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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Legal Questions
Delay Approval Of
Subdivision Plans
Public Hearing Set On
Eastland Petition To Vac
ate Paper Street

Eager to begin the construction of
new homes in either one of their two
new proposed subdivisions this winter,
Bluffton Eastland, Inc, found itself
delaped by legal technicalities before
village council this week.
The requirement of serving public
notice for six weeks of proposed vaca-
ton of unimproved alleys and a street
in the Sunny Acres subdivision will
delay work in that area until at least
in November, and approval of the
tentative plan for the Highlands
Addition at the east end of Garmatter
street was held up by council until
Solicitor John Romey prescribes the
legal course of action.
The Sunny Acres subdivision has
been replotted in order to make the
lots wider to accommodate modern one
floor plan homes, but in so doing, it
was necessary to relocate Stanley
avenue, a street which thus far has
appeared on paper only. Because the
vacation of the earlier plated alleys
and street would affect adjoining
property owners, council would not
give final approval until after public
hearing on the change is held.
In action taken by council Tuesday
the date for the hearing was set for
November 6 at a special meeting in
the Town Hall. AT that time persons
affected may question the change and
state opposition to it, if there is any.
The other subdivision plat before
council was that locating nine build
ing lots at the end of Garmatter
street in the new Highlands Addition.
Under councils new policy subdivi-
sions are not accepted until paved
streets are in, sewer connections
approved and utilities provided.
Because Solicitor Romey was not
present, council declined to take any
action on accepting the proposed plat
1t will be discussed at the next meet
ing on October 9.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Lima Youth Hurt In
Motorcycle Mishap

Robert L. Binkley, %, 11612 West
Circular street, Lima, was injured in
a motorcycle accident Tuesday eve
ming at p. m. at the intersection of
the old and new Route 25, half q
mile north of Beaverdam.
Binkley was headed north on the old
route and failed to negotiate the turn
just ahead of the intersection with the
Beaverdam bypass. His motorcycle
skidded off the road into the BERN
and he suffered neck and shoulder
injuries and possible internal injuries.
Binkley was taken to Bluffton Com
munity hospital in Diller ambulance
and then transferred to Lima Memoir
ial hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Three To Receive
Eagle Scout Badges
At Court Of Honor

Three Bluffton Boy Scouts will be
awarded the coveted Eagle Badge,
highest honor in scouting, next We'd
nesday evening, October 3, at Court
of Honor which will be in session at
the First Mennonite church.
The boys who will receive the
awards approved recently by the
local board of review are Ronald
Zimmerly, son of Mrs. Juanita Zim-
merly Tong; Terry Marshall, son of
Mr.. and Mrs Kimmel Marshall, and
Douglas Reichenbach, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Reichenbach Sr. This is
the second eagle scout in the Reichen-
bach family, Ralph Jr., having been
awarded the honor several years ago.
Three star scouts and four first
class scouts will also receive their
badges Wednesday evening, and a
number of merit badges will be
awarded. Parents and friends of the
boys are urged to attend the court.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
III. Traucht New
Garden Club Head

Herbert Traucht is the new presi-
dent of the Bluffton Mems Garden
club. He was elected to succeed
Oliver Zimmerman at the last meet
ing of the club held Wednesday eve
ming of last week at the home of
the Rev. Grover T. Soldner on West
Elm street.
Other new officers who will assume
their duties with him are Wilhelm
Amstutz, first vice president; Lester
Niswander, second vice president;
and Kermit Herr, secretary-treasurer.
Mr.. Herr was also elected regional
director for the next two years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Earliest Killing Frost Since 1919
Brings Some Damage To Local Crops

Too impatient to wait until summer
was officially ushered off the stage
on September 21, Jack Frost chose
that morning to paint the Bluffton
landscape with heavy coat of white.
Temperatures ranged down to 81 de-
grees, the coldest on record locally
for that date, according to Ray Burk-
holder, area weather observer.
1t was also the earliest killing frost
since 1919 in this area. Burkholder
had previously recorded light frosts
on September 18 and 20.
Some fields located on the high
spots escaped the frost's death touch,
but growth of most of the corn in
this area was stopped. Quality of late
ripening fields will be considerably
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27

