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Evening star., 1948-12-18
New Faces in Conqress
Burton of Sixth Virginia District
'Drufted' Into Politics by Friends

Like one OF his predecessors and
close friends. the late Carter Glass.
Representative-Elect Clarence G.,
Burton of the Sixth Virginia Dis
trict entered politics by "the draft"
He was quietly running his hos
iery mill. when Lynchburg friends
insisted that he enter public service.
First he was appointed a member
Of the Lynchburg School Board.
Then, by request, he ran for and was
elected to the City Council. He had
served on that body for four years
when his associates elected him
president, automatically designat-
ing him Mayor under the city-man-
ager government.
Mr.. Burton planned NO further
participation in politics. But when
Representative j. Lindsay Almond,
jr, Of Roanoke, resigned this year
to become attorney general Of Vir-
ginia. Mayor Burton's friends urged
him to seek the post.
The Mayor, who had years of war
time experience with the draft, as
chairman Of one Of Lynchburg's two
Draft Boards. finally consented. He
was nominated over two opponents
Evening star., 1948-12-18
HarIoff Named 10 Direct
Publicity for Armory

Armory Manager Arthur j.
Dutch" Bergman has appointed
E. F. Harloff, former District War
Finance Committee executive, 10
serve as publicity director for Arm
ory activities.
Mr.. Harloff's new job eventually is
expected to pay about $500 a year,
District officials said. The appoint
ment is effective January /, but Mr..
Harlof currently is national ad-
vertising and sales director for Pub
lie Relations Publications in Colum-
bus, Ohio.
A native of Toledo, Mr.. Harlof Is
a member of the Washington Board
of Trade. During World War II,
he was deputy manager of the Dis
trict War Finance Committee in
charge of public relations and spe-
cial events to promote the sale Of
war bonds. Later, Mr.. Harloff
served as public relations officer for
the District Veterans Housing Com
mittee,
Evening star., 1948-12-18

eral election for the full two-yeal
term beginning in January. In this
way, Mr.. Burton's election to the
vacancy in the Eightieth Congress
gives him seniority over new Repre-.
sentatives chosen for the Eighty.
first.
Born in Rhode Island, he moved
to Lynchburg with his family when
he was boy. He attended the pub
lie schols there and entered bust
ness. He became treasurer and then
in 1921, president of the Lynchbure
Hosiery Mill. Mr.. Burton is un-
married. He is president of the Me-
mortal Hospital in Lynchburg, a
past exalted ruler Of the Elks lodge
in his home city, a former Rotary
Club president and former chair
man OF the Draft Appeals Board.
An ardent church worker, he is
chairman of the Board of Stewards
in one of Lynchburg's Methodist
churches. He is a member of the
World Service Commission of the
Virginia Methodist Conference.
Evening star., 1948-12-18

regional networks. Others are In
operation In Michigan, Iowa, Illi-
nois, Pennsylvania and Georgia
Florida,
Evening star., 1948-12-18

in the Democratic primary, then
defeated Republican November 2.
Virginians saw to 1t that he
gained an advantage over practic-
ally all other freshmen members
of the House. They had Gov. Tuck
schedule a special election for the
unexpired portion of Mr.. Almond S
term, simultaneously with the gen.
Evening star., 1948-12-18
Airport Repairs SOUGHT

SALISBURY, Nd, Dec. 18 (R.-
Oficials Of Wicomico County and
the city Of Salisbury will ask the
Civil Aeronautics Authority for
5000 to help fix the lighting sys-
tenn on the city-county airport.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01
LONG RANGE

After months of study, a sem
ate agriculture subcommittee
under Sen. George D. Aiken of
Vermont has drafted a long
range farm program emphasix-
ing a modernized parity. crop in
surance. combining Of unprofit-
able small farms, a well-de-
weloped farm labor service. i'm
tensive research. and co-ordina-
fion of federal farm credit agen-
Cies.
1t still remains remote, however,
that congress can act on such a pro-
gram before recess is taken for the
Republican and Democratic national
conventions this summer.
The house agriculture committee,
which is also considering long-range
legislation, is far from reaching an
agreement. Further hearings, prob
ably in the far west, are being con-
templated by this committee.
Aiken believes that price sup
ports should give primary considera-
ton to parity of income rather than
parity of prices and that available
supplies as well as prices should be
used in measuring parity relation
ships.
He also would revise the parity
formula; encourage marketing agree
ments for perishables such as milk,
fruits and vegetables; use acreage
allotments only as a last resort, and
extend social security benefits to
farmers.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01
DINED

