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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
AR MY TROOPS
ARRIVE FRIDAY
AT CAMP PERRY
400 Regular Army Troops
Are Due For Training
At Local Post

Over 200 regular army troops
from Fort George Meade, Mary
land, are due at Camp Perry to-
day as a station complement to
assist in instruction work for the
national guard anti-aircraft train
ing period which opens early next
month.
1t Col. j. Ashworth will be
commanding officer of the com
plement, which is from the Both
Composite Battalion. An advance
detail of 16 men and three officers
arrived last Friday at the state
reservation.
Another group of 200 men and
officers of the 8Sth Airborne
Anti-Aircra Battalion, Fort
Campbell, Kentucky, will arrive
here next Friday, June 80, for
regular army training.
over 1900 Ohio National
Guardsmen will be brought to
Camp Perry July 9 to begin anti
aircraft training for two weeks.
They will use the new ranges at
Sand Beach and Camp Perry
Nearly 5000 guardsmen from
Pennsylvania will come here July
% to open another two-weell
training period
Since late in April, 14O men
and officers of the 10th Engineer
Truck Company, Fort Campbell,
Kentucky, have been at Camp Per-
ry as work detail, preparing the
ranges for the summer training.
All indications point to record
summer at Camp Perry as the
Ohio Championship Rifle and Pts
tol Matches early in September
are expected to attract around
5000 marksmen and their fami-
lies.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
JOHN MORTON IS
new PC. Lawyer
Washington Court House Ma
tive Opens Office In
Forster Bldg.

John B. Morton is the latest
addition to the Ottawa County
Bar, having opened a law Office at
1929 Madison street, in Port
Clinton, early this week.
Born in Columbus, Atty Nor
ton had been a resident of Wash
ington Court House most of his
life, graduating from the public
high school of that city in 1910.
He received his ALB. Degree from
Miami University, Oxford, ir 1947
and his LIB. Degree from the
University of Cincinnati College
of Law in 1949. While at Gin
cinnati he was a member of the
Broard Of Editors of the Cincin-
natl Law Review and of the stu
dent staff of The Cincinnati Legal
Aid Society.
Prior to his arrival in Port
Clinton, Mr.. Morton was associat-
ed with the firm of Hansen and
Rowland, Inc, of Tacoma, Wash
ington, general agents for Lloyd's
Of London and other companies,
as assistant manager of the
firms claim department. While
with this company he was en-
gagged in the settlement of various
types of insurance losses including
casualty, bond, workman's COM
pensation, liability and others.
A veteran of World War IL,
Morton served for two and half
years in the 260th Engineer Com
bat Bn. as a staff sergeant and
saw combat duty in France, Ger
many and Austria.
Mr.. Morton is a member of
Beta Theta Pi and Phi Alpha
Delta Fraternities. At present he
reside with his wife, Jeanne, at
22812 w. Third ST., Port Clinton.
He plans to engaged in the gen
eral practice of law.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
bPW CLUB Gets
TRAFFIC L|CHT 7
Efforts Rewarded AS Light
Is Installed At Dangerous
Intersection

Members of the Port Clinton
Business and Womens Club wore
happy smiles Friday noon when
their first civic project became a
reality.
President Thelma Montgomery
and Ann Bolte, chairman of the
public affairs committee, along
with several club members, were
at the Moose Club intersection,
east of the city, where they
turned on the current for the
newly-installed traffic light.
In an effort to reduce the many
accidents at this curve, the ladies
had launched a project last fall in
which they hoped to secure the
light.
Mrs. Bolte and Representative
Robert Reider, Oak Harbor, made
several trips to Columbus to plead
for the light with state. highway
department officials. After a sur
vey proved need for the light, it
was quickly installed.
Also present at the dedication
Friday were members Leonardo
Scherer, Florence Hyde, Veronica
Southwood, Martha Morgareidge,
Elma Miller and Marion Cleary.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
Held In Shooting
Case At Bay Twp.

