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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-20
Father And Son
Partnership Buys
.Garmatter Lumber

The Garmatter Lumber company,
established in 1949 by the late Albert
Garmatter after more than 20 years
in the building business in Bluffton,
this week changed ownership.
The new operators of the building
supply firm will be Eli and Paul
Steiner, local father-and-son partner
ship which presently owns the Gold
Leaf Mineral company and holds an
interest in Bluffton's Master Feed
Mill. Eli Steiner resides in Berne,
Ind, while his son, who actively
manages the firms business lives at
437 South Main street.
Negotiations were completed for
the purchase Tuesday morning from
Mrs. Sylvia Garmatter, widow of the
founder. The sale included the bust
ness and inventory with Mrs. Gar
matter retaining the real estate.
The Steiners plan to operate from
the same location under lease from
Mrs. Garmatter. Personnel will be
unchanged with Harland Moser
assigned to the duties of yard man
ager and William Garmatter in
change of the firms construction
crew. Paul will supervise the opera
ton.
The firm will be known as the
Steiner Building and Lumber com
pany.
The Garmatters in the past IS years
have erected large number of resi-
dences and farm buildings in the area
as we'll as several larger projects.
The laboratory and machine shop
buildings at Triplett Electrical In
strument company were erected by
in firm during the war, and the
large Columbus Grove Stock Barn was
constructed by them.
The firms founder, Albert Garmat-
ter, was killed three years ago in an
auto accident west of Bluffton.
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School Blacktop
Project Approved

A part of the Fairgrounds at the
rear of the Elementary school build
ing is to be covered with blacktop
this summer as originally contracted
for by the board year ago, Super
intendent of Schools A. B. Murray
has reported.
Action to order the work completed
this summer was taken at a meeting
of the board last week
The board also approved request
of the next years senior class to be
granted permission to clear lot for
parking autos at the rear of the ten
mis- courts on College avenue across
from Harmon Field Object of the
project is to provide off street park
ing for motorists attending the foot
ball games this fall The seniors will
use proceeds for their class trip fund.
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States Largest Fly-In Breakfast Event
Scheduled Sunday At Bluffton Airport

The sky over Bluffton's eastern
horizon will buzz with activity Sun
day morning as light planes from the
entire tri-state area converge on the
fourth annual Fly-In breakfast at the
Bluffton airport.
The outdoor breakfast will open to
the public, whether they fly, ride or
walk to the scene, airport manager
Harold Carey said. The meal will
again be served in the large woods
southeast of the airport
Civil Aeronautics authorities have
described the local event as probably
the largest of its kind anywhere in
the state. Over 200 planes landed dur
ing last celebration and more than
400 pilots, guests and drive-ins from
the nearby area participated in the
breakfast.
A portable transistor radio awaits
the winner of the grand prize drawing
which will be another attraction of
this years extravaganza. Any person,
pilot, or guest who has purchased a
breakfast ticket win be eligible to
win prizes in the drawing The draw
ing will probably be held in mid
morning when airport officials ex-
pect the crowd to be the heaviest.
The meal will be served by the
Bluffton Sky Pirates, the organization
sponsoring the Fly-In breakfast since
its inception four years ago.
Plane rides will go on throughout
the day as a pair of twin-engined
Piper Apaches will be shutting inter-
ested spectators up and down. The
popular five-place planes are expect
ed to be in use constantly both for the
flyers and the non-flyers.
Prizes will be awarded for the
oldest plane, first pilot, youngest
pilot, oldest pilot and first woman
pilot to register Slr he field.
Airport officials are hoping that
good weather will push attendance
figures even above last years record
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high. Haze and overcast in the early
morning and heavy winds and thun-
derstorms in the afternoon probably
drove away a number of interested
pilots who had been planning to
attend the days events.
With continued run of good
weather it seems very likely over
200 planes will register at the field
at some time or another during the
day-long ceremony.
This will be the fourth year for the
Fly-In breakfast, which has grown
from comparative neighborhood
gathering to one of the social events
of the summer season for flyers in
the tri-state area.
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Wheat Support Vote
To Be Held Today
In Beayerdam

