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PAGE SIX
ALLEN COUNTY
Routs Bandit With
Flag Pole
Swinging a 12-foot flag pole, Man
ager Charles Cook routed a robber
armed with an ice pick from a
finance company office Thursday in
Lima.
The robber entered the office,
threatened Cook with the pick and
grabbed him by the coat lapels.
Cook jerked free, and got the pole
from a rear office. Chased from the
office, the holdup man escaped in the
noonday crowd.
Flax Processing Plant
Operating
Spencerville’s new plant, built for
separating flax fibre from flax straw,
is now running full force on the
Eugene Boyer farm, one-half mile
north of Spencerville, on Route 66.
The machine that does most of the
work was invented and built by Oli
ver Boyer, Spencerville, and is the
Public Sale
I, the undersigned, will offer at public auction on what is known
as the late Chris. Davis home, which is two miles west of Pandora
on Route 12, or 41 miles east of Columbus Grove on
Saturday, February 2K
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
only machine of its kind in the state
and one of the few in North Amer
ica.
at 2:00 P. M., the following property:
The factory that at the present
time is employing seven men, breaks
down flax straw, and then separates
the fibre from the straw proper. The
fibre is used in upholstering furni
ture and also in making cigarette
paper.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Lima Buys Parking
Meters
Lima city council authorized the
purchase from the Springfield Incu
bator Co. of 300 parking meters.
They will cost approximately $24,000
and will be increased to 1,000 over
a period of several months.
Electric washing machine Provider cook stove Hot Blast heat
ing stove gas range, direct action kitchen cabinet 2 kitchen cup
boards kitchen table 7 kitchen chairs side board 12-ft. dining
table 6 folding chairs rocking chairs library table writing desk
Bond player piano settee 2 iron beds 2 stands fernery dresser
curtains large mirror quilting frames '9X15 linoleum rug 9X12
linoleum rug carpets throw rugs cooking utensils dishes canned
fruit apple butter vinegar jars lawn mower, and other articles
too numerous to mention.
12 Shocks corn fodder.
1929 Chevrolet 4-door sedan.
TERMS—CASH.
4,777 Register In
County
Final check of selective service
registrations last Saturday, Sunday
and Monday disclosed that three
Allen county boards had signed 4,777
men for the draft.
The final figures gave Board 1
Household goods, telephone and telephone rights. Terms, cash.
On the same day the property will he offered for sale. This
consists of an 8 room house with furnace summer house, 12X18
coal shed, 6X10 hen house, 8X12 barn, 22X38. This includes .3
acres of land. The terms of this sale of real estate are two hundred
dollars cash on day of sale one-third of purchasing price in five
days one-third one year after date of sale remaining third two
years after date of sale. The purchaser will give first mortgage
with 5% interest.
EMMA DAVIS
Seth Basinger, Auct. Lester Harkness, Clerk
PUBLIC SALE
The undersigned will sell at public auction on what was former
ly known as the C. W. Roethlisberger farm, located 1*4 miles west
of Bluffton, Ohio, on the cemetery road, on
Saturday, February 2 Kill
At 12:30 P. M.
The following property:
McCormick-Deering corn cultivator Oliver breaking plow barn
scales 40 ft. extension ladder cow chains one-horse wagon scoop
shovel forks log chain cistern pump DeLaval cream separator,
No. 12f cross cut saw oil tank gas drum 4 Bell City incubators
copper kettle iron kettle 2 brooder stoves window sash window
screens wheel barrow two wheel cart corn sheller grind stone
chicken feeders feed tanks water troughs.
Elizabeth Rout well
Thrapp & Warren, Aucts. Clerk from Citizens Nat’l Bank
Public Sale
As 1 have been called back to railroading, will sell at
public auction at our residence 21/j. miles- north of Beaver
dam on Route 696
Monday, March 2nd
Beginning at 12:30 P. M. Sharp
3 HORSES—Bay mare, 4 yrs. old, wt. 1500 sorrel
mare, 3 yrs. old, wt. 1400, with light mane and tail. This
pair of mares are sound and good workers. Also sorrel
mare coming 2 yrs, old.
3 COW S—Black cow, 4 yrs. old, due to freshen by
sale day red cow, 3 yrs. old, to be fresh in April Guern
sey-Jersey heifer, coming 2 yrs. old, to be fresh sale day.
HOGS—Black Poland China ow, extra good one,
bred Spotted Poland China male hog, 1 yr. old.
