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Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-21
All Club Camp 10 Be
 At KinQ's Lake Auq. 7-4

Four-H Club camp is scheduled at Kings Lake from Aug. 1 through Aug. 4, Miss Mary Lou Lashbrook, home demonstration agent, announced this week. Four H Club members who plan to at tend the camp should be regis tered by July 27.
 Registration blanks for the camp may be filled out at the Ex- tension Office, Miss Lashbrook said. ....<.... ..~..:.. ..--.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-21
Traffic Violation 10 Be

Traffic Violation 10 Be
 Tried in Commissioner Court
 Bobby Slayden, charged with failure to keep to the right on a public highway, will be tried in the court of U. s. Commissioner Dorothy Saxton today. The com plaint charging Slayden, signed by territorial highway patrolman Stanley Laird, alleges that the failure to obey the traffic regula- tion resulted in an accident which caused property damage.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-21
Catches Finger in Machine

Marlow Johnson, employed at Jonesville on the installation of the new coal washer, suffered hand injury in an accident on the job this week. MT. Johnson caught finger in a moving belt of the machinery. He suffered se- were decorations, cut tendons and crushed finger joints.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-21
FINED FOR SPEEDING

John Katzakian pleaded guilty to charge of driving at excessive speed, in a case heard in the court of U. s. Commissioner Dorothy Saxton last week. He was fined $25 by Mrs. Saxton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
ALL BOND ISSUES GIVEN Good
MAJ0RIT!ES BY COUNTY VOTERS

Continuing their benevolent and
progressive record, voters of Of
tawa county once again gave over
whelming majorities to all bond
issues and special questions in
Tuesdays election.
Portage and Bay Township vot.
ers approved renewal of the Port
Clinton Exempted Village School
bond levy by better than four to
one majority. Unofficial count
was 2171 for the levy and 378
against.
Clay Township voters approved
both issues on their ballots. The
garbage collection levy for Genoa
residents was approved 405 to
173 and the Clay-Genoa School
District levy renewal was okayed
7O2 to 222.
Danbury Township residents
voted 888 to 356 for renewal OF
the present three-mill school levy
and an increase of two mills.
Catawba Township residents ap-
proved a $4,000 bond issue for
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
15YOuTHSLEAvE
FOR ARMY DUTY
20 To Take Physical Exams
Next Tuesday; IL to Be In
Quoted In December

Fifteen youths were sent to
Toledo Tuesday morning as part
of the October induction call for
the Ottawa County Selective Ser
vice Board. Another group of five
men is scheduled for induction OF,
November 27.
Those inducted Tuesday include
Wendell d. Wolf, Richard ]. Wood
ward, Carl ]. Dawson and Rich
ard E. Windsor, Port Clinton; Ed
ward DeMars, Edward X. Cla-
baugh and ElWood D. VenZke.
Genoa.
Paul E. Cavalier and Wade L.
Rice, Oak Harbor; George E. Gack-
stetter, Graytown; Sammie B. Neff,
Gypsum; Donlad c. Beshalske, Ell
liston; Edward J. Novotny, Mar
blehead; Kermit G.. Giesler, El,
more, and Onicimo Carmona, Cur
tice.
Twenty-nine youths are schedul-
ed to be sent tc Toledo for pre-
induction physical and mental
examinations next Tuesday, Nov.
14th.
Only one induction call has
been received for next month by
the local board. State headquar-
ters asked for IL men to be sent
for induction on December 8.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
BUSINESS FIRMS
CHANGE OWNERS
Madison Recreation and Port
Clinton Candy Co Involved
In Change-Over

