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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Ex-Cell-O Tour
Is Near SellOut

Ed Waltermire, in charge of max
ing arrangements for the Business
Mems tour of two of Detroit's Ex-
Cello plants August 2, announced
this week that only few tickets
remained to be sold on the chartered
Greyhound bus.
The group will leave from the
Rexall Drug Store at a. m. and
arrive at the Hamilton avenue plant
of the corporation around noon. Fol
lowing luncheon at the plant, a con-
Quoted tour will be held. The plant
makes Pure PAX dairy packaging
equipment, similar to that to be made
in one bay at the new Bluffton plant.
Following this tour the group will
be taken to the Oaknan Blvd. plant
to witness the manufacture of ma
chine tools and their components.
On the return trip the party will
stop for. dinner, possibly in Toledo.
A representative of the Ex-Cell-O
Corporation will accompany the party
from Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Township Farmers
Against Quotas
For 1857 Wheat

Richland township wheat growers
cast a IA to Z vote against continual
ton in the wheat quota referendum
Friday at the Beaverdam Town Hall
and joined other farmers in Allen
county townships to defeat the mea-
sure in the county.
Despite the county vote against the
measure, an 81 per cent majority
of farmers in 36 states voted to allow
the government to restrict the pro-
duction and sale of wheat for the
fourth consecutive year Unofficial
figures showed 22S.S39 in favor of
the measure compared with 32,767
against.
With the favorable vote farmers
were assured of a national average
of 81 a bushel on next years pro-
duction. This figure is the same as
this year The price would have drop
ped, under farm law, to around S121
per bushel had the quota been defeat
ed
Area county wheat farmers also
voted against the measure with Put
nam casting a 182-159 vote and Han
cock, 159-141.
Only farmers with more than Is
acres of wheat were eligible to vote
on the referendum.
The Ohio vote was 4,779 for and
3 $50 against the measure.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Beaverdam Homes
To Be Numbered;
Council Sets System

Beaverdam village council at its
meeting Thursday night of last week
approved final plans for numbering
homes and business places through
out the town.
Under the plan some 155 homes in
the town will be numbered in addi-
ton to business places. According to
Mayor Frank Anderson the number
ing system will start at the Town Hall
and run north, south, east anc west
from that point.
Streets in the village were named
several years ago. The numbering
system was proposed to make it still
easier to locate a residence in the
town.
The numbers will be sold by the
Church of Christ in the village.
Willis Siferd, Lima attorney, will
assume his new duties as village
solicitor at the next meeting of the
council to be held August 2. Siferd,
appointed July 1, replaces Clarence
G.. Fischer as solicitor for Beaver
dam.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Dismissal Of Night
PatrOlman Ordered
Effective July 81

The services of Albert Reichen-
bach, who has been night patrolman
in Bluffton for the past II years, viii
be terminated on July 81, 1t was
decided Tuesday evening by Mayor
David L. Risser and members of
Bluffton village council.
Following a conference with Reich
enbach in which he refused to ten
der his resignation at the mayors
request, council passed a motion
supporting the mayor in dismissal
procedure. Councilman Gerald Swank
moved that the mayor notify Mr..
Reichenbach that his services will
not be needed after July 81" The
motion was seconded by councilman
Wilbur Amstutz and passed by I'M
animous vote.
Age and physical disability were
given as the reasons for dismissing
the 67-year-old patrolman.
The night patrolman said that he
would fight the custer, appealing TO
the court.
Mayor Riser and members of
council interpreted law on the matter
of police discharges as providing that
Reichenbach's only recourse would
be an appeal from the mayors order
to the municipal legislative body,
which would be council, itself.
Indications were that Mayor Riser
has a successor in mind to fill the
night post, but he declined to make
his choice known Tuesday evening.
Reichenbach's dismissal would
open the way for a complete new
police department here on August l.
On that same date Chief of Police
Lee Coon's resignation becomes
effective and William Gaiffe viii
assume the chiefs duties along win
those of street commissioner and
cemetery sexton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
BluftOn Legion
Members Attend
State Convention

