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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-11

drive them away. And he can build
up a Church and break it down.
A preacher is entitled to the
respect of people and treated as
on. And not to be considered above
God Almighty. am the Lord Thy
God.
How many people will go to
Church and listen to the sermon
and try to live in it during the
week?
What is a Christian? A person
who is ever true and faithful in
all things. Who can say of them
selves they are a True Christian
or at least try to be?
Helena Nasselbrach
TO THE EDITOR:
AS l read an article concerning
what this town had done for the
kids, few questions and doubts
entered my mind. l agree that
this town has done a great deal
for the younger kids, but that is
not what l am concerned about.
The thing that bothers me is what
has been done and what will be
done for the older ones.
To illustrate my point, 1 would
like to see ID year old swim in
the swimming pool in city park.
1t was said that the pool keeps
the kids out of the river, general
ly the only ones that attempt to
swim in the river are the older
ones.
l think that the primary reason
for this is that the water is deep
and easier to swim in. 1t is hard
to swim in the lake, since it is
not easy to get to deep water, and
person is never sure of the
water. might add that both the
river and the lake are said to be
polluted, causing the further need
of larger and deeper pool.
A second gripe is the fact that
nearly all the activities referred
to for the older kids do not apply
in the summer time as high school
sports. Baseball, a good summer
sport, seems to be abandoned this
year except for the Little League.
No one seems to want to take
charge of the Teen Age League
and it is very slow in getting
started, and the American Junior
Legion has been dropped suppos-
edly for lack of interest. How
ever, there were more than enough
to play on the team last year and
even more this year. Maybe the
expense was too much.
This baseball situation empha-
sizes the need for baseball sys-
tenn in our city. Someone should
be placed in charge, and that per
son should see that there will be
teams for all ages to play for, and
field or several good baseball
fields to play on.
There are just as many older
kids as there are younger, so why
not do something for them? II
the minds and bodies of all boys
and girls are kept occupied, the
adults will not have as much trou.
bic with them, and we will then
surely have good young America
Leroy Bergman
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-06-03
Basketball Goals
At Tennis Courts

If a few more organizations in
Bluffton viii kelp foot the bill,
future basketb9n players in the com.
munity will bave an opportunity to
practice shooting baskets during the
summer vacation period.
Plans are ta> set up a blackboard
with a basket ON either side at the
tennis courts Opposite Harmon Field.
The blackboard wbuld be placed be-
tween the cement court and first
clay court and participants could
shoot baskets frd I'm either court.
Bluffton high school Boosters
estimate the cdst at s115 and have
donated S51 toward the amount. In
addition the BHS Varsity "B" has
given SO to i be fund. Other inter
ested organizations may contribute by
contracting the high school office or
Coach Joe Harris.
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BlufftOn Hospital
MAY 26

MAY 70
Admitted: Darl and Darlene Deeds,
Findlay.
Discharged: Mrs. Howard Fisher,
Lafayette; Mrs. George Huser and
son, Pandora.
MAY 81
Admitted: Gary Altman, Findlay;
Sharon Rae Which, Jenera; Lucille
Lapsley, Louisville, KY; Mrs. Grover
Davidson, Pandora.
Discharged: Mrs. Donald Latham
and son, RawBon; Carter Scites,
Leonardsburg; Sharon Rae Which,
Jenera; Gary Altman, Findlay.
MAY %
Admitted: Richard Rover, Leipsic.
Discharged: Lucille Lapsley, Louis
vile, KY; Mrs. Donald Crops and
daughter, Lafayette; Mrs. Wade
Bechtel, Bluffton.
MAY 20
Admitted: William Luigi b IL h |,
Bluffton.
Discharged: Mrs John Garlinger,
Bluffton; Mrs. Donald Welty and
daughter, Pandora ; Miss Vera Burk-
holder, Bluffton; Richard Rover,
Leipsic.
MAY 80
Admitted: Ronald Keith Moser,
Columbus Grove.
Discharged: Mrs. Carl Wagner and
son, Ada.
MAY 81
Admitted: Doris Ransbottom, La
fayette; Mrs. Waneta Kline, Lafay-
cite; Miss Guadalupe Ruiz, Pandora.
Discharged: Mrs. Robert Dillman
and daughter, Bluffton; Mrs. Rufus
Rausch and daughter, Jenera.
JUNE /
Admitted: Victor Green, Findlay;
Mrs. George Friek, Bluffton.
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testimony and was given 81 stripes
on her bare back and sent to jail for
80 days.
Peter KarrigarS discharged
soldier, married Nj hry Murphy with
out publishing tt bans. William
Maxwell, editor Of the weekly news
paper which thus had not gotten the
paid advertisement, had Karrigan ar
rested and he WIS given 10 stripes on
his naked back stood four hours in
the public pillqty and sent to Jail for
three months. 1t pays to advertise.
Rev. Joab Monters decided that he
was Jesus Christ and so announced
himself on the street corners. Thrown
in Jail he delivered his sermons from
the Jail Windows at 10 o'clock every
morning and at the trial offered to
perform mirades to prove himself
genuine. Instead he was given so
lashes on his bare back at the whip
ping post. Later Monters travelled
through the country in the same
character and fndlly was killed when
preaching to the Indians.
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TIUO Coaching Posts
Open At COry-RalUsOn

