Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20

week, IL inISnl appear Cnat tnlS
| is new step. Actually, on Friday,
June II, 1946-six years ago, Cr.
George Poe, then county health
commissioner, appeared before
city council and urged the village
to start Immediately planning
for sewage treatment plant"
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The Red Cross first aid class,
held every Thursday night in the
assembly room in City Hall, was
a sad affair at its last session.
The very able instructor, dick"
Dern, of Sandusky, stood before
bis class mopping his eyes, and
speaking in a husky voice, and
his usually attentive pupils sadly
contemplated their tie a c h e r
through redeemed eyes and amid
sniffles. A passerby would have
been baffled by the sight as Mr..
Dern was explaining the intrica-
cies of applying a splint to a
broken bone, subject which one
would not think of as being par
ticularly emotional. However, the
class and its instructor bravely
fought back their tears for half
an hour and then decided that
before they became candidates
Tor first aid themselves, they
should leave the lugubrious quar-
;ers and seek happier climes. An
unused room was found on the
second floor of the City Build
ing and the usually interesting
session proceeded in a much hap
pier atmosphere.
For the information of the pas
serby, the cause of all the sad
ness was the presence of 'tear
gas" which had fingered in the
room since the previous Tuesday
when a group of special police
was testing the "gas" as a part
of a civilian defense measure
When Mr.. Dern arrived early to
prepare some demonstrations for
his class, he discovered the pres
ence of the unseen and almost
unnoticed "gas" and tried to dis
sipate it by opening windows and
doors and using fans. But the gas
remained to such an extent that
after half an hour the occupants
could not bear the smarting SEN
sation in their eyes and adjourn
ed their class to the second floor
room.
We got a good sniff of the stuff
the night before when entering
the room without knowing the
gas bomb had been exploded
few minutes previously. Tears
flow copiously for half an hour
Postmaster Verdi Won Thron
has issued an appeal to all pet
owners to keep their dogs under
more careful surveillance along
mail carrier routes. 1t seems that
recently several mailmen have
been attacked by dogs, one being
rather severely bitten on the leg.
She said if these attacks continue,
the government will be forced to
take action, and reminds dog own
erS that they are responsible for
the actions of their pets.
Major George E. Borden, who
was stationed at E. o. D. in 1899,
is visiting friends in the county
this week. He now lives in Balti-
more, a retired army man. RUM
ing into his old friend Harold
Jeremy, the major made an inter-
esting request. He asked Harold
10 make it his first order of bus
mess on his arrival in Chicago for
the Republican national conven-
ton to contact General Macarthur
and tell him where the major is
now located and ask him to get in
touch with the latter.
There is quite a story between
Borden and Macarthur, who will
be the COP keynoter in Chicago
July 6. In World War l, when
fighting was the thickest in
France, the Yanks were driven
back three times in attempts to
take certain strategic hill. Amer
leans were being beaten badly and
it looked like a poor war for the
Yanks. Gen. Blackstrap Pershing
sent a courier to the battle zone,
ordering the immediate. removal of
the general in charge of the fail
ing attacks. Macarthur, who was