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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
Women Hunters
Get Reprir1land

With the opening of the pheas
ant-rabbit hunting season havi1
been postponed due to the con
tinued dry weather conditions, onl
two hunters were hailed before
Justice of tire Peace Reed Hosle,
Monday after their arrests by
Game Protector Laurel Van Camp
Justice Hosler was slightly sur
prised when the hunters arrived
at his office in custody of the
game protector. The hunters
weren't what he had expected
they were two ladies who wer"
caught hunting pheasants and rab
bits near their own property.
The girls explained to the jus.
tice and game warden that thev
did not realize they were off their
own farm. After being given a
serious talking to, during which
they were ordered to purchase
hunting licenses, the female MIN
rods were released.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
air company Of Detroit. Mich.


Installation of new vaclium
pump, to assist in the heating unit
of the high school has been auth
orized by the Board of Education.
In the past they had to rely on
steam pressure for this purpose,
but with the addition of the boost
er pump, this condition will be
relieved and the unit will be in
stalled at once under a contract
let to Edwin Wetmore.
The village Council of Clay Gen.
ter has purchased a tract of land,
200 by 200 for the purpose of a
site for town hall, and as there
is the former Witt hall, now on
this property, it will be renovated
and used for that purpose Since
being incorporated six years ago,
the town did not have a public
building of their own.
Leslie Fruckey, of Ida Mich, ap-
peared before Justice of the Peace
Frank Karchner, was fined SIS and
costs for speeding at 70 mph on
State Route 100; John j. Schnurr
of Centerline, Mich, SIS and costs,
70 mph; Gene Parker, Toledo, SIS
and costs, passing on the yellow
line; Charles w. D. Smith, Port
Huron, Mich, SIS and costs, driving
over center line, and John Crav-
ems of Clyde, $40 and costs, driving
over center line and not sufficient
clearance.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
Chamber Plans
Xmas Lighting

Paul ClemonS was named chai
man for the Christmas decorating
committee Thursday night when
the Chamber of Commerce met in
City Hall. Decorations will be
placed in the business district in
the near futrue.
Col. John Green, Cleveland, dis
cussed the organization Df an
Ordnance National Guard Com
pany here in Port Clinton and
asked chamber members reactions
regarding the Company.
1t. Col. Donald Fairweather, ex-
ecutive officer of Erie Ordnance
Depot, reported on activities at
the local post, and Councilman
Adair WILDER summarized the pro
posed zoning code ordinance for
the city.
D. L. "Kelly" Dunn, president
of the chamber, discussed the Wei
come Wagon, which Mrs. William
Davis will operate. Newly-elected
city officials were introduced to
the membership.
Complaints regarding local and
long distance telephone service
were heard and President Dunn
suggested appointing a committee
to investigate the complaints.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
Janis LAMBERT
BOWLS 6S5

Believed to be the highest score
ever bowled by a local bowlerette
in league competition, and also the
top score marked up this year by
any bowler, was placed IN the
record books during the Tuesday
Night Women's League competl-
ton when Janis Patchett Lambert
came through with a terrific 685
series.
Bowling with Bob's Sandwich
Shop Five, the youthful Mrs. Lam
bert opened with 204, followed
with 248 and closed with 233 as
she led her team to a four-point
sweep over Eddie's Meats.
Other good scores Tuesday night
included: Lorna Stevens, 172; Ruth
Simon, 1859; Helen Voss, 172; Lor-
eta Miller, 1853; C. Caddy, 180:
Carol Madison, TT; ]. Branum.
TT; Mary Papcun, 178 and ITO;
Mary Snider, 1853; Helen Novak,
166; Barbara Pelyhe, ITO; Pearl
Pelyhe, 189; Goldie Carson, 166;
Vera Coulter, 100; Dee Snyder.
212; Eve Bauser, III; Florence
Yingling, 169.
Mary Selgo, 169 and 179; Mary
Brown. 1877 and 181; A. Wheel,
165; Carol Petersen, 166, 174, 172;
Helen Hetrick, 165; Ann Kucsik,
169 and 172; Edna Boyle, I'll, 227.
166; Fredna Kreutzer, 1877 and 167.
Muretta Hanck, 201 and 203:
Nora Westphal, 178 and ITO; Kati
Kocsis, 1873; Berneice Macy, 169;
Teresa Fowler, 100; Ruth Havener,
1870; 10 Riley, 1866; Audrey Kar-
shuk, 174; and Liz Williamson, 230.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
Elliston Driver
Gets Jail Term

