Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-01-27


had last Saturday of becoming ac
quainted with MIR. and Mrs. Hecka
thorn, those fine folks, and honest
to- goodness farm folks at that, from
Wyandott County. / think it's un
derstandable that an ordinary per-
son like myself should stand some
what in awe of anyone who has
risen so high in the ranks of any
organization such as Mr.. Hecka'
thorn has in the Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation. You wonder what atti-
tude he will have toward a rela-
lively new and obscure farm broad
cast, and you hope that it won't be
one of condescension. Well, moth
ing could be farther from the truth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heckathorn are just
as warm and friendly as anyone
could be, and after talking to them
both, j could readily understand
how ably he could assume such a
position of authority Fred Grimm
shares my opinion of these folks,
he knows them well because he
was the associate county agent in
Wyandotte County before coming
to work in Ottawa County.
When Robert Roush, the presi-
dent and organizational director of
the Sandusky County F. B. Fedora
ton, found out the Heckathorns
were coming to Fremont that day.
he called them to find out whether
they had any particular plans for
the rest of the day. 1t so happened
they hadn't so Bob, along with
Don Mann, manager Of the F. B.
Coop in Sandusky County and Otto
Smith, farm editor of the Fremont
News-Messenger, were waiting for
us at the station when TIE broad.
cast was over, and we we're taken
out to dinner and thence to that
huge and very efficient looking
building that serves as headquart-
ers for the Farm Bureau In that
county. Well, Bob is the sort of fel-
low that knows a golden oppor.
tunity when he sees one, and he
did a swell job of showing the hos
pitality of those F. B. people in
Sandusky county, as well as show
ing his justifiable pride in their
organization.
That season of the year has come
again when it's Farmers (or Com.
munity, as it's called now Institute
time, and there have been a lot of
folks here in Ottawa County ar
ranging the two Institutes that we
have here each year. Fred Grimm
has been mighty helpful with his
suggestions, and under the leader
ship of Howard Markley, president
of the Benton township Institute,
and Ray Nickelsen, president of AL.
len twp, they both promise to be
very informative as we'll as enter.
tanning. It sure is worth your while
to attend any and all of the ses-
sions, and they certainly aren't
meant for farm people exclusively,
any one can come. In fact, you can
tell by the type of speakers they'll
have that the topics are of general
interest. It doesn't cost anything
to get in, you get chance not only
to view the many exhibits that have
been brought by good homemakers
and good farmers, but to exhibit
some of the cookies, cake, or can
ned goods you've prepared your
self. Besides, there isn't farmer
who isn't proud of those nice
plump kernels of wheat he harvests
last fall, or those perfectly formed
ears of corn from his fields. What
better chance could he have to
prove that he really did have good
crops?
The Benton twp. Institute will be
held Wednesday and Thursday,
Feb. / and 2. You'll find list of
exhibits elsewhere in the News.
The Allen twp. Institute is Feb. 10,
and I'll tell you about their pro-
gram in next weeks column.
The speakers for the Benton In
stitlte are: l. Policewoman Sgt.
Margaret Slater, of Toledo; 2. Rev.
g., M Cordner, who is the head
Protestant Chaplain at the Toledo
State Hospital; and Mr.. John Alys-
worth, Associate County Agent in
Erie County. He was formerly one
of the International Foreign YOUTH
Exchange students, he lived in
Greece during that time. He will
also show slides taken in that
county. There will be question
and answer period after each of
these mighty interesting-sounding
addresses.
Those people furnishing the tai
ent portion of the session will be
vocal duet by Susan and Sandy
Martin, piano duet by Ruth Ann
and Harold Ayers, a monologue by
Reed Oestreich, vocal duet by
Sharon and Susan Tabbert, an elec-
tric Hawaiian guitar solo by Gary
Seeger, vocal duet by Marjorie
Stick and Twila Harder, selection
Dy Mr.. Konyen, and the Graytown
school band will play.
To top the whole thing off, on