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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
legion Auxiliary
Cited By State
For CD Work Here

Buttons American Legion Aux
iliary Unit No. 1872 has been cited
by the State for excellent perform
ance" in Civil Defense planning, it
was learned this week from an item
appearing in the organizations off
cial publication.
The item especially mentioned the
work of Mrs. Gerald Huber, who
was in charge of instructing 81 Bluff
ton people in first aid. Eighty-seven
members of the local unit are serv-
ing in some CD capacity.
The auxiliary took an important
role in last November's Civil Defense
mobilization, the first countrywide
test of civil d~efenses in the country.
At that time the Bluffton organiza-
ton won praise from Governor
Lausche and Brig. General Kenneth
Cooper. Later in December the COM
munity organization participated in
another alert caring for evacuees
from Lima. Mrs. Huber at the time
was in charge of an emergency. first
aid station and hospital of 20 cots.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
School O~Uercharged,
Health Official SAYS

The Allen County District Board
of Health will make regular inspec-
tons of the Button school septic
tank and advise them when cleaning
is necessary under a new arrange
ment completed recently by the board
of education.
In a communication to the board
of education, DR.. Gail E. Miller,
health commissioner said that he
felt such an arrangement would save
the local school money.
after considerable investigation
of the septic tank at your school, we
find that you have been overcharged
for cleaning same and we feel that
many times the tank has been cleaned
unnecessarily" the health commits
sioner stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
Blufton Hospital
SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 8
Discharged: Nancy and Othello
Jones, Harrisburg, Pa.
SEPTEMBER 6
Discharged: Mrs. Max McCafferty
and daughter, Bluffton, and Mrs.
Glen Babcock and daughter, Airing
ton.
SEPTEMBER T
Admitted: Mrs. Harold Crawford,
McComb.
Discharged: Mrs. Benjamin Stump
and daughter, Lafayette, Mrs. Mon
roe Geiger, Pandora, Mrs. Flora
Lightner, Bluffton, and Mrs.
Dwight Plankenhorn, Pandora.
SEPTEMBER 8
Admitted: Mrs. Howard Bibler,
Rawson.
Discharged: Mrs. Paul Steiner and
son, Bluffton, and Mrs. Joe Bronson
and son, Button.
SEPTEMBER 9
Discharged: Mrs. Howard Bibler,
Rawson.
:, SEPTEMBER 10
Discharged: Mrs. Harold Craw-
ford, McComb.
SEPTEMBER IL
Admitted: Mr.. Bonnie r. Shafer,
Button; Mr.. Emmett l.. Huntley,
/ Button.
Discharged: Mrs. Harold Stark
and son, Lima.
SEPTEMBER Is
Discharged: Mrs. Cynthia Troup,
Button; Mrs. Robert Anderson and
son, Rawson.
SEPTEMBER Is
Admitted: Mrs. Robert Edwards,
Arlington.
Discharged: Mrs. Lee Coon, Bluff
ton; Mrs. Vernon Oppermann and
son, Bluffton.
SEPTEMBER 16
Discharged: Mrs. Lynn Cupples
and son, Rawson.
SEPTEMBER IT
Discharged: Mr.. Emmett L. Hunt
ley, Button; Mrs. Bonnie R. Schaf-
er, Bluffton; Mrs Robert Camden and
son, Button; Mrs. Gerald Redick
and daughter, Jenera; Mrs. Harding
Hermon and daughter, McComb.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
Lions Get LOUdOUn
On BireIs' Trip
North On AIcdn

Two thousand miles of dusty
roadway paved with ungraded
gravel ranging in size from peas
to pumpkins, where blown-out
tires line the bitches at frequent
intervals where the tourist
pays one greenback for a ham,
burger and pie a la mode is
worth ninety cents, overnight
accommodations SIS the head,
and gasoline for your plodding
auto costs SO cents the gallon
that is the Alcan highway.
Such was the description Clay
ton Bixel gave members of the
Bluffton Lions club at their din
ner meeting Tuesday evening.
The local auto dealer showed
three reels of highly interesting
color film to illustrate his sub
ject. Later members had the
opportunity to inspect his self
designed h~ousecar, in which he
carried all of the comforts of
Bluffton living into the Arctic
circle and Alaska.
Outstanding shots of the six
week excursion into the north
land included a number of night
time exposures of the northern
lights, snow-capped mountains
and glaciers, and the omnipresent
pink flower which grows the en-
tire length of the highway.
A 400-mile strentch of road
leading to the opening of the
Alcan made a discouraging start,
said Bixel. He admitted that
when it became necessary to
dodge "pot holes" and crawl
along at five to ten miles per
hour, the party began to wonder
whether the trip was going to be
worth while. Better speed, how
ever, is possible on the we'll
graded Alcan highway construct
ed by the Army.
Upon reaching Fairbanks the
exhausted travellers found a let
ter awaiting with a request that
they show their pictures at a
certain function upon their re-
turn.
at made us chuckle," he said,
because at the moment we didn't
even know whether any of the
film would be fit to show"
Local audiences, however, are
deciding they definitely are worth
seeing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
BenrOth Sisters
Hereford Steers
Cop Fair HOnOrs

