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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21

Arlington's first group debut
took place last night as IA
young women bowed to society
at the Holly Ball in the Army
Navy Country Club.
Given by the Arlington As
sembly, the festive event took
place against a background Of
Christmas decorations. The
halls were indeed decked with
boughs of holly and a giant
Christmas tree stood in the
ballroom.
Holly Decor
Focal point of the decora-
lions was the stage where
there was a huge evergreen
wreath studded with gilded
pine cones and tied at the top
with a voluminous gold bow.
On either side of the wreath
stood large candelabra and in
back was green lattice through
which evergreens were en-
twined and sprayed with gilt.
Sidney and his orchestra
furnished the music. Guests
were greeted at the door by
John Carol Skinner, head OF
the floor committee. and then
were introduced to the receiv-
ing line by Mrs. William How
ard Duvall. wife of Admiral
Duvall.
In the receiving line formed
in front of the stage, were
the mothers of the debutantes.
At 1890 the line dispersed and
the floor was cleared for the
presentation.
Mothers of the girls then
formed two lines facing each
other at the rear of the ball.
room together with the debut
tante's escorts.
Mr.. Joshua T. Cockey OF
Baltimore presented the young
ladies. AS each name was an
nounced the debutante stood
framed in the Christmas
wreath, bowed and then came
down the steps of the stage.
She then took her fathers arm
and was escorted the length Of
the ballroom to her place in
front of her mother. the ia
Their and escort exchanging
places.
First to be presented was
Miss Ann Doherty. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Hugh Doherty. She was fol-
lowed by Margaret Anne
Richey. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Franz Richey; Nancy
Wagstaff, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Perry Wag-
staff; Carol Leatherman.
daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Clarence Daniel Leatherman;
Betty DeLashmutt. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Eagle
DeLashmutt; Idell Simms,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dem
ton Harper Simms:- Helen
Keely. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bingham Keely:
Suzanne Heyne, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Gustav
Heyne.
Also making bows we're Bev-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
Entertained at Dinner

The Rev. Francis Michael
Farina entertained at dinner
at Water Gate Inn yesterday
in honor of Navy Chaplain
John Widman and his mother,
Mrs. John Widman of Buffalo,
N. Y; Mrs. John Murray Of
Brookline, Mass, and Mrs.
Thomas O'Connell of Silver
Spring.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Dave Martin
Leaves Coaching

Dave Martin, whose nine year
record as football coach at Oak
Harbor shows SO wins, Il losses
and three ties, is resigning his
coaching duties although he will
continue to teach at the high
school. He Will finish out the '56
season as head track coach, and
then relinquish that duty also.
Board of Education is expected
to name a successor after the first
of the year. Martin said coopera-
ton of fans, boosters, and school
officials has been excellent but
that he wants to relinquiSh the
head coach aspects of his work,
although he hopes to continue as
sociation with the athletic pro-
gram. Rockets had two undefeated
seasons and record of "a straight
wins under his supervision. His
track team was state runner up in
'48, was district champion five of
his eight years and county cham
pion six of the eight years as we'll
as winning Ohio Wesleyan Relays
and SanduSky Bay Conference.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
"Freel0aders Cause
Problem In Pick-ubs

Freeoade problem in the city collection
Of garbage and rubbish
Several shouSeholderS
service and paying $20 month combined pickup
6O cents month for the pickup garbage and rubbish alone
complained that somebody ese garbage has been placed
that the rubbish
cans, bottles, etc. that they didn't put there
Il don't mind paying for the family"
indignant woman But don't like the idea of other people riding
along free on collections while pay"
Utilities Board member Bill cohen
notified paying somebody putting GARBAGE
rubbish his collection had never
thought Of this angle.
Another type of reeoader Tuesday
Charles Ruddock inquired about people who haven't signed
arrangement with John Holly Mr. Crohn may
but said the city will them when route books are
established as the truck in
First bills for the new city service received last
office The new packerype truck for garbage collection
purchased at OF $500 will
goes INTO service only homes paying for the pcps will given
coecon garbage and rubbish First bill
December and January after that they 3monh period
Two hundred houehoIdrs notified they will require
neither garbage rubbish collection ncnerao
and Will haul away their rubbish 1900 type
vice; others failed TO reply.
Poragetwp site just off Lockwood Road has
site Tor the Tenhype and where the garbage buried
Rubbish andfi will be adjacent sewage plant
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18

