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Smyrna times., 1950-01-19
Clayton

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Connors
spent Friday in Chester,P a. at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Corners.
Mr.. Will Reihm has returned
from visiting in Pennsylvania.
Miss Charlotte Pryor won first
prize in the state contest for her
essay on fire prevention. Congratu-
lations, Charlotte!
The committee for the March OF
Dimes Campaign consists of chair
man G. Medford Sparks, Robert
Douglas, and E. M. Covington
Here's hoping Clayton will give
100 percent.
The Young Adult Fellowship OF
Ewells-St. Paul Church held their
monthly meeting on Monday even
ing, january 16. Plans for the auc-
ton sale sponsored by the group
were discussed. A pleasant social
hour followed the meeting. All
young, adult Methodists interested
in joining the Fellowship are urged
to attend. Meeting time, third
Monday of each month. at o'clock
in the church house on Rodney st.
The Clayton home demonstration
club met at a covered dish lunch
con at the home of Mrs. Carl Hurd.
Following a delicious luncheon,
Miss Katherine Jones, County
Agent, led the discussion of the
day.
Mrs. William M. Short was host
-ess at bridge last Thursday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Nichols of
Harrington spent the weekend as
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rambo.
Mrs. Daisey Davis is on the sick
list
MIR. and Mrs. Raymond Qwick of
Wilmington were guests on Satur-
day, of Mr.. Harvey S. Farrow.
MIR. and Mrs. J. Ray Williams
spent Saturday in Belefonte, as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Tyndal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Mills spent
Sunday in Roberts, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly Broadwater
and daughter, of Havre de Grace,
Md, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Mills, near Clayton.
Henry Negendank, private in
the u. S. Army service at Fort
Bennum, Ca, has been visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. Joseph Miller
at the Mrs. Alice F. Sinex apart
ment. Clayton.
Mrs. Nora Bailey has returned
home after spending a week with
relatives in Philadelphia and Ches-
ter.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-03-15

District Distributors of Universal "JEEPS"
ROBINSON MOTOR co.
$40 First Avenue South
Greet Falls Montana
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
Church To Honor
Negro Soldiers

Members of the First Bap-
tist church will hold a special
Mothers Day service this Sun
day forenoon when the COM
pany of Negro troops stationed
at Camp Perry will be special
guests.
Rev. Philip l.. Pryor, pastor,
will speak on the topic "Mirac-
ulous Mother" and the troops
will attend the IL o'clock serv-
. ice in a body.
Members of the Women's
Missionary Society as well as
young women of the church and
community are planning to have
a luncheon and social hour fol-
lowing the service, especially
to honor the soldiers. Group
singing will also feature the
occasion.
Services will be at the Com
munity Hall, Stop SO, Route 2,
where all services of First
Baptist church are being held
until the new church on Beech
street is completed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
R ALL ST R|K T
AFFECTS CITY
Six Workers Here Are Off
Jobs AS All Passenger
Traffic HaltS

Six local employees of the New
York Central Railroad company 5
local staff were layed off at $3.50
Wednesday afternoon when the
nationwide strike called by the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen became eff
fective here.
At that time, passenger train
service through this city was com
pletely discontinued. Only trains
permitted to run are two U. S.
Mail and perishable freight trains,
being operated with supervisory
help.
Having enforced vacations here
are three ticket office men and
three freight office men. Main
tenance and section crew workers
will continue for the present.
AS navigation laws do not per.
NIT the closing of bridges, tho
railroad will operate the co Tow
er portage River bridge), DE
Tower (Danbury bridge), the
BIO and Big Four towers at San
dusky and the tower at Elyris
junction, component parts Of the
interlocking plant.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
.jOANN zURA To
REIGN AS QUEEN
0 N P-I-B D A Y
Gala Ceremonies Planned To
Welcome Island Visitors
Next Friday

