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PAGE SIX Student Quiz Will Feature Broadcast On Farm Night Radio Program of WOSU, Monday, October 23 Dial 570 Kc. 8:00—Music. 8:05—Preparing for 1940’s 4-H Club Sheep Project, L. K. Bear, Ext. Sheep Specialist. 8:15—Vocational Home Economics Program, Students of Croton High School directed by Miss Catherine Kessler. 8:25—Columbus Federal Orchestra. 8:35—The World’s Potato Crop and How It Is Used, H. E. Eswine, Naturalist. 8:45—Comfort in the Home, Mrs. V. L. Shilling, Trumbull Co. Farm Homemaker, 8:55—Columbus Federal Orchestra. 9:05—Invitation to Ohio Corn Field Day, D. F. Beard, Ext. Agrono mist. 9:15—Aids to Economic Farm Opera tions, Russell H. Knoop, Com munity and Cooperative Service Specialist, Farm Security Admin., Columbus. 9:25—Student Quiz, conducted by N. F. Childers, Horticulture Dept. 9:35—Columbus Federal Orchestra. SHORTHORN PUREBRED SHORTHORNS Show at 10 Sale at 1 Columbus Grove. For Catalog address: Orval Benroth, Sale Manager, Columbus Grove, Ohio DUROC HOG SALE 50 HEAD OF BOARS & GILTS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2$ Sired by C. W.’s Orion Cherry King, Superior Co., and My Cherry King They are the medium type, easy feeding kind. We have new blood lines in this sale. Boars and gilts not related. Immuned for cholera. We ap preciate your support of past sales and cordially invite you to this sale. C. W. SWAIM 4 Miles Northwest of McComb Beaverdam Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Burkholder and family were Thursday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Leiber. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Manahan of Oklahoma spent last week with the former’s mother, Mrs. Lillie Mana han. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Huber of Cleveland were week end visitors of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Huber. Miss Doris Beemer of Lima visited Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prosser. Mr. and Mrs. Don Mounts and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Weaver attended the funeral of Robert LaPoint at Lima, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Ralph Eversole of Lafayette was a week end visitor of her mother Mrs. Albert Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Gail Arnold were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Truax and family. The Win-a-Couple Sunday school class of the M. E. church had a weiner roast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zimmerman, Wednesday evening. Members present were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brackney, Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Younkman, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Augsburger, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Baughman, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hauenstein of Lima. Mrs. Cynthia Elliott attended the funeral of her uncle, John Stratton at Findlay, Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Woollery and daughter Loretta Ann of Benton Ridge have moved into the Ellen burger property on Main street. Miss Matilda Basinger of Pandora was the guest speaker at the P. T. A. meeting held at the High school on Monday evening. Mrs. Salina Ransbottom is spend ing the week with relatives at Lima. Mrs. Gail Goble of Louisville, Ken tucky spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. Jim Etta Edgecomb. Miss Elfa Gierhart and Ronald Dunlap of Marion spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gierhart. The young married people’s class of the Church of Christ were enter tained Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Barber. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Merril Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Kent Amstutz, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Am stutz, Mr. and Mrs. Pleyel Fett, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Van Meter, Mr. and Mrs. John Herron, Mrs. Carl Bassitt, Mrs. Oral Fett and Mrs. Marvin Reigle. Mary Margaret Zimmerman spent the week end with Edna Gayle Williams at Lima. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rothe and family of Spencerville and Mrs. Della Weaver were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pleyel Fett and family. Mrs. Cynthia Elliott and Miss Ruby Byerly of Lima visited over the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Don Rader and family in Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. Harry McBride of Birmingham, Michigan, were called here Sunday on account of the death of the former’s father, Wm. McBride. Mrs. Emma Vinson spent Monday at Lima with Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Lippincott. Public Sale The undersigned will offer at public sale at his farm 2 miles west of Bluffton, on Tuesday, October 31, 1939 The following property: 2 HORSES—Roan gelding, 3 yrs. old mare colt, 1 yr. old. ___ 8 CATTLE—5 cows, from 3 to 6 years old, due to calve from December to next spring heifer, coming 2 yrs. old heifer, coming 1 year old bull, 1 year old. Sow with pigs, double immuned. 