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PAGE EIGHT Bluffton High Wallops Four Foes To Win Sectional Cage Title At Carey A team that will go down in lo cal basketball history as one of the gamest ever to represent Bluffton High school swept thru the Class sectional tournament at Carey last week to give the Pirates their fifth sectional title since 1923. In attaining the coveted goal of every district basketball team, Bluff ton’s surprising eagers crushed four powerful foes, with the climax com ing in a melodramatic thriller with Tiffin Calvert last Saturday night. Bluffton’s sharp-shooting eagers rang up more than 50 points against two teams ,and at the close of the rigorous four-game schedule had a scoring average of 46 points per contest, one of the best marks ever made by any Northwestern Ohio WALL PAPERS AND DECORATIONS We carry in STOCK a beautiful new line of 1940 wall papers that will delight you. The latest styles and designs. Make your selections from our large displays. 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It was a tired but game Bluffton crew that took the floor for the final assignment Saturday night, and altho Tiffin Calvert had the advantage of an additional night’s rest, the de termined Dillermen pulled out a 31 to 28 victory to win the sectional title. Big Pre-Season Savings on ISEDCMS 1938 Ford 60 Tudor 1938 Ford 85 Tudor $200 1936 Ford Fordor for ............................. $260 Mt Cory And it’s all because of the popularity of the 1940 Ford V-8 and Mercury 8! Never have we taken in trade a greater variety of makes and models. But you’ll have to act NOW. Prices are so low that these bar gains are going to melt like snow flakes in the sun. Don’t miss this opportunity to have the caf you want at a big saving. BIG ALLOWANCE FOR YOUR PRESENT CAR EASY TERMS 1939 Ford DeLuxe Tudor with heater and radio 1937 Willys-4 Four door Sedan, extra good buy Bixel Motor Sales Bluffton, Ohio The W. M. S. of the Evangelical church held their regular monthly meeting in the home of Mrs. A. E. King on last Thursday. The meeting was opened with a prelude, “I am Listening," by Mrs. Nonnamaker. Theme: "Follow Thou Me in Stew ardship.” Devotions were in charge of Mrs. King. Papers read were, "Find land,” Mrs. Larena Guin “Martin Luther,” Mrs. Effie Kinstle “John Wesley,” Mrs. Hazel Steininger Dav id Livingston,” Mrs. Anna Bower sox. Two chapters of the study book, "Women and the Way,” were reviewed by Mrs. Cledus Cuppies. Refresh ments were served in keeping with Great Britian. Mrs. Joyce Rosenfelder spent Tues day afternoon with Mrs. Larena Guin. The time was spent in quilting. A. E. Altman returned to his home in Bellingham, Washington on Friday of last week after a pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Light and other relatives and friends. Revival meetings are in progress at the Evangelical church. The pas tor, Rev. McVey bringing the message. The Missionary society of the Mt. Cory Methodist church held their thank offering service last Sunday morning. Program consisted of vocal solo, Mrs. Harkness instrumental duet, Albrt Bauman and Eugene Klammer solo, Raymond Crawford vocal duet, Evelyn and Carolyn Moy er. Miss Mary Haas, a returned mis sionary, gave an interesting talk on her work in Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Woodward and daughter of North Baltimore Mrs. Myrtle White of Findlay and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shaeffer and family of near Findlay were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bren ner. Miss Doris Jean White of Bluff ton was an evening caller. Mrs. Larena Guin called on Mrs. J. E. Jones last Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ludwig of Pon tiac, Mich., and Mrs. Nettie Sheldon of Findlay were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Hutchinson and daughter Jane Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hutchinson of Toledo were afternoon callers. Mrs. H. I. Fritz and daughter June were Tuesday dinner gusts of Mrs. Anna Cole of Findlay. Miss Beatrice Barnes spent the week end with her parents in Oxford. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Haas and dau ghter Mary of Pandora were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Haas and son Robert. They also called on Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Green and Mrs. Joyce Rosefelder in the af ternoon. Mrs. W. B. Kramer spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nonnamaker in Orange township. Mrs. Larena Guin was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Longbrake. The E. L. C. E. of the Evangelical church will sponsor a young people’s rally next Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Fritz and dau ghter Martha visited with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Moyer last Thursday. 