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ALLEN COUNTY
Much Oil Shipped By
Railroad
Tank car shipments of crude oil,
sent to the eastern states from Lima
in a renewed effort to alleviate the
gasoline shortage there, are ap
proaching a mark of 10,000 barrels
a day, the Buckeye Pipeline com
pany reported.
The transfer of the oil from the
pipeline terminal to tank cars was
started last summer, when 25 cars
a day were sent to Standard Oil Co.
refineries in New Jersey. More re
cently the Sinclair Refining Co. con
tracted for the loading of 45 to 48
cars daily for shipment to the Mar
cus Hook, Pa., refinery.
The oil is piped from Oklahoma
and Texas, and pumped into the
tank cars at the Lima company.
Approximately 400 cars complete the
eastern round trip every week.
Fatally Hurt In Quar
ry Accident
Donald Eugene Stirn, 16, of near
by Allentown died in St. Rita’s hos
pital at Lima last week of injuries
suffered earlier in the day when he
became entangled in the machinery
at the State quarry at Allentown.
He had been employed there three
weeks.
He’ll Be Wary Of
Strangers Next Time
A stranger who obtained $17.80
under false pretenses from Harold
Adams, employe of the Texaco fill
ing station, North and Union streets,
in Lima was being hunted by police
this week.
Police said they were told that a
man drove a car into the station
and requested an oil change and a
greasing. The man told the attend
ant he would be back with a $20
bill to pay the bill. Before he left,
they said, he asked for the $17.80
change from the bill. Thinking that
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Adams said he gave the customer
the change.
Canned Soup Causes
Man’s Death
Henry David Vining died suddenly
Friday morning at 7:45 a. m. at his
home, North Canal street, Spencer
ville
Death was due to ptomaine pois
oning, according to the doctor, and
was caused by spoiled canned
chicken soup. Mr. Vining had eaten
some of the soup for breakfast,
Thursday morning, and some for
supper Thursday evening.
Red Cross Workers
Have Big Program
Volunteer workers at the Red
Cross workroom in the basement of
the West Ohio Gas Co. building are
busy filling the local chapter’s big
gest quota of garments and surgical
dressings since the first World war.
Lima women are lending their
time and skill for completion of the
Dec. 31 quota of 25,000 surgical
dressings, 1,200 sweaters, 160 child
ren’s knitted suits, 165 convalescent
robes, 300 hospital pajamas, 100
layettes, 196 cotton dresses, 435
woolen skirts, 405 woolen dresses,
160 boys’ shirts, 100 boys’ overalls
and 120 toddlers’ packs.
Lima May Have Muni
cipal Garbage
Collection
Municipal collection of garbage
was a step nearer reality in Lima as
city officials sought funds for pur
chase and operation of at least seven
trucks.
Two city trucks may be put in
service within a week in areas in
which garbage collection now is ir
regular, Mayor Frank McClain re
ported.
Twice-a-week collections and other
new regulations have forced some
collectors out of business, and some
districts report no garbage collectors
are available. Collections now’ are
made by private handlers.
$550 For Relief In
County
VOTE FOR
of JOHN DEERE
tractors
Simple, rugged 2-cylinder en
gine that burns low-cost fuels
successfully
Straight-line transmission-
no bevel gears
Forced crankcase ventilation
to prevent formation of oil sludge
Lima will receive $974, Delphos
$219 and Allen county $550 of a
Harvey H. Burkholder
Democratic Candidate for
Richland Township Trustee
FIRST TERM
YOUR VOTE APPRECIATED
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Positive gear-driven fan—no
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Thermo siphon temperature
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Belt pulley on crankshaft
full engine power to belt
Unobstructed vision
Simple maintenance—every
thing easy to get at
Hand clutch easily operated
from the tractor seat, standing
up, or from the ground
The most complete line of
integral and drawn equipment
Foot-Operated differential
brakes
Hydraulic power lift
Ample platform for easiest
operation while standing
Come in and let us show
you why these features make
a John Deere your best trac­
tor investment.
Bluffton Implement & Harness Co.
JOHN DEERE TWO-CYLINDER TRACTORS FOR ECONOMY
SIMPLICITY, DEPENDABILITY. EASY-HANDLING
distribut’on of $579^986 as the state’s
50 per cent share of September re
lief costs, it was announced Thurs
day by W’elfare Director Charles L.
