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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Births

The following births were re
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
MIR. and Mrs. Gilbert Althaus
Lafayette, a boy, Alan Kyle
born Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Klingler
Pandora, a boy, Dennis Dean
born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Span
gler, Bluffton, girl, Marcia
Lynn, born Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. James Heining-
er, Bluffton, a girl, born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy J. Stucky
(Marilyn Amstutz), Warsaw,
Indiana, a girl, Kathy Jean, born
June 2 in Murphy Medical Cen
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Willis j. Am
stutz are the grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Koerh-
ing, Fayetteville, Ark, a girl,
born June 3 at Washington Coun-
ty hospital. Mrs. Koerhing is the
former Eileen Haller, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Haller of
Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gilliom,
Saginaw, Mich, a boy, Todd Kew
in, born June 9. Mrs. Gilliom is
the former Mary Jane Burkhold-
er, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Burkholder. ....
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilhelm A. Am
stutz. Jr., a boy, Jeffrey Otis,
born in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr..
and Mrs. Wilhelm Amstutz are
the grandparents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Mrs. Vernal Corson Resigns
AS School Sec'y, Board Clerk

! available as reimbursement for
basic skill tests, for use in ac-
quiring equipment or materials
for strengthening science, math-
ematics and modern language
instruction, and for payment of
part of the salary of a student
counselor.
Five school bus drivers were
granted a $5 per month increase
for duties during the coming
year. They will receive 500 per
month instead of sos monthly as
in the past.
School cafeteria workers were
also granted a slight increase
for the next school year. They
will receive $1,000 per year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Load Limit Set
For Weak Bridge

A 5000 pound gross load limit
for the weakened College avenue
bridge over Little Riley creek
was set Tuesday evening by vii
lage council. The bridge will be
posted and a S. fine for viola
tons will be enforced.
Councilmen urged farmers
planning to use the bridge dur.
ing the oncoming harvest season
to find another route into the
local elevators. The bridges un-
derpinning is badly weakened
and any heavily loaded truck or
wagon is in danger when cross
ing the bridge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11

Mrs. Vernal Corson, for the
past five years clerk-treasurer
of the board of education and
school secretary, rendered her
resignation at the Tuesday eve
ming meeting of the board. 1t is
to become effective August 1.
Mrs. Corson, who had earlier
in the meeting been commended
for the faultless report of the
state examiners on her records,
said in her letter that she was
resigning this summer at the
close of her bookkeeping period,
when it would be most advan-
tageous for a new clerk to begin.
She said that there was no
particular reason for resigning
at this time, but pointed out that
the work of the position has
accumulated each year. She
added that changing high school
principals several times had
made her work more difficult,
and that she felt she needed a
change.
Mrs. Corson said that she
would be glad to assist her sue
cessor in becoming acquainted
with the duties. The post paid
a salary of $1,000 per year.
She added that it was a
pleasure to work with Mr.. Muir
ray and the board of education,
and a privilege to work with the
children.
The resignation was accepted
with regret upon a motion by DR..
B. w. Travis, which was Sec
onded by Robert Simcox.
The board also received sealed
bids from c. F. Niswander &
Son and from Brooke Motor
Sales for two new school buses
which will be purchased before
school reopens in September. The
bids will not be opened until
Thursday evening, tonight, be-
fore which a third bid may be
received from Bob Williams
Chevrolet, Inc.
The board moved to receive
the bids to be opened Thursday
for acceptance or rejection.
In other action the board
moved to approve application
for certain Federal aid funds
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11

Eve must find the source of
truth" DR.. Thomas E. Jones told
a record graduating class at
Bluffton college Monday morning.
Dr. Jones, president emeritus
of Earlh&m college in Richmond,
Indiana, was featured speaker at
commencement exercises. "The
Christian College in the Twen-
tieth Century" was the topic of
his speech.
College students must blend
the search for truth with a utili-
zation of what they have found,
the speaker said.
Some colleges are "super-
market educational institutions"
while others advertise the status
which their graduates achieve. In
interpreting the values of the
Christian college we must realize
that it gives an educational
background founded on God, he
continued.
America has undergone a revo-
luton durin geven a short life
time, as much of a revolution as
any of the European or Asian
countries has seen. This revolu-
tion, the fast change from agri-
culture to industry, will continue
as .ong as men have creative
minds, DR.. Jones told his audi
ence.
Fifty-seven diplomas were
awarded at the commencement,
with 20 other students scheduled
to receive degrees at the conclu-
sion of summer school also par
ticipating in the exercises. Fif-
teen students from Bluffton were
graduated.
Twelve June graduates were
honored by membership in Pi
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Music Hall
Construction
MACPHERSON

