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DEFENSE
BONDS
STAMPS
VOLUME NO. LXVI
BLUFFTON’S TIRE
RATIONING TO BE
DONE BY COUNTY
Local Committee Resigns as
First Step in Centraliza
tion Program
Bluffton Has One Member On
County Unit Change to
Speed Handling
Change in the tire rationing pro
cedure fot the Bluffton vicinity, with
all future applications and authoriza
tions for distribution being handled
thru a central Allen county committee
at Lima was announced this week.
Resignation of the Bluffton board
of three members, which has served
for two months, was forwarded this
week to Allen county headquarters, as
the first step in the centralization
program.
Charles Cobum, chairman of the
now defunct Bluffton committee, will
continue to serve as a member of the
Allen county committee, assuring a
representative of this district on the
central group.
Co-members of the Bluffton com
mittee named late in December, Gil
bert Fett and Ralph Dunifon, will be
relieved of rationing duties it was an
nounced.
To Eliminate Delays
Centralization of the tire rationing
procedure was adopted to eliminate
delays in handling applications and
distributing of tires, Coburn said.
Under the former setup, applica
tions had to be passed on locally, al
lotments of quotas were made from
county headquarters, then changes
might come thru complicating the
method of handling.
Future applications are to be made
to the Allen county tire rationing
committee, which is located in Lima
at the court house next to Board of
Election headquarters. Homer Tre
maine is chairman of the county unit.
Method of making applications for
tires and in having inspection made
remains unchanged.
A & Self Service
Will Open Monday
Bluffton’s first self service market,
operated here by the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Co., will be opened
next Monday.
Final details in the installation of
new equipment are being completed
this week, and everything will be in
readiness for opening of the market
next Monday on the first floor of the
George Carmack building on South
Main street.
The store will be of the self service
type which the A & organization
operates in the larger centers. Bluff
ton’s store is the first self service
market to be located in a smaller
town.
With the opening of the new, mod
ernly equipped market, the present
A & branch on North Main street
is being discontinued.
Preceding opening in the new loca
tion, extensive alterations have been
made in the Carmack building, in
cluding remodeling of the store front,
changing the entrance, installation
of new lighting fixtures and other
equipment.
Opening of the self service market
marks the first change in location
since the A £. interests established
a store here in the Charles Day
building more than 18 years ago.
Charles Aukerman, present manager,
has been in charge her during most
of that time and will be continued
as manager of the new store.
Club Policies To Be
Discussed At Lions
“The Place of the Service Club in
the Community” will be the topic
of a panel discussion in charge of
P.W. Stauffer at the Lions club
meeting to be held at the Walnut
Grill Tuesday night at 6:15 o’clock.
Participating in the discussion of
club policies will be Forrest Stein
man, E. S. Lape, Homex- Gratz, and
Dr. B. W. Travis.
PT A Asks Residents
For Coat Hangers
A drive for wire coat hangers will
be made by the Parent Teachers as
sociation all of next week starting
Monday. Money obtained from the
sale of the coat hangers will be
given to the Junior Red Cross.
Residents are requested to send
their spare coat hangers to the grade
school building during the week
where they will be delivered to the
Junior Red Cross.
Fire Levels House
In Rockport Sunday
Fire completely destroyed the
frame house belonging to the Sam
Lanning heirs in Rockport, Sunday
morning.
Occupants of the residence were
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Purdy who re
cently moved into the property from
Lima. They were eating dinner at
the time of the fire.
A passing motorist, David Zim
merman, discovered the roof of the
structure was on fire and informed
the occupants. The house was
bwrtied completely to the ground and
only the contents of the lower floor
were saved.
ARMY MAN MOVED
Pvt. Willard Dillman, son of1 Mrs.
Harl Dillman who has been at Camp
Shelby, Miss., for the past year has
been transferred to Indiantown Gap,
Pa.
DEFENSE BOND
DRIVE IS UNDER
WAY IN TOWN
Pledge Lards for Regular Sub
scription Being Distributed
By Organization
Bluffton Residents Buy $40,000
Worth of Bonds in Last
Two Months
With solicitations started here in
the drive for the sale of United States
defense bonds, plans for stepping up
the campaign are being formulated
by the local campaign committee, it
was announced by Norman Triplett,
chairman.
Several organizations in the com
munity have already reported up
wards of one hundred per cent of their
members as signing the pladge cards
distributed by the campaign commit
tee chairman, Triplett said.
Residents are asked to sign pledge
cards in which the subscriber agrees
to purchase bonds or stamps regular-
As an inducement to purchase
United States defense bonds The
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
is offering an $18.75 Series E
bond to each employe of the plant
for $16.00. The company will
make up the $2.75 difference.
