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Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19
TELLS Of WORK WITH
SPAST|CALLY PALS|EO

Handicapped children, and adults
too, can often be fitted for valu-
able work in society's economy, but
they require conditions of instruc-
ton that frequently do not COIN
eide with conditions suitable for
children and adults who are not
handicapped. They must therefore
receive separate and special train
ing.
A movement that began a num-
Der of years ago in Ohio has grad
ually become extended, now includ-
ing Montana, to train unfortunate
children and to rehabilitate those
adults who have been visited by
Gripping Affections. In Montana,
special attention is being given
children with cerebral, spastic,
palsy.
Finances for this last are pro-
vided by the annual contributions
the public makes at Easter-time,
Laurel Rotarians were told Tues
day by Herbert j. Borchert of Bill
lings, who described the inception
of the movement to render aid to
the unfortunates and who is a
principal figure in the program in
this area and state. He is also
executive director of Eastern Mon
tana College of Education.
The Easter contributions, he
said, reflect the Rotary spirit of
community service, as they do XII
wants, Lions and others. Although
the movement to aid the unfortun-
ates, particularly children, is now
several years old, it is COMPARE
new in Montana. 1t began
here in 1947 when II organizations
concluded that a state government
agency was not enough and that a
voluntary program of financing
needed.
Children with cerebral palsy are
not necessarily mentally deficient;
most of them can be fitted for life.
A demonstration clinic, established
in Billings, serves Is southeastern
counties and is showing how the
preparation for life may be accom-
plished. 1t is rated as among the
best in the nation. A second such
center was opened Monday in Mis-
Despite their handicap, spastic-
ally palsied children are capable of,
and enjoy, many of the activities
of other children. Borchert told of
Boy Scout troops having been
formed among them.
The need for their education was
recognized when legislation to that
end vas passed, but the state has
no appropriation for such work.
The program as now carried on is
financed by the Easter contribu-
tions. There r 8 million children
under 81 in the United States who
are handicapped by spastic palsy.
Parents with such children will
sometimes keep them hidden, max
it necessary to discover their
existence by close inquiry. There
nave been instances when neigh
Dors and friends did not know of
hem.
The speaker was introduced by
I. D. Scribner, program commit
,eeman. Pres. Wayne Hageman
attention to the current soil
citation for Boy Scout funds, which
began Tuesday morning with an
.arly-bird breakfast, and asked the
membership to respond to the call
or finances. He also announced
hat the club stood in third place
n the state for attendance in
Visitors and guests were W. c..
Ralph Smith and L. M.
Billings; T. F. Mccarthy.
minneapolis, and H. E. Nelson,
1lendive.
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of water contests or exhibitions;
and then, about 4, everybody will
go swimming.
The committee on arrangements
has said that entries in the parade
may be made by commercial con
Germs. Their floats or exhibits will
be at the end of the parade.
Local concerns have pledged all
the merchandise awards that are to
be given as prizes for various fea-
lures.
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Grade School To
Present Program

The annual spring program of
the Laurel grade schools will be
given Friday, May 5, in the gym
nasium. Approximately 700 chill
dren in the first six grades under
the direction of their teachers and
Mrs. William Denny, music in
structor, are preparing an evening
of entertainment.
The parents and public are urged
to attend.
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Kins>Q Queen To Help
Sweetheart At Pool
More Plans For Grand Opening Announced
By Committee Other Communities Invited
To Send Sweetheart Candidates

