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Amherst News-Times
Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Amherst, Ohio
Keeping time:
Harlans' hobby
will bring two
landmarks here
by ERIK YORKE
News-Times reporter
Bill Harlan's 35-year hobby will
soon bring two historical landmarks
to the city of Amherst.
Harlan, who has collected and restored antique clocks for more than
three decades, will donate an antique Lorain street clock to the city of
Amherst, prompting a Cincinnati
company to donate a bicentennial
bell to the city as well
The two-faced street clock, according to Harlan, once sat on
Broadway Avenue in Lorain right in
front of the former Pistell ft
Schneider jewelry store. Harlan,
who once served as president of the
Amherst Historical Society and still
sits on the group's board of trustees,
said that in 1940 the city of Lorain
decided to remove the clocks and
refurbish the street lights. The
jewelry store opted to keep what
Harlan called the guts of the clock,
which he later purchased from Mar-
jorie Pistell after the store had
closed.
Among "the guts" are the clock's
original movement, two sets of
wooden hands and a lead weight of
more than 100 pounds that kept the
clock moving in the days before
such clocks were run by electricity.
The original movement, a term
which refers to the moving parts inside the clock; was made in 1890 by
the Howard Co.
"Howard was the big daddy of
them all,*' Harlan said. "They made
the best"
After first considering giving the
clock back to Lorain, the city where
he was born and raised, Harlan decided to donate the clock to Amherst where he has lived with his
wife, Elaine, since 1947.
"I've been in Amherst since after
the war and married an Amherst
girl, so I figured this is where it belonged," Harlan said. "Downtown
Amherst needs one."
Harlan said that he approached a
Cincinnati clock and bell company
to restore the clock. The Verdin
Company, established in 1842, is
widely known for their work on
such projects as the Carillon Bells in
Dayton, and are the world's largest
maker of such bells and street
clocks. Verdin is currently undertaking the making of 88 bells, one for
each Ohio county seat, commemorating the stale's bicentennial.
After speaking with Verdin representative Kathy Dwier as well as
members of the Verdin family about
restoring die clock, the Verdin com- *
pany decided to make an additional
bicentennial bell for (he city of
Amherst.
The Verdin people are really
gracious, nice people to work with,"
Harlan said.
One of Harlan's most recent
clock projects came from inside the
same jewelry store the street clock
once graced. Harlan came by a
10-foot jeweler's regulator clock,
which still reads Pistell Sl Schneider
on its glass front, after it had fallen
into the hands of the Lorain Elk's
Club.
to Harlan, the dock
was bdng destroyed by neglect and
had been painted green. He and his
wife have since restored the huge
clock, both inside and out They
even built an addition to their basement, as they didn't have any rooms
large enough for the clock.
"(Elaine's) always been interested
in history and antiques," Harlan
said. He met his wife shortly after
the end of World War II.
"When I got out of the Navy, I
wanted to buy an ankle bracelet for
a girlfriend at Cornell University,"
Harlan said. "I went to Nielsen's
Dr. Bill and Elaine Harlan stand on either side
of an old jeweler's regulator clock that they restored. The Harlans' love for antiques, clocks in
particular, will result in the addition of an antique
two-faced street clock on the downtown Amherst
cityscape.
Jewelry Store in Lorain and that's
where I met Elaine."
The Harlans have three children,
Pamela, Hallie and Kirk, all of
whom, Harlan said, share their parents'   interest for history  and
Parade, trick-or-treating Sunday
This year's annual Halloween Parade will take place on
Sunday, Oct 28 from 4:30 pjn. to 5 pjn. The parade will
begin at the San Spring building on Park Avenue and head
west to town hall.
Taking part in the parade this year, in addition to the
costumed kids, will be the Amherat Steele High School
marching band, the Comet Cadets and Cub Scout Troop 428
who, atong with the Brownies, will have a float in the parade. This will be the first Halloween parade float, according
to Teresa Antonopoulos police dispatcher and parade
coordinator.
