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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
Many Children
Receive Benefits

Over one million children are
now getting monthly social secur-
ity insurance payments, Wayne w.
Putnam, manager of the Toledo
social security office, said today.
The million mark for child bene-
ficiaries in the Nation was passed
in July, he says. In the ten-coun-
ty area served by the Toledo So
cial security office more than
5000 children are now on the in
surance benefit rolls.
Approximately $4,000 of these
children are getting monthly sur
vivorS insurance payments be.
cause of the untimely death of
the family breadwinner. Most of
the children who are receiving
these benefit payments are from
families in which the father has
died. Some, however, had been
dependent on insured working
mothers. About $4,000 of these
children-less than one-tenth of
the total-are dependents of men
or women who are receiving old.
age insurance payments.
The amount of an old-age and
survivors insurance payment is
based on the average earnings of
the person whose work was GOV.
cred by the social security Law.
The average monthly payment
now being made to a child bene.
ficiary is $30.44 a month; the
largest payment to a family
group is $168.75 a month. Surviv.
ors benefits payable to a child
are not affected even if the sur.
viving parents goes to work or re-
marrieS.
Monthly insurance payments to
child continue until he is 18, un
less he goes to work or marries
before reaching that age. AS OF
the end of July, about $31 million
was being paid monthly to child
beneficiarieS.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
Fred Stick Wins
Tractor Rodeo

Fredrick Stick of Graytown beat
18 other contestants to win the Of
tawa County Tractor Rodeo held
last week.
Young Stick who is Is years of
age will compete in the state con-
test August 20 at Ohio State Fair.
The All Tractor Rodeo is a test
of driving skill. Contestants pull
a hay rake through an obstacle
course. back a four wheel auto.
steer wagon into a shed and belt
the tractor to farm tool.
Persons in charge of the contest
were Carl Waggoner, Port Clinton;
Roy Shaffer, Elmore; Ed Cross, Oak
Harbor; and Earl Johnson, Willis
ton. A trophy from the C. A. Ste
vens Oil Co. of Port Clinton was
presented Stick for his outstand-
ing ability. Contest was held at the
Paul Magsig farm in connection
with the plowing contest.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21

fixed objects usually beyond the
limits of the highway; and non-col-
lision accidents.
Recently, an expert stated that
no one was competent to operate
car at speeds in excess of 60mph
on public highways for any length
of time. He has a point for the in
crease infatalities from accidents
where speed is factor indicates a
growing number of drivers are un-
able to control their car.
The safety chief remarked, 'It
may be driving errors rather than
speed produces accidents but
there is no question that it is
speed that produces death. he fa-
tality rate for accidents occurring
at 80 mph is 2ls times the deaths
for accidents at 40."
August is a good time for parents
to take young children over the
route they will travel to school
this fall. Walk the trip to school
and back several times. Point out
land marks to give the child de-
finite distance of street that should
be free of cars before he attempts
to cross.
Pick the route with the fewest
street crossings. Emphasize Look
Both Ways Before Stepping From
The Curb. Then on the last week
before school have the child pilot
you over the route. Then you will
know how much of your teaching
has been remembered.
Trains will be running in August
as usual. You can escape a cross
ing accident quite easily Do not
drive onto railroad track until
you can see that you can get safely
across.
Watch for the round yellow ad-
vance warning sign as you travel
state routes. When you see one
slow down there is a railroad
crossing not more than 500 feet
away. Be ready to stop before you
reach the track.
Davis reminds everyone that
school begins in September. A
little practice now will develop the
habit of slow travel through School
Zones.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
NOTES FROM OTTAWA -
COUNTY AGENT
FRED cR,MN

