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Commemorating the life of a
Bluffton soldier of the first World
War who died in camp, a beech tree
now some 40 feet tall stands in
memory of Fred Bixel, on the Bluff
ton college Lincoln hall lawn.
The tree was planted by C. D. Am
stutz, then caretaker of college
grounds, shortly after Bixel’s death
in 1918. Short ceremonies were held
at that time in honor of the soldier
who left Bluffton college classes to
enter the ranks.
Bixel, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Bixel, west of town, was in
training at Camp Chillicothe, when
he died of pneumonia. The tree is
not marked and very few residents
can identify it, Amstutz said.
However, the directive from head
quarters made it clear that the
board’s first duty is to fill quotas,
and that married men will not ne
cessarily be deferred permanently.
“While outlining a broad policy
for the induction of men with de
pendents, the amendments (recently
made by congress) stress that the
major requirement of the local board
is to meet the manpower needs of
the armed forces and to insure an
adequate supply of manpower for
production of materials of war”, na
tional headquarters said.
Two Tall Trees On College Campus
Honor Memory Of World War Heroes
Another tree, an oak, also stands
Ohio’s selective service boards, in
cluding the three for Allen county,
last week were instructed by state
headquarters to carry out the na
tional policy of protecting bona fide
family relationships as long as pos
sible.
Auto—Fire—Life—Liability
Paul E. Whitmer, Agent
245 W. Grove St.—Phone 350-W
Bluffton, Ohio
Your Support Will Be
Appreciated
Charles W. Lora
Democratic -Candidate for
County Commissioner
OF ALLEN COUNTY
Fill Quotas, First Duty Of Draft
Boards Give Order For Calling
local boards will
It added that all
make all possible effort to insure
that the calls made upon them are
ment on schedule during the period
in which the amended dependency
policy is being placed in effect.
“Local boards are authorized to
FARM BUREAU
INSURANCE
Subject to Primary Election,
August 11, 1942
Charlen W. Lora, Richland Township
R. R. No. 2. Columbus Grove. Ohio
in commemoration of a World War
I soldier, on the lawn of the College
science hall. Obem Ramseyer, of
Pulaski, Iowa, member of the class
of 1922, died shortly after his grad
uation from college.
The oak was also planted by Am
stutz and again there were ceremon
ies. This tree stands, some 40 feet
in height and is marked by a small
metal tag. More people are familiar
with this tree because of the marker.
After the war Ramseyer resumed
his studies at the college but died
shortly after he graduated.
Amstutz, who planted the trees,
says that their growing to full ma
turity has been a source of pleasure
and that every time he sees them
he is reminded of the two boys who
were well known in this vicinity.
vary from general order of selection
of registrants with dependents when
it is necessary to fill the call, pro
vided the registrants who are select
ed have been classified as available
for military service under former
regulations”, the directive said.
All registrants without dependents
shall be selected for induction as
rapidly as they can be made avail
able, national headquarters said.
When the supply of single men with
out dependents and who are not ne
cessary to the war effort in their
work is exhausted, local boards then
may review in sequence of order
numbers the classification of men in
the 3-A class (having dependents
and not deferred because of their
work.) Reclassification of 3-B men
(with dependents and contributing
to the war effort) will follow ex
haustion of the 3-A class.
Local boards were instructed to
notify the state director when they
have to, reclassify men with one
type of dependents so that he may
adjust his calls to prevent one local
board from calling registrants from
one group substantially in advance
of the time when other local boards
are calling men from that
group.
Order
Supplied to Bluffton
Housewives by
Bird’s Eye Products
Headquarters for
FROZEN VEGETABLES
FRESH FROSTED FISH
Basinger Bros. Meat Market
and
Frozen Food Locker Service
same
for
Calling
local
new policy authorizes
to consider registrants for se
as follows:
The
boards
lection
1. Single men with no dependents
2. Single men who do not contribute
to the war effort but who have
pendents 3. Single men with
pendents and who contribute to
war effort 4. Married men who
not engaged in the war effort
who maintain a bona fide family
lationship with a wife only 5. Mar
ried men who are engaged in the
war effort and who maintain a bona
fide family relationship with a wife
only 6. married men who are not
engaged in the war effort and who
maintain a bona fide family relation
ship with a wife and children or
children only.
de
de-
the
are
but
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In all cases the dependency status
must have been acquired prior to De
cember 8,
induction
1941, and at a time when
was not imminent.
As the annual work period for
farm machinery ends, each piece of
equipment should be prepared for
storage by some method which pre
vents damage by weathering.
