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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-04-02
Bluffton Area Farmers To Participate
In Allen County Spring Cattle Tour

Bluffton area farmers have been
invited to participate in a spring
cattle tour and discussion OF man
agement practices in beef cattle pro-
duction on Tuesday, April 7.
Calvin NJ Leimbach, associate AL
len county agricultural agent, and
Paul Lawrence, chairman of the
County Cattle Feeders committee,
will be in charge of the tour which
begins at 9 a. m. at the c. V. Whet-
stone & Son farm on State Route
sol, and winds up at the Beaverdam
school for a discussion period.
Other farms to be visited include
the 7. r. Schoonover Home Farm on
State Route 81, the Orville Koop
Farm, North Cable road near sos,
Edwin Brenneman farm at the in
tersection of the Lima-Gomer and
State road, and the Lewis VanMeter
farm on the Cook-Trumbo road.
After lunch at the three Beaver
dam restaurants, the group will meet
in the Beaverdam school.
Earl Lowe of Kenton, president of
the Ohio Cattle Feeders association,
will be present to discuss the state
association. Jim Warner, extension
beef specialist, will discuss manage
ment practices and answer questions,
and representatives of the packing
industry have been invited to parti-
cipate.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-04-02
To Dramatize
Last Supper

A candlelight service featuring a
dramatization of ''The Last Supper"
by young men of the First Methodist
church will be an event of Maundy
Thursday evening in the church sane
tuary at 7:30 o'clock. After the
dramatization, the congregation will
participate in Holy Communion.
Participants in the Last Supper
of Our Lord" dramatization will in
clude Bud Augsburger, Don Augs-
burger, Rex Alderman, Jim Berry,
Lynn Carmack, Raymond Cummins,
Charles Draper, Jim Dray, Jim
Marshall, Leonard McElwee, Bob St.
Louis, Jim Szabo and Don Triplehorn.
The cast will perform the action
in the dramatization while the Scrip
ture account is read.
An invitation to the entire COM
munity has been extended to attend
the service.
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of the boys hair was found sticking
to it.
Heckerthorn then hid the body in a
hollow tree, put rotten wood on top
of it then covered the whole with
green brush. Sunday afternoon the
search for the missing boy began and
by Monday more neighbors had join
ed in and the hunt became general.
Monday night Schamp went to con-
suit the fortune teller. Even a for
lorn hope was better than none. Ty-
ler told him that the boy was near
water and was under rotten wood and
green brush.
Excitement became widespread and
on Tuesday men and boys from miles
around came to hunt the woods but
found nothing. By Thursday the
forest for miles was filed with
searchers for Peter Schamp's lost
boy. .....
Such large crowd had its skepti-
cal ones and conjectures of every
kind were made. On Thursday after
noon suspecion fell on Heckerthorn-
he had not appeared among the
searchers. Neither had Tyler. That
evening Jacob Bohner and M. B.
Plummer found Heckerthorn at his
brothers house concealed.
Taken into custody Heckathorn fin
ally confessed his own guilt and told
of Tyler's part in the crime That day
warrant for the arrest of Tyler and
Heckathorn on charges of murder
was issued by George KY, justice of
the peace in Brady Township.
Both men were jailed, taken to
Bryan, the county seat, at the fall
term of Common Pleas Court and
were indicted separately.
Tyler took his case to the Supreme
Court. The Jail at Bryan was inse-
cure and both men were taken tc
Maumee and held there until the fall
of 184S when they went to trial.
| Tyler was tried for murder in the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-04-02

