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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26
Dear Mrs. Kicker:

Dear Mrs. Kicker:
1 guess married people
should not send their prob
lens to you but 1 thought
that maybe you could an
Swer this in a way that
would help some of your
teen-age readers. 1 am
married, although 1 am
only II. My husband is a
very nice boy but l think
he has some odd ideas. He
told me one time never to
slap him If I became angry
because he would slap me
right back-sO hard it
would knock me down.
He says any woman who
would slap a man in the
face is not a lady and he
would not treat her as one.
/ don't need to worry for
myself because / think that
kind of behavior is stupid,
childish and very ugly.
What worries me is that he
insists he is going to raise
our little boy to think the
same way.
TEEN-AGE MOTHER.
When small, pre-school
children become angry with
each other, it seldom mat
tiers to them whether the
quarrel is with a boy or girl
and they often strike out al
most automatically. But I
do not believe a boy COR mani
should hit a girl Cor woman)
unless it is LITERALLY in
Self-defense. A real LADY" is
one who is intelligent enough
to handle almost any unpleas-
ant situation without re-
sorting to the behavior of a
fiShWife.
My own son was taught
that it was wrong to hit
girls. Although he is an adult
now, he has never Ito my
knowledge been placed in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26
TEEN-AGE MAIL
By DOROTHY KICKER

Dear Mrs. Kicker:
lam 16 and 1 go steady
with a Dutch boy who is Is.
During the short time we
have been going steady it
has been very difficult for
me. You see, my parents
hate all foreigners. If my
boy friend was of another
race or creed, or even had
an accent, 1 could UNDER
stand their attitude. 1 be-
heve the way a persons
name is spelled doesn't
matter. What does count
is reputation, personality,
appearance and social level.
My boy friend and 1
make average grades in
school, we have nice
friends, we go to church,
don't swear or drink and
l don't smoke. Mother
thinks / should not go
steady with a boy who is
two years older and de-
finitely not with a "fOr-
eigner. My parents will not
talk to him when we come
home after a date and I
am very ashamed of the
way they treat him. Soon
he is going to ask what is
wrong, what shall I say?
1 just can't tell him the
truth! Are my parents
right in saying that for
eignerS are not good
enough for me? Do you
think this boy is too old
for me?
VIVIANE.
If you do not want to tell
your boy friend the truth,
1 really don't know what to
suggest if he questions you
about your parents attitude
toward him. Like most every
one else, their ancestors prob
ably came from a foreign
country so why should they
"hate all foreigners"-or dis
like the boy because he is
Dutch? They must be very
narrow minded, dogmatic
people and it is doubtful that
anyone could make them
understand how wrong they
are.
If the boy has a good re-
putation and treats you with
respect, the two years diff
ference in your ages is un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26

important. Taking your letter
at face value, it seems that he
is acceptable as a dating
companion. 1 wonder if per-
haps the real problem is not
foreigners" but the fact
that your parents are afraid
you are getting too serious,
too young?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26
TEEN-AGE MAIL
Does the Name Really Matter?

either, if he chooses the right
kind of girls for dating COM
panionS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26

a position where this train
ing was put to a test-and I
doubt that your son will be,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26

GAYLE MARTIN, 16,
George Mason High: I'D
rate the Declaration of In
dependence, the Constitu-
ton, the explorers and
pioneers and then the Civil
War in order of their i'm
portance. The Civil War was
important in that it unified
the country and kept man
free"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26

HOWARD YAGER, IS, a
graduate of Coolidge High:
I'D rank the Civil War way
down the list because it was
fought over a trivial question
and the outcome wasn't so
important since we stayed
together anyway. I think
the Constitution being drawn
up was the most important
event in American history"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26
TALKING 1T OVER
Teen-Agers Say War
Rates High on List

"Where do you rate the Civil War omOne the
mDortont events of United Stotes history" TEEN put
the question to five Washington teen-oeers Here
is whot they said
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Last Year Was
Fourth Coolest
On Local Record

