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VOLUME NO. LXVIII
BLUFFTON GOES ON
“SLOW”TIME NEXT
SUNDAY MORNING
Change to Become Effective at
2:00 A. M., Town Council
Orders.
Industrial, Business, Schools and
Churches Go on Central War
Time.
Bluffton will change officially from
fast to slow time Sunday morning at
2 a. m. when clocks are to be set
back one hour. Change in time was
authorized several weeks ago by the
town council.
The changeover giving Bluffton
residents an extra hour’s sleep
every morning will mark a reversion
to slow time for the first time since
Eastern War Saving time went into
effect here on February 8,
nearly twenty months ago.
1942,
sched
inorn-
Churches will operate their
ules on the new time Sunday
ing and schools, industries, business
houses and other institutions an
nounced they will adjust operations
to the new time schedule.
Mail Delivery
on Slow Time
Local deliveries from he Bluffton
post office will be adjusted to the
new time change, altho railroad mail
delivery to the office will continue
on fast time. Star Route auto serv
ice, however, will be on the slow
time schedule, Postmaster Ed R.
Reichenbach said.
Opening and closing hours of Bluff
ton schools were set by the board of
education in anticipation of action of
+ne town council in changing to slow
time. This provides for daylight for
operation of school buses, it was re
ported.
Inter-city bus routes, railroad lines
and radio stations generally are con
tinuing on fast time operation.
One Leaves For C. O.
Camp Others Going
Milbum Diller left Monday for
Marienville, Pa.,, where he has been
assigned to a eamp for conscientious
objectors, it was announced Tuesday
by Allen County Draft Board No. 3.
The board also announced that two
•other conscientious objectors, Hugh
Ellyn Hartzler and Stanley Forrest
Hofstetter, students in Bluffton col
lege, have passed physical examine*
tions and are now awaiting assign
ment to camp.
Real Estate Deals
Clarence Rockey of Washington
street has purchased the dwelling on
Riley street, known as the former
Aaron Augsburger property and oc
cupied by Merlin Mumma.
Homer Green of Union township
has purchased the Mrs. Jessie Schif
ferly property on North Main street.
D. J. Herr residing northwest of
Bluffton has purchased the Mrs. W.
E. Diller property on South Main
street. Herr will occupy the prop
erty this fall.
by Mrs. H. W.
The deal was closed
Althaus.
Burns property on
formerly the Doriot
purchased this week
The George
Cherry street,
property, was
by Albert Gossman of near Bluffton.
Immediate possession will be given.
Mr. and Mrs. Burns expect to move
to Reed City, Mich., next month.
Funeral At Findlay
For Mrs. Albert Lora
Mrs. Albert
Funeral services for
Lora, 59, will be held at Findlay,
Thursday afternoon at
at the
3:30 o’clock
Coldren funeral home.
Lora died suddenly of a heart
Saturday morning while visit
the home of her sister, Mrs.
Mrs.
attack
ing at
Cisserine Fuginer of Paonia, Colo.
Mrs. Lora was born in France Jan
uary 13, 1884, and dame to this coun
try at the age of 17.
Surviving are her husband, form
erly of Bluffton also two children by
a former marriage: Mrs. Dora
Ranize of Akron and Bert Liwti of
Sandusky and a step-daughter, Mrs.
Murray Tripplehom of Bluffton.
Rev. A. C. Schultz of the Ebenezer
Mennonite church will officiate at the
funeral services and burial will be
in Clymer cemetery.
Radio Sermon Series
The Meaning of Suffering will be
topic for the radio address in the
series Living Today, given by Rev.
A. C. Schultz over the Findlay radio
station WFIN, Friday afternoon at
3:45 o’clock. Rev. Schultz, pastor
of the Ebenezer Mennonite church is
heard on this series every week.
Homecoming Queen
Is Named At College
Eula Locher, Bluffton college sen
ior, will be queen of Bluffton college
homecoming festivities to be held Sat
urday, October 9. She is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs Chris Locher of
Pandora.
Announcement of the selection of
the homecoming queen was made the
first of the week following an elec
tion by the student body which bal
loted on four candidates.
