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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
FLAG DAY RITES
HELD BY LODGE
Parade and Ceremonies We'd
nesday Mark Observance
Of Important Date

Our enemies may be able to
equal our atomic power, but they
can never match our industrial
production and they know itw de-
clared Rear Admiral Robert Nj.
Griffin in addressing the hundreds
assembled in Waterworks Park,
Wednesday night, for the Flag
Day observance sponsored by the
Elks lodge.
Armiral Griffin, president of
the U. S. Navy Examining Board,
and Richard Dern, exalted ruler
of the local lodge, were the speak
ers on this impressive program,
Mr.. Den delivering the lodges
Flag Day address and presenting
the new IS foot flag pole and flag
to the city. Mayor Carl Becker
responded with the city's thanks.
The Port Clinton high school
band, the ClayGenoa high school
band, together with Cochran's Ma
jorettes, the Armyettes, and
marching units of Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Brownies, Little
League ball players and Fremont
Naval Reserve participated in the
Elks parade which preceded the
ceremony at waterworks park.
Thousands of spectators viewed
the parade arranged by Herman
Fredericks, chairman, and Wayne
Petersen, marshal.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
PLAN NO MORE
PHONE CHANGES
AT The PRESENT
New Directory Is Due July 1;
Minor Changes Are
Contemplated

Unless another new 100-line
group is needed, all major tele-
phone number changes in the Port
Clinton exchange are over for the
year, James Peltier, manager Of
the Northern Ohio Telephone Co.,
stated this week.
There will he no more five digit
group changes for several months,
although a few individual chang
es are contemplated, Mr.. Peltier
elucidated.
Announced this week is a ma
jor change at the Marblehead ex-
change, where all numbers will
be changed to four digits at IL
o'clock next Monday night, June
II. All subscribers in that vici-
nifty will receive supplements to
telephone directories before tina.
date.
Directory Due
With scores of new telephones
and number changes recently,
everyone in the vicinity will be
pleased when the new directories
are received in Port Clinton
around July 1.
Mr.. Peltier stated that the pro-
posed inter-toll long distance sys-
tenn is not completed at the local
exchange, pending arrival OF
equipment. When this is com.
pleted later this year, local long
distance operators can dial direct
ly to nearly all large cities with
out the present preliminaries and
loss of time.
New Phones
N. O. Telephone Company work
men this week are completing the
job of installing 36 new telephones
along the Bay Shore Road, Port.
age Township. These new sub.
scribers will be listed in the new
directory.
Next area to receive more tee
phones will be Gypsum, where
work will start very shortly.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
HUNTERS BODY.
FOUND SUNDAY.
BY BOY SCOUTS.
Jack HOlbrOOk Was Drowned
Last November During
Hunting Trip

Seven months after he was
drowned near Mouse Island while
on duck hunting trip, Jack Hol-
brooks body was discovered Sun
day at the south end of East Har-
Dor State Park, only two miles
from Catawba Point where he and
his companion, John Struhar, So,
had met death.
Discovery was made by four
Boy Scouts from West Salem,
Ohio, who were enjoying week
end trip at the local park. While
hiking along the beach, Scouts
Bill Smith, Larry Nessmore, Har-
old Stahl and Clayton Hawkins,
sighted the body lying partially
on the beach.
Sheriff Merlan Budd believes
Holbrook's body was washed
ashore by the Northeast winds in
Saturdays storm. Mr.. Struhar's
body was discovered in February,
much farther away from the scene
of the tragedy.
Holbrook, %, and Struhar were
drowned November IA when their
rowboat was swamped in heavy
seas between Mouse Island and
Catawba Point. A third member
of the hunting party. Durwood
Meacham, 21, survived when he
fought the stormy waters for
nearly an hour before he stumb-
led ashore, exhausted.
When Holbrook's body was
found Sunday, it was still clothed
in overalls, trousers, heavy shirt
and hunting coat. Only his hat,
boots and sox were missing.
Identification was made by rela-
tives and via his billfold. A vet
eran of World War ii, Holbroo'l
had been employed by the L. S.
Gypsum Company.
Born January 2, 1927, in Beav-
er, Ohio, Jack Hoibrook was a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hol-
brook, Beaver. Surviving are
three brothers, Leonard, Wood
and James Holbrook, two sisters,
Mrs. Evelyn Massie, Gypsum,
and Mrs. Edward Miller, and a
grandfather, James Webb. The
body was taken to Beaver for
funeral services.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
PORT CL|NTON'S
BIRTHDAY TODAY
is QUIZ TOPIC
Our City Was Founded 122
Years Ago; Test Your
knowledge