Two business places changed
hands Monday, with Frederick c..
Fritz" Johnson purchasing the
Madison Recreation, Madison ST.,
and its owners Ray Raypole and
Clarence Marsden purchasing
Johnson's Port Clinton Candy Co.
The owners took possession
early this week. Johnson has
operated the Port Clinton Candy
Company, which includes manu-
facture of Cardinal Beverages, for
over two years. Purchase of the
Madison Street business also in
cludes the two second-foor apart
ments, where Raypole and Mars
den reside.
Johnson has leased the pool
room to John Banchich, Port Clin-
ton.
Raypole and Marsden are now
operating the Port Clinton Candy
Company. Raypole is partner
with Johnson in the Cardinal Bev-
erage stables, local trotting and
pacing enterprise. He had oper-
ated Madison Recreation since
shortly after returning from
World War ii service, Marsden
joining the firm two years ago.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
R OLLIE WIT t
DIES SUDDENLY
LATE SATURDAY.
Services Held Wednesday For
Popular Co. Commissioner
and Democratic Leader

Hundreds of friends throughout
the area were shocked over the
weekend to learn of the sudden
death of Rollie Witt, SIS, chairman
of the Ottawa County Board of
Commissioners.
Mr. Witt, who sold out his gro
Gerry store in Clay Center because
of i'll health last year, passed away
in Mercy Hospital, Toledo, Satur-
day night.
Although he had been failing
for some months, Mr.. Wits count.
less friends did not realize his
condition was serious and thought
his disqualification would be OF
short duration.
A leading Democratic worker
throughout his life, Mr.. Witt had
served as county commissioned
for the past ten years. His term
would not haYe expired for two
more years, thus an interim ap-
pointee must be selected by three
other county officials, Probate
Judge P. w. Gulau, Auditor E. A.
Guth and Recorder Grace Winters.
Surviving are the widow, Alta;
one daughter, Josephine, at home;
one son, Willard, Allen Township,
and a brother, Arthur, of Martin.
For many years, Mr.. Witt had
operated a grocery-general store
in Clay Center. He was a mem
ber of the Masonic Lodge and
other organizations.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday afternoon in the &C.
noa Lutheran Church.
Rev. Paul o. David officiated at
funeral services held in the Ge-
noa st. John Lutheran Church.
The flag at the county court house
was at half mast during the week,
in mourning for the popular COM
missioner.
One of the largest floral tri-
buteS ever seen in this county
overf1owed rooms in the Witt
home in Clay Center, as more and
more flowers arrived from his
many friends.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
LEGION UNITS
ARMISTICE
EVENTS HERE
Auxiliary Ladies To Hold
Poppy Day Tomorrow To
Honor War Dead

While no Armistice Day parade
in this city is planned for Satur-
day, there will be observanceS to
morrow by Port Clinton American
Legion Post 113 and the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Throughout the day, all Le-
gionnaires and veterans are invited
to partake of old-fashioned army
stew and fellowship at Legion
Hall, Monroe Street, near the ar
mory. Television of college foot
ball games will be a feature dur
ing the afternoon. The stew will
be prepared under direction OF
Auxiliary members.
Legion Auxiliary members, un.
der craftsmanship of Mrs. Torn
Heating, will sponsor Poppy Day
in honor of the war dead. Every
one in the city will be given all
opportunity to wear a memorial
poppy tomorrow as the sale CAM
paign will cover the entire city.
Each district of this city will
have its team workers who will
distribute poppies on the streets.
All will be unpaid volunteers and
the entire amount of contributions
given for the peoples will go to
support American Legion and
Auxiliary welfare work for dis,
abled veterans and needy children
of veterans.
Poppies for the day have been
ordered from the hospital at San
dusky Soldiers and Sailors Home
where they are being made by dis
abled veterans. They are crepe
paper replicas of the wild poppies
which blossomed between the
crosses, row on row." in war ceme-
terieS in France and Belgium
and which have become the me-
mortal flower of the English.
speaking world. Making the pop,
pies provides employment 70:
thousands of veterans unable to
do other work.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
FOUR ESCAPE AS
FIRE Dam ACES
'BRIEN HOME
Blaze Is First To Cause Pro-
perty Damage In City
Limits During 1850

