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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941
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Consorting with ghosts in the old
haunted house on the Bentley road,
one mile out of Bluffton, was the
eerie experience of two Bluffton
youths, Herbert Conrad and Richard
Balmer, Saturday night. They en
tered the long vacant structure on a
dare and found the place full of
cobwebs, mice, birds and bats.
With a rather heavy wind blow
ing, the many noises in the creaky
dilapidated structure did not add
much to the feeling of security.
Although they had a flashlight the
boys decided not to go upstairs when
a sudden gust of wind whistled
through a madly waving curtain.
The boys said they weren’t scared.
P. S. They left the motor of their
car running.
The first rainbow of the season
was seen in the east following the
short shower late Friday afternoon.
James Anderson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert Anderson of Orange
township, is possessor of a beauti
ful black eye these days. It seems
that as he was going to bed his
face connected with the bed post
and upon examination of his con
tenance in the mirror in the morn
ing he noted with considerable sat
isfaction that at long last his orb
was decorated with black and purple.
Herman Schmidt will go slow
after this in telling his children of
his prowess as a fisherman after his
experience Sunday afternoon at the
Old National quarry. Don, 8,
Patsy, 11 and Mary Lou, 13, all
caught fish but their “daddy” alone
was unable to hook even a minnow.
Mary Lou in addition had the un
usual experience of catching three
fish on the same bait.
Eileen Haller is in mourning for
her cat, Tabby, which died last
Thursday after being hit by a ma
chine. She says that the old adage
about cats having nine lives is just
so much tommyrot.
Who says that the old fashioned
pleasure of buggy riding is not en
joyed anymore Robert Stratton
and Edgar Huber hitched up the old
gray mare and went “a buggy
ridin’ Sunday afternoon, and did
they have fun.
All of the neighbor kids are
jealous of Roger Klay, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Klay of North
Lawn avenue. Roger’s dad built
him a workshop and work bench all
of his own and it is almost com
pletely equipped with tools. Now
Roger can work to his heart’s con
tent knowing that he can make all
of the noise he pleases and make
what he wants when he wants it.
’Tis a great life!
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1938 PLYMOUTH COACH
—Good condition, good tires
and a mighty good
buy at our price
of only
1939 FORD TUDOR—here
is a place you can’t go
wrong. It’s a clean cut job
and you’ll say so, too, when
you see it. And thJHp
boy, look at the
tb4/3
price only.. ....
Y0U-U GfT) BfUfR
Madlyn Isham’s toy dog, Jerry,
had six pups last week.
Lyle Niswander, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Niswander, has made a
swell basketball court in their hay
mow. Lyle together with James
Steiner, James Reichenbach and
Kenneth Reichenbach played bas
ketball in the unique gymnasium
Sunday afternoon.
Nobody else can ride Eileen
Wenger’s horse “Nellie” except
Eileen herself. Eileen, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wenger,
south of town, is a horse riding en
thusiast but says that her enthus
iasm and ability were acquired by a
very painful route. She fell off her
steed many times in learning the art
of horse riding. Now she performs
with skill and very seldom misses a
day in putting Nellie through her
paces.
Harold Santschi and Richard
Wenger were seen getting a good
sun tan Saturday morning as they
were mowing the grass on the golf
course located on the Wenger farm.
A number of the high school boys
took advantage of the warm weather
last Friday and foresook the home
cooking of their mothers as they
prepared their suppers out in the
woods at Fox hill. An unusually
large number of toads were found
by the boys as they explored the
creeks and wooded area. Enjoying
the trip were: Herbert Siefield,
Ned Schultz, Kenneth, Richard and
Robert Oberly, Hugh Chamberlain,
Kenneth Finton, and Walter Stan
nus.
Many of the people on the rural
routes get their copies of the Bluff
ton News Wednesday night by hav
ing their children get their copies
to bring home on the school busses.
After hibernating all winter, the
pet turtle belonging to Alice Oyer,
daughter of Mrs. Adel la Oyer of
South Jackson street, was found the
other day as she was raking the
yard. The pet disappeared last fall
and Alice gave the turtle up as lost,
strayed or stolen and was agreeably
surprised when she found it recently
in as good health as ever.
Added to the list of fisherman’s
luck in Bluffton was the 18 inch
bass caught by Robert Watkins at
the Buckeye lake Friday using a
night crawler as bait.
