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BLUFFTON NEWS
The Advertising Medium for
Bluffton Trade Territory
VOLUME NO. LXIV
OPEN BIDS FOR
NEW POSTOFFICE
BUILDING HERE
Forty-five Day Period Allowed
For Checking Bids and
Awarding Contract
Successful Contractor Will
Given Eight Months Time
To Erect Building
Bluff
were
Wed-
General contract bids for
ton’s new $80,000 post office
opened in Washington, D. C.,
nesday, but it may take as long as
six weeks to name the contractor, it
was learned here.
Under normal procedure the Pub
lic Works Administration is allowed
45 days to let the contract, which
likely will mean that work cannot
be started here until about the mid
dle of June, at the earliest.
After the successful bidder is an
nounced, he will have 240 days to
complete the building. This leads
to the belief that it probably will be
about nine months before the new
post office can be used by local
patrons.
In case of delay in construction of
the building, the contractor must pay
a penalty of $30 for each day beyond
the 240-day limit.
It is announced by Postmaster Ed
Reichenbach that modern fixtures for
the new post office already have been
selected. They axe of the latest type
and will make the structure up-to
the-minute in every respect.
Bluffton’s new post office will be
a one-story building of colonial de
sign. Exterior walls will be faced
with brick, and the colonial trim
will be of wood and stone.
Site fox' the structure is at the
northwest corner of Main and
Franklin streets. This was pur
chased by the pdst office department
in the fall of 1938, after an allot
ment of $80,000 was made in July
of that year for the project.
Religious Education
Program Is Arranged
Classes in religious education in
the Bluffton schools taught by Miss
Janet Henderson will present a pro
gram at the high school auditorium,
Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. Sup
plementing this program will be
numbers by representatives of the
various local churches cooperating
the project.
Numbers on the program are:
Worship service
First Grade—100th Psalm and prayer
Second grade—Alphabetic rhymes of
Bible characters, prayer hymn
Third grade—Group of song
Bible verses
Fourth grade—67th Psalm
Selections—Grade school choir
Playlet—“No Church There”. Eighth
and
Grade, Sec. 2
Ceremonial—’‘The Spirit of Liberty”.
Eighth Grade, Sec. 1
Cooperating churches:
First Mennonite—Song, Girls Gospel
Team
St John’s Reformed—Orchestra
Methodist—Vocal duet
Church of Christ—Vocal solo
Presbyterian—Vocal duet
Ebenezer Mennonite—Girls quartet
Defenseless Mennonite—Mixed quartet
Morning Ceremony
Marks Nuptials
In a ceremony at the home of the
officiating minister, Rev. P. A. Klie
wer, took place the wedding erf N|iss
Ella M. Burkholder and Milton E.
Bixler, Sunday morning at 6:30
o’clock. The single ring ceremony
was used.
Attending the couple were Bonnie
and George Grismore, niece and
nephew of the bride.
Following the ceremony the couple
left on a motor trip to Winona Lake,
Ind., returning in the evening for a
three course wedding dinner at the
home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. D.
H. Burkholdei' of Bluffton.
The couple will reside at the home
of the bridegroom’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Bixler, w’est of this place.
In New Locations
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith are oc
cupying their newly completed home
on Grove street near Riley creek
bridge.
The Rolland Stratton apartment
vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Smith is
being occupied by Millen Geiger and
family.
Jesse Weiss and family are occu
pying the Mrs. Brice Main prop
erty east of Bluffton, having moved
from the Weiss property on West
Elm street.
Joint Concert At H.
S. Sunday Afternoon
high school musical or
will be heard in a joint
the high school gymnas-
Bluffton
Be
ganizations
concert at
ium, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The orchestras and band will be
under direction of Prof. Sidney Hau
enstein vocal choruses and glee
clubs will be directed by Miss Eliza
beth Higley. The public is invited.
