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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-11-14

The attending guests were Mrs
Forest Sarnes, Mrs. ]. D. Paul.
Mrs. Calvin Harr, Mrs. Mannister
Wulff, Mrs. Adroine Cullewart,
Mrs. Francis Acha, and Mrs. Nor
ris Covert of Elmore; Mrs. C. "
Ladd, Mrs. Paul Ladd, Jennie and
Benny Ladd, Mrs. Esibell Happeny
Mrs. Loren Davidson Of Woodville.
Miss Melita Zuerbutis of Fremont;
Mrs. Dwane Betz of Weston; Mrs.
Arthur Claypool and Mrs. Ann
Sterlin of Helena. Those sending
gifts but unable to attend were
Mrs. Joe Rose and Mrs. Lillian
Huntington of Fremont; Mrs. Ho.
ward Harpo, Genoa; Mrs. Ralph
Kruse of Clay Center; Mrs. Al
Harpo of Moline; Mrs. Jackie
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-11-14
Miss Annette Fulkert. daughter

Miss Annette Fulkert, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Fulkert
of Elmore and winter residents of
Sarasota, Fla, a senior at Sarasota
has been elected to the honor So
ciety of the school. Last week she
was ntified that she is also a mem
ber of the National Honor Society
This is rated on academic, citizen
ship and leadership basis. She is
also on the Annual yearbook staff
and secretary of her class. Last
year she served on the student
council and the pep squad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Lamale
are announcing the arrival of a
son born Nov. 4th at Community
Hospital, Fremont. The baby
weighed Z pounds, 9 ounces. and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-11-14
ELNORE
MRS. HARRY c. EULKERT

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Harr are
the parents of their fourth son,
born Nov. 4 at Memorial Hospital,
Fremont. He has been named Rog-
er Jene and weighed z pounds IA
ounces at birth.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-11-14
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
COUNTY's QUOTA
IS STEPPED UP
FOR JULY DRAFT
Call for "a Men Next Month In
cludes One Dentist, Board
Says
John Althaus is one of Four
Leaving in Draft Quota for
June

John j. Althaus, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Levi Althaus, west of Bluffton,
was inducted into the army in
Toledo, last Thursday, as Allen
county filled its June draft call of
only four men.
At the same time, however, it was
announced that the draft tempo will
be increased sharply in July, with a
total of "a men to be inducted from
the county in that month.
The call for "a men in July also
includes one dentist, it was announ-
ced by county selective service head
quarters.
Induction date for % of the men
in the July call has been set for July
3, early in the month, according to
Mrs. Donna Ohler, clerk of the
selective service board. The dentist
will have until July 80 to go into
the service, and may enlist should he
choose, she said.
Eighteen county men Were sent to
Toledo last week to take pre-induc-
ton physical examinations, Mrs.
Ohler announced. None of the group
called for the examinations was
from Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Cooperation Of Residents
Is Needed to Make Towns
Mosquito Patrol Effective

With Bluffton's summer mosquito
control program in full-swing since
the last week in May, it won't be
long until you can say goodbye to
those few pesky "dive-bombers" who
made an appearance during the last
10 days.
Regular treatment of Big and Lit
tie Riley creeks, the town dump,
Marsh Run and other possible breed
ing places has been under way for
almost two weeks now, and if results
of past years are any criterion of
what to expect this year the town
soon will be without a mosquito
Mayor w. A. Howe again is in
charge of the control program, a
responsibility which has been his for
most of the years since the town
launched it's municipally-inanced
war on mosquitoes back in "the
thirties."
Bluffton's war on. mosquitoes has
been one of the most successful in
the state, and has been studied by
other communities as a model setup.
Since its inception it has brought
about a complete transformation of
the mosquito-infested community
plagued by nighttime swarms of
the winged pests.
In connection with opening OF
summer control treatment, Mayor
Howe also asked the cooperation of
property owners in checking caves
troughs, empty containers and cans,
puddles under shrubbery, etc, as
possible breeding places for mos
quito larvae.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
yGycees Elect Paul
Reichenbdch President

