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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-10

their daughter and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cyrus Steine
Superintendent q Mrs. c. G. Cox
and children Jan8 and Jimmie of
Paulding, were Paiora callers Sat-
urday afternoon.
Rev. Henry Haffier of Aberdeen,
Idaho, was a guestspeaker at the St.
John MennoniteN church Sunday
morning in the woIvhip hour.
Rev. and Mrs. Lahdpline Amstutz
and daughters of Mountain Lake,
visited with Mrs. Amstutz's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Augsburger, the
past week and while helwgRev. AM
stutz attended the MenndHite church
conference at Bluffton CQ8ege.
The Ladies' Chorus III the st.
John Mennonite church hid their an
nual Christmas party atfhe home of
Marian and Katie Baspfger Wednes-
day evening. An offef(ng was TAX
en- ard was sent to Nj Mary Ellen
Boehr, missionary among the Ari-
zona Indians. Miss Hehr is also
teacher in the Indian dhools.
Miss Bonnie Bauma was honored
with a birthday part] in her home
east of town Saturdf Y afternoon.
Her classmates, the fif grade. were
the guests.
Mrs. j. d. PlankenhNn was re-
moved from her farm Hume to Bluff
ton Community hospital In the Leh-
man ambulance Monday afternoon
and Albert Lehman was removed to
his home from the hospital Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-10
Hold Services For
Elizabeth Traucht

Funeral services were held Wednes-
day at 2:s0 I'm. from the Trinity
Lutheran clharch, Jenera, for Mrs.
Elizabeth I{hucht, 81, who died
Saturday al pm. in the Bluffton
Community hospital after an illness
of one weel& Death was due to a
heart ailment
Mrs. Trauches who was born in
Germany, came to The United States
when she was II yeAys old. She
married Michael TraucM who died
May 80, 1885.
Only survivors are sevfal nieces
and nephews.
The Rev. Walter Voss Of iciated at
the services with burial in 4he church
cemetery. The Diller fu raj home,
Bluffton, was in charge II arrange
ments. III
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-10
Adrian C. Raksch,
Services MOtday

Final rites were held Monday
afternoon at Tri ty Lutheran
church, Jenera, r Adrian c..
Rausch, 46, of rop j, Jenera, who
died at his resid ice Friday at z
pm. of a brain morrhage.
Mr.. Ravesh, p was born Nov
embert t15N 1907 had been in i'll
health ein hid early youth. He
tas M SON hfENilliam and Cath
ukviving a brother, Harold,
Whfamstowf; kalf-brother, Wilmer
IS. Rausch; and sister, Mrs. Will
ham Smith, Je4era.
The Rev. Walfr Voss officiated at
the service with burial in the church
cemetery. The KILLER funeral home
was in charge of services.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-10

CHRISTMAS CARDS going to
other states should b posted before
December Is, those with local adj
dresses at least week before
Christmas. A
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-10
REAL ESTATE DEALS

REAL ESTATES DEALS
The following real estate transfer
was reported this week by the office
of the Allen county reGprder: Bluff
ton-Constance L. aHh Alvin l..
Stager to Dorothy hnd Charles
Young, part lot Z. Tai s7.15.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22
CONWAY GIRL WINS TITLE
MISS FARMERS DAY 1853

Miss Martha Dean Chestnut of
Conway, S. c., took top honorS at
the Farmers Festival beauty con-
test "Wednesday night and was
crowned as Miss Farmers Day of
1858.
The judging and coronation was
held during the Blue Barron dance
which climaNed the first days
activities of the fourth annual
Fairmont Farmers Festival.
RunnerS-up in the beauty con-
test were Misses Jean Mclean of
Lumbertor, Rita June McLamb
o. Ocean Drive. $. c.. Janice Al
len of Crescent Beach. s. G.. Bar
bara Arlington of Rowland. Shir-
ley New of Tabor City and Fontel-
Ia Simmons OF Lake View.
Judges We're Bill HUMPHREYS.
News and Observer Farm Editor:
Miles Hughey. Charlotte Observer
Farm Editor: and TobacconiSt
Harry Graves.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22
AUTO DEALERS MEET

Ihomas j. O'Neil, director of
Product Sales and Dealer Organ
izatlon Planning for the Ford Mot
or company, will address the 18th
annual Convention of the North
Carolina Automobile Dealers As
ISOLATION to be held in Pinehurst,
May 3-5, 1t was announced i'm
Pinehurst today by Mrs. Bessie B.
baiientlne, Executive Secretary.
In making this announcement
Mrs. Ballentine also released the
names of additional speakers and
program features scheduled for the
three-day meeting of Tar Heel
new car and truck dealers which
VIII be held at The Carolina Hotel
A native of Memphis O'Ncil is
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22

