Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-01-29
GENOA NEWS
ANDY HALEY


president, of the Genoa banking
company, has been named as the
new president of the Genoa Mer-
chants association. Members OF the
association also named Nehring,
w. C. Rice, and Warren HesSelbart,
as the new board of directors. The
three new directors will replace
former directors Roger Hesselbart,
Harold Sewing, and r. w. Me
haus. H. F. Race is the retiring
president, and they also elected
C. w. Rice, vice president, ana
Chas. Hubscher secretary-treasurer.
Regular scheduled meeting OF
Genoa American Legion post 324,
for Jan. % has been postponed
due to the March of Dimes to be
held on that evening. Movies OF
the world series which were to be
shown on this date will be secured
for the Feb. meeting.
The Kiwanis club held their an
nual pan cake-sausage dinner in
the parlors of Trinity M. E. Church,
Monday to which a large gather
ing did ample justice to we'll pre-
pared supper.
At the regular meeting OF the
P. T. A. forum meeting, which was
held at the high school Monday
evening, Mrs. Edo Bergman chair
man of the meeting stated report
on Radio as we'll as TV would be
heard, and the observations of such
reports noted, in the response OF
their observations of the code,
which has been established by both
the radio and TV industry.
All of the Korean veterans who
have received their honorable dis
charge or who are home on fur
Tough, are to be the special guests
of Genoa Post 324 American Le-
gion, at the fourth annual dinner
sponsored by the Post which Will
be held in the Legion cabin next
Thursday evening Feb. 4th. Robert
Buehler, post adjutant states that
a much larger crowd is expected at
this dinner than heretofore, IN
view of the many Korean veterans
who have been discharged in the
past year. Invitations have been
prepared and will be sent out this
week. If you have been overlooked
as the list is not completed, you
should be in attendance, as no
slight is intended to any veteran,
as we'll as the men who have been
recently discharged. A certificate
of Honor signed by Governor
Frank Lausche, Mayor Jack Mus
off as we'll as post commander Vic
tor Libbe, will be presented to
each Korean veteran. The continu-
ed membership badge will also be
awarded to eleven members who
have thirty-five year membership
in the post, two thirty-year men
and four ten-year men.
Sounding of the Fire siren here
Thursday evening Jan. 18th will be
the signal, for the annual March of
Dimes and Porch light parade, with
the siren sounding at seven PM,
this being part of the Statewide
drive for funds to secure enough
funds to combat this dreaded dis
ease. Mrs. Creola Floro, the presi-
dent of the American Legion Aux
iliary has a staff who have volun-
teered for this work. GenOa's con-
tribution to the March of Dimes in
1858 amounted to $1,061 30.
Ben J. Chambers, Genoa post
master attended the meeting OF the
postmasters of OttaWa-SandrSkv
counties which was held at Ere
mont, Friday afternoon. The topic
under discussion being the new de-
Capitalization plan for the postal
department. District Manager Muir
ply who was in attendance at the
meeting stated that Toledo will be
the district office in the future.
Mrs. Veronica J. Keller, Fremont
Ohio, was the inspecting officer
for the v. F. w. auxiliary when
they held their meeting in w. R. c.
Hall, a donation of five dollars was
sent to the March of Dimes.
New officers for the Genoa gar
den club were installed at the
meeting held at the home of Mrs.
Nelson Schanke, they being Mrs.
George Powers, president, Mrs.
Frank Shessler, vice president,
Mrs. Bruce Waldenga, recording
secretary, Mrs. John Johnson cor
responding secretary, and Mrs. Os-
car Michaels, treasurer.
Merrel B. Rudes, of Clay Center,
has been named as a member and
county chairman of the drive of
the crusade for Freedom, in Otta-
wa county, this announcement be-
ing made by Robert A. Weaver, of
Cleva1and chairman of the drive