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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
EGG NoG PARTY
At WELTY HONE

Mr.. and Mrs. Beryl WeIty were
hosts to group of friends Satur-
day evening, in their Washington
street home for egg nogs and an
evening Of cards. Enjoying the
holiday party were: Mr.. and Mrs,
Louis Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. ChaS.
Bygdcn, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver True,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Englebeck,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Berkebile, Mr..
and Mrs. William Wolf and Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Snyder.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
PARTY AT WINoUs POINT

Winous Point club members
were hosts, Saturday evening, to
a group of punters who serve the
club during the hunting season.
A turkey dinner was served fol-
lowed by the showing of Wildlife
films taken in Wisconsin. Pres
ent were Howard Prescott, DR.. r.
win Hanger and Hall Kirkham,
club members from Cleveland;
John Anderson, game technician
at Winous Point; and the follow
ing local punters: John Hopfnger:
Norman Rounds, John Flick, Paul
Babione, Elmer Jones, William
Carstens, Tom Whitney, Frank
Hopfinger and Ward Druyor.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
Social Events
PRUDENTIAL STAFF
HONORS MANAGER

The Prudential staff of Ottawa
County surprised their manager,
Louis Hetrick at a pot-luck Christ
mas dinner, Saturday evening, in
the Hetrick home, Wilson Ave.
The gift exchange followed by
pinochle was enjoyed by Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Leavey, Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Bredbeck, Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Druckenmiller, Port Clinton;
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Tilton, Bob
Wheeler, Oak Harbor; William
Jones, Genoa, and Fred Porter,
Lakeside. Pinochle prizes were
awarded to Mrs. Tilton and Rus
sell Druckenmiller.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
BREAKFAST PARTY
AFTER DANCE

Starting off with a seven O'Clock
dinner at Canby's Inn, Sand Road,
and the Christmas Capers Dance
at the Armory, a group of twenty
people enjoyed the hospitality OF
Mr. and Mrs. James Wolf at a
breakfast party to climax the holi
day party.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
MEDICAL AUXILIARY
HOLDS XMAS PARTY

The Women's Auxiliary of OF
tawa County Medical Society, met
last Thursday evening at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Cyrus Wood
with nine members present.
Plans were made for a January
dinner at the Island House at
which time the editor of the Auxi-
liary News will interview mem
bers of the Ottawa and Erie coun-
ty Auxiliary concerning their ac-
tivities.
Following short business
meeting a gift exchange and So
cial time was enjoyed by the doe
tors and their wives. Lunch was
served by the hostess at midnight
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
HUSBANDS GUESTS FOR
CHRISTMAS PARTY

Husbands were guests, Sunday
evening, when members of the
Stitchette Club met for their
Christmas party in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Eberle. A
six O'clock dinner and social eve
ming were enjoyed during which
time the names of secret sisters
were revealed and new names
drawn.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
HOLIDAY COCKTAIL PARTY

Proceeding the holiday dance at
the Armory, Saturday evening,
Mr.. and Mrs. Burnell Gates, Laur-
ell Avenue, entertained few
friends at cocktail party. In
vited for the occasion were: Mr.
and Mrs. William Allan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Coyle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Vickery, Detroit and Mr..
and Mrs. Don Woodrich, Toledo.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
PRE-cH2ISTMh1
DINNER PARTIES

Starting the Yuletide season,
pre-Christmas dinner parties were
enjoyed in the homes of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Braeken, Friday evening,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Meyer Satur-
day and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry STEM
sen, Sunday evening.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
TOM AND JERRY EVENT

For adult members of the Yacht
Club there will be the usual Tom
and Jerry party the day after
Christmas between the hours Of
5 and 8 p. m.
Chairmen for this event will be
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Armpitz, who
will be assisted by Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Fulton and Mr.. and Mrs.
R. E. Reynolds.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
NeeaaReGHeaafG N@wSc-z>
- 10y Nancy Baxter

