Nine Republicans One Democrat Elected To Elyria's Council
Elyria voters handed GOP a sweeping win with nine of ten council seats, keeping Republicans dominant. Frank R. Henke secured the lone Democratic seat in the Sixth Ward, while Notley was re elected as council president pro tem and two council at large spots went to Ellsworth Alheit and James C. Scott.
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Elyria
Leonard Fowls
William G. Smith
William F. Grall
Frank KR. Henke
Henke
Joseph Kolopos
Reinhardt R. Pallas
Ing
Notley
W. E. B. Notley
Leonard Smith
Joseph C. Welsh
Ellsworth Alheit
James C
Scott
Alheit
Baldwin- Wallace College
Ohio Northern University
Council
George Thompson
Alfred A. Alten
Henry C. Sassmanhausen
Lewis Beaumont
Seward XII
Black
Andrew Foreman
Edward F. Wilcox
Frank C. Billings
Sassmanhausen
Wilcox
Elsworth Albert
James C. Scott
Henry ©. Sassmanhausen
Leonard K. Fowls
Seward N. Black
Elmer E. Nelson
Frank R. Henke
Mrs Martin And L A Terry Win For School Board
Julia KR Martin and Leonard A Terry won seats on the Elyria Board of Education in a three candidate race. Martin, reelected to a four year term starting 1938, led the field. Terry, National Tube Co employee and newcomer, placed second. Ruth M Bridgeland ran third.
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Elyria Board of Education
Julia KR
Carl W.) Martin
Leonard A. Terry
Martin
Terry
National Tube Company
Ruth M. Bridgeland
Richard E. Stevens
Frank Spencer
W. H. Vanoster
Fay Stocking Company
Ellen =. Shaw
Lehman Reelected Wellington Mayor and Local Officials
The Peoples Ticket at Wellington won the election with E. R. Lehman reelected mayor by 222 votes. John Duff, Frank Andrus, and William Eberhardt were reelected to key posts, with three new council members P. T. Burnside Henry Chadwick and R. J. Fortney joining reelects C. L. Hill F. M. Jones and Guy Phelps. Other officials retained include C. G. Battles William Bennett and A. R. Branson on the board of public affairs. Wellington township trustee results show Guy Gott elected for two years, John Barber and W. E. Hines for four years. Lavern Banning reelected township clerk. E. H. Perkins reelected justice of the peace. constables T. W. McAdoo and Ire Sherman reelected. Board of Education members Mrs Kieth Andrews L. W. McConnell and J. J. Page reelected. Morris Brenner and Robert Herrick to two-year terms.
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Peoples
Wellington
E. R. Lehman
John Duff
Frank Andrus
William Eberhardt
P. T. Burnside
Henry Chadwick
R. J. Fortney
C. L. Hill
F. M. Jones
Guy Phelps
Board of Public Affairs
C. G. Battles
William Bennett
A. R. Branson
Wellington Township
Guy Gott
John Barber
W. E. Hines
Hines
Lavern Banning
E. H. Perkins
T. W. McAdoo
Ire Sherman
Ohio Weather Fair and Colder Night Then Warmer Thursday
Weather summary notes fair to warm Thursday after a colder night in Ohio. The plains states show a broad high pressure area near 30.64 inches at Omaha with light to moderate precipitation in the northeast and far northwest. Cooler temps expected in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, Great Lakes region, and northern plains.
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Plains States
Omaha
Nebraska
Ohio
Mississipi
Great Lakes Region
Plains
Reorganization At Sheffield Lake Village Approved
Sheffield Lake voters approve a village reorganization with majorities for three ordinances. Mayoral and clerk contests shifted control. C W King elected mayor 332 votes to 216 for Harvey H Dier. Harold K Trish wins clerk 95 to 251 over Frank Field. Wayne Inslee elected treasurer 263 to 155, McKinley reelected marshal 325 to 151 and 64 for Young. Ordinances divide village into three districts, assign salaries by votes, and transfer billing to the treasurer.
