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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-19
Cananentator Elmer Davis To
Attend March II Bill Hearing
Notes More
Changes In XIV
Than In Capital
In Past Year
RY SUSAN McAYoY

Elmer Davis veteran radio COM
mentator plans to stay over in
Key West so he can come to the
unique Monroe county legislative
hearing on March n at the court
house, he told me at The Key
Wester on Tuesday.
The alert watchdog Of the
nations politics remarked that he
never 10 all his - years Of visit
ing Key West had seen State Re
preventative B. C. Papy.
When Davis heard that Res.
PaPY would eondUes his bien.
NAL hearing on lssislsfion for
the county and city 10 be In
irodvesd IN me 1859 FIorids sss.
sion, he said HAT was . fune.
fien he did nes wsns 10 miss.
In ell probability The renown-
I'd eemmentsfoE win hrosdeass
upon this hearing In Q future
program from Washington.
This year Davis misses his col.
leagues, the White House CORES.
pondents, who have enliyened his
visits each March since 1917.
The absence Of . Democratic
president in the White House IA
missed even mora by the COM
mentator who has covered 20
years Of Democratic rule as capa-
baby and rately rs any com.
mentatof e air.
unwiIl nredie4 the effect
oa the publican admins
tratson / szrx, Davis's sole
remark changes vas:
Thsy rins . lof n pelIey
making 81 sple IN Washinesen
peopge vine have bsen Civil Ser
vice. DIT since fhsY are psliry
makers Eissnhewsv has ne
right - pos IN hss swn sssm."
Davis has struggled with he
problem Of al newsnen in WASH
izgs0n since January Of learning
the numerous strange faces and
names who have appeared Il The
capital.
The inaux ~ Republicans has
caused . RImp IN prices in the
city. be sad smiling.
They're richer 80 fhey tan
afsurd the tEcrease
Wearing hia familiar black bow
re. she eommentas0r made kis
annual Key West vIxis fur rest
ard ehan8e fspsn washiaxsnn be.
s1rs paungtag back irto BIS Eve
dzs week news bnga6ezss oTer
ACC. It's ,. m
Key Nsst has rara ehanxsa
sSs1tIEaea CO Para TwoI
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
Red Clover Offers
Good Protein Feed

A bushel of red clover seed
will produce IL tons of Is percent
protein feed and enough nitrogen
for more than 100 bushels of corn
if conditions are favorable ac-
cording to extension bulletin 253.
The bulletin, 'Honeybees," also
points out that honeybees per
form 81 percent of the pollination
for red clover. Bumblebees do Is
percent and other insects, 3 per
cent of the work.
Farmers located within Ia
to | IL miles of 60 to 100 colonies
IF honeybees," the bulletin states,
should find seed production very
profitable" The publication also
suggests that farmers may induce
a commercial beekeeper to move
bees near clover fields by offer
ing the keeper a free apiary site.
Seed growers who wane highest
yields will need pollination ser
vices from 4 to 6 colonies of Bees
for each acre of legume bloom.
The bulletin is available in
county extension offices, usually
located in court houses or federal
buildings. Most phone directories
list extension officers under "U
S. Government
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
Electricity Needs
Special Caution

Electrical equipment and mois-
ture demand special caution says
c. K. Kline, extension agricultural
engineer at Ohio State University.
Since only small amount of
current may produce fatal shock,
Kline advises keeping electrical
leqnfpn1ent in safe condition and
observing caution - especially
when the user is in contact with
moisture.
Homemakers can protect them
selves against shock by keeping
themselves from becoming mid
die man" in such situations
particularly in bathrooms, base
ments and kitchens. Electricity
always seeks to go back to the
ground and moisture is a conduc-
tor of electricity the specialist
says. If the homemaker with wet
hands or standing in moisture
touches a grounded object and
faulty equipment or trayed cora
at the same time, she becomes
middle man for the ground-seek-
ing current.
Kline recommends non-metallic
lighting fixtures, such as porce-
liam, and wall switches that can
not be reached from bathtub, lava
tory or washing machine.
For protection against shock
from a faulty washing machine,
Kline recommends a separate
ground wire running from machine
frame to cold water pipes and
faucet. A good rubber covered ex-
tension cord plugged into a por-
celain wall socket will provide
added protection.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
County Leads In
Bond Sale Boost