Forty-one persons under the juris
diction of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture were killed accidentally
while on duty in 1941. Automobile
accidents caused 26 deaths. The
1941 accident rate was 55 per cent
less than the rate in 1938.
foods
the year round
Thrapp Rites Held
Monday At Pandora
L. Richard Thrapp, 32, of Pan
dora, a Nickel Plate railroader, died
at 3:10 p. m. Saturday in Fostoria
City hospital of a fractured skull
suffered TueSday of last week in a
railway accident at Fosoria.
Preparing to fill the water tank
of an eastbound freight engine,
Thrapp was turning the big spout
between the two main tracks when
he was struck by a westbound
freight.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon in Grace Mennonite
church, Pandora, with Rev. Forrest
Musser officiating.
His widow, the former Melvina
King, is an employe of The Trip
lett Electrical Instrument Co., of
this place. Also surviving are two
children and his parents.
No Metal Licenses
For Autos In 1943
Ohio is one of 16 midwestern and
eastern states which have agreed to
substitute paper windshield stickers
for metal auto tags next year, to
conserve steel for the war effort.
In making 1942 tags, the state
used about 1,200 tons of metal, all
of which will be saved next year be
cause of the decision to use the
stickers.
Size of the sticker planned by offi
cials in the office of the state motor
registrar will be two by four inches.
They will be either red or yellow in
color, and a different serial number
will be on each sticker.
In place of the customary regis
tration certificate issued in the past
when new tags were bought, each
motorist will receive a duplicate
sticker carrying information as to
the make of the car owned, the type
and the engine number.
Motorcycles and trailers probably
will be equipped with small plastic
plates in place of stickers, the state
registrar said.
In the past approximately 2,000,
000 passenger automobiles, trucks,
farm trucks and motorcycles are li
censed in Ohio each year.
Elrose
Mrs. James Fisher was a Sunday
guest at the J. R. Fisher home. Mell
Long, wife and daughter Dorotsy
were afternoon callers.
The Ladies Aid society of the Olive
Branch church will meet Wednesday
afternoon, August 5 with Mrs. Nora
Stratton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Recker of Flor­
ida and Mrs. Olive Crozier of Rawson
called at the Ami and Charles Non
namaker homes Saturday afternoon.
Miss Bessie Arnold is ill at this
writing.
Claude Chivington of St. Marys,
called on the Thomas Koontz family,
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nonnamaker
and sons Harold and Dean called at
the Ami Nonnamaker home Sunday
afternoon.
Union prayer services at the Olive
Branch church, Thursday evening.
Mrs. Dennis Zimmerman, daughter
Jacquelyn and son Douglas of Hicks
ville and June and Frederick Habeg
ger of Bluffton called Sunday morning
at the London Basinger home.
Emerson Neff and family entertain
ed company Sunday.
Glen and Faery Nonnamaker spent
Sunday afternoon at the Chauncey
Klingler home near Ada.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Koontz, dau
ghter Martha and son John of Bluff
ton called Sunday evening at the An
na Koontz heme.
Mrs. Albert Koch and daughter
Frances of Detroit spent several days
last week at the H. R. Koch home
accompanied by John and Fem Koch
they called at the Ami Nonnamaker
home on Thursday afternoon.
News has been received from Mr.
and Mrs. N. .Steinman that they
have moved from Clarksville, Tenn,
to Baton Rouge, Louisana. They
were former Bluffton residents.
Marlow Bish, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Bish enlisted in the Army, leav
ing here last Tuesday.
The Black school reunion will be
held at the school house, August 13.
All former scholars, teachers and
friends are invited to attend.
Mrs. Jont Agin of Bluffton spent
Tuesday and Wednesday with her
brother, Charles Nonnamaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Klingler and
family and Mrs. Golda Battles and
daughters Mabel and Marilyn were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Stratton and daughter Flo. After
noon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Schneider of Findlay.
Russell Elzay and family spent
Monday evening with the Bernard
Stratton family.
Anatomy
A little school girl offered the fol
lowing composition on anatomy:
“Anatomy is the human body. It is
divided into three separate parts,
the haid, the chest and the stum
mick. The haid holds the skull and
the brains if there is any, the chest
holds the liver, and the stummick
holds the vowels, which are a, e,
i, o and u, and sometimes w and y.”
Adolph, Benito and Hirohito
—the three blind mice. Make
them run with ten percent of
your income in War Bonds
every pay day.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON. OHIO
Bluffton district motorists are
learning that they can’t ruin their
tires and have them too.
The bitter lesson is being taught
in virtually every tire repair shop,
with the repairman as teacher, and
the driving public as reluctant schol
ars.
One has but to drive along the
highways to see an unusually large
number of motorists pulled to the
side of the road attempting to re
pair a damaged tire.
Repair shops here admit a very
definite increase in business since the
government issued the “no new tires”
order. In some instances, an in
crease of 100 per cent is reported.
