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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
JUDGE ORDERS
SOLITARY DAYS
Prisoner Says Fatal Shooting
Was Unintentional In
Courtroom Statement

Richard Farmer, 29-year-old con-
victed murderer of Helen Noble.
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
in Judge Tom d. Stahl's common
pleas court Wednesday morning.
In rendering sentence, Judge Stahl
also stipulated that Farmer would
spend Sept. "a of each year in soli.
tary confinement.
Judge Stahl's sentence followed
an over-ruling of motion by de-
fense counsel Leslie Meyer for a
new trial.
Before pronouncing sentence,
Judge Stahl asked Farmer if he
had anything to say.
The defendant, nervously chew
ing gum, rose and declared Il did
not shoot Helen Noble Intentional
ly and what her son said about
me threatening her is lie. That's
all have to say"
Defense Attorney Meyer told
the court that he intended to file
an appeal and asked Judge Stahl
to delay commitment to the peni-
tentiary pending outcome of ap-
peal. This request was denied.
Sheriff Merlan Budd said that
Farmer would be taken to the peni
tentiary in Columbus within five
days.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
MORE AREA men
ENLIST IN ARMY
Eleven Others To Be Sent
Today For Induction At
Toledo

Five area men have volunteer
ed their services to Uncle Sam
recently, according to notices re-
ceived by the Ottawa County Sc
lective Service Board.
Included are two Reservists,
Sgt. Alvin A. Warnke, 905 East
Second Street, and S/Sgt. John
Lesko, Erie Beach Road, Lake
side. Warnke has been recalled
to duty at Fort Knox, Kentucky,
and Lesko is with the Air Force
at Roswell, New Mexico.
One of the first area Negroes
to enlist was William Edwards,
Jr., 1101 State Street, who has
left for duty with the Marine
Corps.
Jordan E. Petersen and Jacob
F. Jacobs, both of Route /, enlist
ed recently in the Air Force and
Army, respectively.
Chief Warrant Officer Clement
J. Childress, husband of the for
mer Elaine Cover of this city
has also been recalled to active
duty.
Induction Today
Eleven men will be sent to To-
ledo this Friday as the Decem-
ber call for the Ottawa County
Selective Service Board. Next
Wednesday, December 13, ten
more men will be sent to Toledo
for metaphysical examinations.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
King Recalled
To Army Service

Captain Archie King, Monroe
Street, this week received motto,
of his recall to active duty witt
the U S. Army.
King will report for duty or
January 4 at the Iowa Ordinance
Plant, Burlington, Iowa. He wa:
called to Columbus last week to
take his physical examination.
Since the war, Mr.. King ha'
been active in the Reserve Corp
and as a platform speaker. Ar
employee of the Erie Ordnance
Depot, he served there during tht
war and in the Pacific as an Ord
nance officer.
Mrs. King and their daughter
Vicki, may join Captain Kim
after housing accommodation are
arranged.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
Community Xmas
Party To Be Dec. p

Frank Quisno will serve as chair
man of the committee for the ann
ual Community Christmas Party to
be held Friday afternoon, Decem,
Der %, at $3.50 in the Clinton Thea
tire.
School will be dismissed at three
o'clock that afternoon so that ali
children can attend the party,
which once again is sponsored by
the Kiwanis Club.
Santa Claus has promised to be
here by $3.50 that afternoon and
he'll have candy and popcorn ball
treats for everyone. The children
will also see a movie, chosen espec-
tally for the occasion.
Others on the planning comm
ittee are Albert Davids, Howard
Fulton. William Smith, Harry Call.
ahan and Carl Heckler.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
PRENTICE CLAIMS DO8b|NS WAS
UNSUNC HERO IN PERRY VICTORY

Joseph Prentice, custodian Of
the Perry Victory Memorial at
Put-ili-Bay and recognized as an
expert on the Battle of Lake
Erie. used that subject Tuesday
noon when he spoke at the Rotary
Club meeting in st. John Luther
an Church.
While Perry defeated the Brit
ish only a few miles from here,
few people have studied that his
torical event as thoroughly as Mr..
Prentice. Excerpts from his
speech follow:
Perhaps the unsung hero of
the War of 1912 was Daniel Dob.
bins, a 'backwoods' sailor who
travelled hundreds of miles from
Lake Erie to Washington, D. C.
where he convinced the president
and his cabinet that feet could
be built on Lake Erie's shores to
fight the British.
"Dobbins was given the greer
light to construct the feet near
Erie, Pa, for youthful Commo
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
Sewer Proposal
Awaits Approval

