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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
Grid team to Be
FETED WE'D. At
ANNUAL DIN N { R
Purdue Coach TO Be Speaker
At Downtown Coaches
Banquet Here

Members of the Port Clinton
Redskin grid team will receive
more honors next Wednesday eve
ming at $50 when the annual Port
Clinton Downtown Coaches grid
banquet is served in the E. l. Is.
church parlors.
Besides the usual plaques, let
ters, certificates and gold football"
for seniors, all members of the
1948 Sandusky Bay league cham
pionship squad are to be awarded
gold footballs by the Coaches for
winning the league bunting.
Decision to make the special
awards to all members was made
Monday night at the Downtown
Coaches meeting in the city hall
when new officers were elected &or
the coming year.
New officers chosen include Jack
Belshaw, president; Kenneth
Krupp, vice-president; William
Misch, treasurer; and William
Mack, secretary. DeForrest Max
we'll is retiring president.
Stu Holcomb, coach at the Uni
versity of Purdue, will be guest
speaker at the banquet next We'd
resday evening, December Is, in
the Z. U. B. church. A former
Ohio State star, Folcomb served
with the army during the war
years.
Supt. D. D. Sims has consent
ed to serve as tOastmaster, as out
! of town emcees could not be sign
ed for the date. AS the E. U. B.
hall has a capacity of 200, ticket
sale will be limited to 200 and
will be on a "frst come, first serv-
ed" basis. The tickets are on
sale in the Lake Erie Sports store.
Coaches Norm Willbond and Mel
Carl will present letters and GER
tificates to varsity and reserve
players eligible, while gold foot
balls and plaques will go to SEN
iors Andy Migala, Jim McGee,
Dave Krupp, Emery Macko, Ralph
Branum and Steve Rosiar,
Eugene Bolte, ticket chairman,
reported that only $50 tickets will
be on sale as the other so seats
must be held for team members
and coaches. Tickets may also be
purchased Of Mr.. BOlte.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
CHANGE Feeder
LINES IN CITY
o. P. S. Is Increasing Voltage
Load From 2400 to 1900 In
City Limits

SO that all electrical power lines
in this area may be brought to a
uniform distribution voltage, the
Ohio Public Service company
workmen are now engaged in
changing feeder lines of the Lake
view sub-station from 2300 volts
to 1900 volts.
H. A. Cowgirl, local o. P.
division manager, stated that the
work is to be finished early next
year. When completed, the COM
pany Will have a uniform distribu-
tion of 1900 volts in the Port Clin-
ton area.
At least five miles of lines with
in the city limits are included in
this project. There are two feeder
lines running to the sub-station,
with the present work being done
on the south line. Work on the
north line will start early next
year.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
CHILD THEATRE
PRESENTS FIRST
PLAY sun DAY
Curtain Scheduled At 2 For
"Emperor's New Clothes"
At High School

Highly appropriate for the
Christmas season is "The Emper,
or's New Clothes" a dramatization
of an old fairy tale dear to the
hearts of all children, which men,
bers Of Port Clinton's Children's
Theatre will present at 2 p. m.
Sunday in the school auditorium.
Presentation of the play will
climax a six weeks course in dra-
mates for local children, which
is being sponsored by the Play
makers. Harold McCuen, director
of Children's Theatre, Mansfield,
is directing the local production.
Colorful costumes for the play
are being imported from the Mans
field Little Theatre, which present.
ed this production earlier this
fall.
Tommy Slaughter is cast in the
leading role as Emperor. Also
playing leading roles are Jean
Smith as Empress; Lanny Street
er as Prime Minister; Richard Nc
Inerney and Jackie Glickman, two
imposters; Edward Hillary, Lord
of Hosiery; Tommy Edwards, the
Guard; and Margaret Docherty,
the Dancer.
Others included in the cast are
Brenda Smith, Judith Gaydos, Sal
ly Snyder, Barbara Ridley, Ardith
Granstaff, Elizabeth Moon, Beth
Goodell and Danny Kennedy.
Members of the Junior Work
shop who are cast as spectators in
the procession of the Golden Gong
are Joyce Englebeck, Mario Sny-
der, Carol Quisno, Nancy Sessler,
Martha Finefrock, Shirley Scott,
Shirley Klein, Phyllis Besso, Bev-
erly Mackey, Mary Louise Bloom,
Sharon Streeter, Doris Nielsen
and jeanne Nelson.
Mary Louise Bloom and Mario
Snyder will also present special
ty number "Minikin Manikin".
There will be no tickets at the
door Sunday afternoon. Tickets
must be purchased from the teach
ers, members of the Playmakers
or at the Ottawa County News Of
flee.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
Genoa VOTERS
APPROVE LEVY
Special Election Tuesday Re-
suits in 1898 Margin For
School Repairs