She will be crowned at the tradi
tional coronation ceremony in the
morning and reign over afternoon
athletic events.
ORDER OF PURPLE
HEART GIVEN TO
FRANCIS WILKINS
Medal Awarded Post-Humously
To Soldier Killer in South
Pacific.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wilkins Get
Award From War Dept. For
Son’s Bravery.
Heroism of Pvt. Francis Wilkins,
23, of Mt. Cory, in action in the
Southwest Pacific that resulted in his
death was recognized by the United
States government this week with
the post-humous award of the Order
of the Purple Heart.
Young Wilkins was killed in action
in August while serving with the
Army’s 37th division. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wilkins, who
live between Mt. Cory and Rawson.
In a letter accompanying the cer
tificate his parents were notified that
Wilkins performed a very heroic act
in which he received his fatal wounds.
Wilkins was inducted into military
service about two years ago and had
been serving overseas with the 37th
division since May 1942. He was
graduated from Mt. Cory High school
in 1937.
He was well known in this area,
the family having lived on the Geo.
Bead farm north of Bluffton on the
county line until several years ago.
The order of the Purple Heart was
awarded to Wilkins post-humously on
Sept. 13, and the war department’s
certificate of the order was received
by his parents Monday.
Pvt. Wilkins’ mother is the form
er Emma Tschiegg, sister of Amos
Tschiegg, of North Jackson street
and Eldon Tschiegg and Mrs. Aaron
Messinger, west of town, and Mrs.
Otto Badertscher, north of Bluffton
on the county line road.
Agin Funeral Is
Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Albert Agin,
83, former Bluffton resident were
held at Riley Creek Baptist church
Wednesday afternoon. Rev. C. M.
Harsh of Rawson officiated and in
terment was made in Hassen ceme
tery.
Mr. Agin died at the Lyle conval
escent home in Dunkirk on Tuesday
night of last week. Funeral arrange
ments were not completed until the
arrival of his daughter, Mrs. Fairie
Brehman of Glendora, Calif.
Richard Klay Enlists
For Naval Service
Richard Klay, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Klay, of Mound street, en
listed in the United States Navy last
week, and left Tuesday for prelimin
ary triiftiing at Great Lakes, Ill.
Klay. v^s graduated from Bluffton
High school last spring, where he
was a prominent athlete.
Lions Club To Hear
Talk On Manpower
“Changing Manpower Techniques
in Industry” will be the subject of a
talk to be given at a dinner meeting
of the Bluffton Lions club at 6:15
p. next Tuesday by Arden R.
Baker, personnel manager of The
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
The meeting will be at the Walnut
Grill of the Pine restaurant.
RESIGNS POSITION
Mrs. Melvin Yoder, eldest daughter
of Mr and Mrs. W. A. Amstutz resid
ing
her
gist
bus
in Lima.
north of Bluffton has resigned
position as laboratory technolo*
at White Cross hospital, Colum
and accepted a similar position
Mrs. Yoder entered upon her duties
at Lima, Monday where she is em
ployed by Dr. LaCricoio, pathologist
of that city.
DRAFT QUOTA OF
24 CALLED INTO
ARMED SERVICES
Four Bluffton
Group Leaving for
in October.
Men Among
Training
Army 9
One in
Fourteen Going to
Choose Navy and
Marine Corps.
Four Bluffton selectees are among
the 24 Allen county registrants who
will leave for induction into the armed
forces, it is announced by Allen Coun
ty Draft Board No. 3.
Of the quota furnished by Board
No. 3, the army will receive 14 men,
the navy 9 and the marines 1. Those
going to the army will leave October
12. Nine who chose the navy and one
going into the marines will leave
sooner.
14 to Army
Going to the army are:
Bluffton—Karl Aukerman, Richard
Wenger, John Stettler, Jr.
Lima—Lokey Jordan, Clyde Leppla,
Roscoe Plikerd, Forcie Shiver.
Delphos—Harold Burtchin, Wood
row Rhoades.
Springfield—Carl Hayes.
Cairo—Oman Springer.
Elida—Alfred Foust.
Lafayette—Henderson Hensley.
