Howland Bandwagon (Newspaper) - November 9, 1977, Howland, Ohio HOWLAND 1977 Hooper Award Winner VOICE OF HOWLAND Fourth No. 34 36 Pages NOVEMBER 1977 Entered As Second Class Matter Post Niles Ohio TWENTY CENTS A COPY School levy is defeated by 126 votes 7.9 mill school operating levy was defeated for the fourth time Tuesday by Rowland The which was defeated by 126 also failed in November of 1976 by votes and in March and June of 1977 by 751 and 567 votes Tuesday's voting saw votes in favor of the levy and votes against There 895 more votes cast than in the June election with the margin of defeat being 441votes less this The if passed would have brought in million per Superintendent of the Howland Local School Dr. James G. attributes the failure of the levy to not projecting the great and immediate need to the residents of are one of the areas that gives residents the opportunity to vote for or against the tax It is my feeling that the citizens of Howland Township were voting against a tax increase of any kind and not against the Howland School Dr. Hyre On the other Dr. Hyre acknowledged that some residents felt the need for the levy wasn't don't know how else to express to the that the need for the levy is It is a difficult job that has to be he According to Supt. the educational system in Howland will be operating on a skeletal program with an incomplete The failure of the levy means that no new materials or textbooks can be purchased cording to Dr. there will be a greater morale problem among Howland students and school em- would still like to thank all of the people who put so much time and effort into working for passage of the especially Lisby and BUI who were co-chairmen with Supt. for the Vote Yes We will have to come back and continue to do the best job that we can with what we have to work The need is still Inc. and Packard Electric were recently honored by the Trumbull County Chapter of the Governor's Subcommittee for Barrier Free Architecture for their efforts in assisting the committee achieve its Among those attending awards ceremonies were to Phil vocational staff member at Hillside David Jones of Packard who was presented the award as the large employer of the Gordon promotions director for Phoenix the small employer of the Dr. Donn winner of the physicians award and chief executive officer and medical director at Hillside and Eugene associate professor of philosophy and religion at State who was the handicapped 1977. Bids to be open Dec. 7 for new police facility for the proposed Howland Police Station will be open Dec. according to the Howland Township Clerk G. Lee it was announced at a recent Howland Township Board of Trustees Groundbreaking for the facility is planned for Dec. 14. Bids will also be opened for a table salt spreader at the Nov. 16 trustee In other business the trustees approved two purchasing one for for a hot water tank at the administration and another for zerox supplies for the Howland Police feet of 275 feet of and 500 feet of Hidden Valley Drive were accepted into Howland It was also announced that a meeting will be held 1 at 9 a.m. in the County Commissioners Hearing Room for the annexation of 3.29 acres of It was agreed to permit the Riviera Inn in Newton Falls to transfer its liquor to My Place Restaurant and 1268 N. River Rd in The trustees moved to officially recognize the Howland Police Association as the department's of- bargaining agent and to thank Rev. Robert Taylor of Howland Community Church for conducting the election to certify the It was announced that several Howland residents had received un- letters sent by bulk mail opposing the 7.9 mill school operating According to trustee Orval not signing the letter could lead the sender to be The trustees moved to pay a sent by the Trumbull County Sanitation Department concerning sewer in- on and Ridge Road after the first of the It was also moved to let the Road Department continue to remove snow from Howland Township school parking Chairman R. Bruce Mateer invited the successful trustee candidates to sit in on the trustee meetings to help them ease into their Police Chief David M. Hartsock announced that the department's Halloween project of passing out candy from police cruisers was he was disappointed in the property destruction that occured that damage was done to a residence on Shady Lane when a pellet gun was fired into a picture There was also damage done to Ray's Pizza and a residence on Niles Cortland The situation climaxed when William son of Mr. and Mrs. 8565 Sleepy Hollow was shot with a pellet gun from the passenger side of a moving dark medium size car with two youths in it. Flevares was treated and released from Trumbull Memorial Chief Hartsock has asked the assistance of anyone who has in- formation concerning this outbreak of The identity of anyone helping will be kept Hartsock also added that juveniles have become a more serious problem than ever and that the department will be enforcing the curfew law more Harry L. superintendant of the Township Road Department requested Howland residents be patient concerning the leaf pick There is no set schedule and leaves will be picked up according to availability of equipment and Assistant Fire Chief Jack Rowlands reported a loss of due to fire in the month of The department responded to 66 including 10 dwelling amounting to one garage fire totaling five grass and 45 squad He also reported that repairs were made on the number and 17 fire and all vehicles have been It is estimated that the new station wagon for the department will arrive Nov. 15. The department also conducted five in- and visited two schools to present information concerning the fire The next trustee meeting will be held Nov. 16. Schweinfurth attends Boys State son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. 