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The News Messenger, Fremont, Monday, June 19, 1978 Hospitals als MEMORIAL Saturday admissions Surgical Richard Hotz, Sunset Lane; Mrs. Olive Werth, South Taft Avenue. Medical Jason, 8 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, Port Clinton Road; Mrs.

Kenneth Schultz, West State Street; Michelle, 16 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Riedmaier, Clyde; Kevin, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McIntire, Woodville: Oatha Hughes Harley Pertner, Gibsonburg; Jaime Navarro, Old Fort.

Discharges Clara Drum, Richard Drive; Mrs. John Gabel, Tucker Road; Viola Kiser, Hayes Avenue: Jeffery Reidling, North County Road 198; David Schwartz, Rice Street: Mrs. Jacob Smith, East Cole Road; Mrs. Harold Stout, St. Joseph Street; Michael Thompson, Hickory Street; Michael Vernarsky, Martin Avenue; Mrs.

Toney Barney and son, Clyde; James Combs, Green Springs; Baby Girl Dyer, Bellevue: Mrs. Ralph Eversole, Bellevue; Owen Fruth, Green Springs; Mrs. Harold Gahn, Lindsey; Mrs. Douglas Hill and daughter, Genoa; Kimberly Mesnard, Clyde: Calvin Olmstead, Bettsville; Larry Ruse, Tiffin; Henry Schiller, Oak Harbor. Sunday admissions Surgical Michael 10.

son of Maria Priddy, South Front Street; Mark Hansen, Char-Zel Motel; Mrs. Floyd Green, Siler Street; Barbara Woodruff, Williams Drive; Timothy, 8, and Trent, 10, sons of Mr. and Mrs Donald Heyman, Bellevuc; Tammy, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mirs. Dennis Weber, Gibsonburg: Dawn, 5, daughter of Etta Patten, Bellevue; Mrs.

Artemus Blankenship, Clyde: Florence Yenour, Gibsonburg. Medical Carey, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rick Foster, State Route 53; Mrs. Frederick Shilling, Wolfe Avenue: Mrs.

Gilbert Brionez, Second Street: Mrs. Ed Bulger. Dickinson Street; Carol Bowling, County Road 213; Marilyn Harmon, Birchard Avenue: Richard Frost. Elm Drive; Leonard Christiansen, Collinwood Avenue: Luis Hernandez. Helena: John Reinbolt, Tiffin: Mrs.

Joshua Keiser, Gibsonburg: Mrs. Robert Chapman. Bettsville: Julie Basaldua, Lindsey; Daniel DeLaRosa. Lindsey. Discharges Mrs.

Ronald Bozeman, Buying prices Fremont buying prices Wheat 2.95 Corn. 2.30 New corn 2.15 Oats 1.45 Soybeans 6.57 New soybeans .5.76 COLUMBUS. Ohio (AP) Direct hogs (FedState): Barrows and gilts mostly 75 lower, demand moderate. U.S. 1-2, 200-230 lbs.

countr points, mostly 49.00, few at 49.25-49.50, plants, 49.25-49.75., few at 50.00-50.25, U.S. 1-3 200-230 lbs. country points, 48.75.- 49.00 plants, 49.00-49.75. U.S. 230-250 lbs.

country points, 48.00-48.75. plants, 48.5049.50. Receipts Friday: Actuals 5,900. today's estimates 7,500. the News Messenger A Gannett Newspaper VOL.

123-NO. 67 It.P Fremont Now: The Fremont Met, pager Founded 1856 Merged It 19 18 Published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Fremont Messenger Co. 107-111 S. Arch St. Fremont, Ohio 43420 419 332-5511 Subscription rates.

By carrier, $1.10 per week. Annually, by mail in Sandusky and adjacent counties where carrier service is not available. $49 in advance. $57 elsewhere in Ohio. $62 outside Ohio.

Member of Associated Press Gannett News Service Audit Bureau of Circulation Second class postage paid at Fremont Ohio Fremont, area deaths Viola Welch Services for L. Welch, 64, 127 Elliott will be Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Mitchell-Auxter Funeral Home, Clyde. The Rev. John Ferne, pastor of Clyde St.

Paul Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memory Gardens. Mrs. Welch, ill several years and a patient two weeks at Memorial Hospital, died there Saturday at 1:45 p.m.: She was born April 6, 1914, in Oak Harbor, the daughter of Eugene and Martha (Bodi) Floriana. She and Archie Welch of Clyde were married Dec.

