Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-09-10
OVER THE
BACK FENCE
BY MARGUERITE FINEFRoCK

Hiya Neighbor-Was it a short
summer or did the time just fly by
faster? Here it is September, the
kids went back to school this week
and the time has come to dust off
your straw hat, wrap it in tissue
paper and stow it away on the
closet shelf. The sunback dresses
and shorts will probably hold out
for few more washings but event
ually they'll go into storage too.
The swimming pool closed for the
season, Tuesday, and summer vaca-
tionists are slowly but surely de-
parting for home. New fall clothes
are now being displayed, the can
ming season is in full swing and
in the middle Of almost every block
there's a group of small fry indulg
ing in bit of football scrimmag-
ing. All things considered, it
looks like the end of summer. But
we'll believe it's officially over
when we see the first flock of wild
geese heading southward. Until
then let's NOW the grass a few
more times and not be too hasty
about hauling out the fur coats.
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The Good Neighbor policy went
into effect last week among some
Of the folks who live on East
Sixth street, between Washington
and Fulton streets, when they de-
cided to have a neighborhood pic
mic. For years they've neighbored
back and forth but never had real
get-to-gether, so last Wednesday
twenty-three good neighbors, in
cluding Nom, Pop and the kids, set
out for the new state park with
picnic baskets that bulged in all di-
rections. All the better to get ac-
quainted, my child. And the af-
fair was such a success that
they've decided they'd like to make
it an annual affair.
Since Karshners service the
court house clock, we called to
find out who wended his way up
the dark ladder Sunday night to
set the clock back an hour. We
thought maybe it was Dick Garm-
hausen, and we wanted to ask how
it felt to be rafting around up
there in the middle Of the night
with only fashlight, maybe, ana
the ticking of the clock to keep him
company. But he tells US that he
wasn't responsible for the deed,
that it must have been one Of the
court house janitors. So to one
of them you owe a vote of thanks
for your getting up next morning
in accord with the new time.
Meet Mrs. Cletus Perry who is
the new hair stylist at Delberts
Salon for Beauty. She is the for
I mer Sylvia Grachek, of Toledo, and
has had vast experience in the
beauty field The young lady
who'll be waiting on you at the
Young & Schade Co. is Mrs. Del
Betty Newman. Dorothea Gu
lau, who had been working there
during the summer, has returned
to her teaching position in Fos-
toria.
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A Summer Resident at Lakeside
is having difficulties. She's being
pestered by raccoons who nightly
claw at her bedroom screen and
disturb her sleep. She even went
so far as to advertise in the loca'
paper for help to get rid of the am
mails after her own attempts tc
, discourage their visits failed. She
I tried hitting them with broom
and pushing them off with rake
: but seemingly they can't take the
= hint that they're not wanted. Anc
now, after a month Of such goings
on, the lady needs sleep. Do you
: have a solution?
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High School Students were giver
new Student Handbooks on the
opening day, Wednesday, in which
they can find any information con.
, cerning the school and its activi
ties they might wish to know
!. There's everything in it from A
- to Y, meaning Alma Mater (schoo
:. song) to Y-Teens. The whole
. thing is nicely bound in a cream
: co ed cover with big rec
Pow 49, w and the outline head o.
= an Indian on the front. Las
years senior, Beverly Easton, i,
responsible for revising the nea
handbook. Her assistants Were
Bob Mackey, Faye Schau an,
Laurabelle Dubbert.
5 Not Since before the war hav,
y you been able to get the grey
double hooded sweat shirts tha
= are now on display at the LAX,
Erie Sports store. High schoo
. fellows will like them and they'c
be ideal for anyone who work
outdoors, especially if he's fuss,
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