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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09

ment. Watching such a sight, il
was impossible not to recall other
events in history when the same
flags were carried to glorious vic
tory. Without a doubt, the In
ternational Memorial will become
an annual event and you can ex-
pect national figures at 1951's
ceremony. Words cannot describe
the beauty and feeling-plan nov
to be at Put-in-Bay for next
years rites.
NEXT Friday, June 16, marks
l the 175th anniversary of the
founding of the Corps of Engi-
neers, U. S. Army. 1t was on
that date in 1775 that the Con-
tinental Congress, acting on the
urgent request of General Wash
ington, resolved that there should
be appointed one Chief Engineer
and two assistants. He appoint
ed Colonel Richard Gridley of
Massachusetts, whose first job was
throwing up the defenses at Bunk
er Hill and whose second act was
to throw down his shovel and join
in the fighting that followed.
-JOT
MAUNA LOA'S volcanic e1up-
A'A tions this week have been
of especial interest to quite a few
local people who have visited tht
"Big Island" of Hawaii in the
Territory of Hawaii. Many of the
tiny villages on the Kona coast
have been evacuated as the hot
lava rock poured down the noun
tain at a speed as high as 40
miles an hour. After the erup-
ton in 1915, it appeared that sub
sequent eruptions could cause
little damage as mile after mile
of countryside was covered with
the reddish black lava. We flew
over the volcano while it was erup-
ting that year, and the crater re-
sembled red hot blast furnace.
Jean Hauser, now teaching school
in Oregon, taught school in Kona
shortly after the war, and was
there when the tidal wave struck
nearby Hilo. Among other local
veterans who "knew" Mauna Loa
during the war were Bill Elliott,
Keith Montgomery, jim Heckert,
Bill Thompson, Buzz" Pieblow,
Bill Chapman, Bill MCGOWAN, Hl.
A. l.. Miessner. Mrs. Ray Lam
bert was in Hawaii during Janu-
airy, but the volcano was behav-
ing itself then.
-: :-:--
DUT-IN-BAY business people
expect a good year with tn
d & C liners, Eastern and West
ern States, due to bring eXcul-
sionists to the island in addition
to the Mystic Isle ana Miller Boat
Livery ferries and the Peninsula
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09
SCOUTS AT BAY

Leader Don Sanders and four
members Of Kiwanis Boy Scout
Troop 30S, John and Frank Rein
heimer, David Miller and Gary
Howerth, spent the weekend on an
outing at Put-in-Bay. Elmore and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09

THE hundreds of spectators who
were lucky enough to witness
the international Memorial ser
vices, presented by Canadian and
American Legionnaires at Perry's
Memorial monument in Putin
Bay, Sunday, will never forget the
spectacularly beautiful ceremony.
Everyone felt humble as they saw
the scores of American and Cana
dian flags held by Legionnaires
standing in mass formation across
the spacious steps at the monu
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09

QOBERT Bob" Teeman, Oak
- Harbor, a director of the Buck
eye Horsepulling Association, Inc,
is helping arrange the first annual.
Championship Horsepulling Con-
test this Sunday, June IL, at the
Fort Miami Fairgrounds, Mau-
NEE. With over 100 teams in both
heavy and light weight classes
entered, the field will be one OF
the finest in the Associations his
tory.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09

Of the tourist influx, the business
places are cleaning under new
paint and renovations. All the
popular spots are booming. Sue
Snyder is back at the piano in
Chick Linker's Crescent Hotel
bar; Lavina Greunke continues to
pack 'em in at her Round House
Bar in the Park Hotel; jim Poul-
os has a new Negro pianist at his
Jim's Place; Cooper's Winery and
restaurant seems more beautiful
than ever, Roy and Mary Webster
are once again presiding at their
traditional Castle Inn. Tony Ira
verso and his family are keeping
things humming at Tony's Place,
while Harry Heineman and family
are busy at their winery and cave.
Lavina Greunke has some new
songs, incidentally. You'll like
"Bilge Water Sue" and "Mr. Sears
and Roebuck".
MANY local sports fans will
A be in Cleveland Friday night,
june 80, to see the Indians tangle
with the Detroit Tigers. Port
Clinton American Legion Post t13
has sponsored a bus for the trip
and the Erie Ordnance Welfare
Council has two buses scheduled
for the evening.
-JOT
EDWARD NAU, one of the
high school juniors who will
attend Boys State at Camp Perry
starting Saturday, is whistling
that once popular tune "All I
want for Christmas is my Two
Front Teeth. Eddie had perfect
teeth until late Sunday afternoon
when his two front teeth were
broken off in an accident at the
Athletic Field. Jack Easton ami
Nau had chased a ball over the
fence, and while Eddie was crawl
ing back under the wire, the az
cident happened.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-06-09
| J0TTINGs ..... .
| OFF The CUFF
BY RAY SPERBER

