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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
Matilda Basinger
Services Today

Services will be held at 2:30 p. m.
today, Thursday, in the Grace Menno-
mite church, Pandora, for Miss NATL
da Basinger, 76, RID, Pandora, who
died Tuesday afternoon in Toledo
hospital.
A graduate of the first class at
Bluffton college, Miss Basinger was
also one of the first teachers at the
college. She held an ABB degree from
Western Reserve university and an
MA degre from the University of
Chicago. She taught in public schools
for 35 years, retiring IL years ago.
Miss Basinger was born March 81,
1879, in Riley township, the daughter
of Jacob c. and Mary Basinger. She
never married. She was member of
the Grace Mennonite church.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Amstutz and Mrs. Percis
Amstutz, both of Pandora, and 10
nieces and nephews.
The Rev. E. j. Bohn will officiate
at the services. Basinger's Funeral
Home is in charge of arrangements.
Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge GEM
etery near Pandora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
Tuesday Coolest Day
Locally Since 1851

Below zero temperatures in the
Bluffton area the past few days
brought back memories of old
fashioned winters to many of the
towns older residents and prohibited
the heavy snow of last Thursday
from melting to any extent as all
but the main roads remained in icy
condition and made driving condi-
tions hazardous.
But TO the youngsters of the COM
munity the frigid temperatures were
a welcome change from the usually
mild weather Of the past few
winters. Shedding, absent from the
local scene almost entirely of recent
years, was much in evidence this
week. Ice skaters have been numer-
GUS on ponds and streams of the
community for. many weeks.
The mercury hit the skids the first
part Of this week. After lowering at
a low of from Is to the mid-20's
last week temperatures dropped to
six below zero Monday and fell to
nine below the following day.
According to Ray BurkhoIdef,
area weather observer, these were
the lowest January readings in 16
years. The mercury hit 10 below in
1910. They were also the coolest
days in the area since December Is,
1851. 1t marked the 400th time the
mercury went below zero since 1894.
The five inches of snow which were
recorded last Thursday is the heavi-
est snowfall in the community in
several years. However, a lack of
strong winds kept the snow from
drifting and kept roads open. It also
prohibited the mercury from falling
even lower.
More snow fell last Friday and
Saturday as 2 of an inch were re-
corded each day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
People Attacks
Move To Buy Land
For State Building

Sen. Ross Pepple (R-Lima) lead an
attack on the proposed new state Of
flee building in Columbus last We'd
nesday and defeated the recommenda-
tion of State Office Housing Com
mission for the purchase of $2,3OO,-
900 site for the structure three-quar-
ters of mile from the Capitol build
ing.
Pepple, following his attack on the
recommendation which died in caucus
by a 1876 margin, proposed sky
scraper type building to be built
where he said it would do the most
good-behind the Capitol building on
the east third of the state house
grounds.
Definite plans for the new structure
will be assembled by Pepple and sub
mitted to the Office Building Commits
sion at next January's session of the
Senate. They would include giving
more room to the already overcrowd-
ed offices in the present Capitol build
ing and would include Supreme Court
chambers. These would connect with
the Capitol building.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
Pleasant Hill

Mrs. o. =. Hartman remains
critically i'll at Memorial hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hess visited
Mrs. Lille Fett and Miss Nellie
Huber, Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Jennings,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz and
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Bell and son
spent Saturday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Reichenbach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Huber enter
tanned for Sunday dinner their child
rem, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Huber, Mr..
and Mrs. Cloyce Ernest and sons,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Halsey Hutchin-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winston Jennings
and sons were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Jennings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Herr and
family and Miss Dorothy Hartman
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar thinner
man and daughters, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Carroll of
Lima and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Stoodts
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Weaver, Sunday afternoon.
Nj. and Mrs. Maurice Bell and
son Tom entertained for Sunday
dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Bell and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Conley and daughter in honor of
Mrs. Conley's birthday anniversary.
Darrell Lee Huber spent the week
end with his grandmother, Mrs Pearl
Huber.
Mrs. Pearl Huber was a Sunday
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Ellis
Vandemark and family of Lima.
Linda and Charles Baber called at
the Oscar Zimmerman home, Sunday
afternoon.
Rodney, Jennings who is attending
Texas Western college in Ell Paso,
recently was elected vice president of
his fraternity Kappa Sigma. He was
awarded the fraternity's junior
scholarship for 1856 and is outgoing
grand scribe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
Shirley Derringer
To Tour With Choir

