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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26
Out Of The Magic Hat

At the American Legion birthday dinner Wednesday
evening of last week Mayor W. A Howe who always be
depended upon for apt remark and something that will
make his audience chuc faceousy suggested that the
magician who appeared on the program pull swimming pool
out of his hat for Buffton If that impossible he
thought helpful magician might be able to produce five good
men for the new Recreation Commission.
1t that everything to roos with His Honor
and the municipal council The community gets steamed up
swimming pool and then lays it in the lap of the town
dads and hopes they will pull it out of the magic hat
The Mayor summed up the matter frankly and fairly
and undoubtedly does pose hefty problem for the yet
named Recreation Commission The Mayor sad they'll catch
thunder they build pool and they'll catch if they do not
Thus it is with every type of community move. There
those fer and those "agin In the of the
munity swimming pool it overwhelming percentage
believe pool needed and desirable. Of course of
those who for pool not necessarily fully in accord
with the type of facilities planned by the Community Progress
association.
The purpose of the associations taking the bull by the
horns weigh the matter from all angles and produce
feasible pan Perhaps it is not idea but it to be
workable and that be afforded 1t that if
Bufton is to have swimming pool at ALL the Progress
socation plan it. Blufon either takes it leaves it,
Therefore when Recreation Commission is appointed if
it decides carry forward the associations pan certainly
there should be ustable criticism of their action the
commission has question about whether the community
a whole is accord with the pan why not old
fashioned Town Meeting wherein everyone could his
piece and for ALL take unofficial vote and be guided
by what most Bufftones want-the plan presented
nothng-at least for the present.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26
"GOOd Luck. "Zac"!

1t good to the of many Bufftonites last
week to learn that Zaccheus Owoab Ngeran student at
Bufon College has been accepted medical student at
Western Reserve University.
In the two years Zaccheus has spent in Bufton he has
become we'll known to most of the local population Those
who have met him like him. They admire the qualities of
character in young who bent of help
funess to his people, that he has been willing to to
strange land leaving behind temporarily those he most dear
ly loves-his wife and two children.
"Zac", most people here know him, has not been
ported in his effort by organization at home in Africa
in this country He is here his own" With two years
behind him. he has a long difficult road ahead.
1t it guess that Zac will make the grade, and that
his friends in Buon will be proud of him and of their friend
ship with him in future years. Good LUCK "Zac"!
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26
Too Fast For Us

The world of science simply too fast for most of
keep abreast of it. Revolutionary developments that in
effect changing the world rapidly become
numb them and scarcely raise eyebrow at the latest
miracle.
Last week Butfton sitting in his lvingroom made
photographs permanent record-of atomic explosion
which occurred thousands of miles away in the Nevada
desert What the photograph not developed and
printed hours later in darkroom but simply pulled out of
the the finished product. He photographed the
pictures of course from the of his teevision set
Most of have scarcely mastered conception of
the mysterious workings of radio Now we're confronted
with trying understand atomic energy and countless other
developments of science. What will it be like when live
to be a hundred?
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26

BLUFFTON STUDENTS of some
three decades ago who studied their
high school chemistry under former
Principal l. w. Geiger, will be inter
ested to know that his sons, James,
Richard and DR.. Robert have followed
in their dads footsteps at least inso-
far as their interest in the physical
sciences and chemistry in particular.
James w. Geiger, a Minneap-
oils bio-chemist and director of
the Geiger laboratories of that
city, is acting as chairman of the
Pathological defense section of
the Minneapolis Civil Defense
organization. His brother, Rich
ard A. Geiger, is acting in the
same capacity in sectional divi-
sion of CD while pursuing
graduate work in analytical
chemistry at the University of
Michigan.
Their father, the late DR.. I. w.
Geiger, known to many Bluffton
people, was a professor of chemistry
at the university for about 80 years
from 1916 to 1947.
In Ft. Wayne, Ind, another son,
DIR. Robert w. Geiger is currently
doing research in atomic energy for
the General Electric Co.
The Minneapolis and Ft. Wayne
Geigers are cousins of Maynard
Geiger, and also of Mrs. Magdalene
Doty.
FROM TJIETZE YTSMA,
former BlufftOn College student
from Holland, Forrest Steinman
last week received a copy of Het
Vaderland, newspaper of The
Hague, Netherlands, carrying IL
pages illustrating in photographs
the tragedy of the February
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26
Mainly Personal

