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PAGE FOUR FIRST METHODIST CHURCH J. A. Weed, Minister Wednesday— 5:00 to 7:00 p. m., Jitney supper served by ladies of the church. Thursday— 3:45, Junior choir rehearsal. Sunday— 9:00 a. m, Church school. 10:00 a. m., Morning worship. Ser mon topic—“Such as I Have.”. Mu sic by Senior choir. 11:15 a. ffi., Young People’s choir rehearsal. 6:00 p. m., Epworth League De votional sendee. 7:30 p. m., Program by Weekday Religious Education classes at High school auditorium. Tuesday— 9:30 a. m., District Conference at Trinity Church, Lima. Forenoon and afternoon sessions. FIRST MENNOMTE CHURCH H. T. Unruh, Pastor Thursday, 7:15 p. m. Choir re hearsal. SUNDAY: 9:00 a. m. Church school with a class for every one. 10:00 a. m. Church worship. “Get or Give—Which” Acts 20:35. 6:00 p. m. Intermediate C. E. 7:30 p. m. We shall share in the program at the H. S. auditorium where the children of our week-day Bible school will give a program. No evening sen-ice in this church. EBENEZER MENNONITE CHURCH A. C. Schultz, Pastor THURSDAY: "7 45 p. m. Prayer service and teachers’ meeting. 8:30 p. m. Choir rehearsal. SUNDAY: 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:30 a. m. Morning worship. Sermon topic, “The Quest for Se curity”. There’s nothing smarter than the sheer simplicity of a patent leather pump unless you add the final touch of a crystal ornament! For the spark ling clearness of this love ly touch combines with the patent to make the loveliest of shoes. You’ll want to wear it with everything and you can, for it has a sensible medium heel. *2.98 W.H.Gratz Shoe Store ‘Corrective Fitting a Specialty’ Bluffton, Ohio Housecleaning Aids— A full line of cleaning supplies, polishes and waxes. Large stock of new col orful patterns in wall paper, 5c per roll and up. We are Bluffton head quarters for the old re liable Sherwin- Williams paints and varnishes.<p></p>Rurrs 5c tc SI Stere Bluffton, Ohio hurtbesH r~- There will be no evening service because of the religious education program in the Bluffton high school. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES Charles M. Armentrout, Pastor Rockport: 9:30 a. m. Morning worship. 10:30 a. m. Sunday school. SIMPLICITY.. WITH A FLOURISH! 3:00 p. m. The Young people will take part in the conference at Find lay. Bluffton: 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:50 a. m. Morning worship. 3:00 p. m. The young people will take part in the Conference at Findlay. The subject of the morning ser mon is “Spiritual Atrophy”. The public is cordially invited to attend the services of the church. CHURCH OF CHRIST Lee B. Remaley, Pastor 9.15 Sunday school. 10:15 Communion. 10:30 Morning worship. 6:30 Christian Endeavor. DEFENSELESS MENNOMTE CHURCH E. G. Steiner, Pastor Sunday school 9:30. Morning worship 10:30. Rev. John Tosh will speak. No services in evening due to Religious Education program. Thursday evening 7:45 Bible study and prayer hour. Leader, Herbert Oyer. MISSIONARY tHURCH A. F. Albro, Pastor SUNDAY: 9:30 Sunday school. 10:30 Morning worship, Rev. VII. 7:00 p. m. Children’s meeting. 7:00 p. m. Young People’s aociety. 7:30 p. m. Evangelistic service Rev. VII. EVANGELICAL “AND REFORMED CHURCHES Emil Burrichter, Pastor Emmanuel’s: Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Public worship at 10:45 a. m. Men’s Brotherhood meets at Em manuel’s on Thursday at 8:00 p. m. St. John’s: Public worship at 9:15 a. m. Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. Junior C. E. at 6:30 a. m. Choir practice Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Men’s Brotherhood announced above. BLUFFTON LUTHERAN CHURCH W’. L. Harmony, Pastor 9:00 a. m. Morning worship. 