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PAGE TOO Devastation and death ait- still the order of the day in much-bombed Coventry, England, according to a letter received this week by Glenna Swick, Bluffton High school sopho more living with her grandmather, Mrs. Amos Luginbuhl, of near Bluff ton. The Bluffton girl has been corres ponding with her British pen pal, Betty Harris by name, for several years. Devastation And Death Still Raining Down In Coventry, Eng., Girl Writes After the most recent air raid, large numbers of civilians were killed and it was necessary to con duct two large public funerals for the dead. One was for 450 people killed and the other funeral num bered 500, according to the letter re ceived here. In one of the Nazi air raids staged in late April Miss Harris was forced to remain in the air raid shelter un til about 3:30 in the morning. She describes the experience very vividly as follows: “Every few seconds you would hear swish! (that is the bomb com ing down) bang! (that is the bomb going off) rumble (that is the building coming down). Sometimes as many as 11 bombs were dropped one after the other with about a quarter of a minute between each bomb, and each one came nearer and nearer. Each time you hear a bomb swish ing down you hunch your shoulders and tuck your head in your neck, and as soon as it falls you give a sigh of relief that it is not your house or shelter that it has drop ped on. Just up the road there is a small house and there were 40 people in it. to “Tired Feet” Illustration at right show* typical weak foot (ankle turned in), throwing weight to the inner side, frequently resulting in pain and weari neM. niuetration at left shows normal ankle position while wearing Health Spot Shoes. W. H. Gratz Shoe Store Corrective Fitting a Specialty Bluffton, Ohio I J? If It had a direct hit and all the people were trapped in the debris. About five people were alive when they were dug out the next day. They did not find the others for a few days. Of course, they were all dead. We have just had the gas come on since the two raids. We have had to cook on the fire. By the way, the weight of some of the bombs that were dropped were 1,000 and 2,000 pounds in the last two raids. On Tuesday an unexploded bomb was dropped on an empty house next to where my grandmather has gone to live and it was not found until Friday. Luckily it did not go off, until they had safely evacuated, now their house is down to the ground. If they hadn’t left just in time they would have been killed.” The letter does not speak of much other than war news and the prob lems occasioned by the constant fear of new’ raiders appearing again to visit oft-bombed Coventry. Sleep on Either Side People used to think they should sleep on their right sides, to avoid the weight of internal organs press ing dow’n on the heart, but once asleep, the person changes position many times during the night. More over, the heart is just about in the midline of the body it is not dis tinctly on the left. No one position puts any more weight on the heart than another. Most people do have a favorite side on which to go to sleep, however. Some instances of difficulty in going to sleep are due to the fact that one is on the wrong side—the converse of getting out of bed on the w’rong side in the morn ing. say Goodbye Learn how your feet can be held comfortably In normal position. Avoid the first step toward arch sag and foot pain in rolling ankles. By supporting your heel on the inner side, provid ing proper distribution of body weight over the foot, Health Spot Shoes let you walk or stand in relaxed comfort all day long. A special representative from the makers of Health Spot Shoes will be at our store June 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 He will demonstrate the unique comfort features of Health Spot Shoes. Come in and discuss your shoe problems with him. This service entirely without obligation. “You can send your boy HI '3 when you buy a JOHN DEERE TRACTOR” J.|ie £ee| o£ t£Je wJjeej of a John Deere Tractor check the easy steering, short turning, easy handling, convenient hand clutch, handy controls, clear vision, quick dodging, roomy platform you’ll know why John Deere Two Cylinder Tractors are so easy and safe to operate that even a boy can handle them. Add to these advantages the economy of burning low-cost fuels the dependability of fewer but sturdier parts... the easy maintenance of simple, two cylinder design, and you’ll know why a John Deere Tractor is “tops” with every man who owns one. Bluffton Implement & Harness Co. MATCHING JOHN DEERE TRACTORS IN EXTRA VALUE IS A COMPLETE LINE OF INTEGRAL EQUIPMENT Governor At Findlayl pov. John Bricker’s evening address will climax a pa triotic program at Findlay Riverside park next Tuesday in observance of Citizenship Day. Residents of eight Northwestern Ohio counties are invited to participate. Summer To Arrive Here On Saturday Summer will officially arrive in Bluffton at 2:34 p. m. Saturday of this week, and area residents are looking forward to the prospects of hotter weather and a cessation of al most continuous rainfall prevalent for the last two weeks. The summer season begins when the sun reaches the summer solstice. Northward motion of the sun is slight this month, and the length of the day changes very little—only 15 minutes. On the longest day, day light lasts 14 hours and 55 minutes. Venus and Mercury will be in the western sky for the next several weeks. The two planets will be in conjunction next Friday, with Mer cury three degrees south of Venus. In the morning sky are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The milky way is extending along the eastern horizon from Cassiopeia in the North to Scorpio in the south east. Much broader and brighter it presents a much more attractive show than in the winter season. In Memoriam In loving memory of our dear mother, Gussie Fisher Ludwig, who passed away three years ago, on June 23, 1938: Sad and sudden was the call, Of one loved by all. It was bitter grief—a shock severe To part with one w’e loved so dear. We little thought when asleep she fell, She would awake no more, That she in death w’ould sleep alone, And leave us here to mourn. We do not know w’hat pain she bore, We did not think she died, We only knew she passed aw’ay, And could not say good-bye. Sadly missed by her sons, Frederick Ludwig Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ludwig LaFayette Guy Moore of Cincinnati was a week end guest of his mother, Mrs. Mollie Allerding. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jackson and son of Litchfield are vacationing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brad ley. Nancy and Peggy Cotner of Toledo are guests at the home of Mr. and C. L. Ulrich. Mr. and Mrs. John Barges were Sunday guests of Mrs. Louisa May. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Day and children of Lima were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Biteman. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Desenberg and daughter were Mrs. Katherine Staley and dau ghter. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Vorhees, Mr. and Mrs. George Vorheees of Lima were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Hall and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Dorance Thompson and family, Miss Bessie Guthrie, Bar bara Yocum and Shirley Nungster were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Elza Heiser and son were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Robenault and family of To ledo. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ludwig and family of Dayton were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ludwig. Mr. and Mrs. Avery Watt and sons of Lima, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jen nings and son of Bluffton were Sun day evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fleming. Mr. and Mrs. Walter King and son and Mrs. Annie Albert were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mirl King of Alger. Mr. and Mrs. William Hall and son were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baughn. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Arnold enter tained Sunday in their home for Lloyd Arnold who is leaving Friday for camp. Those present in addition to honored guest and host and hostess were Mr. and Mrs. Gene Frederick of Decatur, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Williams and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Arnold and son, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Arnold and daugster of Lima, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Watt and Mrs Daisy Hall. THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO Pandora Miss Mary Ja Huser is visiting her sister, Phyil Monroe, Mich, for several weks. Leo Mansfield and Laurel Bauman will return horn* this Wednesday from a camp near Tiffin after spend ing a few days here with other crippled children. A number of friends and class mates of Miss L. is Niswander sur prised her with i shower Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Grover Davidson. Miss Niswander will be come the bride of Dr. Franklin Roda baugh next Saturday. She graduated from Western Reserve in Cleveland last week. John Lehman of New London is visiting friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Finley of Jeff erson, visited her mother, Mrs. Re gina Lemley several days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Hen ry Troph and daughter Linda of Cleveland visited in the David Ba singer home Saturday and Sunday. The Diller reunion was held at the Mrs. John Bridei ha igh home, Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Sommers and son and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Sommer and daughter of Miami, Fla., are visiting relatives here. Miss Edna Sommers who has been living with Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Edwards arid Sarah Basinger w ill return to Miami to live with her -ts, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Sommers. Ms. Levi Hager and Harry Schu maker were Monday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seyers of Gilboa. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hatfield and family visited relatives in New Car lisle, Saturday evening and attended a Gideon convention in Middletown, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Schumacher, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Schumacher and daughter, Noah Schumacher and son, Harry and Oliver Schutz and Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Schumacher of Bluffton visited Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Schutz of North Manchester, Ind., who celebrat ed their silver wedding anniversary, Sunday. Jay H. Van Meter of Blanchester, died in a Cincinnati hospital, Sunday. His wife was formerly Alta Baum gartner of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Steiner visit ed Mrs. Steiner's parents, Mr. and Hein in Detroit, Sunday. 1,000 Blue Gills Ordered By Club One thousand blue gills, 3 to 5 inches in length, were ordered this week by the Bluffton Sportsmen’s club, for delivery in October. The fish, ordered from the Wayne Lakes club of Greenly#, Ind., will be placed in the thrU quarries within the corporation. Directors of the club have asked that the public refrain from using motors on boats at the Buckeye lake as the agitation of the water dam ages the spawn beds around the quarry. Club membership of the the organization is now 285 and the 300 mark is expected to be reached in the near future, it was stated by Silas Diller, president. Large Turnout As Bass Season Opens Bluffton fishermen took advantage of the openin. day of the bass sea son Monday and turned out almost en masse at the various quarries and other fishing centers. The largest concentration of ang lers was seen, however, at, the Na tional quarry, east of town. Plenty of strikes wer- reported but the bass catches were rather small. No bass of the 3 to 4 pound size were caught but quite a few of the 10 to 12 inch sizes were hooked. Denver Augsburger, Dale Davidson and Harold Wenger each caught about four bass. Some channel cat fish were also caught Monday. Difficulty in obtaining bait was reported due to the fact that the heavy rains made it hard to obtain minnows. In addition the inclement weather made it somewhat difficult to hook the fish. Reports from Lima also indicated that a large turnout of fishermen