Voting on wheat price supports,
with its possibility of strong national
repercussions, is being conducted in
SO commercial wheat growing states
today. Richland, Monroe, Jackson
and Bath township farmers are voting
at the Beaverdam town hall.
The level of price supports for 1858
wheat will be determined at the
election. The election will also decide
whether marketing quotas with
penalties on excess wheat will be
continued for the fifth straight year,
Wilbur Bunke, chairman of the Allen
County Agricultural Sterilization and
Conservation committee stated.
Two-thirds approval of quotas will
keep the 1858 wheat support price al
S1.75 per bushel, IS percent of parity.
Rejection of the control program will
require the government to reduce its
price support rate for wheat to about
S1.19. These levels have been estab-
lished by law.
National farm authorities feel that
the program is in danger of being
rejected this year, for the first time.
They say farmers in the western
states wish to take advantage of the
heavy spring rains which has restored
their soil moisture after several years
drouth.
These farmers may be willing to
gamble the large crops they can
produce without quotas will be more
than enough to make up for the lower
price they will receive for their
wheat.
Defeat for wheat price supports
could cause all farm prices to fall
as the low price of wheat might en-
courage expansion of livestock hold
ings and might cause the cheap wheat
to replace some of the other grains
as livestock and poultry feeds.
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Local Dairy Plant Processes Tons Of Mix
But Not A Single Bottle For Local Market

The Page Dairy Co. plant in Bluff
ton which processes thousands of
gallons of milk from area farms, but
does not place ten cents worth directly
on the consumer market, was visited
Wednesday evening of last week by
approximately 40 members of the
Bluffton Business Mems association.
Plant Manager Harry Turner and
his assistant, Don Kagy, explained to
the group that the entire production
of the local plant is sent to Toledo
or other of the company's processing
centers before finally reaching the
market in the form of cheese, ice
cream or other dairy products.
None of the Grade A milk process
ed by the Bluffton plant is sold as
whole milk. First step here is to
separate the cream from the milk
which, in times of surplus is prepared
for storage and then shipped either
as dehydrated powdered milk or as
frozen cream.
In seasons of short supply the skim
milk or cream is shipped directly to
the other plants without processing
for storage.
The drying room at the plant was
highlight of the tour. Here the
visitors saw the skim milk concen-
trate blown under pressure as a fine
spray into heated ovens where it was
transformed instantaneously into a
SOFT white powder.
Mr.. Kagy explained that it takes
800 gallons of skim milk to make
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as visualized by the gardeners.
The other candidate thus far in the
race is Miss Judy Chidister brown
eyed brunette daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Chidester, Route 2,
Bluffton Miss Chidister will appear in
the parade in a golden bronze pony
cart with red leather upholstering,
pulled by white named, brown Shet-
land.
Judy is II years old and a seventh
grader at Bluffton school. Her entry
will be registered in the children's
parade classification.
Accompanying the candidate for
queen will be her three brothers,
Tommy, age 6; Michael, d, and Bobby,
Continued on page 12)
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Brother OF BE
Grads Is Victim OF
Drowning Tragedy

Word was received here Saturday
of a drowning tragedy in the Stanley
Erney family of Souderton, Pa, well
known here since two other men of
the family were graduated from
Bluffton college this spring.
The youth who was drowned was
17-year-old Terry Erney, senior at
Souderton high school. The accident
occurred Friday evening when he
went for a swim with two other boys
in a neighboring quarry.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day in Souderton.
The victims brothers are Stan
Erney, who operated restaurants for
a time in Bluffton during his under
graduate days, and Ronald, who also
assisted his brother in the enterprise.
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Bluffton village councilmen were to
consult with a Findlay paving con-
tractor Wednesday night before de-
Gliding what method of re-surfacing to
use for village streets this summer.
E. B. F'ritchie, of F'ritchie Asphalt
and Paving company, Lima, discussed
resurfacing costs and requirements
with councilnlen Tuesday night. Last
night Cliff Cossett, Findlay contractor,
was scheduled to be here to explain
his cold-roll paving methods and
costs.
Cossett resurfaced Harmon road,
from Kibler street to the Bentley
road, two years ago.
Council members were to decide
after consulting Cossett whether they
will submit their entire summer
street program to competitive bid
ding.
Tuesday night the members were
evenly split on whether to submit
the entire program for bidding or
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Sultry Heat Brings
Biggest CrOUds Yet
To NeU Local Pool

