The Lima Citizen from Lima, Ohio • 7

I Dclphos Flover Winners IBIufflonife To Mold Open Mod Tor Annual Chrisftmas Caravan SQ nual Christmas Caravan on Tuesday a success as she is opening her small home with the theme Featured at her home for Diabetes Hits Fewer Men Than Women Women suffer from diabetes more frequently than men the Health Insurance Institute reports There are 871000 female and 660000 male diabetics in the Unit ed States for a total of 15 million persons so afflicted the Institute said in its report based on jiata from the National Health Survey 1 Although diabetes meDitus does not rank high in the number of cases it is eighth among the 10 trading causes of death being re sponsible for 27500 deaths in the year ending December 1958 The diabetes rate works out to an average of nine cases per 1000 population divided between 10 cases per 1000 females and eight cases per 1000 men By age th highest rate is in the 65-74 age bracket where 50 of every 1000 women and 34 of every 1000 men are diabetics Seventy-five per cent of the sufferers from diabetes said the illness did not affect their day-to-day activities The disease was responsible for some 17 million work-loss days among the population BLUFFTON-A person in Bluffton with the artistic ideas who is always heading decoration committees for community events is Mrs Ralph Rammel Again this year she is lending her talents to make the fourth an- H( MV AM JlB 3-D picture on the wall a creche a Madonna centerpiece and decorating without using a Christmas tree She will also have a commit-theitee which includes Mrs Francis Caravan will be many of her ownjReichenbach Mrs Gerald Huberjing their own arranging and decooriginal decorating ideas such as aland Mrs Frank Osborne Each' rating and she will furnish supplies from her workshop Even as a child she was fasci-: nated with creating and she com-1 mented drew in school when I was supposed to be studying I something Taking an un- usual object or scraps of things she is able to put together lovely I centerpieces or decorations She also carries her hobby out in other interests such as gardening and landscaping remodeling her borne and sign painting Several years ago her husband built a workshop for his tools and she had a corner for her creative work Now the tools have been pushed out and the whole studio is devoted to a display of her work where people of the community can come and view what she has done Her studio will also be open for the Caravan of people are interested in these types of creative she says I have made it available to When asked if she ever tired of decorating Mrs! Rammel stated seems to be a drive with me I just Mrs home is one of four stops on the Christmas Caravan which will offer an opportunity to the public to view hundreds of unusual methods of decorating for the Christmas holidays and offer hints for gracious entertaining Candy baked goods and other homemade articles made by church groups will be sold in the Time and Talent Store located at the Triplett home The four Caravan stops will be open from 2 until 5 and 7 i to 9 in the evening WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7 1960 LAKEVIEW Stverai of tho volunteer workers who are now busily engaged in distributing brochures throughout the Indian Lake school district are men who have their regular fobs to do but give their time to explain the vital need for the passage of the school-operating levy In the above picture Ralph Jenkins is shown presenting the brochure to Mr and Mrs Ray Rothhar at their home in Lewistown Although the Rothhars have no children in school now they reaiixe the importance of passing this issue Backers of the levy hope that the widespread campaigning in behalf of the levy will assure its passage at the special election Tuesday Mrs Francis Raicbanbacg left and Mrs Ralph Rammel right shown arranging tho Bluff ton Preparing For Centennial Pythian Sisters To Elect Officers LEIPSIC Annual Christmas meeting of Easter Temple Pythian Sisters will be held Friday evening in the lodge rooms Members having birthdays from July through December will be honored at the 6:30 dinner meeting Election of officers will follow at the business session Mrs Earl White Mrs Frank Kite and Mrs? Glee Rikard are members of the decorating committee and Mrs John McKeen will be in charge of the gift exchange The Lima Citizen Ideas suggested for celebrating the Blufftonf occasion were: settle ment days including demonstrations of maple syrup making rail splitting fence making butter churning production of an histori cal pageant or play a husking Country Club Plans Series Of Events bee antique caravan marking of historical sites work on jipprov ing old cemetery Standing committees appointed include: promotion publicity and membership Silas Diller Gene Benroth Darvin Luginbuhl Soldner finance Soldner Hiram Kohli Oliver Schutz collections Harry Bogart Wilhelm Amstutz Archie Diller Mr and Mrs Francis Lehman and Robert Hamman Grease Causing Trouble At Grove Treatment Plant COLUMBUS GROVE Approxi- i mately 37 Vi pounds of grease daily and Mrs Paul Schlotterbeck June is being collected at the municipal Mr and Mrs George White July sewage treatment plant here pre-Mr and Mrs Art Panning Aug- coming from the Kissel ust Mr and Mrs Larry Mans- Brothers Poultry plant according field September Mr and Mrs to a report made to members of the Norbert Meyer October Mr village council by Wayne Reed and