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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Fire Siren To Be
Moved To New Place

Fire Chief Guy Corson and
Councilman Wilbur Amstuz will
investigate the possibility of
mounting the fire siren atop the
town hall and removal from its
present location atop the Basing-
er building.
Mr.. Corson told Council Tues
day evening that the village had
been asked to remove the siren
from its former location by the
building owners. He d
that at one time it was felt that
the top of the town hall might
be too high for effective hearing
range.
After some discussion the mat
er was referred to Mr.. Corson
and Councilman Amstutz for
further study and report.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Gardeners Shouting Prize Posies
In FIOiOer Fete This Weekend

The annual Bluffton Flower
show, a bright spot on the COM
munity's summer calendar, is
set to open its doors in the Bluff
ton Elementary school Saturday
and Sunday under the auspices
of the Mems Garden club and
the Garden Study club.
Exhibitors were hoping for
some relief from the extremely
high temperatures of the past
week so that the colorful displays
would remain fresh through the
two-day show.
This years show will not fea-
ture fruits and vegetables so
strongly as previous years. Only
one section provides for displays
of fruit and vegetable baskets.
Junior Gardeners will also dis
play items from their community
gardens at the south edge of
Bluffton.
Approximately so different
classes are offered in II sections
of the show, which is under CO
Craftsmanship of Mrs. Darwin
Luginbuhl and Leland Gerber.
Entries are open to any interest
ed person. Membership in a gar
den club is not required.
Exhibitors must have their en-
tries at the school all-purpose
room no later than 10:30 a. m.
Saturday. The placement COM
mittee which includes Shirley
Reichenbach and Marjorie Mar
quart will be in charge of en-
tries. No entry may be removed
before 5 o'clock Sunday, closing
time for the show.
The show will be open to the
public from 2 until 10 pm. Sat-
urday and from l until S p. m.
Sunday.
The schedule committee has
(See Flowers p. 12)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Antiques Collected Locally
To Find Market in Odessa, Texas

a year to collect. Included are
25 pieces of refinished furniture,
painstakingly restored by the
Bluffton couple.
The Bluffton dealers have been
advertising in The Bluffton News
and Antique Trader, a publica-
ton of nationwide circulation.
Buyers and sellers have been
coming to Bluffton from a wide
area.
At Odessa they will stay with
Mrs. Reichenbach's sister and
brother-in-law, DR.. and Mrs. r.
A. Downen. They were accom-
panied on the trip by their daugh-
ter, Mary.
Upon their return the Reichen-
5achs win reopen their antique
business in about three weeks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
BlufftOn Youth Is Jr. ShOwmanship
Winner At Allen County Fair

Bluffton area youngsters were
bringing nome their share of blue
ribbons and honors from the AL
len County Fair early this week
as the judging got underway.
Young Tom Criblez, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Maurice Criblez, Route
2, Bluffton, a veteran of numer-
Gus county and state fairs, was
named junior showmanship win
ner. His Brown Swiss stock also
won both champion and reserve
for that breed.
Other entries of Criblez and
Ronald Barber of this community
also received "A" grades.
In the sheep show Monday a
Suffolk ram and eve owned by
James Hefner, Route 2, La
fayette, were declared grand
champions of the open class.
Gail Benroth, Route 2, Bluffton
also was awarded champion ram
ribbon in the Shropshire division.
In the junior fair poultry show
Monday, Melvin Augsburger of
the Bluffton Boys and Girls
club received a blue ribbon for
his pen of poultry.
The fair, which opened last
Saturday, has been drawing rec
ord crowds despite the exces-
sively hot weather.
Today, Thursday, will be the
final day with the big livestock
sale scheduled at 8 a. m. The
tractor pull is set for IL a. m.
in front of the grandstand, and
the evening show at 8 p. m. fea-
lures the Roroff international
All-Girl Auto Thrill show.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Beaverdanl, CIR
Schools Open
Next Tuesday

