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Evening star., 1949-05-23
Psychiatrists' Leader
Urges Steps 10 Lower
Cost Of Mental Care
By Howard w. BIokesIee
Assoeiafsd Press Science Edites

MONTREAL, May 23.-Mental
fitness is the most expensive dis
ease you can have and the medi-
cal care Is not adequate.
This was the statement today Of
Or. William c. Menninge: q To-
peka, Kans.. In his presidential
address to the opening session Of
the American Psychiatric Associa-
tion's annual meeting.
He proposed several remedies.
One Is preventive and social psy-
chiatry, where the medical pro-
fession makes the public under
stand the improvement In health
that can come to them from psy-
chiatric theories and practices.
Guidance Clinics Proposed.
This, he said. would be done. by
psychiatrists taking time to coun-
sci with families. State authori-
ties, educators, industrialists, re-
hgious leaders and others. He pro-
posed setting UP guidance clinics
In mental illness, marriage coun-
selling and education of parents.
The radio, he said. Is asking for
psychiatric programs.
Our low and no cost psychi-
atric Clinics" he declared, ARE
totally inadequate. This is a cause
for mental illness becoming one of
the most fiourishing fields for
quackery."
Calls for More Research.
DR.. Menninger asked for more
research and improved forms of
treatment. He said probably the
greatest single need Is more trained
psychiatric personnel. There are
now about 5000 psychiatric doc
tors In the United States. Fifteen
thousand Is a commonly stated
figure of the number needed.
He asked for better relations
with the clinical psychologists,
who, he said, are extremely i'm
portant. to psychiatrists' work.
Last night the association issued
q statement that former Secretary
Forrestal's suicide was the result
of an acute attack Of depression
of a kind that LIS common in
middle life. The statement said
this kind Of illness has just as
good a crance for recovery as any
of the other diseases from which
people can recover completely.
Evening star., 1949-05-23
GoIdenthoI to Talk at 9. w

Adolph j. Goldenthal, of the
Economic Cooperation Admin
istration Statistics and Reports
Division, will discuss Statistical
Measurement of Economic Recov-
cry in Marshall Plan Countries"
at 8 pm. Wednesday in the
George Washington University
hall of government. Twenty first
and G streets NV. Other bust
ness at the final meeting this
season Of the Washington Stats
tical Society will be election of
officers.
Evening star., 1949-05-23
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
NEW YORK FIRM
BIDS HIGHEST
ON SCHOOL BOND
Contractor To Be Named BY
April So That School Bldg.
Can Be Rushed

On it's highest bid of $7,908.75,
the Union Security Corp. and
Maynard H. Murch Company, New
York City and Cleveland, was
awarded the $375,OOO school bond
issue Thursday evening at a spec
ial meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation.
The premium offered by the
successful bidders was the high
est Of the 13 bids received. The
lowest bid was for $1,313.00. The
bonds will draw 2 ia percent in
terest and will run from 1850 to
1872.
Final approval of the architects
plan for the new elementary school
building and for other school i'm
provements was given at this
meeting. One of the final changes
was the slight enlargement Of kim
dergarten space, Supt. D. D. Sims
reported.
Bids for the proposed improve
ment will be advertised soon and
are to be received by April l SO
that construction can be started as
quickly as possible. The bond is
sue was approved by the voters
last year, but the tax boost will
not be paid until next year.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
1900 WOODEN BOXES TO Be SOLD
NEXT WEEK AT ERIE ORDNANCE

LACARNE-Public sales of ap-
proximately 1900 wooden boxes of
various shapes and sizes will be
conducted at Erie Ordnance Depot
January 10 through 13, it was an
nounced today by Col. ]. E. Nc
Inerney, Commanding Officer.
Sales will be held at the post
salvage yard which will be open
for business from 500 a. m. until
800 p. m. each day. Capt. Donald
Atkinson, post quartermaster, will
be in charge.
Daily sales will be conducted
for different types of boxes in or
der to prevent traffic congestion
during the hours the salvage yard
is open for business.
Interested persons may enter
the post by the main gate on Rt.
2 where they will be directed to
the salvage yard.
These boxes, which are in fair
ly good condition, are priced at
from Is cents to $3.50 each. They
vary in size and shape from
16x30x30 inches to 24x76x168 inch
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
AREA FIRE LOSS
SET AT S11,900
Beauty Shop Fire Was Most
Disastrous During
Past Year

