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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16
REDSKINS MEET
Columbian Comes Here
For Seasons lst Game:
Local Squad Looks Good

Port Clinton football fans will get their first glimpse of
the 1866 grdron squad Friday night at pm at the local
stadium Coach Lukac sends his fighting Redskins against
tough Tfn Columbian squad which boasts outstanding
quarterback named williamson
Other than Williamson, the Tffin squad is somewhat of
unknown quantity In their preview last Friday against
Ashland they unmpressve failing to and
ing out on the short end of a 7 to score
Coach Lukac has sent his boys through scrmmages
against Fremont ST. Joe Clyde and Norwak ST. Paul in an
attempt to give Redskins as experience possible
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16

under game conditions. While not
impressing Lukac last Saturday
against st. Paul, the local squad
has the potential to be one of Port
Clinton's finest squads.
Probable offensive lineup will
be: LIE, Gary Nossaman; 1T, Chas.
Westphal; LG, Bud Ohlemacher;
C, Mike Elias; RG, Dick Cernek;
RT, Jim Black; RE, Tony Valinotti;
OBJ, Bruce Carter; LII, Larry Hof-
acker; FB; Chuck Simon or Gary
Brannum; RH, Tom Martin or Joe
Morgan.
Defensively, John Bergman and
Dave Griffin will be at the ends,
big John Valance at middle guard
and Joe Morgan at either half back
or line backer.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16
Marine Sales
Takes New Bowler

DR.. Robert Wysocki of Toledo
will replace Augie Kaufman of
Sandusky on the Catawba Marine
Sales bowling team this year, cap
tain Dick Selgo announced as the
high-scoring team prepared to
swing into action for another big
year.
With Selgo, Mike Drusbacky,
Don Bredehoft and Bob Lorensen
as the other four members, Marine
Sales will bowl in two big Toledo
leagues this season, the Mercury
on Tuesday and the Thyer Classic
on Fridays. DR.. Wysocki, a chiropo-
dist, is leading Toledo kegler.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16

John Short, 634 Madison.st, works
with the Port Clinton street de-
partment. He has a daughter Leah
and two step-sons, Louis and Nicky
Ball.
John Minier, 716 B.sf, is COM
mercial fisherman with the Port
Clinton Fish Co. He has two sons,
Joe and John Allen.
John Rowland, who lives in
Westerville, is a finance officer at
Fort Hayes. He has two children,
Diane and David He was in Head
quarters Co. with the 192nd, while
most of the other men were in
Company C.
The first they knew about ia
pans surrender and their immi
nent release from prison, most of
the men say, was when American
troops parachuted into the camps
ten years ago in August.
Looking back now, they see that
their Japanese captors had acted
a little more humanely for week
or so before the liberation.
Amazingly, none of the men hold
i'll feelings for the Japanese as a
result of those prison day expe
rienceS.
''They had a job to do, and
guess they can't be blamed" said
one of the guys.
The pretty wives of the men OF
the 192nd were milling about the
picnic table. There was enough
food left to have fed half a prison
camp, it looked like.
Small Debby Hrupcho was chort
ling with glee as she dashed arount
in her scooter From the park mer
ry-go-round came the happy yell
of the older kids as they played.
"All l hope" said one of guy
soberly, sis that none of then
have to go through it."
And he walked slowly over t,
the horseshoe court where the boy
of Bataan were starting a BIZ
game.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16
.TIFFIN IN OPENER
.BATAAN HEROES
Continued from Page ID
the gathering. George Garman of
Celina was unable to be here.

