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THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1941
Former Bluffton Man
In Railroad Accident
Willard Conrad, of Lima, former
Bluffton resident, employed as an en
gineer on the Nickel Plate railroad
escaped with minor bruises in a
railroad accident when two trains
crashed at Fremont, Monday after
noon.
Conrad w’ho was engineer on a
switching locomotive pulled out of a
siding and crashed into a Toledo
bound Wheeling & Lake Erie freight
train. The locomotive toppled onto
its side after hitting about 17 cars
from the rear of the 70 car freight.
The accident occurred, members of
the switching crew said, when some
one tampered with the switch, caus
ing the Nickel Plate locomotive to
Notice!
Due to remodeling of the building I now
occupy on Cherry street, I am forced to move
my auto repair shop. As there is no vacant
building suitable for a repair shop, I shall be
out of business after October 25.
I regret the move I must make and wish to
thank you all for the many years of friendly
support.
H. Ray Mamma
Momma Garage
mon mu
THE BLUFFTON COLLEGE
CONCERT SERIES
Season 1941-1942
THE GUARDSMEN QUARTET OF HOLLYWOOD—
featured in concert, radio and motion pictures—Nov. 7
ROBERT ELLIOT—talented American violinist—second
appearance in Bluffton—Jan. 8
RALPH DOBBS—outstanding young American pianist—
March 11
THE RINK STRING QUARTET—artists with a distinct
musical understanding—second appearance in Bluffton—
April 27
Adult Season Ticket...................................$1.75
High School Season Ticket...................... 1.00
Grade School Season Ticket.......................... 50
Season Tickets on Sale at
Hauenstein & Son Pharmacy
$$ FOR POULTRYMEN $$
The government wants 300,000,000 dozen extra eggs.
It requires 1,600,000 eggs daily to feed the boys in the
camps. Egg prices are to be pegged till June 1943.
Start Your Pullets on Master Egg Mash or
Mix Home-grown Grain with 34% Master
Mix Concentrate.
MASTER FEED MILL
Phone 317-W
Efficient Home Heaters
move onto the main line instead of
to another siding.
Roy Ford of Kenton, Nickel Plate
brakeman is reported in a serious
condition in the Fremont hospital as
the result of injuries received in the
accident.
Conrad was released from the hos
pital after receiving first aid treat
ment. He is a brother of Raymond
and Donivan Conrad of this place.
Tax Settlement
Made By Auditor
Final settlement of balance due
the town from the September tax
collection was made the first of the
week when the sum of $2,075.18 was
received by Corporation Clerk Wil
ford Geiger from the office of county
auditor Floyd Griffin.
that cut Ueatiua caiid
Estate Heatrola
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Burns oil—no fuss or muss—thermostat control keeps
your home warm, morning, noon and night.
Round Oak Furnaces
Estimates without obligation on installation in your
home.
L. T. Greding Hardware
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIERY, Business Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor
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For custom combining call Clayton
Bucher, Bluffton phone 525-W. 26
Miss Emma Hilty spent the week
end at the home of her brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Hilty.
Jitney supper at the Presbyterian
church, Thursday night from 5 to 7 p.
m. The public is invited.
Mrs. M. M. Kibler is visiting at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. E. W.
Bash and family in Lorain.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cahill of Jef
ferson street spent Sunday in To
ledo visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Baum.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger and
sons Don and Buddy visited Sunday
at the home of Supt and Mrs. Dwight
Musselman at Mt. Gilead.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Tressel of
Ada visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Oehrli and Mrs. J. J.
Hamilton on Poplar street.
Mr. and Mrs. Gail Shine and fam
ily of Lima spent Tuesday evening
at the home of her sister, Mr. and
Mrs. E. P. Conaway and family.
Harry Turner, Jr., who is attend
ing business college at Tiffin, spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Turner of Harmon
road.
Mary Eileen Oberly of Jenera
spent Sunday with Sara Mae Oberly
who is convalescing at her home
here following a recent operation
for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Driver of
Lima spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Sherwood Diller and family and
Mrs. W. E. Diller and family of
South Main street.
Mrs. Lena Lockwood and son Mich
ael of Santa Ynez, Calif., who are
visiting friends in Ohio spent several
days last week at the home of Mr.
and Mr. E. P. Conaway and family.
