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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06
Three More BIufton Boy Scouts Advanced
To Eagle Scout Rank By Board OfReview

Three more Bluffton Boy Scouts
have advanced to the highest rank
in scouting, it was announced this
week following a meeting Wednesday
evening of the Board of Review. The
board was conducted by Rudy Roof,
organization and extension chairman,
and Don RentZ, advancement chair
man, of Put-Han-Sen district.
The Bluffton scouts earning the
rank of Eagle scout are Ronald
Zimmerly, son of Mrs. Juanita Zim-
merly, Terry Marshall, son of MIR.
and Mrs. Kimmel Marshall, and
Douglas Reichenbach, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Reichenbach.
The Eagle badges signifying top
rank in the movement will be award
ed at the next Court of Honor in
Bluffton.
Other advancements from first
class to star scout were achieved by
Walter Jordan, Charles Baber ana
Terry Shelter.
Four other scouts advanced from
second to first class including Craig
Edwards, Larry Marshall, Ronald
Michael and Jerry Mericle. Scott
Edwards moved from the rank of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06
N. A. Triplett
To Direct Chicago
Management Seminar

Norman A. Triplett, vice president
and sales manager of The Triplett
Electrical Instrument Co., will con-
duct and direct a three-day work
shop seminar on Selecting and
Directing the Manufacturer Agent
at the LaSalle hotel in Chicago from
September 10 through II.
The seminar is sponsored by the
American Management Association
as part of its marketing program
designed to assist management exec
utives from all parts of the nation.
In the three-day seminar sessions
under Triplett's direction topics to
be explored by sales managers at
tending the meet will include the
following:
"The Factors to be Weighed and
Investigated in the Selection of a
Manufacturer Agent"
Methods of Establishing Closer
Relationship Between the Manufac.
turer and the Agent
Degree of Supervision Company
Can and Should Exercise Over the
Agent"
ways of Changing an Unsatisfac-
tory Agent"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06

A total of AZ new pupils trans
ferred to the Bluffton schools from
other districts on the opening day,
Tuesday, according to Superintend-
ent A. B. Murray's report.
Included in the group of new stu
dents are % in the elementary school
and "a in the high school.
The new pupil, grade, name of one
parent given the school, and the dis
trict from which he transferred are
listed below:
Robert Blank, sixth, Robert Blank,
United Local Auglaize; Mark Blank,
kindergarten, Robert Blank, United
Local Auglaize; Gregory Blank,
third, Robert Blank, United Local
Auglaize; James Stewart fourth
Conner Stewart, Mount Cory; Mich
ael Stewart, third, Conner Stewart
Mount Cory; Sam Reineke, fourth
Robert Reineke, Anna; Christopher
Houdeshell, first, Roy Houdeshell
Arlington; Laura Yoder, sixth, Rev
Harry Yoder, Washington, Ill.
Albert Cox, first, Carol Cox, fourth
Connie Cox, fifth, and James Cox
sixth, children of Clarence Cox, Blu.
cyrus; Larry Eichenberry, second
and Joyce Eichenberry, fifth, Mount
Cory; Douglas Browne, fourth, Joe
Browne, Leicester, England; James
Harnisfager, third, Dayton; Douglas
, Rediger, kindergarten, and Lorer
Rediger, first sons of Robert Redi
ger, Rawson; Gary D. May, kinder
garten, Rex May, Columbus; Mich
ael Shook, kindergarten, Lloyt
Shook, Pandora; Priscilla Friesen
second, Rev ]. T. Friesen, Beatrice
Neb.; John Mag, first, Omer Mag
Kalida; and Kimberly Griffith, first
Mrs. James Griffith, Kansas.
The new students in the high schoo
are as follows:
David Blank, eighth, Robert Blank
United Local Auglaize; Jacquelin,
Mattingly eleventh, Mrs. Calvin
Smart, Streetsboro, Ohio; Joann'
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in public school teaching and admin
strative work. In addition to serving
at the head of the Salem schools, he
has also headed the Milestone Local
Schools in Crawford county, and at
one time was high school principal al
Sabina, south of Columbus.
Mr.. Bechtel is a graduate of War
saw, Ohio high school and received
his bachelor of science degree in
education from Kent State university.
He holds a masters degree in science
from Columbia university, and has
taken work in school administration
during recent summers at Ohio State
university.
Interested in work with young
people, he has served on various
community scouting committees and
while in Sabina headed the Methodist
Summer Camp program in that COM
munity He and Mrs. Bechtel are
members of the Methodist church.
Trained in science, the new princi-
pal will probably teach physics and
general science in addition to his
administrative work.
He fills the vacancy created by the
resignation several weeks ago of
Robert Schumann, Steubenville, VINO
is taking position in his home COM
munity. Mr.. Schumann had been en-
ployed year ago to fill the opening
caused by the boards granting OF a
leave of absence to Gerhard Buhler.
The leave was extended for another
year some time ago.
Continued on page 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06
Home From Africa, Former BeaUerdaa
Woman and Husband, To Be Hon0red

