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Bluffton Junior High School
Students Receive Letters
From Nyasaland
Receive Training to be Teachers
In Course Lasting One Or
Two Years
Three letters fron
Negro teacher, Harv
name, were received
tty
we
Brick Building
buildin
hopes
th.
It’s
new
School Starts At 6:00 A. M. In African
Colony, Teacher Writes To Students Here
complain
time at
m. may­
Bluffton students who
about getting to school on
the early hour of 8:30 a.
find some consolation
that students at
School in Ncheu, Nyasaland, in
Africa attend their first class of
the day at 6:00 o’clock in the morn
ing, according to letters received
this week by several Bluffton Junior
High school students fre
at the African school.
in the fact
Chiole Normal
Nyasaland,
first class
the native
Alofs by
s week by
id Hubert Basing
and Helen Burk
mts in Bluffton
construction with thatched
with only openings for
The normal school course
rears after
back to
also be
nstruction
of the
as a few
windows,
lasts from one to two
which the natives are sent
their respective villages to
come teachers and give in
in writing and reading
English language, as well i
other basic subjects.
enclosed in
In one of the picture
a letter
holding a flashlight,
explained in the letter that the boy
proud of his possession and
some day to own batteries
he is now unable to afford be
they cost 18 cents a cell in
iony stores.
shown a boy proudly
The teacher
Use Crude Hoes
Nyasaland, a British colony,
ged
work. Theiir gardens are located
just OUtside of .he villages and the
natives have o horses, machines
nor evim good tools. Most of the
garden worl 5 done with crude
hoes. Corn is the ni ain crop al
though bearIS, peanut s and sweet
ALL the snap verve and
vim of real college life.
you’ll find it in these
Rugby Sweaters
For Boys who like sweaters
which are the choice of regular
fellow 8 for men who are
young in spirit and want to
stay young in appearance
You’ll like these new fall
styles in Rugby ... In Zipper
and New I
All wool ai
$1.95 to $6.50
Haberdashery and Furnishings
for Men and Young Men
Insure your car with
AETNA
and know that you are
SAFE
Also Fire and Windstorm
Insurance.
Notary Public
F. Se HERR
AGENT
Phone 363-W
1 are
placed abo
journey to
'D
collegiate
iur
in the entire
tobacco firms
and tea packing houses, Alofs point
ed out in one of the letters.
School
morning
at which
11:30 to
session again. Until four o’clock in
the afternoon the students are en
gaged in hand work or the school
garden project.
in the
10:30
From
is in
starts at six o’clock
and continues until
time lunch is served.
1:00 o’clock school
Wild Animals
In raising livestock in the country
much difficulty is occasioned by
marauding wild animals. Just prior
to the time the letters were written
a lion entered the
coral and carried out a calf.
cattle are destroyed by leopards,
hyenas or lions.
school cattle
Often
The letters ask many questions
about Bluffton as to the size of the
town,
principal crops, main indus
distance from Lake Erie, etc.
read during the
iden
letters th
reek
past
■d by
Prowler Captured
After Long Chase
First complaint was made by Mrs.
May Schifferly residing at the corner
of State Route 103 and the county
line road.
She reported seeing a strange man
in her home and in the excitement
which followed the prowler fled
across the road where he made an
attempt to enter the Willard Frank
hauser residence.
Marshal
I
iral
Coon, assisted by
deputies from Lima and
fugitive,
a trans
previous
sheriff’s
Findlay rounded up the
The man was identified as
ient who had spent the
night in the Bluffton jail after ha^
ing been picked up on the street
Nightwatch Albert Reichenbach,
sed that
route by
off at I
Pittsburgh but
i wandered to
authc
our
Former Local Girl
Drowns In Lake
Eda LaFay-e Sharpe, 13, of Nor
walk, a native of Richland township
and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Lugibuhl, of near Bluffton,
was drowned in Lake Erie
Huron at noon last Saturday.
He
September 25 to October 10.
Daily bag limits are set
squirrels
were among
Toledo Tue
THREE Bluffton
Ford Trade
Michigan, a
tures.
into
After forcing an
one house and terrori
ilies in the neighborhood, a report
edly demented man was captured in
the north part of Bluffton last Fri
day morning.
the
bus
ima
near
Swimming in the lake with
brother, James Allen, 10, the
suddenly' called for help, then
Born Bluffton May
daughter of Charles
her
girl
dis
The
mom
Ebenezer Mer
of town.
include her pare
•other and the grandparents.
