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BLUFFTON NEWS
The Advertising Medium for
Bluffton Trade Territory
VOLUME NO. LXV
METER WORKS TO
HOLD THREE DAY
SALES GATHERING
Representatives from U. S.,
Canada and South America
Convene Friday
Program Open to Public at
High School Gymnasium,
Friday Night
Bluffton will be host this week to
regional sales representatives of The
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co. and
the Readrite Meter Works, who will
come here for a three-day conference
opening Friday at the local plants.
Nearly 30 area representatives from
the United States, Canada and South
America will be in Bluffton for the
three-day session, which will comprise
one of the most comprehensive sales
meetings ever held by the two Bluff
ton concerns.
Advance announcement of the new
1941 models in radio test equipment
and electrical measuring instruments
of the Triplett and Readrite compan
ies will be made at the conference.
Widespread interest among tech
nicians is evidenced annually in the
release of new models, for the Bluff
ton plant is the second largest organ
ization of its kind in the world.
Discuss Sales Problems
Primary objective of the conference
is a technical discussion of instru
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Wed In Ceremony
On Memorial Day
In a Memorial day ceremony took
place the wedding of Miss Juanita
Weiss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Aldine Weiss of Bluffton and Dwight
Zimmerly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Zimmerly of Pandora, Thursday
afternoon.
The nuptials were solemnized in
the single ring service at the home
of the officiating minister, Rev. Hil
liard Camp in Rawson at 12:30
o’clock. The couple was unattended.
The bride was attired for the oc
casion in dark blue suit with white
accessories. She also w’ore a should
er corsage of sweet peas and roses.
Her only ornament was a string of
pearls, a gift from the mother of
the bridegroom. The groom also
wore a dark blue suit.
The bride is a graduate of Bluff
ton high school in the class of 1938
and has been employed at the plant
of the Boss Manufacturing Co. The
groom was graduated from Pandora
high school in 1935 and is employed
by the Nickel Plate railroad. They
will reside for the present with the
groom’s parents near Pandora.
Local Man Secretary
Of State Convention
Lester Niswander of Bluffton has
been named secretary of the conven
tion committee of the Buckeye Hay
Baler’s association which will hold
its first annual meeting in Columbus
on Thursday, June 13, at the state
fair grounds.
Arrangements for the convention
are proceeding satisfactorily and a
large attendance is anticipated, Nis
wander stated. Invitations to at
tend the gathering have been sent to
1,800 hay balers thruout the state.
A basket dinner will be served at
noon and a program of addresses
and entertainment will take place in
the afternoon. Roy W. Roof, Ken
ton attorney, will be one of the
speakers.
A machinery exhibit will be held
in connection with the convention.
James Moody of Mechanicsburg is
chairman of the convention commit
tee.
College Orchestra
Concert On Monday
Bluffton college orchestra, under
direction of Prof. Sidney Hauenstein
will present its commencement week
concert next Monday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock in the college gymnas
ium.
Harold Thiessen, member of the
orchestra will appear in a violin solo
number.
The program follows:
Pomp and Circumstance Elgar
Concerto No. 7 de Beriot
A'Jegro Maestoso
Andante Tranquillo
Allegro Moderate
Harold Thiessen
Intermezzo from “Naila” Ballet
Delibes
Symphony No. 11 G-Major Haydn
Adagio, Allegro
Allegretto, Menuetto
Finale-Presto
Noted Scientific
Journal Editor
To Give Address
£)R. Harrison E. Howe, of Wash
ington, D. C„ author and lecturer,
who will be the speaker at a public
program in the Bluffton High gym
nasium at 8 p. m. Friday, in connec
tion with the three-day sales conven
tion of The Triplett Electrical In
strument Co. and the Readrite Meter
Works, is one of this country’s best
known industrial and engineering
authorities.
He is in popular demand as a
speaker because of his interesting
presentation of new developments
which are rapidly revolutionizing
many industries. Altho scientific in
nature, his addresses are couched in
terms that the layman can grasp.
Dr. Howe has been editor of Indus
trial and Engineering Chemistry
magazine since 1921, with head
quarters in Washington.
Prolific Writer
He is a prolific writer in many
fields, and among many books is
The New Stone Age, which became
a popular seller. Dr. Howe also has
written chemistry text books for
schools, and nature and science read
ers for children.
Previous to assuming the editor
ship of Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry, Dr. Howe served as chair
man of the research division of the
National Research Council.
