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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
WILL ERECT new
BUILDING SOON
Plan Structure Behind Wa
terwOrks AS Need In
creaseS With Rush

Declaring that the comfort sta
ton free trade in his service sta
tion was getting out of hand,
Robert Kennedy, operator of the
Kennedy Cities Service Station,
jefferson at Perry, Tuesday eve-
ming appealed to city council for
immediate relief.
Kennedy, backed by Rube Fill.
more, who operates a filling sta
ton at Monroe and Perry, and
George Schade, representing the
Chamber of Commerce, asked that
public comfort station be built
at once to provide accommoda-
tions for the hundreds of vaca-
tionists, tourists, and townspeople
who have no place to go.
Kennedy declared that it keeps
one OF his men busy cleaning his
stations restrooms every morn
ing, and checking the "free trade"
in and out. He told council that
hundreds Of people use his rest
rooms each week, and that he's
only too glad to be of service but
that the condition is now beyond
u.s..
Schade, speaking for the Cham
ber of Commerce, asked that y
public comfort station be built
in the business district. He add
ed that gas station operators
"are rushed" with persons seek
ing comfort, especially since the
comfort station behind the water
works was closed.
"As a vacation town, we have
a responsibility to our visitors. In
behalf of The Chamber of Com
merce, we request that a public
comfort station be constructed"
Schade said.
Fillmore told council that the
same condition exists at his fill
ing station, and that some "free
customers" even eat their picnic
lunches while parked in his drive
way, and scatter papers and gar
bage around the place.
Kennedy reported that the stu
alton has been much more severe
since the ball field was opened
at the Waterworks Park. Many
persons waiting to board the Mys-
tic Isle, fishing along the piers
or stopping at the Information
Booth, also stand in line to use
his toilets.
Told that the city does provide
comfort stations in the City Hall,
! Kennedy, Schade and Fillmore
stated that the city hail is too far
"off the beaten path" for most
passersby.
II don't think it is my duty to
provide public rest room," Ken
nelly told the councilmen, "but if
the city will build comfort sta
tion, I'll gladly be the first to
give $4,000 towards it's cost"
Later, Mr.. Kennedy offered to
put up sign reading Public
Comfort Station, in front of his
gasoline station. "I'll keep it
clean and sanitary, too-if the city
will reimburse me-" he stated.
Council was puzzled if such an ac-
ton would be legal.
William Crohen, superintend-
ent of the waterworks, said that
there are sewer facilities avail
able behind the waterworks, and
that the Waterworks Board would
furnish materials for such a pub
lie comfort station-if the city
would provide labor for it's con-
struction.
The former comfort station was
closed because persons using it's
facilities were often careless, un-
sanitary and walked off with any,
thing they could steal.
If the proposed comfort sta
tion is built, only the barest es-
sentials will be provided-auto-
matically flushing toilets and no
wash bowls. The park commit
tee will continue it's investigation.
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
Local Woman Is
Polio Suspect

Mrs. Homer Lengacker, 80, Erie
Gardens, was taken to Maumee
Valley Hospitals Contagious
Disease Unit Wednesday after
noon, via Gerner & Wolf ambu-
lance, where her case is being
treated as polio suspect.
Mrs. Lengacker and her family
have resided at 721 "B" street
since last December. Previously,
the family lived in Route /.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
OLD TIMERS ELECT

Mrs. Roy Kauble, Marion, has
been elected president of the
Lakeside Old Timers, succeeding
the Rev. E. M. Lewis, Penney
Farms, Florida. Rev. l.. B. Brad
rick, Lakeside, is vice president,
Mrs. A. B. Jones, Delaware, sec
retary, and Mrs. William r.
Brown, Lakeside, treasurer.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

Hawking Leaves
For Far East Duty

Captain Kenneth Hawking,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Hawking, Perry street, leaves
Tuesday enroute to San Fran
cisco where he will report for
duty in the Far East. With his
family, he has been visiting
local relatives during the past
month.
Captain Hawking, who has
served eight years with the
Field Artillery in the Army, has
been on 80 days leave from his
base at Blacksburg, Virginia.
His wife and children will re-
main in Port Clinton during his
overseas service.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC

Late Sunday afternoon Sheriff
Merriam Budd and deputies assist
ed in directing the heavy traffic
east of Port Clinton when the
highways became congested with
hundreds Of automobiles which
were leaving the East Harbor
State Park, Lakeside, Catawba
Island and other points of the
Lake Erie Vacationland of this
area.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
Judges Enjoy
Island Outing

Ger 80 members of the North
western Ohio Probate Judges AS
sociation enjoyed their annual
outing and lake tour to Putin
Bay and the other Lake Erie ISL
ands Tuesday.
Judge P. w. Gulau Of the OF
tawa County Probate Court was
in charge of arrangements. The
trip was made by special charter
ed boat from Catawba Island.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
FILLING STATION men
ENTER COMPLAINTS
New Phones Listed
For This Exchange

Thirty-two new subscribers or
number corrections of the North
ern Ohio Telephone Company are
listed this week in an advertise
ment in this issue of the News.
AS the new phone directory does
not carry these new subscribers
or changes, it is advisable to clip
the advertisement and paste it in
your directory for future refer
ence.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

THE NEWS is prepared to
do your JOB PRINTING on
a basis of Good Workman
ship and Good Service at
Fair Prices. Phone 5271.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12

a tree. Soon the Indian took off on
the run again, with the white man
after him This little act was re-
peated several times, till young Dan
concluded that the Indians gun must
not be loaded So he ran boldly UP
to quite near the Indian. at this
the Indian raised his gun and fired.
But young Dan had realized his
mistake just in time TO bring his own
gun into action, and both guns were
discharged simultaneously. Both
men received mortal wounds, and
both died in very short time.
This is given as the source of the
name of the second mountain ridge,
known today as Dams Mountain"
The naming of the next ridge of
mountains came about in connec-
ton with this same man and his
battles with the Indians. This is
Savage Mountain" or as it is some
times called TBig Savage Noun
tain" l have heard that many truck
drivers feel that the name is very
appropriate, and | have wondered
if that was perhaps the way it got
its name. But the real name goes
back to the Native American" so
often referred to as the Savage"
1t seems that Colonel Cressap
chased the Indians time after time,
but that there was a definite limit
the border of this particular noun
tain. Here, the Indian was unques-
tionally still in command. The for
est was deep and formidable and
the terrain rough, giving the Red
Man his ideal hideout, and he used
it to its very best advantage In
troublesome times, after dark, the
deep glens of the mountain passes
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12

columns about his activities here
in this valley, so today we want to
follow him to his later home But
first of all, brief summary up to
that time.
It was while Colonel Cressap was
living at his home at the old fort,
built over spring at the site of
the present house known as Long
Meadows, that he attempted to es-
tablish his claim to land on this bank
of the Susquehanna in the name of
Maryland He was trapped there in
a sort of fort surrounded by rep
resentatives of the Colony of Pen
SylVania The fort burned and he
was carried away to Philadelphia.
He was subsequently released and
returned to his home His Fort
here was a real retreat for the set
tiers of this section during the many
Indian wars.
But he moved further west, out
of what is now Washington County,
and built what was called a more
formidable" fort near the north
branch of the Potomac, at a place
that has born a number of names,
most often, "Skipton" and odd
town." and an early name, Shawnee
Old Town" Here, at distance OF
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12

several hundred yards from the riv-
er, he built stone house, of mas
sive walls, with two rooms, each
room measuring twenty feet square
He came to own large tracts Of land
on both sides Of the river. And al
this new location he raised a fam
lily that in later generations became
numerous.
Cressap himself was described as
a man of great bodily strength and
of high intellect He engaged in
many battles with the Indians, lead
ing these personally, and it was his
indomitable spirit that led to vic
tory.
There is a very interesting story
about the death of one of his sons,
Daniel. The family, and his stout
hearted friends, had engaged in con-
flict with a band of Indians that had
made a sneak attack on a home in
the community, and pursued them
over the first Mountain beyond Fort
Cumberland, that is over Wits
Mountain At the slope of the next
mountain, they overlook the In
dams, and after brief exchange of
fighting the Indians scattered
throughout the deep wilds of the
forest Young Dan was a very fleet
runner and when he spied an In
dian running alone, in one direction,
he Immediately set out in pursuit,
and soon overlook him For some
reason he did not want to shoot this
Indian youth and so he tried to
capture him. But as he neared him,
the Indian, perceiving that he was
being overtaken, ducked behind a
tree and raised his gun. At this,
young Dan Cressap also hid behind
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12