Ralph Strohscher of Clay Center
has an interesting pasture story.
He has beautiful stand of Sudan
grass. When bluegrass dried up in
the hot weather he put the cows
in the Sudan grass. Milk production
he said went up rs pounds per
day. 1t only takes a few days of that
kind of production to pay for
pasture. The rest can go in the
pocket.
Club project tours have been
made by the county agent with the
Allen Central Boys, Mudcreek and
Junior East Side Kids. II these are
a good sample then boys All club
work is headed for a new high.
We are really proud of the work
being done by boys in the clubs
we have visited.
State Fair in Columbus starts
August % and runs through Sep
tember 4. We will take a All dairy
judging team down on August %.
Then on Tuesday September l
practically the whole county will
60. That is the day all demonstra-
tions will be given, the dress revue,
health contestants and SO on. The
fair is a big busy time. One of the
biggest shows there is with plenty
of things to see for young and old
Plan now to 60 to the Ohio State
Fair.
The first Ottawa Couny soil con-
servation field day and plowing
contest went off without a hitch
last week. Paul Magsig had about
400 visitors on his farm for a few
hours. Dozens of people and firms
cooperated in making the event a
success. To those people and to the
Magsig family go lots of credit.
From my viewpoint cooperation
was 1OO9o and they should have
the credit for the success.
Norma Burning, Grace and Lois
Hellwig, Sharon Christensen and
Linda Peltier were all contestants
in a talent and safety talk contest
last Thursday in Mcclure. Grace
and Lois won the talent contest
with their vocal duet. They will
perform again on September 13 at
the Ohio All Club Congress in
Columbus. The Ohio Farmer Mag
azine sponsors the activity.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
County Women
Enjoy Camp Yukita

Vacation was the goal of 8 Otta-
wa County women and 81 other
women from Erie and Sandusky
Counties. The women spent 4 en-
joyable days (Aug. 11-14) at Camp
Yukita located on Catawba Point.
During this time the women had
a choice of working with three
crafts: jewelry making, leather
work, and basketry. Other activi-
ties of the camp were swimming,
boating, and evening recreation.
At the end of camp, committees
were chosen for next years camp
planning. They are as follows: Mrs.
G. H. Schmidt, Port Clinton; Mrs.
Margaret Rymers, Elmore; Mrs.
Ernest Giesler, Elmore; and Mrs.
F. L. Kuhlman, ElmOre.
Campers left Friday afternoon
after having wonderful vacation
with their friends and neighbors.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
Farmers Seek To
Cut Dairy Costs

More muscle and less feed will
produce cheaper milk, says C. D.
McGrew, extension dairyman at
Ohio State University.
Because of low milk prices,
Ohio farmers are hunting ways to
cut dairy costs.
McGrew says feed and labor
provide most opportunity o r
saving since they make up four
fifths of all costs. Lower feed
costs may be accomplished by pro-
ducing more milk per cow and
shifting to cheaper feeds. Lower
labor costs are obtained by more
output per man.
According to the dairy special
ist, the first 5000 pounds of milk
that a cow produces requires
about $240 worth of feed per 100
pounds. An additional 5000
pounds of milk takes less than 81
in feed costs for each extra 100
pounds.
For lower cost feed, McGrew
suggests more roughage. He says
concentrates cost twice as much
as hay and silage and four times
the price of pasture nutrients. A
shift from 60 percent roughage
seeding to 80 percent may save
$40 year in feed costs for each
cow producing around 5000
pounds of milk.
Concerning labor costs, the spe-
cialist says push-button gadgets
are nice but don't put more milk
in the bucket. Lower cost labor is
achieved by more work.
McGrew reports that producers
sending Z cans of milk daily can
keep production costs down near
So a hundred. Shippers sending 3
cans day have costs around $5.50
a hundred. Both groups are con-
sidered one-man operations.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
Miller Heads
Farm Home Group

John M. Miller, Salem Township,
was selected as chairman and Leo
l.. Martin, Clay Township, as vice
chairman, when the Ottawa County
committee for Farmers Home Ad-
ministration met August IL. Mrs.
Dorothea K'Burg of Salem Town
ship is the third member of the
commission.
An application for purchase of a
farm through the FILA program
was presented and discussed, and
the group decided to visit this
farm home for the purpose of OBJ
serving the farm operations.
Along with County Supervisor
Henry Swearingen, the committee
also attend the Ottawa County
Field Day, which was held at the
Paul Magsig farm northeast OF
Genoa.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
Earl Moore Wins
Flowing Honors

Three rural Oak Harbor young
farmers copped all honors in the
first Ottawa County plowing con-
test.
Earl Moore placed first while
Gaillard Markley and Harold Kard-
atzke were second and third res
pectively. Moore will represent OF
tawa County in district contest.
Date and place are not known but
effort is being made to have the
event in Sandusky County.
The plowing contest was part of
a field day held by Ottawa County
Soil Conservation District on the
Paul Magsig farm in Benton town
ship. Over 400 people came to the
farm and viewed the soil conser-
vation practices from tractor
drawn wagons. w. F. Rofkar,
chairman of the soil district, was
in charge.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
Keep Best: Gilts
For Breeders

