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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-03
Mainly Personal

of the proposed plan to skirt the west
edge of town with the new super
highway, we note people of Fremont
are seeking similar relief.
Fremonters are seeking state and
federal funds for a proposed S6,349,-
Sal bypass and bridge project de-
signed to take through traffic from
the city streets around the west and
north edge of the city.
Local owners of Main street
residential property are already
touting higher values on their
residences with the prospect of
the traffic removal.
FROM WHITE SULPH u r
SPRINGS, w. Va, Ford Motor Co.
executive George ]. Crimmins is pro-
posing the use of railroad properties
for highway expansion. He proposes
that elevated expressways be built
over railroad tracks. Or, he says,
surface expressways could be built on
railroad right-of-way adjacent to ex-
isting tracks, or in place of tracks
moved underground.
1t will be noted that the course of
following the railroad right-of-way ir
the latest Beaverdam-Lima link is al
ready being adopted in Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-03
Miriam, BireI Capped
At Chicago Hospital

Miriam Bixel of 121 Spring Street,
Bluffton, was capped by the Presby-
byterian hospital school of nursing
last Friday in Chicago. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Bixel.
Miss Bixel entered the Presbyter-
ian hospital school of nursing last
March. She is graduate of Bluff
ton high school (195O). She received
the Presbyterian cap after completing
the first six months of the three-year
| nursing course.
After the Gaping ceremony the 81
new nurses will wear the full uniform
of the school instead of the preclini-
cal uniform. They will spend half of
their time in supervised hospital duty
and the other half in classroom and
laboratory work in the school. Grad
ually class hours will be decreased
and patient care increased until the
final months of their training when
hospitality fills their 40 hour week
Late in the three-year course Miss
Bixel will go to Hines Veteran Ad-
ministration hospital and to the H.
linois Neuropsychiatric institute fol
specialized training.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-03
An EnUiabLe Position

1t is usual at this time of year when the Blufon high
school football coach is pulling his hair trying to round up
enough boys to at least make two full teams for scrmage
practice to hear complaints that the choppg off of part of
the Buon school district sometime ago has not helped the
school system Some point finger at Buttons per capita
cost of education and raise eyebrow Perhaps it is wise
also to look at the other side of the picture.
"Come the ringing of school bells this month and
Ohio schools-pubc parachal and private will have
roment of 1639920 pupils says Dr. Clyde Hssong state
director of education He adds that this figure represents
increase of 46,781 over the 1928 school year. II
Looking back five years the enrolment in all public
schools increased by 2154 and paroca and private schools
increased 81, ,548 during this period.
Except for the fact that the Buon school district
reduced in size ago. is likely that by local
school authorities would be wondering how long would be
until additional classroom would be necessary Perhaps
it would have been necessary to have made
siderable capital outlay for classroom addtionperhaps
would have hasened the day when the old elementary build
ing would needs be torn down and larger erected it's
place.
Growth does not with cost There would also be
teachers required and operating costs would be proper
onatey higher Many school districts would like to be in
Buttons position today with still little to grow
before buildings necessary Growth will
enough.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-03
Dirty Streets Or Worse?

Only few months ago members of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce spent several evenings of their valuable time in
repantng all of the waste paper recepca which help keep
Main street neat and Clean The bright blue made
decided improvement the village for time until
certain youngsters decided it good fun to occasionally
drop match in the contents and watch the flames leap out
Now of the have become burned and discoor
ed but important the dangers of fire from the burn
ing On Friday night of last week three in
set abaze undoubtedly deliberate act of unhn
ing person Several evenings earlier Police CHIEF
Lee Coon summoned to extnguish blaze in the
cans not two feet away from parked auto.
gasoline leak fumes could very easily have started the
auto abaze Sparks from the could also very easily set
fire to nearby store awning, the heat could ruin the
autos finish.
This thoughtess prank has become that town
authorities beginning to wonder whether it would be bet
ter to have dirty streets rather than this constant fire hazard
They wonder whether the will eventually have to be
removed from the streets in order to property loss
1t also legal question to whether Bufton village
the Junior Chamber of Commerce might be held financially
liable should damage result from such fire
1t not for the police to control this type of vanda
ism. They cannot keep constant watch the
Parents should caution their youngsters of the inherent
dangers of such panks and punishment should be
promised the first person found guilty of the nuisance The
hazard of fire is far too serious to laugh off just another
teeage prank to dismiss with the expression boys will
be boys"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-03

