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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Beaverdam Water
System Report
To Come Monday

A once-delayed report on the
possibilities of a municipal water
system for Beaverdam will be
delivered at the village council
meeting Monday evening.
The community gave munich.
pal water 9S percent support in
a petition sponsored by the Bea-
verdam Lions club this spring.
After hearing the results of the
petition the village council
authorized an engineers study
which will reveal the cost of any
water program for the commun-
ity.
Backers of the proposal point
out that it would make Beaver
dam more attractive for indus
trial and residential building and
would probably lower fire in
Surance rates for the village.
The report was originally
scheduled to be given last month
but was delayed when the en-
gineer was hospitalized.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Promotion Plans
For Historic
Car Show Ok'd

Unanimous approval of pro
motion plans for the Historic
Auto Show to be held here Angus
1 has been given by officers oI
the automobile groups taking
part in the exhibition.
American Legion rooms in the
town hall will be rented by the
Business Mems association to
serve as headquarters for auto
exhibitors and their parties.
Plans are underway to decorate
the business section in appropri-
ate manner for the occasion,
with special music from the
town hall public address system.
The conglomeration of rare and
unusual automobiles will be eX-
hibited in Bluffton's downtown
business section in a roped off
area from the town hall to the
post office. A street parade will
be held at 4 p. m. to give the
public a chance to see the cars
in operation.
A page size circular and a let
ter from the Bluffton Business
Mems association will be mailed
to over 500 owners of the rare
classics and antiques, the prides
of the Roaring '20s and special
interest cars of any year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Radio Club Makes
Contact With SO
Stations Sunday

The weekend field day con
Quoted by the Bluffton Amateur
Radio club was a marked sue
cess, club officials reported this
week.
The club contacted SO different
amateur radio stations in Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Louisi-
ana, Florida and other states be-
tween 4 p. m. Saturday and 4
p. m. Sunday.
Contacts were made under
simulated emergency conditions.
Equipment was set up at the
Buckeye park.
Two transmitterS were used in
the operation, one on phone and
code on the Is, 20, 40 and 80
meter bands and the other on
phone on the six meter band. The
club call letters W8APJ were
used.
Club members participating in
the event were Maynard Geig-
er, Bob Miller, Bill Shifferly, Bill
Edwards, James Benroth, Bryan
Basinger, Lloyd Brauen, Bob
Benroth, Fred Grismore, Cloyce
King and David Barnett. Many
ham" visitors from Lima, Ken
ton, Ada and Lafayette were
present as well as local people
who viewed the equipment under
operating conditions.
The project was under the su-
pervision of Maynard Geiger
(K8NIND, activities manager of
the club. Bryan Basinger (W8G-
ID, is president of the club.
The event is an annual affair
set up by the American Radio
Relay league to test ham"
equipment under emergency con-
ditions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02

Bluffton's first Air Fair, a
development of the six-year-old
Fly-In Breakfast at Bluffton Air
port, won the enthusiastic ap-
proval of nearly 1900 persons
who flew, drove or walked to the
big all-day event last Sunday.
The event opened officially two
minutes after dawn, at ABA a. m.
when John w. Simmons, Belle
fontaine, set his Tri-Pacer plane
down on the Bluffton runway as
the first guest of the day. 1t
closed in the neighborhood of 6
D. m. after Dwane Robertson,
indianapolis, Ind. made his sue
cessful balloon ascension and
parachute drop in face of a
strong wind, which delayed the
launching nearly two hours.
In between these two events
the day was filled with fun and
good fellowship in festive at
mosphere. Early arrivals enjoyed
a sturdy breakfast of fapjacks
and sausage in the airport woods,
and by noon the menu had chang
ed to charcoal grilled chicken.
Coolest Spot in Town
Despite temperatures ranging
well into the nineties through
the afternoon the breeze swept
woods was one of the coolest
spots in the area.
Arrangements for handling the
large crowd went like clockwork.
At one time more than 1000
autos were counted in the park
ing lot and a total of $50 air
planes were registered, according
to Harold Carey, airport mana
ger.
The large number of planes
arriving and leaving the airport
were handled expertly by Mr..
Carey, Miss Dorothy Anderson
and a corps of Bluffton Flying
club members. Radio communica-
tions worked without a flaw for
port to plane calls, and airport
to the registration desk in the
wooded area manned by Don
Reams and his helpers.
Motorists who reached a peak
inrush after the church hour,
were quickly parked and placed
aboard farm wagon trains for,
transport to the picnic area and
other various points of interest
at the field.
Bluffton businessmen, who CO.
sponsored the event with the n.y.
ing club, manned the refreshment
stands, helped park cars and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Darrell Huber Will Attend
Work Camp in Ecuador, S.A.

