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PAGE EIGHT ________________________ _______
Organization of a stock company,
incorporated for $20,000, for building
a sanitarium was effected this week.
The home of Dr. J. J. Suter, the Jones
lots and all the quarry district on
Blanchard avenue containing about
ten acres have been purchased. The
institution will be opened next week
at the Sutter residence. Th? officers
are: J. C. Welty, president: Gideon
Oberly, vice-president Dr. J. J. Sutter
secretary and treasurer.
are expected to be more lenient this
summer since this promises to be
the only source from which labor
supply may be drawn in any ap
preciable volume.
Regular Farm Hands Gone
Regular farm hands, experienced
and able to take over farm opera
tions are few. Those still remaining
are steadily employed and any float
ing labor of this type previously re
lied upon to meet peak seasonal de
mands especially at harvest time is
not to be had.
It is to supply this demand that
high school youths will be used for
the most part, together with farm
women and children which were
pressed into service last summer.
Complete records of all high
school boys and girls desiring farm
employment are kept on file at the
U. S. Employment service in Lima.
In addition to this, Bluffton area
farmers may obtain employment in
formation locally from the high
school or at the mayor’s office.
Farm Boys Register, Too
Not only are town boys register
ing for the employment sendee, but
many experienced country boys also
are enlisting their services, Principal
Buhler stated.
Considerable interest has been
shown in the project by the students
who saw in the experience an op
portunity for healthful outdoor work
not to mention the incidental ques
tion of pay.
Healthful Work
Boys especially were urged to
sign up for the farm on the grounds
that the work would put them in
tip top shape for football next fall.
The older boys, facing the draft in
the next several months, would be
put into better physical shape for
the army.
Some of the students are expected
to be used even before the summer
vacation period, for seeding and
transplanting. Others are already
slated to aid in berry picking and
harvesting truck garden crops.
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of February 27, 1908
Harry Nitrauer is again in the em
ploy of Ed Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fox are re
joicing over the arrival of a ten
pound boy, George Washington, Sat
urday.
John Bracy of near Pandora who
rented the Eaton property on Lawn
avenue will assist John Locher in the
manufacture of tile this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Schaublin wel
comed a girl bay at their home on
Cherry street, Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Waltz leaves the latter
part of this week to visit her son at
Cleveland for several weeks.
Miss Madeleine Hubscher opened a
dress making room adjoining her
brother’s jewelry store near the post
office. She came from Geneva Switz
erland about three months ago.
Mrs. Grace Steiner of Toledo spent
Work is being rushed on the wom
en's dormitory and the science hall at
Bluffton college. The dormitory will
be ready for occupancy in October and
construction of the science hall is well
underway. An addition is being com
pleted on the heating plant. The
eighty foot stack of the plant was
completed several weeks ago and the
boilers will be installed in the near
future.
A new road to be known as College
View Drive extending from Stager
bridge to Spring Street is being built.
A road connecting the new street with
Grove street is also being graded thru
which is known as the T. H. iBery
property, which was purchased last
year by Dr. S. K. Mosiman.
On account of the war and the
drought in the corn belt, the glove
factory will not open here in Septem
ber. as was formerly announced.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Diller
a girl baby, Saturday morning.
Lysle and Donovan Baumgartner
are spending two weeks in Chicago
with their aunts, Mrs. Marr and
Catherine Hilty.
Oliver K. Bentley of French Lick,
Ind., visited his sister, Mrs. Edgar
Hauenstein and other relatives here
last week.
C. C. Nardin, superintendent of
schools, has rented part of the Mrs.
Jane Patterson residence. The house
hold goods were shipped from Hicks
ville this week.
Hiram Althaus and Law’rence Hu
ber left for Columbus where they vis­
School Youths Sign for
Summer Farm Work
(Continued from page 1)
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Berry of Spring street.
Ray Borden of Ada and Miss Ola
Hullinger residing with her parents
in the W. P. Bentley residence were
married Sunday.
Wilbur Schifferly has accepted a
position as clerk with the Wise Cloth
ing Co.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burk
holder a girl, Sunday.
