Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-07-15
The JEW Ri
BOX

That New Secretary
You'd split a gusset over some
of the stories Nick Banchick can
tell about remarks that startled
cusomers make when they have
their first experience with his new
ly installed electronic secretary.
eff you think I'll leave my tele-
phone number with you, young
woman, you're mistaken!" was one
remark the tape recorder played
back. Another caller insisted the
electronic secretary answer a ques-
tion-which of course the recorded
voice can't do. A lot of people
are so startled they don't leave any
message, just say "Thank You"
But as callers get accustomed to
it, it's working out fine, says Nick.
Several other business places are
considering installing a similar
Phone-anSwering. service.
oS%T EN rINS
July 1920 is triple celebration
time for Tom and Gladys Leavy .
Next Tuesday is their wedding an
niversary and Toms birthday,
Wednesday is Gladys birthday =.
Our good Press Day helper, Elsa
Fiorian, goes into Magruder this
week for surgery and the whole
News gang is pulling for her . .
Elverna Robel will come in on
Thursdays to help out for six weeks
-. They're clubbing her Lucky"
Bugbee since Pauline B walked
off with all those prizes at BPW'S
shindig the other night Ger
tainly hate to see Chester and
Marion Brinkman contemplate
moving from PC i. They've been
a fine addition to the community
There is.a whopping enroll
ment of 662 children and adults
in the Red Cross swimming classes
this year! Helen Bredbeck's got
one of the prettiest tans we've seen
this season :. Strangers who camp
at East Harbor State Park are full
of raves about the friendliness and
helpfulneSs of Manager and Mrs.
Warren Landon, and ditto for
those who meet Manager and Mrs.
Kenneth Landon at Catawba State
Park And if that isn't fine pub
licity and good public relations
for a vacation area, you name it!
The reason that E. Second-st
guy slept on the porch all night
recently wasn't the heat, his wife
is grimly telling friends . . what,
no doghouse available?) Give
Ottawa County Fruit Growers a
salute for well-planned campaign
to make this areas fruit byword
for excellence, statewide :. There's
a gang that's doing something, in
stead of merely talking about it. e.
(H)EARtNCS
The Bill Sullivans have some
fine pictures of the type of over
the-road causeway that Boots
Starkloff and lot of others are
agitating for construction at City
Park They're called Bailey
Bridges" in Canada, where the
Sullivans' saw them going up .. i.
Overpass for children is complete
ly covered with wire mesh, so in
quisitive small fry can't lean over
the rails and maybe tumble out &.
Miss Alta Brohl plans to be in her
new w. Catawba Road home in an
other month or so . Three other
lots in the immediate area have
been purchased by Detroit and
a Toledo friend, and by Florence
Hyde Note to D. D.: Wish
we'd had a camera when we saw
you out shooting baskets on the
schoolground that hot afternoon!
Such ambition! :. Paying calls to
shut-ins is a big part OF Mrs. John
Korndorfer's life since she's retir-
ed after many years in the mer-
chandising business, and she'll
never know how much her thought
fuln ess is appreciated It's good
to hear that Bill Moon is doing
we'll after that heart ailment that
hOSnif ali7ed him 1aSt month He