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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1968
Page
2
Norwalk Alliance Church plans a 3 p.m. Sunday dedication for a new educational unit costing 115000 dollars. Rev. N. E. Fye district Superintendent of eastern Ohio will deliver the dedication address and Rev. Bill Allen speaks at Wednesday and Thursday meetings at 730 p.m. The public is invited.
A total of 154 pints of blood were collected Monday by the bloodmobile in Norwalk. Donors reaching one gallon included Clara Schaffer James Spettle Paul Brookover Dean Lawrence and Michael Leimister of Norwalk Mary Milkie and Robert Sitterly of Monroeville and Rita Pigman of Milan. Two gallon donor Theodore Van Der Waarden of Norwalk. Three gallon donors Charlotte Dobbs Clarence Smith and Dorothy Naylor all of Four-gallon donors Walter Schlegelmilch Sr and Mary Kitchens of Norwalk. Five gallon donor Anthony Wecther of Norwalk. VFW Auxiliary provided food for the canteen staff luncheon Esmond Dairy supplied milk. Fire damage estimated at $20000 at Rike Kumler Co warehouse downtown in two alarm blaze.
L P Murray vice president cashier attests the report of condition is true. Directors Peter J Mesenburg K C Buckley M A Clark attest and swear before Bertine R Eaton in Huron County Ohio on January 12 1968. Figures list assets and liabilities including 1 214 041 61 3 964 000 00 431 194 25 275 531 71 706 725 96 none.
A 20 year old James Spero Darris of Reading Pennsylvania led a chase from Ohio into Indiana and back, reaching steady speeds near 110 mph. After roadblocks with police cars and semi trucks, he rammed an Indiana state police car and left with minor injuries. charges to follow.
Greenwich The annual meeting of the Greenwich Ripley Area United Fund is set for 8 p m Thursday at the Sanders Company office on Main Street. UF president Robert Rice says four directors will be elected to terms through December 31 1970.
A $140000 civil suit opened in Huron County Common Pleas Court. Ruth Ann Kramer sues Jeanne Frank over a Feb 26 1965 crash at St Paul Ep is pal Church entrance. Kramer alleges head and back injuries from a jeep with a snow plow driven by her husband.
About 75 vegetable growers from across Ohio attended the Muck Crop School in Celeryville over two days. Researchers from OARDC Wooster and Ohio State discussed insect, disease, and weed control options. Dr. J M Beattie outlined Celeryville Sub-Station research and Wooster facilities and invited attendance at the August Open House to tour the new Horticulture and Food Technology Building. Out of state participants included Dr. Robert Lucas of Michigan State University, William Bolthouse of Grant Michigan, and Duane Baldwin of Stockbridge Michigan, all active muck soil growers.
U S Senator Stephen M Young of Ohio says he will not back either Frank Lausche or John Gilligan in the Democratic primary for the Senate nominating contest. He plans to support Democrats in the general election instead.
A Federal Housing Administration representative will speak at a Wednesday night meeting in Norwalk to discuss housing analysis. John R. Gerken Jr, chair of the Mayors Committee on Human Relations Housing Subcommittee, said FHA operations may apply. City council Zoning Committee members will attend.
Miss Ruth Heyman of Lyme Township filed a cross petition in Huron County Common Pleas Court seeking priority of liens. Heyman, with John P. Seaman of Milan, is a defendant in a $27,945 suit by Union Bank and Savings Co. of Bellevue from last August, while Heyman also filed a $100,000 suit against the bank. Both actions remain pending with the bank and Heyman claiming mortgages on Grain Merchants property.
SEATTLE UPS Three rings valued at 5000 slipped into Mrs. Helen Huebner s garbage last Thursday. She alerted the sanitation department which diverted a 20 ton garbage truck to a substation. Her family and two neighbors have spent days rummaging through odorous waste seeking the rings. A jade dinner ring and a diamond wedding ring were recovered. five diamonds remain missing.
In Norwalk Cub Scout Pack 218 boys built pine block cars under five ounces for a December race at the First Methodist Church. Parents and siblings packed the crowd as four cars rolled downhill to a tight finish amid happy groans and cheers.
Sheriff John Borgia reports 1967 saw more burglaries and larcenies in Huron County while writs served slightly up and complaints down. Burglaries totaled 42 with 20 solved. larcenies 85. jail prisoners 583. real estate sales more than tripled with 25 parcels auctioned. Fox bounty payments rose with 450 red fox and 82 gray fox recorded. In Youngstown Saleh Ahmed, 69, faces a Feb 14 hearing on first degree murder for the Jan 9 slaying of Mohammed Hussein, 29, with innocent plea entered.
Willie E. Robinson also known as Tony Holland pleaded guilty in Huron County Common Pleas Court to issuing a check with intent to defraud. Judge Robert J. Vetter sentenced him to five years probation and restitution plus court costs. Robinson had earlier entered not guilty plea and was arrested October 15 before being returned to Huron County December 9.
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