I OIS FETTERMAN and Louis
Warner were winners of BIZ
cycles awarded by the Junior
Women's Club Saturday night at
the armory barn dance to help
purchase a public address system
for the new elementary school
Arthur Wohlers, native of
Danbury and graduate of Bowling
Green State University, is princi-
pal of Washington Court House
high school, where Bill Cotner,
grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Cotner, Monroe Street, was one
of 95 graduates at commencement
Thursday evening. Bill is also q,
native of Port Clinton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-09

tons throughout the city: Key
West High School girls who did
? swell lob OF dressing dolls: Key
West High Choral for their ex-
cellent programs at Bayview
Park: The Musicians Union
who furnished music at the
Xmas trees: The many churches,
civic and fraternal organizations
and Laborers Unions
It would take hours to give
credit and praise to the MAN, m
dividuals who gave unstintingly
Ct their time and effort to the
seccess of this most worthy UNI
dertsking.
Please let me say to all, / am
sure God will bless you for your
spirit of good will toward your
fellowmen. A good deed well
done and as a recompense, may
this be the happiest of all your
Happy New Years.
Again, thanks million.
PAIL q. ALBURY,
Chairman,
Xmas Relief Committee
Key West, Fla,
Jan. Z, 1850.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-09
George |. Sands
With Ordnance
Company In Japan


WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
YOKOHAMA, Japan.-Pvt. Geo.
L. Sands, son of Mrs Wilhelmina
Sands, 3l4 Virginia ST., Key West
Florida. is now serving as file
clerk win the 577fh Ordnance
Service Company.
Stationed in Yokohama, Japan's
major port city and seat of the
headouarters of the Eighth Army,
Private Sends is filling an essen
tial job with the Army's Occupa-
tionaI Forces. His company oper-
ates the Hokushin Field Main
tenance Shops, where vehicles
of the Yokohama Motor Com
mand are serviced and repaired.
To occupy his leisure hours, he
has access to theaters, clubs,
libraries, evening classes, a GYM
nasium, bowling alleys, volley
ball and tennis courts, a golf
/ course, as we'll as the picturesque
scenery of this ancient country.
Entering the Army in October
l948, he arrived in Japan in
January, 1949,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-09

AtiE ttllEen.
4 etFdial invitation 3, extend
- e vpo % attend as our guest
Naln~ide political rally al the
aalseam N Orlando. THURSDAY.
tenuafy ~. from $50 70 Gao
Nh 81 which Representative
teefsf a. smafhers win be the
isaiHred speaker.
y fsn cannot personally attend
e designate a staff represen-
Ntt uf your paper 70 cover the
nHeiine Il viii be our pleasure
/" nav hotel expenses Of your
representative during his stay in
NI|nndn.
tnilaWlng the rally there viii
~ pres' conference at which
Representative Smathers will
Heet tee pres.
F'fase advise us whether il
en- D. nnssihle for YOU or your
representative 20 be ure-ent
NIXON RTrTT
For Friends Of
George Smathers.
30 2 losa.
AT Fast Pine St.
Orlando. Fla.
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WEATHER REPORT IS
SEALED IN SAN PEDRO

SAN PEDRO. Calif.--tF1.--1
Sunny the zeal Is acquiring a
reputation as weather prophet
among harbor workmenl here.
Hes a reliable sun and smog de-
teetor.
On foggy days harbormen keep
an eve on SUNNY, When the sleek,
semi-tame beast pops out of the
water to his favorite piling, they
know that the sun is about to
break through. He usually antici-
pates it by half an hour,
But if eye-smarting sn1og is in
the air, Sunny refuses to leave
the water, even for the lure of a
sun bath. He Just swims around
swapping up choice morsels his
human friends toss to him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-09
THANKS RESIDENTS
Eliifr. Tho Citizen.

