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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
LOCAL WOMAN
KILLED IN FALL
ON ICY STEPS

Funeral services for Mrs. John
Macko will be held at 10 am.
this Friday in Immaculate Con-
ception Church, the Rev. Karl
Brand officiating. Neidecker's will
direct interment in Lakeview Gem
etery.
Definite cause of death has not
been determined but there appear
ed strong possibilities that Mrs.
Macko, 81, had been fatally in
jured shortly after midnight Mon
day when she fell on icy steps at
the back door of her Cedar Street
home.
Her son, Cleveland Indian base
ball player Joe Macko who was
at the Daytona Beach, Florida,
training camp when notified Of
his mothers death, arrived here
via plane Tuesday. A daughter,
Mrs. Kenneth Limestahl, who was
with her soldier husband in Lub-
book, Texas, arrived late Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Macko and her sister-in-
law, Mrs. John Papcun, were re-
turning to their homes after fin
ishing work at the Standard Pro-
ducts Company when the accident
happened.
Mrs. Papcun had left her sister
in-law out of the car and had gone
into her own home next door when
she noticed that Mrs. Macko had
not turned on her kitchen light
as was usual. When Mrs. Papcun
investigated, she discovered Mrs.
Macko lying on the concrete side
walk at the bottom of the back
door steps.
While death may have been
caused by a heart attack, it ap-
peared very possible that she had
slipped and fallen when she had
to step back after opening the back
door. She suffered laceration
on the right side of her head,
a severe confusion and had been
bleeding from the head when her
sister-in-law discovered her.
Family members carried the
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Catawba Group
Tours Schools

Plans for the proposed addition
to the Catawba Island School were
furthered Friday evening when a
Citizens Committee met with
architects from Britsch and Mum
ger, Toledo, to view slides of new
schools in the area.
Mrs. J. B. Nelson, school prin-
cipal, and representatives of civic
groups in the community, joined
Board of Education members in
attending the meeting.
Upon recommendation of the
architects, the Citizens Committee
toured new school buildings at
Perrysburg, Maumee and Trilby,
Sunday afternoon. The architects
were to return this week to view
the site of the proposed school
addition, necessitated by a greatly
increased school population.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
SMITH IS CHAMP
in CLOVES BOUT

Oak Harbor's Lyle Smith, re-
Gently discharged Coastguards.
man, will represent the Toledo
area in the Golden Gloves finals
next week in Chicago. Smith won
the light heavyweight champion
ship Tuesday night in Toledo's
Sports Arena when he knocked
out George Mays, Toledo, in 1:12
of the first round.
Dick Marvel, Oak Harbor's 9th
er finalist, was eliminated in the
championship bout Tuesday night
when he suffered a technical
knockout at the hands of Wilbert
Mcclure, Toledo, in the novice
bantamweight division. Marvel
was the defending champion, hav-
ing won the title last year.
Smith, weighing in at 174, made
short work of his bout. He knock
ed out Mays, 161 pounds, almost
as soon as the fight started. Mays
tried to rise to his feet at the
count of 10 but could not make
it. Smith is a native of Gibson
burg but represented Oak Harbor
after he and Marvel were champs
at the Golden Gloves prelimin-
aries held recently in the neigh
boring town.
Oak Harbor entries made a
good showing in the Toledo Col
den Gloves events, scoring five
points to place fifth behind four
Toledo teams.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Finals For Reserve And
Varsity Squads Set
For Saturday Evening

