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Evening star., 1946-11-20
| Composer Leaves Choir
After 81 Years as SoIoist
By The Asseeicsed Pres,

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Harry
Thacker Burleigh. 70, colored, COM
poser and singer and arranged oi
the famous spiritual deep River
has retired from the choir Of st
Georges Protestant Episcopal
Church after 50 years as baritone
soloist.
Mr.. Burleigh, composer Of hun
dreds Of songs, including Little
Mother Of Nine" submitted his res
ignation TO the vestry two weeks ago
Grandson Of slave, he was for
25 years soloist at Temple Emanuel
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Flying Farmer Uses
Plane For Business
and Fun

Franklin Devore, of Gilboa who
joined the "Flying Farmers" group
at Columbus recently, has been fly
ing his cub plane since 1941. He
trained at Lima and Findlay and
received his license last fall.
His plane is used for both pleasure
and business. When machinery on
his extensive farm needs repair, he
hops in his plane and goes to Toledo
or other cities for the parts.
He is planning to add a duster to
his plane so that he may dust crops
Potatoes, corn and tomatoes in a
twenty acre field can be sprayed in
ten minutes with a DDT solution.
Corn may be planted earlier, because
it can be treated several times dur
ing the growing season for corn
borer. The cub plane is used for
the busting because of its easy
handling. Mr.. Devore believes the
plane will be used by farmers for
many jobs on the farm.
On hot Sunday afternoons these
"Flying Farmers" do not have to
wait in long lines of traffic, but can
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Group Forms Potato
Spraying Partnership

When C. P. Windau, Harry Suter,
Hiram r. Schultz and Glenn Suter,
all of near Pandora were faced with
the necessity of purchasing a power
sprayer for their potato crops, they
formed a partnership and went to-
gether in S1,525 expenditure for
sprayer and tractor.
The sprayer covers a wide space
as it moves rapidly to and fro
across the potato fields. A small
tractor is part of the equipment,
and remains with the sprayer
throughout the year.
Charges are based at the rate of
30 cents for each barrel of spray
used; each farmer buys his own
spraying materials. Funds accum-
ulated are used for repairs and a
payment of six per cent on each
partners investment. After these
annual payments, the balance is paid
the owners as a dividend. This
helps the man with small acreage.
c. j. Windau, president of the Find
lay Sugar Beet Growers association,
had six acres and paid S46.50 into
the fund, but his dividend was
S66.5o. Each of the Suffers has Is
acres and Schultz has 80 acres.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Findlay Man Tells Of
Jap Experiences

Forest E. Richeson, prisoner of
the Japanese three and a half years,
is one of 2,661 former American
prisoners of war sought by the War
Department for testimony concerning
war crimes.
A member of the 192nd Tank Bat
talon, National Guard outfit from
Port Clinton, he was taken prisoner
on Bataan Dec. s, 1941.
He recounted today of seeing five
Americans killed and how a sixth
escaped and of heavy labor to which
his group was subjected.
He worked two and a half years
as a stevedore at Manila and later
in copper mines at Hanawa, Japan.
He said he had filed a government
QUESTIONABLE telling of his expert
ences in which his weight dropped
from 1872 to 81 pounds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Oppose Findlay Park
Open Air Dance
Floor

Use of tax money for construction
of an open air dance floor in River
side Park was subject of protest
to Council.
Nine ministers sent letters and
delegation of young people from
local church visited Council to de-
clare that they opposed dancing.
Meanwhile, Ralph D. Cole Post,
American Legion and Robert Kelley
Post, Amvets, endorsed the project.
The arena, proposed by ]. M. NAL
10y, service-safety director, and en-
dorsed by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, now is under study by a
council committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Putnam Girl Wins
Beauty Contest, in
New York

Miss Marilyn link, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed link of Ottawa,
recently won a beauty contest in
New York sponsored by the Uni
versal Studios of Hollywood, Calf.
She is attending the Barbazon
Modelling school in New York. After
completing her course in October,
Miss link will confer with the
motion picture studio to determine
whether she will continue with
modelling or attempt to make good
in the movies.
Miss link appeared with a dance
orchestra as vocalist for about a
year before entering the contest
recently.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Ottawa Seeks New
Bond Issue