Individuals interested in registering for the costume contest
should do so by 3 pjn. at the San Spring Building. Judging
will start promptly at 4 pjn. Judges this year are city safety
service director Sherrill McLoda, Rich Wolf from Rich's
Auto Body Shop, Mark Costilow from the Amherst Cinema
and both Judy Recknagle and Sally Brown-Van Nuys from
The Mermaid's Tale.
Glow necklaces will be given to the first 400 costume
contestants, said Antonopoulos. There will be SO winners
named in the contest, 10 from each of the five categories.
Those categories are ages newbom-3 years old, 4-7 years old,
7-11 years old, 11 and up as well as a group category.
"They come in all ages, all shapes and sizes," Antonopoulos said.
The event is sponsored by the city of Amherst as well as
the city's safety forces. The event is hosted by the Amherst
Fire Department and the Amherst Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police. In case of inclement weather, the parade will
be canceled and the costume contest will be held at die Amherst Fire Department
Trick or treating will follow the parade from 5:30-7 pjn.
Residents who wish to pass out candy should turn on their
outside lights.
Brazilian teen is charmed
by exchange student's life
by ERIK YORKE
News-Times reporter
Coming to a new school and a
new town can be stressful, much
less a new country. However, Janeiro Galhano, one of four exchange
students to attend Marion L. Steele
High School this year, said he
wanted the experience.
"I want to barn a new culture, a
new style of life." Galhano said
The 17-year-old is from the city of
Fbuso Alegre in the state of Minas
Gerais in Brazil, a city with a population of about 100,000 people. Galhano arrived in Amherst on Aug. 25
and will stay one year.
While in Amherst, Galhano will
he staying with Susan Nehls and her
two children Kaytlyu, 15, and Brandon, 12.
"I love them, they're so finny,"
Galhano said.
"He's just saying that because
he's forced lo be here." said
Brandon.
Galano, wbone favorite achooi
subject is algebra, said that Steele
High School was a big change from
his high school in Brazil.
"It's Very different from my
school," Galhano said. "I think it's
better."
According to Susan Nehls, Galhano will have completed enough
courses to finish high school while
in Amherat Galhano said that he
plans to return to Brazil to attend
college where he will study physical
therapy.
"I warn to be a doctor," Galhano
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Broadus had performed in Cleveland on Tuesday night.
Broadus is charged with two minor drug misdemeanors including
possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia Two
other individuals on the bus, Tracey
L. Davis, 35, of Los Angeles and
Tosha Hay ward, 30, of Los Angeles
were also charged with drug
misdemeanors.
According to State Highway Patrol Lt Gary Lewis, two of the three
tour bases were stopped for doing
77 mph in a 55 mph spetd zone.
The bus was investigated for drugs
after the odor of burnt marijuana
was detected, according to a highway patrol press release. The release
also said that the drug-sniffing dog
located the marijuana in the cargo
area of the bus, kept in six baggies.
Lewis said that the street value
for the 200 grams of marijuana is
about $1,000. He added that Broadus was "polite and professional"
during his interaction with the highway patrol officers. Broadus, Davis
and Hayward each were summoned
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Fall music
concert
at Palace
on Oct. 30
The Amherst schools choral
music department will present
"Music for America," a fall
concert on Tuesday, Oct 30.
The concert will begin at 7:30
p.m. at the Lorain Palace Civic
Center. Admission will be by
donation.
Performing groups will include the Steele Concert Choir,
Women's Chorus, A Cappella
Choir and Women's Jazz Choir.
The concert will conclude
with a special patriotic selection
with all 220 voices of the combined choirs. The concert is
matte possible, in part by the
financial backing of the Amherat Choral Boosters.
The next choral booster meeting will be held the second
Taeaday of November begin-
niag at 7 pjn. This meeting will
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New York City tour. Pa-
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