SHEEP—14 Shropshire ewes 2 to 4 yrs. old also
Shropshire ram a yr. old.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
Wagon and flat bottom David-Bradley manure spread
er, like new new Case corn planter, with fertilizer and
bean attachment, used one season new Ideal all metal hay
loader, used one season New Ideal side delivery, used one
season new fertilizer grain drill new McCormick-Deering
mower, 5-ft. cut, used one season grain binder McCor
mick corn binder, in good shape drag harrow walking
plow Oliver riding plow tandem disc 5-shovel plow
harness and collars lard press 2 brooder stoves water
fountains and feeders brooder house, extra good, 814X16
ft. 600 lb. scales, and other articles.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Good iron bed with double coil springs 2 large rugs
2 rocking chairs large oak porch swing davenport.
50 Bushels Rural Russett seed potatoes.
Terms—Cash on day of sale.
Harold McClain, Auct.
Paul Geiser, Clerk
Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd C. Myers, Owners
1,327, Board 2 1,780 and Board 3
1,670.
Maj. M. Ray Allison, state select
ive service mobilization director, an
nounced that 463,531 Ohioans regis
tered in the nation’s third draft reg
istration for men between 20 and 45
years old not previously registered.
That increased to 1,361,425 the
number of men on the selective serv
ice rolls in Ohio.
There were 854,598 Ohio regis
trants in the first registration and
43,296 in the second.
Lima Loco Earnings
Soar
Billings by Lima Locomotive Works
Inc., in 1941 were the highest since
1926 while net earnings rose to the
best level since 1930, the annual re
port by Chairman Samuel G. Allen,
New York, disclosed.
Net income for 1941 amounted to
$1,270,144 or $6.02 a share compared
with $87,007 or 41 cents in 1940.
Earnings for last year were after
provision of $1,350,000 for federal
taxes and $110,000 reserve for pos
sible inventory losses and other war
contingencies.
Sales billed last year totaled $16,
042,683 compared with $6,801,764 in
1940.
Wreck Results In
$250 Suit
Damages of $250 are sought by an
automobile dealer from a man he
alleges came into his business place,
took a car without his consent, then
wrecked it in trying it out. Clif
ford Heller of Harrod, dealer, seeks
damages from Jerry Spradlin, a
pseudo customer.
New County Red
Cross Leader
Harry Poulston has been elected
chairman of the Allen County Red
Cross chapter, succeeding A. C. Ja
cobs, who is completing his second
term.
Beaverdam Schools
Get $2,700
Checks totaling in value $45,319.31
were distributed Friday by Allen
County Supt. of Schools Willard M.
Floyd. They represent the first
quarterly payment for this year un
der the state school foundation pro
gram.
Distribution was made to the var
ious school districts as follows:
Beaverdam, $2,700.92 Cairo, $1,
206.81 Lafayette-Jackson, $5,519.64.
Limited Highway
Program
Two hundred state highway de
partment engineers and officials con
cluded a three-day conference, carry
ing away with them a warning from
Highway Director Hal G. Sours that
the war will bring unprecedented de
mands on their time and ability.
Mr. Sours addressed the group
comprising men from Highway Dis
tricts One, Two and Six, with head
quarters in Lima, Toledo and Dela
ware. He warned that loads must
be kept in good condition at a mini
mum cost and with a minimum use
of materials which may be difficult
to obtain. Transportation of vital
supplies must not be disrupted, he
said.
New construction will be limited
largely to military routes.
Infant Saved From
Blazing Bed
Timely return home from a visit
to a neighbor’s home probably spared
the life Friday morning of two-year
old Roger Hines, whose bed caught
fire while he was sleeping.
The child resided with his grand
mother, Mrs. Daisy Miller, in Lima,
who told firemen she made a hurried
trip to the home of a neighbor and
LOCAL AND LONG
DISTANCE HAULING
Every Load Insured
STAGER BROS.
Bluffton, Ohio
For Vigor and Health—
include meat in your menu.
Always ready to serve you.
Bigler Bros.
Fresh and Salt Meats
THE BLUFFTON' NEWS, BLUFFTON. OHIO/
upon returning found Roger’s bed
afire. She removed the child from
the flaming mattress and carried
him to the home of a neighbor.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Bags Wildcat In Chick
en Coop
What’s a-cookin’ in the chicken
coop, the farmer asked?
Duke Cramer, of West Findlay,
got his answer when he trapped a
10-pound female wildcat in the coop.
Missing a flock of chickens during
the last week, he set the trap that
bagged the feline prowler.
But Farmer Cranu was not sur
prised. A 22-pound half-grown wolf
pup was slain in Hancock county
only last week.
Findlay Athlete Killed
In Philippines
Robert L. Young, former Findlay
college student from Somerset, Ohio,
was killed Feb. 8 while serving with
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s Philippine
forces, it was learned. He played
varsity football before leaving col
lege there in 1938.
3,506 Register For
Draft
Hancock county election board offi
cials announced that a total of
3,506 men between the ages of 20
and 44 registered at the recent se
lective service registration. This ex
cludes those listed in the first two
registrations, they said.
