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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
THELMA MONTGOMERY AWARD
GOES TO DOROTHY FISCHER

Dorothy Fischer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Fischer, is the
winner of the first Thelma Mont
gomery Award for excellence in
social studies, awarded this spring
for the first time by the Port
Clinton Federation of Women's
Clubs as a memorial to Port Clin-
tons late librarian.
Mrs. Willis Misch, Federation
president, made the presentation
of the $25 cash award to Dorothy
Wednesday afternoon at the an
nual Awards Day program in the
high school. It will continue for IL
years, reaching all children who
were in school when Thelma died
last July 81.
D. A. r. award, S. cash this year
instead of a medal, went to Ruth
Rofkar as the outstanding Junior
student in American History. Mrs
Fred Cough made the presenta-
ton. Receiving the American LIE.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
PORT CLINTON PLAYMAKERS
FACE A HEAVY SCHEDULE
The Port Clinton "Playmakers'

The Port Clinton 'Playmakers"
have full schedule this week.
BY popular request they will
present a repeat performance of
Might of Jan. 16' in the court
room of the Court House this Sat
urday evening at $50.
Wednesday evening the Play
makers presented a one act play
"Just Imagine" at the Candle
light Tea at the Guild Hall given
as benefit for the Magruder Hos
pital Building Fund.
Thursday, the group presents a
play for the Junior Women's Club
at the Beach Club, Jealousy
Plays a Part"
The next production taking form
and already cast for early fall pre-.
sentation is ''Lo and Behold"
The "Playmakers" have forty
members. With 20 in a cast, it
takes that many more to work be.
hind the scenes in various capaci-
ties
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
RETURNS HOME

Mrs. Oliver Vinet returned home
Monday after an enjoyable three
weeks visit in Tennessee, Ken
lucky and Indiana. She visited her
son, Richard Leow and Mrs. Leow,
with their children Jane and Ricky
at Dyersburg, Tenn, and in New
Washington, Ind, was guest of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Pennington Oaurabelle
Leow) and Dennis. Mrs. Vinet was
feted with luncheons and dinners
and among interesting side-trips
was attendance at the Churchill
Downs races.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21

the dancing of small Bonita Sue
Riemenschneider, and the hilar
ious "Just Imagine" comedy pre-
sented by the Playmakers. Masses
of flowers adorned the hall; a
shadow box on the stage carried
out the theme of MAY Flowers
For Your Hospital" Corsages OF
artificial flowers in dainty paper
lace were given guests.
Mrs. Jack Bolte aided in greet
ing guests, and Mrs. Hilker and
Mrs. Dieringer poured at table
lovely in silver and blooms. Cook
les, nuts and mints we're donated
by many groups.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21

An evening of real entertain
ment, and the glowing feeling of
helping a good cause, added up to
a memorable experience for the
many guests who were at Guild
Hall Wednesday night for the hos
pital benefit Candlelight Tea at
which Mrs. Glenn Dieringer, Mrs.
Carl Hilker and their committees
presided.
The unforgettable music of Mrs.
Stephanie Cedervall, Toledo vocal
list, and Miss Gladys Chisholm,
Detroit pianist, was augmented by
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
Vacationland Bus
Due Next Thursday

Eddie Edwards and Carl Becker
will serve as co-chairmen of a vel.
coming committee for Information.
al Vacationland visitors on their
annual round-the-rim tour who are
scheduled to arrive by special bus
at Catawba Cliffs Beach Club next
Thursday evening.
The party will leave Cleveland
Monday and will come to Port
Clinton directly from Chatham
Ontario.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
SOCIETY
DUPLICATE CLUB

Mrs. William j. Smith was host
ess to her duplicate club Tuesday
night. with Mrs. Carlton Allan,
Mrs. Mildred Neidecker, Mrs. Er-
win Rhode and Mrs. c. Alton Gov
er as additional guests. Mrs. Nei-
decker and Mrs. Won Thron were
high north-south, and east-west
was a he between teams of Mrs.
Allan-Mrs. Carl Matthews, Mrs.
Archie King+Mrs. R. R. Roose.
Mrs. Ralph Snyder has the next
meeting.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
FAREWELL PARTY

Mrs. Russell Trip, who is NOV
ing out of town, was presented a
gift of luggage from fellow mem
bers of her bridge club Tuesday
night when the group was enter.
tanned by Mrs. Roger Kinney, with
Mrs. A. M. Johnson, Mrs. William
Hopkins, Mrs. Ebert Gill and Mrs
Floyd Page as added guests. Mrs
Ebert Broadbent held high score
Mrs. Hopkins has the next meeting
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21

