Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-12-07

With the approaching holiday
season, the Barber Shop boys are
tuning up for a heavy season Of
singing, with perhaps, the annual
minStrey in mind, next February,
since the local chapter of the
SPEBQSA intends to have a lead
ing part in the spring production
of laughs, chuckles and melody.
Local chapter members started
their pre-yule appearances Tues
day night at the St. John Luth-
eran Brotherhood. Other appear
ances include Catawba community
hall and the Ottawa County Home,
this week.
William Anderson, in these ap-
pearanceS, as narrator, tells the
story of four Christmas carols,
| while the chorus huns soft mu-
sical background. AS the thrill
ing narrative nears completion
the chorus bursts forth with the
full telling of the carol.
The Barbershoppers organized
plans Wednesday for co-sponsor-
ing the minstrel next year. They
would like to have 10 to Is more
voices and urge anyone who wants
to sing, to join them for the all
winter fun festivals of rehearsal
for the minstrel, but those who
cannot go along all the way to-
ward the opening curtain of the
mistrel, will be urged to meet
with the chorus each Wednesday
for carol singing, up to Christ
mas.
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Mrs. Adelaide Rhifschneider
clerk of the Ottawa County Sc
lective Service Board, is nursing
bruised right arm today, as the
result of becoming trapped in 4
filing case drawer in her City
Hall office Tuesday.
Hearing frantic calls for aid,
Mayor Carl Becker, whose office
is directly opposite the draft
board headquarters, tore across
the hall to rescue the lady in dis
tress. When he arrived on the
scene, the filing case was teeter
ing off its base, pinning Mrs.
Reifschneider against another
file, while her arm was caught in
jammed drawer.
In his haste to the emergency,
Mayor Becker almost threw him
self across the hall. AS he slid
through the door his foot caught
in newly laid linoleum floor
blocks, and in his flight, he ripped
several of the squares loose from
their fresh cement. The filing
case victim today is repeatedly no
worse off for her experience, but
she is inclined to look upon all
filing cases as potential BOBBY
traps, from here on.
-O-O-O-
Just as if he knew the hunting
season was over for birds a beau
tiful large pheasant cock strobe
at slow and dignified pace
along Perry street between Wash
ington and Fulton streets Wednes-
day morning The we'll con-
| tented bird didn't even pay any
attention to several neighborhood
dogs which stood and gawked at
the unusual spectacle.
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Postmaster Verdi Won Thron is
to be congratulated on obtaining
the services of Fred Meckfessel,
Sr., as mail messenger for trans
portation of all mail to and from
| the New York Central station
This is tough job, meeting all
the trains from daybreak Until
late into the night, and one that
might have been hard to fill if
Fred had not volunteered +. Carl
Miller, who had the job for years,
was not keen about continuing on
it.
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| People who were so sure that
winter had come to stay a month
ago will be interested in know
| ing that Mrs. Clara Carts picked
quite nice bouquet of dandelions
in the backyard of the Walter
Miller home near Oak Harbor Sun
day 1t made an interesting
floral centerpiece-quite an un-
usual one for this time of year.