Eembers of Port Clinton's Vol
unteer Fire Department answer
ed AZ calls in Port Clinton and in
Catawba, Erie, Bay and Portage
townships during 1948.
Loss in the entire area was
81, 900, according to Secretary
Jack Riddles report. Most dis
astrous fire was the $4,000 loss at
Doris Dubbert's Primrose Beauty
Shop building, Perry at Adams.
Next Wednesday evening, Janu-
ary II, Chief Walter Miller will be
official hosts when over 100 men,
bers of the Ottawa County Fire
mems Association meet in the
Port Clinton fire station, City
Hall.
All officers of the Port Clinton
Volunteer Fire Department were
reelected at the meeting Tuesday
night. Chief Walter Miller has
been a fireman since 1929. Also
reelected were Edward Gates, as
sistant chief; Jack Riddle, secre-
tary, and Wayne Hammel, treas
ureP.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Tourist Folders
Will Be Ordered

Plans for the publication of
$4,000 enlarged folders boosting
Lake Erie Island and Peninsula
Vacationland were given initial
approval at a meeting of Vaca-
tionland directors held in the city
hall here Tuesday night.
The new folder is to feature a
big map of the entire area and
will convey detailed information
about each of the participating
localities in the area-Lakeside,
Marblehead, Put-in-Bay, Kelleys
Island, Catawba Island and Port
Clinton.
1t is intended that the new fold
er will so fully cover the entire
area that it will be unnecessary
for the participating areas to pub
lish their individual folders, as has
been done in the past
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Woman Travels Thousands Of Miles
So That Baby Born Here On New Years
Day Would Be An American Citizen

America, he left his young bride
in Italy. Several months later she
died in childbirth, but the baby,
Tommaso Fiorani, lived and grew
under the careful care of his uncle
and aunt.
When it was learned that Anna
Marie planned to come here for
the Blessed Event, it was hoped
that Tommaso also could make the
trip as he and his father have
never seen each other. There was
not enough money for both, so
the husband remained in Italy.
Nurses are very kind to Mrs.
Fiorani at Magruder hospital but
the young woman is lonely as she
cannot speak English. Fortunate
ly, Roberto Deliz Hernandez, the
Puerto Rican war veteran who is
completing his internship at the
hospital, can serve as an inter
prefer. Roberto listens to Mrs.
Fiorani's Italian which is some
what similar to Spanish, and
translates t. English.
Mrs. Fiorani's visa expires in
90 days. Then she will return to
Brescia, Italy, via ship. and her
American daughter will be with
her.
Remember this Italian couples
dream come true whenever you
feel like complaining about taxes
or the high cost of living. To be
an American should be enough!
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
LEGION DINNER
TO Be HELD SOON
Buffalo Steak Will Be Served !;
John Anderson To Talk
On Wildlife

Buffalo meat, direct from the
famous buffalo ranch in Cache,
Oklahoma, will be the feature of
the sixth annual Legion Dinner,
sponsored by American Legion
Post 113, which will be served in
the E. U. B. church parlors at
$50 Thursday evening, January
20.
John Anderson, local game tech
nician, will be the principal speak
er at the banquet. Mr.. Anderson
will speak on wildlife conservation
and show films of the Cache, Ok
lahoma, buffalo ranch, duck hunt
ing in Wisconsin and other films.
j. c. Heckler is general chair
man of the banquet and Atty.
Adair WILDER is commander of the
Legion Post. Special music will
be furnished by Oscar Heineman
and associates.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
CITY HAS BEST
VIDE0 c H0ICE
Port Clinton Is Only Spot
Where Three Major City
Programs Can Be Heard

When the new major television
network is completed next Wed
nesday, January u, Port Clinton
will be the only spot in the U. S.
A. where television set owners can
have their choice of broadcasts
from three major cities.
c. H. Stephenson, of the North
erin Ohio Maytag company, re-
ports that the new television
cable from New York City to St.
Louis is now completed and also
includes the Atlantic Seaboard
cities.
Port Clinton television sets will
be able to receive broadcasts
emanating from Detroit, ClcvS-
ffsnd. and 4, Toledo and It is be
lieved to be the only area in the
nation where such choice is now
possible.
The new cross-nation cable will
be able to carry seven television
programs and 240 telephone con-
versations simultaneously. Pro,
grams from New York, Washing
ton, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadel.
phia and other eastern cities will
be transmitted.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
CAR FALLS into
DEEP Q UARR Y
Charles Gonzales, Lakeside,
Escapes With Broken Col
lar Bone and Bruises

