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

tioning of twenty-one witnesses.
(. City Council brought to first
reading an ordinance to license
all pinball machines in the city
at 500 each, and to license dis
tributors at $500 fee +. Coun-
Gil defeated a measure to annex
a part of Erie Gardens to the city.
+. Two Genoa men, Harold Dunn
and Robert Dunn were taken to a
Toledo hospital after being pull
ed from Lake Erie when their
boat was sWamped. Both suffered
shock and exposure Fire men
were called to a blaze when it
threatened to spread to adjoining
buildings as an incinerator caught
fire. They held the blaze to
shed at the rear of 210 Monroe st.
Five hundred Odd Fellows
gathered here to celebrate the
18th anniversary of the local
lodge of the Loyal Order of Odd
Fellows :. Col E. NJ Webb, COM
manding officer at Erie Ordnance
Depot, announced a change in
status of the local installation
from that of civilian reserve to
national supply center which ne
cessitated the employment of 200
additional people Merchants
instituted Friday night opening
of stores with the stores closing
at 6 p. m. on Saturday When
their car was forced off the road
and overturned in deep ditch,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Thorbann
and their three children, Of Oak
Harbor, escaped serious injury al
though the car in which they
we're riding was demolished
Port Clinton residents welcomed
neighbors from Put-in-Bay with
gaily decorated shopping district
and days program of events
The State, through the Natur-
al Resources Commission, acquir-
ed extensive acreage along Lake
Erie near the western county line
for a public park and hunting
ground. Attorney Leslie Meyer,
trustee for an estate involved,
handled the deal locally An
Oak Harbor man, Albert M. Crom-
we'll, died as a result Of injuries
received when he was struck by
an automobile A petition sign
ed by 1874 residents of Erie Gard
ems was placed before city coun-
Gil and held over for further study
f. Ottawa County graduated 24l
seniors from its high schools. Port
Clinton had rs graduates; Oak
Harbor, 81; Clay-Genoa, 40; Har-
ris-Elmore, 30; Lakeside, 26 and
Put-in-Bay ). Willard Witt was
elected president of Ottawa Coun-
ty Conservation Committee
Judge Tom D. Stahl sentenced
Richard Dubbert and his wife,
Eta, to serve indeterminate terms
in state institutions after they
were found guilty of neglect of
their six minor children. The OF
taWa County Welfare Department
assumed care of the children
William Genzman, Oak Harbor.
Rout /, died in an ambulance as
he was being taken to Magruder
Hospital, after being struck by
an automobile on Route 2, several
miles west of Port Clinton
George A. Atkinson, of Lacarne,
was injured when his car collid-
ed near Bay Bridge with car that
was repeatedly turning in the
highway j.. Burglars again struck
with three thefts reported in one
night The office of Belknap In
surance Agency was entered as
were the Offices of John Reinhei-
mer and The Frederick Real Es-
tate and Insurance Co. Ma
neuvers were carried out by units
of the 37th Division Ohio National
Guard at Camp Perry Corwin
D. Hablitzel, Oak Harbor, was
elected president of the Ottawa
County chapter American Red
Cross at annr,al meeting. Other
officers elected were John B. Nor
ton vice-president, Rodena Konk-
er, secretary and John Belknap,
treasurer Keel was laid IN