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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

Hayes, Cleveland, cousin of the
groom. At the organ was Miss
Louise Stiert, who played before
and throughout the mass, and who
accompanied Miss Hilda Fuchs, the
vocalist.
The couple left in the afternoon
for a motor trip and upon their
return will reside in Lorain where
Mr.. Horan is affiliated with the
Lorain Highway Coach company.
The new Mrs. Horan is a gradu-
ate of Put-in-Bay high school and
Dyke School of Commerce, Cleve-
land. Mr.. Horan is a graduate of
st. Mary's High School, Lorain.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Evening Church Wedding

Before an altar arranged with
baskets of flowers and ferns and
candle light, marriage vows were
exchanged by Miss Lillian Cover
and George Hanes at 1880 Satur-
day evening in Evangelical United
Brethren church, Rev. L. d. Rey-
nolds officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Cover, West Fourth
street, and the groom the son of
Mrs. Andrew Hanes, Third street.
The brides gown was of white
satin with sweetheart neckline and
long train. Crystal and seed pearls
trimmed the neck and peplum. A
tiara of beaded satin held a finger
tip veil. Her flowers were feather
ed NUNS and white roses centered
with a white orchid.
Mrs. Frederick Kreutzfeld, Jr.,
matron of honor, was in pale green
taffeta. The other attendants, Mrs.
Justin Knopp, Oak Harbor, Mrs.
Harold Daup, Lacarne and Miss
Mary Ann Karshuk, and the junior
bridesmaid, Martha Meliska, were
in American Beauty rose taffeta.
Connie Kuzma and Janet Everett
were flower girls.
Mrs. Cover chose toast silk
dress and brown accessories and
Mrs. Hanes a black silk dress and
dark accessories. Each wore a
purple orchid.
The reception which followed
was held in the church dining
room.
The young couple is on a we'd
ding trip to Niagara Falls, Canada
and northern Michigan. They will
be with her parents until an apart
melt on Wilson avenue, in which
they will live, is completed.
The bride is a graduate of Port
Clinton high school and typist
in the shipping office of Standard
Products company. The groom at
tended Cleveland schools and is
with the Celotex company in Gyp-
sum,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Gold Star Mothers Day

Ottawa county Gold Star Moth
ers, among other Ohio Gold Star
Mothers, observed Gold Star
Mothers Day the last Sunday in
September by going to the State
Forest Memorial Park at Loudon-
vile, to attend the annual memoir
ial services. The dedication of the
Department of State Flags was
also that Sunday. Mrs. F. E. Boom
er, Oak Harbor member of the Of
tawa County chapter, is one of the
state color bearers.
Those attending from Ottawa
county were: Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Haeft and Judy, Genoa; Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Capko, Marblehead;
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Brown and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Cooley and
son Billy, Mrs. Albert Druyor, Mrs.
Clarence Cooley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Cedoz, Mrs. Harley Elwell,
Mrs. Harry Kerr, Mrs. Prouty,
Port Clinton; Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Meinke, Mr.. and Mrs. George F.
Hemminger, Mr.. and Mrs. F. E.
Boomer, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Boomer and Mrs. John Guhn, Oak
Harbor.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Many Friends At Reception

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Keller and
Mr.. and Mrs. Freedrick Zeis re-
turned Monday evening from Co
lumbus, where they had spent
several days in celebration Of their
silver wedding anniversary. They
were married in Marion twenty
five years ago.
They attended the football game
Saturday, afterwards holding a
reception in the Deshler- Wallick
hotel. Forty-five friends came to
call, among these were the fol-
owing from Port Clinton: Mr.. and
Mrs. DeForrest Maxwell, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Moon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stensen Petersen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Finefrock, Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Davids, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Goebel, Mr.. and Mrs. D. X.
Mulcahy, DR.. and Mrs. Ralph
Roose, DR.. and Mrs. Cyrus Wood,
Mrs. Ray Lambert, Paul Lambert,
Miss Ann Nelson, Miss Jane
Miller, Miss Rosemary Darr, Miss
Dorothy Kurtz, Miss Eleanor
Krepel, John Minderman, Delbert
Anderson and John Rofkar.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Rural Round Table

