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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-01-26
GORTNER

Ernest Spoerlein and daughter,
Carolyn, were called to Dinwiddie,
Va, over the weekend due to the
death of Mrs. Spoerlein's mother
Mrs Spoerlein had been with her
mother a week and is remaining
with the family in Virginia this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Maust, Sails
bury, Mrs Noah Schrock, Mrs.
Noah Zook, Mr. and Mrs d. L.
SWartzentruber were among those
visiting Mrs Fannie Stutzman dur
ing her recent illness
Mrs. Woodrow jackson is a pa
tient in the Oakland hospital. Her
daughter, Mrs John Anvil and
husband, who were home. returned
to Akron o.. on Sunday
Mrs. Paul WEIGH returned home
on Monday from the Oakland hos
pital
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Noah Schrock were Dan
Beachy's children, MIR and Mrs.
Noah Zook and daughter Anna, and
Miss Edna Petersheim.
Mrs Melvin Harsh, Eglon, and
her mother, Mrs. Osborne Beck
man, Lynndale, visited Miss Marie
/ SchrOyer and Mrs. Reed at Ethel
hurst on Monday The latter has
been confined to her room since
Thanksgiving.
Pete Sunny and brother, Mey-
ersdale, spent a day with their
sister, Mrs. Henry Swartzentruber.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Petersheim
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Joni
Miller, Jr., and daughter, Edward
Rice and Mr.. and Mrs. Joni Shelter
are visiting in Ohio.
Mrs. Jonas Scheffel entertained
with ice cream and a singing on
Sunday honoring the birthdays of
her husband, her brother, Ralph
, Lichty, and David Moon. Other
guests were Mary and Ross Lichty,
Mr. and Mrs Lester Moon, Betty
and Harriet Swartzentruber Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Lichty, Edward Moon
and Simon Schrock
Marjorie Swartzentruber and
Linda Schlossnagle spent Saturday
afternoon with Mrs Albert Sisk
Coasting ana slelgh riding are
/ popular with our folks.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pysell Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Lipscomb, Billy
Welch and family visited Mrs. Paul
Welch on Tuesday. Mrs. Crist Gar
Der and son Amos and the Pysells
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dominance in a big way. The loco
motive was, by 1905, hauling the
great bulk of heavy freight and
long distance passenger traffic.
Once arrived at some railroad
station. much of this had still to
be delivered to its final destination
by horse-draWn wagon or passen-
ger conveyance. And at the time
even the Iron Horses huffing and
putting and mournful walls had
been heard during scarcely seven
ty-five years; not a long time when
forty centuries of land Transports
ton are being hastily and sketchily
considered
Before the great change, life was
unhurried, the pace of living much
less fevcrish. Little, or nothing was
heard of stomach ulcers.
Hitching posts on the street
though not nearly so numerous as
parking meters, were to be seer
here and there, as was an occasion
al watering trough. Some drivers
carried a portable iron weight in
buggy or wagon, to which one END
of a bride rein could be attached
This kept the horse from ambling
off to the nearest grass patch.
A few bridges spanning small
and shallow streams were purpose
| ly built narrow and on one side
of the road. Room was thus left in
the roadway so that teams could be
| driven into the stream, and the
horses allowed to drink.
Brick pavements had by this
time been laid on the main streets
/ of small towns, but most of the side
streets were unpaved, as were the
open roads leading TO and from
! towns. Careful drivers seldom
drove their beasts faster than
walk on the pavements, any faster
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mild humor was pointed at some
other iokester who replied in kind,
is approached by a customer who
wants to hire a horse.
Look here" says the liVeryman,
I've got only one horse left.
can't let you have him Surprising
you took him and then someone
else came and asked for a horse.
Wouldn't | be in fix"
Nearly everybody then liked and
admired a nice horse; perhaps to-
day nearly everybody still does,
though we now see so few of them
Occasionally some unknown
turn out came into town maybe
a shiny new surrey drawn by a
pair of spirited and well-groomed
bays. This would excite as much
attention, as jet plane circling al
low altitude over town now does
Visitors to the cities never failed
to admire the dashing gallantry OF
the horses galloping along with the
red fire engine, or gaze in awe at
the size and power of the grey
Percherons hitched to the brewery
trucks.
Although no longer necessary in
farming, industry, and general
transportation, at least few fields
remain wherein the horse yet holds
his one-time Importance Horse
racing today attracts more spec
tators than any other Outdoor sport
outdraWing its nearest competitor
organized baseball, by many mil
lions annually. This leaves out OF
the reckoning attendance at the
deservedly popular Little League
baseball games. These leagues
number more than two thousand
their rapid rise being a thoroughly
wholesome development in the
