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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1965
Page
6
Milan Village rejected the sewer bond by two votes 213 yes 177 no missing the 215 needed. The operating levy passed 151 113 and the free levy 237 145. Incumbents retain posts. several local officials held seats with varied vote totals.
In LaGrange Township residents rejected a cemetery improvement levy. Eaton Township approved a 94 mill for general operations 511 for 394 against, and Camden Township approved a 1 mill for fire department operations 103 to 70. All townships elected two trustees with mixed results across many townships.
South Amherst approved a 1-mill operating levy for current village expenses by 223 to 152 while two county and one state issues failed. State Issue 1 was defeated 243 to 106, welfare levy 195 to 156, and the school for retarded children 190 to 149. Mayor Jack Walker won reelection with 333 votes and village officials topped 300 votes in various posts.
In LaGrange Harry Grabenstetter won a fifth consecutive term as mayor by a narrow margin with 127 votes, just ahead of his two opponents totaling 122. John Poulton Jr. had 91, George Shiplett 37. Other results included clerk Sherman L. Smith 156 votes, treasurer Marcella Darby 206, council leader Harold Opfer 199, and various council and board races. The village approved welfare levy and school for retarded children measures, but defeated jail and State Issue 1.
Sheffield Lake voters rejected a 7 mill operating levy to fund district expansion. In a two seat Board of Education race, incumbent Robert Knudsen led with 1,232 votes, Norman C Jackson won the second seat with 997, while George E Hillier and John A Hinkley trailed.
New seven day skin diving tours for enthusiasts cost 349 dollars per person. Tour groups depart from Miami and stay in Cartagena Colombia. Divers swim off San Rosario islands near Cartagena and visit the Colombian National Tourist Board brochure is available from its New York office on East 57th Street.
Vermilion voters reelect Mayor Louis Rauh Jr. with 1,165 votes to Harold Brumbach 181. In the 12 council seats, seven winners are Robert Parsons 959, Harl Tisch er 887, Jay B Lyons 859, William Krantz 817, John E Love 764, Arthur Crow Jr 733, and J Russell Armstrong 1659.
In Amherst, Mayor R. Davis wins a slim margin for a second term defeating Council President Robert A. Penman who had chaired the council’s first ward. Incumbent council-at-large members kept seats, with Mattey winning the mayoral vacancy, and voters approve two county levies for schools and welfare while rejecting State Issue 1 and a jail levy.
In Kipton, Ray William Watts and incumbent Albert E Buck each won 35 votes to tie for the village council fourth vacancy. James Miles led with 58 votes, Paul Miguel 57, Dwight H Hart 56. Kenneth J Ives Jr ran unopposed for mayor and got 95 votes. clerk treasurer Charles Alferio 86. State Issue 1 failed 54 35. welfare levy passed 46 43. school for retarded children defeated 44 41. new laj rejected 65 21.
Four women won seats in yesterday's village election. Rosemary Schwarz topped the eight member council race with 1270 votes. Martha Monagan will fill the new clerk of council post, while Doris Burrell and one other woman won spots on the Public Affairs Board. Mayor Bliss retained his seat unopposed with 401 votes. Welfare levy for the retarded children was defeated.
Avon chose Nicholas Mitock as mayor by a two to one margin and defeated the $300,000 sanitary sewer bond 1,034 to 794. Mitock opposed the sewer project along with Irwin R. Strahar and Charles P. Corey Sr. A tight council-at-large race left George A. Zilka winning the third seat.
In Johannesburg South Africa a proposed city levy to fund a nutrition program and social welfare measures failed. The mill levy to support a nutrition institute and pension fund was defeated 1,138 to 628 while a separate school tax hike was rejected 1,267 to 464. Several local council seats and wards also produced mixed results.
In Sandusky yesterday three candidates ran unopposed for the Erie County Board of Education. Catherine I. Furry led with 3,974 votes, Alto W. Miller received 3,911, and Oliver T. Burnham got 3,624, with the woman besting the two men in total ballots.
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