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It is Grandpa T. G. Scheid since
the young lady arrived at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid.
J. A. Thompson left Monday even
ing for Youngstown to attend the
Ohio Presbytery meetings. He will
spend over Sunday with relatives
near Pittsburgh, Pa., his former
home.
Mrs. J. Berry and daughters, Mrs.
Grace Steiner, and Miss Marjorie
Berry, left Wednesday morning for
their new home near Tucson, Ari
zona, to join Mr. Berry, who has
been there over a year. The Berry
family have been residents of this
place for about 12 years, during
which time they made many friends,
who greatly regret to see them
leave Bluffton.
The remains of Mrs. Sarah Struble
were taken to Lima in a special car
over the interurban immediately
after the funeral, accompanied by
about fifty relatives. At Lima, the
remains were transferred to the
Pennsylvania road, arriving at Mc
SClelland the following fore noon.
The required number of names
necessary to ensure the opening of
the new glove factory were secured
last week, and the managers of the
concern were in town Saturday,
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NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF OCT. 16,1913
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Mr. J. E. Lugibill, of Bluffton,
presented the college with an old
family Bible that has been in the
Lugibill family for several centuries.
The Bible was printed in Zurich,
Switzerland, in the year 1554.
The extensive improvements at the
Presbyterian church and manse are
about completed and the congrega
tion will resume their customary
services next Sunday morning. For
about two months the church has
been closed during which services
were held in the reformed church.
The church has been frescoed, the
large windows have been remodeled,
the floors are covered with battle
ship linoleum, the woodwork and
seats are varnished and new drains
have been dug.
The following is the report of the
A petition was circulated last
week in the village of Beaverdam
for the holding of a Beal local option
election in that town and before
noon it is said that the persons in
terested in the movement had se
cured seventy-five names which is
more than half of the electors of
the village. Monday evening the
council decided to hold the election
March 28th.
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of March 14, 1907
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births and deaths in Richland town
ship recorded by Charles F. Miller,
registrar of vital statistics, for the
month of September: Births, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank J. Burkholder, girl
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Garmatter, girl
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hilty, girl Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Neuenschwander,
boy Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Root, boy.
Deaths—Ethel M. Herr, 22 Almeda
Mann, 70 Mary Ellen Weaver, 65
Agnes Jacobs, 10 Elizabeth Sutter,
80 Barbara Basinger, 73 Edward
D. Bame, 8 months Daniel Rogers,
88 Martha Eaton, 79 and Oratio
Messinger, 27.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charley
Kieffer a baby girl, one day last
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Amos Augsburger will move to
Pandora, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sommer wel
comed a little baby girl into their
home, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Suter are re
joicing over the arrival of a son,
since Saturday night.
Invitations are out announcing the
wedding of Miss Elma, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Steiner, to Dr.
W. M. Niswander, of Bluffton, to be
solemnized at the home of the
bride’s parents, Sunday, October 26.
The young couple are among our
most popular and highly esteemed
young people and they have a host
of friends throughout the Settle
ment, who extend congratulations.
They will reside on Cherry street,
Bluffton, after Nov. 15.
making arrangements for opening
the same. The Mitsch building on
lower Main street was leased and
orders were sent to Toledo and
Cincinnati for new sewing machines.
The building, with its heating plant
and other modern improvements, is
well adapted for the work, and will
make convenient and comfortable
quarters.
Freeman Thompson purchased six
acres of ground of Zophar Ewing
on the east side of the village and
intends building a fine residence.
John Garlinger and William Ste
wart left Wednesday for the Canad
ian oil field.
Rev. A. F. Reiter formerly pastor
of the Disciple church here, recently
accepted the superintendency of
I mathematics in the Oklahoma Chris
tian university, Enid, Oklahoma. He
will enter upon his new duties next
September. Mr. Reiter has had con
siderable experience in teaching and
is well qualified for the work. He
will spend the summer vacation at
the home of his father near Mt.