Hot weather, the first extreme spell
since Bluffton's swimming pool was
opened late last summer, brought
heavy crowds to the newest local re-
creation facility during the first part
of the week.
A great increase in single admis-
sions was noted as the sultry heat
brought the non-regulars to the pool
side
No total attendance figures were
available but recreation committee
chairman Paul Diller said between
$50 and 300 persons were using the
pool at once Sunday afternoon. The
figure climbed even higher Monday
as more than 300 persons were using
the pool at the peak time.
The pool drew swimmers from Jack
son township. Lafayette. Ada, Jenera,
Mt. Cory, Pandora and even one or
two strays from Findlay. Diller said
the pool was expected to draw swim
mers from this entire area when the
facilities become fully known.
Floodlights will be installed for
night swimming as soon as arrang-
ments can be made to bring an
electrician to the scene. Present plans
call for 10 1500-watt floodlights to be
installed around the pool. Swimming
presently is closed with nightfall but
the new lights will extend the swim
ming time for perhaps an hour or
two each evening.
Three RATS are presently under
construction for the deep part of the
pool One of the RATS may be COM
pleted in time for installation this
weekend
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Paul Jorg Awarded
TAYLOR Scholarship

Paul Jorg, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Earl Jorg, 148 N. Lawn avenue, has
been awarded a Presidents Scholar
ship at Taylor university, Upland,
Indiana.
This scholarship of $4,000, payable
in the amount of $500 each year,
is awarded to an entering freshman
who ranks academically in the upper
twenty-five per cent of the high school
graduating class. In order to retain
this scholarship, the student must
maintain a c average during the
freshman year, C-plus average the
sophomore year and a B average the
the junior year. In addition to scholar
ship, the student must also maintain
satisfactory citizenship status.
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Post Office Maps
Plans
For Evacuation

The entire Bluffton post office will
be prepared to move with all person
mel to a pre-arranged emergency
evacuation point in the event of
enemy bombing in this area under
plans mapped Tuesday by postal and
civil defense authorities.
Acting Postmaster Ralph Stearns
attended a meeting Monday with
postal officials from Lima, Delphos
and Wapakoneta to arrange for dis
bursement of personnel and property
in the event of an attack.
Mr.. Stearns said that he hoped it
is never necessary to place the plan
in effect, but that he felt the advance
planning is worthwhile
The meeting to select a location
for the moving of operations should
such an attack occur, Mr.. Stearns
said, was carried out in response to
instructions received from the district
operations manager of the Post Office
department in Toledo.
The plan calls for the location Of
a site and route to be adopted
whereby equipment and personnel
could be moved to resume operations
as effectively and quickly as possible
in the event of any bombings in the
area.
Although the evacuation point was
not made public, instructions called
for it to be located outside a radius
of 20 miles Of the City of Lima.
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Announce First Nominees For Honor
Title OF "TOwn And Country" Queen

The first two candidates for Town
and Country Queen in Bluffton's
Fourth of July celebration were an
nounced Monday by Wilford Geiger,
queen committee chairman.
Selected by the Bluffton Mems
Garden as their candidate for the
holiday honor was Miss Ruth Ann
Stewart, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Conner Stewart of Cherry street,
Bluffton. Ruth Ann was graduated
from Cory-RawSon high school this
spring Her father is member OF
the garden club.
Attendants for the Garden club
nominee have not been selected,
Darwin Luginbuhl, float chairman,
said. Ruth Ann will ride on a float
depicting the Town and Country theme
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Boy Scouts Will
Visit New Campsite

