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THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 1942
It’s on this week—Nature’s biggest
pageant of the year—colorful, mag
nificent, full of scenic splendor
and autumn was never more won
derful than this year and you
can enjoy it but like all good
things it must come to an end
and there’s Halloween in the offing
which is not always such a happy
season and some of the Jack
son street residents still remember a
certain Halloween in connection with
eggs not so many years ago and
the other night the bulletin board of
the Methodist church was seen at
the corner of Cherry and Main
street ... all of which goes to show
that time waits for no man—and
there’s an end to all things—good
and bad.
Youngsters still have the urge to
mark their initials whenever and
wherever possible—that’s why Street
Commissioner Lee Coon was keeping
a sharp watch on the concrete curb
put in on Church street last week.
“Got to watch it till the concrete
dries”, explained Lee “because if I
don’t, it’ll be covered with kids’ ini
tials”.
A few sharp eyed Bluffton people
caught a glimpse of Senator Robert
Taft as he spend thru town early
Monday evening. The senator was
enroute from Findlay where he spoke
late in the afternoon to Lima where
he was scheduled to address a po
litical rally.
There’s nothing complicated in the
government’s program whereby you
can dispose of excess tires and tubes
you know you can’t have more than
five for each car. Fred Hofer at the
express office at the Nickel Plate
depot has all the forms necessary for
the transaction. Just take the tires
and tubes to him and he will do the
rest.
Oh, yes, maybe you didn’t know it,
but Uncle Sam will have a Christ
mas present for you this year. An-
Our buses serve cities and towns on
512 miles of Ohio highways. It's a big
job at any time a terrific job when
there are shortages of man-power...
buses, parts and tires. Yet we're carry- 1J
ing more passengers than at any time
in our history. We’ll continue to do
our best—and to appreciate your co
operation.
SIDNEY’S DRUG SHOP
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Phone 170-W
Cincinnati & Lake Erie
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Because—
ELECT
Floyd B. Griffin
COUNTY AUDITOR
FOR A
SECOND TERM
WHY?
His word is as good as his bond.
Out of 8,330 parcels of Delinquent Property over 7,250
have been cleaned up and are now paying their tax. If
re-elected the same program will be followed until Allen
County has a clean slate.
All taxing districts except five have a lower rate for
1942, than 1938 the year we were elected.
Did it pay to collect Delinquent Tax?
Answer that question with your ballot.
We revived the old system of assessing personal
property by using house to house calls. Not only giving
better service, at less cost to-the tax payer, and adding
$6,357,656.00 to the tax valuation. These are just a few
of the many things we have done to benefit the tax payer.
If you approve what we are trying to do—
VOTE FOR
x| Floyd B. Griffin
For County Auditor
Election, Tuesday, November 3, 1942
Floyd B. Griffin, Spencerville, Ohio
nouncement came the other day that
150 million of the first all-purpose
ration books will be ready about the
holidays. Just to give you an idea
of the size of this job, here is what
it took to supply the country with
sugar ration cards and booklets:
more than 11 million pounds of pap
er filling 300 freight cars and in
volving 200,000 bills of lading for dis
tribution. Ration books alone re
quired 30,000 pounds of ink.
The sidewalks of New York are
being used more than ever in these
days of gasoline rationing thruout
the east, reports Harold Wenger
who returned the first of the week
from a business trip to that city.
Everybody walks or rides the sub
way whenever possible, says Harold
and it’s surprising how cars have
disappeared from the famous New
York thorofares.
A pullet in the flock of Mrs. Al
bert Gossman evidently thought
Easter time was here—at any rate
the Rhode Island Red laid a choco
late colored egg which is attracting
attention in the New’s window. And
Larry Mathewson of Riley street is
displaying a “V” potato—surprising
how those “V” potatoes have come
to light this fall—hope there’s some
thing in signs.
The Bluffton News really gets
around these days when Bluffton
boys are in the far off corners of
the earth. Writes Corporal Francis
Wilkins from somewhere in the Pa
cific that the Bluffton* boys in his
outfit congregate in the evening to
read the News which reaches him
regularly. Wilkins says he would
like to hear from some of the home
town boys in the service, and his
address appears elsewhere in this
issue.
