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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-10-31
NOTICE OF ELECTION ON ISSUE OF

BONDS
Rev. Code, Secs. Ia3.1I; s50l.ll (GD
Notice Is hereby given that In Pursuance OF
a Resolution of the Board of Education of the
Beaverdam Local School District. Allen
County, Ohio passed on the s0th day. of July,
1857. there will be submitted to a vote of the
people of said Beaverdarn Local School Dis
trict at the ENERAL MECTION to be
held in the County of Allen ohie, at the
the 5th day of Novsmbef. 1857. the question
of issuing bonds Of said Beaverfam Local
School Diytrict in the amount of One Humid
rcd Fortyfive Thousand and nok100 Dollars
Slx5. .o0o.0e) for the. purpose of PROVIDING
FUNDS To CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP A
THE PRESENT FTREPROOF HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING AND A NoN-FIREPROOF HIGH
SCHOOL ADDITION 70 THE PRESENT
NON-FTREPROOF HIGH SCHOOL BUILD
ING. and as provided w law.
The maximum number of years during
which such bonds 70 run is 20 years.
The estimated average additional tax rate
amounts TO $.Ss25 cents for each one hundred
dollars Of valuation, which is S.e25 mills for
each one dollar of valuation. outside of the
limitation imposed by fArtice XII. Section 2
Auditor.
The Polls for said Election will open at
8 80 o'clock A. NJ. and remain open until
6 $50 o'clock P. NJ. Eastern STANDARD Time
of said day.
BY order of the Board of Elections.
of Allen Coupty. Ohio
Leo Germanf Chairman
r. G. Patterson Clerk
Dated October T. 1887.
Oct 10. II. "a. 81
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Ashland Clinches
MOL Runnerup Spot
At Wilmington

The Ashland Eagles clinched second
place in the Mid-Ohio league defeat
ing Wilmington last Saturday night
24-13. Third place Defiance closed out
its league season edging Ohio North
ern 7-6 with a final minute touchdown.
Bluffton closed their second con-
secutive unbeaten league season as
they whipper over Findlay, last
years runnerup, 27-13.
Only league game remaining on
the schedule is the Findlay-Wilming-
ton game to be played at Wilmington
November 8. Only change that could
be made in the league standings
would be Wilmington being able to
tie Ohio Northern for fifth place il
they should win the game.
aaouIa STANDINGS
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-10-31

BILE; once Bluffton held for downs on
their own II; once the Oilers were
forced to punt.
On the second play of the second
quarter Glenn Snyder recovered a
tumble on the BC IA and the Beavers
were in business. Ebert Dubenion
and Willie Taylor ripped off a first
down on the Is and then Tom Reich
enbach shot long soft pass to Du-
henion, who grabbed the ball in full
stride near the mid-field stripe and
raced home untouched.
Minutes later Dubenion was in the
end zone again as he swung wide
around right end, found too marrS
Oilers. there, cut back towards the
middle of the field. squeezed through
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-10-31
County Cancer Unit
Budget Adopted

A 1888 budget of $12,150 was APP
proved at the meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Allen County
Unit of the American Cancer Society
last Thursday evening in Lima.
The organization plans to spend
s1550 for education, $500 for service,
$1,000 for administration and 5000 for
fund raising. This money will come
from the units treasury, which had a
balance of s14,727.14 on September 1.
The remaining money will be held as
a contingency reserve.
Mrs. Watson Steiner, Bluffton,
serves as a member-at-large for the
! unit
Evening star., 1957-12-28
FBl Pushes U. S. Hunt
For Two DC. SIoyers

Texas. as Miss Altman says she
heard them say.
That they may be aiming for
Martinsville. Va. in Henry
County. where Overton was
born.
That they are making for
Rock Hill. S. c.. where Car
penter once lived.
That California is their des-
tination. Carpenter recently
returned to live with his mother
from that State.
Another possibility Is that
they are simply holed up in
the slash pine woods of the
North-South Carolina border
where they were last seen
waiting for things to quiet
down before they make a break,
Police do not know how much
money the pair has beyond the
$50 they took from Miss ALL
man. Knowing that they can
not get far without buying
gasoline the FBI agents are
watching the roads and hoping
for a break.
Evening star., 1957-12-28
ARMY FORGIVES
ABSENCE WITHOUT
STRETCHING CODE

