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Smyrna times., 1956-03-22

tor of Asbury Methodist Episcopal
Church; Rev. w. E. Matthews,
Sr., and Rev. Hudson, retired min
listers, living in Smyrna, are at
tending the 6Sth annual session of
Wilmington Conference meeting
this year at Delmar. Messrs. L.
NJ. Price and Andrew D. Cole are
the lay delegates representing
Asbury Church.
Mrs. Emily farrell, who for
many years lived in her apart
ment at the home of Miss Lizzie
Jones on South Street, has given
up her quarters there and gone to
live at the Palmer Home, Dover.
Mrs. Thomas ]. Hodgson has
returned from a trip to Charles
ton, w. Va, and Washington, DC.
Mr.. James Messick of Duke
University, Durham, N. c., is
spending the Spring vacation
home with his mother, Mrs.
Blanche Messick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Miller
of Wilmington were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. Armstrong
on Saturday and Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1956-03-22

was married Saturday evening at
$50 o'clock to Mrs. Matte Hearn
of Laurel.
An alarm of fire occasioned con-
siderable excitement in the vicin-
ity of the -Four Corners last
night when it was learned that
Reynolds Stevenson's chicken
house in the rear of the residence
of Miss Sue r. Colt was on fire.
1t was discovered by Norman
Coleman, a clerk in Edward G..
Walls store, who was in the act
of closing the back shutters of the
store when he saw the blaze. The
loss falls heavily on Reynolds
Stevenson who had two brooders
destroyed. One of them contained
Smyrna times., 1956-03-22

One of the most disastrous fires,
gruesome in it's tale of death and
destruction, which has occurred
in this vicinity in recent years
was discovered on the farm of
John r. Pratt, opposite Blackis-
toms M. E. Church near Clayton
Friday afternoon. All the out
buildings except the grainery and
carriage house were reduced to
ashes, entailing besides a property
loss a lot of personal property
The loss is estimated at about
$4,000.
Mrs. Hannah James, widow Of
Thomas James, a retired farmer
of this town, died on Sunday ev-
ening after a lingering illness in
the 83rd year of her age. She
had been in failing health for sew
eral years.
Charles Howell LeFevre, Esq,
who last fall was admitted to the
Kent County Bar after having
passed a very creditable examina-
tion, was admitted Saturday
morning to the Chancery Court Of
Kent County.
Mr.. Frederick j. Carter, circu-
lating manager of the Morning
News, Wilmington, and brother of
Mr.. Joseph E. Carter of this town
Smyrna times., 1956-03-22
DISREGARD OF TRAFFIC SIGN
Has Kept Annual Traffic Toll At
High Figure

"Wilful disregard for traffic
signs and signals by motorists and
pedestrians has spelled disaster
for many a person and has kept
our annual traffic toll at an alarm
ingly high figure"
That statement was made by
E, Irwin LeKites, field representa-
tive of the Delaware Safety Coun-
Gil, in inaugurating the local drive
against traffic accidents being
conducted this month in Delaware
by the Delaware Safety Council
in cooperation with the National
Safety Council. The special en-
phasis for this month in the year
round campaign for greater
traffic safety is knowledge of and
Smyrna times., 1956-03-22
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
so YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature Of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1956-03-22
% DODGE COSTS LESS
Than Any Other Truck
With Automatic Transmission

Choose any yardstick Of comparison you can
name-you'll find no other truck measures up
to todays bigger, more powerful DODGE.
Prove il yourself. Give the new truck you may
be thinking of buying good, thorough going
over Dig into its payoad rating, horsepower
to-weight ratio, cab size, performance, and
price Get the facts, right from the engineers
specification book. Then take time to -.
Smyrna times., 1956-03-22

President James Madison was a
graduate of Princeton.
Smyrna times., 1956-03-22
Don'f buy G. truck bEineIfoIeled..
Check Dodge before you buy and ger truck per doar

Check Dodge Match every one of these points
against what you get in a DODGE truck, and
see how much more Dodge gives you for each
dollar you invest.
You owe il TO yourself to get the best buy for
your money, so be sure to get your Dodge
dealers deal before you decide-before you
make the unfortunate mistake of paying more
for your next truck and getting less.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Nehru Blasts
Western Pacts

