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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Escapee Captured;
Failed To Pay For
Gas At Beaverdam

Failure to pay for $3.50 worth Of
gasoline delivered at a Beaverdan
service station Tuesday afternoon lee
to the capture one hour later Of
Kenneth Miller, 18, Lansing, Mich.
an escapee of the Iona, Mich.
reformatory.
Findlay and Lima police set up
road blocks at the south limits of each
city while the Findlay State Highway
Post patrolled U. S. 25 and Rt. SO
looking for the car of which they had
been supplied with a description.
Miller was apprehended by Upper
Sandusky police and the Wyandot
county sheriff's department which
had also set up blockade.
A passenger in the car, Allen Her
ring, "a, Chicago, believed to be a
hitchhiker, was held for investigation
by Sheriff Dean McAllister of Upper
Sandusky.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Dedication OF New Elementary School
Set For Sunday Afternoon, August 19

In the summer of 1854 the board
of education, which had long discus.
sed the need for replacing the IS
year-old elementary building, decided
to take the bull by the horns and pu
a bond issue before the voters. After
campaign in the fall conducted by
the Community Progress association,
the 1895, 900 bond issue was approved
by an overwhelming 83.5 per cent
majority.
Plans were rushed to completion
and by the middle of April, 1855
contractors bids had been taken and
the contracts awarded.
1t was then a matter of waiting
until the children would be out of
school to start work. Almost the day
classes were dismissed, bulldozerS
appeared on the grounds to remove
trees and start to raze the old build
ing.
Now, year and two months later,
the board is prepared to accept the
keys to the modern building and
dedicate it to the future generations
of Bluffton citizens who will use it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Dollar Days Signs Go Up;
Open Season On Bargains

The familiar Dollar Day signs will
go up on Main street Friday an
nouncing the semi-annual open sea-
son on bargains in Bluffton stores.
The big two-days sale event, Friday
and Saturday, is expected to again
pack the town with shoppers.
Held last year the final week in
July, the sale this year is almost two
weeks later, and merchants are in a
rush to clear their shelves of sum-
mer merchandise.
More than 25 of Buttons retail
stores are participating in the bar
gain offerings and are represented
with attractive ads in an eight-page
circular being distributed this week
by mail to 5000 homes within a 10
mile radius of town. The ads are also
carried in this issue of The Bluffton
News.
A new feature of the event this
year will be the Lucky Buck"
which will appear in circulation from
the cash registers of participating
merchants. Distributed in change by
the stores, the lucky bucks" will
have three times the normal pur-
chasing power of the ordinary dollar
even at sale discount prices.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

works superintendent, that he couldn't
draw water at the hospital.
Rushing Immediately to the water
works pumps, Diller found that the
25 horsepower motor driving one of
the two pumps h d apparently
burned out. The $4,000 gallon water
storage tank was completely dry.
A smaller Is horsepower motor on
the second pump was turned on to
push water into the mains and keep
the faucets running in Bluffton
homes. Because the smaller motor
has shown signs of wear and over
heating no time was lost in getting
the other pump ready for operation.
A motor belonging to the old cleo
tric power plant, which had been
sold but was still stored in the build
ing, was pressed into emergency use
to refill the storage tank
Harvey Bauman, president of the
board of public affairs, said that the
motor trouble must have occurred
late Saturday night. 1t had been
functioning early in the evening
when Mr.. Diller made his regular
check.
"While no one was inconvenienced
by the breakdown this time, it could
have been a serious matter particu-
larly if fire had broken out about the
same time the tank went dry" Mr..
Bauman said.
The BPW president said that it
points to the need for moving ahead
with plans to replace the 30-year-old
pump equipment and to build mod
ern pump house. More than year
ago plans to do this were nipped by
contractors bids which exceeded
funds available for the work.
When the new pump house is built
Mr.. Bauman advocates placing some
type of alarm on the system which
would warn waterworks employees
of motor or pump failure and thus
avert a reoccurence of the Sunday
morning incident.
Mr.. Bauman said the board men,
bers have also considered acquiring
an auxiliary gasoline motor which
would pump the water in event of
a major power failure.
Other members of the board are
Clayton Harkness and Loren Stein
man.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
'Pigskin PreUieW' Slated
Sept. z At Harmon Field

