Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-19

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beef was excellent, there were ;
lot of nice people to talk to, i
was such a lovely day after al
that hot and humid weather we't
been having that it was a relie
not to have to be constantly mop
ping your brow.
The way / understand it, one ol
the reasons that the Ottawa County
Cattle Feeders Association had de
cided to sponsor this annual affair
was to get some of the rural and
town people together in one group
to sort of help them get better
acquainted with one another. In
my opinion, that's an excellent
idea, and more groups are work
ing toward that good of better un
derstanding between these two
groups. 1t has always seemed to
be the rule that rural people at
tend gatherings that are OF in
terest just to rural people, and the
folks that live in town naturally
aren't interested in the newest
methods of getting more milk from
a dairy cow or how to run an ele-
vator efficiently. / shouldn't say
that none of you urbanites aren't
interested in rural 'goings-in' be-
cause | know some of you are, |
should have used the word ina
jority."
There is a dire need of better
understanding between all of us,
we farming people don't under
stand the problems of the factory
worker the way we should, and
you town folks probably can't
sympathize with our problems, it's
Just because there is that lack OF
knowledge of the facts from both
sides. Both of us are victims of
misunderstanding from facts Civ
en- to us by newspaper reporters
these radio announcerss ETC., and
oftentimes these reports are given
just a little bit of the wrong slant,
enough to send the reader or
listeners thoughts on the wrong
track or in the wrong direction.
Since that is just about the only
source of information we have
about each other, don't you think
it is a good idea to look for an
other source, in other words, get
first-hand information directly
from one group to the other?
Today's Bit of Noneense
Two natives of County Cork oc-
cupied adjoining cells in the death
house. The dread morning arrived
when Paddy was scheduled to be
led to the electric chair. The Gov
ernor had failed to grant re-
prieve, and Paddy knew his case
was hopeless. AS the guards came
to lead him down "the last mile"
his friend Mike in the next cell
strove desperately to think of
something cheering to say. At the
last moment, ne waved his hand
through the oars and called jovial-
Iy," swell, Paddy me boy, more
power to vel"
Helpful Hints For Harassed
Housewives Dept.
/ suppose some of you mothers
of school-age daughters have been
starting to do some sewing, max
ing some of those back-to-school
dresses. If you haven't started yet,
if you're just in the planning
stage as to types of material and
patterns to use, / thought this idea
might be helpful. Have you ever
noticed, on the notions counter
near the dry-goods department in
the store, the new biased and cord
ed piping that they have? It comes
on card just like bias tape, has
the same amount of yardage and
is the same price, and it sure works
nice in trimming edges of collars,
cuffs, pockets, yokes, etc. l like
to use it especially in making tier
ed skirts, / made Joyce and Kathy
skirts alike, it's sailcloth material,
has a white background with big
navy, red, and pink polka dots. l |
used navy piping between the tiers
of the skirts, and it sure gives
professional look to them.
Now ! am in the process of max
ing them navy blouse, / am trim
ming the edges of the collar, cuffs, |
and the band down the front with
white piping.
Another idea you might like to |
use is this-it seems that the style |
in girls dresses now is having the |
bodice plain, bright color, with
the skirt of the dress in a con-
trasting plaid gingham. 1t would
be simple to cover this cording
with a strip of bias gingham to |
trim the bodice of the dress.
If you've had trouble putting an !
adging on collar, and don't like
10 baste (who does?), here's a
method that works good for me
with the sewing machine, stitch |
he edging down on the right side |
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