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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
0NOR PUPILS
NAMED AT PCHS
Redskins Andy Migala and
Curt Wepler Are Among
Top Students

Sixty-five Port Clinton high
school students are named on the
Honor Roll, having maintained
a "B" average or higher during
the first six-weeks period of the
second semester. Included are
two Redskin athletes, senior Andy
Migala and junior Curt Wepler.
Seniors: Edna Balduf, Eugene
Burget, Carla Rupert, Faye
Schau, Janet Simpkins, Nancy
Taylor, Lois Bice Jewel Kubasek,
Esther Lukac, Juliann Lukac, Dor
othy Meyer, Andrew Migala, Eli
more Migala, Peter Minderman,
Polly Persons, Ann Quercioli, Car
olipe Rofkar and jeanne Wind
nagel.
Juniors: Marjorie Gluth, Rob-
ert James, Kathryn Kocsis, Norma
Libben, Lucille Paulsen, Curtis
Wepler, Joseph Weis, Beverly Won
Eitzen, jeanne Swimmer, Janice
Scott, Catherine Roose, Julia Rof-
kar, Dorothy Radloff, John Braun,
Barbara Debien, Evelyn Dubbert,
Marcia Edwards, Alice Fachman
and Janice Fillmore.
Sophomores: Oma Armstrong,
Darlene Danner, Robert Bahnsen,
William Coon, Maureen Leach,
Mary Papcun, John Pehrson, Don
Petersen, Irene Petrovich, Penny
Pixley, Betty Probel, Dorothy Will
son, Gale Hensler, James Jacobs,
Roland Johnson, Eleanor Linde-
man, and Frances Lukac.
Freshmen: Earl McDavitt, Bar
bara Piatt, Coletta Wheeler, Lock-
wood Zeis, Shirley Colston, Mar
garet Docherty, Lars Engel, Bet
tina Kinsey, Helen Loehden and
Alice Kirk.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
Masons Plan
Inspection Meet

District Inspector Clifford Berg
man, Toledo, will be in charge of
the annual inspection of the Lake
Erie Chapter No. 1919, Royal Arch
Masons, to be held in Masonic
Temple Wednesday evening, April
Is.
Joseph Burns, high priest, will
preside. The Mark Master de-
gree will be conferred upon class
of candidates, and a fish dinner
will be served to members and
guests.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
To Attend State
Medical Meeting

At least four members of the
Ottawa County Medical Society
are expected to attend the annual
meeting of the Ohio State Medi-
cal Association to be held in Co.
Iumbus April 1922.
Included are DR.. G. A. Boon,
Oak Harbor, official delegate; DIR.
Leroy Belt, Erie Ordnance Depot,
president, and DIR. Gordon Ley,
secretary, Port Clinton, and DIR.
Cyrus Wood, Port Clinton, a men,
Der Of the Committee on Nation
al Emergency Medical Service of
the State Association.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
Flat Tire Causes
Truck Blaze

Port Clinton's Volunteer Fire
Department was called to East
Perry Street near the Norgard
home, early Tuesday when fire
threatened an American Trucking
Company truck from Cleveland.
Believed to have been started
from friction due to a fiat tire, the
fire destroyed two tires on the
truck before it could be extinguish-
ed by the firemen. No one was in
jured.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
Diaries Reduce
Milk Price Today

For the fourth time since Octo-
ber, milk prices are being reduc-
ed another penny by LEGAL dairies,
effective today, April /.
This reduction is being made be-
cause the fve-cent bottle charge
for store bottles is being resumed
at the same time. For some
months, stores did not charge for
milk bottles.
Kirk Dairy, Lake Shore and Blue
Spruce Dairy will sell milk retail
at 18 cents per quart starting to-
day. In October, milk was retail
ed at 22 cents per quart. All
other dairy products will also be
reduced one cent per unit.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
August Kolesar
Buys Kurtz Bldg.