Kenneth Luginbuhl, private first
class, of Camp Shelby, Miss., is home
on an eight day furlough this week
visiting at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Luginbuhl south of
Bluffton.
Mrs. Ora Wetherill left Saturday
for Ashville, Ohio, to visit her sister
in-law, Mrs. Blanche Morrison and ac
company her on a motor trip to Kan
sas City. They expect to be gone for
tw’o weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hilty spent
Friday in Berne, Ind., attending the
funeral of a friend, Mrs. Rosina
Sprunger. Mr. and Mrs. Hilty made
their home with the Sprunger’s whi le
living in Berne.
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Elliott and
daughter Rose Mary of Columbus
Grove, Mrs Ethel Robert and daught-,
er Virginia and Richard Augsburger
spent the week end on a motor trip
to Niagara Falls.
Stated communication Bluffton Ma
sonic lodge next Monday night. Work
in Entered Apprentice degree for two
candidates. A good attendance is de
sired. Charles Aukerman, W. M.
Ralph Stearns, sec.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Geiger of
Cleveland were here Saturday to at
tend the Bluffton college homecoming
and visit relatives and friends in
Bluffton and vicinity. Their son, Kent,
is a member of the sophomore class
at Princeton university.
A number from this place motor
ed to Waynesfield, Sunday to spend
the day with Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Jorg and Mr. and Mrs. John Jorg.
Enjoying the trip were Mrs. Noah
Zimmerman, Bernice and Junior
Zimmerman, Miss Sarah Amstutz
and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hoch
stettler and family.
Mrs. Gertrude Stauffer who spent
the past summer here with her
mother, Mrs. J. J. Hamilton of
Poplar street, has returned to
Phoenix, Arizona for the winter.
Her son, Royce Stauffer, in the army
air corps who was ill with pneu
monia in a Salt Lake city hospital is
much improved and was recently
released from the hospital.
Jitney supper at the Presbyterian
church, Thursday night from 5 to 7 p.
m. The public is invited.
Those from a distance attending
funeral services held for Mrs. Arthur
Yoakam, Saturday afternoon includ
ed: Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Cantrell
and son Glen, of North East, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller, of Albion,
Pa. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Porter and
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Monroe, of Cort
land Mrs. J. S. Lonsinger, Phila
delphia Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Skaggs
and daughter Helen, St. Clairsville
Mr. and Mrs. Finley Reeves, Port
land, Ind.
Diller ambulance removals: Clar
ence Jones from his home in union
township to Bluffton hospital Mrs.
Lyman Barnes from Bluffton hos
pital to her home in Jackson town
ship Lydia Ann Blosser from Lima
Memorial hospital to the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Blosser, Jackson township Newton
Elzay from the home of Ami Pifer,
Orange township to Bluffton hos
pital Sarah Mae Oberly from
Bluffton hospital to her home on
Cherry street.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Mrs. Bertha Wetherill of Weston is
spending several days here the guest
cf Mrs. Goldie Battles.
Jitney supper at the Presbyterian
church, Thursday night from 5 to 7 p.
m. The public is invited.
C. A. Huber and daughter Miss
Olive Huber were Sunday guests at
the home of Geo. Thomas near Find
lay.
Mrs. Cora McGeorge and daugh
ters Goldie and Lucille of Lima
were Sunday visitors at the W. W.
Huber home.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Getties, daugh
ter Zitella, John Rogers and grandson
James Griffith spent Sunday in To
ledo, the guests of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. James Elvin, re
cently married, have returned from
a wedding trip to Petoskey, Mich.,
and are at home at 108 Poplar
street.
Mrs. Eli Hartman of Jefferson
street has returned from a visit with
her sister, Mrs. Emma Klumpp of
East Sparta and a niece, Mrs. Carl
Bocker in Kenton.
Maurice Boutwell southeast of
Bluffton who is in army service is now
located at Camp Wolters, Texas, ac
cording to word received here the
first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wilson and
family of Findlay and Mrs. Gerald
Basinger and family of Pandora
visited Mr. and Mrs. Levi Oberly
and family, Sunday.
Regular meeting of the Royal
Neighbor lodge, Friday night. Mrs.
Ross Bogart and Mrs. Frank Arm
brecht will be in charge of the pro
gram. A good attendance is desired.
B. B. Harding of Denver, Col.,
spent Sunday at the J. A. Warren
home in Orange township. Mr.
