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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
Port Theatre
Re-opens Tonight

The Port theatre will reopen
this Friday night with it's new
spring and summer price policy
of thirty-five cent admission fol
adults on Sunday, Monday, Friday
and Saturday and twenty-five cents
for adults on what is advertised
as Gold Medal nights, every Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday.
Opening show at the Port for
Friday and Saturday will be "Port
Of New York" featuring Scott
Brady and Lynn Carter and sec
ond feature starring the imper-
ishable star of the saddle, Hopa-
long Cassidy, in one Of his new
est westerns THE Maurauders".
There will be a matinee Saturday
afternoon at 1870.
For Sunday and Monday the
Port brings back two of the fun
niest pictures of the last decade
Abroad With Two Yanks" star
ring William Bendix and Dennis
O'Keefe and Twin Beds" with
Constance Bennett and George
Brent. The First Gold Medal Hit
battle-ground" will be the at
traction Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
Mrs. Hayden Named
AS Red Cross Aid

Mrs. Osborne Haydon, East
Fourth Street, has been employed
as executive secretary of the Ot-
tawa County American Red Cross
chapter.
Mrs. Hayden has succeeded
Miss Susan Kilmer, Oak Harbor,
who resigned April Is TO join her
father, Lorenz, in the Kilmer
Enterprises at Limestone.
Mrs. Hayden began her new
duties Monday in the Red Cross
office of the City Hall.
Mrs. Hayden attended the Uni
versities of Michigan and Chicago.
While living in Ann Arbor, she
was executive secretary at the ma
tionai office of a college frater-
nifty, and in Chicago, she follow
ed up this work by becoming copy
editor in an educational publish
ing house. Since coming to Port
Clinton, she has been an active
volunteer for the Red Cross and
other service organizations.
The Red Cross office is in Port
Clinton's City Hall and its SER
vices are available to all of Ot-
tawa County. Mrs. Hayden re-
sides in Port Clinton with her
husband, Osborne, and is the
mother of twin sons.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
LEGION MEET IS.
SET FOR SUNDAY
Oak HarbOr Post Will Be
Host To First District
Spring Conference

Port Clinton, Marblehead, Ell
more and Genoa American Legion
posts will be we'll represented at
the annual spring conference of
the first district, American Le-
gion, to be held this Sunday,
April %, in Oak Harbor.
Don Foreman, commander of
the John A. Fader post, and Paul
David, Genoa, County Legion
Council Commander, will preside
along with district officers.
A colorful parade will be held
in the afternoon. Participating
will be the Salem-Oak Harbor
band, Legion bands, Cochran's
Majorettes representing the Port
Clinton Post 113, and other units.
Counties included in the First
District are Ottawa, Lucas, Put
nam, Wood, Defiance, Fulton,
Hancock, Henry, Paulding and
Williams. This will be the first
district conference ever held in
Oak Harbor.
The meeting will draw dele
gates from 80 American Legion
posts in the ten northwestern
Ohio counties. Conferences will
be held in the Salem-Oak Harbor
High School with lunch being
served in the Legion Hall.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
BAND CONCERT
SET FOR SUNDAY
Will Raise Funds To Defray
Expenses For Bands Trip
To Columbus

To help raise funds to pay ex-
penses of transporting Port Clin-
tons High School band to the
state finals, April 20, a spring
band concert will be held in the
high school auditorium, beginning
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
No admission will be charged
but a free will offering will be
taken to help defray expenses.
The band won its division at the
District band festival in Bascom
Saturday and thus became eligible
for the state contest.
David Stanton will direct the
following program: March Inver-
cargill, Lithgow; Otlantis Over
ture, Buys; In Modo Classico,
Monhaupt; Moody Contrasts, Vail;
Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring, Bach
Shrine Candlelabra, Frangkiser;
A Night at the Ballet, Harold
Walters; Excerpts from the oper-
eta, Song of Norway, Wright
Forest; The Bells of st. Marys,
Adams-Yoder; Dry Bones, ar
rangement by Yoder and Nation
al Emblem March, Bagley.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
MAURY GROVER
KILLS SELF IN
PERRY ST. HOME
Wife Finds Body Of Yachts
man After Trip To Busi-
ness District

