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Smyrna times., 1950-06-15

leum is durable and easy to keep
clean. Some linoleums are given
a wax finish in the factory; others
require waxing as soon as laid.
Wax fills the pores and seals the
surface, thus preventing dirt from
being ground in. It also helps pre-
serve the natural resiliency of the
material. Paste wax is recon-
mended for the first coat as it is
heavier than liquid wax. After
polishing, a second coat should be
added. Liquid wax is easier to ap5..
ply and as a result many homsJ
makers prefer its use. Under norm-
al conditions daily brushing with a
dry mop and wiping with damp
cloth once a week are sufficient.
For floors which require more
thorough cleaning, use a soft mop
with warm water and mild soap
solution. Hot water, strong soaps,
and cleaning agents should never
be used on linoleum. Wash only a
small portion at a time, rinse, and
dry thoroughly: Scrubbing tends
to remove the wax finish and make
rewaxing necessary.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-15
versitv of Delaware.

Most linoleums, she says, give
best service if laid over lining of
felt which in turn is cemented to
the wood floor. The felt takes up
any expansion and contraction Of
the wood and prevents the llnoleum
from buckling or splitting. 1t also
makes the floor warmer and more
resilient. Seams should be protect
ed with waterproof cement. If the
floor is concrete the use of a felt
lining is optional. 1t helps, how
ever, in taking up the irregulari-
ties that are always present in con-
crete and adds to the resiliency.
One type of linoleum is made with
a photographed adhesive back
and is laid directly on the floor
Linoleum is not recommended fol
use on floors which are in direct
contact with the ground, because
of the dampness.
For table tops linoleum shoulC
be cemented directly to the wooc
with waterproof cement.
If properly laid and cared for
Miss Whitcomb points out, limo
Smyrna times., 1950-06-15
Route Announced for
Chicken Festival Parade

The route for the gala Delmarva
Chicken Festival parade, scheduled
to be the greatest ever witnessed
on the peninsula, has just been an
nounced by Mr.. Harry McSherry,
of Dover, parade chairman. Start
ing at 600 pm. on June Is, it will
be led by the US. Navy Band, and
include 80 other bands, many fire
companies, agricultural and indus
trial floats, marching units, drum
and bugle corps, and Boy and Girl
/ Scouts.
The parade will form at the Dow
er Green, and proceed north on
State Street to Clara Street. Then
it will go west to Bradford Street
south to Cecil Street, west to New
Street, south to Looekerman Street
and west to the City Hall Plaza
The judges stand will be on Loock'
erman Street at Governors Aven'
ue, and the reviewing stand will by
on Loockerman Street at Bradford
Street. The parade units, othel
than the military service bands
will be competing for over 81, ,90i
in cash prize awards.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-15
Delaware 4-H Club Members
Attend washington Camp

Four members of Delaware All
Clubs have been selected to attend
the goth National All Club Camp
in Washington, D. c., June 14-21,
1850. The delegates David Elliott,
of Laurel; Jane Dukes, of Town
send; William Redding, of Newark;
and Elizabeth Webb, of Goldsboro,
Md, will leave Newark on June IA
with Miss Jean Lee, State All Club
Specialist.
Theme of this years camp is
know Your Government" Two
boys and two girls from each state
are attending with state leaders.
They'll study how a bill becomes
law, visit the government build
ings, meet farm youngsters from
foreign lands here in the Interna-
tional Farm Youth Exchange, and
hear such speakers as Agriculture
Secretary Charles F. Brannan and
E.C.A. Administrator Paul Hoff-
man. The group will also visit
President Truman at the White
House.
Jane Dukes is in her ninth year
of All Club work. She is a mem-
ber of the Stump Corner Club, and
has participated in clothing, cook
ing, canning, and home improve
ment projects. She's 10 years old,
and student of the John Bassett
Moore High School in Smyrna.
Bill Redding is a senior in the
Newark High School, and in his
seventh year of All Club work.
He's junior leader of the Mt. Nebo
Boys Club, has participated in
many club projects, and has been
state winner several times. He was
a 1949 delegate to National All
Club Congress in Chicago.
David Elliott has been mem
Der of the Laurel Sycamore 4-H
Club for seven years and has COM
Ipleted thirteen All projects. He's
been president of his club and state
winner of the Tractor Maintenance
Project.
Elizabeth Webb, of the Westville
All Club, has been a 4-H'er fol
eight years, and has completed II
projects. She's II years old and g
student at Beacon Business Col
Ilege.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-15
Maryland-DeIaware Potato Grow.
ers Reject Marketing Order