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Sheffield Lake
C. W. King
Harvey H. Dier
Harold K. Trish
Frank Field
Wayne Inslee
Florence J. Freseching
Marshal
Wiliam GC
McKinley
W. L. Clites
Frank Young
Ohio Drys Make Gains In Local Option Votes
Ohio dry forces scored a two to one victory in Tuesday local option polls with 157 votes in 923 communities. Early tallies showed 56 of 79 reporting dry wins and 23 wet. Wayne and several counties swung heavily dry, while Clermont and Franklin counties reported sweeping dry tallies on liquor and beer questions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wayne County
Clermont
Fayette
Franklin
Knox
Logan
Medina
Morgan
Seneca County
Witn
Comings Is Elected Mayor Of Oberlin Again
Republican Mayor Charles R. Comings of Oberlin was reelected to the village council with 956 votes the highest total. J C McCullough and J H Kutscher won council seats. Leona Hovey Ira L Porter reelected to Oberlin board of education. Carl C Nicol elected to board. Rus sia township trustees Jesse Ford John Emerick short term Edward Schramm long term. Co R Comings John Von Blum elected justices of the peace. F A Edmonds Robert Parrish reelected constables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Comings
Oberlin
J. C. McCullough
Tunning
J. H. Kutscher
Leona Hovey
Ira L. Porter
Oberlin Board of Education
Carl C. Nicol
Russia Township
Jesse Ford
John Emerick
Edward Schramm
Co. R. Comings
John von Blum
F. A. Edmonds
Robert Parrish
Vote To Continue Sale of Intoxicants In Carlisle and Columbia Townships
Carlisle and Columbia Townships voted to continue intoxicant sales, while Eaton went dry. Across six questions per township, Carlisle and Columbia generally favored liquor, wine, beer, and state liquor stores, with Carlisle showing wide majorities and Eaton rejecting all proposals. Local results tallied as Carlisle yes 2,517 no 1,735. Columbia yes 1,539 no 1,291. Eaton yes 623 no 1,082.
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Carlisle
Columbia
Eaton Township
Lumbia
Baron
Eaton
Bond Issue For Fire Truck Wins In Grafton
Grafton voters approved a $5,000 motorized fire truck bond, the largest vote of the election with 282 for and 68 against. Mayor Carl H. Jantz was reelected, receiving 135 votes to Frank W. Cousins 115 and Herbert Kolinski 100. Stanley Bardon won village clerk with 178 votes, and village treasurer L. B. Daniels led with 176. J. A. Novesky was reelected marshal with 225. Council winners: FE Hoghill 232, Herman Scholl 218, Delbert Dunlap 203, Lloyd Bartlett 201, Rathir Kolinski 195, Guy Durkee 195, J. W. Dinke 192, Anthony Glowiske 119, Victor Konezal 84, Henry Vodarski 70, Stanley Wilevak 168. Trustees: Fred Britting 210, E. B. Arnold 220, Chester Warkus 216, John Rozga 92. Board of education: George Edwards 250, Frank Schwarer 215, W. C. Valentine 215. Grace Daniels 186 and Charles Bates 71.
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Grafton
Carl H. Jantz
Jantz
Frank W. Cousins
Herbert Kolinski
Stanley Bardon
Cecil Gardner
Cecil Johnson
L. B. Daniels
Vaneil Myers
J. A. Novesky
Marshal
FE. C. Hoghill
Herman Scholl
Delbert R. Dunlap
Lloyd Bartlett
Rathir Kolinski
Guy Durkee
W. C. Valentine
Grace Daniels
Charles Bates
Reelect Elyria Two School Board Members Reelect
Three members of the Elsria Township board of education were reelected after a write in campaign. L. H. Keller as president, J. H Hogan as clerk, and bk. M. Youtzy were reelected with Keller 27 votes, Youtzy 196, Hogan 1588. Other write in candidates Milton Eppley, Cora Fesler and Peter Dollefield received 88, 72, and 70 votes respectively.
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Elsria Township
Barnes and Johnson Triumph in Ridgeville Board Race
In Ridgeville township election William Barnes and J D Johnson won the four year supervisor terms, defeating J F Diederich and James Curran. E W Fortune was reelected for two years, defeating Leo Gernart. Dan Harding reelected clerk. J Hadaway and Frank Leonard reelected constables. J W Prince defeated B R Hollister for justice of the peace. Clarence Oster and E A Brandt reelected to school board with Mabel Stacey unseating Henry Steffen for third seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville
William Barnes
J. D. Johnson
J. F. Diederich
James Curran
E. W. Fortune
Leo Gérnart
Dan Harding
J. Hadaway
Frank Leonard
J. W. Prince
B. R. Hollister
Clarence Oster
E. A. Brandt
Mabel Stacey
Henry Steffen
Reelected Amherst Board Members Win With Write-in Votes
Both Amherst board members whose terms expire this year were reelected yesterday with no filed candidates. William Horn earned 41 write-in votes and Edward W. Stang 40, while J. P. Bechtel received four write-ins and Henry Schmitkong and Byrd Richmond each one.
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Amherst Township Board of Education
William Horn
Edward W. Stang
J. P. Bechtel
Henry Schmitkong
Byrd Richmond
Bretz Wins for Mayor in Lorain Victory
George P. Bretz, veteran council member and foe of the public utilities, won the Lorain mayoralty as a Democratic sweep gave the party control. Bretz tallied 6,570 votes to E. Braun’s 5,344, with a party-aligned ticket winning most other local races and three Republican seats left standing.
