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Volunteers are need*d to
Bluffton district farmers with the
deluge of work that has been poured
on their shoulders by the long de
layed planting season.
With the loss of manpower to in
dustry and the armed services aver
aging about one man per farm, ac
cording to estimates, practically
every farmer in the district has need
for additional help and may be
contacted on the matter.
Volunteers Urgently Needed To Keep
Farm Production To Adequate Levels
Some of the tasks confronting the
farmer at the present time are: har
vesting of peas and alfalfa, planting
of com, soybeans and beets, cultivat
ing of corn, beets, potatoes and to
matoes, setting tomato plants and
helping plow* and work down many
acres of farm land still unplowed in
the county.
Observers here indicated that the
critical labor situatino could be eased
Staff Sgt. A. R. Holden, Jr., Bluff
ton High school graduate in the class
of 1939, has been awarded an air
medal for his participation in the
destruction of 15 Japanese aircraft
on Dec. 11, 1942, at Lae, New
Guinea, it was revealed here this
week.
The former Bluffton youth has
just returned from 16 months duty
in the South Pacific area and is
spending a 15 day furlough with
his friends here and his parents Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Holden, Sr., of To
ledo and a sister Mrs. George Wright
of Lima.
The 21-year-old staff sergeant en
listed in the army November, 1939,
after his graduation from Bluffton
High school, at Columbus and was
assigned to Patterson Field, Dayton,
where he received his basic training.
He was schooled in radio at Scott
Field, Ill. On February 8, 1942, he
was assigned to a tour of duty over
seas which he has just completed.
He arrived in United States on June
4, and now is awaiting a new as
signment.
While in the South Pacific area,
Sgt. Holden took part in many at
tacks on the Japanese. On last May
19 he received the air medal for
helping to destroy 15 Japanese air
craft on Dec. 11, 1942, at Lae, New
Guinea.
“We attacked the airdrome at Lae
with a formation of our medium
bombers”, the young sergeant said.
“When we left the airfield was in
ruins and some 15 Japanese planes
lay burning on the ground, all total
Bosses. Large enemy casualties were
estimated as the planes were serv
iced by ground crews as we hit them.
D. C. BIXEL, O.D.
GORDON BIXEL, O.D.
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Office Hour*: 8:30 A. M.—5:30 P. M.
Evening*: Mon., Wed.. Fri., Sat. 7:30 to
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Telephone 271-W
Bluffton, Ohio
MUNSON R. BIXEL, M. D.
Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M.
1-3 P. M. 7-8 P. M.
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Phone 120-F Bluffton. O.
Don't forget—
Bluffton Soldier Receives Medal For
Part In Destruction Of 15 Jap Aircraft
The young soldier has one Jap
anese plane officially credited to him.
He is an air radioman as well as a
qualified gunner and photographer.
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need it.
Insure with
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and be SURE.
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Foot Comfort Service
BLUFFTON
The Family Shoe Store
_■ it bution oi man ana
of the area. An increase *0 pei
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labor situation to aimut :l.- normal
levels, it is believed.
Help will be needed soon for de
tasseling of hybrid corn. This is a
task that almost any boy or girl
can do. About the only requirement
is that the worker be at least five
feet tall.
In Hancock county large highway
tractors were being used in work
ing down the soil and plowing. Sev
eral were pulling four bottom plows
and turning the soil over at a lively
rate.
The need for labor will not end
when planting is done and there
will be a steady demand for all
kinds of laborers for many weeks
to come.
Many of the service men never had a
chance to escape.”
Sgt. Holden also related how he
had been able to shoot down a Jap
anese Zero fighter plane which at
tacked their bomber near Timor. It
was the plane for which he has re
ceived official credit.
“We are particularly proud of our
outfit because it was the first me
dium bomber unit to go into action
in the South Pacific front. The
group was used particularly for raid
ing work in Japanese held air fields
and also took part in the Coral Sea
battle. “One of the major object
ives which we flattened out was a
huge Japanese Naval warehouse at
Timor”, he related.
“There is noticeable difference in
the quality of the Japanese pilots
between those which we first met
and those in action shortly before I
left the area”, Sgt. Holden declared.
