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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
John William Boggs,
School Principal At
'Scottsville Dies

Funeral services for Jfha VIII
liam Boggs. 45. ScottsviTe Hid b
School principal, who diea AIon-
day, Dec. 9 at his home near
Keene were held Wednesday at
Scottsville Methodist hurch.
Burial was IN the Presbyterian
Cemetery in Scots vile
He was native Of Nornantown.
" Va He came TO Albemarle
county y years ago to become
principal Of Esmont Elementary
School
He was named principal at
Scottsville in 1854. He served IN The
army for four years during World
War II
Surviving are bis wife Mrs.
Mary Allen Boggs sob. John
Allen Boggs. Of Keene: sister.
Mrs. Mabel Mccain, Of Norman
town, and three brothers. Roscoe
Boggs. Of Petersburg w val.
and Hale and Harris BoePs both
Of NormantoWn
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

flne-cufed tobacco is eligible to
vote ia the referendum. Also. any
person may vote who included
llgacuIed acreage III The 1853 SOIL
bank acreage reserve OF conserva-
tl5n reserve program, or " hi $ e
farm vas preserved under section
ST Of tie act
Chaiflnen If area ASC commit
tees have pointed Out that in this
referendum. growers will have the
choice Of approving quotas for the
NEXT three crops. or Of disapprov-
ing the quota program. Al least
tNo thirds OF the growers must APP
prove qQotasslf they are to remain
IA effect
A favorable vote win III a h
acreage allolinentS. marketing quo
tbs with penalties Oh marketings
oi excess tobacco. and price sup
ports on the 1883 1860 and 1861
crops Of nue-cured tobacco
An uHfaeorable vote will mean
ior marketing purposes during the
la59-e0 marketing year. 10 allot-
ments. no quotas. no penalties and
10 price support on the 1859 flue
cured crop. III this event. another
referendum would be held nexi
year on quotas for the f0lloWine
three crops
Polling places for Prince Edward
haYe been designated hy tht
county ASC office The Agricultural
Building AZ WorSham High schoo
n the voting site for Hampden
Prospect. Farnvine and Buffalo
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

hie sietcra. Miss Roberta Simpson
ana Mrs liTcrta 5craess
Miss Mabel Vaughan has been
visiting MIR and Mrs Beverley
t'arrar
Clyde Bradshaw, Of Norfolk, spent
Saturday with Mrs. H l. Brad
shaw
Mir and Mrs Clayton Brooks and
family Of Cambridge, Md were
week end guests Of MIR and Mrs.
W, s Weaver Mrs Herman Jen-
kins, Jerry ard jimmy. were dinner
guests Sunday
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

BRADSHAW. over The week end
Mr. and Mrs i: W. Baldwin spent
last week visiting relatives III
Lvnchburg. Roanoke and Gretna.
Sgt Billy Baldwin, Of TT. Camp
bell, Ky is spending a few days
with his parents.
z, l.. Simpson. of Hurt, is visiting
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

tfo Ta-rrvllle Moose Lodge Satur-
1i1F avcaine Dancing --ill start at
: I.Ia iu1 kloose member and
their guests
Business is better in communities
where most Of the citizens have
good eiuoati Iii 10 cities where
half the residents had finished II to
n years of school parc capita sales
averaged 81 100 III II cities where
the median Vas eight to nine years
81 school, retail sales averaged S9l7
per person
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
Mrs. Mimic Godsey
Dies At cumberland,
Rite Set Friday

Mrs Minnie Pearl Foster Goisey
widow OF j Lawrence Godsey. died
Wedne sday. Dec TO- at her home
III Cumberland al the age Of so.
She Is survived by son. John
Lawrence Godsey il five sisters
Mrs John K Pierce, Of Richmond,
Mrs Clarence Jennings. OF Toano.
Mrs Sidney Bloch. Of Pocahontas,
Mrs Lawrence Michael and Mrs
Lawrence D. Langley, both Of Ar
hngion. and a brother. ] Monroe
Foster. ot Falmyille
Funeral services Will be held to
day Friday AZ Center Presbyter-
ian Church IN Cumberland at =
pm. Inteflnent Viii be III the
church cemetery
districts LOckett district grower
vote AT Rice Elementary Schoo
with Leigh reporting AT Green Bay
Elementary School
In Cumberland. Randolph dis
trict votes at Browns voting pre-
cinct. Madison and Hamilton dis
ti.ict growers will vote at Dandy
Garage.
Amelia polling areas are. Leigh
district. Hllsman's Store: Gle.
district, AsC Committee Room
Amelia. and Jackson district. sgd
nor's Store, Mannboro.
Polls throughout the area viii b,
/ open from m. TO 6 d ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