Was Pvt. Larry Lee Mon
teith absent without leave
when he was kidnapped and
prevented from showing up
for reveille yesterday?
No. says the Army--not
even technically.
The authors Of the Uni
form Code Of Military Jus
tice showed enough fore
sight to provide for Just
such a case. Pvt. Monteith's
absence falls under Article
Sc. which is designed to
cover any case (of absence
not elsewhere provided
for. !"
II. says Article &c. "a
man on authorized leave is
unable to return at the
expiration thereof through
no fault Of his own. he has
not committed the offense
Of absence without leave.
there being an excuse for
the absence in such a case"
Evening star., 1957-12-28
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Evening star., 1957-12-28
Kin Of Killers
Wait for News

As the Nationwide manhunt
for the pair who killed two men
and wounded a third here yes
terday grinds into high gear,
two women wait for news OF
any kind. They hardly know
what TO hope.
/ They are Mrs. Henry C. Over
ton. wife Of one fugitive. and
Mrs. Fred Kirsch. mother OF
Russell Wayne Carpenter. the
younger killer.
/ At 1880 pm. yesterday they
returned to the Overton apart
ment. 1928 First street Sc. Mrs
Kirsch. who lives Just down the
hall on the third floor went into
her friends house.
Questioned for Hours
The two women had been
interrogated by the police since
about 2:30 am. and the ef-
fects Of the long night were
evident. They seemed almost
oblivious to the presence Of the
reporter.
II don't understand it." said
Mrs. Overton. The only per.
son Henry has ever been bad
to is himself. He did get drunk
sometimes. but not too often
He had diabetes and wasn't
supposed TO drink at ALL" she
said.
They will have to be pun
ished." Mrs. Kirsch broke in
But Wayne was my first son
and I hope it won't be toe
bad. :"
Mrs. Overton looked unbe-
lieving at the other woman.
"Only the Electric Chair"
"Only the electric chair,
that's all they get." she said.
Mrs. Kirsch cried for a while
and then stopped. But those
other people had as much
right to live as anybody. and
the men will have to be pun
ished."
At this Mrs. Oyerton spoke
harshly Of her husband for the
first time. He sure must love
NEEDING a thing like this
and he used to tell me every
night how he couldn't live
without me-"
From time to time Mrs. Over
ton interrupted herself to quiet
MerTille, her adopted son. The
4-year-old was aware only that
he was not getting very much
ubtGhltioAA.
"Hard 70 Understand"
"It's so hard to understand"
Mrs. Overton said. Hes been
working so hard TO get his bar
bershop started and now to do
q thing like this"
"I'd like to meet the families
Of the ones who were shot. II
there were any way I could help
them. / would" Mrs. Kirsch
said.
But then she looked all
around her. Il couldn't bring
them back to life," she said.
Evening star., 1957-12-28

tried for the longest time to
flag someone down to drive me
back to Richmond. but no one
would STOP" she said.
I Fin ally. she continued,
someone. driving alone, did"
If she knows who it was she
declined to identify the driver.
She was taken to a Richmond
bus station where she called
Pvt. Hunnicutt. who said last
night he thought she was kid
ding. and then her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. william z. Mattingly.
Mr.. Mattingly is a retired
Budget Bureau employe.
Pvt. Monteith. so exhausted
by the ordeal that he passed
out once" while being driven
back to Washington an hour
or two after Miss Mattingly had
arrived. told reporters that the
older man woke up soon after
Miss Mattingly was freed.
Where's the gal?" he quoted
the gunman. The younger one
answered that he had put her
out. The older guy grunted
but he didn't do anything about
it," the soldier said.
Pursnes Cadillac
Pvt. Monteith. whose home is
at 1926 South Eleventh street,
Fargo. N. OAK, said soon there
after the gunman began chas-
ing another car. He said
he thinks there were two peo-
pie in it. one of them a woman.
He described it as "a new one"
and light blue.
Just before pulling along side.
he said, they stopped the car
and ordered him at gunpoint
to get into the trunk. They
slammed it shut and appar-
emily resumed the chase" he
said.
He told police he soon heard
them pull up to a car pre-
sumably the Buick which the
pair are now believed to be
driving) and yell. stop your
car or we'll blow your brains
out"
They hoped out. he con-
tinued. came back briefly to
get something they forgot, and
then sped of in the other car.
Cuts Way Out
Working in the dark with
his penknife. the soldier,
dressed in civilian clothes, cut
his way through the forward
end of the trunk, pushed the
back seat forward and was
free.
He then drove back to Rich
mond and notified police.
The couple saw each other
briefly at the police station in
Richmond.
But We only said hello"
Miss Mattingly said. They
wouldn't let us talk"
Asked If she thought the
would try to shoot it
out with police If they're COR
nered. Miss Mattingly said:
They said repeatedly that
they'd never be put into an
electric chair. particularly the
young one"
Evening star., 1957-12-28