How would you feel about the
Egyptian naturalization of the SueZ
canal if the canal was in your own
backyard" at least almost as
close as the Great Lakes?
Isaac Qutub, native Arab student at
Bluffton college, whose home is in
Jordan some $50 miles from the Suez,
is apt to regard the naturalization
from a different viewpoint than some
of his college friends. Nasser's leader
ship in Egypt has been strong and
stable and his has played an impor-
tant role in restoring Arab unity and
in upholding the Arab rights.
I'm Matchmaking the canal, the
Egyptian government did not attempr
to follow the policy of some nations
in confiscating without proper pay
ment," Qutub points out. Stock
holders are to receive full compensa-
ton for their shares according to the
price quoted on the Paris Bourse as
of the date preceding naturalization,
July 26."
Qutub says he has been informed
by relatives and friends at home that
there is a confidence in the Middle
East that the Egyptian government
will develop the canal and increase
its traffic, for only in this way can
it serve its purpose and yield ade-
quate revenue to meet the cost or
operation and maintenance, and leave
a reasonable surplus, which under
the old system went to the company.
'If the government decides to use
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Eight From Here
To Attend Bankers
Meeting In Lima

Eight representatives of the Citizens
National Bank are planning to attend
the annual meeting of Group Two of
the Ohio Bankers association at the
Shawnee Country club, Lima, tonight,
Thursday.
Bankers from eleven Western Ohio
counties will attend the meeting.
Principal speakers at the evening
program will be Carl H. Koch, presi-
dent of the Union Savings Bank of
Bellaire and president of the Ohio
Bankers association; and A. E. Wolf,
vice president and director of the
Standard Oil Company of Ohio, Cleve-
land.
Those attending the meeting from
Bluffton include E. c. Romey, James
F. West, E. M. Hostettler, N. c. Herr,
Dale Reichenbach, H. P. Huber, C. A.
Biery and L. w. Duke.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27

laying a TWO inch line from Gelger
street east on Cherry street to the
new home being completed by East
land, Inc, and then north into the
Sunny Acres subdivision of Eastland
The new two-inch line covers a dis
tance of 2,27O feet.
Workmen had also started by the
end of the week to trench distance
of ISIS feet for an extension from the
corner of Elm and Spring street west
wardly over Elm to the Mennonite
Memorial Home. Here it will turn
north into the Home grounds, and
then west again through an alley to
serve homes in the projected High
land Subdivision also being developed
by Eastland, Inc. ,Garmatter and
Elm street homes will also be able
to use this supply.
The third extension of the gas line
is planned at the south end of Main
street, a distance of 1,606 feet, where
it will serve new homes being erected
there. The line will go as far south
as the new home being erected by
KWK Construction Co.
Leo Norman, West Ohio Gas Co.
foreman and inspector on the Bluffton
projects, explained that in addition
to making possible gas for heating
and other purposes to new homes
being erected in these sections, It
will also serve those along the line
who wish to convert to gas heat.
At the same time Norman ex-
planned that the company recently
completed work on two miles of four
inch line along the Columbus Grove
road leading into Bluffton. The four
inch line replaced a smaller three
inch pipe. Result will be this winter
to boost pressure at the station atop
the hill leading into town on the
Grove road from so pounds to 100
pounds.
Norman explained that his crew
has been able to tie the gas flow into
the new lines without interrupting
service anyplace in town.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Margaret DiILer Takes
Post In California

Miss Margaret Diller, form r
home economics teacher at Bluffton
high school, has accepted teaching
post in Arnijo high school, Fair
field, California.
AS head of the home economic de
partment, Miss Diller teaches class
es for both boys and girls, and also
has classes in drivers education in
addition to a regular "home room"
class.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27

lowered by the early frost, farm
observers said.
Tomatoes were not affected to the
extent at first expected. But fields
were spotty and some were seriously
damaged. Because pickers now will
have to sort the tomatoes, tossing out
those badly frosted or blistered, they
will lose time and some of their in
come.
The early frost may also reduce
some entries in the Forthcoming
Fruit, Grain and Vegetable show,
particularly among vegetable exhibits.
One field of late muskmelons near
Bluffton was heavily damaged, but
the loss was not as heavy as had
been indicated earlier.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27