Port Clinton is 1872 years old
today, Friday, June Is. Its first
birthday was June Is, 1928.
To aid local citizens in becom-
ing more familiar with local his
tory, the following quiz has been
prepared. Try to solve the ques-
tions without peeking at the ar
swers, printed on page 2, col. 4.
l. Who proposed canal from
the mouth of the Portage River
to the Ohio River at Cincinnati :?
When?
2. Who bought large tracts of
land in this area in 1924?
3. What did he have in mind /?
a. One of General Lytle's step
sons is credited with the found
ing Of Port Clinton: give his
name.
5. When the town site ha,,
been selected, what did Ezekiel
Haines have to do?
6. How much did he pay?
z. When did the surveying be-
gin?
8. Whose death occurred in
February, 1928?
9. When was the surveying
completed? By whom?
10. Why is June Is, 1928, i'm
portant in our history?
IL. In view of Dewitt Clin-
tons death four months previous
whom do you think Mr.. Haines
wished to honor when naming the
town?
IL. How long was Port Clinton
in Sandusky County?
13. What happened to the ca
nal project?
ID. Memorize Port Clinton's
first birthday-June 16, 1928.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
new DRESS SHOP
OPENS june II.
Eunice Dewitt BisSell Will
Open New Business Satur-
day In Theatre Bldg.

This Saturday morning will
mark the opening of Port Clinton's
newest shopping center when
Eunice Dewitt Bissell opens her
dress shop in the Clinton Theat-
er building.
The rooms, formerly occupied
by Abby's Plumbing, have been
completely redecorated and are
attractive in Ming blue and white.
The furniture in blond mahogany
and chartreuse leather, and large
plate glass mirrors on the walls,
add charm and insure the utmost
in shopping comfort.
Summer cottons, sheers and
spectator sports, as well as bious-
es, will be the featured merchan-
disc.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
COUNCIL TAKES
ACTION IN ''H0T"
GARBAGE DEAL
Will Reconsider Bids If Pres
ent Hauler Fails To I'M
prove Service Soon

While most of us see snakes or
pink elephants when we have
nightmares, Port Clinton's council
men, Mayor Carl Becker and City
Clerk William Zeis see things diff
ferently.
When our city fathers have
nightmares (almost daily, they
dream they are up to their
necks in king-size pile of
GARBAGE, and that the more
they shovel, the higher the pile
grows!
One can't blame the officials for
their aromatic nightmares as the
garbage situation is not only dis
cussed at every council meeting,
but all the officials receive numer-
Gus complaints from their neigh
bors and friends each week-and
their wives are often among the
complainants.
w. w. Baird, Genoa, is the
present garbage hauler. Baird
took over on a temporary basis
when Jesse Coins, Rocky Ridge,
failed to fulfill his contract. Coins
was lowest bidder for the job last
fall.
Baird offered to fill in during the
emergency and did a workmanlike
job for several weeks. When bids
were re-advertised, council felt he
should be given consideration for
helping out during the emergency.
Five councilmen agreed to give
Baird the contract, Goebel dis
senting. Since then, his work has
not been satisfactory. Scores of
complaints were received but have
gradually decreased. Baird also
has garbage contracts in other
cities.
Fearing that complaints will
zoom again if the weather be-
comes really hot, council took
precautionary action Tuesday
night. The contract has never
been officially awarded to Baird,
so council approved a move to
reconsider bids at the next
meeting.
Baird is thus warned that if his
service does not improve remark
ably by the next meeting, June 28,
he will lose his job. Meanwhile,
if the situation grows worse, a
special council meet will be called
to employ a new garbage con-
tractor.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
REPORT GIVES PORT CLINTON CITY RANK
SUNDAY IS VISITORS
DAY AT BOYS STATE
Casebeer Joins
Frederick Agency

Glen R. Casebeer, Fox River
Grove, Illinois, this week became
an associate of the H. V. Frederick
Real Estate and Insurance Ayen-
cy, Erie Theatre Building.
Mr.. Casebeer had been execu-
tive field supervisor of the Con-
tinental Casualty Company, Chi
cago, for the past IA years. He
will specialize in insurance here
and plans to take the Ohio Real
Estate Board examination soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casebeer and their
children, Glenda, 10, and David,
9, will move to Port Clinton as
soon as housing is secured.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
Hitch Hiker Says
He's From CITY

