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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22
Marblehead VFW
Elects Officers

New officers of Marblehead Post
1872, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
have been elected as follows:
Post Commander, Leon H. Lucas;
1st Vive Commander, Edward
Sokolowski; End Vice Commander,
Steve Millie; Chaplain, Lawrence
J. Lucas; Post Advocate, Joe Ihnat;
Surgeon, Robert R. Lucas; officer
Of Day, Theodore Gresh; Patriotic
Instructor, James Dziak; Post His
torian, Stephen Robel; Sergeant
Major, George Mallory; Quarter
master Sergeant, Frank Ambrozy;
Trustees, Paul Bennice, Mike We
verka, Emil Batcha (Chairman);
Guard, Mike Veverka; Sentinel,
James st. Marie; Color Bearer,
George Hudak, Sr., Thomas Vever-
ka; Service Officer, Joe Gaydos;
Legislative Chairman, Edward So
kolowski;; Chairman Publicity, Joe
Ihnat; Poppy Chairman, Lawrence
j. Lucas; Chairman Youth Move
ment, John Glovinsky; Chairman
Americanism, Emil Batcha; Chair
man Sports, Richard Walland;
Chairman Conservation, Clarence
Skrinak; Chairman Membership,
Leon H. Lucas.
Steve Millie, Ted Gresh, Stephen
Robel, Leon H. Lucas were elected
as County Council Delegates.
Lawrence J. Lucas, Richard Wal
land, Robert Schroeder, Robert
Lucas, Stephen Millie, Joe Thnat
and Clarenie Skrinak were elected
as Delegates to the ninth DiStriit
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22

evening of this week will be united
in marriage to Edward c. FoSs, son
of Mrs. Anna Foss and the late
Mr.. Foss of Graytown, at st.
Thomas Episcopal Church. Miss
baltimore is the daughter of the
late William baltimore and Mrs.
Grace baltimore.
Bingo provided diversion for the
afternoon, following which the
bride-elect opened ner many nice
gifts.
Privileged to attend we're Mrs.
Roger Norden, Mrs. Frank Dub
bert, Mrs. Philip Conner, Mrs.
Warren Rose, Mrs. Marilyn Dahn-
ke, Mrs. Ralph Branum, Mrs. Grace
baltimore, the Misses Phyllis Pod
gurski, Joan Nelson, Gail Boss,
Barbara Ahrens and Bernice Latti-
more.
Sending gifts we're Mrs. Edwin
Minderman and Mrs. Dick Johnson.
Another shower was that held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Fastzkie, when Mrs. Fastzkie and
Mrs. William Jamie entertained
more than fifty relatives honoring
Sally Ptersen, BRIDE elect of Carl
Fastzkie, Jr. Miss Petersen is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Petersen. The couple will be mar
ried Saturday, May 7th. Games of
various assortment were enjoyed
following which the hostesses serv-
ed at buffet luncheon. Mis- Peter
sen received many useful gifts.
Another shower honored Miss
Judy Clark who on June 18th will
become the bride of Robert Winke,
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Steven Winke,
Bay Shore Rd. Mrs. John Twarek
and Mrs. Wanda Brown were host
esses for this party at the Jai Lai
Club. Games of bingo were played
following which the bride elect
opened her many lovely gifts.
Appointments were in blue and
white and the gift table was also
decorated in this color scheme. A
buffet luncheon was enjoyed.
Privileged were Mrs. Henry
Clark and Mrs. Steven Winke,
mothers of the two young people,
also Carol Winke, Betty JOY
Twarek, Mrs. Stanley Sivinski, Mrs.
August Sarty, Mrs. Forest Gardner,
Mrs. Fred Jensen, Mrs. Charles
Sibrel, Mrs. Frank Fowler, Mrs.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22
Jury Commission
Draws 90 Names