Inc olnner Will give the 'klck-off
to the local drive which precedes
campaigning in the ranks of alumni
members across the country, and
among the Mennonite churches which
support the school.
Mrs. Sidney Steiner, Pandora, will
size up the facts underlying the need
for the Ropp Hall addition, laboratory
modernization and other improve
ments to be made with the money
raised by the drive. She will touch
on the growing student enrolment
and the prospects for continued
growth in the next five years.
Paul w. Stauffer, Bluffton, will
review the contributions of Bluffton
college to the community it serves,
socially, economically and spiritually.
The Rev. Harry Yoder, general
chairman of the fund raising drive,
will explain the plans for reaching
every home in the Bluffton-P Pandora
community with the colleges appeal
for contributions. He will emphasize
the fact that the campaign continues
for three years, and that persons are
to be encouraged to budget their
giving on monthly or quarterly
plan.
Letters explaining the drive win be
in the mail to every home in the area
before the neighborhood canvassers
call in their house-to-house visits.
The letters explain that of the
$3.50, 900 goal, s230,000 is earmarked
for the Ropp hall dormitory and din
ing hall addition; 60,000 for the cur
rent operating fund; $4,000 to retire
the remainder of the Founders Hall
debt and $4,000 for modernization
and equipment.
To the person asking How much
shall I give" the letter points out
that the subscription card he wiz re-
ceive is adjustable to any amount.
Your contribution should be
voluntary, according to your ability,
interest, and your faith in young
people and the community" the letter
suggests.
Among benefits to the community,
the letter points out that of the total
of 283 students this year,
Sc come from a 35 mile radius of
Bluffton. Of the estimated budget of
$276,000 for the present year, at least
S19O,000 will come into this commu-
nifty from the outside
Heading up the neighborhood solici-
tors in the four Bluffton precincts are
Harold Balmer, Darwin Luginbuhl,
the Rev. G.. T. Soldner and Dallas
Berry. General chairman of the
Bluffton campaign is Dean Niswan-
der, and his committee includes D.
w. Bixler, Silas Diller, Herbert
Traucht, and NJ M. Triplett
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Midget Gridders
Play Here Sunday

The Midget Beavers and Midget
Pirates will meet two more Lima
football foes Sunday afternoon in
games scheduled at 1:30 and 2:30
p. m. at Harmon Field.
The Beavers will play the Lima
Bonbardiers and the Pirates meet
the Lima Rebels. Admission is free.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Anthony J. Bowers
Next Lions Speaker

Anthony j. Bowers, prosecuting
attorney of Allen county, will be the
speaker next Tuesday evening at the
meeting of the Bluffton Lions club at
Walnut Grill. His subject will be
Everyday Law"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Attending Naval Air
School In Oklahoma

James c. Fisher, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Fisher of South Jackson
street, is now attending the Naval
Air Technical Training Center in Nor
man, Oklahoma His complete adj
dress is: James c. Fisher, A. A.,
572-78-64, Co. 38, Bks. 73, N. A. T.
t. c., Norman, Oklahoma.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Early Swim Pool Donations OF S6,129
Turned Over To Villege By Trustees

The money will be applied to the
swimming pool construction debt,
and has nothing to do with fund be-
ing currently raised to pay for pre-
liminary work on the proposed bath
house at the pool.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
NOTICE

The deadline for laying monument
foundations at the Maple Grove cem-
atery will be October 1. After that
late no further foundations will be
until next spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Kickoff Dinner Wednesday
Opens College Expansion,
Improvement Fund Drive
$3.50, 900 Fund Sought To Build ROpp Hall
Addition, Make Other improvements

