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Evening star., 1954-01-10
By Alexander J. Wedderburn
Curotor Of Photography
The Smithsonion institution

BY Alexander J. Wedderburn
curotor Of Photography
The Smithsonian institution
quality as the crystals melt
and begin to consolidate.
Another thing that we city
dwellers have to cope with is
the SCOT that soon falls like
an ugly veil over the snowy
whiteness. So don't put off
your snow photography for
the next day but get on with
it at once for the best pic
lures.
Lighting is another factor
that is important to snow
photography. No matter how
fiat snow may appear at first
glance a second look will show
you a myriad of irregularities
in its surface that can be
made to show up in the pic
lures if you utilize sunlight
to the best advantage.
Use EorIy or Lote Sun
This procedure is vital to
keep your scene from record
ing as a blob of fiat white ex-
panSe.
If possible take advantage of
an early morning sun or the
late afternoon sun SO that in
either case the slanting rays
will skim across the surface
Of the snow and pick up all
these irregularities which will
cast enough shadows to rem
der the full texture and de-
tail of the snow. A midday or
overhead lighting will cause
the snow scene to record a
fiat white with little or no de-
tail where it is desirable that
shadow and detail should be.
Emphasis on this shadow
snow separation can be OBJ
tained by using either yellow
or an orange filter. When
using a filter, however, remem-
ber to consider the filter fac
tor when computing the ex-
poSure. In this connection, let
us repeat what we have said
many times before: Use an ex-
poSure meter on each and
every shot. The unusual light
caused by the glare reflected
from the snow, surface may
throw your calculations way
off unless the meter is used.
Be sure the meter is not aimed
so that it is affected by direct
light from sun or sky.
If you do not own an ex-
posure meter and none is avail
able to you and you must make
your exposures based on guess
work, always lean toward
underexpoSure, because over-
exposure will block up the
highlights and give your mega
tive an impenetrable quality
that cannot be overcome in
printing. Even strong shadows
will be lost in a snow scene if
the negative is overexposed. A
film that is somewhat under
exposed will tend to have bet
ter highlight-shadow separa-
tion. but don't go overheard on
underexposure or the snow will
have a dirty overall cast.
Guord Lens From Snow
If you decide to take a few
shots while the snow is falling
there are a few helpful hints
that should be kept in mind.
First, aim the camera so that
the snow is not driven in the
direction of the lens. One flake
that strikes the lens can ruin
every shot that is made there
after If you are unaware of
its presence. So check the lens
before each shot and wipe it
dry with lens tissue if it should
become wet with snow. And,
II you want to catch the feel
ing Of movement in the falling
snow. i,x your shutter speed at |
Evening star., 1954-01-10

Mrs. Catherine L. Manning.
philatelic curator emeritus Of
the Smithsonian Institution,
says: I'm my opinion. any
change In the method of
printing our postage stamps
should have very careful con-
Evening star., 1954-01-10

Two members Of the laboratory staff of the Criminal In
vegaOn Section of the Inspection Service Of the Post Office
Department here shown studying genuine and counter
felt copies the ordinary Scent postage stamp of the pres
Dental in 1888 PhateIists believe
danger of successful cOunterfeng will be by
abandoning the stamp manufacture
favor of surface printing No stamp
cOunerfeted without being detected shortly. -AP Photo
Evening star., 1954-10-13

evangelism. d sum not sought n
the original request.
Raise Pension Unit Outlay.
An annual increase Of 5000
was voted for the Board Of PEN
sions. bringing tho total outlay
for the board to $75l.6l3 for
the biennium. An increase of
$25. 900 q year was allotted to
the Board Of Parish Education
for 1856 and 1857 for q total Of
$239, ,240 each year.
The largest single increase ap-
peared In the section where
funds for emergency needs of
the church are placed. The total
was raised from $3.50 900 in 1856
to $689 .8l3 and from 9657.145 in
1857 to $693. $50. It was also
stipulated by the convention that
so per cent Of these funds be
available to the Board Of Amer
ican Missions for the church's
work in various parts Of our
country.
The impetus for these in
creases came from a move by a
delegate asking the convention
to approve a special appeal In
1856 Of $40 million. The appeal
would have been for funds. for
those agencies benefiting above
and for several others. But the
delegates turned the appeal
Evening star., 1954-10-13

rife and nre control system. It
said the system made the soldier
- long range sniper against
tanks.
It said the system could ac-
curately hit q target more than
1000 yards away with any one
Of several modern projectiles
capable Of penetrating the thick
est armor any tank may use.
Telescopes are included In the
system.
The spotting 50-caliher rifle
Evening star., 1954-10-13
New Anii-Tank Gun
Called Arnlor-pro