Jacob Brown, %, Elliston, who
was accused of forcing two trucks
off the highway before his auto
crashed into the rear of another
car in Routes 20 and 500, west of
Fremont, was fined $1O0 and SEN
fenced to serve 10 day in Sandusky
county Jail by Judge A. V. Bau-
mann, who also suspended Browns
drivers license for four months.
John Pickerel, Toledo, and Ray
mond Parker, Adrian, Michigan,
told highway patrolmen t h a
Browns car forced two trucks off
the road. The Brown car then
struck the left rear of a car driven
bv Mrs. Dolores Jean Beck, "a.
RID, Elmore. The highway patrol
charged Brown with driving under
the Influence of intoxicants.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
GRANDSON DIES

Maurice Ray Joseph, 13-year-old
grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Lenke, Sr., Bay Township, acci-
dentally hanged himself Tuesday
evening in the home of his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Joseph
703 Western Avenue, Fremont.
The boys mother is the former
Eleanor Lenke, a native of this
city. Maurice Ray is survived by
his parents, his grandparents, one
sister and two younger brothers
He had gone upstairs just before
supper and when he failed to re
turn when called, the accident was
discovered. Funeral services will
be held Friday afternoon in the
Weller-Wonderle Funeral home.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
Burkins Loses
Drivers Permit

Arrested Thursday night by Pa
trolman William Keesor, after his
car had crashed into parked Ohio
Fuel Gas Company auto in Monroe
street near the Armory, William
Burkins, Sr., West Third street,
had his drivers license revoked
for three years Tuesday morning
when he appeared before Judge
Tom D. Stahl on charge of driving
while intoxicated
Judge Stahl also fined Burkins
$500 and costs and sentenced him
to serve six months in the Ottawa
County jail. Suspended were the
$500 fine and all but 10 days Of
the Jail sentence.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20

er last-minute stories broke too
late for copy to be written, so we
ad-libbed much of our Is minute
broadcast Monday.
JOT
Members of the Catawba Island
Volunteer Fire Department de-
serve credit for their energetic
program to purchase new S15,-
900 fire truck-at no cost to the
taxpayers. The firemen have
enough money for down pay
ment but will seek Individual do
nations and present dances and
other entertainments to pay off
their mortgage.
JOT
If you're planning to eat out
Thanksgiving Day, turkey dinners
with all the trimmings will be
served at Brownies new dining
rooms in Gypsum and at Bark Inn.
Sice his Jai-Lai mite club was de-
stroyed by fire, Brownie has re-
modelled the building and now
has two nice dining rooms with
entrance from the parking lot.
Thanksgiving dinner will be served
by reservation only. Brownies also
will feature Chicken Pie dinners
every Saturday from noon to
pm, and will serve noon day
lunches with different main dish
weekdays.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
JOttialgs
By RAY sPERBER