Two vacancies have been re-
ported on the coaching staff at
Cory-RawsOn high school for the
coming season as one of the
coaches has accepted a position
at another Hancock school and
the second has decided to give up
coaching duties to devote full
time to tesching.
Howard / Trostmiller, veteran
basketball coach at the school
has been hired as football coach
at Liberty high school. He will
succeed Marvin Russell.
Miller Fink, football coach at
Cory-Rawson, will discontinue in
that capacity next year but will
continue his teaching duties. 1t
is believed that he may also serve
as an assistant coach.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-06-03
Former Bluffton Man EnrOute To New
Govt Agricultural Post In Far East

Levi o. Gratz, former Bluffton man
who retired several weeks ago from
the post he has held for 80 years
with the Florida State Agricultural
Department, left Tuesday from
Washington, d. c., on his way to his
new post in the Far East as men,
Der of the United States Mission to
Iran.
In a letter to his father, Henry
Gratz of BlufftorL Levi said they, he
and his wife would arrive in Copen-
hagen by air on Wednesday and by
Thursday would be in Rome for a
two-day stopover before proceeding
on to Tehran. q
The Crates had been in Washing
ton for several Iweeks while Mr.. Gratz
was briefed for his work with Trans
agricultural ministry. He will be
Chief of the Plant Science Branch
(Point w Program) of the Foreign
Agricultural Service. -.s.
"We are looking forward to an in
teresting eYperience-some of it
probably NOT too satisfactory--and |
suppose We will have lots to write to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-06-03
Isabelle West Pupils
To ADDedr In Recital

Mrs. Isabelle West viii present .
group of her piano students in recit-
al at o'clock Sunday afternoon at
the Methodist chure eh.
Those participating in the recital
will be Dan Luginbuhl, Morgan Dav-
les, Margaret Fazk, Craig Edwards,
Claudia Reams, Jehn Ann Reams, Ar
lene Basinger, Narlene Basinger,
Scott Edwards, Sandra Diller, Fran
ces Harkness, Sue Crawfis.
Cheryl LathamI Janet Niswander,
Arlene Marshall, John Harris, Carole
Borkosky. Nancy lLuginbuhl, Martha
Orwick, Denise Scoles, Kay Clauss,
Sandra Reichenbach, Diane Crawfis,
David Montgomery, Nancy Montgom-
cry, Linda Stein,han and Jane Stein
man.
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LEGAL NnTICE

Notice is hereby gian that the estimated
special assessment of Nhe costs of the Inter
cepting Sewers and Savage Treatment Plant.
on the lots and lands benefited and to be
charged Herewith aaIs set forth in a Resolu-
tion No. S-la-l952. III construct said inter-
cepting sewers and Hewage treatment plant,
passed on November B. 1852, has been made
and reported to Couhcil and said estimated
assessment is now on file in the office of the
Clerk of Council (Mayor's Offiee) of the VIII
lage of Bluffton, Ohio. for the inspection and
examination of all persons interested therein.
Objections to such estimated assessment
must be in writing, and must be filed in the
office of said clerk within two weeks after
the expiration of this notice, to-wit, five
weeks after the date hereof.
BY order of the Council of the Village of
Bluffton, Ohio
June 8, 1854
A. J. B. LONGSDoRF. Clerk
.r June 8. 10, II
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WANTED TO RENT
w a N T E D
PARAKEET CAGE. Call 4o1-W.
LOST FOUND