Mrs. Guy Benedict will be host,
ess when the meetings of the Rur-
al Round Table will be resumed on
Wednesday afternoon. Officers
for the coming year are: President
Mrs. Winfield Gill; vice president
Mrs. Robert Kirk; secretary, Mrs
Henry Miller; treasurer, Miss Re-
gina Lullman.
The roll call response is self
chosen by each member. Mrs. Rob
ert Gill will give a biological sketch
of Walter Damrosch, enhancing
same with excerpts from the book,
"From the Top of the Stairs,
which tells of personal experiences
of the Damrosch family. Gretchen
Damrosch Finnelley is the author
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Child Guidance Council

The October meeting Of the
Child Guidance Council will be
held in the home of Mrs. Gaylord
Engler. Roll call, "Your Child's
Al. Grover will entertain with Mrs.
Engler. ROLL cal, "Your Child's
Favorite Song and Book" The
program is by Mrs. David Stanton
on Music and Your Child"
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Entertained With Stork Shower

Mrs. Richard French, Erie Gard
ems, entertained at her home, Tues
day evening, with a stork shower
in honor of Mrs. Luther Paulsen.
The evening was spent in playing
cootie. Awards went to Mrs. Rob-
ert Cover and Miss Mary Kihlken.
Mrs. Paulsen then opened her many
gifts, placed beneath a shower of
blue, pink and white ribbon.
Refreshments were then served
to the following: Misses Mary and
Ann Kihlken, Mrs. Charles Lenke,
Mrs. Raymond Bahnsen, Mrs. Rich
ard Wadsworth, Mrs. Willard
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Group Holds Business Meeting

The Port Clinton Junior Wom-
ems club will hold its business
meeting Of the month Wednesday
evening, when a report from the
Girl Scout committee will be heard.
This club sponsors the twelveyear
age group of Girl Scouts. Mrs.
Robert Aurand and Mrs. j. G..
Hitchcock will be the hostesses in
the Erie Gardens community house.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Commodore Perry Circle

Mrs. Edward Beam will open
her home to the October meeting
of Commodore Perry Circle Thurs
day evening. Roll call by Mrs. F.
M. Luedeke. Mrs. Max Fisher
will have as her topic, "But Look
The Morn.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Son Takes New York Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Pettibone
announce the marriage of their son,
Dick, to Miss Iva Itkin of New
York City, which took place in Le-
banon, Pa, Monday. The newly
married couple is expected here the
latter part of this week.
The bride is connected with the
actors guild in New York and the
groom is sports announcer over
WLBR in Lebanon and does other
radio features over nearby sta
tions.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

Schmardebeck, Mrs. Robert Ran
dali, Mrs. Robert Cover and Mrs.
Paulsen. Sending gifts but unable
to attend were: Misses Marjorie
and Irma Dayton, Mrs. Charles
Netherland and Mrs. David Braith-
waite.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Social Events
To Be January Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Chapman
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Kathryn Jewel, to Billy
Edward Wolf, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Virgil Wolf, Oak Harbor.
Mr.. Wolf is attending Toledo
University and Miss Chapman is
secretary to George Slaughter.
The wedding is to be in January.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
To Observe Birthday

To Observe Birthday
When Mrs. Epke Lorenzen OBJ
serves her Seth birthday, Sunday,
her children and grandchildren
will be present to help celebrate
the occasion. A family dinner is
planned for the afternoon at which
will be present Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Lorenzen, Mrs. Alyne Lowe and
Allyn Lorenzen, all of Columbus;
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Lausten,
Mrs. M. K. Porter, of Berkeley, N.
j., and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Laus-
ten, of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

ness for their appearance Friday
when they'll march at the Oak Har-
Dor Homecoming and that night at
the football game here. Under
stand they've worked out some in
tricate formations to delight the
world weary eyes at Fridays
game.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Entertained Contract Club

Mrs. Jack Darling entertained
her contract bridge club Monday
evening, having as substitute play
ers, Mrs. Dale Hostrup and Mrs.
Philip Kleinman. Mrs. Arlo Shive-
ly was winner of first prize and
Mrs. Steve Trenshaw winner of
second prize. A lunch was en-
joyed after cards.
Mrs. Dan Griffin will entertain
, this club November /.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Federated Board Meeting

A regular meeting of the Fed
Grated Board will be held in the
home of Mrs. A. w. Chapman on
Tuesday evening, beginning at 8
o'clock.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
OVER THE
BACK FENCE
BY MARGUERITE FINEFRoCK