REMEMBER WHEN? The late
George Streeter, grandfather o /
Mrs. Harold Osborn, lived with
Ruth'S parents above P ct ersen's
Grocery Store, Fulton at East
Fifth, and kept a flock of Blue
Andalusian chickens which intri.
gued the neighborhood as they
seemed to change color every hour
of the day When the late
George True had a boat house
in Lake Erie at the head of Full
ton Street and the late DIR. Henry
Pool had huge pier north of his
property between Fulton and Lin
coin? Lake water stood higher
in those days and one could go
swimming only a few yards from
Perry Street When circuses
used to stop at Kasper Field each
summer and the Shannon Players
pitched their tent in Johannsen's
lot in East Sixth between Wash
ington and Jefferson? When the
"Uncle Toms Cabin" Players re-
turned here year after yearypitch-
ed their tent in Waterworks Park,
and brought along six huge Great
Danes. Third grade boys fought
for the chance to lead the big dogs
in the parade through the busi.
ness district When the an
nual Community Christmas Tree
party was held in the Courthouse
lawn on Christmas Eve and Mrs
Walter Miller, wife of Port Clin-
toms Fire Chief, usually led the
carol singing?
AS if Leighton Mackey didn't do
enough travelling during World
War II overseas (where he met his
wife, Sheila, in England), the East
Third Street New York Central
employee continues to get around
Monday he began his new job as
assistant freight agent at the To-
ledo N. Y. C. freight yards. Since
August he had been ticket agent
at the local railroad office, re-
turning here from Cleveland
where he had been an analytical
rate clerk for eight months. He
has also served at Martin. La
carne, and other NYC offices.
Leight and Sheila will not move to
Toledo at least until next spring.
She is on the staff at Nissen's Shoe
Store.
JOT
We have Charles E. Frohman.
president of the Hinde and Dauch
Paper Company, Sandusky, to
thank for a reproduction of the
original plat of Port Clinton, en-
graved bv' w. Woodruff, Cincin.
natl, in 1928. If the plat is cor
rect, someone fouled up when the
courthouse was built. According
to the plat, the present block oc-
cupied by the courthose is listed
as North Park. The plav shows
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20

as North Park" The plat shows
the court house one block south
wherein the public schools now
is located. In the block of East
Sixth Street, between Madison and
Jefferson, the plat set that hal:
block aside for Friend Meeting"
Evidently there were quite lev
Quakers living here back in 1929
Oh yes, there was a hotel in Por:
Clinton even then it was named
''The Perry House..
JOT
Kitty Laffey, who formerly oper-
ated Quisno's Store here, is now
dishing out delicious sandwiches
end lunches at The Cottage Grill,
Route 2, just beyond the Three
Mile Crossing Ray Gould, who op-
crates Cottage Grill, plans to leave
soon for a winter cruise to Rio de
Janeiro and other South American
ports, and Kitty will operate the
Grill during his absence.
JOT
Rose Shallo, Sand Road, has
purchased the filling station which
Bob and Joyce Kosis operated next
to Faber's Restaurant, Woodville
Road, near Genoa.
JOT
Rumor has it that a Danburv
Township young man will run for
county commissioner next year.
He's been active in Democratic
circles of late.
There were hundreds of disap-
pointed hunters in the area Fri
day when the Ohio Wildlife Coun-
Gil postponed the opening of
Ohio's rabbit and pheasant season
at least until next Monday, Novem-
Der 16. Unless heavy rains fall be-
fore Saturday, indications are that
the season may be again post
poned when the state council
meets today. Many fellows who
look forward to the opening of
the hunting season for their an
nual vacations, had to re-scheduIe
their vacations in last-minute shut
files.
Perhaps. you've never realized
it, but there are two restaurants
called Cottage" in this area. Mrs.
Alice Ross and her brother, Ken
Johansen, operate Cottage Restau-
rant, Route 1853, near the State
Park Road, in Danbury Township,
while Ray Gould and Kittv Laffev
operate Cottage Grill in Route 2
three and a quarter miles west Of
the city.
JOT
Listeners to our daily radio pro
gram over WFRO, Fremont, get
up-to-the-minute news Monday af-
ternoon, we were before the mi
crophone awaiting the cue to be-
gin broadcasting when the fire
whistle sounded, less than two
minutes before we were to go on
the air Fortunately, we were able
to get a hurried phone call
through and had the info ready
for our listeners before the fire
trucks had a good start. Two 9th
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
GENOA NEWS
ANDY HALEY