Coach John Erwin's Oak Har.
Dor Rockets will be defending
their title this Friday night when
they open the 29th annual Otta-
wa County High School basketball
tournament by meeting the Ell
more Bulldogs in the Port Clin-
ton auditorium at 7:15.
Lakeside's Stonecrushers will
meet Genoa in the second game,
scheduled to get underway at
$3.50.
Finals for both varsity and re-
serve teams will be played here
in Port Clinton Saturday eve
ming. The reserve finals, featur-
ing Oak Harbor and Elmore, will
get underway at 7:30, while the
varsity finals will start at 8:45.
In reserve preliminaries played
Monday night at Elmore, the Oak
Harbor Reserves eliminated Lake.
side, AZ to %, while Elmore Re-
serves routed Genoa, SO to 3o.
Don Pfaff was top scorer for Oak
Harbor, meshing 18 points, while
Paul Neeb's 81 points helped Ell
more on the road to victory.
Richard Stucky, Port Clinton
High School teacher, is serving as
general manager for the tourna.
ment. Officials will be Kenneth
Gill, Toledo, and Nick Ruggerio,
Gibsonburg.
Members of the Genoa varsity
team, coached by Walt Carey, in.
clude Bruce Sherk, Ralph Gel
dine, Byron Gilbert, Bill Shupe
! Ron Hedge, Jim Herman, John
Taylor, Jim Faber and jim
Schimming.
Genoa's Reserve team, coached
by Wilbur Booth, included Pete
Suydam, Jim Cornell, Alan Sherk
Dick Foss, Rodney Baer, Tom
Russell, Bill Peloquin, Charles
Zeadker, John Berkey and Ken.
meth Wilka.
Jim Smith coaches the Elmore
varsity squad. Varsity players
are Don Bittner, Dick Flick, Merle
Haar, Dick Kardatzke, Larry
! States, Dick Dolph, Alan Guth,
Gene Kontak, Jim Lauer, Gaylon
Overmyer and Jim Orman
Elmore Reserves, coached by
Charles Rymers, are Leroy Witt,
Dick Ayers, Norm Semrock, Jerry
Lohr, Don Witt, Paul Neeb, Bill
Shaffer, Marvin Mireles, Willard
Sarnes, Bob Damschroder, Dick
Manzeck and Beryl Hille.
Don Polling is coach at Lakeside.
Members of his Stonecrusher var
sity team are John Zura, Ronald
Harger, Paul Harnad, Ronald
Merckens, Neil baltimore, Wayne
JUDY, Roland Wahlers, Dan Lane,
Norbert Monak, Eddy Oglesbee,
John Galati and Clarence Lucas.
Jack Hillyer coaches the Lake
side Reserve squad and his players
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Local Racing Stable To Compete
In Grand Circuit Events This Year

After Roosevelt, the Johnson
stable will continue on the Grand
Circuit, racing in Illinois, Ohio,
Kentucky and Indiana.
Television fans are familiar with
the Roosevelt and Yonkers tracks,
as races there are televised nightly.
Due to her new national rating
Steward Lassie" won't be racing
with the bourgeois crowd this
summer. She has been entered
in six feature races at Yonkers and
Roosevelt, all offering purses of
$4,000 or higher.
Aldrich and the Johnsons
naturally are proud of their star
and nothing is too good for
Steward Lassie %. They claim she
is a natural. When she's on the
track, she gives the appearance of
complete nonchalance, so much so
that one would think she was al
most asleep. She's only conserving
her energy as she takes off in
stantly when her driver gives the
signal.
With nine horses representing
the stable on the Grand Circuit,
the other two members of the
johnson Stable will be at their
Bay Township farm this summer
They are the stables baby,
Dorothy Lassie," a playful year.
ling by the world champ. "Goose
Bay" and her mother, Dorothy
Bob" The mare is the original
start Of the johnson Stable and
Continued on Page ID
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Sowell Gains
Army Promotion

Tokyo.-Walter j. Sowell, son
of Mrs Mary Noone, 221 Fulon
Street, Port Clinton, has been
promoted to sergeant in the Army
while serving with Headquarters
and Service Command in Tokyo.
A radio repairman with the
list Signal Service Battalion, Sgt.
SoWell has been in the Far East
for the past % months, having
served eight months in Korea be-
fore his assignment in Tokyo. He
entered the Army in October,
1949.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Tornado Warning
system Started

Ottawa County has joined 10
other northwestern Ohio counties
in forming a tornado warning
system, through which warnings of
approaching storms will be broad
cast via area radio stations.
Elmore and Genoa police depart
WFRO, Fremont while the Port
Clinton Yacht Club caretaker, Bay
Bridge tender Marblehead Coast
Guards, storm warning displaymen
at Put-in-Bay ,and the Catawaba
Cliffs Beach Club personal will re-
lay their warnings to the San
dusky weather bureau office be-
tween $50 a. m. and at the other
rours to radio station WLEC:
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Big Crowd Attends
Cub Scout Dinner

Over 800 people attended the
43rd birthday banquet of the Cub
Scouts in st. John Church base
ment Tuesday evening when Cub
master William Phipps acted as
POSTMASTER.
Toledo Area Scout representa-
tive Clinton Baldwin graduated
Cub Dennis Jensen in to Boy
Scout Troop 326. Stanley Perry,
commander of American Legion
Post 113, which now sponsors the
Cub Pack, presented gift to M.
E. Edwards for his work with
the recent Cub Minstrel John
Malik, having sold more tickets
to the Minstrel than other Cubs,
was awarded set of binoculars.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20

