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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Plan Historic Interest Tours
For Summer Conference Guests

Visitors to the Centennial con-
ference of the General Confer
ence Mennonite church will have
numerous opportunities to get
acquainted with the Mennonite
area they are visiting.
One of the most active COM
mittees planning for the con-
ference August 1920 has been
the Tours and Historical exhibits
group under the Craftsmanship
of DR.. Delbert Gratz, Bluffton
college librarian.
Short tours of the immediate
area can be made any day of
the conference. Time for longer
tours will be allotted on the last
day of the conference. Each
days program allows time for
the tours.
Buses provided by the Superior
Coach corporation will be used
to provide transportation for
visitors taking the short, daily
tours.
Probably the most popular
short tour will be through the old
Settlement, the real heart of the
Bluffton-Pandora M Mennon t e
community. Mennonite farms,
homes and businesses will be
pointed out to the visitors.
Grace, St. John and EbeneZer
Mennonite churches as well as
the extremely old and simple
Reformed Mennonite church
northweast of Bluffton will be in
cluded on the tour. The location
of the first Mennonite church, an
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Da,Un-to-Dusk Program Offered
Sunday at Exciting Air Fair

A steadily moving program
that will keep flyers, motorists
and walkers entertained from
dawn to dusk has been planned
for the Air Fair being inaugu-
rated at Bluffton airport on
Sunday.
Combining the best of the old
ranch style Fly-In Breakfasts
with number of crowd-pleasing
innovations, the program will
begin at daybreak when the
earlybird flyers arrive to claim
the prize for first to land on the
field for breakfast.
The Bluffton runwayS will have
their busiest day of the year as
airplanes, helcopters and even
an old-fashioned hot air balloon
come and go.
Offer AerObatic Rides
Among the attractions of the
day will be the arrival of four
home-built miniature racing
planes piloted by Van Vert
fliers. Jim Rice, also of Van
Vert, will offer aerobatic rides
loop-the-loop, dives and other
thrills - for all who want to
stunt in North American ATS.
Other sightseeing rides will also
be offered.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Complete Plans for 5-Region
Historical Car Festival Here

Arrangements for the five
region Historical Car Festival to
be held in Bluffton Saturday
afternoon, August l, were COM
pieted at a meeting of the Busi-
ness Mems committee last Fri
day evening in the town hall.
DR.. Byron Mundhenk, secre-
tary-treasurer of the Buckeye
Region, Classic Car Club of
America, attended the meeting
to approve plans for the car fes-
tival.
Invitations are being extended
by mail to more than 500 owners
OF registered classic and antique
cars in the five regions which in
clude the Ohio Valley, Indian
apolis, Northeastern Ohio, Mich
igan and Buckeye.
E. F. Schmidt and holland Ben
roth, co-chairmen of the event,
have announced committees to
handle arrangements for the
afternoon event. They are:
II Dean Niswander, food chair
islan; Gene Schmidt, street dec
orations; John T. Warren, car
exhibition area; Dale Clark, street
blocks; Russell Brooke, parade
marshall; holland Benroth, park
ing of exhibition cars; Gene Ben
roth, Paul King and Clayton
Bixel, registration and publicity.
A chicken buffet will be served
in the American Legion hall for
all exhibitors and guests from 3
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25

Of new pump and office build
ing which they proposed earlier
this year. IF sold the building
must be given up by the village
within one year.
If council decides to lease the
building it would not be neces-
sary to lease the small part now
being used by the water depart
ment.
Mr.. Harkness noted that the
old boiler room in the plant had
been leased to the F. c. Russell
company of Pandora for nearly
two years at SIS per month.
The Ex-Cell-O corporation has
leased the turbine room for $50
per month but the company has
spent more than S4,500 in re-
modelling the room to meet their
needs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Two BlufftOn
Businesses
Change Spots

One Bluffton business COM
pIeted its move to a new location
this week and another has an
nounced plans to change location
early in July.
Steiner General Repair service
has moved into a newly con-
structed building on Vance street
next to the Bluffton Builders
Supply. The new concrete block
building replaces their old quar-
tiers at the corner of Vance and
Jefferson streets.
While the repair service was
in the process Of being moved
Paul King, owner of Nationwide
Insurance, announced his plans
to move to a downtown business
location on July 6.
The insurance agency will oc-
cupy the old Commercial Bank
building between The BIuffton
News and Millager's Cut Rate.
Until recently this space was
used by the Mario Beauty Salon.
Mr.. King has been conducting
the agency from his own home
on South Main street but he said
the expanding business made it
necessary for him to find larger
quarters. The Nationwide agency
will open for business in its new
quarters on July 6.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Births