Funeral services for Maurice
"Maury" Bradley Grover, 67,
were held Monday afternoon in
the Neidecker Funeral Home, the
Rev. John Braun, of st. John
Lutheran church, officiating. Bur-
ial was made in Lakeview ceme-
terry with the j. A. Neidecker
Company directing.
Mr.. Grover committed suicide
Saturday afternoon. His body
was found in the basement of the
residence at 728 East Perry
street when Mrs. Grover and her
sister returned to the home after
a shopping trip in the business
district. He had shot himself
with a .32 calibre revolver.
Grover had been in i'll health
for several months and had been
especially respondent in recent
weeks. He had returned home
Wednesday after a visit in Co
lumbus with his daughter, Mrs.
Eleanor Wallace, and her family.
DR.. George Poe, county coroner,
returned verdict of suicide af-
ter investigation.
An ardent yachtsman and
sportsman, Maury Grover was
born in Cleveland on April 8,
1888. His parents We're the late
C. E. and Eleanor Bradley Grover,
members of wealthy families in
that city.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Nellie Grover; one daughter, Mrs.
Eleanor Grover Wallace, and one
grandson, both of Columbus.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
Cub Scouts Plan
County Fair

All the thrills of county fair
will be featured this Friday eve
ming when Port Clinton's Cub
Scouts present their County Fair.
Each den will have a booth in
true midway style where guests
can win prizes to their hearts
content at the Youth Building.
Each Cub or guest will receive
$40 worth of fake money to spend
for thin dime and refresh
ments are ION the house"
Den Three members will stage
a puppet show in their own little
theatre as their handicraft pro-
ject for the month.
A talking dummy will make it's
premiere appearance when "Os-
wald" is introduced to the audi
ence. The party will conclude
with graduation exercises for 18
Cubs advancing to Scouting.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
AZ HONOR STUDENTS NAMED FOR
ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET

Forty-two Port Clinton High
School honor students, who will
be honored at the annual Schol-
arship Banquet to be held Tues
day evening, May 2, in st. John
Lutheran Church, have been Sc
lected by high school faculty
members.
Students were chosen on a basis
of scholarship, service to school,
leadership and character. Eli
gible for election are Is per cent
of the senior class, II per cent
of the junior class, 10 per cent
of the sophomore and eight per
cent of the freshman class.
Seniors named include valedic-
torian Julia Rofkar, salutatorian
Marjorie Guth, John Braun, Eliza
beth Ayers, Warren Antrim, Cath
crime Roose, 10 Ann Swimmer,
Evelyn Dubbert, Kathryn Kocsis,
Joseph Weis, Alice Fachman and
Marcia Edwards.
The twelve seniors also will be-
come members of the Port Clin-
ton chapter of the National Honor
Society. They will be awarded
pins and membership cards at the
scholarship dinner.
Juniors selected are William
Coon, Eleanor Lindemann, Doro-
thy Wilson, Frances Lukac, Betty
Probel, James Jacobs, Darlene
Danner, Doris Nelson, Joyce
Kirk, Ronald johnson and Georgi-
ana Zetzer.
Sophomores named are Alice
Kirk, Barbara Piatt, Lockwood
Zeis, Shirley Colston, Helen Loeb
den, Nancy Valance, Dale Col
Inns, Edwin Campbell, Charlenc
Runion and Janice Nye.
Fred Schneider, Gail Sorgcn,
Karis Stahl, Kathleen Armbrus-
ter, Elsie Bovia, Albert Wood
man, Philip Dusini, Joan Vargo
and Carl Disher are the freshmen
selections.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
CAA BANQUET Is
SET FOR T0NITE
Trophy Will Be Presented To
Most Outstanding Senior
Girl Athlete

