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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
Margaret DiUer
To Give Recital

Miss Margaret Diller, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Diller of 239
South Main street, Bluffton will give
a song recital at her home Sunday
afternoon, November 20, at 8 o'clock.
A student of her uncle, Alvin
Burkholder of Findlay, Miss Diller
has studied voice for four years. She
has appeared in leading soprano
roles in "The Mikadc" and "H. M. S.
Pinafore", community productions,
and has also sung for numerous
community churches and organization
programs. .a df
On the Sunday program will be a
group of Italian songs, German
lieder, art songs, and numbers from
1.-THE Messiah" and 'sThe Creation" !"
Saundra Berry will accompany Miss
Diller at the piano. The public is
invited to attend.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17

public will center it's attention on
the $3.50 A. M. Union service to be
held in the Church of Christ on East
Elm street.
The Rev. w. ]. Hannum, pastor of
the Bluffton and Rockport Presby-
terian churches, will be the speaker
for the services which are sponsored
by the Bluffton Ministerial associa-
tion. His topic will be "The Soul That
Swings and Rings.
A program of special music will
also be provided for the service by
a quartet of the First Mennonite
church.
AS in former years the Thanks
giving offering will be appropriately
given to the Christian Rural Over
seas Program in support of the
"Share Our Surplus" program of
Church World Service.
College classes will be dismissed
at noon Wednesday to give students,
who must travel some distance to
their homes, headstart for the holi-
day. The public school classes will
continue until the regular dismissal
time on Wednesday afternoon. All
will return to classes on the follow
ing Monday.
Practically all Bluffton retail
stores will be closed as will the in
dustrial firms, bank and post office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
Community Calendar
off The Press

The Community Calendar, publish
ed annually by the Bluffton Lions
club, and noting all of the important
meetings and programs planned
through the year by various organiza-
tions, was released for distribution
last week by the club.
Each of the So Bluffton business
firms, who make the calendar possible
by their advertisements on it, will
have copies for free distribution. Ad-
ditional copies will be provided for
distribution at The Citizens National
Bank, The Bluffton News and Beach
Radio & TV shop. Oliver Beach, Jr.,
has been general chairman of the
Lions committee in charge of the cal
endar.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17

the land removed from production on
each farm will be seeded to grass and
kept out of production for two years.
The land so ":padlocked" may not be
used for pasture or any productive
purpose.
At the end of the two-year pro-
gram, the grassland would be return
ed to production and an equivalent
amount on another part of the farm
retired. The program would contin-
ue until farm production is brought
in line with demand.
The government would pay the
farm owner or operator for the pad
locked land on the basis of his earn
ings per acre.
An additional subsidy and parity
payment for the farm commodities
sold on the open market would be pro-
vided to permit competition with labor
in the market.
(Continued on Page g.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
Pirates GiUen TUO
More Years In WBL

BlufftOn received a "vOte of
confidence" at the Western Buck
eye League meeting at Van Vert
Monday night when league Off
cials elected to permit the Pr
ates to continue as a member of
the loop in basketball for the
1856 and 1861 seasons.
The decision was voted on un-
animously by the member schools
of the league. Following the two
year period the Pirates will def
initely be dropped from member
ship in the WBL.
Admission of Coldwater to the
league was turned down at the
meeting by a So vote.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17

Herb Conrad pulled the trigger
on the prize deer Of the trip,
165-pound s-point buck which
bounded through the bush and
came into his - hts iat a distance
of about so yards.
Rice's buck was two and a half
years old and Conrad's was
year older.
The group of Bluffton hunters
reported having seen a total of
Ia deer during their week in Can
ada.
Upon their return home, the
animals were dressed out by
Francis Reichenbach at the Ba-
dertscher slaughter house on
Geiger street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
Amputation Necessary
In COrnpicker Mishap

Amputation of two fingers of the
right hand was necessary Wednesday
morning for Asa Boedicker, Bluffton
farmer, who injured his hand in a
corn picker accident Tuesday of last
week.
Mr.. Boedicker mangled his hand in
the picker, but managed to complete
his job and unload the corn before
driving to Bluffton Community hospi-
tai for assistance. Not wishing to
alarm his wife, he told her he was
going to town on an errand.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17

