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PAGE FOUR Easter Values Hats i n spring colors $1.95 to $5.00 Socks new Easter 2 Prs. 25c and 50c pr. before seen. SUS- Belts and penders 50c for Here*# great news for anyone about to replace his first Auto matic Refrigerator, or replace his present one! The 1940 Gas Re frigerator brings you the operat ing advantages of the only freez ing system in which a tiny gas flame does all the work plus new improvement features in con venience and adaptability. We are showing a complete line of sizes at terms to suit your con venience. The REFRIGERATOR YOU SEE... BUT NEVER HEAR What The Well-Dressed Man Will Wear for Easter $13.95 TO $22.50 Colored shirts, striped* shirts, shirts with wov en and printed patterns shirts with collars attached and without... Stripes, all over pat terns, in foulard, rep moire, such a selection as Bluffton has never These handkerchiefs were made especially to match our ties and shirts—no better Easter gift. Easter time is new clothing time and you’ll find here just what you’re looking for. Modish suits, cut along the new spring lines we are showing in a big selection. You can’t get better value, better colors, better cloth, better style. $1 to $2 55c & $1 10cto25c Shoes for the Entire Family Steiner & Huser NO OTHER REFRIGERATOR GIVES YOU ALL THESE ADVANTAGES Modern convenience and beauty .... Per manent silence ... No moving parts to wear .... Continued low operating cost More years of service Fullest food protection Plenty of ice cubes Savings that pay for it. THE WEST OHIO OS COMPANY ^4- THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO In The Churches EBENEZER MENNONITE P. A. Kliewer, Pastor THURSDAY: Teachers’ meeting 7:45 p. m. Prayer service and Bible study 7:45 p. m. SUNDAY: Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Sermon 10:30 a. m. German de votions, sermon text: “John 17.” Christian Endeavorers 7:30 p. m. Bible message: “The Annuncia tions of John and Christ.”—Matt. 1:18-25 Luke 1:5-56. The Son of God became the Son of man, so that the sons of men might become the sons of God. Gal. 4:4-5. EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED CHURCHES Emil Burrichter, Pastor Emmanuel’s: Mid-week Lenten service Wednes day at 8:00 p. m. The G. M. G. meets Thursday evening at 7:45 at the home of Lavada and Verena Balmer. There will be election of officers. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Public worship and confirmation service at 10:45 a. m. There will also be Baptismal service and re ception of new members. St. John’s: Mid-week Lenten service Thurs day at 7:45 p. m. Public worship, with Baptismal, Confirmation, and Reception of new members on Sunday morning at 9:15 a. m. Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. Junior and Senior C. E. at 6:00 p. m. Sunday, March 24 is Easter with the customary Easter service in the morning and a special service at 7:00 o’clock in the evening. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH J. A. Weed. Minister Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.—Sermon by Rev. A. B. Albertson, of Epworth Church, Lima. THURSDAY: 3:45 p. m. Junior Choir rehearsal. 7:30 p. m. Sermon by Rev. A. B. Albertson. Friday, 7:30 p. m. Sermon by Rev. V. H. Allman, United Brethren Con ference Superintendent. SUNDAY: 9:00 to 11:00 a. m. Unified ser vice: Worship, Lesson study, Sermon. Sermon topic: “The Cross—Foolish ness.” 11:15 a. m. Joint Rehearsal of Junior and Young People’s Choirs. 11:15 a. m. Meeting of Official Board. 6:30 p. m. Epworth League, be ginning a series of Christian Com radeship services, to continue night ly through Thursday, at same hour. 7:30 p. m. Evening service. Ser mon topic—“Not Conformed, but Transformed.” Monday, 6:30 p. m. Men’s Brother hood potluck supper and program. Mr. George Goslyne, of Defiance, will speak on the life of John Wes ley. Men all invited. Holy Week will be observed with a special service on Thursday even ing (March 21st), the Day of Fel lowship, concluding with the Sacra ment of the Lord’s Supper. DEFENSELESS MENNONITE E. G. Steiner, Pastor 9:30 Sunday school. 10:30 Preaching. 7:30 Christian Workers meeting. A service enjoyed by young and old. We are meeting in the College Chapel until our church building is remodeled. CHURCH OF CHRIST L. B. Remaley, Pastor Thursday, 2:15 p. m. Women’s Missionary Society will meet at the home of Mrs. Guy Corson. SUNDAY: 9:15 a. m. Bible school. 10:15 a. m. Holy Communion ser vice. 10:30 a. m. Morning worship. 6:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor. FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH H. T. Unruh, Pastor THURSDAY: 7:15 p. m. Choir rehearsal. 7:30 p. in. Midweek Hour of Prayer. We shall discuss the character of Pilate. SUNDAY: 9:00 a. m. Church school for all. 10:00 a. m. Baptismal services. 6:00 p. m. Intermediate C. E. 7:00 p. m. Evening services. During these pre-Easter days let us draw night unto the Lord—come to church Sunday. MISSIONARY CHURCH A. F. Albro, Pastor SUNDAY: 9:30 Sunday school. 10:30 Morning worship. 7:00 p. m. Children’s meeting. 7:00 p. m. Young People’s society. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting. Friday, 7:30 p. m. Everybody’s Bible class. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES Charles M. Armentrout, Pastor Rockport: SUNDAY: 9:30 a. m. Morning worship. 