Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-04-04
PUT-lN-BAY MERCY PLANE, BOAT
ACCELERATE BLOOD DRIVE HERE
BLOODMObILE
COLLECTS 132
PINTS BLOOD

With forty-eight Put-in-Bay resi-
dents flown in Tuesday to partici-
pate in the fourth Bloodmobile
visit to Port Clinton, the Red
Cross reports that a total of ITS
persons participated in the blood
drive. Of these ITS units of
blood offered, 1872 units were ac-
cepted.
Under the leadership and hard
work of Gus Cooper, Commander
of the American Legion at Putin
Bay, and Mrs. Lena Phillips, Put
Inlay representative on the Red
Cross Board of Directors, the
forty-eight Put-in-Bayers climbed
aboard Milton Hersberger's air
planes and were brought to the
main land. The trips were COM
plimentary.
Greeted By officials
When the group landed at the
Peninsular Airport at about ! pm.
they were greeted by Mayor Carl
Becker; Ralph Forster, chairman
of the Ottawa County Blood Pro-
gram; Ray Sperber and Ezra Hiss,
of the Port Clinton American
Legion, who, together with other
Legionnaires, provided cars for
transportation to the Blood Col
lection Center at ST. Thomas
Episcopal Guild Hall.
The convoy of about 18 cars was
escorted to the city limits by the
State Highway Patrol, where they
were met by the City Police who
escorted them to the Guild Hall.
Legion Furnishes Transportation
After the Put-in-Bay volunteers
gave their blood donations, lunch
con was served and they were es-
corted to Catawba by American
Legion volunteers who supplied
auto transportation, and were
then put aboard one of Lee Mil
ler's boats for the return trip to
the island, at 4:30 p. m. Mr.. Mil
Ter contributed the return trip for
| the group of volunteers.
| An enthusiastic crowd from Port
Clinton appeared as donors to the
Bloodmobile. Among the tlrst
to appear was A. S. Pitman. max
ing his second donation through
the Blood Program Other repeat
ers noticed were Mrs. Kathleen
Kruger, giving for the thiro
time; Wilson Snyder, Mrs. H. w.
Osborne, Mrs. Lucy Petersen
Ralph Snyder, Carl Hill, Jean
Christensen, Rev P. M. Blanken-
ship, John Black, Irene Cence-
baugh and Jim Chapman.
Nine On Staff
A staff of nine accompanied the
Bloodmobile. Local volunteers as
sisting them were Mrs. D. ID.
Sims, A. w. Chapman, Marjorie
semon, Ralph Wedekind, Rudy
Miller, Harry Belknap, Carl Semk-
Ter, Fred zeis, R. E. Reynolds,
George Svehla, Miss Margaret
Petersen, Mesdames Adolph Fra
! zier. Clarence Fulkert, Robert
Stetson, Laurence Carpenter, Ken
meth Wahl, Carl Quisno, George
Koch, Albert Fall, Lee Davis, kel-
ly Dunn, Jack Lay, Leroy Bracken,
Burnell Gates, Jack Witker, Ger
aid Wonnell, Herbert Galow, Dan
iel Benson, Fred Below, A. d.
Miessner, P. NJ Blankenshlp,
Kathryn Ayres, Ralph Roose, Joe
Zetzer, Francis Mekus, P. K. Tad
sen, John Braun, Ed Minderman,
George Slaughter, Ralph Snyder,
Elda K'Burg, Jean christensen
and Phyllis Eikenberry.
While Ada Hayden, executive
secretary, was on duty at the
Blood Center, Mrs. Carl Siefert, a
volunteer, was in charge of the
Red Cross Office.
; Mercy Ship impressive
Mrs. Hayden reports that a
number of residents of CataWba
Island called her Wednesday tell.
ing her of the thrill they received
watching the flights to the MANI
land carry the blood donors.
American Legion members vol
, unteering their automobiles and
helping the Put-in-Bay donors to
: Catawba to take the return boat
trip were Dan Witter, Stanley
, Perry, Willis Zibbel, William Gro
: hen, John C. Heckler, Eugene
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