Paul Reichenbach was elected new
president of the Bluffton Junior
Chamber of Commerce at meeting
last Wednesday in the Walnut Grill.
Other new officers of the organi-
zation will be: First vice-president,
Dwayne Amstutz; second vice-presi-
dent, Clyde Sommers; secretary,
Donald Kagy, of Jenera; and treas
urer, Wayne Amstutz.
Elected as members of the board
of directors were Francis Marquart,
Junior Hankish, Bob Simcox and
Harold Balmer.
A picnic at the roadside park on
the Lincoln highway near Williams
town will be the next meeting of
the organization Wednesday of next
week. New officers will be installed
at the open air session. Members of
the club and their families are urged
to attend the picnic.
At the same time, it was an
nounced that the Jaycees need 20
posts, two inches in diameter and
from nine to IL feet long, to be used
as posts for street markers. The 20
posts must be obtained before the
project can be completed, it was an
nounced by Jaycees.
Painting of posts already erected
will be completed this week, and it
i shoped the project viii be finished
by the end of June.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12

Cost of Bluffton colleges magnifi-
cent new gymnasium will be approx
imately $328,000 when all work on
the structure is completed and equip
ment is purchased, it was announced
by DR.. Lloyd L. Ramseyer, president
of the institution.
In work on the building completed
thru the commencement season a to-
tai of 1914, ,100.08 has been spent
DR.. Ramseyer said, and the cost OF
remaining projects is estimated in
excess of $4,000.
To complete work to a point per-
mitting dedication of the structure
during commencement season, it was
necessary for the college to depart
from its "pay as you go" program,
for cash contributions to date are
approximately $4,000 short of the
amount spent on the structure.
Exceed Original Goal
One encouraging aspect of the f.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Iler Sewing Machine
rles and Service |
Guaranteed repairs by
= Singer experts based
on written estimates
urnished in advance.
~enair other makes
Program, One of L
County, is Estimatea &C :
$4,000
More Money is Allotted to I'm
proyement of County
Roads

Expenditure of from $4,000 to
$4,000 on Richland township roads
during the coming summer win be
one of the largest projects in this
years Allen county road improve
ment program, it was announced last
Friday by the county engineers of
fee.
Aggregate cost of the 1862 county
and township cooperative road pro-
gram will be approximately S4OO, 900,
it was estimated by County Engineer
John E. Breese.
In the work of the summer, $207,-
600 will be spent on township roads,
and $4,000 on county roads in the
townships.
Large Sums Earmarked
In work on township roads, the
various townships will pay about
$91,500 and the county S116,500. An
additional sum of $4,000 will be
spent by the county on the county
road network.
Richland townships share in the
summer program, as announced by
trustees in last weeks issue of The
News, includes $4,000 to be spent
on township roads and approximately
$4,000 to $4,000 on county roads
in the township.
Improvement to the township
roads will cost Richland trustees
S6,500, with the remaining $500
being provided by the county.
More Allotted Richland Twp.
In the last Fridays announcement
by the county engineers office it
was indicated that total expenditures
on county roads alone in Richland
township will amount to approxi-
mately $4,000, instead of the $2O,-
900 earlier released.
This would result in an overall
road improvement program in the
township in excess of $4,000, it was
pointed out.
Size of the road programs in each
township will vary from year to
year, depending on the amount of
work done in the previous year and
availability of funds, county officials
said in disclosing plans for the over
all county program.
Road projects for the summer are
set up thru conferences of township
boards of trustees with the county
board of commissioners and the
county engineer.
In announcing the 1862 program,
Breese said that Allen county's 1851
road work was the largest county
project in Ohio. This years program,
even larger, will be difficult to COM
plete before winter sets in because
of its size, he declared.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Ordination For ReU.
BOggs Here Sunday

