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Evening star., 1949-09-08
FARMS FOR SALE

FARMS FOR SALE
FREDERICK COUNTY; s22,!ooo.on
country home and many farm build
ings; 14O more acres available, in
Guiding new unfinished bungalow.
Ideal for tourist home and stock
satn ss5,6oo. 5oaN s5afsiq buRDorT 5i1f r. rp 5.
:: Silver Spring Md. Call Ashton
wEEKasNb Mf; sssH; RETREAT; restored q
rm cabin. II acres wooded land:
sYs Ridse foot tHothis as Ess Ees sPprGyssd
WE ARE GLAD 10 ANNOUNCE OPEN
ing of our once after being closed
for the last mos. on account OF
illness of the manager. After this
date we will be open from am.
to 5 pm. land are offering for your
inspection this wk. 25-acIe farm.
fixtures good cond. outside. Wants
paint and paper inside. Several
small outbldgs.; 80 mi. from Wash.
in Loudoun County; 3 mi. south OF
U. S. 80 on good hard road. school
bus by the door, Price, $4,000.
Small cash payment: Take back
oAfSA "
stop at our offces in Chantllly.
FAIRFAX & LOUDOUN REALTY,
IFS rs pREwAR PR1cED-s7 acres,
on macadam rd., 6-room, 2.story
dwelling; hot-water heat, oil burn
er. bath, water and electricity,
hardwood floors 1st floor; Gear
garage, poultry house, brood house
and corn crib; 90 miles of Wash
ington. Price, S10,500. Pay cash
for owners equity and assume TRUST.
H. B. MITCHELL. Herndon. Va.
Phone 1875. Excl. agent. Ill
ON HIGHWAY, good bus SERVICE
SIa acres fine land. Groom dwell
ing; bath. water and electricity,
barn 6Ox2O: 40 minutes Of D: G:
This is real buy at $12,500; half
cash required. Also another nearly
new 5-rm:. bunsalow: bath. water
and electricity, spring stream; on
hne hwy. As minutes .. c., bus
service. Price, $3.50. Substantial
phone It'll, with H. B. MITCH
ELL, Herndon, Va. Ill
5000 DOWN, $40 mo-. buys for
81, 200, 8l2 acres, mostly cleared:
8 rms, outbuildings; on creek. near
town; good spring; very secluded:
pvt. light plant; 100 mi. south Of
D. C. Shown any day but Sunday.
Evening star., 1949-09-08
sEAsHoRE PROPERTY

REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL.-For rent.
Attractive cottages and apts.. right
on the beach; ideal for small chill
dren; close to shopping center,
churches, etc; $35 per wk. UP. Res
srvations. MRS. NEV16, I'm. 1897.
Evening star., 1949-09-08
ACREAGE FOR SALE

SHiRLEY HWY. HoMEsITEs are our
speciality. "a to 8 acres, easy terms.
VERNON M. LYNCH g. SONS, Route
236, bet. Shirley hwy. and AMMAN
dale. AL. 5906. CLOSED sundayo
Ill
IDEAL HoMESITE, HANDICAPPED lot
tilly, va, 25 min. to 14th st. Bridge,
close to stores, schools; leaving town,
must sell. Best Offer. L. 3-l0s9.
Arcola ave; price, 500 and up.
RAFFELL REAL ESTATE, SH. s794
III ACRES, Forestville, Va. area;
high wooded land, Overlooking rich
rolling country; beautiful building
site; $4,000. HARRIET KRUM,
Evening star., 1949-09-08
FARMS WANTED

WANTED MONTGOMERY co. FARMS
for numerous, qualified buyers; $10,-
600 to $40, 900. SH. 1011, JU. 4
6S25. FREDERICK r. YOUNG.
REAL ESTATE. -S
WANTED no RENT-A going tobacco
farm, with privilege Of buying: must
have good house and outbuildings
and be No. ! tobacco soil. Phone
Evening star., 1949-09-08
GARAGES FOR RENT

NEAR CONN. AVE. AND NJ ST. VIZ
cinity of Ring and Longfellow
Bldgs.; approx. 5000 SO. IT. with
display room and large rear work.
shop; overhead doors for auto en-.
trance, rear 3O-ft alley Call Mr..
Franklin. WEAVER BROS. INC.
Wash. Bldg, DI. $500; ewes, GIL.
1855. 10
DOUBLE, 2Ox2O; $50 mo-; Colony
Iheater. N. z. RYON CO, GE.
6146. 10
Evening star., 1949-09-08
CT. $500 CASH

