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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06

BISSII. LYNDA ;. on Thursday, April
) 1856 al Garfield Hospital LYNDA
S BISSEI OF 493S 18TH St NV.
beloved wife OF George BSSet ana
mother OF Mrs Lynda & Cutsail ana
George BlsSet. tr. sister Of Charles
Marbury Seaman of Alexandria. Va.
and Col Ernest Seaman OF Dothan,
Ala FrIend> NAV cal, al the Chevy
Chase Funeral Home BLOB Wisconsin
ave. NV. until pan. Saturday, April
: thence to S: Adams Church Mas
SachusettS and Wisconsin ayes NV,
where services will be held at " NJ
In lieu Of flowers, the family suggests
that contributions De MADE to the
c. Cancer Society. Interment pri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06

ARD LILLIAN Il Suddenly OF
Ncdaesday. April 4, 1856 al George
toNu Ho p!ls1 LILLIAN r. WARD .
5puu Cue s.. NV beloved VIE o
'hllap BcdtO!d @ard mother 81 Ms
Frames . BRYAN and grandmother o
France susan and CouFlcnay O'Bryan
She also IS surylycG by two brothers
HAIRY q G0Sss2e oi Washington ID {
and Howard 5 Gnssagc OF Houston
Tex. Services at the Christ Episcopa
Church 3lst and o sts. NV oi
SATURDAY April at pm Iutermen
Cedar Hin Cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06

BUTLER. ANNIF o. A token Of lov,
to the memory OF my dear grand.
mother ANNIE d Butt Err who passed
peacefully away thirteen years agu TO.
dag April q, 1913
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-19

Orange Township Farm Women
Members of the Orange Township
Farm Women's club will meet We'd
nesday evening, January 25, at 8
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-19
Farley Elects
Past Presidents

Mrs. Garnette Foltz was elected
chairman of the Past Presidents of
the American Legion Auxiliary Unit
382 at meeting held Friday evening
at her home. Mrs. Ralph Rammel was
elected secretary and treasurer.
Appointments include Mrs. Robert
Dillman, publicity; Mrs. Harry Tur-
ner and Mrs. Clarence Rockey, flow
ers and sick; Mrs. Carl Burkhart,
Mrs. Estella Core and Mrs. Clarence
Stonehill, program.
The Farley will continue its pro-
gram Of assistance in the care Of dis
abled ex-service women, at the Miller
Cottage, VA center, Dayton.
The group will be in charge of the
Unit Auxiliary's next meeting on JAN
uary "a. Appointed to fill the honor
I ary offices for the day are: Mrs
Harry Turner, Sr- president; Mrs
Millen Gieger, secretary; Mrs. Robert
Dillman, treasurer; Mrs. Ralph Ram
nell, chaplain; Mrs. Clarence Rockey
sergeant alarms; Mrs. Carl Burk-
hart, color bearer; and Mrs. Estella
Core, banner bearer.
In charge of refreshments are Mrs
Ralph Rammel, Mrs. Monroe Amstutz
Mrs. Foltz and Mrs. Turner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-19
Select Cast
For Girl Shy

Cast members have been selected
for the Blufton high school senior
play, "Girl Shy, comedy written by
Katharine Kavanaugh. 1t will be pre-
sented Friday and Saturday, Febru-
ary 8 and 4, under the direction Of
Darwin Luginbuhl, instructor in the
speech department.
Members of the cast include Jim
Berry, Richard Basinger, Raymond
Cummins, Jean Ann Frick, Denise
Badertscher, Lora Triplehorn, Doro-
thy Herr, Barry Corson, Beulah Blk
ell, Frank Chamberlain, Kay Clauss
and Jim Laycock.
Arrangements for the play are be-
ing made by the following: Publicity
Sally Reichenbach, Paul Glaze and
Leland Flickinger; Makeup and
Costumes-Loretta Nonnamaker and
Carolyn Garmatter; State and Stage
Properties - Robert Green, Jack
Fields, Ronald Chidester and Robert
Badertscher; Programs-Carol Mose1
and Sherry Zimmerman; Ushers -
Shirley BURY, Darlene Bechtel, Re.
becca Frankhauser, Jackie Berry
Karen Zimmerman, Sharon Wahlie
and Carolyn Garmatter.
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Troop No. 1872

Troop No. 122
All of our members were present
for our meeting last Thursday. After
our regular business session we made
covers for our tenderfoot books. We
learned the first law and discussed
the meaning of it. Newly elected of
ficers are-Pres., Shirley Deppler;
V. Pres, Karen Diller; sec'y, Sally
Emmert; Treas, Karen Mericle.
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BlufftOn Hospital
JANUARY 12

