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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-06-12

Subotu vece 26. maja O.
drzan je uz ostalo glazbeni
koncerat. Program je otvorio
mladi podpredsjednik odsjeka
brat Nicholas Spudic. S t a r
Spangled Banner majstorski
je izvela grupa uques e
University Tamburitzans A
lumni, koja je grupa tako-
djer izvela nekoliko znacajnih
glazbenih tocaka.
S programom je upravljao
vrijedni zajednicar pred
sjednik odsjeka broj 4, brat
MarkO VinSki.
U ime nase Zajednice po-
zdravio je glavni tajnik, brat
Joseph Bella. Glavna atrak-
cija bio je proslavljeni mas
pjevacki zbor "JavOr". Javor
je skladno i lijepo otpjevao
nekoliko rukoveti narodnih
umjetnih hrvatskih pjesama
i bio je nagradjen sa odusev-
ljenim aplauzom.
Program je zakljucen sa -
God Bless America.
Pred tim je govorio hrvat-
ski urednik, pisac ovih re-
daka. Tema je bila:
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-06-12
STO JE HRV. BRATSKA
ZAJEDNICA?

Znacaj i vaznost Hrvatske
Bratske Zajednice vidimo We
ceras ma ovoj proslavi jednog
cd prvih odsjeka njezinih, a
ma cijoj pros a vi gledamo
predstavnike j clanstvo prvog
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-06-12


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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-06-12

STROSSMAYER PJEVACKI ZBOR KOLO GRUPA
OMLADINE nastupa Hrvatskom Zajednicarskom Danu
West View Parku nedjelu 21 julia Owe dve odlcne CRU
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
Lima Symphony Concert At Blufton
An Extra" For Next Seasons Members

Bluffton music lovers will have an
unusual opportunity to attend the
May concert of the Lima Symphony
Orchestra at Founders hall without
charge, if they subscribe now to a
1888 season membership. it was
announced this week.
1t is expected that a number of
Bluffton residents will wish to avail
themselves of this special offer since
the May 10 concert will also feature
the Bluffton College A Cappella Choir.
They will do Mozart's Requiem
Mass in c Major" with the orchestra,
and also a scene from Moussorksky' S
Russian opera, Boris Godounoff."
The regular membership next sea-
son will include five concerts featur-
ing orchestral works with piano, violin
and vocal soloists in addition to two
major choral and orchestral pro-
grams.
The Bluffton concert comes right in
the midst of the Symphony Orches-
tra's membership drive for next sea-
son. Because of the convenience oi
the concerts, the large group of Bluff.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
Country Flavor
by Haydn S. Pearson

and glory of life resurrection beyond
the ken of human understanding
Lilac buds by the shed door break
their scales and tawny-ribbonlike
blossoms of the elms make glowing
bouquets of vase-shaped beautiful
trees. Ferns along the roadside un-
furl their fiddleheads and jack-in-the-
pulpits stand erect to crate.
Down along the creek banks and
on the south slopes OF knolls, vio-
let's lift thir faces to the blue of
the sky. Cinquefoil, the false
strawberry, writes yellow periods
in the grass at the end of Its long,
trailing sentences, and the genu-
inc wild strawberries paint patch.
es of white buttons with golden
centers.
Hills are a soft, silver-pewter hue
with the opening leaves of poplar and
birches, reminding one of the misty
beauty of Corot painting. Pity thai
man who does not respond to the
magic of May; be sorry for hin
whose heart does not lift to the mes
sage of the season. For now the
Master Plan is in full operation, anC
the wise man takes on faith tha
which he cannot comprehend.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02

able to attend school again.
Members of the class of 1912 of
Bluffton high school were pleasantly
entertained at the home of Miss
Halle Thut Wednesday evening.
Twelve of the 16 members of the
class enjoyed the evening which was
spent in social diversion, at the close
of which light refreshments were
served by the hostess.
First inmates of the $500, 900
Lima State hospital which has been
under construction for several years
will probably be received May 1.
Petitions for statewide prohibition
are being freely signed in the county,
according to dry headquarters.
Rudolph miller, Gid Locher and
Moses Steiner returned from Gibson
City, Ill.,, where they made horse
deal with d. K. Roth, who is well
known in this community as horse
man. They traded their two roam
horses for a Belgian colt coming
three years old in May. This colt is
considered one of the best and
biggest colts in Illinois. He weighs
over ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02