ute contests will find the Pirates
meeting Vanlue in the opener at
7:30. Pandora-Gilboa takes on Nc
Comb in the second game of the eve
ming. Following n intermission
Leipsic's Vikings will play the Hor-
nets of Cory-Rawson and in the final
game, Columbus Grove and North
Baltimore are pitted. There will be
five minutes between halves and also
between games.
Following the second game of the
evening the Bluffton high school
band, only musical unit to appear on
the program, will be allotted 10 min
utes to perform. The Pirate band
will also play for the flag raising
ceremonies prior to the Preview.
In the event bad weather should
cause cancellation of the Preview, it
will be held the following day, Satur-
day Teams will be notified by three
p. m. of the cancellation.
Continued on page a
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that his services would be terminated
on July 81 at midnight.
The veteran police officer refused
to resign at the request of Mayor
Riser and council two weeks ago,
and then continued on the job con-
tending that subsequent action to dis
miss him was not in accordance with
the law.
Reichenbach has insisted that the
charges be filed so that he may make
his appeal. 1t is expected that he WIN
contest the charges before council at
the regular meeting Tuesday, August
IA. He has 10 days after receiving his
copy of the charges to file for a hear
ing before council.
Both Village Solicitor John Romey
and Harry Meredith, Lima attorney
who represents Officer Reichenbach,
are expected to be present for the
hearing.
Tue S d ay evening Reichenbach
turned over his keys to the town
police cruiser upon the demand of
Mayor Riser, but continued report
ing for duty and made the rounds
in the cruiser with his replacement,
Patrolman Wade Bechtol. He said
that he was following the advice Of
his attorney.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Poultry Prospects
Subject OF Meetings

Future prospects in the poultry
business will keynote the talks and
discussions at the Amstutz Poultry
rama meetings Monday at 7:45 p. m,
August 13, at the Bluffton school
gymnasium and August 20 at the Pan
dora school gymnasium.
Featured at these meetings will be
talks on the future poultry outlook,
egg production, management, feeding
and disease control by a poultry
pathologist representative of the
Quarker Oats Feed company. Also
a talk will be given on poultry tests
and solution to the wet litter problem
with discussion and questions follow
ing.
The purpose of these meetings is
keep the poultry raisers informed
about new and improved develop
ments.
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ROdeO Committee
To Hear: Report
At Wiener Roast

Buckeye Lake will be the scene o1
wiener roast and picnic Thursday
August 16, at 700 p. m. for all mem.
bers of the Bluffton Rodeo commit.
tees and their families.
The picnic will be held at the west
end of the Buckeye at Sportsmen' S
park. This event will wind up the
1856 Rodeo, and final reports will be
presented. Food for the picnic will
be provided by the committee.
General chairman of the picnic,
William Gaiffe, announced this week
that 70 reservations from the Bluff
ton Saddle Horse club have already
been made Anyone planning to at
tend is asked to register at Niswan-
der's News Stand, so the food COM
mittee can plan for those who will
be present.
Members from the Bluffton Com
munity Sportsmen's club, Saddle
club, and Bluffton Business Mems
Association who have served on COM
mittees for the Rodeo are eligible to
attend the wiener roast.
The general committee for this
event consists of Dwaine Amstutz,
treasurer for the Rodeo, John Gil
bert, Ronald Ketzenberger and Don
Kagy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

Dollar Days shoppers are urged to
check the serial number on their dol
lar bills received in change. If the
number matches the serial number
posted in the store, it is a lucky
buck" and must be spent in the same
store to be worth So in merchandise.
Regular store hours will be OBJ
served Friday and Saturday includ-
ing the regular Saturday evening
hours. Extra sales people have been
engaged to handle the rush which
generally accompanies Dollar Days
sales.
Many items not listed in the ads
are also offered at reduced prices, so
it pays to inspect the counter offer
ings in all the stores.
Dollar Days is one of our largest
community sales by which local
merchants prove that it pays to shop
in Bluffton," said Miss Vidella Herr,
chairman of the merchants commit
tee in charge of the event
I'VE welcome new customers from
within a wide area of town as well
as our old friends" she added.
There are no parking meters on
Main street and ample free parking
is also provided in municipal lots
and side streets.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

