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VOLUME 84, NUMBER 7
65
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Military Rites Planned For
Bill Brown Civil Services
For Nelson
When the army transports, Rob
ert F. Burns and John L. .Mo
Carey, dock in New York harbor
today, the bodies of two more
Port Clinton heroes will be once
again in native soil.
Among the 5,342 caskets aboard
the Burns and McCarey are those
bearing the names of S^t.
George R. Nelson and T/4 William
C- Brown, who lost their lives while
fighting for a free world in France.
Nelson is being returned via the
Burns, and Brown's body is aboard
the McCarey.
From New York, the bodies of
the local war heroes, will be ship
ped to the Columbus Quartermas
ter Depot for processing, after
•which they will be shipped here for
burial services. Definite dates of
arrival here are not known.
Late last fall, the first two local
heroes to be returned home arriv
ed from Europe. They were Jack
Worst and Wayne Druyor. Early
this year, the body of Robert Dolch
was returned from the South Pa
cific.
T/4 William C. Brown
Military services are being plan
ned for Bill Brown. They will be
held in the E. U. B- church with
the Rev. L. D. Reynolds, pastor,
and the Rev. Orr Jaynes, Dayton,
officiating. American Legion Post
113 will assist and burial will be
in Riverview cemetery.
Upon l»er*?«tTKV..'iuy witf
be taken to 317 Harrison street,
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Brown-
Born and raised in Port Clinton,
Bill Brown was a member of the
li39 class in P. C. H. S. He was
a foreman in the Erie Proving
Ground machine shop until he was
inducted August 14, 1942.
He began his army career at
Aberdeen, Maryland, proving
ground where he remained until
November. 1942, when he volun
teered for paratroop duty. Fol
lowing training at Fort Benning,
Georgia, and Fort Bragg, North
Carolina, he was shipped overseas
Sept. 5,1943.
As a member of the 177th Hq.
Division, 101st Airborne, T/4 Wil
liam Brown was one of the first
paratroopers to land in Normandy
during the D-Day invasion- He
was killed six days after the in
vasion, being fatally injured June
12, 1944.
Brown was buried in the D-Day
cemetery at Blosville, Normandy
He was 23 when his life was end
ed. Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Brown and one
sister, Mrs. Lois Brown Cooley.
His wife was the former Carol Lee
Seheuerman of Oak Harbor.
T/Sgt. George R. .Nelson
Mr- and Mrs. John Nelson, 521
Laurel avenue, have decided not
to hold military services for their
son, T/Sgt. George Nelson. Ser
vices will be held in the Gerner
and Wolf funeral home, with close
friends serving as pallbearers. The
Rev. Russell Hargate, Cleveland,
former rector of St. Thomas Epis
copal church, will officiate, and
burial will be in Riverview ceme
tery.
Edward Omanski, South Bend
Indiana, a buddy who was with
Geor.ge when he was killed near
Nancy, France, September 25. 1944
will be here for the services.
(Continued page 6, col. 4)
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DiUSlO.N Of TRArf.w AND SAi'ETf
TWO MORE WAR HEROES
RETURNED FOR BURIAL
NELSON- BROWN
ARRIVE TODAY
Have Worked 89 Years With U. S. G.
Among the 65 employees which
the U- S. Gypsum company will
honor for long service at a din
ner in Gypsum chu»'ch this
Thursday evening are Ben Balm
sen, left, and William Mars-
Put-in-Bay is being well adver
tisen at the annual Sportsman's
show in Cleveland's Public Auditor
ium from March 31 to April 10 as
booth number 27 has been rented
by the Put-in-Bay Sportsman's
club to advertise the island as a
"for season pleasure spot."
Postmaster Nathan ..^d, is
a well known sportsfisherman
guide, constructed a fully-equipped
fish shanty to help advertise the
winter sports and ice fishing.
Folders, telling where, when and
how the big ones bite help adver
tise the spring reef fishing season.
