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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
SIX in Die TED
BY GRAND JURY
HERE TUESDAY
Three Youths Indicted In Port
Theatre Case; One "NO
Bill" Returned

Six indictments were returned
by the grand jury Tuesday in
Common Pleas Court while a sew
enth case was labeled mo bill"
Five witnesses were examined by
the jurors.
AS is customary, the grand jury
inspected the county Jail but did
not make any recommendations.
Judge Thomas Stahl called the
docket Monday afternoon when
the September term of Common
Pleas Court was opened. The
new docket contains 1877 civil
cases of which rs are for money
only and II are for divorces or
alimony.
Indicted on charges of bur-
glary in connection with the Port
Theatre case were Ronald Schiewe,
Robert Ewing and James Wharton,
all of this city. Ewing and Whar-
ton are in county Jail awaiting
hearings while Schiewe is out on
bond.
Joseph Lipnay was indicted on
charge of breaking and entering
a dwelling house in daytime. He
is accused of entering the Arthur
l.. Higley home in Danbury
Township.
Orrin Dole, Lakeside, was in
dicted by the grand jury on the
charge of abandoning legitimate
children. He is also out on bono.
Merlin Brosky, Lorain, was in
dicted on the charge of larceny.
He was arrested on Put-in-Bay Day
last May in connection with lar
ceny at the Robert Kennedy SER
vice station.
Charles Cover, Port Clinton, was
appointed by Judge Stahl as
foreman of the grand jury. Also
serving were Bessie Kapp, Mill
bury; Luella Beck and Lillian
Kemp, Oak Harbor; Frances
Roose, Ruth Luchsinger, Hazel
Rose, Kelly Wilkins, Lester Ever
ett, Gretchen Mckay, Fred Roy,
Roland Wahlers, and Minnie
Dreier, Port Clinton; Esther NJ.
Ayers, Elliston, and Zelma Sand
rock, Elmore.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
LOCAL GUARDS
NOW ON ACTIVE
DUTY IN ARM Y
Expect Orders To Move To
Camp Soon; Reserves Also
Activated

Members of Port Clinton's Ohio
National Guard unit, the 1428th
Engineer Treadway Bridge Conf
pany, and Oak Harbor's Reserve
Corps unit, Company c. 469th
Chemical Mortor Battalion, were
activated into the federal service
Monday morning.
There were no special services
at the local armory when Captain
James Pressler, commanding Of
ficer, and his men removed the
national guard shoulder patch
and replaced it with the Second
Army "2".
Members Of the unit reported
in uniform for the first roll call
at 8 a. m. Monday. Andrew
Mickey" Migala, first sergeant,
must have had strong memories
of the November day back in 1910
when he called the role as first
sergeant of Port Clinton'S Tank
Company on the eve of its acti-
vition.
All soldiers are on duty through
out the day at the armory where
they are undergoing rigid train
ing under Captain Pressler and
his assistants. Charge of quar-
ters and guard details are on duty
throughout the night.
Meals are being served at the
armory and sleeping accommoda-
tions are available. Much of the
company's equipment has been
packed, preparatory to moving
to training camp but shipment
date and ultimate destination have
not been disclosed by army Off
cialS.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
MAN LOSES Arm
when SLEEPING
U N D ER 7 R AIN
Peach Picker Is Victim Of
Mishap Near Danbury
Early Sunday

Patrick E. Maloy, SO, who lists
his address as SIG Tennly Avenue,
Amherst, suffered the loss of his
left arm at 4:45 a. m. Sunday
when he apparently fell asleep
under a railroad car on the New
York Central sidetracks near DAN
bury.
Maloy, who had worked at sew
eral fruit farms in the area dur
ing the past month, is thought to
have crawled beneath the car
during the rainstorm early Sun
day. There were three cars on the
sidetrack, and he was beneath the
middle car.
Lakeside and Marblehead Rail-
road employees brought a switch
engine to the site and began NOV
ing the three cars, not knowing
Maloy was lying in the tracks.
Hearing screams, the train was
stopped after dragging Maloy
about 40 feet.
Deputy Sheriff Clarence Step
hens Investigated the accident,
and Maloy was brought to Magru-
der Hospital where the arm was
amputated at the shoulder.
Crew men aboard the switch
engine we're Gerald Phillabaum,
engineer; Paul Glovinski, conduc-
tor; John Glovinsky and Malcolm
Pugh, switchmen.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
IS NAMED
AS LOCAL POSTMASTER
WILL BEGIN new
D DUTIES Soon
Verdi Won Thron Is Chosen
From List of Three Top
Veterans

