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Evening star., 1959-02-15

camera near a birds nest this
spring. Rig up a remote con-
troll release (string or fine
wire). for the shutter so you
can take pictures of the
feathered ones at a sufficient
distance to prevent frighten-
ing them away
~ II
Close in on your subject.
Some simple cameras can be
focused for short subject-to-
camera distances, but you can
still take close-ups by. using
a. closeup lens over the reg
. ular lens.
~
Bothered by overcast days?
Don't put your camera away
Just because the sun is veiled
by a few clouds. Overcast
days are. fine for picture TAX
ing of houses and other
buildings because the problem
of harsh, contrasty shadows.
is eliminated. But be sure TO
expose fully for these shots.
Allow at least one stop more
than normal, and. see if you
aren't pleased with the re-
suits.
e
q: Do your snapshots have
tilt-itis? Better observe care
fully through the finder next
time. Keep your eye right on
it until you've clicked the
shutter; so you'll be sure OF
keeping your camera straight
and square.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
Regular Contests.
Shifted for Tourney

To avoid conflict with the
upcomine City of Washing
ton tourney. several area du-
pllcate clubs have advanced
the dates OF. their regular
m on tt ly m ster point
Evening star., 1959-02-15
PHILATELIc NEWS
Smithsonian Shows
Lincoln on Stamps
BY BELMONT FAIRIES
Star Stamp Editor


Abraham Lincoln domi-
mated the philatelic news last
week as Americans cele-
brated the $50 anniversary Of
his birth. -.
An exhibition. of Lincoln
on stamps, arranged by
the Smithsonian Institutions
. Division of Philately and
Postal History. opened in the
Arts and Industries building
as a part of an extensive his
torical display honoring the
Civil War President.
United States and foreign
stamps picturing Lincoln,
revenue stamps, envelopes,
essays. proofs, Civil War pa
triotlc covers and related
material will remain on view
through February.
In Hodgenville, KY, the
post Office nearest Lincoln!s
birthplace, the l-cent green
stamp Of the sesquicentennial
set went on sale Thursday.
George M. Moore. executive
assistant to the Postmaster
General. took. part in cere-
monies at the birthplace ana
at a luncheon in the Larue
County High School at
Hodgenville. The stamp is
based on George P. A.
Healy's "beardless Lincoln"
portrait, painted from life in
1860 and now owned by the
Corcoran Gallery Of. Art
here.
Ghana, the new republic
on the West Coast of Africa
which was the original home
of most American Negro
slaves, issued three stamps
Evening star., 1959-02-15
Frederick Come :
Set Next Sunduy

Next Sunday many area
fans will be of to Frederick,
Md, to celebrate George
Washington's Birthday with
or without a psychic bid or
two, and to vie for Frederick
Bridge Clubs open pair title.
The two-session event, at 1880
and $50 pm. win be held at
the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
Highest combined-session to-
tai will win, as there is no
Qualifying round, according
to Mike Goldstein, director.
Permanent prizes will be
awarded.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
STAMP CLUB
MEETINGS
MONDAY

Northern Virginia Stamp
Club, 8 pm, Recreation Gen.
ter. 1853 East Broad street.
Falls Church. Va. Robert P.
Alexander, a director Of the
International Society for
japanese Philately, will speak
on the stamps of Japan.
WEDNESDAY
Collectors Club Of Wash
ingt0n, 8 p.m.,' Odd Fellows
Temple, 4l9 Seventh street
NV. Auction.
Evening star., 1959-02-15

Lincoln, now in the rotunda
Of the Capitol, will be issued
February 27 in New York
City. Postmaster era !
Summerfield is to speak at
ceremonies in the Great Hall
of the Cooper Union. 1t was
here that Lincoln delivered
the Cooper Union address"
which made him a national
political figure and led to his
election as President.
The last Of the Lincoln set
will be the Accent blue pic
turing a part of the Lincoln
M morial statue, to be
released here on May 80.
y -
Walter at Astoria
L. Rohe Walter. special
assistant to the Postmaster
General, represented the
department when the .4-cent
green oregon. centennial
stamp was placed on first
day sale yesterday at Astoria.
Oreg. Mr.. Walter spoke at a
luncheon following the CEN
tennial observance in Asto-
ria, and again in the after
noon at a ceremony in the
rotunda of the State Capitol
at Salem. The final 'celebra-
ton of Statehood Day was a
banquet at Portland with
Vice President NIXON as
speaker.
Alaska First Day Day Totals
A record for air mail first
day covers was set when the
7-cent Alaska Statehood
stamp was placed on sale at
Juneau January 3. The final
total was 489.752. with 753.-
57l of. the new stamps sold
at $52,749.97. The previous
high was 386.7l7 covers can
celed when the Scent Alex
andria bicentennial air mail
went on sale at Alexandria.
Va. in l949.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
Alaska First Day Day Totals
Seaway Stamp. Date

