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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27

"A new area high school foot
bah league, combining the best
of the area Independents witt
two or more Northwest confer.
ence teams, has been proposed
as a solution to the schedule
problems facing the independ-
ents, The Bluffton News learned
this week.
Strongly supporting the new
league are Ada, Bath Township,
Hardin-Northern and the Perry
Township high school which will
soon be built.
Bluffton, Columbus Grove and
Elida from the NWC and Shaw
nee and Wapakoneta of the West
ern Buckeye league have all
been invited to join the new cir
cult.
The new league originated in
Ada high schools desire to af-
filiate with a football league. The
Bulldogs are reported to have
been rebuffed by the leagues
they attempted to join and have
now begun to organize the best
Independent teams in the area.
Bluffton high school athletic Of
ficials did not show strong in
terest when queried about mem
bership in the proposed circuit.
Bluffton Happy
Faculty manager Robert Ew-
ing said, "Bluffton has enjoyed
the relationships within the
Northwest conference" and in
dicated the Pirates presently pre-
fer to stay in that league.
He said Bluffton would consid-
er the new league only if the
Northwest conference should
break up. Columbus Grove and
Elida are not planning to bolt
the NWC and join the new
league, other sources revealed.
Not Interested
Neither Wapakoneta nor Shaw
nee have indicated any interest
in leaving the WBL to enter the
new league, where they would be
competing against slightly small.
ler schools.
Other schools which may be
contacted are Delphos st. John
Delphos Jefferson or Kenton.
The league organizers are also
watching school consolidation
movements which are brewing ir
Hardin and Hancock counties
The Hardin county board of edu,
cation is hoping to consolidate
| McGuffey, Ridgeway and Mt
Victory school districts into one
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
Install Speakers
I'm Memorial Home

An inter-communication speak
er system was recently installed
at the Mennonite Memorial Home
with funds provided by the
Women's Service Group of the in
stitution. ~
Six speakers have been in
stalled in the home, with a 30
station master control system in
the office.
The two way system enables
superintendent A. r. Duerksen
to talk with workers in the
kitchen and laundry and with
guests in the lobbies.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
Beaverdam School
Closes Monday as
Pump Breaks

Both Beaverdam schools were
closed Monday after a heating
system pump broke down Friday.
A new pump was installed over
the weekend, but it performed no
better than the one which it re-
placed.
Repairs were made early this
week while all $50 students in
both elementary and high schools
were dismissed from classes.
Both schools, combined under
one roof, are served by the single
heating system and any stray
students which might have show
ed up would have received a
chilly reception.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27


The Rev. William Won Brauch-
itsch, pastor of st. Paul Evan
gelical and Reformed church of
Hamilton, Ohio, has accepted a
call to serve as pastor of st.
Johns and Emmanuel's United
Church of Christ, formerly E &
r, it was announced this week
by Carl Derringer, president of
the joint consistory of the two
churches.
Rev. Mr.. Won Brauchitsch is
expected to assume his new du-
ties after the first of the year.
He succeeds the late Rev. Yer
non c. Oppermann who died last
July after serving the local
churches for Is years.
Born in Naples, H., in 1903,
Bluffton's newest minister is the
son of clergyman. He attended
Elmhurst college and was grad
uated from Eden seminary and
ordained in 1928 in st. Louis, Mo.
The first church served by
Rev. Mr.. Won Brauchitsch was
at Marshall, Okla. After three
years there, he was called to
serve another church in Marissa,
Illinois.
His first Ohio charge was at
Elmore, where he served for sew
en- years, then going to Zanes-
vile for four years. During his
service there he served as chair
man of the synod evangelism
committee. He also became in
trested in Weekday Religious
Education in the public schools
and served as president of the
GAINESVILLE Council of Christian
Education, which employed three
full time teachers in IL schools.
In Hamilton, he served as pres
ldent of the Greater Hamilton
Ministerial association, on the
membership committee of the
Hamilton YMCA, and was chair
man of the Chaplain's committee
of the Hughes Memorial hospital.
In the synod, as chairman of the
social action committee he at
tended the Washington, D. c.,
seminar and the United Nations
seminar in New York. He also
served as dean of the Community
Leadership Training school.
Mrs. Won Brauchitsch has
served as Sunday School teacher,
in Women'S Guild work and as
a youth counselor. She was ed
ucated at Oklahoma State uni
versity and Oklahoma State Nor
NAL school in Edmond, Okla.
The couple have a son.
William, a senior at Miami uni
versity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
Edits Math-Science
Teachers Yearbook