WITH THE PROMISE OF A
FREE LUNCH as guests of the Ohio
State Fair Board, we could imagine
that the newspaper people of Ohio
would descend in great numbers on
Press Day Sunday at the Columbus
shindig, but we had no idea that they
would help set new record atten-
dance of $4,000 on one of the hottest
days of the year.
We doubt whether all of Ohio's 800
some odd weeklies did as well as the
Bluffton News employees and their
families, but if all attended in the
same proportion there must have been
more than 5000 persons flashing
Press passes at Gate |. Approximate
| ly so persons including some sizeable
families of News people made the
trip, and even in the crowd of 132, $50
other persons, they managed to spot
host of other Bluffton folk on the
big grounds.
Among those present and ac-
counted for were School Superin-
tendent A. B. Murray, who re-
ported there were not enough
drinking fountains to handle the
perspiring crowds, Guy Scoles
and son frankie, the Dave Ris-
sers, Gerald Huber and the Will
ford Steiners; also the Cloyce
Defendeifers and the Lehr Greens
of Mt. Cory.
Incidentally, did any others of the
Bluffton crowd spot Mrs. Steiner
while she was modelling for Arnold
Epp, Columbus sculptor, who worked
in clay at his interesting exhibit. Mr..
Epp, Bluffton college classmate of
Mrs. Steiner's hailed her in the crowd
and asked her to pose for one of his
art pieces. He is son of DR.. Epp,
former instructor at Bluffton college.
The Steiners were at the Fair
especially to visit their son, Bob,
who is playing trombone with
the AIl-State High School Band.
Thorne Lauriat, also of Blutfton,
is a member of the band. The
boys are members of the 325-
piece band and are being looked
after by another former Bluffton-
ite, John Hartzler, superintendent
of Ashland high school, who drew
the job of being "poppa" to the
host of young musincians while
they are at the fair.
A number of Bluffton area farm
folk, of course, were among exhlbi-
tors at the big fair, with Maurice
Criblez, Brown Swiss breeder, of this
vicinity, making the news photos OF
the fair taken by the Findlay Repub-
,lican-Courier
WHILE BLUFFTON'S MAIN
STREET dwellers and business people
prepare petitions seeking the removal
of the heavy traffic from Main street
and give their whole-hearted approval
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-03
Ladies' Chorus Plans
Program September I3

The ladies chorus of the Ebenezer
Mennonite church, including approx
imately 40 voices under the direction
of Miss Mabel Amstutz, will pre-
sent a program of sacred music
Sunday evening, September 13, at
8 pm. in the church.
The group has been practicing for
the program for the past two
months. Mrs. William Althaus will
accompany as pianist and Miss Janet
Althaus is organist.
When hens have light in the laying
house, they will lay about 20 dozen
more eggs a month.
Self feeders save pig-feed:ng time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-03

Self feeders save pig-feeding time.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Paint and Glass Eating
Listed in Home Accidents

The tendency of small chill
dren to drink and eat anything
contributed to the 143 home mis-
haps requiring treatment at To-
cal hospitals last week.
Among the things children ate
and drank were: moth flakes,
bleach, paregoric, aspirin, paint
remover, and small pieces of
glass.
The District Red Cross Safety
Services reported the 143 mis-
haps came from 56 falls, six
burns, five accidental poisonings,
l3 foreign bodies, 81 cuts, four
contusions and 25 unclassified.
In addition, deaths resulted
from two falls, one burn, two in
FAINT suffocations, one accidental
poisoning, one accidental dis
charge Of firearms and one bath
tub drowning.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Annapolis Opens
Historic Tours
On September y
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

ANNAPOLIS. Sept. 5.-The
1853 public tour series of historic
homes and other pre-Revolution-
ary buildings and landmarks in
this city will get under way at
10 am. September %.
Each year Historic Annapolis,
Inc, a non-profit organization
dedicated to the restoration and
upkeep of famous sites in the
States capital, opens 18th
century houses and public build
ings to the public on guided
tours. Bookings must be made
with the organization. The ad-
dress is 64 State Circle, An
napolis.
The buildings will be open
from 10 am. to noon and 2 to 4
pm. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays of each week.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Drought Hints Offered
C0ttIemen by VPI Experts