Voters of the Clay-Genoa school
district gave a winning majority
to the proposed 81 mill levy for
school improvements at a special
election held Tuesday.
Edward Minderman, clerk Of the
Ottawa County Board of Elections
announced that 199 persons voted
for the tax levy, while SO cast
votes against the levy.
The additional funds are needed
to complete a program started two
years ago to furnish the enlarged
freproof high school addition with
modern equipment.
Included will be the installation
of stoves, sewing machines and
other home economics appliances,
industrial arts equipment, and
doubling the seating capacity OF
the school library.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
MOTOR SCOOTER TRIP

A record for long motor scooter
trips was established by Eugene
Pettibone, Lakeside, during the
past week when the World War
ii veteran crossed the nation on
his motor scooter. Gene had been
attending an auto mechanics
school in California, under the CT
bill, and came here to spend the
holidays with Ills mother, Mrs. G.
A. Pettibone, and other relatives.
He left Los Angeles on Thanks
giving Day.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
EUROPEANS Want U, S. TO HIT
RUSSIA AT ONCE, IRELAND SAYS

"Three hundred million Euro
peans are praying that America
drop an atomic bomb on the
Kremlin in Moscow within the near
future, Tom Ireland, Port Clin-
ton and Cleveland author and
world-traveler told his audience
when he spoke before the Port
Clinton Rotary Club Tuesday noon.
Ireland stated that the Com
munistic influences from the
Kremlin are infiltrating other
countries so rapidly that the
"world is rotting beneath Uncle
Sans feet"
During the past summer, Mr..
Ireland spent five months touring
Europe during which time he con-
ferred with General Clay and
other leaders, and travelled third
class with the common men. 1t is
his opinion that Europeans sneer
on America because we are too
soft with Russia.
Mr.. Ireland told Rotarians that
most Europeans laugh at the Ber-
lin Air Lift and that Uncle Sam
has lost prestige by not forcing a
showdown with Russia over the
Berlin blockade.
We can expect Russia to toss
the United States out of Berlin in
the near future, possibly after the
holidays" Ireland remarked. He
termed the recent elections in Ger
many as a farce, in that the Ger
mans will be forced to turn Com
munistic as soon as the Russians
enter Berlin by force.
Mr.. Ireland left little doubt but
that he feels war is inevitable and
that the quicker the United States
drops an atomic bomb on the
Kremlin, the quicker world peace
will be attained. He feels that
prolonging the inevitable is helpful
to Russia, which now has 295 army
divisions trained for battle, while
the most the Allies can send forth
is 18 divisions.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
FRI: EN- WILL.
CON vENE HERE
Northwest Ohio District Con-
VentiOn To Be Held In This
City June Is

Ray Campbell, Napoleon, sec
retary Of the Northwest Ohio Vol
unteer Firemen's Association,
spoke at a special meeting of the
Port Clinton Fire department on
Wednesday evening when prelimi-
nary plans were made for holding
the district convention in Port
Clinton next summer.
Jack Riddle of the local depart
ment, who is also assistant secre-
tary Of the district association,
stated that the convention will be
held here Wednesday, June Is,
when fremen will be here from
over 40 towns and cities.
Present plans are that carni-
val will be held in the business
district during the entire week of
the convention, and that an auto
will be given to some lucky win
ner.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
Anderson Talks At
National Meeting

