Grafton Hearing Set on Extended Area Telephone Service
A Friday 10 a.m public hearing in Grafton Town Hall governs extending service linking Grafton to Elyria and North Eaton exchanges. The plan would allow direct dialing to about 25,000 phones with an estimated 50 cent monthly rise, with local civic groups pressing for faster adoption.
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Grafton
Council Chamber
Town Hall
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Elyria
North Eaton
Kiwanis Club
Farm Bureau
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
PUCO
Walved
Victor P. Stewart
Paul Mikus
Toghill
Mikus
Stewart
Paul Kauffman
Bellevue
John Aigeler
Eugene Ridden
Sidney Griffith
Charles Tleary
Kauffman
Grafton Exchange
NOTC
North Teaton
Vork
Geatlon
Aince
Firebell Contest Opens With Free Dance In Grafton
Grafton hosts the fourth annual Firebell Contest with a free dance at the Grafton School auditorium in conjunction with the July 4 Carnival. Fifteen candidates from 14 areas compete for a Bermuda trip for two and prize money, with Travelmart of Elyria arranging the trip.
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Grafton
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Elaine Belsole
Avon Lake
Karen Black
Lorain
Lucille Bober
North Ridgeville
Barbara Sertha
Toni Bryant
Avon
Nancy Chidsey
Brunswick
Shelby Dixon
Eaton
Sharon Dupler
Elyria
Sue Hey
Joni Anderson
Ener
South Amherst
Sharon Bell
Jones
Wellington
Sylvia McDonthe
Wald
Medina
Janet Mueller
Martha Pleasnick
Oberlin
Diane Tanner
Lodi
Karen Woland
Bermuda
Travelmart
Belden Grange bake event tops men and women contests
Belden Grange held a brownie baking contest with Russel Schwarer winning first and Henry Rising second in the men’s division. Women’s winners were Mary Muffly first and Pauline Thewliss second. Betty Chizradin won best tea apron and Anna Hosler best work aprons. Winners’ work to be shown at Oberlin County Grange on May 4.
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Belden
Bel’ den Grange
Grange Hall
Russel Schwarer
Henry Rising
Mary Muffly
Pauline Thewliss
Betty Chizradin
Anna
Elenor Schwarer
Carrie Langdon
County Grange
Oberlin
Eaton Student Wins National Traffic Safety Poster Award
Nine year old Eaton School pupil DeMoss won a national poster contest honoring safety themes. He was among about 16 000 entries from 1 206 entrants in 85 northern Ohio schools.
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Award Winer
Perry DeMoss
Baton School
Glendon Sarrigan
Karl Gray
Scott Gray
Cheto
DeMoss
Gene
EATON
Eaton School
Terry DeMoss
Orville D. Ton School
Mildred M. Gay
Earl Gray
Ohio
Cleveland Automobile Club
Seolt. Gray
Youth Center Paper Drive To Aid Town Saturday
The Grafton Youth Center Group sponsors a paper drive set for Saturday at 9 a.m. Volunteers meet at Town Hall to receive and collect papers door to door in the Midview District. Paper handling will be coordinated by group members as efforts continue through the morning.
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Grafton Youth Center Group
Berks
Zeoup
Tows Hall
Town Hall
Midview
Woodland Wildlife Field Day Slated by Local District
The Woodland and Wildlife Field Day, sponsored by the Lorain Sol Conservation District and Agricultural Extension Service, begins tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. with stops at Richard Sheep farm on Route 162 Huntington and John Laborie Farm, ending with a discussion at Wellington High School.
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Lorain Sol Conservation
Oberlin Professor Selected for Ecology Conference
E J Kormondy assistant professor of zoology at Oberlin College is chosen to attend a National Science Foundation sponsored conference on Recent Advances in the Ecology of Freshwater Organisms. The session runs July 7 to 12 at the University of Pittsburgh field station near Linesville Pennsylvania.
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OBERLIN + Exhrand
Midview Seniors Stage Thornton Wilder Comedy Matchmaker
Midview High School seniors present Thornton Wilder's Matchmaker in an 1880 New York setting. The two day show runs Friday and Saturday at 3 p.m. in the school auditorium under Frank S. Torok who directs the cast and crews.
