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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
BUSINESS HITS
new HIGH ALONG
WITH THE HEAT
Over Capacity Business Re-
ported Throughout This
VacatiOnland Area

With assists from the terrific
heat spell and the popularity of
East Harbor State Park, an all
time high in summer visitors was
believed to have been established
here over the July Fourth week
end when an estimated $4,000 va
cationists came here in futile at
tempts to escape the heat.
Every available hotel, cottage
or cabin room was rented; owners
of tourist homes reported capacity
business, and some visitors were
forced to sleep in their autos or
in parks.
Restaurant owners and filling
station operators wore happy
smiles Tuesday morning after en-
joying their best business weekend
in many years.
Many restaurants sold out their
regular menus and rush calls were
made to replenish depleted stocks.
Ice cream and soft drink manu-
facturers had to work overtime in
attempts to fill the demand for
their products. Workers at the
Port Clinton Bottling Works were
called back to their jobs early
Monday when resort owners plead
ed for more "pop" to quench the
thirst of the visitors.
Lake Shore Dairy workers also
gave up their holiday in efforts
to produce more ice cream, which
was in great demand.
Many roadside markets also re-
ported that beer, breads, and many
other products were sold out. Dew
worm supplies were quickly ex-
hausted and covers were placed on
signs advertising their sale.
Beaches were crowded at all
hours. Midnight found many
visitors, and some local residents
enjoying the lake water through
out the area. At dawn Monday,
several carloads of out-of-state
visitors were seen swimming
along Route 2.
Madeline Lowe and Carla Rup-
pert, attendants at the Vacation
land Information Booth in Water
works Park, reported 129 callers
Sunday and Monday. There were
93 visitors at the booth Sunday
and 46 more on the Fourth. Most
of the callers sought information
regarding boat schedules to Put
in-Bay while the big demand Sun
day was for rooms.
The Vacationland Booth is open
daily from 9 a. m. until 9 p. M,
including weekends. Persons hav-
ing. rooms to rent should register
such with Misses Lowe and Rup-
pert.
Put-in-Bay business people are
recuperating this week after one
of the biggest weekends in that
island resorts history. Catawba
and Danbury resorts also handled
capacity crowds.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
T-B x-RAy UNIT
TO VISIT AREA
State Mobile Unit Will Give
Free tuberculosis X-rays
To Everyone

All residents of Ottawa County
will be entitled to free chest x-rays
from October 5 to 18 when the
State Department of Health's Mo-
bile X-Ray unit is being brought
to this county by the Ottawa
County Health League and Coun-
ty Board of Health.
William w. Lewis, Columbus,
field secretary of the Ohio Tuber-
culosis and Health Association
was here this week in the interest
of the pending mobile unit visit.
Lewis states that the unit will
travel throughout the county to
give chest x-rays in the fight
against tuberculosis. The x-ray
films are sent to Columbus for
readings, and diagnotic reports
are sent to those x-rayed about
six weeks later.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
Stolen Cars Are
Found In County

Sheriff Merlan Budd reported re
covery of two stolen autos over
the holiday weekend. An auto,
reported stolen in Sandusky was
found abandoned along the high
way in Erie township.
Another car, stolen from w. F.
Klaustermeyer, Oak Harbor, was
later recovered in Locust Point
where two youths were appre-
hended and brought to the county
Jail for questioning.
Wilford Thrush, %, and Willie
Eugene Brooks, 81, both of Lo-
Gust Point, have been apprehend-
ed by Sheriff Merlan Budd and
Deputy Sheriff Myrcn Hetrick and
are being held on auto theft char
ges. They will be taken before
Justice E. c. Brough.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
HALICK KIN is
KILLED IN EAST
SiSter-in-Law OF o. p. S.
Worker Killed, Four Others
Hurt In Auto Crash

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Halick,
West Third Street, were called to
Hubbard, Ohio, early Sunday NOR
ming when they received word
that his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ed
ward Halick, had been killed, and
four others seriously hurt in an
auto crash.
Edward Halick, brother of the
local man and husband of the dead
woman, was reported in critical
condition in General Hospital, Ash
tabula.
Also hurt in the crash were the
Halicks' three children. One
daughter has fractured skull.
another suffered broken leg, and
the son escaped with facial cuts.
Mrs. Mary Kelly. mother of Mrs
Stanley Halick, did not know COM
plete details of the accident, which
occurred Saturday night near the
Ohio Pennsylvania state line.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
Local Sailor
Visits Crete

