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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26
Births

The following births were re
corded at Bluffton Communit,
hospital during the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Wenger, Pan
dora, a girl, born last Wednes
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bower, Je
nera, a girl, Sandra Kay, bori
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Inniger
Bluffton, a girl, Kathlean Ellen
born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cresenio Velar
quez, McComb, a boy, Daniel
born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Burk
holder, Lima, a girl, Jayne Ma
nette, born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clark
Bluffton, a boy, Thomas Gail
born Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Augsburg
er, Bluffton, a boy, James Dale
born Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Shellen
barger, Jenera, a girl, Lois Rae
born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Hughes
Beaverdam, a boy, christopher
Lee, born Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26
RubinOf and
Violin Signed
For Concert Here

Bluffton area residents were
assured this week of a musical
highlight on April IA when Rubin
off and his violin, internationally
famed popular concert artist, ap-
pears at the Bluffton high school
auditorium under sponsorship of
the Bluffton Lions club, it was
announced by Earl Lehman,
president of the Lions.
I'VE feel fortunate in being
able to bring such an outstand-
ing artist to Bluffton," Mr.. Leh-
man said in making the an
nouncement, land we are de-
termined to make this one of
the outstanding events of the
season.
Special committees and ticket
selling locations will be an
nounced soon. Mr.. Lehman urged
all Lions and "others interested
in the work carried on by the
club" to join in making the con-
cert huge financial success for
the benefit of the Lions civic
projects.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26

Gerald W. Clever, a veteran Of
p years in the electric utility in.
dustry and a former Blufftor
resident, has been appointed as.
Sistant manager of Ohio Power
Co.'S Philo plant, it was an
nounced this week by E. L.
Seidler.
The former Bluffton man viii
succeed w. NJ. KuSsmaul, who
retires on March 81 after approx
imately 35 years of service with
the company.
The new assistant manager
spent the first Is years of his
service with the former Central
Ohio Light & Power Co., of Find.
lay, a company which was
merged with Ohio Power four
years ago. He has been at Philo
since 1855.
It was while he worked as a
technical engineer at the Wood
cock generating station that he
resided in Bluffton at the corner
of South Main street and Poplar
street. At that time he was
active in community affairs,
served as president of the Com
munity Sportsman's club, and
was instrumental in establishing
a park at the Buckeye quarry
lake.
He is a native of Lexington.
Ohio, in Richland county, and
attended the public schools there.
He attended Indiana Technical
college in Fort Wayne the netx
two years, and later continued
his electrical engineering studies
at Findlay college and Ohio
Northern university. He received
his professional engineers Ii
cense in 1914.
(See 'EX-BLUFFTONITE', P. 1O)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26
Dairy Plant Gets
New Tile Floor

Taking advantage of the Bluff,
ton plant shutdown last week
the Page Dairy company has
completed installation of a new
ceramic tile floor on the mair
floor of the plant.
Approximately $500 tile, size
4 inches X 8 inches were laid ir
e cement base over the old con
crete floor of the plant. The old
floor had cracked in various
places through the years.
The new floor is in conformity
with state board of health rules
for non-porous surfaces in Grade
A milk processing plants.
Plant Manager Don Kagy said
that the installation was directed
by Gus Munzer, company main.
tenance superintendent. local
plant employees did the work.
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NOW It's The
Continental Look
In Mems Clothes

Silas III. Diller and w. o.
Geiger of Geiger e. Diller,
Bluffton attended the 4Ist
annual convention of the
National Association of Retail
CIOthiers and Furnishers last
week end in Chicago.
Meeting i'm the Palmer
House, the convention was
host to nearly 1000 retailers
from across the nation, who
viewed the newest i'm mems
fashions on display by more
than 200 manufacturers.
1.-THE ivy league look is
giving away now to the con-
tinentaI look" Mr.. DilIer said
upon his return home. He
added that the market seems
to be filled with imported
materials and ready made
garments as we'll"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26

Completion of the blacktop
driveway at Founders hall and
a start on paving the parking LOT
at the rear of the building is the
goal of this years Bluffton Col
lege Booster committee in Spon-
Soring its annual Booster banquet
Friday evening, March 13.
AS the feature attraction of this
years $5-per-plate benefit din
ner, the Boosters will bring to
the campus the Capital Universe
ty Glee club.
The Glee club will fill the
place on the program usually
held by a prominent speaker.
The singing group, founded in
1906, has established a reputa-
ton for unusual ability over a
wide area. 1t gained permanent
possession of the Silver Loving
cup by winning the State Inter
collegiate Glee club champion
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Senator People
To Address Mems
Brotherhood

