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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-10-27
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Bucher, of
Lima. a girl, Mary Ethel, born Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Panning, Rt. s,
Findlay, boy, Larry Lee, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Coleman, of
Pandora, a boy, Daniel Joseph, born
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dilts, Williams
town, a girl, Rhonda Michele, born
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Heldman, Of
Jenera, a girl, Judith Ann, born
Tuesday.
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be necessary to complete the planning
long before that time, it was pointed
out at the Tuesday session by Gene
Schmidt, assistant to the general
manager of the utility.
This is principally due to Ohio
Powers desire to start building the
new system sometime early next sum-
mer, even though the utility cannot
begin collecting for service before
September.
Factors influencing early planning
and construction, Schmidt said, are
predicated on being able to complete
the work during favorable weather
and being assured of obtaining deliv-
cry of materials.
In fact, preliminary planning of
proposed Main street lighting is
pretty well completed, Schmidt told
the present council in disclosing the
fact that lighting engineer has COM
pleted his study of revamping the
existing boulevard arrangement to
one which would provide far more
illumination at approximately the
same cost as if the present out
moded system were continued.
The power company plans to ac-
complish this by using higher, up
sweep type of standards with more
powerful lights, with the heaviest
concentration of lighting in the down
town commercial section, it was
pointed out. Reflections on streets
and glare would be eliminated by the
new system, and careful study
also has been made to adapt it to
present conditions without destroying
or affecting shade trees, the pride OF
Main street, council was told.
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b. C.. Colds To Test
Culinary SkilLs

Hidden culinary talents will be re-
vealed by Bluffton college students at
a Bake Night to be held this Friday
in faculty homes. Sponsored by the
Student Christian Association, re-
suits of the nights work will be on
sale at Swank's Meat Market on
Saturday morning.
Proceeds from the sale will go to
the Student Christian Association.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-10-27
Two BlufftOn Youths
Win ONU Award

Two Bluffton youths attending the
College of Law at Ohio Northern
university, Ada, have just been
advised that they are winners of the
prize for excellence in the Real
Property course offered by the col
lege. The students are James Henry
and Robert Stepleton.
The award offered by the Land
Title Guarantee & Trust company of
Cleveland amounts to 500. 1t is
given each year for the highest
average in two quarters of the
course.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-10-27

Sally Schaaff, 18th grade: at would
be place where you could go in
the summertime if you didn't have
anyplace to go, and it would be a
place where you wouldn't bother your
mother too much by asking her what
to do"
Jerry Lynn Hilty, 9Th grade: "Driv-
ing all over the countryside to go
swimming is costing us as much as
to build good pool. We need a pool
Continued on Page g.
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ON DEANS LIST

Don M. Triplehorn, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray Triplehorn, 554 S. Main
street, has been named to the Deans
List at Ohio Wesleyan University in
recognition of outstanding scholas-
tic achievement during the second
semester, 1954-55.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-10-27

Frank Chamberlain, senior: "a
swimming pool will not only beautify
our town, but will also be a major
family recreation center. This project
is the one recreation that viii bene-
fit more persons regardless of age
or income, than any other sport.
Everyone can participate"
Eva Galloway, junior: "For a long
time Bluffton has not had adequate
recreation. A swimming pool could
be wonderful summer activity. Kids
would not run around, because there
is nothing to do. Everyone could go
swimming"
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Karen Zimmerman, senior: $50
many of us want to swim and don't
have any way to go to the neighbor-
ing towns. We can't just sit around
doing nothing, SO we need swim
ming pool for recreation"
Gerry Martin, junior: "You grown
ups will enjoy it, too. Just think of the
fun you can have, and the wonderful
thrill of teaching Sis or Junior how
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% swim. We will all benefit by it."

