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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29

A new auto bridge is being con-
structed this week across Marsh Run,
providing access to the east park at
Buckeye lake, as a joint project of
the Bluffton Community Sportsmen's
club and the Central Ohio Light
and Power Co.
Funds for the purchase of struc-
tural steel have been provided by the
Sportsmen's club, at an expenditure
of $8415. Central Ohio Power
workmen are erecting the bridge.
Unlike the structure it is replac-
ing, which had wooden supports, the
new bridge to the east-end park will
rest on two 10-inch steel eye beams,
concreted into bank abutments. A
heavy plank floor will be laid across
the framework.
Completion of the bridge will
again give access to the east end
park which has been closed to auto
mobiles for the last two years be-
cause of the unsafe condition of the
old bridge.
Sportsmen's club spokesmen said
the bridge will be completed before
the start of the towns annual trout
derby scheduled to open on Sunday,
April l. Restocking trucks, bring
ing trout here for the derby, also
can use the bridge to release fish
at the east end of the Buckeye.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29

House-to-house solicitation will be
completed during the next week in
Buttons annual Red Cross roll call
campaign, and a plea for additional
contributions to finance the humani-
tartan work of the organization was
voiced Tuesday by those in charge
of the local drive.
Every service in the Red Cross
program must be intensified because
of the present emergency, it was
pointed out by local leaders. Not
only must the Red Cross continue its
usual services at home, but the or
ganization also must be prepared to
serve the armed forces overseas and
at home.
Mrs. J. S. Steiner, head of the
Bluffton campaign, this week an
nounced the national goal of the cur
rent Red Cross campaign, as follows
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29

Highlighting the Golden Age of
Buttons industrial history, which
came with the turn of the century
and in the wake of the oil boom, was
emergence of the town as the cream
separator manufacturing center of
the world.
In fact it was during the cream
separator era, when output never
could keep up with demand and car
load shipments went to all parts of
the United States, Canada and Eu-
rope, that manufacturing finally be-
came the principal industrial pur-
suit of the seventy-year-old commun-
ity and Bluffton forever outgrew its
"country-town" status.
Growth of the cream separator in
dustry here was meteoric following
it's invention in the Bluffton commun-
ity, with four different manufactur-
ing plants producing the product at
the height of the boom about 1904.
At the same time, however, forces
were in the making which were to
cut into the bloom of the mushroom
ing industry just at time when it
looked as if there would be no end
to the expansion of the local separ-
ator manufacturing facilities.
INVENTED LOCALLY
Invention of the gravity cream
separator, a boon for farm house
wives who for years had cooled milk
in crooks and cans and then skim
med the cream from the top, was
the product of an Orange township
farmer, Mr.. J. D. Arras.
His patents for the separator, the
first of its kind in the world, were
taken out on May 81, 1901, and the
stage was set for the development of
Bluffton as the cream separator cap
ital of the world in the first full
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
James Miller Is
HOnOred In Texas

James F. Miller, former Button
youth, was recently named "Mis-
sion's Man of the Year" at Mission,
Texas, where he and his family now
reside.
Active in civic work, Miller was
awarded the honor after a canvass
by popular vote sponsored by the
Mission Times. He will be presented
plaque at the annual chamber of
commerce banquet there April II.
A citrus grower and businessman,
the award winner has been an or
ganization leader in Boy Scouts,
March of Dimes, health and welfare
committee as we'll as being district
supervisor of the federal census. He
also is president of the Mission Lions
club.
Miller is a graduate of the local
high school as well as of Bluffton
College. He is the son of Charles
F. Miller of Findlay, who formerly
lived on South Main street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Rites Held Monday
For Rachel DiLLer

Rachel Rosetta Diller, 11-year-old
daughter of Archie and Velma Diller
four miles northwest of Bluffton in
Riley township, died at $3.50 p. m.
Friday in the family home. Death
was caused by brain tumor. She
had been ill five weeks.
Born Dec. 81, 1889, she was a
sixth grade pupil in Pandora school.
Besides her parents, she is survived
by her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Diller, Lima; sisters, Mrs.
Russell Suter and Mrs. James Kiene.
Pandora; Clara Bess and Johanna,
at home; brothers Theodore, in the
U. S. Army; Peter H. and Darrell
Diller, at home.
Services were held at the Ebenezer
Mennonite church with burial taking
place in the church cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
COLOrfuI Career Of
LeUi Bdinler Closes

