Truant Officer Albert Peebles and his little dog Chico
West Main Street residents recall Albert Peebles 71, longtime Huron County truant officer, and his dog Chico 8 as he tours town on crutches after part of his right leg was amputated. He jokes of meeting Ohio's champion liars while urging students to attend school and noting few truants stay beyond three days.
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Dedaimia Whitney
West Main St
Albert M. Peebles
Chico
Peebles
Huron County
Ohio
Oil City
Scotland
Liberty Motors
Norwalk
Main Street
Wakeman Voters OK 61349 Budget and Lighting Plan
Wakeman Village Council approved a 61349 budget with 24107 for general fund 6235 for street maintenance 18100 for water 13907 for bond related costs. The panel also authorized an Ohio Edison contract and ordered a lighting survey by Butler Draudt and others with a report at the next meeting. A July special meeting discussed Louis Molesky's request to move a double unit trailer onto State Route 303 property and village actions to stop parking the trailer.
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Wakeman
Wakeman Village
Gale Bachelder
Ohio Edison Co
Leon Butler
Orris Draudt
Ralph Jackson
William Jackson
Herbert Freeman
Norwalk
Louis Molesky
Molesky
Buckeye District Seeks 7 Mill Levy
The Buckeye Central Local School District seeks a seven mill operating levy for ten years. Certified to the Huron County Board of Elections, the levy would raise by three mills from the prior rate and needs majority approval to pass. The district spans parts of Richmond Township and extends into Seneca Richland Huron and Crawford counties.
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Buckeye Central
Huron County Board of Elections
Crawford County Board of Elections
Richmond Township
Seneca and
Richland
Huron
Crawford
Battle of Bush in Berlin Heights Sesquicentennial
Berlin Heights gears up for Old Fashioned Days as the Brothers of the Bush take over until Sept 25. Barbers charge 25 dollars without a shaving permit. top hats fill shop windows as beards contest for longest goatee and best full beard. Women face cosmetic license or plain face with sun bonnets prescribed.
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Berlin Heights
Bond Street
Brothers of the Bush
Wedding Party Arrives Quietly as Boys Observe
Ten boys playing in a backyard suddenly fall silent when a wedding party arrives at a nearby home. A groom helps his bride from a car and performs the traditional threshold ceremony amid subdued reaction from the onlookers.
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Norwalk
Photographers To Crown Ohio Queen At Cedar Point
The Ohio News Photographers Association will crown its annual queen Sunday at Cedar Point. Entrants must be 17 to 26 and single, with last minute entries accepted if present by noon EDT. The winner, chosen by ONPA members, will receive prizes and be crowned by previous queen Lynda Hydock.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Ohio News Photographers Association
ONPA
Cedar Point
Buckeye
Lynda Hydock
Parma
Ed D. Verba
Wkyc-Tv
Cleveland
Deaf Man Perfects Midget Transistor Hearing Aid
An article describes a tiny energized hearing aid perfected by a hard of hearing inventor. The device makes whispers clear and promises free information via HEARING at 32 E. 9th St., Erie, Pa.
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E. 9Th St
Erie
Berlin Plans Homecoming Over Labor Day Weekend
Berlin Heights drafts a six day sesquicentennial homecoming with a queen contest, flower show, old timers game, and a chicken barbecue. Entries include Isobel Myers, Sandy Gammie, Patty Ritz, and Diane Williams. Judging Sept 3 selects a queen to preside over weekend events.
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Berlin Heights
Isobel Myers
Garden Club
Berlin Township
Tom Hinman
William Krenzer
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Tom Jordan
Shoop
B-H
Bush
Threshhold
Berlin
Victor
Norwalk, Ohio
Huron County Bank Farm Loan
Is Podie
Onio
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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