Celina was unable to be here.
There was a lot of joking and
gags at Sundays reunion of the
Bataan boys, but underneath it you
could see the memories of prison
days were still vivid.
They talked about the meager
rations, of how roasted dog one
time seemed like a banquet, how
they ate wormy rice at am. so
it would be too dark to see what
they were eating.
One of the men looked at the
loaded picnic table, a huge ham in
roaster in the middle, flanked
by all kinds of salads, relishes, ac-
compartments and desserts, and
big jugs of steaming coffee.
"We never thought we'd see
food like this again." he said sober
ly. "We never thought we'd see
food at ALL
Thompson was at Fukiyoki pris-
on camp. SturtZ, Allen, MINER,
Rowland, and Sanders were at
Mukden in Manchuria. James was
at Sendai. Hrupcho was at Kurkoa
The five prisons had one thing
in common.
Life was hell.
Weight of almost all the men
went below 100 pounds.
" We hear more about what oul
men went through in prison, wher
they get together for these re
unions, than we do all year." com
mented one of the wives. every
year something new comes out"
One of the ten men who came
back to Port Clinton, out of the
80 who left here when the Tanl
Co. was sent to the Philippines, has
died since his release from Japa
neSe prisons.
Malnutrition and cruel treatmen
experienced by Chuck Chaffil
while he was a prisoner were be
lieved to have had major par
in his death.
Another local Tank Co. survivor
Chuck BoeShart, wasn't here Sun
day. He's growing tobacco in Ken
lucky.
None of the nine men at Sun
days reunion were married whel
they we're prisoners. Today the
have a total of 18 children betweel
them, and they are happily at wor
at variety of occupations.
Virgil James, who lives at II
Center Road, works at New De
: parture in Sandusky and has tw
S daughters, Virginia Marie and Pes
e gy Ann.
S Jim Sturtz, who lives on FRI
h mont Road and is in fire contrC
S at Erie Ordnance Depot, has tn
biggest family: Rodney, Mar.
}. Michele, Joel, Paul and Roberta
r Kenny Thompson, who lives o
:, Sand Road, is associated with tn
: Lake Erie Sports here. He had on
:, of the toughest times of all tn
!; men as a result of prison lif
:, Shrapnel wounds of a leg cause
considerable trouble, and he CO..
tracted tuberculosis while prisol
S er. It's now inactive, but is kel
5 under close check. The Thompson
y have no children.
IS Albert Allen, Jr., Of MANSFIELD
is in general insurance work wit
the R. F. Cox InS. Agency. He HI
one son Tommy.
s. John Sanders of Youngstown
;, a pipe filter with the U S Steel C
D He has two children, Kathy ar
D Johnny.
II Joe Hrupcho, who lives at 6.
=. Laurel-avenue, works in the recC
s. shop at Erie Ordnance Depot. T
'e has three children, Carol Lee,
step-daughter whose father CAY
le Harold Collins was also Tank c
II hero; Tommy, six, and Deborah,
= months.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16

Head Coach Joe Lukac praised
the squad for their fine attitude
and spirit.
Rev. Blankenship opened the oc-
casion with a prayer for the sue
cess of the boys in life as well as
during the season.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16

mand, Rock Island, Ill; and u. S.
Marine Corps personnel.
The Sperry Gyroscope Corp,
Great Neck, Long Island, will sup
ply IA instructors to train person
mel during the schooling course
mentioned and which will involve
several notifications to the artil-
lery weapon mentioned hehein.
The supply of antiaircraft artil-
lery to the Army is one of the
major missions of Erie Ordnance
Depot today.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16
NIECE KILLED

NIECE KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. William j. Smith,
E. Second-st, were in McComb We'd
nesday attending funeral services
for their niece, 10 Carol King, IL,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
King, we'll known here. The child
died Sunday from injuries suffered
when a horse she rode along a
highway SHE'D and fell, pinning
her beneath the animal.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16
ENTER COLLEGE

Fred Wood, son of DR.. and Mrs.
c. R. Wood of Orchard Beach, Ca
tawba Island, will leave Sunday to
attend Ohio University. He was a
1855 graduate of the Ohio Military
Institute at Cincinnati, and plans
medical career.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16
VacationIand Bowling Leaque

oH CS"9 ISu9US
The League got under way with
the following results:
Three point winners: Island
House Hotel, Eagles Lodge, Basi-
leyS Restaurant. High team scores:
Travellers Inn, 1896. High indivi-
duals: Sam Skrinak, 2O2; Verl Ku-
basek, 231; John Tokar, 232-575;
Mel Arft, 203-551.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16

