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PAGE SIX
ALLEN COUNTY
$10 Tire Costs Man
$200
The rarity of automobile tires
since the tire rationing program was
invoked by the federal government
was strongly reflected in Van Wert
Wednesday when a stolen second
hand auto tire cost a Spencerville
man $200 and court costs. The man
is Eugene Smart who according to
local officers, is a parolee.
Smart entered a plea of guilty to
a charge of stealing a tire valued at
$10, the property of Russell Shaw
of Van Wert.
Lima Tank Shop To
Expand
Plans for a $200,000 expansion of
the Army tank shop at the Lima
Locomotive Works were announced
Saturday as a building permit for
an addition to the government manu
facturing structure was issued at
city hall.
The addition will almost double
the plant’s floor space.
The new addition will be 260 by
278 feet, providing 70,280 square
feet more floor space. The present
army tank shop is 278 by 363 feet.
The expansion will boost the plant’s
working space to 161,194 square feet.
$10,000 Elevator
Suit Filed
tripped and fell as a side­
walk delivery elevator started to rise
as he stepped upon it were the basis
of a $10,000 personal injury damage
suit filed Saturday in the Allen
county common pleas court by Clar
ence B. Brenneman against S. S.
Kresge Co. and Commercial Motor
Freight, Inc.
The plaintiff in his petition says
that on May 18, 1940, about 11 a. m.
he was walking on the sidewalk on
High Quality
West Virginia
COAL
LUMP
EGG
STOKER
See me before placing your
order.
R. E. Trippiehorn
Phone 161-W
»timi
.1
inni
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
the High street side of the Kresge
store in Lima. A detailed descrip
tion of the delivery chute in the
sidewalk is given. He says the door
on which he had stepped started to
raise and tripped him. causing abra
sions, internal injuries and hernia
which necessitated surgery and kept
him from his occupation of farming.
$44,702 Netted In Sale
Of Lots
To date 1,071 lots have brought a
total of $44,702 in the series of land
sales being conducted by Allen
County Auditor Floyd B. Griffin in
which land sales on which there are
delinquent taxes are being offered for
sale.
On Friday 51 lots in the Lost
Creek addition brought $1,161 with
a low bid of $5 listed and a high of
$65 shown.
Start Installing Park
ing Meters
Lima’s parking meters will be in
operation by May 15.
Mayor Frank E. McClain made
this announcement Saturday as he
disclosed installation will begin eith
er Monday or Tuesday.
A total of 320 meters will be in
stalled on trial by the Dual Meter
Co., successful bidder of several
weeks ago.
Gideons Meet In Lima
the
test
fare
ly 100,000 1
military men.
Youth Convicted Of
Manslaughter
Richard Kruse, 20, Elida, was con
victed of second degree manslaugh
ter last week by a Common Pleas
court jury. Judge Neal Lora with
held sentence temporarily.
The youth was charged with the
traffic death of Henry Schroeder,
22, New Bremen, in an automobile
collision at a Lima street intersec
tion last November.
Last Half Of Tax
Collection Starts
The books of Allen County Treas
urer Ray W. Barnett now are open
to receive taxes for the last half of
1941, he announced Saturday. It is
the regular semi-annual real estate
tax collection known as the June
collection. The closing date has been
set at September 12, 1942.
To date there has been $126,548.86
taken in during the current collec
tion of personal and classified taxes.
BASEBALL CAPS
SATURDAY, MAY 9th
MULTI-COLORED—GENUINE BIG LEAGUE MODEL
“ABSOLl TEL'i FREE" to ali customers—Every child wants one!
ibrilliani
brewze
POLYMERIZED LEADED REGULAR or
ETHYL GASOLENE
FOR THOSE WHO WANT THE BEST
III TirIII l— iffiwm
LOW PRICE
Johnson Brilliant Bronze Station
South Main Street & Bentley Road Bluffton, Ohio
Phone 455-Y for Tank Truck deliveries.
Third Grade (CHEAP) Gasolene is NOT sold at Brilliant Bronze Stations.
The amount represents that taken in
from last Nov. 5 to May 1, Barnett
explained. Included in the figure
is $3,336.35 in delinquencies—$547.74
in the classified division and $2,
788.31 in the personal. The total
excluding delinquencies was $49,
237.91 classified and $73,974.90 per
sonal.
Man Dies In Auto
Crash
Harley Dunson, 49, Hardin county
farmer, suffered fatal injures late
Wednesday when the automobile in
which he was riding overturned three
times on Route 30, a mile east of
Lima.
Dunson suffered a fractured skull
and internal injuries when he was
thrown from the car, driven by John
Lightner, 39, of Kenton Route 2. He
was taken to Memorial hospital
where he died at 1 a. m. Thursday,
three hours after the accident.