10:30 a. m. Sunday school, Mrs. Walter Marshall, Supt. 7:30 p. m. The play "The Centur ion Servant” will be presented by the young people. TUESDAY: 7:30 p. m. Holy week service, Rev. Chester Armentrout of Columbus Grove, will be speaker. WEDNESDAY: 7:30 p. m. Holy Week service, Rev. J. A. Weed, of Bluffton will be the speaker. THURSDAY: 7:30 p. m. Service of Devotion. FRIDAY: 1 to 3 p. m. Union Friday ser vice in Bluffton church. 7:30 p. m. Rockport is the host of the Bluffton District young people. Bluffton: SUNDAY: 9:30 a. m. Sunday school, Mrs. W. E. Diller, Supt. 10:50 a. m. Morning worship. 5:00 p. m. Tuxis. The subject of the morning ser vice will be “The Central Cross.” The public is cordially invited to attend the service of the church. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY (Above Postoffice) Sunday services at 10:30 a. m., subject: “Substance.” Testimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed nesday evening. The reading room at the church is open every Wednesday from 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. The public is invited to all services and to visit the read ing room. This society is a branch of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass. Settlement Mrs. Richard Staley and children of Ada and Miss Marcele Lora were Monday afternoon callers at the Omer Gratz home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Basting and children of Bloomington, Ill., were week end visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phares Bixel. Miss Fern Basting who spent several weeks with her sister, returned home with them Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Larson and children of Barbersville, Kentucky, and Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Kliewer of Bluffton were Tuesday evening sup per guests of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Gratz and sons. Word was received by relatives of the death of Jesse Michand, the well known auctioneer of Berne, Ind., and also by many at this place. Funeral services for him will be held Wed nesday afternoon at the Mennonite Church at Berne. Mrs. Clarence Jones suffered with a painful carbuncle the past week, but is improving slowly. Mrs. Lydia Burkholder and daugh ter Ella, Mrs. Menno Burkholder, Mrs. Amos Thut assisted Mrs. Willard Moser in quilting last Wed nesday. Mrs. Eldon Reichenbach, who was operated on for gallstones two weeks ago will be removed from the Bluffton community hospital to her home on Tuesday. Peter Sutter, of Arlington, who received a fractured leg in an auto mobile accident on December 12, was taken to the Findlay hospital last week for treatment. He was removed to his home on Sunday. Marriage vows were exchanged by Miss Ruth M. West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. West of Liber ty township and Martin R. Grismore son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grismore of northeast of Pandora at six o’clock Monday evening in the home of the officiating minister, Rev. W. P. Alspach of Findlay. A buffet supper was served following the ceremony in the home of the bride’s parents. Guests from this com munity included the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grismore, Nad en and Caris Basinger, Paul Lugibill, Bert Yoder, Pearl and Betty Weber and Elnora Burry. Misses Lillian and Mabel Amstutz returned home last Tuesday from their visit of a couple of months’ with their brother, Francis Amstutz and family, and uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Amstutz of Wisner, Nebraska. Alva P. Rickly w’as bedfast last w’eek with the flu. Announcement was made from the pulpit Sunday of the coming mar riage of Barbara Magdalene, daugh ter of Mrs. Ellen Amstutz to Arthur Bowsers of near Beaverdam. The wedding is to be solemnized on March 23rd at the St. John church at 7:15 p. m. Last Friday evening while Mrs. D. J. Unruh, Mrs. Myron Hilty, Mrs. Clarence Schneck, Mrs. Irvin Hilty STOCK SALES Service bulls deivered any time. C. N. Long & Son, phone Ada Red 1360. tf For sale—Fresh cow. E. E. Anderson, 3 miles southeast of Bluffton. For sale—Shorthorn bull, purebred, serviceable age. Ray Harris, 3 miles north of Bluffton on County line road. For sale—Guernsey cow 5 yrs. old. Alvin Augsburger, 4 miles w’est of Bluffton. and Miss Henrietta Schneck were leaving Pandora to attend ladies chorus rehearsal at the home of Mrs. Solemn Welty, the car driven by Mrs. Unruh was struck by the car of Sam Bixel near the D. B. Basinger home. Both cars wrere damaged considerably. Several of the ladies received bruises as a re sult of the impact. Mr. Bixel was unhurt. Mrs. Schneck suffered a dislocated ankle and torn ligaments and was taken to Bluffton hospital for treatment. A large crowd attended the ser vices at the Ebenezer church on Monday evening, where Dr. Blom gren showed motion pictures from the war zones of Europe and then spoke of conditions as they exist in the nations that are at war at present from a prophetic point of view. Announcement was made by Mrs. Elmer Burry at the meeting of the Advance club at the home of Mrs. Francis Marshall last Saturday of I the marriage of Miss Hilda Am stutz and George F. Thomas of Vaughnsville. The event is to be on June 2. A radio program