He also has been prominent in
many scientific societies and move
ments. Among other offices he has
served as a director of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers.
44 Are Expected At
Pre-School Clinic
Forty-four children are scheduled
to attend Bluffton’s annual pre
school clinic to be held at the Grade
school building this Thursday morn
ing beginning at 9 o’clock it was
stated by officers of the Parent
Teacher association which is spon
soring the project.
Bluffton physicians, dentists and
optometrists are cooperating with
county health authorities in the ex
amination. Parents with children
who are entering school in the first
grade next fall are urged to bring
their children for this free exam
ination.
Graduates At Tiffin
Business University
Miss Jemima Lugibihl of Bluffton
will be graduated from Tiffin Busi
ness university at the commencement
exercises, Friday, receiving the execu
tive secretarial diploma. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Lugibihl residing west of town.
Harold Maag and Joseph Smith,
also of this vicinity are members
of the graduating class.
Red Cross Quota
Here Is Doubled
Bluffton’s quota of $150 for
European relief has been doubled,
according to word received by of
ficers of the local chapter, the first
of the week. Raising of the quota
is believed to be due to the Euro
pean crisis which developed during
the past few weeks which have made
additional relief outlays necessary.
Failing in an attempt to tear out
a sparrow’s nest in a hard-to-reach
spot under the eaves of an imple
ment shed, the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Purcell, residing four
miles west of Bluffton, Tuesday
morning struck on a new idea- why
not burn it out.
The idea worked fine—he succeed
ed in firing the sparrow’s nest—but
an unforeseen complication arose
Boy Sets Fire To Barn In
Attempt To Burn Bird’s Nest
EXPECT MANY FOR
GRADUATION WEEK
AT COLLEGE HERE
Alumni Reunion Saturday
Baccalaureate Service Sun
day Afternoon
Concert Sunday Night Bluffton
Day Monday Commence
ment Tuesday
Events for Alumni participation
will open a crowded four-day season
of commencement activity on the
Bluffton college campus, this Satur
day.
Baccalaureate sendee will be the
feature of Sunday’s schedule, and
Monday will bring the ever-colorful
Bluffton Day ceremonies with crown
ing of the Bluffton Day Queen in the
traditional picturesque open-air cere
mony.
Climaxing the season, commence
ment exercises will be held for a class
of 28 graduating seniors, Tuesday
morning. Dr. Wilson M. Compton, of
Washington, D. C., will be the speak
er. His subject will be “On This
Rock”.
Alumni Day Saturday
Saturday’s program has been plan
ned principally for the Alumni. Out
standing events of the day include
the Varsity “B” luncheon at noon a
baseball game in the afternoon be
tween alumni and varsity teams and
the alumni banquet in the evening.
President L. L. Ramseyer will de
liver the baccalaureate address at 3
p. m. Sunday in the chapel. He will
speak on the subject: “Looking For
ward.”
Other events on Sunday’s program
include a concert by the vesper choir
at 6:30 p. m. in the First Mennonite
church, and a pageant of Bluffton col
lege activity during the last 40 years
to be presented at 8 p. m. in the same
place.
Bluffton Day exercises Monday af
ternoon will follow class reunions at
noon.
Crown Queen
To many the colorful presentation
on the campus, ending with crowning
of the Bluffton Day Queen, is the out
standing event of commencement
week. Miss Carol Cookson, Bluffton,
will reign as Queen this year. The
Maid of Honor is Miss Helene Stone
hill, Lima.
Monday evening will bring presen
tation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsum
mer Night’s Dream” in the ampithea
tre on the college campus. A Shakes
pearean play is presented each year
by the Thespians as one of the com
mencement features.
Graduation exercises will be at 10
a. m. Tuesday in the First Mennonite
church, with Dr. Compton’s address
preceding the presentation of diplom
as. The commencement luncheon at
noon will close the four-day observ
ance.
Beaverdam Woman
Succumbs Wednesday
Mrs. Lillian Sawmiller, 66, of
Beaverdam wife of Irvin Sawmiller,
died in Lima Memorial hospital
Wednesday morning at 8:40 o’clock.
Death was due to cerebral hemor
rhage.
Surviving are her husband of
Beaverdam and by a previous mar
riage a son D. F. Cotner of Findlay.
Also surviving are a half-brother
Kenneth Wingate of Eastland, Texas
and three grandchildren.
