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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-06-05

I'd COuilJy. according 10 Jne pc
tltion these people have an in
terest in a mechanics lein or
tax lein on the premises
T h Elliott Electric Co.
Cleveland, claiming $324.O7 is
due on account, has filed an ac-
tion for that amount again Don
Hummel, IA Maple Ave, Char
don
The Chardon Savings Bank
Co, Chardon, is seeking to col
lect $2500 claimed due on a note
from John J Johnson, CO Nov
lie a n d Hobby Mart, Euc-
lid Green Shopping Center .
Cleveland
Trustees of Troy Township
have filed a petition for court
approval of the transfer of
$4,000 from the general to the
road and bridge fund of the
township
Thrasher and Dinsmore, At
torneyS, 233 Main St., Chardon,
has brought an action against
Donald K Cline, Chester, for.
$146.43 allegedly due on a note.
Rulings
Robert w. Conger, Bellaire,
Ohio, was found guilty of re-
Sisting, hindering, obStructing
and abusing Deputy Sheriff Ric-
hard Kurtz on April 81, and was
placed on one-year probation
with the condition that he Sc
cure place in Grille Veterans
Hospital.
The court confirmed the Sher-
ifs sale of real estate for de-
linquent taxes in two cases: sale
of property of Judd Collins and
Ernest Boyd, in Aquilla Village,
for $3.50 to Clifford L. and Har-
riet T. Andrews; sale of proper
ty of Claudius B. Covert, in A
quilla Village, for $169.73 to Har-
old T. Gains
Republic Structural Iron
Works Inc was awarded a judg-
ment of $2O4.25 due on a note
from Dell Jack and Donna Jack,
Rt 3, ChardOn
Walton E HolbrookS, Cleve-
land, pleaded guilty to driving
while intoxicated, was fined $1OO
and costs, sentenced to three
days in the county jail and had
his drivers license suspended
for six months.
Louise Peacock, Chagrin
Falls Park Allotment, was grant
ed a divorce from Claude Pea
cock. She was awarded custody
of the minor children and grant
ed his interest in property in
the allotment as permanent ali
mon. He is to pay SIS weekly
for support
Common pleas Judge Harold
J Richmond appointed Ben A
DeMuth, an honorably discharg-
ed veteran of tn e Spanish
American War, as a member of
the Geauga Soldiers Relief Com
mission
The divorce action brought by
Romeo BoSSe, Montville, against
Ida BoSSe, Montvilie, was dis
missed at his costs.
In the action brought by AL
fred Thurman against william
Bloxson, former Deputy Sher-
iff; E. John Phelps, former
sheriff; and the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty Co., bond
ing agents, a jury awarded
Thurman $25OO from Bloxson
and the guaranty company.
Thurman, who sought $40, 900
when he filed his petition, claim
ed the amount for injuries and
damages which occurred after
he was allegedly shot by Blox-
son
In the divorce action brought
by Virginia Smith, KingSwood
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-06-05

and Nancy NJ Portman, 18,
Newbury
Albert Freeman, So, Chagrin
Falls, and Florence M Oros, Al,
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-06-05
Criminal Cases

Roger Lee Dyson, 20, Burton,
pleaded guilty to reckless opera
tion and was fined $25 and costs.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-06-05
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Francis r Janek, "a, Brake
man Rd, Rt 4, Chardon, and
Katherine Wozniak, II, Fifth
Ave, Chardon
Albert M Hill, IS, Chester,
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-06-05
Munson

Munson
Robert F Mccoy, %, Canton,
and Harriette Clarke, 20, Hunts
burg
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Religious Ed.
Council Fall
Meeting Sunday

The fall meeting of the Bluff
on Religious Education Council
will be held Sunday afternoon in
the First Mennonite church at 3
o'clock.
The council is made up of
three delegates from each church
having children in the Bluffton
elementary school. According to
custom two delegates are laymen
and the third is the pastor. When
a pastor serves two churches,
three laymen are invited to at
tend. The delegates are usually
associated with the church edu-
cational program, but this is not
a requirement.
The group will express opin-
ions and plan the years program
for the religious education cours-
es being taught by Mrs. Harry
Yoder. The Rev. Jacob Friesen,
pastor of the First Mennonite
church, is president of the coun-
Gil.
Parents of children attending
the classes, but not related to
any church are invited to attend
to ask questions, but are not per-
mitted to vote.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Quarry Accident
Injuries Fatal to
Harvey Garmatter