Levi Balmer, native of Bluffton,
who worked on the Bluffton News in
the seventies" shortly after it's
founding, died Teusday of last week
in Salem, Oregon, at the age of Sc.
Balmer left Bluffton in 1872 and
embarked on a long, colorful career
which included experience as a Faro
dealer, Alaskan steamboat operator
and chicken rancher.
He was in Alaska during the gold
rush where he was a faro dealer in
Tex Richards famous saloon. While
in Alaska he also acquired and oper-
ated a steamboat.
In recent years he had made his
home with a niece, Mrs Oliver
Myers, in Salem.
He was born in Bluffton on Christ
mas Day, 1864.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
rs SENIORS WILL
BE GRADUATED IN
EXERCISES MAY "a
Class of Ii Boys and IL Girls
Is Smallest To Graduate
I'm 81 Years
DIR. Bland L. Stradley, of Ohio
State University, Is Com
mencement Speaker

Blutfton's High schools graduating
class this spring will be the smallest
since 1914, it was revealed Tuesday
with announcement of the names of
26 seniors who will receive diplomas
at commencement exercises on
Thursday, May "a.
The class of 26 is smaller by 10
in comparison with last springs
group of as seniors, and is in mark
ed contrast to graduating classs of
10 to rs common here during the
"thirties."
Diplomas will be conferred upon
the graduating seniors at commence
ment exercises on Thursday, May "a,
addressed by DR.. Bland L. Stradley,
vice-president of Ohio State univers-
ity. DR.. Stradley long has been in
terested in youth activities and is
well known for his interest in the
Boy Scout movement,
Caps and Gowns
Seniors win be in caps and gowns
for the graduating ceremonies. Boy
members of the class will wear the
traditional maroon and girls will be
in white.
Preceding commencement, bac-
calaureate services viii be held Sun
day evening, May 90. Rev. Alvin
Beachy will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon.
In the list of 26 graduates an
nounced this week by Supt. Aaron
B. Murray are the following IA boys
and IL girls: =
. James ID. Badertscher, Frederick
E. Brunn, Lynn Ellsworth Carmack,
Paul Herbert Cramer, Jr., Leland r.
Garmatter, David M. Hofstetter,
Richard Henry Jordan, Melvin E.
Marquart, Howard N. Miller, Will
liam Don Oates, Dale E. Riser, John
F. Triplehorn and James Warren
Frick.
Geneveive A. Burkholder, Margin
F. Holtkamp, Ruth Anna Lee, Doro-
thy Jean Leiber, Barbara j. Lewis,
E. Eileen Mathewson, Louise A.
Reichenbach, Joan Marie Montgom-
cry, Carol Jean Sechler, Margaret
Louise Stratton and Mildred Lee
Tenney.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
CLEARING WEATHER
BRINGS START IN
BUILDING UPSURGE
Plans Announced For Another
New Home In COnStruc-
ton Boom
Residential and Farm Building
Programs Included In Spring
Plans

Additional residential and farm
building construction plans were an
nounced this week, as Buttons
spring building boom readied for a
start as soon as weather permits.
Latest residential plans are those
of Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Niswander, of
Jackson street, who will complete a
home on South Main street in early
summer. They will build one-story
frame house with an attached garage
on the former Lora lot next to the
Ocie Anderson residence.
Construction is under way on the
R. L. Triplett farm on the county
line road for a so by 110-foot
poultry house being built for David
Smucker.
Rural Program
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Lackey, eight
miles southwest of Bluffton, are
undermining their home. Improve
ments consist of an enclosed porch,
replacement of windows and doors
and modernization of the interior.
Preliminary to construction of a
drive-in dairy products store at
Bentley road and Main street, the
old Johnson filing station building
on the site is being razed this week.
The new drive-in will be constructed
by Emory Benroth.
Ending a construction program
started last fall, the new Miller
Buick Sales building on North Main
street has been completed and is
occupied by the company.
Home Construction
Carl Marshall, two miles southeast
of Bluffton, plans to build an ad-
dition to his existing home in early
summer. Another rural project is
the construction of large covered
bas..yard addition TO the barn on
the Eugene Berry farm, five miles
west of town.
Other homes which will be started
this spring, announced earlier, are
those of James Szabo on Kibler
street. and Vern L. Walker, on Col
lege road. The Szabo residence will
be at the corner of Kibler street and
Lawn avenue, and Walkers home
will be adjacent to the Mrs. Cyrus
Schumacher home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Physically Unable to Attend
School, Youth Studies In
Mound Street Home
Diploma Certifying Completion
of School Work To BE Given
This Spring

