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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Wilhelm Amstutz
Named On County
Planning Board

Wilhelm A. Anstutz, retired school
teacher and widely known Richland
township farmer, was one of eight
men named to serve with the county
commissioners on Allen county's first
planning commission which is expect
ed to meet shortly for organization
and selection of a chairman. Amstutz
was chosen for a one-year term.
Others named to serve on the COM
mission are Branson Holtzapple,
Elida hatchery operator and school
board member, year term; f. A.
Siferd, Lima, member of the Lima
planning commission, year term;
George B. Pugh, Lima, three year
term; 7. E. M. Carville, Lima, form
err city councilman; two year term;
Ted E. Dupert, Route /, Spenceryille;
Robert B. Kruger, Lima, member of
Lima planning commission; and j.
Dwight Bailey, also member of the
Lima planning commission.
Also serving on the commission will
be County Commissioners James M.
Jacobs, III. T. Morris and Roy l..
Roush.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14

A renewed ds-eampafgn to obtain an
Alternate Route 25 through Bluffton
plss the extension of State Route 103
through here to Columbus Grove and
Kalida was disclosed at meeting of
municipal council Tuesday night in
the council chamber.
Impetus for the stepped-up drive to
assure through state highways for
Bluffton is represented by renewed
activity on the part of the highway
committee for the Bluffton Business
Mems association, most of the mem
bers of which met with council Tues
day night.
Appearing for the committee at
the session were Paul Diller, chair
man, Armin Hauenstein, Gene Ben
roth, James Szabo and Clayton Bixel.
Their plans to exert further pres
sure on state officials in the attempt
to assure through state highways for
the town after the present Route 25
bypass is completed received the full
approval of council, plus pledge By
councilmen to do everything possible
to be of assistance to the group in
their efforts.
Next step in the campaign, Diller
advised councilmen, was to be q meet
ing on Wednesday Of this week in
Bluffton with county commissioners
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Denise ScOles Is
Honored By State
Al Club Award

Denise Scoles, student at Cory
Rawson high school, and daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Scoles, Route l
Bluffton, has received the State Com.
munity Relations Award in All il
was announced this week by the state
Al office, Columbus.
An eight-year member of the GOLD
Star Al Club of Orange township
Denise has completed % projects al
with the grade of A or A plusss She
has been recreation leader, secretary
and reporter for her club and has
been elected president for 1855. W
1863 she was treasurer of the Counts
Junior Leadership club.
Miss Scoles has Represented Ham
cock county at the Ohio State Fail
five years, two in klothes Faakins
competition, two I'M dehonstration'
and one m vegetable Judging. He
Al953 team wpn firssplace in a veget
bile administration and won them ;
tnp to the National Junior Vegetable
GrdWer's meeting at Tulsa, Okla
homa.
A senior at Cory Rawson, Mis-
Scoles ranks at the top of her class
She is also a talented musician, Il
April of 1853 received her Stat
Homemaker's Degree in FHA work
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Campaign Renewed Seeking Alternate
State Highway Through Blufton

from Allen, Putnam and Hancock
countless The Hancock county group
is interested in the Route rs alternate
proposal,N and the Putnam county
group viii be here in the interest of
the Route 103 extension proposal.
Members Of the Columbus Grove and
Kalida highway committees also will
be here, Diller said.
Following the completion of plans
by the three-county group, additional
pressure will be exerted on state
highway department officials. In ad-
dition, the matter viii be taken
directly to the attention of Gov.
Frank J. Lausche, who in his current
campaign and following the lead of
his Republican opponent, James
Rhoades, has indicated that it will
be possible for Lima to retain an
Alternate Route 25 through the city,
in addition to having bypass around
the town.
At the meeting Tuesday night
plans also were set in motion to OBJ
tain new bridges for Bluffton. None
of the nine bridges inside the cor
poration limits are of modern con-
struction, and a campaign is to be
launched to obtain the replacement Of
the outmoded structures rs soon as
possible.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14