Judy Benroth, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Benroth, Bluffton
Rural Route /, won grand champion
| ship honors at the Hancock county
fair recently with her Al club
Hereford steer.
Sold for $689.50 to a Findlay res
~taurant owner, the Orange township
girls steer brought 70 cents a
pound. The championship animal
weighed 985 pounds.
Judy's sister, Joyce, won fifth
place with another steer. and the
girls had two other steers which
placed eighth and tenth in the judg-
ing. These animals brought from
35 to 27 cents a pound.
Both girls are active in All club
work and also the Future Home
makers of America. Judy is a SEN
ior at Cory-Rawson High school, and
her sister is a sophomore. The Ben
roth family lives four miles east of
Bluffton on Route 103.
At the fair, which set new at
tendance records this year, another
Cory-Rawson High school girl was
honored when Dorothy Which was
crowned Queen of the Junior Fair
Floats entered in the junior fair
parade by the Cory-Rawson Future
Homemakers of America and the
Cory-Rawson Future Farmers o.
America each took first place in theil
| divisions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
Scout Leaders Open
Training Course

Fourteen present. leaders in the
Girl Scout and Brownie troop activi-
ties in Bluffton were to join an ex-
pected 20 or rs future scout leaders
in a six-week training course which
started Tuesday evening at the Girl
Scout room in the high school.
The classes under the supervision
of Miss Elizabeth Mckee, executive
director of the Fl. Amanda Council
will meet on Tuesday evenings thru
October 81. The first three weeks
leaders in Brownie activities will at.
tend class; the second three week
period will be devoted to intermediate
troop leadership.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
Late Registrations Expected To Boost
College Registration Figure Of 1S6

Bluffton college enrolment for the
fall term climbed to a mark Of 1S2
early this week, slightly below reg
istration totals for the same time
last year, Registrar Ray Hilty an
nounced Tuesday.
Attic classes opened for the fall
term last Thursday morning, the
student body will be increased by late
registrations continuing on the cam
pus this week. Enrolment of high
school and elementary students in
the department of music also will
add to the registration total when it
is completed at the end of this week.
Freshmen with 81 enrolled COM
prise the largest class OF the cam
pus, and the next largest is the
juniors with 43 students. At the
end of last week only 80 seniors had
enrolled.
Opening the college social season,
the annual reception, a formal affair
for all students, was held in the new
gymnasium last Thursday night.
Don Wismer, president of the Stu
dent Christian association, "a in
charge of the evening program, plan
ned by students. DR.. Robert Kreid-
er, new member of the faculty, was
the speaker.
Button colleges football season
opened last Saturday afternoon when
the Beavers conquered Taylor uni
versity of Upland, Ind, by a score
of IS to 0, in a game played at Har-
mon field.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
BLuftOn Women
Take Cleveland yObS

Miss Ruth Hankish and Miss jan
ice Huffman formerly Of Bluffton
have accepted positions in Cleveland.
Miss Hankish, a comercial teacher
in Ada schools last year, is now am
pIoyed as a private secretary for the
Curtis Publishing company.
Miss Hoffman is employed in the
offices of the Stronghold pharma-
ceutical manufacturing company. In
Button Miss Hoffman was the office
nurse of DR.. B. w. Travis.
Miss Marian Bell has accepted a
position with DR.. Travis, and is as
sisting him at the office. She is the
daughter of Nh. and Mrs. Maurice
Bell, Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
BrOUnie Troop I25
Enters Scout Ranks

Troop No. 125 held their 1y-up
ceremony Monday after school at the
high school scout room. Mrs. B. L.
Swank, their leader for the past
year, pinned on their Brownie wings,
after which Mrs. Vern Walker and
Mrs. B. W.. Travis welcomed them
into the Girl Scouts.
The girls were lead by Betty Ruth
Stratton in saying the laws. After
a short discussion the group went
down town for a treat.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
Motorists Warned To
Watch School Buses

Spokesman for the state highway
patrol during the last week cautioned
are motorists to carefully observe
state laws pertaining to operation of
automobiles when approaching school
buses halted on the highway.
1t is unlawful, it was pointed out,
to pass a bus which has halted to
take on or discharge passengers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
RETURN FROM EUROPE