Harding stopped off here enroute on
a business trip to Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Mary Matter of Garau street
left Wednesday morning for Sala
manaca, N. Y., where she will make
an extended visit at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Reynolds and family.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nonnamaker
and son Jimmy had as their guests,
Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. John Criblez
of Lima Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Kramer of Mt. Cory and Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Diller of this place.
Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Soash of South
Main street have returned from a
two weeks’ motor trip thru the
Middle West, during which time they
attended the convention of the In
terstate Medical association at Min
neapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Brehman of
Glendora, Calif., arrived Sunday to
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Agin, who are at the Lyle rest
home in Dunkirk and look after af
fairs here. Mr. and Mrs. Agin who
were ill last summer are now much
improved. Mr. and Mrs. Brehman
expect to leave for their home in
California, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Springer, dau
ghters Mary Elise and Kathryn Jane
and son John Mervin of Peoria, Ill.,
visited from Thursday until Sunday
at the home of Mrs. Springer’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Stepleton of
’North Lawn avenue and attended the
Bluffton college homecoming over the
week end. They were accompanied
home by Mrs. Stepleton who will
spend several weeks with her daught
er and family in Peoria.
Winget-Thompson
Wedding Solemnized
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Winget of
near Bluffton announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Dellora Mae
Winget to Raymond Thompson, son
of Homer Thompson which was sol
emnized Sunday.
Rev. Sedetealhaur of North Balti
more officiated at the nuptial cere
mony. Attending were Miss .Von
Dale Winget, sister of the bride and
Miss Kathleen Dukes, a close friend.
The groom’s attendants were Clar
ence Burkholder and Lowell Benard.
After the ceremony a wedding din
ner was given in the home of the
bride for the immediate relatives.
Mrs. Thompson is a graduate of
Union Township high school, Mt.
Cory, in the class of 1941, and is
employed at the Triplett Electrical
Instrument company in Bluffton.
Mr. Thompson attended school at
Harrod and is employed on a farm
near Bluffton. They will make their
home with the bridegroom’s father
for the pi esent.
Draft Board No. 3
To Send 12 Men
Allen County Draft Board No. 3,
in the jurisdiction of which Bluffton
is included, will be asked to provide
12 men in the 31st draft call to be
filled some time between Nov. 14
and 25.
An unofficial quota of 40 men has
been set for Allen county. Board
No. 1 must send 15 men Board No.
2, 13 men and Board No. 3, 12 men.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to the relatives, friends and
neighbors for their sympathy ex
tended to us in the loss of our be
loved husband and father also Rev.
Burrichter and Rev. Lahr for their
consoling words, the singers for
their services and floral and auto
donors.
Mrs. Adolph Badertscher
& Children
SOCIETIES
and CLUBS
Legion Auxiliary
The regular meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary will be
held in the Legion hall Tuesday
night at 8:00 o’clock.
Approaching Marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barnes, of
South Main street, announce the en
gagement and approaching marriage
of their daughter Rosalie June to
Gail Rakosky, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Rakosky of Lakeside. The
wedding will take place Saturday,
November 8th.
Century Circle
South America was the theme of
the meeting of the Century Circle
held at the home of Mrs. Wilhelm
Amstutz with Mrs. H. H. Huser, as
sistant hostess, Wednesday after
noon. The following program was
presented: South America Has
Everything, Mrs. A. D. Gratz Lib
erators and Heroes of South Ameri
ca, Mrs. A. C. Burcky.
Travel Class
The Travel class met at the home
of Mrs. Julia Adams of South Lawn
avenue Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
R. L. Triplett was assistant hostess.
The following program was present
ed: Seven Mothers Who Were
Proud, Mrs. Albert Baumgartner
“Free Land'’, Rose Wilder Lane,
Mrs. Charles Armentrout.
To Wed Sunday
Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Niswander of
South Jackson street are announcing
the approaching marriage of their
daughter Esther to Paul Emmert,
son of Mrs. Grace Emmert of Elk
hart, Ind. The ceremony will be
solemnized Sunday morning at 7:30
o’clock at the First Mennonite
church.
The Rev. H. T. Unruh pastor of
the bride will officiate at the open
church wedding. A reception for
the bridal party and immediate
families will follow at the home of
the bride.
Both the bride and groom have
attended Bluffton college. The bride
has been employed at the R. T.