Arthur L. Kagamaster, Ere
mont, is being held in county Jail
on open charges in connection
with gun blasts which struck the
packing house and residence of
AL Liam, Bay Township, late
Monday night.
Kagamaster was apprehended
Wednesday by Sheriff Merriam
Budd, who said the Fremont youth
was a former employee at the
Liam packing house. Window
panes in the Liam home were
broken by a shotgun blast, while
the packing house was struck by
shotgun pellets and revolver bull
lets.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
STRIKE VOTE is
HELD THURSDAY
Standard Products Workers
Take Poll In Armory; Local
Contracts Still Unsigned

All production at the Standard
Products was at a standstiII on
Thursday afternoon from until
4:30 o'clock when employees par
ticipated in a strike vote called
by officials of UAW-CIO Local
497.
While the master agreement be-
tween the union and the company
was signed April 20, after months
of negotiations, local contracts for
the Port Clinton and st. Clair
divisions of Standard Products
have not been signed to date.
1t is understood that the delay
in signing the local contracts is
due to economic issues.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
SPORTS LEADER
PASSES AW Ay
| N II 0 SPIT AL
Services Held Thursday Af-
ternOOn For John Engler,
Popular Sports Official

T.. John Engler, affectionately
called the father of organized
sports" in this city, passed away
Monday in Magruder Hospital
after a lingering illness. He was
49.
Always an enthusiastic sports
promoter, Engler was the first
president of the Port Clinton
Downtown Coaches Association
and was affiliated with numerous
baseball and bowling teams. lie
served many years as an official
of the Port Clinton Bowling
League.
During the years when sportG
interest was low in this city, John
Engler voluntarily wrote sport ar
ticles for local papers and worked
constantly to widen the athletic
field in this area.
Born in Czechoslovakia Decem-
Der 80, 1900, f. John Engler was
a SON of Joseph and Mary Paro-
bek Engler. With his parents, he
came to Port Clinton as young
ster. He was 40 years, five
months and 10 days of age and
was unmarried.
Surviving are the mother, Mrs.
Joseph Engler, Port Clinton; three
sisters, Mrs. Ray Coleman and
Miss Mary Engler, Port Clinton;
and Miss Gizella Engler, Indian
apolis; two brothers, Joseph and
Louis Engler, both of this city,
many other relatives and a host
of friends everywhere.
Engler was an employee of the
U. S. Gypsum Company and was
a member of the Masonic, Modern
Woodman and Moose lodges.
The body was taken to the Nei-
decker Funeral home. Services
were to be held at two o'clock this
Thursday afternoon in st. Paul's
Slovak Lutheran Church, East
Third Street, with the Rev. JOS
eph Abraham officiating. Burial
will be in Lakeview Cemetery.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
Local Women
Become Citizens

After years of red-tape p-o-
ceedings, two women who have
lived in Port Clinton for many
years finally became American
citizens last week in Federal
Court, Toledo.
Our new citizens are Mrs.
Isabel Perrott, Lincoln Drive,
and her eldest daughter, Mrs.
Ethel Wilber, Washington ST.
Mrs. Perrott is native of Scot
land while Mrs. Wilber is a ma
tive of Toronto, Canada. Har-
old Perrott, son and brother of
the principals, was naturalized
years ago, while another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Isabel Fatiga, Lake
side, was born in Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
Bolte Passes
Real Estate Exams

Eugene "Gene" Bolte of the
Bolte Real Estate and Insurance
Company, East Second Street, this
week was notified that he has sue
cessfully passed the Ohio Board
of Real Estate Examiners exam
ination and is now licensed real
estate broker.
The World War ii veteran has
been associated with the firm
founded by his mother, Mrs. Ann
Bolte, since 1916. Mrs. Bolte is
also a licensed real estate broker
and is president of the Sandusky-
Ottawa County Real Estate So
ciety. Gene, who also is a Ii.
censed insurance agent, took the
real estate exams in Columbus
June Ia.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
F R UT FIR NJ S
TO CONSOLIDATE
UNDER new PLAN
New Firm To Operate In New
Building At Danbury, With
Storage At Gypsum