Funeral services were held Mon
ty afternoon at the Ebenezer Men
nonite church. Rev. A. C. Schultz,
the pastor, officiated. Burial was in
the Ebenezer cemetery.
Squirrel Season
Opens Sept
22
fall
Squirrel hunting season this
will be shorter than in preceding
years, according to an announce
the state conservation de-
ment for
partment.
For the
the open
22 to September 30, inclusiv
jfore the season has been fro
northern part of the state
fou
?r 1
Rag
Eight From Here
Take Army Exam
ntry, England, who is
at a Welsh country
cording to a letter received this
week from the English lass by' Miss
Glenna Swick, Bluffton High school
sophomore, living with her grand
mother, Mrs. Amos
near Bluffton.
Mr.
ht Blu u
mer
34
Allen Cm
for physical
aminations.
Following
turned to their home,
judged physically fit for army train
ing they will be called later, as
needed.
the
the men
If they
are
Those from this area included in
the group were Howard G. Amstutz,
Route 2, Bluffton W ayne Yerger,
Bluffton Dale E. Good, Bluffton
Harley D. Augsburger,
Bluffton
Bluffton
fayette
Bluffton,
Bluffton.
D. Augsburger, Route 2,
Willard L. Ix?e, Route 2,
Norval H. Robinson, La-
Olan W. Herr, Route 2,
and Raymond L. Greding,
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON. OHIO
These Bluffton Men Helped Make
Wheels Go ’Round At Ford Plant
South Main
work on a stai
Hen
Sch.
shown
these pic-
in
Bluffton
Gerhard Buhler,
school principal is sho’
the wood pattern shop. Earlier in
the summer he was employed in the
electric motor repair department of
the Ford company.
Darvin Luginbuhl, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Luginbuhl of Kibler street
and Charles Hankish, Jr., son of
Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hankish of
picture was tai
Luginbuhl re
Bluffton college
while Hankish
to St. Joseph’s
Indiana, for the
Welsh Countryside Affords Contrast
To Bombed Coventry, Eng., Girl Writes
commonplace in th
beautiful and cal
to
of
joy and thril
tty Harris, resi
letters
of the
terrific
city of
Public funerals
Birthday Dinner
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
H. Amstutz of Wisner, Nebraska,
and dau
Fri ng.
Mr
ters of Mr. and
stutz of Wisner,
Mrs. A. C. Amstutz, Evangeline,
Owen Herald, Herbert and Mrs. J.
C. Brorein of Angola, Indiana.
We w
secutive-
in the dea
Rev. Schu
Mabel
Want-Ads Bring Results.
rm.
More than 300
ers work every
trade school. 1
rangement is to
college students i
under actual wortking
ach
i'ord
ar-
give teachers and
dustrial experience
conditions.
the summer Miss
i mother narrowly
.hen a bomb fell on
use and failed to
cry one in the area
Harris’
escaped de
an adjoini
explode un
had been safely evacuated. When
the bomb
mother’s hous
others were
xploded her grand
•, as well as several
eveled to the ground.
n uch air raid damage
One sees so
Luginbuhl, of
has been cor
British pen pal
Previous
The Bluffton girl
responding with her
for several years,
have described the reactions
young woman to the
bombardments to which the
Coventry has been subjected.
in Coventry that in time the whole
scene of dev
a matter of
pointed out.
the country^
Wales was
security and
the contrasti
no idea how
able
the
said
ration is accepted as
urse, the English girl
inly when
e recently
re able to feel the
serenity afforded by
scenes.
.vonderful
bout here
lainage,”
it letter.
ceived this week from
was dated August 2,
of the
taken
ke the
to walk
air raid
in her
district
Even after the business
was rendered
rubble, the air
tinued to pour
death over the city
for as high as 500 victims have been
held at one time.
The
little more than
raiders have con
their dealings in
letter i
Wales
Most
North
1941.