Rev. o. Merrill Boggs, pastor of
the Bluffton- Beaverdam parish will
be formally ordained to the ministry
in services at the Bluffton Church of
Christ Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Presiding will be Rev. Paul Runk,
pastor of Lima Central Church of
Christ, chairman of District 5 OF
the Ohio Disciples of Christ.
Rev. Richard FELTON,, associate sec
retary of the Ohio Christian Mis-
sionary society will deliver the ordin-
alton sermon. Other ministers par
ticipating include Rev. E. J. Penhor-
wood, pastor of Lima South Side
Church of Christ; Rev. Chalmers
Mattern of Findlay First Church of
Christ; Rev. Beckelhymer of Kenton
and Rev. Keith McNeill of Bellefon-
taine.
Participating elders will be Charles
Lewis of the Beaverdam and Forest
Mumma of Bluffton Churches of
Christ. Special music will be pro-
yided by Laurence Burkhalter, viol-
mist and Mrs. Marcene Martz, vocal
ist. Mrs. Roberta Mckinney will be
pianist for the service.
Rev. Bogs, who received his A. B.
degree from Bluffton college last
week will enter the College of the
Bible seminary at Lexington, KY,
this fall to study for his B. D. de-
gree.
Preceding the ordination the Bluff
n-Beaverdam parish will hold union
services here in the morning with
Bible school at 9:30 and worship
and communion at 10:30 when Rev.
Boggs will preach on "The Tragedy
of Absalom."
There will be a covered dish dinner
at noon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Proposal to Fight Gas Rate
Boost is Up to Town Council
Barn Framework Is Demolished I'm
Freak Sunday Night Windstorm Mishap

Framework of a new barn being
erected by Clair Staley near the in
tersection of Route SO and the Lin
coin highway southeast of Bluffton
collapsed during a brief but severe
windstorm about 1880 p, m. last
Sunday.
All framework had been completed
for the new barn, 20 by go feet in
size. The structure was 80 feet
high, and rafters were in place, ready
for roofing of the structure. Little of
the siding had been installed, how
ever.
Blown down in the windstorm, the
barn was entirely demolished and
many of the timbers were broken
into small pieces.
Staley had insured the structure
just two days before the Sunday
windstorm.
In the same windstorm Mt. Cory,
Rawson and Findlay were plunged
into darkness when a limb was blown
across transmission lines leading
from the Bluffton generating plant
of the Central Ohio Light and Pow
-er company.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12

An evening outing for all men Of
the community will be held at $3.50
p. m. next Monday on the Bluffton
college campus, under auspices of the
Mems Brotherhood organizations of
four churches of the town. A picnic
supper will be served at $50.
Games of various interests and
other entertaining features will be
conducted on the baseball diamond
and the immediate vicinity as the
opening events of the evening.
A short program will follow the
game session which will follow the
picnic supper.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
TRAFFIC PATROL
PAYING OFF HERE
MAYOR DECLARES
Speeding and Other Traffic
Violations Showing Marked
Drop
More Warnings Than Arrests
to Avoid Stigma of Speed
Trap

Bluffton's traffic patrol breakdown,
now entering its third week, is pay
ing off with a noticeable decline in
speeding and other traffic violations,
Mayor w. A. Howe reported Tues
day.
Patrol of streets of the city on a
part-time basis was started two
weeks ago, with more than a dozen
arrests recorded on the traffic books
to date.
To avoid any possibility of the
town being branded with the stigma
of operating speed trap, the ratio
of warning citations to motorists
has been running almost three-to-
one in comparison with the number
of arrests, the mayor said.
Many Local VioIators
That not all of Buttons speed
ing problem is due to thru-traffic is
seen in patrol records disclosing that
a large percentage of the warning
citations have gone to BIuffton COM
munity motorists.
Improvement in traffic conditions
locally has been decided since the
patrol of streets was started, and
officials believe that within a few
more weeks conditions will be much
better here than at any time in
recent years.
Operator of the towns police car
in the part-time patrol is John
Stonehill, who was employed by the
mayor after confirmation by the
council on Nav 81.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Golden Trophy Competition Will Mark
Three Spectacular Fourth of July Events

