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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
Civilian Defense Here
Ties Into State Setup

Buttons Civilian Defense corps,
now in the process of being estab-
lished, will be part of an overall
Ohio CD setup made up of more
than 5000 volunteers to serve in
case of emergencies and disasters.
First information on how the gi-
gantic statewide civilian defense
program will operate was revealed
last week by the state executive di-
rector, DR.. William E. Warner, of
Columbus.
The inter-related state corps of
5000 volunteers will be broken down
into 16 battalions of 500 persons
each. In addition to serving as a
mobile reserve to aid stricken areas,
the group will serve in emergencies
in case the Ohio National Guard is
called for federal duty.
800 PosTs
In establishing the air raid warn
ing network as a part of the Civil
ian Defense program, 800 observa-
ton posts will cover the entire state.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
Jeep Will Rally Merchants Here
For Street Sweeping Friday Morning

Bluffton merchants will sweep the
street andwa Tx in front of their
business establishments each Friday
morning in the future, under new
cooperative program to be launched
this week under auspices of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The downtown cleanup each Fri
day is aimed at providing spotless
settingin the business district for
each weekend.
All businessmen are urged to take
care of their street sweeping assign
ments at the same time, with Ii
a. m. set as the starting time for
the project. All sweepings are te
me deposited in new rubbish con.
tainers recently placed throughout
the downtown area by the Jaycees
To remind merchants of the street
sweeping kickoff, the Jaycee jeer
will roar through the business sec.
tion at IL a. m. each Friday, with
its horn blowing loudly.
A similar street sweeping pro
gram was success during the an
nual municipal cleanup campaign
last spring, leading to the Jaycet
decision to sponsor it as a weekly
event.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24

lives of his family and neighbors.
States in mid-August.
Mrs. Shrider is the only child OF
the British couple, but they are
leaving Mr.. and Mrs. Cullen's moth
ers behind them in England. Both
mothers, however, are glad to see
their children come to this country
for a new start
A clerical worker and account
ant by profession, Cullen has been
with the London and Northwestern
railroad for 80 years. For the last
five years he has been head pay
master for the road.
When they landed in New York
City, the couple were met by Mr..
and Mrs. Shrider, who will bring
them to Bluffton. On their arrival
the Cullens will make their home
with the Shriders on Harmon road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
TO DECIDE POLICY
after CONFERRINC
WITH ENGINEERS
Fast Work Required to Get
Measure on Ballot Before
Deadline
If Authorized This Would be
Third Special Levy at Fall
Election

Buttons town administration will
confer with their consulting engin-
GERS within the next week to de-
termine the advisability of putting /,
bond issue for sewage disposal
system on the ballot for the Novem-
ber general election. Decision to
this effect was reached at meeting
of the town council Monday night.
Should the question of issuing
sewage disposal bonds be taken to
the voters this fall, all preliminaries
must be completed and filing effected
so days prior to the election.
This finds municipal authorities
facing a Sept. s deadline in making
decision on the bond proposal, ano
the next two weeks will be busy
ones for the council should they
decide to go ahead with the issue.
Confer With Engineers
Preliminary study of the situation
will be made in conference between
councilmen and representatives o1
the Toledo engineering firm of Fink.
beiner, Pettis and Strout, which has
prepared the plans for the villages
proposed sewage disposal system.
Should a decision be made tt
proceed with vote on the question
this year, the amount of the bone
issue will be decided, likely on the
basis of the full amount which car
be voted in relation to the towns
Continued on page 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24

ing lots would have opened the
way for suburban development
outside the corporation, but
action has been curtailed because
of the Korean situation and the
possibility that government con-
trolls may be invoked to limit the
volume of available building
supplies.
Lumber and other building
materials also have been advanc-
ing in price thereby increasing
the cost of residential building
for those now planning to erect
homes.
So far, however, there has been
no indication of a slackening in
construction plans, with the war
scarce shortage stimulating
prospective building rather than
bringing a slump to the present
boom.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
PROPOSE MEETING.
WITH LIGHT BOARD
and TOWN COUNCIL
Central Ohio Light & Power
Company Letter Read at
Council Meeting
Meeting Would Also Discuss
Supplying Current to Bluff
ton Farm Area