Cory in private study and outlining
his future work.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Romey cele
brated their thirty-fifth wedding an
niversary at their home on Main
HANDY MATCH PACKET
CONTAINING SIX BOOKS OF QUALITY MATCHES
SATURDAY, JUNE 15th
with the purchase of six 6 gallons or more of either
BRILLIANT BRONZE
POLYMERIZED LEADED REGULAR OR
ETHYL
FOR THOSE WHO WANT THE BEST
SAVE 2*
Per gallon under our normal price every day at all
BRILLIANT BRONZE STATIONS
street last Sunday. An excellent
dinner was served tn near relatives
and a few friends, among the latter
being Rev. F. Goetsch and brother,
Otto, and Mr. and Mrs. John Stull.
William and Samuel, of Richmond,
Ind., remembered the day by send
ing their parents a handsome Morris
chair.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Stewart expect
to move to Canada in the near fu
ture.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bogart, of near
Columbus Grove, are the happy par
ents of a daughter since last w’eek.
Mrs. Bogart was formerly Miss
Linda Ritzier, of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. William Augsburger
welcomed a baby girl at their home
on Lawn avenue, Wednesday night.
Misses Edith McPeak, Nellie Ea
ton, Silas Basinger and Clyde Waltz
were among the successful appli
cants at the last county teachers’
examination at Lima.
When it comes to fat babies, Tor
rens, the five-months old son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Armentrout is in
the lead. The young man weighs
an even twenty-five pounds.
John D. Shifferly, who suffered a
stroke of paralysis last week, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
F. R. Moore, at the home farm, one
mile east of Beaverdam, Monday,
March 11th.
SCHOOL NOTES
The senior class will be represent
ed at the oratorical contest to be
held at St. Marys, May 17, by Harry
Mohler.
D. R. Trippiehorn, who was
awarded second prize at Delphos, in
the high school oratorical contest
last year, will enter the college con
test to be held at Cincinnati, May
18th.
There are one hundred and three
students in the high school at pres
ent. Of this number, nine will
graduate. Present indications are
that about thirty-six scholars will be
promoted from the eighth grade. To
accommodate this number next year,
the school board will have to make
new’ arrangements, as the two high
school rooms are already wrell filled.
Traces of Sun-Worship
On the Swedish island of Goth
land, in the Baltic sea, can be found
a curious vestige of an ancient re
ligion involving sun-worship. On
Thursdays, the day of the storru
god, the peasants neither spin nor
dance for in the pre-Christian era
it was the one day in the week when
offerings could not be made to Bal,
the sun god.
Arctic Moonlight
The moon shines in the Arctic and
Antarctic regions for a part of the
time during the six-month “long
nights.’’ At the pole itself the moon
is above the horizon continuously
during one-half of each lunar
month, and below the horizon con
tinuously during the other half. In
the wintertime full moon occurs
when the moon is above the horizon
and new moon when it is below.
Hotel for Dogs
George Merritt of Ontario, Ore.,
as a side line to his regular hotel,
has a hotel for dogs, says the Amer
ican Magazine. Each dog has his
private quarters and reservations
are made in advance.
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Phone 455-Y for Tank Truck deliveries.
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
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New Life Stirs Historic
Homeland of Ancient
Trade Builders.
Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Washington, D. C.—WNU Service.
Four centuries ago Portugal
changed the map of the world by her
epochal achievements in discovery.
The vast wealth that poured into
her treasury did much to shape the
course of European affairs.
No unsupported bombast was the
title assumed by the monarchs:
“King, by the grace of God, of Por
tugal and of the Algarves, both on
this side of the sea and beyond in
Africa, Lord of Guinea and of Con
quest, Navigation, and Commerce of
Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and In
dia.”
Then, too, there were the Azores,
Madeira, and gigantic Brazil, whose
riches proved even greater and
more permanent than the commerce
Portugal pioneered in the Far East.
But lean years came. Energetic
Netherlands traders captured many
of the Orient’s markets Indian
monopolies vanished Brazil waxed
strong and became independent.
Wars, internal confusion, and im
provident rulers contributed further
to her decline. During the last cen
tury Portugal has seen much of eco
nomic depression.
New National Life.
In the past 10 years, however,
new life has stirred in this historic
nation. Though less spectacular
than sailing the seas in search of
the mysteries of Africa or the wealth
of the Indies, Portugal’s program of
rehabilitation has been scarcely less
impressive.