Hungry Rabbits Prob
lem For Police
“No madam, we positively have
no department that takes care of the
feeding of rabbits while your little
boy is on a vacation.”
Think that sounds like an odd
answer for a policeman to make?
So do most of the Lima police de
partment members who are harassed
by such thoughtless queries. But
the boys in blue take ’em all in their
stride. And try to keep a sense
of humor active at the same time
in doing their routine jobs.
No sooner had the police patrol
dispatcher mentioned the rabbit busi-
HANCOCK COUNTY
Puppies Are Baby
Foxes
G. H. Edwards, plowing Friday on
the farm of County Commissioner
Lewis Brinkman, Port Clinton road,
little pups playing in the bright
sunlight.
It was some distance to where the
three animals were scampering
about and growling at each other
and when Edwards got close enough,
he discovered that they really were
pups—the offspring of some ma
rauding mother fox.
Soldier Held In
Car Theft
John L. Sexton, 20, who admitted
he was A. W. O. L. from the U. S.
army stationed at Indiantown Gap,
Pa., was arrested in southeast Find
lay last week after he allegedly
abandoned an automobile he had
stolen in Battle Creek, Mich.
Police Chief Leo M. Larkins said
Sexton would be turned over to gov­
HIGH QUALITY
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
ernment authorities on a charge of
violating the Dyer act, transporting
a stolen automobile from one state
to another.
Yarn For Red Cross
Knitters
Khaki yam for knitting of sleeve
less sweaters for the U. S. armed
forces has been received at Hancock
county Red Cross headquarters, and
will be available for distribution be
ginning today.
Those in charge urge women, who
have knitted for the Red Cross in
the past, to obtain sufficient material
for at least one sweater.
Typhoid Outbreak In
County
A mild epidemic of typhoid fever
has broken out in McComb, Dr. S. F.
Whisler, Hancock county health com
missioner, reported. Dr. Whisler
said preliminary tests of drinking
water have shown it apparently is
all right.
Former County Com
missioner Dies
William Burr Kring, 73, former
Hancock county commissioner for
two terms, township trustee and
dairyman, died suddenly of apoplexy
in his farm home east of Findlay.
Highway Work
Suspended
The construction
now virtually sus
the war, will reli
ment situation th
the post-war are:
Director Hal G. S
lay Kiwanis club
Sours said the
primarily interest
ing of highways ii
tires and automo
trucks laden with
A question of
to use for reserve
ering the minds
after an unusua
ience.
J. H. McGinnis
were in a boat
and had a string
the boat. A ba
the tails of the fi
wooing it away
was to no avail,
arm in the w
fingers to at*
the fish. Th
struck.
Barehandec
finny custon
found it wa
very “shari
highways,
because of
unemploy
follow in
Highway
1 the Find-
ment now is
the repair
to conserve
and to keep
supplies mov-
HARDIN COUNTY
Uses Finger To
Catch Bass
.ch type of bait
fishing is both
two Ada men
»ut true exper-
nd W. J. Ward
far from shore
crappies tied to
:ept nibbling at
and Ward tried
a minnow. That
he then put his
and wiggled his
the attention of
bass noticed and
Ward landed the
on the bank and
a 16-inch bass with
-th”.
Seniors Buy Bonds
For School
the senior class of the
school have voted to use
their senior class play
base of United States
A committee has been
the gift the class will
school 10 years hence,
ids mature.
Members
Kenton high
all proceeds
for the put
war bonds,
chosen to pi
give to the
when the
Pinned Under Tractor
Nine Hours
Injuries received when he was
pinned for nearly nine hours beneath
an overturned farm tractor caused
the death la.-t week of David C.
McKitrick, 67, of near Alger, Ohio.
INSURANCE
Rest assured that your car
or property is adequately
insured by insuring with
us today. The best of pro
tection at a minimum cost.
“It’s a Good Policy
Not to have a Bad One’’
Protect your Property
against Fire and Wind
storm.
F. S. HERR, Agent
Phone 363-W
For Vigor and Health—
include meat in your menu.
Always ready to serve you.
Bigler Bros.
Fresh and Salt Meats
The mishap apparently occurred
shortly after noon, but his plight
was not discovered until nearly mid
night. The vehicle apparently had
overturned while he drove it across
a ravine. He died in Memorial hos
pital in Lima.
O. N. U. Naval Train
ing School
Ohio Northern University officials
announced the approval of the
school’s facilities for a Navy train
ing program.
Approval was made by the Bureau
of Navigation of the Navy Depart
ment under the V-I accredited col
lege program which allows the school
to offer freshmen and sophomores,
aged 17 through 19 years, an oppor
tunity to remain in college and be
come commissioned officers.
Under the plan students can apply
for enlistment as apprentice sea
men, but remain in college for two
years’ work.
