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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18
Mems Garden Club Considers Backing
Landscape Plan For Buckeye Area

Snider road, the AC&Y railroad,
Riley creek and Main street would
be included in the plan if the Garden
club decides to go ahead with their
project.
Grading and seeding the quarry
area at the swimming pool end of
the quarry was authorized by the
village council at their meeting July
9. The area will be cleared off and
number of loads of fill dirt may
be hauled in before the seeding is
done next month.
Possibilities of master plan were
brought before council July 9 wher
recreation committee chairman Pau
Diller said an independent organiza-
ton might be willing to provide
such a plan for the village. Council
members indicated they would ac
cept such plans, although the dis
cussion on the matter was brief.
Garden club officials said use of ;
master plan would prevent indis
criminate paintings from destroyin,
the beauty of the quarry area. An.
groups wishing to participate il
landscaping the area would have
plan to follow when they begal
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18
Richland Center

Mr.. and Mrs Clifford Fruchey of
Carlo called last Tuesday evening at
the Joe Follas home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Marquart and
granddaughter Barbara called Sunday
evening on MIR. and Mrs. John
Marquart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Odes Sherer were
Thursday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Smith and sons. Supper
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Smith and grandson Bradley Smith.
Mrs. Walter Schaublin spent Friday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel Bout
well and daughters.
Mrs. VIM. Amstutz called Thursday
evening on Mrs. J. I. Luginbuhl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Imal of
Urbana were Thursday evening sup
per guests at the Rhuel Kohler home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Carey were last
Tuesday supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Eikenbary.
Miss Kaye Matter of Columbus
spent the weekend with her parents
and brother Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Matter and Jim.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loris Minger and
family, Mrs. Matilda Springer, and
Miss Shelby Patterson all of Berne,
Ind, were Sunday dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Basinger and
daughters. Miss Vera Basinger ac'
-compied them home for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hilty and their
house guests Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Hilty and family of California were
last Tuesday dinner guests of MIR. anc
Mrs. Paul Amstutz and family. Hilty':
returned to the home in California
, Wednesday.
) Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gerber ant
son David and daughter Karen, ant
l Mrs. Amos Gerber were Thursda.
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George BiXlel
] of Berne, Ind.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hendricks AM
r Mr.. and Mrs. Carl F'ett celebrates
Hendricks wedding anniversary Satur
Y day night
!. MIR. and Mrs. Wilford GraH ant
daughter Sharon were Sunday Dime
. guests of Mrs. Walter Schaublin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allison Neuensch
wander and son Jerry of Beaverdan
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs
| Amos, Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon Lugin
| buhl. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Marquar
| were evening callers.
MIR. and Mrs. John Nonnamake
and son Joe called Sunday evenin
on Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Eikenbary
Miss Marcia Boutwell, spent a FEY
days last week with her grandmothe
Mrs. Walter Schaublin. Ray and Bett
schaublin are spending this week wit
| her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Follas and Sar
Basinger attended the Ziuk reunio
at Shelby Sunday and also called a
the VIM. Featheringill home nea
Attaica.
Mrs. Sam Kohler and daughter
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18

and Mrs. Victor Moser and family
were Sunday callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
Erwin Moser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Reams Mrs.
Lenore Montgomery and Sue were
past week callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. Montgomery and family.
Mrs. Grace Klingler was Sunday
dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Klingler and sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty and
son, Margaret and Charley Guider,
Mr.. and Mrs. Max McCafferty and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. j. McCaf
ferty and family attended the Guidel
reunion in Ada Sunday.
Mrs. Edith Fox and son Jimmy
spent Monday with Mr.. and Mrs
J Erwin Moser.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18
Swimming Pool
Admissions Hit
1000 For One Week

Swimming pool attendance shot to
a new record again Sunday, break
ing the week-old record of SPA with a
whooping $50 paid attendance. Rec
reation committee chairman Paul
Diller reports that 29l single admis-
sions and 259 season ticket holders
swarmed TO the cooling waters Sun
day.
Total attendance for the week of
July S-14 was a round 1000, a figure
which would have been considerably
higher if Mondays rainy weather had
not limited attendance 10 16 for the
entire day.
Day by day admissions for the
week were Monday, 10; Tuesday, 3O5;
Wednesday. 202; Thursday, 349; Fri
day, 1872; Saturday, 246 and Sunday,
$50.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18
Four Real Estate
Transfers Recorded

