Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20


next month. Mrs. Carlton MINER
Oak Harbor, secretary, and Ray
Sperber, chairman, represented
this county at the state conven
ton.
JOT
We're having our first snowfall
in weeks this Monday morning
(Florida and California Chambers
of Commerce please note), when
the postman ruins everything by
dropping postcards from friends
enjoying SUMMER days in the deep
South. Adolph Jadwisiak of the
postoffice staff sends snapshot
Lauderdale, Florida, and remarks
he'll be seeing us all too soon!
Howard Bensch and Les Hemmin-
ger write from Havana, Cuba, that
the people down there drive like
crazy and that the night clubs are
slightly expensive.
JOT
In the same mail comes a caus-
tic note from Pete Achbach, Lake
land, Florida's best drumbeater
and refugee from Catawba Cliffs
scenic beauty and ideal climate.
Achbach, former assistant man.
ager of the Port Clinton City Loan
office, quips: 81 was sitting at
my desk while reading your beau
tiful edition of Feb. 6 and saw
your suggestion that I give my
desk new look get Fresh
Blotter. My eye started rowing
downward and I was actually
ashamed of the dirty, ragged worn
out blotter that held key posi-
ton on my desk and the Marilyn
Monroe Picture which gives it .
little sunshine now appears to
be wearing six layers of miners
clothing. So sorry to hear that
the area up North (shudder) is ice
and snow bound why not have
your Chamber of Commerce ad-
wise all it's good people to move
to the Land of Sunshine. Pete
made a quick trip up here around
Thanksgiving, forgot to wear his
red flannelS and darn near froze.
When he offered his blood to the
Red Cross, they discovered he had
none = orange juice flows in his
veins!
In a treaty signed at Maumee
Ohio, Feb. 18, 1888, the Ottawa
Indians gave up the last of theil
Ohio reservations. This county
was named for the famous 1ndlar
tribe.
Married in double ceremony
in 1888 Mr.. and Mrs. Urbar
Lochotzki and Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam Hermes observed their 20tf
wedding anniversaries Jointly at
dinner party in the Hermes home
rural Oak Harbor, Sunday noon
;. Relatives and friends of RALPH
Palmer, formerly of this city, viii
be pleased to learn that he ma
, been promoted to colonel III tn
Air Force Reserve.
JOT
While Captain and Mrs. Harol'
Sperber and family were stationed
at Langley Field, Virginia, during
the past six weeks, they visite.
often with former Port Clintonite
:, Sgt. and Mrs. Art Richards ant
! children. Sgt. Richards was sales
man for the Ohio Fuel Gas Coz
pany and Mrs. Richards taugh
school during their years in thi
city. Enroute home, the Sperber
also visited Col. and Mrs. Clarl
Thornton in Falls Church, Va.
JOT
;, Billy Crohen, son of Mr.. an
, Mrs. William Crohen, Fourt
Street, was among the youngster
3 who have autographs from Ohio
. Sesquicentennial Queen, Miss Jar
: ct Bailey, obtained during her az
y pearance at the Home and BuilC
!. ers' Show in the Armory Sunda
night. Billy's sister, Margaret, VIII
I works in Hollywood, Ca!iforni;
recently sent him Lou Groza's al
tograph, which was much al
preciated gift.
III JOT
Ill Thurman Randle, Dallas, Texa
businessman who last week was il
dicted in that city as one of l
! citizens of Mexico and this countr
accused of smuggling $4,000
worth of small arms into Mexico
| is we'll known here. Randle is
| world famous marksman and ofte
competed in the National Riff
| Matches at amp Perry where h
usually was leading winner. Raj
die denied any wrong and sal
/ We've never sold anything ou
| side this country and never trie
to get anything OUT.
III JOT
H Mechanical difficulties, the fl
| epidemic and shortage of time an
| space gained up on us last wee
| with the result that many impo
! tant stories did not get publishe
in the News. Included were man