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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
.3-Day Red Cross
Solicitation To
Open Next Monday
Solicitors Hope To Reach
$3.50 Membership Goal
In Concentrated Drive

An about concentrated three-day
Red Cross fund drive will get under
way in Bluffton Monday, March 8, in
an effort to raise the $3.50 quota for
1854.
Chairman Ed Rice announced this
week that he has appointed Dale
Reichenbach, Bob McCune and John
Carder as zone chairmen to supervise
the four me into which the town
has been divided.
Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary will hold a house-to-house
campaign during the three-day drive
in a further effort to attain the quota.
This years drive is the most inn
portant in recent years according to
Kent McGough, Allen Red Cross
chapter chairman. The county goal
this year is $4,000 and this mini
mum must be reached unless a large
curtailment of Red Cross activities in
the area are to be effected, McGough
reports.
Anyone in the community who
should happen to be missed during
the all-out campaign is asked tc
leave his contribution at Rice's
Tot Shop.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Miss Ella Geiger
Retires After AZ
Years With Boss Co.

Miss Ella Geiger, an employee of
the Boss Glove company from the
first year it opened its Button
operation back in 1907, last week
turned off her. sewing machine in
the busy shop for her last time.
After AZ years of loyal service, she
has retired. .
The company honored Miss Geiger
with a dinner served during the
lunch hour last Thursday. In addi-
ton to Superintendent Charles Lloyd,
50 employees of the firm including
two guests from the Findlay plant
attended the dinner. The guests
were Miss Helen Bricker, a super
visor at the Findlay plant, and Mrs.
Letha Fellers, both of whom have
worked with Miss Geiger. Also pre-
sent was Miss Olga Amstutz, who
retired a year ago.
Miss Geiger operated a sewing
machine for many years and then
served as an instructor and more
recently as a floor lady. She worked
for a time at the Findlay plant al
though she was at Button most of
the time.
Miniature gloves served as favors
at the dinner. At its close Miss
Geiger was presented with a wrist
watch.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
School Community
Relations, Subject
OF PTA Program

DR.. Lewis E. Harris, director of
the summer Administrators Work
shop of Ohio State university, will
be the speaker at the Button PTA
meeting next Monday evening in the
high school auditorium.
A member of the Ohio State
SCHOOL, Community Development Com
mittee, DR.. Harris is particularly
interested in better school and COM
munity relations. He will speak on
"The Role of the Community in
Forming Better Schools"
Preceding the talk, a film will be
shown entitled, Human Growth
1t demonstrates sex education as
used in some public schools.
Mrs. Milton Edwards will be in
charge of devotions. Mrs. Dean
Niswander, Mrs. Morris Triplett and
Mrs. James Szabo, members of the
Telesis club, will present a vocal trio
The election of new officers will
| be the principal item of business.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Union Services
Scheduled Thru
six Weeks OF Lent
Pre- Easter Program Of
Community Worship Offered
By Ministerial Assn

1.-THE Transforming Power of the
Gross" will be the theme of a series
of six Sunday evening 1880 p. m.
union services to be sponsored dur
ing the Lenten season by the Bluff
ton Ministerial association as a pre-
lude to the observance of Easter
Sunday on April Is.
The series will open this Sunday
evening at the First Methodist
Church with the sacrament of our
Lords Supper. The Rev. Alvin Beachy
will bring the message using as his
topic "The Transforming Power OF
the Cross in Our Personal Salvation
The Rev. Robert King will be the
speaker. at the First Presbyterian
church Sunday evening, March IA,
extending the discussion of the theme
as is affects "Our Homes"
On Sunday evening, March q, the
Rev. V. c. Oppermann will be the
speaker in the service at the First
Mennonite Church. He will discuss
"The Transforming Power of the
Cross in Our Church"
DR.. Lloyd Ramseyer, president OF
Button College, will discuss the
theme as it affects "Our School
in the March % service in st. Johns
E. & r. church; and on April 4
the Rev. Leonard McIntire will have
the sermon " Our Nation" al
the Lutheran church.
The April IL service will offer {
special musical program provided b!
st. Johns Choir in the st. john
E. & r. church.
The Ministerial association has ais
announced that arrangements hav
been completed to again conduct
series of Holy Week services in tn
high school assemblies from Monda.
April II through Thursday April II
The community's annual Good Fri
day Service will be conducted in tn
First Presbyterian Church fror
1890 to 3 pm. with the theme
peace Through His Cross"
1t was also announced. this wee
that the Button Youth Federatio
will conduct it's annual Easter SUI
rise Service. Thorn Lauriat is pre-!
ident of the Federation and Pet
Schmidt is advisor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04