Three local real estate transfers
were filed in the office of Allen Coun-
ty recorded Morgan Davis last week.
Francis Reichenbach and Albert
ingalls, sold the property on lot 39o,
Eaton Heirs second addition to Mel
vim and Bonnie Nusbaum.
Mrs. Ellen Baumgartner sold TO
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Blank her ,.
Main st. residence, lot 3l5 OF the
Eaton Heirs seventh addition.
Paul and LaVerne Ray purchased
the home on lot 825, Sunny Acres sub
division from Bluffton East Land, Inc.
One Richland township transfer was
recorded. Howard and Sylvia Stager
sold taxlot 13 in the Stager subdlvl-
sion to Arnold and Alveta Shinn.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18
ArrnOrsville

Past week callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. o. Hilty were Mrs. Emanuel
Boutwell, and daughters, Mrs. Flor
ence Schaublin, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Schaublin and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purl Hartman Bluff
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Hershal Parlett
and family of Lima were Sunday p.
m. callers of Mr.. and Mrs. L. p.
Hartman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty
Margaret and Charley Guider and
Wayne Guider attended the funeral
of Carl Guider Saturday in Findlay
Mrs Helen Moore was a Lima
caller Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Anderson, Mr.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18
Twelve Methodist
Youths Attending
Camp This Week

Twelve Bluffton children are at
tending the Methodist Youth Eel
lowship intermediate camp at, Camp
Wesley, near Rushsylvania, this week.
They are Sandy Edie, Sue Bash,
Donna McCluer, Jana Steiner, Nancy
Ziessler, Keith Klingler, Robert
Blank, David Blank, Francis Hark-
ness, Rudy Steiner, Larry Marshall
and Robert Mattingly.
The Rev. James Heininger, pastor
of the Bluffton Methodist church, is
serving as director of the camp, He
served as associate director of a
similar camp last week.
Mrs. Clayton Hardness accom-
panied the group as their counselor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Kohler and sons
were Sunday dinner guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Rhuel Kohler and Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Kohler.
MIR. and Mrs. Richard Smith and
sons spent Sunday at Indian Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul M. Thompson
and daughter of Toledo called Sunday
evening on Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18

and Mrs. John Marquart, Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Marquart and daughter
and Mr.. John Hirshfield were past
week callers at the Ed Marquart
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hilty, MIR. and
Mrs. Paul Amstutz and son David,
and Mrs. Delbert Hall and daughter
called Sunday afternoon on MIR. and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18

Mrs. Ernest Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Schaublin and
family and Mrs. Walter Schaublin
called Sunday evening at the Glen
Zimmerly and Henry Hilty homes.
Mrs. Leonard Gratz and Mrs.
Minnie Moser called Thursday after
noon on Mrs. Sam Kohler and daugh-
ter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-18

Hendricks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bowers of Co
lumbus Grove were Sunday evening
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Green.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Amstutz spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Olt and family at Russells Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Micheal, Mr..
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
No Silent Pulpits''
Meth0disfs Plan Wider. Use
OfLay Leaders IL Churches

DR.. j. A. B. Lowry. Crewe; and NJ.
H. Beales, Boydton.
This Is the third year Of effort
on the mo Silent Pulpit" theme
in the Farmville district. accord
ing to DR.. Blackwell. He said the
ultimate goal is to arrange a serv-
ice in every church every Sunday
in the year.
Methodist pastors who have
more than one church in their
charges will be assigned addition
al lay leaders to assist them In
holding the services every Sun
day.
Other business items at the
two-day Blackstone gathering in
cluded report by Bishop Paul
N CARRIER on the status OF the
Methodist Church in Virginia, and
speech by Roy Turnage Of Ay-
den, M g. on the re-opening Of
closed or abandoned churches.
The board passed a resolution
commencing air lines for not
serving alcoholic beverages dur
ing passenger flights.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
Rejected Auto
Law Liberalized

