Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-05-06
BERCM AN and
COLLINS LOSE.
With Only 22S Votes Cast,
Local Democratic Pri-
mary Cost $3.50 Each

With only 228 votes cast in
perhaps the smallest primary total
ever recorded here, Democratic
voters Tuesday eliminated present
councilman Eugene Collins and a
new candidate, Alex Bergman.
from the field of eight candidates
for council.
For their six council candidates
in the fall election, the Democrats
selected William Goebel, Harold
Nielsen and julius Jensen of the
present council; Torvald Hostrup,
former councilman; and two new
men, Jack Riddle of the Fire De-
partment, and Charles Ruddock.
.. Zeis Leads
Running true to form, popular
City Clerk William l.. Zeis piled
up 1913 votes to lead the ticket.
Zeis was without opposition. Two
years ago, Mr.. Zeis had also led
the Democrats with 448 votes. and
had four times as many votes as
the top Republican candidate.
Paul Schmitt, present council
man who is the Democratic can
didate for mayor, was given an
excellent complimentary vote of
1873. He will oppose Mayor Carl
Becker, Republican, in the fall
election.
Councilman William Goebel
should be highly complimented
with his votes. Bill received 1S1
to lead all eight candidates in the
council race. Harold Nielsen,
present councilman and former
policeman, was runner-up with
162.
AS there was no contngt among
the Republicans, only Democrats
voted in the primary election here
Tuesday. Election booth workers
had picnic as voters were few
and far between. For the first
time in years, vote counting was
completed within a half-hour after
the polls closed at $50.
Biggest vote, total of 55, was
cast in Precinct / which includes
part of Erie Gardens. Smallest
vote was in Precinct 5 where only
"a Democrats visited the polls.
In Precinct l, City Clerk Will
liam Zeis and Mayoralty Candi.
date Paul ISchmitt led with SIS
votes. Mr.. Schmitt was top vote
getter in Precinct 2 where he re-
ceived %. Councilman William
Goebel had rs votes to lead in Pre-
cinct 3.
Councilman Harold Nielsen led
in Precincts a and 5, the area SER
we'd by his meat market. The pop
ular young man received "a votes
in Precinct and had "a votes in
Precinct 5. Mr.. Zeis also led in
Precinct 6 where he was given "a
votes.
Among the council candidates
only, Goebel led in precincts /, 2
and 3, Nielsen led in precincts 4
and 5 and Tobe Hostrup led in pre-
cinct 6.
Democrats Goebel, Nielsen, Hos
trup, Jensen, Riddle and Ruddock
Will oppose the four Republican
candidates for council, Roland C.
Schaper, Park Gaudern, Atty. j.
G. Hitchcock and David Jeremy in
the fall election, set for November
Board Of Elections Clerk Ed
ward Minderman apologized to
voters in Precinct 5 for the last
minute change in voting booth
from Bodi's building to the E. c..
Brough barber shop. The Board
was not notified that Bodi's would
not be available until it was too
late to publicize the fact. Signs
were posted in the area early
Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Minderman and members of
the Board of Elections had check
ed the totals and declared the vote
official by 1880 Tuesday evening,
which is an all-time record for this
county.
With 22S votes cast, Minderman
stated that the primary election in
this city cost on an average of
$3.50 per vote.
Official Results
Mayor-Paul Schmitt. .18S
Cierk-William L. Zeis. 1913
Treasurer-George Tewers. ITO
Board of Public Affairs
Charles Cover .161
Anton Bahnsen .154
Edward Semon ..152
Council
William Goebel ..............18 .181
Harold Nielsen .162
Torvald Hostrup ........ .156
Julius Jensen $50
Jack Riddle ..............1 .143
Charles Ruddock ............1 .135
Alex Bergman ..............1 lis
Eugene Collins ...........1 .101