Nearly half the membership
of the national congress dined
with delegates 10 the midwinter
gathering of the National CO.
operative Milk Producers fed
GRAFTON in Washington Feb. 1s.
Although the affair was strictly
social, President John Brandt of the
federation outlined legislative OBJ
~jectives of the organization in a brief
address and the dairy delegates had
an opportunity to renew old ac-
quaintances and make new ones
with the nations lawmakers.
About 200 dairy farmer delegates
attended the congressional dinner,
which is an annual feature of the
federation.
Brandt told the assembled con-
gressmen that farmers were particu-
larly concerned about the decline in
commodity prices and the POSSIBLE
ity that SURPRISES may again become
a bugaboo for the farmer.
While not mentioning the oleo tax
controversy by name, he alluded to
it when he emphasized the impor-
lance Of butter to the maintenance
of a healthy dairy industry.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01
CONSIDER SUPPORT PLANS

CONSlD6h
One effect of the price decline
probably will be TO make con-
gress STOP look and listen when
il starts considering proposals
TO extend price supports which
expire Dec. 81.
Under the present law, enacted
during wartime to encourage pro-
duction, support prices for most
commodities are go percent of parity.
There is a strong feeling in o N
gress that the rates should be con-
tinued at this level for at least an
other year while a ~long-range agri-
cultural program is being drawn up.
Backers of this plan point out that
demand for food is almost as great
now as during the war, because of
the continuing need to feed Europe.
There is, however, another faction
which believes that the government
loan rates, by which the support
program IS carried out, should be
reduced. Most of this thinking, how
ever, concerns l%ong-range legislation
rather than such stop-gaps as the
present go percent guarantee.
With adoption of long-range leg
islation virtually out of the question
this year, the remaining problem is
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01
Keeping in Touch With Washington
fHWNR
- EHssaes No Cut in Production

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Despite
recent sharp drops in commodity
prices, u. S. agriculture department
officials believe that farmers will
come through with big crops again
this year.
Although surveys indicate
that the price iumbles may cut
farm income several billion dol
lars if prices do not rise again
before the 1s48 crops are Sold
most farmers are reported going
ahead with plans TO match. if
possible the high wartime pro-
duction.
Production goals set by Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson
call for 356, 000,0 900 acres of cult
waited and hay crops. This is about
100000 more than last year.
Department grain experts say
they doubted the drop of about so
cents a bushel in wheat prices since
mid-January would greatly influ-
ence the acreage to be seeded to
spring wheat. They said the present
price is high enough to cover produc-
ton costs and a profit.
Given good weather at planting
time, the orr acreage should reach,
if not exceed, the departments goal
of go, 100, 900 acres. Last years crop
totaled only $4,000, 900 acres because
of spring floods.
A bumper corn crop of 5000, 000,-
900 bushels or more is needed, Of
ficials say, to provide enough feed to
encourage farmers to produce more
meat animals. Livestock production
is on the downgrade now largely be-
cause Of scarce feed.
With prospects of a continued
high consumer demand and favor
able prices for meats a year from
now, many farmers are expected to
produce more pigs next spring and
summer than they normally would
under the feed supply situation.
These farmers would be in a posi-
ton to take advantage of a big corn
crop, if n is produced. If the crop
is short, as was the case the past
season, the farmers then could mar
ket their hogs at light weights and
be none the worse off.
CONSIDER SUPPORT PLANS
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01
APPRAISE DECLINES

President Humans council of
economic advisers headed by
Dr.. Edwin C. Nourse. has started
work on an appraisal of the
commodity and stock price de-
clines and expects 10 have a re-
port by the latter part of March.
Part Of the preparation for the
analysis was a series of off-the-rec.
ord conferences with spokesman fol
agriculture, labor, business and con.
sumers.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01

whether the 1949 rates should be
continued at the present rates, or
whether they should be lowered.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
Appeals Judges
Hear Local Cases

Visiting judges heard two cases
Monday when a special session of
the court of appeals was held in
the local court room. One Of the
cases was that of thes State of
Ohio VS.. Mrs. Florence Mills,
Rocky Ridge, who had been con-
victed by a petit jury here on the
charge of illegal practice of medi-
cine and was fined $500. The sec
ond case was from Erie county.
Hearing the cases were Judge
Irving Carpenter, Norwalk; Judge
A. L. Conn and Judge Lehr Fess,
both of Toledo. Findings will be
reported later.
County Prosecuting Attorney
George Slaughter reports that the
Madrid Theatre" case will be con-
tinued in Court of Appeals, Toledo
on May 10. Both the plaintiff,
Popular Theatres and Amusement
Company, Cleveland, and the de-
PENDANTS, Mrs. Velma Hesselbart.
and Jack O'Connell, Toledo, have
appealed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
ROAD SURVEY
M A D { IN CITY
Highway Dept. Men Check
Traffic To Aid Road
Project

