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BLUFFTON NEWS The Advertising Medium for Bluffton Trade Territory VOLUME NO. LXV CONTRACT IS LET ....<p></p>HAULING FOR OF Ashes, garbage Award Made to Russell Tripple hom, Low Bidder for One Year at $1,300 How to Collect Fees from Householders is Problem Baffling Town Council Bluffton corporation will pay the sum of $1,300 for having its gar bage, rubbish and ashes hauled away for one year, beginning May 15. Contract in that amount was awarded to Russell Trippiehorn by the town council Monday night after bids for this service were opened. Trippiehorn was the lowest of six bidders. Other bids were Gerald Tripple horn $1,350, Jesse Weiss $1,425, Paul Shulaw $2,000 all of Bluffton Elmer Sutter $1,350, Pandora City Collec tion Service, Lima, $2,100. How Collect Money Although Mayof W. A. Howe stat ed that garbage and ashes removal service would start on May 15, the council has yet to set up machinery' to collect the annual fee of $2 from each householder using the service. How to collect this fee, payable in quarterly installments of fifty cents has proved a problem which has baf fled the council ever since the ques tion of garbage collection was ser iously considered. After discussing a half-dozen plans the council adjourned with the prob lem apparently as far from solution as ever. Plans discussed at the meet ing ranged all the way from employ ing a collector to make the rounds of houses thruout the town to a sug gestion to abandon the collection idea entirely and finance the project thru regular real estate tax collections the same as fire protection and police service. Try Collection Sentiment Majority sentiment in the council, however, appeared to favor the idea of giving the collection plan a trial for at least six months. At a meet ing of the council next Monday night, some plan, it is expected, will be worked out. Regulations in the mattef of de position of garbage, rubbish and ashes to which householders will be required to conform are also expect ed to be formulated by the council before the middle of the month when collection service begins. These regulations are expected to deal with the placing of wastes in suitable containers and placed where reasonably accessible to the collector on his rounds. As it is understood that garbage will be fed to livestock, regulations will probably be made requiring that glass and foreign substances injur ious to animals be eliminated from garbage and placed with rubbish. Golden Wedding At Beaverdam Sunday Fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. I. Marshall Jennings, prominent Richland township resi dents, will be marked next Sunday, at their home in Beaverdam. Since their marriage in 1890, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings have lived con tinuously in Richland township. For the last 16 years they have resided in Beaverdam where Mr. Jennings has sei*ved as manage! of The Farmers’ Elevator Co. Prior to taking up his residence in Beaver dam Mr. Jennings was a Richland township farmer. A family dinner will be held at noon next Sunday to be followed in the afternoon by a reception for rel atives and friends. Three sons and a daughter, and their respective fam ilies, will help celebrate the e^ent. Mrs. Jennings is 69 years old, and in good health, Mr. Jennings, 71, has not missed a day at the elevator for many years. Three years ago when the Beaver dam elevator burned to the ground after being struck by lightning, Jen nings shouldered the task of direct ing re-building of the structure, des pite his advanced years. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Jen nings are Willard S. Jennings, a farmer, of near Bluffton Doit C. Jennings, of Kentqa Qerald W. Jen nings, of Newark and Mrs. Mai C. Huber, of Findlay, the wife of Clair Huber. CHANGE GRANGE MEETING Meeting of Richland grange will be held next Monday night instead of Tuesday, it was announced by grange officers the first of the week. Fisherman Gets Two Large Bass At Quarry Here "DECORD catch of fish in Bluffton waters this season was made by Lawrence Hosafros of Orange township who landed two small mouth bass at the National quarry, Sunday. His largest catch was made in the morning—a four pounder measuring twenty inches. In the afternoon he hooked another one, measuring eighteen inches and weighing three pounds. Choice fishing spots were crowded Sunday, the last holiday before the closed season for bass from May 1 to June 15 inclusive in Ohio’s inland waters. The Lake Erie bass fishing season remains open until May 24 after which it will remain closed until July 1. The ban is placed on bass fishing to coin cide with their spring spawning, according