Paul Pursell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Pursell, three and one-half
miles west of town, spotted a per
fectly white mouse scampering across
the field with several grey mice. He
captured it alive and it is now his
pet. He brought it to school the
other day where he showed it to his
school mates. The mouse is an ex
cellent illustration of the albino and
has the pink eyes characteristic of
the lack of pigmentation.
The fish at the Buckeye quarry
have been biting as though they are
really hungry lately. Rhuel Kohler
and his son Richard caught a nice
mess of catfish Sunday night. The
largest one measured 18 inches in
length. Minnows were used for bait.
Alice Santschi, Bluffton high
school junior, says that the five cats
at herho me keep her busy keeping
them in order. The oldest is 15
years old and is called Sister. The
next one is seven years old and is
called Little Sister. The next is five
years old and is called Son. Two
kittens are called Junior and Raton.
Horseback riding has become a
popular activity in Bluffton. We do
not know whether there is any con-
nection between it and gasoline ra
tioning but we do know that it has
come into prominence only recently.
Almost any Sunday afternoon you
can see quite a few well groomed
riding horses around town.
Life in the navy is a mighty
strenuous type of activity, Walter
Stannus in training at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station, writes
to his former classmates in the soph
omore class at Bluffton High school.
You get up at 5:30 and drill and
train and study all day long and by
9:30 at night you are so exhausted
that you are only too glad to flop
into bed, or should we say hammock.
He says that he’s just a little home
sick but that the navy is great stuff.
Several of the neighborhood kids
enjoyed a 32-20 score football game
on the college campus Sunday after
noon. The team captained by Lanoy
Loganbill were on the long end of
the score. On the Loganbill team
were Harley Steiner, Kenneth Bracy
and John Klay.* On the team cap
tained by Gordon Bixel were Robert
Wilch, Robert Fisher, and Dean Nis
wander.
Paul Detwiler, manager of the Hy
Grade Dairy Co., was mighty pleased
over a letter he received this week
from health officials. Of the ap
proximately 50 dairies in Allen coun
ty his product ranks the third low
est in the county in bacterial count.
This is due to the process of pas
teurization which eliminates any
danger to health due to bacteria
found in raw milk, Paul pointed out.
The name of Lieut. Wade Lape, re
cently advanced in rank from ensign,
appeared in the newspapers of the U.
S. navy cruiser on which he is station
ed. Lieut. Lape attended a banquet
of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Ohio
State university when he was last
home on furlough and met Milton
Caniff, the comic strip artist. Lieut.
Lape asked the artist to draw an in
signa suitable for the cruiser’s air
unit.
Mr. Caniff complied with the re
quest and the insigna appeared in the
ship publication as well as in the
magazine section of the Louisville,
(Ky.) Courier-Journal. The drawing
is called “Lady Lou.”
Gas rationing will arrive too late
to affect the football season—but the
basketball season is another story—
and it is already causing plenty of
headaches, around the high school
There’s nothing official to announce
yet, but don’t be surprised if you see
a wholesale revamping of the basket
ball schedule with all the games with
teams at a distance lost in the shuffle.
The situation may resolve itself into
a series of games w’ith neighboring
schools within the radius of a few
miles, and even that is none too sure.
The same situation is keeping athletic
officials awake nights at the college.
Pulling a mouse out of the head of
a sewing machine, tail-first w’ith a
pair of tweezers is an unusual way of
catching the rodents, but it works, so
says Mrs. Faye Isham who did it
successfully at her home on Mound
street, Monday morning.
Seeing a mouse scamper across the
room, Mrs. Isham w’ith the aid of her
dog “Jerry”, finally located the fugi
tive which had crawled up into the
head of her sewing machine with its
tail projecting thru a small opening.
A pair of tweezers lying handy prov
ed the undoing of the mouse which
was hauled from its hiding place and
provided a dainty morsel for Jerry.
Milk can be obtained for Ohio
school children’s lunches for one
penny per half pint if a public
agency in the district will cooperate
with the Agricultural Marketing
Administration, Scudder Darragh,
director, Columbus.
1
EVERETT for JUDGE
of COURT of APPEALS
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Record for squirrel hunting goes to
Charley and Jess Mangus. The two
bagged twenty-five. Jess is working
nights ,so that left his days free for
hunting.