Best gifts for breeding stock cost
the least, says Herbert M. Barnes.
extension swine specialist at Ohio
State University.
"Pick out the big, thrifty gifts
before they get sent to market, -
Barnes advises farmers. Long bod
les, smooth shoulders, heavy hams.
straight feet and legs and well-de,
veloped udder sections mark q
good gilt. Gilts from best litters
usually produce the best litters.
Barnes adds.
If farmers keep such gifts out of
fattening lots but feed them Is
percent protein ration on good
legume pasture, the gifts will be
low-cost and good prospects for
SoWs.
Barnes adds, "They will be bet
ter than the ones we usually pick
out after all the good ones have
gone to market"
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
Bond Sales Show
Jump In County

Ohio sales of Series E and H
Savings Bonds during July showed.
a slight increase over purchases
for the same month a year ago to
keep the states month by-month
record of greater sales intact, Nick
Stevens, Ottawa County Savings
Bond chairman, has announced.
Sales in Ottawa County for the
last month were $61,012, COM
pared to the July, 1852, invest
ment of $28,848.
Chairman Stevens said that cash
value of Series E and H Bonds
held by individuals in United
States on June 30, 1858, reached
$36, ,O48, 100000, which is one-and.
a-half billion dollars more than
the cash value of E Bonds held on
May l, 1851, when they began to
mature.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
Hone-Bui1t Silos
Cost Less Money

Ohio farmers can build silOs for
only 25 cents per ton of storage,
reports an extension engineer at
Ohio State University.
j. d. Blickle says home built
silos are becoming popular in Ohio
because they are cheap to build.
Farmers can construct unlined
trench silos for as little as -
cents to 81 per each ton of Stor-
age and fence silos only IS cents
to SIPS. Building costs of perma-
nent upright silos range from So
to $25.
The engineer says these home
built Silos for temporary or con-
tinued use can be constructed
above-ground or underground. 1t
is easier to find a site for an
above-ground silo.
Fence and stack silos fit we'll in
meeting emergencies and supple
menting permanent silos, Blickle
says. This is true despite possible
high silage losses. Farmers can
build them in a short period of
time with no special foundation
required.
Biggest drawback of trench silos
on many farms is lack of a suit
able site.
Blickle says no silo is practical
for less than 10 dairy cows or an
equal number of other livestock
for which silage is a good feed.
County extension offices have
more information on silo con-
StructiOn.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
AUGUST IS TOP MONTH FOR
DEATHS BY POLSON--BE CAREFUL

August is practically an average
month for accidents. The trend that
the month shows may give a clue
regarding the fatality total, which
at present is about $50 below the
1852 casualties.
Edwin H. Davis, President, Ohio
State Safety Council, pointed out
several peculiarities in last years
record. August was the highest
month for poisonings and the low
est for falls in home accidents.
Frankly, we don't know why
there were so many fatal poison
ings in August" the safety head
told us. "It could be from impro-
perly refrigerated food on picnics.
1t could be folks taking wrong
medicines. There does not seem to
be any good reason for this oddity
in the statistics. Here are several
hints that will keep your family
free from accidental poisoning"
1. Keep foods for the picnic cold.
Salads with mayonnaise and SINH.
lar dressings; sandwiches with the
so-called salad" filling; cream
pies these are not safe for the
picnic unless they are kept cold :
refrigerator cold Bacteria grow
enough in a few warm hours to
make your family really ill.,
2. Discard all medicines that are
not in regular use. Don't toss a
partly full bottle in the trash.
Some youngsters might play "doc-
tor" with fatal results. Dump un-
used medicine down the sewer.
Rinse fluid or dust from the bottle
before putting it in the trash.
3. Read the label even if that
means putting on your glasses,
turning on a light in the dark OF
night. Be sure all harmful chem
icals are kept out of children's
reach
4. Never put any of these chemi-
Gals in a cup or glass. Someone
might mistake the fluid for a bev-
erage or think the dry powder
was salt or sugar. The small num-
ber of falls around home may in
dicate that most of the high climb
ing jobs are out of the way until
it is time to remove screens, install
storm windows or clean out the
roof cutters. Davis said there are
three important ladder precautions
that will reduce falls from height.
l. Have at least three steps a.
bove the one you are standing on.
This gives you something to grab
if you need steadying.
2. Limit your reach to 3 feet be-
yond the sides of the ladder AL
most every case of a ladder slip
ping results over-reaching.
3. All this means nothing if the
ladder is not firmly placed. Put a
board under the feet if the ground
yields. A block under one foot will
help level it. Climb the ladder only
when it is stable and secure.
Oddly August is the month mo-
tor vehicle accidents start their
climb toward the December peak.
Safety people hope that the next
81 days run below last year. Other
wise there is a strong possibility
that this years casualties will eX.
ceed 1852 totals.
Four types of accidents will ac-
count for 1870 of the fatalities;
collisions between motor vehicles;
nedeStrian injuries: collisions with
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
TAKEN TO TOLEDO

