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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-22

last week from two months trip
to California and other western
points of interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J Wahlers
spent Sunday with their son jim,
a student at Case School of Ap-
piled Science in Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Vollmer
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary last Sunday. They
held open house from two to four
in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. David Kihlken of
Cleveland and Mr.. and Mrs. David
Braithwaite and little daughters
came to attend the wedding of
their cousin. Mr.. Donald Gulau
and Miss Marion Genzman at the
st. John Lutheran Church Satur-
day evening in Oak Harbor. They
spent the weekend at the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
T. Kihlken.
Miss Marjorie Dayton, Mrs
Richard Wadsworth, Mrs. Robert
Cover, Mrs. Richard French and
Miss Mary Kihlken attended a
prenatal shower at the home of
Mrs. Robert Randall of Sandusky
Mrs. Randall (Vi LASER entertain
ed, honoring her sister, Mrs. Chas.
Netherland of Port Clinton.
The local Luther League enter
tanned the young people from the
Methodist and Congregational
churches at the church parlors
Monday evening.
Mrs. John Dayton and Marjorie
and Mrs. G.. A. Pettibone and Mrs.
Lois Merkens of Marblehead drove
to Waldo, O., Sunday afternoon
and visited their cousin and niece.
Mrs. Dave Wargowsky and family.
Mrs. Wargowsky was the former
Ethel Bierman of this place.
A little daughter was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Preble of
Charleston, w. Va, last Friday.
Mr.. Preble is the grandson of
Mrs. Pearl Hartshorn and this is
their first child.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-22
Couple Given
Workhouse Terms

Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Hemminger,
Toledo, formerly of Locust Point,
each was given a years sentence
in the Toledo House of Correction
when they pleaded guilty to non
support of their minor children be-
fore Common Pleas Judge Tom d.
Stahl Friday afternoon.
The couple had been indicted by
the grand jury and had been held
under $500 bond in Ottawa County
Jail since they were brought here
Wednesday.
Judge Stahl suspended so weeks
of Hemminger's sentence under
these conditions: that he begins to
support his children within 80
days, that he refrain from modest
ing Welfare Department workers or
the people who now are caring for
the children, and on good behavior.
Mrs. Hemminger also received a
suspension of 81 weeks of her
sentence under the same condi-
tions. The couple also must pay
costs of prosecution.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-22

