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ridge with gift, which was pre-
Isented at this time.
A generous amount of food,
clothing and toys were collected
for two needy families for Christ
mas
Local and Personal
Notes of Interest
/ Clifford Davis, of Charlotte, Wis
|ited his parents here last week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Walker will
spend Christmas with relatives in
Winston Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Hunt spent
several days in Charlotte and Col
umbia, S. c., last week.
j. Y. Barnes is confined to his
home by illness and is reported as
being slightly improved.
William Treverton left Tuesday
for Marlboro, New Jersey, to visit
his son, w. NJ. Treverton.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. w. Davis will
spend Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Davis in Charlotte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Franklin
will spend Christmas With relatives
in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Dysart, of
Charlotte, will spend Christmas
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Rabb.
Mrs. Jessie Morgan is spending
the Christmas holidays with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Potteat in Char
lotte.
Miss Florence Buckner, senior at
Montreal College is spending the
Christmas holidays at her home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. T. Hollis have
as their guest Mrs. Hollis mother,
Mrs. w. B. Coggins, of Tunica,
Mississippi.
Mrs Mary Foister and daughter
and two sons, of Asheville, will
spend Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. G. Rabb.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gilkey and
small son are expected to arrive
here next week for visit with rel
atives and friends.
| Mrs. G. F. Washburn, who is
patient at Marion General Hospital
was reported Wednesday as being
satisfactorily improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Tate will
spend Christmas with Mrs. E. G.
Brandt and children and Mr.. and
Mrs. Phil Tate in Atlanta.
B. H. Laughridge Jr., senior at
Lenoir- Rhyme College, Hickory, is
spending the holidays here with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Laugh
ridge.
Ralph Alexander, Jr., of Char
lotte, will arrive here Friday to
spend the Christmas holidays with
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph AL
eXander.
Miss Mary Alice Hall, student at
Lees McRae college arrived home
Friday to spend the Christmas holi-
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. Wise Hall.
Sonya Hagna, high school senior
of Saint Genevieve of the Pines,
Asheville, is spending the holidays
with her parents DR.. and Mrs. L.
VIM. Hagna.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Beam and
sons, Hugh, Jr, and Donald, left
Friday to spend Christmas holidays
with Mrs. Beams parents in Mel
bourne, Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fred Williams
and their daughter, Miss Doris
Williams left Saturday for Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, where they
will spend two months.
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DR.. and Mrs. George G. Ross and
son David, will spend the Christmas
holidays at West Palm Beach Flor
ida as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard T. Ross and plan to return to
Marion on January 8.
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Read the advertisements. It pays
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Harvey ]. Elliott, of Elmington,
Virginia, was called to Marion last
week by the illness Of his brother
W. P. Elliot. While in Marion he
was a guest of his sister Mrs. Della
Cline.
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Nelson Parker and daughter
Marjorie Harlan, will leave Thurs
day to spend Christmas with DR.
and Mrs. George Harlan McClung
in Watertown, New York.
Marion progress., 1949-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fred William.
and their daughter, Miss Dori!
Williams left Saturday for For
Lauderdale, Florida, where the!
will spend two months.
Marion progress., 1949-12-22

W. P. Elliott who has been SER
iously i'll at the Marion General
Hospital was reported Wednesday
as being greatly improved although
he is still confined to the hospital.
Marion progress., 1949-12-22