Date of issue for the st.
Lawrence Seaway stamp will
be June 26. when President
Eisenhower will join Queen
Elizabeth in dedicatory cere-
monies at st. Lambert Lock
near Montreal. No decision
has been made on the first
day post Office.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
New. Issues

CUBA.-One Of Fidel Cas-
tro's bearded. rebel soldiers
and the Cuban flag are pic
tured on a 2-centavos red and
black stamp issued to COM
memorate the Day of Lib
eration," January /. 1859.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Tractor Starts
Fire At Homer
GratZ Farm

Bluffton firemen were sum-
moned to the Homer Gratz farm
Wednesday morning at 7:3O to
extinguish a blaze in the machine
shed which started when Mr..
Gratz attempted to start his
tractor. Sparks from the machine
ignited gasoline and caught the
gas tank afire.
Arden Slotter, Mr.. GRATIS SON.
in-law, pulled the burning tractor
from the building by attaching a
chain to it from his auto. The
men then fought the building
blaze with buckets of water car
ried from the barn, about Is feet
away.
Bluffton firemen quickly ex-
tihguished the tractor blaze with
a carbon dioxide extinguisher
and put water OH the shed. A hole
was burned through the shed
roof, but the damage was rela-
lively small.
The Gratz farm is located on
the fire map of Richland town.
ship at A-97.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
PIANO RECITAL

Public school pupils of Mrs.
Pearl Bogart Mann will appear
in piano recital at Ramseyer
chapel at 2:30 p. m. Sunday,
March 8. The public is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Sale Of SO
Auto Tags
Opens In Rush

Auto license tag sales were off
to a brisk start Monday and Tues
day when nearly $50 passenger
car owners picked up their new
red and white tags at the deputy
registrar headquarters in the
Vance Paint and Awning store on
Vine street.
Deputy Registrar Gerald Swank
said that the sale started in the
w series and that approximately
800 tags are still reserved for
persons who are waiting for GER
tain favorite numbers easy-to-re-
member. Many Bluffton motor
lists have held the same license
numbers for many years.
The plates may be placed on
the auto Immediately after pur-
hase, but they must be displayed
by April l.
The Bluffton agency will sell in
excess of 1900 tags before the
deadline arrives. Last year a new
record was set here when 2.188
plates were sold by deadline. This
broke a previous record of 2,050
tags sold in 1855.
Mr.. Swank said that he will be
able to accept truck license ap-
plications only until March is.
This is the first time in recent
years that truck owners were
able to make application for
these tags locally.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Judge Rockey
To Address PTA
Monday Evening

Hon. Paul Rockey, judge of the
Allen County Probate court, will
be the principal speaker at ne..k
Monday evenings Parent-TeachA
er association meeting at 8
O'Clock in the high school.
Judge Rockey, who will speak
on the topic, Discipline" will be
introduced by James Hicks, a
member of the program commit
tee, who is associated with the
probate court.
The meeting will be opened
with deVotions by the Rev.
William Won Brauchitsch, and a
special flag ceremony will be
presented b. Girl Scouts of
Troop 189, who will be observing
Girl Scout Week. Mrs. Clayton
Harkness is the troop leader.
In charge of advancing the
colors will be Susans Lehman,
Charlene Main, KathX Osborne
and Linda Swank. Cynthia Weav-
er will give the commands, and
the colors will be retired by
Sharon Dirmeyer, Margo Reich
enbach, Luanna Shelter and JAN
cite Benroth.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
BE Boosters
Aid Campus
BIacktop Job