A fire of undetermined origin
caused damages estimated at
$500 to the West Fifth Street
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
O'Brien, Sr., shortly after II
o'clock Sunday night
The fire broke lengthy record
in Port Clinton city limits as it
was the first to cause property
damage to residences this year.
Discovery of the fire was made
by Mrs. O'Brien when she opened
the door to the utility loom, only
to be driven back by a sheet of
flames. Her son and oaughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. George O'Brien.
were seated in the front room and
her husband was asleep in a Sec
ond story bedroom. All escaped
without injury.
Volunteer firemen, directed by
Chief Walter Miller, fought the
stubborn blaze and kept it from
spreading 10 NEARBY DullQlngS.
The O'Brien home is Immediately
east of the high school stadium.
Firemen stated the fire started
off the back porch. The porch
and utility room were badly dam
aged by fire. Smoke and heat
caused scorching damage in the
kitchen, and the attic and upstairs
rooms were damaged by water.
At 4:03 Sunday afternoon, fire.
men were called to the lakefront
on an erroneous report of a fire
in the cattails.
Monday night, firemen were call
ed to Madison and Second Street
intersection when car was slight
ly damaged by fire.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
COVER NAMED TO
SUCCEED Witt
Veteran Board of Public AT
fairs Member Chosen BY
Committee

Charles Cover, 403 jefferson
ST., Democratic leader and for
mer Ottawa County Sheriff, has
been appointed to fill the un.
expired term of the late RoIIie
c. Witt on the Board Of Com
missioners.
Mr.. Cover was named Thursday
morning by committee compris-
ed of Auditor E. A. Guth, Probate
Judge P. w. Gulau, and Recorder
Grace M. Winters. He will as
sumo duties of the office immedi-
ately and serve the two years re-
naming in Mr.. Wits term.
The new commissioner has been
prominent in Port Clinton civic
affairs and Ottawa County Demo
cratic circles for many years.
He is now serving as chairman
of Port Clinton's Board of Public
Affairs and is a member of the
cemetery board. Mr.. Cover was
Ottawa County sheriff for two
terms, serving from 1925 to 1929.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
Ebright Total
Shaved By Error

Despite the heavy vote in this
county, and precinct workers
unfsmiliarity with the new Of
fice-type ballots, Ottawa County
was one of the first in Ohio TO
complete IFS tally Tuesday night.
First precinct TO report was
Allen !, which phoned its re-
suits TO the Board Of Elections
headquarters in the court house
less than an hour after the polls
closed at $50.
North Bass Island tPut-in-Bsy
y was second to report, its re-
suits being received at 7:40.
Salem a came in at eight. One
Of the last of Ottawa counfy's
40 precincts TO report was Dam
bury where 80 votes were re-
corded.
Biggest vote in any precinct
was Danbury 3, where 646 bal
lots were counted.
One big error was reported
Wednesday morning, and II
shaved nearly 1000 votes off
gubernatorial candidate Don
Ebright's total. Early reports
had given Ebright a county TO-
tai Of 6,543 but the correct total
is 5,453.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10

construction of a town hall and
fire station building, 3O6 to 62.
and also approved the special
question on its proposed construc-
ton, 293 to rs,
In Erie Township, voters ap-
proved a $4,000 bond issue for
school house improvements, 293
to As, and also approved the spec
ial question to convert the La
carne Town Hall into a Commu-
nifty Hall, 253 to 81.
Salem Township voters more
than quadrupled approval of the
$250,000 bond issue for remodel
ing and additions to the Oak Har-
Dor school building, the vote be.
ing 1136 to 273.
In Benton Township, 4O6 per-
sons voted approval of the school
levy renewal and lat disapprov-
ed. North Bass Island voters gave
the school levy an approval of IS
to 4.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
Fruit Growers To
Banquet Thursday

Members of the Ottawa Coun-
ty Fruit Growers Association
will meet and banquet at $50
next Thursday evening, Novem
Der 16, in Union Chapel, Cataw-
ba Island.
All growers should be inter
ested in attending this meeting
as it is the annual banquet and
meet of the association, and
election of officers is scheduled.
Interesting speakers, with
fruit growing and marketing
subjects, and musical entertain
ment, are planned for the pro-
gram. All fruit growers, wheth-
er or not members of the as
sociation, may attend. Lester
Luchsinger is president.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
SEVEN ENLIST
DURING WEEK
Beverly Benson Is First Local
Girl To Join WACS In
Many Months

