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THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1943 Hie public is invited to attend the Archery Demonstration to be given at the Legion Hall, Tuesday night, April 13, at 8:00 o’clock. The event is directed by Bob Wilson, president of the Lima Archery Club. Accompany ing Wilson for the demonstration will be 16 Lima Archers. Archery en thusiasts from Bluffton and neighbor ing localities are invited to attend the demonstration. Immediately follow the demonstration in another room of the Town Hall Buliding an instruction and demonstration period will be held. If sufficient interest is shown at the meeting the Sportsmen’s Club will assist in the formation of an Archery Club and the development of teams. Plans are being considered to con vert the large third floor recreation room of the Town Hall into a prac tice room for the newly formed club. An indoor Archery range will be con ducted for this purpose. During the evening motion pictures in color on Big Game Hunting in Af rica with Cameras will be shown. Films on Snow Partridge and other hunting and fishing films are also scheduled for the evening. A special invitation has been ex tended to the women of the commun ity as well as the men to attend the demonstration. Admission to the pro gram is free. A fish fry will be held the same evening and fresh fillets of Lake Erie Pickerel will be served. Tickets are on sale by Directors of the club and Todd’s grocery at 20 cents each. Cooperation of the public is asked in purchasing their tickets ahead of time so that a sufficient quantity of food can be prepared. Complying with the request of the department to give statistics on the disposition of fees received from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses by the club thru its agents last year, the following report was sent in by Gail Mumma, License Sales Director. Assistance on tabulation of figures for the report was given by Dallas Berry, Club Treasurer. The report of licenses issued—556 hunting 341 fishing. Amount of fees retained— $11.20 hunting $34.10 fishing. Total fees for year 1942—$145.00. Balance of fees carried over from year 1941—none. Fees were used by the club for the FARM BUREAU INSURANCE Auto—Fire—Life—Liability Paul E. Whitmer, Agent 245 W. Grove St.—Phone 350-W Bluffton, Ohio LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE HAULING Every Load Insured STAGER BROS. Bluffton, Ohio There's No Shortage of WITH THE SPORTSMEN’S CLUB By Paul Sauder Birds Eye Frosted Foods Delicious, country-fresh, ready for your table VEGETABLES, BERRIES, FRUITS Each Package contains four average servings Corn ..............................................................23c Peas-Carrots ............................................... 25c Mixed Vegetables ....................................... 27c Green Beans ............................................... 23c Squash ..........................................................20c Spinach ......................................................... 25c Peas ..............................................................27c Lima Beans ..................................................29c Strawberries (16 oz.) sliced & sweetened 33c Cherries ....................................................... 27c Mixed Fruit...................................................31c Peaches ..........................................................27c following purposes: Purchase of 60 rabbits and 27 squirrels for release at a cost of $92.47. Purchase of 1800 blue gills for dis tribution in stone quarries in the cor poration at $108.40. Fees expended for other conserva tion purposes: Feed purchased for rearing approx imately 150 pheasant chicks and the maintaining of four squirred and bird feeds at College game reserve totaled $23.39. Cost of materials for building the squirrel dens and feeds totaled $3.15. The total amount expended for the above conservation purposes $227.41. Donald Rupright of Ney, Ohio, started off the fishing season in the Buckeye quarry last Sunday by snag ging a nice 15 inch bass. Minnows were used as bait. Don has long been regarded by many of his local friends as being a lucky fisherman. There is no doubt that his ability to catch fish is far above that of the average fisherman for his consistant success in landing the big ones shows he has mastered the technique of quarry fishing. Don, a club member for years, still likes to fish his old stampin’ grounds, and plans to pay his old home town additional visits this year. The Water Works quarry produced a 131-2 inch crappie last Friday. Neil Duffman caught the fish on a buck tail spinner. The three quarries with in the corporation have been stocked with a considerable number of these fish during the past two years. The fish obtained thru the efforts of the club are supplying real sport for the local anglers. Thumbing thru