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VOLUME NO. LXVII
RATION POINTS CUT
FOR CANNED SOUPS
AND FROZEN FRUITS
Drastic Lowering of Point
Values to be Effective
Thursday
Change in Point Value of Ham
burger May be Announced
By OPA Later
Bluffton housewives shopping
Thursday morning will find drastic
cuts in point values in an important
list of foodstuffs.
Changes were announced by the
Office of Price Administration af
fecting dried and canned soups, all
frozen fruits and vegetables and re
moved black-eyed peas from the ra
tion list.
OPA officials also said that they
would consider cuts in the ration
point values of luncheon ham, other
types of ham and possibly an in
crease in the value of hamburger.
These latter changes, if made, are
expected at the end of the month in
line with the plan to adjust coupon
costs of different kinds of meat in
relation to how fast or slow they
sell in comparison with supply.
Cut Point Values Half
The reductions which take effect
Thursday morning will cut point
values by half or more. They are
designed to encourage people to buy
more of these items.
The popular 10’s ounce can of
tomato soup was cut from six to
three points, and all other canned
soups in the same size were cut from
six to four points.
Most dried and dehydrated soups
also were cut in half, with the popu
lar 2’j-ounce package being reduced
from two points to one point. This
is the second time the point value of
dehydrated soup has been halved.
Frozen Products Cut
The popular pound size of frozen
fruits was trimmed from 13 to 6
points, and the pound package of
frozen baked beans came down from
eight to four points.
All other frozen vegetables were
reduced. The popular 12-ounce size,
which has cost 6 to 10 points, will
be at a new uniform cost of four
points each.
Black-eyed peas, which are some
times known as black-eyed beans or
cow peas, are a staple diet through
out the south and were taken off
the ration list because of warm
weather.
Spoilage Imminent
Danger of spoilage in warm weath
er also was a factor in the changes
on frozen foods and dehydrated
soups.
Sales of frozen foods had been
slow and supplies had been filling up
a considerable quantity of the valu
able refrigerator storage space, at a
time when room was needed in the
coolers for the new packs.
The cut on tomato soup was in line
with a recent reduction on tomato
juice, and the other soups were re
duced because of generally slow sales.
Restaurant Here
Changes Hands
Albert Reichenbach, former Bluff
ton night police, who purchased the
Long restaurant on North Main
street early in February has sold it
back to Irvin Long who formerly
owned the establishment.
The change became effective Mon
day morning when Long took over
operation of the place. Reichenbach
has announced no plans for the fu
ture.
Dr. Clifford Krohn
Former Resident Dead
Dr. Clifford Krohn, 70, physician
of Morrow, Ohio, and former Bluff
ton and Pandora resident, died at
Bradenton, Florida, last Wednesday,
according to word received here the
first of the week.
Dr. Krohn’s death came suddenly
and is believed to have been due to
a heart ailment. He was for many
years a practising physician at Mor
row and was spending the winter at
Bradenton.
Interment of the remains will be
made in the old cemetery at Pandora,
Thursday afternoon following funeral
services at Morrow.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Edna Blunk of Pandora a sister Mrs.
Ina Goodenough of Eugene Oregon,
and a half-brother Charles Day of
Findlay. The late R. B. Day, former
Bluffton postmaster was also a half
brother.
To keep berries, cherries and grapes
tiptop, store in a shallow tray in a
cold place. Wash just before using.
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Remember When Eggs
Were 12 Cents Dozen
Here Ten Years Ago
VGGS are retailing at 40 cents
a dozen in Bluffton stores
this week as compared with a
price of 12 cents a dozen at
Eastertime ten years ago, old
files of the Bluffton News dis
closed. Eggs were described as
plentiful and cheap. Farmers
received 10 cents a dozen.
But that was not the low' point
of the egg market. In 1932 at
the depth of the depression, eggs
on Easter week retailed at 11
cents with farmers receiving two
cents less than the retail price.