Construction of new music
hall probably will begin late this
summer, Bluffton college presi-
dent L. L. Ramseyer announced
during commencement exercises
Monday morning.
Expansion of facilities is one of
the colleges major problems,
the president said, as he an
nounced that a professional con-
sultant will work with college
authorities in planning a growth
program.
The consultant will be in Bluff
ton for two weeks in July to con.
fer with college officials. DR..
Ramseyer said he hopes to have
a long range expansion program
to reveal at Homecoming activi.
ties in the fall.
Construction of the new music
building will largely be financed
by gifts from Mrs. Lucy
Gilliom, the T. r. Schoonover
estate and the Campbell Soup
company, in addition to donations
during this summer.
Opening of the new wing OF
Ropp hall has temporarily solved
the college housing problem, but
new dormitories will soon be
necessary, DR.. Ramseyer said
He noted that it will probably be
necessary for students to live il
private homes again next year
"The golden years of an in
stitution must lie in the future.
DR.. Rarnseyer said in conclud
ing his | summary of the year
activities.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Elect Dale Huber
Legion Comm.

Dale Huber, a veteran of World
War II, who operates farm on
Route /, Bluffton, was elected
commander of Bluffton Post No.
382, American Legion, for the
coming year. He will succeed
William Mericle, present COM
mander.
Mr.. Huber will be installed
Monday evening, June Is, at the
regular meeting of the post.
Others who will assume duties
of office in the post are Frank
Steiner, vice commander; Lyle
Everett, adjutant and finance Of
ficer; the Rev. James Heininger,
chaplain; Quinten Burkholder, as
sistant chaplain; Harry Ander-
son, sergeant-at-arms; Stanley
Basinger, service officer, and
James Benroth, historian.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Use of Main st.
OK'd for Car Show

Temporary closing of Main
street for the automobile show
to be held August 1 was approved
by village council Tuesday eve
ming.
Main street between Elm and
Franklin streets will be closed
to traffic and parking from II
noon to 6 p. m. on the day of the
show. The three cross streets
will be kept open to handle the
traffic show.
Councils consent was given
after an informal survey showed
only three Main street merchants
opposed to the proposal to ban
parking on the day of the show.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Twice Weekly
Garbage Pickup
To Be Resumed

Twice weekly garbage colIec-
tons will be resumed Monday,
June 15, street commissioner
William Gaiffe announced Tues
day evening.
The dual collections will be
continued throughout the entire
warm season, he said. Con
tainers should be placed at the
curb every Monday and Thurs.
day morning.
The, twice weekly collection
was discontinued as an economy
measure last winter, with plan:
of continuing it only during the
summer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
May Employ New
Principal Tonight

BlufftOn high school may
get a new principal this eve-
ming, Thursday. The board Of
education, which has inter
viewed several applicants
for the post during the past
two weeks, was expected to
possibly come to a decision
on one of the applicants at a
special meeting this evening.
The board win also open
bids for two new school buses
which are to be purchased
before school re-opens i'm
September.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Local Church of Christ Marks
IOOth Year in SerDice Sunday

A day one hundred years ago,
when Button was unknown here
but the town of Shannon was
growing larger year by year on
the dusty turnpike leading into
Dixieland, will be recalled Sun
day when the congregation of the
Bluffton Church of Christ marks
the end of its first century of
history.
With special services including
the dedication of a new electric
organ, the anniversary will be
marked by the, local church on
Elm street.
Records of the congregation
show that the Bluffton church
was organized May %, 1859 at a
barn meeting on the farm of r.
H. Cox on the outskirts of town.
The young congregation lost
little time in planning a church
building, and on July 2, 1859 a
meeting was held at the home of
Jonathon Dunlap to consider
building the church in Shannon.
Thomas Murray and John Ew-
ing were chosen trustees and a
site was donated by William Ew-
ing, where a frame church build
ing was erected. The church was
dedicated by z. F. Green and
William Wilson, the record states.
AS the church grew and flour
ished, it was decided to move it
to the present location on Elm
street, and after being remodeled
and enlarged somewhat was dedi-
Gated again on the present site
on November 26, 1893.
On the church charter appear
the names of some of Shannon'S
earliest settlers. They include
the Ewing brothers, Berish, John,
William, Ben, Silas and Ralph;
the Dunlaps, Josiah and Jona-
than, Thomas Murray, r. H. Cox,
Jonathan Clark and their fami-
lies.
Other names appearing on the
early records of the church were
the Ferrells, Russells, Johnsons
and Bogarts.
Tn roll of ministers in the
100-year record of the church is
long one. Those who served
as pastors include z. T. Green,
Cana Call, Orrin Gates, ]. ".
Updike, u. M. Browden, George
Sims, Grant Speer, L. A. Warren,
E. r. Hill, M. c. Myers, Arthur
Nash, A. +. Ritter, Frank Custer,
J. c. Richards, F. F. Burgan,
]. B. Dunkleberger, w. A. Brun-
dige, L. j. Mercer.
And in more recent years there
have been E. J. Penhorwood, C.
A. Valentine, C. B. Tigner, Ray
Wolford, A. F. Stall, c. L. Co
hagen, Lee Remaley, G. D.
Bright, Milton Fronso, A. F. Len
hart, C. D. Read, James Haw,
Merrel Boggs, Robert Schumak-
er, T. J. Wilson, Frank Rams
dali and the present minister,
Paul McComber.
The church is also proud of its
(See Tooth Year p. 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
After Hour SWin,s
Banned by Council