The girl and the boy who will be
the first to jump into Laurel's new
swimming pool when it is officially
opened Saturday, June "a, will be
chosen from the Laurel public
school grades by an elimination
process. On their thrones and at
the head of a great parade, they
will ride to the grand opening
ceremony. Theirs will be the hon
or, at the nod of an official, to
plunge in, make the first waves
and have the first swim. Their act
is to be the beginning of SWIM
ming pleasures for many years at
the pool.
Another and perhaps ever more
interesting event at the official
opening will be the browning of a
teen-age sweetheart of years be-
yond the eighth grade. Candidates
for this honor are being requested
from all surrounding communities
by the Laurel Commercial club,
who plans to make the opening
gala event for everyone, but with
emphasis on kids and young people.
The candidates for sweetheart will
also ride at the head of the parade
for everyone, the judges especially,
to SEE The judging, as announced
this week by the committee in
charge, will be by %competents e
elsewhere than Laurel. She
who wins the honor will also win
500 worth of prizes.
The committee says the days
fun will begin at 9 am. with all
manner of gag races in North
park, near the new pool. The races
will continue two hours until IL.
Merchandise prizes will be award
ed.
The parade, which will have been
formed on Sixth avenue near the
west city limits, will start moving
on Main street at noon, led by the
float on which the teen-age candi-
dates for sweetheart will be riding.
Also in a lead position will be the
grade-school king and queen, pre-
selected to make the first
Children's entries will follow the
leaders. The entries may be in the
decorated wagon section, the best
decorated dog or cat, the oldest
pet, or any number of sections or
.lasses. The Laurel school band has
)een invited to march and play.
At a corner to be chosen, the pa
'ade will turn north from Main
street and go to the park and
pool. A free lunch will
re dispensed to the children and
een-agers is they enter the grand
tand of the adjoining baseball
lark, where Uncle Macs regular
ado show for broadcast will be
presented in the area in front of
he grandstand. The show is a pop
liar kids feature conducted by
Murray Mcbride, and will be on
he air from 1870 to 2.
The next event slated is the Of
'icial opening of the pool with the
of a ribbon or the pushing
If a button, or something of that
lind; announcement of the judges
election of teen-age sweetheart;
Inauguration of the pool by the
'outhful king and queen; a series
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19
DECLARES SECURITY IS
ANTHOLOGY OF LIBERTY

People came to America more
than 800 years ago to seek liberty
in a wilderness that offered no Sc
curity from hunger, sudden death,
disease. Their descendants, and
others who came later, went west
ward, through the forests, across
rivers, plains and mountains, to the
gold-bearing strands of another
ocean, and never included security
in their thinking from the cradle
to the grave. Yet they found and
exercised, as they had not found
in the Old World, the liberty to do
for themselves and their families.
That liberty has been enjoyed by
their succeeding generations and is
now threatened by the promises of
security.
Such was the tenor of an address
delivered here Wednesday evening
at a meeting of the Kiwanis club
by Al Wendelburg of Miles City,
whose topic was Freedom and
Our Security" He is district man.
ager of the National Federation of
Independent Businessmen and
travels extensively throughout this
territory. He was introduced by
Dick Shotwell of the clubs pro-
gram committee.
Freedom and security are not
the same, he iterated at various
points in his address. A flying
squirrel he found in the woods,
took home, placed in safety and
provided with the comforts, died
because it did not have liberty. A
mouse, trapped and put in a cage,
has security but not liberty. Free
dom offers the opportunity to do
and be; security is retreat into
wished-for protection of others
statism, and concentration of all
economic controls and economic
planning in the hands of a highly
centralized government.
Countering the claim that a sue
cessful individual, one who has
made his way from the bottom to
the top, is an exception, the speak
er declared america is a country
where everybody is an exception"
or can be. Were you," he asked
his audience, "born with a silver
spoon in your mouth? Was what
you have handed you on a platter?
The business you have, probably a
small one as such things r mea-
sured, is the result of your effort
ard the desire to create a little
niche for yourself and family"
America, he declared further, is
where everyone enjoys privileges
no other country has ever offered
in such abundance and variety. Yet
security, the anthology of liberty
and action, is being constantly
proffered.
Freedom has always been Great
ed by people believing in personal
rights, and who would avoid die
tatorships and power. To do moth
ing for the preservation of liberty
is to court a trade.
Earlier in the meeting, Pres. H.
Lee Hamlet presented a pin to
Ray Stevens for his perfect at
tendance record of the past year.
Eddie Jones' team was reported as
having 164 points, and Ward Pen
lands team 1877 points, in a con-
test the club is conducting. Visitors
and guests were Jess G. Ragsdale
and Vardi Thorwardson, Billings,
and j. w. Fry and Bus Travis,
Laurel.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19

About 30 were present Saturday
evening when the Laurel volunteer
fire department entertained at a
steak dinner for members and their
wives. The dinner, which is becom-
ing an annual affair, was staged in
the club rooms of the city hall.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19

Mr.. and Mrs. William MacIntyre
returned Tuesday night from Port
land, Ore. where they had spent
two weeks visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Strack and family.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19

The first Armed Forces Day in American history, to be observed
May TO- will emphasize the unifcatiOn of the Army, Navy and Air
Force in a three-pronged instrument for national security: Unifcation
is already at work in the various far-fung American military posts
throughout the world. Photo, left, shows Navy aviation machinists
mate, second class, j. Rtchy, of Swayzee, Ind, and Sgt. J. L. Kms-
man, USA, of Easton, Pennay getting acquainted OF police duty at the
Naval Base, Norfolk, Va, before embarkng O the great combined
Portrex," held in February. Photo, right, Capt. D. G. Donaho, Com
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Injured College
Students Improve