The body was removed to the
Diller funeral home here Wednesday
noon. Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
Bluffton Broadcast
Heard Friday Night
Radio listeners who had their dials
tuned to Station WCKY, Cincinnati,
Friday night at 10:30 o’clock, re
ceived what is believed to have been
the first broadcast pointing out
Bluffton’s municipal advantages.
when the shed roof caught fire and
the flames threatened to spread to
a large barn adjoining the shed.
Neighbors were hastily summoned
by telephone and the Bluffton fire
department made a hurryup run to
the Purcell farm shortly after
eleven o’clock.
The neighbors who formed a
bucket brigade, however, had suc
ceeded in extinguishing the blaze
just as the fire pumper arrived.
rHE BLUFFTON NEWS
____________________________A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INT ERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1940
To Receive Crown
In Co|lege Campus
Fete Next Monday
CHANGE IN ROUTE
25 TO ELIMINATE
HAZARDOUS BRIDGE
Highway Near Beaverdam,
Scene of Many Fatal Crashes
To be Straightened
Three New Bridges will be Con
structed on Dixie Highway
By State
Elimination of the “death-trap”
bridge at the Dr. F. L. Foust farm,
two miles south of Beaverdam on the
Dixie highway, will be accomplished
during the coming year.
Bids for straightening the high
way and constructing a new concrete
bridge at the spot where many fatal
accidents have occurred are being
asked by the state highway depart
ment.
Opening of the bids will take place
at Columbus on Frirfajr, June 14, and
completion of the road improvement
is scheduled for July 31, 1941.
In addition to work near the Foust
farm, two smaller bridges also are
to be built between that place and
Five Points, the highway department
announced.
Engineers’ estimate of the cost of
constructing the three bridges and
the three .472 of a mile of highway
is $55,800.
All three of the new bridges will
be 28 feet in width, according to the
highway department’s announcement.
That at the Foust farm, with a span
of 40 feet, will be the largest. One
of the others will have a 30-feet span
and the third will be 18 feet.
In straghtening the highway to the
Foust bridge approach, width of the
pavement will be 22 feet, with a
roadway of 42 feet wide.
Two More Residences
Will Be Started Soon
Building of two more homes will
be started in Bluffton shortly it
w’as learned the first of the w’eek.
Residences are those of P. W.
Stauffer and C. W. Elliott who have
purchased lots in the tract belong
ing to Mrs. Will Triplett on Kibler
street near the Grove street inter
section.
Stauffer is an instructor in speech
at the high school and college and
Elliott is employed at the Triplett
plant.
With the starting of these resi
dences, Bluffton will have seven new
homes under construction, five hav
ing been started previously this
spring.
Summer's Here With
Temperature Over 90
Summer weather arrived here the
first of the week with slacks and
bathing suits springing into popu
larity. Temperature Tuesday after
noon passed the ninety degree mark
for the first time this season.
Continued warm weather prevailed
Wednesday. Farmers hailed the ar
rival of seasonable weather after a
cold and late spring. Corn planting,
delayed since early in May, is ex
pected to be largely completed this
week.
Bluffton-made Instruments Have
Uses In Widely Diverse Fields
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i
/^AROL Cookson, Bluffton col
lege senior, who will be
crowned queen Monday after
noon at Bluffton day festivities,
the picturesque campus fete of
the college graduation week.
Miss Cookson, prominent in
scholastic and extra-curricular
activities, is the daughter of
Mrs. Mabel Cookson of South
Jackson street.
Of Prime Importance in Avia
tion New Development for
Army Bombers
Triplett Instruments Found in
Beauty Parlors Also on
Atlantic Clippers
Unusual instruments representing
the latest developments in many var
ied fields of science are manufac
tured at The Triplett Electrical In
strument Co., Bluffton’s major in
dustry, which is holding a sales con
ference for representatives from the
United States, Canada and South
America, opening Friday.
Altho a greater part of the local
industry is devoted to the manu
facture of electrical measuring in
struments and radio and industrial
test equipment of more common
usage, many of the firm’s production
items are keeping pace with the lat
est scientific trends and as a result
are not generally known.
Electrical instruments made here
are used in mechanisms to match
colors, grade fruit, sort cigars,
measure speed and temperature, test
the solidity of rivets and for a
number of other almost unbelievable
purposes.
Television Testing
In pace with new developments,
the Triplett company already manu
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Bluffton non-union men will be
eligible for half of the common la
bor jobs on the post office building
now under construction here it was
stated by the superintendent in
charge of the work in a conference
with Mayor W. A. Howe, Wednes
day noon.