John Anderson, local game tech
nician, will be one of the principal
speakers at the Midwest Wildlife
Conference being held in Rack
ham Auditorium, University of
Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, this
weekend.
Mr.. Anderson left for Ann Ar
Dor Wednesday. He will speak
on the subject "Some Effects of
Current Regulations On Duck
Shooting in Ohio" during the Sat-
urday sessions.
DR.. T. H. Langlois and other
Ohio State Fish Hatchery staff
members from Put-in-Bay are also
in Ann Arbor for this conference.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
Ask Coast Guard Tc
Resume Searching

Rep. Alvin F. Weichel, Erie
county, has contacted top Off
ciaIs Of the U. s. Coast Guard and
requested they make daily search
cs in Sandusky Bay and Lake Erie
for Clarence J. Hess, 55, San
dusky, who was reported missing
on Sunday, November ID.
Mr.. Hess has not been seen
since he left home to go fishing
along the New York Central rail
road bridge on Nov. IA. Two
other fishermen reported seeing
man struck by train and hurled
into the water.
Mr.. Hess coat was found park
ed near the railroad bridge the
same day. Coast Guards from
Marblebead searched for the body,
but graphing operations were dis
continued due to stormy seas.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
RUBBER FACTORY TO BE
STARTED IN DANBURY
LOCAL Man is
PLANT FOUNDER
Christensen To Use Old Win
cry Building To Manufac-
ture Rubber Products

A new industry which promises
to be a valuable link in the coun-
! ty's economic structure is being
born on the Marblehead peninsu-
la, and oddly enough, the new
business is being started in one
of the areas oldest landmarks
the famous old stone house and
wine cellar building formerly
known as the Molitor property.
Clifford S. Christensen, 426 E.
Perry, a native son of Port Clin-
ton, is the founder of the new
business which will probably be
named the "Peninsular Rubber
Company" and he will be it's presi-
dent and general manager. w. A.
Cummings of Detroit will be asso-
ciated with the company as pro-
duction manager. The new firm
will be corporation, capitalized
at $4,000.
The new company will produce
rubber products for the automo-
tive and allied industries, manu-
featuring items which Mr.. Chris
tiansen has designed over a period
of years and using processes OF
manufacture which he has devel-
oped over a period of years. A
few of the items are already in
production in a neighboring city
and some are now being produced
in the basement of Christiansen's
home.
The manufacturing process used
is called chemical deposition, and
is a process of dipping in con-
trast to the normal process OF
molding. Mr.. Christensen was
formerly vice president of Collard
Inc, Detroit, where he was one OF
the pioneers in this type of rub
Der business. Typical of the pro,
ducts to be made are collapsible
weather seals for accelerator ped
ais, gear shifts, etc. Orders are
already "in hand" for some of the
vssms. @
g. The new company is in the pro
cess of leasing the "Molitor prop
erty" from it's present owners, the
Kelley Island Lime and Transport
company. The up-ground floor OF
the old stone wine cellar provides
a room 44x1OO #. for a production
plant, and the stone house pro
vides additional room as may be
needed for offices and expansion
Equipment is now being moved tt
the property, and Mr.. Christianser
hopes to get the plant in produc
tion around the first of the year
The first years operation will
require about ten employees, ane
the program will eventually re-
quire 80 to 40 employees, it is
said.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
Police Chief
Gets His Skunk

Police Chief Jack Shelter had a
"stinking" job Tuesday afternoon
but he came through without need
for a deodorizing job. Jack never
expects his men to do something he
wouldn't do-bui secretly he must
have wished Lloyd Rahm, John
Wright or Don Everett had been
on the shift Tuesday.
The unusual situation started
when Mrs. Nick Belitski, 100 Lin
den street, telephoned police of
flee and stated: "There's a skunk
under my house. It's been there
for over two months and it makes
me sick. Please send someone out
to kill it,.
Chief Shelter hitched up his belt,
grabbed his gas mask, mounted
his favorite mount and rode to
the rescue! Sure enuf-his flash
light disclosed white-striped,
black animal beneath the house
and the aroma which clogged his
nostrils helped in the detective
work. A bullet from the chiefs
gun disposed of the skunk.
This Sinking Story must end
on a sad note-Mrs. Belitski must
put up with the odor for a few
more days as Chief Shelter could
not remove the skunk's body from
beneath the house. Are there any
volunteers
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10