8 SHROPSHIRE SHEEP—5 ewes spring ewe lamb 2 spring rams. CHICKENS—About 100 English Leghorn pullets about 75 English Leghorn laying hens. FARM IMPLEMENTS John Deere Model tractor tractor plows disc corn shredder 125 feet 7-inch drive belt Letz feed grinder buzz saw 2 wagons sleigh 2 iron kettles copper kettle lard press meat grinder butcher table 3 hog scaffolds beef scaffold 20 gallon jar antique corner cupboard din ner bell linoleum log chains new singletrees anvil oil drums oil cans grain sacks brooder house 2 brooder stoves hog house cheese press cream separator and motor ice cream freezer potato crates fruit jars new doubletrees 6 inch planer several barrels and other articles. Upright piano, in good condition. Potatoes corn in shock hay in mow. Sale to Begin at 1:00 P. M. Terms—Cash. A miscellaneous shower was given ip honor of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Williams at their home Friday even ing. They received many useful gifts. Those enjoying the event were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Williams and family, of Lima Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yant and son Wilbur, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Williams and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Yant, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hall and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wing and family, of Col. Grove Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams, Mrs. S. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zimmerman and family. I. W. Welty, Owner H. M. Thrapp, Auct. Clerk from Citizens Nat’l. Bank Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Younkman and daughters were Thursday even ing dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lugibihl and family. Miss Frances Huber was a week end visitor of Mr. and Mrs. George Huber and son. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Huber and family were Sunday din ner guests. Miss Patricia Huber called Sunday afternoon on Dorothy Lugibihl. Sunday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Joy Huber and daughter and Mrs. Cora Huber were: Mr. Donald Yoak um, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wine gardner. Huber Winegardner spent the week end at the Huber home. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Huber and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jennings call ed Sunday evening on Mr. and Mrs. Russell Huber and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes and Jo Ann, Mr. and Mrs. John Motter and Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Turner were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Syl vester Turner of Ada. Miss Ruth Scoles was a Thursday visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes and Jo Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman attended a birthday dinner Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman George in honor of Mrs. Norman Switzer. Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Basinger and daughter called Sunday afternoon at the Arthur Phillips home. Mr. and Mrs. Elton Younkman and family called Sunday evening. Sunday visitors of Mrs. Lily Fett and Nellie Huber were: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hess and family and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Boedicker and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zimmerman and son called at the H. P. Zimmer man home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Huber called Monday evening on Mrs. Lily Fett and Nellie Huber. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Fox of Findlay were: Mr. and Mrs. John Rupright and grand daughter, Mr. Norval Scoles and daughter Salome, Mr. Raymond Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stein er and family, Mrs. Alta Garau and son Cleo, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Althauser and Walter Booth. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen and family called Sunday afternoon on Mr. and Mrs. Dan Badertscher, and in the evening called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Carroll and daughters called Monday evening on Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman. Mr. H. P. Zimmerman spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Long and attended the Rally day services held at Liberty Chapel church. Pandora Col. II. M. Thrapp is very busy this week having two big sales. The first one was Wednesday at the Noah J. Basinger farm. Mr. Basinger has sold his farm to Willis Amstutz. They expect to move to Bluffton early in November. E. J. Miller will have a farm sale Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and daughter Faith are going to move to Pandora. They are remodeling their home at pres ent. Mr. and Mrs. James Sommers have rented the Grismore apartments and THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO War Speeds Up Diamond Cutting in U.S. Am mHAT little known artisan and JL scientist—the diamond cutter—is In greater demand than ever in the United States, especially since the advent of the “Second Worl-’ War.’’ For with nine-tenths of the world’s cutters located In Antwerp, Belgium, •ad Amsterdam, Holland, importers and retailers in this country must look to our own specialists. Inci dentally’, the United States Is the largest importer of diamonds. Science and speed are the new watchwords of this age-old occupa tion as the photos above indicate. Pleasant Hill Today the modern cutter, unlike his predecessor of the middle ages, isn’t content with merely “cutting a diamond with a diamond’’ or simply taking off the rough corners of a rough diamond. He subjects the stone to an intricate series of me chanical processes, for cutting and polishing diamonds combines the difficulties of an engineering feat with those of a delicate surgical operation. Above are photos showing the famous Jonker diamond in the process of being cut, rounded and expect to move there in the near future. Mrs. Grismore is having a new bathroom made upstairs and other improvements. Mrs. Joel Lehman is seriously ill at her home in Pandora. Dr. M. B. Rice and family moved into their new home on Route 12 last Thursday. Mrs. Mary Burkhart, Pandora’s oldest resident has been quite ill the last few days. Melvin Hiltys have moved into their new home. Arthur Schumachers are the own ers of a 1937 Plymouth sedan. Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Badertscher are the proud parents of a baby girl, Beth Ann, born Sunday at the home of her parents. Rolland Reichenbacn broke his collar bone while playing football last Friday at Oakwood. U. S. Steiner is visiting at the home of his son, Dr. J. C. Steiner at Willard, Ohio. Mrs. Cowden, mother of Mrs. Henry Devore, who is 99 years of age, has been very ill at her home in Columbus Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frost, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Reeder and family of Columbus Grove were dinner guests at Henry Hiltys Sunday. P. C. Steiner has been on the sick list again. His condition is consider ed serious. Rev. Armin Steiner spoke Sunday at the West Berne Missionary church in Berne, Ind. Junior Hatfield of Upland, Ind., spent the week end at the home of his folks. Pandora again won a football game from Oakwood by the big score of 54 to 6. Pandora has won all its games in the Western League divi sion. Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Schumacher, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Schumacher and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schu macher, Alice and Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Schumacher and Wayne Schumacher of Lafayette took dinner Sunday at the Cyrus Schumacher home at Bluffton. Pandora plays Delphos this Fri day at home with a football game. Noah Bixel, well known egg man, is now buying poultry. Harry M. Schumacher attended the Benjamin Franklin Highway dedica tion dinner at the Putnam House in Ottawa, Wednesday noon. Rawson Mrs. James Hugus and Miss Ruth Yuckenberg spent Thursday in the home of Rollie Ghaster in Findlay. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Comer and family of Detroit were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Burket. Mrs. H. Claus of Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trask of Akron are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Trask. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Steinman of Findlay and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Grubbs and son Eugene were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith and family. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Little and daughter Elaine of Akron are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Little. Mrs. George Cramer was a Friday evening caller on Mrs. Jennie Camer on. Mrs. Lucille Slusser of Detroit was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Burket. Mrs. Olive Crozier spent Thursday 11 J1 polished by Lazare Kaplan, of New York. This stone, originally pur chased by the Diamond Syndicate, produced polished stones with an aggregate value of ?2,000,000. Photo No. 1, shows how the Jonker stone was marked No. 2, sawing, the saw being edged with diamond dust mixed with olive oil No. 3, “girdling," or rounding the dia mond No. 4, polishing. The three Inserts show a Marquise cut and two square cut diamonds that came out of the original rough Jonker stone. afternoon with Mrs. Pearl Jorden and daughters of Mt. Cory. Miss Ruth Smith is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Stein man of Findlay. Mrs. G. W. Pleasant of High Point, N. C., left for Chicago, Sunday after spending the past week with Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Shaw and family. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Forsyth and Mrs. Russell Neighswander returned Wednesday from Decatur and Shel by, Ill., where they visited friends. Mrs. R. S. Trask attended Rally day services at the Benton Ridge Evangelical church recently. Elrose The C. E. of the Diciple Church of Bluffton had charge of the C. E. at Olive Branch, Sunday evening. O. L. Bell of Sycamore, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bell of Kirkland, Ill., arrived here Friday evening and spent Saturday and Sunday at the homes of the former’s brother, Thos. Bell and sisters, Mrs. Nora Stratton and Mrs. Anna Koontz. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nonnamaker and sons Harold and Dean of Hasson were Sunday guests at the Ami Non namaker home. Afternoon callers were Chas. Marshall, of Findlay Harvey Marshall, of Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Mary Hartman, Cloyce and Martha Hartman, all of Hoytville. Union prayer services at Olive Branch, Thursday evening. Mr. Orton Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bell, Mrs. Anna Koontz, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nonnamaker and children Kaye and Roderick, Mrs. C. W. Klingler and daughter Jean Ann, and N. R. Elzay were dinner guests Sat urday at the M. J. Stratton home. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Stratton of Tiffin spent Sunday at the M. J. Stratton home. Mrs. Edwin Bish returned to her home in Detroit, Saturday, after hav ing spent the week at the Evered Bish home. Honoring the house guests at the Anna Koontz and A. J. Nonnamaker home, Thos. Bell and Harold Bell, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Steinman were dinner guests. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Winkler and Mrs. Nora Gossman, of Jenera Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Montgomery, Joan and Billie Joe, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Stratton, Elain and Ortho, Misses Mary and Lillian Koontz, Jackie Koontz, Mrs. Linda Dray, Jimmy Dray, Mr. and Mrs. Wright Klingler, Misses Gladys, Dorotha and Jean Ann Klingler and Jimmy Scott. Those who called on Mrs. M. J. Stratton the past week were Mrs. W. W. Scothorn, Mr. and Mrs. John Battles, Miss Mabel Battles, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Stratton, Elain and Ortho Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, Mr. J. T. Bell, Harold Bell, Mrs. Mel vin Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edinger, Miss Bettie Edinger, Nor man Edinger, Mrs. Anna Koontz, Mr. Z. T. Showalter, Mr. Lewis Grubb, Miss Dorotha Edinger, Rev. H. D. Camp, Mr. Milton Benroth, Mr. and Mrs. John Warren, Mrs. Lloyd Van Meter, Mrs. Linda Dray, Misses Mary and Lillian Koontz, Rev. Mc Vey. Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Koontz and daughter Martha called at the Anna Koontz and A. J. Nonnamaker home Saturday evening. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at 20 or 80. Rockport Sue Risser, of Bluffton, spent the week end with her cousin, Margery Cupp. Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Best and daughter of near Columbus Grove were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Begg and family. Mrs. Delmar Smith and son Kent returned to their home in Tontogany Wednesday evening after spending several days in the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Cupp. Miss LaDonna Campbell, a student at Ohio Northern university in Ada, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Campbell. Miss Jean Marshall, of Miami university, and Miss Mary Marshall, of Bowling Green university, will spend the week end with their par ents and attend the Detwiler-Gratz wedding in Bluffton, Saturday. Mesdames Clarence and Edgar Begg, Dwight Campbell, William Risser, Walter Cupp, and Harold Marshall attended a meeting of the Au Revoir club held in the home of the Misses Basinger near Columbus Grove last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sylvester and children of Ft. Wayne spent the week end with relatives in this vicinity and w’ere Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Mary Sylvester and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Huber and family. Miss Edythe Cupp in company with the Misses Helen Boss, Theresa Slusser, Eleanor Leiter and Florence Duffield, of Bluffton, attended the Ohio State-Northwestern football game in Columbus, Saturday and from there made a trip into the hills of southern Ohio for the remainder of the week end. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Begg had as their dinner guests Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Begg and sons John and William, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Begg and son Jimmie, honoring the birthday anniversary of Mr. Edgar Begg and also the tenth wedding anniversary of the honor guest and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mills of Delphos spent Sunday evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Marshall. Mrs. Dale Stewart and Mrs. Robert Sommer of Pandora called on friends in this vicinity Sunday afternoon. The annual Allen County corn husking contest will be held on the J. C. Begg farm Saturday afternoon, and a large crowd will probably be in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Finley of Jefferson were week end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Marshall. Sunday they were joined by Mrs. Regina Lemley and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Lemley of Pandora and their son Charles, a student at O. N. U. in Ada. The October meeting of the Friendly Neighbors club will be a Halloween party for members and their husbands in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bowers Thursday evening, October 26th. A luncheon for members of the Allen County Federated Farm Wo THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 1939 men’s clubs will be an event of Thursday, November 2nd in the Bath Twp. centralized school. The two local groups, the Friendly Neighbors and Profit and Pleasure clubs will be among those present. Mesdames F. C. and O. P. Mar shall attended a meeting of the Advance club in the home of Mrs. Tony Frantz in Pandora last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Badertscher are the happy parents of a baby girl born Sunday afternoon. In one Ohio county, 43 percent of the farms are on submarginal land, have an average of 13.7 acres of crop land, and an annual gross in come of less than $300 from the sale of farm products. NOTICE OF ELECTION ON ISSUE OF BONDS Gen’l Code Secs. 2293-21, 4785-13(g). NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of a Resolution of the Council of the Village of Bluffton Ohio, passed on the 6th day of September, 1939, there will be submitted to a vote of the people of said Village at the NOVEMBER ELECTION to be held tn the Village of Bluffton, Ohio, at the regular places of voting therein, on Tuesday, the 7th day of November, 1939. the question of issuing bonds of said Bluffton Village in the amount of Eighty Thousand Dollars (180,000. 00) for the purpose of constructing a sewage disposal works, acquiring the necessary real estate as a site for the same, constructing intercepting sewers and lateral sewers and all things incidental thereto and necessary ther for as provided by law. The maximum number of years during which such bonds are to run is 25 years. The estimated average additional tax rate outside of the ten mill limitation as certified by the County Auditor is 2.3 mills on each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to 23c per one hundred dollars of valuation. The Polls for said Election will be open at 6:30 o’clock A. M. and remain open until 6:30 o’clock P. M. (Eastern Standard Time) of said day. By Order of the Board of Elections, of Allen County, Ohio. NEIL R. POLING. Mower Chairman. R. G. PATTERSON, 26 Clerk. Dated Sept. 27, 1939.______________ ______ USED Tractors—Trucks Farm Implements Washing Machines 1 F-12 Farmall Tractor with cultivator and plows. 1 McCormick-Deering 2-row mounted corn picker for F-20 tractor. 1 McCormick-Deering 9-7 grain drill. 1 McCormick-Deering 5 ft. 1 John Deere 6-ft. mower, with tongue truck. 1 McCormick-Deering 4-roll all steel corn hnsker. 1 No. 500 Blizzard Ensilage Cutter 2 McCormick-Deering 1’/j H. P. gas engines. 1 Briggs & Stratton gas engine. 1 International ’/j Ton C-l Pickup Truck 1 Dexter Washing Machine, with Briggs & Stratton engine. 4 Maytag multi-motor gas engines. 1 Set Slightly Used Tractor Tires C. F. NISWANDER EGG PROFITS McCormick-Deering Dealer Bluffton, Ohio SURE you can make those hens of yours pay you a profit on present egg prices. BUT you’ve got to feed them a feed that keeps down feed costs and keeps up egg production. Mix your home grain with Old Fort or Dutchmaster concentrates. Findlay Stove and Furnace Repair Co. We repair cook stoves, heating stoves, heatrolas, and all makes of furnaces. We carry a complete line of new parts for every type of stove. Send card or phone for free estimates. 1301 Washington Ave. Findlay, Ohio Phone 2076-R FIRE BOWLS GRATES CASTINGS HAVE YOUR FURNACE CLEANED NOW WANTED-DEAD STOCK WE PAY TOP CASH PRICES Horses $3.00 Cows $2.00 Small Stock removed free of charge. 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