Levees Passed and Lost Across Area Schools
Voters approved EHOVE renewal and minor improvements levies in Huron County while Monroeville and South Central faced defeats. Berlin Milan split, New London approved a combined 3.0 mill addition and 2.8 mill renewal, and Western Reserve and Willard renewals passed. South Central faced a costly defeat prompting talks of a special election.
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New London
South Central
Ehove
Monroeville
Berlin-Milan
Western Reserve
Willard
Charles Meyer
Joseph Hurley
Edison High School
Ehove Vocational School
Huron County
Zeiter Reelected Mayor in North Fairfield Vote
Village elections saw Charles Zeiter win a second term as mayor over Wanda Shirey by 114 to 53. Zeiter, 46, a New London teacher, thanked supporters and noted the sacrifices of his family. Other races included Harold Norton for Council 133 votes, Claude Reed 132 and Ray Wallrabenstein 130 for Board of Public Affairs, and Dian Morgan 136 for Clerk-Treasurer.
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North Fairfield
Charles Zeiter
Wanda Shirey
Council
Harold D. Norton
Board of Public Affairs
Claude Reed
Ray Wallrabenstein
Dian Morgan
Patton Wins Greenwich Mayoral Race In Village Elections
Lloyd Patton. appointed mayor 22 years ago, defeats Councilman David Hale 248 to 187. Levy renewal passes .5 mill for park operations 219 to 171. Other results: Clerk Virginia M. Robson 372. Council Fred Ebinger 346 and Patricia Haines 273. Public Affairs Dennis Wilson 328 and Richard Sloan 317. School board: Richard Flint 702, Gordon Oney 751, Kenneth Fishbaugh 660, Floyd Sisinger 598, Karl Schlumbohn 507.
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Greenwich
Lloyd Patton
David Hale
Patton
Virginia M. Robson
Fred E. Ebinger
Patricia A. Haines
Board of Public Affairs
Dennis R. Wilson
Richard D. Sloan
South Central School Board
Richard Flint
Flint
Gordon Oney
Kenneth Fishbaugh
Floyd E. Sisinger
Karl Schlumbohn
Young candidate unseats incumbent clerk in New London village race
In New London, Kitty Bracken 25 defeated incumbent Clerk Shirley Buchanan by 347 to 187 with Mary Louise Perkins at 144. Mayor Winston White re-elected 481 to 214. Council winners Harold Bailey 332 and James Keifer 335. other candidates listed with smaller totals. Board of Public Affairs seats went to Ross Bonney 395 and E G Funk 415. Hospital mill levy 3.4 renewal approved 541 to 261. School board winners Bradley Koch Hubert Snyder first-term, with tallies provided for all candidates.
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New London
Shirley Buchanan
Kitty Bracken
Buchanan
Mary Louise Perkins
Harold Bailey
James Keifer
Eldon Anderson
Robert Baker
Michael Gilbert
James Given
Marilyn Hopkins
Robert Martin
Ross Bonney
E.G. Funk
Board of Public Affairs
Wilmer White Jr
New London Village
New London Township
New London Hospital
Bradley Koch
Hubert Snyder
New London Board of Education
Orin Barker
John Jason
Koch
George Morgan
Jerry Porter
Snyder
Housewife Wins WR School Board Seat in Wakeman Vote
Mrs. L P Murray, mother of six, defeated incumbent William C Bailey 459 to 398 in the Western Reserve School District race. Gerald F Beck was re elected with 541 votes, Frank Carey 312, John R Nichols 423. Gale Bachelder re elected village clerk with 163 votes. Wakeman Mayor Paul Burns ran unopposed and won 154 votes amid calls for greater citizen participation.
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Wakeman
Western Reserve School Board
L.P. Murray
William C. Bailey
Gerald F. Beck
Frank Carey
John R. Nichols
Murray
Western Reserve
Gale Bachelder
Bachelder
Paul Burns
Burns
Teenagers Lose Local Election in Monroeville
In Monroeville two teen candidates fell short Tuesday. John Meyer 19 lost the mayoral race to Thomas Bergman 28 by 214 to 176 votes. Marc South 18 finished fourth for two school board seats with 301 votes. Other results include Michael Adelman winning a village council seat with 205 votes Kathryn Myers reelected with 229 votes. Unofficial tallies show Thelma Gerber 479 Malcolm Smith 497 William Stang 502 and Cecil Atherton Jr 216.
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Monroeville
John Meyer
Thomas D. Bergman
Bergman
Marc South
Meyer
Monroeville High School
Leonard Connors
Michael Adelman
Kathryn Myers
Thomas R. White
George Roberts
Robert Sitterly
Clifford L. Wilson
Board of Public Affairs
LaDonna Christman
Monroeville Board of Education
Thelma Gerber
William G. Stang
Malcolm Smith
Miss Gerber
Smith
Stang
Cecil G. Atherton, Jr
South
Unopposed Norwalk Candidates Elected in City Offices
Norwalk voters elected two unopposed candidates Tuesday. Richard Cunningham, councilman at large, will become city council president in January after receiving 2,374 complementary votes. Ronald H. Freeman, the Republican solicitor candidate, got 2,285 courtesy votes, succeeding Frederick F. Waugh. Flickinger and Waugh did not run again.
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Norwalk
Richard Cunningham
Cunningham
Ronald H. Freeman
K.S. Flickinger
Freeman
Frederick F. Waugh
Flickinger
Waugh
Fisher Jones and Ream Win Council Seats in Norwalk Race
Dr Russell Fisher Norwalk surgeon led a six candidate field for three at large seats with 1866 votes followed by Morgan Jones 1829 and L William Ream 1596 all Republicans. Independent James Zuber 1399, Democrat Burr 1158, Hackbush 1048. In first ward Clifton Cross defeated Lawrence Bress 405 to 354. Melvin Shipley won second ward 487 to 423. Richard Sipple won third ward 517 to 289. Robert Williams won fourth ward 394 to 286.
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Russell Fisher
Norwalk
Lawrence Bress
Melvin Shipley
Richard Sipple
Gerald Kayatin
Sipple
George Linn
Linn
Kayatin
Robert Williams
Fourth Ward
Joe Ratliff
Auditor Mayor
Rice Colvin Burr
Hackbush
Fisher Jones
Ream
Zuber Robinson Sweet
Goodante
Bresson Cross
Shipley
Williams Ratliff
Geoghan and Miller Win Re election to Norwalk Board of Education
Dr. Joseph Geoghan and Paul R. Miller were re elected to the Norwalk Board of Education defeating Frederick T. Stein. Geoghan led with 2492 votes and Miller had 2104 while Stein received 1834. Evelyn Deiner withdrew planning to move to Florida and gathered 493 votes. Geoghan credited public support and said there is general acceptance of the board’s conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Geoghan
Geoghan
Dale Olsen
Norwalk Board of Education
Paul R. Miller
Frederick T. Stein
Miller
Stein
Evelyn Deiner
Norwalk Township
Huron County
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Ehove Levy
Edward O’reilly
Columbus
Lowell Etzler
Etzler
Creighton Christ
Wellington
Seneca East
Morgan Jones
Fairfield
Zeiter
Fisher
Jones
Clifton Cross
William Stewart
Council-At-Large
Geoghan, Miller
Florida
Paul Miller
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