Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-29
OTTAWA COUNTY
Court House
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Port Clinton, O., May 27-Judge
Tom D. Stahl of the common pleas
court, through special assignment
heard a Henry County courtcase
at Napoleon, Tuesday.
Sheriff Merlan Budd, returned
to his home Monday after having
been a patient at the Magruder
Memorial Hospital for a couple of
weeks.
The court house will be closed
Saturday, May 80 in observance of
Memorial Day.
Auditor Melvin C. Guth reports
1877 cigarette licenses having been
issued for the new year which be-
gins Monday. 1t is expected that
this number will be increased with
the opening of beach-stands and
summer resorts. Last year the to-
tai number issued was 259.
The sheriff's department re-
ported a quiet weekend with only
a small number of minor traffic
accidents having been investigated
and no persons reported injured.
Three prisoners are reported
registered in the county Jail at this
time, one being held in default of
bond and the other two are serving
time.
The sheriff's department was
called to the Robert Roberts road
side store on the Woodville road
in Clay Township, Tuesday morn
ing, when it was reported that 10
cartons of cigarettes and three
tubes of tooth paste had been
stolen. Entrance was reported as
having been gained by breaking a
window.
While in session Monday after
noon the county commissioners a.
warded the contract for surface
treating of 38 miles of county high
ways, to Henry w. Bergman, of
Genoa whose bid was 103,714.68
which was the only bid received.
The estimate had been set at
$1O4 .58968 Harry Boss, of Martin
was awarded the contract for clean
ing and improving the Brown ditch
in Danbury Township, at S946.34.
The estimate was set at $980.07.
Only one bid was received for the
job.
Bids will be received by the
county commissioners at 200 pm.
Monday, June 8, for cleaning the
Dayton ditch in Danbury Town
ship. The estimate has been set at
S949. 9.39.
County superintendent Edwin
Digby, has announced that all
county schools will close. Friday
for the summer vacation. Examina-
tions were held throughout the
county on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, this week.
Judge Ralph Sugrue, of Seneca
County who had presided in the
case of the Air Tours, Inc, against
the City of Port Clinton, in which
the plaintiff had contended that a
contract negotiated in 1912 was
still valid, has ordered that the
plaintiffs petition be dismissed
and that the temporary restraining
order previously issued by the
court be dissolved. Bond upon ap-
peal has been fixed at Two Thou
sand dollars. Judge Sugrue at an
earlier date, sitting by assignment
in Ottawa County court, had dis
solved previous Injunction action
which had prevented the city from
receiving bids for new contracts
for operation of the airport.
New cases filed in the common
pleas court during the week in
cluded the following; Curtis Wep-
ler, Port Clinton against John K.
VanRensslaer, Fremont and the
Bolin Drive-A-Way Company, Bay
Village, o., action for money only
in which the plaintiff is seeking
judgment for $4,000 for injuries
and damages alleged to have re-
suited from traffic accident which
occurred in Port Clinton, in JAN
uary, 1853 Another action for
money only was filed by Maggie
Young, Oak Harbor and the Serv-
ice Fire Insurance Company Of
New York against Robert J. BereS,
Toledo and Jessie Hoof, Cleveland,
in which the plaintiff is seeking
judgment for $315.71 for damages
alleged to have resulted from a
traffic accident which occurred on
State Route Two, near Sand Beach
Road intersection on June, 1851.
The will of Anton Bahnsen has
been filed in the probate court for
probating.
Judge P w. Gulau reports the
following appointments in the pro-
bate court; G. Earl Dunn appointed
administrator of the estate of
Evalyn Dunn; James E. Thierry,
appointed administrator with will
annexed de bonis non, of estate
of Homer v. D. Stewart; Dorothy
Gaydos, appointed executrix of es-
tate of George Gaydos, Jr.
Partial account of guardianship