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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
Former Village
Clerk Placed On
.2-Year Probation
Misappr0priated Funds
Plus Accrued Interest Are
Restored To Village

Charles K. Emans, former Bluffton
village official who voluntarily turn
ed himself over to County Prosecutor
Anthony j. Bowers with a confession
of embezzling village funds, and who
subsequently pleaded guilty to a
Grand Jury indictment, was given the
opportunity Monday by Common Pleas
Court Judge Moran b. Jenkins to
make good his promise to make COM
plete restitution of the shortages to
the village.
The Court placed Emans on proba-
ton for a two year period and defer
red sentence in the case until the end
of that period. Judge Jenkins an
nounced his decision in the case be-
fore a courtroom packed with Mr..
Emans' friends who had earlier testi-
fed on his behalf.
The Court ordered Emans to report
monthly to the Allen County proba-
ton officer and to make restitution
of funds already paid by the Aetna
Casualty Insurance Co. according to
Emans' agreement with the company.
I'm placing the Bluffton man on
probation the Court considered his
conduct prior to his offense and since
then, and the large number of repre-
sentative citizens of the community
who vouched for his future proper
| conduct.
County Prosecutor Bowers said
that the Village of Bluffton and its
board of public affairs would receive
total of $5,035 this week in pay
ment of findings made against Mr..
Emans. This represents a total of
$4,060.74 in shortages found by the
state examiners and interest charges
amounting to S974.56 covering use of
the misappropriated funds.
Mr.. Bowers explained that Emans
has restored $1,060.74 from his per
sonal money and the remainder,
$3,974.56 was supplied by the bonding
firm. This amount must be returned
to the bonding company by Emans
according to terms of an agreement
made with the company.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Stuckey, Nc
Comb, a boy, David Arden, born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burdell Huber, Bluff
ton, girl, Joyce Eileen, born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Burkhalter,
Pandora, a girl, Holly jeanne, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Spence, Nc
Comb, a boy, Edgar Allen, born Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Grismore,
Pandora, girl, Eileen Lenore, born
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs, Earl McClelland, Je-
nera, a boy, Steven David, born Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Stager, Bluff
ton, girl, Brenda Lee, born Tues
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
Auto Tag Sale
Breaks Records
At Local Office
Ownership Of Autos Still On
Rise, Report OF Deputy
Registrar Shows

The increased sales of automobile
license tags for 1854 indicate that the
ownership of passenger cars in Bluff
ton has continued to rise during the
past year An all-time high of 1874
passenger car tags had been. sold as
of Wednesday morning, heavy sales
expected to increase the margin dur
ing the remainder of the day.
The record-breaking total of 1874
passenger car tags which had been
sold early Wednesday already has
surpassed the previous all-time high
total of 1,773 tags which was set last
year, according to Dave Reichenbach,
deputy registrar for Bluffton.
Mr.. Reichenbach also expected
Wednesday morning that the total
number of all types of motor vehicle
registrations for 1854 would surpass
the previous high of 2,222 set last
year. This figure includes trailer
license sales in addition to passenger
car licenses.
To handle the heavy volume of
sales, Betty Reichenbach, and her
force of clerks were forced to work
late Tuesday and Wednesday nights
and the continued rush kept them
busy long after regular closing hours.
While the sale Of 1854 tags ran at
about the same pace as last year
when they first went on sale, and
even Jagged for several days, the
past two-day rush pushed the volume
to the new high mark for the town.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01

