Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-08-13
Rural Wonen's S News
By ROSEMARY BRUINS

The Rural Arts and Recreation
and Safety Speaking Contest were
held at Lacarne School, August 6.
Among the speakers were Lowell
Knieriem with Farm Safety; Tom
Bredehoft with Farm Safety;
Betty Kramer of Port Clinton with
Safety in the Water; Shirley
Haynes of Graytown with High
way Safety; and Roberta Shertzer
of Port Clinton with "a Home
Tragedy.
Winners we're Shirley Haynes
and Lowell Knieriem of partici-
pants of girls under IA years old
were Sandra Boyer on Farm
Safety" and jeanette NehlS on
Home Safety. The winner was
Sandra Boyer of Oak Harbor.
In the Rural Arts and Recrea-
tion the participants included; two
groups from the pins & Needles"
club of Port Clinton with a square
dance and a pantomine; piano
and clarinet duet from the Busy
Bees, Graytown; and an accordian
and Saxaphone duet from the Gray
town Jolly Homemakers; a panto-
mine from the Catawba Stars and
a song by the Silver Seamers, Oak
Harbor. The winners to represent
Ottawa County at the District Con-
test were Twila Harder and Mari
orie Stick of the Graytown Jolly
Homemakers with the accordion
and saxaphone duet.
Judging is we'll on its way and
the girls Style Review will be held
Friday, August 13 at Elmore
School. Foods Judging will be held
next week - Monday, August 16
- Sunbeam, Jr., Sunbeam, Sr.,
Silver Seamers and Salem Pepper
cites, 10 Am. at the Extension
Office; Happy Workers, Jr. and
Sr., 1:30 PM. at Mrs. Fred Barnes
home; Stitch and Chatter, 8 PM.
at Mrs. Raymond Blooms home;
Merry Members, Jr. and Sr., 7:3O
PM. at the Town Hall in Lacarne;
Tuesday, August II, Happy Hour,
9 Am. at Mrs. Philip Winters
home; Sunshine Merry Makers, II
Am. at Gail Lacy's home; Bay
Twp. jolly Stitchers, 1:3O Pm. at
Mrs. B. B. Brough's home; Merry
Mixers, 7:30 at Lattimores home in
Gypsum; Wednesday, August 18
Allen Wonder Workers, 10 Am. at
Mrs. Avonelle Angus home; Pins
and Needles, l PM. at Mrs. Lawr.
ence Kramer's home; Danbury
Snip and Sew, $3.50 PM. at Elworth
Peters home; Lamar Wonderettes
4:3O Pm. at Lakeside High School
and Catawba Stars, 7 Pm. al
Evelyn Cartensen's home. August
20 . the Home Furnishings tour
Earl Moore, route 1, Oak Har
Dor, duplicated his success of 1858
by winning the second annual
plowing contest last Thursday
Winner of the All Tractor rodec
was Fred Stick of Graytown who
also had previously won in 1853.
Young Moore won over a fielc
of seven contestants. Second place
was won by Gaillard Markley, Rt
3, Oak Harbor, while third place
went to Donald Petersen route 3
Port Clinton.
The plowing contest was part O.
field day sponsored by the Sol
Conservation in cooperation will
the U. S. Soil Conservation Service
and Agricultural Extension Serv
ice.
Other events of the day held OF
the Luther Mylander farm west O
Oak Harbor included land leveling
corn fertilization, multiflora ros,
paintings and sod waterways. Thre,
methods and grades of lime wer,
spread for the visitors.
Lime was hauled by Frank Hal
hober and Myron Rauch while con
tributionS of lime were made b,
Kelly Island Lime & Transport
Woodville Lime Products and Glib
Sonburg Lime Products.
An appreciation plaque was pre-
sented to the Mylander family b,
w. F. Rofkar general chairman
Prizes in the various contests wer
furnished by the Ottawa Count
Farm Bureau Coop, Standard Oh
Co., Stensen Oil Co. and C. D. Hat
litzel Gulf distributor.
Persons assisting with the pre-
gram included Luther and Die
Mylander, Leo Martin, Arthur Lii