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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1940
Last Friday was July 12 but there
was no indication of midsummer
heat in the weather.
It was the coldest day of the
month, with the maximum reading
during the day being only 68 de
grees. Minimum temperature was
53 at midnight.
Topcoats and sweaters were seen
on the street Friday night, somc-
Beaverdam Girl Is
Air Liner Hostess
Miss Ruth Arthur, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Arthur, of Beav
erdam, was aboard the 23-ton Boeing
transport strato-liner which made
history recently when it flew acrjss
the country in 12 hours and 12 min
utes.
Miss Arthur had the honor of be
ing selected as one of the air host
esses for the trip. Passengers in
cluded Tyrone Power, Nancy Kelly,
We feel sure that
we can serve you
acceptably.
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“July Heat” Absent Last Friday
With Maximum Temperature 68
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thing quite unusual for July. Refer
ence to official records showed that
the maximum temperature a year
previously had been 94.
Weather has been decidedly cool
for the first half of July, with the
average maximum temperature for
the month thus far only 78 degree.
At no time this month has there
been a reading into the 9u‘s.
Paulette Goddard and “Prince” Mike
Romanoff of the movies.
Miss Arthur, a graduate of North
Lewisburg high school, completed her
tiaining at Mt. Carmel hospital, Co
lumbus, two years ago. She entered
TWA service 14 months ago, after a
year of private nurse duty in Co
lumbus.
Beaverdam Woman
Safe In Belgium
Safety of Miss Lulu Sommer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham
Sommer, of eBaverdam, a missionary
in Belgium, was reported last week
by the United States Department of
State.
Notification that Miss Sommer and
other American missionaries escaped
unharmed in the invasion of Bel
gium was given to her parents in a
letter received from Secretary of
State Cordell Hull.
It is thought that Miss Sommer
was in Brussels during the German
invasion. She is supported in the
foreign field by a Grand Rapids,
Mich., Baptist church
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIERY, Business Mgr.
a A, BIERY, Editor
Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
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under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Bonds for administrators, execu
tors, guardians, etc. See lutzi. tf
Mrs. Geo. Duffman of North Main
street is spending several weeks in
Toledo.
Miss Minnie Benroth of Lima was
a week end guest of Mrs. Robert Mol
lett of South Main street.
Dan Bash of Lorain is visiting at
the home of his grandmother, Mrs.
M. M. Kibler of South Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bixel and
family of Cherry street enjoyed a
week end outing at Houghton lake,
Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Benroth and
son Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Purl
Hartman spent Sunday at Walbridge
park, Toledo.
Remember, there’s a BPS paint
for every interior or exterior job.
You get a better paint with BPS.
Greding’s hardware.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Chamberlain
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Badertscher and family spent Sun
day in Cedar Point.
Mr. and Mrs. John Chidester and
Miss Sarah Amstutz visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Beer
of Columbus Grove, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleon Althaus of
Monroe, Mich., are visiting at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Wm. Alt
haus of North Jackson street.
Mrs. Mattie Morrison was removed
from Bluffton hospital to her home
on West Elm street in the Stanley
Basinger Ambulance Sunday after
noon.
Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Whisler of
Spring street entertained at dinner,
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Alden Cuts
hall of Columbus. Afternoon guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Owen of Tiffin.
A family gathering was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Lape of Grove street, Sunday, when
twenty-nine relatives from Orrville
and Cleveland gather to enjoy the
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rosenberger
of Tuckerton, N. J., are spending a
month visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Hochstettler of Findlay
and other relatives and friends in
this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Basinger spent
the latter part of last week visiting
in Chicago. While in that city Mr.
Basinger visited the Chicago furni
ture market where new fall lines of
modern house furnishings are fea
tured.
Supt. and Mrs. A. J. B. Longsdorf
and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Steinman
and daughter Jean Anne were in
Cleveland, Tuesday, attending the
triennial conclave of Knights Temp
lar of North America, a Masonic
organization.