Miss Mary Alice Hall, student at
Lees McRae college arrived home
Friday to spend the Christmas holi-
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. Wise Hall.
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Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Beam and
sons, Hugh, Jr, and Donald, left
Friday to spend Christmas holidays
with Mrs. Beams parents in Mel
bourne, Florida.
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Ralph Alexander, Jr., of Char
lotte, will arrive here Friday t,
spend the Christmas holidays witt
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Al
exander.
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Sonya Hagna, high school senio
of Saint Genevieve of the Pines
Asheville, is spending the holiday
with her parents DR.. and Mrs. 1
VIM. Hagna.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilkey and
small son are expected to arrive
here next week for visit with rel
atives and friends.
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B. H. Laughridge Jr., senior a
Lenoir- Rhyme College, Hickory, il
spending the holidays here with hi
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Laugh
ridge.
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Mrs. Mary Foister and daughter
and two sons, of Asheville, will
spend Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. C. Rabb.
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Mr.. and Mrs. P. T. Hollis have
as their guest Mrs. Hollis mother,
Mrs. w. B. Coggins, of Tunica,
Mississippi.
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Y. Smith, son Kirk and daughter
Jeannine of Euclid.
After spending ten days with Mr..
and Mrs. Alvin Whistler in Ocean
side, Calf. and Miss Ethel Boyer IN
Covena, Mr.. and Mrs. W. K. Marshall
left last Wednesday for Council, Id.
where they would see Miss Eunice
Trumbo and from there would visit
Salt Lake City on their route home
The w. S. c. S. of the Methodist
church and their families will enjoy
picnic supper at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. William Stephens next
Sunday evening, Aug. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Cupp and
daughter Edythe entertained a group
of relatives at picnic dinner Sun
day in honor of the Nellans and
Berkypiles of Mentone, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marshall of
Harrod were recent dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Begg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Marshall and
Mr.. and Mrs. d. C. Campbell were
Thursday evening guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Burkholder.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Lentz during the last week were
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Desch of Clar-
linda, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Will
liams of Tontogany, Ohio.
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ROckpOrt

Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Marshall spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Delmer
Reagan in Dayton.
Walter Aughe and Miss Nancy
Mayberry of Lima were Sunday
evening dinner guests of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Guy Mayberry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Rover left
the first of the week for visit with
their daughter in Texas.
Many in our community will at
tend the Allen County fair in Lima
this week. Isaac Neuenschwander is
the president
Richard Cupp of Columbus, Mrs.
Walter Cupp and Mr.. and Mrs. Orfo
Marshall were Wednesday evening
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. d.
Steiner in Pandora and their guests
Mrs. M. d. Headington and children
Beverly and Danny of East Orange,
N. j.
Tuesday of last week, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Begg and sons John and
Bill and Jim Begg joined the Putnam
and Allen County All clubs on their
annual outing, which this year, was
trip to Cleveland to see points OF
interest and to attend the ball game
at the Lake Front stadium to see the
Cleveland Indians in action.
News of the death of Mr.. Roy
Wilkerson of Minnesota was received
by friends here, the last of the week.
Mr.. Wilkerson who grew to manhood
in this community had gained
prominence as a teacher in the Min
nesota schools. The particulars of
| his death are not known at this
time.
Mrs. Jesse Lehman and daughter
Miriel of New London and Mrs. Will
liam Risser of Bluffton were Thurs
day and Friday guests of Mrs.
Walter Cupp and son Richard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Nellans and
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Berkypile and
daughter all of Mentone, Ind. arrived
here Sunday to spend several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Cupp and
other relatives in this vicinity.
The Rev. and Mrs. Leonard Nc
Intire and daughter Carol arrived al
the Presbyterian manse in Blufftor
last Tuesday from Olena where he
had served as pastor while complet.
ing his seminary course at Oberlir
college. Rev. McIntire who viii
serve the Bluffton- Rockport churches
began his pastorate at the loca
church Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Cupp anc
daughter Edythe spent several days
the past week at Coldwater Lake
Mich. They. were joined there BY
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Cupp ane
daughters Nancy and Cynthia o
Pandora and Mr.. and Mrs. Defines
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on Tuesday. Mr.. Miller's hobby is
working with fine woods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Hilty enter
tanned the Au Revoir club recently,
the occasion being the annual picnic
of the club which is the oldest ladies
club of this community. Miss Su-
san Basinger and sister Mrs. Eliza
beth Amstutz will entertain the club
Sept. at the Basinger farm home.
Mrs. j. C. Reese and Miss Har-
riet Krohn spent several days the
past week at DR.. Waldo Suter's at
Waterville.
Mrs. Regina Lemley, who has
been bedfast invalid several years
and who stays with her daughter
Mrs. Ray Shank at Portland, Ind,
remains about the same. Members
of the family here who drive to
Portland oftn to see their mother,
report Portland has an epidemic of
polio cases.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Hilty of
Pandora, assisted in the entertain
ment of the Putnam county grange
youth program at Belmore grange
hall Thursday evening.
Music was furnished by the Pan
dora band for the Putnam County
picnic held at the county fair
ground at Ottawa all day Thursday
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Pandora