81 Gill.
In announcing the new program,
Guy L. Noble, director of the Ma
tional Committee on Boys and
Girls Club Work, stated it will
provide two award certificates for
those selected for county recogni-
ton in all participating states.
State recognitions will be Alumni
plaques of honor. Four men and
four women chosen for national
honorS will be given a lO-k kew
and an all-expense trip to the an
nual All Club Congress in Chi
cago. The Mathieson Chemical
Corp. of Baltimore. is donor of
awards. Tie program is conducted
under the direction of the Cooper-
ative Extension Service.
Candidates may be recommend
ed to county extension agents by
local leaders, All members, or
other interested individuals.
MIR. Noble pointed out that MANY
leading citizens in all walks of life
came up from the ranks of All.
They include, he said, agricultural
leaders, public officials, business
men, publishers, clergymen and
others. More than Is million adults
IN the United States, Alaska.
Hawaii and Puerto Rico, he cited,
are All Club alumni
Complete information concern
ing the program may be obtained
from the County Extension agent
in this State.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22
Field Day Scheduled
On Vaught's Farm

A field day on the farm of
Whitney Vaught, young farmer of
the Loris chapter, has been set
for April ID.
Sponsored by the Federal Hous-
Ing Administration office in Con-
way the field day will be used to
show visiting farmers and bankers
the improvements Vaught has
made with money borrowed from
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22
WEDNESDAY, April. %, 1858

a longtime Ford man. He worked
his way up through the sales di-
vision, serving as assistant or
branch manager at Dallas, Column
bus, Cleveland, and Jacksonville,
Florida.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22
the F. H. A.

the F. H. A.
The F. H. A., which has done a
great amount of such lending
wishes 10 interest other lending
agencies in investing money to
help young farmers to improve
their farms so as to bring about
greater productivity on them.
Vaught is engaged in the vet
farming program and is a member
of Allie Longs class.
Chiropracsic For NeryouSneSS
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22

Grams own wilful misconduct.
PENSION is term applied TO
nonScrv.cc-connoct"d disability
or death that is not incurred in
or aggravated by service.
For further information contact
7. Formy-Duval, County Veterans
Service Officer. Court House.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22
LATE SLEEPER

Hubby: Make my eggs two
minute eggs from now on
Wifey: But you always want
three minute eggs"
Hubby: Yes. l know. But I'd
like to sleep a little longer in the
morning."
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22

There were 93,5OO,OOO head of
cattle on American farms in jan
uary this year.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22
.H Club News

For the first time in this history
of All Club work. former mem
berS whose accomplishments cx-
emplify continued effective COM
munity leadership. will be honored
in 1853 through the National All
Alumni Recognition Awards Pro-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-04-22

Chiropraciic For Nervousness
Evening star., 1953-02-02
Home Rule and 4. The Bourd

President Eisenhower's call for
increasing the Board of Com
missioners for the District to
five underscores an already con-
troversial issue. Each of the
three present Commissioners has
expressed opposition.
Commissioner F. Joseph Dono-
hue said that appointments to
broaden the board were possible
on a three-member board. This
was in response to suggestions
that the board contain both q
Negro and a woman.
Engineer Commissioner Louis
w. Prentiss asserted that the
three Commissioners should rep
resent all the people and that an
increase on the board was not
needed. The third Commissioner
Renah Camalier. said it would
be more effective to give each
Of the two civilian Commissioners
two assistants.
The District never has had a
Negro Commissioner, but it has
had female-Mabel T. Board
man in 1920.
The system of a three-com-
missioner local government dates
back to 1874. when a new but
temporary form of government
was provided here. It continued
until 1873, when the present per-
manent commissioner govern
ment was set up.
Two of the Commissioners, who
must have been actual District
residents for three years immedi-
ately before appointment, are
named from civil life by the
President and confirmed by the
Senate for three-year terms, or
until their successors are quail
fed.
The other Commissioner is de-
tailed by the President from time
to time from the Corps of En-
gineerS of the Army. He must be
a captain or of a higher rank
and have served at least Is years
in the Corps.
Evening star., 1953-02-02
| vandaIs Who Entered
| aft School Sought

