Amherst Voters Consider Nonpartisan Charter Commission
Amherst residents face two May 3 questions on forming a 15 member nonpartisan charter commission to draft a city charter. Seventeen candidates including Brecha, Busser, Dancherhy, Ehrman, Henry, Koontz, Lyle, Allo, Marty, Meesig, Mulder, Muniga, Penman, Rogers, Ryan, Schulz, and Wheatley have signed to run.
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Amherst
Harry €. Brecha
Valerian J. Busser
Kenneth F. Dancherhy
Richard
Gd. Ehrman
James A. Henry
Jack Koontz
Leonard E. Lyle
Patrick
Science Wing Bond Issue for Clearview High on May Ballot
A proposed 250000 bond to upgrade Clearview High School science facilities is set for voters on May 3. Superintendent William Gillies says current facilities are substandard compared to updated home economics and other areas and outlines a 65 by 105 foot wing with four rooms, including biology chemistry and physics spaces, plus a wall aquarium observed from inside and outside.
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Ohio
Amherst
Commission
Ambherst
Grange Hall
Central School
Powers School
Library
Steele High School
Town Hall
Clearview High School
Tas
William Gillies
Industrial Arts
Ia Culiierarn oRisies
Ward
Conrad
Cleveland
la Wall Aquarium
Supt
Gillies
Ashland County primary heats with many unopposed
Ashland County voters see 14 unopposed candidates in the primary with several November races facing competitive contests. Incumbents Mildred I. Myers Art R. Tucker Charles K. Dilgard and Hilla m P. Petty are assured reelection. Key races include county commission sheriff and a 17th district congress seat, plus school district levies and a new district proposal involving multiple local districts. The ballot also features partisan contests for state central committees and judicial posts.
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Charles S. Leasure
Fifth District Court of Appeals Judicial Post
Leland Rutherford
Paul D. van Nostran
R. F. McMullen
Don K. Cooper
Ashland County
Ashland City
Vermilion Township
Big Prairie- Lakeville
Glenmont
Nashville
Killbuck- Clark
Lakeville
Holmes County
Fay Mowery
Republican State Central Committee
Thelma D. Jones
Harold C. Jackson
Harold Lut
Democrats Face Long Poll Pull At Convention Delegates
Democratic delegates and alternates face a crowded ballot with 36 at large and 27 alternates to fill, while 50 seek the 36 at large and 22 bid for 27 alternates. DiSalle-Nye slate leads against Ray T. Miller faction. Lorain County’s Carl R. Finegan opposes the DiSalle team. GOP slate centers on Nixon-Rhodes with George H. Bender leading the lone opposing ticket. Lorain County politics highlight Harold I. Covant versus William Scanland for central committee.
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DiSalle - Nye
Ray T. Miller
Cuyahoga County
Porter-Gorman
Lorain
DiSalle
Carl R. Finegan
Bernice Krumholtz
Erie County Board of Elections
Dwight Wise
GOP
George H. Bender
Bender- Halley
Nixon-Rhodes
Harold I. Covant
Republican Party
Wiliam Scanland
Steel City
GOP Names Cortland Man To Vet Post
The Republican National Committee named Curtis M. Jewell of Cortland Ohio to head its Veterans Division. Jewell 36 formerly led the Veterans of Foreign Wars national legislative committee and was commander of the Ohio VFW. he serves in American Legion and AMVETS and works in the Youngstown insurance sector.
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Washington
UPI
Republican National Committee
Curtis M. Jewell
Cortland
Ohio
Veterans
Jewell
Veterans of Foreign Wars National Legislative Committee
VFW
American Legion
The
Amvets
Youngstown
Five way sheriff race highlights Huron County primary
Huron County voters face a six way sheriff race with five Norwalk candidates and one Willard contender. Democrats Wil liam H. Kunkel Paul Simon and Marlon Roose compete for the nomination while Republicans George W. Baker John Borgia and Herbert J. Schaffer vie for the GOP nod. Other GOP contests include two commissioner slots plus county recorder and clerk of courts nominations. Incumbent sheriff died in office. One ballot issue in Bellevue asks a 3.5 mill levy renewal.
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Norwalk
Huron County
Willard
William H. Kunkel
Paul Simon
Marlon Roose
George W. Baker
John Borgia
Herbert J. Schaffer
Harry Broome
James Ferris
Don
Ald Robertson
Norvalk
Arthur M. Leak
E. A. Pollinger
Attica
Arthur F. Herner
Monroeville
Dana W. Call
Martha Frey
Lee S. Hudson
John W. Grell
Charles H. Edel
Don J. Young Jr
Harry V. Jump
Charlotte Sim
Bernard W. Freeman
Donald H. Derby
Harold B. Collier
George C. Beasore
Greenwich
Wilbur Terry
Carlton R. Bishop
Clayton F. Bick
Paul Carpenter
Recorder’s Post
Leona Hackett
Board of Elections
Bellevue
Election Board
Henry E. Young
Irene Schlachter
Mrs. Bozicevich Heads Band Mothers group
Mrs. John Bozicevich will lead the iBand Mothers Organization for the coming school year. Elected with her were Mrs. John Dzonko as vice president and Mrs. Leo Alexander as secretary, with Mrs. Gerald Bauman as treasurer. Cochairs for the Community Birthday and Activity Calendars sale are Mrs. Ben Lupe and Mrs. Henry Makiuski.
