Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-20
Court House

Judge James McCrystal of the
Erie County common pleas court,
Sandusky, will hold court here
Friday through special assignment,
serving in the absence of Judge
Tom D. Stahl, who is vacationing
in Florida.
The county commissioners will
hold an auction sale at the coun-
ty home, Saturday, April II, at 2
D. m when three house trailers
will be offered for sale. The trail
ers were purchased by the county
following the war, to provide
housing quarters for veterans.
| G. v. Knepper has been reap
pointed by the county commits
sioners to serve as the county
apiarty inspector, which is a part
time summer work
! Deputy Sheriff William Cullen
made hurried trip to Cleveland
Tuesday morning, when he brought
back man who was wanted for
questioning regarding a traffic
accident which occurred near Oak
Harbor in February.
| Stacy Fizer of the janitor's staff
has retuned to his duties at the
court house after having been
confined to his home on Fremont
Road for couple of weeks.
! A petition has been filed with
the county commissioners in the
matter of cleaning and improving
a portion of the Fisher-Blausey
ditch in Benton township. The
commissioners will view the pro-
posed project Monday morning,
April 6 and at 2 p. m. Monday
! April Is. The hearing will be held
in the commissioners office in the
court house.
Deputy Sheriff Clarence Steph.
ems and Probation Officer James
Ellenberger were in New Philadel-
phia, Saturday in the interest Of
Juvenile court matters.
Auditor Melvin C. Guth reports
an increased demand for automo-
, bile license plates, with an in
; crease of approximately 300 more
, tags having been issued to date
, as compared with last years sales.
The new tags must be attached to
the automobiles by April /. Many
automobile owners have made ap-
plication for the same serial
: number used in the past two years.
County Engineer Delos Nissen
filed his annual report with the
county commissioners Monday, the
|, report covering IL typewriter
pages. The total cost listed for
maintenance for pavementS was
given at $125,24133, which in.
!. cludes costs for surface treating,
! materials, labor and miscellane-
Gus items. The cost for shoulders
and roadside maintenance was
42,118.80 and new structure in.
Guiding guard rails, cuIverts S
bridges and labor was $48, ,746.35
; Surface treatment during the yeal
covered 30.74 miles of county
.. highways.
A large number of persons are
making their annual pilgrimage
to the auditors office on tax paw.
ing missions, listing their personal
holdings for taxation. Personal
property taxes must be paid by
April 1st after which time a pen.
atty becomes effective.
John c. Moffett, Cleveland, and
the Midway Underwriters, Inc.
are plaintiffs in an action against
George Snyder, Port Clinton. az
the defendant, in an action fol-
money only, in which the plain
tiffs are seeking judgment fol
$3.50 damages alleged to have re
suited from traffic accident
which occurred on Route 2 in Sep
tember last year, when the auto
mobile Of the plaintiff, John Moi
fett, was damaged.
The auditors department re
ports the receipt of the followins
vouchers from Columbus las
week: $3,484.88 from state fund:
for local government; $1,287. .4a
from federal funds for aid for de
pendent children; $151 from fed
eral funds for aid for disabled
persons; $312.44 from fe dera,
funds for county blind relief
funds.
Judge P. W. Gulau of the pro
bate court reports the followine
appointments during the week
John Wood, appointed admins.
traitor of estates of Fay E. Wood
and Teddy Wood; w. F. Crohen
appointed administrator of estate
OF Margaret Crohen; Clarence l.
Dracka appointed administrator Oh
estate of Frank w. Draca; Mary
Wlstlnghausen, appointed execu
trix of estate of John H. Visiting.
hausen; Dietrich F. Bergman, an.
pointed executor of estate of vi,
ola Bergman.