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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05

will deliver the morning sermon,
Special music has been ar,
ranged for the dedication pro.
gram by the widely known Will
bur B. Nussbaum Trio. The ben,
ediction will be by the Rev. C.
B. Vollmar.
The Rev. Robert Dye Sr., pas
tor of the church under whose
leadership the addition was com
pleted, will open the service witt
the invocation and the scripture
reading will be by the Rev. Floyc
Klotzbach and prayer by the
Rev. Roger AmstutZ.
Architect for the addition was
the Rev. Joe Kimbel; genera
contractors, Klay and Amstutz
heating and electrical, Ray CulE
Electric; and plumbing, Rober
E. Luginbuhl Plumbing and Heat
ing. An electrical heating system
is used in the addition.
Heading the church's building
committee has been Donald
Burkholder, chairman, E. ]
Wahli, Cleo Garau, Clayton Bas
niger. Lee Skidmore, Charlie!
Binkley, Eugene Schwab, JOIN
Ray, Calvin Deppler. The fl
nance committee consisted of E
j. Wahlie, chairman; Eugene
Schwab, Donald Burkholder
John Klay and Cleo Garau.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05
Lease Site
For Co-kart
Race Track

A three-acre tract of land on
the Bigler road in what was for
merly known as the Althaus
Grove has been leased by the
Bluffton Go-Kart Racing club for
location of its much-discussed
racing course.
The ground was leased from
its owner, Fred Muller and is
located close to Bluffton's Buck
eye Park across the road from
the sewage disposal plant.
Richard Benroth, president of
the club, said that work has been
started and, weather permitting,
the course may be completed for
use this year. Members of the
club have removed a number of
trees and burned brush. Bull
dozers will move in soon to grade
the track.
When completed, the oval will
be one-tenth mile in circumfer-
ence and 30 feet wide. Sides OF
the curves will be banked, and
the center will be drained by
tile.
A drilled we'll on the site viii
provide water for drinking pur
poses and other Improvements
such as restrooms are planned
Officers and members of the
club hope to make picnic facili
ties available for fans of the new
sport.
On hand Sunday to assist witt
the planning and cleanup pro
gram we're: Roger Edwards
Richard r. Benroth, Richard
Benroth, Roy Klingler, John Hau
enstein, Ralf Steiner, Eldor
Beery, William Simons, Dwair
Leiber, Richard Badertscher
Jack Kibele, David Benroth
Tom Benroth, Kim Kibele, Jear
Muller, Larry Stratton, Jan Con
rad, Dave Riser, Gene Benroth
Don Kibele, Jan Kibele, all o.
Bluffton; Lee Crew and Butcf
Falk of Rawson; Bob Amstutz oi
Beaverdam.
The association has Is mem
bers and rules, regulations and
safety measures have been adopt
ed.
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BIuftOn Parents To Visit Schools
At Open House Day and Mite NOU. 10

centrated in the morning and the
music program is presented in
the afternoon. Classes in English,
mathematics, science, business
education, foreign language and
social science are in session
throughout the day.
In the elementary building
Principal Meredith Stepleton has
arranged for all teachers to be
in their classrooms in the eve
ming from 7 until $50 p. m.
Work of the pupils will be on
display and teachers will be pre-
pared to discuss the work of
their pupils with individual par
entS.
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Bluffton citizens will have an
opportunity to view the local ed
ucational program in full swing
Tuesday, November 10. They will
visit actual classroom sessions
during the day, and then return
with their elementary school chill
dren in the evening to visit with
the teachers.
Theme of the American Educa-
ton Week visitation program this
year is praise and appraiSe
your schools"
Principal Roy Schmunk said
that classes will be maintained
Tuesday on a normal schedule
with exception of the first period
when the first in the series of
magazine drives financed assem-
bly, programs will be presented.
Industrial arts, vocational agri-
culture, driver education and
home economics classes are con-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05
October Rainfall
Nearly Twice Norm

October's heavy rainfall of ass
inches continued the pattern for
an abnormally wet year and
brought the total rainfall for the
first 10 months of 1859 to 41.23
inches. This compares with a
normal of 30 inches for the first
10 months. The normal for Oc-
tober is 2.5 inches.
Temperatures averaged about
normal at 53.3 degrees. Warmest
day of the month was October 3
when the mercury rose to Sc;
coolest day w'as October % when
the temperature fell to "a.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05
Heart Attack on Saturday Ends
Long Civic Career of ID. w. Bixler