Darrell Huber, one of this
springs Bluffton high school
graduates, will be flying from
the Miami, Fla. airport Tuesday
aboard the Ecuatoriana for a
summer of work and adventure
in the little South American
country of Ecuador.
The Bluffton youth will be one
of six young people from Ohio,
Illinois, Pennsylvania and Texas,
who will be aboard the plane
bound for Quito with a probable
stop-off at the Panama Canal
Zone. The group will attend a
summer work camp at the
Church of the Brethren Mission
in Ecuador.
The project upon which the
group will be working is at San
to Domingo, not far from Quito,
the country's capital, which lies
in a mountain basin 16 miles
from the equator. The city, how
ever, is at an elevation of $500
feet assuring cool evenings.
After the fiVe-Week work camp
project, the young people will
have an opportunity to take a
Today tour before returning
home. They expect to see much
of the country since it is the
size of Ohio and Indiana togeth.
er.
In this land of contrasts,
the lowlands of the Pacific, higf
plateau of the Andes with snow
capped volcanoes and the steam
ing rain-soaked Amazon jungle
the group is looking forward tC
seeing how Panama hats are
made, where the balsa logs are
exported near the Pacific, and
the market places in each town
where native fruits and hand
made products are sold.
The Brethren mission field was
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02

A two-year adventure in edu-
cation administration on the
Pacific island of Guam will begin
late this summer for Mark Hou-
shower, former New Bremen
school superintendent, and his
family, all of whom are well
known to the Bluffton COM
munity.
Mr.. Houshower has accepted a
post as program consultant for
Guam schools working with the
director of education J. r. Trace
and Oscar Musgrave, superinten-
dent.
The New Bremen family is
well known here since both Mr..
and Mrs. HORSEPOWER are both
Bluffton college graduates and
Mrs. HORSEPOWER is the former
Margaret Berky, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. w. Berky of Spring
street.
The appointment was accepted
by Mark because it fitted in with
his plans to obtain a doctorate
and teach educational methods on
a higher level.
His duties will include visits
to 21 elementary schools on
Guam, the high school and eventu-
ally new high school and junior
high. He will give demonstrations
of teaching methods, conduct
workshops for teachers and in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02

First hint of a breakdown on
drivers who follow fire trucks
and ambulances came Monday
evening when 35 drivers on their
way to fire in Beaverdam were
halted by village police.
Automobiles began to stream
after the two fire trucks as they
left the village and swung out
the Bentley road towards US 25.
At the highway intersection the
village police had set up a block
and were checking each car as
it passed. Through traffic was
passed on but local traffic, fol-
lowing the fire trucks, was turned
back.
The officers took auto license
numbers and drivers names but
police chief William Gaiffe said
Tuesday morning no citations to
mayors court were made.
The chief said he stopped 35
cars and q of the 35 were
local people. He estimated that
another 25 cars backed up and
drove away when they saw the
mass warming system was in
progress.
At the height of the lineup
cars were backed up solidly from
the US 25 intersection all the
way to Main street and then up
Main street to the residence of
DR.. NJ. d. Soash.
Mayor David Riser said Tues
day he would seek IAN ordinance
with teeth in it" to prohibit the
fire truck and ambulance chasing
which has become an annoyance
to local officials. He said he
would bring the matter to the
next council meeting with hopes
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Beaverdam Bldg.
Burns, BlufftOn
Firemen Called

