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PAGE EIGHT
Scoring in every inning but one,
the Triplett softball team brought
their 1941 season to a close last
Thursday night with a 12 to 1 vic
tory over the Lima Stone’s Grill
outfit.
After tallying one run in the first
inning, the Triplett crew batted
around in the second stanza when
six more runs were added.
Two more scores came in each the
third and fourth innings, with one
more added in the fifth.
Five hits were bunched with one
error, two bases on balls and a field
er’s choice in the big second inning.
Bluffton batsmen rapped out a total
of 12 hits, with seven errors com
mitted by the visitors contributing
to the scoring.
(Continued from page 1)
other farmers were planning to bring
court action on similar grounds could
not be confirmed.
Open Sewage Question
Filing of the damage suits will
again open Bluffton’s much-discussed
and often-voted sewage issue, it was
indicated at a meeting of the town
council Monday night when the mat
ter was formally laid before that body
by Mayor W. A. Howe.
Both Locher and Huber were in at
tendance at the council meeting on
the invitation of the mayor. In a
joint statement made to the council
the two landowners declared that they
had instituted court action as a last
resort to deal with the evils of stream
pollution because there apparently
was nothing being done by the muni
cipality to afford relief.
They reaffirmed that unless some
thing was done by the town to effect
relief, court action would proceed.
When asked what steps they would
consider adequate, the landowners re
plied that they were interested only
in elmination of the present stream
pollution and measures to be employ
ed were for the town to determine.
Triplett Softball Team Ends Season
With 12-1 Win Over Lima Stone’s Grill
Crawford and Burkholder each hit
Suits For Damage
Are Instituted
Sewer System Answer
Pointing out that a sewer system
will afford the only permanent solu
tion to the problem, the mayor an
nounced another meeting of the coun
cil to be held next Monday night at
which ," e he would request the
presence of a representative of
Champe, Finkbeiner & Associates, To
ledo mgineers, which drafted plans
for a proposed sewer system here two
years ago. The proposal to issue
bonds for the project, submitted to a
popular v ?, lest at that time by a
small margin.
At the meeting on next Monday
night, the mayor and council will seek
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home runs, and two hits apiece were
made by Russ Gratz, Fritz Swank,
Burkholder and
Wenger.
hurled five hit ball,
Dutch Lewis
and did not give up a run until the
seventh inning when Lima bunched
two hits to escape a shut
TRIPLETT AB
out.
R. Gratz .. ...— _____ 4 2 2
Crawford .... ...... 4 3 1
Triplett ......----- ______ 4 0 1
F. Swank —...-_______ 4 0 2
King ______ 1 1 0
Burkholder __ ______ 2 3 2
Fritch ie —..... ______ 1 0 0
B. Swank .:._____ 2 1 1
J. Gratz .........
Wenger .——...
Lewis
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Lima -------------.............26
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to determine the approximate cost of
a sewer system and also whether fed
eral aid thru WPA could be obtained
similar to that offered two years ago.
Although voted down at the elec
ion here in 1939, the project is still
on file in the Toledo office of WPA,
the mayor stated. Also available for
preliminary estimates would be plans
which were drafted by the engineer
firm at that time.
Estimated 1939 Cost
Cost of a complete sewer system as
voted on in 1939 under the WPA aid
setup was estimated by engineers at
$400,000. Of this amount the muni
cipality was to finance one-fourth, or
$100,000. This latter amount was
planned to be raised by $80,000 in
general obligation bonds and $20,000
in sewage revenue bonds.
Cost of the system if installed un
der private contract, without federal
aid was estimated at that time at
$250,000. Under this latter plan there
would have been no federal WPA
grant and the entire cost would then
have been met by the town.
It was suggested at the meeting
Monday night that in event the cost
of a complete sewer system would be
prohibitive, a solution of the stream
pollution problem might be reached
by installing intercepting sewers
along Big and Little Riley creeks.
Present private sewers would then
empty into the interceptors instead
of into the creeks and the sewage be
taken thru these trunk lines to dispos
al plant for treatment.
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cool day.
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rejected at a conservatory for want
of musical ability.
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Expanding
(Continued from page 1)
Anti-Aircraft
Considerable stress is placed on
anti-aircraft artillery and long range
guns in view of defense needs on the
coasts of the country Dillman
pointed out. Before he was given
the assignment as mechanic, Dillman
worked with artillery enough to ac
quire knowledge of the fundamentals.
