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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-12-25

0.,.lI Washington STATE deteateo
Brown university.
Prior to dedication of the Rose
Bowl in Arroyo Seco, the games
were played in Tournament PARK.
In 1928, the bowl in Arroyo Seco'
was dedicated with an original seat
ing capacity of $4,000. Recent en-
largement made it possible Tor a
paid attendance of 1924 in lS4S'
The tremendous success OF the
Rose Bowl classic has "mush-
roomed'' various Bowl games from
coast to coast. Among the many
there are the Orange Bowl, the u
Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, the Cater
Bowl, Hawaii's Pineapple Bowl, n
even Alaska's Ice Bowl.
All these Bowl games are rapid
ly becoming a great American New
Years tradition, but the daddy OF
them all, the Rose Bowl game, con-
tinues to be the outstanding cole
giate sporting event of the season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-12-25

tain order blanks and planting infor-
nation by contracting George r.
Lodge, farm forester, Ohio Division
of Forestry, 522h Clinton ST., Def
ance.
Services of the Farm Forester also
are available free of charge for
woodlot management assistance,
marking timber to be cut and mark
| citing assistance to farmers and
woodlot owners, and also marketing
help and operating advice to saw
mills and wood using industries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-12-25
Prof. Shelter To Edit
Association Yearbook

Luther Shelter, assistant professor
of mathematics at Bluffton college,
was recently reappointed editor of the
yearbook of the Central Association
of Science and Mathematics Teachers,
Inc.
The appointment was made at a
recent meeting of the group in Chica-
go. Object of the organization is TO
integrate the fields of science and
mathematics so that the teachers can
help see the relationship between the
fields.
, 1952-12-19
Shipping News

A Steamer is scheduled to
sail from New Orleans Decem-
Der 4th, Mobile December 9th
and is due at Frederiksted
December 18th, via Jamaica
and Haiti, accepting freight
for Barbados, Georgetown and
Paramaribo.
c STEAMSHIP CO. Inc
Rob't L. Merwin & Co. Inc.
Agents
, 1952-12-19
PRES.

that this does not mean that
his application for assistance
for the Virgin Islands will be
approved but that the partici-
patton Of the Virgin Islands
through its distinguished ma
tive son, Alonzo Moron, as
sures us Of adequate and
sound representation.
, 1952-12-19

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between the United States
and the territories.
, 1952-12-19
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
Thousands Visit Village For RodeO
And independence Day Celebration

program that continued until even
ing.
Nearly 90 states were represented
in the entry list, with more than 150
twirlers of all ages competing for
honors. Seventy-five trophies and q
like number of medals were awarded
to winners.
Altho a new addition to the holi-
day program, the twirling contest
proved popular attraction thruout
the day.
Evening Parade
Entries in all classes and nearly
100 horsemen made success of the
pre-rodeo booster parade, witnessed
by thousands of Bluffton residents
and visitors here for the twirling
contest and rodeo.
Following the parade, the many
floats and novelty entries were park
ed in front of the Harmon field
stadium before and during the rodeo.
The gala holiday program here
was joint project Of the Button
Community Sportsmen's club, the
Bluffton Business Mems association
and the Bluffton Saddle Horse club.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10

Bluffton board of education was
told at it's meeting Tuesday night in
the high school office that because
of the statewide increased real es-
tate valuation local schools will re-
ceive a net figure of approximately
S4,500 more for the current year
than estimated when the school bud
get was set up in 1851.
Allen County Auditor Russell l..
Hire made the report on the finan-
cial condition of the schools at the
meeting, confirming figures given to
Supt. Aaron B. Murray by the audi
tor and County Treasurer Ray Bar
nett during a visit here Tuesday
afternoon.
Total 1852 receipts from the gen.
eral property tax in the school dis
! trict will be s89, 9,985.24, Hire told the
board. This is approximately $4,000
greater than the amount estimated
when the budget was drafted last
year
Additional receipts of $4,000 dc
not represent a net gain for local
schools, however, inasmuch as the
school district will receive about
$1,000 less from school foundation
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
W HEAT QUALITY
EXTRA GOOD;
YIELD is HEAVY
First Harvests Averaging Ap-
proximately 40 Bu.; Double
81 Yield
Market Opened At 50 Per Bu.,
But Dropped To $1.95
Early In Week