At meeting of the Ottawa
County Democratic Central Com
mittee Sunday afternoon, Mrs.
Verdi c. Won Thron, native of
Catawba Island and active Demo-
cratic worker, was chosen to be
postmistress at Port Clinton.
Mrs. Won Thron was selected
from list of three persons certi-
fed by the Civil Service Commits
sion as eligible for the appoint
ment.
Thomas H. Kinney, acting post
master since the retirement last
fall of A. w. Kalb, was not one
of the three on the eligible list.
1t is understood that the other
two candidates were veterans and
Mrs. Won Thron is the widow of
World War / veteran, thus all
three had extra preference points.
Burke, who appointed Kinney, has
stated that he will recommend
Mrs. Won Thron for nomination
by President Harry Truman.
Jack Boysen, Genoa, chairman
of the Democratic Central Com
mittee, expects the nomination to
be confirmed by the Senate before
October l.
Mrs. Won Thron is a seventh
and eighth grade teacher in the
Portage township schools, Gyp-
sum. She is the mother of two
children, Miss Judy, a teacher at
Clyde, and Joe Won Thron, recent
graduate of Ohio State University.
A past chairman of the Ottawa
County Democratic Women's Club,
Mrs. Won Thron was in charge of
the Ottawa County Office of Price
Administration during World War
ii.
Mrs. Won Thron is past regent
of the local chapter Daughters of
American Revolution, past presi-
dent of the Port Clinton Fedora.
ton of Women's Clubs and a past
president of the ,Parent-TeacherS
Association. She has been active
in the Legion Auxiliary and nurn-
erous other organizations.
Thirteen persons took the ex-
animation for the local post Office
job but the field was narrowed
down to the top three scorers.
Mrs. Won Thron was the only
woman to take the examination
several months ago.
Mrs. Won Thron was the unani-
nous choice of a special commit
tee of five central committeeman
for the postal job. Highest grade
in the examination went to Glen
Dieringer, owner of the Altera-
ton Shop, while Carl Weis. veter-
an postoffice employee, was the
third person considered in the
final running.
Congressman Burke said that
Mrs. Won Thron's appointment -os
acting postmistress will be con-
firmed as quickly as possible ana
that her permanent appointment
will be forthcoming later.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
Possible Polio
Victims Treated

By press time Thursday, Otta-
wa County health authorities still
were awaiting word of two county
children, admitted earlier this
week at Contagious Disease Hes
pital in Toledo as possible polio
victims.
A three-year-old Port Clinton
boy was taken to the hospital on
Tuesday while a two-year-old Oak
Harbor girl was admitted Wednes-
day.
John Kidd, 10, Oak Harbor.
r. F. D., was admitted to the Con-
tagious Disease Hospital, Toledo,
as a definite case of poliomyelitiS
Friday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15

Clinton or elsewhere in Ottawa
County.
On the 2::30 afternoon servic,
the Rev. Elijah Benton, Moderator
of the Toledo District Baptist AS
sociation, with which First Bap-
tist Church is affiliated, will
preach the dedicatory sermon, to
be followed by the Communion
Service. Rev. Benton's choir, to-
gether with a number of his Off
GERS and members from Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, will accompany
him and participate in this SER
vice.
The great hymns of the Church
will be the theme stressed in the
7:30 Sunday evening service, at
which time a number of the old
favorites will be sung by the con-
gregation. AS a special feature,
Continued Page 2, Col. u
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
ST. JOHNS 18TH ANNIVERSARY
TO Be OBSERVED THIS MONTH

Beginning Sunday, September
"a, special services will be held in
st. John Lutheran church as men,
bers observe the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the founding of the
congregation. Former pastors of
the church have been invited to
officiate at services during the
four-week anniversary period with
Rev. Theodore Pretzlaff, of Detroit,
preaching the anniversary sermon,
September "a.
Rev. Frederick Lambertus, of
Xenia, will be the guest pastor on
Oct. l; DR.. w. A. Siefkes, of San
Antonio, Texas, on Oct. 8, and Rev.
Quentin BattiSte, of Thornville.
who was ordained in the local
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
Majorettes Will
Appear In Toledo

Cochran's Majorettes will not
appear in the National Kiddies'
Day parade here Sept. %, but
will represent Port Clinton in
the spectacular parade planned
in Toledo for dedication of the
newly-completed Union Ter
minal that same afternoon.
Mayor Carl Becker decided
that the Majorettes should rep
resent our city in the Toledo
parade. The Majorettes will
return here in time to appear
in the program at the stadium
the same evening. Television
and newsreel cameras will re-
cord the Toledo parade.
The Majorettes have also been
asked to appear September 26
at dedication ceremonies for the
new school auditorium in Cas-
talia.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
FIRST NEGRO CHURCH IN COUNTY
WILL Be DEDICATED SEPT. "a

