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PAGE TWO
Reed’s
Hook for many ye
time a community
importance in Oran$
Today, with its fi
ished, the spot is
two miles east of the intersection of
State Route 69 marked by an aban
doned rural school.
The community acquired the name
of Pumpkin Hook through the mis
take made one dark night by a
party of boys foraging for water
melons in the field of a neighbor.
Mrs. Calvin
Louella are vi
Mr. and Mrs.
Mr,
Leips
“Pumpkin Hook” Former Leading
Orange Twp. Point Now A anished
Unaware that a patch of pie
pumpkins was near the melon patch,
the lads made away with arm loads
of pumpkins instead of the coveted
melons. Knowledge of the joke soon
spread and resulted in the name
Pumpkin Hook being used about as
often as Reed’s Corners when re
ferring to the community.
In early days the school at Reed’s
Corners was the largest in Orange
Beaverdam
Mr. and Mrs. George Bowers of
Lima were Saturday dinner guests
of the former’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. P. V. Bowers.
Mrs. Wanda Breda of Lima spent
Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Prosser.
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Taylor and
family of Santa Anna, California,
are spending the week with Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Mayberry.
Mrs. Sam Law, Orin Grant and
daughter Evelyn of Tulsa, Okla
homa are spending a two weeks’
vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Mrs. Hattie
spent Friday
Mary Steele.
room
Jamage
Wal
and daughter Ruth o
were Thursday evening
of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Andr
Robert Fruchey of Par
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Mrs. Katherine I
spent Wednesday wi
Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Mrs. Leo Nelson
Doris spent Monday
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Pfeifer attend
ed the Crites reunion at Faurot
Park, Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah Ridenour,
1 other commodities. One
fire broke out in the stock
juite a salvo. The real
done, however, when a
has rel of gun powder exploded, de
stroying the store and damaging
other buildings in the community.
Destruction of the store marked the
end of Reed’s Corners as a trading
center of any importance.
Earlier the community had boast
ed a blacksmith shop, a post office,
a grange hall, a general merchandise
store and the largest school in the
township. One by one all traces of
the community’s importance disap
peared, the school having been aban
doned several years ago as the final
blow.
Mrs. M. C.
of Mansfield
Mrs. Emma
Dorman.
Merr
Ridenour and daughter
were Sunday guests of
Barber and Frank Mc-
Mrs. Walter O’Neil of
Friday evening visitors
Mr. and
vere
and Mrs. Lewis Yant.
young married people’s class
of Mr,
tained
Church of Christ were enter
Thursday
home
Arnold.
and Mrs. Kent
Mrs. Carl Amstutz.
of an
Mrs
Miss Mareta
Mr. and
jungstown
fl
if Elida
Ru
at Wharton the
guests of Rev. and Mrs. Glen Robin
son. They were accompanied home
by Hazel Robinson who is spending
the week at the Nelson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bowers an
nounced the arrival of a daughter on
June 13.
and
A LOT of folks have had their eyes
opened wide by a ride in a 1939
Ford V- 8. They just didn’t realize
how much more value and how
many improvements we’ve put in
this car the last few years.
Today’s advanced Ford is a
product of progressive engineer
ing, fine materials and honest
Mrs. James Burke of
are week
•s. W
and Mrs. Arthur Phillips,
Mrs. John Augsburger, Mr.
the
evening at
Mrs.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wm.
of Mr. and
Present were:
Amstutz, Mr.
F.llenberger Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Pleyel
Fetl
Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis,
nd Mrs. Lawrence Yant, Mr.
hn Herron, Mr. and Mrs.
and
Lacock
anc
Jane Bassett of New Bremen
Jennie Van Even of Elgin spe
few days at the G. T. Arnold home
this past week.
Walter Oldaker of Bellefontaine
spent a couple of days this week
with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs.
and daughter
spent
Wm.
merman
Bluffton
Oliver Zi
herry of
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Amstutz and daughter Elnora,
ria and Judith Amstutz visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gierhart
at Germantown the past week.
Robert Piper of St. Marys was a
Tuesday evening visitor of Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Foltz.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Younkman en
tertained Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Larue, Mr.
Bixel Motor Sales
Authorized FORD Sales and Service Bluffton, Ohio
Mr. and
and Mrs.
est
id far
"s.
