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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-07-25
SummerfieId-.

with a Stanley Brush party.
Roma Jean Wharton served as
the demonstrator. A delicious
lunch was served by the hostess.
Property Rented
Mrs. Betty Kerns and family
recently moved into the A. r.
Fogle property which was pre-
viousiy owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Hidge King.
W.S.C.S. Picnic
The W.S.C.S. will hold their
annual picnic at the club house
at Seneca Lake, Sunday, Aug. 4,
with picnic supper.
In Caldwell
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bode and
their houseguest, Mrs. Robert
Creamer and Mrs. Ida Hartshorn
were callers Wednesday in Cald-
we'll.
Enjoy Visit
Bobbie Ball, of Caldwell, spent
a few days last week with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
w. Weaver and his cousin, Linda
Weaver.
In GAINESVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. John Leasco and
Ed Yontz were shopping We'd
nesday in GAINESVILLE.
Enjoy Vacation
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Watson
and family of New Jersey, spent
part of their vacation last week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross Watson.
In Dover
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Weaver
motored to Dover, Sunday, and
will visit with their aunt, Mrs.
Eta Osborne. They were accom-
panied by Linda Weaver, who
had spent few weeks with her
grandparents. She will be met
there by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Weaver of Barber
ton.
Birthday Party
The 18th birthday anniversary
of Miss Gladys Rose Clark was
celebrated Saturday evening,
July 20 at the home of her par
ents, near Sarahsville, with the
following in attendance: Rev. and
Mrs. Paul Smith and children,
Philip and Lois and Mrs. Nellie
Smith of Summerfield, the hon
ored one and her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Clark.
Church Notes
Carlos Law of Miami, Fla,
will be guest soloist Sunday NOR
ming in the local Methodist
church. Sunday school will begin
at $50 a. m. followed by worship
service with Rev. w. E. Peters
in charge. Wilford Garrett is
Sunday school superintendent.
Personals
Evelyn McElfresh, who is en-
ployed at the Red and White
store left Thursday for Columbus
where she will spend her vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Meek
and daughter, Helen, were in Co.
lumbus on business, Friday.
They spent the weekend with
relatives in Urbana and Russell
Point.
Mr.. Robert Creamer, of Co.
lumbuS, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bode and was
accompanied home Monday by
his wife and daughter, who had
spent the past 10 days at the
Bode home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Gibson, of
Cambridge, visited Sunday with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
P. Gibson and Mrs. Offa Bishop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Reed had
as guests over the weekend Mr.
and Mrs. Carlos Law and two
daughters of Miami, Fla, Mr..
Carl Gibson and son, Robert of
Barnesville, Mr.. and Mrs. Blan-
chard Mcbride and Mrs. Mabel
Fowler and son, Leland, of East
Liverpool. Mr.. Law was a guest
soloist at the worship service on
Sunday morning in the Meth
odist church.
Mr.. H. l.. Jerles and daughter,
Beulah, of Niles, are spending
several days at their home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Cantor,
of Akron, visited over the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Richeson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Cutler and
daughter, of Caldwell, visited
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Cutler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Keylor, Mr..
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-07-25

c. 3. Shackle is confined Ia
his home with illness.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
Is United Fund The AnsWer In BLuffOn?
Steering Committee POnders Problems

Problems which have evolved from
last weeks meeting to explore the
feasibility of a United Fund campaign
for local solicitations this week loom
ed important enough in steering COM
mittee consideration to indicate that
whether Bluffton shoould or should
not go United cannot be determined
by a snap decision.
One radically new departure which
recommended United Fund procedure
would bring to Bluffton would be pay
roll deductions for contributions on
the part of every employer in the
town whether large or small.
When word spread that small busi-
nesses, as well as large industries,
would be expected to participate in
the payroll withholding program, as
recommended in United Fund pro-
cedures, there were raised eyebrows
on the part of many who felt the in
formal setup of their organizations
would not lend itself to such a pro-
cedure.
United Funds almost invariably
seek payroll withholding at the source
of employment on the basis that only
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
Two BHS Students
Win Science HOnOrs