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Lorain
George P. Bretz
Public Utilities
Bretz
Committee For Industrial Organization
E. #. Braun
Arthur Matchett
Charles James
Nelson Miller
Seventh Ward
Brett
Couel
Albert Matuszak
Council
Jack Baird
John Pincura, Jr
Basil Dziama
Norman Donohue
William Oldham
Maurice Brown
William Findley
Andrew Parabek
Leroy Burgett
Alex Mollison
Charles Peterson
William Duffy
Marshall Keep
Lord And Smith Win In Hot Contest
Charles C. Lord and Leonard Smith won Elyria Township Justice of the Peace seats for four years starting January 1. Lord led with 1,997 votes, just 12 more than Smith. Helen E. McGuire finished third with 1,511. Other candidates and votes followed. Smith succeeds Joseph Q. Petro, elected mayor of Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Lord
Leonard Smith
Elyria
Elyria Township
Lord
Smith
Helen E. McGuire
Herbert C. Cummings
Otto K. Mischka
James Lilley
William C. Walker
Joseph Q. Petro
Approve Three iSchool Levies in Three Districts
Voters in LaGrange Camden Township and Huntington Township school districts approved levies. LaGrange backed a two mill levy for three years with no tax rate increase by 392 to 110. Camden Township approved a three mill levy for two years by 95 to 51 to cover deficits and fund buses repairs and a potential new teacher. Huntington Township renewed a three mill levy for five years by 108 to 27.
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LaGrange
Camden Township
Huntington Township
Garland Elected South Amherst Mayor and Local Officials
Henry Garland won the mayoral race with 131 votes to Albert Schneider's 95 in South Amherst. Harold Allsop and A A W Thompson were elected clerk and treasurer, with 210 and 205 votes. R R Johnson became marshal at 135 votes. Six council candidates led by Robert Allsop and John Duncan filled six vacancies. Harry Brucker topped the board of education with 175 votes. Mrs Alfred Rolli and Jimen Nicol followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Garland
South Amherst
Albert Schneider
Harold Allsop
Aa. W. Thompson
R. R. Johnson
Marshal
Frank Powers
Robert Allsop
John Duncan
Albert Farey
N. G. Townsend
Ford Moser
Fred Bartlome
Harry Brucker
Board of Education
Alfred Rolli
Jimen Nicol
Petro sweeps Elyria mayor race carrying all 34 precincts
Joseph Q. Petro, Republican, won Elyria's mayoral race in a landslide carry of all 34 precincts. He totaled 3,594 votes to 2,835 for Democrat W. H. Vanoster and 731 for independent John B. Halpin. Voters also kept Frank Heuke on the Sixth Ward council seat. Notable: labor-backed Petro and Halpin drew from the labor committee’s nonpartisan support.
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Joseph Q. Petro
Elyria
Petro
W. H. Vanoster
John B. Halpin
Frank Heuke
Frank A. Stetson
Board of Elections
John Halpin
Sixth Ward
Henke
Joseph Kolopos
Reinhardt Pallas
Kolopos
Pallas
Council
W. E. B. Nottley
Joseph C. Welsh
Fitch
R. J. Fitch
Fred M. Bauer
Jack Marshall
Harvey Cheney
Cyril Mapie
Cheney
Bever Vanoster
Howard R. Butler
Stolzenburg And Brown Elected Constables
Louis Stolzenburg and Charles Brown were elected Elyria Township constables. Stolzenburg led with about 3,187 votes, more than twice that of other candidates. Brown edged out Russell Moran by 35 votes for the second open post. other finishers were J. Lyon Peters, Bert W. Orvis, Anton Haralampous, and Edward Hawkins. Both will serve two year terms.
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Louis Stolzenburg
Charles Brown
Elyria Township
Stolzenburg
Bert Orvis
Thomas Finegan
Brown
Hill And Wright Win At Eaton Township Trustee Race
Hill and Wright won the five member race for Eaton township trustee for a four year term. Frank Henney was elected for the two year term to defend Burton Rosacate and E F Mack. Leo Terrell was reelected as clerk, defeating J Russell Marsh and Richard E Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Hill
Carl Wright
Eaton Township
Frank Henney
Burton Rosa
Catedidate
E. F. Mack
Leo Terrell
Clark
J. Russell ,Marsh
Richard E. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ligtary Council
G. O P
L. A. Terry
Lehman
Sheffield Lake Village
A.C. Cheney
E. B. Notley
Harvey C. Cheney
D. A. Baird
Comings
Reelect
Elyria Two
Barnes
Johnson
Garlton R. Finegan
Andrew J. Foreman
Alfred A
Alten
Reinhardt KR. Pallas
Justice OF the Peace
Russell Moran
J. Lynn Peters
Bert W. Orvis
Anton Haralampous
Edward Hawkins
Son-Vartisan
Julia R. Martin
Leonard Terry
Shaw
Hentne
Charles M Holtzman
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Lord and Smith
Garland
Amherst
Stolzenburg and
Hill
Wright
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