TRIMMINGS add that finished uasmart look the
They the additions such buttons BELTS braid sequn
Frogs knitted crocheed anything which
intrinsic of the itself Many however,
sha they don't know how trim dress They claim they aren't in
genous creative enough to think original IDEAS Lack
when there fashion full
novel trimming effects Look
wedresd wearing check the stores and notice the
professionals handle trimming details readyowear Then
work your original creation.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
HOLIDAY DINNER PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Stensen,
East Perry street, were hosts to
a group of friends at a dinner
party, Sunday evening. A social
evening followed
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
MORE SOCIETY ON
PAGE 3 and B-3

Four fifths of all geologists in
the United States are petroleum
geologists.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21

A pound and half loaf is
enough to stuff the average IL to
Is pound bird.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21

Proper sanitation is the first
step in controlling parasites.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
Machine Stitching

ing the buttonhoes Before cutting the
pattern out OF material try sewing several of stitching
clusters that they form stripes material Then
the waist being stripes,
waist The effect Fine rckra this
rim
There's nothing fatrng in the than white
against tanned skin Here's the white elegance been
Waffle used for this brief that
fashions. For different touch the trimmed
croched
neck would like direction cutting
crochet directions making WHITE just
stamped sefaddressed envelope the NeeeWor
this paper, requesting Leafet No E-2907.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21
Braid

There are as many varieties OF
braids as there are uses for them.
The stores carry braid already
made up in epaulets, pockets ard
bandings which you can easily ap-
ply to your outfit. You can use
braid on salts and coats to outline
and accentuatc pockets, yokes,
shoulder seams, collars, front open
in2s.
Machine Stitching
AS a trimming idea machine
stitching is often completely disre-
garded. But it can add such dis
tlnction to your clothes. Machine
stitching in contrasting color can
be used to outline collars, cuffs,
necElines,, pockets or pleats. Or you
can sew several rows of stitching
down the front OF dress, outlin-
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-21

Chatting with them are Mrs. AL
bert Fall. president. and her
husband. The foursome stop
psd for greetings at the side of
The roly-po!Y snowman, which
carried out fhe intricate and
amusing winter wonderland
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
FTTHEK HTILTNS
Laws of Social Growth

In their opinion, too many
American Catholics are discuss
ing the encyclical program of so
cial reconstruction in a vacuum
and are apparently hell.bent on
establishing the ICP overnight,
as il were, without regard to
the laws OF social growth" and
the damage that their Utopian
impatience may be expected TO
cause TO the American economic
system. The authors want us TO
make hast more slowly along
known routes of behavior and
within known possibilities OF
change" They admit that there
is a moral obligation of sup
porting socio-economic reform
along vocational lines" In their
opinion, however, there is an
obligation TO embrace only
what can be shown to be a rea-
sonable program for a particular
nation at a specific time and
they emphasize IN conclusion
that practical social planning
will be most successful if it aims
at the immediate possible i'm.
provement of existing, If incho-
ate, institutions =
This sort Of criticism is we'll
taken and is probably a neces-
sary antidote or corrective to the
excessive enthusiasm of certain
proponents of the ICP tinclud-
ing perhaps the present writer1
Honesty compels us to suggest,
however, that Fathers Land and
Kluzertanz have overstated the
case against the general run of
ICP enthusiasts and-much more
regrettably - have understated
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
Word from Inner China

Catholic Missionary iust returned from China
reports some startling things He was laborng far
up in interior China and believes that he was one
Of the last missionaries TO get out alive
His description OF the turn of events in The area
Of his abors should shock the most iethargc Amer
leans. lie reports that within The space of ono
year there was a complete turnover IN the rule
OF the people From one or peace and order, The
communists effected the transformation OF then
type OF rule By fear and cruelty in just twelve short
months People generally were not OF this type be
fore the communists came How the sudden change
What would be the case IN the United States? Gould
a small minority Of communists and fellow travellers
effect such quick change here
The missionary also reports that as late AS July
Of this year he trainload after another of
British supplies arriving in interior communist Chit.
ma Certainly this is food for thought as American
boys III increasing numbers depart for military
service. England might we'll consider her troubles
as punishment for such perldity
Ordinarily one might be inclined to shrug his
shoulders and say that IT is funny old world. Or
he might remark that the world is full Of confusion
these days. But the extent OF the confusion and
the dire results that are here and nov upon men
and women IA many nations must make all realize
that even the confusion is pretty serious business.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12