pupil at Thomson School at
Twelfth and l. streets NV
here. The whole family has a
musical bent. they said. Rich
ard plays the piano. So does
father Carl.
Richard said Kenneth was an
easy going. religious minded
man. not the kind who was
likely to start fight in a
tavern.
The family wants to arrange
for his Christian burial in Tif-
I'm. Ohio. where he was born
80 years ago. They have placed
the ARRANGEMENTS with Hy-
songs funeral home but the
dolorous duty can't be per-
formed until the police release
Kenneth's body. They are 60
ing to bury him in Green Lawn
Cemetery in THIN when they
can.
Meanwhile. the family Of
the former performer on the
Grand Ole Opry show sits in
the neat four-room apartment.
still fun Of toys and tinsel of
Christmas. But It is a quieter
place than 1t was when Ken
meth Fisher picked UP his gui-
tar Thursday night and went
70 work in the Jo-Dei.
Miss Angelina Mansfield. a
niece of the Kaldes. answered
the door at their home. 1898
Carroll avenue. Takoma Park.
today She had four children
TO mind-Steve. Z: Paula. s:
Denise. 4. and John. IS months
Given Sedatives
The murdered tavern proprie-
tors wife had gone to Cham
ber's Funeral Home to arrange
her husbands burial. But last
night. she was so hysterical at
the news that they had to give
her sedatives.
When I wake UP. I want
you to tell me 1t isn't true"
she told a relative.
Her shock was deepened by
the recent events in their bust
ness life that seemed to bode
for a better life soon. Only six
months before. the Scranton
born restaurateur had bought
into the Jo-Del and bought fun
interest in 1t just a week ago.
Things were looking up. rel
atives said. and they were ex-
pecting TO get out Of the red
at last. Mr.. Kaldes had a Sec
ond job cooking at Bethesda
Naval Hospital to help get the
family over the rough spots.
Mrs. Kaldes plans to tell the
children of the tragedy in her
own way when she can. they
said.
Meanwhile. her father-in-law
and mother-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Paul Kaldes are on
their way here from Scranton.
Evening star., 1957-12-28

Milk Act except in emergencies.
The act established the State
Milk Commission which regu-
lates milk prices. The retail
price-fixing powers of the COM
mission have been sharply
criticized by Northern Virginia
residents who have to pay more
for their milk than residents
across the river in Washington.
Under Mr.. Thomson's pro-
posal. the Mix Commission
would not function unless the
Governor declared an emerg-
ency situation exists in the milk
industry. This differs from q
measure to be sponsored by
Arlington Delegate Harrison
Mann in that Mr.. Mann's pro-
poSalf would leave the Mix
Commission in operation but
would take away its retail price,
fixing powers.
The Alexandria delegate also
plans to introduce a bill to set
up a racial investigating COM
mittee on q permanent basis.
He headed a temporary COM
mittee set in 1856 by the Gen.
eral Assembly.
Another measure to be in
troduced by Mr.. Thomson
would exempt $1,000 OF retire.
ment income from the State
income tax.
Road Funds Sought
Both Alexandria legislators
said they would seek more road
funds for the Northern Virginia
area.
They also said they will sup
port q move to include ST.
$50. 900 in the State budget for
construction Of q permanent
headquarters for the northern
branch Of the University Of Vir-
ginia.
They plan to confer with city
officials on possible changes in
the city charter. Vice Mayor
Joseph Psncoast is chairman
Of a legislative com mittee
studying charter changes. Mr..
Pancoast said he does not ex-
pect any major changes to be
recommended by his commit
tee. Charter changes have to
be approved by the General
Assembly.
Evening star., 1957-12-28

