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PAGE TWO
More To File Income
Tax Under New Law
Revisions in income tax regulations
are expected to bring filing of ac
counts by approximately 4,000 Allen
county residents who never before
have had to worry about making
turns.
ployei
re
in-
not
New income tax regulations
quire filing of returns by single
dividuals, or married individuals
living with husband or wife, having
a gross income of $800 per year or
more.
Married individuals living together
who have a gross income of $2,000
or more per year also must file tax
reports.
Last year the exemption for a
single individual was $1,000, and for
a married couple $2,500.
Income
tax will be computed at
of four per cent on that
each individual’s income
not covered by exemption
the rate
part of
which is
or credits.
In addition there is a
,o be paid, amounting to
10 per cent of the amount paid in
income tax.
out that net income does not deter
mine the liability for the filing of
income tax returns, as in previous
must fik
come it deve
Employers
no
Lillie Change In
Ohio Fishing
ion
in the
daily bag limit of game fish, Ohio
fishing regulations for 1941 will be
substantially the same as in 1940.
During the current year the bag
limit for game fish per day will be
25, and not more than 50 can be in
possession
the limits
at one time. Last yeai
were 40 and 80 fish, re­
the state’s
Five of
gation farms were ordered closed by
the conservation commission. Facili
ties of the other seven plants are to
be expanded. Closed fish farms are
at Millersport,
Piqua and Defiance.
Bucyru:
An appropriation of $10,000 was
made to buy rabbits, supplementing
the Ohio trapping and replanting
program.
Myers Is Named
Labor Chairman
L. H. Myers, Allen county’s repre
sentative in the general assembly,
last week was appointed chairman o:
the labor committee, and
serve on the liquor control
lie welfare committees.
has again or
24. A not he.
orders his
for April.
if
also will
and pub-
Hancocl
namei
Jackson E. Betts, the
county representative, ws
chairman of the legislature judicial
committee.
■d
rdered 1200 for Feb.
customer, always
AA W. Leg. chicks
There is a Reason
Year after year,
ing our breeding
carefully culled
Order early to
them promptly.
we keep improv
flocks. These are
and bloodtested.
be sure to get
Steiner’s Hatchery
Phone 182-W
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SUN. MON. TUES.
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Registered Borrowers At Bluffton
Library Read
Statistical Report for Year Re
leased by Miss Ocie Ander
son, Librarian
Patrons of the Bluffton-Richland
Public library read 30,195 books dur
ing the year 1940, according to the
statistical report of the year’s activ
ity at the library released this week
by Miss Ocie Anderson, librarian.
The library at the present time
has 2,202 registered borrowers all
having cards with full library privi
leges and rights. This makes an
average of 14 books per borrower
and an average of 10 books per cap
ita circulated in the school district,
which has a population of 3,100.
According to the standards of serv
ice set up by the American Library
association, the number of books lent
per capita in cities of less than
“Abure, the chief, who put
two of his three wives antll asi
for
10,-
and 2,202
person the district population registered
is $800 within that time. Borrowers regis
she is tered in 1940 numbered 174. Ac
in case cording to the American Library As
ns must sociation standards of service in
sons of cities less than 10,000, the per cent
ross in­ of the population registered as bor
is due. rowers should be 50. The lower the
law to population the higher the standards.
by em-
Notified When Books Due
of about 40 book re
re givqn to
body. Stu
notifieti the
serve notices per day i
patrons and the student
dents of ail grades are
Law
Booms
and
material requested by borrowers that
cannot be supplied by the library are
borrowed from the state library.
8,902 vol
these
The library now has
umes on its shelves, 806 oj
having been added by gifts and pur
chases this year. Of this
83 books were gifts, the
ing: A. J. B. Longsdorf,
ter C. Bolton, G. G. Buhl
Mennonite church of Blufft
Freeman club, Century Circ'ie, Board
Alic
Peculiar clothing worn by natives
at Sunday church services jn the
mission station conducted in the
pygmy district of the Belgian Congo
by Rev. and Mrs. Henry
described by them in an article\ ap
pearing in a recent issue of Inland
Africa, published by the African
Inland Mission board.
iff is
Mrs. Senff was formerly Miss Lil
lian Welty, daughter of John^ Welty,
of Cherry street.
on
She and her husband were,
furlough in 1939, and ret|u/ned to
Africa in the fall of that/ year for
another tenure of five yeiirs in the
interior of the Dark Continent.