Edward F. Danko, USN, Gyp-
sum, is scheduled to arrive at the
Island of Crete, July 16, as a
crew member aboard the destroyer
USS Bordelon for a five-day visit.
In his peaceful invasion" of
the island, whose history is
traced to 1000 B. c., he will fol-
low in the footsteps of Greek, Ro-
man, Byzantian and Turkish in
vaders of old.
More recent history found Crete
the scene of paratroop landings
in the last war that made airborne
invasion history. 1t was there
that ex-heavyweight champion
Max Schmeling was injured dur
ing a jump with Nazi para
troopers.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
1900 TROOPS ARRIVE SUNDAY AT CAMP PERRY
First Peaches
Now On Market

Floyd Buster" Herl, Cataw-
ba Island, is exhibiting the first
of the Early MayAower peaches
on the market. The current hot
spell hastened the ripening,
which is about two weeks earl
ier than usual.
Other early varieties will
make their appearance at road
side markets during the next
two weeks, but the big crops
will not ripen until August.
The peach crop is reported in
good condition, and many grow
ers have been forced to thin
small peaches from the trees
to eliminate overloads and pro-
duce better and larger fruit.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
Collins Moves
Permit Office

Local registrar Eugene Collins
has moved his office from the
Gamble Store, East Second Street,
to the Western Auto Store, across
from the Ottawa County News,
due to the contemplated closing
of the Gamble Store.
Collins reports that the first
quarter is now completed, with re-
ductions now in force for truck
and trailer licenses. Drivers per-
mits will be issued by Collins in
his new location.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
Troops Are Alerted For Ma
tional Matches Duty At
Local Camp

Camp Perry, once the nations
busiest military reservation, will
shrug off its mantle of lethargy
Sunday when 1900 national
guardsmen from Ohio, West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Washington,
ID. c. will arrive here to begin
their training encampments.
Nearly 200 men and officers of
Company B, 74th Engineers, Camp
Campbell, Kentucky, have been
at Camp Perry during the summer
to help prepare the camp and
nearby shoreline for the anti-air-
craft training periods.
Biggest encampment will open
July "a when over 1000 national
guardsmen from Pennsylvania
will arrive for their two-week
training.
Colonel David Smith, Delaware
superintendent of schools, will be
commanding officer for both en-
campments of the anti-aircraft
troops.
Arriving at Camp Perry Sun
day will be 1900 men, including
Ohio National Guard anti-aircraft
troops, and battalion of Organ
lied Reserves from West Virginia,
Kentucky and Washington, d. c.
These troops will remain at Perry
until July %.
On the following day July "a,
the 1000 Pennsylvania guards
men will arrive for their training,
which continues until August Z.
Fred Wolf, Port Clinton, is in
charge of the post exchange which
has opened for the summer season.
The Camp Perry theatre will also
be operating during the encamp-
ments.
Ohio's Adjutant General, Major
General Leo M. Kreber, has an
nounced that Camp Perry's popu-
lation this summer will be great
Ell than in pre-war years despite
the fact that most of Ohio's Ma
tional Guards will be training at
Camp Atterbury, Indiana.
Colonel Harry Kerr and his staff
have had a busy summer, prepar-
ing Camp Perry for it's return to
normalcy.
Col. Kerr has announced that
two state rifle matches will be
held at Camp Perry during Aug
ust, under sponsorship of the Ohio
Rifle Association.
Approximately $50 marksmen
will compete in each event. The
small bore rifle match will be held
August 1913 while the big bore
rifle match is scheduled for Aug
ust 20-21.
Hopes Still High
That the national matches may
be returned to Camp Perry again
this summer is still a strong pos
sibility, despite reports to the con-
trary.
One of the officers of Company
B, 74th Engineers, who has spent
the summer at Camp Perry, re-
ported that the remainder of his
battalion in Camp Campbell, Ken
lucky, has been alerted to come
to Camp Perry later this summer
to perform pit duty during the
National Matches.
Col. Kerr has had no official an
nouncement that funds for the
matches have been approved by
congress, but there are indications
that officials in Washington still
hold high hopes to return the big
matches again this summer to
Camp Perry.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
1000 MORE COMING
HERE IN TWO Weeks
Grand Opening Of
Gas Station Set