Kurt Woischkr. island contrac
tor, constructed the built-toscale
replica of Perry's Victory Mem
orial, complete with flood and top
lights, which is a feature of the
Summer Vacationists' Wonderland
advertising. Folders of shore fish
ing, caves, scenic tours and other
attractions aid this seasonal dis
play.
den. Mr. Bahnsen has top lon
gevity among employees, having
worked for the company plant
since 1902. Mr. Marsden has
been an employee here since
1905. Photo bv A1 Jones.
P-l-B BOOTH IN CIFVE1 AMD SHOW
FEATURES FOUR SEASON "DRAWS"
Beer Flows When
Truck Is Wrecked
Daniel Schlickenmeyer, Fern
dale, Michigan, suffered minor in
juries Tuesday morning when the
truck he was driving overturned
near Perry's store in route ten
miles west of this city.
Schlickenmeyer is a patient in
Magruder hospital. The truck he
was driving was loaded with a car
go of beer, part of which spilled
in the highway. Deputy Sheriff
Merlan Budd investigated the acci
dent and helped clean up the de
bris.
Becker Speaks
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Other folders illustrating the fall
season of bass fishing and grape
harvesting are used to complete the
four seasonal plan.
Folders will be distributed- show
ing various means of transporta
tion from the "island paradise" in
cluding from Sanduskv via Neu
man's boats the "Challenger" and
"Commuter" Lakeside via Brown's
speed boats and "Lakeside" ship
Middle Bass via Neuman's boats,
Hershherger's Erie Isle airplanes,
"Mystic Tsle," and Miller Boat liv
ery ferries "West Shore'' and
"South Shore" Kellevs Island via
airplanes and Neuman boats Ca
tawba Point via Miller's auto and
passenger ferries Port Clinton and
the peninsula via airplanes and the
Mystic Isle auto and passenger
ferry.
An exact built-to-scale model of
Miller's ferry "South Shore'' will
be displayed, advertising the three
season transportation service from
Catawba to Put-in-Bay. This mod
el was built by Richard H. Fox,
high school senior and "deck hand"
on the ship during the spring and
summer seasons.
A 0x8 foot oil relief map of this
portion of Lake Erie, showing the
waterways transportation travel
routes from the mainland to Put
in-Bay, will be on display.
Island business men are highly
interested in this new advertising
project and are helping toward its
success. The men will take turns
working in the booth which will be
open from 1 to 12 p. m. daily.
Walter Smith, hotel and taxi-cab
owner is serving as chairman of
the committee. His co-workers in
clude Edward Traverso of "Tony's
Place" Bill McCann, owner of
MoCann's barber shop, and Ramon
Rittman, owner of Rittman's mar
ket.
UNDER CONSTRI CTION
Work has started on the new
Port Clinton Candy company build
ing under construction in route 2,
east of the O. P. S. sub-station.
To be used as a bottling plant and
for storage, the building will be
40x80 feet and is being construct
ed by the Mosser Construction
company, Fremont.
At
XT
Kiwanis Meeting
Mayor Carl Becker was guest
speaker at the Kiwanis club meet
ing Wednesday when he discussed
municipal parking lots for the busi
ness district and wading pools for
children. He also explained oper
ations of the police and street de
partments and introduced council
men Bill Goebel and Eugene Col
lins, and City Clerk William Zeis
Donald Lea, Toledo, district su
pervisor of the Bureau of Voea
tional Rehabilitation, and an ama
teur magician, entertained with a
short program of magic tricks.
MILLEURY MAN
DIES OF WOO®S
Sheriff Riedmaier Investigates
Fatal Stabbing In Wood
ville Restaurant
Sheriff Ralph Riedmaier was
called to Millbury at noon Wed
nesday when William P. Strieker
54, was stabbed fatally, and A1
bert Craver, 48. slashed his throat
following an argument in the res
taurant owned by Strieker
Woodville road, near the western
county limits.
Wood county sheriff Clarence
Marsh stated Wednesday night
that Craver had confessed slaying
his employer- Craver is in St
Vincent's hospital, Toledo, where
his condition was said to be fair.
According to authorities, Craver
said he became enraged when he
suddenly got the idea Mr. Strick
er had fed him poison because he
had taken the opposite side in
quarrel Strieker had with a woman
relative and her husband.
Dean Billinger, who operates
a used car lot adjacent to the gro
eery-restaurant, ?aid that Mr,
Strieker ran to him, saying he had
been stabbed. He collapsed a mo
ment later and was pronounced
dead by ambulance aids on their
arrival.