food. Published in English and
other foreign editions, the paper
was produced by the newspapers
staff, who worked overtime get
ting it out without pay. All
proceeds of the sale of the paper
went to aid the Dutch victims of
the floods.
Telling the story of the unprece-
dented floods that battered and
destroyed many of the dykes which
have held out the water for years,
the paper said:
Families died together in one an
others arms, or lived together on
rooftops and trees for days. Child
rem saw their parents washed away
in front of them, and were helpless to
save them. "A husband gave his life
to save a wife; wife sacrificed her
self in the bitter cold to provide
warmth for a child. A newly-married
couple spent their three-day honey
moon alone on nine square yards of
dyke in an ocean of angry grey
water"
In some places water rose Is feet
in less than Is minutes drowning
families as they slept in bed.
NORTH BALTIMORE up in
Wood county is cited in a recent
edition of the Toledo Blade as
one community that was bypass
ed by Route 25 about 80 years
ago, and today does not regret it.
Even though the issue split the
town in factional fight some 80
years ago, some of those who
thought the town should be on
the highway admit now they're
glad it isn't.
According to the Blade an opinion
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26
Letter To The Editor

Editor, Bluffton News
Dear Sir:
The editorial regarding the Bluff
ton Community hospital of several
weeks ago was certainly well earned
and expressed my wholehearted SEN
timents.
Although l have lived away from
Bluffton almost 20 years, / have fol-
lowed the fine progress of the hos
pital with great interest.
Sincerely,
Besse Patrick Madden, r. n.
Dayton, Ohio
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26
EASTER CANTATA

The Lafayette Community Choir
will present its annual cantata,
Memories of Easter Morn," by Lor-
enz on Easter evening at 7:30 p. m.
in the Lafayette high school auditor
ium Mrs. Doit Mowery is director
and Miss Marjorie Yoakam is pianist.
No admission is charged but a free
will offering will be taken. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26

is held now that North Baltimore
merchants would be strangled by
passing traffic. There's little enough
parking space now, they pointed out.
What would it be like if a constant
stream of trucks and autos were
pouring through.
They also point to other commun-
tiles like Portage and Van Buren,
which have not grown as much even
though they stayed on the pike.
These are consoling words to
Bluffton, and particularly to
those who believe Wen have a
better town when the Dixie rolls
outside the community.
BETTER REMOVE the old 1851
license from the front of your car
after April l if you don't want TO
brush with John Law. That's the
warning of R. E. Foley, registrar of
motor vehicles, who points out that
keeping the old tag on the front will
be a violation of the law. Offenders
will be first warned, repeaters warn
ed more severely and those stopped
a third time will face the penalty for
falsifying auto registration.
That vacant space on the front
of the car, of course can be filled
with one of those new Bluffton
Identification tags being sold by
the Jaycees, proceeds of which
are earmarked for the Commun-
ity Swimming Pool Fund.
IMAGINE THE SURPRISE of Mr..
and Mrs. Clay Henderson last We'd
nesday evening when the phone rang
and they heard the voice of their son
Marine Pfc. Homer Henderson speak
ing from Japan where he is enjoying
a rest and recuperation leave after
service in Korea. In a three-minute
conversation Homer was able to talk
with every member of the family in
cluding mother and dad, Jim and
Eddie.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26
Real Estate Deals

Two real estate transactions in
Beaverdam filed last week at the
Allen county court house were: Perry
F. and Geraldine L. Fox to Hazel V.
Shut, lot 8, tax S7.70; and Irwin L.
Sawmiller to Blanche Sawmiller, lot
112, Gates addition.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26

There are more than 5000 churches
and temples in Ohio. ..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-03-26

The worlds pottery center is locat-
ed at East Liverpool, Ohio.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Must Keep VigiIont
In Months Ahead

