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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-12
MILTON
Walter w. Crouch
khDRes Milton 4sSS

Mrs. Nora Campbell. Mrs. Elsie
Marvel. Mrs. Alberta LOfland and
Mrs. Cora Mitchell and grandson
Bill Henry Smith spent last Sunday
in Wilmington
Mrs. Wallace Kopple, Mrs. Charles
Kopple and Mrs. Clara Kopple
spent Monday in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. David W. Dutton
and Mr.. and Mrs 2 TT::11igle OF
Frankford spent Thursday evening,
! in Wilmington with Mr.. and Mrs,
Charles Lewis. Mr.. Tingle and Mr..
Dutton later attended the Grand
masters and Staff Visitation held
at the Washington Lodge of Will
mington.
Mrs. Margaret Rogers and Mrs.
Hilda Massey spent last Thursday,
in Wilmington.
Mrs. Reed Leverage, who is
now well on the road to recovery
entertained the following guests
during last week: Mrs. Carl Pretty
man, of Lewes, Mr.. and Mrs. Steve
Hickman and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Draper of Milford, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Behringer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy Stevenson and the Rev. Ken
meth Dickie.
Mrs. Charles ThacEery is a pa
tient in the Seaford Hospital, where
she is receiving treatment for in
juries suffered as a result of a
fall at her home Saturday morn
ing.
Mrs. ]. d. Robbins is convalesc-
ing at her honie on Chestnut ST.,
after being patiesnt in the Beebe
Hospital, Lewes for several days.
Last Sunday evening a film was
shown in the Fellowship Hall of
Goshen Methodist Church. Mrs
Edith Conwell was in charge of
devotions. Members of the MYF held
their meeting at $50 and joined
the older members at 7:30 for the
showing Of THE Spirit of Christ
mas. During Sunday morning wor-
ship services members of Endeavor
Lodge, No. IL. A. F. and A M.
were guests of the Goshen Meth
odist Church. Mrs. Dorothy Burton
and Mrs. Glenn Marvel were hos
tesses for the service and the ush-
ers included Lester e. Clendaniel,
VIM. Forst, Joseph NJ. Lank, Uh-
land Pepper, Sr., and VIM. B. Wag-
anon, Sr.
Each of the circles of the
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HUNTERS TAKE 60 ELK

SANTA FE. N. M. (P)-sixty elk
were taken by 101 hunters in the
Pecos hunt. Leon Lee, game man
agement chief. says the so per
cent hunter success is phenomen-
al. Half of the elk taken were un-
der three years old, indicating a
tremendous production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-23
Virginid Clubs
PlQn Institute

lington Woman's Club and
the Stafford Junior Wom-
ans Club.
During the workshop
period, Mrs. Clarence j.
Goldthorpe, a past General
Federation Club Institute
chairman, will conduct q
leadership clinic about club
ethics and club institutes.
Mrs. Olga C. Boone, director
of speech and personality
courses, will conduct a work.
shop called "Voice Magic"
The District officers are
Mrs. Howard K. Marks, pres
ident: Mrs. j. H. White, jr.,
vice president; Mrs. Lyle s.
Garlock, secretary; Mrs. H.
Elton Ferguson, treasurer,
and Mrs. Thomas c. Gra-
ham, parliamentarian.
The Junior District officers
are Mrs. A. Wayne Hawkes.,
president: Mrs. David Sloan,
vice president; Mrs. John
Mallard, secretary-treasurer.
and Mrs. Gardner Case, par
Humanitarian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-23

The Northern District Vir-
ginia Federation of Womens
Clubs will hold its annual
spring institute next Satur-
day in the George Mason Ho-
tel, Alexandria.
The days program will in
clude registration. a BUSH
ness meeting, an art exhibit
and a luncheon. The guest
speaker at the luncheon will
be Chaplain Kenneth d.
Sewers who will discus "Hu-
man Relations"
The luncheon also will fea-
ture q fashion show. Each
clubs winner will model her
own Ideal Costume for the
Clubwoman's Wardrobe. e."
These will be judged.
The four new clubs pres
idents will be presented gavils
by the extention chair
man, the District vice pres
ident, Mrs. J. H. White. jr.
The clubs are the MantGa
Woman's Club, the Woman's
Club of Mclean, the Fair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-23

at 8 pm. at the home of Mrs.
Warren Par. 1852 South
Glebe road in Arlington.
HoStesses will be Mrs. Ed
ward L. Mason, Mrs. John
H. Bernhart and Mrs. Marion
Cox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-23