A young man who told police
he is from Port Clinton was a
hitch-hiker in the auto being driv-
en- by Walter Marvin Moth, 81,
Detroit, alleged slayer of Eugene
Schaff, 40, Detroit, father of four
children.
When Moth was arrested by
Cincinnati police Monday, he was
driving Schaaf's auto. Riding
with him were Samuel Nese, 20,
who told police he is from Port
Clinton, and a 17-year-old COM
panion. Moth said he picked them
up outside of Toledo.
Cincinnati police said Moth had
signed a confession to the slay-
ing of Schaaf and the assault of
Schaaf's 31-year-old wife, Beulah,
in an isolated spot near Detroit.
Local police and other author,-
ties believe Samuel Nese is an
assumed name and that the young
man never did live in this city.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
WEBB NAMED AS
cod COMMANDER
Col. Aungst Leaves Soon For
Japan; Change Slated
For July

A change in Commanding Off
GERS at Erie Ordnance Depot is
scheduled for the middle of July,
according to Department of Army
orders received today at the post
headquarters.
Col. Elmer M. Webb, Washing
ton, D. c., will be the new Com
manding Officer, succeeding LIT.
Col. Foster w. Aungst, who has
been in command of Erie Ordnance
Depot since last January.
Col. Aungst has received or
ders transferring him to the Far
East Command, where he will be
stationed in Yokohama, Japan.
He will leave Erie the first OF
July.
A graduate of the U. S. Mill
tary Academy at West Point in
the class of 1927, Col. Webb also
is a graduate of the Command and
General Staff School, completed
the Infantry School Company Of
ficer Course, and received his
Master of Science in Mechanical
Engineering from the University
of Michigan. This month he COM
pletes a course of study at the
Industrial College of the Armed
Forces at Fort Lesley J. McNair,
Washington, ID. C.
Col. Webb has been in the Ord
nance Department of the Army
since 1943, serving prior to that
time in the Quarterlnaster Corps
and the Infantry,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
THREE HURT IN
BOAT EXPLOSION
AT WILLOW INN
Six Others Are Also Rescued
When SpeedbOat Burns in
Sandusky Bay

Two men and month old
boy were injured and six other
persons escaped possible injury
Sunday afternoon when the Gar
Wood speed boat in which they
were riding exploded and caught
afre in Sandusky Bay, a half-m'le
off shore at Leo Hopfnger's Will
low Inn.
Injured in the blast was the
boats owner, Earl Sayre of Ans
den, Ohio; Duane Coppus, 26, and
his infant son, Stephen, Fostoria.
Sayre suffered first degree facial
burns while the others sustained
scalp decorations.
Cause of the explosion was not
learned, but it occurred in the
front of the boat which was COM
pletely ruined.
Also aboard the boat at the time
of the near tragedy were Mrs.
Earl Good and daughters, Paula,
10, and Pamela, 8, Fostoria; Earl
Good, Sr., Amsden; Judy Sayre,
daughter of the boat owner, and
Mrs. Coppus. All the vacationers
were thrown into near panic wher'
the fire broke out.
The explosion was witnessed by
other vacationists, who used out
board motored rowboats to. rescue
the nine persons. Coppus and his
son and Mr.. Sayre were treated
at Magruder Hospital and released
later Sunday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
MINSTREL FUND.
AIDS Y0 UTHS.
Little League and Youth
Bldg. Given Check By
Merchants Assn

Checks totaling $500 this week
were presented to two local or
ganizations in behalf of the Port
Clinton Merchants Assn from it's
recent Minstrel Show benefit.
M. J. Edwards announced at
Rotary Club Tuesday noon that
the minstrel shows total re-
ceipts were $1,698.S2 and that ex-
penses and donations totaled
$1,482.68, leaving a balance of
$216.14 for the sponsoring group.
Edwards presented a check of
5000 to Ray Sperber, treasurer of
the Port Clinton Baseball Little
League for boys aged 8 to IL. A
check of $400 has been given to
officials of the Port Clinton Youth
Building to help overcome the
buildings deficit.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
81 Enrolled At
Stone Institute

Thirty-seven students have en-
rolled for summer studies at Ohio
State University's Franz Theo-
dore Stone Institute on Gibraltar
Island, Lake Erie, DR.. Thomas
H. Langlois, institute director,
announced Saturday.
The enrolment is the largest
since the war, Dr. Langlois said.
Graduate students from New
Jersey, Maryland, Indiana, Michi-
gan, West Virginia, Texas, Ten
nessee and Ohio are registered for
studies in hydrobiology at the
fresh-water biological station.
The University's summer quar-
ter opens June 20.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
GAIN OF 1908 SHOWN
IN EARLY REPORTS
County Roads
To Be Repaired