The following births were re-
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Core,
Rawson, a girl, Cathy Sue, born
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lugibihl,
Pandora, a girl, Jennifer Jean,
born Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pedro Rojas,
Bluffton, a girl, Rosa, born Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Anspach,
Findlay, a girl, Roberta Jean,
born, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Harshe,
Pandora, a boy, David Marshal,
born Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25

A hehcopter will also be or
display and take off on several
flights, and an unusual one-mar
helicopter will be a part of the
ground display provided through
the courtesy of the City Loar
Co. of Lima.
Breakfast and Barbecue
Highlighting the morning &C.
tivity will be a hot breakfast OF
pancakes and sausage for arriv.
ing pilots, guests and spectators.
The public is urged to motor out
and participate in the breakfast
which will be served for a $1.25
donation.
From noon until A p. m. a char
coal grilled chicken barbecue
will be served by the Bluffton
Business Mems association al
$1.50 per plate donation. A free
chance to win a Shetland pony
will be given with each barbecue
ticket sold.
Among the booth displays OF
various local business firms in
the wooded picnic area at the
port will be the Jaycees' dunk
ing stand. Prominent Bluffton
Citizens are dropped into a tank
of water when baSeballs thrown
by spectators hit the bullseye.
The road approaching the air
port will be blocked by permis-
sion of the Hancock county
Sheriff's office, and parking for
automobiles will be provided at
so cents per car.
Huge Crowd Expected
Fourteen deputies have been
assigned to assist in handling
traffic, and more than 100 men,
bers of the sponsoring Business
Mems association and Bluffton
Flying club will be on duty to
handle the show.
Big feature of the afternoon
during the chicken barbecue will
be an old fashioned hot air balloon
ascension. Spectators will be per-
mitted to view the preparation
activity of filling the large 100
ft. high balloon with hot air, and
the take-off by balloonist Claude
L. Shafer, who will return to
ground by parachute.
The big balloon has been
granted temporary priority over
all 13 airways passing over
Bluffton during the afternoon,
and the Findlay airport will
alert airline pilots of the exact
moment of the ascension.
(See Air Fair p. Al
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
BlufftOn Amateur Radio Club
Enters National Field Day Contest

The Bluffton club will set up
their equipment at Buckeye park
and will operate code and phone
transmitters on all amateur
bands using the club call letters,
WSAPJ.
Maynard Geiger 0KSMND, ac-
tivity manager of the club is in
charge of the project. Bryan
Basinger (W8GIJ) is president of
the club.
All licensed amateur operators
of the club will participate in the
event. The public is invited to
attend and view the emergency
equipment in operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Second Beauty
Pageant In
Planning Stage

For the second year, Bluffton' S
most attractive young ladies will
vie for the title of Miss Buckeye
SO in the bathing beauty contest
sponsored by the Bluffton BuSi-
ness Mems association Thursday
August 27.
The show, which proved the
highlight of the businessmen S
annual picnic last year, has been
tentatively set at the Buckeye
Park swimming pool pending
approval of the recreation COM
mission.
E. James Szabo of Steinman
Bros. Lumber Co., chairman of
last years beauty pageant, has
agreed to handle the program
again with the assistance of
Gene Benroth, executive secre-
tary OF the association.
General chairman of the outing
is Paul M. King, Nationwide In
surance representative, who is
vice president of the 10O-mem-
Der association.
Last year "a girls were spon-
sored by Business firms in the
contest. The winner was Miss
Raelene Bucher, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Bucher.
Included in the afternoon and
evening program will be a pot
luck picnic supper for associa-
ton members employees and fam
lilies.
To accommodate a large crowd,
plans are to build a special elevat-
ed ramp over the pool on which
the contestants will parade dur
ing the judging. Spectators will
be seated on both sides of the
pool under this arrangement.
More than 700 persons jammed
the pool area last year to wit
ness the pageant.
Additional plans will be dis
cussed at the Business Mems
meeting scheduled Thursday eve
ming OF next week at the c. F.
NisWander & Son implement
store.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Little Leaguers
Punmel HarrOd