Mr. and
Mrs. Dan
iz and Mr
Mr. and Mrs. Abe 1
grandchildren spent Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sommei
family.
Mr,
Mr. ar
Carroll.
Mrs. Clair Younkman
of West Unity spent tl
Mr. and Mrs. Noah
ith
ind
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Beery spent
Sunday at Evan’s Lake, Michigan,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Davis.
Miss Joan Rader returned home
Sunday after a three weeks’ visit
with relatives at McComb.
Warren Durkee left Monday for
Columbus to attend O. S. U. where
he is continuing his work for a
Ph degree.
Elrose
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Klingler and
daughter Merilyn, sons Jack and
Howard of Ada Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Nonnamaker and sons Harold
and Dean of Hassen spent Sunday at
the Ami Nonnamaker home, cele
brating Father’s day.
Bobbie
bridge
the J.
homes.
Mr. and
Meter, Rev. L. C. Davis
Van Wert.
Van Meter is enjoy-
T. J. Koontz, wife and son
and Joan Gallant of Wal
spent Sunday afternoon at
R. Fisher and Anna Koontz
Mr. and Mrs. Bluffton has
small change at
money persists i
cording to a ru
by attaches at
nesda
Arnold.
at Bethesc
The John Battles family attende
the Burns family reunion at th
Ralph Rainy home in Findlay, Sur
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edinger of
Bowling Green spent Sunday with
friends here.
Miss Joan Battles spent several
days last week at the home of her
aunt Mrs. Gladys Rainy of Findlay.
Mrs. Jont Agin of Bluffton Mrs.
Lucinda Koontz, Mrs. Helen Koontz
and sons Richard, Raymond and
Russell spent Thursday with Edw.
and Chas. Nonnamaker.
Mrs. Bernice Klingler, Merilyn
and Howard and Mrs. Josephine
Klingler of Ada spent Thursday at
the Ami Nonnamaker home.
Misses Helen Schnegg, Mary and
Lillian Koontz and Norman Edinger
are attending the assembly at Lake
side this week.
Class No. 1 of the Olive Branch
Sunday school held their class meet
ing at the home of their teacher.
Mrs. Golda Nonnamaker, Monday
evening.
construction. It is backed by
an experience of building far
more cars than anybody else in
the world.
One ride in today’s Ford
with its smooth 8-cylinder engine,
stabilized chassis, hydraulic
brakes will prove it’s the
modern car in the low-price field.
THE BLUFFxON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
THE LOWLY SAFETY Wf
when first made
COST IO? PER DOZ.
IMPROVED PRODUCTION
METHODS Wf REDUCED
THE PRICE TO S&POR /Of
Once every wet
in about $2,000
proximately the s
imported in $5.
$2,000 in each de
Mr. and
family, and
shall and
La Donna
Krohn Reu
munity roc
building at
Mr. and
company u
Fruchey an
were Sunda
Mr.
Mr
Wi
THE POCKETBOOK
of
knowledge
TAXES ON ONE AR6E TELEPHONE COMPANY
•last
year took *99,240 more
THAN THE C0MTANV RECEIVED FOR
HANDLING ISO,000,000 TOLL AND
LONG DISIANCI 4FS5AGE5 DURING THE
Small Change Stays Here But
trouble keeping
ne, hut the big
tting away, ac
made this week
Citizens National
Itho there a
els and pen:
finds it ii'
jrt money
ways plenty of
i the town, the
ry to regularly
tger denomina-
the bank brings
i $1 bills. Ap
le amount also is
0 and $20 bills,
nnination.
If-dollars do not
Quarters and 1
Rockport
Mr. Ralph Na
for Columbus whe
summer school a
versity.
lall left Sunday
he is enrolled in
Ohio State uni­
Miss Elizabeth Campbell left Mon
day for Mariviu Beach, Michigan
where she will spend the week at an
F. H. A.
Columbus
camp with a group of
Irove high school girls.
Mrs. Walter Cupp and
Mr. and Mrs. Orlo
laughter Jean and
?ampbell attended
nion held in the
in the high school
Pandora, Sunday.
Mrs. Jacob Amstutz in
ith Mr. and Mrs. Noel
i son Roger of Pandora
quests of Mr. and Mrs.
