GRAFTON Approves 10 year contract with OE for electric service
The village council nears finalizing a ten year contract with Ohio Edison Co for electric service. Rates to remain near current levels with a planned increase after two years. Finalization expected in 30 days with bids for substation construction to be secured and a street block turned over to the Board of Public Affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Ohio Edison Co
Antone Eichmuller
Eichmuller
Ricchiuto, Vidal and Rubenson
Carl Finegan
Board of Public Affairs
Squire, Sanders
Dempsey
Cleveland
Ernest Toghill
Richard Smith
McAlpin
Robert Logan
Council
Marathon Trekker Halts 500 Miles In Lancaster
Dr Barbara Moore 56 halts her Scotland to England march after 500 miles at the Boot and Shoe Hotel in Lancaster. She plans to reach England's 1 000 mile trek goal continuing next leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
England
Barbara Moore
Scotland
Midview plans 936000 bond for new schools and high school addition
Midview Board of Education moves toward a 936000 bond issue to fund a ten year building program. The plan includes a 1000 student high school expansion and two new elementary schools in Eaton Estates and East Carlisle Robson Rd areas, with site choices and cost estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Midview Board of Education
Eaton Estates
East Carlisle
Robson Rd
Carl Essex
George Edwards
Island Rd
Eaton
Opera Can Be Fun At Midview Junior Women's Club
Grafton group hears Mrs. Ralph Kelley describe and sing operatic excerpts from Carmen Die Fledermaus and Rigoletto at January meeting. Plans for Founder's Day dinner and fund-raising contest to win a trip to New York are announced.
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Japan Christian
University
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Grafton Village
Midview
Ernest Crago
Monteith Hall
Elyria
Mary Louise Gill
Laurence H. Hall
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
East Cleveland
William Murray
Wellington
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lewis Schwarer
Walter Wildenheim
Ways and Means
Thomas Kilpatrick
Wildenheim
New York City
Midview Junior Women’s Club
Kenneth Hicks
North Willow St
Willow St
Grafton
Richard Barnhart
Edgewood Drive
Thomas Meyers
Waterfall Drive
Brentwood Lake
Herbert Hampson
East
Marden Kingman
L. L. Manship
William Nemeth
Melvin Earl
VFW Auxiliary Hosts Social at Member Home
Grafton VFW Auxiliary held a party at Mrs. Helen Perkins home with twenty six members and guests in attendance. Prizes went to game winners. cohostesses were Eleanore Hamling Mildred Bruce and Joan McNulty. Next meeting set for Town Hall on February 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
To Grafton Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Helen Perkins
Eleanore Hamling
Mildred Bruce
Joan McNulty
Senator Is Modest Refuses Golf Score Disclosure
Alabama Senator Stuart Symington declined to reveal the score of a golf game with Vice President Richard Nixon, saying modesty prohibits him from answering. The exchange occurred Monday as reporters pressed for the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery. Ala
UPR
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Richard Nixon
Symington
Grafton Laundromat Installs New Water Heater
Water heater failure caused a rush of hot water during a busy wash day. A larger unit has been installed for customer convenience with beverages, reading materials, and radio available while clothes dry.
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Grafton
Teachers Seek 300 Dollar Average Pay Raise
A salary committee of the Midview District Teachers Association asks the school board for an average 300 dollar annual pay raise. The plan proposes 200 dollar increments for bachelor degree holders and 200 for non degreed staff, with 350 dollars for masters, plus extended increment years. The proposal costs about 650 thousand dollars annually and assumes 10 new teachers next year. The board will review the plan at a special meeting to decide timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Midview District Teachers Association
Youth Center President Leaves Post
GRAFTON due to illness Willard Kirkpatrick resigns as president of the Grafton Youth Center Group board. Vice president Mrs. Chester Rozga conducted the session. only original member Mrs. Charles Yates attended and was named president until elections. Kirkpatrick to be honored for work on the recreation room and restrooms at the town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Willard Kirkpatrick
Grafton Youth Center Group
Chester Rozga
Charles Yates
Kirkpatrick
Mission Unit Appoints New Chairmen
The Mission Circle of the Immaculate Conception Church met at Margaret Ford’s home Wednesday with Dorothea Traxler presiding in Mrs Mandeville’s absence. Gertrude Mole named sunshine chairman and Ann Bush ways and means chairwoman, Bertha Kidney sales tax chairman. Special prizes went to Traxler and Mole. A bake sale is set for March. no February meeting due to weather. March meeting time and place will be announced and a Kiwanis dinner project will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Mole
Sunshine
Ann Bush
Ways and Means
Bertha Kidney
Dorothea Traxler
Mole
Ice Rink Out For This Year
Grafton officials abandon a village plan for a community rink at the town hall grounds and review an ice skating pond on fire department property. Jim McKean notes digging and water containment would be required, while firemen oppose ground disturbance. The proposal is tabled in favor of a Willow Park rink project next fall with lights and a pavilion discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Town Hall
Jim McKean
Willow Park
Grafton PTA Fun Fair Featuring TV Star Penny
Grafton Par ent-Teacher Association hosts a Fun Fair at the Grafton School Feb 6 from 3 to 10 pm with 12 booths a country bake sale chili supper and a cartoon show. Captain Penny of the Three Stooges will appear along with a snakes and monkeys menagerie. Proceeds go to the PTA general fund for Grafton Elementary and Midview Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Parent-Teacher Association
Capt. Penny
Three Stooges Fame
Jerry Smith
Smith
Kenneth Hicks
Midview
George Maines
Doris Henney
Parent-Teacher Association General Fund
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Mildred Slattery
New
Alma Casualty
Lilley
INSA
Elm St
Rance
Grafton Savings
Lagrange
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Srchive A
Kent State University
Sehggt
Ohio
Glen R. Dennis
KSU
Chester Carpenter
Guy Finlayson
Fred Reisinger
George Fidwards
VFW
Grafton Laundromat
Becker Ct
Youth Center
Mission Unit
PTA
ELBEE
Spitzer Hardware
Main Street
Mercury
Lincoln-Mercury
Rotor Company
Pickering & Schwed Motor CO
Main St
Grafton, Ohio
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