Animal huSbandmen at Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute TO-
day urged beef producers not to
let the drought force them out
OF business. Their advice is:
Don't sell on a glutted market;
or, sell only culls that won't
respond to feed. Hold your bet
ter market animals until the
fall runs are over.
Supplement the roughage you
have with grain. since grain is
a better buy than roughage.
VP1 research shows that if you
have about half enough rough
age. you can use a pound of
grain to substitute for 4 to Az
pounds of hay in wintering ra-
tions. The tests were made
with beef calves and yearlings
and do not allow for putting on
fat or for producing milk.
Research also shows peanut
hulls to have winter feeding
value. A ration of 40 per cent
hullS, 40 per cent hay. 0 per cent
moliasseS and 10 per cent oil
meal has given good results,
eve nadding a pound of grain
a day.
Ground corncobs supplemented
with protein and molaSses also
Will winter cattle. Straw, fodder,
peanut vines and almost any
kind OF roughage can be used
when molasses is added to make
it palatable.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
New Fire Engine
Crashes; One Hurt

A College Park (Md.) fireman
was injured last night when the
community's new $4,000 fire
truck crashed into a stake body
truck on U. S. Route l and
sheared off a power pole beside
the road during a heavy rain
storm.
Treated for head injuries at
Leland Memorial Hospital was
John Orner, jr., 25, of 4531 Col
lege avenue, College Park.
Maryland State Trooper John
Kaiser said Mr.. Orner was
thrown off the rear of the fire
engine driven by Milton Toll
BAIT, 26. of Columbia road, Col
lege Park.
The State trooper said the
fire engine was answering a call
at the Davis Chemical Co. in
Riverdale when the accident oc-
Cured,
Headed south on Route /, the
engine driver swung to the left
side of the road to pass cloggeo
traffic at Queensbury road
Trooper Kaiser said. Mr.. Tolbatt
lost control of the engine and
crashed into the northbouno
truck driven by Harold Newton
81, of 21-G Ridge road, Green
belt. The two vehicles then
plowed into the power pole, the
trooper added.
The fire department bought
the engine in February.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
A6tatPtPBpiI,
ToUse Partof
New School
Wakefield Building
Opens Tuesday With
al Rooms UsubIe
By WiIIiom J. EIyin

The first unit of Arlington's
giant new Wakefield High School
will open Tuesday although the
$2.5 million building is not yet
completed.
Abont Al of the Sc rooms will
be far enough along so they can
be used.
DR.. Harold Wilson, principal,
expects that groups of classrooms
will be turned over for use be-
ginning about a week after
school opens.
Temporary ClaSsrooms.
In the meantime, classes will
be taught in available classrooms
and in the main lobby, teachers
lounge, guidance department
conference room, clinic and at
the end of the main corridors on
both the first and second floors.
Not yet ready are the voca-
tional shops, library. gymnasium,
cafeteria, five regular classrooms,
and the art, home economics and
music departments.
The art department will be
housed in the multi purpose
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Fairfax Station Church
To Hold Fund Drive

A drive for funds to build a
school will be held tomorrow at
st. Mary's Catholic Church, Fair
fax Station, Va, the Rev. Robert
O'Kane, pastor, announced yes
terday.
Several members of the cast of
"Carousel" will take part in the
entertainment program, which
will include folk dancing, games
and music.
A mass will be celebrated at
IL a. m. on the grounds outside
the church, with Father O'Kane
as celebrant. Msgr. Edward Ste
vens, dean of the Northern Vir-
ginia Diocese, will speak.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Northern Virginia
Fair and Exposition
Opening Tomorrow

A carnival midway will spring
up today on a temporarily un-
used runway at the Hybla Valley
Airport.
It is one of the last attractions
to be set up in preparation for
the opening tomorrow of the
Northern Virginia State Fair.
Sponsored by the Mount Ver-
non Lions Club and the Penn
Daw Volunteer Fire Department,
the fair and industrial exposition
will open at noon tomorrow and
close at midnight Saturday. The
airport grounds are on U. S.
Route /, a few miles south of
Alexandria.
Fair Chairman Paul M Mayer
said the six-day event has been
planned for two years and is the
first area spectacle of it's kind
in 81 years.
The exhibitors - automC ole
and truck dealers, farm equip
ment and building firms. furni-
ture and appliance companies
will display their wares in huge
circus-type tents. Area civic
groups and youth organizations
also wall have exhibits.
The Army drill team and tie
90-piece Army band will be fea-
tured at the fair Thursday night,
Air Force, Navy and Marine units
also will participate throughout
the week.
Visiting dignitaries at tomor-
rows opening ceremony will in
clude the Fairfax County Com
missioners, District Commissioner
Renah F. Camalier and Repre-
sentative Broyhill, Republican, of
Virginia's 10th District.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Arlington Awards
Contract for Study
OF Wafer System

