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PAGE EIGHT
Fanned by a stiff March wind, an
early morning fire last Thursday
razed the Stanley Vertner restau
rant and filling station at the east
edge of Beaverdam, forcing four per
sons to flee for their lives.
Clothed only in night apparel, Mrs.
L. L. McElwain and her three child
ren, Robert, 17, Donald 13, and Janet
Lou, 12, ran from the burning struc
ture when they awoke to find it
ablaze shortly after 7:30 a. m.
Flames were believed to have orig
inated in the kitchen, but the cause
has not been determined.
McElwain, who has been operating
the business for Stanley .Vertner,
Beaverdam mayor, now vacationing
Four Flee From Beds As Fire Razes
Vertner Filling Station In Beaverdam
Miss Zoe Lugibill, one of Bluff
ton's most popular young ladies, was
given a genuinely happy surprise by
a number of her close friends,
Thursday evening, on her 21st birth
day.
At the joint meeting Thursday
evening of the Bluffton and Rich
land township school boards, it was
agreed that pupils from the town
ship should be received into the
high school when said pupils have
satisfactorily passed the eighth
grade examination.
The Beaverdam village council pe
titioned the court for a special
school election for a $15,000 bond
issue for the purpose of erecting a
new school building. The same was
granted and will be held September
7. The old school building was con
demned some time ago.
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of August 29, 1907
The Bluffton Board of Education
has decided that all children who be
come six before next January may
enter school at the opening on
September 2.
Fletch West purchased a half in
terest in the Jasper Hall water well
drilling outfit and the firm will be
known as Hall and West.
Arthur Green and wife, who spent
several months along the California
sea coast, returned Tuesday evening.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Bauman, two miles east of town,
was the scene of a pleasant gather
ing last Sunday, in honor of Mr.
Bauman’s nephew and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Kraft, of Orrville.
Cards announcing the marriage of
Oliver K. Bentley to Miss Lucy E.
Folsom, which took place at French
Lick, Ind., Monday, Aug. 19, was
recently received here. Mr. Bentley
is the son of W. P. Bentley.
Mr. and Mrs. James Begg and
daughter, Eleanor, of Columbus
Grove, are spending the week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H.Mohler.
H. L. Eby, who visited his parents
and relatives here the past week,
left for Bellvue, yesterday, to re
sume his duties as superintendent of
the schools at that place.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lugibihl left
Tuesday evening for Bowerstown, to
spend a week at the hpme of B. C.
Mann and family. Myron Lugibihl
also is visiting there. September 3
will be an important date for this
small family reunion, as on that day
Mr. and Mrs. Lugibihl celebrate
their thirty-third wedding anniver
sary and their daughter, Mrs. B. C.
Mann and husband, celebrate their
fourth wedding anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Doty, who have
been in St. Louis, Mo., for some
time, where the former took spec
ial plumbing instructions, expect to
locate at New Iberia, Alabama,
in Florida, said he left at 7 a. m.
for his employment in Lima, leav
ing his family in bed.
Altho the structure was burned to
the ground, gasoline tanks located
near the building did not explode,
and cottages located to the west
were all saved.
Several hours previous to the Vert
ner fire, a Texaco filling station, di
rectly across the street, was damaged
slightly when it was struck by a
large truck.
Charles Servis, proprietor of the
station, said a gas pump was
knocked over by a truck operated for
a Terre Haute ,Ind., firm by James
Jewell of Clyde, Ohio.
where Mr. Doty has been offered a
good position.
Miss Florence Bowman, of Cin
cinnati, Miss Maud Bowman, of
Columbus Grove, and Clyde Leidner,
of Ada, were the guests of Miss
Hazel McKinley, Monday afternoon.
ROCKPORT
Mrs. Robert Marshall and daugh
ter Gail expect to leave Saturday
for Muncie, Ind., to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Zeiders, Mrs. Marshall
and Mrs. Zeiders being sisters.
Charles Kidd and wife, are the
happy parents of a new’ son, Robert
Harrold, who came as a birthday
present to their other son, Warren’s
12th birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Eversole
opened their fine large home west of
town, for the entertainment of the
family relationship Sunday, in honor
of Jessie Auchmuty.
The funeral services for the late
John Kunneke, a prominent business
man of Columbus Grove, was held
at the home of his father in that
towm, Monday afternoon, and was
largely attended by several from
that place.
Public Sale
Having decided to quit farming, will sell at public
auction at my residence 3 miles southwest of Bluffton or 4
miles northeast of Beaverdam on the Lugibihl road on
what is known as the Sam Hochstettler farm, on
Z. S. Vertner, wife and daughter,
Helen, of Indianapolis, Ind., w’ere
dinner guests of his aged grand
mother, Mrs. Ellen Vertner, Sab
bath.
