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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15
With The Sick

Harold Schultz who has been suf-
fering from serious eye trouble is
reported definitely improved at Gin
cinnati where he has been taking
treatment for the past ten weeks.
Schultz was a former student in the
University of Cincinnati but was
obliged to give US his college work
on account of his ailment. He is
the son of DR.. and Mrs. ]. S. Schultz
of South Lawn avenue.
Report of continued improvement
in the condition of G. A. Lehman at
Rochester, N. Y, was received here
the first of the week. Several weeks
ago he left a Rochester hospital
where he was critically i'll with
heart trouble. He has been given a
leave of absence as director of the
school of music of Rochester Colgate
Divinity school and will attend Co.
lumbia university, New York city.
Lehman was formerly director of the
Bluffton college department of music.
Fred Hodel who has been i'll at the
home of Gideon Lehman near
Beaverdam is considerably improved.
Mrs. Peter Oberly, aged Bluffton
resident, is i'll at the home of her
son, L. A. Oberly on Cherry street.
Robert Oyer of South Jackson
street is convalescing following an
operation for appendicitis at Bluff
ton hospital. Oyer, a member of the
senior class of Bluffton college was
unable to attend graduation exer-
cises Tuesday morning on account of
his illness.
Albert Benroth is confined to his
bed at his home on North Main
street as the result of injuries re-
ceived to his left knee when he was
struck by an automobile at North
Main and Elm street, Saturday
night.
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Heart Attack Fatal
To BLuftOH Man

Harley L. Good, 61-year-old engin-
eer for the Nickel Plate railroad,
with headquarters in Lima, died last
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
his father, William Good, in Bluffton.
Death, which was sudden, was caused
by heart attack.
Besides his father, he leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Lucille Lucci, Buffalo,
n. Y; three sisters, Mrs. Grover
Davidson, Pandora; Mrs. Adam Shil-
ling, Lima; Mrs. Mae Schifferly,
Biuffton; and two brothers, Dewey,
Bluffton and Charles of San Jose,
California.
Funeral services were held at 2:3O
D. m. Saturday in the Salem church
near Elida with Rev. o. c. Good, of
the Pandora Methodist church Off
ciating.
Interment was made in the church
cemetery.
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Wedding Of III. s.
Seniors Announced

Wedding of two high school seniors
which took place last fall was dis
closed the first of the week with an
nouncement of the marriage of Omar
Welty of this place and Miss Mari
lyn Franks of Van Buren,.
The wedding took place September
8 of last year in Maysville, Ken
lucky. Welty at that time was a
senior in Bluffton high school from
which he was graduated last month.
His bride, likewise was a senior in
Van Buren high school where she
was graduated this spring.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Gallant of Van Buren.
Welty is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sylvanus Welty of this place. The
couple are making their home for the
present with the groom's parents in
West Elm street.
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Ewing School To Be Torn Down
And Rebuilt On College Campus
Work is Started on Dismantling
Historic Brick Building
In Orange Twp.
To be Erected by Bluffton
College to House Student
Work Projects

The Ewing school, which served
Orange township as an educational
center for more than fifty years will
continue its career on the campus of
Blufftn college where it will serve
to house student work projects.
The brick building was recently
purchased by the college from Mrs.
Dora Montgomery and is now being
torn down and the material hauled
by truck to the campus where it will
be erected during the summer. Work
of dimantling the building was start
ed Wednesday morning.
Rev. Carl Lands, student work
project director, stated the first of
the week that he expected to have
the structure ready for occupancy
and a work project arranged by next
fall.
(Continped on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15
HOLD REPUBLICAN
AUGUST PRIMARY
Four Candidates Seek Three
nominations for Board
of Publici Affairs
Democrats with No Contests ON
Ticket Will Have No
Summer Primary

