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Two of the new’ series of 35 com
memorative stamps honoring famous
Americans in various fields of activ
ity w'ere placed on sale last week
at the Bluffton post office
Commemorative Stamps Honoring
Famous Americans At Post Office
These new stamps will be in seven
groups of five each. They will honor
authors, poets, educators, scientists,
composers, artists and inventors,
with stamps of one, two, three, five
and ten-cent denominations for each
group.
Stamps offered thru the Bluffton
post office this w’eek are the one
and two-cent denominations of the
authors’ group.
Beaverdam
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hoyt of Lima,
were week end visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Fae Fow’ler.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thomas spent
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. George
Thomas and family at Findlay.
Mrs. Carrie Durkee and daughter,
Ruth were Thursday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Fensler at Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Duldner had as
Sunday dinner guests, Mrs. Rose Mc
Henry and son Joe, Mrs. June Holmes,
Mrs. Betty Ortman and Paul Smith of
Detroit, Mich.
Miss Margaret Best is taking care
of Mrs. Salina Ransbottem who has
been sick the past week
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Younkman and
daughter Loretta of West Unity were
Tuesday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Noah
Moser.
Philip Piper spent the week end
with his brother Robert at Elwood,
Ind.
Robert McElwain, Stanley Barber,
Mary Varvel and Guyneth Davis of
Van Wert attended a District Youth
convention at the South Side Church
of Christ at Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Arnold and
son Frederick, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Freet and daughter Ruth were Tues
day evening visitors of Mr. Adam
Freet and son Charles and daughter
Grace.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Archer of
Hume were Sunday visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Augsburger.
Mrs. Thomas Kennel of Trenton and
Elmer Kennel of Hamilton were Sat
urday callers of Mrs. Henry Augs
burger.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pratt and child
ren Betty Jean and Warren of Toledo
were Sunday dinner guests Mrs. Car
rie Durkee and daughter Ruth.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Younkman en
tertained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Larue, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Michael and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Lombard of Ft.
Wayne, Ind., were Friday afternoon
Defiance, O. Jan. 19
The seven-room, two story
frame dwelling on the Ches
ter Kames farm, two and a
half miles south of here on
route 66, burned to the
ground at 10 p. m. last night.
Ralph Karnes, brother of
Chester, ran a half mile to
the Earl C. Dreher home to
telephone the Defiance de
partment.
Flames were widespread
when the truck arrived.
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The green one-cent stamp bears a
likeness of Washington Irving, and
the red two-cent stamp honors James
Fenimore Cooper.
Three more stamps in the auhtors’
series will go on sale this month.
These are the purple three-cent
stamp with a picture of Ralph Waldo
Emerson a blue-five center honor
ing Louisa May Alcott and the 10
cent stamp w’ith a portrait of Mark
Twain.
Stamps in the new series are
nearly square in shape. Although
slightly larger than regular stamps,
they are smaller than the usual com
memoratives.
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bassett and
daughter of Bowling Green were Sun
day visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Mayberry.
Mrs. Mayme Yant, who has been a
patient at Memorial hospital for the
past few weeks was removed to her
home, Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mull of Wau
seon spent Friday with Mr .and Mrs.
Ray Zimmerman and family.
Mrs. Lillie Anderson and daughter
Carol Fem were Sunday afternoon
visitors of Mrs. Maud Coon at the
Russell Huber home also called at
the home of Levi Hauenstein.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zimmerman en
tertained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Nungester and children of Lima.
Jams and Donald Grant of Elida
were Sunday callers at the Wm. Yar
ger home.
Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Stim spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rimer at
Kalida.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Weaver of Lima
were Saturday callers of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Shull.
Miss Francis Bodkins of St. Marys
was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Foltz.
Armorsville
The L. A. S. and W. M. S. of the
Liberty Chapel church will meet this
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. John
W. Wilkins, Jr.
Mr. Otis Basinger called at the
W. I. Moore home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Owens and son
of Lima spent Sunday evening at the
Owens home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty and
son spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. Scott McCafferty and
family of Rawson.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hilty and son of
Columbus spent the week end at the
H. O. Hilty home.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Montgomery
and daughter Sue spent Thursday
with W. L. Stouffer of North Balti
more.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Moore called on
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Redick and family
and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shaller, Sun
day afternoon.
