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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-15
Ottawa Club Meetinu

Mrs. A. I. Emmett was hostess
when the Ottawa Club met We'd
nesday. 500 was the diversion of
the afternoon. Substitute play
ers present were Mrs. H. R. Clau-
sen and Mrs. Walter Wagner.
High was won by Mrs. Emmett,
Mrs. Clarence Loder was awarded
second. Dessert was served to
the guests by the hostess. The
next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Harry Englebeck.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-15
A hair breadth is one forty
eighth of an inch.

New Years Eve in Scotland is
called Mogmanay Night.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-15
Hold Dinner Party

The Immaculate Conception
club held its annual dinner at tie
Island Hotel Wednesday. After
the dinner they met at the home
of Mrs. Chris Nelson. The
Christmas Program was in charge
of Mrs. Ted Hopfinger. There
was an exchange of Xmas gifts.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

be available between now and July I. It
is also necessary now to review what
commitments have been made without the
commissions full knowledge and approval,
what liabilities have been assumed and
whether all steps taken up to this time
will meet the careful scrutiny that is
necessary in passing on use of public funds.
The Star is confident that any mistakes
that have been made on the part of those
acting for the commission were the errors
of faulty judgment under pressure of time
and lack of experience and that there is
time now to correct such mistakes under
more orderly system of procedure.
The Star is glad to find the unanimous
sentiment among members of the Execu-
tive Committee for full publicity on every
thing that has taken place up to this time,
with the same policy applying to future
negotiations over contracts and fees
Evening star., 1950-01-01
A Wise Decision
Sesquicentennial

The Sesquicentennial Commissions
Executive Committee has been wise in
recommending to the full commission a
delay, review of everything that has
been done and the adoption of strict rules
of procedure governing future actions in
connection with the proposed Freedom
Fair.
In other circumstances, all of this might
well have been done several months ago
But in fairness to the commission, the
uncertainties over whether Congress would
appropriate any funds for the celebration
and the overzealous haste in getting
things started after the appropriation was
tardily approved, created some confusion
and an embarrassing lack OF orderly pro-
cedure which only recently became evident
to the officials and citizens who have
volunteered their services on the COM
mission.
II there is to be q Freedom Fair-and
such thing might be made . very
creditable exhibition much mpre time is
sfequired In arranging for it pan would
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Denies the Bible Limits Man
To Three Score Years and Ten
To the Editor Of The Star:


In your very fine editorial of December
81, Long Life and Population" there is one
phrase which l., as q Bible student and
teacher Of half century and more. would
like to correct. The editorial states: To-day
the average life expectancy of mortal man
in the United States is not yet equal to the
biblical allotment of 10 years."
But nowhere does the Bible say or imply
that mans span was planned by the Creator
as limited to 20 years. The often -misquoted
passage is from the Goth Psalm-written by
Moses about 1900 BIC. or $500 years after
the creation. The King James version
psalm 80, verse 10) says, "The days of our
years are threescore and ten; and If by
reason Of strength they be fourscore years.
yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for
1t is soon cut of, and we fly away"
Moses was recording condition that had
come about because Of contributing factors
which were, and are, all contrary to the
Creators original plan. The Bible record
of the years between the creation and Moses
time is of giants in those days" and of
many who lived for centuries Vegetarians
claim their longevity was due to non-meat
eating prior to the Flood. In Jacobs family,
longevity decreased from about 200 years for
his great-grandfather to something over a
century for Jacob.
however ones conclusions, the Bible does
not say, as misquoted and misunderstood by
many, that the Creator intended mans span
to be "threescore and ten (and possibly
fourscore). NORMAN SANDRIDGE.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
1t BEGINS Now