Mayor Carl Becker reports that
two officials of the State Highway
Department, Toledo division, We're
here Wednesday when they made
special traffic surveys in Perry and
Madison streets to help Mayor
Becker's plea for surface treatment
of Madison street from Perry to
the railroad viaduct.
Findings Of the engineers, Rob
inson and Kaufman, have been
sent to highway department head
quarters in Columbus. According
to preliminary plans, the state is
to pay share Of the street i'm
provement.
Among recommendations made
by the engineers were the erec-
tions of additional warning signs
near the Portage river bridge, and
the erection of a four-way cluster
of red refectors in front of the
armOry.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
STAHL HEADS
RENTAL BOARD.
Group To Aid Control In
Sandusky-POrt Clinton
Defense Area

The organization meeting for the
Rent Advisory Board for Ottawa
County, as part of the Sandusky-
Port Clinton Defense Rental Area,
was held in the Council Chamber
at Port Clinton Friday afternoon.
Members of this Board were
nominated by the Governor of Ohio
and through his recommendation
were appointed by Tighe E. Woods,
Housing Expediter. The members
so nominated and appointed con-
sist of Tom Stahl, Attorney g.. of
Port Clinton; A. ]. Davids, Real
Estate Broker, Port Clinton; DR..
R. L. Bolte, Mayor of Oak Har-
Dor; Jack Boysen, Mayor of Genoa
and NJ. E. Snider, Mayor Of Mar
blehead.
After taking the oath of office
and receiving their certificates of
appointment, the members of the
Board were informed as to their
duties and functions as members
of the Rent Advisory Board. Mr.
Stahl was selected as Temporary
Chairman and Glen P. Bracy, as
Temporary Secretary.
1t was unanimously determined
by the Board that they would not
entertain individually any reviews
by landlords or tenants, but that
same should be prepared and sub
mitted in writing to the Board as
a whole.
1t was decided to hold the next
meeting at the Area Rent Office
8O1-3 Feick Bldg, Sandusky, Ohio
on Wednesday May 10, at 500
p. m.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
Elnore Seniors
PlanClass Plav

Bernadine Foreman, Don Har-
der and Stanley Kerbel will play
the leading roles in "a Date With
Judy" which the senior class of
Harris Elmore high school will
present April 30-May l in the
school auditorium.
Mrs. Dora Coleman is directing
the play, which has been adapted
from the popular radio skit. Seats
may be reserved for the first night.
Also cast in the play are Edith
Ann Schmidt, Herbert Gnepper,
Ellen Kerbel, Ethel Damschroed-
er, Ruth Hurrelbrink, Eugene
Flick, Margaret Harris, jeanette
Eversole, Harold GiesIer, Jane
Harris, Betty Hickman and Yer
non Bloom.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
new CABLES TO.
PROVIDE BETTER.
PHONE SERVICE
Equipment Is Expected ThlN
Year For 100 More Local
Subscribers

Improved local and long distance
service for Northern Ohio TeR
phone company subscribers is an
nounced this week in "a Message
to Our Subscribers" which the
phone company has mailed along
with the monthly bills.
Eight miles Of special quadded,
lead-covered, toll cable has been
erected by this company and plac-
ed in service within the past few
weeks.
This cable extends from the Port
Clinton exchange out Fremont
road a mile and one-half past Mud
Greek to meet the A. T. and I.
company cables, which extends
from Chicago to New York.
This new toll cable, placed at a
cost of over $4,000 will provide
long distance lines to Toledo, San
dusky and Fremont, which lines
will not be subject to interruption
by storms and sleet that break
down open copper wire toll lines,
An additional long distance
switchboard position will be added
by the end of May, increasing to
total of nine the positions at
which Port Clinton long distance
operators can answer toll calls.
This new switchboard position will
be required only during certain
times this summer when toll traffic
is especially heavy, such as the
Regatta and the National Rifle
Matches.
Equipment is being installed to
provide two new toll lines or a
total of six direct trunks between
Port Clinton and Put-in-Bay, and
q seventh direct Port Clinton-Mar-
blehead trunk. The company ex-
poets to have these additional lines
ready for service within six weeks
Also promised for delivery by
the end of this year is another 10C
lines of automatic central office
equipment to provide lines fol
more Port Clinton subscribers.
The phone company officials
state: "The war has been over now
for nearly three years and it is
difficult to realize that it still re,
quires more than 18 months for US
to secure telephone central office
equipment from the manufacturer
These are the facts, however, and
we shall continue our efforts to
improve your telephone service as
rapidly as possible.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
Pythians Plan
Big Meeting Here