Tickets for the $5-per-plate
Bluffton College Booster banquet
were placed on sale with a large
committee of boosters this week
with the promise that each ticket
sold will, in effect, provide ap-
proximately three square yards
of blacktop surface for the drive
and parking area at Founders
hall.
Continuation of the blacktop
project launched last year is the
object of this years banquet pro-
ceeds.
The banquet is generally re-
garded as a means by which the
Bluffton-Pandora area residents
can show their appreciation for
having the college located here.
1t is expected that this years
banquet attendance may break
all records because it will be the
Boosters only project, because
students are being admitted at
half price, because a special chill
dren's ticket is being issued on
the family plan, and because an
unusually good program is Of
fered after the dinner.
The program win include a
concert by the 40-voice Capital
University Glee club instead of
the customary address by
prominent speaker. The Glee club
presents a wide variety of mus
ic, both sacred and secular. Sc
lections range from "A cappe1a"
religious works and folk songs,
to semi-popular and modern num-
bers.
The club, which has become
widely known since its organiza-
ton in 1906, is directed by Prof.
Wilbur E. Crist. Mr.. Crist adds
about Is new members each
year, and membership is OBJ
tanned only by those who know
how to sing and enjoy singing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
City Officials
Pull Shift as
Night PatrOImen

Mayor David L. Riser,
who as executive head Of the
village government is charged
with maintaining law and
order, took the matter liter
ally in his own hands Tues
day evening when he sub
stituted for Night Patrolman
Wade BechteI.
His honor and Councilman
Wilbur AmstutZ split the
graveyard" shift from mid
night until 5 a. m, making
the rounds in the police
cruiser. Up until midnight
Police Chief william Cattle
patroled in the absence of the
night watch.
PatroIman Bechtel was
granted the night off to go out
of town on a family errand.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
SpOrtsmen Ok $1,000 Order for Trout,
other Ganefsh for Annual Derby

Fish will be stocked in Buckeye
quarry lake by the truck loads
for Bluffton's sixteenth annual
Rainbow Trout derby, Fred
TschantZ, president of the Bluff
ton Community Sportsmen's club,
has announced.
Prior to the derby opener on
Sunday afternoon, May 3, $3.50
worth of famed Castalia rainbow
trout will be placed in the lake.
A total of $1,000 worth of trout,
Lake Erie pickerel, jumbo perch,
and walleyes will be ordered this
week by the restocking commit
tee headed by Ralph Augsburg
err, Lawrence Hosafros and John
Gilbert.
The fish will be live-trucked to
Bluffton in aeriating tanks owned
by the Sportsmen's club.
The derby will again be CO.
sponsored by the Sportsmen's
club and the Bluffton Business
Mems association. Joe Goodman,
vice president of the sportsmen's
club, will contact advertisers for
sponsorship of tagged fish.
Four big rainbows will be
tagged with the numbers l to A,
and each will be good for SIS
in cash for the lucky angler who
checks them in at derby head
quarters. The derby runs through
the summer until Labor Day
when all claims for prizes must
be made.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Church Breaks
.CrOundSunday
For Addition

The congregation of the First
Missionary church of Bluffton
will conduct a formal ground
breaking ceremony for their new
church addition Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
AS the Rev. Robert Dye, Sr.,
pastor of the church, turns the
first spade of earth to formally
open construction work, he viii
be assisted in the service by the
Rev. Clifford Grabill, first pastor
Of the local church, and the Rev.
Robert Welch, predecessor of
Rev. Dye.
Also participating in the
ground-breaking program will be
Gideon Niswander, a layman who
was active in the beginning of
the church, and the Rev. Clar-
ence Gerig, MICA Home secre-
tary, who will give the message
as principal speaker.
Special music is being arranged
for the event with the Rev. Har-
Ian Wright, of the Pandora Mis-
sionary church, who will sing a
solo and sing in a special quar-
tet number.
Construction work is scheduled
to get underway on the project
just as soon as the weather per-
mits. John Klay is the general
contractor,
The addition will be az feet
wide with a depth ranging from
21 to 28 feet. The addition will
be erected with sandstone front.
1t includes an assembly room in
the basement, Sunday School
classroom and pastors study on
the second floor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Births

The following births were re-
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
DR.. and Mrs. F. D. Rodabaugh,
Bluffton, a girl, Dorthea Lois,
born Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McDou-
gall, Rawson, a girl, Joanna
Kay, born Friday.
Nm. and Mrs. Ted Croft, Bluff
ron, a girl, Pamela 10, born Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Colds
berry, Beaverdam. a boy, Rod
ney Wayne, born Saturday.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Rettig,
Rawson, a boy, Roger Dee, born
8 Snday.
Ir. and Mrs. Antonio Honesto,
McComb, a boy, Mateo Saldana,
born Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Nigh, Nc
Comb, a girl, Julie Ann, born
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Marquart,
Dunkirk,, a boy, born Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Bucher
Carolyn Stonehill3 Berea, Ohio.
have adopted a two-year-old
daughter, Denise Carol. Mrs.
Bucher is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Stonehill of Bluff
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Add Attractions
To PTA Festival
Friday Night