$50,000 IN WAR
BONDS BOUGHT
IN FIRST WEEK
Less Than One-Third of Quota
Reached in Campaign Ends
April 30
Campaign Thermometer to be
Placed in Bluffton News
Display Window
With a total of $50,000 worth of
bonds sold in the Second War Loan
drive now in full swing, Bluffton
residents must buy considerably more
in order to meet the $165,000 quota,
it was announced Wednesday by
Norman Triplett, chairman of the
campaign.
More than 70 solicitors have been
conducting a house-to-house campaign
in the community scheduled to end
Friday, April 30. Most of the so
licitors have reported that the ma
jority of their calls are completed.
Meeting Wednesday
All solicitors are requested to con
vene for a check-up meeting to be
held at the Bluffton High school
cafeteria this Wednesday night at
8 o’clock. Progress of the campaign
will be reported, questions will be
answered and new instructions will
be given by Triplett and Co-Chair
man M. M. Bogart.
In order that the progress of the
campaign might be followed more
closely a thermometer designating
the amounts purchased will be placed
in the display window at the Bluff
ton News office. The top figure on
the thermometer will be $165,000,
the Bluffton quota.
Reports from solicitors indicate
that there has been some misunder
standing in regard to the purchase
of Series E bonds. They may be
purchased in the present campaign
at the post office and the bank.
Other issues may be purchased at
the bank only.
More Effort Needed
In a joint statement issued by
Triplett and Bogart, Bluffton resi
dents were urged to give until it
hurts. The community has had an
outstanding record in war bond pur
chases and now is not the time for
a let-down. Quite to the contrary
every spare dollar must be put into
action in order that the war might
be financed, they said.
During the calendar year the
United States treasury is going to
spend about $100 billion. Present
taxes will cover about $30 billion of
this, leaving about $70 billion to be
raised.
Triplett and Bogart further stated
that everyone of us here in Bluffton
is a partner in the one big business
of the American War Effort. The
services of every citizen is enrolled
until the war is won. It should be
considered not only a duty but a
privilege to invest every extra dime
and dollar in war bonds and stamps
so that the four great freedoms
might be preserved, it was stated.
In the first five days of the cam
paign in Allen county there were
14,675 subscriptions for a total war
bond purchase of $2,144,772.70, it
was announced this week.
Federation Banquet
Is Tuesday Evening
Members of the Bluffton Federa
tion of Women’s clubs will have a
banquet meeting at the Walnut Grill
Tuesday night at 6:30 o’clock. Mrs.
Ben Kuntz of Leipsic will speak on
“Good Citizenship”.
Tickets may be secured from the
various club presidents. Members
at-large may obtain their tickets
from Mrs. John Warren. All mem
bers planning to attend are request
ed to secure their tickets by Mon
day.
Cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and
broccoli lose freshness faster than
cabbage. Leave them uncut keep
cold and not too dry.
MANY ACTIVITIES
MARK ARRIVAL OF
EASTER SEASON
Churches Hold Special Services
Sunday Union Meetings
This Week
Free Picture Show for Children.
Saturday Morning Sun
rise Service
Easter—an outstanding event on
the church calendar, traditional
harbinger of spring and not without
significance in mercantile circles—
will be observed in Bluffton next
Sunday.
Preparations for the occasion are
seen in pre-Easter activities which
are absorbing the interest of the
community this week. Special pro
grams in churches, new Easter ward
robes, the perennial interest in home
gardens and a sunrise service by the
young people all are included in the
plans.
Pre-Easter Services
Union Pre-Easter services, which
started Sunday, will continue on
Wednesday night at the Defenseless
Mennonite church and on Thursday
night a Union communion service
will be held at the Methodist church,
both meetings starting at 8 p. m.
Union Good Friday services will
be held at the Presbyterian church
from 1 to 3 p. m. Friday with the
program consisting of a series of
15 minute devotional periods in
charge of local ministers.
