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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25
Alice White Back After
Bout With Blindness

Alice White. Clara Bow.
Joan Crawford and Jean
Harlow typilied the emancl-
pated female In movies Of the
20s and early sos. With her
familiar milk-whlte bob,
Miss White often played the
jazz-struck doll. the gang
sters' sweetheart or the mad
CAP heiress.
Went Domestic
Her kind Of Aim faded from
popular favor and her career
went into q decline. Once
wed TO Producer sy Bartlett.
she married Writer John
Roberts and followed him as
he Travelled during wartime
service.
II vent domestic with q
vengeance" she laughed. II
even went TO school 10 learn
how 10 cook. But ] don't
think II was such q good
idea. I think men resent
women who are too do
nestle"
Divorced again, she re-
sumed her acting career. her
last performance being q
small role In Joan crawford's
"Flamingo Road" in 1919.
Now redhaired II think a
woman looks kinda silly as a
blond when she gets to be
my age~. she is seeking roles
in movies or TV. And she's
realistic about taking what
ever comes along.
Il never look back" she
said. Whats past Is past.
I never even saved q clipping
when ] was a star"
What does she think Of to-
days movie queens?
Time for Comedy?
IT haven't really seen ,
enough Of them TO judge"
she said. But this jeanne
Woodward seems like a
clever girl. And I think
Marilyn Monroe is very good
as an actress.
But I do think they've
gone too far in seeking sex
in movies. All q girls gotta
do to make a name for her
self these days is have q as
inch bust. I think the public
is firing Of that. I believe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25

II did II first" she pro-
tested. That's an Alice
White walk"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25

NEW YORK STAGE PLAYS
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
New Gift Pushes
Jaycee BathhOuse
StOckpile to S715

A contribution from the Nip IN
Tuck TOPS club has pushed the
Junior Chamber of Commerce bath
house fund to Sis, Morris Groman,
chairman of the Jaycee committee
has announced.
Donations have been received from
the TOPS group and the Telesis club
and the Lions club has promised
S150 donation. The Lions made an
earlier S150 gift and are pledged to
contribute a grand total of $500 to
the bathhouse fund.
Groman said the Jaycees viii keep
pushing their project until the S4,439
needed to pay the obligation for con-
struction of the bathhouse foundation
has been met.
They have also announced plans to
operate a dunging machine at the
July 4 rodeo, with all proceeds after
expenses to go to the bathhouse fund.
The dunking machines seat, and its
protesting occupant, will be auto
matically lowered into tank of
water when a target on the machine
is struck by thrown baseballs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Dean NOnnamaker
To Be Installed AS
Jaycee President

Dean Nonnainaker will be installed
as new president of the Bluffton
Junior Chamber of Commerce at a
dinner meeting Tuesday, July 1, in
the Walnut Grill.
Other officers to be installed at
the same meeting are: the Rev.
James Heininger, vice-president and
trustee; James Daley, secretary
treasurer.
Nonnamaker succeeds Morris Gro
man to leadership of the Jaycees.
William Remlinger, Delphos, new
district vice-president of the Jay
Gees, will be the speaker and install
ing officer.
The Jaycees have announced plans
to operate a dunking machine on the
afternoon and evening of July on
the rodeo grounds. All money raised
from this project, after expenses,
will be added to the bathhouse fund
being sponsored by the Jaycees.
Jaycee members will take turns
sitting on the dunking seat. Baseballs
hitting a target automatically lower
the seat, and its occupant, into a
large tank of water.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Voter Registration
Will Not Be Done
Here This Summer

No voter registration will be con-
Quoted in Bluffton this summer, AL
len County Board of Elections Off
cials informed The Bluffton News
last week.
Persons who did not register in last
summers intensive registration pro-
gram will not be eligible to vote in
the November congressional elections
unless they register with the county
board. E
Unregistered persons may sign the
voters rolls at the office of the Board
of Elections any weekday between
now and September "a, the close of
official registration for the November
elections. The boards office is in the
county courthouse in Lima
Registered voters who move from
one precinct to another must transfer
their registration to their new pre-
cinct to be eligible to vote there.
The boards office is open from s
a. m. to 4 p. m. daily During the
closing days of registration it will
probably remain open until p. m.
giving last minute registrants a
chance to sign the lists.
Bluffton voters had never been reg
istered until last summer. Over 900
Blufftonites, approximately 70 per
cent of those eligible, were registered,
Only 79O of these eligibles voted in
the municipal election last fall.
Because national elections tradi-
tionally attract more interest than
local elections a fairly substantial
number of local persons are expected
to travel to Lima to register for this
falls election. Once registered a per-
son must vote at least once every
two years to maintain his registration.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
photo by Gerber)