Bluffton Labor To Get Jobs
On New Post Office Building
The superintendent’s statement
came following an earlier conference
between Mayor Hove and repre
sentatives of the American Federa
tion of Labor’s building trades, Wed
nesday morning in which the union
held out for a closed shop arrange
ment in the construction here.
As the situation stood Wednesday
noon, however, the common labor will
be divided half union and half non
union men, according to the state
ment issued by Mayor Howe, follow
ing the conference with the con
struction superintendent.
Two Bluffton men are reported to
be employed on the project now,
which consists principally of exca
vation.
In the conference with Mayor
Howe, Wednesday morning, the A. F.
of L. representatives insisted that all
workers employed on the building
join their union. Cost of union mem
bership would be $15 initiation fee
and $2 monthly dues, it was stated
following the conference.
Majority of labor now employed
on the job consists of out of town
union members.
Excavation for the building is now
almost completed and forms for the
concrete foundations are now being
built. The James I. Barnes Con
struction company of Springfield is
the general contractor.
Announce Rural
Carrier Exam Here
Announcement that an examina
tion will be held for the position of
rural letter carrier on the Bluffton
postal routes, was made the first of
the week by Postmaster Ed Reichen
bach.
As a result of the examination an
eligible register will be established
from which it is expected that certi
fication will be made for filling the
vacancy in the position of carrier on
the rural routes here as they may
occur in the future unless it is
found to be in the interest of the
service to fill a vacancy by rein
statement, transfer or promotion.
Date for the examination will be
announced later provided there is no
reinstatement, transfer or promotion.
Applications must be on file with
the U. S. Civil Service Commission
at Washington prior to the close of
business on June 14.
Real Estate Deal
Edgar Chamberlain has purchased
the Mrs. Jean Murray property on
Cherry street and will remodel it in
to a two-family apartment house.
Mrs. Murray expects to move to
Findlay where she will make her
future home.
Concern Felt For
Safety Of Local
Woman In France
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£JONCERN was expressed here for
the safety of Miss Edna Ram
seyer, former Bluffton college dean
of women, now supervsor of a camp
of Spanish refugee children in
southern France, when press dis
patches the first of the week told of
bombing air raids by German planes
over Marseilles.
Miss Ramseyer is known to be lo
cated near Marseilles where she has
been stationed since she arrived in
France four months ago to assist in
caring for refugee children from the
late civil war in Spain.
Work of caring for these children,
originally under direction of the
French government was taken over
by the Friends Service committee
after France became involved in the
present war.
Miss Ramseyer sailed from New
York city late in January for a
year’s service in France with the
Friends organization. She resigned
her position at Bluffton college to
accept the overseas service.
Sacred Concert By
Noted Tenor Sunday
Eivin Bjomstad, noted lyric dra
matic tenor will appear in a sacred
concert at Ebenezer Mennonite church
Sunday night at 8 o’clock, it is an
nounced by the pastor, Rev. P. A.
Kliewer.
Bjornstad has appeared here pre
viously when he was particularly
well received. He is a native of
Oslo, Norway, and has toured
Europe, appearing in the principal
cities.
Two Hurt In Dixie
Crash Near Town
Two Detroit residents received
treatment at the Bluffton Community
hospital Saturday after they were
injured in an auto-truok collision a
short distance south of Bluffton on
the Dixie highway at 3:10 a. m.
Warren Bates, 20, driver of the
automobile, sustained body bruises,
cuts on his cheek and an injured
wrist. His sister, Mrs. Blanche
O’Neil, 27, received facial cuts and
body bruises.
State highway patrolmen reported
that Bates' 1938 sedan, traveling
south on the Dixie, was involved in
the collision with a truck owned by
the National Transit Co., driven
north by Arthur Winings, 32, of
Lima.
Enroute to Detroit, the truck was
loaded with tobacco and general mer
chandise. Authorities estimated loss
to the truck and its cargo was
$1,000. The sedan driven by Bates
was demolished.
Lewis Foltz, Jr., of Bluffton,
brought the two injured Detroit er
sons to the Bluffton hosital in his
automobile.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
Community hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Suter, Pandora,
a daughter, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hauenstein,
north of Bluffton, a son, Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. Weldon Diller, Raw
son, a daughter, Friday.
Word has been received here of
the birth of a daughter, Farin Sue,
to Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Kliewer of
Billings, Montana, Sunday. Mr.
Kliewer is the son of Rev. and Mrs.
