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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Elk Restaurant
Changes Owners

The Elk Restaurant was under the
new management this week of
Eugene Hall, former restaurant oper-
ator in Findlay and Fostoria. He
succeeds Catherine and Bill Parkins
who had been managing the restau-
rant under lease from E. NJ. Bridges
of Beaverdam.
Mr.. Hall said Tuesday that he had
acquired the business and fixtures
from Bridges. He was last associat-
ed with Frank Sterling, who operates
two restaurants in Findlay.
Previous to that, Hall owned and
operated the Street Car Diner in
1916 in Findlay, managed the Charles
Restaurant in Bowling Green, and
for a period managed an Isly Dairy
Co. store in Fostoria- A member of
an old restaurant family, Halls
father, the late Charles Hall, was
in the business in Fostoria for many
years.
During World War III he served
with the u. S. Navy in the Pacific.
Mrs. Hall is assisting at the Elk
and hopes to be able to find living
quarters in Bluffton soon. The couple
have three children, Vickie, Janet
and Stanley.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
BlufftOn Host
Friday To County
.PTA Workshop

With Mrs. Wilford Steiner of
Bluffton heading the Allen County
Council of Parent Teacher associa-
tions as president, this town viii be
the host Friday to afternoon and
evening sessions of the Annual
School of instruction sponsored by
the council.
State officers of the PTA will
speak here in the school library and
lead discussions on various phases
of organization work for special in
struction of unit officers and COM
mittee chairmen of local and county
units.
Mrs. Steiner, who is general chair
man of arrangements, said that all
PTA members are invited to attend.
Mrs. Steiner viii call the meeting
to order after registration between
2:15 and 2:30. Mrs. Oliver Hager,
Lafayette will have the invocation,
and A. B. Murray, Superintendent
of schools, will extend greetings to
the visitors.
Mrs. w. C. Davis, first vice presi-
dent of the Ohio Congress, PTA of
Medina, Ohio, and Mrs. F. c. Gerth-
ing, Youngstown, chairman of the
state Founders Day program, will
be the afternoon workshop speakers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Auditor Explains
Village School
Budget Problems
Revenues May Be Shifted
From School To Village
On Basis OF Need

The village of Bluffton in recent
years has not received the full
amount of tax revenue it has been
entitled to within the 10-mill limit
simply because the towns annual
budgets have not shown the need,
County Auditor Russell Hire said
this week in explaining the current
financial problems of town and
schools.
The auditor said that the county
budget commission has authority to
swing a small amount of the total
millage arbitrarily from one subdi-
vision to another within the conmu-
nifty depending upon need. This, he
explained, is why the Bluffton schools
have, for number of years, received
.65 mill which could legally be claim
ed by the village.
Mr.. Hire noted that within the last
eight years the village has carried
over consistently a substantial cash
balance which has varied from So
9S2 in AT to minimum of S5,297.60
in 1949 except for this year when the
village began business with only ST.
s24 and had obligations due for that
amount.
The 1866 village budget indicated
a red figure of more than $4,000 for
the close of next year, unless at least
a portion of the .65 mill was reclaim
ed, it was pointed out.
On the other hand, Mr.. Hire
showed figures from school budgets
of the past showing deficits of as
much as s9,32096 at the close of the
year 1949. In recent years this has
built up to cash balances carried over
amounting to $12,019 at the end of
1852 and $10,722 at the close of last
year.
For a long period, the auditor
pointed out, the schools were in
worse need of the millage than the
town government. Now the situation
seems reversed.
III was also pointed out that at no
time during the eight year period has
the village asked the voters for a
levy outside the I0-mill limit. The
schools have required extra levies
outside the limit ranging from 8 to
8 mills during the same period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
ROdeo Attendance
Up, But Other
Receipts Down
Largest Crowd In History
OF Event Keeps Closer
Hand On POcketbOoOk