With the average yield at about
40 bushels to the acre, nearly double
last years crop, farmers of the
Bluffton area were bringing their
golden harvest of wheat into the
Farmers Grain Company elevator in
steady stream of tractor-drawr
carts this week.
Eldon Tschiegg, manager of the
local elevator, said that the first
wheat arriving for the market here
was testing "extra good" in quality
at from SO to 63 pounds to the
bushel and a moisture content dowr
to an average of about 10 per cent
First crop to be delivered in Bluff
ton was that of Amos Reichenbach
north of town. Calvin Garmattel
arrived with the second load.
Even though the yield this year
appeared to be nearly double that oi
1851 when a severe winter-kill cut
the average down to between 20 anc
25 bushels, the early price was hold.
ing steady. The market opened
Monday at 50 per bushel, and later
in the week was standing at $1.95.
Last year the top price for wheat
at the opening of the harvest wa:
$2.16 and this was Is cents above
the 1850 price and AZ cents ovel
what growers received in 1949.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
BLUFFTON YOUTH
AMONG n FROM
COUNTY In DRAFT
Eugene Hankish Called To
Service; August Quota
Set AT 20 For County
Frederick Brunn, Howard Miller
In Navy; Off To San Diego
Base

One Bluffton registrant, Eugene
Hankish, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Hankish, South Main street, was in
cluded in group of % Allen county
young men drafted into the armed
forces at Toledo last Thursday.
Meanwhile, two other Bluffton
men, Frederick Brunn and Howard
Miller, were enlisting in the Navy,
according to an announcement from
the Lima recruiting station. Both
were sent to the U. S. Naval Train
ing Center at San Diego, Calf, for
recruit training.
Brunn is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Brunn, Lawn avenue, and
Miller is son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. S.
Miller, of S. Main street.
At the same time, an announce
ment by the Allen county draft
board disclosed that 20 additional
registrants from the county will be
drafted in August, in continuation
of induction quotas considerably
larger than during the spring and
early summer.
In addition to Hankish, last weeks
draft call took one other area resi-
dent, Alvin Kaufman, of Pandora,
There were two Lafayette men in
the group, Donald Stoodt and
Norman Guthrie.
Ohio's August induction call is for
1,466 men, in comparison with q
figure of 1,646 in July, it was an
nounced by Miss Donna Ohler, clerk
of the Allen county draft board.
The Allen county quota for August
will be 20; Hancock and Hardin
counties each will have quotas of
six, and Putnam county must provide
four draftees during the month, the
state announcement disclosed.
Registrants selected for the Au-
gust induction call must be 20 years
of age unless they are volunteers OF
delinquents, II was announced. The
call will include married men with
out children.
In preparation for coming induc-
ton calls, 32 Allen county men were
sent to Toledo for pre-inductior
physical examinations last week
Among those in the group was David
Hofstetter, of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
LIGHT SHOWERS
BRING BREAK IN
HEAT WAVE HERE
Farmers Welcome Brief Respite
From Work In Wheat Fields
On Tuesday

There was "velvet in the air.
early Tuesday morning and by mid
afternoon light showers fell on the
Bluffton area from an overcast sky
to bring relief from the long heat
wave beginning in June and holding
promise of extending right through
July.
Farmers, busy harvesting an ex-
cellent wheat crop, welcomed a short
respite from their work in the field
and were willing to lose more time
for a good downpour which would be
valuable for corn and other crops.
The heat over the Fourth-of-July
weekend sent the mercury climbing
high into the nineties, but it was not
quite as humid as earlier June
weather had been.
Meanwhile Bluffton residents have
watched their lawns turn brown and
their gardens wither under the long
dry spell despite an abundance Of
water available in the village system
and regular sprinklings with thu
garden hose.
The water consumption continue:
at heavy pace, according to james
Draper, municipal water works
superintendent, who said recently
that Bluffton residents are welcome
to use as much as they wish.
The townspeople have been using
approximately 225,O00 gallons here
daily during the heat-wave, in conf
parison with an average of about
10000 gallons.
Even with the heavy demand
Draper said that the waterworks has
found it necessary to use only one
well, with two others in reserve. =
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10