Five members of the Bluffton Post
382, American Legion, and their
wives were in Cleveland Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday to attend the Ohio
Department convention.
The annual parade Sunday after
noon was led by Governor Frank
Lausche. The parade continued for
two and half hours and was one
of the longest in the history of the
state convention.
In the Drum and Bugle Corps COM
petition held Saturday night Satan's
Angels, Bellefontaine, a post of the
second district which also includes
Bluffton, was chosen as the outstand-
ing unit in the state. The group was
runnerup to Massillon last year.
Attending the convention from here
were Commander and Mrs. Gerald
Huber, Past Commander and Mrs.
Berdell Huber, Adjutant and Mrs.
Don Reams, Mr.. and Mrs. Garnette
Foltz and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Geiser.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
ToWnship Trustees
Find Change In
"SeGt Of Govt"

RichIand township trustees,
arriving at their meeting room in
Bluffton town hall Tuesday eve-
ming, found the "seat of govern
ment" had changed since their
last meeting.
Before them in the board room
were six modern walnut arm
chairs, executive style, COM
Portable change from the old
straight-backs and considerably
enhancing the dignity of the
chamber. The new furniture was
delivered Monday by the Ba-
singer furniture store.
The trustees are Kent Am
stutz, Bob Neiswander and Jesse
YOakam. Dale Reichenbach is
clerk of the board.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Interest At Peak
In Home Building;
1900 At Open House
Many Local Families Con-
sidering New Homes,
Registration Indicates

Interest in new home construction
has reached a peak in Bluffton this
summer with a large number of
present residents considering build
ing new houses as well as numerous
new families expected to move here
with the opening of the Ex-Cell-O
plant.
This was indicated in registration
blanks filled out Saturday and Sum
day when approximately 1.S00 per-
sons inspected the first model home
prepared for the market by Bluffton
Eastland, Inc, recently organized
land development company
Officials of Eastland were pleased
with the large group of visitors who
signed registration cards noting their
interest in acquiring a building lot
constructing a new home or remodel
ing their present residence.
"Our belief that there is demand
for good sound package deal in
the Bluffton new home market has
been confirmed by our first open
house,, an official of the development
firm said.
Eastland has already announced
that Easements are to be dug for
six more new homes in the Sunny
Acres subdivision almost immedi-
ately. The company is now complet-
ing its scond home for Gerald Swank,
a member of the firm. This partially
constructed residence was also in
spected by the throng which visited
the completed home.
Visitors registered from every
town within a 20-mile radius of
Bluffton and many others from more
distant places who were probably
visiting friends in the vicinity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26

grain still stood on the fields south
and east of town in one of the latest
and most dragged-out harvests In
several years.
Local grain elevator operators
reported an average yield of about
30 bushels to the acre with some
bumper harvests reported nearing the
50 bushel mark, but quality has not
been tops.
Showers and cold weather over the
week end and heavy morning dews
have kept moisture content high
Eldon Tschiegg, manager of the
Farmers Grain Co., Bluffton, said
that moisture was still testing 131z
to IL per cent as late as Tuesday.
Qualitywise this years crop is also
under average, testing so to So pounds
to the bushel.
In the areas where the wheat crop
has been nearly completed, many
farmers have started working in the
oats fields. Nearly 1900 bushels of
oats had been taken in at the Bluffton
elevator by Tuesday. The uncertain
weather has mixed up the harvest to
the extent that the elevators have had
to provide storage for white and red
wheat. oats, and grains of different
moisture content all at the same
time, thus complicating their work.
First loads of wheat hauled to the
elevators averaged II to Is per cent
moisture, whereas early this week
some was being delivered with mois-
ture testing up to IL per cent.
The first oats arriving on the mark
ct appear to be above average IN
quality testing. SO to 3S pounds per
Dushel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Local Airport Becomes Rescue Center
In Ft. Wayne NucLedr Bomb Attack

