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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1971
Page
2
Richard W. McCoy's late model car valued at 4400 was found Wednesday on East Main Street. Police towed it to the station and removed the steering wheel while dusting for prints. The right rear door was smashed and chrome trim damaged indicating a possible recent hit and run.
Richard J. Gordon promoted from Alliance Division to assistant manager of the Lake Erie District based in Norwalk. The Lake Erie District serves over 276,000 customers in parts of 15 northern Ohio counties and will gain Gordon as District Manager D. E. Barr nears retirement. William P. Stoldt promoted to manager of the Minerva office. Gordon, 37, began as an engineer in 1955 with Columbia Gas of Ohio and rose through multiple division and plant posts. he was named 1970 Boss of the Year by the Alliance Jaycees. He and his wife Nancy live in Alliance with two sons and a daughter. Stoldt, 47, joined in 1946 and rose to Norwalk air conditioning representative before promotion. He and his wife Faye reside at 5 Parsons St.
Ten year old Julie Hofacker crowned heart princess at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. Medina Heart Association president Charles Hawley motivates volunteers as fund drive begins in February for the 1971 campaign. Hawley cites heart research saving lives including a Valley City man and a boy who remained active in sports after rheumatic fever. Dinner May 5 at Hartenstein's in Willard set to announce totals. Coordinators Mrs. Eberly and Larry Foran lead county volunteers.
New London sits 3rd with a 5-1 team record in the Lorain County Scholastic Chess League while Norwalk High is 2-3 tied for 11th with Midview. New London beat Elyria Catholic Brookside B Southview and Midview, lost to Oberlin 3-2, then beat Lorain 4-1. Norwalk defeated Avon Lake Buckeye but lost to Brookside A Oberlin and Admiral King. Brookside A and Highland lead with six straight matches. Standings shown as of Monday.
The Shoestring Players present the three act comedy Never Too Late by Sumner Arthur Long at Milan Town Hall February 12 to 14. Curtain is 8 15 PM. Director Jane Koehn leads a Norwalk cast including Tennis Miller as Harry and Ann Wilson as Edith as they cope with becoming parents again.
Claudio Rabello and Thomas Bleile will present talks at 7 30 p m Monday as part of a four week adult religious education series at St Pauls Social Hall sponsored by the Center of Religious Education. Rabello will discuss child to adolescent development and Bleile will address adolescent behavior issues. Bleile holds a psychology degree from John Carroll University and has done post graduate work at Ohio State University.
Service Director Herbert Krogh will propose a life insurance plan costing the city 9407 dollars yearly with premiums from 15 to over 250 dollars based on age. He also seeks four weeks of vacation after 20 years, up from three weeks after 15, and a longevity plan with a one dollar per year of service per month starting year five.
A five year old boy playing with matches apparently started a fire in a house trailer on Ohio 601 shortly after noon Wednesday. Betty Sousa was inside the trailer when the closet contents ignited and called the fire department. Firemen arrived to find the fire out and no damage to the trailer.
Women from Willard and Milan were cited for improper driving after a crash at Milan Avenue and St. Mary's. Judy A. Hall of Willard was cited for an improper turn onto St. Mary's Street. Virginia M. Usher of Milan faced a failure to stop charge after her car reportedly ran into Hall's vehicle. Police noted 38 feet of skid marks from the Usher auto and left side damage to Hall's car and the left front fender of Usher's.
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