While attendance at the 1854 Bluff
ton Rodeo hit a new high record in
the 11-year history of the event, total
receipts were off $151.74 from the
previous year, and sponsoring organ
izations each received $50 less in pro-
fits than the previous year.
Total receipts amounted to $3,-
277.90 with expenses coming to ST.
1911. The drop-off in receipts was
attributed to Rodeo customers keep
ing a closer fist on their pocketbooks
this year with less concession spend
ing.
Receipts from the soft-drink stands
and other concessions fell off $277.91
from last year when the booths col
lected a total of $570.19 from Rodeo
patrons.
Another factor contributing to the
lesser receipts was that everyone par
ticipating in the Freedom" parade
this year was admitted free to seats
in the stadium which points to the
greater crowd at this years event.
Sponsoring organizations which in
clude the Bluffton Saddle Club,
Sportsmen's Club and the Business
Mems Association each received $475
as their share of the rodeo profits.
Promotions and fireworks dona-
tions receipts fell off from $697.34 in
1853 to $592.77 this year and stadium
receipts were down from $347.90 to
$263.50.
General expenses included: Port
land, Ind, drum and bugle corps,
1925; broncs and cattle, $158; Bluff
ton Explorer Scouts, $100; fireworks
(including $50 credit from last year,,
$314.08; admission tax to u. S.
Treasury, S174.3s; Bluffton high
school fund for lights and bleachers,
$40; and the BHS band, $50.
Members of the Rodeo committee
on hand for the Windup meeting
were Raymond Holden, general chair
man; Kenneth Powell, Arthur Swank,
Forrest Herr, Carter Shisler, Harry
Anderson, Harvey Burkholder, Don
Kagy, Dale Reichenbach and Robert
Ewing, representing Bluffton high
school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Bargain Opportunities AWait Shoppers
In ToWn- Wide Dollar Days, Fri, Sat.

and in the stores.
Recognizing that we are definitely
facing a buyers market this summer,
retail stores of Bluffton are exerting
every effort to keep sales records up
by offering summer merchandise at
unbelievably low prices" Francis
Marquart, chairman of the mer-
chants Dollar Days committee said.
"This is no time to carry large
inventories over from one season TO
another. Sound merchandising prac-
tice is to clear the shelves at any
cost at the end, of a season. ne
added. Silas Diller and Robert Grow
are other members of the merchants
planning committee.
Not only is summer merchandise
offered in the sale, but many fall
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Oven Gas Explosion Burns Baker;
Skaters Windows at Hauensteins

Harry Hauenstein, Bluffton baker
suffered burns of the face and arms
and two rear windows of Hauen-
STEMS bakery on North Main street
were shattered in an oven explosion
at the shop last Friday evening about
1880.
Roy Hauenstein, owner of the bak-
cry, and his brother, Harry, had just
completed mixing the dough for Sat
urday's bakery needs, and were wait
ing for the ovens to heat while the
dough was rising
Suddenly Harry remembered that
he had not lighted the pilot light.
The gas had been turned on for about
20 minutes
The blast came when, after allow
ing what he thought was enough time
for the gas to escape, Harry struck a
match to light the pilot.
His brother, standing some dis
tance from the oven, felt the concus-
sion. 1t sounded like every window
in the place was broken, he said.
Only the fact that all the doors
and windows in the building were
open, allowing the blast pressure to
escape, saved more serious conse-
quences. Men standing on Main street
near the bakery said that they
thought for moment the front plate
glass window would break. 1t sus-
tanned the concussion, however.
Harry was treated for burns of
face and arms. His glasses saved in
jury to his eyes. He was able to re-
turn to work Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

The familiar Dollar Day signs
were to be posted Thursday morning
on boulevard light standards of the
Bluffton business section heralding
the advent on Friday and Saturday
of another of the famous town-wide
sale events.
More than 80 Bluffton retail firms
announced they are participating in
the gigantic stock clearance in a 10
page advertising circular chuck full
of bargain offerings which went out
in the mail earlier this week to
more than 4,500 families in Bluffton
and a wide market area beyond.
The sale offerings are repeated in
this 20-page issue of The BtaFfton
Nea0s, all of which points to record
crowds this weekend on the streets
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Sewage Disposal
System Abuses
Reported By Mayor
Warns Against Turning Oils
And Concentrated Acids
Into Sewer System

There is a limit to the type of
sewage discharges which the towns
treatment plant can handle salts
factorily, Mayor w. N. Howe warned
this week pointing to two abuses
which he said must be halted.
Operators at the plant have been
removing large quantities of oils
and greases which cannot be disposed
of in the regular course of operation
and are taken from the system only
at great inconvenience.
Mayor Howe cautions operators
of automotive service stations and
garages not to dispose of crankcase
DRAWINGS and other oils and greases
through the sewer system. These
materials should be removed from
the fprsmises in some other manner,
he said. az
The Mayor also stated that the re-
cent discovery of number of dead
fish in the Riley below the disppsal
plants effluent indicated that highly
concentrated acids or other type8of
pollution had been sent through 6e
system, and were not completely
eliminated.
The municipal plant is not designed
to handle highly concentrated wastes
of this type, and they must be pre-
treated or neutralized in some man.
ner before entering the sewer system,
he declared. Efforts have been I'M
successful in tracing the origin of
the poisons.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

