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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-25

DISAPPOINTED: A lotta folks
went to the Voters League meet
ing set to be out at Lyunch Street
CINE Church Tuesday night and
were disappointed when they found
that full-scale revival was 60
ing on in the church. They could
have just as well went on in be-
cause nothing that was going on
in the church could hurt the pros
pective citizen and voter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11

Paint in the morning; cot, sleep or en-
tertoin the same night :. absolutely no
odor, no lingering paint SMELL One
coat and it's finished !. sealed and
Primed Dries in few hours and goes
on smooth as velvet with brush or
roller. Completely washable, because
it's genuine oil point. Covers pIoster,
wallpaper, wolIboord, brick, old paint,
other surfoces.
Third Floor, Washington; Lower Level Arlington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Bunshee BookIovers
Meet Friday Niqht

The Banshee Booklovers, a lit
erary group interested in Irish
culture. will meet at 8 pm.
Friday in the Palisades Field
House.
Speakers will include Joseph
D. Brennan of the Irish Embassy
and Floyd Dell, novelist. The
! public is invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Sports Set Cote Record

CHICAGO.-Financially, 1852
was the biggest year in sports
history. Receipts from admis-
Sions and other sources totaled
more than $1,7OO, 100000. The
only major sport that lost.
ground financially last year was
ha cnho1I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Head Of ALL Union
AT Atom Plant Denies
Job Selling Charge

The head of the big AFL
Operating Engineers Union de-
scribed as strictly untrue" a
series of charges made before
the House Labor Committee
about the operations Of the
union at Paducah, KY, atomic
energy project.
John c. Lovett, attorney for
what he called a rebel" group
within the local at the billion
dollar construction job, charged
"job-selling" on the project. He
said labor dictators fatten
their own purses by charging
a worker as much as $470 tor
reinstatement to the union so
he can work on the job.
Mr.. Lovett, testifying before
the House Labor Committee,
said he received an indirect
offer Of $4,000 to drop the
fight" against the building trades
union. He implied that a union
officer was involved.
Denies Charge.
William E. Maloney, interna-
tional president of the 100000
member Operating Engineers
who run heavy construction
equipment. described the latter
charge as a "bare-faced lie"
He added that he had never
permitted ''any one to sell Jobs
to any one else"
Mr.. Maloney said Mr.. Lovett
was embittered because he had
been refused a charter to set
up a new union local at the big
atomic energy plant. The pres
ent local represents engineers
in large part of Kentucky and
20 counties of Indiana.
THE trouble with Lovett is
that a year ago, he asked a
charter for a new local" Mr..
Maloney told a reporter, but he
wanted people to join that union
who live in Kentucky and get
jobs on the project whether
they were engineers or not"
The present local, Mr.. Lovett
said. has been. run for - years
by a stewardship set up by the
international. During that pc
riod, he added, there has not
been an election Of officers, an
accounting of dues, or even a
regular meeting of the member
ship.
Statement Produced.
He charged further that. work.
erS had been kept on Job per-
mits at $3.50 a week for as long
as seven months, instead of be-
ing allowed to join the union
and pay dues Of only 81 a month.
He produced what he said was
a copy Of the. signed statement
Of one worker who said he raid
$25 to a construction foreman
for a job.
There has been, Mr.. Lovett
added, 60 work stoppages at the
Paducah project in less than
two years. Only two of the strikes
were over wages and working
conditions.
Mr.. Maloney said regular
meetings of the membership are
held, sometimes as often as two
or three a month. AS for strikes
on the big building job, he said
his union was involved In only
one.
Representative Mcconnell, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the committee, said sub
committee probably will be ap-
pointed to investigate the Ken
lucky situation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29