Because of the extra speed-up
of the building program of First
Baptist Church in Beech Street,
the building will be finished ana
formal dedication services will
take place Sunday, September "a,
and continue each evening thru
out the ensuing week, terminating
on Friday evening, September
29th.
At the eleven o'clock services
Sunday morning, the Pastor will
preach, and during the service,
the contractors being present, will
turn over the keys to the duly
authorized building committee,
who, in turn, will accept in the
name and on behalf of the
Church.
This will be a history-making
event, since it will mark the first
and only time that Negroes have
ever built church either in Port
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
School Opens AS
Workers Rush To
Complete Bldg.

Every teacher has room with
one exception and every student
has a seat, but crowded conditions
are existing in the public school
system as the new Elementary
building could not be completed
for the opening of school Monday
and probably will not be finished
until mid-November.
When il became evident last
week that none of the rooms in
the new building would be ready
for the school opening, janitors
and teachers pitched in to move
stored furniture, clean rooms and
make temporary changes.
Miss Patricia CLAIMS section of
the third grade is housed in the
new Home Economics room; Mrs.
Anna Hurrell's section of the sixth
grade is in Room 301 which had
not been used previously as a
class room, and Richard Bloom is
a teacher without room, his art
classes being taught in the stu
dents home rooms.
Ohio State Construction crews
are rushing work on the new
building, but much still remains
to be completed. Plumbing and
heating equipment remain to be
installed.
Teachers and students in tenn
porary rooms have one consola-
ton. New desks are in use, in
Guiding individual tables and
chairs in the lower grades.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15

church four years ago, will Off
ciate at services Oct. 18. Other
weekday services will be held as
we'll as several afternoon social
functions which are being planned
by the women's organizations of
the church.
The history of st. John Luth-
eran church dates back to 1875
when small group of Lutherans
inaugurated public services in Port
Clinton. Although the first re-
corded baptism was that of Jens
Christensen, Jan. %, 1875, the
official founding of the congrega-
ton did not occur until September
26, 1875. These early pioneers in
Continued Page 2, Col. -
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
Child Badly Hurt
In School Mishap

Ruth Ann Walby, six-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Walby, suffered serious injuries
Wednesday afternoon when she
fell while playing at Lakeside
school.
The child is in Magruder Hos
pital, undergoing treatment for a
fractured skull and possible frac-
tured hip. Ruth Ann, first grade
student, started school Monday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
y More Sent For
Draft Physicals

Twenty-seven resisfranfs Of
the Ottawa County Selective Ser.
vice Board were sent TO the
Lindeil Building in Toledo Wed.
nesday forenoon for their physi.
cal and mental examinations
preparatory to induction. II was
the third such group sent from
here.
Only four men have been in.
Quoted from Ottawa County
since the Korean conflict be.
gan, and no further quotas for
induction have been received.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
Squier Named To
Succeed Pressler

James Squier, Massillon, has
been named manager of Erie Gar
dens to succeed Captain James
PresSler, commanding officer of
the 1428th Engineer Treadway
Bridge Company, who has been
called to active duty.
Squier, prior to moving to Mas
sillon, was in charge of the fed
eral housing project at Battle
Creek, Michigan. Pressler is on
leave from his regular duties.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15

Port Clinton area members of
Company C, 469th Chemical
Mortar Company, Oak Harbor,
are pictured in headquarters at
the Royal Theatre building.
Along with Port Clinton'S 1428th
Engineer Treadway Bridge Com
pany (Ohio National Guards),
the Chemical Mortar Company,
a Reservist unit, was modified
into federal service Monday.
Kneeling in front are: 1t. Will
liam Richey, Lakeside school
teacher; Pvt. William Snyder,
Pfc. Melvin Welch, Pfc. Carl
LaNier and Sgt. Roy Cooley.
Standing, left to right, Pfc.
Robert McCrary, 1t. Joseph
Cleary, 1t. Roland Qualman and
1t. Allen Bob" Dykeman, all
of Port Clinton. Photo by
Fehlhaber.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
Mobile Unit To
Return Tomorrow

When important equipment
broke down Thursday, the Ohio
Department of Health's mobile
X-ray unit was unable to give
free x-rays at the City Hall last
week and hundreds of persons
were disappointed.
Repairs have now been made
and the x-ray unit will return
here tomorrow, Saturday, Sept
tember Is, when x-rays will be
given from 10 a. m. until A d. m.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
Keep Dogs Away
From School Area