Is all you need to buy this dandy 2
bedrm. home with basement. garage,
all modern, on ! acre, partly wooded.
house surrounded by large oaks;
near Annandale, mile new Shirley
hwy. Price only $4,000; S54 month.
This and many other good buys
for GIs, small down payments.
MILLS REALTY CO, .ANNANDALE,
Evening star., 1949-09-08
AUTO TRUCKS WANTED

TRUCKS with drivers experienced
in hauling brick. Apply j. j. TAY.
iOR, 202S Jefferson Davis hwy
Arl Va 10
Evening star., 1949-09-08

dMC TRUCK DEALERe.
5000 Lee hwy, Arl, Va, CHI. 1000.
other truck barEains, Army. parts
and service, niEht service at our
Alex. plant. 1901 oronoco st. oV.
Evening star., 1949-09-08
APARTMENT HOUSES FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE SALE OR ExcH.

REAL ESTATE SALE OR ExcH.
LIKE TO EXCHANGE my S-room, q
bath home in Chevy Chase, D. c.. for
5 or Groom house or bungalow pre-
ferably in Arlington, Va. Mr.. Weav-
er, WO 4944. 5
ALL CLEAR. add cash for trust
notes. equities; 3-A; massive trees,
city imps.; 6 mi. in Md. 5 lots,
on hard rd., city water, ] mi. to
D. C. Cor. br. store, at r.r. sta,
in Md. town, 40 mi. n. D. c.
Garages. 3-story basement, down
town, mr.. , bus sta. N. e. RYON
co GE 614R
Evening star., 1949-09-08

ARLINGTON FOREST
Offer of S14,5O0 will probably be
accepted by transferred owner for
brick home, located in popular No.
Arlington. High elevation, larger
lot overlooking park. convenient to
shopping center, only 2 squares to
Lee blvd. express bus to Pentagon.
Call til 9.
KEITH D. BRUMBACK
NH 2soz Exclusiuelv CE 62H2
Evening star., 1949-09-08
VACANT

30l5 So. 7th St, Just around the
corner from Patrick Henry grade
school and Thomas Jefferson. jr.
high. Large 2-bedrm., Ia bath
brick Colonial. 3 screened porches,
full bsmt., gear det. garage.
uIDCNN DTANHV Qy CNN
Evening star., 1949-09-08
RAMBLER

BUILT with spotted brick and con-
trasting dark trim. Three bedrooms,
2 baths, attached brick garage.
Beautiful electric kitchen with space
for breakfast table. Many, sur
Real Estate Service, Inc.
Lee hwy. at Glebe rd., OW. 5000.
Evening star., 1949-09-08

DESIRE LOTS or parcel in D. C.
area for row, group houses or apis.
Builder. P. o. Box 5597, D. c. 10.
ton. What have you to offer? Call
no. 2l23. G to nm. q
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28

Of interest to Montana cities
including Columbia Falls is house
bill being introduced in the 1egis-
lature with notice" expected to-
day.
Sponsored by Flathead county
representatives, Armstrong, Burns
and O'Neil, the bill provides for
cancellation of record of spec
ial improvement district warrants
and liability accounts in cities
which warrants or liability &C
counts were incurred or issued
prior to February Is, 1929, and the
liability of which has been ex-
tinguished by reason Of issuance
Of tax deeds, by application Of
statute of limitations, or other
laws Of the state of Montana"
To Columbia Falls, passage Of
this particular bill will mean wiping
out of S5,292.94 worth of delin-
quent special improvement war
rants for sidewalks.
During the depression this pro-
perry became tax deed land; the
original owners defaulted on spc-
eial improvement payments. As
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
LEGISLATURE Looks UP
At Charlie RusseI's
FIQthead Indians

Bringing the out-of-door excite
ment Of early-day Montana into
the house of representatives at
Helena is a wall sized Russell IL
by 24-foot painting of the Flat
head Indians.
The big canvas covers the wall
back of the speakers rostrum.
Charlie Russell, former summer
resident on Lake Mcdonald, paint
ed the picture in 1912 for $4,000.
John Jewell, stentorian-voiced
reading clerk of the house since
1888, will tell you that the house
members now think it's worth
$5O0,O00.
The action painting, Sakakawea.
shows the mounted Flathead In
dams in Ross hole at the head
waters of the Bitterroot, where
they met the Lewis and Clark ex-
petition during August, 1905. Sa-
kakawea, spelled in various ways
was the Shoshone Indian guide
for Lewis and Clark.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28

