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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Construction Begun
On Little Riley
Bridge On Grove St.

Construction of the long discussed
bridge over Little Riley Creek on the
Columbus Grove road at the western
village limits began last week.
Work is being done by crew from
the Allen county engineers office,
county engineer Thomas Monahan
announced.
The project should be completed in
approximately six weeks.
The new bridge will be % feet wide,
almost double the width of the old
steel truss bridge. 1t will have a
concrete deck The new bridge will be
relocated several feet to the south,
to bring it in line with the center Of
the roadway. "a
Monahan said no cost estimate for
the project had been made.
The old walkway which was on the
north side of the former bridge was
detached and taken to the community
park at the Buckeye quarry 1t will
be used as pedestrian bridge over
the Marsh run.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
"F7ower Therapy'' Theme
Of UpcOn,ing HOUer ShOU

Following the theme, Flower
Therapy" in which flowers and gar
dening are offered as the best pre-
scription for beauty and health
Buttons annual Flower Festival
will be held at Founders hall, Bluff.
ton college, Saturday and Sunday
August "a and Is.
The festival, sponsored annually by
the mems and women's garden clubs
of Bluffton, has been cited as one OF
Ohio's outstanding flower shows for
communities of this size.
The show schedule which has beer
distributed to gardeners over wide
area provides for a wide range OF
gardening interests. A total of 26 diff
ferent classifications are open to
exhibitors in the flower arrangements
section of the show.
Arrangers will have six sections In
which to compete including artistic
arrangements, featured compositions,
table settings, miniatures, and a
junior section.
Specimen classes include dahlias,
cactus, gladiolus and roses, a special
class for junior gardeners and class
of garden blooms which includes,
asters, snapdragons, marigolds,
cleome, zinnias, cockscomb, straw
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Tomorrow DeadIine
For Community
Calendar Material

Deadline for submitting material
for Buttons Community Calendar
has been set for tomorrow, August
16, Mrs. Richard Cookson, chairman
of the project has announced.
Any group wishing to list the dates
for their events may do so, she said.
The Community Calendar is open to
any recognized civic, social or church
organization.
Every organization which has par
ticipated in the Calendar in the past
has been contacted and the response
this year has been faster than usual,
Mrs. Cookson said.
This years calendar will probably
be the biggest one printed here since
the program began several years ago.
Anyone with material for the
calendar may submit it by contracting
Mr.. or Mrs. Cookson by tomorrow
evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15

School bells will ring Bluffton
children back to classrooms on Tues
day, September 3, the day after
Labor Day, Superintendent A. b.
Murray reminded this week in an
no,,ncing the calendar for the 1851
1858 school year.
Bluffton schools will hold only
halliday session on opening day with
pupils reporting at p. m.
Mr.. Murray said that the cafeteria
would be open on the second day,
Wednesday, serving meals at 81 cents
for students and 35 cents for adults.
These are the same prices as last
wear. Milk will also be available for
children at both buildings under the
federal program. The cost is only
TWO cents per half-pint with the
federal fund paying the difference.
First school holiday will be on
October Is when teachers attend a
meeting in Toledo. There will be an
other holiday November IL on Veter-
ans Day. The Thanksgiving vacation
will be observed November 2S-29. :
Bluffton children willNenjoy full
two-week holiday at Christmas
School win be closed from the end OF
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Three Instructors
Join College Staff
For Upcoming Term

Three new men have been added
to the Bluffton college faculty for the
fall term, college officials announced
this week. Two full-time and one
part-time instructor have been added.
DR.. Michel Weiss has been secured
to teach French and German. He has
taught languages in several schools
and has been employed as a private
tutor. He received his Phi. D. from
the University of Caen, France.
Benno Toews, a graduate of the
University of Saskatchewan. Bethany
Biblical seminary and the University
of Manitoba, has been hired for
freshman English courses. He may
also conduct classes in geography
Toews previously taught at Rosthern
Bible college, Freeman junior college
and Canadian Mennonite Bible col
lege.
Raymond Clevidence, commercial
teacher at Cory-Rawson high school,
will be on the staff part-time to con-
duct classes in typing and shorthand
A Findlay college graduate with 101a
years of teaching experience he will
remain on the staff of the Hancock
county school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Emil Lehman, 6S,
Missing For Week,
Found Drowned

