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THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 1939 SUPERFEX Oil HEAT-DIRECTOR made by PERFECTION STOVE COMPANY W"by rHY GO through another winterwith heat that works fits and starts*'-first a roaring fire and then a dying one? The best way to heat is with oil, and the best oil heater is Superfex. The best place to get it is here, and the best time is NOW. Superfex heaters burn a wide variety of inexpensive fuel oils. You get just the heat you want— at the turn of a dial—and WHERE you want it, with the Heat-Direc tor model illustrated here. Pat- Basinger s Furniture Store INCREASE IN BUILDING ■a IM MATERIAL PRICES GO UP BUILD NCWr ented shatters on front and sides can be adjusted to produce circu lating heat, radiating heat, and DIRECTED heat—directed towarm the floor and assure comfort in "the living zone.” Sixes with heating capacities ranging from 3,100 to 11,600 cubic feet. Convenient monthly payments can be arranged. “I think the day of the very low interest rates are about over and I think you are going to find the trend going up. “The most uniform result of war has been to raise prices, prices of commodities, prices of labor and prices of building materials. “I think the people that do build in the next six months are going to find that they built jat the most logical time, at the most economical time in their en tire lifetime. I don’t believe that they will ever see costs again as low as they are right now.” Steinman Eros. Lumber Co. Bluffton, Ohio You couldn’t buy more .... You shouldn’t buy less.... Alu has the The Maytag minum been World’s Finest by mil lions of women. Con stantly improved since its introduction more than fifteen years ago, this new Maytag offers even greater value to every washer buyer. Washer called Only in the Maytag can you get a one piece cast-aluminum tub, Gyrafoam wash ing action, Roller 11 ater Remover, hi ng ed table lid, adjustable legs and more than a score of other features exclusively Maytag. Maytag today in more than three million homes is doing better, easier, faster, more economical wash ings. You can buy a Maytag as low as— $59*S® See Maytag at our store during National Wash ing Machine Week. C.F. Nisujander TA. Mari QaaUtj HIGHER LABOR COSTS INTEREST RATES ADVANCE Says Wenzlick “If you are going to build a house, now is the time to do it,” declared Roy Wenzlick, President, Real Estate Analysts, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri. And here are a few more startling facts and state ments that a propaganda-fed public should not only be permitted but induced to read: “Building costs, considering wage levels, are not high. “If we let 1926 represent 100 building materials would run 85% at the present time. In other words, 85 cents will buy what $1.00 would buy in 1926. And 1926, by the way, was not the high year. THE BLUFFTON NEWS B. F. BIERY, Business Mgr. C. A. BIERY, Editor Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio, by the Bluffton News Publishing and Printing Co. Subscription rates: $2.00 per year in U. S. payable in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Miss Alice Ludwig of Poplar street is visiting friends in Charleston, W. Va. Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Smith Campus Drive spent the week end with rela tives in Princeton, Ill. Ladies fur coats repaired and re modeled. Mae E. Matthews, 110 S. Lawn Ave., Bluffton, O. 25 The jitney supper to have been held at the Methodist church on Fri day night has been postponed. Wm. Wallace of Cherry street is spending several weeks in Canton at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. Becker. Mr. and Mrs. Myrl Hull of Tiffin spent Sunday at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Todd of Franklin street. Mrs. B. D. Smucker and Miss Naomi Brenneman of South Lawn avenue are spending several days this week vis iting in Goshen, Ind. Cornelius Spaid of Wapakoneta and Mrs. Mary and Flossie Hall of Ada were guests at the Lester Binkley home here Monday. Mrs. E. C. Althaus returned Thurs day after spending the past month at the home of her daughter. Mrs. A. M. Rickert and family in Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Getties motored to Circleville, Tuesday and attended the funeral of his uncle, John Wesley Johnson, who died at his home there Sunday evening. Don’t miss this—Johnson’s Glo coat, 1 quart can add 2 cents and get regular 23c jar of Johnson’s Shi-nup silver polish, both for $1. Basinger’s