Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-17
| J0TTINGS 49,.
| OFF the CUFF
BY RAY SPERBER

know that an Ottawa county
man was once a candidate for lieu
tenant governor? He was the
late Rev. j. T. Braithwaite, of
Lakeside, who ran on the Pro-
hibltionist ticket. Rev. Braith-
waite was the father of Willis
Braithwaite, foreman of the OF
tawa County News print shop . +. q.
Back in 1929, Bill Wilkens discov-
cred an old log canoe about % feet
in length near the banks Of the
Portage River at Lacarne. 1t was
believed to have been used by the
Indians years ago as that area has
long been known as an Indian bur-
ial ground.
-JOT
lDR. CHARLES A. DAMBACH,
associate professor and direc-
tor of the conservation curriculum
of Ohio State University's depart
ment of zoology and entomology,
has been named chief of Ohio's
Wildlife Department to succeed H.
A. Buck" Rider. The 38-year-old
professor was appointed to the
81 ,2OO-per-year job by Natural
Resources Director A. w. Marion.
The appointment should prove
popular with local sportsmen.
MARGARET TRUMAN will sing
A at Bowling Green State Uni
versity at 8:15 p. m. Thursday,
March 80, in the Mems Gymnas-
ium. She will be one of the guest
stars on the Artists Series and
Lauritz Melchoir, former Metro
politan opera star, will follow
Margaret on April 13. Ticket re-
quests addressed to Prof. Wilbur
]. Abel will be considered in or
der in which they are received.
Seats are $2.40 each and checks
are to be payable to the univer-
sity.
JOI -
DETE ZIMMERMAN, 1913 Oak
street, has been pledged to
Theta Tau fraternity at Ohio
State University Wanda Lou
Pitman, 1926 Jackson street, was
trumpet soloist Monday evening
when the Alpha Chapter of Sigma
Alpha Iota, national professional
music fraternity for women at the
University of Michigan, presented
program of contemporary Amer
ican Music.
-JOT-
EINAL outcome of the Worth
ington-London Class B basket
ball game Friday night had the
Columbus area sports fans in an
uproar. Worthington won 1854
but it took a decision by H. w.
Emsweiler, Commissioner of the
Ohio High School Athletic Asso-
citation, to make it stick. London
fans protested that Worthington
had been given a point when the
referee tossed the ball through the
hoop to clear the meshes before
free throw. When the Worthing-
ton player connected on his free
throw seconds later, it was also
counted. Around Columbus, sports
fans were saying that Emsweiler
went along with the official score
keepers.
-JOT-
NEARLY a year ago, two local
businessmen, Bill Goebel and
Fred Roy, opened joint bank ac-
count and since that time, they
have deposited as much money
weekly asst hey could without their
wives becoming suspicious. When
March 29 arrives, Bill and Fred's
savings account will be withdrawn
and used for the purpose they had
planned-a three-week QUITO trip to
Texas, New Orleans, Florida and
other coastal areas. Marian Goe-
bel and Ruth Roy have also look
ed forward to the trip for many
months and had been Saving their
pennies" until their husbands told
them of the vacation fund.
--JOT-
A DELE KIHLKEN, Port Clin-
ton, and Marilyn McClintock,
Woodville, who form tn negative
debate team for Bowling Green
State University, were undefeated
in three verbal clashes at the
Northern Ohio Debate Tournament
in Cleveland, Saturday. Daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Kihlken,
Danbury, Adele is majoring in sta
tistics.
-JOT-
MIR. and Mrs. Hans C. Jensen,
40 who were in their native
Denmark in time to spend Christ
mas with their relatives, will con-
clude their three-month visit
March 81 when they will board
shin and sail for the GOOD old TT