NEW DELHI, Mar. 20 R.-
Indian Prime Minister Nehru
delivered another bitter indict-
ment Of the Baghdad and SEATO
pacts today, charging they
pushed the world in the wrong
direction" and blocked right
tendencies" working for peace.
In one of his sharpest attacks
on Western military alliances
Mr.. Nehru told Parliament they
represent "a wrong, dangerous
and harmful approach" to inter-
national problems.
Mr.. Nehru often has lashed
the Vests military pacts, saying
he believed they did no good.
Today he charged they checked
factors in the world today lead
ing toward disarmament and
peace"
The Baghdad and SEATO al
liances, he said, affect India
directly by tending to encircle
us in two or three directions. /"
But he indicated he was indict-
ing them for larger reasons
for what they meant to the
world-as well as for the mar
rover reasons" of interest chiefly
to India.
Thailand on India's east and
Pakistan on the west are mem
bers Of SEATO. PakiStan is a
member of the Baghdad group.
Mr.. Nehru made no specific
mention of any other military
alliance or pact beyond saying
he opposes all in general.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
North Dokoto League
Shifts to Democrats

BISMARCK, N. OAK, Mar. 90
R.-North Dakota's Nonparti-
san League ended its alliance
with the Republican Party today
and voted to move into the
Democratic column.
Delegates to the league con-
vention, with only one three
man county delegation dissent
ing, voted to file Endorsements
for State Offices and Congress
on the Democratic side. Since
its organization in 1915 the
league had always put up its
candidates for the primaries
under the Republican banner.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
ItoIys Top N Winner
Just Wants to Marry

ROME, Mar. 20 (P.-Paols
Bolognani. 1taly's blond soccer
expert with the whistle-worthy
figure, said today she has turned
down a movie contract and a
television job in America and
just wants to get married.
Paola. Is. won the top prize
last night on the 5 million lire
($8,300) Italian TV quiz program
for her knowledge of Italy's fa-
vorite sport. She stumbled slight
ly on the final question, but got
the money anyway.
Paola told reporters she had
declined a proposal from Rome
to become a film star" and a
TV offer from IAN American
agency whose name I don't re-
member" She added:
"All I want to do is finish
high school and achieve my
dream of love by marrying my
f1ance."
She didn't identify the lucky
lad, but a fair share of Latin
manhood must find his status
enviable.
Paola's BABY blue eyes and
platinum blonde hair make her
something of a rarity in this
country of brunettes. She even
pushed Italy's film queens off
the picture pages as she zoomed
up the ladder on the Leave It
or Double It" program.
She ran into her only difficulty
on the last Of the three final
questions. She knew the whole
11-man lineup of Bologna's ma
tlonal championship team of 20
years ago. but couldn't remem-
ber one reserve player.
With probably the biggest
Evening star., 1956-03-29

Italian TV audience ever hold
ing its collective breath and the
crowd in the Milan studio roar
ing for Paola to win, Master of
Ceremonies Mike B Bongior o
threw up his hands and said:
you've done well enough
without that last name. Every
one wants you to win. You're
too pretty to lose"
Paola comes from the little
town of Pordenone in northern
Italy. She is an honor student
in her senior year of high school.
Her mother teaches grade school
there.
Before last nights program,
Paola said she was afraid to go
for the top prize. but would try
it because I owe it to the people
back in Pordenone.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Chamber Requests
Wilson Restudy Of
Hoover Proposals
BY the Associated Press

The United States Chamber of
Commerce today urged Secre-
tary of Defense Wilson to recon-
slider his departments opposi-
tion to 40 of the Hoover Com
missions reorganization recon-
mendations and its qualified"
approval of lit others.
The department announced
last week that it had concurred
in IS per cent of the 332 pro-
posals made year ago by the
commission headed by former
President Herbert Hoover.
Boyd Ca m pb ell, Chamber
president, wrote Mr.. Wilson that
the 40 rejected recommendations
were actually the heart" of the
Hoover report and the potential
source of the greatest savings.
OF the lit Hoover plans ac-
cepted with what the Pentagon
called minor qualifications. I"
Mr.. Boyo SAID.
THE qualifications were major,
not minor, in many instances,
and in some cases were tanta-
mount to rejection of certain
commission proposals"
Some of the major recommen-
dations rejected, or accepted in
watered-down form, were iden-
titled by other Chamber officials
as:
Creation of a defense supply
and services administration, 5"
under a civilian head, to do the
buying, storage and distribution
for all three services; merger of
duplicating military and civilian
personnel in housekeeping"
jobs; use of privately owned
cargo ships and tankers, where
feasible, and eliminating many
administrative" aircraft.
Evening star., 1956-03-29