Robert Matter and Esther Gratz
spent Sunday at the Chas. Mont
gomery home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Moore called
on Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Basinger,
Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler and
son called on Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Klingler and family of Findlay, Sun
day afternoon.
Recent callers at the Levi Hauen
stein home were Dr. Niswander of
Bluffton Mr. and Mrs. John Good,
D. E. Vermillion, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Augsburger, all of Ada Waldo Wil
kins, Ervin Moser, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Lew
Hauenstein and daughter Betty,
Jerry Basinger, of Pandora Ottis
Basinger, Amos Moser, Warren Mos
er, Elbert Anderson, Mrs. Lillie
Anderson and daughter Carol Fern,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hauenstein and
family, of Lima Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Huber, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hauen
stein, Mr. and Mrs. Dana Moser, of
Columbus Grove Mr. and Mrs. Roily
Moser.
If you think politics easy, try
standing on the fence and keeping
one ear to the ground.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Traucht called
Monday evening on Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Weaver and son.
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Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Huber and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Berryhill and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
Kidd called Monday evening on Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Huber and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Long and
daughter were Sunday visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Weaver and son.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Offenbacher
and son were Sunday visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Clate Scoles and daughter.
Miss Nellie Huber called Monday
afternoon on Mrs. Sallie Sw’aney.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lugibihl and
family called Saturday evening on
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lugibihl and
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jennings
and family were Friday visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fleming.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lugibihl and
family were Sunday dinner visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Younkman
and daughters.
The Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid so
ciety w’ill meet this Thursday for an
at the home of Mrs.
all day meeting
Lyman Barnes,
for quilt blocks.
Bring print scraps
Harvey Welty and
Monday evening on
Mr. and Mrs.
daughter called
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes and Jo
Ann Seigg.
Mr. and Mrs. Joy Huber and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Winegardner and son were Sunday
dinner guests of Mrs. Cora Huber.
Mrs. Howard Smith and son spent
Friday with Mrs. Lily Fett and Miss
Nellie Huber.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Thompson
were Monday evening supper guests
of Norval Scoles and family.
The Dennis Brauen family called
at the following homes the past
week: O. L. Stratton, Walter Gar
in otter, Raymond Stratton, and Dan
Badertscher.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zimmerman
and son were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman
and Mr. H. P. Zimmerman. Mr. and
Mrs. Cal Herr called in the after
noon.
Mrs. Cora Younkman and daugh
ters were Thursday visitors of Mrs.
Wm. Lugibihl.
Sunday callers at the Willard Jen
nings home were: Mrs. Hazel Hess
and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Avery Watt
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wine
gardner and son, and Mr. and Mrs.
Allan Watt and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Stratton and
Miss Nellie Huber called Monday
evening on Mr. and
Huber and sons and
Coon.
Mrs. Russel
Mrs. Maude
Phillips were
of Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Sunday dinner guests
Mrs. Wm. Younkman. Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Younkman and family were
Sunday visitors in the F. G. Younk
man home.
Sunday afternoon callers at the
Norval Scoles home were: Mr. and
Mrs. John Rupright, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Henkle, Cleo Garau, Mr.
Mrs. Coy Binkley and
Will Fox.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO
Pleasant Hill Bible Lecturer
DR.
and
and
family,
and
din-
Brauen
Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
family entertained for
ner, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Garmotter
and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Nick High
and sons and Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Hauenstein and daughter.
Visitors at the Russell Huber home
the past few days were. Mrs. Lillie
Anderson and daughter Carol Fern,
Mr. and Mrs. Orton Stratton and
Miss Nellie Huber and Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Niswander.
Fertilizers
somewhat higher in
previously recom
Ohio appear to be
on corn, tobacco,
potash than those
mended for use in
needed, especially
and sugar beets,
tions of fertilizer on corn, 100 to
150 pounds per acre are generally
profitable.
Moderate applica-
Two methods of reducing apple
blossoms set by spraying may now
be used in place of thinning by hand.
The spraying must be done at the
right time as there is a period just
after blooming when the spray is
not effective.