Three major phases will mark
Buttons Fourth of July program
this year-opening with a national
baton twirling contest scheduled for
morning and afternoon, an evening
parade, followed by the annual even
ing rodeo and fireworks display.
In the Golden Trophy Champion
ship night rodeo, Bluffton will be
host to hundreds of horsemen from
Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.
Forty-five golden championship
trophies valued at more than $500
will be awarded to horsemen compet-
ing in eight major events. The
rodeo will start promptly at 7:3O
p. M, with brilliant fireworks dis
play climaxing the evenings enter
tainment.
Trophies will be awarded in all
four places for each event for the
stellar rodeo attraction. The grand
championship trophy viii go to the
horseman garnering the most points
during competition.
POPULAR ATTRACTION
Bluffton's annual rodeo conducted
for the last eight years under the
lights at Harmon field, has become a
popular attraction for all North
western Ohio. Music for the entire
evening program vii be provided by
the Blufften High school band.
Main rodeo events will include:
Grand Entry Plain Tack and
Silver Mounted.
Great Plains Pony Class and
Golden West Pleasure Horse
class.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Summer Training
LIN In Maine Hospital

Miss Eleanor Linden, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Linden of Cher
ry street viii spend the summer do
ing occupational therapy work in the
General hospital at Portland, Maine.
Miss Linden is a student in occu-
pational therapy at Western Michi-
gan College, Kalamazoo, Mich, and
this portion of the program is plan
ned to add experience to the insti-
: tution's training program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Bluffton Community Men Will Hold
Outing On College Campus Monday

In case of rain the event will be
held in the social room of Founders
hall.
Sponsoring the outing will be the
Mems Brotherhood organization OF
st. Johns and Emmanuels Evan
gelical and Reformed churches, the
Methodist church and the First Men
MONTE church.
A special invitation is given to all
men of the town to attend the gath
ering, get acquainted and have a
pleasant evening together. 1t will be
the third year that an all-men's out
ing of this nature has been held in
the town.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
CONSTRUCTION OF
new RESIDENCE IS
UNDER WAY HERE
Foundation Poured for Monroe
AmstutZ Home on Franklin
Street
Work Being Pushed on Two
Other New Homes; Much
Remodeling

Start of another new home, that
of Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Amstutz,
was announced this week as Bluff
tons summer residential building
boom continued to gain momentum.
The Amstutz residence is being
built on Franklin street lot pur-
chased from Mrs. Noah Basinger.
Site of the house is at the rear of
the William Edwards residence on
the corner of Spring and Franklin.
Foundation footers and concrete
slab have been poured for the new
structure, which will be % by Ga
feet in size, including a two-car
garage. The home will be of brick
veneer construction.
In the meantime, construction is
being pushed on other new homes.
The Vern Walker residence on S.
Jackson street is in the plastering
stage, and on West Elm street
brikcrete walls have been laid for
the first floor of the G. T. Soldner
home.
Remodeling, Too
Remodeling also is commanding a
full share of attention this summer.
One of the principal projects has
been at the former Mrs. Elizabeth
Althaus residence on N. Jackson
street which was purchased by Chris
Locher, of Pandora. Locher has
completely renovated the home, in
stalling new floors, windows, doors,
plumbing, cabinets, and wallpaper.
Locher plans to move into the house
this week.
Herb Rupright, of Cherry street,
is repairing and remodeling the front
porch of his home; and Maurice Fett,
of Cherry street, is painting, repair
ing and painting inside and out. Fett
also has moved and remodeled a
garage on the property.
Robert Deerhake, of S. Lawn
avenue, has replaced the windows IN
his home, and remodeled the Kitchen
including new cabinets. On S. jack
son street, Francis Marquart is en-
closing the front porch and increas-
ing the size of the living room OF
his home. Across the street, Walter
Sommers is installing new white
asbestos siding to his home.
Roy Hauenstein, on College road'
is extensively remodeling his resi-
dence, installing new siding and add
ing to the living room.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Two From Bluffton College Go To
Europe For Summer Volunteer Work

After joining % other students
and teachers last Thursday at Shell
ton Bible College, New York, the
two Bluffton women sailed with the
group last Friday on the steamship,
Italia"
They will be assigned to European
work camps set up by the Mennon-
ite Central Committees, working with
the Council of Mennonite and Affil-
lated colleges. Camps are located in
France, Italy, Germany, Belgium,
Switzerland, England and Holland.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
TWO PLANS WILL
BE OUTLINED AT.
MEETING MONDAY.
Suggestion that Bluffton Enact
Gas Rate Ordinance of it's
Own
! Bluffton and Other Towns Af-
fected Invited to Join Lima
i'm Fight