Six Ottawa County roads are to
receive bituminous treatment this
summer as the State Highway
Director is advertising for bids to
be received until Thursday, July
6.
A total of over 25 miles is in
cluded in the six proposals offer.
ed.
To be repaired are sos miles
of State Route $40 in Allen and
Benton Townships; 800 miles OF
State Route 2 in Benton Town
ship; $40 miles of State Route
5S4 in Salem and Bay Townships;
3.33 miles of State Route 5S4 iT
Salem Township; 6.65 miles Of
State Route 500 in Benton and
Harris Townships, and mile of
Route 500 in Benton Township.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
FIRE MEN WILL
SEEK CONVENE
Hope To Bring NWO Con-
ventiOn Back To This
City Next Year

Port Clinton's delegation to the
annual Northwestern Ohio Volun-
teer Firemen's Association con-
vention in Defiance next Wednes-
day will extend an invitation to
the group to hold it's 1851 conven-
tion in this city.
While the convention was held
here only last year, rain ruined
the parade and dampened the
spirits of the visitors. At a
meeting in Crestline earlier this
month, Port Clinton was the only
Continued Page 2, Col. 50
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
Watson Gains
Lawyer Status

William Watson, son of Mrs.
Agnes Watson, and grandson of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nissen, will
be a candidate for the degree of
Bachelor of Law, Saturday, June
II, when he is to be graduated
from the University of Michigan's
law school, Ann Arbor.
Watson, a graduate of the local
high school, received his ALB. de-
gree at the University of Mich
igan in 1947.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
JAIL GETS HOT

Having hid his matches in his
shoes, evidently, a Knight of the
open road" caused fire in the city
bastile Monday evening. Patrol
man Russell Shinevar discovered
blazing chair when he opened
the Jail to admit another "sleep-
err. A pail of water quickly ex-
tinguished the "hot seat.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
BIRTHS HIT HIGH

Eighteen births iE Magruder
Hospital this week set new rec
ord for a seven-day period and
complicated things at the News
office. 1t has always been the
custom of the News to herald each
birth with a miniature stork. This
week we have a problem-there
are only II "storks" in the shop.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16
BURNED BY TRACTOR

Richard Beaver, 18, Catawba
Island, was admitted to Magruder
Hospital Tuesday forenoon after
he had suffered chest and arm
burns from tractor radiator steam.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-16

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., 1950-05-24
D. {. Lutherans Named
Delegates 10 Convention
BY the Assoeiofed Press

GETTYSBURG, Pa, May 24-
The 135th annual convention OF
the Evangelical. Lutheran Synod
OF Maryland has selected most OF
it's delegates to the United Lu-
theran Church convention at Des
Moines in October.
Those chosen yesterday from
the Western Conference of the
convention include the Rev. Ell
wood S. Falkenstein, Westminster,
Md: and three laymen-Merwyn
Fuss, Taneytown, Md; John L.
Shaw, Frederick. Nd, and Carl
L. Schaeffer, Westminster.
These Eastern clerical delegates
were named:
The Rev. Paul L. Reaser, WASH
ington: the Rev. John c. Stuff,
Baltimore; the Rev. L. Ralph Ia
Dor, Washington, and the Rev.
Oscar F. Blackwelder. Washing
ton.
Eastern laymen chosen: Paul I.
Folkemer, Baltimore, and Fred w.
Konemann and Thomas P. Hick-
man, both of Washington.
Earlier. the convention re-
elected three of its Synod officers,
including Mr.. Stuff, Baltimore,
secretary; Virgil w. Doub, Mid
dletown, Nd. treasurer, and DR..
Falkenstein, statistical secretary
Evening star., 1950-05-24
Russian Infroction
Could Be Busis for
Treuty Remuneration
By JOY 6. Hoyden
North American Newspaper Alliance. }