Spencerville—James Mulholland.
Navy and Marines
Bluffton—Orville Basinger.
Beaverdam—Thurlo Stim.
Fostoria—Clair Steinhour.
Lima—Burton Miars, Robert Lotz,
Delphos—Joseph C. Bohnlein, Rich
ard Tate.
Choosing the marines:
Spencerville—Kent Burkholder.
Choral Society Is
Starting Rehearsals
Rehearsals of the Bluffton College
Choral society will begin next Tues
day night when the organization
bolds its first meeting of the fall
season at Ramseyer chapel at' 7:30
o’clock, it is announced by Prof.
Russell A. Lantz, director.
A special invitation is extended to
all singers of the community to par
ticipate in the work of the society
this year.
voices and reduced enrollment of the
college studeht body due to war time
demands it will be necessary to de
pend more than ever on singers
the community, Prof Lantz stated.
Because of lack of men’s
of
Army Promotions
Wade Huber, now in England, has
been promoted from the rank of ser
geant to that of technical sergeant.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo
Huber, south of town.
Wm. McCafferty with the signal
corps at Drew Field, Florida,
been promoted from private
class to technician fifth grade,
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
McCafferty, near Bluffton.
has
first
He
Carl
Robert Dillman, at Ft. Eustis, Va„
has been promoted from the rank of
sergeant to staff sergeant He is the
son of Mrs. Ella Dillman of North
Main street.
Sgt. Rolland Swank in training at
Camp Davis, N. C., has entered the
anti-aircraft artillery division of the
officers training school at that place.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Core, Lima,
a girl, Louise Ann, Thursday. Mrs.
Core was the former Miss Vera
Gratz of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Klingler, Ada,
a boy, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Phillips, Ot
tawa, a girl, Cheryl Ann, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kempf,
girl, Mary Linn, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Basinger,
boy, Darrel Floyd, Sept. 16.
a
Ebenezer Broadcast
A male quartet will be heard on
the weekly broadcast of the Eben
ezer Mennonite church Sunday after
noon at 3:30 p. m. over Findlay sta
tion WFIN. The quartet is composed
of Waldo Hofstetter, Clayton Bucher,
Aaron Messinger, and Chris Gratz.
Mrs. Wm. Althaus will be accompan
ist.
ARRIVES OVERSEAS
Cpl. Charles Hankish Jr, has arriv
ed safel” at an undisclosed overseas
destination, according to word recei
ved Tues'xy by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Chrk'3 Hankish, of South Main
street.
fHE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY SEPT. 30, 1943.
With the Third War Loan Drive
ending this Thursday, Bluffton’s Ill
man committee of canvassers has
sold $72,584 worth of war bonds, it
was announced Tuesday night at a
meeting of the teams.
This is $77,416 short of the $150,
000 goal set for the town, and heav
ier individual buying will be neces
sary in the last two days of the
campaign to better the present stand
ing, Norman A. Triplett and M. M.
Bogart, co-chairmen, pointed out.
Not counted in the total are many
pledges made by local residents w’ho
have not yet stopped at the Citizens
National Bank or the post office to
pay for subscripions they made when
contacted by canvassers. All who
have outstanding pledges are urged
to pay for and pick up their bonds
Large Increase in Planting Now
Under Way as Market Out
look is Good.
Corn Cutting Temporarily Put
on Shelf as Farmers Push
Wheat Seeding.
Forecast of a large
winter wheat planting
is being confirmed as
taking full
opportunity
to put out
the largest
Corn cutting has been temporarily
shelved in the district because of the
urgency of wheat sowing. Mean
while the corn is further maturing
in near-summer weather, light frosts
the latter part of last week appar
ently having done little damage to
the stand.
Expansion of wheat acreage is be
lieved to reflect the effect of removal
of government acreage restrictions
together with the added advanage of
the crop’s low labor factor and pros
pect for a strong market.
Canvassers Get $72,584 For Bonds
So Far In Third War Loan Campaign
Observe Golden
Wedding Friday
and Mrs. Amos Gratz of
Main street will observe their
wedding anniversary Friday,
Mr.
