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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-18
Pallbearers Named


Named to serve as honorary
pallbearers at the funeral were +:
Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, Army
Chief Of Staff; former Secre-
tary Of Defense Robert A. Low
lett, Gen. Walter Bedell Smith,
Robert Woods Bliss, James
Bruce. Admiral Harold r. Stark,
Gen. Charles D. Heron, Brig.
Gen. Frank Mccarthy, Col.
Robert Fletcher, Col. William
M. Spencer, Donald D. Cook,
1t. Col. Clarence James George
M/Sergt. James w. Powder and
M/Sergt. William j. Hefner.
Canon Luther D. Miller of
Washington Cathedral will con-
duct the Fort Myer services,
which President Eisenhower is
expected to attend.
The family suggested contri-
buttons to the Army Emergency
Relief Fund, Washington, or
the Loudoun County Hospital
lat LeeSburg, Va.
The MarShalls maintained a
home at Leesburg, where. they
normally spent the summer
months, as well as their winter
home in Pinehurst.
Unlike many other top gen.
erals of World War II, Gen.
Marshall declined to write his
memoirs. He said he did not
wish to harm others who were
still living or to profit person.
ally from his public service.
Compiled Documents
He helped compile a large
collection of documentary ma
terial, however, including 40
hours of recorded observations
and personal "reminiscences.
This data will be made public
at the discretion of the George
C. Marshall Research Founda-
ton at VMI, which was estab-
lished six years ago to collect
and preserve a record OF Gen.
lMarShall'S career.
Gen. Marshall retired from
active public life in 1851 when
he stepped down as Secretary
of Defense. AS a general of the
Army he remained technically
on active Army duty at full
pay until his death, however.
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tail lieutenant of infantry,
wearing a broad brimmed Army
campaign hat and no medals
on his chest.
That was before three wars,
two cabinet posts, fame-and
a brief furry of controversy in
later life.
When the Army band came
to Pinehurst from Fort Bragg
to play the birthday serenade,
illness and age already were
heavy upon the general.
But that 18th birthday was
q time for memories and q talk
with a few old friends.
Time to Remember
A time to look back, to re-
member Uniontown, Pa, where
he was born in 1880 .. school,
ing at Virginia Military Insti-
tute the humid heat of
Army duty in the Philippines.
the dust of Oklahoma
Fort Reno slow promotion
for junior officers . until the
first World War came and
with it assignment to Gen. John
j. Pershing's headquarters of
the American Expeditionary
Force.
That was Gen. Marshall's
strong point-staff work. He
began ascending, obscurely at
first, a captain, a major, a lieu
tenant colonel a five-year
tour after the war as aide to
"Black Jack" Pershing, that
personification of the precise,
cold, aloof commander. Some
Of Pershing's characteristics
rubbed off on Gen. Marshall.
He developed two PERSONAL
tiles. AS an officer he cleaved
closely to the code. He was
severe, smiled little, kept to
himself, expected instant re-
Spouse when he pushed a buzz
ger, an immediate answer when
he asked a question.
At some point early in his
military career he adopted the
military practice of addressing
subordinateS, both in and out
of the military by their last
names. He made perhaps no
more than a dozen exceptions,
and these in the case of very
old and very close associates.
Until the day of Dwight D.
Eisenhower's inauguration as
President, Gen. Marshall ad-
dressed him only as "Eisen-
hover" never ike"
Officially AlOOf
Gen. Marshall's officialaloof-
ness may have been something
of a protective device, as well
as too literal acceptance of mil
itary custom. He dreaded that
some acquaintance, close or
casual, might ask him to use
influence Of Office to grant a
favor. So. in a way, he avoided
people. When he entered his
office in the morning, he
passed through the reception
room at almost a run, left in
the same way.
1t was q different Marshall
at home. There he was
kindly and gentle man who
talked through the evening
hours with his wife about the
family. friends, books, gar
dening.
He attended dutifully the
dinners and cocktail parties
required of a General of the
Army, of a Secretary of State,
OF a Secretary of Defense, of
an official missionary abroad
of the President of the United
States.
He may not have liked gilt
tering social events, but he was
a diplomat. He could listen
attentively and speak the non
committal words required OF
him.
Essentially, Gen. Marshall
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lively airs Wnen ne was a SnaVe-
This is the first Of three articles OF
Gen. George c. Morsholl.
was a staff officer, not a COM
bat leader.
In Illinois in 1930s
His qualifications showed
enough to focus Washington
attention on him while he was
an almost unknown brigadier
general on duty in Illinois in
the mid-1930S.
Former Defense Secretary
Louis johnson recalls that he
was Instrumental in having
Gen. Marshall assigned to War
Department headquarters when
Mr.. johnson was an Assistant
Secretary of War.
The bright young brigadier,
who appeared to know how to
get things done fast even in
the maze of military red tape,