Mrs. P. A. Wiebe of Willard at
tended a tw’o day convention of
Women’s Federated clubs at Lake
side last week W’here Mrs. Roosevelt
was the principal speaker. Mrs.
Wiebe was the former Miss Naomi
Stettler of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Thomas have
moved here from Marietta and are
occupying the former Roy Pogue
property on North Main street, re
cently purchased by Fred Gratz. Mr.
Thomas is employed at the Buckeye
pump station plant near Mt. Cory.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Conway of
Elyria and Mrs. W. H. Wagner of
Eustis, Florida were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. McGin
nis of Garau street the first of the
week. They were enroute to Elyria
after spending the past winter at the
home of Mrs. Wagner in Florida.
Asbestos and asphalt shingles for
roofs and exterior sidings. They
resist the weather—a cooler house
in the summer and warmer in the
winter. Greding’s hardware.
Miss Barbara Hauenstein is attend
ing a conference on Near Eastern
affairs at Silver Bay, Lake George,
N. Y. From that place she will go
to New’ York City to make arrange
ments for sailing next month for
Tehran, Iran (Persia) where she has
been appointed instructor for a three
year term in a Presbyterian mission
school.
An attractive new top for your sink.
Inlaid linoleum in wide selection of
designs with chrome edge. Makes the
old sink like new. Estimates without
obligation. The Basinger’s Furniture
store.
Removals by Diller ambulance:
Mrs. Ross Irwin and infant daugh
ter from Bluffton hospital to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wells,
Orange twp. Joseph Schumacher
from west of Beaverdam to St.
Rita’s hospital, Lima Eli Fox from
his home in Bath twp. to Lima
Memorial hospital Mrs. Daryl Weav
er and infant daughter from Bluff
ton hospital to their home in
Lafayette Miss Camilla Gorby from
Bluffton hospital to the home of
Porter Hughes near Ada Oren Zim
merman from Bluffton hospital to
his home in Cairo Paul Lugibill
northeast of Pandora to Bluffton
hospital Dorothy Fett from Bluffton
hospital to her home east of Beaver
dam.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON. OHIO
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swick of
Dayton spent the week end in Bluff
ton.
Mrs. Oliver Locher and daughter
spent several days last week at
Lakeside.
Levon and Bobbie Wilch spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Wilch in Kenton.
Mrs. Florence Kepner is spending
two w’eeks with Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Swick of Dayton.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Davis of Lima
and son of Florida spent Sunday
with Mrs. Della Sweet.
William Boothby of South Jackson 1
street has been employed as fireman
at the State hospital near Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stratton of,
Garau street have returned from
Michigan where they visited rel
atives.
Dr. Clyde Kitchen of Delaware
visited Sunday at the home of his
father, T. A. Kitchen of Cherry
street.
Mrs. Helen Wells is spending a
two w’eeks’ vacation with Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Stauffer of Biglerville,
Pennsylvania.
James West of the Citizens bank
w’ill leave Thursday on a week's
motor trip to Washington and other
eastern points.
Remember, there’s a BPS paint
for every interior or exterior job.
You get a better paint with BPS.
Greding’s hardware.
Mrs. Harvey Wilch, who is em
ployed here at the Boss Mfg. co
mpany, spent her week’s vacation at
her home in Kenton.
Mrs. Tom Moore of Springfield
visited the first of the week at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Mattie Mor
rison of West Elm street.
Mrs. J. W. Eversole and daughter
Wanda and Hildred and Mrs. Noah
Augsburger spent Friday with Mrs.
Joe Crouse and son at Ada.
The Rev. Paul Whitmer property
on South Jackson street occupied by
Levi Gable and family is being re
modeled into a duplex apartment.
Mr. and Mrs. Donivan Stratton
and daughter Donna Lou w’ere Fri
day evening dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stratton.
The Orange Township Farm Wo
man’s club will hold a social at
Orange Center Friday night. Ice
cream and chicken sandwiches will be
served.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Herr and
sons and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Faze
and daughter spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Sutter at
Pandora.