APPLY FOR NEW
BRIDGE ON EAST
COLLEGE AVENUE
Recommendation for New Span
Sent by C'ouncil to County
Commissioners
High Waters Have Undermined
Portion of Sidewalk Ap
proach to Bridge
new
East
A proposal to construct a
bridge ovex’ Big Riley creek on
College avenue is being studiec
week by the Allen county board of
commissioners.
Recommendation for the new
bridge was made last week by the
Bluffton village council, after an in
vestigation showed that high waters
have undermined a portion of the
sidewalk approach to the bridge from
the east.
Since East College avenue is a
county road, the commissioners are
responsible for work on the bridge,
and if a new stinxcture is to be erect
ed cost of the project must be paid
from county road and bridge funds.
County Commissioners Coming
An early examination of the bridge
will be made by the commissioners,
to determine if a new one is needed.
Should no action be taken by the
county, the responsibility of replac
ing a part of the sidewalk founda
tion may fall on the town.
In investigating the sidewalk ap
proach from the east, Lee Coon,
Bluffton street commissioner, found
that high w’aters have undermined
almost half of the walk at the point
of its abutment with the bridge.
Pandora Glee Clubs
Win Top Ohio Honors
Boys and girls glee clubs from
Pandora High school w’ere winners
in Class competition at the annual
Ohio High school music festival in
Columbus, last Friday.
Miss Elvira Niswander, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Niswander, of
South Main street, is supervisor of
music at Pandora, and directs the
two championship clubs.
In competition with winners from
other districts, both Pandora glee
clubs won superior rating, equivalent
to first place.
As winners in their class in the
state, the two Pandora clubs are
eligible to compete in national music
competition which is planned for
later this spring.
This is the first time that Pandora
clubs have w*on honors in a state
choral festival, and this year’s suc
cess marks steady progress made
since Miss Niswander took'bveF the
direction of music.
Brother Of Orange
Twp. Woman Is Dead
Henry C. Redick, 72, lifelong resi
dent of Hancock county and well
known in this vicinity died at his
home in Findlay Tuesday morning.
He w’as a brother of Mrs. Philip
Marquart of Orange township.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
at Trinity Lutheran church in
Jenera with the pastor Rev. John
Gauss officiating. Interment will be
in the church cemetery.
Besides his sister, he is survived
by his wife, six children and three
brothers.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Badertscher
of Rawson, formerly of this place,
are the parents of a daughter born
at Bluffton hospital, Thursday.
been received here of
a daughter, Karen Lou
Mrs. Walter Klay of
Pa. Mr. Klay, former­
Word has
the birth of
to Mr. and
Waynesboro,
ly of Bluffton, is the son of John J,
Klay, of West Elm street.
HOG MARKET STAGES SHARP PRICE ADVANCE
Bluffton Teacher Sees Sunrise Lnnp ftlinTrn
Over Huge Hawaiian Volcano TOPS QUUltu Al
jorgeous Color Effects Thrill
ing Sight, Writes Miss
Evelyn Niswander
Peaks
27 Mile Tnp Around Lava LeveIs since
Covered rater
he largest in the Hawaiian
md it takes several days to make a nesday morning,
rip thru it.
In describing her trip to
ano, Miss Niswander writes
“Yesterday, we surely had a thrill
vhen we saw the sunrise at Halea
kala. We got up at 3 o’clock, and
Mrs. Ako, who drove us up, came
for us
“We
“up” I
“up”.
“About half-way up is the begin
ning of the national park of Hawaii
and from
wider and
money
in
“To
Loa.
.vent to Kula where the road I by shippers here. The principal one
arts. It is a 20-mile drive I is belived to be a scarcity of hogs
We arrived at the top at I which were heavily sold early this
The road to begin with is I year when the corn-hoj price ratio
very narrow, only wide enough for I was unfavorable to the livestock fee d
one car.