1869, near Sang Run, a son Of the
late Thomas and Margaret Friend
Casteel. He and his brother Stephen
Truman Casteel, had resided on a
farm north Of Oakland for many
years until few years ago when
they moved to the home of Carrie
kolbfleisch, west Of town.
Surviving are his brother; also
two nephews, Getty and Floyd
Spahr, Terra Alta; and one niece,
Mrs. Helen Roberts Grant, Sisters
vile, W. Va.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted on Friday afternoon at .
O'Clock from the Bolden Funeral
Home in Oakland, with Dr. W. s.
Patterson, pastor Of St. Paurs
Methodist church, officiating. IN
termcnt will be in the Casteel Gem
etery, on the old farm property
month of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29
To Observe Fiftieth
Wedding Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Scott
Layman, Star Route, Frostbmg.
will be guests of honor at an in
formal "open house" celebrating
their 5Oth wedding anniversary. to
be held at their home, Sunday, Feb
ruary Is, from 200 to 500 p. m.
The couple was married Febru-
airy Is, 1908, at the home of the
brides parents, with the Rev. f..
c. Bedford. pastor of the Methodist
Church Of Grantsville. officiating.
The attendants were Mr. and Mrs.
William Turner (AIrs. Turner was
then Miss Emma BlocherD Others
present for the ceremony were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman burst, Mr..
and Mrs. George Turner. and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Layman
Mrs. Layman is the former Miss
Ora Ellen Garlitz, daughter Of the
late George and Nancy (Dursb
val llIA, VI hdlltJt OOuulN. Ctc was
born September %, 1881, at Bells
vile, Garrett County.
Mr.. Layman, born March II.
1877, at Shades Mill, is the son of
the late Thomas and Elizabeth
(Pope) Layman, Garrett County
Mr.. and Mrs. Layman are active
members of the Mt. Zion Methodist
Church. Mr.. Layman is a prom
inent farmer in Garrett County.
Mr. and Mrs. Layman are the
parents of five children. They are:
W. Carl and Ralph, both Of Frost
burg; Odell, of Finzel; Marshall,
Of Potomac Park, Cumberland; and
Mrs. Lillian Mckenzie, of Star
Route, Frostburg, Md. They have
eleven grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29
MRS. JENNIE T. WEAVER

Mrs. Jennie Turner Weaver, 85,
native of this county, died January
10 at her home in Buckhannon, W.
Va.
She was the widow of Rev. Eu-
gene Weaver. A funeral service
was conducted on January p from
the residence with interment in the
Buckhannon cemetery.
Mrs. Weaver was born February
10, 1868, at Shade Mills, east of
Grantsville, a daughter of the late
Joshua and Almira Turner. She
married Rev. Weaver, a former
pastor of the Grantsville charge,
November s, 1900. She was a mem
Der of the Nit. Zion Methodist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29
ANDREW c. RAWLINGS

Andrew G. Rawlings. IS, died
January p at the home of Il
daughter, Mrs. Edith Johnson, New
Castle, Pa.
Also surviving are three sons,
Leonard Rawlings, Winchester, Va;
Clifton Rawlings. Blaine; John d.
Rawlings, KitZmiller; three other
daughters, Mrs. Blanche Sawyer,
LaBelle, Pa; Mrs. Doris Refill and
Miss Leona Rawlings, both Elk
Garden; 25 grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
Interment was in the George
cemetery near Swanton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29
lacrosse SPIKER

Lacrosse Spiker. So, Blaine, w.
Va, died Tuesday i'm Potomac VAL
ley hospital, Koyser, where he had
been patient a week. He had been
in failing health several years.
A native Of Homecoming, he was
a son Of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Spiker. He formerly resided
in Bayard and Golmania. His wife
preceded him in death.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29

church. Rev. and Mrs. Weaver
moved to West Virginia where he
served in various churches and re-
tired to live in Buckhannon
Surviving are a son, Thomas
Weaver. Buckhannon; one brother,
William Turner, Frostbmg; four
grandchildren, several nieces and
nephews.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29

Lipscomb, "a, Of Aurora, W. Va,
died Tuesday in Philippi hospital
following an illness Of several
months.
A native of Elkins, she was born
May %, 1898. a daughter Of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29

Lipscomb II, OF Aurora; a dauph-
ter, Mrs. Virginia Martin. teacher
in Aurora High school; also two
brothers, a sister, and one grand
child
Funeral services were conducted
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29

Surviving are five sons, Hobart
Spiker, Blaine; Vernon Spiker,
Bayard; Clinton, John and Marshall
Spiker, all Of Gormania; three
daughters, Mrs. Anna Polling, of
Piedmont; Mrs. Myrtle Jones, Chi
cago; and Mrs. Beatrice Hugh,
Terra Alta; a sister. Mrs. Kate
Barnes, Homecoming; 33 grandchil-
dlen and % great grandchildren.
Funeral services are being con-
Quoted this afternoon from the Cor
mania Methodist church, Rev. w.
+. Wade, pastor, officiating, as
sisted by Rev. Charles Keller, pas
tor of the Kitzmiller Assembly of
God church. Intelment will be in
Bayard cemetery.
MRS. ROY LIPSCOMB
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-01-29
DIED
JOHN S. CASTEEL

