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BUY
UNITED
MATES
SAVINGS
^BONDS
VOLUME NO. LXVII
$200,000 VICTORY
LOAN BOND DRIVE
TO START MONDAY
Victory Loan Bond Committee,
War Bond Savings Com
mittee to Combine
Amount Must be Raised Over
And Above Regular War
Bond Purchases
Full forces are being mustered this
week by the Bluffton Victory Loan
and War Bond committees for the
start of the Second War Loan Drive
on Monday, according to an announce
ment by M. M. Bogart, chairman of
the campaign.
Bluffton has been assigned a quota
of over $200,000 all of which must be
raised over and above the regular
purchases of Series E bonds.
Payroll deduction purchases do not
count in this quota. Efforts of the
two local committees will be com
bined in what will likely be the most
gigantic financing task ever undertak
en in the community
County Quota
The Allen county quota has been
announced at $5,807,000 which is bet
ter than $2,000,000 higher than the
First Victory Loan drive of last De
cember when the quota was $2,565,
000. Bogart was also chairman of
the First Victory Loan drive and Nor
man Triplett is chairman of the Bluff
ton war bond savings committee.
The two committees are combining
facilities and efforts in this big en
deavor. Bogart and Triplett in a joint
statement said that all red-blooded
Americans should be in the most re
ceptive frame of mind for bond buy
ing that they have ever been.
Everybody must bring out their
extra cash and accumulated earning in
order to buy their purchase of the
Series E bonds. Every possible dol
lar should be enlisted in the April
drive for bonds, it was stated.
Details of the solicitation will be
worked out in a joint meeting of the
two committees to be held at the main
offices of the Triplett Electrical In
strument Co. this Wednesday night
at 8 o’clock.
Members of the Victory Loan com
mittee are: Bogart, chairman Ed.
Reichenbach, Henry Huber, Willard
Jennings, Fred Getties, Noah Basing
er.
Committee chairmen of the war
bond savings group are:
Triplett, Chairman Manufacturers,
Arden Baker Schools, A. J. B. Longs
dorf Banks, E. C. Romey Service
clubs, Ross Bogart Veterans, Millen
Geiger Boy Scouts, Woodrow Little
Women’s clubs, Mrs. R. L. Triplett,
Mrs. Harry Bogart Merchants, E. S.
Lape Publicity, Orden Smucker.
Last Rites Held
For Thomas Bell
Funeral services largely attended
were held Sunday afternoon at Olive
Branch United Brethren church for
James Thomas Bell, 69, retired
Orange township farmer.
He died in Bluffton hospital Thurs
day morning following a five weeks
illness.
He was born in Union township,
Jan. 18, 1873, the son of W. R. and
Nancy Coulter Bell. On January 1,
1905, he was married to Lesta Ver
million who preceded him in death
nine years ago. He was a charter
member of Olive Branch church.
Surviving are three sons: Terry of
Marysville, Maurice of Columbus
Grove, and Staff Sgt. Harold Bell
with the U. S. Army in Africa, and
two daughters Mrs. Helen Montgom
ery and Mrs. Virginia Emans, both
of Bluffton.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Anna Koontz and Mrs. Nora
Stratton, both of Bluffton a half
brother O. L. Bell of Sycamore, Ill.,
and nine grandchildren.
Officiating at the funeral services
were Rev. Hilliard Camp and Rev.
Paul Zimmerman. Interment was in
Hassen cemetery in Orange township.
Home Nursing Course
Continues At School
Bluffton women may still enroll in
the home nursing and nutrition
course being held in the home econ
omics room at Bluffton High school
Wednesday and Friday nights at 8
o’clock.
The course is being sponsored by
the Allen County Red Cross organi
zation. Local instructors are Mrs.
Ernest Bigelow, Mrs. David Risser
and Miss Eddythe Cupp. Registered
nurses from Lima will also serve
as instructors for the course.