furniture store. Mrs. Harold Younkman and in fant son were removed in Basinger’s ambulance from Miami Valley hos pital, Dayton, to the home of Arthur Phillips south of Bluffton, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Habegger and daughter Kathryn of Alto Loma, Cal., spent Tuesday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Voigt of Ann Arbor, Mich., former Bluffton residents and also visited in Dearborn, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weaver, former Bluffton residents, now living in Knox, Pa., accompanied by Miss Anne McGuire also of that place were here Tuesday to attend funeral services of Mrs. Edward Zewibel. Johnson’s Car-nu cleans and pol ishes your car in one easy applica tion. You’ll like it, 58c per pint at Basinger’s furniture store. tf Mr. and Mrs. Ira Swinehart of Cin cinnati visited Sunday at the Chas. Miller home on South Main street. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Miller who is spending the week in Cincinnati. The Swinehart family were former Bluffton residents. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fox of Find lay, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Fox and Mrs. E. C. Althaus of this place mo tored to Bethel, Ohio, Tuesday to vis it Mr. and Mrs. Alvordan Althaus. Mrs. Althaus remained in Bethel to spend some time at the home of her son. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stettler visit ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Wiebe and family of Willard over the week end. They were accampanied home by Mrs. Wiebe and daughter and Mrs. Wm. Cox and daughter of Ashtabula who are spending several days visiting here. Johnson’s Carnu—cleans and pol ishes your car in one easy applica tion. You’ll like it, 58c per pint at Basinger’s furniture store. Removals by Diller ambulance: Jes se Amstutz from Bluffton hospital to his home north of Beaverdam Mrs. Henry Prior and infant daughter from Lima Memorial hospital to their home in Lafayette Mrs. Katherine Bader tscher from her home on South Jack son street to Bluffton hospital. We too. believe in the slogan in the upper right hand corner of the front page of the Bluffton News. If Bluff ton is good enough to live in, it is al so good enough to trade in. Let’s patronize our home town merchants. If every resident would take this ser iously our town would experience a boom and some unemployed would be put to work. The Neu-Art Studio. Mr. and Mrs. Reese Huber whose wedding took place two weeks ago in Quakertown, Pa., returned Sunday from a motor trip thru the east and are at home on the Huber farm south of Bluffton. Mrs. Huber, the former Miss Stella Burkholder, was formerly superintendent of the Bluff ton Community hospital. Fried turtle suppers 25c fried frog legs 50c, every Tuesday and Satur day night, 7:30 p. m. also entertain ment Bill’s Tavern, Jenera. tf A number of Bluffton women spent Friday in Lima at the home of Mrs. E. C. Akerman and her daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Nye, former Bluffton resi dents. Those from this place enjoy ing the day were Mrs. M. M. Kibler, Mrs. Martha Flick, Mrs. Ross Bogart, Mrs. John Fett, Mrs. Lysle Baum gartner, Mrs. James Lippincott, Mrs. Edgar Hauenstein and Mrs. B. F. Biery. Also present were Mrs. T. Bowman and Mrs. Agnes Taylor of Lima. THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO SOCIETIES and CLUBS Legion Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary will meet next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. To Wed Sunday Miss Gertrude Ewing, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Ewing of Orange township and Floyd Basinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Basinger of near Pandora will be married Sun day morning at 9 o’clock. Rev. L. B. Remaley, pastor of the Church of Christ will officiate at the service at his home in Arlington. Following a wedding trip the couple will re side on the Clem Basinger farm one mile south of Pandora. Covered Dish Supper Miss Pearl Ramer entertained at a covered dish supper at her home on Mound street, Thursday night. Bunco was the diversion of the evening with high score won by Mr$. Evelyn Balmer. Miss Glenna Bink ley was consoled. Guests present were: Mrs. Vernal Corson, Mrs. Evelyn Balmer, Misses Fern Hilty, Mary Jane Carr, La donna Deppler, Opal and Dorothy Edinger, Cleda and Glenna Binkley. Honors Recent Bride Mrs. H. E. Augsburger entertained members of the Royal Neighbors lodge in her home, Friday evening, honoring