A Port Clinton young lady will
appear on televiSion regularly
throughout the summer months
and she'll be asking $4,000 or more
for each appearance. Like Marlene
Dietrich and other glamorous
movie stars, she'll gain much of
her publicity from ''leg art" and
she'll be bigger star the better
she uses her legs.
The young lady we're discussing
is Steward Lassie", star of Fritz
and Marie Johnson's up-and-coming
stable, and holder of the nations
record for three-year old fillies.
Born at Peninsula Farms near
Fremont, Steward Lassie" jumped
into the national spotlight last fall
when she set two records at De-
laware's famed track. With her
trainer-driver, Ted Aldrich in the
sulky, the filly completed a mile
in 2.01 as on the mile track and
also set the mile record on the half
mile track, doing the first heat in
2.5 and the second heat in 2.03 lis.
Early in April, Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnson and trainer Aldrich will
take nine of their horses to Yonk-
ers, New York, where the Johnson
color bearers will compete in the
famed harness horse races begin
ming April Is.
After the 9O-day season ends at
Yonkers, Steward Lassie" and
her eight stable mates will journey
on to Roosevelt Raceway in New
York for another long season.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Seven Draftees
Sent To Toledo

Seven young men were sent to
the Toledo induction center this
Thursday, representing the OF
tawa County Selective Service
Boards February quota, Board
Secretary Mrs. John Black reports.
While the original call had been
higher, many youths enlisted dur
ing the past few weeks and thus
the quota for March has been re-
duced to only two. They will be
sent to the Induction Center in
Toledo on March 5.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Harris Family
Safe In ENGLAND

Major and Mrs. Edwin S.
Harris and their three children
are safe and sound in Norfolk,
England. despite some harrow.
ing experiences during the re-
cent floods, tornadoes and snow
storms.
The former Port Clinton res
idenfs are stationed at Soul
thorpe Raj base, Fakenham,
Norfolk. England. and it was in
This Southeastern shore area
that the heaviest fatalities were
reported during the flood.
Mrs. Harris has notified her
mother, Mrs. Iva St. Clair. Port
Clinton, that everyone is fine
despite fhe unusual weather
conditions.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Local Firm Gets
Lindsey Contract

Port Clinton's RMS Construction
Company, owned by Allen Satter.
field, has been awarded the
$4,000 contract for construction
of three buildings by the Ohio Bell
Telephone Company at Lindsey.
Of concrete block construction,
the buildings include sub-station
and dial building in Lindsey and
another sub-station near Milan.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
be taken by these methods.
Magee Marsh Excluded

O - B. e
Among the few areas in the
state which will be closed or re-
stricted to fishermen this year are
the huge Magee Marsh, west of
Port Clinton, and the Resthaven
state hunting preserve near Cas-
talia.
The Magee Marsh is closed to
fishing this year due to the fact
that it is an important Matching
grounds for waterfowl. If fisher
men were permitted in the area
during the mating and Matching
season, the ducks, geese, mud
hens, etc. would be forced to go
elsewhere and the winged popula-
ton of the marsh would be great
" reduced.
In the Resthaven reservation,
fishing is permitted in two small
lakes along State Route 6, west
of Venice, from January l to Au-
gust 81. This permits a three
month restricted period for tag
ging game fish in these man-made
lakes. Bass and other game fish
are reported plentiful in the Rest
haven lakes since the removal of
mari, R. L. McElroy, agent in
charge of Resthaven, has stated.
The new liberalized fishing plan
is the elimination Of many years
study of Ohio's fishing potential
tiles and the policy Of manage
ment was adopted by the Gene
raj Assembly of Ohis.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
sABINA KovAc DIES

Mrs. Sabina Kovac, 81. wife of
Michael, died suddenly in Ma
ruder Hospital Wednesday even
ing. The body is at the residence,
215 Ash ST., where friends may
call after Z pm. Thursday. Nei-
decker's will direct funeral SER
vices in st. Paul Slovak Lutheran
Church at 2 pm. Saturday, the Rev.
Joseph Abraham officiating. Bur-
ial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
cod STAFF ADDS
152 PINTS BLOOD
IN COLLECTION

