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MISSIONARY CHURCH
A. F. Albro, Pastor
SUNDAY:
9:30 Sunday school.
10:30 Morning worship.
7:00 p. m. Children’s meeting.
7:00 p. m. Young People’s society.
7:30 p. m. Mrs. Hinkey from
China will be the speaker of the
evening.
Wednesday, 8 p. m. Prayer meet
ing.
Saturday, 8:45 p. m. Street ser
vice.
EBENEZER MENNONITE
P. A. Kliewer, Pastor
Teachers’ meeting 7:45 p. m.
Bible study and prayer service
7:45 p. m.
Mixed Choir rehearsal 8:30 p. m.
Friday: Girls’ Mission band, in
the home of Walter Sommer at
8 p. m.
SUNDAY:
Sunday school 9:30 a. m.
First on your
Vacation List
Be
rare to take along
?lenty of Kodak Verichrome.
'ou’ll encounter a host of vaca
tion snapshot opportunities
that call tor a thoroughly de
pendable film. Verichrome is
just that. Its wide latitude
brings practically every picture
taking situation well within its
grasp—makes good snapshots
easy to get in almost any kind
of Light.
Let us supply you with Kodak
Verichrome Film from our
fresh stock and carefully de
velop and print the pictures
when you return.
Sidney’s Drug Shop
This Sun Jay in Ae
hmrbesi I
Sermon 10:30 a. m. Text: “In
Christ alone we have perfect Peace.”
Psalm 62.
No services in the evening. Large
group attending Indiana-Ohio Young
People’s Conference, Berne, Ind.
God’s Peace Program: “But now
in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes
were far off are made nigh by the
Blood of Christ. For He is our
peace, who hath made both one.....
to make in Himself of Twain one
New Man, so making Peace.”
Eph 2:13-15.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Charles M. Armentrout, Pastor
Rockport:
9:30 a. m. Morning worship.
10:50 a. m. Sunday school, Mrs.
Walter Marshall, Supt.
7:30 p. m. The Christian En
deavor will meet at Rebecca Mar
shall’s home.
Bluffton:
9:30 a. m. Sunday school, Mr.
Norman Triplett, Supt.
10:50 a. m. Morning worship.
The subject of the sermon will be
“The Presbyterian Creed”. This is
the last of the series on the Presby
terian Church. The public is cordial
ly invited to come and worship with
us.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
J. A. Weed, Minister
SUNDAY:
9:00 to 11:00 a. m. Unified service:
Worship, Lesson study, Sermon,
topic, “Is God Limited?”
6:00 p. m. Epworth League De
votional Service.
Union evening service cancelled
this week.
Official Board meeting at close of
Morning sendee.
Frequent nourishment for our
souls is as necessary as it is for our
bodies, in summer as well as in
winter and spiritual re-creation is
no less necessary than physical
recreation. Go to Church next Sun
day.
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
H. T. Unruh, Pastor
SUNDAY:
9:00 a. m. Church school.
10:00 a. m. Morning worship.
Sweeping
Reductions
an all Summed dlaawi
Here is your opportunity to furnish your lawn
and porch tastefully and attractively at prices you
can’t afford to miss.
Porch Gliders...
Chaise Lounges...
Metal Lawn Chairs
all at SluiA/plif, deduced, PticeA.
With half of the summer yet to come, you can
enjoy these modern furnishings at real money
saving prices.
Whether it is a complete porch
or lawn set or a single piece,
you’ll find what you want here at
the price you have been looking
for.
SPECIAL—Five foot extension porch gates Oi nr
for children .......................................................... tpl.Zj
Basingers Furniture Store
7:30 p. m. Evening services in the
First Mennonite church.
Miss Lester said during this week,
and many of you heard her say it,
“The world is suffering today be
cause we all sinned. People are
leaving God.” Come to church
Sunday.
EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED
CHURCHES
St. John:
Public worship at 9:15 a. nr. Rev.
G. T. Soldner will be the speaker for
this Sunday in the absence of the
pastor.
Sunday school at 10:15 a. m.
Choir practice Thursday evening
at 7:30 o’clock.
The W. M. S. will meet Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. A. D.
Gratz with Mrs. Wade Fenton as
assistant hostess.
Emmanuel:
No Sunday school or Church on
Sunday, July 21.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
(Above Postoffice)
Sunday services at 10:30 a. m.,
subject: “Life.”
Testimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church is
i open every Wednesday from 2:00
[to 4:00 p. m. The public is invited
to all services and to visit the read
ing room.
This society is a branch of the
I Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Lee B. Remaley, Pastor
Sunday school 9:15.
Communion 10:30.
Preaching 10:45.
C. E. Sunday evening at 6:30.
You are cordially invited to these
services.
Farmer Injured In
Peculiar Accident
Joseph Schumacher, 67, Columbus
Grove Route 3, received serious in
juries in a freak highway accident
on the Lincoln highway near Beaver
dam, last Sunday evening.
Schumacher and two sons, Normin,
30, and Gilbert, 19, were returning
to their home near Columbus Grove
in their automobile, towing a new
farm combine which they had pur
chased in Columbus.
Norman, who was driving the
auto, told authorities he fell asleep
at the wheel. His father grabbed
the steering wheel and righted the
car, which swerved, throwing the
elder Schumacher out the right door.
The right wheels of the combine
passed over his body.
Injuries were serious and after
treatment at the office of Dr. W. C.
Laycock, Beaverdam physician, Schu
macher was removed to the Lima St.
Rita’s hospital in the Diller ambu
lance of Bluffton. A blood trans
fusion was required.
Attending physicians reported that
Schumacher suffered a cracked pel
vis, fractured arm and leg, possible
skull fracture and severe lacera
tions.
Neither the auto nor the combine
were damaged and Schumacher’s
sons were unhurt.
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Shafer of
Cherry street celebrated their fif
teenth wedding anniversary Satur
day when a group of friends came
with well filled baskets to help them
celebrate.
The center of the table was decor
ated with a white angel food cake
decorated with pink and light blue
rosebuds bearing the number of
wedded years.
After a delicious tureen dinner
was enjoyed three tables of Progres
sive Pinochle were played.
Honors going to Mrs. John Crates,
Mr. C. V. Kuhn and Mrs. Dorothy
Lease.
Guests were:
Mr. and Mrs. Sloop, Mr. and Mrs
John Crates and daughter Joan, o*
Findlay Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Roda
baugh, of Dunkirk Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Lease, of Dola Mr. and Mrs.
C. V. Kuhn, and the honored guests
Mr. and Mrs. Shafer and daughters
Mary Lou and Carolyn.
A lovely gift of Crystal was re
ceived from the guests.
Col. Grove Church
Two Day Festival
Annual festival and chicken sup
per of St. Anthony’s Catholic church,
Columbus Grove will be held on Sun
day and Monday, July 28 and 29, it
was announced the first of the week.
A chicken supper will be held from
4:30 to 8:30 Sunday evening and
chicken noodle soup lunch on Mon
day evening, 5:30 to 8:30. Refresh
ments, games and amusements will
be features of the affair.
Resigns Music Place
At Dola High School
Vilas Gerber, of Pandora, Bluffton
college graduate who has been in
structor in vocal and instrumental
music in the Dola schools for the
past two years has resigned at that
place to accept a similar position in
the high school at Reynoldsburg for
the coming year.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON. OHIO]
Settlement
N. P. Steiner left for the West
the first of the week to buy some
stocker and feeding cattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Badertscher
and Mr. and Mrs. Brenneman of
Apple Creek were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. King
and family. Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Roethlisberger, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
King and family of Bluffton, Mr. and
Mrs. L. R. Thrapp and family of
Pandora were afternoon callers.
Mr and Mrs. Amos Steiner and
daughters Hazel and Salemma and
grandson Bobby of Toledo, spent
Sunday afternoon at the Ephriam
Amstutz home and Leah Steiner.
Friday afternoon callers at the
home of Ephriam Amstutz were Miss
Joyce Kraft of Detroit, and Mrs.
Paul McDowell of Ottawa.
Aneat Steiner is employed at the
office of the Soil Conservation head
quarters.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Miller and
family and Mr and Mrs David Neis
wander visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbert Miller in Van
Wert, Sunday evening.
Rev. D. J. Unruh left for Montana
Monday where he is conducting a
series of services. From these he ex
pects to go to the Pacific coast for
a brief stay before returning home.
Stanley Hunt of Dearborn, Mich.,
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Badertscher is spending several weeks
with his grandparents.
Mrs. Susie Boaz and family and E.
D. Kohli visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Archil Abegglin and fam
ily of near Rawson last Sunday.
Mrs. N. N. Soldner spent several
days last week visiting her parents
in Berne, Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Kohli visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wenger
Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs. Omar Gratz and
family visited with relatives in Ft.
