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Warkentln, Mrs. J. D.*
Fett Apt. No. 4
Bluffton, Ohio
Nov.59
BLUFFTON
A Good Place to Trade
84 YEAR NO 7
Girl Scout
Day Camp Set
For June 1*6
Approximately 100 Bluffton Girl
Scouts are expected to attend the
community’s annual Girl Scout
Day Camp June 1-6 in the Rol
land Stratton woods, named
“Rollicking Woods” by the girls
at last summer’s camp.
Mrs. Robert Stratton will head
up the camp as Site Director with
Mrs. Kenneth Henry as -business
manager, and a large staff of
adult helpers who will be at the
camp all six days or part time.
The camping program will
open each day at 9:15 a. m. and
continue until 2:30 p. m. Two of
the older troops will camp out
for the entire week. Troop 189 is
under the leadership of Mrs.
Clayton Harkness with Mrs. Ger
ald Crawfis and Mrs. Fred Reich
enbach as assistants. Troop 127
is under the leadership of Mrs.
Harold Klingler with Mrs. Den
ver Augsburger and Mrs. Frank
Steiner as assistants.
Members of the camping staff
and assistants underwent an in
tensive training course for the
event Monday at the woods.
Individual troops are arranging
transportation for the girls with
daily pick-up points at the ele
mentary school grounds and at
the corner of Grove and Kibler
streets.
The camping program includes
campcraft, nature lore and rec
reation.
On Thursday evening families
of the campers will assemble for
a pot-luck supper and inspection
of the camp.
N. A. Triplett
Elected to Board
Of Chicago Show
Norman A. Triplett, vice-presi
dent in charge of merchandising
for The Triplett Electrical In
strument Co., has been elected to
the board of directors of the
Electronic Parts Distributors
Show which is held each spring
in Chicago.
The election was announced
last week during the trade show
at the Conrad Hilton hotel in
Chicago.
Triplett’s exhibit at the show
was manned by a 10-man delega
tion from the Bluffton manufac
turing establishment, headed by
W. R. Triplett, president R. L.
Triplett, chairman of the board
M. M. Triplett, vice-president in
charge of engineering and the
merchandising vice-president,
Norman Triplett.
Preceding the show, the annual
sales meeting for Triplett repre
sentatives was held at the Lake
Shore club in Chicago
Births
The following births were re
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Neff,
Bluffton, a boy, Kevin Wayne,
bom Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. David Boehm,
Bluffton, a boy, Jonathan Mark,
bom Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Orr, Jr.,
Findlay, a boy, Terry Lee, born
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Reich
enbach, Elyria, Ohio, a boy, Tim
othy Lee, born May 19 at Elyria
Memorial hospital. Mr. Reichen
bach is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Reichenbach of Bluffton.
Mr. and Mrs. (Sharon Conrad)
Terry Miller, Col. Grove, twin
boys, Timothy Gary and Thomas
Jan, born May 19 at Lima Me
morial hospital. Mrs. Ruth L.
Conrad is the mother of Mrs.
Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Miller are Mr. Miller’s parents.
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Commencement Exercises
Fri. Nite for 37 Seniors
Home from their class trip to
Washingtoin and New York, 37
Bluffton high school seniors, will
formally conclude their public
school education Friday evening
when they are presented diplo
mas at commencement exercises
In the high school gymnasium at
8 o’clock.
Highlight of the annual pro
gram will be the address to the
graduating class by Dr. Fred E.
Luchs, pastor of the First Con
gregational church of Ann Arbor,
Michigan. His topic will be
“And Now What?”
Educated in Ridgway, Pa., he
was graduated from Franklin
and Marshall college and the
Chicago Theological Seminary.
In 1939 he was chosen one of
10 ministers to exchange pul
pits with English ministers,
preaching in cities of England,
Scotland and American churches
of Berlin and Paris. More re
cently he was elected as one of
America’s 100 outstanding
preachers by readers of Chris
tian Century Pulpit in 1953.
The Rev. Robert Dye Sr. will
give the invocation after the
class processional. The Mixed
Chorus will sing two numbers,
“This is My Country,” and
“You’ll Never Walk Alone,” and
following the address Mary Mar
garet Steiner will play a piano
solo, “Nocturne Opus 72, No. 1”
by Chopin.
