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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-31
GraUeside Services
Are Held For TJUirls

Darlene Kay and Marlene Fay, in
fant twin daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Smith of Lafayette died at
Bluffton hospital, Thursday shortly
after birth.
Graveside services were held in
Lafayette cemetery Friday afternoon
with Rev. Arthur officiating.
Surviving besides the parents are
one sister, Marylin Joan and three
brothers, George Junior, Charles
Eli and Gary Eugene together with
the grandparents, Eli Smith of La
fayette and Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Kol-
lar of Conner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-31

gust, and $500 for September thru
January. Columbus prices would be
S4.20 for August and SAGA for
September December.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-31

Amendments to marketing orders
Tor the Columbus and the Tri-State
areas propose prices of SAP for
Tri-State July milk, s4.62 for Au-
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September Wedding

1VpN1MoSf "EuhlHk
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Winkler an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Marie to Adolph Quenzer
Paso Robes, Calf. The wedding will
take place September 5.
Announcement of the coming we'd
ding was made by Mr.. and Mrs.
Winkler at a surprise housewarm-
ing and shower held Sunday in honor
of their son Kenneth and his recent
bride.
Guests at the shower were Mrs.
Iona Hoffer, Rachel and Junior Hof-
fer, Dick Coon, Ida and Harvey
Winkler, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schal-
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hoffer and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wink
Ter and daughter Marie and the hon
ored guests Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Winkler.
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Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Lois, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Palmer of Colum-
bus Grove to Roger Roush, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Roush of Lima
Route 5. The wedding will take
place in the fall.
Miss Palmer is employed at the
Triplett plant in Bluffton while Mr..
Roush is employed at a Lima dry
cleaning plant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-31

Many Ohio barns and farm out
buildings do not match present day
farming methods but it is doubtful
management to incur expense for
half way remodeling or repair job.
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Bridal Shower
A kitchen shower honoring Mrs.
Evan Leiber, the former Velma Ruth
Fisher, was given Friday night by
Mrs. Naomi Leiber Of Beaverdam.
Guests were Mrs. Mary Jane
Moser, Mrs. Marjorie Marquart, Mrs.
Thula Leiber, Mrs. Troles Anspach,
Mrs. Edna Leiber, Mrs. Pauline
Chidester, Mrs. Donna Fisher, Mrs.
Gladys Leiber, Mrs. Velma Leiber
and the honor guest.
Sending regrets and gifts were
Mrs. Levon Downey, Mrs. Norma
Burkholder, Mrs. Roberta Amstutz
and Mrs. Mary Sprague.
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Honor Newly Weds

Honor Newly Weds
Honoring Mr.. and Mrs. Cloyce
Ernst, recently married, a basket
dinner was enjoyed at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright Klingler, Sun
day.
Present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Cloyce
Ernst, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Huber,
Mae and Edgar Huber, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Montgomery and Robert; Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Montgomery, Gene,
Dennis and Sharon; Mr.. and Mrs.
Myron Tripplehorn, Iva Mae, Janice
and Richard: Harold Jennings, Mr..
and Mrs. Huber Jennings, Patsy,
Cleobelle and Joe of Clyde; Lynn
Cupples, Gladys, Dorothy, Jean Ann
and Don Klingler and Jimmy Scott.
Afternoon callers were Donavin
Montgomery, Margaret Basinger and
John and Robert Warren. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernst received many useful
gifts.
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Entertains Class

Twenty-Five members of the Gay
Nineties Sunday school class of the
Van Buren Presbyterian church
spent last Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Adeline Graber of South Jack
son street. Mrs. Graber was form
erly of that vicinity.
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Orange Twp. Farm Women

orange Twp. Farm Women
The Orange Township Farm Wo-
mans club will hold a picnic for
members and their families at
Orange center, Thursday night,
August T.
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Gertrude Hoy Circle

Gertrude Hoy Circle
The Gertrude Hoy Missionary
circle will meet next Monday night
at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Mas.
Mrs. Villas Lehman will be assistant
hostess.
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Richland Grange

Richland Grange
Jackson Grange of Hancock county
viii be guests of Richland Grange
next Tuesday night and confer the
third and fourth degrees on a group
of candidates.
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clubs, lodges
and Societies

Olive Branch Society
The Olive Branch Ladies Aid
society will elect officers for the
coming year at a meeting in the
home of Mrs. Carson Marshall,
Wednesday afternoon, August 6 at
2 o'clock.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Alexandra Council
To Hear Police Judqe
Explain Procedure