country's outdoor life 1t is likely
that if their attendance were
counted baseball would exceed
racing by a wide margin in draw.
ing spectators.
Racing had a scattering of small
town followers too away back yon
der. Once in a while a few affici
onados would saddle their driving
horse for a match of speed along
some level and reasonably smooth
stretch of lane or road.
There is yet another field where
in Equus Caballus holds his own
the Western. The hard-ridin9
hero. terror of evil-doers, arrayeC
in chaps" and two-gallon hat, mus
be borne on a fleet to mount t
within six-gun range before he cal
apprehend state coach bandit Of
cattle rustler. Man and beast have
galloped madly along so much eel
| lulOid that if all the strips were
pasted end to end the total length
might encircle the globe Space
ship and space man may eventual.
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time, and the slow-motion pace.
1t was an impressive demonstra-
ton of the value to man of his
obedient and Woodworking servi-
tor.
Before the advent of steam power
overland transport developed but
little down through the centuries
A few minor Improvements in
wagons and carriages, and pass
able road here and there nearly
sums up the whole advance. During
all this time the horse supplied
most of the motive power. The
plodding OK, the thirst-enduring
camel, and a few other beasts of
burden contributed only minor
share of the needed strength and
energy.
But progress continues apace;
none may stay its march, and hap
PLY none, or few want to.
Then came the internal combus-
ton engine For a few years the
automobile was a costly and lux
urious plaything for the well-to-do
Then the pace of multiplication OF
horsepower by machines increased
rapidly Speedily the leisurely life
of the pre-motor age quickened in
to one wherein people seem al
ways in a great hurry to go from
some place where they may not be
doing so well, to some other place
where they will be not one whit
better off
After the automobile and truck
came other marvels of mans in
genuity, the airplane, the Diesel.
But they, and even the steam loco
motive, are but Johnny-Come-Late-
lies in the long story of mans
transport Before the advent of the
gasoline engine only the steam
engine had impaired Dobbin's
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pace being hard on the animals and
on their iron shoes. The measured
clop-clop of iron-shod hoofs on
pavement, and the clang of some
Instant hammer on anvil, were ia
miliar sounds, reassuring ones.
Small-toWn jewellers heard them,
md knew that all was well, nothing
lntoward was afoot to disturb the
almost "noiseless tenor of their
way"
In those days the livery stable,
the blacksmith shop, where horses
we're shod and vehicles repaired,
the harness makers shop, and other
accessory enterprises were of the
same degree of importance in the
daily life Of a community as are
now the garage, the automobile
sales room, the filling station, and
other related activities.
Few of the buildings that once
housed the blacksmith shop or
livery barn still stand They we're
for the most part flimsy ram
shackle structures; it would seem
to us now that their builders
sensed that they were nearing the
end of an age-long era in transport
tation. Such few of the buildings
as have survived the ravageS of
time were more painstakingly built
in the first place, and have been
kept painted and in repair
One such building remains in
Oakland, on Oak street between
Third and Fourth streets. 1t was a
livery conducted by Tom Martin
an ardent horseman, who was very
painstaking in the care of his ami
mails, and who saw to it they were
well-housed. 1t is still in use as a
storage place for machinery.
One of the hitching post lots
previously mentioned was installed
in Oakland during recent years.
This is on Second street, near the
post office.
In their time the livery stables
were scenes of busy activity. Out
of town visitors left their beasts
to be cared for, fed and watered,
while they occupied themselves
with whatever affairs brought
them to town. People coming by
train could hire rigs by the day
or hour A rig was any kind Of
passenger conveyance, drawn by
one, two, or even four horses. Sad
die horses were available too for
any who wanted them
On special days, such as indie
pendence Day, it sometimes befell
that the liveryman would not have
enough horses and equipages tC
supply the demand. This gave rise
to one piece of small-town humol
that probably had circulation in
every town and village across the
nation. In the story the liveryman
often a jocund individual, whose
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oats or gaze disinterestedly across
pasture fences at the speeding
motor cars. Undoubtedly. this num-
Der will be reduced very much
more in the years to come
The association of man and horse
has continued during a very long
span of time, beginning at a time
so remote its history is mere
scientific guesswork. Cave inscrip-
lions in Europe seem to be the
earliest entry in the record These
are excellent representations of
the horse supposed to have been
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-01-26