Bluffton's pigeon population,
which seems to have shuttled
about for good many years
over a triangular route between
the highest points of the First
Presbyterian, First Methodist
and First Mennonite churches
may have to alter their course
the First Presbyterians hope!
This week a year-long beauti-
fication program at the Main
street church was brought to a
conclusion with application of
white paint trim and freshly
painted green hand rails leading
up steps TO the entrance.
Painters and church trustees
alike, proud of the new green
hand rails viewed upper regions
with suspicious Pigeon bomb
adiers at the Presbyterian entry
way have been notariously good
marksmen.
The painters hope to solve the
Prabysterian pigeon problem for
at least the next two years with
the application of "Roost-No-
More. They were to begin
Tuesday to spread the sticky
substance resembling old-fash-
ioned "tanglefoot" on the sills,
cutters, cornice and copings
where pigeons best love to perch.
Applied in two parallel strips
as with caulking gun, Roost-
No-More is said to make pigeon
landings disagreeable to a point
where they will prefer to attend
some other church.
The stickum is a product of
the National Bird Control Lab
oratories in Chicabo. 1t is said
to be effective against Starl-
ings, who apparently do not
enjoy sticky feet any more than
pigeons.
"Roost-No- More" was chosen
by the church trustees as the
better alternative to having
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

items including ehildren's wearables
for back-to-school are listed at
money saving prices.
Regular store hours will be OBJ
served Friday and Saturday, but
extra clerks have been called into the
shops to assist with the additional
volume of business.
Readers are urged to use a pencil
to check wanted items in the News
ads. In this manner thrifty shop
pers are able to pick up bargains
without delay or oversight. They
have learned by experience that the
best buys do not last long.
Many items not listed in the ads
are also offered at reduced prices
so that it pays to carefully inspect
sale items in all the stores.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Laytart,
Jenera, a boy, Jonathan, born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doyle Thomas,
Hoytville, boy, Allen Leroy, born
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Reichenbach
Pandora, boy, Terry Lynn, born
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Dearth
(Marilyn Amstutz), Bluffton, boy,
Michael Dwain, born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Basinger,
Bluffton, girl, Linda Irene, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Burwell, Nc
Comb, a boy, Michael Leroy, born
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Boehm, Dun
kirk, boy, born Monday.
DR.. and Mrs. F. d. Rodabaugh,
Bluffton, a girl, born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard ]. Williams
Reno, New, boy, James Douglas,
born July 20. Mrs. Williams is
the former Dorothy Locher, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Locher.
s1 =
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Tschiegg, Win
ona Lake, Indiana, girl, Ruth Jean,
born Tuesday, July 27, at Murphy
Medical Center, Warsaw, Indiana.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
New Phone Directories Arrive Listing
1,427 BluftOn -Beaverdam Subscribers

Buttons new telephone "who's
who" was delivered in the mail Mon
day morning slightly enlarged over
last years directory and listing the
telephones of 1882 Bluffton subscrib-
ers and 295 out of the neighboring
Beaverdam exchange, total of 1,427.
The new book carried a total of DO
pages inside its covers as compared
with the 36-page edition of 1853 and
the skimpier % pages of the year be-
fore That.
Included in the newest release are
20 pages in the yellow business di-
reetory instead of Is last year. One
Of the additional yellow pages in
cludes post office mailing information
not contained last year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

Bluffton's phone listings, as usual,
are short on the usual common names
requiring page upon page in the met
ropolitan telephone books. This year
the Smiths lost two listings dropping
to a single name. The Jones and
Whites each listed two and the
Greens increased to three by the adj
dition of two new listings.
The Basingers again top the list of
Bluffton names with 80 named this
year instead of go, while the Steiners
dropped one listing from 81 to 30 in
the new book.
Next in line there are the Amstutz,
Diller and Badertscher clans in that
order, "a, q and II listings respec-
lively.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
To Discuss Solar
Systent And Gardening

"The Solar System and Gardening"
will be the subject of talk by Sid
ney Stettler before the Bluffton
Mems Garden club which will meet
at his home at 204 South Lawn ave-
nue. Wednesday evening, August IL.
Mr.. Stettler also has promised a
special exhibit of interest to mem
bers, and they are asked to bring
flower, fruit and vegetable specimens
for exhibit.
Business items will include pro-
posed changes in the club constitu-
ton and bylaws. A nominating
committee will be selected, and plans
made for the Forthcoming North
Central regional conference of mems
garden clubs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

