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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-05-20

herzegovina, Macedonia
likuje po svojoj historiji, eko-
nomskom zivotu, kulturi, sva-
ka "a sebe predstavlja poseb-
nu privlacivost "a turiste.
Jugoslavija je prebo j e | a
svoja opustosenja, sto in je
pretrpjela u drugom svjet-
skom ratu i Narodno-osIobo-
dilackoj borbi; izgradila je
novu industriju, saobracajne
m r e re, turisticke objekte
stvorila move ekonomske u
vjete, koji janice njezin sve
veci turisticki razvitak.
U godini 1858. Jugoslaviju
je posjetilo blizu 100000 tu-
rista, sto znatno premasuje
najveci predratni turis i { k
promet cd 1888 godine.
Njemci i Austrijanci "a
uzimlju prvo mjesto sa $50
ukupnog broja nocivanja. We
lika Britannia Francuska su
ma drugom mjestu sa 11.49o,
Italia je ma trecem mjestu
sa 1876, a ma cetvrto mjesto
dolaze Belgija i Holandija sa
4.3%e. Broj turista il U.S.A.,
Svicarske Skandinavskih ze-
malta je u stalnom porastu.
Cd ukupnog broja inostra-
nih turista, sto su u g. 1858.
posjetili Jugoslaviju, pr e k o
500, t. j. $4,000 dovezlo Sc
motornim vozilima. Prosle je
godine uslo ukupno 1O1,375
motornih vozila u nasu zem-
lju, prema 10000 u g. 1857.
Ovako nagli porast automo-
bilskog saobracaja "a d n j i h
godina omogucen je izgrad-
njom move cestovne mreze.
Zadnje vrijeme znatno veci
broj turista koristi avionske
linije, narcotic odkad sc Jugo-
slavija ukljucila u programe
velikih agencija, koje poseb-
MIN avionima prevoze publ
ku ma godisnji odmor. Prosle
godine je zagrebacki a o.
drum po prvi puta poceo pri-
hvacati carter avione evrop-
skin "Air toura". Ekspresne
pruge Jadroliniie kruzna pu-
tovanja sa modernim motor
MIN brodovima "Jugoslavija",
"Jedinstvo" "Jadran", koje
IL Venecije vrse brzi prijevoz
putnika "a sve nase luke ma
Jadranu i odrzavaju veze sa
Grckom i Italijom, odigrale
su vrlo In naca in u ulogu u
medjuevropskom turistickom
prometu.
Hotelske cijene u g. 1858,
bilo "a pun pansion, bilo "a
sobe iii restoranske usluge,
bile su prosjecno najjeftinije
u Evropi, ukljucujuci spaniju
i Portugal.
Ma osnovu postignuca u tu-
ristickom prometu prosle 60
dine poboljsanja cestovnog,
avionskog, zeljeznickog pa
robrodarskog saobracaja, IL
gledi "a ovu 1859. godinu SUI
vrlo povoljni. Pustanjem u
promet autoputa Ljubljana-
Zagreb, Jadranskog autoputa
do Zadra, asfaltne ceste "a
greb-Plitvicka j e zer a, od-
nosno Plitvicka Jezera-Ja-
dranski autoput, owe sc go
dine ocekuje mnogo veci pro-
met turista a automobilima
Novostvorena mreza dobrih
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-05-20
NAsE ZAJEDNIcARsKO BRATsTvO

NAsE ZAJEDNICARSKO BRATSTvO
Zajednicarsko bratstvo treba da postane
odraz bratskih stremljenja suradnH I me
dtusobnom pomaganju redovima Hrvat
ske Bratske Zajednice redovima anne
ridke hrvatske narodne grupe. Bratsld ideal
mora sc neminovno primjeniH nasim redo
vima, . interesu nspredlra blagostaah
nngodA
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-05-20

