Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-09-21

mon pleas court has announced
the appointment of Robert j.
Niehaus of Genoa to serve as
foreman of the grand jury, for
| the September term. Mr.. Me
! haus is president of the Genoa
Business Mems Association. The
grand jury will be ordered to re-
port for duty, on Monday, Octo-
ber 8.
E. H. Brown, a representative
from the State Taxing Commits
sion. Columbus who has been
checking personal tax returns at
the court house for the past
month has completed his mission
in the county and returned to
Columbus for new assignment.
Deputy Sheriff Clarence Steph-
ems delivered two patients to the
State Hospital Toledo, Monday
| afternoon, following inqueSts
which were held in the Probate
couri.
County engineer Delos NiSsen
and assistants Virgil Frye and
Charles Stephenson attended the
dinner meeting sponsored by the
Lake Erie Chapter of the Ohio
Society of Professional Engineers
held in the Log Cabin in Erie
County near the Sandusky Bay
Bridge, Wednesday evening. Mr..
y Stephenson is secretary of the
Organization which includes Sen
eca, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie and
Huron counties.
While in session Monday the
county commissioners passed a
resolution fixing the date for re-
ceiving bids for the repairing of
the roofs on the porches, boiler
room and laundry room of the
] county home. The bids will be
received on Monta". October 1st
and the estimated cost has been
set at S63790.
Miss Irene ChristlanseE of the
Probate court staff and Miss Rose
land Rohda of the auditors de-
partment, are vacationing this
week
Judge Tom d. Stahl reports six
civil cases which have been pend
! ing in the common pleas court
for several years, in which the
New York Central Railway Com
pany was named as the defend
ant, have been settled and dis
missed. The first of the cases
dated back in 1880 and all were
actions in which plaintiffs who
were owners of property in Port
Clinton, had been seeking judge
ment for alleged damages claim
ed to have been caused by the
elevation of the New York Cen
tral Railway tracks and chang
ing the right of way through Port
Clinton
The Ottawa County Board of
Election reports that there will
be a number of school districts
seeking additional and increased
tax leviec which will be voted on
at the November election.
The town clock in the court
house tower staged blackout
the latter part of last week, when
the electric light bulbs burned
out and the people depending
upon the big clock for their time
service had to resort to other
means.
Judge P. w. Gulau reports a
slump in the marriage license
department, with no applications
having been registered this week.
New cases filed in the common
pleas court during the week in
cluded the following: Norma H
ClapSaddle against James F.
ClapSaddle, an action for divorce
and equitable relief; Emily Sher-
ry, against Lester Sherry, an ac-
ton for divorce and other relief;
Joyce James against Virgil James,
an action for divorce and equit-
able relief.
The will of Henry Schwartz has
been filed in the probate court
, for probating.
Judge P w. Gulau reports the
following appointments in the
probate court: Matilda J. Lin.
Skey and Mrs. Howard F. Lesh
appointed executors of the estate
of Mary j. Brown; Helen Hurrel
brink appointed administrative
of the estate of Henry Hurrel.
brink; Amy M. Beattie, appointed
administrative of the estate OF
Lenora J. Pomrenke; Luella Zeh
ner appointed administrative, de
bonis non, of the estate of Elgin
Winters.
An account of administration
of the estate of William Zunk
has been filed in the probate
court by Emma Zunk, admins
tratrix with will annexed.