Leading in blood donations in
Ottawa County, Erie Ordnance De-
pot employees answered the third
appeal of the local Red Cross
blood program Tuesday by giving
152 units during the day-long visit
of the Red Cross Bloodmobile.
There were approximately 300
volunteers ready to meet the days
desired quota of collected units of
blood.
Many of those who gave blood
Tuesday were giving for the fourth
or fifth time, and one, Harry Wat
ters, Oak Harbor, gave his four.
teenth pint.
Tuesdays collection of blood got
off to a late start when the Blood
mobile Unit followed Route 2 de-
tour and found itself in Oak Har-
Dor instead of at Erie Ordnance
Depot.
The unit backtracked to the de.
pot where all was in readiness
and the first donors were waiting.
Residents of the post were re.
scheduled until late in the day to
make up for the tardy start.
The Red Cross first visited Erie,
and Ottawa County, on September
5 and 6, 1851. There were 2O7
units of blood collected. The
second visit was July 80 and 81,
when 279 pints were collected.
The Officers Mess was utilized
for the blood collection center
Tuesday and bus transportation
was provided for all donors from
their shops or officers to the col
lection point.
An EOD committee composed OF
Maj. John R. Blackwell, CWO w
M. Smith, Harvey Battrell and EN-
NETT Heiser, Port Clinton, com
pleted all post arrangements fol
the blood collection and assisted
the county committee in making
plans for the visit.
The EOD Ladies' Club and mem
bers of the Volunteer Service
Committee of the Ottawa County
Red Cross assisted with the staff
duties, nursing, and canteen ser
vice. Cookies were furnished by
the EOD Ladies. Club.
Members Of the EOD Ladies
Club who assisted were: Mrs. E
M. Webb, Mrs. H. F. Liston, Mrs
Frank Major, Miss Janet Sanford
Mrs. Henry Sullivan Mrs. Johr
G. Ward, Jr., Mrs. c. E. DeMerch
ant, Mrs. M. p. Hawkins, all O
the post, and Mrs. Gene Schneider
of Catawba Island.
Port Clinton woman assistant!
were Mrs. George Slaughter, chair
man of Volunteer Services of the
Red Cross; Mrs. Helen Miller, Mrs
d. D. Sims, Mrs. Harvey Snidel
and Adolph Frazier, canteen; Mrs
James Wolfe, motor corps; Mrs
Kenneth Carter, staff aide; ant
Mrs. Chester Kurtz, Mrs. Kathryr
Ayres and Mrs. Perry Blanken
ship nurses.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Rockets Defend Title
CAGE TOURNEY OPENS HERE FRIDAY
Plan Memorial
For War Hero

Dedication Of bronze plaque
in memory Of Cpl. William D..
Galloway, q native Of catawba
Island, will be made at two
o'clock Syndy afternoon, March
I, in the catawba Community
Hall.
The only SON Of Mr. and Mrs
Reynolds Galloway now Of &C.
lima, Cpl. Galloway was one Of
This areas first Word War II
fatalities. He was killed dur
ing the battles in France.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
BIKE TAGS ON SALE

New black and yellow 1853
licenses for bicycles are now on
sale in the Port Clinton Police
Department headquarters, City
Hall. A city ordinance requires
that all bicycles be licensed but
deadline for the sale has not been
set. Save a quarter, boys and girls
and purchase your bicycles license
now as they cost only IS cents.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
TO BE CLOSED MONDAY

The Ottawa County Courthouse
offices will be closed Monday,
February %, in observance of
Washington's birthday, a legal hol-
iday.
Evening star., 1953-11-12

temper their judgments over my Pres
ident. DR.. Syngman Rhee. Too fire.
quently there has been a tendency in
some American publications to make
President Rhee appear to be uncompro-
missing towards the enemy. BY now,
however, all must realize the fact that
there is no room to compromise with
crime which communism represents.
AS the sordid drama at Panmunjom
gradually unfolds, and as the full ex-
tent of Communist brutality becomes
apparent, President Rhee's predictions
and judgments become more valid and
pertinent.
AS you pointed out, Korea has really
posed the question whether Americas
"best hope may not really lie in render
ing this savage enemy incapable of
carrying out his ultimate threat to de-
stroy u.s." This is, of course, the basic
question which many people in respon-
sible places attempt to avoid Now, as
the prospects for peace in Korea grow
DINNER. and as the real nature of the
enemy is being more clearly depicted,
am hopeful that Americans every
where will be enabled to arrive at the
fundamental decision that must be
made If the free world is to survive.
Ben C. Limb,
Ambassador, Republic of Korea; Korean
Representative to the United Nations.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
SILVER SPRING.

