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THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 1941
We got used to queer names for
college football teams a long time
ago—there are the Beavers at Bluff
ton, Polar Bears at Northern and
A ellowjackets at Defiance—but the
one which rung the bell came Mon
day when a load of huskies rolled
thru the business district with the
sign painted in large letters on their
bus: “Arkansas A. & M.—The
Wandering Bollweevils”.
Speaking of Arkansas football
huskies, they must grow ’em big out
there in the Ozark hills—and that
goes too, for Missouri where Wade
“Butch” Mumma is enrolled in the
State Teachers College at Warrens
burg, and on the football team. The
Bluffton boy who tips the scales at
192 pounds of solid bone and muscle
is the smallest player on Missouri
school's line this fall.
And continuing with football,
here’s the prize one of the week
which is vouched for by Sid Stettler,
faculty athletic manager at the high
school. A couple from Fremont
drove up to the stadium at Harmon
field a few' minutes before the
Bluffton-Ada game Friday night and
purchased admission tickets. A
short time later they appeared at
the boxoffice window’ and asked to
have their money refunded, saying
they had made a mistake and
thought they were in Lima to see
the Fremont-Lima South game.
They received their refund and de
parted.
If you are expecting to be called
for army service, better take a few’
lessons in typewriting before you
go. Robert West, clerk of a field
artillery unit at Camp Forrest,
Tennessee, finds it saves a lot of
hard work. West recently had his
weekly washing done by a rookie in
return for some typing which the
latter wanted.
It’s an ill wind that blow’s no
good—and as a gale howled thru
Bluffton’s Main street last Thursday,
putting an end to w’arm summer
weather, Lazarus Basinger recalled a
poem he learned as a youngster at
the old Beechtree school years ago.
He recited it without a hitch—here
’tis:
Come little leaf said the wind one
day,
Come over the meadow with me
and play.
Put on your bonnet of red and gold
For winter is coming and the days
grow' cold.
Hiram Neuenschw’ander northwest
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of Bluffton is expecting to harvest
125 bushels of soybeans from a 5V&
acre tract the coming week—which
is doing pretty well at the present
price of soys. We hope the soys
turn out better than Albert Augs
burger’s prospect for a bumper apple
crop which was hard hit by Thurs
day’s high wind. About 1,000
bushels, one-third of his entire crop
was blown off the trees.
Robert A. Potts of Spring street
who raises some mighty fine pigeons
is exhibiting eight pairs at the Put
nam county fair at Ottawa this
week. The birds are attracting a
lot of attention and favorable com
ment from pigeon fanciers.
Something new’ at the Wm. Am
stutz and Ed Palte sales west of
Beaverdam next Tuesday afternoon.
At intervals during the sale an old
timers quartet will be on hand to
entertain the crowd with popular
vocal selections. Looks like a good
drawing card and should liven up
the sale considerably.
A maple tree in the front yard of
Cleon Triplett on South Main street
has been having a run of hard luck.
A large limb was broken off in last
Thursday’s heavy windstorm and
Sunday afternoon an automobile
skidded off the pavement onto the
yard and crashed against the tree.
She was getting her driver’s
license down at Bixel Motor sales
the first of the week and was asked
the usual routine questions. “Have
you ever been committed to an in
stitution for the feeble minded?”
queried the clerk. “No, but I know’
a lot of people who have drivers
licenses that ought to be”, she snap
ped in reply.
There was a big crowd in town
last Saturday night and business
was good—which means that Bluff
ton retail stores have what you
want at the price you want to pay.
In fact, one customer who picked up
a winter jacket at a clothing store
here said he had searched in vain
for anything like it in Lima and
Findlay. Better try Bluffton first
and save time and gas.
Some mail dispatcher evidently
had a headache in figuring out the
location of Richville, but Bill Kin
caid, living one mile east of town,
received a letter this w’eek with no
more of an address than that, al
though it did arrive a little late.
The section beyond the Central Ohio
Power Co’s. Woodstock plant east
of town has been unofficially de
signated for many years as Rich
ville just as the Cherry street area
in Bluffton is know’n as Oklahoma.