Two large children's choirs of from
80 to As voices will participate for
the first time with adult choral
groups Sunday evening at 7:30 in the
third annual Ohio-Indiana Church
Music Festival to be held in Founders
hall at Bluffton college.
In the seven church choral groups
who will assemble here Sunday, it is
expected there will be more than 275
voices all of which will join in sing
ing two numbers as a massed choir
under the direction of N, Laurence
Burkhalter, of the Bluffton college
music department, and minister of
music at Grace Mennonite church,
Pandora. The singers will rehearse
as a massed choir at $3.50 p. m. Sun
day.
Five Mennonite churches will send
singing groups to the festival. The
Ebenezer church of Bluffton will be
represented by mixed choir of 40
voices with Mrs. Milo Lora, director,
and Doneta Amstutz, accompanist,
The Ebenezer church will also have a
45-voice children's choir directed by
Janet Althaus and accompanied by
Doneta Amstutz.
From the Grace Mennonite church,
Pandora, will be heard a mixed choir
of 80 voices directed by Prof. Burk-
halter and accompanied by Eulalia
Steiner.
Earl Lehman, director, will present
a mixed choir of SO voices from the
First Mennonite church. Joan Mis-
wander is the accompanist. This
church will also be represented by a
children's choir of 80 voices directed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Expansion Group
Rejects Officers

All directors and officers of tn,
Bluffton Industrial Expansion Co.
were reelected at the annual meet
ing of the organization Tuesday even
ing in the Elk Restaurant.
Silas Diller will continue for an
other year as president; Edward
Waltermire, vice president; Carl Lehr
man, secretary, and Walter H. Gratz,
treasurer. Forrest Steinman and Mil
ton Edwards are also directors.
The expansion company was incor-
porated as non-profit organization
more than year ago with the pur-
pose of interesting new industry to
make Bluffton its home. Currently
the group is working with the eSpan-
sion committee of the Business Mems
Association seeking to find an occu-
pant for the municipal light plant
building which is no longer used for
its original purpose.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Phone Booth
No playhouse" !"
MagOr Warns Kids

please don't make a playhouse Of
the towns new public telephone
booth, was the plea of Mayor Wilbur
A. Howe this week, in campaign
aimed at keeping teenager horseplay
away from the structure in front
of the town hall.
Maintenance of the phone booth
here by the telephone company viii
be continued only as long as the
proper respect is accorded the pro-
perty.
In towns where the booth installa-
tions are damaged through horseplay
or vandalism, they are promptly re-
moved by telephone officials. Com
sequently, if Bluffton wants to retain
its new booth, it's up to the teen
ayers to stay away from it unless
they have definite occasion to make
a phone call, the mayor declared.
"Horsing" around the booth in
the hope of stirring up town officials
is in effect doing far more than
that, the mayor laid, for it may
result in losing he booth finally
obtained after man years of repeat
ed requests,
That the new bopthb Is proving
popular is shown byS REPORTS of its
epse, for, rs many ask2F calls have
bsen placed from it ina single day,
it was reported at a meeting Of
municipal council Tuesday night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Volunteer Army Of
Campaign Workers
To Rally At School
Baby Sitter Service
Transport To Polls Will
Be Offered Voters

The story of why Bluffton needs a
new fireproof elementary school will
be carried into every home of the
school district beginning next week,
in a door-to-door canvass sponsored
as one of the major phases of the
new school campaign Of the Button
Community Progress association.
Unloosing the heavy artillery of a
drive aimed at replacing the towns
long outmoded grade building, the
many clubs and civic organizations
of the community will handle the
door-to-door contacts in an intensive
one-week solicitation, scheduled 60
end on Tuesday, October 26.
Mobilization of the canvassers for
their man-sized job of calling on
every family in the school district
will be effected at a gigantic rally
of host of volunteers at s D. m.
Wednesday of next week in the high
school library room. Mrs. Fred
Lauriat, chairman of the house-to-
house campaign will preside.
In preparing for the door-to-door
calls, the community has been zoned,
with one zone assigned to each club.
At the orientatian meeting next Wed,
nesday each cld president and al
least six canvasssss will be asked Il
attend.
In the meantime other Progress
association sponsored activities arr
taking shape on behS of the new
Achool campaign.
These include asfinahSe drive by q
Pplmittee headedfby James F. West
1hSpugH~eAis eohlmistee 4 sch organ
isatpn in the association VIII be con.
thcted for contributions to help I'm.
Ance the new school campaign.
Financial contributions already
have been received from the Parent.
Teacher association, Ministerial as
sociation, religious education organ
izaticp, Band Mothers, Poinsettia ant
Alice Freeman Clubs, it was an
nounced. These contributions have
ranged in amounts from 50 to S25.
To keep the campaign moving
members of the Progress associa-
tion's executive committee held their
second meeting within week at the
grade building Monday night. Rev.
Robert King was in charge of the
session, in the absence of the chair
man, who was out of town.
In an attempt to get out maxi
mum vote on election day it was an
nounced this week by Rev. Leonard
McIntire, president of the Progress
association, that plans are under way
to provide baby-sitting service for
mothers, and also to establish a car
pool for the assistance of those who
have no transportation for trips to
the polls.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Here's No. 2 In Mystery Farm Contest;
Fred Cribley Farm Identified By Many