If You See Any
Mosquito Larva
Tell The Mayor
TF you see any mosquito wrig
glers or larva you are request
ed to communicate the informa
tion to Mayor W. A. Howe who
will arrange for spraying with a
larvacide.
The announcement this week
from the Mayor’s office indicat
ed that the mosquito control
campaign is getting under way.
Appointment of a man who is
to take charge of the control
program will be announced
shortly, it was stated.
BLAZING GASOLINE
STARTS FIRE BARN
BURNS TO GROUND
Bluffton and Pandora Fire De
partments Battle Blaze
Tuesday Night
Loss of Barn, Outbuildings and
Contents in Farm Fire
Estimated $10,000
Bluffton and Pandora fire depart
ments were called Tuesday night to
battle a stubborn fire which destroy
ed a large frame barn on the Ray
Sheidler farm in Union township six
miles north of Bluffton. The place
was formerly known as the Levi
Clymer farm.
Included in the loss of the barn
were a number of nearby outbuild
ings and sheds. Damage, it is
estimated, will reach $10,000. The
loss is partly covered by insurance.
The fire started shortly after 8
o’clock when Francis Nusbaum
tenant on the farm and son in law
of Sheidler, was filling the gas tank
of his tractor in a shed near the
barn and the gasoline exploded.
Livestock Saved
Livestock, including a herd of
feeder cattle, were driven from the
burning structure and the tractor
together with some other farm
machinery was saved. Among the
contents lost were 2,000 bushels of
corn.
The fire had gained sufficient
headway by time the Bluffton and
Pandora departments arrived that it
was impossible to save the buildings.
A shortage of water further hamp
ered efforts of the firemen.
The farm dwelling, located across
the road from the site of the barn
was not endangered by the fire.
Demonstration On
Archery Here Tuesday
Demonstration of archery together
with lectures and explanations of the
sport will be given at a meeting of
the Bluffton Community Sportsmen’s
club at the Legion hall Tuesday
night at 8 o’clock.
The demonstration will be followed
by a fish fry. Featuring the meet
ing will be a demonstration-lecture
on archery by Findlay’s Mayor Cloyce
H. Duttweiler. The mayor will be
accompanied by the city clerk who
is also an archery enthusiast.
The public is invited, it was stated
by Eugene Benroth, president of the
club.
Moving Here
W. A. Fox of Findlay will move
here Thursday into the property at
Lawn and College avenues which he
recently purchased from his brother,
D. W. Fox.
Rationing Calendar
So that you may keep in mind the
numerous important war-time ra
tioning dates, the Bluffton News is
publishing this weekly reminder:
APRIL 25—Last day for one
pound of coffee with Stamp No.
26, Book 1.
APRIL 30—Last day to use
blue D, E and stamps, for
canned or processed foods in
War Ration Book No. 2.
MAY 21—Last day to use
Coupon 5 in A books good for
four gallons of gasoline.
Wheat Crop Will Be Failure Unless
Warm Rains Come Soon, Say Farmers
MAY 31—Last day for five
pounds of sugar with Stamp No.
12.
JUNE 15—Last day for one
pair of shoes on Stamp No. 17.
JUNE 30—Tire inspection
i deadline for holders of A books.
Present Prospect is for Half
Crop: Some Fields Being
Sown to Oats
Yields of Clover and Alfalfa
Hay Will Be Cut by Unfav
orable Weafher
Unless warm spring rains arrive
soon, the wheat crop in the Bluffton
district this year may be less than
fifty per cent of the average yield.
This was the consensus of compe
tent farmer opinion in response to a
survey of the current wheat situation
conducted by the Bluffton News the
first of the week.
Serious as the situation admittedly
is, the final outcome depends on rains.
A few good, soaking, warm down
pours in the next week or ten days
will admittedly make a vast change
in the outlook.
On the other hand lack of rain dur
ing the critical period will result in
what might well approach a virtual
failure of the crop thruout this dis
trict. Farmers, on the whole, are in
no wise given to minimizing the ser
iousness of the current situation.
