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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09

/, the Queen will follow at 1880 a. m
and the tug-of-war is set for / p. m
Following the afternoon football
tilt, the Homecoming banquet will
start at 6 p. m. in Founders hall.
j. j. Miller, of the class of 1886
will be the speaker.
Parents Day will be featured on
the Sunday program, including a
vesper service at 3 p. m. in Found
er's Hall, and a reception at a p. m.
in the social room. Roland M. Blk
Ter, Class of 1885, will be the speak
er.
Arrangements for this years
Homecoming program have been di-
rected by Carl F. Cmucker, executive
secretary of the alumni association.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09

The question as to whether Bluff
ton High school will remain a MEM
Der of the Western Buckeye league
has lost none of it's controversial as
poets it was revealed this week as
opposition materialized to the latest
recommendation that the Pirates
withdraw from the loop.
While petitions for withdrawal
were continuing in circulation this
week, there were reports of other
petitions also making the rounds
which are in favor of remaining in
the loop.
At the same time, arguments for
both sides of the question came in
for a thorough airing Tuesday night
at a meeting of the Pirate Boosters
club in the school cafeteria.
A crowd of upwards of so sports
followers were on hand to hear pro-
ponents of both sides of the pro-
posal explain their views in detail.
Those in charge of circulating Pc
titions started last week with a view
toward bringing about the local
schools withdrawal from the league
said that their papers would be pre-
sented to the Button board of edu-
cation in time for consideration at
it's October meeting, scheduled for
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
LAST FOUR MONTHS
WITHIN HAIR OF
DROUGHT RECORD
Summer Rainfall Only 7.0S
Inches Compared With
7.O5 In DrieSt Year

Drought conditions continuing thru
September in the Button district
marked the fourth consecutive month
in which there was below normal
rainfall, according to a report made
this week by Ray Burkholder, district
weather observer.
During the four-month period from
June l thru Sept. 80 Buttons
drought came within three-tenths of
one per cent of equalling the all-time
summer record for dryness.
Bluffton's summer rainfall amount
ed to only 7:0S inches, according to
Burkholder, and the driest season on
record was in 1895 when there were
only 7:O5 inches for the same period
of time.
Precipitation during September to-
tailed 2.38 inches, as compared with
the normal of three inches. Heav-
lest rainfall on record for the month
was 9:55 inches in 1926, and the least
was .32 inch in 1908.
Highest temperature recorded in
September was a reading of 95 on
Sept. IL, and the lowest was a mini
mum of SO on Sept. "a. Record Sep
TENDER high was 104 on Sept. 15,
1889; and the record low % on Sept.
80, 1916 and Sept. 20, 1851.
After going through September
without frost, Bluffton gardeners fl
nally saw their tomato crop come to
an end as sharp frost struck here last
Friday night, then again on Monday
and Tuesday nights of this week.
In the Monday assault of frost
temperatures dropped to a low of 81
soon after midnight, a new record
low temperature in this area for Oc-
tober z.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09

approved at a meeting Of municipal
council Monday night by the bond
house handling financial details,
came as somewhat of a surprise, for
the local administration previously
had been informed contracts could
mot be let until easement agreements
were completed.
Now that the start of work has
been okayed, construction apparent
ly win get under way before either
contract is signed, it was indicated
this week. Although both success
full bidders have the contracts in
their hands they will start construc-
ton next week, before all details
of signing, performance bond re-
quirements, ETC., are completed.
Work To Start
Materials and equipment to be
used in construction of the sewage
treatment plant are being moved
this week onto the building site adj
%jacent to the north end Of Buckeye
quarry. Spokesman for Buesching
Brothers, of Fl. Wayne, who have
the contract for the structure, said
that work will get underway early
next week when excavation is start
ed.
Delivery of materials and equip
ment was started Monday when
forms, lumber and other items were
trScked here from Coldwater, Mich.
First work at the site will be to
Hdt upl Temporary buildings for Of
1fSes, Eorr sheds, stc., after which
tfe excavation VII be started by a
clAm1 digger expected to be brought
hef< by mid-week.
Begin InteHceptors
Work on the intkrcepting sewers
also will start early next week, &C
cording to notification received from
Frank Pfaf, Bryan, who has tn,
contract.
: His work will start with excava
: ton Of the Riley street interceptin,
sewer, beginning at the Bigler roa'
bridge and working east on Riley
; according to present plans.
For his headquarters and worl
) shop, Pfaf has rented the back room
lin the old Dixie garage building in
which the Hardwick Marathon gaso.
line station now operates.
Resident Engineer Here
With work getting under way on
both phases of the sewage disposal
system, ]. E. Niggemyer will estab-
Continued on page twelve)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
Old Grads Return Home" Fo,
Festivities Sat.-Sun.

