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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-03-31
Mayor Lanier, in Talk to the Garden Club,
Saws Town Should Have Clean-U Up Campaign

Mayor Edwin s. Lanier &C.
nepted an invitation to the meet
ing Of the Chapel Hill Garden
Club in Gerard hall Monday
afternoon. He had expected to
be the No. 2 man on the pro-
gram, since the headline spot
had been reserved for somebody
from the roadside Improvement
section of the State Highway
Commission. But presently, be-
cause of the failure of the she
representative to appear, the
mayor found he was the head
liner.
He talked about municipal
problems and specially about
the need of q thorough cleanup
of the town. Here are some of
the things he said:
From redbud and dogwood
days IN the spring to the gor-
geous color days of October,
Sunday brings thousands of
people to Chapel Hill. Since the
Planetarium opened last May,
150, 600 people have paid admis-
sion to see its shows. Most of
these people were visitors to
Chapel Hill From September to
December we are inundated with
weekend football spectators
and empty lunch boxes tossed
here and there.
All these thousands of visi-
tors, plus the friends who visit
in our homes, should keep US
people in Chapel Hill on our very
best community housekeeping
toes every day in the year.
And Chapel Hill should
strive to keep itself clean and
beautiful for its own satisfac-
tion-for more enjoyment of the
good life by those who call
Chapel Hill the Southern Part
Of Heaven
Il am pleased to learn that
you members Of the Garden Club
want something done to improve
the appearance of the approaches
to Chapel Hill. Luckily, so far,
we have been spared the eye
sores one finds on the road ap-
proaches to many towns-such
as auto junk yards, diIapidated
buildings, a rash of unsightly
advertising signs, and juke-box
and hot-dog stands. Still, our
road approaches are not as at
tractive as they should be. For
whatever it is worth, you have
my full support in your efforts,
and ] am sure every member of
the board Of aldermen, and the
town manager, will back you in
this enterprise"
Our town limits are exactly
where they We're put in 1859
ninety years ago! There are
more people living in the Chapel
Hill community outside of the
town limits than there are liv-
ing inside the town limits. / do
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
new SWITCHES Are
Being BUILT HERE
BY 30-MAN CREW
More Than 5000 Feet of Bluff
ton Switch Rails Are
Being Replaced
Bluffton Section Crew Augment
ed By Workers From Three
Other Cities i'm Project

Replacement of more than 5000
feet of rails in five Bluffton Nickel
Plate railroad switches is under way
here this week, with a crew of 30
men working on the project.
New 115-pound rails being install
ed in the switch improvement pro-
gram are heavier than those ticketed
for replacement, railroad officials
announced.
Switches on which work is being
done include the following spurs:
Bluffton Stone Co., the team track
near the railroad station, west end
of the passenger switch, the west
A. C. and Y. switch and the A. c.
and Y transfer.
In installation of the new switches,
the Bluffton section crew is being
assisted by workmen from Findlay,
Lima and Rawson. Two Findlay
section crews have been assigned
here, with Lima and Rawson each
providing one crew.
Improvements in the program are
the first to Bluffton switches in many
years, and represent the first major
rail replacement here since late In
World War II.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
EIgdr Eaton Rites
Held In California

Last rites for Elgar Otis Eaton,
6S, of Berkeley, Calf, former Bluff
ton resident, were held Monday at
Berkeley. Mr.. Eaton was stricken
with a heart attack late Friday
afternoon while strolling near his
home. He was pronounced dead be-
fore aid to be administered.
A native of Bluffton, Eaton for
25 years was chief of the Western
States drug division, U. S. Food and
Drug Administrator in San Fran
cisco. He began his career as a
chemist with private drug manu-
featuring concern.
Mr.. Eaton is survived by his wild
ow, Mrs. jeanette P. Eaton and two
sisters, Mrs. Nellie Farrick of Cali
fornia, and Mrs. Mabel Bogart OF
Bluffton.
Services were followed with inter.
ment at Cypress Lawn Cemetery ir
San Francisco.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
JAMES WEST WILL
RESIGN AS CLERK
OF SCHOOL BOARD
Resignation To Become Effec-
tive June l; Had Been
Clerk Since 1915

