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0' if yyw yTTrTPT yV vyw yyvYTvyTt yy yyw yyy ry yyyy yy rfYTyyyVTY yy 1 1 i- rt PACE DONR. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1965 TIIE LIMA NEWS, UMA, OnfO i I In Profs Teaching '4 i i fired he immediately was glasses for working, skips lunch. and has turned his crowded office into a studio so he can work while he counsels students. At first he had a potter's wheel in the office, but found satisfied with 15 or 45 pots.

Of the remaining 30, he later decided eight were ho good, and broke them, and of the remaining 22, there are two I call show pot, be notes. He displayed 137 pots at the recent lima Art Show, and is preparing for a couple of shows which will require several dosr en pots. In pottery, he says, he seeks masculine atate- i 1 rO 1 By BRUCE HARMON' Umi News Staff Writer "People think a -long time before theyll spend $75 for' a pot In a nutshell, that's why most artists are also teachers. The. speaker.

'is Bruce Grimes, a ceramist, sculptor and a-young, hard working art professor at Ohio Northern University. "To make it In pottery without a secondary income is very, very difficult, he says. "All the potters I know are teaching. Grimes, who is in his second year of teaching, said he considers himself primarily an artist, but also enjoys teaching. Teaching at the university level is really a rewarding thing, he says.

"I like teaching I feel I'm still a student; I learn every' diy. As a teacher, Grimes finds he can mix. business with art. Three mornings a week he conducts a ceramics class, and finds, time to prepare clay while he helps students work on their He uses spare hours between that too muddy. Now, the artists half of the room is occupied by a four and a half foot high log which Grimes is sculpturing.

Grimes has days for carving and days for potting. he has no classes, such as ceramics, he pots. Before lecture classes when he cannot get all muddy, he works on his sculpture, After a couple of hours each evening relaxing at home, he returns to work, often bringing along one of his three daughters. Grimes works fast and continuously. This is partly a matter of economics, partly personal temperament He explains that of every 100 Sts ha fires in the kiln, he is ppy if be can get five show pots.

rl 3 if --T Y'ALt; COME Mrs. Harold mans the. telephone in 'contacting persons to attend an old, fashioned supper at the Allentown Methodist Church' Oct. will he 'from 5 to 8 p.m; (lima News Photos By Dick Hunter) Grimes notes the last time he bowl on his potters wheel as he applies the final (Lima News Photo) THROWING POTTERY Bruce Grimes, Ohio Northern University ceramics instructor, slowly turns a meat He explains this means file whole pot must be a total form, and leave no doubt what youre trying to do. This means file spout, a n-dle, top and shape of the pot are integrated, serving the same purpose in die total design.

He says, There is no perfect pot I always find a flaw in something I have done. Often, Grimes notes, he will throw the same form 50 or 60 times, ch time approaching the do-tails of the design a little differently Grimes is developing a series of wood carved figures in academic, doctors, judges and clerics robes. I am fascinated by what robes do to human anatomy as far as creating new forms it crestes tremendous he says. Continuous work helps my product, Grimes says. Working every day means I never really get stale.

Grimes doesnt turn out pots every time he is elbow deep in day. Sometimes, like a pianist or singer, he has to warm "Sometimes Ill come in in file morning with 200 or 300 unds of day, and warm up throwing it, he says. "Throwing clay doesnt mean he pitch-it at the wall The day is usually stiff, rather dry and full of air pockets. It must be worked, kneaded, to make it looser. Air pockets must be worked out, or dee a pot will explode when fired in the kiln.

"Then I practice on file wheel," he says. I make cylinders thats good practice because the aides have to his pottery in the kitchen. Just about every meal we eat, we use right or ten of my pots, he says, and the children wont eat their breakfast cereal in an ordinary bow! they want one I have made. absolutely straight If. they arent straight, its your fault, not the daya fault Except for the few show jots" he produces, most of Irimes pots are utilitarian le calls them commercial pots.

They too are sold, and are of the same quality as the show pots, but they do not achieve the artists idea is welL Grimes wife, Joyce, who is not an artist, and isnt even one of my critics usee DECISION MAKER OSU Branch student senate president Don Plummer chats with senators Barbara Boedicker (left), 1800 Jo Jean and Jean Clare. Sims, Rt. 3, Wa-pakoneta, during a break from classes. Plummer aims to employ his senate experience in preparing for a career. COFFEE-GRINDER Thomas Long, general chairman, stirs up a brew for the old fashioned dinner.