" you value your pet dog,
keep him at home and off the
school grounds! This warning
was voiced yesterday by Svpt.
D. D. Sims after several chill
dren had been nipped and a
salesman had his pants torn by
cantankerovs CANNES.
Dog Warden George Banky
has been notified TO visit school
three times daily to pick up all
dogs running loose in the area.
Even If the dogs are good ma.
tured, there Is possibility they
might bite someone If teased by
children.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
TREE COLLAPSES

Several autos parked in Jeffer-
son Street miraculously escaped
damage early Wednesday when
half of a large tree near the Kro-
ger Store fell into the street dur
ing the rain storm. The limb
blocked the entire street, and
brushed the Lake House Hotel.
Street Department workers remov-
ed the debris.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
Stop For School
Buses--Or Else!

Mayor Carl Becker and school
authorities are reminding mot.
orisss TO obey laws and TO stop
for school buses, both within The
city limits and in the country.
There have been several close
calls this week when motorists
failed 10 stop for the kinder.
garten bus. Police are check
ing closely and fines may bs
heavy.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
HURT IN FALL

Clifford Carter, Detroit, was
treated Wednesday evening in
Magruder Hospital for shoulder
and hand injuries suffered in a
fall. He is an employee of N. G.
Petersen, CataWba.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15
LOSES RllIEoIp

Harry E. Campbell, Dayton, noti-
fled police Monday that he had
lost his billfold, containing $1O0
in cash, at East Harbor State
Park.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-09-15

the NEWS is prepared TO do
your JOB PRINTING on a basis
of Good Workmanship and
Good Service at Fair Prices.
Phone. 5271.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-07-01

erWiSe, at an average council meet
ing, which numbers 81 individuals,
five to nine usually transact bust
ness. Look it up in the secretary's
minutes.
Mountain Out of a MoIehilI
How old is the Filipino Com
munity? The Japanese and Chi
nese communities have a little
headstart on us. This Pinoy Com
munity is still young! Do you
expect an average child to make
20 dollars in a day out in the
berry fields? Do you expect a
mountain out of a molehill?
Let's get settled first, before we
go about in pomp and ceremony,
and especially bills. A hobo is a
hobo because he's homeless. And
that's just what we are today.
Many, such as the Finnish Hall,
the Chamber of Commerce, or
Washington Hall, have profted
from Pinoy groups. But business
is business and rent is rent. Look
up the September, 1914, edition of
the Forums" social calendar:
Oct. = Filipino Community
Dance, Washington Hall.
Oct. 8 - Bauanginian Club
Dance, Washington Hall.
Oct. Is Filipino Women's So
ciety Dance, Washington Hall.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-07-01
CIR Nc
BY BOBBIE VENTURA

Do people really think the Fill
pino Community of Seattle will
ever build a clubhouse? Do they
expect the Community to build a
clubhouse in five, 10, or is years
from now?
From 1928 to 1850, the Filipino
Community has been Striving"
Tin quotes, as you can see) to have
place they can call their own.
From 1928 to now, that's all the
average Seattle Filipino's been
hearing - clubhouse, clubhouse!
When the Community puts on
benefit, the people are more apt
to think the proceeds are for the
clubhouse. This either is expressed
or understood, for in the backs of
the minds of the average Pinoys
who shell out the donation" it is
for the clubhouse. But where is
the money accumulated?
Your present treasurer, Fer
nando Ferrera, wrings his hands
in despair every time money flies
out for unpaid bills. But what can
he do? For an average 4th of July
celebration, the Filipino Commu-
nifty can spend $500 on a float, at
least $3.50 on an orchestra, and
varied dollars on incidentals that
are small but can add up.
Damn anyone who says the Off
GERS pocket the money. People can
say those scandaIOuS things. But
until there is proof, they can be
rightfuIIy called stupid.
Yet the Community spends and
spends. The Executive Council
you respectively vote in sometimes
doesn't know what this or that bill
is for. How can they? The Exec
utive Council of the Filipino Com
munity of Seattle had 100 per
cent attendance at only ONE meet
ing of the running administration.
Yup, you guessed it when they
are installed in "hOnOr and glory"
and when their pictures have to
be taken for pOsterity's sake. 9th
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-07-01