Findlay Radio Station
Basis Of Suit
Herbert Lee Bly, Lima radio pro
moter, last week filed suit against
the Findlay Radio Co., and others,
for accounting, injunction, determin
ation of interests and $5,000.
Bly, organizer of a radi) station
in Lima, says he was called to Find
lay on Jan. 15, 1939, to advise on
the possibility of a ad io station be
ing located in Findhly. He says as
a result of such mee1 ings a group of
persons organized themse ves for
that purpose and hat he was to
share in the stock. The first agree
ment, he claims, has been jroken.
Crash Toll Mounts
Mrs. Geraldine Marie Pingle, 23,
of Fostoria, died in Findlay Hos
pital from injuries suffered recently
in an automobile-truck crash during
a blinding snowstorm. Adolph Good
year, 38, Bloomdale, was instantly
killed in the crash.
Xmas Seal Sale At
New High
A total of $3,174.97 worth of
Christmas seals were sold in Han
cock county during the 1941 cam
paign, according to a report read by
Mrs. Emma Panes, executive secre
tary of the Hancock County Tuber
culosis and Health association, at a
meeting of the association’s executive
committee in the city building.
Reporting it to be the largest seal
sale ever held in Hancock county,
Mrs. Ranes expressed her apprecia
tion for the cooperation shown by
each county worker.
Shortage Of Nurses
At Hospital
With a shortage of nurses because
of the war and an increasing num
ber of patients, the Findlay Hospital
has been forced to expand the ward
aide type of nursing, Miss Mabel
Pittman, superintendent, said. The
hospital now has 12 ward aides and
hopes to add 10 more, young girls
who have had a high school educa
tion.
Ask Farm Labor
Deferment
A resolution asking selective serv
ice boards to give serious considera
tion to the deferment of farm labor
from military service was adopted
last week at the McComb Farmers’
Institute.
The resolution stated there has
been an ever increasing shortage
of labor for “this important indus
try.”
It followed closely on the heels of
another resolution adopted by the
Hancock County USDA War Board
seeking six-day school weeks so that
students would be dismissed earlier
in the spring to aid with farm work.
HARDIN COUNTY
Life In Hawaii
Described
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Cribley, form
erly of Ada, are having their own
troubles in Hawaii, but are enjoying
life, Mrs. Cribley states in a letter
to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
S. Hover of Ada.
Five gallons of gasoline must last
them one month the last theater
performances are at 2 p. m. each
is compelled to carry a gas mask,
and only sufficient black-out paper
was obtained to fix one bedroom.
Now they can read at night.
12 Years Service Not
Enough
Sergt. Oran Hogan of Kenton, a
World ar 1 veteran who saw 12
years of service with the United
States Marines before he retired to
civilian life, was back in the Marines
last week.
He enlisted Monday at Cleveland
for the duration of the war and was
transferred to the Great Lakes
Training Station near Chicago. He
retains his old rank of sergeant.
Birth Certificate
Rush Continues
Since the rush for birth certificates
started in Hardin County last June,
the probate court office has collected
more than $1,200 in birth certificate
fees, Probate Judge G. B. DeWitt
said.
January fees in this division total
ed $319.75 and recently the office
issued 17 birth certificates and eight
registrations to set a new record for
one day.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Railroad Station To
Be Remodeled
Extensive improvements will be
made in the next few weeks at the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad pas
senger and freight stations in Co
lumbus Grove, it was announced
Tuesday.
The present freight office will be
torn down and a new building will
be erected on the same site. Rest
room facilities will be installed in
the passenger station while the sta
tion and ticket office will be redecor
ated insde.
Stork Kills Coyote
Among Ducks
Aroused by a terrific commotion
among his ducks and geese, early
Monday morning, Harry Stork, resid
ing eight miles northwest of Con
tinental, killed a marauding coyote.
The animal had killed four ducks.
Stork plans to have his trophy
mounted.
Canning Plant In
Leipsic
Offcials of the St. Marys Packing
company, meeting with Leipsic busi
ness men last week, announced that
they had leased the property of the
James MacDonald Lumber company
and will install a canning plant.
New buildings will be erected and
the present ones will be remodeled,
it was stated. Drilling for water
wells will be started this week on the
grounds, located opposite City park
and the waterworks.
New machinery for the processing
and canning of tomatoes, peas, Lima
beans and other vegetables has been
received and soon will be installed.
1,135 Registrants
In County
A total of 1,315 Putnam county
men, between the ages of 20 and 44
inclusive, registered a week ago for
selective service. Registrations at
the five poling places in the county
were as follows:
Columbus rove, 242 Ottoville,
16^ Leipsic, 182 Continental, 171,
and Ottawa, 556.
Elrose
Revival services will begin Sunday
evening at the Bethesda church.
Rev. Irvin Kauffman and Rev. Kerns
will have charge of the meeting.