Injuries received when his
truck overturned at the BIuffton
stone quarry on September 6
proved fatal to Harvey Garmat-
ter, 63. Death came early Sun
day morning at Community hos
pital, where he had been a pa
tent since the accident.
He suffered chest and leg in
juries.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon in the Eben-
ezer Mennonite church after brief
rites in the Diller funeral home.
Mr.. Garmatter was born No
vember 2, 1894 in Allen county
to Amos and Rosina (Nusbaum)
Garmatter.
Surviving are sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Deeds, Lima and Mrs.
Viola Burkholder, route 2, Colum-
bus Grove; and brothers, Calvin
and Gideon, route 2, Columbus
Grove and William and Walter,
route 1, Bluffton.
Another brother, Albert, died
in an auto accident in Septem-
Der, 1854.
He was a veteran of World War
l and a member of the Bluffton
American Legion post.
The Rev. Bernard Windmiller
officiated at funeral services with
burial in the church cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Registration for
General Election
Closes Wednesday

Registration for the fall elec-
tons closes next Wednesday at
9 D. m, board of elections Off
cials have announced. The board
office in the Allen county court
house will remain open until 8
D. m. the first three evenings Of
next week to accommodate late
registrants.
The office is open daily from
s a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday 1t
will be open from s a. m. until
II noon.
All persons who have not reg
istered by 9 p. m. September "a
will not be eligible to vote in No
vember. Persons who have trans
ferred from precinct to precinct
will also be required to transfer
their registrations.
Persons in doubt about their
status are asked to contact the
board of elections at its office in
Lima.
Registration conducted at
Bluffton on September 9 pushed
total registration for the village
and Richland township to over
1,500.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Be Student From Ghana Tells Of
Meeting With Premier Nkrunlah

the United States. However,
the premier was so occupied
that Michael was unable to
have a lengthy conversation.
Michael secretly took over
as secretary of the Trades
Council i'm the Ashanti district
after Nkrumah and the sec
retary, AmOO GOdfried, were
jailed. Police searched for
Michael at the time but were
unable to find him.
Shortly after the strike
Nkrumah was indicated at
an election which carried him
to the head of the govern
ment. He had served as
chairman of the Convention
Peoples Party.
The BIufftOn college stu
dent joined his brother, Isaac,
this summer in New York.
Isaac is a student at Column
bia university, and Michael
was able to find employment
at the Times Square Printing
Shop. In BlufftOn, Michael
works part time at The Bluff
ton News.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18

The appointment of a 2l-mem-
Der Bluffton Citizens Commit
tee to make an exhaustive study
of the strength and weaknest
of the local school system, has
been announced by Mrs. Jean
Triplett, appointed by the board
of education to head up the
group.
The Bluffton study is to become
a part of a statewide study
= which will be reported at the
: State House Conference on Edu-
cation October 29 at the Youth
) Center, Ohio State Fairgrounds,
{ Columbus.
Members of the Bluffton COM
mittee held their organizational
meeting Friday evening of last
week and set up a calendar of
three discussion meetings Sep
tember II, % and %. These will
be followed on Wednesday, Oc-
tober 8, by a Town Hall Meeting,
to which the public will be in
vited, in the school auditorium.
Findings of the committee will
be carried to the Columbus meet
ing by delegates elected at the
Town Hall Meeting.
This is an unusual expert
ment," Mrs. Triplett told her
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Citizens Committee Begins Study OF Schools

ry the grass roots" feeling on
the Ohio educational system to
Columbus.
The report of the local and
state conferences will endeavor
to sum up the findings, ideas and
recommendations so that Ohio
will have a guide for the i'm
provement of its schools. The re-
port will be made to the Legis-
lature, the State Board of Edu-
cation, local school boards, par
ent an6 civic groups, teachers
and administrators and the pub
lie at large.
Members of the Bluffton COM
mittee appointed to make the
study include Mrs. James Jor-
dan, Robert Crow, Harry Bogart,
Mrs. Marcene Martz, Mrs. Mar
gle Huber, James West, Mrs.
Alice Clauss, Arden Baker, Mrs.
Louise Diller, Bert Swank, Paul
Steiner, Herman Hilty, Mrs. Lii
lian Yoakam, the Rev. Robert
Dye, Mrs. Helen Diller, Mrs.
Carolyn Basinger, Mrs. Helen
Stratton, Forest Steinman, Rich
ard Augsburger, Richard Weav-
er and the chairman, Mrs. Jean
Triplett.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18