I
day they have to clear it of
rocks, etc.
arrived at the volcano house
edge of the crater just as it
wind was
at the
was getting light. The
blowing hard and it was quite cold Ibat developments of the European
because of the altitude.
inside the volcano house to w’atch the I set the hog market fireworks,
sunrise because it was warmer there. I Whether this wilt remain a potent
“The crater at first looked like al factor in a sustained rise, however,
big deep black hole. There were lotsl appeared to be open to question.
of clouds behind the top rim. As thel Quote Market Expert
sun rose higher it became lighter I Local feeders and shippers were
and all the clouds looked as though I interested the first of the week in a
they were lined with the most beau-1 statement by G. B. Thorne of Chicago,
tiful shades of light, from a deepl representing the Institute of Ameri
purple to the palest of pink. I can Meat Packers who stated that the
“The clouds were very interesting! German invasion of Denmark was not
in the formations they made. The expected to result in increased pork
wind kept moving them and chang-1 exports from the United States to the
ing the shapes. Off to the north thel United Kingdom immediately. ___
ocean could be seen getting bluer! mark( he said had gupplied Great
and bluer as there was more light. I Britian with about one-third of its
first tip of the sun and in tw’o min-1
utes it was up.
where we could see black cinders of
a lava flow 250 years old.”
rHE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON. lOHlO, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1910
Distance I cured pork. However, he added when
the south we could see thel iarge accumulations in both Great
the two highest peaks of the| Britian and Canada were consumed
iblity of improv
ed demand for perk from the allies.
tips of
island of Hawaii, Mauna Kea and I there WOuld be po
Mauna Loa.
“Just before the sun came thru
the clouds everything seemed bathed
in molten gold. Then we saw the
mt
$6.30 AT YARDS
HERE WEDNESDAY
__ I Prices on Bluffton Market
e?U,redJ'° Iake balked up to Highest
Shipments of Hogs Show
Response in Volume to
Rapid Rise in Prices
A journey to see the gigantic vol
canic crater at Haleakala, Maui, one
of the scenic attractions of the Haw
aiian Islands, is described in a letter
written to Mr. and Mrs. Noah Neu
enschwander, of South Lawn avenue,
by their daughter Miss Evelyn Nis-lpast three months, did a surprising
wander, now a teacher at Maunaolu I about-face the first of the week en
seminary, Paia, Maui, Hawaii. I couraged by war developments and
The crater at Haleakala is one of I staged a spectacular rise to a top of
the largest in the Hawaiian islands,! $6.30 on the Bluffton market Wed-
*1
I Father-Soil BailOUet
4 n
no
Hog prices, in the doldrums for
The price rise, the highest since
the vol-1 January, however has not resulted in
any increase of shipments here, it
was said by local livestock buyers.
In fact .shipments now are running
somewhat lighter than those of a
month ago.
Two reasons for this were ascribed
ers.
there on the road was
better because federal
is allotted for its upkeep.
The re is a small CCC camp there
and the boys keep the road in repair,
Every
falling
Expect Higher Prices
The other reason for curtailing of
offering is believed to be due to an
ticipation of higher prices by farm
ers who still hold marketable hogs.
Wednesday morning’s top of $6.30
represented a gain of $1.10 per hun
I dred pounds over the price one w’eek
ago. It was likewise an advance of
50 cents over Monday’s top and 30
cents above Tuesday’s best price.
Generally conceded was the claim
We stayed Iwar provided the spark-plug which
Den­
I At Reformed church
“With the sun there was much|
more light and we could see down I Youths of the congregations will
into the crater thousands of feet be-|be the guests at a Father-Son ban
low us. There are 13 large coneslfluet to be held by the Brotherhood
on the crater floor, some as much I the Emanuels and St. John’s Re
as 300 to 400 feet high.
I
“There is a trail around the topi day evening in the St. John’s church
and down into the crater. You can I banquet room.
go by horseback or walk. It is 271 Motion pictures of Europe and
miles and would take several days I Mexico will be shown at the ban
and you have to carry your foodJfluet by Dr. A. C. Schultz, of Bluff
blankets and w’ater on the journey. ton college.
“Then we climbed around
looked at the scenery in the
directions. Here we saw’ the
Mauri mountains, looking like
iature peaks in the distance.