Throughout the coming
months, during the period of
prisoner screening and ex-
change, and during the pos
sibly longer period of the
political conference which
looks toward the unification
of Korea, we and our United
Nations allies must be vigilant
against the possibility of un-
toward developments.
And as we do so, we shall
fervently strive to insure that
this armistice will, in fact,
bring free peoples one step
nearer to their goal of a world
at peace.
My friends, almost 80 years
ago, Abraham Lincoln at the
end of a war delivered his
second inaugural address. At
the end of that speech he
spoke some words that I think
more nearly express the true
feelings of America tonight
than would any other words
ever spoken or written. You
will recall them:
with malice toward none:
with charity for all; with firm
ness in the right as God gives
us to see the right, let us strive
on to finish the work we are
in to do all which may
achieve and cherish a just and
a lasting peace, among our
selves, and with all nations"
This is our resolve and our
dedication.
Evening star., 1953-07-27

of the West and men of the
East can fight and work and
live together side by side in
pursuit of a just and noble
cause.
And so at long last the earn
age Of war is to cease and the
negotiations of the conference
table is to begin. On this
Sabbath evening each of us
devoutly prays that all nations
may come to see the wisdom
of composing differences in
this fashion before, rather
than after, there is resort to
brutal and futile battle.
Now as we strive to bring
about that wisdom, there is,
IN this moment of sober salts
faction, one thought that must
discipline our emotions and
steady our resolution. 1t is
this: We have won an armis-
tice on a single battle-ground
not peace in the world. We
may not now relax our guard
nor cease our quest.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
SoIutes Brave Army
OF Korean Republic

Soldiers, sailors and airmen
of Is different countries have
stood as partners beside us
throughout these long and bit
ter months. Americas thanks
go to each. In this struggle
we have seen the UN meet the
challenge of aggressien-not
with pathetic words of pro-
test, but with deeds of decisive
purpose. It is proper that we
salute particularly the valor-
GUS armies of the Republic of
Korea, for they have done even
more than prove their right
to freedom. Inspired by Pres
ident Syngman Rhee, they
have given an example Of
courage and patriotism which
again demonstrates that men
Evening star., 1953-07-27
President Halls End of War

The tollo1Ding is the tert OF
President EiSenhower's message
to the Nation at 10 pm. yes-
terday on the occasion of the
signing of the Korean 1rmiS-
tice:
My fellow citizens: Tonight
we greet, with prayers of
thanksgiving, the official news
that an armistice was signed
almost an hour ago in Korea.
1t will quickly bring to an end
the fighting between the Unit
ed Nations forces and the
Communist armies. For this
Nation the cost of repelling
aggression has been high. In
thousands of homes it has
been incalculable. It has been
paid in terms of tragedy.
With special feelings of sor-
row-and of solemn gratitude
we think of those who were
called upon to lay down their
lives in that far-off land to
prove once again that only
courage and sacrifice can keep
freedom alive upon the earth.
To the widows and orphans of
this war, and to those veterans
who bear disabling wounds,
America renews tonight her
pledge Of lasting devotion and
care.
Our thoughts turn also to
those other Americans wearied
by many months of imprison-
ment behind the enemy lines.
The swift return of all of them
will bring joy to thousands of
families. It will be evidence
of good faith on the part of
those with whom we have
ci0nod fIoic orv,o;ck;oa
Evening star., 1953-07-27
KnowIand Opposes
Voice for Neuirals
Who Sat Out War
BY the Associated Press

Senator Knowland of Cali
fornia told the Senate today the
United States must not agree to
give "neutrals who sat out three
years of war" a decisive voice in
Korean peace talks.
Senator Knowland, acting
Senate Republican leader, said
the war in Korea must not be
misrepresented to the American
people as an example of effective
collective action" against ag-
greSSion because "it is not"
Notes U. S. Contribution.
Noting that the United States
had furnished 80 per cent of the
manpower and had suffered 95
per cent of the casualties in
Korea among the United Ma
tions participating, Senator
Knowland said:
"We cannot approve of neu-
trails who sat out three years
Of war claiming a decisive voice
in the peace negotiations"
The United Nations will meet
August II to begin setting up it's
delegation to meet with the
Communists for political talks
on the future of Korea.
Most other Congressman were
cautious about the future in
Korea.
"We have only opened a new
chapter in long book-the
fight for peace" was the reac-
tion of Chairman Wiley of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Applaud Agreement.
He and many of his fellow
Republicans applauded the
truce agreement, but generally
in terms highly tempered with
caution.
Others, like Chairman Short
of the House Armed Services
Committee, were even more pes
simiStic. He said he was "any-
thing but pleased"
Democrats. like Senate Mi
nority Leader johnson and
House Minority Whip McCor-
mack, called for vigilance against
any Communist ruse during the
poSt-truce period.
Speaker Martin voiced a strong
hope for peace. Calling the truce
most welcome news for people
everywhere" Mr.. Martin never
theleSs counSeled: 1--WE must
continue to be constantly on
guard"
SaltOnstall Cautions.
Mr.. Mccormack said he would
have preferred much stronger
terms in part" If Harry Truman
had made them, he said, the Re-
publicans would have been criti-
cal.
Mr.. Short said: II hope for the
best. I am fearful it's only a
temporary thing. It is something
we'll have to accept and make
the best Of"
Chairman Saltonstall of the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee said:
I'VE must grid ourselves to be
vigilant and to expect that our
boys will be in Japan and Korea
for some time to come"
Evening star., 1953-07-27

