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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
.SpOrtsmen May
Clean Quarry
At WaterWOrks

Water weeds which have in
terfered with fishing at the Wa
terworks quarry may be elimi-
mated this spring if the Bluffton
Community Sportsmen's club are
able to carry out present plans.
1t was learned at village coun-
Gil meeting Tuesday evening that
the club would like to pump the
quarry empty, clean it out and
restock it with fish this spring.
Lawrence HosafroS, a member of
the club, attended the meeting to
ask permission for the project
and also to seek permission to
to hold the annual Trout Derby
at the Buckeye quarry.
Members of council suggested
that he see the board of public
affairs for permission for the Wa
terworks quarry project, and the
recreation commission for use of
Buckeye quarry.
William H. McKibben, new
councilman, took the oath of of
flee and was seated at the Tues
day meeting, but Councilman
Charles Alderman, Councilman
Ed Chamberlain and Mayor Da-
vid L. Riser were all absent.
Chamberlain and Risser are in
Florida, and Alderman is a pa
tent at Bluffton hospital recov-
ering from fall on the ice Mon
day morning.
Only action taken by council
was in giving the ordinance pro-
viding 10 cent pay increases to
village service employees a third
reading and adopting it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
NeU UCC Pastor To Preach First
Sermon Sunday in Both Churches

The Rev. William Won Brauch-
itsch will deliver his first SER
mon as pastor of the dual United
Church of Christ charge Sunday
morning.
He will conduct worship serv-
ices at st. Johns church at $3.50
a. m. Services at Emmanuel S
church, three miles southwest of
town, will be held at 10:45 a. IN.
The Rev. Mr.. Won Brauchitsch
has been pastor of st. Paul's
Evangelical and Reformed
church, Hamilton, Ohio. He has
also served charges in Marshall,
Okla, Marissa, H., and Elmore
and GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
He has been president of the
Greater Hamilton Ministerial as
sociation, on the membership
committee of the Hamilton TN
CA and active in synod work of
the ERR church.
A native of Illinois, he is a
graduate of Elmhurst college and
Each seminary. He is married
and has one son, senior at Mi
ami university.
The Won Brauchitsch family
will move into the newly remod-
eled parsonage at the corner of
College and Lawn avenues Fri
day.
The new pastor succeeds the
Rev. v. C. Oppermann, who died
last summer after serving the
two churches for more than Is
years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
Findlay Man Hurt
I'm Crash on Is

James A Whitaker, 80, sales
man for the Cleanwear Co. of
Findlay, suffered a broken right
leg Wednesday of last week when
his auto turned over several
times in an accident on u. S.
Route Is a mile south of Beaver
dam.
Whitaker was travelling north
, on the highway when a control
knob on his windshield wiper fell
,,on the floor of the car. In at
tempting to recover it from the
floor, the driver lost control and
the ear swerved across the road
into, a1ditch on the opposite side.
Whitaker was thrown from the
auto. ~
He was taken to Bluffton Com
munity hospital by the Paul Dill
Ter ambulance and then trans
ferred to Blanchard Valley hos
pital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
Blufton NelUs Sports, Advertising
Win AIDGrds at Annual State ShOlU

place and the Geauga Record,
Chardon, third.
Sports pages were judged
by Kaye Kessler, sports de.
partment of The Columbus
Citizen.
"The Bluffton News won
second place In a good race
with The Holmes County
Farmer-Hub of MilIersburg,"
Mr.. Kessler commented in
his written report. "It offered
a good variety of sports, ex-
cellent coverage of major
events and decent display"
Other papers in North.
western Ohio honOred at the
show included The ArchbOld
Buckeye, first in general ex.
cellence, and The Plymouth
Advertiser, second in general
excellence.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
To Unite In
World Day
OF fPrayer Fri.