as mld-August, but 1t seems certain
that it will be a special election. The
issue viii not have to wait until the
November election to be settled,
-Four petitions being circulated
through town demand that Ordinance
6-54 passed by council on March Q be
submitted to the electors for their
approval or rejection at an election
to be held Gin the manner provided
by the Constitution of the State of
Ohio"
The petition names v. A. Neeper,
Carl NJ. Lehman and James w. Ben
roth, all members of the board of
public affairs, as a committee for fill
ing the petition with council. The
petitions are being circulated by
these three men and f. c. Romey,
president of The Citizens National
Bank. One copy of the petition is
available at the bank for persons
wishing to sign.
Walter Lawson Jr., Lima attorney,
prepared the petitions for the COM
mittee and has been engaged to ad-
wise on legal technicalities for get
ting the issue to a vote.
The attorney said that the deadline
for filing the petition for a referen.
dunn with cotncil will be April s, &c
days following councils legislation
1t has been estimated that at least
lit signatures will be necessary OF
the petitions. This would be 10 pei
cent of the number of votes cast fo1
governor in the last gubernatora
election.
If sufficient valid signatures ar,
obtained, the Allen County Board o
| Elections must set a date for a spec
ial election within from 60 to 12t
days after it receives the petitions
from council. a--
Both factions in the power disput
are welcoming the referendum actor
as the best means of settling the mat
ter. Members of council voted on
proposal to sell out the system, locl
stock and barrel because they fel
that was the way most Bluffton res
dents wanted it. However, they sue
gested that opponents seek referer
dun to test public opinion.
If the referendum halts council
action to sell, it will be assumed tha
the alternative plan of purchasing
power wholesale from a utility ant
distributing it over the municipa
lines is favored. Council would ther
act in accordance with this plan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01

LOU KLEWER, who decided
80 years ago that his two inter-
ests, writing and travelling, could
best be followed in a newspaper
career, and who has since had his
share of both as member of the
Toledo Blade sports staff, will be
the speaker Friday evening at a
meeting of the Blufft0n Com
munity Sportsmen's club at
Legion hall.
The widely read outdoor
columnist will show his motion
pictures, Land of the Shining
Mountains" a fishing and scenic
tour of western Montana and
Yellowstone Park.
The film he will show here Fri
day is one of several he has made
on travels which have taken him
to As of the As states (he's missed
New Mexico, Arizona and Cali
fornia) and to each of the Cana
dian provinces except Newfound-
land. Serving as a Red Cross
field director i'm World War III, he
travelled also through most of
England, Wales, Holland, Luxem-
bourg, Germany, France and
Czechosloyakia.
The Friday meeting will open
at 6:45 p. m. with a pot luck
supper. Final plans for the
forthcoming Trout Derby open
ing on April 25 will be discussed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
Driver Skill Tests
Set For April IL
In Local ROad-e-O
All Teeners With Driving
Permits Eligible To
Enter Jaycee Event

Plans for Bluffton's first annual
'Teen-Age Road-e-o set for May 1
are almost completed Robert Fisher,
chairman of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce event, said today.
Designed to promote good driving
habits, the contest will select the
community's most skillful young
driver and consists of a written ex-
animation, skill test involving pre-
scribed exercises, parking, smooth
stopping and others.
Preliminary driver skill tests for
Bluffton and Beaverdam school dis
tricts will be held April IT at Bluff
ton high school. Any boy and girl
with a score of rs or above will be
eligible to compete in the local Teen
Age Road-e-o.
All teen-agers, boys and girls, who
hold a driving permit or license are
eligible to enter this driving contest
provided they have not reached their
Goth birthday on or before the final
dav of the National Teen-Age
Road-e-o to be held August 1O-14.
Local winners will compete in a
District Road-e-o the site and date of
which will be announced later. Dis
tlict winners in this national Jaycee
contest will be eligible to compete in
the state Jaycee Road-e-o IN
columbus.
Fisher announced that application
blar1ss for the local Road-e-o can be
obtained at Bluffton and Beaverdam
high schools, Fishers Sinclair Service
and Koontz' Gulf Service. Entries
may be turned in at these points or
brought to the Jaycee office above the
Charles Store.
Each state winner will take part in
the National Road-e-o August 10-l4
in Washington, d. C., to compete fot
S3.1o0 in scholarships. The national
contest is sponsored by the U. S. Jay
Gees, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Companies, and the American Truck
ing Associations, Inc.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01

busy Main street highway. Rojan-
kovsky is an internationally known
illustrator of children's books. The
pictures will be hung in the children's
room and will be loaned out for use
in kindergarten classes upon occa-
sion.
The library is also in receipt of an
attractively prepared book of house
plans titled prelude to Happiness, :"
which has been provided by the Stein
man Bros. Lumber Company. The
book should be of valuable assistance
to young couples planning homes of
their own in the future.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
Christian Ed. Field
Worker Visits Here

Miss Johanna Stroetker, field
worker for the board of Christian
Education of the Evangelical and
Reformed churches, has been con-
ferring with Sunday School teachers
of the St. Johns and Emmanuel's
Z. & R. churches here during the
past week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01