Doyle Beard, Toledo, who suf-
fered a heart attack Saturday eve
ming while assisting with the
dishes" after a fish fry in a San
duSky Bay Shore cottage at the
foot of Fulton Street, was re-
moved from Magruder Hospital to
st. Luke's in Toledo by Gerner
and Wolf ambulance.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
Tomato Canning
Off To Slow Start

Workers at the Gypsum Canning
factory, South Railroad Street, pro-
cessed the first local tomatoes
Thursday when chill sauce was
made. AS the crop has been ripen-
ing slowly, working agreement
has been made with the Weller
Cannery in Oak Harbor to accept
deliveries of tomatoes on days
when the local cannery is not
accepting deliveries.
planned to accept tomatoes Monday
and Tuesday of this week, and pos
Sibly Thursday and Friday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
ATTEND FARM MEET

Mrs. Dorthea K'Burg and John
Miller, Salem Township, and Leo
L. Martin, Clay Township, attend
ed the Farmers Home Administra-
ton meeting at the Northern Ohio
Breeders Association building in
Tiffin Monday when state direc-
tor C. A. Gehrig was a speaker.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21
ANOTHER DUMP FIRE

For the sixth time this year,
Port Clinton Volunteer Fire De-
partment members were called to
the Jackson Street dump at noon
Friday to extinguish another
blaze. No damages we're reported.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21

WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND N. M u Avsus-A reunion
Of former Port cntonte Oho Ordnance Depot
(Oho) personnel held here recently
held the patio Of Major Ben Keysernss
Proving Ground.
The party included right first rows Mrs
Mary Mahr, Clerk Intelligence
Mary Kurt Chief Missile Drawing seeon Major Keys
ling Chief Tech Training Officer
Second Charles Mah Steam Filter with the Post
and Rodser Kurz Civilian Salary and Wage Analyst Third
Pfc Walter Blair stationed with Det
Harold Civilian Chief Supply Division Signal
Corps Agency Major G. Bushey
White Sands Proving Grounds the nations
for the and development
the TUarose Basin Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-21

Sell your old things thru our
Classified Ad Section.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
White Mountain Teachers
Enroute to States For
Summer Vacations

The closing down of the White
Mountain boarding school of the
ANS has been completed, stated
Mr., and Mrs. Russell, who arrived
here, yesterday enroute to the
States for summer vacation. Next
year they will return to teach
at iUnalakleet.
From White Mountain also was
Emily Ivanoff Brown who has
been a teacher there for several
years. She is also going to the
States for the summer and is re-
turning to Alaska in the fall to-
teach at Meade River.
Mrs. Russell will attend the
summer session of the Tri-State
Art Colony at Cloudcroft, New
Mexico, where Frederick Taubes,
noted artist of New York will be
guest instructor.
She is taking with her an ex-
hibit by Wilbur Walluk who had
his first art lessons from her while
he was very young student at
the ANS school at Shishmaref.
His first work, she stated, was
done on clam shells, found on the
beach at Shishmaref.
Later, when Walluk developed
tuberculosis and was sent to the
Kotzebue hospital, Christine Hell
Ter helped him develop his talent.
He also attended school at Mt.
Edgecumbe where he took addi-
tional art training.
Recently he won honorable
award at the Philbrook Art Cen
ter of Tulsa, Okla. He is a present
employed at Polet's Art and Craft
Store here where his work is sold
and special orders taken.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
Boy Scout Executive
Prepares For Summer
Encampment at Dexter