A sled load of merry young people
from Peanut Center spent a pleasant
evening last Thursday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Hostettler. Pres
ent were: Mary Andrews, Dot Scoles,
Florence Kidd. Nora Baker, Damie
Shrider, Hilda and Tillie Fett, Grace
Anspach, Luke Scoles, Homer Baker,
Orvan Wirt, Wm. Andrews, Vance
Shrider, Henry and Walter Mowrey.
SETTLEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Reichenbach are
the happy parents of a baby boy.
A birthday surprise was arranged
Sunday for Oswin Hilty, teacher of
the Hilty school. A large number of
his scholars helped their teacher cele
brate his 19th birthday at the John
Hilty home.
A ciphering match was enjoyed at
the Beechtree school house, Monday
night.
FROM ISSUE OF AUG. 27, 1914
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
ited Ohio State univrsity. hTy x
pect to attend next fall.
John Kibele of Los Angeles, Calif.,
a former Bluffton boy, spent the
week end with his brother Hector
Kibele and sister Mrs. David High
land. John is working for a Cali
fornia oil company. This was his
first visit here in 15 years.
Andy and Ed Hardwick who left
here the first week in August inteding
to go to Roumania, where they had
secured employment in the oil fields,
got no further than Liverpoool. The
war has caused them to change their
plans and they are now returning to
their home by an indirect route.
SETTLEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Amsutz
a girl, Monday
Rev. and Mrs. Amos Oyer of Chi
cago are visiting with the latter’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Steiner.
Peter Diller bought the 40 acre
farm of Walter Basinger.
Elias Amstutz is making an arti
ficial lake on his farm and discovered
a sand pit.
On Tuesday occurred the marriage
of Calvin Basinger to Miss Viola,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Burk
holder.
Homer Moser, who is attending the
Moody Bible Institute at Chicago, ar
rived Friday to spend a week’s va
cation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Noah Moser.
In about three weeks the bells will
ring in the numerous little red school
houses in the Settlement.
Serious Shortage
This labor registration program,
originated by the state board of
education, aims to get farm labor
from any available source to help
meet the current shortage, the most
acute in the annals of agricultural
history.
The complaint has been made by
farmers that farm labor has literally
evaporated to the cities to seek the
high wages being paid by industry.
In addition some of the surplus man
power ha« been drained off by the
army.
Rawson
Mr. and Mrs. George Sanderson of
Ada were recent guest® of Mrs. Ella
McClelland.
Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Porter of Find
lay were Sunday evening callers on
Mrs. W. H. Peterson.
Miss Pauline Doty of Cincinnati,
spent a few days recent ly with her
mother. Mrs Sylvia Lane and daught
er Martha June
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Steinman and
son Larry Dean of Findlay spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wilson
and family.
Miss Ruth Williams rspent a few
days last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Beck and far i! y of Benton
Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wih»on and fam
ily were recent supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Dea’i 3nd fiijTiilv
of Findlay.
Mrs. Estelle Sampson is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Sampson and
family in Findlay.
Mrs. Sylvia Lane is recovering from
a recent operation.
Don Green of Indianapolis, Ind.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickens and
daughter Mary Lee of Arcadia were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Lannert.
Mrs. Margaret Comer was given a
surprise farewell party at the home
of Mrs. Dora Burket, Monday evening.
Those present were Mrs. Clara Guin,
Mrs. Anna Fox, Mrs. Mabel Cantner,
Mrs. Chloe Simmons, Mrs. Peggy Lo
gan, Mrs. Dora Long, Mrs. Letha
Fellers, Mrs. Glayds Lannert and Mrs.
Dora Burket
Settlement
Mr. and Mrs. Donavan Sommer
are the proud parents of a baby girl
since Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schneck
and family were Sunday visitors in
Berne, Indiana.
The Putnam County Music Festi
val was held at Ottawa on Tuesday.
All schools of the county participat
ed.
Ralph Sommer is driving the co
operative gas and oil truck at pres
ent.
The ladies chorus of the Ft.
Wayne Bible school is presenting a
sacred program at the St. John
church on Thursday evening. The
Geiger sisters, Lucile and Ruth are
members of the group.
Ideal weather has again permitted
farmers to be busy with field work.
The purr of the tractors is being
heard continually.
Mr. and Mrs. Alcus Pate of De
troit, Mich., were Sunday visitors
in the home of Mrs. Josephine Mos
er.