Stockholders and fruit growers
of the Danbury Fruit Company
and the Island and Gypsum Fruit
Company, at their annual meet
ings last week, approved a plan
for consolidation of the two COM
panies.
Under the newly-formed organ
ization, the consolidation will
operate as the Danbury- Island
and Gypsum Fruit Company with
all fruit to be handled at the new
packing house being erected in
Danbury.
Of steel and concrete construc-
ton, the new building will replace
the former Danbury Fruit Com
pany building which was destroy
ed by fire last fall. The new one
story building is so by 100 feet
and adjoins the cold storage
plant, which escaped the disas-
trous fire.
Large power graders used by
the Island and Gypsum Fruit
Company at it's Gypsum packing
house will be remodeled and
moved to the new fruit house in
Danbury, thus providing facilities
for grading 500 bushels of peach
es per hour.
The Gypsum packing house, in
use many years, will be retained
for storage purposes.
Organized in 1890, the Island
and Gypsum Fruit Company was
one of the first growers organi-
cations of it's kind in the United
States. The Danbury Fruit Com
pany was founded in 1895 and
was the largest organization in
this county for several years.
Peach growing was said to have
been introduced in Ottawa C0un-
ty about rs years ago. At ore
time, packing houses were operat-
ed in Oak Harbor, Lacarne, Gyp-
sum, Port Clinton, Lakeside. Ca
tawba, and Danbury.
Most of the peach acreage is
now confined to the eastern end
of the county, in Catawba, Dan
bury, Portage and Bay Townships
There are smaller orchards in
Salem, Carroll and Erie Town
ships. In Bay Township, AL Liam
operates a large packing house
for all kinds Of fruits.
Growers anticipate 1850 peach
crop of about 250,00O bushels, the
greater portion of which will be
shipped by trucks to markets in
neighboring states.
Ottawa County's peaches have
long been famous for outstand-
ing quality and delicious flavor
With the Georgia peach crop re-
portedly ruined by weather con-
ditions this year, local peaches
will be at premium.
A. w. Kalb, former postmaster
who has been affiliated with the
Danbury Fruit Company since
1898, will be sales manager 70,
the newly organized Danbury.
Island and Gypsum Fruit Com
pany at Danbury, which will have
a membership of nearly $50 grow
arS
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
CENSUS GIVES
COUNTY 1881
Nearly 5000 Gain Reported
AS All Communities Share
In Increase

Every community in Ottawa
county showed substantial popula-
ton gains in the preliminary CEN
sus reports announced last week
by Charles Gillespie, Lucas-Ot-
tawa Census Supervisor.
Ottawa county's total popula-
ton is now 29,311, a gain of
4,951 over the 1910 census total
of 24,36O. Port Clinton gained to
1888, an increase of 1893 over
the 1910 population of 4,505.
Oak Harbor's new population
figure is 1876 as compared with
the 1910 total of 1925. Elmore
gained Ill residents and its popu-
lation is now 1,214.
Lakeside passed the 1000 mark
for the first time in history, to-
falling 1,022 this year as compar-
ed with 500 in 1910.
Genoa also showed a good gain,
jumping from LASS in 1910 to
1,719 this year.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
TWO-DAY affair is
PLANNED FOR CITY
Matthews Staff
Gets Pay Boost

In meeting between the Mari
time Construction Guild and the
Matthews Company, local boat
builders, it was agreed that all
hourly employees of the Matthews
Company would receive a five cent
per hour increase effective with
the pay period beginning July 10.
This increase, however, does not
effect all new employees who are
still serving their probationary
period.
The Matthews Company has
been working for a considerable
length of time on an overtime
basis averaging so hours per week
and prospects for the company's
business in the near future are
considered very good.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
Long Will Head
Elnore Legion

Robert Long has been elected
commander of Community Post
No. 297, American Legion, in FL
more. He will succeed command
er Gordon Witty.
Other new officers are Ray
mond Durdel, first vice comman-
Ger; Wallace Kline, second vice
commander; Julius Marko, adju-
tant; Carroll RAIDER, treasurer;
Lloyd Snyder, chaplain; Donald
Roberts, sergeant-at-arms; Walt
er Linker, service officer, and John
DeStazio, trustee.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
Reinheirner Heads
ROYAL Arch Masons

Atty. John L. Reinheimer was
elected high priest of the Lake
Erie Chapter No. 199. Royal Arch
Masons, at the annual meeting
last week. Guy Cover is retiring
high priest. Joseph Burns was
installing officer and Roy Han
vile, marshal.
Other officers elected are: Amos
Fall, king; Perry Butler, scribe;
G. A. Shively, captain of host; AL
bert Pettibone, principal sojourn-
er; Bert Klein, treasurer; Garold
Daup, secretary.
Howard Fritsche, royal arch
captain; John Worcester, master
third veil; Wilson Hankins, mas
ter second veil; Richard Coyle,
master first veil, and Lawrence
Reichel, guard.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
z M EN- Bur ned
IN CCIDE N IS
Falling Hot Tar and ExplOd-
ing Light Bulb Cause Mis-
hapS In Area

