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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07

The following births were recorde,
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred williamson
flndlay, boy, Steven Lee, born last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Anderson
esther Sehumacher), Bluffton, 2
boy, Randall Lee, born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Morehart, Find
lay, girl, Peggy 10, born Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Bibler, Fos-
toria, girl, born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mellinger
Findlay, a boy, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Stolen
bach, Bluffton, a boy, Charles Henry
born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hauensteir
Joyce Young), Bluffton, a boy, born
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Spencer
Bluffton, girl, Marilyn Sue, born
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Diller, Bluff
ton, boy, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer A. Sawyer
729 Irving avenue, Wheaton, H., a
son, Philip Nathaniel, born Sunday,
June 3, at Elmhurst hospital, Elm
hurst, Ill. Mrs. Sawyer is the former
Ruth Irene Diller, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence D. Diller, of S.
Jackson street.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Voth (Joanne
Buhler), Freeman, S. D., boy, David
Lee, born May 81. Mrs. Voth is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerhard
Buhler, formerly of Bluffton.
Mr. .and Mrs. Robert Ramseyer
(Alice Ruth Pannabecker), Japan, a
girl, Joy Ellen, born May 25 in Osaka,
Japan. Mr.. Ramseyer is the son of
DR.. and Mrs. L. L. Ramseyer of Bluff
ton and Mrs. Ramseyer is the
daughter of S. F. Pannabecker of Chi
cago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
E. r. MOser Herd
Tops Putnam Co.

Ezra r. Moser, Route 2, Bluffton, is
the owner of the top producing herd
in Putnam county for the month of
May according to figures recently re-
leased by the Putnam County Dairy
Herd Improvement association.
Moser's herd averaged 1,471 pounds
of milk and 55.4 pounds of butterfat.
He also had the fourth best cow in the
county with 2,074 pounds of milk and
70.5 pounds of butterfat.
Cleland Amstutz, Pandora, had the
third best producing cow in the coun-
ty with 2,241 pounds of milk and IA
pounds Of butterfat.
The association has announced that
the annual Putnam County Dairy Day
will be held June 20.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
Fly-In Breakfast
Scheduled June "a
At Airport Here

Bluffton's airport, is expected to
buzz with aircraft Sunday, June "a,
as upwards of $50 pilots and their
guests arrive here for the third
annual Ranch Style Fly-In breakfast
sponsored by the Bluffton Flying
club.
The breakfast which is held in the
picnic area at the west end of the
airfield, will find some 100 various
styles and types of aircraft Landing
and taking off from the field during
the all-day event. Pilots and their
craft from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Kentucky and Pennsylvania are re-
gistered.
The day is started with a break
fast consisting of sausage, pancakes
and coffee. After that the hours are
consumed with exhibitions and pleas
ure flights over the community In
different type planes.
AS an added incentive to have pilots
arrive at the airport as early as pos
sible and to insure wide variety
of craft prizes are awarded for the
following: Oldest pilot, youngest pilot
oldest aircraft, first pilot to arrive
first woman pilot to arrive, flrs'
woman pilot to register and the pilot
flying the farthest distance.
One pilot last year was registered
from Miami, Fla. Bad weather took
a heavy toll on the number of craft
present for the popular affair. A
craft from Columbus, carrying
pilot and another person, was ground
ed as result of large hail stones
that tore gaping holes in the wings
The two occupants continued here by
auto.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
Summer School
Opens At Be With
53 Registered

Summer School began at Bluffton
College on Tuesday morning, June
5th. Thirty four persons started in
four classes for the first term. The
total enrolment for the summer
according to the registrar now stands
at SO. This is the largest registration
for several years.
Courses offered this term include
crafts, teaching content, educational
psychology, and elementary German.
DR.. ]. S. Schultz, Miss Ada Lapp,
Prof. J. P. Klassen, and Miss Dora
Soldner constitute the faculty for the
first term.
Most of those enrolled are teachers
who need additional courses for GER
tification for elementary education.
The others are fulfilling special re-
quirements or speeding up their
regular work toward a degree.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07

