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The Nome nugget., 1956-09-12
Tiger Killed dsfs,,I.i4 When Attacked, d,o1'l 1teEfh -IlJ@f .tf1k4fESs l. IssifI
 By Two Others aao

no lc1NcfNNATf,n ntB 51rrwsa65a rw65 aagress- es will live oift their time at Gin cinnati Zoo in spinsterhood after mnauling to death theiif male cage mate in a savage battle yesterday.
 The zoo veterinarian, D. B. W. Bernard, said the jungle cats "tend to be homogeneous"
 If we put another male in there now, the tigresses would an- nihilate him." he said.
 Zoo officials said there was no way of knowing what caused the fight or how it started, a,,,.,,
 But it turned the African veldt section iptona bedlam of jungle noises, with rthes walls ot1other animals joining the battle 4of h. dia and Sonya, the sixryear-old females, and Rajah, the five-year- old male.
 Keepers said the attack on Ra- jah was apparently a surprise. with one female going for his Throat and the other attacking his hindquarters. .esEasITaoq Zoo officials didn't learn of the fight until someone dashed into the main office saying, Two 'ti- gers are trying to drown another 1 one" When they reached the outdoor tiger grotto, Rajah was lying in a moat and the two females were i snarling menacingly at the edge of the water. The big tiger died soon after that 9f-f s91 onA
 The three had been together since they were young and never had trouble with each other be- 1 fore, even at feeding time.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-12
W,fEgapiIf Xaldleszz slszi Is Nome Visitor

Among the many Visitors to Nome during the week swas. Wm.. Egan, businessman, of Valdez MT. Egan, born and raised in Valdez and formed mayor of, that city also has served five terms in the House and two in the Senate of the Alaska legislature.
 He served with distinction as president of the Alaska Constitu- tional Convention at Fairbanks last winter. a
 He is at present a. candidate for the US. Senate under the Alaska Tennessee Plan. He was a guest of Nome C of C at its weekly luncheon meeting yesterday.
 This is MT. Egan's first visit to Nome. and the Seward Peninsula. He. said he was terrifically i'm pressed with the friendliness of the people. He was very much in terested in the proposals made by the Chamber of Commerce to the Board of Road Commissioners at Tuesdays meeting, and stated it will be a great day for all Alaska when the road projects become a reality.
 Egan said that it is his desire to come back to the Seward Pen
 insula for a more extended stay at some future date.
 He also said he will be happy to render whatever assistance possible in aiding the economic progress of this area.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-12
Wildlife, Service Studiesg
 shoI9HA sAies Edibaa And GpgA for LiyestocE

WASHINGTON, R-Fish scales are digestible, the Fish and Wild trary o)genefal ppinion,I 2.U life Servises said today, contrary to general opinion.
 And, Director John L. Farley added that the service has two research studies under way seek ing the best ways to make the high protein content of the waste scales available for animal food.
 It has already been proven at the Fishery Pathological Labor atory at College Park, Md, that dried ground pollack scales are readily digested by rats used as experimental animals, Farley said Now experimentation is under way to determine a diet designed to utilize fully the nutrituve value of the scales.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-12
SEN. JONES RETURNS

Sen. Chas. D. Jones, who has been south for the Republican Convention and a meeting of the Legislative Council in Seattle as well as visiting with his daugh- ters and their families, returned yesterday with Pan American.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-12
DISTANCE RUNNER DIES AFTER WINNING RACE

TAIPEH, Formosa, R-Wu Ching chang, 20, collapsed as he won a 10,oOo-meter race at Hsing- ying, in southern For1nosa, Mon day and died later in a hospital.
 He was one of three runners in the event.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-12

Pennsylvania is not named in honor of its founder, William Penn. Penrfs own account of the name is that he suggested "Syl- vania" and the king added the Penn" in honor of the founders father, Admiral William Penn.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-12
WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy with occasional light rain tonight. Mostly cloudy to- morrow.
 Nome data last 24 hours as of 2 am. today: highest temperature B., lowest 45. Max. wind 25 mph from the south. Sunrise at 5:18 am., sunset at 6:39 pm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Polio Vaccine
Available To All
Children [ To Is
Adequate Supply Made
Available Thru BlufftOn
Physicians