State Senator Ross Pepple will
address the Mems Brotherhood
of st. Johns and Emmanuel S
United Church of Christ Friday
evening at s o'clock in Opper-
mann hall.
Senator People will talk on the
Life of Abraham Lincoln. He has
collected a vast file of Lincoln
material and last summer spent
several weeks in Kentucky and
Illinois gathering facts on the
presidents life for his talk.
Wayne Matter president of the
brotherhood, has invited all men
of both churches to attend the
meeting. Principal Frank Mayer,
program chairman, will intro
duce the speaker.
A short business meeting will
be held and plans will be laid for
the annual Patterson banquet
in April. Refreshments will be
served at the close of the meet
ing.
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Recreation Bd.
Appointment up to
Sch0ol Board

The appointment of a new
member of the village recreation
commission to fill the vacancy
created by the expiration of DR..
B. w. Travis term will have to
await action of the board of ed
ucation, Mayor David L. Riser
told council Tuesday evening.
Mayor Riser said that two
members of the commission are
named by the board of education,
accordingto law. Because DR..
Travis was originally appointed
by the school board, his success
sor must also be named by that
body.
The appointee need not neces-
sarily be a member of the board
of education. Someone else may
be appointed to represent the
board. Kimmel Marshall, a for
mer school board member, is the
boards other appointee.
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Arrange Reception
For NeLU Pastor

A reception honoring the Rev
and Mrs. William Won Bauch.
itsch viii be held from 2 to
p. m. Sunday in Oppermann hall
of st. Johns United Church oi
Christ.
The Women's Guild social serv-
ice committee of the church is
in charge of arrangements for
the reception. All members oi
the congregation are invited to
attend.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26

A total of 26 destitute persons
were aided during the past year
by the Bluffton Service unit of
the Salvation Army.
This report was made at the
annual meeting of the unit this
week by Harold Klingler, chair
man.
Mr.. Klingler reported that food
or meals were provided in sev en
different cases involving IL per-
sons. In one instance a widow
and four children were desper-
ately in need of food and fuel
for a period of time until state
aid could be obtained.
Clothing was also provided for
one needy person, and upon three
occasions transportation was pro-
vided for stranded travellers.
Mr.. Klingler explained that the
local unit is able to provide tenn
porary relief to individuals or
families until more permanent
arrangements can be made,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26
Auto Licenses
Go ON Sale
Here Monday

The new red-on-white 1853 au-
to license tags will go on sale
locally at the Vance Paint and
Awning store on Vine street Mon
day morning, it was announced
this week by deputy registrar
Gerald Swank.
Mr.. Swank said that all materi-
ais will be moved from his office
at the rear of his barber shop
to the Vine street location this
week end in preparation for the
rush.
A staff of five persons has TAX
en- special instructions recently at
the Lima American Legion hall,
and is prepared to process Ii
cense applications quickly. The
group includes Mrs. Francis
Reichenbach, Mrs. Richard Jor-
dan, Mrs. Bertram tSwank, Mrs.
Lucille Habegger and Norman
Hap" Henry, a Bluffton college
student.
In addition to auto tags, Ii
cense plates will also be sold for
trailers, motorcycles and motor
bikes. Applications for truck Ii
censes will be accepted locally
up until March Is. The tags will
be mailed to the truck owners
from Columbus.
Even before the new tags go
on sale, Mr.. Swank estimates
that more than 400 special num-
bers have been reserved. Per
sons making these reservations
must have their auto bill-of-sale
and registration fee on deposit
with the registrars office before
the number reserved comes up
for sale.
The tags must be displayed on
all autos by April 1.
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People Speaking
In Beaverdam

Observing Ladies Night" al
its meeting this evening, Thurs
day, the Beaverdam Lions club
will hear talk by State Sena-
tor Ross Pepple.
Bruno Marosher, president OF
the Lions club, said that the pub
lie is also invited to hear the
senator, when he speaks follow
ing the dinner meeting, in the
high school auditorium. The
Lions will have dinner at the P.
X. restaurant at Z o'clock, and
then adjourn to the school for the
program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26

