GOP controls council as pair lose Norwalk re elections
Norwalk voters oust Richard Sipple and Richard Pflieger in council contests. Four at large seats go to Richard Cunningham Bill Ream Morgan Jones and Democrat Robert Williams. Fritz defeats Sipple in ward three. Republicans hold 6 3 edge with several incumbents reelected including Larry Bresson Harry Gilbert and Robert Markel. Don Derby named judge and Wayne Goodsite mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Richard Sipple
Richard Pflieger
Pflieger
Sipple
Richard Fritz
Richard Cunningham
Bill Ream
Morgan Jones
Robert Williams
Larry Bresson
Clyde Rekart
Harry Gilbert
Robert Markel
Paul Wright
Fritz
Glidden Dupre
Gilbert
Don Derby
Wayne Goodsite
Township Winners Named in Huron County Contests
NORWALK Winners in the township trustees and clerks contests in Huron County were listed. Bronson Township trustees Wayne Leslie and clerk David Hester. Clarksfield trustees David Lambright Robert E. Nestor. Fitchville trustee Herman Crecelius clerk Irene Merrilees. Hartland trustees Harold Stevens and ery Weisenberger clerk Otto Reuss Jr. New London trustee Willard Barnes clerk Robert Zimmerman. Norway trustee Homer Bungard clerk Clayton Bick. Townsend trustee Delbert Patrick clerk Walter Eisenbarth. Wakeman trustees Norman Butler William Dalton clerk Louis Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Huron County
Bronson Township
Wayne Leslie
David Hester
Clarksfield Township
David Lambright
Robert E. Nestor
Butler Road
Catherine Johnson
Fitchville
Herman Crecelius
Irene Merrilees
Hartland Township
Harold Stevens
Ery Weisenberger
Otto Reuss, Jr
New London
Willard Barnes
Robert Zimmerman
Hooker St
Norway Township
Homer Bungard
Clayton Bick
Townsend Township
Delbert Patrick
Walter Eisenbarth
Wakeman Township
Norman Butler
William Dalton
Louis Murray
Cooper St
Lawyer and teacher win Norwalk School Board seats
Lawyer Fred Waugh led four candidates for two Norwalk School Board seats with 2,198 votes. Parttime teacher Dorothy Delianides, 41, followed with 1,804 votes securing her seat. Dale Rafte and James Lawrence trailed, and Delianides ran as an Independent after earning a Kent State education degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Fred Waugh
Dorothy Delianides
Dale Rafte
James Lawrence
Waugh
Huron County
Bowling Green State University
Marshall School of Law
Delianides
Kent State University
Norwalk Township voters approve fire protection and operating levies
Norwalk Township voters approved a 0.7 mill fire protection levy and an 0.8 mill operating levy. The fire levy, expected to raise about $5,500 annually for five years, funds a contract with the city for each fire call. The operating levy aims to generate about $6,000 for the general fund and traces back to a 1971 measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Homer Brungard
City of
Huron County approves 648 levy to fund mental health board
The Huron County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board cleared a 648 levy by an 820 vote margin for about $67,000 net revenue after state adjustments. The levy aims to expand services amid rising costs and was the board’s first ever. Incumbents Staples and Hileman were re elected to the Huron County Board of Education without opposition, Staples with 2 705 votes and Hileman 2 563.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Huron County Mental Health and Mental Retardation
648
Lowell Hileman
Jon Staples
Huron County Board of Education
Staples
Hileman
Frederick named mayor in Wakeman
Frederick Jr. was elected Wakeman mayor defeating council president William Jackson 153 to 118 with 56 percent unofficial results. Incumbents Glenn Orson and Arthur Jackson won seats on council with 185 and 164 votes. Retired council members plus new board of public affairs members were elected, and village clerk Coe ran unopposed for re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakeman
Louis Frederick Jr
Ohio Eurapiee Commission
Frederick
William Jackson
Bass
Busek
Sheefel
Coe
William Dauch
Louise Murray
Western Reserve
Murray
George van Doorngh
Robert Johannsen
Thomas Burras
Dauch
Dauch Trucking Co
Dauch Concrete Co
Norwalk
Norwalk Rivan
Wellington board race sparks possible coin toss
In Wellington the school board race left the outcome unresolved with Howard Mc Connell and Howard Keith Parton tied for the second seat after 756 votes each. Incumbent Mc Connell led the board at 756 while Parton, a pastor seeking public office, matched him. Newcomer Donald L. Harbaugh led with 868 in unofficial tallies. Audrey J. Lance trailed at 599, Donald Fahler 417, and Kay Ward 372.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Howard McConnell
Howard Keith Parton
Donald L. Harbaugh
Lorain
McConnell
Parton
Assembly of God Church
Audrey J. Lance
Donald Fahler
Lorain County Joint Vocational School Board
Kay Ward
Republicans sweep Wellington village elections with Republican mayor
Voters elected all Republicans to the Wellington village slate. New Republican councilman Charles Rugg led with 729 unofficial votes, while Judd Hoff was re-elected at 702. Clerk Lyle Clark, unopposed, won 1 041 votes. Wallace Coleman will join the Board of Public Affairs with 768 votes, Clyde Ray re-elected at 658. Democrats Lloyd Weir and George Lloyd trailed for council, and Bodnarik and Quast led for Public Affairs with 479 and 562 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Charles Rugg
Judd Hoff
Lyle Clark
Wallace P. Coleman
Board of Public Affairs
Clyde Ray
Coleman
Ray W
Lloyd D. Weir
George E. Lloyd
John Bodnarik
Ronald A. Quast
Wakeman approves police and fire levies in village and township