Hiya Misunderstanding through
current magazine the other day
we happened on this definition of a
rummage sale, to-wit: "A rum
mage sale is where you get things
from other peoples attics to store
in your own" True or false :?
Whatever your opinion, these sales
have certainly gained in populari-
ty during past years and many a
good bargain has been picked up
as a result. And that reminds us,
the P. E. o. is sponsoring a sale
next week, if you're in the mood
for rummaging. Pa
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Shaver,
Gypsum, are announcing the en-
gagement and coming marriage of
Miss Shirley Gum to Joseph Ora
vec, Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Women of the Moose

AT the meeting of the Women of
the Moose, held Monday evening,
two new members were initiated.
A bake sale will be held after the
next meeting, October IS.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Mothers Club

The East Building Mothers club
will meet Thursday afternoon in
the music room of the high school.
Mrs. Margaret Lausten is the
president.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Methodist Circle Three

Circle Three of Trinity Metho-
dist church will meet Wednesday
evening in the home of Mrs. Fred
Wenger, Sr., 303 West Fourth
street.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

Saturday, October %, is the day
to boost the band. That's the an
nual Tag Day. So salt away a
handful of shekels in readiness for
the time when the band members
will call on you. The kids have
been practicing like nobody's busi-
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Young Adult Group

Twenty-Five members were pres
ent last week when the Young
Adult group of the Methodist
church held it's annual election of
officers. Newly elected officers are
President, Ray Lyons; vice-pres-
ident, Mrs. Bennett Woolley; Sec
retary treasurer, Mrs. Harley
Lockwood. Paul Cochran is the
retiring president.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

p. E. o. Rummage Sale, Oct. Is,
IA, Is, City Hall Basement, $50
to $500. Salt
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

For the First time in many years
the N. o. Maytag Co. will be clos
ed this Saturday night. Why /?
Cause there's a wedding in the
Stephenson family and who wants
to keep shop when the wedding
bells are ringing! Yep, Max and
his bride will be altar bound along
about eight o'clock that night .
And the wedding bells will ring
out on Oct. 23 for Anna King and
Franklyn Eaton and again on No
vember 6 for Audrey Windnagel
and Bob Sprenger.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
st. Thomas Guild

A general meeting of st. Thomas
Guild will be held at the Guild Hall
Wednesday, October 13, at 500
o'clock.
Mrs. R. E. Reynolds will review
"China-Twilight or Dawn" by
Frank w. Price. The Altar Group
will be hostesses.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

For the Third consecutive year
Jim Armbruster is strutting his
stuff as drum major of the Bow
ling Green university band. The
boys good! Jim will be heading
the band this Saturday night at
Toledo when the Bowling Green
football team plays Toledo univer-
sity. h 5sASN
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

Get Out your heavy coats and
scarfs and shake the mothballs out
of your blanket, it's time to get
ready for the first home football
game Friday night. With the sea-
son getting off to a late start be-
cause of the polio ban it's high
time you make up for it with some
plain and fancy yelling for the
home team. The Redskins got off
to a good start last week when they
walloped the Gibsonburg team 1876,
SO we have reason to hope that
the game tomorrow night will be
equally as successful.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08

Most Any Day now We'll be ex-
pecting to hear some advance news
about Feather Parties. It's getting
to that time of year when the an
nual parties are about to begin to
commence. There are only six
more weeks until Thanksgiving and
eleven weeks until Christmas.
Yipe! Say it isn't so.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
This Is Fire Prevention Week

This Is Fire Prevention Week
and to date there has been nary a
fire. Keep your fingers crossed and
be careful so that the week will
go by quietly for the hook and
ladder boys Monday is Thanks
giving Day in Canada. Wonder
what historical significance is back
Of that day for Canadians? ? 1t would
be interesting to know Tues
day is Columbus Day and nine
chances out of ten if you've a
youngster in the lower grades he'll
come home spouting the old rhyme,
"In 1892 Columbus sailed the ocean
blue" Anyway that's an old fav-
orite from way back and maybe
some day it will be the answer to
the $64 question on a radio quiz
show!
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-08
Coterie Club