One of the attractions of the
spring season in Bluffton is the
magnolia on the front lawn of Miss
Zanna Staater of South Main street.
It has been in full bloom since the
latter part of last week and is much
admired by passersby.
Cal Balmer’s Studebaker sedan
has established something of a
record for long service. The car,
now sixteen years old, is used
principally for light delivery in con­
WE’VE GOT SOME REAL HONEYS! Grand bargains
for every need and for every pocketbook! Just
look at the prices listed here .. and that’s only a
start! Come see all the others we’ve got on display.
Every car all spruced up ... and ready for delight
ful, carefree Spring and Summer driving. Get your
self a bargain while they last!
ZEPHYR
overdrive
is a car
built into
1939 LINCOLN
SEDAN With
and radio. Here
that has quality
it and is ready to give de
pendable service to
someone who knows bvJ/3
values. Bargain at
1936 CHEVROLET CHAS
SIS & CAB—You’ll look a
long time to find a better
buy in this line
than right here—
for only-----------
FORD DeLUXE
1939
COUPE—Here’s a car that
has had exceptionally good
care and there is evidence
of it thruout the job. When
we say it’s like new rt*
we mean just that. b^f/3
Yours for
1936 CHEVROLET TRUCK
COMPLETE—Another good
buy for some trucker who
knows real values
when he sees them
—for
BUY^hR
$250
rnnn nfA/rn
AND A BETTER DEAL AT TUun rUHU UtAltn
BIXEL MOTOR SALES
nection with his sawmill. How
many miles it has traveled, nobody
knows—Balmer said the speedomet
er stopped at 75,000 but the car
kept right on going. He believes
the car may have somewhere around
150,000 miles.
You’ve heard of the mailman who
took a long walk on his holiday—
well, here’s one like it from real
life. After twelve busy years as
pastor of the large Ebenezer Men
nonite congregation, Rev. P. A.
Kliewer left last week for Albany,
Oregon to take up a new pastorate
on May 11. While he and his wife
are traveling west by auto, Rev.
Kliewer has arranged a schedule
whereby he will preach nearly every
night enroute.
Comes spring—and two young
blades, aged 6 and 8 years gravely
informed their mother that they
thought they were old enough to go
down town Saturday nights. “All
of the other fellows do”, announced
the eight-year-old adding pointedly,
“and mother, you wouldn’t want us
to be sissies, would you?” Mother
tactfully agreed and permitted them
to go for a short time last Saturday
night.
It’s a sure sign of spring when
folks begin to borrow John Rogers’
lawn roller—thus far it has been
used on more than thirty lawns
around town.
President Ramseyer and Coach
Burcky weren’t so popular for a
while last Saturday night when at a
box supper out at the college they
proceeded to bid up a choice box
way out of range of some of the
fellows who were expecting to en
joy a supper with their best co-ed
friends. It turned out all right,
however, for after having the box
knocked off to them they returned
it to the auctioneer with instructions
to sell it over again—to the delight
of the fellows and co-eds immediate
ly concerned.
A saddle was sold at the sale of
Rev. P. A. Kliewer several weeks
ago that the former Bluffton minis
ter used many years ago as he
traveled by horsebhek in his mis
sionary work among the Indians of
Wyoming and Montana.
Old timers in Bluffton well re
member when there was only one
telephone in town that belonging to
Henry Bracelin of the old Bracelin
drug store on the site of the Bob
Lewis barber shop at Main and
Vine streets. Fred Zehrbach was
the energetic messenger boy who
delivered the messages. The oper
ator who«received the messages is
now Mrs. H. O. Bentley, of Lima.
The Ohio Division of Foods and
Dairies made 43,623 inspections,
analyzed 590 samples of foodstuffs,
and conducted 154 prosecutions of
willful violations endangering public
health during 1940.
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1937 FORD PANEL
TRUCK—We’ve priced it a
lot lower than
but we want
off our floor
see what you
buy for--------
1936 FORD TUDOR—We
want you to drive it your
self—check it over closely
and then realize
what you are get
ting for only
it deserves,,
to move it
$185
cTn
1935 FORD FORDOR
SEDAN—It had to be a
good car, this 1935 model
to be in the condition it is
now—and believe us, there’s
still a lot of service left
in it—more than PT
you would think at
this price of
FORD DeLUXE
wrong
con
a
1941
COUP E—Nothing
with this car—and
fidentially—this car is
honey. Runs like brand
new and compares in every
way with a new d'PAE’
car, except the JM)JJJ
price that’s only
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO
Open House will be observed at
Lincoln Hall, the men’s dormitory of
Bluffton college, Saturday evening.