]. G. Kolesar, East Second
street, has completed purchase of
the Kurtz Store building from
the estate of the late John j.
Robinson. Atty. Leslie Meyer
handled details of the transac-
ton.
No changes in the Kurtz Store
are planned at this time, as Mr..
Kolesar made the purchase as an
investment. There is a possibil-
ity that the second floor may be
remodeled for offices or apart
ments. The Kurtz Store building
is adjacent to the Kolesar Shoe
Store building.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
DR.. Rhiel Buys
Office Building

DR.. James Rhiel has completed
negotiations for the purchase of
his office-residence at 12O East
Perry street, the building having
been purchased from the Allan
Brothers.
DR.. Rhiel plans to remodel the
lower floor of the building so that
larger office quarters will be avail
able. DR.. and Mrs. Rhiel plan
to make their residence in the Sec
ond floor apartment when the
change-over is completed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
Anderson Gets
Fireman Rating

Edward L. Anderson, USN, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ander-
son, of 718 East Fifth street, Port
Clinton, Ohio, has been advanced
to fireman while serving aboard
the heavy cruiser, USS Albany,
operating in the Mediterranean
area.
Ports of call include Gibraltar,
Augusta, Sicily; laramie, Italy;
Valletta, Malta; Athens, Greece;
Villefranche, France; Genoa and
Naples, Italy, and Algiers in North
Africa.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
FISHING BILLS
GAIN SUPPORT
THRU0UT STATE
Isaac Walton League Pledges
Aid To Change Bay Fish
ing Laws

Over 400 sportsmen from Lo-
rain, Willard, Norwalk, Oak Har-
Dor, Genoa, Clyde, Green Springs
and Fremont attended meeting
in the Fremont American Legion
hall Friday night when Sandusky
County Representative Esther
Hardy explained the bill she has
introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives to curb commercial fish
ing in Sandusky Bay.
The meeting was backed by the
Isaak Walton League and the
Wightman's Grove Boat Club. Be-
sides Miss Hardy, speakers in
cluded Ridgeway Bartlett, chair
man of the joint meeting, Atty.
Henry Stahl, State Representative
DeChamp, Lorain, Carl Stroup,
chairman of the Sandusky county
Anti-Pollution League, and Gus
Condo, Hamilton, president of the
IZaak Walton League of America.
Miss Hardy's bill would change
Sandusky Bay from an inland
fishing area to Lake Erie fishing
district. She proposes to change
the line from it's present position
between Erie and Ottawa counties
to an imaginary line extending
from the coast guard lighthouse
at Marblehead to the government
dock at Cedar Point.
Her bill, if passed, would not
necessarily preclude commercial
fishing completely in Sandusky
Bay but would transfer enforce
nent of the fishing laws onto the
state conservation department.
Mr.. DeChamp has also introduc-
ed a bill which would protect
Sandusky Bay as natural spawn
ing ground and would permit
hook and line fishing only. His
bill does not provide for the con-
troll of carp, sheephead and other
soft" fish which can become det-
rimental to game fish.
Mr.. Condo lauded the efforts of
Fremont sportsmen in their fight
against commercial fishing in San
dusky Bay. He stated that the
Izaak Walton League of Ohio is
in support Of the bills now pend
ing in Columbus.
, Speakers at the meeting said
that commercial fishing interests
use hundreds of trap nets to en-
circle the Bays confluence with
Lake Erie and claimed this condi-
ton exists only in Ohio while
Michigan, Wisconsin and other
states bordering the Great Lakes
have laws prohibiting placement
of nets to trap fish as they enter
or leave their natural spawning
grounds.
Carl Stroup, chairman of the
Sandusky County Anti-Pollutior
League, told of the work his
group is doing to rid the San
dusky River of it's polluted condi'
ton in the passage of the city
bond issue last year. A city sew
age treatment plant is to be con-
structed in Fremont and this
should materially aid fishing con-
ditions in the bay.
Miss Hardy and Mr.. DeChamI
stated that the date for hearing:
on their bills had not been set
but urged that large representa-
4 tions of sportsmen be in Column
Ibus to attend the hearings later
this month.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01