the above persons upon calling at
the Bluffton News Office.
Mystery Farm picture number 2
appears in this issue. If you know
to whom it belongs and where it is
located, call at once. You may be
a winner this week.
The owner or operator of the farm
first to CALI will receive free SKI
inch mounted photo of his farm as
shown here by coming to the Bluffton
News. He will also receive a free
years subscription to The Bluffton
News.
The farm owner or operator is
urged to come at once as we cannot
give away the tickets until we know
for sure whose farm is shown.
Those identifying last weeks farm
were Mrs. Roger Murray, Route 3,
Ada; Jesse Yoakam, Route 2; Rich
Continued on Page 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
200 At P1A Meeting Cheer MoUe For NeU School;
Bond Issue Vote Canvass Opens Next Wednesday
Parents Inspect
Old Building,
Find 1t Lacking
Poor Ventilation, Inadequate
Lighting System Pointed
Out On Tour

Indicating high degree of parent
al interest in the move to replace
Buttons aged elementary school
building, more than 200 persons at
tended the Monday evening Parent,
Teacher association meeting and un-
animously voted to work for approval
of the S395,000 bond issue to be voted
on November 2.
The crowd enthusiastically ap-
plauded remarks of Superintendent
A. B. Murray and Board President
Paul w. Stauffer who explained the
need for the new building. In the
course of the evening they also divid-
ed into small groups for a tour up
and down the creaky corridors and
ancient basement rooms of the build
ing.
Pleased with the large turnout,
Mr.. Murray traced the background of
steps leading to placing of the bond
issue on the election ballots. In TAX
ing action for a vote this year, Muir
ray said the board has felt growing
demand from parents Ito do some
thing about the building problem"
The Bluffton school district hasn't
been in such good financial condition
for bond issue for the past rs years.
There is not a penny of bonded in
'debtedness on the schools now," the
superintendent explained.
He said that the present building,
part of which is 75 years old, is in
adequate for present day education
needs, and that further repairs or ad-
ditions to the old structure would be
economically unsound.
Mr.. Stauffer made a strong appeal
to community pride. "In a COM
munity that is seeking new industries
and more inhabitants, modern educa-
ton facilities must be offered to make
it attractive for new residents" he
declared.
He noted that Bluffton ranks first
in the state among exempted villages
Continued on Page 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14

say that more rain next week viii
break and force many of the soybean
plants to the ground substantially re-
ducing the yield.
Eldon Tschiegg, manager of the
Farmers Grain Co, estimated that
only 15 to 20 per cent Of the beans
have been harvested in the surround
ing area. The heavy rains have de-
layed combining all put the very
early beans. Likewise the rains are
making the corn harvest late this
year.
Early beans which have been
brought to the local elevator have
tested good and are larger than aver
age in size because of the August
rains. Tschiegg said that moisture
content had been as low as nine per
cent and weight was about So to 81
pounds. The yield locally seems to
be from 80 to 33 bushels per acre.
Keeping farmers out Of their fields
this month have been rains which by
Tuesday evening already measured
4.99 inches as compared with 0cto-
ber's normal rainfall of two and
half inches. On Monday the instru-
ments of Ray BurkhoIder, local
weather observer, showed precipita-
tion of 1.27 inches. Tuesday another
half inch fell.
! Although the month is less than
half gone this is already the fourth
|ettest October in so years. The
heaviest October precipitation occur
red in 1919 when 7.59 inches of rain
was measured. In 1941 the Bluffton
akea had 6.54 inches, and in 1917 the
rAinfall measured 5.T2 inches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
SEE CRIBLEY FARM STORY
ON PAGE 10