Astronomers, students of time, makers
of almanacs, and a lot of other people
of that sort insist that the second half
of the twentieth century will not begin
until year from today. Technically,
they are quite right, but that does not
alter the fact that all the rest OF us
as a matter of practical reality-regard
them as quite wrong, and so they WILL
save themselves great deal of futile
argufying If they just shake their heads
over our incorrigible illogic and give up
without further ado.
After all, a man born on January !, 1900,
is fifty years old today, and nothing in
the world can convince him that his
century is jot, little or whit younger.
As he figures things, they both started out
together, and if he himself has completed
five decades, then surely it has, too. He
is mighty proud of the coincidence. He
even feels that it makes him bit historic
sort Of the quiet twin of fabulously
turbulent time. Certainly, no matter how
correct the hair-splitting technicalities, he
is not going to be persuaded to think other
wise. Besides, to paraphrase Mark Sulli-
van, the date January /, 1850, seems to
the eye, and sounds to the ear, more like
the beginning of the centurys second half
than does January /, 1851.
Everything considered, the calendar ex-
perts are beating their heads against a
stonewall in this matter. Right as they
may be, they cannot get anywhere against
the neatness of round numbers and the
immovable force of popular usage As
for itself, going along with the latter,
The Star hopes that the world, between
now and 1000 AID, will become so peaceful
that there will be. nothing to argue about
but the question of when centuries begin
and end. Meanwhile, Happy New Year
to one and all!
Evening star., 1950-01-01
New Days for New Years
A Message for the Start of 1850 as Series
of Ventures of Faith and Trust
~ the Req. Frederick Bro,vn Harris d. d., Lit. d.

live with daylight compartments as the most
certain way to insure safety on life's voyage"
Did not the greatest Master of Life the ages
have known whisper His choicest secret
when under the blue sky of Palestine He
said, do not be troubled about tomorrow.
Tomorrow will take care OF itself. The days
own trouble is quite enough for today
How often we rob ourselves of the stamina
to meet unexpected crises by expending
needed energy in tormenting ourselves about
phantoms with whose reality we never will
have to wrestle. When little girl asked
Mark Twain, who lighted each day with a
candle Of humor, to write something in her
autograph album, he inscribed words she
remembered as long as she lived: II have
known many sorrows, most of which never
happened at ALL 1t usually comes to pass
that when today arrives it is void of the
COLLINS fearthought had conjured.
The Teacher of Galilee never told His
followers to pray for bread security for the
rest of their lives-or even for year. But
at the altar of each dawn they were taught
to pray, Give us this day our daily bread"
The highest wisdom on the first day of the
new year is that we make each day ven-
ture of trust.
Everybody who lives in house falls down
and go on their way rejoicing because they
have learned to fall one step at time The
supreme secret is to meet what any day
brings with a consciousness of available
spiritual resources waiting to flow around
our incompleteness through the channel of
our own faith, if We but keep the channel
clear of impurities and unbelief. Then and
then alone can we meet life's joys with grati-
tude. its difficulties with fortitude and it's
tasks with fidelity. So let us remember this
day that the year ahead-if we are privileged
to see 1t through till the volume Of the half
century is closed-is not span of IL
months; it is 365 separate days, with the
promise for each day. "As thy day so shall
thy strength be-"
God broke our years to hours and days,
That. hour by hour and day by day,
Just going on little way
We might be able all along to keep quite
strong.
Should all the weight Of life
Be laid across our shoulders and the future
rife
With woe and struggle meet us face to
face
At just one place,
We could not co.
Our feet would stop. and so
God lays little on us every day."
Evening star., 1950-01-01

since, with blasts of screechlng noise there
was ushered in a new century when the
books Of 1900 were closed. But no picture
thrown upon any vast screen of the passing
years changes the fundamental fact that
life comes to us not in bundles of years,
decades or centuries. but in days. We may
study history a hundred years at a time,
but we actually live day at time.
All strategy for great living and noble
achieving Is based on the beautiful, bene-
f1cent law of day-by-day. If one cannot
conquer and color day it is hopeless to
think of victory in any larger unit of time.
That means that we must learn to shut out
the yesterdays and shut off the tomorrows.
Blocking off the past is as necessary as it
is difficult. When an old doctor was dying
clergyman asked him if there was any
message he would like to leave for those who
had trusted his skill and admired his un-
ruffled tranquility. mo" he answered, "ex-
cept that through life think have always
closed the gates behind me-" It was sim
pie statement. But in it was impaired a
great secret.
Then, for radiant living, we must decide
what we are going to do about tomorrow.
Some one defined worry as: "The thinking
we do today which ought to have been done
yesterday" A wise man coined a word ex-
pressing just what worry is. He called it
"fearthought" to distinguish it from "fore-
thought" Forethought is concern for to-
morrow expressing itself intelligently.
Fearthought is concern expressing itself
irrationally and leading to failure and
misery.
That eminent surgeon. Sir William Osler,
advised Medical students: Il urge, as the
safety Ola ship depends so largely on its
Water-tigat compartments that you learn to
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Sees Displaced Persons Not Bound
To Involuntary Servitude"

