Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-03-04
GENOA NEWS
ANDY HALEY

Council has taken additional
measures to safeguard the village
streets here, in passing an amend
ment making it unlawful for
trucks over a ton limit to use
the streets of this village. Main
street limit for tonnage will re-
main at 10 tons. This does not in
clude any trucks making piekups
or deliveries to business houses in
Genoa. They have also passed an
ordinance to increase the salary
of the village clerk from the pres
ent $700 to $1,000, effective as of
Jan. 1st, 1856 when the new term
of office will commence. This in
crease was voted due to the large
amount of worn of the village
clerk, and in anticipation of more
additional work at a later date.
Supt. of Schools John Roberts
announces the survey work of the
site for the new elementary school
building has been completed by
Robert Recktenwald of Fremont.
It will clear the way for the sale
of the bonds. The new building
will be located on West street be-
tween 18th and 18th streets, and
the final plans will be ready in the
immediate future. Mr.. Reckten-
wald is now working on Me high
school making surveys for the ad-
dition to that building, with ex-
pectationS to have the work com
pleted by the end of the present
week.
The members of the w. S. c. S.
OF Trinity M. E. church will hold
a number of meetings during the
present month, with the first
meeting to be held March 3rd, at
which time Donna Mae Welch will
conduct the devotions and Mary
Plauger will be in charge of the
program, "A Young Girl Goes to
the City" which will be followed
by Is minute period of fun led
by Miss Mae Dunn. Hostesses for
the evening will be Hazel Wit
more, chairman, Gertrude Sage,
Media Marsh, Myrtle Marsh, and
Mable Schroeder, and on Thursday
March 31st the officers of the w.
S. c. S. will be hostesses to a Len
ten tea, in which all of the ladies
OF the Church of Christ, Christian
and Missionary Alliance church as
well as the ladies of st. johns
will be guests, with the guest
speaker being Mrs. Carl Stock of
Toledo.
The Genoa Garden club, through
Karen Klein, was on Ginny Woods
TV show Wednesday, March 2. She
was a prize winner of last years
garden and flower show, and she
will assist in the promotion of the
junior division of the show, which
will be held at the Civic Auditor
ium, Toledo, March % to 81.
The st. Bernadette Study club
OF Our Lady of L0urdes church,
will hold potluck supper Wed
nesday of this week at the home
of Mrs. Curtis Blanchard, with
Mrs. nellie Wood being in charge
of the program which will include
the Legends of ireland.
Ted LorenZen, a graduate of &C.
noa high school of the class of
1852, has been named Chairman of
the May Day festivities at Capital
University, Columbus. He is a
member of the Masquers Leonard
Science club, Capital Education
association, and treasurer of the
student Dorm fund.
Mrs. Joseph Sadelmeier, chair
man of the legislation committee
of Our Lady of Lourdes church,
announces that a second trip to
the State Capitol will be made as
of March 15th with the buses
leaving Toledo at 6 a. m, arriving
at Columbus at $50 a. m. After
committee hearing and luncheon,
visit to the House of Represen-
tatives and Senate will be made.
Dale Zwicker, of the Zwicker
auto agency, has returned home
after a special course in Ford
merchandising at the Ford school
! fornia's San Quentin Prison by
claiming to be innocent of the