Nine Ways to Destroy a Town From a 1957 Ohio Bulletin
A May 1957 Ohio Cities and Villages issue reprinted by the Ohio Municipal League lists nine flaws to avoid for residents of Ashtabula and similar towns. It urges taxes paid by all, participation in meetings, reciprocal civic support, taking office, shared effort, backing local services, considering town-wide impact, following leaders, and supporting local commerce.
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Ashtabula
Cain
Ohio Cities and Villages
Ohio Municipal League
Wyandot County Teen-Age Road-E-O Honors Award Winners
Henry Mekush and Helen Ann Ellis won first place in the Wyandot County Teen-Age Road-E-O held May 5. Carey High School earned the trophy for most participants and points. $50 savings bonds were awarded to the top male and female winners.
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Henry Mekush
Helen Ann Ellis
Wyandot County
Bernard Kramer
Left Center
Carey High School
Douglas W. Myers
Henry
Helen Ann
Carey Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wyandot County Auto Dealers Assn
Wyandot County Association of Insurance Agents
American
Wyandot Memorial Hospital plans would double capacity
The Wyandot Memorial Hospital board approved tentative plans to nearly double beds, from 34 to over 60, with an L shaped addition north of the back wing. The project, funded partly by a possible .40 mill tax and aided by potential federal funds, would include expanded OB capacity and new general wards while awaiting final district voter approval.
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Wyandot Memorial Hospital
Joint Township Hospital Board
Board of Governors
Mifflin
Pitt
Salem
Crane Townships
Ward W . Walton
Upper Sandusky Ministerial Association
Wyan
Carey High School Band to Present Final Concert
Carey High School invites the public to its final concert of the year Friday May 17 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The program includes On the Square March Till Eulenspiegel and Scottish Rhapsody with solos by band members and narration by the group.
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Carey High School
Panella
Thomas Courtad Named Commander Earl Green Post No 344
Thomas Courtad was named commander of Earl Green Post No 344 at a regular meeting on Tuesday evening May 7. Other officers elected include Ed Mund Logsdon, Don Laglia, Calvin Taylor, Carl Hunter, James Lindsay, Jene Orians, Edmond Pahl, and Paul Krupp. They will be installed May 21 at Nevada. The post plans a World War I and II veterans monument in Carey Memorial Park, aiming for Memorial Day, 40 by 6 feet. Initiation of new members is set for May 27 at Upper Sandusky. A memorial service and flag placement will occur May 26 at Christ Lutheran Church and surrounding graves.
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Thomas Courtad
Earl Green
Edmund Logsdon
Don Laglia
Calvin Taylor
Carl Hunter
James Lindsay
Jene Orians
Edmond Pahl
Paul Krupp
Nevada
Legion
Legion Hall
Earl Green Post
Carey Memorial Park
Legionnaires
American Legion Post
Upper Sandusky
Christ Lutheran Church
Kiwanis Club Hears English Immigrant Speaker
Carey Kiwanis Club members Edmund Weaver and Richard Mitsch, inducted May 7 at Kenton, attend a meeting in the Homestead dining room. J H Leckenby, Northern Ohio Telephone Co. traffic chief and England native, speaks on socialized medicine, church attendance, unions, cars, and English telephone exchanges with slides.
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Carey Kiwanis Club
Homestead
Edmund Weaver
Richard Mitsch
Kenton
T H. Maleshi
J H. Leckenby
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
England
United States
Leckenby
Boy Scouts Camp Along Lake Erie At East Harbor Park
Seventeen Boy Scouts and five scout leaders from Troop 13 of Christ Lutheran Church plan a fishing party and camp out from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon at East Harbor State Park near Port Clinton.
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Boy Scouts
Troop 13
Christ Lutheran Church
East Harbor State Park
Port Clinton
Latin Club Trip to Toledo Art Museum Visit
Carey High School Latin Club toured the Toledo Art Museum in Toledo Ohio. Students described the building as vast and white marble with a copper roof and gathered in a basement lecture room before touring the Egyptian Room and mummy exhibit with guides.
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Toledo
Carey High School
Toledo Art Museum
Ohio
Osiris
Denver adopts $2000 per acre annexation fee
The International City Managers Association reports Denver will charge unincorporated areas outside Denver, Colorado, $2000 per acre plus 8 percent of their land area to join the city by annexation. Denver asserts new suburban land costs the city about $9000 per acre for schools, fire and police, sewers, and streets.
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Denver
Colo
International City Managers Association
Soldier's Address Change for Risner at Lackland AFB
A/B Paul F. Risner changes his mailing address to P O Box 1525 Flight 25 195 Lackland Air Force Base Texas 3725 B M T S. The notice records a new address assignment for military personnel.
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Paul F. Risner
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Women Bowlers End Season With Banquet and Awards
The Carey Women's Bowling Association closed its season with a Monday banquet at the Hotel Carey attended by 43 members. Officers Reelected for a second 2‑year term included President Mrs. Robert Wickham and Vice President Mrs. Thelby Wentling. Team prizes went to Gibson's Sohio and Heck's Hide-A-Way among others. high individual game and series honors went to Mrs Edward Bees and Nadine Gibson respectively. Attendance prizes and perfect attendance awards were also handed out before a closing program of readings, songs, and dancing.