LOST-Lady's wrist watch between
High school and home. Finder please
return to Mrs. Adeline Graber, 2O1
So. jackson. Phone 287-Y.
LOST-Twent4 dollar bill about a
week ago. Finder please return to
592 Harmon Road. Reward.
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more and Sue Montgomery, Mrs.
Florence fHilty, Mrs. Mary Platte,
Mrs. Corda Ryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Dave
Fisher, Mrs. Sarah Oates, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Hiity and family, Mrs.
Daisy Pifer, Mrs. Charles Striker,
Mrs. Charles Strahm, Mrs. Reah Nc
Cafferty, and Miss Margaret Guider.
Basinger ambulance removal--Mrs.
Wade Bechtel from the Bluffton hos
pital to her home on Jackson street.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our apprecia-
tion and thanks to all our friends and
neighbors for the many remembrance
es and good wishes which we received
during the celebration of our Golden
Wedding Anniversary this past week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leenard l.. Stager
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
THE STATE OF OEIOl
Allen County, 81.
Estate of Anna E. Weagly. Deceased.
Clarence e. Weagiy of r. ID. No. 2, k1.afay-
az Administrator of the estate of alma Il.
Weagly, late of Afien- Count. Obfo, deceased.
Dated this 10th day or May. lpa4s8
JOSEPH b. clUATMAN.
Probate JudyeF
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of the Clerk of the Board of Education
of the Beaverdam Local Sghool District, Allen
County, Ohio (post office address. Beaverdam,
Ohio) until IL o'clock nbon, June II, 1854
for building bus garage at the back of the
school ground and accor9ing to the plans and
specihcations on file in the clerks office.
Copies of which can taken out upon de-
post of $1,000 Monev to be returned when
plans are returned to- the office.
Each bid shall contAin the name of every
person interested in The same and all bids
must be ACCOMPANYING by a bond or certified
check payable 10 the Board of Education equal
to at least $50 a. the cost of the bus
garage upon eondit@n that if the bid is ac-
cepted contract will be entered into and
the performance "a it be properly secured.
When both labor abd materials are embraced
IN the work bid fer, each must be separately
stated in the bid, With the price thereof.
The bus Agarages must be completed accord
ing to specifications ON or before September
/, 1854, if at all possible.
None but the lowest responsible bid will be
accepted. and the board reserves the right to
reject all the bids, or accept any bid for both
labor and material which is the lowest in the
aggregate.
By order of the board of education.
. CLEDA GRATZ,
ss - Clerk of Beaverdam Board
of Education. Beaverdam Lo-
cal School District. Allen
County. Ohio
May 27. June 3. 10. II
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you about and TO tell you when we
return" Mr.. Gratz wrote his father.
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IEEAI. NOTICE

Barbara Keyton, a minor whose place of
residence is SO Weaver Street, Schneetady
New York, and Howard Vroman. the father
of Barbara Keyton, whose address is Star
Route, Hagaman, New York. are hereby noti-
fed that Louis Il, heyton has filed his petit
tion against hef for divorce and all proper
relief, on the sSrnnds Of gross neglect ct
duty and extrerne cruelty. in case No. $4,000
in the Court of Common Pleas of Allen
County, Ohio, at Lima, Ohio. Said cause NAV
be heard and decided after the expiration of
six weeks from the first publication of this
notice. @a
Louis L. Keyton, Plaintiff
BY John A. Robenalt, His Attorney,
5o4 Citizens Building. Lima, Ohio.
May Is, 20, q, June 3. 10, ~
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Evening star., 1954-10-28
From Inside Chino
Red Emphasis on Public Health
Cleans Up Smells of Canton
Writer Finds Trucks Spraying Streets
As He Prepares to Leave for Peiping