Paul Basinger, 7th grade: 81 be-
lieve a swimming pool is necessary
because it helps you to get along
with others and learn to know more
people. Clubs could have swimming
parties and good recreation.
Brian Badertscher, 7th grade: "If
we had swimming pool, Boy Scouts
could learn to become life guards
and they could learn to handle a
canoe and rowboat. More kids would
learn to swim and there would not
be so many drownings."
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WASTE COLLECTION

The regular monthly waste colIec-
ton will be conducted next Tuesday,
November 1, it was announced this
week by Street Commissioner Lee
Coon. Residents are asked to have
cans at the curb for pickup by 8
a. m.
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the election.
If the bond issue is approved by
55 per cent majority of voters, Coun-
Gil undoubtedly will hear from seq
ment of the community growing more
vocal all the time on the subject of
locating the swimming pool somewhere
other than according to plans of the
recreation commission at the city
owned Buckeye Lake park.
Although the commission has re-
commended the bond issue on the
basis Of plans for locating the pool
at the Buckeye, final responsibility
for spending the $4,000 rests legally
with council. The bond proposal does
not peg down the pool to any certain
location or type of facilities.
And while Council. authorized the
employment of the Toledo engineer
ing firm of Finkbeiner, Petis and
Strout to prepare preliminary plans
and specifications, the firm has not
been given a contract to supervise
building the pool. Such a. contract
cannot legally be consumated until
funds from the bond issue are avail
able.
Further indication of the presence
of a group opposed to the Buckeye
location is seen in letter this week
from the Community Progress as
sociation executive board to its
general membership. The letter calls
another general meeting for Tuesday
evening, November 1, in the high
school study hall.
Declaring that the associations
only objective is to assure passage of
the bond issue, it notes that council
will still be in position to hear
suggestions on the pool from the citi-
zens after the issue is passed.
The letter prepared by President
Paul Stauffer points out:
"No contracts have been entered
into, and we assume that those in
authority will exercise all possibilities
to explore any suggestions regarding
location, style, size and other consider
ations involved in the construction of
the pool. These officials were elected
by the citizens to use their best judg-
ment in solving community problems,
and with the help of suggestions from
the electorate, they will strive to
build the best swimming facilities
with the money available.
"The Progress Association as a
group has no authority to build the
pool. Only the municipality has this
authority. We as individuals can offer
help to the Council and the Commits
sion to make the best possible de-
cisions."
DIR. Boyd w. Travis, representing
the board of education on the recrea-
ton commission, also indicated that
the commissions mind is not clos
ed book on the Buckeye location.
"After the bond issue is passed,
we IL D6 Wi1llIS W lloICll " OIiiCl oNS
gestions," he said, 'but we believe
location of the facilities elsewhere
will be considerably more expensive.
We have given the matter a lot of
study, and think we have the most
feasible plan."
DR.. Travis added that it should not
be difficult to obtain a comparison of
costs.
The village council will be in a
position to adhere completely to pre-
sent recommended plans of the COM
mission, or to follow other suggestions,
1t may also refer all suggestions to
it's duly appointed recreation COM
mission. Whatever it's course of ac-
ton, council will control the situation
with its hands on the purse strings
and final responsibility on its shoul.
ders.
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NO SCHOOL FRIDAY

Glasses will be dismissed in the
Bluffton schools all day Friday in
order to permit teachers to attend
the Northwestern Ohio Teachers As
sociation meeting in Toledo.
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MOdernizatiOn OF Street Lighting
No. | Job Before Council In January

Buttons incoming council next January will have to shoulder
the mansized job of Immediately going to work planning
street lighting system for the village members of the incumbent
council told at their meeting Tuesday night the town hall
Although the Ohio Power Co. agreement provide two
of lighting does expire until September it will
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Student Survey
Student Survey
Teeners Grateful For SWim Pool Plan;
Tell Why TOUn Needs Recreation Facility

