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THURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1941
Henry Page, head of the Page
Dairy company may be surprised on
opening the mail in his Toledo office
some of these mornings to find an
envelope containing a snapshot of
smoke rolling from the tall stack of
his Bluffton plant.
You may recall that Page in a
letter to the town council here about
a year ago disclaimed for his plant
all responsibility for Bluffton’s
smoke nuisance and placed vhe blame
on Bluffton’s municipal waterworks
and light plant nearby. The photo
graph which Mayor Howe exhibited
at the council meeting Monday night
tells an entirely different story and
the mayor said he might send it
with his compliments to Henry up
in Toledo.
A swarm of mosquitoes were un
welcome visitors at the meeting of
Bluffton school board Monday night
and the board wasted no time in
winding up its business and adjourn
ing. Windows of the board room
are not screened and the mosquitoes
responding to the call to come and
get it were out in full force.
The town council, which also met
on Monday night with windows in
the council chamber screened, dis
patched its business in leisurely
fashion unannoyed and undisturbed.
It’s going to cost Mr. John Tax
payer more money from now’ on
when little Johnny plays hookey
from school. The board at its meet
ing Monday night re-employed Chas.
Fenton as attendance officer and
upped his pay from fifty cents to
one dollar for each trip he makes
after youngsters who fail to come
to school.
Bluffton postoffice will lose one of
its best patrons with the removal
of the College Book shop from Bluff
ton to Toledo this fall. The step is
being taken with a view of reducing
operating costs by combining the
Bluffton and Toledo offices. We are
sorry to see Mr. Reid leave. His
business, conducted principally by
mail, made up a large portion of the
parcel post business handled by the
post office here.
Joan Clark has a new baton with
which she practices every day. She
made it out of a broom stick with a
ball on one end and the tip of a
crutch on the other. Her father
painted it red and white and Joann
can be seen twirling the stick with
the greatest of ease.
Another reason why we like this
time of year is because there’s fresh
sorghum—and now that Ed Miller’s
cane mill in the Settlement is in
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By the way do you know that Ed’s
is the only mill of its kind around
here. Ed says that acreage planted
to cane is quite limited and some
8,000 gallons of molasses which he
turned out last year is scarcely suf
ficient volume to justify operating
the mill. Here’s hoping there’s more
this year.
Another fire at Charlie Young’s
last Wednesday afternoon when his
kitchen oil stove went wacky for the
second time within a month. Charlie
who is a member of the fire depart
ment was going to put out the blaze
single handed when someone turned
in the alarm—and the fire depart
ment turned out in full force to the
tune of about $18. Amount of dam
age was small. Some of the boys
around the mayor’s office suggested
that the town might be money
ahead by getting Charlie a new
stove instead of paying for fire calls.
Mrs. Oscar Wenger was treated to
a real surprise when she returned
home from club meeting one night
last week. During her absence her
husband had canned 14 quarts of
string beans, and the finished
product was on a par with anything
that the best of the neighborhood
housewives could produce.
Bluffton area residents, along with
all other Americans, last week be
gan borrowing and buying under
new restricted federal installment
laws. In general, the regulations re
quire a minimum down payment and
provide for payment of the balance
in 18 months.
After hitch hiking all the way to
Lima to see the air show Sunday,
Francis Kohli and Richard Newlan,
Bluffton junior high school students,
were sadly disappointed when they
learned that the show had been
postponed.
Indications are that Gene Patter
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pat
terson of South Main street, may
follow in the footsteps of his father
and grandfather the late Harry
Patterson, as an enthusiast of
things relating to horses. His
grandfather was widely known as a
judge of horses in this section of
the state and his father has also
developed an expertness in that line.
Gene says there is nothing he enjoys
more than a good horse show and
that he loves to be around horses.
A bunch of the neighborhood boys
and girls around Riley street were
seen having bike races Sunday after
noon. Don Fritchie, Peggy Martin,
Alice Schmidt and Alice Warkentin
timed each other in the racing with
Alice Schmidt showing the most
speed.
David Stearns, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Stearns of Spring street,
had a real thrill this summer when
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he served as a crew member of one
of the sail boats in the races on
Lake Huron near Alpena, Mich.,
where he was visiting his Uncle
Tesla. David reports that the lake
was quite rough and that he was
seasick for a few moments.
The pet baby catfish belonging to
Buddy Augsburger, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harley Augsburger of South
Lawn avenue, died Sunday. His
brother Don says that the fish died
because Buddy failed to feed it.
