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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-06-07
Three Are Hurt
When Truck Upsets

Three Bluffton persons were
slightly injured early Sunday night
when a pickup truck driven by Mrs.
William Burkholder, north of town
on the Dixie highway, overturned on
Route 224 between Findlay and Tiff
fin.
Mrs. Burkholder suffered a neck
injury and abrasions of the knees.
Her son, Jerry, 8, sustained nose
injury, abrasions of the knees and
bruised side. Another passenger,
Elizabeth Fisher, rs, Bluffton, re
ceived neck injury.
Mrs. Burkholder told state patrol
men the truck overturned in the
ditch when she attempted to stop for
train in the C. & o. railroad tracks
near the intersection of U. S. Route
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Preliminary Planning
For Road Program

Plansfor summer improvements to
Richland township roads are nearing
completion following conferences be-
tween members of the township board
of trustees and Allen county COM
missioners, it was announced this
week.
Allen county pioneered in establish
ing a county-township cooperative
road program in this part OF OHIO.
Through the system, substantial saw
ings are effected by substantial saw
ings are effected in bulk purchases
of material needed, instead OF inde-
pendent purchases by the county and
each township.
Further savings are made possible
to townships in that their equipment
needs are lighter, for county equip
ment is used in effecting road re-
pairs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-06-07
Ten Day Vacation
Church School Opens

An. enrolment of ITO marked the
first day of vacation church school
sponsored by the Bluffton Ministerial
association, Monday morning in the
grade school building.
Ten morning sessions will be held
in the church school curriculum, with
classes meeting daily from 8 until
80 a. m. Certificates will be
awarded to all students who attend
eight of the 10 regular sessions.
A pageant also will mark a serv-
ice at the conclusion of the summer
program, with the final exercises
scheduled for Sunday evening, june
l17.
First-day enrolment in the schoo
was as follows: kindergarten, 43
primary, 50; junior, 49; junior high
seven, and teachers and assistants
IL.
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Bluffton COllge
Receives Gift
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Continued from rage ~
ILL.,; Alice Ruth Pannabecker, Chica-
go, Ill.
James Roger Reusser, Williams
port, Pa; Muriel Irene Ross, Green's
boro, Md; Patricia Ann Shantz
Kitchener, Ont; Kenneth Myers
Shelly, East Greenville, Pa; Johr
Waldo Siemens, Altoona, Manitoba
Stanley William Walton, Sycamore
o.; Ralph K. Weber, Kitchener
Ontario; Aldine Margaret thinner
man, Gridley, Ill.
At the close OF the summer tern
bachelor of arts degrees will bt
awarded to Marilyn Florence Chiv
ington, Leipsic; Joseph Robert Ora
ham, Sidney, o.; Marjorie Bloom
quist Ramseyer, Columbus; anc
Ralph E. 9TH, Dayton.
Bachelor School Music
Bachelor of School Music degree:
will be conferred upon Mary kathryn
Bauman, Bluffton; Iris Ruth Melecio
Puerto Rico; Ann Bechenbach Mel
linger, Garfield, o.; and Onnolee Nc
Clintock, Wapakoneta, Ohio.
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Early Industry Parade

Continued from Page l.
under the trade name of the Ideal
Washing Machine.
An aggressive company with an
accent on Improvements in design
and construction, the firm in 1908
began making a washer with a
water motor on the top. In 1910,
the company brought out a belt
power washer, and the electric op-
Grated machinewa S placed on the
market shortly afterward.
1t was in 1911 that the machines
first were put out by the trade name
of the Women's Friend Washing
Machine, brand which has been
one of he leaders in the field for
four decades, altho the product no
longer is built in Bluffton.
Gasoline Engines
AT about this same time, the
company also went into business as
a producer of gasoline engines,
whichw ere built in the building now
occupied by the Augsburger garage.
Engines made by the company
We're of a .one horsepower design
marketed for those who wanted
power to run pumps in wells,
churns, grind feed, etc. The company
never made motors to use with its
ox.y, bolt J,~;x,ox, x,,acb;,,,r ,,,aoL;coc
but instead specialized in the farm
machinery speciality field, for in the
days before electricity became COM
mon, gasoline engine was neces-
sity on nearly every farm.
Zehrbach and Lugibihl operated
the business as partnership until
1912 when it was Incorporated, with
the two continuing as the major
stockholders. Others in the corpora
ton were Ed Jones, j. E. Lugibill
and Harley Lugibihl.
Organization Changes
Albert Lora, who later became a
major stockholder, came into the
company in 1914. Charles F. Miller,
who after the death of Zehrbach,
became the manufacturing company's
general manager started with the
firm in 1908.
After nearly 80 years of major
operation in Bluffton, the company
moved to Findlay in 1928 in a shift
of operations that was loss to the
industrial well being of the COM
munity.
| The name of The Bluffton Manu-
featuring Co. will be long remember
ed here, however, for its contribution
to the industrial background was in
two felds-frst the cream separator
business and later as a washing
machine manufacturer-bot OF
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Bluffton Hospital