could be seen lining the various quarries and fishing places there. Pleasant View Kenneth Gi ?en is employed at a garage in Find ay. The Misses Wanda Jean Newton and Frances Jean Habegger are spending the week at Lakeside at tending the U. B. young people’s con ference. Miss Kathryn Alspach left Monday for Bowling Green university, where she will attend summer school. Miss Jeanette Krautter returned re cently from a trip to Camp Walters, Texas. Mrs. Samuel Rickly, Alva Rickly and Otis Gene Sutter attended com mencement exercises at Columbus, Wednesday for Arietta and Betty Lou Rickly, grandaughters of Mrs. Rickly. Mrs. Myra Freeh and children of Rawson spent Sunday wit hher par ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Habegger and son Gamie. Miss Livona Harris is spending a week’s vacation at London, Columbus and Lakeside. Governor To Talk At Findlay Rally More than 20,000 persons from eight northwestern Ohio counties are expected to attend the huge Citizen ship and patriotic demonstration to be held at Riverside park, Findlay, the afternoon and evening of Tues day, June 24. Bands and marching units from Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Hardin, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert and Wyandot counties will participate in the events of the day. As a climax to the program, Gov. John W. Bricker will give an address on citizenship and defense. The gov ernor’s address is scheduled for 8:30 p. m. Allen county’s chairman, cooperat ing in plans for the event, is John Davison. beaverdam The following guests gathered in the home of Gideon A. Lehman, Sun day, celebrating Father’s day: John A. Lehman, New London, Miss Emma Lehman, Pandora Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lehman and daughter Charlene and Miss Loraine Van Casti, Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Byron Manges and fam ily of Bluffon. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Jones of To ledo and Mrs. Margaret Russell of Detroit were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bushey and son Har vey. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ryan of Ada, Mr. and Mrs. George Klay and fam ily of Bluffton were Sunday callers of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dally. Miss Anna Mae King is spending the week with Miss Jeanette Ludwig at Dayton. Mrs. Dolly Ware of Oklahoma is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. O. K| Burns. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis of To ledo were Saturday visitors of Mrs. Cynthia Elliott and Mrs. Albert Dav is. Mr. and Mrs. Lester McElwain and family moved last week to Lima. Bud Lombard is spending the sum mer vacation with relatives in Ft. Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Y’ounkman re turned Saturday after spending the past two w’eeks with relatives in Tex as. Miss Irene Rowland is spending sometime with relatives at McClure. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Vanmeter and family and Mrs. Cynthia Elliott were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Beery. Miss Hazel Little of Elida was a Saturday afternoon caller of Mrs. JimEtta Edgecomb. A Father and son banquet was held Thursday evening at the Church of Christ. Rev. S. M. Davidian of Lima was the guest speaker. Miss Dorothy Burkholder of Bluff ton visited last week with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Wal thers. Mrs. W. C. Lacock, son Allen and daughter Gene left Saturday for Pennsylvania where they will spend two weeks with Dr. W. C. Lacock. Miss Doris Nelson, student at Ohio I State university, is spending the sum i mer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Nelson. Emil Gene Gratz is spending the summer with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Neuenschwander in Indiana. Miss Mildred Pickerington of To ledo, Mrs. Fern Rhoades of Lima and Billy Rhoades spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Baughman and family. Rosamond and Marion Pugh and Rebecca Marshall attended the recital of Miss Blanche Nausa, lyric soprano at Lima, Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ludwig and family of Dayton were week end vis itors of Mrs. Mina Augsburger. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Klingler of Li ma, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Amstutz and family of Pandora, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Zimmerman, daughter Sherry Jan of Bluffton were Thursday din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Am stutz and daughter Ellnora. It be ing the birthday anniversary of Wm. Amstutz. The Win-A-Couple class of the M. E. church met Wednesday evening at the church basement. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Herr and family, Mrs. Wm. Amstutz and daughter Ell nora. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Augs burger, Mrs. Dwight Baughman and family, Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Web ster. Mrs. W. R. Dally spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. W. Ritchey at Cairo. Mr. and Mrs. Burdette McCune and and family of Wyoming were callers last week of Miss Adda Yoakam. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Clark of Tex as, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clark and family, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wagner of Lima Miss Adda Yoakam were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark and daughter Ellen. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Yant and family and Demer Beery spent Sun day in Toledo. Food supplies in most countries of continental Europe are still suffici ent to maintain current rations, ac cording to the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. A wheat loan rate averaging $1.08 a bushel on this year’s crop has been announced to Ohio farmers by the state’s Triple-A committee. Local AAA committeemen have fur ther information. Relinquishing his work here as proprietor of the Neu-Art studio, E. H. Neuenschwander will take up new duties next week in a unique Sagi naw, Mich., factory in which each shift is started with hymn singing and a devotional service. Already employed in the plant are the local man’s two sons, Edgar and Allan, who also are members of the company quartet which sings care fully rehearsed religious songs at each service. National publicity recently was ac corded to the unusual plant setup in a Detroit newspaper, and the two Neuenschwander youths appeared in illustrations accompanying the ar ticle. Owner-proprietor of the plant, the Serevance Tool Manufacturing Co., of near Saginaw, is Rollin M. Sever ance, a devout Gideon. Religious services at the opening of each shift were inaugurated by Severance three years ago. Moving into a larger plant recently, he set Local Men In Plant Where Work Day Starts With Prayer Service Richland Center Mr. and Mrs. Sam Badertscher spent Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huber. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Basinger, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Basinger and daughter, Noah Hochstettler and daughter Lorena, Marie Imbach, and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hochstettler were Sunday dinner guests at the Amos and Robert Gerber home. Mr. and Mrs. Seigfield Badert scher of Salem, Oregon, called Fri day at the Ernest Gratz home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stryker and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Strahm and daughter Joyce Ann of lama spent last Tuesday* evening with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin and daughter Rachel. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hochstettler and family and Miss Bernice Zim merman were "week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hochstettler and family of Detroit, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Core and daughter Linda Lee of Lima spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Niswander and son Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Yerks of Lima Ladonna Basinger were Sunday dinner guests at the Amos and Weldon Luginbuhl home. Afternoon callers were: Mrs. Ella Dillman, Miss Joann Stonehill, Jimmy King, and Esther and Glenna Kohler. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hilty, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ewing and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young called Sun day afternoon at the Walter Schaub lin home. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmerman and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Badertscher and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher and son and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz and daughter were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Badert scher and son. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Basinger and daughter attended the funeral services Wednesday at Bluffton, Ind., for Mrs. Basinger’s little niece, Nor man Sprunger. Mr. and Mrs. John Marquart and family, Mr. and Mrs. Brice Main, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marquart and son Melvin spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Philip Marquart, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Core and daughter Linda Lee of Lima Dr. Rosella Beiderman of Jenera Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz and son James, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz were THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941 aside the entire second floor for a meeting room, and the first half-hour of each shift is spent in religious meditation. Included in the more than 200 man force of the plant are Baptists, Catholics, Nazarenes, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Mennon ites, Latter Day Saints and the As sembly of God, of which Severance is a member. The plant proprietor conducts afternoon prayer meetings personally when Gideon meetings do not call him to other parts of Michigan. A religious atmosphere is appar ent thruout the entire plant. Over lathers and other precision machin ery appear placards worded “Jesus Never Fails”, etc. In the plant, tool cutters are sharpened for many large industries, and special cutters are manufactured for burring, counter sinking, counter boring, taper reaming, spot facing, tube burring and ball and socket reaming. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Reno Gratz and daughter Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hochstettler and family and Miss Bernice Zim merman spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Zimmerman and son Dick of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sharp and family of Norwalk spent the week end at the Amos Luginbuhl home. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Maidlow’ and family of Gilboa Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz. Miss Jane Davies of Pandora spent Friday night with Miss Rachel Schaublin. Pump For Water Line Here Soon Completion of the new water line from the quarry of the Bluffton Stone Co. to the Page Dairy Co. is being held up because of delay in shipping the centrifugal pump rer quired for the project. Delivery of the pump is expected this week, however, and after its ar rival only one day is needed for in stallation. Laying of the six-inch water line, 325 feet in length, has been completed. With the new line in operation, ap proximately 100,000 gallons of water will be pumped daily from the quar ry to the dairy for use in cooling and washing. Using the new source of supply is expected to relieve t* water works of nearly one-third of its customary load. For Short, LUCKY BRIDE! THERE’S NOTHING NICER THAN FOSTORIA! INEXPENSIVE But thoroughly enjoyable VACATIONS Call or visit Our Ticket Agency Sidney’s Drug Shop 129 N. Main Phone 170-W Cincinnati & Lake Erie Transportation Company Fostoria showers are becoming increasingly popular. Indeed, what could be more glamorous or practical? Every given piece helps to assemble a complete service for gay and gracious entertaining. Remember this, when associates “chip in” to honor the bride whose friendship you cherish. When choosing, you’ll find everyone gladly voting for Fostoria’s new Colony pattern. Note the charm of contour. The gracious sweep of its crystal swirls. You’ll be happily surprised, too, at the very low prices. Our lovely Colony pattern is fun to give. It’s also fine to keep. Come in to see our displays. Basinger’s Furniture Store