Maurice Beil, president of the
board of education wall present
the. diplomas and the Rev. Robert
Dye Sr. will give the benediction.
The recessional and processional
will be played by the high school
band.
Listed for special mention as
“Scholarship Honor Students” on
the commencement program are
Joenita Shetler, Judith Frank
hauser, Ruth Anne Frankhauser
and David Little.
Members of the class are Jane
Alspach, Ronald R. Badertscher,
Donna Lee Basinger, Pamela
Joyce Berry, Sue Ellen Crawfis,
Vicki Anne Davidson, Laura
Jane Diller, Judith Lynne Frank
hauser, Ruth Anne Frankhauser,
Helen Kae Geiger, Ronald Lynn
Habegger, David L. Hauenstein,
Carole Jeanne Herr, Norman L.
Hochstettler, Darrell L. Huber,
Sharon Kay Johnson.
Sallie Annette Jordan, Mary
Louise Kaufman, Eugenia Kay
Kibele, Edwin D. Kohli, Ramon
C. Lewis, David A. Little, Do
nita L. Luginbill, Gordon L. Math
ewson, Sherlyn Raeleen Moser,
Larry G. Mumma, Edward A.
Niswander, Joenita Rae Shetler,
Dennis S. Smith, Larry F.
OPEN HOUSE AT NEW HOME
THE NEW LU-RE-CO HOME completed recently by Steiner
Building and Lumber Co. on Garmatter street in the Highland
subdivision will be opened fbr public inspection Friday from 6
until 9 p. m. and Saturday from 2 until 9 p. m.
Using a construction system developed by Lumber Dealers
Research Council, pre.-constructed exterior wall panels and
roof trusses manufactured in the local mill, mass production
economy is said to result. The system may be used by persons
building their own home or by other builders.
The three-bedroom frame house measures 52'8"x24'8'' with
attached garage. It features ash cabinets, an accoustical
sound-proof kitchen, oak interior trim, large basement with
automatic gas heat.
COME ON IN... THE WATER’S FINE!
THERE WASN’T A DROP of water in the municipal pool last Friday when the above photo
was snapped. The swimmers were actually jumping the gun by cooling off in Buckeye quarry, but
volunteered to pose for this sun-fun picture at the empty pool.
The pool is now filled and awaiting the formal opening for the season on Saturday, Memorial
Day, at 1 p. m.
Dr. Fred E. Luchs
Smucker, Mary Margaret Stein
er, Conner G. Stewart, Rodney
L. Stratton, Owen D. Ziessler,
Ann Elizabeth Zimmerly and
Marcene J. Zimmerman.
Expect Large
Crowd at BHS
Alumni Dinner
Advance registrations indicat
ed a large attendance for the
78th anniversary banquet of the
Bluffton High School Alumni as
sociation to be held Saturday
evening in the First Methodist
church at 6:30 o’clock.
The 37 high school seniors, who
will receive diplomas Friday eve
ning, will be guests of honor at
the annual banquet presided over
by Nelson Steiner, head of the
association this year.
Special recognition will be giv
en alumni members representing
the classes of 1908 and older al
so the 50th anniversary class of
1909, the 40th anniversary class
of 1919 graduates of 25 years
ago, the class of 1934, and of 15
years ago, the class of 1944.
Listed for recognition on the
program, according to President
Steiner, will be Elizabeth Hum
mon Short, Bluffton, class of
1909 John Spangler, Cblumbus.
class of 1909 Byron Spangler,
Celina, class of 1919 and the
Rev. Earl D. Luginbuhl, Lima,
class of 1944.
Filing Date For
School, Township
Offices Aug. 5
The deadline for filing nomi
nating petitions for township and
school district offices and village
offices in towns under 2,000
population is August 5, potential
candidates and party officials
were reminded this week.
While the Democratic Party in
Bluffton and Richland Township
has already filed nominating
petitions for both township and
school board candidates, the Re
publican Party has not filed.
The Democratic candidate for
township clerk is incumbent Dale
Reichenbach, and Robert Neuen
schwander, incumbent trustee,
and Millard Herr, incumbent
constable, are all candidates for
re-election.
The Democrats have also filed
the nominating petitions of Rob
ert Simcox and Woodrow Little
as school board candidates.