Today new foundations have been
laid in the Estado Novo, or New
State. Portugal has been able to
maintain a balanced budget. Ports,
roads, municipal corporations, civic
w’elfare, schools, and public enter
prise have felt the quickened pulse
beat of the new order. Leader of
this government is Premier Antonio
de Oliveira Salazar.
A few years ago roads were hard
ly more than marks left by the an
cient, wayward wanderings of itin
erant oxcarts, and were alternately
deep with mud or choked with pal
lid dust. Now they have surfaces of
gravel or stone.
Side-stepping mules and lumber
ing oxen are still the chief hazards
to fenders in rural districts, but the
motorist who blithely swerves round
a corner without giving warning
may hit something harder. For
there are buses, and an increasing
number of trucks.
Many New Highways.
Passenger vehicles now operate
on more than 5.000 miles of major
highways—this in a country only 350
miles long and 125 miles wide. In
recent years they have carried
enough people to approximate two
rides yearly for each of the 7,260,000
inhabitants.
Walking, however, is by no means
a lost art. Seeing women, graceful
as Greek goddesses, with heavy wa
ter jars or baskets or produce
perched on their heads emphasizes
that fact. Most market-going peas
ants still ride flop-eared donkeys
rather than “flivvers.”
Although progressive innovations
increase, traditional customs and
Old World scenes prevail. A visit
to Portugal savors of a pleasant in
terview with the gracious occu
pants of a historic family manor.
As your ship steams into the
Tagus rivger (Tejo) at dawn, you
have the feeling of moving along a
hallway filled with treasured heir
looms. On your port, a slender ray
of sunshine, piercing a cloud, seeks
out the quaint waterside tower of
Belem—half Moorish, half ornate
Manueline in design—which stands
as a symbol of Portugal’s early
ventures beyond the seas.
Portugal, Former World Power,
Begins Recapture of Prestige
PORTUGUESE
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CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS
ISLANDS OF
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Golden Age Beauty.
A short distance beyond rears the
dome and white stalagmitic spires
of the old Monastery of Jeronymos,
an artistic crystallization of the
country’s Golden age opulence.
There, in a tiny mariner’s chapel
that formerly occupied the site,
Vasco da Gama and his crew said
prayers the night before they hoist
ed sail to beat around the Cape of
Good Hope and blaze the sea trail
to India. There, beneath lofty
arches in one of the transepts, his
body now rests. Another of Portu
gal’s heroes also shares that quiet:
Luis de Camoens (Camoes) whose
epic poem, The Lusiads, sang of the
doughty Vasco.
High on the opposite hills loomed
the remains of old forts and crum
bling castles, appearing like faded
Boost for Barley
Animal husbandmen at the Uni
versity of Missouri boost barley as
a substitute for corn for fattening
steers. They credit it with a value
of 56 cents a bushel, when com is
priced at 50 cents. Their tests show
that steers receiving barley, plus
clover hay, silage, and cottonseed
meal, come to full feed more rap
idly, make greater daily gains,
and sell at higher prices than those
fed the same amounts of corn.
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PORTUGUESE
TIMOR
PORTUGUESE POSSESSIONS.
Here is the world-wide extent of
Portugal's empire. Four hundred
years ago this tiny nation changed
the map of the world by its
achievements in discovery arid ex
ploration. Modern Portugal is now
attempting the comeback trail in
the field of world prestige.
paintings through the morning haze.
At the end of a seven-mile-long cor
ridor the Tagus broadens into a
wide marine anteroom. Greeks,
Phoenicians, Romans, Moors, and
visionary Crusaders, as well as
hardy Portuguese navigators, have
anchored their ships along its
shores. Here have come rich argo
sies, bearing spices, silks, and por
celains from the East, and gold from
Brazil.
Armada’s Port of Call.
From these waters, in 1588, when
Portugal was a vassal of Spain,
sailed the Invincible Armada to suf
fer defeat by British force and rag
ing storms. Some of the boats that
ride there today, like the craft that
came to the Tagus of old, have up
turned Phoenician prows or the slop
ing lateen sail of Arab dhows.
As you swing into the lakelike es
tuary, a freshening breeze conspires
with the mounting sun to sweep
away the obscuring fog from Lisbon,
as if a curtain has been suddenly
drawn aside.