A Record Hop for the high
school crowd and movies for the
children are two more attractions
added to the already jam-packed
program announced for the PTA
Spring Festival this Friday eve
ming at the high school.
The Record Hop will be held
on the third-floor corridor from
s to II, and admission will be
35 cents per couple, according to
Sharon Johnson, chairman of the
planning committee. Milt Lee,
disc jockey for the college radio
station, will be in charge of the
music.
The festival will open at $50
with supper being served in the
cafeteria. In addition to all of the
usual carnival attractions there
will be Western Style square
dancing in the gym. -.
Tickets sold for the many at
fractions will have stubs. These
stubs are to be saved for a draw
ing of valuable door prizes at
about 7:45 p. m. -
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
To
Aid Conference

At the conclusion of DIR.
Robert Kreider's talk on
plans for the Triennial Meet
ing of the Mennonite General
Conference in BIufftOn this
August, members of the Busi-
ness Mems association, went
on record as wishing to assist
In any way possible to make
visitors welcome to BlufftOn
and insure their having an
enjoyable time here.
A committee will be ap-
pointed 70 work with the
college planning committee
on the project.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Business AIerted to Impact
OF $500 Conference Visitors

Businessmen in Bluffton and
surrounding communities were
alerted to be prepared for an un-
usual furry of business about the
time they usually expect the mid
summer doldrums when the 35th
Triennial Meeting of the General
Conference Mennonitee church is
held here August Il to 20.
DR.. Robert Kreider, Bluffton
college dean and chairman of the
summer conference, explained
the expected impact an influx of
1000 to 1,500 conference visitors
will make upon Bluffton in
short talk before the Bluffton
Business Mems association We'd
pesday evening of last week.
This viii be the largest crowd
of visitors ever to decend upon
the community at one time, and
they'll be staying over a period
of eight days. DR.. Kreider inn
pressed.
1--WE are hopeful that businesses
such as garages, filling stations,
restaurants, snack shops, news
stands, barber shops, tourist
homes, etc. will be alert to
the need for their services during
this period" DR.. Kreider said.
Undoubtedly this many people
in the village will place a strain
on all such facilities in Bluffton
and for several miles around. We
hope that vacation periods for
help will be scheduled SO that
ample personnel will be on hand
during the convention period" he
added.
The business mems group was
told that Lima catering service
had been engaged to provide
and evening meals for
the convention visitors, but many
will choose to eat their meals in
local restaurants.
Explaining plans for furnishing
lodgings for the visitors. DR..
Kreider said that the majority
will be housed in dormitory |
rooms provided on the local cam
pus, at nearby Ohio Northern Uni
in Ada, and at Findlay
college khers will be housed in
the HI of Mennonite church
He that reservations are
also b made to take all
tourist 4 IS and motels within
a wide radius of Bluffton.
(See Business, on p. 12)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Hear Report on
Two-Way Radio
For Police Dept.

1t would require an eXpendi-
ture of at least $500 to provide
a rudimentary two-way police
radio system for the Bluffton de-
partment, ii was reported at a
meeting Of the Bluffton Business
Mems association.
Lester Niswander, chairman of
a committee investigating the
possibility of improving village
police communications, said that
the study in its early stages had
come up with the $500 figure
tentatively. This amount would
provide two combination radio
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05

receiver-transmitterS which could
be operated from a fixed station
o. from a mobile police cruiser.
Each unit would cost about $3.50.
Mr.. Niswander added that an
additional $35 would be required
for an antenna tower at the fixed
station.
He added that a more COM
plete report would be made af-
ter the committee had completed
its investigation.
Number one problem would be
manning the fixed station since
the police department cannot af-
ford a full-time desk man to ac-
cept calls.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Diversion OF
MilkfromPage
In Third Week