Bluffton Boy Scouts will camp
out this week end on camp site
recently acquired by the area Boy
Scout Council, scoutmaster Don Augs-
burger has announced.
Augsburger expects Is or 20 boys
from the local troop to participate in
the activities. They expect to leave
Bluffton Friday evening and return
shortly after noon Sunday.
The new campsite is IS acre tract
on the Blanchard river about II
miles from Bluffton
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Rev. Welch Accepts
Call To Ind. Church

The Rev. Robert Welch, pastor of
the Missionary church of Bluffton,
has accepted call to serve as pastor
of ST. Paul's Missionary church near
Monroe, Ind, in Adams county, it
was learned this week.
Rev. Mr.. Welch had announced his
approaching resignation from the
local pulpit several months ago. The
date he will assume his new duties
has not been set.
His new charge is near Berne, Ind,
community where Mrs. Welch's par
entail home is located.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-20

United Fund organization will be able
to conduct their first operations in
Bluffton later this year.
Action on the proposed constitution
will be the first business of the meet
ing. If the constitution is accepted.
a board of trustees will be elected to
govern the group for its first years
operation.
All persons attending the meeting
Will have voting rights on the con-
stltution and officers, Miss Stepleton
said. She emphasized that the election
was not limited to persons active in
planning the constitution and urged
large attendance from the community
Nominations From Floor
Some nominations for the board of
trustees have been prepared by a
nominating committee which is
operating under the present steering
committee. Other nominations from
the floor will be accepted during the
public meeting next Friday.
Membership on the board of
trustees will be divided equally be-
tween the participating organizations
and the public at large.
"a Directors
Two members from each participat-
ing agency will serve on the board.
Under the present six-organization
set-up II public members also will
be elected making a total of "a.
If any other organizations join the
United Fund two organization mem
bers and two public members will be
added to the board of trustees.
Officers of the board will be elected
by the trustees themselves from their
own group. The proposed constitution
calls for president, two vice-presi-
dents, treasurer and executive secre-
tary.
Steering committee members feel
that some wage may be paid the
executive secretary. which is expected
to be the most time-consuming post
in the organization. The executive
secretary viii be the administrative
officer and will supervise contracting
persons to fulfill their pledges to the
group.
Six Drives LIN One
If adopted the United Fund will be
in charge of Embarrassing campaigns
for the Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Boy
Scouts, cancer, heart and polio drives.
First-year membership will probably
be limited to these six drives which
have been well-established locally.
Other organizations with education
al, character building, health or well
Continued on page 12)
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Mayor David L. Riser wrote in his
letter which he said had been directed
by the council. The Expansion COM
pany's letter was along similar lines,
offering the assistance of the organ
ization in any way it is needed.
The communications were made
public at the meeting of the Business
Mems association meeting Wednesday
evening of last week following the
appearance there of D. c. Kaufman,
director of the East Central Area
Mental Health program of the Central
committee.
Mr.. Kaufman, native of West
Liberty now residing in Goshen, said
that he appreciated the welcome, and
the friendly attitude he found gener-
ally toward location of hospital here
on the villages outskirts. He made
it plain, however, that ne was not
building high hopes that the institu-
ton employing a staff of some 30
persons, would be located here.
The committee is considering other
locations in Goshen and at Fort
Wayne, Mr. Kaufman stated.
IT am only gathering information
on the potential sites. The decision
must be made by the committee"
he added.
The speaker explained that the
Mennonite church is interested in
promoting mental health in this area
of the church's constituency. How
ever, the hospitals services would be
available on non-denominational
basis. 1t would serve four-state area
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
The building, which would probably
be located outside the corporation
limits, would be constructed with
church funds and federal aid money
from the Hill-Burton fund. Operating
funds would come from patients able
to pay ard from the church.
The Mennonite Central Committee
presently operates three other mental
hospitals, the Brooklane Farm hospi-
tai at Hagerstown, Md, Kingsview
hospital at Reedley, Calf, and
Prairie View hospital at Newton,
Kan.
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ployees was increased to this several
months ago when number of drivers
originally located at Findlay were
transferred to Bluffton.
Announcement was made at the
business mems meeting that Mr..
Turner is planning to retire this sum-
mer and will be succeeded in his
managerial post by Mr.. Kagy.
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SO Registered In
Be Summer School