Representing a total member
ship of 32S years, 13 past chan
cellors of the Port Clinton
Knights of Pythias presided at
Past Chancellor's Night Mon
day when G. J. Daum, an active
member for over SO years,
served as Chancellor Command
er. First row, left to right:
J. G. Kolesar, Master of Work;
Henry A. Wahlers, Vice Chan
cellor; C. J. Daum, Chancellor
Commander; Harry Wideman;
Willett A. Pettibone, treasurer;
Edward Thomas, color bearer,
and d. L. Mackey, secretary.
Second row, left to right:
C. Harold Wesley, Prelate; Ar
thur Eurenius, Inner Guard;
Lloyd Rahm, color bearer; Rus
sell Carnes, Outer Guard; Ray
Cover, Master-at-arms; and AL
vim Faus. Photo by Al Jones.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
CONTI SEEKS PATENT ON STEEL
CUTTING TIP GUIDE INVENTION
PRODUCTION is
NOW UNDERWAY
Local Mans Invention is Ex-
pected to Save Time and
Money in Steel Industry

Invention of steel cutting tip
by Sam Cont, owner of the Lake
craft Welding company, this week
is being heralded as device which
could revolutionize the machine
shop industry.
Patent for the revolutionary
steel cutting tip was applied for
in August, and approval is expect
ed soon. Mr.. Cont has been ex-
perimenting with the tip for the
past Is months, and has demon
strated its abilities before visiting
engineers from General Motors
and other large concerns.
Half interest in the steel cut
ting tip has been sold to Gene
Hutchinson, Cleveland Industrial
ist, who owns the Great Lakes
Diesel company where production
of the Cont invention was started
this week.
Every garage, machine shop,
steel mill and factory in the world
could find use for this cutting tip
as it is big saver on man-hours
and cuts steel without any buck
ling.
Relatively simple in design, the
stainless steel cutting tip is built
on three-step design, topped by
guide. This is placed on the us
ual copper cutter for acetylene
torches.
Curved surfaces can be cut with
surprising rapidity. The design
is marked with soapstone, which
the guide follows with ease and
cuts out the design within a mat
ter of seconds.
Biggest value of Conti's inven-
tion is the fact that it is the only
steel cutting tip on the market
which cuts and YIELDS with the
same tip. There is no need for
time wasting changeover to a
Welding tip. There is also a big
saving in oxygen from the acety-
lene tank, as the operation can be
completed much quicker than for
merly.
A striking example of the saw
ing in machinery from this new
tip is at Conti's local plant, the
Lakecraft Welding company. Hav-
ing used his invention in building
his. outstanding steel boats, Mr.
Cont needs very few other tools.
Two large 40-foot steel boats are
nearing completion in his shop
now
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
MILITARY RITES
FOR CEDOz TO Be
HELD SATURDAY
Body of Popular Redskin Ath-
lete Is At Parents Home
Where Friends May Call

Military rites are planned for
1st 1t. Merle Fritz" Cedoz, %,
whose body recently was returned
to the United States from its orig
inal burial place in Italy. Legion
naires are to serve as pallbearers
and the V. F. w. post firing squad
will officiate at the grave.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a. m. Saturday, Dec. II, in the
Immaculate Conception church, the
Rev. Karl Brand officiating. Germ
er and Wolf will direct burial in
Riverview cemetery.
Friends may call at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry Cedoz, 523 East Third street,
where the body is resting.
A fighter pilot, = Cedoz was
killed October 30, '1y45, in plane
crash near Demonte, Italy. He
was sent overseas in December,
1914, and was with the 357th and
364th groups of the Eighth Air
Force.
Winner of the Air Medal "for
exceptionally meritorious service
in aerial combat over enemy oc-
cupied continental Europe, Cedoz
also won the ZANE service ribbon
and several campaign stars.
During his high school career,
"Fritz" Cedoz was a highly popu-
lar athlete. He was captain of the
1889 P. C. H. S. grid team and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
OPEN HOUSE IS
SET FOR SUNDAY
Employees and Families To
Visit Standard Products;
Santa Coming Too