JANUARY IL
Admitted: Ada May Oyer, Bluff
ton; Mrs. Robert Marquart, Jenera.
Discharged: Mrs. Bernard Preston
and baby, Dola; Mrs. Dwight Suter
and baby, Pandora.
JANUARY ID
Discharged: Mrs. Richard Brown
and baby, Bluffton; Clinton Clark, Ot-
tawa; Edith Fuller, Findlay; Mrs
Edward Lauck and baby, McComb.
JANUARY Is
Admitted: Helen Reichenbach, Pan
dora.
Discharged: Mrs. John Sheidle1
and baby, Mt. Cory.
JANUARY IS
Admitted: Mrs. Vernon Yoakum
Bluffton.
JANUARY II
Admitted: Merlin Mumma, Bluff
ton.
Discharged: Mrs. Harley Manle.
and baby, Lafayette; Mrs. Henr.
Schaller and baby, Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-19

The Rev. w. J. Flickinger spoke on
the biblical Basis of Brotherhood
Aid" The annual reports Of the prcsi-
dent and secretary-treasurer were
read there was an election of the
trustee-at-large.
Sidney w. Steiner, who acted as
chairman of the association in the
past, was reelected to that post.
Trustees will be voted upon a the
next meeting of the group.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-19
10 Ann Hursey Sets
January Wedding

0. C. Hursey, 126 E. Elm street,
has announced the engagement and
approaching wedding of his daughter
10 Ann, to John Bower, son of Mr..
and Mrs. B. Bower of Rawson.
Miss Hursey is a graduate of
Bluffton high school, and Mr.. Bower
was graduated from the Cory
Rawson high school and has served
two years in the u. S. Army.
The wedding will be an event OF
Sunday afternoon, January 22, in
the First Presbyterian church OF
Bluffton. The Rev. William J. Han
mum will hear the exchange of vows
at 2:30 o'clock.
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Miss Mary L. Stemen,
David DiLLer Engaged

Engagement of Miss Mary Louise
Stemen and David c. Diller has been
announced by the parents of the
bride-to-be, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer W.
Stemen, Route 2, Ft. Jennings. Mr.
OILERS parents are Mr. and Mrs
Dennis Diller, Route 1, Pandora.
Miss Stemen was graduated from
Vaughnsville high school. She is a
sophomore cadet in the cadet teaching
course at Ohio Northern university
Mr.. Diller is an alumnus of Pandora
Gilboa high school and is employed by
Equity Diaries, Inc, Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-19
Brotherhood Aid
Holds Annual Meet

Annual meeting of the Brotherhood
Aid Association, cooperative ven
ture of four Mennonite churches in
the Bluffton community, was held
Monday night in the Ebenezer Menno-
mite church near Bluffton. Theme OF
the meeting was "aiding young people
to live in their local community"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-19
Diane Baker Engaged
To Wed EUdEl Lehman

Announcement of their daughter
DANES engagement to Evan w. Leh-
man has been made by Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Baker, Route 5, Columbus
Grove. Mr.. Lehman is the son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Peter Lehman, Route 2
Columbus Grove.
Miss Baker is a senior at Beaver
dam high school. Mr.. Lehman, grad
uate of Bluffton high school, is sta
toned with the Army at TT. Dix
New Jersey.
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Delta Kappa Gamma