29, 1956. He died in 1975. Surviving are a stepdaughter, Mrs. (Violet) Arnold, Norwalk; five grandchildren; two -grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Emma Smith, Clyde; Mrs.

William (Mamie) Keegan, Fremont; Mrs. Fred (Matilda) Below, Tiffin, and Mrs. James (Henrietta) Velliquette, Oak Harbor, and two brothers, Alfred Floriana, Oak Harbor, and Leonard Floriana, Fremont. One sister and one brother preceded her. She was a member of the Moose and Eagle Lodges, Clyde.

Friends may call today after 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Saul Basaldua LINDSEY Visitation for Saul D. Basaldua, 11, Lindsey, who was killed Sunday afternoon in an automobile accident, will be today until 5 p.m. at the Ochs-Koch Funeral Home, Fremont.

The body will then be shipped to Harlingen, Texas, for burial in Loma Linda Cemetery. The youth was born Oct. 5, 1966, to Geronimo and Beatrice (Davila) Basaldua in Harlinger. They survive along with a sister, Julie, and a brother, Geronimo both at home, and a maternal grandmother, Mrs. Apolonia Davila, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Courthouse news License applications David F. Behrendsen, 24, Fremont, foreman, and Barbara A. McWilliams, 20, Fremont, student. Kevin H. Whitt, 20, Riley Township, tree trimmer, and Deidara A.

Hade, 18, Riley Township. Terrence W. Graham, 27, Fremont, maintenance, and Cynthia L. Elder, 22, Fremont, sewing machine operator. Virgil L.

Faulkner, 32, Green Creek Township, construction worker, and Roberta M. Lieb, 22, Green Creek Township, student. David P. Bauer, 26, Fremont, civil engineer, and Karen F. Rogers, 18, Fremont.

Marvin J. Rhoads, 20, Burgoon, maintenance man, and Mary A. Gladieux, 18, Burgoon. Charles W. Rohtert, 21, Washington Township, salesman, and Darlene A.

Riffle, 18, Woodville, cashier. Anthony J. Mikolajczyk, 20, Sandusky Township, utility man, and Tina M. March, 18, Fremont. Philip E.

Gatt, 24, Green Creek Township, factory worker, and Rebecca L. Rexroth, 21, Green Creek Township, factory worker. Steven D. Massly, 22, York Township, operator, and Rebecca A. Spieldenner, 22, York Township, cashier.

Owen J. Briney, Green Springs, retired, and Hazel M. Spanfellner, Gibsonburg. We High Quality Workmanship, plus the finest quality granites make for beautiful memorials. See these at: National Memorial Stone Co.

1875 EAST STATE ST. 332-0431 Harry C. Nartker, Mgr. The weather Rawson Avenue; Mrs. Juan Herrera, Smith Road; Mrs.

Mark Mentel and daughter, Rawson Avenue; Mrs. Ronald Miller, Tiffin Street; Mrs. Dean Pfefferle, Lake Street; Mrs. Leita Reeve, Middle Street; Robert Shanahan, South River Road; Mrs. Robert Stockmaster, West Birchard Avenue; baby boy Wetzel, newborn, Hayes Avenue; Mrs.

Woodrow Fite, Green Springs; Mrs. Robert Norman, Bellevue; Mrs. Ralph Smith, Clyde. WOOD COUNTY Admissions A. Frederick Horst, Gibsonburg; Genoveva Gonzales, Pemberville.

Discharges Baby girl Michael, Woodville. TIFFIN MERCY Thursday admission Mrs. Walter Miller, Republic. Thursday discharge Mrs. Roger Burkholder, Republic.

FOSTORIA CITY Thursday discharge Mrs. Henry Heidrich, Port Clinton. Friday discharge Mrs. Thomas F. Kline, Gibsonburg.

BELLEVUE HOSPITAL Thursday discharge Levi Westfall, Green Springs. Friday discharges Valerie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Burkin, Clyde; Theodore Tetreault, County Road 212. Look who's here June 15 Mr.

and Mrs. Baltazar Magana, Genoa, a son in Riverside Hospital, Toledo. June 18 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Horn, 221 Justice a daughter at 2:33 a.m.

in Memorial Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weigman and Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Horn, all Fremont. Greatgrandparents are Mr. and Mrs Ferd Haubert and Mrs. Irene Reardon, also Fremont. June 18 Mr.

and Mrs. Ronald Chapman, 763 Sunny Acres Drive, a son at 3:07 p.m. in Memorial Hospital. June 18 Pvt. and Mrs.