1t is Williams County story more
than 100 years old but the yarn has
neither lost nor gained in its harrow
ing details through century of tell
ing. 1t could not-being a court rec
ord.
A. J. Tyler was a fortune teller by
trade. Back in 1847 his business had
dwindled almost to nothing. Damsels
and swains seldom came for a look
into the romantic future and few
treasures were lost to call for his
help in the finding. So Tyler set
out on a neighborhood trip to stir up
something.
First he visited the home of Peter
D. Schamp, in jefferson Township.
After telling Schamp's fortune and
getting a quarter for it he went to
the home of Daniel Heckerthorn and
told his fortune. Then he asked
Heckerthorn if Schamp was known to
have any money. Heckerthorn said
yes--Schamp was man of means.
Tyler then planned with Hecker-
thorn for the latter to kidnap and kill
Schamp's six-year-old boy and hide
the body in secret place which both
knew. Then, Tyler argued, Schamp
would come to him and pay him a
large sum to go into a trance and so
locate the boy. For his part in the
scheme Heckerthorn was to get
enough of the money to move back to
Wayne County, which long had been
his desire.
Next Sunday morning Heckerthorn
went to Schamp's, decoyed the boy
from the house and took him to a
deep woods north of the Schamp
place. There he took him by the heels
swung the urchin and hit his head
against large knot on a big beech
tree. The knot later was cut out of
the tree and brought into court. Some
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-04-02

first degree. He was found guilty
and was sentenced to be hanged on
January &c, 1S49.
j. Dobbe was prosecutor and C.
Case was his assistant. Attorney
for the defense was S. E. Blakeslee.
Daniel Langle was sheriff.
Sheriff Langle built a wooden en-
closure in which to hang Tyler. When
the people began to arrive the eve
ming before the execution and found
that an enclosure had been put up
during the previous night to keep
them from seeing the hanging, they
demolished the structure. Tyler
therefore was hanged in public and
on the day fixed for his death SEN
tence.
! The killing of the Schamp child had
occurred on June 20, 1847, and on the
old Schamp farm.
At the spring term of Common
Pleas Court, 1849, Heckerthorn was
tried and was found guilty of mur-
der in the second degree. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment in the
penetentiary at Columbus.
In October, few years before dis
appearance of the Schamp child, a
four-year-old boy who lived in the
southwestern part of Center Town-
ship was missing. His mother had
gone to visit one of the neighbors and
the child apparently had tried to fol-
low her. E
The loss was not discovered until
about dark when the mother came
back home. Search Immediately be-
gan and the neighborhood was arous-
ed Soon the woods was filled with
anxious searchers. Torches were car
ried and the hunt went on all night.
But morning came and the child still
had not been found.
People came in droves to assist in
the search, some from five or six
miles away and more than 100 per-
sons were hunting for the boy in the
woods. No connected nor organized
method of search got under way, how
ever, until the third day.
That day long line was formed,
the men and women being stationed
60 feet apart. Then the word was
given by a captain of the searchers
to march.
1t was not long after that when the
child was found. But the boy was
dead. His body still was warm, show
ing that life had been extinct only a
little time.
The places where the child had
slept each night were found. When
night overlook him the boy each time
had taken off his clothes, thinking
that was the way to do before he
went to sleep. When he arose the
first morning he was unable to prop
erly put his clothes back on and so
wandered around half clad. The Oc-
tober nights were cold and the child
thus could not survive.
Had the search been an organized
one on the second day instead of the
third the boy would have been found
alive, old accounts surmise.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-04-02
Garmatter Building
New Residence

Taking advantage of favorable
weather to launch the spring resi-
Dental construction program, the
Albert Garmatter Construction firm
of Bluffton, is building a new house
for Mr.. and Mrs. James Keeney,
eight and one-half miles northwest
of Bluffton.
Mrs. Keeney is the former Cassie
Diller, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Diller, of near Bluffton.
The new residence, construction of
which is well under way, Is located
on the Keeney farm.
Foundation for the structure has
been poured, and carpenters now are
busy erecting the framework. 1t is
believed the house is the first spring
project in this area.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-04-02
Vesper Choir
On Concert Tour

