Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-02-19

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Robert Martin. Tiffin, son-in-
law of MIR. and Mrs. Harley l..
Smith, 6111a Madison Street, is
having his fourth full-length no.
| vel, "Tears For the Bride" pub
lished by Dodd, Mead and Com
pany, New York. Martin has also
written Ozark Dream in 1851,
Little Sister" in 1852 and sleep,
My Love-, last year. Little Sis
ter" is in the best seller group
with sales in the six figure class.
JOT
Walter Wagner, Lake House
Hotel, member of the Board of
Public Utilities, has been ap
pointed Port Clinton chairman
for the Crusade For Freedom
by county chairman Merrill Rudes,
Clay Center.
They claim this is a true story,
it's a good one, anyway. Seems
an Ohio couple decided to write
to famous bridge expert to learn
if he did answer all the questions
sent him. They asked the relative
ly simple question. ''Is it neces-
sary to complete the cut?". The
bridge expert answered eyes" and
enclosed a bill of $25 for profes-
sional services. Thinking the bill
exorbitant, they asked a lawyer
if they had to pay it. The lawyer
said yes. A few days later they re-
ceived bill from the lawyer
$25 for professional services.
JOT
1t pays to advertise in THE OF
TAWA COUNTY NEWS. Several
weeks ago the Marblehead V. F.
w. Post advertised its huge shut
fleboard for sale in this paper.
A Sanduskian read the advertise
ment and has purchased the Shut
fleboard, Larry Lucas tells us.
JOT
We're all happy to hear that
popular Jay RAIDER, intern at st.
John Lutheran Church, is respond
ing to treatment at Mt. Carmel
Hospital in Columbus When
the warm weather hit Monday,
there was a quick exodus from
many Jobs as fishermen hurried to
the Bay, Lake and River to save
their fishing Shanties. The ice
moved out rapidly and few shan
ties went to the bottom. Coast
guardsmen warned fishermen to
remain off the ice but few CON
tinued to try their luck close to
shore.
Bill Miller. the former Coast
guardsman from Put-in-Bay who
was the only person to drive
across ''The Ice Bridge" from the
island to the mainland this season.
did not pet back TO PR without
mishap. Nearing Green Island on
the return trip, Bills "Icemobile'
auto hit soft SPOT in the ice. Mil
ler hurried to Put-in-Bay to get
help, but by the time the group
could reach the scene, the auto
was long gone. No attempt is
planned to salvage the vehicle.
JOT
We don't know the "why" of it
but Columbus book dealer writes
us as follows: II offer $500 cash
to the first man who tells me the
name of the newspaper in this
area in which a rare book dealer
advertised to buy the following old
book: Matthews Brayton's THE In
dian Captive. Cleveland, 1660." If
you know. we'll give you the adj
dress so that you can collect the
five bucks.
His buddy sWears it happened
and the guy doesn't deny it. Seems
popular Oak Harbor young man
became i'll shortly after midnight
Saturday while riding from Oak
Harbor to Port Clinton. His buddy
stopped the car while Romeo
tossed his cookies" They con-
tinued on to Port Clinton. Three
hours later, Romeo discovers some
thing is missing. The something"
is his "uppers." They hurried
back to the junction of Route 2
and 1853, West, and searched the
area, Sure enough, there were
Romeo's "uppers" none the worse
for their three-hour airing.
JOT
Early reports from workers in
the Magruder Memorial Hospital
drive have been most encouraging.
They report the publicity and
speakers committees have done
fine jobs, and most citizens are
well aware of the pledge poSsibi-
lities.