and the dark lonely peaks Of that
grand old mountain were lighted by
the beacon fires Of the savage foe.
The white man, awed by the rug
ged grandeur Of the lofty mountain
and the deep and almost impenetr-
able forest which covered its side,
halted when he had pursued his foe
to its base, and called 1t the Saw
age Mountain, or the mountain be-
longing to the Savage"
And there is still another story
about this family and the naming Of
the next mountain, which will be
told later, as well as other interest
ing tales about this family.
Let the radio "holler," but the
Indian g quiet, at least in Washing
ton County.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12
HORSE AND
BUGGY DAYS
by
Ida 10 Martin

Today, the most horrible sounds
that you can imagine are heard on
some radio programs. But they just
can't reproduce the effects that came
from the "War whoop" of the In
dian. We, today, cannot imagine the
terror that struck to the hearts of
the boldest when, in the dark of
night, that sound was heard and men
and women literally froze in fear,
for they knew not where the dread
menace would strike.
While we do not have people liv-
ing here now who can remember the
sound as it rang out in our valley,
we do have some of the houses and
strongholds that helped to protect
the people in those days. Two of
them can be seen near Paramount,
one the famous Long Meadows, and
the other a less famous house near
by, just to the south. Here in the
early days, when the Hagers were
opening up the valley, came a man
who played his part in the history
of this section and became known as
an Indian fighter, later moving on
to the west, to follow his enemy, the
Indian. This man was Col. Thomas
Cressap.
Much has been told in these
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12
Debt Burden Increased

State and local debts for postwar
spending for highways, schools and
public utilities reached an all-time
high of $20,875, 100000 last June 30,
it was announced by the Census Blu
reau at Washington This was an
increase Of $2,173OO0,0OO over the
previous year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12
Girl Scouts

Troop 20, the Packet Troop, spon-
sored by the Business and Profess
sional Women's Club, completed their
fight in aircraft recognition, and as
q reward they took trip to Har-
risburg, Pa, where they visited the
Signal Tower and Weather Station
at the Airport After that they saw
the Ice Follies.
The following guests accompanied
the girls on the trip: Miss Sarah
Pennington, Miss Katherine Nc
culloch, Mrs. Kenneth Sim and
Miss Pat Spessard.
Jackie Dunn, Troop Navigator
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12
Clergyman Convicted

The Rev George p Hetenyi, of
Rochester, N Y, has been convicted
of second degree murder in the
shooting of his 25-year-old wife
The 40-year-old Episcopal clergy
man will be sentenced January 49,
The law provides a penalty of 20
years to life
The area of the state Of Oklahoma
is 70057 square miles.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12

Troop FL, sponsored by the Smiths
burg Recreation Club, held a reg
ular meeting last Thursday after
noon at St PauPs Methodist Church.
In addition to our leader, Mrs. Ken
meth Harp, our assistant leader, Mrs.
Jones, and Mrs. Thomas. there were
IA girls present.
Our meeting opened with the re-
peating of the Scout Oath and the
Pledge to the Flag, followed by roll
call and the collection Of dues. For
the rest Of the meeting our troop
started the course in First Aid Civ
en- to us by Mrs. Thomas, during
which she told us the things we must
do under First Aid to gain second
class rank, and then instructed us
in the care Of our eyes and teeth.
Judy Smith, Scribe
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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-01-12