Maryland-Delaware Potato Grow
ers Reject Marketing Order
Ernest Mattiford, acting chair
man of the Delaware Production
and Marketing Administration, has
announced that potato growers in
Delaware and counties of Worces-
ter, Somerset, Wicomico, Dorches-
ter, Talbot, Caroline, Queen Annes,
Kent and Cecil in Maryland have
rejected a proposed marketing ord
er in a referendum which was con-
Quoted throughout the production
area during the period May 22-26,
1850, inclusive.
Therefore, the proposed market
ing agreement and order program
will not go into effect, he says, and
as required by the law, price sup
port on 1850 crop potatoes will moi
be available to Delaware and East.
ern Shore of Maryland potato pro
ducers.
The Department reported thai
25 producers or ia percent o.
those voting favored issuance o.
the order. A total of 119 produc
ers or 82.6 per cent of those voting
disapproved. BY volume of pro
duction 1877 per cent favored tht
Smyrna times., 1950-06-15
Director WOrrilOw Recommends
Farm Safety Rules

Farm SaIeIy huleS
The background for National
Farm Safety Week, to be observed
July % to 20, is picture blacker
than it need be, according to Di-
rector George M. Worrilow of the
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service and Experiment Station.
It includes an annual 1880 fatali-
ties from accidents, and 100000
disabling injuries. Also about 35,-
900 buildings are destroyed by fire.
The annual loss, much of it pre-
ventabIe, is estimated at about one
Billion dollars.
1t is the preventable factor on
which the 1850 campaign centers
The emphasis is on safety rules
These rules are applied common
sense. If followed generally, they
would reduce materially the num-
ber of accidents and fires. They
are not imposed rules, but rather
rules the individual is asked tC
adopt as his own, for his own safe
ty and the safety of others. Lear
and Obey Farm Safety Rules" il
the theme of the whole effort.
Falls are the most frequen'
cause of farm accidents, analysis
shows. Two of the safety rule
that apply particularly to preven
ton of injuries from falls are: Il
Keep walkways and steps in goo'
Smyrna times., 1950-06-15

issuance of the order whereas s1.3
per cent were opposed. More than
Al per cent of the commercial po-
tato producers in the production
area who produced approximately
GA per cent of the potatoes last
season took part in the referen-
dun.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-15

repair, unoostructed, and well
lighted; and (2) Keep ladders in
good repair and easily accessible
in case of emergency.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-15

No waiting for neighbors no hiring custom
machine no extra harvest crew. With your own
Al-Crop harvester, you can handle the job alone,
when your crop is ready
Look at these features:
ALL RUBBER sHELIINe CONTACTS reduce crackage Of
beans seeds and grain
EULL-WIpTH SPIRAL BAR CYLINDER same width as the
header. Puts crop through without punching or
chopping.
AIR BLAST SEPARATION plus oversize threshing rear
saves more grain, even in long, heavy straw crops.
SAW TOOTH WIND CONTROL VALVES mean better clean.
ing and saving of light seeds over cleaning shoe.
The Crop handles more than 100 different kinds
of grains seeds and beans. Let's talk about an
All-Crop for your harvest.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-15
Care of Linoleum Floors

