Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-04-27
OVER THE
BACK FENCE
BY Marguerite Finefrock

Hiya Neishbor--It was a gala
day, Tuesday, for small Dickic
Long, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Elvin
Long, jefferson Street, when so
kindergarten youngsters called at
his home to wish him happy
birthday. Dickie, whose sixth
birthday will be Saturday, sustain
ed a broken leg shortly before
Easter when he was struck by a
car and will have to be in cast
for at least another month. The
kindergarten class of which Dickie
was a member, arrived in body
with their teachers and as they
filed past his bed handed him a
gift and birthday card which
they had made especially for him.
When all the gifts had been
handed out, the children seated
themselves on the floor at one end
of the living room and entertained
Dickie with songs they had learn
ed during the year. Then, so
that Dickie could participate in
the singing too, the children asked
him to suggest song he knew and
they all joined in.
When it came time to leave, the
children formed line and once
more filed past his bed and each
one autographed his cast. Those
who hadn't as yet mastered all
the letters in their names, drew a
picture on the cast and their teach
er signed their names. For a
birthday treat, Dickie gave each
of his young friends two candy
bars
For the remainder of the day,
Dickie was a mighty busy young
man opening all the presents and,
strangely enough, there were only
one or two Implications among
the fifty gifts of games, puzzles,
cars, trucks, etc. At one time
during the process of opening the
gifts, he decided he'd save few
to open on his birthday, but the
packages looked SO interesting and
it was so much fun that before
bedtime that night every gift had
heen unWrapped.
Dickie would like to say Thank
You" again to all the boys and
girls who remembered him and
made his sixth birthday one that
will linger long in his memory.
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HoodlUms Were at large Tues
day evening when they dumped
two gallons of oil on the back
porch and steps of two homes on
West Second and Harrison Streets
Police are investigating.
Il =
The Boy Scouts can certainly
chalk up successful paper drive
to their credit as they collected
seven tons of paper last Saturday,
netting them nice profit of about
$140. The money will be used to
buy needed equipment for the
Youth Building The free will
offering at the annual spring con
cert by the high school band, on
Tuesday evening, accounted to $122
and will be used to finance the
hands activities.
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We Had the pleasure, Saturday
of attending a performance of
the musical tragedy, Lost In The
Stars" from the novel Cry, The
Beloved Country, at the Karamu
Theatre in Cleveland. Karamu is
a Negro settlement house where
those Of the neighborhood not only
study drama but the associated
arts as we'll, painting, dancing
photography, etc. 1t was bean
tiful performance we'll staged and
cast. We were told that several
scouts from the Metropolitan Op
era were in the audience thai
night. We recommend that you
attend the theatre there sometime
and make a tour of the building
You'll find it most interesting.
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Work Has Begun on the thire
floor of the American Bank build
ing where the windows are beins
hricked up and will soon begiI
on the first floor when the banl
will take over the rear of Harsh
ner's jewelry store for additiona
office space
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Calendar Of Events
April 27-Bridge Tournamen
final session.
April 28-Annual Spring Cor
cert by P. c. II. S. Band, 800 p. II
April 30-Jr. Women's Clu
Candlelight Tea.
May 9-Brownie and Girl Scou
Court of Awards.
May 12-Spring Formal. j
Women's Club.
May 19-Round and Squar
Dance, Freshman Girls Club.
WILLIAM brown