Mrs. Z. L. Belt, Of Spring Val
ley, Calf, former local resident,
is being warmly greeted by friends
this week. Mrs. Belt flew here last
week, and has been visiting at the
homes of her brothers, Don Jor-
dan in Cleveland and Rex Jordan.
She was expected to be a guest at
the golden anniversary dinner of
the Ottawa County Medical Soci-
ETY. Wednesday night, representing
DIR. Belt who was unable to come
for the festivities.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
MUSIC MOTHERS

Final meeting for the year was
held by Music Mothers Monday
night with the new president, Mrs.
John Gaydos, taking over at the
close of the session. Plans for the
annual outdoor cafeteria lunch
and music festival were discussed.
Sunday, June 6, was set as the
date.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
500 ATTEND


Zone of the best ever given" was
the concensus of nearly 500 per-
sons who attended the annual
Spring concert of Port Clinton
high school music department to
hear fine performances by the Con-
cert Band, conducted by David
Stanton, and the A Capella Choir,
conducted by E. Printy Arthur.
Guest soloist was Marcia King,
pianist, senior in Sharon, Pa.
high school who with the concert
band performed the first move
ment of the Grieg concerto in A
minor. She was the house guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton, and her par
ents> came here for the concert
Tuesday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
SEWING CIRCLE

An all day sewing session ses-
sion of ST. John Sewing Circle will
be held Thursday, May 27, with
business meeting at 2 pm. Lunch
con at noon will be served by Mrs.
Josephine Boyer, Mrs. John Brain
chairman, Mrs. Inez Bredbeck, Mrs.
Fred Bredbeck, Mrs. Fred Brind-
ley, Mrs. Jack Burkett co-chair.
man, Mrs. Hilda Calderwood and
Mrs. Maybelle Carstens.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
OFFICERS INSTALLED

Daffodils, the club flower, were
dainty place favors for Child
Guidance Councils installation
dinner at High Manor in Fremont
Thursday night with covers for
81 members and one associate
Mrs. William Phipps, retiring pre-
sident, was presented a gift, and
installed as new officers Mrs. Ken.
meth Krupp, president; Mrs. Will
liam Faust Jr., vice president; Mrs
Clarence Jeremy. secretary; Mrs
Frank Putnam, treasurer; Mrs. Eta
Howarth and Mrs. C. Alton Cover,
reporters. Lovely corsages were
presented the new officers by Mrs
Phipps.
Mrs. Paul Clemons' transfer to
associate from active membership
was received with regret, during
the business session. New Com
mittees for the year were named
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
D A r ELECTS

New officers of DeLery Portage
Chapter, D A r, were elected at
a meeting Wednesday night in the
home of Mrs. Corwin Hablitzel.
They are: Regent, Mrs. H. A. Cow
gill; vice-regent, Mrs. Corwin Ha-
blitzel; chaplain, Mrs. Ross Mullen;
recording secretary, Mrs. H. r.
Clausen; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. H. r. Clausen; treasurer, Mrs.
Howard Luebske, historian, Mrs.
C. B. Finefrock; registrar, Mrs.
Gerald Hannah; librarian, Miss
Leone Smith. Mrs. Finefrock had
the evening program on Ohio
cities, stressing Ashtabula.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
Fire Laddies Called
In Warehouse Blaze

Port Clinton's volunteer firemen
were called at 5:29 am. Wednes-
day to fight blaze that had de-
veloped on the platform of u. S.
Gypsum Co. warehouse. Baled pa.
per was believed to have been ig-
nited by spontaneous combustion
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
WEST END GARDEN CLUB

The West End Garden Club re-
Gently entertained the Genoa,
Town and Country and Sunrise
Garden Clubs in the Genoa Hall.
Guest speaker was Mrs. D. A. Keith
who discussed flower arrange
ments. Forty members and guests
were present.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
Wscs TO MEET

Trinity Methodist WSCS meets
May 26 at 8 pm. in the church,
with Mrs. Herbert Coon, program
chairman, arranging the appear
ance here of DR.. Frank Manton as
guest speaker. DR.. Manton was
missionary in Burma for 18 years.
Officers will be installed. Circle 7
members will be hostesseS.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
PACK MEETING

