Ridgeville Hikes Larceny Threshold To Sixty Dollars
Ridgeville updates larceny laws to conform with state and sets the grand and petit larceny line at sixty dollars. The former ordinance matched the state of twenty five dollars. The new measure, passed by ordinance, cites 1953 state law and questions constitutionality of past grand larceny charges. Mayor Sweda plans sidewalk talks. bridge proposal near Ridgeville High and St Peter’s School, estimated at five to six hundred dollars, is referred to the street committee. Council discusses littering and hunting restrictions. Gas rates will drop one and a half cents per thousand cubic feet starting Sept. 1 after a June rise, with an escalator clause tied to the base gas-purchase rate.
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Sentmenty
Pater Seapeneka
North Ridgeville
City Grand
Ohio
J.P. Gallagher
Paul Sweda
Street Committee
Bainbridge Rd
Thomas Neff
Neff and
Marc Diederich
Diederich
Sweda
Columbia Gas Company of
North Ridgeville approves first reading of cemetery price hike
North Ridgeville city council gave first reading to an ordinance raising cemetery lot prices and burial costs. The plan raises double grave rates for residents to 125 dollars and non residents to 200, with single graves up to 75 and 120, infant and burial fees adjusted, and new rules on markers and decorations including concrete vaults and small flat markers.
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North Ridgeville
New Cemetery
Masson School plans presented at education board session
The Cleveland architectural firm of Walter G Caldwell presented plans for a 672000 dollar Masson School expansion. A 48000 square foot addition includes 20 teaching stations with multiple specialized rooms and a split gym to accommodate both elementary and junior high classes. Bid dates for Homewood and Lowell elementary projects were proposed, with Lowell bid opening set for September 24.
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Lorain
Masson
Board of Education
Cleveland
Walter G. Caldwell
Walter Caldwell Jr
Richard Bridges
Homewood
Lowell
Caldwell
Lowell School
Police inspector post set up in North Ridgeville
Patrolman Steve Yonkof is appointed North Ridgeville’s first police inspector on a temporary basis pending a civil service exam. The ordinance creating the position passed on third reading. Pay is $2.25 hourly with a $500 bond. Yonkof, 36, a Marine veteran and Avon High School graduate, lives with his wife Rose and six children at 8435 Yonkof Dr. the Homewood addition project costs about $172,200 with a total project cost of $560,000.
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North Ridgeville
Steve Yonkof
Paul Sweda
Homewood
Yankof
Avon High School
U. S. Marines
Lowell
Ises
Rose
Ap i
Yonkof Dr
Firelands appoints principal for Junior High School
Firelands Board of Education selects Walter L. Marks of Sheffield Lake as Firelands Junior High School principal for the coming year. Marks, 26, holds a BA from Glenville State College and an MA from Kent State University 1964, with five years teaching in Sheffield Lake and prior assistant principal experience.
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Henrietta
Firelands Board of Education
Walter L. Marks
Sheffield Lake
Firelands
Marks
Glenville State College
W. Va
Kent State University
John Beatty
Nancy Piper
Webster Groves
Oberlin College
Charley Groth
Charles Wilson
Soap Box Derby Program At Elyria Kiwanis Meeting
Elyria Kiwanis Club will host a Thursday noon program at the YMCA on the Soap Box Derby organized by Lou Kaplan. Boy participants will describe the event including the Cleveland winner Bob Nickols with a racing car display and race slides.
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Elyria Kiwanis Club
YMCA
Lou Kaplan
Cleveland
Bob Nickols
Forest Hills
Indian Ridge Museum
Raymond C. Viet Izen
Kipton eyes water survey and financing plan
Kipton village council unanimously backs two Cincinnati firms plan to finance a village water system via revenue bonds and bond anticipatory notes contingent on a survey. A consulting engineer would study needs, charges, and operating costs with fees possibly on a contingency.
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Harrison and Co
Bernard J. Barlage
Weil, Roth & Irving Co
For Sale Near Elyria High Bay Building Sale Notice
Structural steel frame 200 by 50 bay on about 4 acres with clear bays overhead crane office and locker room driveway truck dock parking new asphalt floor and gas supply. Principals only. Contact F Bilton Cleveland 35 OHTO box 8728.