Calvert N. Ellis, lecturer
and professor of the depart
ment of Biblical studies at
Juniata college. Huntingdon, Pa.,
who will deliver the annual
Bluffton college Bible lectures
next week opening Sunday morn
ing and continuing until
night.
Friday
Dr. Ramsey er Is
Speaker At
Lima
president
Dr. Lloyd L. Ramseyer,
of Bluffton college, was the speaker
last week at a meeting of the Lima
Lions club.
In his address Dr. Ramseyer told
the club the greatest problem facing
America today is the matter of de
deciding what are essentials and
what are frills. He stressed among
other things that we must keep in
mind, however, that today there is a
definite need for many things which
would have been frills in the time of
our fathers.
Rockport
Members of the Presbyterian Mis
sionary society will please remember
the World Day of Prayer meeting in
the home of Mrs. Clarence Begg, Fri
day afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Junior Marshall, a student at Ohio
State university School of Agricul
ture was a week end visitor of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Marshall.
Madison Stewart of Orange town
ship who has been suffering from the
effects of carbon-monoxide poisoning
was taken to Lima Memorial hospital,
Sunday morning for observation and
treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jagger of Col
umbus Grove were Wednesday even
ing supper guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Earnest Freet and daught
er Ruth.
Mrs. Daisy Steinbrenner of Middle
point is a visitor in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Amstutz.
Quite a number from this vicinity
were in attendance at Farmer’s week
in Columbus last week. Among those
were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Begg, Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Begg and Messrs. J.
O. Cupp, W. J. Cupp and Edwin M.
Cupp of Findlay.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Mayberry enter
tained at Sunday dinner, Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Mayberry of Columbus Grove,
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones and
children of Findlay.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cook and dau
ghter Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
were Sunday evening supper
of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Freet.
Reams
guests
Meter
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Van
near Pandora entertained at Sun
day dinner in honor of her father,
John Warren and Harley J. Van Met
er birthday anniversaries. Guests
w’ere Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Begg and
sons, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Van Meter
and daughter of Lima, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Van Meter, Mr. and Mrs. John.
Warren and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde War
ren and sons of Bluffton.
of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Huber were call
ers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vir
gil Traucht of near Jenera, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Nichols and
family of Pandora were visitors at
the Stewart Berryhill home, Sunday
afternoon.
Our Want-ads bring best results.
Dr. Calvert N. Ellis, professor of
Biblican literature at Juniata college,
Huntingdon, Pa., will deliver the an
nual Bluffton College Bible lecture
series, Sunday thru Friday of next
week. Morning and evening lectures
w’ill be given daily after the first day
when three appearances are scheduled.
Bluffton students and faculty mem
bers are planning to send a delegation
to the Tenth Annual International
Day which will be held at Wilberforce
university, Xenia, this Friday. World
problems are discussed at each annual
meeting of the conference.
CAMPUS COMMENT
Enrollment for the second semester,
which was opened at the college last
week, show’s a slight increase, accord
ing to Ray Hilty, assistant registrar.
A total of 275 students are enrolled,
including those attending on a part
time schedule.
Bluffton women debaters will meet
a team from Ohio university in the
first of a series of forensic debates
for the coeds this Wednesday evening
on the local campus. Betty Kenney
and Margaret Berky are Bluffton’s af
firmative debaters, and Julia Culp and
Phyllis Driver uphold the negative
question. The debate question is:
High School Notes
Mary Alice Howe was Bluffton’s
participant in the annual D. A. R.
“Good Citizenship Pilgrimage Test”
last Saturday at Lima. The test is
given each year for senior girls. Ro
berta Biery, of Bluffton, was the state
winner two years ago and received a
free trip to Washington, D. C.
been elected to
Six students have
the Bluffton chapter of the National
Honor society this winter. Those
named include Marcille Sommer,
Jeanne Baumgartner, Genevieve Fett,
Betty Weinhold, Mary Davidson, and
John Stettler. Officers of the group
are Mary Alice Howe, president
Phyllis Steiner, vice-president and
Eleanor Berky, secretary-treasurer.
Seniors will be excused from final
examinations next spring if they do
not have more than two tardy marks
and no unexcused absences.