1935 Ford Tudor $595 sell at C1CA $1UV 1933 Ford Tudor priced at $425 $125 1932 Ford Coupe for 1931 Ford School Bus $425 $95 $100 1934 Dodge Truck Chassis $260 $125 1929 Ford Tudor priced at THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO Mrs. Ray Dukes and sons Gordon and Dale of Findlay and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Arras of Ada were Wed nesday evening visitors in the home fo Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pearson and daughter Shirley and Mrs. May Rad er. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Schifferly re turned home from Monroeville, Ind. Mrs. Shifferly was called to Cleveland on Saturday on account of her moth er, Mrs. John Todd, being badly burned with hot coffee. Miss Thelma Jordan spent the week end with friends in Whitehouse, To ledo and Bowling Green. Miss Weltha Wentling of Carey, a teacher in the Vanlue school spent the week end in the Steining home. They were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Steininger and daughter in Toledo. Rev. and Mrs. McVey entertained the following guests for supper on Friday evening: Mr. and Mrs. Earl McVey of Van Buren Adrian Warren of Findlay and Miss Mary Louise Whisler. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. King called on Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Green last Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Wooley of Li ma were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wooley and family. Ruth and Gene Jordan were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. White. The Mt. Cory .T. A. held their meeting in the high school auditorium on Tuesday evening. Devotions con ducted by Rev. Wilmer Bucher. Af ter the business se ion the following program was presented: Accordion solo, Wilmer Moyer: vocal solo, Mary Ellen Radabaugh fading, Maxine Inbody accordion solo, Virginia De vore vocal duet, Anna Mary and Betty Lou Crow musical reading, Marilyn Steiner piano solo, Kenneth Green. The Findlay college dramatic society presented a one act comedy, entitled, “Sparkin.” Mr. and Mrs. Alro Doty attended the funeral of Preston Orr in Marion on Tuesday. Interment made in the Clymer cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. White called on Mrs. Hancock in Pandora, Monday af ternoon. Mrs. Wilford Green, daughter Joan and son Richard called on Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Green and Mrs. Joyce Ros enfelder, Sunday afternoon. Vocal Groups From 32 High Schools Here (Continued from page 1) schools Prof. Milton F. Rehg, direc tor of the Muskingum college conserv atory of music, and Prof. Dale Gillil and, member of the music faculty at Ohio State university. Supervised Locally Prof. Lantz, chairman of the con test ,is being assisted by students and instructors in the Bluffton college de partment of music, of which he is the director. The contest, being held here for the second consecutive year, is spon sored by the Ohio Music Education association. This district is the largest in the state ,outside of the Cleveland city division, and many Ohio winners have come from this section, Prof. Lantz said. Pandora The approaching wedding of Miss Hilda Amstutz, teacher in Vaughns ville schools, was announced recently by her sister, Mrs. Elmer Burry at a meeting of the Advance club held at the home of Mrs. Francis Marshall near Beaverdam, Saturday afternoon. She will be married to George Thomas of Vaughnsville. The wedding will take place June 2. While taking several ladies to choir practice last Friday evening, Mrs. D. J. Unruh ran into the car of Sam Bixel who was backing out at the road beside the D. J. Basinger resi dence. Both cars were damaged. As a result of the accident Mrs. Clarence Schneck received a dislocated ankle. She was taken to the Bluffton hospit al. Others in the car who were bruis ed up were Mrs. Ervin Hilty, Mrs. Myron Hilty and Miss Henrietta Schneck. The lawsuit between Shirl Miller, plaintiff and Rex Bell, defendent, was dismissed in the Putnam County Court Monday morning. A large crowd was disappointed when the case was dis missed. Mrs. John Carrington remains ill at her home. Miss Elnore Basinger is helping at the home. The burial of Daniel Dubbs of near Dayton took place Wednesday at the Pandora cemetry. Mr. Dubbs was a former resident of Pandora. Mrs. Hancock is in bed as a result of a fall at the home of her brother, A. C. Coats. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Leightner, aged Pandora couple are both ill at the home of Alvin Lehman. Jim Crow, who was on the sick list is able to be up and around again. A .E. Campbell, Riley township res ident, is running for County Commis sioner. This makes Riley township’s first candidate to file for the May primary. The pre-Easter services started on Sunday at the Grace church and will continue throughout the week. A large crowd attended the musical program at the school house, Sunday afternoon. Ed Leightner’s sold their summer house to Arthur Neuenschwander of Columbus Grove. Pirate Squad in Quest Of State Title (Continued from page 1) nounced following a meeting of the board of education on Monday night. To give the team a rousing send off before it leaves, a mass meeting of the student body has been called for Thursday morning. 11 in Squad Eleven members of the squad who will make the trip to Columbus were announced by Coach Dwight Diller as: Sophomores Norman Beidler, Russell Gratz, Robert Cooney, Roger Howe, John Herr man and Peter Schmidt. Juniors—Clyde Fisher and Don Clark. Seniors George Burkholder, Ralph Short and Romanus Zuercher. Accompanying the squad will be Coach Diller, Faculty Manager Sid ney Stettler and Student Manager James Clark. Reservations for the team have been made at the Neil house, Colum bus hostelry, which will be their headquarters during the tournament. First Game Thursday Afternoon The squad will make the trip to Columbus in three cars, arriving shortly before noon. At four o’clock in the afternoon they will meet their first opponent, Midvale high school on the Ohio State university gymnasium floor. Winner of this contest will play again on Friday at 2 p. m. at the Coliseum. Semi finals will be Sat urday afternoon and finals on Sat urday night. Coach Diller has announced that the starting lineup against Midvale will probably consist of Beidler and Gratz, forwards Cooney, center and Burkholder and Fisher guards. This combination was used largely at the Carey games last week. Light Workouts After the strenuous week end grilling at Carey, the team has con fined its activity this week to light workouts. This together with a short warm-up before the game Thursday afternoon will constitute their only practice sessions. When not engaged in filling their schedule the team will be resting at the Neil house. There will be no special regulations as to diet or other training rules, Coach Diller said, explaining that the boys dur ing the entire season have worked out their own training schedules and have adhered closely to them. Small Team The team this year is smaller than usual, with an average height of five feet nine inches but has made a name for itself as being unusually fast and lately has developed an un canny ability to hit the basket at long range. It was two of these shots from the center of the floor that put the Pirates out in front to win the sectional title last Sat urday at Carey in the closing seconds of the game. An unfortunate situation which developed the first of the week is the conflict of the state tourney with the Northwest Ohio Choral festival to be held here Friday. Be cause of the basketball engagement four of the boys Beidler, Cooney, Howe and Short members of the high school glee club will be unable to sing. Pleasant View A. P. Rickly is still confined to his bed with the flu. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips, Jr., and little son Roger Lynn of Pittsburgh, Pa., were week end guests of her mother Mrs. L. M. Wynkoop and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Milford Green and family were Sunday afternoon guests of his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Green and Mrs. Joyce Rosen felder of Mt. Cory. J. G. Krautter and son Kenneth and daughters Ruth and Mrs. Rol land Koontz and little daughter Martha spent Sunday with his sister Mrs. Van Meter of Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Moore are spending several days with her par ents Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Zimmer ly. Mr. and Mrs. Oren Doty were Sunday dinner guests of her par ents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Habegger and family. The Pleasant View C. E. society will join the Rawson and Olive Branch societies at Rawson U. B. church Sunday evening at 6:30 for their regular evening program. The Ladies Harmony Circle will meet at the church this Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Levi Waltz will be the program leader. BLUFFTON MARKETS Wednesday Morning Hogs—180 to 220, $5.10 220 to 250, $5.00 250 to 