Summer school registration at
Blufft0n college reached total of
50 students as the school entered
the last week of its first term.
The second term will open next
Wednesday, June 26, and continue
for the next three week period
until July Is. Five courses will be
offered during the intensive per-
iOd: Conservation, u. s. History,
Christian ethics, teaching skill
materials and German.
Additional registrations are ex-
pected as the summer continues.
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Elect N. A. Triplett
To Academy Board

Norman A. Triplett, 235 Grove
street, Bluffton, vice president of
sales, Triplett Electric Co., was
elected to the advisory committee of
the Culver Fathers association at the
annual meeting of the patron group
held here this week.
Founded in 1886, the Fathers aecoci-
alton, in addition to its active sup
port of the academy program, spon-
sored Is scholarships in the academy
and the summer schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Triplett's sons, Bret
and Bruce, were among the 164
graduates to receive diplomas in
Iron Gate ceremonies June II.
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Lafayette Youth
Serves In Korea

Pvt Dale r. Stevens, q, whose
wife, Patsy, lives in Alger, recently
arrived in Korea and is now a mem
Der OF the 7th Infantry Division.
He is a 1852 graduate of Lafayette
high school. His parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Francis Stevens, live on Route
1, Lafayette.
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about 100 pounds of evaporated milk
concentrate from which about two
thirds of the water has been removed.
A hundred gallons of milk concentrate
provides about 100 pounds of dried
milk, ii was explained.
The Bluffton plant employs 36 full
time employees on its year round
busy schedule. The number of en-
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Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Doolittle, Find
lay, boy, Theodore Alan, born last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith, Airing
ton, boy, Thomas Mark, born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Waltz, Mt.
Cory, girl, Lora Jean, born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George McCune,
Bluffton, a boy, George Brian, born
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Anspach,
Findlay, a boy, Craig Wayne, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Cecil Young, Jerera,
a boy, Wayne Franklin, born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Parkins,
Bluffton, a boy, Harold Edward, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Newton,
Pandora, boy, Mark Wayne, born
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hugus, Raw
son, girl, Kim Elaine, born Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Boehm, Dun
kirk, a boy, Byron Lynn, born Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marlin Rosencrans,
Findlay, a girl, Teri Lynn, born Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Neighbors,
Beaverdam, boy, Ryan Raymond,
born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Musgrave, Find
lay, a boy born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Brauen, Bluff
ton, twins, boy and girl, born We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Carmack,
Mineral Wells, Texas, a boy, Anthony
Wayne, born on Fathers Day, Sun
day in a Mineral Wells hospital The
grandparents are Mr.. and Mrs
George Carmack of Blufftcn and Mr.
and Mrs Burdette Bowsher of Cygnet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Klassen,
Boyes Hot Springs. Calf, boy,
Henry John, born June 2. Mr.. Klassen
is a son of Prof. and Mrs. John p
Klassen of Bluffton.
Mrs. Robert kfeidenbaugh (Susie
Conaway), Ashland, Ohio, a girl,
Linda Sue, born June 13 at Ashland
hospital
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BLUFFTON MEMS GARDEN CLUE

The Bluffton Mems Garden club
members will be guests of the Mems
Garden club of Lima, next Tuesday
evening, at p. m. The meeting will
be held in the West Room of Memoir
ial Hall, Lima.
Prof H. W. Berky will speak on
Grating and Pruning" Any men,
bers needing rides should contact
Karl Gierman or Wilhelm AmStutZ.
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United Fund Constitution
Faces Public Vote June 28
Group Prepares To Operate This Year;
VIII Elect Directors At Meeting

Public approval of the constitution for Butons proposed
united Fund organization will be sought meeting
the nigh school auditorium Friday June 28 at m Miss
Meredith Stepeon chairman of the United Fund Steering
mittee, has announced
Acceptance of the constitution at that time the