weather interferes the postponement
will be announced by radio on the
day of the celebration.
Entry chirman Don Amstutz has
announced the committee to help with
registration of horsemen at the entry
stand. Mrs. Howard Benroth, secre-
tary of the Saddle club will be crew
chief. Other members are Mrs. Le-
land Frantz, Mrs. Ronald Ketzenbar-
ger, Mrs. Merit Reichley, Mrs.
Franklin Walters and Mrs. Eugene
Benroth.
Horsemen will register for the
parade at Harmon field at the rodeo
registration stand, AmStutz has an
nounced. All other parade registra-
ton will be conducted at the high
school. This registration will be con-
Quoted at the p. m. July A, parade
marshal Walter Beck has announced
At least seven bands will march
in the parade, Joe Harris, chairman
of band procurement told the meeting
of the rodeo committee Tuesday eve
ming. Bluffton, Harrod, Lafayette
Jackson, McComb, Lakeview, and
Pandora-Gilboa high school bands
(See Rodeo, P. 4)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26

any other type of plane, is response
bic for the air age which began to
break over America in the '20's and
'30's. The old 15-passenger ship will
be available for rides throughout the
morning and during the early after
noon.
Besides the Tri-Motor and all the
private planes a military F-51 and an
experimental plane will appear at
the airport during the day, Carey
said.
Buttons breakfast is probably the
most popular one of its type in Ohio,
according to Harold Carey, manager
of the Bluffton Flying Service. The
attraction of Bluffton"s unique wood
land campsite on the edge of the air
port is one of the major features
which brings the large crowds to
Bluffton.
A long series of prizes for the fly
ers viii be donated by the Bluffton
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Pre-Rodeo Work EntersL asst Week;
Seven Queen Candidates Chosen

Gle B Squares; Kay Zimmerly, Bluff
ton FILA; Kathy Kefam, Bluffton
FLA and Carol Schmidt, Buttons and
Bows All.
Anderson's Buckeye Lunch and
Dick Habegger and Son Pure Oil are
sponsoring float together. They have
not yet announced their queen can
didate.
Thirty-five handsome trophies for
the parade and rodeo awards are now
on display in The Bluffton News
window. Top trophies are those
awarded by The Lima Citizen for the
outstanding parade presentation and
the Bluffton Stone company for the
high-scoring rodeo contestant.
Rodeo chairman Fred Tschantz has
announced the rain date for the cele-
bration will be Saturday, July 5.
Last years disappointing experiences
with the weather led rodeo officials
to establish an alternate date. II
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
New Gas Line Laid
To Serve Garmatter,
Highland Additions

A new 1900 foot gas line, to serve
% potential users in the Garmatter
and Highland additions, was laid last
week by workmen from the West Ohio
Gas company.
The line was laid from College road
east to the end of the. undeveloped
Highland addition behind the Menno-
mite Memorial home.
Potential users for the utility are
the residents in the 13 homes in the
Garmatter addition in addition to
homes which may be erected on Is
undeveloped lots in the area.
Garmatter street has been extended
to the eastern end of the Highland
addition, which will be developed by
Bluffton Eastland, Inc, The line is a
two-inch line. Homes already in the
area may tap it and homes to be
constructed in the new addition will
also have gas available.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Chicken Barbecue
Nets Hospital $500