-Four employees of the Page
Dairy company Bluffton plant
were laid off this week as the di-
version of milk from the local
plant by area farmers entered
its third week.
Don Kagy, manager of the
Bluffton plant, explained Tuesday
that the crew was kept busy the
first two weeks of the shutdown
by general maintenance and
plant improvement work, but it
became necessary to lay them
off as the condition continued in
to the third week.
The area farmers, all MEM
berS of the Northwestern Cooper
ative association halted deliver
les February Is as a result of
disagreement over the price to be
paid by the dairy.
Milk, which previously was
picked up from area farmers for
delivery to the Bluffton receiving
station, is now being hauled to
professor in Lima.
According to Glenn Wagner,
Northwestern Cooperative Sales
association manager, Page is the
only dairy in the Mansfield area
which has refused to agree to
new price terms for milk deliv-
cred in February and March.
Under the federal milk market
ing order for Cleveland, to which
prices in Mansfield are pegged,
the dairies would have been per-
mitted to cut by As cents per
hundredweight the price they
paid to farmers for February and
March milk retailed in fluid
form. All the dairies but Page,
said Mr.. Wagner, have agreed
to maintain the January price
level.
Henry Page, head of the Toledo
dairy firm, said that the actual
price paid by his company to its
Mansfield suppliers has been
higher than that o fother dairies.
He said he had guaranteed to
meet the price any of them could
get by shipping into the Cleve-
land market.
Mr.. Wagner, however, said that
if Page did not join the other
diaries in ignoring the Ascent
price drop on Class / mix =
that is, milk to be retailed in
fluid form - there would be a
price difference that would wreck
the agreement. Page would be
getting its Class / milk at a
cheaper price than its competi-
tors, he said, and other dairies
would demand the same treat
ment.
The newest development in the
situation is that Mesa has OBJ
jected to Page shipping milk
from Toledo to its Mansfield plant
to make up fo rmilk diverted"
by farmers from Mansfield. The
diverted supply is that picked
up in the Bluffton area through
the local receiving station.
The outgrowth is that Mesa
farmers in the Toledo area are
threatening to cut off the supply
to that point A series of meet
ings are to be held today and
Friday among the farmers to
consider diverting milk from
Page in Toledo.
Robert Gosline, attorney for
Page, said Monday that the COM
pany had agreed to halt ship
of milk from Toledo to its
Mansfield plant. None would be
shipped from Toledo to Mansfield
after Wednesday, he said
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
DIR. Ramseyer States
Kansas Meetings

DR.. L. L. Ramseyer, president
of Bluffton college, is leaving for
Newton, Kansas, Monday. The
following day he will attend spe-
cial subcommittee meetings of
the Executive Committee of the
Mennonite General Conference,
in the morning. That afternoon
he will attend meetings of the
Educational Institutions commit
tees. He will return from Kan
sas on Thursday, March II.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
Visits Cincy Schools

Jack Purves, admissions coun-
sellor at Bluffton college, visited
the Lima Senior high school on
College Night, Tuesday, March
3. Mr.. Purves spent yesterday
and today in Cincinnati, visiting
the Wyoming, Greenhills, Marie
mont and Lockland high schools.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-03-05
TO OPERATE CANTEEN

The Blue Star Mothers, Bluff
ton Chapter %, will assist in the
operation of the Servicemen's S
Canteen in Lima this Saturday.
Persons wishing to make con-
tributions are asked to contact
Mrs. Eva Kohl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-30

ice benefits or indemnity bene-
fits. Second, some employees
may feel that they do not need
as much protection and should
not have to pay for coverage
that they do not want. With
the various plans and options
you will be able to choose one
which best fits your needs.
@. How will I be able to de-
eide which option or plan il
best for me?
A. Before the law becomes
effective. you will be given
literature explaining the bene-
fits of each plan and each op-
ton. You will then be able to
select the plan or option you
like best.
COST
@. I have health benefits
now. Will I be able to save any
money II I enroll under the
new law?
A. II you enroll in a plan
or option with approximately
the same benefits you now
have. you would save money
because the Government will
be contributing part Of the cost
you now pay.
However. many employees will
be able to enroll in a plar
which offers much better bene-
fits and will cost more than
the plans they now have. But
because the Government will be
contributing part of the extra
cost. they will be paying ap-
proximately the same amount
as they do now. Thus, such
employees will be getting much
better benefits at little or no
additional cost to themselves.
@. How much will the Gov
eminent contribute toward the
cost Of my coverage?
A. Except in the situation
explained in the next question,
the Government will contrib
ute not less than these spe-
cited amounts: $3.50 a month
If you enroll for yourself only:
$6.75 a month if you enroll for
yourself and family.
1.-THE amounts mentioned
here and in the merit questions
do not apply to a female en-
ploye icho enrolls for self and
family Which includes a non-
dependent husband. n you are
such a female employe, see