Grand opening of Prokop's Su-
noco Gas Station, Erie Township,
is set for Saturday, July 9, from
$50 n. m. until 10 p. m. The new
station is located between the
Fremont Oil Company and Rain
bow Inn.
Attendants Joe Fought and Carl
Prokop will have gifts for the
children at the grand opening.
Fought is former employee of
the Kelley Island Lime & Trans
port Company while Prokop was
with the Kuzma filling station.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
WIRES HIT

Ohio Public Service workmen
were called to the Bay Shore Road
Wednesday afternoon when the
electrical-rain storm damaged the
high tension wires. A bolt of
lightning struck the line, breaking
a wire. Another bolt of lightning
struck near Jefferson and Second
Street, but caused little damage,
A small fire resulted at the Smith
Beauty shop but owner, Miss Tillie
Smith, quickly turned off the cur
rent.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
Is YOUTHS ESCAPE AS
BOATS CRASH IN LAKE
FIRE EM0NT BOAT
SINKS QUICKLY
Local Yachtsmen Rescue
Nine Youths; Two Per-
sons Are Injured

Two young people were injured
and nine well-known Fremont
youths had narrow escapes from
drowning at 2:30 a. m. Sunday
when a speedboat being operated
by Frank Raymond, Jr., Port Clin-
ton and Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
crashed into the Fremont cruiser
in 80 feet of water between Green
Island and Put-in-Bay.
The Chris-Craft cruiser, own
ed by John Gabel, Jack Freeh,
Glenn Hahn, Leonard Mosser, Pat
Collins and Bob Mehling, FIRE.
mont, sank to the bottom of the
lake within five minutes after the
collision.
Two of the cruisers occupants,
William Yeager and Robert Mehl-
ing, were thrown into the water
and were rescued by John and Tom
Gabel. All nine men aboard the
cruiser were taken aboard Ray
mond's speedboat when the cruis-
Ell sank.
Miss Sue Kilmer, Oak Harbor,
and Jack Carter, Akron, who were
riding in Raymond's speedboat,
were the only persons injured. Miss
kilmer, an Oak Harbor school
teacher, suffered a knee injury and
shock, while Carter suffered a
strained neck muscle. Both were
given emergency treatment in
Magruder Hospital.
Also riding with Raymond were
his fiancee, Miss Joan True, Port
Clinton, Tom Kilmer, Oak Har-
Dor, and Peggy Miller, Fremont.
They escaped with bruises.
The five other Fremont men
aboard the ill-fated cruiser were
Pat Collins, Leonard Mosser, Her.
bert Redding, Doyle Kusmer, and
Gene Peltier.
Both boats were returning to
Port Clinton after visits to Put
Inlay and Middle Bass when the
accident took place in foggy
weather. Miss True stated that
the cruiser was not seen until
seconds before the crash.
Bill Yeager was riding over the
starboard bow and Mehling was
walking on the cruisers deck when
the boats collided. Both were
thrown into the water. Yeager
was resting Immediately over the
point of impact and escaped death
twice within minutes.
When Yeager and Mehling were
thrown overheard, Tom and John
Gabel discarded their trousers end
leaped into the water to help their
friends.
The Gabel boys suffered con-
siderable financial loss when the
cruiser sank, as John had about
$500 in his trousers ard Tom had
$100 in his wallet which We're lost
in the sinking.
After all nine Fremont youths
were taken aboard the Raymond
speedboat, it was returned to Put
in-Bay as it, was not known at
that time how badly the speedboat
had been damaged. After an in
spection it was decided the boat
was safe for travelling to Port
Clinton, so all Is persons were
brought here, arriving about a
a. m.
Coast guardsmen from Marble
head and crewmen of the Caprice,
owned by Frank Raymond, Sr.,
are continuing the search for the
sunken cruiser.
The Fremont youths claimed the
Raymond speedboat was operating
without lights, but Miss True en-
phatically stated that the speed
boat lights were in use.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
Arrested Here,
Held In Nerwalk

James A. Stout, Bay View, who
was arrested Wednesday by Pa
trolman William Robel on a reck-
less driving charge, is now being
held for grand jury action in Nor
walk where he and a friend are
accused of purse snatching.
Stout was released after post
ing bond on the local charge, and
evidently went directly to Nor
walk from this city. Local charg-
es will pend until outcome of the
more serious case in the nearby
city.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
HEAT WAVE BROKEN