Speakers will appear on the pro
gram in the following order: Emil
Burrichter, eGrald Bright, S. F. Pan
nabecker, I. W. Bauman, J. A. Weed,
J. N. "mucker and E. N. Bigelow.
The usual Easter Egg hunt is
missing from Easter activities this
year and to be given in its place will
be a free picture show for the kid
dies at the Star theatre Saturday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. All pre
school children and those in the
first six grades are invited. The
affair is sponsored by the American
Legion and Legion Auxiliary.
Easter Recess
A vacation will be enjoyed by the
Bluffton public schools Friday after
noon and classes will be dismissed
at Bluffton college on Friday and
Saturday, it was announced.
Easter will be ushered in with a
sunrise service sponsored by the
Bluffton Young People’s Federation
in an outdoor meeting to be held
at the Bluffton college baseball dia
mond Sunday morning at 7 o’clock,
weather permitting.
In case of bad weather the service
will be held at the First Mennonite
church. Herbert Oyer will be the
speaker. Music will be furnished by
the Bluffton High school girls’ trio
composed of Alice Jean Bixel, Jean
Ann Steinman and Sara Amstutz.
Ray Schumacher will be chairman of
the meeting.
Transfer Local Man
Navy Air Instructor
Clayton Bixel, former Bluffton
automobile dealer, now civilian in
structor in primary flight training
for the naval air corps has been as
signed to the navy’s newly opened
school at Bowling Green State uni
versity.
Bixel who has been located at the
University of Chicago in a similar
capacity arrived at Bowling Green
the first of the week to take up his
duties.
He had been in Chicago since last
October. Previous to that he was
instructor at a school in Wyoming.
Elected To Art
Honorary Society
Miss Betty Lape, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. S. Lape, senior at Ohio
Wesleyan university, Delaware, has
been elected to memership in Delta
Phi Delta, national art honorary so
ciety, it was announced the first of
the week.
She will be graduated in May with
a major in art from the university
where she has a two-year scholar
ship She is also a member of Gam
ma Phi Beta social sorority.
Game Cancelled
Because of bad weather conditions
it was necessary to cancel the base
ball game scheduled between Bluff
ton High school and Lima St. Rose
at Harmon Field, Tuesday afternoon.
The irate nine will travel to Alger
on Thursday.
Bluffton
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1943
War Ration Book No. 3 will be
distributed to the public by mail in
June and July as a replacement for
Ration Books 1 and 2 when they
run out of stamps.
Price Administrator Prentiss M.
Brown told the public to “step hard”
on any rumors that the book might
be used for any other purposes.
Application blanks for the new
Colored Eggs Will Be Fewer
Eggs Plentiful But Army
Needs Them
Little Ham Available Chicken
Supply is Limited But is
Available
Reflecting conservation of foods
because of wartime conditions, Bluff
ton residents will observe Easter
with adequate food on the table for
dinner, Sunday, but not with the
superfluous abundance of previous
years.
Higher prices for fool-tuffs togeth
er with rationing restrictions will be
felt as the town and community ob
serve their second wartime Easter
season.
One of the traditional accompani
ments of the Easter season—colored
eggs—will be considerably less in
quantity than usual. Altho the sup
ply is reported by dealers as more
than a year ago, extravagant use of
eggs for coloring is frowned upon by
government agencies because of de
mands of the armed fore s and lend
lease requirements.
No Egg Hi|Nt
In keeping with tbj^ policy the
annual Easter egg hunt on Harmon
field for Bluffton children sponsored
by the American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary has been cancelled
and a picture show 'entertainment
substituted instead.
Highei* prices, tpo^j.^flect increased
demand for eggs. Retail prices the
first of the week averaged 40 cents
a dozen in contrast to 30 cents last
year and 23 cents two years ago.
Candy rabbits and eggs are vir
tually off the market as are many
other types of Easter novelties.
Ham?
Ham, one of the traditional Easter
season foods will be conspicuous for
its absence. The supply has been
unusually scarce here the past week
with no assurance that there will he
more toward the week end. This
scarcity together with high ration
point value and price will sharply
limit sales.