MUSHROOM SEASON officially
arrived in this area last week end,
we are happy to announce. We are
not going to attempt to herald the
name of the first to pluck this sea-
sons crop of morels. Suffice it to
say that the season officially opened
because Maynard Geiger, generally
recognized as the local mushroom
authority, says it is so.
Poor Mrs. Della Hilty, who accord
ing TO her own testimony, has been
unsuccessful for So years in reporting
the first Robin to Mainly Personal,
thought she had the first mushroom
Sunday. Not only the first one, but
81 brothers and sisters all growing
in a patch right in the back yard of
her South Main street home.
Hers was perhaps the lucky strike
of the season thus far, but not a
first" Oscar Wenger is reported to
have found Sc sponge mushrooms on
Saturday and 6l OF the grey variety
on Sunday. Hunting was also good
for Weldon Luginbhul and Kenny
Moser who found IS grey mushrooms
on Saturday.
BLUFFTON MUSHROOMS, how.
ever, are paltry lot it seems. When
it comes to real hunting, go to the
vicinity of Terra Haute, Ind, Johr
Murray will tell you. John, together
with his uncle, George Moser, ant
two cousins, Virgil Beery and Gree
Moser, found 1917 pounds of the wood
land delicacy last Sunday near Terra
Haute.
Local hunters who take the pains t
count their finds only dream of thu
happy hunting grounds where on'
weighs his find.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
Neus Our Fathers Read
THE BLUFFToN NEWS ISSUE OF APRIL s, 1915-

Burglars entered the Bixel Jewelry
Store on Friday night, stealing 20
watches, valued at $500. Marks found
on a window at the rear of the Econ
omy Shoe Store Saturday morning
told of an unsuccessful attempt to
enter the adjoining business room.
Tuesday afternoon William Kimmel
and Dan Motter had quite an auto
mobile mixup on Cherry street AS
William was monopolizing Cherry
street in order to turn his car, Dan
came along at his usual lively gait
and struck the Kimmel auto. Dams
car was knocked out and had to be
taken to the repair shop. Mr. Kim
mel's car was damaged some, but
was all right to take the Orange
township man to his home.
Officers for the B Sharp Glee club
elected Tuesday night are Misses
Edith McPeak, president; Flora Gott-
shall, vice-president; Agnes Am
stutz, secretary; Verna Kohl, treas
urer and Pearl Bogart, director.
Albert Vermillion thinks he has a
record breaker in raising pigs. He
has hog that produced him 81 pigs
within one year and he raised 29 of
this number.
| Miss Grace Murray, who spent the
last seven months with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lew Basset at Springfield Mo-, yre-
turned Hpme last Wednesday, Grace
says there's no place like Bluffton.
Artie, the second son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hochstettler, suffered a
broken shoulder last Thursday eve
ming when he turned his bicycle in
front of an automobile near his nome
on South Main street. He was
dragged under the machine for some
distance but escaped with the broken
shoulder and painful bruises. Artie is
carrying his arm in sling but is
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
MAY MAGIC

EHERE is magic in the month of
= May. There are years when the
path of days from March to the fifth
month seems long and monotonous.
April has its pleasant points, but it
also brings chilly nights, wind, raw
days and pelting rains. One can keep
hoping as the fourth month rolls
along that true Spring will soon ar
rive, but in his heart the countryman
is resigned to Times passage until
the tide of Spring rolls up on the
beaches of May.
Perhaps late Spring is a need
ed test of a mans patience, but
when the tide finally rolls across
the countryside, the pulsing ur-
gency of the season lifts the heart.
Fresh, glowing green strands are
woven into the brown, winter
bleached blankets of dead grass.
You can smell the pungent, heady
fragrances of primal humus; you
can hear the swelling bird chorus
each dawning as Days fingers
reach up to pull in Nights dark
curtain.
Earth is full of magic when May
arrives. 1t is true magic-the wonder
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02

ton players in the orchestra, and the
high level of musical interest in the
community, it is expected that the
village will have large group inter-
ested in renewing their memberships
or in obtaining new ones.
The adult season ticket for five
concerts is IS with special student
season price of So and children under
II admitted free The addition of the
sixth concert reduces the price to
about 80 cents per concert.
In charge of Bluffton ticket sales
for the membership campaign are
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
Mainly Personal

IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY with the
size of the mushrooms you are find
ing this season, here are a few sug-
gestions you can take or leave alone.
Dick Reddig of Jenera is reported
to cover his mushrooms with bushel
basket to keep them in the dark and
thus promote mushroom growth.
Harvey Garmatter, according to
reports for which we will not vouch,
hangs tin pail of water above the
mushrooms he spots. A hole in the
bottom of the pail allows the water
to drip steadily around the mush-
rooms causing them to grow larger,
faster.
Then there is the story that May
nard Geiger has in years gone by
transplanted mushrooms to flower
pots so that he can measure their
daily growth accurately with a mic
rometer.
SOME NATURALISTS, of course,
phoo phoo the Scientific" mushroom
hunter.
IF you see a man who tells you
where mushrooms are and when to
go get them, just mark him down as
fellow who doesn't know what he
is talking about. And the same thing
goes for the fellow who has the
answer about fish, except he is closer
to being a liar than the first one. >
We borrow the above quote from
yet unpublished issue of A. C.
Burcky's Jungle News, and attributed
to Dan Triplehorn.
NOW ABOUT FISHING-Perch re
, ported to be hitting spasmodically a
the Waterworks. Saturday and Sun
: day were good, but Monday, punk.
John Gilbert and two brothers ha'
10 on their stringer at an early after
noon count. Oscar Wenger landed l.
nice perch and Ia blue gills Sunday
and Jess Manges hooked few a
well.
The walleyes and pickerel recent,
stocked have not started to strike
but the rush will possibly start witt
the opening of the derby Sunday.
1
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate OF William Lester Binkley Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Mae Ida Blink
ley of l30 Railroad ST.. Bluffton. Ohio has
been duly appointed Executrix of the Estate
Of William Lester Bnkley deceased, late of
Allen County. Ohio.
Creditors are required to file their claims
with said fiduciary within four months.
Dated this 18th day of April 1857.
Paul j. Rockey
Probate Judge Of said County
April 25, May 2, o
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
NOTICE OF APPOINTMEN

Estate of John C. Hubarger Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Rodney j.
Hullibarger of 7l0h East Kibby ST.. Lima.
Ohio. has been duly appointed Administrator
of the Estate of John C.. Hullbarger deceased
late of Allen County. Ohio
Creditors required to file their claims
with said fiduciary within four months.
Dated this 22nd day of April! 1857.
Paul j. Rockey
Probate Judge of said County
April rs, May 2, 8
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Case No. 1881
Estate of Jennie May Pickens Deceased
Notice is hereby given that Ray Pickens of
X. r. No. 2. Button. Ohio. has been duly
appointed Administrator of the Estate of
Jennie May Pickens deceased, late of Allen
County, Ohio.
Creditors are required TO file their claims
with said fiduciary within four months.
Dated this 18th day of April 1857.
Paul j. Rockey
Probate Judge of said County
April 25, May 2, 9
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Z Estate Of Ollie Hullibdrger Deceased
u Notice Is hereby sgiven that Rodney j.
Hullibarger of 7loh Ea4s libby ST.. Lima.
Ohio. has beSn duly aDn4anted Administrator
of the Estate of Ollie Huliibarger deceased.
late OF Allen County. Ohio.
Creditors are required to file their claims
with said fiduciary within four months.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1857.
Paul j. Rockey
Probate Judge of said County
April rs, May 2 9
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Fred H. Zehrbach Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Viola Zehrbach
of 620 South Elizabeth ST., Lima, Ohio. has
been duly appointed Admi inistratrix of the
Estate of Fred III. Zehrbach deceased. late
of Allen County, Ohio.
Creditors are required to file their claims
with said fiduciary within four months.
Dated this 18th day of April 1857.
Paul j. Rockey
Probate Judge of said County
Anrl 2h MAY 2. @
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02

Mrs. Nelson Steiner and Mrs. James
Szabo. Tickets may be obtained from
them and are also on sale at the
Leland Diller Insurance agency.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
GOT STNUS TROUBLED

GOT SINUS TROUBLEr
Do as other thousands do get SUMS
for fast pleasant relief. No smiling,
no smearing. Its 80 diherent-5nst
plain wonderful. No Aspirin. Acs-
tanalid. Phcnacetin or caffeine. Az
tion starts at once not hours. SUMS
only $1.00 at your local Drug Stors.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02

