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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Blufton Neps Sports Prophet Sets
Unusual Prediction RecOrd-AU WrOn0

January 81: Bluffton high school
faculty doesn't have a chance in
their benefit basketball game with
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Naturally enough, the faculty won,
63-53.
February Ia was the week of COM
pound stupidity. Elida, "pre-tourney
favorite for the Allen county cham
pionship," was defeated in the first
round. "The first-seeded Lima st.
Gerard's five" was bumped in the
second round of Non-County play.
This wasn't enough to sharpen me
up and 1 stayed just as thick-headed
for the. next issue of the paper.
'Hicksyille favored to cop district
tournament at Founders hall the
Aces get by Ft Jennings they should
have little trouble with Harrod." Har~
rod beat Ft. Jennings, one evening
after Ft. Jennings had eliminated
Hicksville.
ms was goOd enough to Shut me
up for little while, but come April
l felt it my duty to surprise the
world and name the major league
pennant winners before the season
even began. Cincinnati will win the
National league pennant. They
dropped out of contention during the
first two months and wound up a
very disappointing fourth. Cleveland
could finish third but they will finish
fourth They finished sixth but only
because there were two minor clubs
which managed to slip into the league
under disguise. Without Kansas City
and Washington the Indians would
have been last.
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Baptists Trap
Beavers And Keep
Them In The Cellar

Fiery shooting by substitute Paul
Fike was not enough to keep the
Bluffton Beavers from a 94-82 defeat
at the hands of the Cedarville Bap-
| lists last Friday.
The loss was Bluffton's third
straight and sent them to the bottom
of the Mid-Ohio conference with a
0-3 record in league competition
Entering the game as a substitute
Fike, a freshman from New Wash
ington, scored 33 points on 16 field
goals and free throw. He scored
nine field goals during the last ten
minutes as he used the deadly wea-
pom of a long range jump shot to
keep the Beavers from falling COM
pletely out of sight.
Cedarville jumped off to a quick
lead as the Beavers had trouble adj
justing to the Cedarville gymnasium,
slightly undersize for college game.
BY halftime the Baptists had carved
a 44-32 margin which held up in the
face of heavy firing by Fike and Ron
Kalb, who added 20 points for his
share in the Be attack.
Bluffton could never make up the
12-point halftime gap although they
played their hosts on exactly $3.50
terms $50 points for each team dur
| iyo tho caoopd half
Four men shared the scoring load
for the downstate five. Jacobs had
IL goals and free throw for u
points, veterans Lane Moody and Pete
Reese each had eight goals and three
free shots for 19 points and John En-
tner added Is more. The four men
scored 80 points among them, just
two less than the entire Beaver ar
ray.
In the preliminary game the Beav-
er jayceeS nosed out Cedarville's s
seconds with sparkling late game
rally that shaved off a Baptist lead
/ and netted Bluffton a 71-66 victory.
Trailing at halftime 36-31 the Beaver
reserves bit back with late game
squirt, which saw the Cedarville team
surrendering many points on person
al fouls.
Tom Wells led the Bluffton reserves
with % points and Carl Leichty add
cd 12 to his efforts
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OttOvilIe OutScOres
|PandOra-GilbOa 68-54

Ottoville defeated Pandora-G -Gilboa
1854 in Putnam county league game
played on the Ottoville court last
Friday night.
Tom Gerdeman scored 18 to lead
the Rockets and Dave Burkholder
chimed in with 16 more but they re-
ceived little support from the rest of
the squad.
Ottoville ran away with the re-
serve game, winning 44-21
FOR THOSE WHO SEEK the
quaint flavor of the Old World, a visi-
tor TO the Stotzer Cheese Factory and
Farm near Mineral City, Ohio, will
enjoy the melodious ringing of Swiss
COW bells as their dairy herd ambles
in from the pasture at evening.
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Ebenezer Choir Will J
Give Concert Sunday |

The Ebenezer Mennonite choir of
As poices will present a Christmas
concert of sacred music at the Eb-
enezer church Sunday evening, De
cember % at 500 p. m. The concert
includes: Rejoice and Sing" by
Bach, Birthday of a King" by Neid-
linger; LET Our Gladness Have no
End" by Reske: Gloria in Excelsis
Dec" carol anthem arranged by
Duncan.
The chrol will ALSO present the
concer at West Liberty, Ohio, this
Saturday evening. The public is cor
daily invited to attend. The choir is
directed by Bernard Windmiller.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
by Chuck Hilty

