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Thursday,
may u, 1939
ALLEN COUNTY
Gypsies Rob Aged Man
Three women gypsies, accompanied
by a man who drove their auto,
robbed Alonzo Shook of the East
town road near Lima of $20 and
some personal papers at his farm
home.
Shook said the auto stopped in
.front of his home and two of the
women came to the yard and after
talking to him a few minutes at
tacked and attempted to rob him.
When he proved a match for them,
they summoned the third woman and
with her aid took his billfold which
contained $20.
Suffers Fatal Burns
In Crash
Simon Sneary, 44, of near Lima,
died in a hospital there following an
accident almost identical to that
which brought death to his brother
13 years ago.
He received third degree burns
when a gasoline truck which he was
driving crashed into a concrete
-bridge abutment west of Lima and
burst into flames.
Finds Fox Wearing
Collar
George Shaffer, living one mile
north of Spencerville, on the west
side of the canal, with his son,
while working in a field on his farm,
found the den of a wild red fox.
The den was in' an old piece of
iron casing, near the canal bank.
The mother fox and one cub was
killed. The mother fox had a leath
er collar around her neck showing
that at one time she might have
been a pet.
Sale Of Beer Is
Restricted
Sale of 3.2 per cent beer within
300 feet of churches, hospitals and
schools was outlawed in Lima last
week following action by the city
council. It amended an ordinance
which already banned sale of in
teoxicating liquors w’ithin the speci
fied zones.
Hobo Rolls Into Fire,
Dies
A man identified as Robert F.
Herndon, 35, of Covington, Ky., died
in Memorial hospital late Sunday
of third degree burns suffered earlier
in the day as he slept near a camp
fire in a hobo “jungle camp” near
E. Wayne street and the Pennsyl
vania railroad in Lima.
Three companions, held in city
jail overnight
for
questioning, told
police that Herndon had been sleep
ing on the ground close to the fire
and apparently rolled into the bed
of hot coals, setting his clothing
afire.
Cigar Earnings Show
Increase
With sales in the first quarter of
1939 slightly higher than a year
earlier, and with selling prices and
costs largely unchanged earnings of
the Deisel-Wemmer-Gilbert Corp, rose
to 26 cents a share from 14 cents
in the first three months of 1938.
Allen Gets No Relief
Funds
Allen and four other counties in
the Lima district Friday were ex
cluded from a certified list of 41
counties which will share $879,988,
the state’s share for April poor re
lief purposes.
The certification, announced from
Columbus by Welfare Director
Charles L. Sherwood, listed Hardin
county for $2,701 and Paulding
county, $3,982.
Two More Highway
Workers Ousted
Isaac F. Judkins, clerk in the
State Highway office, has been laid
off in an economy move, it was an
nounced Tuesday by Highway Direct
or Robert S. Beightler, who ordered
the job abolished.
Beightler also ordered termination
of the job of Elvin F. Vincke, an
instrument man.
Shoplifters Play
Rough
Two confessed shoplifters who
didn’t hesitate to use their fists
when threatened with capture in
Lima stores were each given 30 day
sentences by Municipal Judge M. B.
Jenkins.
They were William West, 48, of
Lima, nabbed by police as he fled
from the Kresge store, after black
ing the eye of Assistant Manager
E. L. Jackson who sought to detain
him and James McCork, 47, of
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
Cleveland, who knocked down a gi’ I
clerk at the Newberry store and
then led officers a merry chase
afoot thru downtown alleys before he
was captured in rear of the Ritz
cafe.
G-Men Question
Gunmen
Federal agents visited the Allen
county jail Wednesday afternoon to
view the sawed-off shotgun found in
possession Norman Waaland, 41, and
Clark Decker, 25, of Findlay, fol
lowing their arrest in Lima on
April 22, and to talk with the two
men being held for the grand jury
on armed robbery charges.
Harrod Cow At
World’s Fair
Beddy’s Ruby, a registered Brown
Swiss cow owned by Paul E. Dirk
son of Route 1, Harrod, will make
her home at the New York World’s
Fair for the next few months.