License numbers of four cars
which violated traffic regulations
in school vicinity had been turned
over to police by the school traffic
patrol squad by Wednesday noon.
The patrol squad went on duty
Tuesday. Letters are being written
each motorist, said Police Captain
William Robel, for a first offense;
a second will bring citation.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16
|On The O VA L
Win The
\ +" SPEEDWAY KID "
= by EARL BEUCLER
YOU MAY WONDER :.

why have repeatedly mentioned
that in spite of the many accidents
that occur on the various race
tracks that are reported in this
column that l have always said
that / am happy to report mo in
iuries'. The one big reason is that
due to the very strict safety rules
that are enforced by the pit safety
men and the great faith that the
drivers have in the flag man have
a tendency to make it very safe
sport in spite of the apparent dan
gers. If the average motorist were
to encounter some of the problems
on the highway that confront the
race car driver, he would literally
loose his head. And if these acci-
dents were to occur on the road,
the death toll would be much
greater. This toll might be reduced
with the announcement that several
car manufacturers will offer safety
belts and shoulder harness for the
1856 model cars. But still the
greatest cause of accidents is the
nut that holds the wheel :.
TIFFiN RAcEWAY
Spin-outs, lost wheels and roll
overs were all part of the big show
at the Raceway Sunday afternoon.
The crowd saw Bobby Christman
take his fourth feature of 20 laps
in record time of 7.44 in very
close race against George Fosco
and Clarence Ray. Tse first consi
was halted due to a 8 car pile-ur
and the semi was stopped because
of tangle and roll over on the
home stretch. In both cases the
boys were taken to Mercy Hospital
for check-ups. The winners were
First heat, Morris VanVlerah; Sec
ond heat, Bob Greene; Third heat
Hans Abbott; Fourth heat, Frank
lin Slime; First Consi, Lucky
Woody; Second Consi, Bobby
HaneS; Semi-feature, Jim Ewing
Feature, Bob Christman.
900
FREMONT SPEEDWAY
, Ole man weather played havoc
again this past week at Fremont
the wind and rain came down yer.
hard and cancelled the race care
after two heat races had been run
The big fireworks display also haC
+, to be postponed. So look for a rea
treat this week as there will be {;
double feature race program anC
also fireworks.
SANDUSKY SPEEDWAY -
1t was Bobby Boughan all tht
way Sunday mite on the fast black
topped oval, Bobby set new tract
record, lowering his former mar
of 22.45 to a new low of 2238. HI
also took three other events. Ber
Decker, owner-operator announce,
that all races for the balance O
the season, including the Chan
pionship and State championshi
will be held on Sunday Afternoon
Time trials at 1:3O, with the firs
race at 2:30 pm. This change wa
made due to the cool evenings an
that school has started. Winners G
Sunday mites events were: Firs
heat, Bobby Boughan, A; Secon
heat, Bobby Christmisl, "a; Thir
heat, Ed Christman, 62; Fourt
heat, Bill Brinniger, 88; Helmt
dash, Bobby Boughan, "A; Secon
Consi, Johnny Cook, Ball; Firs
Consi, Morris Van Vlerah, 80 Jr
Semi Feature, Cliff Reuer, To-
! Feature Bobby Boughan, a..
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16
Women's Tuesday Leaque