John Salon Casteel, aged SO
year, died last night, January %,
in Memorial hospital, Cumberland,
where he had been a patient since
last Saturday.
Deceased was born April %,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter RAIDER, Bluff
ton, boy, Kenneth Darel, born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Businger,
Jenera, a boy, John Harold, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Schumacher
(Vera Amstutz), Pandora, girl
Nancy Louise, born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Which (Sus-
anna Kempf), Bluffton, a girl
Robin Sue, born Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Wilson
Bluffton, girl, Ruby Diane, born
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Daryl Amstutz, Pan.
dora, a boy, Kenneth Dale, born
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Martin
Pandora, a girl, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert N. Coon
Gallon, Ohio, girl, Mary Lee, born
Saturday at the Gallon hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31
Fred Badertscher
Ending 24-Year
Tenure In Office,

Fred Badertscher, Bluffton,
will end a tenure of "a years as a
trustee of Richland Township on
January I when his term ends
and Kent Amstutz, of near Beav-
erdam, takes his place on the re-
organized board. Badertscher
was not a candidate for re-elec-
ton in November.
The trustees will meet at 10
a. m. New Years Day in the
Town Hall to reorganize and
swear in the new members.
Robert Neiswander is hold-over
member serving his first term,
and Jesse Yoakam, chairman of
the board this year, will begin his
second term of Office. Dale
Reichenbach, board clerk, will be
serving the second year Of his
first term.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31

The 40 some odd gifts include ev-
erything from a case of baby food to
a supply of cigars for Pop.
The complete list is as follows:
Charles Co.-nylon shawl i'm choice
of colors; Jorg Hatchery-$2.00 in
cash to the family; Elk Restaurant
Free dinner for "Pop"; Master Feed
Mill-$5.00 in cash to the parents;
Steiner Chevrolet Sales-One gallon
of permanent anti-freeze for the
family car; Rexall Store-Playtex
baby pants, bottle baby oil, and baby
powder for the infant; Fisher Sin
clair Station--One dozen packagcd
diapers; Community Markct@O One
case of baby food.
Lugibihl's News Stand-Box of
candy to parents; Stauffer Pure Oil
Station-Sportsman's fiashlight to
father; Bluffton Clover Farm Store
Case of Gerber's baby food; G. f.
Niswander and Son-Toy Interna-
tional truck for the infant; Hauen-
stein Bakery and Hauenstein Electric
Decorated cake; Bixel Motor Sales
Certificate for free lubricatioiis
for family car; Steiner and Huser
Beau Brummel necktie for father;
Basinger Funeral Home-Free ambuz
lance service for mother and baby;
Miller Buick Sales-Electric bottle
warmer that operates from car Gig
arctic lighter attachment.
Continued on Page 12)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31

bert, supervisor of the Fish Manage
ment Department reports. Arrange
ments have been completed by his
committee for transportation of 500
pounds of rainbow trout from Cas-
talia Trout Farms and in addition
over a ton of pickerel and walleyes
to be stocked for the derby opener.
Whether or not the Water Works
quarry will be stocked this year has
not been decided by the committee.
Stocking of same will depend on
whether or pot sufficient funds are
raised through sale of memberships
to finance the project.
Plans have been arranged to hold
directors meeting Tuesday night,
Jan. 5, 500 p. m. in the Town Hall,
Lester Niswander, club president,
announced. Plans will be made at
the meeting for a family night
mixer for the membership to be held
in the Legion Hall on Tuesday night
January 10.
At the directors meeting commit
teemen viii be named to handle af-
fairs on Derby Day., date OF derby.
cost Of dues for 1864, type Of mems
bership badge and other details.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31
DIR. Helen Barnes
Dies In Findlay
Observation-Disclosures YWCA
Worker Was Last Survivor
Of BHS Class OF 81

