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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Easter Egg Party
Saturday At 2:3O

Members of the American Legion
and the Auxiliary and interested per
sons in the community who are man-
have their donations turned irH at
Swank's by 900 a. m. Saturday 4
ming to donate colored eggs for ths
Auxiliary's annual Easter egg PARTY
for children of pre-school ago and
up to including the fourth gra9e I'd
be held Saturday at 2:30 PM in
the Legion rooms of the Town Hall
are asked to have the eggs at the
Community Market by 1870 pm,
Saturday.
Mrs. Huldah Amstutz and Mrs,
Jessie Basinger, co-chairmen of the
party are being assisted by Lois Ben
roth, Louise Ream, Betty Main,
Eiiene Mericle, Ina Amstutz, Mere
dith Stonehill, Sylvia Triplehorn and
Christine Harris.
Persons who plan to donate for
the Easter Bake Sale to be held al
Swank's Meat Market are asked to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15

The longest prize list in the
history of Bluffton's annual Trout
Derby offering 2O1 separate awards
on the tagged fish was mailed to
1000 present and former members
of the Community Sportsmen's club
this week in preparation for the
Derby Day opener April 25.
Swelling the list of valuable prizes
offered in the 1854 derby are so
gold-colored glass casting rods offer
ed on so tagged trout by the Trip
lett Electrical Instrument Co., in
celebration of the eompany's golden
anniversary this year.
And adding extra thrill to the
opening days angling will be the big
cash prize offered on big Goldie"
the Number 1000 pickerol to be
tagged this season. The cash jack
pot prize Offered for the big pickerel
has already hit the $500 mark. Thus
far Sc Bluffton firms and individuals
have posted offers of $40 each to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
PTA Urges Leasing
Buckeye Park For
Swim Pool Site

Bluffton's Parent Teachers AS
sociation, at their final meeting of
year Monday night in the high school
cafeteria, unanimously adopted
recommendation that the Bluffton
Park and Recreation Commission ask
the Central Ohio Light and Power
company for a long term lease on
the Buckeye Lake grounds. The
ground would be used for the estab-
lishment of a recreational site and
swimming pool for the town.
At the same time the PTA accept
ed the recommendation of a Uniform
Disease Control Health Code, and
this will be presented to the Board
of Education with a request for
adoption.
Mrs Carl Smucker, Mrs. Ruby
Murray and Gerhard Buhler gave
talks on articles which were taken
from the PTA magazine. Devotions
were given by Nelson Steiner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Council Asks That Showdown Election
On Electric Question Be Set June Is
Referendum Petitions
Certified To Allen County
Board Of Elections

Bluffton's heated 10-months-old
municipal power plant question final
ly is headed for a showdown at a
special election, expected by Md
June, at which the residents of cs1e
village will make decision as to
whether to sell all facilities outright
or buy current wholesale and dis
tribute it through town-owned lines.
At their first meeting since refer
endum petitions were filed with City
Clerk A. ]. B. Longsdorf in protest
of council action to sell all facilities
outright, municipal councilmen Tues
day night passed an ordinance certi-
flying the matter to the board of cleo
tions for a special election at the
earliest opportunity.
According to state law, an election
of the type requested by council with
their action must be held no later
than 120 days from the passage of
Tuesday nights ordinance, although
it cannot be held earlier than go days
from that date
In the hope of speeding the cleo
ton, however, City Solicitor John
Romey was instructed by council to
ask that the board of elections hold
the special election here on Tuesday,
June 15, which would be 81 days from
the passage of the election ordinance.
The question to be presented to
residents of the town in the special
election will be if the electors approve
of municipal councils action in vot-
ing to dispose completely of all light
and power facilities, including distri-
button lines.
In marking their ballots, residents
of the town will vote to approve
action of council or to reject the
action of the council, it was ex-
planned by the city solicitor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
BluftOn Scores
Near Clean Sweep
In Music Finals
Seven Out OF Nine Local
Entries Rated Superior"
I'm BIG Additions