North
Golden
October 8, it was announced the first
of the week.
Open house will be held in the
afternoon and evening at the home
of their daughter Mrs. Melvin Zim
merly two miles west and one-half
mile south of the Ebenezer Mennon
ite church.
Beaverdam On Slow
Time Next Monday
Beaverdam schools will continue to
open at 8:30 o’clock next Monday
morning—but it will be on the new
slow time, it was announced by
school authorities.
In conformity with changes being
made generally thru this part of the
state, Beaverdam will change from
the present fast time to slow time
next Monday morning.
Soldner Is Veterans
Employment Agent
Grover T. Soldner, of Bluffton, an
interviewer on the staff of the Lima
office of the United States Employ
ment Service, has been named veter
ans’ employment representative for
the Allen county area.
Soldner will direct activities of the
emplovment service in assisting in
providing jobs and other services for
returning servicemen, according to
John W. Saunders, manager of the
Lima field office.
He will also serve
tween the USES and
service boards, their
committeemen. and all other organi
zations or persons concerned with
the re-employment of veterans re
leased from the service.
as liaison be
local selective
re-employment
not later than Thursday, so the
can be credited to
drive.
Wheat Acreage Being Sowed In
Area This Fall Shows Big Gain
in
expansion
in this area
farmers are
of the first
advantage
since the fly free date
what is believed will be
acreage in recent years.
The next ten days will see seeding
of the crop virtually completed under
what experienced growers describe as
particularly favorable conditions.
Mellowed by rains of the past sum
mer the ground is easily worked, in
contrast to the hard soil usually en
countered in plowing at this season.
Wheat Put
in
Oats Ground
Because of the late corn crop, the
greater part of which remains uncut,
wheat is being sowed in fields cleared
late. this summer at oats and hay
crops. Altho in the usual round of
crop rotation wheat follows corn, this
is of no great moment, farmers de
clare.
sales
bond
the current
In other
have
cases
to find
territory at home when
If those persons are not
canvassers
some of the peo-
been unable
pie in their
they called,
solicited by this Wednesday, they are
urged to stop at the bank or post
office and make their purchase on
Thursday.
Allen county went “over the top”
in its drive on Tuesday, with sales
reaching a total of $5,011,810.75.
This figure is $364,810.75 over the
goal or $4,647,000.
Ohio also has attained its goal, be
ing the first of the “Bix Six” states
to do so. In the nation-wide drive,
the country is only one billion dollars
short of the 15 billion-dollar goal.
Elmer Ewing Dies
Funeral On Friday
Elmer R. Ewing, 69, Bluffton man
ufacturer, died at his home on South
Main street Tuesday evening at 6:30
following a year’s illness.
Funeral services will be held at
the Basinger Funeral home Friday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with Rev.
W, L. Harmony of the Lutheran
church officiating. Interment
in Maple Grove cemetery.
will be
the
the
the
in
at
of
Mr, Ewing was engaged
manufacturing business and
time of his death was owner
Scott & Ewing company, manufac
turers of wheel and gear pullers.
He entered his business career
here 48 years ago and was associated
with his father-in-law the late Frank
Scott until the latter’s death.
Mr. Ewing was born May 25, 1874,
in Orange township, Hancock county,
the son of Madison and Minta
(Marshall) Ewing, pioneer residents
of this district. He was married to
Bertha Scott in 1895.
He was graduated from the school
of pharmacy of Northwestern uni
versity, Evanston, Ill., and previous
to his marriage was employed in a
Findlay drug store.
Surviving are his wife of this
place and a daughter, Mrs. Paul
Myers of Findlay.
Daughter Of Former
Local Couple Weds
Announcement has been made of
the wedding of Miss Betty Lou
Geiger, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. I.
W. Geiger of Minneapolis and Harry
William Farrel son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Farrell of Lind, Wash., which
took place on Sunday
tember 19.
evening, Sep-
place at the
University of
The ceremony took
Campus club on the
Minnesota campus with Rev. Ray
mond Bragg of the First Unitarian
church officiating.