AN OXYGEN MASK TO RELIEVE
FATIGUE in ERAiN WORKERS
IS NOW IN USE.
HO MORE
1 SISSY TfHHf
a mwiNb
It
TH*
•LAYING OF 1
TENNIS WAG
MAPE ILLEGAL V
IN ENGLAND
BY ACT OF
PAAUAMENT |N 1365 BECAUSE THE
GAME DID NOT IMPROVE THE Af/l/MW
STRENGTH of the nation.
Mar
Miss
the
com-
Ft. Wayne, Ind.
s Cooney of Bluffton
Sunday guest of Miss
Mary Jane and Nancy
returned Thursday
spending the week
Washington, D. C.
•s. Orlo Marshall and
Mr. and Mrs. George
bury, Pa., Mr. Richard
lumbus, Mr. and Mrs.
r, and Miss Harriet
Sunday evening supper
and Mrs. R. A. Krohn
e Cupp will accompany
Home
high
part
s. W.
Economics girls
school to Lake
of this week.
E. Marshall and
■j. Guy Mayberry at
Eighth Annual Allen
ay school convention
y church in Lima Sun
day.
rs. J. C. Begg, Mr. and
egg and sons John and
and Mrs. Lawrence
a Janies, and Mr. and
Cupp and daughter
entertained Sunday in
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar
in Kent at Tontogany.
Mrs. Harold Marshall
group of relatives at
y in honor of the birth
ary of their son John,
were: Mr. and Mrs.
of Jefferson Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
son Charles, and Mr.
ayniond Bucher, all of
s Rebecca Marshall, the
tess and honored guest,
dly Neighbors Club will
imual Guest Day at the
building in Beaverdam,
ternoon.
Mrs. George Hepler of
., and Mrs. R. A. Krohn
of Pand)ra were Monday evening
supper gijests of Mr. and Mrs. Orlo
Marshall.
Mr. W. R. Mayberry, former resi
dent of this vicinity, suffered a
stroke o paralysis Sunday night.
occausp ff his illness the Profit and
Pleasure Club which was to have
met with Mrs. Guy Mayberry Wed-
IN MANY
PARTS OF
CHINA
ARE SOLD
ONE AT
A TIME
FROM AN
OPENED TIN.
TO THOSE WHO
CAN'T AFFORD
A WHOLE CAN—
fAFTER THE
TtN tS ENIPTrf
THE OIL IN WHICH
THE NSH WERE
PACKED /S SOLD
scpA/tAreiyj
Money Leaves, Bank Reports
disappear quite as rapidly, altho the
bank imports about $200 of
every two weeks. Occasionally
necessary to have some dimes
into the town.
each
it is
sent
Pennies and nickels, however, hold
their own here and the supply is
ways ample without shipping in
additional amount.
al
an
of-
Bank attaches were unable to
fer any explanation for the fact so
much money is imported in large de
nominations, unless it is due to the
fact most produce accounts and
many payroll checks are paid in
cash, assuming then that a sizeable
portion of the money is spent out of
town.
nesday has been postponed indefi
nitely.
Mrs. Harold Marshall attended a
meeting of the Au Revoir Club
Thursday in the home of Mrs.
Chester Basinger near Vaughnsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Badertscher
spent the week end at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Coral
Donaldson in Pandora.
Mrs. F. C. Marshall and son
Robert spent Sunday with Mrs. P.
D. Bixel in Pandora.
Keeping soil in place on the field
of a North Carolina watershed de
creased the rate of silting in a down
stream reservoir by 50 per cent. The
construction cost of the reservoir
was $1,200,000. Erosion control up
the valley doubled the number of
years this investment would be pro
ductive.
The man who lets a 10-cent argu
ment lead him into a $10 bet de
serves to lose.
Marketing Of Crops
Problem For
arly Settlers Paid Twenty
Cents Bushel for Hauling
Wheat to Tiffin
to
Thirteen Days Required
Make Round Trip to Upper
Sandusky Market
It is now 106 years since the
hardy pioneers from Switzerland lo
cated in that part of Richland town
ship which is still known in the dis
tract as “The Swiss Settlement”.