Wakeman voters pass two levies to fund police and fire protection for the village and township. A small fire district levy yields about 5 000 dollars. a larger police levy aims for around 8 000 dollars annually to pay patrol and equipment, with CETA funds set to expire and local funds to replace them. In Avon, Robert P. Allen and James A Smith win school board seats with Smith leading, Allen to serve a third term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakeman
Smill
Fire Board
William Dalton
Jery
Ardith Coe
Wellington elects 1st Democratic mayor in history
Lethal D Edwards will become Wellington's first Democratic mayor after defeating Republican Roger Hyde unofficially 842 to 569. Edwards, 43, a Wellington councilman and Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. representative, will resign from council before year end to allow a replacement appointment. Hyde, a councilman since 1973, is expected to keep his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Lethel D. Edwards
Roger Hyde
Edwards
Martha
N. Mill St
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Hyde
New Oberlin board picks two newcomers in election
Oberlin voters elected two new members to the Board of Education, with professor Harry Thomas Frank and James V. Muzzy winning 1 418 and 980 votes. No incumbents sought re election and other candidates lagged behind. In New London, Bradley Koch and Phyllis O Reilly won seats as the incumbent challenger leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Board of Education
Harry Thomas Frank
James V. Muzzy
Lorain County Board of Elections
Frank
Kent State University
Sandra Hougland
Delores Carter
Ethel L. White
New London
Bradley Koch
Phyllis O’reilly
Koch
O'Reilly
Barbara Angle
Mapleton
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oberlin approves electric rate hike
Voters approved a municipal electric rate increase by 371 votes and a renewal tax levy for police pensions. City Manager Thomas Dalton projected residential bills to rise 10 to 11 percent for 400 to 500 kWh monthly and a total system increase of 21 to 26 percent. The measure was referred to the ballot after city council approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Thomas Dalton
Dalton
All seven councilmen re-elected in Oberlin
Unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections show all seven incumbents winning reelection. Kinzer Habecker and David Sonner led at large with 1148 and 777 votes. Ward 1 incumbents Donald McIlroy and James Mason posted 256 and 163. Ward 2 incumbent John Baumann 143 and Gene Carter 65. Ward 3, 4 and 5 candidates Dewey Ganzel, Richard Lothrop, and Geraldine Donaldson ran unopposed with 294, 495, and 224 votes respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Pleasant
Prospect School
Russia
Pittsfield
Lorain County
Dewey Ganzel
Richard P. Lothrop
Geraldine C. Donaldson
Ganzel
Lothrop
Mayors Fifth Term and Tight Council Battle Hit Grafton
Unofficial results show Mayor Ernest Toghill securing a fifth term 390 votes to 126 over Beatrice Yates. Four council seats went to Richard Smith 330, John Dirling 358, Alvin Carpenter 342, William Sayles 350. Peterson and Seibert tied for the remaining seat with 282 each. Richard Paul trailed with 280. Myra Havlicek was elected village clerk treasurer with 364 votes unopposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Robert Peterson
John Seibert
Richard Smith
John Dirling
Alvin Carpenter
William Sayles
Richard Paul
Ernest Toghull
Beatrice Yates
Smith
Carpenter
Dirling
Myra
Tina) Havlicek
Re elected to his third term was Savles councilman
Savles was re elected to his third term as a city councilman, continuing his tenure in municipal leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savles
Avon Re-elects Hubbard Mayor
Avon voters re elected Mayor Donald L Hubbard to a third term in unofficial Lorain County returns. Hubbard led over former councilman Dane Haradem with 1 566 votes to Haradem_s 731. Incumbents Hildebrand Wearsch Nagy won four at large seats, DeChant clinched a fourth ward seat, Radawec defeated in second ward by Shauver, Archambeau and Price unopposed in third and fourth wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
Donald L. Hubbard
Dane Haradem
Lorain County
Alex T Hildebrand
Thomas L Wearsch
Chive M Nagy
Leonard F. DeChant
Joseph Radawec
William R. Shauver New M. Archambeau
Raymond L. Price
Midview Board Members Re-Elected Unopposed Seats
Incumbents Dean Morse and Donald Binnie were re-elected to the Midview Board of Education. Morse led with 2,688 votes and has served since 1967, while Binnie garnered 2,501 votes after first joining the board in 1967. Current members Ed Seabold, Robert Flicker and Frank Schubert also serve on the five member panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Dean Morse
Donald Binnie
Midview Board of Education
Morse
Binnie
Edward Seabold
Robert Flicker
Frank Schubert
Also Mentioned on This Page
GOP
By Davio Scur
Cunningham
Courtland Drive
Cunningham Bridery
Jones
Bresson
Indian Terrace
Wooster College
Council
Norwalk Township
Okshire
Huron Co
Oks
Huron County Board Unopposed
Aiseman
E. Main St
Erie-Huron-Ottawa Vocational Education Board of Education
Fitchville Board Education
Whtle
Doris Sheefel
Aaron Steinwagner
Wakeman Sunoco
Donald Busek
Melvin Bass
Charles Sheefer
River St
T. O. Murphy Plumbing and Heating Co
Mel
Gerber Funeral Home
Church of the Nazarene of Wellington
Louis Frederick
Howard Parton
Ues
SNELL
Donald Harbaugh
Police
Okd
Avon Board
Robert P. Allen
James A Smitha
Norma Jones
Robert L. Young
Young
Pairwin N
London
Clyde Ave
Jennings and Churella Construction Co
Angle
Columbia Gas Company of Ohio, Inc
John F. Baumann
Gene T. Carter
Toghill
Hubbard
By Jose Gonzalez
Midview Board
Citizens of Avon Inc
St Mary's Church
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!