the Sears catalogue brings to light the interesting fact of this large mail order house is now' al so selling pheasant chicks for restock ing purposes. Albert Garmatter, chairman of the Raccoon Management committee says that another female coon has been purchased and released by Kenneth Diller and Walter Garmatter. The 2 year-old animal was released in the Will Lugibill woods. Final plans for the planting of the Units of Trees ordered thru the club from the Conservation Department are being made and a committee meeting will be held Tuesday evening of next week at the home of Gene Benroth. The following persons have arrang ed for a unit of 167 trees under the plans of the department. Our line of meats is more complete this week— Fresh Sausage, Pork Chops, Etc. A. C. Burcky Vernon Yoakam Eli Schumacher Roy Clements (two un its) Kenneth Chideser E. G. Ben roth (unit for Campus Game refuge) O. W. Greiner and Denver Zimmerly.. The committee headed by Wilford Geiger as chairman consists of Harry Barnes, Miss M’Della Moon, Karl Gable and John Schmidt. Geiger states that some recent ar rangements with Robert Winchell, conservation official of Wapakoneta, has enabled the High School to ob tain for planting along Riley Creek bordering Harmon Field and the city tennis courts 700 trees for erosion control. All the trees ordered thru the club are expected to arrive a day or two prior to Arbor Day, April 16. Basinger Bros. Meat Market This ’n that from the editor—Last Ration Pts. 7 6 6 7 8 10 10 10 13 13 13 13 Price BUT IF THE EGGS HATCH AND THE CHICKS DIE-*' THE HENS ARE THROUGH NESTING FOR THE YEAR* week in this column appeared a sub mitted story on Haw’k hunting, which maintained the average sportsman’s idea that all hawks are bad. It is quite natural that many of us might jump at conclusions rather than study the facts first. I do not agree, how ever, that all Hawks are beneficial. Eminent bird men conclude that there are but three hawks which deserve de struction: the Sharp-shinned, the Cooper’s Hawk and the Goshawk. It is my opinion that generally the hawks are not as guilty of the crimes charged to them as what some hunt ers lead us to believe. The Ruff leg, the Redtail and Swainson hawks were mentioned in last week’s column as thought to be quite destructive to game. Your editor knows little hawk lore himself, but let us see what T. Gilbert Pearson, president of the Na tional Association of Audobon socie ties and Editor-in-Chief of “Birds of America” has to say on these species. “The diet of the Red-tailed hawk consists fully of 66 per cent injurious mammals, and not more than 7 per cent consists of poultry and game captured by it is probably aged or crippled game which is a point to ward and not against this species. “Compared with the majority of our Hawks it is gentle and unsuspic ious in disposition, living in perfect harmony with its smaller neighbors. It is no unusual sight to see other birds nesting in the same tree and Preservation and conservation of the outdoors for the boys in the service who return when the war is over was an important consideration at the 21st annual convention of the Isaac Walton League held at Chi cago last week end and attended by Paul Sauder, outdoor writer for the Bluffton News and student at Bluff ton college. The Outdoor Writers of America were guests of the League during the convention. The OWAA writers banquet held Tuesday evening fea tured an interesting talk by Glenn L. Martin of Baltimore, Md., sports man and airplane manufacturer. Martin states that his company has conducted an investigation con cerning absenteeism in the plant and that men cannot work seven days a week and put’out the utmost in pro duction. He implied that the great est production was attained on a six day a week basis and that he firmly believed that the men needed the seventh days to enjoy themselves in the great out-of-doors. Dave Newell, of New’ York, famous big game hunter and editor of “Field & Stream”, entertained the group by a Florida fishing picture, after which Tom Main of Ducks Unlimited talked on the increase and conditions of waterfowl in the United States and Canada, stating that there has been a two hundred per cent in crease since Ducks Unlimited has w’ent into action. Rawson Pvt. Donald Longworth of Camp Perry and Miss Betty Kenchet of Bowling Green were w’eek end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Long worth. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Runkle of De troit, Mich., were week end guests of his mother, Mrs. M. L. Crist. L. R. Forsyth, who has been on the sick list is not much improved at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cameron and family of Lima w’ere Sunday after noon callers of Mrs. Jennie Camer on. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Wakefield of Findlay were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Peterson and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Otto spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brickman of McComb. Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Little and son David of Bluffton, Mr. and Mrs. under onto Slues As told by Conservation Division IF THE EGGS ARE DESTROYED IN THE NEST BEFORE HATCHING? THE MOTHER INSTINCT INTENSIFIES AND PHEAS ANTS LAY AGAIN THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO NATIONAL CONSERVATION MONTH Fish Will Fill Gap In Nation’s Diet Caused By Meat Shortage &Olr 1 Mmes 700,000 TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN THE MUSKINGUM CONSERVANCY .AREA BY THE CONTROLLING board* These wooded AREAS ENRICH THE SOIL~ CONSERVE WATERS BEAUTIFY THE PARK AREAS* •"fut MONTH OF April will be OBSERVED AS the Arkansas Kingbird goes even farther than this, some times construc ting its home under the nest of the Red-tailed hawk, or in the side of it. “Of the value to man of the two following species,” Dr, A. K. Fisher says: “The Rough-legged hawk and the Ferruginous Roughleg or squir rel Hawk, (as it is sometimes called on account of its fondness for ground squirrels, so destructive in the west), are among our largest and most bene ficial hawks.” It is my belief that the thirteen striped ground squirrel which is found frequently in this section of the country would cause more damage by eating all types of bird eggs than would the hawks in killing a few now and then. Dr. Leopold, of the University of Wisconsin, conservation consultant for the Isaac Walton League, states in his recent publication entitled: “Game Management” that in the South cot ton rats acting likewise became num erous enough to threaten extinction of the game birds of that area, how ever, the hawk took up the fight and the birds were saved. What would happen, just from the standpoint of the game birds, if we destroy the nat ural enemy of the thirteen striped squirrel here in Ohio? You know the answer. Comments for or against any of the items appearing in this column or any suggestions will be greatly ap preciated by the editor. Congressman Karl E. Mundt, spoke at the Waltonian banquet on the problems of conservation and the activities of the League during this war. Captain C. F. Culler, veteran fish culturist of the Fish & Wildlife Service stated that, “On the home front fish are becoming more and more prominent in the diet of civil ian population. Fresh and frozen fish are not rationed w’hereas meat is. “Therefore with fish being the most direct substitute for meat which is going to be scarce and still more scarce, we must meet the situation by utilization of these products close at hand in attempt to breach the wide gap of commercial scarcity. Throughout the midw’estern states there is available a crop of about 25 million pounds of so-called rough fish, about four-fifths of which are carp. The catching of these carp w’ill serve two purposes: First, it will add materially to relieve our na tional food shortage, and second, im prove our lakes and streams for bet ter game fishing in years to come”, Culler continued. Seth Gordon, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Game Commission, dis closed today w’ild game taken by the nation’s sportsmen aggregated more than one-quarter billion pounds, or enough to provide 700,000 soldiers with one pound daily for a whole year. Gordon Little and family of Napol eon and Sebastian Royal of New Bavaria were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Little. After noon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Pope and family of Lima. Ned Hugus of Findlay College was a Sunday caller of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hugus. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Neighs wander and daughter Wilma and Mrs. L. R. Forsyth spent Sunday at Sycamore visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schryer and family who have been sick with the flu. Hints When Ordering Parts In ordering repair parts for farm machines, include the make and model or year of the implement, the name or description of the part, and the part number. Shines Through Fog A brilliant red arc light that makes use of the rare atmospheric gas neon, and that can shine through thick fog, has been invented. Remember the great American slogan of yesterday “When do we eat?” now it’s just .“Do we eat?” and if you don’t think so you didn’t see the jam at the meat markets here last Saturday not only from Bluffton, but buyers from Lima and Findlay as well as flag stops in between lined the counters and emptied the coolers of both shops around 9 o’clock Saturday night and the boys locked the doors and called it a day saw Otto Bigler going home before 11 p. m.