P. A. Kliewer of Grove Street.
Announcement has been made of
the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth
Carol, to Mr. and Mrs. Waldon Hilty
of East Orange, N. J., formerly of
this vicinity. Mrs. Hilty was before
her marriage Miss Wilma Steiner.
Addresses Churches
On War Relief Need
Prof. N. E. Byers of this place
spoke in Goshen, Ind., Sunday, be
fore a gathering of representatives
of Mennonite churches of northern
Indiana on the subject of European
war relief.
A Good Place to Live and a
Good Place to Trade
NUMBER 6
CONFER DEGREES
ON CLASS OF 28
COLLEGE SENIORS
Bachelor of Arts to 24 Bache
lor of School Music to
Four, Tuesday
Dr. Wilson Compton of Wash
ington to Deliver Address
To Graduates
Diplomas will be presented to 28
graduating seniors at Bluffton college
commencement exercises in the First
Mennonite church, at 10 a. m. next
Tuesday.
Twenty-four seniors will receive
A. B. degrees, and four others have
qualified for B. S. M. (Bachelor of
School Music) degrees.
Class Speaker
Dr. Wilson M. Compton, of Wash
ington, D. C.. a member of the na
tionally known Wooster family, will
deliver the class address to graduat
ing seniors.
In addition to the 28 who will re
ceive diplomas next Tuesday, four
other students are expected to grad
uate at the close of the summer
term.
A. B. degrees will be conferred up
on the following at commencement,
Tuesday:
Richard Backensto, Allentown, Pa.
Mason Blosser, Lima Evelyn Burk
haard, Orrtanna, Pa. Elnore Burtch
in, Lima Carol Cookson, Bluffton
Wanda Eversole, Bluffton Stanley
Fretz, Lansdale. Pa. Wayne Good
bar, Lima Donald Gundy, Meadows,
Ill.
Theda Hankish, Bluffton Vivian
Heck, Willard Eugene Hilty, Lima
Margaret Hobson, Damascus Della
Krebill, Donnellson, Iowa Alice Ole
wine, Allentown, Pa. Elizabeth Ras
mussn, North Tonawanda, N. Y. Karl
Schultz, Bluffton.
William Snyder, Altoona, Pa. Gen
i evieve Stein, Genoa Ruth Steiner,
Bluffton Helen Stonehill, Lima Dale
Suter, Columbus Grove Robert West,
Bluffton, and Paul Wimmer, Hatfield,
Pa.
Bachelor of School Music degrees
will be conferred upon Virgil Bartz,
Columbus Grove Roger Hauenstein,
Bluffton Herbert Jones, Grover Hill
and Margery Lecrone, Bucyrus.
At the close of the summer term
the following are expected to qualify
for degrees: Charles Suter, Pandora
and Eugene Zuber, Bluffton, A. B.
and Victor Gerber, Apple Creek, and
Emma Kohler, St. Marys, B. S. M.
Last Rites For Eli
Locher Held Monday
Funeral services largely attended
were held for Eli Locher, 65, at his
home four miles south of Bluffton on
the Bentley road, Monday afternoon.
Rev. H. T. Unruh of the First Men
nonite church officiated and inter
ment was made in Maple Grove cem
etery.
Mr. Locher died in the Bluffton
Community hospital, Friday after
noon following a year’s illness.
A native of Riley township, Put
nam county, he was born February
27, 1875, the son of Christian and
Verena Locher. He was a lifelong
resident of this section where he was
widely known in business circles.
He was active in oil field opera
tions here during the boom in this
section some forty years ago. He
was also engaged for a number of
years in buying horses and was in
terested in the Citizens National
bank here. A prominent farmer, he
recently retired from active farm
work.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Estella J. Sharpie one sister, Mrs.
Mary Diller and five brothers, Gideon
and Hiram of Bluffton, Samuel and
Christian of Pandora and Milton
Locher of Washington, D. C.
Two brothers, Eph and Cyrus pre
ceded him in death.
Attend Graduation
At Cincinnati U.
Harold Schultz, son of Dr. and Mrs.
J. S. Schultz of South Lawn avenue
will be graduated in mechanical en
gineering at commencement exercises
of the University of Cincinnati, Fri
day.
Dr. and Mrs. Schultz, son Kar!
and daughter Lora Schultz together
with I. I. Bargen of Mountain Lake,
father of Mrs. Schultz, will attend
the exercises. Mr. Bargen will re
main here to attend commencement
exercises of Bluffton college next
Tuesday when Karl Schultz will be
graduated from the college of liberal
arts.