Mark Gruver, 7836 W. 89th Place, Apt. 3D, Hickory Hills, a daughter, Heather Rene, at 5:30 a.m. in Christ Hospital, Oakland. Ill.

This is their first child. The parents are both formerly of Fremont, she is the former Shelly Anderson. June 17 Mr. and Mrs. William Pert, 136 Austin a daughter at 12:52 p.m.

in Memorial Hospital. June 17 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Glenn, 2980 E. Cole Road, a daughter at 5:35 p.m.

in Memorial Hospital. June 17 Mr. and Mrs. James Hiser, 2211 N. County Road 198, a daughter at 12:25 a.m.

in Memorial Hospital. June 17 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Swartz, 1392 Village Way, a daughter at 10:53 p.m. in Memorial Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Decker, 3160 Tiffin Road, Fremont, a son in Good Samaritan Hospital, Sandusky. Mr. and Mrs.

James J. Sterling, 118 N. Monroe Fremont, a daughter in Sandusky Memorial Hospital. Andrew Seils Services for Andrew William Seils, 17, 245 E. County Road 73, killed in a bicycle-auto accident Friday evening on Fangboner Road, will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday in St. John Lutheran Church. The Rev. Charles Bauer and R. Ervin Walther will officiate.

Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. The youth, who would have been a senior this year at Ross High School, was employed at Memorial Hospital. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church and its Luther League. He was born in Fremont April 1, 1961, to Edward C.

and Carol (Walden) Seils. Surviving are his parents; a brother, Timothy, and a sister, Bobbi Jo, both at home; paternal grandfather, Harry Seils, Fremont, and maternal, grandmother, Mrs. Clara Walden, Fremont. Visitation at the Karlovetz Mortuary is today until 9 p.m. Memorials may be made to the church.

Mollie Pettersen CELINA Services for Mollie Petersen, 86, were held today in the Gerner and Wolf Funeral Home, Port Clinton. Burial was in Roose Cemetery, Oak Harbor. Mrs. Peterson, a native of Ottawa County, died Friday in Shane Hill Nursing Home at Rockford, Ohio. She had been ill 19 years, suffering from cancer.

She was born April 14, 1892. Surviving are a son, Paul, Findlay; two daughters, Mrs. Bert (Margaret) Marshall, Indian Lake, and Mrs. Paul (Katherine) Bachar, Celina; four grandchildren, and five greatgrandchildren. Her Julius, died in 1972.

was a lifetime member of the Lutheran Church and was a member of St. John Lutheran Church here. Memorials may be made to the Hancock County Cancer Society. Minnie Offenburg PORT CLINTON Services for Minnie Offenburg, 82, who died Saturday at her residence at 4733 E. Bay Shore Road, will be Tuesday at 2 p.m.

in the Niedecker-LeVeck Funeral be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Mrs. Offenburg, a member of the church and its women's circle, was born in Danbury Township, May 18, 1896, to the late John and Louise (Rhode) Dubbert. She and her husband, Norman, operated a fruit market.

Surviving are her widower; a daughter, Mrs. (Louise) McCall, Toledo; a son, Norman, Port Clinton; three grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; two brothers, John and George Dubbert and a sister, Mrs. Cora Offenburg, all Port Clinton. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home where the Rev.

William C. Bowers will conduct the funeral. Memorials may be made to the church. Edwin Paule ELMORE Edwin R. Paule, 78, 679 S.

State Route 590, died Sunday morning in Port Clinton's Magruder Hospital. He had been in failing health for two years. Born in Rocky Ridge on Nov. 10, 1899, he was the son of William and Hulda Schleagel Paule. A retired farmer, he had served as a Harris Township Trustee for 15 years.

On Jan. 12, 1921, he married the former Edith E. Hetrick, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Jean) Butler, Fremont, Mrs.

William (Thelma) Havens, Oak Harbor; one son, Robert Paule, Elmore; seven grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at Robinson's Funeral Home, Oak Harbor. The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday in St. John's Lutheran Church, Oak Harbor, with the Rev.