After hour swimming par
ties at the municipal swim
ming pool and the Buckeye
quarry were banned by vii
lage council Tuesday evening.
A SIS fine for the first of
tense was provided in an
ordinance approved unani-
mously by the council. The
new ruling will take effect
Immediately. 1t bans swim
ming in the pool or quarry
when the pool is not open.
The action was taken on
the request of the village
recreation committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Policemen Thank
Beacon Purchasers

The Bluffton police department
has expressed thanks to the Ex-
Cello corporation and several
civic minded individual" who
donated towards the purchase of
a new beacon flasher for the new
police cruiser purchased by the
village.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
TO EDIT HANDBOOK

Ann Stauffer, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Paul w. Stauf-
fer, Bluffton, has been elect
ed editor of the 1859 college
freshman handbook. The book
is published under sponsor
ship of the Student Christian
association and the college
and distributed to freshmen
and new students.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
TRASH COLLECTION

The village trash collection
will begin next Monday noon,
street commissioner Gaiffe said.
Trash should be loaded in closed
containers and put at curb side
by noon on Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
Beaverdam Investigating
Municipal Water System

An engineers report the possibilities of munic-
pa water system will be presented to Beaverdam village
council next Monday evening
The preliminary survey will show the costs of the
project and the various methods of financing the nstaa
tions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-11
CHILDREN'S DAY PROGRAM

The Children's Day program
of st. Johns United Church of
Christ will be held at $50 a. m.
Sunday. The program is under
the direction of Miss Meredith
Stepleton, superintendent of the
children's department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
MAKING A MOVIE

O en!" said the director and Is teenagers
long enough to make movie called Tarzan Meets the Witch
Doctor wooded area-cOmpIete with tree house-near
Friendship Playground in the District provided
set and dialogue Pete Cain as
sstan playground director Scrptwrter director
for the 1Ominue film, which shown to
parents of the cast next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

pick out an article that had to be al
tered in major way? / don't believe
you would. think you would wait
until you we're sure that what you
were getting met your ideals as nearly
as possible. Surely, you want to be
even more cautious before you take
such a serious step as marriage.
From the way you speak, / would
say that you don't want to get mar
ried and that you are grasping desper-
ateiy for some excuse to get out of the
whole affair. Whatever you do now,
don't marry the boy with the idea of
making him over afterwards. think
you'd be disappointed with the re-
suits. since you already have reserva-
tions regarding this match.
Got question? Send it to me in care
of THIS WEEK Magazine, P. o. Box
1873, Grand Central Station, New
York IL, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

in high school and I Uant no sbon-time
marriage. sOant it to be for keeps. If
iUe married after school is out, soOuid l
find in short time our backgrounds
differed too much2 And ,could our edu-
cation difference Be a hindranoe2 My
parents say l can make him inh0t scant
him to be. BETTY, Keokuk, IOsua
. Betty, if you went shopping for
something that was going to play an
important part in your life, would you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

start hating her but then if she starts to
like me PH be hating her. Man, I'm in
trouble. RICHARD, NeW Orleans
. | believe, Richard, this girl is con-
fusing the word hate with the word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

another chase. In way, it's disease,
but just be sure you're not suffering
from its counterpart being attracted
to girls who make you suffer.
But if you're sure you really want
this girl, be patient and she'll run out
of targets. You might even find that
she will welcome the change of being
pursued = that is, if you're not too
out of breath by that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

ignore. I've known girls like her; they
can't pass up an opportunity to chase
boys who seem to be Indifferent to
them. Once the battle is won, they
drop the victim and start all over with
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Should they mowy7

DEAR DICK: Ihave gone steady Nth this
boy for one year. He neper asked me to
go steady. 1t tOas just a mutual under
standing, and neither Of US haze dated
Others or scanted to. NOW he trants to get
married and zoe haOe our parents APP
PrOVGI. I feel as though l IOUe him UeIy
much but / haze learned zoe haze pery
different backgrounds, and he only sOent
through the eighth grade. Tam a senior
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-03-19
Methodist Church To
Hold Extra Services