1fr. and Mrs Johr : Llndacy md
son. Keith. o1 RicnManl, and liI
and Mrs. john VI Lindsey visited
MIR. and Mrs Charlie Sims In Ports
mouth Sunday. Both are quite LII
They also visited Mr.. aud Mrs
Frank Sims In Norfolk
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
Dance At Moose
Lodge. Saturday

The Royal Virginians viii PFC
vide the music for the dance ST
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
OttatUa Rose Wins
F2O1Uer ShO1U HOnOrs

An Ottawa woman, Mrs. Bruce
Reed, captured the coveted top
honor in the Bluffton Flower Fes-
tival last week end when her hy-
brid tea rose. "ReX Anderson"
was judged Queen Rose of the
show.
Mrs. Reeds prize-winning flow
er brought forth obs and abs
from more than 800 persons who
visited the show Saturday and
Sunday in Founders hall on the
Bluffton college campus. She also
won the division for the best
grandiflora rose and for the best
floribunda rose.
A large turtle fashioned of
flowers greeted visitors at the
show sponsored by four garden
clubs of Bluffton. The turtle was
set in a fantasy setting of colored
pools, flowers, rocks, birds, but
terflies and worms with glittering
eyes. Theme of the show was
Natures Fantasies.
A black Mynah bird with an
astonishing vocabulary amused
the crowd visiting the junior sec
ton and contributed to the fan
taStic theme.
Other sweepstakes winners
were: G.. T. Soldner, Bluffton,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Buzz Session Questions To Provide
Program Material For PTA Year

ance and homework. The results
of the discussion will serve as a
guide for the program commit
tee.
Members on the committee are
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ewing, Mr.
and Mrs. James Hicks, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Burcky, Mr.. and Mrs.
Erich Gellert, Miss Meredith
Stepleton, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Osborne, DR.. and Mrs. F. D.
Rodabaugh.
New teachers and new fami-
lies in the community will be in
troduced at the initial meeting,
and plans will be outlined for
the organization of a group OF
Mother Singers, who will provide
programs of vocal music for the
PTA year. Persons interested ir
singing with the group are asked
to contact Mrs. Pearl Mann.
Refreshments will be served by
the hospitality committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
MercuryHits 80
Only Three Times
This Summer

There have only been three 80.
degree days in the entire 1855
summer thus far, according to
the weather records OF Ray Burk-
holder, official observer of near
Pandora, who chalked up the
third day last Saturday when the
mercury reached 81.
And contrary to the belief that
this has been an unusually wet
year thus far, Burkholder says
that for the first seven months
24.A inches of precipitation is
slightly under the average of
2.5O. Unusual heavy rains in
June and July did not fully COM
pensate for earlier dry weather.
During August rainfall totaled
1926 as compared with the nor
NAL for that month of 2.86.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Births

The following births were re,
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Candelario Baes
Pandora, a girl, Llolanda, born
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Dearth,
Jenera, a girl, Linda Jean, born
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Leiber,
Bluffton, a girl, Cathy Jane, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Hector
Findlay, a girl, Deana Kay, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Elwood,
Bluffton, a boy, born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nees, Lima,
a boy, Steven John, born August
% in st. Rita's hospital, Lima.
Mrs. Nees is the former Shirleen
Klass, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Klass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ron Erney, Tel
ford, Pa, a boy, Scott Alan,
born August "a in Lansdale hos
pital, Lansdale, Pa. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney Balmer are the grand
parents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Personnel
Changes Made
AT Elevators

