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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Births

The following births were re-
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Steven.
son, Rawson, a boy, Zane Doug
las, born last Wednesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Boehm,
Dunkirk, a boy, Edwin Curtis,
born Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Roth
Bluffton, a boy, Jeffrey Lynn,
born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mauer
RawsonY a girl, Debra Jear
Marguerite, born Saturday.
Mr.. add Mrs. Robert Mcbride
Ada, a girl, Annette Sue, borr
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Gilbert
Benton Ridge, boy, David Eu
gene, born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James RAIDER
Leipsic, boy, Mark David, borr
Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Ernest Fritschi
Beaverdam, boy, Ernest John
born Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Union Service Marks
Thanksgiving Day

With interest focused on ira
ditional family gatherings and
turkey for dinner, Buttons OBJ
servance of Thanksgiving next
Thursday will be a quiet one in
a general cessation of business
and industrial activity.
Public observance of the holi-
day will be centered on a union
Thanksgiving church service at
9 a. m. in the First Missionary
church. The 7 service will be
sponsored, according to ustom
by the Bluffton Ministerial as
sociation.
The host pastor, the Rev.
Robert Dye, Sr., will be in
charge of the service and the
Rev. Harry Yoder, assistant to
the president at Bluffton college,
will be the speaker.
The offering received at the
union church meeting will this
year go to the Christian Rural
Overseas Program, as it did ir
several previous years. Offering
envelopes as well as a folder
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Bernell Slabaugh
Trains To Enter
Boy Scout Work

Bernel Slabaugh is the second
Bluffton community man to enter
Boy Scout work professionally in
recent weeks. He. was to COM
plete his training course at
Schiff's Scout Reservation at
Mendham, N. ]. this week.
After returning to Bluffton for
a visit, he and his wife, Shirley,
and sons, Scott and Randy, will
leave for Indianapolis, Ind.
where he will enter the scouting
field for a three to five year per-
iod.
George Bohrer, former Bluffton
college staff member, is also
taking the training program at
Schiff's Scout Reservation in New
Jersey. He will complete his
course in December and will be
assigned to work in West Vir.
ginia.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

depicting the CROP story will be
distributed at the services of
worship in the local churches
next Sunday.
Bluffton business places and
industries also will suspend op-
Grafton for the holiday, and there
will be no mail delivery on town
or rural routes. Windows at the
post office will be closed, but the
lobby will be open and outgoing
mail will be made up and dis
patched as usual.
Bluffton public schools and
Bluffton college will also be
closed for the customary long
weekend vacation. The college
will close at noon on Wednes-
day while the public schools will
end classes at the regular closing
time Wednesday. Both will
resume classes on Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Boy Scouts,
Cubs Organize
In Beaverdam

Steering committees have been
organized in Beaverdam to bring
the Boy Scout movement to that
village, and plans are underway
to organize both a Boy Scout
troop and a Cub Scout pack un-
der the Put-Han-Sen Council with
headquarters in Findlay.
Bruce Miller and George Specs,
scout executives of the Findlay
headquarters, were present to
discuss plans with parents and
boys at a recent meeting in
Beaverdam.
The Parent-Teachers associa-
ton will sponsor the first Boy
Scout troop with Lloyd Smith as
the institutional representative.
The steering committee mem
bers for the Cub Scouts includes
Maurice Burkholder as chair
man; Don Brown, Wayne Down.
ey and Mrs. Orpha Andrews,
This committee will meet with
parents who have boys from
eight to II years old in a session
at the school Wednesday evening
November &c, at 7::30 p. m. Il
will be the first of three meet,
ings to- be held On succeeding
Wednesdays. ~
The Boy Scout steering com.
mittee inclddes Lloyd Smith as
chairman, and Lyle McCarty
Boys to be eligible for the troop
must be between the ages of II
and Is. The committee viii meet
with parents on Wednesday, No
vember 19, November 26 and De.
cember 3. All meetings will star
at 7:30 p. m. in the high school
The troops will be under the
Put-Han-Sen Council which pro
vides a camp five miles south o.
Findlay.
Additional information is avail
able from the committee mem
bers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