Despite physical incapacity to at
tend regular classes at school, James
w. Frick, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Frick, Mound street, will be
among this springs Bluffton High
graduates.
For the last IL years, James has
been unable to make trips to the
school building, but he has continued
his education in special instruction
classes conducted in his home.
The home-study course leading to
the diploma young Frick will receive
this spring was approved by the
state department of education. Robert
Ewing has been the instructor.
Completes Work
Supt. Aaron B. Murray announced
this week that it is expected James
will have completed the necessary
course of study to receive the
diploma for his special schooling at
the close of the current school ter.
The course has been presented in
compliance with regular state pro-
cedures providing that when children
cannot be in attendance at regular
classes, personal instruction by a
qualified teacher may be continued
in the home.
Altho confined to his chair or bed,
James has many hobbies, one of the
principal an interest in airplanes. He
has many models and books on
planes, and is able to identify any
type from its picture.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Red Cross Roll Call Campaign
In Final Stages Here This Week

"To respond to disaster with in
stant emergency aid, plus relief and
for stricken families.
"To give servicemen and disabled
veterans personal and financial help
in meeting their problems of re-
adjustment and family emergency.
"To provide comfort, recreation,
and welfare aid for new thousands
in our military and veterans hos
pitals.
Remember, you can call on the
American Red Cross any time, any
where in disaster; the American Red
Cross calls to you but once a year. "
If you have missed the solicitor
for your community, you may leave
your contribution at the home of
Mrs. Steiner, located between the
Bluffton Post Office and high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
SWISS DAY TO BE
HELD ON COLLEGE
CAMPUS in JUNE
Gathering of Swiss From Four
Communities Will Be An
Annual Event
All-Swiss Language Program A
Feature of College Com
mencement Season

Success of Swiss Day during the
Bluffton college commencement sea-
son last spring has brought its
establishment as an annual event,
with this years gathering for people
with a Swiss background to be held
on the campus, Friday, June l.
In the Swiss Day observance,
started last year for the first time,
opportunity is afforded for Swiss
persons of this and other communities
to meet here at the same time that
many would be coming to the campus
for the annual commencement sea-
son.
In last years celebration, the
heaviest attendance outside of the
Bluffton and Pandora communities,
came from Wayne and Holmes
counties in Ohio and the Berne, Ind,
vicinity, college authorities said.
Program Planned
This years program will largely
follow the pattern set in 1850, featur-
ing readings and singing in the Swiss
language, plus instrumental variety
music.
A new feature will be the organ
ization of Swiss choruses in each of
the four major areas from which the
Swiss attend the gathering here,
with all joining in one large chorus
on the day of the meeting.
A permanent organization will be
set up at the meeting next June l,
and plans also are being made TO
establish museum for Swiss curios
and mementos.
Planning Swiss Day this year is
committee made up of d. w
Bixler, Bluffton, chairman; Hiram
Kohl, west of Bluffton, vice-chair.
man; and Mrs. N. N. Soldner, Pan
dora, secretary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Observe Dunlap
Golden Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Dunlap of
Beaverdam observed their golden
wedding anniversary at their home
last Sunday. An open house in the
afternoon was a part of the celebra-
ton.
They are the parents of Mrs.
Laura Hunt, Kansas, Ohio; Mrs.
Florence Kiese and Mrs. Opal Buet-
tner, Lima; Mrs. Emma Johnson,
Van Vert; Mrs. Wava Buettner,
Spencerville; Mrs. Martha Lewis,
Lima; Mrs. Betty Lou Green, Beav-
erdam and Carl, Columbus Grove.
They have % grandchildren and
Is great-grandchildren.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
800 CHICKENS ARE
LOST In MIDNIGHT
FIRE here TUESDAY
Pan-Size Flock Suffocated In
Smoke-Filled Building on
Philip Hilty Farm
Hen House Only Slightly Dam.
aged in Blaze Discovered
By Motorist