In addition to plenty of coffee, the menu includes ham and beans, sauerkraut, sausage, 'potatoes, com bread, cheese, applesauce, peaches, prunes and cookies. LAMP TRIMMERS, Mrs. Adrian and Mrs. Gerald Dershem have trimmed the old fashioned lamps in readiness for -dinner. Workers include.

Mrs. Marjorie Banff, Mrs. Ralph Price Mrs. Roger Patterson and Mrs. Carl Miller.

1 .5 fc a (KM SIlayea IEemmams ILairge; .0 t- s' i e- IPauaMiaad (Crime SitaM TUmsallvea By ROCKWELL Lima News Stiff Writer was discovered the girl had been sexually molested and shot in the head with a .22 caliber of calls, mostly from, cranks, saying they know 'the identity of tee slayer. None have proven authentic. i lbs. Eagleson theory of tee crime is that "the girls we seen by tee killer as they sipped cokes.in a local restaurant knew. his way around too well." However, her husband believes the killer was a hunter, not from the area, probably staying in a motel, and committed-tee crime on the spur of the moment, melting back into his home region when it was The Larsons later told police Sheryl cried, A man has Nancy.

She sobbed out her story, and the Larsons notified police. City police, end the sheriffs department swung into action, in a futile attempt to locate a big black car. They-were-joined by-law- enforcement officers from Van Wert and the. Ohio State Patrol. The car never was found, but at 2:30 a.m.

Monday, about six hours after the abduction, two hunters stumbled across the pitiful remains of the high school freshman. (See SLAYER. Page D-16) Mrs. Eagleson still gets a lot Opens Campus Atmosphere? Drive -T Somewhere, a man walks the beets, outwardly as inconspicuous as anyone, but with the burden of knowing five years ago, he molested end murdered a young Paulding High School gbV subjected her- little sister to; a lasting emotional shock and blemished tee family, i This man, more horrible than any fictional monster, shot 14-year old Nancy Lee Eagle-son to death following a criminal assault on the evening of Nov. 13, I960.

-Perhaps, in such a twisted personality, there Is no cjpqci-ty for regret or remorse, or perhaps, Us waking and Sleep-" ing hours'' sre: haunted by the memory of what he has done. The history of such crime reveals many motives for the slaying of i rape victim. Usually, the victim is-slain to prevent future identification of the attacker. Sometimes, the force of the attack itself is sufficient to cause death. Nancy was brutally shot In the head by her unknown assailant.

No dues to the murderer have turned up after five years of investigation by the Pauld-' Ing County sheriffs department At p.m. that Sunday, Nancy and her sister, Sheryl, then five, were walking along Jackson Street in northeast Paulding, on their way home from a movie. mer laid. The university is unwilling to pay the price to bring name bud or professional entertainer into Lime for a one night stand. -This fact of life, hasnt deter-ed Plummer, however, -who wants to bring one act to the campus anyway.

The performance would be in the high school auditorium with tickets add to students and the public. If the student senate could raise enough cash to pay for transportation of the perform-er(s), Plummer thinks these could swing iL He would hope the performance would mike nigh profit to talk about scheduling other, at the branch. Its still pretty much in the planning stage, he admitted. He and university officials have been talking about a second play. whereby entertainers appearing at the Columbus campus would come to Lima for a one night stand with the same ads.

The only hitch the branch would still hsvo to pay transportation costs: The future lawyer has another card up his sleeve in case the other plans fall through. Per haps we can take students over to Bluffton (College), Northern (Ohio Northern University) and BG (Bowling Green. State Uni-rsity) co sponsor' a. program, if the thing fails, we wouldnt be hurt finandally," Plummer said. The two schools would pay equal shares to the entertainer and share the profits, but would use facilities of the host campus.

There is a tendency for branch students to leave the Lima campus before their two years are up. Plummer said. of these students go to Columbus to finish school Plummer said student senators and senate presidents (like himself) have not excluded themselves from this exodus in the past nor will they in the future. dont know your senators very well, he said. They BY CRAIG CHAPPELL Lime News Staff Writer A' rural Wapakoneta youth, resident of the Lima OSU Branch Student Senate, has an eye toward i lew career' end his finger cm the pulse, of the student tody he.

represents. Donald S. Plummer, 19, RL 4 Wapakoneta, knows what he wants and has charted Ms career carefully. His candidacy for the senate presidency was part of this plan 1 a step in his preparations to practice law and deal with people: Assuming the presidents chair brought with it immediate problems, "The fact we dont hive our own building hinders donning of activities. We must go through a lot of red tape with high school official! he explained.