MAY 20
Admitted = Mrs. Ezra Basingr,
Bluffton.
Observation-Disclosures Schumacher,
Ottawa; Mrs. Dale Gangle and
daughter, McComb.
MAY so
Discharged - Jimmy and Jerry
Wise, Wharton.
BAY 81
Admitted-Polly Ann Anglemeyer,
Williamstown; Billy Stump, Lafay-
cite; Bobby RAIDER, Bluffton.
JUNE |
Admitted = Sharon Reichenbach,
Bluffton; Margaret Launder, For
rest; Mrs. Howard Musser, Mt.
Blanchard; Gary Zimmerman, Bluff
ton; Mrs. Orville Lugibihl, Pandora.
Discharged-Mrs. Anna Gill, Ada;
Gary Zimmerman, Bluffton.
JUNE 3
Discharged-Mrs. Alonzo Keiser
and infant, Ada; Mrs. Joe Plummer
and infant, Ada; Mrs. Helen Musser,
Mt. Blanchard; Margaret Launder,
Forrest; Sharon Reichenbach, Bluff
ton.
JUNE A
Admitted-Karen and Carol Jean
Basinger, Findlay; Miss Leile Sherk,
Pandora; Elaine Rossman, Jenera;
Mrs. Cecil Clymer.
Discharged-Mrs. Ezra Basinger,
Bluffton; Mrs. Weldon Deppler and
infant, Lima; Mrs Lloyd Kimmel
and infant, Rawson.
JUNE
Admitted-Karen and Linda Hall,
Bluffton; Louise Reichenbach, Bluff
ton.
Discharged-Leile Shirk, Pandora;
Carol Jean and Karen Basinger,
Findlay; Mrs. Perry Spence and in
fant, McComb; Mrs. Ruth Paxton
and infant, Jenera; Mrs. Basil Fish
Grand infant, Col. Grove; Elaine
Rossman, Jenera.
JUNE 6
Admitted-Kevin Snavely, Pan
dora.
Discharged-Mrs. Lawrence Hilty
| and infant, Pandora; Billy Stump,
Lafayette; Mrs. Clarence Stober, Al
ger.
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Town Plans Gala 4th
Continued from Page u