Care of Linoleum Floors
Recommended by Home Specialist
Care in both laying and cleaning
linoleum floors can result in a
great saving to homemakers says
Miss Louise R. Whitcomb, home
management specialist at the Uni
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
OUR NEIGHB0RS +
CATAWBA

Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Shores left
Wednesday via motor trip to Jack
sonville, Florida, the Keys, and
Sarasota, stopping also at Winter
Haven to call on Mr.. and Mrs,
Lester DuBrie.
Steve Dorski of Sandusky spent
the holidays in the ]. C. West
home.
The body of Lester Zimmerman
46, who passed away early Satur-
day morning in st. Vincent's Hos
pital, was laid to rest in Catawba
Island cemetery Monday after
noon following services in the Nei-
decker funeral home, with the
Rev. E. E. Eckhoff officiating. Six
local friends of the family served
as pallbearers; Nels Petersen
Ralph Owen, Richard Hees, George
Schafer, M. j. Barnholt and Frank
Woodman.
The Misses Rose and Marcia
Zimmerman were called from De-
troit where they were visiting
their sister, Mrs. Charles Bandera
by the death of their uncle, Lester
Zimmerman. Mrs. Bandera ac-
companied them home, returning
Monday.
Farm Bureau Advisory Council
No. a will meet Wednesday eve
ming, Jan. 1S, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Burnell Englebeck in Port Gin.
ton.
Mrs. John Oberhaus and daugh-
ter, Joan, have returned from Co.
lumbus, where they visited rela-
tives.
The reorganization meetings OF
both Board of Education and
Township Trustees will be held
Monday evening, Jan. 9.
The Mothers Club met Wednes-
day evening, Jan. a in the home
of Mrs. Arthur Knudson in Port
Clinton. Monday a committee OF
the club assisted in the J. S. Later
home in Port Clinton.
Leroy Wakefield made a hurried
trip here last week from Deland
Florida, where he and Mrs. Wake
field have purchased home. The
household goods are being sent
this week.
The Ladies' Afternoon Club
will meet with Mrs. Harry John,
son Wednesday afternoon, Jan. II
Roll call will be Irregularities OF
the American People. Mrs. E. F
LATER will review "As Others Sc,
U.s., by Visson. Current Event.
will be National News.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
ORTHODOX XMAS To Be OBSERVED
AT MARBLEHEAD THIS SATURDAY

star is in the heavens.
One can readily understand the
reason for superstitions. The
European Christmas is truly a
family day with no time to visit
or entertain visitors.
The two days following Christ
mas are likewise regarded as holy
days, being the Feast of the All
Holy Theotokos and of st. Steph-
Ell.
In America many of the Gus
toms have been discontinued, al
though a great deal are still main
tanned. Superstitions are no long
er used to keep the day sacred for
the family alone. The entire three
days are spent in visiting and
welcoming friends.
More of the material things
have been gained but some of the
spiritual things have been lost
Thus, the straw on the floor has
given way to the glitter of the
pagan Christmas tree. st. Mich.
olas, the Biblical doer of gooG
deeds, is not mentioned as otter
as Santa Claus. Caroling or
Christmas Eve is still great
event, although shepherds cos
tunes are no longer worn. Christ
mas parties are now in vogue.
New Years Day, january IA
is still considered a holy day in
stead Of holiday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
Matthews Boats
At National Show

Mr.. and Mrs. Court Eisenhow-
er, Robert Reynolds, Carl Rad
loft and Wilbur Fellerath of the
Matthews Boat Company staff,
are in New York for the 40th
annual National Motor Boat Show
which opens today in Grand
Central Palace and continues thru
January Ii.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Matthews
will leave Wednesday for the
closing days of the show.
For the first time in years,
The Matthews Company will be
represented with two models at
the big show. Included is the
S2-foot "Playboy" cabin cruiser,
the company's newest model, and
the 40-foot deluxe sedan. The
boats were taken to New York
City via truck late last month.
Sponsored by the National
Association of Engine and Boat
Manufacturers, the show will oc.
cupy all four exhibition floors OF
the Palace and feature more thar
$50 assorted recreational boats
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
Divorces Show
Decline In 1040