began to move up rapidly. He
was chief Of the War Plans
Division, Deputy Chief Of staff,
Acting Chief, then Chief of
Staff in 1939-when war al
ready had come to Europe and
when Gen. Marshall's staff
ability had brought the atten-
ton and support of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
World War II broke for the
United States on a Sunday
morning. Gen. Marshall was
horseback riding. There were
some who seemed surprised,
and even shocked, that the
Army Chief of Staff should have
been horseback riding at a
moment when the enemy struck
Pearl Harbor. But there were
many others, in high and low
places, at home and overseas,
for whom war came with stun
ming suddenness.
High Military Position
AS Army Chief of Staff, Gen.
Marshall was in a pre-eminent
position in the war councils, a
senior member of the American
Military Chiefs of Staff. a mem
Der of the Combined Chiefs of
Staff, essentially an Anglo
American organization.
The prominent part Gen.
Marshall had in those wartime
councils later was to become a
subject for some senatorial
critics of the general. So, too,
did these critics make charges
about his actions as a diplomat
after he left the Army chiefs
post.
Gen. Marshall had difficulty
in trying to step out of active
life and retire to a home in
Leesburg, Va, and a winter
cottage at PinehurSt, N. c.
New matters kept bobbing
up.
When he stepped down in No
vember, 1945, as Army Chief of
Staff, he and Mrs. Marshall
packed up and made ready to
move to the quiet life of a small
Southern town. They didn't go.
Instead, Gen. Marshall accepted
President Humans request
that he go to China with the
personal rank of Ambassador.
Retirement Delayed
That assignment lasted until
1947. How about retirement
then? No.
He became Secretary of
State the month he finished the
ambasSadorial job.
The MarShallS scaled down
their retirement plan, the gen.
eral accepting the presidency of
the American Red Cross for
two years.
Retire then?
No. Mr.. Truman named Gen.
Marshall Secretary of Defense
and he took over on September
IL, 1850.
He had on his hands his third
war. The Korean conflict had
been under way three months.
1t was going badly.
Involved were questions not
merely Of tactics for defeating
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MARSHALL
Body to Lie for Day
In Cathedral Chapel
MARSHALL
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III NOIu0S
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profound grief throughout the
United States"
He ordered the American
flag lowered to half-staff OF
all public buildings and mill
tary installations until after
the last rites.
He said of his former chief
For his answering devotion
to the safeguarding Of the Sc
curity and freedom Of our Ma
ton, for his wise counsel anc
action and driving determine
ton in times Of grave danger
we are lastingly in his debt"
Mr.. Eisenhower also sent q
personal message Of sympathy
to the generals widow. Mrs
Katherine Topper Marshall
and directed Gen. George H
Decker, acting Army Chief Of
Staff, to call on Mrs. Marshall
in his behalf.
Praised by Truman
From former President Tru-
man, who once described Gen
Marshall as the greatest living
American" came this tribute
HE was a great general, q
great Secretary of State and a
great Secretary of Defense. AS
a military man he was the bes'
since the days Of Robert E
Lee"
Mr.. Truman picked Gen
Marshall as his Secretary OF
State in 1947, in the early, crit
ical days of the cold war. Three
years later he called the gen.
eral out Of retirement to serve
as Secretary Of Defense during
the Korean conflict.
Joining Mr.. Eisenhower and
Mr.. Truman in paying tribute
to Gen. Marshall, former Presi-
dent Hoover said:
HE will be remembered with
gratitude by people all over the
world"
Many Of the messages from
world leaders recalled the gen.
eral's authorship of what came
to be known as the Marshall
Plan, the boldly conceived pro-
gram Of American economic aid
that was credited with saving
key areas Of Europe from Com
munism.
London Tribute
"Twice in our lifetime, the
new world has come to the
rescue of the old and each time
the instrument of recovery was
George c. Marshall" said the
London Daily Mail, one of hun
dredS Of newspapers through.
out the Western world which
Joined in a global tribute to the
Soldier-StateSman,
For his dual role in fashion
ing the allied victory in World
War II and helping to shore
up the shaken economies OF
the West through the Marshall
Plan. Gen. Marshall was re-
vered in many Western coun-
tries as no other American save
President Eisenhower.
His death leaves only two FIVE
star Army generals, Douglas
Macarthur and Omar N. Brad
ley. Admiral of the Fleet Ches-
ter w. Nimitz is the Nays
only remaining f1ve-star officer
A graduate of Virginia Mill
tary Institute, Gen. Marshall
was picked over a number OF
West Point-trained senior off,
GERS as Army Chief Of Staff by
President Roosevelt on Septem-
Der l. 1889, the day Hitler in
vaded Poland.
! Mr.. Roosevelt considered
naming him to command the
Allied invasion of Europe but
decided he was too valuable in
his post as Chief of Staff. On
Gen. Marshall's recommended
ton, he chose Gen. Eisenhower
instead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20
Beauty Plus Comfort
By A MERE MAN