DIR. Helen Florence Barnes, final
survivor of Bluffton high schools
first graduating class of 81 and
internationally known YWCA leader,
died at $3.50 Tuesday morning in
Blanchard Valley hospital, Findlay.
Death was due to infirmities of age.
She would have been 81 on March 8.
Known and highly regarded by
many Bluffton people, DIR. Barnes
was frequent visitor here and
regularly attended high school alumni
dinners. She was the daughter of
DR.. Adam Clark Barnes, a Methodist
circuit preacher, and Harriet P.
Barnes. Her father was pastor of
the local Methodist church while she
was attending school here at Bluff
ton.
Her lifetime work and interest
in the YWCA included holding of
flee as the first national industrial
YWCA secretary, serving as first
national country secretary, and as
secretary to Australia and New
Zealand prior to World War 1. She
became actively engaged in YWCA
war work at that time.
Her work took her to many parts
of the world and to practically every
state in this country attending world
ooJ ,,o%;oxol oo,faron,ae Cho ,o,,,a
to know many famous people and
counted among her friends Helen
Gould, one-t time richest woman in the
world, and Madame Chang Kai-
Shek, noted Chinese political figure.
She had many honors conferred on
her, of which she was justly proud.
Along with Jane Addams of Hull
House, she was granted the degree
of L. L. ID. from Lincoln Memorial
Institute, in 1920. She was present
ed to the late Queen Mary of Eng
land at reception given YWCA
workers at Buckingham Palace, and
she served as member of the first
World Peace Commission establish
ed by the Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held at
/ 80 o'clock Thursday afternoon IN
the First Methodist Church, where
She had been q member. The body
is at the Barnhart Memorial where
it will remain until IL o'clock Thurs
day morning when it will be taken
to the church to lie in state until
time for the services. Burial will
be in Pomeroy Cemetery, Ottawa,
the town in which she was born.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31
Gift Jackpot Nedrs 500
Value In 1864 Baby Derby

More than 40 gifts with value in
excess of $100 including $50 in cash
makes up the substantial Jackpot
award offered in the current 1864
Bluffton Baby Derby, it was announc-
ed today.
The windfall of cash and valuable
gifts offered by the business firms of
Bluffton will be showered upon the
baby and its parents who are ac-
claimed winners of the traditional
derby. First baby born in the Bluff
ton Community hospital after the
stroke of midnight will be the win
ner, provided the parents live within
"a 10-mile radius of Bluffton.
Complete derby rules are as fol-
lows:
l. The baby must be born in the
Bluffton Community hospital.
2. The parents must live within
l0-mile. radius of the hospital.
3. The 1854 baby's birth certif-
cate will be used to determine the
winner, together with a statement
from the attending physician and
hospital.
q. Parents must notify E. James
Szabo. president of the Bluffton Busi-
ness Mems association.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31

Ending the Yuletide holiday sea-
son in traditional New Years Eve
fashion, Bluffton area residents will
greet the debut of 1854 with caroling,
watch parties and gaiety this Thurs
day night.
Adding color and cheerfulness to
the New Years Eve observance, in
formal gatherings of old friends will
be held in many homes of the COM
munity, theatre parties are planned
by some, and in other instances the
passing of the old year will be OBJ
served by staying at home to enjoy
radio and television programs.
Bands of tuneful carolers are plan-
ming their traditional Swiss songs OF
the season, as another time-hallowed
feature marking the debut of the New
Year.
On Friday, New Years Day will be
observed as general holiday in the
community, with Bluffton business
places, industries, the bank and post
office suspending all activities.
With the passing of 1858, the
gaiety of the holiday season comes
to close, and the color and cheer of
the Yuletide soon will be absorbed in
the customary rush of everyday af-
fairs.
Christmas decorations will come
down for another year, and the bril-
liantiy decked trees win be discarded,
symbolizing the end of another cele-
bration of the community's fayorite
holiday season.
The religious theme of Christmas
tide will be carried over into the COM
ing week with local observance of the
Universal Week of Prayer, sponsored
by the Bluffton Ministerial associa-
ton. Two union services are plan
ned for the week, meeting at 7:30
D. m. next Sunday in st. Johns
Evangelical and Reformed church,
and another 7:30 p. m. service Thurs
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31
New Town, School
Officials Take
Over January 4
Recently Elected Councilmen,
School Board, BPA Members
To Be Sworn I'm Monday

