Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-05-27
Catawba News
BY MRS. A. H. ROFKAR
Staff Correspondent


day afternoon, June 1St with Mrs.
Fred Norwood. Refreshments at
1890 will precede the meeting.
Roll Call will be women in Wash
ington" and will be followed by a
book review, Portrait of First
Lady, by Mrs. Norwood.
Mrs. M. Smith and house guest
Mrs. Robert Hockendoner, spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Smith and family in De-
troit.
The Garden Club will meet
Tuesday evening, May 81, with
Mrs. Fred Norwood. Roll Call, "a
Garden l Have Visited" will be
followed by papers, Perennial
Companion" by Mrs. E. F. Later
and "They Love 1t Dry" by Mrs.
@. Clemens.
Mrs. George Schafer arranged
a very lovely party and miscellan-
eous shower last Wednesday eve
for the pleasure of Miss Barbara
NitSchke of Helena fiance of her
son Myron. Interesting and hui
morouS booklets were made by
the guests using the popular T.V.
theme, '"This Is Your Life, and
prizes were awarded. These we're
presented to the bride to be read
on the honeymoon. Following the
opening of the many lovely and
useful gifts, the bride cut and
served a lovely heart shaped,
Token" cake, which fortold the
future of some of the guests. A
pink and white color scheme was
carried out in the dainty refresh
ments. Mothers Club members,
daughters and friends and rela-
tives of the honored guest includ-
ed: Mrs. Arthur Zimmerman, Mrs.
Luther Ohodes, Mrs. w. B. Grover,
Mrs. E. F. Later, Mrs. Arthur Dish
er, Mrs. Arthur Rofkar, Mrs. JUS
tina Later, Mrs. Richard Hees,
Mrs. Emery Qualman, Mrs. Calvin
Petersen, Mrs. Kenneth Owen,
Mrs. Richard Petersen, Mrs. Nels
Petersen, Mrs. Melvin Ballard,
Mrs. Edwin Laudy, Mrs. Edward
Ludwig, Mrs. J. S. Later Mrs.
Fred Jensen, Mrs. Charles Bos-
tater of Sandusky, Mrs. Wade
Shenkel, Mrs. Ted Dairer, Mrs.
Richard Davenport, Mrs. Robert
Rhodes, Mrs. Jack Gangway, Mrs.
Q. Vern Clemens, Mrs. Clarence
Nitschke of Fremont, Mrs. Harold
Nitschke and daughter Judy, of
Helena, and Mrs. Louis Sondergeld
of Toledo. Gifts were sent by Mrs
w. Brady, Mrs. VIM. Ridenhour
of Oak Harbor, and Mrs. Arthur
KnudSon of Port Clinton.
Mrs. w. Brady is a guest of
Toledo friends and relatives this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hilker have
returned from a Cincinnati buSi-
ness trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hartwig,
Mrs. Edward Ludwig and Mrs. A.
Fl. Rofkar we're among those who
attended the Annual dinner meet
ing of the Red Cross in Port Clin-
ton last week.
The first of several Ranch type
homes on Rittenhouse Acres is
well underway, and presents a
very attractive appearance. The
cottage once occupied and moved
to the location by John Woodman
has been razed by the owners.
The little building once stood near
the recently razed Cottage Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sharp spent
the latter part of the week on
business trip Incidental to the
opening of their Tea Room in the
near future. Mrs. Kirk, mother of
Mrs. Sharp was a guest of Mrs.
Florence Kahler during her daugh-
ter's absence.
The former w. Brady home, now
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose
Pearce, has followed the way of
modern architecture with the re-
moval of the front porch and other
features which make it very at
tractive.
Mrs. Ralph Owen has vacated
her home and moved to Port Clin-
ton.
In company with Mrs. Harry
Redman of Elmore, L.F.W.C. presi-
dent. and Mrs. R. B. Rauch of
Fremont, Mrs. Arthur Rofkar,
Federation treasurer, attended
Executive Board meeting Monday
in the home of the vice-president,
Mrs. Roy Eldridge in Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Bartel
Observation-Disclosures.