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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

Union president. was the Of
fetal of that union most under
fire In the Senate hearings.
Among other things Cross was
accused Of beating up union
political foes. borrowing some
500, 900 from a baking in
dustry employer. and keeping
a convicted prostitute on the
union payroll as an Organizer. -
In the Senate hearings, UTW
President Anthony valente and
Lloyd Klenert. the unions
secretary-treasurer, have been
charged with using union funds
to buy expensive homes and
pay for assorted personal pur-
chases. They have denied any
improprieties and said they re-
paid the money used for home
purchases.
Meantime, the Teamsters
postponed for a third time a
special executive board meet
ing. Set for Monday, it was
rescheduled for August 10 in
Los Angeles. The union said
several executive board mem
bers have been summoned for
New York area hearings start
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

RacketS Committee staff men,
Der to act as q spy.
Mr.. Meany announced his
decision permanently ousting
Dorfman from union Office as
the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices
Committee resumed hearings
on corruption domination
charges against the Bakery
Workers Union. A similar
hearing is due tomorrow on
charges against the Transfers.
Mr.. Meany sat in on the
ethical practices groups closed
sessions this morning. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

wife Rose-and thus Dorfman
himself-realizes profits run
ming to about 100000 a year
from handling Transfers and
Electrical Workers Union well
fare accounts controlled by
Hoffa and other union leaders.
Dorfman was in almost daily
attendance at the recent Fed
eral Court trial here in which
Hoffa, heir apparent to Dave
Beck as Teamsters Union presi-
dent, was acquitted by a jury
of charges of bribing a Senate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
MOUSETRAP DOES
'EXTRADUTY-KILLS
20-INCH REPTILE

wELLERS BURG. Pa.
R.-Mrs. Noah Witt got
quit ca shock when she
checked a mousetrap I'M
der her bed yesterday
morning.
The trap. set for a pesky
mouse. had caught and
killed a 20-inch copper
head snake.
Mrs. Witt believes the
snake may have been
brought in the house with
some wood her husband
carried in for their stove
Monday night. Her bed
room. where the snake was
caught, is on the first floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
Dorfmon, Hoffo Friend,
Is Ousted by Meony
By the Associated Press

AFL-CIO President George Meany today ordered Paul
Dorfman close friend of Transfers Vice President
Hoffa. removed from office in Chicago labor union.
Dorfman previously had been suspended as secretary
treasurer of Waste Material Handlers Union Mr.
Meanys action today made the custer permanent
The action based in findings that Dorfman's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

ing today before the Senate
Rackets Committee.
Another reason given for the
board meeting postponement
was a special AFL-CIO Build
ing Trades convention opening
Monday in Atlantic City.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06

Letters were to be mailed this week
TO all local service clubs, church and
school organizations, merchants,
farm organizations and industrial
concerns urging support OF tn e
annual Fourth of July parade by en-
tering a float and nominee for Rodeo
Queen.
Theme of the upcoming parade
will be "Town and Country and the
parade entries should show apprecia-
ton of Town and Country living, CO
operation between town and country
people, or service to the community.
There will be 10 parade classes in
which to participate: 1. Service clubs
and organizations. 2. Childrens pa
rade. 3. Churches and schools.
A. Junior organizations. 5. Mer-
chant presentations. 6. Farm or
ganizations. Z. Farm machin y
dealers. 8. Industrial. 8. CO m C
and Miscellaneous. 10. Horsemens
class.
The award in each class will be a
blue rosette ribbon and $40 in cash.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Building Permit
Records Expected
To Be Helpful

The Village of Bluffton's new ordin-
ance requiring a permit for erecting
new building or remodeling an old
one should prove beneficial to future
purchasers as well as the general
welfare of the village, Mayor David
L. Riser pointed out this week
The application blanks and draw
ings filed with the village will contain
pertinent information which may be
useful to future owners of properties,
he said, when they want to know
sewer or water line locations.
The application blank and drawing
shows location of the house on its
lot, location of septic tank, location
of existing and proposed sewer, water
and gas lines, and the grade line in
relation to the street. Other questions
asked include cost of the proposed
building or remodeling work.
Mayor Riser asks that persons
applying for building permits do so
several days or week in advance
of starting to work in order to give
ample time for approval by the vii
lage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Suit Involving
BlufftOn Parties
Reaches Settlement