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Greding of West
College avenue are in New York
City this week attending the National
Retail Hardware dealers convention
and visiting the fair.
The Mt. Cory Methodist church
will hold an ice cream and chicken
sandwich social On the church lawn
Thursday night. Music will be fur
nished by the Rawson band.
Mrs. Rhoda Lugibill Hinkey of Ft.
Wayne, returned missionary from
China spent the first of the week
visiting the Lugibill sisters on Grove
street and other relatives and friends
in this vicinity.
Harry Kohler of Fresno, Calif.,
and Mrs. Fred Peralta and daughter
Norman of Oakland, Calif., were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Griffith
and John Kohler of South Lawn
avenue the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Tomlinson
and sons Robert and Eugene of
Lima were guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger and
sons. Don returned home with them
to spend the week in Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Getties and
daughter Zitella of South Main
street were called to Coalton, Mon
day night because of the critical
condition of Mrs. Getties’ mother,
Mrs. Henry Hixon who is ill with
heart trouble.
Fried turtle suppers 25c fried frog
legs 50c, every Tuesday and Satur
day night, 7:30 p. m. also entertain
ment Bill’s Tavern, Jenera. tf
Miss Ocie Anderson, Bluffton li
brarian, who was called to Waynes
burg, Pa., ten days ago because of
the serious illness of her father, re
turned here Friday. She was ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Anderson of that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Murray and
daughter Ruth spent several days in
Cleveland at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Dwight Palm and at
tended the triennial Knights Temp
lar conclave in that city. Mr. Palm
is a superior officer in the Cleveland
commandery.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Murray and
daughter Ruth were guests, Satur
day, of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Begg
at their country estate east of
Cleveland. Mr. Begg owns and op
erates a 1,024 acre farm employing
fourteen men and sells a ton of milk
daily from a herd of 167 cows.
Just because your old furniture
needs re-upholstering is no reason
for throwing it away. Phone us to
day and we’ll make it look like new
at a fraction of the cost of new fur
niture. Ask to see our samples of
upholstering materials. Murray Up
holstering shop, cor. Thurman and
Washington Sts, Phone 285-R.
Mrs. C. H. Musellman and daugh
ter Pauline and son Arthur of Berne,
Ind., spent Monday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stratton and
daughters. They were accompanied
home by their daughters Ruth and
Carolyn and Marjorie Gottschalk,
who spent the past week at the
Stratton home.
SOCIETIES
and CLUBS
To Wed Thursday
Wedding of Miss Susan Ashcraft
of Lima and Dr. Vincent Murray of
Glandorf will take place at St. Mary’s
Catholic church in Bluffton. Thursday
morning.
Rev. Robert Maher, pastor of the
church who will officiate at nuptial
high mass is also chaplain of St.
Rita’s hospital in Lima, where the
bride-elect is on the nursing staff.
Miss Ashcraft is the daughter of
Mrs. James Watson of Cincinnati.
Dr. Murray is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. E. Murray of Pittsburgh and
until recently was resident physician
at St. Rita’s.
Miss Eileen Lawler of Lima will
be the maid of honor and the brides
maids w’ill be Miss Margaret Hoehn
of Lima and Miss Mary Agnes Mur
ray of Pittsburgh, a sister of Dr.
Murray. James Murray of Pitts
burgh, a brother of the bridegroom
w’ill be the best man.
Gold Star 4-H Club
The Gold Star 4-H club met at the
Orange Center Community House
last Tuesday, with 21 members pre
sent.
The program was as follows: Roll
call, “My Favorite Book and Author”
poem, Mona Myrl Hathaw’ay clari
net solo, Josephine Augsburger
piano solos, Richard Ream and Nor
ma Montgomery. Two demonstra
tions were “Correct Posture”, Joseph
ine Augsburger and “Good Eating
Habits for Children”, Violet Slusser.
Visitors w’ere Mrs. Carl Derringer,
Gerardine Settlemire and Rose Mary
Montgomery’.