A ground control interception
mission by naval aircraft from
the U. S. Naval Air Station,
Crosse Isle, Michigan, will be
one of the features of Erie Ord
nance Depot's Army Day open
house, Saturday afternoon, April
8. Planning the coordinated at
tack of "a Marine fighter planes
are Cleft to right 1t. w. O.
Gassett, electronics officer, Capt.
Fred Avery, USMCR, and Lit.
Comm. Frank Murphy, Crosse
Isle operations officer. The air
to-ground communications fea-
ture will take place at 2:30 p.
m., the planes flying over the
Lake Erie restricted firing zone
and the Depot reservation. Off
cial Photograph U. S, Navy.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01
AT NATIONAL MEET

Supt. d. d. Sims is in Philadel-
phia this week. attending the Ma
tional School Administrators AS
sociation convention. He is ex-
pected home this weekend.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01

All adults in the county are
urged to attend the open meet
ing in the Port Clinton school
auditorium at 8 o'clock this Fri
day evening, April l, when DR..
Willis S. Peck, Toledo cancer
expert, will discuss the disease
at the meeting sponsored by
the Ottawa County Cancer So
ciety. The open meeting will
inaugurate the campaign to raise
$1,000 in the county to fight
the disease. Mrs. Carl Biro is
campaign chairman.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-01

THE NEWS is prepared to
do your JOB PRINTING on
a basis of Good Workman
ship and Good Service at
Fair Prices. Phone 5271.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Mrs. Thompson Reflected
By Group for 25ih Time

The Thomas Circle Citizens
Association last night congrat-
ulated its president. Mrs. Ella
M. Thompson. on her 2sth con-
secutive reelection to the presi-
dency Of the association.
After an anniversary dinner,
Mrs. Thompson told the group
of the sensation her election In
May. 1921. caused In local circles
She was the first woman elected
president Of a citizens associa-
tion in the city.
All OF the association former
officers were reelected These
include Mrs Frederic Hais. vice
president: Miss Mary Wilson.
secretary. and Frank NJ. Thomp-
son, treasurer.
The group also appointed q
committee TO study the question
of obtaining funds to meet the
Districts educational needs.
The association favored the
new District Sanitary and Hous-
ing code proposed by the Wash
ington Board of Trade. This
would hold tenants equally re-
sponsible with owners for keeping
rented property in a sanitary
condition.
Mrs. Thompson conducted the
meeting In her home. 1885 Six
teenth street NV.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
John 6. lepere. ~. Dies;
Early Submarine Designer
., ~. Aaessm,.a p,s..

Decatur, III. May II --~john q
iepere. 70, retired inventor wha
helped draw designs for the hrst
submarines and nrst steel ships AZ
the Navy. died yesterday
He held many patents In the
early i90os he designed = ma
chine for manufacturing Mids fas-
trners One Of his biggest lohs
was designing q device for hauling
coal and ashes ht the PITY ninth
street powerhousr Of the New York
subway system
Born In Washington. his nrst
drawings for which he received
pay were designs for the cruisers
Chicago. Atlanta. Dolphin and
Boston.
Surviving are his widow. Mira
winifred Davidson Lspers. whom
he married In Chicago In 1919. Q
granddaughter. teilani i<pers. of
Washington. and q brother. Pred.
Of Richmond, Va
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Benjamin franklin Poole
Rites Sci tomorrow