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Bilton
P.O
Cleveland
Ohto
Tie vote blocks sewer cost assessment ordinance
A council bid to impose a two year storm sewer tax on 441 acres was defeated on a tie vote. The plan, proposed by Councilman William P. Davis, would tax all properties equally by acre in the district, with a proposed 368 per acre rate. Some owners would have paid less if credits for earlier sewers were allowed.
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Butler
Sanders
Turner Reess
James F
Bill) Long
Davis
Thomas W. Laundon
Laundon
Oberlin Council debates second reading on industrial park ordinance
In Oberlin the city council failed to approve emergency passage for a second reading of an ordinance to build utilities and pavement on Arting Street for an industrial park. The measure drew support from Sperry Davis Turner Sanders and Pease, with Wade Ellis absent, while opposition from Sperry and Long prompted a potential special meeting for a full three readings. The Industrial Park is tied to the Oberlin Improvement and Development Corp chaired by James F. Long, who cited inquiries from a manufacturer about a 40,000 square foot plant. The chamber of commerce lacks an industry recruitment committee.
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William P. Davis
Lysle K. Butler
Louise A. Turner
Robert 5.Sanders
Don J. Pease
Wade Ellis
Oberlin Improvement and Development Corp
James F
Bill) Long
Gilford Industries Laboratory
Muller Packaging Co
Long
Chronicle-Telegram
Oberlin Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Alouettes Shipped Seven to Portland Seahawks Farm
Montreal Alouettes sent seven players to the Portland Seahawks farm team in the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday. The group included five Americans Nat Craddock Gus Gonzales Tennis Gerardi Blase Julani Hugh Hohrschneider and two Canadians Andy Leveille Terry Evanshen, with Craddock previously with the New York Giants.
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Montreal
UPI
Montreal Alouettes
Portland
Seahawks
Nat Craddock
New York Giants
Gus Gonzales
Gerardi
Blase Julani
Hugh Hohrschneider
Andy Leveille
Terry Evanshen
Oberlin Council Hears Quiet Noise Complaint From College
Residents raised by noise from the Oberlin College service building on West College Street as city leaders debated possible controls. Eleanor Owen of 61 South Cedar Street urged action while council discussed zoning or ordinance steps and potential costs for the college to curb the air conditioner noise.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
West College St
Eleanor E. Owen
Berlin Heights Council Seeks Tight Finances and New Appointments
The Berlin Heights village council heard a plan to rely on the general fund for the rest of the year to avoid borrowing as several funds are exhausted. The road fund is in the red while most payments come from general funds. Charles Turner will be school crossing watchman, Jerry Nottke and Gary Limbird named auxiliary patrolmen. A new West Main St hydrant has been installed and an insurance payout for the old hydrant received. Water line extensions along Bellamy to a subdivision were discussed and enlarging the reservoir was deemed unnecessary.
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Berlin Heights
Charles Turner
Jerry Nottke
Gary Limbird
West Main St
Bellamy A 4
Oberlin council debates public information and industrial office
Councilman Robert E. Sanders proposed creating a city financed information and industrial promotion office. The motion failed for lack of a second, with no action taken. The plan would be run by the city manager and a five member committee to attract industry, funded by up to 3000 dollars yearly plus 0.2 percent of water and electric department revenues.
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Oberlin
Robert E. Sanders
Sanders
Oberlin Improvement and Development Corp
OID
Toledo
General Fund
Esther C. Sperry
City General Fund
Oberlinians
Amherst Township Trustees Set Fire Station Asset Allocation
Amherst Township trustees accepted 468.40 as their share of Black River Township assets in lieu of a fire truck. Norman Becker noted the equipment was not commensurate with 0.04 percent of county assets and Lorain County Commissioners. They planned guard rails at Park and Oberlin roads and set a zoning hearing for Sept 7 on a residential to commercial rezoning near Rt 58.
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Amherst — Township
Black River Township
Norman Becker
Lorain
Black River
Park Ave
Dewey Rd
Oberlin Rd
Middle Ridge Rd
Rt 58
New York Central System
Pinehurst
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