With the closing of the past
year, some of the county offices
have reported increases in off
cial activities and others report
declines. Judge P. w. Gulau ir
the probate court reports slump
in applications for marriage licen.
ses, with 270 licenses having been
issued in 194S and during 194s
the number dropped to 252. A
large number of estates were pro
bated during the year.
In the office of the clerk Of
courts Mrs. Velma Sauvey report
ed 24S new civil cases filed il
194S as compared with 232 fol
1949. Applications for divorce.
dropped during the past year, with
Sd applications registered as com
pared with 116 for the previou.
year.
Real estate transfers also drop
ped during the past year accord
ing to the records IN the office o.
county auditor, E. A. Guth
who reports 2,169 parcels o,
real estate changing ownership
during 1949, as against 2,421 dur
ing 194S. A large number of tn
transfers represented settling O
estates.
Sheriff Merlan Budd reports al
increase in the number of prison
ers registered in the county jai
during the past year, when tn
number was 232, an increase o
three over 1948 when 229 wer
registered. During the past yea
two prisoners We're sent to tn
state penitentiary at Columbu
and five to the state reformator,
at Mansfield. Increased activitie
were reported in the other count,
departments.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
O. P. S. Prexy Named
To Edison Board

R. E. Burger, president and
chairman of the Board of Direc-
tors Of The Ohio Public Service
Company, was elected a director
of the Ohio Edison Company at a
meeting in Akron on Thursday
December 28). At the same
meeting Mr.. Burger was appoint
ed chairman of the Executive
Committee. The announcements
were made by President Walter H.
Sammis, of Ohio Edison Com
pany.
The Ohio Public Service Com
pany became a subsidiary of
Ohio Edison Company on Decem-
Der 23, 1949, at which time the
Edison Company acquired the e.
100000 shares of Public Services
outstanding 100000 shares of
common stock previously owned
by Cities Service Company.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
Reserve Group
Leads In State

COLUMBUS-The Toledo and
Cleveland chapters of the Reserve
Officers Association, Department
of Ohio, led the state organiza-
tons 67 chapters in membership
gains for the past month with %
each, it was announced here today.
An intensive membership cam
paign is being conducted through
out the United States by the as
sociation.
Lieut.. Col. Reginald S. Jackson
is president of the Toledo Chapter
and First Lieut.. Keith B. Knight
is membership chairman. The
Cleveland chapter is the largest
in the state with GOT members
while Toledo ranks sixth with 328
Maj. Fred F. Groscop is vice
president of the Toledo chapter anG
head of the Bowling Green sub
chapter and Lieut.. Col. Harold ]
Worst, vice-president, leads the
Ottawa county subdivision Of the
organization.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06

Rochelle Hudson play
leading roles supported by
three of Hollywood's best
younger actors and act
resses, plus a cast of un-
usual ability. 1t will prove
to be top entertainment
for the entire family.
Several other brand new
all-talking pictures will be
shown. They cover mod
ern farm equipment and
latest farming practices
every farm family will
find interesting and
worthwhile to see.
Be sure to stop in at w.
C.. Jeschke & Son for YOUR
free tickets. if you hav-
en't received them or if
you need more,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
GYPSUM