Old grads and former students will
throng the Bluffton college campus
arm-in-arm with today's undergradu-
ates in the annual two-day Home
coming celebration next Saturday and
Sunday.
Featured among the traditional
Homecoming events will be corona
ton of the Homecoming Queen; the
freshman-sophomore tug-of-war; an
afternoon football game between the
Beavers and Olivet of Michigan, and
an evening banquet for returning
grads.
Saturdays program will open with
a college and life conference in the
chapel at 8:45 a. m. Coronation of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
NOVEMBER DRAFT
TO TAKE 80 men
FROM ALLEN co.
Same Number Answered Call
To Colors Last Thursday
In October Quota

Continuing a four-months speedup
in tn tempo of draft induction pro-
cedure, 80 Allen county men will be
called to the armed forces in the
November ~selective service call, it
was announced this week by the
county board.
Noyember's quota of 80 matches
exactly the number of registrants
drafted from the county last Thurs
day, in filing the October draft call.
None of those drafted last week
were from Bluffton, although men
from Columbus Grove and Lafayette
were taken.
Included among the draftees were
Rudy Henry Arm, Route 8, Column
bus Grove; and John Edward Brink
ley, Route /, Lafayette. Twenty
four men were sent from Lima in
filing the call, and four other Sc
~lectees were indicted thru other
boards.
Allen county's November draft
contingent of 80 men will be includ-
ed in a state quota of 2,271 for the
month. The state allotment OF
draftees for October was 1894.
In the November call, Hancock
county will have a quota of nine
men; Hardin county must provide
eight men, and Putnam county will
call up five draftees.
Last weeks group of 80 Allen
county draftees brought to 1913 the
number drafted so far this year
through the local board. Largest
monthly quota of the year was last
January when az men were taken
into the service.
June marked the slowest month so
far as the draft tempo was concern
ed, with only four men indicted.
A group of 20 men sent to Toledo
last week for pre-induction physical
examinations included two Bluffton
area men. They were Harley Leroy
Bishop, of Route 2, Button; and
Jackie Wayne Leander, Route 2,
Columbus Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
BLuftOn Students At
St. Mdrys Camp

Five Bluffton Hi-Y members, four
Tri-Hi-Y members and their faculty
advisors attended the Northwest Ohio
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y District confer
ence last Saturday at St. Mary's
camp.
Those attending from here were
Dave Gerber, Rod Jennings, Tom Blu
cher, Robert Leiber, David Tschiegg,
Shirley Derringer, Sue Riser, Janice
Henry, Kaye Matter, and their ad-
~visors, Gerhard Butler and Miss
Mildred Keel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09

The communication from the
health commissioner received here
Monday was the result of four tests
taken at the quarry a week earlier.
Robert A. Boyle, county s~anitarian,
took samples of the water from diff
ferent places in the lake and at
different depths. All of them tested
excellent, he said.
Boyle advised the Bluffton COM
mittee that in the event the COM
munity went ahead with its pool
plans, the county would be prepared
and willing to make weekly checks
of the water to protect the health
of swimmers.
He added that the tests showed
the water here to be purer than
that of many public beaches.
The health departments report
opens the way for the Progress as
sociation's committee to move ahead
with plans. At present the commit
tee is leaning heavily toward the
quarry plan in its recommendations
for a practical solution to the pool
problem.
When the current study of all
possibilities is completed the COM
mittee findings will be presented at
a mass meeting of the association
for vote and recommendations for
action.
Recently it was suggested that a
concrete pool at the quarry's edge
might be constructed and water
pumped from the quarry into the
pool in constant circulation. Pro.
ponents of the plan estimate the
project could be completed in the
neighborhood of $4,000 whereas a
pool with alteration system would
cost approximately $4,000 to. $780,.
900 and require more costly main.
tenance.
Members of the Quarry Sanitation
Committee are Ropp Triplett, Gene
Benroth and Mrs. ]. S. Steiner. Paul
Stauffer is general chairman of the
investigation of quarry swimming.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
TUO From Here Named
On Exempt List 800.