DR.. Luther Shelter, associate
professor of mathematics at
Bluffton college, will attend the
annual convention of the Central
Association of Science and Math-
ematics Teachers in Indianapolis
this weekend.
DR.. Shelter is a member of the
board of directors of the national
organization and edits the Year,
book and Convention Program
which has been printed for sew.
eral years at The Bluffton News
Publishing & Printing company
He is also in charge of CONNER,
cial exhibits.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
Christmas Caravan Will Feature
"Tiime and Talent Store" Dec. Is

The Time and Talent Store"
of the second annual Christmas
Caravan will be located in the
basement of Mara-Alva House on
the corner of College avenue and
Spring street.
Miss Edna Ramseyer and the
Home Ec. girls of Mara-Alva
House will hold open house Mon
day afternoon and evening, Dec.
Is, along with the three other
hostesses of the Caravan, Mrs.
Gordon Bixel, Mrs. Herbert
Marshall and MrG. Hcmer Gratz.
The Time and Talent Sore will
offer many gift items and holi-
day baked goods and decorations
for sale. Lovely aprons, needle
work, dried floral material for
dried arrangements, homemade
jams and jellies have already ar
rived for the store from Illinois,
Indiana, and Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Otto Holtkamp and Mrs.
Abram Rickert, co-chairmen of
the store, have announced that
many of the popular homemade
items will be available again this
year. A new feature offered at
the store this year will be home
made mincemeat. Mrs. Melvin
Diller and the ladies of the Eb-
enezer church will be in charge
of making the holiday pie mix
ture.
Mrs. Homer Reichenbach has
promised a large supply of ros-
cites, and Mrs. Oliver Schultz
will have charge of the home
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27

made noodles. Christmas cook
les, candy, nutbread, homemade
rolls and white and wholewheat
bread, popcorn balls, and candles
all attractively wrapped are just
a few of the items on sale at
the Caravan store. Others assist
ing with the Caravan store are
Mrs. Francis Reichenbach, Mrs.
Elmer Lora, Gail Basinger, Mrs.
Leland Diller, Mrs. Waldo Mis-
wander and Mrs. Clarence
Brunn.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27

NIKE EMANS, a fresh.
man at Bluffton high school,
will be the first Bluffton Boy
Scout to receive the coveted
God and Country award for
study and participation i'm
church work. The award will
be presented at Sunday Morn
Ing worship service at the
BlufftOn Presbyterian church.
In addition to certain pre-
scribed Bible study and ex-
animation, Mike worked on
a number of service projects
outlined by the Rev. william
j. Hannum and a special
church committee including
Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein, Mrs.
George Linden and James
BenrOth.
His projects included gath
ering used toys for repair by
patients at the Lima State
hospital, after a conference
with the hospital chaplain.
He also served as a church
messenger and delivered
weekly bulletins to shut-ins.
Emans, a star scout, is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Emans of Route 2, BIuffton.
Six other Bluffton boys are
candidates for the award,
doing their work under direc-
tiOn of the Presbyterian COM
mittee. They include Tom
BenrOth, Tom Edwards,
Gregg Emans, Jan Benroth,
Richard Little and Tony
Travis.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
Injuries Thumb
In Farm Accident

Ronnie Steiner, 11-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Steiner
of Route 2, Bluffton, lost part of
his left thumb in an accident
Saturday morning at his farm
home.
Young Steiner was assisting
his father in hooking wagon to
a tractor when the accident oc-
Cured. He was taken to Bluffton
Community hospital where DR..
M. B. Rice of Pandora treated
the injured hand. He was re-
leased from the hospital Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
.NeiU Grid League
Being Considered

central high school.
Another possibility comes from
Hancock county, where the state
board of education has recon-
mended that four centralized
high schools be created from the
tiny school districts scattered
over the county.
Shorter road trips and the pos
sibility of capitalizing on natur-
al rivalries among the schools
are the strong points of the pro-
posed circuit.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
To Speak Sunday
On IndOnesia