Two Bluffton high school students
were honored at the annual state
science day sponsored by the Ohio
Academy of Science at Bowling Green
State university last Friday.
Sallie Jordan received a I (super-
ior) rating for her geological time
chart. Owen Ziessler received a II
(excellent) for the four-inch telescope
which he constructed.
Besides exhibiting their projects the
students were required to answer
questions on their projects from mem
bers of the judging staff.
Over 600 science students from all
over the state met at the conclave
One of the largest prize lists was that
of lPandora-G -Gilboa with IL students
receiving l or H. Receiving / were
Mary Ann DeVore, Sue Diller, Lee
'Eisenbach, Joe CULLEN, Agnes Schultz,
Anita Stewart and Richard Suter
Robert Anderson, David Burkholder.
Frances DeVore, Howard DeVore and
Milo George of the Putnam county
school all received II.
Bluffton high school science in
structor Wilford Geiger accompanied
the Bluffton students to Bowling
Green.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
BluftOn Gets
New Shoe Repair

Through the efforts of the indust-
rial expansion committee of the
Bluffton Business Mems association
Bluffton this week had a new shoe re-
pair shop.
Casey's Shoe Repair has been
opened by Ernest Casebolt in the
Murray building, 300 North Main
street, formerly occupied by the
Stager Grocery.
Mr.. Casebolt, who has resided in
this area since 1851, lives at present
with his wife and four children in the
Elmer Burkholder property on the
Lincoln highway. Four years ago he
suffered a permanent back injury
while doing construction work at the
Lima-Baldwin Locomotive Works in
Lima.
The State Bureau of Vocational re-
habilitation assisted c a S e b ol t in
learning his new trade of shoe repair
ing, and aided him to get machinery
to set up his shop in Bluffton. He was
recommended for the local spot by
the state bureau.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
Commissioners Act
To Abandon Orange
Township Road 81

| Hancock county commissioners are
in the process of abandoning Orange
Township road 81 between state
route 103 and county road 80, county
commissioner Clyde Warren said this
week.
First hearing on the petition was
held April II. A second hearing will
be held sometime in May, but no date
has been set for the meeting, accord
ing to Warren. Abandonment of the
road is at a standstill while legal
procedures are being followed, he
said.
The road was cut in two at its
crossing with the AC&Y railroad
when the route 25 overpass of rail-
road was built three years ago. The
overpass embankments lie squarely
in the right-of-way of the township
road, which has lain unused since
then.
If the road is abandoned the land
will revert to the owners of the ad-
jacent property. They will be respol-
sible for removing the road if they
wish to put the land under cultivation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
Sportsmen Apply For Participation
In State Pheasant RestOckina PrOoram

The Bluffton Sportsmcn's club
has made application 10 participate
in the pheasant Restocking program
conducted by the Ohio Division OF
Wildlife, CLUB president Don Gei2er
announced tins week.
Under this plan the Division OF
Wlldlife will provide pheasan. chicks
which the Bllftton club viii raise. Re
lease of the birds will be split 5O-5n
between the state and tf.e Sports
mems club.
The Division and the local club
each have the choice of allowing the
birds to fly cut naturally from the
rearing pens or releasing them at Sc
lected spots within Is mile radius
of the rearing pen.
Rearing pen sites and pen con-
struction must be approved by tn G
s.1te before the local cluo will quail
ify for the restocking program. Sites
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Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
MIR. and Mrs. Joe Goodman Oois
Amstutz), Bluffton, girl, Lisa Rae,
born last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl kaufman, Beav-
erdam, a girl, Trudy Leigh, born
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Stanton, Raw
son, a girl, Debra Ellen, born Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Miller, Pandora,
a girl, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Arnold, La
fayette, a girl, born Tuesday.
M/Sgt. and Mrs. Albert ]. Konst,
boy. David Wayne, born April Is
in Fitzsimmons Army hospital al
Denver. Colo. Mrs. Konst is the for
mer Kathleen Niswander, daughter oi
Mrs. Clara Niswander, Rt. No. 2
Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
Triplett Co. Asks
Return OF Parking
Lot Property