town may be strapped dollar-wise for
some time to come unless additional
financial means are found.
A study of the experience of small
er towns with parking meters was
proposed at last weeks council meet
ing by Arden Baker, of the council
finance committee.
That adoption of parking meters in
towns the size of Bluffton is becom-
ing more common was indicated in
information presented at the session.
Among villages now using parking
meters are Delta, population, 2,12O;
Fayette, 1908; Swanton, 100, and
Oxford, 2, 938.
Last years annual income from
parking meters in Delta amounted to
$4,000, and it was pointed out that
Button, being about the same pop
p~lation, probably could anticipate
about that amount of money to help
meet village costs should a decision
be made to install the meters.
When the parking meter question
last was proposed in Button about
four years ago there was a storm of
protests from local business men and
residents of the town. At that time
recommendation that the town adopt
parking meters to help ease its inan,
cial load was made by an editor of q
Toledo newspaper in an address here
on the trends in municipal govern
mental operations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Winters Worst Storms Strike Late
Closing Schools, Tying Up Traffic

Winters worst storms, striking
late in this area, ushered in the
month of March in true Lion style,
made motoring on the main highways
extremely dangerous, closed some
schools on Monday and practically
all schools of the area on Wednes-
day morning.
The Wednesday morning storm,
which broke about 8:15 when school
buses were already making their
rounds, assumed blizzard proportions
with heavy winds. The driving snow
piled up in drifts across the roads
and made visibility poor for driv-
ing. The mercury fell IL degrees
within a two hour period from s
to 10 a.. m.
Following orders of the Allen
county board of health, Bluffton
schools were closed and children were
returned to their homes before
classes got we'll underway. Superin'
tendent A. B. Murray said that
parents would be notified wher
classes would resume through an.
~nouncements made by the Lima anc
Findlay radio stations.
On Monday Button school buse:
were able to navigate side roads
and classes were held as usual des
pite the heaviest snowfall this white
which closed the Cory-Rawson school
and others further up state.
A blanket of snow measuring 3.
inches greeted area resident upol
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
BlufftOn Is Host
To Scout District
Court OF Honor
Scouting Awards To Be
Presented To Boys From
Nine Communities

Button Boy Scouts will p~artici-
pate in their first Putnam District
Court of Honor, Thursday, March II,
when troops of that district of the
Put-Han-Sen Area Council conduct
the event in the First Mennonite
church at 7:3O p. m. Local Troop Sc
will be host for the occasion.
Purpose of the Court of Honor is
to present awards to Scouts who have
passed various tests for advancement
to the next rank and have appeared
before the Board of Review.
With Troop Sc acting as host to the
district group, Bluffton men viii
make up the Court of Honor, Those
who will preside over the court with
the awards they will present are.
MILFORD Geiger, high school teacher
Second Glass; Lloyd Ramseyer, presi
dent of .Bluffton College, First Class
H. w. Berky, professor at BlutftoI
College, Merit Badges; Carl Smuck
er, professor at Button College
Star Awards; and Mayor w. A. Howe
Eagle Awards.
An estimated Is troops from Put
nam county in addition to Troop s.
will take part in the Court of Honor
Putnam county communities expectet
to be represented are: Leipsie, Ka
lido Miller Civ Ottawa paudOra
Columbus Grove and Belmore.
The Court of Honor is open to tn
public.
Button Troop Sc and Explore
Pos " Il" me.nbers of Put
Haa-,-cu "a Council which consist
of communities in Putnam, Hancock
Seneca and Hardin counties. Tn
former utilization with the Shawne
Area Council was dropped when tn
charter expired several weeks ago..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04