Dr. Small Resigns Uni
versity Post
Dr. Thomas J. Smull, a member of
the staff of Ohio Northern Univers
ity since 1917, has announced he will
retire from active duty June 30 to
devote his time to professional en
gineering duties. He was business
manager for the university from
1929 to 1941 when he assumed
charge of developing an endowment
and building program.
PUTNAM COUNTY
332 Seniors To
Graduate
Commencement in the Putnam
county schools will begin May 20
and end May 28 with 332 seniors in
the 13 high schools receiving diplom
as, County Supt. Carl D. Vermilya
reported.
The largest class will be graduated
from Continental-Palmer high school
which will present 54 dipomas. Two
other large classes of 43 each will
receive honors from Columbus Grove
and Leipsic high schools. Pandora
with 10 will have the smallest senioi*
class.
Survives 6,900-Volt
Shock
George White, 36, lineman, em
ploye of The Ohio Power company
was reported recovering in Memor
ial hospital aftei* he came into con
tact with a 6,900-volt transmission
line north of Leipsic Wednesday
morning. White was working with
a crew on what is known as the
firms’ Leipsic-Deshler line.
Ohio Power company officials said
they had not yet determined circum
stances surrounding the mishap but
would conduct an investigation im
mediately.
Crawfis College May
Be Sold
Definite plans for selling the Craw
fis college property northwest of Gil
boa will be delayed a few weeks
until it is determined whether furth
er court litigation will block it.
This was reported Wednesday by
officials of the Blanchard township
board of education after it met to
discuss the sale plans. It was point
ed out'during the meeting that heirs
of the late John Crawfis may appeal
their suit to block the sale.
On Monday a decision in Putnam
county common pleas court gave the
school board sole possession of the
property and lifted an injunction
which prevented the sale of the
college buildings and land adjoining
them. The court suit was filed by
Lewis Crawfis and about 100 heirs
against the township school board
two years ago.
Leg Broke In Peculiar
Mishap
Mrs. Catherine Nartker, of near
Glandorf, suffered a fractured leg in
a peculiar accident at her farm home
Sunday evening, and was brought
to the office of an Ottawa physician
for treatment.
Mrs. Nartker was feeding the
family dog when a strange auto
mobile came into the driveway. The
dog started to run toward the car,
and in doing so, entangled Mrs.
Nartker in the chain to which he
was attached, and threw her to the
ground.
Better Grade Cattle
Raised
Farmers of Putnam county who
attended the annual county beef cat
tle tour and banquet last week learn
ed that while there aren’t as many
cattle raised in this county the gen
eral quality of the cattle is high
with practically no common stock.
This declaration was the keynote
of speakers at the banquet held in
the high school in Columbus Grove
as the climax of the 1942 cattle tour.
High pork prices emphasize the
importance of immunizing pigs
against cholera.
Rockport
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Marshall of
Columbus spent the week end with
their parents in this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allison of
Carey were Sunday dinner guests
of Mrs. Lena Rockhill.
Mrs. Roy Moser passed away Sun
day night in Bluffton hospital fol
lowing a brief illness with pneu
monia and a throat infection. She
leaves her husband and four small
children, who have the sympathy of
the community. Funeral services
were held at 10:30 Wednesday in
the Diller funeral home in Bluffton
with burial in Rockport cemetery.
Herbert Marshall, Jr., of Marys
ville was a Thursday night guest of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
B. Marshall.
Rev. Wiley of the Congregational
Christian church of Vaughnsville
occupied the pulpit at the local M.
E. Church Sunday evening. At the
morning Sunday school hour two
members of the Gideons, Mr. Ross
from Orrville and Mr. Smith pre
sented their work.
A group of friends and relatives
gathered at the Charles Van Meter
home Sunday to help Mrs. Van
Meter celebrate her birthday anni
versary. Among those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Auchmutey of
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Poultry
Raisers
Look at This Proposition:
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1942
Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Van
Meter and family of Larue, Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Hoile and family of
Findlay, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mar
quart and son Carl of Jenera, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Van Meter of Bluff
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rogers of
Columbus Grove, Miss LaVon Abeg
gar of Jenera, and Mr. Jim Wallace
of Columbus Grove.
The May meeting of the Presby
terian missionary society will be
held in the home of Mrs. Nelson
Wells, Wednesday afternoon of next
week and the following program
will be given: Devotional Medita
tion—“Take Time to be Holy”, Mrs.
F. C. Marshall Topic, “Youth Finds
a New Road to Religion”, Mrs.
Edgar Begg Topic, “Big White
Medicine Man”, Mrs. Walter Cupp
Year Book of Prayer, Mrs. Herbert
Marshall.
A heavy rain accompanied by
wind and hail visited this community
Sunday afternoon and did quite a
bit of damage north and west of
Rockport. A large window at the
William Reichenbach home was
broken and numerous other places
reported broken windows, by the
large hail stones that were driven by
tne wind.
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