Alexandria Civil and Police Court
Judge James r. Duncan will report
on procedure in his court for traffic
violators at the first March meeting
of the Alexandria City Council to-
morrow night.
Complaints by City Councilman
Jack Tulloch that traffic violators
had been treated as common GRIM
inals" prompaed the Council to re-
quest Judge Duncan's report. Mr..
Tulloch told the Council last month
some arrangements should be made
to prevent booking of minor traffic
violators at police headquarters in
the same manner as criminals.
The Council also will hear re-
port on negotiations for acquisition
Of property at the northwest corner
of Alfred and Montgomery streets
for school purposes. Council mem
bers toured this property and sew
eral other proposed school sites on
March 2.
Also scheduled for consideration
tomorrow Is a report of the city
engineer on the advisability of paw
ing alleys throughout the city. A
survey of the alley situation was
ordered by the Council last month
after hearing complaints of alley
conditions.
Other items scheduled include q
report on remodeling of old No.
Fire House for use as Juvenile and
Domestic Relations Court, requests
for certain salary increases in the
Department of Public Welfare, q
report on surveys made for the State
Highway-Public Roads project, and
numerous rezoning requests.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Harrisonburg Opens Drive
To Restore Rail Service
By the Assoeiofcd Press

FRONT ROYAL, Va, Mar. TO-
DR.. Samuel P. Duke, president OF
Madison College at Harrisonburg
will continue as chairman of the
Northern Virginia Train Service
Committee for the restoration OF
passenger, express and mail service
on the Southern Railway from
Washington to Harrisonburg.
DR.. Duke was selected at a meet
ing of representatives of Rocking
ham, Shenandoah, Warren and
FauquieE Counties.
The train service was discon-
tinued several years ago and was
not operated during the war under
an order Of suspension by the State
Corporation Commission.
Since an early presidential proc
lamation terminating the war
emergency is expected, representa-
tives Of the counties along the rail-
ways route-from Harrisonburg to
Manassas-expressed the opinion
that an effort should be made fol-
the restoration Of the service.
Rockingham County representa-
tives particularly declared large
poultry, perishable fruit and other
industries Of that county were suf-
fering from the lack Of Railway
Express service.
Evening star., 1947-03-10

lightweight receiver in the plane
and relayed through a delicate
system Of cables to the control
surfaces.
A 20-minute maximum flying time
is anticipated for the craft, which
weighs 6 pounds.
Plane Will Cost 500.
When the plane is completely
equipped, its inventors expect the
total cost will be in the neighbor-
hood of 500. This does not take
into account time the two have
spent working on it-since last
September.
One obstacle to be surmounted is
the fact that the Federal Com
munications Commission has ruled
that only licensed radio operators
can manipulate a radio-controlled
plane. Neither Mr.. Duffy nor Mr.
Valley has such a license, and they
will have to call in "co-pilot" to
assist when the plane makes its
first radio-controlled fight.
Mr.. Duffy, a PAT Army pilot dur
ing the war, has been making model
airplanes for IA years. Whenever
he gets free time between flights he
heads for the little workshop at the
airport which is filled with an as
sortment of model aircraft.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Legion Announces
Arlington Winners

Marion Harrison, student at
Washington-Lee High School, is
first-place winner in the National
Oratorical Contest sponsored by Ar
lington County American Legion
posts in the Thomas Jefferson Jun
ior High School, Arlington.
Henry REM, of Thomas Jeffer-
son, and Margaret Owens, student
at Claude Swanson Junior High
School, won second and third places
respectively, in the county finals
Saturday night.
Miss Katherine johnson, also of
Washington-Lee, was the winner in
the essay writing division of the
American Legion contest, it was
announced. Miss Beth Trever of
Claude Swanson, Cromwell Gal
lagher of Dolly Madison Junior
High School, and Miss Nancy Col
lett of Thomas Jefferson, placed Sec
ond, third and fourth respectively
- MIR. Harrison next will enter the
elimination tournament conducted
Saturday night at Manassas to de-
termine the winner in the 9th Con-
greSsional District. Miss Johnson's S
prize winning essay will be entered
In competition with other top-rank-
ing essays from this area at that
time. Sectional winners in the
American Legion oratorical and es-
say-writing contests will meet in
Charleston, w. Va. next month for
the final round in the national
American Legion contest.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Condemnation Asked
|As0wnersR RejectvA' S
Nevius Tract Offer

