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PAGE SIX
ALLEN COUNTY
Lexington Survivor
Home In Lima
Bearing shrapnel wounds received
in his second brush with death,
Lieut. John A. Leppla, recently as
signed to the U. S. S. Lexington, is
resting at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Leppla in
Lima.
Lieut. Leppla reported he piloted
the last plane to leave the stricken
Lexington before it was blasted by
other units of the U. S. fleet in the
Coral Sea more than a month ago.
This was a few hours after his plane
shot down five Japanese craft and
scored a hit on an enemy warship.
He received a Navy Cross for these
deeds.
In February, 1941, the officer es
caped unharmed when his training
plane collided with another over
Pensacola, Florida. He parachuted
to safety, but a companion drowned
in a bayou into which his parachute
plunged him. He also participated
in the aerial battle in which Lieut.
Edward O’Hare shot down 16 enemy
ships.
Pioneer Picnic On
August 13
At a meeting of the executive1
committee of The Elida Pioneer so
ciety held at Elida Tuesday, plans
were made for the 48th annual
pioneer picnic which will be held in
The W. W. Crites grove near Elida,
on Thursday, August 13.
Lima Park Lots Sold
On Error
City officials sought this week to
retrieve an error through which 19
city-owned lots were sold recently
at auction by Allen County Auditor
Floyd Griffin for nonpayment of
taxes.
The city purchased the lots in
1935 with the understanding that the
High Quality
West Virginia
COAL
LUMP
ECG
STOKER
See me before placing your
order.
R. E. Trippiehorn
Phone 396-W
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
delinquent taxes would be waived,
but the deeds never were recorded.
The lots adjoin Faurot Park, and
are used by the recreation depart
ment as an archery range.
The would-be purchasers will be
asked to withdraw their bids.
Lima Molester Is
Captured
After nearly three months of
“home guard duty'’ husbands in
Lima's west side once more felt iree
to ask their wives for a night out.
Lamoine Brown, Lima, pleaded
guilty to a morals charge, and dep
uty sheriffs and police agreed that
he is the man who has been molest
ing west side women since early
spring. Brown was fined $200 and
sentenced to six months in jail by
Municipal Judge M. B. Jenkins.
Rent Order Will Be
Enforced
The Office of Price Administra
tion is prepared to. enforce rent ceil
ing in Lima, Ohio, unless landlords
comply with a voluntary program
within a stipulated period.
The city was designated a de
fense rental area on April 28 and
property owners were requested to
establish within 60 days from that
date ceilings not exceeding rents
paid in March 1942.
Unless the recommendation is
carried out, the OPA is empowered
to appoint a federal coordinator with
board authority to reduce rents at
the end of the 60-day waiting period.
Landlords then would be required
to register all their property and
disclose the rents being paid by ten
ants.
Auto Tag Funds
Distributed
Allen county Wednesday was in
receipts of $13,496, its share of the
$1,504,534 in checks mailed out by
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson
as the final distribution of the 1940
automobile license tax.
Other counties in the Lima area
with the amounts received include:
Hancock county, $4,537 Hardin
county, $6,069.
Relief Expense Lowest
In Five Years
For the first time in the last five
years the cost of poor relief in Ohio
during May slumped to below the
$1,000,000 mark, according to State
Welfare Director Charles L. Sher
wood as he cited an allocation of
only $488 to Allen county for the
month. Lima city was allocated the
sum of $802.
He Talked Too Long”
Cop Says
Pleading not guilty of a failing to
obey the order of a police officer
charge, Yale Bloom, 33, of Lima,
will be tried this week in Municipal
court.
He was arrested after police said
SHOE POLISHING CLOTH
-FREE-
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
FAMOUS “CADIE"—an easy sh«ne in jiffy time—
with the purchase of six gallons of either—
ibrilliant
bronze
POLYMERIZED LEADED REGULAR or
ETHYL GASOLENE
FOR THOSE WHO WANT THE BEST
SAVE
LOW PRICE HIGH QUALITY.
JOHNSON BRILLIANT BRONZE STATION
South Main Street & Bentley Road Bluffton, Ohio
SELL YOUR SCRAP RUBBER TO U. S.—NOW!
Phone Orlo O. Dukes, Arlington, Ohio for Tank Truck Deliveries
Third Grade (CHEAP) Gasolene is NOT sold at Brilliant Bronze Stations.
he refused to comply with their re
quest to move his automobile which
was improperly parked. It was on
the wrong side of the street near his
Central avenue place of business.
