Twilight Gardens' oldest resident marks 94th birthday
Mrs Ina Williams, Brunswick native and longtime farmer, celebrated her 94th birthday Saturday. Born in Ohio, she spent 90 years nearby, won an oak stand as a girl for fastest hitching, baked bread, washed laundry on a washboard, and lived on a farm. Now in a nursing home, she enjoys bingo at St Mary’s Altar and Rosary.
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Ina Williams
Twilight Gardens
Brunswick
Ohio
Williams
Ladies Aid
Bennette Cornis
Medina County
Truman
Willard
St. Mary’s Altar
Rosary Oun
Cryptoquote and community notes blend in Norwalk page
A cryptogram puzzle by THOMAS JOSEPH ACROSS appears alongside local society news. The page includes birthday tributes, a Hawaiian luau for Firelands Senior Outreach Center, and calendars for August activities at Senior Citizens Club, Gaymont Nursing Center garden updates, and Norwalk Memorial Home birthday observations with cake, punch, and an accordion sing-along.
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Firelands Senior Outreach Center
Shady Lane
Shirley Sterk
Margaret Atkinson
Hanna Hutton
Irene McAllister
Elsie Reaftle
Olive Romig
Alice Schnurr
Norwalk Memorial
Mary Young
Ruth Brown
Olga Gill
Marge
Carl Gerber
Henry
Leah Blackett
Abby column and local notices mix of letters and events
A Dear Abby column segment includes two reader letters about modesty and dream weddings in Las Vegas. The page also lists volunteers, a Bible study, and a church service note, plus July birthday observances, admissions and discharges at local nursing facilities.
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Abby
Las Vegas
Banishing tunes and politics in a lighter note
A satirical column riffs on banning music like Iran's radio ban. It mocks Carter’s cabinet turmoil and contemplates music’s influence on society, quipping that a HEW secretary could claim music causes cancer in mice to justify policy action.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Ayatollah Khomeini
Eohwoen
Carter
America
Ayatollah
Khomeini
Peter Frampton
Health, Education
Fanny Farmers wage dispute sparks factory protest
Forum writer argues both sides in the Fanny Farmer controversy. He notes a company spokesman cites insufficient profits in candy business while workers seek fair wages and benefits. He questions price inflation and accuses executives of avoiding fair negotiations amid rising living costs.
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W. Main St
Norwalk
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Justine
Isiteatuma
RU Zeun
Zuirfi
Nicholas Chamfort
Dorothy Clark
Ashville
N.Y
Arzie Clemment
Elyria
Willard Williams
Firelands Outreach Center
Front Row Theatre
Senior Citizens Club
Robert Wise
John Wagner
Loretta Davie
Don Sellinger
Gaymont Nursing Center
Howard Wilde
Margaret Zigler
Mildred Hughes
Jane Eger
Abigail van Buren
Lisa
Vegas
Marie Bolsinger
Loretta Hipp
Beatrice Smith
Mildred Ott
Grace Sayles
Florence Skinn
Evalyn Veitch
Tom McIntyre
Norwalk Memorial Home
David Richter
Alliance Church
Eel Martha Divert
Antoinette Bandelean
Gaumont Nursing Center
Dwight Hardy
Ruth Hahn
Leonie von Throne
le Betschman
Bobby Beimler
Moravian Villa
Milan
Frank Kramer
Gertrude Hornig
Mary Grubbs
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Steve Backalar
Eliza
Bepie) Hill
Nina Underwood
Edward Hettel
Providence Hospital
Sandusky
Lou Ousley
Fisher-Titus
Ron Prokowski
Madeline
Charlie I Brown
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Fanny Farmer
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