Neighboring Beaverdam and
Cory-Rawson schools will open
Tuesday, September l, school
officials have announced.
At Beaverdam Superintendent
Cindric said that classes will
start at 8:45 a. m. and conclude
at 3:55 p. m. Buses will operate
on the same schedule as was OBJ
served last semester, and will
start on their routes at 7:50 a. m.
A meeting of the faculty is set
for Monday.
The Cory-Rawson schools will
also open Tuesday for a full day
of instruction, Superintendent R.
K. Derrickson announced.
Dinners will be served in all
three cafeterias starting with the
first day of school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Beayerdam
Mayor Plane
Crash Victim

The village of Beaverdam was
shocked Friday morning to learn
of the tragic death of its Mayor
Donald E. Barber, 30, who was
killed in the crash of this crop
busting plane in a field near
Martin, Ottawa county.
Mr.. Barber and Clair HiIty,
both pilots of the Ohio busting
Co. of Pandora, were sowing a
rye field when the mishap oc-
Cured.
Mr.. Hilty, plotting another
plane and working the field with
Barber, said one of the wings
dipped, then the plane plunged
immediatly into the ground. The
wreckage burst into flames and
Mr.. Barber died instantly.
Volunteer firemen from Genoa
were called to put out the blaze
before the body could be re-
moved.
Mayor Barber was a candidate
for reelection to the same Of
flee at the November election.
and had held the top village post
since former mayor Frank An
derson retired in 1856. He was an
Army veteran of World War II.
He was also a member of La
fayette Masonic Sager Lodge No.
513, and Lafayette Eastern Star.
Born November IL. 1926 in Bea-
verdam, he was the son of E. S.
and Mary Evans Barber. He
married Mary Ann Billings who
survives with his father and step
(See EIayOr' p. I2)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Businessmen To Grown
Miss Buckeye SO Tonight

Who is Bluffton's ''fairest of
the fair?
A decision requiring the wis
dom of Solomon must be made
tonight, Thursday, by judges who
must make a selection of Miss
Buckeye of 1859 from among 32
young ladies competing in the
second annual beauty pageant
sponsored by the Bluffton Busi-
ness Mems association.
This years judges will also be
required to make an even more
difficult decision in selecting the
topranking little charmer in the
Tiny Tot Revue Of 10 pre-school-
age kiddies. And third feature
of the evening will be an old
fashioned bathing suit contest in
which there are at least six en-
tries.
Judges in this years event are
Clark Dozer, radio station am
nouncer and manager from Can
ton, Ohio, Miss Sally Allen, Ada,
who recently earned the title of
Miss Scioto Valley, and Mrs.
Arthur Orchard, WILMA announc-
er and former star in Our Gang
comedies.
The SRO sign is expected to
go up early in the evening, al
though an effort is being made to
reserve seating space for all bus
inessmen and employees and FAM
lilies of contestants, who attend
the picnic pot-luck beginning at
$50.
In the event of rain at supper
time, there will be no picnic, but
the beauty contest will be staged
at 8 p. m. in the high school
gymnasium.
The regular schedule for the
opening of the Tiny Tot Revue
will be 7:30, and the final event
and crowning of the queen is
timed for about 2 p. m.
Last years beauty contest win
ner, Mrs. Raeleen Bucher Green
await will present her successor
with a jeweled tiara, $25 mer-
chandise certificate and engrav-
ed loving cup from the associa-
ton and a corsage presented by
Herr Gardens and Greenhouse.
One late registration was filed
in the Miss Buckeye contest this
week, that of Miss Judy Oyer,
a senior of Bluffton college and
resident of Mara Alva house,
Bluffton. She viii be sponsored by
the Vida VideIEa Shop.
-Four additional entries in the
Tiny Tot Revue include Judy
Schmidt, three-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Don Schmidt of
Cherry street, sponsored by Le-
land Diller Insurance; Sherree
Lynn Hurlburt. four-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hurlburt, Route-1, Mt. Cory spon-
sored by Horseshoe Grill; Gym
thia Montgomery, four, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Montgom-
cry, sponsored by N. P. Steiner
(See Miss Buckeye p. A.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Vocation
Forum Set
For Sunday