Junior College. These are
Miss Ann Murray. New York;
Miss Marilyn Lippard. Penn
sylvania: Miss Maria Lugo.
Puerto Rico; and Miss Gean
Brydon, Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-23

Society ball tonight at the
Shoreham Hotel.
Miss Dezendorf has also
invited other States Prin-
cesses who are her classmates
at the Marjorie Webster
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-23
Alumnue to Meet

The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ri Beta Phi Alumnae Club
will hold a white elephant
sale and elect new officers at
its monthly meeting Tuesday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-23
Miss Dezendorf
Is Princess

Representative William e.
McVey will crown Cherry
Blossom Princess Miss Susan
Dezendorf at an Illinois State
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
Foreign Language
May Be Taught
In Early Grades

Possibilities of teaching foreign
languages in elementary grades
are being studied, Miss Meredith
Stepleton, elementary school
principal told the Bluffton Board
of Education Tuesday evening.
The foreign language curricu-
lum would include the modern
languages which are in common
use in the world today, although
she did not specify the tongues
which might be taught.
Many schools have already
adopted this program, she said,
and the Bluffton teachers and ad-
ministration have been studying
materials used in other schools.
A favorable response was re-
ceived from most members of
the community who were con-
tacted about the proposed step.
No final action has been taken
on the proposal. Miss Stepleton
indicated details may be COM
pleted within the present school
year and the new program given
its first local testing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
Jdycees Announce Plans for Annual
Residential Christmas Light Contest

Winners of former outdoor
Christmas lighting contests will
be selected this year to judge
the annual contest sponsored by
the Bluffton Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
This announcement was made
by Paul A. Steiner, chairman of
the Jaycee contest committee,
and Morris Groman, assistant
chairman. The committeeman
said that Mrs. Ralph Rammel
Mrs. Ray Reichenbach, and Mrs.
Body w. Travis, all of whom
have won prizes before, have
agreed to serve as judgs.
The judging of residential dec
orations will be based on orig
nality, artistic appearance, light
ing techniques and ingenuity in
making the best use of what is
available.
Twenty-Five dollars and fifty
cents will be offered in prizes by
the Jaycees out of proceeds OF
their annual Christmas tree sale.
Ten dollars in cash will be pre-
sented to the first place winner,
with $3.50 for second and S. for
third.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
Page Dairy
Safe Looted
Saturday

Thieves smashed a heavy safe
in Page Dairy company offices
early Saturday morning and es-
caped with more than $4O0, plant
manager Don Kagy told Allen
county sheriff's deputies.
The five hundred pound safe
had been moved eight feet and
turned on its side so the thieves
could smash it open with a
sledge hammer. The combination
was also hammered off second
safe, but the attempt to open 1t
was not successful.
The thieves climbed the out
side conveyor for empty milk
cans and squeezed into the
plant through the door at the
head of the conveyor.
They left the building through
the boiler room and out a door
.on the east side of the building
After the safe had been smash
ed the burglars broke open some
sheet metal cash boxes, taking
the S4OO. A number of checks IN
the safe were not disturbed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
Christmas Caravan Prevues
Unusual Decorating Ideas

Substitution of the more signi-
ficant Christmas star as the cen
ter of household decorations in
place of the traditionally fes-
TONED tree will be one of the
many decorating diversions par
ticipants in Buttons second
Community Christmas Caravan
will view Monday, December Is.
The Christmas Star will be the
theme of yuletide decorations to
be found at the Homer Gratz
residence on South Lawn avenue.
A Shower of stars" will greet
visitors in the hallway of the
home, which is one of four to be
visited Monday.
Caravan visitors may tour the
homes anytime at their conven-
fence from 2 to S in the after
noon and from 7 to 9 o'clock in
the evening.
There is no set route for Wis
iting the Caravan stops, and tick
ct holders must furnish their own
transportation. This year the
homes are all within the corpor-
alton limits.
Signs will be erected as an aid
to ticket holders in finding the
homes, and a tour guide pro-
gram is being prepared. Admis-
sion to the Caravan requires a
81 ticket for adults, which may
be purchased at any of the
homes. Children's tickets for ag-
es 6-12 may be purchased for so
cents. Prior to the caravan tick
cts may be purchased at the
LantZ Gift House, Vida-Vidella
Shop, and Balmers.
In addition to the Gratz home,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
Cold Winter?
Fall Brings
Record 10 BeIOU