Last year was the fourth cool
est year on record and the
month of December was the Sec
ond coolest in IS years of local
weather records, according to
Ray Burkholder, official weather
observer of near Pandora.
The average temperature dur
ing 1858 was 48.4 degrees COM
pared with a normal of 50.7. An
exceptionally cool summer and
extremely low temperatures in
December brought the average
down. Only three other years,
1917, 1924 and 1904 were cooler.
The coolest year on record was
1917 when an average of 46.9 de-
grees was recorded.
The past summer had only
three days when the tenn
perature went to 80 degrees or
above. There were 140 days when
the mercury fell below freezing
and IA days when it dropped to
zero or lower.
A total of 1871 inches of rain
fall was recorded by the Burk-
holder instruments, which is
slightly less than the normal of
34.87 inches. Snow totaled 31.2
inches compared with the nor
NAL snowfall of 27.6 inches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Nominations
Due for &c
.ServiceAwards

Nominations are being accept.
ed from the general public for
candidates to two important com.
munity honors awarded annually
by the Bluffton Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Before January u Bluffton
folk are asked to submit names
of their choices for Distinguished
Community Service Award and
for the award made annually to
the Outstanding Young Farmer
of the Area.
Last year the DCS award went
to Bluffton high school basket
ball coach Joe Harris, and the
Outstanding Young Farmer
award was presented to John
Warren, 26-year-old Orange town.
ship farmer.
AT Tuesday evenings Jaycee
meeting Jack Koontz was named
chairman of the committee in
charge of the young farmer
award, and DR.. w. A. Lutz was
named chairman of the commit
tee in charge of making the DCS
award. Local award winners are
entered in Jaycee contests for
state awards.
Anyone may place the name of
candidate for the honors in
nomination by obtaining a regis
tration blank from the Koontz
Sinclair station or from Smiths
Barber shop. The registrations,
after being filled in with all per-
tinent information, must be re-
turned to the Jaycees on or be-
fore January u.
Judging committees will be
named to consider the ncnina-
tions and make the local awards.
The young farmer award is
made on the basis of outstand-
ing accomplishments in agricul-
ture and for community service
during the past year. The dis
tinguiShed service award candi-
dates are judged on the evidence
of leadership ability, personal
and business progress and con-
tributions to community welfare
through church, civic and fra
ternal organizations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Local Ne,us Chronology--EUents of 1868

OBJ S. Schultz and Prof. John P.
Klassen would retire at the close
of the school term. Darwin Lug
inbuhl, Bluffton high school art
instructor, was named to sue
ceed Prof. KlaSsen.
Plans for a cooperative Auto
Demonstration Week" were an
nounced by Buttons three new
car dealers.
Ticket sales were begun for
the annual Bluffton college Boos-
ter Banquet, which was to have
DR.. Howard Lowry, president OF
Wooster college, as the featured
speaker.
APRIL
Nearly three sets of automobile
license plates were exhausted as
Bluffton set new record of q.
1913 tag sales during March.
The annual community Clean
Up week was held April 25-May
I3.
Bluffton negotiated new fire
protection contracts with Orange
and Richland townships, based or
costs of fighting each fire.
(See Parade" on p. 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Church Re-Nanes
Parish Building
Oppermann Hall

st. Johns United Church of
Christ members voted over
whelmingly to name their Sun
day school addition Oppermann
hall during their annual congre-
gational meeting Sunday.
The building is being named
in honor of the late Rev. v. c.
Oppermann, pastor of the church
for Is years, who died last July.
The Rev. Mr.. Oppermann was
instrumental in strengthening the
congregation and organizing and
directing the campaign to build
the Sunday school addition.
The building, which was COM
pleted in 1857, includes a large
dining room, kitchen facilities,
Sunday school rooms and pas
tors study. The 5000 building
was completed as a result of
long-standing dream of the late
pastor.
Besides serving as pastor of
ythe two local charges of the
limited Church of Christ, the
Rev. Mr.. Oppernann was very
active in other community af-
fairs. He was on the school board,
was president of the Community
Progress association and the
sBluffton Ministerial association
and was active in synod affairs
iof his own church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08

taken of business peoples pref
erenceS on the question.
The Bluffton Pirates lost their
first basketball game of the sea-
son as Ada broke their nine game
winning streak for them $3.50.
Malcolm Basinger, a Bluffton
native, was appointed village so
licitor, succeeding John Harnish-
feger.
Bill Edwards was named to the
village recreation committee,
succeeding Paul Diller, whose
term expired.
Prices of Maple Grove ceme-
terry lots were raised, both to To-
cal and out of town residents.
The Bluffton Pirates clinched
the championship of the North
west conference in their first
year of play, defeating Harrod
61-51.
FEBRUARY
Announcement of the impend-
ing construction of a 10 lane
bowling alley south of town on
the Old Dixie was made by the
owners, D. J. Hohenbrink and
Willis Otto.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Maurice Bell
New President
OF School Bd.