Gregg store at Lima and the groom
at the Emmert Appliance store at
La Grange, Ind.
Bluffton College Is
Host To Conference
Bluffton college will be host to the
Northwestern Ohio Home Economics
club conference to be held on the
campus Friday. About 60 delegates
from the colleges of this area will
attend the conference, it was stated
by Miss Edna Ramseyer, instructor
in home economics at the college.
“Home Economics and our Present
World” will be the general theme of
the conference. It will be enlarged
upon through discussion groups, ex
hibits and addresses by authorities
in the field. Miss Eunice Ryan, pro
fessor of clothing and Dr. Ramsow
er, head of the vocational agriculture
department, both from Ohio State
university, have been secured to
guide thought along this line.
Miss Ryan will discuss “Clothing
and the Present World Situation”
Friday afternoon at 2:30 and Dr.
Ramsower will present “Present Day
Challenges for Home Economists” at
8 p. m. that evening.
Registration of delegates will com
mence at 1 p. m. Friday afternoon,
and will continue through 1:30. A
tea has been planned for the hour
between 1:30 and 2:30, with inspec
tion of exhibits, and a word of wel
come from Bluffton’s president, Dr.
L. L. Ramseyer, coming at that time.
Miss Ramseyer is also expected to
give a few words of greeting then.
Following Miss Ryan’s address at
2:30, discussion groups will meet to
consider such topics as “trends and
challeges in home economics today.”
“Home Economics club programs,”
and “financial problems of Home
Economics clubs.” Acting chairmen
and secretaries for these groups will
be selected from representatives of
visiting colleges.
A summarization of the discussion
groups will be made from 4:30 to
5:30 in a business session. Follow
ing this, delegates will be allowed
free time until the banquet which is
scheduled for 6:45 p. m. in the Ropp
hall dining room.
Immediately after Dr. Ramsower's
address in the college Chapel that
evening, singing and folk games will
be conducted as an optional activity.
The conference will be brought to
a conclusion at 10 p. m. Friday
evening.
All conference plans are being
made by the Bluffton Home Econom
ics club. Miss Margaret Olivet, sen
ior from Chicago, is president of the
group.
Mayor’s Notice
Malicious destruction of property
in connection with the observance of
Halloween will not be tolerated and
law violators will be subject to pro
secution. Parents are requested to
caution their children in this matter.
26 W. A. Howe, Mayor
Last Kites For
Beaverdam Man
Funeral services for Orville Young,
72, retired farmer who lived 52
years on a farm southeast of Beav
erdam, were held at the Beaverdam
Church of Christ Wednesday after
noon. Mr. Young died at his resi
dence near Lima on Monday where
he had lived for the past two years
following retirement.
Survivors are his wife, Dora four
sons associated with the Young Bros.
Trucking Co. in Lima, Lewis, Wood
row, Burnie and Laverne four
daughters, Mrs. Hazel Mort, Mrs.
Mel vine Miller, Mrs. Anola Stemcn
of Lima Mrs. Myrtle Snyder of
Cairo.
Burial was made in the Beaver
dam cemetery.
WANT-ADS
Wanted—Scrap steel and metals.
Highest prices paid. Dana Mathew
son, 128 Riley St. tf
Wanted—Corn, soybeans and oats.
Truck will haul. Master
phone 317-W.
Feed Mill,
Wanted—Hatching eggs from pure
bred flocks of all breeds ii you have
chicks that can qualify fo the Ohio
U. S. Approved plan. W
liberal premiums above ma
Write or call Blue Ribbon
wil
pay
price,
Hatt’hery,
Inc., Beaverdam, Ohio. Z i
Farmers attention Buy your
spring post supply now. Posts cut
from railroad ties former y cr?osot*
ed. Lines at 16c and end posts st
75c. The supply is limited. Call
phone 576-R, or see Frank Lugibihl,
4 miles south of Bluffton on Bentley
road.
Reliable farmer wants to rent
farm near Bluffton for cash rent.
Write Geo. Manges, Findlay, Route
4, Box 220. 27
Wanted—Washing and ironing.
Work satisfactorily done. Inquire
News office.
Wanted—Help for husking corn.
Mrs. Ira Slusser, Bluffton phone
648-Y.
