Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-03
Court House News

Judge Tom Stahl OF the COM
mon pleas cCI1lt was confined to
his home in Oak Harbor over the
weekend, being numbered with
the sick.
Members of the Advisory Board
Of the Ottawa County Health De
partment will hold their annual
meeting in the common pleas
court room, Monday evening,
March 6. The board members in
clude the Mayors of the villages
in the county and chairmen Of the
trustees of each township.
Judge P. w. Gulau reports an
increase in the volume of business
in the office of the probate court
for February, due to the number
of estates which have been admin
istered.
Probation officer James Ellen
berger, addressed the members of
the Port Clinton high school senior
class Thursday noon when he told
of scme of the problems of the
probation department and the
work carried on.
The auditors department will
/, be the center of activity for the
next four weeks, while new Ii
cense plates are being issued to
automobile owners for 1850 and
also the paying of personal prop
erty taxes. The new license plates
start with the numeral 3901-P and
must be in use before April 1st.
More than $500 blanks have
been sent to property owners for
listing personal property on which
taxes must be pad by March 81.
Reports must be listed by all bust
nesses, farmers, boat owners, also
on stocks, bonds, mortgages, notes,
postal savings and other taxable
personal property.
The county engineers depart
ment has flied report on the
proposed improving of the Loren
sen ditch in Allen township, and
the county commissioners will
hold a hearing on the petition,
Monday afternoon, March 27, at
two o'clock, in the commissioners
office in the court house.
A petition was filed with the
county commissioners Monday, in
the matter of improving the
= Emery Turnow ditch in Benton
township. The commissioners will
view the proposed project, Mon
day morning, March 20 and the
hearing on the petition will be
held Monday, March 27.
County Auditor f. A. Guth re-
ports the receipt of the following
vouchers from Columbus: $7,63l
from state funds for the county
board of education funds; $86(
frcm state funds for County BoarC
oil Health funds.
The case Of Joseph Smoke
against Russell Wheeler, an actor
for money only, which was beinl
tried in common pleas court las
week, was to be continued Wed
nesday morning when the peti
jurors reported fer duty after hay
ting been excused Thursday anc
Monday, due to the illness O
Judge Tom Stahl.
Real estate transfers in Ottaw;
county numbered 16l parcels
transferred in the county during
February, a decrease from Janu
ary when 168 transfers We're re
corded in the auditors depart
ment.
Mrs. Velma Sauvey, clerk o
courts, reports 10 new civil case
filed in common pleas cctut durin'
February, Of which IA We're appli
cations for divorces and alimony
an increase over January whe,
fivo applications wern filed.
In the probate court Judge I
w. Gulau reports nine anplca
tions for marriage licenses durin;
February, one less than in Janu
airy when 10 were issued.
New cases filed in the commG.
pleas court during the week in
cluded the following: Willar
Royster against Lethie Royste,
an action for divorce and othe
relief; Forrest Lee Eckhot
against Dom G. Eckhoff, an az
ton for divorce, dissolution O
partnership and other equitabl
relief.
Deputy Sheriff Clarence Stepl
ems was in Lima, Monday, hi
mission was to bring back to tn
county Jail John Applegate of Ga
Harbor, who had been ordere
committed to the state hosnital n