Police today were searching for
a group Of vandals who twice
attempted to loot the Taft Junior
High School safe over the week
end.
Principal Margaret Merritt re.
ported that the strong box, its
dial knocked of, was discovered
when an engineer checked the
building at Eighteenth and Per-
ry streets NE. at 10 am. yester.
day.
Nothing was discovered miss
ing, but fire extinguishers had
been turned on the safe and
several hundred dollars worth
of printed forms and books.
In the second attempt, dis
covered when authorities opened
the building this morning, the
safe had been removed from a,
cupboard in which 1t Is kept
and tossed down a flight Of
stairs.
The thieves. the principal said,
took about IS keys to classroom
doors and entered the metal and
woodworking shops, but took
nothing from them.
Evening star., 1953-02-02
By John A. Giles

There has been a noticeable
lack of uneasineSs so far among
the Pentagon's $4,000 jobholderS
under the new administration
but. as one official said today,
the Republicans do not even
have toehold yet in the huge
military establishment.
Secretary of Defense Wilson
has spent most of his few days
in office worrying over getting
the men he chose as Secretaries
Of the Army, Navy and Air
Force into Office. They will have
to move in before reinforcements
in the form of second -echelon
officials arrive and the Republi-
cans really begin any house
cleaning in earnest.
Would Streamline Work.
Mr.. Wilson reportedly wants
to try his hand at streamlining
the department. His friends say
that although the operations
and business Of General Motors
burgeoned in the decade he was
at its helm, only two or three
executive offices were added to
the administrative structure.
The Pentagon, on the other
hand, has had the happy faculty
for creating a new committee or
agency for each new problem
and there are now nearly 1000
special committees and boards
with representatives from the
three services and the defense
chiefs Office.
MIR. Wilson long has been asso-
ciated with his deputy, Roger M.
KyeS and it is believed that if
there is hatchet man in
the new Defense set-up it will
be the husky, tough executive.
When GIN decided to clean house
at its truck and coach division in
1949. it gave Mr.. KyeS the job
with the order to make it profit
able. He grabbed the division by
the scruff and shook. He trans
ferred, hired and fired, inaugu-
rated new techniques. Some said
he was ruthless, but he did the
job.
Reorganizing business and re-
Evening star., 1953-02-02
Fountain Dedicated
To Heroic Chap|ains

The Chaplains Memorial Foun-
tain in National Memorial Park
was dedicated yesterday by the
widow of an heroic Washington
chaplain who, with three other
chaplainS Of different faiths,
sacrificed their lives aboard a
troop transport in World War II.
Mrs. Theresa Goode, widow of
Rabbi Alexander D. Goode, un-
yelled a memorial plaque which
reads:
"The extraordinary heroism
and devotion of these four men
Of God, a priest. a rabbi and two
ministers. who gave their life
jackets to soldiers on the torpe-
doed transport Dorchester on
February 8, 1943, and went down
with their ship. is here memori-
allied as an unwavering beacon
Of supreme courage and faith.
There is No Death! The stars
go down and rise on another
shore. Anon. February, 1883"
Speakers at the ceremony were
John V. Hinkel, chairman Of Ma
tional Defense Week in the Dis
trict, and Robert F. Marlowe.
president of National Memorial
Park.
The invocation was delivered
by the Rev. Donald M. Louder
milk Of the National Baptist
Church, and the benediction by
Rabbi David II. Panitz Of the
Adas Israel Congregation.
Evening star., 1953-02-02
Police Chief Suspended
On BIadensburu Charges

Police Chief Clifton L. BARLEY
of Bladensburg, Md, was Sus-
pended from duty early today.
Mayor Vincent McCarron said
charges against him will be
heard tonight at the town coun-
cil's regular meeting.
The mayor said John Camp
bell, councilman in charge of the
police committee, suspended Mr..
BARLEY at 3 am. Mayor Nc
Carron said he does not yet know
the reason for the action.
But the mayor said he was
confident the suspension is not
directly connected with the De-
cember 27 Peace Cross gas-bomb
attack. in which the chief or
dered tear gas grenade thrown
into a private residence to rOut
its occupants.
The grenade case comes up be-
fore the Prince Georges County
grand jury today.
Evening star., 1953-02-02
Triple Crash Hurts Three;
Two Pedestrians Struck