Glasses 6n Columbia Falls arc
to start again Monday.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
Housing Contract
Nears Completion

Askevold Construction Co.,
Missoula, except for sidewalks,
graveling and outside painting, ex-
pect to complete their S468, 270.09
Hungry Horse project building
contract February IL.
Eleven of the 20 five and six
room houses being built by the
Missoula firm are completed Also
nearly finished except for out
side painting is the Sc by 128foot
administration building annex and
the guard-information office.
To be completed in the next
two weeks are nine more homes
the 24-room dormitory, and a TO-
car garage. The homes are being
completed in 200 days, 40 ahead
of schedule.
Askevold employment, according
to G. ]. Patterson, superintendent,
averaged 70 men during the past
six months; was as high as 140,
and now is II. The contract was
started last July.
Other Missoula firm building
residences at Hungry Horse this
year was H and L Building SER
vice, who completed 46 homes for
S424, 461.12.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
Uncle Mickey Wants
Northwest to FLY
Him ToWQrd Ireland

When Northwest Airlines starts
service into the Flathead this
spring, one of it's first bound for
overseas passengers will be Mike
Berne and his niece, Mrs. ]. P.
Simpson.
Uncle Mickey, now 80, has a
craving to visit Ireland. The old
timer came to Columbia Falls
from Butte in $780, and 81 years
ago made the bricks for st. Rich
ards church here.
He recalls Butte and the Irish
in 1890 as eff you came from q
different county of Ireland, that
was reason enough for good en-
joyab1e fight"
In the spring OF 1891, he start
ed a brickyard south of Columbia
Falls, and here made the bricks
for st. Richards church, the pre-
sent Cory Corner building, and the
home he still lives in Mike Berne's
bricks don't crumble.
From the Berne home it's about
three miles to the airport where
a plane can whisk him on the W-J
to Ireland That appeals to Uncle
Mickey.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
FIathead Wants
Glacier View Dam

The Flathead. except for White
fish, park officials and soma Bel
ton-North Fork sentiment, will pre-
sent virtually a united front for
construction of Glacier View dam
at the Monday morning hearing
by us. army engineers in Spo-
kane.
The sos, 100000 controversial"
dam on the Flathead rivers north
fork is one of seven given top
rating by the army's 1908" report.
Objectionable feature is that on
the parks western border it would
flood the northwestern fringe of
Glacier, 10000 of it's 100000
acres.
Twenty miles north of Column
bia Falls, the proposed 416-foot
high earthen dam would have a
100000 acre foot reservoir, and
a 100000 kilowatt capacity power
house. 1t would fit into the CoIu1n.
bia river development of power,
water storage and flood control.
Columbia Falls is being repro
scented at the Monday hearing ny
Mayor John O'Connell. Both the
town council and chamber of
commerce favor the project. Mar
tin City's Boomtown Builders have
gone on record for the proposed
dam, and the sentiment in Coram
and Hungry Horse is the same.
The Flathead Citizens commit
tee with Don Treloar as spokes
mani endorse the project as does
the Kalispell senior and junior
chambers of commerce. Labor has
likewise expressed its sentiments.
Recent development is the stand
of Congressman Mike Mansfield
who in a letter received here ex-
pressed whole hearted interest in
please turn to page n
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
Cold Hits Jobs
At Hungry Horse

