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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26
BY James Jacobs

When the Standard Products
Company first came here in 1894
Port Clinton was town that was
getting over the depression, and
jobs were still very scarce. In
Port Clinton alone there were over
five hundred unemployed workers
and the condition was the same
throughout the nation. The Stan
dard Products Company helped
alleviate the situation here by
giving jobs to nearly three hun
dred people.
In 1884 Port Clinton was pri-
marily concerned with farming.
There were no large industries
except for the Matthews Boat Co.
and the population was only about
three thousand five hundred peo-
pie. However, since this time the
situation has been greatly altered.
The Standard Products Company
furnished the industry that was
needed and the population has
grown to nearly seven thousand
people.
During World War ii the local
plant went all out for the war eff.
fort and helped increase the popu-
aation Of Port Clinton by opening
up many more jobs. All the while
the plant has been a great asset b.
this area and it has helped make
Port Clinton a community we can
be proud of.
Tho Standard Products Com
parry is the backbone of the area
and necessary part of all our
lives. Whether or not we realize
it, almost every person living in
Port Clinton is associated with
the Standard Products directly or
indirectly. The Standard Products
Company provides work for near
ly eight hundred people. Accord
ing to the last census, this num-
Der is about ten percent Of the
of Port Clinton. How
ever, this is only a minor role
that the local concern plays. These
have families and other
persons dependent on them, so all
in all, there is a much greater
number actually depending on the
payroll supplied by the company.
These workers buy goods from To-
cal merchants and they make up
a sizeable percentage of the Gus
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26
JACOBS TELLS WHAT STANDARD
PRODUCTS MEANS TO THIS AREA

toners. Thus the merchant is
indirectly dependent on the Stan
dard Products for a good deal OF
his business. These merchants
have employees whom they other
wise would not have working for
them except for this business.
Therefore jobs are being furnish
cd people who do not work at the
factory.
The presence of the Standard
Products factory in our town has
greatly helped to increase the
value of homes and property in
Port Clinton. Hence the property
owner benefits Indirectly by receiv-
ing more money for his holdings.
The public utilities also benefit
by the plants presence. A great
deal of water, gas and electricity
is used by the factory each month
and great deal Of money IS
necessary for these essentials.
Our town receives great deal
of prestige by having one Of the
worlds largest producers Of win
dow channel in the world located
here. To a town such as ours
that wants to encourage vacation
lists this is indeed a great advan-
tage.
To an outsider entering Port
Clinton the Standard Products
Company might appear to be just
another factory. However, to the
residents of this city the Standard
produces is an essential part of
our lives. We are dependent upon
them for many things; however,
they are somewhat dependent on
the citizens Of Port Clinton. When
a man or woman from Port Clin
ton purchases an automobile, there
is very great possibility that
parts Of that automobile were
made ait the local plant. Hence
the company needs the people of
this community to buy the goods
which it makes.
Several years ago dispute
arose at the local plant between
the company and the union, Per
haps the workers were somewhat
justified in striking, but still they
should have realized that although
the Standard Products may APP
pear to be a large factory to them,
it is not large enough to endure
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26
SEEK PAVEMENT
FOR FIFTH ST.
School Board Backs Project
So That Grounds Can Be
BlacktOpped.

Atty. Leslie Meyer, represent
ing the school board, and Carl
Burget, representing property
owners, appeared before city coun-
Gil Tuesday evening when they
presented a petition seeking pave
ment and curbing of East Fifth
Street, between Adams and Mad
ison.
All property owners, but two,
had signed the petition. Atty.
Meyer told council that the school
board is anxious to have the work
completed as plans are underway
to blacktop the adjacent school
grounds.
AS the work is being held up
awaiting determination of the
street grade, members of the
street committee and Street Com
missioner Carl Ruddock will meet
with property owners soon to
settle the grade problem.
Carlton Finkbeiner, Toledo CON
sulting engineer, was present at
council meeting to further discuss
purchase of pumps for the East
End lift station. Two bids had
been entered by Kenneth Black,
Port Clintom, and Mosser Con-
structors, Fremont.
As Mr.. Black had bid on ~ pump
unsuitable for the lift station,
council decided to re-advertise for
bids.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26
Wanda Pittnan
Presents Recital

