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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
Patronage Refunds Withheld Since 1850
To Be Paid By Farmers Grain This Week

Of the S30,81517 profit, S19,624.5S
was ear marked for amortization of
the'grain elevator debt, S3,172.56 will
go for federal income taxes, $5, ,955
for dividend on scasital stock and
s.. 063. .03 will be retained by the COM
pany.
The financial s sjateInent, read at
the business meeting in the Bluffton
high school auditorium following the
banquet in the gym, was enthusias-
tically applauded.
The group was entertained after the
business meeting by the Blendaires,
prize-winning barbershop quartet in
cluding Robert GratZ, Leroy Luigi
bihl, Paul Reichenbach and Dean
Sommers. A film on farming was
shown, and a large number of door
prizes distributed during the evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
Expert To Address Mems Garden Club
On Use Of Artificial Light In Gardening

The Effect of Artificial Light on
Plant Growth" the most discussed
subject in gardening today will be the
featured topic at the Bluffton Mems
Garden club annual banquet next
Wednesday evening.
Joe P. Ditchman, rural lighting
specialist of the large lamp market
development department of GeneraI
Electric in Cleveland, will be the
main speaker. Ditchman was one of
the main speakers at the 1856 nation
al convention of Mems Garden clubs
when he discussed the same topic.
Growing plants under artificial light
indoors will be Ditchman's theme.
He will show now the length of light
period controls budding and Towering
and how light controls the manufao-
ture of plant food in the leaves.
Slides will be shown to illustrate the
effect of light.
One of the major features will be
methods by which home gardeners
without access to a green house can
start their own plants at home. Pro-
pagating equipment using 40-watt
flourescent lamps as an exclusive
light source has recently been devel-
oped by the U. S. Plant Introduction
garden in Maryland.
Ditchman has emphasized that the
average home basement can be made
quite suitable for growing many kinds
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
Business Mems
Assn InstallS
New Officers

Jim Loofbourrow, owner of LOOT
bourrow's Drugs was elected treas
urer of the Bluffton Business Mems
association at the annual meeting
Wednesday evening of last week at
Beach Radio TV Shop.
His election succeeding Myro n
Meyer indicates that the druggist is
headed for presidency of the organ
ization two years later under the
customary step-up method of filling Of
fices. Mr.. Meyer became vice presi-
dent this year and Robert Crow, last
years vice-president, has assumed
the duties of president.
The new officers were installed by
Paul Basinger, retiring president OF
the association.
Highlight of the meeting, which was
well attended, was view of color
television. The group saw the Arthur
Godfrey program in color on the new
set in the Beach showroom. Oliver
Beach discussed advancements in
color television receivers and con-
Quoted a question and answer forum
following the telecast.
President Crow announced the fol-
lowing appointments during the meet
ing: Blockmen = Harold Oldaker,
Paul Steiner, Walter Gratz, Murray
Triplehorn, Robert Nonnamaker, Har-
land Swank, Howard Stager, Harold
Klingler, Earl Jorg, Ed Rice, Clar-
ence Diller, Don Ream, Claude
Reams, Grover T. Soldner, Ray
mond Holden, Dorothy Greding and
Vidella Herr as alternate.
Other appointments included: July
Fourth Celebration and Rodeo Com
mittee-Emory Benroth, Carter
Shisler, Floyd Hutchins, Don Van
Meter, Charles Hilty and Richard
GratZ.
Myron Meyer was named chair
man of the annual picnic; Ed Walter
mire. chairman, Industrial Expansion
committee; William Edwards, chair
man of program committee; Hiram
Huser, chairman February Dollar
DAYS. Chairmen are to select their
own committee to serve with them.
Mr.. Meyer presented treas
urer's report showing cash balance
of S34O.83 at the beginning of the
year. A membership report by Sec
retary Eugene Benroth showed a
total of 1913 firms enrolled, the largest
in the history of the association.
New membership certificates were
exhibited by the secretary, and
Robert Nonnamaker was the first to
report completion of his blockman
contacts for membership renewals,
the day after the meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
March OF Dimes
Drive In Slump;
Total Now $1,377
BlufftOn Contributions
Fall From $500 Last
Year, $4,000 In '55