A growing Blufton college good for growing Blufon-
Pandora communtyeconomicaly and socially" will be the
theme OF dinner meeting next Wednesday evening Ropp Hall
when of $50 volunteer workers beed part
the drive to raise $4,000 the next three for expan
sion and improvements at the college.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-09-27
Gas Co. Extending Mains
More Than Mile To Serve
New Areas In BlufftOn
Three NelU Lines TO Garry Gas
Into Proposed NeU Subdivisions

More than mile of line is in the process of being
Buon provide service to three residential
development it learned this from Gas COM
pany employees working on the projects
The first pipeline extension completed Thursday of last
week when the Central Pipeline Co. Lima finished work of
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17

only to mechanics. chemistry. and
all the physical sciences. but to
character building as well. All nat
ural laws apply to successful invest
ing as well as to successful living
Money can temporarily be secured
through begging. stealing, or specu-
lating, but usually such money is
lost, or the so-called owner dies of
heart attack. Very seldom does
such money do the children and
grandchildren much good.
Two Much Education
l believe in education. we proba-
bly, cannot get too much of the
right kind This especially applies
to Atomic Engineering and Business
Administration. Education as it is
passed out today by high schools
and colleges will never help the
graduate to build up an estate and
keep it. The honest and successful
way to create a fortune is by rem
dering service. To do SO requires
that you and store up cash dur
ing these boom times so as to help
the nation when it again goes
through the Wringer. But should
We expect a college professor who
has mot done successful investing
for himself to teach it to others
Those of us who will then have
the cash to buy. build, and invest,
during the next period of depression
will render great service For this
service we will be richly rewarded
The savings which we are holding
today to invest then should be null
tiplied two or three times in a
short period If educators would
give more attention to character
building and economic laws. n &
arouse in sufficient students a de
/ sire for service. | forecast that I'M
employment could be eliminated
and we would have a much hap
/ pier world.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17
Keep Air Force Strong

pERHAPS the most important hearing,
at this session of Congress, is that de-
signed to determine whether the United
States is following a defense program
which will enable it to maintain air STU
premacy.
We use the word air supremacy nten-
tionally, even though there is question
whether our air supremacy exists as of to-
day. However, on the basis of our network
of overseas bases and our medium jet
bOmbers stationed on these bases, we will
assume the United States still has air
supremacy.
The cardinal point emphasized by air
power experts is that the United States is
now losing in the competition to possess
the worlds most potent air force. Even the
commanding general of the Strategic Air
Force admits the Russians under our pre-
sent defense program, are overtaking US,
and will have the capability of gaining air
supremacy in year or two. The signiii-
canoe of this admission cannot be over
rated in the light of the fact that air SUI
premacy will win or lose World War LII.
World War II proved that air supremacy
is as important over the seas as it is over
land, and air supremacy encompasses all
theaters and all types Of military services.
1t seems fairly clear to us, that the
United States must take stock, again, of
its Air Force program and place greater
emphasis on air power especially in the
quantitive sphere. If this is not done, we
might find ourselves, once again, in the
position of suffering a disaster in the
opening phase of any new war
Like Great Britain in the late 193O's, the
United States is now at the crossroads in
that we must make up our minds to main
tain the best qualitative air force in the
world, Or run the risk of unwarranted
losses in World War III.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17
Double Check

Due to circumstances beyond
our control President Eisenhower
is headed back to Washington 70
be full time President until the
election is over. The Republican
Convention will be held on time
and Ike" will be nominated ana
he will fly down and light to &C
cept the nomination before the
largest crowd ever known To as
semble in a state set aside for the
occasion.
Young and old Republicans are
now being taught to pug al :he
expression possible into the II
Like Ike" slogan and to bust GU.
all over with it from Maine to
California, spontaneously and to
be caught on T'V and Radio. all
over the Nation. Dubious and
cautious about the South there
viii be REPETITION of the last one
played back from RECORDINGS
made in the last campaign Viz
GINA is contributing those OF
Byrd and Tuck. along with the
falling of the grand stand at
Richmond. the first real tumble
the South took. All in all it is a
tailor-made cut and dried. don :.
spare the fan operation that
might astound the World. And in
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17
Ross Valentine In the Times Dspoteh
Tell That to the Court, Mr.. Dulles