Miss JoAnn Zura, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Zura, will
reign as queen for Put-in-Bay Day
next Friday, May 19. JoAnn thus
reigns as queen for the second
time within eight months, as she
was queen of the Grape Festival
at the island last fall.
Present plans call for the Mys-
tic Isle to arrive here at noon,
carrying the queen and scores of
island residents.
The parade will be at four
O'Clock and will feature the high
school band, Cochran's Majorettes,
Erie Ordnance Depot Majorettes,
Camp Perry troops and decorated
autos and floats.
A dinner for Queen JoAnn and
her attendants will be served at
$50 in the Island House Hotel
AS customary, Put-in-Bay Day
will again be sponsored by the
Port Clinton Merchants Associa-
ton.
Next week, the Ottawa County
News will carry full page ad-
vertisement by local merchants
with coupons to be deposited ir
the various stores. These coupons
will be used for a gift drawing
Friday evening.
At 9 o'clock, the Put-in-Bay
theatre party will be held in the
Clinton Theatre with vaudeville
entertainers from the recent min.
strel show and Put-in-Bay to per
form. Over $500 in merchandise
prizes will be awarded.
Miss Zura's attendants will be
Mary Ann DeVore and Judy Bor.
man, also Put-in-Bay High Schoo
students.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
TRAFFIC LIGHTS
PROMISED HERE
County Delegation Is Prom
iSed Action To Handle
WOOdville Road Traffic

Officials of the State Highway
Department in Columbus Tuesday
assured delegation Of Ottawa
County officials that traffic lights
will be installed soon at danger
Gus intersections in Route 100,
better known as the Woodville
Road.
The delegation went to Column
bus at the request of the Ottawa
County Trustees and Clerks Asso-
citation, which recently approved
resolutions calling for traffic
lights at the intersections of Rts.
105-120 near Elmore and Rts. 1863
120 near Genoa.
Harry Neal, chief engineer ir.
charge of traffic safety, told the
delegation that survey findings OF
traffic conditions in the highly
travelled road will oe made within
80 days.
Making the trip were Commits
sioners Rollie Witt, Edward Tank,
and Clay Scott, County Engineer
Delos Nissen, Walter Tinker,
chairman of the Harris Twp.
Trustees, Mayor Ciem Novotney
of Clay Center and Robert Reid
er, County Representative.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
EXPECT 5000 TO
ATTEND RIFLE
MATCH AT PERRY
Ohio Association Leaders
Meet p. c. Chamber to Plan
Publicity Drive

j. r. Lang, small bore direc-
tor of the Ohio Rifle and Pistol
Association, and other group Off
cials, visited Camp Perry and Port
Clinton over the weekend to make
further plans relative to the Ohio
Rifle Matches to be held at Camp
Perry from August 26 through
Labor Day.
Mr.. Lang and his associates con-
ferred with the Port Clinton
Chamber of Commerce officials.
The local Chamber has agreed to
edit and mail 5000 programs and
publicity letters to prospective
participants.
Besides showing the schedule
of rifle events, the directories to
be mailed will extol the recrea-
tional features of this great Va,
cationland area and will include
the large Vacationland map and
folder.
This publicity has been request
ed by the Rifle Association off
cials as it is their plan to attract
new enthusiasts to Camp Perry
by advertising a vacation for the
family along with competition in
the matches.
! Most marksmen are planning to
bring their families with them
this summer. Adequate quarters
for all the families will be pro-
vided at Camp Perry. Only a few
events are being scheduled each
day so that the remaining time
may be spent in enjoying all the
pleasures our Vacationland has to
offer.
Apparently this vacation-compe-
tition plan is proving popular with
Rifle Association members as
over 1,500 entries have already
been received. With families
coming along, it is estimated that
nearly 5000 will be registered at
Camp Perry during the shoot.
Present plans are for the 80
calibre rifle matches for indivi-
dual and team championships to
be held Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, August 26, 27 and 2S
with Friday allotted for practice
sighting.
Small bore rifle matches will be
fired August 81 through Septem.
Der 4, with the complete program
to include individual and team
events, as well as special match.
es for juniors and markswomen.
While the National Matches art
to be held in California this year
indications are that the Ohio
State Matches may eclipse the
national event in total entries.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
76 SENIORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
COMMENCEMENT ON MAY 25
ATHENS PASTOR
To Be SPEAKER
Senior Class Trip On May %
and Baccalaureate Plans
Are Announced