Funeral services for Benjamin.
Franklin Poole. 81. q Washington
resident for - years. will be held
at els Am. tomorrow In The Holy
Trinity Catholic Church. Thirty
sixth and o streets NV. Burial
will be In Monocaey csmstsry.
Beallsville. Nd.
Mr.. Poole died Monday at
Georgetown University Hospital
after an illness Of tao months.
Born in Rockville. Nd. he was
graduated from Rockville Arade-
my He came 10 Washington In
1905 and. up 10 seven years aHo.
was a painting contractor here.
He then Joined the Corps Of Army
Engineers as assistant foreman of
the paint shop al the DairCarlls
Filtration Plant. $500 Macarthur
boulevard NV. the position no
held al his death.
Mr.. Poole. who lived ., 1920
Twenty first street NV. IL sur
viyed by his widow. Mrs Mamie
Poole Poole: q daughter, Mira.
Pauline Scott. OF this city. three
sons. Earle C. and Benjamin y.
Poole. jr.. both Of Arlington. and
John ID. Poole. Of this city. two
brothers. Arthur G.. Poole, Be-
thesda. and George NJ, Poole.
Rockville. and eight grandchildren.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
BrookIand Citizen Group
Elects {. P. Cunningham

E. Perry Cunningham was cleo
ted president Of the Brookland
Citizens Association last night at
the groups final meeting OF the
season in the Brookland School,
Tenth and Monroe streets NE.
other officers chosen were John
y. Mallen. vice president; Miss
Mary X. Jones. secretary. and j.
Fendall Cain. treasurer.
Mr.. Cunningham was named a
delegate to the Federation Of Cit
|izens' Associations and Arthur
b. McNerney a delegate TO both
the federation and the Northeast
Council. Other council delegates
are William NJ. Bangs and Chester
j. Wolf.
In other actions. the gathering
of about 20. largest In three
months. voiced appreciation for
the services of Mr.. McNerney. re-
firing president. and Mrs. Thea
Hreachmack. retiring secretary.
A member who declined TO re-
veal his name suggested that men,
bers write the Recreation Board.
urging that the policy Of segreea-
ton in District Fairgrounds be
continued. He said this would
tend to offset letters from the
others" requesting the end Of seq
regation.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Lady Mary Marston
Dies al 64 in London

Word has been received here Of
the death Of Lady Mary Marston.
81, New York clubwoman and
widow Of a British industrialist.
Lady Marston died Monday at
her apartment in Park Lane. Lon
don. where she had been Ill for
10 days of a heart ailment. She
was the widow Of Sir Charles
Marston. who died in 1946.
Sir Charles was knighted IN
1926. He was chairman of the
villiers Engineering Co. Of VOL
verhampton, manufacturers OF
small internal combustion engines.
The couple was married in 1885.
Previously Lady Marston had been
married to George Bonney Of
New York. who died in 1929.
She was the daughter Of George
M. Battey OF Rome. Ga. and
later lived in Atlanta. She was
related to Milton Ochs of the
Chattanooga Times.
Lady Marston is survived by
two sons, George Bonney of
Montreal and Holbrook Bonney of
London; two brothers, George M.
Battey, 3116 P street NV. a
former newspaperman, and DR..
Hugh Inman Battey. Atlanta; a
sister, Miss Adrienne Battey. also
of Atlanta; and three cousins.
Mrs. William Henry Singleton, 400
Commonwealth avenue. Alexan-
dria; Mrs. Richard H. Wilmer.
$500 Thirty first street NV, and
John w. Childress. 370l Oliver
street NV.
Cremation was to take place to-
day In London.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Mrs. Letitia Wright,
Amateur Botanist,
Dies at Home al q