Seven out of nine Bluffton high
school entries received the superior"
rating last Saturday i'm the state fin
al additions for solo and ensemble
groups conducted by the Ohio Music
Education association at Bowling
Green State university.
The near clean-sweep triumph of
Music Director Earl Lehman's young
musicians gave them the best compe-
titive record in the schools history,
and placed Bluffton in an enviable
top spot musically throughout Allen
county and all of Northwestern
Ohio.
Soloists receiving superior ratings
in the Bowling Green additions in
cluded Wilma Jorg, violin; Sue
Montgomery, piano; Saundra Berry,
piano; Thorne Lauriat, bass; and
Paul Glaze, tenor.
The Mixed Ensemble, which rated
superior in its class, included Wilma
Jorg, Irlene Gierman, Paul Glaze
and Thorne Lauriat.
The Girls Ensemble, also rated
superior, included Dorothy Stratton,
Joan Hursey, Wilma Jorg, Sue Mont
gomery, Irlene German, Janice
Skidmore, Lois Amstutz, Saundra
Berry and Anita Klassen.
Second place excellent" ratings
We're also received by Wilma Jorg
for her piano work and by Thorne
Lauriat, clarinet.
Saturday, April "a, Bluffton's
orchestra, mixed chorus, girls chorus
and boys chorus viii go to Capital
university, Columbus, for the state
finals in their divisions.
The school is competing in class
B-2 this year which includes schools
with enrollments from Isl to $50
students.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15

be completed. Workmen started to
pour concrete this week for the over
head bridge which will carry Route
30-N traffic over the superhighway.
The Bluffton link in the highway
program involves construction of S.2
miles of highway from the terminus
of the Beaverdam bypass to the
existing Route % about two miles
north of this town. For the first
two miles up to GRATIS crossing of
the Nickel Plate railroad, the high
way will be of the divided four-lane
type, then the lanes taper off into a
two-lane setup.
1t has been explained earlier by
Neidhardt that right-of-way for the
route around Bluffton will be ac-
ouired to accommodate the full four
lane highway ultimately. Only part
of the right-of-way will be used
in the initial construction project.
According to Neidhardt, funds
from the 500 million dollar highway
bond issue, approved by Ohio voters
last November, will be used for the
actual road contract for the bypass
project, with regular highway de-
partment funds to be expended for
for engineering and right-of-way
costs on that job and for all costs
on the other 10 projects.
The road contract will represent
about so per cent of the cost of the
bypass, Neidhardt said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Farmers Club
To Visit Hog Farm

The Bluffton Farmers club, organ
lied this winter as an outgrowth of
the adult farmer class of the high
school vo-ag dept, will enjoy trip
to the Clauss Hog Farm at McComb
next Tuesday where they will observe
feeding experiments being conducted
by the Farmers Grain & Supply Co.
of Fostoria, with which the Bluffton
Farmers Grain Co. is affiliated.
The group viii meet at the high
school at 8 am Tuesday. After
visiting the McComb farm, they will
visit the large elevators at Fostoria.
Among things to be seen at the
Clauss farm is the new type Of
building for swine, constructed so
as to be open on one side without
allowing rain or snow in.
The trip win be postponed in event
of bad weather.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Everett Kitchen
Named To Seat On
RaWSOn Council
First OF Three Vacant Seats
Filled; Council Considers
Town Traffic Code

The appointment last Thursday of
Everett Kitchen to fill one of three
vacant seats on Rawson village
council enabled council to meet
with a quorum after being tempor-
arily stalemated by Mayor Olen
Crews receipt of three designations.
The recent resignation of Coun-
climen Clinton Staley and Orville
Peterson have been accepted, but
that of Miller Fink is being held up
pending further investigation of his
, eligibility to hold office.
Fink, a teacher and coach at
. Cory-Rawson high school, told The
News last week that he would not
serve OH council until he is shown
by good authority that it is legal
for him to serve while teaching
school. He said he had letter
from the Ohio Attorney Generals
office stating that he cannot legal
ly serve on council and hold other
public employment.
Mayor Crew has said that the viii
lage solicitor, Fred Eberhart, stated
that it is legal for Fink to serve.
Until the issue is settled, Fink said
he will not attend council meetings.
Mr.. Kitchen, the new councilman,
was sworn into office at the special
meeting last Thursday evening. He
has been appointed to the street
committee.
Mayor Crew has asked council to
consider the adoption of a village
traffic code based on Findlay's code.
1t will be presented at the May
meeting. Mayor Crew said that the
village would benefit financially by
receiving a portion of the fines col
lected by the Mayors Court under
the proposed traffic ordinances.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Junior Baseball
Meeting Is Called