Bluffton high school students
and those soon to enter high
school and their parents have
been invited to participate in a
Sunday afternoon forum on
Planning and Preparing for
My Vocation" The program
will be at the United Presbyter-
ian Church of Bluffton at 2 P. M.
Representatives from Wooster,
Heidelberg and Bluffton colleges
and the Lima Memorial Hospital
School of Nurses Training will be
present to address the audience
and counsel with students and
their parents.
The forum, arranged by the
church's Christian Education
committee and the Session, is
aimed at helping to provide ans
WerS on vocational questions.
Now is the time, the committee
points out, while students are
still in high school or even be-
fore they enter, to consider how
to prepare themselves for what
will come after high school and
also what courses in high school
will mean the most to them after
high school graduation.
Participating in the counSeling
program are John Purves, direc-
tor of admissions at Bluffton
college; Robert S. Cope, director
of admissions at Wooster college;
David Stearns, admissions con-
selor at Heidelberg college, and
Miss Florence Johnson, director
of nurses training at Lima Mem
orial hospital.
The group will conduct panel
discussion in the opening of the
meeting and will then counsel
with students in various rooms
of the church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27

A trailerload of early American
antique furniture and household
furnishings, most of which were
collected in the Settlement area
and other communities around
Bluffton, was on its way this
week to an antique auction at
Odessa, Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Reichen-
bach, who have operated Reich
enbach's Antique shop at the
rear of their residence on North
Lawn avenue for the past year,
are hauling the load of antiques
to the Cottage Inn Antique Cen
ter in Odessa. The entire lot win
be sold at auction to Odessa
area dealers.
More than 1000 pieces are i'm
cluded in the shipment. which
took the Reichenbachs more than
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
High School Sets
schedule Days"

Bluffton high school students
will check their schedules OF
study for the. upcoming school
term with Principal Roy
Schmunk on next Monday and
Tuesday, August 81 and Septem-
Der l.
Mr.. Schmunk said that seventh,
eighth and ninth grade students
will report Monday, August 81,
to arrange their schedules any
time between 9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Tenth, eleventh and twelfth
grade students will check their
schedules with the principal on
Tuesday from 9 a. m. until 6
p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Registration
Days Set For
New Pupils

Registration day for all stu
dents new to the Bluffton school
district with the exception of kin
dergarten pupils will be Tuesday,
September 1, and kindergarten
pupils will be registered by their
parents on Wednesday, it was
announced this week by the
school principals.
The principals office in both
school buildings will be open
from until IL a. m. and from
l to a p. m. for registrations
Tuesday.
The kindergarten registration
will be in the kindergarten room
from 9 until IL and / to A We'd
nesday, September 2. Parents
will register their children as fol-
lows: those living in town north
of Cherry street will register in
the morning; those south of Cher
ry street will register in the af-
ternoon.
In order to equalize the num-
Der of pupils in the two classes,
there will be a change in pro-
cedure for rural families. All
kindergarten children living west
of old route Is will register in
the morning; all living east of old
route Is will register in the af-
ternoon.
A tea for mothers of first grad
ers has been set for Friday, Au-
gust %, at 2 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27

be filed with the board of elec-
tons by midnight September Ia.
Councilmen were pleased with
the news that only a bare ma
jority of the votes cast will be
needed for passage. A similar
issue at the election last year re-
ceived SIS per cent favorable
vote, but because it had been re-
quested for five years, a go per
cent vote was needed for approx
al.
Council will submit the levy
proposal to the voters with a
"gentlemen's promise" that il
viii be earmarked for street inn
provements.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Council To Request Second
Interchange on Route Is

Bluffton village council took
steps Tuesday evening to seek at
least two access ways onto the
new State Route Is when the
four lanes of the highway are
completed.
Village solicitor Malcolm Bas-
niger was requested to prepare
a resolution from council asking
the State high department to
give Bluffton access to the high
way not only at the intersection
of State Route 103, but also at
the Bentley road intersection at
the southeast edge of town.
The call to action was sound
ed by Councilman Charles AUX
erman, who reminded council
that thus far plans of the high
way department call for only one
interchange at Route 103 and an
other at the GratZ crossing sew,
eral miles south of town.
Mayor David Riser agreed
with Alderman that Blufftor
should make every effort to gair
access at the Bentley road, and
other members of council ap-
peared unanimous in favoring the
proposed resolution which will be
voted upon at the September s
meeting.
Plans are also to have petitions
circulated through the commun-
ity, or to be made available for
signatures at the town hall. All
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Swimming Pool
Receipts Break
All Records