The annual feather party as
sponsored by Genoa Post 324,
American Legion, will be held in
the Legion Cabin Friday evening,
Nov. 20, with the affair commenc-
ing at 8 o'clock. Live ducks, geese.
chicken as we'll as dressed turkeys
will be awarded. Those who are
members of the committee are
Victor Libbee, Sylvester SheSsler,
George Bowalnder, Robert Buehler
and Milton Rocker. AT Our Lady
of Lourdes church, Saturday eve
ming, Nov 81, the Holy Name So
ciety, will also hold their annual
feather party in the parish hall,
with live poultry being awarded to
the winners.
A reorganization of Boy Scouts
in this area was held at the Legion
cabin, with Genoa post again spon-
soring the troop, after an absence
of one year, and the new scout
master will be Frank Shessler, 9th
er members of the scout commit
tee are Laurel Van Camp, Leo La
Vigne, Vern Coffman, Curt Blan-
chard and Robert Williams.
The junior class of Genoa high
school, will present their annual
class play in the high school audi
torium Friday evening, Nov. 90.
Included in the cast of the play
which is entitled wish On the
Moon," are Deanna Mcfarland.
Lenore Hook, Diane Renick, jim
Hack, Lorn Lu, Joyce Seivert and
Ernie De MaSso.
The regular meeting of the San
dusky Bay Conference, banquet
will be held here Wednesday eve
ming in the cafeteria of the high
school with the dinner to be serY-
ed at $50 o'clock, after which the
championship awards and the all
conference team selections will be
known, Coach Dave Martin of Oak
Harbor, is the conference presi-
dent and Charles RymerS of FL
more, secretary.
First call for basketball candi-
dates has been issued for this
week by Coach Tom Willing, and
the first game will be Dec. 4, with
Genoa meeting Elmore at Elmore.
They have a total of II games on
the schedule this year, and the
first home game will be with Penn
berville at Genoa, Dec. 9th.
The 42nd annual meeting of the
Lutheran welfare service will be
held at Williston at st. Jc&n's
church Wednesday, Nov. 18th, DR..
Elmer E. Flack, dean of HANNA
Divinity School, Wittenberg col
lege will be the principal speaker
at the banquet DR.. Flack, has been
member of the Edinburg con-
ference, a lecturer in European
Universities and member of the
advisory board of the revised
standard version of the Bible, he
is also an authority on several text
and an authority on the Old Testa-
ment.
Approval of a new electric hose
dryer for the local fire department
has been granted the department
by council, with one half of the
new apparatus cost to be borne by
the firemen and the balance TO be
paid for by the trustees and the
village. The new dryer will hold
ten reels of 50-foot hose and ii is
designed to prevent mildew and
rot and it. is made by the circular
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
COON is SELECTED

William T. Coon, 313 East Sc
cond St., Port Clinton, is one of
81 cadets selected for the a d
vanced course of the Air Force
ROTC at Ohio University, Athens.
The two-year course of study may
lead to reserve commission in
the us. Air Force. He will study
aerodynamics. command training
and other related subjects of an
advanced nature and attend sum-
mer camp at an Air Force Base
between his junior and senior
years.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
ARRESTED At QUARRY

Valloyd Sharkey, Cleveland, was
apprehended Wednesday evening
by Deputy Sheriff William Cullen
on an Erie County warrant charg-
ing neglect of minor children,
when the truck driver stopped al
the Kelley Island Lime & Trans
port quarry in Marblehead to get
a load of stone. Sharkey was
turned over to the Erie County
sheriff.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
ANOTHER GRASS FIRE

For the third time in two days.
Port Clinton firemen were called
Tuesday afternoon to extinguish
another grass fire in the rural
area. This call was to the Vincent
Gill farm, Route 2, east of the CITY
Evening star., 1953-06-25