time was resident of Pemberville,
near Bowling Green, where her
father, the late Rev. Thomas Penn
Ullom, was pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church for a number of years.
Upon acquiring all of the stock in
The Bluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co., the corporation has
been dissolved and Mr.. Edwards will
operate the business as a proprietor
ship.
The Bluffton News was founded in
1875 by N. w. Cunningham. Later
it was owned for a short time by
Jesse Huber who sold the property
to /. N. Heminger, later editor and
publisher of the Findlay Republican
Courier. The paper was acquired by
B. F. Biery from Heminger in 1900.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10

Three major phases of Bluffton's
Fourth of July holiday Observance
a national championship baton twirl-
ing contest, a parade replete with
floats and horsemen and feature
studded night rodeo-attracted a
turnout of thousand of persons here
last Friday.
Climaxing the busy activities of
the day, Bluffton's ninth annual
rodeo was seen by a record turnout
of 5000 persons who jammed every
available seat and lined the fence
around the arena three and four
deep.
More than 100 horsemen from
Ohio, Michigan and Indiana compet-
ed in the eight events, with 45 gold
en- championship trophies being pre-
sented to the winners.
An aerial fireworks display climax
ed the evenings entertainment.
Twirling Contest
During the day Harmon field also
was a busy center as the national
open baton twirling contest went
thru a full morning and Afternoon
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Coleman, Sr.,
Pandora, boy, Lewis Robert, last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Wolford, Je-
nera, a boy, David Eugene, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Romick, Raw
son, boy, Daniel Joe, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Tugus, Find
lay, a boy, William B., Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James West, Bluff
ton, a boy, James Stewart, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Wolford,
Findlay, girl, Janet Kay, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lane Dyers, Findlay,
a boy, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Haenisch,
Pandora, boy, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Burnett, Vene-
docia, have announced the arrival of
boy, Karl Daniel, born at st. Rita's
hospital, Lima, this Monday. Mrs.
Burnett is the former Helen Bau-
man.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
ENROLMENT DROP
BOOSTS PER PUPIL
COSTS AT SCHOOL
Bluffton Board Spent S214.65
Per Child Last Year
For Education
State Average For Exempted
Village Districts Amount
ed To $177.49

Buttons per pupil school costs
during the 1950-51 school year
amounted to s214.65 for each student
enrolled in grade and high schools
here as compared to an average OF
s177.49 for Ohio exempted village
school district schools, according to
figures released this week.
The report shows Ada, the only
other exempted district school in this
vicinity, had much smaller average
cost per pupil, $1s9.21 in comparison
with Bluffton's S214.65.
Per pupil cost of operation in
schools of the Allen county system
was reported at $18S.55, according
to figures provided by w. M. Floyd,
county school superintendent.
In Lima the cost per pupil was
reported as s197.77; Findlay had a
per pupil cost of STAGE; Delphos,
S17S.40; and Kenton, S151.98.
One of the principal reasons for
Bluffton's greater cost per puplr
than other area village and city
schools is a result of more than
decade of declining enrolment here
during which local school registra-
ton has dropped from around 700
to below the 500 mark.
Breakdown of Buttons per pupil
cost of s214.65 shows s16.50 for
general controls. $136.23 for instruc-
ton; s32.6s for plant operation;
s5.41 for plant maintenance; $10.56
for auxiliary agencies; and $13.27
for fixed charges.
Sixty-three per cent of the total
cost was for instruction purposes,
this breakdown reveals.
Supt. Aaron B. Murray announced
that for the 1950-51 term covered by
the cost per pupil figures, average
daily enrolment in the public school
system was 4S3 pupils. For the
1852 term, which was completed
last May, the average enrolment was
$40 pupils.
During the 1951-52 term there
were $50 grade school students and
230 enrolled in the high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
VILLAGE SEEKS OK
ON RILEY CREEK
SEWAGE DISCHARGE
No Difficulty Anticipated Since
Plans Are Moving Ahead
On Disposal Plant
Officials Expect Construction
OF Treatment Plant To Open
Next Year