Ralph DeVore, 16, Bay,
and Richard Barr, %, Mansfield,
were painfully burned in separate
accidents here Friday forenoon.
Barr suffered first and second
degree head, back, waist and
wrist burns when a bucket of
boiling hot tar splashed on him
as he assisted in the roofing pro-
ject at the National Bank Bldg.
Harold Fletcher, in charge of the
project, said the accident happen
ed when the bucket bail broke as
it was being hoisted to the roof.
When other workers shouted at
Barr to remove his shirt, the in
jured man ran into the nearby
alley where Gilbert Meinke and
Fletcher helped pull off the tar
splattered shirt. He was taken to
Magruder Hospital in the police
car and was released after treat
ment.
Ralph DeVore, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles DeVore, suffered ex-
tensive burns of the chest, head
and back while he was working in
an airplane at the Put-in-Bay
Airport. DeVore was cleaning
plane parts with gasoline when a
nearby light bulb exploded, ignit-
ing the gas.
The youth was brought here
via special plane, and is under
going treatment in Magruder
HOSPITAL.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23

1t. Russell w. Buckley, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell "Jack"
Buckley, Danbury, was awarded
the degree of doctor of dental
surgery at the recent commence
ment exercises at Western Re-
serve University, Cleveland, and
is now headed for military
career.
Buckley has enlisted for
three year period with the
Army Dental Corps and was
one of 30 selected throughout
the country for an army dental
internship. He received a
bachelor of science degree from
Western Reserve in 1949 and
has also attended the Universe
ties of South Dakota and Wis
consin, was an honor graduate
of Lakeside High School and is
a member of Psi Omega fra
ternity.
He and his wife, the former
Claire Zarucki, of Passaic, New
Jersey, and their daughter,
Sally, will drive to San Antonio,
Texas, where 1t. Buckley will
begin his military duties at the
Army Medical Center, Brooke
General Hospital.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
NEW DRIVE In
THEATRE OPENS
THIS THURSDAY
Mareceks Choose This Com
munity For Theatre After
Lengthy Tour

Port Clinton and the penin-
sula's only drive-in theatre, known
as the Ottawa Drive-In Theatre,
will open this Thursday evening,
June %, with movies to be pre-
sented nightly.
Located in Route 1863, two miles
east of the city limits in Lakeside
Road, the Ottawa Drive-In Thea
tire is owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Marecek who moved
here in March from Muskegon,
Michigan.
Before selecting Port Clinton as
site for their theatre, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marecek conducted an inten-
sive search throughout Michigan,
Indiana and Ohio. Port Clinton
was selected because of it's ideal
location as a tourist center, its
scenic beauty and because Mr.. and
Mrs. Marecek liked the community
and it's residents.
After the land was purchased
of Mrs. Eva Hines, construction
for the new theatre was started
in April. The huge screen is 40
feet by so feet and the lot will
hold 600 cars.
ln-a-car speakers will be used
rather than the usual public ad-
dress system, and this will pro-
vide better hearing for everyone.
Mrs. Marecek's father has operat-
ed drive-ins for many years. She
is native of Cleveland and has
been familiar with the Port Clin-
ton area for a number of years.
Present plans are for movie
changes each Sunday, Tuesday
and Friday evenings. A grand
opening is planned for later in the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marecek and
daughter, Ann Karol, IS months,
reside in the home of the theatre
grounds. Marecek, a native of
Muskegon, Michigan is World
War II veteran and served four
years with the army in the Eu-
ropean theatre.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
Is Other Cities Withdraw
Bids AS Port Clinton Gets
Unanimous Choice

Port Clinton will definitely be
the site of the 1851 convention of
the Northwestern Ohio Volunteer
Firemen's Association. This city
was given the unanimous decision
of delegates at the annual con-
vention in Defiance Wednesday.
There were Is other cities bid
ding for the 1851 convention but
when Port Clinton's delegation
asked for the event, all other in
vitations were withdrawn and the
decision was unanimous.
Delegates from other cities are
pleased to return here next Year
as they remember the good time
they had here last year, despite
the transforms which ruined the
parade.
While definite dates are not
chosen as yet, the 1851 conventions
in this city will be a two-day af-
fair.
Cochran's Majorettes, who re-
presented the Port Clinton Fire
Department in the parade at De-
fiance, were awarded second prize
as fancy drill team Wednesday.
The unit returned home with
$25.00 cash prize and a loving
cup. The Majorettes were in COM
petition with four other units.
Mrs. Harold Chaplin, Mrs. Mike
Eliyas, Mrs. Jesse Eaton and Mrs.
Jack Darling chaperoned the
group. The children were treated
to dinner by the fire department.
members and also enjoyed a treat
enroute home.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
Plow Mars Old
Ball Diamond