Sherwood.
Other disbursements include: Har
din county, $1,076, and Putnam
county $665.
Molester Slugged By
Woman
Police of Lima last week held for
questioning a 28-year-old man after
Mrs. Lorella Bryan reported that
she routed a molester by swinging a
right to his face. The arrest was
made an hour later.
Five Escape When Car
Is Hit By Train
Fractured ribs were the most ser
ious injuries suffered when an auto
mobile containing five Putnam county
residents was struck by a Nickel
Plate locomotive at a grade crossing
in Lima last week and was dragged
130 feet.
Miss Helen Deck, 17, Ottawa, re
ceived the broken ribs, Gordon Keif
er, 31, Miss Mary Ann Schroeder,
19, and Wilfred Kruse, 24, all of
Ottawa, and Miss Dorothy Bogart
of Columbus Grove, suffered cuts.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Child Drowns In
Cistern
Nina Mae Decker, 22-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
A. Decker, was drowned at 10:30
o’clock Tuesday morning when she
fell into a cistern on the Earl Hus
ton farm where the Decker family
resided in Amanda township.
The child was playing with her
three little sisters on the back porch
of the home when the tragedy oc
curred. She apparently dropped
into the eight-foot cistern when her
weight on the tin top caused the
sides to fold up.
Match Burns May
Cause Death
Playing with matches may cost
the life of David Cook, 4, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cook, of Find
lay.
The child is in a critical condition
in the Findlay Hospital. His chest,
abdomen, neck and arms were
burned.
The boy, with a brother, Rolland,
6, was in the back yard of the Cook
home when his clothing caught fire.
His cries attracted his mother who
extinguished the flames by rolling
the boy on the ground.
63 Get NYA Aid
In County
Twenty-nine Findlay college stu
dents and 34 Hancock county high
school boys and girls will be em
ployed part time in National Youth
Administration projects in this aca
demic area Leo B. Jacobs, Ohio
NYA administrator, said.
The part time work enables many
needy students to continue their ed
ucations. The student work pro
gram is in addition to the out-of
school NYA program, now concen
trated almost entirely on defense
training of workers for industry,
Mr. Jacobs said.
Findlay college’s allocation will be
$435 per month. The allocations
are estimated on the basis of $6
per student for work within a school
month.
Allocation for high school boys
and girls in Hancock county has
been set at $204 per month.
Man Shot By Police
Dies
Roy H. Hollen, wanted for burg
lary and larceny in Mt. Carmel,
Ill., who was shot by police in re
sisting arrest in Findlay on Oct. 4,
died in Findlay hospital. An autop
sy conducted by Dr. H. O. Crosby,
county coroner, disclosed an infec
tion in the gunshot wound caused
his death. The bullet perforated the
colon. Hollen would have been 21
years old the day after his death.
400 Bushels Potatoes
To Acre
It is said that there is a farm in
Big Lick township, Hancock county,
40 acres of which are planted to
potatoes. And the story is that it is
producing 400 bushels of potatoes to
the acre.
Nevada Train Wreck
Suspect Held
Sheriff Lyle A. Harvitt disclosed
1' riday night that he is holding for
railroad police a suspect in the
wrecking of the streamliner “City
of San Francisco” two years ago in
Nevada which resulted in the death
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of 24 persons and injury to 117
others including a former Ada man.
The sheriff identified the man as
Joe Farro, a 73-year-old “floater”
who was picked up in a hobo camp
near Arlington by Deputy Errald
Miller and .Vai Treece, Arlington
marshal.
HOW MANY OF THE THINGS WE REGARD AS NECESSITIES
TODAY WERE RARE LUXURIES OR NON-EXISTENT THEN.
SOAP WAS
One Killed When Auto
Hits Tree
One person was killed and another
injured slightly when an automobile
struck a tree and turned over at
11:45 o’clock Friday night on the
Findlay-Carey ad 10 miles east of
Findlay, just west of the Vanlue
road, route 330.
George Brown, 53, R. F. D. No. 2,
Carey, died of a skull fracture a few
minutes after the accident. Tackett
Fletcher, 37, of Springville, five
miles north of Carey on route 23,
received a laceration above his left
eye and Jesse Brown, 18-year-old son
of the crash victim, escaped unin
jured.
