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icakam, Vernon
Blufft
I Jan.60
OUT COME THE OLD floodlight poles at Harmon Field.
A large crane loosened the concrete-imbedded poles, then lifted
them out and hauled them to new locations where they will
eventually serve to light the softball diamonds.
Cartwright' Electric Service, Tiffin contractors on the job,
hit a snag last week when they found they could drill their
holes only about six feet deep before striking bedrock. Result
is that the new 65-ft. poles must be set in concrete.
New Law Favors Passage Of
Proposed Village Tax Levy
A new state law which becomes
effective September 10 will make
it possible for the village of
Bluffton to pass its proposed two
mill operating levy by a simple
majority vote rather than 55 per
cent required under the old law.
Village Solicitor Malcolm Bas
inger advised council Tuesday
evening that he will prepare leg
islation which will withdraw a
previous resolution asking for the
levy to be placed
under the old law.
tion will then be
the changed law.
“There is a possibility that the
new law could be declared re
troactive to resolutions adopted
earlier, but we won’t take any
chances,” Mr. Basinger told
council.
on the ballots
A new resolu
drafted under
The original legislation will be
withdrawn at the next meeting
of council on September 8. The
new resolution will then be adopt
ed at a special meeting after
September 10, and it must then
Annexation
Ordinance Gets
First Reading
An ordinance providing for
annexation of nine lots at
south end of Geiger street belong
ing to Albert Flinn and A. O.
Badertscher was given its
reading Tuesday evening
Bluffton council.
first
by
ordi-
Indications were that the
nance will be passed after two
more readings.
It provides for bringing in one
lot owned by Albert Flinn which
is partly in and partly outside
the corporation and for also an
nexing eight other lots owned by
Mr. Badertscher.
The latter, a building contrac
tor, has announced that he plans
to open a new subdivision in the
area.
Births
following births were re
at Bluffton Community
The
corded
hospital during the past week:
Mr. and Mrs. Marlowe Wehrly,
Ottawa,, a boy, Bret Dwaine,
bom Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Westall.
Mt. Cory, a boy, David Wayne,
bom Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Businger,
Jenera, a boy, Timothy Matthew,
bom Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Chidest
er, Jacksonville, Fla., a boy,
Rodney Kenneth, bom Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Swisher,
girl, Karen Sue, born
Mr. and
Rawson, a
Tuesday.
Mr. and
Pandora, a girl, Diana Ramos,
bom Wednesday.
Mrs. Jose Carrizales,
Mr. and Mrs. Santiago Ibarra,
Findlay, a boy, Roberto Florez,
bom Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Reldon Schirch,
Chenoa, HL, a girl, Jennifer
I ynne. bom August 22. Mrs. Sch
irch is the former Marilyn
Oberly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Reno Oberly of Bluffton.
be filed with the board of elec
tions by midnight September 14.
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 55.5 per cent favorable
vote, but because it had been re
quested for five years, a 60 per
cent vote was needed for approv
al.
Council will submit the levy
proposal to the voters with a
“gentlemen’s promise” that it
will be earmarked for street im
provements.
Beaverdam, C-R
Schools Open
Next Tuesday
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 ob
served last semester, and will
start on their routes at 7:50 a. m.
the
the
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.
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give “A
Mrs. Bonnet will
Woman’s View of Our Newest
State.”
Antiques -Collected Locally
To Find Market in
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 will
be sold at auction to Odessa
area dealers.
More than 1,000 pieces are in
cluded in the shipment, which
took the Reichenbachs more than
IN GO THE NEW flood
light poles. The photo above
shows an old post on the left
carrying only eight *flood
lights compared with the new
one on the right which holds
12—1,500 watt bulbs and
reflectors.
Vocation
Forum Set
For Sunday
and
Neighboring Beaverdam
Cory-Rawson schools will
Tuesday, September 1,
officials have announced.
open
school
Bluffton high school students
and those soon to enter
school and their parents
been invited to participate
Sunday afternoon forum
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.
all
Dinners will be served in
three cafeterias starting with
first day of school.
the
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
day evening at the
Grill.
club Tues
Horseshoe
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 a panel
discussion in the opening of the
meeting and will then counsel
with students in various rooms
of the church.
