Country and town. (Rossford, Ohio), 1965-12-09

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Volume 3, issue #8
Phone 385-3887
Rossford, Wood County, Ohio
2nd Class Matter'
12/9/65
Residents   Protest
Waterline Costs
Lef's Keep A Good Thing Going
Nearly 50 Rossfordites
made an unscheduled appearance before the Village Council Monday night; the people,
all residents of the area
which Is to have a new water
system Installed shortly, appeared to be nearly unan-
Irnou in their disapproval
of the proposed assessments;
that is, most of the people
present agreed that water
would be advantagous to
them, but they seemed to
consider the cost of thc project much too high.
Mr. Maurice Van Dorp,
of Marilyn Drive, told council that he was not against
water, nor was he against
paying for it; he was opposing the method of assessment
which was being used on
principle, Mr. Van Dorp said.
Vice-Mayor Ben Schultz, who
presided at the meeting, was
kept busy for nearly 2 and
1/2 hours fielding questions
and answering as well as
he could; Mr. Schultz explained that many of the
questions called for expert
opinion, and that "we hadn't
expected to discuss the waterline tonight"....in answer
to those who spoke out in
favor of the waterline, while
at the same time speaking
against the cost of the project, Mr. Schultz coined an
intriging phrase; "..we all
want to go to heaven,...but
no one wants to die..."
Mr. James Stebbins,
Schrier Road, said that according to Ohio law, the
method of notifying property
owners of proposed project
plans must be by either hand
delivery or certified mail;
Councilman chultz said that
while he was not an attorney,
and could not interpret such
laws to his own satisfaction,
he, (Mr. Schultz) would ask
the Village solicitor about
it . . . after everyone in the
room had been given an opportunity to speak, Mr.
Schultz informed the people
present that they could object to their assessments,
but that there was very little
that could be accomplished
at this hearing; Mr. Schultz
then ordered the council to
consider the scheduled
agenda which they had prepared for the evening originally taken up.
We Protest The Protestors
Last Monday night, about
15 out of 50 Rossfordites
spent nearly 2 and 1<'2 hours
showing that they must be
absent minded; yes, out of
approximately 50 people, IS
of these good folks had come
to appear before the Council
of the Village of Rossford,
the 6 men who represent
them and who spend many
long hours each month laboring for the improvement of
the community, and they had
forgotten to bring something
very important with them;
these people had forgotten
to bring their manners with
them.
We must stress that 35
of the 50 people present conducted themselves properly
and Country and Town does
not think that there is anything wrong with appearing
before the officials who serve
you, and protesting any action with which you disagree.
But we do think that it is
worth a few lines of print
to remind our readers that
the men who make the decisions in Rossford are not
infallible and they do not
pretend to be; these men
have worked diligently since
1962 to get a water system
to serve the newly annexed
areas of Rossford; they did
so on che strength of a petition which was signed by 26
residents of that area; if
you do not agree -with the
plans that these gentlemen
have made for your area,
why did you not take part
in the planning? There is not
a public official in Rossford
who does not do his utmost
to improve the community
as a whole; we suggest that
if you can appear before
council to cell chem chat they
"are all wet," as one protester put it, you can also
appear before council to help
them do things in a manner
which you will agree with;
but remember, if you do take
part in formulating the plans
for a projecc. sometime in
the future, a group of your
friends and neighbors may
come to you and tell you chat
vou are "all wet".
Rossford's got a good
thing going . . .
In the words of the Liggett
and Meyers Cigarette Commercial . . RDSsford has indeed got a good thing going.
The good thing that Rossford
'got' going (excuse the grammar) is a modern, updated,
and adaptable concept in vocational education.
The concept which was still
on the drawing board 24
months ago, is in full bloom.
The fruition of much work is
the Penta-County Vocational
School which has gained national fame for a long list of
firsts . . and was at least partially responsible for the
creation of several thousands
of   new   jobs  in this   area.
In any large enterprise
there are always a few people
who are found in the background doing the hard, unrewarding groundwork . . .
people who are in a large part
responsible for the success
or failure of any enterprise ..