0I"AAA6 1ANNA' 1IobC OAuNC1 SAIyi
will use the youngsters in illu-
strating his major address of the
day. New Teaching Approaches
TO Elementary Mathematics"
Mathematics can be a warm,
interesting subject for school
children, DR.. Gundlach declares,
and viii prove his points in his
talk and demonstration.
The workshop is being con-
Quoted jointly by Bluffton college
and the Bluffton public schools.
Teachers from wide radius of
Bluffton have registered for the
program.
There will be four workship
groups. Miss Meredith Stepleton,
principal of the Bluffton elemen-
tary school, will lead a discussion
on primary arithmetic. Robert
Ewing, fourth grade teacher at
Bluffton, will lead the intermedi-
ate arithmetic discussion. A
group on junior high mathemat-
les will be headed by Frank
Mayer, Bluffton high school
principal, and Joe Harris, of the
high school faculty, will lead the
discussion on high school math-
mates.
DR.. L L. Ramseyer, president
of Bluffton college, will open the
workshop and introduce DR..
Gundlach.
Other features of the Saturday
event includes displays in the cor
ridors at Founders hall on such
things as visual aids, textbooks
on arithmetic and enrichment
aids for gifted children.
Miss Ada Lapp, chairman of
the committee planning for the
workshop, has urged those who
have not registered but who find
they can come to do so without
advance registration. Advance
registration will be necessary in
order to eat the noon meal at the
college dining hall, but not for
participation in other activities
of the workship.
Last day for reservations is to-
day. J
The sessions will also be at
tended by college students in
terested in teaching mathemat-
cs.
Other members of the COM
nittee which planned the Work
shop are DR.. Luther Shelter, head |
If the department of mathemat-
cs at Bluffton college; DR.. Eldon
iraber, director of teacher edu-
cation at Bluffton college; Miss
Meredith Stepleton, principal of
he Bluffton elementary school; !
md Robert Ewing, fourth grade
eacher in the Bluffton elemen-
ary school.
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roam the building, and from the
gym gay strains of square dance
music will add excitement to the
event.
Each room in the elementary
school and high school will be
in charge of at least one con-
cession. In the elementary school,
room mothers are in charge of
arrangements.
First grade room mothers
Mrs. Robert Young, Mrs. James
Hicks, Mrs. Maurice Fett and
Mrs. Charles Kinsinger will be
in charge of the balloon-selling
clown; Mrs. Sherwood Burk-
holder, Mrs. Warren Eastman,
Mrs. James West, Mrs. Fred
Reichenbach, Mrs. Evan Steiner,
Mrs. Larry Mathewson and Mrs.
Keith Kirkland are in charge of
the first grade fish pond.
The second grade will conduct
a concession in which participants
will attempt to throw a hat on
basketball heads. In charge
are Mrs. Isaac Neuenschwander,
Mrs. Dale Reichenbach, Mrs.
Merlin Benroth and Mrs. Lester
Badertscher.
A ring tossing game will be
operated by third grade room
mothers Mrs. Clifford Houts,
Mrs. Richard Mericle, and an
other toss game will be operated
by Mrs. Lowell Habegger and
Mrs. Don MartZ.
The nail-pounding game will
be operated by Mrs. Donavin
Montgomery, Mrs. Thomas And
erson and Mrs. Robert Bender
fourth and fifth grade room
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26
SkyLdrk Gets Large
Order for TraiLers

Skylark Trailer company, Bea-
verdam, has received an order
for 100 trailers from a South
Bend, Ind, distributor, Kenneth
Jackson, owner of the company,
has announced.
Mr.. Jackson said the order is
for a series of 35 foot, two bed
room trailers. Work on the new
order viii begin very soon at
the Beaverdam factory, which
was damaged but not put out of
commission, by a fire last week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26
Town Hall Pigeons
Exterminated

The entire pigeon population
which had created a nuisance by
roosting on the town hall roof
has been virtually eliminated by
marksmen from the Findlay
Rifle club. Councilman Francis
Reichenbach suggested that
Clerk A. j. B. Longsdorf write a
letter of appreciation to the club
for its elimination job.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26
Library Board
Elects Officers