In the spring. young mans fancy
Lightly turns to thoughts of IoUe.
ALFRED LORD TENNYsoN
A ND in the fall. every home-maker's
n fancy turnS-not so nghtly-to
thoughts of making the old home
stead more attractive and more COM
Portable. That's why today has been
designated as the beginning of Ma
tional Home Fashion Week. It's also
why Ia mere man-have decided to
put in my 2 cents worth on the
subject of furniture and furnishings.
The trouble with lot of attractive
pieces of furniture is that they're
not comfortable. After all, what good
Is beautiful chair that you can't
sit in? And of what value is living
room that isn't livable?
In furnishings, as in so many other
things, fashions change from year to
year-but not necessarily for the
better. This year, however, many of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20

the changes really are improvements
Some of them are pictured on this
page and on pages 10, 20 and q.
Take the chairs and sofas, for ex-
ample: Although slim and graceful,
they obviously are sittable as well as
lookable. The nylon upholstery fab
RIGS are durable as well as colorful,
and the cushioning offers all the
luxury of down without any of its
drawbacks It combines Dacron Fiber
fill and urethane foam for resistance
to odor, flame, moths, dirt and wear.
Or take the tables: They're useful
as well as ornamental, which is a
mans idea of what table should be.
Perhaps the reason these furnish
ings are satisfactory from q mans
viewpoint is that they were designed
by a man-James Bouffard, who
seems to be equally at home with
both contemporary and traditional
ideas.
Evening star., 1959-10-04