An out of court settlement of a
$4,000 wrongful death suit was
reached by insurance adjusters Mon
day. at noon shortly before jury
was to hear the case involving Bluff
ton parties.
Attorneys for both the plaintiff
Mrs. Albert Garmatter, owner of the
Garmatter Lumber Co., and defen-
dant, Mrs. Dorothy j. Jones Nicl<le-
son, argued through the morning tc
seat a jury.
The announcement of the settlement
by the insurance adjusters made
when the court convened after lunch,
surprised both attorneys and jury.
Both Albert Garmatter and Donald
]. Jones were killed in two car
collision September IA, 1854, at the
intersection of the Phillips and Bixel
roads west of town.
Mrs. Garmatter brought suit in be-
half of herself and four children,
Dorothy Houts, Violet Moser, Ruth
Strahm and Mark Garmatter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Richard Gratz
Elected College
Alumni President
Alumni Speaker
Stresses Need For
Increased Aid

Richard GratZ was elected presi-
dent of the Bluffton college alumni
association during the alumni BAN
quet held at Founders hall last
Saturday evening.
Other officers elected include vice
president Samuel Diller, and secre-
tary-treasurer, Mrs. Paul King. Harry
Yoder, assistant to the president at
Bluffton college, was continued as
executive secretary of the association.
Dean Niswander was chosen as
alumni representative to the board
of trustees. Mrs. John Moser was
selected as representative to the
womens' auxiliary of the board Of
trustees.
Martin Winemiller, 'Bluffton college
alumnus of 1887, spoke out against
apathy on the educational fronts dur
ing his after-dinner speech. Our
schools are entering an era in which
they viii be called upon to give young
people deeper and broader under
standing of the forces and issues that
confront them," he said.
Some local school districts must
get Increased federal or state aid if
they have outrun their local sources
of tax revenue, Mr.. Winemiller said.
Federal aid to education using funds
from general taxation has been in
use for nearly 100 years without
federal control of education, the
speaker pointed out.
More generous support of education
from the kindergarten through the
graduate school is one of the educa-
uonal musts for 1857, Mr.. Wine
miller concluded.
Before the featured speech Presi-
dent L. L. Ramseyer viewed the past
year as one of expansion and i'm
proVement for the college.
Service pins were presented 70
Russell Lantz, professor of music and
A c. Burcl1y, athletic director
honoring their long period of service
to the college.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
BluMon Eyed As
Possible Site For
Mental Hospital
Village One OF Three Places
Under Consideration By
Mennonite Group

Possible choice of Bluffton as n
location for fourth mental hospital
operated by the Mennonite Central
committee win be discussed by D. c.
Kaufman, West Liberty, Ohio, at the
meeting of the Bluffton Business
Mems association Wednesday evening
at the Page Dairy company office.
Mr. Kaufman, field representative
of the Central Committee, will ex-
plain that Bluffton is one of three
locations under consideration for
location of the small hospital. Other
locations also under consideration are
Fort Wayne and Goshen, Ind.
The Central Committee presently
operates three similar institutions,
Brooklane Farm at Hagerstown, Md,
Kingsview hospital at Reedley, Calf,
and Prairie View hospital at Newton,
Kan.
Mr.. Kaufman was former director
of the Mennonite Central Committee
relief program in Europe He will
discuss details of the hospital plans
with the business men.
The meeting will open at s O'Clock
with tour Of the dairy plant to be
conducted by Harry Turner, manager,
and Don KagyI assistant. The tour
| is planned as continuance Of the
program of visiting all local indus
tries. At the conclusion lunch viii be
served BY the dairy company.
Robert Crow, president OF the
association, and Silas Diller, program
chairman, urge good turnout Of
members and business associates.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Heavy Hand In Mayors Court Controls
Heavy Foot On Gas In Village Streets

mayors court have totaIed 1881 for the first
four months and should reach 81, 900 by the
years end. Last year fines collected for the
entire year amounted to less than those col
Iected the first four months of 1857.
Mayor Risser explains that he does not
wish Bluffton to have the reputation of being
speed trap, but he also does not wish the
town to become known for lax traffic law
enforcement. He feels recent efforts to curb
wreckiess driving are producing results.
Minimum fine meted out In the local court
in speeding and wreckless driving convictions
Is $40 plus S. costs.
Although some of the cases are brought
before Mayor Risser by the state highway
patrol, 80 per cent Of those tried are local
persons
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06