With nearly two more weeks
to go before the municipal swim
ming pool closes for the season,
gate receipts as of last Sunday
set a new record, Village Clerk
A. ]. B. Lengsdorf reported to
Council Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Longsdorf said that re-
ceipts from pool admissions to-
tailed S5,602.40 as of last Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION

The Allen County Heart council
will present a special training
film on up-to-date methods OF ar
tificial respiration to be applied
to accident and heart attack vic
tins, Richard Hill. Lima, presi-
dent of the council, announced
today. The showing is scheduled
for 7:30 p. m, Friday, August
% at the Lima fire department
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27

This exceeds by approximately
S1OO the mark set two summers
ago, and is approximately $500
more than was received last
year.
Excessive hot weather accounts
for the substantial increase in
revenue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Local Poultryn,an Develops NelD Type
Automatic Waterer for Chickens

enough advantages to want my
waterers when they see them,
Mr.. Burchtt said.
He believes they can be pro-
duced fast enough to sell for
about $40 each. Plans have not
been developed for marketing
them.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Mrs. TheOla Bonnet
To Speak on Hawaii

Mrs. Theola S. Bonnet, Bluff
ton high school teacher recently
home from a summer visit to
Hawaii, will be the principal
speaker at the first fall meeting
of the Bluffton Lions club Tues
day evening at the Horseshoe
Grill.
Mrs. Bonnet will give "A
Woman's View of Our Newest
State"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27
Births

The following births were re-
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Marlowe Wehrly,
Ottawa, a boy, Bret Dwaine,
born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Westall.
Mt. Cory, a boy, David Wayne,
born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Businger,
Jenera, a boy, Timothy Matthew,
born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Chidest.
er, Jacksonville, Fla, a boy,
Rodney Kenneth, born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Swisher,
Rawson, girl, Karen Sue, born
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jose Carrizales,
Pandora, a girl, Diana Ramos,
born Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Santiago Ibarra
Findlay, a boy, Roberto Florez
born Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reldon Schirch
Chenoa, H., a girl, Jennifer
Lynne, born August %. Mrs. Sch
irch is the former Marilyr
Cberly, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Reno Oberly of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-27

persons interested in seeing Sec
ond interchange established at
Bentley road, will be asked to
sign the paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

Help wanted? Not here-because (helpful
hint) anyone can serve up, in minutes, this
scrumptious Swanson TV Chicken Dinner.
It provides you with three meaty pieces of
tender-crisp, fried Swanson Chicken "a
portion of breast, wing and drumstick
or thigh plus creamy mashed potatoes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
ONLY Swanson TV Brand Dinners
make easy meals SO good

and garden-tasty mixed vegetables. both
topped with butter. Delicious! And it's only
one of six equally wonderful TV Dinner
varieties So let Swanson help you help
yourself. Only Swanson can make these
oven-quick meals taste so appetizingly
home-cooked.
Mad. only BY 6a@O6N Soup Company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
ScIerosis Society
PIuns Campaign

Miss Chloe Clifford, president
Of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs, has been elected
a director of the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Her election was announced
by Ralph C. Clock. president
Of the society.
Mr.. Clock also announced
that Mrs. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover will serve for the sixth
straight year as honorary ma
tional chairman of the 1859
MS Hope Chest. the Society's
annual fund campaign.
The campaign will run from
Mothers Day through Fathers
Day-May 10 through June 81.
Although a definite goal has
not been set, Mr.. Clock said
the society's minimum research
needs are 81 million a year.
Alfred N. Steele, board
chairman of the Pepsi-Cola
Co.. will be national chair
man of the campaign.
His wife. actress Joan Craw-
ford. will be chairman of wom-
ems activities, serving for the
third straight year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
GNU Debuters
Win Trophy
Over WIN