Three changes liberalizlng in
spection procedures will be in eff
feet with the forthcoming motor
vehicle inspection period, October
49, November Is.
Col c. w. Woodson. Jr.. super
intendent of State Police listed
these as: a. recipients of rejec-
ton stickers who desire to operate
at their own risk will no longer be
restricted to driving to and from
stations, 92) Inspections will no
longer be prohibited in rainy
weather, and 80 a half inch Of
cloudiness will be permitted along
either side OF the center strip Of
divided windshields.
He said the rejection sticker
would serve to give motorists
notice of defects in their vehicles.
We feel that the individual driy-
er must take upon himself the
responsibility of determining the
potential dangers Of these various
defects to his driving. He is in no
way relieved of this responsibility
by law Col Woodson said
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
Powhatan Arrow Boy Scout District
Announces Scouting Camping Events

A Bay Scout parade will be held
IN Farmville November /, accord
ing to an announcement by Rob-
ert r. Brierley. chairman OF the
camping and activities in the
Powhatan Arrow district.
The Farmville Junior Chamber
Of Commerce viii again sponsor
the Scout parade.
Birierley pointed out that each
Of the six counties in the district
will have major scouting event
during the l957-l958 camping
season. The counties in the Pow
hatan AFRO district include
Buckingham. Cumberland, Char
lotte. Lunenburg. Nottoway and
Prince Edward.
A. district-uide rally will be
held Feb. 8, 1858 at Victoria to
celebrate the anniversary Of the
founding Of the Scouting move
ment- All Scouts, Cubs and Ex-
plorers In the district are invited
to attend the rally.
Fall Camporees
Two camporees are planned this
fail. Colored Scouts will hold their
camporee this weekend, Sept. q.
% and 80 near Carter @. Wood
son high school 10 Buckingham
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27

The Virginia Methodist Confer
ence Board Of Lay Activity at a
recent meeting in Blackstone ap-
proved plans to have worship
services every Sunday In every
Methodist Church II Virginia
next year.
DR.. H. Conrad Blackwell. super
intendent OF the FaFmpilTe Meth
odist District. said this district
will make a concentrated effort
to have services in every. church
in the district every Sunday from
January to June 1883
Or. Blackwell explained there
are As certified lay speakers in
the Farmville district. The Farm
vile district includes nine coun-
ties surrounding FaflnFiile. There
are five to six lay speakers for
each charge and there ARE, SO
churches III the district
w. Roland Walkersot Kenbridge
is district lay leader. and aSsoci-
ate lay leaders are AM Fore.
Farmville; J l.. Jones. Sheppards;
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
With $lS,45l in Hand, Swimming Pool
Workers Point To Next Monday Report


Contributions to THE. Farmville
swimming pool fund thorugh So
licitation have reached Si0,65l,
Co-Chairman 9. f. Wilson an
nounced today.
He said $1,000 previously on
hand brings the total ii the fund
to $l8.45l Those funds came
from the $4,000 in existing Rec
reation Association accounts and
a $1,000 Lions Club contribution
Wilson called campaign work
ers to the second report meeting,
to be held next Monday night.
Sept. 30 in the town Council
chambers at 1880 o'clock.
Between report meetings, work
ers may leave cash and pledge
cards with Mts. Mamie N. Inge at
Gray's Drug Store, Main street,
he said.
Drive leaders today urged peo-
pie to drive to the Longwood Hills
view work by the pool contractor,
Lewis Swimming Pools. which
started this week.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
Farmville Day.
TOwn-Wide Event
Set October 10

Through the combined efforts
of every merchant, we feel that
we can make this years Farmville
Day promotion even better than
last years, r. E. McGahey,
chairman of the retail trade COM
mittee Of the Farmville Chamber
of Commerce said this week an
nouncing the coming town-wide
event.
Farmville Day will be held
Thursday, October 10.
Highlights Of the Farmville Day
held the same date last year were.
an all-night stand by a Hamp-
den-Sydney student to make sure
he would be there first thing in
the morning, and a bee hive of
activity around most of the bar
gain counters.
McGahey said he expected most
OF the Farmville merchants to par
ticipate in the Chamber Of Com
merce-backed event, and MANY
merchants have made special pur-
chases of items to be sold on the
one big day.
Each store will handle it's own
advertising promotion and it is ex-
pected that extra special items
viii be designated at various times
during the day Some places are
planning first-come- first-served
basis on the special events, SO an
early start may be a good plan for
most shoppers.
Advertising on the special one
day bargains will be carried in the
Oct. 8 issue of the Herald.
Extra store personnel will be
employed in most Of the larger
stores to assure quick. courteous
service even though a large crowd
Is expected.
High trade-ins plus extra low
prices are expected 10 be the big
attraction this year as it was last
year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
1858 Wheat Soil Bank Payments Are
Expected To Surpass 1875 Stills