Edifnr. The Citizen:
Please ellow me space in your
paper 10 express my most sincere
aupfecisi ion and heartfelt thanks
a. a. e those who contributed in
erv way o. TIE success of the
Community Xmas Relief. It was
3 privilege and pleasure to
work with suen a fine outstand-
lhn group.
The willing cooperative spirit
nas something 10 be admired.
The excellent work by the
fifemen a No. station in re-
rairinp trvs. The Kew West Citi-
am and station W. X. w. F. for
ihe wonderful pt bli ity. Earl R.
Adams for his outstanding artic-
ifs % appeal Boy SCOTS of
Iruup No. 81 who assisted in
aaihering toys and Scoutmaster
Tons Martinez who served as
Santa Claus: Navy Wives Glib
10. ga. fleet Reserve Association
AuKilisFy Key West Garden
CLUB wh0 attended the Kettle on
DuVsl Street and made solieita-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-09

HENRY G. DOOLEY,
Deputy Director
Fl Lauder4ale, Fla,
Jan. 6, 1850
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THANKS THE CITIZEN

Editor, The Citizen:
In behalf of the Treasury,
MANY thinks to you for allowing
the u, S. Savings Ban4s news to
oecupy page one in The Citizen.
When | think of the numbers of
Monroe County residents who
were obliged to subsist on WPA
from 1888 on. personally am
tremendously impressed to learn
that Messrs. Trevor, Shaw and
Smith currently induce the same
-n9nle to invest more than $685.
600 per month in building up
their own personal, financial Sc
curity.
Thank you also for using the
quotes in the final paragraph of
the story. It seems that some of
the people go down to the bank
and cash in their bonds sixty
days after they have started TO
buy them. The last paragraph of
the story is intended to detract
from this procedure which. of
course. is lust a waste of time
and needless expense.
For vour information ! UNDER
stand that the three gentlemen
named in the newspaper story
are going to analvze bond rec
ords and confer with the few in
dividuals who habitually buy the
bonds only to cash them.
u So YOU see your story was very
helpful to all of us and if am
able to get back to Cayo Hueso in
June, I shall certainly drop in on
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The NationHl Geographic So
cietv saws Christmas Island is the
largest atcll in the Pacific ocean
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-09

There are about 900 subsidiary
craters on Mount Etna besides
the main crater at the top.
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,,nu with any news may have
available.
Evening star., 1950-10-22

career along independent lines and with
great success. He served in the House
OF Representatives from Ohio from 1855
to 1861, and in the Senate, from 1861 to
1877, then was Secretary of the Treas
ury for four years and returned to the
Senate for the period between 1881 and
1897. His term as William McKinley's
premier" was spoiled by "humiliating
weakness OF memory which incapacitated
him for functioning out of his usual rou-
tine" But despite his relative failure as
head of the State Department, Mr. Sher-
man left name which has endured-if
only in regard to the Antitrust Act
which he sponsored in $780, The Stars
verdict on his life was that "he was
man worthy to stand in the front rank
of the Nation makers"
The Star of October Is, 1900, said
Shortly after o'clock last night Mar
Useless and her ride of 1000
BrutoI Contest miles on bicycle at
Valley Stream, Long
Island She has been paced throughout
in this useless and brutal contest by
friends and members of the Century
Road Club of America, all of whom
assert that she has covered the distance
she is credited with. If so, Miss Cast
has broken all road records for that
distance. made by either man or woman"
Time consumed was 222 hours and 5la
minutes The Stars correspondent
seemed to believe that the public dis
approved of women exerting themselves
on long-distance bicycle rides. His COM
NnPnt c1NSp1 with tho atanonYof thot.
Miss Casts trainers denied that in
jections of cocaine or morphine had
been given to the woman" When Miss
Cast attempted to ride an additional
500 miles. deputy sheriff stopped her
with a threat of punishment under a
State law prohibiting racing more than
IL hours in a. The actual distance she
travelled on her bike up to the moment
when the law interferred was 2,625 miles.
The Star for October 18, 1900, report
ed: "At last evenings weekly meeting OF
\, the Board of Educa-
no more ton it was decided to
Home Work! do away with the re-
quirement for home
study in the case of all pupils under the
sixth grade and to reduce the hours of
study in the higher grades, including the
high school, as much as possible This
action was the outcome of long dis
cussion held behind closed doors and
was said to have been based on the
recommendation of Supt. Stuart and his
assistants, who have had the subject
under copsideration for some time. 1t
was the general sentiment of the school
authorities that the present system de-
Evening star., 1950-10-22