Senff
In the article Rev. and Mrs.
training Ao becoiiK
talked 120\ miles Ao
iment pernAit amj is
ilks fipm d/y
:es to teac| oil
n his c\w4
tered whole-heartedly into mission
life.
“The Christian people in one vil
lage have raised enough money to
have a burned brick chapel. Many
calls have come in for evangelists.
Two of these have been from gov
ernment leper camps.
Elrose
Preaching services at the Olive
Branch church were cancelled due to
sickness. Rev. Zimmerman is con
fined to his home with the influenza.
Walter Williamson of
Mich., spent a few days this
the home of his parents D.
liamson and wife.
Wade
of near
day evening at the
Detroit,
week at
D. Wil-
Rickley
Thurs
Koontz
Marshall and Alva
Pleasant View, spent
Thomas
Mrs. Wm. Wilson,
Heldman and son Charle.
near Jenera, spent Wednesday after
noon at the Peter Kurtz home, both
Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz are suffering
Mrs. Anna Koontz spent Monday
and Tuesday with her daughter Mrs.
Nello Steinman of Bluffton.
Mabe! and Marilyn Battles of
Bluffton spent the week-end with
their mother Mrs. Goldie Battles.
Union prayer services at the
Olive Branch church, Thursday even
ing.
Glen and Faery Nonnamaker spent
Sunday afternoon with the C. V.
Klingler family of near Ada.
Mrs. Emuiine Nonnamaker, Mrs.
London Basinger, daughter Jeanette
and son Gareth, spent Friday after
noon with Mrs. Howard Stauffer of
Bluffton.
Rev. Thomas Koontz spent Sunday
i to have charge of
the U. B. church
the services of
30,195 Books In 1940
of Education, W. A. Amstutz, Sid
ney Stettler, Theressa Slusser, Mrs.
H. B. Adams, R.
Grace Cox, Mrs.
Clair Fett, Mrs.
Mrs. C. A. Biery,
L. Triplett, Mrs.
Elmer Fett, Mrs.
W. E. Marshall,
Edgar Hauenstein,
Leland Diller, Methodist
Bluffton and different
companies.
church of
publishing
New Books
books include
and juveniles, and non-
The new
fiction for
both adults
fiction books of biography, history,
travel, religion, literature, science,
fine arts, useful arts, and social
science. Purchases are made from
requests of teachers, members of
clubs, students and other patrons.
Requests for book purchases for
both study and pleasure reading are
always welcome from all patrons.
The purchases also include 60
magazine subscriptions, while many
files of magazines have
patrons. The popu
suitable for young
in red rope binders
valuable
been donated by
lar magazines
folks are bound
One hundred and fifty books were
bound in certified binderies, and
any were repaired within the li-
New equipment includes a new
steel filing cabinet for pamphlets.
Pamphlet material is filed by subject
and cataloged, so that it may be
National Book Week was ob
served in November. A number of
new- juvenile books were purchased
and posters were displayed. A one
act play entitled “Why Are Library
Lessons?” was given by eighth grade
library students. It was given for
the Parent-Teachers Association
for Grade School assembly.
Bulletin boards advertising
books and books of interest on
ious subjects were arranged by
dent library assistants and
Anderson, the librarian.
African Pygmies, Strangely Dressed,
At Church Of Former Local Woman
A course of instruction in the use
of books and libraries is given in the
seventh and eighth grades and as
an elective course for student assist
ants is offered to high school stu
dents. The total number enrolled in
these classes is 120.
cci
came in having her collection
her ear. Others had eggs or
intended for the collection
One man had on his wife’s
Her husband had decided to
take his turn *in wearing it.
"Next came the paramount chief
Liiiving at the door on a carrying
The "America Back to God” quar
tet, popular radio feature, will be
heard in a series of evening services
in churches in the Bluffton district
next week. All services will begin
at 7:30 o’clock.
The schedule follows:
Monday, Jan. 27—Lafayette Chris
tian church.