Bluffton colleges 42-voice vesper
choir left last Friday on an Eas-
ter season concert tour, which will
include appearances in Illinois, Iowa
and Indiana before the group returns
to the local campus.
Opening concert of the tour was
presented in Chicago on Friday
night, following which the group
sang in Meadows, H.; and Hopedale,
Ill. Other appearances in Illinois
will be in Carlock, Danvers, Gibson
City and Washington. Iowa concerts
will be given at Donnellson, Way
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-04-02

land and Pulaski.
Closing concert of the tour will
be in the Eighth Street Mennon-
ite church in Goshen on April 6.
Accompanying the group on the
tour are Prof. and Mrs. Russell
Lantz, Miss Edna Ramseyer, and
Prof. Luther Shelter.
In addition to the Western tour
during the Easter season, the
choir has been giving a number of
Sunday evening concerts in church.
es throughout this area.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-04-02

Liquid fertilizer, nitrogen and
minor elements are in the agronomy
program of Farm and Home Week.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Experts on World Affairs
To Brief Legion Group

Secretary of State Dulles will
headline a panel of experts on
international affairs who will
brief the American Legion's For
eign Relations Commission on
world conditions during its three
day session Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Among others on the panel are
Undersecretary Walter Bedell
Smith, Sir Roger M. Makins,
British Ambassador to the
United States; Henri Bonnet, the
French Ambassador, and DR..
Heinz L. Krekeler, German
charge d'affaires in Washington.
The session will be held at the
Washington headquarters of the
Legion, 1903 K street NV, at
the State Department, and in
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee room.
The commission then will go
into executive session to draft
its report on foreign policies to
be presented to the Legion's Ma
tional Executive Committee ses-
sions at national headquarters in
Indianapolis early next month.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Peron Party Receives
Sweeping Majority
In Early Returns
By the Assoeinfed Pres,

BUENOS AIRES, April 13.-
Early returns from elections
yesterday in two Argentine prov
inces caves the government Pc
roniSta Party an expected sweep
ing majority over the small
Communist party-the only op-
position.
I In President Peron Province
the former Chaco territory-the
Peronista had tailed 1858
votes compared to 678 for the
Communists. Blank ballots to-
tailed 1885. In Eva Peron Prov
ince-formerly Pampa territory
the Peronistas drew 10,673
votes. and 1901 ballots were
blank.
An estimated SO per cent of
the 291,174 eligible voters in the
two provinces cast ballots for
senators and deputies in the
federal congress and for gov
ernors and other provincial Of
ficialS.
Voting a FOrmality.
The Peronista Party and it's
supporting labor unions were
virtually certain of victory be-
fore the voting began. Except
for the Reds in President Peron
Province, opposition groups re-
fused to take part in the
elections on grounds that the
current state of emergency pre-
vented campaigning. Even the
Communists pulled out of the
campaign in Eva Peron Province.
The national government lift
ed the state of internal war.
which suspends normal constitu-
tional privileges, including elec-
tions, for the day of balloting.
Emergency regulations have
been in effect in Argentina since
an alleged plot against the Peron
regime in september, 1851.
Price Drive Pushed.
The government took no elec-
tion-day recess in its enforce
ment of its new price ceilings.
Federal Police Chief Miguel
Gamboa, in charge of enforce
ment, yesterday ordered pro-
ceedings against nearly 100 more
alleged violators of price sched-
ules announced last Friday.
Hundreds of shop owners al
ready have been jailed in the
drive.
They face penalties which in
clude closure of their shops,
seizure of their goods, 90 days
in jail and fines up to 100000
pesos $3.50 at the free ex-
change rate).
Evening star., 1953-04-13
IreIun to Discuss Dope

United States Attorney Charles
M. 1relan will speak on Mar
cotics in the District of Colum-
bia" at a meeting of the National
Capital Optimist Club at 1915
pm. Wednesday in the Willard
Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-04-13

pm. May 20
in the Hotel
Statler.
Mr.. Kay is
a n a t i n a |
board men,
ber of the
Palestine Eco
nomic Corp.
and the Unit
ed Jewish APP
peal. He also
is vice chair
man of the
Greater Wash
ington State
of Israel Bond
Evening star., 1953-04-13

Senator Wiley, Republican, of
Wisconsin, will be the principal
speaker. Abba S. Eban, Israel's
Ambassador to the United States,
also will speak.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Kay Heads Celebration
Of Israel Anniversary