actress turned lady-of-the-manor,
slip from their minds. Both furn-
ed in performances seldom seen
in amateur productions. Kay Nc
Glory as fhe supplemented artIess
sister and Ida Clickman as the
ac;d-fongUed sister for whose Sc
curly Ellen Creed did murder.
provided a sparkling foil Of con-
trasting performances.
Ruth Brokate's acting in the role
of a little country maid who is
dazzled by the sisters unscrupulous
nephew might easily have been a
routine performance, but she stud
ded it with genuine talent. Dr.
Peter PauluS, newcomer in Play
maker circles, won his laurelS by
a wide margin with fine per-
formance as the embezzling nep-
hew whose arrival at Estuary
House complicates Ellen Creed'S
resolve to make it a sanctuary for
her sisters, after having disposed
of its rightful owner. Jean Dracka
as Sister Theresa from the neigh
boring convent was convincing and
skilled in a difficult part.
The time was 1885. Settings, de-
signed by Priscilla Rhiel and 10
Continued on Page p
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
WISHING WELL
TO Be RESUMED

Port Clinton merchants will
sponsor the popular Wishing Well
drawings downtown on Friday
nights during the Christmas shop
ping season, members of the Re-
tail Trades division decided at a
luncheon meeting at Travellers last
Thursday.
Each 81 purchase will give a
customer a coupon to be deposited
in the Wishing Well, at Second and
Madison. $100 in merchandise GER
tificates will be awarded four con-
secutive Friday nights: Nov. 25,
December 2, December 8 and De-
cember 16.
Coupon distribution will start
Friday, Nov. 18. Awards will be
made at the Wishing Well at 9:15
pm. for four Friday nights, start
ing on Nov 25. List of participat-
ing merchants will be announced
next week.
Holiday store hours will be: Dec.
8 and 10, Friday and Saturday, 9
am. to 9 pm; Thursday, Dec. Is
through Friday, Dec 23, am. to
9 pm. Stores will close at $50 pm.
Christmas Eve.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
HARRY KNORRS'
BUY CATAWbA
BEACH CLUB

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Knorr be-
came new owners of Catawba Cliffs
Beach Club this week in real
estate transfer of major impor-
tance, acquiring the noted prop
erty from the Catawba Cliffs Beach
Club Association of which william
M. Richards was leading figure.
Some 85 acres of land, including
the beautiful Beach Club building,
the golf course, and the Harbor,
are included in the purchase. Mr..
and Mrs. Knorr have managed the
Beach Club for the past six years.
They were in hotel management at
Lakeside for IL years before that.
Extensive improvements over a
period of time are planned by the
new owners, whose management Of
the private-membership Beach Club
has drawn many approving COM
ments. For the past three years
they have also operated Toll Gate
Inn at Islamorada, Fla, with key
personnel of the Beach Club staff
going there in the winter months.
The Knorrs' will leave Monday for
Florida, returning here around
May l to ready the Beach Club for
their first season as official owners.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18

shortest session in recent months.
Neither Norman Nicholson, PHA
real estate officer, or Frank QuiS-
no, Planning Commission chair
man, were present. But Council
was told that Mr.. Nicholson had
reported the government had au-
thorized an $4,000 expenditure for
Erie Gardens Improvements.
improvements as represented in
the Commissions new Erie Gardens
plat, including streets, cutters, and
curbS, and the removal of more
structures, will cost $120,000. The
city's request for this plat has been
presented to Washington by Mr..
Nicholson.
If the government refuses to ap-
prove the increased cost, Plan l
for disposal of the housing project
(sale of individual structures to
present tenants) will have to be
discarded. Plan II formation of a
tenant veteran cooperative) will
then be tried.
State St. Work
Republicans George Schade and
Dave Jeremy stuck to their opposi-
tion of the State st. improvement
job to the bitter end. Final reading
of the ordinance, authorizing a
$12,500 expenditure for improving
the street from Lincoln Drive to
the concrete, found the two voting
no on both the third reading of the
ordinance and its adoption. But
with five Democratic council mem
berS voting in favor, after Kastro'S
motion and Snyder'S second, the
ordinance went through.
Crohen Reports
Board of Public Utilities has
been having two and three meet.
ings a week, William Crohen told
Council, as it irons out the many
details of getting the new sewage
Continued on Page p
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
"LADIES y IN RETIREMENT" ADDS
TO LAURELS OF THE PLAYMAkERS

PIaymakers have some notable
productions to their credit. But
for all around superb acting and
for excellence of technical. accom-
paniment, their current play LA
dies In Retirement" must go well
TO fhe head of the list.
1t was a long play, that good
sized audiences saw at Catholic
auditorium Monday and Tuesday
night, a little over three hours.
But every minute was absorbing,
and cast that seemed inspired
held peak attention throughout.
1t was play of dramatic charac-
terizations that could easily have
been hammed up, under less skill
full direction than that provided
by Sylvia Nakrin and co-director
Jerry Nakrin; and by a cast less
wise in realizing that restraint and
underplayment lent wallop to
roles that never could have been
obtained otherwise.
Audiences WON'T soon forget
Marguerite Finefrock as the grim
spinsfer whose fierce love for her
xany sisters leads her TO murder
for fhe sake Of their security. Nor
will Nell Perry's vivid interpreta-
tion Of fhe victim. the mUsic-hails
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Here's Sure Sign
Xmas Is Coming!