Paul Diller, chairman of the re-
creation commission, said that his
board planned to meet with council
next Tuesday evening. A represent
ative of the Toledo engineering firm
of Finkbeiner, Pettis and Strout will
attend the meeting. Also invited to
be present are the councilmen-elect
who will take office on January /.
The recreation commission held it's
first meeting since the election Mon
day at noon over luncheon at the
Edelweiss restaurant. At the session,
it was determined to lose no time
pressing council for action on the
pool preliminaries.
Diller said that it will be the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17

birds; Harold Klingler, 2 rabbits;
Myron Motter, 2 and A; Tom Bucher,
Charles Bucher, l and 1; Karl
Krichbaum, Charles Swank, Joe
Swank, Bob Dillman, l bird; Clair
Montgomery, 2 and l; Roger Gossard,
2 and 2; Earl Gossard, 2 and 1; MyrI
Gossard, and 2; Kenney Gossard,
and 1.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
Seek Applicants For
School Bus DriUer Job

Applications are being accepted for
the job of school bus driver to fill
vacancy left by the recent resignation
of Herbert Reichenbach, Superin-
tendent of Schools A. B. Murray has
announced. Wayne Zimmerman is fill
ing the post temporarily until a sue
cessor can be named.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17

Windows of the post office will be
closed, but outgoing mail will be dis
patched as usual.
The Bluffton News, regularly de-
livered on Thursday, will be delayed
until Friday since there will be no
mail delivery in town or on the rural
routes Thanksgiving Day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
GARBAGE COLLECTION

The regular Thursday garbage col
lection will be conducted on Friday
next week because of the Thanks
giving holiday, it was announced by
Street Commissioner Lee Coon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
Recreation Board Pushes
For Early Start On Pool
Commission To Meet With Council
And Engineer Next Tuesday EUening

Hopeful of being able to complete the construction of the
municipal swimming pool in Bufton in time at least part
of next members of the village recreation commission
have requested council lose time setting the legal machinery
into motion for employment of engineer and to sell $4,000
worth of bonds authorized by the voters at the election last week
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
Conflicting Game Reports
Mark Opening Day Shooting
Rains Dampen Clothing And Spirits
But Hunters Out In Usual Numbers

Pheasants plentiful Bufton armands this year
The birds this than
game bag and choose opening day reports
That about the way conflicting reports pleas
ant population stacked Tuesday evening opening day hunters
returned from the rain-soggy fields
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
Union Services Set Stage
For Thanksgiving Here
Families Plan Annual Holiday Reunions
Round TraditionaIly Festive Tables

Union church services will again set the stage Bufon for
the observance of Thanksgiving Thursday morning of next week
business industry and schools close down to celebrate the ho
day, time-honored for its custom of family dinners
With the public school and college students enjoying four
day vacation business establishments closed for the day. the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17
2.9-Inch Rain Flash Floods
Both RleyS Wednesday
Children In School Before Flood
Waters Temporarily Maroon Pedestrians

Iorrenta rains, which unofciay were measured on one
Buton residents at 20 inches fell late Tuesday night and
early Wednesday morning causing both Big Riley creeks
to overflow their banks.
Ahough 1t raned steadily most of the night accompanied by
ashes OF lightning and peas Of thunder Big Riley creek did
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-17

Photos by v. L. Walker
HAPPY HUNTERS are Herb
Conrad, John Swisher, and Ed
Rice, shown above, left to right,
with the trophies of their week
in Ontario. Herb and Ed bagged
their deer within half an hour of
each other last Saturday NOR
ming. Swisher felIed his black
bear with a single shot through
the eye Wednesday of last week.
Members of the local hunting
party in the photo on the right
are; Standing-COnrad, Swisher,
Rice, Gene Mueller, John Gilbert,
Charles Hankish Jr., Dick Ben
roth and Maurice Fett. Clair
Fett and Don Geiger, also men,
bers of the group, were not pre-
sent when the picture was taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
u. S. Women Told
To Leave CeyIon

COLOMBO. Ceylon, May 8
R.-The Ceylon government
has ordered an American wom-
an, Margaret Well, to leave the
island within "a hours. an i'm
migration official said today.
Miss Well, who described her
self as a free-lance Journalist
and writer from New York, ar
rived by plane yesterday from
Japan. She said she was on her
way to the United States.
The government refused her
a visa to stop of in Ceylon be-
cause "she is an undesirable
person" an immigration official
said. Neither police nor United
States Embassy officials would
comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03