.s4nce he saw his first one-wheeler in
d chcus as q kid, he has wanted one.
SEEING themton the TV screen more
lbcently >awakened his urge.
The appearance of the gadget on
Main street, however, is not expected
to start a chain reaction. The day
of the unicycle in every garage is
likely to be some distance away
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
ReU. L. w. McIntire
Next Lenten Speaker

Rev. Leonard w. McIntire, of the
First Presbyterian church, will be
the speaker for the fifth in a series
of pre-Easter Sunday evening Lenten
services being sponsored by the
Bluffton Ministerial association.
Following the central theme of the
services "The Transforming Power
of The Cross, Rev. McIntire will
have the sermon: "In Our Nation"
this Sunday 7:30 pm. in the
Lutheran church
The Lenten services will be con-
cluded with the annual Union Serv-
ice on Good Friday and the observ-
ance of Easter Sunday, April Is.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
BLUFFTON MARKETS
"wednesday Morning)

Grain (bushel prices) - Wheat,
.s2.04: corn, $1.45; oats, re; soy
beans, $3.42.
Eqgs-Large white, 35c; large
brown, 33c; medium white or brown,
31c; pullets, 27c.
Poultry-Heavy hens, 2lc; leghorn
hens, 16c; white rock fryers, 25c;
leghorn stags, light or heavy, l2c.
Butterfat-No. |, soc; No. 2, Sic.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
BedUerddn, PTA To
Discuss Teen Aqers

Miss Mary Reery, author and lee
turer, will be guest speaker and
panel moderator next Wednesday at
meeting of the Beaverdam PTA.
There will be a panel discussion on
"Teen-Agers of Today" Election of
officers will also be held.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
BlufftOn Is Host
To Masonic Meeting

Delphos Night was observed last
night as Bluffton played host to the
10th District Officers association Of
the Masonic order.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
BIuftOn Teachers Rank Tops In State
In Years OF Training For Their Work

Buffton public school teachers rate in first pla all
exempted village schools in Ohio years of training
ton for their work. and only six city school systems can boast
better record than that of the local teachers.
This revealed last week report released by the Ohio
Education association The showed that Bton teachers
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
Petitioners
Face April 8 Deadline
Seek III Signatures TO Force An
Election On Electric Plant Question

With petitions in circulation this week calling for referen
dunn legislation recently passed by Bon council providing
for selling completely the municipal electric light and power
system appeared that the towns electors will vote the
question sometime this June July.
The referendum election. could early
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01
46 School Bands Compete
For Honors Here Saturday
Expect 1000 Young Musicians
For Band, Orch, Chorus Additions

Wilbur Crist, Capital university.
The sight-singing judge for classes
A and B is Merriall McEwen, Bowl
ing Green State university; for class
@, Gerald Frank, Elyria schools.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-01

Music will be in the air here next |
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18
Ed Sanders

to save the beloved athlete at
fits are being planned.
The flag draped casket of
Sanders at the Northern Nor
tuary was viewed by crowds of
both civilians and Navy per-
sonnet here Tuesday before the
late heavyweight pride of all
the Navy was flown by plane
to his native Los Angeles to be
buried Wednesday.
The Navy veteran is survived
by his devoted wife, Mary;
one baby son, Russell, his
mother and father, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hayes Sanders; two
brothers, Donald and SanIey:
and a sister, Mrs. Margaret
Battery, all of the West Coast.
Memorial services were held
here in Boston Tuesday at the
Navy Fargo Building.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18

All young people of junior
and senior high school age
are cordially invited to share
in the discussion and good
fellowship. A buffet supper
will be served. Tickets are
available at Freedom House,
! Crawford Street, Roxbury
or by calling Highlands 5-472O.
HostesseS for the occasion
will be the members of the
Brandeis Chapter, B'nai Birth
Girls. Officers and members of
the TABS are: Richard Verb
ner, acting president; Rich
ard Segal, Conference Chair
man; Walter Faggett, Urea
surer; Carl Anderson, Conrad
Donovan, Warren Reid, Burt
ReSnic, Barry Rodman, Bry-
ant Rollins, Wesley Schley,
Jackie Washington, Ted Will
kinS and Tony Williams.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18
Freedom House
Youth COnfab