Wanted—To buy farm of 40 to 50
acres located within six miles of
Bluffton. Write Box 106, Bluffton
News. 29
Wanted—More flocks to supply
hatching eggs. Must he high qual
ity. Steiner’s Hatchery, phone 182W.
182-W.
For rent—Modern three room
apartment. Inquire 109 Riley St.,
after 5 p. m.
For sale—Estate Heatrola, cheap.
Roy Reams, Spring St.
For sale—25 White Rock pullets.
Levi H. Hauenstein, 3 miles south
of Bluffton on County line. Bluffton
phone.
For sale—Glow Boy No. 95 cir
culating heater, guaranteed to be in
perfect condition terms if desired.
James Motter, 1 mile north and ’a
mile west of Ada.
For sale—Firewood for fireplace or
chunk wood also Irish Cobbler po
tatoes. Clarence Steiner, Bluffton
phone 535-T. tf
For sale—Several varieties of
good winter apples. Steiner Fruit
I Farm.
For sale—Red and Golden Delicious
and Wagner apples. N. W. Basinger.
I S. Main St. 27
For .sale—Modern house at 429 S.
Main street, to close estate reason
able. Paul Faze, executor.
For sale—Brown leather bed dav
enport in good condition. Reason
able if taken at once. Inquire 144
Riley St., Bluffton.
For sale—Nice sweet turnips.
Sutter Vegetable Farm, Pandora. 29
For sale—Globe Dutch oven kitch
en range, completely equipped, guar
anteed in A-l condition. Terms,
For complete information see James
Motter, 1 mile north and *4 mile
west of Ada.
For sale—Sweet cider and apples.
Augsburger Fruit Farm. tf
For sale—Business block on S.
Main St. also lot on Spring St. Edith
L. Mann, phone 197-W. tf
For sale—10 varieties of winter ap
ples also cider apples. W. G. Carr,
3,z2
miles north of town. 2?
For sale—Electric range, 4 burn
ers and large oven, perfect condi
tion, guaranteed O. K. I have no
further use for it. Come and see
this range and .you can buy it right.
Dr. F. L. Foust, Beaverdam phone
455.
For sale—Laundry stove, good
condition. Rolland Koontz, 430
Cherry St
For sale—For fall planting, fruit
and shade trees make stronger
growth first summer. Ground in bet
ter condition. Surer to grow. Place
orders at once at 331 Cherry St.
L. A. Oberly.
For sale—To settle estate, 90 acre
farm (one of those good ones) 3'2
miles southwest of aPndora in Swius
community: 8 room house bank barn,
silo hog house, cribs, coop, adapted
to livestock farming. Electricity, 2
good wells, abundance of fruit. Well
drained deep black loam with clay
subsoil. One-half purchase price can
be financed over long term at low in
terest rates. oCntact Clarence D.
Diller, Executor, Pandora, Ohio. 31
For sale—Hampshire Reds and
Leghorn pullets. R. S. Marshall, 1
mile south and 1 mile east of Junction
of 103 and 69.
PAGE FIVE
Child Expert
TAR. Garry Cleveland Myers,
nationally known editor and
educator, who will speak to a
public meeting in the Bluffton
High school auditorium next
Wednesday night, October 29, at
8:00 o’clock. The appearance of
the well known child expert is
being sponsored by the Bluffton
Women’s Federation of Clubs.
Men's Congress At
New Bremen Sunday
Bluffton delegates were included
among the 350 people present at the
17th annual Men’s Congress of the
Evangelical and Reformed churches
of West Ohio held at the St. Paul
Evangelical and Reformed church in
New Bremen, Sunday.
Principal address of the day was
presented by Rev. L. W. Goebel,
president of the Evangelical and
Reformed church of Chicago, Ill.
His topic was “The Measure of the
Manhood of Jesus.”
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Hogs—160 to 200, $0.70 200 to
240, $9.90 240 to 260, $9.70 roughs,
$8.75 stags, $7.25.
Calves, $13.25 lambs, $10.50.
Grain (bu. prices)—Wheat, $1.01
corn, 65c oats, 42c soys, $1.44.
FARM BUREAU
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policies written.
Farm Bureau Insurance
Services
Paul E. Whitmer. Agent
245 W. Grove St.—Phone 350-W
Bluffton, Ohio
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too often falls woefully short
of replacing a loss when it
occurs.
Check up on your insurance
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