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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25

Eighteen members of Bluffton Boy
Scout Troop 256 will meet Sunday
afternoon at / p. m. at the First
Mennonite church preparatory to
showing off half an hour later for a
weeks camping trip to Camp Berry.
Troop Committeeman G Georg e
Bohrer will accompany the group as
advisor and he will be assisted in
leadership by James Jordan.
The campers will load their equip
ment on a Basinger Furniture Store
truck, and follow it to the camp site
in autos driven by parents and
friends.
Wednesday evening will be "Par-
ents Night" at the camp when par
ents and friends of the boys will
attend campfire ceremonies. The
social committee of the recently
organized Scout Parents Auxiliary
will be in charge of refreshments.
Those attending from the Bluffton
troop will include Scott Edwards,
Jerry Mericle, Charles Jordan,
Walter Jordan, Ronald Michel.
Francis Harkness, Dan Luginbuhl,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Collision At Main
And Kibler Wrecks
Two Cars Saturday

Two automobiles were demolished
but neither driver was seriously hurt
in two-car collision at the inter-
section of Main and Kibler streets
last Saturday noon.
A. o. Badertscher, Bluffton, made
left turn in front of an oncoming car
driven by a Roger Klingler, Beaver
dam, Police Chief William Gaiffe
stated. Badtscher had stopped to
make his turn from Main street
onto Kibler street pulled out and
turned on to Main street. His
vision apparently obscured, Bader-
tscher turned left and was struck by
the oncoming Klingler car.
Both drivers were removed in the
Diller ambulance but neither was
admitted to Bluffton Community hos
pital.
Police Chief Gaiffe did not file
charges against either driver.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Midqet Football
Weigh-Ins Sunday
At Harmon Field

Professional football training will
open Sunday and SO will Bluffton S
second season of midget football.
Team organizer and coach jim
Clark has announced the official
weigh-in for this falls program will
be held Sunday afternoon at Harmon
field at 1:30. He emphasized that all
boys who hope to play in the midget
league this fall must attend the
Weigh-in.
Boys between eight and IL years
old are eligible to play in the midget
league, Clark said Weight limits are
a 55 pound minimu mand a lis pound
maximum.
Each boy participating in this falls
program must have signed approval
of both parents and must pass a
doctors physical. Accident insurance
must be provided this season.
Clark said it is necessary that the
weigh-in be completed Sunday so he
will know how many teams Bluffton
can support this year. This will reg
ulate the amount of equipment he
must order. Last year Bluffton en-
tered two teams in the Lima midget
league.
All boys who fall between the age
and weight limits are eligible for the
weigh-in, Clark said, whether or not
they have been registered for the
teams.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Clayton Bixel
Resigns As Deputy
License Registrar

Clayton Bixel, Bluffton automobile
dealer, has resigned as deputy license
registrar for the village of Bluffton,
he announced last week.
Conflict with the operation of his
automobile agency caused Bixel to
resign his position. He had served
as deputy registrar since the first of
the year when he succeeded Jack
KoontZ.
Bixel said he had not wanted the
position when the new appointments
were made by Gov William O'Neill's
administration in January but had
been prevailed upon to accept it.
No successor has been announced.
Until a replacement has been made
Bluffton persons must buy their
tags in nearby towns which have
registrar.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
10, 900 So. Fit. Addition To Lab Building
Planned At TripLett Company Plant