Mrs. Winford Geoger and daugh-
ter Sandra, of Toledo, were over
Sunday visitors at the Louis Riser
farm.
Mrs. Sarah Locher Davidson and
descendants had picnic dinner at
the Pandora Community park Sun
day noon. Mrs. Davidson who IS
well up in the eighties is the widow
of the late Grabill Davidson who
was popular carpenter and farm
er in this community The Davidson
family had a farm across the road
from the late Chris Locher farm,
Mr.. Locher being her brother, but
have lived in Pandora for good
many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Steiner and
Mrs. NJ D Headington and children
spent Sunday in. Fulton county with
friends
Fl. H. Abels, a free lance writer
for city papers, was in Pandora re.
Gently getting material for his ar.
ticles.
A very nice write-up and picture
of Glen Miller, an invalid appeared
in the Lima News Sunday addition
and in the Cleveland Pain Dealer
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Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Marshall, Mrs.
Walter Cupp Of Rockport, and Mrs.
Cupp and son Richard, florist OF
Columbus, were supper guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Steiner We'd
nesday evening. Mr.. Cupp showed
movies of his work as florist and
of trip to the West. Mrs. NJ. u.
Headington and children of West
Orange, n. J., were also guests as
was Miss Margaret Hilty, teacher
of Findlay.
| A very large crowd of about
/ 900 persons braved the cold wealth
er Friday evening to eat lunch at
the park, hear the band play and
to witness the softball games.
Quite a number from the Mission
airy church have been attending the
Missionary convention at Ft. Wayne
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hilty and
family of Indiana Harbor, Mich,
were guests at the Adrian Eck
home over the week end.
The father of Mr.. Hilty, Aldine
Hilty, formerly of Pandora, but who
also lives at Indiana Harbor, is still
bedfast from rheumatism.
Mr.. Peter Hilty, a brother of the
above, is still bedfast at his home
here but gradually improving in
health.
Robert M. Corl, of Maumee, was
recently hired to teach Latin, Eng
lish and Speech in our local high
school. Mr.. Corl and wife are look,
ing for a house to live in here.
Miss MAZDA Fulton of Columbus
was week end guests of Miss Ellen
Riser at the Riser farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Steiner and
Mrs. M. D. Headington and child
rem called ON friends near Lyons
Ohio, Sunday.
Bruce Darbyshire was at Atlanta
Mich, over the week end. His wife
and four children who have been al
camp there for eight weeks, re
turned home with him.
A boy, Paul Dale, was born tt
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Nussbaun
Aug. 13, and a girl Carlene Anne
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Nussbaum
The fathers are brothers and The
children were born at Bluffton hos
pital only three hours apart.
Charles G. Schroeder, 13, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Schroeder
who live on State Route II about
three miles southwest of Pandora
was killed by the overturning of {
tractor which he was driving Fri
day. Services were held at Co1um
bus Grove Monday at the st. An
thongs church at 9:30 a. m. Be
sides the parents five brothers anc
three sisters survive Charles.
| T-Sgt. Jameson Riser is home
from Germany where he spent thu
past four months in the L. S. All
Force working the Berlin Airlift
He will enjoy Today furlougl
with his relatives at the Risse
farm, and his, two sisters in thei
homes. He will then report to Cha
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Worship Service Planned
For Ohio Stute Fair

An all-Ohio worship service is
scheduled for the coliseum on the
Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus
Sunday, August 28, at 1920 am.
Rev. Alfred Wilson Swan, grad
uate of the College of Wooster now
pastor of First Congregational
Church, Madison, Wis, will be the
preacher.
Providing the musical portions
will be an all-Ohio massed choir,
open to any choir singer, which will
be directed by Professor Louis Fl.
Diercks of Ohio State University.
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mute Field, Illinois, where he will
be an instructor in airplane me-
chancs.
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Harvest Home Sunday
At st. Johns Church