Tuesday, Jan. 28—Pleasant Hili
M. E. church, 5 miles south
Bluffton.
Wednesday, Jan. 29—Westminste
M. E. church, 5 miles southeast of
Lima.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO
Geiger On Program
At State Meeting
Ivan J. Geiger, principal of the
Van B(
ton, w|
annual meeting of the Ohio Educa
tion Ifeld recently in Columbus.
iren schools, a native of Bluff
is one of the speakers at the
Geigkt,served as one of the lead
ers in a round table discussion on
“The Organization, Administration
and Outcomes of Co-educational Phy
sical Education”.
He was the only representative
from the smaller schools of the state.
Van Buren is one of the few Ohio
schools which has a co-educational
program. That in effect at the Han
cock county school has been organ
ized and directed by Geiger.
Games and activities suitable to
mixed teams
carried out,
class periods
discussion of
students.
Allen
10 per
ie the n-
clot!
s to
urch was lined up, not
Aitho unmarked, these are easily
identified by their owners.
“Church services open with a
prayer, followed by singing, after
which there is the reading of the
scriptures. Individual prayers by
the congregation also are an import
ant phase of the church service.”
Radio Quartet To
Appear Next Week
Paul’i
y, Jan. 30—St.
2 miles southwest
Jan. 31—Ada
church, 2
Friday.
church.
of Ada
Baptisi
Automobiles with soybean plastic
accessories may soon be running on
highways marked with soybean paint.
Slow drying properties previously as
sociated with soybean oil paint can
be eliminated by methods discovered
in the research laboratory at Urbana,
Illinois, so the paint now will dry
fast enough for use in traffic mark
ing.
Standardization of design, as
sembly-line methods of construction,
and use of new equipment has per
mitted reduction in costs of erecting
rural electric power lines built by
R. E. A. loans to less than $800 a
of boys and girls are
and in addition three
a week are devoted to
the health problems of
Geiger is a graduate of Bluffton
High school and Bluffton college.
Of the large
tended dedicatory
Bluffton college
none perhaps w
than H. E. Madse
installed the lai
twenty-four years
in charge of wort
gan to its new
modeled chapel ai
instrument.
Since installati'
1917, Madsen has
sible for its serv
by Prof. Holtkr
organ and theory
anc
new
Several change
in the organ n
ease of operatioi
pearance and ton
sent to the faco
tion of an electr
the former elect i
This results in
response, Holtkan
stu
MiS!
sit
“Our Sunday services at the
tion are well attended. Last Su
our church was filled. Perhaps
would like to see our Sunday
gregation.
“After the church-drum is beaten,
in they come. One came in wearing
a fringed rug for a shirt. The rug
had a hole cut out of the center,
slipped over the head. Another had
on a sweater upside down which he
was wearing for trousers.
“One
coin in
of the organ in
g, it was stated
i, instructor in
the college.
lave been made
ting in greater
id improved ap
The console was
for the installa
tion to replace
neumatic action,
cker action and
said.
'O—SOLE
le
Movabli
The present co
the stage and is
former location,
nine foot trough
entirely off the
clear the stage
tions or it can
the center of the
i recital.
was moved on
stationery as the
is mounted on a
id can be moved
age in order to
dramatic produc
moved almost to
The trough
with room foi
hose coming
connecting to
of accompaniment to chapel singing
and choir performances the console
will be partially in view as it was
is about a foot wide
innecting cables and
rough the floor and
the console. In case
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gratz and
family of Piqua were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz.
Supper guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Core and daughter Linda, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Gratz of Lima, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Gratz and son
James and Mr. and Mrs. Wilford
Gratz.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin and
daughter Rachel and Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Badertscher were Saturday
evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cal
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Courtenay and
family of Lima were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Lugin
buhl and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Duffman and
daughter spent Sunday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Strunk and son.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marquart called
Wednesday afternoon at the John
Marquart home.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete James and son
Ronald, Mrs. Edna Anspach and Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Fuller of Columbus
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Niswander and
daughter Marcella and son Dean, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Schaublin and daughter
Patsy Ann were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin and
daughter Rachel.
Mr. and Mrs. Wih ncr Badertscher
and. niilv, Mr.