A heart attack suffered while
preparing for a sale of his house.
hold goods before moving into
an apartment claimed the life of
D. w. Bixler on Saturday morn
ing. Mr.. Bixler had been active
in a wide variety of church and
civic affairs during his long
career.
He was president of the board
of directors of Community hos
pital for II years and continued
as treasurer after his retirement
as president in 1858. He was a
former president of the Bluffton
Lions club and a board member
of the Mennonite Memorial home.
At his death he was credit
manager for the Triplett Elec-
trical Instrument company. He
was formerly connected with the
old Commercial bank.
Born March 8, 1886, in Kidron,
Ohio, he was the son of Daniel
and Magdalena (Hofstetter) Blk
Ter. He married Dora Tschantz,
who preceded him in death.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss
Mareen Bixler, Philadelphia; a
son, Roland, New Haven, Con-
necticut; two grandchildren; a
brother, John, Kidron; and sis
ters, Mrs. Martin Moser, Mrs.
David Lehman and Mrs. Daniel
Hostettler, all of Orrville.
Services were held Tuesday
afternoon in the First Memo
mite church, where he held his
membership for many years. The
Rev. Jacob Friesen officiated al
funeral services with burial ir
Maple Grove cemetery. Basingel
funeral home was in charge o
arrangements.
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To Speak On
Rural Life Topics

DR.. Howard D. Raid of Bluff
ton college will participate in a
Rural Life Conferene at Goshen
college, Goshen, Ind, Friday and
Saturday, November 13 and IA.
He will take part in a panel dis
cussion, How Can the Christian
College Relate Itself to the Needs
of Underdeveloped Countries?"
on Friday. On Saturday he will
speak to the conference on Eco
nomic Trends in Mennonite COM
munities and will also present a
paper on research that needs to
be done in social sciences on rur-
a life projects.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05
''Round" Stage Enlarged For
Production of ''The Crucible"

Arthur Miller's play, "The Cru
cible," which had a successful
Broadway run in 1853, will be
presented by the Bluffton college
dramatics department November
10, II and 13 at SIS p. m. in
Founders hall.
Mrs. Christine Purves, play di-
rector, and her stage manager,
Gary Springer, have moved the
stage for this production to the
center of Founders hall, and
seats will be placed entirely
around it. This is carrying out
on a larger scale, the round"
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stage idea used in previous pro-
ductions at the college.
Plot of The Crucible centers in
the witchcraft trials around Sal
EN-, Massachusetts, in the day of
the puritans. Proctor, hero of
the play portrayed by Gary Yo-
der, is confronted with the ques-
ton as to whether a man shall
be true to his conscience or save
his family by obeying the state
and agreeing with prevailing
church opinion even though he
(See "Crucible" p. 1O)
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DRAMATIC MOMENT IN "THE CRUCIBLE"

GARY YODER
as John Proctor,
has the leading
role i'm "The Cru
chile" being staged
by the BlufftOn col
lege speech depart
ment November 10,
IL and I3 in Foun-
ders hall. Mary
Margaret YOunk-
man, who has the
part of Mary War
rem, naive, lonely
S erv ant girl,
emotes in what ap-
pears to be a dra.
matte crisis in the
photo above. Set
ting for the Broad
way success is dur
ing the Salem
witch trials of 1891.
(See story on Page
p
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05

precincts. DR.. Shelly polled 754
votes and Simcox received 588.
A few votes in the school dis
trict which includes a corner of
Monroe township were not count
ed, but their inclusion cannot
change the result.
Election of DIR. Shelly places
a second physician on the board.
DR.. B. w. Travis is the other one.
The other two members of the
five-man board are Paul w.
Stauffer and Kenneth LuginbuhI.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05
Henry Reelected
Orange Twp. Clerk

Unofficial election returns
Tuesday night indicated the re-
election of Ralph Henry as clerk
of Orange township, receiving SO
votes to Sc for his opponent, Will
liam A. Beagle.
Russell Ebay was elected trus-
tee over Virgil Criblez, 50 to 65
votes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05
Graduates From
Marine School