Few Bluffton citizens knew that
anything unusual was happening last
Saturday, but the Bluffton Airport
suddenly became a strategic center
of rescue operations for assistance to
thousands of Northwestern Ohioans
subjected to radioactive fall-out
resulting from simulated nuclear
bomb attack on Fort Wayne, Ind.
About $50 a. m. small plane
circled the local port and came in
for a landing bringing with it Maj.
Irwin Swartz of Findlay, commander
of the 41st Mobile Support Group
which was ordered to assemble here.
Rescue teams, fire fighters, water
supply teams, first aid personnel and
evacuation volunteers from % counties
of this area were enroute to their
Bluffton headquarters and started
arriving shortly after the commander.
BY noon more than 200 volunteer
Civilian Defense workers were on
the scene with more than score of
white vehicles including fire trucks,
water tank trucks, ambulances, police
cruisers, and a large radio COM
munication truck which set up COM
munications with Findlay. The Bluff
ton Airport radio station was also
used in the operation.
Maj. Swartz, who normally is a
postal employee at the Findlay post
office, reported the local operation a
success. His units part in the eXer-
else would have been to disperse var
ious types of workers and vehicles
around the perimeter of the fall-out
area for service inside the area when
it was declared safe to enter.
The Fort Wayne bombing had left
a swath of radioactive fall-out as far
east as Lorain and Medina counties
and extending northward from Allen
county to Sandusky, the exercise sup
posed.
One phase of the operation which
was strictly not make believe" was
the feeding of some 200 volunteer
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26

Current outlook for a good potato
crop in the Bluffton area was bright
this week with some farmers to the
north and west of town starting to
dig their early crop. Digging was
expected to get under way in earnest
in the early potatoes within the next
week or 10 days.
In contrast to last year when pota-
toes were being given away because
of the over supply, the early crop
this year is bringing top price
presently of $5.75 per hundredweight
f. o. b. Growers were quick to point
out that the price could drop drastic
ally in a short time.
1t was a little too early to predict
what the yield would be per acre
but one farmer to the north of Bluff
ton reported that the potatoes dug
Tuesday made about $50 bushels per
acre. He added the yield would
increase as the potatoes got bigger.
In the general opinion of potato
growers in the area the crop would
be at least normal, and for the most
part considerably better than last
year. Spring rains and the good grow
ing season of the past weeks were
given as the reason.
One grower northwest of Bluffton
reported he expected one of the best
late potato crops in years. Digging
for the late crop will start early in
September when the early spuds are
completed.
Ohio ships in many potatoes from
New Jersey, Florida, Alabama and
Tennessee as there is usually short
age in the state especially that supply
needed by potato chip factories.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Smith Installed
Jaycee President

Richard Smith, Bluffton barber,
was installed as president of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce at the
annual Ladies Night Thursday night
of last week in the Walnut Grill. He
succeeds Oliver Beach, Jr.
Thirty-six Jaycees and their wives
were present at the meeting and
heard Bob Cain, Findlay, past state
president, give the principal address.
James Daley, Route 2, Bluffton,
was named a state trustee of the
Jaycees. Other local officers installed
at the meeting were the Rev. James
Heininger, 1st vice president; DR..
w. A. Lutz, End vice president; Dean
Nonnamaker, secretary, and Clarence
Hooker, treasurer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Wolford, Ar
lington, a boy, Albert Ray, Jr., born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denver Gamble,
Findlay, a boy, Gary Alan, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Gossman,
Beaverdam, a girl, Rhonda Jean,
born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Weaver, Bea-
verdam, a girl, Jerry Lee, born Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Geiger,
Bluffton, a girl, Cheryl Ann, born
Wednesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26