Ann Arbor-Miss Wanda Pit
man, 326 Jackson street, Port
Clinton, was presented in a re-
cital at the University of Mich
igan in the Rackham Assembly
Hall Tuesday afternoon.
She was accompanied by Miss
Anita Bassett, piano, and assisted
by Charles Kirsch, cornet; Julia
Hamrick, French horn; Georgiana
Stanley, French horn; Charleen
Symmonds, trombone; and Will
liam Stanley, tuba.
Miss Pitman opened her trum-
pet recital at the University by
playing two numbers by Purcell:
Trumpet Voluntary and "Air,
from "Bonduca'." She continued
with "Song' by Beethoven and
and Concerto for Trumpet" by
Haydn.
After an intermission, she play
ed "Song, Romance" by Debus-
sy; "Sonate I'm Greek Modes)"
by Emmanuel; Miniatures in
Brass, for Trumpet, French Horn
and Trombone" by Roberts; and
"Finale, from Sextet in E-fat
minor by Bohme.
The recital was presented in
partial fulfillment of the require
ments for the degree of Master
of Music.
Miss Pitman is a graduate stu
dent in brass instruments and
studies trumpet with Clifford Lali-
va. While. she was an undergrad
uate student at Oberlin Conserva-
ory, Miss Pitman played first
trumpet in the Conservatory Or
chestra, and served as student di-
rector of the Women's Band. At
ter receiving her Bachelor of
Music and Bachelor of Music Edu-
cation degrees, she played first
trumpet with the Houston Sym
phony Orchestra for several sea-
sons under the direction of Ernst
Hocman.
Miss Pitman is on leave of alb
sence from Bowling Green State
University in Ohio where she
holds the position of Instructor
of Brass Winds.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26
Hundreds Attend
Armed Forces Day

Hundreds Of visitors from
throughout the area were at the
Erie Ordnance Depot Saturday
for the first observance of Armed
Forces Day.
Lit. Col. Foster Aungst, COM
manding officer of the local post,
had arranged schedule which in
cluded educational and interesting
features for the guests.
Conducted sight seeing tours
were made by bus, including
trips to the first line where de-
monstrativc firing of the huge 100
nm anti-aircraft guns attracted
crowds.
Another feature was the DEM
onstration eff the talking gun"
of the IA nm type, which had
been synchronized with the public
address system.
During the afternoon, 28 air
force planes from Crosse lie,
Michigan, flew over EOD and pre-
sented aerial maneuvers.
Port Clinton High School band
furnished music and the EOD
Armyettes, directed by Mrs. Joan
Shepherd Cummings, paraded. Ma
tional Guard units from Port
Clinton and Oak Harbor partici-
pated in the program.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26
Cubs To Compete
In Kite Contest

Prizes for largest, smallest and
most unique kites will be award
cd during the kite flying contest
for Cub Scouts at $50 this Fri
day evening behind the Erie Gard
ems Community House.
A Pack meeting will follow with
achievements to be awarded. In
case of rain, movies will be shown
in the Community House. Re
freshnerss will be served to the
S5 Cubs.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26

a strike of any sort too long.
Strikes cost money both for the
workers and for the company and
neither can afford this loss for
any great length of time. Time
was lost that can never be regain-
ed ard a great deaf cf ill-feeling
was created. Perhaps by peace
full negotiation much could have
been gained and the strike could
have been averted. In the future
if the company and the union try
to work matters out peacefully
without resorting to the means
which were employed previously,
greater degree of harmony
might be reached.
Rort Clinton needs the Standard
Products Company in order to have
a more up-to-date city. The com
pany furnishes the town with
money which is needed to retain
the prosperity it now enjoys. If
the factory were not located here,
Port Clinton would be just an
other small town The Standard
Products Company means 4 great
deal to Port Clinton and it will
be an essential part of the COM
munity as long as it remains here.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26
Lakeside Books
Leading Talent

Mrs. Marguerite Soulc Shoe
maker, woman deep sea diver and
naturalist, and Pat Withrow, Jr.,
national director of the Veterans
Hospital programs, will be among
the outstanding entertainers dur
ing the thautauqua program at
Lakeside this summer.
Parade of Barbershop Quartets,
featuring the Steel Blenders and
Hi-Chords, of Lorain, the Toledo
Marksmen and the Half Past
-Four, of Lakewood, will be an
other popular program.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26

If you watch some women
shop, you'd think they were tax
ing an inventory Of the store.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26

Old Age: Something uobservcd
until you try to hide it.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26

One tax loophole remains--idle-
ness.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-05-26

How man plays the game
shows something of his charac-
ter; how he loses it, shows all
of it.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Police Without Clues
In Roanoke Murder
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