Cub Scouts Of Pack 351 will have
a Talent Night show in connection
with the monthly pack meeting
next Tuesday at 7 p. m. in the new
school auditorium.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
HAVE PARTIES

A group of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Lemon, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Lies
ke, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Zelms,
Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Adams, Mr..
and Mrs. Wilbur Ahrens, Richard
Winke and Jean Hess was enter
tanned at breakfast by Mr.. and Mrs.
James Kleinhans after Saturday
nights spring formal. The same
group had cocktails at the Zelms
home preceding the dance.
Among the manw other parties
in connection with the dance was
a cocktail party at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Belshaw, and a
breakfast at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Snider.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21

~
LAST PUT-IN-BAY DAY?
THAT "KicK-oFF" DAY
MAY BE CALLED IVA
cATIoNLAND DAY" WITH
CATAWA, LAKESIDE, AND
MARBLEHEAD JOINING p
I-B AND PC. IN A GALA
CELEBRATION HERE NEXT
YEAR.
If Nc cARTHY permits it,
IF Godfrey buys the Mat
thews Cruiser, we may have
a RED Head" day here.
Delbert has agreed to dye
the hair red of all the en-
ployees of Sans.
WILL THE CITY CLEAN
OUR STREETS THIS SUM-
MER? WILL 1T GET
WARM? WILL THE FISH
START BITING? WILL
SANS" SELL ALL THE
SPORT SHIRTS AS ADvER-
TlSED BY MYRUS?
II i i:
IN APPRECIATION of the
organ dinner music by Mrs.
Braun at Rotary this week,
she was presented a gift by
the boys at one end of a
table. Twasn't mentioned.
Twas mentioned: "who to
fine for getting a plug in for
the Playmakers Night of
Jan. 16" this Sat. mite at the
joint Service Club Banquet
last week..
"LIBERAcE is TO MUSIC
WHAT FIREWORKS is TO
ART, SAYS DR.. THOMP-
SON WHO is GOING TO
SEE HIM IN CLEVELAND
SAT. EVE. looming TO
LAKESIDE?). =. DOESN'T
THE FIRST FLY OF SPRING
CHEER your. THE MOST
AMAZING THING ABOUT
COFFEE Is low THE
PRICE GOES ON UP.
AFTER "AIRWlcK" WAS
LINED UP TO BE THE
SPONSOR FOR THE Nc
CARTHY HEARING, 1T
MAY BE CALLED OFF.
CONFIDENTIAL: If YOU
LIKE MEATY DRAMA.
DON'T MISS THE NIGHT
OF JAN. Is" THIS SAT.
MITE AT THE COURT
HOUSE.
Evening star., 1954-09-23
Rockets Will Make JETS
Obsolete, Expert Forecasts
ey The Assoeioted Press

VANCOUVER. B. c., Sept. %.
"A Canadian rocket expert said
today jet bombers and fighters
may be obsolete within five years
because Of guided missile de-
velopment.
DR.. Gordon M. Shrum, head of
the British Columbia Research
Council, made the statement at
the convention here of the. In
ternational Northwest Aviation
Council.
A guided missile can be de-
veloped. he said, that will cover
5000 to 1000 miles in an hour,
and drop an H-bopab within 100
yards of its target.
There isn't even a theory for
shooting down or intercepting
such a guided missile" he told
civilian and military experts
from the United States and
Canada.
The Russians, he said, are far
ahead in the development of
rockets. and ahead of even the
United States In production Of
jet bombers.
Evening star., 1954-09-23

documents by the War Depart
ment. were important. The
Alabama Senator says:
I'm the munitions investiga-
ton "a Senate inquiry Of which
Senator Black wasn't q mem
ber) something new was tried.
A munitions manufacturer said
its correspondence in many
cases referred to Government
munitions business and that
this was confidential to the
Government. It produced its
papers under compulsion, but
all over every doucument was.
Confidential by order of the
War Department Needless to
say, the committee paid no at
tention to this stamp"
And who was the assistant
counsel of that munitions COM
mittee? Why, it was Alger
Hiss.
How times have changed!
In other days it was all right
to badger and abuse witnesses
because they were from big
business. and the so-called
liberals were doing the cross
examining. Likewise. it was alf
right to flourish secret docu-
ments which involved the Sc
curity stamp of the Army, but
that was because the object
was not to get at Communists
in the Government-only busi-
nessmen.
One wonders why the Wat
kins committee wasn't inter-
ested in what Senator williams
OF Delaware great public
servant - got from Internal
Revenue Bureau employees, en-
abling the Government later
to prosecute Internal Revenue
officials. or in what other
members of Congress got from
executive employees, including
one FBI report.
The Watkins committee re-
port is awaited with much in
terest, and there is great
curiosity to know by what rule
Of Jurisprudence the defendant
Is not permitted to introduce
essential evidence to defend
himself against charges which
never were charges before
under Senate practice.
Reproduction Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1954-09-23
David LoWrence

