Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-02-26
BY JUEL REED COVER

a new year starts, shouldn't it?
But instead, it says the last
week of the second month of 1854,
and here the year is just really
beginning for us. For there's no
use kidding ourselves, we're just
marking time in sort of empty
void when we're not pounding
typewriter in a newspaper office.
So here we are, starting the
new year seven weeks late, in
new job and with new column.
And before we go on, may we take
minute to say thanks, from the
bottom of our heart, to all of you?
Your encouragement and good
wishes, we know mighty we'll, are
the only reason we're out and
around in months, instead of
years. We owe you, every one of
you, debt that never can be re-
paid.
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We like the News family
haven't gotten acquainted yet with
the back room gang, but the front
office force is swell. Publisher
Bob Reider and his pretty and
efficient wife Annette; Chick
Linker, bustling around with plans
for the big Home Show; executive
manager Bill Brown; capable and
friendly; Jean Lockwood, whose
wit is keynote to a sparkling per-
sonality; editor Ray Sperber, an
old friend from way back; adver-
tising man AL Foster, efficient and
likeable; nice Emil Parker, job de-
partment manager; Glenna Rath-
bun, who has one of the pleasant
est telephone voices we've heard.
We're going to like being a part
of "Your Friendly Newspaper"
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Well, enough of the personal
stuff, and let's get on to the busi-
ness at hand. We've picked ''The
Jewel Box" as the name for the
new column. Do you like it? Let
us know.
We selected "The Jewel Box"
because most jewel boxes contain
a hodge podge Of articles, Just like
the column will. Few of them,
around here anyway, contain any
jewelry of breath-taking value.
(The column never has, and never
will probably, have any world
shaking philosophy or the like)
Most jewel boxes contain lot of
costume jewelry and conversation
pieces of adornment; we hope the
column can provide items like
that. So let's see what the box
holds today:
(H) earrings: Madison streets
Frank Fritz can proudly lay claim
to the distinction of becoming a
great grandfather twice within a
"a hour period. John and Elva
Reynolds Fritz's son, Jeffrey Reyn-
olds Fritz, was born Friday night,
Feb. S, at Cherry Point, North
Carolina; the very next day anoth-
er great grandson for Frank ar.
rived when small Timothy was
born to Pat and Carol Warner
COnnOrS at Fremont,
Grandparents Gertie and Sylves-
ter Fritz planned to take off We'd
nesday for Cherry Point to meet
the new grandson. The maternal
grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs.
L. D. Reynolds, are just home from
there, and Gladys and Jack Disher
were due back this week after a
jaunt to Cherry Point before Jack
goes to Germany.
II was good to see Kathy Gils-
dorf Middleton, former dental hy-
gienist for DR.. R. r. Roose, back
in town last week. She's now the
mother Of year-old daughter,
Cindy, and is living in Columbus
while her husband, Warren, goes
to Ohio State. It was quite a week
for Kathy, though. She no sooner
got here than Patty Hitler, DR..
Roose's assistant, went to the hos
pital; then she got word from
home of a sad happening in the
family; then Mrs. Louis Smith
(she stayed with the Smiths at
their Byrneal Beach home) was
summoned to Alabama by the SER
ious illness of her mother. The
final shock came when, late in the
week, she was preparing to run
across the street from the dental
office to say hello to Thelma
Montgomery at the library
only to learn for the first time of
Thelma's tragic death last July.
Scatter Pins:-Good to hear that
Laurabelle Mrs. William) Michel
sen is improving after that seri-
Gus surgery which confined her to
Community Hospital in Fremont
for three weeks And that
John Wright, i'll since last May,
is able to be back at the boat
plant for four hours day :.
Former Port Clintonites Dorothy
and John Boles are living in To.