Ottawa County Juror Commits
sioners Frank Quisno and Harold
Pulschen have drawn so names
from the jury wheel of persons
who will serve as grand and petit
jurors during the May term OF
common pleas court.
The first 25 to serve as grand
jurors reporting Monday, May 2,
at 9 am. are Gladys Davis, Ralph
L. Snyder, Charles West, Luther
NJ. Dick, friedrich Henric1s,. Katie
o. Tepletsky, Mrs. Clarence Bug
bee, w. G.. Misch, R. A. Whalers,
Burton Spear and William S.
Meachen, all of Port Clinton; Mar
garet Tank, Williston, William
Gyde, Carrie Markley, Cleah "
Hablitzel, Emma Gordon, Anna
Miller, Joseph Flurey and Ethel
Brough, all Oak Harbor; Marcelle
Martin, Emery Base and Patricia
Hetrick, of Martin; Mae Harrod,
Gypsum; Mary Nelson, Curtice;
Bernadine Wasserman, Genoa.
Petit jurors to report when
notified are Harold Younker, Karl
Weber, Elsa Florian, Alta Maxwell,
Leroy Young, Rev. Perry Blanken-
ship, Cecil Harger, Paul E. Glenn
ons, Charles Thompson, Anna M.
Wharton, Ralph Ballin, Charles
Herl, ohm Mckay, Carlton Nelson
and Donald Woodrich, all of Port
Clinton; George W. Baker, Martin;
Dorothy Windnagle, Anna Schultz,
Sylvia Beck, Alta Jensen and Mar
garet Rohrs, of Oak Harbor; Robert
Lawitzke, O. F. Gardner and John
Hannes, Marblehead; Esther Piei-
son, Curtice; Marcella Martin, En-
cry Base, Eleanor Honsperger, Gyp-
sum; jamie Pierce, Williston; James
E. Ryan, and Florence HesSelbart,
Genoa; Marion Weis and Cleo
Waterman, Elmore; Cletus E. Rose
and Woodrow Radloff, Lakeside:
Walter KAMA, Rocky Ridge and
John ura, Isle st. George.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22
Divorces Sought
LIN Two Petitions

Charging gross neglect and ex-
treme cruelty, Charles Blanken-
ship, Route l, Catawba, has filed
petition for divorce against Alpha
Blankenship, Logan, w. Va, in
common pleas court. The couple
was married April %, 1852 at
Logan w. Va. and has no children.
Mary McClanalan, Ill Broad-st,
Oak Harbor, asks alimony and
other relief in action for divorce
against Victor McClanahan, same
address. The couple was married
April 80, 1854 at Toledo and has
no children. The plaintiff requests
restoration of name to Mary
Lichtle, her name prior to her mar
riage to defendent.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22
Legion Has "Back
To God" Services

The American Legion Back To
God" service will be held this
Sunday in the Salem-Oak Harbor
School Auditorium. The Legion in
vites the people of all religious
faiths to attend. The time of the
service is 2:30 pm.
Clergymen and choirs of local
churches will participate. Rev. G.
F. houp of st. Johns Lutheran
church will deliver the Back To
God" address. Local Boy and Girl
Scout groups will attend in uni
form.
The committee for the move
ment is Charles B. Bope, chairman,
Paul Ronecker, Roger Carpenter.
Edward A. Dwyer.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22
Special Firing
Announced At EOD

A special firing notice of artil-
lery proof firing at Erie Ordnance
Depot from 7 am. to $3.50 pm,
and from 8 pm to midnight for
a five day period is announced.
The firing will be Monday thru
Friday, April 25-29 inclusive. All
mariners are cautioned that the
entire Artillery Firing Danger
Area as shown on U. S. Lake Sur
vey Chart No. 80, will be closed
to surface navigation during the
hours of firing as listed above. 1t
is emphasized this is separate from
and in additiont the antiaircraft
firing taking place in the Camp
Perry Danger Zone.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22
MIXED DOUBLES

Ten local couples bowled in the
mixed doubles tournament at FL
more Sunday and Regina Gumb
and Ed Snyder hit a 1888 which is
currently in fourth place. Other
good scores were Dick Snyder and
Mary Brown, 1853; Mr.. and Mrs.
Bob Lorensen, 1178; and Dick
Snyder and ernice Macy, 1176.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22

L uICI, VI dllNii
manager. II e
succeeds Lee F.
Bruck, who has
entered train
ing for addi-
tional response
bilities.
w j C k e r t
Joined the re-
tail food firm
in 1853 as as
sistant real es-
tate manager
In D e tr o t,
Mich. A grad
nate of Mar
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22

auette University, he was for-
merly property manager tor the
Keys CORPORATION of Detroit. He
also served three years during
World War II as a pilot in the
United States Navy.
In mis- new position, Wickert
Will be responsible for real estate
operations of the Toledo branch,
which operates 40 Kroger retail
stores in this area.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22
ACCIDENT

Dale Heineman, Helena, sustain
ed minor injuries Sunday after
noon when his car went out of con-
troll on a curve mile east of Lime
stone and tore down part of a
fence. Deputy Myron Hetrick in
veStigated.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22
Real Estate
Manager Named