committee Frida ay evening.
what the future will bring for
public education will depend
great deal upon the Ohioans who
take part in the local and state
conferences on education. Our
schools can be just as good as
the citizens want them to be. D."
The Bluffton chairman has al
so expressed the wish that all
persons interested in the schools
assist in the study.
Contact any committee MEM
ber about subjects you may wish
to have discussed. Each week we
shall publish in The Bluffton
News the questions the commit
tee will be contemplating. Look
them over and let members of
the committee know how you feel
about them," she said.
Four major topics will be COW
cred by the committees study:
1. Teaching Personnel. 2. Dis
trict Organization. 8. The School
Program. 4. School Finance.
These are also the major sub
jects to be covered in the Town
Meeting when all citizens will be
invited to hear the findings of
the 21-member committee, and
help elect representatives to car
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18

Michael Badu, Bluffton
college student from Ghana,
Africa, returned to BIuffton
this week to resume his
studies after an exciting sum-
mer in New York which in
cluded meeting an old friend
now recognized as one of the
most powerful political fig
ures in Africa, Kwane Nkru.
mah, premier of Ghana.
The Bluffton student, who
had served as assistant Sec
retary of the Kumasi Trades
Council in 1948 at the time a
general strike by that power.
full organization brought
Nkrumah to Jail and later to
the head of the government,
is a personal friend of the
African leader.
The pair met in July at a
reception held by Ghana
students Mt Columbia univer.
sity for their premier. Nkru-
NAH was surprised to be
greeted by Michael, not hav-
ing known of his coming to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
KEY QUESTIONS ON
TEACHER PERSONNEL

How would you these? Express your thoughts
to members of the committee
How many teachers your school system annually?
What their leaving?
q How satisfactory the program for new
teachers? What part played in the program community
What community practices make your sys
tenn attractive unattractve
Does salary schedule contribute to loss Of
teachers?
What further steps should and State BOARD
OF Education take to provide schools?
Are there policies and administrative practices which
should be changed to prevent teacher losses?
How effective the recruitment program carried
out i'm community? teachers identified who NAV
be available?
g. Does your community employ the of
their apparent ability teach
marital status?
g. Are talents and of teachers being tasks
which could be performed by clerical personnel?
TO- What policies followed your
teachers may poorly prepared incompetent?
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18

Slate Busy
Session Wed.

A full agenda of airportS, high
ways, holidays, taxes, traffic and
golfers will occupy the Bluffton
Business Mems association at
their meeting next Wednesday
evening at Brooke Motor Sales.
A suggested program for ex-
panding parking facilities will be
presented by Silas Diller and
Maurice Fett. Diller is chairman
of the associations retail divi-
sion and Fett is vice-president of
the entire group.
Forthcoming expansion of the
route Is bypass will limit the
number of access roads to Bluff
ton and the association will be
asked to consider requests for
interchanges to be presented to
the state highway department.
Division highway engineer Joe
Chambers said last month he
hopes for two interchanges in the
Bluffton area and felt there were
small possibilities that three
would be constructed here.
One interchange will be at the
route 103-25 intersection. Other
sites considered are the Bentley
road and County Line road inter-
sections.
The village tax levy which
would earmark S12, 1000 a year for
street improvement will also be
discussed at the meeting. To be
considered at the same time is
the school levy renewal and in
crease, which will also be on the
November ballot.
Turning to holidays the group
will receive a proposal from Rob.
ert Nonnamaker for an organ
lied Community Halloween
celebration. Mr.. Nonnamaker
said he feels if the occasion is
to be observed it should be done
with planning and supervision.
Christmas promotions and
themes and holiday decoration
plans will also be discussed.
Promotion of the county bond
issue for expansion of the airport
near Lima will be undertaken by
representatives of the Allen
County Citizens Committee for
the Airport Bond Issue.
They will present figures sup
porting expansion of the Lima |
airport in preference to other To-
cations throughout the area.
Plans for a four-county express
airport near Bluffton, meanwhile,
lie dormant until outcome of the
vote this November is seen.
Winners and runnersup in the
three flights of the recent tour
nament at the Bluffton golf club |
will also be presented their tro-
phies by pro Ken Mast as the
feature of the eve
ming.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Mother, Child
Killed at R.R.
Crossing Here

