In Review 1978 Weather Brings Curve to Norwalk Area
A year end summary notes severe winter storms dominate 1978 with the Blizzard of 78 killing Otis Peat and Edgar Heyman, widespread power outages, and long freezes. June brought tornado winds and floods, damaging South Central High School and other infrastructure. The county now has disaster plans, a sheriff’s center, and citizen groups better prepared for future events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
New London
Otis L. Peat
Milan
Edgar Heyman
Bellevue Reservoir
Huron County
Ohio Edison Co
United Mine Workers
South Central High School
Summit Investment Co
Barbara Hart
Norwalk
Miss Hart
Minneapolis
Minn
Norwalk Board of Education
Roy Benson
Findlay
Benson
Charles Slone
Mansfield Reformatory
Noel Nunes
Ohio Edison
Erie
Berlin Heights
Ohio Power Citing Commission
Ehove
Welfare Department
Berlin-Milan
Buckeye
Christie Lane
Maurice Smith
Thomas Heydinger
Kenneth Reed
Clifford Brown
Ohio Supreme Court
Common Pleas
Robert W. Smith
Shelby
Robert McKown
Robert Vetter
Monroeville School Board
Chester Opper
Willard Area Hospital
Collins
Western Reserve High School
Smith
Wakeman
Citizens Ambulance Service of
Diane Tengowski
Jim Farnsworth
Republic
Bellevue
Paul B. Smith
Monroeville
Bobby Joe Barney
Greenwich House
Joseph R. Graham
Anne
Anastasia
Leake
Huron County Health Department
Health Department
Ron Zoellner
Gordon Rogers
American Law Enforcement Officers Association
Council
Clayton Lord
Board of Public Affairs
R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Willard School Board
Rheda Bennett School
Urban Banker
Plymouth
Robert Meiser
P.J. Garcia
Norwalk Service
Morley Price
Russell Cunningham
Firelands Historical Society
Ruth Young
Lenden Smith
Dick Gregory
Cleveland Browns
Greg Pruitt
Rhodes
Dick Celeste
Reflector
Jack Brown
Brown
Jerry Rosen
Fremont News- Messenger
David Rau
Pages
Summit
Janet Conway
Market Place
Jan Rogosch
Susan Kimbler
Kathy Szejbach
Szejbach
Cathy Hubler
Donald Daugherty
Lawrence Hilson
James Martin
Carpenters
van Dresser Corp
Sheller Globe
Norwalk Concrete Industries
Gould Inc
Kent Sporting Goods Co
Goodsite
Continental Cablevision
U.S. 250
Kmart
NBC
Republic Street
McDonald’s
West Baking Co
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Chuck’s
Norwalk Masons
Suhr Kitchens
Joseppi’s
All Ohio Sports International
Fessenden’s
Huron County Bank
Willard United Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
Industrial Savings & Loan
Main Street
Home Savings & Loan
Home Savings
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce
Jim Westerhold
WLKR
Charles Smith
Certain- Teed Products Corp
James Smith
Kubach-Smith Funeral Home
Bob Bolyard
Chamber
Pleasant Street
Sam Busco
Carole Schnellinger
AWARE
James Rlbright
Dean L. Wise
School Board
NTA
Rllbright
Western Reserve
Huron County 648 Board
George F. Linn Corp
Linn Center
East Main Street
Mental Health
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Mental Health Society
David Plant
Marylou Griffiths
Linn
John Arthur
Republican Central Committee
John Wells
Agriculture
Carlos Tucker
Grant Walls
Caroline Spoerr
Donald Schick
County Board of Education
Howard Dulmage
Don Halsey
Ohio
Richard Armbrust
Year in Huron County Highlights and Turmoil
A sweeping year in Huron County recap covers tax delinquencies, school board fire and pay disputes, a major drug raid, and landmark court actions. It notes political shifts, infrastructure growth, hospital settlements, labor strikes, and notable deaths and appointments, tying in mental health reforms and the Linn Center.
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