Shirley Derringer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Derringer, Route 2,
Bluffton, will accompany the 65-piece
Heidelberg college concert choir on a
ten-day tour of Ohio, Pennsylvania,
New York and New Jersey. The tour
starts Friday.
Twelve major concerts will be pre-
sented on the tour. In addition the
choir is scheduled for television ap-
pearance in Rochester, New York.
Concerts by the choir will be given
in five Ohio cities the week of Feb
ruary 1919.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thanISfhe many persons
whose kindness bAped ease the sting
OF our sudden loss. Particularly kind
were Rev. VIC. Oppermann, the
members of tie local Masonic Lodge.
the American Legion, the Lahr Mis-,
slonary Society of st. Johns Evan
gelical and Reformed chuych. We
should also like to remember our
friends and theighbors whose words
and deedsFwere so helpful at this
time. Our grateful thanks must also
go to the pallbearers, to the Basinger
Funeral Home, to Margaret Groman,
orgapist, and TO the many people
sending sympathy messages.
SGratefully,
The Charles D Hilty Family
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
BLUFFT0N MARKETS
"wednesday Mornine)

Grain (bushel prices) - wheat
Sl'sS; corn, SLY; oats, 59c; soybeans,
1927.
Eggs - large white, 39c; large
brown, 38c; medium white or brown
Bic; small, gle.
Poultry = heavy hens, 21c; leg
horn hens, 15c; stays, Sc.
Butterfat = No. 1, SIC; No. 2, 52c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
Future Teacher Club
Visits Ohio Northern

Members of the N. c.. Hirschy chap
ter Future Teachers of America,
Bluffton college, visited the new
Schoonover language laboratory Mon
day at Ohio Northern university. Ac-
companying the group were Profes-
sors Ada Lapp and DR.. j. S. Schultz.
Following the tour the Ohio Nor
thern chapter of the Eta gave re-
ception in Alumnae hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
CARD OF THANKS

| wish to thank my many friends
for the Christmas greeting cards and
gifts sent to me duringsthe Christmas
holidays. | wish to thank the County
Home for my wonderful Christmas
ana the editor of tie Bluffton News
for courtesies given me.
Mrs. Jennie Fisher,
Hancock County Home, Findlay, o.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
earn OF THANKS

we wish 70 express our sincere
thanks and gratitude to all our rela-
tlVes, neighRors and friends for their
many acts Of kindness, words of svn1-
pathy and prayers during the illness
and death lof our loved one.
The Gideon Luginbuhl Family
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26

DR.. F. d. Rodabaugh will be in Col
umbus the remainder of this week at
tending post graduate course at the
University hospital. He will be ac-
companied to Columbus by Mrs.
Rodabaugh.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
0Rn1MHNCr MN 70

FIXING SALARIES AND NAGES OF EN-
PLOYEES on THE VILLAGE OF BLUFF
TON, STATE OF OHIO TO REPEAL, OR
DINANCE ND. 1853; AND TO DECLARE
AN EMERGENCY. "ys ~ t5 Ft.
WHEREAS an emergency exists in the
usual daily operation of the municipal gov
ernment in that 1t is necessary to provide
Tor salary and wage adjustments Now
THEREFORE,, BE 1T ORDAINED by the
Council of the Village of Button. State of
Sec. /. That the salary of the Chief of
Police be $1,000 per month, and as Street
Commissioner $4,000 per month, total of
$4,000 per month as Chief of Police and
Street Commissioner.
Sec. 2. That the salary of the Night Po-
lice be $235.00 per month
Sec. 3. That the wages of the two regu-
lar full-time employees be LAO per hour with
one weeks vacation nay annually.
Sec. g. That the Page of all extra labor
be $1.30 per hour.
Sec. s. That all wages be based on a "a
hour week. with all overtime pay based on
one and one-hah tipes the regular hourly
wage.
Sec. 6. That this ordinance is hereby de-
ciared to be an emergency measure, and shall
take effect and b4 in force at the earliest
period allowed by Jaw, February 6. 1855.
Sec. z. That all ordinances and parts of or
dinances inconsietent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Passed: Jan. "a, 1856
Signeds DAVID L. RISSER Mayor
Attest: A. ], b. Longsdorf, Clerk
Jan. 26, Feb. 2
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
CARD OF 1HANKS