by the Lancaster High school w’as heard by many of our local people last Saturday night. A feature of the program was a talk by Prof. Paul Wenger, super intendent of the Lancaster schools. Farm work is at a standstill at this time. Willis R. Schumacher spent sev eral days last week in Louisville, Kentucky. The musical program presented by the Pandora High school last Sunday afternoon was highly ap preciated. Due to icy roads the school at Pandora was dismissed on Wednes day. Rev. D. J. Unruh is expected to return from Madrid, Nebraska this Thursday. He has conducted a series of services there for more than a week. Homer Zimmerly and David Weaver of Knox, Pa., were riding in a truck when it struck a tree at the curve on Elm street as they ap proached Bluffton Thursday after noon. Mr. Zimmerly was thrown thru the windshield and had his left thumb almost completely cut off. He was taken to the hospital in a state of unconsciousness. Weaver is the son of Paul Weaver, a brother-in-law of Zimmerly. RED CIRCLE lb. 18c LB‘ BAG BOKAR ....... lb. 20c AAP SOFT TWIST BREAD 3 WHITEHOUSE MILK 6 35c BALLOON U. S. NO. 1 GRADE RED POTATOES HURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940 Spectacular Blaze Razes Owen's Tavern A spectacular early evening fire completely razed the modern struc ture formerly known as the Owen’s Tavern, three miles north of Bluff ton on the Dixie highway, last Thursday. Loss in the blaze was estimated at $8,000, only part of w’hich is covered by insurance. Starting in the basement, the fire had gained so much headway by the time it was discovered that nothing could be saved. Bluffton and Mt. Cory fire departments were called, but the entire structure w-as in flames by the time they arrived. Firemen were successful, however, in preventing spread of the flames to five overnight tourist cabins lo cated at the rear of the razed build ing. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Barchett have been using the former tavern as a home, where they operated a gaso line filling station and the cottages. They did not discover the fire until it had gained too much headway to be controlled. The general idea of the bicycle is suggested in ancient carvings, but the machine was not successfully de veloped until the Nineteenth cen tury. BIELES We carry a very select line of Oxford Bibles and Testaments suitable for young and old—very rea sonably priced including large print Bibles—Bibles with Cyclopedic Concord ance—Self Pronouncing— Bibles printed on Oxford India paper. Ask to see our stock. Sidney’s Drug Shop EIGHT O'CLOCK NOODLES, Encore Medium........................12-oz. pkg. 10c KITCHEN KLENZER............................................ 3 cans 17c SOAP CHIPS, White Eagle.............................. 5-lb. box 27c PEACHES, Iona Halves.............................. 3 tall cans 25c MUSTARD..................................................................... qt. 10c CRISCO or SPRY...............................................3-lb. can 51c SCRATCH FEED, Daily Growth..................... 100 lbs. $1.88 LAYING MASH, Daily Growth..................... 100 lbs. $2.17 STARTER MASH, Daily Growth................ 100 ibs. $2.39 FINE CHICK FEED..........................................100 Ibs. $1.98 MATCHES, A&P......................................6 boxes 21c CHOCOLATE DROPS....................................................... lb. CHEESE, Wisconsin..............................................................lb.22c EASTER EGG DYES, Fleck's..................................... pkg. 10c RINSO or OXYDOL...................................2 Ige. pkgs. 39c dexo, Pure Vegetable Shortening...................3-lb. can 41c SOAP CHIPS 5 N.B.C. SHREADED WHEAT 2 pkgs. 19c FARM FRESH PRODUCE POTATOES 15--29c GRAPEFRUIT s-*- .............. 8 for 25c ORANGES California Martis ................ das. 29c SPINACH Freak ................................................ |b. 5C APPLES u. CELERY HEARTS s. Wo. i Baldwins ...................................4 FIRM AND CRISP ICEBERG LETTUCE BACON SQUARES 25c LOAVES SUPER SUDS, Concentrated..................... 3 Ige. pkgs. 40c MACARONI or SPAGHETTI, Encore .... 3-lb. pkg. 25c CHASE & SANBORN COFFEE................................... lb. 23c SALMON, Perfect Strike............................2 toll cons 27c CATSUP, Packer's Label..........................3 14-oz. bots. 25c FINE SALT.......................................................... 100 lbs. 89c LARD, Sunnyfield............................................4-lb. pkg. 29c PASTRY FLOUR, Sunnyfield................ 24’/2-lb. bag 67c SODA CRACKERS..........................................2-lb. box 13c SPARKLE GELATIN DESSERTS................... 3 pkgs. 10c RICE or WHEAT PUFFS, Sunnyfield.....................pkg. 5c CORN or TOMATOES, Iona.......................4 No. 2 cans 27c BUTTER, Wildmere...................................................lb. 32c SYRUP, Rajah................................ qt. 25c 12-ox. bot. 10c WALDORF TISSUE...............................................4 rolls 17c NAVY BEANS..........................................................4 lbs. 17c FLOUR 24,/2blabg 69c 10c box 25c SURE GOOD OLEO 2 LBS 19c Ibs. 19c Bleached.............Ige. bunch 10c Arkansas Triumphs................5 10c IB. Ibt. 19c 3 14c HEADS •LAQ BACON a15c