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Midview
Midview High School
Thronton Wilders
Frank S. Torok
Karyle Smith
Dave Hemminger
Upper
New York State
Bob Campbell
Larry Pinkley
Jim Shriver
Pam Sieberth
Gene Brown
Shelby Dixon
Bob Roberts
Linda Witt
Dick Guild
Mollie Rippert
Nancy Minger
Cole Miller
Jerry Landes
Dave Bubb
Doris Peake
Betty .Chabody
Mollie Rippeth
Grafton Council Acts On Fire Equipment
Grafton Village Council met to review fire fighting equipment needs and a new free call system with Northern Ohio Telephone Co. The council approved the contract and will seek Underwriters' approval on a front end pumper. They also read amendments for the volunteer fire department and discussed building permits.
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Grafton
Grafton Fire Department
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
Carl Finegan
Fire Underwriters’ Association
Ernest Toghill
Clarence Lockard
Sickory St
Volunteer Fire Department
Statistician Dies at Tallalasser Florida
Prof William F Ogburn aged 12 a noted social statistician and social philosopher died Monday in Tallalasser Florida.
Midview Area Council Forms Plans For Community Council
GRAFTON The steering committee and representatives of the Midview Community Council met at Midview High School to set plans for a council, constitution and future projects. Aimed to unite communities in the Midview School district including Grafton, Taton, Carlisle and LaPorteito, with letters sent to organizations for representation and a public meeting considered for dates.
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Grafton
Midview
Micwew Fii
Madview
Taton
Carlisle
LaPorte
Ses
ONS
Heros Thawas
John Fidwards
Doris Wildenheim
Stanley Bartlett
Frank Menell
Don Adeyman
Willam O'Neil
Ernest Yawke
Phil Anderson
Dan Berjawell
Murray Davidson
VEW Post Installs New Officers
GRAFTON The joint installation of the W.F.W. Hinkson Hy sell Post 3341 and its Auxiliary was held in the Grafton School Cafeteria. Leonard Baise was named commander and Cecil Johnson Sr. vice commander with Wayne Herman as Adjutant.
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Grafton
W.F.W. Hinkson-Hysell
Grafton Shoo
Wayne Herman
Helen Perkins
Leonard Baise
Cecil Johnson
Victor Konczal
Arthur Perkins
Andrew Papp
Onnie Shatto
Leonard Bescan
Joe Noveskey
Charles Yates
George Burke
Vinton Bosley
Perkins
Barbara Johnson
Lillian McClintock
Florence Bixby, Jr
Eva Edwards
Gladdis Johnson
Blanche Linsky
Dairy Program to Launch 4-H Training Sessions
Lorain County 4 H members advisers and parents will attend the first of three dairy project training sessions at Crocker Bros Farm Valley City starting 7 30 p m The program will cover calf and heifer selection and judging dairy cattle in production Sessions continue May 19 Hess Bros Farm Indian Hollow Road and June 3 Ray Streicher Farm Oberlin The county dairy judging team will be chosen during the three sessions.
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Lorain County
Crocker Bros
Station Rd
Valley City
Hess Bros
Indian Hollow Rd
Ray Streicher
Oberlin
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Joe Konczal
Don Cordy
Junior Riddle
Allen Bartlett
Leonard Boise
Grange Unit
Norman Giese
Bureau
Elwin Klinect
Mary Hoppe
Charleston
S.C
Dwight Reisinger
Youth Center
Knotae
Linda Ren- Hon
Eunice Johnson
Li Verne Eppley
Linda Benton
Mary
Td Burton
Eppley
Ohio University
Garrett Graduate School of Thealeg
Bvanston
Joretta
Ois Manor
Ohio Ut
Cais
Vey
Jean T Eppley
Ray Eppley
Joan
Bowling Green State University
Janet Eppley
Bemnenta Gest
Zanesville
MONET
Sanking
Mai
Grafton Savings
Lagrange
Member
Federal Reserve System
Maiker Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
E. J. Kormondy
Grafton Council
Mildred Slattery
Council
Russell Logan
Chestnut St
Kenneth Wagner
Willow St
Ernest Prunty
Novak
Bill Hartman
Crook St
John Grohoske
Finegan
Coune
Council On
Midview Area
Eaton Grange
la Porte Methodist Church
Ray Smith
Eugene Kelly
Durkee Road
David Krzewinski
Herman Gott
Melba Bescan
Foley Power
Jacobson
Spitzer Hardware
Ghio
VEW Post
Enterprise
Chevrolet
P. G
FORD
Wak
Rothgery Motors
Cadillac
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