from May / to May 81.
The sum Is the minimum
needed to provide local services
to the cerebral palsied. according
10 asr. Kronheim. He said the
Nation wide goal Of United Cere-
bral Palsy. Of which the local
Evening star., 1956-03-29

the most expensive of all all
'ments, and q substantial sum of
money is needed to train person.
mel and furnish facilities for
care, treatment and education
for cerebral palsied Americans
throughout the Nation"
Evening star., 1956-03-29

group is an afiliate, Is $40
million.
Mr.. Kronheim said about IS
per cent of all money raised
locally will be used here. The
remainder will help support
national programs. including
Evening star., 1956-03-29

medical research and training
of personnel.
The chairman said that cere-
bral palsy strikes an estimated
10000 American homes each
year. "In addition" he de-
clared, cerebral palsy is one of
Evening star., 1956-03-29
|$1l5,000 Goal Set
In Cerebral Palsy
1856 Fund Drive

A goal of $115.000 has been set
for the 1856 campaign Of United
Cerebral Palsy Of Washington.
Milton Kronheim, ST.. general
campaign chairman, announced
today.
The drive will be conducted
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Helen Keller in Lisbon

LISBON. Mar. 90 (R.-Helen
Keller. a visitor in Lisbon for
several days. called on President
Francisco Craveiro Lopes of
Portugal and ex-King Umberto
! of Italy yesterday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05
Plan Additional
Phone Lines Here
To Beaverdam, Ada

Additional telephone lines between
Blutfton and Beaverdam and between
Bluffton and Ada are planned for
1856 by the Lima Telephone and Tel
egraph company as part of the COM
pany's expansion program, it was an
nounced this week by George B. Quat-
man, president and general manager.
The company head also said that
lines between Lima and Beaverdam
and between Lima and Lafayette are
among the additional lines to be erect
ed this year.
An indication of the need for ex-
panded facilities is seen in the fact
that the new Ford plant alone has or
dered 500 telephones--more than the
number Of phones in the entire village
of Waynesfeld, Elida or Westminster.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05
RichLand Township Dump

A decision of the township trustees to do something
about providing Rchland township dump should as
welcome many At the first meeting of the Mon
day. the township dump proposal given top priority in
this years planning.
Most every has experienced the exasperatng
discovery time another of load of old cans and
bottles dumped in the dh along his fence line in the
cuded thcet close the road Anyone who takes occasion to
stroll over the countryside gather mushrooms nuts or ber
res or to fish in nearby woodots and streams is
familiar with these piles of rubbish that the landscape
One wonders the thoughts of who deliberate
y dscards his rubbish anothers property NO respas
sing and mo dumping" signs often to invite dumping
since the cuIprs feel that little trash will not
be noticed.
AS more and homes built outside Incorporated
areas the problem of finding of dsposng of tin cans
and other trash becomes acute Small building lots
scarcely provide space enough for famys own sanitary
landfll Home just outside Buffton must haul their
trash as away the Rocport quarry dump or to Col
Grove where they pay for the privilege OF unloading
the mess
Any arrangement by the trustees to provide an adequate
and convenient dump will surely be welcomed by all con-
cerned The trustees to be congratulated their sot
heyear action for their other recent progressive steps
which include erection of road signs and road repair
work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05
Mainly Personal