Bearing down on speeders and wreckless
drivers by Mayor David l.. Risser's court Is
paying dividends I'm making Bluffton streets
safer and the village pOcketbook fatter.
Passing out fines to all who come before
him, Mayor Risser has been figuring fines
and costs in most speeding cases to total 81
for each mile per hour the speed limit is
exceeded.
If motorst is going so miles per hour in
a 20-mile zone he can expect S25 fine plus
S. court cost, and If the arrest is made by
Bluffton police and tried under village ordn-
ance, the entire amount goes to the village.
Fifty-five percent of fines in state highway
cases go to the state.
Thus far the fines and costs levied i'm the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Recreation Commission Lists Rules
For Safety At Municipal Swimming Pool

"The recreation commission wants
everyone to enjoy themselves d
have fun at the new municipal swim
ming pool, but certain rules and reg
ulations for the safety and welfare of
all must be observed" Paul Diller,
commission chairman said this week
in listing the rules. 50
The commission urges parents to
explain the rules to their children be
cause noncompliance will result in
expulsion from the pool by lifeguards
in charge.
The rules include: 1. Swimmers
must stay within limits of swimming
area. 2. Do not interfere with o r
bother life guard. 3. No running,
pushing and ducking is permitted.
4. Diving from side of diving boards
not permitted. 5. No swimming when
pool is closed. g. No throwing o
sand. Z. Adults must accompany
children in the wading pool. s. Not
responsible for lost valuables, 9. Use
waste cans for all refuse. 10. Profane
language not permitted.
IL. No play or beach balls allowed
in pool. II. Innertubes prohibited In
pool. 13. "Piggy-back" riding prohib-
tied in pool. IA. Running dives from
sides of the pool are forbidden. 10.
Only small children allowed in wad-
inc pool. 16. Swimming not permitted
under diving boards. II. Eating,
drinking or smoking not permitted in
pool area.
The pool management also has the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Two BHS Faculty
Members To Get
Masters Degrees

Two members of the Bluffton high
school faculty will receive their mas
ter's degrees in graduation exercises
this wee.
Darwin Luginbuhl, Bluffton hgn
school art and speech instructor, VIII
receive the Master of Fine Arts
degree in graduation exercises at
Ohio State university tomorrow morn
ing.
Mr.. Luginbuhl has majored IN the
field of art education.
The ceremony will be held IN tne
Ohio Stadium at 9 a. m, at tne
closed end of the horseshoe shaped
stadium.
Pete Schmidt, high school coacn,
wiu receive the masters degree OF
science in education at commence
noent exercises Sunday at Bowling
Green State university.
Mr.. Schmidt has majored in the
field of physical education.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
NeW College Flags Make
appearance On Main Street

in front of their stores. Eight inch
sections of iron pipe were driven into
the holes large enough to accommodate
the new 1as-inch flag staffs.
Under the present plan all college
flags and poles are set up by stu
dents from the college, and are re-
moved after the college event is over.
Students headed by cheerleader Ruth
Cochran look after the flag project.
There is some discussion now as to
whether a similar project can be
made workable for display of Amer
lean flags on holidays. Heading the
project for the businessmen are Silas
Diller, Bill Edwards and Gene Ben
roth. Dr. Edna Ramseyer heads the
college committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Berne Mems Chorus
To Give Concert
Here Sunday Night