Many oldtimers and a lot of
youngsters can shed tear in
nostalgia memory this week as
the old Mackey baseball dia-
mond in Bay township is no
more.
Hundreds of former baseball
stars now living in this city and
elsewhere once performed on
the diamond at the Howard
Mackey farm. 1t was first
opened in 1910 and the last
games were played shortly be-
fore World War III.
For years, Bay township
teams performed in the we'll
remembered Eastern County
League, meeting Danbury, Mar
blehead, Lakeside, Peachton,
Violet, Gypsum, Port Clinton,
Toussaint, Lacarne and other
area mines.
The baseball field had not
been titled in 65 years but Mr..
Mackey decided this week that
it was useless to let the field re-
main idle any longer. Neigh
Dor Bill Carstens brought over
his tractor and the soil was
plowed deeply so that corn can
be planted next spring in the
field where many a home run
decided the outcome of a ball
game in years gone by.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
New Kroger Store
Manager Named

Leslie bud" Purcell, Sandu5-
ky, is the new manager of the
local Kroger super-market, having
succeeded Richard Dietrich, who
resigned late last month.
Purcell, a native OF Clyde, has
been with Kroger's for over &C
years. He served as manager Of
the big Washington Street Kro-
ger super-market in Sandusky for
the past six years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purcell plan to
move here as soon as housing can
be secured. They have one son,
Donald Purcell, who was gradual
ed last week at Miami University,
Oxford, and a daughter, Mrs.
Laurel Gibson, Clyde.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
FIRENlENS CONVENTION RETURNS HERE TN 195
Local Junior Is
At Girls State

Miss Gilmore Lindemann, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Linde-
mann, is representing the Port
Clinton American Legion Auxil-
iary at Girls State, being held
this week at Capital University in
Columbus.
Gilmore, a junior student in p. c.
H. s., was selected by the school
faculty on a basis of scholarship,
leadership, courage and person
ality.
Miss Barbara Ingram, daugh-
ter Of DR.. and Mrs. Clay Ingram,
Lakeside, is. representing the Mar
blehead Legion Auxiliary at the
government school,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
Garbage Hauls
Appear Smoother

After weeks of complaints
against garbage collection in
this city, Mayor Carl Becker,
City Clerk William Zeis and
councilmen were enjoying
relative calm this week as col
lector w. w. Baird, Genoa, ap-
pears to have his difficulties
ironed out.
Only three complaints had
been received through Tuesday
and at least one of these was
from a new resident, who had
not notified the garbage collec-
tor previously.
Some of the complaints which
plagued city officials recently
were discovered to be unfound-
ed, as residents had kept their
garbage containers hidden in
inaccessible places where the
collectors could not find them.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
Bishop Coming
To Confirm Class

The Rt. Rev. Nelson M. Bur
roughs, Cleveland, Bishop Coad-
jutor of Ohio Episcopalians, will
confirm and preach in st. Thomas
Episcopal Church at 10:45 a. m.
Sunday, June 25.
Following the service, the con-
gregation will adjourn to the
Guild Hall where a potluck lun-
cheon, honoring the Bishop and
members of the confirmation class,
will be served under the direction
of the vestrywives.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23
ON ACTIVE DUTY

Captain Harold Sperber, Port
Clinton, and T/Sgt. Howard Behl-
mer, Rocky Ridge, are on 16 days
active duty with their troop car
rier flight in training at Camp At
terbury, Indiana. Sperber piloted
three plane loads of troops from
Cleveland airport to Atterbury
Friday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23

The current independence U.
S. Savings Bond drive is rapid
ly approaching the 100 per cent
participation mark at Erie Ord
nance Depot. Shop 101, employ
ing 80 men, is unusual in that
it seeks 10l per cent participa-
tion in the depot's automatic
payroll savings plan to match
its name. This will include all
its workers, and in addition,
Capt. Paul w. Zeitzer, shop of
ficer, and Martha Sahs, left,
Port Clinton, division bond
chairman, who also assure their
bond deductions. Shop promo
ter is Richard Haas, right, also
of Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-23

THE NEWS is prepared to
do your JOB PRINTING on
a basis of Coed Workman
ship and Good Service at
Fair Prices. Phone 5271.