The 1858 wheat soil bank has
lured so Prince Edward farmers
to sign up approximately $50
SO far. The sign-up deadline is
October S.
ID. c. Morris, county ASC office
manager. said he hoped that
everyone planning TO make acre
age agreements would come In as
soon as possible He hopes to avoid
a last minute rush
Last year rs farmers put e71
wheat acres in the soil bank and
received payment Of sl7.llS early
this summer
The largest amount received hv
any one farm was Sll45O for not
planting the 1857 crop. So far SIS
acres is the largest single amount
put in the soil bank for the 1853
crops, and it will bring in sl.668.
-..ofs.s tss.1 That t.le sis.l-u2
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
Students To Sponsor
Waterford Project

College students in the Presby-
terrain Westminster Fellowship
Will turn water into food for over
seas relief here Saturday.
From ! to 5 o. M. they will es-
tablish car wash station at 208
Second Ave, the Presbyterian
manse. Cars may be delivered
there for a cleansing.
Proceeds will be given to the
Share Our Surpluss" program Of
the inter-church world missions
project. For each dollar the stu
dents send, the national program
provides 245 pounds OF food for
use Of the worlds hungry.
The project Of mission help is
Virginia-wide Presbyterian stu
dent movement. Each local group
selects its own Embarrassing plan
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
Pr vate Colleges
Aim for 100000
H-SC to Receive
Foundation Funds

Virginia private colleges launch
ed an educational crusade this
week to raise 100000 from the
states businesses and industries
for the II members Of the Viz
ginia Foundation of Independent
Colleges.
The foundation is the Joint
Embarrassing organization of all OF
the states private colleges, includ-
ing Hampden-Sydney. The college
presidents, including DR.. Joseph
c. Robert, met Monday in Lynch
burg to outline plans for the drive
Robert spent the first part OF
the week on the crusade, conduct
ed BY the college presidents. In
the past. the promotional expenses
have been borne by the partici-
pating colleges. but this year a
part of it will be covered by a
grant from the Old Dominion
Foundation
In June. Hampden- Sydney re-
ceived S15,876 as its share of the
$330,6O0 contributed to the Vr-
ginia foundation last year. It's
share is based upon 40 per cent en-
rollment, except in cases where
donors specify beneficiaries, and
so per cent on equal shares.
At Hampden Sydney, the money
is put in the operating fund. The
foundation is emphasizing in the
drive the need to improve faculty
salaries.
Last year. the foundation listed
1871 supporters from Virginia. seven
other states and the District OF
Columbia. IN the foundation
freshman year. I952-l953, there
were three supporters, who gave
a total Of $4,000.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
From His Book, First Movie
WeIInrd's Action Of Tiger
Flashes on Richmond Screen

/ BY now James Wellard. Long
wood College associate professor
Of English, Is familiar enough
with these phrases that they no
longer seem completely foreign to
him.
They are taken from the adj
vertisement for the movie Action
Of the Tiger made from one Of
his books. The movie opens Thurs
day in Richmond. but Wellard
had already seen it several times.
In Wellard's book, the girl was
English. In the movie. she's
French. The male lead is played
by Van johnson. whom Wellard
says is a little rough!
Hes more Of a waterfront olaf
than I had in mind"
Action of the Tiger, is the first
of Wellard's is books to be made
into a movie. The most recent,
Memoirs Of a Cross Eyed Man, =
was published last fall.
The Wellards came to Farm
vile year ago after Wellard
spent year in the Journalism
department at the University of
Illinois. He has a Pho. degree in
English literature from the Uni
versity of Chicago. and has work
ed for the Chicago Sun-Times,
New York Sun, Mutual Broadcast
ing Company, Toronto Star
Weekly and London Daily Ex-
press.
During World War II he was a
war correspondent, spending much
of the time with Gen. George Pat
tons Third Army. He later wrote
a biography Of Patton, Man in a
Helmet
After a period as foreign cor
respondent in the Mediterranean
area he turned to free-lance
writing.
This summer the Wellards went
back to Italy. where they have a
villa on the Appian Way. Wellard
sent the Herald several special re-
ports on conditions there.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27