Mrs Charles Etter and No- Marion representative of the vember Mr and Mrs Richard Brown Engineering Co Steffen Reed told the solons that his esti- The committee will meet at 2jmate was based on sain-p Sunday Jan 15 at which pies taken and analyzed not yet been formulated for that affair The committee voted to continue the regularly scheduled Day programs the second Tuesday of every month except December when there is none planned Stag day will also be held every Thursday of the month for the coming year Named to head the entertainment committees for the other months of the coming year are February Mr and Mrs Dwight Buckland March Mr and Mrs Elida Girl Soloist For ONU Choral Cabaret Final tabulations on winners of special awards at the Green Thumb Garden Club Flower Show held last week end here in i the adult divisions is announced by club members In invitational exhibits the Elida Garden Club won the blue and red ribbons the Lima Garden Club yellow honors and the Cloverdale and Floral Garden Club of Lima received white ribbons In horticulture Mrs Richard Shi-rack won the sweepstake award with other ribbon winners being Mrs Benno Miller Mrs Harold Fosnaught Mrs Robert Foust Mrs Ambrose Wannemacher Mrs Leonard Suever Mrs Carl Mack Mrs James Wiltsie Mrs Doris Mills Mrs Clarence Marsh and Mrs William Wiesenberg Mrs Staup won the sweep-stake award on arrangements with other ribbons being presented to Mrs Leslie Peltier Mrs Richard Shirack Mrs Stippich Mrs ler Mrs A A Wannemache Mrs William Wiesenberg Mrs James Wiltsie Mrs DeWeese Mrs Robert Foust Mrs Meyer Antrim Lima Mrs Swonger Mrs Cloid Patton Mrs Leonard Suever Mrs Joseph Heitz Mrs Baxter Elida Mrs David McMi-chaels Van Wert Mrs Carl Cramer Mrs Harold Manore Mrs August Plumpe Mrs Howard Illig Mrs John Shenk Mrs Hubert Geise Mrs Staup and Mrs Wiltsie also von tri-color awards Light To Signal Meeting Place WAPAKONETA-A light or non existence of a light tonight will signal members of the Gar den Club of Wapakoneta the site of their monthly rendezvous The club will hold their meeting in First National Bank starting at 7:30 pm but a light in the Com munity room will mean the meeting will be held there and if no light it will be held in the Conference room upstairs Colored slides of hybrid lilies from Fairyland Gardens in Oregon will be shown Dance music will be provided by composed of students at the university The choral program will include a variety of Christmas carols spirituals novelettes and a special arrangement of the Night Before Several members of the choir participated in making the arrangements Vocalists include Miss Sue Evans Elida Robert Evans Columbus Grove Carleton Cunningham Galion Arthur Jackson Dayton Other Lima and area students participating will be Virginia Black 402 Nixon Ave Lima George Wooley 305 Leonard Ave Lima Dorothy Broshes Route 2 Elida Brian Karrick 723 North St lima Morris Mor-gret Route 2 Elida Rita Miller Route 2 Elida Su-ann Clauss and Gary Pummel both of Route 1 Bluffton and Richard Davis and Joan Maxson both of Route 1 Harrod Van Wert Youth Wins Speech Contest VAN WERT William Clark Route 3 Van Wert representing the Calvary EUB Church won the county Prince of Peace contest held at the First Methodist Church He won first place by a unanimous decision by the judges He will represent 1 the county in the district contest Allen Crosby of Van Wert was temperatures soar to' the 100 degree above mark They wear no clothes during this period of he said only donning attire when they are forced to go outside said Missionaries Crites said The Swiss Community Historical Society reelected its present officers at a recent meeting and began making plans for the observance of incorporation centennial The officers elected are: Peter Diller president Gene Benroth vice president Soldner treasurer Howard Raid secretary and Harry Bogart curator Society directors are Leland Gerber chairman Wilhelm Amstutz Archie Diller Delbert Gratz Philip Hilty Hiram Kohli and Ezra Moser Action was taken to volunteer assistance to a program being considered by the Bluffton Business Assn with a committee named for this purpose Peter Diller heads the committee with Gene Benroth Silas Diller Dr Howard Raid and Harry Bogart serving on it Combine Meeting A combined meeting of the circles of the United Lutheran Church Women and the Lutheran Girls of the First Lutheran Church will be held at 8 Thursday in the church Mrs Cecil Miller will be program chairman A play will be presented by members of the Lutheran Girls as a part of the program Hostesses will be Mrs Marie Keilholtz Mrs Dotterer Mrs Jennie Buckingham Mrs Charles Claybaugh Mrs Lloyd Allen Mrs Chester Haughn and Mrs Willis Hartman 1 I Jerry Kissel a member of the council and also part owner of the poultry plant after hearing the report agreed to confer with other partners in the concern and indicated steps to correct the source would be taken immediately after the first of the year The 4 engineering firm was brought in to make a survey after i treatment difficulties at the local WASHINGTON (AP)-The US! However during the past 15 sewage treatment plant government finally permitted pub-lyear8 the executive branch of gov-i other action the solons ap- lication Tuesday of nicturpi of fhniernment including the State and proved a contract for purchase of ucauon iuesaay or pictures of the Defense ia tractor and back-hoe for $1600 time the activities will be scheduled for