All boys between the ages OF
eight and IL years who are inter-
ested in playing American Legion
Junior baseball this summer are
asked to report next Tuesday,
April 20, at 1880 p. M. at the
Legion rooms in the Town Hall.
In addition to an organization
al meeting at which plans for the
first practice sessions of the
Little Leaguers" and Junior
Legion teams will be discussed,
the meeting is for the purpose of
planning money raising cam
paigns to buy uniforms for this
season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Record Prize List Numbers POI Awards
In Trout Derby Opening Here April Is

the person who lands big Goldie"
named in commemoration of the
Triplett Co. anniversary.
Arrangements for handling what
is expected to be record crowd of
fishermen and spectators include a
tractor trailer shuttle service to
carry visitors from their parked
autos over" Bluffton streets to the
quarry lake.
Buckeye quarry is closed now to
fishing until the opening of the
Derby while tagging and stocking
operations are carried out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Beaver Nine Has Field Day, Swamping
Polar Bears, 1872, On Bluffton Field

bases on balls. Four Polar Bear
errors also contributed to the down
fall of the moundsmen.
Elsass with a double and a single
and Erwin with triple led the
Beaver attack. Greiner, Cook and
Yaussey also hit safely.
1t was the final game for the
Beavers until they return from Easter
vacation. The next game is sched-
uled for April "a at Central State.
Bluffton -...-.~.-. 030 052 20X-11 6
Ohio Northern 900 010 DOL 2 8 /
Cook, Benroth (5) and Elsass and
Yaussey; Hull, Smut (6), Alspach
(s) and Briggs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Kay Holden Heads
ROdeO Committee

Raymond Smokey" Holden was
elected general chairman of the an
nual Fourth of July Rodeo Tuesday
night at the first organizational
meeting held at the Town Hall.
Other members of the committee
are Don Kagy, vice chairman; Ken
meth Powell, secretary; and Dale
Reichenbach, treasurer.
Exact date of this years Rodeo
will be referred to the sponsoring
organizations before the committee
decides due to the fact that the
Fourth falls on Sunday. The Bluff
ton Community Sportsmen's Club,
The Business Mems Association and
the Bluffton Saddle Club will sponsor
the annual event.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
REAL ESTATE DEALS

The following real estate trans
actions were recorded this week by
the Allen County Recorders office:
Richland Township: Otto ]. and
Celina Martha Amstutz to John and
Loa N. Amstutz, so acres, Section ID,
tax $1,000. Lorain A. and Rebecca
K. Basinger to Herman K. and
Hariette L. Luginbuhl, l acre, Section
13, tax S1.10.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
SCOUTS GET AWARDS

Additional members of Explorer
Post Sc, who received Apprentice
Awards last Wednesday night at the
home of Norman Triplett, chairman
of the adult committee of the
post, were Jim Berry, Jim BURY and
Gerry Kohl.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15

marked by seven approximate 23-
minute divisions. Worshippers are
invited to attend the entire series or
any one phase of the services.
Following the theme, "Peace
Through His Cross, the program
will be as follows: 1890, "The Word
Of Forgiveness" the Rev. l.. w. Nc
Intire; 1858, "The Word of Saliva
tion," the Rev, V, c. Oppermann;
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
MAKES STRAIGHT AS

Making straight A grades in all
his subjects, James Henry of Bluffton
was placed on the Ohio Northern
university honor roll for scholastic
attainments during the winter quart
er. He is a junior in liberal arts
studying pre-law,. and is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Paul Henry
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
PRE- SCHOOL CLINIC

The pre-school clinic for children
who will be six on or before October
and who will enter the first grade
next fall will be held Wednesday,
April q, from 8 to II, in the elemen-
tray school building, Supt. A. B..
Murray has announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
REPUBLICAN MEETING

State Sen. Ross Pepple will be the
principal speaker at 2 meeting Of Re
publicans scheduled for Friday eve
ming, April Is, at p. m. in the Wal
nut Grill. Men and women members
of the party alike are invited to at
tend.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15

a panel of guest officials, including
representatives of the state health
department, consulting engineers, city
officials and plant operators.
Harry Triplehorn is the operator
of the Bluffton plant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Morris Triplett
Elected President
OF County TB Assn
Three Blufftonites Also
Serving AS Directors
Of Health Group