C. E. Speaker
W.,.*
■Wl
Organ In New College Chapel
Serviced 24 Years By Same Man
nee which at
ices in the new
■1 last Sunday,
lore interested
St. Marys who
Moeller organ
». Madsen was
moving the or
ion in the re
j-voicing of the
TYR. R. M. Veh, Harrisburg,
U Pa., who will speak at Chris
man Endeavor union rally Sun
day afternoon and evening in the
Reformed church at Upper San
dusky. A number from this
vicinity expect to attend.
last Sunday during dedication s
Pipes of the organ have been re
set and re-voiced. They range in
size from 16 feet in length and one
foot squre to the smallest which is
no bigger than a tiny program pen
cil.
Allen County Sales Tax Receipts
Amount To $617,835.54 During 1940
county retailers did nearly
cent more business during
compared with the previous
lording to sales tax receipts
tax
Richland Center
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hilty and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Schaublin and dau
ghter Rachel spent Thursday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Schaublin
and daughter Patsy Ann.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Follas spent Sun
day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Badertscher.
p’i-I
Mrs. Dwight
Meter
Readrite
The new organ is equipped with a
Readrite voltmeter
board on the left side of the console.
This enables the performer to de
termine whether or not too much
current is being used for the volume
of the music. An electric motor of
three horse power is used to oper
ate the mechanism necessary to
vide proper air
organ.
above the
pro
the
The organ was made possible by a
$4,000 gift from Mrs. Harriet Hum
miston of Pontiac, Ill. Funds for
the instrument were obtained by
Mrs. S. K. Mosiman.
Dedication of the organ was made
in April, 1917, in a speci
by the late James H. Roge
known organist
Dedication speeches were made by
Mrs. Mosiman and the late J. F.
Lehman of Berne, Ind., then presi
dent of the board of trustees who
accepted the gift on behalf of the
institution.
month total since the law went into
n cc
receipts was
r’s office re­
nting that the 1940 Ohio total was
52,771,562, the second highest 12-
Armorsville
Sunday callers at the W. I. Moore
home were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Moore
of Detroit, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Hall and family of Carey and Mr.
Evan Amstutz.
Bluffton is the third largest city
in Allen county, according
icial United States census
leased in Washington, D.
effect in 193 5. move soon to their new home in
Redemption of cancelled sales tax
had
1940 and $103,341.79
Putnam county
to
114,608.61 ii
in 1939. Ii
lies amountei
contrast to $73,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Badertscher and
son were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Badertscher and son.
Mrs. Keiner, aged 93, passed away
Thursday afternoon at the Amos Ger
ber home. Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at the Ebenezer
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Reno Gratz and dau
ghter called on Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Gratz, Monday evening.
Miss Margaret Guider, Mrs. Wayne
and daughter Jean called
at the Ray Guider
Guider
Sunday afternoon
home.
Ivan Montgomery
Sunday with Mr.
Mr. and Mrs.
and family spent
and Mrs. Morris Bell and family of
near Columbus Grove.
Wayne Guider, Mrs. Rhea Mc
Cafferty, Miss Margaret Guider were
Cincinnati callers Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hartman and
son were Sunday dinner guests at the
O. P. Hartman home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Montgomery,
Mr. and Mrs. George Stultz and son
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Klingler and son.
Miss June Ream was an afternoon
caller.
All methods investigated to make
land previously cropped suitable for
tobacco plant beds have failed to re
veal any way of making such ground
as satisfactory as new ground. Ohio
farmers are advised to continue us-
ssful
and
s discov
to the off
report
C.
exceed
re-
the
Only Lima and Delphos
local municipality in population.
Delphos reported 5,746 residents,
more than twice as large as Bluffton
Whether “paunhaus” is a food
product peculiar to this immediate
community is not known for sure,
but difficulties encountered in at
tempting to obtain it elsewhere in
cline one to think of the dish as an
almost exclusive Bluffton delicacy.
The name “paunhaus” presumably
of Swiss origin, does not appear in
English dictionaries.
Former Bluffton residents report
that a request for “paunhaus” at a
meat market or grocery store in
other towns and cities is usually
greeted with a look of blank amaze
ment on the part of the clerk. Not
only is the term entirely foieign to
their vocabularies but also is any
product of a similar description.