Mary Leichty of Berne, Indiana
visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Menno Augsburger and family over
the week end.
The boys’ glee clubs of Bluffton
and Pandora High schools are going
to Columbus on Friday to sing in
competition with groups of other
schools of the state.
Paul and James Schey recently
purchased a motorcycle.
David Carr has enlisted in the
aviation service of the U. S. army.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Sommer who
have recently returned from Florida
are expecting to locate permanently
in Pandora.
Rev. and Mrs. John Esau and son,
John were Sunday visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Haas.
Mrs. Jesse F. Steiner has been
confined to her home because of
illness.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Hiram M. Kohli and
family had as their guests last Sun
day, David Wenger, Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Miller and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Schumacher and
family of Findlay. The occasion
was the celebration of the wedding
anniversaries which were all Easter
events. A pot luck dinner was
greatly enjoyed.
Dale Yenner who had been called
for military service last week re
turned home several days ago, be
cause of heait ailment.
A large number of farmers are
raising quite a large acreage of
peas. A few who have previously
produced the crop inform us that
after the peas are harvested ample
time is had to sow the same plot of
ground to soybeans and also produce
a good yield.
Harold Steiner is assisting Louis
Wynkoop with farm work this sea
son.
Roy Hauenstein is the owner of a
new Case tractor.
Doris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Simmons of Ada has been in
the Memorial hospital at Lima the
past week with a throat infection.
C. W. Roethlisberger of Bluffton,
who took ill last Friday, is much
improved again.
Ray Lora, who has been quite in
disposed the past several weeks,
with the flu and complications, was
at the Memorial hospital in Lima a
few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Woodworth
and daughter Marjorie and son
Junior of LaGrange, Ind., were Sun
day dinner guests in the home of
Mrs. Gertrude Gage of College
avenue. Mrs. Woodworth remained
and will visit with her mother this
week.
Dennis Dillers have moved from
the Krohn property in Pandora to
the Amos Welty farm which was
recently bought by Joe Schroeder of
Glandorf.
Where Our Soldier
Boys Are
Pvt. Maurice E. Boutwell
A. S. N. 35040278
Anti-Tank Co. I06th Inf.
A. P. O. 960
c/o Postmaster,
San Francisco, Calif.
Pvt. Vincent I. Habegger
Co. F, 68th Armd Reg.
A. P. O. 256
Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Pvt. Clayton Basinger
A. S. N. 35325385
3rd Platoon, 2nd Section Com.
64th Medical Regt.
Bowie, Texas
Pvt. James A. Griffith,
98th School Squadron,
U. S. Army Air Corps,
Foster Field,
Victoria, Texas.
School Board Lets
Contracts For Coal
Contracts for coal were let by the
Bluffton Board of Education, Mon
day night. A car of egg coal will
be furnished for the grade school
building by the Bluffton Milling com
pany at $5.95 a ton. The Steinei*
Coal company will furnish a car of
oil treated stoker coal for the high
school building at $6 a ton.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Bluffton Couple To Ob
serve 60 Years Of
Wedded Life
(Continued .from page 1)
compartment. The vehicle was
drawn by two horses named Frank
and Charley.
Whenever an opportunity develop
ed every youngster in town tried to
get a ride on the bus. Among other
attractive features of the interior
of the carriage was a large mirror.
The bus was used mainly by
traveling men, musicians, entertain
ers, visiting ministers and other
visitors to the town who desired to
be taken to their destination in town
from one of the railroads.
Hotels Destination
The chief destinations were the
Russell Hotel, where the Citizens
National Bank is now located and
the old American House, still stand
ing on North Main street.
There was a big transfer business
between the two railroad lines and
with some of the trains only eight
minutes apart the horses had to be
goaded on to keep to the train
schedules. In those days the rail
road line, now operated by the
Akron, Canton & Youngstown rail
road company, was a narrow guage
line.
Interurban Line
With the coming of the Western
Ohio electric interurban line in 1905
the omnibus business went into the
discard altho the baggage hauling
business was good for several years
thereafter.
It seemed that most people avail
ed themselves of the travel facilities
of the interurban and the station
being on Main street there was little
need for the horso drawn bus. Mr.
Hawk, however, kept the bus for
several years and would occasionally
be called on for passenger service.