More than 500 pan-size chickens
were killed by smoke shortly before
midnight Tuesday in a chicken house
fire on the Philip Hilty farm, two
miles south of Bluffton on the Dixie
highway.
Although there was little damage
to the building, all the chickens in the
structure were dead by the time the
fire was discovered by a passing
motorist.
Intended for an early laying flock
the chickens We're more than two
months old, Hilty said.
An unusual blaze, the fire hae
started from defective electric out.
let in the building, and spread to 8
layer of straw used as insulation
under the roof. 4.
Smoke Fills Building
Smoke from the burning straw
choked the building, suffocating the
chickens before a passing motorist,
Burdell Huber, Of Bluffton, saw the
flames licking at the roof. He notified
Hilty, who called the Bluffton fire de-
partment.
The flames were extinguished by
fremen, who reported there was little
damage to the building, outside of a
scorched roof.
1t was the second alarm Of the day
for the fire department, who Tuesday
morning had been called to fight a
roof fire at the home of Myrtle Duff
man, next to the Dillman newsstand
on North Main street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Youth Conference
At Ebenezer Church

The fifteenth annual Youth Con-
ference will be held at the Ebenezer
Mennonite church April 6, 7 and 8.
Theme for the conference is "An
Unchanging Christ in a Changing
World"
Speaker for the occasion will be
Rev. Richard Reilly, returned mis-
sionary from India.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Mems Garden Club To
Meet Next Wednesday

Bluffton Mems Garden Club will
have the Dahlia Society of Toledo as
their guests at the April 4th meet
ing.
A buffet supper will be erved at
700 p. m. in the high school cafe
terra. Alfred Schroeder will give a
short talk on Gardening in Ger
many" Color slides on dahlias will
be shown by the Dahlia Society of
Toledo.
All members and friends are es-
pecially invited to be present.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Retailers Get 3O-Ddy
OPS Report Extension

Notice of a 30-day extension Of
the chart filing date for retail stores
with the Office of Price Sterilization
was announced this week, affording
relief to business places which other
wise would have been compelled to
meet a March 20 deadline.
The news was welcome to retailers
who feel the additional 30 days
granted for preparation of reports
will provide an opportunity to study
regulations and prepare charts in
the proper manner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
1851 BlIffton High Graduating
Glass Is Smallest Since 1914
James Frick Completes High School
Despite Inability To Attend Classes
4utOists Are Buying
Auto Tags Early

Bluffton area motorists are buying
their auto tags early this year, and
the customary last minute rush will
be missing in the three days re-
naming before the Saturday night
deadline for operation of motor We
hicles with old 1860 license plates.
At the close of business Tuesday
night, the Reichenbach garage, local
distributor, reported that total of
1,270 tags had been sold. Last
years total was 1900.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
StrurK On Tanker

James A Strunk, fireman, USN,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Duluth Strunk
of 181 S. Mound street, is serving
aboard the fleet oil tanker USS
Pawcatuck, operating out of Nor
folk, Va. The Pawcatuck's primary
duty is to service the ships of the
fleet with fuel oil and aviation gaso-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29

parts of the civilized world in sub
stantial quantities.
INGENIOUS MECHANISM
The gravity-operated separators
made here consisted of inner and
outer chambers. Unseparated milk
was placed in the inner vessel, which
could be sealed, then the outer cham
Der was filled with water or ice to
hasten the cooling process, through
Continued on page 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
ROdeO Organization
Meeting On Monday

Preliminary plans for Buttons
annual Fourth of July rodeo will be
mapped at an organization meeting
at 8 p. m. next Monday in the town
hall.
Representative of the Saddle Club,
Business Mems association, Recrea-
tion committee, and Sportsmen's club
are requested to have representatives
present.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Damage Slight In
Roof Fire Tuesday

