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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28
Board To Raise Fund
For Operating Budget

Because a certain amount of
money will be required for oper-
ating expenses such as postage,
preparation of information liter
ature and travelling and tele-
phone expense in connection with
the fact-fnding duties of the
executive board of the Com
munity Progress association,
members of the board were in
structed to obtain donations from
the organizations they represent.
A small donation ii was explain
ed, will probably meet the de-
mands of the boards operating
budget.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28

Dahlia-Harry Kanuck, Mt. Cory.
Delphinium-Mrs. Kermit Herr,
Bluffton.
Rose-Queen of Show-Mrs. Paul
Whitmer, Bluffton.
Gladiolus-Grand Champion Spike
Gerald C. Soldier, Tiffin.
Sponsored by the Mems and
Women's Garden clubs, of Button,
the show this year marked another
step forward in making the local
event one of the outstanding in
Northwestern Ohio, and is a tribute
to the Woodworking committee in
charge of the various phases of show
activity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28

Eleven Button players will COM
pete in the Western Ohio tennis
tournament, to be played on Bluffton
courts next Saturday, Sunday and
Monday.
In the tourney, opening at / p. m.
Saturday, there are 80 singles en-
tries and 16 doubles teams from Ada,
Sidney, Lima and Bluffton.
Of four seeded singles players,
two are from Bluffton, Rog Howe
and Nate CANCER. Only two doubles
teams are seeded, both from Bluff
ton-Ganger and Triplett; Howe and
Little.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28
BLuftOn COU Is
Fair DARN Queen

Dollie Inka Posch, hve-year-oId
Holstein cow owned by Harold Bad
ertscher, Button Rural Route 2,
was crowned dairy queen at the Al
len county fair last week.
Chosen as dairy queen on the
basis of production record and type,
the Bluffton-owned cow produced GIG
pounds of butterfat during her last
l~actation period on twice-a-day milk
ing. Her milk production exceeded
$4,000 pounds in the same period.
Shown in the open class by Bader-
fischer, the COW also was entered in
the junior fair by his son, Donald.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28

nearing completion, which will be
available for use as a student union
by the opening of school.
Completion of the social room was
made possible by a special gift to the
college from Allen Smoker, of
Goshen, Ind, which permitted the in
stallation of an asphalt tile floor in
the space.
With the floor completed, modern
furniture for the social DON is being
moved into the building from Berne.
Ind. The furnishings have been do
mated to the college by the Dunbar
Furniture Co., of Berne, through the
generosity of G. w. Springer, pres
ident of the firm.
Known as the Henry G. Stauffel
Memorial room, the student social
center is in the front of the building
between the two entrances; and is
one of the showplaces of the struc-
ture.
Altho additional work or the gym
nasium parking lot remains to be
completed and college authorities
eventually hope to replace chairs with
permanent bleachers in the stands
the new building on the campus is
completed so far as use of its major
facilities Is concerned.
In the meantime, razing of the
now-abandoned frame gymnasium
has been started, altho it is unlikely
all material will be cleared by the
opening of the fall term.
In preparation for opening Of
school, freshmen will report for orr
entation and preliminary testing OF
Friday, Sept. 5. Registration ii
scheduled for Sept. 9 and 10, will
classes converting for the first time
on Sept. IL.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28
EXPECT SLIGHT
ENROLMENT RISE
SCHOOL OPENS
Number Of Pupils To Top
500 Mark For Third
Year Since 1941

For the second consecutive year
and the third time since 1941 Bluff
toms public school registration is ex-
pected to exceed the 500 mark, and
will probably show a small increase
over the SOC who registered on OPEN
ing day last year.
This estimate was made Monday by
A. B. Murray, superintendent of
schools, who pointed out that for the
first time in recent years, the schools
will require two full-time first grade
teachers. Approximately go pupils
are expected to register in the begin
ners' class.
Miss Meredith Stepleton, elemen-
tsry school principal, and Mrs. Ruby
Murray will share the first grade
class. Last year there were only 81
beginning children.
Mothers of the youngsters we're to
get acquainted with teachers and the
first-year routine at a Wednesday af-
%ternoon tea to be held in the elemen-
tary school building.
superintendent Murray estimated
that there will be approximately 800
children to attend classes in the ele-
mentary school, with about 230 ex-
pected to register in grades seven
through IL.
Senior Class Smaller
The senior class is expected to b,
about two short of the 80 who enter
ed their final year of the public
schools last September.
Bluffton youngsters will not attend
school on opening day, Tuesday, Sep.
TENDER 2, until 1850 p. m. when they
will run through abbreviated class
sessions, receive textbooks and les
son assignments. Work books and
other official school supplies will be
listed by the teachers and may be OBJ
tanned at Sidney's drug store.
New Bus Driver Employed
Aaron Messenger, Francis Basinger
and Oscar Zimmerman have been re-
assigned their last years bus routes.
Joseph Thompson has been employed
to drive the route formerly operated
by the Rev. o. Merrill Boggs, who re-
signed when he accepted a call to
serve as pastor of another church in
the Cincinnati area. The buses will
leave on their routes early enough to
get children to classes at 1:30 on op-
ening day. After that the regular
schedule followed last year will pre-.
vail.
School hours after the first day will
be from S:45 to 11:45 p. N. and from
12:45 to 3:45 p. m.
/ The cafeteria will open to serve
lunches on Wednesday. 1t has beer
necessary to advance the meal price
from rs to 80 cents, MI. Murray ex.
planned because the cafeteria operat.
ed at a loss last year. Prices Of
teachers meals will be 35 cents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28