Bluffton fremen were called as
a precaution Monday evening
when flames destroyed garage
at the Robert Moritz home at
the corner of Pearl street and
route 696 in Beaverdam.
Spontaneous combustion caused
the blaze, Beaverdam fire chief
Walter Beck said Tuesday morn
ing. Neighbors had smelled burn
ing rags during the entire eve
ming but were never able to find
the flames.
The garage burst into flames
shortly after 9 p. m. Two bottles
of LIP gas at the rear of the
building, which adjoins a row OF
garages, posed a real hazard if
they should explode and the
Bluffton truck was called to be
on hand if an explosion should
occur.
A passerby, noting the flames,
drove the Moritz car away from
the garage just as the fire was
starting.
The night fire was the first
chance the Beaverdam fire de-
partment had to use their porta-
BILE power plant to illuminate the
fire scene.
The building was total loss.
It was insured for $3.50. Mrs.
Bertha Williams was the owner
of the property.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
New Pastor
Is Assigned
To St. Mary's

The Rev. John T. Hiltz, new
assistant pastor of st. Anthony's S
parish, Columbus Grove, has
been assigned to conduct the
weekly services in st. Mary's
Catholic church, Bluffton, it was
announced this week.
The local church will again be
under jurisdiction of st. An
thongs parish instead of the
Findlay parish as in the past
several years. The Rev. C. J.
Yeager, who formerly was as
signed to Bluffton, is now pastor
of st. Anthony's.
Father Hiltz was born in Lake
wood, and attended st. Paul's
elementary school in Norwalk.
He was graduated from Norwalk
high school. After receiving a
bachelor of science degree from
Xavier university in Cincinnati.
he undertook graduate study in
philosophy at Catholic university,
Washington, D. c.
In 1857 he received his icen-
tiate in sacred theology.
He was ordained on May 30 in
the Cathedral of the Most Holy
Rosary in Toledo by the Most
Rev. George j. Rehring, bishop
of the Toledo diocese.
Father Hiltz will officiate al
his first service here Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Births

The following births were re-
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Brew
ster, Route l, Jenera, a girl,
Holly Sue, born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Corn
wall Jr., Findlay, a girl, Wendy
Sue, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hauen.
stein, Bluffton, a boy, Todd Rich,
ard, born Tuesday.
y \ s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Wohlge'
muth (Janice Diller) of Sterling
Ka., boy, Craig Allen, born
June % in Sterling.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02

stitute testing programs for the
children of the 10000 people who
live on the island.
Of this number, 10000 are
native and 10000 are from other
countries. The school system is
integrated and English is the
universal language on the island
which is 80 miles long and from
four to eight miles wide.
After the two-year period is
over, the family is hoping to
complete the tour around the
world on the return route to the
United States.
Upon their return, Houshower
plans to re-enter graduate school
and continue work on his doctor
ate.
A native of Lancaster county
IN eastern pennsylvania, Hou-
shower was graduated from
Bluffton college where he re-
ceived his bachelor of arts degree
and from Bowling Green State
university, where he acquired the
masters degree.
Mrs. HORSEPOWER, who has been
teaching in the New Bremen
schools, also expects to teach in
Guam. ...
The HORSEPOWER children, Tina,
6, and Hans, 7, are also looking
forward to their next two years
of island life.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Auxiliary Buys
Oxygen Tents
For Hospital

Two new oxygen tents, which
will cost approximately $l,4OO'
will be furnished to Bluttton
Community hospital from pro-
ceeds of the recent Hospital
Auxiliary membership drive and
the chicken barbecue.
Mrs. Reese Huber, hospltal
s1perintendent, has ordered the
new equipment, it was reported
this week by the auxiliary Of
ficers.
The chicken barbecue OF two
weeks ago netted a total OF Stoz
compared with total OF SoOO
raised by the same type project
a year ago.
The regular quarterly meeting
of the Auxiliary will be held
Tuesday, July ID, at 2 p. m. in
the hospital dining room. Several
matters of urgency will be dis
.cussed, and a good representa-
ton of members is requested.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Harmon Field
Project Makes
Good Progress