Abraham S. Kay has been ap-
pointed chairman of the cele-
bration observing Israel's fifth
anniversary to be held at $50
Evening star., 1953-04-13

Regency to modern styles . handsome fabric:
careful workmanship and finish make your
man sleeper an important furniture piece in an
ting Full spring construction >. full dinnens
comfort =. .. make it the most luxurious of beds.
son, Regency, ChppendoIe and modern styles. Co
in cottons, textured royons, boucIes and nnoteoss
W6L-The Sleep Shop, Fifth Floor also Chevy Che
Evening star., 1953-12-17
Hase|fine, Eric Hodgins
Win Science Awards

Nathan S. Haseltine, science
editor of the Washington Post.
and Eric Hodgins, author and
member of the board of editors
of Fortune magazine, were named
today as the Nations top science
writer's for 1853 by the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science.
The two will receive the AAAS-
George Westinghouse Science
Writing Awards Of 81 900 each.
Mr.. Haseltine won his award
for a series on prisoner medical
volunteers and their contribution
toward victories over malaria
and yellow jaundice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haseltine are
residents of Arlington. They have
two daughters and two sons.
Mr.. Hodgins was chosen for his
award on the basis Of an ar
ticle Power From the Sun, F"
which appeared In Fortune.
Evening star., 1953-12-17
JobIess Cook CoIIared,
CHARGED in Store Theft

A 41-year-old Roanoke (Va.)
man was charged with robbery
of a Lansburgh department
store jewelry clerk yesterday
after he was collared by an un-
identified pedestrian who heard
the clerks scream as her as
sailant fed.
The suspect, Harry Davis
Peters. an unemployed cook, was
held for police by colored man
as he dashed out the Seventh
street door of the downtown
store, about ! pm.
Robbery squad detectives said
Peters admitted the theft and a
$40 bill snatched from the hand
Of Miss Mana Wickline, 26, at
the jewelry counter, was re-
covered. Miss Wickline said she
felt a hard object, later identified
as the handle Of a safety razor,
pressed against her back as she
Evening star., 1953-12-17
Plight Of Needy Pupils
Inspires Clothing Drive

Gifts Of clothing. food and toys
are urgently wanted for needy
District school children, an Of
fetal OF the District Congress Of
Parents and Teachers said today.
Mrs. Willard r. Culver, pub
licity chairman for the PTA con-
gress, said many children in the
Write schools have inadequate
clothing.
The congress. which sponsors a
weekly clothing collection with
the cooperation of PTAs and
school principals, is seeking help
from citizens and organizations
in obtaining gifts for Christmas
distribution next Wednesday.
Donations should be taken to
the Emery School, Lincoln road
and s street NE, or donors may
call Mrs. Charles McGogney at
johnson 2-6653. Gifts will be
Evening star., 1953-12-17
BY the Assoeioted Press

ABERDEEN, Md, Dec. IT.
The Army is using television at
a high explosives plant so work.
ers may do certain jobs from
behind the safety of a concrete
and steel wall.
TV serves as the workers eyes
as he operates machines by re-
mote control from his position
Of safety.
Use of television is a recent
innovation at the Aberdeen Prov
ing Grounds Magazine No. TOO.
It's now used as a safety device
in four Of the plants seven work
rooms.
The plant loads, assemblies and
diSaSSembleS high explosives.
An example Of work in which
TV might play a part is in drill
Evening star., 1953-12-17
Shepherd College
To Sell 4 BUILDINGS
speeioI oisposeh to The sior

SHEPHERDSTOWN, w. Va.
Dec. 17.-Four outdated build
ings on the Shepherd College
campus here are being offered
for sale, DR.. Oliver s. Ikenberry,
president, said today.
One is a former Baptist church,
one a two-story house on High
street, one a two-story imita-
ton brick house on Princess
street, and the fourth a frame
building on High street. Bids
are being accepted until next
week.
Evening star., 1953-12-17
$50 Pounds Of Clothino