An August primary-for Republi-
cans only-will be held in Bluffton in
order to determine the party's candi-
dates for board of public affairs at
the November election.
The development arose shortly be-
fore the deadline for filing last Fri
day when the petition of Chas. Llovd
as Republican candidate for the.
board of puplic affairs was filed with
the county board of elections.
LloyGSs entrance in the field of can
didates gives the party four aspirants
for the three places on the board
which, under the new Ohio law will
require primary to determine which
three of the four candidates shall ap-
pear on the party ticket next fall.
The other three candidates for
board Of public affairs whose names
appeared on a ticket drafted two
weeks previous by local Republican
leaders are Eli Deppler, A. E. Kohl,
and +. S. Lape.
Kohl Denies Withdrawal
Kohl denied reports the first of the
week that he contemplated withdraw
ing from the ticket and stated that
he had no intention of so doing.
The primary to, be held here in
August will be only for the contested
board of public affairs race and will
not include other offices on the Re-
publican ticket. Cost of holding the
primary is estimated at $165, while
the contested position on the board of
public affairs pays $25 per year.
Democrats will not participate in
the primary as there no contests on
that ticket.
Bluffton Tickets
Personnel of the two tickets fol-
low:
Repnblican-Mayor, w. "A. Howe;
clerk, James West; marshal, Carl
Burkhart; treasurer Ralph Badertsch-
er; council, Munson Bixel, Carl Cahill,
VIM. Edwards, Armin Hauenstein,
Harold Kennedy, Cleon Triplett;
board of public affairs, Eli Deppler,
A. E. Kohl, Z. S. Lape, Chas. Lloyd.
Democrat-Mayor, A. d. Wells;
clerk, Carold Steiner; treasurer, Sam
uel Bixel, marshall, Lee Coon; council,
Memo Badertscher, Evan Basinger,
Fred Hofer, Ralph Patterson, Orden
Smucker, Jesse Stratton; board of
Public Affairs, Cal Balmer, VIM. Lug
inbuhl, A. C. Burcky.
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COLLEGE HOLDS
commencement
Senior Class Graduated at
Exercises i'm Mennonite
Church, Tuesday
America is on the March,
Speaker Says in Address
To Graduates

America is on the march-going
ahead to conquer new frontiers-and
unless you would be trampled under
foot or left standing by the side of
the road, you must join the process
sion.
This was the admonition given to
the graduating seniors of Bluffton
college at the commencement exer-
cises Tuesday morning by DR.. L. A.
Pechstein, dean of the teachers col
lege of the University of Cincinnati
who delivered the class address.
Rain which seldom interferes with
Bluffton college graduation exercises,
fell in a steady downpour Tuesday
morning and detracted somewhat
from the customary pageantry asso-
ciated with the academic procession
of commencement day. Notwith-
standing the unfavorable weather the
lower floor of the large church audi
torium was almost completely filled.
YOUTH LOOKS AHEAD
Taking for his subject youth
Looks Ahead, DR.. Pechstein pre-
sented in a scholarly address the
problem facing the college graduate
today with the world in state of
dynamic upheaval where strange
PHILOSOPHERS and stranger cults seek
to enthrall bewildered humanity
searching in vain for some guaran-
tee of security.
The static social order which an
older generation knew is gone and
the oncoming generation faces a
changed world with problems that
are new, challenging and different
(Continped on page 81
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The marriage of Miss Kathleen
Stauffer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. A. Stauffer of South Main street
to K. H. Dickerson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. B. Dickerson of Bradford,
Pa, took place at the manse of the
First Presbyterian church in Mineral
Wells, Texas, last Saturday at high
noon.
The marriage service was read by
DR.. Bryan H. Keathley, pastor of
the church.
The bride wore a sheer sachet rose
colored dress. Her large straw hat
was of white with matching acces-
sories. She carried a nosegay of
roses and sweet peas. The couple
was attended by Mr.. and Mrs. F. H.
Bray. u MHM
Following the ceremony luncheon
was served in the Crozy hotel dining
room.
MISS oLduleI Wiio leAl heAe tHe
middle of last week arrived in Min
eral Wells Friday evening to meet
her fance who is employed at the
Possum Kingdom Dam project of the
Brazo River authority.
For several years the bride has
been office secretary at the high
school here, resigning her position
last spring. Mr.. Dickerson was en-
ployed here in the construction of
the generating plant of the Central
Ohio Light and Power company.
The couple will reside at 613 N. w.
7th Street, Mineral Wells, Texas.
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Receive Degrees At
Ohio State MOnday

