Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-11-04

plunged into Flushing Bay near
LaGuardia Airport in New York.
The son was a freshman student
at Dartmouth College. His body
was recovered from the sub
merged plane by rescue boats.
The father is president of the
Monongahela & Ohio Coal Com
pany Few of us realize that
Port Clinton is nationally famous
because of its duck marshes and
clubs. Several millionaires are
among the thousands of hunters
who come here each fall from
Chicago, New York, California,
Memphis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh
and all over the nation.
WILLS BRAITHWAITE, fore
" man of the Ottawa County
News printing department,
brought back a quantity of beech
nuts after a trip to Akron. Never
noticed the beechnut before, but
the meat is delectable. Only trou-
BILE is that the nuts are so small,
there's hardly a bite left after the
shell is removed.
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lDUANE ADAMS this week
joined the staff of Sorensen's
Grocery. The youthful husband
of the former Marilyn Sprenger,
is grandson-in-law of John
Sorensen, and is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Adams, who man.
age the Port Clinton Hardware
store. AS a youth, the former
Redskin gridder gained experience
in the grocery field when his par
ents operated Adams Market
down on State street.
lT OCAL decorator George Hines
had thrilling experience
Sunday afternoon when he caught
a 31-inch pike while fishing near
the Catawba Cliffs. That fish
breaks the hook-and-line record
held by Gene Bolte, who shared
a 2S-inch pickerel recently 4.
A write-up of last weeks Port
Clinton Rotary Club meeting, at
which Bob Taft was the speaker,
appeared in a New York newspa-
per. A friend sent clipping to
Rev. John Braun, as the story
mentioned st. Johns Lutheran
church and commented about the
scoreboard in the church which
shows 434 members on the church
rolls and 333 having attended last
weeks church services.
POBERT "Bob" Armbruster,- ra-
~ dioman first class, U. S. Navy,
722 East Third street, is a crew
member of the landing ship USS
sig now participating in joint
Navy and Marine Corps cold
weather exercises off the coast of
Labrador in the vicinity of Ham
ilton Inlet Genoa's gridders
are learning Good Sportsmanship
under Coach John Roberts but we
can't say as much for many Genoa
adults. It's really amusing how
quickly the Genoa fans forgot the
beatings Genoa teams administered
to Redskins in the days when Ge-
noa was overloaded with grid
talent. Now times have changed
but Genoa sportsmanship hasn't
improved with the years. Bill Bel
shaw was an especial target for
the Genoans, but level-headed Bill
shrugged off the jealous taunts
After the game had ended, Bel
shaw and Scotty Franck compli.
mented the Genoa gridders or
their play.
MR.. and Mrs. Dudley Sparks
AVA Erie Gardens, are justly
proud of their new home, nearing
completion along Route 1853 near
Oak Harbor. Sparks has done
most of the construction work
himself, and is always busy with
a hammer and saw during his
spare hours. Dud is an expert
carpenter, and the new home and
furnishings are examples of his
skill. Sparks is also designing and
making most of the furniture fol
the home, including bedroom and
dining room suites.
FANCY dress won't be in style
Saturday night in the business
district, so don't be surprised il
you see your neighbor in overalls
and plaid shirt, and his wife ir
jeans and kerchief. They'll be en-
route to the armory where the
Beta Sigma Phi sorority Exem'
plars will stage an old-fashioned
Barn Dance for the public. There
are only seven Exemplars in the
local chapter, but the girls are
workers and you can rest assured
that the dance will be big sue
cess and that the armory will bt
appropriately decorated. Barr
dances are the current craze
throughout the country, and are
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