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Bluffton bearing the name of Shan
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always arrive late due probably be
cause it takes some time until they
fall into the hands of an old mail
dispatcher who by memory knows
many of the earlier designations.
Occasionally at most inopportune
moments we have run out of gas
but we never heard of airplanes run
ning out of gas until last Saturday
when a medium sized plane after
circling over the Quinten Burkholder
farm, one mile northeast of town,
landed in the clover field. The pilot
calmly took out a five gallon gaso
line can, walked to town, returned
and after pouring the contents into
the plane started his motor and in
a few minutes soared away into the
clouds. He started his plane so
quickly and wheeled out of the field
so rapidly that Burkholder was un
able to learn where the plane was
from.
Seven junior high school boys, all
living in town, learned Saturday
first hand what it means to put in a
full day's work on a farm when they
picked up corn at the Herr brothers
place, south of town. These were:
Joe Bronson, Robert Wilch, James
Lewis, Don Fritchie, Ray Crouse,
Kent and Charles Stonehill. Asked
if the work proved tiring one of the
boys responded, “I sure did sleep
Saturday night.”
Promotion Day exercises were
held at the Presbyterian church
Sunday minus Keith Kirtland. His
explanation: Forgot to get a hair
cut.
It was only a month late but
Richard Minck finally received a
birthday present when he visited his
grandmother over the week-end in
her home at Russels Point. She
gave him a nice Eversharp pencil
for school use.
Mrs. Edgar Root was frightened
Saturday night when, home all
alone, she heard the back door mys
teriously and slowly open. Upon
investigating the matter she found
the cat and dog cooperating in the
activity. The cat climbed up on a
shelf and lifted the latch with its
back feet while the dog pushed
open the door from below. Believe
it or not!
While walking around the grand
stand on the Ottawa fair grounds
Sunday afternoon Joyce Young was
mysteriously hit on the head by
acorns several times and as yet has
found no solution to the matter.
A smart cat belong to Wade Fin
ton of Cherry street has persisted
in knocking over the milk bottle and
then lapping up the milk.
Remembering in church that she
had left the kitchen fire burning
under some potatoes cooking for
Sunday dinner, Mrs. S. F. Panna
becker sent her daughter Alice Ruth
home just in time to save the po
tatoes from being burned to a crisp.
Using the same rifle with which
his grandfather did some record
shooting, Robert Amstutz, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Amstutz, living
west of town, shot seven sparrows
with six shots. After shooting the
sparrows, he bagged two gophers in
the next 15 minutes. At the age of
85 his grandfather shot 38 squirrels
out of 39 shots.
While working in the corn field
George Frick turned around just in
time to see two baby fox squirrels
running towards him. Both of them
ran up his trouser legs and he was
able to catch one of them which he
is saving for a pet.
Now stationed at the Detroit vo
cational training school maintained
by the United States navy, Marion
Fisher, finds it easy to hitch hike to
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Bluffton on the furloughs given to
the men on week ends. Fisher is
studying metal working at the De
troit plant and took advantage of its
proximity to visit friends in Bluffton
on his weekly 36 hour leave.
The fact that he lived in the same
town in which the Triplett instru
ments were made, helped Elbert
Kohli secure a position with the
Radio Manufacturing Co., of Peoria,
Ill. He was conversing with one of
the engineers and when he knew of
the Bluffton connection became in
terested and a few minutes later
Kohli found himself hired. The
company uses Triplett instruments
quite extensively. And then to fur
ther capitalize on his home town of
Bluffton, Elbert met several workers
at the Peoria plant from Pekin and
Washington, Ill., who were well ac
quainted with Bluffton college
through boys in their respective
communities who attended school
here.
Four Bluffton women who visited
the Goodwill institute in Toledo last
Thursday are enthusiastically en
dorsing the institution in its work
of vocational training of physically
handicapped persons. Decorative
painting, furniture upholstering and
glass working are only a few of the
many varied fields in which it oper
ates. Materials which the institute
uses in its work are those discarded
by housewives of the city and pick
ed up by five trucks which make
daily rounds. Work of the institute
is maintained thru sale of these
reconstructed articles. The institute
is housed in a large building and a
staff of skilled technical instructors
is maintained. Bluffton women who
visited the institute were Mrs.