The United Church Women of
Bluffton have completed arrange
ments for the community's par
ticipation in World Day of Pray
er with the local service being
held Friday at 2::3O p. m. in ST.
Johns United Church of Christ.
The service which is being
used this year in more than 800
observances in Ohio and in 90
200 communities around the
world was composed by a COM
mlttee of nine Egyptian women.
They are women of the Coptic
Orthodox, Anglican, Evangelical
churches and the YWCA and thew
represent the French School of
the Sacred Heart, st. Mary's
English School and the American
College for Girls in Cairo.
Each year the national World
Day of Prayer committee sends
out service from a different
national group as a means of
deepening and broadening the
Christian experience.
Participating in the BIuffton
service will be the Rev. Jacob
Friesen, pastor of the First Men
nonite church, Mrs. George Nc
Cune, Mrs. Betty Hochstettler
Mrs. Harriet Stonehill, Mrs. FL
oise Travis, Mrs. Betty Cookson
and Mrs. Maurice Fett.
Special music for the service
has been arranged.
World Day of Prayer services
will begin on the Tonga Islands
where Queen Salote leads her
subjects in prayer, and continues
throughout the day, closing with
the observance on st. Lawrence
Island, Alaska.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
EGrly Organizer of Teacher Unions
TO Speak On College Lecture Series

DR.. Kermit Eby will deliver the
next number on the Bluffton col
lege music-lecture series next
Tuesday at $50 p. m. in College
Chapel.
His topic will be THE Marks
of an Educated Man"
DR.. Eby, professor of social
sciences at the University of Chi
cago, is the author of two books
The God in You" and Para
doxes of Democracy"
He has been active in teacher
organization during his entire ca
reer. He organized the first
teachers union at Ann Arbor
Michigan, helped organize auto
workers unions and has rep
resented the Chicago Teachers
union before civic groups and the
Ilinos Legislature.
In 1945 he visited Japan as a
member Of the u. S. Commission
for the Reorganization Of Educa-
ton in Japan and then visited
Europe for UNESCO.
He served two years as d mem
Der of the Federal Advisory Com
mittee for the u. S. Office of Ed
ucation and has been a delegate
to the White House Conference
on Rural Education.
A graduate of Manchester col
lege, he did graduate work at the
University of Chicago. He spent
II years in the public schools as
teacher and principal before
college teaching.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
Harmon Field
Work May Not
Halt ROdeO

Anticipated Improvements on
the Harmon Field football grid
iron have not entirely ruled out
possibilities of a Fourth of July
rodeo, it appeared following a
conference Tuesday evening OF
Fourth of July celebration COM
mitteemen and the board of ed
ucation.
Even though work Is in prog
resS at the field, it was suggest
ed that this years rodeo might
be held on the ground between
the present football field and the
softball diamonds.
Paul w. Stauffer of the school
board pointed out that it might
be possible to turn the flood
lights on the poles on the far
side of the field, and erect tenn
porary lights beyond that. Tenn
porarY bleachers might be used
to seat the crowd, he said.
Board President Maurice Bell
explained that bids are to be sub
mitted on the renovation pro-
gram February %. If a bid is
accepted, work will begin almost
Immediately on raising the crown
of the field. The flood lights will
be moved, and the whole field
will be moved six to eight feet
southwest, farther from the sta
dium.
Plans for a track around the
field have been abandoned ac-
cording to Superintendent of
Schools A. B. Murray, because
there is insufficient land on the
side bordered by the Standard
Oil Co. bulk station.
Asked if the field will be avail
able for future rodeos, one board |
pointed out that when |
the field is crowned and a new
stand of turf developed, there
will be less chance of damage /
by horses hooves.
Attending the meeting from the |
rodeo committee were Harry An
derSon, Roy Rogers, Russell Hu-
Der, Howard Benroth, Walter |
Beck, E. F. Schmidt, Nolan Ben
roth, Richard Jordan and Gene |
Benroth.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12

The Bluffton News was
honored last Friday at the
Ohio Newspaper assOcia-
tion convention In Columbus
when the paper was awarded
second place In advertising
and second place I'm sports
pages for papers published In
towns of 1850 or less popula-
ton.
Last year the paper was
awarded third place In the
same two divisions at the
Osman C. Hooper Annual
Newspaper Show.
The advertising division of
the show was judged by Prof.
Raymond w. Derr of the
Bowling Green State univer-
sity department of journ-
aIism. The Manchester Star.
Republican was awarded first
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
School Heads
Attend Meetings

Frank Mayer, BIuffton high
school principal, has been attend
ing the national convention OF
high school principals in Philadel-
phia this week. Superintendent
A. B. Murray will leave the
latter part of the week to attend
the meeting of the American
Association of School Administers
torS
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
Defective Light Fixture Fills School
With Smoke, Brings Out Fire Dept.