The widely-know Mennonite Mems
Chorus of Berne, Ind, will appear
here Sunday evening at s o'clock in
Founders hall in a benefit concert
to help finance the planting and land
scaping project at the Mennonite
Memorial Home.
The Bluffton local Swiss Mems
Chorus, originally scheduled to sing
with the Berne group, will not
participate on the stage, but will
assist with entertaining the visitors
and serving luncheon after the con-
cert.
This is the second time that the
Berne group has appeared here under
direction of DR.. Freeman Burkholder
and assistant director Wilbert Nus
baum to aid the landscaping project.
They appeared here in March of
1856.
The second large scale planting was
completed on the home grounds this
spring and maple trees adjoining the
driveway have been planted in honor
of the Berne Chorus.
All churches of the Bluffton area
have refrained from holding evening
services Sunday to enable all to attend
the concert. The Rev. Jacob Friesen
will give the invocation.
A free will offering will be taken
during the concert.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Outstanding Year
For College Is
Reviewed By Prexy

The past year has been an out
standing success for Bluffton
college on the athletic field and
from the standpoint of financial
support by its friends, DIR. l.. l..
Ramseyer said i'm a summary of
the year presented Sunday after
comforting degrees to 43 seniors.
In athletics the year has been
the most successful i'm the college
history, Prexy said. Three Mid
Ohio league championships were
won by the Beaver teams i'm foot
ball, tennis and track.
In summing up finances he
stated that the total TO date for
the Expansion and Improvement
Fund stands at $173, ,571. ga. During
the year the college received a
gift of Lincoln National Life in
surance stock from Mrs. o. f.
Gilliom of Berne, Indiana, valued
at $S2,OO and a Rosenberger gift
valued at $22 700. Bluffton's share
from the Ohio Foundation of
Independent Colleges was over
$4,000. DIR. Ramseyer stated that
the bulk of the financial support
must continue to come from a
large number of people giving
sacrificially.
Present plans call for the be-
ginning of the erection of the addi-
tion of Ropp Hall towards the end
of the summer or fall, according
to DIR. Ramseyer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06

Provided as a joint project of the
Bluffton Business Mems association
and Bluffton college, so handsome
new flags of purple and white lined
both sides of Main street through the
business section last week end as a
sign of welcome to the several thou
sand visitors who attended the festive
weekend commencement activities.
Side walk recepticals for SO new
flag staffs spaced at even intervals
were provided on both sides of the
street from College avenue to Elm
street.
The recepticals were drilled with an
air hammer, and a number of extra
holes were drilled for merchants who
had no previous places to set flag
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06

live, three or four at time, and pui
textbook theory to practice. Ultimate
ly it is her plan to turn the building
over to the college.
Before leaving on her summer trim
abroad, the professor engaged Harry
Mericle and Sons as builders. They
hope to complete the project before
the beginning Of the second semester
next winter.
Plans for the home management
house, prepared by William Wells OF
Mclaughlin and Keil, Lima arcbi-
tects, call for a frame building 80
feet wide by II feet long. The gift.
width does not include a screened in
back porch and smaller front entry
way. The length includes two-car
24x24-ft. double garage at one end.
The residence win front on Spring
street with the south end lining up
with homes on College avenue and a
drive from Spring street entering the
garage at the north end of the build
ing. Typical Cape Cod, it will be of
wide white clapboard exterior with
two dormer windows on the second
floor front and the rear of the second
floor rising to full two-story heighth.
The first floor viii include large
% 1873" livingroom and dining-L,
u'2" 15'8". A brick fireplace and
bookshelves will be a feature of one
end of the living room. large model
kitchen equipped with refrigerator.
freezer, dish washer, island style
range and built-in electric oven.
The front door will open on a center
hallway with colonial stairway leading
to the second floor. On the right ot
the entrance will be one downstair:
bedroom and a combination bedroom
and study.
Three more bedrooms are provided
on the second floor with bath am
two showers of ceramic tile.
nuscry room viii also be provided i
the event a child is kept at hom
management house.
A full basement provides a larg,
recreation room with brick fireplace
a utility room, ping-pong room anc
storage space.
The home viii be heated by a gas
fired hot water system.
When the college studerts start next
winter to use the new facilities. they
viii receive practical experience
in keeping housekeeping records,
make marketing studies and perform
all the chores normally falling to the
housewife.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Much Corn Planting
Misses Decoration
Day Deadli.le Here

