Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-20
BY JACK PARK

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There's another odd twist to this
already fouled up spring season.
which is hard to understand. Ser
vice stations are reporting a brisk
advance tourist business, even
though temperatures have been at
winter level ever since the Janu-
ary thaw AL Pettibone, mana
ger of Sohio service on Perry ST.,
tells us that his station, has re-
corded sales of 1000 gallons more
gasoline this month over what was
sold for the same period last year.
which was real spring weather and
far more conducive to travel.
Clair Nau is still wondering who
the culprit is who almost demol-
iShed part of his Sohio station at
the end of Fremont Road. The
motorist failed to make the turn
and plowed into the building some.
time during Monday night and
damaged the south side of the
building, an ice house and a sof;
drink cooler.
Fingertouch Sensitivity of con-
trolls in the swift and powerful
Army jet planes, really amazed
Walter Chic, of Oak Harbor, when
he recently visited relative sta.
toned at an Air Force Base in
Texas. Permitted to handle the
controls of big jet plane, Walter
found that they are as maneuver,
able as a kiddie car.
Street Commissioner Carl Rud-
dock has proposed that parking
be banned on the north side of
Second street from Fulton to
Maple that is the narrow
bottleneck section of this busy
street He told city officials
the other day that all night park
ing on Second street east should
be prohibited, as it constitutes
traffic hazards in the narrow
street Officials declined to
take any action, pending an inves-
tigation of the problem by police
Heads of st. John Lutheran
and Trinity Methodist Churches
are mildly feuding again over
parking difficulties at Second and
Jefferson Streets during church
and Sunday School hours 1t
is claimed that members of both
congregations overpark at the
loading and unloading zones, and
fail to respect the parking rights
Of others for loading and unload
ing passengers going to church.
1t has been suggested that the
city cut a strip off the parkway
from Second to Perry Streets to
permit diagonal parking It is
claimed that this would in no way
detract from the beauty of the
parkway.
That tall wooden spar which
workmen erected Friday at the
rear of the Miller taxi stand on
Perry Street, certainly fooled a
lot of passersby who witnessed the
job of putting up the pole. Some
it was about so feet.
Others speculated it was from
100 to $50 feet high. 1t does look
high, but the true measure
ment is just 80 feet even. The
pole is to be used for an antenna
Tor two-way radio-telephone sys,
tenn for taXi-cabs.
A quaint note around city hall
is the fact that all officials, includ
ng councilmen, constantly refer
o Port Clinton as the "Village"
when they talk of municipal mat
.erS, but reference to the munici-
pal building in which they sit. is
always 'City Hall"
At the Matthews Boat COMPANY
liant, there is a watch dog which
really watch dog, according
0 Francis Carter, of West Third |
treet. His small son, who de-
lvers papers, complained to po- |
ice that the dog chases him on
very attempt to deliver paper.
Street Commissioner Carl Rud.
|ock is as proud as a kid with
new toy over the new street
Weeper. You will be proud OF
our Port Clinton streets, too
fter the $4,000 new gadget goes
yer all of them. Yesterday, or
AXE Street, the sweeper picked
p II solid truckloads of dirt. It's
apacity is three square yards be-
IRE dumping, and the machines
oluminouS carrier can be filled in