close townwide Dollar Days-open
season on bargain hunting.
BLUFFTON YOUNGSTERS,
and a few Oldsters, too, had a
good opportunity over the week
end to try out the ice skates
Santa left. Riley creek at the
Grove street bridge proved to
be the center of activity with
considerable skating also on the
Emmert-H -Hilty pond south of
town.
NEW YEARS DAY is an import
ant observance in most families, but
doubly important in the Cleon
Triplett family since it is Mrs. Trip
let's birthday and their daughter,
Dorothy, who resides now in Cali
fornia, was also New Years Day
baby.
MYRON MOTTER of South
Main street recently acquired an
old fashioned grind organ at a
neighborhoOd farm sale. 1t is
the type used by New York
street players and usually ac-
companied by a monkey with a
tin cup. Myron paid in the
neighborhood of $40 for it at the
sale and shortly afterwards was
offered $50 fOrA his prize.
He might be abI4 to arrange al
organ grinders duet now with Jesse
Manages, who also possesses a similar
instrument. 1t came to him from
his grandmother, who accepted it in
payment for rooming bill wher
she operated the old American House
hotel back during the oil boom days
here.
The Manages organ is complete
with several spindles from which
protruding pegs operate the orgar
keys and play such numbers as
Listen to the Mocking Bird" anc
Marching Through Georgia." The
spindles bear the mark of Chicago
firm and are dated 1885.
l..
HOME FROM a holiday train triI
to California where she visited hel
daughter, Mrs. Fred Brunn, Mrs
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05

Miss Esther Luginbuhl became the
happy bride of Waldo Hofstetter,
Sunday afternoon, December %. The
vows were received by Reverend
Gottschall. A sumptuous dinner was
held at the Hofstetter home on
Christmas Day in honor of the event.
Mrs. Hofstetter is instructor at the
Stager school.
Following officers were elected by
the Presbyterian Sunday school:
superintendent, Sidney Hauenstein; /;
secretary, Eugene Chamberlain; as
sistant secretary, Harry Rudy; treas
urer, Mrs. N. w. Cunningham; or
ganist, C. A. Biery; assistant, Helen
Todd; chorister, c. E. Bender; pri-
mary superintendent, Mrs. c. G. Co
burn; assistant, Mrs. H. r. Lugibihl
home department superintendent
Mrs. William Wallace; Librarians
Sherwood Diller and Kermit Kibele.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Diller are
the happy parents of baby girl borr
at the Bluffton hospital A new baby
girl was also born to Mr.. and Mrs
Ben Amstutz.
1t is reported that Walter Basingei
purchased the threshing outfit be-
longing to Charles Eversole.
Ira Mosers are the parents of &
new baby boy.
Miss Lucille Balmer has accepted {
position as clerk in Judge Hamilton'i
office at Lima.
Ed Liechty has disposed of his in
terest in the Elk restaurant.
Assisting with butchering at tn,
Younkman home, Mrs. Arthur Phil
lips, while carrying a pail of hot wa
ter, fell and scalded her right arm
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05

SUDDENLY this is January, first
month of new year, named for
Janus, ancient Roman god of begin
nings. A god with two heads-one
to look backward into the past and
the other to view the future. The
protection of this great deity was
sought by those who planned new
undertakings, and the feeling still
persists that the month of the pow
erful Janus is a particularly favor
able time for new plans and new
enterprises.
For Bluffton the month brings,
first of all, a new Baby Derby win
ner this time little Joel Reed
Radabaugh, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Reed Radabaugh of near Mount
Cory it brings the end of the
holiday season with the interesting
and colorful twelfth night ceremony
of the burning of the greens"
down come the Christmas decora-
tions on Main street. This year only
$50 bulbs were missing as compared
with nearly twice that many a year
or two ago. Santa should be told
about this. The bulbs cost the Busi-
ness Mems association II cents each
The new year also brings new
faces and new ideas into the
municipal government. Mayor
Dave Risser has taken over from
former Mayor Wilbur A. Howe
after Is years of service to the
town. Harold Balmer will begin
his new duties as village treas
urer, and four new faces will
appear around the council table
Edwin Badertscher, Charles
Hankish, Jr., Ed Rice and Wilbur
Amstutz. Only Francis Reichen-
back and Gerald Swank remain
from the old council. Clayton
Harkness will also meet for the
first time as a member of the
Board of Public Affairs along
with Herbert Conrad and Har-
vey Bauman.
January also brings Lion callers
to the door for their annual Polit
Fund drive +. and its time to buy
dog licenses and to gather tn,
facts together for income tax re
turns its the month to square
up last months bills anC
usually it brings to Bluffton at it
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05
Harold W. MdrQudrt
Finishes Arnay Course