If there should be a prize offered
for the person from the greatest dis
tance attending the annual Home
coming Service Sunday morning at
the Beaverdam Church of Christ
next Sunday, Mrs Donald Baker,
Mondombe, Belgian Congo, undoubt-
edly could claim it.
A native of Beaverdam, and daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barber
of that community, Mrs. Baker and
her husband, Dr. Donald H. Baker,
medical missionary, will be guests
of honor at the Homecoming. DR..
Baker will speak from the pulpit at
10:30 a. M, the Rev.T j. Wilson,
pastor has announced.
A basket dinner will be served at
noon at the church, and a program
will continue in the afternoon.
DR.. Baker, home on furlough from
his African service, is a Disciples of
Christ missionary and resident ply
sician and surgeon at ShotwelI Me
mortal hospital in Mondombe.
He has been stationed at Mondom-
be continuously since he first went to
the Belgian Congo in 1881. In prepa-
ration, he was graduated from Hi
ram college, Hiram, Ohio, and the
graduate medical school of Western
Reserve university, Cleveland. He
interned at Cleveland City hospital
then took special missionary prepar.
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tenderfoot to second class.
Merit badges approved by the
board of review included the follow
ing Jan Emmert, canoeing, cooking,
finger-printing; Douglas Reichenbach,
personal fitness; James Jordan,
swimming, life-saving, personal fit
ness, cooking, citizenship in the
home; Walter Jordan, life-saving,
swimming; James Luginbuhl, life
saving, swimming, cooking, art;
Terry Marshall, rowing, nature,
camping, personal fitness, citizenship
in the home, finger printing; Charles
Baber, life-saving, swimming, fire
manship; Ronald Zimmerly, personal
fl ness; Charles Neuenschwander
cooking; Terry Shelter, home repairs,
electricity, reading, finger printing,
cooking; and Keith Baker, cooking.
Troop officers and members of the
troop committee attending the board
of review i n C / u d e d Scoutmaster
George Bohrer, Assistant Scoutmas-
ter Clayton Wiess, Troop Chairman
Ralph Reichenbach and Troop Com
mittee members Harold Balmer, Carl
Smucker, Gerald Huber, Bernard
Schiffke and Clarence Hooker.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06
New Laboratory
Is Planned For
Local Hospital
]. Norman Vercler To
Join Staff In November
As Lab Technician

Plans for the addition of labora-
tory technician to the staff of Bluff
ton Community Hospital were an
nounced Wednesday when J. Norman
Vercler, now technician at Blooming
ton Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington.
H., sent his acceptance of proposal
made by the directors last week.
Miss Sylvia Biederman, superinten-
dent at the hospital said that the
new lab will be placed in operation
early in November when Mr.. Vercler
arrives here from Bloomington. It
will be prepared to handle all types
of routine laboratory tests such as
blood counts, analysis and blood
chemistry tests.
Mr.. Vercler, the son of Mrs. Naomi
Vercler, 120 Grove street, Bluffton,
plans to move his familys residence
here this fall. He and Mrs. Vercler
have small daughter.
The new lab technlclan was ualneu
at st. Joseph hospital, Bloomington,
H., and has been in charge of the
Mennonite hospital laboratory there
for the past nine and half years.
After the new facility is installed
on the ground floor of the hospital
routine tests will be made for every
patient admitted to the hospital as is
the custom in larger institutions. The
facilities will also be available for
out-patients sent there for the tests
by local physicians. At present these
patients must go to Lima for the
necessary tests.
Establishment of the lab is viewed
by the hospital and by area medical
people as an important forward step.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06
NeU ScOrebOdrd,
NeU Press Box
At Harmon Field