The arrival here this week of addi-
tional quantities of polio vaccine has
assured an adequate supply for first
and second shots for all patients, /
to Is years, of the Bluffton physi-
clans, DR.. F. D. Rodabaugh announced
Tuesday.
DR.. Rodabaugh, who had Just re-
turned from attending a board of
health meeting in Lima Tuesday eve
ming, brought supply of the vaccine
with him. He said that the supply was
being received from both commercial
sources and through the state.
Expectant mothers have also been
allotted polio vaccine under the pres
ent distribution system, and may re-
ceive the shots from their family ply
sician.
The public program of innocula-
tions in which first and second shots
were administered to pupils of the
first two grades, has now been discon-
tinued. Parents are advised to contact
their physicians when the third shot
is to be administered.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
No Contests Here
In Primary For
Precinct Posts

There will be no primary election
contests locally for the posts of Re
publican and Democratic central COM
mitteemen in Tuesdays balloting.
Only one candidate for the office
of central committeeman is offered in
each of the Bluffton precincts, except
in Precincts A and B where no candi-
dates are listed on the Republican
ballots.
Armin Hauenstein and William Ed
wards were disqualified by the Board
of elections in their Precincts B and
A for failure to get sufficient num-
Der of signatures in their own pre-
cincts.
Republican candidates are William
Amstutz, C; Forest Mumma, d; Hen
ry r. Huber, Richland North; and
Walter Marshall, Richland South.
Candidates for the Democratic
central committee are: Fred Reich
enbach, A; Francis Reichenbach, b;
Harry Shrider, Jr., c.; Edwin Bad
ertscher, d; and Wilhelm Amstutz,
Richland North. There is no candidate
listed on the ballots in Richland
South.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03

DR.. L. L. Ramseyer, president of
Bluffton college, was elected chair
man of the Ohio Foundation of
Independent Colleges at the annual
meeting held in Columbus, recently.
DR.. Ramseyer has served as secretary
of the foundation for the last three
years.
During the past year the foundation
raised funds from industries amount
ing to s643,378.23 for aid to indepen-
dent colleges. This totals 38 percent
higher than last year with 33 percent
more donors than last year. Three
new schools were taken into the
Foundation making 27 in all.
Other officers elected for the Ohio
Foundation are: vice chairman, DR..
Howard Lowry, president of Wooster
College; secretary, DIR. Clarence
Stoughton, president of Wittenberg
College and treasurer, DR.. VIM.
Stevenson, president of Oberlin
College.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Herbert Traucht
Heads Religious
Education Council

Herbert Tfaucht, well known local
insurance man, was elected president
of the Bluffton Religious Education
council at the groups annual meeting
Sunday afternoon in the public
library. He will succeed the Rev.
Robert Welch after June 1.
The Rev. C. A. Classen was elected
vice president and Mrs. F. T. Lauriat
was chosen secretary-treasurer of the
council.
Action was taken also to re-employ
Mrs. Vern Walker as religious educa-
ton instructor during the next school
year.
Miss Lillian E. Comey, director of
the Religious Education department
of the Ohio Council of Churches was
here Tuesday to study the curriulum
offered in the Bluffton program and
to make recommendations at meet
ing of the curriculum committee Tues
day evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Margaret Diller
Home EC Teacher
Resigns Position

Superintendent of Schools A. B.
Murray, who has been accepting ap-
plioations this week to fill vocational
agriculture and industrial arts teach
er vacancies next September, has been
advised of another faculty. resigna-
tion.
Miss Margaret Diller, home eco
nomics teacher for the last four years,
submitted her resignation to the su-
perintendent this week.
Miss Diller, whose work would keep
her on duty through the summer, re-
signed in order to continue her studies
at Colorado State college. She expects
to complete work on her masters de-
gree.
Miss Diller is a graduate of Bluff
ton high school and Bluffton college.
She completed her work for the vo-
cational Home Economics degree at
Ohio State university. Before coming
to Bluffton, she had been teacher of
home economics at Delta.
She had been president Of the Bluff
ton Teachers association for the past
year and is a member of the Allen
County Home Economics association.
Miss Diller also has been adviser for
the Future Teachers of America at
the high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03

