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PAGE TWO
The Bluffton News
MILTON I. EDWARDS, Editor
CHARLES HILTY, Associate Editor
Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio, by Bluffton News Publishing
and Printing Co.
Subscription rates: Year, 53.00 six months, $2.00 anywhere in U. S.
Entered as second class matter at the post office at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Ten Gifts in One
“There is a saying that he who gives is twice
blessed, and this is certainly true of those who con
tribute to our United Community Campaigns,” said
President Eisenhower recently in opening the 1960
UF campaigns nationally.
Yes, and it would be hard to imagine Bluffton
failing to meet the needs in its annual UF drive. Both
drives in the past two years of UF giving in Bluffton
have been over subscribed.
Now the UF method of giving to 10 different
causes in one gift is on trial for the third year. It be
comes increasingly difficult to maintain enthusiasm,
and to dramatize the needs of 10 different organiza
tions in one campaign.
It should be remembered that the needs of these
groups have been carefully studied by Bluffton’s UF
organization and its recommendations have been care
fully considered.
It should also be remembered that one gift must
meet the needs of 10 organizations which once con
ducted separate drives.
Mainly Personal
HARRY TURNER of C. F. Nis
wander & Son had an ice chest
packed with approximately 35
nice sized small-mouth bass, blue
gills and jumbo perch, his catch
for the week end at Erieau Bay
on the Canadian side of Lake
Erie. Turner and his wife caught
the fish on night crawlers.
Incidentally it was their small
est catch
in the six or seven
visits they have paid to their
favorite fishing resort this year.
WILHELM AMSTUTZ, who
finds time for a little plain and
fancy gardening when he is not
busy
looking into matters histor
ical, produced an egg plant with
a
long appendage which looked,
for all the world, like
Kilroy’s
nose. The odd spec i man was on
display for several days last
week in the News window.
KAREN AND CAROL JEAN
BASINGER, daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan Basinger of
South Main street, are earning
spending money this fall by mak
ing apple butter at their home
with equipment which has been
in Bryan’s family fof three gen
erations. The girls are reported
doing a brisk business.
IF YOU THINK pnces are high
these days, ask Clarence Diller
about his experiences this sum
mer in Carracas, Venezuela. In
a recent talk before the Break
fast Optimist club in Lima,
Clarence reports that the cost of
a night’s lodging in Carracas
$47 in U. S. money, and a
"modest” meal costs 29 bolivar,
or $8.70. He saw a suit "on
sale” at $299.50 in American
money.
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P-G United Fund
Opens Thursday
Solicitation in the second an
nual Pandora-Gilboa United Fund
opens today, Thursday, as work
ers shoot for a goal of $3,439.
This is an increase of $400
from the fund request in last
year’s drive, the first United
Fund campaign ever conducted
in that area
New members this year are the
Girl Scouts and the Putnam
County School for Retarded Chil
dren.
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK
$300,000 Stone Plant Fire Most
Spectacular In Town’s History
The biggest fire in Bluffton’s
history completely destroyed the
plant of the National Lime and
Stone company and drove that
operation from the Bluffton busi
ness scene 30 years ago last
month.
Four fires broke out in the
residential district as by-products
of the quarry fire, with the most
serious one the destruction of the
Cyrus Schumacher bam.
Starting shortly after the close
of work on Thursday, Septem
ber 19, 1929, the fire was beyond
control within 30 minutes. It
raged for over four hours before
subsiding into embers at 10:30
p. m.
Starting high in the northeast
part of the building where high
tension wires entered, the blaze
spread rapidly through the entire
plant. Vern Foltz, night telegraph
operator at the NKP railroad
tower a short distance away,
turned in the alarm at 6:05 p. m.
A stiff wind hampered Bluffton
volunteer firemen and their prob
lems were increased when sev
eral old sections of hose line
burst under the intense pressure.
With the entire upper story of
the 84 foot high structure a mass
of fire, a continual rain of sparks
was whipped over residential and
business sections half a mile
away. Many homeowners station
ed themselves on roofs of their
homes with buckets of water to
combat outbreaks.
The worst rain of fire came
with the collapse of the second
floor which contained the huge
machinery used in crushing the
Stone. Spark showers carried as"
far as Bluffton college on the
far side of town.
Fire equipment already taxed
to capacity was hindered by calls
to fight roof fires at the East
Elm street homes of Leland Red
dick and Mrs. Maude Curry.
Flames also threatened several
telepone poles along the same
street.