Excavation work is expected to
start within week or two on an
addition to the Laboratory and Fac
tory Office building at the Triplett
Electrical Instrument company which
will provide approximately 10000
additional square feet of floor space
at the Bluffton plant.
M. M. Triplett, vice president of the
company, said that final plans for
the building addition had been pre-
pared by Architect Robert A. Helser
of Lima, and that Harry Mericle and
Sons, Bluffton builders, would have
the general contract.
A two-car garage at the rear of
the former Elmer Ludwig property,
recently acquired by the Triplett Co.,
is in process of being moved to make
way for the addition. The new build
ing will front As feet on Harmon road
and extend west a distance OF 60
feet to join the present Laboratory
and Factory Office building. An
additional section II feet by 21 feet
will form an L, extending further
into the former Ludwig lot.
The addition will be two floors high,
matching the present building, and
will include a full basement. Of con-
crete block construction, the front on
Harmon road may be faced with
brick. Glass block will be used
around the windows following much
the same style as that of Buttons S
new elementary school building.
A ramp will enter the basement
from Harmon road providing easy
loading and unloading of materials
which will be stored there. A small
freight elevator will be used in the
wing.
The entire first floor of the addi-
ton will be occupied by an enlarged
engineering department. In addition
to a large drafting room and space
for electronic and meter engineering
work, private offices will be provided
for supervisors of those departments
and for Mr.. Triplett, who heads up
the department.
A feature of the laboi11 ..oTy will be
a standards room providing close
control of humidity and temperature
The entire addition will be air con-
ditioned and sealed to provide dust
free atmosphere.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Successful Vacation Bible School
Attracts Enrolment OF 1SO Children

Enrolment at the first Vacation
Bible school conducted here in two
years had reached 180 Tuesday morn
ing when the activities moved into
full swing.
Activities are divided between
worship, music, activity and recrea-
tional periods. The periods are
staggered with the students divided
into age groupsA Each age group
participates in different activities.
General assemblies. when the entire
school will assemble for common
instruction, will be held several times
throughout the period. The first
assembly was held Tuesday morning
when the schools mission project was
introduced. A sound movie in color,
American Mission to Lepers," based
on the theme of the mission project,
was shown.
School leaders hope to conclude the
two-week session with a public pro-
gram Friday, August 2, at 80 p. m.
in the First Mennonite church. De-
tails of this program will be an
nounced later.
A staff of 80, including 10 students
from Mrs. Harry Yoder's class in
Christian education in the Bluffton
college summer school, serves the
school.
Worship services for the school are
being led by Mrs Yoder's class. Each
student will plan and lead worship
session individually.
Recreational activities are built
around organized group games. They
are being supervised by rs. Wood
row Little, with Miss Mary Margaret
Steiner as her assistant.
Fridays general assembly viii be
an informal program of singing and
worship.
lliEIlle. vi llC
school, "Jesus Calls" will be devel-
oped at the Monday morning general
assembly. A film on the life of Christ
will be shown.
Final assembly will be next Friday,
August 2, when Mrs. Yoder'S class
will conduct a worship program
which they have planned for the
entire school.
The Rev. Jacob F'riesen and the
Rev. James Heininger are conducting
the school as representatives of the
Bluffton Ministerial association. They
are being assisted by seven teachers,
10 helpers, the 10 members of Mrs.
Yoder's class, two other staff mem
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Who'd EUer HdUe
Believed This? 831
Swimmers Sunday

Attendance at the municipal
swimming pool reached start
ling 831 Sunday as the cool, fresh
water at Bluffton becomes more
popular all the time.
An average of 453 persons a
day used the pool during the
eight-day period between July IA
and July 21. Recreation commit
tee chairman Paul Diller said
3,787 swimmers passed through
the gates in the eight days.
Day-by-day attendance figures,
beginning Sunday, July Ia, sos;
Monday, 2S4; Tuesday, 306; We'd
nesday,. 253; Thursday, 4S5; Fri
day, $50; Saturday, sos and Sun
day, S31.
The old daily attendance record
was broken on two consecutive
days last week. Saturdays 603
swimmers toppled the two-week-
old peak of sol, but fell itself
within the next day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Rural Youth OF
5-County Area Here
For Training School

Nearly 100 young people from five
counties in northwest Ohio have as
sembled on the Bluffton college cam
pus this week to attend the Ohio
Farm Bureaus One-Week Training
School for rural youth.
The school, one of five being held
throughout the state, is under the
direction of Bill Freeman, regional
Farm Bureau director, and Thomas
Downing of Brian is again serving as
dean of men, post he has held for
several years at the Bluffton school.
The training program opened with
registration Sunday afternoon and will
contiue until noon Friday. Mr..
Downing said that the addition of mu-
nicipal swimming pool facilities in
Biuffton this year has been an added
attraction for the school registrants,
and they have been making use of
/ the pool during recreation periods
Because the Northwest region this
year is conducting its own school at
Hiram college, the Bluffton school is
only about half its size of last year
when both regions were combined in
the undertaking.
The Farm Bureaus one-week train
ing programs bring together humid
reds of farm youngsters for fellow
ship activities and workshop type
classes in such things as good groom
ing, manners, square dance calling,
stunts, group singing and many other
activities.
Outstanding speakers discuss prob
lens common to young people. Fol-
lowing the school, the students will
return to their own community groups
to assume leadership in the Farm
Bureau youth program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25