Thirteen counties in the North
west Area of Ohio more than dou-
bled their sales of E and H Saw
ings Bonds during March to help
the area report a 100 percent in
crease over E Bond sales for the
same period last year, John T..
Rohr, chairman, Area Bond Com
mittee, reported today.
The area lead the state percen-
tagewise in sales increase, and for
the second consecutive month ev-
>ery county showed a monthly
gain. Lucas County was fourth in
the state in a comparison of dol
lar gain. Counties with 100 per-
cent increase or better were AL
len, Auglaize, Defiance, Hancock,
Henry, Logan, Mercer, Ottawa
Sandusky, Shelby, Van Vert, Will
liams, and Wyandot.
State sales of the two bonds
reached a seven-year high of $685.
159,474, or more than has been
sold in any month since the Vic
tory Loan Drive of 1945. Pur-
chases of E Bonds only in March
last year in Ohio we're $17,977, ,010.
Area dollar sales of E and H
Bonds for March were 81, 128, ,945
and compare to E Bond sales of
$2,010,864 year ago. Total area
purchases of the two bonds in the
first quarter of 1853 amount to
$40, ,457 900 for a 50-percent in
crease over E Bond sales
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
ERIE TWP.
MRS. CLIFFORD SNIDER

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Kestner
and Nancy were Saturday and Sun.
DAY guests of his brother Otto
heStner and family at Massillon.
D.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Sauerwein
OF Leetonia, o., Mrs. Frank Beatty
and daughter, Barbara and John
Snyder Of Youngstown, O spent
the week end here with Mr.. and
Mrs. Edw. st. Bonore.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Paquette of
Detroit, Mich, were over Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Humphrey. Other guests in the
Humphrey home Sunday we're Mr..
and Mrs. John Halsted and family
OF Erie Gardens, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Humphrey and Dennis of Oak
Harbor and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Cook and Norman of Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Snider
entertained at a family dinner
Sunday in honor of the birthday
anniversaries of Mrs. Snider and
son Wilbur. Present to enjoy the
occasion were Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Cotner and Patricia, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Jeremy, Clair and
Edward, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Werner, Jennifer and Jonathan,
Miss Barbara Snider and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Snider, Henry and
James of Fremont.
Members of the Merry Members
Jr. All Club met Friday afternoon
or tnelr organization meeting.
Mrs. Lillian Busch will be the
leduer win laa Mae Beverlin as
Junior leader. The following Off
GERS were elected-President, Sally
Lezotte, Vice President; Dorothy
,Stefannoci, Secretary; Kathryn Nc
leod, Treasurer; Kathleen Fritche,
Recreation leaders, Barbara Bon
and Edith Whiteman News Re-
porter, Vida Smith. The next
meeting will be held June 4.
The Merry Members Sr. group
of the All Club met in the Town
Hall Friday evening. Mrs. Edw.
st. Bonore is leader and Mrs. Will
lis LeFevre assistant leader. Of
ficers elected by this group were
President, Cheryl Brokate; Vice
President, Ida Mae Beverlin; Sec
retary, Marilyn Fielder; Treasurer,
Joyce Fielder; Reporter, Diana Nc
Leod; Recreation leaders, Peggy
MINER and Marilyn Schumacher.
The next meeting will be May IL.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
GRAYTOWN
MRS. OTTO BoLTE