| Bluffton residents were shocked
Monday morning as news circulated
that Emil Lehman, So, missing since
the previous Tuesday, had drowned
in the Buckeye quarry.
The body was discovered at 9:45
a. m. by David Montgomery. Mount
Cory youth who noticed cap floating
in the water. On discovering it was a
body he and others summoned chief
of police William Gaiffe.
Gaiffe reported that Lehman, who
| lived at the corner of Spring and
Riley streets near the quarry, may
have fallen into the quarry while
fishing or walking along the banks
of the quarry. The body was discover
ed near the western end of the quarry
directly opposite the municipal swim
ming pool
DR.. Richard Biery, Allen county
coroner, gave verdict of accidental
death by drowning.
Shortly after Gaiffe had notified the
coroner a large group of Allen county
and Lima law enforcement officials
rushed to Bluffton, believing the body
might be that of Charles Connor, be-
lieved to have been shot by notorious
Lima underworld figure Ralph For
sythe Saturday night.
Lehman was born May q, 1889 in
Putnam county, 10 Jacob and Mary
(Stauffer) Lehman. He was married
to Nina Mann, who survives.
Other survivors are daughters, Mrs.
Ford Henry, Wayland, Mich; Mrs.
John Aurand,, Findlay; Mrs. Ruth
Arnold, Grand Rapids, Mich; a
son, Raymond Lehman, Rawson;
sisters, Mrs. Velma Badertscher, To-
ledo; Mrs Arden Zimmerly, Pandora;
Mrs. Martha Zimmerly, Doylestown,
Pa; Mrs. Mennon Niswander, Reed
ley, Calf; brother, Albert, Pan
dora; II grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Funeral services were held yester-
day afternoon at the Basinger Fun
eral home. The Rev. T. j. Wilson
and the Rev. w. j. Hannum officiated
with burial in Cannonsburg cemetery
near Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Four More Homes
Change Ownership

Another furry of real estate trans.
actions last week found four more
Bluffton residences changing hands.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bracy were re-
ported to have purchased the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Bash on
Geiger street.
The Klay home on West Elm street
was purchased by Mr.. and Mrs.
George Schumacher, and the
Schumacher home at the corner of
West Elm and North Lawn avenue
was acquired by Robert Which.
Sale of another Bluffton property
was also reported by the office of
Allen County Recorder Morgan N.
Davis: Bonnie Marie and Melvin R.
Nusbaum to John D. and Hermina H.
Warkentin. Lot 1872, Garmatter addi-
ton, no tax.
Another real estate transaction was
that of Grover E. and Eudora L.
Soldner to Bluffton Eastland, Inc,
2.44 acres of land, Section /, Tax
S2.75.
In Richland township-Jesse and
Mary A. Amstuz to Carl j. and
jeanne M. Frammolino, 0.5 acres ol
land, Section 81, Tax $3.50.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Robert Logan Seeks
Spot On Bluffton
School Board

Robert Logan became the sixth
candidate for the Bluffton board of
education when he filed his nominat-
ing petitions shortly before the filing
deadline last Wednesday afternoon.
Logan has served as shop chairman
for Local 12I1 at the Bluffton EX-
Cello plant and is a director Of
Buttons new United Fund organi-
zation
Logan circulated his petitions as a
Democrat but will run on the non
partisans school board ballot.
Other candidates are incumbents
Kimmel Marshall, P. w. Stauffer and
DR.. B. w. Travis and newcomers
Melvena Lewis and Kenneth Lugin-
buhl. DR.. Travis and Stauffer are
Republicans, the others Democrats.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Village To Buy Root
Killer For Sewer Use

