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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02

The echoes of children's voices
shouting that school was out for the
summer had scarcely died down when
a bulldozer appeared early Tuesday
morning at the old grade school
grounds to begin clearing the way foI
the new building.
A dozen towering maple trees on
the northeast corner of the lot were
soon sprawled dying on the play
ground, and axe marks in the bark
of others marked them for the same
fate within a day or two.
"Looks like things are getting of
to flying start here" remarked
Martin Howey who will manage the
construction work on the new building
for the general contractor, Knowltor
Construction Co. of Bellefontaine. Mr.
Howey arrived on the scene to locate
a spot for the trailer, he and Mrs
Howey will call home for the next
year while the job is underway.
The bulldozer operated by Dick
Spain & Associates of Lewisburg
Ohio, had been assigned its task by
Howey. The same firm will handle
excavation work on the new building
and Howey said that it was likely
that the digging would begin within
the next week.
Lloyd Schaeffer of Athens, Ohio
who has wrecked number of ole
buildings for the Knowlton Co., was
to arrive on the scene within the next
day or two to begin demolition work
the job manager said.
For week or two Mr.. Howey wll
travel between the local project anc
another which his firm is completing
in Delaware. Then he will literally
live on the job here until it is COM
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
S1,85O Compressor
Ordered By Town
For Street Crew

Purchase of new air compressor
at cost of $3.50 for use of the
towns street and waterworks depart
ments was authorized last week
by municipal council and the board
of public affairs.
Bought to replace an imperative
compressor which experts have re-
ported is beyond repair, the new
equipment will be delivered next
week. 1t is used to operate an air
hammer and other air tools.
The purchase was made from the
Jaeger Manufacturing Co., of
Columbus.
After its delivery the new compress
sor will be available for rental to
residents of the town, providing a
town operator handles the work, it
was decided at the meeting. In
previous years rental of the COM
pressor did not require its operation
by skilled workmen of the town, but
with new equipment on hand it was
recommended that only those accus-
toned to its operation use it for pri-
vate work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
The school board

baseball program. The school board
is providing supervision personnel.
Schmidt and Harris announced this
week that the program would begin
as scheduled Monday. They pointed
out, however, that the first week
would be on a temporary basis to find
out what type of program would hold
the most interest.
During the first week only after
noon sessions from / to 4:30 p. m.
Monday through Friday and evening
sessions from $50 to $3.50 Monday
and Wednesday will be held. The
following week a morning program
from 9:30 to 1880 will be added.
Although the program is designed
for children of school age, younger
children are welcome to take part II
accompanied by older brothers OF
sisters. Sand boxes and other play
ground equipment will be available
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Anderson,
Rawson, boy, Farley Virgil, born
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Hartman,
Bluffton, a girl, Carol Jean, born Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rayon Boutwell,, Ada,
a girl, Laura Jean, born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dennis, Hoyt-
Vile, a boy, Theodore Jay, born Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ohlen Casper. Dun
kirk, a girl, Janeen Renee, born Sun
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Mccoy phyllis
Steiner), Lafayette, Indiana, girl,
Peggy Ann, born May %. Mrs. Nc
Coy is a former resident of Bluffton
and the daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
E. G.. Steiner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02

Bluffton surprised many observers
who have felt that trade was more
heavily developed westwardly toward
Pandora. The map showed an appre-
ciable number of customers in the
Lafayette and Ada area and as far
east as Arlington.
There was a marked sparsity of
Bluffton customers north of Rawson
and west of Rockport.
Individual businesses varied great
ly, the report showed. One store
plotted practically all of its rural
customers west of town, apparently
neglecting the market on the other
side.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
Mysterious Plane
Checks Magnetism
OF Earth In Area

A low-flying aircraft trailing
behind it a mysterious yellow
object, and traversing over Bluff
ton repeatedly Tuesday was an
instrument plane of the u. S.
Geological Survey, the State
Highway Patrol has reported.
Receiving numerous phone calls
regarding the antics of the mys-
teriOus plane, the Highway Pa
troll checked into the matter and
learned that the plane is measur-
ing the earth's magnetism in this
area. The Lima office of the pa
troll said that it was advised that
the object trailing the plane is
the instrument used in recording
the strength of the earth's
magnetism.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
Jolly Swiss To
Again Have Their
Day On Campus
Annual Swiss Day Program
To Bring Many Here
From Wide Area

