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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1977
Page
5
Norwalk Mayor Wayne C. Goodsite, the Republican incumbent, will face three challengers in November's General Election. Democrat Don and two independent candidates are entering the race to unseat the incumbent.
Nai MM ald C Roth and independents Robert B Fish and James E Grine seek Norwalk mayoral race. Roth, 36, a pilot and contractor, aims for steady growth and low taxes through new industry. Fish, 62, favors a straight forward administration and public accountability. Grine, 27, runs as an independent and has not commented.
Three candidates appear on the November ballot for the Berlin Milan Board of Education, with no opposition. Glen Hennings 56 of Milan leads the slate, already serving since 1973, a NASA propulsion chief, along with Frank Garwood 50 of Collins and Mark H Miller 29 of Milan.
Garwood and Miller emerge as incumbents with deep local roots. Garwood, lifelong district resident and school board chair, chairs Lakeview United Methodist administrative board and shares a family of four with Doris. Miller, Milan High School graduate and law degree holder, fronts Miller Brothers Farms and belongs to Edison Memorial Methodist Church.
Two women newcomers challenge four incumbent council men in Wakeman for the November general election. Mrs. Sylvia A. Smith and another candidate compete against the sitting officials as the race heats up.
In the 1977 Wakeman election Mrs Nancy Schmidt 29 seeks a council seat alongside incumbent Gary Swinehart and Leroy Stober 36 who has served since 1969. Schmidt lists ambulance service for Wakeman and hospital employment as a Read nurse at Lorain Community Hospital.
The Rotary sponsored Halloween parade crowned grand prize winner Beth Hammann dressed as Miss Witch. First place awards went to Cara Stover Little Angel Darin Randleman upside down man Susan Jenkins Lady Godiva Robin Weaver Phyllis Diller Janette Collins Janet Divins Big Bird and Amy Tracy Todd Loescher Little Farmers in various age groups. Float category winners included Janet Anderson Ruth Johnson Joan Wray Connie Sutherland and Eileen Pfeifer Halloween Hags Cracked Pots. Ruth Howland 85 was oldest in costume Todd Loescher 21⁄2 months was youngest. window painting winners were Vivian Carroll Julie Perkins and Brett Williams. About 150 contestants entered.
The 30th annual Homemade Christmas event, sponsored by the Medina County Homemakers Council, runs Thursday and Friday at the Medina Community Center on the county fairgrounds. Doors open at noon Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday, closing 9 p.m. each day, featuring decorations ideas, gifts, needlework, foods, and candies. Forest Fletcher, 59, seeks a second term as village councilman, serving seven years previously as an appointed member. he as purchasing agent for the Ohio Turnpike Commission also backs ambulance service for Wakeman. Incumbents Gary Swinehart, 38, and Joseph Hipp, 43, were appointed last year. Swinehart works as an accountant at Fisher-Body in Elyria and supports state ambulance funding, Hipp, foreman at Firelands Construction, wants septic tank ordinances adopted per county health standards.
EHOVE Joint Vocational School junior horticultural team earns first place in the nation at the National Junior Horticultural Convention in Winston-Salem North Carolina. Jeff Mortenson from Milan and teammates Todd Anderson from Perkins and Anna Wilhelm from Monroeville share the top open division honor among 525 students nationwide. Also noted is Gertrude Ederle’s 1926 English Channel swim record.
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