Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-11-14
OTTAWA COUNTY
Court House

The court house was closed
Tuesday in observance of Armis
tice Day, a legal holiday.
Judge Tom D. Stahl has been
assigned to hear cases in Seneca
county common pleas court, at
Tiffin, Thursday and Friday this
week. During the week of Novem-
Der II, Judge Stahl has been as
signed to hold court at Ashland.
A joint hearing of county COM
missioners and property owners
from Gypsum area was held in the
common pleas court room, Mon
day afternoon in the interest of
the proposed water line which
would extend from the Port Clin-
ton water line to Gypsum. The
hearing was for the discussion of
the proposed assessments and no
action was taken at this time as
five days are allowed for appeals
to be made. The proposed project
has been estimated to cost $780,
000
Auditor Melvin C. Guth has re-
ported the receipt of the follow
ing vouchers from federal funds,
Columbus; $157.17 for county
funds for disabled persons;
s29O.33 to be applied to county
blind funds and $1,202.25 for
county aid for dependent children.
Judge Ralph Surgrue of Tiffin
was here Friday, hearing a case in
the Ottawa county common pleas
court.
Wednesday was a busy day for
the members of the Ottawa Coun-
ty Board of Elections when Off
cial tabulations and reports were
compiled of the results of Tues
days election for the county vote.
The county board has the reputa-
ton of being one of the first in
the state to submit official reports
to Columbus.
Nearly forty county officials
and staff workers took part in the
18th annual court house party
held at Basiley's Inn, on Route
No. 1853 in Erie township, Monday
evening. Part of the after dinner
program included the initiation
of number of new members who
have joined the staff since the
last annual party. The Recorders
department was in charge of ar
rangements and the program. The
Auditors department will be in
charge of the court house party
for 1858, with Auditor Melvin c.
Guth as chairman.
Orange Gaskin, 80, of Alabama,
who had been employed at Genoa,
forfeited his $500 bond when he
failed to appear in common pleas
court here, Monday morning. Gas
kin had been indicted on charge
of burglary and larceny, in Sep
/! tember and following arraign-
ment in Judge Tom D. Stahl's
court he pleaded innocent and he
provided the $500 cash bond and
his trial was set for Monday morn
ing. The case was to have been
tried before Judges Earl Solether
of Bowling Green; Don Young of
Norwalk and Tom D. Stahl, Otta
wa county.
The will of Otto A. Base has
been filed in the probate court for
probating.
! Judge P. w. Gulau of the pro-
bate court reports the following
appointments during the past
week: Ruth Anna Sandrock, ap-
pointed eXecutriX of the estate of
John w. Sandrock; Gertrude c.
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estate of Rene Claire Sage; Louise
Floss, appointed Administrative of
| the estate of Josephine DodWay,
Raymond j. Feilbach and Richard
| P. Foster appointed executors of
the estate of Martha j. Feilbach.
The final accounts of admins
tration has been filed in the pro-
bate court by Glenn V. Schultz,
administrator of the estate Of
Charles H. Schultz, and by Alma
A. Linker, executrix of the estate
of Walter w. Linker.
APPLICATIONS FOR
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Melvin C. Koch, 20, laborer,
Sandusky and Miss Charlse Jean
McAfee, 18, bookkeeper, Port
Clinton. FIR. Paul A. Mueller to Of
ficiate.