Policeman Robert Neely who saw
the traffic hazard said that Bloom
offered the excuse that he had the
car trunk full of scrap rubber and
would not pull into the yard drive
because a truck blocked the drive
way. “I was ready to accept this
as a legitimate excuse, but Bloom
made a remark that he was working
for the government and I was hold
ing up defense program”, declared
Neely. He further averred that he
would “park this way as long as I
please”, the officer said.
Lima Boy Third In
Marble Tourney
Larry King, of Lima, was award
ed third place in the western finals
of the national marble tournament,
cincluded at Cleveland, Thursday.
Ray Evans finished first, and Jack
Kean second. These boys, both from
Canton, will go to the National finals
at Wildwood, N. J., June 28.
“Jeep Day” Nets Over
$25,000 In Bonds
The 20 pretty “Minute Maids”
aboard the Army’s jeep caravan sold
war bondc worth more than $25,000
on Lima streets last Wednesday,
Bond Sale Chairman Homer Hughes
reported as tabulation of figures was
completed.
Mother Of Servicemen
Killed By Train
Mrs. Pauline Geiser, 46, a widow
whose two sons are in the armed
services, was killed instantly last
Thursday when her automobile was
struck by a fast Pennsylvania Rail
road passenger train at a grade
crossing near her home in Lima.
Mrs. Geiser is survived by sons,
Victor, stationed at Fort Riley, Kan.,
and Richard, in service on a war
ship, and a daughter, Hildegarde, at
home.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Sheep Claims At Low
Mark
Sheep claims for the last three
months have been allowed by the
Hancock county commissioners in the
total amount of $159.80, the smallest
quarterly total in a long time.
Claims allowed in March totalled
$490 December, $450 September,
$365 June, 1941, $343.
There were only five claims al
lowed for the three-month period
from March 1 to June 1, most of
them in the north part of the coun
ty.
Fast Talkers Get $3,000
From Farmer
Jesse Metzker 76, Biglick Township
farmer, reported to the sheriff’s de-
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
jo/d
0 CUT DOWN
YOUNG PIG LOSSES
Not all little pigs go to market. In
fact a third of all pigs farrowed on
American farms nevi live to market
able age. Most of this vast loss oc
curs within the first few weeks of
life. Much of it is preventable.
Among the man" causes of losses
are scours, pneumoni:
sows, chilling, low bio
vitamin deficiencies,
mouth, Bang’s disease
cholera, starvation,
miscellaneous infecti
i, crushing under
od sugar, anemia,
infectious sore
swine pox, hog
erysipelas and
Healthy, cholera in
stock is the first etc
cessfui pig crOp.
a ration carrying pro
teins, calcium, phospl
Many still births a::
well as a tendency
and pneumonia, are
tlons that lacked e:i
and D. Recent res
that one severe type
can be prevented by
with sugar-rich ration
half of their terms.
imune breeding
toward a suc
ows must have
aer levels of pro
lorus and iodine.
1 weak pigs, as
toward scouring
raced to sow ra
ough vitamin A
■arch also shows
of baby pig loss
supplying sows
s during the last
Here are some fur
to help reduce bal
houses should be ch
by scrubbing with ho
before farrowing, the
should be washed
water. Many veterim
brood sows should
ternal parasites prior
Sows and young pi
to clean pastures
fed after two week:
gain and growth.
ther suggestions
pig losses: Hog
.ned thoroughly
lye water. Just
sows’ udders
:n with soap and
irians advise that
e treated for in
to pigging time,
should be hauled
the pigs creep
old for faster
Farrowing pens sb
equipped with guard
crushing and smother
be prevented by
square of clean pa *.u
pen once a week. Baiiy
uld be roomy and
rails to prevent
ing. Anemia can
dng a foot-wide
re sod into each
pigs should be
partment in Findlay he was fleeced
out of $3,000 by two “fast talkers”
who asked him to put up the money
as evidence he was a “responsible
party” and would pay off for them
an old debt for which they would
leave $20,000.
War Materials Burn
In Fire
A truck load of war material was
destroyed by fire Wednesday, two
miles south of Findlay, on the Dixie
highway, when a truck driven by
Henry McGrady, 43, Indianapolis,
overturned after striking a vehicle
which had turned in front of him.
McGray was unhurt, according to
state highway patrolmen. Truck
and cargo were ruined by the flames.
Air Training For High
School Pupils
A pre-flight aeronautics training
course may be offered juniors and
seniors at Findlay high school next
fall, Supt. F. L. Kinley said. The
course is to be inaugurated in 100
high schools in the state.
Clouds Form “V”
For Victory
The large “V” floating across the
sky Wednesday evening was noticed
by a number of Findlay residents.
The “V” for victory was formed
by clouds that were drifting from
the west to the east over the city.
Placement For Work
ers Sets Record
Findlay offices of the United
States Employment service broke all
previous rec is for job placements
during May when a total of 571
were assign 1, according to Manager
Carl F. Diver.