Mrs. Frank Armbrecht, a recent bride. Mrs. Armbrecht was formerly Miss Ruth Matter. The evening was spent in contests. Mrs. Armbrecht, Mrs. H. Stauffer and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger won prizes. These were given to the bride. Alarm clocks ringing in various parts of the house summoned the bride to many places where she found many lovely gifts. After which a committee com posed of Mrs. Swank, Mrs. Montgom ery, Mrs. Tripplehom served a very dainty lunch. Those present were: Mrs. Arthur Swank, Mrs. Ross Bogart, Mrs. Leland Frantz, Mrs. Dwight Frantz, Mrs. Ada Trippiehorn, Mrs. Grover Mont gomery, Mrs. Chester Stauffer, Mrs. Howard Stauffer, Mrs. Earl Stewart. Mrs. Ralph Caris, Mrs. Swan Stone hill, Mrs. Bertha Matter, Miss Ber nice Matter, Mrs. Francis Stevens and son Dale, the honor guest and the hostess. To Wed at College Wedding of Miss Margaret Gratz daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Gratz of this place and Paul Detwiler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Detwiler of Souderton, Pa., will take place in the Bluffton college chapel, Saturday af ternoon at 2:15 o’clock. Dr. Lloyd Ramseyer, president of Bluffton college will officiate. In at tendance at the wedding will be many friends of the couple from out of town who will be here to attend the nup tials and also Bluffton college home coming festivities on that day. The bride who is a sophomore in the college will be attended by three classmates, Misses Frances Ramsey er of Smithville, Margaret Berky of Buffton and Mary Smucker of Woos ter. Mr. Detwiler who graduated last spring from the college here will be attended by a classmate, William Moy er of Quakertown, Pa., as best man. Following the wedding the couple will leave on a ten days’ motor trip thru the east. On their return they will reside in the Fett apartments. Following his graduation from college Mr. Detwiler has entered the dairy business here. Luther League The Luther League of the Lutheran church will meet at the home of Dick Palnier, Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Attending Federation Meeting A meeting of Bluffton club women were in Paulding on Tuesday and Wednesday attending the annual fall Meeting of the Northwest District of the Ohio Federation of Women’s clubs. Alice Freeman Club Mrs. Paul Diller was hostess to the Alice Freeman club, Wednesday after noon. Letters were read from former members of the club including Mrs. S. F. Panabecker of Kai Chow, China Mrs. J. E. Hartzler of Goshen, Ind., and Mrs. A. E. Kreider of Newton, Kansas. Poinsettia Club Mrs. Robert Murray and Mrs. An dre-• Herr. n i Hl entertain members the Poinsettia club at a Hallowe’en party on Thursday night. Bridal Shower In honor of Miss Gertrude Ewing, bride-elect of Floyd Basinger, Mrs. N. M. Heistant entertained at a show er at her home in Orange township, Tuesday evening, assisted by Mrs. Ray Marshall. Decorations in autumn colors add ed a distinctive note to the occasion and games and contests privided di version for an informal evening, fol lowed by dainty dessert refreshments. Miss Ewing was presented with many beautiful gifts. Invited guests were: Misses Ger trude Ewing, Lois and Dorothy Long, Mrs. J. A. Warren, Mrs. Clyde War ren, Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs. Harry Anderson, Mrs. Jesse Anderson. Mrs. Maggie Ewing, Mrs. Earl Hamilton. Mrs. Jas. Bowman, Mrs. Noah Leichty. Mrs. Arthur Swank, Mrs. Lydia Ew ing, Mrs. Myron Trippiehorn, Mrs. 'Addie Graber and daughter, Mrs. Gii ion of Tipton ,Ind. Garden Club Meeting of the Garden club to have been held at the home of Mrs. Ger hard Buhler, Friday afternoon has been postponed until next week. Jitsau Tau Club The Jitsau Tau club will meet with Mrs. Mrs. Herman Schmidt, Thurs day night. Shower for Bride For the pleasure of Miss Gertrude Ewing, a coming bride, the Misses Cordelia and Laura Hiestand and Lo is Long entertained at a shower at the home of Miss Long, Saturday night. Contests were diversions for the evening and refreshments carried out a pink and white color scheme which prevailed for the occasion. The hon or guest was presented with many lovely gifts. Attending were: Misses Mary Ruth Crawford, Frances and Amanda Pifer, Gladys and Dorothy Klingler, Dorothy, Treva and Violet Basinger, Theda Anderson, LaDonna Haas, Syl vie Hartman, Dorothy Long, Cleora Hofer, Alice Mae Amstutz, the honor guest and the hostess. City Federation Meeting The City Federation of Women’s clubs will hold its first meeting of the club season in the high school cafe teria next Tuesday night at 8 o’colck. The Century Circle will entertain. Settlement Rolland, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Reichenbach sustained a frac tured collar bone during the football game with Oakwood last Friday. Waldo, son of Prof, and Mrs. Lewis Steiner of Winfield, Kansas, visited with his aunts, Lizzie and Susan and uncle Gideon Steiner and family. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Habegger and daughter of Alta Loma, Calif., who have visited relatives and friends in this vicinty are leaving for their western home soon. A hard freeze was everywhere in evident on Sunday morning. N. P. Steiner left Monday for Kan sas City where he is attending the American Royal stock show. He will also purchase stock cattle in the west before returning home. Some of the farmers have started to shred com during the past week. Rolland Burkhart who won the state championship in the sheep shearing contest at the recent state fair, has been chosen to represent Ohio at the International Fat Stock show which is to be held at Chicago the fore part of December. Shearers from many states participate in this event. Wade Sherman Amstutz who is at tending Ohio State university spent over Sunday with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gallant who have lived at Shelby, Ohio, for the past few years are moving to Colum bus in the near future. Mr. Gallant isis continuing his work in the office of a gas company. Mrs. E. E. Miller spent last Wednes day in the Oliver Schumacher home in Findlay. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Luginbihl were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Lora. Irvin Basinger who has been work ing at the Ottawa Sugar Beet Works for the past several season has again resumed his duties at that place. Frederick Reichenbach who has been working for Willis Schumacher during the summer months had the misfortune of having two of his toes severly bruised when the wheel of a corn shredder passed over them. Roy Hauenstein is canvassing ex tensively in Ohio and several adjoin ing states in the interest of his elec tric fence charger which is being high ly approved by its great number of users. The Poland China hog sale of Ben Amstutz and Sones held at their home on Tuesday afternoon was well at tended. Quite a few were sold to buyers from a distance. The offering consisted of very desirable stock and Mr. Amstutz and his boys need to be commended for their fine efforts. Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Badertscher are the proud parents of a baby girl since Sunday. This makes Mr. and Mrs. Coral Donaldson grandparents. Miss Ruth Boaz is doing housework for Mr. and Mrs. Joel Lehman in Pandora. Mrs. Lehman has not been well for several months. The Pandora Women’s Christian Temperance Union met Tuesday even ing at the home of Mrs. Milton Reich enbach. A good many farmers are having a nice yield of clover seed again this year. Max B., day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kidd, died Wednesday noon in Memorial hospital. He is sur vived by a brother James and his grandparents, Mrs. Wm. Kidd and Mr. and Mrs. Noah Basinger of Columbus Grove. Mrs. Kidd before her mar riage was, Agnes Basinger. Rev. John Esaw is in Kansas hold ing meetings. Mrs. Esaw and son moved from the Mrs. Alma Bixel i apartments to the home of her sister, I Mr. and Mrs. Clair Herr and family, a week ago Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Neuenschwan- der are the parents of a son bom on I uesday at the Memorial hospital at Lima. Mrs. Ada Augsburger spent Sun day at the home of her son, H. E. Augsburger and family. Mrs. Margaret Allen of Toledo is the guest of Mis. John Fett and vis iting other relatives and friends here. Miss Emma Hilty and Gerald Hilty of Berne, Ind., were week end guests in the nome of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stratton and family. Don’t miss this—Johnson’s Glo coat, 1 quart can add 2 cents and get regular 23c jar of Johnson’s Shi-nup silver polish, both for $1. Basinger’s furniture store. Salle Lou Eaton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Eaton of Lima spent the week end here with her grand mother, Mrs. Lou Eaton. WANT-ADS “No hunting” signs 5c each 6 for 25c at Bluffton News office. tf Fresh Lake Erie fish, plenty of Pickerel, perch, dressed catfish and sheephead. Dressed or boned, no charge. Every Thursday afternoon and Friday. Kermit