Dan Tripplemhorn got four fox
squrrels in a woods near the Bentley
road. Two more could have been had,
said Dan who bagged at least one
every time he went out.
Thanks to the Sportsmen’s club re
stocking program squirrels are get
ting plentiful again in this area.
A flock of wild ducks flying over
town sent Don Wenger to the postof
fice to buy a federal duck hunting
stamp. It’s illegal to shoot ducks
without this permit and Don wanted
to be prepared—just in case.
Movies of the grouse management
were shown at the last meeting of the
Sportsmen’s club. The film is fur
nished by the state conservation de
partment and sportmen hope the
grouse some day will be plentiful in
hardwoods areas of the state.
Silas Diller, club president states
that an order for $120 worth of fox
and grey squirrels will be sent here
from the Sandhill farms at Babcock,
Wis. The squirrels are to be shipped
before cold weather and the majority
will be placed on the college campus.
The campus is a state controlled
game refuge and managed by the
Sportsmen’s club. Paul Sauder, col
lege freshman and member of the
club will be in charge of the squirrel
distribution. Wooden shotgun shell
boxes placed in trees will provide dens
Lack of weight and sufficient re
serve strength again proved a boom
erang to Bluffton college’s courag
eous gridders as the Beavers went
down to defeat before Findlay col
lege, 25 to 0, in a homecoming con
test at the Findlay stadium last
Friday night.
One of the outstanding plays of
the game came in the third quarter
when Halfback Sustersic knifed thru
the Bluffton line, wormed his way
through the secondary and romped
59 yards to score.
Findlay’s last-quarter touchdown
was made by Capt. Frank Glen when
he intercepted a Bluffton pass and
ran 45 yards for the score.
Findlay’s superior strength w’as
Elrose
Mrs. Goldie Battles, daughters
Mabel and Marilyn spent the week
end at the Garth Heckman home in
Dayton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lendon Basinger,
daughter Jeanette, son Gareth spent
Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Marshall and family.
Rolland Koontz and family of
Bluffton spent Sunday afternoon at
the Anna Koontz hoce. Flo Stratton
was an evening caller.
Mrs. Wright Klingler, son Don
and Mrs. Goldie Battles spent Wed-
EMMIT E. EVERETT
Candidate for Election
Separate Non-Partisan
Judicial Ballot
Election—Nov. 3, 1942
Experienced trial lawyer and
trial judge. General practice
of law 1905-1930. Common
Pleas Judge, Allen County,
1930-1939. Now Vice-Chairman
of Ohio Pardon and Parole
Commission.
The only candidate for Judge
of Court of Appeals who has
ever served as Judge of any
Court.
Lima News Editorial:—
“Judge Everett’s training, education and experience recommend
him for this important post.
“While serving as Judge of the Common Pleas Court the out
standing cases of his career were those of the Dillinger gangsters,
which were of national interest.”
I ask you for your vote.
A word to your friends will be appreciated.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Sincerely yours,
Emmit E. Everett, Lima, Ohio
WITH THE
SPORTSMEN’S CLUB
By Paul Sauder
for winter quarters and students will
cooperate in the feeding program.
Findlay Uses Superior Manpower
To Beat Bluffton College, 25-0
In winning the battle, Findlay
scored once in each quarter. The
Oilers marched 65 yards for their
first-period tally, and in the second
stanza a 67-yard touchdown drive
gave the Orangemen a 12 to 0 lead
at halftime.
Cooperation of the public is needed
to make the refuge a success. Squir
rels have many natural enemies in
cluding dogs, cats, hawks, fox and
boys with guns can destroy in a few
weeks what it has taken a year to
build up. Residents are asked es
pecially to keep dogs off the campus.
Fishing at the Buckeye is good lat
ely. Bass are striking in the evening
on artificial plug. Alvin B. Augs
burger of Ada reports a 15 inch large
mouth bass caught a week ago. Byr
on Anderson of the postoffice snagged
a 14 inch and Bob Ewing teacher in
the grade school hooked a fine chan
nel catfish the other day.