Hiram Kohl, Settlement cor
respondent for The Button News,
and Mrs. Kohl have returned to
their home from Switzerland where
they spent the past several weeks
attending the Mennonite World Con-
ference. Kohli's brother, Edward,
Findlay, met the family in New Jer-
sey to bring them home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
Orange, Union PIMA
Committees Named

Production and Marketing Admin
~istration committees have been named
in Orange and Union townships to
administer the 1853 ACP program, it
was announced last week.
On tn Orange township committee
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
EnrOLIs As Freshman
At Bethel College

Miss Wanda Lehman of Columbus
Grove is one of 1873 freshmen stu
dents who enrolled at Bethel College,
North Newton, Kans., according to
a report from the college. Total
enrolment at the school was 339
students on September 10.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18

are William A. Beagle, Wade w.
Marshall, Carl D. Gallant, Charles
w. Montgomery and John Warren,
Jr.
Membership of the Union township
committee consists of Eldon W.
Schafer, Robert w. Meyer, Oren V.
GUN, Lehr j. Reese and Era E.
Urban.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
Real Estate Deal

Recorded last week at the Allen
county court house was the transfer
of parcels of land in Bluffton from
Rev. Jesse N. and Mrs. Mary M
Smucker to Rev. Grover T. and Eu-
dora L. Soldner Tax was SIS cents,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-18
MariIyn Mangus In
Poultry Competition

Marilyn Mangus, of Bluffton
Route l., a Mt. Cory high school stu
dent, will represent Ohio in poultry
foods competition at the Northeast
efn Poultry Producers Council Ex-
position in Syracuse, N. Y, on Sep
TENDER 80.
Miss Mangus will demonstrate diff
ferent ways to prepare eggs and
poultry meat, a class in which she
won top Ohio honors in Ohio State
fair competition three weeks ago
Evening star., 1952-01-11
Man Gets ; 10 9 Years
In Killing 10 Years Auo

A 47-year-old man was SEN
fenced yesterday in District Court
to serve from 3 to Q years for
manslaughter in the fatal shoot
ing Of his wife nearly 20 years
iago.
He is James Hemphill, colored,
who was convicted by a District
Court jury on December 18. The
Jury had recommended leniency
Sentence was imposed by Judge
Matthew F. MCGUIRE.
Hemphill's wife was shot and
killed here in March. 1882 at the
home Of her sister, Miss Minnie
johnson in the 1900 block Of First
street Sc.
Immediately after the shooting
Hemphill disappeared. He was re-
turned here last August from New
Jersey, after being arrested there
on a minor charge. He was identi-
fled by f1ngreprints.
Police said Hemphill contended
that, when he left Washington,
he did not know his wife was dead.
He had been living in New Jersey
under the surname of johnson,
which was his wife's maiden name
authorities said.
Evening star., 1952-01-11
Cologne 7 ossing Drunk Gets
Year for Store Disturbance

Lee Cooper remembered drink
ing q fifth OF whisky and a pint
Of wine Tuesday morning, but he
didn't remember the disturbance
he caused in woodward g. Loth-
rop's afterward.
Two store detectives at the
Eleventh and F street NV. store
yesterday told Municipal Court
Judge Milton J. Kronheim that
they saw the 54-year-old Arling-
ton (va.) man take a bottle of
cologne from a store counter and
walk over to the blouse counter.
Wayne c. Hartwick, acting head
Of detection at the store, said he
saw Cooper rub several women's
legs with the bottle of cologne.
Mr.. Hartwick said he asked
Cooper where he got the cologne.
Cooper told him he had bought it,
but when he couldn't produce the
sales slip, he said he brought it
back from Korea, the detective
said. Afterwards, Mr.. Hartwick
continued, Cooper broke the
cologne bottle on the store floor
and then took a whisky bottle out
Evening star., 1952-01-11
Wine Firm Warned
On Use of Label
1Biockberries'