The Schumacher fire broke out
shortly after midnight and the
barn and one outbuilding were a
sheet of flame before the family
could be aroused and firemen
summoned.
Schumacher, who had driven to
the quarry fire in a new Ford
sport coupe, believed sparks
from that fire were carried to
his bam in the open rumble seat
of the Ford and were responsible
for the later fire. Destroyed in
the blaze were the Ford and a
Buick Master Six sedan and sev
eral pieces of unused farm equip
ment.
Faced with the $300,000 loss of
plant and equipment, the Nation
al Lime and Stone company de
bated for over a week, reversing
themselves several times, before
deciding not to rebuild at their
Bluffton site.
Operations ceased and employ
ees were given opportunities to
transfer to other quarries oper
ated by the company. The quar
ry was allowed to fill up and in
later years was used to help cool
the turbines at the Woodcock
electric plant. The quarry has
been unused in recent years al
though village officials have
made several attempts to lease
it for recreational purposes.
Photos for this feature were
supplied by Jesse Yoakam.
Enos Baumans
Married 60 Years
The sixtieth wedding anniver
sary of Mr. and Mrs. Enos Bau
man, Rawson, was celebrated
Thursday of last week with din
ner at the Rawson Methodist
church.
The couple was married in
Rawson October 8, 1899. they
lived on a farm all their married
life until 1929 when Mr. Bauman
retired and they moved to Raw
son.
Mrs. Bauman is the last of a
family of 10 children of Mr. and
Mrs. John Kelley. He has two
brothers living, Reuben of Mt.
Cory and Steiner Bauman of Ada.
He has one sister living, Mrs.
Esther Oman of Findlay.
/xrmorsviHe
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Klingler
and sons called at the C. E.
Montgomery home Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roily Moser and
sons were Tuesday supper guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Moser
in honor of Mrs. Roily Moser’s
birthday.
Those who spent Sunday eve
ning with Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Montgomery were Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Montgomery, Mr. and
Mrs. Donavin Montgomery and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Montgomery and family, Mrs.
Ethel Boutwell, Mrs. Grace Klin
gler, Mrs. Lenore Montgomery,
John Dally and Bob Edinger who
showed pictures of their western
trip this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Augsburg
er entertained Rev. and Mrs.
Jared F. Gerig of Ft. Wayne,
Ind. for supper Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Car) McCafferty
called at the Ray Guider home
Sunday evening.
Wayne Hauenstein and Ralph
Hampton called at the Levi Hau
enstein home Sunday.
Mrs. C. W. Montgomery, June,
Janice and Charles spent Friday
evening with Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Reams.
Mrs. Velma Moser and Mrs.
Dorothy Sweitzer called at the
Levi Hauenstein home Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Fisher
called Sunday afternoon at the
Owens home.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Klingler,
sons Tom and Jeffrey called on
Mrs. Grace Klingler Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Sue Smith called at the
C. W. Montgomery home Satur
day.
Past week callers at the O. P.
Hartman home were John Hart
man. Dorothy Vandivier and Mrs.
Mabel Grismoro
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1959 all
new E bonds paid three and
three-fourths per cent interest
when held to maturity of seven
years and nine months.
Albert Schutz
Buried Monday
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon in Grace Men
nonite church for Albert Schutz,
56, Route 1, Pandora, who died
Friday afternoon in Lima Memor
ial after a 15 month illness.
Bom November 22, 1902 in Put
nam county, he was the son of
Albert and Sarah (Bixler) Schutz.
On November 19, 1933 he mar
ried Irene Cherry, who died No
vember 12, 1945.
Survivig are daughters, Mrs.
Ralph Steiner, Mt. Cory Mrs.
Roy Lugibihl, Pandora Janice,
Virginia, Agnes and Julia, at
home brothers, Edward, Pan
dora, and Walter, Dayton sis
ters, Mrs. Reuben Schumacher
and Miss Elizabeth Schutz, Pan
dora and four grandchildren.
Two brothers and a sister are
deceased.
He was a former member of
the Pandora school board.
The Rev. Ernest Bohn and the
Rev. Wilmer Shelley officiated at
funeral services with burial in
Pleasant Ridge cemetery. Funer
al arrangements were made by
the Haas funeral home, Pandora.
AT COLUMBUS MEETING
Roy Schmunk, Bluffton high
school principal, attended a
meeting of the Ohio Principals
association in Columbus last Fri
day and Saturday. “Curriculum
Development” was the meeting
subject.
TOO
BIRTHDAY
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JOINS NAVY
Richard King, Rawson, was
one of seven recruits sworn into
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