The cow was shipped to the fair
late last week and will be one of
about 150 select cows to be on ex
hibition throughout the summer and
early fall in the “Dairy of Tomor
row” sponsored by the Borden Co.
Lima Woman Gets
State Post
Mrs. Kitty Blissel, Lima, last
week was appointed an investigator
in the minimum wage’division of the
Industrial Relations Department.
Her salary will be $1,800 a year.
The appointment is effective May 5.
Mrs. Blissel succeeds Mrs. Lena
G. Siferd, Lima, who was granted a
year’s leave of absence without pay.
Lima Changes Park
ing Laws
Parking of automobiles within 30
feet of stop signs at all city street
intersections thus designated will be
prohibited under an emergency or
dinance authorized by Lima city
council.
The legislation, voted as a safety
measure, carried unanimous ap
proval of city council.
Council also took a stand in fa
vor of one hour parking in the con
gested business district instead of
the present two-hour arrangement.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Out Of Jail, Back In
Same Day
Harry D. Stockley, 36, Winches
ter, Ind., released from the county
jail after serving out a fine im
posed in mayor’s court for drunk
enness, was back in city jail in an
intoxicated condition later in the
same day, Police Chief Leo M. Lar
kins announced.
Findlay High Has
Largest Class
The largest class in the history
of Findlay high school will be grad
uated this year when 265 seniors
receive their diplomas. The gradu
ating class was announced this week
by school officials.
The class of 1939 has 55 more
graduates than the largest previous
number.
Burned When Tractor
Explodes
Ralph Wolfe suffered burns last
week when the gasoline in a tractor
which he was using, ignited, and
his clothes caught fire. He ex
tinguished the fire by rolling on
plowed soil.
$100,000 Sought For
Parks
William B. Schmuhl, Toledo dist
rict WPA director was in Findlay
last week for a study of the city’s
proposed $100,000 parks project.
City Council has appropriated
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$15,000 as the city’s share of the
parks project which includes con
struction of new buildings at River
side Park, removal of the old filter
dam, cleaning of the river channel
at the park, rip-rapping rOf the
banks, and general improvement of
other city-owned parks.
Findlay Coach Hurt
In Crash
Two Findlay fishermen, returning
home from a trip to the Maumee
river, were injured in one of sev
eral accidents in the Findlay area
Thursday.
The fishermen, Howard R. Kissell,
Findlay college coach, and Donald
Gassman, 35, of Gassman’s hard
ware, were injured in a collision at
the junction of Routes 69 and 281,
north of Hoytville.
Many In AAA
Program
More than half of Hancock coun
ty’s crop lands have been signed up
for participation in the 1939 farm
program, County Agent Forest G.
Hall announced. He said that ex
actly 52 per cent, or 132,578 of the
county’s 254,959 farmable acres will
be included in the program.
More Poultry Being
Raised
Thousands of baby chicks are be
ing started on Hancock county
farms, according to County Agent,
Forest G. Hall. Increased interest
is shown by the fact that 29 farm
ers out of 48 contacted reported in
tentions to increase size of flocks
during the next few years. This
information was secured in connec
tion with the establishment of an
egg market program through the
Northwestern Ohio Egg Auction.
Flocks average 249 hens at pres
ent with an intended increase to
these flocks of about 100 hens per
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Findlay Firm Gets
$1,720,000 Contract
With four projects in Ohio near
ing completion and two underway in
Texas and Arkansas, the Bigley
’actric company of Findlay soon
start on their largest REA pro
gram, the fulfillment of $1,720,000
wort of rural electrification con
tracts in the southwest.
Apple Scab Reported
Spreading
The apple scab is spreading each
day the weather is warm and those
who hope to control it must keep
their orchards sprayed for the next
few weeks, County Agriculture Agent
Forest G. Hall said Thursday.
HARDIN COUNTY
Gov. Bricker To Get
O. N. U. Degree
Gov. John W. Bricker will be one
of five persons to be granted doctor
of laws degrees by Ohio Northern
University at the June 4 commence
ment exercises, President Robert
Williams said last week.