You cannot honestly compro-
mise with q patent fallacy
II for example. Communist
tells YOU that white is black, you
cannot IN good conscience, split
The difference and call it gray.
# he does agree. it will be only
because he intends to repeat and
repeat the procedure of compro-
mise, until he has jockeyed you
INTO admitting that white is, in
deed black
This IS known as gradualism
the statutory difference between
seduction and rape, but the con-
sequences are the same.
There is much more at stake
today than racial adjustments
The key question to be decided is
whether the people Of Massachu-
sets viii govern the people Of
Virginia, or whether autonomous
States shall govern themselves in
al matter consttutionalIy within
their Jurisdiction
The Federal Judges who will be
asked to adjudlcate the individual
school cases now find them
selves proconsuls of a colonial
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17

Paul orders desegrcgation in Charlottes-
vile.
The issue is becoming clearcut The lines
are being reduced to those in favor OF
racially integrated schools and ultimately
faculties, as against those who are adamant
in their position of racially segregated
schools There is no middle ground on this
matter Of segregation, just as there is no
middle ground on the larger overall
governmental principle, namely the usurpa-
ton of power over the states by the U. S.
Supreme Court. The people of the United
States face maintenance of the constitu-
tional republic, the sovereignty Of the
several states or submission to the judicial
branch Of the Federal Government whose
power may and can be used for the ulti-
mate control of the now free government
and the people under it.
History is to be made in the next few
months. Virginia will play great part in
its making The NAACP at present is con-
centrating on Virginia with rash of court
actions in school matters. Ultimate deter
mination of this problem lies in the hands
of the people The position Of Prince
Edward County is crystal clear The
people in several other localities are
beginning to realize the far reaching eff
fects and meaning of the attack on Vir-
ginias established school system, which
resolves itself into an attack upon the U.
S. Constitution itself. An intelligent, "a
reused people can save the nation and its
constitution. The time in now. Leadership
is needed The fight is on.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17
POwhatan COnbO.
VOcalists on TN

Powhatan's Moonshine Music
Makers. four-piece CONDO. with
vocal accompaniment will make
a TV appearance Thursday at {
p. m, over WEXEX- TV. Peters
burg,
The musicians are Christian
Goodwin. saXaphone w avn {
Tomlinson, clarinet. Nicky ReamS
guitar and Tommy Dalton drums
Jean Wells will be vocal soloist
with Mary Woodley Brown and
Nancy Hudson teaming with hen
for trio numbers
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17

power centered III Washing ton.
These Federal judges are pow
erless, said a lawyer friend Of
mine I'm glad I'm not in their
shoes. The Supreme Court has
laid down the law. and while some
of the lower court judges must
realize that the high court legis-
lated in defiance of the ConSti-
tuition. what can they do? They
must do as the Supreme Court
tells EN-"
My lawyer friend was dead
wrong
They are under no such COM
pulsion in free country. They do
not have to compound a consti-
tutional fallacy.
They are free men.
They can resign.
In fact. they must do SO if they
wish to retain their manhood
rather than their jobs
Only IL a Judge himself is con-
WINGED that mixed schools in the
South are ethically defensible, and
if he believes that the Supreme
Court was constitionally justified
in being guided by a Scandinavian
dogmatlSt, can he, in good con-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17

the South Unless the investor sup
plies something along with his mon
ey. he is headed for trouble
This is not criticism of small
towns and cities. l much prefer
full obligation" bonds of NC h
small communities to the bonds Of
big cities. These latter usually both
suffer from poor government and
also would be vulnerable in case Of
World War III. ''Digness" is no
more good measure Of COM
munity's credit than Of man S
character. There also are good
revenue bonds: but I nike ID buy
them after the electric, gas, OF vat
er plant has been installed. or after
the pike has been built.
We Can't Cheat Nstarsl Laws
Statistics show that the nation is