One of the four different prop
oSals for Port Clinton's future
sewage disposal plant is to be
taken to Columbus this week in
hopes it will meet the approval
of the Ohio Department of Health.
A special meeting of councilmen
Mayor Carl Becker, Waterworis
Engineer William Crohen and Gail
Finkbeiner, Toledo consulting en-
gineer, was held Tuesday evening
in the waterworks when the var
ious plans were discussed.
The four alternate plans were
being studied so that the officials
can select one to give foolproof
operation at the cheapest con-
struction costs.
Mr.. Finkbeiner is continuing
work on the plans and investig-
ations and expects to hear from
the state board of health within
the month.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
+ FARMER Is SENTENCED TO LIFE ImPRIS0N NmENT
Hablitzel Buys
Oil Co. Interest

Thelma Stevens Ingram this
week announced the sale of an
interest in the Stevens Oil Com
pany to Corwin Hablitzel, Oak
Harbor, and that as John Zehner
has resigned as distributor of
Gulf Oil products in this county,
the G. A. Stevens Oil Company has
taken over the distributorship OF
Gulf Petroleum products.
Mr.. Hablitzel, who this summer
sold his interest in Hablitzel Hard.
ware, reports that the C. A. Stew
ems Oil Company is now distrib-
uting Gulf products. Hablitzel has
stated that personnel will remain
the same, with Fred Brindley con
tinuing as general manager.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08

ton was believed not serious. He
was at work in his insurance Oh.
fee Thursday
Born in Perry, Ohio on Octo-
ber %, 1885, Harry T. Belknap
was son of E. Stratton and Anna
Tyler Belknap. At the time of his
sudden death, Mr.. Belknap was
aged IS years, one month and 10
days.
AS a young man, Mr.. Belknap
moved to this city where he open
ed the Belknap Insurance Agency
80 years ago. He attended Ohio
State University and was a gradu.
ate of its college of law.
When the Ottawa County Chap
ter of the American Red Cross
was organized in 1915, Mr.. Belknap
was its charter treasurer and he
had served continuously in that
capacity ever since.
A 32nd degree Mason, Mr.. Bel.
KNAPP was a member of the Masonic
Council, Blue and Charter lodges
He was past president of the
local Kiwanis Club and had served
as a vestryman for st. Thomas
Episcopal Church for many years
Mr.. Belknap also was vice presi.
dent and a director of the Port
Clinton National Bank and was
active in many other civic enter.
prises.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs
Harry Belknap, and one son, John
M. Relknap, both of Port Clinton;
two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence So
lin, Medford, Oregon, and Mrs
James H. Robertson, Ann Arbor,
Michigan; six grandchildren; one
brother, John G. Belknap, Colum
bus, one sister, Mrs. David Car.
man, Wilmington, Vermont, and a
wide circle of friends.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon in the Neideci..
er Funeral Home, the Rev. William
A. Thomas of st. Thomas Church
officiating. Burial was in Lake
view Cemetery under direction OF
the J. A. Neidecker Company.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
Xmas Seal Drive
Far Under Quota

With $1,8O2 received to date
the annual Ottawa County
Christmas Seal campaign has
reached Al percent of its quota
according to a report made
Tuesday by Mrs. Ray Claus,
Oak Harbor, county chairman.
OF the 6,67l letters mailed in
this county, "a per cent had
been returned when the report
was made, Mrs. Claus has re-
quested that everyone return
the envelopes, even without a
contribution, in order to facili-
tate record keeping.
Port Clinton is leading in
contributions with $672.50 re-
ceived to date. Oak Harbor
follows with $375.50 and Ell
more has contributed $l57.95
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
Milk Prices
Are Boosted Here

Due to the increase in prices
paid to farm-producers, estab-
lished by a federal government
market order, the Lake Shore
Dairy this week announced an in
crease in selling prices for milk
and dairy products.
Homogenized milk now sells at
20 cents per quart and 38 cents
per double quart, while pasteuriz-
ed milk is one cent less. Coffee
cream is now 20 cents in half pints
and heavy whipping cream is 20
cents per half pint.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
Collect Gifts For
Hospital Patients

Ottawa County's Auxiliary to
the Toledo State Hospital is
collecting items for Christmas
gift boxes for 700 patients in the
hospital. who have no families
or friends to remember them
during the holiday.
Mrs. Ann Bolte. East Second
Street, is county chairman of
the very worthwhile organiza-
ton. Such small items as tooth
paste, soap, cologne or other ST.
milar grooming aids will be
warmly welcomed.
Gift items may be put in box
es. wrapped and marked Man"
or Woman" or left loose. They
should be left at the Bolte Real
Estate office, East Second Street,
and will be taken to the Toledo
State Hospital in time to bring
some joy to the patients at
Christmas time. Dec. 10 is the
dead line.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08