Mrs. Ruth o. Denning. Eastern
High School; Mrs. Julie @. Dew
hurst. Woodrow Wilson High
School: Miss Marian v. Hum
mer. Eastern: Mrs. Page Kirk,
Western: Elmer II. Krehbiel.
Eastern; Miss Florence 2. Milli-
ken, Eastern: Miss Susan Rich
mond, Western: Mrs. Hazel C.
Schertz, Anacostia High School;
Miss H. Hope Spencer. Eastern;
Miss Eta L. Williamson, Cardozo
High School.
Others Retired.
Also, Miss Ada B. Burgdorf,
Gordon Junior High; Mrs.
Pauline T. Burns, Paul Junior
High; Mrs. Mary S. Burroughs,
Stuart Junior High; Mrs. Laurel
D. Cook. Taft Junior High; Mrs.
Claire L. Cox, Mcfarland jun
ior High: Mrs. May T. Goss. Taft:
Miss Elizabeth S. Lewis. Sousa
Junior High; Miss Irma G. Nc
Cauley. Mcfarland; Adolph I
Richmond, Kramer Junior High;
Mrs. Wilhelmina F. Sands. Cor
don; Mrs. Catherine B. Thomas
teacher, junior high schools.
Also, Miss Della L. Clark. Bur-
dick Vocational High: Miss Ger
trude Cook. Burdick: Miss Eun-
ice L. Barnsworth. Emery; Miss
E. Irene Meyers, Eaton: Mrs
Evelyn w. Moore. Tyler; Miss r
Bertha Newell. Bancroft; Mrs
Dorothy j. Willis, Sumner, and
Miss Margaret Gessford, Hine
Junior High.
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Board Orders Study
Of Raymond School
Shift 10 Negroes
BY jones G. Deone

School officials today were
wrestling with a request for
transfer of another white school
to Negroes.
The school is Raymond Ele-
mentary, Tenth street and
Spring road NV. Spokesmen
for two Negro groups told the
Board Of Education yesterday it
is needed to relieve crowding
at three nearby Negro schools.
Supt. Hobart M. Corning a
week ago told the board no
transfer in this neighborhood is
justified now. But several board
members expressed strong in
terest in the subject yesterday
and school officers were asked
to restudy it and make a new
report.
Two transfer proposals by DR..
Corning-affecting Bryan and
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Whitehead Named President
OF Miner Teachers College
Bourd Also Promotes
Professors. Appoints
Four Principals

A 45-year-old education pro-
fessor is the new president Of
Miner Teachers College,
DR.. Matthew j. Whitehead
was named to the post by the
Board of Education yesterday,
succeeding retired DR.. Eugene A,
Clark.
DR.. Whitehead joined Miners
faculty a year ago. Earlier. he
was assistant registrar ct How
ard University for eight years.
He also has taught at North
Carolina State Teachers Coli
lege and New York University
He earned his doctorate at NYU.
He is married and has two
children. He is q native of
Rocky Mount, N. c.
Miss Hope Lyons, Miners dean
Of students, who has been act
ing president for several months.
was promoted from assistant to
associate professor.
The board yesterday also pro-
NOTED Mrs. Catharine A. Gardi-
ner from assistant to associate
professor at Wilson Teachers
College. Mrs. Gardiner has made
a special plea for waiver Of rule
requiring associate professors to
have doctors degrees. The rule
was ignored in Miss Lyons case
Other Appointments.
The board also approved these
other appointments:
John M. Fletcher as temporary
principal of Kramer Junior High
School while Miss Catherine E.
Crook teaches for a year In
Africa.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Goodman as
principal of Health School and
the visiting instruction corps.
Norman S. anthony as princi-
pal of Stevens-Phillips Elemen-
tary Schools.
Mrs. Mary r. Reid as principal
OF Thomas Elementary School,
She has held the post on a tenn
porary basis.
Miss Agnes F. Garrels, assist
ant professor at Wilson Teachers
College, was retired effective
June 80. Thirty-one teachers also
were retired. They are:
Mrs. Cathren p. L. Miller,
Murch School; Herbert F. Key
ser, Mckinley High, School /;
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Benson Goes 10 Texas
To See Havoc Caused
by Severe Drought
BY The A.sceiossa Press 1,

