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THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940
Bluffton Lions Will
Hear Talk On Havana
A winter vacation trip to Havana,
Cuba, will be described by Edgar
Chamberlain at a dinner meeting of
the Bluffton Lions club at 6:15 p. m.
next Tuesday in the Walnut Grill.
Havana will be the scene of the
Lions’ international convention next
summer.
On Monday, March 25, Bluffton
Lions will be the guests of the Ada
Rotary club in a dinner session at
Ada. Four weeks ago the Ada
group was entertained here.
Special Services
At M. E. Church
Special pre-Easter services being
held at the Methodist church here
this week will be concluded on Sun
day night. Services are held at
7:30 every night excepting Saturday.
Rev. A. B. Albertson of Epworth
church Lima will speak this Wednes
day and Thursday nights and Rev.
V. H. Allman, United Brethren con
ference superintendent will speak on
Friday. The pastor, Rev. J. A.
Weed, will fill the pulpit Sunday
morning and evening.
Special services will be held Thurs
day night of next week, concluding
with Holy Communion.
Notify:—
$25 IN PRIZES
for Winners in Musical and Novelty
Acts at the
Bluffton Lions Revue
Tuesday Night, April 2
Competition Open to Any Amateur
All entrants must file not later than Tuesday, Mar. 26
P. W. Stauffer or Gordon Bixel
EABY CHICKS
IT PAYS TO PLACE YOUR ORDER EARLY FOR BABY
CHICKS. 5 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON ALL ORDERS
PLACED 4 WEEKS BEFORE DELIVERY DATE. NO
DEPOSIT IS NECESSARY. 20 BREEDS OF HIGH
BRED CHICKS TO CHOOSE FROM.
BLUE RIBBON HATCHERIES, INC.
Beaverdam, Ohio
PLEASE REMEMBER
Coal of high quality that is forked clean and delivered
carefully at a competitive price is what you get when you
call Phone 506-W and order.
Good water white motor gas at 14c a gallon.
FAZE SERVICE STATION
The ladder cutouts over your instep will make this
little shoe look a size smaller when you have it on.
And the walled last, with its snubbed effect, should
take off another size at least! Made in sparkling
patent leather, it is smart for your dressiest mo
ments,—yet it comes on a comfortable low heel.
Also in the new spring shade—Turftan.
GRATZ FOOTWEAR
Corrective Fittings a Specialty’
Bluffton, Ohio
Bluffton To Enter
Forensic Tourney
Bluffton High will compete with
other district schools in the annual
National Forensic League contest at
Lima South High school next Mon
day and Tuesday.
Two debate teams and competitors
in extemporaneous speaking, humor
ous, dramatic and oratorical decla
mations will represent Bluffton in
the tournament, it was announced by
P. W. Stauffer, head of the public
speaking department at the local
school.
In the debate on government own
ership of railroads, the Bluffton af
firmative team will consist of Louise
Dunifon and Jeanne Baumgartner.
Members of the negative team will
be selected from Barbara Jean Trip
lett, Darlene Truax, Dorothy Ander
son and Roberta Wenger.
Extemporaneous speaking contest
ants will be Jeanne Baumgartner
and George Myers Dorothy Jennings
will compete in the humorous decla
mation division Betty Steinman will
give a dramatic declamation, and in
oratorical declamation competition
LouSse Dunifon will represent Bluff
ton.
Jeanne Baumgartner and George
Byers are competing in a district
contest of the State League for Ex
temporaneous Speech, at Rockford,
this Wednesday.
Sketched from
see Style 736.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIERY. Business Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor
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under the Act of March 3, 1879.
See lutzi for administrator’s
bonds. Postoffice Bldg.
Rug and carpet weaving. Mrs.
Scott Kramer, Pandora. 46
Circle Arrow sale ends Mar. 16 at
Western Auto Associate store.
Millard Oberly and family visited
in Pandora at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Eisenbeck, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Chidester and
daughter were guests of Miss Sarah
Amstutz on Mound street, Sunday.
Mrs. Sadie Steams of Upper San
dusky and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Stearns were guests at the Calvin
Stettler home, Sunday.
See lutzi for depository, contract,
receiver and trustee bonds. Post
office Bldg.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chidester
and Paul Wingate were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Gable last Wed
nesday evening.