“I have no means of knowing wheth
er the more experienced Nipponese
airmen have been killed or whether
they have been recalled to Japan to
train more men. The flying of the
enemy planes is a lot different than
it formerly was.”
“Once our ship was attacked by 10
Japanese fighters but we were able
to beat them off and make good our
escape.
“In the whole tour of duty our
ship was hit seriously only once—
that by ack-ack fire when we were
on a mission over Buna, New Guinea.
Our tail gunner was hit in the knee
but his wound was of a minor na
ture and he was back at his post
the next day.
“Our work included being called
out by reconnaissance planes to lo
cate enemy surface ships and bomb
them, but that was only a part of
the varied types of duty we were
called upon to carry out during the
time I was in the area”, the young
hero concluded.
In charge of the communications
section of the same squadron in
which Sgt. Holden was assigned, he
said, was First Lieut. Robert Oben
our of Lima.
Holden was awarded his air medal
thru the order of Lieut. Gen. George i
C. Kenney, commanding the air
forces in the area in which he was
active.
Rockport
A. D. Wells of Lima spent the
week end in the home of his son,
Nelson and family.
The Methodist missionary society
met last Thursday in the home of
Mrs. Charles Beemer.
The young people of the Presby
terian C. E. society had a picnic
supper and program at the home of
their president, Mrs. Edgar Begg,
Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cahill of Bluff
ton were Tuesday evening goests of
Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Marsha
Mr. and Mrs. W an Reagan of
ing dinner
I). C. Camp
Mr. and 1
Lena Risser
of Pandora,
and son But
was presented, including flute and
violin numbers by Robert Marshall
and Alice Jean Bixel.
Friendly Neighbor Club has post
poned their picnic at Cascada Park
until a later date and will meet in
the home of Mrs. Charles Beemer
Thursday for the following program:
Song, Club Roll call, Food Most Dis
liked “Our Flag” Mrs. Stewart Ber
ryhill Music, “God Bless America
“The Flag Worker,” Mrs. E. E.
Freet Poem, Mrs. Sidney Hauen
stein Contest, Mrs. Ed Dunlap.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Freet enter
tained at dinner Sunday in honor of
their nephew. Pvt. Dale Fruchey of
Elgin Field, Fla. Those present in
cluded: The honor guest Pvt. Fruch
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff-
Bluffton will participate in the
drive for the purchase of thrift
stamps in a special drive to be held
June 24 to 30. The following will
direct the campaign: Gideon Schaub
lin, Mayor Murray, Ed Reichenbach,
Dr. R. E. Hughson, C. A. Stoodt,
James Yant, John Winkler, Albert
Miller, J. A. Stoner and F. E. Mar
shall.
Bluffton college has secured the
services of Pres. Charles A. Rich
mond of Union College, N. Y. for a
series of patriotic lectures at the col
lege chapel on Tuesday and Wednes
day.
Fred Romey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Romey of this place, has ar
rived safely in France according to
word received by his parents, Fred
took his training at Camp Johnston
at Jacksonville, Fla.
Andrew Townsend, son of Rev. R.
C. Townsend, is in France friends
here learned last week. He attend
ed officers training school at Ft.
Oglethorpe, Ga. and received a com
mission as second lieutenant. His
father was formerly pastor of the
Presbyterian church here.
The boys in the army camps are
well taken care of religiously, accord
ing to a letter received this week
from Sgt. Ralph Stearns at Kelly
Field in San Antonio, Texas. Some
of the larger churches of the city
ord Fruchey and brothers Emerson
and Loren and sister Margaret Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Cook and daughter
Betty Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cook, Mr.
and Mrs. Cloyce Kidd and daughter
Helen Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gratz and
sons Richard and Robert Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Reams and son David, Pvt.
Robert H. Green of Scotts Bluff, Neb.
and Miss Ruth Freet of Lima. Af
ternoon callers were: Mr. and Mrs.
Byron Anderson and daughter Karen
and Mrs. Earl Motter of Bluffton,
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Van Meter of
Bea-erdam and Miss Irene Snyder
Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Begg and sons
r.': and Wiliam and Mr. Harley
Van Meter attended a Van Meter
fa .iy reunion at the Park in Pan
dora, Sunday.