Harold C. Rust officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Oak Harbor. Memorials, if desired, may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, Oak Harbor, or the Lutheran Orphan and Old Folks Home, Toledo.

Laura Michel PEMBERVILLE Services were held Sunday in Zion Lutheran Church for Laura M. Michel, 80, Devil's Hole Road. She died Friday in Community Nursing Home, Bowling Green. Mrs. Michel, widow of George Michel, is survived by a son, Donald, Bowling Green, and two grandchildren.

Burial was in Pemberville Cemetery. Florence Abney TOLEDO Florence E. Abney, 1417 Emerson died' early Sunday morning at her home. Born in Fremont on Sept. 24, 1918, she was the daughter of Alvin and Ora Green Gracemeyer.

Surviving are her husband, Buford Abney; two sons, Roger and James, both of Toledo; two sisters, Mrs. Orvil (Ila) Otermat, Fremont, Mrs. George (Mildred) Donaldson, St. Petersburg, and two grandchildren. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday at the Weller-Wonderly Funeral Home, where services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday with the Rev. Mahlon Wenger officiating. Let US help you PRE-ARRANGE your FAMILY BURIAL ESTATE NOW. It is a WISE person who prepares in ADVANCE. Family plan and budget terms available.

See about our Senior Citizen or Veteran's Programs. At no cost or obligation, we will be glad to explain our program and present you with our VITAL FACTS PORTFOLIO. CALL GREENLAWN MEMORY GARDENS 334-9722 547-0213 483-5660 Rt. 20 Between Fremont Clyde Ralph J. Traub PORT CLINTON There will be no services or visitation for Ralph J.

Traub, 92, 4901 E. Rittenhouse Road, who died Friday in Edgewood Manor Nursing Home. Memorial service will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Niedecker-LeVeck Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the donor's choice or to the R.J.

Traub, Arboretum, Sandusky. Mr. Traub, a retired architect for the Chrysler Air Temp, Dayton, was a native of Sandusky, born Dec. 22, 1885, to John and Margaret (Messner) Traub. His wife, Helen, died 55 years ago.

He was a member of Dayton Lodge No. 744, Free and Accepted Masons, and Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He was a graduate of Case University, Cleveland, class of 1909. Survivors are a son, John, Port Clinton; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Noma) Green, Sandusky; eight grandchildren, and two great Burial will be in Toledo Memorial Park.

Olen Dye TIFFIN Services were held today for Olen W. Dye, 59, 132 Nelson who died Friday morning after an 18-month illness. Mr. Dye was a retired maintenance superintendent at Heidelberg College and was active in Masonic groups in Tiffin. He was the father of Mrs.

Michael (Sharon) Cool, Republic. Also surviving are his widow, Velva; a son; a brother; and two Burial was in Seneca Memory Garden. H.O. Boone FOSTORIA Services for H.O. (Red) Boone, "60, Trailer Court, father of William Boone, Bradner, will be Tuesday at 1 p.m.

in Mann Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memory Gardens, near Arcadia. Mr. Boone died Saturday in a hospital at Phillipsburg, Pa. Also surviving are his widow, Mary; two other sons, a daughter, nine grandchildren, a brother and a sister.

Visitation at the funeral home is today until 9 p.m. Alma Rossman TOLEDO Services were held today in St. Agnes Church for Alma M. Rossman, 81, 2914 Kendale Drive, sister of Peter Darr, Fremont. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery.

Mrs. Rossman, wife of Arthur A. Rossman, is also survived by three sons; two sisters, 12 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. died Friday in Villa North Nursing Home where she had been a patient one year. of 84 degrees was reached A high at 5 p.m., temperature three degrees lower than Saturday's Sunday according to the Fremont filtration high plant.

Low temperature today was 62 degrees at 6 a.m. temperature, with a reading at 11 a.m. of 77 degrees. Rainfall in the 24 hours was recorded at .06 of an inch. past Ohio By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS cold front were Showers triggered by a afternoon slow-moving in eastern Ohio as the system moves out of the state.

expected to end by this High pressure in the central plains was produce expected fair to move into Ohio behind the front and weather in the Buckeye State, the National Weather Service said. Forecasters said temperatures should be slightly in the upper 70s and low 80s cooler. High readings expected today. Sunny skies Tuesday are exto keep temperatures in the were pected Another frontal system developing in the Northern 80s. Plains was forecast to be in the Great Lakes region by Wednesday morning.