Lutheran churches of Metro
politan Washington have coll
lected $500 pounds Of clothing
for Lutheran World Relief. The
clothing, which will go to needy
persons in Europe and Asia, is
now being processed for ship
ment.
Evening star., 1953-12-17

received from 9 am. to 3 pm. on
school days.
Mrs. Culver said overcoats,
rubbers, shoes. canned food and
Christmas toys are needed es-
pecially.
Evening star., 1953-12-17
boys jackets and surcoats
SIS regularly 1925 to 1925

4S boys sureoots in nyon-royon eobordine 10
ounce wool quilted lining, wristIets in sleeves,
tlnton collar, Upper front, two slash pockets,
onchor buckle. CoIors: brown, navy, teal green.
maroon. Sizes 6, 10, 18.
IS boys reversible jackets of nyIon and royon
cavalry twill, reversible to woven check, knit all
wool wristIets, Upper fronfwth two slash pockets,
self collar. CoIors in the group navy, brown and
green Sizes 10 to TO-
40 boys sureoots in nyon-royon eobordine, 10
ounce quilted wool lining, elastic in sleeves,
Upper front with anchor buckle two slash pockets
and self collar. CoIors in the group brown, navy.
teal green, maroon. Sizes l6, l8 and 20.
Down Stoirs Store, Boys Clothing
Evening star., 1953-12-17
VEyes Allow Army Workers
ToHondIe Explosives Safely

ing or cutting. A camera is put
into position. Then from be-
hind a 36-inch safety wall the
operator controls his machine
by Watching the TV monitor.
Cameras are inclosed in an
explosive proof case designed to
contain any dust explosion that
might occur in the camera.
On some jobs it's impossible
or impractical to use video. When
it is necessary that drilling be
done manually, drills are used
which are encased in steel boxes
with shatter-proof windows.
Comparative Bruin Size
CLEVELAND. - The average
human brain is about three times
larger than that found in an
average-sized gorilla.
Evening star., 1953-12-17

started to make change for the
bill.
The robber demanded the
money and then snatched it and
fed out the nearby door.
Evening star., 1953-12-17
important savings on
junior miss apparel

were NoW
$50 junior dresses, royon
crepes, toffetos and
folIes; one and two
piece styles, dressy, semi
cIossic and clossics in the
group. Black and eolors. l0.o5to
Sizes to IS ----- $500 $50
$50 oil wool turtle neck
sweaters, sizes "a to 40 3.o5 soc
Down Stoirs Store, Junior Miss ApporeI
Evening star., 1953-12-17
inexpensive dresses reduced

200 Misses dresses in
cotton plisse, and cotton
percole prints. Sizes IL
to Ia in dresses. Also
checked oprons, II to l8
IS dresses with boleros,
eottons in light coIors, O
few royons. Sizes II to
20 in the group -----
Down Stoirs Store, Inexper
Evening star., 1953-12-17

special purchase :. table lamps, 500
styles oil with 3-woy lighting.
Hurricane Iomps, milk glass with clover design fired
on; round cylinder styles.
Solid bross tobe lamps 25", wine or green shade.
Block and bross tobIe Iomp, IS" white glass fcunt,
block and white fish net shode.
Down stos Store Budget Homefunhnos. North Building Only
Evening star., 1953-12-17
save on chiIdren's apparel
I.55, 2 for 800 .cere I.95 to 2:95

400 pieces in q group Of ehdrens opporeI including
bouses sweaters, ereepers jackets skirts and poioos.
Broken sizes from ] to s.
Down Sos Store, Infants
Evening star., 1953-12-17
save on Women's shoes
1.99 yere 4.99