Campbell-Regan Nptials
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Campbell are
a ir. -itig the marriage of their
da ighter La Donna May to Lieut.
Tm .:r Regan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. ja.n Regan of Beaverdam, which
as .in event of Sunday, June 13 at
Yale University Chapel, New Haven,
The bride was a graduate of Col
umbus Grove high school and later
received her B. S. M. in Music from
Wooster College and then attended
Ohio Northern University for a year
where she completed her work for
her degree in Public School music.
She taught for two years in the
Staunton School near Troy and the
past year has been a member of the
music faculty of the University of
Arkansas at Jonesboro and has re
turned there to complete a five weeks
session of summer school.
Lieut. Regan was a graduate of
Ohio Northern University in the de
partment of electrical engineering
and was graduated a week ago from
the Army Air Force technical train
ing command school at Yale univer
sity an dhas been commissiona sec­
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON. OHIO
They Nabbed Von Arnim
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Bluffton In First World War
What Happened Here Twen
Eighty-four Allen county regis
trants will leave for Camp Sherman,
Monday morning to begin training.
Leaving from Bluffton will be: Chas.
Worthington, Harry Klay, Raymond
Stauffer, Eli Balmer, Albert Bader
tscher, Guy Brown, Otto Wisely,
Monroe Amstutz, Clair Fett, Clayton
Murray, Irvin Herrman, Owen Hat
field, Ralph Garrett, William Blak
esly.
INDIA’S FOURTH DIVISION, shown here with Gen. Montgomery in Tunisia, crowned a battle record dating back to
the Abyssinian campaign with the capture of Nazi Col. Gen. Von Arnim, former chief of Axis armies in Tunisia
iFifhtinJ with the Eighth Army, these men were part of the mfantry vanguard at El Alamein, later broke the Maretb
llXe. They were chosen for transfer to the First Army for the final push to Turns and Cape Bon. This Indian contingent,
part of the largest volunteer army in the world—nearly 2,000,000—captured 100,000 Germans and Italians, seven times its
■own strength in the campaign before El Alamein.
y-five Years Ago This Week
have hired special pastors whose job
is to minister to the boys in the
camps.
George Gratz, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Gratz, formerly of this place,
graduated in asentia from Allen H.
S. at Allen, Mich., this week. At
the graduating excercises a service
flag was draped over the vacant
chair in remembrance of Gratz bear
the caption, “Somewhere in France.”
The Bluffton band will make its
first appearance of the summer with
a patriotic concert to be given Thurs
day evening, July 4, in the church
park. Sidney Hauenstein is director.
Lysle Baumgartner and Gordon
Bixel are two Bluffton boys whose
names were omitted in the last is
sue of the News for the selective
service registration of June 5.
Harry Hall of Camp Sherman vis
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Hall, the first of the week.
The G. A. R. state encampment
which is being held at Hamilton this
week is being attended by the fol
lowing representatives from Robert
Hamilton post: J. R. Cunningham,
Andrew Hauenstein, John Nonna
maker, Daviid Carr and Cyrenus
Falk.
Sgt. Jay Mumma of Camp Perry
and Bud Mumma of Toledo spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Mumma. Jay, who enlisted
in the quartermaster’s department,
last spring, is enjoying his work and
speaks highly of army life.
Bluffton saw its first caterpillar
tractor last Wednesday afternoon
when one passed through the town.
The machine was on a trial run while
being observed by officials of the
army ordinance department.
ond lieutenant. He is rated as a
technical officer in aircraft mainte
nance engineering and has been sent
to Wright Field, Dayton where they
plan to make their future home.
Armorsville
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Moser and son
Morris spent Sunday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Basinger.
Mrs. Chas. Keiffer and daughter
called at the Levi Hauenstein home
one day last week.
Mrs. Chas. Montgomery spent Sat
urday at North Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McCarthy spent
Monday afternoon and evening at the
Ervin Moser home.
Sunday dinner guests at the H. O.
Hiity home were Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Young and son, Mr. and Mrs. Olen
Friedly of Dunkirk, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Hiity and son of Columbus.
Master John Hartman spent a
coupfe of days last week with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. I*.