out on the same floor from which he entered 1t is
not time wasted but time suspended.
There is no question, now, about the practically
or need for large well equipped and thoroughly
trained defense force. The major philosophical evil
of the day has proponents who will only be con.
vinced of the error of their ways by getting some
thing into their heads. They have chosen bullets
instead of ideas.
For the many, life III the service is extraordl-
nary mode OF existence, There is no ordinary or
civilian life any more. Everything has changed.
A completely new routine is experienced The draf-
tee or enrollee lives in novel and even frightening
environment The for his existence IS drastic
ally different from what it was. From natural
viewpoint, that is
From natural viewpoint How often that is for
gotten The main end of the soldiers or sailors
existence forever remains the same All phases of
civilian life change or held suspended while the
man or woman is in the seryce-eXcept this
Mister or Miss Civilian Christian Jones must become
Soldier or Sailor Christian Jones One may not.
dare not lay down his religious life when entering
the service with the intention of picking IT up with
the rest of his life on his release from duty
The appearance last week of the first Of the
character guidance pamphlets published by the
armed forces was encouraging affirmation Of this
truth 1t was a pleasure to hear, from unexpected
quarter the warning, IF VIC exclude God from our
thinking. VIC arc finished"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12

S. Land and George B. Hubert.
anz, IN the May issue of the Mod
ern Schoolman, a quarterly jour
nal of philosophy published at
St. Louis University. The title OF
the article is somewhat forbid
ding - Practical Reason, social
Face and the Vocational Order"
and the authors Technology
is rather technical, but the argu-
ment itself is easy enough to
follow.
Much TO the embarrassment
of MIR. Blanshard-who keeps IN.
sisting that Catholics arc requir-
cd TO render stavish obedience
to a party linen-the authors
take issue openly and rather
sharply. some will think. with
the writings OF many of our fel.
low Catholics on the subject of
the Industry Council Plan. Bas.
ing their conclusions on the phil.
osophy of the natural law As dc.
yeloped by ST Thomas Aquinas,
they criticize number of anony.
NOUS American Catholic writers
for being altogether unrealistic
or Utopian in their approach to
the ICP.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
Soldier or Sailor
Christian Jones

There have been professional soldiers since the
beginning Of recorded history They quite possibly
existed long before that III prehistoric times We
know from inscriptions and legends that many hardy
characters made their mark in history fighting bat
ties We may. knowing human nature to be the
stable thing that # is, Justly conclude that many
men, making the mistake 70 be born in a time when
there was fighting but no writing, followed this oe
eupaton but left mark except on their adversary
There are professional soldiers today Men. and
lately women through choice make career of the
services destined iol the defense Of their country
II Is safe to Say though that the majority Of those
IN the Armed forces, even though they are there
through sense Of duty, look on their presence in
such an organization as necessary evil and relish
the day Of their deNerance To the professional
soldier stretch of hitch IN the service II looked
upon IN the same light as spending undue amount
Of time laborng IN elevator-and then getting
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12

same motives as that of labor
organizations fighting the compe-
tltion of cheap foreign labor.
lnnumerable other examples
could be cited to demonstrate
the all-important human ele-
ment" that must be taken into
consideration in searching for
plans to solve the problems aris-
ing from overpopulation and
maldlstrlbutlon Of peoples. This
human factor and all it involves
such as religious and moral is
sues-only too often escapes the
slide-rule techniques of so-called
population experts. AS result,
they come up with schemes
which, while theoretically feas-
lble or even fascinating, run
counter to human nature and
violate the basic tenets Of natural
and divine law.
II is, therefore, all the more
welcome that an official observ-
er of the Holy See is attending
the special migration conference,
organized by the International
Labor Office, which is now un-
der way at Naples, Italy. His
presence will serve to remind
the delegates Of p countries
that the Supreme Pontiff, from
The very first day of his Pom
tificate, has not only fully rec
ognized the problem itself and
stressed the truly vital need of
its solution, but has also made
il clear that it can never be
solved by disregarding natural
and divine law.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12