Herr, Niswander & Herring bam. Wanted—Corn picking $2 to $2.50 per acre. Amos Klingler, Bluffton phone 556-Y. Will take orders for fresh cider by barrel. W. G. Carr, phone 539-T. 25 Wanted—Piano students, preferably beginners. Have studied under De troit Foundation Music school. Price 35c per lesson. Robert Albro, 335 Cherry St. Phone 255-W. 25 Wanted—Poultry and eggs at highest market price also have poultry to sell retail. Calvin Steiner, third house from Electric light plant. Bluffton phone 212-W. tf Wanted—Elderly man to do chores for board and room. Call Bluffton phone 562-T. For rent—Five room house, partly modern, garage, reasonable. Inquire 507 N. Main St. For rent—Property formerly known as the A. D. Wells residence on North Main St. See Marcella or Lilas Ba singer. For rent—6 room house in country also good Renown range and 5,000 paving brick for sale. Inquire News office For sale—Apples: Grimes Golden, Starks and Golden Delicious, and others. No Sunday sales. W. G. Carr, north on College road. Phone 539-T. 25 For sale—Household furniture and canned fruit of Rev. C. L. Grabill. May be seen at J. C. Deppler’s on the Bentley road tf For sale—175 White Leghorn put lets. George Huber, 514 miles south of Bluffton on Bentley road. For sale—Winter apples and fresh cider 15c per gallon special price by barrel. Augsburger Fruit farm. Bluff ton phone 684-W. tf For sale—50 Barred Rock pullets laying, 75c each. Rayon Boutwell, 3 miles east of Orange Center. For sale—2 good cider barrels also good apples bring your own contain ers. Ray Kem on Bertsche farm. For sale—Potatoes: Green Moun tains $1.50 per cwt. seconds 75c per cwt. Cobbler seconds 60c per cwt. Get your winter supply now. Wil bert Schumacher, Pandora phone. For sale—Irish Cobbler potatoes, nice ones. Arthur Badertscher, Pandora phone. 26 For sale—Plymouth Rock cockerels. Cal Luginbuhl. For sale—Estate Heatrola. .M. Heighway, Bluffton phone. For sale—Nine pieces dining room suite, solid walnut, good condition. Call after 3 p. m. 1129 Washington Ave., Findlay, Ohio. For sale—The following varieties of nice sprayed winter apples Grimes, Delicious, Norther Spy, Baldwins, York Imeprial, Winesap, Bellflower and other at reasonable prices also nice honey, home-made apple butter and vinegar. E. P. Steiner, J,2 mile Oast of town. For sale—Apples: Bellflower, Ram bo, Grimes Golden and other varieties, also potatoes. Clarence Steiner, Bluff ton phone. tf For sale—Apples: Grimes Golden, Red and Golden Delicious. Edwin Lugibih), 2’4 miles north on College road and 52 mile east. For sale—Applebutter and sor ghum. Waldo Wilkins, Bluffton phone. For sale—12 gauge double barrel shotgun, in good condition. Ralph Blcssor, 152 N. Jackson St. For sale—Heating stove and fur nace wood. Howard H. Rickly, 3 miles south of Bluffton on Bentley road. For sale—Comb and extracted honey. Comb honey, 13c a cake extracted honey, 30 cents quart: 5 lb. pail 60 cents 10 lb. pail $1.15 60 lb. can 7 cents per pound. Howard H. Rickly, 3 miles south of Bluffton on Bentley road. For sale—Circulating room heater, $12. Henry Gratz, Bluffton phone. For sale—15 Plymouth Rock pul lets, triple A stock also some nice fryers, 2 to 4 lbs. Mrs. Guy Scoles, 1 mile north of Bluffton on Dixie. For sale—Used heating stoves, laundry stove and electric washer. Call Beaverdam phone 502. For sale—Library table, writing desk, electric washer, large hall tree with mirror $5 each. See Mrs. L. Binkley, Railroad St. PAGE FIVE D. M. Augsburger ahd son Neil of Lima were Saturday evening supper guests in the home of his brother, H. E. Augsburger and family. Grade school children should place their orders for class pictures this week. If ordered later they will cost more. Give order and money to your own teacher. The Neu-Art studio. BLUFFTON MARKETS (Wednesday Morning) Hogs—160 to 180, $6.80 180 to 240, $6.90 240 to 270, $6.80 roughs, $5.75 stags, $4.75. Calves, $11.75 lambs, $8.75. Grain (bushel prices)—Wheat 83c corn 46c oats 28c to 32c soys 78c. LADIES YOUR FUR TRIMMED COATS will have that new chic appear ance when Dry Cleaned by us. As an added service at no extra cost, we will carefully glaze the fur. 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Recklessly they roar into the dawn„eagi?s of the war-tom sky I xffROL FLYNN at dazhing leader of “MIE DAWN PAXBOL w»U Basil Rathbone David Niven Donald Crisp MalvfBo Cooper Barry Fitzgerald Cart Ennood SUN. MON. THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK Louis Hayward Joan Bennett