Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-24
JOTTINGS 49,.
OFF the CUFF
BY RAY SPERBER

RASEBALL'S home run king,
- the Pittsburgh Pirates Ralph
Kiner, spent the forepart of the
week duck hunting at the Gal
braith marsh in Erie township.
One of the first places they stop
ped in town was at the Lake Erie
Sports Store, where Kiner and
John Galbraith, the Columbus
business tycoon who owns ma.
jority share of the Pirate stock,
made last minute purchases. Bill
Mack didn't recognize Kiner, al
though he sells bats autographed
by the famous slugger. Kiner is
highly interested in sports stores,
as he operates one in his home
town of Alhambra, California. A
group of famous people from
California flew here last week to
hunt at another Erie township
marsh, but no gorgeous movie
stars were included.
JOT -
W7ORK is being rushed at the
w Northern Ohio Telephone
Company building so that the di
rect toll line to Toledo can be
connected early next month
When the line is cut over, long
distance calls will connect di
rectly with the neighboring city
and thus save time.
THANKS to Mayor Carl Becker
for the pack of Canadian ci
garettes, Winchesters, he brought
back from his Vacationland ASST
trip to Simcoe, Ontario. Carl re
ports the Canadian brands were
selling at So cents per pack while
the American cigarettes are 4f
cents a pack. Most of us woulo
have to stop smoking at those
prices.
lONE wonders how Holiday Or
Ice" always seems to be better
than the ice extravaganza was
the previous year, but the 1856
edition which opened Friday nigh
in Toledo's Sports Arena for ;
lengthy run seems tops. Dorothy
Coos, Murray Galbraith, Mae
Friesinger, Ted Meza and Bobby
Blake, the established stars, have
Fstrong competition from numer
Gus newcomers who can't mis-!
stardom. The "Torpical Rhap
sody' ensemble production i.
breathtakingly beautiful. Doroth!
Coos is gowned as the white
peacock" the ensemble girls ar'
in multi-colored costumes ant
carry huge feather fans and tn,
gay blades" are in green archie
outfits. This one production i
worth price of admission alone.
THIS isn't an 81 told you so
- item but we may as we'll admi
now that we took some friendl,
bets last week on our prediction
illinois over Ohio State by 81,
points" After watching tn
Buckeyes squeeze by Wisconsin
week earlier, we felt that eithe
Fesler's boys we're overrated O
the other Big Ten teams wer'
badly under rated. When we ex
pressed our prediction agains
our beloved Buckeyes, there were
plenty of takers who weren'
bashful in telling us we were al
wet in no uncertain tones. Mon
day morning, Sportoonist Johl
Kruger didn't say word, h
just tossed a bill on our desk ant
walked away. This weekend
We'll take Ohio over Michigan b.
one touchdown-if Curcillo ant
Janowicz have recovered from
their injuries-but we're placinl
no money on the outcome!
THERE are some honest peopl
in the world, restaurant owne
Mrs. Zella Migila discovered las
week. When she first took owe
the sformer McGill Restauran!
one of her first customers was al
elderly man, poorly clothed ant
desperately hungry. Knowing tha
she wouldn't be paid for tn
meal, Zella didn't have the hear
to say mo" to the mans reques
for a hand out. After he ha'
eaten a big meal, the man VIII,
had come here to pick peache
thanked Mrs. Migala profusedl,
and stated he'd pay her some day
When he walked out, Zella shrug
ged her shoulders and marked tn,
meal off as experience and loss
The other day the same man re
turned, nicely dressed and look
ing fairly prosperous. He no
only paid for the earlier meal, bu
gave Mrs. Migala healthy tip!
-JOT-
MIR. and Mrs. Fritz johnson ant