Miss Patricia Vannorsdall, high
school girls physical education
instructor, will be in charge of the
first annual Girls Athletic Asso-
citation banquet to be held this
Thursday evening, April 20, in st.
Thomas Guild Hall.
Senior girl members will be
honored at the banquet, which
will be attended by 85 G. A. A.
members. Dorothy Wilson and
Sally Kramb will present a skit
about the seniors.
A trophy will be awarded to
the outstanding senior girl ath-
lete of the year.
Saturday afternoon, Miss Van-
norsdall took the Letter Club girls
to Sandusky where they partici-
pated in swimming and volley
ball during the Sports Day pro-
gram.
Next Tuesday afternoon, tha
Letter Club girls volleyball team
will drive to Woodville to meet
that schools team
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
COUNTY HEALTH
GROUP PLANNED
AT MEET IN 0. H
About Program Planned To
Fight tuberculosis In
This Area

First meeting of an administra-
tive health board, representative
OF all business and professional
groups in the county, was held
Friday evening in the Oak Har-
Dor Town Hall, with Atty. Luella
Zehner, president of the Ottawa
County Health League, presiding.
Proposed was change of
name to the Ottawa County Tu-
berculosis and Health Associa-
ton. r. f. Lewis, field represen-
tative of the state association, Co.
lumbus, outlined plans of action
and organization.
Named to the county board
were: Mrs. A. w. Chapman, Mrs.
George Slaughter, Mrs. Cyrus
Wood, Carl Keller and Ray Sper-
ber, Port Clinton; Charles Wolfe
and E. J. Fairfield, Lakeside;
Rollie Witt and Merrill Rudes,
Clay Center.
Mrs. Glenn Robinson, Mrs.
George Orwig, Jr., Mrs. Ray Lei
ser, Mrs. Ray Claus, Rev. Ira
Benton and Fred Lipp, Oak Har
Dor; Mrs. Leon Leutz, Jack Fin
ken and Russell Martin, Oak Har-
Dor rural routes; Mrs. Marcella
Dehring and Mrs. ]. Dufendock,
Genoa; Mrs. Lloyd Sabin, Gray
town; Richard Myers and L. A.
Hetrick, Elmore.
Officers of the health league,
Miss Zehner, Miss Elsie Meyer
and Miss Margaret Kramb, are
also members of the new group.
Miss Zehner appointed Mrs.
Chapman, Mrs. Dehring and Mr..
Lipp as a nominating committee,
and Miss Meyer, Mr.. Wolfe and
Mr.. Hetrick as constitution and
bylaws committee members. The
next meeting will be held May 10
at Oak Harbor.
Principal object of the new
group will be the administration
of funds raised through the
Christmas seal annual drives.
There will be a concerted all-out
effort to educate the public re-
garding early diagnosis of tuber-
culosis.
Plans were also discussed to
help purchase x-ray equipment
for Magruder Hospital so that
every person in the county could
be given chest x-ray.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
PLACE HIGH IN
SCHOOL TESTS
p. G. H. S. Leaders To Com
pete In District Contest
At Bowling Green

Twenty-nine Port Clinton High
School students have been chosen
to compete in the district-state
scholarship tests to be held Satur-
day, May 6, at Bowling Green
State University.
Selected on the basis of pre-
Hminary tests given here April
S are the following:
Thomas Allen and Shirley Col
ston, Biology; Carl Disher, Gen
eral Science; Harry Kleinhans
Physics; Roger Kreager and Fred
Schneider, Algebra /; Richard
Blaskis and James Jacobs, Alge-
bra ii.
Charles Aungst and Lockwood
Zeis, Plane Geometry; William
Coon and James Longe, American
History; Roland Chapman and
Alice Kirk, World History; John
Ruddock and Joseph Weis, Senior
Social Studies.
Philip Dusini and Karis Stahl,
English TX; Barbara Piatt and
Nancy Valance, English X;
Eleanore Lindemann and Doro-
thy Wilson, English XI; Warren
Antrim and Elizabeth Ayers,
English XII; Kathleen Armbrust-
er and Sharon Streeter, Latin i;
Helen Loehden, Latin II; and
Robert James and Curtis Wepler,
Bookkeeping.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
GUARDS ARRIVE
TO FIRE AT CAMP
F. B. |. Agents Practice On
Perry's Range; $50 Guards
Due This Weekend