/ - Council decision that it
could not make further COM
promises with the board of
education and will claim during
the next year .35 mill of .65
mill to which the town is en-
titled and which has been taken
for several years by the board
of education.
e Despite the fact that
village real estate tax receipts
within the 10 mill limitation
will be boosted by the .35 figure
the town still will have less
money to spend next year than
for the last couple of years
Example $36,0O6.3S for the 1854
budget as compared with $780,
976.64 anticipated during the
coming year,
3-Total general funds receipts,
including the .35 re-captured
from the school district, will be
the lowest since 1852. Anticipat-
ed 1866 receipts of $32,976.24
compare with $36,006.38 in 1854;
s34,661.03 in 1853 and $32,102
80 in 1852.
A. Rigid economies in village
operation, plus the addition of
the .35 mill, still will not solve
the villages financial ills; for
at the end of 1855 it is shown
that town general fund treasury
will be in the red to the extent
of $3.40.
Actually, the .35 mill will add t.
he general fund only a little more
han $1,800 on a village real estatt
AK valuation announced by the coun,
y auditor just this week of $685.,
'79. Last years valuation was
IS, ,490,650.
Decreasing revenues for genera
und purposes, due to shrinkage ir
/ variety of receipts, and the fac
here is no balance to carry forward
It a time when municipal expendi
ure commitments still are goins
sharply upward show there win b
no easing of the drain on an alread.
depleted general fund treasury i
the years Immediately ahead, it wa
pointed out at Tuesday evening
hearing.
To make the new budget com,
nearer anticipated receipts, sharl
.uts were made in several depart
nents, Among the larger of these
vas decision to completely slash al
treet repair financing from the gen
raj fund. In 1854, $4,000 from the
General fund will be spent on streets
'ut there will be no funds from that
ource next year.
This will mean a reduction OF
bout 20 per cent in the total
inances available for street repair
york next year as compared with
Continued on page 12)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

come to him, the mayor said, since
extra traffic patrol of Bluffton streets
was drastically curtailed last spring
and cooperation of village residents
will be appreciated in helping con-
troll the situation.
Reckless operation of automobiles
is particularly hazardous in alleys,
the mayor pointed out, because of ex-
treme poor visibility and cramped
space in which an auto can be man
uevered.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
STONEMAN TO BE
"CHRTSTENED"
SIMPLY, "STAN"

Steinman's "Stoneman", born
a couple months ago as the new
trademark of the expanding
Steinman Bros. Lumber Co., will
henceforth be known in these
parts by the given name of
sStan."
For suggesting the simple
handle for the man who always
seems to be on the run with car
penters square and tool chest,
George Carmack, Biuhton thea
ire owner, wins Steinman's first
prize offer--a S1O0 savings bond.
Ten dollar token gift certifi-
Gates have been issued to G. A.
Burkholder, Herman Schmidt,
Mrs. e. L. Price and Lowell
Green who also picked "Stan" as
the winner.
Other area winners who will
receive set of two of Stein
mans Picnic King tables are as
follows:
Mrs. Clara Ellison, 42O Ed
wards street, Ada, winner at the
Ada Yard with the name "Fel-
kim; Mrs. Sylvia Basinger,
Bluffton prize winner, for the
name 'Reliapon"; and Mrs.
Frank Snyder, COL Morse street,
Findlays winner of the Jenera
Yard prize for her suggestion,
"Sturdy.p
Hundreds of names were sug-
gested in ihe contest conducted
over Il wide area served by the
three Steinman Bros. yards.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices) - VIII e t,
$1.s6; corn, s1.54; oats, so; soy
beans, $2.51.
Eggs-Large white, 80; large
brown. ST; medium white or brown,
80; pullets, .23.
Poultry-Heavy hens, .16; leghorn
hens, IL; heavy fryers, %; leghorrl
fryers, 20; stays, heavy, Il; leghorn
stags, 10.
Butterfat-No. /, .56; No. 2, 81.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
DOUBLE HEADER SUNDAY

DONDLL- iNL.tDL1IN Do INUtI
Bluffton baseball fans will enjoy
double-header Sunday afternoon at
Harmon Field when the Junior Le-
gion team meets Bradfield Center of
Lima at l p. m, and the newly or
ganized Bluffton City team plays the
highly touted Findlay Chiefs at $3.50.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