Just why Senator Watkins,
chairman of the special COM
mittee considering censure
charges against Senator Nc
Carthy. refused to permit ccun-
sci for the Wisconsin Senator
to submit evidence concerning
the practices of other United
States Senators will remain
a mystery long after the So
called judicial hearing has
passed into history.
If the other Senators had
been guilty of offenses pun
ishable by the rules of the
Senate. it would be UNDER
standable, because no man can
plead immunity on the ground
that some one else has also
committed a crime. But pre-
cisely because what other Sen
ators have said and done in
certain situations have never
before even been construed by
members Of the Senate itself
as offenses. the refusal to ad-
NIT such evidence is certainly
open to- criticism now.
If Senator. Watkins regards
the precedents that Senator
McCarthy's lawyer wanted to
bring In as irrelevant because,
as the Utah Senator said, the
other Senators were not now
being investigated. does this
mean that several United
States Senators who have done
the same things as Senator
Mccarthy must now face CEN /
sure charges?
Perhaps the most significant
illustration of the meaning of
senatorial practice in dealing
with unco-operative witnesses
such as Gen. Zwicker is to be
found in an article written by
Senator Hugo Black of Ala
bama, who in the '30s was
chairman Of the Lobby Investi-
eating Committee. He is the
same man who is now an Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Senator Black wrote as fol-
lows In Harper's Magazine in
February, 1896:
whenever a congressional
committee inspects the So
called private papers of a
corporation official, the cry
Evening star., 1954-09-23
Hero Of Anti-Red BuIgars
Called Symbol by Smith

Undersecretary Of State WAL
ter Bedell Smith said yesterday
the American people and the
other peoples in the free world
have not forgotten Nikolai Pet
kov. Bulgarian agrarian party
leader, who was hanged by
Bulgaria's Communist govern
ment seven years ago today.
Gen. Smith said the Com
munist government Of Bulgaria
had carried out this "judical
murder" In order to wipe out
its political opposition.
ut has continued to conduct
itself in this manner" he said.
thereby not only violating the
provisions of the treaty Of peace.
but also the dictates Of justice
and humanity. To the mil
lions Of oppressed peoples behind
the Iron Curtain, Mr.. Petkov Is
Justly q symbol Of determina-
ton that one day they will again
have governments Of their own
choosing"
Evening star., 1954-09-23

the electoral difficulties of the,
administration.
All these factors were
weighed carefully by Sir Win
ston Churchill and his For
eign Minister, Anthony Eden.
They considered that it would
be unwise to split further the
cracking alliance between
America and the rest of the
free world.
Britain decided that the
Chinese Reds had better wait
for another year before they
applied for the Chinese seat. in
the U. N. now held by the
Nationalists.
This does not mean in the
slightest that the determine
tion of our Western allies to
bring the Chinese Communists
into the u. N. has been aban-
doned. It has been only de-
layed to give a helping hand
to President Eisenhower, who
had pledged his word to the
American people early this
year that the Peiping admin
istration would not be allowed
to shoot its way into the
peace-loving world organiza-
ton. It would also have been
unpalatable. even for those
free countries which have rec
ognized the Peiping regime, to
take up its claim for a seat in
the United Nations when the
guns of their shore batteries
had opened fire only three
weeks earlier on the Quenoy
islands.
But the question of Red
China's taking the seat held by
the Nationalists in the United
Nations remains with us until
either we change our minds
and recognize the Red regime,
or the men in Peiping decide
to make good their boasts and
try to conquer Formosa by
Evening star., 1954-09-23