Seventy-six seniors are eligible
for graduation Thursday evening,
May 25, when Jhe Rev. Fred Z.
Lucks, pastor of the Athens, Ohio,
Presbyterian Church, will be the
speaker.
Rev. Lucks has gained national
fame as speaker, and was sub
ject of a feature story in Coronet
magazine, October, 194s, issue.
With Saturday nights prom
starting the festivities, the sem
iors are preparing for busy weeks
Immediately ahead.
Baccalauerate will be at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 81,
in the school auditorium when TIE
Rev. John Braun, pastor of st.
John Lutheran Church, will give
the class sermon.
Monday, May %, is the date for
the annual senior trip when the
students and chaperons will trav-
ell to Deerfeld and Detroit for
trips through the Ford Plant and
the Ford museum.
Julia Rofkar is valedictorian Of
the class of 1850 with Marjorie
Guth is salutatorian.
Eligible for graduation are the
following seniors:
Warren Antrim, John Atkinson,
Elizabeth Ayers, Paul Bashore,
Richard Bashore, Marjorie Belt,
William Belshaw, Richard Blask;s,
Beverly Benson, Royce Boss, John
Braun, Richard Byers, Charles
Carr.
Barbara Debien, Evelyn Dub
bert, Marcia Edwards, Wiley
Evans, Ruth Ewersen, Alice Each
man, Janice Fillmore, Dolores
Fletcher, Virginia Frauhiger,
Alice Galleher, Marjorie Guth.
Eugene Hofacker, Robert James,
Richard Jensen, Dewey Kinsey.
Harry Kleinhans, Mary 10 Knep-
per, Kathryn kocsis, Norma lib
ben, Betty Lorensen, John Lukac,
Paul Lukac, Peter Macko, Harold
Masing, Hope McCandlish.
Diane Miller, Virginia Miller,
Paul Molnar, Donald Mooney, Fu-
gene Ohm, Robert Owen, Norman
Ontko, Lucille Paulsen, 10 Ann
Perry, Barbara Prohaska, Jeanne
Prusik, Nancy Pulchalski, John
Qualsan, Charles Quisno, Harold
Rarden, Earl Rahm, Jack Rex.
William Riddle, Julia Rofkar,
Catherine Roose, John Ruddock,
Norris Schiewe, Janice Scott, Will
ma Stuckey, JoAnn Swimmer,
Dale Taylor, Shirley Truck, Bev-
erly Won Eitzen, Alma Wadsworth,
James Wadsworth, Joseph Weis,
Curtis Wepler, Frederick Whisner,
Glen Williams, Jacqueline Winnie,
Alfred Wozniak and Elizabeth Ze-
kany.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
PLACES FIRST
IN Bee Gee EXAM
Fred Schneider PAGES District
Students In Scholarship
Algebra Tests

Fred Schneider, son of Mrs.
lola Schneider, East Second ST.,
and freshman in Port Clinton
High School, took first in Algebra
/ in the district-state scholarship
tests conducted Saturday by the
State Department of Education at
Bowling Green State University.
Schneider was first in the Sec
ond Division of this Bowling
Green State University District
and was also first in Algebra ]
in the entire Bowling Green State
University district.
Alice Kirk took third in World
History in the second division and
seventh in the entire district.
Kathleen Armbruster was fifth
in Latin 1; Roger Kreager placed
sixth in Algebra 1; Mary 10 Knep-
per, tenth in Senior Social Stud
les; Eleanore Lindemann, tenth
in English XI, and Barbara Piatt
18th in English x, all in the sec.
ond division.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
Mystic Isle Opens
Season Today