His main work, however, will be in
maintenance and repair of automot
ive equipment
The camp being of rather recent
construction has not developed re
creational facilities to the same de
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training centers. An orchestra and
band composed of trainees provides
regular concerts for the amusement
of the boys but much remains to be
done in the way of systematic and
organized recreation, Dillman point
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Week-end Leaves
Week-end leaves are easily obtain
able and many of the boys take ad
vantage of the amusement facilities
at Newport News and Yorktown.
They are required to be back at
their posts by Sunday at midnight.
Dillman recently under went a
surgical operation at the camp hos
pital and was afforded the best of
medical attention. He was in the
hospital 21 days at the camp and
was given 15 additional days for
convalescence in Bluffton. None of
the 36 days of convalescence will be
considered as part of his furlough
and he will be given the entire 30
days allotted to every selectee.
Camp life consists largely of a
routine of lectures, drill and ma
neuvers and once the initial adjust
ment is made little difficulty is ex
perienced, Dillman said.
H. S. Grid Practice
Is Started Monday
Bluffton High grid workouts were
started Monday with two practice
sessions directed by Coach Dwight
Diller.
Three complete teams have report
ed for the Pirate squad, and the
Bluffton mentor is hopeful that his
1941 proteges will measure up to
the 1940 team that tied for the
championship of the Western Buck
eye league.
Bluffton’s opening game will be a
night contest with Columbus Grove,
Friday, Sept. 19, under the lights
at Harmon field.
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who commit crimes, even murder,
during these gales are seldom pun
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Voters To Decide
$8,000 Fire Bond Issue
(Continued from page 1)
Unless the new equipment is avail
able soon, fire underwriters re-class
ification can be expected and increas
ed insurance rates will be levied.
Pumper Costs $7,000
Approximately $7,000 will be re
quired for the purchase of the new
motor pumper and new fire hose alone,
Chief Corson said.
It is estimated t' at a modem fire
truck will cost .'6.500, and price of
the hose will be "ut $500. Other
miscellaneous et ■erit also will be
needed, the cost which is difficult
to determine at present because of un
certainty in the business picture.
Bluffton’s present motor pumper
was purchased by the town in 1928.
It is estimated that the efficient life
of a fire truck-pumper is about 10
years with the result that fire under
writers would consider the town’s
present equipment inefficient and out
moded.
Further routine details incident to
the bond issue will be taken up at a
meeting of the council next Monday.
An estimate from the Allen county
auditor’s office of the millage levy re
quired for the $8,000 bond issue also
will be studied at the session.
Customs Of Pa. Dutch
Are Rapidly Changing
(Continued from page 1)
been dying out has the unusual in
terest been manifested in the ter
ritory. The county, being only 90
miles from New York City, has been
besieged with writers, artists and
professional people from the city
who enjoy buying picturesque old
stone structures and converting them
into comfortable dwelling places.
As a result of this new interest
there has been a land boom of con
siderable prop tions in the last de
cade. Many the homes being
bought by the professional people
are more than two hundred years
old and are built of walls 30 inches
thick. Difficulty is often experienced
in fitting in the windows as the
frames were i properly squared
when they we i built two centuries
ago.
Public Sales
Stauffer retailed attending many
of the public sales which were a
real institution of the community.
It was always customary to serve
free peanuts ai oyster soup at the
sales and re-.dirts could be seen
bidding for men andise with a bowl
of soup in oiu hand and a sack of
peanuts in the other.
A pottery firm is capitalizing on
the unique reputation of the com
munity and is selling small pieces,
many of which are exported, for the
exhorbitant figure of $15 an item.
An old ci drunkaid, a former
master in the art of ceramics, sud
denly fou i himself in big money
as the rt suit of his knowledge of
making Pennsylvania German
pottery i ich in demand by collect
ors.
Numero is people in Bluffton own
pieces fi his pottery. When
Stauffci as a boy the man had so
little wi. that he was considered
little mor than the town bum. Now
he is ecu ted among the wealthy
since his ibility was re-discovered.
Famous People
'die well known people liv-
Among
ing in tli county are Pearl Buck,
writer of hinese novels Josephine
Herbst, v 1 known magazine writer
Jack L.
i bacco Road B. H. Clark,
for the Ladies Home
hj
has his art studio in a
ne Lepectore, poet, and
barn 1.
many itlu s.
A’numb
of the artists have chos-
en to rei ain anonymous and keep
their iiiciitity unknown. Most of
them do little actual farming and
either rciit out or give free the
use of i'ir fields to nearby farm
ers. A notable exception to the
rule is rckland the dramatist who
does some real dirt farming on his
210 acre farm. He owns about 50
cows and takes great delight in the
quality of his herd, Stauffer said.