said it was the Harley DiIler farm
and another identified it as Nelson
OILERS farm.
First to identify the farm was
Mrs. Roger Murray, Route 3,
Ada. She will receive free
ticket, good for any show at the
Carma theatre. Others who will
receive theatre tickets are:
Jesse Yoakam, Route 2, Bluff
ton; C. F. Niswander, 655 S.
Main street, Button; and Mrs.
Paul Shilling, Rawson.
Tickets are awarded to the first
person in Bluffton who Identifies the
farm; first person on either of the
two Bluffton rural routes; and first
two persons living elsewhere in the
circulation area of the News.
The movie tickets may be had by
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Students To Hire Out" For Colleges
Semi-Annual Work Day Wednesday, Oct. 70

BIuffton Colleges semi-annual
Work Day, on which students
traditionally hire out" to the
towns citizens as means of
raising funds for some campus
project, has been set for next
Wednesday, October 20, it was
announced this week by Chair
man Sam Diller.
Diller recalled that the Work
Day was originated here in 1916
under the direction of Bob Sim
cox, and since then has spread
to all the Mennonite colleges
in the II. S.
Proceeds this year will go to
the proposed college cabin. There
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Recreation Room
For Beayerdam
Nears Completion
Hope To Finish Work On
Town Hall Project
For Halloween Party

Beaverdam's teen-age recreation
center and community room in the
Town Hall is rapidly nearing compile
ton and Mayor Wayne Tripplehorn
has set October 81 as tentative
deadline for completing the work so
that it will be available for the Lions
club community Halloween party.
Members of the village council in
spected the second floor of the Town
Hall during their Thursday evening
meeting. The entire upper floor has
been patch-plastered and painted.
FIunrescent lights have been INSTALL
ed, the entrance stairway and fire
exit repaired to conform to state fire
laws.
Last step in undermining the more
than half-century-old building will be
the installation of complete gas
heating system. Bids for the installa-
ton were opened at the meeting last
Thursday night but no award of con-
tract has yet been made.
Mayor Tripplehorn said he will call
a special meeting of council to decide
the lowest and best bid. Cost had
been estimated at $1,000, and the
Richland Township trustees, half
owners of the building, are expected
to absorb part of the cost.
Walter Beck. secretary of the
Baverdam Lions club, which is back
ing the project, has arranged for
several volunteers to sand the floor
preparatory to complete refnishing.
Bids on new village truck were
also opened last Thursday, but deci-
sion on the contract. award was held
up pending report of the clerk on
how the street funds will fare next
year. The truck would be purchased
with street repair funds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
BeaUerdana Chief
To Enforce CurfelO

Aimed at holding pre-HalIo-
we'en vandalism I'M check, Reav-
erdam's 1852 curfew law viii be
strictly enforced through the
remainder of October, it was
announced this week by Mayor
Wayne Tripplehorn.
The eurfew law requires that
persons under 1S years of age
rhust be off Beaverdam streets
bA 8 pm. Children under the
aga limit fofspd on the streets
aftek The cdrfAw hour will be
picked up b. Chief of Police
HarolA NeSer. ~
Only eSeeptiQhs are. high school
students Oing directly home
from school functio.ls or Nseeners
accompanied by their parents Or
by Older persons.
The curfew time will be sound
ed nightly in the town by the
town hall siren.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
To Consider Plan
For Church Addition

The First Mennonite church will
hold special congregational meeting
tonight, Thursday, at s o'clock, to
discuss plans for proposed new
addition to the church building.
The announcement stated that no
formal action will be taken to accept
or reject the plans, but the meeting
will be devoted to general discussion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Beaverdam Youth
Struck By Auto