y New members viii all add q new
Rok to Bluffton's municipal council
aAd board of public affairs during
the next week when the two groups
meet to organize for the upcoming
two-year terms of officials chosen
in last November's election.
Three incumbents will be carried
over onto the 1954-55 council in
company with three new members
elected last fall; but the three-man
boardkof public affairs has only one
Icarryover.
aeFOn the new council will be Clay
Henderson, Delbert McGinnis d
Gerhard Buhlef, reelected last Nov
ember; togethef with Gerald Swank,
Arden Baker and Francis Reichen-
bach.
Carl Lehman n the only reelected
member of the board of public af-
fairs; with James Benroth and vyrl
Neeper taking officA.~fcs the first
time.~~zzx~z
Mayor w. A. Howe and Clerk A.
j. b. Longsdorf will remain in of
flee, but new treasurer. Frank l..
Todd, will be seated at the first of
the year.
Also coming up at the council
organization meeting will be the
mayors appointments for city solici-
tor, cemetery clerk, one member of
the cemetery board, cemetery sexton,
street commissioner, fire chief, assist
ant fire chief and members on the
fire department. A decision also
will be made as to whether q town
clock caretaker is needed.
Membership of the Bluffton school
board will be little changed going
into the new year, for Paul w.
Stauffer and DIR. B. w. Travis, re-
elected last fall, will continue IN
office with Maurice Bell and Harvey
Burkholder, the two hold overs.
Kimmel Marshall, elected last fall,
is the only new member.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31

committee.
Second place went to DIR. B. w.
Travis, of West Kibler street; and
third honors were awarded to Ray
Hilty, also of West Kibler.
All three have been previous
winners in Jaycee Christmas lighting
contests. McCluer copped first
place honors in 1860; Dr. Travis
was a first-place winner in 1861,
and Hilty twice previously has fin
ished among the top three,
The West Kibler street area came
in for commendation of the judges,
who said that a two-block stretch
of the street from Grove to Jack
son was the most beautifully decorat-
ed area in the town.
Judging, done last Saturday night,
was on the basis of the artistic use
of color and form in the lighting
arrangement, its originality and
appropriateness to the Christmas
theme, rather than the size of the
display and the number of lights
used. Each home displaying any
type of outdoor lighting was con-
side red in the judging.
First-place award was SO; second
place earned a prize of SIS, and the
third place prize was So.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31

tion of a new curtain for the stage.
Frealxish weather, as usual, came
in for it's share of attention during
the year, including record heat
wave in June; a 22-day drought in
August, the longest period without
rain here since 1908; and the driest
October in 81 years.
News-wise, perhaps the biggest
story, was board of public affairs
recommendation to close down the
municipal power plant and buy cur
rent wholesale from the Ohio Power
Co. for distribution to the towns
customers. Made in July, this recon-
mendation touched off heated con
troversy which has yet to be resolved.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-31
Scouts To Observe
English Custom OF
Burning Of Greens

Celebrating an Old English "Twelf-
tn Night" holiday custom, Bluffton
Girl Scouts and Brownies will cele-
brate ''The Burning of the Greens" in
an unusual outdoor observance on the
vacant lot at Lawn avenue and Kibler
street at TOO pm. Wednesday of
next week.
Discarded Christmas trees from the
homes of more than 100 members of
the Scout and Brownie troops will go
up in flame and smoke in the celebra-
tion under the direction of Girl Scout
leaders.
Each Scout and Brownie will bring
the tree from her home, and the
burning of the greens" will be OBJ
served on the lot owned by Paul
Reichenbach at the street corner.
Even the background will be Old
English as caroling girls group
around the blazing pyre of trees,
their voices raised in the familiar
songs of the season.
Antedating the Elizabethan era,
the Burning of the Green's was as
sociated in those times with other
merrynaking on Twelfth Night" !"
This was the social phase of the
church festival Epiphany, cele-
brated on the 18th day after Christ
mas in commemoration of the coming
of the Magi to the Christ child at
Bethlehem.
Other names for the ancient holi-
day festival have been "Little Christ
mas, Three Wise Men,, etc., all as
sociated with the alteration of the
Magi.
In Elizabethan England one of the
principal events of each Twelfth
Night celebration was the cutting of
cake, in which had been placed a
single bean or coin. The person get
sing the piece of cake with the bean
became the Queen of the festivities.
This phase will be recreated in the
Girl Scout celebration, to determine
the reigning monarch for the oc-
casion.
To help add lustre to the celebra-
ton, parents of the Scouts and
Brownies have been asked to keep
their tree dry and out of the wealth
er, if possible, SO that it can be easily
burned on the night of the celebra-
ton.