Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-05

By MARGUERITE FINEFRoCK

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Hiya NeighbOr - The curtain
was raised this week on the first
act of the annual, and eagerly an
ticipateG, production of Spring.
The stage has been set for some
time, the green grass carpet nice
ly laid, the forsythia and jonquils
blooming in their proper places.
In fact all the props, necessary
to good show destined for long
run, have been ready for the open.
ing these many days. And the
audience had become somewhat
impatient for the weatherman di-
rector to give the high sign indi-
eating that the show was ready to
start. So sit quietly in your seats
and don't interrupt the action on
the stage lest the director decides
to cancel the act and substitutes
another weeks run of Winter.
which was a good enough show
while it lasted but got little
monotonous along toward the end.
But now that Spring" has opened,
belated as it is, we hope it will
have a long and successful run on
the Broadway of Port Clinton.
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Monday, May s may be just an
other day in your busy life but
five years ago it was a most i'm
portant day in all our lives for it
was We day and marked the be-
ginning of the end of World War
III. You might take time out,
Monday, to give thought to the
significance of the day. It's so
easy to forget.
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The Ohio Public Service Co. is
no more! AS of May l it be-
came Ohio Edison Co., the big
q. +. 5. sign on the building hav-
ing been taken down last Satur-
day to make way for the new
name. Correctly speaking, we
must refer to it as Ohio Edison
Go. but We'll bet that folks will
go along for sometime saying such
things as "I'll meet you on the
o. Z. S. corner" or mail this
letter on the o. p. S. corner" or
IL saw it in the 0. p. S. window"
Yes, it will take a long time TO
get used to the new name.
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The Mechanical Man who per-
formed in the Maytag Co. window
all last Saturday drew many in
terested spectators, particularly
among the children. 1t was a.
clever bit Of advertising and the
fellow was a most accomplished
entertainer, without so much as
uttering a word. Youngsters as
well as grownups had difficulty at
first making up their minds wheth-
er he was real or not. One young
ster said, "Aw, he's not a real
man, my Dad said so," and that
seemed to settle the question as
far as he was concerned.
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Magruder Hospital Guild is
holding a bake sale this Saturday
morning at the Gas Co. Office.
Members are reminded to bring
baked goods and the public is re-
minded to stop in and buy of their
wares. Proceeds Of the sale will
be used to help purchase new sew
ing machines and other equipment
needed by the Guild.
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Here's A bit of Minstrel Show
news to hang on the back fence,
as contributed by M. j. Edwards.
We quote, Sunday Director Hal
McCuen, of Mansfield, had as his
guest Mr.. j. Greenstein, of Ger
many. Mr.. Greenstein is a pro-
fessional producer and director of
European stage productions and
made several suggestions to give
the show professional touch.
He was surprised at the quality Of
entertainment found in p. c., but
was assured that this is an 'cx.
ceptioral town. "The fame
of the Minstrel reached South
Bend, Indiana, this week when
Mr.. r. Schoenberger, advertising
manager of Drewry's Ale was in
town to confer with the commit
tee relative to making a record