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Kings
ley, recently returned from three
years of agricultural work kin
Indonesia under auspices of the
Mennonite Central Committee,
will speak and show pictures on
Timor, Indonesia Sunday eve
ming at 7:30 p. m. in the First
Mennonite church. MIR. Kingsley
is a science teacher in Berne,
Ind.
The meeting is sponsored by
the Women's Missionary society
as the annual thankoffering pro-
gram. Families are invited to
attend together.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
To Study Farming
Outlook for 1859

The farm business outlook for
1859 will be the topic of discus
sion at the next adult farmers
meeting in the vocational agr;-
culture room at Bluffton high
school Monday evening at
o clock.
Last week approximately 20
farmers attended the class to
hear a discussion on poultry feed,
ing and antibioticS.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
Name SOloists
For messiah"
Il

For his 29th season Prof. Rus
sell A. Lantz is rehearsing the
20O-voice Bluffton Choral Society
choir in preparation for its pres
entation of Handels immortal
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
Santa, Theatre Party Opens
Christmas Treasure Hunt Fri.

The familiar red and white
figure of Santa Claus will be
seen in Bluffton Friday as the
patriarch of the season appears
here to help local merchants, in
their Christmas programs.
Santa's appearance signals the
start of Bluffton's annual Christ
mas Treasure Hunt, which will
reach its climax Friday, Decem-
Der 6 on Window Shopping Night.
Letters have been mailed by
the Bluffton Business Mems as
sociation encouraging shoppers
in wide radius of town to make
Bluffton their Christmas shop
ping center.
Gift stubs for the annual Treas
ure Hunt were included in the
letter. More than 100 gifts will
be distributed by local merchants
to the holders of the winning
tickets.
Theatre Party
Santa himself appears at the
free theatre party Friday after
noon at the Carma Theatre.
"The Courage of Black Beau
ty" will be the feature movie to
be shown. Three cartoons will
precede the feature. The main
feature is color movie.
Mothers may leave their child
rem at the theatre while they
shop. The theatre program starts
at 2 p. m. Santa Claus will be in
the lobby of the theatre from
2:30 to 4:30 p. m. He will have
treats for all the children who
stop to visit him. 7
The party is being sponsored
by the Business Mems associa-
ton in cooperation with theatre
manager George Carmack.
Treasure Hunt
Winning numbers in the
Treasure Hunt will be posted at
6 p. m. on December 5. If gifts
are not claimed Friday night the
new numbers will be posted
Saturday at 8 a. m.
Treasure Hunt will end Decem-
ber 6 at 10 p. m. and any gifts
not claimed by that time will be
withdrawn.
Bluffton stores will be open on
both Friday and Saturday eve
nings during December and
Thursday afternoons.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-27
7oaOn Would Regain
DiUerted Iar Funds
Council Asking Budget Commission
For .3O-Mill Now Going to Schools

Buffton village council decided Tuesday evening to
ask the County Budget Commission for the tax
1t is entitled to within the 10ml limit some of which
has been diverted in recent years to school needs
Village Solicitor Malcolm Basnger was asked to
check into possibilities of obtaining the additional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04

!, BALTIMORE, Feb. 4 R.-
George P. Mahoney. saying he
refused to be a tVrncoat, came
out yesterday for the nomina-
ton and election of j. Willard
Tawes as Governor.
Mr.. Mahoney, running unat-
tached for the Democratic
nomination for United States
Senate after he was snubbed
for a place on the Tawes ticket,
said he has been approached
on several occasions" to turn
around and buck Tawes for
Governor.
Mr.. Tawes took" Mayor
D'alesandro on his ticket for
the United States Senate NOM
nation. Mr.. D'alesandro orig
inally had filed also for Gov
ernor.
Mr.. Mahoney said he had
.'re jected all suggestions
promptly and firmly" that he
retaliate by helping form an
other full ticket and switch his
race to Governor. At one time
it was reported James Bruce.
also a candidate for the Demo-
cratic Senate nomination. was
interested in such a move. Mr..
Bruce denied it publicly.
4 Mr.. Mahoney said that when
he ran unSuccessfully for Gov
ernor in 1850 and 1854 he
turned down proposals to OPP
pose Mr.. Tawes for controller.
He said he also supported Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Walker, Yeobower Join
In County Council! Race