BIC. In the Old Testament the
earliest mention is in Genesis 47:17
in which Joseph relieves the
famine-stricken Egyptians, giving
them food in exchange for their
horses, cattle and flocks. The date
is fixed in the Usher chronology
at 1900 BIC.
When the equine population of
this country was at peak, that very
considerable part of the economic
and social life of the nation not
served by the railroads, was geared
and adjusted to the strength and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-01-26
DURANGO Of the horse.

endurance of the horse.
Nowadays the volume of goods
and materials transported in motor
trucks is enormous. There are
abundant statistics, but we do not
need them. It is enough to stand a
moment on any street side in town
or city or at the side of any road
and view the passing conveyances.
Once all of this traffic was horse
drawn, although the volume then
was perhaps not a quarter of that
presently being transported in
trucks. Even so, it was big for the
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scratched on the rock walls of
caves with crude flint tools by
men of the smooth stone age Man
had not then even begun to learn
the art of working in metals, and
it was centuries before he would
begin the development of written
language. 1t is believed that men
of this period, the Neolithic, first
domesticated animals, the horse
among them. Tomb paintings in
Egypt depict the horse employed in
warfare. These date to the time of
Shepherd Kings, about 200 to 1850
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-01-26
Hitching Post
BY DENNIS RASCHE

In some of the towns and villages
that are shopping and trading CEN
tiers for a surrounding farming
population, one occasionally passes
a vacant lot equipped with hitch
ing posts, or sometimes horizontal
iron pipe supported by posts These
reminders of a time half century
ago are for the convenience Of
those country people who still pre-
fer the horse for farm work and
transportation they are the park
ing lots for faithful old Dobbin, of
all animals mans most useful and
reliable friend, both in peace and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-01-26

are assisting the Welches during
Mrs Welch's illness.
Robert Miller and Miss Susie
Zook are at Joni Miller, Jrs.. this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beckman and
daughter Dorothy spent Tuesday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Sisk
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-01-26

Soft-spoken, yes. Zone reason is the
hydraulic-hushed valve filters now
in all Chevrolet engines-V8 or 81
And this handsome traveller packs a
horsepower walIop that ranges up
to POS! It's charged with sheer,
concentrated action.
Action that can save you precious
seconds for safer passing! Action
that lets you take steep hills in eff
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-01-26

Resignation of Rowland Hughes
as director of bureau of the budget
was accepted by Eisenhower
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-01-26

in war, during about four mil
leniums His usefulness has been
well-nigh obliterated by the fifty
four million cars and trucks today
rolling along the nations fine roads,
and with the decline of usefulness
his numbers have been greatly di-
minished. In 1905, when the coun-
try's population was ninety-five
millions, about twenty-four million
horses responded to the bidding Of
whoa and "giddap" Today, with
the population numbering one
hundred and sixty-five millions,
but five million horses MUNICH their
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-01-26

fortress stride! Action that helps
you zoom out of trouble spots!
And action isn't all. Chevy holds
the road like part of the pavement!
OF course, Chevrolet brings you
the security of safety door latches.
Instrument panel padding and seat
belts, with or without shoulder
harness, are offered at extra cost.
Come in and highway-test it.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09
Rural Women's News

Let's talk about cheese. Thirty
years ago Mrs. Foodshopper kenw
only few varieties of cheese -
the most popular of which were
the "bulk" or "Store" variety or
the cottage cheese she made her
self. Today the USDA lists more
than 400 varieties.
Natural cheeses are ripened by
certain molds, yeasts or bacteria.
Cheddar, Roquefort and Camem-
bert are examples of natural
cheeseS.
Pasteurized Process cheese may
be made from one or more grated
natural cheeses which are blended
with an emulsifer and pasteurized.
Process cheese does not age after
processing. The flavor is relatively
uniform.
Cold pack cheese or club cheese
may be made from one or more
varieties of natural paSteurized
cheese by grinding. 1t is ideal for
appetizerS and snacks.
Cheese storage natural cheeses
are perishable. Plan to store in
the refrigerator to prevent mold.
keep it covered to prevent absorp-
tion of odors and loss of moisture.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09
Bay-twp Forming
Community Group