Morale problems stare him between the eyes. We have to provide' student interesL It makes it hard. Theres a lot of apathy student apathy, he revealed. weapon. Funeral services were held the following -Thursday, and Nancy was buried in Live Oaks Cemetery, across the creek from whim she was abducted.

Mrs. Eagleson was asked last about the crime, and the failure of police to solve it. Mrs. Eagleson said Sheryl, now 10, is still terrified by the memory of that never to be forgotten night "I can talk about it now, Mrs. Eagleson said, "but Don doesnt say very much about it.

It really broke him up. They say woman can adjust to something like Nancys death better than man, or can cover their feelings more or something. Maybe thats the way it is with me. I hide the hurt, keep it inside. A large oil tinted photo of Nancy rests in the center of the dining room table.

"She never saw that picture," Mrs. Eagleson said. "It was taken just before she was killed and hadnt been returned from the photographer's. Mrs. Eagleson said Sheryl has a deep emotional scar from the events of teat night Weve had her to several doctors, but nothing has helped.

We took her to -Dr. Donald Snyder in Payne for a series of hypnotic treatments but after two seemingly helpful treatments, the third was a failure, Mrs. Eagleson said. "Sheryl loved Nancy, the mother noted. "They were inseparable.

But Sheryl has changed now. She isnt loving child anymore. Shes afraid to get dose to anyone, emotionally, for fear' she might lose them is she lost Nancy. Nancy would have been 19 now, her mother said, "And in college. She had an endowment insurance policy and had planned to use it for her education.

The bereaved mother said she does not blame police or the sheriff's department for thdr failure to solve the crime. I believe they did the best they could do, she said. She thinks the slayer i from Paulding or the immediate area. "He haa to she declared, "He UNITED FUND UF GREATER LIMA share mm 1 come from other communities. It would be much easier to know your senators it a campus.

Plummer, has considered a move down to campus also. -I hive a responsibility here and would be shirking part of it if I leave, he said. When 1 ran for office, I pretty wen decided I would stay here for a fuU term. That term ends in the spring of 1966. Once he does move to Columbus, he will declare a major in either history or political science.

To enroll in the college of Law is student must have accumulated a 3.0 out of a 10 (perfect) grade point average. He is a .13 of a print shy of that figure after one year of schooling in Lima. In the event a law career eludes Plummer, he will study history sad obtain; a teaching certificate. He is going to college at Ms own expense because, he said. In todays world it is becoming more and more necessary to hive a college education.

College today Resents such an opportunity to learn new things. I felt while in high 'school it wu too much of a regulated life and you dont pick up new ideas you would in college. I felt the courses too general end I wu not satisified with them. In college, I felt that I could find what I wanted to be. Plummer is realistic about Ms goal of becoming a lawyer and the methods, money end frustrations ho may face.

Im taking the shortest possible route to get to my objective, ho uld. But there is always- a possibility that I could change my mind." NANCY. EAGLESON Slayer's At Large I Their father, Don, merited lidding oq bowling alley in Pa 'Please enter your Fair Share Gift here" Please DU la Total Pledge 1 Paid Now I Balance I 1 Cm tribute J. weekends and during-the week, wee employed at International Harvester in Fort Wayne. He was at the bowling alley teat night.

1 Their mother, Betty, also worked, and instead of waiting for their the girls dedd-edto walk home from the movie since Mrs. Eagleson would be 'home et that time; Just a few houses from their front door, i "big black car pulled alongside tee girls end the driver asked directions of Nancy. According to Sheryl, Nancy approached the auto end the men grabbed her, foftieg her end sped sway. Sheryl ran screaming into 4he home of Mr. end Mrs.

John Lar-khv In front of whose house Nancy was abducted. Nancys body, was found about eight miles northeast of Paulding, some distance off RL 111, in woods 'near county road 176. Her undergarments were torn off and discarded nearby. Strands of her brown hair clung to adjacent branches bearing mute testimony of- a fierce struggle. The hunters, Joseph.

Au-fr slice, 38, end Kenneth Nelson, 43r both of Pudding, ran bade to the road Just as I highway patrol cruiser pulled up, and informed the officer of thdr tragic find. The manhunt was intensified, but after several hours searching with no results, it was called off. The body wu sent to rt Wayne for autopsy, where it Some of this apathy relates to the feet students are involved in college life from the academic point only. Without buildings and a campus of their own students dont hsvo the varied social life usually found centered around a campus. Whet were trying to do, he said, is provide activities students will have a college atmosphere end want to come to out activities at the branch.

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