Preceding opening of the rodeo, the
Bluffton High school band will put
on display of marching formations
on the field, and will also play dur
ing the rodeo.
Sponsoring the holiday events will
be four active local organizations:
the Bluffton Saddle Horse club,
Bluffton Businessmen's association,
Bluffton Sportsmen's club and the
Recreation committee.
Proceeds for Pool
Proceeds from the holiday activi-
ties will be donated to the Bluffton
municipal swimming fool fund and
to benefit the sponsoring organiza-
tions.
Assisting the recreation commit
tee in operation of the carnival,
greatly expanded over that of last
summer, will be the American
Legion Auxiliary, American Legion,
Bluffton Businessmen's association,
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
the Bluffton Sportsmen's club.
Directing work of the carnival
committee are Ralph Reichenbach,
general chairman; Everett Suter-
meister, decoration and lighting;
Dave Risser, refreshments; Ed
Chamberlain, merchandise for con-
cessions and booths.
Carnival Concessions
Among carnival concessions plan
ned for his years event are ice
cream stands, pop and hot dog
stands, watermelon stand, popcorn
stands, bingo, water toys, blanket
wheels, plush animals, milk bottle
ball game, balloon and cane stand,
aluminumware stand, photo stand
etc,
General chairman for the Fourth
of July Rodeo celebration is Roy
Rogers. Assisting him on the gen.
eral committee are Ed Badertscher,
vice-chairman; Dale Reichenbach,
treasurer, and Paul Reichenbach,
secretary.
Other members of the committee
are Ed Rice, Everett Sutermeister,
Ed Chamberlain, Harry Anderson,
Charles Alderman, Dave Riser, Art
Swank, Harlan Swank, Raymond
Holden, Edgar Herr, Earl Hamilton,
Joe Brown, Carl Marshall, Dana
Mathewson, ROLAND Koontz, Gene
Benroth and Wilford Geiger.
On the fireworks committee are
Dave Riser, Ed Badertscher, and
Everett Sutermeister.
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Family Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Reynolds
and sons of Kermit, Texas, were
honored guests at dinner Sunday
at the home of Mrs. Reynolds par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Augsburg
er.
Guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Steiner and son Billy, Toledo; Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Radebaugh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Hunter and daughters
and Mrs. VIM. Butz and daughter of
Bellevue; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Shilling
and son of Rawson; Mrs. VIM. Ryan,
Jr., of Archbold; Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Fett and daughter Winifred, Mr..
and Mrs. Gerald Augsburger and
daughters of Pontiac, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Augsburger
and son of Ashtabula were guests
the past week.
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Woman and Children
Struck Ry Train
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Continued from Page II
rear of the auto, ramming it off the
tracks and to one side of the road.
The car did not overturn.
Another reason for the lack of
more serious injuries to occupants Of
the auto is said to have been the
fact that the train was slowing to
make stop at the Bluffton station.
The supply train, consisting of the
locomotive and several cars, is one
which makes monthly run over the
division to leave supplies at each
station along the route. The fact
that it was such short train is
believed a contributing factor in it
not being noticed until it was too
late to prevent the crossing mishap.
The Rossman girl was taken to
the hospital in car driven by Mrs.
Russell Leiber. The Paul Diller am
bulance later took the Trauchts to
the hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-06-07
BIuftOn Grad Quits
Lima Coaching Post

Harry Schlott who was graduated
from Bluffton college last June, has
resigned as athletic coach at Lima
st. Rose high school, which position
he held since last fall.
Under Schlott's direction, st. Rose
teams made spectacular showing
the past year. The football team
won eight and lost one game, II
baseball his team won 13 straight
without defeat. The basketball
squad won IL and lost 10.
Schlott has disclosed no plans fol
the future.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-06-07
ReU. Snaucker Talks
At Lions Meeting

An account of the tour he made
late last winter to India, Egypt and
Europe was made at a dinner meet
ing of the Bluffton Lions clubs Tues
day night by Rev. j. n. Smucker,
editor of The Mennonite.
In addition to Rev. Smucker's ad-
dress, James Szaho made a report on
the Ohio State Lions convention at
Akron, to which he was a delegate.
Another feature was the presentation
of one-year perfect attendance pms
to eight members of the local club.
Visitors at the Tuesday dinner
meeting were District Lion Governor
Merle Blue, of Dunkirk, and District
Secretary Lewis Shoemaker, of For
est
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-06-07
Mother Of BIuftOn
Man Dies In JenerG

Mrs. Peter Spaeth, SO, of Jenera,
mother of Oliver Spaeth, of the Bad
ertscher apartments, South Main
street, died at noon Monday at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Emma
Rettig, in Jenera.
She had been in poor health for
five years and was seriously i'll for
the last two weeks.
Survivors include the husband, five
sons, one daughter, two brothers and
two sisters.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon in the Trinity
Lutheran church, Jenera, with Rev.
w. C. Voss officiating. Burial was
in Trinity cemetery.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
appreciation and heartfelt thanks to
all the friends and relatives for their
aid and sympathy during the illness
and death of our beloved daughter
and sister Miss Eunice Amstutz;
especially the hospital nursing staff
and Rev. Landes who officiated at the
funeral services, the singers for their
message in song and all those sending
flowers.
Mother, Sisters and Brothers
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LEGAL NOTICE