Others are Homer R. Dunathan,
president of Findlay College the
Rev. Timmerman, Newark Miss
Lilly B. Campbell, professor at the
University of California, Los An
geles, and James J. Pilliod of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co., New York.
1700 Signs AAA
Contracts
Data released shows that some
1,700 farms in Hardin county have
agreed to participate fully with the
AAA conservation program of the
county at the close of the 1939 sea
son. The signing includes about 65
per cent of the farms in the county
and involves approximately 134,000
acres of crop land in the county.
The participation this year is ap­
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proximately 20 Per cent over that
of last year, J. O. Sherrick, chair
man of the Hardin County Agricul
ture Conservation committee, an
nounced.
Invalids Carried From
Burning Home
Marshall Condler, stricken with
paralysis several months ago, and
his invalid wife were carried from
their burning home in Ada last
week as flames caused damage of
$2,500 to upper part of the dwelling.
Twin Ministers In
O. N. U. Class
Twin ministers will have complet
ed their work at Ohio Northern uni
versity this spring and are prepar
ing to become full-fledged members
of the clergy. They are Rev. Cor
win Bailey, who has been serving
the Methodist Episcopal church of
Georgetown and Rev. Erwin Bailey
who is now completing his last
credit work at Ohio Northern and
at the same time occupying the pul
pit of Patterson M. E. church.
Students Raise 21
Ton Litters
A total of 21 ton
raised by 11 members
tional agriculture di
Kenton High school,
nounced by D. B.
tional agriculture ins’,
school. Loren Temp
duced six litters, led
has produced a ton lii
for the past four yeai
With the small outfit he can
reach stations as far away as Can
ada and as far west as the prairie
states. Now he never gets lone
some, he says.
Fall From Car Fatal
To Man
George J. Wolfe, 67, of Goshen
township died in McKitrick hospital
Thursday from head Injuries suf
fered late Wednesday afternoon when
he fell from an automobile driven by
his son, LeRoy, four miles east of
Kenton in Route 30-S.
Attaches reported that Wolfe at
tempted to get out of the automobile
before it had come to a stop and
was thrown to the highway, strik
ing his head on the pavement.
95 WPA Workers Are
Laid Off
A total of 95 Hardin county
WPA road workers have been laid
off after having been placed at work
after a previous lay-off about a week
ago. The lay-off was due, officials
said, to completion of Getz Surface
road north of Kenton. The project
required the 95 men about a week.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Hay Bailer Causes
$8000 Fire
Fire, believed caused by a hay
bailer, Friday afternoon destroyed
a large barn and several outbuild
ings at the Mary Meyer farm four
miles west of Leipsic near New
Cleveland. Loss was estimated at
between $6,000 and $8,000.
Edwin Meyer, operator of the
bailer which also was destroyed, said
he with several of his helpers, had
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Mason Carries Radio
With Him
“Mike” is just a bluff, good-na
tured bricklayer to the rest of the
boys on the Kenton high school
building project but to amateur
radio operators of the world he is
F. C. Stout (W8CJH). .Ider of two
way conversations with leading ama
teur operators of tl countries of
Europe, Africa, Australia, South
America, Central An ca, Canada
and virtually every locality in either
hemisphere except in Asia.
Stout, a roving mason, said he
became lonesome on his first two or
three jobs away from big station
at Fremont, which he calls home.
So he rigged up a portable radio
outfit, which he carries from job to
job in a suitcase.
gone to the house at 4 o’clock to get
a drink of water and when they re
turned, the inside of the bam was
a mass of flames.
Two Valedictorians
In Class
For the first time in its history,
Columbus Grove High Schoo! will be
represented this year by two vale
dictorians at graduation exercises,
May 23. They are Ileen Miller and
Joan Tate, whose class averages for
four years are identical. Alice Rig
genbach will be the salutatorian.
Ousted Workers Sue
Highway Head
Highway Director Robert S.
Beightler last week was named de
fendant in suits filed by George
Morris and Allen E. Litten seeking
restoration of their jobs as laborers
in-charge in Putnam county, which
were abolished April 15.