James F. West, clerk of the
Bluffton board of education since
1945, submitted his resignation from
the post at board meeting, Tues
day night.
Coming as a surprise to school
board members, the resignation will
be effective next June /.
West has been clerk of the board
for the last four and one-half years,
taking over the position shortly after
his return from military service in
World War III. He succeeded Leland
Diller, Bluffton insurance man, who
had resigned.
AS cashier of the Citizens Nation
al bank, West advised that the press
of business was the reason for his
resignation from the board of edu-
cation position.
Before going into military service,
West had served as clerk of Blufton
corporation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. James Green, Bluff
ton, girl, Jane Ellen, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Musser, Lima,
girl, Jacqueline Ann, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Clark, Find
lay, a boy, Robert Scott, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Moser, Jr.,
Bluffton, boy, Donald Lynn, Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Nusbaum, Nc
Comb, boy, Michael Jack, Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Snyder, Ada,
girl, this Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Bucher, Co
lumbus Grove, a girl, this Wednes-
day.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. War
kentin of Route 5, Swanton, q
daughter, Jayne Agnes, at Toledo
hospital last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Sims, Ft.
Wayne, Ind, q boy, Ronald Eugene,
born Sunday at Ft. Wayne. Mrs.
Sims il the former Mary Amstutz,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Am
stutz, south of Rluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
SDOrtsnen's Fish
Fry On Thursday

A fish fry for members and
friends of the Bluffton Community
Sportsmen's club will emphasize
opening of the spring fishing season
at mixer in Sportsmen's club head
quarters in the town hall at 7:45
.. m. this Thursday.
Herbert Rupright, program chair
man, plans to have plenty of fresh
Lake Erie pickerel fillets on hand
for all attending.
An open invitation to attend the
gatherini has been extended by the
club president, ROLAND Koontz, to
all persons and their families inter
ested in the program of the club.
Plans for restocking the Buckeye
quarry will be discussed at the meet
ing. Ed Root and Jesse Manages,
directors in charge of fish restock-
ing, also will lead discussion on the
possibility of holding a rainbow
trout derby for this years promo
tion. Plans are considered for pur-
chasing several additional loads OF
fish for the quarry.
Hunting and fishing motion pic.
lures of Canada and several come.
dies for children will be shown al
the meeting by C. E. Neuman, well
known Spencerville outdoorsman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
Mother Of Charles
Fisher Is Dead

Mrs. Edward (Minnie) Fisher of
Cloverdale passed away at Castle
Convalescent Home in Van Vert,
Tuesday morning. Pneumonia fol-
lowed by complications was the
cause of death. She had been i'll
six months.
Born November %, 1871, the
daughter of Almon and Olive Wheel
er, Mrs. Fisher was the last living
member of 13 children. On October
%, 1888 she married Edward Fisher
who passed away January 16, 1947.
She was a member of the Palestine
U. B. church near Kalida.
Mrs. Fisher is survived by nine
children: Charles Fisher of Bluffton;
Roy Fisher, Ottawa; Ira Fisher,
Wooster; Mrs. John Michael, Ney,
Ohio; Mrs. Peter Strife, Ottawa;
Mrs. Florence Keirns, Van Vert;
Mrs. Lloyd Miller, Toledo; Mrs. Ken
meth Ginger and Mrs. Cecil Stopher
of Delphos.
Funeral will be held at 2 p. m.
Thursday at the Harter & Son
funeral home in Delphos. Rev,
Stopher of Delphos will officiate and
interment will be at the Cascade
cemetery near Cloverdale, Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
as TO GRADUATE
AT HIGH SCHOOL
HERE ON may Is
Senior Class Consists of 10
Boys And 26 Girls Here
This Year
John Bauman Class Valedicto-
rian; Salutatorian Will Be
Ada May Oyer