Announcement that voters of OF
tawa will be asked to approve a
100000 bond issue at the November
election to help finance the construc-
tion of a new sanitary sewer system
and sewage disposal plant at OF
tawa following special meeting of
village council.
The total cost of the proposed
improvement has been estimated at
about 100000 by consultant engin-
eers. The manner in which the
other 100000 will be raised has not
been determined by the council.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Woman Finds Son Civ
en- Up 40 Years Ago

Mrs. Jennie Brayton, 80, of Find
lay learned recently that she has a
son she gave up for dead 40 years
ago, a daughter-in-law, and 13
grandchildren she has never seen.
The son is Albert E. Knapp, SO,
of Plains, Mont, who went as a
boy from their home in Muskingum
County to live with an uncle, Oliver
Knapp, Mrs. Brayton's brother, in
Pottawatomie County, Kan. He
adopted his uncle's name.
When he was Is Albert was sent
to grocery to buy supplies. None
of his relatives ever heard from
him after that for 40 years until he
was located on a Montana farm,
the head of family. Four of his
children were in the army.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22

be home in the shortest space of
time to do chores.
Devore's little son, David, who
takes a nap in the plane while fly
ing, and his daughter, Marilyn, are
flying enthusiasts. In addition to
flying Devore farms 1874 acres at
home and 120 acres for his father,
David Deyore.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
HARDIN COUNTY
O. N. u. Passes Seventy
Five Year Mark

Ohio Northern University passed
the rs year mark.
On Aug. IA, 1871, the schools
first students came to Ada in heavily
loaded wagons, bringing their fur
niture, cooking utensils, vegetables,
books and clothing. Housing then
as today, was a major problem.
There was only one building on
the campus. One hundred forty
seven students were in the first class
which graduated in 1874. DR.. Henry
Solomon Lehr was the first
president.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
ALLEN COUNTY
Two Polio Cases
Reported

No change was reported in the
condition of six-year-old Susan
Dienstberger of Delphos, in st.
Ritas's hospital, at Lima and eight
year-old John HI. Grower, of Lima
in Lima Memorial hospital, both
poliomyelitis victims.
Susan, second polio case in Al
len county within a week, is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Dienstberger, Delphos, and had been
visiting with her grandmother, Mrs.
Alex N. Workman in Lima.
The Grower child, son of Mrs.
Sue Grower, was stricken on Aug.
II while vacationing at Indian Lake
with his mother.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22

staged in front of the Grandstand
at the Ohio State Fair. August
24th-30th. Columbus.
Among the acts will be: Ia
zatto Troupe of riders; Fiving
Valentines; Eric Philmore,
worlds greatest juggler; Three
Fredericks, trapeze artists;
Ruby's Circus Combination, dogs
and ponies; Ray Troupe, high
wire artists; Suns Elephants;
Rollini, renowned novelty act:
Seven Ervins, teeterboard troupe:
Bozo Harren and other clowns:
Zoppe Family, balancing lad
ders; Teeter Sisters, double slide
for life; Maxine. slack wire per-
former; LaBlonds. comedy bar
act; Missing Brothers, comedy
act; Lady Barbara Cir
Gus, dogs and bucking mule;
Daley Brothers, comedy act.
"Sawdust & Spangles" will
have three rings, two stages and
more than 100 animals. 1t will
include special lighting effects. 1t
is considered one of the greatest
spectacles booked for the Ohio
State Fair.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
State Hospital Break
FOiled By Guards

A thwarted attempt to break free
of the Lima State Hospital for the
Criminal Insane, using smuggled
hacksaw blade, was disclosed by r.
E. Bushong, superintendent.
Mr.. Bushong said Dennis Dolan,
an inmate recently transferred from
Ohio Penitentiary, sawed through
bars leading from his room to a
corridor, overpowered a guard and
forced him to change clothes.
The prisoner, holding the blade at
the guards neck, marched him to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Lima Air Port Issue To
Be Decided