ROANOKE. Va, Mar. 27.-The
mountainside Staying of pretty
blond Alice Marie Taylor. "a
year-old Veterans Administration
file clerk, still had Roanoke po-
lice baffled today.
Detective Capt. Frank H. Webb
admitted last night that an in
tensive three-day search had not
uncovered any tangible clues in
the killing of the girl. whose bat
tered body was found Friday near
United States Route 460 in Mont
eomery County near Blacksburg,
about 40 miles from here.
When found. the girls body was
fully clothed except for her shoes.
She disappeared after leaving her
job at the VA regional office here
Thursday morning.
Investigation into the girls
background, her social life and
her friends SO far has not pro-
vided any leads Capt. Webb said.
He said the probe lis centered in
Roanoke. where the girl lived. but
several trips have been made "out
of the county,"
DR.. Charles M. Irwin. city cor
oner. said yesterday that results
of Saturday night autopsy will
not be available at least "for sew
eraI days" A preliminary au-
topsy Friday attributed death to
a brain hemorrhage apparently
caused by blows on the head.
Funeral services for Miss Tay-
lor were held today.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Foreign Aid
Continued From First Page.

NSoAApAiiuSN i Jill II oU o6CsP
entrusted to an bipartisan COM
mission.
Senator Knowland, Republican,
OF California, leading advocate of
more American aid to non Com
munist areas in the Pacific, ex-
pressed qualification at the ref
erence Senator Vandenberg made
to that phase of the foreign situa-
tion. Senator Vandenberg pointed
out that there are obvious limita-
tions on the resources this coun-
try can commit to overall foreign
aid, and added that the impact of
communism in the Far East can
not be ignored in viewing the
whole picture.
An up-to-date report on the
situation in the Pacific is expected
to be given the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee Wednesday
by Secretary of State Acheson and
Ambassador Philip Jessup, who
has just returned from an inspec-
ton Of that area.
Vandenberg Letter Welcomed.
Before Senator Vandenberg
wrote to Mr.. Hoffman there was
evidence the administration was
LOOKING, ahead to the problem of
how to preserve after 1852 the
economic recovery made in West
ern Europe under the Marshall
plan.
After the letter was made pub
lie administration officials pri-
vately welcomed it. The VAN
denberg letter may bring a new
commission into being earlier
than the administration had
hoped for. 8
Senator Taft's suggestion that
the new commission also study
the Truman point-four program
implied that no early action would
be taken on it, Asidesfrom Sena-
tor Taft's commenta the initial
$45 million to start point four
appears to be in serious trouble
in the House.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
I Sought in Resale
OF Surplus Potatoes
By the Assoeioted Press

NEWARK, N. j., Mar. 27.-
United States Attorney Alfred E.
Modarelli says warrants are out
for seven men accused of buying
surplus potatoes from the Gov
ernment at a penny per 100
pounds and then selling them
back to the Government at s1.80
per hundredweight.
The Government attorney an
nounced that the warrants were
issued Saturday, charging the
men with defrauding the Govern
ment. All are expected to sur
render voluntarily today. he said.
Mr.. Modarelli named Moe Ber-
ger and Alfredo Peluso, both of
Brooklyn. as ringleaders in the
plan. He said they operated a
dehydration plant. known as Pei
Der Good Products. Inc, Clifton,
N. J.
Berger and Peluso had a con-
tract with the United States De-
partment of Agriculture to buy
its surplus potatoes for / cent per
100 pounds for dehydration pur-
poses," Mr.. Modareli said. 1.-THE
contract provided the dehydrated
product would be sold overseas.
Our investigation shows that
the men went as far as to sell
the potatoes back to the Govern
ment for use in Southern Army
camps at $l.80 per 100-pound
bag"
Evening star., 1950-03-27
C. & P. Phone Rate Increases
Are Authorized in Virqinio

The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. of Virginia today
was authorized to increase its rates
for intra State service.
The Virginia State Corporation
Commission authorized the higher
charges, effective April l.
Earlier this month. the C. & P.
was denied authority to increase
it's Maryland rates. That ruling
by the Maryland Public Service
Commission is expected to be ap-
pealed to the courts.
In Washington, telephone rate
increases became effective March
6. The charge on residence serv-
ice bills was increased by so cents
a month.
The amount of individual in
creases in Virginia has not been
announced.
The State Corporation Commits
sion approved upward adjust
ments which will yield the utility
about $3,379,OO0 more each year.
The company had asked for 81
million.
All three members of the sec
favored the increase but one, w.
Marshall King, opposed the
amount granted. He favored in
creases to produce return of SIS
per cent to the company instead
of the per cent granted by his
colleagues. The other members
are H. Lester Hooker and Ralph
T. Catterall.
In granting the company's re-
quest, the majority opinion pro-
vided for the elimination of:
l. All proposed increases in ex-
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Maurice N. ReisfieId Dies;
Salesman Here Is Years