BIufftOn residents could
scarcely believe their ther-
mometers Tuesday morning
when the mercury dropped to
10 below, the coolest temper
ature on record for this area
so early in the season.
Official weather observer
Ray Burkholder of near Pan
dora bore witness to local
thermometer watchers. He
reported the temperature
fell to zero at 6 a. m. Tues
day, and was still at 8H be-
low at $3.50 a. m. after a
bright sun rose over the
horizon.
The cold wave began Mon
day when three inches of
snow blanketed the country
side and the temperature fell
to IA. Tuesday the mercury
did not rise above 18 and
Burkholder's records show a
low of five below shortly be-
fore midnight.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
Cherry Street
Bridge Work
About Complete

The Cherry street bridge over
Big Riley creek, which has been
undergoing reconstruction, was
placed in service for one lane of
traffic this week.
The bridge contractor has COM
pleted his work, but bad weather
has made it impossible for the
village street crew to apply a
surface of tar and chips over the
creosote planking.
New steel sringer beams have
been welded in place and the
wooden bridge floor replaced.
The steelwork will be sand
blasted and repainted in the
spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
Santa Making
Return Visit

Santa Claus will make a re.
turn visit to Bluffton this
week and 1t has been an.
nounced by the Edelweiss
restaurant that he will
appear there from 2 to s
p. m. and Z to 8 p. m. Fri.
day and Saturday.
This appearance of st.
Nick is being sponsored by
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Neuen-
schwander, proprietors of the
restaurant, because so many
little tots were unable to
speak their wishes to him at
the theatre party sponsored
by the Businessmen's associa-
ton recently. The size of the
crowd prevented some of the
smaller children chatting
with Santa.
Santa viii talk with youngs-
sters accompanied by par
ents, and will have a treat
for them from his bag.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
BlufftOn Breeder Speaks Saturday
At Ohio States Winter Dairy Day

Maurice Criblez, prominent
Richland township farmer, will
be one of five featured speakers
at the annual Winter Dairy Day
at Ohio State university Satur-
day.
Five dairymen representing
the major dairy breeds in Ohio
will discuss us the Small Breed
er at the CrossroadS?"
Mr.. Criblez, one of the most
successful Brown Swiss breeders
in this part of the state, will rep
resent that breed. Other major
dairy breeds to be discussed are
Guernsey, Ayrshire, Jersey and
HolStein.
The Bluffton farmer has been
a director of the Ohio Brown
Swiss association and a director
of the Brown Swiss Futurity or
ganization.
Many of the finest cattle from
his herds have been sold to the
Venezuelan government to i'm
prove the cattle breeding pro-
gram being carried on in the
South American republic.
Criblez cattle have been con-
sistent prize winners in the coun-
ty fairs in this area and they
have earned favorable mention
at state fairs.
He was named Farmer of The
Year last July by The Lima Cit
zen after previously being chos
en- Farmer of the Week by tht
newspaper.
Mr.. Criblez is more of a di
versified farmer than the otheI
herdSmen who will share the
roSrum with him. His herd l!
usually 20 cows or less, although
they are still his major sourc,
of farm income.
The speakers will present tn,
problems of small and moderat
size dairymen and point out som,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
Two Beauty
Shops Opening
This Week

Two new beauty shops will be
opened this week to serve Bluff
ton area women, according to an
nouncements made by the oper-
ators.
One of the shops was opened
early this week by Mrs. Merlin
Benroth at her Bentley road res
idence, the other by Mrs. Rob
ert Bender and Miss Mary Lou
Arnold in the Hankish building
formerly occupied by Beach Ra-
dio and TV.
Mrs. Benroth was a former op-
orator at the Ida Louise Beauty
shop in Lima for three years,
and recently completed a re-
fresher course at the Fredericks
Beauty school. Her shop will be
called MethePs Beauty shop.
The Benroths live in the Linda
Fett property on Bentley road.
They completely remodeled the
residence since moving there a
year ago in September. Mr.. Ben
roth is employed as assistant
manager of Amstutz Hatcheries
in Bluffton. They have four
children, Melanie, a sophomore;
Mary Jane, fifth grade; Melvin,
second grade; Marty, four years
old.
The new shop on Main street
will be known as the Mario
Beauty Salon. The room has been
completely renovated with new
tile flooring and redecorated
throughout. 1t will open the lat
ter part of this week.
Although the owners will share
the business facilities, each will
operate independently and ap-
pointments can be made with
either Mrs. Bender or Miss Ar
mold.
Mrs. Bender is the former Jo-
Ann Brunn, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Brunn. The Ben
ders have three children, Linda
10, Lee Ann and Lois Jean.
They live at 400 Cherry street.
Mr.. Bender is employed at the
Ex-Cell-O plant.
Miss Arnold is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Arnold of
(See Beauty, page 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
More School Days
Slated in Next
Years Calendar