—something new for Saturday Sam Stepleton says there’s plenty of fish to be caught around Bluffton, so no need to worry about shortage of steaks and laundry service here is another war casualty —being operated on an if and when basis and if you don’t like it that way you can do your own and Charlie Kauffman closes up the Texaco with “many thanks to my few friends” and with meat ra tioning looks like curtains for that great American institution of en tertaining at Sunday dinner—unless you’re lucky enough to have farmer friends and now there’s talk of egg rationing ... if and when that comes wonder whether black market eggs would be condemned as having been laid under unsanitary condi tions and folks scratching around in their gardens and farmers starting oats sowing. *. And now it takes a rationbook as well as a pocketbook to rate a pound of steak—that is, unless you’re lucky enough to be a farmer and butcher your own, or you have a frozen food locker. Times have changed since last Thanksgiving when the public was assured there was food in abundance. Either that was wrong or the current food situation is not as bad as it appears. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Gallagher found himself in the role of a mod ern Solomon when he was called to a South Main street address last Friday night by an irate husband who complained that his wife would n’t give him his clothing. “When he gives me my ration book I’ll give him his clothes”, countered the wife. Not being a modern Solomon quali fied to decide family differences, Deputy Gallagher returned to Lima without another word. Comes a letter from Dr. Harvey L. Eby of Los Angeles, Calif., for merly- Bluffton high school principal during the superintendency of B. F. Biery. Dr. Eby, an instructor in the University of California for the past twenty-four years writes: “I have been on your subscription roll for over 40 years and I find the News a must on my list of papers. Among other things in it that I enjoy is the column Mainly Personal. It is well done, distinc tive, warm and genuinely personal. The News is truly a high class com munity paper.” Thanks for the flowers.—Editor. Members of the Bluffton college Booster banquet committee were highly pleased this week when Paul Detwiler, chairman, received a let ter from Gov. John W. Bricker, wishing them well in the banquet to be held Friday night. Early indi cations are that a record number of tickets will be sold here. Already there have been nearly 300 tickets sold. Last year there were 301 tickets sold for the banquet. If runs at the meat markets were noticeable in Bluffton on Saturday night, you should have seen the mobs at the Chicago meat markets on that evening, Paul Schumacher, tells us. Actually the demands for meat became so violent that the cops were called in to keep order. Paul says that he overheard a customer angrily exclaim that this is the biggest meat center in the country and you can’t even get a roast. Congratulations to the Hankish Fruit store for the splendid patriotic gesture in posting the pictures of Bluffton boys in the service. Other pictures are coming in and the store will gladly start another poster, it was indicated this week. Corp. Donald- Luginbuhl, located at Camp Polk, La., had the thrilling experience of riding and talking with Major General Grimes, commanding officer of the 8th armored division. While he and his buddy were waiting for a bus a staff car drove up and the boys gave a snappy salute and who should it be but General Grimes who asked the boys to ride to the next camp with him. He asked the boys how they liked the army and the camp. The boys are still talking about it. Bill Edwards, a recent numismatic protege, is really going to town with his coin collection. Having been in terested in numismatics for less than a year, Bill already has one of the largest and best collections in this vicinity. His collection is varied in scope and comprises almost every kind of United States coinage from colonial times up to the present day coins. His collection features a large dis play- of United States commemora tive half dollars in uncirculated con dition. This display with other coins will be one of the features of the National Coin week display at the Basinger Furniture store window during the week of April 11 to 17. Bill is a member of the American Numismatic association. Overheard at David Risser’s sand wich shop—“You know, the president has ordered all ships into port.” David informed the customer that he had first hand information that the president was about to freeze the ocean. The Sunday meat shortage solved itself at the Albert Benroth home on North Main street after a large rooster being fattened for a birth day dinner decided to see the rest of the world. Dutch located the miss ing bird and after chasing the rooster around the block felled it with a rifle shot in the head. Dutch says he couldn’t afford to take any more chances on its getting away. Anyway- a chicken in the pan is worth two on the loose. Girls in the home economics classes at Bluffton High school are