Blizzard of 78 cripples local farms with power cuts
Farmers across the county faced extensive losses from the blizzard. Power outages halted milkings and feeding, barns were damaged, pipe freezes chilled water for livestock, and many dairymen dumped milk due to storage and transport disruptions. County residents describe harsh conditions and improvised makeshift milking efforts as crews tried to restore operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Coy
Ohio
Cleveland
Roy Palm
Old State Road
North
Fairfield
Gary
Frieda
Palm
Obituary notes Mrs Mabel Smith 77 Norwalk resident
Mrs Mabel M. Smith 77 of 198 Whittlesey Ave. died Sunday at Gaumont Nursing Center after two years of failing health. Native of Columbus she lived in Norwalk 10 years, from Chatfield. Survived by husband Ralph W. and children including Eva Fraley Mary Singleton Betty Keysor Howard Kingsboro. two stepchildren. many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Calling hours Tuesday. service 1 p.m. Wednesday at Kubach-Smith Funeral Home. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Memorials to First United Methodist Church Building Fund.
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Mabel M. Smith
Whittlesey Ave
Gaumont Nursing Center
Columbus
Chatfield
First United Methodist Church of
Norwalk
Frank
Betty) Keysor
Tiffin
Howard Kingsboro
Lorain
William C. Smith
Keith
Ruth) Weatherill
Crafton
John
Marjorie) Shelley
Avon Lake
Jim
Margaret) Durst
Johnston
Ohio
Philip
Goldie) Naples
Port St. Joe
Fla
Merton
Helen) Casswell
Oberlin
Donald
Kubach-Smith Funeral Home
Richard Lawrence
First United Methodist Church
Woodlawn
First United Methodist Church Building Fund
Barbara E. Meagrow
Meagrow
Corwin St
Boulder
Colo
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Altar Guild
William G. Meagrew
Susan L
David L
Detroit
Michael W
LaGrange
Charles
New London
Walter
Geraldine) Sayles
Mansfield
Raymond
Christine) Robertson
Lynn
Wayne
Golda Gardner
Ashland
Thomas
Rodney Underhill
Flordia
Vermilion
Cora M. Parrott
W. Darrow Rd
Providence Hospital
Sandusky
Peru
Joseph
Marjorie) Sims
Wellington
Lima
Rebecca Lodge
Norman
Huntsville
Heaston-Gerber Funeral Home
Frank Storch
First United Presbyterian Church of
Blizzard Fails To Stop Two Weddings in Norwalk
Norwalk saw two couples wed as planned amid a weekend blizzard. School Supt. James Rubright and Deborah McWilliams married at St. Peter Lutheran Church on Saturday with 35 of 350 guests. Sharon Turini and Lee Millhouse wed at St. Paul Catholic Church on Friday. best man stranded in Nova and bride’s father stood in. The Millhouses postponed a New Orleans honeymoon.
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Norwalk
James Rubright
Deborah McWilliams
Huron
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Sharon Turini
Norwalk High School
Lee Millhouse
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
St. Paul Catholic Church
Pennsylvania
Nova
Millhouses
New Orleans
Three Babies Born At New London Hospital Weekend
New London Hospital welcomed three babies born over the weekend though the facility lacks maternity wards. A pediatrician, a general practitioner, and a surgical nurse assisted, with baskets serving as beds. The first child, a boy, born to Mr and Mrs Richard Warren of New London after a Norwalk trip failed. The second, a girl, born to Mr and Mrs Timothy Simmons of Sullivan amid a winter trek aided by local emergency crews and road teams on US 224 and Ohio 60. The third, a girl, born to Mr and Mrs Gary Davidson of Mansfield early Sunday.
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New London
Norwalk
Ashland
Mansfield
New London Hospital
Richard Warren
Timothy Simmons
Sullivan
Artic Patrol
Ruggles
Troy
U.S. 224
Ohio 60
Gary Davidson
Greenwich Man Arrested After Burglary at Center Inn
Greenwich Police Chief Randy Kilgore arrested 19-year-old Mark A. Wright of Willard late Saturday after Wright allegedly broke a front door window and entered the Greenwich Center Inn at Ohio 224 and 13. Wright remained inside when detained. no items were taken and he is charged with malicious entry and jailed in Huron County.
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Greenwich
Mark A. Wright
Willard
Randy Kilgore
Greenwich Center Inn
Ohio
Wright
Kilgore
Huron County
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Adele Missey
Townline Road 131
Missey
Archie
Marilyn Cook
Ron Sprinkle
Lawson Milk Co
Mrs. Cook
U.S. 250
Avery
Mabel Smith
Amy Grinstead
Saratoga
Wyo
Lee Sherrill
Las Vegas
Nev
Russell Sherrill
Denver
Butch Grinstead
Ruby Forrest
Kubach- Smith
Quentin Battiste
Fred
Ted“ Cunningham
Fred “Ted’’ Cunningham
Eastman Funeral Home
Allen Conway
Grove Street
Cunningham
Floral Lodge
A. & A. Scottish Rite of Free Masonry
Kansas City
Keith Dawson
Plymouth
McQuate- Secor
Dawson
Grace
George F. Bolding
Minta
Edwin
Lucille) Pierce
Amherst
Robert
Louise) Glen
Eldon Newmyer
Middleville
Mich
Ann Schreuder
Kalamazoo
Jennie Wiers
Celeryville
Dena Newmyer
Heaston-Gerber
Bowling
Cora Mae Parrott
Alh. Newmyer
al H. Newmyer
Cleveland Clinic
Esther M. Meyer
Bellevue
Gardner Apartments
Lang
Monroeville
Harold
Delores) Fatzinger
Ruth Hire
Richard
Carol) Simmons
Toledo
Cletus Myer
Milan
Dorothy Phillips
Berlin Heights
Earl White
Fort Wayne
Ind
Floyd White
Scuyler White
Audra White
Homer White
Foos
Wilbert Brett
York Chapel Cemetery
Mrs
Cecil Daron
N.london
Orig
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S.M.L
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