The Army has developed q new
battalion anti-tank l06-milli-
meter rifle system which 1t
claims "will defeat any tank in
the world today"
The department announced
last night the rifle was mounted
on an ordinary jeep and had
special ammunition. . spotting
Evening star., 1954-10-13
Donish Envoy in Joponl ]

KOBE. Japan. Oct. l3 .R1.
Denmark's new minister to
Japan arrived here today and
said he hopes to boost agricul-
ture and trade cooperation be-
tween the two nations. Karl
Kruse arrived with his wife
aboard the Danish steamer Pas
adena.
Evening star., 1954-10-13

emits q flash Of light and q pun
Of smoke on impact.
Weight of the complete sys-
tenn, less ammunition. is under
500 pounds, and 1t thus can be
carried by men for short dis.
tanceS.
Evening star., 1954-10-13

down and substituted the spe-
cific increases instead.
DR.. Roswell Barnes of New
York. associate general secretary
of the National Council of
Churches. told the gathering that
the 4-year-old council has made
substantial progress toward an
orderly pattern Of operation"
Evening star., 1954-10-13
Bcrren Lunds

Borren Lunds
MELBOURNE. -. Australia's
total population is relatively low
because Of It's large desert areas,
unsuitable for human habitation.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
By JUEL REED COVER

You learn a lot about human
nature when you sell shoes in one
community for 40 years. And you
see a lot of changes in the buy
ing habits of your fellow towns
men, in that long span of time.
August Kolesar, who started in
the shoe business here on Easter
Saturday, 1914, observes his 40th
anniversary this month.
He smiles reminiscently as he
looks at the sign that still hangs
above the entrance to the back
room repair shop at his neat East
Second street store.
august G. Kolesar, Shoe Re-
pairing, says the white letters
on the black sign which John Hell
ler painted for him 40 years ago,
when he went in business at ia
116 West Second street where
Glenn Lauer's tailor shso now is
located.
The sign accompanied August
when he moved to John j. Robin
sons building around 1920, to the
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
vANDALS BUSY
IN Cemetery

A tumble of markers senseleSs-
ly torn from veterans graves in
Lakeview and Riverview cemeter-
les, and just as senselessly thrown
aside, attest to an occurrence of
vandalism that is particularly SER
ious now that Memorial Day is ap-
preaching.
The metal markers bear G. A. R.
emblems, D.. A. V. enlblems,
World War / and II emblems,
Spanish-American War emblems,
American Legion and American
Legion Auxiliary emblems. There
is no way for cemetery caretakers
to tell from what graves they have
been pilfered.
A flag and a wreath is put on
each of these markers on Memorial
Day, but because of the vandalism
there is no way of telling what
graves should be marked.
If you have veteran buried at
local cemeteries, please check the
grave and see if the metal mark
er is missing. If it is, you are
asked to contact Ray Mackey, SEX
ton, and the appropriate marker
will be replaced before Memorial
Day.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
train HITS CAR
AT ROCKY RIDGE: |:

An Akron man escaped. death
early Sunday evening when his
car was struck by west bound pas
senger train No. 43 at the un-
guarded New York Central Rail-
road crossing one-half mile west
of Rocky Ridge.
Victim of the accident is Robert
O. Behringer, Akron, who was
brought to Magruder Memorial
Hospital in Robinson ambulance
from Oak Harbor. Suffering
fractured left hip, puncture
wounds of the hip and possible
internal injuries, his condition was
listed as fair.
Front end of Mr.. Behringer's
car was sliced off by the train,
which spun the auto around but
did not overturn it. Highway Pa
trolman R. A. Karsmizki, Genoa,
and Sheriff Merlan Budd invest
gated the accident.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
S188,000 TO BE SPENT ON STATE ROAD
REPAIRS in COUNTY THIS SUMMER
Girls, Named AS
aledictorian