Army Pvt. Harold w. Marquart,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron E. Mar
quart, Route 1, Jenera, recently was
graduated from the Medical Field
Service Schools preventive medicine
course at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
The course covered field sanitation,
water purification and the prevention
and control of instect or rodent borne
diseases.
Private Marquaret attended Arling-
ton high school and was farmer be-
fore entering the Army in June, 1866.
He received basic training at Fort
Carson, Colo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05
NeWs Our Fathers Read
FROM THE BLUFFTON NEWS ISSUE OF JAN 8, 1024-

from wrist to shoulder.
Bluffton has four BARRIERS in busi-
ness-Robert Lewis, ]. o. Basinger,
Budd Dillman, Ray Patterson.
Henery's Grocery is selling fresh
ham at 15c per pound.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Magee spent
the week end with the latter's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Hartman. Mrs.
Magee, formerly Miss Ethel Stein
man, is an instructor in the Cleveland
high school. Mr.. Magee is a medical
student at Bucknell College, Lewis
burg, Pa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05

holiday and was expected to fall
to IS below.
"When the temperature goes
up 10 degrees here, it seems
like spring has come," Mr..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05

Buhler writes.
On leave of absence from his :
high school principals post, Mr..
Buhler is teaching at Freeman
Junior college in Freeman, S. d.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-01-05

Carl Johnson reports passing thru
some of the food devasted country
around Yuba City. The damage is
difficult to visualize unless you
actually see it, she reports.
=
A CHRISTMAS CARD from
Gerhard Buhler in South Dakota
relates that the mercury had
been down to zero for about
three weeks just prior to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16

you sound precisely like Oscar Mrs. Good
leaf said. Il always tell him, Oscar, you may
know something Of carburetorS, at least you
claim you do. but you simply don't understand
Objefs dart That takes years and years Of
study, as Monsieur le DUO knows"
"Ah, yes" Monsieur le DUO said.
But will she sell it. even for that much?"
I'm sure she could not resist However, l
might suggest that you offer her the money in
cash. That sometime seems tomakea difference"
'Oh, wonderful idea! And Of course it
does; Oscar has often said So Ill run right
back to the hotel and cash check Then she
can have the money just like a Christmas
present. might even wrap it as gift.
Excellent" Monsieur le DUO said graVely,
and went to get her taxi.
When he came back after her depar-
ture, reminded him that we were dealing with
the wife Of my boss, and that it might cost me
my job when Mr.. GoodIeaf screamed and turned
purple upon learning that his wife had paid a
thousand dollars for a contorted candleStick
worth ten or twenty.
But GIOrS, you saw how warned her not to
pay so much" Monsieur le DUO said with great
innocence. What else could dor
''You could have laid off this program of fun
and games in the first place" said. You've
staged this whole thing, down to arranging for
the transaction in cash so there won't be any
evidence when charge you with swindling."
ITEMS, nenS." Monsieur le DUO said blandly.
but how have | swinded?"
I called the Mother Minot from the kitchen
and asked her If the Chateau de Cadgnan was
on the north or the south bank of the Loire.
She made an alarmed try at reading the answer
from Monsieur le Due, who was signaling with
his eyebrows, and said the north. Monsieur
le Due, who knew as we'll as that it was on the
Rhone. was only momentarily disturbed, and
ventured an opinion that perhaps the brave
Mother Minot's memory was not all it should
be, natural failing of her advanced years.
thought it more likely the brave Mother
Minot had been hired for the evening from the
company of the National Theater in Nice.
You do me injustice, my friend" Monsieur
le Due said. You will admit that ! have
behaved with scrupulous restraint And you
yourself have been present, free to object
I've been Directing all night l said. But
your price-lifting routine has got her SO high on
Christmas spirit she'll wind up forcing you to
take million
Most improbable Monsieur Ie DUO said.
plainly intrigued by the thought. But then, if
it gives her pleaSure?"
Vurs Goodleaf returned, pinker than
before, bearing gaiIy wrapped parcel which
she gave to the Mother Minot. She said, 81
thought and thought about it, and decided l
was really being selfish underneath, when don't
want to be at all, no matter what it COSTS
The Mother Minot opened the package. II
contained the other candeStick.
so I'm giving dear Mother Mnot mine"
Mrs. Goodeaf said. looking yearninely at her
candleStick in alien hands and trying to keep