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Milford chronicle., 1957-05-03

erdale. On Friday his daughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Moore called on him.
Bobbie Bratten is spending his
furlough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Bratten.
Earl Webb. Sr., is home on shore
leave.
Mr. ard Mrs. Winfield Lane and
family 0f Wilmington were week
END guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Webb, Sr.
Veteran Fisherman Claude Fish
er has started fishing. On Tuesday
he made a good haul of about so
bushels of fine trout.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Haley and
children spent Saturday near Will
mington where they are building
a new home.
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
Pearl Rash were Mr. and Mrs. Ber-
mite Rash and family of town and
Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Engle of
Wilmington.
School Note
mere VIII De registration LOT
first grade pupils entering in Sep
tember on May at 8 a. m. at the
school. Please bring birth GER
tificate with YOU
Congratulations are extended to
Mr.. and Mrs GoOden T. Warren of
Fort Collins, Colorado, upon the
birth of a son, born Tuesday, April
23 This is the Warrens second
child. Mrs. Warren will be re-
membered as Barbara Ann Tatman.
Mr. Warren is attending the A. and
NJ Coll 4ge.
The first game of the Mar-Del
League baseball season will be May
5, next Sunday, on the home dia-
mOnd. Frederick VS.. the Hender-
son, Md, team. Game starts at 2
p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Warren, of
Magnolia, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ben
nett and Richard Sipple, all of
town, were Saturday night attend
ants at the Yonkers Raceway at
Yonkers, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs H. Bennett were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cliff Mitchell of Ridgely, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeke Dill and sons
were Sunday visitors of his father,
Walter Dill, who is a patient in
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-03

of the crossing, all sailors will
wear Pilgrim costumes.
Bata Shoes Crossing On MayflOWer
The considerable cost of this
project, the building of the ship,
the paying of the crew, etc. was
made by British business firms.
The British Bata Shoe Company,
with 4 factories in England, is one
of the sponsors and is supplying a
Treasure Chest filled with shoes
on the Mayfiower. These shoes will
be on display during the ships
stay in Boston and New York.
MayflOWer Permanent Shrine
While all this is going on, the
Flimoth Plantation is constructing
a primative house in colonial archi-
lecture and also is providing a
door for the ship. However, before
going to. this permanent retreat.
the Mayflower will be on exhibit
in New York on Hudson River
Daytime Pier, 41st Street, from
June to November of this year.
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-03

the Delaware Hospital, Whining
ton.
Miss Helen Joyce Poore was one
student selected from Dover High
School to participate in the All
State Course to be held in Clay
mont on May 8.
Miss Mary C. Hudson of Pearl
River, N. Y, recently spent the
weekend with her brother, Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Hudson and fam
ily
Mrs. Sadie Evans is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
Wilson Cannon, recuperating af-
ter being in Wilmington hOspi-
tai for several weeks. She was
very appreciative of the many
flowers, cards and visits of friends
while there. We hope she will
soon be at her home.
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-03
AUTUMN LEARNING

GLENDALE, Calf. - Up II Will
liam Jonathan Waters, twice re-
tired. has completed his first for
NAL schooling since high school.
Waters got out of high school in
1897.
He's now u. He retired first as
a vaudeville dancer, later as a con-
tractor. The course he completed
recently at Glendale College was
in chemistry.
Waters is looking now for tu-
tor to help him with more advanc-
ed chemistry and higher mathe-
matics. tits not the sheepskin
I'm AFTER" he explains. ct the
knowledge" He adds:
Chemistry is interesting but
nuclear physics is enchanting"
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-03
Service Slants

FORT KNOX, Ky. (AHTNC)-
Army Pvt. Richard G. Andrews, IS,
whose wife, Judith Ellen, and mo-
ther, Mrs. Clyde Andrews, live on
Route 8, Georgetown, Del, COM
pleted the first phase of active-duty
training under the Reserve Forces
Act program at Fort Knox, KY,
this month.
Andrews received eight weeks of
basic combat training at the fort,
to he followed by advanced indiv-
idual and unit training.
Men volunteering for the six
month tour of active duty are per-
mitted to finish their military SER
vice in local Army Reserve or Nat
ional Guard units.
Andrews is a former employee of
the Delaware State Highway De-
partment.
AUGSBURG, Germany (AHTNC)
Army Sgt. Howard L. West, 81,
son of Raymond West, "a Gibson
Avenue, Laurel, Del, recently par
ticipated in a field training exer-
else with the 18th Airborne Divi-
sion in Germany
A squad leader with Company G
of the divisions 18th Infantry,
Sergeant West entered the Army
in 1854 and arrived in Europe in
March 1866.
The sergeant is a graduate of
William G. Jason High School in
Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-03
FREDERICK
By Emma DOlan
Phone: Frederick 5-54S1