Clogged sewers on the municipal
sewer system will be treated with a
commercial root killer soon to be
purchased by street commissioner
William Gaiffe.
Council authorized purchase of 300
pounds of the compound after Gaiffe
had reported it to be effective in
sewer cleaning work. He said one of
the major problems in clearing vii
lage sewers has been root control.
Property owners who have sewer
trouble can purchase the root killer
from the street commissioner and
introduce it to their private sewer
lines at their own expense. Gaiffe
reported that about a pound of the
substance should be sufficient for
most private sewers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15

flowers, bells of Ireland, coleus,
lilies, tuberous begonias, geraniums,
delphiniums, African violets, foliage
plants and chrysanteemums.
Entries are open to all interested
persons and membership in the gar,
den club is not required.
No entry fee is required, but all
entries must be on hand at 10:30 a. m
the first day of the show. Exhibits
brought in after this time will be
shown but not judged.
All entries must be turned over to
the placement committee, except
featured compositions which may be
placed by the exhibitor. The entries
are to be brought to the east door
of Founders hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15

but felt widening was not necessary.
Village solicitor John Harnishfeger
reported the village had a right to
remove any trees which were in the
original plat of the street The street
is shown as 40 feet wide on plats OF
the village. Its present width is 20
to % feet.
Original plans called for grading
the street, widening it to "a feet and
re-surfacing it with hot-mix asphaltic
concrete. This is the same repair pro-
gram used on Jackson street near
the elementary building.
One week ago several Poplar street
residents told a special meeting of
councilmen who visited the street
they felt the trees should be retained
and tighter parking regulations en-
forced on the street.
They felt limiting parking to one
side of the street would solve the
problem of congestion which some
times appears during rush hours at
the Triplett Electrical Instrument
company plant.
Cal Steiner, one of the residents,
suggested council widen Harmon road
and route industrial traffic over it.
Councilman Gerald Swank explained
Harmon road was in comparatively
good condition and council felt they
must re-pave the rough streets first
He said Harmon road would probably
be widened when it is repaired.
Steiner told council at the Tuesday
night meeting the street is wide
enough as it is.' He felt re-paving
should be done but the street did not
need to be widened.
At the start of the meeting Mayor
David Riser offered a compromise
solution which would have let Steiner
retain one of his trees if he would
repair short section of raised.
broken sidewalk Steiner quickly re-
jected the proposal, saying he was
even less favorable than he had been
the week before.
Council members pointed out i'm
provement and widening of the street
would probably increase the. property
values of the adjoining lots.
1t was pointed out that contracts for
the work had already been let and
the village might face possible loss
if they attempted to change the pro-
gram now.
After councilman Charles Hankish,
Jr., said that if council is to improve
the street they must do it right, the
council allowed the contract to stand
and ordered removal of the neces-
sary trees.
A long row of trees on the other
side of the street will be retained.
Council members said that widening
the street a little on each side would
probably mean loss of both rows of
trees.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15

property IN the near future.
Board members once felt the need
would be best met by acquiring the
lS-acre tract of Myron Motter directly
across the Columbus Grove road
from the cemetery Recently mum.
Der of local citizens have urged
acquisition of the wooded tract owned
by Harvey Gratz adjoining the GENE.
terry on the west.
Council leaned toward appraisal OF
the Motter property at their meeting
Tuesday evening but decided to delay
action until final choice of the
cemetery board is known.
Harnishfeger advised council Tues
day evening to take an appraisal only
on the property which they had de-
cided to seek for the cemetery. He
will appoint group of Independent
appraisers to evaluate the lana.
If the property ow-cTs do not
choose to sell condemnation proceed
ings would be started through the
county court system. The appraised
value of the land will be used as a
basis for the village offer.
Mayor David Riser said he felt a
bond issue might be necessary to
finance the land purchase, explaining
the village is operating on a very
tight budget. Harnishfeger said he
thought it might be possible for the
village to accumulate money for the
land purchase as the actual purchase
might be well in the future if the
action is carried into courts.
Harnishfeger advised council the
land purchase can be a SLOW costly
process if the landowner takes his
case into the courts. Council would
be liable not only for the land value
allowed by the jury but also could be
forced to pay for damages to the
remainder of the land.
Cemetery board members say the
present cemetery lots will be COM
pletely sold out within the next
several years and land purchase and
preparation are imperative. Housing
developments on the west and north
side of the plot have made expan-
sion in that direction impossible.
The present cemetery plot is u
acres.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
BeaUerdam Senior Named Allen County's
Fauorite Farmers Daughter In Contest