“We could see the islands of I directed
Malokai, Laoni, Koolawe, MalokinaI Amstutz will be toastmaster
and very, very faintly, Aahu. In the I banquet program.
afternoon we took anothei’ drive, as|
far as the other side of the island
I
Levi Welty's Herd I
Wins High Batind £°lu,mbus, las,‘ Fr
__ I
.________________ I
many years at the Bluffton Agricul-I
i
formed churches at 7 p. m. Thurs-
Dr. Schultz took the
and| pictures during trips to those places,
otherl Other features will include selec
West|tions by a Father-Son orchestra and
min-1 a boys’ quartet. At the opening of
the meeting a song session
by Leonard Gratz.
will
W.
for
B. H. S. Girls Glee
4. IA
LIKE THE NAVY
tural fair, ranked fourth thel
I ners
March butterfat report for the Wood-1
T, .. Bluffton girls sang in the state con
Hancock-Lucas county cow testing!. .., ...
test this spring for the second suc
association.
Two Bluffton young men, Ray
mond Duff man and Burdette Clark
who enlisted in the navy some time I sing
ago are pleased with their experi-|15th
ences in the service according to I tary
word received by friends here the I noon
first of the week. Duffman, on the"
U. S. S. Vincennes, writes that helwill direct the singing organization
will leave for Boston, May 9 fori in its appearance before the club
dry dock. men.
be
A.
the
SeCOlld
Singing in state competiton at
,lay’won
the Rlu?"n
High gxrls glee club a rating
of excellent plus.
A registered Guernsey herd owned
,| This is equivalent to tying for sec
by Levi Welty, a competitor fori 7 .. ,.
t,. a. |ond place the
Class BB divison.
superior rating is given to win-
I 1
Welty’s herd had an average of|cessi'e ^ear
38.7 pounds of butterfat.
I
College Choir Will
Sing For Clubmen
Bluffton college’s vesper choir will
at one of the sessions of the
Ohio District conference of Ro-
International clubs, Thursday
in Lima.
Prof. Russell A. Lantz, conductor,
Fair weather the first of the week
permitted Bluffton area farmers to
get started on long-delayed spring
work, and on Monday and Tuesday
they were busy in their fields from
sun-up until long after sun-down.
Little was done on farms last
week as inclement weather contin
ued its hold on the district. Near
wintry conditions prevailed on Fri
day and Saturday, to bring to a
close a week in which farmers had
been able to accomplish so badly
Contract will Involve More Re
sponsibility Than Original
ly Anticipated
Bids Must be Accompanied by
Certified Check Require
Bond from Contractor
Must Have Options
Farmers Busy In Fields As Long
Awaited Break In Weather Arrives
Municipal Garbage Collection
Will Be Big Job, Officials Say
dis
rub-
Handling the collection and
posal of Bluffton’s garbage and
bish under the proposed new muni
cipal system will be a big job, offi
cials
pointed out this week.
of the town administration
who have been considering
for the contracts are
Those
placing bids
finding the magnitude of the under
taking is considerably greater than
they originally had anticipated, and
much serious thought is being given
to the matter by prospective bidders
who w’ant the contract rights.
Successful bidders must be placed
under $200 bond, which eliminates
the possibility of someone taking the
job and giving it up within a few
weeks if he finds the work
greater than anticipated.
Certified Check Required
All bids for the contracts on
year’s basis must be accompanied by
a certified check in the sum of $10,
as an evidence of good faith and
willingness to enter into a contract.
In addition to these requirements
set up by the town, those placing
bids must make arrangements for
suitably disposing of garbage collect
?d twice weekly and also for
large amount of ashes, tin cans
I other rubbish which must
lected.
by
the
the
Options must be arranged
I bidders on land to be used for
disposal of garbage and rubbish, in
rder to protect themselves should
contracts be awarded to them.
Separate bids are received for the
collection of garbage and rubbish,
and it may be that separate con
tracts will be awarded, depending on
I bids submitted.
Bids may be submitted on one or
both propositions until Saturday
noon. Bids will be opened by the
council next Monday night.