The new and returning shows this week
virtually complete the TV network schedules for
the new season.
ABC dominates the new show entry list
with no less than four one-hour series in the
action adventure category Returning favorites
include such as Dinah, Jack Benny, Danny
Thomas and Father Knows Best.
The splashiest news could be in the field
Of specials, with the debut of two highly touted
series-Fords Startime CTuesday) and Revlon's
Big Party (Thursday). Bob Hope also returns
Thursday with the Crosby boys) and the Bell
Telephone Hour inaugurates its new season
Friday, on NBC-4, a half-hour ahead of Red
Skelton special on CBS-9.
SUNDAY
$50 pm, WTOP-9. College Bowl. (Return-
ing serieS.)
130 pm, WTOP-9. Dennis the Menace. pre-
miere) Situation comedy
$50 PM, WMAL-7. The Lawman. New
season. John Russell.
Evening star., 1959-10-04

centnusd From Preceding Poss
son Drum and Boots and Saddles, all of which
! managed to- miss.
Michener, of course is the key man in this
new ABC-TV series and it was Martin Manulis
former Playhouse 80 producer, who convinced
him that 20th-Century Fox was the right home
Evening star., 1959-10-04

for the TV versions of his stories
Which reminds US that Adventures in Para
disc will be bucking the last half of Steve
Aliens show which moved away from Maverick
on Sunday only to run into the MessrS.
Michener and Mckay.
Sail no, Steverinol
Evening star., 1959-10-04
More New Shows

F." w ~
900 pm, wRC-4 Dinah Shore Show. Gre
turning series)
900 pm, WMAL-7. The Rebel. PremiereD
Nick Adams
$50 pm, WMAL-7. The AIaskans. pre-
miere). The Gold Rush days
1000 pm., WTOP-9. Jack Benny. (Returning
seriesD
7:sO pm, wRC-4. Richard Diamond. New
season.
$50 pm, WMAL-7. Bourbon Street Beat.
CPremiere) Richard Long, Andrew
Duggan
900 pm, WTOP-9. Danny Thomas. CRe-
turning series)
$50 PM, wRC-4. Tv Theater New season.
$50 PM, WMAL--7. Adventures In Paradise.
(Premiere) Gardner Mckay.
$3.50 pm, WTOP-s. Ann S0thern. (Return-
ing seriesD
TUESDAY
$3.50 am, wToP-s Classroom g. (PremiereD
spanish course.
$3.50 pm, WRC-4. Startime. (Premiere.) First
Of Ford specials starring Rosalnd Russell.
$50 pm, WMAL-7. Philip MarlOwe. pre-
miereJ Philip Carey.
7:30 pm, WMAL-7. Colt AS. Returning
$50 pm, wMAI-7 Ozzie and Harriet New
season.
900 PM, wNdAL,-7. Hawaiian Eye. pre-
miereD Bob Conrad, Anthony Eisley
THURSDAY
800 pm. WRC-4. Bob Hope Show. IRE
turning series)
$50 pm, WTOP-S. The Big Party. PRE-
mere) Rock Hudson, host.
FRIDAY
$3.50 pm, WRC-4. Bell Telephone Hour. IRE
turning series)
$3.50 pm, WMALr-7. Man From Blackhawk.
Premiere) Robert Rockwell.
900 pm, WTOP-9. Red SHELTON Show.
Especially
SATURDAY
500 pm, WMAL-7. All-Star Golf. New
season. Jimmy Demaret, host.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29
Annual Meeting Set
Farm Loan Assn

A. w. Short, administration as
sistant director of Ohio wildlife,
department of natural resources,
will speak on February 3 at the
annual Mercer-Wapak National
Farm Loan association dinner
meeting to be held at New Bre-
men, in the st. Paul's Education
al building.
The Mercer-Wapak association
is a locally managed cooperative
for making Federal Land Bank
farm loans. They usually have
the best terms available, with the
current interest rate being five
per cent and up to 40 years I'd
pay.
An election of directors will be
held with Franklin Wheeler, route
three, Wapakoneta, Guy Adams,
route two, st. Marys, John Bren-
neman, route a, Lima, and Har-
old Emrick, route six, Lima, be-
ing nominated for directors oil
the association.
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VContlnued from page ID
ing of the state of affairs but
held out for directions from De.
troit union officials.
The Saturday announcement tc
employees at Bluffton asked them
to pick up their personal belong
ings at the plant beginning Mon
day.
A company spokesman said
that members of the Bluffton unit
bargaining committee called Mr..
Browne Monday to say they were
willing to talk a local agree
ment. The plant manager replied
that the matter was out of his
hands; the plant was closed; re-
latons with employees were ter
minated.
Efforts are being made by the
union, it was reported, to get rec
ogniton of Bluffton employe
seniority at the Lima plant, il
and when it reopens.
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Ex-eeII-o

