Bond Issue Planned for New Grafton Fire Station
Mayor Ernest Toghill filed a 16000 bond proposal for a new Grafton fire station to appear on fall ballots. The Village would match the funds with a 1.067 mill levy for six years. Previous attempt failed last November, while the department studies engine models and bids for equipment. The village plans a 750 gallon per minute engine, matching two 20 year old trucks.
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Grafton
Ernest Toghill
County Board of Elections
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Erty
Toghill
National Fire
Earl Walsh Family Feted At Outing
In GRAFTON a Willow Park picnic honored the Walsh family as they relocate to Delaware where Earl Walsh will be a grade school principal and Mrs. Walsh a fifth grade teacher. The farewell event included gifts of a planter cart a brass plaque and fiberglass trays as colleagues praised his service at Belden Grafton and Midview schools.
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Grafton
Earl Walsh
Willow Park
Walshes
Delaware
Walsh
Midview
Grafton School
Belden
PTA
Fire Carnival Reports Given Outing Planned
GRAFTON A practice hour was held to test village hydrants before meeting. Bills for the firemen’s carnival were signed and approved. Final report shows the affair a financial success with one stand in deficit. Plans call for increasing department to three members and for a clam bake at Willow Park on Sept. 20. Further discussion on the function is planned.
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Grafton
Willow Park
No Two Alike as Customer Needs Vary Widely
Businesses note that no two customers are alike with differing hopes dreams and capabilities shaping their plans for the future and buyers seek customized solutions.
50 000 Bushels A Day Grafton Mill Relies On Ohio Wheat
Grafton Ohio handles 50 000 bushels daily from box cars to Sunshine Biscuit Co storage as harvest nears. A full time switch engine moves up to 105 cars daily to unload. Since July 4 over 1.5 million bushels have been shipped to two plants. Local wheat comes mainly from Lorain County soft red winter grain.
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Grafton
Ohio
Sunshine Biscuit Co
H. E. Irvin
Sunshine Grafton and
Loudonville Mills
Lorain
Bob Pancoast
Kipton ‘Elevator Association
Kipton Elevator
Fostoria
Toledo
Buffalo
Irvin
Lorain County
Kiwanis Club Tours Lorain Ford Plant
Grafton Kiwanis Club, 32 members, will ride a bus at 6 p.m. for a guided tour of the Lorain Ford plant. They will dine in the plant cafe prior to the tour, as the factory limits visitors for next year’s models. Special investigator Michael Ondreyco spoke at the Grafton session, recounting the Byomin case and related incident details. Next week Harold E. Bruce Jr. will present a slide lecture on antique automobiles.
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Grafton
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Lorain
Knechtges Reunion Held in North Olmsted Park
The 28th Knechtges family reunion gathered about 50 members in North Olmsted Park. Relatives attended from Detroit Cleveland Independence Elshia and Grafton. Games kept all ages busy as officers for 1960 were elected: Mrs. Alan J O Connor president and Mr. Jack Mathews secretary treasurer.
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Grafton
Knechtges
North Olmsted Park
Detroit
Cleveland
Independence
Elshia
Alan J O’connor
Jack Mathews
Buffalo shop wins $206.14 from auto collision case
A Buffalo sample shop won a 206 dollar and 14 cent judgment after a car collision shattered its plate glass window. Attorney J. El DeCastro Jr. summarized the case to a Supreme Court jury which awarded the amount.
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J. EL .DeCastro Jr
Supreme Court
Belden Grafton Briefs Highlights Community Visits
Miss Elaine Glunt and Miss Judy Boone visited at Miss Glunt’s grandparents in Monroeville with Mr. and Mrs. McClelland. Mrs. Marie Wurst of Elyria stayed with the McClintocks, and Mrs. Oscar Dunn of Elyria visited there. A Belden Methodist Church Communion Service is planned for Sunday at 8 30 am. Teresa Blanco visits her great grandmother and grandparents in Wyandotte. The Mothers Auxiliary of Boy Scouts Troop 113 hosts an Ice Cream social at the Grange Hall Saturday at 7 pm to fund equipment. Belden PTA plans a paper drive August 14 17 with contacts in Valley City and Grafton.
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Grafton
Elaine Glunt
Judy Boone
Belden
Mothers Auxiliary
Boy Scouts Troop
Grange Hall
Youth Group Party At Beaver Park In Grafton
Fifteen members of the Grafton Youth Center attended a swim party at Beaver Park on Saturday. Chaperones included Mrs Willard Kirkpatrick Mrs Charles Taylor Chester Rozga and Don Aderman. After seven hours of swimming and boating refreshments were served. A black top dance is planned at Grafton school Friday from 7 30 to 10 36 p m with free admission and refreshments to be sold by the Youth Center Group.
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Grafton
Grafton Youth Center
Beaver Park
Willard Kirkpatrick
Charles Taylor
Chester Rozga
Don Aderman
Grafton School
Youth Center Group
Picnic Dinner Ends Season for OGlala Club
Members of the OGlala Club held a tureen picnic dinner at Lois Youngs home at 7 p m Saturday. Husbands were guests. The group cancels August meetings and will resume September 3 at Mary OConnors home.
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Grafton
Oglala Club
Lois Younglas
Mary O'Connor
Club Meets GRAFTON Gleaner class hosts steak roast
The Gleaner class of the Methodist Church will meet at the home of Mr and Mrs William Finley on Wednesday at 5 pm for a steak roast.
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Grafton
Methodist Church
William Finley
Missionary Slide Talk in Immaculate Conception Hall
The Rev. George Fahey of the Wigi Islands will present a slide show on his mission and its people at Immaculate Conception Hall on August 5 at 3 30 p.m.
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Grafton
George Fahey
Wigi Islands
Immaculate Conception Hall
Group Hears Missionary Fahey Talk At Immaculate Conception
The Grafton Mission Circle met at Ann Bush’s home with Rev. George Fahey on leave sharing on mission work. He will present mission slides at Immaculate Conception Church Hall Aug 5 at 8 30 pm with lunch served afterward.
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Grafton
Ann Bush
George Fahey
Fahey
Immaculate Conception Church
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