marked the early part of the
past year, Christmas Savings
accounts expanded by $500 in the
local bank, President E. c.
Romey has announced.
Twenty more persons will re-
ceive Christmas checks this year
than last year. +
The total in Blutfton Christ
mas Savings accounts continued
the upward trend of recent years
although nat at as rapid pace as
the last two years. This year, s
deposits in the club accounts
was $500 more than last year,
S6,573 more than in 1856 and
SO, 500 more than 1855.
A total of POI persons will share
in next Wednesdays distribution
as compared with 271 depositors
the year before. This makes the
average check 1888 as COM
pared with an average of
slightly over S1OO last year.
Mr.. Romey said that the bank
would place the checks in the
mail next Tuesday, November,
25, so that they will be received
the day before Thanksgiving.
New Christmas Savings ac-
counts may be opened on and
after December 1, the bank re-
ported. e
The helpful cash, most of which
is used to purchase Christmas
gifts, is accumulated by the de-
positors on a regular weekly de-
posit. Accounts may be opened
for any amount from 20 cents to
$40 per week. Many Bluffton
children use the Christmas Saw
ings club system as a means of
learning the thrift lesson-That
small amounts saved regularly
soon grow to worthwhile sums.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Remodeling Work
Underway Here

Several additional remodeling
jobs in the community were re-
ported during the past week.
Paul Geiser, Bluffton builder,
recently completed a block base
ment under the Cleo Garad home
on the Pevee road and lis doing
anterior remodeling for Merlin
OBenroth on the Bentley road.
Hiram Reichenbach, contrac-
tor, is remodeling a barn, also
on the Cleo Garau farm.
Harry Mericle and Sons have
torn down the old barn building
on the former Lauriat property
which was acquired recently by
DR.. B. w. Travis. Part of the
framework is being used for con-
struction of a modern three-car
garage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Rabbits Plentiful, Birds
Reported Spotty For Opener

Bucher, Eddie Wenger, Bill ST.
mons, Elmer Anderson, Ralph
Kohl, Kent and Bob Amstutz,
Beaverdam.
Wayne Hauenstein reported
four rabbits; Gordon Mathewson,
three rabbits, Gene Mathewson,
two rabbits; Al Ingalls,, four
rabbits; Darrell Huber, one rab-
bit; Dale Joe Kohl, four rabbits.
Rodney Stratton is reported to
have bagged his limit of two
cocks and four rabbits within 20
minutes after the nine O'Clock
opener.
On the Dale Zeisloft farm near
Rawson at least six cock birds
were shot by hunters Saturday.
Other hunters reporting at
least one bird were Don Martz,
Dana Mathewson, Gene Benroth
and John Kolter. ....-. ..'
Dennis Smith bagged four rab-
bits on Monday. 1.-t . ...
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

Santa Claus himself, for the
youngsters, and Santa Claus in
the disguise of Bluffton mer-
chants, for the adults, will both
appear soon to touch off the open
ing of Christmas season promo
tons by Bluffton businessmen.
The whiskered old saint will
greet his young friends at a free
theatre party the day after
Thanksgiving while the Bluffton
merchants will play Santa Claus
through their annual Christmas
Treasure Hunt.
The theatre party will be held
at the Carrna theatre at 2 p. m,
Friday, November %. The free
party will be thrown open to- all
youngsters in the area. }
Cartoons and a feature movie
will be shown through the cour-
tesy of theatre manager George
Carmack and the Bluffton Busi.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
BluftOn Pastor
Heads County
CROP Campaign

The Rev. James Heininger,
pastor of the First Methodist
church of Bluffton and Marion
Driver of Jackson township are
serving as co-chairmen of the
$1,000 Allen County drive for the
Christian Rural Overseas Pro-
gram.
Rev. Mr.. Heininger said that
the county campaign is in full
swing in its effort to share sur
plus foods with starving people
in other parts of the world.
Approximately 300 pounds of
food for every dollar given, can
be distributed to overseas needy.
The Ohio Council of Churches
under its Town and Country COM
mittee directs the raising of over
19 million pounds of food annual
ly in Ohio. ..-~
Rev. MIR. Heininger and Donald
Overmyer, Bluffton vo-ag teach
er, also head the local campaign
in Richland township.
To the $500 already given to
CROP through the Bluffton-Rich-
land United Fund, an additional
amount of about 5000 is expected
to be raised here through offer
ings at the Union Thanksgiving
Day service. ~ m
CROP envelopes wif be, dis
tributed to local churches for use
of members either in their own
church offerings or at the
Thanksgiving service at the First
Missionary church.
The $500 raised by UF replaces
money formerly collected by
(See Pastor, peCe ~
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