in the Bluffton-Richland library
Friday evening to select a slate Of
candidates. Nominations will pro-
bably be made for two candidates
for township trustee, two candidates
for township constable and for mem
bers of the board Of education, three
Of whom are to be elected this year.
The election win be November 5.
Although candidates for the school
board run for office on non-partisan
ballot, local custom is for the parties
to endorse certain candidates.
COP Date Still Gen
Bluffton Republican leaders said
that a date had not been set for their
caucus, but that an announcement
would be made next week in time to
file nominations before deadline time.
Members of the Richland township
board of trustees whose terms expire
at the end of this year are Jesse
Yoakam, Democrat, and Kent Am
stutz, Republican. The third member
of the board, who has two more years
Of his four-year term to serve, is
Robert Neiswander. Democrat.
Incumbent constables are Millard
Herr and John Manahan.
For the first time, local voters viii
not elect a Justice of the Peace, that
office having been discontinued by
state law. s@
To Elect 8 On p of E
The three school board members,
whose terms expire at the end of the
year are Paul D. Stauffer, DR.. B. w.
Travis and Kimmel Marsfia1. Terms
of the members are for four years.
Maurice Bell and Harvey Burk-
holder are hold-over members of the
board. Their terms do not expire until
the end of 1853.
The forthcoming party caucuses
viii also be concerned with the new
voter registration policy which be-
comes effective this year All citizens
of Bluffton and Richland township
viii be required to register in order
TO qualify as a voter in November.
Registration Days Set
Registration days have been set
for August %, "a and % in this town.
ship, and school for registration
workers is being arranged at Bluffton
high school on Wednesday, August IA
from 10 to II a. m. and from to 6
p. m.
A similar school will be conducted
at Monroe township center for Bea-
verdam and Cairo registration Off
cials.
Republican and Democratic candi-
date states for municipal office were
prepared earlier this year at party
caucuses.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Vance Street Given
Top Repair Priority

Vance street, which has come
to be known for its rough condi-
tion i'm far more popular and less
complimentary terms during the
past few years, will receive first
priority in councils extensive
street remodeling program adopt
ed Tuesday night.
Other projects in order OF
priority will be Washington street,
from Main to jackson; Lawn
avenue, from Grove to Kibler;
Kibler, from jackson to Main;
jackson, from Kibler to Grove;
and Poplar, from Main to Har-
mon road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Second Trailer
Manufacturer Opens
Shop In Beaverdam

Production has begun at the newly
formed Skylark Trailer Co., in Beav-
erdam and the owners expect to have
a marketable model completed within
the next two weeks.
One pilot model has already been
finished and co-founder Kenneth Jack
son is visiting area dealers in an
attempt to find outlets for their pro-
duct.
Skylark will manufacture vaca-
ton trailer in contrast to the much
larger trailers now being built for
permanent homes. Their trailer will
be 16 feet long and sleep four or six
persons.
Weekly production of three trailers
viii be sought BY The new 1oncern.
The company was founded by Jack
son and Ivan Marquart, both former
employees of Buckeye Mobile Homes,
Inc, trailer concern which has oper-
ated in Beaverdam for the past dec
ade.
They have set up their plant in the
brick and quonset building at the
rear of the Pure Oil service station
at the junction of route SON and 696
in Beaverdam. The building was for
merly used for the manufacture of
prefabricated vacation cottages.
They plan to concentrate on the
manufacture of trailers for sales
through dealers although they are
equipped to handle any orders placed
directly with the factory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton hospital during the past
week:
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Grant, Bluff
ton, a girl, Connie Elaine, born last
Wednesday.
MIR. and Mrs. John Geiger, Pandora,
a girl, Terry Lynn, born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Basinger,
Bluffton, girl, Marlene Kay, born
Sunday.
DIR. and Mrs. B. ". Travis, Bluff
ton, a girl, born Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen O. Groman,
Tiffin, a boy, Dwight Allen, born at
Mercy hospital, Tiffin. on July 16.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25

