Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-10
Observation-Disclosures,
J0ttiflgs
BY RAY sPERBER

"The Highway Traveller" distri
buted with compliments of the
Greyhound Lines. Buckeye Ses
quicentennial" is a featured story
saluting "The great state of Ohio
IN its 150th birthday. Her inter
esting scenic attractions and col
orful history combine to offer the
traveller scores of interesting
places to see and things to do
Wilton Senne, Put-in-Bay, i
shown as he acts as guide a
Crystal Cave which "owes its fame
to the fact that each of its for
nations are exactly the SAM
shape, regardless of their size
Marblehead's Lighthouse, "thirC
oldest in the Great Lakes area
was built in 1921" is also pictured
Ed Jones, editor of "The Highwa'
Traveller" states that the bes'
hamburger's he's ever eaten were
1t "Yaw's" in Portland, Oregon
"Andy's," Evanston, Illinois; Ken
tuckv Dam Village. Gilbertsville
Kentucky, and at Rainbow Inn"
Port Clinton.
JOT
It's doubtful if Bill Brown Of
the ottawa County News staff will
buy another live white rabbit nexf
Easter for his children. While
Bill held the rabbit in his lar
SUNDAY forming, Mrs. Brown
stroked the bunny to teach her
children to be kind to pets. Sud
denly Bills face took on one of
those "Did you forget to put on
babv's diapers?" expressions and
he unceremoniously dumped thc
bunny on the floor as he hurried
ly went to the bedroom to change
his clothes. After all, Bill, yor
can't expect a rabbit to be house
broken at that tender age!
JOT
Jessica Tandy and Hume Gro
nvn, the original stars from
Broadway are coming to Toledo's
Paramount Theatre, Monday eve
ming April 20, in their famous
1lay ''The Fourposter Curtain
time will be at $50 and only the
one performance on the stage is
planned.
If you're nuts about baseball
Iand who isn't?), perhaps you'll
want to remain up until 1870
A. m. MONDAYS through Fridays
when Tom Manning, dean of
American sportcasters, will give
YOU the latest baseball scores
pitchers, homerun slug
gers and stars of the day. His
program over Cleveland's WTAM
starts Monday, April 13.
JOT
No serious damage resulted
here Monday due to the power
shortage from the Acme sub-sta
ton in Toledo. Nearly all resi-
dents experienced inconvenience
due to inability to prepare break
fast on electric stoves and others
had water shortages. At Rocky
Ridge school, the students had q
late luncheon as cooks could not
use their electric stoves until late
in the forenoon.
JOT
Members of the Ottawa COUNTY
Highway Patrol Auxiliary, which
is headed by Patrolman Harold
Cardwell of the Bay Bridge Sta
ton, will attend the state cOnven
ton this weekend in the Deshler-
Wallick, Columbus. The Highway
Patrol Auxiliary is composed of
Legionnaires through
out the state. Ohio's Highway Pa
troll Auxiliary, which assists reg
ular patrolmen and helps during
emergencies, is being used as a
standard by other states now
forming such auxiliaries.
JOT
When National Hospital Day is
observed at the Veterans Hospital
in Chillicothe, Sunday, May 3, rec
ognition will be given to Ohio's
Sesquicentennial, the Golden An
of Aviation, National
Mental Health Week, and the ad-
vent of the Atomic Energy Com
in that order. Army, Navy
and Air Force units from Ohio
State University will participate
including the famed Pershing Ri
files. Members of veterans organi
cations and auxiliaries from Otta
wa County will be in attendance.
JOT
Radio broadcaStS of the theft
and return of valuable paintings
from st. Joseph's Cathedral, Bards
town, Kentucky, brought a card
from our former co-Worker, Mar
tha Kuesthardt, Rt. 4, Cleveland,
Georgia. Martha and two Port
Clinton friends, Ruth Robinson
and Florence Hyde, visited the
cathedral and viewed the paint
ings early one morning in 1850,
The light was so dim and the paint,
ings were hung so high that the
trio could not appreciate their
beauty. Martha states the paint
ings in the cathedral are valued
at nearly a million dollars