Maurice Bell, serving his
eighth year on the Bluffton board
of education, was elected presi-
dent by his colleagues Monday
evening in the annual reorganiza-
ton meeting. He succeeds Paul
w. Stauffer to the Office.
The annual meeting, which
covers only the election of officers
and other routine matters such
as setting time and place for the
regular meetings, is customarily
held at the home of one of the
members. Mondays meeting was
held at the Bell home, Route l,
Bluffton.
DR.. B. w. Travis succeeded Mr..
Bell as vice president in the
election.
Action was also taken to
appoint Mrs. Vernal Corson clerk
of the board for three year
term ending December 81, 1861.
Superintendent A. B. Murray was
also re-designated as purchasing
agent for the schools in addition
to his other administrative duties.
The board decided to continue
holding its regular meetings,
which are open to the public, on
the second Tuesday evening of
each month. Meetings begin at
8 p. m. except during the sum-
mer months of June, July and
August when the time is later
$50.
Mr.. Bell has asked Board
Member Kenneth Luginbuhl to
continue representing it on the
school Athletic Committe. He has
served on the committee since
the death of Harvey Burkholder.
Other member of the board in
addition to Bell, Travis, Stauffer
and Luginbuhl is Robert Simcox,
named to fill the unexpired term
of Mr.. Burkholder.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
NeisWander Is
New Chairman of
Richland Trustees

Robert Neiswander, route 2,
was named chairman of the Rich
land township trustees at their
reorganizational meeting on New
Years Day.
William Althaus, route 2, Co
lumbus Grove, was chosen as
vice chairman. The third mem
Der, and retiring chairman, is
Kent Amstutz, route 2, Columbus
Grove.
The trustees rehired Lamar
Basinger as township road fore
man and raised his wages from
SLIGO to $1.7O per hour. Common
labor will be paid at the old rate
of $1.50 per hour.
Meetings will be held the Sec
ond and fourth Tuesdays of each
month at their meeting room in
the Bluffton town hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
SpOrtsmen's Club
Continues Bird
Feeding Program.

BIufftOn bird lovers were
reminded this week that the
severe cold weather and snow
covering is making it ex.
tremeIy difficult for birds of
the area to forage for food.
The Bluffton Community
Sportsmen's club is continu-
ing its annual winter program
of providing free grain for
persons maintaining back
yard bird feeding stations.
The grain is available at the
G. F. Niswander & Son farm
equipment store on Main
street.
Officers of the SpOrtsmen's
club have arranged with the
Master Feed Mill to keep the
feed barrel filled at the Ms.
wander store. Persons wish
ing mixed grain for the
feeding stations are asked to
bring their own containers.
Addition of suet to the
grain at the feeding station
is recommended to attract a
wider variety of species.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08

Joe Harris, Bluffton high school
basketball coach, was named to
receive the annual Junior Cham
Der of Commerce Distinguished
Service Award.
Bluffton college and both pub
lie schools were named to receive
an estimated $72, 500 from the es-
tate of the late T. r. Schoonov-
er, Lima financier.
The state highway department
agreed to widen and resurface
jefferson street, from Main street
to the County Line road.
A Bluffton native, Bert Smuck-
er, was named director of Over
seas Operations for CARE.
John T. Warren, a 26-year-old
father of five was named to re-
ceive the Jaycee Outstanding
Young Farmer award.
Richland township also in
creased their cemetery prices.
Ropp Triplett was elected pres
ident of the Community hospital
board of directors.
MARCH
Bluffton college announced
that Prof. H. w. Berky, DR.. Jac-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Births