Common Pleas Judge Charles A.
Leach granted alternative writs of
mandamus, answerable May 20.
Tax Delinquencies
Increase
Collection of real estate assess
ments in Putnam county during the
first half of 1939 receiving period
increased by $375.67 over the cor
responding period last year but the
aggregate delinquency increased
$694.95. Treasurer Grover C. Nich
ols said.
Putnam Men In Radio
Appearance
Members of the Putnam county
Monday they appe
gram broadcast by Vi’OSU,
a red on a pro
the Ohio
State university sta
The purpose of the
make formal presen
Hardy, of Monroe to
county, of his wheat
the first in Ohio.
tion, Columbus,
irogram was to
tat ion to Fred
wnship, Putnam
insurance check,
Hardy paid a prer
to $17.05 on 27.5 bu
The crop was a comj)lete
nium amounting
shels of wheat.
failure and
the AAA insurance paid him $119.75.
Burkholder Directs
Contest Winners
Two Ottawa high school musicians
are preparing to participate in the
national high school music festival
at Anderson, Ind., May 12 and 13.
They are Miss Betty Dennis and
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Kirk Frey, soprano and bass re
spectively, who qualified in the state
meet at Oberlin college. They were
directed by Alvin Burkholder.
Road Financing
Debated
Members of the Ottawa village
council and Putnam county commis
sioners, in joint session last week
dickered nearly two hours without
results on the county’s request for
$1,500 toward purchase of right-of
way for U. S. Route 224, in the
eastern portion of Ottawa.
Council neither accepted nor re
jected the request but instead post
poned final action pending develop
ments.
Grove Student Wins
Scholarship
Twelve Ohio rural high school
graduates, now at ending Ohio State
university, who won one-year schol
arships in 1938 from the Sears.
Roebuck and Co., were honored at
an annual banquet at the Fort Hayes
hotel, on the evening of May 2.
Nolan VanDemark. Columbus
Grove high school graduate and
sophomore in agriculture at Ohio
State, who was chosen as the most
outstanding student in the class of
Sears scholarship winners in 1937
and was the recipient of a $200 sec
ond-year scholarship, was also pres
ent for the affair.
Elrose
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Marshall re
turned from a month’s motor trip
through the western states. They
attended church services where Rev.
L. S. Woodruff is pastor, on April
30. They visited at Empire and
Modesto, California and also at the
World’s Fair, and many places of
interest.
A number from here attended the
funeral of Mrs. Medlow Murray at
the Church of Christ in Bluffton,
Monday afternoon.
The following company spent
Sunday with Edwin, Chas., and
Kathryn Nonnamaker: Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Marquart, of Eagle township
Mrs. Samuel Browneller and little
son, of Jenera Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Koontz and sons, and Mrs. Lucinda
Koontz. Afternoon callers were:
Mr. and Mrs. Ami Nonnamaker, Mr.
and Mrs. C. V. Klingler. Callers
during the last week were Mr. and
Mrs. out Agin of Bluffton and John
Hamilton.
The entertainment at the Black
school house was well attended Fri
day evening. And a fine program
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The Orange luwnship Sunday
school convention will be held at
Bethesda, Sunday afternoon and
evening, May 14.
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Klingler,
daughter Merilyn, son Howard of
near Ada spent Sunday at the Ami
Nonnamaker home.
Union prayer services at Bethesda
Thursday evening.
Miss Mary Koontz is caring for
Mrs. R. E. Koontz and baby daugh
ter.
An accident occurred Sunday even
ing when two automobiles colided.
One traveling on Route 69 and the
other on a county road near the
Fred Marquart home. Vernon Augs
burger on 69 and Charles Hilty on
the county road. The occupants es
caped with numerous cuts and
bruises.
The A. J. Nonnamaker family and
Mrs. Anna Koontz attended the ser
vices demonstrating the work done
by the Religious Education training
class of the Bluffton school Sunday
evening.
Reports from chick hatcheries con
tinue to indicate larger monthly sales
and more advance orders than was
the case in 1938.
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