The Arlington County Board
yesterday awarded an $11,30O
contract for a study of the
county water system.
A drought earlier this sum-
mer resulted in low-water pres
sure in parts of Arlington and
county heads determined then
to step up their six-year pro-
gram for water distribution i'm
provements. \
The drought-and the recent
heat wave-caused the Water
Department to ban non-essen-
tial use of water daily between
3 pm. and 10 pm.
This week end-including the
holiday tomorrow-the reStric-
ton on the use of water has
been extended to a 24-hour basis.
The water study, which will
be conducted by Alexander Pot
ter Associates, will provide data
with which county heads can
estimate needed improvements
in the equipment used to store
and pump water in the county,
County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg in July said a $1-million
bond issue would be needed to
install an additional 6-million-
gallon reservoir at Minor Hill.
The county has one such reser-
voir there at present.
Data provided by the new sur
vey, Mr.. Lundberg said, will be
available in time for the county
board to consider holding a bond
issue referendum in the Novem-
ber elections.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
80 lVN | MN
-A5iniqYkibtH'
Are eExpAtteHd Sci
Record This Year
" The Assoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. ST.
The Virginia Travel Council pre-
dicted today that travel to Vir-
ginia will continue at a high
level through September, Oc-
tober and early November and
that the year 1853 would be a
record for visitors.
The council said its predic-
tion was based on advance book
ings. It estimated that more
than % million out-of-State Wis.,
itors have been received this
year, a IL per cent increase over
last year. It estimated that
through new investments in ac-
commodationS. Virginia has 20
per cent more rooms available
for guests.
The council said the large in
crease in Accommodations has ex-
ceeded the business increase gen.
orally. Itssnoted a tendency
among travellers to spend less
money and blamed high food
and labor prices for a growing
popularity Of picnic tables and
lunch baskets.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
6. 0. P. Is AssaiIed
On Poll Tax Repeal

State Senator John A. K. Dom
ovan, Fairfax Democrat, yester-
day denounced campaign PROM
ises which he said would indi-
cate poll tax repeal and tax
equalization are the brain chill
dren of Virginia'S Republican
master minds"
Referring to statements made
at a rally in Fairfax last week
by State Senator Ted Dalton.
the G. o. P. candidate for Gov
ernor, Mr.. Donovan said the two
tax proposals "are not by any
means Republican invention"
Various members of the 1852
General Assembly =. introduced
resolutions looking toward it's
(poli taxi elimination" Mr..
Donovan said. 1.-The one which
called for outright repeal of the
poll tax, with no strings at
tached, was introduced and
backed by Democratic legislators.
When this was knocked down
by the Senate committee, Is
Democratic Senators Il among
them-voted for the extreme
measure, on a motion made by a
Democrat, to discharge the COM
mittee. We will come up with it
again"
One example of Democratic
procedure toward tax evaluation,
he said, was his own bill last
year to provide a $3.50 exemption
for each family dependent, in
stead of 5000 under the present
State income tax laws.
my bill was defeated and
I do not recall having Repub-
lican support for my measure, "
Mr.. Donovan said.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
By the Assoeiotsd Press

HAMPTON, Va, Sept. 5.-A
bearded farmer who told police
he was bound for Israel with his
wife and five children, was
booked on a grand larceny
charge at Hampton police sta
ton today after the 25-foot
auxiliary sloop, he admitted TAX
ing without permission ran
aground in Hampton Roads of
Newport News last night.
The man, identified from pa
pers as Franklin Robb of Madi-
son, Va. said he had taken the
$1,000 craft from it's mooring
at Hampton Yacht Club, accord
ing to Detective 1t. j. r. Lewis.
The vessel is the property Of
Robert D. Ross of Warwick.
Robb refused to identify him
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Stolen SIoop Runs Aground;
Farmers Israel Trip Halted

self, 1t. Lewis said, but declared
that God told me" to take the
sloop. Found on the vessel with
Robb were his wife, Gene. and
five children ranging in age from
6 months to IA years.
All were brought to Hampton
police station. The children were
put to bed for the night on pill
lows on the floor of the identi-
f1cation building.
Money was supplied to Robb's
wife by the Hampton welfare de-
partment to finance the family's
return to their farm near Madi-
son.
Robb is being held for prelim-
mary hearing in Hampton Po-
lice Court September 8. His
bond, has been set at $3.50.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
High School Pupils
To Pay Rental for
Books in ArIinqton