Open house for employees and
their immediate families will be
featured at the Standard Products
company's plant from 1:30 to 5
o'clock Sunday afternoon when
Santa Claus will also be on hand
to bring gifts for the youngsters.
Buffet lunch will be served in
the plant cafeteria for all visitors,
and the plant will be routed with
arrows so all will have the op-
portunity of seeing the entire
manufacturing operation.
For many wives and children,
this will mark their first visit to
the city's biggest factory. The
Sunday date was chosen so that
all employees would have greater
freedom to show their families
through the plant.
Moving pictures will be shown
during the afternoon for the kid
dies, who may be left with the
plant nurses while the adults tour
the plant.
All company officers from De-
troit and Cleveland will be on hand
to greet the visitors. Plans are
being made to care for 2200 ex-
pected guests.
Santa Claus will have special
gifts not only for the kiddies, but
for the ladies. A popcorn machine
will be operated in the theatre to
help keep the children happy.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
WELFARE FUND
ELECTION HELD
EOD Employees Cast Record
Vote To Name Seven Civil
ian Council Members

A new record for voting parti.
cipation was established at the
Erie Ordnance Depot Tuesday,
when s74 employees cast their
votes for favorite candidates to
serve as Civilian Welfare Fund
council members during 1949.
It was the highest total vote cast
since the council was established,
and marked the fifth election held
at the post.
Successful candidates III Tues
days election were Roderick Nc
Leod, Lacarne; Byran Kraemer,
Oak HarLor; Sherman Weisheit,
Fremont; Richard Alexander,
Vernon Jensen, Donald Mooney
and Joseph Hrupcho, Port Clin-
ton.
Retiring members of the council
are Harvey Battrell, Gilbert Fol
ey, John Hagerty, Jerry Grim,
Henry Docherty, Harry Leary and
Robert Phillips, all of Port Clin-
ton.
This fund was used during the
year to defray cost of publication
of the Erie Echo, bi-monthly post
newspaper, to purchase equipment
for organized recreational activi-
ties, to finance awards for annual
post tournaments in popular
sports, and to pay expenses in
volved in sponsoring winter card
parties, dances, beach party, sum-
mer picnic, feather party, and
Christmas family party.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10

served as manager of the Redskin
cage team in 1910. Cedoz was an
employee of the U. S. Gypsum
company before enlisting in Sept.
1872
Born in Curtice, November IA,
1921, Merle F. Cedoz was % years
II months and 16 days of age
when he gave his life in the Fight
for Peace. He had lived in Port
Clinton nearly all his life and had
hundreds of friends.
Surviving are the parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry G. Cedoz; two
brothers, Russell and Wayne Ce-
doz, both of Port Clinton, and a
grandfather, Fred Sterns, Curtice.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
News Aids Dairy
Radio Program

The Ottawa County News is
"on the air" this month, CO.
operating with the Lake Shore
Dairy sponsored program, "Ot-
tawa County News Highlights"
heard via WLEC, Sandusky, at
4:30 p. m. Mondays through
Fridays.
Port Clinton newspapers are
cooperating in this news-music
program which is heard for Is
minutes. The Ottawa County
News will be the cooperating
paper from December z thru
January 6 and every other
month thereafter, during which
news stories from this paper
will be among those broadcast.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
P. G. Firernen Help
In Fremont Blaze

Port Clinton's firemen, along
with fire fighters from Sandusky,
Tiffin, Oak Harbor, Fostoria, Glib
sonburg, Clyde, Woodville, Belle
vue, Helena, Lindsay and Wash
ington and Madison townships in
Sandusky county, responded to the
call for help during the spectacu-
lar $5OO,OO0 fire which destroyed
Joseph's department stolo IN Ere
mont Monday night.
Local firemen, who were on duty
at the Fremont fire from 1870
p. m. until 9 a. m, included Chief
Walter Miller, Asst. Chief Edward
Gates, Secretary Jack Riddle,
Wayne Hammel and Todd Nelson.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-10
Community Tree
To Be Ready Soon

If little Johnny and Susie
have been worrying that there
won't be any huge Community
Christmas tree this month, you
may allay their fears.
A large tree has been do
mated by the Kelley Island
Lime & Transport company,
Marblehead, and is being in
stalled and lighted by the Ohio
Public Service company. AS
usual, the tree will be in north
Madison street where it will
elicit admiring glances from
children aged one to one hun
dred.