Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-03-27
OTTAWA COUNTY
Court House,
NEWS BRIEFS

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4 Judge James McCrystal of the
Erie County common pleas court,
Sandusky, heard a number of
cases in common pleas court here
last Friday, presiding during the
absence of Judge Tom D. Stahl.
| Trustees of Salem and Harris
townships met with the county
commissioners at the court house
Monday afternoon to discuss mat
ters pertaining to township roads
and other problems.
Sheriff Merlan Budd reports the
number of prisoners in the county
Jail has again been reduced to
four, some prisoners having been
released after serving time or pay
ing their fines and costs.
The court house clock was out
of commission Sunday and Mon
day, leaving Port Clinton citizens
without their official time piece
Service was restored late Monday
! afternoon after the trouble was
remedied.
Judge Tom D. Stahl of the COM
mon pleas court, who has been
vacationing in Florida the past
three weeks, is expected to return
to his office in the court house
next week.
Automobile owners have been
reporting in large numbers at
the county auditors office during
the past week, purchasing automo-
bile license tags for 1858. The new
tags must be displayed on the au-
tomobiles by April l, as there has
been no extension of time for the
use of the last years tags. Sales
at this time are reported as ex-
[ ceeding last years record by
about 200.
Deputy Sheriff William Cullen
was called to the Three Mile
Crossing in Erie Township early
Monday morning, when an east
bound truck was wrecked at the
curve, blocking traffic on the New
York Central railway tracks for
more than an hour. One of the
crossing gates was also wrecked.
/ The auditors department con-
tinues to be the center of activity
in the court house while many
persons are daily visitors listing
and filing reports for payment of
taxes on person properties.
Tuesday, March 81, is the last day
for paying the taxes before the
penalty becomes effective. Collec.
tions have been reported good al
this time.
| County Auditor Melvin Guth re
ports the receipt of the following
vouchers from Columbus during
the week: $4,000 from state fund:
! through distribution of gasoline
tax funds, the money to be ap
piled to county road and bridge
funds; $4,000 from gasoline ia,
funds to be applied to township
road and bridge funds, each town
ship to receive $4OO; the county
and villages received total o.
$3,181.4 through distribution o
motor vehicle tax funds.
Owners of house trailers art
registering their occupied trailer
for taxing purposes at this time
The fee for house trailer is 81;
if paid before April l, after Vhicl
date heavy penalty becomes ef
fective. Last year 374 occupied
trailers were listed for taxes il
the county.
A new case filed in common
pleas court during the week wa
that of Frances ]. Gregor of &c
noa against Joseph H. Kaufman
Toledo, an action for money only
County Recorder Grace Winter
reports as increase in the numbe
of real esttae deeds and other doc
uments which are being recorde,
in the Recorders department thi
month.
County Supt. of Schools Edwi
Digby reports that Teacher Caree
Week in Ohio is being observe
throughout the state in accorc
ance to a proclamation issued b
Governor Frank J. Lausche, fo
the week of March 1928. Teache
Career Week is sponsored jointl
by the State Department of Edu
cation, the Ohio Education Assc
citation and the Ohio Congress O
Parents and Teachers as a mean
of bringing attention to the cit
zens of Ohio the need for an ir