Harley Augsburger, Mrs. Joe Stage,
Mrs. Millen Geiger and Mrs. J. S.
Steiner.
Mt. Cory School News
The sophomores enjoyed a skating
party Friday evening. Fifteen mem
bers of the class motored to Findlay
for the skating.
Three Mt. Cory teacheis, Miss Dor
othy Rothrock, Miss Isabelle Stewart
and Miss Laura Ebersole attended the
County Departmental meeting at
Findlay, Thursday evening.
Here are the results of the Mt.
Cory class elections:
Senior class President, Robert
Powell V. Pres., Norma Jones Sec’y,
Evelyn Moyer Treas., Ralph Steiner.
Junior class President, Wayne
Shafer V. Pres., Geraldine Henry
Sec’y & Treas., Carol Montgomery.
Sophomore class—President Mar
jorie Oberly V. Pres., Lenna Haas
Sec’y & Treas, Ortho Stratton.
Freshman class—President, David
Anderson V. Pres., Marilyn Steiner
Sec’y & Treas, Albert McMann.
Eighth Grade—President, James
Green Sec’y & Treas., Jane Dukes.
Seventh Grade—President, Marilyn
Waltz Vice President, Paul Stucky
Sec’y & Treas., Herbert Kempf.
Fifth & Sixth Grades— President,
Howard Hamilton V. Pres., Betty
Lou Green Sec’y & Treas., Suzanne
Wooley.
The Fifth and Sixth grades are en
joying the new books purchased by
the School Board for their library.
Dairy cows fed continually on low
quality roughage may produce poor
or premature calves. Finely ground
limestone added to the deficient ration
before freshening caus-es an improve
ment in the calves.
One defense measure of practical
value on every Ohio farm is to burn
wood cut at home instead of coal
which must be transported. Most
woodlots contain overmature trees or
ones unfit for timber which will
make excellent fuel.
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Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hartman and
family spent Friday evening at the
O. P. Hartman home.
Sunday visitors at the H. 0. Hilty
home were Mr. and Mrs. Ohlen
Friedly of Dunkirk Mrs. David
Friedly of Findlay. Evening callers
were Miss Clarabel Owens, Mrs.
Sarah Oates, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ewing and Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Klingier.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Montgomery
and family, Mr. Thomas Bell called
on Mrs. Anna Koontz Sunday fore
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grismore and
family called Sunday afternoon at
the O. P. Hartman home.
Past week callers at the Owens
home were Mrs. S. A. Esley of
Loudenville Francis Owens, Mrs.
Agatha Ostendorf of Delphos Mrs.
Sarah Allerding of Lafayette Mrs.
Carl Heffner and daughter Kay of
Columbus.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Montgomery
and family, Mr. Thomas Bell called
Sunday afternoon at the Morris Bell
home.
Mr. and rs. O. P. Hartman and
son Jay spent Monday with Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Hartman.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler spent
Sunday afternoon at the L. A.
Klingler home in Findlay.
Pleasant View
Miss Barbara Carr left last week
for Columbus where she will be a
senior at Ohio State university.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Phillips of
West Independence and Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Basinger of Columbus
Grove spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Wynkoop and Mildred.
William Habegger and Ray Harris
attended a financial board meeting
at the home of Rev. Paul Zimmer
man in Rawson, Wednesday evening.
Miss Virginia Suter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Suter and Lewis
Dukes son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Dukes were united in marriage at
the home of Rev. H. D. Camp of
North Baltimore, Wednesday even
ing. They left Saturday for Colum
bus, Georgia, where Mr. Dukes is
stationed with the United States
army.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart and
Mrs. Waldo Hanna spent Saturday
in Columbus.
The young folks of the View en
joyed a weiner roast at the college
farm on Thursday evening in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dukes who
were married on Wednesday.
Beef cattle which have been given
a liberal ration during the winter will
lose their bloom when turned on
grass. The wiser practice is not to
feed grain too heavily if cattle are to
be finished on pasture.
Before buying any mixed feed, Ohio
dairymen should compare its cost
with the cost of an equally good ra
tion made up with home grown
grains. High protein feeds can be
bought to balance corn, oats, wheat
or barley produced on the farm.