Three women, injured yester.
day in a three-way traffic acci-
dent at Fourteenth and K streets
NV, were reported in fair con-
dition by hospital authorities.
The crash, according to the
Accident Investigation Unit, in
volved private auto, a taxicab
and a Streetcar.
Police said the incident oc-
CURED this way:
An auto driven by Mrs. Brice
Morris Kennedy, "a, of willing
ton, S. c.. going north on Four,
teenth street, collided with q
taxicab being driven west on K
street by James w. Swecker, 20.
of 1901 Jefferson street NV,
radio dispatcher for the Bell
Taxicab Company.
Halted Streetcar.
The taxicab. police said, was
driven into the side of a stopped
streetcar operated by Bobby
Gene Travis of 1916 Calvert
street NV.
Mrs. Kennedy is in good con-
dition in Casualty Hospital suf-
fering possible leg and head in-
juries. A passenger in her auto,
Mrs. Sarah Blakely, Sc, of 41O4
Thirtieth street, Mount Rainier,
Md, was taken to Emergency
Hospital, where her condition
was also reported as good. She
has head injuries.
Another passenger, Mrs. Laura
Porter Of Fort Edward, N. Y,
is in the same hospital with q
possible fractured skull.
Bus Hits Pedestrian.
In another accident. Marie s.
Wilson, "A, colored, of 1922 Co
lumbia road NV, a pedestrian.
was struck by a Capital Transit
bus at Eleventh and K street
NV.
Driver Of the vehicle, police
said, was William H. Wood, II,
Of Warrenton. Va.
Mrs. Wilson was treated for
possible internal injuries.
A hit-and-run driver struck
Edward A. Paris, "a, of the
Gospel Mission, $40 Fifth street
NV. as he crossed Tenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV,
early yesterday. He is in fair
condition at Gallinger Hospital
with a broken nose and head
injuries.
Evening star., 1953-02-02
No Increases Reported
In Flu Cases for Week

Health Director Daniel l.
Seckinger posted an absentee
rate of 40 among District work
ers today and announced that
the incidence of flu seemed about
the same as last week.
He said it looked like the germ
which has put many to bed and
taxed the doctors. was not on the
increase.
DR.. Seckinger said a report on
the absentee rate in District
schools was not available today.
but noted q drop from 1877 meas
ured last Wednesday to 1853 later
in the week.
He said there had been q slight
increase in pneumonia deaths in
the old-age bracket.
Evening star., 1953-02-02
Policeman Is Held
On Morals CHARGES

A District policeman is under
suspension today after being
accused of exhibiting lewd pic
lures to two small girls in Mount
Rainier, Md.
Pvt. Leslie K. Smoak, a vet
eran of II years on the police
force, was booked in Mount Rain
Ter Saturday night on a charge
of possession of obscene book
let's" Police Said he showed the
material to two girls, one II
and one 9 years old. on a used
car lot in the 1900 block of Rhode
Island avenue.
Pvt. Smoak, who is assigned
to Administrative Headquarters,
was suspended by Inspector Rob-
ert Pierce at II pm. Saturday
He was released under $500
bond pending a hearing in
Hyattsville Court Thursday.
The officer was accused in
October, 1949. in Municipal Court
here of making improper ad-
vances to an 11-year-old girl.
Prosecution was dropped in that
case.
Evening star., 1953-02-02

Participation by the Districts
residents in their own govern
ment has challenged and baf-
fled members of Congress for a
long time.
The most recent efforts to do
something about the situation
date back to the 80th Congress
and center around the solution
known as Home Rule.
Representative Auchincloss,
Republican, of New Jersey spon-
Sored the measure for an elected
city government in that Con-
gress. It encountered opposition
in the District Committee and
in the House Rules Committee.
It finally came up for action in
the House but was talked to
death at the end of the 80th Con-
gresS.
The Senate District Commit,
tee then took UP the issue and
in 1949 passed the Kefauver bill
This was streamlined version
of the earlier plan for an elected
city government. It would have
provided a council manager
form of government which could
tax and budget and adopt local
laws, all subject to congress
sional veto or modification.
That bill was buried in the
House District Committee and
the drive was resumed in the
past Congress by the Senate
District Committee.
A compromise bill, sponsored
by Senator Case, Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio, and Sena-
tor Neely,s Democrat, of West
Virginia, was passed last Janu-
ary by the Senate. It. too, was
tabled by the House District
Committee.
In this bill, provisions for
the internal reorganization of
the . District government were
dropped and this subject was
covered separately by a Presi-
Dental reorganization proposal
based on recommendations of
the District Commissioners.
This reorganization now is being
put into effect.
Evening star., 1953-02-02
Safe Holding $4,000
Found; 4 Arrested

