Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-10-07
LABOR MARKET.
HERE COULD ADD
700 RECRUITS
S. E. S. Report Claims 400
Women Could Be Hired
In Local Area

Local employers predict few
changes in employment in the
near future, according to re-
lease this week from the Labor
Market Information bureau of the
Ohio State Employment Service.
In it's summary, the release
states that around 700 persons, of
which 400 are women, could be
recruited for Port Clinton jobs
at current wage rates. Many
workers have experience manu-
featuring automobiles and auto
parts, gypsum products, and ra-
dios and radio parts. Others
worked during the war as artil-
lery assemblers and packers.
Other interesting information
from the release follows:
Port Clinton is located on Lake
Erie in northern Ohio-about 3S
miles east of Toledo. Within COM
muting distance are Fremont,
Bellevue, and Sandusky. In 1910,
Port Clinton had 4,500 of Ottawa
County's 24,400 residents (U. S.
Census). According to a recent
State estimate, the County popu-
lation had grown to 2S,100 by
mid-1948.
Nearly three-tenths of the
$500 County residents employed
at the last Census were in agri-
culture. Approximately one
fourth held manufacturing jobs.
The number working in Ottawa
County plants held fairly steady
at about 1900 between 1943 and
1948. Nearly one-half the fac
tory workers are engaged in the
production of lime and gypsum
products. Also important to en-
ployment are firms manufacturing
automotive window channels and
nodded rubber parts, food pro-
ducts, non-electrical machinery,
and boats. A government stor-
age depot is a significant nonman-
uicIIui hi6 CiiAPAosCi'
"Some 300 men and women
would accept Port Clinton jobs
if they were available. About 400
of the workers GOO women) would
come from surrounding towns and
rural areas. Not included are 100
women who are interested only in
seasonal canning jobs.
About one-third of the men
in the labor supply are semi-skill-
ed, and most of the others are
unskilled. Men have had exper-
ience manufacturing automobiles,
automobile parts, gypsum pro-
ducts, radios, and radio parts.
Among the workers are qualified
drill-press and forming-machine
operators, bench assemblers, and
gear cutting neutrality-suspicious..
Approximately three out of every
four men are younger than As
years of age. There is a short
age locally of tool makers, main
tenance mechanics, and machine
set-up men.
"One-fourth of the women who
would take local jobs are semi
skilled factory workers. The rest
are largely unskilled or inexperi-
enced. A large number have
worked in many Of the same oc-
equations as the men in the labor
supply. Others have had expert
ence during the War as assem-
blers, inspectors, and packers of
artillery. About one-half the
women are under 35 years.
'In the past several years aver
age weekly earnings of Ottawa
County factory workers covered
under the Ohio Unemployment
Compensation Law have been
about one-tenth below the cor
responding Statewide averages.
Hourly entry wage rates usually
offered by Port Clinton manufac-
turers follow. Men: unskilled
$1.O0 to $1.19; semiskilled, $1.OC
to $l.37; skilled, $3.50 to $500
Women: unskilled, 80 cents to
$1.13; semiskilled, SLIT to $1.28.'