Mrs. Letitia Ballard Wright. %
q resident Of Washington for Il
years who once discovered a
species OF wild orchid. died yes
terday at her home. 37is L4vlngS-
ton street NV. after an Illness Of
10 days
She vas the mother Of Mis-
Irene A. Wright. atteStai2on ofncer
for the State Department.
A native OF Romulus. Mich. her
ancestors dated back 10 colonial
DAYS. She moved 70 Lake City.
Colo. when a young girl and vas
married there TO Henry Z. Wright
q mining engineer.
An accomplished botanlSt. she
was exploring the Rocky Noun
tains when she discovered the
wild orchid. This delicate flower
was named in her honor. her
family said. Wild orchids are
found in many places and are
quite different from the COM
monty known commercial variety,
the Botanic Garden said
Some years after her husband S
death in 1895. Mrs. Wright ae-
companied her daughter 10 Sc
vile. Spain. where Miss Wright
did historical research During
World War / she helped organize
Red Gross operations in Spain and
Portugal.
She returned TO this country
with her daughter In 1896 and
had lived here since.
Mrs. Wright, who was member
of the Christian Science Church,
also is survived by a granddaugh-
ter by adoption. Miss Flora Wright
of the Livingston street address,
and a grandniece. Mrs. Stanley p
Kirk of New Rochelle, N. Y.
Services will be held at ? pm.
tomorrow in the Hines funeral
home. 290l Fourteenth street NV.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Fourth Member Of 81. Louis
Brewing Family Kills Self
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

ST. LOUIS, May 11.-Charles
A. Lemp, n, member of an old
and famous brewing family. was
found dead of a bullet wound
yesterday, evidently suicide like
his father, sister and brother
He lived alone. a bachelor, in
gloomy old 18-room mansion
that was the family home for 81
years. 1t is a landmark of South
st. Louis.
The body was found in a bed
room. There was a bullet hole
through the right temple, and a
pistol near the right hand. Police
Sergt. Frank Zengerling said 1t
apparently was suicide.
The father shot himself In 1904.
and the brother in the same home
in 1922. The sister shot herself
at another st. Louis residence In
1920.
Charles Lemp had retired from
business, but he used a library
next to his bedroom as an Office.
1t was customary for the cook to
leave his breakfast on a tray for
him in the library. 1t went un-
touched this morning. and a valet
found the body.
A note written with a pencil
said: In case ! am found dead.
blame 1t on no one but me-" It
was signed "Ch. A. Lemp."
The brewery was founded In
1840 by Adam Lemp. a German
immigrant and grandfather of
Charles. It went out Of business
at Prohibition. selling its trade
name, "Falstaff."
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Dr.. Lent U. Upson Dies;
Wayne University Dean
sy the Assoe;assd Press

DETROIT, May ll.-Dr. Lent
D. Upson, SO. Wayne University
dean and former head of the De-
troit Bureau Of Governmental Re-
search. died Monday night Of a
heart attack.
Dr.. Upson. widely known for his
vigorous criticism and analysis Of
municipal government. was born
at Deleon Springs. Fla. and was a
graduate of the University Of Wis
consin and University of Illinois.
A hobby brought DR.. Upson re-
nown in New England. He and
his wife Marie wrote book. I'VE
Bought an Abandoned Farm. re-
lating their experiences with their
purchase Of q summer home at
Rowe, Mass.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Donaldson Hits Opponents
OF Postal Rate Increase
BY the Assoeia.ed Press