Wayne over Sunday.
Paul Lugibill was quite seriously
injured while driving a buck rake as
he was making a turn on the high
way. He was taken to Bluffton hos
i pital for treatment.
Mrs. Wilmer Reist left Thursday
for her home in Alberta, Canada,
after spending several weeks with
her mother and sisters and other rel
atives.
Wheat is being combined at this
time and threshing has already been
started.
Last Thursday about 180 boys and
girls of Putnam county traveled to
Columbus to visit points of interest.
The trip was made in four school
buses and several private cars.
Gideon Lehman was happily sur
prised last Saturday when some of
his relatives who arrived here from
Lafayette, Ind., for a brief visit.
Quite a number of the young folks
of the community are planning to
attend the Young People’s Confer
ence which is being held at Berne,
I Ind., on Saturday and Sunday.
Vilas Gerber who has taught vocal
and instrumental music at Dola, the
past two years, has resigned at that
place and has accepted a similar po
sition in the school at Reynoldsburg.
Rawson
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Neff and dau
ghter Helen, Mrs. Fred Peralta and
daughter Norma of Oakland, Calif.,
and Max Huffman of Findlay were
Tuesday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. Huffman.
Mrs. Mary Guin spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. LaPoint of
Lima and attended their family re
union on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Hughes re
turned Monday from Greenville, Pa.,
after spending a few days with
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bucan
non of Mt. Cory, who accompanied
them, remained for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huffman of
Findlay were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Huffman.
Mrs. James Hugus and son Jimmy
spent the week-end in Muncie, Ind.
Mr. Hugus and family left Sunday
morning to join them, and Mrs.
Hugus returned home with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones of
Dayton were Sunday afternoon call
ers on Mrs. Jennie Cameron and son
Charles.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pope and
daughter Jo Ann of Lima were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Little.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley House were
Saturday evening supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Miller and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beach of Erie,
Mich., were week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Steinman and
son Larry of Findlay were Friday
evening callers on Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bucher of
Oceola spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Camp.
Mr. and Mrs. George Market and
son Jerry and Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Smith of Lima spent Saturday even
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Harley Smith
and family.
Tip to Laundress
If lipstick stains on washable ma
terials do not disappear with ordi
nary laundering and by sponging
with carbon tetrachloride, rub them
with a colorless grease such as with
white vaseline, then sponge them
again with carbon tetrachloride or
bleach them with peroxide of hydro
gen.
Pandora
Mr. and Mrs. Shirl Hatfield and
daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Iner
Basinger attended a Gideon meeting
at Xenia, Sunday.
Rev. D. J. Unruh left Monday
afternoon for a series of meetings in
Montana.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Diller of
Youngstown, Ohio are visiting with
his mother, Mrs. Anna Diller.
Miss Dell Reeves is reported to be
quite feeble at this writing.
Richard Lehman spent Sunday in
Berne, Ind.
Mrs. Regina Lemley and her
brother Henry Wehrly spent several
days at the home of Mrs. Lemley’s
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Marshall and family of Rockport.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Bracey and
daughter Ruth Ann and Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Neill were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Schumacher of Lafayette.
Edward Schutz bought the old
canning factory which belonged to
the Pandora Lumber Company which
is now in the hands of the receivers.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steiner and
family and Harold Welty of Bluff
ton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson at Perrysburg, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Stoody and
Mrs. Stoody’s sister, of Cincinnati,
are visiting with Mr. Stoody’s folks,
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Stoody and
family.
A group of men shot a good many
birds in town, Monday evening.
Mrs. Anna Basinger is spending
several days with Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Basinger of near Bluffton.
Marriage of Ray Hilty of this
place and Miss Mary Hornal took
place at the home of the officiating
minister, Rev. P. E. Whitmer, Fri
day. The bride is from Woodstock,
Ontario, Canada and Pasadena,
Calif. Mr. Hilty, the son of Dr.
and Mrs. N. S. Hilty is acting reg
istrar of Bluffton college.
Miss Madeline Bixel who has been
teaching in the schools at Rittman
for several years is taking a summer
school course at the University of
Colorado at Boulder, Colo.
Burial Here Wednesday
Burial services for Mrs. Martha
Grismore, 56, of Steubenville, were
held at Riley township cemetery
Wednesday afternoon with Rev. C.
0. Good of the Methodist church
officiating.
