Willard Council Advances Emergency Improvement Measures
Willard City Council, meeting on an emergency basis, enacted several ordinances to speed city projects. The panel authorized $6,765 in notes for Ash Street storm and sewer work, with $1,074 city-funded and the rest charged to property owners, and awarded a $5,750.50 bid to Jack Friend Excavating of Bucyrus. Emergency clauses also changed street paving payment terms, added a fall ballot park levy, and renewed mutual fire protection pacts with Attica, Plymouth, Monroeville, and Norwalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard - Willard
Kenneth Foyt
Ash Street
Jack Friend Excavating Company
Bucyrus
Attica
Plymouth
Monroeville
Norwalk
Wildlife Unit Created Hennessy Promoted to Senior Conservationist
Tom Hennessy of Monroe ville RD 2 is promoted to senior conservationist by the Ohio Division of Wildlife and will supervise the newly formed Wildlife Management Unit covering Erie Huron Crawford and Richland Counties. The unit system creates 20 such units to improve service by assigning personnel to counties within each unit.
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Hennessy
Tom Hennessy
Monroeville RD 2
Ohio
Erie, Huron,Crawford
Richland Counties
Division of Wildlife
Dale E. Whitesell
Huron County
Herbert Andrews
Milan RD 1
Erie County
Paul E. Weinert
Bucyrus
Crawford County
George M. Griffith
Mansfield
Richland County
Hog and cattle price report from local markets
Market notes show hogs at 300 head with steady ranges across weights from 160 to 260 pounds and various carcass prices. cattle also steady to higher with prime steers 25 to 26 and upper-quality cows fetching 17 to 19. calves 25 to 30 for prime natives, soybeans at 2.44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Former City Rec Chief Named To Toledo Post
William H. Slattengren, ex director of Norwalk Park and Recreation Board from 1950 to 1955, is named Commissioner of Recreation for Toledo. City Manager Frank Backstrom announced the appointment. He will oversee 71 playgrounds, eight pools, 130 softball baseball diamonds and indoor recreation centers, starting August 24.
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William H. Slattengren
Norwalk Park and Recreation Board
Toledo
Frank Backstrom
Norwalk
Springfield
Slattengren
Augustana College
George Williams College
Chicago
Ohio Recreation Association
Police arrests and court fines in Willard and Norwalk area
Willard Police arrest Cletus Sexton 25 for driving without a license and disturbing the peace. in City Court he pays fines of 15 and 25 dollars plus costs and is held in Huron County Jail. Lawrence Pete 23 Wakeman faces a red light charge. John Clarke memorial services set in Bellevue. Richard Williams 43 Bellevue charged with passing on the right after an accident near 208 East Main with minor vehicle damage and no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus Sexton
Willard
Sexton
Huron County
Lawrence E. Pete
Wakeman
Main
West Streets
Richard F. Williams
Bellevue
Williams
Mildred E. Greenwald
Drivers Needed for South Central School District
Greenwich district residents may apply for bus driver positions at the high school office as Executive Head George McNemar announces openings for regular route and substitute drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
South Central School District
George McNemar
Car Crash Injures Driver Near Route 113
A Lorain man, John Yanoff, 32, was injured when his car hit a utility pole off Route 113 east of Route 61 at 3 a.m. He received treatment at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital for facial and neck injuries and was cited for unsafe operation.
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Sandusky
John Yanoff
Fisher - Titus Memorial Hospital
Baybridge
State Highway Patrol
Water Shortage Deepens Across Ohio Crops
Ohio forecasters warn drought may worsen if August dryness persists though current conditions are slightly better than last year. Groundwater recovery could take years without above normal rainfall through spring summer and winter. Affected counties include Adams through Vinton as cabbage corn tomatoes potatoes hay and tobacco suffer. pasture at 76 percent on Aug 1, the lowest since 1954 except recent two years.
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Pierce
Ohio
Rhodes
Freeman
Adams
Athens
Brown
Clermont
Gallia
Hocking
Highland
Jackson
Lawrence
Madison
Meigs
Pickaway
Pike
Ross
Scioto
Vinton
Agriculture Department
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Willard Council
R. Keith Armstrong
Armstrong
Calvin C. Fillings
F. S. Howlett
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Department of Horticulture
New Horticultural Research Center
Wooster
Andrews
Weinert
Whitesell
Erie
Huron
Richland
New Wildlife Unit
Griffith
West Main
Ely Sesn Es Sido Hk
Old Crow
Arcro
Quality Arcro Garage
Janet Lumber CO
Whittlesey
Penny
Pincher
City Rec
Hale Haven
Sandy Ridge Fruit Farm
John A. Clarke
Waters and Smith Funeral Home
Red Haven
Swabley’s Fruit Farm
Alexander R. Molnar
Corwin
Seminary
Prospect
John D. Pierce
New London
Eleanor Alt
Republic
Janet Swartzmiller
Reed Center Road
Seneca County
Stanley M. Schug
Melvin G. Schug
Route 2
Grafenwhor
Germany
4Th Armored Division
78Th Artillery
Bamberg
Acing
Fort Leonard
Office
Citizens Nat’l. Bank
Harold W. Veitch
Pres
Don F. Halter, V. Pres
Bowen
Kohlmyer Hardware
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