ORION SWEATERS may pill" or
bali from friction and wear. If you
use care and sharp razor blade,
you can shave off the pilling. Lay
the sweater over a firm pillow for
support during the process.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
LEGAL NOTICE


Ease NO. AS6I9
Court of Common Pleas, Allen County,
Ohio No. 43679 Mary Frances Murphy VS..
Roger Lee Murphy
Roger Lee Murphy. whose place of resi-
denee is 1929 Home Avenue. Dayton, Ohio,
otherwise whose place of residence is un-
known, will take notice that on July so,
1856, the undersigned filed her petition
against him in the above Court praying for
a divorce. alimony and further relief. on the
grounds of gross neglect of duty. Said cause
will be for hearing on and after six (6)
weeks from the first publication hereof.
Mary Frances Murphy
BY Rodgers, Waltz a Price
Attorneys for Plaintiff
April 4. IL, Is. 25 May 2. 8
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02
Retired Orange Twp.
Farmer Succumbs

Final rites were held Wednesday
afternoon in ST. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran church near Arlington for
Harry E. Gehrish, So, retired Orange
township farmer and native of Van
Buren, township.
Mr.. Gehrish, in recent years
resident of Findlay, died in Blanchard
Valley hospital Monday morning of
heart ailment. He had been in fail
ing health for four years.
Born in Van Buren, township July
II, 1889, he was a son of William
and Margaret (Wilch) Gehrish. He
married M. Leoda Wilson October 8,
1913, and she survives.
Also surviving are two children:
Mrs. Raymond Doris) Holden,
Findlay, and j. Merritt Gehrish,
Arlington; eight grandchildren and a
sister, Mrs. Ed Which, Arlington.
Mr.. Gehrish was lifelong men,
ber of st. Pauls church. The Rev.
Luther Meulhbrad officiated d
burial was in the church cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02

RURAL FIRE PROTECTION
authorities recommend that every
farm have at least 5000 gallons of
water Immediately available for fire
fighting use.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-05-02

1T is ECONOMICAL to freeze left
over coffee into ice cubes and use
the cubes in iced coffee.
Arizona sun., 1957-03-07
TRAVAINI NAMED ENGINEER
OF THE YEAR"

Dario Travaini, City Superin-
tendent of the Division of Water
and Sewers, has been named
Arizona Engineer of the Year.
Announcement of the honor was
made at the annual engineers
banquet held at the Westward
Ho on February % to climax
Engineers Week in Arizona.
Travaini was selected for the
honor on the basis of his con-
tribution to his profession and
to his community. A plaque
marking the award was present
ed Travaini by Walter A. Burg
of Tucson, President of the Ariz-
ona Society of Professional En-
gineerS.
More than $50 persons attend
ed the banquet representing II
engineering societies and groups
from throughout Arizona.
Arizona sun., 1957-03-07

Radar enforcement of speed
limits was initiated by the Di-
vision of Traffic in the Police
Department during January.
The new enforcement technique
has raised considerable public
interest and is credited with
reducing the speed of many
Phoenix drivers. In it's first day
of operation, the radar unit ac-
counted for "a speeding cita-
tions. Since that time the traf-
fic Division reports that THE
number of citations issued on
radar speed checks has decreas-
Arizona sun., 1957-03-07
FACTORY SEWING SCHOOL
OPENS IN PHOENIX

Garment Training Center. The
school is located at 730 E. Wash
ington, Phoenix, to train work.
ers in factory sewing methods.
Women with no previous sew
ing experience are enrolled to
become skilled power sewing
machine operators.
A student is given a free ap-
titude test on the machines. In
StructorS are women with many
years experience in garment
making. They will teach on sin
gle needle, double needle, zig
gag, blindStitch, herrow, over
lock, buttonhole and button
machines. The school conducts
day and evening classes Mon
day through Friday. A tuition
is charged which can be paid
on weekly basis after train
ing if the student qualities.
Finished Garments made in the
school are given to the students
and charitable institutions.
Mr.. Forehand says there is a
shortage of trained garment
workers in Phoenix area and
throughout the state. Several
new manufacturers have locat-
ed here and others express a
desire to do so if there were
more experienced operators
available.
Arizona sun., 1957-03-07
RADAR TO ENFORCE
SPEED LIMITS

ed. A well-organized publicity
program on radar speed enforce
ment techniques and the con-
slant threat posed by the elusive
radar team are given major
share of the credit for reduc-
ton in speeding and traffic
deaths. One traffic death was
reported during January 1857 as
compared with three for the
same month a year ago. The
radar unit is manned by two
police officers, one to operate
the equipment and one to stop
viOlatOrS.
Arizona sun., 1957-03-07