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Comment on the concerted
American British French accusa-
tion that Russia is creating a Ger
man army in its zone of occupa-
ton focuses mainly on three
aspects.
!. It is q necessary and logical
prelude to creating a counter Ger
man force in the almost three
times-as-populous Western zones
Unless Russia disproves the charge
that it already has a German
army Of $4,000 and agrees to dis
band this force, the Western
Allies would seem to have no alter
native but to rearm their Ger
mans.
2. This Western protest is sig
nificant' because 1t is the first
three-power message to Russia in
a long time. Unless Russia alb
solves itself of the charge that it
is rearming Germany, this in
fraction could be made the basis
for remuneration by the Western
powers of all their postwar agree
ments with Russia.
8. This three-cornered approach
to Russia has a direct bearing
on the new peace offensive which
Trygve Lie, secretary general of
the United Nations, just now is
fomenting.
Beginning with the flood of de-
mands last winter for some new
move to end the cold war;"
President Truman and Secretary
of State Acheson have made their
position clear. AS stated by Mr..
Acheson on April %, there can
be no agreement" between the
United States and Russia until
the Soviet abandons "the idea of
aggression not only military
attack. but propaganda warfare
and the secret undermining of
free countries from within"
Proof by Russia that it is
aot rearming Eastern Germany
against its former allies would
seem to be among the very first
essentials to United States consid-
Grafton of any peace proposals
Mr.. Lie may be bringing from
Marshal Stain.
Mr.. Acheson'S prime anxiety,
concerning the earlier peace Of
fensives, was that Great Britain
or France might move separately
for some new approach to Stain.
There was particular alarm
on that score when Winston
Churchill, during the British elec-
ton campaign. called for a fur
ther American British Russian
attempt to stop the atomic arms
race.
There was fear also that the
British-because of their known
great desire to achieve a working
relationship with Communist
Ch1na-would attempt to smooth
out the current impasse in the
q. N. Security Council, caused by
Russia's walk-out so long as Com
munist China is excluded.
One Of Mr.. Acheson's main be-
hind-the-scenes endeavors in Lon
don is known to have been an at
tempt to reach an understanding
with the British on this China is
sue.
Evening star., 1950-05-24
Bottle for Berlin
Moy End in Mere
Propaganda Skirmish
By Peter lisoqor

Signs are multiplying here that
the widely advertised battle for
Berlin" this week end may end UP
IN propaganda skirmish.
That explains the timing of the
Western powers three-ply protest
to Moscow over the East German
police force. informed sources say.
BY Seizing the initiative In the
war of words, the West Is believed
to have tipped the Russians of
balance slightly.
Red Proposal Expected.
officials here expect the Rus
slams to come up with some sensa-
tional proposal to add fervor to
the Whitsuntide youth celebra-
tions.
What the proposal might be is
pure guesswork. It might be a
renewal Of the demand that all
occupation troops be withdrawn
or a Kremlin plan to negotiate a
separate peace treaty with Eastern
Germany.
In any event, the protest over
a 50,000-man police force, with
Soviet military ties. training and
equipment. was timed to clog the
Soviet propaganda pipeline.
The stress in the+American pro-
test is on the peace-haunting ma
ture of the police force.
Sharpest Thrust.
Here is where the sharpest
propaganda thrust has been made,
it is believed here, for the So
viet's professions of peace-and
its warmongering charges against
the West-play a stuck-whistle
role in the Iron Curtain press
and radio.
Although officials here gener-
ally feel now that the youth ral-
lies this week end won't blossom
into shooting fracas, as orig
inally feared, they're not advocat-
ing any furloughs for Western
troops.
When the United States and
its allies announced they'd be
ready with cannon if the Com
munistS got overexuberant, that
was the kind Of talk the Com
muniSts heed.
Hence, it boils down to a prop
aganda imbroglio-and diplomats.
here say you can chalk up the
first round to the West.
Released by Chicago Daily News.)
Evening star., 1950-05-24
2Pofomac Canoes Capsize,
Dunking Three Youths

Three youths were dunked in
the Potomac yesterday afternoon
when their canoes overturned in
the wind before the thunderstorm.
Clark F. Molster, II, of 1921 R
street NV, and John A. Girls
taudo, 10, of 1913 T street NV,
toppled in the water as a cess
wind caught them about a quar-
ter of mile from shore.
The third youth, Leonard Fay,
ID, OF 3514 Reservoir road NV,
was spilled from his canoe when
he pulled away from a dock as q
police boat brought in the two
other youths and their canoe.
Evening star., 1950-05-24
Tito Government Calls
For World Peace ParIeY
BY the Associated Press

FLORENCE, Italy, May "a
Marshal Tito's government yester-
day called for a 1850 world peace
conference Of intellectuals from
all United Nation members, in
Guiding Russia and Yugoslavia's IS
Cominforn foes.
Vladislaw Ribnikar, chief Yugo-
slav delegate. made the proposal
in a resolution offered before the
fifth general conference of the
United Nations Educational, Scien-
tific and Cultural Organization
CUNESCO) here.
Howland Sargent. chief of the
United States delegation, told
reporters he agreed in principle"
with the Yugoslav proposal. but
said it would have to be studied
from practical angles.
The Belgrade delegate asked
Jaime Torres Bodet. Mexican di-
rector general of UNESCO, to
issue invitations to a conference in
Europe to strengthen interna-
tional cooperation and fight
against the war psychosis and a
tendency of war between certain
different ideologieS."