Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-27
BY RAY sPERBER

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Looking for a good investmen
if you're willing to work, Of
course? Ernie Grove, Marblehead
is seeking a partner to help wor'
his private stone quarry. He pro
cesses rip rap stone and hauls
stone via trucks. If interested, cal
Mr.. Grove at Marblehead 2103.
JOT
REMEMBER WHEN? Adelaide
Green, Ruth Osborn, Alvin Faus
Sewell Merchant, Bea Jadwisiak
Ann Bolte, Wilhelmina Jensen
Willis Braithwaite, Muriel Wright
and Jesse Cotner worked for local
newspapers? When L. E
Mckinley and H. L. Ford were
superintendents of schools here"
When that huge skating rink
dance hall stood along the river,
in the preSent-day location Of To-
Gaudern's boat and bait building?
When a company of soldiers
was stationed permanently at Erie
Ordnance Depot and quite a few
of the men married local girls and
remained in Port Clinton afte
leaving the Army? Among them
were Wayne Shepherd, Stan Hal
lex, Harmon Tusten, Jim Thomp-
son. Walter Paras. Jess Brow1er
Charles Dusini, Richard and Ross
Ward Kenneth Proutv. Bob Far
rell, Bill Sullivan, Dave Slower,
Bill Stinson, Alex Wickline, Geo
Houston, Art Spurlock, and the
late Austin Rogers When the
u. B. Church stood at the corner
Of West Third and Jackson
Streets? When a nissi0narV
visited the local Methodist Church
years ago and all the Young chill
dren marched to the Ohio FdicNn
corner to sing hymns? He taught
us to sing Throw Out the Life
Line" and we did it with appropri-
ate gestures When the public
library was in the CITY Hall rooms
/ now occuDiod by The Ottawa
! County Historical Museum? !.
I When JOHN NisSen had a barber
shop in the building now occupied
by Lambert Sales?
JOT
One of the newest and most en-
Pertaining groups in town is the
Business and Professional Wom-
ems Symphony" band, which put
on a half-hour show al the Ameri-
can Legion meeting Thursday
night. PLAYING ANYTHING from
Bach to Borge", the girls can
really whoop it up or play soft
i and "a II Warne King. Sylvi8
Nakrin directs the band and PLAYS
in the bass section and hard-work
! ing Joseohine Everett is at the
piano. Others in the band play
unique Ito say the leasD instru-
f, ments ranging from Bernice
Foley's foot tub drums to Eunice
Reaser's conduit" tuba. Haze
Boss and Ethel Misch carry the
melody with their toy trumpets
while Leonardo Stein and Doro-
thea Wittenmyer provide the loom
pah" with their slide trombones
Other musicians in the band are
Helen Bredbeck, Jeanne Morton
Betty Gillum. Helen Sanders ann
Mary Ellen Hostrup. Surprises to
the audience were the whiStling
ability of Mrs. Misch and the. mot
trombone solos Mrs. Stein renders
JOT
ottawa County's population
jumped 20 per cent in the decade
between 1910 and 1850, going from
24,360 to 29,469 According to q
bulletin just published by the Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station o.
Wooster, this increase was due tt
2,270 new residents moving into
the county and 2,839 excess oi
births over deaths.
JOT
Friday nights opening show O
Holiday On Ice in Toledo'S Sports
Arena was delayed almost a half
hour by electricity failure in all o.
East Toledo, but there was still ;
huge crowd on hand to welcome
the extravaganza back for Today
stand. Each year one thinks the
show has reached its peak bu
once again we must say that thi'
years show is better than ever