Maurice M. Reisf1eld, 60, sales
man for the Willard Shop, men S
clothier at 1893 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, died of heart attack
yesterday at Doctors Hospital.
Mr.. Reisfield. native of Nor
folk, came here 27 years ago. He
had been associated with the Will
lard Shop for 25 years. Since
coming to Washington he had
lived at 1842 Kenyon street NV.
A Scottish rite Mason, Mr.. Refs
field was also a, member of Argo
Lodge. B'nai Birth.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Ada Reisfield; his mother,
Mrs. Anne Reisfield of Norfolk,
and five sisters, the Misses Sarah
and Hannah Reisield, both of
Norfolk; Mrs. Phoebe F'reiberg of
Hewlett, Long Island: Mrs. Goldie
CARRIER of New York City and Mrs.
Rebecca Schneer of Baltimore.
Funeral services will be held at
1890 am. tomorrow in the DAN
Zansky funeral home.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
SIeuths
Continued From First Page.)

in his heart" said Mr.. Kaye, "but
there's no law against selling cat
nip, so he goes free"
The serology (blood study ex-
pert in the Office is DR.. Robert
K. Waller. DR.. Mann and DR..
Thomas H. AIphin WELD the
scalpels in autopsies.
Insurance Gases Checked.
If Doctors Mann and Alphin
cannot find anything or are un-
certain of their results. the organs
90 to Mr.. Kaye for poison checks
and blood samples are checked by
DR.. Waller.
Sealed in wax and sliced to DOL
inch. the blood samples go under
a microscope. A tiny, light pink
smear may show heart condition,
damage from long drinking, blood
clots from coronary thrombosis, or
any one of a long list of fatal all
mentS.
Insurance and industrial COM
pensation cases take up lot of
the quartet's time. Recently a
woman fell and broke her pelvis.
Confined to bed, she developed
bronchial pneumonia and died.
Criminal investigations make
the best reading, but the office
of chief medical examiner was
set up in 1916 for a public health
purpose.
In Virginia, coroners have been
MD's for some time, which is not
always the case in other States.
But as political appointment,
the job had little appeal for a
frst-rate doctor.
Under the legal medicine law,
coroners are selected by the chief
medical examiner from a list SUBJ
mitted by the local medical asso-
citation and appointed by DR.. L. j.
Roper, State health commissioner.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Steel Price Report
Brings Disagreement
Along Party Lines

Democratic members of the
Senate House Economic Commit
tee charged today that recent steel
price increases were unwarranted
and may lead to a decline in busi-
ness activity late this year.
Republicans registered sharp
disagreement in a minority ver-
sion of the weekend report. They
agreed, however, that more COM
petition would be a good thing for
the steel industry.
Chairman O'Mahoney and seven
other Democrats recommended
30-day cooling off" period be-
fore future price boosts go into
effect. They said a study was
needed to determine whether the
industry had become similar to
public utilities.
The majority report recon-
mended that steel producers be
required to file with IAN appro-
pirate" Federal agency schedules
of proposed price increases and
that they be deferred until hear
ings could be held.
Taft Calls Report Biased.
Senator Taft of Ohio and five
other Republican members at
tackled the majority report as
biased and said one finding was
"a misstatement of fact"
The minority report also struck
hard at the recommendations for
a cooling off period on price in
creases and the proposal to deter
mine whether the industry has
not practically become a public
utility"
1T seems clear that any action
by a steel company contrary to
the ecommendat tions of a Federal
board would bring an immediate
demand for price-fixing powers"
the minority report said.
AS for a study to determine
whether the steel industry is de-
veloping into public utility
status. the minority declared:
THE clear implication is that
it should be subjected to price fix
ing just as public utilities are sub
jected to rate fixing"
Those features of the report
were aired in advance of it's
release by Senators Taft and
O'Mahoney and the majority's
recommendations also have been
assailed by industry spokesmen.
At news conference last week
when the report was made avail
able to reporters, Senator O'Ma-
honey again denied the Republi-
can claim that the majority's
recommendations look strongly"
in the direction of Governmental
price control"
II don't want any Government
agency having the power to fix
prices" he declared.
But he added that an industry
having such an impact on the
Nations economy must operate
on q competitive basis.
The Democrats and Republi-
cans. while differing on many
points in the report. found them
ommendation-a proposal for a
committee study of how "a greater
degree of competition within the
steel industry may be achieved"
Senator O'Mahoney said he
would move at once to obtain
from the Senate subpoena powers
so that an effective" study of
steel may be carried out.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Benefit Group to Meet

