Wakeman Homecoming Weekend Parade and Contests
Wakeman hosts its annual homecoming with a Friday teen dance and a Saturday parade at 10 a.m. Events include a midway opening, garden tractor pull, pie contests, puppet show, baton twirlers, and a Queen’s Ball. Sunday features more midway fun, frog jumping, pig auction, exhibitions, and a fireworks finale.
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Wakeman
The
Dwarfs
Ohio
Wakeman Fire Department
Pat Strimpfel
Ernie Nichols
St. Mary’s Hall
Midway
Banshee
Linda Nestor
Elyria Cascade Chordsmen
Cleveland Mayor Perk Charged With Assault by Officer
Cleveland Mayor Ralph J. Perk faced possible charges after Patrolman Arnold Hovan alleged the mayor grabbed his shirt and badge and shook him following a city council meeting. Hovan filed the affidavit prompting a warrant for Perk's arrest amid a dispute over hospital benefits for safety forces.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ralph J. Perk
Arnold Hovan
Perk
City Hall Briefs Highlight Water Service, Renovations and Guard Talks
City water outages planned for several areas this Saturday due to a break on St Marys Street. Old smoke stack removal at Ohio Edison plant closes Old State Road portion. A new Ford station wagon arrives for Fire Chief McGuckin, old car reassigned to police. City Hall rear rooms undergo rewiring for police radio gear. remodeling shifts offices to new spaces. Mayor Goodsite and City Engineer Widman met at Camp Perry with Ohio National Guard HQ to discuss guard support for civic projects including Norwalk Creek parkway and a Gallup Road playground.
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Old State Road
Woodlawn Avenue
South Norwalk Road
Ohio Edison Co
Elmer McGuckin
Police Department
Don Ratliff
John Short
Douglas Colvin
City Hall
Colvin
Herbert Krogh
City Council
Wayne Goodsite
Jim Widman
Camp Perry
612Th Engineering Battalion
Ohio National Guard
Norwalk
Ravenna
Goodsite
Widman
Norwalk Creek
Old City
Gallup Road
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Silver String Band
St. Paul’s Social Hall
Bob Cesare
John Ross
Pete Spore
Larry Cesare
Spore
Bellevue
Columbus
UPS
Key Biscayne
Fla
Eddie Rickenbacker
Switzerland
Hovan
St. Mary’s Street
Chatham Street
Harkness Street
Grove Avenue
Adams Street
Old State
Norwalk City Hall
Pawsons
Johnsonian
Endicott Johnson
Nobie
Johnson Jewelers
W. Main Norwalk
Kroehler
Contemporary
Burris
Simmons
Avi
Sted Simmons
Korehler
Culon
Famous
W. Main
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