MonSignor Francis J Lally,
editor, The Pilot, will lead the
discussion on responsible CT
tizenship at the second Youth
Conference sponsored by the
TABS" of Freedom House
Sunday, December 10 from 1
to s pm. at Freedom House,
IA Crawford St., Roxbury.
The conference program
with the theme; LOCKING
FORWARD, will feature as
keynoter, Mr.. Sterling Will
liams, chairman, Massachu-
sets Congregational Layman's
Council, speaking On In Quest
of the Best; the film "Heri-
tage", and Vefi concurrent
workshop sessions on Living
Together in a Democracy, the
Middle East, the United
Nations, Going to College,
and Good Citizenship.
Other prominent adults to
participate as workshop con-
sultants are Robert E. Segal,
Executive Secretary, Jewish
Community Council of Metro
politan Boston; Harold List,
Group Guidance ConSultant
for the Bnai Birth and Jewish /
Vocational Service of Greater |
Boston; Mrs. C. Fayette Toy
or, chairman, Education and |
Scholarship Committee, NAA-
CP; Miss Marion Heinrich,
Program Director, World At
fairs Council.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Phillip
5nowden, co-directors of Free
1om House, are the advisers
20 the TABS, an interraciaI,
group of thirteen
5een-age boys.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18
CITY NEWS

ter the regular monthly bust
ness session, Mrs. Pauline
Hayes, who was pinch-hitting
for Santa Claus, arrived amid
the sound Of bells and laugh
ter, shouting Merry Christ
mas" to all. Her costume would
have been amusing even to
Santa Claus, Gifts were dis
tributed and the Christmas
spirit was in full swing with
each oSe doing her bit. Mrs.
Caldwell, hostess of the even
ing invited the ladies to the
dining room which was pref
thy decorated for the occasion.
She served a very fine Christ
mas COLLATION., buffet style with
the surprise dish being chick
en- troff1nart style. After re-
freshments the president call
ed attention TO the meeting,
as the last OF the year, ex-
pressed her thanks for the
many blessings she had re-
ceived durisg the year, wished
all a happy holiday season
and hoped. All would be to-
gether this time again in 1856.
Each member in turn made
fitting remarks and all were
wished a Happy, Healthy and
Prosperous New Year. The
January meetiSg be at 794
Shawmut ave with Mrs. Maude
Anderson as hostess.
Mrs. Florence A. Nelson has
moved from Camden st to "a
Fountain st., Roxbury.
The Boston Hampton Alum
NJ Chapter holds its Founders
Day program at New Hope
Bapt Church Jan. 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Haynes
of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mr..
and Mrs. Oswald Brown of
Englewood, N. j. were the
honored guests at a lovely
dinner given on Thanksgiv- |
ing Day by. their sister, Mrs. |
Ruby Johsson, "a Holborn st.
The table was beautifully de-
,orated with the seasons flow
RS. Boston's traditional
Thanksgiving dinner was
served. Others present were
Ar. and Mrs. George Jack
on. Mr.. and Mrs. Rufln and
amily, Mrs. Rosa Dooley, Mrs.
Dorothy Hanson and family,
fr. and Mrs. Aldine johnson
r, Mrs. Cornelea Jones, Mrs.
1arjorie Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs.
linton Thomas, Mrs. Agnes
Jokes.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18
MUSIC CIRCLE.
By PSUEDORA CUNNINGHAM

BY PSUEDORA CUNNINGHAM
Roland Hayes, tenor, a great
man, great artist proud
OF his American heritage,
held in awe a near capacity
audience in Jordan Hall on
December IL, where he per-
formed a most difficult pro
gram.
Works of composers dating
back from 1857 to present day
were done with equal commu-
nicable perfection. OF a truth.
one forgot the age of the
artist, but rather journeyed
happily with him through the
intricate patterns of classic.
romantic, modern and con-
temporary songs. One of the
most stimulating and certain
ly the most unusual works Git
contained only three Ines)
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18