Appointment of James Wickert
as real estate manager for the
Toledo branch of the Kroger Co.
has been announced by Carl S.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-22
NEWS ABOUT GYPSUM
Showers Are Highlight OF
Gypsum Community Parties
By MRS. JOHN C. JENSEN
News Staff Correspondent

Hghghtng activities in the community during the past
week three showers honong brdeeec Miss Mar
jorie baltimore Thursday evening when fellow workers
entertained at miscellaneous shower at the home OF Mrs
of the United States Gypsum Co. here and Saturday
Evening star., 1955-02-07
BY Charles E. TroceweN

"In fact" went on Templeton Jones.
with an oratorical gesture, talking be-
hind the back may be held to be the
very core of good talk.
Now what will happen?
From now on, with every man hav-
ing a secret recorder buzzing in his
pocket, with its hungry ear peering at
you from behind his coat lapel, you
will not feel free to say exactly what
you think.
Instead Of being q free American,
sounding of at pleasure. and not being
accountable for all you say, you will be
exactly in the uneasy position Of
member of a Communist group who
knows that Comrade Ratvitsky, the rat,
is going to turn you in and swear you
said somebody was an egghead, or
something.
"Only we will do much better-we
will produce the very words, in the
mans very voice!
THAT" mourned Templeton Jones,
will be the end Of America as we have
known it.
Everybody will be afraid the other
fellow has a recorder turning around.
and so nobody will say q word, except
'How-dee-do,' and even that will be
dangerous.
Eyes" said Jones, shaking his head
mournfully. from now on, you better
be careful what you say. even in free
America. Especially, In free America"
Evening star., 1955-02-07
This and That

"What sinister plot against mankind
have you discovered today, Temp?" we
asked Templeton Jones.
The old boy looked troubled, he really
did.
Its this new pocket recorder" he
answered. holding up small ad.
1T works unseen" he continued.
whats the matter with that?" we
asked. innocently.
That's the trouble" answered Jones.
"It says here that it records your words,
or those of others. Do you get it?"
4
We were not sure we did, but any,
thing to keep Templeton Jones going,
so we answered, "Oh, sure, but what's
the pitch?"
"It means" said Templeton Jones,
"the end of free conversation. From
now on, every time you meet friend.
you will strain your ears to listen to
the tell-tale buzz.
1.-TWO and half hours Of it. all in
the guys pocket, to be produced any,
time he wants to put you in bad"
"The thing to do then, Jones" we re-
piled, soothingly we hoped, "is never to
say anything you would not wish re-
produced"
Templeton Jones looked skyward. at
this, as though imploring the help OF
heaven.
But that" he screamed. almost. lis
Evening star., 1955-02-07

exactly what makes conversation
good!"
We rather agreed. but when talking
to Jones we have found out that 1t Is
not always good to agree. It Is better.
as a general rule, to act dumb. Since
this is no task, to the average Ameri-
can, it always works, especially with
Jones.
Don't you see," he implored, "that
this strikes at the very roots OF
America?
Here we are, great free people.
who have busily bluffed our way from
pioneer days to world mastery.
I'VE have talked ourselves and the
world into acquiescence, or something,
am not exactly sure what.
I'VE have talked in houses, churches,
meetings, halls, on street corners, and
in hooks.
"We have talked from early to late,
and always gone away satisfied that
maybe we have registered net gain
on the other fellows ignorance.
Every one knows that in such diffuse
conversation, it is not at all possible to
be circumspect always.
'You will talk behind the other fell
lows back. Sure-everybody does. The
popular belief that one shouldn't Is
only belief. like many others. held for
q variety Of reasons.
Everybody loves to talk behind the
back.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
MiIitory Economy

AS mere woman taxpayer. feel
compelled to question the wisdom of
letting ourselves be panicked into war
hysteria to the point of disregarding
the recommendations of our President
(first and foremost q military mani
with regard to the size of the Army and
our military appropriations. Gen. Eli
senhower certainly knows that the fig-
ures he recommended are adequate. As
he said, the economy Of our country
cannot stand ever and ever mounting
military costs; and the rulers In the
Kremlin know that too. They have
boasted they would overthrow our Gov
ernment by causing economic collapse
rather than by war. Can't we almost
hear their laughter now, when they
read of our Congressman getting ready
to throw caution to the winds and add
ing more billions to our present almost
unbelievably high military appropria-
ton?
Again, as mere feminine observer, I
suggest that a great deal of money
could be saved by having civilian chauf-
feurs. clerical help repairmen, etc., in
stead Of the thousands and thousands
Of uniformed men and women now per-
forming these jobs. Catherine Wells.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

