Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-30
PUT-IN-BAY

Funer3l services were nel0 on
Saturday morning, April "a, at
1890, for Mrs. Mary Amelia
Bruckner, wife of Peter Bruckner
and resident of Put-in-Bay. Mrs.
Bruckner died very suddenly at the
home of Mrs. Katherine Conlon,
where she had attended the "Old
Girls Card" party on Thursday af-
ternoon. She was a member of
the local Mother of Sorrows
Catholic church and an active mem
Der of the Altar Society of the
church, and member of the l..
c. b. A. She is survived by her
husband, Peter, and one daughter,
Mrs. N. H. Ladd, Of this. place.
Also by six grandchildren, Har-
low, Mary, Robert, Georgiana, John
and James; two sisters Mrs. Will
liam Camel, Of Detroit, and Mrs.
William Riebs, Fort Wayne, Indi-
ana; one brother, Fred Meyers, of
| Newark, Ohio and many other rel
atives. Mrs. Bruckner was rs
years Of age and had celebrated
her fiftieth wedding anniversary a
few months ago. Rev. Charles
Haley officiated at the services and
burial was held in Maple Leaf
cemetery. Charles j. Andres Fu-
neral home of Sandusky was in
charge of all arrangements.
Rev. and Mrs. d. A. Cassetta mo-
tored to Cleveland on Sunday af-
ternoon where they attended the
services at Trinity Cathedral,
where the Wa-Li-Ro choir boys
were in charge of the music.
A meeting of the Sportsman club
was held on Tuesday. The COM
mittee in charge of the Put-in-Bay
booth at the Cleveland Public
Auditorium from March 80 to
April 10, reported very favorably.
Plans are in the making to rent
double booth next year in order
to display the Replica of the
Perry Memorial Peace Monument
which was on display. Walter
Smith and Raymond Linker were
active chairmen of this committee
and were very capably assisted by
other business men of the island.
A meeting of the members of the
Chamber of Commerce was held on
I Wednesday evening and commit
| tee was appointed to meet with a
committee from the Sportsman
Club concerning better advertising
Of it's island business projects.
Edward Miller, who served six
years continuously as full time
caretaker of our town hall, and for
three years previous to this time
as part time janitor, has resigned,
due to poor health. Roy Hancock
is serving as temporary caretaker
at this time. James Parker, DR..
Roy X. Evans and Lee Miller are
serving on the town hall committee
and Walter Smith, DR.. r. K. Evans
and Lee Miller are serving on
the parry committee. The swings
are up in the park, and the spring
raking and cleaning is about fin
ished. The city park is truly a
beautiful place in the spring.
The sixty-fifth anniversary of /.
10. o. F. lodge Commodore Per-
ry) was held on Thursday, April
%, in the lodge rooms. Three
honored members received their
fifty year membership pins at this
time. They were presented by
District Deputy Master John Od-
gers, of Bellevue, Ohio. Judge
Hunt, of Port Clinton, was the
speaker of the evening and was
accompanied here by twenty mem
bers of the Port Clinton l. o. o. F.
lodge, via Miller boat livery. A
very pleasant evening was spent
in playing several games of pi-
nochle and enjoying a musical pro-
gram, given by Mrs. Roy A. Web
ster, Ruth Burggraf and Mrs. La
vina Gruenke.
Elections will be held in this
precinct on Tuesday, May a, from
$50 a. m. to $50 p. m. at the reg
ular polling places.
| A meeting was held of the Put
in-Bay high school alumni. associa-
ton in the high school Friday eve
ming. Harry Heineman, president,
was in charge Of the meeting.
May % was set as the date of the
annual banquet and initiation of
the five new members who will
receive their diplomas on May 21.
The organization passed a motion
that only those who are fully
lqualified and credited with the pro-
per number Of high school credits
would receive initiation into the
association beginning with the
class of 1949. A statement to this
effect is to be posted in the high
| school hafora Tho Grct can,oetny