has not told her four children
their father was shot down in
his restaurant early yesterday
She has. however. braced up
enough to make the long Jour-
ney to Chambers Funeral Home
on Fourteenth street NV. "a
begin making the saddest ar
rangements that fall 70 any
wife.
Her inability 10 believe that
her husband lies dead in the
District Morgue is apparently
shielding Mrs. Fisher from the
full impact Of the thing that
has shattered her family. The
children are Paula. S: Kenneth
jr.. 4. and Lenard. Z months
The two older children are
somber but they aren't crying
any more.
Family Lending Aid
The rest Of the Fisher family
has rallied to the side OF the
young mother in their second
floor home in the three-story
red brick house at 1903 Rhode
Island avenue NV.
Kenneth's brother. Richard
drove here today from the fam
lily home in Sandusky. Ohio
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl F. Fisher and a twin
brother OF the dead man,
Charles Fisher.
They said Mrs. Fisher had
no choice about telling the
children Of the tragedy. The
kids kept asking when daddy
was coming home.
The family said Kenneth
had been playing the guitar
since he taught himself the
instrument while he was a
Evening star., 1957-12-28
Kidnapped Girl Tells of Wild Ride
Through Night With Two Killers

For the l9-year-old WASH
ington girl. it was terrifying
beyond words"
She had raced through the
middle Of the night. sand
wiched between two armed
| klllers-one with a bloody
shirt. the other with a des-
perate fear Of the electric chair
Now Miss Doris E. Mattingly
of 1928. Seventeenth street
NV, seemed near exhaustion
as. safe back in Washington
she told her story to police and
reporters. She had Just re-
turned from Richmond. where
she and her escort. Pfc. Larry
Lee Monteith. 81, Of Fort Myer,
had been taken by the gun
men sought for yesterdays Jo-
Del Restaurant Staying.
She was driven back 10
Washington by a longtime
acquaintance. Rookie Police
Pvt. John L. Hunnicut, of
Precinct No. 4. He was the
first person she called when she
finally reached a telephone in
Richmond. That was a little
less than an hour after the
younger Of the two killers set
her free on a dark Virginia
road.
Freed Self With Knife
Pvt. Monteith. assigned TO
Company c. Sd Infantry Regi-
ment. gained his freedom with
q penknife sometime after Miss
Mattingly was released. He also
was returned to Washington
and spoke to police and re-
porters briefly before the Army
drove him to the base to get
some sleep.
Neither of the victims had
slept for nearly 20 hours.
1T was terrifying, and I was
scared almost to DEATH" said
Miss Mattingly. a student at
Emerson Institute. prepara-
tory school here.
II shook all over and
couldn't stop. 1t was all so
fantastic that even the police.
when I called them to tell
them. thought I was kidding
and laughed. They told me to
cut out the Jokes"
1T all began" she said.
about 2:45 yesterday CFriday)
morning. / had been to the
movies. put q friend on the
train and gone to a restau-
rant CThe Hayloft at l4ll H
street, to meet Pvt. Monteith."
He had promised to drive her
home. The soldier is a part
time manager Of The Hayloft.
but told reporters he does not
have a monetary interest in 1t.
Poses A. Policeman
I'VE pulled up in front Of
my house about 2:40," Miss
Mattingly said, land all Of q
sudden a young man, blond,
walked up to the car and said.
open up. it's the police
II thought he was Kidding"
Evening star., 1957-12-28
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Continued From First Page
drove south until they saw
Miss Allman's car. They put
Pvt. Monteith in his own car
trunk. forced Miss Altman 70
the side Of the road and then
left the soldier to free himself
with a penknife.
In Hamlet, N. c.. 20 miles
from Cheraw. Miss Altman told
reporters:
They Dragged about how
they'd shot three people i.
one Of them had a bloody shirt.
begged them not to kill
me-"
Knew Of Good Hideout
"They didn't talk much" she
said. They had a sawed of
shotgun and a pistol and one Of
them wore q bloody shirt. One
Of them said he knew a good
hideout place in Texas"
The two, who made a sham
bles Of the Ninth street res
taurant over a $50 bar check.
took $50 from Miss Altman
when they stopped and tied
her to a tree in a wooded area
near Cheraw at 2 PM yester-
day. She said they did not
harm her.
She got free from her bonds
at s o'clock last night. which
gave the fugitives a 4-hour start
on police.
The FBI branded the pair as
Extremely dangerous" Over
ton is 5 feet 9, is a heavily built
200 pounds. has brown hair
and eyes and has the tattooed
initials "HCO" on his right
forearm. He has been con-
victed Of malicious assault.
housebreaking and larceny. un-
authorized use of an automo-
bile and liquor law violations.
The FBI said that Overton
needs IS units Of insulin daily
for a diabetic condition. The
FBI added that he left his in
sulin syringe behind in WASH
ington. However, a new one.
and insulin. can be obtained
without prescription.
Son Of Criminal
Carpenter, the son Of no
torious Washington criminal
Country" Carpenter-now in
Lorton Reformatory-is a pow
erfully built blond who stands
5 feet II and weighs 1856
pounds. He has a scar under
the heart and a burn scar on
the back of his left hand.
Capt. Lawrence X. Hartnett.
head Of the homicide squad
here. said detectives now esti-
mate IL pistol shots and one
shotgun blast we're fired in the
restaurant when the two re-
turned TO confront Mr.. Kaldes
ut closing time. He had elected
them after an argument over
the bill after they had con-
sumed one NTH OF whisky and
part Of q second.
The FBI said II has gone "all
out" on the case. with virtually
every State east Of the Missis-
sippi a potential hunting
ground. There we're these pos
sibilities:
That the pair has doubled
back TO Washington. Carpenter
has given the District as his
birthplace. His mother. Mrs.
Myrtle Kirsch, lives here at the
First street address. Overton's
wife, Julia. lives at the First
street address and Overton's
barber shop IS on Bryan road
at Indian Head highway in
nearby Charles County. Md.
That they have gpne 10
Evening star., 1957-12-28
Vireinion Hos Bill.
To Increase Fines
Boothe BIomes InfIotion for Need
To Bring Crime Cost Up to Dute
BY PAUL HOPE

