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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06

ion ran past the entrance to the
ave and six months later one of
ne hermits remarked, "That was
A pretty brown horse" A year
ater another hermit said, THAT
orse was white, not brown. Two
ears later the third hermit got
%, stalked to the door and said,
Well, if we're going to have this
ickering going on around here,
I'm leaving.
The r. IA. S. Construction Co.
has pulled up stakes, (being con-
truction company that's part Of
he business) and moved from the
,ffices in the Allan Bros. building
0 their new location on route 2.
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Madonna Heschei. a member
# Priscilla Rhie's art class, re.
eived honorable mention for her
painting submitted to the Toledo
area Artists Exhibition which
lpened Saturday in the Toledo Art
Museum. Other members of the
lass represented in the show are
Mrs. A. d. Miessner, Bella Rus
ell, Elizabeth Fall. Clara Lud-
wigsen, Jean Christensen and Mrs.
Rhiel.
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Our Congratulations to Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Geiger who will cele-
brate their sixtieth wedding ami
ersary Monday. Hope it will be
lovely day with nothing to mar
the happy occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Reaser have
received word from their son, My
ron, that he has been advanced in
rank from sergeant to staff SER
geant. Myron is stationed in ia
pan and this is his second promo
ton in six months.
Now Is The Time for all good
bridge players to pick partner
and get set to play in the annual
Duplicate Bridge tournament to
be held this month in the Guild
Hall. First round is Friday, April
20 and the second round a week
later on the 9th, after which the
bell will ring and the winners
will be announced. Call Mrs.
Ralph Roose if you would reserve
a table.
A Fun Night, sponsored by the
Music Mothers. will be held next
Thursday night in the high school
auditorium Also next Thurs
cay, following the opening OF
school at noon. there will be a
talent show for high school con-
testants. Sponsored by the Stud
ent Council, there will ten acts
presented. Judges will select the
top three winners.
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Wonder If those who arranged
the Minstrel Show dates this year
know that, appropriately enough,
their show was presented during
National Laugh Week We en-
joyed the show and congratulate
the Merchants Assn. and the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
club. The show was coroful,
tuneful and drew capacity hous-
es every night. All of which
should give those who participat-
ed in it, in any way, a feeling of
satisfaction for a lob we'll done.
Calendar Of Events
April Card Party, Rebekah
Aft. Club, 8 p. m.
April 5-Danbury L. A. S. Meet
ing, in-gathering of eggs for Will
liston Home.
April 7-Escalator Class Bake
Sale, Neideckers, 1000 a. m.
April 9-Republican Women's
Club meeting, 1880 p. m, Oak Har-
Dor Methodist church.
April 11-Women's Federation
Spring Luncheon.
April 19-Chicken Supper, E. u.
B. church.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06
so EAR

:. the GOP-conroled legislature has enacted dozen
relatively uni orant laws it has also ordered sew
era Investigations and taken occasional potshots at the
administration of Gov Frank j. LauSche but not
single piece of important legislation has been enacted
controversial proposals have been locked in commit
tees throughout the three months of the session
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06
OVER THE
BACK FENCE
Bv marguerite Finefrock


Iiya Neishbor-We're in a talka-
i've mood, talkative that is like
The three hermits who lived in 4
ave and spent all their days just
itting there looking at the blank
wallis. One day a beautiful stall
ion ran past the entrance to the
ave and six months later one of
ne hermits remarked, "That was
pretty brown horse" A year
ater another hermit said, THAT
,orse was white, not brown. Two
ears later the third hermit got
d, stalked to the door and said,
Well, if we're going to have this
ickering going on around here,
I'm leaving.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06
RE-APPORTIONMENT

has again reared its ugly head in the legislature
under proposal presented to the legislature last week
there would be two senator's from each congressional
district and representative for each $4,000 popua-
ton unit IN the state under this pan Ottawa, San
dusky and Huron counties would form one unit and
would be estltied to two representatives under the
present setup each county has one and the pro-
posed constitutional amendment would cut the rural
representation that new exists in the Assembly
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06

