Page Two..

Next 10 pictures..I want to say I do appreciate whoever owned these pictures originally putting captions under many of them, otherwise it would be very hard to dig out names..Was a great help..



Left:Jay Sebesky, Cleveland Container Company Richard Freeman, Empire Coil Co. Barbara Snyder, WXEL, George Condon, Plain Dealer TV writer John Safer, also of WXEL and Martin Codel, TV Digest Publisher
Right:E.E. Grieger, Timmerman Products, Mrs. E.E. Grieger and Russell Spires, WXEL Program Director



Station Mascot. a papier mache elephant known as "Little Ajax"


"Little Ajax"



Arrival of "Little Ajax"




John T. Fryman Jr., VP of Standard Brewing, Franklin Snyder, WXEL Station Manager, Wallen Sylvester (sp) Arthur Gerst and Edward Walsh of Gerst Advertising Agency..Signing a contract for WXEL to televise Cleveland Indians Games in 1950..







Herbert Mayer, Owner of Empire Coil WXEL Owner


Lee Gardner, Herbert Mayer, WXEL GM Franklin Snyder and Tommy Mayer


Herbert Mayer, Mrs. Lee Gardner, Howard Hoffman



Herbert Mayer, Tommy Mayer Bert Dunlop and Margo Mayer
(I assume Daughter)



WXEL General Manager Franklin Snyder at the Dedication Dinner

Part One of WJW 30th anniversary in 1979