Bluffton's March Of Dimes win
probably show its second consecutive
slump according to chairman Gerald
Swank.
S1,377.90 has been banked to date
ne said, compared to over $500 last
year. Collections last year had slump
ed from the 1855 local mark of over
$1,000.
Total Bluffton collections will prob
ably fall somewhere between the
$1,000 and 81 300 mark according to
Swank. He said that most industrial
collections had not yet been turned
in to local headquarters. Only
industrial contribution reported to
date was the s73.45 collected among
employees at the Ex-Cell-O plant.
School collections of s1SS.82 were
turned in by Supt A. B. Murray, who
reported the highest collection,
S139.82, was taken at the grade
school. Heaviest class contribution,
though, came from the 8th grade
class, S15.20. Biggest contributors in
the grades were Mrs. John Klay's
second grade class, which, gave S13.7J
and Miss Meredith Stepleton's first
graders, who gave S13.07-
Biggest collection among local
businesses was once again turned in
by Swank's barber shop, with 1921. so
being added to the annual string OF
bills which practically covers the
shop. An additional SIP was collect
ed at the Pine Restaurant and S63 at
Charles and Demp's Place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
Mayor RisSer To Run For Second Term;
Delbert McGinnis Named COP Opponent
Dollar Days Again Bring
Open Season On Barquins

Buttons mid-winter Dollar Days,
scheduled two weeks later than last
year, are expected to again pack
Main street with bargain hunters this
Friday and Saturday.
Local retailers were hopeful that
the moderating weather early this
week would continue through Friday
and Saturday to permit shoppers to
attend the sale from a wide radius
of town.
More than 5000 eight-page circu-
lars carrying the Dollar Days sale
news were mailed to residents for
miles around town. The same adver-
tising messages are carried in this
weeks issue of The Bluffton News.
Bargain hunters will find many of
the best buys ever offered in the
19-year history of the sale event.
Heavy preseason buying stocked 10
cal stores to the rafters before Christ
mas, and the resulting 1eft-overs con-
sist of broken lots and odds and ends
that must be cleared before new
spring merchandise is displayed.
Extra help is being provided in
most Bluffton stores to handle the
heavy influx of shoppers who con-
verge on the bargain-laden counters.
The stores will follow their regular
hours including Saturday evening
hours.
The familiar Dollar Day placards
and banners on The street light posts
and in store windows will go up
Thursday afternoon while storekeep-
ers take their usual Thursday after
noon off to prepare for the sale,
mark down sales tickets, and pre-
pare the bargain displays.
Shoppers are advised to mark their
copy of The Bluffton News with the
items they are interested in, so that
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07

Observation-Disclosures in The Farm
ers Grain Co. heard some of the best
news from their cooperative in the
last six years at the firms annual
meeting Wednesday evening. Patron.
age refunds. withheld since 1850 ir
order to facilitate an expansion pro
gram, will be paid this year.
Dale B. Ulrich, company auditor,
and Eldon Tschiegg, manager of the
coop, told approximately 200 stock
holders that it appears the patronage
refunds will keep on coming now
year after year. They reported the
second highest net profit in the COM
pany's 14-year history.
BY the end of this week it is ex-
pected that checks totaling the $13,
083.32 in patronage refunds withheld
for the year 1850 will be in the mail.
This will be the first of a total of
S71, ,173.88 such refunds to the patron
stockholders which have been with
held since 1850 to enable the COM
pany to build its new storage silos.
The 1851 patronage refund, which
should be distributed next year ac-
cording to the company's plan, a.
mounts to SIT, ,703.42.
The net profit for the past year
amounted to $3O,815.17, second best
years earnings in the company's his
tory. The only better year was 1854
when earnings amounted to S35, ,627.39
The Farmers Grain company re-
ported total sales during 1856 of
$801, ,016.09 returning a gross selling
margin of $75,874.31. Other revenue
for services such as grinding, clean
ing, trucking, storage, ETC., added
another S32, ,925 to the gross margin.
Expenses totaled S77,984.71 leaving
the $30,815.17 net profit.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
Blufton Draws Wapakoneta St. Joseph
As First Opponent In Tourney Feb. l6

ter, with a 6-1 Class A record, and
fourth seeded Bluffton with an 8-3
record are in the lower bracket "a
gainst Delphos Jeff and st. Joe.
Top brackets opponents are Lima
st. Gerards, Ada, Hicksville, Pauld-
ing and Lima Central Catholic. ST.
Gerards, enjoying its best season in
history with a ISL record has been
seeded first, and Hicksville, on the
rebound after a terrible season last
year is seeded third on their 1913 rec
ord
Bluffton, winner of the event last
year, will be playing at full strength
for the first time in more than a
month as playmaking guard Joe
Continued on page 12)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
BluftOnites Lead
Discussion At
Tiffin Conference

