Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-30
OVER TTIsllE
BACK FENCE
BY MARGUERITE FINEFRoCK

BY MARGUERITE FINEFROCk
Hiya NeighbOr-The curbstone
crowd watching the downfall of
the third story of the Madrid
theatre building, this week, has
the situation we'll in hand and at
this writing the members of this
ancient and honorable society of
sidewalk advisors are now back
at their respective jobs, ap-
parently content to let the hired
help carry on in the manner to
which they are accustomed. The
curbstoners reckon that some 10
thousand odd bricks have crash
dived to the street below and,
among themselves, have offered
many suggestions as to what
they'd do with the debris if they
had the say-so. They've grunted
and .groaned and perspired freely
as they mentally helped the work
ers dismantle the top floor; they
have torn down and rebuilt the
building according to their way of
thinking and have speculated on
the number Of weeks it's going
to take before the first paying
customer planks down his money
for a seat in the baldheaded row.
And now, exhausted with their
mighty effort, they've retired, to
wait until another big construc-
tion project is underway, when
they'll once again line up on the
curb to offer constructive advice,
CLEANED from their many years of
curbstone observations.
George Schade was a. busy man
Monday morning when we stopped
in at the Young & Schade Co. to
pass the time of day. From the
postcard display, George was Sc
lecting the choicest scenic views
of Port Clinton to send to a Paul
Rasmussen of Jamaica, Long ISL
and, who had written requesting
representative selection of post
card scenes Of our town. In his
letter, Mr.. Rasmussen said that
he is an invalid and must spend
from to 10 hours a day in
wheel chair. He collects post
cards as hobby and since he is
unable to travel, these scenic
views afford him a great deal of
pleasure. In this way he is able
to visit towns and cities through
out the country, places he would
probably travel to see if his af-
Fiction did not prevent it.
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Among The Effects of Mrs.
Clara Gregory, who passed away
last week, was found this poem
which had been written one winter
when visiting in California. 1t is
apparent that she was enjoying
her stay there but thinking of her
friends back in Ohio. 1t reads:
We are thinking, ever thinking,
OF the friends we left at home,
In that far, cold storage country,
While in sunny lands we roam.
Here the flowers are ever blooming
Climbing, clustering everywhere
And the fragrance of their perfume
Daily, nightly fills the air.
Oh the grandeur of the mountains
And the beauty of the plains,
In this fertile, fruitful Southland
To describe it, words are vain.
Way back east they're shoveling,
shoveling,
Shoveling coal, and ice and snow,
And the slippery walks are trip
ping,
Tripping people as they go.
Ugh! The frost is in the cellars,
And the coal too fast is gone,
Tenderfoot, why tarry?
1t is better father on.
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DIR. George A. Poe will move
his office to the Island hotel an
mex in the space formerly occupied
by the Bon Ton Beauty Shop just
as soon as the redecorating work
is finished If by mistake you
picked up, or know the where
abouts Of an umbrella that was
left on the writing desk in the