We wish to thank an of the Bluff
ton merchants for theAgifts we re-
celved as winners of the eS"First Baby
OF the Year Contest, and also our
friends for their cards AID messages
of congratulations
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed Radabaugh
and son, Joel Reed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
NoTIcR OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Daisy Peters Ludwig. Deceased
Notice is hereby given that Mary L. Whet-
stone of SAT West Wayne St., Lima. Ohio
mas been duly appointed Executrix of the Es.
OF Allen County, Ohio ''e
creditors are required to file their claims
with said fduciary within four months.
dated this 18th day pf January, 1856
PAUL j. hockey,
Probate Judge of said County
Jan. 10, 26 Feb 2
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26

HERE'S A NEW IDEA for cookie
hlllng. Thicker light and dark raisins
and crushed pineapple with corn
starch to put between pieces of cookie
dough.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26

FARM PRODUCTION costs have
remained fairly stable since 1853,
but are about 4 times as high as
they were in the 1853 period. They
are expected to remain high in 1856
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
CARD OF THANKS

l wishsto thank everyone who re-
mnembered me with their cards, gifts.
mowers, visits and prayers while [
was IN the hospital. My special
thanks go to the nurses Tor their
splendid care.
Ada M Over
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26
HY-LINES CONTIN

HY-LINES CONTINUE LEAD =
Hy-Lines are now in FIRST place in
four out of six official Random Sam
pie Egg Laying tests. Latest informa-
ton ((Dec. 16, 1867: FIRST
PLACE IN: Texas, Central New
York, Florida and Missouri "A". In
Missouri "B"-Third; California -
Ninth, Remember, Hy-Lines are pro-
duced by an inbreeding program. Di-
vided hock tests conducted on farms
(54 tests in 1954-55) prove Hy-Lines
lay, on the average, thirty-eight more
eggs and live better than other chick
ems. We guarantee lin writing) eigh-
teen more eggs per hen housed if you
care to run your own test. See us for
particulars. Neuhauser Hatchery, Lii
ma, Ottawa, Findlay and Arlington,
Ohio. NAB
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26

WOULD YOU LIKE an early
morning paper, The Republican Cour-
ier, delivered daily except Sunday.
Jerry Lynn Hilty, 113 e. Elm street.
Phone 113-G.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26

FARMERS. Order your Royster
granular 12-12-12 and granular 500
20 fertilizer now. We also sell Agrico,
Rauh Red Star, Armour and Ottawa
Diamond fertilizers. Master Feed
Mill. 317-W. Ma
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26

SIDING-ROOFING, built-up roofs
a speciality; aluminium storm doors,
windows; small carpenter jobs. Law
renee Rodabaugh, Bluffton phone SOL
r. N-46
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-26

GLIDER RIDE" house trailer
hitch. Fits any car; like new. Phone
Bluffton 648-T. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

Government office buildings of the
future are going to be less ornamental,
but more useful, under program Of
Standardization tentatively adopted by
the General Services Administration.
Functional design, fitted to the needs Of
those who work in the buildings, will be
stressed over artistic appearance calcu-
lated to please sight-seers. This plan
could save lot of money and has much
merit-provided 1t is flexible enough to
permit departures from standard designs
when circumstances call for special
treatment.
The Public Buildings Service has
adopted most of the recommendations Of
Joint committee of architects, engineers
and builders. Accordingly, new Federal
office buildings will be mostly of the block
type, instead Of the more conventional
manipulating with-wings construction
in vogue when more space and money
were available. This design will make 1t
easier ID cheaper to hest and air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04
Fertile Field