school and community activities in
which she shows qualities of leader
ship.
Miss Amstutz is an honor student
at Beaverdam high school, has served
for the past four years as cheer
leader and is president of the Bea-
verdam All club. She also partici-
pates on the community girls soft
ball team and is church pianist at
the Church of Christ, where in addi-
ton to regular services, she plays for
weddings and other special services.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Registration Days - Aug. %, "A, 28-
You Must Register LIN August
LIN Order To Vote lin November

Voter registration for the begins next Thursday
will be continued for three days. into the next week
Persons MUST register to be eligible to vote in a
general primary election conducted in Bufton from IL
date forward Once registered person may maintain
registration by voting at least every two years.
If registered voters fail to in consecutive ell
tons their registration will lapse and they must reregs
When you must register:
Thursday August %, Saturday, August "a,
Wednesday, August %.
Where you register:
Regular polling places Bluffton A, grade
school building; Bluffton B. public library;
Bluffton C, Bixel Motor Sales Bluffton d,
mayors office. Richland North, township
trustees office in Bluffton town hall; Rich
land South and Beaverdam, Beaverdam
town hall. IL
Who will register you:
Local persons specially appointed as
gistrars. Two persons, one from each 81
political party, will be registrars in each
precinct.
If you can't register then
Special late registration will be conducted
at the Board of Elections office in the
county courthouse in September. special .
trip must be made to Lima to register
If you fail to register:
YOU DON'T VOTE.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15

| party officials were unable to contact
him to get his signature on nominat-
ing petitions.
Manahan's withdrawal leaves Dem
ocrat Millard Herr as the only candit
date for constable. The only man
the Republicans endorsed. Maurice
Criblez, refused to be considered for
the post. Two constables are to be
elected in Richland township this
year.
County board of election officials
said Tuesday afternoon that write-ins
would be permitted for the second
constable position. This is the only
position on the Bluffton and Richland
township ballots for which write-ins
will be permitted.
Write-ins are only permitted for
positions where there are not enough
nominees to fill the positions avail
able at the elections.
No independent candidates. may be
filed after the deadline, board of
election officials have announced.
Only names which can now be added
to the ballot will be requirements for
candidates who might die between
now and the November general
election.
., e. tr1 tink0f xIrItI,
contests for all municipal offices ex-
cept village clerk. Incumbent Repub-
lican clerk A. j. B. Longsdorf is
unopposed for that position.
REPUBLICAN
Mayor-Delbert McGinnis
Clerk-A. j. B. Longsdorf@
Treasurer Harold Balmer*
Members of Council (SiX to elect
Wilbur Amstutz%
John Klay
Charles Alderman
Charles Hankish, Jr.*
Mrs. Stella Lauriat
Edgar Chamberlain
Board of Public Affairs (Three to
elect
Harvey Bauman*
Clayton Harkness*
Don Ream
Township Trustee 1.-TWO to elect
Kent AmstutZ*
DEMOCRATIC
Mayor-David Risser*
Treasurer-Mrs. Juanita Swank
Members of Council (Six to elect
Gerald Swank*
. Mrs. Helen Tschantz
Edwin Badertscher*
Jack KoontZ
Don Bernard
Board of Public Affairs (Three to
elect
Harold Klingler
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15

Charles Main
Carter Shisler
Township Trustee (Two to elect
Earl Matter
William Althaus
Constable-Millard Herr.
1.-TWO to elect
Bluffton Board of Education (non
partisan ticket (Three to elect
DR.. B. w. Travis
Kimmel Marshall*
Mrs. Melvena Lewis
Kenneth Luginbuhl
Robert Logan
Paul w. Stauffer*
incumbent
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
ChOraliers Concert
Sunday Evening

