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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
VILLAGE SLASHES
(Continued from page ID


this. Anticipated street repair re-
cepits next year will come only from
the gas tax street fund, $l1 ,683.26;
and the street maintenance and re-
pair fund, $6,87S.45, and none from
general fund sources.
Street lighting expenditures will be
the only item showing an increase
during the next year, going up from
1,500 to $1,000.
The budget shows village bonded
indebtedness totaling S712,000, IN
five issues of bonds and notes.
One of these the smallest -
81 900 in electric light plant bonds
issued originally back in 1917 will be
retired in 1855. This has been fl
nanced by real estate tax levy.
Other bonded debt issues include:
General Obligation Sewage Improve
ment Bonds (Real estate tax levy,
$3.50, 900; General Obligation Sewage
Improvement Bonds Proposed orig
inally as special assessmert), $780,
900: Revenue Bonds for Light Plant
list issue).
Should the municipal power plant
and electrical distribution system be
sold at next Mondays opening of
bids, it has been proposed by coun-
ell that the villages debt load would
be reduced by more than half; a
total of S380,O00, through paying off
the two light plant revenue bond
issues and by not putting the special
assessment on real estate into effect.
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Society and Clubs

Mildred Keel. Every Circle member,
please take note. Be present and on
time.
Methodist w. S. c. S.
The Woman's Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist church will
meet Thursday, August II, at 500
o'clock in the church parlors. Pro-
gram Committee, Rebecca Basinger,
Alice Triplehorn, Edith Mann and
Marie Stonehill. Hostesses, Betty
Edie, Dora Hartman, Velva Cahill
and June Klingler.
Bridal Shower
Miss Gladyce Bixel and Mrs. Julius
Bixel, Lima, entertained with mis-
cellaneous bridal shower Friday eve
ming in the formers home, Route 2,
Bluffton, honoring Miss Marilyn Am
stutz, bride-elect of Mr.. Leroy
Stucky of Pretty Prairie, Kansas.
The dining room table holding the
gifts, was covered with a white table
cloth, with white archway decorat-
ed with wedding bells and pink and
green streamers fastened to the side
of the table. Under the archway was
standing a miniature bride doll. Mrs
Morris Niswander, Columbus Grove
Miss Clarabeth Diller, Mrs. Phares
Bixel, Bluffton, and Mrs. Arthur Xii.
lam, Lima, won prizes in games.
Other guests were Mrs. Otis Rurk,
holder, Mrs. Evan Burkholder ant
Mrs. Weldon Geiger, Col. Grove; Mrs
Paul Spallinger, Lima; Mrs. S. S
Bixel, Mrs. Clarence Amstutz anC
Mrs. Harold Schumacher, Pandora
Mrs. Willis Amstutz, Mrs. Eph. Am
stutz, Mrs. Stanley Bixel, Mrs. Ed
gar Bixel, Misses Beulah, Harriet ant
Geneva Bixel, Misses Lillian, Mabe
and Lucille Amstutz, Bluffton.
Regrets were sent by Mrs. Richarc
Costello, Lima; Mrs. Eugene Wehrly
Findlay; Misses Hilda, Eleanor Jear
and Miriam Bixel of Bluffton.
N# So
Orange Twp. Farm Women's Club
The Orange Township Farm Wo
mems Club will hold a picnic fo1
members and their families on Aug
ust 5 at the Orange Center Commu
nifty House.
Beaverdam w. S. c. S.
The Beaverdam w. S. c. S. vii
hold their next meeting August 5 a
500 p. m. with Alma Amstutz, Edn;
Hall and Julia Rupright as hostesses
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
BedUerdanl Teacher
Becomes A Bride

A double-ring ceremony performed
in the Pleasant View Church of the.
Brethren, Sunday, united in marriage
Miss 10 Ann Wore, Route 2, Colum-
bus Grove, and Mr.. James H. Bassett,
Route 5, Lima.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Wore and the groom
is the son of Mrs. Howard Bassett
and the late Mr.. Bassett.
The bride was graduated from Bea-
verdam high school and Bluffton Col
lege. She is second grade teacher
in the Beaverdam public schools.
The bridegroom, landscape arch
itect, was graduated from Lafayette
Jackson high school and Ohio State
university.
Nearly 30 percent of farm resi-
dents who drown are ron-swinmers.
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graphical center of steel making
has been moved only slightly
south from its previous location"
The report continues:
"The geographical center in
1852 was Beaverdam in Allen
County, Ohio. 1t is still close to
Beaverdam, although now about
six miles south of it.
"Beaverdam, with no steel mill,
is few miles northeast of Lima
and little more than so miles
south of Toledo"
'"The geographical center of
the industry is figured on the ba-
sis of miles times ingot capaci-
ty."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