AS Swiss as an Alpine yodel, Der
Schwietzer Tag will again be observed
on the Bluffton College campus Fri
day as the prelude to the college com
mencement activities, and the decend-
ents of the Swiss who settled IN Bluff
ton, Pandora, Berne and Wayne
county and helped to found the col
lege, will take over for the day.
The program will open at noon with
basket lunch, the likes Of which
would be difficult to match, and a
program in Founders Hall will follow
at 2 p. m. and be resumed again at
p. m. in the evening.
An exhibit of Swiss antiques and
heirlooms will be displayed at Found
ers Hall, and residents of Bluffton
and nearby communities who have
items used in the early days of the
Swiss settlement, are urged to bring
them for display.
HC hOlilcH . S6iNlCS SLOup VI Tie
First Mennonite church will serve
supper at Founders Hall beginning
at 4:30. Proceeds will be used for
the Memorial Home.
The program beginning at p. m.
is as follows:
Vorsitzer, d'Stutz Wilhelm; Bibel
Lesung, d'Sprunger Vernon; Wilkom-
men, d'Soldner Dora; SINCE, Schul
Versele; Gedichtle, d'Steiner Jess;
Musk, d'3B's; Caerpet Lumpe Naeate,
d'Wieber vo Berne; Musk, d'Hahn
Berta; Geschaefts Sitzung
The evening program:
Vorsitzer, d'Stutz Wilhelm; SINCE
vo alte G'meins Lieder; Bibel Lesung,
d'Sprunger Vernon; Musk, d'Spitna-
gel Familie; Kinder VerSale, d'Habeg-
ger Martha; Musk, d'Schumacher
Oliver; Es Schnadder, Der Michael un
der Set; Musk, d'Mattevi Marilyn
und d'Mast Kenneth; Kollecte; Bilder
vo der Schwietz, dGratz Delbert;
SINCE.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02

RAIDS Bluffton college marketing
class, which recently completed a
survey on the question for the as
sociation.
Over a recent two-week period,
customers entering the local stores
were asked to check their evening
shopping preferences on register
sheets prepared for that purpose.
The marketing class computations
were based on count taken from
the store registrations.
DR.. Raid explained that there may
have been some Implications in vot-
ing due to persons registering their
choice at more than one store. Be
cause of the heavy one-sided nature
of the vote, however, these duplica-
tions were not checked out by the
class.
The report comes on the heels of
an announcement by the Retail Divi-
sion of the Findlay Chamber of Com
merce that beginning August l.,
Findlay will switch from Saturday
night to Monday night store open
ings. The decision was reached there
by means of ballot published in
the newspaper in which 700 residents
of the area expressed their opinions
with IS percent favoring Saturday
store closings and remaining open on
Monday evening.
Previously the merchants had been
polled showing the majority favored
the change.
The college marketing class also
reported to the merchants on the re-
suits of a market area survey con-
Quoted at the same time.
A sample plotting of the homes OF
579 rural customers showed an un-
usually even distribution of custo-
mers on all sides of town. The num-
Der of customers south and east OF
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02

school coaches, will be fall-tlme
supervisors and morning, afternoon
and evening sessions are on the
agenda.
First steps in the preparations for
the program were begun early this
week with the removal of part of the
playground equipment from the old
elementary school to Harmon Field.
At the same time blacktopping OF
tbe cement tennis court at the courts
across from Harmon Field is being
completed by the Stahl Contracting
Co. Findlay. A similar treatment
will be applied to the area under the
stadium which houses concession
stands and rest room facilities.
The village council has provided
s2 300 for the program which will be
used for improvement of facilities
Another $3.50 was donated by the
American Legion to be used for equip
ment and other costs of the Junior
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
Ralph 7. Stearns
New President OF
H. S. Alumni Assn
Group Resolves To Preserve
Some Part OF Old Grade
School Building

