Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-17
AUTO WRECKS
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Burr, Jr., 822 South Monroe
Street, and James H. Reynolds.
Ascher's Beach, were injured in a
head-on collision block west of
the Catawba Island Road, in Route
163.
Brought to Magruder Hospital
via Neldecker's ambulance, the
victims were released after being
treated for cuts and bruises. Dep-
uty Sheriff Myron Hetrick arrest
ed Mr.. Reynolds, who was fined
$1OO and costs on a charge of
driving while intoxicated, by JUS
tice Reed Hosler.
Shortly before 5 o'clock SUNDAY
morning, Deputy Hetrick was
called to the Three Mile Crossing
where another car was wrecked
the fourth at that curve within
a week.
Injured in this accident were
Mr.. and Mrs. David Willis and
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham Vincent,
all of Detroit. Willis was driving
the car, which failed to negotiate
the dangerous curve and crashed
into steel rails protecting the
warning gates. All four were re-
leased after treatment at the hos
pital.
Railroad workers again were
called to the Three-Mile Crossing
Sunday evening when trains as
we'll as autos were held up over
an hour due to mechanical fail
ure in the signal system. The rail-
road gates, which have been re-
placed several times after auto
accidents, failed to lift after a
train had passed.
Youthful Veteran Killed
Richard William Dix, 19-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Zenas
Dix, AL Harrison Street, was
killed in t a n y early Sunday
morning when his car collided
with United Fish Company
truck in Route 1853, two miles
west of Oak Harbor.
A Korean War veteran, Dix had
been discharged only two weeks
after lengthy service in Germany.
He had enlisted in the regular
army and served with the 517th
AFA Bn. of the 18th Infantry
Regiment.
Sheriff Merlan Budd and Dep
uty Sheriff Myron Hetrick inves-
tigated the accident. Godfrey
Webb, Jr., 80, Detroit, was driver
of the truck, which was going
west. He was not hurt. Cpl. Dix
was driving east and evidently
lost control of his car, which
crashed into the truck.
Dix was brought to Magruder
Memorial Hospital, via Neidecker
ambulance, and was pronounced
dead upon arrival.
Port Clinton Red Cross officials
are attempting to speed discharge
processes for Cpl. Erwin Brooks,
Oak Harbor, who now is at Camp
Atterbury, Indiana, awaiting his
discharge. Brooks, who enlisted
at the same time as Dix, will be a
pallbearer for his buddy.
Born in Gibsonburg August 3,
1888, Richard Dix attended
schools in that town and moved
here two years ago with his fam
lily. He joined Peace Lutheran !
Church last week.
Surviving are the parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Zenas Dix; brothers,
Kenneth and Robert, Port Clin-
ton; sister, Mrs. Marilyn Begley,
Port Clinton; half-sister, Mrs. Ro-
ger Witt, Martin; and grandpar
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Dix,
Gibsonburg, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Cramer, Wayne.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon in Peace
Lutheran Church, the Rev. Hart
wig Preuss officiating. Burial was
in Riverview Cemetery with Mel
decker's directing.
William Brown, Golfers, West
driver of the auto in !
which two friends were killed
afternoon in the collision
at the intersection of Route 1853
and the Catawba-Englebeck Road,
was released from Ottawa County
jail Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Browns father came here
and vouched that the 25-year-old
railroad worker would return to
Port Clinton if authorities so or
Her.
Brown was taken before JUS
ice Reed Hosler late Monday af-
ternoon and was fined the max
mum penalty of $50 and costs
when he pleaded guilty to stop
sign violation.
Sheriff Merlan Budd checked
with hospital authorities Tuesday
and learned that the con-
lition of DR.. Jack Witker showed
some improvement. Brown was re-
eased soon afterwards and re-
,urned to his home in Golfers,
West Virginia.
Later Tuesday, the bodies of
William Welshans, 33, and Leon
ard Smith, Sc, were removed from
he Gerner and Wolf Funeral
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