Many persons are given the gift of
poor judgment and many more have
never learned when to keep their
mouths shut. I am a member of both
groups.
During the past year I have had
the privilege of having my predic-
tons and opinions on local and ma
tional sports printed, published and
recorded where too many persons can
see and remember them.
Several times in the past 50 issues
of The Bluffton News have explain
ed just what might be expected in
the sports world in the next few
weeks. Have these things ever hap
pened? No. Not once; not one, single,
lonely time have ever been right.
Evidence? ygs
In the December 20, 1856 issue of
this paper there was story telling
of the past success of the Columbus
Grove Bulldogs in the annual Jaycee
Holiday carnival. 1.-The Columbus
Grove Bulldogs will be protecting a
New York Yankee-like reputation in
the annual Holiday carnival this
week." it said. What happened to the
Bulldogs? They were eliminated in
the first round, only their second loss
in five years of carnival play.
January 10, 1857: 1.-THE Bluffton Pr
rates sailed over a tough hurdle on
the road to their last Western Buck
eye league championship as they de-
feated Celina last Friday night. !"
Maybe SO, but they didn't win an
other league game all year.
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Brownie Troop 8

Blue Star Mothers
The Blue Star Mothers will be in
charge of servicemen's canteen Sat
urday, December q. Donations
again are asked. Phone all donations
to .219-Y.
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Society and Clubs

Dorcas Circle
The Dorcas circle of the Methodist
church will hold their meeting
Thursday, December 26, at the home
of Mrs. Harl Mann. Mrs. Harley
Augsburger will conduct devotions
and Mrs. Charles Steiner will be in
charge of the program.
Kings Guards Christmas Program
Seventy-three Kings Guards Chill
dren and leaders met last Sunday in
the Methodist church social room
where Christmas stories were told to
the various classes and the entire
group joined in the singing of
Christmas carols. There was a dis
play of their work and the children
held a gift exchange. After church
service parents were invited to view
the displays and receive gifts made
by their children.
Those in charge of the planning
of the Christmas program and Kings
Guards projects were Mrs. Garnett
Foltz, Mrs. Ivan Clements, Mrs.
Kenneth Henry, Mrs. Murl Shields,
Mrs. Edgar Cook, Mrs. VIM. Nc
Cafferty and Mrs. VIM. Mericle.
Junior leaders were Pauline Motter
and Marjorie Jackson. Next melting
will be held January S, 1868.
Mothers Night Out Club
The Mothers Night Out club will
meet Friday, December 20, at 8
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Betty
Lutz. Rhodora Hartman will be in
charge of devotions. Entertainment
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Brownie Troop 1876

n
Richland Grange
No Grange meeting until
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Farm Bureau
Councils Enjoy
Christmas Party

