Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-07-14
JOTTINGs ESQ.,.
OFF THE CUFF
By RAY SPERBER

A MONG the servicemen who are
at their homes here on short
@urloughs are Cpl. Tom Stahl, Jr.,
Mitchell Field, New York; Don
Kinsey, who returned from Coco
Solon, Panama, and heads for
Brooklyn Navy Yard for re-assign-
ment, Cpl. Eugene Rose, Tampa,
Florida, air base, and Cpl. Joe
Hohler, Rapid City, South Da-
kota, air base.
-JOT-
WHEN Port Clinton Little
" League All-Stars meet the
Elyria All-Stars in the opening
game of the Little League tourn-
ament August /, the game will
be broadcast via WEOL and
WEOL FM, Elyria Have you
seen the interior of the Avalon
Mite Club since manager AL Bre-
men completed renovations. There
are huge portraits of Lucille Ball,
Esther Williams, ETC., niched
along the walls Basiley's
Mite Club also has been prettied
up for the summer visitors. Pete
and Jim have added attractive new
drapes which makes the place
more home-like for the after-mid-
night crowd Carl Michnay's
Anchor Inn, near the State Park
entrance, is attracting more and
more patrons. Its interior fea-
lures very dark mahogany walls
with table tops and booth leather
in forest green.
ONE needs never to ask if the
Cleveland Indians won or lost
their game when you enter Nor
gan's Ark. Just look behind the
bar and notice if the Happy
Redskin" statue is grinning at
you or if he's had his face turned
towards the wall. Joe, Vida or
Buck never fail to punish the lit
tie fellow if Boudreau and his
gang let us down.
e -JOT-
Lad a pleasant surprise Sat-
urday when T/Sgt. Bob Ma
gill, formerly of March Field,
California, stopped in to spend the
weekend and to renew acquaint-
ances. 1t had been ten years
since we saw each other and
didn't even recognize the former
U. S. Cavalry team sharpshooter
who competed in National Rifle
Matches at Camp Perry during
1937-40. Jack Smith and many of
Magill's other friends in this city
recognized him Immediately. With
his wife and daughter, Bob will
be stationed at Selfridge Field,
Michigan.
FRANKLIN V. ROFKAR, Ca
tawba Island, an employee at
the Matthews Company plant, is
author of his first book, "The
Hunting Game" which has been
published by Exposition Press,
New York City. The book is il
lustrated with drawings produced
by his daughter, Julia c. Rofkar
Pole, valedictorian of the 1850
class of P. c. H. S. Rofkar's book
is an amusing treatise on a wide
variety of subjects ranging from
guns and equipment to hunting
sites and tactics. Hunting has
long been his hobby and the book
relates many anecdotes of his nu-
merous deer hunting trips.
WHEN Orlena Hickman Thorn
" ton, Panama City, Florida,
was here last week she mentioned
an amusing incident. "Klickie'
read an item in the News that Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Harris and fam
lily, formerly of this city and more
recently of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
were moving to Lake Worth, Flor
ida. Later that day Mrs. Harris
telephoned the Thornton residence
and said, "This is Betty" Not at
all surprised, Orlena replied
"Why Betty Harris, I've been ex-
pecting you. Read in the News
you were coming to Florida" "
Betty and Ned are still wonder
ing how we learned they were
moving to the summer climate,
but they must remember they still
have many friends and relatives
here who keep track of them.
-JOT-
DANDALL L. FINKEN, Lacarne
who won a four-year scholar
ship to Ohio State University last
year, is the only Port Clinton stu
dent named to the honor roll at
the university's College Of Agri-
culture for the spring quarter.
Randall had an outstanding ca
reer in sports and academic sub
jects at Oak Harbor High School
and was active in All and other
youth activities.
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