Team Winners: S & G Builders,
four from Neidecker's; Matthews,
four from U S Gypsum; Bob's, 3
from Phillips; Fremont Oil & Bills,
four from Bolte'S; Peninsular
Candy, three from Bros; P. c..
Mfg, four from Johnie's; Curtis,
four from Amato's; Maytag, three
from no-name-liSted.
Fremont Oil went hot as the
women bowlers turned in their
first nights scores of actual league
match-play, racking up an 1167
game in a 1924 total. Anchorman
Fritz Kreutzer was the nights high
scorer on games of 219-153-179:
553.
Other big scores: Carol Petersen,
495; Helen Hetrick, 21O, $40; Mar
garet Selgo, 1872, 495; Mary Sum
mersett, 500; Janis Lambert, 2O2,
SAT; Lois Karshuk, 200; Audrey
Karshuk, 1885,; Dee Snyder, 521;
Florence Yingling, 200, 526; Betty
Gillum, 506.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-16
Bowling
Commercial League

Eight teams of Commercial
League opened the season Monday
with Phil's Inn taking four points
from Sans, Avalon taking three
from Gulas Market, Clinton Mems
Wearswinning three from P C Fish
Co., and P. C. Mfg. and Johnnie S
Market splitting two even.
TOPS: P. Gulas, 165-190-234: $50.
Honor Roll: GOO scores or over
$3.50: T. Patchett, 553; L. Sherry
534; B. Karshuk, 201, 554; H. Os-
born, 537; w. Holz, 566; S. Molnar,
203, SAT; J. Cerbus, 2O3, 200, 546;
E. McDavitt, 223, 554; D. Potter
$50; D. Williams, 203, 553.
Elks Mems League will begin its
bowling season Monday at 6:45
pm. at Vacation Lanes, secretary
Virgil Fritz announces. Eight teams
make up the League this year.
Evening star., 1955-02-26

Recent building permits issued
by the District Building Inspec-
tors Office include:
Earl w. Bailey and Jeffie E.
Bailey. 6122 Massachusetts avey
nue.. Wood Acres, Md. owners;
Earl w. Bailey, builder; SAINT
myers & Tnomen, architects; to
erect nine three-story apart
ments. IA units each, 2300-26
Good Hope road Sc, 2522-28
Altimont place Sc, 25-10-16 Al
timont place Sc; cost, 1881 900.
Phillips Properties, Inc, 1150
Connecticut avenue NV. owner;
Otis Elevator Co.. builder and
architect; to install one passen-
ger elevator in Office, 1874 New
York avenue NV; cost, $55, $50.
Scottish Rite Supreme Council,
1888 Sixteenth street NV,
owner: Otis Elevator Co., builder
and architect; to install one
electric passenger elevator, 1888
Sixteenth street NV; cost,
| $20,500.
Clay st. Apis. Inc, 619 Penn
sylvania avenue NV, owner and
Evening star., 1955-02-26

builder: B. L. Freshman, archi-
tect: to erect one three-story
apartment, 6 units, 6006 Clay
street NE; cost, $4,000.
Thomas H. Ryon. 34O8 Wis
consin avenue NV, owner and
builder; Santmyers & Thomen.
architects; to build one three
story apartment a units, 3008
Sherman avenue NV; cost,
$500
First Brethren Church, Twelfth
and E streets Sc. owner; Allen
c. Minnix & Sons. builder;
James w. Adams, architect: to
build one church, 439 Twelfth
street Sc; cost, $4,000.
Rolac Corp, owner and build
er, 483l Thirty-sixth street NV;
Morton w. Noble. architect; to
erect one three-story apartment.
Is units, 4l80 Livingston road
Sc; cost, 100000.
Phillips Properties. Inc. owner,
1150 Connecticut avenue NV:
Otis Elevator Co., builder and
architect: to install one passen-
ger elevator in Office, 1874 New
York avenue NV: cost, $56, 1000.
Evening star., 1955-02-26

