Ottoville Items - 1920

1-5-1920 VWTB

Fire at the village of Ottoville destroyed the Van Oss & Guelker garage, where it started, and also the Martin Bendele livery barn and several small buildings. The church and school house, threatened by the blaze were saved from damage. The Delphos fire department responded to the call for assistance, and first started to Ottoville, with the auto fire truck pulling the large fire engine on behind. The engine capsized into the big ditch along the road and was badly damaged.

John M. Kollsmith and M. H. Westrich, who were on the engine when it went over, were painfully bruised, and soaked by the ice cold water in the ditch. The smaller fire engine of the Delphos department was taken to Ottoville

1-9-1920 LN

            Ottoville – Fire destroyed the garage of Van Oss & Gulker, the paint shop and wagon works of Gulker, the blacksmith shop and livery of Van Oss. Loss, $10,000 partly insured. Origin unknown.

2-7-1920 LN

            Ottoville – This village will pay damage to the Delphos fire engine, damaged while coming here to fight a fire.

7-8-1920 LN

            Delphos – the local nine went down in defeat at the hands of the Ottoville aggregation, with a score of 8-0, due to numerous errors. Next day, however, with Ditto in the box, the locals walked away with the big end of a 6 to 2 score. “Smokey” Wannemacher pitched for Ottoville.

9-5-1920 LN

            Mrs. Henry Gnoff, 43, Ottoville, died at the St. Rita’s Hospital, Saturday night. She had been at the institution for some weeks. Mrs. Gnoff was recently subjected to an operation. The body was removed to here home in Ottoville.

9-29-1920 LN

            Delphos – the Ottoville team took the Delphos nine into camp here, shutting them out with a score of 2-0 “Smokey” Wannemacher twirling for the opponents, and Tilton for the locals.

10-22-1920 LN

            Ottawa – Loretta McDonald, teacher at Ottoville, suffered bruises when an auto, driven from Ottawa to Ottoville, by Monica Wannemacher, was overturned, when making to short a turn.

10-25-1920 LN

Rev. Mertes Resigns; Other Changes Made

            The Rev. J. B. Mertes, for many years pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church, Ottoville, near Delphos, has retired from the service of the church, after years of faithful service. The Rev. J. S. Arnoldi, pastor of St. James Catholic Church, Toledo, has been appointed pastor at Ottoville to take the place of Rev. Father Mertes.

            The Rev. Father M. L. Herzog, who has been assistant to Rev. Father Mertes at Ottoville, has been assigned to Genoa.

10-29-1920 LN

New Pastor Will Be Installed at Ottoville

            Monsignor A. E. Manning will go to Ottoville Sunday, where he will conduct solemn installation of the new pastor at St. Augustine’s Church.

            The Rev. Father Arnoldi, Toledo, is the new pastor, Monsignor Manning is Dean of the Lima District of Catholic Churches and as such it falls upon him to install pastors.

6-10-1920 LN

H. C. Burris Found Guilty

            Ottawa, June 10 – (Special) H. C. Burris, of Continental, was found guilty by a jury in the case tried the first week in court in which Zora G. Martin, of Ottoville, charged he was the father of her child.

            Burris sought to evade responsibility for the child’s care. It required but half an hour for the jury to return the verdict, following the trial.

            Only informal matters will be heard in court the remainder of the week, no cases having been set for trial.