Federal agencies ARE cooperating
with public education authorities in
novel plan for easing the serious short
age of teachers Of technical subjects,
especially in the science and mathe-
MATES fields. The plan is to induce re-
tired officers and other former military
personnel to accept teaching jobs for
which they may be qualified by reason
of their military education and training.
One of the difficulties in finding
technical teachers has been that the
number of graduates in such major
courses as chemistry, physics and mathe-
MATES has been decreasing year by year.
Colleges have found a marked disinterest
by students in scientific courses. And
this has led, too, to a shortage Of new
teachers in such subjects. But, in the
military academies, science is must"
with special emphasis on physics, chem
istry and higher mathematics. Many
graduates of these academies undoubt-
eddy would be we'll fitted as instructors
in such classes. It would seem that
fertile field of recruitment for technical
teachers is being opened up, through the
combined efforts of the Federal Office OF
Education, Federal employment Offices,
the National Education Association and
the Retired Officers Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

condition buildings. Waste space in
Hobbies and corridors will be reduced. The
functional trend even will eliminate re-
volving doors for post offices, often
baffiing to patrons with large packages
to mail
We hope, however. that, with all the
functionaliSm, the Governments new
buildings will be made pleasing to the
eye, both inside and outside. Too much
severity of line would be as regrettable
as the other extreme (the old State, War
and Navy Building, for example). And
there are situations, such as In the pro-
posed Federal Center in Southwest WASH
ington, in which Federal building design
should conform with the general plan of
architecture. The general idea of making
Federal office buildings more unitarian
and more efficient is we'll worth nurturing,
however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

Q. When was the strange
animal known as an okapi
first discovered, and where?-
F.. NJ. T.
A. These creatures were I'M
known to science before 1900,
largely because they are ex-
ceedingly shy and wary and
live in the dense rainy forests
Of Central Africa. Related to
the giraffe, but with a shorter
neck, the okapi is striped like
a zebra. and has large ears
like a donkey. The first living
specimen to reach American
shores arrived at the New York
Geological Park on August 8,
d 1887. Few Of these animals
are to be found in ZOOS. The
first one bred in captivity was
born in Antwerp. Belgium, in
1854, but the infant soon died.
@. What kind of facts are
usually hardest to remember?
IT. P.
A, Most people have trouble
remembering numbers-phone
numbers, dates. statistics, etc.
One reason is that figures are
not interesting in themselves.
They are therefore much
harder to associate" than
names and faces, for instancs.s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04
"A Mothers Thanks

wish to extend my thanks
to your paper and staff Of
reporters who made it possible
for my children and myself to
have a wonderful Christmas
in fact, the best we have ever
known.
This will give me a wonder
full start for the New Year,
which will have a much better
outlook than years past.
l especially want to thank
your Mr.. Joseph Byrnes and
Mr.. Evans who have visited me
during my trying times.
I would appreciate 1t very
much If you'd put an article
in your newspaper thanking
all your readers for their many
gifts Of food, clothing. toys
and other contributions. My
children and I say a prayer
every night for your staff and
many readers who came to
my aid. May God bless each
and every one for being so
kind.
Mrs. Mary Louise Davis.
and Five Daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04
Congress and Local Transit