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Sunday services at 10:30 a. m., subject: “Probation After Death.” Testimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed nesday evening. The reading room at the church is open every Wednesday from 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. The public is invited to all services and to visit the reading room. This society is a branch of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass. Deny Report Draftee To Be Sent To China Unconfirmed reports were current in the town the first of the week that Kenneth Luginbuhl, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Luginbuhl, south of town, would soon embark for military duty with the United States army in Shanghai, China. The reports, however, were denied by the family and Luginbuhl who was home the forepart of the week on furlough could not be reached for confirmation Wednesday. Lugnbuhl, who was drafted into army service on Jonuary 23, arrived in Bluffton Sunday for an eight-day furlough from Camp Shelby. He has been assigned duty as chauffeur for Major Runyan in the Quarter master’s regiment at Camp Shelby. Major Runyan, a resident of Lima, is on an eight-day furlough and was accompanied home by Luginbuhl. First High School Net Match Friday Bluffton High’s 1940 tennis season will be opened this Friday when the Pirate netters travel to Lima where they will clash with a strong Cen tral High school outfit. Roger Howe, last year’s No. 1 man of the Bluffton team, will be in the same spot for the opening assign ment this week. Rated as No. 2 is Dick Berky and Clyde Fisher likely will get the other singles call, Coach Sidney C. Stettler said. Doubles teams re main undecided. Other veterans on the tennis squad include Beidler, Jim Clark, Crouse, and John Schmidt. The U. S. Department of Agricul ture announces extension of the Surplus Marketing Administration’s cotton stamp plan to include Toledo, Ohio. The cotton stamp plan, like the food stamp program, provides for the movement of surplus cotton goods to families on public relief through the normal channels of trade. Typical Swiss BENEDICT Liechty, 92, pio neer Bluffton resident who died Saturday was frequently referred He was came to to as a typical Swiss, born in Switzerland and this country in 1880. Mt. Cory Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Reiter, Mr. and Mrs. Lehr Green, Mrs. Sadie Keel, Mrs. C. E. Henning, Mrs. Samuel Light, Mrs. A. E. King, Mrs. B. E. Wol from, J. A. Naylor, M. S. Steininger and E. H. Smith attended the fun eral of J. P. Shellhaus which was held in Rawson on Tuesday after noon. Mr. Shellhaus died Saturday morning after a brief illness. Mrs. Mae Rader was called to Bradner, Ohio, on account of the death of her father, Mr. George Griswack, a former resident of Mt. Cory. The funeral was held from the home in Bradner on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Laurena funeral of her Will Reiger on noon. Funeral United Brethren Grove. Mrs. Guin remained with her brother, Will Reiger until Sat urday. Rev. and Mrs. Kauffman will at tend a three session service of the Pastors retreat of Findlay district in Bettsville, Ohio on Wednesday. Mrs. James Hutchinson underwent a goitre operation in Bluffton hos pital, last Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jones and family of Orrville, were evening supper guests of Mrs. J. E. Jones. Mr. and Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Dowell and son Calvin were after noon callers. Mr. and Mrs. Dull Battles and family and Mrs. Burton Hollow’ay spent the week end in Akron in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Durrer. Mr. Holloway returned home with them on Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon King and family spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Sam King, in Pandora. and Mrs. Charles Brenner the week end in North Balti in the Woodward home. and Mrs. H. C. Moore and Mr. spent more, Mr. children and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Syfert and son of Lincoln Park. Mich., were Saturday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kramer. Richard Swank and Miss Betty Osborn of Detroit and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kramer were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Holmes and daughter Bemita. and Mrs. S. F. Nonnamaker daughter Joyce, of Bluffton and Mrs. H. C. Moore and family of Michigan, and Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Stratton and family were after noon callers. Joan Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lee