Three Bluffton men received de-
grees at graduation exercises of Ohio
State university in Columbus, Mon
day afternoon.
Degrees conferred were as follows:
Cleon Althaus, Master of Arts I;
James Steiner, A. B., agriculture
and William Wells, A. B., architec-
ture.
Also graduated was Miss Christine
Davy of Cleveland who received the
A. b. degree in education. She is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Davy, formerly of Pandora
and Bluffton.
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Vanlue.
Subsequently legal counsel for the
county board requested a rehearing
of the case which was denied by the
supreme court bringing the case ap-
parently to its ultimate conclusion.
Orange township school patrons
who are seeking transfer of their
school territory to Bluffton, which
has been opposed by the Hancock
county board of education, state the
two cases are decidedly similar. 1t
is said that the Marion township
decision may have bearing on the
Orange township controversy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15
TALK HOSPITAL
SERVICE PLAN
Hospital Care Available to In
dividuals for Nominal
Monthly Fee
Arrangements to be Made for
Meeting Here to Discuss
Local Plan

Bluffton area may have the oppor-
tunity to participate in a district hos
pitalization service plan under which
subscribers receive full hospital care
on the basis of nominal monthly pay
ments.
Temporary organization of a dis
trict committee was effected at din
ner meeting in the Argonne hotel at
Lima last Wednesday night, which
was attended by four Bluffton repre-
sentatives.
A meeting to discuss the benefits of
the service plan is to be held here
soon, it was announced following the
session in Lima.
Includes Seven Hospitals
The new district hospital service as.
sociation will include the two Lima
hospitals and institutions in Bluffton,
Van Vert, Sidney, Kenton and Find
lay.
Judge Fred Becker, of Lima, who
was named chairman of the temper
airy organization will appoint COM
mittee to assist him in the completion
of plans for the service program.
This will consist of two representa-
tives from each of the Lima hospitals
and one from each of the other insti-
tutions.
disqualification service plans are
operated under the direct supervision
of the Ohio State Insurance commits
sion and have proved successful in
other areas, it was reported at last
Wednesdays meeting.
To Present Plan Here
Details of the Lima district plan
will be explained at the meeting here.
In other areas with similar programs
subscribers as a rule are enrolled as
groups from various industries. Rates
emitting the subscriber to full hospit-
al service range from go cents a
month for a single person to $1.25
for husband, wife and all unmarried
children.
Representing Bluffton at meeting
in Lima last week were Mrs. John
Warren member of the board of trus-
tees of the Bluffton hospital; Wilbur
A. Howe, mayor; Miss Helen Maxwell
assistant superintendent of the hos
pital and N. +. Byers, president OF
the hospital board of directors.
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Orange School Patrons Seeking
Transfer See Favorable Sign


Orange township residents seeking
transfer of their school territory to
Bluffton received encouragement in
the action of the Ohio supreme
court at Columbus which has denied
an application for rehearing of the
Marion township school district con-
troversy in Hancock county.
The court recently held in favor
of the Marion township petitioners
and commanded the Hancock county
board of education to transfer to
Findlay school district that portion
of Marion township which had been
transferred by the county board to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15
Youth To Attend
State Legion Camp

Ralph Short, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Short of South Main street
will leave the last of the week for
Columbus to attend the Boys State
camp, an annual gathering spon-
sored by American Legion posts
throughout the state Short will go
as a representative of the Bluffton
post.
The camp held on the state fair
grounds, is attended by more than
500 boys from high school junior
classes. Instruction in procedure of
government is stressed, including
election by the boys of their own
officers during the camp period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15
Wedding OF Couple
Is Announced Here

Announcement has been made of
the wedding of Harold Badertscher,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Bader-
fischer residing south of town on
Bentley road to Miss Margie More
head, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clin-
ton Morehead of Lafayette.
The wedding took place June 8 at
the home of Rev. Emil Burrichter of
the Reformed church.
The bride is a graduate of Lafay-
cite high school in this years class.
The groom was graduated from
Bluffton high school in 1886. The
couple will reside at the home of the
brides parents for the present.
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To Graduate From
Michigan University