to the state division of conservation. PUSH TILLAGE ON FARMS AS SEASON OPENS Farmers Hook Up Radio with Tractor to Lighten Long Plowing Hours Implement Dealers Rushed as Late Spring Arrives De liveries Difficult Tractors equipped with radios are the latest ideas in modern stream lined farming in the Bluffton dis trict as tillage is being pushed at top speed to prepare seed beds for belated spring planting. All available equipment is being swung into ope-ation this week as farmers are experiencing one of the busiest seasons in recent years with horses working from dawn to dusk and tractors in some cases operating on twenty-four hour schedules to make up for a late spring which has set back normal farm work from three to four weeks. With a tractor in full operation thruout the busy spring season, a radio affords welcome diversion, ac cording to farmers. With farmers swamped by the rush of spring work, local implement dealers likewise are equally busy. Deliveries of equipment in many in stances are behind schedule and spot delivery from warehouses is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, dealers say. Although corn planting normally would be under way next week, it is believed that comparatively little will be planted before the middle of the month. May Go To National School Music Meet Two high school students in the Bluffton area, winners in the state solo and ensemble contest at Oberlin last Saturday may participate in the national contest to be held at Battle Creek, Mich., May 16 and 17. Barbara Jean Triplett, Bluffton high school freshman, entered at Oberlin in the CHass xylophone solo competition was awarded a rat ing of superior and was named alter nate in this clasfc for the national contest. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Triplett of Campus Drive. Robert Marshall, student in Bea verdam high school and son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marshall won the flute solo competition in Class and will participate in the national con test. Other ratings of Bluffton contest ants were: Cello solo—Betty Steinman, excel lent. Flute solo—Raymond Schumacher, good. Clarinet quartet—Donna Hager man, Josephine Augsburger, Robert Amstutz, James Stratton. Very good. String quartet—Marie Zuercher, Neil Neuenschwander, Helen Soldner, Arthur Thiessen. Excellent. Mixed ensemble—Dale Grismore, Ralph Short, Roger Howe, Wilhelm Amstutz, II Phyllis Steiner, Mar garet Basinger, Mary Alice Howe, Jeanne Baumgartner. Excellent. Air-Conditioned Trains More than 11,000 air-conditioned railroad passenger cars are now in operation. English Copper Coin, Century And A Half Old, Found On Farm Near Town E. D. Boutwell Turns Up Coin In Flower Bed on John Rogers Farm Coin Bears Likeness of King George III Date 1806, is Still Legible An old English copper coin, dated 1806, was found Sunday by E. D. Boutwell in a flower bed he had made on the John Rogers farm, three miles north of Bluffton on the Dixie highway. Boutwell lives on the farm with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nonnamaker. He had spaded the flower bed Sat urday, and while strolling about the yard Sunday he noticed the copper coin laying on top of the earth. Cleaning it up, he found it in ex cellent condition. A likeness of George III, King of England, can be distinguished plainly, and also the inscription of the date, 1806. Value of the piece of money is not given. A hole was punched thru the coin, leading to the belief that an Indian had obtained it from English trad ers, perhaps at Detroit, and wore it on a string or leather thong as a necklace. If this assumption is correct the coin likely was lost on the farm long before there were any settlers in this area, and in all probability be fore the fighting of the War of 1812. Also, there is the possibility the coin might have been lost by a British soldier, for the English had extensive movements of troops thru this area about the turn of the Nineteenth century. Rites Held Saturday For Lloyd Luginbuhl Funeral services were held Satur day afternoon in the Ebenezer Men nonite church for Lloyd L. Lugin buhl, 42, former proprietor of the Bluffton Auto Top and Glass shop, who died at 10 o’clock last Thursday morning at his home four miles west of town. Mr. Lugnbuhl had suffered a year’s illness from heart disease. A native of Richland township, Mr. Luginbuhl was born March 2, 1898, the son of Amos and Sarah (Zurfluh) Luginbuhl, both of whom survive. He had resided all his life in the Bluffton area. In addition to his parents he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Ella Dillman, Bluffton Mrs. Edna Neu ensch wander, Columbus Grove Mrs. Alice Sharp, Norwalk Mrs. Cassie Yerks, Lima