Two proposals to implement Bluff
ton opposition to gas rate increases
requested by the West Ohio Gas Co.
will be studied by municipal council
at meeting next Monday night in
the town hall.
One of the suggestions to be con-
sidered embraces a recommendation
that the village enact a gas rate
ordinance it feels affords a fair re-
turn to the utility firm. Such an
ordinance would take precedence
over the gas company's requested
increase in rates, it was pointed out.
The second proposal is an invita-
ton from Lima municipal officials to
Join forces with that city and other
affected towns in fighting the pro-
posed rate boosts for gas service.
Ordinance Suggested
Recommendation that each of the
cities and villages served by West
Ohio enact its own rate ordinance
was made at a meeting called by
Lima city officials, who thus far
have spear-headed the fight against
larger gas bills.
The suggestion came from John
w. King, of the Columbus law firm
of Dargush, Caren, Greek and King,
which has been retained by the city
of Lima as special counsel in the
fight over gas rates before the Public
Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Enactment of rate ordinances by
each municipality would force the
gas company to appeal each one
individually to the P. U. c. o., if it
objected to the rates so fixed, it is
understood. 1t was recommended
that the ordinances be passed this
summer.
Such appeals would supercede the
firms application for rate increases,
it was pointed out.
Cost Estimated
Bluffton and other cities affected
by the rate increase proposal were
invited to join Lima in fighting the
boost. and estimates were made OF
the probable cost to each community.
Total expenses estimated in carry
ing on the fight for the remainder
of 1852 amount to approximately
$4,000.
Bluffton's estimated share of this
sum would be $400, it was pointed
out at the meeting. Lima would
pay s12,4OO; Kenton, $4,000; and st.
Marys and Delrnos $1,000 each
Should other communities join later
the individual city costs would be
reduced proportionally.
Consider at Meeting
At next Mondays meeting, council
men will have the responsibility OF
deciding if the village wants to JOIN
the campaign, and face the necessity
of assisting in payment of fees Tor
technical services required.
The gas rate ordinance proposal
as another means of helping to con-
troll the raise in rates also will come
in for its share of consideration.
Blutfton was represented at the
Lima meeting by Edward S. Noble,
who is associated with John Romey,
city solicitor for the town.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12

Two Bluffton persons have left
for a summer term of voluntary
service in European war-ravaged
areas under auspices of the Mennon-
ite Central Committee.
They are Miss Elma Alter, in
structor in the music department at
Bluffton college and the Bluffton pub
lie schools, and Miss Mary Rich, a
student at the college.
Miss Rich is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Rufus Rich, of Washing
ton, Illinois.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Leave For Mission
Work In Alaska

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Smith, form
erly of Ottumwa, Iowa, have moved
to Anchorage, Alaska, where they
will open a Church of Christ and
engage in mission work in that area.
Mrs. Smith is the former Dora
Jean Luginbuhl, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gideon Luginbuhl of West Elm
street. They flew from Seattle,
Washington, to Anchorage, making
the trip in eight hours.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
SuperUises Work
On Atomic Project

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Althaus of Las
Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Bluffton,
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilford Steiner and family.
Althaus, associated with the Atom
ic Construction company, is an engi-
neer in charge of roads, bridges and
power lines, supervising group of
5000 men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Basinger and
family of Conner, also were visitors
at the Steiner home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-06-12
Total Cost of Founders Hall, College
New Gymnasium will Reach $328,OOC

nancial drive, however, is seen in the
fact that the $263, 3,s24.11 donated in
cash already is in excess of the origi-
nal goal of $25O,00O set for the build
ing program.
DIR. Ramseyer also provided a
breakdown of the 1914, ,100.08 spent
on the project to date, disclosing that
the greater part, s294, ,336.95 has gone
into the building proper.
The balance of the money already
spent was disbursed as follows:
equipment, s10,070.6S; insurance, So