Imitation increase the cost Of crime in Virginia
Alexandra State Senator Armistead preparing
bill to increase the maximum fine for misdemeanors
crmes from $500 81 000 The bill will be offered at the
session Of the General Assembly which begins January
Imitation is the major for the suggested
Evening star., 1957-12-28

toN0 " sNNNs
Another criminal law change
to be proposed by Alexandria's
General Assembly delegation is
one to make child molestation
q felony, This will be offered by
Delegate James M. Thomson.
Mr.. Thomson said police de-
partment officials in the North
ern Virginia area have rec
commended increased penalties
for sex deviates who modest
children.
Current Provisions
Under present law. child
molestation falls under a Sec
ton Of the code dealing with
contributing to the delinquency
of minors. The charge is q miss
demeanor carrying a maximum
penalty Of IL months in Jail or
Q $500 fine or both.
Mr.. ThomSon's bill would put
the offense in the serious crime
category. and subject defend
ants to possible prison terms
and higher fines.
Senator Boothe also said he
would seek more funds for the
State Port Authority in an at
tempt 10 develop Alexandria s
port. The city has been trying
for years to increase its water
commerce.
- The senator said he may seek
State funds to set up scholar
ships in physics. He said the
state Of world affairs calls for
increased attention to the field
Of science.
Auto Code Revision Asked
Senator Boothe. who heads
the State Code Committee, also
wants the motor vehicle laws
redrafted TO eliminate con-
fiicting provisions.
For instance. on one page
It tells how a left turn should
be made and on another page
gives q different procedure. :"
he said.
Mr.. Thomas plans to seek
legislation which would sus-
pend operation Of the Virginia
Evening star., 1957-12-28
Killers Shattered Lives
OF Two Mems Families

Two widows and their children today face a bleak
barren future because two drunken
guns in a Ninth street restaurant.
Mrs Kenneth H. Fisher 26 widow Of the Jo-Del
rants slain guitar player has told their children
daddy is dead and won't be coming home anymore.
Mrs. Pandora Kaldes 30 the widow OF George p Kades