Two major improvements at
Harmon field during the past
summer will be noted by football
fans i'm the concrete stadium at
the high school "Pigskin Pre-
view" Friday night.
Number IA new all-electric
scoreboard operated from the
press box will show the fans each
precious or dragging second as
it is licked off during the game
as well as keeping them informed
on the down, yardage gained and
yards to go.
Number "a completely re-
modelled and enlarged press box
has been prepared for the open
ing games and will be ready for
the use of PA system announcers,
scoreboard operators and news
paper reporters.
Both of these projects were aid
ed considerably by a crew OF
Ohio Power company men from
the Woodcock plant who did the
steel work and welding for erect
ing both the scoreboard and the
press box. The Garmatter Lum-
ber company also provided the
lumberwork on the press box as
their contribution to the high
school and college, both of whom
will use it.
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Two BlufftOnites
Accept Posts With
Dayton Publisher

Two young women of Bluffton have
accepted positions with the Otterbein
Press, publishers of religious litera-
ture in Dayton, it was learned this
week
Miss Ada May Oyer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Oyer, will be
secretary to the publisher at the
Dayton firm, and Miss Diane Lora,
a June graduate from Bluffton col
lege, will understudy one of the
children's editors.
Miss Oyer and Miss Lora share an
apartment with Miss jeanne Plank,
also of Bluffton, who has accepted a
position as teacher in the McGuffey
elementary school Dayton. Miss
Plank is the daughter of Mrs. Elsie
Plank, house mother at the Lincoln
hall dormitory.
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AZ Pupils Transfer To Blufton School
From Other Districts On Opening Day

Shade, twelfth, Robert Reineke, An
ma; Susan Shisler, ninth, Carter Shis-
Ter, Mt. Blanchard; Shirley Miller,
eleventh, Shirl Miller, Lima; Ronald
Yoder, twelfth, Rev. Harry Yoder,
Washington, H.; Nancy Katterhein-
rich, twelfth, Kermit Katterheinrich,
Wapakoneta; Polly Harnisfager,
eleventh, John Harnisfager, Dayton;
David Blank. eighth, Robert Blank,
United Local Auglaize; Nancy Eich-
enberry, eighth, Paul Eichenberry
Continued on page 10)
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Proposed $3.50, 900 Ropp Hall Wing
Will Exceed Size OF Original Bldg.
Financial Drive
Opens In October

The proposed $230,000 Ropp Hall
addition at Bluffton college will COW
er greater ground space and house
more students than the present
building, it was indicated this week
with the display of the architects
drawing of the projected wing.
Planned for a construction start
just as soon as funds are available,
the addition will form an "L' off the
rear of the present structure. 1t will
be only two stories high with a fiat
room as compared with the present
building which includes three floors.
Architects are Mclaughlin and Keil,
Lima, the same firm which designed
the new Bluffton elementary school
building.
The new wing will house a dining
room and kitchen in its basement
large enough to accommodate the
entire student body at one sitting.
The dormitory rooms on the two up
per floors will accommodate Sc stu
dents, two to room. Each floor will
provide IA additional dormitory
rooms.
Together with present accommo-
dations, Ropp Hall would provide
living and study space for a total OF
about LOG students when completed
Present capacity is so students.
The present dining room in Ropr
Hall will be converted to badly need
ed storage space and lobby and
recreation hall for students waiting
to be served in the adjoining dining
room.
Built originally as a women's
dormitory, but turned over to the
men shortly after World War II,
Ropp Hall will again house women
students after it is expanded. The
men will move to Lincoln Hall.
Already crowded, campus housing
will be short this fall by accommoda-
tions for 20 to 25 students who will
nave 10 take IOOlllS OlL dAS SciAAPeNo
The college administration strongly
advocates campus housing for all
students.
The college trustees plan to finance
the new addition by a three-yeai
campaign to raise $33O,0O0, which in
cludes money for other purposes as
well as the dormitory addition. The
campaign which will open nex1
month will raise $230,000 for the
building addition, $4,000 to clear the
remainder of the Founders Hall debt
a $4,000 fund for laboratory modern
ization, and S6O,OOO for current oper-
ating expenses.
The Rev. Harry Yoder, assistant
to the president, is in charge OF the
campaign.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bracy, Bluffton,
a girl, Susan Louise, born Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Amstutz (Sara
Jane Huser), Bluffton, girl, Deborah
Jane, born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Butler
(Roberta Basinger), Bluffton, girl,
Barbara Jean, born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Smith, Con-
tinental, a girl, Ladonna Ruth, born
Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Diller, Pan.
dora, a girl, Karen Sue, born Satur.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Zimmerly
Mt. Cory, a girl, Martha Ann, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shaw, Col
Grove, a girl, Sharon Diane, born
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Marshall, Bluff.
ton, a girl, Debra Ann, born Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Risser, Arling-
ton, a girl, Laura Beth born Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Leader, Nc
Comb, a boy, Duane Arden, born
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Holden
Doris Gehrisch) Findlay, a girl,
born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farrell Welch, Lima
boy, Kel Lee, born Wednesday
+
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Diller. Bow
ling Green, Ohio, a girl, Kathryn
Ellen, born August 81 at Mount
Clemens, Mich. The paternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul Diller
of Bluffton.
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Swimming Pool
To Remain Open
Thru Sept. is

