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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1972
Page
2
Michael Strabac, 21, terminal cancer patient in Van Nuys California, won a $100,000 malpractice judgment and obtained a temporary restraining order to stop his parents from disposing of the money as a court battle unfolds.
Four girls aged 12 run a temporary candle stand at Prospect and Monroe in Norwalk. Wendy Woelfling Carrie Buck Mary Beth Shankman and Darla More learned candle making in school and sell owls and soda bottle shapes. The two day venture started slow with weak sales and will close until next summer. Darla More’s father John More of Norwalk Monument Co. allowed the corner stand.
The Milan Melon Festival hosts a hot air balloon race on Sunday Sept 3 at 5 pm sponsored by the Milan Jaycees and festival committee. Forty 9 foot balloons with teams of four youths from Huron or Erie County compete for prizes up to 100 dollars in a showdown with the Norwalk Kiwanis winner. Entry costs one dollar with blanks available at Bench Diversified or Comet Cleaners Milan. entries due by Sept 2 at 4 pm.
Gene and Toni Nelson host a Kids Krusade at Norwalk Assembly of God 298 E Main St Monday to Friday 7 to 815 p m with puppets gospel magic stories chalk drawings and skits Pastor Kenneth A Judd invites all kids ages 4 to 14 Wayne Muth will speak at St Peter's Lutheran Church at 8 p m Monday on organizing a non profit convalescent home Sharon Geer of Norwalk Drifters 4 H Saddle Horse Club places fourth at the Ohio State Fair and plans to attend Meredith Manor in September 1973 The Norwalk Commissioners hold a public hearing Monday on Kent Sporting Goods annexation in New London 10 a m Howard S Lutz agent The Norwalk Student Council plans a door to door egg sale this weekend to raise funds for the treasury Two car break ins reported and a prowler sighting near Pleasant Street Agents from the Cleveland narcotics office visit Norwalk Monday to follow up on drug seizure tied to Dr Thomas Eaton's Greenwich office.
Ruth Ann Barber was brought to the Huron County Jail by Willard Police early this morning on charges of carrying a concealed weapon. No details were available this morning.
Willard area crash leaves 20 year old William A. Toth of Parma injured and taken to Willard Area Hospital after his northbound car ran a stop at Ohio 162 and Niver Road, slid into a ditch, and Toth was cited for reckless operation. An 18 year old Parma passenger was not hurt. A Willard pony owned by Jack Stephens was destroyed after a fog morning collision with a car driven by George Ferguson. no citations were issued.
The Ohio Health Department ordered three Lake Erie beaches closed due to high water bacteria counts. Avon and Sheffield beaches in Lorain County and Rocky River Beach in Cuyahoga County were affected.
William B. Samples, 32, of Lorain was charged with driving under the influence after pulling from the Arco Service Station driveway into the path of an eastbound station wagon driven by City Councilman Richard D. Cunningham, 41, at West Main and Church Streets.
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