The following births were re
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Huber,
Col. Grove, a boy, Wayne Lee,
born Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Reichen-
bach, Pandora, a boy, Steve Lynn,
born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Titus, La
fayette, a boy, Alan Lynn, born
Friday.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert Kreider,
Bluffton, a boy, David John,
born Saturday.
A son, Franklin, was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Hall
(Jeanne Amstutz) of Geneva,
Ohio, Sunday, January 4. Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Hilty of Bluffton
are the maternal great grand
parents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Five Hurt In Multiplying
Accident Near Mt. Cory

Five persons were injured in a
rear end collision which rapidly
multiplied to involve four cars at
the junction of routes Is and SO
Monday at 5:55 p. m.
Five cars were halted in the
northbound lane of route 25,
waiting for the driver at the head
of the line to turn left onto route
50.
George P. Combs, 49, Dear
born, Michigan, was unable to
stop and colhded with the rear
of the car operated by Emmett
Richards, 26, Mt. Cory. The
Richards car was showed ahead
to crash the rear of a car driven
by Rube Workman, So, Toledo.
Linked together by the impact,
the Combs and Richards cars
swung into the southbound lane,
blocking traffic. With wreckage
spread across the road Frank
Zeigler, AZ, Lima, was unable to
stop and collided with the left
side of the Richards car.
Taken to Community hospital
in the Diller ambulance were:
Willie Mae Howard, IS, Toledo,
a passenger in the Wortham car,
possible back injury; Betty Jane
Burns, 26, Garden City, Michigan,
daughter of MT. Combs, lacera-
tons of the face and badly
bruised right foot; Mr.. Combs,
fractured left leg, decorations and
abrasions; his wife, Myrtle, so,
decorations of both legs; Bernice
Richards, Is, wife of Mr.. Rich
ards, possible back injury and
decorations of both knees.
All were treated at the hospital
and the three persons in the
Combs car were admitted over
night. They were transferred to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Grading System
Subject of Next
PTA Meeting

How Bluffton school children
are graded and the principles
underlying the system used in the
local schools will be studied at
the next meeting of the Parent
Teacher association Monday eve-
ming in the high school cafeteria.
The program, which will be
presented under the chairman
ship of Robert Ewing, fourth
grade teacher, will attempt to
answer all questions on the sub,
ject of grading asked by parents
in the first meeting of the year
Mr.. Ewing will use a thesis
written for his masters degree
as the basis for his program,
High school Principal Frank
Mayer and Miss Minerva Hilty
third grade teacher, will serve or
a panel with Mr.. Ewing to an
swer questions.
Devotions will be by the Rev
w. J. Hannum, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church o
Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Lafayette Baby Boy
is SO Derby Winner

Alan Lynn Titus, a bouncing
7-pound, 3 ounce youngster, who
arrived at Bluffton Community
hospital Friday evening, Janu-
ary 2, at GAG o'clock is taking
stock of his winnings" as first
baby of the year in Buttons an
nual New Years Baby Derby.
Alan is the second child of Mr..
and Mrs. Byron Titus of Route
2, Lafayette. His sister, Julie
bcnise was one year old in De-
cember.
His father, student at Devry
Tech, Chicago, is studying cleo
tronic engineering, and it was
necessary for him to return to
his classes when they resumed
Monday. He will graduate in
August.
"The prizes will come in real
handy" Mr.. Titus said. He
planned to pick up as many of
them as possible Saturday, but
said that his mother, Mrs. Man
ley Titus, with whom his wife
and children are living, will pick
up the remainder of the prizes.
Approximately Sc prizes were
offered by Bluffton businessmen
including many items for the
parents as well as the new baby.
The Titus family resides be-
yond the 10-mile radius, former
ly drawn as the boundary limit
for the Bluffton prize winners,
but the attending physician is re-
garded as Bluffton doctor, be-
ing a member of the hospital
staff.
Runner-up in the contest was
little Steven Lynn, son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Reichenbach,
Route 1, Pandora. The Reichen-
bach baby was born about three
and a half hours later, at 1921
p. m. Friday.
Mr.. Titus is a graduate of Har-
rod high school and the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Manley Titus of
Lafayette, Route 2. Mrs. Titus
is the former Garneta Bessie HUI
Der of Elida. Her parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Huber, Eli
da, Route 2.
Mr.. Titus was employed by
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Bluffton Engineer Is HOnOred
By Natl Professional Magazine