Chicken, altho not ratoined, is
limited in supply, dealers said the
first of the week. This is due to a
combination of seasonal conditions to
gether with strong demand for eggs,
they said. Dressed poultry was
quoted at 36 cents per pound. Live
weights were 31 cents.
Potatoes are none too plentiful,
but there is still enough to provide
a normal amount for everyone de
siring them. Quotations are around
75 cents a peck for old potatoes.
New’ Texas potatoes are expected in
the near future.
Former Bluffton Man
Is On Findlay Radio
Rev. A. L. Althaus of Findlay,
former Bluffton young man, is be
ing heard over Findlay radio station
WFIN each morning this week at
10:15, fast time on morning devo
tions sponsored by the Findlay Min
isterial association.
The Central Church of Christ of
that city of which he is pastor is
also heard each Sunday afternoon at
5:15 o’clock fast time in a half-hour
broadcast.
Late Easter, late spring—long
proclaimed by oldtime weather pro
phets appears to be borne out by facts
this year. Easter which comes next
Sunday, comes at the latest possile
date it could occur and will not be
seen this late during the present
century.
New Ration Book Coming in June
Easter Dinner Tables Here Will
Reflect Wartime Food Restriction
books will be left in mail boxes by
regular carriers between May 20 and
June 5. The applications are to be
mailed back by June 10, and ration
boards are expected to send the books
in most cases by the end of July.
Principal use of the new books
will be for sugar, coffee, and shoe ra
tioning, for which Ration Book No.
1 now is used. Few stamps remain
in this book.
Funeral Services
For Hiram Althaus
Funeral services for Hiram W.
Althaus, 50, clothing merchant and
real estate operator, were held at
the First Mennonite church Tuesday
afternoon. Death occurred early
Saturday morning at Bluffton hos
pital following a week’s serious ill
ness due to a heart condition.
A World War veteran, Althaus
was a member of the American Le
gion and had also served as a coun
cilman. In his school days here he
was prominent as an athlete.
He was the son of William and
Elizabeth (Moser) Althaus. His
father died in the fall of 1931. After
graduating from Bluffton High school
he attended Bluffton college and Ohio
State university.
On May 29, 1917, he was married
to Miss Hallie Thutt, who survives.
He was a member of the First Men
nonite church where he was active
in church and Sunday school work.
In addition to his wife, survivors
are, his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Alt
haus of Bluffton two sisters, Ber
nice of Doylestown and Mrs. Law
rence Huber of Wooster, and a bro
ther, Cleon of Ft. Washington, Md.
Officiating at the services were
Rev. J. N. Smucker, pastor, and Rev.
Alvordon Althaus of Findlay. Burial
was made in the Ebenezer cemetery.
Oldtime Weather Prediction Of Late
Easter And Late Spring Holds Good
Cool, damp weather, with frequent
Fainfal has followed the cold, dry
spell which prevailed up until two
weeks ago. With temperatures drop
ping daily near the freezing point,
early planted victory gardens are
making little progress and outdoor
spring activities of late April have
been brought to a standstill.
Due to unfavorable weather, open-
Brady Bros. Yards
Are Closed Here
Brady Bros, livestock yards were
closed here Wednesday morning fol
lowing the resignation of A. E. Lug
ibill, who has been manager of the
yards for the past 51 years. The
yards will remain closed pending se
lection of a new manager.
Lugibill’s resignation came in con
nection with the change in owner
ship of the yards when Kenneth
Murray and company, livestock deal
ers of Ft. Wayne, Ind., purchased
the entire Brady Bros, livestock op
erations.
Brady Bros., Payne, Ohio, firm
has operated 64 yards in Ohio, Mich
igan and Indiana. The firm has
been in business here for the past
11 Li years. Other yards in Ohio
are located in Arlington, Kenton,
Leipsic, Continental, Findlay, Van
Wert and Payne.
O. F. Brady, the only living mem
ber of the firm, expects to retire
from, active business.