Farm Bureau Council No. l en-
tertained Council No. Is at
Christmas party in Founders hall
Friday evening with a carry-in
supper.
Group singing of Christmas carols
was lead by Mrs. Milo Lora. Phares
Bixel gave the Christmas story and,
prayer. Mrs. Burdell Huber, who
was a delegate to the three-day Farm
Bureau conference in Columbus i'm
November gave brief resume of
the highlights of that meeting. A
social hour and recreation followed.
Those present included Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey GraH, Mr.. and Mrs.
Milo Lora and Gloria, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul King and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dale Huber and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Marquart, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Augsburger and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Huber, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Augsburger and
granddaughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Zimmerman and Gary, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Althaus, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Badertscher and sons, Mr.. and
Mrs. Burdell Huber and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Holly Sheets and James,
Mr.. and Mrs. Phares Bixel and Mr..
and Mrs. John Drummelsmith and
Connie. Four families were unable
to be present.
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sisters.
Boy Scout Parents Auxiliary
The Boy Scouts Parents Auxiliary
meeting regularly scheduled for
next Tuesday evening, Decmeber "a,
will be cancelled because it conflicts
with Christmas Eve celebrations
planned in many Bluffton homes, it
was announced this week.
TOPS Nip m Tuck
The TOPS Nip m Tuck club met
at the home of Treva Mathewson
Monday evening for our Christmas
party.
Queen for the evening was Fairie
Stager with runners-up Virginia
Beach and the hostess.
After the business meeting the
time was spent in preparing Christ
mas baskets for the Allen county
home and an area convalescent
home.
Next weeks meeting has been can
celled. The next meeting will be
December 80 at the home of LaDon-
ma Derringer.
Bridal Shower
Miss Carolyn Gratz was honored
with linen shower at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer
Gratz, recently. The shower was
given by Mrs. Donald Gratz. Miss
Gratz and Nicholas Farinola, Boston
Massachusetts, were married Satur-
day, November Id in st. Rose rectory
Lima.
Each guest monogrammed and
hemmed tea towels for the bride as
a remembrance of the occasion.
Invited guests were: Mrs. Betty
Kantner, Mrs. Shirley Reichenbach,
Miss Marjorie Diller, Miss Helen
Snyder, Mrs. Phyllis Reese, Mrs
Wilmer Gratz, all of Pandora; Miss
Jean Beckman, Ottawa; Mrs. Treva
Stratton, Bluffton; Miss Rhoda Alt
haus and Mrs. II. T.. Fruchey, Co
lumbus Grove and Mrs. Virgil Over
by, Willard.
Farm W0men's Improvement Club
A Christmas pot luck was held at
Beaverdam town hall at 6:30 p. m.
on Wednesday, December 18 with
members and their families partici-
pating.
Brownie Troop 8
Wednesday night, December IL
Brownie Troop No. opened their
meeting with the flag ceremony.
Roll call was answered with our
favorite Christmas carol Nancy
Mericle was troop leader for the
meeting. Linda 10 Bender was voted
news reporter. We played games and
finished our Christmas project.
A. l.. A.
The A. l.. A. will have no meeting
Tuesday, December "a. Your presi-
dent and her officers wish you a
Merry Christmas and Happy New
year.
| RIua Ctar Mothers
The Blue Star Mothers will be in
charge of servicemen's canteen Sat-
urday, December q. Donations
again are asked. Phone all donations
to .219-Y.
Brownie Troop 1876
On Thursday, December IL
Brownie Troop 126 visited the Com
munity hospital and the Memorial
home. They presented little Christ
mas trees which they had made and
sang carols. Afterwards the Brownies
enjoyed their Christmas party at the
home of Mrs Eugene Benroth.
Richland Grange
No Grange meeting until January
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To decorate a fruit cake. dip one
side of candied fruit in syrup and press
it into the top Of the fruit cake.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE

Board had expected when 1t began
its gradual relaxation Of the credit
restraints originally imposed as
anti-infiation steps.
Certainly there still remains a
healthy strength in some vital
segments of the economy: Hous-
ing. higher Government spending
to meet defense needs "a 1883
SO budget Of s73 billion is likely.
the certainty Of accelerated road
building, and plans for increased
capital expenditures in the oil.
utilities and electrical machinery
industries. Such strong spots may
well provide firm foundation for
strength elsewhere in the economy.
Secretary Of Labor Mitchell Lasts
week said that 1858 would be a
year Of "cyclical economic adjust
ment." but that there was no rea-
son TO fear that I'VE are in for
a serious economic situation"
Mr.. Mitchell voiced the opinion
Of many economists who expect a
continued decline In the first half
OF the new year. followed by a
general Improvement beginning in
the middle Of the year.
Few Of them expect that the
recession viii be as harsh as the
recessions Of l948-49 and l953-54.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Farm Output:
Still at Peak

Agricultural production In 1857
equaled previous records. despite
the fact that total acreage was
the smallest since 1919. The Agri-
culture Department report. out
last week, showed that neither
nature nor Ezra Taft Benson
could stem the fiow OF products
from farms TO onsumers-and TO
Government storage facilities.
There were droughts and floods
in large areas Of the farm coun-
try. and there also were the sew
eral monumental efforts OF Gov
eminent to lower production.
But corn was 800 million BUSH
els over the average Of the past
10 years. although acreage allot-
ments have been sharply reduced.
Wheat was only SO million bushels
down from last years all-time
record despite stiH marketing
quotas. There was lso the fact
Evening star., 1957-12-22