Hartman.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Hauenstein and
son were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Roily Moser and son
and called on Mr. Ed Vermillion of
Ada in the afternoon.
Miss Rosella Moser is spending a
couple of weeks with her sister Mrs.
Charles Zerantie of Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Montgom
ery and daughter Sue called on Mrs.
Eva Montgomery at the Ernests
Klnigler home south of Ada.
Mrs. Dora Hartman and daught
ers Mae Steinman and Mrs. Ethel
McGee called at the O. P. Hartman
home Tuesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler call
ed at the L. A. Klingler and J. W.
Wilkins homes Sunday afternoon.
News Want-ads bring results.
1
Speaker
TYR. Dan Gilbert, secretary
■^of the World Fundamentals
Association and well known as
an author, evangelist and news
analyst, will speak at the St.
John Mennonite church near
Pandora Friday and Saturday
nights at 8:15 o’clock and Sun
day morning at 10:30 o’clock.
He will talk at the Pandora
Missionary church Sunday after
noon at 3 o’clock. The public
is invited, it was stated by the
Rev. P. J. Boehr, pastor of the
St. John church.
Dan Gilbert Will
Lecture In Vicinity
Dr. Dan Gilbert, secretary of the
World Fundamentals association,
will lecture at various churches in
the vicinity this week end.
The schedule and subjects are:
St. John Mennonite church—Fri
day, 8:15 p. m., Hell Over Holly
wood, the Truth About the Movies
Saturday, 8:15 p. m., Will The War
End Before 1945 Sunday, 10:«30
a. m., A Faith for the Future.
Pandora Missionary Church—Sun
day, 3 p. m., How Japan Plans to
Bomb America.
Calvary Baptist church, Findlay,
Sunday and Monday evenings.
In addition he will speak over
Findlay radio station WFIN Sun
day afternoon at 12:30 o’clock.
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Basinger’s Furniture Store
1 he new federal withholding tax
recently enacted by congress will be
come effective next month.
Contrary to a widely held belief
the new tax is not a flat 20% tax,
but 20% of that portion of income
in excess of allowable exemptions.
The 20% includes 17% for income
taxes and 3% for Victory taxes.
There will be no separate collec
tion of Victory Tax
sons subject only to
Weekly
Earning
$25.00
30.00
35.00
40.00
45.00
50.00
Unfavorable weather during the
pollination period is responsible for
the poor fruit set in Bluffton district
orchards, it was indicated this week
in a report from the horticulture de
part of the Ohio Agricultural Ex
periment station at Wooster.
Practically all apple varieties re
quire cross-pollination for produc
tion of even a small amount of fruit.
The constant rain and moisture pres
ent during bloom not only prevented
bee activity, but probably also pre
vented transference of pollen by
what insects were active. Stayman
Winesap and Delicious, which require
thoro cross-pollination, show the
poorest set in years at Wooster.
New Federal Withholding Tax Becomes
Effective Throughout Nation Next Month
except for per
this tax.
Single
Person
$ 2.60
3.60
4.60
5.60
6.60
7.60
Married
No Deps.
$ .40
1.20
2.20
3.20
4.20
5.20
Married
1 Dep.
$ .40
.50
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
Baldwin, which may give half a
full crop without cross-pollination, is
also showing a relatively light set
for this variety. On the other hand,
the varieties which bloomed the earl
iest, such as Yellow Transparent and
Grimes Golden, are developing a
reasonably satisfactory crop.
The situation with Delicious and
its bud sports, Starking and Richard,
at Wooster is interesting says Dr.
F. S. Wowlett of the Wooster sta
tion’s horticulture department. Trees
Reading Circle Books
Are At Library Here
Books of the pupils’ and teachers’
reading circle have arrived at the
Bluffton library and are now avail
able, it was announced this week by
Miss Ocie Anderson, librarian.
The teachers books are: Westward
America, Driggs The Robe, Doug
las Look to The Mountain, Cannon,:
Education in the Elementary School,
Caswell Ship’s Doctor, Hooker We
Cannot Escape History, Whitaker
And Keep Your Powder Dry, Mead
It Runs in the Family, Ellenwood
Battle for the Solomons, Wolfert
The World After War, Parkes.