while 95 per cent of those interviewed
asserted belief in God only 80 per cent
declared that their religious beliefs had
any real effect On their political and bus
mess attitudes. In summing up the
situation, the reviewers said: The sue
cess of communism Is the result Of the
failure of Christians who have forgot
ten the revolutionary demands of their
faith" The revolutionary demands have
evaporated into mild and manageable
version that makes people comfortable,
winks at pagan practices and blunts
sensitiveness to anything that hurts men
and women and little children. The
large percentage who admitted that their
religious beliefs did not color their politi-
cal or business attitudes would, neverthe-
less, expect to be put in the category of
the religious.
A modern novelist eloquently described
the religion of one Of her characters In
the sentence: She had God on her Wis
iting list" How aptly that jibe sug-
gests the widespread formal, polite, con-
ventionality which so often masquerades
as religion. 1t was said in the obituary
notice of an English squire: He was not
interested In religion. But in all other
respects he was a consistent Protestant"
II one really believes in God, he will
automatically face every day, every
responsibility. every task, both private
and public, In the spirit Of $50 help me,
Evening star., 1950-10-22
More Than q Parkway

1t is welcome news that the Baltimore
washington Parkway has survived the economy
operations being carried out at the Budget Bureau
by congressional edict. This road, when COM
pleted, will be more than a parkway for the
pleasure of the motoring public 1t will be vital
contribution to the safety of traffic between
Baltimore and Washington as we'll as highway
OF definite military value in an emergency
The Budget Bureau has allotted SIS million
from impounded park funds for resuming work
on the parkway, the Baltimore -Jessup section of
which Is being built by Maryland. The Federal
Government began grading its part of the high
way during World War II, but work halted when
the war ended. The release of funds will make 1t
possible to proceed with bridge construction and
other major preliminary work
Construction of the parkway will provide
traffic relief for the parallel Baltimore Pike
U. S. Route y, which, In the Washington
Baltimore stretch, has become one of the more
dangerous main highways in the country. The
money spent in building the parkway will be
worthwhile investment from the accident
prevention standpoint alone.
Evening star., 1950-10-22

tically and trelessly into his Job Of building up
the Nations military power in the shortest period
possible. He gave unstintingly of his time and
energy during the darkest days of the conflict
and until victory had been won He never
regretted having been party to the decision
to use the atomic bomb in a climactic move to
bring the war to a quick end. He conSoled
himself with the fact that use of the bomb
probably saved thousands of American lives.
The heart attack which he suffered not long
after retiring from public service quite probably
was aggravated by the physical@and mental strain
of five years of grueling active duty as civilian
head of the greatest American military machine
in history. He recovered from that attack
sufficiently to resume writing on the subject
dearest to his heart-national defense for peace.
His wise counsel will be missed In the still
troubled era which he leaves behind him.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Steady, Gentlemen!