Mrs. Grismore died at Atlantic
City, N. J., Monday. Her husband,
Dr. Otto Grismore, was formerly of
this place. The remains were
brought to the Lehman and Basinger
funeral parlors Tuesday morning.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by two daughters Mrs. Hugh
McMillan of Cincinnati and Miss
Drusilla Grismore of Steubenville
two brothers Walter and William
Wittich of Cincinnati and one sister,
Mrs. Edw. Sch&uroth of Detroit.
East Orange
Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Klingler
and family of near Ada Mr. and
Mrs. George Warren of New Stark
spent Sunday in the Howard Non
namaker home.
Mrs. Ward Cole and son Gerald,
Mrs. Charles Eller of Bancroft,
Mich., were dinner guests Wednes
day of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Agin and
son Evan.
Donald Criblez and Richard Ream
spent Sunday afternoon with Byron
Leo Boutwell.
Mrs. Ollie Slusser of near Bluffton,
Mrs. Walter Hamilton and daughter
Betty Jean spent Tuesday with Mrs.
Alma Nonnamaker and family.
Mrs. Will Stager spent the week
end with her brother, Tom Nowlan.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Heldman of
Kenton Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith
and children of Arlington were Sun
day dinner guests in the C. M.
Heldman home.
Miss Betty Samsal and friend
Fred Cook of Lima spent Wednesday
evening with Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Agin and son Evan.
Evan Agin spent the week-end
in the R. L. Holt home near Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. Rayon Boutwell
spent Sunday at the Toledo Zoologi
cal Gardens.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Hogs—160 to 250, $6.50 250 to
275, $6.00 275 to 300, $5.70 roughs,
$4.50 stags, $3.25.
Calves, $9.25 lambs, $8.
Grain (bu. prices)—Wheat, 70c
corn, 57c oats, 32c soys, 60c.
STOCK SALES
Sendee bulls delivered any time.
Also male hogs. C. N. Long & Son,
phone Ada Red 1360. tf
For sale—Three heifers and one
fresh cow, all registered Jerseys. Let
us help you start a registered Jersey
herd. Lippincott Stock Farm. Beav
erdam phone 451. 12
For sale—2 Hampshire sows and
18 pigs 8 weeks old. M. J. Stratton,
first house west of junction Routes
69 and 103.
For sale—175 head Hereford and
Shorthorn steers and heifers avg. 300
to 400 lbs. Will arrive Friday morn
ing, July 19 at Locher sale bam. N.
P. Steiner.
Hold Funeral Friday
For Mrs. Mary Yant
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Jane Yant, 69, of Beaverdam were
held Friday afternoon at the Beaver
dam Methodist church with Rev. E.
J. Arthur officiating.
Mrs. Yant. died last Wednesday
evening at a convalescent home in
Findlay from complications following
a six months’ illness. Interment was
made in the Harpster cemetery near
Cairo.
She was bom in Monroe township
the daughter of Hiram and Mary
Ann (Johnson) Lamb.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Helen Stettler of Findlay two sons
Paul Yant and Dean Everett of
Beaverdam three sisters, Mrs. Dora
White and Mrs. Lillie Cook of Lima
and Mrs. Bessie Brogan of Colum
bus Grove six brothers, Otis, Roy,
John, Charles and George Lamb all
of Cairo and Chester Lamb of
Beaverdam.
There are five grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
Funeral Monday For
Beaverdam Resident
Funeral services for Henry Sear
foss, 87, were held in Beaverdam
Methodist church, Monday afternoon.
He died at his home in Beaverdam
Saturday morning.
Rev. E. J. Arthur, pastor of the
church officiated at the services and
interment was made in Rockport
cemetery.
Surviving are two sons Clyde of
Lima and Elmer of Harrod two
daughters Rosa Searfoss of Beaver
dam and Mrs. Kent Jaggers of Can
ton a brother, Robert Searfoss and
sister, Mrs. James Eversole, both of
Columbus Grove.
Indian Pow Wow
In Arizona City
An Indian pow wow, one of the
annual attractions at Flagstaff, Ari
zona, was witnessed by a party of
Bluffton people on a motor trip en
route to California.
In the party were Dr. and Mrs. D.
C. Bixel and their daughter Mrs.
Mildred Hartman and sons.
Some 1,500 Indians in native cos
tume representing six southwest
Bokar Coffee lb. 20c
Red Circle .. lb. 18c
WISCONSIN
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1940
tribes were in Flagstaff for the
event.