Lima will go to the polls in
special election Oct. l to decide II
it wants a large commercial airport.
Council authorized the election
which involves a $750,000 bond is
sue. The Citizens Planning Com
mittee will underwrite the cost of
the election up to $1,000.
The proposal calls for a Class III
airport of 400 acres to be con-
structed at a cost of $1,250,000 to
s1,500,000 with the federal govern
ment matching the construction
costs on a $3.50 basis and meeting
% per cent of the cost of land ac-
QUESTION.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
HANCOCK COUNTY
Ditcher Plant Plans
Expansion Program

Expanded production in a long
range program at the Findlay plant
of the Buckeye Traction Ditcher Co.
Detroit, president of Gar Wood
was predicted by Charles Perelle,
Industries, Inc, parent concern.
Speaking before company execu-
tives meeting to organize manage
ment club, Percelle said the foundry
department of the plant soon would
be closed and the building convert
ed for use in manufacturing and
assembly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Fire Destroys Stolen
KentOn Car Near Ada

An automobile which was owned
by Alnea Sharippt, Kenton, was
destroyed by fire near the Mrs. J. B.
McWilliams farm, near Ada on
Route 30-S.
The Kenton woman had reported
to Lima police and the state high
way patrol that her car had been
stolen from its parking place in
Lima
The car, Plymouth coupe, was
deserted when the fire was discover
ed by people at the McWilliams
farm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Hold Lima Suspect In
Ex-Wife's Staying

Herman Laycock, 33, of Lima was
ordered held to the grand jury fol-
lowing a preliminary hearing be-
fore Justice L. E. Marquis. Lay
cock is accused of the second de-
gree murder of his ex-wife, Celia
+Laycock, Chicago, whose body was
found in Indian Lake June IS.
His brother, Charles Laycock, is
in jail on a similar charge awaiting
examination.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

the barred door leading to the
administration quarters. Mr.. Bu-
shong said Dolan forced two other
guards to open the door with the
threat to kill his hostage.
AS the door opened, the superin-
tendent said, the first guard dove to
the floor and the other guards over
powered Dolan.
Two pieces of hacksaw blades and
a partly sawed bar were found and
hospital authorities searched today
for the means by which the blades
were smuggled into the institution.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Twelve Eyes On Them

Eyes were focused on Nj. P. Miller
as he and a crew of workmen were
tearing down a water tank at a
manufacturing plant at Findlay.
While climbing around the top of
the tank, he glanced under the roof
and found six pairs of eyes staring
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Woman Killed In Ada
Accident

Mrs. Estella Ruth Arena, 43, wife
of Joseph r. Arena, 80, of Racine,
Wis, was pronounced dead upon ar
rival at Lima Memorial hospital
Saturday morning following an auto
truck collision on route 30-S, two
miles south of Ada near the juno
ton of route SO.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
PUTNAM COUNTY
134 Foot Fall Kills
Leipsic Carpenter

Leon R. Meyers, 26, of Leipsic,
was injured fatally and his brother,
Donald, 81, was injured seriously
when they fell from a 134-foot
elevation while working on construc-
tion cf new Pillsbury Mills elevat-
or at Lima.
The men fell while fastening a
hopper on an elevator. Donald's
fall was broken by a platform.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Hancock Fair Liquor
Up To State

Enforcement of the 56-year-old
Ohio law which forbids the sale of
liquor within two miles of an
agricultural fair rests with Hugh S.
Jenkins, attorney general, officials at
Findlay stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Sewer Grant Made

George H. Bender, Ohio congress
man-at-large, notified R. B. Cretors,
clerk of the Ada village council, that
the Federal Works Agency has ap-
proved a grant of S12,150 for sewer
improvements in Ada.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22

at him. Closer inspection found
them to be six monkey-faced owls.
From produce company he OBJ
tanned a chicken "snatcher" and
grabbed five of the birds. Now he
isn't sure what to do with them.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Ask Hog Creek Marsh
Improvement

Henry Willeke and others filed
with the Hardin county commission
ers a petition to alleviate the flood
ed conditions in the Hog Greek
marsh.
The petition asks reconstruction,
deepening, and widening of Hog
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22

Creek ditch, Fichu laterals, spurs,
and branches so that the lands will
not be flooded when areas in Wash
ington and Liberty townships under
go heavy rains.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
Champ Nail Driver