In your issue dated October 13, there
appears letter from Mr.. Modjadidi of
the Royal Afghanistan Embassy, in which
he has officially stated that no Afghan
troops took part "in any action against
Pakistan." Although allegedly Afghan
troops have taken no part in the action,
the action came from the Afghanistan
side OF the border, and when the raiders
were pursued they fled back into Afghani-
stan territory to seek shelter.
1t is strange movement for freedom
which speaks with no voice except that
OF the Afghan official clique, and has no
existence except in the fevered imagina-
ton OF these champions of liberty who
keep their own people under an anachro
nlstic medieval tyranny, and who run the
government of Afghanistan not as a
public agency but as a family business.
L. Ahmad Ansari
Press Attache, Embassy of Pakistan.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain, United States Senate.

Cod" making that not pious ejacula-
tion, but fervent supplication. 1t can
not help but mold every thought and
action if, out of an inner faith and a
satisfying sense of deep reserves, we say,
SO help me, God' in the glorious per-
sonal sense in which Sidney Lanier. gall
lantly fighting tuberculosis cried out
by so many roots as the marsh grass
sends in the sod,
I will heartily lay me hold on the
greatness of God"
Robert Louis stevenson was no naive
believer in secondhand religion, nor a
contender for orthodoxy. Yet, in his
long -drawn-out battle against disease
which was sapping his physical strength,
he laid hold on the greatness of God.
Describing a decisive stage in his souls
career, he testified: II came about like a
well-handled ship. There stood at the
wheel that unknown steersman whom we
call God"
The Apostle Paul said, whether we
eat or whether we drink, or whatsoever
we do, we should do it unto Him" BY
that whatsoever" he meant, whether
we work or whether we play, whether we
rule state or rock cradle, we are to
do it as unto God. How drab and boring
life can be if. like a galley slave, we 60
on with any kind Of task, even the most
loWly. and never see the light of God
upon it. A steady awareness of the di-
vine, great prophet has declared, is
by far the best and most important thing
that ever can happen to us in this world;
and to miss it is the ultimate tragedy.
That awareness of the Living God trans
forms life utterly and imparts to it a
depth and a dignity unknown before. 1t
is far and away the most vital experience
that ever can happen to one
An ecclesiastical tag tells little about
persons religion. To be genuinely re-
ligious is to face every experience, every
toll, in the spirit of four lines which
breathe the reverential awe of our four
words:
Thou Life within my life, than self
more near,
Thou yelled Presence infinitely clear,
From all elusive shows of sense flee
To find my center and my rest in
Thee"
Here is white altar for the prayc~
SO help me, God.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Spires Of the Spirit r.
So Hell p Me, God

so help me. Cod. That quartet of
mighty monosyllables is the solemn con-
clusion OF the oath of allegiance taken
by every citizen of the Nation who as
sumes public Office. If those now carry
ing the responsibilities of the executive
the legislative and the judicial phases
OF our Government could be called
together for a mass meeting and should
be asked to repeat in concert the words
uttered individually when they took over
their Office, what deafening affirmation
would be heard, so help me, Cod.
In the Nations Capital a man of
blameless integrity was appointed to
head an important commission. Having
Just taken the oath of Office, he turned
to preside at the first meeting of the
body. to the carrying out of whose func-
tlons he had just dedicated all his
powers, calling upon the Almighty to
witness. his determination. AS he as
sumed the chair his first words indicated
that he was under the stress of great
emotion. He stood silently for moment,
when assuming some governmental as
signment, ! have repeated that oath; but,
somehow, never did it seem to mean to
LIlc WlldL III uOeS GIllS llOuI. L WOulQ ike
to begin the first session of this body
by repeating with all my heart those
last four words. SO help me, God. That
means that there is flag of final allegi-
ance lifted above the national ensign. It
means that the affairs, the methods the
goals of the Nation are all under God
No official. from the President on
through the list of public servants, ends
his oath to uphold the Constitution with,
so help me, the United States of
America, but with SO help me. God'".
These four rugged one syllable. Anglo
Saxon words suggest moral climate in
which certain things simply cannot live
such as compromise which crucifies
principles shoddy workmanship which
betrays ones best, cowardly expediency
which is treason to the highest integrity.
But these words, $50 help me, God,
can mean everything or nothing In all
human relationships there is no more
important question today than: How
much do they mean?
A recent survey conducted by popu-
lar American magazine showed that