Ralph 7. Stearns, assistant post
master of Bluffton, was elected presi-
dent of the high school alumni as
sociation at the annual dinner Friday
evening of last week in the school
cafeteria. Mr.. Stearns is a member
of the Class of 1914.
Other new officers are Miss
Meredith Stepleton, rs, vice presi-
dent; Sarah Jane Huser Amstutz, cor
responding secretary; Madeline Nc
Cune Deppler, recording secretary;
and Donivan Augsburger, treasurer
All of the officers are residing in the
Bluffton community.
Principal item of business before
the group was resolution presented
by Silas Diller providing that the as
sociation make an effort to preserve
some part of the old grade school
building for posterity. Although the
resolution did not specify it, all dis.
cussion was on the preservation of the
old school bell.
A committee to execute the resolu.
ton was named with Diller as chair.
man.. Other members are Armiu
Hauenstein, Dan Tripplehorn, Dicl
Jordan, Wilford Geiger and Wilhelm
Amstutz.
Dinner was served to an attendance
of 185 persons as compared with {
smaller attendance of 118 the prev
ious year. Following the dinner anC
business meeting the group enjoyed
dancing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
DetrOiters Unhurt,
Auto Wraps Around
Pole At Swiss Inn

Two Detroit men escaped injury,
but their auto was completely dem
olished in an accident Saturday morn
ing in front of the old Swiss Inn on
State Route 25, south of Bluffton.
Curtis L. Moore, %, driver of the
auto, and his friend A. ]. Allen, 80,
were required to continue their trip
home by bus, after wreckers 'ua-
wrapped" their car from a utility post
at the roadside. Losing control of the
car, it swung sideways into the post
and made a complete revolution
around it. State patrolmen said it
was one of the most unusual mishaps
they had seen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
Camp Fire Service Tonight Closes
Girl Scout Program At Harmon Field

leaders participated.
Special emphasis was placed this
year on out-of-doors campcraft IN
struction and practice. Glasses were
conducted in campfire cookery, fire
building, knots, lashing, tree identi-
fication, and bird and flower study,
Many of the girls worked on various
outdoor badge qualifications.
At tonight's Fy-Up ceremony
Brownies are expected to be accom-
panied by a parent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
BlufftOn College
INVITES YOU TO
Commencement Activities
June 3-6, 1855

FRIDAY
NJ. Swiss Day Basket Lunch Baseball Green
p M. Swiss Day Program Founders Hall
M. Swiss Day Program - Founders Hall
SATURDAY
A. . NJ. Varsity "B" Breakfast Founders Hall
A. M. Women's Varsity "B' Breakfast Walnut Grill
A. NJ. Alumni Varsity Baseball and Tennis
A NJ Lunche Campus
NJ. Class Reunions AS, 49, 80 '25, is, O5
Program for Class of 1855 Ranseyer Chapel
NJ. Box Classes '55, AS, 49, 80 80
p NJ. Growing of May Queen Baseball Green
P. M. Alumni Banquet Founders Hall
p NJ Ramseyer Chapel
A Sunday n Churches
A Services
P. NJ. Baccaaureate Services Founders Hall
Together With God" L. L. Rameyer
{:15 P. Nj. Presidents Reception Presidents Home
P. NJ. Vesper Choir Concert Founders Hall
MONDAY
Commencement Program Founders Hall
Durable Satisfactons' Bland L.. Stradley
Vice-President, University
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02

Impressive camp fire services and
a fly-up ceremony tonight, Thurs
day, will close the Day Camp pro-
gram conducted Tuesday and Wednes-
day at Harmon Field for approximate
ly 80 Bluffton Girl Scouts and
Brownies.
The girls attending the two-day
camping program represented four
Girl Scout Troops and four Brownie
groups of the community, and Is
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
Mount Cory Woman
Breaks Leg In Fall

Mrs. Henry Fritz, Mount Cory,
suffered fractured right leg last
Saturday when she fell from a step
ladder in the kitchen of her home.
She was removed to Lima Memorial
hospital by the Paul Diller ambulance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
BuIIdozer Levels Naples
On Site Of NeW School

pleted. His housetrailer will be To-
Gated on the Lawn avenue side of the
building beneath the remaining
naples. Arrangements were complet-
ed Monday for water, sewer and
electric connections.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
Harmon Field Recreation Program Opens
MOndau Under School TOWn Sponsorship

Buttons recreation program first organized pro-
ram to be offered here several will at Harmon
Field Monday.
The activities provided under supervision of the board OF ed
cation and financially also by village council Will include tun
children Schmidt Harris high
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-02
Blufton Shoppers Cling
10 Saturday Night Habit,
And Like 1t That Way
Customer Surrey Shows 7S4 To 454
Prefer Saturday To Friday Shop Nights