wires OF his abacuS to work out
baggage costs. Though centuries
old, the calculator in the hands
of an efficient Chinese account
ant can still beat an adding
machine for speed.
A girl in khaki uniform led
us to style Dakota
with Chinese markings. Theee
was none Of the insistent propa-
ganda which makes travel pain
full in other Communist states;
no marking loudspeakers and no
blaring posters. Once on a
Polish airf1eld I counted 80
different posters in one large
window and each carried it's
big brother message. Here the
cricketS sang in the grass, a
river trickled over IAN artificial
waterfall and the mist was rising
from the mountains at the edge
of the wide Kwangtung plain.
Flying Is Only for officials.
Perhaps the airfeld was not
much used. Chinese air COM
munications are not in good
shape. There is no night Of
cloud flying except for military
reasons. Few people except
officials and foreign delegations
fly anywhere.
But on the other hand the
Chinese have exploited fully the
simpler and older means of
transport which lie at hand.
They may not spend large sums
to inaugurate prestige airlines
to duplicate other air, routes
round the world assall their i'm
poverished neighbors have done.
They have put rubber tires on
their farm wagons. And as
saw later in North China, even
the primitive one-wheel barrow
has been made to play it's part
in city's transport system.
Propaganda raised its head
once we were inside the plane.
Just like any other airliner, this
one provided bound volumes of
current magazines. I took one
at random. Its title was For
Lasting Peace, for a Peoples
Democracy" and it was de-
scribed as the organ of the in
formation bureau of the Com
munist workers parties.
tried another. The leading
feature began. "Hu Lienfang is
a spinner in No. II state textile
mill in Shanghai" I leafed
through the remaining publica-
tions. Each was worse than the
last, yet when I looked out of
the plane a fantastic scene un-
folded. 1t seemed a pity Chinese
propaganda had to devote itself
to textile mills when some of the
worlds loveliest scenery waited
to be recorded.
Terrain Is Mountainous.
We were climbing slowly over
range upon range Of shark
Evening star., 1954-10-28

toothed mountains. Sometimes
the white streak of a stream
glinted In the bottom of a gorge
to interrupt the march of steeply
pitched conical hills, each one
like a witch's hat. There were
no roads and no sign of habita-
ton.
I began to realize the problems
of knitting together q nation out
of 600 million people scattered
across land more desolate than
Northern Canada.
Then desolation ended, and
we were flying above rice pad
dies which seemed covered in
sheets of plate glass. It took
time to recognize the glass as
flood water. Here and there a
few trees broke the surface. A
hill became an island and sup
ported a cluster of mud-walled
villages.
Three months after the
Yangtze and Hans Rivers broke
their banks and brought disaster
to central China's rice bowl,
there are still 5 million acres of
farmland under water. At one
time the floods covered one
tenth of China's arabic land and
Premier Chou En-lai reported
lover 100 million mou (about q
million acres) have been inun-
dated"
Junks, Sampans Galore.
AS we approached the indus
trial complex around Hankow.
junks and sanpans grew in num-
ber until they moved in clusters
with RATS in tow. Here and
there a factory chimney stuck
up out of the f1oodwaters. Along
causeways. RATS had been Sc
cured as buffers against waves
raised by high winds. Where
ever high ground rose out Of
the water. tentss and wooden
dwellings had been built.
In China'S long history Of
natural disasters, the summer
floods are admitted by the gov
ernment to be perhaps the worst
in 100 years. Agricultural Min
lister Liau Lu-yen later told me
they set back plans for food pro-
duction. though he claimed a
second crop had been sown in
most of the flooded areas where
water had receded.
:. Neutral observers in Peiping
agree the consequences would
have been tragic compared to
the last great floods of 1881
when q million people were
affected. They say the deciding
factor was the mass of humanity
which the government rallied to
fight the floods so that at their
peak thousands of youngsters
worked to exhaustion along the
dykes.
:. (World Rights Reserved. Reproduc-
tion In whole or In part strictly pro-
hibited.)
Tomorrow: Indian Prime Min
lister Nehru's visit to Communist
China is seen as possibly chang
ing the course of world history.
Evening star., 1954-10-28
Rocket Worship Planned