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Carey Women's Bowling Association
Hotel Carey
Carey Greenhouse
James Hall
Martha Pahl
Robert Wickham
Thelby Wentling
George Richardson
Marvin Nash
Fullows Gibson
Sohio
Heck
Shang
Wentling
Leland Strahm
Edward Triester
Nash
Gibson
Robert Gibson
John F Onans
Emery Ulrich
Helen Altman
Muss Pahl
Gerald Kitzler
Calvin Taylor
Charles Heck
Joe Garn
Marcus Schlachter
Wayne Brinker
Bowman Hires TV Technician Archie Wilson in Bucyrus
Archie Wilson of Bucyrus has accepted a full time radio and television technician role with Bowman Electric. He brings years of electronics experience from Firestone Bucyrus and service in the US Navy. The firm notes its modern equipment and expanded staff to service all radio and television calls.
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Archie Wilson
Bucyrus
Bowman Electric
Wilson
Firestone
Mr Wilson
Missionary to Show Pictures Sunday Night
Jack Stowell of Findlay a missionary will show pictures of the Philippines at Crawford Methodist Church Thursday evening starting at 8 o clock. Everyone welcome. A man can do more than he thinks he can but he usually does less than he thinks he does.
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Jack Stowell
Findlay
Philippines
Crawford Methodist Church
JayCeeJays Plan Tea and Elect Officers
Mrs Allan Smith Jr opened her home to 24 members for the JayCeeJays meeting. They planned the Mother-Daughter tea at First Methodist Church this Sunday 1 to 4 PM with Ernest Leathers speaker and a vocal solo by Mrs Bixler. An officer slate included Mapes president Drobnick VP, Bill Howard secretary, Gene Bingle treasurer. Sandra Hablitzel chosen for Girls State at Columbus in June.
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Allan Smith, Jr
JayCeeJays
First Methodist Church
Ernest Leathers
Walter Bixler
William Kitzler
Robert Mapes
John Drobnick
Bill Howard
Gene Bingle
Sandra Hablitzel
Carey High School
Columbus
Harold Franklin
Richard Spayd
Pauli Burson
Richard Hunter
Village Hires Linemen Ruggley Smith On Electric Crew
Robert Ruggley and Clay Smith join the village electric department as linemen with appointments effective today. Kenneth Maenle continues as third lineman since February 1. Paul F Paht becomes fireman after replacing Maenle. Former linemen Skobel Cooper and Lanker left for other work. Skobel and Cooper work on power lines in Wood County. Lanker hired by Bowman Electric as an additional appliance serviceman.
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Robert Ruggley
Clay Smith
Village Electric Department
Smith
Kenneth Maenle
Paul F Paht
Wayne Skobel
James Cooper
E E Lanker
Snobel
Cooper
Wood County
Lanker
Bowman Electric
Moving To Columbus As Mr and Mrs Howard Collier Relocate
Mr and Mrs Howard Collier plan to move from the Murphy apartment at 3241 West Findlay Street to Columbus tomorrow. Mr Collier has accepted a job as assistant to the chairman of the Board of Review of Unemployment Compensation and began duties in late April. He is the son of Mrs Grover Snyder and was formerly employed by Snyder Lumber Co.
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Howard Collier
Murphy
Findlay Street
Columbus
Collier
Board of Review of
Grover Snyder
The
Snyder Lumber Co
Swimming Pool Season Tickets On Sale At City Hall
Memorial Park pool season tickets go on sale May 21 at the clerk auditor's office Municipal Building. Prices: family 20 dollars. adult over 12 8 dollars. junior 12 and under 6 dollars. General admissions set at 50 cents for adults and 30 cents for juniors.
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Memorial Park
Clerk Auditor’s Office
Employee Spotting Ghost Town Threat From Local Goods
An industry worker spots a ghostly risk to Carey as a local display mirrors a product his company makes. The firm confirms its goods are sold only through appointed distributors, limiting direct local outreach and leaving merchants to pursue sales. The employee’s vigilance is praised and the company credited for prudent distribution.
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Carey
Gas Line Replacement Nears Completion On South Findlay
Construction on replacing the Ohio Fuel Gas main along the boulevard south of Findlay Street from West Street to Waterworks Park nears finish. Damaged intermediate pressure line with high soil electrolysis leaks is being replaced to reduce street disruption. Crews Wert and Stearn Co of Wooster and Myers Construction Co of Green Springs led the work started May 3. Final filling, reseeding, and sidewalk replacement await settling. crews plan another phase on Fairlane Drive in Hecks subdivision west of St Marys Avenue.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
W. Findlay Street
West Street
Waterworks Park
Wert and Stearn Co
Wooster
Myers Construction Co
Green Springs
Fairlane Drive
Huston
Hecks Subdivision
St Viarvs
Women of the Moose charter bus to Mooseheart trip
The Women of the Moose of Upper Sandusky charter a bus to Mooseheart from June 14 to 16 for graduation services. Interested men or women should contact Mrs Jack McKee at 6 7524 by Saturday.
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W. O
Moose
Upper Sandusky
Mooseheart
Jack McKee
Crawford Township Trustees Move to 7 30 P. M. Saturday
The Crawford township trustees shift their meeting time from 2 p.m. to 7 30 p.m. on Saturdays, effective immediately.
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Crawford Township
Bake sale Saturday at Dibles plumbing shop
A bake sale is planned for Saturday at Dible's plumbing shop sponsored by the Rebekah Lodge of Adrian. Proceeds support lodge activities and community outreach.
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Dible’s
The
Rebekah Lodge of
Adrian
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