The r. IA. S. Construction Co.
has pulled up stakes, (being a con-
truction company that's part Of
he business) and moved from the
,ffices in the Allan Bros. building
0 their new location on route 2.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06
THE TOPHEAVY

Republican majority in the legislature has been
badly maued split in COP ranks occurred in the
Senate last week when the proposed conveyor belt bill
was killed by the oman Rules Committee action on
the belt and other recent issues also has hurt the
political future of majority leader Roscoe Walcut who
was frequently mentioned at the start of the session as
possible gubernatoral candidate one important
metropolitan newspaper has called the action of the
rules committee "hgh-handed dctatorial action" and
termed the refusal of the Senate to vote on the merits
OF the conveyor belt proposal plain "cowardce" .
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06
THE HOUSE

Taxation Committee due to continue its study
OF local government problems this week before the
committee IS measureto increase subsidies to political
subdivisions to S24 million year and distribute the
subsidy and intangible tax receipts on the basis of popu
latlon and county tax duplicates Sponsors of the
plan are Reps. Thomas j. Barrett and c. d Tahlack
of Mahonng County .
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06
DEATH

OF the belt plan blow to star lobbyist Ed D.
Schor Schorr, former COP state chairman, has
been called the Republican party's legislative boss .
he hired by the conveyor belt interests to push the
bill through the Assembly
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06
VOTERS

may have an opportunity this fall to provide for
more than enc probate Judge in the larger counties of
the state the House has passed proposed const-
tutionai amendment by vote of Ia to if ap-
proved bv the Senate the amendment would be sub
mltted to the voters in November
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Reaser have
received word from their son, My
ron, that he has been advanced in
rank from sergeant to staff SER
geant. Myron is stationed in ia.
pan and this is his second promo
ton in six months.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-06
Madonna HescheI. a membe

Our Congratulations to Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Geiger who will cele-
brate their sixtieth wedding ami
ersary Monday. Hope it will be
lovely day with nothing to mar
the happy occasion.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12

under control. Credit controls on
real estate construction may also
be relaxed to encourage building
for military personnel.
Nato is Strengthened
The North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization is slowly, but steadily
and effectively being integrated
into a solid front for peace and
war. The twelve member nations
are planning and working together
and also sharing the needed, i'm
plements to build strength for
peace. The latest example of this
cooperation is the delivery of five
Thunder Jet Fighters to Norway
under the United States Military
Defense Assistance Program. These
let fighters are to be used by
Norway to train her aviators in
order that they may join in the
defense of the free world. What
General Eisenhower told the
throng of four thousand who wit
messed the stirring ceremony OF
presentation needs retelling. 1t
we'll sums up the idea and ideals
for which we are striving and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12

Guard and stationed at Detroit,
Mich, spent Sunday here with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Prochnow,
caretakers of the Island Light
House were weekend guests of
their son and daughter-in-law, in
Sandusky this weekend.
Mrs. George Rittman of Lorain
Ave-, was a Port Clinton visitor
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo Du Bois re-
turned this week from weeks
motor trip through the southern
part of the State. The Du Bois
visited in Bowling Green at the
home of their nephew, while on
vacation.
Mrs. C. Yost and son and
daughter-in-law of near Pitts
burgh, Pa, who have been here
since early in July have return
ed to their home this week.
Miss Florence Lerick of Cleve-
land returned to her home after
spending a two weeks vacation
here at the home of Mrs. r..
Miller.
Chris Anderson of the Ander-
son Furnace Co. of Port Clinton
spent a day here on business this
week.
Miss Frances Smith R. N. of
Sandusky is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, at
this time.
The South Shore of Miller's
Boat Livery made the first trip
to Catawba Point on Monday
morning at 9 a. m instead of Z
a. m. as scheduled.
The delay was caused by the
low water and the boat was un-
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12
Noice e5Me People