The chicken barbecue supper
held last Saturday evening on the
elementary school grounds netted
$500 for the Community Hospital
Auxiliary, Mrs. Francis Reichen-
bach has reported.
Money win be used by the group
to help in the purchase of new
equipment and supplies for the
hospital.
Committee members said the
large profit was made possible
because several firms had do
mated products and all help at the
supper was on volunteer baSis.
Chase and SanbOrn Coffee, Mead
ow Gold Dairy, Page Dairy, Plain
View Dairy, REM Bakery and the
Clipper Chip company were all
mentioned for their donations.
A number of local organizations
also donated equipment and time
TO assist the Auxiliary in hold
ing the barbecue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Bell Committee Wants ''Quick Job
NeU Group Hopes 70 Finish Memorial This Summer

school building which was razed in
1855, it nestled in a trailer on the
Amstutz farm for most of that time.
First attempts to preserve the bell
for Bluffton were made by an inde-
pendent group who did not wish to
see the old bell scrapped when the
grade school was torn down.
y Unsuccessful in their attempts to
remove the bell by sheer manpower
on Memorial Day, 1855, the group
claimed the bell when it was thrown
from the tower while the building was
being wrecked.
The 500 pound bell was thrown S.
feet from the tower to the ground
but landed undamaged, The old
clarion was one of the features Of
that years July a parade as commit
tee leaders attempted to raise fund
to build a final home for the bell.
Since that time the bell was almost
completely forgotten until public in
terest was stirred early this spring.
Suggestions for maintaining the bell
included wishing we'll" structure
outside the new elementary building
and, victory bell at Harmon field,
to be rung only when Bluffton high
school won an athletic contest.
After school board approval was
given, the alumni association sup.
ported the plan and now the old
grade school bell is well on its way
home. perhaps within the next few
weeks. nnas
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26

Bluffton'S long-neglected grade
school bell appears on it's way to
having a permanent home this week,
as high school alumni president Mel.
son Steiner announced the selection
of committee to supervise installa-
ton of the bell In a memorial at the
corner of the elementary school
grounds.
81 Diller, chairman of the commit
tee, said Tuesday his group hoped to
have the bell installed by the end
of the summer" Other members of
the committee are James West,
Thomas Bucher, Aaron B. Murray
and Wilhelm Amstutz.
After three years of wandering, the
bell was assured permanent home
when the alumni association ended
sharp controversy by voting to install
the bell at the rear of the new school.
Diller reported the bell committee
has over $3.50 available for the pro-
ject. Ohio Power company officials
have offered to donate piping to en-
close the memorial and worknhen
from Ex-Cell-O corporation will do
all necessary welding.
Earlier estimates placed costs at
approximately 500 for materials and
$1OO for labor. A school board re-
quest to have brick base for the
memorial will increase costs, but
probably not beyond the amount
available, Diller said
Committee members are planning
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Lease on Present
Police Car To Be
Continued One Year

"Disappointingly high" bids on the
purchase of a new police cruiser has
caused village council to extend the
lease on the present 1857 Chevrolet
police cruiser for another year.
The car will be leased at S85 per
month, the same figure at which it
has been leased for the past year.
Bob Williams, owner of the local
Chevrolet firm leasing the car to the
village, said he had considered
raising the price on the year-old
model to $105 per month.
Williams bid $129.41 for the month
ly lease-rental of a 1858 Chevrolet.
Clayton Bixel, of Bixel Motor Sales,
submitted a bid of $126 a month for
the lease of a 1858 Ford.
Just two years ago the village
rented a 1856 Ford police cruiser for
$65. This years monthly cost was S85.
Both dealers agreed they had lost
money at those figures. B# .-.
Williams said his firm has invested
S1252 in the automobile to date and
had received only 5000 in their
monthly rentals. Rixel said his firm
lost approximately $3.50 when they
leased an automobile to the village
the previous year.
Council voted to accept the bid for
extension of the lease on the present
cruiser after rejecting all other bids.
Mayor David Riser and council
members expressed their surprise and
disappointment at the high figures
and low number of bidders. They had
felt some out-of-town dealers might
also bid for the cruiser.
Bids for the outright purchase of a
new cruiser were also taken. The
Bixel bid, with all accessories needed
and after discount, was S2,223. go.
Williams bid $2,237.42 and Clark
Buick Sales submitted bid of 81 500.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26