Emil Garau who has been making
his home with his daughter, Mrs. Earl
Heckathorn and family in Indianapo
lis spent the past week here.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones of
Grover Hill, spent the week end at
the home of her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Biedler of South Jack
son street.
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Mathewson
and family spent Sunday in Convoy,
at the home of his brother and
family.
Mrs. Wm. Edwards and infant son
Roger were removed from Bluffton
hospital to their home on Spring
street, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swick and
son Bobby of Dayton spent the week
end with Mrs. Florence Kepner and
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Irwin.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Bixler of East
Kibler street will leave Thursday for
New Haven, Conn., to visit at the
home of their son, Mr. and Mrs. Rol
and Bixler.
R. F. Larson and family of Barber
ville, Ky., are spending several weeks
at the home Mrs. Larsen’s parents,
Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Kliewer of Grove
street.
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
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Neuensch
wander and family attended the
music concert at Pandora, Sunday,
given by the glee clubs and orches
tra of Pandora school.
Meeting of Bluffton Eastern Star
chapter .Friday night at 7:30 o’clock.
Special ceremonies will be held at this
time and a good attendance is desir
ed.
Miss Helen Corson of Toledo and
Henry Seivert of Perrysburg spent
over Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Corson of North
Jackson street.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Sumney
called at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. C. Diller and family of Pandora
and attended the music concert
given by the Pandora school.
An attractive new top for your sink.
Inlaid linoleum in wide selection of
designs with chrome edge. Makes the
old sink like new. Estimates without
obligation. The Basinger’s Furniture
store.
Big selection of Easter novelties—
candy eggs 10 and 15c per pound
also candy rabbits, chicks, etc. Spec
ial prices to those buying in quanti
ties. Come here and get your mon
ey’s worth. Hankish Fruit store.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schaaf and
daughter Mary Lou of Manchester,
Mich., spent the week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schnegg
of East College avenue. Miss Helen
Schnegg returned to Michigan with
her sister and family to visit for sev
eral weeks.
Miss Jean Metzger of Lima, Geo.
Scholfield and Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
Schaeffer of Lafayette were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Gable. Mr. and Mrs. Shas. Dicker
hoff and children Richard and Barbara
were afternoon callers.
Circle Arrow sale ends Mar. 16 at
Western Auto Associate store.
Mrs. Maude Coon, who spent sev
eral weeks at the home of her
brother, Russell Huber, returned to
her home here Friday where she is
convalescing from a fall two months
ago in which she sustained a broken
leg.
For sale—Bay mare coming 4
yrs., good worker, or choice of
three others, all well broke. Hav
ing purchased a power outfit will
sell hand DeLaval separator No. 12
cheap. Quality hybrid seed corn.
Edgar Herr, 2^ miles south of
Bluffton on Bentley road on Rohr
bach farm.
Bluffton students at Ohio State
university will arrive home the last
of this week for their spring vaca
tion. Among those who will be here
for the ten days recess are: Miss
Harriet Balmer, Miss Barbara Carr,
Paul Rhoads, John Romey, Harold
Schick, Mr. and Mrs. Orden Smuck
er, Evan Sommer and Wayne Yoak
am.
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Postoffice Bldg.
Circle Arrow sale ends Mar. 16 at
Western Auto Associate store.
Miss Wanda Eversole spent the
week end in Pennsylvania.
Atty, and Mrs. Eugene Lippincott
of Lima were Sunday guests of Mrs.
J. M. Lippincott here.
Med Murray who has been making
his home this winter with his son,
Dwain Murray and family in Marietta,
is expected to return here the latter
part of next w’eek.
Mrs. Lillian McConnaughey of the
Ohio Soldiers & Sailors Orphans home
at Xenia is a hospital patient at that
place, the result of injuries sustained
in a fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Van Meter of
near Pandora entertained at dinner,
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Warren
of Orange township Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Triplett, Ms. W. E. Diller and Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Biery of Bluffton.
In a letter received by Mrs. Rilla
Marshall from Mrs. Nancy Stettle
mire, former Bluffton resident, now
living at Monterey Park, Calif., Mrs.
Settlemire writes that she is recover
ing from a recent illness and that the
winter in California has been very
pleasant.
Removals by Diller abulance: Mrs.