having begun selling the Buddy
Poppy in 1922, and each year the
President has given his approval
by receiving the first poppy sold.
Another tradition is the designa-
ton of V. F. w. National Buddy
Poppy Girl each year. For 1853
it is Kathryn GraySon, we'll known
Hollywood star.
The Post 2480 firing squad will
hold a practice drill at the Erie
Gardens ball field on Tuesday,
May 26 at 6 p. m. All members of
the firing squad and all color
guards and color bearers should
be present. Also any veterans
who wish to serve as members of
this squad are urged to be present.
Three Post 248O members are
on the sick list at present: George
Shanteau at his home, William
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pfelger, To-
ledo, Brenda Elizabeth Taps and
her parents, the hosts, Mr.. and
Mrs. Taps. Brenda received a gold
heart bracelet centered with a dia-
mond from her Godfather and a
gold cross from her Godmother,
and many other beautiful gifts
from relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Misgasky
are redecorating and remodeling
the late Mrs. Kate Watterman's
home on Ottawa st. which they
recently purchased. The Misgaskys
have been living in rural Elmore
in a new home they built few
years ago but will move to Elmore
as soon as they complete the work
on their Elmore property. Mr.. Mis-
gasky is the proprietor of the Pure
Oil Gas Station here.
Mrs. George Schmidlin, Mrs.
Glenn Fulkert, Mrs. Ellwood Dun
myer and Mrs. Donald Harsange
attended the Genoa ladies' bowling
banquet at the Chippewa Club last
Wednesday night. The three Mrs.
bowled with the Felbingers Grill
of Genoa which had the highest
score. Mrs. William Rice of Genoa
was toastmistress and Mrs. Schmid-
lin was chairman of the affair.
Mrs. Schmidlin was chosen presi-
dent of the bowling league for
next year and Mrs. Fulkert will
again serve as captain of Felbing-
erS Grill next year. Mrs. Harsange
bowls with the Burmans team of
Genoa.
Mrs. John Ayers who suffered
stroke in her home on Fremont
st. recently is slowly recovering
Her daughter, Mrs. Robert Over
myer of Lindsey is careing for her.
april Showers" was the theme
of the Annual Versatile Club
Alumnae Banquet at the Harris
Elmore school auditorium last Sat-
urday evening. The banquet was
sponsored by the 1853 Versatile
Club. The Junior girls were guests
at the banquet and initiated into
the Versatile Club. The stage of
the auditorium was decorated with
pastel covered umbrellas. The
tables formed a V shape and a
standing arrangement of lilacs and
tulips stood in between the tables
on the floor. Small colorful UNI
brellaS formed the centerpiece on
the tables and potted marigolds
we're the place favors. 112 men,
bers and guests attended the ban
quet and opened the banquet with
a song Carolyn Druckenmiller gave
the welcome and Nancy Beck gave
the response. Carol Summers ac-
cepted the Versatile scholarship.
Marlene Sondergeld, Mary Kontak
and Barbara Summers gave a pam
tomime and the 9th girls gave the
play Minuet Kay Sampson did
several baton twirling acts and
Carol Summers and Joyce Kuhl-
man played a piano duet. The
senior boys served the banquet.
The junior girls initiated were:
Peggy Kruse, Laverne Behring,
Dolores Damschroder, Lois Mag
sig, Janice Damschroder, Sue Gro
zier, Sue Giesler, Joan Roepke,
Caroly Sampson, Kay Sampson,
Ann Bittner, Margie Chic, Madelyn
Haar, jeanette Myers, Carol Dam
schroeder, Marilyn Hetrick, Elaine
Kardatzke, Judy Wendt, Rachel
Yeasling.
Mrs. Emma Martin is convaleSc-
ing at Memorial Hospital, Ere.
mont, after undergoing surgery
there last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Myers of
Woodville visited Mr.. and Mrs.
John Dunham and family Sunday.
Paul Blausey, son of Mr.. and
MrS Wilson Rla,cey ,,odarxsa,< n
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-22
VFW7 NEWS
BY VIRGIL GORDON

Friday evening, May %, and
Saturday forenoon and afternoon,
May 23, will be Buddy Poppy Day
in Port Clinton. The v F. w. and
Auxiliary sponsor these sales each
year throughout the nation.
Proceeds of the sales go to the
disabled veterans who make the
colorful little flowers, into a fund
for aid of needy veterans every
where, and for the operation Of
the V. F. w. national home for
widows and orphans of deceased
members.
The V. F. w. was the first vet.
eranS group to sponsor such sales,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-22

Dempsey at the State Soldiers
Home hospital, and Ira Lindsay
at Grille v. A. hospital /
The Ottawa County Council will
meet at Marblehead on Sunday,
May "a. at 2 p m. Election of of
ficers for the following year will
be held at this time.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-22
DANBURY
MRS. JOHN DAYTON

The Daughters of st. Paul are
sponsoring a bake sale at the Ger
ner and Wolf store in Port Clin.
ton, Friday afternoon at / O'Clock
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Burmeis.
ter and son Ted returned home
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-05-22
BOOST
PORT CLINTON
IT'LL BOOST YOU!
Soofhe Itching.
FIERY Piles

Don't let sore, fiery, painful, itching
simple Piles drive you nearly crazy. In is
minutes CHINAROID starts giving you
wonderful cooling, soothing. teniporarv re-
taxing relief from pain. burning and Itch
ing or money back guaranteed. Genuine
CHINAROID costs only sl.00 at druggists.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
Fight
FATHERS CLUB OF SHAW HOUSE
TO PRESENT SHAW HOUSE CHORUS