Consider New Heating
Plant For Town Hall
Proposed installation of a new
central heating system in the Bluff
ton town hall is being investigated
by occupants of the building, who
will share the cost of the project
should it be approved.
Stoves in each room have been
used in heating the structure since
its erection in 1887, ajnd a central
heating plant would be of distinct
advantage, it was pointed out this
week.
Action on the matter will depend
on final decision of the present ten
ants, upon whom the cost of installa
tion and operation would fall.
Quarters in the structure are util
ized at present by the Bluffton vil
lage administration, the Richland
township trustees and the American
Legion.
Whether the proposed new system
would be of steam, hot water or hot
air type would depend on require
ments, and a survey likely will
needed to determine w’hich would
most suitable.
be
be
be
Should a central heating plant
approved it will be installed during
the summer and will be ready for
use next fall. As a result, an early
decision on the matter is expected.
HOME FROM FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Murray of
Cherry street
Albert Deppler
have returned
Florida, where
winter.
and Mr. and Mrs.
of South Main street
from St. Petersburg,
they spent the past
needed work in their fields.
Bright sunlight Sunday brought a
long-awaited break in the weather,
and as fair skies continued thru
Monday and Tuesday farmers re
sumed plowing and other
operations.
Number of Signers of
ance Contracts About
outdoor
the
the
dis
cus-
are
Spring work on farms of
trict already is far behind
tomary schedule, and farmers
hoping that there will not be a re
sumption of unfavorable weather in
the near future.
65 PER CENT OF
TOWNSHIP FARMS
SIGN UP FOR AAA
All of Richland Township's ,357
Farmers have been Visited
By Committee
Compli
Samc
Richland
bxxty-nve per
township’s 357 farmers have signed
AAA compliance contracts for the
coming season, it was announced
Wednesday by Amos Moser, chair
man of the township committee.
Canvass of the township has been
completed, and with 65 per cent of
the farmers cooperating, this
participation will be about the
as that of last season.
Any tract of three or more
is recognized as a farm by the
committee.
a
the
and
col-
be
of work
regular
but the
Not only will quite a bit
be involved in making the
collections about the town,
successful biddex- will have an equal
ly large job in disposing
waste matter.
of the
same
acres
AAA
Deadline May 1
Farmers have until May 1 to ex
press their intentions of participat
ing in the 1940 program,
ply, a “farm plan” must
out and signed.
com
made
To
be
Wheat Allotment
ing 55
per
his
2—A payment of 19 cents
bushel on the normal yield of
wheat allotment. This
into a conservation payment of
cents a bushel, and a parity
ment of 10 cents per bushel.
3—Approximately $1.10 per
on the acreage available for general
crops including oats, rye and barley.
4— Special payments for carrying
out soil-building practices, such as
spreading limestone, planting trees
and seeding alfalfa.
55 Per Cent in 1939
5—Corn and wheat loans as
authorized by the AAA.
6—Eligibility for full advantages
of the
gram.
is divided
nine
pay-
federal crop insurance pro­
year 1,671 farmers operat
per cent of Allen county’s
Last
croplands cooperated in the
program.
AAA
19 From Here In
State Music Meet
Nineteen Bluffton High students
semble music competition at Oberlin
will participate in state Solo and en
college next Saturday.
Bluffton’s entries will be in clari
net quartet, xylophone solo, cello
solo, flute solo, vocal ensemble and
string quartet divisions. The 19
students qualified for the state meet
in a district contest at Bowling
Green two weeks ago.
Representing Bluffton in the state
music festival will be Donna Hager
man, Josephine Augsburger, James
Stratton, Robert Stratton, Barbara
Jean Triplett, Betty Steinman, Ray
mond Schumacher, Ralph Short, Dale
Grismore, Jeanne Baumgartner, Mary
Alice Howe, Margaret Basinger,
Phyllis Steiner, Roger Howe, Wil
helm Amstutz II, Marie Zuercher,
Helen Soldner, Arthur Thiessen and
Neil Neuenschwander.