Seven queen candidates have been
named for the annual rodeo as prep
arations for the July celebration
move into their last hurried week.
Three more candidates were announ-
ced this week. Marcia limerick will be
candidates of the Lafayette Boys All
club, Janice Triplehorn the Cory
Rawson FLA, and Jean Ann Arnold
the Beaverdam fire department.
Miss limerick is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton limerick, route
l, Lafayette and is freshman at
Lafayette-J ackson high school. Her
attendants will be Ann Cochensparger
and Patty Rusmisel.
Miss Triplehorn is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Triplehorn,
route /, Bluftton and Miss Arnold is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Arnold, Beaverdam.
Previously announced queen can
didateS are Mrs. Paul Greding, Cir
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
LOrain Basinger
Named County Agent

Lorain Basinger, former Bluffton
high school agriculture teacher, has
been named county agriculture agent
for Hardin county it was announced
last week.
He will assume his new position
July I, succeeding Boyce Bradford
who is. leaving that position after %
years. Basinger has been associate
county agent in Hardin county for the
past two years.
4 Before taking that position he
served as vocational agriculture in
structor at Bluffton high school for
six years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Tiers and EartItIings To MingIe
Fly7In Breakfast Sunday Will Be Largest in State

Flyers from the entire Tri-State
area will descend on the Bluffton air
port Sunday for the Bluffton Flying
clubs fifth annual FLYNN Breakfast.
More than 800 planes are expected
to tie up on the Bluffton runways at
one time or another during the long
day which will probably begin only
moments after daybreak.
Flyers and drivers alike will be
attending the breakfast, for the Fly
in Breakfast has traditionally been
open to the public.
One of the big features for visitors
to the breakfast will be the oppor-
tunity to fly in the Ford Tri-Motor
which will be at the airport until / 80.
The ship belongs to Island Airway,
Port Clinton, and is used in the ferry
service to the Erie Islands operated
for fishermen and travellers.
This is one of the last of the tabled
Tin Geese still known to be operating.
This hardy type, perhaps more than
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Badertscher,
Bluffton, a boy, Rex Allen, born Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mayer, Bluff
ton, a girl, Marcia Marie, born Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Rausch,
Jenera, a boy, Steven Bradley, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Hostetler,
Jernera, a girl, born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Mueller
margaret Stratton), Liberty Center,
a girl, Marianne H., born Friday,
June IL. Mrs. Mueller is the daughter
of Mrs. Helen Stratton of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Four Real Estate
Transfers Filed

Four real estate transfers from
Bluffton and Beaverdam were filed
in the office of Allen county recorder
Morgan N. Davis last week.
In Bluffton: Maurice E. Fett to
Jesse w. and Mildred r. HoudesheH,
part lot 4, Shannon's addition, tax
$S.25. Ella Fenton to Wilmer S., and
Emma G. Shelly, lot 480, J. H.
Eaton's Heirs Sixth addition, tax
S7.70.
In Beaverdam: Albert M. and
Frances Hughes to Lakewood Homes,
Inc, part outot s, tax $1.65. Lake
wood Homes, Inc, to Delbert Van
Sky and Robert L. Mcnamara, part
outlot 8, tax $1.65.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
Fire Rayages
Hancock County
Barn Tuesday
Children With Matches
Start Fire Which Ruins
Farm Equipment and Tools

Sudden flames swept through a
large barn on the Ellis Hauenstein
farm south of Bluffton on the County
Line Tuesday morning, destroying
and a small pump shed before help
could arrive.
Mr.. Hauensteiin said Tuesday eve-
ming the blaze was caused by chill
dren playing with matches in the loft
of the barn.
Farm equipment, some hay and
shop tools were lost in the blaze,
which was reported to the Bluffton
fire department at 500 a. m. The loss
was covered by insurance.
The children in the barn ignited
hay stored there. Unable to control
the blaze, they ran to the house,
where Mrs. Hauenstein summoned the
Bluffton fire department.
Swift-moving flames had gone COM
pletely out of control by the time the
Bluffton department arrived and they
were forced to confine their efforts to
saving the remaining outbuildings on
the farm.
The Ada fire department was also
summoned, arriving shortly after the
the Bluffton firemen,
So swift was the blaze Bluffton fire
men had returned to town slightly
more than an hour after the alarm
was first sounded. At the last barn
fire in this area, the : spectacular
blaze on the Andy Gratz farm last
fall, firemen battled the flames more
than four hours and skeleton crews
were on hand for another four hours.
The barn, 25 by 20 feet, and a small
pump shed were destroyed but the
firemen were able to save outbuild-
ings on the farm. Each building was
slightly scorched but not seriously
damaged.
A Ford tractor, John Deere cul-
tipacker, cultimulcher, cultivators, a
stock trailer and a power mower to
be used with the Ford tractor were all
claimed by the fire.
No injuries were reported to any
member of either fire department or
the scene.
The Hauenstein farm Is about three
miles south of Bluffton on the County
Line road. Until recently it wa:
occupied by the Charles Keifer fam
lily.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26