Thanks to a wonderful rain
storm Wednesday noon, the heat
wave which blistered this area
for nine days has been broken.
The temperature had lowered in
the nineties for nine days, but
shortly after the rain it dropped
to 10 and the weather is now
pleasantly cool.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
LOCAL WOMAN IS PRESIDENT FOR
LAKESIDE Federation MEET

lnfee Ioft clinton cIub women
are officials, and a fourth is chair
man Of an important committee
of the Lakeside Federation Of Wo-
mems Clubs which will hold its
55th annual convention Wednes-
day and Thursday, July 1914, in
Lakeside.
Mrs. William J. Smith, East
Second street, is serving as presi-
dent of the Federation this year.
Mrs. E. d. Wilson, West Third
street, is auditor, and Mrs. George
w. Sloan, a former Federation
president, is advisor.
Mrs. D. d. Sims is serving as
chairman for the Thursday lunch
con and program, during which
Mrs. Lee Davis, xylopohist, will be
presented along with accompanist
Joseph Smith.
AS Federation president, Mrs.
Smith is inviting all club women
of Northern Ohio to go to Lake
side for two days of enjoyment,
an interesting program, review
of the past years accomplish
ments, sociability and relaxation.
N. r. Howard, editor of the
Cleveland News, is heading the list
Of speakers. He is recognized as
an outstanding speaker, a man
of extensive knowledge and a
deep thinker. His subject for
Wednesday will be "The Road to
Real Living"
Registration will be at 9 We'd
nesday forenoon in Orchestra
Hall. Opening session is sched-
uled for 9:3O with Rev. H. J. Hill
berry, of Lakeside, to give the
invocation. Mrs. Robert Witchner,
president of the Lakeside Wo-
mans Club, will lead the Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag.
DR.. H. w. Courtney, general
manager of the Lakeside Associa-
ton, will give the address Of well
come, and Miss Edith A. Long
bon, Berea, vice-president of the
Federation, will respond.
The Presidents Message will be
given by Mrs. w. ]. Smith after
which club reports will be heard.
Speaker for the morning session
will be Mrs. Clara Consaul Pol
ley, member Of the Family Health
Association staff, Cleveland, who
will speak on the topic, "The Wo-
man, Her Club-Personality Does
It,"
Wednesdays afternoon session
opens at 1915 in Orchestra Hall
with greetings by Mrs. J. Burlin
Johnson, president of the Ohio
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Miss Helen Robertson, Home
Economics editor of the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, will speak on the
subject There's No Place Like
Home-American Style"
Miss Janet Hall, violinist, ac-
companied by Miss Janet Samp-
son, will present musical selec-
tions. The young ladies are with
The Cleveland Institute of Music.
Editor Howard's address on "The
Road to Real Living" follows.
Gibsonburg Sorosis Club MEM
bers, Mrs. H. T. Potts, president,
will serve as hostesses for the re-
ception and tea scheduled for Ais
Wednesday in the Lakeside Wo-
mans Club House.
! The Junior meeting will be held
in the West Wing of Pier Pavil-
ion at 4:30 Wednesday, while the
Past Presidents Dinner will be at
5:45 in Hotel Lakeside. Mrs. D.
A. Baird, Elyria, is president.
Miss Virginia Sale presentes her
popular Americana Sketches" at
8 in Central Auditorium, under
auspices Of the Lakeside Associa-
ton.
Thursdays morning session
opens at 9:30 in Orchestra Hall.
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
HURT IN WRECK

Owen Shobe, Cleveland, was ad-
mitted to Magruder Hospital with
minor injuries late Wednesday,
afternoon after his auto failed to
round the curve near Bark Inn.
Sheriff Merlan Budd and Deputy
Myron Hetrick investigated.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08

THE NEWS is prepared to
do your JOB PRINTING on
a basis of Good Workman
ship and Good Service at
Fair Prices. Phone 527l.
Evening star., 1949-07-10

to introduce foreign students
to American life outside the
classroom. The Oakland,
Berkeley and San Francisco
Chambers of Com m cree
launched a program which in
troduced students to business,
industry and government and
took them on tours. The
Cleveland Baseball Club and
the city's summer orchestra
and playhouse invited foreign
visitors to be their guests. Ro-
tary clubs, Chambers Of Com
merce and members Of the
General Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs were influential in
securing invitations for stu
dents to visit American homes.
Women's Clubs Active
The large number Of foreign
students naturally has brought
complications and emergencies.
Recently a Chinese student
tainted from hunger on a New
York University campus. That
led to the discovery that thou
sands of Chinese fellows and
scholars are stranded in the
United States without funds.
Prof. Linton and others
went into action. A half million
dollars of ECA funds earmarked
for China were released to aid
Chinese engineering and tech
nology students in this country.
Twenty families in Mount Ver-
non, N. Y, gave board and room
to Chinese students to tide
them over the emergency.
American women have played
an important part in the inter-
national educational shuttle.
The American Association Of
University Women gives many
scholarships both to American
women and to those from war
devastated countries. And Full
bright scholarships have
brought applications from girls
whose scholarship and qualifi-
cations amazed advisers and
whose faces are a match for
any movie star.
distributed by the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1949-07-10