with keeping their Jobs and main-
tanning peaceful relations with
their employers"
His personal feeling. he said, is
that the prime necessity is to re-
establish good relations between
the races.
You don't establish good win
with legislation. I'm not saying
YOU shouldn't legislate. But after
you've done that. you have to have
people Of good will who viii sit
down together and talk II out.
Otherwise. 1t just won't work."
Whatever else the events Of
the past few years have done.
there is a big movement In Mis-
Sissippi today to equalize the
school facilities Of the whites
and Negroes.
Recently Oliver Emmerich. edi-
tor Of the McComb Daily Enter
prise. wrote in his paper;
I'VE must be honest with our
selves and aAEnit to ourselves that
good Negro schools have been
postponed far too long--and that
other racial injustices within the
South have contributed to our
current debacle.
When the time comes tfor in
tegration) all Notifications built
on negative thinking will crumhle.
Not with arms nor threats nor
vituperation nor emotional OUT
bursts nor economic presslres can
Mississippi hope to find a satis-
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Argentine Is Target
Of Red Culture Pitch

an Argentine audience they ac-
cepted the short end Of an 1920
per cent cut Of receipts with the
Buenos Aires promoter. The
usual split is $3.50.
With the ballet company came
Aram Khatchaturian, the COM
poser. and his wife, Nina Maka-
rova, also well known in Russian
music circles as q composer. He
conducted an Argentine orchestra
in The Luna Park indoor fight
auditorium, admission price
around IL cents, American. She
lectured.
Another Of the years top
musical attractions was the
violinist, Igor Oistrakh, who gave
concerts and lectured throughout
Argentina. Last year the Peking
Opera Company had triumphant
visit.
It's now rumored Dimitri Shos-
takovitch. the Soviet composer
best known outside Russia will
soon come here.
In other cultural endeavors the
Russians:
o Send chess masters TO tour
Argentina, which ranks in the top
half dozen nations in the game
. Subsidize local book publishers
to turn out inexpensive editions
of writers like Karl Marx. and
stand ready to back any books
with anti-American themes.
Q Offer all-expenses-paid trips to
Russia to promising artists, engi-
neers and scientists.
Active in Provinces
In the provinces. the Russians
maintain a dozen cultural centers
where movies. lectures and con-
certs are given frequently. Help
ing them is an Argentine friends
of-Russia organization Of local
people called "Argentine-USSR.
1t runs cultural centers too and
publishes 20-page slick monthly
magazine.
Russia has its official weekly
magazine called News Of the
Soviet Union" which publishes
propaganda and chess problems.
1t sells for one peso-about pa
cents in American money.
For its work here the Russian
Embassy keeps two full-time cul-
tural attaches Gthe United States
has onel. a press officer and
workers said by some TO number
close to 200.
CThe Associated Pressl
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Brood Public Interest

that millions Of acres previously
put in both crops were retired this
year under the soil bank program.
This situation. underScored by
about $73 billion in Government
held surplus crops. pointed to two
conclusions: % acreage limits do
not limit production. and (2) the
soil bank is not the answer TO
overproduction.
Last week. a subcommittee Of
the Joint Economic Committee
dealing with farm policy and
headed by Senator Sparkman,
Alabama Democrat. was told by
several farm economists that there
were Just too many farmers.
Various plans were suggested for
persuading large numbers Of small
operators to leave the land and
take city jobs in manufacturing.
Among the 80 or so press re-
leases issued by the Agriculture
Department during the week, in
cluding the one on crop production,
there was one which suggested
an ironic paradox: Production OF
farm goods over the world In 1857
barely kept pace with the worlds
population increase. This has
been the case over the past five
years. each Of which saw aRricul-
tural production in the United
States remain far beyond the i'm
mediate needs Of the Nations
population.
Meanwhile Republican hopes to
at least break even In the 1858
congressional elections were hit
last week when Secretary Benson
announced that on April l he
would reduce dairy price supports
from the present level Of S0-oS
per cent Of parity to the legal
minimum Of rs per cent.
The announcement was greeted
by Democrats a, virtual assur-
ance of the reelection TO q
full six-year term OF Senator
Proxmire, a Democrat who won
election last summer with the help
Of farmers in the dairy State Of
Wisconsin.
Mr.. Benson's plans for lowering
dairy supports. and the expecta-
ton that he will seek from Con-
gress 10 1858 authority for even
lower supports on other farm
products. would seem TO impale
him on the horns Of q real political
dilemma: His program may help
the campaigns Of Senators and
Representatives who are pledged
To fight that same program.
Evening star., 1957-12-22