nation last Thursday, when he OBJ
served his 18th birthday.
Mr.. Triplett, chairman of the
board at the Triplett Electrical
Instrument company, arrived at
his office in the. morning COM
pletely unaware that the day
would have special significance.
But from the beginning, he was
besieged with "a continuous
stream of kilograms, cards and
gifts.
The firms teletype was kept
so busy receiving congratulatory
messages, that it was difficult to
break in for normal business use.
kilograms CAME from practically
every state in the country and
friends in Canada.
There were so many by noon
that a vacant room was set up
with table and bulletin board to
display the incoming greetings
received from local townspeople
and national business leaders.
Allen B. DUPONT of PasSaic,
N. j. wired, "Congratulations to
an electronics pioneer on your
18th birthday on the job. Your
achievement is a remarkable
one."
"Sylvania and l want to con-
graduate you on your 18th birth
day. Your contributions to our
great industry have been wonder
full" said a telegram from sHar-
old Rainier, Detroit, of Sylvania
Electric Products. -
Merrill AppIebee, president of
Burstein Applebee Co., Kansas
City, Mo. wired: Your contri-
buttons to the radio, eletronics
industry will be for all time in
the future a most distinctive
accomplishment. 1t is my priv
ilege to greet you as an old
friends.
One unusual gift was a cake
baked by Mrs. Harry Weaver, an
employee, and decorated as a
telegram of good wishes with a
meter design in icing at the bot,
tom.
MIR. Triplett, as a young man,
founded the Triplett Electrical
company in a small second floor
shop on Main street, and devel.
oped it into one of the leading
firms of its kind in the nation,
known in many parts of the
world for its products.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
appearance of Santa Claus
ODens Christmas Season Here

stores the week before the actual
Treasure Hunt. --'
The drawing for the gifts to be
given by the local pferchants will
be held friday December 5.
! Winning numbers will be post
ed on the gifts displayed in the
store windows at 6 p. m, Friday,
December 5. If gifts are not
claimed Friday night new num-
bers will be posted Saturday at
9 a. m. The Treasure Hunt will
end Saturday, December 6 at 10
p. m. and any gifts which have
not been claimed at that time
will be withdrawn.
Circulars describing the Trea-
sure Hunt are being mailed
throughout the area and five
tickets are being enclosed to
give the addresses a start in
their ticket collections.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

had never attended a class, while
Heidelberg included their coach
in the lineup.
Baseball was first played on
Schmidt's field located across
town on Cherry street. Many
circuses were also held there. In
1914 the college added the pres
(See "Cowpastures", page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

ness Mems association. "-
Santa Claus will greet the
youngsters in the lobby of the
theatre from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m.
I The adults, as well as the
children, get their chance at
many free gifts when the
business men hold their annual
Treasure Hunt and window shop
ping night during the first week
end of December. 3@.n
Free tickets win be given
each time a customer enters a
Bluffton store, even if no pur-
chase is made. Children under Il,
however, must be accompanied
by their parents to receive q
ticket.
More than 100 gifts will be dis,
tributed by the local merchants
to the holders of the winning
tickets. The Treasure Hunt tick
cts will be distributed in the loca
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
John Deere Dealer
To Omen Store Here

Bluffton will have a new John
Deere farm implement dealer
after January 1, it was learned
this week. Howard Irwin, q. resi-,
dent of Rural Lima, who is TAX
ing over the agency is making
arrangements noy for a location,
which will probably be announc,
ed next week. Irwin is a native
of Columbus Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