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Bluffton High School Notes
With all group pictures taken for
Buccaneer, high school annual, work
on the year book is well under way,
according to announcement made by
Bill Amstutz .editor-in-chief. Also
completed are the senior pictures and
proofs have been returned to the stu
dents. The business department, un
der the direction of Richard Augs
burger, has started the drive for ad
vertisements. The staff has adopted
the policy this year of using only lo
cal advertisements unless the drive
falls considerably below expectations.
Subscription drive among the stu
dents will start this week. Other
members of the staff are: Ruth Hank
ish and Hildred Eversole, associate
editors Harold Crouse, photography
editor and Eloise Sommer, art editor.
Prof. P. W. Stauffer is adviser.
Sound motion pictures continue to be
an important part of the school cur
riculum being used in various classes
about once a week to supplement and
illustrate lesson material. The mo
tion pictures are always followed with
a discussion of their important points.
Films to be presented this week
are: Dandelions and Seed Dispersal,
both to be used in the biology classes
and “Land of the Free” to be shown
in the social science classes.
The G. A. A. girls hiked to the
Bluffton golf course Monday after
school. The girls practiced playing
golf and were given instruction by
Eileen Wenger. A pot-luck supper
was enjoyed in the club house. Mar
garet Burkholder is president of the
organization.
A safety talk was given by a pa
trolman of the state highway depart
ment at an assembly meeting Tues
day morning.
In anticipation of the Bluffton-Pan
dora game Wednesday afternoon a
bon-fire pep meeting was enjoyed by
the student body at Harmon Feld,
Tuesday night. The session was pre
sided over by Elmer Stonehill, Mary
Jane Worthington and Doris Dunifon,
cheer leaders.
School will be dismissed at 2:45
o’clock Wednesday afternoon in order
to permit the students to attend the
game at Pandora which starts at 3:00
o’clock. The seventh period will be
omitted. The football boys will dress
in Bluffton and leave the high school
at 2:30 o’clock.
Recognition services will be hold by
the Blue Triangle at the High School.
Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. New
members will be taken into the club
in special candle-light senices pre
sided over by Alice Jean Bixel, pres
ident. Miss Florence Duffield, com
mercial instructor, is adviser.
School will be dismissed all day on
Thursday to permit the students to
attend the Ottawa fair. The library
also will be closed, it was announced
by Miss Ocie Anderson, librarian. It
has been estimated that at least one-
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third of the student body attends the
annual fair.
Class rings will be measured for
members of the Junior class, Friday
noon, it was announced by James
Gratz, class president.
The Bluffton High School marching
band may have six new drum major
ettes if present plans materialize.
Showing special facility of twerling
the shiny sticks are: Helen Burk
holder, Alice Augsburger, Doris Bar
ber, Patsy Schmidt, Jean Clark and
Peggy Martin. Drum major is Dor
othy Jennings.
Pleasant Hill
Mrs. Alta Garau and son Cleo and
Mrs. Lily Fett and Miss Nellie
Huber called Sunday afternoon on
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith and family
near Cairo.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen and
family were Sunday dinner guests
in the Dan Badertscher home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hossafros
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Messinger
called Friday evening on Mrs. Lily
Fett and Nellie Huber.
Mrs. Homer Lung called Tuesday
on Mrs. Dennis Brauen.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Huber and son
spent Saturday night and Sunday
visiting with relatives in Marion,
Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes and
Joanne Seigg called Sunday evening
on Mrs. Angie Turner of Ada.
Mrs. Florence Porter of Courtland,
Ohio is spending a few days with
relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winegardner
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Holman called at the Cora Huber
home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lugibihl and
family spent Thursday evening in
the Aldine Welty home at Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Zerbe and
son spent Saturday night and Sun
day in the Wm. Lugibihl home. Mr.
Harvey Hilty and Adam Amstutz
called Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jennings
and family called at the following
homes Sunday afternoon: Coral
Shick, Avery Watt, Verly Fleming,
and Jake Yoakum.
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Watt were
Friday evening dinner guests in the
V) illard Jennings home.
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