Two Ohio clock hobbyists turn junk into prized timepieces
Bernard Maerkisch of North Fairfield and Cecil Hulme of Greenwich turned basement junk into a clock and watch collection. Maerkisch repaired hundreds of clocks for students and plans to donate a 75-year-old calendar clock to a museum. Hulme began after a high school graduation gift pocketwatch and now restores many watches, though he can’t fix the cheapest models.
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Fred Stewart
Bernard Maerkisch
North Fairfield
Cecil Hulme
Greenwich
Maerkisch
Hulme
City power switch impacts Key Estates Saginaw Norwalk area
Customers in Key Estates Saginaw and Norwalk Furniture were moved from Ohio Edison to Norwalk Municipal System due to voltage drop on a line section. Saginaw reported a 13 percent drop in lighting transformers. Regulators were lacking in the Norwalk system, with work ongoing, and the three entities will stay on city power until Ohio Edison completes the repairs. Continuous Ohio Edison supply remains for residences in the northwest area.
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Key Estates
Saginaw Wire Products Corp
Norwalk Furniture Corp
Ohio Edison Co
Norwalk
Saginaw
Herbert Krogh
Ohio Edison
Key Estate
Ohio Edison Power
Bick Re elected To Ohio Township Trustees Board
Clayton Bick of Norwalk rural was re elected to a full term on the Ohio State Association of Township Trustees and Clerks board. He won 45 of 67 votes after filling an unexpired term and was accompanied by over 20 delegates from Huron County.
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Columbus
Clayton Bick
Norwalk
Ohio State Association of Township Trustees and
Bick
Huron County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks
Huron County
Why Leave Home to Shop? Big Home Furnishings Values
The classified section promotes major home furnishings deals with in-store and delivery options. It highlights value sales on sofas chairs tables and décor from local retailers. Consumers are urged to compare prices and seize limited time offers today.
Monroeville Man Sentenced in Bellevue DUI and License Case
Cleatus H. Cutcher, 50, received two concurrent 10 day jail terms in Bellevue Municipal Court on Thursday after being found guilty of drunken driving and driving with a suspended license. He was also fined court costs on each charge.
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Monroeville
Bellevue
Cleatus H. Cutcher
Missing dental plate found on North Prospect Street
A used upper denture was discarded on North Prospect Street and turned into the police by a concerned citizen. The report notes the owner may be missing the plate and urges anyone with information to come forward.
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North Prospect Street
Norwalk Mayor's Court: Bonds Forfeited and Fines Set
In Norwalk Mayor's Court Saturday morning three defendants appeared: Robert Nau speeding $15 fine $7 costs, Carol A. Schwenn speeding $25 fine $7 costs, Oberlin Villareal failure to stop $10 fine $7 costs. Seventeen others forfeited bonds for speeding and related offenses including Vickie Moser Sarah Hippler Carol Hicks Mark Bell Dale T Barnes Linda Young Anna Bemis Thomas Hamons Wallace Myers Clinton Sheffield Glenona Valentine Richard Meyers Sylvester Didion Irene Holbrook Dwight Critzer. The Paradise snowstorm report notes 132 inches in eight days near Mt. Rainier with total 670 inches this winter.
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Norwalk
Robert Nau
Lexington
Carol A. Schwenn
Benedict Ave
Oberlin Villareal
Milan
Vickie Moser
Greenwich
Sarah Hippler
Wallace C. Myers
Collins
Clinton L. Sheffield
North Fairfield
Glenoa J. Valentine
Jeromesville
Richard A. Meyers
Sandusky
Sylvester J. Didion
Bellevue
Irene CC. Holbrook
Dwight R. Critzer
Fairview Park
Sugar Damage Reported on Dennis C. Smith Tractor
Dennis C. Smith of 209 Whittlesey Ave. told police a suspect poured sugar into a tractor gasoline tank and spilled around the gas cap. Repair costs are estimated at 200 to 300 dollars. Two men, Kenneth A. McMahan and Leonard R. Harter, pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Huron County Court, each fined 200 dollars plus costs, jailed three days, and had licenses suspended 30 days.
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Dennis C. Smith
Whittlesey Ave
Smith
Huron County Court
Kenneth A. McMahan
Norwalk
Leonard R. Harter
Jerry City
Wellington Exempted Village seeks 450000 school bond
The Wellington Exempted Village Board of Education will again push a 450000 bond issue to build a gymnasium for its new high school. The May primary election will decide the 1.5633 mill levy for 22 years. Clyde J. Lasch, 23, Plymouth, pleaded not guilty to fathering an illegitimate child with a $300 cash or $600 property bond set in Juvenile Court.
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Wellington
Clyde J. Lasch
Plymouth
Heat lamps ruled out as cause of Lortcher farm fire
Mrs. Paul Lortcher contends heat lamps could not have started Friday night fire that destroyed a 30 by 40 foot farrowing pen. Lamps were in the shed but not plugged in. Seven sows due to farrow were lost as Greenwich and New London firefighters battled the blaze.
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Fitchville
Paul Lortcher
Lortcher Farm
Lortcher
Greenwich
New London
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City Power
Mayor’s Court
Snowy
Longmire, Wash
UPI
Road To Paradise
Paradise
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier National Park
John Townsley
Fed
Blackwall
Whitewall
Goodyear
H&h Tire
Milan Ave
Gallup
EJ. Mayle
Woodlawn Ave
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