Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-01-11
CHRONOLOGY


the edge of the lagoon and cabin
cruiser owned by a Toledo man
caught fire and was badly damag-
ed j.. When county commissions
erS failed to appear at scheduled
meeting with city council negoti-
ations for transfer of the city air.
port to the county jurisdiction
was stymied George TeWers. re-
ported that parking meters had
produced 5000 for the first half
of the year +. V. Bolte as
Sumed presidency Of Rotary Club
Col. f. NJ. Webb announced
that eight new buildings bad been
proposed for Erie Ordnance Depot
by Department of Defense
| Unusual accidents caused suffer
ing for several persons. A Tole-
do motQrist lost an eye when a
duck flew into his windshield as
| he was driving west of the city on
| Route 2. The glass of the wind
shield shattered cutting the driv-
| er and causing the loss of the eye,
| and passenger in the car was
| knocked unconscious Both were
taken to Magruder Hospital AL
| vim Meter, of Fulton Street, was
! cut and bruised when his scooter
| crashed into an auto. Two cars
| driven by local men crashed oil
| Route causing extensive dam
age to the cars and slight injuries
10 the occupants. Fred Harnlsh,
| of West Fifth Street drove one
car and Kenneth Brewer, OF
| Sixth Street was the other driver
/ Seven persons were rescued
from cabin cruiser minutes after
It pulled out from the Port Gin
ION basin and burst into flames
| The boat belonged to Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Rahm. Aboard at The
time were the owners and THEN
two children and three guests
All were aided by another boat
and reached shore. A police cal
going to aid Of burning craft Wa:
wrecked when a car driven by
Sam, l.. Preston, of Erie Gardens
crashed into the police car
State completed the negotiation.
for the acquisition of Maget
Marsh for $286,000 Extensive
remodeling gets under way fol
improvement Of building and ser
vice by Northern Ohio Telephone
Company City council moved
to nullify contract of Air Tours
Inc. and to transfer jurisdictio,
of air port to county U. S
Gypsum Co, plant suffered fir
caused by spark from Welder'
! torch. Company officials cstimat
ed damage at $4,000 Ed. NJ
Stevens home on Fremont Roa,
| was entered and some pieces o
| JeWelry were taken Ton
| Woodward, of Oak Harbor wa
fatally burned in an auto cras
| in Kentucky The tractor Nj
| Woodward was driving failed t
| make a turn and burst into flame
Il -. A family from West Virgini
| emoute to a vacation at East Hal
| hor, escaped from their burnln
car when the flames consumed III
car on Sand Road A fshin
| party of four persons were pulle
| from the Portage River when on
| of their party stood up in th
| boat and it turned over
| motorist from Toledo completed
| demolished his car when he failc
| to make a turn on Route 163 an
| the car crashed into a telegrap
/ pole Among the July deatI
| were William H. messing, Ga
| Harbor; Mrs. Anna Holodnak, ,
| Marblehead; Mrs Nellie Clan
| Park, Port Clinton; Mrs. Lillian
| Wires; Harley J. Robinson, Be
| Township; Mrs. Elizabeth Lovet
| Port Clinton; George E. Macke
| Fremond Rd.; Charles w. Zehne
| Port Clinton; Mrs. Hermine Vos
| Gypsum; Mrs. Rose Gerlach, Pc
| Clinton; Mrs. l.. Lucille Gresh, {
| Lakeside; Oscar F. Hilton, RID
| Oak Harbor; Harry Wheeler 81
| Oak Harbor; Sterile L. Siautc
| beck, Port Clinton; William
| Spanid, Port Clinton; Frank
| Mylander, Ottawa County; MI
| Agens Floro, Port Clinton; Nh
| Anna Yesse, Elmore; Homer
| Stewart, CataWba Island; Jof
H. Scheuerman, Oak Harbor; Lo
| is Kocsis, Gypsum.
III CA chronology of the last liz
| months of 1851 will appear in Il
| January edition Of The News.
III Coinciding with Il
: heaviest traffic of the season