England
she went to
in North
“You have
it is to be
and not see
Miss Harris
letters from
four or five
trans-oceanic
CARD OF
lank all the many
sympathy extended
officiated
Ai
born
5. Leland Basinger
had
wheat. During the
jgust 2, loans on
corn were repayed
77,188 bushels of
by Ohio farmers.
sons
Mrs.
My
Otis
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Lora and
Ronald and Gerry, Mr. and
Pearl Geiger, Kenneth, Wilma,
ron and Weldon, Mr. and Mrs.
Burkholder, Evan, Sylvan,
Irene, Allan and Barbara Ann, Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Amstutz and daugh
ters Marilyn and Annabelle Ruth of
Columbus Grove, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence U. Amstutz of Pandora,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Luginbuhl and
Adam Amstutz of Bluffton.
FARM BUREAU
INSURANCE
Automobile—Fire—Life
Advantages
Farm Bures
full protect!
and the b^
rorth considering:
Insurance provides
at reasonable rates
possible service to
y-holders.
Farm Bureau Insurance
Services
Paul E. Whitmer, Agent
245 W. Grove St.—Phone 350-W
________ Bluffton, Ohio ______
Under the previous Ohio law, the
maximum speed limit was 45 miles
an hour in the open country, but
faster driving was permissable if
traffic conditions were not crowded.
Enforcement of the 50-miles-an
hour limit is promised for all Ohio
highways unless the highway direct
or changes the setup.
Under the new law, the director
may lower the speed limit or set a
higher limit for any stretch of road
way shown by surveys to require
changing. Such changes, however,
will not be effective until new speed
limit signs are posted.
Protection for school children is
assured by the phase of the law pro
viding a maximum speed limit of 20
miles an hour past any school build
ing while the
State Prepares To Crack Down
On Motorists Speeding Over 50
forcement of Ohio’s new
speed law of 50 miles an hour was
promised this week by state officials,
and motorists have been cautioned
to make certain they do not exceed
the limits of the new legislation
which went into effect last Saturday.
pupils are outside,
miles an hour is set
in all portions
excepting state
highways, outs
Twenty-five
as the limit
municipality
and through
the business district.
of a
routes
de of
On state high-
jRid Mosquitoes By S
With Fish That E
Bluffton’s mosquito problem may
.... 1 be solved by stocking a mosquito
eating fish known as the Gambusia
affinis, according to a suggestion
made by Pvt. R. Emerson Niswand
er, Camp Wallace, Texas, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Noah Neuenschwander of
South
ceived
Howe.
Lawn avenue, in a letter re
this week by Mayor W. A.
letter addressed to the mayor,
The
pointed out that the fish has been
transported to all parts of the coun
try and survives equally well in cold
or warm waters. Its home is in the
lowland waters of the Atlantic and
Gulf states.
The suggestions made in the letter
are as follows:
“Though the Gambusia prefers
clear brooks, ponds and lagoons,
dirty ditches and foul marshes are
no bar to its contentment for there
Albert F. Klammer
Rites Held Tuesday
Illness of nine weeks from carci
noma of the stomach resulted in the
death of Albert F. Klammer, 80, of
Mt. Cory, at 7:45 p. m. last Satur
day in the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Rhueben Bauman, of Union
township.
Born in Germany on November 26,
1860, Klammer located in Hancock
county near
was married
died in 1901,
married to
preceded him in death in 1938.
Jenera in 1891. He
to Arilla Gilbert who
and in 1916 he was re
Emaline Hughes who
Survivors include: Mrs. Bauman,
K
Wall Clocks
Modernistic designs—accurate time
keepers, mighty attractive, and they
ceep vou on time.
Study Lamps
Dresser Scarfs
Sandwich Toasters
Vases
ways and through routes outside the
business district, the speed limit is
35 miles an hour.
Local authorities may change the
maximum speed limits on thorofares
within their jurisdiction only if they
obtain approval of the state high
way director.
Slow drivers also must watch their
speed under the new law. If they
are driving so slow as to impede
normal traffic, they are liable to
prosecution.
Severe fines are prescribed for of
fenses of the new law.
Penalties provided are: $50 maxi
mum for the first offense $10 to
$10 or 10 days in jail, or both, for
a second offense within one year, and
for a third or subsequent offense
within a year,
days in jail, or
$25 to $200, or 30
both.
these penalties, first
of driving in excess
In addition to
offenders guilty
of prima facie speeds are subject to
a sentence of not more than five
days in the county jail or workhouse.