Opening run of the Mystic Isle
will be this Friday morning, when
the ferry leaves it's Jefferson
street dock at 9 o'clock for it's
first run of the season to Putin
Bay. It's return trip from the
island is at 10:45.
Captain Walter Drickhamer,
Sandusky, is again in charge of
the popular boat, which has been
repaired and refitted at the local
dock during the past few weeks.
Schedule will be as follows:
Leaves Port Clinton at 9 a. M,
p. m. and $50 p. M; leaves
Put-in-Bay at 10:45 a. M, p. m,
and 7:15 p. m.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
PILOT MISSING G
AS PLANE SCARS
1t. Brown Holds Tight To
Keep PilOtless Plane From
Taking Off

1t. Charles Brown, 74th Engi-
neer Combat Battalion, Camp
Campbell, Kentucky, escaped with
only minor grass burns Friday af-
ternoon, when the army plane ne
was plotting was damaged in an
accident at Camp Perry.
1t. Brown had flown the Piper
Cub observation plane from Camp
Campbell to Camp Perry last
Wednesday,, and was preparing for
the trip back to Kentucky when
the accident happened.
Not noticing that the blocks
had been moved from beneath the
wheels, 1t. Brown repeatedly
whirled the propeller and the
plane started to move while the
pilot was still on the ground.
Brown held onto the plane for
some distance, until his weight
swerved the pilotless plane into
the target pits where he was able
to turn off the motor. He re-
manned at Camp Perry. over the
weekend, his visit being prolonged
until the planes damages could
be repaired.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
Catawba Cliffs Will
Entertain Clubs

Members of the local Rotary
and Kiwanis Clubs have been in
vited to be guests of Harry knoer
at the Catawba Cliffs Beach Club
for dinner and golf tournament
Wednesday, May "a.
After the dinner to be served
in the spacious club, the civic club
members will participate in thu
first golf tournament of the sea-
son.
Local Rotarians have been in
vited to participate in the charter
night ceremonies for the new
Maumee Rotary Club next Wed
nesday evening, when Allan Saun-
ders, famed cartoonist, will be in
stalled as president
William Rofkar, president-elect
of the local club, gave report
Tuesday of the recent district con-
ference held in Marion. Films of
baseball spring training and bird
life in Florida were shown at the
meeting.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
DUFFyS INN TO
Open TOMORROW
Mrs. Inez Duffy and Daugh-
ters To Operate Inn At
East Junction

When Duffy's Inn has it's grand
opening at two this Saturday af-
ternoon it will mark the fulfillment
of five years planning by Mrs
Inez Duffy, who saw the potenti-
alities of developing part of the
former Portage River bed into
an ideal business site at the juno
tion of Sand and Lakeside Roads.
Much thought, planning and
work have been given to make
this location one of the most de-
sirable eating spots in this part
of beautiful Ottawa County.
Ample parking space between
two of the most heavily travelled
roads in the area will be an added
convenience for the many people
who wend their way toward this
Vacationland district for vaca-
tions each year.
The interior of Duffy's Inn has
been carefully planned and or
ganized for efficient and cour-
teous service. There is choice of
booth, counter or table service,
with drive-in window service also
available.
Mrs. Duffy and her daughters
Dolores and Faythe, will operate
and manage the Inn and will b.
happy to greet their friends to-
morrow. The Inn will specialize
in hot roost beef and fish plates,
sandwiches, home made pies and
fountain service, and will be open
daily from IL a. M, with break
fast service at 9 starting June l.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
Moose Dance To
Note Birthday

In observance of the orders
28th birthday, the Port Clinton
Moose Lodge No. 1910 will hold
an anniversary dance in the local
armory this Friday evening, May
~.
Bob Montgomery's orchestra
will play for the dancing from 8
until 1. A large class will be ini-
tiated Sunday at the Moose meet
ing in the lodge home.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
COUNCIL SPEEDS UP
STREET REPAIR JOBS
FULTON Street
WORK TO START
Road Oil and Pump Purchases
Are Approved At
Council Meet

