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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
YOUTH SUFFERS
FRACTURE when
HIT BY SH0TPUT

Donald Behlmer, 18-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dietrich Behlmer,
RID, Oak Harbor, suffered a frac-
ture of the skull shortly before
noon Friday when he was acci-
IDENTIFY hit on the head by a shot,
put, thrown by another member
of the Oak Harbor track team.
The accident happened during a
track practice session before the
county meet, when the Behlmer
youth walked in front of the shot
putter. Donald was not moved
from the field until an Oak Har-
Dor physician arrived and exam
ined the injured youth.
After x-rays at Magruder Hospi-
tai revealed the skull fracture, the
youth was taken to st. Vincent's
Hospital in Toledo by Robinson
ambulance. Donald underwent
skull surgery that evening and re-
portedly is showing good progress.
Oak Harbor school authorities
checked with the surgeon Satur-
day and learned that the injury to
the brain was very minor as the
fracture was in the "silent area"
Donald is rational and very much
alert.
Coach Dave Martin remained
with the injured youth and never
left his side from the time he was
hurt until they reached the hospi-
tai. Donald Behlmer is a brother
Of Kenneth Behlmer, Ottawa
County's only World War Ii dou-
bic amputee.
Also injured at the Oak Harbor
school grounds Friday was a third
grade student, Susan Henry, who
suffered a broken arm when she
slipped and fell from the play
ground slide.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
need 200 VOLUNTEERS TO man LOCAL
GROUND OBSERVER CORPS STATION

TWO hundred volunteers are
needed to man Port Clinton's
newly completed Ground Observer
Corps tower, atop the Waterworks
Building, Wayne Petersen, Ottawa
County director of Civil Defense
and local Ground Observer Post
Supervisor, has announced.
An open meeting will be held
at 7:45 Monday evening in the
Elementary School auditorium at
which time all volunteers are
asked to be present to sign up for
two-hour tours of duty weekly.
Plans are being made to operate
the tower On a 24-hour basis.
High School students are accep.
table for membership in the
Ground Observer Corps and both
men and women volunteers are
needed for this >all-important work.
In the tower, the volunteers will
spot airplanes, register them and
will telephone to the Columbus
filter station all four-motor and
unidentified planes. Anyone with
good vision, hearing and capable
of using a telephone is needed.
Mr.. Petersen reports that the
new Observer Tower atop the Wa.
terworks Building is now COM
pleted with the exception of paint.
ing. Material for the tower was do
mated by the Port Clinton and
East Clinton Lumber Companies;
A. T. Emmett donated electrical
wiring services while Dale Allen,
Bay Shore Road, and the Carpen-
ter's Union donated carpenters
services. Many other volunteers
also assisted in the construction.
Mizener Hardware also donated
paint for the tower.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
TOLEDO HERO is
VICTIM AS live
WIRE FALLS SAT.

In another tragedy Saturday
night, John Clifton DeVaney, As,
of 1922 Kelsey Avenue, Toledo,
was killed instantly when high
tension wire carrying $4,000 volts
fell against him after he had
knocked it from an auto in which
a woman was trapped at the Tous
saint River bridge, Route 2, eight
miles west of the city.
Miss Bonnie Moore, 1917 Huron
Street, Toledo, a member of an
other fishing party, was trapped
inside a Buick parked near the
bridge when the high tension
wire fell across the car. She was
not seriously hurt.
DeVaney, his stepson, Robert
Parker and Parker's wife, Ruth,
along with Donald Bracus, all of
Toledo, stopped at the bridge
shortly before 10 o'clock Satur
day night. The wire fell soon af
ter their arrival.
Parker noticed sparks flashing
at the top of utility pole where
the live wire was connected and
saw the woman trapped in the car
He said about dozen people were
standing nearby but that mo one
seemed able to move"
Deputy Sheriff Myron Hetrick
who investigated, said he learned
Mr.. DeVaney had jumped from
their car and yelled for everyone
to stand still. Several hook-and
line fishermen were trapped on
the bank between the fallen wire
and the road.
When one woman became hys-
Continued on Page 3 Col. g.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
Local Debaters
To Attend Camp