An hour of sacred music will be
presented by the Choraliers in a pro-
gram at the Ebenezer Mennonite
church Sunday evening, Aug. Is al
g p. m.
The program will include choir
numbers and special vocal and in
strumental numbers.
The Choraliers are group oi
young people from various commun.
ity churches and colleges. Colleges
represented include Taylor, Capital
and Bob Jones universities, Grace
Bible institute and Bluffton college.
David Tschiegg is director of the
group.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
"a Band Members
Report For Meeting

Thirty-four members of the Bluff
ton high school band RESPONDED to a
call for their first meeting of the
summer Monday evening at the
school.
Miss 10 Souder, new music teacher,
registered the group and announced
a series of summer rehearsals on
each Tuesday and Friday evening at
s p. m. in preparation for the forth
coming football season.
Band members are asked to con-
tact Miss Souder by telephone at the
school until her own private phone is
installed at her apartment
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
School Bells To Ring At Noon Sept. 3
To Summon Bluffton Youngsters Back

/ the day Friday, December 20, until
Monday, January 6. Both Christmas
and New Years Day fall on Wednes-
days this year.
The Easter vacation will be from
April to z inclusive.
School will be dismissed for sum-
mer vacation on Thursday, May 29
and Commencement exercises will be
held that same evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Set Registration
For NeU Students

Registration day for all child
rem who moved into the school
district since the close of schools
i'm May has been set for Thursday,
August 22, Superintendent A. b.
Murray has announced. The new
pupils may report for registration
anytime from a. m. until noon.
Miss Meredith Stepleton, princi-
pal of the elementary school, will
be i'm charge of registration there.
and Principal Frank Mayer will
be i'm charge of registration at the
high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Joins West Coast
Florist Firm

Kenneth Basinger, who recently
sold his Florist shop in Bluffton, has
taken a position as floral designer
with a large west coast florist, and
his family will join him there at the
end of this month.
The florist is located at Ontario,
California, a suburb of Los Angeles.
A nursery and garden center is
operated in connection with the florist
shop.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
TRASH COLLECTION

The regular monthly trash collec-
ton has been set for Monday, August
10. Street Commissioner William
Cattle announced this week. All resi-
dents are asked to have their rubbish
in cans at the curb by 8 a. m. on
collection day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Butler, Findlay,
boy last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Neff, Raw
son, a boy, born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Hendericks, Jr.,
Arlington, a girl Cynthia Lynn, born
Friday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15

Miss AmstutZ,
daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Carl L.
AmStutZ, Route 2,
Bluffton was NOM
mated for the
honor through the
family's McMillen
dealer, the Farm
ers' Elevator Co.
Beaverdam. Sc.
lected as first
place winner ir
the county, she re-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15

Miss Sandra Amstutz, pretty Bea-
verdam high school senior, was
named Saturday as Aliens County S
Favorite Farmers Daughter in a
contest being sponsored by McMillen
Feed Mills, Inc.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
REUNION NOTICES

The annual Ewing Reunion, de-
cendants of Corda Ryan, will be held
Sunday, August is, at the Orange
Center Community hall. Picnic dinner
will be at noon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15

ceived portable radio as the prize,
and becomes eligible to compete in
the state contest at Worthington.
Ohio's Favorite Farmers Daughter
will be selected on the basis of her
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Little Political Activity Here; Filing
Deadline Passes Last Week

The filing deadne for township and school board offices
passed quietly last Wednesday afternoon with only
didate added to the list and one withdrawal.
Robert Logan circulated petitions for the Bufon school
board late Wednesday afternoon John Manahan withdrawn
from the for Rchand township constable after Democratic
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Council Gives Poplar St.
Widening Project Approval
Village Dads Override Opposition
Of Residents To Loss Of Three Trees

Widening of Poplar street will be carried out part of the
original village street improvement pan despite opposition Of
residents of the street
Poplar street residents have opposed widening the be-
cause would removal of three the north side of the
street They emphasized they felt the should repaved
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-08-15
Village To Appraise Land
For Cemetery Addition
Council Prepared For Condemnation
Proceedings, II 1t Becomes Necessary

First action towards enagng Maple Grove cemetery
taken shortly when the cemetery decides which of two
nearby pieces of property is desirable develop
ments.
Land appraisers have been secured by village solicitor John
Harnishfeger and they will make their estimates