Bluffton High school will have a
class of 45 graduating seniors for
commencement exercises next May
25. it was announced this week by
Supt. of Schools Aaron B. Murray.
Valedictorian of the graduating
class will be John Bauman, son of
DR.. and Mrs. |. w. Bauman, and
the salutatorian will be Ada May
Oyer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Oyer.
This years graduating class of 45
will be considerably larger than that
of 1949 when there We're only 20
seniors. In this years group of
graduates are 26 girls and 10 boys.
The class roll, announced this week
by school authorities, includes:
Lowell Keith Amstutz, Roderick
Lynn Balmer, David Edward Basing-
er, John Howard Bauman, Donald H.
Burkholder, Cleo r. Diiler, Mickey
D. Gleason, Peter Eugene Hankish,
Charles Dwayne Hanenstein, Dwight
c. Hauenstein.
Charles Evans Joseph, Donald
James Kuhn, Howard James Landes,
Roger Gene Lehman Larry Lewis
Mathewson, Kenneth Dean Parrish,
Don Herman Schmidt, Donald Eu-
gene Shumaker and Edgar E.
Wenger.
Dorothy Rae Amstutz, Marilyn L
Amstutz, Josephine Miriam Augs-
burger, Sara Lee Badertscher, Mary
Louise Balmer, Winifred Joyce Bau-
man, Virginia Kay Berry, Miriam
Arlene Bixel, Mar;lyn F. Brunn
Dolores Ann BURY, Raelene Joyce
June Elizabeth Habegger, Dorothy
Campbell, Ruth Irene Diller.
Lee Hardwick, Villa Ann Hilty
Wanda Mae Hochsteltler, Ia4aiear
Irene Klass, carolyh Mae Matter
Charlean Ras Miller, Rosella Jear
Moser, Ada May Oyer. Lena M
Preto, Mary Jean Ramseyer, Jane
Riser, Janet Anne Slower anG
Peggy Ann Young.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
Bluffton Public School Teaching
Staff For 195O-51 To Change Little

Changes also were made in the
contract status of three teachers
who should have received two-year
contracts last year, instead of one
year contracts granted. Those who
will be teaching the second year of
the revised contracts during the
next school term will be Coach
Richard Lowry, Miss Geneveive
Beagle and Mrs. Levada Bixel, grade
school teachers, and Miss Elma Alter,
music instructor.
All other Bluffton teachers are
under the state teachers tenure con-
tract coverage.
In assignments for next year, Ger
hard Buhler was approved as high
school principal, and Miss Meredith
Stepleton will be continued as grade
school principal. Both have two.
year assignments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
No Unsatisfactory Status In
More Than 100 Rating
Categories
Local School Continued AS High
School of First Grade By
State Dept.

Bluffton High school has been
continued as high school of the
first grade by the Ohio department
of education, according to a state
visitation report received by Supt.
Aaron B. Murray of the local school
system.
In an inspection last February Ia,
the Bluffton school was rated either
"Satisfactory-Plus" or Satisfactory"
in 101 different classifcations. There
were no unsatisfactory" ratings in
any phase of local school activity.
In commenting on the local setup,
the report included in part: "This
school is well organized, well stated
and adequately equipped. The libr-
ary arrangement is an excellent aid
to the total instruction program.
The student activities program ap-
pears to be very strong"
Recommendations by the state in
cluded a suggestion that the COM
mercial program is worthy of broad
ening by Incorporating some exper-
ience in general office practice, and
through providing several different
types of office machines.
State authorities also suggested a
daily time schedule on a uniform
basis of either 45 minutes or one
hour periods. Split schedules should
be avoided, they recommended.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
BLUFFTON COLLEGE
FACULTY WILL BE
ENLARGED in 1850
Three New Instructors Will Be
Added To Staff For Coming
1950-51 Term
Mathematics, Physics and Ele-
mentary Education Tea
chers Are Added

Three new professors will be add
ed to the Bluffton college faculty
with the opening of the 1950-51
school term next fall, it was an
nounced this week by college author
tiles.
One of the new instructors will
serve in the newly created elemen-
tary education department at the
school, and the other two will be in
the mathematics and physics di-
visions.
Luther Shelter, of Goshen, Indi.
ana, will teach mathematics here
next year. He is at present doing
graduate work at Indiana University
and has also been doing some teach
ing there. He has completed his
work for his Ph. ID. degree, except
for small amount on his disserta.
ton, which he expects to finish soor
after coming to Bluffton.
Goshen College Grad
He is a graduate of Goshen Col
lege, member of the Eighth Street
Mennonite Church of Goshen, anc
has had several years high schoo
teaching experience at Middlebury
Indiana. He is married, his wife
also being a graduate of Goshen
College.
Joining the chemistry and physics
staff will be Richard Weaver, son Of
John Weaver, who is bookkeeper a.
the college business office. He viii
teach physics, physical chemistry
and perhaps some chemistry.
To Receive Phi. ID.
Mr.. Weaver is now studying a
the University of Michigan, from
which he will receive his Ph. D. de
gree prior to coming here. He i:
the recipient of a three year scholar
ship to this institution from tn,
American Chemical Society.
A graduate of Bluffton in the clas!
of 1912, Mr.. Weaver is married t,
the former Margaret Shelly, siste.
of Professor Paul Shelly. The cou
| pie have three children.
The instructor for the newly-or
ganized elementary education depart
ment, will be Ada Lapp, GRADUATE
of Goshen College and received he,
Masters degree from the Universit.
of Illinois. She has had 20 years o
teaching experience in rural, inter
mediate, and junior high schools il
Iowa and Illinois.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
College One-Act
Play On Wednesday

