Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-02-24
BY MARGUERITE FINEFRoCK

Hiya Neighbour you can take
time out for minute we have
several little news items that
should be taken care of this morn
ing. Just lean on the snow shovel
and make yourself comfortable
First of all we must remind
YOU that the Red Cross Drive be-
gins March l Also, March l
marks the opening of the fishing
season and you sports minded
folks might like to know that the
Toledo Sports, Home and Auto
show will be held March 4-12
Eddie Moltrer is announcing the
opening of his new business,
Eddies Meats, in the Preis build
ing formerly occupied by the Kro-
ger store, scheduled for this Fri
day Bill Winnie has moved
his Radio Service and Repair bust
ness from his home on East Fifth
street to the building corner of
Lincoln and State street, the for
mer Lorenzen property now own
ed by Marvin Lundgard . Don't
forget the Cub Scout Minstrel on
Monday night Shine up your
detective badges, grab your fing'
erprint kit, call in "dear Watson"
and let's be off. Next week is
National Crime Prevention Week
=. For the guys who are feeling,
devilish, there are some pajamas
designed with an all over pattern
of red devils shoveling coal into
a miniature fire. Spotted these
at Sans the other day.
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Your Birthday. according to
astrology)-H your birthday
comes between March l and 9,
depressing Saturn will be un-
friendly from January to August,
making caution advisable during
these months. If possible post
pone important activities until
September or after, as no planet
enmity will then cause disaster.
Saturn makes persons critical
and easily vexed, and has very
restricting influence on all their
undertakings. Avoid worry and
discouragements.
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Four youthful Flying Farmers
from this county made pre-dawn
flights to Columbus at a. m.
Tuesday but when they arrived in
that city to attend the Farm and
Home Week sessions at Ohio
State University, they learned
their trips were in vain as they
were just one month too early.
Don and Jack Barnes, Rocky
Ridge, and Earl Streiffert and
Paul Haar, all of whom own their
own airplanes, were the foursome
which had its dates mixed up.
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Local Residents came close to
having a shortage of books to
read Wednesday afternoon when
the continued coal shortage be-
came so acute at City Hall that
Mayor Becker planned to close
the library, museum and several
other rooms until further notice.
A carload of coal ordered from
Tanke Coal Company had failed
to arrive and the City Halls sup
ply is almost exhausted. Later
Wednesday, city officials were able
to purchase 20 tons from a Lake
side dealer and thus the emer-
gency is averted for the time be-
ing. 1t is hoped the carload of
coal will arrive before the inter-
i'm supply is exhausted.
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A Small newspaper item dis
closed the fact that theatre in
southern Ohio had cancelled the
Ingrid Bergman film, "Under
Capricorn" and would replace it
with, "And Baby Makes Three"
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Mystery Still Surrounds the
phone call received in the News
office last week. Someone called
in and asked if we would bring
home a package of newsprint, say
ing she was q neighbor of ours.
The person who took the message
apparently didn't understand the
name, for the name that was on
the note handed us was that Of
someone living in the west end of