The Bluffton board of education
this week was given clean bill by
Allen County Prosecutor Anthony j..
Bowers on recent criticism of the
state examiner on payment of illegal
bonuses to teachers in 1852, 1858 and
1854.
In letter I'd Paul Stauffer, presi-
dent of the school board, Bowers said
that "no action need be taken in re-
gard to the bonuses paid during this
period" stating that the bonuses
were actually pay increases, and the
resolutions setting up payment refer
to the money as salary increase.
The letter to Mr.. Stauffer was SIM
liar to others written to Bath, Cairo
and Shawnee school boards on similar
incidents.
The full text of the letter follows:
"In regard to the recent report of
the examiner from the Auditor of
State wherein a meeting was held and
various phases of the examination
were discussed and instructions given
as to what action should be taken as
to the report.
"In regard to the alleged bonuses
paid, it is my opinion that after a
conference with representatives OF
your Board of Education, that your
records show a resolution therein
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Cancer Fund Drive
Raises S553 Here

With reports still due from two or
three solicitors, Bluffton's contribu-
tion to the 1856 fund campaign of the
American Cancer Society totaled
1858, according to Mrs. FIR d
Tschantz, chairman of the drive.
"We are still hopeful of reaching
our $500 goal" Mrs. Tschantz said
Monday evening. eve are grateful
again for the way Bluffton residents
have opened their purses in this
cause, and for the effort made by
those who assisted with the house-to-
house canvass"
Four representatives of each of the
women's clubs in the community as
sisted with the drive which was under
sponsorship of the Business and Pro
fessional Women's club.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
HIS Music Groups
Get Two Superior
Ratings Saturday

Earl Lehman, Bluffton high schoo
music instructor, serving his last yea
at the school, added two more superior
ratings to an impressive list Satur.
day at the state orchestra, band and
chorus competition held at Capital un-
iversity, Columbus.
1t brought to so the number of
superior ratings high school music
ians under Lehman's direction have
received in his eight years of instruc-
ton. Saturday both the girls and
boys. choruses received a rating of /.
The high school band, orchestra
and mixed chorus received II ratings
in the competition Saturday. 1t mark
ed the first time in a number of years
these groups failed to get a superior
rating in the judging.
All five of the groups received
superior ratings at the district COM
petition March "a in Bluffton.
Lehman will be succeeded at the
high school next year by Jimmie L.
Mougey, Wapakoneta, who will be
graduated from Ohio Northern uni
versity in June.
AT the competition Saturday Cory
Rawson high schools boys chorus
and the mixed chorus received super
ior ratings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Lightning Causes
Sizeable Damage
To LOngsdOrf Home

Lightning struck the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. ]. B. Longsdorf during
Saturdays electrical storm and did
considerable damage to several rooms
in the downstairs and to the electri-
cal system it was reported this week.
The lightning, which apparently
struck the television antenna, burned
several holes in the living room, one
in the bedroom, knocked out lights in
the house and the garage, and shut
off electricity to the door chimes and
to the electrical unit of the oil fur
mace.
Mr.. Longsdorf said he and his wife
were gone from the house when the
lightning struck, presumably about
2:15 p. m. When they returned home
about two hours later they had no
lights. Upon investigating they found
small black holes about the size of a
bullet in the living room and the bed
room.
The possibility that the lightning
had entered the house from the tele-
vision antenna was considered because
the roto-motor was burned out. The
television set was disconnected at the
time.
Several telephones in the vicinity
of the Longsdorf home were also cut
off by the lightning.
No damage estimate has been re-
ported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Trout Derby Has Best Opening Day; $500
On Hand For Event At Buckeye Quarry