MupH Publicity
has been given consid-
The county
enable pulilicity in several outstand
ing mairi ines of the country in re
cent months. A recent issue of the
National Geographic carries a col
ored pictorial account of the Pennsyl
vania Germans Elizabeth Herbst,
the novelist, has written a novel en
tntled “Satan’s Sergeants” with
Bucks county for a setting a paint
ing of a Bucks county auction ap
peared in a recent issue of .Vogue,
to inention but a few.
To 3(Je a community change it is
necessa y to have the perspective of
distance The residents of the
county are not nearly as aware of
the cha nges that have taken place
as was Stauffer himself, the speaker
pointed out in conclusion.
Fnlancipation Proclamation
Liner In’s Emancipation Proclama
tion die not include the slave states
of Dele ware, Maryland, Kentucky,
and Mi ssouri because the proclama
tion affccted only those slave states
in ope n conflict with the United
States.
Screen in Carburetor
The screen in the carburetor air
cleaner should be removed and
cleaned thoroughly at least once ev
ery 5,000 miles, according to the
California Automobile association.
Settlement
Mrs. Sidney Herr, and infant
daughter Jeannene Kay of Lima,
were removed from the Bluffton
hospital on Sunday afternoon to the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra Bucher, near Columbus Grove.
Pvt. Vinten Bucher of Camp
Lee, Virginia, arrived Saturday to
visit a few days with his wife and
parents.
Mrs. Walter Neuenschwander of
Butler, Ind., who spent the past
two weeks with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Zuercher and daughters of Lima, re
turned to her home.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bixel and
daughter have returned from a trip
thru the southern states. Enroute
they visited Rev. and” Mrs. Rudolph
Larson and family at Barbourville,
Ky., and James Niswander and
family at Randolph, Alabama. They
also toured the Smoky and Blue
Ridge mountains and visited at
Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Bucher and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schumacher
have returned from an extended
automobile trip thru the eastern
states and Canada. While in Vir
ginia they visited a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bucher who is in camp there.
They also visited Miss Doris Diller,
a nurse at John Hopkins hospital in
Baltimore.
Ernest, third son of Rev. and Mrs.
P. J. Boehr arrived at the home of
his parents last Friday. He had
spent several years at Orlando, Fla.
He is completing his high school
course here, being in his senior year.
The interior decorating work at
the St. John church is making good
progress and the congregation will
be able to resume their regular
worship services in a couple of
weeks.
Wayne and Duane Amstutz ar
rived at home last Saturday.
Last Friday evening at the home
of Rev. P. E. Whitmer in Bluffton,
Anne Gertrude, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Willis R. Schumacher and
David, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Reichenbach were united in mar
riage. Following a reception at the
home of the bride’s parents the
couple left for a trip into Northern
Michigan. Their many friends ex
tend their best wishes.
Dr. Waldo Schumacher who has
been an instructor in the University
of Oregon, at Eugene for 13 years is
spending several days at the home
of his brother Willis and family.
Before coming here he spent some
time in Mexico.
School days are here again. Many
a youngster will find the routine of
the school room quite different from
summer vacation days. A large
number of our younger folks are
leaving at this time for schools far
and near to take up their work as
teachers.
The Amstutz Cannery is doing a
big volume of business this season.
Elam Suter copped second highest
honors at the Ohio State Fair with
his car load of fat cattle. These
cattle sold at auction at the Fair
Grounds for $19.25 per cwt.
Word has been received that Rev.
and Mrs. Edgar E. Toews of Cali
fornia are the happy parents of a
boy recently born to them.
Vernon Schumacher is employed
at the Wayne Pump Works in Ft.
Wayne, Indiana.
Nelson Basinger was taken to the
Community Hospital in Bluffton the
latter part of last week.
Ed Cupp has rented the A. C.
Coates residence in Pandora and
they expect to move there in the
near future. M. Cupp is a partner
with the Lemley Bros, in the hard
ware and implement business.
i 'Twas This Way
By
LYLE SPENCER
Western Newspaper Union.
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The First Bathtub
HE first honest to goodness
bathtub was installed in an Am
erican home less than a hundred
years ago. Its proud owner was
Adam Thompson of Cincinnati,
Ohio, a wealthy cotton and grain
dealer, who had a passion both for
cleanliness and publicity.
The tub he ordered was a custom
built job. It was encased in Nicarag
uan mahogany and lined with sheet
metal. It was seven feet long, four
feet wide, and weighed over 1,750
pounds. The water was pumped into
it.
On the very night the tub was
installed, December 2 0, 1 842,
Thompson gave a large party at
his home as a sort of dedication
ceremony. His guests were invited
to try the bathtub, and several of
them availed themselves of the op
portunity.