the advisor and four mothers went on
tour of the following projects:
Dairy, Marilyn Bame and Susan
Webb; Steer Feeding, Joyce Benroth;
Vegetable Gardens, Louise Wilkins,
Marjorie Won Stein and Denise
Scoles; Flower Gardens, Elyina VIII
kins, Janice Gallant and Betty Won
Stein.
Demonstrations given on the tour
were: Care of Dairy Heifer, Marilyn
Bame; Leading a Dairy Calf, Susan
Webb; Vegetable Exhibit, Louis e
Wilkins and Denise Scoles; Flower
Arrangement, Betty Won Stein.
The next meeting will be held at
200 p. m, August 9, at Orange Cen
ter.
Richland Community Circle
Richland Community Circle will
meet at the home of Mrs. Vera Core,
Thursday afternoon, August IL.
Song; Devotionals, Addie Graber;
Roll Call, A Child's Prank; Business;
Reading, What is a Girl, What is a
Boy; Poem, Right Hand Man; Arti-
Gle, Why Want My Son to be a
Country Boy; Song; Benediction;
Contest, Evelyn Bowyer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

o. e. S. Picnic
The annual O. Z. S. family picnic
will be held August at 6:30 p. m. at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram HUI
ser, 1i5 S. Jackson street. Bring
YOUR own table service. In case of
rain. meet in the Methodist church
basement.
Am. Legion Aux. Picnic
The American Legion Auxiliary
picnic will be held August 10 at $3.50
at Harmon Field. All Legion and
Auxiliary members are invite d.
Please bring extra large baskets OF
food as we are entertaining the Jr
Legion team.
Blue Star Mothers ..z...-
The Wayne Daley Chapter, No. %
will meet Wednesday, August IL, al
Buckeye Park for a picnic supper al
$50 D. m. The families of each mem.
Der are invited. Come with well.
filled baskets and your own tablt
service.
w. s. c. s. Circle
The Dorcas Circle of the w. S. G
S. of the Methodist church win NEE
this Thursday afternoon, August 5
at 200 o'clock, at the home of Mis-:
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Not A Steel Mill In Sight, But
BeaUerdam is Center Of Industru

What does it mean to live but
IL miles north of the "geOgraph-
ical center of the steel making
capacity of the United States?"
To the residents of Bluffton
it may not mean a thing but
whether it does or not, recent
report by the American Iron &
Steel Institute places this geo.
graphical center of the steel in
dustry at some six miles south of
Beaverdam. And, at one time,
the geographical center of the in
dustry was located at Mt. Cory
only four miles north.
According to the report of the
AISI Expansion of steel capaci-
ty has been large and widespread
the last two years but the geo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05

More cattle were tested for brucel-
losis by the blood and milk tests last
year than in any previous year.
In 1853, 269,360 pedestrians were
injured in U. S. traffic accidents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16

er Miss Eulalia Maria Figueredo
lived IN Bayamo.
Her grandfather owned . plan.
tation and mill there where Gu.
bans plotted The overthrow Of
Spanish rule.
The scroll presented to Mrs.
Laid reads:
1.-The City of Bayamo, through
its staff of officers of the Honor.
able Lodge, Perucho Figueredo
No. %, feels deeply honored during
the centennial celebration of the
birth of the Cuban hberator and
leader, Jose Marti Perez, to have
here with US in this land of her
glorious ancestors, to Mrs. Eulalia
Maria Figueredo.
In view of this great event,
Bayamo City, cradle of the Cuban
independence, renews the feelings
of patriotism and Graves that the
Creator of the Universe blesses her
along with her husband, Paul
Ladd."
Thirteen officers of the lodge
s4Eed the scroll.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16
Guard
Sends AidTo
Stricken Ship