A delicious dinner and an in
teresting program were enjoyed
by one hundred and twenty five
mothers and daughters at the an
nual banquet at st. Marks Church
Friday evening.
Officers of Benton Grange will
journey to Genoa Friday evening
to confer the Third Degree on a
class of candidates. Genoa officers
will put on the Fourth Degree.
We are sorry to hear of the
death of Mrs. Charlotte Dohrman,
who passed away in Philadelphia
Hospital, Saturday.
Among the Toledo shoppers
Wednesday were Mrs. Lawrence
Harder, Mrs. Carl Grant, Mrs. Mac
Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Schroeder and Mrs. Henry Treter.
Cub Scout Troop 364 Graytown,
held their Pack meeting at the
school Monday evening. The Ha-
waiian music, hula dances and
games.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Lewis drove
10 E. Lansing Friday and spent
the week end with DR.. Harold
Fields.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto BOlte we're Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Taylor of Chicago, DR.. and
Mrs. Robert Bolte, George, Mary
Ann and Charles of Oak Harbor
and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bridge of
Toledo.
Misses Florence and Marion Tab
bert of Toledo were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Tabbert.
Supt. R. C. Waters of Oak Har-
Dor and Supt. Lamar Hetrick of
Elmore were guest speakers at
Graytown P.T.A. Monday evening,
they explained the Importance of
selecting the correct course on en-
tering High School.
Sunday evening guests VINO
helped Mrs. Lawrence Harder cele-
brate her birthday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Harder, Mrs. Viola
Meyerholtz, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman,
Harder and family of Oak Har-
Dor, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Harder
and sons of Rocky Ridge, Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodrow Shimming and boys,
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Sivert Of
Williston, Mrs. Emma Immel and
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Stiffler and
Susan. A pot luck supper was SER
we'd at 5 pm. The evening was
spent playing bingo and cards.
Mrs. Harder received many useful
and lovely gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Lantz Of
Toledo and Mrs. Clifford Snider
of Port Clinton were visitors a!
the Bolte home, Monday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
Island School
Bill Approved

Ottawa County's School Super
intendent Edwin Digby, Repre-
sentative Robert Reider and two
members of the Ohio Education
Board spoke in favor of the Rel
der bill to gain financial aid for
the North Bass and Middle Bass
school, districts Monday evening
at the hearing held by the House
Education Committee in C UNI
bus.
While no definite action was
taken this week, it is believed that
the bill will be approved thus
giving the island school districts
the same foundation privileges as
Put in Bay.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
Two Men Hurt In
Friday Collision

Two men were injured late Fri
day afternoon when their vehicles
collided in Route 2, a mile west of
the SanduSky Bay Bridge.
Eugene Dress, "a, rural Port
Clinton, suffered a fractured right
clavicle, while Harry Burkett, 35,
Lakewood, sustained laceration of
the nose, abrasions of both knees
and contusions of the right shoul-
der. Both men were released from
the hospital Saturday.
highway patrolmen from the
Bay Bridge post investigated and
SAID the accident happened as the
Dress car was attempting to pass
another auto going west, and skid
ded on the wet pavement, crash
ing head-on with a panel truck
being driven by Burkett. Both ve-
hlcleS were badly damaged.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
Flanagan Band
Due At Arena

Toledo, Ohio-Dancing with
Americas No. l band furnishing
the music-Ralph F1anagan's Or
chestra-will be an innovation at
the Sports Arena on Friday, May
8, with dancing from 9 p. m. to !
a. m.
Flanagan's band recently was
voted the No. / band in a nation
wide poll conducted by Billboard
magazine.
AS a special offer, advance sale
tickets will be priced at $1.50 per
person, and the price at the door
will be $1.75. Tickets are avail
able at B. R. Bakers and at the
Sports Arena. Mail orders will be
filled promptly.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
Hog Prices May
Show Increases

Farmers probably will see hog
prices at % cents this summer be-
fore the fall seasonal decline, says
Robert Schwart, extension econo-
mist at Ohio State University.
He advises farmers to plan nor
NAL production for next year.
"Aim to hit the strong markets In
early fall or spring. Don't forget
that the consumer likes a meat
type hog"
1t is too late to plan for the z5-
cent market this S III m m er but
Schwart says the farmer with hogs
to sell should "fare very we'll. On
March Is, 1877 bushels of corn
could be purchased with the re-
ceipts from 100 pounds of pork on
the Chicago market. This is the
best ratio since 1850. A year agu
it was only g."
Livestock prices for the rest OF
1853 probably will be stable un,
less dry weather or other poor
range conditions increase cattle
marketings. Hog prices probably
will be more favorable relative 10
cattle prices than in any recent
years.
Schwart expects pork output to
total IL to IS per cent less than
in 1852. There were IL per cent
fewer hogs on hand on January
and about IL per cent fewer pigs
this spring.
Schwart says, "This probably
will keep hog prices above last
year and have some bolstering ef
feet on cattle prices"
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
NOTES FROM OTTAWA -
COUNTY AGENT
FRED GRlMN
FRED CRINsn

