ARCHIVED HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARTICLES |
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Welcome Letter
Archived welcome letter (from time period before June 24, 2010)
Historical Society Making Its Mark
Origin of the Eastlake Historical Society
July 2011
Martha Anderson
Experiencing discrimination in both nursing and teaching did not keep Martha Anderson from pursuing a career that she loved and would keep her entire working life...
June 2011
Ellie Wiley
Eleanor Wiley, known as "Ellie" to her friends, faithfully volunteers weekly at the Eastlake Senior Citizens Center, located in the old Taft Elementary School building...
May 2011
John Russ
If you were to ask John Russ where he lives in Eastlake, his reply would be, "Go to home plate at the Captains stadium, look down third base, continue looking out past left field and after about a half-mile down the street you will come to my home..."
April 2011
Louis Bencina
Louis Bencina's home on Grover was a good place to raise children. A street resident named Mr. Turner would flood an empty lot and turn it into an ice rink in the winter. In the summer the kids would ride mini-bikes up and down the street. The street was so friendly that Mr. Bencina would go outside to cut the grass and it would take him four hours to get his small lot done...
March 2011
Joseph Keough
Joseph Keough has lived in the city of Eastlake since the mid-fifties. His family first settled on Beachpark Road near Lakeshore Boulevard. After a few years they moved to 354th Street where they resided for over 40 years...
February 2011
Guinaeth Fritsch
When Guinaeth Toon's friends decided they were going to Warren, Ohio to elope, she and her fiancé, Edward Fritsch, decided they would join them. Both couples were married Aug 24, 1939...
January 2011
Bernard Madeya
Bernard H. Madeya, whose last name is pronounced "ma-DI-a," is affectionately called "Bernie" by his family and friends. He doesn't have a lot of money but the love that surrounds him by his family makes him a very rich man...
December 2010
Bob Janos
Bob Janos was a tank gunner in the 3rd Army during World War II. He
served in the European Theater Operation. He fought at the Battle of the
Bulge and was with one of the first groups to cross the Rhine River over the Remagen
Bridge. He was shot out of the tank twice and received two Purple Hearts...
November 2010
Don Bard
Don was raised during the Depression. Kids didn't know that they were poor, but they were. He remembers that as a child one of the fun things to do was to ride a bicycle by the deli store owned by the Matau family. This was located on the corner of Waverly and Vine Street. They would place magazines with wonderful Western motifs in the window. The owners would never let you peek inside, like they do today. If you wanted to see it, you had to buy it...
October 2010
Martha Klancher
Martha Richards Klancher, who settled in Eastlake in the 1950s, is a direct descendant of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry...
September 2010
Harold Pacholke
For a while Harold worked as a tool and die maker for Ohio Rubber Company in Willoughby. In 1945, he along with his father established a business adjacent to his parents' home. It was H & H Cycle. Through the years the business sold many things to keep its doors open...
August 2010
Jack Gressley
Jack Gressley is a retired railroad engineer. For many years he drove a train from Collinwood to Buffalo and back. He retired in 1985, after 44 years of service to the railroad...
July 2010
Tom McDaniel
Tom McDaniel grew up in the hills of West Virginia...
June 2010
Chester Dull
Being born December 10, 1929, in Altoona, PA gives Chester Dull legitimate bragging rights to be a Steelers football fan. He was the only child born to Chester and Helen (McCoy) Dull...
May 2010
Tom Daly
What could be more fun than growing up right next to Euclid Beach Park? That is how Tom Daly, Jr. spent his youthful days. Most of the time he was barefoot, because he was forever going in and out of Lake Erie....
April 2010
Doris Crick
Doris Mary Graham was born Oct 8, 1924, in Cleveland, Ohio. She is affectionately called, “Dorie” by her friends. Her parents were Hugh E. and Alby Agnes (Bartek) Graham. Dorie was one of five children born to this couple...
March 2010
Julia Bediant
Julia Hada was born November 22, 1917, in Campbell, Ohio to Frank and Julia (Lakatos) Hada. She had three brothers and one sister, and grew up in a neighborhood full of boys. She was a typical tomboy, or what she called a “blue-jean girl..."
February 2010
Bob Hayward
If you’ve ever had a house built or construction done by Hayward Construction you know someone in Bob Hayward’s family...
January 2010
Bob Turner
Chagrin Harbor native Bob Turner documents the way the City of Eastlake has changed through photography...
December 2009
Tom Nichols
Long time jeweler Tom Nichols a.k.a. "Mr. Willoughby" is an enthusiast in community, boating and car shows... November 2009
Vincent A. Swansegar
A bout with cancer that began in 2007 has not kept Vincent A. Swansegar from living his life...
October 2009
Helen Kudzus
Helen Kudzus remembers the days when cars had no seatbelts. Going places with her five children was quite an experience!
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