Judy TschantZ, who served as a
delegate to the National You h
Council of Evangelical and Reformed
churches last summer, and the Rev
V. c. Oppermann, an adult advisor at
the same national conference, will
head a sectional youth meeting in
Tiffin this Friday and Saturday.
The Blufftonites will review the
program outlined for youth groups
across the nation at the summer
meeting, and discuss the results of
group discussions on various prob
lens of the local organizations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07

Bluffton high school will meet Wa
pakoneta St. Joe for the first time
in several years in their Nom County
tournament opener a week from Sat-
urday night at Lima Senior \high
school gymnasium.
The Pirates, fourth seeded in the
nine-team event, meet the Red
Knights at about eight p. m. as the
second of three games for the eve
ming. First Saturday game pits sec
ond-seeded Coldwater against Delp|hos
Jefferson. Final game that evening
has Lima Central Catholic against
the winner of Tuesdays Hicksv)ille-
Paulding game.
Teams are seeded on the basis OF
their record against schools in their
same class. Second-seeded Coldwa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
Clayton Bixel
Named Deputy
Auto Registrar
Appointment to Sell Auto
Tags, Drivers Licenses
Effective March 1

Clayton Bixel, Bluffton auto dealer,
will be the new deputy registrar for
the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles,
he announced last week. Although
no public announcement has been
made by the state Bixel received
notice of his appointment sometime
ago.
1857 license plates have already
been received by Bixel but he said
no public sales of either license plates
or drivers licenses can be made by
his agency until March 1.
Bixel said persons wishing to re-
serve license plate numbers may do
so by bringing in their title and fee
and filling out application papers.
Definite hours for this service have
not been worked out.
The new license plates will be white
with maroon numerals and letters.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
Swiss Male Chorus
To Sing In Pandora

The Swiss Male Chorus. one of the
best known male singing groups in
the area, will present concert Sum
day evening at p. m. at st. Johns
Mennonite church, near Pandora.
Works by Mendelsohn. Bach, Bee
thoven and Hadyn will be sung as
well as some of the familiar gospel
hymns.
Byron Steiner is director of the
chorus and Miss Karen Augsburgei
will serve as accompanist.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07

of Towering plants.
Reservations for the banquet, which
will be held at the Edelweiss restau-
rant, must be in by next Monday.
Selling tickets are Wilhelm Amstutz,
Oliver Zimmerman, Edgar Bixel,
Willis Amstutz and Kermit Herr.
Price per plate will be SITS. Tickets
will be available at the door for per-
sons who phoned in their reserva-
tions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
TRASH COLLECTION

The villages monthly trash collec-
ton has been set for next Monday
afternoon, it was announced by Street
Commissioner William Gaiffe. All
residents are asked to have refuse
in containers at the curb for pickup
by noon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07

no time will be lost in hunting at
random for bargains. The early bird
gets the best buys, and shoppers Gus
tomarily are lined up in front of
many of the stores before the doors
open on Friday morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-02-07
Municipal Tickets
Filed Wednesday
Councilmen Rice And
Reichenbach Decline To
Run For Reelection