Augmented by the best opening
day fishing in the six-year history
of the Rainbow Trout derby Sunday,
strike-hungry anglers checked in a
total of 81 tagged rainbows by $3.50
p. m. as an estimated $500 fisherman
and spectators, welcoming the warm
weather, lined the banks at the Buck
eye quarry.
Directors of the Trout Derby stated
that the number of trout caught on
the opening day may not have ex-
ceeded the total number of fish
landed the first day since the Derby
began here IL years ago, but it was
record days trout catch in the
last six years. Not a single pickerel
walleye, great northern pike or perch
was checked in during the afternoon
In contrast to other years, the
youngsters fishing at the derby die
not get head start on adult anglers
At the p. m. bomb upwards of 50t
persons on the bank and fisherman
in more then 80 boats on the QUAR-!
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
GOldenaires First
At Lions COnfab

First place in the variety act COM
petition last Sunday was awarded to
the Goldenaires, Bluffton, represent
ing the Bluffton Lions club in the
District Lions convention at Toledo's
Secor Hotel.
Members of the Goldenaires are:
Earl Lehman, Dean Niswander, Rich
ard Boehr, Mrs. James Szabo, Mrs.
Morris Triplett, Mrs. Dean Niswan-
der, Mrs. Don Patterson and Mrs.
Dave Smucker. Mrs. Lehman is ac-
companist.
The group is eligible to represent
the local Lions at the state convention
in Cincinnati May Is, 10 and 20,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Judge Suspends
Everett Sentence

A three-month suspended sentence
was given Paul r. Everett, so, Route
2, Columbus Grove, by Common Pleas
Judge Moran B. Jenkins last week af-
ter he pleaded guilty to a reckless
driving charge.
Everett, who was involved in an ac-
cident with a Bluffton college student
at the intersection of College avenue
and Lawn avenue March l after po-
lice chased him from the south edge
of Findlay, was not indicted by the
grand jury for carrying concealed
weapons.
Prosecuting Attorney Anthony j
Bowers had requested an indictment
for carrying concealed weapons after
a gun fell out of Everett's car follow
ing the accident.
At the Arrangement Everett told
Judge Jenkins the gun, 1915 Luger,
was a part of collection of old guns,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03

cast their lines and the Derby was
under way.
Within seconds of the opening bomb
John Switzer, Tiffin, dashed to the
announcer's stand with the first of
the rainbows pulled out of the seven
and one-half acre quarry during the
afternoon.
Trout No l, carrying tag worth
500, if caught by 4:3O, p. m. was not
landed. The prize on the fish dropped
to S75 until midnight Monday, $50
on Tuesday. After that the angler
who lands the fish was to receive a
complete spinning outfit until Labor
Day when the Derby closes.
Anglers from Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan were on hand for the Derby
opener. Tagged fish were turned in
by persons from IT different cities
and towns.
John Gilbert, president of the
Bluffton Community Sportsmen's
club, sponsors of the Derby, was shut
Continued on page 12)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Ex-CeH-O Bringing $50, 900 MonthIy
Payroll Here, Providing Jobs For 25O

Although the new Bluffton plant
of the Ex-Cell-O corporation is
scarcely under construction, expan-
sion plans of the company already
call for nearly double the number of
employees originally called for in the
local operation, it was learned at the
Bluffton Business Mems association
"Get Acquainted" dinner last week.
Instead of 100 to $50 employees
originally estimated to man the new
plant, plans now call for a staff of
about $50 and payroll of approx
mately $4,000 monthly, E. H. Jones,
district operations manager told the
dinner audience.
In addition to sheet metal fabricat-
ion work, which the company origin
ally announced would be the principal
operation at Bluffton, one part of
the plant will be used for the manu-
facture of small machine tool parts,
and there will also be some machine
tool erection work as well as assembly
work on the Pure-Pak equipment.
Bluffton will also become a center
for quick-service repair of grinding
and boring spindles on which Ex-
Cello offers 24-hodr service.
Mr.. Jones told the audience of
more than 100 local businessmen and
industrialists that his firm selected
Bluffton for the site of it's new plant
because 63 per cent of the Lima
Machine Tool Division employees
were from the Bluffton area.
eve have been deeply impressed
with the calibre of people and their
ability to rapidly learn and con-
tribute to the quality products we
Make" Mr.. Jones said.
The Bluffton diners were impressed
with the overall size of the Excel
o Corp. as described by its president,
H. Glenn Bixby, Detroit. The local
plant will be one of IA plants in 10
cities in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New
Jersey, California and England. The
sprawling industrial network now
provides million and a half square
feet of floor space and employs
approximately 5000 persons. The
Lima plant now employs 1880 per-
sons.
eve are pleased to be a part of
Continued on page g.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Excavation Work Opens
Immediately On Swim Pool
BuUdOzer, ShOUel
Bite Into Rock For
Pool Foundation
Ground Also Broken This
Week For Presbyterian
Church Addition