Mrs. Wilhelm Amstutz is the
new president of the Bluffton-
Richland Library board of trus-
tees. She was elected at the re-
cent annual reorganization meet
ing to succeed Mrs. Ralph
Stearns, whose term had expired.
Other officers of the library
board this year are James West,
vice president; A. j. B. Longs
dorf, secretary, and Miss Ocie
Anderson, clerk-reaSurer. Miss
Anderson is also the librarian.
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Mems Brotherhood
Meets Tonight

DR.. Howard Shelly will speak
on "Layman's Duties in Time of
Disaster" at the meeting of Men
MONTE Mems Brotherhood to-
night, Thursday, at 8 p. m. in
the church's Fellowship hail.
Richard Cookson is president of
the Brotherhood.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26
AT LUMBERMEN'S CONFAB

Managers of Steinman Bros.
Lumber Co. yards here in Bluff
ton, Jenera and Ada are attend
ing the annual state convention
of the Retail Lumber Dealers
association in Columbus this
week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26
College, High School Hosts
Saturday to Math Workshop

group of sixth graders from the Bluffton eleren
tary school will work overtime Saturday when they act
as demonstration group for the Workshop on Mathema
les for elementary and secondary school teachers to be
held in Founders hall the Bluffton college campus
DIR. B. H. Gundlach, professor of mathematics al
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Transform School Corridors
To Gay Midway for PTA Fete

Bluffton high school Corridors where loud whisper
is out of order school days, will become gay noisy
carnival midway Friday evening March g. when the Par
ent Teacher association holds It's gala Spring Festival
Sdeshow barkers will announce games and attrac-
tions in the various rooms clown selling balloons will
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-26

mothers
Mrs. Harvey Bauman, Mrs
Denver Augsburger and Mrs,
(See 'PTA FETE', P. 10)
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-13

ication of the land so obtained to
free parking.
1t was revealed by Councilman
Marvel during the long three and
one-half hour session, that through
apparent improper chlorination of
city waste entering the Mispillion
River from the sewage disposal
plant and the entrance of raw sew
age from a broken main in the
Fourth Ward, that these might be
contributing factors for the recent
edict from the Board of Health
denying tongers to take oysters
from the Mispillion River beds
which they claim are polluted.
Mayor Murphy stated he had new
er been advised that such was the
case by the proper authorities in
the State Board of Health and he
had attended two public meetings
with them. Early action to alleviate
the sewage situation was promised
by City Manager Roy Pettyjohn.
The police department came in
for some praise and some condem-
nation, but this phase of the dis
cussion closed on a happier note
as Council agreed that no firings
or requirements were anticipated
with the force of nine men headed
by Chief Robert A. Downes.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-13
Weekly Tree Talk
GrOundcOVer Plants and MuIches
Important To Shade Tree Care

GrOundcOYer Plants and MulcheS
Important To Shade Tree Care
Plants not related very closely
to trees can be important to tree
care.
Don Cantwell, District Manager
of the Bartlett Tree Expert. Co.
cites such small herbaceous plants
as pachysandra; fern, ivy and other
shade-loving groundcovers. Ever
green needles, leaf mold and peat
moss also help.
Beech trees, notably the Euro
pean, copper and weeping varieties,
grow with spreading habit. Their
lower branches sweep close to the
ground. Their roots are near the
surface. In full leaf they do not
| admit much light. It is difficult to
grow grass beneath them.
Many of the naples, especially
the Norway, have dense crowns and
surface-feeding roots Seldom will
grass do well under such condi-
tions.
Groundcovers of pachysandra.
fern or ivy, planted under these
trees will protect the surface roots
after leaves drop in the fall. They
will also guard against overzeaI-
Gus cultivation of soil over shall
low roots.
The roots of evergreen trees and
shrubs should be similarly protect
ed by a mulch of needles letting
the needles lie where they fall
or an application of leaf mold or
peatmOss. Mulches improve the
texture and quality of soil under a
tree and reduce the severity of
temperature changes.
Mulching is especially beneficial
to spruces. 1t reduces susceptibility
to attack by the cytospora fungus.
All mulching of evergreen trees
gives a pleasing woodsy or natural
appearance. And in summer it
keeps lawnmowers away from the
trunk of trees.
Gray Mold On YeW Berries May
Turn Needles Yellow
Overripe red berries on yews are
sometimes attacked by the common
gray mold called botrytis. The bot
rytis then grows into yew needles
that touch these rotting fruits. This
can cause yew tips to become
brown and yellow. Reporting this,
Don Cantwell, District Manager of
the Bartlett Tree Expert Co. says
stain or mold injury is similar to
that occurring in moist springs on
dogwood trees. Dogwood leaves be-
come infected during wet spells by
this fungus growing on Towering
parts. If there are plenty of birds
in ones yard, they will eat the yew
berries this fall before they have
chance to oVerripen. If not, a weak
application of a copper fungicide
will eradicate the mold before il
becomes damaging.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-13
||M1USINes OF lAMiNIsT strip
|%S Recorded Weekly by AI
\ ! DreDWARDH kUHLMANN