On Fathers Day, Sunday June
81, the Fathers Club Of the Ro-
bert Gould Shaw House will pre-
sent the famous Shaw House
Chorus in a musical concert.
This Chorus is being acclaimed
as one of the outstanding CHOIR
us in the city. The Thousands
of people that heard them at
the Famous Diamond Ball have
expressed their desire to hear
them in a full concert and this
will be their first opportunity.
The Chorus is preparing an ex-
cellent program for this occa-
sion and will present some of
the best soloist in the city. This
will be your opportunity to give
FATHER real treat on Fathers
Day.
The concert will be held al
the Twelfth Baptist Church, $3.50
P. M. Admission will be $1.0g
tax included. Refreshments will
be served free after the concert.
Don't miss this musical treat
The guardian., 1953-06-06
EDUCATIONAL TOURS

Anna Bobitt- Gardner, Travel
Director OF the Academy's Ed
ucational Tours, announces the
following escorted tours to take
place in July and August, PLAN
ned to meet any vacation bud
get, to any part Of the country
you desire.
Tour No. ! - To Mexico City,
with eight different stops at
interesting places, a three
weeks trip.
Tour No. 2 = To Montreal
and Quebec, Canada, where the
Old World meets the New
World. Montreal is a familiarly
referred to as the paris" of
the New World. The quaint
charm of Quebec will ensure
your visit a real adventure.
Tour No. 3 - To Niagara
Falls. with view Of the Falls on
both the American and Canadi-
an sides, both day and night,
showing the skillfully blended
array of color, magically trans
formed into fairyland.
Tour No. - To the Canadi-
an Rockies, to bask in the vivid
background of gorgeous flowers
and snowy mountain tops, un-
der sunny skies.
The Tourist Club is open for
membership to persons inter-
ested in travelling to interest
ing places having an educa-
tional value. Joining fee is $l;
there are no dues.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
TO TELL OF TIN
nay ADYENTlSTS

Members Of the Berea. Sew
enth-day Adventist Church will
devote Saturday afternoon to
the visitation program design
ed to better acquaint their
friends and neighbors with Ad-
ventists and their work, Elder
Edgar E. Lockett announced
this week.
AS part OF the program, the
congregation plans to distribute
copies OF an article on seventh
day Adventistism which APP
peared in Look" Magazine,
Elder Lockett said. The article
was one OF a popular series
Look is running on religions
Of America. According to Elder
Lockett, more than six mill
lion reprints OF the article have
been ordered by the denomina-
ion for distribution Saturday
throughout the United States
Ind Canada.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
COLUMBUS AVE.
A.h.E. ZION CHURCH

Rev. James c. Brown, DID,. Pastor
Last Sundays service was
colorful as the American Legion
conducted ceremonies In MEM
ory Of sgt. Atwood Clelsnd. The
Rev. Willsrt williams delivered
an impressive message. Differ
ent branches Of the armed forces
we're represented. Even the
Elks helped make the service
complete. There was plenty Of
music during the service, a
quartet and also music by both
the Senior choirs and the Cos
pei chorus. After this service a
colorful street parade was held
with exercises at the Square at
corner OF Ruggles ond Cabot
streets where the square was
dedicated as T. Atwood Cleiand
Square. Mr.. and Mrs. Cleiand,
parents and sister Of the late
Sgt. received quite an ovation
as they rode through the streets
seated in a special car and we're
greeted on the band stand
where there were special guests
by state and city dignitsries and
OF military orgsniza-
tions. --
The guardian., 1953-06-06
WALLS MEMORIAL
A.M.E. ZION CHURCH