In relinquishing active work in the
local yards, Mr. Lugibill expressed
his appreciation Wednesday morning
for the patronage and the coopera
tion extended to him in his half cen
tury of livestock work here.
Births
Born to Rev. and Mrs. Charles M.
Armentrout, at Indianapolis, a baby
boy, Charles Jessie. Rev. Armen
trout was formerly pastor of the
Bluffton Presbyterian church.
The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Collert, Mt.
Cory, a boy, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Burchett, a
boy, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Baker, La
fayette, a boy, Tuesday.
ing of the high school baseball sea
son, scheduled for the past week has
been postponed.
Continuance of cold weather has
made it necessary to continue home
heating after an unusually severe
winter.
In marked contrast to present
weather conditions, farmers last
year at this time were plowing and
getting fields in condition for corn
planting which got under way the
last of April.
The last time Easter came this
late was in 1886 and the next time
will be in 2038. Date of Easter
varies, the time being determined by
phases of the moon.
news
and July to be Distributed by Mail PUTS FARM WORK
The No. 3 book also has four
pages of “point” stamps that may
be used either for canned goods or
meat when the No. 2 book runs out.
Announcing that Postmaster Gen
eral Walker has agreed to use the
mails for the book in order to relieve
the public school house registration,
Brown said the method is “a great
step forward in our program to
make rationing as easy as possible.”
38 SELECTEES TO
LEAVE FOR ARMED
SERVICE THURSDAY
Twenty-eight Choose Army
Six Will Enter Navy and
Four to Marines
Group Will Leave Lima for
Camp Perry Induction Cen
ter in Afternoon
Thirty-eight Allen county regis
trants will leave Thursday afternoon
for Camp Perry to be formally induct
ed into the armed forces, it is an
nounced by Draft Board No. 3.
Of the group, twenty-eight have
chosen the army, six the navy and
four the marines. The men arc those
who passed their physical examina
tion last Thursday at Toledo. They
will leave Lima at 4:08 p. m. over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad for Camp
Perry.
Army
Those going to the army are:
Bluffton Ulysses Reichenbach.
Morris Triplett, Jame tt, Richaid
Augsburger.
St. Marys—Guy McDermitt.
Elida—Clyde Strayer, Nile McDon
el.
De'ohos —Jerome Schmidt, Eugene
Mericle, Edward Osting, Paul Grewe,
Edward Briekner, Lewis Barzacchini.
Cairo—Clarence Steed.
Lima Chester Godfrey, Henry’
Bartlett. Raymond Ribley, Noble
Thomas, Robert Carter, Elwood Hink
le, Bonnard Croft, Howard Reese.
Cleveland—Carl Beery.
Gomer—Guy Hasson, Jr.
Spencerville— Joe Hilty, Daniel
Spence.
Col. Grove—Harold Wright.
Piqua—Raymond Keating.
Navy and Marines
Going to the navy are:
Bluffton—Clayton Wiess.
Lima—Orvil Stemen.
Hume—Dale Harshman.
Ft. Wayne—Lawrence Nelson.
Lafayette—Dwight Long.
Col. Grove—Aithur Martz.
Leaving for the marines are Tho
burn Andrews, Lima and Ernest
Green ,Jr., and Robert and Roger
Wierwille, Spencerville.
Final Rites For
Isaac F. Brobeck
Funeral services for Isaac F.
Brobeck, 64, were held at the Paul
Diller funeral home, Monday after
noon. He died at his home on Riley
street early Saturday. Although he
had been in failing health his death
came unexpectedly.
For forty years Mr. Brobeck was
a member of the Bluffton fire depart
ment and at the time of his demise
was employed as a watchman at the
Triplett Electrical Instrument com
pany.
He had previously been employed
by the Bluffton Stone company and
had worked for thirty-two years in
stone quarries here.
He was a member of the South
Side Church of Christ in Lima, the
Modern Woodmen lodge and the
Bluffton Sportsmen’s club.
Surviving are his wife Alice, and
a sister, Mrs. John Steiner of Bluff
ton.