One of the largest preseason
crowds in the history of the "Pigskin
Preview'' is expected to be on hand
Friday night, September T. when
eight area schools display their 1856
potential before followers at Har-
mon Field.
The annual "sneak preview" of the
grid squads which will represent the
participating chools was moved
here after being held in McComb
last year. According to tournament
manager Robert Ewing, Bluffton
high school faculty manager, follow
ing this years Preview, the event
will be put on a rotating basis. I'm
der this system each school would
play host to the classic.
In addition to the host school
Bluffton, others participating in the
Preview will be Vanlue, Pandora
Gilboa, McComb, Leipsic, Cory-Raw
son, Columbus Grove and North Bal
timore.
The schedule for the four 15-min
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Former Students
At College To Be
Ordained Sunday

Two former students at Bluffton
college will be ordained into the min
istry in ceremonies at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday at Camp ST. Marys at the
Ohio Sandusky Conference of the
Evangelical United Brethren church.
The two are Mrs. Marilyn Chiving-
ton, wife of the Rev. Claude Chiving-
ton, who attended Bluffton College
and did seminary work at the United
Theological Seminary, Dayton, and
her twin brother, the Rev. Marion L.
Hanover, Findlay, who received his
ABB degree from Bluffton college and
his bachelor of divinity degree from
Findlay college.
The Rev. and Mrs Chivington are
serving the pastorate at the EUB
church in Bloomville and have been
very active in evangelistic work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

and are eager to try it out.
To start street corner CONVEX
sation anywhere was soon to collect a
crowd, DR.. Ramseyer said. The
Russians spoke freely and were
interested in inspecting American
made goods.
DR.. Ramseyer found hotel accom-
modations excellent. One spacious
room was equipped with a 15-inch
television set and radio.
Russian meals were reasonably
good, and the Americans found the
coffee better than in some other
European countries.
The Bluffton visitor to Russia found
an inclination on the part of his hosts
to go for snowy displays. He said the
main streets of the cities were
attractive, but just block away
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

eliminating more than three years
of study, planning and making
decisions by the board of education
and school administration, the dedica-
ton of Bluffton's 1895 900 elementary
school building has been arranged for
Sunday, August 10, at 2 p. m.
The dedication ceremony, brief and
simple, will be conducted in the multi
purpose room and will be followed by
an open house inspection of the build
ing which is just about ready for the
opening day of school, September 4.
Superintendent A. B. Murray said
that the ceremony would open with a
prayer of dedication by the Rev.
william j. Hannum, and would be
followed by Board President Paul
Stauffer's formal acceptance of the
keys to the new building from a
member of the architectural firm of
Mclaughlin and Keil. William w.
Wells, a member of the Lima archi-
tects firm and graduate of the Bluff
ton school, will present the keys.
A special souvenir tabloid supple
ment to The Bluffton News will be
issued next week announcing COM
plete details of the dedication and
carrying numerous pictures of the
building photographed by Neu Art
studios. Reprints of the supplement
on book paper will be distributed at
the school.
Invitations are also being extended
to members of school boards and to
school administrators and teachers
northwestern Ohio to
attend the open house.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Iron Curtain Lifting? Some Indications
Seen By DR.. Ramseyer In Visit To Russia