A program in charge of Duane
Tway, of Plain City, will conclude
the room inspection. William Bur
bick’s orchestra will furnish music
and readings will be given by some
of the students, followed by the
presentation of the ping pong
tournament trophy and the an
nouncement of the new house of
ficers. Refreshments will be served.
The public is invited.
A group of 15 philosophers from
neighboring colleges met on the
campus Saturday, April 19. A
paper entitled “The Value Theory of
Max Scheier”, was read by Prof.
Wallroff of Mt. Olivet College,
Mich. Morning and afternoon ses-.
sions were held.
Students and faculty members re
turned to the* “good old days” last
Saturday evening, when they met
in the college bam for a real old
fashioned box social. Lunches of
all kinds and descriptions were pre
pared by college women and were
auctioned off by the vigorous and
enthusiastic auctioneer Mark Hous
hower. Eight of these boxes were
presented for bids by sixteen coeds
and a total of eleven dollars was
taken in. This will be added toward
the college student activity fund.
Jeanne Baumgartner will be in
charge of the program when mem
bers of the Y.W.C.A. entertain the
high school Girl Reserves at a lea,
this Wednesday evening. “Spring”
the theme of this joint meeting, will
be presented in a reading by Julia
Culp, senior, a vocal solo by Dorothy
Burner, junior, and fashion show
game to be judged by Mrs. A. C.
Burcky and Miss Helen Boss. Also
on the program will be Pauline
Sprunger, junior, and Mary Lou
Poe, freshman, who will present a
skit prepared by Dale Francis,
senior. The program will start at
7:30 p. m. in the Ropp Hall dining
room. Immediately following, tea
will be served in the lobby, under
supervision of Miss Frances Ram
seyer, junior.
Thelma Dailey, junior from War
ren, was elected to the presidency
of the Women’s Gospel team at an
election of the organization, Thurs
day evening. She will succeed Miss
Jean Kolb, senior from Fairview,
Mich. Also elected were Ruth
Soldner, freshman, as secretary
Miss Lucille Steiner, junior, was
selected as deputation chairman.
John Gaius Baumgardner, son of
John Baumgardner of New Stark,
an alumnus of Bluffton college,
class of ’24, recently appeared as
Contests of many kinds and de
scriptions are occupying the center
of attention at the high school this
week with many students busily
preparing for them in various lines
of endeavor.
Students in the sociology class
visited the Lima State Hospital for
the Criminal Insane Tuesday after
noon. The trip was undertaken as
a class project to give understand
ing to problems of mental disorder
which the class is studying at the
present time.
Bluffton College Notes
Bluffton High School Notes
The girls glee club came home
from Columbus last Friday in a
very jubilant mood having won the
highest honor in the state in class
B, which meant competing with
larger schools. There has been
some talk of going to the national
contest for which they qualified but
so far the finances involved consti
tute a pretty big hurdle.
The Camp Fire girls met at the
grade school auditorium for Grand
Council Fire practice Monday after
school.
A joint skating party was enjoyed
by the Future Homemakers of
America at Ada Monday night.
Transportation was provided by
school busses.
A bicycle caravan to Pandora was
held by the Girls Athletic Associa
tion Tuesday after school.
“The Boy of the Streets” a nine
reel motion picture starring Micky
Rooney was shown to the students
in an assembly meeting held Wed
nesday morning.
The following students visited the
institution: Bi lie Bechtel, Harriet
Biome, Fairy Bronson, Marjorie
Buckland, Dorothy Burkholder, Ruth
Core, Olive De Camp, Wanda Diller,
Winifred Fett, Dorothy Greding,
Geneva Hankish, Treva Harris,
Marilyn Hofer, Bette Murray, Char
lotte Santschi, Lois Schaeublin, Hel
en Soldner, Betty Steinman, Carolyn
Stonehill, Marjorie Stratton, Freida
Vandemark, Harold Augsburger,
George Myers, Ray Niswander,
Harold Santschi, John Stettler, Har
lan Swank, Harry Turner.