and a brother, Weldon Luginbuhl, Bluffton. Mr. Luginbuhl was a member of the Ebenezer Mennonite church in which the funeral was conducted, with Rev. P. A. Kliewer, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Ebenezer cemetery. The Bluffton Auto Top and Glass Shop, which Mr. Luginbuhl formerly operated, is located on Cherry street near the Riley Creek bridge. Operetta By Grade Schools^ext Tuesday An operetta “Peter Rabbit” will be presented by the first six grades of the public school next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock in the high school' gymnasium. The production will be directed by Miss Elizabeth Higley, vocal music supervisor. The cast of characters: Peter Rabbit, Elmer Stonehill Mopsy, Jean Ann Klingler Flopsy, Marilyn Fett Cottontail, Maynard Pogue Mother Rabbit, Louise Sold ner McGregor, the gardner. Groups of vegetables: Beets, Grade 1 Carrots, Grade 4 Lettuce and peas, Grades 5 and 6 Beans, var ious grades Glow worms .Grades 4, 5 and 6. Community Softball Organization Friday Plans for community softball play during the spring and summer months will be drawn up at a meet ing in the recreation center at the Grade school building, at 8 p. m. this Friday. All interested in the proposition are urged to attend. It is hoped that separate leagues can be organized for boys and men this year. New Tree Pruner A new tree pruner, operating on hydraulic pressure, easily cuts limbs up to two inches thick. Ex tension poles enable the operator to remove a limb 20 feet from the ground. A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 77 PERCENT IN RICHLAND TWP. SIGN FOR AAA Total of 272 Farms of 353 Township Sign Compliance Agreements Committee Makes Final Report As Period for Signing Closes Wednesday With Wednesday in which to enter tracts, 77 per cent Richland township under AAA agreements ported by the local committee. 1 In making final check up, the com mittee stated that 272 of the 353 farms in the township had agreed to the federal government’s proposal for aid in return for regulation of crop production. Any tract of three or more acres is recognized as a farm by the AAA committee. Members of the township commit tee are: Amos Moser, chairman, Willard Jennings and Sol Steiner. Fred Mueller and D. E. Daily are al ternates. Orange Twp. S. S. Convention, Sunday Sunday schools of Orange township will hold their spring convention at Olive Branch church, Sunday night at 7:45 o’clock. Theme of the convention is “In crease Our Faith”. Officers are: Pres., Helen Wagner Sec’y.-treas., Joe Bell. The program follows: Song by congregation Devotions —Rev. McVey, Mt. Cory Piano solo Miriam Dearth Music Sextet of Olive Branch church Reading Rachel Beagle Music Men of Riley Creek Church Piano solo Victoria Moser Offering Secretary’s report ky. Play----- “Seek Anq^t7Shall Find” Young People’s class of Riley Creek Address Rev. E. J. Penhorwood South Side Church of Christ, Lima Song by congregation Benediction. Rev. McVey Large Audiences At School Programs The high school auditorium was well filled Sunday afternoon and evening when programs were given by pupils of the grade and high schools. Instrumental and vocal musical or ganizations of the schools were pre sented in an afternoon program un der direction of Prof. Sidney Hau enstein and Miss Elizabeth Higley. In the evening a program was pre sented by classes in religious educa tion under direction of Miss Janet Henderson. Old School Photo In News Window Students in the Ewing school in Orange township during the 1890-91 term are shown on a photograph on display in The Bluffton News win dow, this week. W. W. Scothorn, of Orange town ship, was the teacher. Of the 36 students included in the picture, many are well known and a number still live in this area. BREAKS ARM John E. Steiner of Thurman street, Bluffton tinner, sustained a broken bone in the upper left arm as the result of a fall. Steiner was working on an outbuilding at the Oberly property at West College avenue and Jackson street when the hooks on an extension ladder gave way and he fell to the ground. Chicks Are Lost As Brooder House Burns Five hundred chicks were lost when a brooder house on the Carl Fett Farm southeast of Bluffton on the Lincoln highway caught fire and burned last Wednesday night. REAL ESTATE DEAL A price of $9,300 was paid by Harold Radabaugh for a farm of 135 acres in Union township. The farm was sold in the case of Hazel Peter son against Arvilla Inebit and others. The land was appraised at $9,000. BLUFFTON NEWS TO® as the last dal compliance coni of the farms ir were signed uj it was re THE MUSSEL’,’/ 11 BLUFFTON COLLEGE BLUFFTON, OHIO Walter Locher, from Venezuela, Tells of Tight Cordon Around