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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-19

have been living for the past year
in Freeman, South Dakota where he
is principal of Freeman Junior Col
lege, were here during the past week
on vacation.
Norman Triplett is recuperating
from recent surgery which he under
went at Memorial hospital.
Miss Clara NJ. Smith of South
Charleston, West Va, is spending the
week with Miss Alice Ludwig. Miss
Smith recently returned from trip
into Chill, South America.
The following guests were enter
tanned during the past week at the
home of Miss Alice Ludwig on Pop
lar street; Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde L,
Huff of Mercedes, Texas; Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice Oakley and two sons Of
Highpoint, Ohio; and Mr.. and Mrs
Amos Crawfis and Miss Virginia
Crawfis of Toledo.
The past week has been in tho
nature of a family reunion for the
G. T. Soldners. Mr.. and Mrs. Pau
Soldner and daughter, StephaniC
Lynn, are here from Los Angeles
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne B. Tophan
and sons, Thomas, Michael ant
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-19
BLUFFTON LOCALS

Findlay joined the group for Sunday
dinner.
Dr. and Mrs. Boyd W. Travis and
children, Tony, David and Marcia,
are to leave Monday for a three-week
trip into the Gaspe Penninusla
country of Canada, and if time per-
mits into Nova Scotia. They will stop
in Syracuse, N. Y. euroute for visit
with the Fred Lingles, former Bluff
ton residents.
Mrs. Paul Reese and three children
of Dayton called on friends in Bluff
ton Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Reese
is the former Mary Keyes, daughter
of Paul Keyes who was at one time
receiver of the National Bank of
Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Sneary, Mrs.
Flora Core of Columbus Grove; Mrs.
G.. C.. Mellender and Mrs. l.. II.
Krehbiel of Fairfax, Va; Mr. and
Mrs. Goldbrech and two friends Of
Findlay visited Saturday evening with
Mrs. Will Lightner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Koontz have
returned from two weeks vacation
at Cedar Hedge Lake near Traverse
City, Michigan. Tom reports the
fishing good.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. F. Jackson and
family of Warner Robbins, Ga. are
spending two weeks with his aunts,
Mrs. Frenus Hermann and Mrs.
George Rauenbuhler and friends.
Mrs. Ruth Cupples and Mrs. Ralph
Stearns spent the week end in Tiffir
at a missionary convention anc
returned home Friday evening. While
in Tiffin they visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. David Stearns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Mettler an6
daughter Pam of Lima and Billy
Cupples of Mt. Cory spent Sunday al
the Fred Bronson home.
Judy and Johnny Morris of Muncie
Indiana spent the week here WITT
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Zuercher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Herr left
. Saturday for weeks stay in Pitts
burgh with their son and daughter
. in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Herr
They were accompanied by theil
! granddaughter, Debbie, who has beer
: vacationing with them here in Bluff
ton for the past six weeks.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Gerhard Buhler, who
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-19

Roger, drove in from Newton, Kan
sas During the week another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Farling, her hus-
band and children, Sarah Ann and
David Lee, have been frequent
visitors from Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Warren took
their son Richard and Frank Scoles
to All Camp Ohio in Licking county
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Warren con-
tinued on for a short trip through
eastern Ohio and northern West Vir-
ginia before returning to their home.
Basinger ambulance removals:
Jacob Schaller from his home east of
Continued on page 12)
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HOUSE, 7-rooms, Mound street.
Inquire L. E.. Redick, Rt. 8, Ada. Nib
ONLY $4,000 down payment will
buy this attractive home at the
corner of Grove street and Lawn
avenue. Equipped with automatic oil
hot water heat, two bedrooms down
and two up, hardwood floor on main
floor, livingl room, dining room,
kitchen, bath; and half bath on main
floor, nice lawn with landscaPing and
trees, electric hot Sater, partially
insulated, coed roof and good dur
able construction throughout. Garage
and extra lot Included. Easy financing
on balance. Call Ed Rice, Bluffton
Eastland, Inc. Phone 103-W. Can be
seen by appointment. Available very
soon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-19
BLUFFTON MARKETS
"wednesday MOrning)