tANC uLlAS1ChS IIOOClS VI 1OOSC
trailers are built from the wheels up
in the modern manufacturing plant
which has been enlarged by the con-
struction Of three additional build
ings since operations first were start
ed in a limited way back in 1916.
Smallest of the house cars built by
Buckeye Trailer Coach is a 21-foot
model. The largest model, do feet
long and handsomely equipped, sells
for $500.
One of the most popular features
of the Beaverdam-built t~railers is
home-like adaptability of the coach
es. Advertised as "the worlds most
livable trailer, products of the Bea-
verdam concern have become the first
choice of families who want a trailer
in which they will make their home
a good part of the time.
Trailer Life Luxurious Today
Living in today's comfort-designed
t~railers is not at all akin to trough
hight" as was common in the vehicles
produced in this country as recently
as a decade ago, it was pointed out.
Today's trailers often are luxurious
in their appointments, with built-in
stoves, refrigerators, water systems
and fuel oil heaters, and the family
making its home in a trailer has all
the conveniences of a modern house
hold in their compact quarters.
A Trailer Per Day
Demand for house t~railers has been
pressing ever since the close of
World Wan ii, and the Beaverdam
factory has operated steadily in turn
ing out an average of six to seven
t~raiiers weekly. Aggregate business
done by the concern over a years
time often will amount to $1,500,000.
In addition to turning out new
trailers, Buckeye Trailer Coach also
does a lot of trailer repair work, be-
ing n of only a few Ohio concerns
selected by insurance firms to handle
this specialized work.
Founded By Upper ~Sandusky Man
l.. H. Warfel, proprietor of the
coach company, founded the concern
in Beaverdam, largely because it was
the first town in which he, found a
building suitable for his purposes
when he began looking for a location
following the close of World War IT.
His home at that time was in Upper
Sandusky.
During the war, Warfel had been
in charge of setting up government
trailer camps, and became interested
in manufacturing trailers when he
e~nvisioned the possibilities of that
field in the postwar era.
In conducting his operations at
Beaverdam he has been assisted by
Mrs. Warfel, who is office manager
for the concern.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28

the phone to ascertain the fires
location.
Calls food the switchboard
during an alarm hampering the
operators in their Duties" Mr..
Dodge explained.
The conference between Corson
and telephone company officials was
the ~outgrowth of complaints raised
in municipal council meeting Monday
evening of last week, in which crit
icism was made of several instances
in which it has been impossible to
contact the operator in sending in a
fire call.
Mr.. Dodge said that every effort
is being made to give the community
top grade service. One incident in
which the phone compay was criti-
cized was due to an electrical storm
which caused line trouble as we'll as
the fire in question, he said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28

operator to ring each member of the
department individually and notify
him of the alarm. After all are
notified, then the siren is sounded.
This accounts, it vas pointed out,
for the reason that there is some
lapse of time between when the
alarm is called in and the SIRENS
sounding.
Cooperation Urged
Fire Chief Corson also urged
residents of Bluffton to refrain
from making unnecessary calls
at the time of a fire alarm.
Especially a problem are per-
sons who immediately rush to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28

men seems to have merit and will
be further discussed at the next de-
partment meeting, and probably
tested in a "dry run" sometime
Proposed System
Under the new plan the switch
board operator will Immediately set
off the town fire siren upon receipt
of an alarm. This will be a signal
for all volunteers to lift the receiver
on their mainline phone. The cir
cults to all volunteer firemen will be
open to hear the operator constantly
repeat the fires location. Bells on
the iremen's phones will not sound.
The present plan requires the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28

the show which has appeared on the
air for a year and a half. 1t is
rated by various polls as one of the
most popular programs in its cate
CORY. Latest reports show an audi
ence of well over 1,104,00
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28
TO CLOSE b "A