At the time the first settlers came
to the Settlement he area was a part
of Putnam county. Later when Allen
county was formed, the district was
included as a part of the
county.
new
wife
Michael Neuenschwander, his
and three sons, John B., Daniel and
Michael, came to the district in 1833
and became the first settlers in the
Settlement.
Covered Wagon Trip
They made the journey here from
Wayne county in a covered wagon
drawn by two horses and two oxen.
The family originally came from
Germany, but had lived in Wayne
county 10 years.
when the
into the
of 1833,
moved
known as the Set-
In the winter
Neuenschwanders
area later to be
tlement, the ground was never froz
en hard enough to bear up a wagon,
according to
family.
records left by the
life in the Settlement
and required men of
Altho early
was primitive
rugged physique, many of the hardy
pioneers lived to ripe old ages.
Records especially speak of Christian
Bucher who lived to be 100
seven months and 22 days
before being taken by death.
years,
in age
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frugal
These early settlers were
patient, not afraid of work, and
their untiring efforts made the Set
tlement famous for fine farms, good
crops and superior draft horses.
In the early days, however, the
Settlement was almost removed from
civilization, and the marketing of
crops was quite a problem. Daniel,
the eldest son of the Neuenschwan
der family, hauled wheat from the
district to Tiffin for neighbors, being
paid 20 cents a bushel for the serv
ice.
In 1834, the first year the family
resided in the Settlement, Daniel and
John, the two older boys, went to the
Eagle Mill, in Eagle township, Han
cock county, to buy a load of corn.
They started for home with a load
in the early morning, but it was
noon of the next day before they
reached their destination,
that time they had nothing to
but raw corn.
During
eat
Marketing Difficult
had
A few years later when they
grain to sell, the boys went to Find
lay, each with a load of 32 bushels
of wheat, drawn by four horses.
Here they were offered 50 cents a
bushel for the grain.
Considering the price too low, the
boys went on to Upper Sandusky
where they received 62 cents per
bushel. It took them 13 days to
make the round trip and during that
time they did not sleep in a bed
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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 193fr
Was Large
Settlement Pioneers
and had no warm meals.
From this primitive beginning, the
Settlement has now grown until its
borders almost reach Beaverdam,
Roeport, Columbus Grove, Gilboa and
Bluffton,
the area
pie they have been praised as being
“pious, of strict moral integrity, gen
erous, industrious and there is no
farming land in the United States
that has better buildings, more beau
tiful farms, better stock and more
improved roads.”
Most of the residents of
are Mennonites. As a peo-
Proclamation
After careful consideration and as
a result of conference with a num
ber of citizens, the following action
has been decided upon.
WHEREAS: A great deal of
carelessness has been evidenced in
recent years in the use of fireworks
and explosives during the Fourth of
July season and by this carelessness
a number of people have been threat
ened with serious injury
WHEREAS: By Ordinance of the
Village of Bluffton, the Mayor is
made responsible for this situation
and such explosives are not allowed
except by permission of the Mayor
THEREFORE: I, Wilbur A. Howe,
Mayor of the Village of Bluffton, do
hereby proclaim, that:
1. Firecrackers, torpedoes, fire
works, or explosives of any kind or
nature shall not be exploded or dis
charged within the business district
of Bluffton, said business district
extending from Colleve Avenue to
Washington Street and from Jack
son Street to Riley Creek
2. Firecrackers, torpedoes, fire
works, or explosives of any kind or
nature shall not be exploded or dis
charged within the limits of the Vil
lage of Bluffton on any day except
ing Tuesday, July 4th, 1939.
3. Firecrackers, torpedoes, fire
works, or explosives of any kind or
nature shall not be sold or exposed
for sale before Monday, July 3rd,
1939.
A violation of this order shall con
stitute a violation of a Village Ordi
nance and will be dealt with ac
cordingly. Future permission for the
use of fireworks on the Fourth of
July in the Village of Bluffton
depend on the cooperation of
public
above
will
the
the
in the enforcement of
proclamation.
Signed:
The
Wilbur A. Howe,
Mayor
Date, March 20, 1939
above Proclamation was ap-
proved by the Village Council at the
regular meeting on March 20, 1939.
You can’t fly with the owls at
night and keep up with the eagles
in the daytime.
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