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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-19
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

Akesson Of Nynashamn, south Of
Stockholm. said.
Supt. Akesson led the investi-
CATION at the estate where the
60-year-old former Swedish Mill
tary Attache to Washington and
London and CHER OF the press
section of the Swedish defense
staff and his family died yes
terday.
! Count Won Rosen, who retired
from active military service as
a colonel last October. had been
working hard lately organizing
the equestrian Olympic Games
here next June. He was the
chairman of the Organizing
Committee.
There were no signs of vio-
Hence and everything must have
happened in a matter of min
utes." Supt. Akesson said. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

Count was said to have been
suffering from insomnia re-
Gently.
The Countess Ella Won Rosen,
IS, and the children. Gunilla,
Is, and Gustaf-F redrik. 10, APP
Iparently were asleep when they
were shot.
Count Won Rosen belonged to
the same well-known Swedish
noble family as his second
cousin. Count Adolf Won Rosen
who shot himself and his wife
at their estate south of Stock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

trial and farming area on the
Volga. The officials were &C
cused Of indifference to the
welfare Of the workers, outmod-
ed industrial and agricultural
methods and bureaucracy.
However, no dismissals were
announced among the commit
tee personnel. The head Of the
Sverdloesk regional committee
was removed last month and the
membership of the committee
shaken up after similar accu-
sations were presented against
them.
Pravda said the charges were
made at committee meeting
apparently held in Gorky within
the last few days. The commit
tees second secretary. identified
only as Kochedykov. was quoted
as saying instructors sent by the
party organization buried them
selves in paper work instead of
getting to grips with the situa-
ton on the collective farms and
machines and tractor stations.
Pravda said the meeting
brought out that one district
committee in Gorky region
adopted 100 decisions in q short
time to correct unspecified abuses
on collective farms but mo mat
ter how stern. the decisions
failed to influence work on the
collective farms because they
were made without knowledge OF
conditions on the farms"
Gorky Is the site Of the Molo-
TOW automobile plant. The Sec
rotary Of the party's committee
at the plant was quoted a. COM
planning that meetings Of various
kinds took so much time he had
little left for his work.
How can I learn the actual
conditions in my plant when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

holm in September, 1854.
The sportsman is survived by
three children by an earlier
marriage, among them Agnes
Won Rosen, who has been inter-
nationally known as a woman
bull fighter and a daring racing
and stunt motorist in Mexico
and Australia.
Count Won Rosen served as
Sweden'S Military Attache tt
Washington. 1912; to London
1938-42. and to Copenhagen
1945-48.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04
Counts Illness
Cited in KILLINGS

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan.
4 P.-Police said yesterday a
nervous breakdown from over
work probably lay behind the
tragedy in which Count Gustaf-
Fredrik Won Rosen, information
ally known sportsman, shot his
wife and two children to death
and then committed suicide.
I'VE have traced nothing that
indicates he had been planning
to do this" Police Supt. forster
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

spend my time going from meet
ling to meeting" Pravda reported
him as saying. Here is an
average working day: Ten am,
conference of the Regional Com.
lmittee on construction of auto
mobiles; 1 pm. conference OF
the City Committee on activities
Iof the football team; 3 pm,
conference Of the Regional Com
mittee on collection of scrap
iron: 5 pm, conference Of the
city Soviet. and 6 pm. confer
ence Of the city Soviet on new
techniques."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

District voter registration In
under way. Have you quail
fed to vote in the elections
May I? Registration head
quarters are on the ground
floor Of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04
Discipline Is frightened
As Red Congress Neors

MOSCOW. Jan. GP-The Soviet Communist Party is tight
enng discipline preparation for its goth here next
month Regional district and city organizations the target
for sharp criticisms.
The latest blast reported Pravda yesterday aimed
regional Gorky important indus
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24
Plan Special Tours
OF Building For
Alumni Visitors
TOwnfOlk To Dedicate
Elementary School Some
time In August