was by SIonimsky, The moon
lies Lowell on my little pool
How does it ever find in
the great, stern, pallid night?
My little pool?"
Roland Hayes received the
greatest tribute paid an art
ist, a standing, applauding
audience at the beginning and
end of his program. Reginald
Boardman accompanied the
moods of the artist with sup
erb exactnesS.
Seen among the patrons
weer Marian McCree, Little
Jackson, Mrs. B. Hall, Mrs.
Cora McKeKrrow, Prof. Clau-
dluS J. BroadfieId, Homer Jar
raft, Buckner Candy, Rev.
ISaih Jenkins and ever so
many OCn6fS.
WITHIN THE CIRCLE .
Marian Anderson scheduled to
appear soon in Israel for the
first time. Betty Allen
NIezzo-Soprano will tour France
and North Africa during the
season 954-55. MattiWilda
DobbS, Soprano, was decorated
with the Order Of the Star of
the North by King Gustav XII
of Sweden at London's Royal
Opera House whare she starred
in lie cog dor"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18
NON WHITES $4,000

Chicago, Ill.-Citing that the
gratest growth in Chicago has
been among the non-whites,
Francis M. McPeek, executive
director of the Chicago Com
mission on Human Relations,
then stated: Even conserva-
tive estimates place the nom
white population at around
65O,O00."
McPeek. on speaking before
the Commissions ninth an
nual awards luncheon warned
that Chicago must be pre-
pared for many more thous-
andS Of newcomers in the
ahead. On the pros
poets these newcomers face.
he told how it's still difficult
to gain employment in some
fields for non-whites. He
charged that 80 per cent of
firms discriminate
N employment"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18

The monthly meeting of the
South End Medical Club will
be held os Tuesday, December
2lst, II noon, at the head
quarters of the Boston Tuber-
culosis Association, 554 Column
BUS Ave. Dr.. Samuel B. Kirk
wood, Massachusetts, Commits
sioner of Public Health. will
be the speaker. The subject
will be Philosophy of Public
Health Service" ALI physicians
are cordially invited to at
tend.
Volunteers of the Boston
tuberculosis Association are in
charge of Christmas Seal Sale
booths located in various post
offices, hotels and railroad
stations in Boston. Christmas
Seals can be purchased at
the Federal Building. Stuart
Street, fremont Street, Astor
Statios, RoXbury, Brighton and
Goldman Square post offices;
also at North Station and
South Statler and Sheraton
Plaza Hotel; Raymond's Inc.
and Sears Roebuck. The
Christmas Seal Sale will con-
tissue through December oath.
The Southern Jubilee Sing
ers of Providence, r. l., win
appear at st. Paul A.M.E.
Church, Columbia and Austin
SITS, Cambridge, Rev. C. B.
Barrow, Pastor, Sunday. Dec
ember IS, at $3.50 P. M. Direct
ed by Luke Sears.
Miss Leilah M. Howe is not
dangerously i'll in the Beth
Israel Hospital as was errone- |
ously stated in last weeks
paper. She was in the hospital
was discharged Thursday of
last week and is now getting |
along nicely. She makes her
home with Mrs. E. Alice Tay-
Tor On w. Springfield st.
The Don Club held its
Christmas Party at the home
Of the president, Mrs. Lillian
Caldwell, S6 Hammond st. At
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18

JULIAN C. BRANKER, RE-
ALTER, SAY: YOUR HOME,
YOUR BUSINESS, MAKE II
SECURE : INSURE! SPECIAL
IZING IN REAL ESTATE AND
INSURANCE OF EVERY DE-
SCRIPTION, S 7 RE S SING
COURTESY SERVICE IN
TEGRITY s86A Warren
Street, ROxbury, HI 1910, HI
5-S174.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-18

PLEASE contribute to Re
tarded Children's Fund.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-14
BOOSTERS Can't
Grow AT Dawn
In Austrian Spa

BAD GLEICHENBERG, Austria,
Eff a cock crows at sunrise in
this Austrian health resort, he's to
be thrown out Of town on orders Of
the city fathers.
Doctors In Bad C1eichenbers,
which attracts sick people who
drink its minerai-rich waters,
claim silence is about half the cure
for most diseases. A statue of har-
pocrates, the god of silence, stands
prominently in a city park.
The city administration recent
put its ban on noisy birds and
other noises.
The beating Of carpets is limited
to certain hours. Motorists are not
allowed to blow their horns. Visi-
tors arriving on motorcycles have
to check them Immediately in free
garages and hand over the keys to
the city administration until they
leave again.