Lisbon, or Lisboa, as it is locally
called, is the nearest continental
capital to Washington, D. C. It is
approximately the same size and
lies at almost exactly the same par
allel as our national capital. In-
LEADER. Antonio de Oliveira
Salazar is Portugal?s present pre
mier. He is leading the nation in
its struggle to regain the prestige
once possessed by Portuguese sea
men. __
stead of a “city of magnificent dis
tances,” however, Lisbon is a city of
magnificent hills.
This five-mile multihued pano
rama of cliff terraces rearing above
the Tagus invites comparison with
Naples and Istanbul. As back
ground it lacks a Vesuvius or the
spearpoints of minarets yet it still
achieves the spectacular with its
bright buildings, sprawling palaces,
subtropical gardens, and old fort.
Historic Sights Abound.
Between the somber battlements of
St. George, once a Morrish strong
hold, and the modern wharves more
than eight centuries of visible his
tory are spread in impressive ar
ray. Many other centuries, dating
back to Phoenician and Roman oc
cupation, have been covered by its
growth.
Once ashore, we gain new per
spective of the city’s hills. Instead
of the single curved range that ap
pears from the harbor, there are
several separate eminences. Lis
bon spreads over more hills than did
ancient Rome. And they are steep
er. Venture away from the Praca
do Commercio, the Rocio (Rossio),
and the long Avenida da Liberdade,
which cleaves the city in half, and
one must climb.
Motorcars take circuitous routes,
and even then often have to growl
up in low gear. Tramways and cog
wheeled cars run everywhere, but
they climb uncanny slopes and
twist around unbelievable corners.
On the narrow, precipitous streets
men are stationed at each curve
with paddles painted red on one side
and green on the other to flash stop
and go signals, for passing is im
possible.
Hamper Is Convenient
A wicker hamper lined with a re
movable fish net bag saves precious
moments when it’s time to relegate
soiled clothes to the tub, the washer,
or the laundry man. Spare bags
are provided so that clean ones can
always be ready to snap in place.
The hamper itself is floorless and
raised from the ground on tiny legs,
thus insuring a constant circulation
of air.
Pandora
The First National Bank is mak
ing new improvements on their build
ing. E. J. Leightner and helpers are
doing the work.
Mr. and Mrs George Thomas are
at present at the Elmer Burry home
after being away on their wedding
trip.
Vincent McClintock who taught at
Liberty township high school near
Findlay is at home for the summer.
Robert Cahill of Columbus spent
the week end with his parents. Rob
ert will attend Bliss college this sum
mer.
A. C. Coates, 73, retired mail car
rier, died in the Findlay hospital,
Tuesday night from heart trouble.
Funeral will be held Friday after
noon at the M. E. church. Inter
ment will be in Pandora cemetery.
Vilas Burry is the owner of a new
1940 Plmouth sedan which was pur
chased from the Pandora garage
Dr. and Mrs. Rice attended
the Ohio State Eclectic Association
meeting at Russel’s Point, June 9th.
The restaurant operated by the
Krohn’s was sold to Reno A. Krohn
last week. Noah Steiner had owned
the building for sometime
Mrs. Levina Grismore and Dorothy
and Davey sisters spent several days
with the Jean Hartzlers in Lima.
Aaron Hilty ’38, well known farmer
of west of here on Route 12, was run
over by his own tracktor last Satur
day afternoon. Mr. Hilty who suffer
ed a broken hip was rushed to Lima
Memorial hospital in the Harris am
bulance of Columbus Grove. He is re
ported as resting very well.
The wedding of Miss Ruth Hein of
Detroit to Mayne Steiner of Pandora,
will take place Sunday afternoon at
the Missionary church. Rev. A C.
Steiner will perform the ceremony.
Miss Ruth Bixel, who has been at
tending Ohio State university, is now
home with her father for the summer.
While at home she will teach piano.
Mrs. Anna Basinger who had lived
in Columbus Grove since she moved
from the farm has moved in with her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. George Lehman.
Harry Grismore’s are remodeling
their home with many modem im
provements.
Elrose
Wm. Durk, wife and daughter
Esther of near Lima, spent Sunday
at the J. R. Fisher home.
Ami Nonnamaker, wife and son
Glenn and daughter Faery were en
tertained Sunday at the C. V.
Klingler home near Ada.