Port clinton's holiday street
decorations will go up next week,
said Paul Clemons, chairman Of
the Chamber of Commerce COM
mittee handling the lighting.
Installation of fhe strings Of
coIored lights, the laurel, and the
gay plastic street light attach
menfs will begin the day after
Thanksgiving. No new pieces will
be added this year. since a
change-over in street lights is
due TO begin soon.
On fhe lighting committee with
cIemons are John Letter, John
Faris, Leo Glickman, Adoiph Mil
Ter, chas. Nissen, Fred Hen
dricks, Stan Wentz, Philip Was
serstrom and Charles Scherer.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Heart Attack
Claims Man, 81

Carl Wilburn Kibbey, 81, who
operated charter boat in Alaska
and had returned home only two
weeks ago to join his wife and
children here for the winter, died
Unexpectedly Monday night when
he was stricken with heart at
tack.
Mr.. Kibbey collapsed at the home
of his brother-in-law, William Wal
decker of Danbury, where he was
shoveling screenings. Mrs. Kibbey,
the former Joan Waldecker, with
their children, Keith, 10, and Ka-
leen, II, had been residing with
a sister, Mrs. Brabson Miller and
family, who live nearby.
Also surviving the young hus-
band and father are his father.
Orville Kibbey of Holmes Co.; a
brother, James K, of Portsmouth.
Funeral services were conducted
at 2 Wednesday from the Gerner
& Wolf funeral home by the Rev.
George Reinke after which the
body was taken to Lucasville, o.,
Mckinley morutary. Burial was
made in Piketon, o. He was born
in West Virginia Feb. IL, 1924.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Recount Elects
Fought To Board

Charles Fought, who was one
vote behind L. B. Scheuerman for
election to Oak Harbor school
board, gained two votes while Mr..
Scheuerman lost five in a recount
made by the Board of Elections
"wednesday night at Mr.. Fought's
petition. Final standing is Fought
GAL, Scheuerman 635. Recount took
four hours.
Only the six Oak Harbor pre-
cinc4s were counted. Mr.. Fought
posted $40 per precinct for the
work. Minor changes in other
School Board votes also were re-
vealed by the recount. Fred Meek
fessell gained two, going to 1902;
Jack RAIDER gained one, going to
TIA; John Harris lost one, going
from SGT to 500.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Otto Reichert
Dies At Boat Plant

Otto Carl Reichert, IS, 119 JEFF
ferson ST., was dead on arrival at
Magruder hospital after collapsing
with heart attack at the Matthews
Co. Thursday at $40 am, shortly
after arriving to begin his work
as a machinist there. His body is
at the Neidecker funeral home.
Funeral services are Saturday at
10 from Immaculate Conception
Church, Father Brand officiating,
and burial in Riverview cemetery.
Born in Norwalk, he leaves his
wife Elizabeth; son Kenneth, Maui
NEE; daughter, Mary Jane, Toledo;
brothers Frank and Arthur and
sister Mary Heating, Toledo.
Rosary will be recited at 8 Friday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18