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Pirates Push
Win Skein To
Seven at Grove

Coach Joe Harris upcoming
Pirate basketball team tucked
another victory under their belt
Tuesday evening at Columbus
Grove, 48-43, and made it the
seventh in the last eight starts.
The Pirates managed to keep
ahead on the scoreboard from
an opening lead. Chuck Baber
dropped the first basket through
the net and Lewis found the hoop
for another, giving the local boys
a four-point lead at the outset.
AT halftime Bluffton had ad.
vanced its lead to % to 20. A
third quarter rally, which ac,
counted for II Columbus Grove
points, put the losers again in the
running, but the contest was
hardly ever in doubt.
Lewis with five field goals anc
seven free throw points, was
high-point man with IL. Dave
Little with nine, Dale Schiffke
with eight and Baber with sew.
en- followed in that order.
Bill Hofferbert, 280-pounder
led Groves scoring with Il
points and Lynn Darbyshire ac,
counted for %.
i Grove actually led Bluffton 2C
to II on the field goal count, but
was outpointed Ia to 3 on free
throws.
The Columbus Grove reserves
edged out the Bluffton reserves,
1919, in a hard-fought prelimi.
nary. The Junior Pirates were
ahead Is to 13 late in the game,
but Grove piled in six points to
pass them in a thrilling finish
The score was tied with less thar
a minute to go.
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Water Main Breaks

Probably the greatest incon-
venience was caused when ice
and heavy logs racing down the
Big Riley broke a water main at
the Main street bridge.
In shutting off the water, a
corroded valve near the bridge
could not be turned, and made
it necessary to shut a valve near
the city building. Thus the wa
ter was cut off in a large area
of Main street from the Fett
hardware north to the corpora
ton line and as far east as
Vance street.
The area was without water
until at noon Sunday while the
valve was being repaired, and
north of the bridge residents
were still without water Tuesday.
Temporary repairs were to pro-
vide a supply by late Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Easements Pumped Out
Bluffton firemen, the water
works crew and the village serv-
ice crew were busy Wednesday
night pumping out Easements OF
IL homes on Cherry and Railroad
streets so that furnace fires
could be started in the near zero
weather that followed the flood
One woman, Mrs. Ira Slusser,
was evacuated from her Cherry
street home by Chief Gaiffe and
his crew who carried her to the
Leland Diller home on a chair.
Huge cakes of ice six to eight
inches thick and a number oi
heavy logs threatened bridges as
they struck with the impact oi
trucks. 1t is believed that this
| was what broke the water main
Businesses Suffer losses
At the Steinman Bros. Lumber
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Attorneys Named
To Bar Committees

Three attorneys with local
backgrounds have been named on
1859 committees for the Allen
County Bar association.
Village solicitor Malcolm Bas-
niger is secretary of the group
and also serves on the executive
and law library committees.
John Harnishfeger, who main
tains a local office, is chairman
of the professional conduct COM
mittee.
Bluffton native John II. R0mey
is chairman of the lawyers ref
erral service and is a member
of the grievance committee.
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Flesh Flood
Continued from page u