Happy-Go-Lucky 4-H
The sixth meeting of the Happy
Go-Lucky 4-H club of Orange Twp.
was held at the home of Miss Miriam
Dearth last Friday. The meeting
w’as called to order by the president.
It was decided during the business
meeting to make a poster for the
Farm Women’s Club social next Fri
day night at the home of Ima Jean
Montgomery.
A short program was as follows:
Songs, “Little Sir Echo” and “Little
Daisy”, John and Robert Warren a
reading by Dorothy Baker. A dem
onstration of French seams was
given by Geraldine Henry.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Miss Jean Ann Strawn,
July 26, for the afternoon.
Visitors w’ere Robert Warren, Mary
Lou Strawm, Gertrude Strahm and
Dean Dearth.
Garden Club
The Garden club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Chas. Miller, Friday
afternoon with Mrs. Frank Todd as
assistant hostess. Roll call will con
sist of garden questions and answers.
Papers on national parks will be
read by Mrs. Paul Studler and Mrs.
C. H. Smith.
Surprise Party
A birthday surprise party was
held Friday evening at the home of
Mrs. Edna Badertscher and daugh
ter Eddyth in honor of Miss Alice
Burkholder w’hose birthday anniver
sary was an event of July 14.
The evening was spent in playing
games after w’hich a dainty lunch
was served. Miss Burkholder re
ceived many beautiful and useful
gifts.
Guests present w’ere: Misses Lois
Basinger, Virginia Gill, Josephine
Klay, Mary Jane Klay, Bernice
Motter, Ruth Sheidler and Mrs.
Kermit Kibele.
Legion Auxiliary Picnic
The Bluffton Legion Auxiliary will
hold a picnic at Riverside park,
Findlay, this Thursday night. All
members are expected to attend.
Entertain at Picnic
Honoring their house guests the
Misses Carolyn and Ruth Musselman
and Marjorie Gottschalk of Berne,
Ind., the Misses Marjorie and Marvel
Stratton entertained at a picnic at
Buckeye lake, Thursday afternoon.
Guests enjoying the affair w’ere
Misses Madonna Luginbuhl, Mary
Ann Amstutz, Phyllis and Wilma
Steiner, Carolyn and Jo Ann Stone
hill, Ruth Albro, Doris Garmatter,
Naomi Burkholder and the Misses
Musselman and Miss Gottschalk.
Entertain for Former Residents
Women of the Methodist church
entertained Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. J. S. Steiner in honor
of Mrs. C. C. Amstutz, of Leesburg,
Florida and Mrs. Rhoda Lugibill
Hinkey, a returned missionary from
China. Both Mrs. Amstutz and
Mrs. Hinkey were former Bluffton
residents.
Mrs. Amstutz spoke during the
afternoon of many interesting spots
in Florida and Mrs. Hinkey described
social life and conditions in China in
an illuminating talk.
Sew and So 4-H
The Sew’ and So 4-H club will
meet at the home of Joan Buckland,
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Australia Has Room
Australia with 6,000,000 population
could support 150,000,000, it is esti
mated.
Reunions
Annual reunion of the Stauffer
family will be held at the Bluffton
college gymnasium, Sunday, July 28.
Isaac Stauffer, Pres., C. A. Stauffer,
secretary.
The Christian Hilty reunion will
be held at Pandora park, Sunday,
August 4. Pres. Myron Hilty vice
pres., Herman Hilty sec., Fern Hilty
Young.
Eighth annual reunion of the des
cendants of Christian Stettler will
be held at Richland Grange hall
south of Bluffton, Sunday, August 4.
Pres., Calvin Stettler Sec., Richard
Stettler.
Gene Heckathorn of Indianapolis
is spending the week with friends
here.
An ice cream social will be held
ai the Black school Thursday night,
July 25.
Mrs. Christina Kohli is ill at her
home on Spring street with heart
trouble.