Mrs. Agnes Strieker, wife of the
victim, was at the Stony Ridge
tavern which she owns when the
stabbing occurred. Sheriff Marsh
said he would place the case before
the Wood county grand jury today
Three Teachers
Plan To Retire
At least three members of the
present school faculty may resign
next month to devote their time
to other interests.
Mrs. Martha Sayer Riedmaier,
high school vocal instructor, plans
to move to Delaware, Ohio, and
Mrs. Arthur Richards, elementary
teacher, may resign to move to a
southern city.
Miss Arlene Lundgard of the ele
mentary grade staff will be mar
ried early this summer and is not
planning to return to the teaching
profession.
500 SCOUTS TO
APPEAR TONITE
N CIRCUS HERE
(Jala Event In High School
Auditorium Will Attract
Crowd
Over 500 Boy Scouts and Cubs
will participate in the second gi
gantic Ottawa county Boy Scout
circus to be held at 7:30 this Fri
day evening in the high school
auditorium, under the direction of
A1 Jones.
Oak Harbor, Lakeside, Rocky
Ridge, Elmore, Genoa, Gypsum
and Port Clinton will be repre
Rented in troops 308, 310, 313, 314,
316, 326, 327, 331, 342, 360, 364
and 365. Cubs from packs 310
313, 314, 316, 331 and 351 will
also participate.
Opening the program will be
music by the Port Clinton high
school band, under the baton of
David Stanton. John Clearhout
Toledo scout leader, will then di
rect the pantomime "Good Turn."
Theme of this year's circus is "The
Scout Citizen Serves."
At 7:44, the grand entry will oe
featured. During this spectacu
lar event, over 500 boy scouts
cubs and leaders will be on the
stage at one time.
Scout Richard Davids, Port Clin
ton, will establish the line of
march and will carry the Council
flag, after which scouts carrying
American flags will inarch to the
center of the stage.
Eagle Scout Robert H-oekin
Oak Harbor, will- lead the Pledge
of Allegiance and the band will
play the "Star Spangled Banner."
Lloyd Hetrick will introduce coun
cil president, A. G. Spieker, who
will officially open the circus.
Scout Bruce Gregory will lead
Cubs in the Cub Promise and
Eagle Scout Don Caldwell, Lake
side, will lead Scouts in the Scout
Oath. "Cowboy" Andy Migala will
award pins to new scouts and
"Indian" Glenn Otney will award
pins to new cubs.
OTTAWA COUNTY NEWS
Senior scouts under John Clear
hout. will perform stunts and
amuse the crowd. Scout Leader
Don Sanders, Port Clinton, will
direct the short program of games
after which Bob Hockin will di
rect the unusual bicycle act.
Sam Campbell will direct the
cubbing capers after which Frank
1 in Heiserman directs the knot
tying exhibit.
Three county scouts will be
awarded their eagle scout badges
during the Court of Honor, which
William Ilofkar will direct. The
new eagle scouts are Richard Da
vids and Bill Gough, Port Clinton
and Dick Miller, Lakeside.
Assisting during the court of
honor are Attv. Oliver True
Judge William Hunt, Dr. Ralph
Roose, L. S. Larson and R. E
Reynolds.
One of the most colorful spec
tacles during the circus will be the
cub pageant, during which the
cubs will appear in pioneer, In
dian, cowboy, Hawaiian and other
foreign costumes. Sam Campbell
will direct.
Bob Acker, Port Clinton, is in
charge of the First Aid demon
stration in which troops 308. 314
326, 331 and 360 will participate.
Concluding the circus will be fea
tures by the senior scouts, unit
leader recognition, camping and
pioneering and the grand finale.
Baseball Team
To Name Leaders
Members of the Downtown
Coaches baseball team, baseball
commissioners and interested par
ties will attend a meeting in the
city hall at 7:30 Friday evening,
April 2, when the team captain
manager and coaching staff will
be chosen. The team will also be
organized during this meetin?, in
preparation of the coming season
A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER SERVING PORT CLINTON AND OTTAWA COUNTY
PORT CLINTON, OHIO. FRIDAY. APRIL 2,1948
Employees Honored For Long Service
39 STUDENTS
ARE NAMED FOR
HONORJOCIETY
Will He Cuests May 10 At
Second Annual Scholarship
Haiuiuet
Thirty-nine high school students
will be honored Monday evening,
May 10, when the second annual
Scholarship Banquet is held in the
E. V. B. church. Sponsored by the
Women's Federated clubs, expen
ses of the banquet are shared by
the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and
the Chamber of Commerce.