Lula May Davis. whose last known place
of address Lula May Davis. lI3h S.
Central, Lima, Ohio, is hereby notified that
Mccoy Davis has filed his petition against
her for divorce, reasonable visitation with
his minor child. and for all other equitable
relief which he may be entitled to in the
premises on the grounds of gross neglect of
duty, in Case Number 40257 in the Common
Pleas Court of Allen County. Ohio, and that
said cause will be for hearing on or about
six weeks from the date of the first publi-
cation of this notice.
Durbin. Navarro and Rizor
Attorney for Plaintiff
SOL Dominion Building
Lima, Ohio II
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BIuftOn Coed In
Honorary Society

Mrs. Marjorie Rickert Goering,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Abram
Rickert, south of Bluffton on the
Dixie highway, has been honored for
her work in dramatics at Bethel col
lege, Newton, Kansas, during the
past year.
In recognition of her achievements,
Mrs. Goering has been granted mem
bership in Alpha Psi Omega, nation
al honorary dramatic fraternity.
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Rites Held For Sister
Of Mrs. Mary Frick

Mrs. Ross Motter, 55, sister of
Mrs. Mary Frick, of Bluffton, and a
lifelong resident of the Lafayette
community, died at a. m. Monday
at her home near Lafayette, follow
ing a long illness.
In addition to her husband she is
survived by two children, her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Mowery,
of near Lafayette, five sisters and a
brother. Burial was at Westminster.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-06-07

M OST of US today think of foot
~ ball as strictly an American
game and will be very much sur
prised to learn that it was con-
ceived and first played in Japan as
early as the Seventh century. It
was very popular among court cir
cles and was limited mostly to those
enjoying high royal rank. It was
called football to distinguish it
from the Roman national game of
handball.
@ Western Newspaper Union,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-06-07
May Not Be Fiattering

Green can be used successfully on
an area of any size and in any
section of the household. Be care
full, however, not to use too yellow
a green when painting bathroom
walls. Near the mirror where you
face yourself in the morning, 1t
has an unflattering effect on the
complexion. It makes you not-so-
sure-that-you-feel-too-wel.
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Auto Crash EnrOute To
Graduation
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CONTINUED from Page u
filling station on the curve obstruct-
ed the view of occupants of Hitz
auto.
Operator of the truck was Robert
A. House, %, of Richfeld, Pa. An
other passenger car driven by Mrs.
Eva House, so, of Ft. Wayne, Ind,
also was involved in the crash.
Neither of them was injured.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-06-07
BLUFFTON MARKETS

"SSoNAy MINING
Grain (bushel prices) - Wheat
$2.19; corn, $1.64; oats, S4c; soys
$303.
Poultry-Heavy hens, 27c; Leghorr
hens, 24c; heavy fryers, 29c; red
fryers, 27c; Leghorn fryers, 25c;
heavy stags, 14c; Leghorn stays, 12c
Eggs-Large white, 43c; large
brown, 42c; medium white, 3sc; med
ium brown, &c.
Butterfat-No. l, &c; No. 2, &c
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which helped make the town nation
ally known as an industrial center
of prominence.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
1881 Tv SETS

Eornous Make 1881 Console Televi-
sion, II" rectangular picture tube.
Walnut Plastic cobnet. Floor SompIe 1888 1884,
Fomous Moke Console with II" rec
tonoulor picture tube. Mahogany ve-
neered eobnet. Floor model Model
27Kie e----.------- s4s.s5 zss.ss
1851 Forous Make Console Tee-
vision, II" rectangular picture tube.
Mahogany Veneered Cabinet with
doors. Floor sompe demonstrotor.
Fomous Name Console, II" screen.
Model 27K2e -----.------- sss.95 2ss.ss
1851 Fomous Moke Console Tele-
vision Set, II" picture tube. Mo-
hooony veneered cabinet with door.
Demonstrotor model 27K46 ---- 4leo5 1885
LANSBURGRS-Major Appliances Street Floor
Evening star., 1951-12-13
sPoRTsWEAR VALUES