Pfc. Delmer E. Ernest, son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Delmer W. Ernest
of Route 1, Bluffton, was grad
uated October % from the Sec
ond Marine Divisions non-com-
missioned officers leadership
school at Camp Lejeune, N. c.
Before enlisting in April, 1858
Ernest attended Cory-Rawson
high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05
ATTENDANCE MARK

Paid admissions at the Colum-
bus Grove game set new
record of LIZA for Bluffton high
school, faculty manager Robert
Ewing has announced. The old
record was 1,497 for the Elida
game in 1856. Total attendance
was well above 1000, Mr.. Ewing
estimated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05
POSTPONE MEETING

The regular meeting of the
Bluffton board of education has
been postponed from November
10 to Tuesday evening, Novem-
Der II to permit members to at
tend a meeting of the State
School Boards association.
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who placed only one man in Of
flee in 1857, gained two council
seats and the positions of clerk
and treasurer.
The Democrats elected the
second woman to municipal Of
flee in the towns history, when
Miss Lois Basinger rolled up AGO
votes to Republican Paul Kings
334 for treasurer. Democrat Nor
man Edinger also edged out his
opponent, David w. Doty, 4O1 to
1884 for the clerkship.
The four Republican council
men will be incumbent c. E.
Alderman, who received a top
vote of 5O6 and thereby will
probably be chosen as president
of council according to tradition;
Clayton C. Bixel, who ran Sec
ond; incumbent Charles Hankish
Jr.; and the Rev. James B.
Heininger, pastor of the First
Methodist church.
The two Democratic seats went
to MAYNARD Badertscher and r.
Wayne Matter, both making their
first venture into municipal poll
tics.
Twenty-five-year-old Richard
H. Jordan, youngest candidate
on either ticket ran a close race.
finishing in seventh place with
1868 votes, just % votes "out OF
the money"
Councilman Edgar Chamber
lain, making his bid for a Sec
ond term, was the only incum-
bent running for reelection who
was defeated. Also defeated were
two women candidates, Mrs.
Betty Stratton and Mrs. Helen
TschantZ.
All three incumbent members
of the Board of Public Affairs
were reelected with Donald }.
Ream running out in front with
ass votes, Harvey M. Bauman
with 431 and Clayton Hardness
with 354.
The tabulated vote follows:
For Mayor
wilbur B. Amstutz (R) -425"
Harold F. KIingler Cd 366
For Clerk
Norman Edinger Cd 4O1"
David w. Doty (R) 384
For Treasurer
Lois Basinger CD 4oo"
Paul King (R) 354
For Members of Council
c. E. Alderman (R) 5Oo"
C,oyton n R;xel CR) 481*
Maynard Badertscher O) 4o"
Charles Hankish Jr. (R) Ala"
James B. Heininger (R) 405"
D wavne Matter CD 39O*
Richard H. Jordan Cd 368
Fred Reichenbach CD 342
James w. Benroth Cd 34O
F. Edgar Chamberlain (R) 323
Betty Stratton (R) 3l1
Helen Tschantz Cd 23o
For Board of Public Affairs
Donald J. Ream (R) 4oo"
Harvey M. Bauman (R) 43l*
Clayton Harkness CR) 3o4'
Edwin Badertscher Cd Z94
Charles P. Main Cd 20
Homer S. Gratz CD 2l2
T-1aofnI
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CIR SCHOOL BOARD

Results of the Cory-Rawson
school board election were as
follows: Wendell D. Keller 260;
Eldon Schafer 247; Clarence w.
Kramer 225 and Serge Nc
Dougle 157.
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Amstutz Wins Mayors Post;
Edinger, Basinger Elected

BY margin of SO votes, Councilman Wilbur B. Am
sutz elevated to the villages chief executive position
in Tuesdays election defeating his Democratic opponent
Harold F. Klinger, 425 to 366 votes.
The election gave the Republicans the top municipal
office and four of the six seats council Democrats,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-05
Births

The following births were re-
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Latta,
McComb, a girl, Karen Marie,
born last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Koontz,
Bluffton, girl, Cherrie Lee,
born Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Homer,
Bluffton, a girl, Beth Ann, born
Saturday.
+ 3
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hefner,
Lafayette Route 2, a boy, George
Nelson, born October q at Lima
Memorial hospital. Mrs. Herbert
is the former Margaret Dudgeon
who was employed before her
marriage at the Triplett Co. of.
flee
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Concert to Star
Young Artists