Mrs. Helen Cartright, 80 and
her twO-year-old son Jeffrey
were killed Wednesday morn
ing when a Nickel Plate
freight train struck their
car at a crossing on their
farm lane south of BIuffton.
They were admitted to
Community hospital at 1O:4O
a. m. but died shortly after
ward of multiple injuries.
The car was reported to
have stalled on the tracks
and Mrs. Cartright was un.
able to start 1t i'm time to es-
cape.She was leaving her
home. The train was travel
Ing north. The engineer was
CdEl hrameF, 66I y. Union
St., Lima.
The farm where the acci-
dent occurred is known as the
Andy Gratz farm and is Ioca-
ted just south of Gratz Cross
ing. just last fall a large
barn on the farm was des.
troyed in a spectacular night
fire.
Survivors include the hus.
band, Robert Cartright and a
1O-year-old daughter, Libby
who Is a student in the Bluff.
ton elementary school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Beaver-NOrthern
Tickets On Sale

Tickets for the Bluffton-Ohio
Northern game at Lima stadium
September q have gone on sale
at two local locations, Lima
Jaycees who are sponsoring the
game have announced.
Tickets will be sold at the col
lege office and at LoofbourroW's
Rexall store. Student tickets
cost Is cents, adult tickets $1.25.
The game is considered a
Bluffton college home game and
BC students will be admitted with
their activity card.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18

which will actually distribute the
funds.
Attorneys say all money be-
queathed to the schools are eX-
empt from state and federal in
heritance taxes.
Several projects have been
considered from time to time by
local authorities but no definite
plans have been established.
The money was made avail
able through the sale of 22,2OO
shares of City Loan common
capital stock. The stock sale and
accumulated dividends yielded
$1,038, ,O5O for distribution among
the schools.
Bluffton college will share in
a later sale of stock in the Metro
politan Bank of Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Action OF Airport Board
Puzzles T Former Local Member

The formal announcement last
week of the resignation of Arden
Baker of Bluffton from the Allen
County Airport Commission was
cited by Mr.. Baker as extreme
ly puzzling."
The former Bluffton represen-
tative on the commission ex-
planned that the announcements
timing puzzled him since he had
actually rendered his resignation
in October of last year. Although
he had received no word of ac-
ceptance, Mr.. Baker said that he
had Immediately ceased to re-
ceive notices of meetings or in
formation of action of the COM
mission. .....
In view of the belated an
nouncement of the resignation,
Baker said that he wanted to
clear the record, and note that he
had not been a member of the
commission when action was TAX
en- to expand airport facilities in
, Lima.
II particularly wish this to be
made clear because 1 was not
member of the commission when
the Bluffton proposal for location
of express airport facilities east
of town was presented to the
commission and I was surprised
at the apparent perfunctory in
vestigation one local site was
given by the commission" Mr..
Baker said.
According to an announcement
in the Lima newspapers Bakers
resignation became effective Sep
tember 1, and at the same time
a resolution of the commission
appointed Henry Huber, Route 2,
Bluffton, as his successor.
Mr.. Huber, the announcement
said, will serve a three-year term
on the commission.
Baker resigned because of a
heavy schedule at his place of
employment, the announcement
stated. He is personnel manager
at the Triplett Electrical Instru-
ment company.
The Airport Commission of
nine was named by the county
commissioners August "a, 1857.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
FrOsh Glass of I3O May S,UeH
BIC Enrolment TO Record Hieh