of the monthly water bills. At present
the rate has approximated so per
cent of the water bill.
Reason for the increase requested
by the board of public affairs was
that revenues were not sufficient to
meet the requirements of the bond
agreement by which the disposal
system was partially financed.
The agreement provides that the
annual revenues not be permitted to
diminish less than 140 per cent of the
amount due each year on bond
principal and interest after operating
costs have been paid. Last year the
revenue amounted to only ia per
cent, the board was notified by The
Ohio Citizens Trust Company, bond
trustees.
The 40 percent margin of safety is
set up as a cushion against possible
needed replacement of equipment.
BPA President Harvey Bauman
estimates that at the end of the s
year period required to retire the
bonds, the reserve will be built up
to about $S5,00O.
This reserve could be used for
equipment replacement or expansion
at the end of the period.
The sewage disposal system requir-
ed SIS, sos for its operation in 1854,
$21, ,780 in 1855 and it is estimated that
the cost will be $21,677 this year. Of
this amount $1,000 goes for personal
service and $1,000 for other expenses.
Dept. retirement amounted to
$11, ,O37 in 1854, $10,907 last year, and
will total $10,777 this year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
First Anniversary Of Bypass Finds
Some Businesses Shaken But Recovering

pass routed traffic around the vii
lage. There had been a good market
for used tires to travellers on the
road. Now many of these must be
thrown away which would have
brought a dollar or two in the old
days.
Restaurant business has been good
in Bluffton because of the large
amount of construction of various
types in the community. Church adj
ditions, the new Ex-Cell-O plant, the
swimming pool. tn e elementary
building and new housing have all
provided a certain number of meal
customers.
CONTINUED on page 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26

the picture is not so bad as it ap--
peared on their BLACK Friday" a
year ago.
Business in the local restaurants,
at first reported considerably shaken
by the loss of through traffic, is now
said to be back to normal. However,
one restaurant is no longer operat-
ing. Another has reported business
better than a year ago.
In the gas and oil business the GUS
toners noticeably missing, are those
with courtesy cards. Holders of these
credit cards were tourists and sales
men and businessmen making their
regular rounds.
The station owners also feel a def
mite loss in tire sales since the by
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26

Friday BIuffton will observe an an
niversary. 1t will be just year ago
on that day that the incessant pa
rade of traffic over the Dixie high
way was shut off through town and
routed over the new Route Is by
pass.
Local service station operators and
restaurant owners, who a year ago
sadly reported a business drop-off of
40 to SO per cent have just complet-
ed full years business cycle. They
are not as glum as they felt year
ago.
A survey of business firms this
week indicates that the gas and oil
business is still off from Is to 25 per
cent under the pre-bypass days, but
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
County All Club Group
Attend Cleveland Game

A group of boys and girls of the
Bluffton 4-H club joined clubs from
all over Allen county to make the
trip to Cleveland Wednesday to at
tend the Cleveland misunderstanding
ton Nationals baseball game.
The group left Bluffton about $50
a. m. in six chartered Greyhound
buses. 1t included all All club MEM
bers, both in school and those who
have graduated
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Rainfall For July
Already Above Normal

There are five more days remain
ing in July but the month has al
ready brought more rain than is nor
NAL for July. Through Tuesday of
this week the area had recorded 3.5
inches of rain, according to Ray
Burkholder, official weather observ-
er. This is four tenths of an inch
more than normal for the entire
month.
Temperatures for the past week,
while not ideal for drying wheat,
have made for comfortable living.
The maximum average was 79.1
with the average low daily tempera-
ture of COL.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
gIufffOn eeFirStss'-

EDITORS NOTE: This is the
third of series of excerpts from
the paper, Zone Hundred Years
of Firsts," in BlufftOn's history
written by Mrs. Charles Steiner
for her American history class at
BIuffton college.
This weeks story tells of Bluff
tons first telephone, the first free
rural mail delivery, and about the
first automobile in town.
ONE HUDRED YEARS
OF ''FIRSTS"
BY Evelyn Steiner
On August %, 1898, an ordinance
was passed by the village council
". granting John Amstutz, his
heirs, successors, and assigns, tht
right to construct, erect and main
tain, a telephone and telegraph plan
in the village of Bluffton, Ohio"
Mr.. Amstuz was granted, free o
charge, the use of all but few o
the posts and poles used in operating
the light system. Any new pole'
which might be erected in connec
ton with the new telephone compan.
were to be reasonably straight" anC
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26

in radio contact was prepared to
move into Kenton, Fourth Area head
quarters, in the event Findlay be-
came too hot. Colonel Cecil Davis,
Fourth Area director, was stationed
at the latter city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26

workers by two of the groups mass
feeding units from Kansas and
Helena, Ohio. The volunteers reported
good chow.
The Findlay Control Center with
which the Mobile Support Group was
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
HURT IN FALL