A Bluffton elecnonics engineer
was the subject of a feature page
in the December issue of the
national professional publication,
Transactions" published quar-
terly by the Professional Group
on Component Parts of the Insti-
tute of Radio Engineers.
Fred E. Wenger, Beaver street,
Bluffton, who has attained ma
tional prominence in his field,
was featured in the article. A
portrait of the Bluffton man ap-
peared with a long list of his
professional activities.
The article identified Mr.. Wen
ger as technical advisor to the
Air Research and Development
Command, United States Air
Force, Washington, D. c.; Sec
retary-treasurer of the Institute
of Radio Engineers, professional
group of component parts. 1t
noted that he is past chairman
of the Dayton and Baltimore
chapters of the professional
group.
Mr.. Wenger, the article stated,
is an air force member of the
Department of Defense Advisory
Group on Electronic Parts, and
the Advisory Group on Electron
Tubes.
He also serves on the joint
American. Canadian and British
Coordinating group on electronic
parts.
The. Bluffton man is presently
preparing technical papers to be
presented at the NIRE in New
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Eleven New Firms
Started In '5S

There were at least eleven new
businesses established in Bluffton
during the past year instead of
10 as listed in an item in last
weeks Bluffton News. The article
inadvertently omitted M & r
Plumbing. Mr.. McKibben has
over five years experience in this
field of work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
jTUelfth Night
Ritual Closes
|YuIetide Here

| In bitter cold weather with. the
mercury lowering around the
zero mark, Bluffton Girl Scouts
and Brownies brought the yule-
tide season to a formal close on
the Twelfth Night after Christ
mas with the ceremonial burn
! ing of the greens.
Discarded Christmas trees
made a bright bonfire which
lighted snow-covered Harmon
field while the girls gathered
around the glow to sing the old
familiar carols.
Extreme cold weather and
lsnows have marked the event for
he past five or six years since
it was inaugurated. Last year a
high wind made it necessary to
postpone the Twelfth Night cere-
mony to the fourteenth night
Following the tradition which
dates back to medieval days, the
girls were all served cupcakes
A jelly bean found in one of the
cakes is produced to make the
lucky girl queen of the cere-
mony. This years queen was
Jean Oberly, seventh grade girl
scout. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Oberly of Railroad street
She was promptly crowned and
toasted in song.
The event has proved popula,
m this area since it was intro
duced several years ago by Mrs
B. W. Travis. A number of near
oy communities are having sim
lar observances.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08

LEW KLEWER, popular
outdoor editor for the Toledo
Blade, will show his film
titled Mature in Northwest
Ohio" at the annual meet
ing and banquet of the Bluff
ton Mems Garden club next
Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock in Fellowship hall at
the First Mennonite church.
Karl Gierman, president of
the club, will serve as master
of ceremonies, and the pres
entation of a bronze medal to
a member selected for out
standing service to garden
ing during the year will be a
highlight of the program.
Toledo Blade news carriers
will serve as ushers for the
dinner. They are Bruce Mar
shall, Rickie Davies and
Michael Belts. Members of
the Altruist class of the
church will serve the dinner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Professor Speaks
Here on Japan

DR.. Melvin Gingerich of
Goshen, college, authority on
Japan and Asiatic countries, was
the chapel speaker Wednesday
morning at Bluffton college and
addressed several other groups
through the day. He recently
spent two years in Japan work
ing with student groups and
church leaders under the Memo
mite Central committee.
DR.. Gingerich addressed the
American Government class, tell
ing how Asians view the Amer
lean foreign policy. He also spoke
before the sociology class con
corning the rapid social changes
in Japan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-08
Birthday of 10th State Thrills
Blufton Family From Alaska

cause of its comparatively mis-
weather. The high school paper
at Palmer is called The Banana
Belt Breeze.
Occasionally the temperature
at Palmer falls to 35 or 40 de-
grees below zero, but the Critics
heard from friends at Christ
mas time that the mercury was
at a mild 38 degrees above. That
was about when it was register
ing 10 below here in Bluffton.
Are the girls, Virginia and
(See Alaska" on p.10)