Miss Beverly Benson, Erie Ord
nance Depot, is the first Ottawa
County girl to enlist in the WACs
since the Korean Conflict started.
Miss Benson enlisted for three
years at the Sandusky Recruiting
Station last week. She is a men,
ber of the P. c. H. S. Class of
1850.
Six other Port Clinton area
youths also enlisted in the servic-
es at Sandusky late last week,
Wiley T. Evans, Michael j. Mi
lazzo and Guy J. Ransbottom, all
of Port Clinton, enlisted at the
Sandusky Naval Recruiting office
and are now in training at the
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
in Chicago.
Jacob F. Jacobsen, Route l, en-
listed for three years in the in
fantry at the Sandusky Army Re-
cruiting Station. George j. Mon
ak, Marblehead, and William F.
Lane, Lakeside, enlisted for four
years in the U. S. Air Force, also
at the Sandusky recruiting sta
ton.
According to the records of Mrs.
Edward Reifschneider, clerk of the
Ottawa County Selective Service
Board, others who have enlisted
recently, or were recalled as re-
ServiStS, include:
Harry R. Rheinhard, Put-in-Bay.
Robert Wacke, Williston, and Ross
D. Ward, Erie Gardens, Army;
Kenneth L. Buck, Elmore, Nelson
R. Gnepper, Rt. 3, Port Clinton,
Kenneth c. Grau, Rt. 3, Oak Har'
Dor, Paul G. Hartman and Lester
Wilka, Genoa, Navy; Donald Moh-
ler, Marblehead, Air Force;
James L. Hopfnger, Rt. 3, Oak
Harbor, Marine Corps, and STAN
ley E. Kerbel, Elmore, Coast
Guard.
Records in Mrs. Reifschneider's
office show that 103 youths have
enlisted recently in Ottawa Coun.
ty. The total is greater as men
who are over % and numerous
reServiStS are not reported.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
GIRLS WIN IN
PEACE CONTEST
Grace Frauhiger and Sandra
Miller To Represent City In
County Event

Two girls, Misses Grace Frau-
niger, Erie Township, ard Sandra
Miller, East Second Street, will
represent Port Clinton in the OF
tawa County Prince OF Peace con-
tests. They were adjudged win.
ners of local contests held Sunday
evening in Trinity Methodist and
E. U. B. Churches.
Miss Frauhiger was winner of
the contest held in the Methodist
Church, where Miss Lois Everett
was named as second prize win
ner by judges Miss Thelma Mont
gomery, Carmon Norwine and
John Belknap. Also competing in
this group were Ann Barker, Betty
Limestahl, Fred Schneider and
Ronald Manious.
Miss Miller, daughter of the Rev.
and Mrs. Lawrence Miller, won
first place in the contest held in
the E. u. B. Church where Rich
ard Dietrich was second place
winner. Also competing here
were Karis Stahl, Joan Guggisberg,
Dorothy Wilson and James Rud-
dock. Judges at the E. u. 7.
Church were Mrs. Robert Thomp-
son, Russell Druckenmiller and
Ray Sperber.
Boyd Miller, high school speech
instructor, coached the large en-
try. Rev. Miller and Mrs. Vaughn
Bigelow were in charge Of the
programs in their respective
churches.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10

Farmer Trial
Begins Monday

First degree murder charge
of Richard Farmer, 90, West
Perry Street, will get underway
Monday morning in Common
Pleas Judge Tom D. Stahl's
court.
A special petit jury will be
impaneled from the list of IS
names recently taken from the
jury wheel.
Farmer has been in county
Jail after being indicted by the
grand jury on the first degree
murder charge, arising from the
death of Mrs. Helen Noble, 81,
who died Sept. "a after being
shot the previous Saturday
night.
When arraigned in Common
Pleas Court three weeks ago,
Farmer pleaded innocent and
Atty. Leslie E. Meyer, through
request of the defendant, was
appointed by Judge Stahl as his
counsel.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
PHILIP FEHR is.
HURT when NAVY
SHIPS COLLIDE.
Oak HarbOr Youth Suffers
Compound Leg Fracture in
Atlantic Ocean Crash