IA Poodle Cloth Tee Toppers in block,
brown. Cotton knit with turtle
neck. Small, medium, large included
30 veIveteen Slip-on Sleeveless Vest.
Cotton ribbine on necklne and ornn-
holes. BoIero to notch. Broken
misses sizes
10 Short sleeve AIl-wool Sweoters. Light
eolors. Broken sizes. "a TO SO in
ciuded
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Evening star., 1951-12-13
BIG SAVINGS for BOYS
BOYS WEAR

Orig NOW
10 Royon Tockie Twill Surcoots. Quilted
lining, mouton coIIor ------------ 1875 500
9 All Wool Mockinows with Upper
hood --------------------- 1925 500
so Fomous Make Boys Knit Polo Shirts.
Long sleeves: IA and 6 only -- lS1 Tic
LANSBURGHS-Boys Shop-Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1951-12-13

$50 Wool SIipovers in classic and
dressmoker styles. Novelty weoves
and solid colors. Some nylon cordi-
gons. Red, green, maize, blue. Sizes
"a to 40 included -- 5
81 Royon Tissue Foile and Nylon
I blouses in dressmoker and tailored A.
styles. Assorted eolors and sizes
10 Fomous Moke Wool jersey Blouses. I
VI sleeves, V-neek ond Johnny
collar in red. Also, lOOoo Docron
elossic shin in white. Sizes 81 to
SO included
IS NyIon sIipover Ssweoters, with short 4
sleeves. Aqua. brown, navy. Sizes
36 to 80 s-z-------
IANsyRcHs- Bloasss- -street :
Evening star., 1951-12-13

10 Dressy Holiday Dresses. Several
styles to choose from in berry twill.
foille olpoco. royon crepe ond wool.
Block. brown. grey included. Sizes
S-l3sincIuded
10 Junior Formols, long and bollerino
lengths. Stropless gowns with stoes
and few iockets. A few with nylon
net skirts with contrasting bodices. |
Sizes 9-l5 included -----
LANSBURGHS-Junior Dresses-Se,
Evening star., 1951-12-13
plus savings o. special Purch
TEEN SHOP VALUES

Orig NOW
Is Sport Cops with visors; many eoors LOO soc
Lined Poplin Jockets in bright eoors 4oo 1.zs
IL Cashmere Sweaters. PulIovers and 1856
eordeons. Soft postes, 38 to 40 So5 SOS
so Grs Cotton BIouses Some tailored,
some loce trimmed Sizes to IA Ioo I3e
LANSBURGHS- Shop-Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1951-02-08
Y Jockeys May Have Chance
7oRepeot McLennon Victory

aboard Fl Mono in 1948 and may
go after a repeat ON All at Once.
Three other past winners Of the
McLennan may not get mounts.
Jimmy Stout won the race twice,
in 1888 with Piccolo and In 1899
with Stagehand. Conn McCreary
won with Haltal in 1941 and Joe
Renick was home first with Con-
cordian in 1946.
A doubtful starter named Gang
way proved yesterday that he is
ready when he won the eighth race
after a hot stretch duel with the
favored Cuore. Gangway will be
ridden Saturday by Logan Batchel-
Ter.
Other jockey assignments al
ready made include George Het-
finger aboard George D. Widener's
Reveille, Sam Boulmetis on Chicle
II, Bobby Bernhardt on Lone
Eagle and Joe Culmone aboard
Brookmeade Stables Sunglow.
Evening star., 1951-02-08
By The Associoted Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 8.-An 18.
game basketball series from coast.
forecast between the Harlem
Globetrotters and 1851 Collegiate
Stars has been set for April 1-19
A similar venture last year drew
181,364 customers in 18 games
II of which the Globetrotters
won.
The second series will open ir
Madison Square Garden and close
in Boston Garden. 1t does not
include Washington. A climax
of the tour will be a game April
9 in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena
Calf.
In New York, Abe Saperstein
owner and coach of the Globe
trotters, said the team will ngair
tour Europe after the series with
the collegiate stars. Accompanied
by a collection of all-stars, the
Globetrooters are slated to play
81 games while visiting II Euro
pean countries. The tour will
open in London on May IA ano
end in Germany August %. Las
years tour of Europe, the first
of its kind by a basketball squad
was termed a terrific success by
Saperstein.
Ten collegiate stars will be
Evening star., 1951-02-08
GIobetrotters, College Stars
Will Repeat National Tour