LlVnl graz. f1lStOf1Ja SamOg
mjesta ispunjena je sa 1.-Two
tom i radon nasih doselie-
nika, koji su sa ostalim rad
nicima izvukli is pod Butte
planina ma milijune tona ba-
kra, sre bra, olova druge
razne kovine. Butte ie da-
mas poznat kao Copper City,
u kojem sc i danas vadi il
zemlje ma stotine tisuca tona
bakra i druge kovine, isto Sc
u MENU proizvadja copper
wares, copper gifts i souve-
Mrs, koji Sc mogu kupiti po
swim americkim drzavama.
Nasi prvi doseljenici, koji
su sc poceli doseljivati u Mon
tanu pred tri cetvrt stoljeca,
organizirali su prvo svoje
podporno drustvo, koje je u
strojeno jos par godina prize
HBZ. Ia naSe doseljenike po-
cetak je bio teak. zdravstve-
ne prilike i zastite u MAMA
ma bile su jake slabe, iii in
uopce nije bio. Nije bio mo-
derne masinerije kao danas.
Radio sc obicnim rucnim a.
latom, koji je zahtjevao do
b1u volju, zdrave grudi i ja-
ke misice. Kada SUI Sc stariji
radnici izrabili dobili razne
bolesti, mladji su dolazili i
zauzimali njihova mjesta. Nj
je bio kompanijske protek-
cije, nj penzije, nj social Sc
curity kao danas, vec su Sc
uzdali jedan u drugoga - u
svoje podporno drustvo. Tim
nasim prvim pionerima, koji
su drzali Butte "a svoj grad
ide veliko priznanje, da je ma
sa domovina Amerika danas
najveci industrijalni gorostas
ma svijetu.
Nekoliko desetaka milja l.
spod Butte planina izlijevaju
sc srebrni potocici u siroka
jezera, u kojima stanovnici
uzivaju hvatanje Ra n b o v
Trout, Brown Trout, Cut
Trout druge razne ribe.
Odsjek broj "a 989, koji
su isto prisustvovali Tourna-
mentu, su iz mjesta Ana
conde, koje je udaljeno oko
Is milja cd Butte; isto mje-
sto je mamie Cd Butte, ali
kako sam razumio u razgovo-
ru, da je mnogo VEGA aktiv-
most u produkciji minerala.
U sred Anaconda stoji veliki
gorostas dimnjak IL kojeg Sc
die sivobjelkasti dim visoko
u svemir 585 nogu visok, pra-
ma tamosnjim podacima, maj
veci ma svijetu.
U okolici Anacoride nalazi
se nekoliko takozvanih ghost
towns, prama podacima u
Southern Cross i Gable maj
nj utroba zemlje je bila tako
bogata, da jedna kutija cd ci-
CARA napunjena komadicima
raznog minerala vrijedila je
jednu tisucu dolara. I danas
jos imade prospektora, koji
traze u NINA sopphires, zla-
to, srebro drugu rudu.
Interes "a bowling u Butte
.je bio dosta velik, ne samo
medju omladinom vec i kod
odraslih clanova. Izgledalo mi
je, da je to jedna cd najvecih
proslava clanstva H.. B. "a
jednice u Montani. Kada bi
Sc i ostali odsjeci u Montani
mogli pridruziti tournamentu
bio bi jos veci interes bolji
natjecaj medju clanstvom, a
osobito kada bi Sc cd pojedi-
nih odsjeka poveo natjecaj
izmedju mladih djevojaka "a
Kaljicu Tournamenta, to bi
jos wise podiglo moral, kao i
interes medju elanstvom po-
dvostrucilo bi prodavanje u
laznica "a banket, | to bi bio
pravi Zajednicarski Dan H.
B. Zajednice u Montani.
Prisustvovao sam redovi-
toj sjednici odsjeka broj 165
u nedjelju po podne, gdje Sc
povela diskusija o vaznim pi-
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-05-20