Business Mems association. Prizes are
awarded for the earliest arrival, old
est pilot, youngest polit, first woman
pilot and Oldest airplane on the scene,
Attendance this year win probably
reach the highest point ever if the
weather cooperates and provides sat
isfactory flying conditions. Attend
ance fell last year when overcast
skies cut flying to minimum. At the
start of the breakfast there was only
a 300 foot ceiling.
Last years event was popularized
when WJR farm editor Marshall
Wells gave it wide publicity on his
popular morning radio program.
Communications throughout the
day will be handled by the Bluffton
Radio club. Drive-in traffic from the
area will be directed by the Hancock
county sheriff's department. All
safety facilities will be on hand
throughout the day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26
BlufftOn Salesman
Files Damage Suit

holland Benroth and the General
Exchange Insurance corp, Dayton,
filed a S297.25 suit in Allen county
common pleas court last week
against Wilbur S. Woods, a minor,
and his father Glen, of Lima.
Benroth claims he was driving east
on state route 81 near Lima last JAN
uary Z and collided with a vehicle
driven by Wilbur Woods while
attempting to pass it. He says the
youth did not signal his intention of
turning into private drive, colliding
with the Benroth car.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26

their low bid OF SZ3 ,884.90.
Jefferson street will be widened
and resurfaced from Main street to
Thurman street, where it joins the
project completed two years ago. The
stretch between County Line road and
the Nickel Plate railroad win also be
widened and given a new blacktop
surface.
Bluffton's share of the project is
supposed to be five percent of total
costs. The village had deposited
81, 500 with the state as their share of
the project, but five percent of the
contract under which Gerkin will be
working is only $1,194.2O. Mayor
DaYid Riser said he did not know
whether this money would be re-
turned to the village.
This money could not go into the
village street fund, however. 1t was
obtained from fund built from state
gasoline tax revenues. Under Ohio
law it can only be used for main
tenance of state highways within the
village.
Resurface Harmon Road
Council also conferred with L. H.
House, representative of Churchill
Construction company, Lima paving
contractors, about possibilities of
grading and resurfacing section of
Harmon road.
The Lima firm will be grading and
blacktopping the entire Triplett Elec-
trical Instrument company parking
lot during vacation. Street commits
sioner William Gaiffe had contacted
them about regarding and resurfacing
Harmon road from the Poplar street
intersection to the curve near the
Triplett plant
Edgar Chamberlain, member of
the council street committee, reported
the drainage problem on that. part of
Harmon road was severe and would
probably grow worse. Council felt if
the Triplett project and the street
repair were done at the same time
the drainage could be handled more
effectively, at lower price.
If the two projects are done at
once House said some of the water
could be drained into catch basins,
while surface water could be run off
into Riley creek through the parking
lot.
The contractor will prepare an es-
innate on the village project and
meet with the council and the mayor
before beginning work on his Triplett
project next week. They will decide
at that time whether the town can
afford to undertake the job this sum-
mer.
| Council members said they felt it
was a problem of whether to fix a
passable street at an opportune mo-
ment or move on to repair other
streets in far worse condition.
To Fix jackson, Poplar
The Churchill company will also
repair short sections of Jackson and
Poplar streets at no expense to the
village during their stay in town.
Both streets were installed by the
company last fall in the community S
SIT, 900 repair program and each
(See Streets, P. 10
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-26

to meet shortly to prepare final plans
tor school board approval. The plans
should be ready for presentation at
either the July or August meeting Of
the board.
Nearly forgotten for two years after
its removal from the nid-Victorian