Miss Margaret Triplett, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. r. L. Triplett t
Campus Drive will be graduated at
the commencement exercises of the
University of Michigan, at Ann
Arbor, Saturday night.
Miss Triplett, who specialized in
speech, will receive the A. b. degree
from the college of education. Mr..
and Mrs. Triplett and daughter Bar
bara Jean will attend the gradua-
ton exercises.
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Graduates From LdlU
School In CIeUeIdnd

Ralph Locher, formerly of Bluff
ton, was graduated Wednesday from
the Western Reserve Law school in
Cleveland.
Locher is the son of Mrs. Eph
Locher and resided here with his
mother while attending Bluffton col
lege. They moved to Cleveland sew
eral years ago when he entered law
school.
His marriage to Miss Eleanor
Worthington, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. T. Worthington of Spring
street will take place in the Bluff
ton college chapel next Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15
Rain Makes Changes In College
Commencement Week Schedule
Two From BlufftOn
See King And Queen
While In Washington

TWO Bluffton women, Mrs.
Carl Cahill and her sister,
Miss Mae Steinman of jefferson
street had the unusual oppor-
tunity of seeing King George
and Queen Elizabeth in Wash
ington last week.
Mrs. Cahill and Miss Steinman
are guests of their sister, Mrs.
Russell Magee for two weeks in
Washington and were among the
throngs who saw British royalty
in the American capital, accord
ing to word received here the
first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15
Meter Works At
Chicago Radio ShOlU

Two Bluffton manufacturers, the
Triplett Electrical Instrument COM
pany and the Readrite Meter works
are showing displays in the National
Radio Parts Trade show at Chicago
this week.
The show is an annual affair where
manufacturers of radios and allied
lines exhibit the latest ideas in that
field and is attended by radio spe-
cialists throughout the country.
Representing the two Bluffton COM
panies at the show are: r. L. Trip
lett, N. A. Triplett, F. E. Wenger,
A. r. Baker and Jack Remde.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15
Bluffton Displays National
Colors On Flag Day Wednesday

Flags We're flying in Bluffton, We'd
nesday when the town joined in the
national observance of Flag day.
1t was 162 years ago, June A,
1777, that the Continental Congress
passed a resolution giving birth to
the American flag.
The first flag had 13 stars and
13 stripes.
Until 1918, a stripe and a star
were added for each new state. That
year, however, Congress decreed the
stripes should represent only original
states, but that each new state
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15

should receive a star.
The first widespread celebration of
a flag day" was the centennial OBJ
servance in 1877, with several cities
participating. There were then 80
states.
The flag has been unchanged since
1912, when the last two states Ari-
zona and New Mexico-were admit
ted. 1t is the longest period the
flag has gone without new stars.
Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska all
have been mentioned as possibilities
for the 49th state.
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ATTEND WEDDING

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Edwards of
Spring street were at Oberlin, Tues
day attending the wedding of his
cousin, Thomas Edwards and Miss
Eleanor Zellers.
The ceremony took place Tuesday
evening in Fairchild chapel of Ober-
lin college, both having been students
of that institution.
Mr.. Edwards is an instructor at
Elon college, Elon, North Carolina.
His bride is from New Jersey.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15
Start New Residence

Harry Bogart, Bluffton postal en-
ploye, who recently purchased a
building lot in the Schumacher edi-
tion will start excavating for a
basement this week preparatory to
building new residence on the site.
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Births

Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Leiber are
the parents of son Dwain Leroy
born at their home south of Bluffton.
A son, Gareth Lynn, has been born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Lendon Basinger at
their home in Orange township.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-15

The trouble with the milk of
human kindness is that it sours too
quickly.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-15
Daltgfttr nj Marttn
&trlrarhHnn DttH

Members Of the colored press
throughout the country will be shocked
to learn that on Friday evening, April
IA, occurred the death of Frances Jose
Richardson, year old daughter of the
well-known newspaper man Martin D.
Richardson Frances Jose had been
confined in the Boston City Hospital
for a short while pending observation
of physicians in cOmplexed organic
disorder The passing came after a
staff OF devoted nurses and doctors had
worked untiringly for days to bring
about turn for the better in the child's
condition. In consideration of the
strangeness of the malady, Mr.. Rich
ardson and his wife have turned the
remains over to the hospital in hopes
that complete autopsy will aid med
zeal science in the future.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-15
RED CAPS FIGHT
FOR THEIR TIPS