All dil-uIne record enrolment
OF approximately $50 students is
being estimated by Bluffton col
lege officials this week after the
appearance here for orientation
of a first-year class of about 130
men and women.
In addition to 130 freshmen, il
is estimated there will be about
20 transfer students from other
colleges and Is who viii be re-
turning after a years absence
from B. c. or longer. Final fig
ures will not be available until
registration is completed at the
end of this week. : ,
Included in this years crop of
freshies will be q from Bluffton
and other nearby communities
and IL from Lima. About Is per
cent of the freshman class will
be commuters. go !
At the other end of the dis
tance scale there will be six new
students from foreign countries
added to six others who are ex-
pected to return after last years
study.
The newcomers are about
equally divided between men and
women, and they represent, to a
great extent, the scholastic
cream of their high school grad
uating classes. The incoming
freshmen number a dozen high
school valedictorians and saluta-
torians.
Returning resident students
will find housing arrangements
quite different from last year be-
cause of the addition of a new
wing at Ropp hall. The dormitory
which has been used by the men
for the past II years will revert
to its original use by the co-eds.
This year the men will be in
Lincoln hall originally built for
them.
A full program was planned
for the freshmen over the last
week end. Their first meal was
served at noon Friday. Since !
then they have taken a series of
tests used for counseling purpos-
es, they have dined at the first
banquet held in the new Ropp
hall dining room, and have seen
the Beavers win their first foot
ball game.
Registration of upperclassmen
was concluded Tuesday and
freshman registration was to end
Wednesday with the first class
es starting today, Thursday, at
Z AS a. m.
Freshman students from Bluff
ton include Martha BadertScher,
Mona Benroth, Jim BURY, Mar
tha Conley, Linda Core, Helen
Critics, Martha Gratz, Judith
Hilty, Robert Logan, Marilyn
Murray, Sally Parish, Ralph
Reichenbach, Marsha Staley,
Ann Stauffer, Larry Stratton,
Louise Herr and Marjorie Har-
(See Frosh, p. 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Car Hits House,;
DriUer Escapes
Serious Injury

-Four lane driving on a two
lane road almost proved fatal for
20year-old John Pong of Detroit
Sunday morning.
And the end result of his driv-
ing didn't do much for the porch
of the Wayne Amstutz home at
the intersection of Bentley road
and route 25, either.
Pong, driving north in his new
Oldsmobile with less than 1000
miles of use, was passing all the
northbound cars on the road
when he suddenly discovered a
line of traffic approaching him.
This was surprising because he
thought he was on a four lane
highway.
He wasn't. The four lane Sec
ton of the highway had ended
at Gratz crossing nearly two
miles to the south.
He cut to the right, crossed the
BERN, teetered along the ditch
bank until he came to an en-
bankment at the intersection. He
hit this at such speed his car
bounced completely across Bent
ley road, striking the Amstutz
house and bourcing back several
feet.
The car was heavily damaged.
Pong got off a little better, al
though things may be changed
when he faces the judge.
He was treated at Community
hospital for knee and body abra-
;ions. Besides hospital treatment
ne also received a citation for
passing without assured clear
distance ahead.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
BlufftOn Schools Receive $4,000
Share From SchOOnOver Stock Sale

the bequest.
The funds will be available
Immediately. They may be used
only for development and eXpan-
sion and cannot be used to pay
operating expenses or existing
Indebtedness.
Executors of the will hope to
have all bequests paid by the end
of the year.
Use of the funds must be
planned through the local school
boards. All board-approved prof.
ects must be approved by the
executors of the will. Written
consent must also come from the
Allen county probate court,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Births

The following births were re
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Scoby
Findlay, a boy, Keith Alan, born
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Matter,
Bluffton, a boy, Ronald Wayne,
born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Moser,
Lima, a girl Cynthia Sue, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barger,
Jr., Rawson, a boy, Charles
Jeffrey, born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Jones,
Rawson, a girl, Zelma Jean, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Diller,
Benton Ridge, a boy, Brian Har-
ry, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marlowe Wehrly,
Ottawa, a boy, Mark Anthony,
born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Latham,
Rawson, a girl, born Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Singer, Jr.,
Bluffton, a boy, born Wednesday.
y
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Bullock
GMarilyn Fett), a boy, Scott Ar
thur, born September 16 at Hunt
ington hospital, Huntington, N. Y.
Mrs. Bullock is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Fett of Bluff
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Mother Singers

The PTA Mother Singers, or
ganized at the initial meeting of
the Parent-Teacher association,
will hold its first practice at the
high school from Z to s o'clock
Monday in the music room. Mrs.
James West asks that members
enter the music room from the
Jackson street entrance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-18
Presbyterian Meet
Set Tonight

Mrs. Milton Nichols of Reeds
burg, Wisconsin, will be the guest
speaker tonight, Thursday, at a
supper meeting of United Pres
byterian Women to be held in
the First Methodist Church din
ing room.
Mrs. Nichols recently returned
from a church sponsored trip
around the world. Her subject
will be Voices and The Voice"