The Central Ohio Light and Pow
er Co., which has its major generat-
ing plant located in Bluffton, has
proposed meeting with Bluffton
village council and the board of
public affairs, to discuss the possi-
bility of supplying the town with
electric current and power. 1t was
read at council meeting, Monday
night.
A bid to take over electric service
now provided by the municipal light
plant was one of three proposals
made by the utility firm in a letter
directed to the mayor, city council,
and the board of public affairs.
The letter signed by Emory d.
Erwin, president and general mana
ger of the utility requested an esrIy
meetin with the two Bluffton govern
meeting with the two Bluffton gov
ernmental bodies for a discussion of
the situation.
Propose Discussion
In addition to the question of
providing electric service for the
town, the utility also indicated it
wanted to discuss at the session
requests for current from farm resi-
dents who now get their electricity
from the municipal plant and also
bring to head protracted negotia-
tions over a site near Buckeye lake
which the village has sought to pur-
chase as site for the towns pro-
posed sewage disposal plant.
The letter pointed out that the
utility has requests for service from
farmers now getting their current
from the Bluffton plant, "inasmuch
as our rates are approximately 20
per cent lower than they now are
paying
Erwin's letter also indicated that
efforts made in the past to buy the
proposed site at the north edge of
the Buckeye as a location for u
sewage disposal plant might be
resolved at this time, another reason
for the proposed meeting.
Proposal On Service
In disclosing that the utility wish
ed to reopen the question of provid-
ing electrical service for the village,
Erwin wrote:
We have also in the past in
dicated our willingness to discuss
with you the benefits which
might accrue to the village of
Bluffton should we be in a posi-
tion to serve your village with
electric light and power"
In discussing the utility firms
request, councilmen Monday night
indicated they would be willing to
participate in a joint meeting, pend
ing check with the board of public
affairs.
Forrest Steinman, chairman of the
board of public affairs, said the
group has had no meeting since
receipt of the letter and no action
has been taken as yet on the pro-
posal. Next regular meeting of the
board will be Tuesday night Septem-
ber 5,
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Announce Key Personnel Of Civilian
Defense at Meeting September 5tll

Key personnel to head the various
phases of Bluffton's Civilian Defense
organization will be announced at a
community meeting to be held Tues
day night, Sept. 5, in the American
Legion hall.
Additional registration of volun-
teer workers also will be completed
at the meeting.
Another feature will be explana-
ton of the local program and its
relationship to county and state
activities by Allen county Civilian
Defense officials who will be here
for the session. All phases of CD
activity will be explained.
127 Register
Buttons registration for civilian
defense service is one of the best in
the county, with the local mark of
127 second only to Lima in the
number volunteering. In addition
Bluffton's turnout is the largest
proportional to population in the
county.
Ted Helser, Allen county civilian
defense director, who will be here
for the September meeting, has ex-
pressed satisfaction with the Bluff
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
Council May Order Vote on Sewer
Issue at November Election Here
Beaverdam Youth
Reported Missing !.
On Korean Front

Pvt. Wayne A. Johnson, Is,
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Archer l..
Johnson, of Beaverdam, is re-
ported missing in the Korean
battle area, according to an an
nouncement last Friday by the
u. s. Department of Defense.
The Beaverdam youth was a
member of Co. L, 21st infantry,
which had been stationed at
Kumamo, kyusku, Japan, for
more than a year. Young John
SON entered the army in Febru-
airy, 1949, and was sent overseas
in May.
Relatives said the last letter
received from Pvt. Johnson was
dated June %.
The family previously lived in
Lima where the war victim at
tended Lima Central High school
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
COUNCIL MARKS
nine STREETS TO
BE RESURFACED
Eighteen City Blocks will be
Included in Summer Pro-
gram Here
Findlay Contractor will be
Given Contract for Streets
and Alleys