First of nearly 1,70O national
guardsmen to spend their week
ends practice firing on the range
at Camp Perry will be at the To-
cal state reservation beginning
tomorrow. The weekend training
periods will continue until July
10.
Units to fire at Camp Perry
include the 145th Infantry Regi-
ment, 1st Battalion, from Cleve-
land, Berea, Warren, PainesviIle,
Lorain and Youngstown; the
135th Field Artillery Bn., from
Cleveland, Lakewood, Youngs-
town and Clyde; the 112th Engi-
neer (C) Battalion of Cleveland
and Willoughby, Battery D, 1877
AAA AW Battalion, and the
1428th Engineer Treadway Bridge
Company, Port Clinton.
Major John Elliott, Camp Per-
rvs superintendent, and his staff,
have prepared hutments for $50
guardsmen this weekend.
1t. Hans Ruthe is commanding
officer of the work troop at Camp
Perry, the Dump Truck Company
of the 10th Engineers, which ar
rived last week from Camp
Campbell, Kentucky.
There were 10 F. B. |. officers
of the Cleveland regional Office
practice firing on Camp Perry's
world famous ranges this week.
They were to complete their as
signment Thursday afternoon.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
By Marguerite Finefrock

It's Springtime! That season
of the year when Nom gets a
CLEAN in her eye that means but
one thing housecleaning.
When Dad bestirs himself from
his favorite chair, suddenly
struck with an overwhelming urge
to start cleaning up the yard or
maybe fix those loose shingles
that have been Tapping in the
breeze since last December.
Yessir, it's the time of year
when the female of the species
begins taking down curtains,
studying wallpaper samples or
gently limiting that maybe she
ought to have some new slip COW
ers. It's the time of the year
when the man of the house takes
a look at the grass growing by
leaps and bounds and wonders if
this year he can afford a power
dawn mower. (He's not as young
as he used to be, you know. It's
planting time, when the flower
and vegetable seed packets on
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
MINSTREL CAST
IS ANNOUNCED
Many New Voices Are Ready
For Debut Early In May
At High School

Tickets for the Forthcoming
Port Clinton Merchants third ar.
nual Minstrel Show went on sale
this week, with the sale being
handled by Merchant Association,
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs mem
bers. The minstrel will be pre-
sented May 8, 9 and 10.
Sundays rehearsal got off with
the proverbial bang after the
Easter vacation. Shaping up in
good form, it is expected that this
production will surpass that of
other years with additions of new
and quality entertainers.
Interlocutor Harold Worst will
be back again with his End Men
Coach Norm Willbond, Bill Mack,
Charles Bauman, Curt Kuhnle
Atty. j. C. Hitchcock and Don
Rhodes.
Members of the mems chorus
Of SO voices include Mayor Carl
Becker, DR.. Kenneth Carter, Law
renee Ludwigsen, James Chap
man, Roy Linger, Arthur Wat
kins, Wendell Wolfe, Frank Wolfe,
William Nicholson.
Ralph Riedmaier, Warren Nc
DougalI, Lucas Myers, George
Bankey, Gilbert Jaynes, Averill
Budd, Myron Schafer, Buck Bal
lard, George Schade, Eddie Ed
wards, Frank Carstens, William
Phipps, Douglas McDougall, Har-
old Reitz, James Lavender, War
rem Balduf, Ralph Mackey, CAST
mir Wierzba and Boyd Martin.
Carla Rupert and Don Rhodes
will cut loose with the rejuven-
ated Charleston dance during the
olio, which has the Roaring
Twenties as its theme.
Soloists are Mrs. Wilbur Gill,
Mrs. John Lorentzen, Misses Dor
othy Thomas, Sue Kilmer, Janice
Scott, Janice Gates and Roy Lin
ger.
Specialties will include the Har-
Dor Light quartet of Harold
Reitz, Warren Balduf, Ralph
Mackey and Warren McDougall;
accordion selections by Katherine
Kocsis, tap dances by Mrs. Alvin
Long, Port Clinton, and Mort Han
neman, Elmore; xylophone solos
by Mrs. Lee Davis, ukelele novel
ties by Mrs. Edward Reifschnei-
der, piano and songs by LaVina
Greunke, Put-in-Bay, and the
Varsity Drag by Mae Ludwigsen,
Mary Lou McRitchie, Mary Ann
Karshuk and Gladys Lockwood,
assisted by the Mems Chorus.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
LOCAL SAILOR.
KILLED SUNDAY.
IN AUTO MISHAP
Full Military Rites Planned
For Ernest Bass This
Friday Afternoon

