Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-04-11
PETITION TABLED FOR WEEK, :
PENDING STUDY BY COUNCIL

ing project, long orphaned as an
entity of Port Clinton, almost
crept through the city gates last
Tuesday night after tn ird
petition, signed by 40 residents
was presented to council by
Bart Witter, chairman of citi-
zen's committee from the reser-
vation.
He told councilmen, "We feel
that we are all good citizens and
quite civic minded. We do most
of our business in Port Clinton,
and don't know why we are not
allowed to be Port Clintonites. "
He added that many Erie Garden
residents have come from other
cities and have settled in the
community to become perma-
nent residents.
Annexation Proposed
Councilman Adair Wilbur NOV
ed that Erie Gardens be annexed
to the city and that all contin-
gent territory involved in squar-
ing off thu west portion of the
/ area be included, "in order that
the city may have advantage OF
T; important new tax revenues, as
we'll as the good will of the pc
ople on the governmental reserva-
ton"
The motion was spiked by Cou-
ncilman Leroy Bracken, who ask
ed President Harold Nielsen to
appoint committee to investl-
Concurring with him was Coun-
Gilman R. E. Reynolds. Council
agreed to table the issue for one
week.
| Prior to the tabIing motion
Mayor Carl Becker told council
men Il think we are doing the
Erie Garden people an injustice,
because they do all their business
here and want to be permanent
residents in our city He said
"They cause little or no trouble
we certainly should not deliber-
ately discourage people from
wanting to live in, and be part
of Port Clinton"
Former Publisher Speaks
| Later in the lengthy session,
Ralph Snyder, former publisher
of the News and now owner of
the Northern Ohio Maytag Co.,
asking to speak before council as
citizen, declared, Since the
first stake was driven into the
Erie Gardens housing plat ! have
heard many arguments about the
settlement. 1t has always been
kicked around. In my opinion
the people of Erie Gardens are
the finest They are good they
belong with us yet they have
always been kicked around like
foreigners"
The Erie Gardens committee
members headed by Witter, are
Steve Macy, vice-chairman; Jack
Smith, Howard Fritche, Roger
Markley and Sam Amato..
The petition which was flee
with the city clerk read: 1--WE, the
residents of the West and. Soutf
Loop sections of Erie Gardens
refer to a petition dated May %
j 1851 to the Village Council prior
: to the date of the present city
, charter and to a letter to the cit,
council dated February 27, thr
r ough the Erie Gardens manage
ment office calling attention L
the above petition to which
e reply had not been received
e I'VE wish hereby to reneV
our petition to the Council of tn
2 City of Port Clinton includint
= that of the freeholder, the Unitef
States government represented
: by the project manager who's
, signature appears with the ter
e ant petitioners.
2 Our request is that officia
l. favorable action be taken at thi
t meeting to the inclusion within
d the city boundaries the PORTO
of the Erie Gardens boundarle
: west of the present city line, an
e including the above named res
r dence areas
e "We are 134 families who's
/. trade area is within Port Clis
ton, and whose business, socl;
and residence interests are cei
tered in Port Clinton. We ar
vital part of the residence are
known as Erie Gardens, MOI
than half of which is all read
within the Port Clinton city
mitS."
The councilmanic committe
e named to study the annexatio
II issue is comprised of Leroy Bra
q, ken, Roy Oman and Deforre
~ Maxwell,