Lead cable theft at Norwalk’s Whitney Field prompts probe
Norwalk police investigate the theft of 700 feet of lead covered cable used for underground field lights. The cable was stacked at several locations during field reconstruction. Reports filed by Rob ert Kramer and contractor Vern Arnold. Salvage dealers alerted. A second theft involves a $50 revolver missing from 75 Newton Street. Entry occurred between Monday evening and Tuesday night with coffee grounds scattered in the kitchen.
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Norwalk
Whitney Field
Robert Kramer
Vern Arnold
Newton Street
Stephen T. Oblender
Newton
Oblender
Monroeville Board Accepts Three Teacher Resignations
The Monroeville Board of Education accepted resignations from three high school faculty members Mrs. James Heckelman Dennis Broad and Mrs. Warren Moch at a special meeting. The board also set contracts for staff including two-year terms for several teachers and a one-year term for others.
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Monroeville
Marion Waits
Carl Case
Norwalk
Driver Cited After Two Car Crash on West Main
Thomas D. Churchill 26 of 163 Norwood Ave was charged with failure to stop within a safe distance after his car hit the rear of a vehicle driven by Mrs Dale Gilbert 24 of Clyde at the East Main Newton Streets intersection at 6 45 a m Tuesday. The Churchill car sustained heavy front end damage and both cars were eastbound.
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Thomas D. Churchill
Norwood Ave
West Main
Newton Streets
Dale Gilbert
Clyde
Area Schools Attend Eighth District Youth Workshop
Six Huron County high schools sent reps and advisors to Heidelberg College in Tiffin for the Eighth District Youth Leadership Workshop. Listed students include Nikki Schafer Douglas Mackles Holly Wenner Mitchell Esch Jeff Baker from New London and advisors Richard Hickerson.
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Huron County
Heidelberg College
Tiffin
New London High School
Nikki Schafer
Douglas Mackles
Holly Wenner
Mitchell Esch
Jeff Baker
Richard Hickerson
Norwalk St. Paul High School
Andrew Heydinger
James Meyer
Debbie Rushing
Terri Wise
Don’t Dump Rubbish On Roads Warned By Sheriff
Huron County Sheriff John Borgia issued a warning about dumping rubbish along roads and highways as warm weather arrives. The sheriff cited multiple complaints in Steuben area rural Willard and reminded that illegal dumping can bring fines from 25 to 500 dollars and up to 30 days in jail or both.
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Huron County
John Borgia
Steuben
Willard
Borgia
Ohio
Obituaries for Miss Margaret Little and Walter Ritchie
Miss Margaret Little of 128 East Main Street dies after an extended illness at Memorial Home in Norwalk. She belonged to the First Baptist Church and several civic groups and is survived by a sister, two nieces, a nephew, and eight great nieces and nephews. Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday at Kubach-Smith Funeral Home with entombment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Walter Garry Ritchie 73 of Lovers Lane Norwalk dies after a lengthy illness at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. A Marietta Ohio native and Navy veteran, he worked for Johns Manville and leaves a widow, three sons, two grandchildren, and a half brother. Funeral services are 1:30 p.m. Friday at Kubach-Smith Funeral Home with burial at Steuben Cemetery.
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Margaret Little
E. Main St
Memorial Home
Norwalk
Miss Little
First Baptist Church
Sally DeForrest
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fisher-Titus Hospital Women’s Auxiliary
Garden Club
Ellen Little
Sidney
Ellen) Probert
Charles
Marjorie) Oakman
Grosse Point
Mich
Robert C. Little
Columbus
William
Robert
Mable Little
Kubach - Smith Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Floyd Buckland
Walter Garry Ritchie
Lovers Lane Road
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Marietta
Ritchie
Johns Manville Co
U.S. Navy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marian Anna
Walter, Jr
Dennis
Mt.Vernon
Harry Thompson
Karen Ann
Kubach- Smith Funeral
P.J. Garcia
Steuben Cemetery
Evening club and meeting schedule across town
Tonight features Rainbow Girls at the Masonic Temple at 7 30 and Nu Nu Chapter at 8 with Mrs Vernon Arnold. American Legion Auxiliary meets at the American Legion Home at 8, Norwalk Oddfellows at Oddfellows Hall at 8, Xi Delta Mu at 8 30 with Mrs Charles Kocher. Thursday lists First Methodist Church Women’s Prayer Group at Wesley House 9 30 a.m Townsend Road Farm Women’s Club at noon with Mrs Clifford Silcox. Girl Scout cookies distributed at Memorial Park Clubhouse. Willowdale Farm Women’s Club at 1 p.m with Mrs Charles Stumpf. Shoestring Players rehearse The Women Act 2 in Clubroom at 7 p.m. VFW Auxiliary at VFW Hall at 8 p.m. Milan High Hopes TOPS Club at Senior Center 8 p.m.
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Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Nu Nu
Vernon Arnold
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Home
Norwalk
Oddfellows Oddfellows Hall
Xi Delta Mu
Charles Kocher
First Methodist Church
Wesley House
Townsend Road
Clifford Silcox
Memorial Park
VFW
Milan
High Hopes
Livestock Auction Report From Cleveland Market
Market notes from Cleveland summarize early cattle and hog bids. Hogs mix by weight with prices from 18.25 to 20 per hundredweight and packing sows at 14.50 to 17. Cattle ranges include prime to good at 25.50 to 28.50 per hundredweight with various classes of heifers, cows, bulls, and canners priced accordingly.
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Cleveland
UPI
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