Rev. Jerome French, Pastor
Walnut Ave. g. Walnut PIX.
Pastor Delivers Annual Message
Sunday AM.
Sunday morning the pastor
will deliver his annual message.
All members are requested to be
in their pews at 11:0O o'clock,
and TO invite their friends to
accompany them Holy Com
funion will be administered at
the morning service. The Rev.
and Mrs. French will leave for
New Haven, Conn, next Tues
day to attend the New England
Annual Conference which con-
venes June 9-l4.
CAMP BARKER OPENS JUNE %
Barber Memorial Camp will
open for children June 28-Aug-
ust 80. Ages 6-12 and 1915.
The Camp will be under well
trained supervision. Mr.. E.
jackson, chief counselor for
boys Is a teacher in the public
school system OF Hartford, Conn.
Miss McAdden, specialist in child
psychology, has been selected
as chief counselor for girls.
They have staff of eight as
Sistants. The Rev. J. H. French
with his Executive Board has
promised a better Camping pro-
gram for children, and adults
at the lowest possible prices.
Children 6-12 yearS-Sl2.00 per
week; 1915 years-S15.0O per
week. Adults Week end
Couple S27OO; Single $500.
The registration must be in no
later than ten days before open
ing date to assure your child a
place. All information pertain
ing to requirements and direc-
ton to Camp may be had by
calling or writing to Rev. J. H.
French. 357 Walnut Ave, Rox-
bury, Mass. Tel. Garrison 7-743S.
Camp Telephone - west Gran
vile 1890.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
Architect
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ment Hotel, and the Music
Corporation of America Build
Ing in Beverly Hills. In as
sociation with Hilyard Robinson
he designed many government
buildings including several
housing developments and large
parts OF the US. Naval Base
at San Diego.
Articles about Mr.. Williams
work appeared in such profess
sional journals as Architecture
al Forum" Architect and En-
eineering," Progressive Archi-
tect" and others. A member of
the Los Angeles Municipal
Housing Commission, the City
Planning Commission and the
American Institute Of Archi-
tects, Mr.. Williams Is also the
winner of three national and
four western architectural COM
petitions.
The spingarn award, a gold
was instituted in 1914
by the late Joel E. spingarn,
then chairman OF the NAACP
board of directors. 1t was set up
as an encouragement to and
of talented colored
citizens. Former recipients OF
the medal include Ralph J.
Walter White, Richard
Marian Anderson,
Marchall, George
Washington Carver, Charming
i. Tobias, Mrs. Mary Mcleod
Judge william H.
Or. Louis T. Wright,
!, Philip Randolph and others.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
DediCations, Professions, of Guilds
Fellowship Hour, Mark Services
Sunday At St. Cyprian's

Services for the First Sunday
After Trinity will begin at st,
Cyprian,s Episcopal Church,
fremont and Walpole Streets,
Roxbury, on June 7 at 7:SO
am, with the celebration Of
the Holy Communion. FIR Wright
will deliver a brief meditation
at this service.
At II am, a second celebra-
tion of the Holy Communion
will be held. The Rector will
preach on why We Believe In
the Trinity" The Choir of Men
and Boys will sing the Offer
tory. New altar vestments in
memory Of the late William
Faye will be blessed at this
II am. service.
At $50 pm, the annual corpo-
rate Lords Supper for the
Guilds Of the Church will be
held, which will be followed,
at 7:S0 pm, with a procession
Of all the guilds into the Church
for a brief service of thanks
giving. At the 7.30 service, the
Rev. G.. Earl Daniels, Rector of
ST. James Church, Cambridge,
will preach. At 8:15 a Parish
Fellowship Hour will be held
in the Parish Hall at which Mr..
John Buddington, Vice-Presi-
dent of the EpiscopaHan Club,
will speak.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
BEN DAVIS, Ex NY. COUNCILMAN,
TO TESTIFY In PITTSBURG TRIAL

