Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-22
Six Killed Here
In Weeks MishapS
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Church.
According to state highway pa
trolmen, Ridge was enroute to To-
ledo from Massillon, where he OPP
Grated the Stark County Drive-Ir
Theatre during the summer
months.
Ridges car and a truck-trailer
being driven by William Parrish,
st. Joseph, Michigan, collided
headon and were demolished. Mr.,
Ridge passed away in Sabrose-
Myers ambulance while enroute to
st. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo.
Lucas County Coroner Paul Holly
said death was due to skull frac-
ture.
Highway Patrolmen James Full
lenkamp and Robert karsmizki
said skid marks indicated the truck
was across the center line and on
Mr.. Ridges side Of the road when
tho accident happened.
Parrish was arrested and taken
to the Elmore Jail, pending furth-
er action by Ottawa County Coro-
ner George Poe. Ridge was q
graduate of DeVilbiss high school
and served as assistant manager
of the Colony Theatre in Toledo
before coming to Port Clinton a..
manager of the Clinton. After he
left this city, Ridge became mana
ger of the Pantheon Theatre in
Toledo in the winter and manager
of the Massillon Outdoor Theatre
in the summer.
Coroner George Poe reported
Wednesday that he had received
statements from Lucas County
Coroner Hobby and State High
way Patrolmen, and that the
statements had been turned over
to Ottawa County Prosecuting At
torney Myron Rosentreter.
Poe stated that manslaughter
charges probably will be filed
against the truck driver, due to
negligence in rounding the dam
gerous curve in Elmore.
Surviving are the mother, Mrs.
Anna Ridge; and sisters, Mrs.
Olive Jackman and Mrs. Helen
Layman, all of Toledo. Funeral
services were held Wednesday
afternoon in Parks Emmert Fu-
neral home with burial in Toledo
Memorial Park cemetery.
Missing In Bay
Missing since Sunday afternoon,
and believed drowned, is Clarence
C. Taylor, So, Crystal Rock. Coast
from the Marblehead
station and Sheriff Merlan Budd's
department have been searching
for Mr.. Taylor since his rowboat
was found drifting in Sandusky
Bay.
Relatives told officials that Tay-
lor had left Crystal Rock, resort
on the southern shore of the bay,
at 3 o'clock. When last seen,
Taylor was travelling eastward to-
wards the bay bridge.
Shortly after 5 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, Mrs. Joseph Lukac no.
ticed an empty boat drifting in the
bay near the U. S. Gypsum Com
pany plant. She notified officials
who began the search.
Norman Dickman, r. E. Locke,
Jesse Sanderson and Mike Nor
nocky, all of Crystal Beach, came
here Sunday evening to claim the
boat and the fishing equipment.
There were no signs of Mr.. Tay-
lor, who is survived by his wife,
Esther.
Sheriff Merlan Budd and his
brother, Averill Budd, sighted the
body Of Mr.. Taylor Wednesday
evening while searching the area
in the latter's airplane.
Taylor's body was seen floating
in Sandusky Bay, approximately
three quarters mile west of the
bay bridge. Howard Dutch"
went to the scene in a
boat, and towed the body ashore.
Taylor's body was brought to the
J. A. Neidecker mortuary and la
ter removed to the Barnhart Me-
mortal in Findlay.
Coroner George Poe conducted
an inquest and gave a verdict of
accidental drowning.