A fire alarm emptied the
Beaverdam school Is minutes
early Monday afternoon when
a shOrted transformer in a
fluorescent light filled the
building with smoke and
brought out the Beaverdam
fire department.
The alarm was sounded at
$3.50 p. m. and students filed
out of the building In orderly
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12

ed Auto Workers Union, Local
III, include a continuance of the
cost of living allowance with Is
cents of the present allowance
placed in the base rate; a sew
erance pay plan; improved pen
sion and supplemental unem-
ployment benefit plans; a six-cent
general increase in pay immedi-
ately with increases provided
February 1 in 1860 and March 6,
1861, of seven cents each time.
The six cent per hour increase
is retroactive to September 1.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
90 Return to Work AS
Ex-CelI-O Plant Reopens

Approximately so employees
were back at work at the Bluff
ton Ex-Cell-O plant this week,
filling orders for Dairy-Pak ma
chimes and machine tools which
have held over since employees
walked out on strike 16 weeks
earlier.
The return to work began last
Friday after a strike truce was
agreed upon last Wednesday af-
ternoon. The plant was shut down
January 18 because of loss of
business.
Plant Manager Joe Browne
said that at present only a day
crew is operating. The work con-
sists of orders left unfinished at
the beginning of the strike, and
a backlog of orders which were
not cancelled. Many other orders
were cancelled during the long
strike.
1--WE have a number of bids out
on new work. Thus far we have
no indication that we will be the
successful bidders on any of the
work, but none of the bids are
dead" Mr.. Browne said.
He added that he was optimis-
tic over the chances of obtaining
new work which will keep the
Bluffton plant busy with a larg-
er work force. At its peak of
production, the plant employed
over 200 men.
Terms of the agreement be-
tween the company and the Unit
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
Second Flash Flood Hits BlufftOn In
Three Weeks As Riley Greeks Overflow

With cleanup work from the
flood of just three weeks ago not
entirely completed, Bluffton and
surrounding area was hit by an
other flash flood of Big and
Little Riley creeks Monday night
and Tuesday morning when 3.13
inches of rainfall fell within the
span of approximately nine
hours.
The water was approximately
10 inches under the crest reached
in the January 2O-21 flood, but
high enough to undo a three-week
pumping job at the Bluffton Stone
Quarry, fill numerous Easements
with water, and damage some
additional stock in several busi-
ness places.
Quarry Filled Again
The water at the stone quarry
mad been pumped down to ap-
proximately Is feet from the bot
tom when Mondays storm arose.
BY Tuesday morning the quarry
was full again with from 28yto 80
feet of muddy storm water.
I'VE have been considerably
~disheartened, but there is nothing
to do except start the cleanup
job again." said Herb Conrad,
manager of the Stone company.
He said the company plans to
remedy the situation eventually
by building a dixie on the south
side of the quarry.
"A. g. & Y. Tracks Washed Out
The storm waters in Dutch run
near the municipal swimming
pool were reported to be higher
than in the other recent flood.
The velocity was such that ap-
proximately 200 feet of track
ballast on the A.C.&Y. railroad
was washed out in that area.
Trains were held up all day
Tuesday and the A.C.&Y. section
crew worked all night Tuesday
getting the track ready to carry
the trains.
The College avenue plant of
the Triplett Electrical Instrument
company did not open Monday
morning because waters of the
Big Riley inundated the streets
around the plant.
Schools Close
Likewise Bluffton public schools
were closed because of problems |
bus drivers would encounter int
meeting flooded bitches and
streams.
Bluffton college shut down !
classes also when the flooded
Little Riley interfered with the
central heating plant. Fires were
maintained in the boiler room
where water again had entered
approximately 10 inches deep,
but flooded pipeline passageways
made it impossible to force
steam heat into some of the
buildings.
Reports were that a large num-
Der of residences on North Main
street had several inches of
water in their easements from
overflowing storm sewers. This
is the first time this condition
has existed, oldtimers said.
Bluffton firemen assisted in
a number of easements
dry.
Tuesday morning at 6:10 the
excitement increased when a
short circuit set off the village
fire alarm. 1t sounded for approx
Is minutes before fire.
men were able to shut it off.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12