Police arrested four suspects
yesterday in the $4,000 Safeway
safe theft after a woman dis
covered the safe and two of the
men at a vacant house.
The 500-pound light green
safe was stolen from a Safeway
store at 1881 Fourteenth street
NV. early Saturday.
Miss Margaret Tribby of 4419
Argyle terrace NV, whose IA
ther owns the house at 1113 r
street NV. went to inspect the
vacant building Saturday.
Inside she discovered the. safe
which the thieves had been
unable to force open. Outside
she saw two men and a parked
truck.
She asked one Of the men to
call for the police, but he dis
appeared as soon as she went
back inside the house. When
Miss Tribby finally placed the
call herself. the second man
drove of in the truck.
She gave police a description
Of the two men and the truck,
which was later found in the
100 block Of @ street NV.
Shortly afterward police ar
rested Joseph Clayburn, "a, Of
the 1900 block Of Twelfth street
NV; Leroy Mungo, as, and
Ernest Caldwell. "a, both of the
Twelfth street address, and
Butherd Hough. SO, of the 1900
block Of Tenth street NV. All
are colored. They were charged
with stealing the safe.
Police said the truck Is owned
by Clayburn.
Evening star., 1953-02-02
0n|y51 Pupils
AT Opening Of
Payne School
Majority Stoy Awoy
As Parents Protest
Overcrowding There

School authorities counted
only 81 of the Payne Elementary
Schools nearly 900 pupils on
hand for the beginning of the
second semester today.
Parents of colored children
attending the school are protest
ing against what they consider
overcrowding facilities there.
There were only a few stu
dents per classroom this morn
ing, but no active picketing was
in progress. A few persons were
present with signs, however, and
it was indicated there would be
some protest marching.
Police were on hand in case
of a disturbance.
Milk Presents Problem.
A delivery of 255 half -pints of
milk arrived at the school this
morning, presenting the school
officers with a problem, since the
school has no refrigerator yet.
They Cancelled the milk order for
the rest of the week.
Workmen still are putting the
finishing touches on two tenn
porary claSsroomS in the audi
torium. John Riecks, associate
superintendent for school build
ings and grounds, has been
working every day since Thurs
day to rush the new classrooms.
Miss Edith A. Lyons. associate
superintendent of elementary
schools. said two new teachers,
transferred from the Burrville
and Ambush Schools, were on
hand this morning for the audi
torium classes.
This puts the present class size
at an average of 1866 pupils, she
said, as compared with the STAN
dard of 36. Miss Lyons said no
class would exceed 10.
Meet School Heads Today.
She reported she would meet
with School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning and other school heads
this afternoon on the situation
at the school.
Mrs. Catherine w. Jones, vice
president of the Payne Maury
Elementary School PTA, ex-
planned in connection with a
special committees protest meet
ing Thursday night that the
white Bryan and Buchanan
Schools had a total of 38 rooms
and BIT children enrolled, while
Payne with it's Is regular rooms
and three temporary ones had
899.
Mrs. Jones said the Payne
parents cannot understand why
Supt. Corning will not transfer
the Bryan School, at Thirteenth
street and independence ave-
nue. Sc, to colored to ease the
situation at Payne. Payne
School is at Fifteenth and c
streets Sc.
Evening star., 1953-02-02

for the present as a commission
member, he said he felt he
should not retain the chairman
ship.
Mr.. Spencer has had long
service in public Office. From
1885 until 1912 he was evalua-
ton engineer for the PUG. He
resigned to serve as a member
of the Board of Real Estate AS
SCISSORS but in 1850 was ap-
pointed a member of the PUG.
His three-year term expires in
June.
Mr.. Spencer succeeded James
w. Lauderdale, now a practicing
attorney, on the PUG.
The first big responsibility OF
the new chairman will be to
conduct hearings on a Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co
petition for increased rates
These hearings will be resumed
next Monday after a recess.
Brig. Gen. Louis w. PrentisS
the Engineer Commissioner
serves with Mr.. Spencer and Mr.
Flanagan on the PUG.
Mr.. Flanagan's decision to ac-
cept a position with Capital
TranSit-one of the utilities reg
ulated by PUC-evoked criticism
from various quarters, including
Congress. Several members OF
the Senate District Committee
expressed belief a law should be
enacted to prevent member OF
a regulatory body from accepting
employment with a regulated
business, at least for a period OF
several years.
Evening star., 1953-02-02
Man, 66, Seriously Burned
In Flash Fire al Apartment

A 66-year-old man was re-
ported in good condition today
at Gallinger Hospital after he
was seriously burned in a fash
fire which swept through his
apartment yesterday at 1926
Eighteenth street NV.
Firemen said Sergt. Joseph E.
Zeiss of Engine Company No. 81
pulled Ridgley Virgins, colored,
to safety shortly after an oil
stove burst into flames. Sergt.
Zeiss found Mr.. Virgins col
lapsed just outside his basement
room.
Firemen estimated the dam
age at $1,000.
In another fire, Marie Slaugh-
ter, 20. colored. of the 900 block
of M street NV, was charged
with negligent setting of a blaze
which damaged two floors Of the
M street building.
Police said the woman had
been smoking in bed before the
fire started in her apartment.