Willard to Vote June 10 on Split School Levy
Willard School Board votes to hold a June 10 election after defeat of 8.5 mill levy 628 to 352. Superintendent M E Acocks heads to Port Clinton and recommends splitting the levy into a 4.5 renewal and a new 4 mill operating levy. The board approves the split and plans an active campaign with a Friday high school meeting to organize committees.
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Willard
Willard School Board of Education
M.E. Acocks
Port Clinton
Richard Jackson
War Hero Ronald D. Hopper to Speak at Kiwanis Meeting
First Lieutenant Ronald D. Hopper, a recipient of the Silver Star and Bronze Star plus several other honors, will be guest speaker for the Norwalk Kiwanis Club noon Thursday at the Eagles Hall. Hopper, from Coshocton High School and Ohio State University, entered the Army in 1966 and served as a platoon leader with the Fifth Infantry Division at Fort Carson.
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Ronald D. Hopper
Norwalk Kiwanis Club
Eagles
Hopper
Coshocton, Ohio
Coshocton
Ohio State University
Army
Fort Benning
Georgia
Infantry
Fifth Infantry Division
Fort Carson
Colo
Friday Deadline for EHOVE Summer Program Applications
Friday is the deadline to apply for the EHOVE Summer Program with courses for Junior High through age 21 and post graduates. Applications available via guidance counselors in Erie Huron and Ottawa Counties or the EHOVE office. Credit ranges from 1/4 to 1 full per course, with state limits of one unit per summer and three toward high school graduation. The program runs June 16 through July 25.
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EHOVE
Erie
Huron
Ottawa
Ehove Shops
Ehove Joint Vocational School
Nick Edgar
Milan
Gift to Italian priest includes chalice and paten
Mrs. Richard Boose of Norwalk gives a gold chalice and paten to Fr. Peter Nobili as an ordination gift from the Knights of Columbus after her husband’s February 1968 death. Nobili, Rome native, was ordained at St. Charles Seminary Ohio and will celebrate his first Mass in Chicago May 25, with assignment in Rochester, New York.
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Richard Boose
Norwalk
Boose
Knights of Columbus
Peter Nobili
Rome
Italy
Assumption Chapel
St. Charles Seminary
Carthagena
Ohio
Nobili
Roman O. Missler
Creek Clearance Cost Set by Village Council
Mayor Charles Zeller announced a $258 estimate to clear 500 feet of creek west of the South Main Street bridge to reduce flooding during heavy rain. Huron County Commissioners will contribute $50 toward the project. The council gave first reading to an ordinance and an open meeting is set for 8 p.m. May 26.
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North Fairfield
Charles Zeller
South Main Street
Huron County
Brenard Freeman
Jury pool named for Common Pleas Court sessions
Fifteen persons have been summoned for jury duty in Common Pleas Court beginning Thursday. The panel may hear testimony in the murder trials of Patricia Lawrence and Glenn Damron, both indicted but with no trial dates. Norwalk’s Robert Houghden leads a list including Monroeville’s Gilbert Ruffing and Thyrza Schibley, Willard residents, and others from Greenwich Wakeman Collins and Attica.
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Patricia Lawrence
Glenn Damron
Robert Houghden
Perrin Road
Norwalk
Monroeville
Gilbert Ruffing
Thyrza Schibley
Willard
Janice Rhineberger
Naomi Painter
Earl R. Sterling
Clarence W. Sanderson
Elizabeth Schloemer
Mable Reddick
Anna Wendlinger
Greenwich
Lloyd B. Hurst
Jeanne Fletcher
Wakeman
Margaret Leimeister
Collins
Leolyn Fritz
Attica
Seven Western Reserve seniors win college scholarships
Collins students secure grants ranging from 150 to 1500 for study at Ohio State Findlay College Denison Wittenburg Bowling Green and more. Recipients include William Fugel Pamela Mollison Wallace Petrey Mark Soboslai Joyce Szabo Cheryl Worcester and Brian Murray with multiple honors and activities noted.
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Western Reserve
Wallace Petrey
Mark Soboslai
William Fugel
Joyce Szabo
Pamela Ann Mollison
Cheryl Ann Worcester
Brian Murray
Collins
Western Reserve High School
William M. Fugel
Ohio State University
Fugel
Charles Mollison
Findlay College
Ohio State
Wallace T. Petrey
College of Engineering
Western Reserve National Honor Society
Firelands
Wallace Petry
Wakeman
Denison University
Granville
Mark
Science Society
National Honor Society
Buckeye
Carl Soboslai
Eugene Szabo
Wittenburg University
Springfield
Joyce
Bowling Green State University
Donald Worcester
Louis Murray
Bowling Green
Western Reserve High Principal Resigns After One Year
Western Reserve High School principal L. C. Yanculeff has resigned saying he plans to move to broader fields in education administration. The resignation was accepted at a special board session before a public school levy meeting on April 18 in Townsend, with no public announcement yet.
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Wakeman
L. C. Yanculeff
Western Reserve High School
Yanculeff
Board of Education
Townsend
Ellis Dunmyer
Five Mill
Firelands Red Cross Board to Meet May 26
The annual Willard and Firelands Chapters American Red Cross directors meeting will be May 26 at 6 30 p m in the Holiday Inn. The business session will approve financial reports through April 30. A joint meeting follows to place 51 members on the Firelands board for the Willard area. Elected officers and the executive committee will serve one year beginning July 1. Current members serve until June 30 when the chapters merge.
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Willard and Firelands
American Red Cross
Holiday Inn
Firelands Board
Willard
Firelands
Willard Schools Seek Teachers Amid Low Pay
Willard M E Acocks reports shortages of applicants for several teacher vacancies. Five elementary positions open for next fall as current staff depart. Seven resignations accepted including Elaine Bowling Jean Mosher Irene Eberly and Helen Acocks. Jack E Gill hired as head basketball coach. NHS initiation set for 1 30 Thursday.
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Willard
M.E. Acocks
Willard Schools
Board of Education
Acocks
Elaine Bowling
Jean Mosher
Irene Eberly
Havana
North Fairfield
Helen Acocks
Maryellen Sway
Dan Witherspoon
Evelyn Pine
Jack E. Gill
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