Because of their outstanding
success during the last year,
four Port Clinton High School
debafers have been signaIIy
honored by being chosen TO at
tend special course in debate
at Ohio University, Athens, from
June IS through 26.
Only 80 debaters from all over
the state have been asked TO
attend. Representing Port cIin-
TON will be Ruth Rofkar, Sally
Dewitt, Harry chaffin and Max
Fischer.
The debate course will be op.
Grated very much like a sum-
mer camp but main interest will
be cenfered around practice de-
bating and study for next years
debate fopic.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
LOCAL SAILOR
Given H0NORS

A Port Clinton sailor has been
commended at Meritorious Mast
for outstanding performance of
duty with the Medical Battalion OF
the First Marine Division in the
Pacific.
Honored for his work was Hos
pitalman Michael J. Mike" Milaz-
20, brother of Mrs. Stanley Perry,
Erie Gardens, former Port Clin-
ton High School student who has
been in the Navy for two years.
His citation reads as follows:
"For outstanding performance
of duty as a corpsman working in
the Neuropsychiatric Unit of ''E''
Company, 1st Medical Battalion,
1st Marine Division. During the
period Is December 1852 to %
April 1858 you worked many hours
under adverse field conditions per-
forming your assigned duties in an
outstanding manner. Your initia-
tive and devotion to duty was an
excellent example and inspiration
to the men working with you.
"Your resourcefulness and ability
reflected great credit upon the
Hospital Corps and the United
Naval Service. Your efforts con-
tributed substantially to the sub
sequent successful operation of
the Neuropsychiatric Unit and to
the 1st Medical Battalion in the
accomplishment of its assigned
mission"
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
BROTHERS Die
IN LAKE AS BOAT
SPINS IN WATER

A weekend vacation trip for a
young Mansfield couple ended in
tragedy Saturday afternoon when
Robert HI. Bob" Lichtle, 81, Erie
Township, and his brother, Eugene
c.. Lichtle, 80, Mansfield, were
drowned in 12-feet of water off
Willow Beach.
Gene and his wife, Bonnie, had
arrived earlier in the day to
spend the weekend at Willow
Beach with his brother and sister
in-law, Bob and Mary Lichtle.
After lunch, the two brothers
decided to try out new outbOard
motor and a new boat. What hap
pened when they were a quarter
mile from shore no one will know
First indication that something
was wrong was the boats spin
ming in the lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wads-
worth and Miss Alma Wadsworth
were among the first to notice
that the Lichtles were in difficul-
ty. They saw one of the brothers
fall from the boat during its spin
ming. The other brother remained
in the boat until it stopped gyrat-
ing but he, too, fell into the wa
ter before help could arrive.
Ivan and Benjamin "Bud" Wads-
worth, commercial fishermen of
Willow Beach, raced to the scene
but could find no trace of the
men. Floating near the boat were
an oar and two packages of ciga-
rettes. The Wadsworths brought
the boat to shore while others no.
titled Deputy Sheriff Myron Het-
rick and the U. S. Coastguard
station at Marblehead.
When Hetrick and the Coast
guards arrived, they were ham,
pered in their search as exact To-
cation of the tragedy was difficult
to ascertain. Seines were used un-
Continued on Page 3 Col. g.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
MUSIC CONCERT
SET FOR MAY "A

Annual spring concert of the
Port Clinton High School Music
Department will be presented at 8
o'clock this Thursday evening,
May Ia, in the high school audi
torium, with the band, orchestra
and chorus participating.
David Stanton, instrumental,
and E. Printy Arthur, vocal, will
be the directors.
The orchestra will open the pro-
gram with two selections, Bizet's
March Fantistique and Tehar's
Merry Widow Selection.
Girls Choir will sing five selec-
tions and the Boys Choir will pre-
sent two. With Gail Sorgen as So
loist, the Mixed Chorus will sing
Rossini's Inflamatus. Seven num-
bers will be played by the high
school band and the finale will be
Onward Christian Soldiers" with
the combined band and chorus.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
Home Councillors
To Meet Monday

Members of the Ottawa County
Home Demonstration Council will
meet next Monday, May 18, at the
County Extension Office in Oak
Harbor at 100 p. m.
Plans are to be made for the
State Home Council meeting in Co.
lumbus, June Is and Is, and new
officers are to be elected for the
coming year.
New home councillors will be
guests at this meeting and will
take over their official duties at
the fall meeting. All home coun-
Gil members are urged to attend
this final meeting of the year.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
Independent Can
Not File Petition