School boards are not natural
ly evil, although Bluffton pupils
may not be inclined to agree af-
ter Tuesday nights action.
School will stay open longer next
year, the local Board of Educa-
ton decided after lengthy de-
bate. Classes will begin Septem-
Der 8, 1859, but the last day of
school will not come until June
3, 1860.
Even this is a modification of
the suggestion of superintendent
of schools A. B. Murray, who cor
sidered opening school as early
as September l, with commence
ment for June 2, 1860. -
School board members object
ed to the proposal because it
would have had four class days
before Labor Day (Which comes
on September Z next year,.
If the school year had been
opened on September l the last
day of classes would have been
Tuesday, May 81, but the deci-
sion to open on September 8
made it necessary to shove the
end of classes back to Friday,
June 3.
The increase in the school year
is in line with a state require
ment that schools be open for
instruction at least 178 days
year. The old requirement was
176 days per year.
The schedule adopted by the
school board provides for $50
days in the 1959-60 term. Mr..
Murray also indicated this may
be revised upward in later years.
The superintendent said he
hoped to arrange high school
graduating activities so they will
not clash with the commence
ment of Bluffton college. The COL
Iege also will be open later in
the coming term, but the high
school graduation festivities will
be completed when BC begins its
traditional commencement week
end on June 4.
Other schools in the area may
be forced to adopt somewhat sim
liar plans to meet the latest state
requirements.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11

All entries in the contest must
be in the hands of the committee
chairman at 437 South Main
street before noon December %.
Judging will be on either Decem-
Der % or %, the date to be an
nounced later.
The judges will consider de-
sign, composition and arrange
ment of elements and the color
scheme, ingenuity in using the
structure of the house and sur
roundings.
New lighting effects and ideas
and new ways of using standard
devices such as luminous
plaques, candles, cutouts,
wreaths and shapes formed with
Christmas lamps will all re-
ceiva consideration from the
judges.
First prize last year was the
display erected By the Ray
Reichenbachs on Elm street, and
the year before the Ralph Ram
mels won the top prize. Last
year second prize winners were
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Swank and
TIE Allen McCluers placed third
Official entry blank on page
| 10
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
BlufftOn Youth
Is Winner In
County Contest

Ian Emmert, Blutfton ,hlgh
school junior, and Joan Wright
a Spencerville high school stu
dent were named winners IN two
divisions of the Allen County
Prince of Peace contest conduct
ed Sunday evening in the FIRST
Methodist church of Blutfton.
The winners were awarded
silver medals and will compete IN
the district contest in January.
Runners-up and alternates to
the district event will be Larry
Smucker, Bluffton, and rat
Becker, Spencerville.
Emmert and Smucker ootn
represented the First Mennonite
church. Jan is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Emmert, and Larry is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
/. Smucker.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11

July.
The village officials will ask
the budget commission for levy
of another 80 of a mill which
it is entitled to within the 10-mill
limit. At present this millage is
being levied by the schools. Coun-
Gil reasoned that the schools will
be adequately financed with the
approval of the extra levy at the
November election.
The new rates approved at the
Tuesday meeting provide for 2.30
within the 10-mill limit, which
will provide $14,956.63 for the
General Fund, and 200 mills out
side the limit, which will pro-
vide $13,O05.76 for bond retire
ment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
Choral Society's Rendition OF Messiah
Again Marks Advent Season Here Sunday