Two more candidates have
filed to run for the Montgom-
cry County Council subject to
Democratic primary.
One is an incumbent. Grover
w. Walker. Gaithersburg dairy
farmer and the councils pres
ident pro tenn who is seeking
reelection to his third four
year term.
The other Is William q. Yea
bower Of Silver Spring, who is
making his first bid for an
elective ONCE.
Mr.. Walker represents the
I'd district. which includes
Gaithersburg, Clarksburg and
GAINESVILLE election districts.
In 1856 he served as council
secretary.
He is co-owner Of Rolling
Knoll Farm. q member and
past president Of the Holstein
Friesian Association Of the
county. a member of the Mary
land-Virginia Milk Producers
Association and Of the Holstein
Friesian Association Of America.
He and his wife live in
Gaithersburg and have one
married daughter. 81
Mr.. Walker said he would
continue ito act in the best
interests Of the people"
Mr.. Yeabower, AZ, lives at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Jail Sentence
for
Fuirfux Mon

Samuel C. Hill, 30-year-old
Fairfax County radio repair
man, drew a 60-day suspended
jail sentence and q total Of
Sl25 in fines in Arlington
County Court today for an epi-
sode in which he was accused
Of:
Driving his car through a
fence and kl.ocking down a
tree in the yard Of Albert Hill,
jr., tho relativel at 1919 South
Seventeenth street.
Going mot Mr.. Hills koLse
and dragging the sleeping resi-
dent from his bed and break
ing his nose.
Getting back into his car and
driving away, hitting a car in
the process.
Doctors Report Due
1t all happened on January
10.
Judge Paul D. Brown sus-
pended the Jail sentence on the
condition that Hill, who lives
in the 400 block of Martha
Washington drive, Mount YER
non Woods. submit a doctors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Wheaton Area
Urged

A Maryland planning of1icial
urged yesterday that. IL the
Route $40 expressway is built
along the Potomac River into
Maryland. Congress also au-
thorize Q passenger-car free
way along the west side Of Rock
Greek Park to serve the Silver
Spring Wheaton area.
David Scull. a member Of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission,
noted that q 24O route along
the Potomac would obviously
be Of no use to commuters in
the fast-growing and already
trafiic -strangled Silver Spring.
Wheaton area"
Because such q route would
be located in the parkland
right-of-way Of the George
Washington Memorial Parkway.
Mr.. Scull said, the consent Of
Congress to use the land would
be required.
II Maryland decides to make
such a request, he said, resi-
dents of the Silver Spring.
Wheaton area would be deeply
grateful If the request !.
could be coupled with a similar
request for permission to utilize
a strip along the west side of
mile-wide Rock Creek Park as
q passenger car, park express
way"
Mr.. Scull called the Potomac
River route the Zine of least
resistance" and said the Silver
Spring Wheaton section is
Enthusiastically the area Of
greatest need and will assuredly
remain in that category for
many years to come"
Maryland road oficials have
not yet reached q decision on
the final 240 route they will
urge into the city.
At the same time, Mr.. Scull
urged IAN imaginative search''
by Maryland and District road
officials for new traflc artery
locations to relieve nightmare"
conditions east of Rock Creek
Park. He noted that most
existing routes in that section
are impossible Of widening"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
KuuI Invites
Courthouse
Area PIuns

Arlington County Board
+, Chairman Ralph r. Raul last
night asked the Planning Com
mission for immediate recon-
mendations on future uses Of
land in the courthouse expan-
sion area.
He said the County Board
will take action on the $23
million project within the next
six weeks and that it needs the
best judgment Of the county
planners to guide us and
help U.S."
James H. Berkey, planning
commission chairman, prom
Used such recommendations but
observed that they will be
based on opinion rather than
fact" because accurate eco
nomic statistics are not avail
able.
Mr.. Raul said he was at
tending the planning commits
sion's session to establish het-
ter nason between that body
and the county board, which
he said is lacking. And Mr..
Berkey said the planning COM
mission has been DISCOURAGED
in the last few months because
it did not seem to be accom-
plishing anything"
Questions before the county
regarding the courthouse area
involve the uses of surround
ing land. They must be re-
lated to Arlington's overall
master plan, the commission
members maintain.
The Arlington Courthouse is
to be enlarged on it's present
site. Its rebuilt center section
Is to be either seven or nine
stories high, and additional
parking area is to be provided.
AS to the planning commits
sion's recommendation, mem
Der Kingsley Higgins said:
Our staff doesn't have and
can't be expected to have the
necessary data and statistics"
He asked why the planning
co-ordinator recently author
lied by the county board has
not been employed. County
Manager A. T. Lundberg said
a selection for that position will
be made this week.
The commissions Library
Committee recommended inclu-
sion Of a central library build
ing in the county's next bond
issue. 1t would be built in the
Clarendon shopping area. Mrs.
Dorothy Terborgh. committee
chairman, reported that ex-
pansion and relocation of the
county's branch libraries should
be subordinated to establish
ment Of main library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
TO Be AN APPLE BLOSSOM PRINCESS
Mohoney Backs Towes,
Rejects Turncoot Role