Navy Department as q security
risk.
international reporting-Har-
rison E. Salisbury. Al. Of the New
York Times, for his articles on
Russia, summing up his six years
as Moscow correspondent for the
Times.
Editorial writing-The Detroit
Free Press, for an editorial by
the newspapers associate editor,
Royce Howes. who analysed res
possibility of labor and manage
ment in an unauthorized strike
at the Chrysler Corp.
| Cartoons-Daniel r. Fitzpat-
/ rick. of the st. Louis PoSt-Dis-
| patch, for a cartoon showing
Uncle Sam holding bayoneted
rifle, bordering whether to de-
scend into a black swamp
labeled French Mistakes in
Indo- Mr.. Fitzpatrick
won his first Pulitzer Prize in
1925.
News photography-John L.
Gaunt, jr., of the Los Angeles
Times, for a dramatic photo
graph of a young couple on a
California Beach, minutes after
their 19-month- son lost his
life in the surf.
Jack w. Henderson, Is, of
Kansas City, a student at the
Art Students League of New
York, was awarded a $500
travelling scholarship in art. Mr..
Henderson submitted three oil
paintings to the awards jury
Winners Surprised
The awards brought words of
gratitude and surprise from
winners in various parts of the
Nation.
In Louisville. KY, Mr.. Faux
ner called the prize a very fine
honor"
I'm surprised the book was
being considered and I'm very
grateful that it has received
this added acclaim" he said
Mr.. Faulkner is in Louisville to
write a story on the Kentucky
Derby for a national sports
magazine.
At his Key West (Fla) home,
Mr.. Williams said, Il got more
kicks out of winning the Pulit-
ger Prize this time because II
was unexpected"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03

NEW YORK, May 3 up.
Novelist William Faulkner has
been awarded the 1855 Pulitzer
prize for fiction for "a Fable"
an allegorical novel of a World
War I mutiny.
The years drama award went
to Tennessee Williams Cat on
a Hot Tin Roof" a play dealing
with the dissolution of a MisSis-
sippi Delta family. Mr.. Will
liamS' "A Streetcar Named De-
sire" won him his first Pulitzer
prize in 1913.
Both Mr.. Faulkner, 81. a first
time winner. and Mr.. Williams,
Al. are Mississippi-born. Mr..
Faulkner won the 1949 Nobel
prize for literature.
Menotti's Opera Wins
Gian-Carlo Menotti. Italian
born composer and lyricist, re-
ceived the music award for THE
Saint of Blocker Street." an
opera based on religion and
Greenwich Village life. Mr..
Menotti was the winner of the
1850 music prize for another
opera, THE Consul"
The awards, set up in the will
of the late Publisher Joseph
Pulitzer. were announced yes
terday by the Columbia Univer-
sity Board of Trustees. They
were recommended by an advi-
sorry board of prominent men,
bers in the newspaper and pub
fishing fields.
The Columbus (Ga.) Ledger
and Sunday Ledger-Enquirel
won the 1855 award for "disin-
terested and meritorious public
service"
The newspaper was cited fol-
its complete news coverage ano
fearless editorial attack" on the
widespread corruption in nearby
Phenix City, Ala.
Small Town Writers Cited
Local reporting awards went
for the first time, to two small
town newspaper reporters, botf
from Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Faulkner and Williams
Win Top Pulitzer Prizes

They are Mrs. Caro- Brown.
of the Alice CTex0 Daily Echo.
and Roland K. Towery. 81. man
aging editor of the Cuero (TexD
Daily Record.
Mrs. Browns expose of 40
years of corruption and terror
ism in Duval County. Tex. was
adjudged the best example of
local reporting under the pres
sure of edition time. She also
covered for the Associated Press
Mr.. Towery was cited for local
reporting where edition time
was not a factor. He is credited
with exposing a Texas land
scandal involving a 500 million
fund set up by the State to help
veterans to buy land.
Except in music and drama,
the awards cover work done in
1854. The prizes for literature
and music carry grants of $500
each, prizes in the field of in
dividual newspaper work carry
award of $1,000 each. The Co
lumbus Ledger, where staff
teamwork was involved, receives
a gold medal.
List of Winners
History-Paul Morgan of Ros-
| well, N. Mex, for Great River
/ the Rio Grande in North Amer
lean History" a book that took
him IA years to write.
| Biography-William S. White
member of the Washington Bu-
reau of the New York Times,
for biography of the late Sen
ator Robert A. Taft, THE Taft
Story"
Poetry-Wallace Stevens, a
Hartford Comm insurance
company vice president. for his
collected poems.
District Reporter Wins
National reporting - Anthony
Lewis. %. staff member of the
Washington Daily News, for q
series of articles which brought
about reinstatement of Abraham
Chasanow. dismissed from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03