Grain (bushel prices)-wheat, S2.01;
corn, S145; soy beans, S2.56; oats,
66c.
Eggs-large white, 36c; large
brown, 34c; medium white or brown,
29c; small, 22c.
Poultry-heavy hens, 17c; leghorn
hens, 1Sc; heavy stays, 10c; leghorn
stays, &c.
Butterfat-No. 1, 5Sc; No. 2, SIC.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-19
THE COMMUNITY MARKET PLACE
USE THE WANT ADS
To Rent Sell News Ads Do the Job Economically
Phone Bluffton 137-W DeadIine $3.50 A M Wednesdays
PROPERTY FOR SALE

ALL MODERN, bedroom home
in Beaverdarn. Immediate possess
sion. Beaverdam 1891.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-19
ORDINANCE. NO. s-5s

To FIX the salary of the Chief of Police
Street Commissioned and Supervisor of Gar
bage Disposal, SextNn of Maple Grove Gem
etery and to decarf an emergency.
BE 1T ORDAINEh by the Council OF the
Village of Bluffton, tState of Ohio, as fol-
lows:
Sec. THAT the salary Of the Chief OF
Police be fixed as herewith:
Chief of Police-S12500 per month;
Street Commissioner and Supervisor OF
Garbage Disposal-$200.0 per month
Sexton of Maple Grdke Cemetery-$25.Oo 90
per month;
ly, for the combined duties as Chief of Po-
lice, Street Commissioner and Supervisor OF
Garbage Disposal, and keNton of Maple
Grove Cemetery.
Sec. 2-That this ordinanNe is hereby de,
clared to be an emergency MEASURE, and shall
take effect and be in force tat the earliest
period allowed by law, August /. 1856
Sec. 3-That all OrdinancesA and parts of
ordinances inconsistent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Signed DAVID L. RISSER, Mayor
Passed: July IL, 1856
Attest A. j. B. Longsdorf, CleF
H,.Ixr
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-19

SIX-ROOM MODERN HOME with
double garage and double lot. Will
sacrifice if sold within next 80 days.
Phone PAW. B. r. Shafer.
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w A N rlE D
WANTED

To prove there is something that
stops athletes foot, ringworm and
other associated external fungus
infections. It is NIGEL compounded
by registered pharmacist and sold
in all drug stores. Y0u take no
chance. If you are not completely
satisfied with the way NIGEL stops
all itching and burning and promotes
healing, your money will be refunded
Get NIGEL today from Sour Drug
gist.
Price s9c
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-19

GOOD HOME for male Collie pup.
Russell Leiber. Phone 648-Y.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-07-19
IN MAORIAM

In memory of bur beloved husband
and father, Ola1 Lewis, who passed
away July IS, 1855.
God saw the rugged pathway
Was growing hard to climb,
So He closed his weary eyelids
And He whispered Peace Be
Thine"
Sadly missed by wife and son and
family. ass-a.s--s----zz
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CARD OF THANKS

1 wish to thank al my friends in
the vicinity of Blufton for the flow
ers and cards duribg my stay at the
Dettmer hospital n Ear Troy
Mrs. IJohn Hirschfield
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
AT THE VATICAN
She Cooks for Pope Plus XII
And He Does WhQt She Says