Helping Santa Claus fill the
nations sweet tooth" are the
expert candy makers at the
Quisno Candy Company, 322
West Fifth Street. Owner Carl
QuiSno is shown with tray
full of delicious samples while
Mrs. Helen Miller is dipping
chocolates. The hands seen at
the lower right, have dipped
thousands of chocolates thru
out the years. They belong to
Mrs. Frank Quisno, Carl'S
mother.
Carl estimates that over a
ton and half of chocolates
each filled with tasty creams
will be made at Quisno's dur
ing, the Christmas rush. Be-
sides this mountain of choco-
lates, Quisno's will prepare
several mountains of peanut
brittle and popcorn balls as
Santa has ordered plentiful
supply this year.
Hundreds of boxes of Quis.
nos chocolates will be sold be.
fore the holidays at Quisno's
Confectionery, Madison Street
while Quisno candies are also
sold at stores in Fremont, Ge
noa, Bloomville, Huron, Yer.
million and by individuals ir
Cincinnati.
Other expert candy makers
at Quisno's are Mrs. Clarence
Snyder and CarPs boss, Doro
thy. Photo by Misch.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08

Eighteen boys and girls, who
sell copies of The Ottawa Coun-
ty News throughout the city
each Thursday afternoon, were
guests of this newspaper Satur-
day during a theatre party at
the Clinton Theatre. Most Of
these future citizens have saw
ed their earnings throughout
the year, but are dipping into
their bank accounts now to pur-
chase Christmas gifts. Mar
guerite Finefrock, advertising
manager and columnist who is
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
Plan Christmas
Pageant At Church

Older members of st. John Lu.
theran Sunday School will pre-.
sent the Christmas pageant, "Come
and See", at 7:30 Sunday evening,
December II, in the church. The
public is invited.
The program will be presented
by tableau and music, which will
include piano and organ duets
flute and trumpet selections, and
anthems by the Junior, Luther
League and Senior choirs.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
Hospital Gets
Inter-Con System

Members of the Port Clinton
Business and Professional
Women's Club have voted to
purchase a $3.50 inter-communi-
cations system for Magruder
Hospital. Installation is to
start Immediately.
Main station of the system
will be In the hospital Office.
There will be five speakers plac-
ed at sub-station points thru
out the hospital, two down.
stairs. one in surgery, and one
each at the first and second
floor nurses stations.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
Legion Christmas
Party Is Dec. Ii

A joint Christmas Party for
Legionnaires, Auxiliary members
and their children will be held in
the Legion Hall next Thursday
evening, December IA, starting
with potluck dinner at $50.
Members of both organizations
are to bring dish for the dinner
besides so cent gift for the ex-
change.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
Youths To Honor
Parish Patroness

At 7:45 this Friday evening,
the Port Clinton Catholic Youth
group will conduct services in
honor of the patroneSs of the
parish, the Immaculate Conception,
in the local Catholic Church.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08
CIVIC LEADER
DIES SUDDENLY
IN H0SP|T AL
Rites Held Tuesday for Harry
Belknap, Treasurer of
Red Cross Chapter

Port Clinton area residents were
shocked Sunday to learn of the
sudden death of one of this city's
most prominent civic leaders,
Harry Tyler Belknap, who passed
away in Magruder Hospital after
a short illness. He had been adj
mitted for treatment the previous
day.
Mr.. Belknap had suffered from
a cold last week but his condi-
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08

in charge of the sales force, is
shown in the back row of this
photo by Russ Shinevar.
Statesmen pictured include
Clyde Enderle, Billy Dreher,
Ronald Zetzer, Virginia Long,
Patty Zibert, Gary Nossa-
man, Jerome Oleska, Terry
Myers, Terry Gentry, Barbara
Brokate, Carol Jensen, Jack
Glickman, John Schafer, Carl
Kolhoff, Patsy Kurtz, Kenny
Kurtz, David Segaard and Anna
Marie Mackey.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-08