A private office and small work
shop is also planned on the second
floor for r. L. Triplett, chairman of
the board and founder of the COM
pany, who is still active in engineer
ing work as well as administration.
The addition is the first major ex-
pansion move at the Bluffton plant
since World War II when the present
laboratory building and tester line
buildings were erected. 1t provides
almost as much floor space as has
been provided at the company's new
Oceanside, Calf, plant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Lions Name SzabO
District Chairman

E. James SZabo, past president of
the Bluffton Lions club, was honored
last week by appointment as district
chairman in an area covering nine
communities including Bluffton.
Szabo's appointment will be the
first of its kind made by the state
organization in this community. He
will succeed Norman Kruzeberg of
Lima. Previously the local Lions had
one of its membership, Forrest Stein
man serve as District Governor and
Ed Lape served as secretary of his
cabinet.
The new assignment will take Mr..
Szabo to meetings in Lima, Beaver
dam, Cairo. Columbus Grove, Ottawa,
Elida, Cridersville, and Kalida.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25

First floor OF the L-extension will
be used as a model making shop by
Triplett engineers.
The company's service department
will probably move from the meter
and tester assembly rooms into the
second-floor quarters in the addition.
This move would make extra space
for added production facilities in the
main building.
The second floor will also provide
new department for training new help
and older employees changing posi-
tions with the firm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
w. r. Triplett Home
From Oceanside, Calf.

W. r. Triplett, president of the
Triplett Electrical Instrument COM
pany was back at the Bluffton plant
Tuesday morning after an absence of
several months on company business
at the new Oceanside, California,
plant.
The new plant, which is now in
production on various electrical in
struments manufactured by Triplett,
is being managed by Vyrl Neeper.
formedy of the engineering depart
ment at the local plant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Blufton, Pandora
Renew Mutual Fire
Protection Plan

Bluffton village council renewed a
mutual fire protection agreement with
Pandora Tuesday night.
Under the plan the villages ex-
change fire protection at no cost to
each other. If Pandora firemen are
called to fire in Bluffton. Pandora
bears the cost. Similarly Bluffton
bears the cost if they are called to
Pandora fires.
Fire chief Guy Corson presented the
request of the Pandora village coun-
ell for the mutual agreement.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Orange Township COP
Caucus Tomorrow Mite

Nominations for township officials
will be made at the Orange township
Republican caucus tomorrow night,
Mrs. Wade Marshall. township COM
mitteewoman has announced.
The meeting will be held in the
Orange Center school house, Friday,
July 26, she has announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Arlington Painter
Suffers Broken Leg

Jess Engel 6S, Arlington, suffered
a broken leg when he fell while paint
ing at the William Stephens home in
Monroe township Wednesday morn
ing.
Engel missed his step and fell
approximately 10 feet, fracturing his
leg.
He was removed to Bluffton Com
munity hospital in the Paul Diller
ambulance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Bluffton Boy Scout Troop Leaves Sunday
For Week-Long Stay At Camp Berry

Robert Blank, Craig Edwards, Mike
Emans, Terry Shelter, Steven Suter-
meister, Dave GratZ, Charles Neuen5
schwander, Tom Brauen, Lynn
Basinger, Jerry Weaver and James
Jordan.
Camp will be broken next Saturday
at lis when the boys will return
home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
School Board Plans
Special Meetinq

A special meeting of the Bluffton
board of education will probably be
called next week to consider filling
two important vacancies in the high
school faculty, those of principal and
coach.
Paul w. Stauffer, president os the
board, said that thus far at least
three applications have been received
for the coaching post.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25

bers and Mrs. Yoder herself.
A picnic will be held tonight at
$50 at the Kenneth Winkler home
for members of the staff and their
families.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Deadline Looms August 7
For Candidate Petitions
Party Caucuses To Present States
For School Board, Township Offices