It’s hard to believe, but Mary
Louise Dean, Bluffton junior high
student, saw it with her own eyes.
Hailstones the size of baseballs!
They really fell in Berne, Ind.,
where Mary visited last Sunday.
Many people were seen gathering
them to place in ice cream freezers
and a delicious desert was turned
out in short order. Louise Soldner,
however, says that once when she
uas in Berne she witnessed hail
stones the size of muskmelons. She
says that they tore gaping holes in
automobiles parked on the streets.
The above story reminds us of the
peaches Robert Benroth picked from
a tree back of his house one day last
week. He reported that they were
seven inches in diameter—but upon
being questioned by the News
office force changed his story and
said he meant circumference instead
of diameter.
The pet cat belong to Donald
Root of Mound street came home
the other night in a sorry condition.
A bad rip in the head furnished the
clue to a battle royal that must have
taken place. It was all solved the
next morning when the neighbor’s
cat, belonging to Belle Potee, was
seen running across the lawn with
its ear and nose badly torn. What
a fight that must have been!
After all there's nothing like
power machinery to accomplish
heavy work. You should see the
big bull dozer clean out the ditch
at the farms of Mel Zimmerly, Dan
Basinger, Joe Thompson and Gust
Basinger, west of town.
A lot of the Spring street kids
were seen sliding down the hill
near the creek on pieces of card
board recently. Enjoying the fun
were Joann Burkholder, Betty and
Gordon Bixel and Jane Howe.
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After bidding her mother good bye
the other morning Margaret Burk
holder, living 7’a miles west of
Bluffton, ran down the lane to meet
the Bluffton school bus only to find
that it was just a car going by. Her
vision was evidently dimmed by the
mist.
Joanne Buhler had lots of fun the
other night trying on the Chinese
dresses belonging to Alice Ruth
Pannabecker, who formerly lived at
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Shown above are Bob, Jean and
Herbert Griffith of the firm of Ben
roth & Griffith, Columbus Grove,
who are annually top winners with
their purebred Shorthorns at the
big FFA and 4-H shows held in
conjunction with the state fair at
Columbus.
This year the Griffiths accounted
for three of the possible four FFA
and 4-H championships in the
Shorthorn division, as well as one
other first prize for 4-H Shorthorn
junior heifer calves.
a Chinese mission station with her
parents. W’hen she walked down
the steps to look in the mirror she
said that she really felt Oriental
with bells and things tinkling all
the way down.
A stray dog followed Junior
Hoffer to the Ebenezer church west
of town and patiently waited for
him after the services. Try as he
could the mongrel could not be
shaken.
While playing golf with his father
the other day, Malcolm Basinger hit
the ball right in a nest of bumble
bees. Attempting to retrieve the
ball Malcolm was severely stung by
one of the bees. Milburn Diller
finally got the ball out of the nest.
Every Saturday morning Joe Bron
son gathers corn cobs in his wagon
to which is harnessed his pet goat.
The goat has been trained to pull
the wagon and does an efficient job
for its master.
Talk about tough breaks! About
two hours after James Bixel had
accepted a position as instructor in
public school music at Newport, Ky.,
an offer came for a college teaching
position at Kent State university.
Bixel, having signed a contract with
the Newport board was unable to
accept the Kent offer. Aside from
its more attractive salary offer, the
Kent position was Just the type of
work that Jim had been wanting.
At any rate we have here a man
who stays by his word, come what
may.
A bushel of peaches from the
Albert Augsburger fruit farm and
put up at the the Amstutz cannery
made 53 No. 2 cans—which by the
way speaks well for home grown
peaches. The fruit was bought by
U. S. Amstutz of Wisner, Neb., who
visited here the past week and had
it canned. Amstutz is taking the
canned peaches with him just to
give some of those westerners a
taste of fancy Ohio fruit.
Orange township has gone one
better in really big puff balls—one
weighing 9% pounds found in the
woods by Harry Ream is attracting
a lot of attention in the News win
dow. Heavy rain last Thursday
followed by warm, sultry weather
has provided ideal growing condi
tions for fungi.
The much talked-about shortage
of gasoline in the east has not in
convenienced tourists, according to
O. O. Alspach, Bluffton tailor, who
with his daughter Eloise have re
turned from a two weeks’ tour in
that section and Canada. Except
for one instance, they were able to
buy all the gasoline they required.
In the one exception they were
limited to five gallons. Motorists,
however, are taking extra precau
tions, Alspach said, and are stopping
for refills at gas stations when their
tanks are about half empty.