Bluffton Republicans have filed
their ticket for municipal offices,
but thus far have not filed names
of candidates for school board
and township offices.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1959
Swimming Pool
Ready To Open
Decoration Day
Freshly cleaned and painted,
Bluffton’s muncipal swimming
pool opens at 1 p. m. Saturday
afternoon with the same admis
sion charges and same operating
regulations as last year, Bern
ard Schiffke, chairman of the
recreation commission announced
this week.
Mr. Schiffke said that Donald
Darbyshire, a Columbus Grove
sophomore at Bluffton college
and former Columbus Grove
swimming pool life guard, has
been appointed manager of the
pool. Full time lifeguards will be
Terry Marshall and Dale Schiff
ke, and James Jordan will be a
part-time guard.
The season tickets are now on
sale at the Basinger Furniture
store, and may be purchased
there until the pool opens, when
tickets will be sold there.
The family season pass will
continue to be sold for $18
child’s season ticket, $5 youth
ticket, $6.50 and an adult ticket}
$8.
Individual admissions will be
25 cents for- children, 35 cents
for youth tickets, ^and 50 cents
for aduit tickets.
Seek Old Copies
Of Bluffton News
Prior to 1896
Old copies of The Bluffton
News between 1875 and July of
1896 are needed to complete the
micro-film files of the News now
safely preserved for posterity in
the Musselman Library at Bluff
ton college.
Dr. Delbert Gratz, college libra
rian, said that the micro-film
files were used extensively by
students gathering materials for
the recent Bluffton Industrial Ex
hibit. Undoubtedly they will be
come more valuable as time
passes.
The old newspapers will be
photographically copied and the
original copies returned to the
owners. Newspapers loaned for
this purpose may be left at Mus
selman Library or at the News
Office.
It is hoped that as many copies
as possible prior to 1896 can be
gathered for processing some
time in June.
Dinner Planned
For Bible Students
Dr. Paul Shelly, head of he
Bible department at Bluffton col
lege, has invited the senior Bible
majors and their wives to dinner
at the Clemens’ Restaurant in
Lima on Monday evening, June
1. Those invited are Dale Parl
ette and his wife, Kenneth Cave
and his wife, and Benjamin
Rosa. Dr. William Keeney, of the
Bible department, and Mrs.
Keeney, have also been invited.
Following the dinner will be a
short program. Benjamin Rosa
will summarize the events of the
year. Dr. Keeney will discuss the
process of obtaining a doctor#’
degree, and Dr. Shelly will also
have a few remarks.
Chicken Barbecue
To Benefit Hospital
Tickets for the Community
Hospital Chicken Barbecue slated
for Saturday, June 20, at the
elementary school grounds will
go on sale June 1, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Harley Augs
burger, chairman of ticket sales.
Women of the Hospital Auxiliary
will have the tickets.
Classic Car
Show Planned
For Bluffton
Some of the most expensive
and beautiful automobiles built
anywhere in the world will be
displayed in Bluffton in an an
tique and classic automobile
show to be held here August 1.
Arrangements have been com
pleted with the Buckeye Region
of the Classic Car Club of Amer
ica to hold the exhibit here. The
unique program, first ever held
in the community, is being plan
ned by the retail division of the
Bluffton Business Men’s associa
tion.
Classics to be exhibited are
drawn from the 1925-42 period,
with antiques listed as cars pre
dating this. A typical classic car
show will have such famous old
names as Packard, Deusenberg,
Stutz, Marmon, Auburn, Cord,
Cadillac and Lincoln, with even
an occasional Pierce-Arrow mak
ing its appearance.
The Buckeye Region of ,the
Classic Car Club of America
draws automobiles from a 50
mile radius of Defiance. James
B. Steiner, a Lima attorney, is
the director of the association
and Dr. Byron Mundhenk, a
Lima optometrist, is secretary.
Mr. Steiner and Dr. Mundhenk
indicated that cars can be ex
pected from Michigan, Indiana
and Ohio. Further plans will be
made next Monday evening when
Business Men’s association repre
sentatives meet Dr. Mundhenk at
his home in Lima.
An exhibition and a parade are
being planned for Saturday eve
ning. All exhibitors in the classic
show will be guests of the Busi
ness Men’s group for dinner on
that day.