The Bluffton Little LeaguerS
pummeled Harrod 164 last week
with all IL local players figuring
happily in the action.
Starting pitcher John Mericle
went all the way, doing out four
hitters to the hungry Harrod
hitters while registering seven
strike outs.
Bluffton got only eight hits but
a series of errors an bases on
balls helped push their score sky
high. Mike Reichenbach raped
two triples and a single to lead
the hitters and Sam Reineke had
two singles.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Sam Diller Awarded
Law School Degree

Samuel Diller, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leland Diller of Cherry
street, received the bachelor of
law degree in recent commence
ment exercises at Ohio Northern
university.
After taking a refresher course
at Columbus this winter, Sam
will be up for the bar examina-
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25

The Bluffton Amateur Radio
club has announced its intention
to enter the National Field Day
competition sponsored by the
American Radio Relay League
Saturday and Sunday, June u
and %.
The competition is an annual
event, and thousands of Hams"
and radio clubs from all parts
of the country partake in various
phases.
Purpose of the contest is to
try out mobile and emergency
communications equipment un-
der conditions that would simu-
late disaster conditions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Smucker, DHIer
Attend Workshop

Michael Diller, editor, and
Mary Smucker, assistant editor
of next years Cutlass at Bluff
ton high school are attending the
annual journalism workshop at
Ohio university, Athens, this
week.
One of the outstanding schools
for high school journalists in the
country, the workshop attracts
topnotch instructors from the en-
tire state.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Stores To Open
Friday Night
Before Fourth

BlufftOn retail business
firms will continue to observe
their Thursday afternoon clos
ing next week prior to the
Fourth of July week end, but
will remain open on Friday
evening, Walter Beck, chair
man of the retail division
announced Monday.
Mr.. Beck said that the
same procedure will be fol-
lowed before the Saturday
holiday as was followed prior
TO Memorial Day. The de-
cision was made after polling
a representative number of
Main street merchants, he
said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25

to 6 p. m. by courtesy of the
Business Mems association, and
a special Bluffton Exhibit plaque
will be presented each exhibitor.
Cars on exhibition will be in
three classes: II Rare classics
of the 1925 to 1912 period. q
Antique Cars of the roaring
twenties. - Special interest cars
of any year including the famed
Tucker, LaSalles and others.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
BARBECUE TICKETS

Chicken Barbecue tickets
with attached free chance on
the Shetland pony being given
away Sunday at the BlGfftOn
Air Fair are on sale at most
BIufftOn business firms this
week. The pony will be given
away at a drawing Sunday
afternoon at 4 p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
PIANO RECITAL

Piano pupils of Mrs. E. James
Sz abo will give their recital Fri
day evening at 7:30 in the First
Methodist church. The public is
invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Village May Again Request
Extra Taxes For Operation

Bluffton voters will probably find rounic;nol o,,4
ing levy on the November ballot village officials indicated
Tuesday evening.
Village solicitor Malcolm Basnger said Tuesday eve
ming ne is preparing tax levy ordinance for the council
1t must be passed by council and submitted to the county
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Ran,seyers Sailing
Home from Japan

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Ram
seyer will return early in August
on a years leave from mission
ary duties in Japan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25

early farmhouse used as a hos
pital and other land marks in
local Mennonite history will be
pointed out.
One feature which may strike
many visitors will be the roads
which they travel. Every road in
the area is hard surfaced and
none of the tours will be guided
over unpaved roads. This is eX-
tremely rare in many parts of
the United States.
Evening star., 1959-11-03

man who sponsored the bill leg
alizing boxing in. Washinton.
was among the first to recall
old associations with Lake.
Walker Speaks
Mickey Walker. the onetime
boxing great, cut UP old touches
with Jimmy. Heinie Miller, re-
tired District boxing commits
sioner. spoke his piece. as did
Joe Haynes, vice president Of
the Washington Senators.
DR.. Jerry Graham, the wres-
tier, was one Of the hits of the
afternoon, telling Of the affec-
ton in which all his associates
hold Lake. And later, at last
nights wrestling show at Uline
Arena, Graham was in the
group that presented the
world Champion Announcers
Belt" to Lake.
Bill Werber, the baseball star,
presented flowers to Jimmy
And in keeping with the light
ness of the occasion. the flow-
ers were growing out of an ole
brass spitoon that once grace
Jimmys' Ninth street night
club.
Evening star., 1959-11-03
Brogun Named
DODGERS Coach

