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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
A. E. LichtenWalter,
Retired Triplett
Engineer, Dies

A. E. Lichtenwalter, II, retired
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
engineer, died Sunday at LAS a. m.
in Bluffton Community hospital after
a six month illness.
Coming here in 1929 from Chicago,
Mr.. Lichtenwalter, a close friend of
r. L. Triplett, founder of the instru-
ment firm, served as meter assembly
foreman and was a leader in estab-
fishing assembly line procedures that
the local firm grew on during the
middle of the depression. He worked
for the Triplett company q years
until he retired five years ago.
He was born November Is, 1876
at Fort Wayne, Ind, the son of
Orrin and Marietta (Bishop) Lich-
tenwalter.
Surviving are his wife, Stella;
daughter, Mrs. Fred S. Means, Char
lotte, N. c., sons, William, Robbins
dale, Mimi, and George, Lombard,
ILL.,, and six grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday at
2 p. m. in the Basinger Funeral
home with the Rev. V. C. Oppermann
officiating. Burial was in Maple
Grove cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
Local Garden Tour
Set This Sunday

Seven gardens of members of the
Mems Garden Club of Bluffton will
be visited on tour Sunday afternoon
by the club, and the regular meet
ing of the group will be held Wednes-
day evening, July IA, it was an
nounced this week.
The Sunday tour, starting at the
home of Kermit Herr, will continue
for visits at the H. w. Berky, Ger
hard Buhler, DR.. B. w. Travis
Aaron B. Murray, Grover T. Soldner
and John Boehr homes. Other
gardens will be visited if time
permits.
The July IA meeting will be held
at the home of Kermit Herr. John
Boehr will report on the convention
of Mems Garden Clubs of America
in Denver. Plans will be discussed
for the North-Central regional con-
ference to be held August 27, 28
and 90 at Kent State university.
Members are asked to bring their
best kodachrome slides to the meet
ing for selection of the best to be
shown at the Kent meeting.
Members are also invited to bring
fruits, vegetables or flowers in ar
rangement or specimens for judging
as part of the program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08

may be used by the applicant to pre-
pare for elementary teaching in any
one of "a Ohio colleges, offering an
approved two-year program of ele-
mentary teacher education.
These grants were made available
through the Ohio Scholarship Fund
established by the Tooth General AS
sembly.
The fund established to help re
lieve the elementary teacher shortage
in Ohio, provided $250,00O for the
fiscal year 1953-54, and $500,0O0 fo1
the fiscal year 1954-55. The appro-
priation for the current year, includ-
es funds sufficient to continue grants
to the 800 students who were grant
ed similar scholarships last year, so
that they may continue for their
second year of preparation.
Among five students approved for
scholarships from Hancock county
are Phyllis Elaine Alderman, Route
l, Jenera; Mildred jeanette Hanna,
Route l, Mt. Cory; and Rosemary
Sarah Leader, Route l, McComb.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
Pandora Man Is
Killed In Crash
Southwest OF Town

A two-truck collision at Rockport
and Tom Fett roads, one mile south.
west of Bluffton, which brought in,
stant death to a Pandora man anC
painfully injured a Bluffton youth
had all Bluffton in a hubub for sew,
eral hours last Friday evening while
the identity of the dead man was
being sought.
Leonard Sutter, so, repairman fol
the Pandora Hardware Co., was the
victim. He died instantly of a frac,
tured skull, according to highway
patrolmen, when his truck, north.
bound on Tom Fett road, was struck
by westbound truck driven by Ell,
don Berry, Route 2, Bluffton. Both
trucks were of pickup type.
Suffers truck careened across the
intersection, overturned and burst
into flames. Bluffton fremen were
called to extinguish the flames anC
recover the body. Examination of the
body indicated that Sutter was prob,
ably dead before the fire started
patrolmen said.
Berry suffered fracture of the left
arm and decorations of the forehead
and scalp. He was taken to Blufftor
Community hospital for treatment
and later released.
Sutter is believed to have been en-
route to Pandora and Berry was tax
ing a load of junk to the Rockport
quarry dump when the accident oc.
Cured, the Sheriff's department re,
ported.
Sutter was born March %, 1894, in
Pandora, and was employed for sc
years at the Pandora Hardware Co.
He was a veteran of World War |
and a member of the Pandora Metho-
dist church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Gladys DeVara Baker Sutter; son,
Harold, Cairo; two daughters, Mrs.
Barbara Fruchey, at home, and Mrs.
Catherine Long, Pandora; three sis
ters, Mrs. jeanette Basinger, Downey
Calf; Mrs. Edna Keller, Bellefon-
taine; and Mrs. Mary Hauenstein,
Bluffton; five brothers, Albert, Belle
fontaine; Rhuel and Elmer, Pandora
Clark, Delphos; and Moses, Toledo.
There are four grandchildren.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
Ten Boys, so Girls Enrolled This Week
In Sixth Annual Baton TUirlers' School