Two impor tant personne
changes are being made at loca
grain elevators, it was learned
this week.
Carl Amstutz, Route 2, Bluff
ton, who has managed the
Farmers Elevator Company in
Beaverdam for the last four and
half years, has resigned to
take a new post as manager of
the Cairo Elevator company
Cairo. At the same time, it was
learned, Noah Zimmerman an
employe of Farmers Grain Co.,
Bluffton, for the last II years, is
to become manager of Peoples
Elevator & Supply company in
Fremont.
Mr.. Amstutz joined the Beaver
dam organization in 1853, succeed
ing Earl Bowers. Business at the
elevator has increased considera-
bly, during his term of manage
ment. At Cairo he will succeed
Richard Bennett, who has taken
a position with Rudolph Foods,
Westminster, Ohio. Mr.. Amstutz
plans to continue residing on
Route 2 and will commute to
Cairo. F-a..
Directors of Farmers Elevator
Company were not prepared early
this week to announce who will
fill the managerial position in
Beaverdam when Mr.. Amstutz
leaves. They were to meet We'd
nesday to discuss possible success
sors. .-. 81.
For the Noah Zimmerman
family, the change of posts will
mean moving to Fremont. They
have found a home in the Clyde
school district, where Mary Ann
will attend the sixth grade and
Kenneth the fourth grade.
Mr.. Zimmerman is to assume
his new duties on September 8,
and expected to have the family
moved to their new home in time
to attend the opening of school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Auto Ownership
Up i'm BluftOn

The continual growth in the
number of automobiles operated
in Bluffton was reflected in
figures released this week by
George c. Braden, registrar of
motor vehicles for the state of
Ohio.
The report showed that the
motor vehicle population in
Bluffton was 1,118 in 1857 as
compared with LOGS in 1856, an
increase of 50.
Beaverdam, Harrod and La
fayette showed a decrease in
number of registered vehicles for
the same period. The Beaverdam
figure dropped from 2S6 in 1856
to 254; Harrod lost two, from
246 to 244, and Lafayette lost six
from 229 to 223.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04

ton will be required to register
before they can vote.
Persons who transfer from pre-
cinct to precinct must also reg.
lister from their new precinct to
retain their eligibility. Voters
who registered for the first time
in August 1857 will not be re.
quired to register at this time.
A registered voter must cast a
ballot at least once every two
years to retain his eligibility.
All precincts in Allen county
are now registered, board of cleo
tionS officials announced. Regis
tration of townships in the west
ern section of the county this
summer completed the program.
Allen is now the twenty-third
county in the state to have reg
istration in all precincts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Scouts Will Hear
Gun Safety Talk

A talk on "Gun Safety" will be
given by Wilbur Niswander'
Bluffton gun expert at public
Boy Scout meeting Tuesday, Sep
tember 9 at p. m. in the Men
MONTE church social rooms.
This will conclude a safety
program by the local Scouts
and make them eligible for a
national safety award. The Bluff
ton troop is the only scout troop
in the district which has met the
requirements for the National
Safety Award. Automobile safe
ty study was completed earlier.
Parents and friends of scout
ing are invited to attend the
meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04

A "buzz session" at the first
meeting of the Bluffton PTA
Monday evening, September g.
will determine interests OF the
membership in educational prob
lens and provide material for the
entire years program. The meet
ing will begin at s o'clock in the
elementary school all-purpose
room.
Mrs. F. D. Rodabaugh, pro-
gram chairman, said that men,
bers are urged to attend the in
itial meeting with questioning
minds. What do you want to
know most about our schools?
she asked. That will become the
basis of our future programs.
The buzz sessions will discuss
any questions of interest on such
matters as curriculum, grading
system, discipline, social activi'
ties. athletics languages, guild
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04

Is percent less than the IN
crease sought by the company.
The annual increase will mean
approximately $141,S77 more will
be collected from the q eX-
changes served by the company
in northwestern Ohio.
Roughly $133,0O0 of the in
crease will come from monthly
bills, with the balance to be col
lected from toll rates within the
company.
New rates, which will be eS-
.tablished by the grant, will go in
to effect as soon as they are
approved by the commission. The
increase sought by the company
when they made their first appli-
cation to the PUCO nearly two
years ago would place the heav-
lest increase on private business
phones, with only a small in
crease to be charged on multi
party residence lines.
The company has $500 SUBJ
scribers on its 81 exchanges.
This would mean an average
yearly increase of roughly $8.O6
per phone, although some rates
will jump more than this, others
less.
The service investigation, which
will probably take three or four
months, was requested by Robert
Moulton, attorney for the sub
'scribers association which was
opposing the rate increase.
No date was set for the begin
ming of the PUCO investigation
but Mayor David Riser respond
ed Immediately Tuesday evening
by naming Arden Baker to con-
tinue his job of leading the local
campaign for improved telephone
service. ",s.,--a -.---"ess~..-~.
Baker was the Bluffton repre-
sentative to the subscribers asso-
citation fighting the rate increase
and several years ago, when he
was active in village government,
he was active in another fight
which led to serveral service inn
provements granted by the phone
company.
Mayor Riser said that Bluff
toms participation in the tele-
phone rate fight was money ex-
tremely well spent. Attorney fees
plus other expenses cost the vii
lage only $219, while the pro-
test delayed the rate increase at
least a year, saving several
thousand dollars for subscribers
of the Bluffton exchange alone.
The company first revealed
their request for a rate increase
early in 1857. Hearings are U.s.
ually held and increase granted in
four to six months after the re-
quests are filed, but the steps
= (See Phone Rate p. 10
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04