Those guilty of resisting, hinder
ing or obstructing the enforcement
of the traffic code, or.abusing any
sheriff, constable or other official
while attempting to arrest a violator
or any provision of the code, is
subject to a fine of from $10 to $50.
ocking Streams
ts ’Em, Letter States
also its prey resides.
The females, which are in a large
majority, rarely exceed two inches,
though they are twice the size of
their infrequent mates.
Next to mosquitoes they favor a
fish diet, gulping down their own
brothers and sisters along with fila
mentous algae but like most fishes,
they readily adapt themselves to a
complete change and accept aquarium
substitutes.
The young after spawning are
about .37 of an inch. Normally the
mosquito-fish spawns the year
around, species in captivity having
produced 50 young in 10 weeks.
The transplanting of the fish was
undertaken by the U. S. Public
Health Service and if you would be
at all interested I would suggest
that you write to that bureau for
further information.”
at whose home
Klammer, of Mt.
Shine and Mrs.
Lima.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Bauman. Rev. Clayton Landis offi
ciated. Burial was in the Keller
cemetery.
Check Brakes
Servicing of hydraulic brakes
should be done at regular intervals
in order to insure the required ef
ficiency under all conditions. For
example, if it is necessary to
“pump” the pedal to obtain satis
factory brake action the car should
be taken to a brake shop immedi
ately for the needed repairs.
make your room the homelike
inviting spot it should be.
we are showing this week Spe
cials which will add much to its ap
pearance, at a small expense.
Book Ends
Clothes Racks
Pictures
Mirrors
Basinger’s Furniture Store
HURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1941
Rawson
Richard Latham of Ft. Bragg, N.
C., is spending a few days with his
mother, Mrs. Augusta Latham.
Mrs. Bruce Altman and Mrs. Fred
Gorby were recent callers on Miss
Betty Biggs, of Findlay. Miss Biggs
left to spend the winter in Osborn,
Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Zoll and family
of Toledo spent Saturday with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Zoll.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Truman of
Genoa were week end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C.
Labo
he died Raymond
Cory Mrs. Marth
Bessie Robnolte.
if
W. Conard and family.
G. Cramer of Miami,
a week with Mr. and
Mrs. O.
Fla., spent
Mrs. Parley
Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin of South
Whitley, Ind., is spending a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Kivitt.
Cramer and family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Otto and Mr.
and Mrs. Burdette Otto and son
Lynn were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. James Sommers and
daughter Ann of Pandora.
Mrs. Robert Dickens and daugh
ter Mary Lee of Arcadia were Labor
Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Lannert.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wilson and
family, Betty Lootens and Richard
Smith returned home Monda
ing after spending a few
Chicago.
Mrs.
home Saturdaj
week with Mr.
Mr
even-
days in
returned
Amanda Cantner
after spe
and Mrs.
Al He
Harold Smith spent
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Mich,
on
Day-
Beach of
Recent
Cameron
and Mrs.
ter Rosemary and son Tommy of
Findlay, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Cameron and family of Leipsic.
Eries
callers on Mrs. Jennie
and son Charles were Mr.
Clifford Ward and daugh-
J. C. Romick and son Jack at
tended the Romick reunion at the
home of his uncle Eli Romick near
Arlington.
George Garling returned home
Saturday after spending the past
week with relatives in Indiana.
George Washington
George Washington was always
pretty near the foot of the class in
spelling and grammar.
Melville D. Soash, M. D.
The Commercial Bank Bldg.
Bluffton, Ohio
X-RAY FLUOROSCOPE
Telephone 254-W
D. C. BIXEL, O.D.
GORDON BIXEL, O.D.
Citizens Bank Bld?., Bluffton
EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS
Eyes Exmined Without Drops
Closed Thursday Afternoon & Evening
Office Hours: 8:30 A. M__ 5:30 P. M.
7:30 P. M.—S:30 P. M.
Francis Basingerf 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.
I Siegs
An unusual
colors—better
special prices.
Suggestions
selection in attm
get several at these
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Clothes Hampers
Boudoir Lamps
Ornamental Shades