that lived in the stream. At once
he fell in love with the girl he
thought reflected there. Impul-
sively he plunged his arms into the
water to embrace the object of his
new affection. 1t fed at his dis
turbing touch but returned when
the water became quiet again.
Each day with ever growing ar
dor he came back to the pool to
WOO her anew, but she always fed
when the water was disturbed.
Mourning his unrequited love, he
slowly pined away and one even
ing they found him dead beside the
pool where the entrancing image
had been seen. Soon after, at the
waters edge where his body had
lain, there grew pretty flower.
After him they called the flower
Narcissus.
OF course Narcissus is only a
mythical being coming to us out of
the superstitious traditions of CEN
turies ago, but many real flesh
and blood man of our own age has
fallen in love with himself. Life
abound with people of this kind.
Benjamin Franklin found them in
his day also and chuckling at their
folly and their conceit he wrote:
''He that falls in love with himself
will never have rival"
And how about yourself? 1t
might not be amiss to put yourself,
for moment or two, into the elm
ic of some serious intrespection.
Doing this, you will probably find
that you are not entirely free from
this Narcissus complex. We all
have it, more or less.
1t is so easy to think a lot of
ourselves and what we have and
what we do. Thus engaged, we find
it equally easy to feel like patting
our own backs. Fortunately, how
ever, the great Creator, always all
wise, has SO arranged mans anato-
mical structure that he cannot kick
himself or pat his own back. We
can be sure, therefore, that He is
not pleased at any form of self
appreciation; He does not want us,
Narcissus like. to fall in love with
ourselves. Rather, He would have
us cultivate the fine habit of laying
our hands upon the backs of others
in commentator of how fine they
are and how much they have achiev-
ed. This will win us many friends
and bring us real contentment and
joy form the words of another
maxim-you cannot spill perfume
upon others without gaining some
of the fragrance for yourself.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-13
TRINITY

Folks in the Dublin Hill Comm
unity wish to congratulate Mr.. and
Mrs. John Arney on the birth of a
daughter, October 26, in the Milford
Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Wingate of
near Seaford, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Abbott and son of Bridgeville, and
Miss Joyce Wright of Frankford,
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John Hastings and family on Sun
day.
Mrs. Carl Walston and brother
John Robinson of near Federals-
burg, spent the weekend in Cam
den N. ]. On Saturday, they attend
ed the funeral of their cousin, Mr..
George Pike.
Miss Jean Ann Hastings, a senior
in the School of Nursing at the
Delaware Hospital in Wilmington,
spent the weekend at the home of
her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Brown of
Bridgeton, ~ j., Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
Larimore of Salisbury, and Mrs.
Minnie Larrimore of Mt. Vernon,
Md, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs
A. T. White and daughter on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl White had as
dinner guests on Sum-, their niece
Miss Jean Ann Hastings of Wilm-
ington, and sister Miss Grace E.
Hastings.
The many friends of Miss Joyce
Wright of Frankford, and Jack
Hastings, here, gave them a shower
at the Dublin Hill Community
House on Friday, November 6. They
received many lovely and useful
gifts. The young compile plan to be
married on Saturday, November IA.
Misses Charlotte White and Grace
E. Hastings attended the BPW
workshop in Dover on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Carey of Potts
town, Pa, visited his sister, Mrs.
Ella Warrington on Tuesday.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Warrington were Miss Joyce War
rington of University of Delaware,
Mrs. Hattie Sylvia of New Castle,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Seely.
The WSCS of Trinity Church will
meet at the Dublin Hill Community
House on Friday evening, Novem-
rbe 20.
The Trinity Church supper will
be held at the Community House
this Saturday, November Ia at 6 100
p. m.
Preaching at Trinity, Sunday.
November Is, at 10:00 a. m. Sunday
School at 11:0O a. m.