Devon Engineering Co., owner
and builder. 1850 East-West
highway; Edmund w. Dreyfuss,
architect; to build two one
story dwellings. 2910 and 1920
Chesapeake street NV; cost,
$25.000 each.
r. F. and N. H. Bergman.
owners, 2502 Arundel road,
Mount Rainier. Md; builder not
selected; H. Clay Ashby, archi-
tect; to erect one one-story
dwelling, 3107 Dogwood street
NV: cost, $4,000.
Waggaman & Brawner Realty
Corp. owners and builders, 1700
I street NV: Corning g. Moore,
architects; to erect one two
Evening star., 1955-02-26
District Permits More Apartment Building

story dwelling. 5000 Twenty
eighth street NV: cost. $4,000.
Howard D. Woodson, owner,
builder and architect, 4918 Fitch
place NE: to erect one one-story
gas service station. 1854 Deane
avenue NE; cost, SIS, 1000.
Evening star., 1955-02-26
More Cities Urged
To Annex Suburbs
As Problems Grow
By Woods Honsen

The problem for providing
educational, recreational. water
supply, sewage disposal. fire and
police protection in areas OF
rapid suburban growth is one
of the Nations big problems.
The Urban Land Institute be-
lieves the best solution involves
annexation of suburban areas
by city governments.
with more and more build
ing being done on rural and
farther and farther from corpor-
ate city limits, the provision OF
community facilities .emerges as
a problem of major proportions.
an article in the current publica-
ton of Urban Land states.
Many local governments in
these fringe areas" cannot cope
with the heavy financial burden
created by the suddenly in
creased demand for public serv-
ices, the publication says, add
ing:
New homeowners by them
selves cannot furnish enough in
property taxes to finance the
added public Improvements. The
home builder is caught between
a fast-moving market and q
municipality stalled by its in
ability to provide the facilities to
service the houses he is Great
ing"
That this problem is by no
means a small one is indicated
by June, 1854. Census Bureau
findings that suburbs now con-
tain over 80 million people, or
about one-f1fth the country's
total population.
The article quotes Henry F.
Beistel, finance officer of Eugene,
Greg, as saying that "the only
sound way to build the commu-
nifty into a well-planned, efficient,
safe, healthful and beautiful
city is to bring the whole urban
area under a single unit Of gov
ernment."
To meet the problem Of boil
stering residential community
tax revenues. the article says
many growing communities
should induce industry to locate
in outlying areas.
"The right sort Of industries
prove to be good neighbors in
even the best type of residential
community" the article points
out, if proper attention is paid
to Zoning.
Industrial zoning regulations
should specify performance
standards covering maximum
permissible limits on air pollu-
ton. noise, fire hazards, traffic
volume and provide buffers to
lnSulaCe against nearby Develop
ments, the article says.
And in overall coming, COM
munities should reserve land for
industrial development. TT is
important that land intended
and suitable for industrial use
should be protected from en-
croachment by other uses" the
article states.
Copies of the publication are
available from the Urban Land
Institute, 1887 K street NV. The
institute is a research organiza- :
tion in urban planning and de-
velopment.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-02-04
KlWANIS

KIWANIS
A debating team from the high
school directed by Boyd Martin
presented the program at the We'd
nesday noon meeting of the XII
wants Club, held in the Evangelical
United Brethren Church. Subject
debated was Resolved: That the
United States Initiate a Policy of
Free Trade with Nations Friendly
to the United States" Harry Chat
fin and Sally Dewitt supported
the affirmative and Scott Carter
and Jackie Glickman the negative.
John Morton was in charge of the
program. Orville Payne was in
Quoted as the new member of the
club, with Charles Dewitt in
Charge. Werner Jeschke, chairman
of the agricultural committee has
announced that arrangements are
being made for the annual Farm.
erS' Banquet" to be held Thursday
evening, March 3. The club was
represented at the Division meet
ing held at the Fremont Hotel
Wednesday evening, when the past
lieutenant Governor, DR.. Merrick
was the guest speaker.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-02-04
VFW Aids In
Freedom Crusade
by MIScH

