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ALLEN COUNTY
Beaverdam Garage
Looted
Authorities, following notification
by police radio, are on the lookout
for a truck, the operators of which
were involved in the theft of a bat
tery and tools from a Beaverdam
garage about 8:30 a. m. (slow time)
Wednesday.
Mel Burkholder, garage operator at
Beaverdam, told Allen county Deputy
Sheriff A. J. Lutterbein that a large
truck stopped at his garage. There
were two men and two women in the
machine, he said. They asked for a
rental battery, and since he was
busy, offered to put it in the truck
themselves.
He furnished them with the neces
sary tools and continued with the
work he had been doing. A short
time afterward he discovered that
the truck and its occupants had left,
taking with it the battery and tools.-
Boys Will Help On
Farms
Issuance of age and school certifi
cates to Allen county farm boys to
allow them to work a maximum of
20 days this semester on their fath
ers’ farms will be considered soon
by the Allen county board of educa
tion, Superintendent Willard M. Floy
announced.
Railroader Hurt In
Mishap
A 60-year-old Nickel Plate brake
man was in memorial hospital Wed
nesday with a fractured left hip,
the result of an unusual accident in
the railroad yards Tuesday after
noon.
He is P. E. Osborne of Bellefon
taine. Osborne was thrown to the
floor of his caboose when it was
bumped by a string of cars. He was
removed to the hospital.
Damage Suit After
math Of Crash
Total damages of $15,000 are
sought in two suits filed by a To
ledo man against the estate of a
former Lima man as result of an
automobile mishap at Cairo last
October 14.
In the accident in which Albert C.
CaJacob lost his life, John W. Young
Bluffton “Best-Yet” Quality Chicks
Why have BEST-YET CHICKS become BEST
SELLERS? Because they are the sure way to BIGGER
EGG PROFITS.
This spring, try Best-Yet chicks. Produced and sold
for 23 years by
The Bluffton Hatchery Co.
Bluffton, Ohio Phone 252-W
Public Sale
Owing to the death of my husband I will sell at public
sale at my home 1 mile east and 1 mile south of Pandora
near Beech Tree school on
Tuesday, March Sth
The following property:
18 CATTLE—Guernsey cow, was fresh in December
Guernsey cow, with calf by side Guernsey cow, to be
fresh April 2 Guernsey heifer, to be fresh in August 3
yearling heifers Guernsey heifer, 3 months old 10
Hereford heifers, averaging 450-500 pounds.
4 SHROPSHIRE EWES.
FARM MACHINERY
F-12 Farmall tractor, wagon and hay ladder 2-row
tractor cultivator 2 bottom 12-inch tractor plows culti
packer New Idea hay loader side delivery rake 12 disc
Van Brunt drill harrow 2-row cultivator single
cultivator corn binder 2 one-horse cultivators walking
plow single shovel plow corn sled disc power corn
sheller trailer and wagon box DeLaval separator corn
planter.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Piano and bench round table extension table 6
chairs kitchen cabinet iron bedsteads wooden bedsteads
several stands & other articles.
MISCELLANEOUS
Brooder house 10 by 12 ft. 500 chick electric brooder
chick feeders and fountains hog house hog feeders: lad
ders good line of carpenter tools 2 iron kettles and ring
30 gal. copper kettle other articles.
Sale to Begin at 12 O’clock Noon
Terms—CASH on day of sale.
Munson Thrapp, Auctioneer.
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
has filed suit asking $5,000 for his
own injuries and a separate suit for
$10,000 for injuries to his son. Gene
F. CaJacob and Nell A. Gillons, of
Lima, administrators with will an
nexed of the estate of Albert Ca
Jacob, are named party defendants.
The plaintiffs sets up the same
causes in each action. The suit
grew out of the mishap which oc
curred on October 14, 1943, at the
intersection of Route 30-N and Route
65 in Cairo. The plaintiff charges
the dead man with negligence.
Veteran Teacher Is
Killed
Miss Teresa Grady, 53, died of in
juries received last week in Lima
when she was struck by an automo
bile while walking from an early
church service to her public school
post.