An this week by Wilhelm Ansutz Democratic
Executive Committeeman Of Buffton and Rchand township
Democratic Friday evening focused attention of the
muny the approaching August deadne filling candidate
petitions for township offices and the board of education
Mr.. AmstutZ said that local Democrats will at D. m
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-25
Street Repair Contract
Goes To Lima Hot-Mix Firm
Earlier Commitments PreUent Work
Starting For Another -Four Weeks

After weeks of discussion Buffton village council has
contracted the street repair They will
wait four weeks for the winning bidder to begin work
Churchill Construction Co., Lima awarded the entire
major repair program at Tuesday nights meeting The contract
calls for hotmx asphaltic concrete surface similar to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-06
Fighting Asian Flu
By LARRY STEVENS

TN A RACE against time and pernicious
Il virus, American drug laboratories have
been working around the clock for months
to produce the vaccine that immunizes
against Asian 1u. With millions Of fiu
shots already given to the armed forces
and health workers and personnel in essen
tial industries, the hope and expectation
Of medical authorities Is that so million
Americans viii be vaccinated by February l.
While the number of cases Is expected to
increase sharply with onset of cold weather,
doctors say that major epidemic may be
averted II the vaccine program Is carried
out at the level planned.
As the vaccine production and inocnla-
ton program goes ahead at full speed.
researchers at the Walter Reed Army Insti-
tute Of Medical Research continue to track
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-06

the ailment and its effects as It strikes.
One Of the earliest groups in the United
States to obtain specimens Of the fiu virus,
these researchers helped set the vaccina-
ton program going after helping to define
the kind Of bug involved.
At this stage, medical men doubt the
ailment win be accompanied by any large
number Of deaths, as was the case In the
devastating flu epidemic of l918-1910. They
warn, however. that even the currently
mild fiu virus might turn virulent, and
there are already some signs Of this In .
few South American outbreaks. For this
reason, they urge the widest possible vac
cination as soon as possible. Since there
Is no known cure for flu. and little hope Of
staying its spread, they assert the best
CONTINUED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Robbers Get 500
AT BOWLING AIIey

Two men robbed a bowling
alley safe of about 1920 early
today after forcing the porter
into the rear of the building, he
reported to police.
The victim, Stephan Rogers
%. Of 2722 Tenth street NE.
said the bandits broke open 9
rear door Of the building at 4224
Sixth street Sc, about lis am
One Of them. armed with a
.45-caliber pistol. ordered the
porter to the rear and then both
went to work on the safe. The
loot included about $40 from q
|pinball machine, the rest coming
from the Office cash drawer.
One man was described as
about 20 years old. weighing zoe
pounds, with sandy, curly hair
He wore combat boots. The
other. who carried a long,
handled sledge hammer, was
smaller. about S feet tall
weighed 1875 pounds. and was
wearing a blue sweater and blue
dungarees.
The Formosa provincial gov
eminent ordered the equivalent
of $50 paid to dependents OF
each of the dead and half that
amount to persons seriously in
jured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Truman Asserts
|NessageLacks
plan Of Action

KANSAS CITY, Jan % Dr.
Former President Truman today
called President Eisenhower's
message "a nice collection OF
beautiful words" that offers mo
lplan Of action"
"Peace in this present troubled
world can be obtained only be
action on the part Of the free
world" Mr.. Truman said in a
three paragraph prepared state
ment issued at a news confer
Ience. He declined to elaborate
on the statement.
The text:
II have carefully read the
Presidents message. 1t is a nice
collection of beautiful words. It
lis very strong for home and
mother and for world peace. just
as we all are, but see no plan
of action outlined in the mes
sage.
Peace in, this present troubled
world can be obtained only by
action on the part Of the free
world. and it will require the
leadership of the United States
to accomplish that action. I see
mo reference to action in the
message. Neither do I see any
idea for relief for the farm pop
Iulation: nor do I see any effort
to straighten out the finances
of the government and restore