Mrs. Charles Sibrel returned tt
her home Saturday from a visit
in Brooklyn, N. Y. with her sor
Dick and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rohde
returned home this past weekend
from a visit in Winter Haven
Florida, with Mr. and Mrs. Pau
Rohde.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Johansen
Of Toledo, were New Years Day
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sibrel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Bahnser
returned home Monday from a
holiday visit with their son-in-
law and daughter and children
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Koerner OF
Rochester, New York.
Miss Marlene Sibrel returned
Monday to Bowling Green Univer,
sity.
Mrs. Arthur Krebs and daugh-
ter Karen accompanied Rev. Ar
thur Krebs for a weekend stay at
the parsonage.
Miss Dorothea Gulau spent
Monday afternoon and early eve.
ming with Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart
Gosser and son Gregory in San,
dusky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Silverwood
and family had as a guest over
New Years, Mr.. Silverwood's s
mother from Toledo.
Miss Dorothea Jensen return.
ed Monday evening to Toledo Uni.
versity.
Mrs. Fred Voss is convalescing
satisfactorily from a siege Of
pneumonia.
Miss Spaulding of the Home
Agricultural Extension program
will be in the Gypsum School caf.
eteria ON Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 7:1E
p. m. Curtains and draperies will
be the topic.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
Curtain Meets
Due In County

January marks the dates for
the Extension Service meetings on
selecting curtains and draperies.
Meetings will be held in each
township and will be conducted by
the home demonstration agent,
Betty Lou Spaulding. These meet
ings are open to all homemakers
as service of the Ohio State
University. New fabrics, problem
windows, use and care of curtains
and draperies will be discussed.
The following are dates and
places for the meetings:
Portage Twp.-Jan. 10; Erie
Twp.-To be announced later;
Benton Twp-January II, Mrs.
Geo. kuhlman's home; Allen Twp,
January 13, Mrs. John Gruet-
ter's home; Harris Twp.-Janu-
ary II, Mrs. Robt. Overmyer's
home; Clay Twp.-January Is, To
be announced later; Salem Twp
January 20; Bay Twp.-January
"a; Danbury Twp.-January 20,
Danbury Lutheran church; Carroll
Twp.-February 1, Mrs. Geo. Lay
mans home: Catawba Twp.-To
be announced later.
Portage Twp, Jan. 10, Gypsum
School Cafeteria; Catawba Twp,
Jan. 16, barn dwelling of Mrs,
Edward Ludwig; Salem Twp, Jan.
20, Oak Harbor Community Hall,
and Bay Twp, Jan. "a, Bay Twp.
Community Hall. Meetings start
at lis p. m.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
DEATHS
ERIE +. HAAS

Erie E. Haas, veteran O. p. S.
Traction Company employee, pass
ed away Saturday evening in his
Oak Harbor home after an illness
of a year.
Born June 80, 1889, in Lindsey,
he was a son Of John c. and Ellen
Overmyer Haas. He attended
school in Lindsey and later taught
there for two years. In 1917, Erie
Haas and Ada Yeisley were mar
ried. She passed away in 1888.
Mr.. Haas had been an employee
of the o. p. S. for the last 81
years.
Surviving are two sons, Ray.
mond, Erie Township, and Rich
ard, Oak Harbor; a daughter, Mrs
Alfred I. Madison, Oak Harbor;
two brothers, George, Lindsey
and Harry, Stony Ridge, and tive
grandchildren.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
IS
Jan. 16
100 P. m.

w. C. Jeschke & Son,
local John Deere Dealer,
invites all farmers and
their families to attend
his big John Deere Day
Program at his store, cor
ner State and Hayes Ave-,
Port Clinton, Ohio, on
Jan. 16. Admission will
be by ticket only, but
tickets can be obtained
free of charge at the door.
The feature picture,
Roots in the Soil," is a
dramatization of life in
rural America. It's action.
centers around a small
town banker and his fam
lily who play an important
part in community activ-
tiles. Richard Travis and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
CARD OF THANKS

We gratefully acknowledge and
deeply appreciate the many kind
nesses shown us at the time of
our recent bereavement, the death
of our husband and step-father,
Harry Ewing. We especially thank
DIR. Ley, the pallbearers, Gerner
& Wolf, and all those who so
thoughtfully assisted US in caring
for him; also Rev. Graham, and
the musicians, Mrs. Detzell and
Mrs. Fern Heisel.
Mrs. Bertha Ewing and Family.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
BY Mrs. George Majurik and
Marian Glovinsky