The Coast Guard today dispatch
ed a plane and a cutter to the ait
OF q disabled fishing vessel wit
five men aboard.
The Lady Betty II, 1Os-foot con
verted air-search rescue vessel
was disabled, taking water ant
drifting $50 miles west of Dry Tor
tugas. the Coast Guard here was
notified at 4:oo a. m.
The fwo-mastsd vessel, en-
route from csmpeehs TO Tampa,
had NJ survival equipment abesre
but does have lks jackets.
A plane from the Coast Guart
Air Station at st. Petersburg tool
off at 4;06 a. m. to drop survival
gear and a portable pump.
Al S:SV q. m, the Coast Guafc
cutter Ariadne Left here to aSsist
as necessary.
Meanwhile, another fishing YES.
Sci, The kS-feet Pink Geld, re-
ported II was disabled with .
broken fuel line in fse engine.
The Pink Gold was Is mile.
northeast Of Tortugas light in II
fathomS of water. The Coast Guarc
was attempting to contact another
Shrlmper in the area to assist the
disabled vessel.
The CG-sa4OS, and ss-foot cutter
was enroute to Tortugas light on
a ioglStics run and will tow the
Pink Gold to Key West if neces
sary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16
Descendant OF
Cuban Patriot
Is Honored
Mrs. Paul Laid
Is Granddaughter
Of Composer OF
Cuban Natl Song

Mrs. Paul Ladd, recently honor
ed by q Cuban lodge, said today
that she and her husband plan tt
visit Cuba to participate in the
annual carnival.
The Ladds live at Eagle Avenue
and 18th st.
Mrs. Ladd, whose paternsi
grandfather. Peruehe Fisversdo,
composed the national anthem OF
Cuba, recently was given an en-.
graved scroll by The Bayamc,
Cuba, Lodge Of The Order Of HE
Caballeros de Ia Luz.
AS a child, Mrs. Ladd, the form.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16
City Okays Presentation Of Rodeo
AT Special Meeting Called Today
Feb 4DeadIne Set For NIL Rebh To Char,
Fund For Little
Dolores GrOiUS

The fund being raised for liz.
tie Dolores Dissdiertt is grow.
ing.
The Lions Club, whose main
project is work with the blind,
is giving . substantial eontri.
button, according 70 Lions Club
president, Paul AIbvry.
A woman came in Yesterday
with the contents of her pig.
gy bank"
A check from Frank Bentley
has already been turned over
10 The Baby Dolores Fund"
Others who were fovehed by
the bsbY's story have called 10
say that they were sending
contributions 50 that Dolores
can have . chance 70 see.
The Citizen will be happy 10
accept contributions for DeIor.
es and turn them over 10 The
fund.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16
County Officials
Discuss Situation
With CAB Mon.
BY DENIS SNEicR

National Airlines has un-
til Feb. "a to reply to Mon
roe County's complaint a
bout the line cancelling
three of its four daily flights
here.
After that date, the Civil
Aeronautics Board will de-
eide whether to start formal
action against NAL or to re-
ject the county's complaint.
This was the word from Washing.
ton today where Paul Sawyer, at
toney for the county commission.
ers, met yesterday afternoon with
Robert L. Griffith, chief of the
compliance division of the CAB.
According to an Associated Press
dispatch from Washington, Sawyer
was accompanied to the CAB meet.
ing by Harold A. Wilde, county
airport consultant, and Billy vii.
cox, an aide to Rep. Bill Lantafi
(D-Fla).
In . petition filed with shs
CAB, Sawyer charged that NAL
violated . regulation by not civ.
ing 10-days notice Of . change IN
airmai schedules.
The petition further charged that
NAILS lone daily flight was not
meeting the public's need and con-
fveMence for air service.
J NAL dropped three of its four
daily flights between here and Mi.
ami on Jan. /, the date a new
rate schedule went into effect at
Meacham Field. The line now OPP
crates one daily round trip with a
14-passenger plane.
IN The meantime, Griffin told
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16
Outstanding Comedy Scores
Success On Opening Night
Mickey Renna,
ID. CaracciOlO
Are Outstanding
In Barn Play
BY MARGARET FoREsMAN