Mrs. Ruth Keller of the Spencer
vile Grange was the champion nail
driver at the Allen County Grange
picnic held in Lima. Mrs. Keller
drove three nails in seconds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22

abandoned next year. Plans for a
sanitary sewer and parking lots
over the canal route in the business
district prompted the action.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
To Lease Canal

The city plans to lease the cana,
bed of the Miami & Erie Canal in.
side the city limits after it il
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
"SAWDUST & SPANGLES" THRILLING
SPECTACLE AT OHIO STATE FAIR

COLUMBUS Especially - Fa-
nous circus and outdoor acts
from Europe and America will
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
LEGAL. NOTICE

In the Court of Common Pleas of Allen
County. Ohio. Kathleen L. j. Thornberg by
Georgia Robinson. hera mother and nsxt friend
Plaintiff. vs. James q. Thorsbefg Defendant.
Case No. 37016. The defendant who resides
at PSI Columbia Strest Upton. Indiana. will
take notice that~on July "a, 1916. plaintiff
filed the above~ actiot against the defendant
praying for a divorce. custody of the child
almony and maintenance for herself and
child and attorney fees. The defendant is re-
uuired to answer on or before September IS
1916. after which date said action viii be
for hearing.
Light Siferd,
ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff %
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-22
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
THE STATE OF OHIO
Allen County. IS.
Estate of John I. Luginbuhl Deceased.
Ida Luginbuhl of Richland Township has
been appointed and qualified as Executor of
the estate of John /. Luginbuh1 late of Allen
County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 18th day of August, 1916.
RAYMOND p. SMITH,
IT Probate Judge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-19
Coca-Cola Upsets
Raiders, Y to "A,
In Warm-up Tilt

The Caca-Cola Earthquakes
caused considerable upheaval
for Carbonell's Red Raiders, 1916
city basketball champions, last
night, upSetting them, q to "a,
at the high school gymnasium in
an exhibition game. In other
games, the U.S.S. Wilkie defeat
ed the Army Defenders, 44-24,
and Radio overcame a Transit
lead to win, 1926.
The Cokes tied the Raiders in
the first half and then took an
early lead in the second half
which they retained to the finish
with Ward Henaik leading the
attack with eight points. Gene
SkagS led the Raiders with IA.
High scorer for the Navy five
was Smith, fast shooting forward,
with Is points. Anderson, Army
forward, scored II. The II points
Of big Ed Woodson, Radio guard,
was the difference between the
Radio and Transit. Herring
Transit center, led his team with
seven points.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-19
Too Late

The station agent FIR m the
small western town was making
his first trip to New York City
He was interested in seeing the
seals in Central Park and the
skyline, but the great moment of
the visit was to be his appoint
ment with the lawyer for his
railroad whose offices were in
the Empire State Building.
The lawyer was a big man and
a busy one and he could not help
being a little surprised when the
agent did not arrive for the in
tervieW. 1t was not until nearly
two hours later that a faint
knock was heard on the door
and the little agent came Hmping
in.
What a climb" he gasped as
he collapsed into an empty chair.
Eighty flights of stairs"
Good heavens, man," ex-
claimed the lawyer, why didn't
you take the elevator"
well, planned to-" said the
agent, "but it pulled out just as
got there"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-19

the state. Action by the state, IN
turn, is stimulating interest else
where, so that it is safe 20 predict
that before too very long there
will be many more similar pro
grams undertaken on behalf 81
these children.
First. there is the immediate
benefit to be gained. Second,
there is the example SET 10 the
young people themselves On
what living in a democracy re-
quires of. them in the way Of
responsibility. The child's atti-
tude toward community respon-
sibilitY is largely set for him in
the home. Young people who
take leadership are. by and
large. those who were brought
up to il.
. If parents know the kind Of
neighborhood they want for their
children, and / think they do.
then it is up TO them TO work to-
gether through community organ
izations for What they want.
That's the best way yet discov-
cred, not only for getting a better
deal for the children, but also
for teaching the young people in
the home and in the community
what citizenship involves.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-19
TOday's Anniversaries
know America)