This bond has a ten year maturi
ty value of $25. Many employes
are taking advantage of this 15
per cent discount, it was stated
by Arden Baker, personnel direct
or.
ly. Place of purchase should be de
signated on the card, it was stated by
Triplett.
Organizations are asked to keep a
record of members who are buying
regularly. Lists and percentages of
organizations will be published from
time to time, committee members
stated.
School Stamp Sale
In addition to adults, school child
ren will be asked to subscribe to the
purchase of defense stamps. Grades
in the elementary school and the diff
erent home rooms in the high school
will keep records of the amount of
stamps sold regularly, it was an
nounced by Supt. A. J. B. Longsdorf.
During the past two months resi
dents of this community have bought
$40,000 worth of defense stamps and
bonds, it was sated by Ed Reichen
bach, Bluffton postmaster. This does
not include the bonds bought directly
from the treasury department at
Washington, D. C.
Series E Bond
The local bond savings committee
has charge of the sale of only the
Series E defense bond. This bond is
a discount bond bearing 2.9 per cent
interest. It is based on a maturity
value of ten years but can be cashed
any’ time 60 day-s after the date of
purchase.
The bonds may be purchased at
the Bluffton post office, the Citizens
National Bank, or by writing directly
to the treasury department in Wash
ington, D. C.
Tropical Storms Add To Submarine
Menace As Missionaries Cross Pacific
Catherine Bixler
Estate Is Valued
Inventory of the estate of Cather
ine Bixler, deceased Richland town
ship resident, of west of Bluffton,
shows assets of $730 consisting of
stocks, bonds and securities. Milton
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wenger En
route Home From India as
War Breaks
Dutch Vessel Follows Course
Far Removed From Reg
ular Ocean Routes
Zig-zagging more than 17,000 miles
through the submarine infested
waters and tropical storms of the
eastern Pacific, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Wenger, Mennonite missionaries on
furlough from India,arrived here
Friday night after a 62-day journey
and will make Bluffton their head
quarters for the duration of their
stay in this country.
Mrs. Wenger is the daughter of
Mrs. A. R. Good and the sister of
Mrs. Harvey Beidler, both of South
Jackson street. Her son, Laurence
Burkhalter, is a junior at Bluffton
college. They’ were last in Bluffton
eight years ago on their previous
furlough. The Wengers are work
ing under the foreign board of mis
sions of the General Conference of
Mennonites.
Located at Korba
They have been located at the
mission station in Korba in the Cen
(Continued on page 2)
Musical Comedy To
Repeat Wednesday
The second performance of “Swing
Out”, Lions club musical comedy fea
turing local talent, will be given at
the Bluffton High school auditorium
this Wednesday nght at 8:17 o’clock.
A large audience was present for
the first performance given at the
auditorium Tuesday night. All pro
ceeds will be used for the purchase
of defense bonds and Red Cross do
nations.
All principals, the 24 chorus girls
and musical numbers are recruited
from local performers. Also in con
nection with the performance is a
Young American contest for children
from two to eight years. Forrest
Steinman is master of ceremonies.
Lima Ministers Will
Give Lecture Series
Echoes of the National Preaching
Mission held in Lima during the past
w’eek,will be the theme of a series
of sermon-lectures by Lima ministers
to be held in the Bluffton High
school auditorium next week, Sun
day night thru Wednesday night at
8 o’clock.
The series is sponsored by the
Bluffton ministerial association with
one of the local ministers presiding
at each of the sessions.
The following Lima ministers will
speak:
Sunday—Rev. John W. Berger, St.
Luke’s Lutheran church music by7
the Bluffton college choir.
Monday—Rev. J. R. Love, High
Street United Brethren church mu
sic by the Bluffton college Ladies
Gospel quartet.
Tuesday—Rev. G. J. Johnson^ the
Second Baptist church music by the
Bluffton college Men’s Gospel quar
tet.
Wednesday—Rev. C. L. Quinn, the
Church of God music by the Bluff
ton High school choir.
The meetings are inter-denomina
tional in character and all of the
churches of the community are in
vited to participate and to attend
the series.
John Diller Estate
Has Assets Of $10,595
Assets of $10,595.35 w-ere listed in
the inventory filed last week by Al
bert Diller, executor of the estate of
John Diller, deceased Richland town
ship farmer.
Included in the listing wrere: Per
sonal property, $135 stocks, bonds
and securities, $225 accounts and
debts receivable, $135.56 60 acres
in Richland toumship, $6,00Q and
40 acres in Riley township, Putnam
county, $4,100.