Snow and rain which fell Wednes
day morning was said to be too sold
and too scant to materially change
the outlook, farmers said. “What we
need is a heavy, soaking warm rain
and then lots of sunshine’’ one farm
er stated.
Some Tear Up Fields
A number of farmers have abandon
ed hope of a wheat crop and during
the past week disced their fields for
oats and following with a broadcast
ing of grass seed.
This would allow harvesting an ats
crop without upsetting the four year
planting rotation generally followed
in this area, corn, oats, wheat and
grass.
The only reason that this practise
has not been more extensively follow
ed this spring, farmers state, is be
cause of the shortage of farm labor,
badly needed for other pressing spring
work.
Alternate freezing and thawing
weather of the past month since the
snow disappeared has pushed the
wheat roots above the ground and the
last few warm days with high w:nds
have blown the roots free of soil.
Hay Prospect Slim
Prospects for clover hav, are larg
ely parallel to those of wheat, farm
ers stated this week. A similar sit
uation of roots being raised out of the
ground by freezing and thawing and
then blown free of soil by high winds
is prevalent thruout this district. Al
falfa fields also are said to be affect
ed.
Outlook for a short wheat crop
cause farmers to wonder whether the
AAA will even hold a farm referen
dum next month to determine an
acreage reduction program.
General opinion is that there will
be no referendum since the AAA
abandoned the corn program this
spring and revoked penalty charges
against farmers who refused to go
with the wheat program last May.
Couple Is Wed At
Home Of Minister
Miss Pearl Keif
er, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Keifer, southwest
of town, became the bride of William
Cupp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Cupp of Columbus Grove, in a cere
mony solemnized in Indianapolis,
Indiana, Sunday afternoon at 2:45
o’clock.
The ceremony was performed at
the home of Mr. Cupp’s former pas
tor, the Rev. Charles M. Armen
trout.
The bride was attired in a street
length dress of blue printed crepe
with black accessories and wore a
corsage of white gardenias. She is
a graduate of Bluffton High school
in the class of 1936 and has been
employed at the Triplett Electrical
Instrument Co.
Mr. Cupp is a graduate of Colum
bus Grove High school in the class
of 1935 and is engaged in farming.
Collections Made
At Theatre Here
Collections of nearly $100 were
made at the Star Theatre for local
Red Cross use during Red Cross
Week which will end this Wednesday
night.
A short feature dealing with the
Red Cross work was shown at each
presentation during the past week
after which the collection was made
by two uniformed members of the
local Red Cross organization.
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A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, APR
25 FROM ALLEN
COUNTY CALLED
BY DRAFT BOARD
Five from Bluffton Included
Among Selectees Leaving
For Induction
Names of Selectees Summoned
For Physical Examinations
In Toledo Withheld
Twenty-five Allen county selectees,
who passed final physical examina
tions in Toledo last week left on
Tuesday for Camp Perry for induc
tion into the armed services, it is
announced by Allen county draft
board No. 3.
Of the group five are from Bluff
ton. Only the names of selectees
who pass the final physical examina
tions at Toledo are given. Selective
service headquarters said a ban on
release of names of men called for
physical examination has been im
posed to avoid embarrassment to
those rejected.
Those who left on Tuesday for in
duction were:
Bluffton Carroll E. Tschiegg,
Dale D. Grismore, Kenneth W. Hart
man, Robert E. Deerhake, Claude H.
Ream.
Lima Rural Routes—Paul E.
Sneary, Ralph Rimer, Harold Bur
den, Harold Lutterbein, Robert
Hickey, Willie Finney, Orville Engle.
Lima—Millison Crites, John Miller,
Henry Timmerman. Roger Mathews,
Dorwin Burke.
Washington, D. C.—Robert Enslen.
Elida—Roy Shobe.
Delphos—Ralph Klausing.