On the encouragement of
Anthony Adragna, general man.
ager of the Edna-Howard, Inc.
garment manufacturers of PhOe-
nix, 0. c.. Forehand of Los Ang-
eleS has started the Industrial
Arizona sun., 1957-03-07
ARIZONA SUN
Marian Anderson Tells
OF Metropolitan
Opera Signing

When Marian Anderson sign
ed her contract with the Me-
tropolitan Opera last year, the
first Negro singer to be a men,
Der of the company and again
in January when she made her
debut in Verdis ''The Masked
Ban", headlines around the free
world heralded the events.
In town yesterday for her con-
cert at Phoenix Union High
School Auditorium on Saturday
$3.50 pm. the famous singer
told us in her rich, soft voice
a little something of the drama
behind the news.
ever since one was in high
school in Philadelphia" said
Miss Anderson, speaking of her
self in the third person as is
her custom, zone had hoped to
sing at the Metropolitan if that
could be, however, the day Mr..
Hurok and I went to the Metro
politan to sign the contract with
Mr.. Bing, many newspapermen
asked what our feelings were.
But there were no words-one
was speechless, there is an old
spiritual, Go Tell It On The
Mountains!
The statuesque contralto re-
called her first attempt to see
a Metropolitan Opera perform
ance in her native Philadelphia.
"a sum of money had been
put aside from the church con-
certs which we Sang-SometimeS
earning soc, sometimes $1.OO-
and I took this to the Academy
of Music box office. When the
man there told me the price, I
thought he had misunderstood
and believed I wanted a seasons
subscription. I hadn't enough
money even for one perform
ance."
Although S. HurOk, who dis
covered Miss Anderson in Paris
and brought her back to her
native land, had proposed the
singer to the Metropolitan off
and on for fifteen years, the
invitation came quite simply and
suddenly at a party the 1mpre-
sario gave after the opening
midsummer Nights Dream"
"Mr. Hurok had placed me
next to Mr.. Bing at the table
and MIR. Bing just asked me if
I should like to sing Urica at
the Metropolitan Opera. I said
I thought I would. That was all
there was to it,"
Miss Anderson with charac-
teristic modesty studied the part
before committing herself. She
also went to Dinitri MitropouloS,
she took a slow busride home to
her Manhattan apartment only
to find the telephone frantically
ringing. Mitropoulos had called
the Met; the Met had called MIR.
Hurok. The contract was to be
signed that afternoon at four.
"All Mr.. Hurok said when I
answered the telephone was:
congratulations" and I SAID
"just let me sit down"
Jackson advocate., 1957-06-29
Meridian News

The Ministers Wives of the Meri-
dian District held their first meet
ing June 20, for this conference
year.
The house was called to order by
the President, Mrs. J. R. Chump,
prayer by the president, after some
brief remarks by our president,
the question was asked, What
kind of district organization should
we have" and what time should
we meet?" 1t was agreed that we
would meet once a month.
1t was also agreed that we would
Judge Williams; Chaplain, Mrs. u
ing at O'Clock we would offer
prayer for the indifference of peo-
pie toward Christians also for kind
ness toward one another. Prayer
for help and guidance that we
would be the minister's wives God
wants us to be.
The house was then open for
election: President, Mrs. J. R.
Crump; Vice President, Mrs. M. E.
Davis; Secretary, Mrs. j. w. Lau-
renee; Asst. Secretary; Mrs. Eliza
beth Hughes; Treasurer, Mrs.
continue the prayer call. Each morn
M. Carter; and Chairman of Pro-
gram Committee, Mrs. C. P.
Payne.
1t was suggested and accepted
that each minister wife would raise
the sum of $100 for this conference
year on pension fund.
1t was suggested that we would
give a Wesley Tea as an annual
affair on the district. 1t will be
discussed fully in our next meet
ing. 1t was also agreed that we
would complete the sake of pure
air. We feel like under the fine
leadership of Mrs. j. R. Crump
as our president, we shall do a
great work for this year of 57-58
with God being our helper.
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