manner. Ordinarily school is
dismissed at 3:45 p. m.
The firemen located the
shOrted transformer and
broke the current to the light
fixture. Fire Chief Walter
Beck estimated the damage
at SIS.
No flames were discovered,
but locating the defective
light fixture was difficult due
to the dense smoke.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
Births

The following births were re-
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Ris-
ser, Pandora, a girl, Nita Louise,
born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gold Rimer,
Rawson, a boy, Christopher
Gold, born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donivan Hart
man, Jenera, a girl, born Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sprung
er, a girl, Kathleen Marie, born
January II at M. Nyanga Tshi-
kappa, Congo Beige, Africa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
Honor Scout Leader
At,FareWel Event

An informal farewell party was
held by the Boy Scout Parents
Auxiliary Tuesday evening in
honor of Scoutmaster Don Augs-
burger, who will leave Monday
for. New Jersey to take a training
course in professional scout work.
The auxiliary group presented
Mr.. Augsburger with a poncho
as a token of their, appreciation
for his work with the local troop.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
PLEDGES FRATERNITY

James K. Warren, Route l.,
Bluffton has been pledged by
Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity
at Ohio State university, it was
announced this week by Dean of
Men Mylin Fl. Ross.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
Allen County Tourney a Complete Mix-up
With Every Team Capable of Advancing

Pirates Open With
Lafayette Saturday
The unpredictable Allen count,
tournament, with the most even
ly matched field in years, opens
Friday night in Founders hal
with two games.
Two more games viii b.
played Saturday night. WInneri
in these games will meet in elm
nations the following weekend
with the two finalists both eli
gible to advance to the sectiona
tournament February u and %
Always eager TO be heard,
even when it shouldn't be,
The BIufftOn News sports de-
partment predicts that Conner
will be the tournament
champion and they will be
joined i'm the sectional tourna-
ment by Bluffton, the other
finalist.
Judging by previous games, the
four games in the opening round
should all be tighter than Grand.
pa the day after Prohibition
ended.
Pairings
Harrod and Spencerville play
the first game Friday, Bath and
Conner the second. The season
match between Harrod and
Spencerville was decided by
three points.
Bath and Conner meet in the
9 p. m. game Friday rematch
of a game Bath won by two
points in overtime late last
Probably the feature of the
tournament, at least from the
standpoint of spectator interest,
will be the BlufftonLafayette
game. One point, on a disputed
last second basket, separated the
teams last month.
The other first round game
matches Beaverdam, an unfor-
tunate group all year, with Del
phos Jefferson. The Wildcats
whipped the Beavers during the
season 68-67 in overtime.
The total point spread between
winners and losers in those four
games was SEVEN POINTS.
Season Records 4
Conner, Spencerville, Harrod
and Delphos Jefferson had the
best records in Northwest con-
ference play. They had identical
a conference records.
Bath rallied late in the season
o finish with a As conference
mark and they may be the sleep
r of the tournament. Bluffton
nd Lafayette had 3-6 league rec
rds, while Beaverdam had 1-8
mark.
Bluffton has never done well in
play at Bluffton col
ege-specifically, they've never
ION a tournament game there
ut they have managed to win
ne Holiday Carnival the past
lree seasons.
Regular Returns
Hampered during the past
eek by the absence of regular
luck Schiffke, who cut his hand,
ne Pirates should be back to
op strength for the tournament.
Lafayette, still stinging from
ne loss at BIuffton, is pointing
or the opening game. Coach Bob
[arter must puzzle out a defense
} stop Ramon Lewis, a problem
'hich will be complicated by i'm
roved performances by Chuck
'aber, Dave LittleN and Rudy
teiner in the latter part of the
eaSon.
If the Pirates get past Lafay-
tie, they meet the winner of the
'eaverdam-Delphos game next
'riday at 8 p. m. The winner of
nat game plays in the finals at
p. m. February 21. /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

|ment until fully appraised d
his plans.
Senator Douglas was the first
Of the Northern Democrats ia
comment. He said he couldn't
see why there should be any
row about 1t.
Senator Douglas said II
seemed to him that II such an
issue causes a real split in the
party, ut would indicate they
wanted to split anyway"
Under present law. Georgia,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