An exhilarated program of
street repairing will get under
way this month, as Street Com
missioner Carl Ruddock Tuesday
evening was given councilmanic
approval to employ three more
laborers to begin work of widen
ing Fulton Street from Perry to
the railroad embankment.
Men seeking work should apply
to Mr.. Ruddock or City Clerk Will
liam l.. Zeis at the City Hall.
Fulton Street will be widened
three feet on both sides of the
street. Dirt removed during the
repairs will be taken to Lakeview
Park where it will be used as fill
in low spots.
Councilman Roland Schaper also
urged that East Third and East
Second Streets receive immediate
attention before the blacktop sur
face is entirely ruined. Street.
Department workers will fill the
holes in these streets.
Councilman Torvald Hostrup
suggested that the new steamroll-
er be used to smooth out uneven
pavement in brick streets thru
out the city.
At present, the street depart
ment workers are repairing West
Fifth Street, near the Athletic
Field entrance.
Vice Mayor Harold Nielsen pre-
sided at Tuesdays council meet
ing as Mayor Carl Becker was in
the minstrel show cast. Also ab-
sent was Councilman William Goe-
bel, who had been stranded at
Put-in-Bay during business trip.
Council approved purchase of
$4,000 gallons of road oil on the
bid of 13 cents per gallon, offer
ed by Henry Bergman, Genoa
The road oil will be used on local
streets.
Also purchased was two-inch
pump to replace an antiquateo
model now being used by the
street department. Approved wa;
the purchase order for two shirts
and one pair of trousers for desk
men of the police department.
Waterworks Superintendent Will
liam Crohen and Vice Mayor Neil
sen told of invitations received
to attend the state conference or
sewage disposal and industrial
waste treatment, to be held June
$3.50 in Cincinnati.
Crohen will attend the confer
ence, representing the Waterworks
and Public Affairs boards.
Councilmen authorized expense!
for Mayor Becker and one coun
Gilman to represent the city a
the important conference.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
NEWCOMERS AND FORMER STARS
SPARKLE IN ANNUAL MINSTREL

Final showing of the Merchants
Association third annual minstrel
show Roaring Twenties" was
presented Wednesday evening in
the high school auditorium, with
proceeds to be used to pay the
deficit on the Youth Center and
to aid the Junior Softball League.
Directing this year was Hal
McCuen, Mansfield Little Theatre
director, and Mrs. Helen Fadely,
Catawba Island, was music direc-
tor. Scenery and program cover
were designed and executed by
Mrs. James Rhiel and special
lighting was by John Letter.
Bill "Vitamin" Mack and Norm
"Needs Some" Willbond We're the
experienced end men return
ing from previous shows and their
tomfoolery and delivery kept the
minstrel on humorous keel.
Bills solo was Lucky Old Sun"
and Norm's vocal skit was at
Happens Every Night.
Pleasing in their initial ap-
pearances were end men Atty.
j. G. Hitchcock, Don Rhodes, Curt
Kuhnle and Charlie Bauman.
Harold Worst, who has been in
terlocutor for all three minstrel
shows, is perfectly cast and ply
sically perfect for the leading
role.
Under the baton of David Stan
ton, the high school dance band
pleased with a program of pre-
curtain music.
Roy Linger, Catawba, Mort
Hanneman, Elmore tap dancer,
Bill Mellon, Toledo, and Gilbert
James, Port Clinton, made their
initial appearances as solo per-
formers.
Linger had the difficult opening
spot but made the most of it.
Hanneman's initial dance was un-
expectedly mode1nistic but his
subsequent tap dances highly
pleased the crowd. Melons Irish
tenor was soothing and James
proved a pleasant surprise with
his professional technique and
excellent voice.
Featured in several spots were
the Harbor Light quartet, Harold
Reitz, Warren Balduf, Ralph
Mackey and Warren McDougall,
and the local barber shoppers per-
formed magnifcently.
Singing in the mems chorus
were James Lavender, Douglas
McDougall, Bill Phipps, George
Schade, Myron Scnafer, Averill
Budd, Gilbert James, Richard
johnson, George Bankey, Ralph
Mackey, Warren Balduf and Har-
old Reitz.
Lucas Myers, Frank Wolf, War
rem McDougall, Bill Nicholson
Wendell Wolf, Roy Linger, James
Chapman, Eddie Edwards, Carl
Becker, DIR. Kenneth Carter and
Lawrence Ludwigsen.
Intermission specialties featur-
ed the beautiful and talented Mrs
Lee Davis in xylophone solos
vocal duets by George Bankey and
Mike Schafer, and guitar duets
by Roy Linyer and James Laven-
der, who played mouth organ
simultaneously with the guitar.
O'io Stars
LaVina Greunke, Put .ir-?ly
song and piano stylist who la,
been q star Of all three minstrel
shows, again brought down tbs
house" with her unusual "hand'
ard elbows" playing and her III
fectious songs.
Biggest surprise in the olio was
Mrs. Adelaide Reifschneider, who
played the ukulele and really
"soid" her songs, "Ma, He's Max
ing Eyes at Me-, and "Sweet
Georgia Brown. Her singing
was another show stopper.
AS the olio setting was a fra
(Continued Pare 9. Col. 81
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12
Cahill Succeeds
Mackey At Depot

