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PAGE SIX
ALLEN COUNTY
Caught Bumper Stops
Auto Thieves
Because the bumper of his car be
came caught in a fence near his
garage, Kenneth Mason, of Lima,
still had his car Friday, police re
ported.
Authorities said a man who at
tempted to steal the car fled when
it became caught. He took the rear
view mirror with him.
Draftees To Go Oct. 8-9
“Push-off” dates for 54 Lima and
Allen county selectees slated for the
next draft call were officially an
nounced Wednesday as Oct. 8 and 9.
The tentative call, received by the
three local boards last week, had
the departure date as Oct. 6.
Board 1 and 2 with quotas of 20
and 17 men respectively, will send
their men to the Toledo induction
center on Oct. 8. Board 3 will
send 17 men the following day.
Patterson Heads
Allen AAA
Clair A. Patterson has been chos
en to direct the activities of the Al
len county AAA program for the
coming year. His assistants will be
Marcus E. Emerick, vice chairman,
and Irvin H. Mason, third member.
All were members last year.
The three were re-elected Thurs
day afternoon at a meeting in Me
morial hall by 12 men, representing
Allen county’s 12 townships.
Lima Westinghouse
Enlarges Factory
By reconstructing one building and
enlarging two, the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Co. said
it hoped to increase its Lima plant
floor space 20 per cent in order to
make more small motors and gen
erators.
No announcement was made of the
project’s cost. The plant now em
ploys 2,000 persons on a three-shift
basis.
Hammer Wielder
Attacks Girl
Police withheld charges tempor
arily against a 36-year-old man
seized after a 17-year-old girl was
beaten on the head with a hammer
on a downtown street and was
dragged towards an automobile.
Miss Joan Singer, the victim, is
recovering in Memorial Hospital
from severe head cuts and shock.
Police said the girl’s father, R. E.
Singer, has indicated he will file
charges only if the girl’s injuries
Any Way You Look At It
You’re Ahead With a
Because of its two-cylinder
engine design you get the
John Deere combination of
money-making advantages.
Rock-bottom economy of burn
ing low cost fuel simplicity
of construction with fewer
heavier parts, that make for
dependable performance over
a long period of years.
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
prove serious.
Miss Singer told officials the man
attacked her with the hammer as
she walked alone near the down
town district after leaving a theater
and tried to drag her to an auto
mobile. She screamed, and Eugene
Lytle, a filling station attendant, ran
to her aid and felled the man with
a flying tackle.
Lima Loco Signs
Union Contract
A contract providing for a union
shop and the checkoff system has
been signed by the Lima Locomotive
Works, Inc., and AFL Craft unions,
Alfred T. Murphy, secretary of the
Lima Central Labor union, an
nounced.
Approximately 2,300 employes are
affected by the contract and 700
more will be enrolled when the com
pany’s new tank factory starts pro
duction.
Hiccoughing Victim
Improved
Continued slight improvement in
the condition of John Rutledge,
Lima hiccoughing victim, was re
ported by attaches at Cleveland
Clinic, where Rutledge was admit
ted last week after several days of
constant hiccoughing. The spasms
now come intermittently as compared
to a rate of 23 to 45 a minute when
Rutledge was admitted.
Unknown Man Found
On Tracks
An unidentified man was found un
conscious Tuesday evening alongside
the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks be
tween Franklin and Pierce streets,
the Delphos police department re
ported.
The man was removed to St. Rita’s
hospital, Lima, where his condition
was reported as serious.
Duke Of Windsor
Goes Thru Lima
The Duke of Windsor and his
American-born duchess passed thru
Lima Saturday morning on their
way to Chicago from Washington,
D. C.
Limaites, however, did not have
an opportunity to catch a glimpse
of the famous couple.
May Beautify Lima
Square
Presentation of the Lima Public
square beautification plan was made
to council Monday night by Council
man Harry Shook, Jr., chairman of
council’s special committee on the
proposed improvement.