It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Public
are driving too often and too fast
with utter disregard for the com
monly accepted rules for safety and
longevity of tires. Tires are wear
ing thin and becoming dangerous.
With the hot weather of summer
months and with tires becoming thin
ner and thinner a bad combination
is formed. Blowouts are very com
mon under these circumstances.
Tire dealers here are cautioning
local car drivers to have their tires
regularly inspected. Ofter the ex
pert will detect buried nails or other
items that are hidden to the eyes of
the average person.
A historic landmark which stood
at ancient Cannonsburg, south of
Rawson, this week was a mass of
charred brick walls.
Lightning set a raging first last
Wednesday morning that razed the
old Evangelical church, built in 1867,
and erased one of the few remaining
reminders of the time Cannonsburg
was a thriving village.
In those days the town was one of
the most prosperous in this area,
boasting of three churches, many
stores and several residences. The
passage of 75 years, however, finds
the trade of the village diverted to
other centers and the buildings of
the town, disintegrated, destroyed or
moved.
The abandoned Evangelical church
destroyed by fire last Wednesday was
located on the west side of the once
flourishing community and for the
last 15 years had been used as a
machinery shed by Wayne Amstutz,
Tire Shops Warn Motorists Here
To Exercise Caution In Driving
Lightning And Fire Remove One
Of Cannonsburg’s Last Landmarks
‘‘What’s it good for?”
‘‘Guns, tanks, and maybe
part of a plane”
In the barnyards and gullies
of farms and in the basements
and attics of homes is a lot of
Junk which is doing no good
where it is, but which is needed
at once to help smash the
Japs and Nazis.
Scrap iron and steel, for example.
Even in peacetime, scrap provided
about 50% of the raw material for steel.
It may be rusty, old “scrap” to you,
but it is actually refined steel—with
most impurities removed, and can be
quickly melted with new metal in the
form of pig iron to produce highest
quality steel for our war machines.
The production of steel has gone
up, up, UP, until today America is
turning out as much steel as all the rest
of the world combined. But unless at
least 6,000,000 additional tons of scrap
steel is uncovered promptly, the full
WAR
TLs
advertisement
(representing and with funds
Under inflation is another common
cause of excessive tire wear. Regu
lar weekly checking of tire pressure
is an important must to insure long
life in tires.
Shifting of tires to different
wheels also is a highly important
matter if even wear is to take place.
For example, the right rear wheel
wears out almost twice as fast as
the front left. All of the wheels
have different rates of wearing tires
down.
Excessive speed in driving, quick
application of brakes, careless park
ing and rubbing curbing are also
contributing factors in wearing out
tires before their time, tire dealers
here said.
“Don’ts” laid down by the garage
and tire men for people who wish
to avoid tire trouble are:
Don’t drive if you can walk to
your destination.
Don’t drive if you can take a
bus or train.
Don’t drive alone. Double up with
somebody else, giving your tires and
the other fellow’s alternate rests.
Don’t park carelessly, or cut corn
ers too short.
Don’t drive more than 40 miles
an hour.
Don’t drive unless necessary.
a tenant on the C. C. Weaver farm.
Equipment stored in the building
was lost as the fire raged through
the structure, and 10 tons of baled
hay in the building also were lost.
123 From County
At OSU Past Year
Allen county again was well repre
sented in the Ohio State University
student body the past 12 month, the
annual report of Miss Edith D.
Cockins, registrar, shows. This coun
ty sent 123 students to Ohio State
during the regular school year and
the summer quarter, continuing its
record of having been represented on
that campus every year since 1880.
Representation from other nearby
counties was: Putnam, 50 Hancock,
77 Hardin, 55.
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This message approved by Conservation Division
LOCAL SALVAGE COMMITTEE
W. A. Howe. Chairman—W. E. Marshall, Allen Grismore, Fred
Badertscher, E. S. Lape, Fred Hofer, Jesse Yoakam.
Phone 198-W
Pleasant Hill
Mrs. Clyde Hauenstein and daught
er June called Thursday afternoon on
Mrs. K. K. Huber.
Mr .and Mrs. Guy Younkman, and
children Frieda, Nolan and Robert,
Mr. and Mrs. Elon Younkman and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Younk
man and family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Winegardner and daughter of Way
nesfield, Francis Younkman of Ada,
and Leslie Thomas of Lima were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jennings en
tertained Friday evening in honor of
Rodney Jennings and Carolyn Basing
er’s birthdays. Those present were:
Marlene Gleason, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Faze and children Margaret and Paul
ine, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hess and child
ren Billy and Bobby, Mrs. Naomi
Steiner and children Paul David and
Marilyn Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. LaMar
Basinger and daughter Carolyn, Mr.
and Mrs. I .M. Jennings and Sondra
Sue Huber.