Soviet Russia is repeatedly ex-
perimenting with a battleship
designed to carry turret-type
rocket Iaunchers.
Evening star., 1954-10-28


was sinking, disease ridden
section of a busy port. 1t shared
with Calcutta the miserable dis
tinction Of turning millions of
human beings into vermin, Only
a little earlier a Westerner had
said to me in Calcutta: Sure it
puts you off your food, but what
can we do about it?"
While we still strug off that
Indian problem. the Chinese
have found their own solution.
1t struck me as presumptuous
for us to complain about the
method of solution at this late
date.
And then the cashier handed
me an envelope which made me
wonder if communism had done
much more than change the face
OF China. It was addressed to my
new companion, a Frenchman
who reached high rank as
fighter pilot in the Raj. He had
carefully omitted giving either
his rank or his French title of
count. But there they both were,
rank and title written with all
the flourish that an old retainer
shows to the quality.
BlinkS at Bill Inside.
He blinked at the bill inside.
But though, like mine, it seemed
enormous, it boiled down to less
than $50 Canadian for the
nights room and board, air pas
sage to Peiping. several taxis and
porterage of bags. There were
no tips to pay and no beggars
around.
you'll be in Peiping tonight, "
said the airport ticket agent. He
seemed awed by the thought.
The large new building was
deserted and gave the impression
it had been opened largely on
our behalf.
"We only have one local flight
a week." the agent admitted,
"and never one direct to Peiping.
This is special"
He flicked the balls along the
Evening star., 1954-10-28
From Inside Chino
By WiIIiom Stevenson
Copyright, 1854, the Toronto Star
NeWSpaper Service,


PEIPING.-I peeled off 2 mil
lion Chinese dollars to pay my
Canton hotel bill and then
jumped at the urgent clamor of
a fire bell outside. A truck
roared past with a fountain of
water playing from its rear. The
bell warned hundreds of cyclists
already on Canton's streets,
though it was dawn. The spray
damped down the dust while
garbage collectors moved with
frenZied speed along the arcades
to empty bins.
It was a remarkable sight be-
cause not many years ago this
Evening star., 1954-10-28

This is the fourth of O series written
under q Red Chinese promise to Mr..
Stevenson of no censorship.
Evening star., 1954-10-28

Tomorrow: Indian Prime Min
lister Nehru's visit to Communist
China is seen as possibly chang
ing the course of world history.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-16
Joe And Marilyn
In
Unknown Spot

HOLLYWOOD R-Marilyn Mon.
roe and Joe DiMaggio were on
their honeymoon today but nobody
knew where.
They left Paso Robes, about
half way from San Francisco, yes
Iterday afternoon after spending
their wedding night in a motel
there.
Neither did anyone know when
Marilyn would return to her studio,
where she was suspended IL days
ago when she failed to start work
lon Pink Tights"
Twentieth Century-Fox said she
demanded the right to pass on the
iscript of her pictures, but there
.lwere reports that she wanted more
money.
1 Her agent, her attorney and thu
studio all protested ignorance o.
1.-THE plans of the honeymooners
married Thursday in a civil cere
mony at the San Francisco City
Hall.
The civil ceremony, and the fact
THAT the former New York Yankee
center fielder was divorced from
actress Dorothy Arnold, brought
DiMaggio accommodation from
the Roman Catholic Church.
Marilyn also was previously
married and divorced.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-16
Plans For Gala
Easter Parade
Are Under Way

An Easter parade for children
again will be sponsored this year
by the Retail Division Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, It was an
nounced today by j. E. Tucker.
chairman.
The parade viii be IN Bayview
Park Easter Sunday. Last years
event drew an estimated 5000 peo-
pie to the park.
The parade committee IS COM
posed of Willie Mae Simmons,
chairman. Hannah Baer, Rae Car
mitchell and Herman Holtsberg.
A dazzling array OF prizes VIII
be offered.
The committee wiz meet again
Fen. 2 to work out details for what
is hoped to be a bigger and better
Easter parade.