High school students in
Arlington will pay a text
book rental fee this year for
the first time in over 25
years.
The fee will be due
Wednesday. the day after
school opens.
Students in the 10th, 18th
and 18th grades will pay SIS
and eighth and ninth grad
ers will pay 81.
Pupils in all elementary
grades and in the seventh
grade will continue to receive
free textbooks.
Evening star., 1953-09-06

room at nearby Claremont
School. This will postpone for
about two weeks the opening Of
Claremont cafeteria.
Members of the teaching staff
and employed students are NOV
ing furniture into Wakefield this
week end in preparation for ar
rival of 1850 pupils on Tues
day.
DR.. Wilson says the situation
is mot impossible" and, he adds,
the teachers morale is high in
the face of several weeks of diff
ficult operation. He said they
can see that Wakefield will come
into its own as "a wonderful
school" by mid-November.
Even when the present $2.5
million project is completed.
building will continue on a SIS
million addition.
Contractor Praised.
Although the first unit is un-
finished, school officials praised
the contractor, j. D. Hedin Con-
struction Co. The school board
at present is unable to pay for
the work being done because
litigation in Circuit Court is pre-
venting sale of $2.8 million in
construction bonds.
Also scheduled to open, be-
sides the first unit of Wakefield.
are the new Page School, at
North Fourteenth and Lincoln
streets and Taylor School, on
North Stuart street near Military
road. The new Fillmore pri-
mary school and an addition at
Langston also will open.
Tuesday will be a short day
for all of the estimated 20,500
students expected in Arlington.
except for Washington-Lee 10th
graders, who will attend from 8
am. to 2:45 pm.
Pupils at all elementary
schools may report at any time
between 9 am. and noon. Those
coming by bus will be picked up
by GAS am. and will be in
school only for one hour.
Junior and senior high school
students permitted to ride buses
will be picked up from a half
hour to IS minutes before stu
dents are due in school.
Upper School Hours.
School hours in the junior and
senior high schools on Tuesday
will be:
Washington-Lee High School:
Eleventh and 18th grades, 8 am.
to 1915 pm. Tenth grade, 8 am.
to 2:45 pm.
Wakefield: Seventh and eighth
grades, 9 am. to 1890 am;
ninth and 10th grades, 2 pm.
to 3 pm.
Swanson Junior High: All
grades, 9 am. to 1890 am.
jefferson Junior High: Seventh
and eighth grades, 9 am. to
1890 am. Ninth grade, 2 to
$3.50 pm.
Stratford Junior High: Sew
enth grade, 9 am. to 10:30 am.
Eighth and ninth grades, 2 to
3 pm.
Hoffman Boston Junior Senior
High School: All grades, 8 am.
to 1915 pm.
Two Changes This Year.
Two changes will go into effect
this year in order to meet a
greatly increased demand for
school bus transportation, school
officials announced.
Only those Junior and senior
high school students who live
more than a mile and half
from school will be allowed to
ride school buses.
Thirteen elementary schools
will start sessions after Tuesday
at $50 am, instead of 9 am.
This will permit transportation
of all eligible Junior and senior
high school students before the
buses service these elementary
schools.
The thirteen are Bancroft,
Barrett, Brandon. Claremont.
darlington, Glencarlyn, Hoff-
Boston, Jackson. Monroe.
Marshall, Page, Taylor and Will
son.
Three sixth-grade classes at
Stewart School and two second
grade classes from Madison tenn
porarily at Walker Chapel
Church will also begin their
school day at $50 am. and will
AA TO- eAeefA1, ,Yx,kiI 9.on
Evening star., 1953-09-06
DR.. Perkins Named Dean
AT Shepherd College
By the Assoeioted Press

SHEPHERDSTOWN, Md, Sept.
5.-Dr. Edward v. Perkins, in
structor and counselor at Mich
igan State College. today was
appointed dean of man at Shep-
herd College.
DR.. Oliver Ikenberry, president
of the school, named DR.. Perkins
to succeed Abel De. Witt, who
accepted a position at Florence
State Teachers College in Ala
bama.
DR.. Perkins also will be aSso-
ciate professor of educational
psychology.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Firemen's Convention
Ends With Parade
BY the Associated Press

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va,
Sept. 5.-The State Firemen's
Association closed it's 25th an
nual convention here today with
q parade.
The group has chosen White
Sulphur Springs as the site for
the 1854 gathering.
w. R. Gallagher of McMechen
was elected president yesterday
Other officers include K. D.
johnson, Charles Town, treas
urer.