Finally the passenger business was
so small that he sold the omnibus
to a party in Port Clinton for $125.
The bus was still in good condition
even though one set of wheels was
completely worn out and replaced by
a new set.
Sells Livery
Mr. Hawk disposed of his livery
business in 1915. The livery housed
in a building later destroyed by fire
was located where the Niswander &
Herring veterinarian barn now
stands.
Mr. Hawk then bought a cream
and egg business from Reuben
Steiner and was in this location
SUGAR
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
IO & 68c
OLEO
Lowest Price in Town
2 LBS 29c
SHORTENING
All Vegetable
I S 67c
CHEESE
Excellent Quality
2
bl&
53c
CIGARETTES
All Popular Brands
CRT. OF
10 PKGS.
OYSTERSHEETS
For More Eggs
eag 60c
GREEN PEPPERS
RADISHES
GREEN ONIONS
CUCUMBERS
BROCOLLI
CAULIFLOWER
GREEN BEANS
FRESH PEAS
from 1915 until 1936 when the
building was torn down to make
way for the modern brick structure
housing the C. F. Niswander imple
ment store.
Good Health
Mr. and Mrs. Hawk are both in an
excellent health and are able to do
a considerable amount of work. He
spades his garden every year and is
janitor of the Methodist church and
the Mrs. M. M. Kibler block. Last
fall he gave further demonstration
of his vigor and worked as a farm
hand husking corn.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hawk attest
to the fact that it has been mighty
interesting to watch the changes
take place in this community and
to observe the unfolding pattern of
industrialization and urbanization.
New Election Clerk
Named For County
Atty. David O. Steiner, of Lima,
was named acting clerk of the Allen
county board of elections Monday
afternoon to replace R. G. Patterson
who has been called to military serv
ice.
Under the law, the appointee to fill
the vacancy had to be a member of
the Republican party as Patterson is
a Republican. Steiner will assume
his new duties May 1.
College Nine Will
Play Findlay Here
Playing their first home contest of
the 1942 baseball season, the Bluff
ton college nine will meet Findlay on
the local diamond this Wednesday
afternoon.
It will be the second assignment of
the season for a practically green
Bluffton team that looked good in
last week’s opening game against
Wilberforce at that place.
Although the Beavers dropped a
5 to 4 decision to the Wilberforce
outfit, Coach A .C. Burcky was well
pleased with the showing of the
team. Lack of experienced hurlers
is the greatest handicap facing the
team, but the mentor has a large
staff of promising new candidates
who may be the answer to the prob
lem.
Findlay will bring a veteran team
to Bluffton for the contest.
YES! YOUR CITY MARKET HAS THESE
BETTER SERVICE—BETTER VALUES—BETTER FOOD
GOLD MEDAL FLOUR
PURE SANTOS COFFEE Lb.
PAR-T-JEL DESSERT
SALAD DRESSING
BABY FOODS
CAKE FLOUR
Individual Solicitation
For War Bonds May 1
(Continued from page 1)
them will be asked to subscribe to
the bonds.
It has been emphasized that the
pledge is merely a promise of the
person to place the amount he or
she designates in war savings stamps
or bonds. It is a pledge which the
U. S. treasury department is accept
ing in good faith, Triplett stated.
“Hard-To-Get Items”
A portion of the pledge reads:
“I will faithfully fulfill this pledge
for the duration of the war or so
long as I am financially able to do
so.” The campaign is based on the
faith that our citizens are eager for
a chance to help defend our freedom
and that every pledgeor will take
upon himself the responsibility of
buying the amount of bonds prom
ised, Triplett stated.
The pledge is confidential. No
one but the recording official will
know the amount to be pledged,
Triplett said. When signing the
pledge the purchaser is asked to
stipulate whether he or she plans to
purchase the savings certificates,
whether they are stamps or bonds,
from a post office, bank or other
sales agency or by mail from the
U. S. treasury department or under
the payroll savings pan.
Payroll Deduction
Probably the largest portion of the
total sales in Bluffton will come thru
the payroll deduction plan now in
operation in most of the town’s in
dustries. In this plan a portion of
the income is deducted by the com
pany and the equivalent in bonds
are given to the employes.