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Evening star., 1950-01-24
Craven Imuqe

paused on one OF Shanghats mud
SnleGred roads
10 pity child pho chtpped block OF
teak
Ten times his size, his tools the crudest
His small boy body scantily clothed and
Dedk.
But soon I satD he carued Buddha
there
God of his faith. With skin, from ths
dense ioood
He'd brought face as placid as his oun,
God eying boy as If both understood.
I knetU hoU toasted nsy SNUG pity then
Lett lest that calm, sure craftsman pity me
Whose doubt dulIed mind hacked time and
space to reach
An alW1yS Gnorphous, unseen Deity
VIOLET AlLEYN STOREY,
Evening star., 1950-01-24
Middle Over Koreu

In blocking economic aid to Korea by
margin of two votes Zone. of which appar-
entity should have been recorded as "ayeo,
the House has been much more confused
that statesmanlike. The confusion-and
this applies with special force to the
Republican memberships best illustrated
by the fact that the defeat of the measure
has been brought about by an unnatural
coalition of neo-isolationists, sincere believ-
ers in the urgent need for foreign assist
ance, and a man like Mr.. Marcantonio,
who has not yet supported anything calcu-
lated to counter the menace OF direct and
indirect Soviet aggression.
AS far as the Republicans are con-
cerned, their overwhelming opposition to
the bill-constituting the first serious
break In our bipartisan foreign policy-has
been ascribed primarily to their pique over
what they regard as the administration s
failure to do enough to check the Red tide
in Asia If, this is so, then they have
resorted to ludicrously Illogical course in
penalizing Korea in order to emphasize
that they are displeased with the President
and the State Department for following an
policy as regards Far Eastern communism.
In the circumstances, it is not surprising
that some of the Senate's foremost Repub-
lican critics of the administrations Asiatic
record have openly deplored what their
party colleagues have done in the House.
Nor Is 1t surprising, either, that they have
indicated their intention to join in O
bipartisan effort to rectify the blunder.
Such an effort might take the form of
ment to pending legislation to finance the
third-year operations of the European
Recovery Program. The chances seem to
be good that move of that sort will win
in the House, where sober second thought
is likely to promote change of mind in
favor of the Koreans.
In any event, it can hardly be doubted
that Korea-the southern half, where we
and the United Nations have helped to
establish an Independent democratic gov
ernment-is very much In need of our aid
without 1t, efforts to make the region
economically stable will almost certainly
fail, In which case the Soviet puppet regime
In the northern part of the country will
have green light to expand southwark
OF course our assistance cannot guaran-
tee against such an eyentuality, but GER
tainly 1t can greatly retard and discourage
1t in way that will serve not only the
interests of all Koreans who want TO be
free, but our own interests as well.
There is good reason to hope that this
point will impress itself on the House and
persuade it to reverse its vote of the other
day. That said, however, the fact remain,
that that vote must be regarded as a storm
signal What it suggests is that our bipar.
tisan foreign policy has been seriously
weakened and that the time has come fol
Evening star., 1950-01-24
Still Many q Slip

The Star Is shedding no crocodlle tears
over the obstructive tactics in the House
that prevented the FEPC bill from getting
the floor yesterday. In The Stars opinion
the bill ought to be defeated as bad leg
islation.
The fact remains that it lay within the
powers of the Speaker of the House yester-
day to recognize Chairman Lesinski OF the
Labor Committee for vote on bringing
the FEPC bill out of the Rules Committee,
where it has been bottled up. The Speaker
chose not to do so. And in exercising that
choice he gave some substance to the
charge by Representative Marcantonio that
everybody wants FEPC as campaign
issue but not as q law" Yesterday the
means for getting the bill to vote were
at hand but they were not used.
When the new House rules were ap-
proved in January of 1949, under which
the chairman of legislative committee
may move for consideration of measure
held up by the Rules Committee for more
than twenty-one days, The Star COM
mented editorially at the time on the dis
cretionary powers vested with the Speaker.
For if several chairmen asked for recog-
milton at the same time, the Speaker would
have to decide whom to recognize. The
majority leader of the House, Representa-
tive Mccormack of Massachusetts, took
courteous exception to this Interpretation
of the new rule. He pointed out that the
Speaker shall" recognize such chairman,
and that very little real discretion was
given to the Speaker
In yesterdays proceedings, the Speaker
chose to follow the course of recognizing
the chairmen in something approximating
the order Of "seniority"-by the calendar
of bills held in the Rules Committee His
procedure, in this respect, cannot be ques-
toned as to its fairness. But his dis
cretionary judgment was influenced by
what he himself referred to as the "un-
favorable atmosphere" in the House for
consideration of FEPC legislation at this
time. He has shown very clearly that the
new rule, which was supposed to .scurb"
the blockading powers of the Rules Com
mittee, Is not magic in itself and that
there still is many a slip between the cup
and the lip in getting House consideration
OF such a political hot potato as FEPC.
Evening star., 1950-01-24
Margarine Bill Joker

