Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-01-04
Mrs. Pearl Buhrow, Lakeside;
Hattie M. Ballin, Oak Harbor;
Samuel c. Woodring, Port Clin-
ton, Route 8.

Samuel c. Woodring, Port Clin-
ton, Route 8.
April-Cloyed E. Huskey, of
Gypsum, was fatally injured when
a motor fell on him while at work.
Isaac Osmanson, of Peoria, H.,
was seriously injured at the Erie
Ordnance Depot when he fell into
a tank of caustic Catawba Fire
Chief Wilson Snyder broke
ground for new fire house and
community hall for Island Z. :.
Ottawa County received the
doubtful honor of having the
most slot machines in the state
of Ohio when the results of a sur
vey were made public by group
OF newsmen Funds raised un-
der the sponsorship of the Epsilon
Eta chapter of the Sigma Alpha
Sorority were used to purchase
two telephone sets for the County
Home Booster Club, of Oak
Harbor, laid plans to finance and
erect concrete bleacher at the
athletic field The annual Min
strel Show, sponsored by the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Club and the Merchants Associa-
ton played to full houses for
three nights . Mrs. Floyd An
gus, of Clay Center, was named
president of the Ottawa County
Teachers and Board Members
Conference. Other officers nam
ed were Gaylord Braithwaite, of
Lakeside, vice president, and Eve
lyn Hermes, Oak Harbor treasur
er-secretary The Ottawa Co.
News inaugurated daily Monday
through Friday newscast A
thorough fire inspection was con-
Quoted in all public buildings and
in many places of business under
the Craftsmanship of Albert Davids
and fire prevention programs
were presented in schools and at
service club meetings Harry
Callahan was named chairman for
Put-in-Bay Day John Black
Red Cross chairman, announced
heads of disaster units as fol-
lows: George Schade, Warming
rescue and evacuation; DR.. Cyrus
Wood, Medical and Nursing; Oil
yer True Shelter; Stensen Peter
sen, Food; James Mizener, Cloth
ing; Russell Carnes, Transporter
ton; John Morton, Public Infor-
nation i. Chamber of Commerce
urged all householders to ask for
credentials from vendors solicit
itors. Boys from the seventh
and eighth grades of the Gypsum
School were credited with saving
the barn and toolshed, and posi-
bly, the home, of Joseph Mailer,
Gypsum Road, by the Port Clin-
ton Fire Department on their ar
rival at the scene. The boys had
formed a bucket brigade Mrs.
Emma Hathaway was severely
burned when a coal oil stove ex-
ploded in her home on rural Rt.
3 /. James Mizener was elevat-
ed to the high office of Exalted
Ruler at the annual ceremony in
Elks Lodge Hall here Mrs.
Audrey Irene Telep was appoint
ed county health nurse +. Amer
lean Bank started extensive i'm
provements to building and ex-
tended its quarters into adjoin-
ing building Four children
were burned to death when the
trailer in which two families were
living caught fire in a trailer
camp at Genoa The children
were Paulette, Harry and Dennis
Cooper and Diane Caldwell. Two
other children escaped from the
flaming trap Two other per-
sons died as result of previous
burns. They we're Isaac Osman-
son, who had fallen into tank
of caustic and Mrs. Emma Hatha-
way who had been burned when
an oil stove exploded Among
the April deaths were Ernest Son
loft, Oak Harbor; Roy w. Pinyard,
Port Clinton, Ralph Fraunfelter.
Curtice; Rollie Lano, Port Clin-
ton; August F. Ohm, Rocky Ridge;
Albert c. Lattendorf, Graytown;
Mrs. Mary F. Parrish, Catawba
Island; Mrs. Fred l.. Beier, Oak
Harbor; August F. Wagner, Port
Clinton; William F. Fielder, Port
Clinton; Mrs. Alma Liam, Bay
Township; Wilmer R. Davis, Erie
Twp; Miss Ellen Ravasz, Marble
head Charles Wishendorp, Oak
Harbor; Lester DuBrie, Catawba
Island; Mrs. Pearl Todd, Lakeside;
Walter Novoselac, Gypsum; Will
liam c. Haller, Put-in-B Bay; Mel
son, Genoa.
May-United States closed the
Border Patrol office which it had
maintained here for twenty years
IN City Building Police Chief
Jack Shelter warned residents
against wave of burglaries and
bad checks which were flooding
vicinity y. A home in Erie Gar