The Veterans Administration said
today it was requesting the Justice
Department to file condemnation
proceedings for possession of the 25-
acre Nevius tract in Arlington, site
OF a proposed 750-bed Veterans
hospital.
Decision of the owner to refuse a
1851 ,436 offer for the land led to the
condemnation, the Veterans Ad-
ministration's customary manner
of obtaining land for hospital con-
struction where a cash negotiation
cannot be worked out.
The proceedings will be led with
In the next few days in Federal
District Court at Alexandria. The
Government may take possession
as soon as the proceedings are filed
and the original cash offer placed in
escrow.
Harry r. Thomas, attorney for the
owners, said the action would be
contested, calling for jury hearing.
In declining the Governments offer,
Mr.. Thomas said the owners thought
the land was worth IS a square foot
instead of the approximately rs cents
offered.
The land is located at the south
west intersection Of Lee Boulevard
and Arlington Ridge road, near Ar
lington Cemetery. The principal
owner is A. M. Nevius, retired vice
president Of Riggs Nationl Bank.
The Veterans Administration ex-
poets construction on the $15,0OO,-
600 hospital to start in June and
plans for its completion within 10
months or two years.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Alexandra Jail Case
To Be Heard April IS

Judge william P. Woolls of Alex
andria Corporation Court today set
April is as the date for hearing the
case against the Alexandria Mayor
and City Council in connection with
conditions at the Alexandria Jail
Early this year Judge Woolls SUBJ
poenaed Mayor William E. wilkins
and members Of the council to show
cause why recommended improve
ments at the jail had not been car
ried out. Last month the officials
explained they had failed to carry
out the recommendations because
they had found that new jail soon
would be required.
Among improvements recommend
ed by a committee appointed by
Judge Woolls. were: More adequate
segregation, of diseased prisoners;
better laundry facilities, and ad-
ditional minor improvements that
would make the Jail secure"
Evening star., 1947-03-10

Two flight instructors at Alexan-
dria Airport are putting finishing
touches on a radio-controlled model
airplane.
Robert L. Duffy and Ernest H.
Valley, both former service pilots,
say that. this type of model made
its appearance in some national
contests last summer but that so
far as they know theirs is the first
to be built in the Washington area.
The plane itself has a 7-foot wing
span and is modelled after the Piper
Super Cruiser. Powered with a
quarter horsepower gasoline engine,
it already has been f1ight-tested
successfully, minus the radio con-
trolls, at speeds approaching 80 miles
per hour. ~.
Modelled on Service Drones.'
Mr.. Valley, a Navy pilot during
the war who is handling the radio
fitting in the model craft, says the
hookup will be q simplification of
those used by the Army and Navy
in their war-developed radio-con-
trolled airplanes, known as "drones." !"
A small control wheel on the
transmitter will relay impulses to
the plane on two frequencies. The
waves will be picked up by a small,
Evening star., 1947-03-10

Have you stopped to consider that
save-as-you-go is as important to
you as the pay-as-you-go plan,
which millions Of my nieces and
nepAews are rediscovering this
month as their best friend in meet
ing income obligations? When you
are signed up on the payroll savings
plan or have arranged with your
bank for regular monthly purchases
Of United States Savings Bonds.
you're on an automatic, easy save
as-you-go plan which will enable
you to meet future personal and
family obligations, or business of
your own, pay for a new home,
travel or education for your chill
dren. As a good American, you are
paying your income tax bill to your
Uncle Sam to help pay for the war.
AS q good American, you also have
the opportunity to turn the tables
on your Uncle Sam. Investing In
United States Savings Bonds regu-.
larly, your Uncle Sam viii pay you
four dollars for every three dollars
In 10 years.
United States Treasury Department
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Penknife Murder Trial
Postponed Until ApriI

Judge William P. Woolls of Alex
andria Corporation Court today
postponed decision on trial date
for Boyktn Branham, indicted last
week in the penknife murder of Mrs
Reba McLane, until the April term
of court.
The delay was requested by Bran
hams attorney, Walter I. Young
who told the court he needed the
additional time to prepare defense
Branham was arrested Tuesday
after he was found in q drunken
stupor in a room with the slain
woman, police said. They reported
q blood-stained penknife, believed
to be the murder weapon, was found
on the floor.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Salvation Army Youth
Will Meet in Roanoke
By the A..ocioted Press