national champion, who has been in
charge of the instruction of classes
since its inception here.
Other staff members include
Beverly Workman, st. Louis, Mo. ;
Marlene Martz, Celina, Miami uni
versity drum majorette; Marilyn
Milliken, West Alexandria, Ohio
former Ohio high school champion ;
Beverly James, Cleveland; Joe Dan
iels, Elkins, w. Va; Shirlee Dem
chak, Detroit, Mich; and Gail Gay
Ponte,, Dearborn, Mich.
instruction at the school closes
Saturday with an open contest for
the pupils. Students come from
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky
and Missouri.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
Airport Break-In
Nets Burglars
S96.13 In Cash
State Fingerprint Expert
Assists With Investigation
Of BlufftOn Job

No new evidence was reported late
this week as police continued to
search for the persons who burglar
lied the Bluffton Flying Service of
cash and a check late Saturday night.
Hancock county Sheriff Carson
Davis reported that $96.13 in cash
and a check for $70.83 was taken by
burglars who entered the office at
the airport by breaking the glass in
the door above the night lock and
reaching through and unlocking the
door. The wooden cash drawer was
also missing.
Payment on the check, which was
drawn on the Metropolitan Bank of
Lima and signed by Robert Mayer,
was stopped according to airport
officials.
ANY person in the community find
ing a wooden cash drawer along the
road is asked to report it to airport
officials who have asked that it be
returned.
Sheriff Davis and Deputy Howard
Baldwin who Investigated said the
burglars rummaged through a tool
box but that no tools were missing.
Sgt. Melvin G. Basilius, State High
way Patrol fngerprint expert, as
sisted in the investigation.
Clayton Bixel and Harold A. Carey,
owners of the airport, reported the
breakin at GAS a. m. Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08

Enrolment in the Bluffton Baton
Twirling School on the Bluffton col
lege campus has reached 100 stu
dents this season with 80 girls and
10 boys taking part in the instruc-
ton classes.
This marks the sixth consecutive
year that the school has been held on
the college campus. 1t is reported
to be the largest school of its kind
east of the Mississippi River and
and is designed to teach students
fundamentals and precision maneuv-
ers to enable them to lead their
respective high school and college
bands.
The school is again being conduct
ed by Victor Faber, Findlay, pro-
fessional baton twirler and 1949
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
Record Rodeo Crowd Sees St. Henry Man
Win Grand Championship At Harmon Field

All records for attendance were
smashed at Bluffton's 11th Annual
Rodeo Monday evening when Moe
Hartings, st. Henry, was acclaimed
grand champion with eight points.
Hartings placed first in the men and
ladies musical keg" and first in the
men and ladies "bar none balloon
mill" events, 1t is estimated the
crowd at the field and on the streets
of Bluffton exceeded 10000.
In winning the top prize of the
rodeo, the grand champion duplicated
the score of Ira Nichols of Ft. Wayne
who took the big trophy last year,
and Miss Helen Ann Harpst of To-
ledo and Dick Vermilion of Lafayet-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
BIuffton p. o. Ends Biggest
Fiscal Year In It's History

the postmaster pointed out. He
recommended that air mail post
age not be used for distances
under 800 miles, as mail can
reach these shorter destinations
by regular surface mail quicker
than air mail.
Mr.. Reichenbach suggested
that to improve air mail service
and insure letters intended for
air mail receive such service, the
regular striped air mail envel-
ope be used. ITS the stripes
that get attention." he COM
mented.
He also recommended that
striped stickers and tape be used
on air parcels.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08