soloist with the Westminister Choir
during the farewell concert of Leo
pold Stokowski, as he conducted the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
St. Matthews’s Passion by Bach was
presented. Mr. Baumgardner sang
the part of Jesus over a national
radio hook-up. Said Weldon Wal
lace in a critical report of the event,
“There were soloists but perhaps it
is just as well not to mention them
at all except the bass, John Baum
gardner, who sang the part of
Jesus. His vocalism was creditable
and he showed deep understanding
of the music.” Mr. Baumgardner is
well-known in this community, hav
ing sung in the “Messiah” at Bluff
ton for the past several years. He
teaches music at Princeton, N. J. in
the Westminster Choir college be
sides his work as soloist.
Announcement that honor scholar
ships will be awarded to one out
standing student in each of the
three upper classes at Bluffton col
lege was made recently by the col
lege scholarship committee. The
scholarships will amount to $50 and
will be awarded on the basis of
scholarship achievement, character,
leadership ability, and attitudes as
demonstrated in college life and
work. If the receiver of such a
scholarship holds /nether of more
or equal financial jdAlue, theuhonor,
only, will be confdfred.
4 V
Bluffton college will hold its An
nual field and track meet Thursday
afternoon, at 4 p. m. Included on
'the program of events will be six
women’s and twelve men’s contests.
An accuracy throw, a distance
throw, broad jump, high jump, team
race, and shuttle relay will make
up the women’s competitive events
while the 100-yard, the 220-yard, the
440-yard, and the 880-yard dashes,
the 120-yard low hurdles, Va mile
relay, pole vault, shot put, discuss
throw, javelin throw, high jump,
and broad jump will keep the men
active.
Officials for the meet include
Racine Warren as starter Prof. R.
E. Honig, timer Royal Thomas,
Dale Francis, Prof. H. W. Berky,
President L. L. Ramseyer, and Pro
fessor I. W. Bauman, judges James
Griffith, central recorder Russell
Fellers, and Elmer Ramga, in
charge of tapes and bars Darrel
Yoder, messenger Professor R. A.
Lantz, announcer and Edwin Rice,
Al Ramseyer, Prof. A. C. Schultz,
Melvin Yoder, Wade Shook, and
Leonard Metzker, as measurers.
Prof. Otto Holtkamp played at
the dedication of a new organ in
the First Federated Church, Spen
cerville, Ohio, on Sunday, April 20.
He played several organ numbers at
the morning service and presented a
recital in the evening.
The Camp Fire girls will hold a
hike Thursday after school. Ar
rangements for the program are in
charge of Doris Barber.
The high school art class will
visit the Toledo Art Museum Fri
day. They will be accompanied by
their instructor, Mrs. Russell Lantz.
Lantz.
The following students will make
the trip: Grace Miller, Bette Mur
ray, Daisy Basinger, Glenna Kohler,
Eloise Sommer, Margaret Young,
Marjorie Zuercher, La Verne Burk
holder, Florence Ann Biome, Imo
gene Bronson, Clare Reagan, Glenna
Swick, Roger Klay, Robert Phillips,
David Amstutz, Evan Herr, Neil
Schmidt, Charles Trippiehorn, Alice
Jean Bixel, Genevieve Buhler, Mabel
Burkholder, Peggy Finton, Jean
Ann Steinman.
The following films will be shown
in the high school classes this week:
“The Oregon Trail” and “Molluscs.”
Cockerels with combs and wattles
frozen—even though slightly—usual
ly are found unsatisfactory in the
breeding pen, according to R. E.
Cray, extension poultry specialist,
Ohio State University.
THINK
BE CAREFUL
DRIVE SAFELY
LIVE AND LET LIVE
Do not drink and then drive.
Do not drive while you drink.
Do not drink while you drive.
Do not Jeopardize your own
life.
Do not Jeopardize the life of
others.
l/2 ounces of alcohol will
lower your ability to judge dis
tance 9.7%.
Reduce your abiity to con
centrate 35%.
Lessen your muscular reac
tion 17%.
You need all your faculties
to drive.
Control your car.
Stop and look.
Do not hurry.
Better late than not at all.
Drive safe with an Aetna
Policy.
S. P. Herr, Agent
Phone 363-W Bluffton, O.
LaFayette
Mesdames Ruby Watt and Nora
Yoakum were Thursday guests of
Mrs. Thomas Fleming.