The second in the series of one-act
play programs sponsored by the
Bluffton College speech department,
will be presented at the College We'd
nesday evening, April 12 at o'clock.
"Minor Miracle" a striking play
of men against the sea will be pre-
sented by an all-male cast under the
direction of Addison Myers. Appear
ing also is the play Hans Bulow's
Last Puppet," a fantasy with high
appeal for young children as well as
adults, directed by Onnolee McClin-
took.
The plays are presented by stu
dents in partial fulfllment of re-
quirements in the course in play
directing taught at the college.
Appearing in the productions are:
Don Steer, Dorothy Shirtz, Ronald
Kirkwood and Dick Boehr. Bob
Smucker Dick Simcox, Roderick
Delhi and Bob Stutzman will play in
Minor Miracle
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
Ed Lape Will Be One of Speak
ers On District Program
This Sunday
JOann Gratz Will Be Bluffton
Candidate For Beauty Queen
Crown

Bluffton will have a candidate
for the district Lions Club queen at
the annual area meeting next Sun
day in Grover Hill and Ed Lape, of
this place, will appear on the all-day
program as one of the principal
speakers.
The local contestant for the beauty
queen crown and the right to
represent northwestern Ohio in the
state finals will be Joann Gratz,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Gratz.
Lape, long an active member of
the Bluffton club, will speak at the
afternoon session of the conference
on the subject "Ohio Red Jackets"
Miss Gratz is sophomore in the
Bluffton high school and will compete
for honors as district beauty queen
with representatives from other
clubs of the area. The winner will
compete in the state finals at Gin
cinnati with the Ohio queen partici-
pating in the Lions International
contest July 16 through 20 in
Chicago.
E. j. Ward, Lions district COVER
nor, will announce awards. Includ-
ed also in the program will be
Michael Bradshaw, editor of the
Toledo Blade, speaking at the even
ing session on Marshall Plan In
Operation"
Attending the district meet from
Bluffton will be: DR.. and Mrs.
Gordon Bixel, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Gratz and local Lions club president,
Rev. Paul Cramer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
BIuftOn Census Is
TUO-thirds Complete

Bluffton census takers are about
two-thirds through their job of COM
pleting the 1850 population count OF
the villages residens, and present
indications are that the canvass will
be pretty well completed within the
next week.
Enumerators for the loci census
are Mrs. Aaron B. Murray and Mrs.
Elmer Short. Mrs. Murray has the
town district east of Main street
and Mrs. Short is handling the can
yass in the west end of the city.
Although the enumeration is run
ming fairly we'll on schedule, local
census taking has been slowed some
what by the number of callbacks re-
quired on persons not found at home
on the first stop.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
Town Moves To Clean Up
Creek Courses and A1leys
Bluffton High School Gets Good
Rating In State Inspection Here
Cleanup Week Will
Be April 27-Mdy s

Dates for Bluffton's annual Clean
up Paintup-Fixup campaign have
been advanced nearly one month
earlier, and the drive will be held
from April 27 to May 6, it was an
nounced this week.
An intensive program of municipal
cleanup activity is being mapped by
the committee headed by Edgar
Chamberlain, chairman, with all res
idents, municipal organizations, busi-
ness men and others participating.
Bluffton college will cooperate in
the campaign by making a crew of
students available for cleanup week
work, assisting anyone in need of
extra labor during the period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
OFFICIALS CRACK
DOWN ON RUBBISH
ON CREEK BANKS
Cleanup Ordered In interests
Of Sanitation and Mos
quito Control
Heavy Fines Provided For Vio-
lators. of New Municipal
Ordinance