Consequently local meat markets
report that many returning former
Bluffton residents take advantage of
their visit in the town to stock up
on the food due to its inaccessibility
elsewhere.
Local Product
In addition to the preparation of
the product by local meat retailers,
many farmers in the area count
“paunhaus” as one of their regular
preparations around butchering time.
Difficulty in obtaining the tasty
food elsewhere would indicate that
the product is exclusively Swiss in
origin,
munity point out
obtainable here as
can remember.
and
two manuals
19 speaking stops,
use for 24
accompani
and other
The organ has
is equipped with
It has been in constant
years for recitals, choir
merit, student practicing
musical activity.
$4,000 Gift
recita
from Cleveland
com
been
they
Early residents of the
that it has
far back as
by boiling head
It ’is prepared
Pleasant Hill
Harry White spent the week-end
in the Norval Scoles home. Mrs.
E. Althauser, Norval Scoles and
Harry White were Saturday evening
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Cloyce Hauenstein
called Sunday evening at the George
Huber home. James Huber is ill
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Watt and
family were Sunday afternoon visit
ors of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jennings
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lugibihl and
daughter called Friday evening at
the Wm. Lugibihl home. Mrs. Cora
Younkman spent Monday afternoon
in the Lugibihl home.
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Reichenbach are
the parents of a baby boy born Mon
day at Community hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kenton will
Ada.
stamps last year amountec to $805,- Mr. and Mrs. Dave Holman and
a figure
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winegardner and
guests of Mrs. Cora Huber and son
Joy Huber and family.
Dean Holman leaves Thursday for
army service.
Mr. Donald Yoakum and Clair
Kidd called Monday evening at the
Cora Huber home.
Mrs. Robert Hess and children
spent the week-end with Mrs. Lily
Fett and Miss Nellie Huber.
Mrs. Lily Fett and Miss Nellie
Huber called Monday afternoon on
VALUES
THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1941
Bluffton Is Third Largest City In
Allen County, Census Report Shows
“Paunhaus”, Delectable Swiss Dish,
Peculiar To Bluffton Community
which has a population of 2,077.
Spencerville was the fourth larg
est town in the county with a popu
lation figure of 1,623. Elida’s popu
lation was 551, and Harrod and La
fayette were about the same in size,
the former with 422 inhabitants and
the latter with 411.
meat, liver, heart and similar cuts
of meat and making a broth of it.
Corn meal is stirred into the broth
and settlings. It is flavored with
salt and pepper, with some adding
sage, garlic or caroway seeds. It is
then poured into pan moulds to cool.
The resulting product is the tasty
dish known here as “paunhaus”.
Blood Pudding
Another similar product, not as
well known, but nevertheless usually
found in Swiss communities is blood
pudding. It is prepared by beating
the blood of a hog to remove the
fibrous structures. The heart
meat and liver are cut into
pieces and then placed in the blood
and allowed to simmer. The mixture
is then placed in casings and is
smoked.
in home accessories
Throw Rugs
A nice selection of patterns and colors Q-JF
—made from carpet samples—choice s V
Silk Pillows
Just the thing for your living room
Your choice from a large selection
Flower Pot Holders
Made of metal. You'll like them
for flowers this winter. Each
Basinger Furniture Store
head
small
A dish similar to blood pudding is
a specialty known as “schwartenmag
en” for which there is no English
equivalent. The preparation is
identical to the blood pudding except
that no blood is used in the boiling.
Liver Pudding
Another popular meat dish here is
liver pudding. This is prepared by
boiling head meat, ears, heart and
spare meat in a big kettle,
then ground to fine sausage
and placed in casings or, as
prefer it, in jars and crocks.
meat
some
Most of these dishes are known to
be practically unobtainable except in
the Swiss communities.
Mrs. Alta Garau and Mrs. Glen
Steiner and family.
The “America Back
tet of Detroit, Mich.,
Pleasant Hill church
night. The general public is invited
to attend.
to God” quar
will be at the
next Tuesday
Fresh Drugs
and
Quality Drug Store
Merchandise
of All Kinds
Prescriptions Care
fully Compounded
Sidney’s Drug Shop
Phone 170-W
97
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