Sees Displaced Persons Not Bound
To Involuntary Servitude"g
To the Editor of The STAR
I have read your editorial of December %
in regard to displaced persons who have
migrated to the United States. You seem
to be disappointed that some of these people
have not remained on the farms where they
were brought to work.
Involuntary servitude" is prescribed by
the Constitution Of the United States. The
Thirteenth Amendment makes servitude In
fact involuntary. no matter under what form
or name such servitude may be disguised.
It, renders void all statutes or contracts
providing for state of peonage.
Moreover, you can change nature, but not
human nature. After dreaming all Of their
lives of the land Of cream and honey, 1t is
asking too much of the displaced persons
to remain in the rural areas when our free
enterprise system gives them the opportunity
to become wealthy il the cities
WILLIAM F. MCDONNELL.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Then Embrace
By Bruce Barton

Most OF the foreign countries have de
valued" their currency. and we Americans
are about to engage in large-scale pro-
gram OF devaluing OURS
We won't do it formally; we won't an
nounce or admit that we are doing it.
What we will do is to pile up national
deficits, which mean more imitation, more
taxes. and hence less purchasing power for
every dollar you and I earn.
Have you ever stopped to think about
the amazing change that has taken place
IN the American attitude toward public
debt? It all has happened so swiftly as
to be almost terrifying
We came out Of the Firste World War
with what everybody thought was a dan
gerously big debt. about $4,000 ooo, ,ooo
There was no division of public sentiment
on the subject; all persons and parties
were agreed that 1t should be paid OF as
fast as possible. Calvin Coolidge, the
great economizer. was the hero of the
hour. He scrimped and saved and paid of
little less than 5A billion dollars
Came the debacle Of 1929, and Herbert
Hoover. though he hated the idea. was
compelled to increase public expenditures.
He came to the end of his term having
added 5la billion to the debt
For this crime Franklin Roosevelt casti-
gated him numerically in the campaign
OF lSoz. Deot was slavery, cried Mr.. RooSe-
velt; taxes are paid in the sweat of every
mans brow" He promised economy and
25 per cent reduction in Federal opera
tions.
Each time he came before Congress as
President with new budget message he
apologized for not having yet balanced
the budget and made payment on the
debt. There had been a new emergency.
which compelled postponement Of his good
intentions, but next year he would do
better.
This went on for three or four years.
Then F. D. r. threw all pretense out the
window, quit apologizing for the debt, and
began defending and praising it. Debt no
longer was slavery: it was national income,
welfare, security. "the more abundant life
Now both political parties are committed
to more and bigger expenditures, more debt.
less value for our dollars.
Alexander Pope wrote these famous lines:
Vice is a monster OF so trightful n,ien.
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen:
Yet seen too oft. famiIiar trith her face.
We first endure. then pity. then embrace.
In the matter Of the national debt, We
have passed through the stages Of endure
and pity"
tccDyrisht 1919 Kins Tsasurss syndieats. lne1
Evening star., 1950-01-01
By Frank r. Kent