"A plhntation owner, ~. II, Wauc
who has between Is and 20 Me-
gro families on his property said:
III they give us time. we're GO
ing to eQualize this thing. We're
really making an effort now.
Equal schools would help them
and help us. Mechanization on
the farms win raise their living
standards. So we want 10 have
more mechanical courses to train
the boys TO care for the farm
machinery. and then pay them
for their new abilities"
In 0reenville. an experienced.
farsighted Negro. Charles Bur-
ton, has been the county agri-
cultural agent for II years. He
first brought the Negro farmer
into the Delta experimental sta
tion. and is working with them.
f, not only TO improve crops but to
raise their living standards.
He knows their net annual in
come, the things they want to
buy with 1t. and how they see the
future.
To explain. Mr.. Burton cites his
experiences In Liberia. The State
Department sent him there sew
eral years ago as farm in
structor.
Il worked among people who
are naked. whose food comes from
the bush. who~are completely un-
civilized" he said. But I discov-
cred that their hopes and desires
and ambitions are the same as
Evening star., 1957-12-22

factory solution to the school In
tegration problem.
Southern editors have been
beaten. cursed and harassed for
much less.
However, Mr.. Emmerich told
this reporter the reaction to his
statement has been "p6 per cent
favorable" He said II was widely
reprinted In the South.
II received some nasty letters
and many with questions. which
I have tried to answer. but on
the whole the reaction has been
unusually favorable"
Yet Mr.. Emmerich is not an
integrationist.
I'm opposed to integration. :"
he said. Where you have his
tory Of racial friction, the an
swer is not TO mix the races in
the schools and thus provide more
points OF friction. but to really
give them equal facilities"
Sentiment along these lines
probably was reflected in the Sl2O
million school building program
authorized by the Mississippi Leg
islature in 1853. In succeeding
years. the actual outlay for new
schools more than doubled funds
allocated earlier.
David Brown Of the Greenville
Delta Democrat. who made spe-
cial study OF the program, said
more than IS per cent Of the
money spent so far has been for
Negro schools"
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Integration Tension Goes Deep on the Della

mine. They Just want the better
things for themselves and their
children. You can't md one who
wouldn't give you every child he
has and say. Take him TO Ameri-
ca and educate him."
Some Negroes told this reporter
they want the principle Of inte-
grafton today, II not the practice
that Is. that they have q right
to 60 TO q given school whether
they actually 60 there or not.
Said Father LaBauye in Mound
Bayou:
II don't think anyone wants
integration just for the sake OF
integration. However. II getting
q tax-paid American education
entails sitting beside q white
American. then we want the same
opportunity that America affords
all its citizens. even the natu-
rallied and the displaced persons.
Question Of 'MoroIs'
1t may take long time. how
ever. before the Delta as q whole
accepts desegregated schools.
Why?
The Southerner claims the
Negro has a lower moral standard,
q high rate Of illegitimacy. Il
don't want my kids sitting next
TO kids who come from such
homes and talk openly about sex. "
: Father LaBauve replies:
II have found that when people
live under certain economic con-
ditions - slum conditions - their
moral condition Is practically the
same. regardless Of the color OF
their skins. The only reason 1t
exists among Negroes is that more
of our people than whites have TO
live under such conditions"
Holding Carter linked this with
'the emotional fear that integra-
ton at the public school level will
lead TO miscegenation Cracial
intermarriage)."
In a community where white
students might comprise only one
third or less of the school popula-
ton. this fear seems particularly
acute in the Southern mind.
ats nonsense and a contradic-
tion." says Mr.. Carter. TO insult
q white girl by assuming she will
rush madly into the arms of @
Negro II she has a chance"
He said he himself Is not pre-
pared to accept integration at the
grade school level.
1T would pull the white students
back II you do it in those COM
munities where there would
be something approaching equal
numbers between the white and
Negro students" he says.
He feels that better economic
conditions for the Delta Negro.
full civil rights. voting privileges,
etc. are more important than in
tegrating the schools.
"Once a Negro achieves true
equality. he won't give a damn
about the schools. He will have
the right TO send his child to an
integrated school or choose not
10 send him there" he said.
fThs Associated PressI