Two Bluffton college students who
were recently injured seriously are
reported improving.
Miss Mary Ann Nunemaker, Bluff
ton college junior who suffered Sc
we're shock and head injuries in an
automobile accident, has been re-
moved to her home in Goshen, Ind,
from Bowling Green Community
hospital.
Miss Nunemaker and Kenneth
Hartman were returning to Bluffton
from Bowling Green Sunday night,
Nov. 10, after visiting friends there,
when the accident occurred.
Travelling on the three-lane high
way the Hartman car which was fol-
lowing a truck, pulled out to pass
it when the truck pulled out in front
of them, throwing their car onto the
path of an oncoming car. Hartman
received only a slight knee injury.
Both cars were demolished.
Robert Smucker, senior and l60-
pound guard on the 1850 football
SQUAD at Bluffton college, was SER
iously injured in the last game OF
the season when they opposed Hunt
ington here, Nov. 18.
Smucker was operated on for the
removal of his spleen which had
been shattered from an impact while
playing. His home is in Orrville
where he will convalesce after being
treated at Lima Memorial hospital
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
SOIen,r,ize KlingLer-
Geiger NuptiaLs

Marriage of Miss Virginia King
Ter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
Klingler of Orange township to Ken
meth Geiger of Richland township
took place Friday evening, Nov. IT
at 7:3O at the parsonage of the
Bluffton Church of Christ. Rev. o..
Merrill Boggs officiated in the dou-
BILE ring ceremony.
Attending the couple were Mrs.
John Warren, sister of the bride
and Weldon Geiger, brother of the
groom.
The bride wore blue crepe dress
with gray accessories and a corsage
of red roses. Her attendant wore
black with pink carnation corsage.
Following the ceremony they took
motor trip through southern Ohio,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mis-
souri,, Illinois and Indiana, and visit
ed the bridegroom's brother, Myron,
stationed at Camp Breckenridge, Ky.
They are now at home on the P. l..
Geiger farm.
Mrs. Geiger is a graduate of Mt.
Cory high school and her husband
was graduated from Bluffton high
school. Both are employed at the
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Mrs. C.. r. StrdttOn
Rites Held SUNDAY

Complications of diseases resulted
in the death of Mrs. Fairy Stratton,
81, wife of Charles F. Stratton, at
10:30 p. m. last Thursday in her
home at 1873 E. Elm street. She had
been bedfast for the last five months.
A daughter of Aaron and Emma
(Fenton) Deifendeifer, she was born
in Hancock county on July s, 1883.
She was married to Mr.. Stratton on
July 4, 1900, with whom she OBJ
served their golden wedding ami
versary last July.
In addition to the husband, sur
vivors include the following children:
Mrs. Rhoda Augsburger, Bluffton;
Mrs. Marjorie Marquart, Bluffton;
Mrs. Marvel Hilty, near Bluffton;
Walter ]. Stratton, near Lafayette,
and Donovan B. Stratton, near CO.
lumbus Grove. There are eight
grandchildren and one great-grand-
child.
A brother, Mervin Deifendeifer,
lives in Bluffton.
Mrs. Stratton was a member of
the First Missionary church.
Funeral services were held in the
Paul Diller funeral home last Sum-
day afternoon. Officiating at the
rites were Rev. Clifford Grabill, of
Grabill, Ind, and Rev. Robert Welch,
pastor of the church. Burial was
in Maple Grove cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Snow Closed Public Schools Here
Won't Lose State Foundation Money

Although operation of Bluffton
schools was disrupted on three days
last week because of the heavy bliz-
zard striking ON Saturday, Nov. 27,
the local school system will not suf-
fer any loss of funds from the state
foundation program.
Under the program, schools are
eligible for funds if they maintain a
term of not less than 160 days, in
Guiding classroom instruction, public
holidays and days off for approved
characterization meetings.
Funds are credited on an ascend
ing scale not to exceed term of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07

$50 days.
Payments to schools maintaining
terms of not less than $50 days-ap-
plicable to the Bluffton school sys-
tem-are on a fiat basis of $53.25
for students in grades l through 8,
and s64 for pupils in grades thru
II.
The law provides that founda-
tion funds are to be continued even
in the event schools are not in ses-
sion because of disease, epidemic,
temporary circumstances rendering
the building unfit for school use, or
other public calamity"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
THURSDAY, DEC. 7, 1850