ments had been made for the interment Of
the bodies at Arlington National Cemetery
Twelve men from the Texas accompanied
the caskets as guard of honor among them
being Jerry Shea, a member of the original
Maine crew who narrowly had escaped death.
Only SO of the dead were identified. The
total number of officers and crew lost in the
explosion and by drowning was $50, those
saved "a. Capt. Charles Dwight Sigsbee was
In charge Of the ceremony at Arlington. He
had been commander of the Maine when
she was destroyed. President Mckinley at
tended the mass burial. On March %, 1912,
IS additional bodies were buried in the
same area. The Maine Memorial was dedfs
Gated February Is. 1915. r,
X X X -s.
President Mckinley, The Star announced
on December 80, 1899, would receive the
members of his cabinet and
New Year the diplomatic corps at II
Receptions o'clock on the morning Or
New Years Day. Subse.
quently, he would greet the Supreme Court
and other judicial officers, Senator's, Repre-:
sentatives and Delegates In Congress, of.
ncers Of the Army. the Navy and the Ma
rine Corps, the regents and the secretary pf
the Smithsonian Institution, the Civil SerV-
ice Commission and other administrative
agencies; veterans OF several wars members
of the Oldest Inhabitants Association Of tho
District Of Columbia and citizens independ-
emily. The Secretary Of State and Mrs. Hay
were to entertain the diplomatic corps eat
breakfast at their home, 800 Sixteenth street
NV, at noon. Mrs. Gage, wife of the Sec,
retary of the Treasury, was to receive at
IT'S Massachusetts, avenue; Mrs. Root, wife
of the Secretary of War. 1926 Rhode Island
avenue; Mrs. Smith, wife Of the Postmaster
General 1774 Massachusetts, avenue; Miss
Long, daughter of the Secretary of the Nayy.
the Portland Apartments; Mrs. Hitchcock,
wife of the Secretary of the Interior, 1904 x
street; Miss Wilson, daughter OF the Secxer
tary OF Agriculture 1922 Vermont avenue,
and the Admiral Of the Navy and MIS-.
Dewey, l705 K street. Thousands Of people.
it was expected, would call on these social
leaders to offer their best wishes for 1900.
The Star published more than four columns
Of New Hear reception names and addresies.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Fifty Years AGO

On Christmas Day, 1899, The Star pub
ished long obituary article on Dorman B.
Eaton. "the father of the
'Fother' Eoton merit system in the Gov
Dead ernment civil service in the
United States" who had
died in New York December 49, Born In
Vermont in 1923, he had devoted his talents
during most Of his life to the cause of i'm
proved public administration and was the
principal author Of the Pendleton Act of
1883 and the first civil service commissioner
under its provisions. His portrait as "the
legislative architect of civil service reform"
heads the gallery on the second' floor of the
present Civil Service Commission headquar-
ters at Eighth and F streets NV, and is
shown to visitors inquiring for it.
A proposal to erect statue to Robert Dale
Owen was before Congress half century
back and The Star for Deem
Stotue ber 26. 1899. contained story
for Owen on the subject, explaining that
the sum of $4,000 was to be
asked for the efdgy and that the complete
monument. when ready, would be set up in
the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution.
This site would have been appropriate be-
cause Owen was sponsor Of the bill intro
duced in the 10Th Congress providing for
the increase and diffusion of knowledge
among men," Strong opposition to the
project had developed and it was only by
hard work that Owen succeeded in pushing
his bill through to passage. Possibly some
tradition of disapproval still fingered at the
Capitol SO years ago and was responsible
for the failure Of the resolution for Owens
statue. In any case, the monument never
was approved and Owen has no visible memo
rial at the Smithsonian today. He was q
Scot by birth, social reformer by voca-
tion-7altogether q remarkable personality.
On December q, 1899, Rev. Father Eugene
A. Hannah, pastor of ST. Anthony's Church,
Brookland, gave party
Porty at for the children Of his
St. Anthony's Sunday school, and The
Star for the next day re-
ported the event and gave the names Of the
boys and girls who were given prizes for
excellence lin studies attendance and con-
duct. The list included Louis Crook, now
professor Of aeronautics at Catholic Uni
versity and famous inventor; John Rodler,
now an officer Of the NARROW Coal Co.; his
sister Agnes. now religious teaching in Bal
timore. and two other Rodler youngsters
Barbara and Katie. Also: William Lanigan,
Hamilton, now writer in Hollywood and
Sewer Banner, now a resident OF Cumber-
land.
t's s.a&4 X X X
The remains OF $50 Of the dead Of the
battleship Maine, blown up In Havana
Harbor February Is, 1898
The Dead Of arrived at Rosslyn, Va. at
the Moine tao o'clock this morning
from Newport News" said
The Star On December ~. 1899. Arrange
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Objects To Remote Control"
OF Bus and Trolley Riders
tn the Editnr of The Star.