Special morning and evening serv-
ices will mark the annual Harvest
Home festival of the st. Johns
Evangelical and Reformed church
Sunday.
Rev jefferson P. Rogers, of Cleve-
land, associate secretary of the de-
partment of race relations for the
Evangelical and Reformed churches,
will be the speaker at both sessions.
Rev. Rogers, a negro, was born in
Quincy, Florida, and received his
college training at Florida A. and nj.
college. He received the degree of
Master of Arts in Religious Educa-
ton at Howard university, and the
Bachelor of Divinity degree at Yale
Divinity school.
In addition to being a we'll known
speaker, Rev. Rogers is prominent
writer for religious periodicals and
newspapers.
His morning topic at 10:45 a. m.
will be Preparedness That Counts" !"
Subject for the evening service. be-
ginning at 7:30 p. m., will be "The
Price of Fear"
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Former Residents
Here From Mexico

Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Moser, form
er Bluffton residents who have been
in Mexico City for several years are
spending a week with friends here
enroute to their new location at
Princeton, New Jersey.
With them here are their daugh-
ter Marjorie who taught the past
year following her graduation from
Oberlin college and their son Paul,
student in Berea college, Ken
lucky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moser, former agri-
cultural missionaries to Brazil have
been stationed in Mexico city under
the Presbyterian board of foreign
missions. In their new location in
New Jersey Mr.. Moser will be en-
gagged in agricultural experimental
work under the mission board.
Their daughter, Marjorie will ac-
company Mr.. and Mrs. Moser to
Princeton where son Carlos is a
music student at Princeton univers-
ity.
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CANVASS TO BEGIN
TUESDAY I'm drive
FOR BUILDING FUND
More Than 100 Solicitors Seek
Contributions For New
Bluffton Gym
Kickoff Dinner Monday Will
Open Second Drive in
BlufftOn-PandOra District

Second canvass of the Bluffton-
Pandora district for contributions to
the building fund for Bluffton col
lege's new $280,000 gymnasium
auditorium will be launched next
Tuesday morning.
More than 10 solicitors participat-
ing in the concentrated drive expect
to complete their canvassing within
a week in one of the most intensively
organized campaigns ever conducted
here.
Solicitation for second-round dona-
tions to the $2S0,000 building fund
will follow by two days laying of
the cornerstone for the new structure,
a ceremony set for next Sunday
afternoon as a part of the weekend
Homecoming program at the college.
A kickoff dinner for committee
members and solicitors will be held
next Monday evening in the Ropp
hall dining room. Final instructions
and plans for the drive will be map
ped out at the session. Speakers
Continued on page 12)
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FLAG RUSH FRIDAY
NIGHT; STAGE TUG
OF WAR SATURDAY
Traditional Underciass Skirm.
ishes to be Held on College
Campus
Teams Will Vie Across Waters
of Creek in Pulling
Contest

Two freshman-sophomore skirmish-
es-the traditional flag rush and the
tug-of-war-will be among under
class contributions to Bluffton coll
lege Homecoming festivities over the
coming weekend.
In the flag rush on the campus
Friday night, freshman and sopho-
more men will mix it up as each
group endeavors to capture the
others flag, with one and one-half
hour limit set on the melee
Setting for the traditional tug-of-
war, scheduled for 1890 o'clock
Saturday noon will be at the College
Avenue bridge across Little Riley
creek, where each team will endeavor
to pull the other into the muddy
waters of the stream.
Prior to 1947 the flag rush lasted
for a 24-hour period, with freshmen
placing flag on the campus, prefer
ably on the highest tree, and mount
ing a guard to prevent sophomore
capture of the bunting. If the frosh
protected the flag it few at the
Homecoming game. A sophomore
victory meant flying of their flag.
The 1916 flag rush has gone down
in history, for events of that year
included a running battle across the
ball diamond, an adjoining farm and
onto the Grove street road, during
which the sophomores captured the
flag.
A default was claimed by fresh
men, however, when it was learned
that the person who captured the
flag was classified as a junior. Con-
sequently, there was another skirmish
during the halftime intermission at
the Homecoming game, when irate
freshmen tore down the sophomore
flag and burned it in the center of
the gridiron.
Following the 1947 flag rush, halt
ed by college authorities, an hour and
one-half limit was set; each class
now flies and must protect flag;
flags cannot be more than 10 feet
off the ground and official referees
oversee the melee.
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BLUFFTON VOTERS
WILL MARK FIVE
BALLOTS AT POLLS
Three Ballots Will Carry Candi-
dates For Local Offices; Two
Nom Partisan
Two Ballots on Special Issues;
One on Three-Miil Bluffton
School Levy

