Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10

Sheriff Merlan Budd and de-
putty Clarence Stephens attended
the meeting of the Northwestern
Ohio Sheriff's Association held at
Lima, last Wednesday evening.
Judge Tom Stahl, who is va
csstioning is expected to resume
his judicial activities the latter
/ part of next week.
William E. Fleckner, of Oak
Harbor, a representative of the
Norwalk district of the Ohio
Sales Tax Department, spent Mon
day at the court house checking
| automobile titles.
4 County clerk Mrs. Velma Sau-
vey reports the receipt of the new
1850 fishing licenses which are
now on sale in her department.
| The county commissioners were
! in session Monday when numbe,
! of matters We're discussed, but no
| definite action taken. A number
of bills were approved and order
| ed to be paid.
| Mrs. Grace Winters, county re-
corder reports an increase in the
number of chattel mortgages
which are being filed in recorders,
department..
Members 6" the Ottawa County
Board of Education held their
regular meeting in the office of
the county superintendent of
schools in the court house last
Thursday. No action was taken
at this time in the matter of the
appointment Of new county su-
perintendent to fill the vacancy
caused by the. death of the late
A. o. Dehn.
The auditors department con-
tinues to be the center of activity
about the court house, with d
large number of persons paying
their personal taxes and purch-
asing new license plates for auto
mobiles. Tax payments have been
reported good and the number of
automobile tags issued is report
ed about the same as for last
year.
Engineers arc to fi,e y new re-
port mkt Wednesday, March IS
with the commits sioners Of Wood,
SsSndusky and Ottawa counties
in the matter OF the propos ID
Packe.' Greek project which has
been pending for some time. The
engineers were instructed to check
the survey and compute new as
sessments. The commissioners nf
the three counties will at this
meeting set the date and time
for the hearing on the assess
ments. Commissioner Edward
Tank of Ottawa county is chair
man of the joint board.
New cases filed in the common
pleas court during the week in
cluded: Clayton w. Hanny against
Martha P. Hanny, an action for
divorce and equitable relief; Ber-
nard B. Huss against Harold J.
Heilman and others, an action for
q sognovit note. @ =
Mrs. Velma Sauvey, Clerk of
courts, reports $50 certificates OF
title for new and used vehicles
having been filed in this depart
ment during February of which
10 were for new automobiles,
For January the total number filed
was 585 of which 120 were new
vehicles.
The sheriff's department reports
quiet weekend with no traffic
accidents having been reported
fcr investigation. The county jail
contains one prisoner at this
time.
Wills of Nick C. jacobson, Fred
erick Glatz, Martha Griesser and
Mary Bodenstein nave been filed
in the probate court for probat
ing.
Judge P. w. Gulau of the pro
bate court reports the following
appointments for the past week.
Charles F. Arnold, appointed adj
ministrator of the estate of Will
liam Sondergeld; Arthur A
Swartz, appointed administrator
of the estate of Alfred M. Wilk.
inson.
Final accounts of administration
have been filed in the probate
court by Paul G. Fox, executor OF
estate of Anna Elizabeth Fox; b.
Leslie E. Meyer. executor of es.
tate of John j. Robinson; by Wes-
ley Windisch, executor of estate
of William Brough; by Olive Bow
ersox Carroll with will annexed
as administrators of estate OF
Catherine Bowersox; by Lila Vel
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