CANADIAN BOAT
DRAWS FINES OF
$500 MONDAY

A luxury Canadian gill net boat.
the John q. owned by Douglas
Murray of KingsviIle, Ontario,
drew fines totallins $500 on
three charges Of violating Ameri-
can fishing regulations, brought by
game protector William R. Farley
of Sandusky, and heard before
Municipal Judge Don Wargowsky
in Municipal Court Monday.
Bond of $4,000 was posted, fol-
lowing Farley's three citations
after he discovered nets of the 70
foot Canadian boat three to four
miles in American waters, north
of Rattle Snake Island Sunday,
boarded the boat, and ordered it
brought to Port Clinton.
AS a result, the John D. COM
pletely equipped with the most
modern innovations, is under sus-
pended sentence of confiscation to
the State of Ohio if it is found
guilty of fishing Ohio waters with
out an Ohio commercial license
within the next three years, Judge
Wargowsky ruled.
More than 1000 pounds of fish
we're confiscated for distribution
among five institutions. 500 pounds
each were received by the Ottawa
County Home, the Sandusky Coun-
ty Home, Erie County Home and
Luther Home of Mercy, balance
going to Huron County Home. Ten
gill nets were confiscated.
Charges were: (D unIawfuIIy
setting and pulling in the Ohio
waters of Lake Erie a gill net with
a greater vertical depth than 80
meshes as prescribed by Ohio law;
(2) UnIawful!Y having in possession
a quantity Of fish (whitefishl more
than 10 percent by weight under
the legal weight per fish as pre-
scribed by Ohio law, which is 1A
Ib. per fish; (3) fishing Ohio waters
without an Ohio commercial H.
cense.
On the first charge, 10 Of the
John DIS 100 gill nets were lifted
by game men. All had 36 meshes.
Fine was 5000 for the first net and
$100 for the rest. On the second
charge, illegal size white fI,h, fine
was 5000 and costs. The no COM
mercial license charge brought a
5000 fine and a suspended sentence
of confiscation if no similar Of
tense in three years. Atty Oliver
True represented the John DIS
owner at the hearing. A plea of
''nolle contendre" was entered in
each charge. Maximum fine was
assessed in each case. Court costs
were $38 in addition to the 81, 500
fine.
The same boat had two charges.
exceeding Is gross tons and having
no Ohio license, heard here Sept.
20, 1854 and paid fines of $157. so.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Xmas Seals Go Out With Warm
Personal Appeal By Ex- eacher

There is a warm personal ele-
ment in the letter accompanying
more than 5000 envelopes of
Christmas Seals which are in the
mail today, as the Ottawa County
Health and tuberculosis Society
opens its annual fund campaign.
The appeals letter bears the sig
nature and picture of Vorys Col
lier, former teacher at Gypsum
school, who has been a patient at
Oak Ridge sanitarium in Green
Springs for nearly a year. He tells,
in simple and graphic words, what
the services provided by your pur-
chase of Christmas Seals has meant
to him, as one whom tuberculosis
hit with sudden and stunning i'm
pact.
The Ottawa County Health and
TB Assn named Mr.. Collier hon
orary chairman of the drive. A
sixth grade teacher and physical
education instructor at Gypsum
school, he became i'll last Novem-
Der and went to Green Springs
sanitarium in December after a
few weeks disqualification in Ere
mont He is getting along well now.
Mr. Golfers letter, accompany
ing the Seals you'll be receiving,
stresses the three vital services of
the Association: case finding, thru
the chest x-ray program; health
education; and patient rehabilita-
ton. AS editor of Oak Ridge Life.
bi-monthly magazine published by
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
ELYRIA HUNTER
STRICKEN here

An Elyria sportsman dropped
dead with a heart attack Tuesday
at 2:45 pm. as he hunted with two
companions on the John Won Eit-
zen property in Portage-twp.
Joseph William Often, 81, 1886
Lake St., Elyria painting contractor,
was dead when his hunting COM
panions, Bill Kahliff and Fritz
Bauer of Elyria, reached him after
seeing him stumble and fall. He
was pronounced dead at Magruder
hospital, and coroner r. r. Semon
said coronary occlusion was the
cause. Body was taken to the Mel
decker mortuary and later to the
Sudro-Curtis funeral home at
Elyria for services Friday. His wife
and two daughters survive. Mr.. OF
ten was a Mason, Elk, and a mem
ber of the Elyria Country Club.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Some Days You
Can't Save A Car

a Fremont man stepped on
the gas pedal instead Of the
brake Monday afternoon as he
maneuvered out of w. Perry
ST. parking place, and slammed
into a truck parked in front of
him. The impact pushed the
truck into the next parked We
hicle, a passenger car. damaging
both parked vehicles.
Delbert Jones, owner of the
truck, was inspecting the damage
as officer William Faust made
out his report.
"Do you know who the car be-
longs TO ?" officer Faust asked,
pencil poised.
"It's mine too," said Delbert.
He'd driven the truck TO his
beauty salon; his wife had come
down later in fhe car. Driver of
the first car was Clarence Palm
er, So. Fremont. Route S.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
CAME WARDENS
ARREST 8 MEN

Eight hunters were charged with
violations of the migratory water
fowl regulations last Tuesday and
Wednesday in marshes around the
Port Clinton area, Fred Jacobsen,
Fremont, game management Off
vial, said.
Four arrests were made each
day, said Mr.. Jacobsen, but names
will not be released until announce
ment is made by the district at
torney's office in Toledo. Two
hunters had previously been cited.
An unconfirmed report said an
other marsh was closed Saturday.
In Toledo, conservation officials
called the Ottawa county cases
"self-provoked" and intimated that
arrests had been sought deliberate
ly in order to make test case of
the marsh batting question.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Pupil Suspended
In Teacher Attack