Eighteen city blocks of nine Bluff.
ton streets will be resurfaced in q
summer Improvement program to be
launched here within the next two
weeks, it was decided at meeting OF
the municipal council, Monday night
In addition TO the street program
a number of alleys also will be hard
surfaced.
Contract for the street improve.
ments will be let to Cossett and Co.
of Findlay, road contractors VINO have
handled Buttons resurfacing prof.
ects for the last several years.
Preparation of streets for the i'm
provement program is being done by
city street workmen under the direc-
ton of Street Commissioner I'll. l.
Coon. Preliminary grading on streets
involved also is being done before the
start of resurfacing.
Nine Projects
Included in the street program are
the following projects:
Lawn avenue-Franklin street to
College avenue; and Grove street to
High street, two blocks.
Spring street-College avenue to
Elm street, three blocks.
Franklin street-Main to Spring
street, three blocks.
Vine street-Main street to Lawn
avenue, two blocks.
Railroad street-Cherry street to
College avenue, one block.
College avenue-Railroad street to
Geiger street; Little Riley bridge to
College road; Main to Jackson street,
three blocks.
Lake avenue-Main street to the
County Line road, two blocks.
Geiger street-Cherry street to
College avenue, one block.
Elm street-One-hal block adjac-
ent to the town hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
Crash DenaOlishes
Light Standard

A boulevard light standard in
front of the Mrs. w. w. Carder
residence in the 800 block on South
Main street was demolished about
daylight Wednesday morning.
The standard, apparently struck
by a passing car or truck was torn
from its base and dragged about
100 feet north to the lawn strip in
front of the Mrs. John Rogers prop
erty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
TWO TEACHING
VACANCIES IN
GRADE BUILDING
No Instructors for Third and
Sixth Grades; Former
Teacher Back
Positions are All Filled i'm High
School Teaching Person
mel Here

Two vacancies remain to be filled
on the Bluffton grade school teach
ing staff, with school officials facing
the task of making arrangements for
instructors inthe third and sixth
grades before the opening of the
fall term on Sept. 6, only 10 days
away.
Vacancies remaining to be filled
are those resulting from the resig-
nations last spring of Ralph DeVore,
fifth and sixth grade teacher, and
Miss Genevieve Beagle, second grade
instructor.
Arrangements to fill two other
grade staffva cancies have been COM
pleted this month. Mrs. Levada
Bixel,wh resigned last spring as a
second grade teacher, has consented
to return for another school terwm.
A vacancy in the fifth grade re-
sulting from a one-year's leave of
absence granted to Mrs. Adella Oyer
will be filled by Mrs. Paul Cramer,
who has assisted in the schools pre-
viously as substitute teacher. Mrs.
Cramer finished the latter part of
the last schoolte rm in Mrs. Oyer's
place.
GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
Teaching assignments in the grade
school announced this week by Supt
Aaron B. Murray are as follows:
Meredith Stepleton, principal and
first grade; Mrs. Ruby Murray, first
and second grades; Mrs. Levada
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
Utility Proposes Supplying Current Here
Building Lot Prices Soar as Buyers !.
Scou1 Market for Desirable Locations

Brisk bidding for Buttons
rapidly diminishing list 81 de-
sirable building sites is the latest
development in this summers
residential building boom, which
has brought the start Of II new
homes inside corporation limits
since late spring.
Skyrocketing prices for build
ing lots also have marked the
construction boom, with an avid
demand for sites. There appar-
emily is no letup in residential
building plans of local residents.
With IL new homes started
this summer, that number of de-
sirable building sites have been
taken off the market, narrowing
the available number and result
ing i'm an uptrend in prices asked
by owners of the remaining
building locations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Shafer, Leip-
sic, girl, Susan Elaine, last We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Rogers, OF
tawa, boy, Timothy Stephen, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Luginbuhl,
Bluffton, girl, Martha Allene,
Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
TlDO Meric0ns Are
Held For Deportation

Two Mexicans illegally in this
country were arrested last Sunday
in Beaverdam and turned over to
Toledo immigration authorities for
deportation.
The men, Rudolpho Morales, %,
and Antonio Benitez, 26, both of
Vera Cruz, Mexico, were apprehend-
ed in Beaverdam after they were
reported lettering near q service
station. They told Allen County
Deputy Sheriff Harold Williamson
they crossed the border at Laredo,
Texas, July 6, and remained in this
country illegally.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
British Parents OF BlufftOn Woman
Enroute To Take Up Residence Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shrider, Jr.,
of Harmon road, are in New York
City to meet her parents, Mr.. an
Mrs. Frank Cullen, enroute here
from their native England to make
their future home in Bluffton.
They are expected here Thurday.
Parting from relatives and friends
in their home city of Grimsby, $50
miles north of London, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cullen sale for the United
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
COUNTY FAIR RIBBONS