Former Resident
Passes State Exam
Norris E. Stultz, of Findlay, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Stultz of
Grove street, was among the 31 can
didates to pass the Ohio engineers’
registration board for professional
engineers and surveyors, it was an
nounced Tuesday in Columbus.
Mr. Stultz is an electrician for
the city attending to electrical work
at all city property. He was pre
viously employed for six and one
half years by the Buckeye Electric
E. Bixler filed the inventory. company. Kibler.
FHE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1942
ENROLL GARDENS
HERE IN CAUSE OF
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Committee Asks Residents to
Make Survey of Available
Garden Plots
School Pupils Also Will Have
Part in Nationwide Gar
den Project
Bluffton gardens will be enrolled
this spring in the cause of national
defense in Connection with the Vic
tory Garden program, it was an
nounced the first of the week by
Harry Barnes, chairman of the home
gardens division of the Bluffton Ci
vilian Defense council.
First step in the camp aign, Barnes
announced, will be to ha\ e household
ers make a survey of spjice available
for gardening purppses, with a view
of obtaining maximuni preduction of
foodstuffs. Lawns, however, should
not be turned up for ga rdening pur
poses, he said.
A handbook contain!ng detailed
suggestions for effectiv 3 gardening
will be available shortlj thru inem
bers of the Victory Garden commit
tee. In addition to Barnes, members
of the committee are Mr 5. Otto Holt
kamp, Mayor W. A. Hoyre and Clair
Fett, executive director the Bluff
ton Civilian Defense cotmciL
The program also ineludes farm
home gardens and sch sol gardens,
details of which are now being
worked out by the De sartment of
Agriculture and the De partment of
Education.
Emphasis on the gai deni ng pro
gram is being made in connection
with this week which has been desig
nated by’ Governor Bricker as Home
Garden w’eek in Ohio.
CLASSES WILL BE
GIVEN HERE FOR
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Plans Being Formulated for
Instruction by Local De
fense Officials
Personnel of Police Auxiliary
and Transportation Com
mittees Announced
Instruction by qualified experts will
be given in the various divisons of
Bluffton’5 Cvilian Defense organza
tion, accordng to plans being formu
lated b.v the executive committee of
the loca: defense council.
When all of the volunteers have
been assigned to the various commit
tees a program of regular class in
struction will be offered, it was stated
by Clair Fett, executive director.
In some cases local instructors will
be used but in the more secia'ized di
(Continued on page 5)
Fred Lingel Is Wed
Saturday Evening
In a wedding ceremony performed
at the home of Dr. Edwin McNeill
Poteat of Cleveland, Frederick J.
Lingel, chief engineer of the Triplett
plant, and Miss Ditzy7 Baker, of
New York City, were married Sat
urday night.
Mrs. Lingel is an author and artist
specializing in children’s books. The
couple will make their home at the
Chamberlain apartments.
Lingel became acquainted with Dr.
Poteat, pastor of the Euclid Avenue
Baptist church in Cleveland, when
he delivered the Bluffton college
Bible lecture series here last Novem
ber.
Births
The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schutz,
Pandora, a girl, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bartz, Co
lumbus Grove, a boy, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hochstettler,
a girl, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Grismore,
Pandora, a girl, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jackson,
Dayton, a boy, Robert Bartlett, Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Zimmerman,
a boy, Tuesday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Bash,
of New York City, a boy. Mr. Bash
is the grandson of Mrs. M. M.
E. C. Ramsey, Foreign News
paper Correspondent, Ad
dresses School
Regimentation of Totalitarian
Regimes Provides Con
trast to Democracy
Breaking down of class distinction
betw'een the aristocracy and the
working man is one of the most pro
found effects of the bombing of Eng
land, according to E. C. Ramsey,
foreign newspaper correspondent,
who addressed high school and col
lege groups here Monday afternoon
and evening.
Altho a few lives have been lost
another effect of the bombing on the
asset side of the ledger is the clear
ance of slums. Especially in Lon
don it seems that Jerry, the name
given to the German bomber by the
English, has picked out the slum
sections for his bomb raiding activi
ties.
In the present world struggle Eng
land is not out to indiscriminately
destroy lives and has been confining
its bombing and military activities
to military objectives. For example,
if England would care to do so, she
could easily bomb the poorly defend
(Continued on page 2)
Former College Bible
Lecturer Returning
Dr. George Richards of Lancaster,
Pa., well known to Bluffton audi
ences when he delivered the Bluffton
college Bible lecture series several
years ago, will speak at the St.