It was expected to produce a threat of rain in Ohio. A line of heavy thunderstorms rolled across the southeast half of the state Sunday. Two men were struck and killed by lightning, bowling and wind ripped part off of the roof of a Columbus alley. The storms produced heavy rain, hail, high winds and reports of funnel clouds. But the weather service said it had confirmed no reports of tornadoes.

reported in many central and southeast Ohio counties. The heavy rains caused some Heavy rainfall was small stream and urban drainage flooding in some areas. Rainfall amounts of one inch to one and one-half inches were common. Heavier amounts fell in isolated Mansfield reported more than three and oneareas. half inches of rain Sunday night.

Leetonia police said Gary F. Indermill, and William R. Hall, both 30 and both from Leetonia, were struck by lightning while they attended a picnic at the sportsmen's club. In Columbus, high winds tore an estimated 7,000 square feet of roofing from the Sequoia Lanes bowling alley. "I think it was a tornado," said Russ Baltzly, a desk clerk.

"The whole building shook." He said wind tore the roof from eight of the 32 bowling lanes and the bar-lounge area. There were no reports of injuries, although five employees and about 50 patrons were in the building. Hail one-half to three-quarter inches in diameter was reported in northeastern Franklin County. Funnel clouds were sighted in southwest Pike County by the Highway Patrol and by a forecaster at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Columbiana County after the Highway Patrol reported a twister near Summitsville about 5:30 p.m.

National By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dennis R. Stewart, 28, Clyde, laborer, and Theresa Klein, 24, Thompson Township, Seneca County, LPN. Emilio Martinez, 27, Fremont, truck driver, and Hilda Villarreal, 19, Fremont, secretary. David M. Sabo, 23, Bellevue, public relations, and Virginia R.

Weilnau, 21, Bellevue, loan department teller. Craig W. Heflinger, 22, Fremont, co-manager, and Susan K. Gressman, 20, Fremont, factory worker. Charles F.

Conger, 22, Fremont, factory worker, and Raquel DeLeon, 19, Fremont, salesperson. Willard L. White, 42, Fremont, and Diana M. Collins, 26, Fremont, sewing machine operator. Douglas A.

Dantuona, 24, Findlay, tax preparer, and Marilyn J. Wasserman, 26, Jackson Township, bookkeeper. Samuel J. Young, 21, Fremont, U.S. Army, and Dianne L.

Hipp, 18, Fremont. Smith will Will of Fred C. Smith, late resident of Clyde, who died June 9, leaves estate to Florence J. Smith, who is named executrix. Buehler will Will of Lawrence H.

Buehler, late resident of 210 S. Jefferson who died May 27, leaves estate to his widow, Mabel K. Buehler, who is named executrix. A wave of tornado-spawning weekend thunderstorms left at least 17 persons dead and caused widespread damage and scattered power outages in parts of the Midwest and Northeast. In Pomona, about 40 miles from Topeka, a tornado Saturday night overturned the sternwheeler showboat Whippoorwill on Lake Pomona, leaving 14 persons dead and a 15th missing and presumed dead.

In Salt Lake City, high winds brought the Salt Lake Festival of the Arts to a premature close and slightly injured a man who was among five persons pulled 20 feet in the air Sunday while trying to hold down a parachute awning suspended over a stage. The Salt Lake City Fire Department said the unidentified man received a bruised hip, but refused to be taken to a hospital and was treated at the scene by paramedics. The National Weather Service said wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were reported in the Salt Lake Valley Sunday afternoon. Two men were struck and killed by lightning, and wind ripped off part of the roof of a Columbus, Ohio, bowling alley Sunday as severe thunderstorm watches were in effect for much of Ohio. Leetonia police said Gary F.

Indermill, and William R. Hall, both 30 and both from Leetonia, were struck by lightning while they attended a picnic at a sportsmen's club. In Columbus, high winds tore an estimated 7,000 square feet of roofing from the Sequoia Lanes bowling alley. "I think it was a tornado," said Russ Baltzly, a desk clerk. "The whole building On Sunday night severe thunderstorms moved through parts of eastern New York.

PUBLIC NOTICE The Young Funeral Home, Green Springs, Ohio, wishes to acknowledge the fact that we are still continuing Invalid Ambulance Service for the convenience of area residents. Thank you, Bus 6 fun Eric Young.

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