BY opheavy vote of 84 to 454 patrons of Buttons retail
stores have indicated they prefer traditional Saturday night shop
ping to the trend towns toward Friday evening shopping
instead.
This to be the g of report made to the Buton Busi
Mems association Wednesday evening by DR. Howard D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20

These are the Station-to-Station
rates for the first three minutes,
all day Sunday and every night
after 6 O'Clock. They do not
include the federal excise tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Liquor Boord Seeks Curb
On Lengthy Hearings

'Tt's a matter of law" he said.
II doubt If we have any more
right to limit the number of wit
nesses in a case than a court
would"
Mr.. Fairall. whose term ex-
pires June /, said the board
hopes to persuade attorneys to
limit themselves in the future.
"One solution" Mr.. Porter
said, might be to limit . the
number of applications that
would be received in a month.
Another possibility would be to
hold more than one meeting
each month"
The board requested the Gen.
eral Assembly to change the
liquor laws, including q provi-
sion for one monthly meeting.
The law now reads there shall"
be one meeting a month and
Mr.. Porter said it does not spe-
officially prohibit more sessions,
but no provision is made for
compensation.
Mr.. Fairall recalled that there
have been special sessions in
the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Tour Of Old Maryland
Estotes Begins Friday

QUESTIONS in sculpture. paintings.
china. glass and 18th century
furniture.
Carroll Estate Open
Doughoregan Manor. near the
intersection of Routes 90 and 40,
the alternate route to Baltimore.
was last on the pilgrimage
six years ago. The country seat of
the CAROLS. started in TIT by
the father of Charles Carroll of
Carrollton, a signer of the Dec
laration of independence, it has
been added to by successive gen.
erations without departure from
the original Colonial architec-
ture.
1t is owned by Philip A. Car
roll Of New York.
Many Other Homes
Fridays tour, the first on the
program. is in Anne Arundel
County, including the West
River area.
Tulip Hill, one of the finest
houses in Maryland, that every
resident of this area should see
at least once in a lifetime, will
be open. and there are other
nationally known shrines in the
area for the pilgrim interested
in Colonial architecture.
Saturdays tour is of Charles
County. There are II places on
the tour. a full day in the 18th
century if you are going to see
them all. Rose Hill and La
Grange. near Port Tobacco. and
Araby, not far off the Indian
Head highway, are especially
interesting.
The Sunday tour is Of ST,
Marys County, Oldest in the
State, where the original set
tiers from the Ark and the Dove.
the two little ships sent out by
Lord Baltimore, landed in 1884.
Don't miss Mulberry Fields
Q760). Cremona Q819), and
Sotterly (1727. All are kept in
perfect condition by owners of
wealth, the last by a grand
of j. P. Morgan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

II lawyers refuse to limit the
time in which they present cases
to the Prince Georges County
Liquor Board. there appears to
be little the agency can do about
it without risking reversals by
the courts.
These were the views ex-
pressed by two officials of the
board yesterday in follow-up
inquiries on a l6-hour session
that begain at 10 am. Thurs
day and wound up early Friday
morning.
Ross Porter. counsel to the
board, said. II recommend that
each side be limited to one or
one and a half hours in pre-
senting its case. After that the
witnesses usually repeat them
selves, anyway"
He conceded there might be
some legal basis against such a
plan. however.
Board Chairman Ernest Fair
all. was asked why one hearing
that kept the group in session
until 2:30 am. was allowed to
consume about eight hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Friday marks the start of q
fortnight in which motoring
through Maryland can be more
than q combination of spring
scenery. splendid bridges, i'm
proved highways. and filling sta
tons, motelS and taverns.
On Friday. the annual Mary
land House and Garden Pilgrim
age starts, during which many
Of the treasures of the State,
magnificent houses just of roads
you have traversed so often, are
open.
Each day of the two weeks is
open house in one section of the
State, usually a county. Tickets
for a days tour are $3.50 each
and may be obtained at the
American Automobile Associa-
ton. 1712 G street NV. Admis-
sion to a single house is 81.
Seldom Seen Estates
The Prince Georges-Howard
County tour is scheduled for
Tuesday, May 10. 1t would be
well to mark that in your future
book because it includes three
estates seldom opened to the
public.
One is Belair on the Defense
Highway (Route SOD to Annap-
oils. Thousands have passed it,
never knowing it is there, for it
cannot be seen from the road.
1t is one Of the grand Colonial
houses Of Maryland, built in
1742 for the wife of Gov. Samuel
Ogle. Belair is a famous name
in this century. for during the
ownership of the william Wood
wards, father and son. it was the
home of Gallant Fox and now of
Nashua, the 1855 Kentucky
Derby favorite.
Another is Montpelier. near
Laurel, the home of Breckenridge
Long. former Assistant Secretary
OF State and Ambassador to
Italy.
Montpelier was built in 1920 by
Thomas Snowden. Today it is
the repository Of Mrs. Longs ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