Amos Moser from Bluffton hospital
to her home on North Lawn avenue
Homer Zimmerly from Bluffton hos
pital to his home north of Bluffton
Jess Ridenour from St. Rita’s hospital
Lima to his home near Beaverdam
Mrs. Eldon Reichenbach from Bluffton
hospital to her home east of Colum
bus Grove.
Announce Good
Friday Services
Bluffton’s annual Good Friday
service will be held at the Presby
terian church from 1 to 3 o’clock, it
is announced by the Ministerial as
sociation which is in charge of ar
rangements.
The Bluffton Young People’s fed
eration will present a play “The
Crown of Thorns’ ’at the Rockport
Presbyterian church in the evening.
Arrangements also have been made
for a sunrise Easter service at the
First Mennonite church with Rev.
H. D. Camp of Rawson as guest
speaker.
50th Anniversary
Of Women's Society
Marking fifty years of its exist
ence, the Ladies Aid society of the
St. John’s Reformed church observed
its Golden anniversary with special
services last Sunday night.
Three former pastors present for
the occasion who spoke from the pul
pit were Rev. W. A. Settlage of New
Knoxville, Rev. W H. Lahr of Ada
and Rev. A. K. Beisheim of Bucyrus.
Rev. Emil Burrichter, present pastor,
also spoke.
It was fifty years ago when a
group of women of the church
formed an impromptu organization
to supply candy and other goodies
for the children at the annual
Christmas program.
With this as a nucleus was or
ganized the “Frauen Verein”, the
women’s society of the church which
carried on since that time doing
much toward the development and
improvement of the church.
Eight years ago the name of the
society was changed and records of
the organization were changed from
German to English.
The society now has a membership
of eighteen with Miss Matilda Muel
ler as president. None of the orig
inal membership of the society is
now living.
Bluffton Alumni To
Bring Choruses Here
Music supervisors of 11 of the 32
schools which will enter Northwest
Ohio Choral competition here this
Friday are graduates of the Bluff
ton college department of music.
Those who will bring their schools
here for the meet include Hilda Am
stutz, Vaughnsville Rita Hankish,
Beaverdam Herbert Jones, Grover
Hill Elvira Niswander, Pandora
Beulah Temple, Lake Township Carl
Kooistra, Hicksville Guyneth Craig
Mikesell, Harrod Christine Miller,
Liberty Township Harold Kauffman,
Holgate Stanley Welty, North Balti
more and Mary Emma Hadsell,
Shawnee.
East Orange
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Heldman,
Mrs. Ilo Agin were callers in the B.
J. Boutwell home the past week.
Mrs. J. D. Cummins called on
Mrs. Mina Burnett and Mrs. Nora
Wolfley of Ada, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rayon Boutwell
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Amstutz and son
James.
Mrs. Russell Ream will entertain
the Women’s Missionary society of
the Riley Creek Baptist Church on
Wednesday, March 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Boehm and
son David spent Friday evening in
the C. M. Heldman home.
Mrs. C. E. Agin called on Mr. and
Mrs. Jont Agin Wednesday.
SOCIETIES
and CLUES
Pre-Easter Wedding
Announcement has been made of
the coming marriage of Arthur Bow
ers of Beaverdam, master of Richland
Grange and Miss Magdalene Amstutz,
daughter of Mrs. Ellen Amstutz, re
siding north of Bluffton. The wed
ding will take place Saturday evening,
March 23 at St. John Mennonite
church at 7:15 o’clock.
Engagement Announced
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Hilda Amstutz of
Pandora, Bluffton college graduate, to
George Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. L. Thomas of Vaughnsville.
Announcement of the coming nup
tials was made by Mrs. Elmer Burry,
sister of the bride-elect at a meeting
of the Advance club at the home of
Mrs. Francis Marshall in Rockport.
The wedding will take place on June 2.
Miss Amstutz is the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Amstutz of
Pandora and was prominent in music
al affairs during her college career.
She is now an instructor in public
school music in Vaughnsville.
Mr. Thomas is a member of the
Thomas Brothers quartet which has
attained wide note in musical circles.
Garden Club
The Garden club will meet with
Mrs. Albert Niswander, Thursday af
ternoon, with Mrs. C. F. Niswander
as assistant hostess.
The following program ha been ar
ranged
Roll call, my favorite garden tool
“Garden Gear”, Mrs. Noah Neuen
schwander “Feather your Garden,”
Mrs. Gerhard Buhler.