Trinity Methodist Church
Rev. Charles r. Leary, Pastor
Church Services for Sunday,
May 5
Church School at 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship at 1900 a. m
Choir rehearsal every Thursday
at 1920 p. m.
Monthly Meetings
Official Board, fourth Monday,
bi-monthly
WSCS. second Monday.
MYAF, fourth Wednesday.
Preparation for
Annual Conference
May 1919 the Annual Confer
ence takes session in Grace Meth
odist Church, Wilmington.
Two more Sundays until the
Conference.
The pastors report to Annual
Conference was completed this
week. Some interesting facts from
that report are:
New members for the year,.
Names removed by transfer,
death and withdrawal-27.
Total number full members -236.
Approximately 80 of these are
nonresident members.
The conference appOrtiOnments
are paid in full.
The church envelopes are in the
hands of stewardship teams, being
delivered from house to house. Mr.
GerOw, chairman of commission on
finance, expresses gratitude for
the peoples regular use of the Of
fering envelope, and hopes that
more will learn to use it. The
commission urges everyone to think
seriously about his habits of stew
ardship during the new year.
Say, do you believe in voting?
Believe it, we're having a secret
ballot in the pews for everyone
next week. If you want to cast
your secret vote on two vital mat
ters regarding the church, please
be present Sunday, May 5.
Sardis Charge
Church School at p. m.
Worship Hour at p. m.
We are sorry to learn Mrs. Su-
san Stevens is a patient in the
Milford Memorial Hospital. We
wish for her a speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Lank are va
cationing with their children, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Clark in Roches-
ter, N. Y.
Mrs. Daisy Lilly has returned
home for the summer after spend
ing the winter in New Jersey. She
has had some work done on her
home, shingling outside and paint
ing. This makes a decided i'm
provement.
The Draper factory began in as
paragus last Friday and if the
warm weather keeps up this work
will go on.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Salevan
and Miss Marguerite Salevan we're
Easter Sunday visitors of Miss En-
ma ManlOve.
Miss Jean Camper of Cumber-
land, Md, spent several days with
her grandmother, Mrs. Minnie
Camper and her aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Holleger They
and Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson mo-
tored to Cambridge, Md, for Sun
day dinner
Mrs. Joanne Palmer entertained
at 3 Stanley party on Monday aye-
ming Everyone had a pleasant
time. Refreshments were served
later during the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert KEELING of
Wilmington were Sunday guests of
his sister Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Belts
and family.
Kenneth Millman, Jr.. and
friend of Darby, Pa, were Sunday
dinner guests Of fa: and Mrs. Oil
yer Boone
Mr.. and Mrs. William Harper
were Sunday guests of her sister,
Mrs. Name Bunting and daughter
Naomi of Ocean City, Md.
Thursday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford COverdale were Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Burchard of Smyrna.
Word has been received that Her
man Holleger, a patient at Mem
Orial Hospital in Wilmington, is
much improved and expects to
soon return home. His Saturday
visitors were his children: Lester
HO11aOoT and Mrs Ethol Mac Cow
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-03
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Milford chronicle., 1957-05-03

One reason why so many of us
fail to get rich is that we run
from hard work like it might be
a plague.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Retiring WoOdcock Men
Anticipate Fishing, TrdUeI