Tawes for Governor in 1916
when he lost in a primary to
w. Preston Lane. jr.
IT told the voters Of Mary
land ! believed Tawes had
served the State with distinc-
ton and ability" Mr.. Mahoney
stated. I'm still of that
opinion"
Mr.. Mahoney recalled that
Mr.. Tawes was behind his eff
fort to go to the Senate in
1856 land I know we can CAM
paign together tremendously
as running mates in the 1858
general election.
I'm all modeSty, ] feel my
nomination as Senate candi-
date viii strengthen the Demo-
cratic ticket and improve Mil
lard's chances for victory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04

report on his medical condition
to the court on April 8.
Defense Attorney Hugh C.
Cregger said the whole episode
was due to drink.
Hills was subdued about 80
minutes after the spree began
when he showed up at a house
in the $500 block Of North
Seventh street where a party
was breaking up. struck the
host in the mouth and ran
through the house before a
group of guests overpowered
him. Charges we're not pressed
in that case.
Permit Suspended
Judge Brown sentenced Hill
to the jail term on an assault
and battery charge. He fined
him 500 on hit and run and
SIS for reckless driving. He
suspended his drivers permit
for 80 days on the latter charge.
Hill pleaded guilty to all the
charges. A fourth charge Of
burglary was dropped on a mo-
ton of Commonweslth's Attor.
ney william HaSSan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
'Stute Law to Bar
Certoin Films to
Youths Opposed

BALTIMORE. Feb. 4 tR).-
The Allied Motion Picture The
alter Owners Of Maryland yes
terday opposed as unavoidable
a proposed State law barring
children under is from seeing
certain films.
The Motion Picture Censor
Board has urged 1t be given
authority to designate pictures
unit for the children. Delegate
Culotta, Republican Of Balti-
more. said he win introduce
such a bill at the General
Assembly which conyenes to-
morrow.
James L. Whittle, president
of the owners of 81 theaters
mostly in the Baltimore area,
said they have no objection to
a criminal law prohibiting in
decent pictures for everybody.
But they are against owners
having to check ages of patrons.
1T would put us in the same
position as the tavern owner
checking age cards." Mr.. Whit
tie said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Toustmuster's Club
Chartered at BeItsvilIe

A charter from Toastmaster's
International has been pre-
sented the Toastmaster's Club
at the Plant Industry Station.
Beltsville, Md.
oficers of the Club are DR..
Lloyd A. Tatum. president; DR..
e. l. Stokes and DR.. Felix
Juska, vice presidents: Robert
N. jeffrey. secretary: DR.. John
Fulkerson. treasurer. and DR..
Lawrence @. Burk. sergeant at
arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04

1916 Chenille road. Silver
Spring. and filed yesterday for
the councils fifth district seat
now held by Councilman Robert
T. Snure. Mr.. Snure already
has announced for reelection.
Mr.. Yeabower is a graduate
of Columbia Technical Insti-
tute in Washington and spent
eight years as an intelligence
officer in the Army and Air
Force. He left the active serv-
ice in 1850 and now is a major
in the Air Force Reserve.
A native Of Maryland. he cur
rently manages his own rental
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04

BALTIMORE, Feb. 4 ID
Carol M. Shanks, president Of
the Prudential Insurance Co. Of
America, has been elected a
member Of the board of trustees
of Johns Hopkins University, II
was announced yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04

properties and has been in a
construction business.
Married and the father of
two children, he said MS cam
paign is mot connected with
any faction or group"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Bridge to Be Topic

A discussion Of the projected
Jones Point Bridge will feature
a meeting Of the Mount Vernon
Citizens Association at $3.50
pm. tomorrow at st. Luke's
Parish Hall, Wellington, Va.