Mayor Leads Push to Renovate Grafton Youth Center Room
Grafton Village Council discussed renovating a town hall room for the Youth Center. Mayor Toghill said a state inspector would view the room soon, with projected costs around 606 dollars plus plastering bids of 460 dollars. The group proposed the center fund and volunteers would do much of the work, including metal lathing and toilets, while the basement and first floor rooms would be prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Loucs
E. C. Toghill
W. L. Kirkpatrick
Canton
Town Hall
Kirkpatrick
Hejdene Senerding
Weng
Toghull
Toghill
Grafton Junior High Band Booster Club Organized
The Midview Junior High Band Booster Club was organized at Grafton School to raise funds for uniforms. Officers are C W Applegate president, Mrs Guy Everson VP, Mrs A J Cooper secretary, and Mrs Ward Henney treasurer. Band director is Harry Phingston. Members plan Christmas card sales and winter events. meetings set for the second Monday monthly at 5 PM. Parents of band members are automatically members and may join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Midview
C. W. Applegate
Guy Everson
A J. Cooper
Ward Henney
Harry Phingston
Ways and Means
Mark Tran
Henry Schriver
T. C. Walsh
Leland Prentice
Methodist Church Receives $100 For Phonograph Purchase
Grafton report notes Mr Hart presented a $100 donation from Bishop Hazen G Werner for a phonograph. Meeting discussed funds to buy a record player for Sunday School and general church needs in the new part of the building. Officers and committee appointments were set, and board noted paid bills and ongoing improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Oe Co
James Schurgot
Urch
Bruce Cox
Earl Hart
Ednatary
Edna Finlayson
Finlayson
Blanche Edwards
Edith Cox
Wilhelmine Metzgerl
Winifred Tran
Columbus
Hon
Coy
Hazen G. Werner
Africa
Mark Tran
Werner
Church Offers Old Fashioned Worship Service
Evangelistic services at the Church of God 981 Main St led by Rev Norman Bloss. Nightly revival meetings begin 7 30 p m with guest minister Rev Robert Kinkay. Prayer for the sick and special singing nightly. All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Church of God
Main St
Norman Bloss
Robert Kinkay
Case Worker to Talk on Welfare Needs at Kiwanis
Miss Carol Myer of Lorain County Child Welfare Department will address the Grafton Kiwanis Club at 6 30 p m tomorrow on the need of homes for the welfare child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Carol Myer
Lorain County Child Welfare Department
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Five Traffic Violators Are Fined at Court
The board of directors of the local club approved reinstatement for Ernest Tog and accepted Bob Reese as second vice president. Five persons appeared before the pastor and mayor’s court for traffic offenses at the Methodist Church, each fined including Edward Pike for speeding, George Barr for speeding, Edna Heintz for yielding right of way, Fran Buckhannon for reckless driving, and George Denger for failing to make a safety stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Barr
Ernest Tog
LaGrange
Edna Maie Heintz
Bob Reese
Indian Hollow
Fran
Buckhannon
Ely
al Goerlich
Augtria
Clayton Sooy
Wells
George P. Denger
Mole
Earl Walsh
Wiliams St
Elyria
Area Couple Marks 62nd Anniversary At Belden Church
Mr and Mrs George Meyers of Litchfield celebrated 62 years together with a quiet day. Married Aug 10 1896 in Valley City Lucy Reath was the bride. The Meyers, longtime Belden residents now in Litchfield, have five living children and remain active members of the Belden Methodist Church.
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Belden
Meyers
George Meyers
Litchfield
Russell Webb
Turning
Valley City
Daugh
Buster
Roswell
Chapin
Clayton Sooy
Daughiter
Sandra
Congregational Church
Lee
Graftonites Enjoy Vacation Snippets From Readers
Grafton residents share vacation memories with reports of trips to Chippewa Lake in Ohio and tours across Pennsylvania New York New Hampshire Massachusetts and Michigan. Names include J Chester Roza Bruce Cox Walter Stabby and others with relatives visiting and returning home after weeklong or two week trips.