Alice Freeman Club
Mrs. E. S. Lape entertained the i
Alice Freeman club at her home, Wed- i
nesday afternoon. The following pro-'
gram on gardening was given:
Roll call, favorite flower “Window
Gardening,” Mrs. I. B. Beeshy “Flow
er Arrangement,” Mrs. Katherine
Badertscher.
Travel Class
The Travel class was entertained at
the home of Mrs. Ezra Moser, on
Tuesday afternoon. Numbers on the
program were: “Distinguishing
Marks of a Good Citizen,” Mrs. Sidney
Hauenstein “Can the Schools Save
Democracy?” Mrs. Leland Diler. Mrs.
S. K. Mosiman was assistant hostess.
Century Circle
Meeting of the Century circle will
be held at the home of Mr. L. L.
Ramseyer on Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. I. W. Bauman as assistant host
ess.
Numbers on the program will be
“Happy Countries”, Mrs. H. H. Huser
“We Shall Live Again”, Mrs. Gilbert
Fett.
Poinsettia Club
Mrs. Chas. Patterson will entertain
the Poinsettia club, Thursday night,
with Miss Thressa Slusser assistant
hostess. Numbers on the program
will be “Know Ohio,” Mrs. Andrew
Herrman “Rolling Along the Road,”
Miss Edith Augsburger Discussion:
“Interesting places in the East.”
Past Matrons Club
Officers for the coming year were
elected by the Past Matrons Club of
the Bluffton Eastern Star chapter at
a meeting at the home of Mrs. M. D.
Soash. Elected were: President, Mar
garet Bowersox vice pres., Alva My
ers sec.-treas., Hazel Todd.
Gertrude Hoy Circle
Members of the Gertrude Hoy Mis
sionary circle of the St. John’s Re
formed church will entertain their Si
lent Sisters at a party in the church
basement next Monday night at 7:30
o’clock. All members of the circle
and the Girls Missionary Guild are in
vited.
Presbyterian Social Club
The Social club of the Presbyterian
church will meet at the home of Mrs.
John Biome next Tuesday evening.
Members unable to attend notify
Mrs. Martha Flick by Monday.
May Lose Thumb
After Auto Crash
Homer Zimmerly, residing north
of Bluffton may lose part of his left
thumb as the result of an accident
when the truck in which he was rid
ing left the road and crashed into
a tree on West Elm street last
Thursday afternoon.
The accident occurred at a blind
curve on the road near the Gideon
Luginbuhl residence. It was thought
the first of the week that amputation
of part of the thumb will be neces
sary.
David Weaver, 21, of Knox, Pa.,
driver of the truck, received minor
cuts and bruises. He is the son of
Paul Weaver, also of Knox, Pa., a
brother-in-law of Zimmerly.
Weaver had driven here with a
load of furniture belonging to Ed
Zweibel, former Bluffton resident
who is moving from Pennsylvania to
Wapakoneta and Zimmerly had ac
companied Weaver to Wapakoneta
to aid him in unloading. They were
returning to Zimmerly’s home here
when the accident occurred.
Name Easter Bazaar
Donation Committee
Personnel of the donation commit
tee for the Bluffton Hospital Easter
bazaar was announced the first of
the week by officers of the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the Hospital which spon
sors the project.
The bazaar will be held this year
at the C. F. Niswander implement
store on Saturday, March 23.
Members of the donation commit
tee are:
Mt. Cory Evangelical—Mrs. H.
Fritz.
Mt. Cory Methodist—Mrs. Floyd
Moyer.
Rawson U. B.—Mrs. Howard Wil
liamson.
Rawson Methodist—Mrs. R. G.
Myers.
Pandora Grace Mennonite—Mrs.
Vernon Suter, Mrs. Francis Lehman.
St. John ennonite—Mrs. N. N.
Soldner, Mrs. D. J. Unruh.
Pandora Missionary—Mrs Irene
Schumacher.
Pandora Methodist—Mrs. H. A.
Niswander, Mrs. John Beery.
Pandora Church of Christ—Mrs.
Lavina Grismore.
Jenera Lutheran—Mrs. John Gauss.
Jenera Methodist—Mrs. Traucht,
Mrs. J. E. Smith.
Beaverdam Churches—Mrs. T. V.
Stirn.
