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The Lincoln times., 1956-04-30
Obituaries
MRS. CLYDE A. WALLACE

Mrs. CLYDE A. Wallace, Al, died
April "a at her home in Dallas at
tel critical illness of h 7 e e
years. She had been in declining
health for several years.
Funeral services were held at
First Presbyterian Church in Dali
las. with burial in Lowell Gene
terry. Officiating were the Rev.
S. L. Mckay, pastor, and the Rev.
C. j. Huneycutt.
Survivors include her husband,
c. A. Wallace: a daughter, Mrs.
James H. Neal of Tampa. Fla:
son, APO Kenneth Wallace of
Briggs Air Force Base Texas;
her mother, Mrs. E. S. Ratch-
ford Of Dallas: three brothers.
Bady and Latham Ratchford CT
Dallas, and Percy Ratchford of
Nashville, Tenn; and a sister,
Mrs. D. V. Carpenter of Cherry
vile R-2.
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ice and two wars, said today
he's one of the handful.
Only Sergt. Love is protesting
and he has asked a genera
court-martial rather than thu
customary summary court-mar-
tial. This, he said, will give him
a better opportunity to explain
his position.
Under summary court-martial
procedure. only one officer hears
the arguments. At least five Of
Ificers are required in a general
court-martial.
II weighed 276 pounds when ]
returned to the States from Ger
many in October, 1854 said
Sergt. Love, who is married and
the father of four children
Nov I'm down to 212 and I'm
going to be court-martialed."
The mess sergeant says he
was ordered to trim down tc
1893 pounds, but no time limit
was specified.
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lcertification of industrial master
gage blocks on a routine basis.
A gage block is a rectangular
block of a hard material, usually
steel. Its opposite faces are
precisely ground and polished so
they are parallel and at a given
distance apart. Many blocks of
selected sizes make up a set
and by using two or more blocks
together, any desired length can
be built up.
Precision gage blocks are in
dispensible to manufacturers of
machines and tools.
The instrument exhibited to-
day was designed by Bureau
scientists Theodore r. Young and
James B. Saunders.
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New Observation-Disclosures
10-MiIIionth of Inch

The Bureau of Standards to-
day exhibited to industry re-
representatives. an ultra precise in
strument developed to determine
extremely small length differ
ences between gage blocks
The device uses light waves as
measuring sticks" for comparing
lengths to the nearest 10-mil-
lionth of an inch. This is about
one-thousandth of the thickness
of human hair.
DR.. Allen v. Astin, director OF
the Bureau of Standards, said
the development of the extremely
accurate instrument is an i'm
portant step in a program to i'm
prove equipment and techniques
that will enable the checking and
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Old Streetcurs Retire

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 81 R.-
The last of 10 streetcars which
have been hauling passengers
around this capital for 81 years
will be retired by the end of
this month. the Electric Trans
port Service announces. City OFF,
cials, newsmen and artists are
planning farewell party to con-
duct the last one to the COM
pany's junking yard.
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Icinnati, said he refused the order
because he was afraid of the
reaction"
"They left me alone until last
month, when the general put
out an order that if a man didn't
lose the prescribed amount OF
weight in a four-week period
he'd be placed before a board
Iof officers and face special
Icourt-martial," the sergeant re-
lated.
i Il was told I'd probably lose
Ione stripe.
/ Il told my battery commander
I'd lived through two wars
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II lost rs pounds in the six
months I've been here" Sergt
Love said. land that's about my
limit. I was sick as a child, ano
had a nervous breakdown. I've
had to be careful about siren
uous exercise.
We'll. one week I didn't lose
any weight and my battery
commander ordered me to exer-
else for two hours daily in the
gymnasium"
Sergt. Love. a native of Gin
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weighing more than do now.
He said he appreciated that. but
there was no war going on now -
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Sergeant Asks Hearing
He's Too Fat for Army

FORT CARSON, Colo, Aug 81 GA husky Army mess
he's to be contaminated because he's overweight
poundage decreed by Maj Gen Thomas
Wellington who said handful of his 9th Infantry Division
officers and failed to peel off fat ordered
l. "a veteran of II years Army
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N foifs< Drive OF n kr<eo31. AIn9r3n
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-04-12
BIuftOn Couple
To Sail In August
For North Africa