ROANOKE, Va, Mar. 10.-The
annual meeting of the youth of the
Salvation Army in the District OF
Columbia, Virginia and Southern
West Virginia will be held here
March 1926, Adjutant Allen Dillon
commanding officer of the local
army, announced. About 500 are
expected to attend.
William c. Arnold, commander oi
the army's Southern territory, At
slanta, which covers Is States ano
the District of Columbia. will have
charge Of the annual council session
which Is one in a series of annual
meeting being held by the army,s
youth throughout the Nation.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Alexandra Police Report
.1,051 Arrests in February

A total Of 434 parking violations
accounted for the greatest part Of
1,051 arrests of all kinds reported
by the Alexandria Police Depart
ment for February.
A breakdown Of total arrests
showed that the more serious cases
included 10 people arrested for ag-
gravated assault, two arrests for
robbery and Ave for automobile
theft. Second largest figure Of
arrests was 1856 for moving trafac
violations.
The Police Department report
showed total arrests to date this
year were 2,253 compared with 1862
for the same period last year. Police
Chief John S. Arnold said, however,
that more traf1ic on the streets and
more parking meters accounted for
the increase.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Park Tract Purchased
In East Silver Sprinq

Purchase Of 16-acre tract north
Of the. East Silver Spring Elemen-
tary School for park and recreation
purposes was announced today by
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
E. Brooke Lee, commission vice
chairman, said the property, known
as the Nolte tract, was bought for
$61 600. He said 1t extends from
the school to Dale drive. It con-
tains land suitable for two baseball
fields, II tennis courts and other
recreation developments.
The purchase was arranged by
MIR. Lee and Richard r. Green,
member Of the commission.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
|Wertenboker to Write
Story Of williamsburg
BY the Asseeiaisd Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Mar. TO-
A history of Colonial Williamsburg
by an authority on American history
will be started here next year.
DR.. Thomas j. Wertenbaker, q
teacher of American history at
Princeton University since 1910 and
president of the American Historical!
Association, will be the author.
DR.. Wertenbaker, a native OF
Charlottesville, will retire from
Princeton in June and move to
Williamsburg in September to begin
his research. He has been a con-
sultant since John D. Rockefeller,
jr., first decided to restore Williams
burg to its Colonial appearance.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Virginia Council to Study Shift
lin Enforcement Of DOG Law

interest in changing the law had
been indicated by officials of the
Game Commission.
According to the executive, many
hunters and anglers object to the
law as it stands because they be-
lieye game wardens should be en-
forcing craftsmanship in the field
rather than acting as dog catchers
Virginia localities obtain a reye-
nue from the dog licenses Of more
than $500,0o0 annually. It is be-
lieved that If a change in the game
warden duties Is recommended, q
substitute plan will be suggested
for enforcing collection of dog IL
cense tax revenues.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Woman Jurors,
Jim Crow Bills.
Facing Defeat
Perennial Maryland
Measures Likely to
Die in Committee
By John Chandler
k.ssoeiofed Press Sfaff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 10.-Half way
through the Legislature, the peren-
NAL women's jury service and the
Jim Crow law repeater bills today
appeared to be headed for defeat
again.
Both have passed the Senate and
now are in the House judiciary
Committee, where Chairman Melni-
cove admits they are likely to be
given an adverse vote. Every two
years the measures have come up
In the General Assembly, been
passed by one or the other chamber,
then were finally defeated.
With 10 counties exempted from
the bill providing that women shall
serve on juries, Mr. Melnicove said
that TWO more counties at least and
possible more, will ask to be exclud-
ed from the measure.
The Jim Crow Act has been on
the law books for more than 40
years, and although not enforced
except on the bay ferry system, re-
quires segregation of white and COL
ored passengers on trains and
steamships.
Tomorrow Is Deadline,
Mr.. Melnicove, personally in favor
OF passing both measures, said to-
morrow will be the deadline for
counties to make known their
wishes On the jury bill. He expects
to take final committee action. on
the two bills either tomorrow or
Wednesday.
The Senate passed the Jury bill
February 20 by vote of 20 to 9,
with Allegany. Carroll, Garrett,
Queen Anne's, Talbot, Worchester,
Howard, st. Mary's, Kent and
Washington Counties exempted. The
House Judiciary Committee has
amendments to add Charles and
Calvert to the list.
There is a feeling of a large
bloc on the committee that the bill
is so weakened by these exemp-
tions, that it is hardly worth while
to accept it" Mr.. Melnicove said.
They think it should either be
Stated-wide or not at all, and this,
to me, indicates defeat for the BILL"
he added.
The Jim Crow bill received Sen
ate approval by a 20-8 vote on
February 18.
Rural Areas Oppose 1t.
"Of the 81 members on judiciary
Committee, 16 are from the coun-
ties, most of whom are not included
to act favorably on the Jim Grow
bill," Mr.. Melnicove related.
County delegates have opposed re-
peal in recent sessions because. as
one explained, 1--WE would be asking
for political suicide to pass this and
then go home and try to explain it
to our people, most of whom are in
rural areas and do not want the act
repealed"
Mr.. Melnicove said he had been
swamped with inquiries from wo-
mems clubs and other supporters of
the jury bill, while Maryland church
leaders recently appealed to the
House to adopt the Jim Crow re-
pealer.
The General Assembly will re-
convene tonight after a week end
recess.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
mo Montgomery Wodens Distribute Grain to Keep W From Stoino
By A. A. HoehIinq