J. Garber Drushal, department of
speech, Wooster college, Wooster,
will be the speaker this year.
Ten seniors are named for the
honor this year, and all will be
members of the National Honor So
ciety. Not over 15 percent of the
upper quartile of the senior class
may be chosen on the basis of
scholarship, service to school, lead
ership and character-
Fewer underclassmen are eligi
ble as only eight percent of the
freshmen, 10 percent of the sopho
mores and 12 percent of the jun
iors may be considered. This plan
is an incentive for students to
work harder and to be chosen for
the honor next year.
Freshmen named this year in
elude William Coon, Gail Hensler,
Eleanore Lindeman, Betty Prob
el, Dorothy Wilson, Lorraine Ben
nett, Gerald Pehrson, James Jac
obs, Joyce Kirk and Sally Kramb
Beverly Von Eitzen and Kath
ryn Kocsis are added to the sopho
more list this year, which also in
cludes Julia Rofkar, Marjorie Guth
John Braun, Alice Fachman, Mary
Catherine Roose, Mary Jo Knep
per, Evelyn Dubbert and Joseph
Weis.
Edna Balduf is the only new sttv
dent named to the junior hnno
roll list. Others are Caroline Rof
kar, Esther Lukae, Polly Persons
David Krupp, Elinore Migala, Jan
et Simpkins, Marilyn Herrlin, and
Dorothy Meyer.
Marian Lattimore and Jack Coyle
have joined the senior honor group
Beverly Easton, Robert Forster
Jo Ann
Minoff,
Mary Lou Patz
Lorna McRitchie, Marilyn Schiewe
Franklin Rofkar and Mary Jane
Andrews complete the senior list.
Boat Lines Start
Island Service
With the Weather Man being
credited with an "assist' Lake
Erie islanders are enjoying earlier
transportation facilities to and
from the mainland.
Neuman boat line ships Coin
muter" and "Challenger" are now
making daily trips to and from
Sandusky and the Miller Boat Liv
ery ship "South Shore" starts its
regular spring schedule Saturday
April 3. It will leave Put-in-Bay
at 7 a. m. and 5 p. m. daily, and
leaves Catawba at 8 a. m. and 6 p.
rn. daily.
The Miller livery "West Shore"
made a special trip to Sandusky
for gasoline Thursday und on
Monday the ship made another
trip to Catawba Point with a ca
pacity load of empty oil barrels.
Island Air Service plane rates
have been lowered from $2 to $1
(plus tax), which has increased the
pleasure of traveling by air for
island shoppers. Connections are
easily made from the airport to
Port Clinton and other cities.
Lausche To Talk
April 14 In O. H.
Former Governor Frank J.
Lausche, who will oppose Ray
Miller for the democratic guber
natorial nomination during the
May primaries, will appear at a
public meeting to U held in the
Oak Harbor high school at 8 p.
m., Wednesday, April 14- Other
democratic standard bearers will
also attend this meet.
Articles Stolen
Before Arrival
Local plumber Karl K repel last
reek had the unusual experience of
having some equipment stolen from
im before it was ever delivered.
He knew nothing about the inci
dent until notified by local police
riday.
After John Sopko had been ap
prehended by Akron police, the
chief of detectives there notified
Port Clinton police that Sopko had
in his possession numerous hard
ware and plumbing items includ
ing hot water heaters, bath tubs,
and toilets, lie added that some
of the items were addressed to Mr.
Krepel.
After checking his purchase or
ders, Mr. Krepel told police that he
had onlered two heaters from the
Akron firm from which the plumb
ing equipment had evidently been
stolen.
RESTAl'R ANT OPENS
Barb and Al's restaurant, Route
2, Erie township, has reopened for
the summer under the management
of W'lford LeFevres, formerly of
Michigan. The new operator pur
chased the restaurant from A1 and
Barb Beutel, who will devote their
time to other interests after hav
ing sp(int the winter in Florida.
CHAIRMEN ARE
NAMED BY C. OF C.
Fish Pry Planned For Next
Meeting In Colonial
Club April 8
A fish feed is scheduled for the
next meeting *)f the Port Clinton
Chamber of Commerce, to be held
at 8 p. m. April 8 in the Colonial
club rooms. Important discussion
of pertinent current local topics
is planned.
