Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-29
J0TTINGs 49,.
| OFF the CUFF
By RAY sPERbER


FOR generosity and kindness,
one has to take off his hat to
the members of Port Clinton's
1428th Engineer Treadway Bridge
Company, now at Fort Belvoir,
Virginia. The fellows had noticed
that their newspaper boy wasn't
dressed too warmly and evident
ly came from a none too prosper
Gus family. Moved by the Christ
mas spirit, they took up a collec-
ton and purchased a heavy fur
lined water repellant jacket and
a hat with fur ear laps and lin
ing, which 1st Sgt. Mickey"
Migala presented to the boy.
While the lad was still speech
less, the local soldiers grabbed his
newspapers and sold them all. He
was crying as he suffered his
thanks and left the building. It's
the unexpected gifts like that
which mean so much, not only to
the receiver but especially to the
giver.
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DOB AURAND and his staff al
Rainbow Inn have been having
lingualistic difficulties during the
past two weeks, but their educa
ton is being widened. Chartered
buses, filled with displaced per
sons from Europe, have been
stopping at the popular inn and
the staff has had to guess many
orders. Most of the new u. S
residents are men who have been
held captives in Italy and Ger
many, although some of the more
recent were from Holland. Occa
sionally an interpreter accompan
les the travellers, and he's most
helpful as the Europeans cannot
speak English. The D. P.'S were
enroute from New York to Chi
cago and other westward points
-JOT-
A BOUT the most novel Christ
mas greeting received wa:
/ from the Ned Harris family dowr
in Lake Worth, Texas. Betty anG
Ned used the bark of palm tree.
as background for their greetings
on which they painted appropri
ate holiday scenes Was nice
to hear again from DR.. and Mrs
Carl Yeisley in Bakersfield, Cali
fornia, and from Colonel anG
Mrs. Harry Sandy" Kerr out ii
Pacific Grove, California.
-JOT-
CLARA ELLIOTT SPURLIN, for
~ mer society editor of The
News, is now working for the
First Federal Savings and LoaI
Assn bank in Arlington, Vir
ginia, where she moved to be neal
her husband, HSgt. Rupert Spur
lin. Clara is quite astonished b!
the friendliness and courtesy o
| the "southernerS."
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TOP honors for the most beau
= tiful Christmas decorations il
the area goes to the Albert Tea
residence, Route 1853, one mill
west of the Three-Mile Crossinl
in Erie Township. Pack the kid
dies in the old fiivver and driv'
out there some evening this weel
if you haven't seen the displa,
as yet. You can't help beinl
thrilled with the excellent dis
play.
AS usual, the candlelight servic
in Trinity Methodist churcl
Christmas Eve was a stirrin
and beautiful event. Midnigh
services were also held in tn
Immaculate Conception and 81
Thomas Episcopal churches
After more than 60 years as
newspaperman, our Lakeside col
respondent, AL Wharton, is re
signing this week to devote hi
full time to his business interests
AL is now writing the history O
Belle Center, Ohio, Herald-Voice
which he edited and publishe
during the Spanish-American Wal
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| A NNE REAMSNIDER, VIII
- works for Uncle Sam over i
Okinawa, sent cards with Japar
ese scenes and writing. Anne ir
vited us to open House, Chris
mas Eve" but we didn't make il
She also sent along a copy of tn