Two Bluffton area students al
Bluffton college have qualified for
the schools exempt list, it was an
nounced this week. They are John
Bauman, Button, and Paul STICKY,
Mt. Cory.
To achieve this standing a student
must be an upper classman and have
an average of B or over for the two
preceding semesters. They may miss
regular classes if they find it more
advantageous to spend their tifA
elsewhere, although mast privileged
students attend classes Regularly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
Births

The following births were recorded
during the past week at Blufftor
Community hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Schumacher
Pandora, a girl, Mary Jocele, born
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Weihrauch
Jenera, a boy, Wayne Lawrence
born last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Sommers
Button, a boy, John Wesley, born
last Fridsy.
Mr.. arc Mrs. Kenneth Bowyer,
Bluffton, 4 girl, Deborah Ann, born
Saturday.
Mr.. AID Mrs. Julio Lopez, Pan,
dora, a girl, born Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Toews, Pale
Alto, Calf, a daughter, Anne Mar,
garet. Mrs. Toews is the forme,
Mary Lou Dean of Button.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
Ralph R~eichenbach
Heads Boosters

Ralph Reichenbach was elected
president of the Pirate Boosters
club at an organization meeting Of
tn group Tuesday night in the school
cafeteria.
Other officers named were Harry
Bogart, vice-chairman; and Earl
Matter, secretary-treasurer.
Meetings of the organization will
be held every Tuesday night, follow
ing home football games, with the
Aext session due to come up next
Tuesday in the cafeteria. Following
she close of theigrid season, meetings
will be held ore monthly.
MoYes of Ho home games were
shoB IN NSsday's meeting, with
Coafhes Hste Schmidt and Joe Har-
riS eomy6entinE hiring HeAflm.
Coach Ken AaA< Blsfton col
lege also spokH briefly at tie session.
Following considerable discussion,
IA persons attending votef as being
in favor of staying in tie Western
Buckeye league and IL Persons voted
to withdraw. Nearly 25 other per-
sons at the session did nd vote.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
Value NeisUander
Estate At SI9,O32

A value of s19,032 has been placed
on the estate of Lydia Neiswander,
late of Richland township in an in
ventory filed this week in Probate
court.
Real estate is listed at $4,000, &C
counts and debts receivable at ST.
118.45 and stocks and securities at
$413.55. Robert M. Neiswander il
administrator.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
BIHftOn PTA Seeks
$50 Membership Goal

A goal of $50 has been set for
a concerted P. T. A. membership
drive to be launched Monday even
ing at the next meeting of the or
ganization in the school Cafeteria at
8 p. m.
Mrs. Karl Gable, chairman of the
membership committee, said that the
goal would be sought by November.
Mrs. F. T. Lauriat, Button, and
Mrs. Rolla Etter, Pandora, will be
speakers at the Monday. meeting.
Their subjects vii lbe Citizenship in
the Home, School and Community
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
Takes Hospital Post

A position as therapeutic dietician
at the Evangelical Deaconess Hos
pital in Milwaukee, Wis, has been
accepted by Miss Elizabeth Boehr
of this community.
Miss Boehr, a former instructor
in home economies at Bluffton col
lege, returned home last spring fol-
lowing service in Vienna, Austria.
and in India.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
AT MEETING

Lorain Basinger, vocational agri-
cultural instructor, and Principal
Gerhard Butler of Button high
school attended a meeting of vo-ag
instructors and high school admins
traitors from four counties Tuesday
at Delphos.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
AT O. S. U.

Margaret M. Diller, 239 South
Main street, Bluffton, was named
this week on the honor roll of 80
students achieving high scholastic
attainments in Ohio State univers-
ity's school of home economics dur
ing the summer quarter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
Sewage Plant Work Set To Go
Contractors Open Headquarters
For Start OF Project Next Week

Construction of Buttons new sewage disposal system viii
get under way within the next week, with contractors going to
work on both phases of the project despite the fact that ease
ments have not yet been obtained from owners of private prop
erty through which the intercepting sewer lines must pass.
Proceeding with construction and the signing of contracts,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
Opposition Again Forms To PROPOSAL For
Pullinq Pirates Out Of Western Buckeke\

Wednesday night of next week. e.,
What disposal the school board
will make of the petitions is not
known Whether it will rule on the
matter, or refer it to the high school
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09

athletic committee is not known.
In Afmilar controversy in 194s,
the final decision was made to re-
main in the league by a 8 to 2 vote
of the athletic committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
Health Board Ok's Quarry
Water For Swim Pool Use
Progress Association Committee
Gets Green Light On Proposal