The pupils reading circle books by
grades are:
First—Tall Book of Mother Goose
Twin Deer, Hogan A Goat Afloat,
Friskeu Anybody at Home?, Rey
Who Wants an Apple, Hawkins.
Second—Pancho, Hader The Lit
tle House, Burton Tinker, Little Fox
Terrier, L’Hommedieu Flip and the
Cows, Dennis Matilda and Her
Family, Mason.
Third—The Secret of the Ancient
Oak, Wolo Cecily and the 9 Mon-
keys, Rey Watching for Winkie,
Kalab Pogo’s Fshing Trip, Norling
Little Wind, Butterfield et al.
Fourth—Smoky Bay, Aaron Jour-
CLOTH WINDOW SHADES
IN "READY TOjHANG” SIZES
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1943
Exemptions from the withholding
tax are based on family status and
other allowable exemptions as in the
past.
A simplified table that shows the
amounts, at various wage levels and
with allowable exemptions that will
be deducted is shown below. The
table takes into account family sta
tus exemptions only. In the final
reckoning allowance will be made
for other- allowable exemptions as in
the past.
Married Married Married Married
2
Deps.
3 Deps. 4
Unfavorable Weather Condition During
Pollination Cause Of Poor Fruit Set
Deps.
5
Deps.
$ .40 $ .40 $ .40 $ .40
.50 .50 .50 .50
.70 .70 .70 .70
.80 .80 .80 .80
1.80 1.00 1.00 1.00
2.80 1.60 1.10 1.10
of these varieties adjacent to colo
nies of bees as well as several hund
red feet away and surrounded by
effeetvie pollinizing varieties show
no better set than trees at a greater
distance from the pollinizing insects.
This situation, along with the fact
that certain adjacent varieties show
a full crop indicates the precarious
fruit-setting behavior of these varie
ties. This condition indicates that
another factor, possibly food supply
and the inherent capacity of the
flowers oset fruit ,is operative.
Work carried out by the Experi
ment station at Wooster with Delic
ious up to the present indicates that
competition between flowers of the
cluster, even on presumably vigor
ous trees, greatly limits the set and
often results in less than a full com
mercial crop on trees of these varie
ties.
The means of maintaining a favor
able fruit set have not yet been de
termined, but in some manner, im
provement lies in increasing the ca
pacity of individual flowers to with
stand this competition for food or
water during the critical period dur
ing and shortly after bloom.
ney Cake, McMeekin Jobie, Garrett
George Washington: Boy Leader,
Sevenson Story of the Great Lakes,
Gilchrist.
Fifth—Tree in the Trail, Rolling
Stablemates, Johnson Paco Goes to
the Fair, Gill et al Steady: A Base
ball Story, Renick In Reindeer Land,
Thorsmark.
Sixth—Snow Treasure, McSwigan
Log Cabin Children Johnson The
Golden Eagle Mystery, Queen Sue
in Tibet, Still Docas, Indiana of
Santa Clara, Snedden.
Seventh—Boy of the Woods, Wells
et a^ Aircraft Carrier, Winston
The Ladder Mystery, Lee A Recruit
fo rAbe Lincoln, Cormack Juarez of
Mexico, Stratton et al.
Eighth—Big Doc’s Girl, Medearis
Shadow in the Pines, Meader Top
Kick, Watson One Life to Lose,
Hogeboom et al Flying for Uncle
Sam, Theiss.
High school—The Flying Tigers,
Whelan Makers of Naval Tradition,
Elden et al The Courage and the
Glory, Floherty We’re in This With
Russia, Carroll Dynamo Farm, El
len A Microphone for David, Good
win Last Semester, Crawford See
Here, Private Hargrove, Hargrove
Kate Russell Fartime Nurse, John
son Our South American Neighbors,
Carpenter.
YOU can take down the old
shades and put up the new
without a minute’s delay. We
have sizes to fit into your pres
ent brackets or we can cut
them down in a jiffy to fit your
measurements.
These Excelsior shades are
108 thread count muslin, paint
ed by machine with pure oil
colors.
Any size up to 36 inch
width by 7 foot length..uDC
All we need to know is the—
Color—eggshell, ecru, buff or green.
Length—of your present shade.
Width—of your roller
measure frem here to here