The Bluffton Post Office has
just completed the best fiscal
year in its history with receipts
for the year ending June 80, 1854
totaling $49,675.16, Postmaster
Edward Reichenbach has an
nQunced.
This compares with total
receipts of $44,999.2I for the
1853 fiscal year and $43,7S0.13
in 1852.
Postmaster Reichenbach said
that each quarter of the fiscal
year has shown an increase over
the same period last year. 1t
appeared likely that the figures
for the calendar year, 1854
would top $4,000. For the
first six months of the calendar
year receipts tOtaled $23,932.,
and the second half is always
considerably heavier than the
first six month period.
Discussing the post office busi-
ness generally, Mr.. Reichenhach
said that he has been particularly
proud of the Bluffton Offices air
mail business record. On an
average, more than 100 letters
and parcels are shipped by air
mail out of Bluffton daily. Some
of the parcels carry postage
amounting to as much as SIS.
Buttons use of the air mail
service is probably heavier than
the usual town its size, the postal
officials believe, because of the
number of citizens here having
friends and relatives serving far
away as missionaries. Of course,
the TripIett Electrical Instru-
ment Co. also uses air mail ex-
tensively.
Air mail service is effective
only for distances over 800 miles,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08

ton and certifcation of the state
department named Daryl Gene Bad
ertscher and Harriet Bernice Bixel as
the successful candidates from this
community, and Barbara 10 Ann Fett
from Beaverdam.
Daryl is the son of Mrs. Geneva
Badertscher, 361 w. Elm street; Har-
riet Bixel is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Bixel of 121 N. Spring
street; and Barbara 10 Ann is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Fett
of Route /, Bluffton.
Daryl and Harriet have both signi-
fed that they would enroll this fall in
Bluffton college. 1t was not learned
where Barbara 10 Ann is planning
to study.
Each scholarship is worth $500 and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
Lois Oyer To Teach
Elementary Music

Miss Lois Oyer, second grade
teacher, has been assigned to fill
vacancy as elementary music teach
er when school re-opens in Septem-
Der, Superintendent A. B. Murray
has announced. Her duties will in
clude teaching music in the seventh
and eighth grades as well as the
first six.
Mr.. Murray said that Earl Leh-
man, high school music teacher, will
be relieved of his seventh and eighth
grade classes next year at his re-
quest He will be on the music
staff at Bluffton college on a part
time basis, but will continue in
charge of high school band and
orchestra and will teach vocal music
in the upper four grades.
The school office is now receiving
applications for the opening as
second grade teacher.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Schumacher,
Col. Grove, a girl, Gail Lynette, born
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Staley, La
fayette, a boy, Matt Charles, born
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Shellenbarger,
Jenera, a girl, Melonie Sue, born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Mayberry, Col.
Grove, a girl, Janet Louise, born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Badertscher,
Bluffton, boy, Richard Wayne, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Hennings,
Cygnet, a girl, 10 Ann, born Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Brauen, Bluff
ton, boy, William Joe, born Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Badertscher,
Bluffton, a girl, Karen Sue, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Pore, Viii
Jamestown, a boy, Bradley Allen, born
Saturday. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Nemire, Pan
dora, a boy, Kenneth Eugene, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Marquart,
Blufrton, girl, Julia Ann, born Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hutchins,
Bluffton, boy, Kelvin Wayne, born
Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Allmon,
Ada, a girl, Mary Louise, born Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Niswander (Alice
oyer), Bluffton, a boy, Ned Alien,
born Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Skinner, Lima,
a girl, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sparrowe,
Findlay, girl, Sarah Ellen, born
Wednesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
Beaverdam Ditch
Declared Public
Health Menace
Marsh Created By Drainage
Ditch Breeding Place
For Mosquitoes, Germs

A menace to public health exists
in Beaverdam in the form of a clog
ged ditch running south of the Roy
Eckenweiler residence, a county
health official told Beaverdam council
at its meeting Thursday evening OF
last week.
Don Byers, member of the Allen
county board of health, said that the
open ditch, which has run over into
property belonging to Russell Cole
and created a marshy spot, consti-
tutes not only a danger to the public
health, but is a disgrace to the COM
munity. He told Council that cor
rective measures should be taken
Immediately.
Mr.. Cole, whose property the ditch
is flooding, had been advised at an
earlier meeting that the ditch is a
located ditch" and that it is the
county's responsibility to maintain it
Where cleaning up such bitches is
necessary, it has been county policy
to assess costs against abuttine
property owners, he was told.
1t was reported at the Beaverdan
council meeting that the public school
and about 35 homes in the community
drain into the ditch. The standing
water in the overgrowu ditch makes
good mosquito breeding spot anC
creates an offensive odor.
Councilman Isaac Amstutz said tht
ditch was dug before 1915 and was a
one time tile ditch. In recent year
the tile has been removed, and it ha
filled in with brush growth.
Mr.. Byers advised that the ditcl
should be closed over by means ot
tile pipe at least within the village
limits. He said it will be necessary
to obtain a petition signed by the
abutting property owners for presen-
tation before the county can act on
corrective measures.
Among other matters before
Beaverdam council was a report by
Mayor Wayne Tripplehorn that re-
pair work had already started on the
Town Hall preparatory to remodeling
the second floor into a teen age
youth center. Estimated cost is $500.
Council also authorized purchase
of a new auxiliary booster pump for
the fire department. The pump will
be used for drawing water from loca-
tions beyond reach of the fire truck,
or for use with the tanker. Chief
Walter Beck said that it is nearly as
powerful as the one on the new fire
truck, and is rated at a maximum of
600 gallons per minute under a. 80
pound pressure. 1t will cost $500
with accessories.
The new pump was the most costly
item necessary before the department
could obtain a class B rating.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08