In the November issue of your paper you
very generously gave me space to point out
well l-known fact that, unless the hearing me-
chanism is impaired, the ear has no protec-
ton against sound vibrations. Hence, in a
streetcar or bus the radio broadcaster has
captive audience, and those having good
hearing must take it,"
The implications of future possibilities in
this type Of radio broadcasting are too sinis-
ter to permit such situation to become
established
For instance. the other day, at the noon
hour, with less than one-half of the bus
seats occupied, and no one standing, the
broadcaster practically commanded us to
move to the rear and make room for on
coming passengers" I respectfully submit
that it is not the function of the radio broad
caster to attempt such remote control Of
the transit riders. We are not dumb driven
cattle; and II there is congestion on par
ticular conveyance the operator can request
the standees to move to the rear.
In the December 2 issue Of your paper
Vera E. Adams gives the real reason why the
public did not continue to attend the hear
ings after the browbeating it got the first
day. As for "emotionalism," that seems
to be the natural reaction of some of those
in the captive audience who resent the in
trusion and the coercion to listen to radio
bfoadcasts in public transit conveyances
w. w. COBLENTZ.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

always startling SOL
emn phrase. 1T is
later tn an you
think"
New Year Day Is
a time for summa-
ries, reviews, reveries,
analyses, interpreta-
tions and prognosti-
cations. M on t h ! y
publications and the
daily press are pre-
senting striking word
pic tures Of the
changes that have
come in so many
phases of livin g
Evening star., 1950-01-01

Let us get everybody on the Government
payroll, instead only nine out OF ten!
Let us hurry up and get more, and more
and more of everything, before our supply
of quotation marks is exhausted
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Letters to The Star

laboratories pay as much as SIS for large
healthy dog
You see it pays to be dognaper. Guard
your pets! DOG LOVER.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Spires of the Spirit

With a new face at the door we are all
keenly conscious of the hour glass of time
and how swiftly the sands are running out
For each of us the sun dial illumines the
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Another Pogo" Fan
Heard From
TO the Editor of The Star:

Another Pogo Fan
Heard From
TO the Editor of The Star:
must tell you. Pogo" is wonderful We
have not yet been able to identify the dialect,
but we find ourselves greeting it with exu-
berant delight. "Caterpiggles, particularly,
are wonderful. EVA MEYERSON.
Warns Against Thieves
Stealing Pets
TO the Editor Of The Star:
When will the public awaken to the ap-
palling fact that dognapers are doing q
thriving business in Maryland, Virginia. the
District of Columbia, Pennsylvania and all
the way to Indiana and Illinois?
Heartbroken owners advertise desperately
and offer large rewards for the return Of
their pets and never see them again. In
nearby Maryland, many child had an un-
happy Christmas because Of the loss Of
playfellows and pals.
You may believe in vivisection: hut are
you willing to sacrifice your own loyal pet7
Beware Of ads Asking for dog: Il viii give
him good home 3 dog fence good
homer" M . medical laboratory with re-
peshed painful operations the place you
MN choose for your devoted pal9 rhese
Evening star., 1950-02-04

international hos II Discontinued Pot
terms for Your Choosing . including ...
"Brondon," each hteospoon------$z.e2
RHAPSODY" each teospoon-----Sz.sz
wellesley" each teospoon------$2.e2
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Danish Father Is Jailed
As Hostage for Daughter
BY the Associated PrAks

NEW YORK, Feb. "A Danish
father was in New York Jail to.
day as a long-term hostage" fol
his 9-year-old daughter.
The girl, Analisabeth Hebo, is
now on the Danish island Of Lol.
land, about 10 miles southwest OF
Copenhagen. -.-
The mother, Mrs. Eleanor Phelps
Hebo. is a New York radio actress
separated from her husband.
The father. Halsdan Hebo. a 40
year-old chemical engineer. is only
about rs blocks away from his
wife-but locked in the New York
County civil jail.
He was arrested yesterday by
order of Justice Bernard Botein OF
the New York Supreme Court, who
said Mr.. Hebo ignored the courts
order to produce the child.
The charge was contempt OF
court, and Justice Botein said Mr.
Hebo will remain in jail until he
arranges to have the child re-
turned to the United States.
The rift began with Mrs. Hebo
announcing last summer she was
about to start suit for separation
She claimed that Mr.. Hebo then
took Analisabeth from a Virginia
school and sent her by plane to
relatives in Denmark.
Some parts of Spain now use
power only one day a week. be-
cause Of recurring drought.