Two former Bluffton area men who
have become prominent authorities
on highly specialized phases of agri-
culture will share the speaking pro-
gram at the next meeting of the
Button Mems Garden club to be
held at the home of DR.. and Mrs. B.
w. Travis on West Kibler street
Wednesday evening of next week.
The speakers will be Milo J. Herr,
a partner in the 250-acre Groby Fruit
Farms near Dayton, and Eugene
Kohl of Findlay, authority on the
use of "air-wrap" a revolutionary
method of plant propagation requir.
ing 10 seeds, grating or budding.
MIR. Herr is a son of Peter c. Herr
and a graduate of Button College
class of 30. He was a teacher prior
to going into fruit farming. Mr.
Kohl is the son of Nh. and Mrs
Hiram Kohl of Pandora.
Heirs subject will be pruning and
Spraying, covering materials used
and the how and when of the spray.
ing operation. His Dayton farm in
cludes 4,500 peach trees and various
other fruit trees as we'll as some Is
acres of strawberries, and similar
paintings of raspberries. The opera
ton is so extensive that a wheat CROP
is raised primarily for the straw to
V the berries. Last years straw
berry crop produced a $1,000 revenue
Mr.. Kohl will explain how the air
wrap method produces new roses
shrubs, trees and other plants in a
matter of weeks where years were re-
quired before. He requests that mem,
bers of the club bring slips and cut,
tings for demonstration purposes II
the use of airwrap and no-damp-off
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Walter SOmmer Has
Heart Attack

Walter Sommer, elementary school
custodian, was taken to Button
Community hospital early Wednesday
morning suffering a heart attack.
His condition was reported fair at
press time.
Sommer had been at the school
early in the morning to fire the
boilers and do some early cleaning
before school opened. He noticed a
severe pain in the chest and returned
home for breakfast and a rest before
returning to his duties.
When his condition became worse
the doctor was called and Sommer
was taken to the hospital in the
Diller ambulance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
HaUaiidn Distributors Honor Founder
Of Triplett Co. At Dinner In Honolulu

figures at its feet and one on its
shoulder. The item has been praised
by connoisseurs as a foremost
example of Hawaiian art.
On the base of the emblem is an
engraved plate reading ITO r. l..
Triplett In Honor of His so Years
in E~lectronics. From the Distribu-
tors of Hawaii"
The local industry directed by its
founder, Mr.. Triplett, to eminence
in the instrument field is observing
its Golden Anniversary this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Triplett returned
this week from Hawaii where they
had been on a business trip ~associat-
ed with expanding Triplett sales
operations in that part of the Pacific,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Ad Series To Urge
Church Attendance

A series of advertisements calling
attention to the union services being
held on Sunday evenings during the
Lenten season and emphasizing the
need for full family participation in
church worship is being sponsored
for the next six weeks by a group Of
Button business firms. The ads
will appear in The Button News.
On the lay committee responsible
for contracting the message sponsors
are Charles Alderman, Leland Diller.
Harland Swank, Ed Steiner, Dallas
Berry and Silas Diller.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04

Hawaiian-style honors for 90 years
as a major e~lectronics manufacturer
were conferred upon R. L. Triplett,
president and founder of the Triplett
Electrical Instrument Co, at an
industry banquet in Honolulu last
week.
In addition to h%onoring Mr.. Trip
lett at the first banquet of its kind
ever held in the islands, the cleo
tronics distributors presented to him
an unusual emblem in tribute to his
contributions in the Instrumentation
and test equipment field.
Principal feature of the emblem
is a finely sculptored figure of one
of the Island Gods, with smaller
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
BIuffton Churches Join In Observance
OF "World Day OF Prayer" Friday

Button to participate in the spirit
of the union of prayer.
The offering being taken in
churches will be equally divided be-
tween the Division of Foreign Mis-
sions and the Division of Home Mis-
sions of the National Council of
Churches. The home missions work
with the American Indians, low
income communities among the rural
Negroes, farm families in Puerto
Rico and elsewhere, and among
migratory families.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
BluftOn Hospital
Births During SO
III Pct Under 81
Annual Report Shows
Hospital Operating Costs
TotaIed S72,90S