I Nolan Benroth and Gene
Schmidt are co-chairmen of
arrangements. Dale Clark, Dean
Niswander, John T. Warren,
Russell Brooke and Gene Ben
roth are also on the committee.
I Wins Honors At
Ohio Northent
A Bluffton student in the col
lege of engineering at Ohio
Northern university was listed
this week as having ranked in
second place scholastically
among members of the junior
class in his college.
Robert Blank, majoring in
civil engineering, achieved an ac
cumulative average grade of
3.53. In first place was Larry
Wykel of Lima, with a 3.56
average.
Blank has been initiated into
Nu Theta Kappa, honorary en
gineering fraternity at the col
lege.
ON INSPECTION COMMITTEE
Dr. L. L. Ramseyer, president
of Bluffton college, has been ap
pointed as a member of the com
mittee on membership and in
spection of the Ohio College
Association, by President Bow
man of Kent State university,
president of the association.
Bluffton Woman To Head
County-wide TB Seal Sale
A Bluffton woman has been
named the first woman ever to
serve as Christmas Seal chair
man for the annual mail cam
paign of the Allen County Tu
berculosis and Health associa
tion.
Mrs. Wilford Steiner, who has
been affiliated with the associa
tion. for the past five years, and
active in other county civic af
fairs, will direct the 1959 cam
paign. The announcement was
made by Dr.. A. A. Dalton, pres
ident of the TB association.
Affiliated with the Allen coun
ty TB and Health association
since 1954, Mrs. Steiner has been
a member of the association’s
executive committee since 1957.
In th same year she was ap
pointed representative director
for the local TB association to
represent the group in the Ohio
association. She is also the asso
ciation delegate to the Commun
ity Welfare Council of Lima and
Allen county.
The Bluffton woman has been
prominent in other county-wide
groups. She is past president of
the Allen County PTA, past pres
ident of the Bluffton PTA, a
board member of the Allen
County Polio Foundation and has
served the last two years as
chairman of the March of Dimes
campaign for Bluffton and six
HONOR VET OF 1776
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DEAD AND BURIED over 100 years ago, the lone grave of
Hezakiah B. Hubbell, who served In the Revolutionary war
under General George Washington, is still remembered each
Memorial Day.
Wilbur Potee, veteran of the Rainbow Division of World
War II, stoops to place a flag on the grave. He is accompanied
by Fred Frltchie, World War I vet, and the Rev. James Hein
inger, chaplain of Bluffton American Legion Post 382, and a
veteran of World W’ar II. The post will decorate more than 275
graves of veterans of the nation’s armed conflicts.
Mr. Hubbell, who is buried on the Emma Andrews farm
South of town, was 100 years and one month old when he died
October 12, 1855. He served under Washington for seven years
during the Revolutionary war, according to his grave marker.
Town Honors War Dead
In Parade, Services Sat.
Paying tribute to the soldier
dead of five wars, Memorial Day
services conducted by Bluffton
Post American Legion will be
held in Maple Grove cemetery
at the conclusion of the tradi
tional parade scheduled at 9:30
a. m. Saturday.
The procession from the town
hall will be headed by the Legion
color guard and the nattily uni
formed Bluffton high school band.
Paraders will include Legion
naires and their Women’s Auxil
iary organization, Cub Scouts,
Boy Scouts and Explorers, Girl
Scouts and Brownies, decorated
bicycles and all other individuals
or groups who wish to march to
the cemetery for the memorial
services.
Commander William Mericle of
the American Legion will be pre
siding officer at the cemetery
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V* S’# &
Mrs. Wilford Steiner
townships in Allen county. She
was recently appointed as pre
cinct committee woman for Al
len county and is a past member
of the Bluffton Citizenship com
mittee.
Mrs. Steiner attended Bluffton
college and Ohio university
where she majored in music. She
is married to a Richland town
ship farmer and is the mother
of two sons.
In announcing Mrs. Steiner as
(See ’Blufftonite’, p. 12)
rites which will be held over the
grave of the late Armin Hauen
stein, who was long active in
the traditional Memorial Day
services himself.
The Rev. William von Brauch
itsch w'ill conduct services and
address the crowd at the ceme
tery. The traditional sounding
of taps and salute of the rifle
squad wall conclude the cere
mony.
In the event of inclement
weather, the service will be held
in the high school auditorium at
10:00 a. m. Saturday.