Ia that has prevailed for so
long regarding relations with the
Soviet Union | was impressed
by their publications because of
the logical and Unconditional way
they 90 about spreading the idea
that the best thing for all of us
tc do is to proceed from an un.
derstanding of Soviet weakness.
For there are Soviet weaknesses
that play directly into our hands
ii we but put our minds to the
task of doing something about
it,
| have run across another lit
tie pamphlet, also from Brit
ain, by MAJOR General J. F. c.
Fuller: How to Defeat Rus
sla," II is full of extremely
sound advice and some cogent
ideas that recommend themsel-
YES to our meditation.
Obvious Conclusion
The author does what so many
of our commentators fail to do
he relates directly and logically
the theory and doctrine behind
the Soviet Union with its tao.
tics and draws the obvious con.
cluslon from this process. He
culls out from official Marxist
writing the essential precepts
about what the Soviet Union
plans to do. The conclusions are
perfectly clear, entirely justi-
fled by the sources, and have
actually been put into practice
over the past few years.
Lenir, for example, long ago
wrote that the objective of the
revolution was TO create the
Soviet Republic Of the world" :"
There is absolutely nothing in
Lenin or the other spokesmen
of the Soviet experiment to just
ify the illusion that co-existence
is either desirable or possible
except possibly as an eXpedient
during a very brief period.
| have often suggested that if
we read Lenin more, we would
all be a great deal better off.
Note the following extremely
apt quotation from the volumin-
Gus writings of the prophet of
the Soviet revolution. ITO unite
the proletariat OF industrial Ger
many. Austria and Czechoslova-
kia with the protetariat of Rus
sia, and thereby create a mighty
agrarian and industrial comhin-
alton from VIadivostok TO the
Rhine, from the Finnish Gulf to
the blue waters of the Danube,
capable OF feeding itself and
confronting the reactionary cap
italism of Britain with revolt
tionary giant, which with one
hand would disturb the senile
tranquility of the East and with
the other beat back the pirate
capitalism of the Anglo-SaXon
countries. If there we're anything
that could compel the English
whale to dance, it would be the
union of revolutionary Russia
with a revolutionary Central Eu-
rope"
t'ndeciared Warfare
Side by side with this avoWed
statement of the primary import
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the case in favor of the ICP
itself. They leave the impression,
perhaps unwittingly, that Ger
tain number of American Cath.
olic writer's arc in favor of "the
forclble imposition of vocational
groups and are altogether un.
aware of the necessity of grad
ual growth" Tin contrast to
sudden leap) into the new social
order advocated in Quadragesimo
Ammo, This | seriously doubt. /
don't know of a single Amerl.
can Catholic writer who can
fairly be interpreted, in the full
context of his writings, as being
in favor of the forcible imposi.
tion of vocational groups; and
] know of very few who are so
naive as TO think that VIC should
even attempt 10 establish the
ICP instantaneously without re-
gard for the laws of social
growth"
The vast majority of American
Catholic writer's on this subject
would probably subscribe to the
following sentences in the 1913
Labor Day Statement of the
NCWC Social Action Depart.
ment. The details of such a sys,
tenn obviously cannot be out
lined in advance. They viii have
to be worked out patiently and
comparatively between the par
ties directly involved in the eco
nomic process. and one industry
will naturally differ from an.
other in many respects. It can
not be denied that the task will
be a very difficult one
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12

generality slides off our listen.
ing minds. We do not common
ly make the application to the
exact situation in which we find
ourselves today, nor ask, If l
we're a Communist just what
sacrifices would | make that /
am not making now?
The vast value of a book like
Elizabeth Bentley's memoirs of
her days as a Communist party
member, working with Soviet
agents, lies in this: from it we
can discover how the dedicated
Rec thinks-and how he orders
his life, accordingly. We discov
er, for instance, that everything
a Party member does is oriented
towards a single goal: bringing
the revolution closer. And ev.
erything means EVERY thing.
A Communist, such as Miss
Bentley used to be before her
conversion TO the Faith, is offer
ed a job. Does he ask the ques-
tions that the rest OF. us are
prone to ask? Does he wonder,
will it be interesting2 How
we'll does it pay? Are the hours
too long? Has it a future?" No
he does not. Not one of these
factors enters into his thoughts.
All he asks himself and his Par
ty superiors is this: "Will | be
more useful To the cause work
ing in that office than IN an
other?"
Death 10 Deseriers
The Communists are single
hearted people, they never take
their eyes off the ball, they new
Ell miss a trick. "Steeled" work
ers (the only ones who are Civ
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
GRETTA PALMER
Their Way Not Ours