The plan provides for four 200
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BLUFFTON, OHIO
by 30 feet shade areas spotted in
the four corners of the Square, 24
properly spaced boulevard lights, six
in each of the four shade areas, 16
shade trees, four in each of the park
areas, shrubbery and plenty of green
grass. Under the plan, parking
spaces would be provided for 150
cars.as against the 170 now accom
modated.
Bumper Corn Harvest
Started
Allen county’s 1941 corn yield will
average about 50 bushels an acre.
That estimate was made Saturday
by farmers who predict that the
yield will be about the same as for
last year.
Within the next few days, provid
ing weather is fair, Allen county
farmers will have cut their 50,000
acres of corn. Much of the corn
this year was cut by machinery as
there was a shortage of farm labor.
Since 1937, Allen county has been
having bumper crops. Most of the
corn in the area is of good quality.
On some of the high ground in the
county the corn was not so good,
having suffered from dry weather.
Pay Increase For
1000 Workers
Pay increase of six cents an hour
for approximately 1,000 employes of
The Ohio Steel Foundry Co. was an
nounced Friday by ohn E. Galvin,
president of the company. The in
crease is effective October 1.
HANCOCK COUNTY
$26 Awarded For
Dog Bite
The plaintiff was awarded the
verdict in a jury trial Wednesday
of the suit of Phyllis Dochterman,
a minor, against John Roth. The
plaintiff had asked $1,500 damages
for injuries received when she was
bitten by a dog owned by the de
fendant. The jury awarded her $25,
the amount of the doctor bill appar
ently having been a matter of con
sideration.
Boy Burned By
Power Line
William Bright, 15, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Otis Bright, of Van Buren, is
in the Findlay hospital with severe
burns and injuries suffered when
two utility poles and electric lines
carrying 7,200 volts fell on the Van
Buren school grounds during a high
wind storm early Thursday after
noon.
The poles apparently did not hit
him. According to B. R. Ford,
school superintendent, the youth was
knocked down by the impact and one
Proper distribution of weight
and effective traction in the
field—handling your work eas
ier, quicker, with maximum
efficiency and reserve power.
Add to these advantages the
unexcelled vision in cultivat
ing, smooth positive steering,
hand-operated clutch, roomy
platform and swinging draw
bar.
With four sizes and 12
models in general purpose
tractors, you can choose
the exact size and type to
fit your need.
To corroborate above
statement: At the Pilot
Rock plowing match,
Cherokee, la., Sept. 3, the
5 two-cylinder John Deere
model tractors excelled all
competitive four and six
cylinder high compression
wheel type tractors—cut
ting the fuel cost per acre
in half.
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The 28-year-old car owned by the
late Allen C. Redman, has been
loaned to the H. J. Harrington Chev
rolet company. It is being used in
connection with the showing of the
1942 models and probably will be
seen on Findlay streets for the next
week or so.
This was the t! Chevrolet ever
sold in Hancock county and was the
first model to have three-speed trans
mission.
Two Get Highest
Masonic Rank
O. D. Donnell and Dr. V. E.
Burns, of Findlay, have been elected
to receive the thirty-third Masonic
degree, Ancient and Accepted Scot
tish Rite. .e rank is the highest
in the Masonic order.
The Supreme Council, northern
Masonic jurisdiction of the United
States, elected the two Findlay men
and two Toledo men to the high de
gree at a meeting held in Chicago.
Girl’s Steer First
URGE FOR more and BETTER WAYS OF MAKING THINGS
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By M0R£ THAN 400% IN 2.0 YEARS.
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of the wires momentarily came in
contact with his shoulders. His
shoulders and neck have third degree
burns, and lesser burns are on his
chest and arms.
1914 Auto Still In Use
A 1914 model which still chugs
merrily along in spite of its vener
able age was seen n Findlay streets,
Friday.
BACKGROUND OF NAT/ONAL DEFENSE.
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A steer rais ■d by a girl won first
place in the show of the Arlington
Calf club whi ?h featured the open
ing day of he annual Arlington
parent-teacher association fair last
Thursday in re school building.
The animal was owned by Lola
Vansant, daug iter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Vansant, of northeast of Ar
lington.