Diver sai the placement figure
for the month was 343 per cent
higher than April. A portion of this
gain in percentage was said due to
placing many farm workers.
To Re-surface Arling
ton Street
The village of Arlington and the
state highway will resurface the
main street this summer, it was
learned Monday night at the regular
council meeting. Legislation was in
troduced at the meeting by a mem
ber of the state highway department.
New Flag Flies In
Findlay
One of the American flags that
flew over the Capitol in Washington
when war was declared Dec. 8, 1941,
was unfurled in Findlay last week
in observance of “jeep day”
The flag, a gift of Congressman
A. D. Baumhart, Jr., of Vermillion,
Ohio, to 0. D. Donnell, president of
the Ohio Oil Co., was raised on the
flag staff of the company’s build
ing in Findlay.
HARDIN COUNTY
10-Pound Catfish
Caught
Tacked on a wall of the Earl
Predmore garage, in Kenton, is the
head of a 93* pound channel cat
fish. Predmore, accompanied by
Fred Treen and Lewis Burba, was
fishing off Long Island in waters of
the Lewistown reservoir Thursnay
evening when Mr. Cat struck and for
15 minutes, Predmore fought off his
rushes.
He at last lifted it bodily from the
raws.
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH
allowed to run about and ex ‘ret
the hog house runway each day.
ding should be clean and ehangid
fr
quently. The navel cord stump of
each pig should be disinfected to guard
against navel infection.
Infectious diseases of baby pigs
must be detected at the earliest pos-
Washing sow with warm water and
soap will help save pigs.
sible moment. Listlessness, thumping,
excessive coughing, scours or discolor
ation of the skin should be called to
the immediate attention of a trained
veterinarian.
After weaning time, pigs should re
ceive a balanced ration of an IS per
ent protein level, with a handy sup
ply of simple minerals and salt. They
should be immunized against cholera
by a veterinarian within three weeks
after weaning.
Savings pigs was formerly the con
cern of individual farmers. Now this
conservation move is part of the na
tion's all important Food for Victory
campaign, and it is a responsibility
none of us should shirk.
water. The cat had a mouth spread
sufficient to accommodate a man’s
fist and was 29 inches long.
Sign Is “Sign Of The
Times”
Sign in an Ada garage window—
“CLOSED—Son in army and I am
building tanks. Open soon, I hope!”
Women Learn Machine
Work
A new machine shop course, the
third now in operation at the Ken
ton high school, started Monday
morning. Hours for the newly
formed class, 19 of the 20 of which
are women, are from 9 a. m. until
4 p. m. Two other classes are in
operation at other hours, making in
struction on almost a 24-hour basis.
The new classwill be conducted for
a period of 12 weeks,
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Holds Wife For Beat
ing By Others
Ruth B. Calhoun, 21, of McGuffey,
formerly of Prestonburg, Ky., plead
ed guilty to an assault and battery
charge filed by Mrs. Role Patrick
of Alger. The hearing was held
Wednesday before Justice of the
Peace Lymon P. Clark of Alger. She
was fined $100 and costs and was
sentenced to 30 days in the county
jail. A similar penalty was assessed
against May Lou Fitzpatrick, 18,
also from Prestonburg, on her
guilty plea to the assault and bat
tery charge.
The court was told that Patrick,
in the company of three other wom
en when he met his wife on a Mc
Guffey street Tuesday afternoon,
held Mrs. Patrick while the other
three slapped her and pulled her
hair.
Horse And Buggy
Days Again
Interest was evident when an eld
erly man drove his horse into a
parking space at east side of tfie
Kenton public square, unloaded a
section of railroad iron from the
phaeton in which he was riding,
tethered his steed to it and proceed
ed to do some shopping in down
town Kenton. It was the first
“parked” horse and buggy seen in
the business section in several years.
O. N. U. Pilot Training
Revised
The O. N. U. program for train
ing of civilian pilots has been re
vised according to recommendations
by the war and navy departments
and will start on July 1.
Board, room, books and tuition will
be free to students accepted for this
course at Ohio Northern university,
which lasts two months. Ten will be
accommodated in the first class, with
other groups to be formed later.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Pea Cannery Is In
Operation
The harvesting and canning of
peas has been started in Putnam
county, it was learned from officials
of the St. Marys Canning Co., which
has contracted for a large acreage
of peas in this county.
At the firm’s Leipsic cannery,
work has been under way for about
a week with about 50,000 cans al
ready processed. Pea viners erected
on five farms in this section have
been hulling peas at the rate of 60
boxes, containing 40 pounds, each
hour.