There undoubtedly is a changing
attitude in Russia that indicates that
the Iron Curtain may be lifting some
what, DR.. Lloyd L. Ramseyer, presi-
dent of Bluffton college told members
of the Lions club at their meeting
Tuesday evening.
DR.. Ramseyer, who returned home
last Thursday from a Sherwood Eddy
study tour of Europe and Russia, said
that top objective in the tour was
aimed at determining whether or
not there has been a real change in
Russia"
Actually, we found more freedom
in Russia than we had expected, !"
DR.. Ramseyer said. He hastened to
add, however, that it was not the
American type of freedom. Consider
alton must be given, he said, to the
fact that the Russian people have
been oppressed for generations by
the Czarist government, and more
recently by the Communist govern
ment.
The group of college professors,
writer's and businessmen in the Eddy
tour were surprised to find less
luggage inspection going into Russia
than is customary crossing the
Canadian border.
They didn't open single bag"
the Bluffton college preXy said.
Individuals of the group were free
to come and go at will in Russia and
there was no indication that any were
followed.
The ordinary man on the street
was as friendly to the American
tourists as his counterpart in any
country he visited in Europe, DR..
Ramseyer told the Lions. Many of
them study English in their schools
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
.Eastland, Inc.
To Build Towns
10th New Home

Excavation was to start today
Thursday, for the sixteenth new home
to be started in Bluffton this year
with the announcement by Ed Rice,
general manager of Eastland, Inc.
that the firm would excavate on
Cherry street for a new residence.
The excavation, to be done by Earl
Meyer & Son, Rawson, viii be on a
lot owned by Eastland between the
properties of Paul Marquart and
Russell Lansing.
Rice said the construction of the.
new home will be a three-bedroom,
ranch-type with car-port to the rear.
The dwelling will measure 2S'x40 and
will include full basement
Paul Geiser is construction super
intendent for Eastland, Inc.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
.TWo Teen-Agers
Cited To Court

Two teen-age drivers, arrested
for reckless operation on Bluffton
streets Sunday evening, were
cited to appear before Mayor
David L. Risser's court Monday
night in the Mayors Office.
One of the youths, who resides in
Ada, forfeited the $40 bond which
he posted with Marshal William
Gaiffe, the arresting officer, when
ne failed to appear in court. The
other, a BlufftOn resident, was
fined S. and costs by Mayor Ris-
ser and warned never to appear
before him again.
Mayor Risser told The News
he fined the latter youth only $5
because of the strict warning of
the consequences of a second
Offense in the village.
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COry-RawsOn FLA
Boys Home From
Camp Muskingum

A group of Future Farmers OF
American from the Cory-Rawson
chapter returned Monday from the
Ohio FLA camp at Camp Muskingum,
on Leesville Lake.
Dale Wilson, student at CIR, was
a member of the chapter at the camp
which amassed the highest number
of points in sports activities during
the camping period.
During their stay at the camp the
boys studied conservation, fire arm
use, conservation paintings, water
conservation, soil conservation, fish
management and game management.
Attending the camp were Bob
James, Ronny Mosier, Norman and
Wayne Welsh, Connor Stewart, Dean
Biery, Leonard and Willard Brewster,
Kenneth Redd, Bobby Wolford and
Dale Wilson. They were accompanied
by their adviser, Franklin Deeds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
TOlUn's Big Ben
Operating Again

After six weeks without use
of their valuable time piece
above the Town Hall Bluffton
residents again heard the famil-
lar chimes from the towns big
Ben" Friday night and the
familiar clock was again running.
Caretaker James Benroth said
this week that the gear train on
the motor that operates the clock
had worn beyond use. This was
replaced and the clock is again
working. Benroth stated the part
needed repairing about two
years.
However, the clock will not
strike the hour because some
thing in the belfry is not operat-
ing correctly. This will require
the caretaker to climb up to the
face of the clock to make the
needed repair.
The musical chimes, which are
not a part of the operation of
the clock, could be heard across
the town this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
.ReiChenbaCh To
Remain Postmaster
Until October 81
Service Extension Will Bring
Retiring Employees Under
New Benefits