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Lakeside
Walter Stattery
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Thomas
Wyandotte
Mich
Bertha McCreedy Blanco
Witliam Lilley and Sons
Alex Schwed
Lilley’s
Cincinnati
Midview and Area Church Services and Schedules
A consolidated notice lists weekly services for multiple churches across Midview, Kent area, and Ridgeville. It includes pastors, service times, Sunday schools, youth groups, and special sessions at Gratton, Grafton, LaPorte, Columbia Station, LaGrange, and Fletcher Methodist churches with varied morning worship, church school, evangelistic services, and prayer meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midview Baptist
Eaton Grange Hall
Frank Odor
George Hunt
Grafton
Columbia Station
Methodist
Paul R. Olinger
Dean Hammon
Barbara Grills
Fletchey Methodist Church
Lorain Rd
Ridgeville
J. F. Link
Adviser Honored in West Berlin Farewell Party
Martin J. Hillenbrand, political adviser to the U S Mission in Berlin, was honored with a farewell party at West Berlin city hall on Tuesday night. He received a white porcelain bear, Berlin’s heraldic figure.
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Berlin
UPI
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Washington
West Berlin
Janie Larson First Pinochle Game Winner
Members of the Pinochle Club gathered at Music Spanski's home for a social evening. Janie Larson won first prize in pinochle, with Mary Traddix as traveling prize winner and Helen Grabovac as low. A sandwich course followed. The next meeting is set for Wilda Taylor's home on Wednesday, August 20.
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Grafton
Music Spanski
Mary Haddix
Janie Larson
Mary Traddix
Helen Grabovac
Wilda Taylor
Mr. Banjo to appear at Immaculate Conception bazaar
Grafton church bazaar invites the public Saturday evening at 5 with a spaghetti dinner. At 10 p.m. Mr. Banjo, a familiar TV figure, will award a five pony to a child under 13 who attends with a parent. No contest or tickets needed. A turkey dinner is planned at noon Sunday.
Playground Circus Is Set Friday
GRAFTON The kiddien are going to take mom and dad to the airgun here Friday. This swiftcheroo has been banned by Miss Janet Kostyo director of the Grafton Playground said her staff to mark the close of this year's four week playground season. Some 150 youngsters are expected to participate in the 10 30 a m circus presentation which will feature young indian clowns cowboys and animals. Parents have been especially invited to attend. Mins Kostye revealed that the average attendance at the playground has been between 50 and 160 youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Kiddien
Janet Kostyo
Mins Kostye
Belden Area Social News Notes 50th Anniversary and Births
Belden community sketches include the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barthlemew hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Beisinger at Cleveland. A daughter Chevy Ann was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Kilinect on Friday at Medina Community Hospital. Additional items cover visits among local families, Langshaw reunion at Perry, house guests Ingrid Milkerson and Sally Schrivers, Bobby Fhekenger’s progress after braces, and the Farm Bureau Council 7-D annual picnic at Ray Eppley’s, with related visits to Lang, Runyon, and Ridgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schriver
Langshaw
Perry
Larry Schriver
Nils Melkerson
Ingrid Milkerson
Bobby
Robert Flickenger
Farm Bureau Council 7-D
Ray Eppley
Warren Grills
George Lang
Ridgeville
Phyllis Runyon
West Lake
Nancy
Carol Runyon
Council Okays OFG Permit Bucks County Health Levy
A village meeting approves a permit for Ohio Fuel Gas Co to build with a bid kept until December 31. Officials discuss tax exemptions, renewals, and staffing for village operations. A plan to secure tile basins on Sunshine Court is considered to redirect storm water runoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Okays
Bucks County Health Levy
Grafton
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Huron
Cleveland
Cecil
Johnson
OFG
Carl Finnegan
Lorain County
Board of Health
Toghill
Plac
Sunshine Ct
William Shively
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Grafton School
Methodist Church
Hart
Matthews
Novak Rd
Gratton, Ohio
P. G
Studebaker
Chevrolet
FORD
DODGE
Rothgery Motors
MR. Banjo
Graftonites
Midview Church
Gratton Methodist Church
United Church
Theodora Cook
Katep Church of Christots
Stanley J Bartlett
Harold Carpenter
Immaculate Conception Church
Erie &J
Edward Haberbosch
Assumption
Elm St
Gratton
Edward F. Gackowski
Holy Name Communion
LaPorte Methodist Church
Gratton Rd
Wallace Aker
N. Carpenter
Midview Assembly of God
Chester F Roig
LaGrange Methodist Church
Gene M. Ferguson
Belden Methodist Church
Donnie Davis
Norman E. Bloss
Young People’s Endeavor
Tate
PTR Te A
lEtyrfe
Ohio
Mildred Slattery
Grafton Savings
Federal Reserve ‘System
Jacobson Mower
Jacobson
Eclipse
Spitzer Hardware & Supply Co
Main Street
Graften, Ohio
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