PITTSBURGH, PA. = Former
NY. City Councilman Benjamin
J. Davis, colored leader in the
Communist Party, in jail for Two
years after being convicted of
teaching and advocating ideas,
will come out of Federal prison
in Terre Haute, Indiana to tes-
tify in the Smith Act trial TAX
ing place here.
Former Councilman Davis will
appear as an expert on MarxiSm
LeniniSm in the current trial of
Steve Nelson, Ben Careathers,
noted Pittsburgh colored lead
ers, andthree of their colleagues
under the same teaching and
advocacy" thought control pro-
visions of the Smith Act. He
will be lodged in the County
Prison in Pittsburgh and will be
taken to court each day to tes-
tify.
Commenting on Davis court
appearance here, William L.
Paterson, Executive Secretary of
1she Civil Rights Congress, said
ben Davis" appearance at the
Pittsburgh trial where he will
challenge the whole Mccarthy
ite drive towards obstruction
of the Bill of Rights, must be-
come an occasion for heightened
efforts by progressive colored
and white Americans in every
section of the country for am
nesty, both for Ben Davis and
for all jailed victims Of the
thought-consrol Smith Act"
Let tens of thousands of let
ters and kilograms go to Pres
ident Eisenhower declaring that
il is time men and women i'm
prisoned at the beginning of une
McCarthyite drive be released
as a first step in restoring the
Bill of Rights for all America.
He added, Governments both
in the West and East have been
granting amnesty. In these
Smith Act cases, in which men
and women haIbe been impriSon-
ed solely for their political be-
1iefs and political activities,
surely the time has come for
the Government of the United
States of America to return
them to their families and loved
ones"
Davis, a native of Atlanta,
Georgia, served in the New York
City Council for six years, where
he launched the battle against
Jim Grow in Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company's Stuyves-
am Town project, and also led
hundreds of battles against dis
elimination.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
In Tribute To
Rev. McLdne

AS the Boston Equal Rights
League has sustained a great
loss in the untimely passing,
on May 2. 1858, of the Rev.
Walter Dorsey McClane, which
breaks the ranks of the few
remaining charter members Of
the League:
THEREFORE BE 1T RESOLV-
ED: that he took his place on
the first line for attack or re-
sistance against the foes Of
equal rights and justice under
the law for almost forty years
In Metropolitan Boston, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler R. Wilson,
Rev. w. H. Scott, founder Of
the Eotal Rights League, VIM.
Monroe Tfotter, Rev. M. A. N.
Shaw. Geraldine L. Trotter,
Mrs. M. Cravath Simpson, Mrs.
Virginia Trotter, MRS. Lillian
Lewis Feurtado, William H.
Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Clement.
G. Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. En-
cry T. Morris, and a host of
other nberty-lovin people.
Through fair and cloudy wealth
err. by day and night, over ey-
en- roads and rough ways, ever
onward pressed, these men and
women, the salt OF the earth,
never faltering, gaining new
new heights, increasing their
numbers, telling In unmistak-
able tones they believed in the
u. s. Constitution and the Bill
of Rights. God gave the in
crease and furnished the power
for new opportunities Of en-
ployment were open to hum
dreds OF thousands OF black
folks. Walter Dorsey McClani
was a man OF the cloth, faith
full. upright and obedient to the
dynamic principles OF holy
writ, the fatherhood OF God
and the brotherhood Of man.
BE TT FURTHER RESOLVED
That a copy of these resolution
be sent to the bereaved famil
and a copy be spread upon tn
records OF the League,
MAUDE TROTTER STEWART
Secretar!
LOUIS E. PASCo, President.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
Dedicated To The Coronation
Of
Queen Elizabeth II.
BY Monroe Mason