Despite a ten-foot drop when
his auto plunged into the Kelley
Island Lime & Transport company
quarry along route 1853, west of
Lakeside early Sunday morning,
Charles Gonzales, Lakeside, suf-
fered only slight injuries.
Gonzales was returning to Lake
side after a visit in Port Clinton
when he apparently fell asleep,
his car striking a sign on the
north side of the road, bounced
across the highway and fell into
the old quarry hole in front of the
Edward Schumacher home.
Gonzales was x-rayed at Ma,
gruder hospital but did not remain
for treatment. He is recuperating
from a broken collar bone anC
bruises.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07

Port Clinton's Magruder Hospi-
tai this week is a central figure
in an international maternity case.
Because her parents scraped and
saved for months so that their
baby could be born in the U. S. A,
the tiny daughter of Anna Marie
and Tommaso Fiorani, Brescia,
Italy, will be an American citizen.
Not only does this seven pound,
ten ounce girl have the unique
honor of being born thousands of
miles from her Italian home, but
she also had the distinction of be
ing the first baby born in the To-
cal hospital on New Years Day.
Tony Fiorani, the little girls
grandfather, lives at Lakeside,
where the 24-year-old mother has
been staying since she arrived in
New York vie airplane on Novem-
Der 2.
With relatives in America and
having many friends among
American soldiers stationed in
Italy during the war years, Tom
maso and Anna Marie Fiorani
were determined that their first
child would be born in the United
States so that she could be an
American.
The baby's grandfather, Tony
Fiorani of Lakeside, had been
born in Brazil but went to Italy
as q child. When he came to
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Post Office Job
Exam Announced

Opportunity to win a local posi-
ton is announced by the U. S.
Civil Service Commission which
will receive applications until Jan
uary II for an examination for
custodial laborer at the local post
Office.
Positions such as chairman, la
horer, and substitute chairman in
the custorial service, and station
cleaner in the postal service, will
be filled as a result of this exam
nation.
Basic pay for chairman and sub,
stitute chairman is $l.10 per hour
Basic rate of pay for laborer and
station cleaner is $3.50 per year
Further information may be had
from Mrs. Ethel Kumm, civil serv,
! ice secretary at the post Office.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Puerto Rican Youth Serves
AS Intern At Magruder's

Port Clinton is the temporary
home of a native of Puerto Rico,
a youth who served for Uncle Sam
during World War II.
He is Roberto Deliz Hernandez,
who is taking a six-month intern
ship at Magruder Hospital under
laboratory technician George
Garst.
Hernandez has been here for the
past month and rooms with Mr..
and Mrs. George Franz, next door
to the hospital. He came here
from st. Louis where he attend
ed and was graduated from the
Gradwohl School of Laboratory
Technique.
Roberto is studying under the
G. l. Bill of Rights, having quail
fed due to his army service for
Uncle Sam. He plans to remain
ss9ere through the summer months,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
PUT-IN-BAY YOUTHS MAKE FIRST
FISHING TRIPS ON WEAK ICE

Richard H. Fox, William Mark
ct, Jr., and Robert Lunt were the
first Put-in-Bay fishermen to take
their shantise out on the new ice
fields which formed around the
south and west shores of the
island Sunday.
Fox fshed off the runway Of the
west side and reported catching
four nice-sized pickerel. Market
and Lunt took their shanties off
the south side, in the cove near
the State Park, and caught a few
more than Fox.
All three fishermen said that the
ice is only two or three inches
thick in spots, and does not have
"a safe feeling" for enjoyable
fishing.
A few of the fishermen have
their minnow or "bait cars in the
lake near the Put-in-Bay docks
and are trying to lure the much
needed minnows into their nets.
So far, the minnows seem to be a
very scarce article.
Fishing shanties, in various
shapes, sizes and colors, are seen
being towed behind cars or on
trucks, headed for the south or
west shores where the low beaches
make it easier to place them on
the ice fields.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
RIEHL NAMED AS
COUNTY HEALTH
C 0 N MISSIONER
Esther Butchko, Lakeside,
Begins New Duties AS
County Health Nurse