te, who tied for the prize in the 1851
show.
1t was estimated that at least 1000
persons jammed Harmon Field, quick
ly filling all available seating and
lining standing room space around
the fence four and five deep.
A total of 12O horses were entered
in the various events, the largest
contingent ever to participate in a
local rodeo. Steers for the events
were furnished by Pete Kleinhenz of
McComb and steers for the bulldog
gfng exhibition were furnished by
N. P. Steiner and Son of Bluffton
The bulldogging exhibition by Smiley
Continued on Page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08
Ohio Power Co. May Have Competitor
In Bidding For Blufton Electric System
Hancock Wood Electric
Coop Shows Interest
In Sale Set Aug. 9

The Ohio Power Company may not
be the only bidder on August 9 when
the Bluffton board of public affairs
offers the municipal electric system
for sale here.
Also interested in the purchase of
the Bluffton electric system is the
Hancock Wood Electric Coop with
headquarters at North Baltimore, it
was learned by The Bluffton News
Tuesday. That the Coop may sub
NIT bid on August was indicated
by r. T. Luse, manager of the firm.
Mr.. Luse called The News to make
inquiries about the legal advertise
ment now being run by the board of
public affairs, and the deadline date
for submitting bids.
Can this be interpreted to mean
that your Coop is considering sub
mitting bid for the purchase of the
Bluffton system" Mr.. Luse was
asked.
Yes" he said, 1--WE are interested
in bidding on the towns system"
He added that representatives of
the Coop would probably make an
inspection of the Bluffton distribution
system as a means of determining the
amount of the bid
The Hancock Wood Electric Coop
has distribution lines in this area,
and serves a number of rural custom
ers in territory adjoining Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-08

taken at a special meeting of the
board of education Tuesday evening.
After contemplating the move
for longer than year, members
of the school board were compelI-
ed to act quickly this week in
order to meet filing headlines.
Because members of the board
and the school administration
did not wish the school problem
TO become involved in the recent
light plant hassel, they had re-
Trained for many months from
airing the school building prob
lem. After the referendum cleo
tion, if the school was to get
public action, the board decided
it must act quickly.
Result was the passage on Tuesday
evening of three resolutions which
starts the machinery moving for a
decision in November.
Superintendent A. B. Murray, who
has been gathering up all the loose
ends of information preliminary to
the Tuesday evening action, present
ed to the board Frank Cupp of Nc
Laughlin and Keil, Lima architects,
who had prepared preliminary rough
drafts of the proposed building. The
meeting was also attended by J.
Thomas Guernsey, assistant Allen
county prosecutor, who came prepar-
ed with the necessary legislation.
Action Unanimous
Action of the board in bringing the
long dormant issue to life in the
November election was unanimous at
every step. All members agree that
the elementary school problem has
waited long enough.
Because of the age of the building,
its victorian sanitary facilities and
the non-freproof construction the
time for replacement is deemed long
overdue.
Every classroom has been in use
during the past year, and prospects
of future increases in enrolment add
to the need for replacement Com
tinued repairs to the old structure
become a waste of public money, the
board feels.
13 ClassrOoms Provided
The proposed new building would
include 13 classrooms on the ground
level, a large multi-purpose room
serving as auditorium and physical
education room, principals office,
health room, restrooms and small
Kitchen for light refreshments.
Mr.. Cupp described it as nothing
extravagant just a good solid
modern building" Among features
likely to be included would be the
use of directional glass block in the
classroom walls which defect light
rays to the ceiling and give better
distributed light, Individual rest
rooms in the lower grade classrooms,
and sinks and work counters in
practically every room.
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