We all know chac Dr. W.L.
Ramsey headed up che efforc
for che original concept, and
chac Dr. Ramsey has had a
greac deal co do wich other
advances in the areas of vocational educacion; Country
and Town has no intention of
taking any credit away from
this man, who certainly
belongs in "Who's Who in
Education" for his contributions in that field. But, as
is usually the case, the great
steps in any field are taken
by men who make their liv-
:ing in that field . . as Doctor
^Ramsey has picked educacion
as his life's work, ic is a bit
easier for him to make
strides in che field of education. We feel chac Doccor
Ramsey's efforcs in his field
should meric him che citle of
the "Thomas Edison of Education" '.
Bui, we feel that much of
-he -credit should go to an
individual who has been involved in che Penca-Councy
plan righc from che first, a
man who has used his considerable talents to the utmost, and made almost
superhuman efforts in obtaining bettereducational advantages for the youth of
Rossford . . . Country and
Town salutes Dale Myers ...
Ac about the time chat most
of the responsible people in
this area had despaired of
finding a use of any kind for
the chen deactivated Rossford
Army Depot property, Mr,
Myers was among the firsi
to join Dr. Ramsey in an effort to secure some of thai
property for an educational
purpose. As our readers may
recall, both the University
of Toledo, andBowlingGreen
Scace Universicy had advanced and then.abandoned
plans for branches of their
own in that area.
Once the concept of a vocational school was evolved,
a whirlwind campaign was
begun to win both federal aid,
state aid, area cooperation,
and the support of both the
general public and private in
dustry in the area. Dale Myers was in the thick of it all
the way. He made at least
two trips to Washington, D.C.
to get the approval of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for the
plans, appeared at numerous
public speaking engagements, and spent every spare
waking hour working in a
thousand ways to get the vocational school on the road ..
once the plans had been approved by all of the necessary federal and state agencies, and finally approved
by the participating Boards
of Education. (17 school districts infivecounties)thevo-
cational school was an official reality. But the work
for Mr. Myers and those
working on the project with
him   had   only   just   begun.
Although the Federal,
State, County and local governmental subdivisions had
allowed the creation of the
school, it had no funds with
which to operate. Conse-
tquently, someone had to be
found who would give up much
of his personal time-to aid the
"professionals, Dr. Ramsey,
Mr. Paul Apple, and other
educators then involved to
raise private funds to finance
the operation of the school
until- taxes could begin to
support che fledgling institution; there were skeptics to
be convinced, sndbusinesses
to be won over to che radical theory that private funds
should be used to help finance
a public school . . . and who
did the professionals call
on? . . . Dale Myers.
Dale helped Co raise many
thousands of dollars for the
institutions' needs. Once this
task was accomplished, anyone else would chink chat
enough was enough . . but
not our Dale. It was then time
to find someone io spearhead
the campaign for the passage
Dale Myers, shown above, has been an insider
where Penta-County plans are concerned .   Mr.
Myers has represented the Rossford School system
since Penta-County was originally formed.
of a tax levy .. and guess v/ho
led the campaigninthe Rossford area . . . Dale Myers ..
In his capacity as a member of the Board of Education of the Rossford School
District, Dale once again hit
the campaigning trail for
Penta County . . . the votes
rolled in, and once again the
results showed that Dale
Myers was an able and willing
worker for Penta County, as
the school was supported by
a 70 per cent plurality in
Rossford . . thanks in a large
part to the efforts put forth
by our willing worker . .
Dale Myers.
As all of che C & T readers will agree. Mr. Myers
had indeed done his share by
this time; everyone, that is,
but Dale Myers. Dale agreed
to serve on four committees
at Penta-County, and is
Rossfords' representative to
Pents-Councy at the present
time.
Mr. Myers' two year term
as a Penta-County Board
member is about to expire.
In January, che Rossford
Board of Education will have
to decide who is to represent our school district at
Penta-County. Country and
Town feels that Dale Myers
is the man best suited to represent Rossford at Penta-
County.
Rossford's got a "Good
Thing Going" . . Let's keep
it going	
Don't you agree?
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