!. . ~
DALLAS, June 25.-Agricul-
ture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson
heads for Texas tomorroW--into
a. rising clamor for help by
farmers and ranchmen suffering
the most Furnishing drought in
Southwest history.
Mr.. Benson viii attend the
American Cotton Congress in
Lubbock.
He has said he wants a first
hand look at drought conditions.
Farmers and livestock m n
whose losses have pyramided
into the millions promise he'll
get 1t.
County drought committees
are to meet with Mr.. Benson
Saturday. He is to arrive in
Lubbock tomorrow night.
The Southwest's soil conserva-
ton chief yesterday called the
drought in Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Louisiana 'sthe
longest and most severe and
widespread in history"
Havoc Is Widespread.
Regional Director Louis Mer-
rill said the drought is eclipsine
the noted dry spells of 1886
1909, l917-18 and 1934-36.
Crop are scorched, deep cracks
are spreading through scared
and barren rangelands. Cattle
are starving.
Mr.. Merrill said virtually thu
entire Texas landscape "i:
Drowned and bleak.
Pastures are completely
burned up all over the Stat,
and the North Texas corn cror
is in danger of being completely
destroyed"
In one particularly severe
"dust bowl" area-three millior
acres between Lubbock and Bis
Spring - graders are working
daily to keep roads clear ol
shifting sand, Mr.. Merrill said
Wheat and Cotton Fail.
L. j. Cappleman, State Farm.
erS Home Administration direc-
Evening star., 1953-06-25

the contest-on the theme of
District home rule-at q board
meeting yesterday. He called
ADA political, a criticism he also
made a week ago.
But Miss Mary Harriet Parker,
a colleague, pointed out the
board permits the Daughters Of
the American Revolution to con-
duct contests, and the OAR "can
be classed in the same way" she
asserted. The board voted. Mr..
Faulkner down, S to 2.
Evening star., 1953-06-25

AFGECharles ~Mayette, the
West Coast vice president of the
AL American Federation Of
Government Employees, died sew
eral days ago of q heart attack
in San Francisco. Mr.. Mayette
was well known in Washington,
Several years ago, he received q
citation from the Army Depart
ment for his work as an engineer
on the atomic bomb project.
~ ~
Chairman Phillip Young
of the Civil Service Commission
within the next few weeks is ex-
pected to announce some major
staf appointments in the con1-
mission. Regarding the execu-
tive directors job in the csc, il
now appears as II some one out
side the commission will get the
job. No final selection has been
made. but, the man appointed
probably will be a career eniploye
from another Governm n
agency.
,CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
Civil Service Assembly of the
United States and Canada will
hold its annual conference on
public personnel administration
from october 4 to 8 in Los An
geles. Representative Gross,
Republican, Of Iowa has been
named chairman Of a House
Civil Service subcommittee that
will hold hearings on legislation
requiring veterans to make a
passing grade on civil service
exams before they are given
preference points. The group
also will consider the bill to re-
Quire disabled veterans to have
at least a 10 per cent compens-
able disability before they are
placed at the top of civil service
job registers. Other members of
the subcommittee are Repre-
sentative Harden of Indiana,
Cole of Missouri, Bonin of Penn
Sylvania and Bolton of Ohio,
Republicans, and Davis of Geor-
gia, Jarman of Oklahoma, Dow
dy Of Texas and Alexander of
North Carolina, Democrats.
Six employees in the Navy Blu
reau Of Yards and Docks have
won awards for beneficial sug-
geStionS. They are Mrs. Lee
Goettings (two awards), c. j.
.Burruss. j. M. Statt, H. I. NAL
10y. Thomas Mango and Doris
Cohen. William H Weeks
has been named chief of the
Aircraft Engineering Division,
Office of Aviation Safety, Civil
Aeronautics Administration. Mr..
Weeks has headed the aircraft
engineering branch in CAA's
Kansas City Office since 1912.
Waldemar A. Klikoff has been
appointed deputy chief of the
Aircraft Engineering Division
AAcAC.