The bids are to be received at the
office of the board of public affairs
and must be publicly opened. Be-
cause of the complex nature of the
provisions of the bids, it may require
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Painters SoIUe Presbyterian
PIGEON PrObLenl---Perltaps

members of the congregation
out on Main street armed with
shootin' irons and birdshot. But
one way or another, the pigeons
must go--the Presbyterians hope!
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

some time for the board to come to a
decision concerning the sale.
The advertisement for bids re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids, if the board deems it advisable.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Village Slashes '55 Budget Further;
Will Have Less Income, More Expense

Approval by municipal council of 1856 budget calling
general fund expenditure of $327624 Tuesday night at
hearing in council chambers also brought the following
disclnS
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-02-05
Mis- NANCY VALANCE
MARRIES PAT WONDERLY

Miss Nancy Valance, daughter
of Firechief and Mrs. LenniS Val
lance of Erie Ordnance Depot, was
married to Pat Wonderly, son of
Mrs. William Wonderly of Helena,
in Angola, Ind, January 18.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Wonderly,
brother and sister-in-law of the
groom, were the attendants.
The bride wore a smart powde'
blue suit with winter white hat
and black accessories. Her cor
sage was of white roses. The mat
ron of honor was dressed in a
dark green fitted suit with acces-
sories in black and her flowers
were white roses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wonderly left
Thursday for trip to Canada and
Niagara Falls and upon their re-
turn they will reside with Mr..
Wonderly's mother in Helena. Mrs.
Wonderlyi is employed at Erie
Ordnance Depot and her husband
is connected with a construction
company in Fremont.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-02-05
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE

Academy of Friendship met in
the home of Mabel Eaton Wednes,
day night with Viola Debien as
co-hostess. Sales tax stamps were
counted.
Attending the Midwinter Con
ference in Sandusky's Moose Hall
Sunday were Mabel Eaton, Viola
Debien, Charlene Fleming, Aud
rey Telep, Nettie Schultz, Mary
Bergman, Juanita Kohanke, Oar
lene Chaffin. Hazel Debien, Ethel
Rrvant, Gwendolyn Stout, Lena
Whisner. Marv Brown, Abbie
White. Leta Conner. Esther Grow.
or. Goldie Dorr and Marie Weiden-
hoft.
Irene Snyder. Port Clinton, was
among the nine new members mi.
tiated.
Regular meeting was held Mon
dav eveninE with Mary Brown.
ritual chairman. in charge of the
program. Lee Bracken of the Ma
gruder Memorial Hospital publ
city committee, gave an illustrated
talk on crowded conditions at the
hospital. Next meeting will be
Feb. Is.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-02-05
BIRTHDAYS !.
ANNIVERSARIES

FEB. 5-Jean Carolyn Mackey,
Marvin Humphrey, Mrs. William
Lausten, Tom Gaudern, Ralph
Riedmaier, Stanley Wierzba, Hen
ry Rofkar, Jim Gilleland, Diana
Pulschen, Evelyn Wilber, Harold
Sass.
FEB. 6-Mary LaF o u d t a n,
James Williams, Robert Jones.
FEB. Mrs. Lyle Mayhem,
Justin Buchanan, Lewis Holland.
Wedding anniversary of the Mich
olas PetoS and Melvin Ballards.
FEB. 8-Mrs. Harold Windisch,
Florence Sharp Wagner, Ralph
French, Mrs. Harvey Fillinger, G.
A. Shively, Alice Fachman, Will
liam Wolf, Fred Cough, Mrs. Har-
ry Brown, Atwood Mannisto, Will
liam Robinson, Lois Ann Hend-
ricks, Ted Schwartz, Mrs. Emily
Sauvey, Mrs. Mildred Elderly.
FEB. 9-H arold Hopfinger,
James Smith, Carlton Schwan,
Tommy Balduf, David Wittenmyer.
Wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dorman Elliott, Jr.
FEB. 10-Mrs. Clarence Cotner,
Donald Jeschke, Mrs. Emil Meyer,
John Bahnsen, Louis Dreier, John
Kruger, John Hensler.
FEB. 11-Donald NobiS, Deputy
Sheriff Clarence Stephens, Allen
Ropers, Mrs. Kenneth Owen, Mrs.
Veronica Southwood, Robert Le-
mon, Walter Krupp, Mrs. Edwin
Norris, Mrs Robert Underwood.
Wedding anniversary of the Chef
Owens.