Donnell Recommends
Oil Price Boost
O. D.
Ohio Oil
mediate in
crude oil is
the nation'
premature
wells.
nell, president of the
said last week an im
ease in the price of
seeded to help conserve
reserves and prevent
bandonment of small
Chairman
ing oil pre
midwestern
the Office o
Mr. Donne)
being abanc
moved to n
areas.
a committee consider
ation problems in 15
tes at the request of
Petroleum Coordinator,
said small wells were
■d and the equipment
ver or more profitable
HARDIN COUNTY
Kenton Flier Sent
To Africa
Lieut. Vernon Kerns of Ridgeway,
is enroute to Africa under an as
signment from the Army Air Corps
to serve as a co-pilot for the Pan
American Airways in ferrying sup
plies across Africa to Egypt.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Boy Imprisoned In
Catch Basin
It took three men—Hugh Ridge,
Chubb McCullough and Ralph Kirk
endall—a full hour to liberate eight
year-old Dickie Kirkendall from a
catch basin in the Ray Kirkendall
barnyard one and a half mile east
of Continental.
The boy had been tossing a ball
into the air and catching it when
he fell into the basin. His legs
were wedged in the tile in such a
way that the men had to dig be
side the basin and break away its
walls from the outside. The boy
was bruised but otherwise uninjured.
“Coaxed” Man Wins
Husking Contest
Tony Ruen of near Continental,
who was “coaxed” into entering,
won the men’s standing corn husk
ing contest Tuesday of last week
and will represent Putnam county at
the state contest in Champaign
county near Urbana, Oct 23 and 24.
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Ruen husked a total of 2,040
pounds of corn but deductions for
husks and gleanings totaled 104.7
pounds to cut his net down to 1,935.3
pounds or a little over 27 bushels.
Slashes Foot With Axe
George Heller, 23, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Heller of Arthur, near
Oakwood, was treated late Wednes
day by a Continental physician for
a severe cut on his right foot re
ceived earlier in the day when an
axe slipped as he was cutting tim
ber. Heller suffered from loss of
much blood as an artery in his foot
was severed.
Return On Waived
Deposits
The Bank of Leipsic on Saturday
will pay a five per cent dividend to
depositors who waived 40 per cent
of their claims when the bank re
opened in 1934, it was announced
by banking authorities.
Richland Center
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Zimmerman and daughter were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Badertscher and son.
Kenneth Luginbuhl of Camp Shel
by, Miss., is visiting at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. I.
Luginbuhl.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gerber and
family and Mrs. Amos Gerber at
tended the funeral for Mrs. John
Bixler at Berne, Ind., Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Core and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Maidlow and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hilty,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Schaublin and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Reno Gratz
and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Schaublin and daughter spent
Wednesday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Wilford Gratz.
Mrs. John Miller of Springfield re
turned to her home Sunday, after
spending the past several months
with her son, Arthur Miller and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Nusbaum and
family were Sunday evening supper
guests at the Amos Gerber home.
Mrs. Ed Marquart spent Monday
afternoon at the Ernest Gratz home.
Myron Brown of Sycamore Jack
McLaughlin of Tiro Junior Lugin
buhl of Chatfield, were week-end
guests at the J. I. Luginbuhl home.
Miss Margaret Hobson of Ravenna,
and Miss Harriette Criblez were
Sunday dinner guests and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Luginbuhl and son of
Detroit were Sunday evening supper
guests.
Mr. and Mrs. George Eisenbach
spent Sunday afternoon at the Amos
Gerber home.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Core and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Gratz were Sunday evening supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Maidlow and family.
Mrs. Sarah Finke and daughter
Clara, Dan Badertscher and Mr. and
Mrs. Noah Badertscher of St. Marys
attended the funeral services for
Adolph Badertscher Sunday after
noon at the Emanuel Reformed
church and also were Sunday even
ing supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Badertscher.
Pandora
Mrs. Raymond Miller and sons
Leland and James of Smithville,
spent the week-end with her sister,
Ruth and father, Noah Bixel.
There will be no school on Fri
day because of the State Teachers
meeting in Toledo.