Because the company would like to
blacktop the parking lot and provide
improved facilities for its employees
and visitors, The Triplett Electrical
Instrument company, has ask
Bluffton council to return to it the
parking lot property once decided to
the village in 1885.
In letter to council, M. M. Triplett
explained that the land was decided to
the village at the time the new Trip
lett plant was completed. Since then
Triplett employees have been using it
as a parking lot, maintained by the
village.
Council withheld action on the
matter pending consent of the board
of public affairs. Several members
of council suggested that the land
should be resurveyed because some of
the waterworks underground reser-
voirs may be under the property.
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Preparations for the annual Trout
Derby have moved into full swing
as the first two truckloads of fish
were placed in the waters of Buckeye
and Waterworks quarries. Buckeye
quarry. was closed to fishing Monday
for the annual two-week stocking and
cleanup period before the Derby
opening. The Derby opens Sunday,
May 5.
The first load of fish was mixed
with jumbo perch predominating.
Other fish included were pickerel and
northern pike.
The second load of fish consisting
of 839 pounds of Sundusky Bay
pickerel ranging in size up to seven
Founders was placed in the Buckeye
quarry after midnight Monday eve
ming. They were obtained from the
Cold Creek Fish company of Venice,
Ohio, by Aldine Weiss, derby CO
chairman, who drove to Venice with
David Bixel in a c. F. Niswander &
Son truck. Forty of the big pickerel
were tagged from this load.
Rainbow trout will be stocked at
the Buckeye Thursday, May 2, just
before the opening of the Derby. A
quarter ton of rainbows will be stock
ed in the Buckeye for the Derby
opener. This year 134 rainbows and
40 pickerel will bear award winning
tags. The number one trout will be
worth $1O0 if caught before the close
of the Derby on Labor Day.
Committees for the opening day of
the annual affair were recently an
nounced by Ralph Reichenbach and
Aldine Weiss, co-chairmen of the
Derby.
Stocking committee members are
Ross Irwin, Charlie Alderman, Jess
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The Division will supply six-week.
old chicks which have been wing.
clipped and debeaked to prevent can
nibalism The Sportsmen's club viii
be required to feed and care for the
birds daily with high protein game
bird food or supplemented turkey
mash
This year the Division will Rave
10000 chicks available for the 50-5C
restocking program throughout the
state. They also will have $4,000
birds for general release on public
hunting areas.
About 600 birds will be available
for Allen county with an approx
mately equal cock-hen ratio.
May l is the deadline for apolica-
tions, which must be filed with Lew
is Dawson, new Allen county game
protector, who resides near Spencer
vile.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
Swiss Day Opens
Be. Commencement
Program May 81

Swiss Day will again open Com
mencement Week activities on tn e
Bluffton college campus on Friday,
May 81, and the week of traditional
events viii be climaxed with COM
mencement exercises on Monday,
June 3, it was announced this week
by Harry Yoder, assistant to the presi-
dent.
Swiss Day is scheduled to begin at
noon on May 81 with the customary
basket lunch followed by the Swiss
Day program at p. m. The pro-
gram of singing and speaking in the
Swiss dialect will continue at 6
O'Clock in the high school.
Stage highlight of the Commence
ment Week program will be the col
lege production of ''Plain and
Fancy" a musical comedy directed
jointly by professors Dale Dickey and
Earl Lehman. 1t will be presented
on both Friday and Saturday eve
nings at SIS p. m in Founders hall.
Saturday, June /, will be Alumni
Day beginning with the annual Mems
Varsity B breakfast. Other events in
clude the Women's Varsity B break
fast, baseball and tennis matches be-
tween alumni and varsity players.
Six celebrating classes will hold
reunions on May Day The classes Of
1907, 1917, 1927, 1892, 1897, and
1947 will hold reunions with class pro-
grams and box ceremonies on the
campus. Members of these classes
have been contacted. At 3 D. m. the
May Queen will be crowned. The
alumni banquet will be held at
p. M, followed by presentation OF
plain and Fancy"
Baccalaureate services at 3 D. n.
on Sunday will feature an address BY
Pres. L. L. Ramseyer. Following the
service will be a reception at the
presidents home. The a cappelia
choir will present a concert at
p. m. in Founders hall.
Commencement win be held Mon
day, June 3, at 10 a. m. DIR. Edgar
Dale, professor of education at Ohio
State university. viii present the
commencement address.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25