Mc- Mr. A. M. Shifferley of Lima and Rev. and Mrs. Unruh of Bluffton called on Mr. and Mrs. Eldon King and family Sunday afternoon. Rev. and Mrs. Kauffman spent several days last week in Baltimore and Lancaster with Rev. Kauffman’s sisters, Mrs. C. M. Sands and Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher. E. Mr. and Mr. Misses Bernadine Steininger and Louise King called on Mrs. Adrian Warren in Lima Sunday afternoon. Miss Thelma Jordan spent the week end in Toledo with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Frantz and family. and Mrs. V. M. Wooley of were Sunday visitors in the Wooley home. and Mrs. Herbert Rupright Mr. Lima Virgil Mr. and daughter Yvonne of Bluffton, called in the Pearl Jordan home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Wolfrom and daughter Shirleen and Miss Glenna Mae Reiter were Sunday evening luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lehr Green and daughter Betty Lou. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Geren Findlay called on Mr. and Mrs. D. King Saturday evening. of M. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Schoonover of Columbus were Saturday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bowersox and family. Birthday Party Mrs. Hattie Turner and Charles Oehrli were entertained on their birthday anniversary by Mr. and Mrs. Will Hilty Wednesday. Other guests were: Mrs. Eva Montgomery of Ada Mr. and Mrs. Jay Henry of Dayton and Mrs. Dora Montgomery, Mrs. Charles Oehrli and Mrs. J. J. Hamilton of Bluffton. THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO Pleasant View Settlement Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schumacher and family and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Schumacher were Sunday dinner guests at the koine of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Schumacher and family at Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wilson of Bluffton were guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Waltz and family. Sunday. I pians for the annual reunion of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McVey spent I Bluffton High school alumni asso the first of last week with is par-1 ciation, to be held at the high school ents, Rev. and Mrs. A. E. McVey I gymnasium Friday night, May 30, of Elyria. I are being completed, it was an- Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Rickly, and| nounced this week by Nile Murray, family guests Rickly Myron Ed D. Kohli has been the past few weeks. Edna Ramseyer is Miss Guin attended the sister-in-law-, Mrs. last Tuesday after was held in the church in Columbus speaker at the Mother-Daughter tea I Quite a number of the pupils in the Pandora school are kept out of school oh amount of measles, mumps and chicken pox. The sudden deaths of John Burk holder and Sam Welty came as a shock to the community. The be reaved families have the sympathy of their many relatives and friends. Rev. P. R. Shroeder, who for many years was pastor of the Men nonite church in Berne, Ind., and since then in several churches in the West, passed away at Lake, Minnesota where served as pastor. Grant Stainbrook was the Memorial hospital in treatment. of Columbus were week-end I president of the association. of his mother, Mrs. Arietta I The procedure of former years, of and Alva and Mr. and Mrs. I having the banquet and program Reichenbach. I first followed by dancing, will be Green has been confined to| adopted again this year, according to plans of the. executive committee. her home with the measles. H. S. Green ul. suffered a stroke! Last year the banquet was omitted, of appoplexy last week is quite ill. I Following the traditional procedure Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stewart and! the banquet and program will be held daughter, Mrs. Waldo Hanna, •were! first with more time to be devoted business .callers at Lima, Tuesday! for returning alumni to renew ac afternoon. quaintances and fellowship. The 1 dancing likely will continue a little later than usual, it was stated by members of the executive committee. Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Green of ^■. ,1l!Xv"dSIVeteran «ere Sunday dinner guests in the Mountain he had taken to Lima for Correction—A statement appear ing last week that Lysle Kohli was in the hospital at Gallipolis is in i correct. The News regrets error. this Mrs. been hos- Lois, daughter of Mr. and Clarence Burkholder who has taking treatment at Flower pi tai, Toledo, has returned to her home much improved. BLUFFTON MARKETS Wednesday Morning Hogs—160 to 190, $7.95 190 to 240, $8.10 roughs, $6.75 stags, $5.25. Calves, $10.25 lambs, $9.00. Grain (bu. prices)—Wheat, No. 1, 85c Wheat, No. 2, 84c corn, 70c oats, 42c soy beans, $1.07. STOCK SALES sk For sale—Sow’s with pigs and choice of several good young Spotted Poland China male hogs. Hiram M. Komi. For sale—Guernsey-Brown Swiss cow •with heifer calft. L. M. Heigh way. Service bulls delivered any time. Also male hogs. C. N. Long & Son, phone Ada Red 1360. tf Wanted—Unlimited amount of fat cattle connected with Eastern order buyer. phone 582-R. Call N. P. Steiner, Bluffton tf For sale—Two pure bred Hamp shire boars eligible to registry. Also pure bred gilts. John Warren, 3 For sale—White cow 6 years old. Glenn Augsburger, 1 mile south and 1 mile west of Ebenezer church. For sale—Two choice Jersey heif ers just fresh, at Lippincott Stock Fann. Call Beaverdam phone 451 or Lima Rice 5450. 1 For sale—5 feeder pigs. John Gil bert, 5 miles east of Bluffton on Route 103. Committees appointed by Murray for the re-union are: Program—Mrs. Arden Baker, chair man Mrs. James Basinger, Miss I Eloise Lora, Miss Betty Amstutz, I Miss Agnes Amstutz and Sidney I Hauenstein. home of E. D. Kohli and Mr. and I Mrs. H. M. Kohli and family. Afternoon visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. K hli, Mrs. Susie Boaz and daught-r Ruth, Mr. and I fact that a veteran of the War of Mrs. Oscar Wenger and son Edgar, 11812 is buried in the Hassen ceme and Mr. Flythe. Mr. and Mrs. Ed tery in Orange Twp. Collis Church, Steiner, U. S. Steiner, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kohli and son, Mrs. Floyd Foltz of Findlay, Hiram Reichen bach and son Paul and Mr. and IL.— c. n— I dent of Orange township. Ellis Steiner and sons, Byron and| —ZtZZT, Donald, fast for the father of Samuel Church, fought in the War of 1812, and except for Mrs I war Period was a life long resi- bed I He is the only soldier of that war I buried in the Hassen cemetery. His the I 8011 Samuel Church, of Burr Oak, Airmail Poposal sponsored by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, this Wednesday evening at the Pandora school build ing. I Five of the nation’s largest air Donald Boehr and Laura Friesen I lines are waging a fight against the were united in marriage last Sunday I proposed new air route thru this at the home of Rev. and Mrs. P. J. I section of Ohio, Michigan and Indi Boehr where Rev. Boehr performed I ana which is planned to provide daily the ceremony. The young couple I pick-up airmail service for Bluffton, were accompanied by six other! Petitions have been filed by each young people, all of Dearborn, Mich. I of the lines with the Civil Aeronaut As the newly weds were on their I ics Board, with a jurisdictional war way home to Dearborn, their car I as to air service for this area skidded off the road near Findlay I seemingly involved in the matter, and turned over, fortunately neither I Bluffton was to have been included of them was injured. They return-1 on a pick-up air route from Indian ed to the Boehr home in Pandora! apolis to Detroit, one of seven sflmi while the car was repaired. I lar routes radiating from Indian- Verl Reichenbach has been em-1 apolis, proposed by Mercury Air ployed at the St'iner Bros, machine I lines, Inc. I shop in Lima. I Since the Mercury application was Mr. and Mrs. Walter Geiger are! filed a month ago five major airlines remodeling the house on their farm|| have entered petitions to intervene before it is to be occupied by Mr.F and Mrs. Charles Benton and family. High School Alumni Will Include Banquet At Reunion Next Month Few people here are aware of the For Here Contested against the new routes. These include: American Airlines Trans-Continental