The Community Progress Associations executive committee
had the green light this week to proceed with final details of a
proposed swimming pool using untreated Buckeye quarry water
when DR.. Gail E. Miller, Allen county health commissioner
advised the committee that the Buckeye water should be very
good for SWIMMING usa"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
MEETING

Button Lodge No. 49,, VI. 81
M. will meet Monday, octobAr 13 al
7:30 p. m. in the Masonic Venple
The meeting will be spent on Master
Mason degree work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
WEST OHIO GAS
SECOND
RATE INCREASE
Latest Application Would
Boost Bluffton Area
Gas Bills 14.27 Pct.

Another emergency increase in the
rates charged gas consumers in
Button and IL other area communi-
ties was asked last week by the
West Ohio Gas Co. in a new petit
ton filed with the Ohio Public Utili-
ties Commission.
In its latest application, the utility
seeks permission to boost gas rates
an averages of 14.27 per ceAt effective
on NovemtfS 1. Al
This woalA be in addition to an
emergency ts.s7 Per cent-slike in the
rate schedule EhiSh w4s Implied to
all lopsl cd bihs)f hast Apfil /, and
il anpApved it would mean a total
bkst1in Sstes of 30.59 per cent with
hNone year.
In the petition, the West Ohio firm
declares the seGbnA increase is re-
quired to meet al increase in the
price of gas purchaser for eBstribu-
ton locally, Hus jhcreas4d lahos
costs since April and alss greStel
debt obligations. NV
Total increase in the cost of nat
ural gas to in Blufftol
and the other IL communities sinc'
April will be $940 ,O61 if the secon,
emergency rate increase is approved
Increased costs to consumers unde
the proposed new rate increase, 9
listed in the application to ii
PUCO are as follows:
To consumers using 1000 cub
feet of gas monthly, 81 cents
month.
To using 5000 cubi
feet, Sc cents a month.
To consumers using 10000 cubi
feet a month, slightly above the av
erage consumption of space heating
customers, the proposed increas,
would amount to $3.66 in the cite.
of Lima and Kenton and $2.91 il
the other communities except Var
| Vert.
The breakdown shown in the sched'
ules attached to the application show
a 1.5 cent rate raise, from 8.5 cents
to 10 cents per 100 cubic feet from
4,400 cubic feet per month to $4,000
cubic feet and 2 cents per 100 from
$4,000 to 100000 cubic feet for
large commercial users.
No increases are asked in rates
for consumers in the 600 cubic foot
classification or those burning 1,800,.
900 cubic feet or more each month,
Still pending before the PUCO is
a permanent rate Increase request,
filed last March 10, Which would in,
crease company revenue an estimate
81, OOO, 900 above totAl charges I'm
effect at the start ofsl952. III
The rate increase approved April
/ And thf proposed Abv. l boost dFs
bdtA tdmed NmsfgSncy intefim'
HisAsA fectsT psddilg final adtior
fon the permanent rate hike.
Attic Lima has bedp attempting
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09

AAlen County, wfth only five cases,
n0ne of which are in the Bluffton
area, has reported no cases since
Sept. 20. Hancock county, on the
other hand, has Is cases for the
year and one since Sept 20.
During the year Hardin county
had sever cases and Putnam county
five.
The disease has hit hardest this
year in the Northeastern portion OF
the state, and in a diagonal band OF
counties from northeast to southeast
DR.. Porterfield said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09
BlufftOn Has No
Polio In States
Worst Epidemic

Attic Ohio already has its worst
polio year in history and cases have
been unusually frequent in nearby
Hancock county, the Button area
has no 1852 polio cases on record
and there have been only five reporsr
ed in all of Allen county. II
So far in Ohio, polio victims haf@
numbered 2,196, as compared with
the pfesious high. of 1888 for II
entire yAar, recorred in 1850. d.
tails Iof this yeaf's AputbrA WEI
|Feleabed last satdrdA byDA JOIN
fortffrfeld,A ohio te5fta~direetSt@-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-09

Altho Lima has bedp attempting
to organize opposition to the perman-
ent rate increase application, includ-
ing raising finances for the legal
battle, Buttons village government
has not yet made a decision as to
whether it will cooperate in the pro-
gram.
So far Kenton and st. Marys have
notified Lima of their willingness to
contribute financial assistance in the
battle. Delphos and Columbus Grove
have decided to stay out of the
fight, and other cities including
Bluffton are non-committal.
Buttons estimated share of the
cost for this years expenditures are
estimated at between $500 and s400
Evening star., 1952-05-07
DR.. Harry B. Koester,
Pharmacist 50 Years