1752-George Rogers Clark,
leader of the little band of Ken
tuckians- Virginians who took the
great Northwest in the 'Revolu-
ton, born in Charlottesville, Va.
Died Feb. Is, 1918.
1797-Charles Anthem, famed
Columbia University classical
scholar, born in New York. Died
July %, 1867.
1810-Elias Riggs, Congrega-
tional missionary in Far East
some IS years, pioneer his field,
linguist, father and grandfather
of missionaries, born at New
Providence, N. J. Died Jan. II,
1901.
1831-James Abram Garfield,
Ohio farm boy, born at Orange,
N. Y. Assassinated and died,
Sept. 10, 1881.
1863-William A. C"Billy")
Sunday, evangelist, born at Ames,
Iowa. Died in Chicago, Nov. 6,
1885.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-19
THE LOW DOWN
HICKORY GROVE

You know summin' up things
that can happen to person, pro
or con, the one reflecting least
credit is to have it come out that
YOU have been taken in-that
YOU are sucker. To be same
shows lack of alertness, or you
have not been around much
YOU are still green gosling.
am on this subject for today's
ESSAY on account there is still
time to warn the citizens-like
when Paul Revere rode up and
down there around Boston. You
can't cover all the fool things
that anybody can do, in any one
essay, so l will just touch on the
one item of Projects, and how
we have been taken for a ride
via same.
I been reading about so many
nroiects like CVP - California
Valley Project - tnat l hauleo
out the dictionary to make sure.
And to save you looking it up,
the book says, a project" is
something mapped out in the
mind-a contrivance, device,
plan. scheme-something tenta-
tive, crude, experimental.
IF it was 6-bits we were gam
bling on the pea being under a
certain shell, it would not be SO
terrible, but allowing the Govt
TO dip into our jeans for 100 mil
lion and slap it into some CVF
or the Missouri River, like they
do it there on the Volga, it tags
ns smack dab 100 per cen'
sucker.
Yours with the low-down,
10 SIERRA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-19
Crack Strettn,Iiner
Resumes Old Route

jacksonville, Nov. 10. (FNS)
Restoration of the crack, all
Pullman Orange Blossom Special
between New York and the res
sorts on both coasts of Florida,
and the famous Florida Sunbeam
between Chicago, Detroit, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati and the Florida
coasts will highlight the Seaboard
Air Line Railroads winter serv-
ice.
This announcement was made
early this week by c. E. Bell of
Norfolk, passenger traffic man.
ager of the railroad, who added
that both trains are returning to
service after an absence of sew
eral years made necessary by
wartime regulations.
A new streamlined train, the
Advance Silver Meteor, will also
be inaugurated from New York
on December II.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-19

itlG1lG III tIlC WoJ vi q bCttCt
chance for their children.
Parents are a pressure group
of great power. if only they
knew it. They could. if they set
about it with sufficient deter
mination. get good schools for
their children and get good
health services and medical
care available to all. They
could see to it that their
neighborhoods had parks and
Fairgrounds and other recrea-
ti6nal centers. They could do
much if they set their minds
to it.
Just the other day I heard of
what a group of parents in one
single community succeeded in
doing for the children of an en-
tire state. They were the parents
of children with cerebral palsy,
one of the most neglected lot of
children in this country as far as
medical care and training are
concerned. The cost of the care
and the training, even if both
were available, which is not like
ly, would be far beyond what
most families could afford.
This small, group of parents,
Enough, decided that at least
something could be done to pro-
vide special training for their
children in at least one school,
They won that victory and went
on to more. The upshot was that
as a result of the statewide in
terest that developed from this
single effort, $1,000,000 was ap-
propriated by the California leg
islature to get care to all young
victims of cerebral palsy within
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-19
George Schultz, Jr., Joins
AAF Demonstration Unit
(sBecIal TO The Citizen,

SALIVA, Kans.-First 1t. Geo.
C. Schutt, Jr., son of Mr., and
Mrs. George G. Schutt of Mara
thon, Fla, and Haines Fall, N. Y,
has recently joined the Air Dem
onstration unit of the AAF
Strategic Air Command, with
headquarters at Smoky Hill
Army Air Field, Salina, Kansas
The unit, one of two in the
United States. was organized last
august to stage demonstrations
of air power that h Up e d win
World War II as well as planes
of the future to preserve the
peace. The unit has put on dem
onstrations almost weekly
throughout the country.
1t. Schutt is assigned to the
unit as Assistant Public Rela-
tons Officer.