Appointments of a new health
commissioner and health nurse for
the county have been announced
by Ralph Wheaton, Danbury, pres
ident of the Ottawa County Board
of Health following the board
meeting Friday.
DR.. James Rhiel, Perry street,
was named as Health Commits
sioner to succeed DR.. George Poe,
who has resigned, and Mrs. Peter
Butchko, Jr., Lakeside, was nam
ed to fill the vacancy as health
nurse.
Lyle Kibbel, Oak Harbor, was
again employed as county sani-
tartan, and Gale Stevens, Port
Clinton, continues as secretary of
the board.
Besides Mr.. Wheaton, other
members of the health board are
DR.. Charles McCracken, Port Clin-
ton; DR.. R. D. Heller, Oak Har-
Dor; Dr.. Gaillard Willett, Elmore,
and Sanke Bahnsen, Bay township.
DR.. Rhiel is a World War III vet
eran of lengthy overseas service
in the Pacific area, and is a popu-
lar surgeon-physician in this city.
Mrs. Butchko is a graduate of
Bethesda hospital, Cincinnati and
during the past three years, she
has served as a general and pri-
vate nurse at Magruder hospital.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07

and then hopes to continue his
work at another hospital in the
United States.
Hernandez name is the result of
the ancient Spanish custom. Deliz
is his fathers surname while Her.
nandez is his mothers surname.
Here we would use Roberto Her
nandez Deliz, but the mothers
name is used by the children in
Puerto Rico.
Roberto's linguistic abilities
were greatly needed this week
when he helped interpret the
Italian used by Mrs. Tommaso
Fiorani, the young woman who
came to America so that her baby
would be an American citizen.
Mr.. Hernandez is the second G.
l. trained by Mr.. Garst at the To-
cal hospital.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07

es and are white pine, yellow
pine and gumwood.
No purchase in excess of $500
will be allowed to any individual
customer, it is explained by Capt.
Atkinson. Boxes not sold on the
4e pesgqoInd 90 Gem s9lep 7Aoqu
any time thereafter until June 80.
Military personnel and federal
civilian employees and immediate
members of their families are pro-
hibited by law from purchasing
them.
These boxes may be used as
shipping containers for rough ma
terial, as lumber, and Tor various
purposes about farms.
The boxes were originally used
for the shipment of ordnance parts
and artillery materiel to this de-
pot, and have accumulated over a
period of time.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Mrs. Perry Opens
New Beauty Shop

Mrs. Cletus j. Perry has open
ed her new beauty salon, called
the Beauty Center" in a build
ing at 4O7 Washington street, cor
ner of Fourth. The salon will be
closed on Mondays.
Mrs. Perry has had extensive
experience in the cosmotology
field. She trained under the SUI
pervision of New York's most ia.
nous artists and has been a dem.
onstrator, instructor and shop
owner during the past ten years
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Farmers Have
Income Troubles

The State Department of Taxa
tion has prescribed a new tax
form to be used by farmers list
ing personal tax. This new form
will be mailed to all farmers and
is to be used as an inventory of
all livestock, grain, fruit, and
farm implements as of January
1st.
This blank is to be filled out
at this time and one copy return
ed to the County Auditors office
during the month of March at the
regular time for listing and fill
ing personal tax.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07

10 years younger than her hus-
band, passed away. The local
centenarian is the father of 13
children, five of which now are
living. He has 10 grandchildren.
Two years ago, Mr.. Britton was
here to visit his children and now
he has returned to spend the rns'
of his days in Port Clinton.
An astute student of racial
problems, Mr.. Britton believes
that racial conditions in the south
ern states are now worse than he
can recall during his 100 years.
Religion and Christianity for
everyone is the only salvation" the
wise man contends.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Robinson Has
Song Published

Another Port Clinton musi-
clan has realized the thrill Of
having his first composition
published. Gerald Gerry"
Robinson has joined Mrs. Ruth
Gill Eurenius in this respect.
Robinson's composition with
out Your Love For Me" has
been published by the Nordyke
Music Publications, Hollywood,
California. Fifty copies of the
song have been sent to Gerry
while others now are in the
hands of prominent band lead
erS.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
.Kiwanis Seats
New Officials

Atty. Al Hyzer, Fremont, was
installing officer Wednesday when
new Kiwanis club officers were in
stalled. Harry Karshner is the
retiring president.
New officers include Ray Boiler,
president; Francis Mekus, vice
president; D. D. Sims, secretary
and treasurer. Directors include
DR.. Cyrus Wood, Frank Quisno,
Olaf Rasmussen, Robert Carroll,
Harold Worst, A. C. Pettibone and
John Farris.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
MORE JOBS EXPECTED In area During 1874
Fletchers Open
Radiator Firm