Plan to attend.
Glenn and Faery Nonnamaker
called Sunday afternoon at the
Chauncey Klingler home near Ada.
Milton Benroth spent Friday after
noon at the M. J. Stratton home.
A. S. Pifer called Monday even
ing on Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Koontz.
The Olive Branch Ladies Aid So
ciety will meet with Mrs. J. R.
Fisher, Tuesday afternoon, March
3rd.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Stratton spent
Monday afternoon with T. J. Bell,
near Ada.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fisher called
on the T. J. Koontz family Sunday
afternoon.
Celebrating Kaye Eileen’s birth
day Sunday Jeanette and Gareth
Basinger were entertained at the A.
J. Nonnamaker home.
B. J. Stratton, wife sons Ortho
and Larry and daughter Elaine were
dinner guests Sunday at the M. J.
Stratton home. W. C. Klingler and
family were afternoon callers.
Callers the past week at the Anna
Koontz home were: Misses Bess
Arnold, Fern Koch, Faery Nonna
maker and Floe Stratton, Rev. and
Mrs. Paul Zimmerman, of Rawson
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fisher, Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Stratton, Mrs. D. D.
Williamson, Mrs. Wade Marshall,
Mrs. J. H, Nonnamaker, Mr. and
Mrs. Lendon Basinger and family, Koontz, daughter Martha, Mrs. How
John Koch, Thomas Koontz, son ard Stauffer and Mrs. N. B. Stein
Robert and Mr. and Mrs. Rolland man of Bluffton.
ROLL UP YOUR
CHICK PROFITS
WITH
Old Fort 40% Ration
Ayd Chick Mix
YOU CAN USE HOME GRAIN TO MAKE YOUR
OWN RATIONS.
For making a starting ration add 250 pounds of
ground corn. 50 pounds of pulverized oats, 50 lbs. mid
dlings, 25 lbs. bran, 25 lbs. alfalfa meal and 100 lbs. Old
Fort 40% Ration-ayd chick mix. Use this formula for the
first 3 weeks. After the third week add 1*4 of C-Ka
Gene. Use this formula for 6 or 7 weeks to prevent
coccidosis.
The Bluffton Milling Co.
Public Sale
Having sold my farm, will sell at public auction at my
residence 2 miles west and 1*4 miles north of Beaverdam,
or 4 miles east and 114 miles north of Cairo
Tuesday, March 3rd
AT 12:00 O’CLOCK
Black mare, 12 years old, weight 1700.
Durham cow, 9 years old, with calf at side.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
Full line of farming tools, such as wagons and flat
bottom manure spreaders plows cultivators hay loader
drill mower harness, and other tools, and other articles.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
7 rooms of household goods piano radio South Bend
range heating stoves antiques, and all other household
furniture.
FEED AND GRAIN
TERMS—CASH.
500 bushels good corn 150 bushels oats 20 bushels
soybeans 100 shocks fodder 10 tons good timothy hay.
75 Wood Posts.
TERMS—CASH.
Harold McClain, Auctioneer.
Lunch served on grounds.
THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1942
CLARK KIDD, Owner
PUBLIC SALE
The undersigned will sell at public sale at his farm 5
miles south of Rawson
Thursday9 March 5
The following property:
2 HORSES—Sorrel gelding 9 years old bay gelding
8 years old.
10 CATTLE—Hereford bull, coming 6 yrs. old 2
Hereford cows, 4 and 6 yrs. old, bred Hereford cow, 5 yrs.
old, with bull calf by side 2 Hereford heifers 10 and 12
months old. These cattle are all purebred but not register
ed. 4 grade Hereford cows, giving milk and bred.
FARM MACHINERY
10-20 McCormick-Deering tractor & O 14 inch tractor plow
McCormick-Deering tractor disc: Moline 8 ft. grain binder Moline 12
disc grain drill McCormick-Deering 2 row corn plow John Deere
single row corn plow McCormick-Deering corn binder Gale Sure
Drop corn planter hay loader manure spreader drag harrow high
wheel wagon iron wheel wagon with grain bed and hay ladders Oli
ver walking plow single and double shovel plows galvanized hog
feeder set work harness horse collars extra set lines and bridles
potato crates poultry fence brooder house hard coal brooder stove
3 hog houses galvanized corn crib Crise fence charger, wire and in
sulators.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS—Good kitchen range, some
furniture and other articles.
FEED—Several tons clover hay 450 bushels corn
40 bushels oats.
POULTRY—100 White Leghorn pullets 50 White
Leghorn hens.
Sale to Begin at 12:30 P. M.
AMOS HELIDAIAN. Owner
Thrapp & Warren, Auctioneers Elmer Fett, Clerk
____________________________ .*
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
“Branch, Fostoria Animal Products. Inc."