Those in the payroll deduction
plan, along with every other wage
earner in the community, will also be
asked to sign the pledge cards in
the campaign in early May. This
is done because one of the purposes
of the new’ drive is to determine how’
many people are already participat
ing in the program and the extent to
w’hich they intend to pursue the reg
ular purchase plan, it was pointed
out by Triplett.
Ebenezer Broadcast
An octette of mixed voices w’ill be
heard over the weekly broadcast of
the Ebenezer Mennonite church from
Findlay radio station WFIN Friday
night at 7:15 o’clock.
Granulated Sugar Brown Sugar All Kinds of Tea Tuna Soups Pork & Beans
Pineapple Hominy Canned Kraut Spices Karo Syrups Hershey’s Syrup Canned
Macaroni & Spaghetti Wax Paper Scott and Soft Weave Tissue All Kinds of
Can Aubbers and Canning Supplies Canned Dog and Cat Foods Wash tubs
Galvanized Pails Etc.
Don’t Be Disappointed-Buy All Your Food Supplies at City Market
CAMPBELL’S TOMATO SOUP 7c
PLANTING HEADQUARTERS
Cabbage and Tomato Plants—Seed Potatoes—White, Yellow, Bottle
Onion Sets—Bermuda Plants—Ferrys 1942 Seeds—Triple Tested
Flower Seeds—MORE FOR YOUR MONEY.
JUMBO SLICED BOLOGNA 19c
FRESH GROUND BEEF 23c
LEAN SLICED BACON 15c
Alaska BROOKDALE SALMON
SARDINES Oil or M-8‘ard
CORN FLAKES
IF IT
TOMATOES
SPINACH
BULK TURNIPS
BULK CARROTS
BULK PARSNIPS
CALAVOS
CABBAGE PLANTS
TOMATO PLANTS
GROWS CITY
PKG. PECANS
STRAWBERRIES
PINEAPPLES
LIMES
TOMATO PASTE
ASPARAGUS
DIAMOND WALNUTS
PKG. FIGS
MR. FARMER:—TOP CASH PRICE FOR
Robert (Bob) Hochstettler, Resident Manager
$1.09
21c
4C
Box
Quart 250
3 c“9 20c
Reg.
2*/
Lb. Pkg.
Lb.
Lb.
Half
Pound
19c
2Cans 9c
2 Ks 15c
MARKETS HAVE IT
SELECT COBBLERS
GLOBE ONIONS
TEXAS ONIONS
BANANAS
LEMONS
WHITE GRAPEFRUIT
PINK GRAPEFRUIT
SUNKIST NAVELS
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942
Report Trains To Be
Dropped Unconfirmed
Reports current this wreek that
tw’o Nickel Plate passenger trains
running thru Bluffton would be dis
continued lacked official confirmation.
Local railroad men here said they
believed that any such action would
be indefinitely postponed.
The two trains concerned in the
report are the east bound train due
here at 2:25 p. m. and the west
bound train due at 12:34 p. m.
Should these be discontinued the
only passenger service w’ould be that
given by the Cleveland and St. Louis
through trains.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Hogs—160 to 200, $13.80 200 to
350, $13.90 roughs, $13.00 stags,
$11.00.
Calves, $13.50 top wool lambs,
$12.25.
Grain (bu. prices)—Wheat, $1.12
corn, 76c oats, 55c soys, $1.70.
Fresh Drugs
and
Quality Drug Store
Merchandise
of All Kinds
Prescriptions Care
fully Compounded
Sidney’s Drug Shop
Phone 170-W
a
PINEAPPLE
Small Buffet Size
2 cans 25c
PEACHES
While They Last
19
iz
Jlj(j
(T1 AQ
LARGE
cans
MILK
Fresh Canned
29c
EGGS
Fresh, Medium
doz- 27c
TISSUE
Soft Treated
23c
Seed Potatoes
Selected Red Rivers
100
FLORIDA TEMPLES
FLORIDA ORANGES
POTATOES
NEW POTATOES
DELICIOUS APPLES
ROME BEAUTIES
WINESAPS
CABBAGE
YOUR EGGS. JUST SOUND YOUR HORN.
$2.89
bag
GARLIC
RHUBARB
RUTABAGAS
JERSEY SWEETS
HEAD LETTUCE
LEAF LETTUCE
BCH. CARROTS
PASCAL CELERY