Mother PosquoIino is the Bovorion
"Groy Sister" who for more thon
80 years hos cooked for the man
who is now Pope Plus XII. She is
the only person in the Votieon
who never allows herself to be
photographed. Along with her
other duties, she now keeps the
diary which the Pope will leove
to his spiritual successor. As one
OF the persons closest TO him, she
remoins q mystery to the outside
world. Here is her story.
BY JEAN PURCELL
Associated Press Stan Writer
VATICAN CITY. Dec. L.
Among the less puhlicized
visits made by Secretary Of
State John Foster Dulles was
a trip to the Vatican in the
fall of SO. He was enjoying a
private audience, seated at
the vast, ornate desk in the
pontiff's apartment, chatting
in English, which His Holiness
speaks fluently. Both were in
the thick Of a discussion, when
the door leading to the inner
chambers opened, and a short,
dumpy woman in a nuns gray
habit entered. With scarcely
any ceremony she announced
in German:
"Heiliger water. sic mussen
essen :"
The Pope replied gently, in
German;
Good, good, Mother Pasqua-
lima. I'll be right there before
the soup cools."
But the little woman stood
her ground, in the unmistak-
able attitude of one who has
no intention of budging until
she has had her way. The
Pope sighed, rose, and with a
wry smile observed to MIR.
Dulles. There's no power on
earth that can move the good
Mother Pasqualina once the
soup is on the table"
Similar Scenes
Other distinguished visitors
besides Mr.. Dulles have de-
scribed similar scenes when
ever their audiences confiicted
with the pontiff's mealtime
schedule or with any other
aspect of that rigid routine
vigorously enforced by this
martinez of a sixty-seven-
year-old housekeeper.
PaSquelina Lenhert was born
in Emersback. Bavaria. She
was a young nun of the Fran
ciScan Order of the Sister
Teachers Of the Holy Cross
when she first met Eugenio
Pacelli, who is now Pope Plus
XII. These nuns, popularity
called the Gray Sisters" be-
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cause of their attire, are
trained at the Menzingen Con-
vent near Basic, Switzerland,
and then sent to posts all over
the world to serve as domestic
workers-cooks housekeepers,
wardrobe mistresses-in reli-
gious institutions, bishops pail
aces and the like.
Mother Pasqualina first
cooked for the Pope shortly
after the First World War.
He was then Bishop Pacelli.
papal nuncio to Germany, and
the meeting was at Einsiedlen.
a l.000-year-old Benedictine
abbey in Switzerland, where he
had taken refuge from Com
munist uprisings.
She had been sent from
Menzingen to serve as cook for
distinguished visitors to the
abbey. With implaccable con-
sistency, she cooked according
to the austere ancient recipes
Of her religious order. She
was not what one would call a
fancy cook, but her simple
fare suited Pacelli's ascetic
taste.
Pacelli was sent to Berlin
in 1922 as papal ambassador
10 the Weimar Republic. When
the nuncial palace was COM
pleted, Menzingen was asked to
supply the housekeeping staff.
A few days later, Sister Pas
qualina arrived with two as
sistants. For seven years she
cooked not only for Bishop
Pacelli but often for the entire
diplomatic corps, of which Pa
cell was the dean.
In 1929, Pacelli returned to
Rome TO receive the red hat
and take up his honored post
Of Cardinal Secretary Of State.
succeeding the aged Cardinal
Casparri.
The Cardinal Secretary of
State has his own quarters in
the Vatican. Sister Pasqua-
lima, with two other gray sis
tiers. was also transferred to
Rome to act as his personal
housekeeper.
Mother Superior
Ten years later, when Car
dinal Pacelli became Pope
Plus XII, the spiritual head
of 400 million Catholics, Sister
Pasqualain stayed on to look
after his temporal well being.
She became mother superior to
the group of gray sisters" who
work in seclusion in the Vati-
can. or at CaStel Gondolfo, the
papal summer residence.
Unfortunately this sparse
diet. along with the Pope's
spartan discipline Of living,
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mysteries Of yitamins. calories
and balanced nutrition.
She proved an adept pupil.
She asked for and received
authorization from the Pope to
have the right to interrupt an
audience at mealtimes. and in
other ways to oblige him to
tick to his daily routine,
which she does with German
Stolidity and efficiency.
In 1947. Mother Pasqualina
took on another interesting
duty. 1t is well known in the
Vatican that the Pope keeps
a diary, which he intends to
leave as a guide to his success
sor. The light in the Pope's
study is rarely put out before
l O'Clock in the morning, and
1t is said that this is because
the Pope spends the period be-
fore retiring in entering. in his
own hand. the record o. each
days events in his journal.
which is kept under lock and
key.
When the Pope's right hand
was stricken with rheumatism
in l947, the membefs of his
staff naturally wondered who
would be entrusted to make
the entries in the diary which
the Pope might wish to die
tate. Chosen for this intimate
and important task was none
other than Mother Pasqualina.
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only aggravated the exhaust
ing effects of his multiple &C
tiyities. The result was that
in l945. the Pope suffered a
heart attack that was nearly
fatal. His personal physician,
DR.. Ricardo Galeazzo Lisi,
studying the Pope's general
condition, found that the Pope
was suffering from undernour-
ishment. The Pope had for
decades been living on what
was virtually a reducing diet.
His high-powered activities
were being conducted on low
powered fuel.
The physician grappled with
the difi1cult problem, at once
medical and psychological, of
filling in the Pope's missing
so pounds, which his natural
asceticism almost made inn
possible.
Therefore. DR.. Lisi, enlistinR
Mother PasQualina's co-opera-
ton, instructed her in the
Evening star., 1956-08-26

me- SUNDAY srAa MAcAzMt WASHINGTON O. c. AUGUST 49,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27
London Girl Returns Home
From Lutheran Conference