Thank you for the coverage you
gave the Merchants Association
on their Installation Banquet on
Saturday, Sept. 20.
However, our speaker, Mr.. Olaf
Rasmussen, was not completely
quoted on one of his statements.
In his plea to make Port Clinton
the Flag Center of the U. S. as
we'll as the Vacation Spot, he en-
rhasized that European countries
take pride in the display of their
flags, but that we in the U. S. do
not place enough emphasis OH
flag display. He asked us to pro-
mote patriotism and the display
Of the American flag. 1t is one
way we can fight Communism.
With Armistice Day coming up,
and our own observance that less
than a dozen flags were displayed
down town last Fourth of July,
we would like to see the first step
realized this coming Nov. IL when
we should display our flag down
town as well as at home.
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
~ M. j. Edwards
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12
[A(SAMlS
REPORT
FROM WASHINGTON

The recent calling into service
of the 37th Division of the Ohio
National Guard, effective in Janu-
airy, and the announcement that
they would be stationed at Camp
Polk, Louisiana, has placed this
Army installation under close
scrutiny. A recent report of the
Preparedness Subcommittee on
Armed Services stated that Serv-
iremen and their families in the
area are being gouged by high
rentals for inadequate living quar-
tiers. The present Rent Control
law gives to the Secretary of De-
fense and the Director of Defense
Mobilization authority to jointly
certify any area as critical de-
fense housing area" This certifi-
cation requires the President to
place housing accommodations
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12

straining. He said: eff people
were as sensible as they ought to
be, we should today be transfer
ring tractors, tools, raw materials,
or other things which help to
raise mankind's living standard
and welfare. Instead, we are hand
ing over the instruments of war.
That, perhaps, calls for explana-
ton, since we know that both the
United States and Norway. desire
peace and nothing else. The fact
is that we, and not least the Nor
wegian people, realize today that
free nation can secure peace
only through strength"
Presidential Response
The Presidents choice of Mr..
Telford Taylor to be AdminiStra-
tor of the Small Defense Plants
Corporation looks good. Mr.. Tay-
lor is an able lawyer, was chief
counsel of the war crime trials at
Nuremberg, and has been counsel
for the Federal Communications
Commission. He understands gov
ernment and, l believe, the plight
of small business. The Corpora
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12

tion was established by law on
July 81.
In my first speech in Congress
last February, I called for just
such an organization with an ad-
ministrator whom / termed an
umpire" On September "a, it
was apparent the situation of the
small manufacturer was steadily
worsening. On that date / wrote
the President a very respectful,
courteous letter asking he speed
lily implement the law by appoint
ing an administrator" I received
a reply dated September 26, eX-
pressing his appreciation for my
letter and said, Il hope to have
that remedied in a very short
time" He did by appointing Mr..
Taylor.
Now, it's up to the Senate to
speedily confirm this appointment
so that we can get underway with
the program.
The End Of Stables
The Senate this week passed a
bill to end the Army Quartermas-
ter Generals duty of providing
stables for the Presidents horses
and carriages. Woodrow Wilson
was the last President to use d
horse-drawn carriage. However,
there were horses in the stables at
the White House until Herbert
Hoover became President. There
was no opposition to this bill.
1t is one item in Senate Bill
which repeals many obsolete
statutes.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12
PUT-N-BAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Cover OF
The Ohio Edison Co. Dept. of Port
Clinton, have moved to Put-in-Bay
They are at home in the same
house that Julius Roth and fam
lily occupied, before he left the
island to live in Findlay. The
Ohio Edison Supply store has
been discontinued for the pres.
ent time and Miss Mercedes Ira
verso will handle the service col
lections at Arbor Inn. The new
service man, Melvin Cover will
be OH call from a. m. to 8 p. m
daily, Monday through Friday
for both our island and Middle
Bass.
A regular meeting of the Par
ent-Teacher Asso. was held on
Tuesday evening, Oct. 10.
A meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce was held and on Tues
day evening the directors will
meet TO elect OfflcerS 1Or tne new
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Hershberg.
er are motoring through the
southern part of Canada at this
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Parker
and daughter Colleen are visit
ing at the home of Mrs. Parker's
father at Bluffton, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kurt Woischke
are also on a weeks vacation.
They are visiting relatives and
friends in Detroit.
Mrs. Wilson Webster Sr. re-
turned on Saturday from a weeks
visit in Sandusky and Venice.
William C. Miller of u. S. Coast
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12
LIFE
at Its Best
BY RAY BEALS
1.-THE REAL FUNDAMENTAL"