company water covered the floor
of the display room and offices
and did considerable damage to
lumber in the warehouses. At one
point, the water in the yard was
nearly four feet deep.
A new building erected by
William Mericle on Vance street
for his Bluffton Builders Supply
business was invaded by the
flood waters and some damage
was done to cement stored in
the building in bags.
The Buckeye Lunch was closed
for several days because of lack
of a water supply. Pine restau-
rant, also affected by the water
Shut-off, hauled water to serve
in cooking and dish washing, but
patrons were compelled to
quench their thirst with coffee,
milk or soft drinks, because
drinking water was not on the
menu. Buckeye Lunch re-opened
Wednesday.
High water was reported to
have entered the new Pandora
bowling alleys, and Southgate
Lanes here in Bluffton were
closed Wednesday night by the
bad weather which closed many
roads.
No Damage at Golf Course
At Kenny Mast's Bluffton golf
course, all bridges stood up al
though they were completely
covered by flood water and ice
packs. Mr.. Mast felt that the
course suffered little if any dam
age.
Bluffton's municipal swimming
pool was covered with flood wa
ter and Buckeye quarry and Big
Riley were at one level, but of
ficials feel that no damage was
done to the pool filtration plant.
Likewise there was no damage
to the municipal sewage disposal
plant.
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for the bride. Invited guests we're
Mrs. E. G. Parkins, Mrs. Rollin
Leatherman, Mrs. Robert Bryan,
Mrs. Luther Parkins, Mrs. Can
dace McCune, Mrs. Rex Grace,
Mrs. James Montgomery, Miss
jeanette Parkins, Mrs. Lynn
Parkins, Benton Ridge; Miss
Barbara Manahan, Mrs. John
Manahan, Mrs. Lille Manahan
and Mrs. Delbert Pickens, Bluff
ton; Mrs. Gale Augsburger,
Findlay; Mrs. Earl Parkins, Mt.
Cory; Miss Karen Hutchinson
and Mrs. Pat Giovinazzo, Lima;
Mrs. VIM. Robnolte, Miss Judy
Fisher, Miss Carole Parkins and
Mrs. Evan Lehman, Beaverdam.
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Alice Freeman Club
Members, please notice, the
meeting date for the Alice Free
man club will be February IL in
stead of the fourth. Hostess for
the meeting will be Vidella Herr
and the program will be given by
Florence Duffield and Elma Mis-
wander.
Orange Twp. Farm WOmen's Club
Our next meeting will be held
on February 5 at the home OF
BurdeIla Marshall. Devotions
will be given by Levada Bixel
and roll call will be answered
by naming a neighbor you called
on recently.
POinSettia Club
Marie Stonehill will be hostess
for the PoinSettia club on Feb
ruary fourth. The program will
be given by Estell Harris and
Theresa SluSser on Abraham
Lincoln" and Robert E. Lee.'
G.. HI. nj. C.
The Gertrude Hoy Missionary
circle will hold their next meet
ing on February 2 with Social
Welfare" as the theme. Leader
will be Ethel Badertscher and
Janet Mayer will be in charge of
the music. Hostesses include
Blanche Hauenstein, Geniece
King, LaDonna Derringer, Julia
Oppermann and Juanita Klingler.
BeaveFdam PTA
Devotions for the February 4
meeting will be given by Rev.
Dale F. Dickey, pastor of the
Rockport Presbyterian church
Following the business meeting
the program Founders Day.
honoring past presidents, will be
given. Refreshments will be
served by the 9th and 7th grade
room mothers.
Century Circle
Century circle will meet at the
home of Mrs. l.. L. Ramseyer OF
February A with Mrs. Melvir
Plank as assistant hostess. Pro
gram will be given by Mary
Smucker and Ocie Anderson.
AMIGO Club
AMIGO club will meet with Mrs
Cleda Clements next Tuesday
February 3 at 800 p. m.
u
Brownie Troop rs
After our regular busines
meeting we reviewed the mean
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Tax Representative
Will Visit Bank

Representatives of Allen coun-
ty treasurer Ray Barnett will be
at the Citizens National Bank
next Tuesday and Wednesday,
February Sd, to collect first hall
real estate taxes for 1858.
Deadline for tax payments is
February 20. Estimated collec.
tions for this half are $2,618, ,461..
81.