Pheasants are really plentiful this
year and sale of hunting licenses will
exceed last year’s total, according to
early indications. Buy your hunting
and fishing licenses from a Sports
men’s club representative. The fee
from the sale goes into the club treas
ury and helps put over the fish and
game restocking program. Denver
Augusburger is in charge of license
sales for the club. Licenses are sold
by the club at Sam Stepleton’s, Leon
Hauenstein’s and Lloyd Hardwick’s.
The $100 worth of blue gills from
Wayne Lakes hatchery in eastern
Ohio ordered by the club for restock
ing at Buckeye quarry are expected
soon.
Bluffton has one of the up and do
ing Sportsmen’s clubs in the state.
Latest count shows a total of 197
members this year.
marked in every department except
passing, and Bluffton’s adeptness in
that type of play gave the larger
Orangemen several scares.
Bluffton’s most decisive threat was
in the third quarter when Quarter
back Dick Wenger whipped a long
pass to Halfback Norman Beidler
that netted 42 yards and advanced
the ball to Findlay’s 14 yard line.
From there, the Beavers penetrated
to the nine, but they were unable
to punch the ball over for the score
that would have enabled them to es
cape a shutout.
In nine completed passes out of 27
attempts, the Burckymen picked up
a total of 106 yards, as compared
with only 11 yards gained by rush
ing. Findlay, failing to complete a
plass, piled up 379 yards in run
ning the ball from scrimmage.
In wearing down the small Bluff
ton team that must play “iron-man”
ball because of a lack of reserve ma
terial, the Findlay coach used 36
players.
nesday afternoon with Mrs. M. J.
Stratton.
Union prayer services at the
Bethesda church Thursday evening.
Friday evening company at the
Thomas Koontz home were Mrs.
Albert ^arquart and daughters, Mrs.
Wright Klingler, daughters Jean
Ann and Dorothy, James Scott,
Sadie Hamilton, Mrs. Hofard Ben
roth, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Strat
ton, sons Ortho and Larry, daughter
Elaine, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koontz
and family. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Nonnamaker and family.
Miss Joan Battles underwent an
appendicitis operation at the Bluff
ton hospital Saturday evening. We
wish her a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Anna Koontz spent Friday
evening with Mrs. M. J. Stratton.
Sunday callers at the M. J. Strat
ton home were Gladys and Dorothy
Klingler, Doris Christman of Find
lay, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Christ
man and Mrs. Ralph Goetz of
Mischawakee, Ind., and Dull Battles.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Fisher, June
Gallant and Mrs. Jennie Fisher
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Koontz. Mr. Fisher
is driving a new Plymouth car.
Callers during the past week at
the Ami Nonnamaker home were
Mr. and Mis. Chauncey Klingler,
daughter Marilyn and son Howard
of Ada, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Non
namaker, sons Harold and Dean, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Hamilton, daughter
Betty, Charles Nonnamaker, Rev.
and Mrs. Irvin Kauffman of Mt.
Cory, Mrs. A. J. Nonnamaker dau
ghter Kaye.
WE PAY FOR
HORSES $4.00
COWS $2.00
(of size and condition)
Call
ALLEN COUNTY FERTILIZER
23221—LIMA, OHIO
Reverie Tel. Charges E. G. Buchaieb, Inc.
Bluffton High gridders suffered a
heart-breaking 13 to 12 setback at
the hands of Celina’s Bull Dogs here
last Friday night, but in defeat the
Pirates proved themselves one of the
gamest aggregations to represent the
local school in a long time.
The outlook was very dark for the
Bluffton crew when Halfback Barry,
of Celina, broke free on two unbe
lievably long runs to score twice in
the opening minutes of the first
quarter, and with Fullback McElroy
kicking the extra point after the
first tally Celina held a 13 to 0 lead
before the Pirates had an oppor
tunity to get their second breath.
For his first touchdown, Barry
swept through the Bluffton line be
hind perfect blocking, broke into the
secondary all alone, and raced
around would-be tacklers for a 60
yard scoring jaunt.
Soon after Celina recovered a
Bluffton fumble in midfield, and
three plays later, Barry shook him
self free on another touchdown jaunt
of 34 yards.