Bluffton became we'll represented
in the Allen County TB and Health
association as result of the election
at the annual meeting last week when
a Bluffton man was elected president
and two new dire stors were named
from this community.
4 Norris NJ. Triple 1t, who has served
for lumber of vars as director
and exedntive consnittee menrbe1s
was ELECTED president of the county
assodadoh. He succeeds Frank E.
McClAn, president for the past two
years.
Elected to the board of directors
were Mrs. E. w. Basinger and Mrs.
Richard Cookson. Mrs. A. c. Burcky
was reelected to the board
The 1954-55 executive committee
will include Edwin Esten, Route 2,
Lima; John HORNE, Delphos; DR.. A.
A. Dalton, Robert Patterson, Alfred
Simons and McClain, all of Lima.
The annual report of the associa-
tion showed that the $21, ,535 Christ
mas Seal sale was the largest in the
45-year history of the organization.
1t included contributions from 10,477
individuals and organizations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Traditional Services Set Good Friday,
And At Easter Sunrise In Local Churches

Buttons traditional union church services Good Friday
this be held at the Presbyterian church. will again bring
the Lenen close and worshppes will open their day.
long celebration of the Easter festival with service
day at $50 in the Evangelical and Reformed church
The Good Friday services, from 123O 8 D. M, will be
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
Will Let Contracts May Ii
On BIuffton Bypass Project
Construction Work TO FOllolD Soon On
NelUest Link Of Rt. 25 SuperhighIUdy

Contracts for the two and half million dollar Route %
ton bypass will probably be let by May H. and construction
should that date Walter Ndhardt, division
engineer Highway Department said this week
The Buon link in the superhighway should be well under
slated to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15

THE OLD SAYING that
lightning never strikes twice in
the same spot was disproyed in
last Wednesday nights electrical
storm when a bolt hit the bell
tower of the First Mennonite
church for the second time in two
years. Some Bluffton residents
recollect that the tower has been
hit four times, but never before
with as much damage.
Damage has been estimated at
nearly $4,000 and repair work is
now underway. Scaffolding of
the repairmen can be seen in the
photo. No fire followed the bolt
which knocked asbestos shingles
from the tower roof and knocked
out a large block of first-course
bricks from the east side of the
tower. (Photo by Neu-Art
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-04-15
STORES TO CLOSE

Practically all Buttons retail
stores will be closed Good Friday
from 1890 to p. M. to enable
their proprietors and employees
to attend the union services i'm
the Presbyterian church. The
schools and library will also be
closed all day as a part of the
spring vacation, and the TeIe-
phone company office announced
that il. would close.
Evening star., 1954-05-26

try character assassination by
this method"
Mr.. Gallagher said Mr.. fetch
er had hated him ever since he
fought Mr.. Fletcher in Demo-
cratic Party circles after learn
ing that Mr.. Fletcher was a
Communist.
Mr.. Fletcher stated that he
himself was a Democratic Party
ofiicial in Seattle during his
Communist career. He said he
belonged to the Democratic
State Central Committee and
was a delegate to the DemOcra-
tic National Convention that
nominated Franklin d. Roosevelt
for a fourth term as President
in 1914.
His regular job in those days,
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Evening star., 1954-05-26

fed by the ofiice of Senator Nc
Carthy. Republican. Of Wiscon-
sin, as Case No. 81" among 81
individual cases which the Sem
ator cited in q Senate speech
on February 90, 1850. in con-
nection with his charges Of
Communist infiltration in the
State Department.
The only person on the Nc
Carthy list who has been in
dicted. Mr.. Lorwin now ap-
parently has been cleared Of
the charges.
The Governments case against
Mr.. Lorwin, was built mainly on
the testimony of Harold Metz, q
former friend of Mr.. Lorwin.
Mr.. Metz, now a research di-
rector for the Hoover Commis-
sion, is alleged to have told the
FBI that Mr.. Lorwin once told
him he was a Communist and
had a party meeting in his
house.
Dismissal of the indictment by
the Government forestalled a
test of the Justice Departments
power to keep secret the testi-
mony of witnesses before loyalty
boards in cases where the ac-
cused faces criminal trial.
Showdown Avoided.
Judge Curran had ordered the
testimony of Mr.. Metz to be
turned over to Defense Attorneys
F. Joseph Donohue and Abraham
Goldstein. The Departm m n t
failed to comply, and a show
down was near when the dis
missal occurred.
Mr.. Lorwin issued statement
late yesterday which said in
part:
I'm asking today for a dis
missal of the indictment against
me, the Government has admit
ted the obvious fact that there
could be no other case against
me than that based on mis-
representation, falsehood or, OBJ
stinate misunderstanding"
Mr.. Gallagher, reached at his
home last night, said he had no
comment.
Evening star., 1954-05-26