Interested in letting adults of the community know that
efforts to provide swimming appreciated
by those who will benefit mostly from it, members of the West
minister Fellowship of the Buon Presbyterian church came UP
with this project
It inquirng reporter survey opinion taken among
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-10-27

something to do. We need it."
Nancy Steiner, junior: 81 am 16
years of age. The last time l ever
swan in a Bluffton pool was at
about the age of nine or ten. That's
a long time. A swimming pool would
be a great asset to the town"
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Council Has Final Word
On Swim Pool Location
City Fathers May Be In For Another
"HOt Time" After Election Day

Buttons village council sitting complacently on the
sidenes while the Community Progress association and the Viii
age Recreation commission campaign to the
ed $4,000 build swimming pool may find itself in
middle another major community controversy the day after
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Sharon Conrad, sophomore: "There
would be a lot less sneaking out to
swim in one Of the quarries, and not
as much chance of someone drowning
because there would be life guards
at the pool"
Lynn Schiffke, sophomore: "a pool
would bring people from all the
smaller towns to our town and the
businessmen would probably benefit
as well as the swimmers"
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For Trustee-Wayne Zimmerman
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Democratic
Harvey Burkholder
Republican
Maurice L. Bell and Richard
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students of the upper six grades of
school. All students were asked to
answer in a sentence or two "Why
Bluffton should have a swimming
pool" Three answers were selected
from each class to provide as great
variety of answers as possible. The
following is the result:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-10-27
MayOralty Campaign Quiet
AS Graveyard At Midnight
First Contest For Mayors Office Since
I949 OUershadOUed By TolUn Bond Issue

Despite the fact that Blufton
next Tuesday will have its first
mayoralty election contest in six
years and there are two nearly COM
plete opposing states Of candidates,
there has been about as much pre-
election noise as one would find in
graveyard at midnight.
Thus far the town has been so
engrossed in the swimming pool is
sue that it is doubtful if many citi-
zens can name the principal candid
ates. Not a single campaign card
has made its appearance, not even
a whispering campaign has been
started.
In addition to deciding whether
the town will spend $4,000 for a
pool, Bluffton will have its say on
whether Dave Riser, Democratic
councilman, or Joseph Urich, Repub-
lican grocer, will head the village
government as mayor next year.
This is the first contest for the
mayors office since 1949.
The complete slate for municipal,
school and township offices follows:
BLUFFT0N VILLAGE
Democratic
For Mayor-David L. Riser
For Treasurer-Frank L. Todd
For Council-Francis L. Reichen-
bach, Gerald E. Swank, William N
Gaiffe, Edwin Badertscher, John R.
Hermann and Garnette Foltz.
For Board of Public Affairs
Herbert R. Conrad
Republican
For Mayor-Joseph Urich
For Clerk-A. ]. B. Longsdorf
For Treasurer-Harold Balmer
For Council-Ed Miller, Charles
Hankish, Jr., Wilbur Amstutz, Edwin
Rice, Brooks Root, Bernard Schifke
For Board of Public Affairs
Harvey Bauman, Clayton Harkness,
and Cleon Triplett.
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP
Democratic
For Trustee-Robert Neiswander
For CIerk-Dale Reichenbach
For Justice of the Peace-A. d
Gratz
For Constable-(2 to be elected
Millard Herr
ReuuhIican
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Jean Frick, senior: "People COM
plain about youngsters hanging a.
round the streets. But what else is
there to do? A swimming pool would
give the kids somewhere to go and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-05-13
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
TO FORM STATE
ORGANIZATION

Elizabeth Cotton, vice chairman of
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee and in charge of women's
activities within the party, is issuing
call within the next few days TO
all Democratic women to attend a
state convention in Great Falls, June
IT for the purpose of forming a state
organization of Democratic Women
Clubs, according to Jack Toole, Shell
by, chairman of the State Central
Committee.
Toole said the Cascade County
Democrat Woman's Club, with a
membership of 200, will be the host
organization for the meeting. The
announcement came after arrange
ments had been completed at meet
ing with Mrs. Harold Gunderson,
Power, new president of the Cascade
group.
The statewide woman's organiza
tion will serve as a state level CO.
liason between the State Central
Committee and the Democratic Wom-
on's Clubs of the state. The state
Central Committee has assisted in
setting satisfactory date and in
arranging for host club.
"Such an organization" said Mr..
Toole, twill put Democratic women's
activities, social and business, on a
continuing year around basis"
''There are 80 local organizations
already active and we are getting
more members and forming more
local organizations right along" he
concluded.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-05-13
OIL LEASING POLICY