279 Enroll At Findlay
College
Official registration figures re
vealed Wednt' iay that 279 students
have enrolled for the fall semester
at Findlay college.
Of this total, 79 are freshmen en
trants. As has been the case in
former years, the freshmen boys once
more outnumber the co-eds this year
to the tune of 56 to 23.
Little Wheat Sowed
In County
In spite of the fact the fly free
date has passed, little wheat has
been sowed in Hancock county.
Most of thv farmers have been
busy this week cutting their corn
and some have started harvesting
soybeans. But for the most part it
has been a little too dry to sow
wheat anyway.
Sept. 25 is recognized as the date
after which Hancock county farmers
may sow wheat and stand less
chance of infestation by Hession fly.
The date was Thursday.
Diphtheria Immuniza
tion Urged
With the arrival of autumn comes
the danger of diphtheria, a disease
most prevalent in the fall season.
The Findlay board of health is rec-
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ren from infancy through the school
age.
Miss Martha Laffey, Findlay
health commissioner said Friday that
there are two types of protection
recommended. One thousand units
of antitoxin is usually given if the
child is actively exposed to the dis
ease, she explained, and this builds
an immunity quickly, giving protec
tion for a 30-day period. The toxiod
protection acts more slowly but is
more permanent, giving protection
over a longer period.
AAA Committee
Unchanged
The personnel of the Hancock
county Agricultural Administration
committee will remain the same for
another year.
All three members, Lester E. El
sea, of Eagle township, Harry A.
Hofmaster, of Washington township,
and Mearl D. Steen, of Portage
township, were re-elected at the
county convention Thursday after
noon in the AAA office.
HARDIN COUNTY
Peace Library Donate!
To Ada
The Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace is placing the first
volumes of an International Mind
Alcove for young people in the Ada
public library.
The books for these shelves will
arrive every three months over a
period of several years until a total
of 100 volumes is reached.
The first five volumes now are
available. They include “The Blue
Butterfly” by Hatchinson “Manoel”
by Atwater “Teri Taro” by Stone
“San Bao” by Cannon, and “Pedro”
by Flack.
First Hardin County
Returns Home
Hardin county’s first selectee was
returned home last week under the
28-year-old regulation when Pvt.
Joseph Jordan, of near Kenton, was
placed in the Medical corps reserve
after having been in training at
Camp Lee, Va., for about three
months. He was inducted into serv
ice on last une 30, but had passed
his 28th birthday before July 1.
Jordan, however, was not dis
charged from the army but still is
on call in case of emergency.
$600,000 Corn Crop In
Ada Area
One of the most profitable corn
crops for several years is being har
vested by farmers in the Ada dis
trict, a survey revealed. Aided by
ideal weather, corn cutting is in
full swing with farmers using ma-
chinery as much as possible to re
place labor.
This year’s yield, within a six
mile radius of Ada, is estimated at
more than 800,000 bushels, and val
ued at approximately $600,000.
Four Diphtheria Cases
In Alger
The fourth case of diphtheria was
placed under quarantine in the vil
lage of Alger last week, Hardin
county health officials reported.
Doris Irene Carmean, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carmean, was
the latest patient to contract the
disease.
17 Rejected For Draft
Of the 35 Hardin county regis
trants given physical examinations
at Toledo by U. S. Army medical
officers on Wednesday, only 18 were
accepted, it was revealed by the
county selective service board in
Kenton. Of the number, 17 were
rejected because of physical dis
ability.
It is expected that all of those ac
cepted will be taken in call 28 which
will be some time after October 6
when 12 men will be summoned for
army duty from this county.
Calf Weighs 140 At
Birth
One of the heaviest calves ever to
have been bom in the vicinity of
Kenton was reported on the Boyd
Fair farm, west of Kenton. The
registered Brown Swiss bull calf,
weighed by Merle Fry, the tenant,
and several neighbors, tipped the
scales at 140’2 pounds about 20
hours after birth.