Oct. % = Filipino Electricians
Dance, Washington Hall.
Nov. s. Burgos Lodge .Auxil-
larry Dance, Washington Hall.
Nov. IL = Filipino Alumni As
sociation's Dance, Washington Hall.
That was only in the winter
months of 1914! What about the
other timesl
The present and the future adj
ministrations had better see that
this clubhouse talk" will materi-
alize. Ask the average Pinoy, down
in Chinatown, what the chances
are on the project. It's a possible
mo" from two out of three per-
sons. That means confidence can
drop, and is already waning.
That means YOU will have to
do something = anything if
even only to revive the INTEREST
of the Filipino Community of Sc
attic. Yes, even just that will do!
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-07-01
OFFICERS

Mems Motios j. LosunHIo. Secretary
ed Dodde Bobby cordero. Vice Presidents
Treasure
Dispatcher MOuon Porond Bon
Business AGENT
Tore
Evening star., 1950-06-13
Dr.. Robert Morris Wins
Parole From Reformafory
by the Assoeiassd Press

ANNAPOLIS. Md, June 49,
DR.. Robert Morris, Montgomery
County psychiatrist. was to be
released today from the State
Reformatory for Males after serv-
ing two months of a six-month
sentence for reckless driving.
Gov. Lane granted a conditional
communication of sentence to the
34-year-old former director of the
Montgomery County Mental Hy-
giene Clinic.
DR.. Morris was convicted in
April of being involved in an acci-
dent April 10. 1949, in which a
17-year r-eld Pennsylvania girl was
killed.
A spokesman for Gov. Lane
said he had signed the commuta-
ton on petition of the jury which
convicted DR.. Morris. The COM
mutation carries with it the same
responsibilities as parole.
Evening star., 1950-06-13
Buying Power Rising
Retail Dry Goods
Convention Is Told

A forecast of continued ma
tional prosperity today was before
the Controllers Congress of the
National Retail Dry Goods AS
sociation, which yesterday opened
its annual convention in the Hotel
Statler.
Commerce Secretary Sawyer
was scheduled to address the con-
trollers at their luncheon session
today.
The prediction of more prosper
ity was made at yesterdays open
ing session by DR.. Charles F. Roos
president of the Econometric In
stitute. New York City.
In addition to DR.. Roos, E. G.
Van Delden, professor of indus
trial relations, New York Univer-
sity. spoke on the Human Re-
lations Aspect Of Management"
DR.. Roos declared the public {
purchasing power will attain an
annual rate of more than 5000
billion in the fourth quarter OF
this year. as against $190.7 billion
for the same period last year.
Savings Up Sharply.
He also pointed out that per-
sonal savings increased sharply
in the first quarter of the year
This development, he told the re-
tail store controllers. will sup
port high level of consumer
spending later this year.
DR.. Roos said, however, that de-
partment stores could expect q
business increase of only 2 or 3
per cent because automobiles and
other products not sold in stores
are pressing hard for the con-
sumers' dollar"
Mr.. Van Delden said stabiliza-
ton of employment and an un-
derstanding Of employees needs
and wants are part of "the severe
problems in human relations that
are confronting business and in
duStry."
Store Sales Decline.
Raymond F. Copes, general
manager Of the controllers con-
gress, reported that department
stores sales for the three months
ended April 80 were 5 per cent
below those in the same period q
year ago. Specially store sales
he reported, showed o 10 per cent
decline.
Charles B. Dulcan, sr., executive
vice president and general man.
ager of The Hecht Co. here, ad-
viSed the store executives tc
examine their operating methods
more critically to eliminate waste
and to increase efficiency.
The controllers were welcomed
to the city by Commissioner John
Russell Young. following an in.
vocation by the Rev. Frederick
Brown Harris, chaplain of the
Senate. About TOO store control.
lers from over the country are
attending the conference.
Evening star., 1950-06-13
.SporkpIug Embedded
In Boys Head Removed
BY the Assoeieted Pres.

NEWARK. N. j., June l3.-Nine-
year -old Lamont Huntly had a
3-inch sparkplug sticking out of
his head when they brought him
to City Hospital yesterday.
Doctors lifted the sparkplug out
in an operation that took ia
hours. 1t had been embedded
half an inch in Lamont's skull,
over the right eye.
The boy said a school compan-
ion with whom he had refused to
share a box of crackers threw the
rusty sparkplug at him. and there
it stuck.
Doctors reported his condition
as fair and said his brain had not
been injured. Both boys are col
ored.
Evening star., 1950-06-13

The banana plant is a peren-
nial that grows to a maximum
height Of 80 feet. taking a year
to grow and produce its single
stem of fruit.
Evening star., 1950-06-13

Rheumatic fever usually strikes
victim between the ages of five
and 10.