He is going to fare badly if he
returns to Bluffton—an out of town
motorcyclist who drove his motor
cycle out of the parking lot next to
Risser’s sandwich shop last Saturday
night and “gunned” it up the side
walk in front of Suties establish
ment, barely missing a number of
pedestrians. Several succeeded in
getting the license number of his
motorcycle.
The 400,000,000 pounds of wo
be shorn in the United States
year will be the largest produ
on record. The previous record
set n 1940.
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Left to light in the above pic
ture are Bob and his champion FFA
heifer Jean and her champion 4-H
heifer and Herbert, who is holding
the white steer, St rowan Platinum
Prince, on which Bob won the
Shorthorn FFA steer championship.
He missed the grand championship,
over all breeds, by the narrowest of
margins, according to judge J. B.
McCorkle who made the awards.
Not shown in the picture is Her
bert’s junior heifer calf that was
also a blue ribbon winner.
Mt Cory
The W. M. S. of the Evangelical
church held their regular monthly
meeting in the home of Mrs. Hazel
Steininger on Thursday afternoon.
Assembly theme: “Lighted to
Lighten.” Prelude, “This is My
Father's World”, song, “In the
Cross of Christ I Glory,” Scripture,
Matt. 9:35-38, John, 8:12 read by
the leader, Mrs. Hazel Steininger,
prayers, Mrs. W. S. King and Mrs.
Steininger prayer calendar, Mrs.
Mabel King current events, Gene
vieve Beagle leaflet, “Cleaning out
the well” solo, “I Know A Name”.
Mrs. Mabel King Chapters 9 and
10, "Dried Out and Blown Out” and
"Frontiers of the Future” from the
study book “Move On Youth” by
Mrs. W. A. Nonnamaker. Mrs.
Bowersox presided during business
session.
The Mission Band met at the home
of Billie Morrison on Monday even
ing. Phyllis King was the devotion
al leader. The last chapter of the
study book, “Seth Thomas Strikes”
from study book, “Across the Fruit
ed Plain’ was given by Pauline
Simkins.
1'he E. L. C. E. held their an
nual weiner roast on Tuesday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. James Fields and
sons were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Falks and daughter in Find
lay Labor Day.
Mrs. Earl Ludwig of Pontiac,
Mich., spent Saturday with Mrs.
Nettie Sheldon.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon King and son
Rolland spent two weeks with Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Welty in Akron,
also visited at Lester King’s in
Dearborn, Mich., and spent Labor
Day at Greenfield Village.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Steininger and
daughter and Mrs. Frank Holden of
Toledo were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Steininger.
-Mrs. Jessie Shifferly and son
Richard, Mrs. Mary Jane Ludwig
and Mr. Otto of Toledo and Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Henninger of Lima were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Renninger. Mrs. Ludwig
remained for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ghaster and
daughter Ruth motored to Eagle
P.'ach, Catawba Island to visit S. L.
Ghaster at his summer cottage.
They also visited the winery and
peach orchard at Port Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Shifferly of
Lima called on friends in Mt. Cory
last Thursday evening.
Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Smith and
daughter of Detroit were Friday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Longbrake. Mrs. Hattie Zerbe who
has been a guest in the Longbrake
home returned to her home in San
dusky on Friday.
Mrs. Maggie Wiley of Santiago,
Calif., spent Friday night and Sat
urday with Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Kramer.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Flick of
Deshler called on Mrs. Sadie Keel,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Pauline Groves of Findlay,
and Mrs. F. S. Garlinger called on
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Garlinger Sun
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis King and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Thrapp and son David of Pandora
enjoyed a weiner roast at the home
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon King and fam
ily Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kramer call
ed on Mr. and Mrs. Robert Non
namaker and children Sunday after-
Kinstle of the U. S. Navi
ting his parents, Mr. and Mrs
Kinstle. He has been station
Hawaii.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Crawford and
son Raymond and Miss Treva Harris
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Hoag in Toledo.
Albert Klammer of Mt. Cory died
Although school is scarcely more
than a week under way, the students
are in the routine now, the schedules
are completely adjusted and an ob
server could easily think that classes
have been in session for a month.
A teachers’ picnic was held at the
Buckeye lake Monday night.
The first issue of the Cutlass,
school newspaper, will be published
Friday, September 19, it was an
nounced by Margery Niswander and
Mary Stearns, co-editors. Selection
of staff is being made this week.
Any student desiring to try out for
a place on the staff may communi
cate with either of the editors or
with the advisor, Mr. Orden Smuck
er.