Two employees at Ohio Power COM
pany's Woodcock plant, both of whom
entered the power business about 90
years ago from previous jobs in the
oil fields, will retire this month. They
are both looking forward to more
time for their favorite pastimes -
fishing and travelling.
The men are Frank A. Weinhold,
auxiliary equipment operator, and
Bert Z. Moss, maintenance mana.
Mr.. Weinhold was employed at the
Woodcock plant in November, 1888.
as a laborer. In 1943 he was named
assistant general utility man and as
sumed the job of auxiliary equipment
operator in 1853.
A native of Chemnitz, Germany,
Weinhold was born on December 13,
1892. He came to the United States
in 1910 and stayed with a sister in
New York City
He was employed as a bricklayer
by the American Chimney company
when he made his initial visit to
Bluffton in 1913 His company was
building a chimney at the Bluffton
water works. 1t was at that time that
he met his future wife, Bluett He
continued to travel but the couple
corresponded.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19

When the Weinholds were married
in 1919, Mr.. Weinhold obtained a job
with the Willys-Overland company in
Toledo. Later he worked as a pump
er in an oil field from 1922 to 1897.
When the oil fields played out,
worked at several different Jobs
around Bluffton for about a year be-
fore I started at the plant he said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weinhold plan to
spend the next two or three months
in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he
says he will lust soak up some
warm weather and do a lot of fish
ing
The Weinholds, who reside at 129
Lake avenue, Bluffton, have three
daughters, Mrs. Marie Stratton,
Bluffton; Mrs. Betty Elsie, Ada,
and Mrs. Eileen Morton, Cleveland,
and nine grandchildren
Mr.. Moss has spent most of his
life in the Findlay area. He was born
on December 2, 1892, in Marion town
ship, near Findlay. He worked from
1912 to 1915 as pumper in the oil
fields for the King. Carrothers cor
oration, and from 1916 to 1924 for the
Ohio Oil company.
During the next seven years he
Continued on page 5,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Former Bluffton Boy Making Success
In West Coast TelevisiOn Field

Donivan Stonehill, former Bluff
ton boy, may be chosen as one tele-
vision representative at the New
Years Day Rose Bowl game between
Ohio State university and the Univer-
sity of Oregon.
A recent graduate of Oregon Tech,
he is presently employed as an an
nouncer by the California; Oregon tel
evision network, which viii do West
Coast coverage of the Pasadena clas-
sic.
Don attended Bluffton elementary
schools until 1913. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Stonehill. former
local residents who moved west IA
years ago.
A television announcer and tech
nician, he has his own weekly sports
program each Friday and also han
dies a program called Sports High
lights In addition to his duties as
sportscaSter he handles other an
nouncing duties for the network.
A graduate of Marshfield high
school, Coos Bay, Oregon. he attend
ed Oregon Tech on football scholar
ship. While at Oregon Tech he was
quarterback on the league champion
ship football team in that area.
A 1856 graduate of the Oregon col
lege, he joined the television net
work almost Immediately. Since that
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Judith Hilty
Winner In County
Peace Contest

Miss Judith Hilty, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Hilty. Bluffton
r. r. 2, won the Allen County Prince
of Peace contest at the United Breth.
rem church in Delphos Sunday after
noon. Judy won the silver medal, and
is now eligible to participate in the
district contest. Miss Hilty is sen.
ior at Bluffton high school.
There were five contestants. Each
of them had been a winner in local
contest. Miss Kay Miller of r. r. 5,
Lima, was named alternate delegate
to the district contest. She is a stu
dent at Bath high school. The others
who participated in the contest at the
Delphos church were Karen Cotner OF
r. R. S, Lima, student at Lafay-
cite, and Robert Core and Richard
Patrick of Spencerville.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19

ody ScnOOl youngsters with shining
faces will recite their special pro-
gram pieces and join voices in sing
ing the old familiar carols.
Many Bluffton Churches will hold
their Christmas program Sunday eve
ming, but one church, according to
long-standing custom will hold the
program on Christmas Eve and an
other will hold a Christmas morning
worship service.
Those churches bolding Sunday
School Christmas programs in the
evening at 7:30 include the Evangeli-
cal Mennonite church, the Rockport
Presbyterian church, First Mission
ary church, Lutheran church, First
Methodist church, Emmanuel Evan
gelical and Reformed church the
First Mennonite church, which will
hold the program in Founders hall.
The First Presbyterian church win
have its Sunday School program dur
ing the Sunday School hour in the
morning, and has announced a public
Evensong program at p. m. Sun
day with special music arranged fer
the occasion.
The EbeneZer church Mixed chorus
will present a Christmas concert
Saturday evening at Grace chapel in
West Liberty, and will present pro-
gram for the local church Sunday
evening at 7:30
st. Johns Evangelical ana Reform
ed church will continue the custom of
holding its Christmas Eve program at
7:30 A special offering will be taken
for the Children's Home sponsored
by the church and organization and
class White gifts will be received.
The First Methodist church will
stage a Nativity" tableau Sunday al
Z 80 p. m. Music will be furnished by
the junior and senior choirs with
special solos and carols viii be sung
by the congregation.
The only worship service on Christ
mas morning is again planned by the
First Mennonite church. Because the
church building is being remodeled,
the service which is open to the
public, will be held in Ramseyer
chapel on the college campus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Burglar Makes
Return Visit To
EDr. TRAVIS Office