A 17-year-old Gypsum girl, a
high school senior, was tempor-
arily suspended from school, pend
ing action by the Board of Educa-
ton, following an attack on Mrs.
Thalia Brown, senior high faculty
member, during a study hour pc
riod in the school cafeteria Tues
day forenoon. A special meeting of
the Board is called for Monday to
take official action.
Superintendent D. D. Sims said
the version of the incident given
him reported Mrs. Brown had
taken an all-girl class of students
to the cafeteria, and was handing
out new seat assignments. lmpu-
dent remarks by the senior girl
were climaxed by the teacher slap
ping her face, whereupon the
teacher was knocked to the floor
and pummelled.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18

education at Fremont High. He
coached and officiated football and
basketball for high school, college
and pro teams for 20 years. He
organized the first Fairgrounds in
Fremont, and was in charge for
several years. Experience in news
paper work also is in his back
ground. He served with the FIRE.
mont Messenger and News and
Sandusky Register. His wife is
dead, and a son and daughter live
in Fremont.
The Seal campaign extends Nov.
16 Dec. 81. Under the direction
of Mrs. Gretchen Claus, executive
secretary, more than 5000 en-
velopes of seals were prepared at
"stuffing bee" Monday night in
Oak Harbor Town Hall by Volun-
teer workers, county wide. The As
sociation hopes at least 5000 will
be returned.
Volunteer workers will have typ
ing and posting workshops during
the campaign and will be recruited
by the various chairmen: Mrs. Vern
Hayford, Port Clinton; Mrs. Glenn
Robinson, Oak Harbor; Mrs. Otto
Bolte, Graytown; Mrs. Dwight
Gould, Mrs. Donald Johnson, Allen;
Mrs. Harold Rolhoff, Elmore; Mrs.
Eva Wilhelm. Put-in-Bay; Mrs. AL
vim Nissen, MarbleheadLakeside
Irma Johnson, Genoa.
This is the ninth annual mail
Seal campaign conducted here.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
XMAS SAVINGS
REACH $4,000

Early Christmas shopping in
Port Clinton will get $128,000
shot in the arm Nov. 25 when 1850
thrifty persons receive Christmas
Club checks from Port Clinton'S
two banks.
Ranging from $3.50 to $500, the
checks will be put in the mail next
Wednesday, and will be received
Friday, both banks said.
Christmas Clubs for 1856 open
December 1st.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Speech Therapy
Glasses Start

The Ottawa County Crippled
Children'S Society is resuming the
speech therapy classes which a few
years ago provided valuable aid to
many children with speech diff
cultieS.
Glasses will be held at Port Clin-
ton high school two nights each
week, and classes will be held at
Oak Harbor for children in the
west end of the county, also two
nights week. William Ford, To-
ledo schools speech therapist, will
conduct the classes. Interested par
ents may contact Principal B. H
Corthell.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
Lightning Causes
$500 cod Damage

Erie Ordnance Depot was affect
ed slightly by the lightning storm
Sunday night according to Maj.
James Mclaughlin, Post Engineer.
Lightning protection equipment
prevented serious damage to trans
formers and overhead lines. About
40 lightning protector fuses were
blown which had to be replaced.
Total cost of all repairs due to
the damage was approximately
$500.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
CHILDREN GET
2nd SALK SHOTS

Ottawa co children are getting
their second shots of Salk anti
polio vaccine this week.
Children who received their first
innoculations here in April, as we'll
as move-ins who furnish certifi-
Gates they have received their first
shot at other schools, got the vac
cine from the county health de-
partment. Port Clinton children
were innoculated Wednesday after
noon.
Third shot will be given by fam
lily physicians before April l, 1856.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
News Comes Out
Early Next Week

Because of Thanksgiving, The
News will 60 TO press on We'd
nesdaY next week.
DeadIine for all copy and ad-
vertising will be Tuesday noon.
Ministers are asked to have
church announcements in by
noon Monday, and all cores
pondence must be in by noon
Monday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-11-18
KIWANIANS VISIT PLANT

KiWanians became the first Port
Clinton service club to visit the
new sewage plant, going on a con-
Quoted tour after Wednesdays
luncheon and hearing Supt. Will
liam Crohen, Carl Heckler and the
staff of engineers describe it's op-
Grafton. Charles Dewitt won the
attendance prize.