Students appeared in a temperance
program presented Monday at a school
chapel meeting. Those appearing on
the program were Harriet Biome, Bil
lie Bechtel, John Stettler, Harold
Santschi, Marjorie Stratton, Dorothy
Greding, Georgia Fisher, Harlan
Swank, Ray Niswander, Phyllis Stein
er, Fred Fritchie, Betty Weinhold and
Herb Klassen.
Members of the junior class scored
a dramatic success Monday and Tues
day nights with presentation of their
class play, “Footloose.” .W. Stauf
fer directed the offering.
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“Resolved, that legislation be passed
for the conscription of wealth during
time of war.”
Students were guests of the faculty
at a formal reception Monday night in
the Musselman library. Prof. Otto
Holtkamp was in carge of the inter
esting program which was presented,
ed.
Appearing under auspices of the
Bluffton college department of music,
the celebrated Westminster choir will
present a concert here on Saturday,
Feb. 24. The choir is one of the best
known American choral groups, hav
ing made several transcontinental
tours and appeared in 21 foreign coun
tries.
Two Bluffton college debaters par
ticipated in a forensic meet with Wit
tenberg last Saturday afternoon over
Radio Station WBNS in Columbus.
Appearing for Bluffton in the debate
over the airways were Bert Smucker
and Robert Wenger.
A sacred concert was presented
Sunday night at the Mt. Cory Meth
odist church by the college A Capella
choir. Prof. Russell A. Lantz direct
ed the group.
Bluffton Future Farmers w’on a pest
hunt in competition with a group from
Ada High, it was announced this week
after completion of the contest tabula
tion. Bluffton had a score of 5,637
points, with Ada 4,088.
Students listed on the honor roll
for the third six-weeks period were
as follows:
Freshmen—Floyd Herr, Robert Ob
erly, Raymond Schumacher, Dorothy
Anderson, Alice Augsburger, Ellen
Basinger, Aline Hilty, Adah Lehman,
Barbara Jean Triplett and Darlene
Truax.
Sophomores Robert Albro, Bill
Amstutz, Norman Beidler, Richard
Berky, Harold Crouse, Neill Neuen
schwander, Carol Bame, Rebecca Hof
stetter, Eloise Sommer, Mary Eliza
beth Stearns, Marcene Stonehill and
Eileen Wenger.
Juniors—Norman Lugibihl, Kenneth
Oberly, John Stettler, Arthur Thies
sen, Harriet Biome, Marjorie Buck
land, Winifred Fett, Charlotte Sant
schi and Lois Schaublin.
Seniors Ralph Short, Josephine
Augsburger, Jeanne Baumgartner,
Eleanor Berky, Louise Dunifon, Gen
eveive Fett, Donna Hagerman, Mary
Alice Howe, Kathleen Niswander,
Marcile Sommer, Phyllis Steiner, Bet
ty Weinhold and Janet Young.
Rawson
Mrs. Herbert Beck of Benton Ridge
and Ervin Bunn and family were call
ers on Mrs. Margaret Bunn and Ruth
Williams, Saturday evening.
Mrs. Bruce Altman is improving
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THURSDAY, FEB,
nicely following a recent operation
Rev. and Mrs. Mel Wentz and fam
ily of Harrod w’ere Saturday callers
on ^Ir. and Mrs. Charles Wentz.
Al Latham of Columbus w’as a week
end guest of Mrs. Augusta Latham
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Kohler wars
Sunday afternoon callers on Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Steinman of Findlay.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Shelly and
Mrs. Lowie McGinnis of Ada spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Scott McCafferty and family.
Mrs. Carl Smith and daughter Ruth
w’ere Sunday afternoon callers on Mrs.
Daisy Wentz.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hilshafer and
son of Detroit Mr. and Mrs. D. S.
Ducus of Findlay and Mrs. L. A. Di
cus and son Harold of Bowling Green
w’ere Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Bosse and family.
Mission Feeds 1,394
During the month of January the
Lima City Mission fed 1,394 trans
ients and provided overnight lodg
ings for 402 persons.
Report of activities of the institu
tion was made by Adam D. Welty,
superintendent, w’ho formerly w’as
from the Bluffton area.
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