Bluffton's book-stealing burg
lar, who took along several
medical books at the same time
he lifted $50 from a cash drawer
in the office of DIR. b. w. Travis
early last Wednesday morning,
apparently made a return visit
at almost the same hour this
week.
Night Patrol Imam Wade
Bechtel and Police Chief William
Gaiffe called DIR. Travis about
$3.50 a. m. Wednesday to tell him
they had found doors to his of
flee open and light burning in
the drug supply room. There was
evidence that entrance had been
gained in the same manner as
last week through a rear door
leading into the garage.
1t is believed that the cruiser
passing through the alley may
have frightened the intruder
away. Officer Bechtel said he
saw no parked cars in the neigh
b0rhoOd.
DIR. Travis this week learned
that one of the missing volumes
apparently taken by the thief
from his book case last week
was "May's Diseases of the
Eye"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Two Local Youths
Take Naval Officer
Training Exams

Two Bluffto nhigh school students
took preliminary examinations for
the Navy Reserve Officers Training
Corps in Lima last Saturday.
Lynn Schiffke and John Hartman,
both seniors in the local high school
took the local examination.
Students who pass rigid physical
and mental requirements for the pro-
gram may be eligible to receive a
four-year college scholarship. Upon
completion of their college training
they will be directly commissioned IN
to the Navy or the Marine Corps.
The program is open to any young
man between II and II. Applications
are preferred from the highest rank
ing members of their high school
classes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
School Board Sets
Organization Meet

H. Kenneth Luginbuhl, newly elect
ed member of the Bluffton board of
education, Dr. B. w. Travis and Paul
W. Stauffer, who were reelected for
another four year term. will take the
oath of office at the first meeting of
the year.
The meeting scheduled, according
to law, for the first Monday of the
new year, January 6, will be held at
the Travis residence on West Kibler
street 1t has been customary for
some years for the organization meet
ing to be held az the home of one of
the members. No business is trans
acted except administering the oath
of office to new members and COM
pleting the board organization.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
DR.. Paul Shelly
To Address Err
Mems Brotherhood

DR.. Paul Shelly, Bluffton college
faculty member, will discuss his re
cent trip to the Holy Land at the
meeting of the Mems Brotherhood of
the local Evangelical and Reformed
churches this evening at 8 p. m. at
Emmanuel's church.
Dr. Shelly, who spent the summer
visiting the famous religious areas in
the Middle East, has given several
lectures upon his return to his duties
at Bluffton college He will use sew
eral illustrations to highlight his talk.
Election of new officers for 1858 will
be held during the meeting. Robert
Stratton, a member of st. Johns
church, has served as head of the
group this year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Disciplinary
Action AT School
Aired Before Board
School Board UnanOmous
In Approval OF Prin-
cipaps Action