Decoration Day, generally consider
ed high time for local farmers to
have their corn in the ground, found
only about Is per cent of the seed
planted, and most of this went into
the soil on the holiday or the few
dry days afterwards.
This year planting has Jagged far
behind normal in the Bluffton area
and some observers point out that if
further rains delay the planting be-
yond this week, many will have to
switch their planning to soybeans.
The abnormal rainfall which has
totaled 14.S9 inches during April and
May has caused the long delay in
planting. Many fields are still un-
ploWed. Cool weather has also pre-
vailed with light frost reported by
Ray Burkholder, local weather OBJ
server on May %.
While many fields, particularly
south of town where local rains seem
to have been more plentiful, have not
been touched by the plov, some corn
north toward Pandora stands three or
four inches high.
The first warm dry weather suit
able for field work last week found
the farmers and their tractors in the
fields from sunlight until well into
the dark. A good solid week of warm
dry weather would change the picture
quickly because of the speed which
can be made by modern equipment
when the weather is right.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
Stanford u. Awards
Honor In Music To
Former Be Student
Theodore TOews Named Win
ner OF 1857 Humhnities Prize
In Music Composition

A former Bluffton college student
who began his studies of music theory
under Professor Otto Holtkamp has
been announced the winner of this
years Humanities Prize in Music
Composition at Stanford university.
The award was granted to Theodore
Toews, a graduate student in music
at Stanford, for his setting of the
Mass.
Toews' Mass has been performed al
the Annual Composers Symposium of
Western Colleges held this year at
the University of Redlands, at the
Stanford University Memorial church,
at st. Peters Episcopal church in
Redwood City and at st. AIMS chapel
in Palo, Alto.
AS a result of his achievement the
young composer-conductor has been
named on the staff of the Harvard
Music Department. Professor q.
Wallace Woodwork of Harvard visit
ed the Stanford campus recently and
heard Toews conduct his own work.
He will go to Harvard as Prof.
Woodworth's assistant
While attending Bluffton college MIR.
Toews met and married the former
Mary Dean, daughter OF Mrs. Meta
L. Dean, the Bluffton college dieti-
clan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Toews and their two
children, David and Anne, are pre-
sently residing in Palo Alto, Califor-
MIA.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-06
New World Frontier OF Good Will Open
To Generation, Speaker Tells Be Grads

DR.. Edgar Dale of Ohio State Uni
versity in speaking to the 1857
graduating class of Bluffton college
on the subject "A Fresh Look at the
World" told the class that if they
look at the world with wisdom and
compassion they can blaze a new
frontier in helping to make the world
q good home for everybody.
Dr. Dale began his talk by saying
that the physical frontiers of America
which fostered inventiveness, buoy
ancy and exhuberance have vanished
, over so years ago. He urged graduates
instead of settling into an unthinking
conformity to the world, that they use
wisdom and compassion in taking a
fresh look at new frontiers.
There are 100000 people in the
world, according to DR.. Dale, who
have recently freed themselves from
colonialism. If we can look at the
world through their eyes we can see
that they want to be treated as equals.
People in underprivileged nations OF
the world are in a hurry to catch
up. They are agricultural nations
which are eager to mechanlZe,
educate and industrialize.
The u. S. has unparalleled oppor-
i,mitv To helm these countries achieve
their goals of living fulfilled lives.
DR.. Dale said that it is our respon-
sibility to share the idea of the COM
mon humanity to all people by shar-
ing our surplus food and technical
skill. The $4,000 foreign students in
this country are not only learning
about our gadgets, they are impressed
with acts of kindness extended to
them.
DR.. Dale told the graduates that if
they wanted to keep their point of view
fresh they cannot stop growing. He
told them it is easy to catch harden
ing of the categories" instead of
pioneering ahead.
He described a good home for
everyone as a place where there is
love and affection, where everyone
belongs, where there is nutricious
food and where there is comfort
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