en- positions of responsibility
and trust) have risked jail sent.
ences dozen times. They have
no egotistical emotions left: If
a Communist joins a new zap.
paratus," j" he automatically as.
sumes a new name. He is not
held down by possessions, at any
moment he may be told to sever
his connections with the neigh
borhood in which he has been
living. In that case, he walks off,
without backward glance,
leaving his household goods and
clothing, his books and Souven-
irs for some other Party mem.
Der to sell or TO destroy.
Can we outh t them-we, who
are mostly soft and lax and com.
fort-loying? Can we aban n all
the values that are dear to us,
in order to fight them on their
terms? Hardly. The Church will
not be served by having every
Catholic slacken his family ties
and prepare to go underground,
al a moments notice, for the
Faith. The good Lord does not ask
that everyone on His side shall
become a morose crusader, who
has crowded gaiety and relaxa-
alton, friendship and joy out of
his days. The Catholic way is not
the way of nightly meetings, nor
Of tense programs for ''captuf-
ing" this group Of that.
But we have weapons that the
Communists have never guessed,
and it is by the intensive use of
these that we shall win. We have
Faith. without fear. We have
Love, without hate. We have
Truth, without the necessity for
concealing it. We have Life,
without the need for warping it.
We have grace to fortify us. We
have God, to save our cause.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
W4SHENGTON LETTER
Population Experts
Ignore Moral Issues

also easy After all. those affect
ed by a planned redistribution Of
population are not pawns on a
chess board that can be shifted
at the will of a player, or cattle
that obediently move from one
pasture 10 another. They are
human beings with a will of their
own, They are prompted by mo-
tiveS which often defy ration
at analysis. They are guided by
impulses, traditions, preiudices
that defy human DEGREES and can
be changed only slowly through
education and the benign influ-
ence of moral and spiritual fore
es.
The .dweller in big city
who stubbornly resists moving
to what would seem to he far
more agreeable surroundings has
his counterpart in the little ftai-
ian farmer who clings to his poor
little plot Of land on an Appe-
nine hillside as if it were haci-
enda reaching as far as the eye
can see.
The bitter struggle of home
owners to prevent their neigh
borhood from becoming contain.
mated" by newcomers of anoth-
er race or creed differs only in
degree from the measures of
some governments aimed at adj
mitting some type of foreigners
and barring others.
The attitude of some medical
associations who insist on the
strictest possible rules for the
granting of licenses TO foreign
f,aft.n1 1nrtnYc cNfttarc from the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
WASHENGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON - II is rather
generally acknowledged that NAL
distribution of population is at
the bottom Of many-some say
most-of the evils besetttng
human society
The problem presents itself IN
many forms There is the over
Crowding Of some sections of
city while others arc compare.
lively empty There is the con-
centration Of people in urban
areas, while country districts be-
come depopulated. There are
nations-like Japan and Italy,
just to mention tWo-where inn
mense numbers OF people in
disproportionately small space
struggle to earn a bare living,
while other spacious countries lie
fallow for lack of population.
There are oyercrowded cont.
nents, while others are under
populated,
1t makes little difference
whether the problem Of maldis-
uibution Of population is consid-
cred from an inter-city, inter.
state or international point of
view. The basic issue remains
the same: Too many people at
one place and too few at an
other And the obvious solution,
dictated by common sense, is al.
so the same TO thin out the
overcrowded areas by emigra-
tion and to fill up the empty
spaces by immigration,
But the very fact that the So
luton is so obvious must not
lead to the conclusion that ii is
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
FATHER HIGGINS

FFopOne n | )
of the Indus
try Council
Plan as advo
Gated in the
c nc licat
Quadragesi m o
Ammo owe IL 10
themselves 10
read an article
by two Jesuits,
Fathers Philip