and Western Air Chicago and Southern Eastern Air lines, and Continental Airlines. Other cities in this area which were to have benefitted from the daily pick-up airmail service included Lima, Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Wa pakoneta and Bellefontaine. While other factors than the seed mixture may account for weeds in the lawn, too often the cause is from use of low’-quality seed. A’P FOOD STORES MARVEL "ENRICHED" BREAD "America's Best Bread Buy* 3LGE. 1 '/2-LB. LOAVES 4jC WISCONSIN CHEDDAR CHEESE 20C LB. WILDMERE 36c lb. FAR FAMED SODA CRACKERS 2 13c IB. BOX Pure Vegetable Shortening e o 3 41c LARGE CALIFORNIA NAVEL ORANGES 00.29c Dance—Gerald Berry, chairman Walter Stratton, Lamont Diller, Wade Mumma. Decorations—Edith Amstutz, chair man Vera Amstutz, Justin Gratz, Verena Winkler, Mrs. Clayton Bixel, Miss Meredith Burkholder, Edgar Chamberlain and Sidney Stettler. Hauenstein, Mann, Dan Kibler and Menu—Mrs. Armin chairman Mrs. Edith Tripplehom, Mrs. Ida Miss Meredith Stepleton. Property—Eugene Benroth, chair man Dallas Berry, Rob Patterson and Harold Beals. In addition to Murray, the officers of the association are: Vice-president, Robert Ewing treasurer., Mrs. Sybil Mollett cor responding secretary, Miss Edith Augsburger recording secretary, Miss Marilyn Battles. A joint meeting of the committee chairmen and the executive commit tee has been called at the high school Monday night at 8:00 o’clock by the president of the association. Of War Of 1812 Buried In Hassen Cemetery In Orange Township Kansas, was a veteran of the Civil War and before his death was a fre quent visitor in Bluffton at the home of his sister Mrs. James Rupright, of South Jackson street. Collis Church was a great uncle of Mrs. J. R. Fisher of Orange township who regularly decorates the grave at the Hassen cemetery. Mr. Church lived most of his life on what is now the Tom Kitchen farm in Orange township. College Group To Attend Conference -----i. A group of Bluffton college stu dents will attend the midwes). con ference of the Fellowship of Re conciliation to be held at Merom, Ind., Friday. The conference will be held at the rural institution at that place devoted exclusively to the study of problems of rural life. Don Smucker, formerly of Bluff ton, is the leader of the conference. Attending from Bluffton will be: Margaret Berky, Bert Smucker, Mrs. B. D. Smucker, of Bluffton James Smucker, of Wooster Betty Keeney, of Penncraft, Pa. Ruth Livezy, of Barnesville Walter Kirk, of Adepa Irwin Graber, of Wayland, Iowa. Beaverdam School To Give Operetta “Ask the Professor”, an operetta, will be presented by Beaverdam High school musical groups in the Beaverdam high school auditorium Friday night at 8:00 the direction of Miss of Bluffton. o’clock, under Rita Hankish Rebecca Mar Ruth Price, The cast includes: shall, Marian Pugh, Edith Fisher, Vera Van Meter, Rich ard Rusmisel, Wendell Amstutz. Robert Marshall and Gordon Allison. 8 O'CLOCK 3 41 THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941 STUDENT RECITAL Students in the music department of Bluffton college will appear in re cital at the college chapel, "Monday night at 8 o’clock, it was announced by Prof. Russell Lantz, head of the department. The public is invited. 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Ige. pkg. 15c OLEOMARGARINE, Sure Good............................2 lbs. 21c MACARONI or SPAGHETTI, Encore......... 3-lb. box 21c CALUMET BAKING POWDER..........................lb. can 19c SUPER SUDS, OXYDOL, RINSO............2 Ige. pkgs. 37c Even the most im pressive Funeral Services are often low in cost. Stanley Basinger Funeral Home Pkone 144-W Fresh Drugs and Quality Drug Store Merchandise of All Kinds Prescriptions Care fully Compounded Sidney’s Drug Shop Phone 170-W Your Old Tires are worth money We will allow from $1 to $4 each on your old smooth tires in exchange for new Dunlops. »Bring them in today and get the world’s finest tires for your car. Look— Damage to any tire sold here will be repaired free of charge within one year from date of sale. Bluffton Tire Shop Elmer Burkholder Opposite Town Hall Bacon Squares lb 17c