Assuming that the margarine industry
is not exaggerating the situation, it is be-
ginning to look as though the anti
margarine interests may have slipped
something of joker into the Senate
approved oleo bill. According to the
National Association of Margarine Manu-
facturers, the Senate requirement that all
yellow margarine be sold only in triangular
molds of not more than one pound each
will seriously interfere with the sale OF
yellow margarine. 1t seems that no pack
aging machinery capable of molding and
wrapping triangular prints are in exist
ence. New machinery will have to be
built to do the special job-which means
added delay and cost in marketing yellow
margarine.
The idea behind the triangulation re-
quirement was to prevent fraud in the
sale of the butter substitute. The plan
at first was to require restaurants to serve
margarine in triangular pats, to distinguish
it from butter. The Senate amplified this
plan to include the provision that even in
store sales yellow oleo must be shaped
like triangular prism. White margarine,
however, could be dispensed In regular
square prints, like butter.
While there may be some danger Of
deception in the serving Of oleo pats in
public eating places, the danger seems
extremely remote with regard to wholesale
and retail sales of margarine. That being
SO, why should oleo manufacturers be put
to the extra expense of having machines
designed for the marketing of triangular
prism molds of their product? The ex-
pense, in the end. would be paid by the
consumer and this would tend to offset in
part the lifting of the Federal ten-cent
tax on colored margarine.
Under the circumstances, the Senate
would be better serving the public interest
If 1t ,reconsidered the triangulation pro-
vision. It is to be hoped that the legisla-
Evening star., 1950-01-24
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

". how many times was the Liberty Bell
rung before it cracked?-E. 3. E.
a.. Inc Liberty Bell. ordered in l751. ar
rived in Philadelphia in 1852 It was cracked
py stroke OF the clapper while its tone was
oelng tested. 1t was twice recast. the first
recastlng having proved unsatisfactory This
tnlro pel was hung June Z, 1883 1t cracked
again on July 3, 1885 while being tolled II,
memory Of Chief Justice Marshall
y what per cent Of the people in the
united States at the formation of the Re-
pubic were OF English descent?-O. D. N
a.. Harts FORMATION of the Union" saws
that IN 1889 of the $4,000 white inhabit-
ants OF the United States probably the an
cestors OF eight-tenths were English, There
were also about 100000 Negroes.
Q. What material was used by the Romans
ana GreeKs IN building aqueducts?-E. A. w.
"A. Inc Romans used a fine volcanic ash
found near the town of Pozzuoli, in simple
combination with lime to prepare their NOR
Jars. IL was called "pozzolan.". The Greeks
nad similar material, Santorin. In GauI
tne early Romans used the gaize, a fine
grained sandstone containing mica.
Q. Please give some information about
NoDert Cushman who preached the first SER
mon ever printed in this country-E. C.
A. Robert Cushman (1580-1625), one Of
tne founders OF the colony at Plymouth.
MASS, was born in England. He reached New
Plymouth In The Fortune in 1921 and
preached the first sermon ever printed in
america "On the Sin and Danger of Self
Love. December 1920. Sailing for England
IN 1922 he was captured by the French, but
reganed his liberty and settled in London as
agent Tor the colonists. Concerning the SER
mon, 1t is stated that the original edition is
OF great rarity, only three copies being known
to exist The Charles Deane copy sold at
auction in 1898 for 81 .000 Reprints of it
were published at Boston in 1724, 1850.
1870; at Plymouth 1888 and New York 1858.