According to local agricultural
ists, some calves weigh as much as
100 pounds within 24 hours after
birth. It was the cow’s third calf.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Ready For Sugar Plant
Operation
Refining will begin at the Ohio
Sugar company plant at Ottawa, in
about two weeks, officials report.
Recent rains have speeded up the
growth of the sugar beet crop.
There are indications that the yield
per acre will be above average altho
there will be no definite data avail
able until harvesting of the crop is
started.
Fair Secretary Quits
After 27 Years
Claimant of the record for the
longest consecutive service as a fail'
secretary in Ohio, T. M. “Dick” Tea
garden has submitted his resignation
as secretary of the Columbus Grove
Mid-Winter Fair to the board of
directors effective Sept. 30.
For the last 27 years Teagarden
has served as secretary of the fair
but he said that poor health is caus
ing him to step down. The board
has not accepted the resignation but
expects to as soon as a successor is
selected.
Putnam County Fair
This Week
Starting Tuesday and continuing
through all of the week, the Putnam
County Fair Grounds will be a bee
hive of activity—it will be the an
nual fair time, filled to the brim
with outstanding displays and exhib
its, amusements with all their hi
larity, shows with all their excite
ment, and harness races.
Woman Injured In
Wind Storm
One woman was knocked uncon
scious, two persons were hurt in an
accident and undetermined damage
was caused during a wind storm
which swept over Putnam county
Thursday.
While visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Homer Baker, north of Gilboa, Mrs.
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Let Us Grind and
Mix Your Grains
WITH
40% Ration Ayd for Poultry
400 to 600 lbs. your grains to 100 lbs. Ration
Ayd Lay Mix. It contains ample cod liver oil and
no cheap filler.
Ration Ayd Mix makes the eggs and Hog Mix
makes the ham.
The Bluffton Milling Co.
WANTED—DEAD STOCK
WE PAY TOP CASH PRICES
Horses $4.00 Cows $2.00
Small Stock removed free of charge.
Quick Service
Telephone Findlay, MAIN 475, Reverse Charges
BUCKEYE REDUCTION COMPANY, Findlay, Ohio
THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 1941
Cora McClure was knocked uncon
scious when a bam door was rn
from its hinges and hit her. The
son-in-law, Homer Baker, was un
hurt when the door struck him first.
Fred Hauck and Miss Maude
Showalter, of Ottawa, received pain
ful injuries when their car skidded
on wet pavement on a curve three
miles north of Ottawa on Route 15
Thursday afternoon.
Nestles Buy Grove
Milk Plant
The Nestle’s Milk Products Com
pany has purchased the Grove Milk
Company plant in Columbus Grove
and has taken over the business, as
of September 1.
The plant is operated as a sub
sidiary of Nestle’s and is continuing
along the same lines as already in
corporated.
Visual Program Edu
cation Starts
With 10 schools taking part, the
visual education program for the
Putnam county schools has been
started by County Superintendent
Carl D. Vermilya. The schools are
divided into two divisions and sep
arate films have been arranged for
each group during periods through
out the year.
New School Ready
For Use
There’s a new interest in the lives
of the 210 pupils attending the pub
lic school at Kalida during the pres
ent term.
Principal Gaylord W. Myers has
announced the virtual completion of
a handsome new $56,000 addition to
the school building. The structure,
of face brick construction, has a
front width of 68 feet which extends
to a 78 feet width at the back. The
depth of the new building is 127
feet.
4-H Livestock Sale
Friday
The annual 4-H club and voca
tional-agriculture livestock sale for
animals raised by Putnam county
youths will be held on Friday, Oct.
3, in connection with the 86th an
nual Putnam county fair.
County Agent L. C. Holtkamp an
nonced the sale will start in the
morning, and will be in charge of
a committee of voters and Agricul
ture- teachers.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
The State of Ohio
Allen County ss.
Estate of Barbara Amstutz Deceased.
Willis J. Amstutz of Bluffton, Ohio, has
been appointed and qualified as administrator
of the estate of Barbara Amstutz, late of
Allen County, Ohio deceased.
Dated this 16th day of September 1941.
RAYMOND P. SMITH.
24 Probate Judge.
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