Other points of interest which they
visited included the Grand Canyon,
Painted Desert and Petrified Forest.
‘King’ Is Capital
Many cities in China have names
ending with ‘king,’ such as Peking,
Nanking. The word “king” means
“capital city” in Chinese.
USED
CARS
Lots of Service at Prices
that will Please you. Come
in today for demonstration
(AfjCOFFEECLOCK’OEIGHT
WHITEHOUSE
MILK
6 37c
1939 Mercury Sedan, Heat
er, Radio. Excellent con
dition.
1939 Ford Tudor, extra
good condition.
1937 Ford Deluxe Sedan,
maroon color, upholstering
just like new.
1937 Ford Deluxe Sedan,
black color, perfect in
every respect.
1937 Ford Panel Delivery
Truck.
1937 Ford Tudor, at a very
reasonable price.
1935 Oldsmobile Sedan,
Heater and Radio.
1934 Ford Tudor, extra
good.
1934 Ford Tudor, not so
good.
1933 Ford Tudor, worse
yet.
Possibly 10 more that
don’t desrve mention in
this column.
We have a car to suit
every pocket book. Come
in and see them.
Bixel Motor Sales
Bluffton, Ohio
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APPLE SAUCE, A&p ......... 2 No. 2 cant 15c
TEXWAX...........................................................lb. pkg. 10c
FINE SALT........................................................WO lbs. 89c
MASON JARS..........................dox. pts. 55c dox. qts. 65c
BEET SUGAR........................... 100-lb. bog $4.83
BUTTER, Wildmcre......................................................lb. 29c
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE...............................2 giant cons 29c
GRAPE JAM........................................................ 2-lb. jar 19c
PILLSBURY FLOUR.................................24!4-lb. bag 83c
RICE, Fancy Blue Rose....................................................lb. 5c
OLEOMARGARINE ................................................... lb. 9c
CHERRIES, Red Sour Pitted...................2 No. 2 cans 21c
SOAP, Ajax Toilet or Laundry..........................3 cakes 10c
CORN or TOMATOES, Packer’s Label .. 4 No. 2 cans 27c
MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE..............................2 lb. tin 49c
LARD, Sunnyfield............................................ 4-lb. pkg. 27c
FLOUR, Iona...............................................24!/2-lb. bag 55c
SPARKLE DESSERTS.............................................3 pkgs. 10c
WHITE SALT...............................................50-lb. block 45c
SCRATCH FEED, Daily Egg.......................... 100 lbs. $1.76
LAYING MASH, Daily Egg.......................... 100 lbs. $2.00
GROWER MASH, Daily Growth.................100 lbs. $1.99
dexo, Pure Vegetable Shortening ........ 3-lb. can 41c
A&P SOFT TWIST
5 BREAD i
3
CALUMET BAKING POWDER.......................... lb. can 19c
SALAD DRESSING, Ann Page...................................qt. 27c
PASTRY FLOUR, Sunnyfield...................24’/2-lb. bag 51c
WALDORF TISSUE......................... 4 rolls 17c
PEANUT BUTTER, Sultana.............................. 2-lb. jar 23c
SUPER SUDS, Concentrated .......... 2 Ige. pkgs. 39c
MUSTARD, Battleship.................................................qt. 10c
BEANS, Ann Page, All Varieties 2—1-lb. cans 11c
RED JAR RINGS.................................................3 pkgs. 10c
PALMOLIVE SOAP.............................................4 cakes 23c
RINSO or OXYDOL..................... ............. 2 Ige. pkgs. 39c
GOLD MEDAL FLOUR.............................. 24’/2-lb. bag 85c
SOAP CHIPS, White Eagle...............................5-lb. box 27c
TEA, Nectar Orange Pekoe..........................!4-lb. pkg. 29c
PEAS, Iona............................ ......... 3 No. 2 cans 25c
SODA CRACKERS.......................................... 2-lb. box 14c
P&G or KIRK’S FLAKEWHITE SOAP.............. 3 bars 11c
SHREDDED WHEAT.......................................2 pkgs. 19c
NAVY BEANS................................. 4 lbs. 17c
JAR CAPS, P.L..............................................................dox. 21c
MATCHES, A&P.................................. 2 boxes 7c
CRISCO or SPRY ............ ...... 3-lb. can 51c
CORNED BEEF, Aco Brand ....... 2—12-ox. cans 35c
CORN FLAKES, Sunnyfield ............ 2 Ige. pkgs. 19c
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