CHER, was once known 70 him
as Q "secret Communist"
So far as he knows. he said.
Mr.. Gallagher never left the
party.
Gallagher Denies Charges.
In Seattle. Mr.. Gallagher
branded as q damn dirty lie"
any statement that he is or
ever has been q Communist or
Communist sympathiser. He said
he would be willing that q thor
ough investigation be made by
the FBI Of such charges.
He said such testimony by Mr..
Fletcher was part of a desperate
Republican Party attempt to
smear me. They have nothing
else to attack me with so they
Evening star., 1954-05-26
Spying for FBI to Ayenge
Kin Slain by Reds Disclosed
Uncle and Cousin
Killed in Greece,
GE EmpIoye Says
BY the Associated Press

A 28-year-old electric worker
from Boston said yesterday he
has been a Communist Party
member since 1949. spying for
the FBI to "avenge" the deaths
of relatives in Greece 10 years
ago at the hands of the Reds.
James w. Glatis told the Sub
versive Activities Control Board
this was the first time he had
disclosed publicly that he was an
FBI "undercover" man.
The hearing, conducted by
Board Member David j. Cod
daire, is considering Attorney
General Brownell's charge that
the National Council of Soviet
Friendship is a Communist front.
In his brief testimony. Mr..
Glatis did not touch on this or
ganization. But he said he had
Joined the Communist Party
through the Civil Rights Con-
gress in Boston. The CRC also
has been cited by Mr.. Brownell
as a Communist front.
Uncle and Cousin Slain.
When CRC members first
talked with him about American
intervention" in Greece. Mr..
Glatis said he thought of how
his uncle and cousin were "mur-
dered" by Communists in Greece
in 1914. His grandfather died q
few weeks later. he said. from
shock at seeing his dead son.
So he said he Immediately got
in touch with the FBI in Boston.
Evening star., 1954-05-26

and has been reporting to agents
on Red activities since.
Mr.. Glatis. who described him
self as a planning man at the
River Works plant of General
Electric Co. in Lynn. Mass. re-
sumes his testimony today,
Another witness, Jess Fletcher,
So. of Seattle, Wash, testified
he had been secret member"
of the Communist Party from
the fall Of 1886 until he was ex-
PEELED about 1945.
He said that Hugh De Lacy,
former Congressman from Seat
tie, also was a secret member"
of the party when he came to
Congress in 1914, and that q
Washington State Senator and
King County (Seattle) Democra-
tic Party leader. Michael Gala
Evening star., 1954-05-26
Further Prosecution
of Lorwin Doubtful
As Case Is Dropped
By Howord [. Dutkin

The Justice Department will
not seek to re-indict Val r.
Lorwin, former State Depart
ment official, a Justice spokes-
man indicated today.
The spokesman would not say
flatly that the idea of prosecu-
ttion has been dropped. but he
said indications are along these
lines.
He also revealed that formal
charges against suspended JUS
tice Department Attorney Will
liam A. Gallagher as grounds for
permanent dismissal are being
drawn up.
The false statements indict-
ment against Mr.. Lorwin was
dropped by Assistant Attorney
General Warren Olney yesterday
before Judge Edward M. Curran
in the U. S. District Court for
the District of Columbia.
Statements Blamed.
Mr.. Olney said the step was
taken in the interests of justice
because of statements made by
Mr.. Gallagher to the grand jury
that returned the indictment.
Mr. Olney quoted Mr.. Gala
CHER as telling the panel that
two FBI informers would be
available at the trial to corrobo-
rate the testimony of a witness
before the grand jury. The as
siStant Attorney General said
there was no basis for a belief
that such informers existed.
In addition. Mr.. Olney said
Mr.. Gallagher had told the
grand jury there would be no
purpose served in subpoenaing
Mr.. Lorwin because he would in
woke the Fifth Amendment and
refuse to testify, as had "other
Communists"
Mr.. Lorwin had been accused
Of falsely denying to State De-
partment Loyalty Board that he
had Communist affiliations.
Cleared by Board.
He was cleared by the board,
but subsequently the indictment
was brought against him.
Mr.. Lorwin had been identi-