Don't call boysenberries black
berries" the United States Court
of Appeals told California winl
company yesterday.
The warning was in the form
of an opinion. which held that
District Court was right in back
ing up Internal Revenue Bureau
authorities, who had insisted that
the Gibson Wine Co. not label its
boysenberry product as black
berry wine.
While conceding that boysen-
berries are variety of blackberry,
the court held that generally and
commercially boysenberries are
known as just that and not as
blackberries.
The opinion tossed in gratis a
word of advice on merchandising,
in suggesting that "a label show
ing both the species and the va
riety names 4. of this particular
product-such for example, as
blackberry wine of the boysen-
berry variety'-is an appropriate
formal and would be scrupul-
ously fair to all conflicting in-
tereStS."
Evening star., 1952-01-11
Women Voters to Seek
Central Registrar
Special Dispatch 10 The star

special Dispofch to The Star
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Jan.
1.-The board of directors of the
League of Women Voters of Abe
marie will call on the membership
to work for a bill permitting Abe
marie County to set up a central
voters registrar for the conven-
ience Of county residents.
At present there are "a rural
precinct registrars, most Of them
otherwise employed. many with
out phones, and most Of them on
inaccessible back roads.
Evening star., 1952-01-11
Bulletin on income Tax
Is Distributed at vPl
BY the A..oeio,ed Press

BLACKSBURG, Va, Jan. IL
Il you're having trouble with 1851
income tax returns, perhaps the
Agricultural Extension Service at
Virginia Polytechnic Institute can
help you.
The service has a bulletin avail
able entitled Farmers 1851 In
come Taxes" which lists important
changes made in income tax laws
since last year.
1t also tells what forms to
use. how to figure depreciation
and deductions and gives other
tipS.
Evening star., 1952-01-11

of his pocket and sent that crash
ing to the floor also.
On the stand, Cooper said, II
have never been in Woodward &.
7Lothrop'sas far as I know"
Judge Kronheim sentenced
Cooper to $50 days in jail on a
charge Of destroying private
property.
Evening star., 1952-01-11
Worlds most advanced twin-engine airliner built
for Eastern by The Glenn L. Martin Company to
bring you the highest degree of dependability

For years, Eastern has made an intensive
study to determine the ideal airliner for
fast intercity flights, for the present and
in the years to come.
We wanted an airliner that would give
our commuter and intercity passengers
the speed and luxury of our New.Iype
Consultations, which were designed for
long.range express flights.
To build that airliner, we selected The
Glenn L. Martin Company maker of many
famous military and commercial airliners
since 1909. Our own experts worked side
by side with those OF Martin to bring you
Evening star., 1952-01-11

the Silver Falcon, the worlds most ad.
vanced twin engine airliner.
The Silver Falcon is the first twin-ensine
airliner built for the higher speeds of
tomorrow's jet-type engines. 1t is ready
for conversion as soon as these engines
are available for commercial service.
The finest proved technical advance.
ments have been incorporated into this
airliner. 1t has emerged from the most
exacting tests, exceeding every original
performance expectation.
This 4O-passenger airliner flies at go
miles per hour, 100 miles per hour faster
Evening star., 1952-01-11

than the famous DC.3 it replaces. 1t has
roomy air. conditioned cabin in which you
can enjoy ground-level comfort at any
altitude. With the Silver Falcon, we will be
able to accommodate far more passengers
with far greater frequency of service than
ever before.
| hope you will have occasion to fly the
Silver Falcon soon, and see for yourself
why it is the worlds most advanced twin.
engine airliner.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-11-20
Gaithersburg COP
Club to Meet

The Gaithersburg Republican
Club will meet at 8 pm. at the
Gaithersburg National Bank Build
ing on Thursday, November 20. At
this meeting, final plans will be
made to announce a citizens meet
ing to be held at the High School
gymnasium in December, when
citizens of Upper Montgomery
County will have the opportunity
to meet the people who have been
chosen to serve them for the en-
suing year.
1t is hoped that representatives
from all communities will be pres
ent, as we'll as the Gaithersburg
and Washington Grove Town
Councils, the County Manager and
the County Council, Congressman
Elect Hyde, and Senator Elect
Beall.
Cecil Custer is chairman of the
committee for arrangements and a
large attendance is expected at the
Thursday meeting to offer help
and suggestions. All persons in
terested in furthering this Repub-
lican undertaking are cordially in
vited to attend this meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-11-20

ing out program to any COM
munity but was attempting to
help the planning committees in
various areas like our own, "To
help themselves" In other words,
to help US to develop whether pro-
gram we may decide will meet our
needs. Any suggestions?
Mr.. Helms, President of the
Club, asked the membership to
think about the idea of creating 8
Trusteeships charged with the re-
sponsibility for grounds, buildings
and equipment, with overlapping
terms of office so that there would
always be a carry-over on the
Board of Directors in order to pre-
serve the continuity of the organ
ization.
Another Club dance was agreed
upon for December 31st New
Years Eve to you). More details
later. Reserve the date.
The Gaithersburg Washington
Grove Garden Club met at the
home of Mrs. William Pace on
Wednesday. Mrs. Becraft and Mrs.
H. Clark Helms were assistant
Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-11-20