accomplished during these OPEN
ing days.
New kindergarteners, new first
graders, and all pupils attending
Washington schools for the first
time entered schools on the basis
Of the new boundaries.
More than 5000 elementary
and junior high pupils trans
ferred to schools in general
nearer their homes to relieve
overcrowded school centers.
About 100 children travelling
excessively long distances last
year were permitted to transfer
to much nearer schools.
At the Thomson and Walker
Jones Schools classes were or
ganized experimentally on a
lower pupil-teacher ratio, and
special arrangements have been
made to provide in these schools
Increased medical, nursing and
psychiatric service. These ex-i
periments have the sponsorship
Of the Commissioners Youth
Council.
In the former Military Road
School, q center for not more
than 20 mentally retarded chill
dren is being established in
which the three special teachers
provided in the 1855 Appropria-
tions Act will work.
The merging of the Mckinley
and Armstrong High Schools
was begun with the transfer of
several hundred children to Me-
Kinley.
Both Miner and Wilson Teach
ers Colleges were opened to all
qualified applicants.
All evening schools were
opened on an integrated basis.
Since the opening Of schools
the calendar has been stepped
up so far as the filing of "op-
tions" applications is concerned:
On the senior high school
level about 460 such applications
are now being processed.
Applications for options on the
elementary level have been called
for and notices concerning such
applications on the junior high
school level will be issued on Sep
tember %.
No guarantee can Of course
be made that all the applications
will be approved.
The enrolment of $1,000 on
the opening day had increased
to more than 100000 on Friday,
September II.
This report is for the informa- =
tion of the board, and I wish to
express for myself and the
officers our appreciation Of the
staunch support we have had
from board members during this
period. I think that the board
members will understand my
pride in what has been done
this fall and in the manner in
which it has been accomplished.
I repeat my admiration for the
fine work that has been done
by the school personnel and the
understanding and cooperation
Of the community as a whole.
Evening star., 1954-09-23
RedeveIoplnent Act Faces
High Court Test in October

A suit challenging the con-
stitutionality of the District Re-
development Act of 1945 will be
heard by the Supreme Court
next month.
The suit is an appeal by the
estate of the late Max r. Morris,
who owned a department store
on Fourth street S.W., from a
decision by the U. S. Court of
Appeals for the District of CO.
lumbia. which held the act valid.
Mr.. Morris had contended the
act states the principal purpose
OF the redevelopment program is
to eliminate substandard hous-
ing in blighted areas. His argu-
ment was that his property was
being used entirely for COM
mercial purposes, and not as a
dwelling.
John Schneider, one of the at
Evening star., 1954-09-23
Watkins Ruling IS Challenged.
CoIumnist Wishes to Know Why the Chairman Refused
To Hear Censure Evidence on SenotoroI Proctices

goes up that this Is an OUT
rageous invasion Of the rights
of private citizens. There are
always plenty of newspaper
apologists to join in the in
dignant protest"
Senator Black then quoted
extensively from the evasive
testimony Of q public utility
official. the late H. c. Hopson,
and the Alabama Senator In
his article commented.
This sort of thing taxes
severely the patience of an
investigator. It accounts often
for what newspaper editorial
enemies of Investigations often
refer Indignantly to as the
bullying and badgering of wit
nesses. The experienced ex-
aminer knows various methods
must be used with different
types Of witnesses. After he
has tried every technic, po-
liteness, kindness, blandish-
! ments, coaxing, helping. with
out effect, he is sometimes
driven in the presence Of a
witness who is deliberately
concealing the facts to at
tempt to shake 1t out of him
with a more drastic attack"
How times have changed!
Mr.. Black now is on the
highest court of the land, and
presumably has a judicial mind
or he wouldn't be there. VIII
the Senate now say that Hugo
Black was wrong and that he
stands censured before history
as a man who abused unco-
operative witnesses?
It will be recalled that SEN
ator Black obtained for his
committee, through an en-
ploye Of the Federal Commune
cations Commission, copies of
some private kilograms out of
the files of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. The u. s. Cir
cult Court of Appeals later
said this was not a lawful
seizure, but it also said that,
when a Senate committee got
the information. it had q right
to use it.
Nor did Senator Black think
the markings "secret" or "con-
f1dential." when written on
Evening star., 1954-09-23
Told to Bring In Body

DALLAS, Tex. (P-Dr. j.
w. Bass, Dallas health officer,
wondered today how far the
wave Of rabies alarms and
false alarms can go.
There was genuine concern
yesterday when a report from
the State laboratory showed
that a possum killed in Dallas
county was rabid. A squirrel
put under observation here
caused eyebrows to lift.
But all Health Department
officials could do when a
woman called in that she had
been bitten by a mouse was to
tell her to bring in the body,
If she could trap the mouse.