President Carlton Schwan has
announced the following committei
appointments for the year:
Lake Front improvement, Allen
demons, chairman, Oliver True
and A1 Kalb Retail Trade, Ralph
Forster, chairman, Leo Glickman,
Cliff Stephenson, Frank Quisno
and George Gray.
Industry and Trade, Francis Mt
kus, chairman, Edward Reifschnei
der River and Hariwr, Kenneth
Black, chairman, Jack Lay Vaca
tionland, Carl Heckler, chairman,
Allen Clemons, Stensen Petersen,
Carlton Schwan.
Membership, DeForrest Maxwell,
chairman Public Affairs, Roland
Schaper, chairman Auditing, Wil
bur Gill, chairman Publicity, I/ou
is Warner, chairman Nomination,
Stensen Petersen, chairman Soli
citation, William Timblin, chaii
man.
Refreshment, I^ee Regal, chair
man, William Wolf and Tom Hoi
lingsworth Housing, Al Kalb,
chairman. Directors are Cliff
Stephenson, Frederick Zeis, Sfen
sen Petersen, Francis Mekus, and
Jack Lay. Kenneth Black is vice
president, and Tom Finefrock, sec
retary.
BRITISH MOTHER COMES HERE TO
VISIT CITY'S FIRST WAR BRIBE
Port Clinton's own international
good-will jirogram will be fur
thered today when the "New Ams
terdam" docks in New York, bear
ing Mrs. Charles B. Hurley, of
Potter^ Bar, Middlesex, England,
who is enroute to this city to
spend six months visiting her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Leighton Mackey.
Mrs. Mackey was the first
World War II bride from over
seas to arrive in this city. With
her husband, she resides at 320
East Third street. Leighton and
Sheila left by train for New York
Wednesday night, and when they
greet Mrs. Hurley at the dock to
day, it will be the first time in
nearly four years that the mo
ther and daughter have seen each
oth^r.
When Leighton Mackey and
Sheila were married in her par­
ents' home in September, 1943,
Lynn Christiansen, Port Clinton,
served as best man, and Mike
Zalesak, Genoa, who had been in
ducted with Leighton, was an
usher.
During the war years, many lo
cal servicemen visited in the Hur
ley and Mackey homes in London
and Potters Bar, a suburb of Lon
don. Among the guests were Bob
Nissen, Dick Pettibone, Andy
Drusbacky, Carl Quisno, Ray Lem
merman, Harry Needham, all of
this city, Bill Stierwalt, Fremont,
and Bill Brown, Put-in-Bay.
Mr. Hurley is unable to make
the transoceanic trip at this tim
but the Mackeys hope "Dad" can
come here next year. Mrs. IIui
ley has a reservation to return
to England October 1 aboard the
"Queen Mary."
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Petersen Named
For Buckeye Camp
Robert Petersen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Christ Petersen, has been «e
lected by high school faculty mem
bers to attend the American Le
gion-sponsored Buckeye Boys
State camp to 1h held during June
on the Ohio Wesleyaii university
campus in Delaware
Petersen ranked first In the bal
lot, being chosen on a basis of
scholarship, leadership, sportsman
ship and courage for service. David
Krupp ranked second ill the poll
Petersen's attendance at the tamp
will be sponsored by American
Le.gion Post. J13. Alternates nam
ed are Robert Mackey and David
I'M lie
frock.
Danbury Juniors
Plan Class Play
Members of the Danbury town
ship junior class will present the
comedy "They Gave Him a Co-Ed"
in the high school auditorium Fri
day evening. April at eight
o'clock. Mrs. Florence Eberwine
will direct.
Cast in the play
are
Arthur
"Nothing has ever been
decided by war that could
not be decided without it."
-»-Gen. U. S. Grant
SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS
BEN BAHNSEN NEARS
HALF CENTURY MARK
Web
ber, Neil Merckens, Waldo Worth
ington, George Pasonski, Wesley
Bauman, Marilyn Harris. Helen
Ann Capko, Janice Walland, Adele
Kihlken, Donna Jean Zura, Wilma
Jane Brown, Eleanor Kopchak
Jean Adele Juby, Ray Regal, Rob
ert Flood and Dan Greer.