John’s Reformed church Thursday
night at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Richards was one of the speak
ers of the Lima Preaching mission
held during the past week. He is
one of the outstanding ministers of
the Reformed church and teaches at
the Lancaster Theological seminary,
Lancaster, Pa.
His address here is under the
auspices of the Men’s Brotherhood of
the Reformed churches.
Dr. Poteat Talks In
Radio Lenten Series
Dr. Edwin McNeill Poteat, who
delivered the Bluffton college Bible
lecture series last November, is
preaching a series of Lenten ser
mons over Detroit radio station
WWJ every afternoon this week from
1:30 to 2:00 o’clock.
The series, by the well known
Cleveland Baptist minister, is being
sponsored by the Detroit Council of
Churches.
Rites For Infant
Held At Cemetery
Brief services for the four-day-old
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Coon of Millersburg were
held at the Emmanuel’s Reformed
cemetery, south of town, Wednes
day afternoon.
The baby was born Thursday and
died Monday night. Rev. Emil Bur
richter, pastor, officiated at the serv
ices. The grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. I. Luginbuhl and Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Coon of this place were
in Millersburg on Tuesday.
Bombing Is Breaking Class Lines
In England, Newspaper Man States
Harriett Herrmann
Estate Probated
In the estate of Harriett Herr
mann, deceased, of Bluffton, an in
ventory filed in Allen county pro
bate court by A. D. Gratz, adminis
trator, showed assets amounting to
$4,422.80.
Personal property was valued at
$91.50 money, $500 stocks, bonds
and securities, $2,154 accounts and
debts receivable, $177.30, and real
estate in Bluffton, $1,500.
Joe Swank Graduates
At Naval Air Station
Joseph Swank, son of Geo. Swank,
was graduated recently from the
Aviation Metalsmith School at the
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.,
according to an announcement made
by the Public Relations office of that
station.
Swank enlisted in the Navy last
June and was sent to the Naval
Training Station at Great Lakes, Ill.,
for his preliminary training.
He was transferred to Pensacola
in October to attend the school and
undergo an intensive sixteen-Vfeek
course in the assembly, maintenance
and repair of all types of aircraft.
He will soon be eligible for promotion
to the rating of a third class petty
officer with a considerable increase
In New Locations
Mrs. Lenore Myers and sons will
move soon from their home on Col
lege road to the former R. E. Grif
fith farm south of Bluffton which
she purchased last summer.
Prof, and Mrs. S. F. Pannabecker
and family occupying the Edgar
Neuenschwander property on South
Lawn avenue will occupy the Mrs.
Myers property on College road.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coffin and
son are moving from the Mrs. Jose
phine Carnahan property on South
Lawn avenue to Toledo.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Detwiler and
son will move from the Mrs. Carna
han property at West Elm and
Spring streets into the property va
cated by the Coffin family.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Marquart, Jr.,
and family will move soon on the
Scott Henry farm near Ruggley
church which he purchased last fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Basinger of
Vaughnsville will occupy the Will
Hirschfield place to be vacated by the
Marquart family.
RADIO TECHNICAL
COURSE WILL BE
GIVEN IN BLUFFTON
Instruction in Radio Theory
And Practice to be Given
By Triplett Foreman
Course Open to Men, Women &
High School Seniors No
Tuition Charge
An organization meeting for radio
technicians course, sponsored by the
College of Engineering of Ohio North
ern university will be held in Bluff
ton high school art room, Thursday
night at 7 o’clock.
The instruction will be provided by
John Maxon, foreman in charge of
production at the Triplett Electrical
Instrument Co. Maxon is a licensed
radio operator and an electronic en
gineer. He is an associate member
of the American Institute of Electric
al Engineers and has wide experience
in the field of radio.
The course will meet Monday, Tues
day and Thursday nights for three
hour sessions for a period of 16 weeks
after which a certificate will be is
sued on the satisfactory completion
of work.
The course should aid men later
called for military duty to render
specialized service in the field of ra
dio and will be of assistance in fit
ting others to obtain industrial em
ployment in radio and allied lines.
Theory and Practice
The plan will be to give two hours
of instruction on the theory of radio
and then the class will have an hour
of laboratory experience in the Voca
tional Electrical shop in the basement.
Triplett equipment will be used in
the practical instruction.
The course is being set up to help
meet military needs for radio technic
ians and civilian and industrial needs
as well. The armed forces have
drained off many men who have spe
cialized training and experience in
radio. The course is a part of the
program to provide replacements in
the field.