Oil Center Low Flying French Planes Scrutinize Identity of Stan dard Oil Steamer In returning to the United States from the Venezuela oil field in which he is stationed, Walter Locher, form er Bluffton resdent, passed thru a closely-drawn Allied blockade of de stroyers and airplanes. Locher told of precautions taken by France and England to keep Ger many from South American oil when he visited in Bluffton Monday and Tuesday. His wife and little son were here with him. The family recently ar rived from Maracaibo, Venezuela, to vsit his mother, Mrs. Eph Locher, in Cleveland, to whch city they re turned Tuesday. Later this week the Lochers will motor to Oklahoma where they will vist with Mrs. Locher’s sister. They expect to return to Venezuela early in June. Blockade By Allies Maracaibo is one of the world’s largest oil producing centers, and be fore the present European war Ger many was one of the largest buyers of oil produced in that area. Only 180 miles from Maracaibo is the small Dutch island of Aruba on which is located the world’s largest oil refinery. To keep Germany from this rich oil cente'r, France and England have set up a tightly drawn cordon of speedy destroyers and gunboats. In maintaining a vigilant watch, French and English planes check every boat entering or leaving Aruba harbor. Locher said that the Standard Oil tanker on which he and his family returned to the States was checked twice by French planes which flew over the boat to learn its identity. German Boats Interned At the opening of the war three German boats were interned in Aruba. Later they made a dash for Germany, attempting to evade the Allied blockade. One of the ships was captured by the British, and an other returned to port. The third ship was the German luxury liner, Columbus, on which Father Robert Maher, pastor of St. Marys Catholic church was a pas senger when the war started. The Columbus had barely gotten started on its way to Europe when it was overhauled by a British de stroyer. At the captain’s orders, the magnificent ship, one of the largest in the world, was scuttled, to pre vent its falling into enemy hands. German Trade Gone Locher said that the production of oil has been curtailed in the Mara caibo field since outbreak of the war. This is due to the fact that Ger many, formerly one of the best cus tomers, has been unable to buy or transport oil to Europe. England, however, is buying much oil, and it is a customary sight to see British tankers in Aruba harbor. These are closely guarded by British destroyers. Religious Education Instructor Resigns Miss Janet Henderson, instructor in religious education in the Bluffton schools has resigned her position ef fective at the close of the current school year, it was announced the first of the week. Miss Henderson has been instruct or in religious education subjects here for the past two years under direction of the council of religious education composed of representa tives of various churches of the town and community. No successor has been named to fill the vacancy. Shoups, The Motet Singers, which will be freAsdln sacred concert at Allied Blockade Encountered By Former Bluffton Resident G. 0. P. WIN IN COLLEGE MOCK ELECTION HERE Students Take Over Direction Of Institution Wednesday For One Day Advocate Handsome Instructor For Girls Physical Educa tion Class Students occupied the “seats of the mighty” at Bluffton college Wednes day in the annual observance of Stu dent Administration Day. All administrative posts at the col lege and the’direction of classes are taken over by the students on Ad ministrtion Day. Instructors take a day off and undergraduates are king for a day. Much of the campus interest in the jXUpveement, however, centered in an 'old-fashioned preelection campaign waged by three parties jockeying for victory in the all-college elecetion to determine those who will fill the ad ministrative positions. In Tuesday’s election, the “Ele phant” party swept its entire slate into office, scoring a decisive victory oveer “Donkey” and Blacksheep” candidates. William “Snooks” Snyder, Altoona, Pa., elected college president, head ed the “Elephant” ticket, with Mason Blosser, Lima, being named dean of the college. In national politics, the “Elephant” party was pledged to the support of Tom Dewey, young Republican can didate for president. Other planks in the platforn of the party included advocating a college “dating” bureau, free transportation to and from school for all Bluffton students attending the college, and the hiring of a handsome instructor for girls physical education classes. Births Mr. and Mrs. George Bame of Jenera are the parents of a daugh ter born at the Bluffton hospital Tuesday. A daughter, Carolyn Kay, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wilson of Findlay. Mrs. Wilson was form erly Miss Laoma Oberly of this place. A son, Charles Rex,, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kent Klingler of Ada. Mr. and Mrs. John Russell of Ada, who lived in Bluffton a number of years ago are the great grand parents. Geiger To Head Radio Club For Coming Year Maynard Geiger, who is employed in the research laboratory of the Triplett Electrical Instrument com pany was elected president of the Bluffton Radio club for the coming year at the annual election held Monday night. Other officers elected were: Vice president, Garland Steiner1 Sec’y.