~ poir women's shoes by we'll
known manufacturer. Wedge
styles, closed toes and boeks.
Suede, or smooth leather. Red.
black or brown. Sizes 4X to 9,
morrow or medium
Down Stoirs Store, Women's Shoes
Evening star., 1953-12-17

irreguIars from a WeII-knoWn
manufacturer Of mems shirts
3.ss if perfect 8.95 to 1925
orIons nyIons. .~
wosh costly, dry quickly, need no ironing.
soft slotted collars removable stoys.
pearl buttons and single button cuffs.
white only, sizes IA TO II in the group
IrresuIor sport shirts from weknown manufactured
Small to extro-oree. If perfect 3.95 to 795. Now z9S
Down Stoirs Store. Mems Furnishings
blankets, pillow cases, table cloths
Were Now
81 wool blankets, rreeuors Of we'll
known maker choose from many coIors 1856
72xo0" or 8OxoO" sizes. IF perfect 1875 1925
500 hemstitehed pillow eoses, white with
coored borders wide color selection and
all white 42x3e" 3e"--------- 75c 5ee
Down stors Store Budget Hoefunhnes North Building Only
Evening star., 1953-12-17
coats and suits reduced
1900 ,Cere 1926 to $500

80 pieces in q group including
wool winter weight toppers, round
collar, adjustable cuff, in pink,
blue or oquo, sizes 10 to Is; fully
lined suits. wool or royon flon-
nels, checks, stripes or solid coli
ors; two fuIl-Iensth wool sobordine
coats, block. zzh.
Down Stoirs Store, Coots and Suits
Evening star., 1953-12-17
save on chiIdFen's shoes

Were Now
So poir growing girls end
boys shoes in broken SOS to
sizes NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 7.e5 z.ss
SS poir Of shoes, foctoy
rejects of q nationally
advertised monufocturer.
Broken sizes and variety
of styles. If perfect would 5.5Oto
be 6e5 z.is
Down Stors Store. ChIdren's Shoes
Evening star., 1953-12-17
chiIdren's snoWsuits
3.8s and 7.88 ,Cere 5.95 and 1926

100 snowsus in the group, piece styles with long
ripper, motehns hots. Boys and girls styles in the
group. Nylons popns and Estrons but not oil sizes in
oil fobries price groups Broken sizes T. and 4.
Down Stoirs Store Infants
Evening star., 1953-12-17
save on millinery
ITO were 2.9S to 305
IrreguIars Of
pantie and puII-on girdIes
100 if Derfect !3.05
0 if perfect 3.95

200 in q group Of pontie girdes and puOn sirdes in
nude only wo way stretch cotton and roycn. Sizes small,
medium and large.
Down Stors Store corsets and Bros
Evening star., 1953-12-17
save on bras
girdIes, cersets

- Were Now
I25 cotton bros, irreou-
lars. White only, sizes 81
to 36A, 81 to ABB, 81, l.5oto
40 and 42C. If perfect $50 e9e
SO Longtime cotton bros,
irreeuIors. Sizes "a, 36
and 40 to 46. II 3.5Oto
perfect ------ 500 l.29
80 white SiFdIes, no-roI
bond, royon satin front
panel and down stretch
lostex back. Sizes rs to
81, SO. "a and 3d. sos 3.69
IS front Ioes corsets, cot
ton and royon in the
group. Sizes 26 to 81 7.5oto
and "a to 36 ----- 1925 4.45
Down Stoirs Store. Corsets and Bros
Evening star., 1953-12-17
save on girls apparel

save on girls apparel
Were Now
8 girls sroy eoots, To-
beIed for wool content.
Sizes 7 to II. l6.o5 1888
46 girls cotton dresses in
wide range of coIors and
styles; sizes 8. 10, II $3.50
ond Ia 5.e5 1888
81 girls cotton bIouses,
sport styles, toiored
shirts in tottersoI checks .95 to
and pIoids Sizes 7 to Ia 2.25 i.l9
so girls cotton polo shirts
in white and colors. Sizes
to Ia LOO 68e
100 poirs Of growing
girls sport shoes in os-
sorted styles and broken
sizes to g. Slight foe-
tory domoeed ----- 3.99
Down Stoirs Store, Girls Apporel
Christmas candles reduced
Csc were 40c to 6Oc
$40 eondIes in eroup-white, green, z
to package, 5" toll. Pine in red or
green also.
Down Stoirs Store. Decorations