A joint statement BY the drive
tri-captains, Wilson, Allen Fore
and p, r. Atkinson issued today
asked for the fullest cooperation
OF all donors Raising the APP
proximate $4,000 we need will re-
quire the support Of everyone, n
they said. Our people will have
to give and give generously if we
are to succeed"
At the pool site, the parking
lot area has already been graded
and the area is now easily ac-
cessible.
From funds secured in the
drive. the sponsoring Lions Club
has announced that the pool and
bathhouse will be completed. An
in-use' date Of June l, 1858 has
also been set.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27

county
| White Scouts will hold their
camporee Oct. IL. IL and 10 lin
Charlotte county. A camporee is
gathering Of two or more troups
camping together and being grad
ed on their scouting procedure!
Similar camporees are planned
for May is, II and 10.
a 72-mile canoe trip is sched-
uled for November 2o-24. II viii
start at Bent Greek in Bucking-
ham County and end at Carriers
vile. Only Employer Scouts Are
eligible for the canoe event.
The second annual historical
trek, following the route of Lee S
retreat from Saylt S Greet. TO
Appomattox will be held n.xt
April As.
A winter encampment, apprp-
priately called deep freeze. is
scheduled for Jan. 1919. 1t Will
give first class scouts and explor-
ers camping experience in winter
conditions.
The Cub Scout field day is
scheduled May II. 1t will coincide
with the Scout camporee and the
Cubs will join the older boys for
day Of loint learning sul play.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
Local Physicians
Coordinate Plans
To Combat Flu
New Virus Makes
Vaccine Advisable.
Doctors Report

A committee Of local physicians
has been appointed by the presi-
dent Of the medical staff at South
side Community Hospital to or
ganize program to cope with
Asian influenza. should it appear
In Farmville.
| DR.. H. c. Alexander has ap-
pointed Or. Ray A. Moore. Jr.. DR..
William P. Terry and Or. F. r.
Crawford to the committee.
Only small amounts of the
Asian flu vaccine have become
available in the area, enough for
innoculation of hospital personnel.
ranked In the first priority group
There are no present plans for
lnnoculating school children, sim
ply because there is not enough
vaccine available The state
health department will not handle
the vaccine. Wholesale druggists
and local physicians will see that
the vaccine finally reaches the in
dividual
Local physicians will have in
formation regarding the vaccine
and It's usage. and should be con-
suited at an early date regarding
listings of those who want to re-
ceive the vaccine when it is avail
able. according to Or. james D.
Hagood. Virginia Medical Society
president. =
Those who care for the sick
physicians, nurses. hospital per-
sonnet and pharmacists-wi have
first priority in Farmville. Next
will come those with specific me-
dical indications-heart disease.
diabetes. respiratory ailments. the
very young. the very old. pregnant
women. They will be followed by
those who maintain necessary
community services-firemen, po-
licemen communications. trans
portation. and public utility work
ers and garbage collectors.
The use of the vaccine Is being
emphasized, since Asian influenza
virus is new variation to which
most people will be more sus-
ceptible because they have not
been exposed to it before.
Symptoms are similar to those
Of other respiratory ailments. and
laboratory diagnosis is impracti-
cal for a given case. since a pa
tient would be recovered before
the tests would be completed.
Physicians have been instructed
TO report all cases of influenza TO
the health department, but only
laboratory-confirmed cases are to
be reported as Asian flu.
When the presence OF the Asian
variation in a community has been
proved. other cases in the area
will be presumed to be Asian flu.
The most recent report from the
Virginia department OF health.
bureau Of communicable disease
control. lists two suspected cases
Of Asian influenza, and no known
cases.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-27
Frosh Enrolment
Drops at Longwood

Despite drop In the number
Of freshmen enrolled, Longwood
College began its regular session
this week with four more students
than we're enrolled for the 1856
1857 session.
Total regular enrolment is sso,
as compared to 88l last fall By
classes, there are 800 freshmen,
81 less than last year. $50 soph-
ignores. ~ more than last year;
1877 juniors. As more than last
year, and 1913 seniors. more than
last year.
Three students are classified as
special students. where there were
Is special students a year ago.