An organizational meeting for
a new Bay-twp Community Group
will be held Monday, March II, at
pm. in the township Community
Hall, and all area residents are
uregd to attend.
Objectives of the new organiza-
ton are: to cooperate for the good
of the community to settle com
munity problems as a group rather
than as individuals, to strive for
better cooperation between parents
and school, and to promote pro-
grams of educational value to all.
An interested group has been
meeting to discuss organization OF
such a group. Both men and Wom-
en- are cordially invited, and they
need not be parents. Mrs. Quentin
Jones is acting head of the group
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09
Pat The PIvcky

That whiz of former Port
Clintonite, Pat Crohen Benson, who
went down for the count but only
briefly when polio hit her last fall,
is getting around her Madison, Wis.
home without crutches now.
She'll have to wear an ankle
brace; but knowing Pat we'll bet
that won't bother her as she takes
care of three small youngsters and
her busy household. Baby Danny,
who's believed to be the first child
born with polio, will wear a hip
to-ankle steel brace. Pat even went
to a dance recently, with husband
Danny carrying her as they joined
the fun.
And then you hear some people
sit down and whine because of a
splinter in the finger!
Another gal who's trimphed over
polio in a big way is Elizabeth Ann
Stroh, daughter of former Peers
John and Alfrieda Stroh now in
Parma. Elizabeth Ann, who is a
granddaughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Nehls of E. Sixth St., was one of
the 1948 polio victims here. Shes
in high school now, making an out
standing record, sews and types
like a whiz, and recently was top
vote-getter in school personality
contest.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09
Third Youth
Is Apprehended

Robert Neff, 20, who last week
made a voluntary confession to
sheriff Merlan Budd that he and
two companions had held up rail
road worker last April Is, taking
$132, and also mad stolen a car
which later was recovered in Ere.
mont, was bound over to the grand
jury on charge of strong-arm rob
berry following a hearing in Muni-
cipal Court Friday.
Bond was set at 81 900 which was
furnished Monday and he was re-
leased from county all. Eugene
Hatmaker, IL, who had been appre-
hended last Wednesday, and An.
drew Holly, Jr., II, both implicated
by Neff, will face hearing in Juve-
nile court.
Holly was apprehended Saturday
by Deputy Myron Hetrick shortly
after he arrived here by bus from
Texas.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09
BIRTHDAYS.
ANNIVERSARIES
March 8: Robert Denny.

March 8: Robert Denny.
March 8: Nelson BerkowitZ, Ed
win Bredehoft, Fred Singer, Vir-
ginia Patz, Danny Skinner, Wilbur
Blatt, Ray Boiler, Mrs. Leah Wolf.
March 10: Mrs. Ethel Johannsen,
Ann Papcun, Cloyd Laird, Herbert
Gulau, Mrs. M. B. Grover, Mrs.
Harold Wahlers, James R. Brought,
Louis Ceccoli, Jr., Nicolette Riem-
enschneider, Pauline Karshuk, Mrs.
LeLon Throne, Louis Wolff, Mrs.
William r. Brown.
March IL: Susanne Ganther
Hauser, Gilbert Hofacker, Larry
GlaSco, Diane Davies, Carolyn
Brindley Tewers, Robert Conners,
Mrs. Mary Weisend.
March IL: Mrs. Sylvester Shirley,
Mrs. Fred Allyn, Mrs. Lloyd Mack
ey, Helen Mae Frye, Paul Dress, Sr.,
Wayne Nngold, Mrs. William Rof-
kar, Mrs. Bessie Glenn, Kathy Ley,
Dorothy Jennings, Mrs. Charles
Cover, Howard French, Leighton
Mackey, Mrs. John Reinheimer. An
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Kirk.
March 13: Gerald Robinson, Don
aid Nieman, Robert Colston, Betty
Jane Skinner, Alba w. Smith, Ed
ward Paul Riehl, Nellie French,
Mrs, Rose Faber, Mrs. Lois Gates.
March IA: Milford Easton, Joe
Kott, Mrs. Celia Gibbs, Marie Pet
erson, William Hamann, Mrs. Viola
Hamann, Jimmy Markley, Janis
Arft, Mrs. Gertrude Babcock, Ed.
Minderman, William Krupp. Ami
versary of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Korndorfer.
March is: Brayton Finken, Jean
Schmitt Van Hoose, Mrs. Amelia
Wepler, Mrs. Lester Zerck, Clar-
ence Smith, George Prentice, Mrs.
Leroy Deppensmith, Mrs. Harold
Riedmaier, Tommy Edwards. An
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Leow.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09
Local Essay
Winners Named