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 8 (AP).
-Brash Bobby Bragan returns
to the scene Of some Of his
more colorful exploits next sea-
son when he assumes a coach
ing role with the Los Angeles
Dodgers.
The one-time Hollywood
manager in the Pacific Coast
League was named yesterday
to replace Charlie Dresser, who
recently signed to pilot the Mil
waukee Braves.
Bragan. AZ. played eight
years of major league ball and
managed two terms - Pitts
burgh and Cleveland. He was
head man at Hollywood for
three years and piloted Spo-
kane in the Pacific Coast
League last season.
Evening star., 1959-11-03
Horvath Ties
Geoffrion in
MIL Scoring

MONTREAL, Nov. 3 (AP).-
Boston's Bronco Horvath clicked
for five points last week to move
into a first-place tie with Ber-
ME Boom BOOM .Geoffrion of
Montreal in the National
Hockey League scoring race.
The Bruins center collected
four goals and one assist to
boost his point output to is.
according to figures released by
the league today. Geoffrion,
the leader a week ago, was linn
tied to one goal during the
week.
Andy Bathgate of the New
York Rangers is tops in assists
with IL.
Terry Sawchuk of the De-
troit Red Wings still has the
lowest goals-against average
among the net-minders. He
has given up Is goals in II
games for a 1876 average. Saw
chuk also is the shutout leader
with two.
The leaders:
Evening star., 1959-11-03
A Codfishermon Reminisces
A N D

dock, toting your smelly cod
in a gunny sack. With all due
respect to the devotees of fly
rod and spinning gear, OF which
we are one, those were happy
trips. sg-as -
With all this in mind. we
made haste to call Capt. Talbot
Bunting and others at Ocean
City. 1t boils down to this
There is some late fall and win
ter codfishing, but it is carried
on by only one or two party
boats, notably Capt. Ed Brex
Pisces.
There are no scheduled trip:
and if anyone was interested
he would do well to keep in
touch with Brex. When the
time comes, we hope to &
along. COVELL
Evening star., 1959-11-03
Syracuse Picked
Top Team in East

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (AP).-.
Syracuse, Penn State and Army
were the unanimous 1-2-3
choices in that order yesterday
in the weekly balloting for the
Lambert Trophy. emblem of the
major college Eastern football
title.
Syracuse (6-0) had a perfect
score of 10 points in the voting
by coaches, writers and sports
casters. Penn State had 9 and
Army 8.
Syracuse and Penn State
meet Saturday at University
Park, Pa, homegrounds of the
Nittany Lions.
Behind Army came Boston
College, So; Navy, ST.; Pitts
burgh, SO; Holy Cross, 3.4;
Penn, 80; Yale, 81, and Boston
u, 1.5.
Evening star., 1959-11-03
Two Good HuuIs
Of Rock Reported

Just when it seemed that
very few rockfish would be
taken this fall, we have q re-
port out Of Chesapeake Beach
that three Rockville anglers
made a phenomenal catch.
The three fished out of the
Rod n Reel with Capt. Gene
Hunt on the Gail D. They were
Cy Campbell, Walt Coback
and Henry Dietle. Trolling the
Diamonds about noon and the
Gooses in the afternoon they
brought in 110 fish, some
weighing up to the 15-pound
limit. Total weight was 394
pounds.
Later, Elmer Justh of Falls
Church, Peter Brady and
George Sanders of Springfield
and Lee Bergstrom of Silver
Hilt called to say they had
caught 48 rock weighing 8 to
8 pounds fishing with Capt.
Taft Tippett Just above st.
Jerome's Greek.
Evening star., 1959-11-03
OW.LING
WITH ROD THOMAS

George Ray, 603, for Shirley;
Ed Pugh, GIL for Fair Lanes
University and Joe Kovish, GOT,
for Bonfire.
The standings: Pentag o n
City, 1876: Fair Lanes Uni
versity, 1911; Shirley, 1913;
Bonfire, 1912: Greenbelt, IL
13; Congressional, 10-11;
Wheaton, 9-12; Fair Lanes
Baileys, 9-12 and Silver Hill,
8-16-
The race for individual hon.
ors contrasts that of the teams
viii Vidlock, the PAGER with
1872, is only two sticks ahead
of Clark, seven ahead Of Joe
Castaldi and II ahead oi
Charley Robinson. The nexi
two are Zok, 197-l5, and Verr
Ashbacher. 1910.
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Youthful Duey Hippeard il
out front in the competition fol
a spot in the BPAA Nationa
match game championship
With a six-game score of 1888
rolled at Pentagon City anC
Rosslyn, Hippeard topped 8;
others. His 670 at Pentagor
City was high for the round.
Others in the first eight ART
Bob Martinin, 1884; Vidlock
1922: Rube Scheidt, l174, ant
Joe Clark. 1155.
Saturday the field will fire a
Z pm. at Shirley Bowl and a
10 pm. at Alexandria Tenpins
The hosts Sunday will b
Pentagon City at ! pm. AMI
Rosslyn at 10 pm.
After "a games the field vii
be cut to eight, who will shoe
a round robin final under tn
Petersen point system.
Evening star., 1959-11-03
The leaders:
USGA Gives Cornell
81 Junior Amateur