Near-normal winter operations
were in progress at Hungry Horse
damsite for just one day this week.
Thursday. Friday morning it was
clear blue IS below, and now the
outlook is back to work again Mon
day morning. Outside activity by
GSM, the prime contractor vir-
tually ceases when the tempera-
ture drops below zero.
Drilling at the damsite was re-
sumed Wednesday after a week S
layoff and full crews were back
Thursday morning with one of the
five shovels at the damsite operat-
ing.
Actually drilling is now con-
sidered behind schedule" These
holes enable rock blasting and
hauling away making way for
bedrock foundations and con-
crete pouring late next summer.
Total employment on the project
is now just under 800 as COM
pared with last falls 1900, and
the expected peak of nearly 1000
this coming summer.
Concrete was being poured
Thursday with about 800 cubic
yards more to go in the $500
cubic yards total making up the
gate structure at the inlet side
of the 1,180-foot long 36-foot in
diameter diversion tunnel. The two
gates will each be 16-feet wide
and 36-feet high.
After next Mays high water,
a 3O-foot cofferdam will be built
across the Flathead rivers south
fork by GSM. Flow of the river
will then come through the diver
sion tunnel. BY the spring of 1850,
Hungry Horse dam will be 60
to 70-feet high and in 1851 about
200 feet. Completed in 1858 Will
be the 520-foot high, worlds
fourth largest concrete dam.
For complete bureau of recIana-
alton "story of 1919" for Hungry
Horse see page 8.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
|jnter Stops Water
|tarts VdcdtI0n

winters coolest week brought
l,sn pipes, no school in Column
uo1ls for a week, and no phones
the Falls for a day.
bark service headquarters were
inning from the Flathead's mid
/ forE as their mountain brook
rn1v froze tight; Coram was
v f drv well and spring prob
Is. Martin City's brook source
water was near ice bound; the
[ngry Horse project was having
|nen main and pipe experiences,
h at Columbia Falls high and
sdp school children had another
|d.winter vacation as water lines
tba two schools from the town
hin were frozen.
"A frost heave Sunday night
bpped 100 pair Of underground
bles one by one, and out went
|pnhone service in Columbia
llls. By Wednesday most phones
Ire working again.
b was no local problem as re-
hts came in of Whitefish and
|lson pumping lake water, and
llena plumbers thaWing out 50
Bidences a day.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
HH. BowIinq Leagues to Start Monday

lost used bowling alleys in the
head are the six in the new
pA Recreation hall at Hungry
USE League play has it's official
ang there Monday.
sSAs bowling manager, Virg
4e reports that there are 81
as signed up for the leagues,
mat bowling activity in the
nee hall is running from 200
wv lines an evening for the
alleys.
'IsI bowlers Monday evening
league events will be GSM
.es from 7 to 9 pm. From 9 to
p-m' each Monday evening the
w. Will see play by the GSM
suleers, time office, main office,
penters, excavation crew and
''ng engineers No. 371 teams.
i ,ueSday is the bureau of reclara-
s 1sa night with six teams be-
N ~ : and 9 pm. From 9 to II
ni,, Aeres a park mems team,
MAJ s1Sal foods, Chef lockers and
W grocery with a spot open.
|la r,tsianssday from Z to 9 pm. has
|arin VI City lumber, Monta club,
ktv = city boosters and Martin
ksmst rom 9 to II pm. its the
p,ss s local 593, GSM ware
Her. machine shop, truck shop,
Ar aud electricians.
Nv w. leys will be in league
bon 7aoay evening, Tuesday
" y p. m. and We'd
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
Columbia Falls Vets Edge
Whitefish VW 4Q-48

Columbia Falls VF'W basketball
team opened it's season Wednes-
dav with a 40 to 48 victory over
the Whitefish VFW team there.
Leading scorers for the Falls
were Chef Hill with 10 and Chris
Jefferson with IA. Conant with 16
and Caferno with II lead for
Whitefish in a game that was nip
and tuck all four quarters.
There's a return game in Column
bia Falls between the two Vet
teams Monday. at 8 pm. in the
Columbia Falls high school gym,
and Wednesday at 8 pm. the Eu-
reka Independents will play here.
In basketball action for the
Falls at the seasons opener were
Chef and Jiggs Hill. Mateka Lar
son, johnson, Christofferson,
Burke, and Jordan.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
New Law Would Help Towns

owners of the land the county did
not pay, and the new owners have
no responsibility in the matter.
Present law (passed in 1881
gives considerably more protec-
ton to the holder of special i'm
provement bonds. There's a 5 pei
cent revolving fund set up, and
the city along with the property
owners have joint responsibility
to see that such obligations are
paid.
A precedent for the proposed
legislation is the seed loan can
collation. law enacted in 1915.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28
Falls Wants July lO
Date for Celebration
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHOTO

Columbia Falls wants to make
.7,lv 10, the date of the. officlai
start of the Hungry Horse oam
oonst r1,ction, an annual celebration
dav, a rodeo or otherwise
Appearing in Missoula today In
behalf of July 9 or 10 rodeo date $
Lee Dickey, president OF the Coz
,,r,h;a Falls chamber Of commerce,
and e. J. Lundstrom.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28

First clear day is expected 70
result in an aerial survey OF elk
and deer up the Flatheads norlh
fork. In the plane will be Gid'
iers district ranger, Floyd Hen
derson and Ross Wilson, Montana
deputy game warden
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28

nesdav from 9 to II pm. Handicap
bowling is scheduled for MonuAy'
Tuesday and Wednesday WIN a
straignt-away league being scheo-
uled for Thursdays.
Assisting Lane is Art Ho"he'
Hungry Horse news., 1949-01-28

Carrie ONeI
strong ONeiI student OF government liberal
ottee chairman
appropriations Armstrong,
majority his
seruie but made point that member Of the aoores
committee terested in raising
$3.50 legislature during
ONe He's extremely interested Ueers
legislation, chairman Of the military affairs committee
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-29
Driver Fined In
Sunday Accident

Mrs. Goldie Guhl, Route l,
Bowling Green, and George Wal
ters, Sandusky, were injured
shortly before noon Sunday when
Mrs. GuhPs station wagon and an
auto being driven by Joe X. Coch-
ran, Sandusky, figured in an ac-
cident at the Rushaw Bridge in
Erie Township.
Driver of Mrs. Guhl's car was
Robert w. Austin of Bowling
Green. Mrs. Guhl and Walters
were admitted to Magruder Me-
mortal Hospital where they are
recovering from their injuries.
Deputy Sheriff Myron Hetrick
arrested Cochran at the scene of
the accident. Hetrick was told
that Cochran's car was on the
wrong side of the road, and when
Austin swerved to avoid a crash,
Cochran repeatedly swerved back.
Hailed in Justice E. C. Brough's
court Monday, Cochran was fined
500 and costs on a charge Of
drunken driving, and $25 and costs
on the charge of resisting an off
GER
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-29
CALLA-RINI IS
LAKESIDE STAR
D U Rim C " EEK
Ambassadors of Song and
BarbershOp Quartet Festi-
val Also Scheduled

LAKESIDE-The Ambassadors
of Song, under the direction of
Ray G.. Steiner and with Johnny
Jones as master of ceremonies,
will appear in concert in Hoover
Auditorium here on Saturday eve
ming, July 80.
Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke, of the
Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist
Church, will speak at Sunday serv-
ices, at which the Epworth Metho-
dist Choir of Marion, under the
direction of Mrs. Earl N. Hale,
will sing.
An afternoon concert by the
Fostoria VIEW National Cham
pionship Band; and vesper ad-
dress by DR.. c. w. Cooper, new
superintendent of the Norwalk
District of the Methodist Church,
is planned.
On Sunday evening, following a
piano recital by Miss Ann Goodall,
of Olmstead Falls, the motion
picture, "Salt of the Earth" will
be shown.
Lakeside's program for the
coming week follows:
Monday - Joint recital, Marga-
ret Molder Crays, soprano, and
Greta Bohm, pianist, both of
Lakewood; and motion picture
travelogue, Holiday In Holland
and Belgium" by Robert Friars
I Tuesday-Concert, Walt Goodie
Family in "a Fantasia of Strings
and Percussions."
Wednesday Joint recital,
Charlotte Fairchild, soprano, and
Nancy Copeland, pianist, both of
Cleveland; and address by Bishop
,, Lloyd C. Wicke, of Pittsburgh.
Thursday Motion picture,
Deep Waters"
Friday-Concert, Anthony Gal
la-Rini, world-famous accordionist.
Saturday-"Festival of Har-
mony," featuring six barber
shop quartets, with sgd Lynn, of
Lorain, as master of ceremonies,
Produced and directed by John
Ford, of Toledo.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-29
Delegates Named
By Legion Post lib