A change in time of services for
Palm Sunday and Easter to accom-
modate an extra service, has been
announced by the Rev. Charles
Goodwin, pastor of st. Paul's
Methodist church in Oakland.
Church school will begin at 8
a. m, with the first church service
at 10 o'clock and the second serv-
ice at Ills. The two services each
Sunday will be identical, using the
the same organist and choir AT
the Ills service on Palm Sunday
the sacrament of baptism will be
administered and new members
will be received. These additional
services also will be conducted on
Easter Sunday morning.
In addition there will be services
both Wednesday and Thursday
nights of Holy Week. There will
be Holy Communion at the Thurs
day evening service.
The Methodist church will joir
with other Protestant churches
of the area for the three-hour Coco
Friday service, at the Oak PARK
Church of the Brethren, from l;
O'Clock noon until p. m
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-03-19
New Park At Lake
To Open This Year

Deep Greek Lake State Park
will be opened to the public this
summer, according to William H.
johnson, district forester 1t has
been under construction for three
years.
Opening of the expansive area
on the Meadow Mountain side of
the lake is contingent on the
completion of the road to the bath
house and its parking areas, and
finishing the road to the camping
area.
Johnson said both of these prof.
Gets are under contract. The bath
house has been finished with the
exception of minor plumbing install
lations and the road to it is in
final stages. The area around the
bath house still has to be land
Scaped.
Two parking areas in the picnic
section have been finished and
numerous picnic tables have been
placed throughout the shady, lake
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-03-19

Defense command reported a
long range radar network being
build to warn against Soviet mis-
sile attacks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-03-19

toured the United Nations Build
ing in New York City this past
fall.
Some of you know Phyllis start
ed her career this past. summer.
She attended SCOTS Tri-State
Beauty Academy in Cumberland
and plans, after graduation from
high school, to continue for nine
months at Scots to finish her
beauty cou Sc. After the requir-
ed amount of time, she hopes to
establish her own shop.
Miss Coddington acted as a
model at a Cosmetologist COnven-
ton held in Washington, ID. c.,
where she received a Realistic
Permanent Wave.
During school hours she main
tains busy schedule: yearbook,
home economics, office practice,
English, bookkeeping. and P. o. d.
| have been opposite Phyllis sew
eral different debates and, may
say, she can put up some good
arguments.
/ find her interests and hobbies
to be interesting; latest styles, fash
ions, and, most of all, ''hair-do'
and "hair-color,' dancing and
writing letters to one special
"Greenleaf."
Phyllis is the third youngest
of five daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Coddington and lives on
Maple Street in Friendsvlle.
She is an active young teen-ager
in her church organization and
she is a member of the Grace
Lutheran Church where she serves
in the church choir and Luther
League
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-03-19
N e W S
FROM THE
Ruth EnIow Library
BY EDITH BROCK

The Library will be closed all
day on Good Friday, March 81.
Easter stories and poems from
Miss Friends room at Center
Street School are on display in
the young peoples room,
Books have been given to the
library this week in memory of
Danny Ray Miller, Edward M.
Weeks, and Mrs. John Dewitt.
DR.. and Mrs. Eugene Baumgart-
ner, DR.. and Mrs. Joseph Alvarez,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Harmed and
NJ. r. Garland have presented
books to the library
New books of special interest
during the Lenten season are
Peter Marshall's The First East
err" edited by Catherine Marshall,
Bishop Fulton j. Sheens Life of
Christ" Frank Slaughter's The
Crown and the Cross and April
Oursler Armstrong; The Tales
Christ Told" and Asbury Smiths
The Twelve Christ Chose.
Books about the Bible are al
ways in demand The 12-volume
Interpreters Bible" has proved
very useful to many students of
the Bible j. B. Phillips THE New
Testament in Modern English" is
a new translation combining in
one volume four of the religious
writer's earlier books.
Other recent books of interest to
students and teachers include
Great Ideas of the Bible" by
Lynip, Introducing the New
Testament by Archibald Hunter,
The Bible Speaks to You" by
Robert Brown, and Toward IN
derstanding the Bible" by Georgia
Hardness.
Light is thrown on Biblical his
tory, geography and life in such
books as Bamm's Early Sites OF
Christianity, Ilton's The Bible
was my Treasure Map" Van der
PIoegs The Excavations at Gum
ran" Glueck's Rivers in the Des-
ert," Westminster Historical Atlas
to the Bible, and Gordon's The
World of the Old Testament.
New novels based on biblical
characters are Solomon and She
ba" by Jay Williams, The Thorn
of Arimathea" by Frank Slaughter,
and The Unanointed' by Laurene
Chinn.