The Green & Sawyer Company,
Lima contractors who were awarded
the contract to build the new munich
pal swimming pool at Buckeye quarry
park, lost no time this week in getting
excavation work underway.
By Wednesday morning at press
time a power shovel and bulldozer
had already leveIed off the site and
had begun digging into bed rock on
which the bottom of the concrete pool
will rest.
Workmen on the job said they be-
lieved the excavation can be dug
without the use of dynamite. An air
hammer is being used to break up
the stone.
AT last weeks council meeting, Mr..
Green said that the pool construction
should easily be possible in time to
permit swimming this summer, but
he cautioned that a delay in receiving
parts for the filtration system could
easily prevent use Of the pool this
summer.
Workmen also broke ground this
week for the new addition to the
First Presbyterian church on Main
street. Trenching equipment was on
the job to dig sewer outlet, and the
contractor had staked off the new
addition lines at the rear of the
church.
Another church addition project
was scheduled to get underway today,
Thursday. Workmen were to get un-
derway construction Of the new addit-
ion to the rear of the st. Johns
Evangelical & Reformed church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Williams,
Findlay, a boy, Edgar Leroy, born
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Miskulin, Sr.,
Pandora, boy, Joseph Matthew, born
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darl Bauer, Rt. 5,
Findlay, girl, Judy Ann, born Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Simons, Findlay,
a boy, William David, born Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Latham, Rawson,
a boy, Mark Allen, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Oberly, Lafay-
cite a girl, Barbara Sue, born April
27 in Lima Memorial hospital. Mrs
Oberly is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Matter.
Major and Mrs. J. D. Spinelli, son
Joseph Dominic, Jr., born April II al
army hospital in Ft. Meade, Md. Mrs
Sn;nelli is the former Mary McGin-
mis-. daughter of D. A. McGinnis
Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard ]. Lande'
Wanda Hochstettler), Upland, Ind.
girl. Sandra Louise, born April %
Mrs Landes is the daughter of Mr.
ord Mrs Andrew Hochstettler, Bluff
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Shrubbery Planting At New School
Sets Pace In Town "Spruce-Up" Drive

Setting the pace for the community
this week during the annual cleanup,
fix-up and plant-up campaign, mem
bers of the Bluffton Mems Garden
club, equipped with shovels and
rakes, set out the first load of ever
greens on the front lawn of the new
elementary school building Tuesday
evening.
Approximately is members of the
club assisted by the school custodians
and others unloaded some of the
larger trees weighing nearly ton
each. A tractor equipped with lift
from the Farmers Grain company as
sisted in the unloading.
John Boehr was in charge of the
garden club project which will in
clude planting total Of so shrubs,
trees and bushes in front of the
building.
Another clean-u3 project which at
tracted after lion LIST week was the
leveling of the telephone company
lot at the ar OF !. 8Staater build.
ing on Church street. The lot is to be
surfaced with stone and used for
off-street parking by telephone COM
pany employees.
Main street will receive its annual
cleanup week sweep-down early this
morning, Thursday, when the busi-
nessmen man the brooms to clean
streets, cutters and sidewalks. Dirt
is to be swept into piles which will
be picked up later by the village
crew.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-03
Fire Department
On Dry Run Sunday

Bluffton's Volunteer Fire De-
partment went on dry run Sun
day afternoon.
Passersby reported a fire in
an automobile on u. S. Route Is
about three and one-half miles
south of town. When the depart
ment arrived on the scene the
driver was fixing a flat tire.
There was no sign of fire.
Fire Chief Guy CorsOn said
there was grease over the rear
of the auto and it apparently had
blazed momentarily.