Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-02-02
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BY JACK PARK



against Lakeside and Sylvania +. {.
Especially since Lakeside beat
Oak Harbor. They did creditab-
ly we'll, too, against Fremont Ross,
considering the gigantic measure
of the foe Our boys have main
tanned stout morale all the time
the chips have been down !.
We certainly agree with Coach
Roland Wenzel's statement after
the Sylvania game, that Port
Clinton played wonderful game
in which our boys conducted
themselves as real gentlemen"
Few people in the big E. o. D.
Union banquet audience in St.
John Church Auditorium last
week realized that the dulcet
tones emitting from the throats
of the four pretty Belle-Tones,
came from four really scared
girls 1t was their first public
appearance as quartet, and they
were perfectly candid about their
stage fright, although they scor-
ed a terrific hit. Mrs. William
Faust, Jr., whom you'd never
dream to be a basso, says the
foursome calls its efforts ''just
barbershop." The other baber-
cites who make with the tenor
and baritone mixed with alto, are
Miss Janice Gates, Mrs. Warren
McDougall and Mrs. Rodney
Lockwood. These gals can go
places, we predict.
Ed Zimmerman who is now
with the U. S. immigration Border
Patrol Service, was in town the
other day and received big well
come from old friends Ed
organized the American Fedora
ton of Government Employees
at E. o. D. Is years ago =. AS
the first president, he built the
organization up from charter
membership of % workers
The interests of the present hun
dredS of members are now being
directed by Lorena Swigart, new
ly installed president.
Well here is that phony old
Ground Hog Day, today friday.
People this winter aren't going
to buy that shadow stuff and six
weeks more of winter, because
they know tootin' we'll, whether
Bre'r Ground Hog sees his shad-
ow or not, we are going to have
plenty of winter--a good six
weeks of it, and maybe more
Did you know that the Ground
Hog is the only animal in Ameri-
ca which has day set aside and
named for him Also, that
there are about rs million of the
! creatures, which fact could be a
menace to the country's food sup.
ply some day.
The five wheel chairs which are
owned by the Ottawa County So.
ciety for Crippled Children and
loaned out to those needing them
are all i'll use at this time, we are
told by Gale Stevens, services
committee chairman One oi
them, however, has been out fol
a long time In fact, so long
that it can't be readily located
right now And it was one OF
the better chairs, too.
Yeah, we know all about those
mistakes that pop up in your fav.
orite newspaper, but don't evcl
think that we have a corner or
the rights to make misprintS
w. l.. Schmitt, not one of oul
local Schmitt boys, but maybe A.;
second cousin, has compiled som,
masterpieces which he garneret
from weeklieS over the countr,
We reprint few classic ex
amples, just because they pack .
laugh:
Unsettled tonight. snow prob:
able; not much change in temp
tation.
North Carolina has the lare
est peanut yield per ache.
The Senator is tight on the iol
in Washington.
Fred Vance, deputy grand eS
hauSted ruler Of the Elks, vii
visit the city Thursday.
y
No governor in many years ha
been able to love on the salar
paid him.
He was charged with solicitin
and accepting brides.
y
Mrs. b expects to have
garter removed by the May
Brothers.
Mrs. is enioyine a visi