Clayton Fletcher and sons, Will
liam and Harold, are announcing
the opening of the Port Clinton
Radiator Company, an addition to
Fletcher & Sons Roofing and
Sheet Metal Company, in the first
shop to the rear of Schaefer's res
taurant.
Fletchers had operated their
company at Willow Beach during
the past two years. They will
handle furnace repairs, cleaning,
roding out and new cores and also
continue their roofing and sheet
metal work.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Spry Negro, Born in Slavery, Who Toiled
Nearly 80 Years AS Sharecropper,
Observes Tooth Birthday New Years

Port Clinton is now the home
of a centenarian. He is Albert
Britton, very spry negro who
is residing with his son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willie Britton and his daughter,
Mrs. Susan Greenlee at 1011 East
State street.
Mr.. Britton observed his Tooth
birthday on New Years Day.
Shortly after Christmas, Ms.
Greealee went to Granada, Miss
issippi to accompany her father
back to Port Clinton. They ar
rived here last Thursday in time
for the birthday celebration.
If your impression of a centen-
arian is a tottering, cripplped per-
son, you should see Mr.. Britton.
Although he has some difficulty
in hearing, he is in full control
of his faculties. Grey streaks are
to be seen in his black hair, and
he wears glasses but Albert Brit
ton is a man very much up-to-date
with current events.
Born in slavery on January l.,
1849, at the Jacob and Becky
Juergens estate near Duck Hill,
Mississippi, Albert Britton was
the son Of parents who were also
born II slavery in the deep south.
eve had no formal schooling on
the plantation but we learned to
count by counting fence poles
along the plantation roads," Mr..
Britton recalled.
From the time he was able to
work, Albert Britton had to take
his place among the slaves. AS
d child he toted water to the older
slaves who were picking cotton
or he hoed weeds in the gardens
and fields.
When he was II years old, the
Civil War burst forth to disrupt
peaceful conditions at the Juer-
gems plantation. "We were happy
then," Mr.. Britton told the editor
"as Master Juergens was kind tc
US and we didn't know any diff
ferent life"
Britton recalls that some of his
relatives fought with the Union
forces of the north.
Late in the war, the Union sold
iers burned the Juergens home
stead and some of the slave cab
ins. For hours before their ar
rival, the slaves helped the mas,
ter and mistress to carry out and
hide the family valuables.
Mr.. Britton recalls that the
Union soldiers arrived at the plan.
tation on horseback and afoot, and
that when they left they took
everything edible they could find
Meat was taken from the smoke
house, hogs and chickens were
killed, sugar was confiscated and
the plantation horses were taken
No one was harmed by the north
ern soldiers, Britton stated.
After the plantation home was
burned, the Juergens moved into
one Of the small "nigger" houses
until their home could be rebuilt
"Our master did tolerable well by
his slaves, but life for us was bet
ter after we were freed" Mr..
Britton remembers.
Since his marriage at the age
of "a, Albert Britton has been a
sharecropper farmer in Granada
county, Mississippi. Perhaps his
hard work in the outdoors has
helped him retain his youthful,
alert appearance.
In 1910, Mrs. Britton, who was
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Lewis Named Head
For Easter Sale

Charles Lewis has been named
Port Clinton chairman for the
Easter Seal sale campaign, with
Mrs. Gale Stevens to serve as
clerk.
Appointments were made at a
meeting of the Ottawa County
Crippled Children's Society Mon
day evening.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Worst Resigns At
Lake Motor, Inc.

Harold j. Worst, vice-president
and sales manager of the Lake
Motor Freight Line, Inc, has re-
signed his position, effective JAN
uary 1. Mr.. Worst's plans for the
Immediate future are indefinite.
The local freight line was re-
Gently sold to Lake Motor Freight
of Indiana, Inc, South Bend. Ap-
proval of the transfer by the In
terstate Commerce Commission
was received December 81.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
Bonnie Hunter
Fund Shrinks

Nearly $1100 has been expended
thus far in the fight to save the
life of five-year-old Bonnie Hunt
er, local child suffering from a
rare kidney ailment.
Of the 81, ,4S3.94 donated in the
Bonnie Hunter fund, balance Of
$395.51 remains. Bonnie is to be
taken to Toledo soon for another
tapping and draining operation.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-01-07
INDUSTRIAL Men
PREDICT Big YEAR
Two Girls Born
On New Years

Two girls were born in Ma
gruder hospital on New Years
Day with the first being the 7
h., 10 ounce daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Tomaso Fiorani,
Lakeside, who made her ap-
pearance at sos a. m. on Janu-
airy /.
The second New Year ar
rival was the 7 h., 4 ounce
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil
st. Clair, Oak Harbor, who was
born at 7:40 a. m.