Mrs. James Mizener, Sr., will
be hostess to the Coterie Club this
Friday evening. Two papers are
to be read, "Arkansas", by Mrs.
Curtis Brough and "Hurrah For
Kansas" by Mrs. Albert Davids,
Sr.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Politicians Reminded to Keep Feet Ground and Auay From Mouth

realization the to his campaign might be
from the opening he gave his opponent.
Prnsle in his book ALFRED Smith,
referred
action hardly fair to his opponent and added
effective indeed Mills seemed not
the that Smiths private life above
established truth in New York that there
something funny about Flatbush.'
Another example from another part OF the country
Oratorical Flights Dangerous
Of Missouri and then Secretary
Agriculture rated OF the biggest
where almost everything in
politics clnche he the Democrats
opportunity similar to that Mr. Mills
Smith.
Hawes the Democratic nominee
for Hyde help enlisted by the
Republican nominee the side of
Mr. Halves home grounds in St Louis
beginning of World War Mrs Lily Busch, the
president of the Anheuser brewery had
been caught outbreak of hosie Mr. Hawe
undertook the delicate task Of getting her back home through
the warning nations He successful.
Gov criticism of Mr. Hawe professional
interpreted by the Democrats
the Democrats that
version through the wards of South St.
brewery Repubcansare
population
Republican South voted for Harry Hawes
hazards that politicians pretty
Of what they Many eshew flights oraory any altitude
1see POLITICAL SLIPS, Page C-O
Evening star., 1948-07-25

Pity the poor politician
From November he will be haunted by
something inadvertently that may cost him
something to lose votes Or eVe
he may be guilty of omission
James G. something and 1t cost him
the presidency.
neglected to do somehngand there was
i-and it cost him the pre-
dency also.
Farley's Tongue Slipped
Farley Behind the Ballots remarked that
earth where mans words are held against
him the extent as in politics"
Mr. Farley spoke experience nfectos phrase got him
in trouble with Kansas.
magnyng scrutiny utterances of political figures
already the Democratic
speech Bakey of Kentucky
Hugh Scott representative from Phadepha
the Republican National Committee Senator
Barky this Scott reported have made I'VE
the We the people who
the real grit brains and backbone of America
the time had heard those words turned
him. His service the interrupted in 1914 by
Democratic "snobbery" resentment his
party because of that definition of Republicans
dental campaign Speaking Michigan mild attack
the record of Alfred NJ Landon Governor Kansas He pointed
out that the problems of Kansas those of typical prairie
State had benefited spending agricultural
policies Of the Roosevelt administration
Evening star., 1948-07-25
By Froneis P. Douglas

The word typical" unfortunate the Republicans made 1t
appear to be a derogatory
memorandum Mr. Farley from Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr.
Farley quoted
have picked but the word typical from New
Yorker is meat for the opposition"
necessary that candidate politician make
statement that in itself be construed
without the original author
in hole that is enough and that danger.
AL Smith skful with politics
until he fell in with the Liberty opponents usually
left the field with Republican
Mr. Mills lost nudcous
out OF its context and turned against the Republican
Mr. Mills had said of AL Smith
public private life
Smith Made Mills Villain
The New York Governor quickly followed political
meeting in the Bronx angriy challenging
thing to back up his statement. He
Twenyseve Augustines
Church and in the of Almighty promised for
honor and protect the choice suddenly
ushered tonight before the White
to establish that had kept that the Congressman
ogden Mills lay his private life beside own"
reading Of the full that
Mr. Mills meant aspersons of Mr. Smiths family life But it
related that Mr. Mills hearing Mr. Smiths speech the radio went
Evening star., 1948-07-25

chimes are being used in the pits and
production is rising, but costs are
rising, too. The National Coal
Board lost nearly $10o, ,00o, 900 on its
first years operations.
There are still stringencies.
Probably the greatest is electricity.
The government already has fore
cast dimouts and heating shutdowns
for next winter. The reason is vast
ly increased demand coupled with a
shortage of generator capacity
brought on by wartime neglect.
Steel was to have been nationalized
in the present session of Parliament,
The government decided to wait q
year because it did not want to risk
disrupting rising production.
Delay in introducing the steel bill
handed the Conservatives q politi-
cal guillotine because they control
the House Of Lords.
The government now has called q
.(see SOCIALISTS, Page C-5J
Evening star., 1948-07-25

