Money Shortage Scares Off Candidates in Medina County
Only about twenty candidates filed for sixty local offices with two weeks left before the August 4 filing deadline. Major seats drew early contenders in Seville, Briarwood Beach, Lodi, and Hinckley, while many towns show sparse recruitments for councils, trustees, clerks, and school boards across Medina County amid talk of a piggyback sales tax and a vocational school levy.
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AL Thomas Medina
Medina County
Brunswick
Wadsworth
Art Clevidence
Seville
Bert Humbel
Briarwood Beach
William Halley
Merle Moyer
Lodi
Halley
Steve Petrigala
Medina
Richard Lett
George Ralph
Briarwood
Wilbur Lance
Ralph Tanner
Leslie Ziegler
Donald Mantz
York
Hinckley
Stuart Bart
Robert Sklenka
Brunswick City
Joint Vocational School Boards of Education
Black River
Westfield
Spencer and
John Root
George Rodgers
Rodgers
Root
Medina City
County Women Named Ohio World Delegates
Homerville residents Mrs. George Cowan and Mrs. Harold Owen are two of five Ohio delegates to the Associated Countrywomen of the World conference in Oslo. They will travel from New York August 9, visit Ireland to England, then return home after 18 days in Europe. They plan farm-focused exchanges, fund farming equipment, and support training for developing countries. Weather partly cloudy with highs in the mid 80s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homerville
George Cowan
Harold Owen
Ohio
Medina County Extension Homemakers’ Council
Owen
Cowan
Michigan
England
Three Hurt In Two Car 1 71 Mishap
Three people injured in a two car crash on Interstate 71 south of Route 18. Gary Backman 20 of Cleveland cited for driving without a license. Passengers Arthur Backman Deborah 19 and Shelly 14 injured in Backman vehicle. Two unrelated county road accidents reported with no injuries.
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Rt. 18
State Highway Patrol
Gary Backman
Cleveland
Donald Aycock
Waynesville
Backman
Arthur Backman
Deborah
Shelly
Medina bakers win Ohio Edison Bake A Rama prizes
In Medina and Litchfield the Ohio Edison third annual Bake A Rama winners were announced. Mrs Floyd Chapman of Litchfield and Mrs L H Pease of Medina won first prize for a three layer German chocolate cake and rhubarb pie, each earning 50 dollars and an invitation to the Ohio State Fair bake-off in Columbus on August 26 plus 25 dollars expense money.
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Medina
Floyd Chapman
Avon Lake Road
Litchfield
L.H. Pease
Wadsworth Road
Ohio Edison Co
Columbus
Gladys Gibel
Blueberry Hill Drive
Brunswick
Dennis Crawford
River Styx Road
Michael Pavlik
Lodi Jaycees Back Boy in Soap Box Derby Race
The Lodi Jaycees sponsor 13 year old Ted Curran for the soap box derby in Akron. It is his second try after last year’s participation with two heats. Ted will face inspection and weigh in July 20 and contest his younger brother as a rival.
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Lodi
Lodi Jaycees
The
Jaycees
Ted Curran
William Curran
Greenwich Road
Ted
Akron
Ohio House OKs One Year Welfare Residency Bill
Representative William Batchelder led 52 lawmakers in approving a bill to re establish a one year residency requirement for welfare recipients in Ohio. The measure passed 53 to 43 and moves to the Senate amid questions about federal funds and constitutional compatibility.
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Robert J. Caldwell
Columbus
William Batchelder
Medina
Ohio House
Ohio
Senate
State Welfare Department
U.S. Supreme Court
New Jersey
High Court
New York State
Empire State
New York
Federal District Court
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Supreme Court
Medina County AFL-CIO Forms Unions and Elects Temporary Officers
Medina County AF of 1-CIO formed with 11 local unions. Dennis J. Kerwin elected temporary president and John Stone temporary vice president. Mildred Underwood named temp secretary treasurer. Temporary trustees named. charter sought from AFL-CIO. Next meeting set for 7:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at VFW Post 5137.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina
Medina County
CIO
Dennis J. Kerwin
Brunswick Hills
Millwrights
John Stone
Valley City
IAMAW
Mildred Underwood
U.S. WA
Gary Bowling
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
North America
Bill Konyha
VFW
Peay Road
Medina YM YW Fund Drive Totals Pledges and Cash
Medina County drive reports show pledges totaling 9141 dollars and cash receipts of 5271 dollars. This fund drive supports local Y M Y W programs with community donations and contributions.
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Medina
Medina County
YMYW
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William Snoddy
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Fred Herman
Sklenka
Fred Mack
Stuart Zacharias
Dick Mack
Buckeye
Ruth Wilson
Delbert Springer
Cloverleaf
William Kelly
Jo Becks
Highland
Robert Derhammer
Alice Gerstenschlager
Cal Wible
Leonard Morse
Harrisville
Edward Ioanes
Norma Berger
George Lance
Art Stevenson
Homer
Leslie Gray
Carl Storm
Lafayette
Aubrey Mahler
Joanne Seifert
Robert Weigel
Helen Metzger
Liverpool
Norbert
Helen Shaw
Edwin Abbott
Arlene Cowling
Montville
Donald Brown
Lois Chaffee
Sharon
Jack Cowling
Lyn Hendricks
Spencer
Howard Good
Isabelle Nee
Donald Brouse
Andrew Hanigan
LeRoy-Westfield Center
Edith Rinehart
Chippewa-on the-Lake
William Knepp
Bernice Schuette
Myron McGuire
John Grafton
Milford Taylor
Tom Pickering
Maynard Jobes
Walter Russell
Nick Fetzer
Gazette
Iona Armbruster
Ohio Edison Company
Mike Dungjen
Highland Drive
Dillon Construction Co
Norway
Ireland
British Isles
Virginia Brackney
Edison
Mary Holbert
Tower Road
Stanley F. Koczur
Sharon-Copley Road
Sharon Center
Cathy Kennedy
Hudson Junior High School
Bill Jones
Hale’s Restaurant
Batchelder
Afl-Cio
Carpenter
Don Hamrick
Richard Coe
IAM
Charles Freeman
Kerwin
National American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
LCIO
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