9052 Chalfonte Dr. attended Buckeye Boys State this He was selected by a panel of school faculty members and Boys Staters from the previous State was like a large political machine where I participated with BUI Previous to arriving at the West Lewn of Athens had decided to run for the State Once he began his political He won the primary page ft L There's plenty of interesting reading in today's On page 3 there is coverage of a retirement reception held in honor of two Howland Beautiful brides are shown on pages and 10. A photo highlights page is featured on page 12. Sports events are covered on pages and On today's Editorial columns by Ralph Joan Keith McKnight and Paul Harvey are Mr. Ingersoll's My column deals with some anecdotes by a New York cardiologist from his new book and Mrs. Cochran's column deals with the family Also on the page is a editorial dealing with the results of Tuesday's On the Feature Page today is the nineteenth in the series of presidential profiles with this week's article on Rutherford B. Also on the page is the CB radio column by the Blue the Column and Dear Elsewhere in today's issue is a story on the Bag of featuring the Dana Brass Quintet and an upcoming arts and crafts sponsored by the and vital to the entire Hyre also president of the Howland Classroom Teacher's deeply regret that the community has not seen fit to provide us with the water to extinguish the At this point there is little that can be done to improve the educational process for the although we are confident a school levy will be passed in the future There are just too many people in this community who love their children and recognize the value of quality was our fourth said one of the three chairmen for the Vote Yes large turnout like we have in November elections may have hurt I feel some people who don't know enough about the levy just vote against all tax This failure of the levy to pass is a total It has done damage to the school system that is not If we can't sell 7.9 how can we go back and ask for 12 or 13 mills on the next This will have to be done since schools will have to close in November of 1978 and we have lost an entire taxing Lisby failure to pass the levy is total will cause a real loss of and is a sellout on the part of the he Van Kurtz and Emanuel are victors Van 8548 Hunter's John Chalfont and John 7854 Glen Oak were elected by the Howland residents to serve on the Howland Local Board of Unofficial results from the Board of Elections saw Van receiving Kurtz with 2'920 and Emanuel taking Van Wingerden is presently Director of Reliability Control at Packard He has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering Administration from Case University and participated in the Stanford Executive Program at the JOHN KURTZ JOHN EMANUEL Fire and Hillside levies pass proposed one null tax levy for the benefit of the Howland Township Fire District passed with a majority affirmative vote in Tuesday's votes were cast for the levy and votes were cast against the The purpose of the levy was to maintain fire and to supply water sources and and to pay part time or volunteer firemen or firefighting The passage of the levy will cost tax payers for each of valuation for a period of five beginning with the tax year 1977. A renewal of an existing 4.5 levy to constitute a tax for the benefit of Trumbull County for the purpose of providing funds for current expenses of Hillside Hospital also passed with a majority affirmative votes were cast for the levy and votes were cast against it. The passage of this levy amounts to for each of for a period not to exceed five beginning with the tax year 1978. In the Warren Municipal Court Judge incumbent Joseph J. Cracium was victor over William B. Jobe Sr. by a narrow Cracium received votes to Jobe's feel the first priority is the building of a constructive relationship between the board and school Van Wingerden a attended the ROBERT VAN WINGERDEN University of He believes in quality education and teels schools must teach the tools of feel the board must give money management top priority in their future Kurtz He also stated that education is a partnership among teaching and other citizens of the District Manager of the Warren Social Security is a graduate of the National Academy of He holds a degree from the College of Emanuel stated that he believes in open and frank communication regarding the rights and needs of the school recognize the role of the board member is to represent the people who elected I feel the public has the right to know the issues and make input prior to the decision being There is no need for secrecy concerning school Emanuel Those candidates not succeeding were Sally Swegan with incumbent Warner Taiclet with Sylvia Bosse with Burt Trowbridge with Anna Belle Bailes with in- cumbent Donald Young with votes and Stephen Burnett with 988 Hines and Orwig gain Howland trustee seats 7839 Sutton Place and Richard E. 2338 Stillwagon were elected Tuesday night by Howland residents to serve on the Howland Township Board of ding to the unofficial results from the Board of Hines received votes and Orwig received Hines is currently general manager of Turney's Department He is a high school graduate and is presently serving on the Kent State University Business Technologies Hines is against piecemeal annexation and feels the best way to improve a situation is to identify the situation and work for a proper position will be to improve upon water and sewer and proper planning to alleviate our growing Hines Orwig is a Howland High School graduate and a maker by He gave up a seat on the Howland Local Board of Education in order to run for the trustee According to he has attended many trustee meetings over the years and has worked closely with the trustees since he is on the Zoning Board of Orwig has worked for the betterment of Howland for 20 and is not in favor of an- of any He would like to keep all debts up to date and he plans to lure new industries and businesses to Howland in order to increase the tax base plan to maintain an open door policy with the people of Orwig Those candidates not succeeding were R. Bruce Mateer with Daniel O'Rourke with 943 Thomas Hofstetter with 817 and Michael Sanders with 804 RICHARD ORWIG Howland Police to enforce curfew Trumbull County curfew which became effective in will be stringently enforced by the Howland Police Department according to Police Chief David M. He added that any child picked up will be taken to the Howland Police where he will be kept until the parents come to the station to get their Hartsock released the curfew rules as applied to Trumbull County They are person having control and custody of or being the parent or guardian of a minor shall knowingly permit such minor to be outside the confines of his homesite or travel through in an sit in an loiter or play upon the county roads or other places of the un- supervised or enclosed or other places of amusement or for the time hereinafter prohibited for the respective ages Minors under 13 years of ENFORCE page