Sessions of the quadrennial
State convention of the Woman,s
Benefit Association will open at
10 am; Thursday in the Raleigh
Hotel. Visiting officer will be Mrs.
Kathryne Growdon, State field di-
rector of New York. Mrs. Eliza
beth M. Sweeney will preside.
Evening star., 1950-03-27

tension and PIX station rates,
both business and residential.
2: All proposed increases in for
eign zone milage charges.
3. All proposed increases in
service connection, move and
change charges.
4. Proposed increases in miscel-
laneous equipment charges.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Vessel Goes Aground

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 81 (P.-The
10,000-ton tanker, Fort Minis.
went aground about IL miles due
east of Miami today with 40 per-
sons aboard. The vessel reported
it was in no immediate danger
Evening star., 1950-03-27

CUPID IGNORES AGES-Tampa, Fla.-Arhur Cameron, 81
and Miss Flora Waller H. sit side by side in wheechairs after
their nursing home The marriage Saturday
postponed from Thursday when the the
quired day waiting period between application for
license and the wedding Mr. Cameron has hip
jury and his bride has arthrtis.
Evening star., 1950-03-27

More than $4,000 forest fires
occur annually.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10

in this community. Port Clinton
school busses ran all week, but
Oak Harbor busses were not seen
after Monday.
There has been number of
people very i'll during the past
two weeks, among them Mrs.
Kenneth Meachem, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Mackey, Mrs. Emery
Bahnsen, Mrs. Sinke Ewersen and
Ruth.
Mr.. and Mrs. William O'Neal
had narrow escape whena CHM
ney caught fire at o'clock in the
morning, last Thursdays After
carrying twenty pals of water ii
was eXtinguished. Billie and
Marcia stayed with their grand
mother until another means Of
heating could be arranged. Luck.
lily there are two chimneys in the
house.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-10
PUT-IN-BAY

Put-in-Bay yachtsmen and busi-
ness men are looking forward to
their trip to Cleveland, Saturday,
when they will attend the spring
yachtsmen's business meeing, at
the Hotel Hollenden. This meet
ing is held each spring to make
plans for the Interlake Yachting
Associations 57th Annual Regatta
at Put-in-Bay, Aug. 1917. 1t is
the worlds largest fresh water
boating meet. The So clubs on the
associations roster boast total of
10000 members owning 5000
boats.
Mrs. Cletus Marsh was pleas
antly surprised by a group of her
neighbors and friends at her
home this week. The occasion of
this party was a bridal shower for
Mrs. Marsh, whose marriage 10
Captain Cletus" was solemniZed
at Oak Harbor on February 9.
Guests present were: Mrs. Kath-
crime Rub, Miss Pauline Heidle,
Mrs. Otto Herbster, Mrs. l.. Jen-
kins, Mrs. Fred Foye, Mrs. Eliza
beth Sutton, Mrs. Theodore Phil
lips, Mrs. Otto Krohn, Mrs. Wilson
Webster, Mrs. Julia Fox, Miss
Edna Esselbach, Mrs. Frank Vro-
man, Miss Marie Fox, Mrs F. Mil
Ter, and Mrs. Catherine Conlen,
mother of the bride. Games of
pinochle were played and refresh
ments were served, after the gift
of a pair of table lamps was pre-
sented to the bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Kochen-
dorfer, Of Castalia, visited at the
home of Mrs. Kochendorfer's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Market,
last week.
Frank Weber, of Toledo, noted
"winter fisherman" spent the
weekend here. A poor grade of
ice, dirty water, and no fish, sort
of spoiled Weber's fishing plans,
but we are certain (if) we get
good ice, clean water and a few
fish, Weber will fly here again to
try his luck.
Harold Parker, of Monroe, Mich
igan, spent the weekend with his
mother, Mrs. Christina Parker,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cletus Marsh en-
tertained a group OF friends Sat-
urday evening when guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Parker, Mr.. and