Several farmers have indicated
they will do custom spraying of
spittlebug, soybeans and weeds this
year. We get many calls about
where to secure a custom sprayer.
Send us your name, address and
phone number if you do custom
spraying. We are also looking for
a custom Sprayer for fruit trees.
R. J. Lindl, district forester
writes that you can buy chestnut
oak and locust seedlings at the
Greensprings nursery. Minimum
size order is 500 trees. Just drive
over and buy them.
X
Howard Lohr was planting beets
on piece of nice sandy ground
last Thursday.
Stopped for a short visit with
Carl Rothert last week. He was
pulling a Graham-Hoeme plow with
John Deere tractor in sod. Seems
to me like he has a good idea.
This cultivator type of pillow mixes
the sod crop (also could be called
humus, organic matter or trash)
throughout the soil. Carl says this
keeps the heavy soil from crack
ing, etc.
Watched the Fred Griegers'
milk one morning last week. They
have a milking parlor that holds
3 cows. A plactic transparent pipe
carried milk directly to cans. The
milk is not handled manually nor
is it exposed to the air.
All clubs on CataWba Island will
organize Monday, May 4 at pm
X
Your county agent will be away
from the office on May 5-6 attend
ing an Extension Service meeting
at Michigan State College.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01

Nothing cleans house like an in.
expensive Want Ad."
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
TEA Controls Weeds
In Beet Fields

TEA is the only chemical farm
erS can use successfully to con-
troll weeds in sugar beets, Say C.
j. Willard, agronomist at Ohio
State University and the Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Willard suggests that sugar
beet farmers use pre-emergence
applications of TEA to control
smart weeds or annual grasses
such as pigeongrass, foxtail or
crabgress Applied at the rate of
5 to 8 pounds an acre, sodium
TEA, the commercial salt, often
will control these weeds without
damaging beets.
The herbicide may be applied
in 10 to 40 gallons of water an
acre. Willard says farmers may
use the amount of water that is
most convenient as long as they
use the right amount of TEA.
More water, however, permits
more accurate applications.
TEA will not contral wild oats
or plants closely related to beets
such as lambsquarters and pig
weed.
Information on chemical control
of weeds in sugar beets and other
crops is in extension leaflet 21,
"Chemical Weed Control Recon-
mendations. The leaflet is avail
able without cost in county ex-
tension offices.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01

Nothing cleans house like an in
expensive WANT Ad."
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01

cent over the yearly average of
the war period a quarter century
earlier. Since 1945 the annual
traffic death toll has risen still
another 165 per cent, it added, or
AS per cent above the 1918 av-
erage. Military deaths in the Ko-
rean War to date have averaged
about 10 per cent of the annual
war fatality rates of the two world
conflicts.
Thomas N. Boate, manager of
the Associations accident preven-
ton department, pointed out that
World War / military losses were
IL times the concurrent automo.
bile death toll in the 19-month pc
riod of that war. Traffic fatalities
in 1918 averaged about 566 a
month, or $500 a year The ratio
of World War II military deaths
to highway fatalities during the
1941-45 war period was 3.4 to 1,
about two-thirds lower than the
World War I ratio. This reflected
the 279 per cent increase in the
traffic death average annually Mr..
Boate added, while the yearly war
fatality average rose only ST per
cent over the same quarter cent
ury.
To date during the Korean war
period, the nations highway death
toll has been far higher than that
of war, he said, averaging "A ia,
talities in highway accidents for
every American soldier killed in
Korea.
"Since the Associations COM
parative study showed nearly Is
months ago that the total of all
highway deaths in slightly more
than a half century had equaled
the all-time total of U. S. war fa-
talities for the first time, the traf-
fic toll has been surging ahead of
the military losses at a runaway
rate" said Mr.. Boate in comment
ing on the findings. "This study
has shown the real magnitude OF
the problem of ever-increasing au-
tomobile accidents, which exact
their toll in peace as we'll as in
war. 1t also brings out clearly the
urgent need for drastic steps to
control this needless mass killing
of Americans every year on the
highways.
'These studies of the Associa-
ton are not intended to minimize
the tragic losses of fighting men
from American families in times
of war, but rather to give the
American people better perspec-
tive of the needless killing of per-
sons of all ages at current rates
which now approximate nearly
half of the nations military death
toll in periods of global war, and
in peacetime as well as in war
time. When the American public
is fully aroused to the fact that
they must be just as deeply con-
cerned with the threat of highway
accidents to the personal safety of
their families as they are to de-
velopments of diplomacy and in
ternational events that can lead to
war and its terrible toll on the
field of battle, the nation will be-
gin to make better progress in
controlling accidents on the high,
WAYS"
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
AUTOS KILL nine TIMES MORE
PEOPLE Than WAR IN KOREA