She had been a teacher in the
public schools continuously, since
1920, serving at Longfellow, Emer
son and Irving grade schools in
Lima.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Findlay Sailor In
Magazine
A Findlay boy, singing Christmas
carols on far-off Guadalcanal is
shown in the current issue of Lima
magazine.
Clair Lafferty, Pharmacist Mate
2/c, although not identified is recog
nized by his Findlay friends as the
sailor at the left end of the choir.
Tapers burned in front of the young
men, who are shown holding song
books and seemingly in the midst of
song.
The choir sang at a Christmas
Eve service held for soldiers and ma
rines and sailors on the island.
Sacred Flower Blooms
In Findlay
A Sacred Lily that grows without
dirt or water, belonging to Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Dufford of Findlay is now
in bloom.
The tongue of the dark red lily
measures 4 inches and the stem 38
inches, making it stand 78 inches
tall.
The Duffords received the bulb six
years ago from an aunt, Mrs. R. H.
Russell, Leipsic. In the summer
they plant the bulb in the garden
where it grows to about five feet in
height. The top of the stem is cov­
MRS. SAM KING
tow
ered with leaves, giving it the ap
pearance of an umbrella.
The plant falls flat to the ground
at the first frost. The stem is then
cut off and the bulb, which is about
the size of a large head of cabbage,
is placed in a shallow pan in the
house for the winter.
When the lily starts to bloom a
cellophane cap is placed over the
plant because of the strong odor. The
flower lasts about 10 days. It
started to bloom four days ago, Mrs.
Dufford said, and visitors are wel
come to see it.
Mother, Daughter
Christen Ships
Both the wife and daughter of
Lieut. Com. Eugene Lugibihl, son of
Mrs. Lee Lugibihl, of Findlay, have
had the honor of christening United
States ships.
Recently Mrs. Lugibihl christened
the U. S. S. Hydra, a cargo ship
built for the navy by the Penn-Jer
sey Shipbuilding Corp, at Camden,
N. J. Lieut. Com. Lugibihl, gradu
ate of Findlay high school and the
United States naval academy at An
napolis, Md., is assistant to Rear
Admiral R. W. Ryden, supervisor
of shipbuilding at all the yards
along the east side of the Delaware
river in and near Camden. Mrs.
Lugibihl was presented with two
dozen roses and a war bond.
The daughter Carmen Anne, chris
tened a small ship some time ago.
Sugar Plant Head
Resigns
M. R. Allen, superintendent of
the Findlay plant of the Great Lakes
Sugar company, has resigned his po
sition and will leave this evening for
Montreal, Que., where he will be en
gaged in sugar beet development
work for the Province of Quebec.
Mr. Allen and his family will be
located at least for the next six
months at Montreal. A beet plant is
now in process of erection at St.
Hillaire, about 20 miles from the
city.
$27,600 Red Cross Goal
The Findlay and Hancock county
Red Cross membership and financial
campaign will be held during the
week of March 22, it was announced
Friday in connection with the nation
wide Red Cross war fund drive plan
ned for March. The national goal is
$125,000,000 and the local quota is
$27,600.
Aged Woman Is Dead
Mrs. Melissa V. Compton, 96, one
of Hancock county’s oldest residents,
died Monday in Findlay hospital, as
the result of a fractured hip sus
tained in a fall at a convalescent
home last Friday. Previous to the
injury, Mrs. Compton had been in
good health.
Victory Garden Drive
Opens
The civilian defense council at
Rawson held the first Victory Gard
en planning meeting in the county
Friday night with S. D. Kivett act
ing as chairman.
The purpose of the meeting was to
arrange for organization of the pro
gram for the year and select com
mitteemen to develop various phases
of the program.
Forest G. Hall, county agricultural
agent, discussed the organization
phase and told of the eight-point
program suggested by the state Vic
tory Garden Council.
Forgotten Key Results
In Accident
Because he forgot his keys to the
Charles E. Marshall grocery in
Findlay Feb. 10, 1940, Charles J.
Shank had to return to his home for
them and on the way back, he fell
suffering a vertabrae fracture and
brain concusion. But because he did
not unlock the store and enter the
place of business, the district court
of appeals has held in favor of the
defendant in Shank’s suit against the
commission after it had rejected his
claim for compensation damages.
HARDIN COUNTY
Woman Only Law
School Graduate
Mrs. Elaine McElroy Mayhew,
only senior law student at Ohio
Northern University will be gradu
ated Sunday at the first midyear
commencement in the history of the
school.
Mrs. Mayhew is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. McElroy of Ada.
Her husband Lieut. Fred Mayhew, is
an army air force bombadier.
Burned When Gasoline
Ignites
Lewis Kerns of Mt. Victory was
severely burned on his right hand
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Niels Ebbesen
v
DANISH PILOTS make up a crack Spitfire squadron with United Nations
airmen operating from the vast runway that is Great Britain. Their planes
usually bear the names of Danish heroes. Here a smiling Danish pilot officer
points to his country’s Hag and to bis plane named after the Danish hero,
Nitis Ebbesen, who in 1340 liberated Denmark from German aggressors.
when he attempted to start a fire
with gasoline which he had mistaken
for kerosene.
Kenton Major Safe
In Philippines
Members of the family of Major
Calvin G. Jackson of Kenton were
cheered Monday night when a tele
gram arrived notifying them offi
cially of a change of his “missing in
action” status. The telegram stated
that Major Jackson is reported “a
prisoner of war of the Japanese
government in the Philippine island.
The last official word regarding
Major Jackson was received last May
27, when he was listed “missing in
action”. Major Jackson was on Ba
taan when he was taken prisoner,
and was stationed at Mt. McKinley,
Manila, on Dec. 7, 1941. He entered
the service on Feb. 20, 1941, as a
captain and received his training at
Camp Wheeler, Georgia.
Ada Man Hurt In Fall
Lowell McQuown, Ada farmer and
school bus driver, crossing watchman
and substitute mail carrier, has been
forced to cancel his activities tem
porarily due to injuries received
last week.
Climbing the watch tower ladder
at the Pennsylvania crossing he lost
hold on the next to the top rung
and fell, with his face and shoulder
striking the cement. After gaining
consciousness, 15 minutes later, it
was found he had received no frac
tures. He is suffering from severe
shock and bruises.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Physical Fitness Train
ing Urged
Boys in the Ottawa schools are
being enrolled in a physical fitness
class sponsored by the Kerner-Slus
ser post, American Legion, in Ot
tawa, it was announced by Gene
Koehls, supervisor and instructor for
the class.
Twenty-eight boys enrolled in the
class the first night on Monday and
additional youths are planning to
join the class next week, the super
visor said. The boys will meet once
each week in the armory at Ottawa.
Designed to supplement the physi
cal education training the boys re
ceive in school, this program is ar
ranged to put the youths in the best
of physical trim, Koehls asserted.
Their activities will be under expert
supervision at all times at the arm
ory.
Daughter Full-Fledged
Farmer
Miss Harriet Bach, 19, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bach, of Bel
more, is doing her bit to relieve the
farm labor shortage occasioned by
the war effort.
She handles the tractor, truck 'and
other farm machinery as well as
most men and does all types of farm
work. Last summer she was a
hand with the threshing ring, doing
her full share as the outfit moved
from farm to farm.
When her outdoor tasks are fin
ished, she is an efficient cook and
housekeeper and deserves credit for
being an all-around Farmerette.
Youths Must Stay
In School
Youths of sen ol age in Putnam
county must nut abandon their stu
dies and go to nearby cities to enter
defense plants unless they obtain
working certificates from the county
school authorities and these will be
granted only in cases where there
is a real need for the youth to leave
school.
This was made clear by County
Supt. Carl D. Vermilya after the
prosecution of a Columbus Grove cou
ple for permitting their daughter to
remain out of school to obtain a job
in a Lima factory.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Reeder of
Columbus Grove were charged with
permitting their daughter, Jean Ann
Reeder, 15, to be absent from school
without a legal excuse. The charge
was filed by C. L. Felkey, Putnam
county attendance officer.
Seek More Farm
Labor
Plans have been mapped by agri
culture leaders of Putnam county
for meeting the antiiepated farm la
bor shortage during 1943, it was an
nounced in Ottawa following a meet
ing of Farm Bureau and Grange
officials in the office of County Agent
L. C. Holtkamp.
Under recent orders of the War
Manpower Commission in Washing
ton, D. C., the county agriculture ex
tension agent will be the county
chairman in charge of locating and
assigning farm labor. The Farm
Bureau and Grange leaders voted to
place the labor sub-committee of the
Putnam county Land Use Committee
directly under Holtkamp in this pro
gram for Putnam county.
Home Gardening
Plans Mapped
Plans for promoting an extensive
home gardening program thruout
Putnam county during 1943 to aid in
averting a food shortage were an
nounced Monday night by the county
Victory Garden Committee. An 8
point program was adopted by the
group.
It was announced that a county
wide meeting of interested citizens
will be held in a few weeks in Ot
tawa with a representative of the
state department of agriculture pre
senting the main address. Details
of this event will be completed soon
by the executive committee of the
county garden group.
At the same time, the county com
mittee decided to establish a head
quarters in the office of County
Agent L. C. Holtkamp where data
on seeds, plant diseases, production
problems and other matters of im
portance to the gardener can be ob
tained.
Ottawa Pastor Army
Chaplain
The Rev. Claude S. Dayton, pastor
of Trinity Methodist church in Ot
tawa since September, 1940, an
nounced that he has been commis
sioned a first lieutenant in the Unit
ed States Army and will become a
chaplain.
He preached his last sermon Sun
day and was in his officer’s uniform,
since his commission was effective
Feb. 20. Following the morning
worship service, members of the con
gregation held a potluck dinner and
farewell meeting.
During the second and third quar
ters of 1943, the Army’s conditional
requirements call for 18 million
underwear garments and 48 million
pairs of socks.
BUY
UNITED
STATES
WAR
'BONDS
AND
YOU AND YOUR
INCOME TAX
Following is one of a series of
articles issued by the Bureau of
Internal Revenue designed to help
clarify requirements of the 1942
Revenue Act for those who are
new income tax payers.—Editor
EXPENSES OF FARMERS
A farmer who operates a farm for
profit is entitled to deduct from gross
income as necessary expenses all
amounts expended (other than those
constituting capital expenditures) in
the carrying on of the business of
farming. The cost of feeding and
raising livestock may be treated as
an expense deduction insofar as such
costs represent actual outlay, but not
including the value of farm produce
grown upon the farm or the labor of
the taxpayer. Also deductible is the
cost of seed, minor repairs to farm
buildings (other than the dwelling of
the farmer), and small tools used up
in the course of a short period.
The cost of fuel and oil used for
farm work, as well as repairs and
maintenance of farm machinery, is
deductible as a business expense but
the cost of farm fachinery, equipment,
and farm buildings represents a cap
ital investment and is not an allow
able deduction. The cost, however,
may be recovered by depreciation al
lowances. In the case of a farmer,
the farm dwelling is not depreciable,
except such part of it as may be used
directly in farming operations. The
cost of gasoline, repairs and upkeep
of an automobile if used wholly in
connection with* the taxpayer’s farm
operations, as well as depreciation
thereon, may be deducted, but if an
automobile is used partly for busi
ness and partly for pleasure or the
convenience of the taxpayer or his
family, the cost of operation may be
apportioned according to the extent
of the use for purposes of business
and for pleasure or convenience, and
the portion attributable to business
will be deductible as a necessary bus
iness expense.
The cost of hired laborers and hired
machines on a farm and the part of
the board which is purchsed for hired
laborers are deductible. The value of
products furnished by the farm and
used in the board of hired laborers
is not deductible expense. Rations
purchased and furnished to laborers
or sharecroppers are deductible as a
part of the labor expense. Amounts
paid to persons engaged in household
work to the extent that their services
are used in boarding and otherwise
caring for farm laborers are deducti
ble, but amounts paid for services of
such employees engaged in caring for
the farmer’s own household are not
deductible expense.
Amounts expended in the develop
ment of farms, orchards, and ranches
prior to the time when the productive
state is reached may be regarded as
investments of capital. The coast of
planting trees, as well as the amounts
expended by a farmer in the restora
tion of soil fertility preparatory to
actual production of crops and the
cost of liming soil to increase produc
tiveness over a period of years are
capital expenditures but the cost of
commercial fertilizers, the benefit of
which is of short duration and .which
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1943
have to be used every’ year or so, even
after a farm reaches the productiv
state, is deductible as an expense.
Amounts expended in purchasing
work, breeding, or dairy animals are
regarded as investments of capital
and may be depreciated unless such
animals are included in inventory’.
Elrose
Jeanette and Gareth Basinger
spent Sunday at the H. M. Stauffer
home in Bluffton.
Charles Nonnamaker was a Sat
urday guest at the Ami Nonnamaker
home.
A number from this neighborhood
attended the Hancock Co. tourna
ment at Findlay Saturday.
Mrs. John Williamson is ill at her
home near Mt. Cory.
Callers Sunday' at the Ami Non
namaker home were Mr. and Mrs.
C. V. Klingler, daughter Marilyn
and son Howard of near Ada, John
and Feme Koch.
The Olive Branch L. A. S. will
meet with Mrs. J. R. Fisher this
Wednesday’ afternoon.
Callers at the Anna Koontz home
over the week end were Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Koontz and son Robert,
Misses Merilyn Battles and Floe
Stratton and June Gallant.
LaVerne and Clyde Augsburger
called Sunday morning on Roderick
Nonnamaker and attended church at
Olive Branch. They were formerly
of this place, but now are living on
a farm near Pandora, with their
parents Mr. and Mrs. Omar Augs
burger.
Union pray’er services at the Olive
Branch church Thursday evening.
Dale Jump of New Stark called
at the Thomas Koontz home Satur
day evening.
J. R. Fisher, wife and June Gal
lant were callers at the T. J. Koontz
home Sunday.
RUIN PROFITS
HOPRO, A proved ingredient
in our Pig & Hog Balancer sup
plies a blend of the known B
Complex Vitamins that stretches
your grain and helps eliminate
runts by providing balanced
nutrition. Contains Niacin (for
merly called Nicotinic Add) one
of the factors recommended by
Investigators for the prevention
and control of “Necro.”
SALE
at 102 Spring Street, Bluffton
SATURDAY, MARCH 6th
Beginning at 1:00 P. M.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS:—Five piece reed living room
suite large dining table, with leaves and folding pads to
fit library table kitchen table 3 rocking chairs screened
in baby buggy folding ironing board child’s desk porch
swing bird cage large clothes basket small 2-burner
kerosene heater fish aquarium wall flour bin, with sifter
wicker porch swing and chair porch box 2 sturdy mov
able school desks long iron register one gallon ice cream
freezer jars and crocks wall pictures washing machine,
with electric motor.
MISCELLANEOUS:—Glass door 2X8, 6X11, togeth
er with frame door 2X8, 6X8 2 oil brooder stoves, 500
chick capacity battery brooder, 300 chick capacity com
sheller copper kettle force hand sprayer 5 window sash,
28X34 mash chick feeders chick water fountains water
and feed crocks for rabbits cistern force pump scythe 2
hand wood saws lawn clipper iron saw barrels and oil
drums potato crates garden tools chicken crates and
coops and many other articles.
Other articles may be included in this sale if brought
to place of sale on Saturday morning, March 6.
40% Old Fort Hog Mix
made with Borden's
HOPRO
COMMUNITY
Bluffton Milling Co.
Leonard Gratz, Auct.
WANTED—DEAD STOCK
WE PAY TOP CASH PRICES
Horses $4.00 Cows $2.00
Small Stock removed free of charge.
Quick Service
Telephone Findlay, MAIN 475, Reverse Charges
BUCKEYE REDUCTION COMPANY, Findlay, Ohio
“Branch, Foatoria Animal ProdttcU, inc.” _______________