Highlighting the 18th anniversary
reunion of the Bluffton High School
Alumni association Saturday after
noon will be preview tours of the new
Elementary school building.
Hosts and hostesses for the build
ing inspection will be a group of
former teachers and PTA Room
Mothers according to Miss Meredith
Stepleton, chairman of the program
committee. Refreshments will be ser
we'd to the visiting alumni members.
Although much of the finishing
work will remain to be done on the
new building, visiting Alumni mem
bers will be given a good idea of
what the completed job will be like.
The formal dedication for townfolks
is being arranged for August.
Painters were busy last week fin
ishing the room walls, most of which
are in different pastel colors which
will be accented by the asphalt tile
floors when they are laid. Martin
Howie, superintendent of construction
for the Knowlton Co., general con-
tractor, said that some of the floor
ing will probably be in by Saturday.
Visitors will find the entrance in
attractive ash paneling with a bronze
plaque naming the school officials,
architect and general constructor
mounted on the northeast wall.
The corridor floors are all terrazzo.
Most impressive is the amount of
daylight provided in each room by
the windows and glassblock contruc-
tion. The "blackboards" are actually
deep green in color and tan ceramic
tiling provides wainscoting through
out every room and corridor.
Twelve classrooms are provided
for the first six grades in addition
to rest rooms, conference room,
health room, office library. Most
eye-catching of all is the large
42'x60' multi-purpose room with 49,
foot ceiling which will permit games
such as basketball on the floor which
can quickly be cleared of some 10
large tables by folding them into
the walls. An elevated stage is also
provided at one end of the room, and
a modern kitchen at the other.
Off of the multi-purpose room are
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24

In 1861 the Township Board of
Education, under the Akron law,
made Bluffton and its immediate vi
cinity into the "Bluffton Special
School District. This was done in
order to enable the youth of the town
TO receive an education more thor
ough and extensive.
Accordingly a two story frame
building was erected about where the
present new elementary building now
stands. Among the teachers in this
building were Edward Ballard, Burr
Shafer, Samuel Gaskill, J. D. Flen-
ner, Mr.. Hogle and A. J. Owens,
former mayor of Bluffton. The build
ing accommodated the students of
Bluffton for IA years, when another
school house was necessary.
The old building still stands on the
Main street of Bluffton just north
Of Sidney's Drug Shop. Neither of the
two store rooms in the building are
open at present. One was occupied
by Bill Augsburger's recreation hall
and the other until recently by K. &
n. Plumbing and Roofing.
This building served its purpose
until 1875 when the brick building
was erected on Jackson street, and it
was only two years after this that
the high school was set up.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24
Visiting Alumni To Find First Hi School
Replaced By Modern Elementary Building

Grade" And another motion followed
adopting a Three-Year Course of
Study for "the High School Grade" +"
The first BHS students were
offered study hill-of-fare which in
cluded such subjects as higher arith-
metic, analysis, algebra, geometry,
physical geography, rhetoric, natural
philosophy, English literature, Latin,
physiology, political science n d
astronomy.
A requirement of BIS students Of
the day was that "drill in elocution
and theory and practice of teaching
are to be taken during the course"
Those were days when many high
school graduates went into teaching
work without further preparation
provided certain examinations were
taken and passed.
First Alumni Members
First students to "stick it out"
through the three years under Super
intendent S. C. Patterson was the
Class of 1881, six members strong,
four girls and two boys. Members of
the class were Helen F. Barnes, who
later became a lecturer, Lille M.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24
First BluftOn School Was Log House
At Corner OF Grove st. And College Rd.

Although Ohio's earliest settlers did
not have time for schools and church
es in the frontier days, there were
only about A years elapsed between
the time Joseph Deford built the
towns first log house, and the day
Bluffton was talking about starting
a high school.
There is no record Of the date the
first school was established after the
village began to spring up around
Deford's cabin built in 1899. At that
time the schools were held in the var
ious homes about the village. 1t was
not long, however, before a round-log
school house was built along Little
Riley Greek near what is now the
corner Of College road and Grove
street. 1t stood about where the res
idence of Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Fett is
now situated.
This was known as District No. 1
Richland Township. 1t is recorded
that the first school was taught by
Benjamin Franklin Smith, and it was
in this log building that the children
of Shannon (Bluffton was original
ly known as both Groghan Post Of
flee and Shannon) went to school un-
til 1874.
After the fire the cabin was i'm
mediately replaced by a hewn-log
house on the same site. This stood
until 1852 when it, too, was destroyed
by fire. Here, the three "R's'' were
taught without any flourishes, and
the main object of the school was to
teach children to read, write and fig
ure.
In the early days each family ad-
hered to the language of its ancestors
and consequently sometimes a teacher
taught pupils in three Languages,
English, German and French. Teach
ers were never without knowledge of
two languages, the English and the
German.
This school took in children from
the district known as subdivision No.
l of Richland township. Samuel
Thompson and DR.. Silas Ewing, who
had resided in Bluffton for a long
time were teachers of that school.
This district was now divided by a
vote of the people and the northern
half, which is Bluffton, erected a
frame building at the intersection Of
what is now Riley and Lawn streets
The first teacher was Eleanor Young
She was followed by Mary Ann
Young, Daniel Beardsley, Henry
Shank, Abel F. Jennings and William
Anderson.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24