II will be impossible for an in
dependent candidate to file his
petition to run as a mayoraIty
candidate in the November cleo
fion, as new election laws state
that all candidates must file Pc
titions before $50 p. m. on Feb
ruary 4.
Following the primary cleo
fion last week, several persons
were mentioned as possibilities
for an independent candidate
but such an eventuaIity now is
OUT.
Harold Jeremy, Republican,
will oppose e. J. "Lise" Brough,
Democrat, when the voters go
to the polls in Port Clinton No.
vemher 3.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
Couple Held For
Child Neglect

Lester Hemminger, "a, and his
wife, Ruth, 26, both of Toledo, are
being held in county Jail under
$500 bond each, following their
indictment last week by the Otta-
wa County grand jury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hemminger for.
merly lived at Locust Point. Judge
Tom Stahl has appointed Atty.
John Morton as counsel for the
couple, who will be arraigned Fri
day afternoon in Common Pleas
court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hemminger were
brought to county Jail Wednesday
afternoon by Deputy Sheriff My.
ron Hetrick. They are charged
with neglecting their children,
aged one and four years.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
FIREWORKS EXPLODE after LETTER
IS READ AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Accusations Are Made
AS Tempers Flare Over
Treasurer's Charges

Fourth of July two months early in the city Hall
Tuesday night when fireworks exploded bombs fell barbs
tossed with abandon and few rockets landed where
they hurt the most.
Wayne Petersen and his Ground Observer Corps could
have had most lucrative practice session at this council
meeting There fatalities but tempers white
hot and accusations thrown to land where they might
Causing the open break among city officials a two
letter submitted by City Treasurer George Tewers,
and read by Harold Nielsen. president of the Council
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
Jim Johnson Heads
Student Council

James Johnson and Betty Kra-
mer, PCHS Juniors, were elected
as president and vice president,
respectively, of the Student Coun-
Gil Monday by vote of the student
body. They succeed Albert Wood
man, president, and Bill Jacobs,
vice president.
Other officers will be elected
later by members of the Student
Council, of which Mrs. Steve
Trenshaw serves as advisor.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
VISIT DAIRY

Raymond Ladd and 25 members
of his Consumer Economics Class
of Port Clinton High School visited
the processing plant at Kinks
Dairy Danbury Township, Friday
forenoon. The tour was conducted
by Robert Kirk and his staff.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15

DR.. Roy L. Smith, LaJoIIa,
California, world-famed clergy
man, churchman, journalist, aU-
thor, worId-fraveler and business
executive, will speak on This
Is The Life" Thursday evening,
May %, when he gives the COM
mencement address for the Class
of 1853 in Port Clinton High
School Auditorium. AS editor
of the Christian Advocate,
worlds largest Protestant news
paper, his writings are widely
read. He is one of the most
outstanding speakers ever secur-
ed for a local event.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
Photos by Haftwick


Frederick Schneider Of Mrs lola Schneider East Second
SahI daughter Of Mr. Mrs. Rome Sfah
the Class of 1853 be graduated Thursday
49, Port Clinton High School auditorium Schneider
great school history having attained
straight "A" record throughout his four The vee
outstanding debaer and speech student having
Miss Stah has outstanding
having only "B" grade her
perfect record
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
VISIT COURTHOUSE

Members of the Elmore High
School Senior Class enjoyed tour
of the Ottawa County Courthouse
in Port Clinton Wednesday fore
noon.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15
ENLISTS IN ARMY

Benjamin R. Chic, Jr., Route 1,
Oak Harbor, enlisted in the U. S.
Army at the Toledo Induction
Center Tuesday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-15

THE NEWS is prepared TO do
your JOB PRINTING on a basis
of FINE WORKMANSHIP and
GOOD SERVICE at Fair Prices.
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Evening star., 1953-02-04
Federal Hiring Almost Halted
Under G. O. P. Budget Policy
Non-EssentiuI Vacancies Left untitled;
Agencies to Submit Revised Job Estimates

the Job needs of his bureau so
far as filing vacancies are con-
cerned.
The attrition policy was signed
by Budget Director Joseph M.
Dodge and was sent to each
department and agency head.
It reads:
"It is the policy to achieve a
progressive reduction Of Govern
ment personnel. To accomplish
this, each department and
agency head shall Immediately
restrict the hiring of additional
personnel. No vacancies shall be
filled until it has been deter
mined that the positions repre-
sented by vacancies cannot be
eliminated; that existing eIii4
ployes cannot be shifted to cover
the vacancies. and increased
efficiency, better utilization Of
personnel. or changes in stand
ards and policies make the addi-
tiorls unnecessary"
What the order means is that
new employees can be hired only
if it is found that the vacant job
is essential and if there are no
qualified employees within the
agency to be shifted to the posi-
ton. It also means the agencies
will be required to adopt more
efficient personnel methods and
programs to cut down on the
number Of jobs needed in the
bureau.
Evening star., 1953-02-04
Jury DeIiberotes Fate Of White
In Robbery-Murder Of Clerk