Postmaster Edward Reichenbach,
who was scheduled for automatic
retirement from the postal service on
July 81, viii continue in office here
3 more months until October 81, it
was learned this week.
Temporary exemption from anto-
matte retirement at age 20 was
granted all postal employees slated
for retirement between July 81 and
September 81. Authority for the
special exemptions was granted the
Civil Service Commission by Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
Reason for extending service of the
retiring employees was to permit
their benefitting by the new retire
ment act which becomes effective
October l. 1t grants more liberal
benefits to those automatically sepa-
rated from the service.
Word of the extension was received
here last Tuesday afternoon just as
postal inspectors were auditing ac-
counts and preparing to name Assis-
tant Postmaster Ralph Stearns as
acting postmaster.
Because MIR. Reichenbach is a
patient at Memorial hospital. Lima,
the inspectors were required to visit
him there to ascertain whether he
would accept the extension. The post
master agreed.
His present disqualification for
surgery is the first time he has been
away from his duties for any pro-
longed period in q years of service.
Until his present illness, the post
master had used only about 40 hours
of sick leave time out of a possible
1,760 hours which had accrued to him.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
invest Ohio Glad Show
At Waterville Sunday

A number of Bluffton residents are
planning to attend the Northwestern
Ohio Gladiolus show Saturday and
Sunday at Wateryille high school, at
Waterville, Ohio.
Gladiolus exhibits must be in place
by 10:30 a. m. Visitors may attend
from / to 10:30 p. m. Saturday and
from noon to 5 p. m. Sunday.
Earl Goble, well known among
flower growers in Bluffton, is chair
man of the show
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Annual Church Supper
Set Saturday Night

Timed to accommodate Saturday
evening Dollar Days shoppers, the
annual Old Fashioned Church Supper
and Social sponsored by the Bluffton
Presbyterian church will again be
held on the church lawn at Main and
Cherry streets.
Women of the church will begin
serving the supper at O'Clock and
the social will continue until 10:30
p. m. Proceeds of the event will be
used for the building fund In event
of rain the new addition, now well
under construction, will be used for
dining rooms.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

there would be great contrasts In
buildings. The University of Moscow
offered massive buildings with great
spires and much statuary.
But Russia was not found to be
the idealistic, classics society our
own parlor pinks talk about. Scien-
lists, writer's and entertainers are
much higher paid than industrial
workers. Wages will vary from 800
rubles per month for the industrial
worker to $500 rubles per month for
the scientist.
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Raymond
Rawson, a girl, Shawn Ellen, born
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Spitsnaugle
McComb, a girl, Teri Kaye, born
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Shellenbarger
Findlay, a boy, William James, born
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arven Spence,
Beaverdam, a boy, Michael Wayne,
born Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett D. Powell,
Findlay, a boy, Christopher Lynn,
born Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Marquart
(Margie Stratton), Bluffton, a boy,
Jay Burdette, born Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Kuhn ruth
Nonnamaker), Tiffin, girl, Sandra
Jean, born Monday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Griffin, Lima,
boy, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Crawford
(Treva Harris), Mt. Cory, a girl, born
Wednesday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop D.
McKendree of Andrews, Texas, a
son, Alan Davis McKendree at Odes-
sa hospital, Odessa, Texas, August 2.
Mrs. McKendree is the former Bev-
erly Biery, younger daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Biery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph E. Althaus,
North Olmsted, Ohio, a girl, Jean
Marie, born July %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Galen Lugibihl, boy,
born July at Northside hospital,
Youngstown, Ohio. Mr.. Lugibihl is
the son of Orrie LugibihI of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Water System Runs Dry
Following Pump Failure
Midnight Episode Points Need For
NelD Equipment, BPA President Says

Although few citizens of it. the Bluffon munich
pal water system iran dry at approximately Sunday
and turning their faucets found response for
period of several minutes
Waterworks officials became that something
amss about $50 when William Schiffery maintenance
at Buton Community hospital phoned Ralph Der
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Special Council Session
To Draft Dismissal Charges
Night PGtrOlman Insists On Formal
Statement OF Reasons For Severance

Buffton council will meet special session Thursday
nng with Mayor David L. Riser draft formal charges
dismissal proceedings against Paroman Albert Rechenbach
Action of the to prefer charges against the police
officer to be taken because of Mr. Reichenach
to quit his post after Mayor Riser notified him
The Nome nugget., 1956-06-15

Fine Job Printing al The Nugget
The Nome nugget., 1956-06-15
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From Fairbanks: E. Conditt, c..
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