Of prisoners of war in it's GUS
tody, indicating the numbers re-
patriated and remaining at the
end of each week.
26. When this agreement has
been acceded to by both sides
and by the five powers herein, it
shall become effective upon the
date the armistice becomes ef-
fective.
27. Done at Panmunjom. Ko-
rea, at 1400 hours on the 9th
day of June, 1858, in English,
Korean and Chinese, all texts
being equally authentic.
Signed, Nam II, general, Ko-
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Admiral Joy Urges U. 5.
To Keep Military Might
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 81
The first United Nations truce
negotiator in Korea said today
this country must maintain a
strong military and always be
ready to use it.
Vice Admiral c. Turner Joy,
now superintendent of the Naval
Academy, termed the Korean
armistice merely an end to the
most painful phase" of the
global conflict. with the Com
muniStS.
Admiral Joy headed the u. N.
peace team from the start of the
negotiations in the summer of
1851 until May, 1852.
Evening star., 1953-07-27

rean Peoples Army senior dele
gate, delegation of the Korean
Peoples Army and the Chinese
Peoples Volunteers.
Signed, William K. Harrison,
jr., lieutenant general, United
States Army senior delegate,
United Nations Command dele
cation"
Evening star., 1953-07-27

4. All prisoners of war who
have not exercised their right OF
repatriation following the effec-
tive date of the armistice agree
ment shall be released from the
military control and from the
custody of the detaining side as
soon as practicable and, in all
cases, within so days subsequent
to the effective date of the armi-
stice agreement to the Neutral
Nations Repatriation CommiS-
sion at locations in Korea to be
designated by the detaining side.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Reward for VunduIs

NEW MARKET, Va, July 27
R.-Town Council and Mayor
Richard E. O'Roark posted an
award of $100 last night for in
formation leading to the arrest
OF vandals who pushed over two
dozen tombstoneS at the EN-
manuel Lutheran Church Gene
terry here Saturday.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Europe Halls Truce,
But Expects Reds 10
Boost Vief-Minh Aid
By the Asseeia,ed Pres.

LONDON, July 27.- Western
Europe, still jittery after the long
months of truce negotiations, to-
day breathed a sigh of relief
over the signing of an armiStice
in Korea.
Happiness over this develop
ment was dimmed somewhat,
however, by the uneasy feeling
that attainment of general and
lasting peace for all Asia would
be a difficult task.
French forces in Indo- China
strengthened their defenses
against the Communicated Wet
Mimi as their 7-year-old war
once more became Asia's hottest
conflict. Officials predicted the
Chinese Communists would in
crease the 5000 tons of supplies
they are sending the Wet Mini
each month, and that the war
would increase in intensity.
Moscow Beams News.
Moscow radio, in a broadcast
for papers abroad, gave only a
factual account of the signing of
the agreement. Pravda, Mos
cows Communist Party organ,
published the Chinese North Ko-
rean communique announcing
the signing but made no edi-
torial comment.
Some Communist papers in
Western Europe began blaring
the claim that the armistice rep
resented a victory of Communist
peace partisanS over Ameri-
can imperialistS
Non-CommuniSt papers de-
clared this claim was blatantly
false.
The satisfaction across the free
world was summed up by a Brit
ish Foreign Office statement that
said:
"Her Majesty's government
warmly welcome the signing of
the armistice agreement at Pan
munjom today. It is splendid
news and a great contribution to
the relaxation of tension
throughout the world. It is the
result Of long and patient nego-
tiationS on the part of the United
Nations"
Statements Due in Parliament.
Acting Prime Minister r. A.
Butler and Acting Foreign Sec
retary Lord Salisbury arranged
to make immediate statements
to the House of Commons and
the House of Lords later today.
Prime Minister Churchill-con-
valescing at Chequers, his official
country residence outside Lon
don-waS told the news the first |
thing this morning.
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden, now recuperating from
three operations, was lunching
with Mr.. Churchill today and it |
was assumed the two would dis
cuSs the truce.
Mr.. Eden, returning yesterday
from America, sounded a call for
continued allied cooperation.
The truce, he said, will open up
possibilities, provided we can all |
hold together, for further prog
ress in negotiation toward |
peace"
Stevenson Hopes for Peace.
Adlai Stevenson, unsuccessful |
Democratic presidential candi-
date last year who now is visit
ing in London, said:
Thank God the Korean battle
line is still at last. I hope our
uneasy and high-priced truce
will be a bridgehead to peace in
Asia and justice for shattered
Korea"
Dutch government officials
were reserved in their comment.
Premier Willem Drees said he
hoped the armistice would lead
to lasting peace.
Norwegian Premier Oscar
Torp said:
"The news of the signing of a
truce in Korea is very good news
indeed. We may now hope that
the signing will be the first step
towards what we all hope for
Evening star., 1953-07-27
1000 Flee Odor

