Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-01-04

June-A sudden squall striking
viciously at the Lake Erie waters
drove four small boats ashore on
Middle Bass Island and caused
the motor to drown out on an
other boat carrying four men
which drifted for several hours
before their plight was noticed
and boats from Put-in-Bay res
cued them Four companies
we're awarded contracts in the
years program for Improvement
of roads by the county commits
sioners. The companies were
Henry Bergman, Genoa; Weis
Brothers, Elmore; Home lnsula-
ton Co., Genoa, and M. j. Brown,
Tiffin; Cornty grade schools
graduated 342 pupils from the
eighth grades which was 80 fewer
graduates than in the previous
year Port Clinton's Little
Baseball League opened sixteen
game season Don Fillmore,
Oak Harbor was elected command
er of the Ottawa County Council,
Veterans of Foreign Wars i. The
familiar Vacationland Booth open
ed for the season, Miss Carol
Ouisno and Miss Sharon Brown
in charge General Assembly
passed two bills affecting prob
lens of commercial and hook-and-
line fishermen in Sandusky Bay
area Accidents caused injur-
les to several residents. William
Humphrey, Oak Harbor, was pain
fully hurt when he fell over
chain; Mrs. Donna Bergman, Rt.
/. suffered abrasions when her car
ran off the road and turned over;
Henry K. Stucky, Route 1, was
badly cut when his car was III
yolved in crash on Route 163.
an Oak Harbor child, Brendy Lou
Henry, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Henry, almost suffocated
when a can Of paint fell from
shelf on to the child and much OF
the paint ran into her mouth
The Oak Harbor home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Myron Brenzo and their two
small children was completely de-
stroyed by fire Ohio Lutheran
Women's Missionary Federation
brought 642 guests here for one
day meeting Joseph Con1efia,
Danbury, was instantly killed
when caught between two cars on
the K. l. M. Railroad on which he
was employed. Several persons
were injured in minor accidents.
Among them was Ariass Tamez,
Of Gypsum whose car rolled over
on Route 1853 causing fractured
arm and knee; Roy Neff, Port
Clinton, received cuts and bruis-
es in car smash up; Mort Hudak,
Marblehead, was cut when her
car struck a tree; Dick Johnson,
Erie Gardens, sprained an ankle
when his car ran off the road,
and Diane Stinson, Erie Gardens,
was bruised when her bicycle
struck car i. DR.. j. w. Mona
han, Fremont, was named Acting
Physician at Erie Ordnance Depot
to replace DR.. Belt DR.. Thorn
as H. Langlois was elected presi-
dent of the Ohio Wildlife Manage
ment Association Mrs. Anna
belle Mason, Harrison Street, was
painfully hurt in an automobile
accident on Route 2, west of
city Two thousand volunteer
fremen from Northern Ohio COM
munities visited Port Clinton i'll
the annual meeting of the Asso-
citation City council enacted
into law the ordinance licensing
all pinball machines and the dis
tributors in the city Lake
side was host to one thousand
ministers and laymen at a meet
ing to celebrate the 150th year of
the organized Methodist Church
in northern Ohio territory :.
Several injuries were reported in
series of accidents. Lloyd
Staatz whose home was on Route
l63, was seriously injured as he
was returning from a business
trip and his car failed to make
a turn on Route 1853; Miss Arlene
Krohe, of Marblehead, suffered
decorations in collision on Route
1853; A. D. Jones, of Erie Gard
ems, received head injuries in a
diving accident; Alvin Miller, rur-
al route 2, suffered a crushed leg
in an auto accident near Bono .
Kids Fish Ferby, sponsored by
the police department and the
auxiliary police, drew two hund-
red children to the children's
pond on Perry Street Amos
Fall was elected high priest of
the Royal Arch Masons $119,-
1873 was distributed here by the
county auditors office. This
money represented personal tax
es :. Playmakers presented sue
cessfLl comedy to capacity audien-
ces for two nights The Matth-
ews Co. announced contract to
build several single propeller pa
troll boats for the government /.
Rev. Eleanor Galusha, coming
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