Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-07-08
J0TTINGS 1881
OFF THE CUFF
By RAY SPERBER


house any evening from Wednes-
day through Sunday to see the
plays being presented by the
Bowling Green State University
Players. The group got off to a
grand start last week with John
Loves Mary" This weeks play
is Tina" a comedy written by
Academy Award Winner Robert
Finch. You'll be surprised at the
finish of the players and the all
around excellence of the produc-
tions being directed by Frederick
Walsh.
URUGS BUNNY" has nothing
on the local wild rabbit
which visits the yard of Mrs. C.
w. Zehner, East Fifth street, be-
tween seven and eight every morn
ing. This rabbit will hop right
past a patch of lettuce to eat cher
ries which the birds knock down
from a tree at the Zehner pro-
perty. Mrs. Zehner reports that
this bunny with the unusual ap-
petite shifts around in the grass
until it discovers a cherry. Grab
, bing the juice morsel in its mouth,
the rabbit pushes up on its back
feet and uses it's front paws to
help devour the fruit. Nope-it
doesn't swallow the pits, but care
fully spits them out before hunt
ing another cherry. The rabbit
seems to know that the birds are
in the trees early in the morning,
as it is then that it makes it's
visit-eating nearly two dozen
cherries before it hops away to
enjoy it's burps.,
-JOT-
IT'S now Atty Frederick Nissen,
of the Minnesota Bar. The only
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mis-
sen, East Second street, last Tues
day was notified that he had sue
cessfully passed the Minnesota
exam taken in April. Fred is a
graduate of P. G. H.. s., Ohio
Wesleyan University and the
Western Reserve Law School. With
his wife and family, Nissen now
lives in Minneapolis.
-JOT-
THOUSANDS of spectators, in
- cluding many visitors, jammed
Perry Street and Waterworks
Park, Monday evening, to enjoy
the fireworks display presented by
the Chamber of Commerce MEM
bers. Everyone agreed that the
new fireworks display area is far
superior and much safer than the
East Perry street area former
ly used. Ice cream vendors had a
field day, selling ice cream sand
wiches to the warm spectators.
Regular and special police had a
busy night, directing traffic and
pedestrians, so that everything
ran smoothly. The fireworks could
be seen for miles, thus they were
enjoyed by many area residents
who never left their homes.
-JOT-
CONSERVATION Expert John
- Anderson acknowledges that
more wild ducks have nested here
this spring than in many years,
but we wonder if he can give us
the answer why some of the duck
lings are being found within the
city limits. A week-old duckling
was discovered in the back yard
at the Orville Easton home, Full
ton street, Sunday afternoon. An
other duckling was found wander
ing alone in a west end ditch. The
drought may cause the wildlife to
come to the city in search OF
something to drink-and we mean
feathered wildlife in this case!
DATROLMAN Lloyd Rahm is
earning the nickname of
Turtle" and not because he's
slow. In his spare time Lloyd
traps turtles in a marsh near
Sandusky Bay. Sunday his nets
yielded IA huge mossybacks-the
total weight nearing $50 pounds.
The patrolman salts some of the
turtle meat in the deep freeze for
turtle soup next winter.
-JOT -
COACH HOWARD JONES is
getting that deep sun tan from
working at the East Harbor State
Park this summer. Arlo Shively
is also a part-time worker at the
park. One of the four lifeguards
on duty is Don Rhodes, former
Redskin gridder. Dick and Roland
Stuckey are also park employees
High School Principal B. H.
Corthell once again is manager of
the Senior All Camp at Kelleys
Island which opens Monday and
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