Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-01-22
GENOA NEWS
ANDY HALEY

cover the entire area In the March
of Dimes, with a porchlight par
ade, the evening of Jan. 28th, this
information coming from the Gen
eral chairman, Mrs. G. H. Lowe.
This years plans call for every
rural home to be visited, and that
every resident turn on their porch
lights so that it will enable the
solicitors to expedite their work.
Those who are assisting Mrs. Lowe
in the drive are Mrs. Floyd Angus
of Clay Center and Mrs. Muza
Groves of Curtice.
There will be an ample supply
of pancakes and sausage for all
who attend the annual pancake
sausage supper as sponsored by the
Kiwanis club when they will again
hold this event in the church par
lors of Trinity M. E. church the
evening of Jan. 25th with the meal
to be served at S PM. Warren C.
Hesselbart is general chairman of
the event.
Parents of all youths who are in
terested in the Cub Scout move
ment here are urged to attend the
meeting of this group, who are
sponsoring the Cubs. This meeting
to be held in the high school build
ing.
Acceptance of work project in
which a census is to be conducted
in Genoa as we'll as in Clay Center,
was adopted at the last meeting of
the P. T. A to ascertain the act
ual number of children of pre-
school age, and they will in this
manner provide the information
to the State when further school
needs are investigated. Mrs. Dwight
Gould of Martin is the chairman in
charge of this phase of the work.
Supt. of schools John Roberts
will be the after dinner speaker at
the meeting of the Genoa civic
club, with the dinner to be served
by the members of Elliott Wymann
post w. r. C. in their hall on Wash
ington st.
Councilman John Shessler has
been selected as president of the
village council. The proposed
schedule of rates was also discuss
ed and the entire body invited the
members of the board of public
affairs, to the next meeting of the
council, so this matter could be
throughly discussed.
Harland Hellwig has again been
elected to succeed himself as the
president of the Clay township
trustees. Other board members are
Eugene Marie and Clarence Dolph.
The annual past masters night
was observed at Masonic temple,
when Genoa lodge No. 433 honor
ed Charles Coleman, who is for
mer member of Genoa lodge had
moved to California, and recently
returned to Genoa. He will become
a, fifty year member this year.
Miss Nan Stephan, teacher of
Handicraft, in the Quaker school
of Erde Omen, Holland, is a guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Klee, Miss Stephan is also the
house mother at the school, which
is private international boarding
school located in that country
Norman Klee was an exchange tea.
cher, Gle is now teaching at De
Vilbiss high school, Toledo and
for two years taught in various
schools in Europe and on the Con
tinent. Miss Stephan plans on Wis
iting points in the United States
and will be guest at the Klee
home for several months.
The board of education here il
seeking the 60 ahead sign from
the State department Of education
in the purchasing of new 50 pas
senger bus which they have pur
chased on the bid of $5,475, from
the Cashen wicker Motor Co. Tht
approval of the State board is ne
cessary, as part of the funds fol
the purchasing of the new bus, ar,
to be furnished by the State. Tht
new bus is to be an addition to tn,
fleet of six buses which are nov
owned by the local board, and on.
bus will be designated for auxiliar,
use.
| Boxing fans received treat il
the first Golden Gloves card whicl
was held in the high school gym
here last Saturday evening. Their,