At1a recent membership meet
ing of the Evangelical Mennonite
church, Bluffton, the congrega-
ton voted to call the Rev. Leon
ard E. Shepler of Leo, Ind, as
pastor.
Rev. Mr.. Shepler, a native of
Ft. Wayne, Ind, holds a B.A.
and an MA. degree from Bob
Jones university. Married, he is
the father of three children. Mrs.
Shepler is a registered nurse.
Having a pilots license, Rev.
Mr.. Shepler has been engaged in
missionary work with the "Air
Mail from God Mission" which
entailed dropping gospels from
his airplane and placing of BIZ
bles in remote villages.
The new pastor also has had
considerable experience as a fac
tory employe and understands
the labor viewpoint.
He will begin serving the
church about December 1. An Of
ficial installation is planned for
Sunday morning, December Z,
with the Rev. Reuben Short
president of the Evangelical Men
MONTE Conference and a former
pastor of the local church, pre-
siding. The public is invited to
attend this service.
The new pastor will succeed
the Rev. c. A. Classen who re-
signed last July to take a new
post in Abbeyville, Kansas.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

not uncommon for players to reg
ister for penmanship in the COM
mercial department, take one
lesson and then play on the col
lege team.
In 1911 Central Mennonite and
Heidelberg played a 90 tie. Af-
ter the game it was learned that
Bluffton had used player who
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
COwEasture To Campus
OLdtinaers Recall College Beginnings

Beginning as a COW pasture
and picnic grove almost go years
ago, Bluffton college has become
one of the leading small colleges
in the state of Ohio. Several
members of the faculty who have
watched Bluffton grow through
the years recall a number of in
teresting incidents in its develop
ment.
When Eaton Grove was favored
as the vicinity in which to build
Central Mennonite college, a
question arose concerning the
crossing of Little Riley creek.
Mr.. c. D. Amstutz promised that
if the college were located here,
he would see that a bridge was
built. After getting permission
from the county commissioners
in Lima, he built the bridge him
self in 1902.
One of the conditions set forth
by the commissioners was that
the creek had to be Strengthened.
What students now call 1.-The la
COON" was the original bed of the
creek, which extended Is feet
off the present stream bed. Since
this left a wet muddy hole in
front of college hall, a trestle
was built from the building to
the bridge.
Dining Hall
In the early days men attend
ing college lived at various local
homes and ate their meals at
Mrs. Sperlies' house, which is
now Basinger's Funeral home.
Girls roomed and had their own
private dining room in what is
presently Music hall. Teachers
living in what is now Campus
Cottage, went to Music hall to
take their baths, since their home
was not equipped with plumbing.
Ropp hall, the present girls
dormitory, was built in 1914. A
large two-story barn in which
cows and hogs were kept stood
nearby. The hogs slid down a
runway into the Riley for water.
A slaughter house occupied a site
just south of Ropp hall where
Professor Lantz lives.
Early Sports
Football was the first sport at
Bluffton. Back in the days before
the game had been modified and
revised, athletics at Bluffton col
lege were crude Aand victories
were few. The student body had
hardly enough mem to make a
team. In the days before the au-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

Although rabbits were reported
to be plentiful by nearly every
hunter who went into the fields
on opening day Saturday, pheas-
ants were reported Spotty.
Some hunters say many birds,
while others reported that they
saw no signd a ringneck.
The fact that practically all of
the spybeans had been harvested
and thereNwas little if any corn
still standiRk in The field, served
to make moSeSgame visible this
year thap 4ast&eason.
First local huntar to report the
complete bag limit this season
was Don Leiber. He made his re-
port to Charles and DempS
Tavern where it won first award
in the contest conducted annually
by the tavern.
Leiber, in addition, copped the
prize for first limit Of two cock
pheasants and first limit of four
rabbits, giving him three of the
five prizes offered.l
Dale JOEY Kohl thus far holds
the honor for the longest pheas-
ant tail feather checked in to
date. His feather measured %
ss inches in length. Winner in
this category will be determined
at the end of the season.
No hunter checked in a silver
pheasant or a black pheasant
and the prizes went unclaimed.
Likewise, a $40 bounty for the
bobcat reported to have been
seen in this vicinity, was also un'
claimed, =
Huntefs reporting their limit oi
two cock birds each on the open
er were: Forest Basinger, Ross
Irwin, Eddie Niswander, Tom
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Adult Farmers
To Discuss Feeds