Grand Chancellor Frank A. Wood
of Youngstown, will be the prin-
cipal speaker Monday night, April
26, when Port Clinton Knights of
Pythias entertain Marblehead, Oak
Harbor and Sycamore lodge men,
bers.
Grand Secretary f. Glenn
Sparks, Bowling Green, District
Deputy r. H. Hill, Fremont, and
County Deputy Don Foreman, Oak
Harbor will also attend.
All business matters are to be
suspended, and the Rank of Es-
quire will be conferred on four
candidates. A fish fry, to be held
after the meeting with Bill Younk-
er as chef, will be featured. This
is expected to be the largest Py-
THAN gathering held here in years.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
SCHOOL Band
QUALITIES FOR
STATE FIN AIS
Is Only Band In Class BIB To
Receive Superior Rating
At Bucyrus

Port Clinton's high school band,
directed by David Stanton, re-
ceived one of the three superior
ratings granted in the north-central
Ohio district band and chorus con
test eliminats6ns held in Bucyrus,
Saturday.
The local band received the
only superior rating granted in
Class BIB. Fostoria's band and
Glee Club won superior ratings in
Glass B. More than 1000 stu
dents participated in the contest.
Port Clinton was not represented
by choral group.
By winning the superior rating,
Port Clinton's band will be elgi-
BILE to compete in the state contest
which will be held in Columbus,
May 8.
Members of the band include:
Maxine Brindley, Gilmore Migala,
Dewey Kinsey, Mary 10 Knepper,
Betty Mefferd, Ramona Bennett,
Betty OMAN, Helen Krafcik, Ven
eta Basiley, Marlene Sibrel, Alice
Fachman, Betty Probel, Carolyn
Aurand, Lillian Azbell, Martha
Finefrock, Norma Jean Cover,
Josephine Beam, all B-hat clari-
netists.
Barbara Petersen, Warren Stew
ems, Marilyn Sprenger, Gail Boss,
John Braun, flutists; Shirley Quin-
tell, Joyce Kirk, John Ruddock,
Max Knepper, Shirley Kline,
! French horns.
James Gordon, James Mackey,
Don Waggoner, Catherine Roose,
Joan Windnagel, Carolyn Brindley,
Lars Engle, Philip Dusini, Douglas
Kepp, Robert Lindeman, trumpet
lists.
Mary Jean Lamb, Marjorie Guth,
Shirley Smith, Dorothy Meyer, Lu-
vile Eliyas, Dolores Fletcher,
James Warnke, trombonists. Carl
Warnke, Franklin Dubbert, Philip
Conner, basses.
Shirley Riddle, Robert Petersen,
Edwin Dueschle, Jan Fadely, bari
tones; Harold Felshaw, Santo
Cipiti, Edwin Campbell, Henry
Loehden, Hichard Branum, David
Petersen, percussion.
Mary Ann Karshuk, alto clarinet;
Frank Rider, Oboe; Joan Quintell,
Bassoon; Joan Swimmer and Joan
Stucky, alto saxophone; Esther
Lukac, tenor saxaphone; Jordon
Petersen, baritone saxophone; Will
liam Riddle, tympanic, and Audrey
HEIR, bell lyra.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
Home Talent Show
Finals Are Tonight

Nine youthful artists, winners in
the weekly Home Talent contests
sponsored by the Clinton theatre
and Philips Jewelry store, will ap-
pear in the final contest this Friday
evening at the theatre when they
compete for the three big prizes
offered through the cooperation Of
the jewlry store.
Dorothy Mister, Sally Peterson
and Catherine Kocsis, winners of
the contest held Friday night, will
compete with Andy Lukacs, Shirley
Sharpe, Bob Schmidutz, Dorothy
Alyce Boiling and Janet Barnes,
winners in the two earlier con-
tests.
The movie for the evening will
be Wallace Beery in "Alias A Gen
tleman."
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
LEGION BACKS
FEDERAL PLAN
TO BUY GARDENS
Corporation Within Post To
Be Formed If Government
Okays Purchase