The second largest chorus in
the history of the Bluffton Com
munity Choral society will pro-
vide the background for the an
nual presentation of 1.-THE Mes
siah" Sunday at 8 p. m. in
Founders hall.
The largest chorus sang on the
.5Oth anniversary of the group.
Prof. Russell Lantz, conducting
the group for the twenty-ninth
.stra ght year, feels this years
solo artists will combine some
unusually fine professional tai
'ents.
The soprano will be Elizabeth
Humphrey, Springfield, Illinois.
Miss Humphrey has made ora
torio and concert appearances in
,25 states and has sung with the
Chicago, Detroit and indianapolis
Symphony orchestras. She has
sung frequently on Chicago radio
stations. Her music training was
taken at the Juilliard Graduate
School of Music in New York
City.
Baritone soloist will be John
Bennett Ham, head of the voice
department at Wittenberg col
.1ege. He earned his bachelors
and masters degrees in music
at the American Conservatory of
Music, Chicago. After further
graduate study in New York and
Chicago, he travelled throughout
the United States on singing
tours. He has also sung opera
with two Chicago companies.
Miss Freda Draper, Chicago,
will be contralto soloist. She has
sung throughout the country and
has travelled as far as the Phil
ippine Islands on singing tours.
She has appeared as a recitalist
and soloist with numerous SYM
phony orchestras and oratorio So
cietieS.
Carrying the tenor soloist's role
will be Fred Kendall, Detroit.
A vocal instructor at the Detroit
Conservatory of Music, he has
appeared with the Detroit Civic
Light Opera company and the
Detroit Symphony orchestra. MIR.
Kendall appears regularly on sta
ton WJR in Detroit.
Mrs. Pearl Bogart Mann will
be accompanist, as she has been
since 1910. Prof. Earl w. Leh-
man will conduct the Bluffton
college orchestra in support of
the oratorio.
This will be the 62nd Bluffton
production of Handel's oratorio
and is the major work of the
Choral society this year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11

up on some trips during the Win
ter scarcely makes a good
truck load.
Asked for his opinion as to
whether two trips a week are
necessary this time of year, Mr..
Gaiffe told council that many
homes do not put cans out for
pickup every trip. Many other
cans are only partly filled.
Because Mondays seem to be
the heaviest day, the weekly
trip will be made at that time
and the Thursday trip will be
discontinued until probably some
time in March. Two pick-ups will
be resumed through late spring
and the summer months.
The service curtailment is be-
ing made as an economy meas
ure and to give village service
department men time for other
work. One project outlined by
Mr.. Gaiffe for the winter months
is to repaint the council chamber
and mayors office.
Council also acted to pass the
annual resolution accepting tax
rates and amounts as determined
by the Allen County Budget
Commission, after it was learned
nothing can be done about re-
gaining diverted tax revenue until
the new budget is set up next
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11
NeU BeGUerda1,
School Wing Has
Electric Heat

When residents of the Bea-
erdam school district and
their neighbOrs inspect the
new $145,OOO addition next
Wednesday evening they will
be viewing one of the few
school buildings i'm the state
equipped with electrical heat
ing.
superintendent John Cind-
ric says that Beaverdam is
the only school I'm northwest
ern Ohio with the electric
heating unit. He added that
only a school near Columbus
has a similar one to his
knowledge.
The new building is Occu-
pied by the high school, and
it contains four new class
rooms, a study hall, visiting
teams dressing room and a
complete athletic room. There
are Is other rooms in the
older part of the building.
The inspection of the new
Building has been timed to
take place at the same time
the Parent-Teacher associa-
ton holds its annual Christ
mas program.
The elementary school pu-
pills will present the Operetta,
"Scrooge's Christmas" be-
ginning at 1880 O'Clock. Santa
is also scheduled for a visit
with treats for the grade
school youngsters.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-11

.TOHearStrike
Discussion

Problems of management and
the issues confronting Bluffton
EX-Cell-O plant in its present
strike situation will be explained
by plant manager Joe Browne
at a meeting of Bluffton business
men and women Thursday eve
ming at $50 o'clock in the Wal
nut Grill.
Business people of the COM
munity were invited to attend the
meeting, Mr.. Browne said, be-
cause of their interest in con-
tnued harmonious operation of
the plant. The Ex-CelI-O COM
pany was induced to locate their
plant in 1856 through efforts of
the Bluffton Industrial Expansion
Corp. and the Businessmen's as
sociation. ...
He said that in addition to
present problems, he will divuIge
plans for future development of
new products at the local plant.
Mr.. Brownies invitation was
extended through a letter from
the Bluffton Businessmen's asso-
citation which stated:
The business people of Bluff
ton were instrumental in bring
ing the Ex-CeIl-O plant here, and
it is felt that all are seeking a
better understanding of the pres
ent difficulty"
The strike, which also affects
the Lima and Fostoria plants, is
going into its eighth week. Ne
gotiationS for a new contract
have failed to get underway. The
company will negotiate only with
the Bluffton Bargaining Commit
tee of Local 1211 JAW, and the
union will negotiate only on a
national, rather than local basis.