Participants in an oral history workshop met at Ida Rupp Public Library in Port Clinton Nov. 17 to read and discuss results from their work this fall. The workshop consisted of three sessions that followed the interview process through recording, transcribing and assessing.  
Members of On Page and Stage, a project of the Ottawa County Historical Society accepted new interviews of John Fritz, by Bob Bredbeck; Thelma Hopfinger Thomas, by Jeanne Wonnell; Darrell Opfer, by Nancy Beadle; and Paul Rofkar, by Sally Williams. Jeanne Huskey is working on an interview with Nancy Harris, and will interview Violet Behrman with Jeanne Wonnell. Wonnell will then interview Huskey, a Port Clinton native and former mayor of Port Clinton. Kathy Leonard has planned an interview with Marian Stephens, a descendant of Benajah Wolcott, and widow of long-time Ottawa County Sheriff Clarence Stephens.
On Page and Stage members commended the participants for the quality of their work.  The interviews will appear in a fifth volume of “The People of Ottawa County” scheduled for publication early next year. Proceeds from sales of books help fund the next publication.  
The holidays are coming, so consider these volumes for gift-giving. Volume III, “Across the Townships” ($15) and IV, “Threads and Textures of a Tapestry” ($18) are currently available in Oak Harbor, at Great Scot Community Market; Genoa, at Ivy’s Vine; Lakeside, at Lakeside Heritage Society Archives; Put-in-Bay, at Lake Erie Islands Historical Museum; and Port Clinton, at Green’s Pharmacy.  They may also be ordered from Richard Taylor, 23685 W. Walbridge Rd., Curtice, OH 43412, 419- 836-7449, by adding $3 per book for shipping charges.  
On Page and Stage is a county-wide project which welcomes suggestions for new individuals to be interviewed or for volunteers to help with the oral history program.   Contact Peggy Debien, Helen Frye, Catharine Pfeiffer, Janet Stephenson, Sally Williams or Nancy Dunham at 419-797-2244 for information.

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