Supt. Aaron B. Murray pointed
out that snowbound conditions and
the state of emergency, which closed
schools throughout the county, would
come under the public calamity"
clause.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
SiiUer, Wedding And
Birthday Celebration

Mr.. andS Ars. Wilbur Lentz of
Rockport elltetained at dinner in
their homes Sunday, in honor of
their silver wedding anniversary and
the birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Otto Williams.
Guests were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Williams, Bowl
ing Green; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Kohler, Lima; Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald
Spallinger and sons Dennir, Gary
and Wayne of Lafayette; Dale
Stiles, Wapakoneta, and Miss Phyl-
lis Lentz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Fire Damages
Home Sunday

Fire which broke out in the home
of Harold Beals on South Jackson
street, Sunday afternoon at 1:45
o'clock caused damage to the house
and contents estimated at $500
The blaze was discovered in the
ceiling of the first floor, near a pipe
from a heating stove. The fire de-
partment was called to extinguish
the flames.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07

Ohio has approximately 800 lab
oratories conducting scientific re-
search.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07

Ohio has 90 railroads and almost
10000 miles of tracks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Serviceman's Address

Pvt. John S. Bracy, AT 15429318
1916 Std. Ing. Sqdn., Box 800
Scott A. F. B., I'll.
Evening star., 1950-03-31
British Ban Demonstration
By Tribe 10 Greet Serefse
By the Associofsd Pres,

! Of INV Ss3oStSf~3 'fesS
SEROWE, Bechuanaland, Mar.
31.-Seretse Khama, exiled chief
designate of the Bamangwato
tribe. won't get the ceremonial
welcome his tribesmen had planned
for him today when he arrives in
Southern Rhodesia on his way to
join his white wife here.
Police banned the demonstra-
ton for fear tribal headmen might
attempt to carry Seretse back to
their capital triumphantly In de-
fiance of a British order forbidding
him to take the chieftainship.
There was evidence-uncon-
firmed by the authorities-that
about IS tribesmen planned to
surround the Oxford d-educated
Seretse when he stepped off the
plane today at Gaberones, South
ern Rhodesia, place him in a car
and rush him off to Serowe.
Seretse is on his way back from
London where British officials told
him he could not be chief of the
Bamangwato and ordered him into
exile from his British protectorate
homeland for the next five years.
They permitted him to return tenn
porarily to take care Of personal
affairs and to be with his wife,
former London typist Ruth Will
liams, who is waiting here to have
their baby in June.
Evening star., 1950-03-31
New York Landlord Sues to End Rent Curb

A New York apartment house
operator today challenged the
State rent control act signed yes
terday by Gov. Dewey.
The Teeval Co., which the
apartments at 455 Park avenue,
asked District Court here to en-
join Housing Expediter Tighe
Woods from permitting the new
State law to supersede Federal
rent controls.
Attorney David Louisell of
Washington filed the suit, which
asks District Court to declare the
New York law unconstitutional.
Hearings on his motion for a pre-
liminary injunction will be held
Tuesday before Judge Edward A.
Tamm.
Mr.. Louisell charged the State
Legislature passed three control
Evening star., 1950-03-31
Hearne, |reIand's sFhsi
Ambassador, Parties
Quiz on House Vote