Because Buttons new munic-
ipal swimming pool did not open
until Late in the season, the re-
creation commission has decided
to pass the traditional Labor Day
closing for swimming pools and
keep it open until Sunday, Sep
tember 16.
As long as the afternoons re.
main warm, we feel the children
will want to swim after school,
; Paul Di.ler, chairman of the
parks and recreation commission
said this week. Only a sudden
drop in temperatures for several
days would bring about an earlier
closing.
Nearly 200 children and adults
used the pool Monday.
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Area Hi School Coaches UnWrapping Sc
GridirOn Models At PreUue Here Friday

High school football fans of the
area have only another day to wait
until they see the wrappings taken
off eight of the local 1856 griairon
models in the annual "Pigskin Pre-
view" at Harmon Field, Friday
night.
Buttons own Messrs. Schmidt
and Harris will be the first to unveil
their machine which will be put over
a 15-minute sstretch on the proving
ground against a stout Vanlue eleven
to the opening exhibition at 7:30.
Neighboring Pandora Gilboa will
show its wares in competition with
MeComb in the second game of the
evening.
Following an intermission, Leip-
sic's Vikings will test the Hornets OF
Cory Rawson, and in the final exhi-
bition Columbus Grove will meet
North Baltimore.
One of the largest crowds ever to
turn out for a gridiron lid-lifting at
Harmon Field is expected to pour in
to Bluffton early in the evening. To
prevent the customary long delay at
the ticket window, officials have
made arrangements to take the
crowd in at the other gates east and
west of the stadium as well as at the
stadium itself.
The Vanlue school held the Pirates
to 0 to 0 score the last time they
met in the preview two years ago.
The Schmidt men were parked on
the one-yard line when the final whis-
tie sounded.
The probable starting offensive
team will be Ralph Reichenbach,
RE; Waldo Greiner, RT; John Hart
man, RG; Sandy Yoder, c; Jerry
Kohl, LG; Gareth Basinger or AL
fred kaufman, LIT; and Donald Ais
pach, LIE. The backfield is likely to
include Joe Urich at OBJ; Ramon
Lewis, RH; Gordon MatheWSon at
FB and Lynn Schiffke, LII.
Using a 4-3-2-2-defense, Schmidt is
likely to have Reichenbach at RE;
Yoder right line-backer; John Hart
man, guard; Joe Urich, middle line
backer; Waldo Greiner, LG; Kohl,
left line-backer; Mathewson, right
outside line-backer; Schiffke, RH;
and Tim Diller or Ramon Lewis at
RH.
That the pirates will give good
accounting of themselves Friday
night was indicated in their second
scrimrflage of the year Friday
against Arlington. Coach Schmidt
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fall making a total of 351 plus SO
pupils in the new kindergarten. The
high school enrolment was also up
10 on opening day to 261.
Including the kindergarten classes,
this years enrolment is SO over last
years total of SIT on the first day of
school.
The figures compared closely with
July estimates of the superintendent
office Of go.
A number of new names appearing
on the school roster indicates that
the increase has come largely from
new families who have moved into
the community during the summer.
Some of them are children of en-
ployes of the new Ex-Cell-O plant.
Mr.. Murray said that opening day
figures are subject to considerable
fuctuation as the first month Of
school gets underway.
The enrolment could grow con-
siderably, the superintendent pointed
out, before Bluffton would have
school building problem. The new
elementary school has one vacant
classroom at present, and the library
being regular classroom size, could
be pressed into service if necessary.
In the high school there are also
several vacant classrooms.
In the high school girls outnumber
boys 142 to 119, while the trend is
reversed in the first six grades with
100 boys and 161 girls. The girls have
slight edge in kindergarten with
30 of them compared with % boys.
Opening day enrolment by grade
was as follows Miss Stepleton's first,
81; Mrs. Murray's first, Sc; Miss
Jerome's second, 81; Mrs. Klay's
second, 25 and Mrs. KIay's third, 10;
Miss Hilty's third, 81; Mrs. Oyer's
fourth, 33; Mr.. Ewing's fourth, So;
Mrs. Nisley's fifth, %; Mr.. Kooker's S
fifth, 81; Mrs. Ropp's sixth, "a; Mr.
stratton's sixth, 25. Miss Groman's
kindergarten. SO.
High SchooI-Seven A, p; Seven B,
%; Eight A, q; Eight B, 25; Nine A,
%; Nine B, 29: Tenth, AZ; Eleventh,
81; and twelfth, "a.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06
Urbana Man Takes
Principals Post
At BlufftOn I'll. S.