Bluffton village officials this month
will file an application for a permit
to continue discharging untreated
sewage into Big and Little Riley
creeks, a procedure required under
the states new stream pollution
control board.
Application for the permit, made
out by City Solicitor John Romey,
now is being checked by the towns
firm of consulting engineers, Fink
beiner, Pettis and Strout, of Toledo,
and will be filed with the Ohio State
board of health as soon as the
engineering has been completed.
Mayor w. A. Howe said Blufftor
is not anticipating any difficulty il
obtaining a permit, in view of the
fact that a summary of local pro
gress toward sewage control, pre-
| sented by the town to the state de
partment last spring was accepte'
as satisfactory.
Routine Matter
With progress continuing TOWARD
start of sewage disposal construc
ton within the next year, the appli
cation for a permit in Buttons case
is expected to be largely matter ol
routine, village officials pointed out
Under the new Ohio laws, all Ohio
cities must have permits from the
state health department if they ex.
pect to continue discharging sewage
or plant wastes into the loca
streams after next Sept. 27.
Unless the state department is
satisfied with progress being made
toward eventual elimination OF
stream pollution, municipalities will
not receive the permits, state of
ficials have announced. Renewals
required every year, can be refused
for the same reason.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
SeUer Test Drilling
To Start This Week

Test drilling into rock strata bord-
ering Big and Little Riley creeks as
the final step in completing specifica-
tions for Buttons new sewage dis
posal project will get under way
this week, it was announced by
Mayor w. A. Howe.
Sinking the test holes will be done
by a Toledo concern employed by the
towns consulting engineer firm OF
Finkbeiner, Pettis and Strout, also
of Toledo.
Results of the tests will be added
to specifications for the project
showing prospective contract bidders
how much rock will be encountered
and what blasting will be required
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
Robert Lewis,
Bluffton Barber,
Dies In Ontario

Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at the st. Johns
Evangelical and Reformed Church In
Bluffton for Robert Lewis, 51-year-
old Bluffton barber who died OF a
heart attack Friday in Petersboro'
Ontario, Canada, while enroute on
vacation.
Mr.. Lewis, accompanied on the trip
by his wife, Rowena, and brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. olan
Lewis, was on his way to Elephant
lake in Ontario for fishing and a va
cation. Petersboro, 600 miles from
here where they planned to stay for
the night, is $50 miles from their
destination.
Widely known in the Bluffton area
as a barber, Mr.. Lewis entered the
trade at the age of IL as an as
sistant to the late Tine McGrln,
who operated a shop next to Sid
ney's drug store at that time.
He was a member of the Free and
Accepted Masons lodge in Bluffton
and the Toledo Consistory
The eldest of a family of six
children, Mr.. Lewis is survived in
addition to his wife and brother
Olan, by his mother, Mrs. Minnie
Lewis, Bluffton; a daughter, Mrs,
Robert vroman, Toledo; three other
brothers, Carl of Lima, Arthur and
Richard, Bluffton; a sister, Mrs
Dana Mathewson, Bluffton, and a
grandchild.
The Rev. v. C. Oppermann was in
charge of the services Tuesday with
Masonic rites being held Monday at
the Basinger chapel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
Council Acts On
Traffic Problems