Ken UbbeIohde, director Of the
Midnight Sun District of Boy
Scouts, is comforting with Scout
groups here in preparation for
Scout encampments being held in
August.
Early in August he will return
for Seward Peninsula encamp-
ment to he held at Dexter with
boys scheduled to arrive from
troops at Teller, Kotzebue, Nome
and possibly Unalakleet About 40
boys are expected.
Later in August, the all-Alaska
encampment will be held again
at Mt. Mckinley with over $50
boys expected to participate.
About 20 boys are expected to
go from here.
A court of honor is planned for
some time in June, Ubbelohde re-
ported.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
Legion, VIEW and ANG
Will Honor War Dead
In March to Cemetery

Members of the American Lee
gion, Veterans Of Foreign Wars,
and National Guard, are meeting
in front of the Federal building
at 1870 am. Saturday morning,
Decoration Day. Veterans not
members of the above organiza-
tons, are invited to attend. They
Will march to the Belmont Point
cemetery to decorate the graves
of all known veterans.
At 1870 am. they will observe
a minute Of silence, to be followed
by three volleys Of rifle fire in
honor of the dead.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
Won DER HEYDT LAW OFFICE
MOVED BACK TO OLD SITE

The law office of Jim Won der
Heydt, which has been moved
twice from the lot on the south
side of Front St. because of fire
danger, was moved back to- its
original site today next door to the
North Star Grill.
At the time Of the North Pole
Bakery fire and again during the
fire that destroyed the Dream
Theater the law office building
was pulled away for safety.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
ALASKA AIRLINES

From Anchorage: Mrs. P. Ryan
and infant, James Lowe.
To Kotzebue: Harry Mckee,
Ted Zinner, Joan Lee, Chuck
Hagen, Dave Gibson, Jerry Law
horn, Cecilia Iyahuk.
From McGrath: James Rogers.
To Anchorage: James Lowe,
MIR. and Mrs. Edgar Russell, Mrs.
E. Chase, 1t. Falconer, Mrs. H.
Katongan, E. Sorren, Grace John
son.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
Pioneer Women To Decorate
Graves Friday Evening

The Pioneer Women of Alaska,
Auxiliary No. l are planning to
decorate graves of departed mem
bers Friday evening, weather per-
hitting.
1t is reported that the women
will meet at the Pioneer Hall at
8 o'clock and 60 directly to the
cemetery where small Alaskan
flags will be placed on the graves.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
PAN AMERICAN ANYWAYS

Arriving this morning were:
Carl Smith, Floyd Steimhaver,
Mel Tippetts, Harold Mclean,
Everett Knoll, Lillian Walker.
Jim Walsh also returned after
attending a district sales meet
ing at Ketchikan of PAA officials
from Alaska, Seattle, Portland,
and San Francisco.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
Northwest AirIines Personnel
Visit Nome and Kotzebue

A crew of a Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis to- Orient airliner is
visiting in town today, as guests
of Alaska Airlines. They were to
fly to Kotzebue via Wiens today
and will return to Anchorage with
Alaska Airlines tomorrow. The
five visitors are: Dave Gibson,
Charles Hagen, Ted Ziemer, Miss
Joan Lee, and Harry Mckee.
While in town the group were
staying at the Wallace Hotel.
Another guest at the Wallace,
and a visitor to Nome was Gus
Erlenbusch of Sacramento, Calf.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
RAT LITTER FOUND WHEN
SIDEWALK BOARDS REMOVED

A litter of eight young rats was
discovered under the sidewalk in
front of the Gaasland Building on
Front Street. They were packed
up and shipped to DR.. Schiller at
the Research Center at Anchorage
by Dan Jones, it is reported.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27

Louis Meyers was sentenced in
Commissioners Court to Is days
in the Federal jail for being
drunk.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-27
N 0 T I C E


To All Residents of Nome Area
There will be weapons firing
from Submarine beach area west
of Army dump. out into Bering
Sea from 20 May through 10
June. 1853. Ali persons are re-
quested to pay particular atten-
ton to this notice as some firing
will be with large caliber wea-
pons.
James E. Fulton.
Captain, USAF.
Commanding
w "A r Nj N G
Game law violations have been
reported. Anyone caught shooting
game now out of season will be
prosecuted.
Helen Bockman.
Licensing Officer