958, a mere half discarding an equal per cent under the 50 of such fires year.

or previous in the running were under the 1957 Fire losses along a little total last year until December 20th. On that day the losses skyrocketed by $77,000 when fire hit the Cleveland Machine Grinding 1643 Eddy rd. The only other over $5,000 blaze of the year was the February 23rd fire at 13308 Woodworth rd. An undetermined cause resulted in a $25,000 loss. Of the total of 464 alarms received during 1958, 205 were and runs, five outside city runs and 67 false or needless runs.

Chief Lange explains the runs as those in which a fire was under control extinguished when ment arrived. amount through transferral to the Service Department. Following this pattern, good hose is always assured. The Service Department uses the discarded hose on street and park work. The Fire Department, as do all departments in the municipality, has an active community service program with Safety First as its slogan.

It offers demonstrations, talks, films to schools, service clubs, civic groups and hospitals. A member is always in attendance at Civil Defense sessions of medical, military hospital, police and fire repreesntatives of the county. It assisted in a demonstration and evacuation drill for Huron Road Hospital Staff, gave demonstration to Student Nurses at Belmore Hall, conducted a threeday school on Atomic Radiation for the Cleveland Fire Department, gave two 36-hour Red Cross First Aid courses made two overall hydrant inspections, and received 745 visitors, the fire station being a favored spot for citizens of all ages. For weeks on end, the department has been in somewhat of an old-fashioned Spring housecleaning state of affairs but when the workmen finally finish, the No. 1 Station will be ample to house that just yearold 100 ft.

aerial ladder truck, the longest of the finer major pieces of equipment at Station No. 1 on Marloes ave. Station No. 2 is on Shaw near the Stadium. Rare Musical Treat Awaits At Library Elwyn Adams Elwyn Adams will appear in recital at the East Cleveland Library on Tuesday evening, March 10th, at 8:00.

Mr. Adams began his study of the violin at the age of five. At seven he made his first appearance before an audience, receiving the ton prize in a talent contest at the Cleveland Public Auditorium. The following year he enrolled in the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He studied there ten years as a special student and four years in the College of Music, receiving his Bachelor of Music degree with honors in 1956.

Mr. Adams has received many awards, including a three year scholarship to the Berkshire Music Festival, first prize in the Massachusetts State Federation contest, an award in the Intemationaler Musik Wettbewerb in Munich, an award given by the Youth Festival of 1957. He now holds the Premiere Prix from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, and is studying there with Arthur Grumiaux. He is in Cleveland for a short time but will return to Brussels in the spring. His program will include: Chaconne from Sonata in Minor and Concerto in Major.

This musical treat is the sixth monthly concert of the season and is free to all. Mrs. Dolores White will be the piano accompanist. Almost A Style Show The Huron Road Hospital Jun. ior Board is presenting a luncheon and style show, Wednesday, March 11th at Wade Park Manor.

Proceeds will be used to purchase two cribs for Pediatrics, the special project of the Junior Board. Chairman of the timely Spring program is Mrs. C. C. Althoff Co-Chairman is Mrs.

William, LaRiche and assisted by Mrs. James Winkler, Mrs. Edwin L. Smith and Mrs. Paul L.

Tuttle..