February Lima and area musicians will participate in the annual Choral Cabaret to be staged Friday night in Taft gymnasium on the campus of Ohio Northern University No will be the theme of choral program and dance sponsored by the 130-voice chorus-choir Reward Money Hiked For Slayer Of Paulding Girl VAN The reward money for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Nancy Eagleson 14 of Paulding last Nov 13 has been hiked to $1400 by twe Van Wert enforcement groups the Fraternal Order of Police and the Children's Christmas Treat committee Both groups voted $100 each for the reward fund The usual treat to city and county school children has been dropped this year Sergeant Conn has been elected president of the Van Wert Lodge FOP Other officers for the coming year are: Patrolman Don Mohr vice president Patrolman Hunt secretary treasurer Blanke conductor Sheriff Clay chaplain Elected as trustees are Chief Kennedy one year Sergeant Conn two years Patrolman Charles Minyoung retiring president three years types of primitive atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and the and bombs For several years no actual military secrecy has been involved The bombs of a decade and a half ago are utterly unlike the weapons used today Trustees Clerks Association Open Hew Headquarters TOPICS LIMA OHIO Ottawa Holiday Holiday activities including a Christmas party -and a New Eve dance have been slated for members of the Kildaire Country Club by the entertainment committee which met at the club Sunday Santa Claus will be on hand to greet all the children of members on Saturday Dec 17 from 10 a until noon when the annual Christmas party is held Treats and favors will be presented to all who attend The New Eve Ball will be held on Saturday Dec 31 with dancing from 10 until 1 a followed by the customary breakfast Favors will be available Reservations should be made in advance to the club Mr and Mrs Bernard Durliat are serving as chairmen for the activities and they will be assisted by the other members of the entertainment committee The committee also scheduled a box lunch and dance for Saturday Jan 21 with round and square dancing from 9 until 12 with the auction of the box lunches set for midnight Mr and Mrs Alvin Ashton are chairmen- for January Mrs: Ashton will also serve as chairman for the Ladies Day program to be held on Tuesday Jan 9 but plans have Buckland School Activities listed Robert Crites superintendent of Buckland Local School announces the following school events for this month: Dec basketball Waynesfield here Dec Club school auditorium Dec 13 Band meeting school cafeteria Dec basketball New Bremen there Dec basketball St Joseph here Dec 23 Christmas became ill from the food they ate which was clean and untainted He also spoke of their customs stating that girls married at the age of 14 and 15 but that boys A whale kill usually calls for celebration three days of fasting Crites said But in no case is the carcass of the whale touched by women members of the tribe or families before three days have expired By that time the meat has usually become tainted and is ready to eat according to their custom I 4J Si PAMELA NOLTE Pamela Nolte of Leip-sic was the winner of the Putnam County Prince of Peace contest held Sunday evening in the Ottawa Methodist Church Miss Nolte who spoke on tho theme "The Church's One Foundation" was presented a silver medal and will enter the district contest Judy Anderson Pandora was selected as alternate Judges were Mrs Oswald Leipslc Mrs Herbert Huffman Vaughnsville and Mrs Helen Reimund Findlay Lima firefighters were called out early today to take care of some garbage that just wait to get to the city incinerator At 6:49 am a small odiferous blaze broke out in a Terminal Service Co truck cruising in the 300 block of North West street Firemen fought the flames and billowing smoke in an effort to save some of the precious cargo Value of the freight was not known and the loss was not insured The Division of Wildlife reports for the second straight year a rare duck killed in the Little Portage wildlife area A year ago a harlequin duck was and recently a King Eider was felled Walter McGilliard game management supervisor said both are northern sea ducks and uncommon visitors to Ohio waters The -supervisor has also recorded the kill of a surf scooter over Buckeye waters An Ohio president Benjamin Harrison from North Bend was the first chief executive to bring a Christmas tree into the White House for the holiday season This tidbit of information was passed on from the Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development in an effort to boost the Buckeye State Other Ohioans playing important Yule roles: Thomas A whose gift of electricity made Christmas light bulbs practical Benjamin composer of Santa most popular carol of the day In 1864 (remember TOWN The Ohio State Association 5fthe8D1-ClerS Jsj tiines-The Japanese 'nent Democratic woman whose headIuarters in Co-jfigure jg about 60000 deaths for name was not disclosed was in line lumbus mis month according to the Hiroshima explosion aboutifor the appointment The report Uiarles Baker Jr of Pains-i10(ooo for the Nagasaki attack I came from Washington She yule Secretary of the State Associ- a major factor in the difference has been active in Democratic cir-ation Loyd Bowsher secretary of casualties and other effects pro- cles since 1950 55 County 8Trusees an ers duced by the