Port Clinton's American Legion
Post 113 membership, at the regu
lar meeting Thursday evening, vot-
ed to support governmental recon-
mendations and to continue the
project for Legion purchase of the
Erie Gardens housing units.
Atty. Tom Stahl of the Legion's
Housing committee explained the
latest developments after his re-
cent trips to Chicago and Wash
ington.
Stahl stated that the government
will permit such purchase if a
corporation is formed within the
Legion post, consisting of from
seven to nine members.
This committee is to remain ac-
tive as long as the Legion owns
the project, and it's members can
be removed only by death, Legion
courts martial or by moving
away from the city. The govern
ment requested such a managerial
group, so that politics would re-
main unchanged under different
post commanders.
Appraisers are to be sent here
from the Chicago Public Housing
Administration Office, after which
that office will send its recon-
mendations to PHA headquarters
in Washington, d.. c., where the
final decision will be made.
Legion members Thursday also
voted to donate $50 towards the
campaign of County Council Com
mander Archie King, d candidate
for the Ohio Departmental vice
commandership. King will seek
the endorsement Of the county and
district councils.
The Legion members voted to
uphold the executive committees
decision not to rent the Legion
hall as a meeting place for other
organizations, but to permit its use
for special occasions "for the bet
terment Of the community.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
new GUINEA ROMANCE LEADS TO
MARRIAGE IN cod POST CHAPEL

A romance which started four
years ago in far off New Guinea
will be eliminated at 10 a. m. on
Saturday, April ID, when Miss
Marion Hillery, Boonton, New
Jersey, becomes the bride of Maj
or James M. Higgins, Erie Ord
nance Depot post engineer, at nup-
tial mass in the E. o. D. post chap
ell.
Officiating at the ceremony will
be the Rev. Michael J. Larkin, S.
NJ, pastor Of st. Michaeps church,
Wheeling, West Virginia, assisted
by post chaplain Rev. Aloysius A..
Horn, Fremont. Rev. Larkin and
the groom are cousins.
During the war years, Miss Hill
lery was an American Red Cross
field director at a New Guinea re-
habilitation center and at Nichols
Field, P. l. Major Higgins SER
we'd with the Engineer Hqs., Army
Service Forces, in Australia and
New Guinea.
The bride is the daughter of the
late Thomas J. Hillery, former
lieutenant governor of New Jersey,
and Mrs. Thomas J. Hillery, Boon
ton. Major Higgins is the son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hig-
gins, Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.
Miss Hillery will be given in
marriage by her brother, Thomas
]. Hillery, Jr., a member of the
New Jersey state assembly.
Major William McQueeney, E. o.
D., will serve as best man, and
Mrs. McQueeney will be matron of
honor. Ushers will be 1t. Joseph
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
Wilber Honored
Bv Law School

Atty. Adair C: Wilber, Port Clin-
toms youngest lawyer, was among
those honored Saturday when Ohio
State university law students re-
ceived recognition at the annual
College of Law in the Neil House,
Columbus.
Principal speaker was the Hon
ora e Wiley Rutledge, associate
jus &. e of the u. S. Supreme court.
sy. Wilber, a World War II
We TN, was one of II men Sc
lie to become members in the
Order Of the Golf, one of the high
est low student honors. To be eli
gible for this honor, the lawyers
must have highest scholarship
grades.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-04-23
TEACHERS Get
new CONTRACTS
Seven More Are Granted Con-
tinuing Contracts By
School Board

Seven local teachers graduated"
from the limited contracts to con-
tinuing contracts Thursday even
ing when Board of Education
members extended continuing con-
tracts to the teachers so qualified
by certificates and length of SER
vice in the local school system.
Granted continuing contracts
Thursday were Evelyn Beam, Mel
ma Beerman, Thaha Brown, Mar
garet Murphy, Edna Richey, Ruth
Trenshaw and Robert Howarth.
Eight other faculty members
previously had qualified and are
serving under continuing contracts.
They are Alma Caspersen, Anna
Hurrell, Octa Kincade, Gaynelle
Livingway, Harriet Peters, Leon
arda Scherer, G.. A. Shively and
Albert Rofkar.
Faculty members who were is
sued limited contracts last week
included Principal B. H. Corthell,
Coaches Norman Willbond, Melvin
Carl and Howard Jones, Katherine
Barber, Gwendolyn Battiste, Alma
Boysen, Avila Carter, Doris Davis,
Helen Coulter, Gertrude Lieber,
Frances Mattoon, David Stanton,
Raymond Brickley, G. v. knepper
and Robert EaSton.