John Cahill, who has been serv-
ing as relief worker at the local
New York Central Railroad ticket
Office, has been appointed to fill
the vacancy caused by the pro-
motion of Leighton Mackey, who
has been appointed freight agent
at the Martin station. The
changes were effective Monday.
Cahill lives in Erie Gardens and
Mackey resides in East Third
street.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-12

gether with a few from Pennsyl-
vania, add to it's historical signi-
ficancc.
You recall that Gaspard de
Lery and his party had passed
over it more than so years be-
fore; therefore, today, it retains
the two names, deLery Portage
and Harrison Trail. Memorial
stone markers may be seen at the
Bay and the Lake ends of Full
ton Street. (Other trails were also
marked in honor of General Har-
rison).
The unveiling of commemora-
tive tablets and the dedication of
the monuments took place on Me-
mortal Day, Thursday, May 90,
1912.
Exercises at Old Fort Sandos-
XII, terminus of the Sandusky-
Scioto Trail (the great Shawnee
highway between Fort Sandoski
and the Ohio River), were held
at the site at 10:30 a. m. One tab
let was presented by the Colonial
Danes, and others by the Ohio
State Archaeological and Histor.
ical Society.
Exercises at the Harrison Per-
ry embarkation monument were
held at | 80 in the afternoon. One
tablet was presented by the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, and one by the Daughters
of 1912.
Men of the army had arrived
: on horseback. The Canadian
Campaign was soon to be under
taken. The horses had to be left
behind. Knowing about the ex.
cellent grass on the Marblehead
Peninsula, General Harrison or
dered his Kentucky troops, en-
camped along the mile-and-a-half
trail, to construct a strong fence
of brush and fallen timber from
the Bay TO the mouth of the Por-
tage River.
please remember that the
mouth of the Portage River was
much farther east in those days.
When the present stone piers were
placed to form the harbor, the
course of the river was changed) i.
East of this fence, when COM
pleted, the horses were free 70
roam the Peninsula. Colonel
Christopher Rife and other men
were left in charge.
After Perry's victory, General
Harrison and his soldiers embark
ed at the mouth of the Portage
River for Canada.
While waiting for the General
to return, Colonel Rife opened
and bridged a road to Lower San
dusky (now Fremont), and built
a fort on the banks of the Port
age River.
Upon the return of General
Harrison and his army, the hors-
es were collected "by 1900 mer
forming a line across the lower
end of the Peninsula, before which
they were driven up to the 18th
mus and each delivered to It's
proper owner.
Colonel Rife was highly com
mended for his work, especial,
for the building of the road.
Next time you drive near the
monuments, stop few minutes to
read the inscriptions on the tab
lets. Pause a moment in silent
tribute to these heroes of years
ago, who along with Admiral
Perry and his men, defeated she
British in the War of 1912 and
wrote another glorious chapter in
Americas leaves of history.