Port Clinton high school winners
of the American Legion essay con-
test were announced this week by
chairman Archie King.
They we're: seniors, K. Scott Car
ter and Faythe Duffy; juniors,
Grace Hawker and Douglas Meyer;
sophomores, Nancy Harger and
Ronald Huskey. Judges were Ar
chic King, Harvey Goff, James
Thierry, Roland Qualman, Colleen
Gill, and ROLAND Gillian. Medals,
which are awards, will be present
ed in the near future. Scott'S es-
say won first place in the county
in the senior boys division.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09
Good Reason For Pride

Comparatively few grandparents
have ONE set of twins among t1eir
grandchildren :. but Mr.. and Mrs.
Emil Lowien, down Lakeside way,
now have TWO sets of twin grand
children since a boy and a girl
were born Sunday to Mr.. and Mrs.
Burnell Lowien. Their daughter,
Mrs. Donald Mortus, 1T w. Fifth
ST., has three year old twin sons
And there's an added coincidence
to the birth dates of these twin
cousins: the Mortus sons were
born in October, their fathers
birth month; the Lowien twins ar
rival in March also hits their
fathers birth month. Proud grand
parents Lowein now have four
grandsons and three granddaug1-
terS.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09
Danbul'y Native
Erie-cO Treasurer

Edgar w. Sass, native of Dan
bury and partner in the Sandusky
accounting firm of Miller and Sass,
was appointed Erie-co treasurer
this week to fill the unexpired
term of George Tremper, resigned.
Prior to entering business in San
duSky, Mr.. Sass was for several
years civilian employe of the U.
S. Army Corps of Engineers in
Panama. He attended George
Washington University and the
University of Panama.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09
SCATTER PINS

Roy DuVall, courthouse cuSto-
dian, got the first license issued at
the auditors office when the new
green and white tags went on sale
last Thursday His '56 tag is
the same number he's been using,
3701P At Western Auto Store,
Adolph Miller issued the first tag
March / to Donald Lane, w. Third
st. Gary Cullenen, whose bout
with polio last year hospitalized
him for a time, is working at Myers
& OlekSa now Germaine Cor
resell, who came here last year as
directress of nursing at Magruder
hospital, has left to take new
position . CataWba c.. C. L. gals
have some mighty clever ideas for
the decorations at their April 7
Harlequin Hop Heard Putin
Bays Rev. Lee Lindenberger speak,
for the first time, the other night
= and we agree with islanders
that he's outstanding . March is
a big month for the Eddie Ed
wards family - four days, from
the 14th to the 18th, see birthdays
of son Tom, mother Elizabeth, and
the anniversary of Eddie and Eliza
beth New in the food line:
cheese Sticks, like bars of butter
but longer, just tight sized to
slice off for crackers Board of
Elections made fine selection in
Mel Oestreich as chairman &.
He's a guy we have lot of respect
for, sincere, hard-working, and
friendly. And ditto for the new
clerk Jim Thierry >. All the hula
baloo about whether or not police
went at it in the proper fashion
in requesting a salary increase
shouldn't overshadow the main is
sue: that every guy in the depart
ment is doing a wonderful job,
that they are underpaid, and that
they certainly deserve more money.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-09

pointed by the secretary of Agri-
culture to serve on the Potato AEd-
visory Committee of the u. S.
Dept of Agriculture. He is married
and has four children.
Mr.. Jeschke, chairman of XII
wants agriculture committee which
sponsors the successful annual fel-
loWship event, said that last No
vember when arrangements for a
speaker were started he contacted
Mr.. Brris and arranged the event
to fit the only open date on his
calendar. Dalton DeLor is KiwaniS
program chairman.