serving as a minister in Buffalo,
N. Y. when the list was published in
1904. William Marr, the other boy
graduate, became stenographer in
Chicago. The girls included Nettie
Jackson, Hettie Vernon and Emma
Murray, all of whom married.
The early classes were small and
upon three occasions, 1888, 1892 and
1895, there were only three graduates
to step up for their sheepskins on
commencement night.
The school building, new in those
days, had been built only a couple
years earlier. 1t was erected at a
cost of $10,225.
First School Addition
Within a decade of the time the
high school was established. in 1898,
it was again necessary to provide for
an increase of pupils. During B. F.
Biery's administration as scho o |
Superintendent, an addition to the
school facing Lawn avenue was made
to the Jackson street school at cost
of $4,000. At this time the high school
course of study was strengthened.
The curriculum was extended from
time to time until in 1904, the
present four year term was adopted.
The big red brick building served
all II classes of school for the next
Is years, but by 1911 it had been
outgrown. A referendum was held to
decide whether a separate high school
building should be erected, and the
motion was carried by 274 to 129
votes.
High School Building Erected
1t was expected that the new build
ing would cost $4,000, but on March
Is, 1912, another issue of $4,000 was
voted on. This carried almost as
easily as the first, 229 to 152. In the
fall of the year the school was ready
to be occupied. C. A. Arganbright was
superintendent of schools at the time.
In 1921 the Bluffton high school
was reorganized into the Bluffton-
Continued on page 9, sec. u
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24
Honor Roll Of 1908
Was EXCLUSIVE List

The school honor roIl of 1908 was
really an exclusive affair, for only the
top ranking student in each class was
acknowledged with the listing.
From the files of The Bluffton
News the following Honor Roll pub
lished February 6, 1908, may be of
interest in this alumni issue:
Senior, Leila Satterlee; junior,
Pauline Garau; sophomore, Martha
Davis; freshman, Reece Huher;
eighth grade, Alice Santschi; seventh
grade, Alice Lugibill; sixth grade,
Leila Frick, Bernice Bogart; fifth
grade, Emma Stearns; fourth grade,
Bonnie Steiner; third grade, No. /,
Geneva Steiner; No. 2, Della Stager;
third grade, Charles Hardwick.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24

Clark, Minnie Hermann, Emma
Lugabill, Rolla A. Hickey and Willis
V. Hutchins. Apparently none of the
members of the first class entered
teaching, but both of the boys be-
came bookkeepers, according to a list
of the early graduates published by
the school in 1904.
The second class of BHS graduates,
which again consisted of two boys
and four girls, produced minister.
B. F. Ferrall, the record shows, was
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24

The razing last summer of the old
Bluffton elementary school building
removed from the community the
birthplace" of the towns high
school now observing the 18th ami
versary of its first graduating class.
1t was in the towering Victorian
structure, quite contrast to the
rambling one-floor building which has
replaced it, that action was taken in
October of 1877 to establish a high
school.
This forward stride in the commun-
ity's program of education for its
young people was taken upon a
motion by school board member A. G.
Kibler, seconded by Jesse Vernon. They
moved that the board authorize the
establishment of a High School
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24
ouIcK GRnWTH

The 1870 U. S. Census gave Bluff
ton population of only 480, but five
years later when the Jackson street
school building was erected the
towns population had more than
doubled to 1,105.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-05-24

also locker and shower rooms Tor
boys and girls-a far cry from an
earlier day when Pirate football
teams only enjoyed a shower when
they played in Lima.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-08

and then there were four.
Four Civil Servants found they
couldn't thrive
Without Coordination, and
then there were five.
Five Civil Servants settled
down to fix
The size of their establishment,
and then there were six.
Six Civil Servants in a Bureau
cratic heaven
Needed technical advice, and
then there were seven.
Seven Civil Servants set out to
demarcate
The sphere of their activities,
and then there were eight.
Eight Civil Servants attempted
to assign
A joint responsibility, and then
there were nine.
Nine Civil Servants -- very
busy men,
Just. whisper: Cut them ten
per cent You'll fine
they've grown to ten"
Sad to relate, over-staffing
is not a crime" that is con-
fined entirely to our public
servants-it also prevalent
in private industry and busi-
ness-made necessary by 'fea-
Continued on Page 2-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-08
Trick or Treat