war. Instead, he had only the firm
expectation that such monetary rewards
as were made available would not be
permitted to depreciate markedly in
comparison with those associated with
professions requiring comparable abili-
ties and educational backgrounds.
Your fine analysis of the military pay
situation concluded with the thought
that the military services will be faced
with a serious manpower problem
should Congress fail to take prompt
and effective measures to correct past
inequities. Every responsible officer /
know is convinced that the problem
exists now. and in very serious propor-
tions. While there are undoubtedly
many capable and devoted Junior Off
GERS in the services today. it is tragically
true that far too many of them have
no intention of remaining in the service
beyond their period of obligated serv-
ice. The overriding reason for this
intention is their conviction that selec-
ton of military career would preclude
the possibility that their families would
participate equitably in the advancing
well-being of the American people. Even
though highly motivated toward serv-
ice career they cannot, in fairness to
their families. ask them to accept sacri-
fees that would not have to be accepted
by families Of men engaged in other
professions.
The problem Is by no means the con-
cern of the military alone. In effect,
Congress has said to the parents of all
draft-age youngsters that this most
prosperous of nations cannot afford to
establish military pay scales adequate
to insure that the officers under whom
their sons will serve in peacetime train
ing and under whose orders many may
fight and die will be men of high pur-
pose, completely devoted to their pro-
fession, and professionally competent
to evaluate the necessity for risking
the lives of their sons in combat, should
that necessity arise. How very short
sighted this is! Congress has evidenced
no hesitation whatever in appropriating
billions upon billions of dollars in their
sincere efforts to fulfill their respon-
sibility for insuring that our armed
forces have the very best weapons and
equipment that can be made available.
Isn't it automatic that these weapons
and equipment can. be no more effec-
tive than are the men who direct their
employment? d. Mayberry.
Captain. U. S. N.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Forest Ranger

His father and grandfather healed
mankind,
And hoped that he tDould follo,D
Uiere they led,
His gentle hands DeTe meant to heal
and bind.
And they thought 1t strange that he
should choose instead
A little shack high on the n1ountain's
rim,
They could not know kinship. deep
and strange,
With small wtld creatures that COM
pdnioned him.
or the God-sent solitude OF
mountain range;
This wds his ute. to Gnriously match
the blue,
Where only smoke, upcurltn0. could
make him afraid,
He measured his blessings Dlten the
day tDds through
By tor and broton deer safe IN the
forest glade.
He spoke strange languages. kneD fur
and feather lore.
And talked to little people that ted at
his cabin door.
Alma Robson Higbee
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Their Help Is Essential

With appointment Of the Maryland
delegation to the Metropolitan Area transit
conference, the last obstacle in the way OF
formation Of a long-planned interjurisdic-
tlonal consultative group on transportation
problems has been removed. This Mary
land-Virginia- District team is in position
to render important service in connection
with plans for joint solution of regional
transit and traffic difficulties.
Because of changed circumstances, the
role originally envisioned for this loosely
coupled group may have to be revised. The
Maryland and Virginia General Assemblies
authorized appointment Of the delegations
under program which. in its earlier stages,
called for creation by Congress OF an inter-
state commission to study the Metropolitan
Area transit mess. District participation
was to be similarly authorized by Congress.
At various times there was talk of an inter-
state compact to set up regional agency
and of presidential commission to make
a special survey of conditions. Neither OF
these suggestions has materialized, however.
In the meantime Virginia named three rep
resentatives to take part in the proposed
study. The District, without waiting for
specific congressional action, used existing
authority to name its delegation. Maryland
until recently had Jagged in appointing
its group.
An important change in the transpor-
tation study program occurred when the
Budget Bureau decided to ask Congress for
a special fund with which to permit another
agency, the National Capital Regional Plan
ming Council, to conduct an expert transpor-
tation survey here. This plan was substi-
tute for the proposal to create presidential
commission to do the job. as embodied in
the Broyhill bill. Virtually all parties con-
cerned have agreed to this compromise, the
understanding being that the actual study
will be done by an employed staff of traffic
and transit experts.
The Maryland, Virginia and District
representatives on the original survey team
still can fill a key role in the overall pro-
gram, however. They have access to large
amounts of authoritative data already col
lected by their respective jurisdictions and
thus can greatly facilitate the work Of the
councils staff. The State delegations in
clude officials, elected or appointed, thor
oughly familiar with area problems. Their
participation in the undertaking is essen
tial II the findings are to carry weight at
Annapolis and Richmond. And unless there
is State backing for any regional transit
reforms recommended, the whole enterprise
will fail.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
The Hair Still Grows