A full-time safety engineer
studies accident prevention.
Railings must be built near
dangerous waterfalls, warnings
must be posted and rescue par
ties must be organized swiftly
and efficiently. Most accidents
occur when visitors fail to pay
attention to regulations.
Despite warnings, some insist
on striking out into the wilder
ness alone, or try hazardous
climbs by themselves. One
skier. lost II days and rescued
by sheer luck. had ignored rules
that ski parties stay in groups.
on marked trails and should
always carry matches. Adven-
turous souls can't resist the
temptation to shoot the rapids
of treacherous streams-often
to their sorrow.
From all parts Of the world.
official missions have come to
the United States to study the
management of national parks.
They have come from such far
away places as the Belgian Con-
go, China and India, indicating
international interest in the
preservation of wildlife.
Few countries, however. pos
seSs such scenic beauties and
such excellent recreational
facilities as those which have
made the national parks our
favorite Fairgrounds.
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Continued From Page C-1J

these congressional elections. the
whole Truman program might
have been through Congress by
this time-whereas the only items
of the domestic program that
have won through in six months
of the present congressional ses-
sion are a watered down rent
control law and Federal housing
bill. The latter just squeaked by
in the House. winning by only
5 votes when an attempt was
made to strike out the public
housing section of the measure.
It is scarcely surprise. there
fore, that the socialist-labor camp
Is looking forward to greater vic
tories next year; or that the
Truman administration continues
to promise more to more groups
Of citizens. Unless the Repub-
licans are able to make an ehec-
tive campaign Of education, and
the Dixiecrats stand firm, the
next Congress may be just q rub
Der stamp for organized labor,
organized farmers and organized
government, represented by Mr..
Truman.
Other Factors
Factors in the situation, some
already developed and others in
the making, which may yet make
it difficult for the socialist-labor
leaders, are the administration s
mismanagement of the country's
finances, John L. Lewis die
tatorial dealings with the coal in
dustry (his arbitrar1 order
Evening star., 1949-07-10
By Dovid A. Stein


Only a few persons will be
sorry Uncle Sam has preserved
the grizzly bear as a species OF
wild life.
They're the small number OF
visitors to national parks who
ignore regulations against feed
ing wild animals, and are bit
ten for their generous i'm
pulses.
More than 100000 tourists
will visit Yellowstone, Yosemite
and the 26 other national parks
during the next few weeks.
Travel has increased from an
average of 350.000 visitors a
year in 1916 to almost 30,-
100000 last year.
Yellowstone. with Old Faith
full as its chief attraction, was
established in 1872 as the first
national park. Florida's Ever
glades; rich in mangrove trees
and native wildlife, was estab-
lished in 1947 and expanded
last year. In addition, the Ma
tional Park Service maintains
146 monuments and historic
sites. and several recreational
areas.
Several hundred proposals
for new parks and monuments
are now being studied. Inves-
tigation of new areas, in all
parts of the country and in
Evening star., 1949-07-10

land and grassland. Smoke
jumpers" parachute to remote
areas where fires threaten.
Thousands of animals and al
most every known bird species
In the United States find sane
tuary in the national parks.
Wilderness areas have been
important to the survival Of
such species as the grizzly bear.
wolf, fisher, trumpeter swan.
bighorn. marten, otter, kit fox,
cougar and lynx.
Scientists and shutter-bugs
revel in the opportunities Of
fered by national parks for
close study OF wildlife in nat
ural surroundings. Emphasis
has been placed on keeping the
forest primeval, without arti-
f1cial touches. Park fisheries
keep streams we'll stocked,
again stressing natural spawn
ing rather than artificial cul-
ture.
The park service has vetoed
proposals for establishing land
ing fields for aircraft. Officials
fear increased fire hazard and
damage to natural features.
The noise of takeoffs and land
ings, they say. would disturb
such rare species as the
trumpeter swan and sandhill
crane and would annoy visi-
tors who prefer quiet.