Poultry feeds and anti-biotics
in livestock feeds will be the sub
iects of discussion next Monday
evening when the Adult Farmers
class meets ats O'Clock in the
vocational agriculture room al
Bluffton high school.
Don Overmyer, Vo-ag instruc'
tor, said that a representative OF
the Pillsbury Feed CO. will dis,
cuss feeding poultry and farm
livestock, and a representative
of Zehr & Co., Wauseon, will
talk on use of antibiotics and
medication.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Educators Listed
In "WhO'S Who"

The names of two Bluffton ed
ucators appear in the latest edi-
ton of Who's Who in American
Education, it was learned this
week. They are DR.. Lloyd L.
Ramseyer, president of Bluffton
college, and A. B. Murray, super
intendent of Bluffton schools.
The Both anniversary edition
of the publication carries photos
of the two together with bio
graphical information.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Christmas Caravan
Plans Are Mapped.

Buttons second annual Christ
mas Caravan has been set for
December Is, it was announced
this week by the Women's Auxili-
ary of Bluffton college.
! The caravan opens homes OF
local residents which have been
prepared as show houses of var
ious means of decorating and
preparing for a festive holiday
season. 1850.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
NeuUs To Be Late
Because of Holiday

Because of the holiday on
publication day next Thurs
day The Bluffton News win
be delivered one day late.
The paper should arrive in
Fridays mail instead of the
usual delivery time.
The News staff hopes all of
its readers enjoy a happy day
of thanksgiving with MEM
hers of their families and
friends.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

without acreage aIlotments
which would determine price
supports on different basis.
The program which receives a
majority vote viii be put into
effect next year.
Alien county farmers, who
have traditionally spurned most
of the government control pro-
grams, will ballot between 8 a.
m. sand 6p.m. at polling places
in the, II townships.
Richland township farmers will
ballot at the township room in
Beaverdam. Monroe township
votes at the Township house and
jackson township At<the Lafay-
cite town hall.
Under the present program
price supports are available only
for corn produced under acreage
aIlotments in the commercial
corn area, The 1858 national
allotment was 3S,SO0,0O0 acres.
Large corn supplies would prob
ably cut the 1859 allotment to
33,OOO,0OO acres.
The proposed program would
abandon acreage allotments.
Price supports would be availa-
BILE for all corn of eligible quail
ity at a national average level.
The price support would be set
at 80 percent of the average
price farmers received for corn
during the last three years. This
price would not be allowed to fall
below 65 percent of parity.
Agriculture department special
lists estimate the 1859 price
support level under this program
at SLIP to $1.15 per bushel.
The present program main
tains price supports at Is to 80
percent of parity, depending on
available corn supplies. The es-
timated national parity price
under this program in 1859 would
be $1.24 to $1.27 per bushel.
If the new program is adopted
there will be no commercial corn
growing area designated. The
present corn program has a
commercial corn growing area
designated each year. Only
growers in designated CONNER
ical areas will be eligible for sup
ports if the present program is
maintained.
Anyone who produced corn in
the 1858 commercial corn area,
including all the area counties,
and anyone who had an interest
in the 1858 corn crop is eligible
to vote on Tuesday.
Also eligible are persons who
had a corn allotment this year
but did not grow corn, those who
planted but did not harvest corn,
or those who placed their 1858
corn allotment in the soil bank.
Further information on the pro-
gram can be obtained at the
Allen county ASC office in the
Dominion building, Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Tripfett Co.
Founder HOnOred
On 18th Birthday

Recognized by many leaders in
his field as the dean of manu-
facturers of electrbnic test equip
ment, r. L. Triplett was flooded
with messages of congratulations
and best wishes from all over the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
Corn Price Support Program
Referendum Slated Tuesday

Corn FARMERS in 932 commercial producing
counties throughout the country vote next Tuesday to
decide the future of price support program which
was begun in 1888 n
They will choose between the present program OF
price support and acreage aoments and new program
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20
S27,636 In Christmas
Funds ReadyFor Mail
Christmas Club Members To Get
Checks Day Before ThanskgiUiuq

A tide of s27636 Christmas shopping dollars will
be released into local trade channels next Wednesday when
Christmas Savings account checks in that amount are re-
ceVed in the mail from The Citizens National Bank of
Bluffton.
Despite the temporary business showdown which