Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
GENOA NEWS
ANDY HALEY

be given here May 4th when DR..
H. B. Millhoff will deliver an ad-
dress before the Genoa federation
of Womens clubs and their guests,
this being one of the projects of
the federation. The addition to
drinking water of chemicals can
result in the formation of strong
er teeth for children, and an aver
age reduction of tooth decay of
sixty to sixty five per cent. These
figures are based upon experience
of communities where the system
of chlorination has been in use
for the past seven years.
Annual clean week will be held
here during the week of May 4 tn
to 9th, and again the village will
furnish the trucks for the disposal
of all rubbish. Pick ups will be
made by the trucks in the north
area Monday and Tuesday, while
those in the south part of the viii
lage will be Wednesday and Thurs
day, with Friday as general pick
up day, where ever it will be re-
quired. All rubbish and refuse to
be placed in receptacles that are
easily loaded.
Motion pictures of the 1852
world series will be shown at the
meeting of Genoa Post 324 Ameri-
can Legion Thursday evening, it
being the regular social meeting
of the month. Sons and daughters
of Legion members are invited to
attend as we'll as all veterans of
the community.
Owner of dogs in this commun-
ity have been repeatedly warned
to not allow their pets to run at
large (even though having IL
cense) which they have been do
ing in the past and several owners
have received notices from Mar
shall Witker to keep them on
leash or the dog warden will be
called upon to pick them up and
the dogs taken to the pound at
Port Clinton. It was reported that
there were more than 80 dogs
picked up here in the past six
months and taken to Port Clinton
where they were held for 72 hours
to give their owners a chance to
claim them.
The Genoa Garden club had the
pleasure of having Fred Grimm,
county agent, lecture them on the
topic of Soil" at their meeting
which was held at the home of
Mrs. Richard Croll, with Mrs. Dun
can as co-hostess. Mr.. Grimm
stressed the Importance of replac-
ing all organic matter into the
soil, whether it be a farm or a
flower bed. This Genoa Garden
club which belongs to the Ohio
association of garden clubs, has
been changed from the first to
the sixth district.
An open meeting, at which all
of the area residents will be given
the opportunity to attend, is plan
ned by the Listings committee of
the PTA, following the successful
meeting Tuesday evening, the sue
cess of the listingS committee to
promote good literature, and good
radio and TV shows as we'll as
movie programs are now bearing
fruit, and they intend to held this
open meeting for all interey.ed to
attend, Rev. Gerald Ferne, pastor
of st. Johns Williston, praised the
work done by the committee and
suggested an enlargement of it's
scope.
The highest bowling score ever
bowled at the Genoa recreation
alleys, was registered by Eric
Kohntopp, when he bowled a score
of 100 for three game series. He
made a score of ZIG, 243 and 245,
and as member of the American
Legion No. l team, he gained a
total of % strikes in his evenings
bowling, with strings of 7, 5 and 5
strikes in a row leading his team
to 3 game win over the Green
Acres team.
Free movies will again be shown
here with the start of the program
May 1st and will continue until
Sept. 1st under the sponsorship
of individual merchants, with Tom
Sigler and Reid Johnson again
operating the BIS road show. They
will be near the business section
and the starting time is now set
for eight pm.
Frank Hille of Curtice was ar
rested and fined $4,000 and costs,
and given ten day suspended
sentence, for driving under the in
fluence of alcohol, he was arrested
by state highway patrolman Fred
Dupious, after Hille had been in
volved in an accident on state
route 579.