best dahlia in open class; Ray
NJ. Dirmeyer, Bluffton, best anna
teur dahlia; Connor Stewart,
Bluffton, best recent introduction
gladiolus; Mills and Fox, Wapa-
koneta, reserve champion gladi-
olus; Karl Gierman, Bluffton,
best amateur and grand cham
pion gladiolus; Mrs. Russell Gal
liant, Bluffton, best amateur rose
and King Rose of the show; Mrs.
Calvin Garmatter, Columbus
Grove, best amateur floribunda
rose; Ray Hershberber, Wapa-
koneta, sectional sweepstakes
marigolds, large; Howard Raid,
Bluffton, vegetable sweepstakes,
kohlrabi; DR.. B. w. Travis,
Bluffton, fruit sweepstakes; Wes-
ley Beery, Bluffton, junior
sweepstakes, gladiolus; Linda
Crawfis, Bluffton, junior sweep
stakes in vegetables. Mrs. H. w.
Allison of Lima won a sweep
stakes in arrangements, and Mrs.
Francis Reichenbach won the
sweepstakes for table settings.
ARRANGEMENTS
Blue ribbon winners in the Sec
ton For the night were: Mrs.
Sue Mitchell, Mrs. Nelson Stein
er, both of Bluffton, and Mrs.
H. w. Allison of Lima. For
food" - Mrs. Ralph Rammel,
Mrs. David Riser and Mrs. Her
bert Kindle. Rest and loving
care" Mrs. H. w. Allison,
Lima; and Mrs. Ralph Rammel.
Sunset blaze of glory" Mrs.
Ray Hilty, Mrs. David Riser
and Mrs. Cal Steiner.
Amber waves of grain" =
Mrs. Dale Reichenbach; Azure
skies" - Mrs. Cal Steiner;
See Flower Show, p. y
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04

out the village will be repaired
and long-standing trouble spots
caused by utility excavations
will be dug up and filled properly
before Main applies a blacktop
surface.
His bid for the street repair
project was $50 for each ton of
blecktop applied to the streets.
Costs of repairing the streets will
be shared by the West Ohio Gas
company and the local water de-
partment. Most of the excavation
damage was caused by these two
groups in their repair work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Art Vacancy
Partly Filled

A last minute vacancy on the
Bluffton school staff caused by
the illness of Thomas r. Bellin-
sky, who had been appointed to
teach art in high school and ele-
mentary school, was partially
filled by schools opening Tues
day.
Harry Weibel, Bluffton college
graduate who is taking additional
work this year at the college.
accepted a part-time appointment
to teach half days in the high
school. A part-time teacher for
the grade school is now being
sought.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Faculty Breakfast Tuesday Morning
Welcomes FiUe NelU Local Teachers

Five new teachers, who began
class work in the Bluffton schools
Tuesday, were welcomed by their
faculty colleagues and group
of representatives of various com.
munity organizations at a break
fast arranged Tuesday morning
in the high school cafeteria by
the Bluffton Teachers asso
citation.
The group included two teach.
ers new to the high school, Thom-
as c. Goulden, industrial arts,
and Dick Kirkendall, math and
science. Those assuming their
posts in the elementary school
were Mrs. Mary Remick and
Miss Betty Jean Hamilton, both
second grade teachers and Jo-
seph E. Cremean, sixth grade
teacher.
Mr.. Goulden is a graduate last
spring from Bowling Green state
university and veteran of mill
tary service. Mr.. Kirkendall
comes here from his home in
Hamler. He was graduated last
spring from Defiance college and
with a minor in physical educa-
ton in addition to his major sub
iects of math and science.
Miss Hamilton, a Bluffton col
lege graduate, taught last year
in Findlay and resides on Route
l. Bluffton. Mrs. Remick has
completed three years of teach
ing in Mt. Blanchard schools and
is a graduate of Ohio Northern.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Any Allen County Voters May
Register at Bluffton Tuesday

