Hartford Insurance to honor Russ Davies Don Sotherden for 50 years
Russell Davies and Don Sotherden, veteran Elyria insurance figures, will be saluted at a luncheon noon Wednesday at The Elyria Country Club. Sotherden, a long time insurer linked with his father and son Warren in Sotherden Insurance, began in 1920 after a customer told him he was now an insurance man. The feature honors fifty years of service and local industry prominence.
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Don Sotherden
Elyria
Hartford Insurance
Elyria Country Club
Sotherden
C. L. Sotherden
Charney
Sotherden Insurance Inc
Son Warren
Jim Simpson
Don
Billy
Harry
Billie
Johnsons
Wests
CONNS
Jameses
Robin Shoe
Harry Rosen
Glenwood St
Elyria City
Oberlin Rd
Ida
Lorain County floats 470000 road program for summer bids
County Engineer Harvey M. Holcomb presented a 470000 dollar road improvement plan to Lorain County Commissioners. The package covers 33.89 miles resurfacing on five sections and 37.75 miles surface treatment on sixteen sections. Projects await bidding by private contractors for work this summer and fall.
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Lorain County
Harvey M. Holcomb
Holcomb
Gasoline tax hike under study
Gov Gilligan administration weighs a half cent per gallon increase in Ohio gasoline tax from seven cents. Legislative liaison John McDonald confirms the review while Sen Robert Stockdale proposes doubling auto license tag fees to twenty dollars to fund county and township road maintenance amid ongoing revenue concerns for street work.
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Columbus
John J. Gilligan
John McDonald
Robert Stockdale
Kent
Pilot Youth head named Cleveland Foundation consultant
Thomas H. Peters, longtime director of the Pilot Youth Project, was named a foundation consultant on youth for the Cleveland Foundation and will be on loan to the city for the summer. He will oversee a city wide program using volunteers with a $90,000 grant, based at Volunteers in Progress in City Hall. Peters will continue his other roles with Youth Services Inc. and Lorain Group Foster Homes, while residing at 387 Colgate Ave.
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Lorain County
Thomas H. Peters
Cleveland Foundation
Peters
United Community Services
Cleveland
Mis
Carl B. Stokes
Youth Services, Inc
YSI
Lorain Group Foster Homes, Inc
Beacon Home
Search
Elyria
The
Colgate Ave
Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation
St. Charles College
Columbus
Boston College
Notre Dame University
University of Chicago
Keller
Hall Park
Oberlin appoints councilman Sonner to fill vacancy
Oberlin selects David Sonner 35 of 2 Prosser Ct to replace the resigning Council President Arthur Hess. Sonner chairs open space and conservation and moves from Worthington. he will join Harpers and Row Publishers as a sales representative. City Manager Edward C. Smith resigns, effective June 1 to become Hamilton city manager.
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Oberlin
David Sonner
Prosser Ct
Arthur Hess
Sonner
Worthington
Harper and Row Publishers
Edward C. Smith
Smith
Hamilton
Lorain County Ranks Second in Ohio for Tax Delinquency
Lorain County is second among Ohio counties in per capita real estate tax and special assessment delinquency, at 14.61 dollars per person. Monroe leads with 20.20, Henry is lowest at 1.27, Muskingum 14.49, and Cuyahoga 13.96. Delinquency totals were 1.44 million in 1960 and 3.75 million in 1970. statewide per capita average is 8.96.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Ohio Public Expenditure Council
Monroe County
Henry County
Muskingum
Cuyahoga
Council
Oberlin council selects architect for city hall
Oberlin approves William Kessler and Assoc of Grosse Pointe Mich to design the new city hall. The firm projects starting immediately and plans a work session to develop preliminary plans, with financing decisions to follow. The swimming pool topic shifts to site and funding considerations at the high school.
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Elyria City
Oberlin Council
Oberlin
William Kessler
Assoc
Grosse Pointe Mich
J. F. Kennedy Homes
Sandusky man 20 critically injured in single car crash
A 20 year old Vickery man, Robert J. Meggitt, was seriously hurt in a one car crash on Camp Street at 1 30 am. He was taken to Providence Hospital and then moved to Elyria Memorial Hospital with a head injury. The car left the road and struck a tree. investigation continues.
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Sandusky
Vickery
Camp Street
Robert J. Meggitt
Wahi Road
Providence Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Meggitt
Judge ponders reduced murder charge for Woodards
Lorain County Judge John Pincura weighs reducing John Elmer Woodards murder charge from first to second degree in the Vandrsdale rape slaying. A May 19 ruling date was set as defense files briefs on accepting a plea while prosecutors study the implications for a potential retrial.
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John Elmer Woodards
Lorain County Common Pleas
John JD. Pincura
Pincura
Woodards
Margaret Vandrsdale
Columbia
North Ridgeville
Lorain County
Floyd Harris
John Lowther
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Griswold Road
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Middle Avenue
Rt.10
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Rt. 58
Quarry Road
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Amherst
Sprague
Root Road
Columbia West River
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Green
Baird Road
Baumhart
Rt. 10
Durkee
Chesnut
Gore Orphanage
Ward
Garfield
Becker
Rt. 18
Stocking Road
Griggs Road
Rochester Village
Hall Road
Island Road
Grafton
North Eaton Township
Indian Hollow
Peck Wadsworth
Russia
Parsons Road
Whitehead
Smith Road
West Road
Trinter
North Ridge
Vermilion
Jones
Webster Road
West Ridge
South Corporation
Phillip Olsen
Elyria Triumph
Olsen
Oberlin Junior High
C.T
Thomas H., Peters
Robert 8. Thomas
Thomas
E. Lorain St
Melvin Martens
Kessler and Associates
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