Captain James A. Griffith, pro-
fessor of Applied Psychology and
Military Aspects of World Political
Geography for the last four years in
AFROTC at Kansas State college
Manhattan,s Kan, has been assigned
to the 7272nd Air Base Wing, 18th
Air Force, Wheelus Field, Tripoli
Lydia.
A graduate of Bluffton high school
in the class of 1897, Capt. Griffith
was graduated from Bluffton college
Following duty with the Air Force in
the Pacific in World War ii, he was
a teacher at Kenton high school. He
later returned to the Air Force anC
was assigned to duty at Sampson Aii
Force Base, Rome N. Y, before going
to Kansas State college.
Capt. Griffith, who was recently
promoted to the permanent rank Of
Major in the Air Force Reserve, with
his wife,. the former Zitella Gettles
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. FREQ
Gettles, S. Main street, and theil
children, Kimberly Ann and KiI
Allen, will go to New York about
August 6 for embarkation to Nortf
Africa.
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School Dances OK'd
First Time In
Pandora School

Modern ballroom dancing,
which has long been frowned
upon by a large part of the Pan
dora community on moral
grounds, was approved for high
school functions in the Pandora
GilbOa school district at a special
election Wednesday of last week.
The election was proposed by
the board of education after a
meeting at which 80 parents
argued for permission to hold
dances for the students in the
consolidated high school. The vote
was 62O for granting permission
for supervised and chaperoned
dancing. There were 313 negative
votes.
The board of education is slated
to meet Monday to set up reguIa-
tions to be followed at the school
dances.
This will mark the first time
in the history of the Pandora
school that dancing will be allow
ed Eat some school events" Dane
ing at GilbOa was allowed until
the merger of the two schools
i'm 1850.
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Local SteWardess
Recuperating From
Rough Air Ride

Peggy Balmer, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Balmer, Stratton apts.,
a stewardess on Capital Airlines'
Pittsburgh-Buffalo Washington run
narrowly escaped possible serious in
jury recently when the plane ran
into the toughest weather she has
encountered since she started flying
several years ago.
Peggy and another stewardess re-
ceived severe jolt when the big
plane, with 81 passengers aboard, hit
terrific down draft that threw them
against the overhead of the plane
and then hit another pocket that sent
the craft up again.
The two girls were preparing to
serve dinner on the plane, about Is
minutes out of Pittsburgh enroute to
Buffalo. All others aboard were wear
ing their safety belts at the time
Peggy hit seat on the way down
X-rays taken in Buffalo showed a
couple of bruised ribs. She was unable
to complete the flight, getting of
the plane at Buffalo. The other girI
was not injured.
Peggy, recuperating at home since
April /, took the time to have hel
tonsils removed at Bluffton Com
munity hospital. She will return t.
Washington and her job Saturday
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SPORTSMEN LIMIT
Continued from page II

with top prize of $100 on jackpot
trout. Folders listing all regulations
and tagged trout prizes are being
printed and will be ready for dis
tribution by the end of the week.
The Board of Public Affairs has
granted exclusive fishing privileges
to the Sportsmen's club at the Water
works, Gilbert said. The club has the
same privileges at the Buckeye.
Boats will be permitted on both
quarries. When not in use they must
be kept locked. Quarry sites must be
kept clean and the club will provide
trash barrels for refuse.
Personnel of the waterworks de-
partment of the town have cleaned
the Waterworks quarry banks and
trimmed the shrubbery making the
lake accessible to anglers from all
banks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-04-12
Girl Scouts Set
Day CampD Dates

The annual Day Camp conducted by
Bluffton Girl Scouts will be held
this year May 81 and June 1, and
June 5, and 7, it has been announced
by Mrs. Paul Stauffer, site director
Two days were selected the first
week and three days the second week
making a total session of five days
for the local camp.
Seven Bluffton Girl Scout leaders
attended a district meeting last
Thursday in Ada. The group included
Mrs. Lee Clauss, district chairman
Mrs. B. w. Travis, president of the
Ft. Amanda Council; Mrs. Stanley
Basinger, Mrs. Stauffer, Mrs. Car
Smucker, Mrs. Denver Zimmerly and
Mrs. Frank Steiner.
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HIS Musicians At
BGSU Saturday
For State Finals