Buttons public library will be
closed on Labor Day, Monday, Sep
TENDER /, it was announced this week
by Miss Ocie Anderson, Librarian.
The Citizens National Bank and
most of the ~community's business
places will also close to observe the
final holiday of the summer season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28
MAYORS Notice

Removal of trash and rubbish will
start next Monday noon. Have
everything in containers where it
may be readily loaded on the truck.
Mayor w. A. Howe
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28
F~act-Finders Go To Work On Swim Pool
Rev. McIntire Chosen Head
Brass-Tack Inquiry Board

With the election of the Rev. Leonard w. McIntire at the
helm of the revitalized Community Progress Association, the
13-nember executive board began last Friday to pound the brass
tacks that will eventually bring about a specific proposal for
Buttons much-talked-about community swimming pool.
Upon assuming the presidency of the association, Rev. Mr..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28
Trailers Are Million Dollar
Business In Beaverdam Now
40 Employees At Buckeye Plant
Average More Than Trailer A Day

From an unheralded beginning in a small Beaverdam build
ing six years ago, the Buckeye Trailer Coach Co. has become one
of the principal industrial plants in this area.
With a payroll of more than 40 Beaverdam area men, the
coach concern now turns out about 400 house traners a year and
is known from coast to coast as a builder of quality products.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28
Fire Dept. Considering Neu Alarm System
Suggested By Bluffton Telephone Officials

A new fire alarm system aimed at speeding up the telephone
summoning of Buttons volunteer fremen from the scene of the
fire was being considered this week by Fire Chief Guy Corson,
ROLAND Dodge, local manager of The Telephone Co, and C. E.
division superintendent.
Chief Corson said that the proposal made by the telehone
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28
Student Union Room Nears Completion
At Blufffton Colleges New Gym-Auditorium

Button colleges magnificent new gymnasiun-auditoriun
which was opened late last winter on a semicompeted basis, will
have all principal facilities ready for use when the fall term
opens on the campus in two weeks.
One of the major projects on the structure during the sum-
mer vacation period has been work on the student social room
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Smyrna times., 1952-09-11
CHILD SAFETY
PROGRAM ON
Safety Head Urges Parents to
RedOuble Vigilance to
Guard Their Children
ON THEIR OWN

''An exciting game. ....a quick
dash into the street. :. AN automo-
bile bearing down. and the game
ends tragically for some unfortun-
ate child"
In these words, Robert Kennedy
has sketched a scene all too fire.
quently enacted on our streets. Mr..
Kennedy, Vice President for Pub
lie Safety of the Delaware Safety
Council which is cooperating with
the National Safety Councils Sep
tember Back to School Child Safe
ty program, urged parents to re-
double their vigilance to guard
their children against involvement
in traffic accidents.
Children" he said, must be
taught to take care of themselvesin
Smyrna times., 1952-09-11

traffic. 1t seems strange that par
ents who are careful of their chill
dren's we'll being in other respects
often will be negligent in the mat
ter of safety instruction. What
good is balancd diet, adequate
rest, and the many comforts and
luxuries most parents try to pro-
vide, if the child knows no better
than to risk his life needlessly in
traffic ?"
Mr.. Kennedy pointed out that
training for traffic safety is an out
growth of all safety training, not
something that starts when the
child first ventures out alone in
traffic.
He advised parents to teach by
practice as well as by precept,
since children learn most readily
by example, and stressed the neces-
city of coordinating the home in
struction in traffic safety with the
traffic safety program at school.
Any conflict between the two, he
maintained, will hopelessly confuse
He also suggested that
parents follow up to make sure
their children put into practice the
traffic safety lessons learned at
home and in school.
"All efforts in traffic safety edu-
cation should be aimed at develop
ing a sense of responsibility in the
child" Mr.. Kennedy said. Parents
should strive to impress upon chill
dren that whenever they are on
the street, without an adult, they
are strictly on their own-that any
act of carelessness may cost them
their lives"
Smyrna times., 1952-09-11