Mayor David Riser has been per-
suaded by his Democratic friends to
again head the municipal ticket as a
candidate for his second term, and
his Republican opponent will be Del
bert McGinnis, former councilman
who served two terms under the
administration of w. A. Howe from
1852 until the end of 1856.
Announcement was made Tuesday
evening while the mayor was Zee
fishing on Lake Erie that he had con-
sented to run for reelection. His sup
porters will urge his reelection on
his record of progress in his first
year at the head of the municipal
government. Completion of the com
munity swimming pool and the be-
ginning of village planning commits
sion are two of the most notable
moves thus far.
Mr.. McGinnis was a member of the
town council during the building of
the new interceptor sewer system
and the sewage disposal plant. A
native of Hardin county, he was
reared near Ada, and came to Bluff
ton in 1925.
At one time he was associated in
the building and paper hanging bust
ness with Med and Clayton Murray.
and more recently has been in the
building business for himself.
The Republican ticket, announced
as the probable combination last
week, was confirmed Tuesday with
all candidate petitions ready for fill
ing Wednesday morning. Councilman
Edwin Rice declined to run for re-
election.
The Democrats were still short one
candidate for council as the dead
line loomed Wednesday.
Those running for council include
incumbents Gerald Swank and Ed
Badertscher. Francis Reichenbach
declined to run for reelection. New
comers on the ticket viii be Mrs.
Helen Tschantz, Jack Koontz and Don
Bernard.
The Democrats again declined to
run an opponent against Republican
A. ]. B. Longsdorf for village clerk.
Those running for the board of
public affairs include Harold Klingler
in addition to Carter Shisler and
Charles Main announced last week.
The complete tickets which were to
be filed Wednesday are as follows:
REPUBLICAN
MayOr-Delbert McGinnis
Clerk-A. j. b. Longsdorf*
Treasurer-HaroId BaImer*
Members of Council
Wilbur Amstutz*
Charles Alderman
Charles Hankish Jr."
Mrs. Stella Lauriat
Edgar Chamberlain
JOHn May
Board of Public Affairs
Harvey Bauman#
Clayton Harknesss
Don Ream
DEMOCRATIC
Mayor-David Risser$
Treasurer-NIrs. Juanita Swank
Members of Council
Gerald Swank&
Mrs. Helen Tschantz
Edwin Badertscher#
Jack kOOnH
Don Bernard
Board of Public Affairs
Harold Klingler
Carter Shisler
Charles Main
e. Denotes Incumbent)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-14
April Is

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gas
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1000
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5-MoFnins Movie.
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loo
4-The Price Is Right.
An audience participation pro-
orom. Bill Cullen, host.
ll:30
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Audience participation program.
9-Strike II Rich. Quiz.
Has
5-Fronkie Lame. Songs.
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AFTERNOON

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7-Clown Corner. Kids.
9-SeoFch for Tomorrow. Ser1.
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9-Guidins Light. SerioI.
100
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5-Dusout Chatter. Bob Wolff.
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9-Donno Douelos. Women.
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! Hour. Variety show Dennis
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Smyrna times., 1957-08-22

North Atlantic section of the
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers will take place August
1928 on the University of Della
ware campus.
University agricultural engineer
William E. Larsen, chairman of
local arrangements, reported that
the Aug. 27 program includes a
joint session on farm structures
and rural electricity, power mach
inery, soil and water, and a gen.
eral program. Listed on the gen.
eral program are discussions of
salaries of scientific personnel, a
panel on education, farm build
ings, rural electrifcation and soil
and water. The engineers will
have a chicken barbecue that ev-
ening at the College Farm, fol-
lowed by committee meetings.
On August %, the group will
continue with four sessions, rural
electricity, farm structures, soil
and water, and farm power and
machinery. Optional tours and re-
creation are scheduled that after
noon and evenings.
Two general programs, a bus
mess meeting, and banquet in
Kent Hall at the university are
on the Aug. 20 agenda. The gen.
eral programs will be on the
topics Instrumentation" and ZEN
ergy."
Speakers
Speakers on the program in
clude Earl D. Anderson, national
association president; Dean Geo
M. Worrilow, University of Della
ware School of Agriculture; Rob
ert w. Cain, National Science
Foundation; o. c. French, Cornell
University; E. G. McKibben, U. S
Department of Agriculture; Ton
Swearingen, Masonite Corp; M
o. Withheld, Atlantic City Elec'
trio Co.; Charles D. Roice, Inter
national Harvester Co.; H. H
Nuernberger, Aluminium Co. Of
America; DIR. c. w. Dunham, I'm
iversity of Del. horticulturist
Henry Peterson, DUPONT Co.; ]
E. Nicnolas, w. l.. Kjelgaard
Penn State University.
Also, DR.. D. E. Wolf, DuPon
Co; DIR. Carol M. Voss, New
England Helicopter Service; DR.
w. w. Gunkel, Cornell Univer
sity; Edwin Alling, University O.
N. H.; B. K. Hough, Cornell Uni
versity; c. D. Busch, Ithaca, N
Y, agricultural engineer; j. Born
stein, Burlington, VT, agricultural
engineer; D. R. Shepherd, Sol
Conservation Service; DR.. S. j
Smyrna times., 1957-08-22
Device May Tell When To
Irrigate