statements of an insane human
being?" asked the Judge.
Defense Counsel John Dwyer
completed his argument for
acquittal by declaring that the
two pSychiatrists who found
White of unsound mind exam
ined him within a month after
the crime was committed, and
visited him 13 times, between
them, while the two phychiatrists
who found him of sound mind
examined him first four months
after the crime and visited him
twice together.
m 3 last innpassioned appeal,
M pwyer asked the jury, "How
would you expect that boy to
know the difference between
right and wrong when he never
learned ftp" &.
Termed Depraved.
In rebuttal. Assistant United
States Attorney Frederick q.
SmithSon argued that White,
whom he termed "a depraved
murderer" knew what he was
doing because he tried to get rid
of the knife, he ran away from
the scene and he at first denied
committing the crime.
There is another conSidera-
tion besides this poor boy as the
defense calls him." Mr.. Smith
son declared. There Is also
Ralph T. Blake"
Evening star., 1953-02-04
Addict, Awaiting Theft Term,
Tries to SteoI Polio Fund Can

Il ran out into the hail and
stopped him as he headed for
the door.
IN Assistant United States At
torney Jack Diamonds once,
Woods admitted he had been 4
dope addict. Court matrons were
called in to examine his arm.
It was punctured with needle
marks.
II started taking heroin when
I was IL" he confessed. IT was
still going to school.
II needed the money today
to pay my lawyerthat's all.
I've been on the stun for =
month. =
Later Il was learned that
Woods recently was released
from the United States Public
Health Hospital for addicts In
Lexington, KY.
His young wife, who stood BY
and watched. cried as Mr.. Dia-
mond drew up the latest petty
larceny charge.
Evening star., 1953-02-04

A young dope addict, due to
be sentenced in Municipal Court
today for stealing q watch.
walked or with q half full
March Of Dimes collection can,
but was captured by an alert
empl0ye Of the United States
attorneys Office.
Henry Lee Woods, n, who
gave two addresses, the 5000
block Of Buena Vista terrace
Sc. and the 1900 block Of H0l-
brock terrace NE. walked into
the United States attorneys Of
fee to arrange for postpOning
his sentence until later this
week.
He leaned against the counter
and looked at the miniature
iron lung, which held about ~.
This aroused the suspicion Of
Harold ]. Rogers, deputy admin
istrative officer there.
HE put his coat over the
can. Mr.. Rogers said. Then
he left and I saw the can was
gone. too.
Evening star., 1953-02-04
.FBI Employe Burned
As He Ayerts Fire

An FBI employe was burned
this morning in the bureaus ma
chine shop while he was turn
ing off an oxygen tank which
had caught fire.
A building engineer who saw
the flash turned In an alarm
which brought four engine and
two truck companies to the jus
tice Department building at Tenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV.
According to a fellow employe,
Edward Alvarez averted a fire by
mmediately turning or the oxy-
gen tank on his welding appa-
ratus. He was burned on the
right arm. Mr.. Alvarez was
treated at the surgical clinic Of
the United States Public Health
Center and returned to duty.
Some confusion was caused In
the guards Office in the Justice
Department because the ticker
tape which registers the location
Of pulled fire alarm boxes failed
to operate properly. There was
no property damage.
Evening star., 1953-02-04
BY Joseph YOUNG

Hiring in the Governments
departments and agencies came
to a virtual standstill today as
the Eisenhower administration
began its drive to cut Federal
employment by not filling per-
sonnel vacancies unless abSo-
lutely necessary.
The White House yesterday
announced the new policy Of
not filing vacancies in Govern
ment unless the continuance Of
the jobs is essential. Since there
were more than 100000 person.
mel vacancies in Government
last year as q result Of normal
efnplOye turnover, the admin
istration obviously expects q
substantial cut In Federal en-
ployment through the attrition
method.
The departments and agencies
have until March to submit
revised personnel budget esti-
mates to the White House and
Budget Bureau in view Of the
new attrition policy. It is be-
lieved there will be very little
Government hiring until then.
as the agencies determine which
vacancies can remain untitled.
There are 2.5 million employees
now on the Federal payroll, in
Guiding 244.00O in washington.
The head of each agency will
be responsible for determining
Evening star., 1953-02-04
BedeII Smith Urges
Determined Policy
To Stop Communists
Tells Senutors 1t Meuns
More Than c contuinment;
Conunt Vote Delayed
By J. A. O'Leory

