Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-16
ELMORE
MRS. DONALD ROBERTS
Phone 42l4

The local schools recessed at 3
o'clock Friday afternoon for the
Easter vacation.
Several hundred people attend
ed the open house at the school
Friday evening. All the lower
grades had displays of their art
work and there were also displays
in the commercial department, sci
ence room, Home Ec room and
manual training department. The
junior and senior bands then gave
a concert in the auditorium to a
capacity crowd.
Mrs. Louise Anstead celebrated
her 93rd birthday recently with a
chicken dinner for several rela
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schling OF
rural Elmore are announcing the
birth of a daughter, Vickie Jean
on Saturday, April 3rd, at THEN
home. She weighed a little over
pounds and has three brothers
Donald, Dennis and Randall
Grandparents are Mrs. Cora
Schling and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Atwater.
Mrs. Gail Whitinger, president
of Ottawa County Women's Repub.
lican Club, spent three days in
Washington last week for the Cen
tennial Conference of the COP and
National Federation of Wpmen's
Republican Clubs. She was accom-.
panied by Mrs. Harvey Lewis of
Graytown and they made the trip
by plane.
Superintendent L. R. Hetrick
has been notified that Harris-El.
more High School has been con.
tinued on the list of secondary
schools approved by the North
Central Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard N. Myers
Judy and Ricky, returned by plane
Tuesday, April 9th, from Braden
ton. Florida. Judy went to Florida
with her grandmother, Mrs. Floyd
Myers, about two months ago fo1
relief from asthma, and her par
ents and brother went month
later.
The Civic Club of Mothers held
their regular meeting on Monday
April 5th at the school building
Thirty-nine members attended {
pot-luck supper preceding the
business meeting. Mrs. Bernice
Oehmke and Mrs. Ruth Kardatzke
were hostesses. During the busi
ness meeting, contributions were
made to the Easter Seal and Can
GER Funds. Mrs. Ethyln Thoma.
will have charge of the program
and entertainment for the mex
meeting. The program committe,
conducted a contest in hat design
ing. Other games were enjoyed b,
the group and a final feature o
the evening was a cake walk witt
cakes being won by Lucreti
Overmyer, Mary Barnes, Ann
Kaiser, Bernice Oehmke, kathryn
Arndt, Dolores Schwemberger
Mary Haar and Edna Haar.
Thirty members and one visito
attended the Kiwanis meeting las
week in the Legion Home. Harolt
Kuhlman was program Chairman
and introduced the speaker, Rich
; ard Waldron of the Sun Oil Com
pany, who gave a most interestin,
speech on the many uses of petro
leum products.
Ted Haar announced that so fa
$492.25 had been collected in tn,
boy scout financial campaign.
few more are yet to report. 4
board of directors meeting follow
ed the regular meeting. $3.50 wa
voted to revamp and improve tn,
weekly bulletin.
A dance will be held some tim
in April. No definite time was SET
The final details will be left to th,
! boys and girls work committee.
was voted to purchase a new fla,
for the cub scouts.
We will observe the fifth ami
versary of the founding of ou,
Club some time in May. No defin
ite date has been set for this party
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Freimarl
returned on Wednesday from Flor
ida. They joined a tour in Wash
ington and on their way home the,
stopped in Washington to atten,
session of Congress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Egert ar
announcing the birth of their firs