Student discipline in Bluffton
schools, a prime target for criticism
in recent years, is apparently getting
long overdue reinforcement from the
office of the new principal. Frank
Mayer.
The screws were tightened last
Monday afternoon at a student assem-
bly, meeting. Riotous applause and
noise which disturbed the program
resulted in approximately 30 boys be-
ing lined up for a whack on the seat
of the trousers in the principals Of
flee a student choice of the swat
or a detention period after school
hours.
But as students began to feel the
long arm of authority, there were
repercussions from children and par
ents alike At the school board meet
ing Monday evening the case for a
firm hand won unanimous support of
the board OF education and superin-
tendent in face of some rather vig-
orous protests by four parents.
Even the parents who came up to
complain that their children had been
punished without cause, left the meet
ing in good humor convinced that
the principal and school board were
acting sincerely in their best judg-
ment.
Appearing before the board were
Mrs. Isaac Neuenschwander, Dana
Mathewson, Gerald Hilty and Mrs.
Glenona Badertscher. All based their
complaints on the charge that in adj
ministering mass swats to the group
of students their children had been
innocent of the offense
Two other parents of youngsters
who had received the punishment,
Nelson Steiner and Mrs. Harry Yod-
er, appeared at the board meeting to
express their appreciation of the ac-
ton to improve discipline.
Mr.. Mayer explained that he had
acted in accordance with what he
deemed necessary to maintain order
in assembly periods and respect in
general for the teachers. He said that
he did his best to locate the area
from which the rowdy applause was
coming. He also had checked with
| two other teachers in locating the
source of trouble.
IF any of you parents had OBJ
served the swats the boys received
you would not have felt they were
being abused" Mr.. Mayer said.
Superintendent A. B. Murray OBJ
served that the administration and
board is always glad to hear parents
express themselves, and pointed out
that basically all were trying to do
job in the best interests of the
children. Differences and misunder-
standings come from really little
things, he said.
Each member, of the board ex-
Continued on page a.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Pirates TO Protect
NWC Lead Against
Wir,less DelphOs

The Bluffton Pirates will protect {
five-game winning streak and undis-
puted possession of first place in the
Northwest conference when they trav-
el to Delphos Jefferson tomorrow
night to meet the winless Wildcats.
Bluffton has now won five straight
games while their opponents have
dropped their first four contests.
This will be Bluffton's last regular
ly scheduled Northwest conference
opponent until they entertain the
Conner Wildcats, Tuesday, January z
Delphos has dropped their first -four
games, including a tight setback at
the hands of Beaverdam, a team
which gave Bluffton very little trou-
bic last Friday,
With early-season defeats suffered
by Harrod, Elida and Ada, the three
major preseason favorites, the Pi.
rates have pushed to the front of the
league race. Although they still must
face Ada and Harrod, Bluffton has
taken a big advantage through their
early season winning streak.
Highest scorer for Bluffton during
their first five games has been six
foot, three inch Tim Diller who has
scored 81 points, an average of 18.1
per game. He is followed closely by
Ramon Lewis, with so, for a pei
game average of 16.
Bluffton's major problem at this
stage of the season seems to be lack
of reserve strength. Once any of the
veterans are used up coach Joe Har.
ris is forced to turn to bench which
lacks both height and experience.
After Fridays game the Pirates
will participate in the two-day Holi
day Carnival the following week enc
before taking a week off
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Local Church Groups Make Christmas
Season Happy For Memorial Home Guests

AS Christmas draws nearer the
guests at the Mennonite Memorial
home have enjoyed a number of pro-
grams presented for their benefit by
Bluffton church and community
groups.
Christmas carols have been echoing
the halls as the holiday season
reaches its climax. Sunday will see
an informal Christmas gathering with
the guests gathered around the
Christmas tree.
Twenty guests are now living in
the Memorial Home. During the past
year three of the guests died. They
were the first guests of the home to
die since the home was completed.
The three, Marshall Parker, Mrs.
Martha Welty and Will Tschantz, all
died within a period of three months.
Present residents of the home are
Miss Alice Balmer, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wiebe, Mrs. Ottilia Badertscher, Mrs
Cora Fisher, Miss Ruth Jones, Mrs
Sarah AlthauS, Mrs. Louisa Yoder
Mrs. Maude Carts, Mrs. Emma Bixel
Mrs. Susan Good, Mrs. Dora Quiring
Miss Emma Baumgartner, Mrs. Ma
tilda Fankhauser, Miss Callie Am
stutz, Mrs. Caroline Parker, Mr.. Eli
Kirchofer, Mr.. Win Bloom, Mr.. Sam
Goslee, Mrs. Alma Shoenfeld and
Mrs. Selma Powers.
Two guests have recently been hos
pitalized for a checkup. Mrs. Cora
Fisher was taken to Memorial hos
pital at Lima and Mrs. Dora Quiring