THE NEWS is prepared TO do
your JOB PRINTING on a basis
Of Good Workmanship and
Good Service at Fair Prices.
Phone. 5271.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-12-15

parents so embittered but what
an attempt is made to fill a
child's stocking at Christmas.
But sometimes, in spite of the
best intentions, this simple
thing is an impossibility. Living
not far from here is a young
couple with two babies; one five,
the other one. Another child is
expected. A few weeks ago, the
father was injured in an auto
accident. He suffered a frac-
tured skull, a broken leg, and
other injuries. Previous to the
accident, he had worked but a
few weeks after recovering from
another illness. They had no
savings, have no income. In the
midst of all this trouble, the
young expectant mothers great
est anguish is that there will be
nothing to put in the children's
stockings.
Nothing; unless the people of
our community help. There are
other cases, equally heart-break-
ing. We need to fill these empty
stockings. We need to help keep
this tradition alive. Nothing SEN
sational is expected: dime store
toys, school supplies, Christmas
candy, fruit, inexpensive per-
sonal belongings, such as hand
kerchiefs, a hair ribbon, socks,
Of a few cents in money. No
part of the money will be used
for administrative purposes as
the Junior Service League and
the welfare department will
distribute the gifts and money.
Gifts should be sent to the
Welfare Department, 1O6 Alum
nj hall, and money may be sent
to Mr.. Thompson of the Bank of
Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-12-15

more particularly described as BE-
GINNING at point in the middle of
said State Highway, the point of
intersection of the center line of said
State Highway with the center line of
the Old Chapel Hill or Hillsboro and
Pittsboro Road, being the South line
OF tract conveyed by Tobitha Will
son Broadwell and her husband, R. c.
Broadwell to JEFF Atwater; running
thence with said Atwater's South line
along the center line Of said State
Highway North So West $50 chains,
and South 49, West 42.75 chains to
John Crawford's line; running thence
with his line South % East 9.62
chains to Walter Harward's corner;
running thence with Harward's line
South 75' East 1924 chains to iron
and pointer, ]. R. Weaver's line; run
ming thence with Weaver's line North
I'LL chains to an iron Weaver's cor
ner; running thence again with
Weaver and Miss Nettie Lloyd, South
49, 3O East 27.46 chains to the center
of said Old Pittsboro Road; running
thence with the center line of the
same North 21' East 4.65 chains to
the beginning, containing $3.50 acres,
more or less, as surveyed and plated
by J. Ralph Weaver, Reg. Co. Sur,
December A, 1912, and being nearly
all of the tract of land conveyed to
K. L. Wilson by Milton Brewer and
wife, and small part of the tract of
land conveyed to said Wilson by
W. S. Robertson, Trustee; commonly
known as the Terrace View Supper
Club.
There is reserved from the opera
ton of this deed a tract of land here
tofore conveyed by the parties of the
first part to o. L. Morgan and wife
fronting ITS feet on the South side
of said highway, and extending to
depth to J. R. Weaver's line 231 feet
as described in Deed dated September
20, 1947, and recorded in Book 1923
at page 235.
The sale will be held open for 10
days to receive increased bids as by
law required.
This the 28th day of November,
L. J. Phipps, Trustee.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-12-15
Christmas Movie Coming

The movie version of Charles
Dickens beloved story, "A
Christmas Carol" with Lionel
Barrymore in the role of Old
Scrooge, will be shown here
Christmas Eve, Sunday, Decem-
ber "a, at the Carolina theatre.
The theatre has shown this pic
ture at Christmas time for some
years. In announcing this years
performance, Manager E. C.
Smith said, eve bring this
movie here every Christmas not
because it is a great money
maker but because it is a show
that children enjoy seeing and
that everybody ought to see."
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-12-15
TRUSTEE SALE OF LAND

North Carolina
Orange County
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of
the power of sale contained in a GER
tain deed. of trust executed by
JAMES WRIGHT AND WIFE,
ANNIE REID WRIGHT, dated the
9th day of October, 1947 and re-
corded in Book of Mortgages 1O4, at
page 205, in the office of the Register
OF Deeds of Orange County, North
Carolina, default having been made
in the payment of the indebtedness
thereby secured and said deed of trust
being by the terms thereof subject
to foreclosure, the undersigned trus-
tee will offer for sale at public auc-
tion to the highest bidder for cash at
the Courthouse door in Hillsboro,
North Carolina, at NOON, on the
18th day of December, 1850, the
property conveyed in said deed of
trust, the same lying and being in
the County of Orange, and more
particularly described as follows, to-
wit:
ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR
PARCEL of land together with the
improvements thereon situated, lying
and being on the North side of Cobb
Street in the Town of Carrboro, N. c.,
and BEGINNING at a stake in the
North property line of Cobb Street
which point is established by measur-
ing North sc deg. As East 100 feet
from the Northeast intersection of
Cobb and Lloyd Streets in the Town
of Carrboro, N. c., and running
thence alohg the North property line
Of Cobb Street, North SO deg. As
East 30 feet to a stake; running
thence North deg. IS West 100 feet
to a stake; running thence South sc
deg. as West 80 feet to stake; run
ming thence South 3 deg. 15' East 100
feet to the beginning, being the same
land conveyed to James Wright and
wife by deed of M. W. Andrews, ct al,
dated November 2, 1914, and record
ed in the office Of the Register of
Deeds of Orange County in Book -,
at page -.
Dated this 18th day of November,
1850.
j. J. Henderson, Trustee.
M. Hugh Thompson, Attorney.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-12-15
Scholarships Announced