Bluffton and Bluffton school dis
trict voters will get five ballots
when they go to the polls in the
November s general election, three
of which will carry the names of
candidates for municipal, township
and school board offices.
In addition to voting for local
office holders, voters will mark two
special issues ballots-one on a
three-mill levy for Bluffton schools,
and another on three state pro-
posals.
The longest ballot will be that
bearing the names of candidates for
Bluffton and municipal offices. This
will be a partisan ballot with can
didates of each party appearing un-
der Democratic and Republican en-
blems.
On the municipal ticket will be
listed the candidates for mayor,
council, board of public affairs and
other city elective offices.
SCHOOL BOARD TICKET
Voters will receive two non-parti-
san ballots. One will carry candi-
dates for the Board Of education,
for which three new members are to
be elected. The other will list nom-
inees for Richland township trustees
1.-TWO to be elected; constables 1.-TWO
to be elected) and justices of the
peace 1.-TWO to be elected).
Another separate ballot will SUBJ
nit the three-mill school levy issue
to voters in the Bluffton school dis
trict. Funds raised from this
source would be used to help defray
the cost of general operation ex-
penses of the public school system.
Three special issues are listed on
the state ticket, which is attracting
more attention than usual this year,
principally because of the proposal
to make lawful in Ohio the manu-
facture and sale of colored oleomar-
gerine. Both butter and oleo inter-
ests have been waging full-scale
publicity campaigns over the issue.
A second state issue would change
Ohio voting procedure, substituting
the so-called Massachusetts, plan,
which would make it impossible to
vote a straight ticket in the future.
The third state issue proposes to
make it possible for more than one
probate Judge to be elected in a
county.
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NEARLY TON OF
CLOTHING GIVEN
FOR WAR RELIEF
Sorting and Packing of Contri.
buttons is Under Way Here
This Week
Clothing to be Sent to Europe
for Distribution Before
Winter Comes

Nearly one ton of relief clothing
for distribution in war-torn Euro
pean countries was collected here
last week in a drive sponsored joint
ly by the Bluffton college student
body and the Women's Missionary
society of the First Mennonite
church.
Clothing collected was sorted and
packed at the church Monday night
by the College Girls Varsity B as
sociation, and garments requiring
mending and washing will be re-
habilitated by the women's mission
ary group this Thursday in the
church basement.
The clothing will be forwarded
from here to the Mennonite Control
committee at Akron, Pa, for dis
tribution in Europe.
General chairmen for the relief
clothing drive were Mrs. j. S.
Schultz, for the missionary society,
and Marvin Wasser, representing
the college.
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HARMON FIELD TO
BE SCENE OF GAY
HALLOWEEN PARTY
Cash Prizes for Best Costumes
in Grand Parade Open to
Everyone
Entries Open in Amateur Con.
test; Refreshments Free to
Merrymakers

Witches, hobgoblins and ghosts
will cavort with costumed characters
of a more mundane nature in the
gala Bluffton community Halloween
party to be held under the lights at
Harmon field next Monday night
under auspices of the Bluffton Busi-
ness Mems association.
Adding spice to fast-moving pro-
gram of variety features planned for
the celebration, refreshments will be
free to everyone attending In
costume, with apples, cider, popcorn
and doughnuts on the menu.
An outstanding feature of the
evening will be an amateur talent
show, entry open to anyone, and
with liberal prizes awarded to win
ners. Those intending to enter are
requested to see William Edwards at
Basinger's Furniture store.
The celebration will be Bluffton's
first organized Halloween observance
in many years, and one of the largest
crowds ever to gather on Harmon
field is expected.
The evenings program will feature
entertainment for both old and young
One of the top attractions will be q
grand parade of costumed marchers
and 10 cash prizes will be awarded
for the best costumes in adult, higl
school and grade school divisions.
Snappy music for the parade vii
be provided by Bud Luginbuhl, Lima
accordionist, formerly of Bluffton
which will be amplified over the
public address system.
Seventy-fve bushels of apples al
ready are on hand for the gala
event, and additional supplies have
been earmarked by the committee ir
preparation for the large turnout
expected. Cider from Red and Yei-
low Delicious and Grimes Golden
apples will be made fresh at the
Morning Star press the day of the
celebration.
Enough refreshments for everyone
are promised by the committee in
charge, all free to those in costume.