Sunday, Legionnaires, headed
by Wilbur Potee. World War I
veteran, decorated nearly 180
graves of veterans in nine cem
eteries of the community. Small
American flags were placed on
the graves in two Bluffton ceme
teries, two cemeteries in Beaver
dam, Gratz, Ebenezer, Zion, De
fenseless and Pleasant Hill cem
eteries.
The graves of two revolution
ary' war veterans were among
those decorated the Hezakiah
B. Hubbel grave is located on a
farm south of town, and the oth
er revolutionary war veteran’s
grave is that of Joseph Deford,
founder of Bluffton, located in
the Jefferson street cemetery.
Stores Open Fri.
Nite Closed Sat.
With Memorial Day fall
ing on Saturday this year,
Bluffton retail merchants
will remain open Friday eve
ning for the convenience of
their customers, it was an
nounced this week by Walter
Beck, chairman of the retail
division of the Business
Men’s association.
Most stores which are
ordinarily open on Sundays
and holidays will also be
open as usual Saturday, but
other retail stores will elose
for the holiday to permit
owners and employes to en
joy the long week end.
OFFICIATE AT SERVICE
The Rev. Harry Yoder and the
Rev. R. L. Hartzler, represent
ing the Central District Minister
ial committee, will be in charge
of the ordination service for
Ernest Porzelius in Fortuna,
Missouri, on Sunday, May 31.
BLUFFTON
A Good Place to Live
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BPA To Take Bids On Sale Or
Lease of Light Plant Building
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Should the board of public af
fairs sell the old municipal
power plant building and erect a
smaller structure to house its
pumps and service vehicles, or
should it lease parts of the big
building and remodel part for its
own use?
Facing these questions, as well
as whether it should install and
operate water softening equip
ment, the board asked Council’s
approval Tuesday evening to ad
vertise for bids on both the sale
and lease of the old plant.
“We can scarcely determine
the best course of action until
we know the value of the old
building both from a sales and
lease arrangement,” Harvey
Bauman, BPA member told
council.
He suggested that the board
ask for four different types of
bids: 1. For lease of the turbine
room alone. 2. For the lease of
the remainder of the building. 3.
For lease of the entire building.
4. For sale of building.
Mr. Bauman explained that the
Ex-Cell-O corporation is pressing
for a renewal of its lease which
is in effect until next March on
the turbine room alone. The
lease is in its third and last year.
At the same time Mr. Bauman
said the Triplett Electrical In
strument company has made
overtures toward the purchase
of the building.
The bids could be received
with the stipulation that any or
all bids could be rejected.
Mayor David Risser agreed
with Mr. Bauman that it would
be a good idea to explore all
possibilities.
“I feel the people of the town
will be better satiffied if a study
of every alternative is made,”
the mayor said. “The question
is, ‘To whom is it worth the
most,’ Mayor Risser said.
Council gave a unanimous vote
passage of an emergency ordi
nance authorizing the board of
public affairs to advertise for
I bids. Before this can be done,
however, the plant and grounds
will be surveyed to determine
exactly what part will be sold,
if the bid is sufficient, and all
conditions of either sale or lease.
In other action by Council a
letter was authorized upon a
motion by Francis Reichenbach
seconded by Wilbur Amstutz
asking the board of public af
fairs to repair broken places in
the Main street pavement where
the concrete has been removed
at various times to repair water
lines. Condition of the sidewalk
was cited as hazardous and the
BPA was asked to reply if it
considered the repairs its re
sponsibility.
Councilmen Charles Aukerman
and Edward Chamberlain pushed
for enforcement of the three
hour parking limit in the busi
ness section and urged that the
parking limit signs bp erected
on Main street. Council discus
sed the matter but took no ac
tion on it.
Heads Lions
A. C. BURCKY, Bluffton
college athletic director and
long-time member of the
Bluffton Lions club, will head
the Lions club as president
in its 1959’60 year, it was
announced recently following
the club election.
Also taking office with him
will be Russell Lantz, first
vice president Robert Crow,
second vice president Paul
King, third vice president
Oliver Beach Jr., secretary
treasurer Gordon Bixel, tail
twister Russell Brooke, Lion
tamer. Two new directors
elected were Forest SteiE’^aa
and Carl Lehman.