Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-17
BY MARGUERITE FINEFRoCK

, BY MARGUERITE FINEFROCE
Hiya Neighbor-Several week.
ago we were complaining herr
about the motorist who parks hi.
car directly on the cross-walk!
while waiting for the traffic ligh
to change, leaving the pedestrian
one Of two alternatives for man
euvering the crossing on foot
Either he can detour round il
back of the car saying uncompli.
mentary things under his breath
or he can walk out and around
the front Of the car giving the
driver a dirty look as he does so
All of which accomplishes moth.
ing.
During the past week Neal
O'Hara, whose column "Pull Up A
Chair" appears daily in the To.
ledo Blade, tells how he solved
the situation when he met UP with
a cross-walk parker. He simply
"opened the rear door of the car,
walked over the feet and legs of
couple, informed them they
were parked on a cross walk,
opened the other door, slammed il
shut and blithely walked on"
And then he cited another in
stance where a laborer was con-
fronted with the same situation
and when the lady motorist told
him it was none of mis- business
when he asked "How come 2"
solved the problem in his own
quaint way. He simply stepped
on the running board, hob-nailed
shoes and all, then onto the fend-
er, walked across the hood and
went down the other side, leav-
ing plenty of scratched paint be-
hind. Both are good ideas anG
maybe someday, if we get up
enough courage, We'll try one.
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If You Have a television set,
and if this reaches you by Thurs
day afternoon, and if you are in
terested, you will have an oppor-
tunity to see Maria Miller, who
conducts dancing classes here
each week in Carpenters Union
Hall, when she appears as a spec
ial guest at 5:45 on the television
show "Rising Stars" over station
Cleveland.
She will present classical
ballet, Dance Of the Flowers"
from Tschaikowsky's Nut Crack
er Suite. She was asked to ap-
pear on the program because of
the unusual and distinctive talents
shown by group of her students
who recently danced on this pro-
gram. A representative of the
dance studio says that they hope
to present some Port Clinton STU
dents on television when they
have had the proper amount of
training and are ready for such
an appearance.
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The HablitZel Company's open
house last week end was a decid-
ed success. 1t was estimated that
1000 persons visited the store
during the two-day celebration and
that 1,500 tickets were deposited
by folks who were interested in.
trying their luck for the major
which, incidentally, be-
came the proptry of Mrs. Marilyn
Haynes, Catawba The Music
Mothers will realize approximate
ly $675 as a result of their In
door Carnival held last month.
Through their various money max
ing activities this year it is hop
ed that another 81 1000 can be add
ed to the fund being built up for
the purchase of new band uniforms
in the future.
II -l--Il-
Our Congratulations to the Viii
lage Players, of Lakeside, whose
presentation of three one-act plays
last Friday night in Orchestra
Hall provided the audience wifi
several hours of enjoyable enter
tainment. This was the first ar-
pearance of the group and the
first time any of the members Of
the cast had ever been on a stage
in the role of thespian, we we'o
told. They did an excellent job
and much credit is due Mrs.
Claude Brown who directed the
plays. Members Of the cast Of
81 Know George Washington"
We're Miss Alta Smith, Mrs. Roy
Estep, Mrs. H. w. Courtney, Mrs.
Richard Kelly, Mrs. Ralphe Sau-
vcy, Mrs. H. w. Hall and Mrs.
Rodney Darby. For The Love Of
Michael was well cast with Mrs.
Roy Estep, Mrs. Robert Belt and
Miss Eleanor DUR playing the
roles. Appearing in the rollick-
ing comedy, "Sardines" We're Mrs.
William Brown, Mrs. Virgil Her-