SILVER SPRING.
Dear Sir:
What is your opinion Of condensa-
tions of books, digests, as they call
them?
81 have always felt it wasn't fair
to the author, but I do not have much
time to read, with children, gardening
and houSework
I've been wanting to ask you this
for long time.
yours truly. w. w. s."
Digests of books are all right if they
are done properly.
This usually means by the author,
or some one directly under his super
vision.
The modern condensation fills a need
Of our busy days.
1t enables one to know something OF
many more books than he might with
out them.
The expense of books is factor to-
day, whereas it was not particularly so
when they retailed at 81 and $3.50 a
volume.
Some of the paper books now sell as
high as that
We were looking the other day at
some of our old copies of Burt's Home
Library" as it was called.
Large books, bound in maroon Goth
with gold stamping. thick paper. nice
type. they sold for so cents copy.
The number of books today is an
other factor; with some 10000 put out
every year in America alone, the book
lover finds himself facing an impossible
task.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
This and That .
By Charles E. TroceweH

So the well-done digest has It's place,
but it must be well done.
We can recall condensation of Ray
mond Chandler's Little Sister" In a
glossy magazine.
AS an addict Of Chandler's detective
stories, we rushed into this one and
thought something was the matter
The story did not hang together as
Chambers tales always did.
Lousy" we thought. He is going
backward now. Hollywood has ruined
him."
Then we read it in book form and
discovered that he was still the master
of the type.
The condensation had left out too
much, had trimmed the story down to
its bare bones, so that little of the real
Chandler remained.
The whole story was something diff
ferent. It was Raymond Chandler as
we remembered him from THE Big
Sleep" probably the best-written detec-
tive story ever Denned.
Here are two excellent condensations:
Jefferson" by Saul K Padover, and
1.-THE Age of Jackson" by Arthur M.
Schlesinger, ir.
Both are Mentor books, selling at 35
cents each, and each is condensed by
its writer.
The results are engaging and give
very good view of each mans thoughts
in relation to the subjects.
When one reads such an abridgment,
he is satisfied He may want to get
the original complete book. some day,
but II he does not get around to 1t. he
Evening star., 1953-11-12
Old ReactiOnary.

can rest in the idea that he has actually
read the book.
Such revisions and abridgments cut
out probably third of the originals.
Writing book is form of expansion,
and If some of it is removed, either by
the author or one in complete sympathy
with him, there is no real loss, in so far
as the impact of the book is concerned.
If one wishes to get the whole book, he
will find much excellent material in ad-
dition, but nothing which he will really
miss, since out of ten facts, let us say,
any five might be removed without loss
to the spirit of the thing.
This presupposes that the authors
sentences are not changed in any way
To cut a sentence, to rearrange a SEN
tence, to split long one into short ones,
or vice versa, is crime and there ought
to be law against it. We recall some
ambitious lady who condensed" several
Of Charles Dickens novels by totally
destroying Dickens. The result was
crying shame and the lady should have
been put in jail, but she probably
wasn't. A streamlined Dickens is an
absurdity.
Most abridgments of today give an
adequate idea of the work condensed,
and those reading them may feel that
they got some if not all of the authors
work. We recall one book that was con-
densed by looping of two chapters.
When we went and got the big book. we
discovered that the two chapters left
out were the poorest Of the lot and that
the lesser version was really an improve
ment, II anything.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
The Principle Withers Away

read your remarkable editorial Of
October 80. "The Principle Withers
Away" with considerable interest. AS
Korea's representative to the United
Nations, am particularly concerned
over the fact that the Nuremberg prin-
ciple is gradually whitening away or
being neglected. as evidenced by state
ments that the prospect of bringing any
Korean-war criminals to trial is remote.
was particularly pleased by your
suggestion that the American people
Evening star., 1953-11-12
A Skirmish Won

It is only natural that the Republicans,
after their setbacks in Wisconsin and New
Jersey, should read a great deal of national
significance into their victory in CALIFORNIA;
oath congressional district.
The Democrats had hoped to take this
one, but the Republican candidate won by
comfortable margin. And the G. o. P victory,
If measured in terms of the total vote cast for
the two Republicans and the two Democrats
who were in the race, was even more impressive.
There is, however no more reason to think
that the success in California was essentially
q popular Endorsement of the Eisenhower
administration than there is to believe that the
defeats in Wisconsin and New Jersey were
regulations of that administration. The saner
view to borrow the Presidents term, is that this
was another skirmish-the difference being
that this one was won while the others were lost.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
Fuvors One Drive for All

certainly appreciated the letter Of
Joseph D. Kaufman. I, too, was born
in Washington and have helped plenty
with all kinds of drives.
think the Community Chest is a
fine thing, but hope to see the day
when all agencies come under one head
including T. B. Seals, Red Cross and
other needy organizations. was vice
chairman of the Silver Spring Red
Cross about five years ago and helped
them set up the drive. If you think
it's fun try it. I feel that the people
who holler most, not only about giving,
but always finding fault with the Com
munity Chest, etc., are the ones who