A foreign policy based on "de-
termined opposition" to COM
munist expansion is reported to
have been advocated before the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
llittee today by Gen. Walter
Bedell Smith.
Gen. Smith has been noini-
mated by President Eisenhower to
move up from head Of the Gen.
trail Intelligence Agency to Un-
derSecretary of State.
Chairman Wiley quoted Gen.
Smith as having said that de-
termined opposition means
more than containment" and
that . policy Of containment
is no more than passive de-
Tense. According to Senator
Wiley, Gen. Smith testified that
'the best you can get from that
tpassive defense) is a draw"
Conant Decision Delayed.
In turning to the Smith nomi-
nation, the committee put OF
until late today or tomorrow q
vote on the nomination Of DIR.
James B. Conant. outgoing pres
ident of Harvard to be United
States High Commissioner to
Germany. Senator Wiley said
some committee members are
Still reading the Conant record.
Senator Wiley told reporters
Gen. Smith recommended an
American foreign policy based on
the words Of Lord Palmerston
who was one Of the Prime Min
listers Of England under Queen
Victoria.
The passage from Lord Palmer
ston which Gen. Smith recon-
mended follows:
1T is always the policy and
practice Of the Russian govern
ment to expand its frontiers as
rapidly as the apathy or tirnidity
Of its neighbors permit, but to
halt or recoil when met with de-
termined opposition"
Stronger Security system.
It was from this quotation
that Gen. Smith derived his
recommendation for a policy Of
determined opposition.
Senator Wiley said Gen. Smith
also recommended that:
i. The State Department Sc
curity system should be greatly
strengthened.
2. That State Department per-
sonnel be recruited through a
highly selectiye system from coll
leges and on q career basis.
He also approved Of consulta-
tion between the State Depart
ment and appropriate bodies Of
Congress on major foreign policy
problems.
Senator Wiley said Gen. Smith
also reviewed the committees re-
fGaa fSOMANT pa0a A09
Evening star., 1953-02-04
BY be A.soeIe.sd p.ess

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Fred
Balletta, president Of the Custom
Tailors' Guild Of America. said
today President Eisenhower is by
far the most authentic style
setter for American men that
the Nation has known in many
generations.
Mr.. Balletta said that because
OF President Eisenhower'S infiu-
ence the Nations men have
adopted q comfortable dressy
look"
The guild announced the re-
suits Of its annual survey to de-
termine the 40 best-dressed
men IN America. -
Gen. Eisenhower-wno chose
Evening star., 1953-02-04
Auto Thief Caught
AsHe Gets inPoIice
Cruiser for Ride

A 16-year-old boy wanted for
auto theft stepped right into the
hands of the law in Alexandria
last night.
The boy, WHO Is colored,
hoped into the police cruiser Of
Detective Charles Baber, who
had stopped at 3 trafic light, and
asked for q ride to Washington.
Detective Baber at the time
was cruising around looking for
the boy who had wrecked q
stolen car at Grove and Com
monwealth avenues q short time
earlier.
"He saw the police radio as
soon as he got In the car. He
tried to get back out in q hurry.
but I grabbed him. At first he
pretended he didn't know any
thing about q stolen car, but
finally admitted taking It." said
Detective Baher.
The car was stolen yesterday
from q District parking lot.
Evening star., 1953-02-04
Toilors Size Up Mr. President,
Tag Him as No. | StyIe-Setter

q homhurg instead Of q top hat
for his ir1auguration-was listed
first in the public-life category.
Mr.. Balletta also named the
following category bests:
Motion picturesDanny Kaye.
Society Charles Mum, sr., Of
New York and Palm Beach. Fla.
Popular music - Orchestra
Leader Sammy Kaye.
Elder statesmen-Ex-President
Truman.
Television Actor Desi Arnaz,
Business n. w. Taft Of De-
troit, citrus fruits business.
Industry Frank G.. Wange-
man. manager Of Hotel Roose-
yelt, New York.
Theater-Rex Harrison.
Concert music Ezio PIMA.