High School, daughter OF M ana
Street home from washington
d. experience which she says i WI" re-
member things that could happen TO
Vici of the Luther League of Ohio VINO
Training Camp in the nation
capital There six such in various sections OF the onen
S registered
Buckeye" in camp Capital boy from Akron
Leagues who wish attend the camps I'LL out appc
the church which
attend prominent citizen in the
applications sent to the head
quarters of America Philadelphia where
special committee The choice OF
those attend the training based on scholarship
with the home
The applicants special with epha
pobems those who attended the Washing
privilege visiting departments of the
what goes behind the and meet
religious instruction along with other projects to round out their
the
the painting of the parish hall of the
wher O activity centered.
private homes
minge community Vc will report to the
affiliated
at the Youth Sunday" service this fall
their daughter Washington and
spent week sightseeing returning London Monday
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27
Speech Therapy
Class Successful

The Speech Therapy Glasses for
Madison County which started
around the middle of July, are
meeting with success, according
to members of the committee of
the Madison County Society FOR
Crippled Children, which is the
sponsoring organization.
Mrs. Paul Noblitt of New Rome,
a qualified and trained teacher is
in London on Mondays conducting
two classes one for five children
and the other for six enrollees,
which is the capacity for the
classes.
Speech Therapy Clinics were
conducted this Spring by the So
ciety with the efficient help and
co. operation of some of the staff
of the Madison County Depart
ment of Health AS a result of
these clinics more than 40 child
rem were recommended for speacn
difficulty and deficiency. The
Monday classes will be continued
as long as there is need for this
kind of therapy in the county, ac-
ccrcing to the report on the work.
Mrs. w. " Nichols, Mrs. VIII
liam H. Morris and Mrs. William
Grubb are assisting with field
service and clerical work for the
sponsoring organization.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27
''Secret Society" At West
jefferson Branded Bunk !"

scars on their hands but the blem-
ish on the wounded mans hand is
now said to be a birthmark.
Dr. Sol Maggied, who attended
the suicide before he died, said that
he believed that the whole story
about a secret society was "just
imagination DR.. Maggied was
quoted as saying, This entire af-
fair is ridiculous. There is no con-
elusive evidence that such a gang
as that described in the papers ex-
lists or ever did exist"
Sheriff Markley said that several
West Jefferson residents had call
ed him in to dispel the rumors and
that he had talked with the parents
and relatives of the persons in
question and had found nothing to
indicate the rumored society"
The sheriff said that number of
people he interrogated branded the
story as bunk
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27
Thomas J. Price
Dies Of Illness

Thomas j. Price, II, former
London resident, died at his home
in Springfield Tuesday following a
six months illness. He had been
employed at the London Prison
Farm while in London and moved
to Springfield in 1910.
Surviving is MS wife, Merel; two
daughters, Mrs. Darwin Sewers of
Georgesville and Mrs. Clifford
Stanley of Springfield; two sons,
Max of London and Edward of
Glendale, California; II grandchil-
dren, two great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Arthur Smith of
Springfield and Mrs. Edwin Higley
of Marinci, Mich; four brothers.
John of Pleasant Hill, Alva of
Springfield and Charles and Harry
of London.
Funeral services at the Richards
Funeral Home, Springfield at 2:30
o'clock Friday afternoon. Inter-
ment in Ferncliff &c me terry,
Springfield.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27
Matt Richardson
Dies On Thursday

T. NJ. (Matt) Richardson, "a, a
former mayor Of Sedalia, died at
his home there Thursday. He had
been i'll for the past II years but
only seriously i'll for the past sew
eral weeks.
Mr.. Richardson was born Decem-
Der 3, 1871 in Range township, the
son of Joseph and Christina Pat
terson Richardson and had spent
his entire life in that community.
For many years he had been a
prominent contractor in that area,
retiring in 1899. He was a member
of the Sedalia Methodist Church.
Surviving is his wife, Lu Barrett
Richardson.
Funeral services at the residence
Saturday at two o'clock, the Rev
erend 1. c. Wright, pastor of the
Sedalia Church officiating minis
ter. Interment in the Sedalia Gem
etery by the Snyder Funeral Ser
vice.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27
Native Of Egypt
Is County Visitor