Mrs. Ellis Vandemark and daught
er Sue of Lima and Mrs. K. K. Huber
visited with friends and relatives at
Ada, Wednesday afternoon.
Mickey and Marlene Gleason are
visiting with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Zahrend of near Westminst
er.
Mr. and Mrs. Aldine Welty, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Welty and daughter of
Lima and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lugi
bill and daughter of Bluffton were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Lugibill and family.
Mrs. Cora Huber and Sondra Sue
Huber called on Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mefferd, Thursday afternoon.
Jo Ann Seigg spent Monday after
noon with Margaret Faze.
Mrs. Lyman Barnes visited with
Mrs. Hattie Spicer at Ada, Monday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jennings and
son Rodney, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Stratton and Mr. and Mrs. Avery
Watt of Lima spent Sunday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz of
Bluffton.
Mrs. Orlo Wirt and son Merle of
Ada called at the home Mr. and
Mrs. Norval Scoles, Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Vandemark and
daughter Sue of Lima and Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Huber and son Darrell of
Bluffton were Sunday evening guests
of Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Huber.
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Phillips of Lima
visited with Mrs. Cora Huber and Mr.
and Mrs. Joy K. Huber and daughter
Sondra.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen and
family called on Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Badertscher, Sunday afternoon and at
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The Junk which you collect is bought
by industry from scrap dealers at estab
lished, government-controlled prices.
Will you help?
First—collect all of your waste ma
terial and pile it up.
Then—sell it to a Junk dealer, give
it to a charity, take it yourself to the
nearest collection point, or get in touch
with your Local Salvage Committee.
If you live on a farm, consult your
County War Board or your farm imple
ment dealer.
Throw YOUR scrap into the fight!
PRODUCTION BOARD
paid for by the American Industries Salvage Committee
provided by groups of leading industrial concerns).
JUNK
needed for War
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rate of production cannot be attained
or increased the necessary tanks, guns
and ships cannot be produced.
The rubber situation is also critical.
In spite of the recent rubber drive,
there is a continuing need for large
quantities of scrap rubber. Also for other
waste materials and metals like brass,
copper, zinc, lead and tin.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Hauenstein, Sun
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Coon of Gary,
Ind., were week end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Huber and family. Dale
Huber accompanied them home Mon
day afternoon for a few days visit.
Ohio Retail Sales
Show War Influence
Showing effects of the war, dollar
sales volume for Ohio independent
retailers in une was six per cent un
der the same month last year, ac
cording to Ohio State University’s
Bureau of Business Research and the
U. S. Bureau of the Census.
While Ohioans couldn’t spend as
much money for durable goods be
cause of war restrictions, they were
transferring most of that purchasing
power to non-durable goods with the
result that most lines of business
falling in the latter category had
substantial increases. eGneral stores
led the parade with a 27 per cent
sales increase over last year. Food
stores and drug stores were not far
behind, with 25 per cent and 21
per cent respectively.
The other side of the business pic
ture is shown in these decreases for
durable goods retailers: lumber
building materials dealers, four per
cent furniture stores, nine per cent
motor vehicle dealers, 77 per cent
household appliance dealers, 82 per
cent.
Farmers have responded 100 per
cent to the call for greatly increased
soybean production. Prices will be
supported by the Commodity Credit
Corporation but there will be a stor
age problem. Processing facilities
will be taxed to the limit. Ohio
farmers should make arrangements
so their soybeans can be held on the
farm until they can be sold to the
best advantage.
MUNSON R. BIXEL, M. D.
Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M.
1-3 P. M. 7-8 P. M.
Office, 118 Cherry St.
Phone 120-F Bluffton. O.
Francis Basinger, D. D. S.
Evan Basinger, D. D. S.
Telephone 271-W
Bluffton, Ohio
D. C. BIXEL, O. D.
GORDON BIXEL, O. D.
Citizens Bank Bldg., Bluffton
EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS
Office Hours: 8:30 A. M.—5:30 P. M.
7:30 P. M—8:30 P. M.
Closed Thursday Afternoon & Evening.
JUNK MAKES
FIGHTING WEAPONS
One old disc
will provide
needed for 210
matic light
carbines.
One old plow will help make
one hundred 7S-mm. armor
piercing projectiles.
One useless old
tire provides as
much rubber
as is used in 12
gas masks.
One old shovel will help
make 4 hand grenades.
MATERIALS NEEDED
Scrap iron and steel.
Other metals of all kinds.
Old rubber.
Rags, Manila rope, burlap bags.
Waste Cooking Fats
When you get
a pound or more, strain into a large tin can and
sell to your meat dealer.
NEEDED ONLY IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES:
Waste paper and tin cans—wanted only in certain
areas, as announced locally. NOT NEEDED
(at this time): Razor blades—glass.