taking work in the industrial arts department, learning how to use wood working tools. Haydn Steiner, the instructor, tells us that the girls are doing a good job. Grandpa Heighway northeast of town received a card from his step grandson Charles Smiley of Tiffin now in training at Lambert Field, Roberston, Mo., the first of the week. Not much to tell, only- busy getting ready for the. Japs. Good news for those folks who have been wanting to buy the stirrup pump on display in the News win dow. The pump on exhibit is one of more than a hundred loaned to the town by the Office of Civilian Defense for putting out fires and is not for sale. However, now comes word that stirrup pumps may be sold to the public, according to National OCD Director James M. Landis. Retail store prices may not exceed $3.80 and in most places will be substan tially less, the announcement stated. The pumps, primarily intended for fighting fire bombs and fires caused by them are not recommended for spraying insecticides or for other such uses that might impair their effectiveness in an emergency. A few wartime hints—Food in frozen food lockers is not covered by rationing restrictions as 90 per cent of these lockers are rented by farmers who kill their own animals for home consumption, OPA has stated approximately 75 per cent of all rationed farm machinery has now been freed for distribution about 150,000 pressure cookers will be produced for this year’s can ning season this is twice as many as w-ere made last year stove pipe will be obtainable only in limit ed quantities next w-inter oil rationed householders should pre serve the identity stub of their heating ration. The stub is the re There’s a FRIEDMAN SHELBY Work Shoe for Every Work Shoe Purpose PAGE THREW maining part of the coupon sheet after coupons have been removed and contains code number and other information. It will be required by the local board when next winter’s oil ration is distributed. A plain spoken farmer friend of ours says the present food situation is because the farmer has been hobbled by- robbery of his labor, con fused by regulations, penalties and questionnaires and annoyed by so called “agents” who would go broke in a year trying to farm for them selves. The farmer doesn’t w-ant sympathy any more than he w-ants blueprints, theories or directives. Give the farmer back his labor, throw the blueprints and directives into the wastebasket and tell the farmer to go to it and Washington will enjoy- the surprise of its life. It’s really as simple as that, he said. St. Sgt. Francis Badertscher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Badertscher of Bluffton, Ind., former residents here has recently been transferred from Ft. Bragg to Camp Mackall, N. C.» where he is in training with the glid er infantry. He is a grandson of Mrs. Levi Hauenstein and Mr. and Mrs. John Badertscher of Law-n Ave. Harry Mericle is one man who is thoroughly convinced of southern hos pitality. When he and Mrs. Mericle visited their son, Staff Sgt. Gene Mer icle at Camp Claiborne, La., last week, they finally found a room after only the greatest difficulty. The lady of the house gave them free reign, gave them a breakfast and refused to take any money- for the room or meals. Harry- said he insisted on paying and the lady insisted that he shouldn’t. He finally had to throw several dol lars to the children and told them to buy- something for themselves. Everyone seems to go out of their way to be kind and nice to you down there. One of the many and varied duties that the Bluffton town marshal has to do is to supply water to Nickel Plate engines whenever the call comes w-hich is three or four time each week. The locomotive parks on the siding near the hydrant on Railroad street and Lee connects the four inch hose to the tank in the tender and puts in 10,000 gallons at a clip. Some of the bigger engines have a 20,000 gallon capacity but the average takes only a 10,000 gallon drink. It’s a small w-orld. 2nd Lt. Bob West, located at New- Orleans, La., rooms near a former Findlay resident, Capt. Burl. Conversation brouvht out the fact that the two officers have many mutual friends in and around Bluffton and Findlay. QUICK RELIEF FROM Symptoms off Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS excess acid NETO FreeBookTells of Ho ma Treatment thet Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing Over two million bottlesof the WILLARD TREATMENThave been sold for relief of symptom* of distress arising from Sternad* and Duodenal INesrs due to Exeats Add— Mr Dlgastien, Saur or Upas* Sternad*. Gassiness, Heartburn, SleeplswneM, ate* due to Exoeas Add. Sold on 16 days’ trial! Ask for “Willard's Msssaga" which fully explains this treatment nw at „__ Sidney’s Drug Shop Regardless of your work shoe requirements you will find us properly prepared to meet them. 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