Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-12-24
GENOA NEWS
ANDY HALEY

The Christmas Eve program, by
the junior children of the Sunday
school, of st. Johns E v and r
Church, will be entitled "The
Hanging Of The Green's. Carol
singing will precede the psogram
with Mrs. Eric Kohntopp, as SOLO
ist, who will sing 20 Little Town
Of Bethlehem, with Mrs. Lydia
Reideman in charge of the pro-
gram.
An election of new officers was
held by and elected Thelma Dun
can president, Opal Dunham, ST.
vice president, Lillian Bell, jr.
vice president, Mildred Rudes
treasurer, Myrtle La Plante, chap
lain, Marcella Zatko conductor and
BesS Wagner, guard.
Monday evening the young farm
erS of the high school, will hold
their meeting in the Vo-Ag class
room. and the topic will be ''Plan-
] ming the next years fertilization
program" On Wednesday evening" J
Mr.. Ed Peterson of Columbus will
discuss Crop Marketing with the
adult members of the class, he will
be accompanied by Mr.. R. J. Or
wig, manager of the Ottawa county
farm bureau of Oak Harbor, he will
use series of charts, which will
illustrate how improved marketing
will bring highere prices, and
higher farm income in this area.
Twenty new names will be added
to the roster of st. Johns E v and
r church. This means there have
been ninety new members added
to the church list during the year
of 1854 Total membership of the
church is near the 700 mark, in
communicate members.
The officers elected by the Ge-
noa Garden Club are Mrs. George
Powers, president, Mrs. Nelson
Shanke, vice president, Mrs. Nancy
Waldenga, recording, Mrs. John
Johnson, corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. Delmar Kruse, treasurer.
! Wishing ALL of our readers
Most Joyous and Happy Christmas.
Much news has been heard
about the possibility of the Perma
Glass Inc. moving its Genoa plant
elsewhere, but this is not true, ac-
cording to the president of the
company, Harold McMasters. He
| states that Perma Glass Co. has
plans for extension of its plant.
but the final decision for the To-
cation of the new site has not as
yet been made. The company has
its general office located here, and
is looking in this area for suit
able location.
The Board of Education has fl
nally settled on a site for the new
elementary grade school building.
The site is located on a part of the
former Walter c. Camper farm,
and it consists of about eight
acres, with the privilege of secur-
ing more additional land when and
if the Board of Education deems
it necessary to do so. The price
agreed upon is eight thousand dol
lars. The next move by the board
will be for the sale of bonds in the
sum of $520,000 which will be
used in the erection of the school
building, nine room building,
and which was approved by the
voters of this school district. No
tice for the bidders for the bond
issue have been prepared and will
soon be ready for the sale of the
bonds.
The annual Christmas party for
the school kiddies as sponsored by
the Genoa Kiwanis club will be
held in the grade school building
Thursday afternoon and it will be
at l p. m. with Donald Fulkert
SCUSl dl IIldlI IlldA ~ WISH lIOIU
Santa Claus will feature with gifts
to all
The school kiddies will be dis
missed for the holidays at 2:30 p.
m. Thursday afternoon, Dec. 23rd
and following the holiday recess
schools will again convene Mon
day, Jan. 3rd.
The auxiliary of v. F. F. Post
1926 will prepare a food shower
for the needy families of this COM
munity. All canned goods, fruits
or vegetables are welcomed and
will be most gratefully received
by this group of young ladies.
The Church of Christ held their
Christmas party for the young
sters Sunday evening at seven
thirty o'clock. There were sound,
strips, and special program for
the tiny tots.