There were so less babies born at
Button Community hospital last
year than in the preceding year when
a new record for births was set, &C
cording to the hospitals annual re-
port presented to the board of direc-
tors at its recent annual meeting.
Births, including three sets of
twins, during 1858 totaled 376 as
compared with 1852 when the record
of 426 births was established. AL
though IL per cent under, this was
still higher than the previous record
of 963 births which was established
in 1850.
On the whole, the hospital was
slightly less rushed last year than
during the preceding year. The av-
erage number of patients each day in
the hospital was 1867 as compared
with 1913 during 1852.
Miss Sylvia Biederman, hospital
superintendent, reported that there
was a total of 1,164 admissions and
discharges. Surgical cases numbered
276; medical patients, 1879; and ma
ternity eases, 373.
Miss Biederman's report showed
there was a total of 5,241 patient
days, and for all of the services rem
dered by the hospital receipts
amounted to S7s,10O, Operating costs
during the year totaled $72,90S.
Three directors were reelected al
the annual meeting, Edgar Hauen.
stein, Mrs. Charles Hankish and
Ropp Triplett. In recognizing all
officers of the board were reelected
also. They are D. w. Bixler, presi-
dent; Mrs. Hankish, vice president;
E. r. Moser, secretary; and Mr.. Hau-
enstein, treasurer. Other members
of the board are: Mrs. Reese Huber,
C. F. Niswander, Hiram Wenger and
Mrs. Gilbert Suter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04

indications or the extent
building appropriation is seen in the
fact that last year less than half of
that amount was spent on township
roads here. During last summe the
road program cost about $4,000.
Mr.. Neiswander said that plans
call for hard-surfacing approximate
ly six and a quarter miles of present
gravel road with a bituminous mater
ial. Another three and a half miles
will be resurfaced With prime mat,
and still another four and a half
railes of road bed improved last year
NYill be given b sealer treatment. 4
Gravel roads to be hard surfaced
include a stretch of one mile on the
BRel road fran the Henry Huber
PLACE west; nearly a mile of the Lug
inbuhl road from Route Is west past
the Herman Hilty farm; half mile of
the Huber road along the Jackson
Richland township line; a third-mjle
on the Tom Felt road; n mile on
the Putnam County Line road; a mile
and a half on Zurfluh road (near the
Ebenezer church, and one mile of
the Augsburger road west Of Viii
helm Amstutz farm.
Partly responsible for the heavier.
than : usual road Improvement pro.
gram Neiswander said, is the fac
that the Allen County commissioner
have been able to make a more liber
al distribution of matching funds fol
the repairs.
If sufficient money is available, tn
trustees plan to begin this summe
to mark all of the township road
with name signs at the intersections
The trustees are also acceptin.
bids until March % for the purchas
of a new tractor and mower equiv
ment which is used for keeping weed
out along township roads in the sun
mer and for snow removal during IL
winter. The old equipment viii
{ traded i'm.
During the past month the trustee
have installed a new gas heater j
the Town Hall meeting room repla,
ing an old kerosene burner. The lat
ter has been sent to the other town
ship hall in Beaverdam. A new limo
tile floor has been laid in the meet
ing room, which makes considerable
Improvement in the appearance an
makes it easier to keep clean.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Arden SLOtter AUarded
Teaching Fellowship

Arden Slotter, Button College
senior of Souderton, Pa, has accept
ed a teaching fellowship in chem
istry from the University Of Mich
igan and will go there for advanced
study after he graduates here this
spring.
The Button student was offered
similar fellowships at Ohio State uni
versity and the University of Illinois
at the same time, but decided to ac-
cept the Michigan opportunity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04

arising Monday. BY Tuesday, how
ever, all of the snow had melted
from roads and fields. Wednesday
morning it started all over with
strong winds thrown in for good
measure.
Whether the Button high school
operetta scheduled for presentation
Friday and Saturday this week would
go on the boards depended on wheth-
err school has re-opened by then. If
not, Mr.. Murray said the operetta
would be staged Friday and Satur-
day, March II and Is.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Ralph Locher To Speak
Booster Banquet

Ralph Locher, Button college
alumnus who recently became direc-
tor of law for the City of Cleve-
land, will be the speaker at the
Button College banquet set for
April 9. Locher wrote his acceptance
of the speaking invitation this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
BLuFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