One realizes that great strides have
been made in the improvement of scissors
and clippers, and that BARRIERS today hardly
ever use the old hand-powered clippers
which once brought winces to young faces.
But is the Improvement enough to evoke
the sad news from Los Angeles that the
BARRIERS union there frowns on the practice
of giving candy to children who endure
haircuts? The claim is that this is demor-
alizing practice.
One does not recall being particularly
demoralized in youth by this anticipated
bright spot in an otherwise gloomy visit,
gloomy despite the cheerful gibe of the
barber as his clippers pulled. And today,
the one who sits still for the interminable
time of the tonsorial operation deserves,
it seems, something more than pleasant
smile when it is finished.
1t is realized that to sit still for twenty
minutes for anything-except perhaps a
television show-brings great mental an
guish to the young. There is evidence Of
this every day. There Is little sitting still,
for example, at the dinner table, when there
are vegetables to be eaten. The value of a
sweet dessert as reward for enduring
vegetables is well known. Neither is there
much sitting still when one seeks quiet in
which to make the regular futile attempt
to have the available cash come close to
the available bills.
1t is hoped that this opinion from Los
Angeles does not infect the industry. The
hair still grows. and it is about time for
another trip to the barber shop, subject
one does not broach lightly.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Turkey Keeps Busy

The bilateral defense agreement re-
Gently negotiated between Turkey and Italy
adds another potentially valuable link to
the chain Of alliances which the Com
munist nations have been forging through
the soft" area reaching from the eastern
Mediterranean to Southeast Asia. Through
out this process, incidentally, Turkey has
been the keystone power bringing one after
another of these nations with common
defensive interest into closer association
with Turkey itself and with each Of the
others
For example, since Turkey, along with
Greece, Joined the NATO in 1851, the Ankara
government has been leader in negotiat-
ing the following further alliances: A Balkan
entente that includes Turkey, Greece and
Yugoslavia Ia Communist but anti-Soviet
state); Turkish -Pakistani pact, Turkish
1raqi pact and now the agreement with
Italy. All of these understandings, and
even though some of them are not yet
fully ratified by the principals, are subject
to expansion through the adding of other
powers. There is speculation already that
the agreement reached in Rome between
Premiers Menderes of Turkey and Scelba Of
Italy may be followed by an invitation TO
the latter nation to join the Balkan entente,
or at least to enter into some close working
relationship with that bloc. From the
beginning, the Turkish -Pakistani alliance
has been considered only the first step
toward larger alliance that would include
Irau, Iran and some of the other Middle
East nations.
1t is regrettable, in the face Of this
possibility that the Turkish-Iraqi agree
ment has encountered. such a hostile reac-
tion from Egypt. Presumably, the Cairo
government is being motivated by two
things, namely. fear that Iraq is making
q bid to become the top Arab power and
distrust of Turkey that extends back to the
pre-World War / years when Egypt was
under the rule Of the Ottoman Empire.
Actually, Premier Menderes had announced
his hope of negotiating with the Cairo gov
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Mr.. Nixon's Opportunity

Vice President Nixon'S latest good
wilP' tour. to nearly dozen Caribbean and
Central American countries, is well timed.
For economic and political troubles are
widespread in that part of the hemisphere
today and our own policies toward these
closest of neighbors must be kept under
continuing appraisal. The fact that Assist
ant Secretary of State for Inter-American
Affairs, Henry F. Holland, is accompanying
MIR. Nixon, at least on part of the MONTH
long trip, indicates that some serious policy
making consultations may be held in the
host countries.
Economic relationships will be the most
important concern at the first stop, Cuba.
Stalking its livelihood heavily on a one-crop
economy of sugar raising, Cuba is seriously
concerned at possible restrictions on the
volume of its export trade with the United
States. A special House committee recon-
mended recently against such action but 1t
is expected that President Batista will seek
additional assurances
In most of the countries of the Central
American iSthmus, the problems are more
political than economic. Panama, whose
relationship with us has been improved by
the recent signing of new canal agree
ment, appears reasonably quiet after the
assassination of President Remon, but cor
respondents have reported the country
deeply shocked and troubled by the event.
Guatemala is wrestling with the problems
of establishing stable democratic govern
ment after eliminating the previous pro-
Communist regime. The revolution in Costa
Pica aDnearS endod hut q solution, still is
needed for the bad relations between that
country and neighboring Nicaragua.
Mr.. Nixon will be doing good public
service If he can bring home some realistic
and up to date recommendations on what
our own Government might do to help on
some of these problems.