uO laura lZIlOSl 100 kllOIn6-
tara, cd Trsta preko Ljub-
ljane i Zagreba do Beograda
657 kilometara, cd Zagreba
do Rijeke 1913 kilometara i
Zagreb - Plitvicka Jezera =
Semi 230 kilometara, pruziti
&c posebnu atrakciju "a auto
mobilski turizam.
Cd 1. lipnja do konca listo-
pada biti &c stavljena u pro-
met direktna kola "a jadran-
ske luke Rijeku, Split i Du-
brovnik ma ovim medjunarod-
MIN vlakovima: Sim p | o M
Orient ekspres, lauren eks-
pres, Jugoslavija ekspres, Bal
kan ekspres, Dalmacija eks-
pres, Adrija ekspres i Roma
Ljubljana Zagreb Beograd.
Direktni saobracaj ma jadran-
sku obalu owe godine biti &c
produljen "a 80 dana, sto &c
S v a k ako povecati turisticki
promet izmedju jadranske o.
bale unutrasnjosti. To &c u
jedno omoguciti dolazak tu-
rista liz zapadne i istocne Ev-
rope mnogo ranije, da koriste
jadransku obalu u predsezoni
i posezoni, kada je pansion
mnogo jeftiniji.
Pored toga uvadjaju Sc no.
vi, moderni motorni vlakovi,
koji &c saobracati u sezoni
1859. ma prugama Rijeka-
Ljubljana Zagreb Beograd
"a 9 sati voznje, Beograd-
Sarajevo "a 5 sa tt voznje.
Predvidja Sc saobracaj TAX
viii motornih vlakova ma
pruzi Zagreb-Split, i Zagreb
-Rijeka.
Investirano je 25O,0OO,OOO
dinara "a popravak uredje-
ME prihvatnih zgrada ma "a
grebackom aerodrumu, kako
bi ma NIGGA owe godine mogli
slijetati najveci avioni. Slije-
tanjem carter-aviona raznih
agencija kompanija IL En-
gleske, Francuske, Belgije i
Njemacke, prosiriti &c Sc in
terevropski turizam pod ge-
slom "Avionom ma ferije" i
ma Jugoslaviju, pa Sc vec owe
godine ocekuje veci broj tu-
rista koji &c doci ovim avio-
nina.
Parobrodarske turist i { k e
ekspresne pruge Jadranske
Linijske Plovidbe, koje pove-
zuju Veneciju Trst sa ma
Sim najvecim turistickim CEN
trina ma Jadranu i u obrat-
nom pravcu: Pirej i Krf sa
Dubrovnikom, Hvarom, Spill
tom Rijekom; saobracati &c
owe godine cd 81. svibnja do
konca listopada. Lokalni sa-
obracaj brodovima i'm d j u
raznih vecih i manjih turf
stickih mjesta otoka ma O.
bali Istre, Dalmacije i Crno-
gorskog pr m orja, biti &c
mnogo intenzivniji i brzi, pa
&c to omoguciti mnogo bolje
veze sa nasim glavnim luka-
ma.
Jadranska Linijska Plovid-
ba raspolagati &c owe godine
sa IS plovnih jedinica, $40
kabina, 1850 kreveta 49, ,405
palubnih mjesta. Ia promet
turista il Sjeverne Amerike
stvorene su move mogucnosti
redovnom turistickom linijom
sto je odrzava Italia Line"
rs a turnia" izmedju New
Yorka i Venecije i Trsta, ko-
j &c ma povratku il Amerike
"a Evropu owe godine prvi pu-
ia pristajati u Dubrovniku.
Nasa najinteresantnija tu-
risticka podrucja biti &c po-
vezana autobusnim saobraca-
jem p pos e b n i m intinerima i
kruznim putovanjima kao ma
PRIMER: Tr $ t-Ljubljana-
Zagr eb-Plitvicka Jezera-
Opatija-Tr s t, zatim veliko
lruzno putovanje kroz Jugo-
slaviju "a razgledanje raznih
kulturnih spomenika, te kom-
binirana kruzna putovanja
brodom i autobusom IL Vene-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Welding Course
Offered in Adult
Farmers Class