Sponsored by the Belle Valley Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary, "open house. was
held last Tuesday evening for all the young
sters of that community, who would norm
ally be out on their annual "trick or treat"
1t is well known fact to all that heavily
Travelled USR 21 goes right through the
middle of this town and particularly on this
beggars' night the youngsters are usually
very careless.
Since they were dressed up and masked,
their vision was also obscured and parents
have always worried about a fatal accident.
So the American Legion Auxiliary
women stepped in and by holding "open
house" that evening, they very easily solved
the problem.
Practically every youngster in the COM
munity was at the Legion hall that evening,
where there was plenty of candy and re-
prizes being awarded and in general a whole
some evening of entertainment and fun for
the young people.
Up in neighboring Byesville, street
parade was planned with all the youngsters
taking part. This was likewise sponsored by
the American Legion there, whose COM
mander is Caldwells own, Vincent Daniels.
They went all out but Commander
Daniels said it was worth it for no accidents
were reported, the community in general
was better off by knowing where the kiddies
were and vandalism was kept at minimum.
The American Legion auxiliary, with
the help OF the Legion post members, at
Belle Valley, are to be commended for TAX
ing this community step that benefited so
many youngsters with just little effort on
the part of the adults.
1t is the sincere hope of practically every
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-08
THIS WEEK
wAsHiNeToh III
REP. JOHN e. HENDERSON
Air Service

More adequate air transporta-
ton service for Southeastern
Ohio is assuming greater impor-
tance, particularly in view of the
increased industrial activity our
area is experiencing. AS air trav-
el has increased because of a
more widespread interest in the
fast passenger facilities it offers,
it has become more apparent
that smaller population areas
must act to improve the service
available to them.
Like many other non-metro-
politan areas in the country,
flight service is, for the most
part, inconvenient for the people
of our seven counties. 1t is the
responsibility of the Federal gov
ernnlent to assign routes to COM
mercial air carriers in the public
interest. This function is per-
formed by the Civil Aeronautics
Board in Washington.
One opportunity for correcting
the local air service situation
came last Spring when CAB
hearings were held in Washing
ton to consider the assignment
of route from Ohio cities to
Continued To Page 4-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-08
The American Way X

haps just a few more words
about the Hoover Commission
recommendations and the fail
ure of our lawmakers to do
the necessary to put most of
them to work, would be in
order. In this connection, "The
Outlook" published at Toron-
to, Canada, printed in its
October issue, some very ap-
propriate comment, which it
found in "The Recorder" of
London, England. This bit of
humor in rhyme aptly depicts
how mother England suffers
from a similar malady to that
which afflicts America and
which the adoption of the Ho-
over Commission recommended
tions would go far toward eff
fecting a cure. / quote this gem
from England via Canada:
"One Civil Servant, with moth
ing much to do,
Wrote a Memorandum, and
then there were two.
Two Civil Servants, over
cups of tea,
Formed a Working Party, and
then there were three.
Three Civil Servants, drafting
forms galore;
Someone whispered Planning
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-08

mother and father in Caldwell that similar
action can be taken in this community next
year.
A check at just few of the homes dur
ing the observance of "beggars' night"
reveals that it is getting slightly out of hand
and becoming very expensive proposition
There were at least 100 kids who called
at the average home and the treat involved
in most cases amounted to $500 or more.
1t has been suggested that next year, the
children call at various homes on their
street, pick up clothing and deposit it at a
central point, contact Sgt. Beach, the recruit
ing agent at Marietta and then ship it to
the Korean orphanage started two years
ago by Col. Hess, native of Marietta.
The children could pick up pennies as
an alternative and they would be turned in
to help cause such as the Boy Scout
campaign which is always being conducted
at the same time.
There are so many worthwhile things
that could be accomplished that evening and
yet nothing is being done here.
Even the grade school fall festival,
which is normally held on October 81, was
scheduled this year for Thursday evening,
Nov. 8. In other words the kids were free
to roam at will-whenever and wherever.
1t is suggested and hoped that some club
in Caldwell will get behind any one of the
suggested ideas for next year and join their
neighboring communities in an all out effort
to keep the children off the streets and thus
avoid accidents that could happen to any
child.
The clubs have the entire year before
them but they should start planning now for
really worthwhile project
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-08
Win or Lose

Win or lose Wednesday morning, Vice
President Richard Nixon made a very good
impression on the thousands that gathered to
hear his brief talk, Saturday morning at
Marietta.
The 13-car special bearing the vice
president, his wife, Pat, and many other
dignitaries made its first stop in Ohio, for
boarding passengers only, in Caldwell at
few minutes past 800 o'clock that morning.
Several hundred had gathered at the
station hoping that Nixon would make an
appearance but he failed to do SO and there
were, of course, many disappointed people
who had hoped to get glimpse of likes right
hand man.
! Tka~vice president and l4is-wife~ e~weEe
in the last car of the train, which is the first
passenger train to stop or go through Cald
we'll for more than 20 years
Due to the condition of the track the
train was not permitted to go more than 20
miles an hour from Caldwell to Marietta
and it arrived there at 9:54 a. M. allowing
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-08

Uncle Sam Stilie