Spencerville—Harold Wilkins, Karl
Briggs, Melvin Schimmoeller.
Seneca, Ill.—Robert Rahrig.
Marion—Harry Ferguson.
Two Will Graduate
From Cincinnati U.
Morris and Ropp Triplett of this
place will be graduated in electrical
engineering at commencement exer
cises of the University of Cincinnati
to be held Friday night, it was an
nounced the first of the week.
They will receive the degree cf
Bachelor of Science in Electrical En
gineering, completing the five year
course in the university’s college of
engineering.
They are the sons of Mr. and Mis.
R. L. Triplett of Campus Drive. Mr.
and Mrs. Triplett and daughter Bar
bara Jean together with Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Triplett of Grove street
and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bixler of
New Haven, Conn., will attend the
graduation exercises at Cincinnati.
Workers Needed For
Red Cross Activity
Workers are urgently needed to
make surgical dressings at the Red
Cross room at the grade school build
ing, it was stated this week by Mrs.
J. S. Steiner, director of supplies.
The work activity is held at the
grade school every Tuesday through
Friday from 1:30 to 4 p. m. Because
of house cleaning and gardening the
attendance has fallen off during the
past weeks at the same time the de
mand for the bandages has increased,
it was stated by Mrs. Steiner.
Second Grass Fire
On West Elm Street
The ’Bluffton fire department ans
wered a call to a grass fire on West
Elm street for the second time in a
little more than a week.
The fire occurred on the premises
of Miss Lydia Basinger early last
Wednesday evening. There was no
damage done.
A week before, there was a grass
fire at the premises of a neighbor on
West Elm street, Mrs. I. W. Welty.
Group To Gather
Coat Hangers Here
A systematic house-to-house can
vass of the community for metal
coat hangers will be made this wreek
by the Bluffton Junior Red Cross
organization. The hangers are being
collected for the army.
Ebenezer Broadcast
An ensemble of women’s voices
will be featured in the weekly
broadcast of the Ebenezer Mennonite
church over Findlay radio station
WFIN Sunday afternoon at 4:30
o’clock, fast time. Mrs. Milo Lora
is director and Mrs. Wm. Althaus is
accompanist.
8, 1943
Local members of the American
Numismatic association will again
display their rare coins and numis
matic curios in the display window
of the Basinger Furniture store dur
ing National Coin Week April 11-17.
This display will be composed of
coins that received second and third
prizes in national competition dur
ing 1942 National Coin Week along
with many recently acquired rarities.
Among the coins to be seen dur
ing this display are: the rare pine
tree shilling, the first money coined
in America, the widow’s mite of
Biblical fame, Fugio cent designed
by Benjamin Franklin, colonial coins
coined by the individual states, type
sets of all kinds of American coins,
coins of anti-Axis nations, wooden
Many Homes Still Using Meat
Purchased Before Ration
ing, Belief
Quantities of Luncheon Meats
on Hand Points Being
Saved for Easter
Bluffton housewives will be able to
get plenty of meat for Sunday din
ners provided they have enough red
ration stamps left, it was agreed
this week by proprietors of local
meat markets.
Meat stocks are fairly well re
plenished after the largest volume of
sales ever experienced were made
during the final week of rationless
meat uying. Luncheon meats espe
cially are available in quantities
local dealers said.
While stocks are low on certain
meat items there are sufficient meats
on hand to take care of consumer
needs, meat men indicated. Meat
packers also said that the supply is
ample and would contihue to be after
a sufficient period of adjustment.
The meat trade was generally light
during the past week after buying
rush of the previous week. Cus
tomers’ buying habits vary consider
ably, it is reported here.
Some are buying steaks and other
high point value meats while others
report the customers are definitely
gunning for the low-point value
meats. In most instances housewives
appear to be saving their points for
a good week-end or for Easter.
It is agreed here that most homes
have a sufficient supply left from
the pre-ration buying period to cush
ion the effects of rationing. It will
take at least another week of pur
chasing under rationing to show any
definite buying trends in meat.