Barring unforeseen weather
conditions the newly regarded
Harmon Field should De in play
able condition come the opening
Of the football season in Septem-
Der, school officials were con-
fident this week.
1T is possible that the sod will
not be heavy enough to permit
use of the field for practice, but
it appears that it viii be ready
for the high school and college
games at least" said Maurice
Bell, president of the board of
education Tuesday following an
inspection.
Mr.. Bell said that the rain
Tuesday evening and Wednesday
appeared to have been a great
benefit to the growing grass. It
was possible Tuesday to shut off
the sprinkler for the first time
in several weeks.
A Travel Rainmaker, a sprink-
Ter which evenly applies water to
the entire field, travelling along
wire, has been running con-
tinuously during the dry weather.
! The rye grass used as cover
for the more delicate bluegrass
is already getting high, and the
smaller blades of grass appear to
be coming up evenly all over the
: field. The weeds, which outgrow
everything else, give the field
rough appearance now, said Mr..
Bel, but these can be easily
controlled later.
Extra topsoiI spread over the
field has entirely eliminated
stones, and the delay caused by
an earlier battle with stones in
the grading has given the field
adequate time to settle.
Mr.. Bell said that the general
grading looks excellent, and he
feels that Bluffton will be proud
of the field when the football
season opens this fall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Estimate 1000 Fly, Drive
To BlufftOn's First Air Fair

direct traffic, served breakfast
and dinner and assisted general
ly. Herbert Conrad headed the
businessmen's committee.
Crow Wins Pony
One of the highlights of
the afternoon was the giving
away of the prize pony,
chances on which were held
by all who enjoyed the bar
becue dinner. Winner was
Robert Grow, BIuffton, opera
tor of Crows sc to 81 store
on Main street.
Another prize, a large pic
mic table, was given away by
Steinman Bros. Lumber Com
pany, one of the woodland
booth exhibitors. We of
the picnic table waspre- lbur
Renner, Columbus Grcss
Scores of other prizes were
distributed t h oug hout the
(See Estimate p. y
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02

HUI AIR BALLOONING may be old grandpa,
was to spectators saw Prof. Claude
Shater launch his giant balloon with nephew Robrt
SON aboard late Sunday afternoon Bufon Air Fair
First photo above shows Shafer dashing
trench fire, sending great flames into the balloon.
Second photo shows the 1OOft bag sraining
held by ground crew of volunteers. strong
hcu to initiate the balloon without burning by
flame. &
Third photo shows Dwane swinging trapeze
own balloons and parachutes.
Fourth photo shows the big bag rising in the air at about
800 feet minute strong wind carrying
away from the airport. m.s ..
Fifth photo shows the chute opened
scendng to field north of the Route
picked by aired attendants Meanwhile, bottom
weight the balloon quickly collapsed fell
Chutist.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Four After Hours
Swimmers Fined

Four after hours swimmers, in
cluding one lifeguard, were fined
$5 each by Mayor David Riser
after being arrested at the NUM-
cipal swimming pool late Friday
evening after the pool had closed.
Three weeks ago the village
council passed an ordinance BAN
ming swimming after the pool
was closed and lifeguards were
not officially on duty, citing the
safety factor involved. The pool
will be locked after closing hours
and warning signs will be posted
by the village recreation COM
mittee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Rogers School Gets
Bible School Money