Wilmer r. Bechtel, for the past 10
years, executive head of Salem Local
Schools in Champaign county near
Urbana, has been named principal
of Bluffton high school which re-
opened Tuesday afternoon. The Bech-
tel contract was arranged at a special
meeting of the Board of Education
Wednesday evening of last week.
The new principal viii come here
with background of nearly 30 years
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06
Named Junior Member
Tn Hereford Assn.

Robert Green, son of MIR. and Mrs.
Henry Green, Route 2, Bluffton, has
been named to junior membership
in the American Hereford association,
the worlds largest purebred registry
organization, with headquarters In
Kansas City, Mo- Young Green is one
of 77S junior Hereford breeders
placed on the associations official
roster in the past six months.
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said the Pirates were looking better
on both offensive and defensive play
which raised his hopes considerably.
This is Pete's fifth season at the
helm of Pirate football teams.
There will be fve-minute periods
between each of the four games Fri
day night. Following the second
game of the evening the Bluffton
high school band, only musical unit
to appear on the program, will be al
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atory studies at Hartford Seminary
Foundation, Hartford, Conn.
DR.. Baker carries on a crusade for
health through both preventive and
curative medicine He is the sole
doctor at Mondombe and has a staff
of one missionary nurse-technician
and several Congolese nurses they
Continued on page 10)
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lotted 10 minutes to perform. The
Pirate band will also play for the
flag raising ceremonies at the open
ing of the Preview.
A total of 200 adult tickets and 100
student tickets have been allotted
each school for pre-games sales al
40 cents for students and 81 per head
for adults. Last year the games al
NJ c c IN b attracted 1,345 fans
through the tlrnstiles.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06
WASTE COLLECTION

The regular monthly waste collec-
ton will begin next Monday, Sep
tember 10, at noon, William Gaiffe,
street commissioner announced this
week. Residents are urged to have
material in cans at the curb on col
lection day.
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BLUFFTON MARKETS
"wednesday Morning)

Grain (bushel prices)-Wheat, $500;
shelled corn, $1.4S; soy beans, $2.21
oats, 67c.
Eggs-large white, CSC; large
brown, 37c; medium white or brown
24c; small, 15c.
Poultry-heavy hens, 15c; leghorr
hens, lie; heavy stays, 10c; leghorr
stays, 10c.
Butterfat-No. 1, 5Sc; No. 2, SIC,
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First-Day Enrolment Hits
673 In BIuffton Schools
Heaviest Increase In Elementary
Grades, Up % Plus SO Kmdergarteners

total fTstday Buffton school enrolment of pupils
largest since the CorRawson consolidation size Of
the local district reported the opening day school
Tuesday by Superintendent A. B. Murray.
Heaviest increase in enrolment the grade school
where . pupils reported first six grades than last
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-06

THE REV. JACOB L.
FRIESEN, new pastor of the
First Mennonite church, will
preach his first sermon here Sun
day morning. He and Mrs. Frie-
sen and their children arrived
here Monday from Beatrice, Neb.
to take up residence in the par
sonage on South Spring street.
The new minister will be in
stalled next Sunday, September
16, with a reception and fellow
ship dinner following in Founders
hall.