"'aias9A"s
Grain (bushel prices) - Wheat,
1912; corn, STAG; oats, 73c; soy
beans, 1924.
Eggs-Large white, SOC; large
brown, 38c; medium white Of brown,
35c.
Poultry-Heavy hens, 22c; leghorn
hens, Ice; White Rock fryers, 22ei
Leghorn stays, light or heavy, 12c.
Butterfat-No. l, &c; No. 2, ste.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Stockholders Give "Green Light" To Plan
For Farmers Grain Elevator Expansion

The late arrival of SO proxie votes sent in by stockholders of
the Farmers Grain company who were unable to attend the firms
annual meeting a week ago, has given the green light TO the
directors proposal to spend 100000 for constructing new grain
elevator and storage so facilities here in Blufton.
The directors met again on Monday evening after recessing
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04

KITS FOR KOREA, s. of them, containing an assortment of toilet
we're presented to the nationwide Girl Scout project by the Button Scouts
last Sunday at the annual Juiete Low Tea in the high school auditorium.
The girls earned money to help fill the kits and the following spOnsdFing
clubs contributed: Alpha Gamma, American Legion Auxiliary, Busmessaand
Professional Womens Club, Century Circle, Progressive Mohefs Club.
POinsettia Club and Teesis. 4
AT the tea honorng the founder of the Girl Scout movement in America,
the girls each contributed pennies equal to her age to finance projects Scout
ing in international relationships. Two films were shown during the pfOgram
o Mexican and Chinese life.
Scouts in the photo above, left to right, are Kathy Traucht, Irene
Basnger, Janis Gable, Sally Schaaff and Marcia Travis.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Births

The following births were recorded
at Button Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Holden,
Findlay, a girl, Janet Leoda, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Cramer, Find
lay, a boy, Randall Jay, born Tues
day.
Nh. and Mrs. Morris Niswander,
Button, a girl, Audrey Ruth, born
Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04

Ohio Farm and Home Week at
Ohio State University March 1926
will offer a preview of the agricul-
tural future.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Study Parking Meters AS
Answer To Budget Problem
GroUing Number Of ToUns Bolstering
Revenue With Meters, Council Told

Whether parking meters in downtown Button may be one
way of helping municipal councilmen work their way out of cur
rent financial difficulties is being studied by the city officials.
Because of a depleted general fund and complicated by the
fact that an advance draw of $4,000 against next Mays real estate
+x settlement already has been spent, there are indications the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04
Allotted For Road
Work In Richland Township
Plan To Hard Surface 6 Miles OF
Gravel Road During Summer Program

An extensive road Improvement program calling for an ex-
p~enditure of approximately $4,000 in township and matching
county money will get underway on Richland township roads just
as soon as suitably warm weather makes road work possible,
Robert Nj. N~eiswander, chairman of the Richland trustees said
+b;S uaak #@a
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Schultz,
Whittier, Calf, a son, born Febru-
airy %. He is the grandson of Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore ]. Schultz of
Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-04

Indications of the extent of the contemplated 1854 road
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-12-01
CANDY APPLES

eating apples
cups sugar
25 cup light corn syrup
l cup water
y teaspoon cinnamon extract
Red purefood coloring
Wash apples; dry; remove stems; in
sert wooden sticks firmly in stem ends.
Blend sugar, corn syrup and water in
medium sized saucepan; cover; bring
slowly to boiling; uncover; boil rapidly
without stirring, until one teaspoonful
of syrup separates into hard brittle
threads in cold water 900 F. on candy
thermometer) Remove from heat; add
flavoring and coloring to tint syrup
bright red. Tip saucepan to form deep
well of syrup; dip apples, 1 at time.
twisting in syrup until well coated; hold
over saucepan to let any extra syrup
drip off; place dipped apples on lightly
creased cooky sheet to harden. If
syrup thickens, reheat over very low
heat.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-12-01
VEGETABLE RELISH

large head of cabbage
2 large cucumbers
small bunch of celery
red peppers
2 green peppers
/ onion
cups vinegar
cup water
u cup sugar
linked spices in a cheesecloth bag)
Peel cucumbers and cut out seeds.
Put cabbage, cucumbers, celery, pep
pers and onion through the food chop
per. Cook mixture until all vegetables
are done, then drain in colander. Boil
water vinegar and sugar with spices.
Add vegetables and two cups of tomato
juice. Slowly bring to a boil and seal
in sterilized jars. - Mrs. H. K, Hill
county