Delta Kappa Gamma
The Alpha Delta Alpha Tau chapter
of the Delta Kappa Gamma will hold
their next meeting January 21. Speak
er at the meeting will be DR.. Dorothy
Kester, state president of the society.
Charter members and past presidents
will be honored during the program.
Committee in charge includes Mary
Elizabeth Hedapohl, chairman, A.
Ruth Moore, Mildred Sarka, Dorothy
Clark, Ruth Cathcart and Mary
Griffith.
Bridal Shower
Friday evening, January 13, bride
elect, Barbara Schneck of Pandora
was honored with a shower given by
Mrs. Roger Core and Mrs. Robert
Clymer at the Ellis Steiner home OF
Pandora. Games were played and a
scrap book was made by the group fol
the bride-to-be. Those present were
the honored guest, Barbara Schneck
Misses Geneva Bixel, Alice Habeggar
June Lehman, Mesdames Clarence
Schneck Stanley Bixel, Julius
Bixel, Charles Krohn, Dor
Martin, Eugene Lehman, EN-
erson, Basinger, Nelson Schum.
acher, Riley Case, Paul Spallinger
Wilbur Nusbaum, William Habeggar
Ellis Steiner and the hostesses, Mrs
Roger Core and Mrs. Robert Clymer.
NJ. l.. b. C. Meeting
The Martin Luther Bible class will
meet Thursday night, January 26 a
500 o'clock at the home of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Orville Basinger.
Troop No. 124
We had a Christmas party Decem
Der % at the home of Mrs. Travis
Each one invited guest. AT on
meeting on January 13 we mad
charts for our good grooming badge
We had one guest at this meeting.
Progressive Mothers Club
The Progressive Mothers club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Richart
Augsburger Tuesday, January "a a
600 p. m. for pot-luck supper
Marcile Habegger will lead in devo
tions. A gay social Hour program il
being planned by Treva Dillman. A
bit of reflection into the past will b,
given by each member present whel
she answers "Your Best Holiday Mo
ment" for roll call.
Mothers Mite Out Club
The Mothers Mite Out club will
meet at 1880 Tuesday evening, Janu
airy "a at DIR. Gordon Bixel's offic
for an Informative talk on progress
sive optometry. The regular meeting
will follow at the home of Mrs. Pau
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-19

o'clock at the Marshall & Bixel store
for a demonstration on Electric
Living" by Mary Lou Sandifer,
home economist of the Ohio Power
company. The talk and demonstration
will include use of household appli-
ances, electric home heating and
lighting. Each member bring a
guest.
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Society and Clubs

Reichenbach with Mrs. Bill Amstutz
in charge of devotions. Roll Call
will be your pet peeve.
Builders Class
The Builders class of the Metho-
dist church will meet on January 70
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Beals. They viii present the Bible
studies in the Book of Isaiah.
Richland Twp. Home Demonstration
Cotton dresses will be the project
of the Richland Township Home
Demonstration which will meet at
tbe Beaverdam Town Hall next
Tuesday and Wednesday, January "a
and %. Meetings on both days VIII
be from 1000 to 300.
Mrs. Myra Philpott, Allen County
Home Demonstration Agent, VIII
teach pattern alteration and fitting
Women are asked to bring pattern'
material and sewing supplies, also
sack lunch.
Wednesday afternoon, garment
finishes will be demonstrated Dy
Mrs. A. M. Rickert and Mrs. Melvin
Zinnndrly.
Richland Grange
Regular meeting of the Richland
Grange will be held January "a. A
film on cancer will be shown.
/ Girl Scout Troop No. 128
Our troop met last Thursday. Fol-
roll call we each named the make
and year of our family's car. We
i sang several rounds of songs, theT
i we discussed our badge requirements
and MANNED continued work on them
Our ice skating and cook-out was
postponed. Ten members and oul
two leaders were present.
] Town & Country Mothers Club
| The Town and Country Mothers
4 club held their last meeting Janu
ary 10. Mrs. Roger Diller was host
ess. There were IL members and tive
guests present. Roll call was answer
ed by our children's names and ages
Mrs, John Miller led the program
and discussion period. The mex
meeting will be at the home of Mrs
John Miller on February ID.
Troop No. 1872
j All of our members were presen
for our meeting last Thursday. Aftel
our regular business session we made
covers for our tenderfoot books. W.
learned the first law and discussed
the meaning of it. Newly elected of
ficers are-Pres., Shirley Deppler
V. Pres, Karen Diller; sec'y, Sail,
Emmert; Treas, Karen Mericle.
Mothers Study Club
: Mothers Study club will meet o
Wednesday, January 25 at the HON
of Ferne Ramseyer.
Business and Professional Women
John Romey, Lima attorney an
village solicitor of Bluffton, will di'
cuss the topic of wills at the ne1
meeting of the Bluffton Business an
| Professional Women's club, Januar
%, at $3.50 p. m. The meeting will |
held in the Edelweiss Restaural
private dining room.
Kings Guards
Theme for the meeting of Kinf
Guards last Sunday in the Methods
church basement was Each Or
| Teach One" The program include
chalk talk by Mrs. j. Paul Clal
on "Boys, Girls and Trees" and Mr.
Addie Graber presented an "Englis
/ Story" Next meeting will be {
February s.
4 Orange Township Farm Women
III Members of the Orange Townsh
Farm Women's club will meet We,
n paodau a,yapinn Tar,,oxxy or ~
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Mothers Mite Out Club

The Mothers Mite Out club will
meet at 1880 Tuesday evening, Janu-
ary "a at DR.. Gordon ,Bixels office
for an informative talk on progress
sive optometry. The regular meeting
will follow at the home of Mrs. Paul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24