Odessa, Texas
a year to collect. Included are
25 pieces of refinishqd furniture,
painstakingly restored by the
Bluffton couple.
The Bluffton dealers have been
advertising in The Bluffton News
and Antique Trader, a publica
tion of nationwide circulation.
Buyers and sellers have
coming to Bluffton from a
area.
been
wide
with
and
At Odessa they will stay
Mrs. Reichenbach’s sister
brother-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. R.
A. Dowrien. They were accom
panied on the trip by their daugh
ter, Mary.
Upon their return the Reichen
bachs wall re-open their antique
business in about three weeks.
Gardeners
In Flower
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 Men’s 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 year’s 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 50 different
classes are offered in 12 sections
of the show, which is under co
chairmanship of Mrs. Darvin
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 p.m. Sat
urday and from 1 until 5 p. m.
Sunday.
School Clerk
Resigns After
Week’s Trial
high
have
in a
on
“Plannning 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.
With the opening of Bluffton
schools on September 8 only 12
days hence, Superintendent A. B.
Murray was still searching for
persons to fill two vacancies on
the staff.
One additional high school
teacher is still needed to handle
the increased number of students'
in the top six grades, and a com
bination school secretary and
board of education clerk is
still needed to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation of
Mrs. Vernal Corson.
Mr. Murray said that Miss
Karen Cotner, Lafayette, who
was employed by the board of
education at its meeting early
this month has decided that she
does not wish to continue the
work after a week’s trial. She
tendered her resignation effect
ive at the end of this week.
Bluffton Youth Is Jr. Showmanship
Winner At Allen
Bluff’on area youngsters were
bringing home 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
ous 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 ewe 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 9 a. m. The
tractor pull is set for 11 a. m.
in front of the grandstand, and
the evening show at 8 p. m. fea
tures the Rotroff International
All-Girl Auto Thrill show.
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
County Fair
Swimming Pool
Receipts Break
All Records
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
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. J. B. Longsdorf reported
Council Tuesday evening.
Mr. Longsdorf said that
ceipts from pool admissions
taled $5,602.40 as of last Sunday.
An improved automatic chick
en waterer, which may prove
popular with poultrymen and pro
vide a new business enterprise
for this area has been developed
by Owen Burchett, owner of the
Triangle Poultry farm on route
25 north of Bluffton.
Principal advantage to the
Burchett waterer is that the base
bowl, being made of concrete is
heavy enough to keep from spil
ling when suspended by a chain
from the ceiling. The designer
likes the chain suspension
cause it can be raised as
chickens grow and become
ler it keeps the bowl up off
floor, keeps the water cleaner
and the floor dry. Less water is
wasted.
“I have no idea how many
other poultrymen will agree with
The Alien 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
tims, Richard Hill. Lima, presi
dent of the council, announced
today. The showing is scheduled
for 7:30 p. m., Friday, August
28 at the Lima fire department, me, but I beheve they will see
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1959
HOW TO CARRY out the theme of this year’s Flower
Festival, “Summer Highlights” in decorations and staging is
being discussed by members of the staging and properties com
mittee above. They are left to right: Mrs. Gerald Huber, Mrs.
Nelson Steiner and Mrs. Darvin Luginbuhl, chairman.
Council To Request Second
Interchange on Route 25
Bluffton village council took
steps Tuesday evening to seek at
least two access ways onto the
newr State Route
four lanes of the
completed.
has
The schedule committee
(See ‘Flowers’ p. 12)
25 when the
highway are
Malcolm Bas*
Village solicitor
inger 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 Auk
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 sev
eral miles south of town.
Mayor David Risser agreed
with Aukerman that Bluffton
should make every effort to gain
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 8
meeting.
Plans are also to have petitions
circulated through the commun
ity, or to be made available for
signatures at the town hall. All
I
Registration
Days Set For
New Pupils
k
Showing Prize Posies Businessmen To Crown
Fete This Weekend
persons interested in seeing a sec
ond interchange established
Bentley road, will be asked
sign the paper.
Stu-
Registration day for all
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
announced this
school principals.
week by
register in the af-
equalize the num
in the two classes,
In order to
ber of pupils
there will be a change in pro
cedure for rural families. All
kindergarten children living west
of old route 25 will register in
the morning: all living east of old
route 25 w’ill register in the af
ternoon.