Full military rites will be held
this Friday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock in the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Floro, 307 West
Perry Street, for World War IL
veteran Ernest Wilbur Bass, Jr.,
%, who was killed early Sunday
morning in All auto accident at
Hatchinton, Rhode Island. Church
services in the E. U. B. Church
will be held at 2 O'clock, Rev. J.
v. Bigelow officiating.
Death of the popular sailor was
the third tragedy over the week.
end in this city.
A veteran Of World War ii SER
vice in the South Pacific, Ernie
Bass had attended the Navy's
Submarine School at Submarine
Base, New London, Connecticut,
for the past two years.
He was killed early Sunday
when he was a passenger in d
car being driven by another sail
or, who lost control of the vehicle
while returning to their base.
FC2FF Patrick Dowd, Ocono-
nowac, Wisconsin, who was in the
same company as Bass, accompan-
led the body on the train trip
from New London. The casket
arrived Tuesday.
Born in Port Clinton, February
2, 1926, Ernie w. Bass, Jr., was
% years, two months and ID days
of age at the time of his tragic
death. He had attended local
schools until joining the navy.
His rank was fire controlman
third class, U. S. Navy.
Surviving are, the mother, Mrs.
Alice Deming; father, Ernest w.
Bass, Sr., Port Clinton; brother,
Jackie Ray Bass, U. S. Army,
Carlisle Barracks, Pa; sisters,
Mrs. Ida Zwerman, Mrs. Doris
Becklev, Mrs. Helen Cunningham,
and Miss Shirley Mae Bass;
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Duby, Port Clinton and Matt Bass,
Covington KY.
American Legion Post 113 mem
bers will serve as pallbearers and
Legionnaires will also form the
guard of honor. Port Clinton's v
F. w. Post will be represented b.
its firing squad. Gerner and
Wolf will direct interment.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
No Foul Play Indicated After
Autopsy By Toledo
PathOlOgist

Funeral services for Mrs. Iva
Alpha Wedekind, 40, were held
Wednesday afternoon in the Ger
ner & Wolf Funeral Home, the
Rev. John Braun, of st. John
Lutheran church, officiating.
Mrs. Wedekind's body was
found in the bath tub of her
home, 72S South Monroe street,
at 1908 a. m. Monday. Her
husband, Kent Wedekind, Port
Chnton's city engineer, made the
discovery.
Wedekind telephoned police
headquarters and stated 81 just
came home and Iva is in the bath
tub full of water. | think she is
dead"
Patrolmen Russ Shinevar and
Lloyd Rahm sped to the home and
found Mrs. Wedekind lying on
her back in the bath tub. Water
was running from the spigot, but
there was little water in the
tub as the plug was not in place.
Mrs. Wedekind was wearing a
slip and a house coat, but no
shoes or house slippers. Her
head was practically under the
water spigot, but was turned
slightly to the left.
County Coroner DR.. George Poe
was called to the scene. Pic
lures were taken for police rec
ords and the body was removed
to the mortuary. DR.. Poe believed
the woman had died between 6
and Z o'clock Sunday evening.
Wedekind told police that he
had not been home since Sunday
noon. He was taken to Magru-
der Hospital for treatment and
was released Wednesday fore
noon.
Investigation disclosed that
Mrs. Wedekind had suffered se-
we're blow on her head, and DIR.
Poe ordered an autopsy to de-
termine cause of death.
DR.. r. ]. Ramsey, Toledo path
ologist, assisted by DR.. Poe and
another Toledo doctor, performed
the autopsy Tuesday. Their find
ings were that death was not due
to drowning nor due to the head
injury, DR.. Poe stated.
Investigation in Mrs. Wede-
kinds death is continuing. Con-
tents of the stomach were taken
to Toledo Tuesday for further
study and results viii be known
later this week.
Iva Alpha Wedekind was born
August 21, 1901, in Bay Town
ship. She was a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. August Radloff, and
spent her entire life here.
Surviving are the husband,
Kent Wedekind; one daughter,
Mrs. Jacqueline Pfeghaar, Mau-
NEE; one grandchild; the father,
August Radloff; one sister, Mrs.
Vivian Fielder; and three broth
ers, Carl, Lester and Woodrow
Radloff, all of Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
CONTINUE Investigation IN MYSTERY DEATH
WOMAN IS FOUND
DEAD IN Bath TUB
Police Ball Is
Tonight's Event