1reland's first diplomatic repre-
sentative here with the rank of
Ambassador was making himself
at home on Embassy Row today.
John Joseph Hearne, 57-year-
old time senior counsel at the
Irish bar Gin which position he
wore the traditional wig and
gown. arrived in Washington
Wednesday with his wife and four
children. He succeeds Sean
Nunan. the former minister, who
has been named Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Foreign Office.
Il want you to know" Ambas-
sador Hearne told a group of re-
porters at his first American news
conference yesterday, "how happy
I am personally to have been
chosen our first Ambassador to
the United States"
The thin, white haired diplo-
mat, who formerly represented his
country in Canada. faced more
than a score of question: firing
newsmen at the legation, 1884
Massachusetts avenue NV, with
perfect equanimity
Questioned on House Vote.
One of the first problems put to
him was his opinion of Tuesdays
vote in the House to throttle
British Marshall Plan aid unless
the partition of Ireland is settled.
He parried it with a generality
saying any such action by any
parliament" would be welcomed
by our people"
Another reporter quickly OBJ
served. II suppose you've been
here long enough" to know that
the action, taken in a somewhat
playful mood with the majority
OF Representatives not voting,
might not stick.
Ambassador designate Hearne
paused thoughtfully, smiled, and
responded slowly but emphati-
cally:
"I've been here a short time"
And that ended that.
Since Ireland gained its inde-
pendence from Great Britain, it
has been continuously nettled by
the fact that the six northern
counties remain a part of the
British Commonwealth.
Held Anglo-I Irish Problem.
"The time has come" declared
Mr.. Hearne, to make clear that
Ireland has been looked at
rather unfairly in this matter" :"
He said his country was consid-
cred generally the defendant" :"
whereas "the unity of Ireland is
not an Irish problem; It's an
Anglo-Irish problem.
Partition" he said sis an inter-
national injustice which ought to
be rectified."
Although he pointed out that
Ireland would not join the At
lantic Pact "as long as partition
exists" the new Ambassador said
the whole island will be offered
to the pact countries, body and
soul, not in return for unity, but
on the basis of it."
Favors Direct Talks.
He offered as possible road to
settlement of the problem it's dis
cussion within the United Nations.
But he said he would like to see
negotiations between Dublin and
London"
Asked by a reporter whether he
intended to confer with Sir Basil
Brooke, Prime Minister of North
ern Ireland, who will visit this
country next week, Mr.. Hearne
declared he couldn't say" But
he maintained that if Sir Basil's
visit to discuss the partition ques-
ton with United States officials,
"it Is grave political mistake on
his mart"
Evening star., 1950-03-31

laws and gave the Governor the
choice of signing any one of the
three. This, in addition to certain
other discriminatory" aspects
violated the Constitution, the law
yer charged.
He declared it should not be al
lowed to interfere with the su-
premacy OF the Federal Housing
and Rent Act as amended in 1949
Evening star., 1950-03-31
6 Masked Men Haul OFF
Clothes Worth 100000
By the Assoeiofed Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 31.-Six masked
robbers held up two West Side
parcel delivery companies yester-
day and drove away with two
trucks loaded with women's cloth
ing valued at 100000.
Eight officials and employees of
the two firms were froced to lie
on the floor for 80 minutes while
the gunmen loaded the trucks.
Evening star., 1950-03-31
Live Wire Kills 5 in Lisbon

LISBON. Portugal, Mar. 81 (P).
"A crane on truck carrying
seven workmen struck a high
tension electric line on the out
skirts of Lisbon yesterday, killing
five Of the men and burning the
other two badly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-02-09
NlRS CAY RHODES

Mrs. Gay Rhodes, widow of Elroy
Rhodes, died at Ashville, Pa, Febru-
any 6. A short service will be held at
Ashvillc and the body brought to
North Glade church for services to-
day at 2:30 p. M, in charge Of Rev.
George W. Simpson.
Survivors are three sons and four
daughters, Jack and Dayton. at home;
Pfc. James Rhodes, US. Army, sta
,ioncd in New Jersey; Mrs. Wilma
Warsek, Flinton, Pa; Mary Jane,
Betty Ann and Kathleen, at home;
one brother, Perry Miller, Lost River,
W. Va.
lnterment will be in the Fitzwater
cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-02-09

Maple Grove Church of the Brethren
called at the homes of Mrs. Eliza
beth Hickman and Mrs. Eva 3.
Beachy, and had program Of sing
ing, prayer, reading Of the Scripture,
and general discussion, on Thursday
evening. Those present were: Mrs.
irwin Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Younkiu and daughters Joam and
Janet, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Duck
worth, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Dietle,
Mrs. Elmer Green, Mrs. Clyde Bow
man and daughter Alice Marie, and
Harold Butler. The group expects to
meet each Thursday evening in
various homes.
Eldred and Juanita Stahl were
elected Steward and Stewardess Of
the American Legion Post No. PA
Home at a special meeting held re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph F. Fahey, Mr..
and Mrs. II. L. Petit and G. G. Ma
than attended the wedding Of Miss
Ann Hughes, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George r. Hughes, and Benz.
Franklin Fitzpatrick, ,Jr,, in Cumber-
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hilton and son
John, and daughter Virginia, visited
Mrs. Esther Broadwater.
Marlene Metz, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Metz, is making her
home with Mrs. Eva b. Beachy and
attending school.
The Teachers Bridge club was en-
tertained recently at the home Of Mr.