Postmaster General Donaldson
yesterday challenged complaints
by publishers that proposed higher
rates on second -class mail would
drive them out OF business.
Mr.. Donaldson suggested the In
crease would be spread between
subscribers and advertisers. He
also proposed that publishers cut
costs by greater efficiency as they
have so insistently demanded Of
the Post Once Department"
He made the statements to a
Senate Post once Subcommittee
in a new plea for approval OF a
bill to raise postal rates $3.50 900. :
900 q year.
Second-claSs mail is made up
largely of newspapers. magazines
and other periodicals. Mr.. Donald
son estimated the department is
losing about 5000 900 900 a year
in handling 1t.
Under the bill. he said. an addi-
tional SIS. 900 900 would be realized
from second -class mail in the first
year and $50 1000. 900 more in the
second yea. He estimated the
increase would average 800 per
cent.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Rites for Mrs. MerkIe
TO Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. tomorrow for Mrs.
Laura Martin Merkle. Sc. of Clin-
ton, Md. who died in Baltimore
Monday.
The services will be held in st.
Dominic's Catholic Church. Sixth
and E streets S.W. Burial will
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Merkle was the wife Of
Charles P. Merkle. foreman Of
The Evening Stars composing
room since 1886 and a Star en-
ploye for % years. Mr.. and Mrs.
Merkle had been residents Of the
Brookland area here for Is years.
but had moved to Clinton three
years ago. Mrs. Merkle was a
native of Havre de Grace, Md.
In addition to her husband,
she is survived by three sons. a
daughter. two sisters. a brother
and 10 grandchildren. She was
on q short visit to her brother.
Harry Martin of Baltimore. at
the time Of her death.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Mrs. Anna EasterIing Rites.
Today; Formerly Lived Here.

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Fogg Easterling. 80. a descendant
of an old Quaker family and a res
ident here for more than 40 years,
were to be held at 2 pm. today in
the Hines funeral home, 290l
Fourteenth street NV. Burial
was to be in Rock Greek Cemetery
Mrs. Easterling died Sunday at
Salem. Ohio. where she had been
living for the past year. She had
been III nearly three years.
She was born in Damascus,
Ohio. Her Quaker ancestry can
be traced back in an unbroken
line for more than ESQ years.
After being graduated from O
Quaker school in Barnesville
Ohio. she came to Washington as
q young woman. She married r.
Virgil Easterling. a Government
attorney. who died In 1920. They
lived at 3ll0 Thirteenth street
NV.
Mrs. Easterling was member
and an elder of the Irving Street
Meeting of Friends. Thirteenth
and Irving street NV. for many
years. She later moved to Dale
vile. Va, after the death Of her
husband. and remained there un-
I'll going TO Salem.
She is survived by q daughter.
Mrs. Charles s. Ikenberry. Dale
vile.
Evening star., 1949-05-11

ins room stan fog - yeats
A native ot Washington, ne
MAS graduate et Central Elsh
Schcol- Ne 3o!nec tire Navy n
January, ls4+
Mr.. Waters 10 survived by his
widow. nov remarked Mrs.
Charles Y Tomkles. &o3 Webster
street NV. and by swe sens
William r and john r Waters
both oi the Webster street. ad-
dress,
In addition 10 his family ard
friends and q military escort. THE
Friday services for MT Waters
will be attended by a delesa1!on
from The Evening Star Chapel
Of Columbia typographical Union
No. iol.
Evening star., 1949-05-11

nent IN society here.
Some of his best remembered
pictures were of Presidents Hoover
and Taft and Mrs. Coolidge. Such
actors as Richard Dix and Walter
Huston also posed for him. and
he priced a large collection of
autographed photographs Of stage
and screen celebrities.
Mr.. Murray also was an expert
cartoonist and often gave chalk
talks" before church and fraternal
groups here.
The artist and cartoonist was
born in Raleigh. N. c.. and was
educated in North Carolina
schools. He attended art schools
in Philadelphia and while there
became an expert show card and
sign designer with several we'll
known firms. Mr.. Murray came to
Washington as a young man to
study at the Corcoran School of
Art. He joined The Star in 1911.
An active Mason, he was a
member of the Temple Noyes
Lodge here.
Mr.. Murray. who lived at 1914
Stephenson place NV. is sur
vived by his widow. Lillian Mae
Routt Murray; a sister. Mrs
Elizabeth Craig. 1928 @ street
NV. and by IS nephews. who in
clude Robert Metcalf. 1872 South
Eighteenth street. Arlington. Va;
Mrs. Joseph Hardwick of the On
tario Apartments here. and Fran
els and Randolph Routt. photog-
raphers for The Star.
Masonic funeral services will be
held at / pm. Friday In the Hines
funeral home. 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery,