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VOLUME NO. LXVII
MEAT PURCHASES
LIMITED HERE AS
SHORTAGES RISE
Follows Similar Pattern of
Coffee Purchases Before
Official Rationing
Situation Aggravated by Out
siders Desiring to Purchase
Meat Here
Following a similar pattern of
limiting purchases as in coffee before
official rationing started, Bluffton
butcher shops are retailing their
meat supplies in limited quantities
in an unofficial rationing program
now under way.
This has been made necessary by
the meat shortages in the larger
centers with the result that numer
ous city residents have sought to
buy a portion of their meat supplies
here.
Many truck, motorists and sales
men driving through town stop at
the local butcher shop to purchase
meat. In addition there has been an
increase in the mail order business
in which money is sent by out-of
town buyers for meat to be mailed
to the purchaser.
Local Preference
Preference is given in the pur
chase of meat to established local
customers but even those may not
purchase meat in unlimited quanti
ties, dealers said.
While the demand for meat pro
ducts has increased the butchers
here are limited to the terms of an
Office of Price Administration order
to a reduction of 30 per cent under
the corresponding period last year.
Butchers, custom slaughterers and
farmers are required to keep records
of all animals killed for retail meat
sales.
It is expected that official ration
ing of meat on a point basis will be
under way here in the near future.
In the meantime the problem is be
ing handled by local limitations.
Balmer-Soash
Wedding Sunday
In a ceremony marked by its sim
plicity, Miss Veiena Balmer, daugh
ter of Mrs. Bertha Balmer of Bluff
ton became the bride of Evan Soash,
son of Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Soash
also of this place.
The wedding took place in Dayton,
Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock
in the chapel of the Veterans Ad
ministration Facility with Rev. J.
Norman King, formerly of Bluffton
officiating.
The ring used in the single ring
service was that formerly worn by
the groom’s paternal great grand
mother.
The bride wore a street length
turf tan velveteen suit with navy
accessories and a corsage of yellow
roses. Her attendant, Miss Florence
Jauman, wore a light blue wool
dress with matching accessories and
a corsage of pink gladioli.
Following the ceremony a dinner
was served in the home of Rev. and
Mrs. King for members of the
bridal party.
The bride is a graduate of Bluff
ton high school in the class of 1938.
Later she attended Findlay college
and for the past eighteen months
was employed as clerk of Selective
Service Board 3 at Lima.
The groom is also a graduate of
Buffton high school in the class of
1938 and was graduated from Bluff
ton college last spring. He is now
in the navy serving as pharmacist’s
mate third class stationed at the
Naval Armory, Toledo. The couple
will reside in that city.
Births
The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Von Stein,
Rawson, a boy, Wayne Edwin,
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Verl Reichenbach,
Beaverdam, a girl, Carol Sue, Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hamilton,
a boy, Raymond Keith, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall, Beav
erdam, a boy, Roger Eugene, Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mumma, Colum
bus Grove, a girl, Joe Ann, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Devier, a
girl, Carol Sue, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Runser, Ada,
a girl, Jo Ann, Monday.
Dr. and Mrs .B. W. Travis, a boy,
John Walton, Monday.
Mi. and Mrs. Alvin Augsburger,
Ada, a girl, Jean Ann, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Trippiehorn,
a girl, Carol Jean, December 30.
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First Bluffton
Woman Leaves To
Train With WAACS
1LTARY Jane Carr, first Bluffton
woman to enroll in the
Woman’s Army Auxiliary Corps
left Monday for Ft. Des Moines,
Iowa, where she will take train
ing for new duties.
The WAACS take over cleri
cal and technical work in the
army non-combat units releasing
soldiers for combat duty.
Miss Carr is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Carr re
siding north of Bluffton.
OPEN TWO DAY
FARM INSTITUTE
MONDAY MORNING
Sessions to Continue Monday
Afternoon and Evening
And Tuesday
Joint Meeting on Opening Day
Separate Sessions on
Second Day
Problems of the rural farming
community will be discussed by out
standing agricultural leaders at the
two day meeting of Bluffton’s an
nual winter farm institute to be held
Monday and Tuesday.
In addition to well qualified speak
ers touching many phases of farm
activity, numerous entertaining fea
tures have been planned to give bal
ance to the program. Complete de
tails of the program appear in this
issue of the Bluffton Newe.
Outstanding speakers have been
secured this year with the assist
ance of the agricultural extension
service of the Ohio State university.
Start Monday Morning
Opening on Monday morning at
10 o’clock men’s and women’s insti
tute organizations will hold joint
meetings in the Bluffton High school
auditorium. Students of the high
school will attend the Monday morn
ing meeting.
Separate sessions are planned for
Tuesday with the men meeting at
the high school and the women as
sembling at the Methodist church.
Heading an impressive list of
speakers are William M. Manahan
of Defiance Mrs. Florence Eick
meier of McClure, and Dr. L. L.
Huber, formerly of Bluffton and now
associated with state agricultural
experiment station at Wooster Miss
Ruth Barnes, home demonstration
agent of Allen county.
Varied Program
Varied presentations on Monday
night are expected to attract a ca
pacity audience. Special music,
talks by the two state speakers and
a one act comedy by the Richland
Grange and Farm Bureau will be the
headliners of the program scheduled
to start at 7:30.
Officers of the institute organiza
tions are: Men—Edgar Herr, presi
dent Jesse Anderson, vice-president
Quinten Burkholder, secretary-treas
urer Harry Barnes, Carl McCaf
ferty, Clyde Warren, J. C. Deppler,
executive committee.
Harvey Gratz, Albert Augsburger,
John Warren, resolutions committee
Henry Huber, Willard Jennings,
Harry Anderson, nominating com
mittee.
Women’s institute officers were
elected as follows: Mrs. Raymond
Stratton, president Mrs. Harry
Anderson, vice-president Mrs. Wm.
Althaus, secretary-treasurer Mrs.
Earl Matter, Mrs. Quinten Burk
holder, Mrs. Carl McCafferty, Mrs.
Mel Long, resolutions committee.
Fair Board Names
Officers For 1943
Officers of Bluffton’s Mid-Winter
agricultural fair were re-elected at
a meeting of the organization held
in the council room of the town hall
Saturday night.
Question as to when fair activities
would be resumed was not discussed.
For the first time in many decades
Bluffton did not have the fair this
season.
Bluffton Hospital Makes Progress
Report At Annual Meeting Shows
Officers re-elected were: Hiram
Kohli, president Albert Winkler,
vice-president Ray Marshall, treas
urer Harry F. Barnes, secretary.
Others on the board of directors
arc Clyde Klingler, Carl McCafferty,
Joe Powell, Clyde Warren, Edgar
Herr, Harold Carr, Dwight Frantz,
Ben Amstutz, Quinten Burkholder,
Harvey Burkholder.
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Bluffton Institution Cared for
710 Patients During
Past Year
Increased Volume Shown in
Every Branch of Ac
tivity
Representing an increase of 71
new admissions over the previous
year, there was a total of 710 pa
tients at the Bluffton Community
hospital during the past year, it was
stated by Miss Sylvia Biederman,
superintendent of the institution.
Miss Biederman presented her re
port at the annual meeting of the
hospital held in the high school cafe
teria Tuesday night.
The hospital had 203 births, a
record figure totalling 40 more than
the previous year’s number. There
were 27 deaths and 204 operations
during the year, according to the
superintendent’s report.
Increases Shown
Also showing an increase was the
average number of patients per day.
The average this year was 18.48
patients per day as compared to
15.8 in 1941 and 13.2 in 1940. There
were 719 patients discharged during
the year.
Income during the year was $27,
528.79 with expenditures of $26,
629.56. During the year two $1,000
war bonds were purchased by the
hospital board, it was announced by
the’ president, N. E. Byers.
Miss Janet Soldner, formerly of
Berne, Ind., was named assistant
superintendent of the hospital. She
has been a nurse at the hospital for
the past year and previously had
special training and experience in
Newton, Kansas.
New Director Named
One new director, Ezra Moser, was
elected to succeed Menno Schumach
er. Two directors re-elected were
Ross Bogart and Mrs. Reese Huber.
Other directors serving unexpired
terms are: N. E. Byers, Waldo Hof
stetter, Mrs. R. L. Triplett, Mrs.
John Warren, Hiram Wenger, Edgar
Hauenstein.
Officers re-elected for the coming
year are: Byers, president Wenger,
vice-president Mrs. Huber, secre
tary Bogart, treasurer.
Officers constitute the executive
committee which holds monthly
meetings. The general hospital
board comprised of officers and di
rectors meets quarterly.
Miss Biederman was named to con
tinue as superintendent of the hos
pital. All other present employes
were also re-hired.
Remains Brought
Here For Burial
Remains of Mrs. Hattie Lou Roush,
69, of Lima, were brought here for
burial in Maple Grove cemetery,
Wednesday afternoon. She died at
her home in Lima Sunday afternoon
following an illness of two years.
Death was due to a heart ailment.
Mrs. Roush was a native of Bluff
ton, the daughter of the late Tilgh
man and Sarah (Wasser) Biery.
She resided in Lima for the past
forty years.
Funeral services were held in
Lima Wednesday afternoon at the
Davis, Miller & Son cathedral chapel
with Rev. John Berger of St. Luke’s
Lutheran church of that city offi
ciating.
Surviving are her husband, Clifton
of Lima and one sister, Mrs. Etta
Bogart of Orlando, Florida.
In New Locations
Walter Sommers and family will
move soon from the Andrew Gratz
farm south of town and occupy the
Amos Gratz property, formerly the
Geo. Rupright property on South
Jackson street adjoining the Grade
school grounds.
Wm. Amstutz living on the Roy
Bowers farm near Rockport will
move this spring on the farm of the
late Mrs. Mary Ann Folet south of
Bluffton which Amstutz recently pur
chased from the estate.
Joel Basinger moved Friday from
Pandora into his South Jackson
street property which he recently
purchased from Mrs. Mary Diller.
Mrs. Eli Amstutz and daughters
who formerly occupied the property
have moved into the Francis Lugi
bill property on North Jackson
street. Lugibill expects to be called
for army service soon after which
Mrs. Lugibill will reside with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Alva Morrison
in Bucyrus.
Mrs. Lena Rockhill moved recently
from Rockport to Lima.
rHE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 1943
SELECTEES LEAVE
FOR ARMY OTHERS
TAKE EXAMINATION
Twenty-four Leave Wednesday
Mooting for Induction at
Camp Pe^ry
Sixty Will Go to Toledo on
Thursday for Physical
Examination
Twenty-four Allen county selec
tees left Wednesday morning for
Camp Perry for induction into the
army, it was announced by Allen
County Draft Board No. 3.
At the same time the board an
nounced names of a group of sixty
who are scheduled to take physical
examinations at Toledo on Thurs
day.
Go to Camp Perry
Leaving for Camp Perry were:
Boyd Irick, James Goedde, Earl
Fritz, Morris Morton, Eitel Planer,
Ralph Diller, Victor Bucher, May
nard Leist, Henry Dunifon, Ralph
Stewart, Robt. Hinkle, John Hower.
Howard Foust, Harold Hoop, John
Harbert, John Lindemann, Richard
Osmun, Geo. Williams, Lowell Bald
win, Willis Evans, Kenneth Bonifas,
Noah Zimmerman, Herman Parent,
Clarence Hanee.
Take Physical Examinations
Summoned for physical examina
tions at Toledo, Thursday are:
Chas. Stewart, Orine Johnson,
Wm. Kerns, Robert Kupper, Geo.
Byerly, Bernard Will, Adrian Gross,
Elvin Rader, Gerald $«rshem, Chas.
Sneary, Max Henry. U
Richard Mikesell, Leroy Cotner,
Robert Springer, )tis Struble,
Gerald Bowers, Ray Blesser, Chas.
Kaufman, Max Miller, Jasper Mor
vay, Oro McElderry, Rolla Strayer,
Stanley Wirt, Richard Sneary, Wm.
Garver, Dehner Dunlap, Roger Ste
wart.
Stan Alspach, James Miller, Er
nest Ackerman, Hobart Hall, Rich
ard Kline, Edw. Imler, Ora Barrett,
Oliver Hawk, Harry Jenner, Eugene
Wreede, Don Doty,
Harold Lones, Cha?**Joseph, Mc
McConnel, Wm. McCafferty, Walter
Cockerell, Tremper Riley, Robt.
Gladen, Morris Grear, Morris Fett,
Frank Tredlia.
Fred Weisenmayer, Kenneth Dil
ler, Steve Studenka, Eugene Stund
renner, Wm. Wienkin, Marion Glass,
Robert Shafer, Jas. Senbelbach, Evan
Reynolds, Jas. Barnt, Richard La
Point, Fred Green.
Wedding At Church
Of Christ Sunday
In a ceremony at the Church of
Christ at high noon, Sunday took
place the wedding of Miss Mae Ellen
Eier of Mt. Blanchard and Wayne
Luginbuhl son of Mr. and Mrs. Gid
eon Luginbuhl of Bluffton.
The wedding vows were received
by Rev. G. D. Bright, pastor of the
church in a double ring ceremony in
the presence of the immediate fami
lies of the couple.
After the ceremony a dinner was
held at the Luginbuhl home on West
Elm street followed by a kitchen
shower.
The bride is a graduate of the
business school of Findlay college
and now employed in clerical work
at Patterson field, near Dayton.
The groom who recently completed
an electrical and radio engineering
course at Purdue university, Lafay
ette, Ind., is in the army aircraft
radio laboratory at Wright field,
Dayton.
The couple will reside at 609 Wal
ton avenue, Dayton.
Rationing Calendar
So that you may not forget the
numerous important rationing dates,
The Bluffton News is publishing
this weekly reminder.
JAN. 15—Last day to apply
for War Ration Book No. 1.
You must have one of these
books in order to obtain Book
No. 2, to be ready later.
JAN. 21—Last day to use
Coupon No. 3 in your gasoline
A book.
JAN. 22—Coupon No. 4 in
gasoline A book becomes good
for gasoline purchases.
JAN. 26—Last day of fuel oil
heading period No. 2.
JAN. 31—Last day to use
Sugar Stamp No. 10 for three
pounds of sugar.
JAN. 31—Last day for in
spection of automobile tires.
Feb. 7—Last day to use Stamp
No. 28 in War Ration Book No.
1 for one pound of coffee.
FEB. 20—Last day of fuel oil
heating period No. 3.
Beginning January 18 there’s go
ing to be a little more confusion
than usual in connection with the
preparation of meals in Bluffton
area homes.
Ohio pastry shop owners have
been notified that Jan. 17 will mark
the last day they may sell sliced
bread to ’customers, in order to com
ply with an order issued by the War
Production Board
Consequently, it’s time to look up
those bread cutting knives that went
out of style years ago when bread
slicing was sarted by bakers.
?armers Butchering for Own
Families are Exempted
From OPA Order
Commercial Refrigerators are
Believed to be Filled With
Meat
Increased butchering on farms to
provide meat for home consumption
is a development taking place in the
Bluffton farming community.
Impetus to home farm butchering
was given by an Office of Price Ad
ministration order permitting this
type of activity. Locker space in in
creased amounts is being used to
store the meat, it is believed.
Increased Amounts
No reliable statistics are available
as to the amount of home butchering
being done or the amount of cold
storage being used but livestock men
believe the quantity to be much
higher than in previous years.
Actually the farmers are restrict
ed by OPA in the amount of butch
e-mg to be done, since they can
slaughter no more hogs for sale than
they did in 1941. However, there is
no limit upon the number they may
kill to obtain meat for home use.
Keep Records
Farmers are required to keep rec
ords of all animals slaughtered for
delivery to others but not of those
for the use of their own families.
Animals covered by the OPA order
are cattle, calves, sheep, lambs and
hogs.
Regardless of restrictions local
livestock men are convinced that
farm butchering has reached new
high levels. Similarily it is believed
that commercial refrigerators are
filled with meat.
Unused School Bus
Is Sold By Board
Sale of a school bus not being
used this year was authorized by
the Bluffton board of education at
its meeting Monday night. The bus,
mounted on a 1938 International
chassis was sold for $1,050 to D. M.
Long of Pitsburg, Ohio.
Because of decreased attendance
from rural areas and consolidation
of routes to help save on gasoline
and tires, the number of buses op
erated by the school here has been
reduced from five to four.
Bluffton Housewives Are Looking
Up Long Discarded Bread Knives
Many Bluffton women already are
Butchering On Farms This Winter
Believed At All Time High Mark
Sales Tax Man To
Be Here On Monday
A sales tax examiner will be in
Bluffton at the Mayor’s office next
Monday from 10 a. m. until noon
and from 1 to 4 p. m. to assist vend
ors with their semi-annual sales tax
report for the period July 1 to Dec.
31, it is announced by Frank M.
Hill, manager of the Lima district
office of the department of taxation.
All vendors must file a report on
or before January 31, or be subject
to penalty. Reports may be filed at
the district office, 1004 Cook Tower,
Lima, or mailed to the Department
of taxation, 68 East Gay street, Co
lumbus.
Red Cross Movies
To Be Shown Here
Movies depicting the first aid work
of the Red Cross organization will
be shown in the basement of the
Bluffton Methodist church Saturday
night at 8 o’clock.
All phases of first aid work are
shown in the film. It is requested
that all first aid instructors, present
students and those who have com
pleted the course attend the movie
presentation.
Presentation of the film will be in
charge of Joy K. Huber, local Red
Cross instructor.
complaining they do not have a good
cutting knife, and in these days it
is impossible to get one.
Anyway, bakers are agreeing that
baking ways are going back to the
good old days.
In addition to bringing an end to
sliced bread on grocers’ shelves, the
WPB has prohibited bakers from
putting more than one thickness of
wrapping paper around loaves of
bread. Also, bakeries will not be
permitted to make more varieties of
baked goods than they made during
the first week of December in 1942.
RICHLAND FARMERS
MUTUAL INSURANCE
SHOWS IHCREASE
Risks Aggregate Total of
$2,188,345 with 550 Polic
ies in Force
Officers Re-elected at Annual
Business Meeting of Rural
Society
Property insured by the Richland
Township Farmers Insurance Co., a
rural organization operating in the
Bluffton area, amounted to $2,188,345
at the end of the fiscal year 1942, it
was announced at the annual meet
ing held here, Saturday afteernoon.
Total losses for the year aggre
gated $5,211.79. These were due to
storm, lightning and fire.
A total of 550 policies are in ef
fect at this time.
Officers re-elected are as follows:
Eli Augsburger, presidenq Elmer
Lauby, vice-president Charles Lora,
appraiser H. P. Huber, treasurer
Earl Matter, secretary Jacob
Schick, director.
Elmer Lauby whose term had ex
pired was re-elected by the stock
holders and re-appointed vice-presi
dent of the society.
Organized 1885
Although the Richland township
company does not include profes
sional insurance men in its director
ate, it has continued in operation
successfully for more than a half
century. The society was organized
in 1885 for the primary purpose of
insuring farm property on a mutual
basis.
Originally business was conducted
on a restricted basis but in the last
decade or so operations have gener
ally extended to include surround
ing communities.
Lora Schultz Takes
Teaching Position
Miss Lora Schultz, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Schultz of Bluff
ten college, has accepted a position
as music and English instructor at
Stryker high school in Williams
county.
She replaced a teacher who was
unable to finish the semester’s work
and started teaching on Monday.
She will finish her academic work
at Bluffton college this summer.
Re-elect Directors
At Bank Meeting
Board of directors of the Citizens
National bank was re-elected for the
coming year at the annual stock
holders meeting held Tuesday night.
Directors re-elected were: C. H.
Smith, E. C. Romey, Noah Basinger,
L. T. Greding, Edwin Amstutz,
Henry Huber and M. M. Bogart.
A cash divided of $4 a share re
cently declared on the present out
standing common stock was an
nounced at the meeting.
Friday Deadline For
Rental Registration
Landlords who have not yet regis
tered their residential renting hous
ing must file such registrations be
fore the deadline next Friday, Jan
uary 15.
Every owner of a residential prop
erty rented to tenants must regi.-teT
such property under the national
law designed to “freeze” all rents at
the level of March 1, 1942. Due al
lowances are made, however, for any
changes or capital improvements
made since that date.
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MENNONITE AID
SOCIETY GROWS
IN PAST YEAR
Company has $3,445,325 Risks
In Force with Increase
Of $181,825
Policies Carried by Local Unit
Aggregate 914 Officers
Named at Meet
Insurance risks aggregating a
total of $3,445,325 are carried by the
Mennonite Mutual Aid Society, a
locally owned and operated insur
ance organization specializing in
farm risks, it was reported Saturday
at the annual meeting of the group
in Pandora.
Reports submitted at the session
showed the society has 914 policies
an increase of 25 policies over the
total of last year. The year closed
with a balance of $5,643.35 in the
treasury.
Business Increases
Aggregate risks carried by the
organization showed an increase of
$181,825 over the total of $3,265,100
carried on the books at the close of
1941.
Storm damages were heavy result
ing in a total loss of $3,798.88.
Other losses were: fire, $2,015.15,
lightning, $282.04 making a total
loss of $6,095.97 for the society in
the year 1942.
Officers
Officers elected at the meeting
were: Jerry Basinger, president,
and adjuster Ezra Bucher, vice
president and appraiser Albert
Winkler, secretary A. S. Hilty,
treasurer Amos Tschiegg, assistant
secretary and appraiser L. G.
Phillips and Raymond Moser, ap
praisers.
The seven officers com­
prise the board of directors.
With The Sick
Charles Oehrli of Poplar street is
critically ill at Bluffton hospital.
Mrs. Guy Scoles residing north of
Bluffton is a patient in Bluffton hos
pital.
Amos Bracy of Pandora is serious
ly ill at the hospital here
Mrs. J. J. Hamilton is recovering
from the effects of a fall at her
home on Cherry street recently.
Mrs. Marion Hixon of near Bluff
ton is ill at the home of her daugh
ter in McComb.
Merl Arnold, farmer north of
Beaverdam, recently suffered painful
lacerations when one hand was
caught in a com shredder.
Charles Walters, farmer west of
Beaverdam, was also the victim of a
similar accident when his hand was
caught in a shredder.
Rev. J. L. Guthrie, pastor of the
County Line Church of the Brethren
south of Bluffton, is quite ill with
pneumonia.
John Tosh, employed at the Steiner
garage was burned about the face
and hands when flames shot out of
an open furnace door as he was en
gaged in burning oil-soaked rags in
the furnace.
Mrs. Phares Bixel is convalescing
at Bluffton hospital following an op
eration which she underwent Satur
day.
Tosh Named Head
Of School Board
John Tosh, president of the Bluff
ton Board of Education the past
year was re-elected head of the
board for the coming year at the
annual organization meeting of the
beard, Monday night. Dr. W. M.
Niswander was elected vice-president.
Other board members are Ralph
Badertscher, Waldo Hofstetter and
Elmer Short.
Three Selectees Take
Physical Examination
Three selectees from the Bluffton
area who registered in Orange town
ship were called to Toledo, Tuesday
for physical examination, it was an
nounced by the Hancock county
draft board. The three were: Byron
Anderson, Carl Marshall and Charles
Main.
Four From Here Are
On Farm Committee
Four Richland township men were
named last week to serve on the
Allen county farm mobilization com
mittee.
Those from this area are Harry
F. Barnes, chairman, Walter Schaub
lin, Willard Jennings and Homej
Gratz.