For the first time in several
years, co-vaIedictorians have
been named for the Port Clinton
High School Class Of 1854. Prin-
cipaI B. n. cortheIl has annoUnc-
ed that Dorothy Ann Fischer
and Marlene Sue Nielsen will
reign as co-vaIedictorians as
each has perfect 1000 average
straight AS throughout her
four years Of high school study.
Dorothy is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Max N. Fischer,
509 Harrison Street, and Mar
Iene is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Nielsen, 633 West
Third Street.
Top ranking senior boy is
James Ruddock, son of Council
man and Mrs. Charles RUddock,
327 West Fourth Street, who has
been named saIUtatorian. Jim
has a 3.8571 average in his high
school career.
Miss Fischer has been accept
ed for the Class Of 1853 at Dem
ison University, Granville, and
Miss Nielsen will enter nurses
training at st. LUke's hospital in
Cleveland. RUddock has not def
initely decided which college he
will attend.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
Perry St. and Rt. ? Jobs
Are Among Four TO Be
Advertised Next Month

Bids for construction of three
highway projects in Ottawa Coun-
ty, estimated to cost $188, 900, will
be let by the state highway de-
partment during May, according to
an announcement this week by
George Lieber, Toledo division
chief.
Included are one-half mile of
new pavement in the Glow section"
of Route near its junction with
Route 1853 in Erie township where
the road often is flooded in the
spring; resurfacing of 1.25 miles
of Perry Street Route . in Port
Clinton city limits; resurfacing of
Route 100 through the village Of
Elmore, and resurfacing of 976
miles of Route 1853 between Route
100 (Woodville Road) and Rt. 10
in Oak Harbor.
The Perry Street project, esti-
mated to cost $4,000, and the
Route 2 project, estimated to cost
$48, 900, will be advertised for bids
May II.
Advertised for May 25 letting
are the Elmore project at a cost
of $4,000, and the Route 1853 pro-
ject, estimated to cost $4,000.
Route 1853 was virtually ruined last
year when it was used as a detour
while Route 2 was being resur-
faced near Bono and Grodi's Cor
ners.
The four Ottawa County pro-
jects are among % estimated to
cost $26,000,000 which the state
highway department plans to start
this summer. Mr.. Lieber claimed
it is a record breaking sum for the
eight Northwestern Ohio counties
and that $15.0O0,0OO of the total
will go for the Toledo expressway
system.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
MENTAL HEALTH
MEETING SET

Plans are being completed for
a joint Mental Health Clinic for
Erie and Ottawa counties, for
which meeting will be held in
the Ottawa County court house in
Port Clinton at next Wednesday
evening, April %.
Carl Polling, Tiffin, first presi-
dent of the Seneca County Society
and at present trustee of the
North Central Ohio Mental Health
Assn, will speak and explain how
the Seneca County Mental Health
Assn was formed and the six coun-
ty mental health clinic started.
Members of the board of direc-
tors of the Erie County Society
will attend as guests. 1t is hoped
that Ottawa County will be we'll
represented by interested groups
and individuals.
Approval and endorsement of
such clinic has been given by the
medical societies of both counties.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
KNOW
Your
PUBLIC

To better acquainf our readers
with Port Clinton's friendly mer-
chants, clerks and others who
serve the public, The Ottawa
County News presents weekly
new feature Know Your Public"
with photos by News photographer
Willis Misch.
AS Port Clinton is THE Gateway
TO vacationIand" and should be
known for its courteous and
friendly public servants, we feel
that Know Your Public" will be
an incentive towards our goal.
This weeks friendliest Port clin-
fonifes are:
NORMAN KOIIdOFsT, owner of
the Red and White Store, 134 East
Second Street, rarely is seen with
out friendly smile. Born in OF
tawa, Putnam County, Sept. z,
1911, he has lived in Port Clin-
ton since Sept. Is, 1947, when he
purchased the Red and sWhites
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
Leroy Thompson
Passes Away

w. Leroy Thompson, II, widely
known retired Carroll township
farmer and member of the Ottawa
County Board of Elections, was
buried in Rushaw cemetery fol-
lowing funeral services conducted
Monday at 2 pm. from the Robin
son funeral home by the Rev. Roy
Davis.
Mr.. Thompson died Thursday
night at Magruder hospital where
he had been a patient for five
weeks. He had been in ailing
health since 1949. A lifelong resi-
dent of Ottawa county, he was a
member of the Carroll township
school board, and its clerk, for
IS years.
Surviving are his wife, Gather
inc McCovia Thompson, to whom
he was married September 3, 1905;
two sons, Lester L. Thompson and
Milton F. Thompson, both Oak
Harbor, and three grandchildren.
IA son Lloyd is dead. Thompson
was member of Oak Harbor Ma.
sonic Lodge, F & AIM. No. 495.
He was born July 8, 1884.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
Trees Are For The
Birds. But "Def." ="