The following Bluffton exhibit
ors received awards Tuesday at
the Flower show at the Allen
County Fair:
w. A. Amstutz, 1st, single
dahlia; 1st, best display any
flower (gladioli and dahlias).
Karl Gierman, 1st, dozen
asters; 1st, dozen mixed gladioli.
Kermit Herr-1st & End, doz-
en- l color gladioli; 1st, large
dahlias; End, single dahlia.
and four for vegetables. Prizes are
offered for gladiolus, dahlia, mari
gold, zinnia, roses, asters, crysanthe-
NUNS and dephiniums.
Additional amateur awards are
provided for flower arrangements
and vegetables and fruits class.
In open competition there will be
80 classes for dahlias, including
showings of specimen blooms plus
vase and basket showings. A cham.
pion dahlia, with open and amateur
competing, also will be chosen.
OPEN CLASSES
In the gladiolus division there will
be showings in 81 classes, including
displays of 10 or more in a vase OF
basket. There will be four classes
open for delphiniums.
Forty different vegetable exhibits
are planned, with a complete com.
plement of garden produce common
to this area. Among the entries
will be beets, cabbage, carrots, sweet
corn, popcorn, cucumbers, squash
beans, pumpkins, turnips, musk
melons, etc.
There will be 20 classes offruits
with apples, peaches, pears, grapes
ounces and plums included in th,
showings.
An unusual sidelight in tn,
showings will be the most comica
arrangement of any flower or vege
table.
Kermit Herr and Mrs. Cal Steinel
are co-chairmen of the show.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
Double In Price

Lots which last year generally
were selling in a $500 to $500
range roughly have doubled in
price this summer, with a few
now bearing tags over the $4,000
mark as those who plan to build
bid for choice locations.
The owner of one desirable lot
said this week that he is contact
ed almost daily by wouId-be pur-
chasers, but so far has refused
to sell.
At the same time there is little
indication that additional sites
will be on the market soon, thru
opening new residential building
subdivisions, largely because of
the Korean war situation.
No New Additions
Normally the scarcity of build
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
Condition Improved

Charles Kinsinger, Bluffton pro-
duce dealer who has been i'll with
pneumonia for the past two weeks
is improving at his home on oSuth
Spring street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
on response in CD activity.

ton response in CD activity.
An appeal likely will be sounded
later for additional volunteers here,
18 years of age and older, with
county officials stressing that "any
American worthy of the name will
volunteer for the most important
service any civilian might be called
on to perform-that of saving the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
New Residence
Property

Joe Bronson is remodeling for
residential use a barn at the rear
of his lot on South Mound street.
The family now occupy house
trailer on the site.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
Thistle Salad

An odd dish prepared In SOUTH
ern France is a salad made of AL
pine thistles. Served with pepper
sauce, the hearts of this plant are
considered as tasty as artichokes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
TIUO On Honor Roll
At Ohio Northern

Don T. Critics and Janice Hank
ish, both of Bluffton, received honor
grades for the summer quarter at
Ohio Northern university, according
to word from the university this
week. Both were students in the
elementary education department.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24
ANNOUNCE PLANS
TO HOLD FLOWER
SHOW ON SEPT. 8
Blufft0n Garden Clubs Making
Arrangements for Attrac-
tive Event
Showing of Flowers Will be
Held in Bluffton High
School Gymnasium

Buttons largest flower show,
withexhib ition classes also included
for vegetables and fruits, will be
held Saturday afternoon and even.
ing, Sept. 8, in the Bluffton High
school gymnasium.
A joint venture of the mems ane
women's garden clubs of the com
munity, the show will have a specia
division for amateurs as we'll as tn,
familiar open classes.
No entry fees will be charged, ane
entries will be open to any interested
person. First, second and thirc
prize ribbons will be awarded ir
each class. Entries will close al
1880 a. m. on the day of the show
at which time exhibits are to be in
place.
FREE ADMISSION
Admission to the show will be
free, with exhibits open to the pub
lie from 1880 p. m. until 10 p. m.
In the amateur division of the
show, there will be 80 flower classes
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-24