Voters from any Allen county
precinct may register at the
Bluffton town hall next Tuesday,
the Allen county board of elec-
tions has announced.
The special one-day session in
Bluffton is for the convenience
of unregistered persons, making
it possible for them to register
without a trip to the board of
elections office in Lima.
Voters from Bluffton, Beav-
erdam, Richland township and
any of the neighboring town
ships and villages in Allen coun-
ty may register here next week,
board officials emphasized.
The registration will be held
from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. and
d p. m. to 9 p. m. The mayors
Office in the town hall will be
the center for the registration.
Mis-. Ralph Rammel and Mrs.
Clair Bucher, both trained regis
trars, will conduct the registra-
ton.
Voters who registered here in
August 1857 will not be required
10 register.
Persons who are not registered
now must register before 9 p. M,
Wednesday, September "a, to be
eligible to vote in the general
election in November. Registra-
ton throughout Ohio closes at
that time.
Everyone who has moved to
this area since the last registra-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Two Residence
Properties Change
Ownership Here

Two more pieces of residential
property in Bluffton changed
hands this week when Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Morrison OF Lima
ACQUIRED one of the new National
homes of Harold Rondhus, build
er. on the County Line road, and
DR.. B. w. Travis purchased the
Fred Lauriat home next door on
Kibler street.
The home purchased by the
Morrisons was recently shown
by Bondhus as model home. 1t
is one of four already sold in the
Sunny Acres addition, with a
fifth now under roof and footers
being laid this week for the sixth.
In addition to Jack and his
wife, Margaret, there are four
boys in the Morrison family,
Ronald, Daniel, Dennis ana Gary'
Three other homes built in
Sunny Acres are now occupied
by Lloyd and Ladonna Shook and
their children, Michael, Kenneth
and Claire; and by Garnett and
Lois Stamm and son, Gregory;
and Wilburt and Rose Zimmerly
and children, Michael, Milton,
Douglas and Pamela.
DR.. Travis acquired the Lauriat
residence, which adjoins his
family home, after the Lauriats
announced that Fred had accept
ed a new post at the Hammer
power plant near Moundsville, w.
Va.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04

She lives in Ada. Mr.. Cremean,
a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan un-
iversity, has taught the past two
years in the Mayfield Heights
schools near Cleveland.
Superintendent A. B. Murray
told the group that a sixth new
teacher, Thomas BeIlinslzi, en-
gagged to teach art in the schools
here, had suffered an illness
which makes it impossible for
him to fulfill his contract.
Welcoming the teachers on be-
half of the board of education,
President Paul Stauffer said that
his is a period of advancement
and progress in education and
promised that the school board
would give all possible help. He
challenged all the teachers to
make themselves such a vital
part of the community that the
forthcoming school tax levy can
(See New Teachers p. 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Repair Contractor
DELAYS Two Weeks
Lions Vote Support
Of School Tax Levy

The Bluffton Lions club this
week was the first community
organization to take Official action
in endorsement and support of
the school tax levy which will be
voted in November. Action of the
club was unanimous in support
ing the renewal of a 7-mill levy
and addition of three mills.
Action followed reports by
Superintendent A. B. Murray and
Frank Mayer, high school prin-
cipal.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Field Demonstration

C. F. Niswander & Son will
participate in an extensive field
demonstration of new tractors
and equipment to be staged on
the well-known Schoonover Home
Farm, mile west of Lima on
State route 81 next Thursday and
Friday, according to Dean MIS-
wander, International Harvester
dealer in Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-09-04
Name Sue CralUfs
BIS Drum Major

Sue Crawfis will be drum
major of the refurbished Bluffton
high school marching band, mu-
sic instructor Miss 10 Souder
announced this week.
Majorettes will be Carol Sue
DeVier, Cathy Lewis, Karen
Mumma and Nancy Houts and
Karen Mericle will be the mas
cot.
Choice for the drum majors
position was a combination cleo
ton by band members and selec-
ton by Miss Souder.