Joan Weiner, II year old
pianist, and Bryant Hayes, IT.
year-old clarinetist, viii be the
featured soloists at the first Of
a series Of Concerts for Young
People" to be given tomorrow
at 3 pm. at the Jewish Com
munity Center, Sixteenth and G
streets NV.
The concerts. which are being
sponsored by the center, are
intended to give talented young
people from the area an oppor-
tunity to appear in public re-
citals. Joan last year won the
concerto competition sponsored
by the D. c. Board of Recrea-
ton and shared first place in
the junior division, Jordan
Awards, for outstanding piano
performance.
Young Hayes, who is the sor
of Evelyn Swarthout Hayes and
Patrick Hayes, has won a num-
ber of Virginia State and local
awards as a clarinetist. Last
year he held the position of first
clarinetiSt with the American
University Orchestra. He is
also clarinetist with the George
Washington High School Band
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
France Hopes to Pass
Britain as Car Producer

standable German desire, after
a decade, to drive something
other than the ubiquitous
Volkswagen. Nevertheless, the
French feat would have been
regarded as next to impossible
only a couple Of years ago.
North America Is Target
The No. / export target now
is North America. The French
car industry-whieh means. for
practical purposes, four large
companies-hopes to sell 175,-
900 cars in the United States
In 1860. about one-quarter
more than last year. They in
sist they have no fear of the
new American-made compact"
cars. At any rate. they say they
believe any fresh competition
viii be more than Offset by
American production lags as
a result Of the steel strike.
The French also are paying
far more attention than in the
past to the Canadian market.
Some French experts are con-
vinced Canada Is a greater po-
tential sales market for the
Evening star., 1959-11-26

PARIS, Nov. 26 (NANA).-
Jubilant French car manu-
facturers predict they are on
the verge of passing Britain for
the first time in history as a
producer of automobiles.
End-of-the-year figures are
expected to show Frances surg
ing output at more than l.
250,000 cars and trucks, placing
its assembly lines ahead of
Britain's and just behind West
Germany's among European
makers.
Little more than II months
ago. British firms still were pro-
ducing nearly 20 per cent more
cars than France. This is a
measure Of the remarkable
squirt in French auto output. 1t
has paced the entire economic
boom the nation currently is
enjoying.
We're producing 2,250 We
hicles a day now" an official
Of the Ministry Of Commerce
and Industry said, which
means we've licked our pro-
duction hurdles. The next
target is to increase further
our share Of the export market.
Frankly, we see no reason
why, within a few years, France
should not be the worlds top
exporter Of cars, even if not Of
trucks as well. In five years,
we've jumped from practically
nowhere to 16 per cent of the
worlds exports and our share
is still rising faster than that
Of any other nation. We're SELL
ing abroad 81 per cent Of all
the cars we build"
The French are intensely
proud of these accomplish
ments for more reasons than
the foreign exchange their cars
bring in. They regard it as in
conteStable proof that they are
an industrial people of the first
rank. They are. perhaps. uroud-
est Of all that this year they
sold more automobiles in Ger
many than the Germans sold
here.
In part, this can be attrib-
uted to more stringent French
import regulations which, de-
spite the common market, con.
ttnue on cars.
There also may be an under
Evening star., 1959-11-26

CAIRO. Nov. IS NANA).-
Philandering Moslem men who
abuse Islam's lenient divorce
laws should be taught a severe
lesson with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
That is the latest recon-
mendation from the Moslem
worlds top-ranking religious
dignitary, who has launched a
public campaign against the
quick and easy divorce.
Appalled, by the mounting
divorce rate across the Mos
lem world, Sheikh Mahmoud
Shaltout. rector of Cairo's
1,000-year-old Al Azhar Uni
versity, has issued a formal
statement declaring that God
considers divorce a detestable
practice"
The statement has caused an
unprecedented stir among the
worlds $50 million MoSlems.
considering that Sheikh Shall
tout occupies in Islam an ex-
alted position similar to that
of the Archbishop of Canter-
bury in the Church of England.
Cairo's AL Azhar University
is Islan's Oldest and highest
institution, charged with re-
sponsibility for interpreting the
sacred MoSlem holy book or
Koran.
All MOslem Countries
In a direct appeal to all Mos
lem governments, covering one
seventh of the earth, Shaltout
recommends all penal codes be
amended ito make divorce
without serious cause an act
of misdemeanor."
He proposes that all offenders
be punished either by impris-
onment or t.'by heavy fines with
several laSheS" from a whip
in the hands of a practiced
penal officer. ..
The Shaltout statement says
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Chemist Learned
In Eight Lunquoqes