peacetime highs for jobs. But there
are layoffs in those businesses al
ready hit. Others will follow i il
other businesses also are depressed.
Wages are good: Yes, we are now
in the so-called third round of post
war wage increases for our great
mass-production industries. But
the men and women who receive
the increases know now how illusory
are mere wage increases.
! Production is high: Every business
index tells this. Even housing fig
ures are colossal in raw num-
bers. But who can afford to buy
a house or rent an apartment in a
newly constructed building?
] Profits are good: Not just good,
but tremendous. even after taxes.
But they don't buy anything any
more, say the people who get the
dividends.
4 We have new crop of wheat
millionaires, of new industrial mil
lionaires, of industrial workers earn
ing comparatively fabulous sums
even considering the bite imitation
has taken out of the dollar. Plenty
of people are making killing out
of their dividends.
Middle Glass Pinched '
But as the economists put it,, "the
heavy weight of high costs of living
bears down upon the millions OF
families who are unable to keep UP
with advancing prices"
! In this group is the great segment
of our population called the middle
class or the hite-collar class, a
group of relatively greater numbers
and Importance here in Washing
ton than in any other city or in the
Nation as a whole.
! Government wages and salaries
have not and cannot keep up with
the rising cost of living. They dc
not drop with defation the way
industrial wages Go, of course, but
that is of little consolatio in times
like the present.
These are the people who, during
the war years of good pay and fair
ly stable prices, found pleasure ir
books they never bought before
Today they buy few, if any. They
cut down on their magazine sub
scriptions, don't go to New York tt
see the new plays, find it hard te
dig up the dollars for a symphony
concert, give only token, if any
gift to the charity calls constantly
made upon them.
Thrift a Lost Virtue
r These are the people who NJ
onger have War Savings Bonds, wht
no longer are having deductions
made from their pay to buy new
bonds, who have stopped paying
/ cash and started buying on time
Thrift is lost virtue; the problem
is to make ends meet. A psychia
. trist could write book on the fam
, lily problems in America today aris
, ing from the current imitation.
Production and more production
we have been told, is the answer
But production is close to, if not at
Evening star., 1948-07-25
By ChoImers M. Roberts

By ChoImers M. Roberts
The keyword of the peacetime
1930s turned out to be depression "
In the same history books, it ap-
pears today, the keyword of the
peacetime 1940s will be imitation.
After World War 1 people talked
about the high cost of living and
HCL was a combination of letters
pregnant with meaning for the
American family. In the % years
since the post-World War I price
leak We have learned lot of eco
nomics terms, probed deeply into
the relationships of prices and
wages, public debt and currency
circulation and many another re-
lated subject. But We still seem to
have with us the familiar cycle of
boom ard bust"
Reds Hope for Bust
The Communists, after poking
their noses into Karl Marks dis
section of capitalist economies, tell
us the present boom leads inevitably
to the great bust they, and appar-
emily the men in the Kremlin, are
hoping for SO they can take over
a nation of malcontented citizens,
ready to turn to any cure-all.
Americans who reject the Com
munist thesis feel that the BOOM
bust cycle is not inevitable, that the
peaks and valleys of such cycles can
be leveled off, that capitalism, with
some controls exercised by the Gov
ernment, has been, is, can be ana
will be the most productive Of al!
economic systems for the greatest
number of people. We are inclined
to disagree among ourselves. OF
course. on the extent and type OF
Government controls on our econ
omv. This November's election will
measure, in a way, our feeling on
that question.
This week, as Congress meets
once again at President Truman
call, the same question is brought
into sharp focus. The President has
called the session to deal with the
high cost of living as first and
foremost problem.
Grim Evidence in Figures
The cost of living figures released
on Friday by the Labor Depart
ment's Bureau of Labor Statistics
are the grim evidence. The cost OF
food in Washington has shot OH
the graph, reaching an all-time in
dex peak or 215.4 (the years 1885
1899 are considered the normal l00)
I'D 48 per cent since the end OF
OPA in June, 1916 and up 129 per
cent since August, 1899, the last
prewar month.
/ But YOU don't have to be an
economist or look at Government
! figures to know that we're in the
boom phase of the boom-bust cycle
and that the high cost of living is
all around us. Most of us are call
ing it imitation" as we called the
bust part of the last cycle "depres-
sion" though "deflation" would have
been the comparative term.
! Our experience with the great de.