Rare American And Foreign Coins
To Be Exhibited Here By Collectors
Plenty Of Meat Available For Sunday
Dinners If You Have Red Ration Stamps
The trade in eggs has been excel
lent and in butter just fair. Most
people are not familiar with the
point values of the various meats
and inquire of the clerks as to the
value of their purchases.
It has been recommended by OPA
that housewives carefully budget out
their points in order to obtain the
best values and variety in their meat
purchases.
Ordinance Requires
Dogs Kept At Home
Bluffton dog owners are required
to keep their dogs on their own
premises, according to an ordinance
passed by the town council Monday
night.
The ordinance states that it will
be considered unlawful for any dog
owner in the village of Bluffton to
permit his dog to run at large or
upon any premises other than that
occupied by the owner.
The ordinance represents emer
gency legislation, it was stated by
Mayor W. A. Howe. Penalties are
provided for the violation of any
provision of the ordinance.
Will Discuss High
School Aid To Farms
Rev. G. T. Soldner, of Cherry
street, affiliated with the U. S. Em
ployment service in Lima, will meet
with executive heads of the various
Allen county schools this Wednesday
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, it was an
nounced by County Supt. W. M.
Floyd, in whose office the gathering
will be held.
A discussion will be conducted re
garding plans and procedure for reg
istering high' school boys and girls
who are graduated for work on
farms, Floyd stated.
nickel, large display of commemorat
ive coins, present day coinage with
high numismatic value and many
other varieties.
The numismatic value of the coins
to be displayed will run into hund
reds of dollars and the coins to be
seen will be varied in scope and
comprise every type of American
coinage from the Pine Tree shilling
up to the present day coinage.
National Coin Week is sponsored
by the American Numismatic asso
ciation composed of members from
all over the world. Hundreds of in
dividual collections and displays will
be shown all over the United States.
Local members of the association
are: Dr. Evan Basinger, William
Edwards and Robert Benroth.
IMPROVEMENT IS
NOTED IN FARM
LABOR PROBLEM
Young Men are Leaving Indus
try for Employment on
Farms in Area
Bluffton High School Employ
ment Bureau Lists Experi
enced Farm Helpers
Altho the farm labor shortage re
mains critical, developments this week
indicated that there were some signs
of improvement.
Local industries report that there is
evidence of a trend of young men
leaving to go back to the farm for
employment in an activity regarded
by the government as a prime essen
tial to the war effort.
Industry has taken more workers
from the farms than selective service
and since added emphasis has been
placed upon farming as essential to
the war effort there has been a move
ment from industry back to the farms.
No Blanket Deferment
Although there is no blanket de
ferment of farm workers in this
state, draft boards have been instruct
ed to defer all workers considered es
sential to farming operations in the
farm unit of the registrant.
Further indication of the easing of
farm labor shortages is the list of the
Bluffton High school employment bur
eau. The Hi-Y club of the school is
sponsoring the employment service
which has the names of about 60
high school students available for var
ious types of work.
Quite a few of the boys who listed
their names as available for summer
employment are experienced farm
workers. The students may be con
tacted through the high school office
for work on Saturday and after school
or for full time summer employment.
As yet the new developments have
not made an important difference in
the farm labor problem but give
some indication of helping ease the
situation.
Goshen Dean Will
Talk At Vespers
Dr. Harold Bender, dean of Gosh
en college, will address the Bluffton
College Vesper service at Ramseyer
chapel Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
He will talk on European relief and
civilian service. The Vesper choir,
under the direction of Prof. Russell
Lantz, will sing at the service.
Honorably Discharged
Pvt. Fred Welty who has been in
military training at Camp Living
ston, La., has been honorably dis
charged by reason of being over the
38 year old age limit. He was in
ducted into the army last October.
Welty arrived home last Friday
and is now associated with his bro
ther Cleo Welty in operation of the
Welty Bros, farm north of town.