A simple electrical device may
be used someday by Delaware
farmers to tell when to irrigate
crops, George Vapaa, county agri-
cultural agent, said this week.
The device was tested recently
by the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture, the agent said, to mea-
sure moisture stress, an indica-
tor of a plants water needs.
Here's how the device works:
For a rapid reading of a plants
moisture needs, two small prongs
of the device are stuck into the
stem of the plant. These prongs
are two stainless steel electrodes
connected to an ohmmeter that
measures the electrical resistance
in the plant. Vapaa said the lum-
ber industry uses SIMILAR instru-
ment to measure moisture in
wood.
In experiments with cotton
plants, the researchers found that
electrical resistance goes down as
moisture amounts go up. Within
four hours after irrigation, a
sharp drop in resistance was OBJ
served on the ohmmeter.
Research is continuing, aimed
at making the device easy to use
by any farmer who irrigates, the
county agent reported.
Agricultural Engineers To Meet
On u. of ID. Campus
The 33rd annual meeting of the
Smyrna times., 1957-08-22

ing on a collec-
Smyrna times., 1957-08-22
WINTER WHEAT ACREAGE
Furnish Crop History Early Soil
Bank Farmers Urged

Furnish Crop History Early Soil
Bank Farmers Urged
Farmers who wish to take part
in the 1858 winter wheat Acreage
Reserve program were urged to
bring information on their farms
past production history to the
County Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation Office.
Joseph Ennis, chairman of the
County ASC Committee, said that
each producer is responsible for
furnishing the information need
ed to establish the farms Soil
Bank base, a new 1858 feature
of the Soil Bank Acreage Reserve
program. A base provision is al
ready in operation under the Soil
Banks Conservation Reserve pro-
gram.
THE Soil Bank base for indi-
vidual farms will be established
by the County Committee primar-
lily on the basis of the average
acreage of land devoted to Soil
Bank base crops during 1856 and
1851" Mr.. Ennis declared. "These
base crops, in general, will be all
crops produced for harvest on a
farm except hay crops. The Soil
Bank base must be established
before a winter wheat Acreage
Reserve agreement can be signed.
Where a farm already has a
base established under the Con-
servation Reserve program, that
base will apply" he said.
The signup under the 1858 win
ter wheat Acreage Reserve pro-
gram will start on August 26 and
will close on October 4. In the
program agreement, participating
farmers will agree to limit their
harvest of Soil Bank base crops
to a permitted acreage" which
will be determined in general by
subtracting the number of acres
in the Acreage Reserve from the
total in the Soil Bank base. If
the farm is also included in the
Conservation Reserve program,
the required reduction in harvest
ed acres below the Soil Bank base
will generally be the total of the
Smyrna times., 1957-08-22

acres in both Reserve programs
for that year.
Farm per-acre rates of pay
ment on land included in the win
ter wheat Acreage Reserve pro-
gram will vary from the average
county rate of $500 per acre
primarily according to the rela-
tive productivity of the land. A
lO-percent premium above their
regular 1858 compensation rates
will be paid farmers who took
part in the 1857 Acreage Reserve
program if they put the identical
land in the Acreage Reserve pro-
gram for 1858.
Smyrna times., 1957-08-22

Dunn, University of ~. H.; R. ID.
Ingalls,, Diehl Manufacturing Co.;
Sam Black, Smith-Gates Corp;
Also, A. S. Mowery, u. S. Ply
wood Corp; A. B. Spamer, Port
land Cement Asso.; c. w. Mellor,
Rutgers University; A. D. Long
house, w. Va. University; F. H.
Theakston, Ontario Agricultural
College; Henry c. Barksdale, Ar
lington, Va, agricultural engin-
eer; Jack c. Rosenau, geologist,
Trenton, N. j.; Irwin Remson, and
James R. Randolph, geologists, U.
S. Geological Survey; Harold w.
Hobbs, Sr., and Roy l.. Roberts,
Jr., engineers, College Park, Md;
M. H. Gallatin and ]. Lunin, soil
scientists, Norfolk, Va; c. w.
Terry, L. w. Knapp, Cornell Uni
versity; John D. Reeder, Joseph
Bancroft and Sons Co.;
Also, John Wallace, Seabrook
Farms; Willard Alphin, Sylvania
Electric Co.; Gerald Lauderdale,
Baldwin-Lima-H Hamilton Corp; j..
A. Scholten and D. v. Doyle, U.
S. Department of Agriculture; F.
R. Hore and H. D. Ayers, Ontario
Agricultural College; Chester A.
Arents, w. Va. University; DR..
Lucien Brouha, DUPONT Co.; Rob-
ert ]. Pelletier, Mass. Institute
of Technology; DR.. Richard Duff
fey, University of Maryland.