UTE NEAI FONDAMENl Al
In little book published some
years ago DR.. Ralph w. Sockmar
wrote that 'love is an over
worked word for an unemployed
emotion, and went on to suggest
that "our speech has been pro-
famed more by the vain use of the
word love than by the vain TAX
ing of the Lords name"
Well, there are times when any
thoughtful person must feel like
that Looking around this old
world of ours, we cannot help bit
notice that while people talk a
great deal about love and broth
erhood there is a great dearth of
genuine brotherly affection.
The longer / live, the clearer it
seems to me that genuine love-
| defined in terms of intelligent
goodwill rather than sickly SEN
timentalism-is the essence of all
virtue and of all high religion,
while its opposite-pure selfish
ness-is the essence of all evil.
Thus defined, to love is to obey
a basic law of life, and if we re-
fuse to love we must pay a pen
atty. The fruit of selfish living is
to be found in broken homes,
wars, strikes, race riots, etc. For
both individuals and for social
groups the law of life is to love
or die.
Can men learn to love before
it is too late? Some of us think
we can. Edwin G. Nourse recent
ly wrote a little book called "Thc
| Nineteen Fifties Come First" in
which he said, "To subordinate
ones own demands and forego
the use of power to enforce them
is not a harder lesson than has
been mastered in many areas as
| the arts of civilized life have been
| developed. 1t is the basis of mill
tary discipline, in which no indi-
vidual can seek personal safety
ct the risk of his fellows. 1t is the
basis of the professional code, as
manifested in the scientists lab
ors, the doctors service, and the
actors slogan, The show must go
on
If we would save civilization.
if we would have happy homes
and communities and nations, we
must heed wise counsel of the
kind given by John Wesley when
he wrote: "Give me your hand!
/ do not mean you to be of my
opinion: you need not, l do not
expect it or desire it; neither do
I mean l will be of your opinion
Keep your opinion and
mine. as steadily as ever. Only
give me thy hand +. Let all mat
ters of belief stand aside II
thine heart is as my heart-ii
thou love God and all mankind
/ ask no more. Give me thy
hand. ="
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12

able to get away from the dock.
On Oct. z and 8 both the South
Shore and West Shore were again
on the shuttle rum, bringing in
cars and passengers for the week
end fishing and also for the an
nual clam bake held by Bill and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-12

LaVina Greunke at the Park
Hotel. The clam bake was held
Saturday evening, Oct. Z.
In 1925 the Ohio legislature ear
marked one-half mill out of every
tax dollar for education.
Evening star., 1951-01-05
This and That .

A nice bird is the flicker, but some
times he resembles hawk.
Not much, it must be admitted but he
did this time.
There were scores of smaller birds at
the feeding station, all known, but what
was that very large bird?
"A hawk"
That was the impression it gave. as
it remained motionless in the maple
tree.
Then came smile of relief.
"Just an old f1icker!"
Sure enough, not small bird fed as
they all would have done from a real
hawk.
This particular "hawk" flew down with
the boys eating seed.
Just an old flicker, regarded by many
bird watchers as the most interesting
of all the woodpeckers.
He is II inches long, upper parts gray
brown, barred with black: under parts
brown, black and yellow.
Two of his distinguishing marks are
the bright scarlet crescent on the head,
and the black crescent on the chest.
There also is sort Of moustache
running back from the bill.
This Is Q handsome bird, sometimes
Evening star., 1951-01-05

