Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-07

hk. AL MlESSNER and Gene
Bolte couldn't wait any longer
they hauled their favorite
tackles out of winter storage
Sunday and spent the day fishing.
Perhaps it would be more accurate
to use the verb hunting" as they
spent the day trying to find spot
where the fish were biting. Doc
finally caught a carp, Bolte caught
the sniffles.
RACK in December, 1923, a
Business and Professional Wo-
mans Club was organized here by
Miss Edna Ward, of Cleveland.
Evidently it wasn't as active as
the present organization.
-JOT-
QEMEMBER when the First
Annual Homecoming Concert of
the Port Clinton Choral Society
was presented here Nov. 27, 1927,
under the direction of Mrs. Olive
Christy Kennedy? Sopranos in
cluded Bessie Bell, Luella Brough,
Leona Block, Anna Davids, Mona
DEWITT, Nellie Green, Mabel Hos
trup, Mabel Johnson, Mathilda
Jeschke, Helen Lausten, May Mar
shall, Marion Mackey, Sarah Nc
Kinley, Luetta MELLOW, Vernice
Miller, Alma Miller, Laura Mont
gomery, Hannah Pecht, Alice
Price, Anna Roth, Cora Smith,
Ferne Swartzlander, Thelma
Thrasher, Charlotte Ward, Anna
Wenger and Esther Williamson.
In the alto section were Dorothea
Belknap, Anna Christensen, Flor
ence Conley, Thelma Conley,
Rachel Culver, Juanita Cowgirl,
Freida Fostering, Della Fritsche,
Norma Fox, Halle Finefrock,
Nette Guy, Florence Hyde, Alvina
Holtcamp, Mary Lee Hyde, Edith
Hyde, Betty Ingwersen, Matte
Lutz, Laurene Long, Elsie Ohler,
Effie Perry, Matilda Pete, Ida
Roth and Alma Reuman. Among
the male vocalists were Dwight
Bowden, Emil Hostrup, Lee Regal,
Ed Starkloff, Harry Belknap, Will
lard Fritsche, Vincent Gill, Arthur
Johnson and Fred Kreutzfeld.
-JOT-
lack PETERSEN, recent Ohio
> State University graduate
and son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Petersen, East Fourth street, has
accepted a position with TWA
Anyways at it's Columbus Office.
ELTON and Jim Rarden are now
operating the Car Washing and
Beautifying Company in the build
ing at the rear of Schaefer's Res
taurant Dave and Clarence
Jeremy expect a busy season in
their marine dredging business.
Their huge crane can be seen
from the bridge as it is now being
used to repair the j. c. Heckler
boat house. Soon it will be taken
to the Catawba Cliffs Beach Club
for a lengthy dredging operation.
-JOT-
THANKS to Carl and Betty
Ingwersen (owners of Holiday
House at $40 N. E. 87th Street,
Miami, Florida) for their letter
and post card. They report that
Gaylord and Dorothy Engler Wis
tied them last Monday. "It's al
ways fun to see friends from
Ohio. This has been busy win
ter, but the season is about over
and we can begin to get back to
being lazy again." they write. We
presume Carl sent along that post
card entitled Facts N Figures"
which must have the Miami Cham
ber of Commences blessings. We
enjoyed the figures" Carl, but
we're inclined to be cynical about
the facts"
-JOT-
GORDON WILLIAMSON, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ William
sen, and a native of this city, is
making name for himself with
Swift and Company in Australia.
Cord realized the opportunities in
the Gland down under" while he
served there during the war. His
wife is a native of that country,
and their daughters were both
born in Australia. After the war,
Williamson brought his wife and