Carey has become more or less a
fixture at third base. leaving
only shortstop as an opening for
Gil McDougald, the all-around
man.
Stengel thinks that Lumpe
might be playing under a strain.
After all. it's not every rookie
who breaks into a pennant-win-
ming lineup. In fact. except for
Lumpe and Outfielder Lou Ski
zas, every other rookie the
Yanks had in spring training
has departed for various way
stations.
Lumpe's throwing arm has
been both weak and cratic thus
far this year. II was the SAINT
in the South, but then he was
operating off a bad leg.
Still" Steneel unused. he
showed me something in WASH
ington last week when he threw
that big guy out at the plate
after playing back"
Stengel was referring 10
Lumpe's tossing out Roy Slevers
at the plate after fielding a
grounder near the grass. Sic
vers was on third at the time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24
StengeI Admits Worry
Over Lumpe's Throwing

NEW YORK, April "a (P).-
Jerry Lumpe. the only 1856
rookie to get a shot at a regular
job on the Yankees, may be
heading for cozy spot on the
bench. Manager Casey Stengel
indicated today.
The professor wore more
wrinkled-than usual look when
he took UP the subject of the
22-year-old shortstop's fielding
He definitely is not satisfied.
"All I know is that he's sup
posed to be a better thrower
than this Stengel scowled.
Phil Page had him down in
Birmingham last year and he
was going out to make all the
relays from the outf1eld. Throw
ing a lot of guys out at the plate.
too. Does that sound like a guy
who can't throw"
Il can't bench him right this
minute" Steneel said. Hes hit
ting $50 and that's good"
But he indicated that unless
Lumpe improves by Friday, he's
heading for rest. BY that time.
Billy Martin will have recovered
from an arm injury and Andy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24

he's been plateward 80 times
and landed on base 18 times,
via four hits. 10 walks. three
errors and being hit once.
Paul Richards, Orioles mana
ger, says the Yankees and Red
Sox are SO loaded they can field
Ia group of reserves superior to
Washington and Baltimore reg
ular teams.
When Lemon stole second
base in the first game of Sun
days double-header with the
Orioles. it marked the first time
he ever accomplished it in the
majors. And he. did it again
in the second game. E. Jim stole
only seven bases in four full
previous seasons encompassing
time spent with Oklahoma City,
Cleveland. Indianapolis, WASH
ington, Charlotte ano Chatta-
nooga.
Dick Tettelbach is a LAB hit
ter at the moment. with a string
of II failures. but his bosses
aren't alarmed. He's Dashed
several on the nose which have
been caught. Chided about
being last on the bus that
hustled the Senators to the train
after going 0-for-9 Sunday, Tet-
telbach cracked. when l have
those wonderful days l like to
sit in the clubhouse and talk
Of my success"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24
White Sox, Tribe
Unable to Agree
lin TuIks on Trade

| CHICAGO. April "a tPl.-
Marty Marion, White Sox man.
ager, apparently got nowhere in
trade talks with the Indians
general manager, Hank Green
berg.
Marion conferred with Green
berg for two hours in Cleveland
yesterday before leaving for his
home in st. Louis. The Sox-
Indians game scheduled last
night was postponed by cold
and the Comiskeys now are idle
until they entertain Kansas City
for four games starting Friday
I'VE talked over trades but
came to the same conclusion,
Marion said. I'VE wanted some
thing Greenberg wouldn't give
up. and he talked to me about
some things We don't want to
give up.
That's the way it went be-
fore and. unless somebody COM
promises soon, there aren't 60
ing to be any trades"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24
Jim Riccu Signs
EuqIes' Contract

PHILADELPHIA. April "a up.
Jim Ricca. veteran tackle
guard. and Ken Huxhold, a
guard, have signed with the
Philadelphia Eagles for 1856.
Ricca. 275 pound former
Georgetown University star who
formerly played with the Wash
ington Redskins and Detroit
Lions, came to the Eagles from
Detroit late last season. A vet
eran of five years in the pros,
he lives in Washington during
the off-season.
Huxhold. formerly of Wiscon-
sin, will be playing his second
season with the Eagles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24
Navy Improves
Behind PITCHING
OF Soph Star