HoBoKEN. N. j. CAP) DIR.
Leonard Levitt. professor Of
chemistry at Stevens Institute
OF Technology. combines SCI
ence with linguistics.
He reads eight languages
fiuently-French, Spanish, Ital-
ian, Hebrew, Portuguese, Ger
man, Arabic and Russian-and
offers courses in scientic Rus
sian and scientific German.
He also is writing text books
on modern Hebrew and organic
chemistry. And in his spare
time he reads grammars on
Urdu, Swahili and japanese
and plays the saxophone.
Evening star., 1959-11-26

small car, in per-capita terms,
than the United States. One
industry estimate showed that
Canadians would buy 100000
foreign-built cars during the
coming year.
The French are aiming for
a Is per cent slice Of this pie,
and they think they might even
get more. despite certain ad-
yantages possessed by their
British competitors. This year
they expect to end up selling
around 10000 cars in Canada.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
MosIem Chief Urges
Whip to Curb Divorce

/ that the Koran specifically de-
fines such punishment for Mos
lens who commit "deteStable
crimes" including flagrant
abuse of divorce laws.
The recommendations are
aimed squarely at Moslem
males, since Islam's women
have very little voice in cur
rent divorce laws. A MoSlem
woman may petition for a di-
vorce from her husband only
If such a provision is included
in the marriage contract. A
marriage contract with this
stipulation is rare indeed.
First Such Protest
This is the first time in his
tory that Al Azhar's rector has
taken such an outspoken posi-
COn against divorce.
A few Moslem countries are
slowly amending their civil di-
vorce and marriage laws, but
across most OF the Islamic
world it is still possible today
for the husband to rid himself
Of his wife merely by repeating
three times: 81 divorce thee"
Though Sheikh Shaltout's
statement did not single out
any Moslem country as a major
offender, it Is believed he had
Egypt in mind. The latest Of
f1cial figures show that one out
Of three Egyptian marriages
ends in divorce. The divorce
rate in Cairo is a staggering
so per cent.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Ouch to Yankees

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP).-
Gen. U. S. Grant of Civil War
fame probably turned in his
grave when he learned q
Mighty Mite football team here
adopted the name U. S. Grant
Rebels.
Evening star., 1959-11-26

6.70xlS tube-typ0
bloekwoIls each
plus Fed. tex
Evening star., 1959-06-29
Hennings Backs
Juvenile Counsel

Senator Hennings, Democrat
Of Missouri, today declared that
juveniles are entitled to be ad-
vised Of their right to counsel
in juvenile court proceedings
In the District and elsewhere.
The legislator, who heads a
Senate subcommittee investi-
eating juvenile delinquency,
said his statement was
prompted by a Municipal Court
Of Appeals decision that juve-
nile offenders were not deprived
Of due process Of law when not
advised Of this right.
He said fundamental fair
ness" requires that children
brought before the court be
so notified.
when a confused, be-
wildered, fearful or belliger-
ent juvenile appears before
Juvenile Court. regardless of
having committed an offense
or not. he most certainly should
be told that he has a right to
counsel" Senator Hennings
said.
Evening star., 1959-06-29
Civic Leaders
Poy Tribute to
Miss Burroughs

Miss Mamie Burroughs, one
Of the founders Of the National
Trade and Professional School
for Women and Girls in 1910,
was honored yesterday by Dis
trict civic leaders.
DR.. Mordecai johnson, presi-
dent Of Howard University. and
DR.. Phillip T. Johnson. presi-
dent Of The Federation Of Civic
Associations. we're among
speakers paying tribute to Miss
Burroughs, who has been presi-
dent Of the Women's Auxiliary
Of the National Baptist Con-
vention for 10 years.
Miss Burroughs. a Kentuck-
ian, came to the District in
1907. She became active in
the National Baptist Conven-
ton and persuaded the organi-
cation Of the need to provide
professional training for Negro
women here.
A resident Of Lincoln Heights
NE. she remains active In ac-
tivities at the school. at FIT.
tieth and Grant streets NE.
Yesterdays testimonial was
in the Metropolitan Baptist
Church. 1925 r st. NV.