Earlier generations of Blufftonites,
ne pointed out, have provided the
town with a good water system,
streets and better than average
recreational and educational facilities.
Anticipating continued growth at
the present rate, or perhaps at a
slightly accelerated rate, you should
be thinking of a planning COM
mission" the speaker told his audi
ence.
The meeting was attended by
approximately 35 persons including
Mayor David L. Riser and Wilhelm
Amstutz, a member of the Allen
county planning commission. Also in
the audience were Mayor William
Carlin of Findlay, Hancock County
Engineer Charles Morelock, and Han
cock County Commissioners Farley
Lawrence and Clyde Warren.
when you do appoint a planning
commission, be sure to select people
who will be fully conscious of their
responsibilities and will act accord
ingly," the speaker urged.
Bluffton is fortunate in that it is
In position to review the work done
In gathering factual material for
Lima and Allen county planning,
much of which can be applied in
Bluffton. However, Mr.. Green warned
against simply adopting legislation
designed for another community
without careful revision to meet local
conditions.
The comprehensive long range plan
being set up for Lima and Allen
county is being financed 80 per cent
by the city and so per cent by the
county, it was pointed out. 1t will be
concerned primarily with a plan for
urban Lima and the adjoining town
ships.
Studies underway in the present
program includes study of popula-
tion growth and distribution, an
analysis of land uses, review Of pre-
sent zoning regulations, a study of
the subdivision code, need in the
future for additional school facilities
and where they will be needed, and
study of community transportation
and housing including building,
plumbing and electric codes.
The results of these studies will be
available to Bluffton which in turn
may adapt the information to its own
planning grogram, Mr.. Green said.
If planning commission is pro-
perly established and village plan set
up, it is possible under Ohio law for
the village to control the establish
ment of subdivisions within three
mile radius of it's corporation limits,
the group was told.
Mr.. Green was invited to speak in
Bluffton by Mayor Risser and mem
bers of village council. Council has
been urged by the Bluffton Business
Mems association to set up a plan
ming commission.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
Fuller Spiritual
Life KeynOtes Be
Graduation Speech
DIR. Enrol T. Elliott
Cites Religious Need
For Our Generation

A need for better spiritual under
standing to keep pace with the com
plex physical world of gadgetry anC
wheels in which we live was cited tt
81 Bluffton college seniors by Mr.
Enrol T. Elliott, editor of The Ameri.
can Friend, who gave the address al
commencement exercises Monday
morning in Founders Hall.
Prefacing his remarks with the
statement that commencement is not
the end but the beginning, Mr.. Elliott
pointed to the existence of two
worlds, the known and the unknown
The former is the physical world
around us and the latter the spiritual
world which lies beyond the realm
of comprehension, he said.
Mr.. Elliott urged the graduates as
well as members of the audience to
think of a new way to get on the
side of God. This would be far better
than mans ceaseless efforts in invent
tools of destruction in the constant
search for power.
"Church Creates Creators"
"The church can and does create
Creators" the speaker continued. 1t
is the church that is helping to find
the tap roots that are the basis of
life. "God, as well as man, will never
stand by and permit continuation
for long of savage, brutal treatment
of man against man."
Mr.. Elliott, general secretary of
the Five Years Meeting of Friends
and former president of William Penn
college, Oskaloosa, Iowa, was intro
duced by DR.. Lloyd L. Ramseyer,
president of Bluffton college.
Professor Russell A. Lantz, di-
rector of the Bluffton college music
department, led the singing of hymns
Come Thou Almighty King and Lead
On, o King Eternal before and after
the address. David Flanagan played
Handel's Fourth Sonata, accompanied
by Pearl Bogart Mann at the piano.
Prof. Otto Holtkamp played the organ
for the professional and the reces-
sional.
Top Scholars Honored
One of the highlights of the fifty
sixth annual commencement exer-
cises was the recognition given by
Dean Robert Kreider to three grad
Continued on page 12)
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Elect Roger Howe
President OF
.BluftOn Alumni