The Key West Players have done
lit again!
Last night their latest produc
ton, BELL, Book and Candle. >
was acclaimed by a capacity au
dience at the Barn Theatre as an
other outstanding success.
The John van Druten comedy
ably directed by Emily Goddard
is enacted with a deft professional
touch, much Of which must be at
tributed to the poise and ability Of
Mickey Renna.
Mickey, Is Gillian, carries The
play throughout, being on stage
for almost the entire fine. She
is convincing even in the whim-
steal role Of . young lady who,
AFTER dsvotins most Of her time
TO The black magic OF wifeheraff,
changes suddenly 10 . girl who
would alter her whole life for
love.
Josef Hurka, president of the
Players, is the suave Shepherd
Henderson who swings rapidly
through the PAGES from being a
lstuffy tenant in the upstairs apart.
.ment to being a bewitched young
man in love and being a disillu.
stoned and again stuffy ex-tenant
Then, as the hero should in a com.
edy, he is again a young man in
love, through the magic of true
emotion. Hurka is an able actor
and he handles his Bell, Book
and Candle" role with a practiced
touch.
Dorothy Caracciolo witches her
way straight to the hearts of the
audience with her wonderful char.
acterization of the aging but still
active Aunt Queenie, who gets a
lot out of life through her minor
witchery.
So perfect is her portrayal of the
role that one can almost believe
that even as Dorothy Caracc;olo
las well as in the stage role, she
might be able to cast a little spell
OF sorts on people she sees. Her
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16
Battlabip Maine Dead
Honorsd In Ceremony
Legion Post :
CO. "~S
crate
disaster

The men who died aboard thu
battheship Maine Sc years ago wert
honored yesterday afternoon il
ceremonies at the city cemetery
In the fenced plot where man,
Iof the Maine dead lie, member
of veterans organizations gathered
to honor not only the dead Of TIKI
Spanish-American war but the
dead Of other United States con
flicts.
A sprinkling Of spectators stood
outside the iron fence. Three sight
seeing cars drove by the plot
while the ceremonies were in pro
gress.
The Disas ter
The Maine, ordered to Havans
in January. 1898, to protect U. S
citizens. was blown up Feb. Is
killing 264 men and two officers.
An external mine was blamed for
the disaster.
Standing before the Maine monu.
ment, Vance Stirrup, of Arthur
Sawyer Post No. q, American lie,
gion. introduced the, program.
The quartet of the high school
band played several selections
Mayor C. B. Harvey spoke brief
ly: and Mrs. Ethel A. Godfrey, ma.
tional president of the Gold Star
Mothers Inc. of America, gave a
reading. Mrs. Godfrey Is from
Washington, D. C.
Salute To The Dead
The firing squad of the Key wes'
guard of honor Saluted the dead
and Frank Bervaldi, of the high
school band, played taps.
The invocation was by Mrs. Clio.
rina Bayly, chaplain of the Arthur
Sawyer Unit No. Is, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Capt. c. L. Murphy, USN, chic
of staff at the Naval Base here
was the principal speaker.
In his talk, Capt. Murphy tolc
how the United States graduated tG
the ranks of world power as a re
suit of the Spanish conflict.
Saying that the Maine sinking
touched off the fight with Spain
he added:
Successful War
"The war that followed was 3
successful one. as far as we were
concerned. It lasted lis days, end
ing Spanish rule, and therefore
foreign rule, in the Western hemi
sphere.
Probably the most important
thing to develop from the Spanish
American War;" he continued
was our purchase of Puerto Rico
Guam and the Philippine Islands
from Spain. Acquisition of the Pa
cific islands of Guam and the Phi
lippines made US a world powel
Continued Cn Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16

Less than "a hours before
about $50 p. m. yester-
day-the commission voted
unanimously to revoke their
permission to let the rodeo
show.
Last Friday, the commissioners
unanimously okayed the rodeo.
Under the resolution passed TO.
day, LITTLE Dolores Disdsiertt,
five.month-old sIsueoms victim,
will get all Of the eifY's 10 per
cent OF the rodeo's gross.
The Key West Citizen started q
fund raising campaign so the little
girl can have a sight restoring OPP
Grafton.
TodaY's resolution also ups The
rodeo's bond against possible
damage 70 the field from $1,000
10 5000.
The meeting today started quiet
~ enough with Roberts moving
that the rodeo be permitted 10
show with the city's t.s.s Asing
given to little Dolores.
Carbonell seconded the motion.
Then Harvey called for discus
sion of the motion and the up-in-
arms business began.
J. Y. Porter w, city attorney,
suggested that the bond be raised
to 5000.
Victor vieks, vice president Of
fhs National Rodeo Association,
told the meeting I'VE are not com.
ing Into the stadium with bull.
dozers. and wreekers. I have new.
Or placed . bond that high, even
at wrisIsY Field or Soldiers
Field"
Earl Adams, county clerk and
president OF the Quarterback Club,
asked the commissioners:
"How can you gentlemen enter
into a contract to let this rodeo
play In Wickers Stadium when the
city code says you can not. You'd
be guilty of a misdemeanor."
How much damage can they
do?" Roberts asked.
Considerable" Adams replied.
Vieks then addressed carbo-
nell, asking him IL he saw any
OF fhs stock leave the arena area
when carborelI saw The rodeo
play last week in Miami Stadium.
Carbonell said he saw no stock
leave the arena.
Vicks asked il Carboneii noted
that spectators could not get d.
reedy from the stands to the arena.
Carboneh said he did.
I'VE fence off ths bIesehers
from the field" vieks said. "Is
keeps steers or horses from get.
ting into The infieId or the bleach.
srs. Also we've got men on pick
Up horses. These are quarter
horses and the men who ride
them are not jerks. They know
how TO handle stock"
Adams then wanted 20 know
where the stock will be kept be.
tween performances.
Vicks drew a diagram Of Wick.
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16
|Go-Aheod
Us Given
On, Ferry
City Commission
Grants SirugO
Lease On Tract
OF Waterfront