A special welding course will
be offered during the next five
Adult Farmer meetings at Bluff
ton high school, it was announced
this week by Don Overmyer, vo-
ag instructor.
The course will open Monday
evening, December IA, and con-
tinue on December Is, u, p and
28. Earl Streaker, Lincoln Weld
er dealer of Findlay will teach
the course furnishing welders,
electrodes, shields and other
equipment as a courtesy of the
Lincoln company.
Mr.. Overmyer says there are
openings for four or five more
Students" in the course. The
registration fee is S..
At the last meeting members
heard a discussion on hitching
and adjusting the plow. Empha-
sis was placed on using the cor
rect wheel spacing and keeping
sharp shares on the plow bottom.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Push For New Bathhouse
AS Old Debt Is Cleared

Payment of the old bathhouse
bill was completed Monday and
Bluffton has shaken the last trac-
es of a four year old debt, Jay
Gee officials have announced.
With this load finally lifted, the
community now faces the prob
lem of finishing the bathhouse at
the municipal swimming pool
The Jaycees, who led the drive
to wipe out the old $4, 439 debt,
have announced no plans for a
bathhouse drive but have said
they will be willing to cooperate
in any community effort.
The Jaycees stood within $50
of meeting a final payment of
1,535 last week. Morris Groman,
chairman of the fund drive, did
some personal solicitation on Sat-
urday to raise the final $50.
eve paid Green and Sawayer
completely on Monday and every
body is happy" the Rev. James
Heininger, Jaycee president said
this week. He noted that any late
contributions to the bathhouse
slab fund will be received and
applied to any campaign organ
lied to build a bathhouse at the
Bluffton pool.
Profits of $1,000 from swim
ming pool operations made up
the bulk of the money used by
the Jaycees to pay the old bill
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Bond Company
To Discuss Water
With Beaverdam

a municipal water system for
Beaverdam is not a dead issue.
mayor Robert Snodgrass told the
village council Monday evening.
A representative from a bond
ing company which may be in
terested in financing the Beaver
dam issue will attend the Decem-
Der Il council meeting after look
ing over the village during the
day. He will explain financing of
water system and help the
council in preparing contracts for
prospective users of the water
system.
Francis Conners, consulting
engineer who is helping to plan
the system, will attend the meet
ing with the bonding representa-
tive. Corners talks more favor
ably about the issue than he has
for some time" the mayor told
the council Monday.
Possibility of having contracts
to offer potential users of the
village water system was cheer
ing to the councilmen, who have
waited while plans for the pro-
gram stood idle since late this
summer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Council Protests Plan To DetOur
BON Traffic Away From Beaverdam

for eight months while the detour
is in effect. Businesses in Cairo
and Conner also lean heavily on
the tourist traffic and the detour
would hurt all three communi-
ties.
The Beaverdam protest sug-
gests building a temporary
bridge and road around the con-
struction area and keeping Route
BON open during the entire eight
months.
They say this would be approx
ed both by the small villages,
which do not want to lose the
traffic, and the comfy seat,
which does not want the extra
traffic on its already crowded
streets.
The protests and the alternate
proposal were contained in a let.
ter to James Roose, director oi
this division of the Ohio Depart
ment of Highways.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Bell Completes
8 Yrs. Service
On School Board

Maurice Bell, president of the
Bluffton board of education, at
tended his final meeting in eight
years of service Monday eve
ming while his successor, Dr.
Howard Shelly was present to
get a preview of his new duties.
The board president was not a
candidate for reelection last
month when DR.. Shelly was cleo
ted. Robert Simcox, who is serv-
ing the unexpired term of the
late Harvey Burkholder, was
elected as the other incoming
member.
The board took formal action
in thanking Mr.. Bell for his
service to the schools and COM
munity's young people and ex-
pressed regret that he would not
be present next year.
An invitation to hold the annual
reorganization meeting on the
first Monday of the new year was
accepted from member Kenneth
Luginbuhl. The board will gather
at the Luginbuhl home at 9 p. m.
to administer the oath of office
to the two newly elected men,
bers and select president, vice
president and clerk, and appoint
the purchasing agent, according
to custom, the superintendent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Jaycees Offer Merchandise Prizes
In Outdoor Lighting Contest