BY Monroe Mason
Elizabeth grand and noble queen,
Britain's Monarch, symbol of yOre,
A Commonwealth with Sun always seen
Acclaimed as an empire unlocked door,
Unblemished from babe to majestys role
Reared not to rule by the hand of might
Like f0rebearS taught as one pure soul
To set throne of greatness and right.
Our God OF Splendor OmnipOtent belief
Transformed Britain part Of one world
Not to make men bow down in grief
AS long as its ensign remains unfurled.
COnSOrt strides CALAMITY by her side
In reverence and wedlOck of Holy VOW,
Tarnished not by sardOnic pride
Sails on Her Majesty's ship awake at the PROV.
Gowned in robe Of chivalry's blaze,
Peers like COmmoners view in awe
As trumpetS blast, vested chOrs sing
In God We Praise
An Empires urge for unwrtten law
Buckingham palace to Westmnster's gates,
Gaudy horse harnesSed carriages of state
Drive by humanity of breathless fates
For Queen crowned as one of the great.
No faces of Sadness all uplfted in Joy
As the grand cavaIcade passes by
Like babes in Wonderland with a rare toy,
CircIing doves of peace and fly.
Brtains Primate of Faith opens with verse,
youthful Queen must be crowned.
Ritual, true, brief, and terse
On bended knee for Empire bound.
Decade after decade pOsterity famed,
The House Of Windsor from the TudOrs grew.
Brtains prestige forever claimed
For the humble great, noble and true.
Afric's hot deserts Artic's icy lands
Encompass the Empire a single track.
In LOrdly breast of humanity stands
stated Lion Headed Union Jack.
Hail Elizabeth, Britain'S Magnificent Queen
Whose and robes abound in truth,
Endowed and laden with highest esteem
of Peers and COmmOnerS without reprOOf
The guardian., 1953-06-06
IN MEMORIAM
June 7 19
Frederic P. White

1910 June ! 1858
Frederic P. White
They are not dead who live
In hearts they leave behind.
In those whom they habe bles-
sed
They live a life again
And shall live throughout the
years
Eternal life. and grow
Each day more beautiful
AS time declares their good,
Forgets the rest and proves
Their Immortality.
Lovingly remembered by
Myrtle /. White,
Wife.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
Piano Recital
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took part. The children, rang
ing in ages from six to IS
gears. pay one cent at each
practice period in tiny rooms
set apart In the Youth and
Childrens Center.
Lacking pianos in their own
homes, the majority Of the
youngsters 'will be playing for
the benefit of parents and
friends for the first time - an
experience which often proves,
one of the most joyous mo-
nents Of mothers and daddies'
lives. Approximately 100 pupils
are enrolled in the school, all
that the schools facilities can
accommodate comfortably. One
Of the most unusual features
is the sight OF these youngsters,
clutching their penny. and
waiting their place In line to
practice. The school has FIVE
practice rooms, little cubicles
roosting away up under the
ewes of the ancient building.
The two subjects taught al
the school are piano and voice
Mrs. Jones pupils include
plano: Georgian George, Caro-
CRYSTAL, Shirley Morris, Bett
Culhune, Grace Randolph, Kar
en- Visharone, Loretta Clemoni
Katherine CASTOR, Joan Hensle!
Dolly Mae Randolph, Lorain
wise, Patricia Tilley, Lesli
Clemons, Mary Singleton, shir
ley Dremao, Maria Halfkenne.
Elaine Langhorne; vocal: Bett
Culhane, Carol Wheaton, Joa
The guardian., 1953-06-06

That Am
erican men are growing taller
is found in a tabulation by the
Surgeon General of the armed
forces which showed the av-
erage height of inductees in
1943 at 5 feet 81, so inch tller
than the aver age in 1917
Evidence of industrial decen-
tralization in Massachusetts be-
tween 1889 and 1850 is mixed.
The number of factory produce
ton workers employed in the
states ten largest cities in
creased 25 per cent, against a
gain of 81 per cent in the rest
OF the Commonwealth i.
The guardian., 1953-06-06
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Massachusetts,, his mother, Mrs.
Albertina Byars, is busily
searching for suitable display
cabinet. for his many trophies,
cups, and medals so that his
friends who go frequently to his
SO Windsor ST., home to see them
may do so with ease.