Earl Lehman will be one step
closer to his departure from the
Bluffton high school music depart
ment after Saturday when he takes
four vocal soloists, four instrumental
soloists and three ensemble groups
to Bowling Green State university to
compete in the state finals competi-
ton.
A fifth soloist, Paul Glaze, who
received a superior rating at the
judging held at Lima in March, will
not appear as a tenor soloist or as
member of the mixed ensemble.
He will leave for st. Louis, Mo-, to-
night, Thursday, to appear with the
Golden Anniversary Chorus of the
National Music Educators associa-
ton at their national conference Fri
day through Monday.
Vocal soloists competing at Bowl
ing Green Saturday will be: Sally
Reichenbach, soprano; Rebecca Frank
hauser, alto; and Ray Cummins,
baritone.
Representing Bluffton in the in
strumental solo judging are: Ann
Stauffer, flute; Judy Hilty,. violin;
Miriam Gierman, piano, and Laura
Diller, bassoon.
Members of the junior girls en-
semble are: Nan Schmidt, Raeleen
Bucher, Nancy Steiner, Christine
Geiger, Kay Basinger and Mary 10
Diller. In the senior girls ensemble
will be: Jacqueline Berry, Beulah
Bixel, Rebecca Frankhauser, Carolyn
Garmatter, Darlene Bechtol and
Shirley BURY.
The mixed ensemble will have:
Beulah Bixel, Miriam Gierman, Le-
land Flickinger and Timothy Diller,
replacing Glaze.
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Farmers Impatient
AS Weather Delays
Planting Activity
Delay Not Yet Critical,
However, County Agent
Leimbach Reports

Bluffton area farmers were casting
impatient glances at the skies this
week wondering when the weather
man is going to make possible start
on spring plowing and permit sowing
oats and planting early potatoes.
Although it is geerally felt that
oats may be planted successfully until
late in April, many farmer have their
crops in by this time ordinarily. The
heavy rains of waak ago have left
the ground too soft and wet to go into
the fields with tractors.
Many area potato growers like to
have their seed in the ground by Good
Friday, but only few in the sandy
Pandora area have been able to get
them in thus far. Among these are
Lewis Dukes, John Sheidler and Ed
Schultz, it is reported.
The ground must warm up and dry
out considerably before the first late
potatoes will be planted, according
to farm observers.
Allen County Agent Calvin M
Leimbach said this week that the de-
lay in spring planting activities il
this area has not yet become critical
Corn paintings can be completed as
late as the first few days in June
without danger of losing the crop
and soybeans normally mature ade
quately if planted as late as the
middle of June, he explained.
The spring wheat crop appears t.
be in good shape locally, he said.
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Kings Guards
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS


SWIMMING POOL FOR THE
:, VILLAGE OF BLUFFTON. ONO
VIII De received by the Village of RInr.or
1h,o' one at the office of the Clerk in the Villagc
na1. ~ blniton. Ohio. until
TIME. TUESDAY. APRIL "a. A"D 1855
ana at that time win be publicly onanaJ a,d
read aloud In the Council Room. "''
e. The work consists of the constructiop
ba,,s r swimming I Yool, Wading Pool. Bath
mouse and appurtqnRnces
.. The contract documents, Including nlaps
ana specihcations. are on file at the ofTice M
the Village Clerk. Bluifton, Ohio and at tho
2lIiee 3e OF the Consulting Engineers Finkbeiner.
aettls Strcut, 6lS jefferson Avenua Toledo
Ohio. Copies of the documents NAV he IN
tanned by deposlting $500 with the Consult
ing Engineers for each set of Aocuments 90
obtained, The amount Of the deposit Tor each
PC. OF documents will be refunded TO each
actual bidder or vendor who rettiras the plans
and documents in good condition within five
days after the opening of bids
q. All bids shall be signed and submitted
on the blanks which are in the specifications
and shall be secured from the Consultinv En-.
gineers. Bids shall be enclosed in a sealed en-
Velope marked bid for Swimming Pool" and
addressed to the Village Clerk, BlufTton. Ohio
o. Each bid must contain the name of ey-
the same and shall be accompanied by eithnr az
a proposal bond, with security satisfactory to
the Village of Button, or by a certified cheek
on solvent baUk. in the amount of FIVE
per g,r cent OF the bid drawn in favor of said
6, The Village of BluGton reserves the
right to reject any all bids and 10 waive
any irreyularitiss in bidding.
Z: No bidder may withdraw his bid for n
perlod OF 40 days after the scheduled closing
time for receipt of bids
VILLAGE OF BLUFFToN, OHIO
By A. ]. b. Longsdorf. Village CLERK
April 5, l2. 10
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-04-12
Parking Lot Ok'd For
Carnival Grounds