Sewage problems again occupied
Bluffton village council in their Tues
day evening meeting.
Sewage disposal plant operators re-
poorted that sludge emptied into the
village interceptor sewer system is
fouling the screens at the plant. The
material appears to be wastes from
an establishment using petroleum pro-
ducts
Source of the sludge has not been
traced. Village officials doubt that it
can be traced to the exact location.
Several years ago the same problem
arose. At that time it was established
the waste materials were coming
from the northeastern part of the
village.
Street commissioner William Gaiffe
reported Hancock county commits
sioner Clyde Warren has contacted
him concerning sewage lines for
homes Just across the Hancock county
line from the Ex-Cell-O plant on E.
Jefferson street A line between the
factory and the Ivan Johnson home on
County Lime road has plugged shut
ting off the Hancock county homes,
which have been emptying into the
local system.
Council members felt the homes,
which are beyond the village cor
poration limits should have their own
separate systems. If they empty into
the Bluffton system they should be
required to pay the $500 sewer tap fee
required of all sewer users outside
the corporation limits.
Council allowed the claim of Clay
ton Weiss and Kenneth Moser, of
Harmon Rd., who said their sidewalks
had been damaged by ditchdigging
equipment belonging to the sewer con-
tractor. They were instructed to have
the sidewalks replaced and present
the bill to the village. The village
will meet $3.50 of the replacement
costs, a figure sought by the two
property-owners in letter to council
two weeks ago.
In a step towards future sewer
regulation council amended the build
ing permit ordinance to require that
proposed sewers be shown on all
plans submitted with permit applica-
tons. When first presented the ordi-
nance had required that only existing
sewers be shown.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
Lehman Brothers
Reunited In Korea

BLUFFTON BROTHERS EVAN
AND WADE LEHMAN had an over
seas reunion recently when they met
near Seoul, Korea. They are present
ly stationed about 30 miles apart in
the vicinity of Seoul.
Evan, who was drafted in January
1856, has been stationed in Korea
since last fall Wade, drafted in
October 1856, was recently assigned
to the Far East outpost. Learning his
brothers address by correspondence
Evan made arrangements to visit him
at the first opportunity.
Evans commanding major furnish
ed him with jeep to make the 30
mile trip when he was informed that
Evans brother had recently arrived.
Since their early April reunion the
brothers are able to talk with each
other by telephone three times a
week.
Evan viii probably be returning
home this October He is a radio
operator for his battery. Wade works
in the post exchange of the 7th in
fantry division.
They are the sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Lehman, Route 2, Columbus
Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
BIuftOn School
Children Get
1st Polio Shots

BlufftOn school children re-
ceived the first of the series of
three anti-polio shots yesterday
at the elementary school. The
serum was provided by the Allen
County Board of Health and
was administered by DIR. B. w.
Travis and DIR. F. ID. RoGabaugh.
The serum was given free to
any school child whose parents
>had given written permission for
it to be administered.
The second in the series of
shots will be administered May
Is and the final shot will be
given when school is reopened
next fall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
Attendance Totals
1900 AT Both
Parts OF Pageant

More than $50 persons assembled
at Founders Hall Good Friday eve-
ming to view the Community Easter
dramatization and were so impressed
that most of them returned on
Easter morning at 6:30 to see part IL.
Despite the earliness of the hour,
the parking lots around Founders
ball were nearly filled with autos.
Many out-of-town guests visiting in
Bluffton homes were among those
who arose early to see the impress
sive dramatization Of the Rev. 7. j.
Wilson's pageant.
"We were gratified by the excel
lent turnout for both the Good Fri
day and Easter morn presenta-
tions," the Rev. Jacob Friesen, rep
resenting the Ministerial association,
said. "Our association is deeply ap-
preciative of the effort and time ex-
pended by great many people who
participated in one way or another
to make the venture successful"
The free will offering more than
covered expenses incurred in the
production. 1t was estimated that
total attendance at both the Friday
evening and Easter morning service
would approximate 1900.
There was some discussion of the
possibility of increasing the scope
of the production, adding more
music, and giving it again next
Easter. The Ministerial association,
however, has not discussed the mat
ter formally.
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BlufftOn To Enter Best Track Team
In Years I'm Conference Meet Friday

The evening finals for running
events will start at 7:45 under the
park lights. Paul Keller. of Delaware
will be the starter.
This year the conference is also
inaugurating a Junior High Track and
Field Meet limited to two running
and two field events for both seventh
and eighth grade boys. These events
will start at 6 p. m.
A supper will be served in the base
ment of the Pandora Methodist church
for fans who stay over from the after
noon events until evening.
Bluffton teams have competed in
the meet since 1858, usually wind
ing up at the bottom of the pile.
Columbus Grove has won the meet
three times and Pandora-Gilboa once
in the past four years.
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Former BluftOn
Man Named To New
Akron School Post