Mr. and Mrs. Urban Leichty had
as Sunday dinner guests Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Bixler in honor of Noah
Leichty who celebrated his birth
day.
Miss Melvena Basinger accompan
ied by an instructor from the Fort
Wayne Bible Institute, Ft. Wayne,
Ind., spent the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. Barbara Basinger.
Miss Margaret Hilty, a teacher in
Old Fort, spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hilty.
Mr. and Mrs. Reno Baumgartner
and family moved into an apartment
above the Amstutz store last week.
Mrs. Ellen Amstutz of southwest
of Pandora and Martin Sweitzer of
near Benton Ridge were united in
marriage last Sunday.
Miss Oda Frankhauser, who at
tends the Bible Institute in Fort
Wayne, spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Frank
hauser.
Dr. Pannabecker, who is a re
turned missionary from China, spoke
at the St. John Mennonite church
Sunday night.
Mrs. alter Meigs of Warren, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Barbara
Steiner afew days.
Miss Mildred Yenner, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Y'enner south
east of Pandora, and Marvin Bogart
of Camp heeler, Ga., were united
in marriage last Saturday.
Elmer Campbell who has been ill
for some time died at his home Sun
day night at the age of 66. He was
the Putnam county commissioner un
til the time of his death. Surviving
are his wife and nine children. The
funeral was in the Presbyterian
church at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon
in Columbus Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hatfield of
Toledo spent Sunday with their par
ents here.
A large group of relatives sur
prised Sam Steiner who celebrated
his 80th birthday with a dinner
Sunday at their home.
Rawson
Mrs. Florence Essinger of Arling
ton spent Thursday with Mrs.
Sylvia Lane and daughter Martha
June.
Andy Hardwick attended the fun
eral of Percy Jones in Toledo, Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Blunk and
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ATTENTION
FARMERS!
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Middlings.
We exchange 100 pounds Flour
Middlings for 110 pounds wheat.
Wheat contains 10 to 11% Protein
and 2% Fat.
Flour Middlings contains 16 to
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THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1941
family spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Blunk of
Findlay.
Miss Ruth Smith who is working
in Benton Ridge spent Sunday with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Smith.
George Jr., Charles and Fred
Farling and Max Russell spent the
week-end with George Sr., and Jack
Farling of Berea.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mirer and
Mr. Mirer’s mother, of Risingsun
and Mr. and Mrs, Fred Lannert of
Cygnet were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lannert.
Miss Pauline Doty of Cincinnati
spent a two-weeks’ vacation with
her mother, Mrs. Sylvia Lane and
daughter Martha June.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Trask enter
tained Sunday with a chicken din
ner honoring the 18th birthday of
their grandson Robert Trask. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Trask, of Akron Mr. and Mrs. H.
Claus and daughter La Verne, of
Cleveland Mrs. Cora Hartman and
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Trask and
daughter Mary Jo and son Teddy, of
Findlay.
Mr. and Mrs. William Tooley and
son Billy attended a birthday dinner
Sunday in honor of Mrs. Tooley’s
mother, Mrs. William Ellenberger of
Beaverdam.
Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Light and
daughter Sally, of Defiance were
Sunday afternoon callers on Mr. and
Mrs. O. A. Peterson and family.
Evening callers were Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton Balmer and daughter Kath
ryn of Mt. Cory.
Miss Clara Gangle of Findlay was
a week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Fox.
Richard Smith was an over night
guest Monday of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Steinman of Findlay.
Beavers Erect Dam
State highway officials of Frank
lin, N. H., were forced to take ac
tion against beavers who erected a
dam under a road in a reinforced
concrete culvert. The officials
planned to move the beavers after
the dam is removed to a new site.
100, Gets Facial
Mrs. Barbara Haiden of California
celebrated her one hundredth birth
day by going to a beauty parlor
for a facial. Except for the war,
she declares the modern world is a
better one to live in than the one she
formerly knew.
Different Colors
One pigment, anthocyanin, makes
some cornflowers blue, others Bor
deaux-red or rose-red, and dahlias
deep red, this variation in color be
ing due to the different degrees of
acidity and alkalinity of the cell
sap.
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Capacity: 25-45 bushels of corn an hour (stover to 2 tons). Can be
powered by any small tractor or 7^-h.p. electric motor.
big neighborhood crew.