The city commission gave
the go-ahead signal last
night to the proposed auto
ferry line between Key West
and Cardenas, Cuba, when
they granted a lease to Joe
Sirugo, local contractor, for
a tract of waterfront land at
the foot of Simonton Street
for use as the Key West ter
minus of the line.
The commission voted unani
mously to grant the lease.
Sirugo then announced that hi
will break ground soon for con
struction of landing facilities on the
land, the old Wagner property
which has been lying dormant toa
upwards of 80 years.
The lease says mat Sirvso
must break srevnd for eensfrue.
tion o. HE ferminal within six
months and have tho ferry In
operation before December 81,
1854 or fse lease is null and weld.
The proposal met with approva!
from Fred Dion, local realtor, WIKI
has been negotiating for . ferry
for some time.
"I'm happy 10 agree that TIM:
is q good thing -- let's get a ferry
into Key West" said Dion.
The lease statos MAT IN tha
event HE ferry operation grows
TO The point whore me $imonton
Street facilities are inadequate,
Sirvao's Company mus neso.
fiats for . lsass a. ths Clyde
Msliery Decks, which NE city
bought for Q ferry terminal mere
man . year sgo.
Sirugo agreed to pay the cit.
500 per month for the First teu
years Of the 20 year lease and SIS
monthly for he halance At II
pact.
Sirugo sAid that negotiation.
have been completed for the pur
chase Of q boat 10 start the Thrice
weekly service and that talks arr
in progress IN Washington viii
government officials for approve.
of the start Of service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-16
Commission
Passes No
ParkingLaw
Duval Street
Parking Banned
Daily From 4
To 6 PM. Here

Parking on the east side Of Du
val Street between the hours of 1
to 6 p. m. daily viii be prohibited
in the future, according to an or
dinance passed last night on sec
ond reading by the city commits
sion.
The commission voted to bar
parking Of all vehicles, including
delivery trucks. despite a spirited
opposition raised by a group d
Duval Street merchants and one Of
their members, Commissioner Lou
is Carbonell.
The Chamber Of Commerce Re.
tail Merchants Division had ear.
lisr voted unanimously 10 oppose
The measure, claiming that il was
discriminatory and would disrvp.
the normal operation Of iheir
business.
Commissioner Carbonell held
that the ordinance would "discri
inmate against Duval Street mer
chants"
IF we are going to pass an or
dance like this, we should put il
into effect all over the city and
not just on Duval Street." Car
bonell said.
But Mayor c. B. Harvey com
mented that the Duval Street ha:
a serious traffic problem, unlike
some other parts of the city.
Commissioner Jack DELANEY
moved adoption of the ordinance
and Commissioner Paul r. Rob
erts seconded his motion. The com
mission voted Al in favor of it
with Carbonen casting the only dis
senting vote.
Delaney later suggested that the
commission defer action on the or
ldinance but his fellow commission
ers said that they preferred to take
positive action.
After the vote, Commissioner
CarboleA said that ''he wanted t.
90 on record as demanding tina
the ordinance be enforced to tht
letter"
Earlier, he and another DIVA
Street merchant pointed out thar
private cars bearing delivery sign:
had been parking on Duval Stree
for long periods OF times.