two bombs was the different terrain of the two cities Hiroshima is built on comparatively level area Nagasaki is in an area of hills and hollows subjected to changes several Mrs Gunsett with another prtmi- A hurricane that hit Florida in November 1935 was called because it moved in from the north Atomic Energy Commission have held that use of the photographs might have an adverse effect on international relations especially in Japan where the bombs were used This fall when the matter came up for periodic review it was agreed by the three departments that use of the pictures no longer would have inimical effect government spokesmen said today was the first weapon used at Hiroshima Aug 6 1945 fell on Nagasaki three days later The estimate of deaths caused by detonation radiation and heat effect on the two cities has been BIG GEORGE! "Awrlght so I got with the Schroeder Tractor' Sales Van Wert Woman's Hama Mentioned VAN WERT-Mrs Helen Gun-sett of this city national Democratic committeewoman from Ohio for the past eight years today was being mentioned as a possible appointee for the position of treasurer of the United States by President-Elect John Kennedy Mrs Gunsett was absent from the city today and could not be reached for a statement The unconfirmed report stated by Virgil Partch tired of rowing Assn announces The Association has grown to a point where increased services can be afforded the townships he stated The association now has over 6800 members The new headquarters will be at 329 in the 40 South Third Street building acrors the street from the east side of the State House 7 The Association also has created the post of Executive Director to WAPAKONETA Robert Wlreside In winter months when tem-i He cited several instances wherejconduct hs program and has ap-Crites executive head of Buckland peratures outside dip to 50 degree 1 several of the Northern Eskimos pointed Chester Hummell to that below readings jwere brought to southern points In The Eskimos virtually hibernate Alaska but had to be returned to ha resigned from bis in their winter homes where a fire 7 7 position as chief counsel in the of- flee of the Franklin County Prose- Educator Debunks Of Eskimos Living schools was guest speaker at the Monday evening weekly dinner meeting of the Wapakoneta named the alternate for the district meet is constantly tended and program Christmas vacation school will resume Jan 2 were brought to southern points In Alaska but bad to be returned to their native territory because they I singing it around the fire in the log cabin?) August Imgard German immigrant who displayed an evergreen tree in his Wooster home in 1847 Arthur St Clair Northwest Territory governor who pro- claimed Christmas an official holiday His capital was in Marietta still coming in those suggestions on how to wage effective war on the starlings those spattery feathery scourges of downtown lima One lady whose chore it is to keep a downtown office building clean advises poison stealthily mixed with corn and spread on the office windows She said it worked for their particular building last year First she said spread the untainted corn on the sill and get the birds used to it Then slip them the poison pellets later She told us the plan ran afoul of the SPCA though and was discontinued One farmer from the Spencer-ville area called in to report a brand name product which he said was dandy for getting rid of the feathered pests He said the product was highly advertised and available at any seed and feed store And in the mail last Saturday came a pamphlet from a company in Cincinnati which markets a modem day an electronic cabinet The device resembles a steam cabinet with a large padlock attached We have written for more information to find out Inside and how the birds are electronically dispersed would not be eligible to take a havelde until they had kiUed a polar attempted to civilize the 13000 Dear I Northern Eskimos with little sue- Their only weapons are spears They tried to 8et U51" to fashioned from the ivory tusks of wear clothes resulting in sickness walruses which they used to kill bears seals walruses and whales Kiwan-is Club -Crites spoke on of Northern referring to the populace there as family nomads whose ancestry has by some sources reportedly been traced back to one of the 10 tribes of Israel ti nnn may have migrated there ages ago He said the tribe roams a territory within 100 miles of the Arctic Circle and wants little to do with white men who have occasionally visited the Contrary to belief Crites who spent more than four years in Alaska says the Northern Eskimos do not live in igloos but have large homes made of slate in which they cuting Attorney He also served two years as an assistant attorney general in 1957 and 1958 Two Drivers Cited On Traffic Counts Ronald Cox 44 of 903 Oxford St was cited by police at 5:05 a today to appear in Municipal Court on Dec 14 to answer to a charge of reckless operation the 400 block of West Kibby Street Also cited to appear Dec 14 was Harry Hefner 19 of 131 Ave for driving the wrong way on 1 one-way street He was arrested at 3 a today in the northeast corner of the Public Square Crites said the Northern Eskimo has no fear of death and few at- tain the age of 50 When they are no longer able to do their share they just off In the cold and They are virtually immune to sickness although nearly all of the food they eat is by our concepts Crites said.