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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1959
Page
16
In a sweeping election in Versielion on the La, Mayor Harold Brumbeck crushed opponent William A. Nortner by a wide margin amid factional strife. Four incumbents were defeated as Brumbeck allies gained seats. council votes highlighted ongoing local conflicts and a $13 000 pumper truck fire equipment levy was approved.
SOUTH AMHERST Jeck Walker, the incumbent mayor, was re elected to a second term. He outpolled challenger Robert J. Harding 299 to 17 in the only village race. Six council seats drew votes for Steve Viagier 325 Martin Mathes 307 Lawrence Knoble 312 Herbert Sistenant 248 Frederick Dosiel 351 and Arthur Stanley Ziolek 26. Viagier Mathes Knoble and Merchant are incumbents. Alien Thompson won cler k with 328 votes. No candidates for village treasurer. write ins for board of public affairs totaled significant votes.
Frank Duguid retained the Sheffield Lake mayoralty by 35 votes, 524 to 489, defeating Earl Barnhart and two other slates. Council winners include Carl Dietrich and John L. Groleau for Citizens for Better Government, with Pay As You Go taking the remaining three seats. Jane Eastin won clerk-treasurer, and a three-mill levy for street and bridge work failed amid voter splits across precincts.
Clearview voters elected incumbent F W Mason to the local Board of Education with 513 votes while Ralph Tomson led in the south and east precincts but trailed in the north. Gilbert Moses received 431 votes and was outpaced by several other candidates.
Ballots counted in Arlington show Charles Van Doren leading with scattered precinct margins while Mason trails closely. Precinct tallies list South and West districts among the higher counts with write-in votes and small totals for other candidates. Local board of supervisors results include River and Black precincts with modest totals.
Victor Kokinda narrowly defeats Edward Chonko by 178 votes in Clearview Sheffield Township clerk contest. Louis Monos dominates the trustee race, carrying both incorporated and unincorporated Lorain areas. Precinct totals show Kokinda overall 3 055 to Chonko 3 867 with Monos leading trustee counts 2 593 to 1 554 and Riggin 1 373.
In unincorporated Sheffield Township voters approved a 6.7 mill street lighting levy for five years by 602 to 255 and a one mill two year levy for fire department equipment by 339 to 261. Both measures carried in every precinct.
Sheffield voters elected Arthur J. DeChant mayor with 215 votes. Michael R. Hanke 15, John M. Traxler 6, John Belu 44. Incumbent Welter Me l Allister sought re election. Andrew Lehmitz beat Virginia Willson for village clerk 330 to 149. Leona Brown unopposed for treasurer with 281. Three absentee and 510 regular votes cast. Six council seats filled with incumbents re elected. top vote getters Lester Mackert 257 and Philip De Chant 257. Other results include Joan Schmidt 331, Howard Bliss 26, George Reith 245, Ruth Potter a, Carl Cunningham Tid, Michael Kacur 358, William J L. Biss 145, Clarence Comiskey 196, Joseph Bialko 38. Walter Cartin 308 led county race, Darwyn Sharp 308, write in Ridenour for clerk 68, Charles Feria unopposed for treasurer 64. Bond issue for $580000 defeated 538 to 438.
Incumbent Mayor N. Miles topped Kipton vote totals with 76 votes in a general election held yesterday. His margin over rivals was large as Edward L. Livermore trailed with 8 votes for village council. Other elected council members included Kenneth J. Ives Jr., Robert W. Herr, Russell A. Whitey, Clay H. Davis, and Charles B. Ingersoll, while Lawrence Leadbetter and Royar and Edgar were defeated.
Norwalk reported Lowell Heilman and John Staples Jr. won seats on the Huron County Board of Education by a plurality of over 300 votes. Heilman received 1613 votes and Staples 1600, while rivals Darl Waller 1300 and Perry Swender 1283 trailed.
Neal B. Ludwis won a three way contest for Amherst Township trustee with 771 votes while Adolph Heinzerling gained 383 and Ferd Heusser 307. E. L. Moebius Sr. was elected township clerk with 1,317 votes. precincts showed close and tie results among candidates.
Walter C. Jewett defeated Arthur R. Rieske by 56 to 35 votes to become mayor of Rochester Village. Helen M. Knapndefe defeated Margaret Wolfe for village clerk, and Eihyl Rengler won village treasurer. Six council seats filled, voters approved a two mill levy for two years.
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