The Vocational Agriculture |
DEPARTING ent of London High
School had visitors Wednesday
from Cairo, Egypt. Mr.. E. o.
Bolender of the State Department
of Education in Columbus brought
with him Sayed Abdel-Rahman,
Chief of Division, Agricultural
Education d partm m n t, Cairo,
Egypt who is serving as the Agri-
cultural Education advisor to the
Egyptian American Joint Commit
tee for Education in Cairo, Egypt.
Also, Anwer FL. Behery, Senior
Inspector in Agricultural Educa-
tion, who was especially interest
ed in the FLA Chapter $50 acre
farm located west of London
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27

Sheriff Herb Markley said
Thursday that he was convinced
that the existence of any so-called
"Pachuco" or other gang in the
West jefferson area was pure i'm
agination. Sheriff Markley said
also that he had investigated the
situation thoroughly and could find
no evidence that a gang said TO
number from Is to 20 members ex-
lists or ever did exist in West JEFF
ferson.
The sheriff's investigation grew
out of the suicide of West JEFF
ferson resident last week who was
said to have belonged to secret
society" whose members burned
their hands with auto cigarette
lighters. Prior to the suicide an
other West jefferson man had ac-
cidentally discharged rifle and
was wounded in the shoulder. Both
men were said to have similar
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27
$50 People Attend County
Air Tour Here Wednesday
Trinity Choir Is
Home From Camp

The eleven members of the Boys
Choir of Trinity Episcopal Church
who were eligible to attend Wall
Ro Choir Camp at Putin Bay this
year are home after last week of
study and recreation.
The boys, accompanied by the
Reverend Sanford C. Lindsey, rec
tor of the church and Capt. VIM.
Paddock, c. A. we're, Fred Ballard,
John Bridgman, Terry Dodds,
Stanley Gibson, John Gordon,
Gary Jones, Jimmy Kidwell, Ralph
Miller, Jimmy Vest, Jon Sherman
and Terry Vest.
The camp program included
swimming, boating, fishing, a spec
ial trip to Pelee Island in Canada,
as well as two daily sessions in
music conducted by members of
the Episcopal Church Music Com
mission and members of the Roy
al School of Music. London boys
were a part of the group of go
boys from several states and also
Canada who participated in the
schools program.
In competition for the Royal
School of Music medals, James
Vest and Jon Sherman won second
year medals. Fred Ballard, Terry
Dodds, Stanley Gibson, Jimmy
Kidwell won first year medals.
In the concluding service on
Sunday morning at Saint Paurs
Church, Stanley Gibson was
awarded solo part in the canticle
'Benedictus, while Jimmy Vest
received special mention for his
all-round performance.
Miss Anne Dickerson, organist
and choir mistress for Trinity ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Ballard, Mr. and Mrs. Logan Glib
son, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Jones, Mrs.
John Gordon and her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Hayman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dallas Purdin and Mrs. r.
Clark attended the Sunday serv-
ice and brought the young men
home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27
Field Day Also
Well Attended

A very worth while Field Day
and Air Tour was held at Roberts
Field, by the Madison Soil Con-
servation Supervisors More than
80 were flown over the routes
which kept the four planes busy.
Comments were very favorable
from those seeing Madison County
from the air, many for the first
time, as to the Conservation prac-
tices shown Tile drainage pat
terms, grass waterwa open
bitches, erosion areas, Multiflora
Rose paintings and many good
meadows and other crops were
observed. The pilots flew many
over their own farms when close
to the route, so they could OBJ
serve their crops and drainage.
Besides the Air Tour, the Field
Day included the building of a
grass waterway by o. E. Liller
and tile drainage by Dan Worley.
Fertilizer was applied by use of
air plane by Bowers Aerial Agri-
cultural Service of Grove City and
a ground application by Ohio
Liquid Fertilizer by Wilson Fish
ers associates of South Scion.
Conse ion movies were
shown. Ohio Edison of London put
up the lines so electricity would
be available. The tents, programs
and tickets were provided by Ur-
bana Lime Co, owned by Carl
and Walter Rockhold, of Urbana.
The lime for marking the farms
was furnished by the Madison Co.
Farm Bureau Coop.
All the Agricultural agencies
helped in promoting this tour and
provided help in carrying on the
days ctivities. The Central
National Bank and First National
Bank of London. provided funds
for some of the expenses of this
Field Day.
Pictures used in briefing folks
taking the tour, were taken and
process d by Jerry and Paul
Bangham and will be given those
on the farms covered by the air
route.