Mrs. Elnora Clark of near Beaver
dam suffered a spinal injury in a
fall at her home Wednesday morning.
She was removed to St. Rita's hos
pital for X-rays by the Diller am
bulance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Up Sewer Service Charge
To 1OO9b OF Water Bills
Action Necessary TO Comply With
Revenue Bond Financing Agreement

Effective at the beginning of August Buffon water
will exactly the for water leaving their homes
and business places through the system they
bring it into their homes through the water meter.
Emergency action taken by village council Tuesday
evening make the service charge equal 100 per
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
BLuMOn NntiUe HOnOred
By Lebdnese Government

When called to the Beirut position IN
1947, she was Assistant Director of
Nursing at the Cornell University
Medical Center in New York City.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Prospects For Profitable Spuds Crop
Appear Good As Early Digging Begins

Barring heavy rains and damp
weather in the next few weeks most
potato farmers agree the outlook for
spuds never looked any better.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-26
Wheat Yield Average Here
But Rains Cut Quality
Wet, Cool Weather Is Cause Of
Areas Crazy, Mixed-Up Harvest

Farmers of the Blufton working a-ou in their
wheat fields early this week with anxious eye
skies which have already poured out too much rain for top
grade harvest.
While wheat crops the north and west of here about
80 cent harvested Wednesday nearly so cent of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-11-08

teachers will be held in the cafe
terra.
Another feature Of the week is
the second annual college night
program TO be held on Tuesday eve
ming. Representatives of twenty
four colleges and schools will be
on hand to discuss and explain their
curricula
A third highlight viii be the eX-
hibit of outstanding photographs
taken by high school students
throughout the country The eX-
hibit is sponsored by the Eastman
Kodak Company,
Parents are encouraged to at
tend school sometime during the
week. Last year 1876 persons regis
tered as guests at the school.
Kenneth Johns, principal, stated
that he hoped the number of per-
sons visiting the school would in
crease over last years figure. He
pointed out that he could think of
no better way to show teachers APP
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-11-08
Cove FLA Chapter
Given Honor By
National Society

The Cove Chapter of Future
Farmers of America awarded a
Silver Emblem Plaque at the Ma
tional FLA convention at Kansas
City last month.
The award was presented to Ed
die Rush. vice-president. and Roy
Rexrode. secretary, who represented
the Cove chapter at Northern High
school. The award is emblematic
of work done in the chapter and
agriculture department for efforts
in the following: supervised farm
ing or project program, coopera-
tive activities, community service,
leadership activities, earnings and
savings, conduct of meetings,
scholarships and recreation.
The general plan for awards is
standard chapter award, superior
chapter award, national bronze en-
blem award, national silver emblem
award and national gold emblem
award. The silver emblem rating
places the Northern High FLA
chapter in the top fifty among the
8,498 chapters in the United States
The Cove rating was the highest
in Maryland North Hartford, with a
bronze rating was the only other
Maryland chapter honored.
| The contest period covered from
July /, 1855 to June 30, 1856. Chap
ter officers during this time in
cluded Max Bowser, president
Forrest Jacobs, vice-president; Al
va Rexrode, secretary; Eugene
Brenneman, treasurer; Richard
Lohr and Donald Glover, reporters
Gary Frantz and James Bowman
SentinelS.
Advisers of the group are Marvin
Calls and Lawrence Faith.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-11-08
Education Week
Program Prepared
By Southern High

Schools for a Strong America
will be the theme as Southern
High School extends an open
house invitation to all parents and
friends of the school during Amcri-
can Education Week which begins
next Monday,
Among the activities highlight-
ing this annual observance will be
special patriotic assembly pro-
gram to be presented at 200 p. m.
on Monday, November u. The pro-
gram will be presented by the
Senior Chorus and members of the
Dramatics club. The public is in
vited
Following the program social
hour for all parents, friends and