Permission was granted by village
council Tuesday evening for use of
the village parking lot at the rear
of business houses on the east side
of Main street for carnival to be
sponsored by the American Legion
May 80 to June 2. Part of Thurman
street will also be used for the
carnival rides and concessions.
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Janet Criblez Married To Billy Lee
GOssard At st. Johns E & r Church

In a ceremony performed March 81
at the st. Johns Evangelical and Re-
formed church, Miss Janet Criblez ex-
changed marriage vows with Billy
Lee Gossard. The Rev. V. C. Opper-
mann heard the vows before members
of the immediate families.
Miss Criblez is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Criblez, Route 2,
Bluffton. Mr.. Gossard is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Gossard, Lafay-
cite.
Mrs. Max MacCafferty, a sister OF
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the bride, was the matron of honor
Best man was Ted Gossard, brother
of the groom.
Following the wedding a reception
was held at the home of brides par
ents.
The couple is residing at Camp
Gordon, Ca, where Mr.. Gossard is
stationed with the U. S. Army.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-04-12
Celina Nine Hangs
1875 Setback On
Pirates In WBL

Coach Joe Harris high school base
ball team, giving up more runs of the
unearned variety then they have been
able to score themselves in games to
date, dropped their second contest of
the season Tuesday afternoon at Har-
mon Field when a good Celina team
handed them 1875 setback in a
Western Buckeye League contest.
In their game with Cory-Rawson
last week the Pirates allowed the Hor-
nets eight unearned runs. Against
the Bulldogs, although they made but
two errors, the locals permitted five
more making total of 13 Tor the two
contests. They have scored 10 runs.
The Bulldogs, rated as the favorite
to capture WBL honors were issued
II bases on balls in the contest. These,
mixed in with the eight hits off jim
Fisher and Jim Berry, who alternated
at pitching and catching, was more
than enough to win.
Fisher collected two singles to lead
the Pirate batters. Berry, j. Basinger,
Ray Cummins and Ramon Lewis got
the other hits for the locals. Cummins'
bingle drove in two of the runs.
Celina's McGough, rated the best
catcher in the league, had two doubles.
Now collected two for three and
walked twice. The Pirates play Ken
ton here Friday afternoon.
Bluffton -. 900 300 2 5 2
Celina ...... 201 APO 3 : IL 8 5.
Latterman, Hole (6) and McGough;
Fisher, Berry (6) and Berry, Fisher
(6).
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Poinsettia Club

Poinsettia Club
atoms For Peace" will be the
subject of the program given by Miss
Theresa Slusser at the next Poinset-
tia club meeting held on April Is.
Mrs. ]. o. Blome will be hostess for
the evening.
Bluffton Women's Garden Club
Mrs. Armin Hauenstein will be
hostess for the next meeting of the
Bluffton Women's Garden club which
will be held April 19 at 2:30 p. m.
Miss Ocie Anderson will be assistant
hostess. Roll Calmly Favorite
Garden Tool; Wild Flower Identifca-
ton will be given by Miss Edith
Amstutz; Tools-Garden Aids, will
be given by Mrs. Gordon Bixel. There
will be a plant exchange at this
meeting.
Bridal Shower
Mrs. Billy Gossard, the former
Janet Criblez, was honored at a
recent shower given by Mrs. Marion
Criblez and Mrs. Maxine McCafferty
Games were played and refreshments
were served.
Present were: Misses Lois Criblez
Noella Kay Gossard, Marsha Criblez,
Eileen McCafferty, Maxine Bates,
Bonnie Griffith, Donna Griffith, Betty
Schick, Marjorie Schick, Arlene
Schick, Elvina Mae Wilkins and Mar
lene Wilkins. Mesdames Gladys Crib
lez, Helen Gossard, Carleen Criblez,
Dawn Criblez, Mildred Criblez, Har-
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Birthday Party Held

A birthday party was held Satur-
day afternoon, April Tat the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Stonehill hon
oring their oldest daughter on her
ninth birthday. Games were played
and winners were Sandy Dillman and
David Travis. Dancing and refresh
ments completed the party. Invited
guests to the party were Linda
Swank, jeanette Benroth, Joy Hilty
Sandra Dillman, Linda Reichenbach,
Linda Crofts, Tee Huber, Sue Mar
shall, Jane Ann Stonehill, David
Travis, Tommy Foltz, Bobby Stone
hill and Michael Church. Sandy Dill
man remained with Patty to be hel
week end guest.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Eta M. LaRue Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Ira A. LaRue
Of Beaverdam. Ohio has been duly appointed
Executor of the Estate of Efe M. LaRue
deceased. late of Aiien County. Ohio.
Creditors are required to- file their claims
with said hduciary withlp four months.
Dated this 9th day OF April 1855.
PAUL j. ROCKEY
Probate Judge of said County
April II, l9, 26
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BlufftOn Busy Bees All