the General Assembly be asked
to amend the statute to an
earlier date.
Charles ]. Walsh, assistant
superintendent for personnel,
told the board 1--WE are losing
good many each year" to other
Jurisdictions which are able to
hire teachers earlier.
DR.. Draheim also suggested
that School Superintendent T.
Edward Rutter get in touch with
other superintendents in the
nearby Virginia area to work to-
ward this goal. Budget approval
dates vary among the nearby
Jurisdictions.
Although no formal action was
taken, the board members indi-
Gated they were in agreement.
Several months ago, the School
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
CIV HIGH GIRL, II,
SELECTED As TOP
BUSINESS STUDENT

A George Washington
High School student from
Alexandria has been selected
as the outstanding girl busi-
ness student in Virginia.
Ann Austin, 17-year-old
senior. was chosen at a con-
vention yesterday of State
chapters of the Future
Business Leaders of Amer
lea. The outstanding male
business student selected at
the Richmond meeting was
Deane Baughan, Is, of
Louisa County.
Mis- Austin is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence E. Austin, 16 w. Spring
street, Alexandria. She is
president of the CIV High
Future Business Leaders
Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Crosh Kills Student
At Brideewuter
THE SUNDAY STAR AT
Washington, D. C. sss
SUNDAY. APRIL -. 1855

HARRISONBURG. Va, April
% (PJ.-Paul E. Cheeks. Is, of
Union Bridge. Md. a student at
Bridgewater College, was killed
in a traffic accident S miles north
OF here on U. S. IL early today.
State Trooper Joseph C. Hash
quoted the driver of the tractor
trailer in collision with Mr..
Cheeks car as saying Mr.. Cheeks
gave a right-hand signal and
then turned left in front of the
passing truck. The driver of the
Associated Transport Truck was
listed as Lee A. Pulliam, A, of
Burlington, N. c.
Mr.. Cheeks died in a Harrison
burg hospital 20 minutes after
being admitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
School Budget
Speed Is Urged

Members Of the Arlington
School Board are working for
an earlier budget approval date
in order to have a better chance
Of hiring teachers.
The board cannot contract to
employ teachers until its budget
is approved. Deadline for ap-
proval, now May Is, is set by
State law.
AT a board meeting yesterday,
DR.. Erwin r. Draheim urged
that the Arlington delegation to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

Board sent letter to the County
Board asking that the budget be
approved earlier in the year. DIR.
Draheim said the School Board
had not yet received a reply to
the request.
In other action, the board
agreed to lease part Of the Wake
field High School playground to
the Arlington YMCA for $3.50
for eight weeks, beginning June
%. The YMCA will use the play
ground facilities for an athletics
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Cow Flood Victim
Suved 8 Miles at Seq

During Australia's recent
floods. fishermen found a COW
swimming eight miles off the
coast.
It had been carried 40 miles
down the flooded Hunter River
from the Maitland area. The
fishermen landed it on an island.
alive, Sydney reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Syracuse Alumni Dinner

The Washington Alumni Club
Of Syracuse University will hold
a dinner-meeting at pm. Tues
day in the Kennedy Warren,
1888 Connecticut avenue. DR..
William p. Tolley, Syracuse Uni
versity chancellor, will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Seasonal Economy

HARTFORD. Conn. iP). A
mild winter saved Hartford tax
payers 100000. Only about
100000 of the $4,000 set aside
for snow removal was spent.