Philip Fehr, 17-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert F. Fehr,
800 East Water Street, Oak Har-
Dor, was one of two men serious
ly injured when two U. S. Navy
destroyers collided early Wednes-
day 400 miles off Wilmington.
North Carolina.
A telegram received from the
Navy Department by the family
Wednesday night reported that
the Fehr youth was seriously in
jured and had sustained a COM
pound fracture of leg.
Four men were killed and two
others were injured in the acci-
dent which involved the C. H.
Roam and the Brownson. All of
the casualties were aboard the
Roam.
An Associated Press dispatch
earlier had reported that the Fehr
youth had been killed, but the
family said that the official tele-
gram had related only that leg
fracture had been sustained.
The injured sailor, an appren-
tice seaman, entered service on
July 81 of this year. He was a
member of the 1850 graduating
class of Salem-Oak Harbor high
school and had been a member
of the school band.
He is a grandson of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. E. Snideg, West Third
Street, Port Clinton, and a neph-
ew of Harvey Snider and Wesley
Snider, of Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
SENIORS OPEN
PLAY THURSDAY
Comedy 'Me and My Shadow"
To Be Presented Two Nights
In Auditorium

Nine students are cast in the
Senior Class Play to be present
ed next week Thursday and Fri
day, November 1917, in the high
schol auditorium. The curtain
will part at eight both evenings
Mrs. Thalia Brown is directing
the comedy, "Me and My Shadow"
and JoAnn Mccullough is student
director. 1t is a popular, light
comedy with unusually clever dia-
logue.
Oma Armstrong and Bill Coon
are cast as Arleen and Ray Har-
rington, the leads. Carolyn Brind-
ley will be Susan Fisher, the maid
and Dorothy Wilson is Mrs. King,
the mother-in-law.
jeanne Nelson plays Georgia
Butler, a neighbor noted for her
gossiping tendencies. Dick Klein
will be seen as Harrington's
friend, Bruce Douglas.
Betty Karshuk as the Shadow"
and Bob Martin as "Sabu" have
mysterious parts while Ronald
Johnson will be Hickson, the sher-
iff.
Assisting in the production are
Carolyn Kirk, costume manager:
Eleanore Lindemann, property
manager; Joan Quintell, makeup
chairman; Rosalyn Kuzma, busi-
ness manager; Don Peterson, stage
manager, and Tom Leavy, sound
effects manager.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
Here's How You
Voted Tuesday

Unofficial results of Tuesday
election in Ottawa County are a
follows:
For Governor:
Don H. Ebright, 5,453.
Frank ]. Lausche, 4,782.
For 1t. Governor:
George D. Nye, 4,450.
J. Eugene Roberts, 4,853.
For Secretary of State:
Ted w. Brown, Ais.
Charles F. Sweeney, 4,585.
For State Treasurer:
Frank M. Quinn, 4,045.
Roger w. Tracy, 5,2O8.
For Attorney General:
Herbert S. Duffy, 4,299.
C. William O'Neill, 1888.
For U. S. Senator:
Joseph T. Ferguson, 1929.
Robert A. Taft, 6,302.
For Congressman-at-large:
George H. Bender, 5,015.
Stephen M. Young, 4,052.
For Congressman:
Thomas H. Burke, 2,572.
Homer A. Ramey, APO.
Frazier Reams, 1913.
For State Senator:
Fred L. Adams, 5,155.
Walter Wiseley, 1892.
For State Representative:
Robert w. Reider, 7,188.
For County Commissioner:
Sanke Bahnsen, 5,006.
Clay Scott, 4,599.
For County Auditor:
E. A. Guth, 5,871.
John Miner, 1882.
For County Recorder:
Grace M. Winters, 1927.
For Common Pleas Judge:
]. G. Hitchcock, 3,764.
Tom D. Stahl, 5,731.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
Orchard Inn Plans
Opening Dance