Largest crowd of the spring
season is anticipated this Friday
night, April 2l when the first an
nual Policeman's Ball, sponsored
by the Port Clinton Fraternal
Order of Police Chapter, is held
in the armory.
Joe Nigro, his trumpet and
eight-piece orchestra will furnish
music for the dancing from 9:3G
until l:30. A six-act floor show,
direct from Chicago, will get un-
derway at li:30. Tickets may
be purchased from any policeman
or at the door.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
Pickerel Run
Is On At Island

Unusually large catches of
pickerel and other saleable fish
are reported by John Nissen and
Charles Mailer, gill netters at
Put-in-Bay.
Recent lake storms were dis
astrous in that many nets were
torn and had to be pulled up and
brought to shore for repairs.
Both fishing crews are putting
in long, tiresome hours, but as
long as the fish "are running" !.
the work is interesting and the
men don't mind the extra hours.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
Students Tour
Standard Plant

Members of the Port Clinton
High School Junior Glass this
week are being taken ON conduct
ed tours of the Standard Products
Company's local factory, labora-
tories and Offices
First of the students made the
tour Monday and Tuesday while
the third group was to tour the
plant Thursday. Lunch was serv-
ed the guests in the cafeteria be-
fore the tours started.
A $50 savings bond will Ge
awarded to the junior student
writing the best essay on the sub
ject "How the Standard Products
Company benefits Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
Rubbish Clean Up
Begins Monday

With the spring houseclean-
ing work now in full swing,
Street Commissioner Carl Rud-
dock has announced that the
annual spring clean up will be-
gin Monday.
AS usual, the street depart
ment workers will begin pick
ing up tin cans in the west end
of the city. Residents are ask
ed to have their cans placed in
containers near the street, for
easy access by the city workers.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
Legion Plans
Special Events

Members of the Clintonnaires
barber shop quartet will furnish
the program this Thursday eve
ming at the regular meeting of
American Legion Post 113. Sing
ers include DR.. Richard Semon,
Jack Lay, Lee Bracken and John
Anderson.
Buffalo sandwiches will be
served following the meeting,
Austin Clark reports. The meat
has been in the deep freezer
since the Legion Banquet.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
TO VISIT ENGLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. Leighton Mackey
will leave Thursday for New York
City where Mrs. Mackey will
board the ship "New Amsterdam"
on Friday to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles B. Hurley in
Potters Bar, Middlesex, England,
for six months. She will return
in October aboard the S. S. Amer
lea.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
Knisley Tours
Ottawa County

Clarence H. Knisley, former
state treasurer, who is opposing
Governor Frank j. Lausche and
Joseph Torok, Jr., for the Demo
tractic nomination for governor,
visited Port Clinton and Ottawa
county early this week.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
WINDOW BROKEN

A large window in the front of
the Port Clinton National Bank
was broken Tuesday evening when
a high school youth fell through
the glass.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21

THE NEWS is prepared to
do your JOB PRINTING on
a basis of Good Workman
ship and Good Service at
Fair Prices. Phone 5271.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-21
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