Municipal councilmen at their
meeting Monday night in the mayors
office decided to again place a stop
sign at the Garau street intersec-
ton with Main street. A previous
sign at the location was torn down
by vandals some time ago.
In considering another traffic prob
lem, councilmen recommended that
Street Commissioner H. L. Coon
check the possibility of removing
low-hanging branches from trees at
the Lincoln hall curve on College
avenue. The branches block the sight
of motorists travelling the street, ii
was pointed out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
BIuftOn Garden Club
Bulletin Wins Prize

Bulletin published by the Bluffton
Mems Garden club won second prize
in competition with more than so
other club publications judged at the
recent national convention of Mems
Garden Clubs of America in Boston.
First award went to the bulletin
of Tri-Cities (Rock Island Moline
East Moline) Ill.,, club.
Kermit Herr is editor of the Bluff
ton bulletin, Edelweiss News, which
is published monthly. In addition to
editing the paper, which runs about
eight pages, Mr.. Herr handles the
mimeographing and profusely illus
trates it with neat drawings and
diagrams illustrating his articles.
This is the first year the contest
has been held. 1t carries with it
a $50 cash prize as well as the
honor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
Karl Gierman Suffers Serious
Burns On Feet In Attempt
To Stamp Out Flames

An unusual grass fire accident last
Wednesday afternoon hospitalized
Karl Gierman, 43, an employee of
the A and P grocery store here, who
lives on the former N. F. Steiner
farm, three and one-half miles west
of Bluffton on the Grove street road.
Gierman is in Bluffton Community
hospital with second degree burns to
both feet, suffered when he was
burning weeds along a fence row
and the blaze got out of control,
threatening nearby farm buildings.
In attempting to stamp out the
fire, Gierman sustained serious burns
without being aware of the fact until
he began feeling faint and found it
almost impossible to continue walk
ing. He was wearing knee length
rubber boots, which became quite
hot, and the heat badly blistered his
feet. The boots did not catch on
fire.
After becoming aware of his
condition, Gierman made his way to
the house where he told his oldest
daughter, Irlene, to call the Bluffton
fire department and an ambulance.
She also notified her mother, a
nurse, who was on duty at the Bluff
ton Community hospital at the time.
Gierman found it difficult to re-
move the boots because of the badly
blistered condition of his feet. He
was taken to the hospital in the Paul
Diller ambulance.
In the meantime, Bluffton firemen
finally extinguished the raging grass
fire, but not before it had come
within two feet of one of the out
buildings on the farm. Less than an
acre of grass was burned in the
blaze, which could have been serious
had it gotten into the buildings.
Another boundary of the blaze
was beginning to make its way into
a wheat field, but it also was ex-
tinguished before damage could
result.
Gierman was using a mechanical
weed burner, patterned after World
War II fame throwers. The day
was blistering hot, with the tempera'
ture lowering around the 1OO-mark
in the shade when the fire went out
of control about 2:45 p. m.
1t is expected to be some time be-
fore Gierman will be able to walk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
. To BIuftOn NelDs Readers

In turning the edorship The Buton News
Milton Edwards wish appreciation
tude to the community for the kndnees shown and be-
speak continuance of these for the editor.
has been privilege for 3S recording happen
and events in the life of the community enjoy the
relations which
its readers
Especially helpful during these has been the
of Fred Ges plant superintendent and the mechanical ed
torial STATS of the well the faithful
correspondents.
Mr. Edwards the sixth editor of the News during its "
of existence with wide and varied journalistic background
He well qualified to editorial head and the
publication and his duties with all best wishes
for his
C. A. Biery
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-07-10
Local Smoke Eaters Battle Third Grass
Fire In Nine Day Period Of Dry Weather
Fire Alarm System
Proves It's Worth

Bluffton fire departments
system of rural Identification has
paid off twice within the last
week in making it possible for
firemen to quickly get to the
scene of field fires.
In the fire at the Karl Gier-
man farm, No. A lis, and at the
Irwin Amstutz farm, No. A 14O,
the code designation card system
quickly gave directions to fire.
men who did not know the loca-
tion of either blaze by the name
of the farm resident.