AS far as Az year old Jeff Da-
vids is concerned, trees are strict
ly for the birds from now on.
Or maybe for squirrels, thinks
the small son of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert J. "Sonny" Davids, who spent
a narrowing hour imprisoned in
side a hollow tree near his West
Catawba Road home last week.
Jeff crawled up on the Shout
ders of his older sister, Cindy, to
investigate a hole in the tree
trunk. 1t was a challenge to any
small boys adventuresome spirit.
So he crawled inside the hole.
It was fun for a minute, but
then he slipped downward in the
narrowing trunk of the tree, and
became tightly wedged. Fright
ened at her brothers predicament,
Cindy ran for her mother.
Mrs. Davids' frantic efforts to
free Jeff were futile. A rush call
for Sonny was put in. After con-
siderable maneuvering Sonny was
able to lift Jeff's body up above
the hole in the trunk, and pull
him out by the feet.
Jeff, considerably scratched up
by the rough bark, still doesn't
want to talk about the experience.
From now on, holes in trees will
go uninvestigated, as far as he is
-
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
KOLESAR NOTES ANNIVERSARY:
SAYS FEET ARE GETTING BIGGER

room now occupied by the Hawai-
ian Music Center. 1t went along
when he bought William Seufert's
shoe store, and the Seufert build
ing, and moved his store in 1928
to the rooms it still occupies.
There was a pair of shoes, laces
knotted together, hanging on the
door that Easter Saturday 40
years ago when August went down
to open his new shoe repair shop
for the first days business. They
belonged to Jim Brown, he roaalls,
and they were left to be half-soled
and have new heels put on.
Ali shoe repair work then was
done by hand, and there were no
machines of any kind 1t took
about three hours to half-sole q
pair of shoes, filing the soles by
hand. With modern machinery,
new soles can be put on in 10 or
Is minutes.
August learned shoe repairing
as a boy in Czechoslovakia. BY the
time he was IL, he was right
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
School Open House
Is This Thursday

Port Clinton High Schools first
Parents-Business-Industry Day will
be held this Thursday evening, APP
ril %, from 7 to $50 when open
house will be held in grades seven
through twelve.
Seven members of the Student
Council will act as guides. Special
exhibits are planned by the indus
trial arts, home economics and
art departments.
Parents are asked to follow
their child's daily schedule. Dur
ing their child's study hall period,
the parents may go to the audi
torium where music will be fur
nished by the high school orcheS-
ira and girls choir.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
SIRENS SOUND
AS PORCH LIGHT
SIGNAL TONHE

When the fire siren sounds at
8 o'clock this Friday night, April
%, scores of volunteer workers
will begin house-to-houSe canvass
in Port Clinton during the annual
Porch Light Drive to raise funds
to fight cancer.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Streeter
are Port Clinton chairmen for the
cancer drive, and they have asked
volunteer workers to report to
the American Legion Home, North
Monroe Street, by 7:45 to receive
final instructions, supplies and as
signments.
Residents of Port Clinton and
all Ottawa County are asked to
turn On their porch lights at 8
o'clock this Friday night to invite
the volunteer workers to stop at
their homes and receive donations
to help fight cancer.
Following the porch light drive
in Port Clinton this evening, Girl
Scouts will aid the cancer cam
paign by conducting tag day in
the business district tomorrow,
Saturday, April "a.
Cancer now ranks second among
Americas killers and the annual
death toll from the disease is on
the increase. Cancer usually is
curable, if caught in time. Thus
it is the aim of the Ottawa County
Chapter, American Cancer Society,"
to educate the public to the seven
danger signals and to urge every
one to have frequent physical
examinations by their doctors.
Mortality from cancer OF the
lung is increasing at the rate of
five per cent each year. Last year,
some $1,000 men died of lung can
Ger as compared with 2,250 ten
years ago. Cancer also is taking
the lives of more and more child
rem.
! Checks should be made out to
The American Cancer Society and
may be mailed direct to Clarence
Streeter, 123 Monroe Street, or to
county chairman Ray Sperber,
Port Clinton.
h Other area chairmen are: Mr.
and Mrs. Harmon Tusten, Gypsum
and rural Portage township; Mrs.
Glenn Dieringer, Catawba Island;
Mrs. Clifford Snider, Erie town
ship; Mrs. Burnett Brough, Bay
township; Archie King, Erie Ord
nance Depot, and Jack RAIDER, Oak
Harbor and Salem township.
In 1853, $4,000 persons recover.
ed from cancer due to prompt sur
gerry or radiation therapy but
another $4,000 died who should
have been saved if their cases
had been diagnosed earlier and
they had heceived adequate treat
ment.
In Ottawa County alone, owe.
35 persons died of cancer las
year, and the disease continues it
terrible toll.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23