Clearly it's Odmob year! Sales rocketng People everywhere
talking and buying Odds before We'd like show
why First few minutes in showroom then few the
road You'll the ura-smart and exclusive "CoAhead look
and Then
that terrific hghcompreon team the Rocket Engine
and HydraMatc Super Drive To top ALL well show you low
price that calls for action Come for Rocket Ride in
gamorous SIS Osmobe you'll join the shouting when you do
pionu a rnu COST.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-09-29

Fairport who wore waltze len
9Th dresses of amber taffeta
and carried rust with yellow
NUNS.
The G DOM is t h e o n of
Mr.. and Mrs. J.R. CARRIER of
Cincinnati. The groom had for
his best man Mr.. Donald FitZ-
gerald and the uSherS were Mr.
william Moran and Mr.. Walter
Morrison all of Cincinnati. The
brides mother wore a gown of
Slate-blue acetate and silk with
a corsage of pink carnations
Mrs. Wilton Towne played the
wedding marches and also &C
companied Mrs. Wolstencroft
who sang, II Love You Truly
Because" and THE Lord S
Prayer. Following the wed :
ding ceremonies a reception
for one hundred and seventy
five guests was held at the
home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Winchell. -.
Besides those from nearby
towns guests were present from
Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago. Gin
cinnati, Fairport, PaineSville &
Willoughby. Mr.. and Mrs. Gar
ber will live in Chicago. Betty
will be missed by her friends
and in the various activities
of the town in the choir of
which she was a member. Con-
gratulations and best wishes to
the happy couple.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-09-29
NEWS from HUNTSBURG

that has you baffled. And they
do a good job, too.
Carl Johnson of the East Clar-
idon Methodist church is now
the acting pastor at the Hunts
burg United church.
A special meeting of t h e
members of the Boy Scout
Fund Raising campaign W as
held at the school cafeteria on
Tuesday evening. Plans were
discussed for the big fund cam
paign for the Boy Scouts of
America which will take place
some time in October. Mem
bers were from the Geauga-
Southern district which includ-
es Geauga and Ashtabula coun-
ties.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-09-29
&s#tty9o~ WA~chiN
WIhRay CARRIER

EAST CLARIDON - Sa t.
urday which was gray in
the m o rnin g following the
storm of Friday broke in t o
sunshine in the afternoon in
time for the wedding of Betty
Lou Winchell to Mr.. Ray Gar
ber, formerly of Cine n n att,
now of Chicago, and to fulfill
the old adage, Happy is the
bride that the sun shines on.
The wedding vows were taken
in the Middlefield Metho d S
church with Rev. Mr.. Wolsten-
croft officiating as S S ed by
Charles Johnson, pastor of the
East Claridon church.
The bride daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. RID. Winchel was
given in marriage by her father
The bride was beautiful in a
floor length gown of imported
silk lace over white satin. The
gown had fitted bodice and
she carried large and small
white NUNS. The we d d j n G
dress was made by her grand
mother, Mrs. E.E. Winchell of
Cleveland and designed by the
bride. Her maid of honor was
her sister, Miss Shirley Win
chell whose gown was pea =
cock taffeta and she cried
yellow with rust NUNS. The
bridesmaids were Miss Carole
Butler of East Claridon and
Mrs. Helen Wood Walters of
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-09-29

pleased to send out as your card
next Christmas.
The family enjoying the pleas
ures of outdoor living and leisure
time activities should prove happy
subjects for your camera. There'll
be the children at play with their
pets-newfound ones as well as
their own familiar favorites. A
robin or bright red cardinal on
a tree bough may be your source
of picture e-inspiration.
On your vacation trips, you'll
undoubtedly come across historic
old houses and churches that
you'll want to visit. Perhaps a
picturesque steeple, a stained
glass window, a Gothic spire, a
sculptured portal, a closeup of
mission bells or famous church
organ will best express your own
personal message Of peace on
earth, good will to men"
John Van Guilder
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-09-29
CHURCH NEWS
HUNTSBURG BAPTISl
CHURCH NEWS