Bluffton Busy Bees All club will
meet at the high school cafeteria on
Wednesday at 7:3O p. M, April 18.
All girls 10 years old as of January
l may join.
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Altar & Rosary Society

The Altar and Rosary Society of
st. Mary's Catholic church will meet
Thursday, April IL in the church
basement. Mrs. Don Kagy and Mrs.
Leonard Rieman are hostesses.
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Society and Clubs

riet Luginbuhl, Rachael Grow, Ell
vina Heldman, Edna Schick, Shirley
Miles, 10 Ann Bowers, Dorothy
Schick, Mildred Schick and Blanche
Wilkins and the honored guest.
Sending regrets and gifts were
Misses Denise Scoles, Adele Taylor
Toronto, Ohio, and Mary 10 McKeon
Trenton, Mich. Mesdames Roy John
son, Charlotte Criblez, Pauline Bosse
Sally Bosse, Martha Love, Ellen Grif-
fifth, Frances Scoles, Carolyn Robe
malt, Rhea McCafferty and Lucille
Taylor, Toronto, Ohio.
Naomi Circle
The Naomi Circle of the w. S. c. S
of the Methodist church will meet
at the home of Gladys Burkholder on
April 19 at 8 p. m. The program will
be given by Mrs. Rhea Geiger and
devotions by Mildred Gleason.
Troop 122
>All members were present for the
last meeting. The roll call was "The
Name of an Insect. After the busi-
ness meeting the troop went
to Harmon Field and played games
Troop No. 123
We had our weekly meeting in the
Methodist church basement. We de-
livered Girl Scout cookies this week.
At our meeting we held the Flag
Ceremony and then learned how to
cook spaghetti, set table properly
and how to serve meal.
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TWYLA JEAN AUGSBURGER,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Augsburger, Route 2, Bluffton, has
been named winner in a national con-
test to name the Baby Goose, off
spring of the famous Red Goose,
trademark of the international Shoe
company. Twyla Jean chose the name
"Finefettler" for the Baby Goose
and won the scooter being presented
above by Walter Gratz, of the Gratz
Family Shoe Store, Bluffton.
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OHIO RETAIL SALES in Feb
ruary were up five per cent over
the level for February last year,
according to the current issue of the
ohio Retail Annalist" published by
the Bureau of Business Research at
Ohio State university.
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Legion Auxiliary

Legion Auxiliary
Four new members were initiated
into the Auxiliary at their meeting
Tuesday night in the Legion rooms at
the Town Hall. Initiated were: Mrs.
Mary Youtsey, Mrs. Joyce Hauen-
stein, Mrs. Eta Huber and Mrs.
Rosemary Stonehill. Initiating officer
was Mrs. Kay Steig, second district
president, Belefontaine.
Friendship Class
Friendship Class of the Olive
Branch EUB church, located 21a mile
east of Bluffton on Route 103, will
present musical program at the
church at 7:45 p. m. Sunday. Musical
talent on the program will be from
the surrounding community. The
public is invited.
Eastern Star
Regular meeting will be April II
at the Masonic Hall. Initiation work
will be exemplified.
AMIGO Club
The AMIGO club meets with Mrs.
Bluette Winehold next Tuesday, April
10 at p. m. Election of officers will
be held.
Kings Guards
The Kings Guards will meet next
Sunday, April Is in the Methodist
church basement at 10:30 a. m. Film
strips on Mexico, India and Japan
Will be shown. Children who haven't
brought their Miniature churches" or
offerings are to bring them to this
meeting. Last Sundays meeting the
children learned about American
ieprosy missions. Plan to attend.
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.ArIingfonGroup
Seeks Sd Seat

Arlingtonians for q Better
County, winners Of two County
Board seats last November, or
ganized last night In q drive to
win q third seat-and q board
majority-this fall.
Robert L. Groom. former
chairman of the County Repub-
lican Executive Committee. was
named chairman. Edmund D.
Campbell. Democratic leader.
and Alan L. Dean. former board
member and Non-partisan lead
er. were named vice chairmen.
The Executive Committee viii
include, In addition to the chair
man and vice chairmen:
The two County Board men,
bers who are members Of Ar
lingtonians for o Better County,
Ralph r. Kaul and David L.