Montgomery County's two game
wardens have been playing the un-
accustomed role of walters the past
few weeks in a large-scale effort to
keep wildlife from starvation.
Confronted with one of the most
severe winters for wildlife he has
ever encountered, veteran Game
Warden w. Carroll Waters is tramp
ing the snow fields and forests Of
the county with his partner, Henry
c. Hough, to distribute grain.
Rabbits, squirrels and birds have
hard time getting through the ice
and snow for their feeding" said
Mr.. Waters. IT don't know just how
much wildlife has starved this win
ter, but I'm sure the rate would be
high if we didn't feed them"
Take Grain to Farmers.
Proving that no time of year Is
vacation time for a game warden,
Mr.. Waters and MIR. Hough load
their cars each morning with sacks
of scratch grain. The sun is slanting
low over the hills by the time the
sacks are emptied.
Some of the grain they take
directly to farmers, while they de-
liver some to country stores which
in turn will see that it is distributed.
Otherwise it's the old Army game
Of tramp, tramp, tramp. The two
may walk over hill and dale for
miles in al effort to get grain to
some particularly large covey of
quail or pheasants.
Arrest 100 q Year.
Both wardens, however, say they
like walking and being outside or
else they would have not taken the
job.
During hunting season." Mr..
Waters explained, I'VE may walk 10
miles or so a day."
They also have two motor boats
on the Potomac to aid them in en-
forcing fishing laws.
Arrests, they estimate, aggregate
about 100 year. The biggest prob
lem, they say, is to keep people who
live in wooded areas from the temp
tation Of filling their larders with
rabbits and squirrels. The wardens
agree that these animals are more
plentiful than other types of Wild
life in the county.
Foxes and Hawks Rarely Starve.
Predatory animals such as foxes
and predatory birds like crows and
hawks are not protected, of course.
These members of the wildlife tribe
rarely starve. the wardens say, re-
gardless of the weather.
MIR. Waters, who lives in George
town, has been warden since 1929.
Mr.. Hough of Poolsville has been
working at the job for five years.
Both men are employed by the
Maryland Game and Inland Fish
Commission.
Evening star., 1947-03-10
By the Assoeiated Press

RICHMOND, Mar. 10.-A study
of the advisability of divorcing the
Virginia dog law from the juris-
diction of the State Commission
Of Game and Inland Fisheries has
been referred to the Virginia Ad-
visory Legislative Council by Gov
Tuck.
He announced that he had writ
ten Delegate E. o. McCue, jr., o1
Charlottesville, chairman of the
council, asking that either sub.
committee or one member of the
council be designated to undertake
the study.
The Governor said considerable
Evening star., 1947-03-10
Rockville Phone Service
Cut Off Several Hours

"a Rockville was without telephone
service for several hours early today
when a piece of equipment burned
out in the central Office there.
Service was restored about 8 am
after the telephone company got
: word to its repair men living at
Rockville. The company reported
that the disruption was very un-
usual since standby equipment
ordinarily takes over when one piece
burns out.
: Because Of the time of the break,
few telephone users, including
county police headquarters, knew it
had occurred.
Dial equipment was installed In
Rockville several months ago,