The Hi-Y club will hold a pot-luck
supper in the high school cafeteria
Wednesday night at 6:30 o’clock, ac
cording to an announcement made by
Norman Beidler, president. All soph
omore, junior and senior boys are
invited to the affair. Plans for the
year will be discussed. Roger Howe
is program chairman.
The Bluffton High school choir,
under the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Higley, will present the famous Gil
bert and Sullivan operetta “Pirates
of Penzance” some time in Decem
ber. Also to be presented later is
the “Ballad for America” cantata
with Roger Howe as soloist.
at the home of his daughter Mrs. R.
T. Bauman on Saturday evening,
after an illness of nine weeks. Fun
eral was held at the home on Tues
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hyatt of
Smithport, Penn., and Mrs. Addie
Welsh of Marion, Ind., called in the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. White
and Mrs. Pearl Jordan recently.
Miss Susanne Wooley spent a few
days in Findlay last week.
Miss Thelma Jordan visited in the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Frantz
and Mr. and Mrs. James O’Brien in
Toledo last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crowl and
daughter Betty cf Toledo called on
Rev. and Mrs. Kauffman Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Shively have re
turned from a week’s visit in Sun
bury, Penn.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Haas and
son Bob attended a family dinner
last Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Price at Mt. Blanchard.
Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Green of
Marion, Ind., were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Green
and Mrs. Joyce Rosenfelder. After
noon callers were: Mr. Clem Crow
and mother Mrs. Allie Crow, Mrs.
Edna Phlems of Lima Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Green and daughter Mary
Rachel of Findlay and Mrs. Mary
Steiner.
Mr. and Mrs. Milford Haas of
Pandora and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Haas were Labor Day holiday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Francis in
Detroit.
Mr. Laverne Morrison of Arling
ton spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Guin.
Mrs. H. I. Fritz and daughters
were Wednesday dinner guests of
Mrs. B. M. Smith in Lima.
Mrs. L. I). Crawford and Mrs. C.
E. Henning called on Mrs. S. W.
Hughes in Bluffton hospital Monday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reiter and
daughter were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Reiter and
daughter Glenna Mae. Evening
luncheon guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Lehr Green and daughter Betty,
Mr. Milton Benroth and Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Reiter.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brenner
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Keller in Eagle town
ship.
Bluffton High School Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones call­
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The two glee clubs have been chos
en by Miss Higley and are new re
hearsing for later activities. Mem
bers of the boys glee club are:
Wilhelm Amstutz, Ralph Balmer,
Norman Beidler, Robert Cooney,
James Fett, Richard Gratz, Roger
Howe, LeRoy Luginbuhl, Neil Neu
enschwander, Lysle Niswander, Jas.
Reichenbach, Merlin Zuercher, Rob
ert Albro, James Gratz, Floyd Herr,
Albert Ingalls, Robert Oberly, Rob
ert Pannabecker, Raymond Schu
macher, James Stonehill.
Kenneth Winkler, Robert Amstutz,
Robert Burckholder, Maurice Kohli,
Varden Loganbill, Earl D. Lugin
buhl, Kenneth Reichenbach, Robert
Gratz, Evan Herr, Otto Klassen,
Dean Niswander, Bill Mericle, Ron
ald Zimmerly.
Members of the girls glee club are:
Carol Bame, Harriet Burckholder,
Hildred Eversole, Virginia Geiger,
Betty Holtkamp, Margery Niswand
er, Mary E. Stearns, Marcene Stone
hill, Marjean Todd, Dorothy Ander
son, Adah Lehman.
Mary E. Luginbuhl, Alice Oyer,
Wilma Steiner, Barbara J. Triplett,
Mary J. Worthington, Mary M. Ba
singer, Beverly Biery, Florence A.
Biome, Dorothy Burkholder, Frieda
Fritchie, Helen Greding, Jane Howe,
Lois Oyer, Clare Reagan, Alice
Santschi, Sarah Amstutz, Juanita
Bame, Doris Barber, Esther Berky,
Alice J. Bixel, Genevieve Buhler,
Ruby Iehman, Jean Steinman.
ed on Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones
Sunday afternoon.
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe island, situated 360
miles off the east coast of Australia,
has developed a unique trade in
seeds from the Howea palms. The
demand is so great that the income
derived from the sale of the seeds
maintains the entire population.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
State of Ohio,
Allen County, as.
Estate of Florence Downey .Deceased.
Clarence C. Downey of Beaverdam, Ohio,
has been appointed and qualified as admin
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late of Allen County Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 4th day of September. 1941.
RAYMOND P. SMITH.
22 Probate Judge.
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