Mr. and Mrs. Pharaoh have re
turned from their wedding trip and
will make their future home in
Beaverdam.
Boy Scout News
By Floyd Herr
Reoganization of Troop 56 Bluff
ton Boy Scouts has been completed
and a new charter has been received
by the group.
Members of the troop committee
include Cerhard Buhler, chairman
Dr. Waldo Niswander, Rev. H. T. Un
ruh, Millard Oberly, Joe Fisher and
John Tosh.
Merit badge awards passed at the
board of review last week were: First
Aid, Althletics and First Aid to An
imals, Richard Oberly Scholarship,
Floyd Herr and Kenneth Oberly Ath
letics and Scholarship, Robert Oberly
I*ublic Health, Otto Klassen Music,
First Aid and First Aid to Animals,
Raymond Schumacher Public Health,
Harry Minck Athletics, Woodwork,
Public Health, Horsemanship and Ma
chinery, William Mericle.
Three scouts were passed to second
class rank by the board of review.
They were Evan Herr, Donivan Augs
burger and Charles Tripplehom.
Grazing Land
Australia plans to open 200,000
square miles of grazing land to set
tlement.
March 24th
At 12:30 O’clock
Bay mare, good worker red roan gelding coming
years old, well broke and sound.
Roan cow 8 yrs. old, calf at side Jersey cow 6 yrs.
old, with twin calves at side Guernsey cow 8 yrs. old, giv
ing milk Jersey cow 5 yrs. old, giving milk Black Jersey
cow' 5 yrs. old, giving milk Holstein cow 5 yrs. old, giving
good flow’ milk Hereford heifer, 9 months old.
3 Spotted Poland China sows due to farrow by day of
sale Hampshire sow with 8 pigs at side 3 young open
sows 10 shoats averaging 40 tbs.
Farmall regular tractor in good shape w’ith culti
vators, tractor plows, tractor disc, roller, grain drill, grain
binder, corn binder, corn planter with fertilizer attach
ment, hay loader, steel hay rake, moWer, wagon w’ith flat
bottom, drag harrow, walking plow, mud boat, slip scoop,
5 barrels of apple vinegar, set work harness, 6X8 brooder
house feed, 40 bu. soybeans, 20 bu. oats, 3 tons of straw’
in mow, cream separator, lard press. Many other articles.
Harold McClain, Auctioneer
C. M. DELLINGER, Owner
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NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
____ _FR0M ISSUE
Sunday, Feb. 22, Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Geiger celebrated their
Golden Wedding at the home of
their son, Ainos A. Geiger, on
Cherry street.
Mrs. Florence Bogart and daugh
ter, Pearl, spent Sunday night in
Findlay.
On last Wednesday, Isaac Thomp
son enjoyed his eighty-sixth birth
day anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Thompson planned a six o’clock
dinner in honor of the event. Those
present were D. F. Thompson and
wife, Jennie Crawford, Allen Thomp
son, and son, Cecil, Willow Thomp
son, Jesse Thompson, Thomas
George and wife, Ardis Bird and
Miss Bertha Thompson.
The leading address given at the
eleventh annual banquet of the
Bluffton Travel Class, held at the
home of A. L. Baumagrtner, on
Wednesday evening of last week,
was on the Poetry of German, by
Mrs. S. K. Mosiman.
A son was welcomed into the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George Ayres,
Sunday night.
John Garlinger and family spent
Saturday and Sunday with Ada rel
atives.
Mrs. M. M. Kibler spent over Sun
day with her daughter, Helen, at
Oxford, where she is attending
Miami university.
Mrs. Fred Zehrbach and Miss
Anna Ludwig are at Cleveland this
week, attending the style show and
buying their spring line of millinery
goods.
Misses Edna Kimmel, Edith Hall
and Hazel McGriff attended a house
party given by the Sigma Phi
Episilon fraternity at Ada, Monday
evening.
Taking advantage of the fine
sleighing, a jolly crowd gathered at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Henry, Saturday evening, Feb. 21.
At the close of the evening oysters
were served. Those present were
John Warren and family, John
Ewing and family, Fred Battles and
family, Asa Battles and family, Ray
Guider and family, Brice Ewing and
family, Clarence Boedicker and wife.
At the end of the first half of the
i school year, examinations were giv
en to the pupils of Richland town
ship schools. The three highest in
each class are: Eighth grade, first,
Luke Steiner, Diller school Second,
Lloyd Niswander, Huber school
Third, Monroe Lora, Gratz school.