Real Estate Deal
Thos. Decker has purchased from
the estate the residence property of
the late J. C. Herrmann at Wash
ington and Thurman streets. The
property is occupied by G. L. Preto.
Decker who resides in the Mrs. M.
M, Kibler apartments expects to
move this spring.
BUY
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NUMBER 50
PLANS ARE MADE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
COMMEHCEMENT
)r. Roy A. Burkhart of Colum
bus to Give Class Address
At Exercises
?orty-three Members in Senior
Class Busy Schedule
Is Planned
With 43 members in the senior class
at Bluffton High school, plans are be
ing made for the graduation exercis
es to be held on Tuesday evening,
May 25.
Dr. Roy A. Burkhart, pastor of the
First Community Church in Colum
bus, will be the speaker at the grad
uation services. The commencement
season at the high school will open
with the Junior-Senior prom to be
held in the gymnasium, May 7.
“The American Eagle,” senior class
play will be given on May 20 and 21.
The Baccalaureate services will be
held on Sunday night, May 23. Rev.
Emil Burichter, pastor of the Reform
ed churches, will give the class ser
mon in his final address to a Bluffton
audience before beginning his new
pastorate at Plymouth, Ind.
Class night exercises will be held
on the following Monday night with
commencement on Tuesday, May 25.
The final activity of the commence
ment session will be the alumni
dance to be held in the gymnasium
on Friday, May 28.
A list of the seniors follows:
Ralph Althaus. Sylvan Burkholder,
Herbert Conrad, Weldon Deppler,
Herbert Devier, Calvin Dudgeon, John
Dunbar, James Gratz, Floyd Herr,
Edgar Huber, Albert Ingalls.
Richard Klay, Denard Loganbill,
Donavin Moser, Richard Oberly, Rob
ert Oberly, Robert Pannabecker, John
Schmidt, Raymond Schumacher, Dav
id Smucker, Clyde Sommer, James
Stonehill. Kenneth Winkler, Robert
Young.
Dorothv Anderson, Ellen Basinger,
Aline Hilty, Treva ..ochstettler, Flor
ence Hofer, Dorothy Jennings.
Adah Lehman, Mary Ellen Lugin
buhl, Eileen Moser, Alice Oyer, Ruth
Slusser, Wilma Steiner, Barbara Jean
Triplett, Roberta Wenger, Mary Jane
Worthington.
Former Resident
Weds In Chicago
Gale Scoles, son of Dow Scoles of
Orange township, and Miss Helen
Kovalek, daughter of Mrs. Mary
Kovalek of Chicago, were married at
the Garfield Park Methodist parson
age Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Rev. Coats, pastor, read the double
ring ceremony. Attendants were Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Smith. The mother
of the bride was present.
The bride was attired in a brown
suit with Kelley green accessories.
She wore a white rose corsage and
white gloves.
The couple were here Sunday to
visit his father and family and re
turned to Chicago Monday. Mr.
Scoles is employed at the Foote Bros.
Gear and Machine Co. in Chicago,
and Mrs. Scoles is employed at the
R. J. Ederer Co., manufacturers of
camaflouge netting.
Mr. Scoles graduated from Bluff
ton High school in the class of 1934.
The couple will live at 20 S. Sacra
mento boulevard, Chicago.
Births
The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Tschantz,
a girl, Jacqueline Ann, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Yoakam, a
girl, Janet Ann, Tuesday.
With The Sick
Lorena Paulos, who has been ill
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Mary Young, is slowly improving.
Mrs. Myron Matter, of South Main
street, is ill at the Bluffton hospital.
Red Cross Donations
Rural districts were not covered in
the recent Red Cross canvass and
those residents together with any
others not solicited may leave their
contributions at either drug store, it
was stated by members of the local
Red Cross committee the first of the
week.
Michigan’s Beans
One-third of the beans produced in
the United States come* from Michi
gan.