A missionary collection OF
$19.51 at the Beaverdam Bible
school was donated to the Robin
Rogers school in Lima, it has
been announced by the director
Mrs. Beverly Wiesenmayer.
Assisting in various ways al
the Beaverdam church program
were Rev. Oscar Burdette, Rev.
Paul McComber, Mrs. Stanley
Barber, Mrs. Robert Zimmerman
and Evan Lehman.
Total enrolment at the school
was los.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Mayor Seeks Breakdown on Drivers
Following Fire Trucks on Calls

of getting action then.
The mayor pointed out the fire
trucks and ambulances need all
the room they can get in travel
ing to and from disaster scenes
and the glut of automobiles could
hamper operations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
BlufftOn Stores
Open Friday Mite

Bluffton retail stores will re-
main open until 9 p. m. Friday
night enabling shoppers to obtain
their last-minute needs before
the Fourth-of-July holiday or
Saturday.
Most stores will observe the
regular Thursday noon closing
but all food stores and others
normally open Thursday will re.
main open as usual.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
Canadian Open Golf
Films To Be ShOUn

Color and sound movies of
the 1857 and 1858 Canadian
Open golf tournaments will
be shown next Tuesday eve-
ming at the BIufftOn golf club,
pro Ken Mast announced this
week.
The public is invited to the
showing, which will be held
under the stars starting at 9
p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
RE.ELECTED PRESIDENT

Harold Klingler, Bluffton repre-
sentative of the Prudential In
surance company, was reelected
president of the Lima Life Un-
derwirters at a meeting of the
group Friday evening of last
week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02
NEW PRESIDENT

Mrs. Ruby McCarty, new pres
ident of the Bluffton American
Legion Auxiliary, was installed
in office at a recent meeting of
the organization at Legion Hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-02

opened in 1916 snessing medical
help, education and improved
agricultural service including the
Heifer Project to identity them
(See Ecuador. D. 10)
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loves his flag, follow me!' The exhausted,
defenseless men followed the officer straight
into the Austrian lines, and Dunant watched
them die, one by one, under murderous
enemy fire.
But even in the heat of battle, he saw
few signs of compassion. Horses, more
merciful than the men on their backs, tried
to pick their way carefully to avoid stepping
on the wounded and the dying" he wrote
later. And he watched a wounded dog drag
its way painfully across a blood-drenched
field, to die beside his unconscious master.
After Is hours, the Austrians began a
disorderly retreat from the battlefield. The
28-year-old Austrian Emperor stood directly
in front of the retreating men and ordered
them back into battle. They ignored him
and showed their way past, holding their
arms high in the air.
And a, 600 casualties
Forty thousand men did not walk away
from the field. They were the wounded and
the dead.
Stretcher-bearers made their way across
the enormous battle-ground, searching for
the living among the piles of dead. Dunant,
completely forgetting his personal plans,
rushed after them and grabbed one end of
one Of the stretchers.
As Dunant - Continued on nett page
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World

ordered him to head in the direction from
which the sounds of battle were coming.
On June "a, Dunant reached Castiglione.
Napoleon was out in the field, smoking
nervously and comforting with his generals.
The reverberation of cannon fire shook
the earth beneath Dunant's feet.
Where's the battle?" he asked.
''Just over the hill, SIR a guard an.
swered.
Dunant went to the peak of the hill and
looked down on the battlefield of Solferino
"a scene which he never forgot as long as
he lived.
A AShf TO dsosh
THE French rushed forward like storm
sweeping from the plain" he wrote later.
During the torrid midday heat, the fight.
ing grew more and more furious. Whole
divisions threw off their knapsacks in order
to be able to charge the enemy more freely
with fixed bayonets. Every mound, every
height, every rocky crag was the scene of a
fight to the death. Soldiers felled their
enemies with rife butts, crushing skulls,
ripping bellies open with saber and bayonet.
1t was a struggle between savage beasts,
maddened with blood and fury"
He saw French officer whose men had
used all their ammunition reach for battle
flag, and heard his shout: Every man who
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MAN WHO STARTED ~. Henri Dunant, Jtomn at
right in his '70s was 81 the day he stumbled onto the
field of SoLfennO - the event which changed his
life and is described here. For founding the Red
Cross he received the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
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