The odor which drove 1000
persons from their homes in CAL
cutta, India, was traced to a
chemical used in refining sugar.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-10-15

NO BANKS OF SNOW to push back
or to cause drifting. The powerful
rotors on the Farmland pitch snow
clear of the road-30 fit. and up. Clean
design of chamber makes it easy to
push into big banks. You clear an
8-ft. path, adequate clearance for
rear wheels, right down to ground
surface. Blower defectors are adjust
able to throw snow to either side.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-10-15
ProtectiVe Service
No Variety Is
l5B Resistant

HOW IMPORTANT IS your seed
grain to the crop you finally harvest?
Can you afford to gamble on un-
known-or unproved-varieties just
because someone says they are
better than what you have?
These are questions that need ask
ing. Already some seed grain sales
men with very doubtful products
are active in sections of the state.
They've been working especially in
areas where rust is a danger, accord
ing to reports, and have for sale a
number of non-recommended wheat
varieties said to be rust-resistant.
We don't know whether these
statesmen are out-and-out crooks or
simply fellows trying to fill need.
But here are couple of facts to
consider before buying "rust-resist-
anti seed wheat
None Resistant TO l5B
Most important is this: No wheat
variety now available is resistant to
Race 15B rust, the stem rust which
caused lot of damage in some states
this year. Researchers are working
hard to develop resistant variety,
but so far there is none on the mar
ket.
Secondly, only two spring wheat
varieties are recommended for rust
areas in Montana - Thatcher and
Pilot. Though both are classed as
only moderately resistant to stem
rust (not including Race 15B) and
both are somewhat susceptible to
leaf rust, they have been proved by
years of test to be the best available
varieties for Montana wheatgrowers
in the rust area.
So be wary of that salesman who
wants to sell you some rust-resistant
seed, especially if his claims and
price are out of this world. It's pretty
easy for a dishonest man to talk
when he knows he won't be proved
wrong until the middle of next sum-
mer or so, when he is far out of the
country. But if you do need seed and
find yourself tempted, don't be
rushed into deal. Check with your
county agent first. He'll tell you
what you are buying and whether
the price is reasonable-two impor-
tant things which the salesman him
self wants you to know, if he's hon
est.
1t hasn't been too long that con-
centrated antibiotic material has
been available to farmers and ranch
ers for home mixing. But Ions g
enough, it seems, for the shifty
agents who travel rural roads to use
it for another new gyp scheme.
From the midwest come reports of
statesmen travelling farm to farm tax
ing orders for so-called antibiotic in
half-ton lots, at around $500 per or
der. The company they claimed to
represent does not exist and, of
course, none of their product was
ever delivered. But the crooks got
away with quite bit of money be-
fore all this was known.
This is the type of scheme these
travelling racketeers like best. The
money involved is considerable, be.
cause antibiotic material is expen.
sive. And it is impossible to tell by
looking at material whether it ha.
any antibiotic in it.
The only answer is to know the