Not being able to understand
women wouldn't be so bad If they
didn't understand men.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
Thursday, April 20

Thursday, April 20
Zidonian chapter, O.E.S., meets
at the Masonic temple at 8 pm.
Theta Rho club meets at the
I.O.O.F. hall.
Junior altar society of st. An
thongs Catholic church meets at
the parish hall at 7 o'clock for a
pot-luck supper.
Laurel Camera club will meet at
8 pm. at the Karl George home.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
Friday. April u

Friday, April Fl
Circles of the W.S.C.S. will meet
at the following homes at 2 pm:
Circle lat Mrs. Melvin Der
ringers with Mrs. Leonard Ferrin
assisting.
Circle Pat Mrs. H. M. Larson's
with Mrs. Arthur Callahan CO.
hostess.
Circle Sat Mrs. R. w. Bates
home.
Circle 4-at Mrs. John Dyer's.
Circle Sat Mrs. c.. A. Crom-
wells.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
Pictures From Past Greet
E%ngIishwomen in Paris

PARIS, FRANCE. - When the
Misses Anne Moberly and Eleanor
Jourdain of Oxford, England, visited
the palace of Versailles during a
trip to Paris, they saw on the
grounds two men wearing long tun.
les and three-cornered hats.
Passing these "g a S" they
came to a bridge which a
woman and a girl in Anticipated
peasant dress carried wooden pals.
Beyond, a trail led the two English
women to a cottage in front Of which
dozed a young man with a peck
marked face, wearing 18th century
court clothes. Another man, similar
ly CARRIED, told them to follow a
path to the right.
Along this path, they came upon
a very blond young woman in an
antique, wide-skirted yellow dress
and a green kerchief. She was
painting.
Beyond her was a house through
whose open windows the women
saw what looked like a village we'd
ding feast, the guests all wearing
clothes that antedated the French
revolution.
Walking farther, the two English
women saw people wearing modern
clothing. So they retraced their
steps to watch more Of what they
thought was a pageant. But they
couldn't find the bridge or the
house or any Of the people they'd
seen.
Shocked, they took their tale to
the French ministry of the fine
arts, under whose care Versailles
palace is placed. Incredulous Off
cials had to be urged to check back.
But when they did, with the aid of
historians and other experts, they
found that there had once been a
bridge where the two ONE said
they'd seer one; there had been a
house; there was a peck marked
man, the Marquis de Vaudreuil,
whose habit it was to take a nap at
the queens play farmland court
accounts Of the period showed Ma
RE Antoinette had bought a yellow
dress ~of the type described, with
green kerchief!
A written report Of the events and
tho historians check has been de-
posted at the Bodleian library at
Oxford university and is now under
study by psychiatrists, phantasmol-
oeists and others.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
Hmu

The annual drive for funds
for the Boy Scouts of Laurel
will begin next Tuesday morning
with an early bird breakfast at the
Masonic temple for Scouters and
others on the funds raising COM
mittee. C. A. Cromwell, chairman,
will map plans for the campaign.
Last Friday night, p boys at
tended the overnight camp at Riv-
erside park, as a means of passing
second and f~irst-class cooking re-
quirements and also to clean up
around the Scout hall.
At a court of honor scheduled
for April II at the Methodist
church basement at Z o'clock, merit
badges will be awarded to Keith
Gomon for wood working and mu-
sic; Charles Rogers for marksman-
skip; Eugene George and Coy Esh-
ON for stamp collecting.
Mrs. Charlotte Cranwill gave an
interesting talk on stamp collect
ing at the regular scout meeting
Monday night. Melvin Ferrin pass
ed the requirements to become a
first class scout before a board of
review.
The Explorer post plans an over
night camp April IA at the place
where the Saltwater river meets
the Yellowstone near Columbus.
They will be accompanied by En-
plorer Commander Karl George.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
Wednesday, April 10

Wednesday, April 10
Regular meeting of the Women
Of the Moose.
Chapter B, PEG, will meet at
the home of Mrs. Bertha Gehrett
at 7:45 pm.
Regular meeting of the Laurel
assembly, Order of Rainbow for
Girls at the Masonic temple. mi
tiation.