Norwalk Bond Levy Campaign Spends $913 on Promo
The Norwalk School Bond Levy Committee reported 913.63 spent to back a Nov. 2 issue funding a fieldhouse and a Pleasant Street School. Contributions mainly from Whitney Field Improvement Committee totaled 453.63 with smaller gifts from Bill Conway, J.T. Lendrum, Fred Waugh, and John Muth. Major costs included 178 to Fair Publishing and 158 for bumper stickers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Pleasant Street
John L. Frank
Board of Elections
Milan Ave
Whitney Field Improvement Committee
Bill Conway
J.T. Lendrum
Fred Waugh
John Muth
Fair Publishing
Eberts
Hart
Kerr Printing Co
WLKR
Lesch Canvas
New London Debates Reinstating Public Affairs Board Or Administrator
Village in New London weighs keeping the current administrator position or restoring the three-member Board of Public Affairs. A straw vote favored retaining the administrator, with council seeking community applicants but open to outsiders. If BPA returns, a special election would be funded by the village. Mayor Gessner to cover duties through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Harold Cooke
Board of Public Affairs
New London Council
BPA
Marion Paramore
Bobby Patton
Robert Blackman
Tom Funk
Paramore
EPA
Dan Gessner
City auditors begin four year books review in town
Two state examiners started auditing the city’s books for four years, with Mayor Wayne Goodsite noting the city must cover the routine audit cost. The 1972 audit cost over $3,000 and the process may take weeks as four years of transactions are certified. Water on Olive and James Streets was off for three hours after a break. the Norwalk Street Department repaired it by 7 p.m. Supt. Walter Wise warned more breaks may occur as cold weather shifts the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Goodsite
Olive
James Streets
Norwalk Street
Walter
Red) Wise
Memorial Gifts and Property Transfers Highlight Local News
Memorial gifts to the Norwalk Public Library fund a Willard Bishman tribute and subscriptions. A deed records Mem orial Gifts to Library West Baking Co buying 21.7 acres from Firelands Development Co for 76200 dollars near Ohio 18 and Old State Road with 76.20 in fees. A break in at a service garage leads to theft of tools valued at about 1900 dollars. A wagon theft is reported on Jefferson Street. A Norwalk man sustains leg injuries after a hit and run near Monroe Street behind the post office. Various October November memorials list books and children's titles in memory of multiple residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Baking Co
Firelands Development Co
Huron County Recorder's
West Baking
Ohio 18
Old State Road
Ohio 113
Birmingham
Andy Kudela
Erie County Sheriff's Office
Willard Bishman
Norwalk Public Library
Bishman
Robin James Gracie
Jean Burt Polhamus
Gail Gibbons
Lee James
Satomi Ichikawa
Hal Glen Borland
Rocky Davis
Edna Olcott
Pantheon
Ariane Ruskin
Batterberry
Mrs. Sheldon Laning
Suzanne Hilton
Dale Evans
Rogers
Mary Rolston
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Clarence Luce
Crosby
Dwayne Netland
Tape Deck Stolen From Carleton's TV & Stereo
A $149 tape deck disappeared from Carleton's TV & Stereo at 48 E. Main St. within the last 10 days. Owner Robert Carleton said the loss was found during a routine inventory by a factory representative. A total of $1,900 in tools were also reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton
E. Main St
Robert Carleton
Candle Fire Causes Bedroom Blaze on Maple Street
Mrs Rosemary Hamilton of 17 Maple Street woke to a candle flame on her night stand around midnight. The candle burned books and a mattress corner, prompting firefighters to extinguish the blaze at 2:56 a.m. The mattress was dragged to the front lawn. Mrs Hamilton lives with her mother Mrs Robert Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Street
Rosemary Hamilton
Maple St
Hamilton
Robert Bryant
Wailing Cruiser Collides Injuring Local Driver
Cheryl A. Dauch a 19 year old woman was injured when her car was broadside by a Norwalk police cruiser returning to a crash. The collision occurred at League Street and Whittlesey Avenue around 7 06 pm. Dauch suffered minor injuries and was treated at Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
League Street
Whittlesey Avenue
Cheryl A. Dauch
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Norwalk
New London Honors Cooke Retirement Gathering for Village Official
Harold Cooke, village administrator since 1972 and 32 year official, was honored by past and present New London mayors, councilmen, co workers and local businessmen at a surprise retirement gathering in the clerk's office. He received an electric mantel clock with a engraved plaque and a $100 U.S. Savings Bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Harold Cooke
Cooke
U.S
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Miami
Fla
Michael O’rourke
Fisher Music
Lyle
Epiphone
W. Main
J.W. Stewart
Stewart
Council
Barbara Shupe
Jefferson St
Shupe
Gary J. Kalizewski
Monroe Street
Kalizewski
Case Power & Equipment
Seven Limers
Bellevue
Velvetones
Tod . Wagner Wagner
Whittlesey
Bouscau
Miss Dauch
Dauch
Wagner
Donald Daughtery
Martin J. Meilander
Robert N. Meilander
Wakeman
Lackland Afb
Tex
Air Force
Lackland
Firelands Electric Cooperative
Howard Chapin
Hillsdale High School
Firelands Electric Cooperative, Inc
Ohio
Dacron
SLIO
Strickfaden’s
Bell Ave
Sandusky, Ohio
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