The nations wars have killed
close to 100000 of its fighting
men in the 178 years since the
Battle of Lexington was fought on
April 10, ITS. But the automobile
Is still continuing to prove a more
relentless mass killer of Ameri-
cans in u. S. highway accidents,
the Association of Casualty and
Surety Companies said today
Some 1,0O9,75O u. S. military
deaths have occurred in all the
wars in American history from the
first battle of the Revoluti O n
through the Korean conflict to
date, according to the latest COM
pilation of the Associations con-
tinuing comparative study of war
and traffic casualties.
At the 178th anniversary of the
Battle of Lexington and Concord,
which occurs next Sunday, the his.
toric total of American military
deaths in wars stands about 49,
600 below the aggregate of nearly
1,050,000 deaths in all highway ac-
cidents since the first U. S. auto
mobile fatality happened in New
York City 531s years ago.
Nearly Is months ago the his
toric fatality tolls of war and the
automobile were both near the l.
$$5,00 mark, the Association said.
Pointing out the far faster rate at
which traffic deaths are occurring
currently, even in a period of war,
it added that while more than S.
600 u. S. battle deaths have oc-
CURED in Korea since February
1852, when the two totals were
even, about $4,000 men, women
and children have been killed by
automobiles in U. S. highway ac-
cidentS.
The study shows that modern
warfare on a global scale, as in
World Wars / and III, has claimed
American lives at annual rates be-
tween 10000 and 10000 during a
large-scale conflict. This contrasts
with yearly average of 1,116
Continental soldiers lost in the
American Revolution, or SO month.
ly during the six years and six
months before the nations first
war ended at Yorktown on Sep
tember 19, 1871, with a total loss
of 6,118 American lives.
American military deaths in
World War l totaled 13O,274; in
World War II there were 325, ,264.
The first global conflict killed u.
S. fighting men at an annual rate
of 82,250, averaging $3.50 monthly.
In the second one the yearly rate
of military deaths increased near
ly 5000 to $500, averaging 7,4OO
monthly for As months.
In the "a months of the Korean
war to date approximately 23,5OO
American soldiers have died. In
the current conflict, military
deaths have averaged 8,4QO an
nually and 700 monthly, far below
the fatality rates of the two pre-.
viOus wars.
While u. S. military deaths
during World War II averaged
only ST per cent higher than in
World War I on an annual basis,
the Association said, highway ia.
talities during the period of the
second world conflict rose 279 per
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
LIQUOR FUNDS RETURNED

ottawa County has received
S38,O25 in liquor permit fees re-
turned to the county by the state
department of liquor control dur
ing the past year. Annual permit
fees assessed by the State are re-
turned to local governments,
which have the primary response
bility for enforcing the. liquor
control laws.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
More Contracts
Let At Depot

Two contracts, one for lime
stone and one for ready-mlxed
concrete, have been awarded by
the Central Procurement Office
of Erie Ordnance Depot.
Contract, amounting to $2,685,
for 1900 ton of crushed, unWash-
ed limestone was awarded to the
D. ]. Griesser Co., Marblehead.
The Gottron Bros. Co., Fremont,
was awarded a contract for SO GU.
yd. of ready-miXed concrete, meet
ing designated specifications. The
amount was 81 1892.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-01
EOD Workers Go
On Summer Hours

Effective Monday, May 4, and
for the duration of the summer
months there will be a change in
the working hours for employees
on the day shift at Erie Ordnance
Depot.
Hours of duty for shop employ
eeS on the daytime shift will be
from z a. m. to 3:45 p. m, and of
flee personnel will observe hours
beginning at 7:30 a. m. and end
ing at Ais p. m.
Nothinu cleans house like an in.