A us. Navy submarine equipped
with a snorkel has travelled sub
merged from Hong Kong to Pearl
Harbor, $500 miles in 21 days.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-11-20
WASHINGTON GROVE
By Mrs. June Hea1y Gaithersburg l-w

The annual birthday party of the
w a hington Grove Methodist
Church was attended by a group
& 100 persons on Saturday night
in the Assembly Hall. Mr.. Ferris,
the new preacher, was splendid
master of ceremonies and is a good
soloist. The speaker of the even
ing was DR.. John Baxter Howes
of the Westminster Theological
Seminary.
These covered dish suppers are
very exciting affairs. Each fam
lily brings a main-course dish;
whether it be meat, potato, vege-
table or salad, and then the fun
begins passing countless dishes
around the table, tasting each one,
the obs and abs the exchanging
of recipes, the delicious cakes and
pies baked by the ladies of the
Guild, and the final means and
groans from too much smorgas-
bord.
On Monday night all the mem
bers of the Recreation Club were
called to a meeting at the Assem-
bly, Hall at which time trophies
were presented to the winners of
the annual tennis tournament.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip X. Winter
gent home with four trophies.
Phyll won the mems singles: he
and Doc. Hundley won the mems
doubles: he and Kathy MRS. W0
won the mixed doubles. Phyll will
have to build a trophy room in his
new house! The trophy for the
women's singles went to Mrs. June
Healy and the Junior trophy went
to Victor Collier.
Mr.. Gustafson, new Director of
Recreation for the County, explain
ed briefly his part in coordinating
recreation and successful
recreation and recreational facili-
ties in the County and that we
might expect some supervisory
help from the County with our
summer program. He pointed out
that his committee was not hand
Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-11-20
Miss Margaret Ann Penn
Wed to William A. Plummer

Miss Margaret Ann Penn, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Hamilton o. Penn, of
Tuckehoe, N. Y. and the late Mr..
Penn, became the bride of Mr.. Will
ham A. Plummer, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas E. Plummer of Cal
thersburg, on Saturday, November
8. in the Reformed Church, Bronx
vile, N. Y.
The minister, the Rev. DR.. Lowell
Russell Ditzen performed the cere-
mony. A reception followed at the
Westchester County Club, Rye,
N. Y.
The bride, escorted by her uncle,
Mr.. Jerrold A. Frost, of Birming-
ham, Mich, wore gown of white
taffetta, adorned with panels of
pointed Venice lace. Her illusion
veil was held by a matching lace
cap. She carried white orchids and
stephanotis.
Mrs. Richard Scott, of Chevy
Chase, sister of the bridegroom
was matron of honor and Miss
Lois Chesley of Riverdale, was
maid of honor. The other attend
ants were Miss Elnore Wilcox of
Pelham, N y; Miss Louise Hall of
Plainfield, N j.; Mrs. Jung of She
boygan, Wis; and Mrs. William
Greene, Jr., of Bronxville, N. Y.
All gowns were of rust taffeta,
and the attendants carried autumn
flowers.
Mr.. Thomas Plummer, Jr., of
Washington was best man for his
brother. Ushers were Messrs. Leo
Federline, Jack Walker, Edwin Be
craft, all of Gaithersburg; Kelley
Rice of Baltimore, and Jerrold A.
Frost, Jr. of Birmingham, Mich.
After a trip in the South, Mr..
Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-11-20

hostesses.
Mrs. H. Clark Helms was the
guest of Mrs. Eva Hurd Willis at
a luncheon at Mrs. Willis home in
Alexandria. This was a reunion
of several friends who were mem
hers of the same club some years
ago.
DR.. Harold Mondragon of Medel-
lien, Columbia, South America,
who has been studying at the Uni
versity of California was a re-
cent guest of the Helms. DR..
Mondragon is a friend of Mrs,
Helms daughter, Phyllis Claus, and
they met while she was teaching in
Columbia.
All of the residents of the Grove
extend their deepest sympathy to
Mrs. Irving L. McCathran upon the
death of her sister, Miss Grace l..
Osborn, who was well-known in
the Grove. Miss Osborn was wide
ly travelled and was associated
with the Y. W. C. A. until the time
of her recent retirement.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-11-20

and Ms. Plummer will live in
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
The bride, a provisional men,
Der of the Junior League of Larch-
mont, N. Y, attended Riverdale
Country Day School, Pine Manor
Junior College and Pennsylvania
College for Women. Mr.. Plummer,
who formerly worked for the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co. in Bethesda is now as
sociated with textile company in
New York. During World War II,
Mr.. Plummer served with the Naval
air arm.