Christmas, to the people of the
Orthodox faith, is being celebrat-
ed on Saturday, January z. The
reason for this is that although
Christmas is December % accord
ing to the Julian calendar used III
Christ's time, being difference
of thirteen days, makes Christmas
Day fall on January 7 of each
year according to the Gregorian
or present calendar.
Christmas among the Slavs of
Europe has never been the glitter
ing celebration of the West. There
was nothing glittering about the
stable in which the Christ Child
was born, SO to remind themselves
of the simplicity of the birth of
Christ, they put straw on the floor
of the room and manger in the
corner.
The entire day before Christmas
is spent fasting and in prepara-
tion for Christmas Eve. While
the evening meal is a feast, it is
composed entirely of lenten dishes
which take great ingenuity to pre-
pare, no meats, animal fats, milk,
or eggs being used. The meal us
ually consists of "perchi", squares
of dough made with variety of
filings, one corner turned to form
triangle and pinched together
all around, served with onions
Drowned in vegetable oil; mashed
potatoes, mushroom gravy, sauer-
kraut, "bobalki", little round
sticks of dough cooked with
"perchi" and eaten dipped in hon
ey; beans cooked with prmes,
"kasha', a porridge, bread and
tea.
The table is set with candle
that has been blessed in church.
When lit, all kneel around the
table and say the Lords Prayer
with the father usually leading in
prayer. On arising, the mother
makes the sign of the cross over
each dish of food and thanks God
for his bounty. Before sitting
down, the mother dips her finger
in honey and gently touches the
foreheads of the girls that they
might be as sweet as honey. Many
legends, all with religious moral
are told. When the meal is com
pleted, all kneel again and the
Lords Prayer is again repeated
The youths, dressed in shepherds
costumes, goes caroling and those
too young are entertained by THEN
parents with games, with prizes
of nuts and sweets to the victors
Children are kept awake until the
carolerS arrive.
| From midnight until 200 a. m
the youth and elders attend church
services. With the conclusion OF
the midnight service, everyone is
greeted with "Christos Rozdayet
sya" ("Christ is Born"D and is
answered with "Slavite Yehov
| ("Praise Him"D This is quite
different from the Merry Christ
mas" C"Merry Christ's Mass,
used in the West.
| Christmas Day, everyone at
tends Mathis and Divine Liturg,
until noon with Vespers aftel
500 p. m.
| Christmas Day is a great day Of
feasting, with a variety of meats
fowl, vegetables, and fruits, a!
we'll as home baked poppy-see>
and nut bread, "kolachi", tarts
and the like being served.
| Cooking is all done the day be-
fore Christmas, before the frs
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06

formed by a PUCO inspector that
because railroads are considered
a public utility, the economic fea-
sibility of routing trains through
any particular town is of secon-
Diary Importance to requirements
of the community.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
ANDREW ZIROS

Funeral services for Andrew
Ziros, 67, who died Saturday in
his home at 503 Washington
street, were held Tuesday morn
ing from Immaculate Conception
church, the Rev. Karl Brand Off
ciating. Burial was in Riverview
cemetery under the direction of
Gerner & Wolf.
He is survived by his wife,
Margaret Ziros, and a son, Steve
Ziros, of Sandusky.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
BIKES DAMAGED

Bicycles owned by Sam Mooney
1856 F Street, and Francis Hes
SCUM, 319 West Fourth Street
were damaged by culprits Friday
while parked at the public school
grounds. Seats were torn, wheels
and pedals bent.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-01-06
DOPE is STOLEN

Police are investigating the
theft of four containers of NOR
phine from DR.. James Rhiels auto
The burglary took place Monday
evening, while DR.. Rhiel's car was
parked in the garage. The con-
tainers, with one-half grain each,
We're for emergency usage.