CHICAGO - Complete unity of
action was established by the General
Executive Board of the International
Brotherhood of Red Caps on the oues-
ton of the future course to be taken
by Red Caps in regard to the tip-wage
controversy before the Federal Wage
and Hour Administration.
Meeting this week in Chicago for
the first time since the Brotherhood
was formed here a year ago, the
Board voted to direct its main ener-
gies in the direction Of bringing this
case to successful close"
The legal nature of the case has
shifted due to changed position of
the attorneys for the railroads. Pre-
viously the railroads held that tips
could be legally counted as wages
within the meaning of the provisions
of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Today, the railroads maintain in sub
stance, that tips are the legal property
of the company. AS a result the Bro
therhood is fighting for both the mini
mum wage and the tips.
1t is estimated that approximately
100000 service employees throughout
the country depend largely upon tips
as form of income.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-15
BILL ROBINSON
AT ROX. THEATRE

Featuring stars of the famous Cot
ton Club Revue in New York and
Eubie Blake's world renowned orches-
ira, the popular Roxbury Theatre will
present Harlem is Heaven starring
Bill Robinson, the nations leading tap
dancing artist This all-colored pic
ture with beautiful girls thrilled New
Workers and was acclaimed the best
showing of Hot Harlem on any screen
in the country. For your convenience
the management of the Roxbury
Theatre has arranged for midnight
showings next week, Tuesday and
Wednesday, April Is and 10, with
special selection of movie shorts
picked for your enjoyment which will
complete swell three hour show. The
manager, Leo Leiberman, and his
assistant, Louis Ransom, will be on
hand to greet you and they suggest
that you come early to avoid the
crowd. Harlem Is Heaven" is tops.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-15
A. A. AUSTIN TO
SPEAK FOR SIGMA

The Boston Chapters of the Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity are happy to
present Brother Augustine A. Austin
Of New York City as their guest
speaker for the annual mass meeting
to be held Sunday, April % at Metro
polltan Baptist Church on Shawmut
Ave, to climax the Bigger and Better
Business week celebration.
Mr.. Austin is a successful real
estate and insurance broker. AS the
president of the United Mutual Bene-
mt Assn, much of its progress is due
to his untiring efforts 1885. He is
the president of the Antillean Hold
ing Co., Inc, and the A. A. Austin Co.,
Inc, and manager of Ledout, Basse-
terre and Redmirb Realities, Inc. He
served as chairman of the financial
campaign of the Y.M.C.A. in 1885
and as member of the Board of Direc-
tors OF the New York Urban League.
Mr.. Austin is an active member of the
Pm Beta Sigma Fraternity and has
served as its National secretary-treas-
arer. In bringing Mr.. Austin to you,
Sigma is adhering to its policy of pre-
Ssentng an outstanding figure in the
field of business.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-15
FAMOUS CONTRALTO
THRILLS BIG THRONG
AT LINCOLN SHRINE
By r. S. GADSDEN

WASHINGTON, D. c., April g
Leading character in a stupendous
drama of democracy, Marian Ander-
son, world-famous contralto, sang to
an enthralled gathering of $4,000
today and was acclaimed in one of the
greatest tributes ever paid to any
singer here, or abroad.
The settings were ideal. Miss An
derson stood on the steps of the Lin
coin Memorial directly in front of the
10 foot statue of the Great Emanci-
pator. Although the day had been
cloudy, the sun came out just before
five O'Clock and shed its radiance over
the vast gaily-dressed multitude that
stretched on both sides of the reflect
ing pool from the Lincoln Memorial
to the Washington Monument Hill and
spread out on the north to Constitution
Avenue.
The program included america"
ola Favorita, Gave Maria" by Schu-
bert, and a group of spirituals. Her
voice was as clear as a bell. The
scientifically prepared amplifcation
threw it mile away, where none of
its vocal power and melody was lost.
When she had finished, there was a
tumultuous outburst of applause, Sec
rotary Ickes, who had presented her
to the gathering, congratulated her