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (AP).-
The United States Golf Asso-
citation has completed its
championship schedule for
1861 by assigning the Junior
Amateur championship to the
Cornell University course,
Ithaca, N. Y, August Us and
the Senior Amateur to the
Southern Hills Country Club.
Tulsa, Okla, october 2-7.
The USGA also set the 1861
public links championship as
July 1915 at the Rackham
Golf Course, Detroit.
Evening star., 1959-11-03

Recently we had a rather
interesting inquiry from a
reader. It went thus:
while I was in Ocean City,
Md, this past summer I was
told that some of the boats go
out in deep water about this
time of year for Goldfish. have
never seen any information in
your column about this type Of
fishing and would greatly
appreciate it,"
Being an old codfisherman Of
the New England clam-dunk-
ing school, we made haste to
investigate. There's nothing
particularly sporting abou t
hauling a Goldfish from 10 to
Is fathoms or more of water.
but to anyone who has ever
been on a party boat out of
Boston or points north. there's
a certain fascination to 1t.
Up there you can go Goldfish
ing all summer. Further south,
out of Long Island and North
Jersey, it's a cold weather
sport.
Out of the New England
ports, you may and probably
will catch haddock. mud hake
silver hake, cusk, pollock and /ol
assorted sculpins or dog sharks
along with the cod.
i =
Silver hake aren't worth the
catching and mud hake not
much better. Best are the pol
lock, which are a gamy fish and
fair eating. Haddock rate
higher in eating qualities than
cod but we don't know why.
Dogfish are the worst. They'll
take a hook on one side of the
boat and swim around it
entangling every line on board
Neither a dogflsh nor a sculpir
is edible.
The big boats 60 out on the
briny, anchor and while vol
and your stomach roll, gently
or not, you bait each of two BIZ
hooks with two or three whole
claims, tie on 8 ounces of sinkel
and throw the whole mess ovel
the side. Uppity fishermen uset
boat or surf rods but the tru'
devotee stuck to hand lines
Sort of hand-to-hand comba
If you latched into a Is or 80
FOUNDER.
Meantime, some enterprisinl
soul was around collecting dol
lar bills for the pool on th'
. biggest fish. 1t always was th'
biggest thrill land bigges
racket of the trip. We know
personally of two fishermen
/ who made a career of goinI
! out every day just to win tn
pool. Say a crowd of so. That
, $50. Not a bad days work.
! \ =
And then at noon, just whel
the rip tide had made you
! stomach do fiip-flops to tn
! point that you didn't want +
think of food. the bowls Of fisl
chowder came around.
The fish chowder was brewe
in the ships galley-a concoc
ton of cod or haddock caugh
: that morning, salt pork. onion
Il cubed potatoes and milk.
: ships biscuit floated on top. 7
!. even a seasick stomach,
smelled heavenly and taste
Z twice as good.
I And then, when the trip Wa
/, over and the boat back in por
'Iyou trudged proudly tp th
Evening star., 1959-11-03
Roy Mcmillan
Has Operation

CINCINNATI, Nov. 3 (AP).-
Roy Mcmillan, veteran Cincin-
natl shortstop. was operated on
yesterday to correct a condition
caused when he broke his coll
larbone in a game last Au-
gust IL.
DR.. Dale Fox, the clubs sur
geon, said the trouble was iT
the left clavicle. He said Nc
MILAN should be ready for
spring training.
Mcmillan broke his collarbone
when he tagged Billy Bruton
of the Milwaukee club as he
slid into second base. He did
not play the rest oNthe season.
Evening star., 1959-11-03
Historylund Club
Plans Dedication

The HiStoryland Hunt Club
of Alexandria, which does its
hunting down in Westmore-
land County, Virginia, will
dedicate a new clubhouse at
Oak Grove at 8 pm. Friday.
The club also will choose and
crown a Hunt Club Queen,
award prizes to winners in its
wildlife food patch contest and
show a wildlife movie.