Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-12-19

! Mr.. Dromgold died suddenl
Saturday at Lakeside.
He was the son of the late Dr.
and Mrs. S. T. Dromgold and wa
born and raised in Elmore.
Surviving are his wife, Rather
inc; daughters, Mrs. Kenneth San
son, Detroit; Mrs. Ronald Nechiar
Toledo; and five grandchildren
Mrs. Margaret Summers of Elmort
is also a niece of Mr. Dromgold.
The Christmas dramiZation o
"a Child Is Born" modern dra
ma of the Nativity by Stephei
Vincent Benet will be directed
by Mrs. Dora Coleman, with thu
costuming and stage settings il
charge of Mrs. Blanche George.
The cast is: Narrator, Dor;
Coleman; The Innkeeper, Joh:
Ingersoll; The Innkeeper's Wife
Marilyn Ingersoll; Leah and Sarah
Servants at the Inn; Alice anf
Norma Weis; A Soldier, Carl Low
ry;. Joseph of Nazareth, Don Low
ry; Mary, Naomi Lowry; Disinas
Thief, Byron Powell; A Prefect
Howard Overmyer; The Wise Men
John Van Dyke, Lincoln Dam
schroeder and Ray Goetschins; The
Shepherds, Donald Magsig, Manly
Magsig, Arnold Magsig.
A choir comprised of singers
from various churches will sing
anthems and traditional Christ
mas music under the direction OF
Mr.. L. R. Federman of Trinity Me
thodist Church.
A school reading of the Christ
mas story as recorded in ST. Luke
will be given by the High School
Mixed Chorus with Mrs. John In
gersoll directing.
Additional numbers will round
out program planned to give
pleasure and to intensity the real
meaning of Christmas.
Rev. Dale Limbert of Trinity
Methodist Church conducted ser.
vices recently at the Ottawa
County Home. He gave a very
interesting and timely talk on
Jesus At The Door" Others
who helped to make the afternoon
a pleasant one were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyle Gardner, Mr.. and Mrs
Ed Yeasting, Mr.. and Mrs. George
FuTkert, Mrs. Dale Limbert, Mrs
Zalia Petersen, Mrs. Blanche Hill
geneck, Mrs. Grace Anderson, Mrs
Louise Reynolds, Mrs. Dora Streif
fert, who rendered a song service
with Mrs. Lyle Gardner at the
piano and Lyle Gardner as director
of the singing.
Dennis Fulkert, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Fulkert and high
school student at Sarasota, Fla
played the part of the Indian
Chief, Chiechieacobee of the Sem.
mole tribe in the drama "Of These
Sands" in the program commemor.
ating the fifty anniversary of the
incorporation of Sarasota. The
play was written by Mrs. Neal
Chapline Swain who is one of the
pioneer defendants. She is noted
for her play and articles. 1t was
directed by Stuart Lancaster, who
is grandson of the famous Car
les Ringing. The Indian legend
had very eery and unusual eff
feet as it was dramatized behind
a sheer drop-curtain with tradi
tional Indian music and sound eff
fects. The Spaniards were the
first settlers in this locality and
during their disputes with the In
dians. The Chieftain and the dau
ghter of the Spanish leader fell
in love. She nursed the Chief to
health during the fever plague
after which she fell i'll with tho
dread disease and died. They al
lowed the Indians to bury her ir
the bay according to their tradi
ton, and to prove his love the
Chief drowned beside her. This
production also depicted tn {
"boom-days' and the selection Of
this locality by the Ringing Cir
J Gus as their winter home.