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South Amherst
John Bozicevich
iBand Mothers Organization
John Dzonko
Leo Alexander
Gerald Bauman
Cochairmen
Ben Lupe
Henry Makiuski
Dzonko
Almon Brocksieker
Durward Knepper
Booster Club
Sandstone
Dunvard Knepper, Jr
Pat Pavlich
Joe Unger
Medina County Heart Fund Tops 7300 in Drive
Medina County Heart Fund drive raised 7,299.91 dollars, beating last year by over 1000. Valley City chairwoman Mrs. John J. Ribar announced detailed gifts from many towns including Brunswick 476.93 and Lodi 317.85 with Medina Community Chest and Wadsworth United Fund contributing 3,800. Individual Medina residents gave 50 and Wadsworth 314.
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Valley City
Medina County
John J. Ribar
Granger
Erhart
Sharon
Westfield
Lafayette
Litchfield
Spencer Village
Briamnwood Beach
Lodi
Chatham
Chippewa Lake
LeRoy
Spencer Township
Gloria Glens Park
Montville
York
Guilford
Chippewa-on-the-Lake
Hinckley
Firelands Alumni Banquet Set At Kipton School
Kipton Firelands High School Alumni Association schedules the fifth annual reunion and banquet for June 1 at 6 30 p m at the school. Officers led by Mrs Charles Allamong and others urged alumni to notify missing members by late May.
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Kipton
Firelands High School Alumni Association
Charles’ Allamong
Dave Hufnagle
Len Whitney
David Searles
Ahamong
R. D
Oberlin
New Ripton Junior Rifle Club
National Rifle Association
Boy Scout Explorers
Hoyle Coward
Fred Matheny Jr
Charles Davidson
Jim ,Crandall
Calvin Davison
Ed Livermore
Robert Morgan
Virginia Sterrett Birmingham
Wayne Schramm
Kemp Whitney
Charles Allamong
Sterrett
Raymond O. Braun
Sacred Heart Church
Florence
Birmingham
Henrietta
Wellington
C. H. Scott
Cancer Fund
Camden Township
Wendell Woodrum
Winter Haven
Fla
Elyria Student Receives Honors at Central State College
Billie Jean Howell of 213 Lodi Street was named to class honors at Central State College Wilberforce. Honors went to freshmen to seniors with a 3.2 or higher average and no grade below C after the first semester.
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Billie Jean Howell
Lodi St
Central State College
Wilberforce
Milan Cub Scouts Monitor Gas Balloon Return Reach
Milan Paul Dillon, former Cub scoutmaster of Pack 215, reports 18 of 58 gas-filled balloons released January 28 in the village square have returned. The farthest card came from Jamestown, New York, about 180 miles away, with others from Pennsylvania, Cleveland, and Chardon areas. Some returns occurred within a week of release.
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Milan
Paul Dillon
Jamestown
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Chardon
Dillon
Henrietta Farm Women Postpone Meeting
The Henrietta Farm Women's Club postpones its monthly meeting due to Wednesday's Achievement Day in Oberlin where 15 members represented the group. An estimated 140 attended the supper hosted by Firelands High School sophomores.
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Kenneth Jordan Sr
Litchfield
Camden Garden Club
Oberlin
Charles Boniface
Donald Worcester
Charles Ingersoll
Irvin Pippert
Clayton Pippert
W. D. Davidson
Joe Rym
Louie Hines
Burdette Schmidt
Eugen Szabo
Elizabeth Pippert
June Davidson
Martha Hailes
Mabel Bronson
Henrietta
Henrietta Farm Women’s Club
Firelands High School
E. W. Lamvermeyer
Ladies Two Table Bridge Club
Rex Lees Sr
Daniel Knoble
Republican Women's Club
Elmer Portman
Scott Pogan
Emil Pogan
Gore Orphanage
Paul Portman
Rt 113
Raleigh
N. C
Melvin Kolbe
Two Brothers Plead No Contest To Hunting Charges
In Oberlin Municipal Court two brothers pleaded no contest to hunting without displaying a hunting license. James W. Akers, 23, of 14 Mills St Wellington, was fined 310 and costs for found guilty. Lee R. Akers, 18, was found not guilty. Also reported were traffic fines for James Laskey and Jacob Luskart for faulty muffler and running a stop sign respectively.
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Oberlin
James W. Akers
Mills St. Wellington
Lee R. Akers
James M. Laskey
R. D
Wellington
Jacob A. Luskart
Quarry Rd
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Charter Commission
Clearview School
Ashland
Mildred I. Myers
Art R. Tucker
Charles K. Dilgard
Hillam P. Petty
Walter Bourmennsan
John Ek. Dalton
Rupert Gordon
Lee S. Mills
Paul L. Shank
John§. Welch
Ralph Tugend
Raymond J. Hickley
Norman Leininger
Clarence A. Likes
John Nardini
Charles R. Meyers
C. W. van Scoder
T. R. Brown
Joseph Emanuel
Paul T. Mossbarger
Howard Maxheimer
Harry L. Horne
Hazel Emminger
James O. Gossett
Francis C. Smith
John M. Ashbrook
Robert W. Levering
Wooster College
Oberlin College
AIR Force Pilot
Republican Executive Committee
Lorain County
Ohio Dairy Farmers Bargaining Association
O.D.F.B.A
National Farmers Union
Lorain, Ashland
Medina Counties
Wm. J. Schneider
Bozicevich
Joseph C
Medina County Heart Fund
EPG Enweldq
PE Hire
Ely Bldg
Firelands
Elyria
Milan Cubs
Ohio Gas
New York
Henrietta Farm
Ruth Tumbleson
Clerk OF Courts
U. S
United Nations
Oberlin Planning Commission
Democratic National Com
Mittee
Oberlin School of
Commerce
J. Norman
Thompson
Lokals
J. Norman Thompson
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