A tea for mothers of first grad
ers has been set for Friday, Au
gust 28, at 2 o’clock.
This exceeds by approximately
$100 the mark set two summers
ago, and is approximately $900
more than was received last
year.
to
Excessive hot weather accounts
for the substantial increase in
revenue.
to-
Local Poultryman Develops New Type
Automatic Waterer for Chickens
to want my
see them,”
enough advantages
waterers when they
Mr. Burchtt said.
can be pro
to sell for
He believes they
duced
about
been
them.
for
all
in
Mr. Burchett, who cares
more than 5,000 chickens in
stages of growth constantly
his business, feels that his new
device has it over any similar
waterers he has ever seen.
fast enough
$10 each. Plans have not
developed for marketing
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 31 and Septem
ber 1.
be
the
tal
the
Mr. Schmunk said that seventh,
eighth and ninth grade students
will report Monday, August 31,
to arrange their schedules any
time between 9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Tenth, eleventh
grade students will check their
schedules with the principal on
Tuesday from 9 a. m. until 6
p. m.
and twelfth
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Miss Buckeye ’59 Tonight
Whd is Bluffton’s “fairest of
the fair”?
A decision requiring the wis
dom of a Solomon must be made
tonight, Thursday, by judges who
must make a selection of Miss
Buckeye of 1959 from among 32
young ladies competing in the
second annual beauty pageant
sponsored by the Bluffton Busi
ness Men’s association.
This year’s judges will also be
required to make an even more
difficult decision in selecting the
topranking little charmer in the
Tiny Tot Revue of 19 pre-school
age kiddies. And a third feature
of the evening will be an old
fashioned bathing suit contest in
which there are at least six
tries.
en-
are
an-
Judges in this year’s event
Clark Dozer, radio station
nouncer and manager from Can
ton, Ohio, Miss Sally Allen, Ada,
who recently earned the title of
Miss Scioto Valley, and Mrs.
Arthur Orchard, WIMA announc
er and former star
comedies.
in Our Gang
expected to
evening, al-
The SRO sign is
go up early in the
though an effort is being made to
reserve seating space for all bus
inessmen and employes and fam
ilies of contestants, who attend
the picnic pot-luck beginning at
6:30.
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.
at
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 9 p. m.
Last year's beauty contest win
ner, Mrs. Raeleen Bucher Green
awalt will present her successor
with a jeweled tiara, a $25 mer
chandise certificate and engrav
ed loving cup from the associa
tion 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 jvill be sponsored by
the Vida VideUa Shop.
was
the
both
office in
will be open
The principal's
school buildings
from 9 until 11 a. m. and from
1 to 4 p. m. for registrations
Tuesday.
The kindergarten registration
will be in the kindergarten room
from 9 until 11 and 1 to 4 Wed
nesday, September 2. Parents
will register their children as fol
low’s: those living in town north
of Cherry street will register in
the morning those south of Cher
ry street will
ternoon.
Fou. 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 Cyn
thia Montgomery, four, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Montgom
ery, sponsored by N. P. Steiner
(See ‘Miss Buckeye’ p. 4)
Fire Siren To Be
Moved To New Place
Fire Chief Guy Corson and
Councilman Wilbur Amstutz 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 said
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.
MISS BUCKEYE OF 19M,
Mrs. Raeleen (Bucher)
Greenawalt will crown her
successor at the annual pic
nic of the Bluffton Business
Men’s association tonight,
Thursday at. the municipal
swimming pool.
Beaverdam
Mayor Plane
Crash Victim
The village of Beaverdam was
shocked Friday morning to learn
i of the tragic death of its Mayor
Donald E. Barber, 32, who was
killed in the crash of this crop
dusting plane in a field near
Martin, Ottawa county.
Mr. Barber and Clair Hilty,
both pilots of the Ohio Dusting
Co. of Pandora, were sowing a
rye field when the mishap oc
curred.
Mr. Hilty, piloting 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 re-election to the same of
fice at the November election,
and had he’d the top village post
since former mayor Frank An
derson retired in 1956. He was an
Army veteran of World War H.
He was also a member of La
fayette Masonic Sager Lodge No.
513, and Lafayette Eastern Star.
Born November 11. 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 ‘Mayor’ p. 12)