High lights of the party were fully
described in the local newspaper
next day, and aroused a storm of
protest in the community which
quickly spread throughout the coun
try. Politicians and doctors were
especially wrathful. The doctors
thought it was unsanitary. Politi
cians said in their speeches that
wash tubs on the kitchen floor on
Saturday nights had been good
enough for their grandfathers, and
that washtubs were still good
enough for them. The Virginia legis
lature even laid a $30 tax on bath
tubs and increased the water rates.
Despite all the opposition, bath
tubs gradually became a fixture in
American homes.
^annabeckers Are
Enroute Home
(Continued from page 1)
Floyd Pannabecker residing on South
Lawn avenue and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Lloyd Pannabecker, of Gibson
City, Ill., who was visiting here at
that time.
That the message was addressed
to Rev. P. H. Richert at Souderton,
would indicate that it was in re
sponse to the cablegram sent by the
board urging the missionaries to
come home because of the new ten
sions developing in the far east.
Rev. Richert, secretary of the board,
lives at Newton, Kansas, and the
message would normally have gone
there had not the men received the
secretary’s message from Souderton,
"Where he was visiting.
Unusual Speed
The message was sent from Soud
erton early Saturday morning of
last week and a response came back
likely from Tienstien, China, on Sat
urday night. The unusual speed of
the transmission of the message
would indicate that the Pannabecker
brothers were on the coast anticipat
ing sailing to America. If they
would have been located in the in
terior of £hina at the Kai Chow
station, it would have taken an ad
ditional three weeks for the message
to arrive at its destination, Mrs.
Pannabecker said.
Accompanying the Pannabeckers
will be a Rev. Ewert, a general con
ference missionary from Freeman,
S. D. Other general conference mis
sionaries choosing to stay in China
are Rev. and Mrs. H. J. Brown,
Miss Wilhelmina Kuyf, and Miss
Minnie Regier of Taming and Miss
Elizabeth Goertz of Kai Chow. Ap
parently these missionaries have
elected to stay in China regardless
of the peril involved, it was pointed
out by Mrs. Pannabecker.
Hazard Greater
The hazard would be much great
er for men of the age of the Pan
nabeckers than it would be for the
elder Rev. Brown and the women
missionaries. The Japanese are re
ported to hold eligible men as host
ages and conscript them into the
military forces of the country. The
American embassy especially advised
that the two Pannabecker boys,
Richard and Robert, sons of Mr. and
Clyde Warren. Auct.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1941
Mrs. S. F. Pannabecker, be evacu
ated immediately as they both were
of conscript age. At the present
time Richard is enrolled as a student
at Bluffton college and Robert is at
tending Bluffton High school.
Public Sale
Of Household Goods, at 109 South Lawn Ave., Bluffton
Saturday, Sept. 6th
Organ, 2 stands, 6 rockers, bookcase, hall tree, Axminster 9 by
12 nig, 8'/2 by 10 rug, 3 iron bedsteads with springs, steel cot,
dresser, commode, dining room table and 6 chairs, 5 kitchen chairs,
cupboard, sewing machine, Round Oak heating stove. 5 ft. step
ladder, Aladdin lamp. 2 ironing boards, clothes rack, strips wool
carpet, Taylor tot, davenport, baby buggy, rug pad 8-3 by 10-6, ice
box. doll buggy, bed stead.
Lawn mower, garden tools, box tools, iron kettle, 2 dozen fruit
jars, 2 tubs, pair scales. 6-gal. jar, 2 two-gal. jars, 8 one-gal. jars,
with lids, glass churn, and other articles.
Sale begins at 1:30 p. m. Terms cash.
Also indicating that the cable Sat
urday was in response to the one
sent from Souderton on the same
day, is the fact that the last letter
received by Mrs. Pannabecker from
Mr. Pannabecker mentioned nothing
about coming home and there would
have to be a special summons for
the men to take such action. The
last letter received by Mrs. Pan
nabecker was on June 22.
The Pannabecker men may come
home on the American liner Presi
dent Coolidge or it is possible that
the United States government may
send liners to China for the pur
pose of evacuating nationals. Re
ports have been current that Sept.
1 and Sept. 15 are the dates for the
sailing of American ships to Chinese
ports for the special mission.
Motor Vehicle Sales
Last year new motor vehicle sales
in the United States totaled 3,992,
232, the highest since 1937. The year
1929 still remains the peak—nearly
5,000,000 new vehicles took to the
highways during that 12-month pe
riod.
Marvelous Cow
Brazil is marveling over a cow
in Pelotas which produced 40 quarts
of milk a day.
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