Grand opening of Orchard Inn,
Route 2 West, will be this Satur-
day night when the new owners.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pegas, will pre-
sent Albert Volensic's orchestra
for dancing from 9 to 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pegas formerly
operated Oakdale Cafe in Toledo.
They plan dancing for every Sat-
urday night at Orchard Inn, near
the Toussaint River Bridge in Car.
roll Township.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
All-Weather Heads
Placed On Meters

Representatives of the M. Fl.
Rhodes Company, Hartford,
Connecticut, assisted by local
police, have installed new Mark
Time heads on the 185 parking
meters in the business district
during the week.
The new heads are equipped
with an all-weather device,
which protects the coin slot from
snow and rain. 1t is necessary
to lift up the protector before
coins can be dropped in the
meters. Cost of the improve
ment was paid from meter col
lections.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
Employee Cutback
Reported At Plant

First employment cut-back in
many weeks was reported this
week at the Standard Products
where % new workers in the rub
ber department were laid off in
definitely.
l.. S. Larson, Port Clinton divi-
sion manager, stated that hopes
are high that the workers can be
returned to their jobs in the very
near future.
Employment at the local factory
continues on a high planel There
we're 703 employees working in the
Standard Products plant on No
vember 3, compared with $50 on
the same date last year
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
RETURN FROM CONVENTION

Returning Sunday after spend
ing II days in Long Beach, Calf,
attending meetings of the Wom-
ems Missionary Federation of the
American Lutheran church were
Mrs. Dale Hostrup, Mrs. A. H.
Rofkar, Mrs. Charles Dewitt, Mrs.
G. A. Shively, Mrs. Edward LATER,
Mrs. Nels Petersen, Miss Marjorie
Petersen and Mrs. Curtis Brough
accompanied by her aunt, Mrs.
Louis Mylander of Oak Harbor.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10

Four members of Port Clin-
toms 1428th Engineer Tread
way Bridge Co., now at Fort Bel
voir, Virginia, were especially
saddened when Puerto Rican Ma
tionalists attempted to assassin.
ate President Truman last week.
They had visited Blair House
only few days earlier and had
their pictures snapped with Pvt.
Joseph H. Downs, one of the Se-
cret Service guards who was
critically wounded by the
would-be assassins last week.
Shown in the picture are Sgt.
Ted McGee, Guard Downs, Cpl,
Phillip McGee and Jack Iehle.
The picture was snapped by
S/Sgt. Rupert Spurlin while on
a weekend pass.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
Youth For Christ
Rally Is SATURDAY.

A Youth for Christ Rally will
be held this Saturday evening at
7:30 in the Pilgrim Holiness
Church, East Fifth Street.
Rev. G. R. Anderson of the Hall
Road E. U. B. Church, Lindsey,
will be guest speaker, and Louis
Kovac, Fostoria, will be song lead
er. There will be special singing
and old fashioned gospel preach
ing.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
Cover Named To Succeed Witt

Charles Cover, Port Clinton,
left, has been chosen by a COM
mittee of three county officials
to fill the vacancy caused this
week by the death of County
Commissioner Rollie Witt, right.
Services for the popular Clay
Center official were held We'd
nesday afternoon in Genoa.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
Farmer Hurt When
Tossed By Bull

John Kokinda, .Sr., Bay Town
ship, suffered painful injuries
Sunday forenoon when he was
attacked by a bull in his pas
ture field. Kokinda was saved
from more serious injury when
the hornless bull tossed the
farmer over a fence.
Kokinda and a neighbor, Nor.
man Lacumsky, had gone to the
pasture to catch a calf when the
bull became angered and attack
ed Mr.. Kokinda. He was taken
to Magruder Memorial Hospital
where he is being treated for
fractures of the collar bone and
shoulder.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
ON TELEVISiON

Mr.. and Mrs. James Kaspar,
popular Bay township residents,
appeared on the Ginny Wood tele-
vision show for Tony's Bakery,
Wednesday evening, via WSPD-TV.
Parents of five sons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kaspar we're observing their 45th
wedding anniversary.