Sunday will be observed as
Promotion Day in the Hunts
burg Baptist Sunday school.
Certificates will be awarded to
those children graduating from
one department to another. BIZ
bleS will be awarded to those
boys and girls who go from
the Primary into the Junior de-
partment.
The Round Up the neighbor-
hood Sunday School contest will
a SO be gin on tn at day.
Each member will be assigned
to a team as he arrives on
Sunday. Points will be gained
as follows: Attendance, on e
point; bringing a visitor, two
points; bringing a new member
three points. Those who will
captain the teams are: Mrs.
Gladys F'ulop, Mrs. Vivian Alb
bott, Mr.. Albert Perry and
Mr.. Albert Storch.
The winning team will b e
guests of the other three at
party. There will also be an
individual award for the pupil
having the highest score n
each team. The contest will con
tinue for 10 weeks, ending on
Sunday, December 4.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-09-29

be worked out this coming
year by the Aid and the Wo-
mans association. Mrs. FloS-
sic Stone read the secretary's'
report and Mrs. Orrill Whit
ney gave the treasurer's re-
port. The Work committee gave
favorable report of the work
they are doing and sew a |
members made donations for
this work for the sale at the
coming Bazaar.
After the program, MRS
Stone gave a talk on Fairs and
Judging of prizes. She also
showed some very nice maple
sugar novelties she won pri-
zes on at different fairs. Mrs.
Stone won considerable sum
in prize money, which she
very generously donated to the
Senior Aid.
All present were sorry to
learn of Mrs. Nellie Wilder'S
accident and hope she will
soon be up and around again
Mrs. Bartlett served a most
delicious luncheon. and all ex-
press their appreciation to the
hostess.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-09-29
PILGRIM CHRISTIAN
CHURCH NEWS

Thursday, September 20
2:30 Brownie Troop
7:30 Chancel Choir rehearsal
Friday, September 80
All Day Welcome Wagon
Rummage sale E d u tion
building.
Saturday, October l
1880 Camp Council Ann u a |
Dinner at Camp Pi-Chi.
Sunday, October 2
| 9:45 Church school for all
ages.
! 10:45 Nursery in S. Hamb-
den St. Parsonage.
HOO Annual meeting of the
church in the sanctuary fol-
lowed by World Wide Commun-
ion service.
7 $50 Chi-Rho Group Elec-
ton and InveStiture of W
members.
tbs Pilgrim Fellowship
Monday, October 3
7:30 Boy Scout Troop
Tuesday, October 4
2:30 Brownie Troop
Wednesday, October S
1890 pm. Woman's Associa-
ton Fellowship lunc h e n
Sanctuary building.
7::30 Rev. Charles E. Car
son of Cleveland meeting OF
Sunday school teachers for In
struction by Rev. Carson and
his staff.
The Senior Aid of the Pill
grim Christian church met al
the home of Mrs. Clara Bart
lett on Wednesday afternoon
September 81, with 26 mem
bers and two guests present
and Mrs. Smell of North Street
became a member.
Mrs. Edna Bigam, presi :
dent, opened the meeting with
devotionals. She also spoke or
several subjects and projects tc
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| <LARIDON
News by Mrs. Howard Ensign
Telephone E. Claridon 6-6217

News by Mrs. Howard Ensign
Telephone E. Claridon 6-6217
The Mothers club will pick
UP your old papers and maga-
zines next Saturday October
l.
The Friendly Service lunch
con was held Wedne sday Sept
ember 81 with Mrs Ralph Gros-
venor with about 20 women at
tending. Babushka'S were hem
med, blocks Sewed for a quilt
and fancy work done for Ba-
zaar. Aprons were handed out
for home work. Everyone is
welcome to attend these meet
ingS.
Mrs. Maude Buschman fell
Wednesday am. and broke her
right arm. She is at Corey
Clinic in Claridon at present
time Sunday.
Mrs. Margaret Wilmot and
daughter Alice were in Colum-
bus over the weekend visiting a
cousin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy oore
were at home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Hope Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Pollock
entertained Mrs. Lucy Vac :
cariellp, Richard VaccariellO,
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Vaccar-
iello and daughters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Vaccariello and
family Sunday honoring Don
aid Vaccariello's birthday
Mr.. and Mrs. Alger Dimmick
and family left Tuesday Sept
ember 27 for Arizona to make
their home. Mr.. and Mrs. Vern
Wells had a farewell family
dinner Monday night for Mr.
and Mrs. Alger Dimmick and
family
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Grove and
family have returned h o m e
from a trip thru northeastern
us.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Kel :
logg and David have returned
home from a trip to Florida
Jean Wellman has just re-
turned from a two week va
cation trip.