-treas., Eugene Benroth activ ity manager, Lloyd Brauen. Retiring officers are: Pres., Harold Solt vice pres., Nelson Herr sec’y. treas., Donald Corson activity mgr., James Benroth. TO MOVE HERE F. W. Steinhagen of Lima has rented the Med Murray property at Jefferson and Thurman streets re cently vacated by Clayton Murray and will occupy the place this week. Steinhagen is traveling representa tive of a brewing concern. BLUFFTON A Good Place to Live and Good Place to Trade NUMBER 1 IS LOW BIDDI POST OFFICE James I. Barnes Construction Company Submits Figure Of $45,300 Work on New Federal Building In Bluffton Will be Started Shortly Construction of Bluffton’s new post office, an $80,000 federal project, will be under way by late spring it was indicated last week following an* nouncement that the James I, Barnes Construction Co., of Springfield, Ohio, •was the low bidder. Bid of the Barnes company one of the best known construction firms in the state was $45,300. Indications are that the United States public buildings department is anxious to get the work started soon. Deadline for placing general con tract bids was last Wednesday noon, and announcement was made on the afternoon of the same day that the Barnes firm had submitted the low figure. The next lowest bid was $46,838, submitted by H. D. White and Co., of Chicago. After final details of the contract are consumated, the builder will have 240 days in which to complete the structure. In case of delay the con tractor must pay $30 for each addi tional day required for completion of the job. As a consequence it is expected that work will be pushed forward rapidly. If the entire 240 days are required to complete the work, the structure will not be completed until next December. Bluffton’s new post office will be a one-story building of colonial design. Exterior walls will be faced with brick, and the colonial trim will be of wood and stone. Martha Radebaugh Rites Wednesday Mrs. Martha Ann Radebaugh, 74, a former teacher in the Hancock county schools, died at 1:25 p. m. Sunday in her home two miles south of Bluffton in Richland township. She had been bedfast for the past four months. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon in the Bluffton Methodist church. Rev. J. A. Weed, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Maple Grove cemetery. A native of Fairfield county, Mrs. Radebaugh was the daughter of Ben jamin F. and Sarah Sager Myers, who moved to Hancock county when she was a child. She was the widow of William Henry Radebaugh, who died July 4, 1919. They were married in Han cock county, and lived six years at Cannonsburg. After residing in De fiance for three yearls, they returned to Hancock county where they lived two years, then moved to the farm south of Bluffton. Four daughters and three sons survive. They are Mrs. Vesta Steiner, Toledo Mrs. Fame Fett, Bluffton Mrs. Clara Augsburger, Bluffton Mrs. Grace Wolfe, New Yortc City William Radebaugh, Bellevue Dr. Webster Radebaugh, Detroit and George Radebaugh, To ledo. Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Huldah Gable, Tipton, Okla. Miss Sarah Myers, Loma Linda, Calif. rs. Mary Kurtz, San Diego, Calif. and a brother, Albert Myers, Mt. Cory. Mi's. Radebaugh was a graduate of Ohio Northern university, and was a member of the Orange Town ship Farm Women’s club and the Bluffton Methodist church. Dr. Smith Talks To Historical Society Dr. C. Henry Smith, head of the department of political science at Bluffton college, was the speaker at a meeting of the Allen County His torical society at Memorial hall in Lima, last Thursday night. His sub ject was “The 100th Anniversary of the Log Cabin-Hard Cider Cam paign.” Advance In Hog Market Bogs Down A sharp reaction the first of the week stopped the spectacular rise in the hog market which provided fire works in the agricultural picture. Top on the market Wednesday, quoted at $5.70 represented a drop of 50 cents under the market, Monday, and was sixty cents under the maxi mum price a week ago.