DR.. Harry B. Koester. 10. Dis
trict native and pharmacist here
for so years. died yesterday Of a
heart ailment at his home, 4805
North Twenty-fourth street. Ar
lington.
Born and educated in George
town, DR.. Koester managed a
pharmacy for w. P. Herbst al
Sixth and D streets NV. ano
operated his own pharmacy al
Thirty fifth and M streets ir
Georgetown. He later worked q
number of years for Tschiffely
Bros, 1924 Connecticut avenue
NV. prior to his retirement
about three years ago.
DR.. Koester is survived by q
sister, Miss Neina Koester, of the
Twenty-fourth street address, and
a brother, Randolph Koester
Harpers Ferry, w. Va.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Friday at Ives funeral
home, 2847 Wilson boulevard, Ar
lington, and burial will be in
Columbia Gardens Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Smith Hits Federal Laws
Allowing Labor ''Dictators'
BY the Associufed Press

REEDVILLE. Va. May Rep
resentative Smith, Democrat, 2of
Virginia, has laid the primary
blame for the steel seizure crisis
on Federal laws which he said
make labor dictators" possible.
A provision allowing industry
wide strikes made possible the
Nationwide steel strike, that led
to the Presidents steel seizure
order. Mr.. Smith said here last
night.
1--WE could have degenerated
into a labor government from the
steel seizure but the courts saved
u.s." he said.
Mr.. Smith told the closing ses-
sion of the Virginia Fishermen S
Association that the United States
can't endure if "some minority
segment" of organized labor can
dictate to the rest of the coun-
try"
Evening star., 1952-05-07
CIV. Young, EmpIoye
OF Texas Co. Here,
Dies in Florida

Clyde w. Young. As, Texas Co
lemploye here, died of heart at
tack yesterday in st. Petersburg
Fla, where he had been con-
valescing from a recent operation.
Born in Disputanta, Va, Mr..
Young was educated there and at
the College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Va. While in COL
lege, he played varsity basketball
and baseball and was a member of
Sigma Nu, social fraternity.
Mr.. Young came to Washington
and went to work for the Texas
Co. on completion of his schooling
He lived on River road, Potomac,
Md.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Jacqueline w. Young of Potomac;
a daughter, Mrs. Van Collier Tip
ton, 1709 Lamont street NV;
his mother, Mrs. T. j. Young,
Disputanta, and four brothers,
Thomas j. Young, Roanoke, Va;
Edward R. Young, Frederick, Md,
and William A. Young and A.
Webb Young, both of Disputanta.
Funeral services will be held at
1 pm. tomorrow at the j. T,
MorriSs & Son funeral home
Petersburg. Va. Burial will follow
in Blandford Cemetery there.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Mrs. T.G. Palmer, 100,
5O-Year Resident

Mrs. Truman G. Palmer, 100
year -old resident of the Volunteers
of America Sunset Home for
Elderly Ladies, 1401 Ingraham
street NV, died in Gallinger
Hospital yesterday, following a
stroke.
Mrs. Palmer, the former Vir-
|ginia Lincoln of Chicago, had
been a Washington area resident
for more than so years. She was
the widow of a sugar beet indus
try representative an had travelled
widely with him. The couple had
once a home in Chevy Chase, Md,
and had ben prominent in Wash
ington society. Mr.. Palmer died
in 1926.
Mrs. Palmer was long active in
the Washington Humane Society
and was an honorary vice presi-
dent of the organization.
A funeral service for her will be
held at 1880 am. tomorrow in
the Chambers funeral home, 14OO
Chaplin street. Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
6. 0. P. 10 Elect Six More
Delegates in New York
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May THE New
York Republican State Committee
meets today to elect six delegates
at-large to the party,s national
convention. '~'s
Gov. Dewey is expected to be
one of the six top State COP
leaders named.
Gov. Dewey claims the States
96-vote convention delegation,
with the exception of one mem-
ber, will back Gen. Eisenhower
for the presidential nomination.
Supporters of Senator Taft claim
a number of delegates for him.
Ninety delegates were elected at
the April % primary. Six alter
nate delegates-at-large will be
elected today to join the 80 alter
mates elected at the primary. Un-
der New York State law, the dele
gates are uninStructed.