Continued from Page One)
Mountain Oil and Gas Association,
threatened Olsen that if laws inn
posed by the last three legislative
| assemblies on the land board are
not followed, "we are not going to
have any leasing, and you will have
more litigation"
Haughey asked Olsen, "why don't
| you bring the suit, instead of making
someone else bring it,?
The adopted statement of proceed
ure and policy calls for the land
board to get every bit of available in
formation on every piece of state land
for which application is made for
lease, from every source at their
command before any leases are put
up for bid. Olsen maintains the land
board has had their hands tied by
"piece meal" acts of the legislature,
and 1--WE are not able to see yet what
the accumulative results of these acts
are" He said these legislative acts
make it impossible to get a fairer
share of production for the state land
once lease is signed, therefore the
land board must know the potential
of the land before lease is signed.
Under the policy and procedure set
forth, unproven land, purely specula-
tvie acreage, would be leased at
121a@o, but in a proven area a mini
mum royalty of 1920 could be
asked.
The board unanimously voted to
instruct Land Commissioner Lou
Bretzke to transfer whatever person
mel are necessary to the oil division
and get information on oil lands for
which requests for lease have been
received and those that will be re-
ceived within the next two weeks. At
the time of the meeting there were
II applications before the board and
notices of more to come.
Haughey told Olsen if he didn't
like the present law he should go to
the legislature in the American way
and have it changed, but In the
meantime he must be "obedient to
the legislature" to which Olsen re-
piled, "My way, Mr.. Haughey, is
the American way, plan on being
'obedient' to the constitution"
1t was considered possible it might |
take from one to two weeks to get |
the available information on requests
for leases before notices OF an auction |
could be given.
The State of Montana, State Land |
Board, does not have an oil geologist,
nor the equipment with which to de-
5ermine for itself the value of the
and and must rely on other sources,
which puts them at disadvantage
against the expert personnel available
% the oil companies.-GGB.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-05-13

Interim committees are getting to
be the popular method of legislating.
At least 80 states have them.
By hook or crook Montana is
headed for the same type of law
making.
What will be the results?
Will the Montana legislature meet
for go days, look at weighty and
controversial problems, find it diff
cult to make decision and say, Lets
set up an interim committee?"
What a delightful wsy out of a
great big headachei This legislating
business is that, at best. They will
pick UP dozen boys, tried and true,
pay them over the next two years,
have them look over the situation,
draw up legislation and because they
are II of ''the boys" nobody wants
to hurt their feelings and whamo, our
legislating pains are over.
At least, it is said, there are a
dozen informed men, which is more
than we have now.
That isn't more democracy, kids,
it is less.
People who run for legislature do
so because they want to serve the
people lit says in every campaign
speech), and then after they arrive
at the scene of the crime they cry
bitterly that they can't possibly know
about everything. Which
could be true to a limited degree on
some things, but on most things there
is no reason in the world for such
statement. Where a legislator truly
wants to serve there is material in
abundance on every side of every
question available. These differences
in questions of Importance go on
day after day after day, year after
year.
The legislators who plead ignorance
On the important issues are undeserv-
ng of their desire to "serve the peo-
ole"
The 1851 little Hoover Commit
zee" put into the hopper 81 bills. A
became law. | will never be convinced |
hat members of the legislature knew
my more about the merits of these
ills when they voted on them than
hey did when they appointed the
Committee. They listened not at all
o any opposition to the bills and hid
ehind the ridiculous reasoning that
the committee worked hard on these
ills and they are members of the
legislature SO we have to have faith
4 them"
- Il Il
ave the state any money, in fact it
ost a tidy sum in the creation of
ew agencies, one of which went down
he drain in the 1855 session. They
roposed and passed laws that
lamped down on old people and
-elfare recipients.
What glorious record-save mon
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-05-13
VOORHIS SAYS WORLD
Government ALONE CAN
PRESERVE PEACE