The festive outdoor Christmas
decorations which annually .illu-
inmate Bluffton residences and
become more elaborate each
year, will be judged for prizes by
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Morris Groman, chairman of
this years outdoor lighting con-
test, has announced that all en-
tries in the contest must be in
his hands at 1863 South Jackson
street before December %. Judg-
ing will be on either December
% or %.
Judges will consider design,
composition and arrangement of
elements and color scheme. In
genuity in the use of surround
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Pirates Face Weekend Road Games
At DeIphos Jeff and Cory -Rawson

runaway of the NWC race with
some early season luck. They
took a big and solid step in their
opener when they turned back
Conner, one of the top contend
ers 61-57.
Jefferson defeated Bluffton 61-
SIS in last years game.
Hornets Ready?
Cory Rawson will be cunning
for their third straight regular
season victory over the Pirates
when the two clubs meet in the
big Hancock auditorium gym
on Saturday night.
Never able to whip the Pirates
in the regular season until 1858.
they upset that years cham
pionship club 1852. Last years
game went to the Hornets 1857
although Bluffton took what may
have been a greater prize when
they clipped CIR 50-42 for the Hol-
iday Carnival championship.
6-3 Lynn Young has led the pa
rade for the Hornets this year,
with his top weapon a soft jump
shot which is unusually hard to
stop. Tim Ramsey is another vet
eran from last years club.
The biggest hole the Hornets
are trying to plug was created
by the graduation of hustling Lar
ry McDougle, who torpedoed the
Pirates with % points in the Hor-
nets win last year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Future Museum. Gets
TOUn Hall Chandelier

An ornate glass chandelier,
which once graced the old Herr
Opera House in the days of kero-
sene illumination and which has
hung on the third floor of the
town hall since its construction,
will be preserved for posterity
by the Bluffton Swiss Commun-
ity Historical society.
Village Council took action
Tuesday evening to grant a re-
quest of the society that it be
given the old fixture for use in
the society's proposed museum.
1t will be removed from the
abandoned third floor of the town
hall and carefully packed for
storage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Town To Get
First One-Way
Street Soon

The one-way street at last ap-
pears to have arrived in Bluff
ton, but it will be only one block
long.
First reading was given an or
dinance by village council Tues
day evening making Campus
Drive a one-way street for one
block in front of Ropp hall, the
Bluffton college girls dormitory.
If it is adopted at the next meet
ing, traffic will be routed west
only from High street to College
View avenue.
The action is in accordance
with wishes of college officials
who said they preferred the one
way traffic to changing restrict
ed parking from the Riley creek
side of the street to the Ropp
hall side, as had been suggested
by council.
Carl M. Lehman, business man.
ager of the college appeared at
the meeting to ask for the one
way street
Only Councilman, Charles
Hankish voted against the ordi-
nance on first reading, because
he felt council was setting a prec-
edent which might cause trouble
later in establishing one way
streets for such short distances.
If council felt that the village
is not too small for one way
street, it did feel that it was not
large enough to warrant the ex-
penditdre of S1,5O0 for a street
sweeper.
Counciknen agreed with May
or David Riser that 'fhe Just
couldn't see spending 81, 500 for
a street sweeper which had been
offered the village as bargain"
Those who viewed the equipment,
now owned by an area contrac-
tor, felt that it was good buy"
but that it would not be used
sufficiently to justify the ex-
pense.
Street Commissioner William
Gaiffe said that the village had
spent S430 in labor costs for
street sweeping this year alone.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10

Starting Saturday, the Bluffton
Post Office will swing into Oper-
alton Christmas Postmaster
Ralph Stearns has announced.
Windows at the local P. o. will
remain open until 5 p. m. both
this Saturday and on Saturday,
December 10, to accommodate
patrons mailing gifts and greet
ing cards.
The windows will remain open
an extra half hour until 5 80 pm.
throughout the two weeks pre-
ceding Christmas, beginning De-
cember ID, Mr.. StearnS said. The
office will not be open on Christ
mas Day except to deliver spe-
cial deliveries and perishables.
Postmaster Stearns urges that
parcels with destinations in eX-
cess of 1000 miles be mailed this
week in order to assure delivery
prior to Christmas. Parcels mail
ed after this week to these points
should be mailed air parcel post.
The postmaster also asks CO
operation of individuals to make
their mailings as early in the day
as possible. The outgoing mail of
local industries is especially
heavy in the late afternoons, and
the addition of a heavy mailing
by individuals creates a burden.
Rubber bands and labels will
again be placed in the post of
flee lobby and patrons are asked
to face all their envelopes in the
same direction with the stamp ir
the upper right hand corner. The
envelopes should be separated in.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10