A number of scholarships
have been awarded for the cur
rent school year at the Univer-
sity, w. H. Plemmons, chairman
of the University scholarship
committee, recently announced.
Six were awarded by the Order
of the Grail and are valued at
$3.50 each. Four Braswell schol-
arships were awarded which are
valued at 5000 annually. The
Braswell scholarships are pro-
vided by a fund of $21, 900 set
up by an anonymous donor in
memory of DR.. Mark r. Bras
well of Rocky Mount, who was
a member of the class of 1888.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-12-15
TRUTEES NOTICE OF SALE

North Carolina
Orange County
Under and by virtue of the power
conferred upon me in a certain deed
Of trust executed by Efthimios Maria
kakis and wife, Virginia E. Maria
kakis, dated the 23rd day of June,
1949 and recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Orange County
in Book 107 at Page 1926 on the 25th
day of June, 1949, to secure the in
debtedness therein described, default
having been made in the payment of
said Indebtedness and having been
requested to do so by the holder of
the note evidencing the said indebted
ness, l will offer for sale at public
auction for cash, to the highest bid
der, on the premises hereinafter de-
scribed, at 1900 noon on Saturday,
December 30th, 1850 the following
described land, with all improvements
thereon, to wit:
All that certain tract or parcel of
land, together with the improvements
thereon, situated. lying and being on
the South side of State Highway No.
54, about miles West of the Town
OF Carrboro, North Carolina, and
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-12-15
This Gracious Time

(The folloaOing article Uas
Vritten by Betty Smith at the
request of the directors of the
Junior Service Leagues Empty
Stocking Fund campaigm.)
Again comes that season
wherein our Saviour's birth is
celebrated;" a season of which
it is said, $50 hallow'd and so
gracious is the time" Now, in
this year, almost two thousand
years after the birth of Christ,
it would seem that there is little
that is hallowed and gracious on
earth today. For the peoples of
the world have begun a long,
slow, all-embroiling war to prove
whether our way of life will
survive or whether communism
will be the next phase of our
civilization.
Our way of life must survive
because it is a good way. 1t was
founded by the simple teachings
of gentle Teacher. Once a year
we set apart a time to acknowl-
edge our Founder anew. We for
get our differences-one with an
other, forgive trespasses, and
make gifts keeping alive the
tradition of the Three Wise Men
who rode through the night fol-
lowing a star.
! One of our earliest memories
of childhood is going to bed on
Christmas Eve and awakening
Christmas morning to find a
filled stocking. 1t is one of the
first things we do for our chill
dren. No matter how young
they are at Christmas we fill a
stocking for them. In a small
way, we want to symbolic the
kindness and generosity of our
way of life.
1t is a good tradition as are
all traditions celebrating the
birth of Christ. The communists
have repudiated all these gentle
symbols. Therefore it is impor-
tant that we keep them alive.
These traditions are part of the
fabric of our endangered civil
ization. Our children must grow
up holding these things precious.
Things like these are armor
against growing evil.
There is no family SO poor, no
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-12-15

For Christmas gift, the Chapel
Hill Weekly; Sc year inside Orange
county, IS outside, payable in ad-
vance, recipient notified By Christmas
card.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-11-06
Champion Wheat Crop, Thick Legume Stand
Come From Good Soil Care Plus Plant Food

TOOD soil management practices
NJ including the use of CONNER
cial fertilizer, paid off for Charles
Doades, who farms near Washing
ton in Davies county, Ind, when he
was named 1850 champion of the 10
Acre Wheat Improvement Contest
in Southwestern Indiana.
Doades harvested As bushel per
acre yield of Vigo wheat from the 10
acres he entered in the contest. At
combining time, the fields legume
stand was about II inches high.
DoadeS plans to plow it for corn next
spring.
This years championship field
was seeded last October, at the rate
of two bushels per acre. At seeding
time, Doades added $50 pounds per
acre of 3-12-12 fertilizer. Late in
February he topdressed the field
with 30 pounds of nitrogen per acre.
The wheat followed Soybeans in
1949 and corn in 1948.
DoadeS is a firm believer in Leg
umes as a soil builder, according to
Prof. Howard Lathrope, Purdue
University agronomist. He seeded a
mixture of seven pounds of sweet
clover and five pounds of red clover
on the field early in March.