Olive Branch U. B.—Mrs. Wright
Klingler.
Bethesda Church—Mrs. N. M.
Hiestand.
Liberty Chapel—Mrs. Arthur
Swank.
Ebenezer Mennonite—Miss Bertha
Lugibihl, Mrs. Hiram Niswander.
Pleasant View U. B.—Mrs. Dwight
Frantz, Mrs. Clarence Whisler.
Emanuel’s Reformed—Mrs. Albert
Kohler, Mrs. Reese Huber.
Bluffton Methodist—Mrs. Cliff
West, Mrs. H. H. Huser.
St. John’s Reformed—Mrs. Sam
Badertscher, Mrs. Charles Hilty.
Bluffton Church of Christ—Mrs.
Arthur Amstutz, Mrs. Guy Corson.
St. Mary’s Catholic—Mrs. Reagon,
Mrs. Charles Hankish.
Bluffton Lutheran—Mrs. A. L.
Baumgartner, Mrs. Noah Basinger,
Mrs. E. C. Stultz, Mrs. Gilbert Fett.
First Mennonite—Mrs. Albert Nis
wander.
Bluffton Presbyterian—Mrs. John
W’arren, Mrs. Paul Faze.
Bluffton Missionary—Mrs. Ed K.
Lugibill.
Christian Science—Mrs. F. L.
Buckland.
See lutzi for probate bonds of all
kinds. Postoffice Bldg.
WANT-ADS
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
For sale—Phonograph attachment
for radio. Inquire News office. 46
For sale—Building lot on South
Main street. Elmer Klay, Bluffton
phone. 46
For sale—Good winter apples,
applebutter, vinegar and nice honey.
E. P. Steiner Fruit farm, mile
east of town. tf
For sale—Building lots on Spring
and Elm streets. See Ed R. Reich
enbach at postoffice. tf
For sale—DeLaval cream separa
tor No. 15, power outfit and kero
sene brooder stove used one season.
All in good condition. Also farm
implements consisting of grain
binder, hay loader, corn cultivator
and corn planter. C. C. Herr, 2
miles north of Ebenezer church and
Mt mile west. tf
For sale—Extra good Canadian
variegated alfalfa seed also Mac
Comb oil brooder stove. Sidney
Balmer, 4 miles southwest of town.
For sale—Some properties and
building lots. Richard Bixel,
administrator. tf
For sale—Standard size window
frame and 2 sash. Alva Stewart,
Beaverdam phone 391.
For sale—Seed oats. Monroe
Geiger.
For sale—Foster kitchen range
with white back also new Mc
Cormick-Deering corn planter only
used to plant 35 acres. Arthur
Badertscher, Pandora. 47
Wanted—Small farm near Bluff
ton. Price must be right for cash.
Write P. O. Box 155, Pemberville,
Ohio. 47
Lost—White and tan hound.
Walter Schnegg.
For sale—Good eating and cooking
apples. Albert Augsburger. tf
For sale—Modern home, 126 N.
High street, Columbus Grove. Oscar
Lora, Bluffton, O. 49
For sale—Two wheel trailer with 17
inch Ford V-8 wheels also 2 Brown
Swiss heifers. Walter Ballinger, 5
miles north on College road.
For sale—Lot 60 by 200 ft. with
brick garage on E. Cherry street.
For sale—Used Tappan gas range.
Western Auto Associate store.
For sale—Leghorn cockerels one
week old nine weeks old broilers 2Q
lbs., raised on Ultra-Life starter.
Steiner’s Hatchery, phone 182-W.
For sale—Homegrown alsike seed
also soy bean hay. Stanley Bixel, 3
miles north of town.
For sale—Fordson 1937 Ford sedan.
Call phone 256-W. 47
PAGE FIVE
Home From Florida
And Pacific Coast
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Worthington
of Spring street have returned from
a three months’ motor trip visiting
points of interest in Florida and
California.
Because of unseasonably cold
weather, the visit to Florida was
curtailed. One of the high spots of
the California visit was the oppor
tunity to see the movie studios in
Hollywood and witness pictures In
the making. The process is slow
and tedious, Mr. Worthington said,
and not as fascinating as one might
think. Sometimes a whole day’s
work in front of the camera will
produce a film of only several min
utes in length, he said.
Wallpaper removed with steam
heat. Frank Neuenschwander. 52
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