Miss Vidella Herr is improving at
Bluffton hospital following an opera
tion for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Emma
Diefendiefer at the home of her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Strat
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Benroth and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Benroth and
daughter Jeannine Ann visited Sun
day afternoon and evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Augs
burger of Ada.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Triplett of
Campus Drive returned Wednesday
morning from a two weeks’ motor
trip thru Canada and the New
England states. They were accom
panied home by their daughter Miss
Barbara Jean Triplett who spent
the past month at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Roland Bixler in New
Haven, Conn.
Advisory Engineer
Of Sinclair Oil
Earl Unruh of Tulsa, Okla., son of
Rev. and Mrs. H. T. Unruh of this
place has been advanced to the posi
tion of consellor and advisory en
gineer to Vice President Baker of
the Sinclair Oil company.
In his new position, Unruh w’ill
make his headquarters at Corpus
Christi, Texas, and he and his wife
will move to that city shortly.
Unruh w’as graduated from the en
gineering school of Tulsa university
two years ago and last year received
his advanced degree in chemical en
gineering. During his college course
he was employed by the Sinclair in
terests and has been with that or
ganization since his graduation.
Funeral At Lima For
Mrs. T. R. Hamilton
Funeral services were held at Lima
Central Church of Christ Monday
morning for Mrs. Nelle Hamilton, 66,
wife of T. R. Hamilton, Lima attor
ney formerly of near Bluffton.
Rev. E. J. Penhorwood officiated,
assisted by Rev. Geo. Tow-nsend of
Ravenna. Burial w-as in Woodlawn
cemetery.
Mrs. Hamilton died at her home
in Lima, Friday morning.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by three sisters: Mrs. Perry
Anderson, Lima Mrs. G. F. Stout,
Suffield and Mrs. J. W Mercer,
Sardis, Canada.
Also surviving are tw-o step-daugh
ters: Mrs. Ray Miller, wife of the
former mayor of Cleveland and Mrs.
Jerry Miller, both of Cleveland.
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WANT-ADS
Wanted—Girl’s bicycle. Inquire
News office.
Wanted—Custom combining. David
Carr, phone 539-T.
Wanted—Good used Boss or Per
fection oil stove oven. Call phone
547-R.
For rent—Residence on Geiger St.
also some residence properties for
sale. Richard Bixel, Adm. Inquire
Bixel Motor Sales. tf
For sale—Used radios, all recon
ditioned. Brauen’s Radio service.
For sale—Spring chickens. Fred
Martin, W. Elm St.
For sale—Good gas range, right
hand oven. Priced right. May be
seen at Western Auto Supply store.
For sale—Elizabeth Boehr prop
erty on Grove St. H. W. Althaus.
For sale—Double house on North
Main St. See H. W. Althaus.
For sale—1933 Chevrolet truck
suitable for hauling wheat, $65
1937 Buick sedan, just the thing for
a buck rake, $25. Bixel Motor Sales.
For sale—Gas range. Phone 453-R.
For sale—Business block, house on
Lawn avenue and two lots on Spring
St. Mrs. Edith L. Mann. tf.
For sale—Pump for well pit also
I pump jack and electric motor in
good condition. Sidney Huber,
Bluffton phone.
For sale—Pure apple cider vine
gar. Stanley Bixel, 3 miles north
of town.
Lost—Keys on chain, Wednesday
morning. Finder call Bluffton phone
648-T. I
PAGE FIVE
May Robscn’s Birthday
May Robson, called “Muzzy” by
half of Hollywood, didn’t know
whether she was 75 or 76 years old
on her birthday. April 19. 1940.
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In Insurance
Standard rates for sound and
dependable insurance are based
on many years experience of
experts in this field.
The rates today are as low as
they can be made consistent
with the protection which your
policy calls for.
Real insurance protection
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you trim it down you are taking
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Laurence Oliver
Starting at 4:30 and
Continuous till 11:00
TUES. WED.
A Chump at Oxford
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Laurel and Hardy
also
The Man Who
Wouldn’t Talk