Miss Ruth Scoles was a Sunday
guest of Miss Lillian Desenberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Salsbury
have moved to Cairo.
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Patterson
moved from this vicinity to Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McGinnis are
moving here from Lima.
Miss Helen Clum of Celina was
a week end guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clum.
Mrs. Jean Wilson of Findlay was
a Friday caller in this vicinity.
Mr. Russell Rex is recovering
from the mumps.
Miss Alice Schumacher of Pan
dora was a week end guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Schumacher.
Mrs. Dorothy Hall was a week
end guest of Mr. and Mrfi. Warner
Landis of Maysville.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schumacher
and son Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Schumacher were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Schumacher. Afternoon callers were
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Diller.
Mr. E. L. Roberts was a Sunday
guest of friends in Oakwood.
Mr. Jacob Knoedler of Ashland,
Ohio, Mr. John Knoedler of Colum
bus, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Mill Aker
man and Miss Edith Knoedler of
Bucyrus, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Klingler, and Mrs. Eva Adams of
Ada, Mrs. Amelia Guyton of Alger,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klingler, and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Adams of Lima,
and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Guy of
Lafayette were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Adams.
Pandora
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lightner of
Bluffton called on friends and rela
tives here Sunday afternoon.
Grant Stainbroak took suddenly
ill last Tuesday morning and was re
moved to the Lima Memorial hospital
where he had an operation.
The P. H. S. boys glee club, un
der the direction of Mr. McNeal, won
first in the state music contest at Co
lumbus, Friday. They may enter the
national contest at Flint, Michigan.
The senior class went with the .glee
club to Columbus and visited the
state penitentiary and other places
of interest.
Henry Devore and Richard Krohn
are both selling fish.
Richard Lehman,who worked in
Algonac, Mich., this winter, returned
home to help his father in carpenter
work.
Miss Henrietta Schneck has left
for Chicago where she joined a
Moody Bible Institute trio which will
tour this summer.
Miss Edna Ramseyer of Bluffton
will speak at the annual Mother
Daughter tea sponsored by the W. C.
T. U. which will be at the school
FD
Saturday,
April
26th
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cafteria Wednesday evening.
Elmer Campbell underwent an op
eration at the Lima Memorial hos
pital Monday morning.
James Crow is very low at the
time of this writing.
The Girl Reserves, celebrating the
sixtieth anniversary of the founding
of the organization, attended the
Methodist church Sunday morning
and gave a program at the St. John
church, Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schumacher,
Harry and Alice and Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Schumacher were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Schu
macher in Lafayette.
John Burkholder Dies
The funeral of John Burkholder
was largely attended at the St. John
church Sunday afternoon. Mr. Burk
holder died early Friday morning
from a heart attack. He is survived
by his wife, six daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Conrad, Ft. Wayne Eunice
of Albany, Ind. and Alice, Margaret,
Margery and Mary Jean and son,
Howard, at home.
Sam Welty Funeral
The funeral of Sam Welty was
held Tuesday afternoon at the St.
John church. He died Saturday at
the age of 82 years at his home.
The Federal Crop Reporting Board
reported on April 10 the following
stocks of grains on farms: Corn,
1,180,078,000 bushels, or 54.2 per
cent of last year’s crop. Wheat,
195,4 55,000 bushels, or 24 per cent
of 1940’s crop, compared with
123,776,000 bushels on hand the
same date last year. Also reported
was an indicated winter wheat crop
of 616,128,000 bushels, the largest
since 1938 and 4.6 per cent larger
than 1940.
May 1 is the final day to sign for
participation in this year’s Triple-A
farm program.
D. C. BIXEL, O.D.
GORDON BIXEL, O.D.
Eyesight Specialists
Eyes examined without drops.
Office Hoari: 8:30 A. 5:30 P. M.
7:30 P. M—8:30 P.‘ M.
Citizens Rank Bldg., Bluffton
Francis Basinger, D.D.S.
Evan Basinger, D.D.S.
Telephone 271-W
Bluffton, Ohio
MUNSON R. BIXEL, M. D.
Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M.
1-3 P. M. 7-8 P. M.
Office, 118 Cherry St.
Phone 120-F Bluffton, O.
Melville D. Soash, M. D.
The Commercial Bank Bldg.
Bluffton, Ohio
X-RAY FLUOROSCOPE
Telephone 254-W
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April
26th
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