Exclusive 88 member club formed during St Patrick snow event
North Ridgeville hosts an 88 member club formed Saturday to honor The St Patrick's Day Snow Fiasco at Melody Grove. The weekend blizzard trapped dancers, and the band led by John Sabanos played as residents supplied blankets and breakfast. Firefighters were feted for 25 years of service, and local 4‑H leaders seek volunteers to expand youth programs in the city.
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North Ridgeville
St. Patrick's Day
Melody Grove
Ian
Josephine Perryman
John Sabanos
Perryman
Eugene Diederich
James Smith
Charles Stuart
North Central Firemen’s Association
Ridgeville Adopts $500 Fine for Blocking Trains
NORTH RIDGEVILLE council passes ordinance imposing fines up to 500 dollars for trains blocking city roads longer than five minutes. Stopped trains must clear tracks for at least three minutes after each five minute period. Police to begin enforcement immediately. measure excludes moving trains and uncontrollable emergencies. Mayor Charles Stuart announced.
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North Ridgeville
Richard Sullinger
Charles Stuart
Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast Set For Palm Sunday
North Ridgeville hosts its annual Palm Sunday Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast April 15 at the Middle School cafeteria on Route 20 and 83. Breakfast runs 8 am to 3 pm with tickets at the door or from members. Proceeds aid youth groups and community programs including Safely Town and Salvation Army.
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North Ridgeville
James Murphy
Kiwanis Club
Bess and Andy's
Bill Ramsey
Roger Beitler
John O'Hara
Marc Diederich
George Fundak
Dave Hawley
Kiwanis
Salvation Army
Council seeks veto power over zoning ruling in North Ridgeville
Upset over a zoning board decision, North Ridgeville council moves to override the board by possible majority vote review. The board had allowed Crystal Springs Beach Club to sell camping trailers and extend its season, contrary to council orders. The council also reversed variances for Ruby Metters' lot, challenging the zoning board and citing city charter powers and legal guidance.
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North Ridgeville
City Zoning Board of Appeals
Board of Appeals
Crystal Springs Beach Club
Crystal Springs
Zoning Board of Appeals
Ruby Metters
Root
Law
Fauver
Gilbert Cornish
Council
Lysaght
Auctioneering fascinates Don Standen from Ridgeville
North Ridgeville native Don W. Standen is a longtime auctioneer, city council president, and liquidator. He learned auctioning in 1949 at Joe Risch Auction College and has handled numerous downtown Elyria liquidations. Standen, 43, works at Bendix Westinghouse in Elyria, is active in the Lions Club, and plans to seek re election. He lives at 38146 Sugar Ridge Rd with wife Eileen, after a 1942 fire prompted a move from farm life to the city.
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North Ridgeville
Don W. Standen
Standen
National Auctioneer Association
Ohio Auction Association
Joe Risch
Mason City
Iowa
Furnish
Ings
Sederis
Elyria
Bendix Westinghouse
Elvrra
North Ridgeville Lions Club
Eileen
Elyria High School
Sugar Ridge Rd
Judge Horn to address Ridgeville Democrat club
Judge James P. Horn will speak at the Democratic Woman's Club meeting at 8 p.m. at The City Bank on Jaycox Road at Rt.20. He will explain the jurisdiction and processes of the Elyria Municipal Court District. Public invited.
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North Ridgeville
Elyria Municipal Court
James P. Horn
Democratic Woman's Club
Jaycox Road
Rt.20
Horn
Vast Gulf Oil Wealth Believed Lying Below Louisiana Coasts
UPI reports Interior Department officials estimate more than 4 billion dollars in oil and natural gas lie beneath Gulf of Mexico waters off the Louisiana coast, highlighting rich offshore energy reserves and potential production.
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New Orleans
UPI
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Interior Department
City approves water line bonds for Ridgeville extension
Ridgeville council approves 683000 general obligation bonds to fund a city water line extension and 108000 for engineering. Water lines will reach most areas with no south of Fenn Central tracks yet. Tap in will not be mandatory and no direct assessments will be made.
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Ridgeville
North Ridgeville
Fenn Central
Council
Resi
Ridgeville girl wins sewing first in district contest
Linda Lauerhaus a North Ridgeville High School junior won first place in the Central Lake Erie District Ohio Federation of Women's Club sewing contest Junior Division. She will advance to state in April. sponsored by the North Ridgeville Junior Women's League. Local club president Bernadine Butkowski praised the stiff competition. The meeting schedule includes April 4 and other community events with craft programs and a venereal disease program planned for May 3.
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North Ridgeville
Linda Lauerhaus
Central Lake Erie
Ohio Federation of Women’s Club
Linda
Albert Lauerhaus
Center Ridge Rd
Bernadine Butkowski
Huron County auction to sell farm gear and courthouse items
Huron County will auction farm equipment formerly used at Shady Lane Home and odds and ends from the county courthouse. The sale is next Wednesday March 28 at 1 p.m. at the county Fairgrounds in Norwalk. Items include two tractors plows discs and drags but no office equipment.
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Norwalk
Shady Lane Home
Huron County
Evangeline Miller
Huron Co auto club head resigns
William Young, manager of the Huron County Automobile Club since January, has resigned for personal reasons. Mike Meinke, interim and current Newark assistant divisional manager, will take over beginning April. Meinke has led at Newark since June 1972 after replacing Katherine Dombart who resigned.
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Norwalk
William Young
Huron County Automobile Club
Young
Mike Meinke
Newark Automotive Club
Court Drops Football Pool Indictment
John R. Putnam of Lorain faced an indictment for possession of football pool tickets. Judge Paul J. Milius ordered a directed verdict after the state failed to prove the games on which the tickets were based were played. Putnam was arrested September 25 by Avon Lake police when football pool tickets were found in his possession.
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John R. Putnam
E. Eric Ave Lorain
Common Pleas
Paul J Milius
Elo Zerbint
Mikus
Putnam
Avon Lake
Jerry Smith
Band Booster Club Skating Party Planned for Sunday
The North Ridgeville Ranger Band Booster Club hosts a skating party Sunday from 5 to 9 30 PM at Elyria Roll Arena. Tickets sold at the door. skate rental is extra.
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North Ridgeville
The
North
Ridgeville Ranger Band
Elyria Roll Arena
Jail inmate treated after fall at Lorain County jail
Lorain County sheriff reports inmate Augustine T. Lopez nineteen of 2936 Toledo Avenue Lorain was treated Sunday at Elyria Memorial Hospital for a head cut after falling from a bunk in the upper cellblock shortly after 5 p.m. He was released after treatment and is held on two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.
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Lorain County
Elyria’ Memorial Hospital
Augustine T. Lopez
Toledo Ave
Lorain
Lopez
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Democrat Club
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Northview
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