named after the current basket
ball campaign ends. A local area
collegian will be added for each
game.
The first member of q three
man coaching staff to be chosen
Is Clair Bee Of Long Island Uni
versity. Bee tutored the 1850 COL
legians with Ray Meyer of DePaul
assisting.
The schedule:
April 1, Madison Square Garden, New
YORK; 2. Hershey. Pa; 3, Buffalo Audi
torium: 4, Philadelphia Arena; 5. cieve-
land Arena; 6. Cincinnati Garden; =.
Chicago Stadium: 8, Kansas City Audi
torium; 8. Rose Bowl; 10, open; II, San
Francisco, Cow Palace; 12, Salt Lake
City; 13. Denver Arena; Il. Saltwater.
Okla; IS. st. Louis Arena: 16, Indian
apolis Coliseum; II, Detroit Olympia; Is.
Milwaukee Arena; 10, Boston Garden.
Evening star., 1951-02-08
Laurel Dates Fixed,
Those of Two Other
Tracks Undecided
by The Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. S.-The
State Racing Commission has
designated Laurel to open Mary
lands spring racing season with
q 20-day meet starting March %.
The schedule after April II was
left up in the air. This is because
Bowie is in the midst Of a row
among its management and prin-
cipal stockholders and Havre de
Grace is in the process Of closing
down.
Half-Mile Dates Set.
The Racing Commission went
ahead and set these dates for the
Today meetings at the States
five half-mile tracks:
Cumberland, July 1923; Ha-
gerstown, July 31-August IL: Bel
Air. August 1925; Timonium, Au-
gust 29-September 8. and Marl-
boro, September 1922.
The four harness racing tracks
have been given these dates for
their 20-day meetings:
Rosecroft, May 18-June 10;
Laurel, June 14-July 10; Balti-
more, July 11-August 6, and Ocean
Downs. August 7-September 1.
Three extra days are provided
for each of the harness tracks for
postponements in case of bad
weather.
Receiver Takes Charge.
Meanwhile, in the Bowie con-
troyersy. a court-appointed re-
ceiver took over the winter offices
Of the race track yesterday and
ousted General Manager L. Ed
O'Hara. The receiver, M. Hamp-
ton Magruder, said 1t wasn't "nec-
essary to tell O'Hara he was out.
"That." Magruder said. was
automatic"
The receiver, who also is In
ternal revenue collector for Mary
land. was president of Bowie un-
til 1947, when he had squabble
with O'Hara.
The Prince Georges County
Circuit Court at Upper Marlboro
turned the track over to Ma
gruder on a receivership petition
filed by John w. Farrell and
Howard s. Pierce. Farrell had
been ousted as president. and
Pierce. the largest single stock
holder, was fired as treasurer two
weeks ago in a ruckus with
O'Hara and his adherents.
Farrell and Pierce got Ma
gruder appointed receiver on
grounds the State Racing Com
mission would not license Bowie
to operate this year as long as the
O'Hara forces held control.
Evening star., 1951-02-08
BottIe-fnspired Winning Play
Made Gobby Swear off Bottle
AP Wirephoto.

0ebby was . hsro-to svery
one but himself!
You damned tooli" he
thought as he strolled into the
clubhouse. "If the batter had
lined out. It would have been an
easy triple plsy-with all run
ners 20 far of their bases"
Gabby said he got the In
spiration for that play from q
bottle.
80 I swore off whisky right
there. It scared me to think
what might have happened. So
I said never again! A bottle Of
beer. of the field. maybe. But
no more heavy drinking. And
I'm still on the wagon!"
It wasn't many years later
that Gabby was called to the
st. Louis Cardinals, won two
National League pennants and
one World Series.