Robert j. Everett, Ia, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Everett, Beaver
dam, who was injured when struck
by a car last Thursday evening
while doing road work with the
Beaverdam high school basketball
squad, was released from the Bluff
ton Community hospital Saturday.
The accident occurred on Route
696, half mile north of Beaverdam,
last Friday evening when Everett,
in conditioning practice with the
basketball team, was struck by car
driven by Harold E. Van Scoder, 20,
Pandora, driving southbound.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Religious Ed. Council
To Discuss IS BudQet

Fall meeting of the Religious Ed
ucation Council will be held Tuesday
of next week at 7:30 p. m. in the
Religious Education room at the
Grade school.
The budget for the coming year
will be discussed at the meeting.
Each Bluffton church has two repre-
sentatives in addition to the pastor.
Rev. Robert Welch, pastor of the
Missionary church, is president of
the group.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14

is already $500 in the treasury,
and the goal this year is $1,000.
Jobs for the college students
vary from raking leaves to
washing walls. Students not
provided jobs have been asked
to sign up on the College Hall
bulletin board. Usually 50 many
outside jobs are available there
are not enough students for
them.
Information on prospective
jobs for the students may be
phoned to either Diller or John
Rogers, assistant chairman. Both
can be reached by calling Ropp
Hail. 193-W.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Shelter To Address
Teacher SOrOritH

Allen county Alpha Tau and Alpha
Sigma Chapters of Delta Kappa
Gamma, national honor society for
women teachers, viii join for a
birthday celebration at 1880 p. m.
Saturday in Bluffton colleges Found
ers Hall.
Professor Luther Shelter will speak
on the subject Symmetry in Nature
and Professor Russell 4 Lantz will
provide special music.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Nearly 800 To Sing With Choral Groups
In Church Music Festival Here Sunday

by Barbara Jean Smucker and accom-
panied by Mrs. Howard Raid.
A 35-voice choir directed by Mrs.
Raymond Miller will be here from
the st. John Mennonite church, Pan
dora.
From the First Mennonite church
of Berne, Ind, a male chorus of As
voices directed by Freeman Burkhalt-
er and accompanied by Mrs. Freeman
Continued on Page IL
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14

There was no question about the
identification of last weeks mystery
farm. Forty-seven News readers
rang the receiver off the hook at The
Bluffton News office last Thursday
to say that the farm pictured on page
one was the Frederick Cribley farm
located on Route BON, the Lincoln
highway, and farmed by Merit
Heldman.
Only two others who called gave
incorrect identifcations. One person
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
700 Register At
Vida VidelLd Opening

More than TOO persons registered
for the formal opening last Saturday
of the Vida-Vidella shop and entered
addresses from nine different states.
Even Holland was represented by the
visitors.
Door prizes were awarded to Mrs.
Ralph Vertner, Mrs. Francis Basing-
er, Mary 10 DilIer, Marcille Geiger,
Mrs. Bert Martin, Miss Lilas jean
Lora and Mrs. ]. L. Gratz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
School Buses TrdUel
2OI Miles Daily

The. five buses operated in a.the
Bluffton school district trayel total
distance of POI mhes dailyt 70 transs
port 224 pupils to AEsd FROM Aschool.
The buses have a capacity, according
to state requirements, Rf 255 pApNs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-10-14
Births

The following births were record
ed at Bluffton Community hospital
during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Bridges, Lima,
a boy, Jeffrey Willis, born last Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Bishop,
Pandora, boy, Charles Raymond,
born last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Drummer,
Hoytville, girl, Sue Ellen, born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Kirkland, Bluff
ton, boy, Robert Wayne, born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Wiechmann,
Jenera, girl, Joslyn Marie, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Hauenstein,
Bluffton, girl, born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Suter, PAN
dora, a girl, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roderick Balmer, a
boy Steven Lynn, born September 30
at a Maryville, Tenn, hospital. Mrs
Balmer is the former Raelene Camp
bell.
In last weeks birth column the
twin children of Mr.. and Mrs. Roger
Klay of Bluffton were incorrectly list.
ed. The babies were named Tina Je
and Marcia Gay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Quenzer, q
boy, Dwain Richard, born October {
in San Miguel, Calf, hospital. Mrs
Quenzer is the former Marie Winkler