Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-08-10
General Apathy Is Felt
In County For Minor Posts

Carleton Allan is running for
president of council as Repub-
lican, against Nielsen.
Newcomers on the Democratic
ticket for council are Roy Oman,
A. w. Chapman and Ernest
Kiehne.
Republican councilmanic candi-
dates in the wards include Floyd
Druckenmiller, David Jeremy, De-
Forrest Maxwell and Robert E.
Reynolds.
Uncontested Mayors Post
Oak Harbor's Mayor r. L. Boltc
is vacating that office. The single
candidate is Joseph FURY, who
will be unopposed unless there is
a write-in campaign.
There will be four newcomers
in the race for Oak Harbor coun-
Gil. They are Paul Provonsha,
Calvin Hetrick, Lewis Wistinhaus-
en- and Carl Noble. Incumbents
seeking reelection are Glenn
Robinson, Louis Brindey, Robert
Hockin and Edward Zipfel
Seeking seats on the Oak Har-
hor board of public affairs are
Charles Fought, Lloyd Hetrick
and Leslie Meyer.
Emma Gordon, present clerk
and Cora M. Hetrick, treasurer.
are seeking reelection. Neither is
opposed.
No EImore Contest
There will be no contest for
mayor in Elmore, Charles Arnold
having filed to succeed himself.
Jack Musolf is the Democratic
choice for mayor at Genoa. Leo
LeVigne will seek his third term
as village clerk, and Dick Stein
may be the new village treasurer.
Candidates for Genoa council in
clude: Andy Verkin, Ray Wyse.
Herman Stein, Robert Hille, John
Shessles and Gailen Drummond.
At the closing period of the
filing deadline, an opposition tic
ket was filed against the present
Genoa council. They are Carl
Stewart, John Klee, Richard Has
san, Paul David, Milton LaPlantz
and Richard Crookton. There are
five candidates for two posts on
the board of public affairs, in
Guiding Harold Race, Edwin A,
Wetmore, Harold Power, Harold
McMaster and Edith Camper.
Donald c. Knapp has no op-
position for mayor of Rocky Ridge,
nor the clerk, Justin Dehring. The
treasurership is open. Candidates
for council are: Clayton Dipner,
Harry Harder, William Goetz,
Earl Kester and Erwin Fillmore.
No candidates filed for Putin
Bay offices.
There will be mayoralty con-
test in Clay Center, with Merrill
B. Rudes running against Francis
Krestenak The clerk will be Vim
cent Purney and George Hartshorn
is candidate for village treasurer.
Candidates for Clay Center council
will include: Paul Feyes, Benjamin
Wyatt, Ernest Hausen, Edward
Carnell, sr., Leon Witt, Dewey H.
Clark and Ralph C. Tensen.
Marblehead Ticket
The Marblehead ticket for vii.
lage offices will be a short one,
with Arthur Kaspar running
against Louis Benya for maysr
and Urban Schmidt unopposed for
village clerk. The treasurer'S
post will 60 to John Krohe.
Council candidates include: Ruel
Merkens, Edward Murphy, John
Kuzma, Dan Griesser, Francis Pc
pom, John Hannes, Ward Bier.
Robert Bird, M. c. Brandes, ]. H.
Brummitt and Joe Ihnat.
Two candidates for the county
board of education, who have filed
their petitions for the IL town.
ships, are Emil Johnson and G. ].
Kuhlman.
Candidates for the Port Clinton
city school board are Attorney
William L. Moon and C. L. Darr.
There will be no candidates on
the ticket for justice-of-the-peace
and constable for Portage Town
ship, none having filed at the
deadline Wednesday night.