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-(CNS)-
World government strong enough to
enforce universal disarmament alone
can keep the cold war from becoming
hot one, Jerry Voorhis told the
Senate foreign relations committee,
April 20. Such a war means the end
of mankind and civilization, he said.
"War has never been stopped be-
fore. If it's to stop it now, we must
do something that has never been
done before. And we must do enough
enough to control weapons capable
of destroying the whole earth"
Voorhis, the Cooperative Leagues
executive director, said the "long and
difficult task" of achieving world dis
armament smay take much that we
might rather not give" 1t will, he said,
require a world political organiza-
ton strong enough to do the enforc-
ing. "
Peace hangs today by slender
thread of hope that there won't be
a single berserk or befuddled or
lost pilot in either the u. S. or
Russian air force
Voorhis said ''firm" U. S. policy
could strengthen United Nations SO
it can enforce world disarmament.
eve must take this essential step
within the next few years. After that
will probably be too late"
World government won't end dis
trust among nations, Voorhis said,
but it can end the fear of aggression.
it sstakes positive, bold,
new, courageous-ev dangerous
action" But if we won't accept "the
danger of doing the one right act, we
doom our children to death. ;"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-05-13
Mason Back With 500
Federal Sales Tax

WASHINGTON, d. C.-(CNS)
Congressman Noah M. Mason (R-
Ill., again offered his bill for SO
manufacturers sales tax on every
thing except food and drugs, April
IL.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-05-13
TEXT OF Statement and new OIL
LAND LEASING PROCEDURE ADOPTED
BY State BOARD, WEDNESDAY


(Text leasing procedure prepared
Attorney General Arnold Olsen and adopted by State Land Board
aining from voting Wednesdays land board meengo
its school oil lands thoroughly protected because the State
could tentative evauon the beginning
the lease and revaluate in with the difference
the full market value and the royalty scale which had been paid
twenty years payments reetng
In this the State received good approximation of the
could enforce drilling in those where drilling indicated
system
restriction the royalty such passed in 1851
but did not have the completely vicious effect which has
upon
placed the State Land Board by the combination the 1851 1853
full realized by the public An
these restrictions legislative would undoubtedly
pem successful placing the State Board
situtional duty.
every
o. en royalty on gas = per cent and on OIL re per cent
great producing
has being abandoned major oil producing which
perpetual by
granting perpetual leases
and
dlIng to had
penalties effectively
ofineome ito the school funds
price restrictions gives
the price restrictions life the Board from managing the
lands and busnesske fashion In the light of these restrictions
wholly approach to state land leasing the Board to
for the school funds the which those funds must
the following policy of
all applied
the files the Oil and Gas Conservation should gathered
the Department that should
he following information neachtr
of producing
Survey?
What the approximate distance of the nearest producing well
(oi or and what the production?
there geological
or the
What the known extent drilling leasing activity
in
S. the OF leasing?
other information which the Oil Gas Commission the
consider pertinent thi should
ordinarily numbers time
LandB
potentiaite of its oil lands) y
In
advice, advisabity drilling
=
which within limits
defined United
Geological within reasonable WE'LL
which drilled indicates better
possibility
royalty fixed 1875 with
the usual increases according to the sliding scale
sufficiently producing well
producing wells which
with minimum allowable fixed each individual
caseby the a tnoIess than
speculative wildcat should
of all should
sliding scale based cash
bidding tt
land and to all attempts nfct ceilings
the which the Board of school
land that the Board favor the possible all