Nays baseball team is head
ed for much better season
than last year. when it had a go
record, and one of the main
reasons is Sophomore Ben Mon
! toya.
4 Montoya, a 5-foot-10, IT'S
FOUNDER from California. is a
combination outfielder pitcher,
but his pitching alone is enough.
He is credited with four of Nays
seven victories so far, including
yesterdays I'll decision over
Maryland at Annapolis.
Montoya let the Terps down
with four hits, while striking out
five and walking three. In ad-
dition, he helped with the hit
ting, getting a double that drove
I in two runs as part of Nays
three-run third. Navy had an
other three-run inning in the
seventh without benefit of a hit.
/ The defeat was Maryland S
seventh in a row and 10th
against two wins.
In other college games yester-
day. Howard defeated Montgom-
cry Junior College. ia. and D. C.
Teachers defeated American u,
1875. The feature of Howard S
victory was a pinch-hit homer
by Clarence Taylor with two
aboard that broke a 3-3 tie in
the sixth. D. C. Teachers came
from behind with a nine-run
fourth inning and followed with
six more in the fifth.
One of the two games sched-
uleo this afternoon, George
Washington (4-3) at George
town 1-8. was postponed due
to the weather, while Catholic U.
(0-5O was at I,oVo1a of RaltlYnOre
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24
THE BASEBALL
BEAT
By BURTON HAWKINS

NEW YORK, April 24.-Clint
Courtney explains his spiking Of
Harry Dorish in Baltimore Sun
day thusly: II wasn't aiming to
spike him, but he had his foot
where l was entitled to step. Be-
sides. he was trying to get me
out"
The Senators lone claim to
color, the fiery Courtney seemed
Sunday as if he personally would
have relished taking on every
body in the stands, one by one
when they heckled him.
There's nobody in either league
who packs quite as much vigol
into his play as Washington's
bespectacled catcher.
After failing against pitcher
Courtney will return to the bench
yelping, II know the way that
censored is trying to pitch me
Next time I'll get him." And
so far. he generally has. as
reflected by a 1913 batting
average.
Courtney loves to play and
loves to win," one of his team
mates said. He's equipped
with a trigger temper and al
though he has avoided alterca-
tions since joining the Senators
last June. he has started this
season as if he'd welcome trouble
Wonder how a fit Mickey Man.
tie would perform? His leg
is bothering him, but he's hitting
a mere ASS, while Yogi Berra is
batting 400 and Bill Skowron
.542 But against that for
midable array of Yankees the
Senators can stack such aver
ages as Karl Olson's All. Court
ney's .533 and Jim Lemons .389
Cal Griffith says he's con-
WINGED second games of double
headers should be restricted to
seven innings When the
Senators and Orioles wound up
their Sunday double header in
Baltimore fewer than 5000 fans
of an original crowd of 2l.797
were around Frank Lane,
general manager Of the Cardi-
nails, long has advocated trim
ming the second game to seven
innings When they walk
out on your show Lane said
it's time to make changes.
The Senators may make a
quick boast that they're a whale
of an attraction on the road
Averaged 20,649 customers fol
three dates in Baltimore
Washington pitchers have
famed As in seven games. with
Camilo Pascual taking a lone
lead with 10 strikeouts in Is
innings.
Entering today's game witt
the Yankees, Washington owned
Us margin over the opposi.
ton in home runs, The
Senators pinch-hitters are de.
livering at an OIL clip. with
Herb Plews single their lone
hit in IA tries. Plews' hi
was a smash back at Pitcher
Jim Konstanty of the Yankees
who knocked the ball down
then couldn't locate 1t.
Ed Yost is batting 100. but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24
Paul Arizin Named
Athlete of Month

NEW YORK, April "a (PD.-
Paul Arizin. whose brilliant
shooting helped lead the Phila-
delphia Warriors to the National
Basketball Association cham
pionship, has been named winner
of the March award in the Pre-
Athlete of the Year poll.
Arizin is the second basketball
player to qualify for the annual
prize. Big Bob Petit of st. Louis
won in January. Jockey Eddie
Arcaro was the February winner
Arizin accumulated l25 points
and 81 first place votes from a
panel of sports writer's and
sportscasters. Jockey Willie Har-
tack was second with 80 points
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24
2 Oregon MiIers
To Oppose LundY

LOS ANGELES. April "a (P.-
Oregon's two milers, Jim Bailey
and Bill Dellinger, will run
against John Landy of Australia
in special mile May S at Los
Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the
University of Southern Califor-
MIA announced yesterday.
The invitation event will be
part of the annual dual track
meet between use and UCLA.
Bailey. also an Australian, won
the NCAA mile in 1855 with DELL
niger a close second. Dellinger
has a best time of 4:04.6 to
Bailey's 4:05.6, however.
Landy. the world record holder
at 1858, has broken 4 minutes
four times.