Banks of Bluffton's streams and
the alleys and vacant lots of the
town will be cleaner this summer as
the result of program to crack
down on violators of cleanup drive
instituted Monday night at a meet
ing of the municipal council.
Severe fines for those who dispose
of rubbish of any kind on creek
banks, alleys or vacant lots are
provided in a new ordinance drafted
by council, and town authorities were
directed to police the village for vio-
Iations.
Despite the villages economically
priced rubbish collection service,
many residents have continued to
dispose of rubbish of all kinds on
the banks of Big and Little Riley
creeks, and the breakdown is aimed
particularly at that practice, accord
ing to Mayor w. A. Howe.
CLEANER Town
Provisions of the new ordinance
make it unlawful to dispose of rub
bish, dirt, cans, ashes, animal SUBJ
stance or any other offensive matter
within the village limits.
Conviction of violation will carry
a fine of s25, with second offenses
drawing fine of s100 or imprison-
ment of 80 days or both.
Mayor Howe said that Bluffton's
mosquito control program also will
be helped considerably if the former
unsanitary dumping of rubbish along
streams can be curbed under the
new program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
Don COssack Chorus
Sings Here April Is

Gen. Platoff's world famous Don
Cossack Chorus and dancers will be
presented under the sponsorship OF
the Bluffton College music department
on April rs, at 500 p. m. in the
Bluffton High School auditorium.
Tickets will be on sale beginning
April Ia at Sidney's Drug Store,
Hauenstein's Drug Store and Music
Hall. Reserved seats will sell for
$3.50, plus tax, and general admis-
sion seats will be s1.00, s.75, and
$50.
Another musical presentation of
the near future is that of the Art
Guild String Quartet. This group
will be presented April q at 500
p. m. in Ramseyer chapel under the
auspices of the college Concert
Series.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13

Barring designations, Buttons
public school teaching stat for the
195O-51 school term will differ little
from the faculty which has served
the high and grade schools this
year.
At the annual contract considera-
ton meeting, the only teaching force
change indicated was the need to re-
place Ralph DeVore, grade school
instructor, who has not signified his
intention to return, it was reported
by Supt. Aaron B. Murray.
On recommendation of the super
intendent new two-year contracts
have been granted~to Lorain Basing-
er, agriculture instructor; Harry T.
Kettlewell, mathematics instructor
and Jean Ellen Wore, Home Econ
omics. Dwight Spayth, instructor ir
vocational shop courses, received 9
five-year contract
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13

In a belated assault of winter,
the weatherman took over the East
er style parade in Bluffton last Sun
day and four-inch blanket of snow
which fell beginning in mid-morning
provided anything but spring-like
setting for the holiday.
Instead of Easter inery, residents
of the town were bundled up in
great coats and galoshes as the mer-
curry stayed in the twenties thruout
most of the day. The snowfall, COM
ing at time ordinarily associated
with the advent of spring, was one
of the heaviest of the past winter.
About the only persons who
hailed the unexpected weather were
the towns children who took one last
fling at winter sports by coasting on
sleds and building snow men and
snow forts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
West Ohio Supplier
To Boost Gas Rates

Authorization to increase rates
charged by the Ohio Fuel Gas Co.,
which is the supplier for West Ohio
Gas Co, holder of the Bluffton gas
franchise, was granted last week by
the Federal Power Commission in
Washington.
Whether the boost in rates charged
for wholesale service to the West
Ohio utility will result in an increase
in the charge for gas service here
was unknown this week.
In granting the Ohio Fuel Gas
permission to increase charges for
wholesale service, the power COM
mission made the Increase retroact-
i've to April l.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
Mobile X-Rdy Unit
To Visit Local School

Allen county's mobile tuberculosis
chest X-ray unit will be at Blufton
school Monday, April II, under aus
pices of the Allen County Tubercu-
losis and Health Association.
Pupils in grades 10 to II will be
served Monday morning along with
others wherein a need has been
shown. The board of education
Tuesday night voted to continue the
policy of teachers and other school
employees taking advantage of the
X-ray examination at that time also.
The mobile unit will be at the
college in the afternoon of April IT.
Examinations are free as a service
of the Allen County tuberculosis
Association
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-13
Nickel Plate Railroad lis
Building New Sidings Here
Bluffton Lions Will Have Speaker
And Beauty Queen At Area Meeting
BIuftOn Musicians
In Contest SATURDAY.

Bluffton High school instrumental
and vocal musicians will be among
more than 5000 students competing
in the annual Northwest district
band, orchestra and choral contest
on the Ohio Northern university
campus in Ada, next Saturday.
Buttons band will play in Glass
c competition with % other schools;
and the local orchestra, also in Class
C, will compete with representatives
of three other schools.
Also representing Bluffton in the
contest will be a mixed chorus, a
boys chorus and a girls chorus.