Bluffton nigh school graduate. Dr..
John E. Hartzier, has been appointed
administrative director for finan-
cial policy and special pupil SER
vices in the Akron schools, il vas
announced this week by officials in
that city. DIR. Hartzler is presently
principal Of Ashland high school, a
job he has held since 1851.
His nlsdor responsibility viii be the
tafoedtf,n ard division of tie
$40, 900, 900 annual budget of the Ak
ron school system. He viii direct the
development and projection of fl
nancial policy on the highest level,
and will De strictly a policy niake.'.
according 10 Akron superintendent
of schools, Martin Essex.
Among the departments falling un-
der DR.. Hartzler's supervision will
be child study; special education of
crippled children, slow learner groups
and nome training programs; health
and physical welfare; safety educa-
ton; chief attendance officer; dental
clinics; school physicians; profess
sional publications and the pro
fessional mimeographing dep r +
ment. Salary for the newly created
post viii be S10,75O per year.
DR.. Hartz!er was highly praised 10y
Supt. Essex. who said he carried the
highest Recommendation possible
from the Ohio SttA university school
of educ aticn."
A Bluiftcn high school graduate,
DR.. HaflZla" attended Bluffton co.,
lege from 1929-31. HIS father, DIR. J.
E. Hactzler, Sr., was president OF
the old WitnIarsun seminary. be
graduated from Wooster college in
1888 with an AB degIee and received
his mas 'er's from OHIO State in 1899
He received his coctorate in edLca-
tional admir- is.ri,tion and seeard-
Continued on page 10)
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must be well drained AMI surrounded
by open hurting territory. They
should contain shaded areas and have
moved swatns to provide feeding ard
drying areas.
Geiger said the local club has sew
eral sites under consideration as their
rearing pen location. They would
like to have at least a three acre
area although the program can be
carried out on a minimum of one
acre. Farmers who have land which
might be available for the propagat-
ing program are encouraged TO con-
tact Geiger if they wish to partici-
pate.
If suitable rearing sites are
found near here the BIuffton club
may be able tc receive the entire
Allen county allotment of chicks,
Geiger said. The county quota will
probably be about 600 chicks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25
Teen DriUers To Compete
In Annual yaycee ROad-e-O

calling all teen-age drivers" the
Bluffton Junior Chamber OF Com.
merce through its Teen.agc Road-e-c
chairman, Clarence Hooker, n.
nounced yesterday the dates and
places for the written quiz and driv.
ing skill test for the local 1857 Road
e-O.
Bluffton and surrounding are a
youths who have not reached their
goth birthdays by August Is (date OF
the national contest in Washington,
D. c. are eligible, if they have a
valid drivers license or permit and
have not had moving traffic vio-
lation within the last six months,
Mr.. Hooker said. Both boys and
girls are eligible.
The local contest will be conducted
in two parts. A written quiz o. COM
mon sense knowledge of highway
and safety rules will be given Mon
day, April 20, during the noon hour
and at 2:45 p. m. in the high school
cafeteria. Teen-agers who wish to
compete should contact Robert Put
man, Joe Harris or Clarence Hooker
of the school faculty. Contestants
need not be attending School, but can
not be officially employed as cor-
mercial vehicle driver.
All eligible entries mag drive the
skill contest set for l p. m. May 2
at College avenue and Jackson street,
where participants will mancuver
cars through a series of four driving
problems.
Cash prizes will be given the local
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-25

With some outstanding performers
in the track events and a hope that
Columbus Grove and Pandora will
divide honors in many of the field
events. Coach Pete Schmidts Pirate
track team will enter the Northwest
Conference Meet Friday at Pandora
with good chances of coming out on
top of the nine-school heap.
The Bluffton team will be compet-
ing with Columbus Grove, annually
the outstanding team of the confer
ence, Elida, Delphos Jefferson, Spen-
cerville, Lafayette, Forest and Pan
dora-Gilboa.
Preliminary heats will be run off
at the Pandora-Gilboa park beginning
at 3 D. m. Finals in field events will
also be conducted in the afternoon.