Archie Winnie, Carl Alamo and
Archie King will be delegates to
the state convention to be held
in Columbus, August 6-S, for
American Legion Post 113. Alter
mates will be Joe Banchich,
Austin Clark and Atty. Tom
Stahl.
Vernon Long, co-owner Of Peter
sens Ice Cream Store, was intro
duced as a new member at the
meeting Thursday evening. Early
in the evening, the American Le-
gion band recently organized by
Austin Clark, and directed by
Earl Warnke, played a short con-
cert. After the program, the
members enjoyed the new televi-
sion set in the lounge and bar.
Every Legion member is now
selling tickets for the 1949 Chew
rolet car to be awarded during
the annual Legion Carnival to be
held August 31-September S in
the Legion Field, East Perry
street. Frederick ~Meckfessel, Jr.,
and Ray Sperber are co-chairmen
of the event.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-29
May LOSE EYE.
AFTER STUMP.
BLAST M|SHAP.
Ralph Finken Is Badly Hurt
In Second Dynamite
Accident In Days

Ralph Finken, 56-year-old Car
roll Township farmer, was criti-
cally injured Tuesday afternoon
in the second dynamite accident
to take place here within two
weeks.
He is a patient in Magruder
Memorial Hospital where special
lists are fighting to save the sight
of his left eye. The right eye is
also injured, and he suffered nu-
merous other facial and chest in
juries.
Finken was working for the
Carroll Township trustees in re-
pairing the LeutZ Road, one-half
mile east of the Toussaint River
bridge.
John Neatfeld, a Carroll Town
ship trustee, was helping Finken
when the accident happened. The
men We're using dynamite to blast
stumps for the road-widening pro-
ject.
Finken had lighted the fuse in
the dynamite, but fearing it was
not burning, he approached the
charge and had started to re-light
the fuse when the blast exploded
in his face, relatives said.
Mr.. Neatfeld, who was stand
ing ten feet away, was also knock
ed to the ground by the blast. He
suffered minor facial cuts and
bruises.
Finken was brought to the hos
pital via Gerner and Wolf ambu-
lance. Two weeks ago, Newton
Overmeyer, Elmore, was killed in
a dynamite blast in Erie Town.
ship.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-29
HARD WORKING COMPANY B men
MEET WORK DEADL|NE AT PERRY

I Members of the hard-working
Company B, 74th Engineers, who
are on temporary duty at Camp
Perry from their base at Camp
Campbell, Kentucky, completed
construction and erection of their
third fire control tower at Camp
Perry's range Friday.
Major General Leo Kreber,
Ohio's Adjutant General, and
other top officials were present
to witness the final work Friday
morning.
The tower erected Friday is the
only one in Camp Perry proper.
Two other towers were erected
earlier at the new AA range along
Sand Beach.
Construction of the 55-foot tow
ers was necessary SO that the AA
fire control officer can have visi-
BILE control over artillery as we'll
as radio and phone communica-
tions.
R. H. Window, Civil Service
heavy equipment specialist from
Washington, D. c., has been here
for two weeks to operate the crane
needed for the tower erections.
The huge towers are of timber
and bolt construction and have 20
foot square bases which taper to
eight feet at the cap. Of pyra-
midal construction, the towers
were constructed on the group
and brought into place by the
heavy crane.
During the erection Friday,
three soldiers of Company B were
atop one section Of the tower while
the other sections were being
J raised. After the other sections
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-29
SERVICES SET.
FOR WAR HERO.
JOHN " HITTING.
Native Son Is Returned Home
For Burial In Local
Cemetery

Funeral services for Staff Sgt.
Johnnie A. Whiting, another of
this city's World War ii heroes
to be returned home for burial,
will be at two o'clock Saturday
afternoon in the Gerner & Wolf
Funeral Home, the Rev. Ortt, of
the Lacarne f. U. B. church,, Of
ciating. Burial will be in River
view cemetery.
Sgt. Whiting was killed in ac-
tion in Germany on April Ia,
1945. On December 8, 1914, Whit
ing had suffered facial and eye
burns while in Germany. He was
returned to a hospital in England
to recuperate.
Whiting was buried in north.
ern Germany and his body was
returned to the U. S. early this
month aboard the army transport
Carroll Victory.
A native of this city, Whiting
was % years of age when he
gave his life for his country. He
attended local schools and was g
Celotex Corporation employee be-
fore entering service.
Sent overseas in March, 1914
he had received earlier training
in Camp Croft, South Caro-
lima; Fort Meade, Maryland, al
Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky.
Surviving are one son, Harley
his father, Harley Whiting, Locust
Point; his mother, Mrs. Harley
Whiting, Oak Harbor; one sister,
Lois, and brother, Harley Whit
ing, Jr.