Ottawa County will join the ma
tion in marking "FREEDOM
WEEK" February IL through %,
during which the Crusade For
Freedom will make a concerted
drive for moral support and Truth
Dollars" to help Radio Free
Europe combat the Soviet grip on
people behind the Iron Curtain.
Merrill B. RudeS, Clay Center,
ottawa County Chairman of the
Crusade, said the national goal of
the Crusade is to enlist the sup
port of millions of Americans to
assure the continued operation of
Radio Free Europe.
The Ottawa County Crusade this
year will be conducted with the
assistance of the Veterans of For
eign Wars through their County
Council and Posts.
County Council Commander John
Wozniak, Jr. has been named Vice
Chairman of the Crusade For Free.
dom in Ottawa County. Local Chair
men for the drive are the Post
Commanders of the various VIEW
Posts throughout the county in.
Guiding: Paul Benice, Marblehead;
Robert Rupp, Port Clinton; Robert
Wolf, Oak Harbor; John Harbal
Genoa; and Ralph Spaulding, Jr
Clay Center.
On the front line in this fight
is Radio Free Europe and the
truth it brings to 70,N0,000 people
in the captive countries on tn,
I Soviet doorstep. It is a powerful
factor in keeping alive their cour
age, their will to resist and the
! hope of freedom
Radio Free Europe is operated
| as an independent American en-
terprise backed by private citizens
as such, it has proved . mos
effective, efficient and econocica
weapon for combating Soviet com
muniSm.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-02-04
WOODY HAYES.
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Continued from Page y
and to the coaching staff. To Coach
Joe Lukac he said: "You taught us
good sportsmanship, Coach LIkac.
You taught us to play the game
fair and square, and never to be
gutter" He presented gifts to
Coach Lukac and assistants Rich
ard Bloom and Bob Green Row.
land Wenzel was unable to be
present.
Coach Lukac paid tribute to the
squad as one of the finest groups
of boys with whom he had ever
worked, and expressed his thanks
to fans for their following and
help during the season.
Coach Hayes got a resounding
ovation as he was introduced as
main speaker, and he set the key
note to his talk with the opening
sentence.
"Just so we get this thing in the
right perspective" lie said, 'Pd
like to point out that I'm the same
coach who got licked by Michigan
last year 20 to o.
He made only one reference that
might be interpreted as alluding to
the Storm of High Street that has
been gathering over his, head.
You're lucky to be in a COM
munity where you're really appee-
ciated," he told Coach Lukac "Pm
not referring to my own situation.
because we like to win there too.
But in a small town you have the
great pleasure of knowing every
man in town. When you work with
the son you know the father"
He makes a point, he said, of
knowing parents of his football
players for the added insight he
can thus get in knowing how to
handle the boys.
He defended Ohio State against
the charges that football is over
emphasized there. "Any time a
team doesn't play to win, it's not
being honest" he declared. "Any
coach that teaches his boys to play
without trying to win is guilty of
the worst dishonest there is. You
can't win them all. But when a
boy knows that he has given the
game everything he's got, and still
lost, he need have no regrets.
He cited Ohio States emphasis
on defense and tht fact that its
senior players have come up to
gether from freshmen ranks as two
big reasons for it's championship
/ 1854 season.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-02-04

Toledo.
Tom O'Brien, nephew of Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Mylander, and Remy
FranSen, students at Notre Dame,
spent the weekend here with the
Mylanders.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Hetrick are
the parents of a daughter born
February 1st at Fremont Memorial
Hospital.
st. Johns Lutheran father-son
banquet will be held Wednesday
night, February 8, with Rev. w. E.
Brandley of Findlay as speaker
Tickets are available from Henry
Peters, Paul Provonsha, Fred
Schwake, Richard Wolf or Harry
Zehner. ~9
Don Wolfe, sports editor of the
Blade, was guest speaker at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting at
the Warner Hotel Monday night.
Carl Glass was reelected president
along with the following: A, J.
Darr, vice president; Russell Mar
tin, secretary, and Erwin Dwyer,
treasurer.