Seventh Grade—First, Victor Mos
er, Hillville Second, Elvina Augs-
Four From College
In All-Ohio Band
Four Bluffton college musicians
played in an all-Ohio college band
in a concert at Bowling Green State
university Saturday night. Included
in the Bluffton group were: Paul
Emmert of Goshen, Ind., and Rich
ard Holenstine of Fredericksburg
both playing the string bass Delbert
Gratz of Bluffton and Harald Leh
man of Berne, Ind., both playing
clarinets.
Rehearsals of the combined col
lege orchestras were Friday evening
and Saturday morning and afternoon
in anticipation of the concert in the
evening. Colleges represented at the
meeting were: Western Reserve uni
versity, Oberlin college, Baldwin
Wallace, Capital university, Bowling
Green university, Miami university,
Hiram college, Kent university and
Bluffton college.
Prof. Sidney Hauenstein, of Bluff
ton college, accompanied the group.
SPENCER
wspapcr Unioi
The Cure for Rickets
INElizabeth,
THE romantic days of Queen
courtiers and wealthy
citizens went to church wearing
boots and long coats because they
were ashamed to show their crooked
bow legs. Their crooked legs and de
formed bodies were caused by rick
ets.
We know now that rickets come
from lack of sunlight and good food,
but up until about 1800 its cause
was unknown. Most people thought
it was a visitation from the devil,
and doctors gave hot mud baths to
children to avoid it. Another stand
ard remedy was to wrap babies in
swaddling clothes. Although over
half the children treated in this way
died in the first year of Infancy, it
rickets. It malformed and contract
Women were especially hard hit by
rickets. It malformed and contrac
ed their pelvic bones in a way
which made it almost impossible
for them to have children. Dr. Ed
wards, an Englishman, was one of
the first to show the connection be
tween lack of sunlight and rickets.
He noticed its absence among even
the poorest Mexicans who lived re
gularly out in the sun.
Later, scientists showed that the
actinic rays of the sun, the same
rays which cause sunburn, can pre
vent rickets. This is one of the rea
sons why children and adults alike
should keep out of doors as much
as possible. In the wintertime when
we can’t get out, good substantial
food, especially when supplemented
by animal products like cod-liver
oil, serves much the same purpose.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO
OF MARCH 5, 1914|
burger, Hilty Third. William Grif-1
fith, Gratz. I
Sixth Grade—Fir:Sarah Sylves-1
ter, Hillville Second. Adella Steiner, I
Bucher Third, Sarah Amstutz, Hill-1
ville. I
Fifth Grade—Fir -. Paul Steiner,!
Diller Second, Paul NeiswanderJ
Huber Third, Melvin Amstutz, Hill-1
ville. I
Fourth Grade—First, Grace Rade-1
baugh, Huber Second, Grace Steiner, I
Diller Third, Geon Bixel, Gratz. I
Third Grade—Fir Florence Dun-1
lap, Hillville Second. Stella Burk-1
holder, Hillville Third, Alice Neis-I
wander and Della Gromann, both of I
Stager. I
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Miss Laura Dangler, teacher of I
the Victor school. resigned and!
Hiram Kohli is finishing the term. I
A. G. Badertscher and wife moved I
from Pandora on the Gottlieb Bad-1
ertscher farm to take charge of the!
home farm. I
The Zion Women’s Missionary so-1
ciety will meet at the home of Noah I
J. Basinger, next Thursday. I
Mrs. A. H. Leaman and little I
daughter, Gladys, of Chicago, ar-1
rived last Friday to spend a week I
with Mrs. Leamans parents, Mr. I
and Mrs. T. S. Eby. I
B. F. and Adam Welty, of Lima, I
called to see their mother, over Sun-1
day.
A sled-load of people from the I
southern part of Richland spent Sat-1
urday evening at the Freyman home. I
Peter B. Amstutz, the man who
started the hay fork business, and
put the factory on a successful
basis, contemplates a trip to Europe
and the Holy Land.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Basinger wel
comed a boy into their home last
week.
Melvin Zimmerly. Roy Hoffer, Cal
vin Amstutz and Chris Augsburger
have purchased rolling stock in the
shape of rubber tired buggies.
Nearly the whole student body of
Bluffton college composed a sleighing
party that enjoyed a delightful even
ing at the Noah Moser home, last
Wednesday.
Clarence Diller, Jesse Diller and
Wilbert Schumacher are among the
prize winners at the state corn show
at Mansfield.