Store of Gerald Havener. An only
boy, he has six younger sisters,
and his parents observed theiz.
44th wedding anniversary Sunday
in their Ottawa home. After gra-
duation from st. Peter & Paul's
High School in Ottawa, Norm
worked at the Ottawa A & p Store
for two years. Later he served
as manager at A & P stores in
Ada (seven years., Van Vert
dhree years. and Napoleon (tw0
years.. He and his wife, Alvaretta,
are parents of four sons, Carl, IL,
Michael, S, David. A., and Paul,
three months, and two daughters,
Flo Ann, IL, and Mary, 3. A menu
ber of the Moose Club, Norm Kol-
hoff also is past grand knights of
the knights of Columbus and is
a councilman of Immaculate Con-
ception Catholic Church.
HERMAN "HAM" BAIINSEN
probably would be mayor of Gyp-
sum, if the neighboring village
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
Scouts Receive
Donation From EOD

The Toledo Area Council, Boy
Scouts of America, is the better
equipped by 10 large baking and
roasting utensils as the result of
donation from the Salvage
Branch of Erie Ordnance Depot.
Representatives of the Toledo
Area Council visited the depot's
salvage yard and inspected avail
able items for possible use in Boy
Scout activities. They selected the
oversize pots and pans.
This donation is in accordance
with existing Department of
Army regulations, and the pro-
perty has been screened against
the known defense requirements
of the federal government.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
Gas CO. SEEKS
FOUR-YEAR RATE
INCREASE PACT

So that the public may voice its
opinion, members of city council
plan to hold a special meeting
soon when the proposed rate in
crease of the Ohio Fuel Gas Com
pany will be further discussed.
Ralph Weltin, Fremont, and
Franklin Manley, local gas COM
pany manager, presented the pro-
posed rate increase at a special
council meeting Tuesday even
ing and gave council a sample
ordinance for its study.
Asked by the company is four
year split contract, which would
be negotiable after the first two
years.
During the first two years of
the pact, the gas company seeks
a minimum rate of SIPS for the
first 500 Gu. it.; six cents per 100
for the next $500 GU. it.; seven
cents per hundred for the next
As, 900 cu. it., and 61a cents per
hundred for all-over $4,000 GU. #.
After the first two years, the
split contract asks minimum of
S1.50 for the first 600 GU. it.; 61a
cents per hundred for the next
44OO GU. it,; 7 cents per hundred
for the next $4,000 GU. it., and 61a
cents per hundred for all over
100000 GU. #.
Percentage increase during the
first two years ranges from seven
percent for those who use 5000
GU. it,, to 25 per cent for mini
mum users. The second two years
would see increases of Il cents to
Al cents over the first two years.
FIRM LOSING MONEY
Mr.. Weltin told council that the
Ohio Fuel Gas Company's local
office operated at an apparent
loss of $55,837 last year. Total
revenue here was $173,956 and
cost of gas service at the city
limits was S138, 400.
Other costs included S37 ,000.1 .16
for administration; $1436' for pro-
perty taxes; $6,894 for state ex-
else taxes; $E9B95 for income
taxes; $659 for other taxes; and
S5,47O for depreciation. Under
state law total of $20,523 or 6Ha
per cent return is allowable.
Even if the proposed rate in
crease is granted, revenue would
not be sufficient to reach the al
lowable per cent return, Weltin
told council. Cost CT gas has jump
ed SO per cent since 1947 and
supply lines get longer each year,
the official stated
While the present gas rate Ordi
nance has two more years to run
under the split contract, negotia
tions were possible after April Z
When Councilwoman Carlists
Snider asked if the proposed rate
was the only one Ohio Fuel would
accept, Mr.. Weltin stated the
company would accept a substi
tute rate of $1.50 minimum and
671a cents per thousand for>every
thing over 500 GU. #.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23
Plan Dedication
At Local Church

Members of st. John Lutheran
church face a month of busy acti-
vity in May, with dedication of
their beautiful new parish hall set
for Sunday, May 9, and many
church activities to follow.
DR.. Raymond Vogeley Of Column
us and the Rev. Theodore Pretz-
laff of Detroit, former pastor of
the church, will be festive speaker
for the dedication. Open House
will be observe don Dedication
Sunday from 2 to 5 pm.