called the golden winged woodpecker.
not bad name.
He has many other common names,
including yellow-shafted woodpecker.
clape, pigeon woodpecker, yellow ham
mer, high hole, and high holder; also
yarrup wake-up, wood pigeon, heigh-ho,
wick-up, hairy wicker, yawker bird, and
walk-up.
These names come from his color, etc.
"High-hole" refers to nesting habits.
"Yarrup" and "yawker" to the sounds
he makes. Pigeon woodpecker" and
wood pigeon" show how he seemed as
large as pigeon to some observers. 1t
is this which allows one to confuse him
with hawk for a second.
The female of the species is similar
to her mate, but without the black cheek
patch, or "mouStache."
The common name of "clape" refers
to the birds call.
The most common of all the common
names, the flicker. comes from the
wavering fight.
He is a good one to have around,
eating insects and their eggs. in winter.
and cleaning up on ants In the spring.
He is friendly bird, seeming to like
both robins and bluebirds, as any SEN
sible bird would, and also getting along
with hawks, as few do.
Evening star., 1951-01-05

Truman, however, it says simply that
he engaged in the haberdashery busi-
ness" from 1919 to 1921, without men,
tioning how he came to withdraw from
that business.
If publication of the biographical di-
rectory is to be decennial project, as
Mr.. Harrison indicates it is, perhaps
the Joint Committee on Printing will
revise the rules next time, furnishing
data as complete as possible about all
members and former members, living
and dead. For precedent, If such is
desired. the committee may look to the
Association Of Graduates Of the United
States Military Academy.
This organization Of West Point alum
nj also publishes a directory every 10
years-at private, rather than Govern
ment, expense. Gen. Cullum's Bio
graphical Register undertakes to give
all available information about all mem
bers.
Gen. Cullum" recites proudly the
achievements Of West Pointers. But
when one goes wrong, as Bernard S.
Stearns, '18, did. the register duly notes
the fact that he was dismissed from
the service and imprisoned at Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary.
That is the old-fashioned way of writ
ing history.
Evening star., 1951-01-05
Greeting to q Secretary
By Charles E. 7roceweII

The flicker is regarded as most bene-
fetal to mankind, eating Of insects.
mostly the harmful kind, and taking but
little grain and fruit.
Some persons have criticized it for
broadcasting poison ivy seed, but many
birds do this, at times.
The nest is placed high, generally, as
some of the common names would in
dicate. There are usually from to Is
eggs, large and white.
Small chips are used to soften the
nesting place. The hicker's bill and neck
are not as powerful as those Of the
other woodpeckers, so he is more in
clined to select hole already made,
either by nature or another woodpecker.
All woodpeckers have the wavering
flight. and lay glossy white eggs. Almost
all our woodpeckers have four toes, two
pointed forward and two backward. The
tail feathers are very stiff, and can be
pressed as sort of prop to hold the
bird upright while he is doing his
famous hammering.
AS tree sanitarians they all, including
the flicker, do our trees great service,
eating the wood boring grubs, hibernat-
ing insects and their eggs and pupae.
Few species have received more criticism.
however, and yet with the exception Of
the yellow-bellied sapsucker, they really
do very little damage to trees, despite
all their boring and hammering.
Evening star., 1951-01-05

improve the authenticity of earlier di-
rectories, and to verify all data, and
that he had tried to set up form to
include, as nearly as possible, uniform
information in each entry. Yet the
directory seems to have been compiled
largely on catch-as-catch-can basis.
Pat Harrison, Pat McCarran and Chan
Gurney, for instance, are listed with
their nicknames as principal entry, with
their true given names in parentheses.
Persons equally well known by their
nicknames. as Mon Wallgren, Tom Hef-
lin and Alfalfa Bill Murray, do not have
their nicknames listed at all.
There appears also to be little rhyme
or reason to the inclusion Of circum-
stances of death. Felix K. Zollicoffer
is shown as having "died from wounds
received near Mill Springs, KY, Janu-
ary 10. 1862" OF the man alphabetically
preceding him. Marion A. Zioncheck,
1t says only that he died in Seattle,
August 7, 1885. Mr.. Harrison was not
able to explain why combat death
should be included and suicide left
out.
There are some glaring inconsistencies
in the matter of private-as opposed
to public-life. OF Abraham Lincoln,
the directory says he entered business
as general merchant in New Salem.
but met reverses. :" OF Harry s..