Ed Lora is at Berne, Ind., assist
ing his uncle for several weeks,
auctioneering. Ed is the third gen
eration in the Lora family of auc
tioneers and he has the qualifications
of a good crier.
“Mother of Thanksgiving”
/'X COURSE, we all know we
owe the observance of Thanks
giving to the Pilgrim forefathers.
But if it hadn’t been for the persist
ence of a woman editor the chances
are that it would still be only a New
England festival instead of a na
tionwide holiday celebrated in all
states on the last Thursday in No
vember. Sara Josepha Hale was
her name and she was the editor
of Godey’s Lady’s Book, the most
popular woman’s magazine of the
Nineteenth century.
She was born in New Hampshire
in 1788, and, like all New England
ers, the celebration of Thanks
giving, even though its observance
was not a regular event, was very
dear to her. As early as 1827 she
began advocating that “Thanksgiv
ing, like the Fourth of July, should
be considered a national festival
and observed by all our people.”
But it was not until 1846 that she
began her campaign through the
columns of Godey’s Lady’s Book, of
which she became editor in 1828.
Early each spring she began writ
ing letters to governors of all states
and territories asking their assist
ance in making the last Thursday
in November, which had been Wash
ington’s choice for the first Thanks
giving Day, set aside by Presiden
tial proclamation. By 1849 most of
these commonwealths were keeping
individual festivals but no attempt
was made to have the date uni
form. So Mrs. Hale started on the
Presidents.
She wrote to Fillmore, Pierce and
Buchanan again and again. But all
of them ignored her, for they felt
that such “feminine meddling in
public affairs” should be frowned
upon. However, in 1863, as the re
sult of a letter which she wrote to
President Lincoln, he issued the
first national Thanksgiving day
proclamation since Washington’s
day. Mrs. Hale had won her battle
after 17 years’ effort. With the
precedent thus established other
Presidents, as well as governors of
states, have never deviated from
the custom which Lincoln thus es
tablished.
Being thus the “Mother of
Thanksgiving” was not, however,
Mrs. Hale’s only claim to distinc
tion. She was the author of that fa
mous poem, “Mary Had a Little
Lamb” she started the first day
nursery she founded the first so
ciety for the advancement of wom
en’s wages, and her demands that
housekeeping be given the dignity
of a profession put the term “do
mestic science” in our language.
Western Newspaper Union.
Love Pulps
It is estimated that over a mil
lion copies of love pulps are sold
monthly.
Church Plays Role In
Life Of Draftees
(Continued from page 1)
months and are enjoying very much
the relief from the Ohio winter.
The nights are often cold but the
days are beautiful. Conditions in the
camp have been gradually improved
so that at present time the men are
in large measure comfortable and con
tented.
“We have been very much interest
ed in the new selectees who have re
cently come to us from Ohio. All
who have come in contact with these
men have been impressed by their
high quality, their fine attitude and
their desire to make good during their
year of training. The people back
home have every reason to be proud
of these men and the feeling here is
that the 37th Division will be greatly
helped by having them.
It might be of interest to some to
know that of the selectees who came
here from Ohio, I was privileged to
extend a word of greeting to nearly
6,000 of them meeting them at the
Reception Center each morning as
they came from the trains. I was
especially glad, at these meetings, to
contact the men who came from the
Bluffton community and from Allen
county, many of whom I had known in
the Bluffton schools.
No doubt the people back home are
interested in the work being done by
the chaplains in an army camp. A
division chaplain and an assistant, at
present Chaplain O’Connor and my
self, are on the division staff and have
general supervision of the work of
the chaplains in the division operat
ing an assistant to the chief-of staff.
We have at present in the 37th Di
vision fourteen chaplains, six of whom
are Catholics and eight are Protes
tant, and expect several more in the
near future.
“These chaplains are assigned to
the different regiments and cooperate
with those in charge in biulding up the
morale of the personnel of their or
ganizations. The chaplains have been
active in contracting the selectees, as
they were assigned to their respective
regiments, helping the men to adjust
themselves to the new situation and
to meet any personal problems that
may arise.
“It is impossible to describe in de
I tail the work done by a regimental
I caplain but we would like to get to
I the home folks some conception of
I what is being done for these men in
I the way of religious services.
I “We feel that relious services are
I of importance to the men in camp and
I an effort is being made to afford an
I opportunity for all, who so desire, to
I attend religious services of their own
I particular faith. In organizations
I that rate more than one chaplain, an
I effort is made to have both Catholic
I and Protestant faith represented. In
I organizations having but one chap
I lain, an effort is made to combine ser-
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