A two-man debating team
from George Washington Uni.
versity last night won the nth
annual Cherry Blossom Debate
Tournament at Georgetown
University.
Sophomores William Stuart
Is. Of Laurel. Md. and William
DAILY, 10. Of Doylestown, Ohio
defeated the College Of William
and Mary team III the final
round. They debated the affirm
alive side Of the topic, IRE.
solved. That further develop
ment Of nuclear weapons should
be prohibited by international
agreement"
The victory gave CIV perma-
nent possession Of the original
John Toohey trophy. Other
teams from the university had
won Jne tournament IN 1905
and 1854. A new trophy will be
put in competition next year.
Twenty-eight colleges CON-
peted in the tournament. The
Georgetown University Philo-
demic Society was named the
second best negative team. Its
pair were 21-year-old juniors
Walter Nicgorski of West Allis
Wis. and David Roxe Of Hemp
stead, N. Y. who was also named
the tournaments top negative
speaker.
The top affirmative speaker
was Sherman Fogel. 10, of the
University Of Pittsburgh. An
other award went to Ohio State
University as the second best
affirmative team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Woman, 26, Robbed
Of Purse on Street

A street robber snatched a
woman's purse from her hand
last night as she was walking
in the HOO block Of M street
NV.
Police said the victim, Mary
Fleet. 26. Of 1925 Twelfth street
NV. described the robber as
a colored man, about s feet
tall, wearing a brown topcoat
and gray hat. The purse con-
tanned $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
FALSE FIREPLACE
LEADS TO BLAZE,
$1,000 DAMAGE

A Fairfax County resi-
dent learned last night that
even imitation fireplaces
can cause fires.
Firemen from the Penn
Daw and Mount Vernon de-
partments reported that a
fire at 1891 Roanoke drive.
Bucknell Manor, spread
from a basement recreation
room to the roof and caused
an estimated $1,000 dam
age.
The origin Of the blaze,
investigators said, was a
large decorative candle
which had been placed
lighted in the easements
false fireplace. Somehow
the candle fame had ig-
nited discarded paper and
boxes behind the fireplace
facade.
The dwelling. which is
one-half of a duplex resi-
dence. was occupied by Mrs.
Bernice T. Qua and her
8-year-old daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Army Personnel
Warned on Polls

The Department Of the Army
has warned all personnel to
use discretion In answering UNI
solicited polls or missionaries
that might provide foreign in
-telligence sources information
that could be detrimental to the
national defense.
Department commanders, m
Guiding that Of the Military Dis
trict Of Washington, last month
issued instructions warning
personnel not to divulge such
information In answers to SEEM
ingly harmless polls. The direc-
tive pointed out that question:
naires are "a common espion-
age method" for gathering de-
Tense data, an Army spokes-
man said.
The directive did not forbid
answers but urged that discre-
ton be used. 1t repeated an
Army regulation that has been
on the books since 1858.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Polish President
Denounces Days
OF Illegal Arrest

WARSAW, Mar. IA (AP)-
President Aleksander Zawadski
today denounced the days Of
illegal arrests by secret police
in Poland and promised they
would never return.
His pledge was received with
cheers by delegates at the third
congress Of the Policy United
Workers (Communist) Party.
Many had suffered at the hands
of the secret police before the
political upheaval Of october.
1856, liberalized the Communist
regime and cut down Russian
control in Poland, he recounted.
Most prominent former VIC
tim present was Polish Com
munist Chief Wladyslaw Co.
mulka. This party congress.
which opened Tuesday, has
been a personal triumph for
the slight, bespectacled party
leader who was imprisoned
during Stalinist days. ,
Mr.. zawadski. generally con-
sidered a member of the more
conservative section of the
party. strongly upheld Mr.. Co
mulka's views on the need for
absolute legality"
Edward Ochab, Mr.. Gomul-
ka's predecessor as party chief
and once his rival, took the
floor to indorse all Mr.. Gomul-
ka's views on agriculture.
Mr.. Ochab. now agriculture
minister. assured delegates that
the party had no intention Of
forcing Poland's staunchly indi-
vidualist peasants into state or
collective farms, although COL
lective agriculture remained
the party's eventual goal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Bolivian Envoy Hits
Reporting by Time

still in a very bad situation
/ economically"
Despite our difficulties, d.
not discount the very real prog
ress we have made in many
directions" he added. citint
improvement in agricultural
production. health. education
road building and oil develop
ment.
Furthermore" he said, DO
livia has been-despite her
tremendous difficulties bull
wax of democracy and anti
communism and a staunch
friend of the United States.
SIS it not a pity that glib
misleading and Smart-alecky
reporting threatens TO tear
down something that is pre-
cious to US alp"