Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-05-13

Judge William A. Hunt, of the
common pleas court, is planning
on attending the annual meeting
of the Ohio State Bar Associa-
ton at Dayton, Friday.
Weis Brothers, Elmore con-
tractors, were the successful bid
ders Monday when the county
commissioners opened the bids for
the construction of the new con-
crete and steel bridge to be built
over Turtle Creek on the Gray
town road in Benton township. The
bid was for $21,045.13 which was
the amount of the estimate. Two
other bids were over the estimated
amount and were not considered.
Announcement is made of the
annual meeting Of the Ottawa
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross, which is to be held in
the common pleas court room, on
Wednesday evening, May 25.
Election of officers and reports
of committees will be part of the
program.
Prosecuting Attorney Myron
Rosentreter set the time for We'd
nesday afternoon of this week
when some of the prisoners in the
county Jail who were indicted by
the grand jury last week, were to
be arraigned in Judge Hunts
court.
Mrs. Velma Sauvey, clerk OF
courts, is planning on selling her
home at Lakeside and will move
to Oak Harbor where she will
make her future home with hel
father, Henry Kern.
County Treasurer D. L. Cullen
en- reports that a number Of per-
sons have already paid their June
installment of real estate taxes.
Officials from Barberton were
here Saturday to pick up pris.
oner who was reported as wanted
in Barberton on a charge of Is
suing a bad check. He had beer
held for investigation by loca
officials.
A farewell party was held a
the county home Tuesday evening
honoring Mrs. Wesley Windisch
matron of the county home, wh(
is leaving her work the latte1
part of this month to go to Co
lumbus, where Mr.. Windisch re
Gently accepted a position as Chic
of the Bureau Of Markets in Ohio
The party was sponsored by th'
women deputies and department
workers of the county.
Judge William A. Hunt hel'
court in Norwalk, Friday, and ol
Saturday morning he had ju
dicial assignment at the Fri
county court house in Sandusky
The Ottawa county commission
ers attended the joint meetin;
with Wood and Lucas county com
missioners at Bowling Green, o.
Monday morning, in the interes
of the proposed project of i'm
proving Cedar Creek, which in
wolves the three counties. An eX
tension of time was granted TIL
engineers in completing the sur
vey Of the project.
County Auditor E. A. Guth re
ports the receipt of 81 1,O36.O2 fror
the L. S. Government as paymen
of taxes for the Erie Gardens
$4,000 was received from Colum
bus representing the amount com
ing to the townships, $400 each
through distribution of gasolin
tax funds; S2,083.33 from Colum
bus, for the county through sale
tax funds.
New cases filed in the commo
pleas court during the week in
cluded: Harmon H. Gems agains
N. L. Huss, an action for none
only, in which the plaintiff is seek
ing to recover $4,000 for injurie
and damages alleged to have re
suited from traffic accider
which occurred at the intersectio
of Route Two and Gypsum, o
January 18, 1948.
Application has been made i
the common pleas court for tn
=. vacation of part of the Plat G
Mercken's Subdivision in the vi
lage of Marblehead, part of lot
% and "a, section l, Danbur
township.
Deputy sheriff William Guile
was called to Catawba Island Sal
urday evening to bring thre
young men back to Port Clinton
after they had been marooned o
Mouse Island for several hour
after their row boat had bee
wrecked. The young men frol
Defiance had rented the boat {
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