IBM Experts Speak
At Rotary Meet
Electrical tune block*. typewrit
ers and business machines were
displayed and explained Tuesday
noon when International Business
Machine officials Toledo were
guest speakers at the Rotary club
i't St. John church. Floyd
Fiadley, Toledo, was in charge of
the program
Three junior Rotarians, Robert
Forster, Frederick DeWitt and
.Mvron Shaffer, were introduced.
JThe high school seniors will be
?club guests during April.
Company To Present Gold
Watches At Dinner
Thursday M&ht
Sixty-five employees of the
United States Gypsum's local plant
were to be honored this, week
Thursday at a dinner in the Gyp
sum school auditorium at 6:30
when watches were to be presented
to employees with 25 or more years
of service.
B. E. Welty, xvorns manager,
and Fred Singer, personnel mana
ger, will offuiate at the outstand
ing event. Several officials from
the Chicago headquarters are ex
pected to attend.
The employees were given the
choice of wrist or pocket watches.
At least 20 other employees will be
eligible for the quarter-century
awards later this fall.
Oldest employee in length of ser
vice is popular Ben Bahnsen, Gyp
sum, who has been associated with
the U. S. Gypsum company since
it took over the Marsh interests
here in 1902. He will soon com
plete his 40th year of service.
Others who have long seniority
are Steve Rosiar, who has been
with the company since 1903 Wil
liam Marsden, an employee since
11)05 and John Hudec, who begau
work with U. S. G. in 190K.
John and Leonard Warnke form
the only father-son team to be eli
gible for the quarter-century
awards. Four sets of brothers are
also to be awaixled watches. They
include Ben and Carl Bahnsen, Jo
seph and Ferdinand Helget, Burl
and Walter Radcr and Harold and
Russell Truex.
Those who have completed 25 or
more years of service with the U.
S. Gypsum company, and will be
presented watches, include:
John Austin, Andrew Pahnscu,
Ben Bahuacn, Carl Bahnsen, Jean
Betiore, Fred Bodenstein, Charlea
Bygden, Henry Ceccoli, A, W.
Chapman, John Coyle, Angelo Cut
taia, William Faust, Roy Frye.
Dewey Felder, Alvin Ganshaw,
W. F. Gardner, Paul Gregorsok,
John Harrod, Joseph Helget, Ferdi
nand Helget, Halleck Henry,
Charles liess, John Hudec, Rex
Jordan.
Stanley Kowalczk, Sr., Martin
Larsen, Leroy Lemon, Edward
Leow, John Leggett, W. E. Lov»tt,
C. W. McGowan, John Marek, Wil
liam Marsden, Alvin Meucham.
Fred Meyers, C. B. Mills, E. J,
Minderman, Joseph Minotf, Frank
Morine, Michael Mazurik, John
Molnar, J. B. Nelson, Burl Itader,
Walter Rader, Lester Robron, Em
ery Roder, William Rohde, Herman
Itose.
Stephen Rosiar, Raymond Shav
er, F. M. Singer, Stanley Sivinski,
(Continued page 2, col. 2)
FIRST TALENT
SHOW IS TONITE
Six Youthi'ul Hopefuls Will
Compete At Clinton Show
This Evening
First of the Hone Talent con
tests will be an added attraction
this Friday night in the Clinton
theatre when the regular movie
feature will be Audrey Totter and
Robert Taylor in "The High Wall".
Manager Sid Holland has an
nounced that the six contestants
to appear this evening are as fol
lows:
Dorothy Thomas, vocalist Joe
Smith, accordionist Bob Schmidutz,
vocalist Bob Molnar, trumpetist
Jean McCandlish, vocalist, and
Shirley Sharp, youthful concert pi
anist.
Mrs. Willard Grover will act as
piano accompanist during the con
tests which will continue each Fri
day night during April. Judges
will be Mrs. Leo Glickman, Mrs.
Robert Aurand, and Mrs. Mar
guerite Finefrock.
Mayor Carl Becker will introduce
the first contestant tonight to open
the contests, and the popular "Ed
die" Edwards will do the master
of ceremonies work.
Two winners will be selected dur
ing tonight's contests, and the
same number from contests plan
ned for April 9 and 16. The six
finalists will appear on the Clinton
stage Friday, April 23, when the
top winners will be awarded pris
es through the couutosy of Phil
lip's Jewelry storu.