A state highway department
proposal to choke off Route
BON traffic for eight months next
year brought official protest from
Beaverdam council this week.
Construction of a new bridge
west of Cairo led the highway
department to plan to detour the
traffic over Route Is and Route
30S between Beaverdam and
Delphos.
This plan would shuttle all the
Lincoln highway traffic through
Lima. 1t has brought steady
streams of protest from Lima
merchants and residents, who
are as eager to avoid getting the
stream of extra traffic as the
Beaverdam residents are to
avoid losing it.
Beaverdam councilmen point
out that the. through traffic is a
source of considerable income tc
their merchants and the town
would be virtually ghost towr
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Christmas Carauan Offers
CIitteTi1g ShOtU Next Tuesday

Clever yuletide home decorat-
ing ideas and suggestions for
gracious holiday hospitality will
be gathered together in a glitter
ing show offered in the third
annual Community Christmas
Caravan Tuesday, December Is.
AS in the last two years the
Caravan sponsored by the Bluff
ton College Women's auxiliary
will open various homes in the
area to all who wish to make the
round. Visitors will make the
round from 2 to 5 in the after
noon and from Z until $50 in the
evening.
Three stops have been designa-
ted plus fourth stop for tea and
refreshments at the Time and
Talent Shop to be operated in the
MsFa-Alva House on the college
caIhpus.
At the home of MIR. and Mrs
Dwight Bixel on the Bentley
road, the theme of decorations
will be "Old-fashioned Christ.
mas" This will be carried out by
decorating a tree in old style
homemade trimmings. Christmas
carols will be played on an old
reed organ, a collection of an
tique china dolls will be featured
as we'll as a kitchen with set
ting of Tea Leaf" Articles col
lected by the Bixel family such
as coffee grinders, dough boxes,
butter balls and a spice box will
be on display.
The Rev. and Mrs. Wilmer
Shelly will open their home at
226 South Lawn featuring the
theme, "Tis the Season." Here
the legend of the madonnas will
be depicted by Mrs. Ray Hilty.
Each madonna on display will
represent a different country.
Christmas Creatively" will be
the theme of fthe handmade and
artistic arrangements at the
home of Mrs. Ray Heiks, 14O
Grove. street. Center of interest
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10

items such as unusual stuffed an
imalS, dolls and aprons.
Tickets for visiting the caravan
stops will be sold at 81 and 50
cents for children at the Gift
House, Balmer's or Vida-VideIla
Shop on Main street, or at any
of the open houses. There is no
set route as ticket holders
(See Caravan" p. 81
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ing setting, house structure and
planting will be considered.
New lighting effects and ideas
for new ways of using standard
devices such as luminous
plaques, candles, cut outs.
wreaths and shapes formed with
Christmas lamps will all receive
consideration in the judging.
Originality and ingenuity in
making the best use of what is
available will weigh heavy in the
decision.
Last years winners were Win
field Zeissler, first; Aldine Weiss,
second; and Herbert ,Reichen-
bach, third. g. f..
Prizes this year will be mer-
chandise gifts, Mr.. Groman said.
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The blue glass fixture original
ly hung from the ceiling of the
Opera House over what is now
the Basinger Furniture store. A
long cord permitted it to be low
cred periodically for re-fueling.
Later the fixture was electri-
fled and was used only with cleo
tricity in the town hall after it
was acquired for the Odd Fellows
lodge hall.
The third floor is being cleaned
up so that it will pass fire in
spection. In recent years it has
become a collecting place for
odds and ends, mostly property
of the Sportsmen'S club.