Roger Howe, superintendent of
schools at New Washington, Ohio,
was elected president of the Bluffton
College Alumni association at the
groups annual meeting on the cam
pus Saturday evening. He succeeds
Paul Hughes, Lima, to the office.
Howe, a son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Howe of Bluffton, was graduated
from Bluffton college in 1949.
Other new officers are Mrs. Carl
Smucker, '36, vice president; Mrs.
Herman Hilty, "a, secretary-trea-
surer; and Harry Yoder, executive
secretary. Mrs. Don Gundy was also
elected as Alumni representative to
the Women's advisory council at the
college.
Highlight of this years Alumni
banquet was the presentation of SER
vice award pins to II faculty mem
bers who have been with the college
% years or longer. The honored
group with their years of service
follow: Pearl Mann, 45; H. w. Berky,
43; Naomi Brenneman, SO; M'Della
Moon, 35; A. C. Burcky, "a; Otto
Holtkamp, SO; J. P. Klassen, 80; j.
S. Schultz, 80; Russell A. Lantz, %;
Katherine Meyer, %; and Z. W.
Bauman, 81.
The senior class welcome was given
by President Paul Hughes and the
response by Sam Diller, senior class
president. ]. A. Ignat, 80, served as
POSTMASTER and the principal address
Of the evening was by Ralph Blosser,
81.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07

Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary's junior and senior units
plan to attend the fifth annual Junior
Activities Conference of the Depart
ment of Ohio Auxiliary Saturday at
the Neil House Hotel, Columbus.
Mrs. Garnette Foltz of the local
unit, state junior activities chairman,
is in charge of planning for the con-
ference. Mrs. Berdell Huber and Mrs.
Clarence Rockey are co-chairman for
the tea which will follow the after
noon business session. The Bluffton
unit will act as hostess for the tea.
Anita Huber, local junior member,
will give the invocation for the
meeting.
Junior members from various units
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
Dale Schmutz With
Army At Fort Riley

Army Pvt. Dale H. Schmutz, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Schmutz,
Route 2, Bluffton, is a member of
the 1st Infantry Division Artillery at
Fort Riley, Kan.
Schmutz, welder in Service
Battery of the divisions 33rd Field
Artillery Battalion, entered the Army
in September 1856 and received basic
training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
He is former student at Bluffton
High School.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
Mayor Urges Con,nunity- Wide Cooperation
With Explorer Scout Bike Safety Check

The bicyclist's safety rules which
will be impressed by the program fol-
low:
i. Observe all traffic regulations
red and green lights, and stop signs.
2. Never hitch on other vehicles,
stunt" or race in traffic. Never ride
two on bicycle.
3. Have satisfactory signaling de-
wise to warn of approach. Ride at a
safe speed.
a. Have white light on front and
Continued on page 12)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07

will be 10-feet wide cement walk
extending from the edge of the pool
to point around the quarry. The
walk will permit access to diving
boards to be placed at the edge Of
the quarry for deep water diving.
Several floats are also anticipated in
the quarry.
Final work will encompass COM
pletion of the walks and grading of
the grounds around the pool.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07

ancing, maneuvering, mounting, stop
ping, changes of directions and hand
signals will be given.
Each child who passes the examina-
tions will be given a membership card
in the Safety League of the Bicycle
Institute of America. A special decal
showing membership will also be pre-
sented for use on the child's bicycle.
Ben Schiffke, assistant leader, is
assisting IL Explorer Scout Post
members in conducting the safety
check.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07

Two more early entries have been
registered in the Glad I'm American
parade which will precede the Fourth
of July Rodeo here in Bluffton, ac-
cording to the parade committee.
Newest entries are those of the
Geiger & Diller Store and the Ohio
Oil Co. of Findlay. Neither were ready
to disclose the nature of their entries.
The parade will form as usual at
$50 p. m. on the Fourth of July and
proceed through the Bluffton busi-
ness section to West College avenue
and thence to Harmon Field. 1t will
pass in review as a preliminary event
to the rodeo at 7 p. m.
Several bands have been contracted
for the Glad I'm American parade,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
Fred Brunn Receives
Navy Discharge Today

Fred Brunn, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Brunn, South Lawn avenue,
ships cook second class aboard the
U. S. S. General Breckenridge, was to
be discharged from the Navy today,
Thursday, at Treasure Island Navy
Base, off San Francisco, Calf.
Brunn, along with his wife, the for
mer Sharon Fritchie, daughter of
Fred Fritchie, Bluffton, and Mrs. C.
c. Johnson, Fostoria, and daughter,
Susan Leslie, are expected to arrive
in Bluffton sometime within the next
two weeks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
GRADUATE NURSE

Mrs. Miriam Bixel Fickenworth,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Bixel, 121 Spring street, was one of
81 students graduated from the
Presbyterian Hospital School of Nurs-
ing in Chicago May %. Graduation
exercises were held at the Fourth
Presbyterian church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
James Ewing Accepts
Liberty Center Job

James Ewing, sonspf Mr.. and Mrs
Malcolm Ewing, RT e 2, Bluffton
music director at Edgerton high
school for the past three years, has
resigned to accept d similar position
in the Liberty Center, O., schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing and son moved
to Liberty Center last week. He began
his new duties June L
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
c. A. Bucher To Get
Honor From SOhie Co.