275, $4.70 roughs, $3.50 stags, $2.75. Calves, $10.75 lambs, $9.50. Grain (bushel prices)—Wheat 99c corn 53c oats 35c soys $1. That’s Cricket Although ordered by his physician not to leave his bed, Gerald Back house hopped out, dashed to the Mel bourne, Australia, cricket ground and won his heat in the qualifying mile championship event. He re turned to bed, stayed there till noon the next day, then started again and won the final. Elrose John Battles spent Sunday at the home of his son Dull Battles and family of Mt. Cory. Union prayer meeting at the Olive Branch Church, this Thursday even ing. Callers thru the week at the Ami Nonnamaker home were Mrs. Chan cy Klingler and son Howard of near Ada Bess Arnold, Luther Gossman, Mrs. A. J. Nonnamaker, daughter Kaye, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Non namaker and family, and Mrs. Everett Bish Mr. Nonnamaker had the misfortune of spraining his ankle a week ago. Lillian Koontz spent Sunday after noon with Opal Edinger. Kaye Nonnamaker was a supper guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Emaline Nonnamaker, Tuesday even ing. Chas, and Harold Main and Mel vin Nusbaum called Sunday evening on J. O. and Jack Koontz. An Easter bizarre will be held at the C. F. Niswander Implement Co. on Saturday, March 23rd. Each church is asked to leave donations there. The proceeds will benefit the hospital. Mrs. Anna Koontz is still confined to her home by illness. Callers the past week were: Lillian, Jack and J. O. Koontz, Mrs. Everett Bish, Rev. H. D. Camp of Rawson Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Steinman of Bluff ton Mr. and Mrs. Lendon Basinger and daughter Jeanet, Mrs. Frank Dray, son Jimmie, Rolland Koontz and family, Thomas Bell, Mrs. Ivan Montgomery, daughter Joan and son Billie Joe, Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, Mrs. John Battles, Merilyn and Jo Ann Battles, Prof, and Mrs. Ralph Whisler, of Bluffton Mrs. Claude Christman and son Edgar of Find lay J. D. Clymer, Mr. and Mrs. Adrain Pifer, Bernard Stratton, son Ortho and Peter Kurtz. Lendon Basinger and wife, spent "Feast your eyes on a bargain, Brenda. Look what our cash loan bought for us." The moral to this little story is ... Shop around before you buy. Pick out the car, the stove, the radio, the suit, the tires, or any other spring bargain that looks good to you. Then call on The City Loan for cash. Get all you need and make it pay it* way in benefits. CASH LOANS BUTTER SUGAR THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940 Saturday evening with Earl Hilty and family. The following called on Mrs. M. J. Stratton during the past week: Mr. N. R. Elzay, Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, Miss Fern Koch, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Stratton son Ortho and daughter Elaine, Mr. Russell Elzay, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Klingler and family, Mary Koontz and Kaye Non namaker, Mrs. J. C. Christman, daughter Nancy and sons Bobby and Edgar, of Findlay Thomas Bell, Mrs. Ivan Montgomery, daughter Joan and son Billie Joe, J. D. Cly mer, Mr. and Mrs. John Battles Mrs. Della Hixon is employed at a home in Pandora. Richard Bowersox, a student at the Ashbury College at Willmore Kentucky, will preach Sunday morn ing at the Bethesda Church. All are invited to attend this service. The Olive Branch young people will join the Pleasant View and Rawson, young people, in a joint C. E. meeting at Rawson U. B. church, Sunday evening at 6:30. Committee Starts On Anti-Mosquito Drive (Continued from page 1) to begin preliminary planning for the control program, with work ex pected to get under way in the town about the first of April. Cleanup Day will mark the opening of the drive. Apparatus, research, control, drain age and oil committees were selected, the work of which will be coordinat ed with that of the general com mittee in organizing the entire town for a continuous spring and sum mer campaign on mosquito control. It was indicated at the session that Bluffton’s drive will be pat terned largely after the Ottawa Hills cleanup which effected a 90 per cent elimination of mosquitoes. To gain that end, however, every citizen must cooperate. A loan of $100 .. $500 or any amount up to $1000 is quickly arranged on your own signature and security. You can repay five or ten dollars a month or more as your income best efforda. Learn the real facts about these loans... then learn how you can get one right now for your own good use. e«rp mviwos cpmmnv Paul Schoenlein, Manager COR MARKET & ELIZABETH ST. 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