Alabama and Arkansas list the
names Of the presidential cleo
tors on the ballots but not the
names of the party nominees.
The electors are not required
by law or party regulations to
vote for their party's candi-
dates.
Several other Southern
States are considering voting
for uncommitted electors. Their
plan, however. is to do this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

Another possible battle
ground in the national COM
mittee's meeting will be the
question OF apportionment Of
delegates. The committee al
WAYS does this prior to con-
ventions. In addition to tax
ing care of the new States Of
Alaska and Hawaii. the group
also must decide on bonus del
egates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

the new convention for the first
roll call and are in effect until
the conventions own rules CON-
mittee reports.
1t was explained that Mr.
Butler wants to clear the all
on this matter well in advances
Of the July convention at Lol
Angeles In order to give States
a chance to reconsider II II
appears that the uninstructec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

delegation procedure might bar
their delegates from the con-
vention.
Sectional tensions over racial
Indignation OF schools and civil
rights legislation have increased
markedly since 1856 and Mr.
Butler may have a struggle in
obtaining adoption Of the same
rule which would seem TO bar
delegates not committed to
support Of the ticket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

by party regulations rather
than by statutes. In these
cases, the State Democratic
organization would not require
that the electors vote for the
national party's candidates.
Ordinarily, ruies adopted by
the national committee are
followed closely by the conven-
ton. The rules Of the previous
convention cuStomarily are
adopted as temporary rules Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

more about Mr.. Buffers new
plan before committing him
self. paul has been saying
so many things, we'd want to
look at it cautiously" Senator
Sparkman said.
Mrs. John Garland Pollard
Virginia Democratic national
committeewoman. said she was
inclined to oppose Mr.. Buffers
action but withheld final COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
South Blasts Butler
On Anti-RevoIt Tactics
BY the Associated Press

Angry Southern Democratic today condemned Ma
tona Party Chairman M Buffers plan to deal with
Dixie revolt at the partys 1860 national convention.
spokesman for Mr.. Buffers Office said yesterday the
chairman will ask the National Committee to adopt again
State DELEGATIONS admitted convention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

It's no secret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-17
BY the Associated Press

The Democratic Advisory
Council has criticized the Eli
senhower administrations de-
tense program as tagging. in
adequate, badly run and out Of
balance.
The criticism, contained in a
pamphlet issued yesterday. was
attacked promptly by five Re-
publican Senators as especially
ill-conceived. ill-timed and ir-
responsible during the
tense climax Of the Geneva
conference"
The Democratic council
called for an extra SIS billion
for defense each year In the
next four or five years.
The United States can well
afford to spend the extra
money, the council argued. be-
cause 1t is vitality needed to
make certain that there is an
adequate deterrent to nuclear
war and to insure that there
are enough non-nuclear forces
TO support Americas foreign
commitments.
The council proposed that
So billion Of the extra money
90 to the Air Force, So billion
to the Army. 81 billion to the
Navy and $500.000 to research
and development.
1t called for more missiles,
more Army and Marine Corps
manpower. greater. protection
against atomic attack for the
Strategic Air Com m a n d. S
planes and missiles.
But the Republicans coun-
tered that "the council would
do well to sell its ideas to its
own party before spreading
them on the public record as a
party position"
The House-"dominated q
toll by members of the Demo-
cratic Party--slashed the ad-
ministration request for defense
funds by $500 million" the Re-
publicans said.
A $38.s48 .339, 900 defense
money bill was passed by the
House two weeks ago for the
fiscal year beginning July /. 1t
was $500 million less than