Stage Grade School
Operetta On May 7
An operetta “Peter Rabbit”, will
be presented by the first six grades
of the public schools at the high
school auditorium on Tuesday night,
May 7. The performance w’ill be
directed by Miss Elizabeth Higley.
A Good Place to Live and a
Good Place to Trade
NUMBER 52
DRAIN QUARRY
AT MUNICIPAL
WATER PLANT
Water in Large Quarry Being
Pumped Out as First Step
In Cleanup
Plan to Use Water in Operation
Of New Turbo-Generator
At Plant
Drainage of the quarry at the
municipal water works is under way
this week, as the first step in a
cleanup program required before new’
turbo-generating equipment can be
placed in operation.
Water from the quarry w’ill be
used for cooling purioses in opera
tion of the new’ turbine, and it must
be comparatively free of sediment
and foreign deposits for best re­
the quar-
Pumping was started at
•y last week, and after the water
employes of the plant will thoroly
clean the section in which the new
intake line will be constructed.
clean
intake
re will
Following the completion of
ing, a heavy mesh-covered
chamber about three feet squa
be constructed.
i
ltered
the
in
Complete participation
AAA program will make it possible
for a farmer to earn:
1—A payment of 15 cents per
bushel on the normal yield of his
crop acreage allotment. This pay
ment is divided into a conservation
payment of 10 cents per bushel and
a parity payment of five cents
bushel.
per
Water
intake
Foundation for the screened
will be on the bottom of the quarry
in order to obtain the coldest water
and all the supply pumped into the
plant engine room after completion
of the project will be thoroly fil
tered.
Intake pipes will open into the
screened enclosure, and foreign sub
stances will be effectively removed.
It will be late spring or early
summer before the new turbo-gener
ating equipment will be ready for
use, according to pi'esent indications.
Foundation for the generator has
been poured, but it must set for
about 20 more days before erection
of the turbine can be started.
Mrs. Orpha Harris
Dies Funeral Friday
Mrs. Orpha Harris, 70, died at her
home on South Main street Wednes
day morning at 8:25 o’clock. Death
due to complications, followed a twro
months’ illness. She was taken to
Bluffton hospital two weeks ago, but
last Wednesday was removed to her
home here.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at
Pleasant View U. B. church
Bluffton of which she was
ber.
pastor
Burial
tery.
acre
Mrs.
north of
a mem
Rawson,
officiate.
Rev. Hillard Camp, of
of the
will be
church will
in the Clymer ceme-
a lifelong resident of
Harris,
this vicinity was born September 20,
1870, the daughter of Hiram and
Susanna Hewrs, pioneer residents of
Hancock county, living north of
Bluffton.
married in 1896 to Edgar
preceded her in death,
was married to Wm. E.
She w’as
West who
Later she
Harris whose death also occurred a
number of years ago.
Surviving are three daughters:
Mrs. Burl Moyer of Bluffton, Miss
Naomi West at home and Mrs. Clar
ence Fridley of Pandora. Also sur
viving are one sister, Mrs. Halla
Carr of Mt. Cory, five grandchildren
and foui' step children.
The body will remain at the Diller
funeral home until time for the
services, Friday afternoon.
Little Likelihood
Of WPA Work Here
Bluffton has
ing in
grams
Mayor
week.
little chance of shar
sponsored work pro
the coming summer,
Howe announced this
WPA
during
W. A.
His comments followed notification
that WPA district offices are con
sidering projects which entail extend
ed periods of work, providing em
ployment for large numbers of men.
Most prominent of several sug
gested WPA projects for Bluffton is
the Lawn avenue improvement pro
gram calling for widening of the
street and construction of new curbs.
Altho this may be recommended to
district WPA headquarters by the
municipal council, it is unlikely that
the project will be approved, the
mayor said. TJhder the present sys
tem of operation small work pro
posals in the same classification are
being rejected.
During the last 18 months the
trend in WPA circles has been to
ward larger projects entailing the
employment of many men over a con
siderable length of time, and Bluff
ton at present has no such activities
in prospect.