Administration is under the United
States office of Education, with Dean
R. Seaton as director of engineering.
The course is under the direct super
vision of Dean John A. Needy of the
Ohio Northern engineering college.
Qualifications
No previous radio experience is ne
cessary for enrollment, and applica
tions for enrollment for both men and
women will be accepted from Allen or
any of (the surrounding counties.
Present high school seniors will be
accepted in the course, it was stated
by officials.
Prerequisites are that the applicant
be a high school graduate with two
units of high school mathematics.
is preferred that the applicant has
had a course in physics. There is no
cost to the student except a very nom
inal charge for a textbook.
There is a uniform prescribed course
of 144 class hours plus 96 hours of
outside study. A second advanced
course is also planned with both cours
es to run 16 weeks.
An almost unlimited number of ra
dio technicians are needed to meet
military and civil demands and more
classes will be organized here if ne
cessary, it was stated by officials.
U. S. Almond Crop
During 1939 the almond crop of
the United States amounted to 19,200
tons, but in 1940 it dwindled to 12,000
tons, according to estimates.
Give the gift that signi
fies America is not to be
caught napping.
DEFENSE
BONDS
STAMPS
NUMBER 44
COAL SURVEY WILL
BE MADE HERE TO
DETERMINE NEEDS
Future Allotments May be
Made on Basis of Data Se
cured in Survey
Residents Urged to Buy Coal
Early to Relieve Seasonal
Congestion
To determine Bluffton’s future coal
allotments, a survey to find out tire
amount of coal used here in 1941 by
home consumers, industries, commer
cial establishments and utilities will
be made during the coming week, it
was announced by Clair B. Fett,
executive director of the Bluffton
Civilian Defense Council.
Ed Steiner, Bluffton clothier, has
been appointed by Fett to head up
the information gathering unit in
charge of the survey. A house to
house survey will not be necessary
to obtain the information, it was
stated by Fett. Only the coal deal
ers, industries, power companies and
schools will be contacted in the sur
vey.
Coal Inventory
In addition to information on the
amount of coal used all of the agen
cies will be asked to state the
amount of coal in their inventory
of January 1, 1942.
On the basis of the data collected
an estimate of the coal needs of
Bluffton in 1942 will be made. In
case shortages should develop the fig
ures would be used to determine Xhe
amount of coal that could be alfbtted
to the community under the direction
of the Department of the Interior of
the Federal government.
Fill Bins Early
VI hile there is no immediate pros
pect of serious coal shortages, resi
dents of the community are asked to
purchase coal supplies early in order
to relieve seasonal congestion, it was
urged by Fett.
The largest coal consumers in
Bluffton are the Central Ohio Light
pal Electric Light and Waterworks
plant which uses about 12 tons of
coal per day.
Solemnize Wedding
At Circleville
edding of Kenneth Deppler and
Miss Pauline Hill, both of Columbus,
was solemnized at the home of the
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Hill, of Circleville, Sunday, Feb. 15.
Mr. Deppler is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eli Deppler of this place.
The wedding service was read by
Rev. I- ranklin McElfresh of Colum
bus in the presence of members of
the families and intimate friends.
The bride was attended by her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Kenneth Hill of
Columbus. Wayne Deppler of Sid
ney was best man.
1 he bride wore for the occasion a
tailored suit of beige wool with ac
cessories of turf tan. Her shoulder
corsage was of red rosebuds and a
rhinestone clip, gift of the bride
groom, her only ornament.
The bride is a graduate of Circle
ville high school and Bliss Business
college, Columbus, and a member of
Phi Beta Psi sorority.
Mr. Deppler, a Columbus pharma
cist, was graduated from Bluffton
high, school and Ohio State univers
ity where he was a member of Phi
Delta Chi fraternity.
The couple will reside in Columbus
at 630 Town street.
Last Rites For
Former Resident
Funeral services for Edgar Files,
60, of Findlay, former Bluffton res
ident and employe of the former Na
tional Lime and Sone Co. here, were
held at the First Methodist church
in Findlay, Saturday morning fol
lowing an illness of five weeks from
heart trouble.
Mr. Files was born Jan. 26, 1882,
in Van Wert county and lived in
Bluffton for a number of years. He
left the community about 20 years
ago to take a similar position with
National Lime and Stone Co. of
Findlay.
He was married Feb. 11, 1914, to
Emma Hannan who survives. Bur
ial was in Van Wert cemetery.
INCOME TAX MAN HERE
Deputy from the office of the col*
lector of internal revenue will be at
the postoffice for the last time next
Monday to assist in making out in
come tax returns. Returns must be
filed by March 15.