Russell Koontz, wife and daugh
ters Helen Ruth and Anna Jane and
Jane Carol Daugherty of Hominy,
Okla., arrived Saturday evening to
spend some time in the Mrs. Anna
Koontz and Arthur Nonnamaker
home. Sunday callers were: Myron
Stratton, Thomas Bell, of near Ada
Harold Bell, of Tiffin Mr. and Mrs.
Rolland Koontz, daughter Martha,
Mary and Lillian, J. O. and Jack
Koontz, James Scott, Betty Bish,
Jimmie Dray, and Bernard Stratton,
wife and son Ortho and daughter
Elaine.
.Union prayer services will be held
at Bethesda Thursday evening.
Miss Joan Kallant returned to the
J. R. Fisher home after having
spent the past week with the Dave
Fisher family of Pandora.
Mrs. Anna Koontz in company
with Russell Koontz and family of
Hominy, Okla., left Monday for
Baltimore, Md., and other points of
interest, while there, they will spend
THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1940
some time with Edgar Koontz and
family of Wilmington, Deleware.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stauffer of
Bluffton Arthur Nonnamaker and
family spent Thursday evening with
Mrs. Emaline Nonnamaker and the
Lendon Basinger family.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marquart and
daughter Marilyn, and Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Marquart spent Sunday even
ing with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kling
ler and family.
Wright Klingler and family spent
Sunday afternoon at the J. R.
Fisher home.
Joan Gallant spent Sunday after
noon with Illa Lee Wilch.
Kenneth Gallant of Columbus was
a Saturday guest at the J. R. Fisher
and Mrs. Lida Gallant home.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Walch of
Wheeler, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Walch and daughters of Valpariaso,
Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Abe Hilty of
Pandora, Mr. Philip Basinger, dau
ghters Lilas, Marcella and Lois and
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Basinger of
Bluffton were dinner guests Satur
day evening at the Lendon Basinger
home.
The following called on Mrs. M.
J. Stratton during the past week:
Mr. N. R. Elzay, Rev. H. D. Camp,
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Stratton and
family, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Pifer,
Mrs. Golda Battles, Mrs. Della Bond
and Mrs. Jack O’Day of Findlay
Mrs. Anna Koontz, Mrs. Dull Bat
tles and daughters Doris, Shirley
and Beverly of Mt. Cory Mr. J. T.
Bell, Mr. Harold Bell of Tiffin Mr.
Waldo Kohler of Lima Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Klingler and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Stratton, Misses
Mary Koontz, Betty Bish, Kaye
Nonnamaker, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Koontz and family of Hominy, Okla.,
and Roderick Nonnamaker.
Out to Lunch
“Cooley,” a German shepherd dog
owned by Luther Durham, Camp
bellsville, Ky., according to the
American Magazine, collects his
daily lunch from a restaurant in
a basket and carries it home before
eating it.
Save My Time
Feed your chicks our C-Ka-Gene Treat
ed Ration—builds immunity to Bloody
Coccidiosis and prevents heavy losses.
AND
Your Money
“About 7 5 of the cost of a paint
job is my time—and my time costs
you money. So take my tip and
use LOWE BROTHERS HIGH
STANDARD HOUSE PAINT
and save money because it covers
more square feet of surface per
gallon than ’cheap’ paint possibly
can spreads easily and evenly,
thus saving labor time and
wears longer, giving you eco
nomical beauty and protection.”
We have adopted Ration-Ayd to sup
ply Vitamin and the benefits of milk’s
B-G Vitamins in all our Poultry Feeds.
Poultrymen know that the B-G Vita
mins of milk, and Vitamin from cod
liver and other fish liver sources are high
ly important in poultry feeds.
Echo Feed Store
PRICE Cwt
Banner Egg Mash................................ $2.20
Banner Starter...................................... $2.30
Banner Starter with Ca-Ka-Gene.... $2.50
The Bluffton Milling Co.
WANTED-DEAD STOCK
WE PAY TOP CASH PRICES
Horses $2.00 Cows $1.00
Small Stock removed free of charge.
Quick Service
Telephone Findlay, MAIN 475, Reverse Charges
BUCKEYE REDUCTION COMPANY, Findlay, Ohio
_____ “Branch, Fowtorii Animal Prodaeta, Inc.”