The second roof fire in six months
caused slight damage to frame res
idence occupied by Myrel Duffman,
next to the Dillman Newsstand,
Tuesday morning.
The residence is owned by Lillian
Dillman,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29

scale industrial boom which the town
ever had experienced.
A large dairy-herd operator, Arras
saw the necessity of devising an
economical means of easily separat-
ing milk from the cream, and his
practical-minded solution to the prob
lem was to launch four Bluffton in
dustries on busy manufacturing pro-
grams that for the first time was to
see local-made products going to all
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Music Festival

The M. Y. F. of the Rockport
Methodist church is sponsoring a
music festival Sunday evening, April
l, at s p. m. in the church. Every
one is invited to attend this evening
of music.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
BLUFFTON MARKETS
"Wednesday Morninp1

Grain (bushel prices) - Wheat,
1921; corn, $1.69; oats, 95c; soy
beans, 1914.
Eggs-Large white, SOC; large
brown, 37c; medium white, 34c;
medium brown, 33c; pullets, 30c.
Poultry-Heavy hens, &c; Leghorn
hens, 26c; heavy fryers, 30c; heavy
stays, lac; Leghorn stays, 12c.
Butterfat-No. 1, 65c; No. 2, 60c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
Early Industry on Parade

Bufton Cream Separator Capital the World the
Century Four Grayitytype Separaors made
Sanitary, by Orange
ship Farmer ]. ID. Arras
Evening star., 1951-08-24
typographical Union
Claims Jurisdiction
Over Teletypesetters
By the Associated Press

ATLANTA, Aug. 24.-The Inter-
national Typographical Union
staked out a claim yesterday to
the process of printing by teletype.
The AFL-affiliated printers
claimed jurisdiction over the ex-
panding field of-teletype setting at
their 93d annual convention here.
In making their bid, the ITU
delegates adopted a committee
report defining the operation of
teletypesetters as composing room
work.
After the conventions action
union President Woodruff Ran
dolph said the ITU would insist on
over the chronological
process with the exception of tele-
typesetter operations by the Asso-
ciated Press, United Press and
International News Service.
At the same time Delegate Glenn
Hays of Detroit warned the print
ers that they must learn to operate
the new machines if they are to
make their bid for jurisdiction
stick
The teletypesetter is a machine
that sets type from a perforated
tape. In the case of wire services
the tape is punched at points
many miles away.
For the wire services the tele-
typesetters are operated by MEM
bers Of the Commercial Teleg-
raphers- Union (AFL.
The unions second vice presi-
dent, Harold Clark. said that con-
ferences had been held between
ITU and CTU officials to prevent
the CTU from sending to news
where the ITU is on strike.
or where it has been locked out.
Publishers Aide Urges
Enqroyers to Cooperate
BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-AFL
photo -engravers were told yester-
day that cooperation between
unions in the newspaper field and
publishers will win greater gains
for the unions than might be
achieved through strikes.
The statement was made by
George N. Dale. chairman of the
standing committee of the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers As
Sociation.
He addressed the 18th annual
convention of the International
Photo -Engravers Union of North
America.
Mr.. Dale urged establishment
of an arbitration agreement be-
tween the international union and
the publishers association. He
said this would help the industry
by curbing strikes and lockouts
and in keeping ahead of growing
competition.
Last year, he said, unions which
took the most hostile stands to-
ward publishers lost the most
through strikes and gained the
least in wage increases. He added
that the union which had an in
ternational arbitration agreement
with the publishers association
gained the most in wages.
Evening star., 1951-08-24

can act finally, was a move by
Senator Aiken, Republican, OF
Vermont and others to include ir
the bill authorization for the
st. Lawrence seaway project.
Members indicated it was only
matter of time until they woulo
reject the Aiken proposal.
Near East Aid Increased.
In the meantime. the commit
tees had juggled their figures
around from previously House-ap-
proved totals to increase Near East
economic aid by $37 million to q
total of $122.5 million. This would
include $50 million for rehabilita-
tion of Palestine refugees.
The Senate committees had
voted previously to split up the
authority under the program,
giving Secretary Of Defense
Marshall direction of military
aid; the State Department. point
four" aid to backward areas of
the world; and the Economic Co.
Operation administration general
economic assistance until the
agency itself expires next July /