Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-01-01
WOMAN OF YEAR
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store and fulflllS her many civic
duties, Mrs. Snyder does her own
household work with assistance
from daughters Sally and Joan
and is ever the gracious hostess
when the family's numerous
friends drop in.
Born in Old Town, Maine, April
2, 1907, 'Carlista L. Snyder is one
of three daughters, all University
of Maine graduates, born to the
late Joan Adelaide Crocker and
Walter Clement Mutty, members
of Maine pioneer families. Of
French extraction, her father was
a graduate of the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy and owned
drug store where he served as
pharmacist in Old Town.
Carlista Mutty Snyder was grad
uated from Old Town High School
with the Class of 1925. She start
ed her dramatics career early,
having the leading role in the
senior class play "Officer $685..
She attended the University of
Maine at Orono, graduating with
bachelor of arts degree in 1929
Carlista was selected as an GAIL
Maine Woman" during her col
legiate career, being one of 10
girls chosen on a basis of scholar
ship and activity participation.
In college she was president of
Phi Mu sorority, and was instruct
or and manager of the UniverSity's
rifle club. AS a Freshman, she
won the Spanish award as the
most outstanding Spanish student.
AS a senior, she was nominated
as one of the 10 most outstanding
student girls at the university.
She was also active in French and
Glee Clubs, YWCA and the Stud
ent Government.
After graduation from college,
Carlista Snyder taught Junior High
History and English for one year
at Stockholm, Maine.
She then returned to summer
school at the university to qualify
as physical education teacher
and began her three-year career
as physical education direction at
MadawaSka Training School for
Teachers at Fort Kent, Maine. Be-
sides teaching archery, calisthen-
les, health, basketball and English,
she served as house mother of a
dormitory. Her basketball teams
had winning records, too.
While visiting her sister in New
York during the summer of 1888,
she read an advertisement of the
National Assn of Dramatics, Hart
ford, Conn, which intrigued her.
1t was a job directing plays for
this company, and having decided
she wanted to see more of the
world, she applied for an inter
view.
Hired Immediately, she left on
her first road assignment three
hours after the interview. For the
next few months, she lived from
her suitcases, spending 10 days in
each town as she travelled through
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New
York, Virginia, Tennessee and
Ohio, directing the home talent
play "Aren't We Alp"
If Mrs. Snyder had not read
that small advertisement back in
1888, perhaps she never would
have heard of Port Clinton, Ohio
When the Port Clinton Ministerial
Assn decided to sponsor the home
talent play; she was sent to this
city early in January, 1884.
When she stepped off the train
here, Carlista Mutty Snyder had
no idea she was to make her home
in Port Clinton or that Dan Cupid
had sharpened his arrow for her
and young newspaper publisher.
One of the first persons she
met after arriving in town was
Ralph L. Snyder, then publisher
of The Ottawa County News. It
wasn't long before the young cou-
pie knew 'this was it'' Carlista
was booked to leave Port Clinton
and direct the play in an eastern
Pennsylvania town, but Dan Cupid
and Ralph Snyder proved more
persuasive than the dramatics com
pany. She resigned.
Shortly after their engagement
was announced, Ralph underwent
an emergency appendectomy. They
found a house to rent at 303 West
Sixth Street, which she furnished
before returning to Old Town late
in February Two months later,
April 30, 1884, Ralph and Carlista
Snyder were married in Old Town
Maine, and honeymooned on their
return trip to Port Clinton.
For five years, the Snyders liv.