Bluffton fans who were expecting
to see a one-sided beating adminis
tered had a pleasant surprise in
store for them, however. The Pi
rates came out fighting to dominate
play in the second quarter, and fin
ally put together a 43-yard touch
down march that was climaxed when
Bob Burkholder, junior halfback
powered his way over the eClina
goal.
It was pretty much of an even
battle in the third stanza, but in
the fourth quarter Bluffton’s attack
again started rolling. Downfield
To Show
Bluffton High Gridders Lose To
Celina, 13-12, In League Contest
VOTE FOR
HARRY L.
BURGESS
Republican Candidate for
COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
ALLEN COUNTY
Qualified Experienced
Election, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1942
Harry L. Burgess, Perry Twp.
Rural Route No. 6, Lima, O.
Clyde Welty
PAGE SEVEN
marched the Pirates, and finally they
hammered to Celina’s three-yard line,
with three down to go.
A fumble
at that point gave Ce­
lina the ball, and a team with less
perseverance probably would have
given up hope for only four minutes
remained in the ball game.
Not so Bluffton, however, and after
Celina had kicked out to the Celina
39, the Swankmen settled down to
work in earnest It took only three
plays to fashion a touchdown from
that point, with Burkholder again
lugging the oval across the payoff
stripe.
Both Bluffton tries for point after
touchdown failed, however, giving
Celina a one-point margin that
ment Bluffton’s second defeat in
Western Buckeye grid league play.
NOTICE OF EXECUTOR’S SALE OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY
By virtue of an order given by the Pro
bate Court of Allen County, Ohio, in the mat
ter of the Estate of Mary Ann Folet. deceased,
having reference to Case No. 21539 in said
Court, the undersigned. Samuel Augsburger.
a* Executor of the said Last Will and Testa
ment of Mary Ann Folet. deceased, will offer
for sale at public auction, on the premises
of the deceased, located Two and one-half
miles Southwest of Bluffton, Ohio, and One
fourth mile East of the Dixie Highway on
the Hillville Road, on the 23rd day of Octob
er. 1942 at 1:00 o’clock P. M. the following
described ]ersonal property, towit: 2 horses:
3 cows 8 acres of Soy Beans 200 Shocks of
Corn Hay Loader Corn Planter Spring
Tooth Harrow Spike Tooth Harrow Five
Shovel Cultivator: Potato Digger: Single
Disc Harrow Mower: Walking Cultivator:
Grain Drill Oliver Land Plow Grind Stone
Wagon and Grain Bed: 14 foot I^ulder: Hay
Fork. Rope and Pulleys Approximately 12
tons of Hay 2 Wheel Barrows Harness and
other personal property. Terms of Sale:
Cash.
SAMUEL AUGSBURGER.
Executor of the Ijirt Will and Estate of
Mary Ann Folet. deceased.
R. S. STEINER. Attorney
for said Executor.26
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Democratic Candidate for
REPRESENTATIVE
TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Thanks for Your Support
Election, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1942
Clyde Welty, Lima, Ohio
SURPLUS
DEFICIT
Which do YOU
Prefer?
When Governor Bricker took
office, state finances showed a
DEFICIT of $40,000,000 piled up
by the previous administration.
Today this indebtedness has been
paid off and a SURPLUS of over
$20,000,000 built up. This money
belongs to you—the taxpayers. It
was not used for political vote
buying, but remains available to
keep Ohio at highest efficiency
during the war period.
Gov. JOHN W. BRICKER
Made Good
Ohio is fortunate to have as its gov
ernor in these critical times a man
who has made good on every public
promise. John W. Bricker pledged
that no new or increased state taxes
would be needed if he were elected.
Today he repeats this promise for
the next two years. With every vot
er’s purse strained to meet the rising
tide of federal taxes, all savings that
can be made in state taxes assume
double importance.
His Promise
Under Governor Bricker’s adminis
tration, Ohio now occupies a place
second to none in the war effort. Re
gardless of unfair political attacks, ag
riculture, labor and industry are
united in actions, resolve and accom
plishment. Because the affairs of the
state are being handled honestly, ef
ficiently and economically, Ohio is
fit and ready to meet the emergencies
we face. If vou want to keep it that
way, retain John Bricker in office.
Your Approval of this Splendid Record
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