Rev. E. J. Penhorwood, of the
Lima South Side Chureh of Christ
and formerly of Bluffton officiated
at the funeral services. Burial was
in Maple Grove cemetery’.
Pandora Choir To
Give "Crucifixion"
“Crucifixion”, Stainer’s Easter can
tata, will be presented by the fifty
voice choir of the Grace Mennonite
church of Pandora on Sunday even
ing at 7:30 o’clock, slow time.
Mrs. James Suter of Bluffton is
the director. The soloists are: Her
bert Oyer, tenor and Earl Lehman,
bass, both from Bluffton college.
Mrs. Francis Marshall will play
the piano and Miss Eulalia Steiner
will be at the organ.
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NUMBER 52
BACKWARD SPRING
BEHIND SCHEDULE
Cold Damp Weather Delays
Tillage Operations Thruout
Bluffton Area
Work is Some Three Weeks
Later than Last Year, Sur
vey Reveals
Unusually late spring weather has
delayed fam operations in the Bluff
ton district about three weeks be
hind schedule it was indicated by
farmers here the first of the week in
response to a survey of the situation
made by the Bluffton News.
The condition is particularly dis
quieting this year when farmers had
hoped for an early spring in order
that there might be more time for
tillage and seeding work to offset the
double handicap of shortage of man
power and restrictions on new farm
machinery.
Cold, damp weather of the past two
weeks has brought some relief to the
wheat stand which was severly dam
aged by the previous dry spell, ac
companied by alternate freezing and
thawing and followed by high winds.
Half Wheat Crop
However, majority of responsible
farm observers could see little pros
pect for more than half of a normal
wheat crop. Many of the fields seed
ed to wheat last fall were torn up this
spring and re-seeded to oats. This
practise would have been more ex
tensive had there be nsufficient labor
available, it was stated.
Much of the available labor up to
this time has been occupied with
clearing away that portion of last
fall’s crops of corn and soybeans left
in the fields over winter because of
insufficient help to take care of the
yields last fall.
Present weather has brought farm
operations largely to a standstill and
spring tillage must await more fav
orable conditions before it can be re
sumed.
Plant Corn in April
How late is the season this year in
comparison to that of a year ago is
pointed out by farmers who said that
at this time a year ago most of the
spring tillage had been completed and
some corn was planted last year be
fore the end of April.
Due to the backward season, to
gether with shortage of help, most of
the corn crop will be planted the latter
part of May, farmers said.
Because of cold weather and lack
of pasture, cattle usually turned out
by this time are being kept on dry
feed. Barns which were filled with
an abundance of livestock feed last
fall are fast becoming empty and
there will be little carryover of feed.
The late spring, however, may
prove a boon to the fruit. Continued
cold weather which has kept trees
leafless and retarded development of
fruit buds may prevent fruit trees
from blossoming until after the usual
severe spring frosts.
Archery Meeting At
Town Hall Tuesday
Stimulated by the Sportsmen’s
Club archery demonstration last week,
a meeting for all interested will be
held at the town hall next Tuesday
night at 8 o’clock.
Bob Wilson, of Lima, will be pres
ent to assist those who desire to
learn the technique. Individuals
coming to the meeting are requested
to bring any archery equipment
which they may have, it was stated
by Eugene Benroth, president of
the club.
Plans for the organization of an
archery club here will be discussed,
at the Tuesday meeting. The group
is considering the formation of a
permanent archery club with an
outdoor range at the Swiss Inn
south of town under the direction of
Harry Wingate, proprietor.
Pageant Will Be
Given At Church
“The Challenge of the Cross”, a
pageant with a musical background,
will be presented at the Methodist
church Sunday night at 8 o’clock.
The following persons will appear
in costumes in character parts:
Evangel, Theola Steiner Disciples,
Wilma Thomas, Melba Berry, Mar
garet Steiner, Lois Berry, Ben Rid
er and Frances Beckenbach.
Musical parts will be given by the
young people’s choir. The presenta
tion will be concluded with a candl*
light service.