Clair A. Bucher, w. Elm street,
will be one of the veteran Soho inde-
pendent dealers throughout Ohio to be
honored by the company during Deal
er Appreciation Week, June 1928, in
a series of dinners in various parts of
the state.
Bucher will also receive a bronze
plaque for five years of association
with Sohio. His station is at Main and
Jefferson streets.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
Planning Commission
Recommended For BlufftOn

Buffton count itself fortunate from the standpoint of
planning for future growth due to the fact that its citizens have
long been conscious of civic needs and have fine community
begin with Robert Green resident engineer charge of drawing
master plan for Lima and Allen county, told Town Meeting
in the Library Monday evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-06-07
Weather Warm-Up Brightens
Farm Planting Picture
Grand Rush In The Fields Attempts
To Make Up Time Lost To Rainy May

Buffton farmers welcomed the sunshine early this
week. but they too busy catching with long delayed
planting to make hay
After weeks of unseasonaby cold and rainy weather.
first dry weather brought heavy schedule of day
night work Men and both driving tractors like fury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Rabbi Goes
ToAIexundriu

Rabbi Selig S. Auerbach,
spiritual leader Of the Superior
Hebrew Congregation. Superior,
Wis, for the past four years, has
assumed new duties as rabbi of
Congregation Agudas Achim of
Alexandria.
Rabbi Auerbach is a native of
Hamburg, Germany, and re-
Iceived his secular education at
the Universities of Berlin and
Wuerzburg and did post-gradu-
ate work at the City of London
College. He also holds a doctor
of philosophy degree from Maxi
milan University. His rabbinical
training was at the Hildesheimer
Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin.
He came to this country in
1910 and since his arrival here
also has served as spiritual leader
of Congregation Rodeph Sholom,
Rome, Ga, and Congregation
B'nai Isaac, Aberdeen. S. Oak.
/ During World War II, Rabbi
Auerbach served as auxiliary
Jewish chaplain at Biggs Field,
Tex.
Rabbi and Mrs. Auerbach and
their three daughters are living
lat 107 West Monroe avenue,
Alexandria.
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Anniversary Fete
Set at Mount Zion
Methodist Church

Members of Mount Zior
Methodist Church, 1884 Twenty
ninth street NV, will open 9
week of special events tomorrow
commemorative the congrega-
TONS l40th anniversary.
The Rev. Kelly L. Jackson
superintendent of the Washing
ton District. Washington Con-
ference, Methodist Church. will
speak at the IL am. worship to-
morrow.
Special events will be held al
8 pm. Monday through Friday
and at 9 am. Saturday. The OBJ
Iservance will close with an an
Iniversary reception at 8 pm
October 90.
The Rev. c. Y. Trigg, pastor
of the Churchton Md Metho-
dist Church will speak at the II
Ia m. service on October %. The
Rev. c. B. LAGRANGE is pastor
of Mount Zion Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Officers Elected
by Bethel Baptist

New officers were elected at
the Bethel Baptist Church last
week. They were o. L. Lentz,
church clerk; A. D. Oursler,
treasurer; E. w. Barr. jr.. fin
ancial secretary: M. r. DePue,
&c. w. Fugitt and j. R. Taylor
deacons; Leon Barbour, Jake
Eichner, and Les Sentelle, board
of trustees.
Also elected were A. P. Lane,
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Prayer to Be Said
For Bishop Powell

A special prayer, written in
observance of the 18th anniver-
sary of the conservation of the
Right Rev. Noble c. Powell, DID,,
Bishop of Maryland, will be said
It omo rrow in all Episcopal
Churches of the Diocese of
Maryland.
The prayer was written by the
Right Rev. Harry Lee Doll, d. D.,
Suffragan Bishop of Maryland.
The anniversary occurs on Tues
day and will be celebrated with
special services in Baltimore at
IL am. in the Cathedral Church
of the Incarnation.
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Hickman HOnOred
Bishop Will Dedicate
Church at Ell Nido. Va.

The Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton,
Bishop of Richmond. will dedi-
cate the new 100000 st. Johns
Catholic Church at 10 am. to-
morrow at FL Nido, Va.
The church will seat 700 per-
sons and will have the altar in
the center. The Rev. Paul v.
Heller, pastor of st. James Cath
Ole Church, Falls Church, Va,
Will speak. The Rev. Paul R.
Cauwe is pastor of the parish.
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Cornerstone Rites
Set at PurkWood

The Parkwood Methodist
Church. Mayo road, Edgewater,
Md, will hold a formal service
for the laying of a cornerstone
at 3 pm. tomorrow.
The stone, to be placed in the
foundation of the church, will
contain the church's record of
origin, membership, and copies
of important events in the his
tory of the church.
DR.. o. G. Robinson. superin-
Itendant of the Washington East
District: the Rev. L. w. Hamp-
ton. rector of All Hallow's Par
ish and the Rev. Charles E,
Miner, the pastor of the Park
wood Church, will participate in
the ceremonies.
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Charter Member Fete

Aldersgate Methodist Church
will formally enroll its charter
members during special service
at IL am. tomorrow in the Hol-
lin Hall School on Fort Hunt
road below Alexandria. DR..
Roland P. Riddick, superinten-
dent of the Alexandria district
Iof the Methodist Church, will be
guest speaker at the service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
THE HUMAN SIDE or RELIGION
Lutherons Hold PorIey
In State 'Romon Forum
Son Keeps i'm Order

give me for getting even" he
said.
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Missionary to Speak

The Rev. M. Olin Burkholder
a Methodist missionary in Korea
for 20 years. will be guest
speaker at the annual Mis-
sionary Institute of the Alex
andria District of the Methodist
Church at 8 pm. Monday in the
Arlington Forest Methodist
Church, Arlington boulevard
and Henderson road, Arlington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

general superintendent Mrs.
Helen Barr. director Of training
union: Mrs. Ellen Oursler, pres
ident of the Women's Missionary
Union. and ]. r. Louden, presi-
dent of the Brotherhood.
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Shrine Vesper Service

Vesper service and benediction
of the most blesserd sacrament
will be held at 4 pm. tomorrow
in the National Shrine Of the
Immaculate Conception on the
Catholic University campus.
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Dr.. Tong to Speak

DR.. Hollington K. Tong.
Chinese A IN b ASA dor to the
United States, will speak on
christianity in China" during
the International Crossroads
Sunday Morning Breakfast at 9
a m. tomorrow in the Central
YMCA, 1875 G street NV.
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Welcomed BY Governor

Gov. George M. Leader of
Pennsylvania, a member of
st. Pauls Lutheran Church,
York, Pa. in welcoming the dele
gates on opening day apologized
for the long speech he was going
to give.
1T is not often I get a chance
to speak to ministers, especially
my own minister, so if am
little long -winded you will for
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NotiOnuI Memorial Church Of God
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LUTHERAN MISSOURI SYNOD
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G9On hNCPo ia OAhCt
The Rev. Franklin Drew Fry
son of DR.. Fry and a delegate
to the convention. on taking the
floor during the urban church
resolution debate said. Il shall
be careful to be in order on my
remarks because l have been
ruled out of order by the chair
man more than anyone else
here" .
Badness Venerated
Being bald can sometimes have
its advantages, DR.. Warren john
son of New York, secretary of the
denominations work in Japan
told the convention.
ION my first visit to Japan
they showed me a great respect
I could not understand" he said
Later l learned it was because
l am bald. In Japan age is ven
Grated, and they considered my
badness a sign of old age"
X 4
Hickman HOnOred
Thomas P. Hickman of Wash
ington, a member of Reforma-
ton Lutheran Church, was hon.
ored at the Lutheran Laymen''
Movement dinner for his many
years of work on its behalf, The
remarks concerning Mr.. Hick-
mans accomplishments in this
field were enthusiastically APP
Dlauded