of the State of Delaware, an official
condensation of the election and
registration laws of the state has
been published through the Office
of the Secretary of State, it was
announced this week. Secretary of
State, Harris B. Mcdowell, Jr., said
that the pamphlet size condensa-
tion of the laws, which also in
cludes election statistics for the
! 1940-1950 elections, has just come
off the presses and is now available
through his Office to all interested
individuals and groups. The book
let, which was edited and compiled
by Robert ]. McFann, Director of
the Department of Election In
formation in the Office of the Sec
retary of State, covers such sub
jects in the election and registra-
tion laws as political subdivisions
of the state, the laws regarding
political parties, the absentee vot-
ing laws, age and residence re-
quirements for registration and
voting, as well as the proper pro-
cedure for marking your ballot and
voting. The condensed version of
the election and registration laws,
it was pointed out by Mr.. McDow-
ell, has been written for the benefit
of the layman-the average person
not versed in the law who would
find it difficult to understand the
legal Technology in the complete
edition of the registration and cleo
ton laws. He said that wherever
possible the actual laws themselves
had been interpreted, stripped of
the legal phraseology, and condens-
ed into easy to read and under
standable language. The entire
code of registration and election
laws has been condensed into only
twenty-one pages in the manual
and would not require more than
a half hour or an hours. reading
time, Mr.. Mcdowell indicated. The
Secretary of State pointed out that
the last section of the booklet
which contains the compilation of
election statistics for the past six
general elections, marks the first
time that such information had
been made available through any
office of the state. The informa-
ton in this section gives the re-
suits of all state offices for 1910,
1912 and 1914, while for the last
three general elections--1946, 1948
and 1950-the statistics include
county and legislative offices as
well as all state offices. Also in
cluded in the pamphlet, it was
pointed out, were the list of elec-
tive offices to be filled in each gen
eral election, as well as map of
Delaware showing Representative
and Senatorial districts and a map
of Wilmington with the same infor-
nation. Any groups or individ-
Smyrna times., 1952-09-11
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desiring copies statistics do so by writ
Registration the Office of the Secretary OF
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ELECTION LAW
PAMPHLET OUT
Condensation of Election and
Registration Laws Publish
ed by Secretary of State
INCLUDES STATISTICS

For the first time in the history
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-06-01
An Editorial
lust a Word
Of Abbroval

"A GREAT DEAL of tension could
be eliminated from family relation
ships if people took the time and
trouble more often to express APP
proval of one another We try to put
forth our best efforts with our
friends. But in the intimacy of a
family we are surrounded by per-
petua1 judges who see us in our off
moments. Their criticism may be
well founded. Their silence when all
goes well is understandable, yet
without expression of approval from
them to us and from us to them,
there is a certain feeling Of inse-
curity.
"Billy, how do you dare come to
the table with such dirty hands +.
or be so late or forget to empty
the ashes?" Or, Betty, how many
times have 1 told you to hang up
your clothes i. or, you use far too
much ipstick or, you know
don't want you going with those
girls"
All the disapproval is there, and
the parent, seeing that his well-de-
served rebukes are resented, is on
the defensive and passes by good be-
havior as too small to outweigh the
long list of minor delinquencies.
Family affection is taken for
granted. Parents are supposed to
love their children and they prove
it by what they do for them. Chill
dren are supposed to have natural
spontaneous affection for their par
ents. Husband and wife are pre-
suned to love each other or why
would they have married?
But all these relationships hus-
bands and wives children and par
ents- need to be fed and nourished
Gifts are all very well but it is our
understanding and affirmation and
expressions of approval that mean
so much-if only warm glance,
an understanding word, an affec-
tionate pat on the back. so AMY
MARTIN.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-06-01
Ny Annual
Spring Letter

Dear Amy and Home Pagers:
think you'll be surprised to get
this letter and to know that I'm still
here in my dear little mountain
home. Thirty-seven years ago the
10th of last February, I signed papers
and took this homestead. I've lived
here entirely alone all winter and
been able to do all of my work, take
care of my chickens and make from
five to seven trips or more to my
wood shed and sweep and shovel
snow.
On the 18th of April I sat on my
front porch steps to enjoy the lovely
warm sunshine and in less than five
minutes one of my tame chipmunks
came up to greet me, walked across
my lap, then went to the kitchen
window sill to see what was there to
eat. The other one hasn't come back,
so may not be alive Robins are
back. On my way home from the
mail box the 18th I picked bunch
of buttercup blossoms
I have two nieces in Nebraska and
both are in the flood district and the
Des Moines river is only three miles
from my birthplace, where I have
more kinfolk. Now only God knows
what news I'll get in letters and on
the radio. All can do is hope and
Drav for good news
Can you believe that I'll soon be
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-06-01

Send Orders TO Montono Former
Stoekmon, PotteFn Bureou, 372
West Quincy Street. chieGss s.
Illinois.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-06-01
The room
thot keeps
the whole
house clean!

This really planned for the kids and the menfok.
But it's mother who will bless it!
First there's mudroom where boots be hosed down.
And it, there's shower with Crane Lahoma tub It's
particularly wonderful the when barefoot boys who
look picturesque calendars be kept from leaving
pretty footprints all through the house.
Sliding doors be built separate the toilet and,
the wall opposite the mudroom, you'll find Cranes popular
Duraclay lamdrette.
Like information See your Crane Plumbing Dealer
Or write Crane Co., $50 Michigan Ave. Chicago Illinois,
Only uns supplies the complete wufer stem from pump faucet