Congress is under special sort of
obligation to heed and act upon the rec
ommendation of the Commissioners and
the Public Utilities Commission for legis-
lation setting up public transit author
lty in washington. For Congress helped,
by unwiSe action last August, to create
the tangled transit situation it now must
unravel
1t would be sound procedure, at the
outset, If the Senate and House District
Committees formed joint committee to
consider the transit authority legislation.
AS Commissioner Spencer said in his let
ter to the two committee chairmen yes
terday, Time is of the essence" Once
1t is created, the proposed transit author
ity will have much to do before 1t can
take over establishment of mass transit
from the expiring Capital Transit Com
pany next August Is. very careful
study, moreover. should precede Congress
sional decision on the form and powers
OF the proposed transit authority.
The joint committee should be sup
piled with funds to retain its own expert
conSultants. In other cities which have
aoduuOIIcu private IOr puDllc operation
Of mass transit, the change-over has been
preceded by formal engineering and fl
nancial studies. No comparable studies
of the local situation will underlie the
legislation which the Commissioners plan
to submit to Congress. This proposed leg
islation will evidently be the work of an
underwriting firm, with experience in the
field, hurriedly called in on a volunteer
basis after the Public Utilities Commits
sion was unable to turn up qualified
private operator There are better meth
DDS, however, of preparing such highly
important legislation.
What might work in Cleveland, Chi
cago or Toronto, three of the public au-
thority cities mentioned by the Public
Utilities Commission, is not necessarily
applicable in Washington. Having been
led along thus far by so much wishful
thinking at the District Building, Con-
gress should now seek the most objec-
tive advice obtainable from independent
sources, free of local entanglementS.
If operation Of Washington mass
transit is to become public instead of a
private undertaking, we want to find the
soundest plan that qualified transit ex-
perts can devise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04
Stop This SIouohter'

The Stars recent editorial
stop This Slaughter" is
thought = provoking. Can
nothing effective be done to
restrain the Grim Reaper that
roams our highways" The
Star asks. The answer to
that question as things now
stand is q categorical Moth
ing" The answer will still be
nothing as long as our sober
thinking Is as beclouded and
befuddled as the action and
reaction Of the drinking driver
who. In effect, is the Grim
Reaper.
Less than a month ago I
recall a large advertisement
with the heading, Don't mix
driving and drinking" This
ad was sponsored by a liquor
manufacturer. About the same
time there appeared a news
item In which the National
Safety Council. I believe, at
tributed at least 40 per cent
Of all traffic accidents to
drinking.
When distillers resort to lin
the interest Of the public"
advertising Its about time we
face the facts. But alas, we
mortals are 90 powerless in the
face Of some factsl It's so much
easier to 60 on delightfully."-
slipping our cocktails trusting
that somehow, some way the
hard facts will never touch V,
or ours. John Z. Street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-04

There are fiSh that fish for
fish with worms.
That Is, they use wormlike
appendages Of their own
bodies. developed through mil
lenniumS of evolution, to catch
worm-eating fellow fishes.
This curious quirk of fish,
ing fishes is revealed in the
Bulletin of the Information
Oceanographic Foundation
with headquarters at the Uni
versity of Miami.
The practice is confined to
the pediculati. known as an
gler fishes. The best known
Of them lies on the bottom
partially concealed in sand or
mud. One of the spines OF
its dorsal fin is extended in
the form of a jointed fishing
rod. At the end there is a
fieshy lump, with a striking
resemblance to one of the
most tasty marine worms.
Some Other Tricks
The fish lies perfectly still
with its enormous mouth
closed, while the wormlike
end of its rod waves to and
fro. Other fishes approach
the lure until they come with
in striking range. Then the
great mouth opens with re-
markable speed and engulfs
the prey. which is prevented
from escaping by backward
directed teeth.
Some other deep-sea anglers
have luminous lures at the
tip Of the rod, somewhat like
a small, light-emitting fish.
In the total darkness of deep
waters this is fatally attrac-
tive. Because of the huge
size Of the anglers mouth the
prey may be almost as large
as the fisherman.
Other deep-sea fishes dis
pense with the rod but have
light-emitting organs on the
sides of the body. These must
play some part in attracting
other sea animals. Some of
these luminous fishes are able
to swallow other fishes many
times their own size because
of their ability to distend their
mouths and Threats.
About all the ways man has
devised for catching fish have
been devised by fishes them
selves long before man came
on the scene. the report points
out. Traps - for example.
There is fish in Florida
waters known as the greater
sand eel. 1t lies buried in the
sand, with its great mouth
open. A relative, the lesser
sand eel, when frightened
dives into what seems like an
opening in the sand. The re-
suit is that the greater sand
eel is nearly always found with
lesser sand eel, head down,
in its stomach.
The ways of fish are being