Growers are receiving $47.50 per
ton for this crop ami it is averaging
almost one ton per acre, according
to officials of the plant. Vines are
being used for cattle feed after peas
have been harvested.
412 In Putnam 4-H
Clubs
Enrollment in the 4-H clubs of
Putnam county for 1942 totals 412
boys and girls, it was reported by
County Agent 1.. C. Holtkamp.
This is an increase of one member
over last year. Of the total enroll
ment, 157 are boys and 256 are girls.
These boys and girls have a total of
452 projects divided into 43 different
groups.
Hitchcock Is New Co
lumbus Grove Mayor
Appointment of W. P. Hitchcock
as mayor of Columbus Grove was
announced by the village council.
Hitchcock succeeds Earl Kuhn who
died recently in a Lima hospital.
The new mayor will serve the re
mainder of Kuhn’s term, which ex
pires at the end of 1943.
Farmers Urged To
Store Wheat
Farmers in Putnam county were
advised by AAA officials to begin at
once construction of some type of
storage bin for their next wheat
crop.
It is unlikely wooden bins will be
received from the Commodity Credit
Corp, in time for the coming har
vest, it was learned from Isidore H.
Niese, vice chairman of the Putnam
county AAA committee. It had been
expected that several hundred of
these prefabricated bins would be
available.
Ottawa History Is
Traced
Ottawa, the county seat of Put
nam county, was surveyed and plat
ted by two enterprising projectors
named Arganbaugh and Barnett in
TERMS—CASH.
Public Sale
Due to the death of my husband, I will offer at public auction
at my home /2 mile northeast of Beaverdam on Rt. 25 on
Saturday, June 27 at 1 P. M.
Old Fort
Hog Mix
made with
The following articles: Wheelbarrow, spring wagon, buggy,
hog scaffold, barrel spray pump, double trees, shovels, axes, forks,
anvil, soldering set, shop tools, tool chest, pipes, lard press, copper
kettle, shoe repair outfit, meat grinder, meat saw, grindstone, Mc
Cormick-Deering cream separator No. 3, generator and magneto,
milk cans, Domestic sewing machine, 2 square dining room tables,
round dining room table, 2 drop-leaf tables, antique white-ash drop
leaf table, 2 sets of dining room chairs (6 each), 2 rugs 9 12,
linoleum, oak sideboard, dresser, rockers, antique parlor stand,
antique white-ash desk, antique folding bed, beds, leather davenport,
lawn seats, lawn benches, heating stove, washstand, wash bowl
pitcher set, crocks, jars, kitchen utensils, and other articles too
numerous to mention.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1942
June, 1834. As the Indian village
of Tawa had been located there the
plat was given the name of Ottawa,
which that tribe belonged to.
Michael Rowe built a cabin at Ot
tawa the same year the town was
platted which he opened as the first
regular tavern, which he operated
until his death many years later,
and where many noted guests were
entertained.
The first frame building in Ottawa
was constructed by William Williams,
and when the post office was es
tablished in 1847, with Dr. C. W.
Godfrey postmaster and located in
this building, it was given the name
of Buckeye. This was because there
was then another post office in Ohio
named Ottawa. The office was
changed to Ottawa in 1862 through
the efforts of Dr. Godfrey.
With the location of the old Day
ton and Michigan Railroad, Ottawa
developed rapidly and was incor
porated in February, 1861, with J.
B. Fruchey the first mayor.1
There is little chance that Sudan
grass will poison Ohio livestock, but
precautionary measures suggested by
Ohio State University argronomists
are not to turn the livestock on the
pasture until the grass is 12 to 15
inches high and, then, watch the
animals for an hour. Any symp
toms of poisoning should be apparent
within a half-hour.
Take pity on your bus ticket
agent! Make conversations
and phone calls brief. He’s
doing his best under terrific
pressure. He is grateful for
your cooperation and con
sideration.
SIDNEY’S DRUG SHOP
129 N. Main St.
Phone 170-W
Cincinnati & Lake Erie
Transportation Company
Mrs. Gideon Lehman, Owner
Aiict.—Isaac Neuenschwander Clerk—Albert Winkler
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the known B-Complex
Vitamins including Niacin
(formerly called Nicotinic
Acid) one of the factors
recommended for the pre
vention and control of
"Necro”.
Feeders praise the even
ness and uniformity of pigs
fed our HOPROConcentrate.
THE BLUFFTON
MILLING CO.
WANTED-DEAD STOCK
WE PAY TOP CASH PRICES
Horses $6.00 Cows $4.00
Small Stock removed free of change.
Quick Service
Telephone Findlay, MAIN 475, Reverse Charges
BUCKEYE REDUCTION COMPANY, Findlay, Ohio
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