The couple will reside in Chicago
where Mr. Farrell is a student in
the Northwestern university
of medicine. Dr. and Mrs.
parents of the bride, were
Bluffton residents.
school
Geiger,
former
Drivers' Licenses
Expire Thursday
With Thursday marking the expir
ation of 1943 automobile drivers’
licenses, the customary last-minute
rush is under way at the Bixel Motor
Sales Co., deputy registrar’s office
for distribution of the permits.
Sales started unusually slow this
fall, but began picking up Monday.
Cost of the license is the same as
in previous years, 25 cents for the
license, plus a 15-cent clerk’s fee.
The 1943 license must be present
ed to obtain a new one for the com
ing year.
Union Service
Rev. E. N. Bigelow will speak at
the monthly union service to be held
in the high school auditorium Sun
day night at 7:30. The service is
sponsored by the Bluffton Ministerial
association.
ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT
C. F. N is wand er stated the first of
the week that he would accept the ap
pointment as a member of the board
of public affairs to fill out the unex
pired term of Oswin Luginbuhl. The
appointment was made by Mayor W.
A. Howe.
Niswander will serve until the end
of this year. Luginbuhl resigned
from the board when he moved to Li
ma several weeks ago.
Resigns Church Of
Christ Pastorate
Rev. Gerald Bright, pastor of the
Bluffton-Beaverdam charge of the
Church of Christ, resigned his charge
effective November 1. The resigna
tion was announced at the services
Sunday morning.
Rev. and Mrs. Bright will leave
next month for Indianapolis where
he will attend the college of religion
of Butler university. He has served
Bluffton and Beaverdam churches for
the past two years. His successor
here has not been chosen it was an
nounced the first of the week.
TOWN PREPARED
FOR INCREASE IN
WATER DEMANDS
Completion of Second New Well
Assures Half-Million Gallons
Daily.
and Its Industries Now
Town
Require 400,000 Gallons Each
Day.
Facilities for pumping a half-mil
lion gallons of water per day to meet
expected increased demands of town
industries were assured this week
with the completion of a second new
well for the Bluffton municipal water
works.
For the present the new well will
be used only to supply the Page
Dairy plant with water for cooling
and condensing purposes in case of
failure of the supply now being
pumped from the Bluffton Stone Co.
Bluffton and its industries use
about 400,000 gallons of water per
day, about half of which is consumed
in the dairy plant principally for
cooling milk.
Greater Demand
Within the next year, however, the
Page concern expects to have water
needs of 300,000 gallons daily, which
will bring total consumption for the
town to the half-million gallon mark.
The new well to safeguard Page
demands is located at the south end
of the waterworks quarry along the
right of way of the Nickel Plate
railroad. It is 100 feet in depth and
showed an output of 350 gallons per
minute test run after completion of
drilling. There was a slight trace
of sulphur content.
Not intended for use in the regular
city water system, no connection will
be made from the new well to the
water works reservoir, it was an
nounced by John W. Swisher, super
intendent of the plant, and Forrest
Mumma, assistant superintendent.
Inasmuch as the water will not go
into the drnking water supply no ap
proval will be needed from the state
board of health.
Three Other Wells
Bluffton’s regular water supply will
come from three other wells, one of
which was completed two weeks ago
on the Mrs. Noah Matter farm, ad
jacent to the Bluffton hospital prop
erty on Harmon road.
Installation of an electrically driv
en turbine pump in the well will be
completed about December 1, and
water will be piped from the well
11,500 feet to the water works reser
voir.
A pump will be installed in
well to be used as a standby for
Page concern sometime later in
winter, it was annuonced.
the
the
the
Town To Participate
In WAVE Competition
Bluffton will participate in the
WAVE enlistment contest being con
ducted in the communities of North
western Ohio, as part of the nation
wide drive by the U. S. Navy re
cruiting service for the enlistment
of women, it was announced this
week.
president
auxiliary,
recruiting
Howe has
Mrs. Harold Stonehill,
of the American Legion
heads the local WAVE
committee. Mayor W. A.
formally acknowledged the participa
tion of the Bluffton community in
the contest.
Lt. H. E. Milliken, Toledo, officer
in-charge of the contest, explained
that the contest will culminate on
October 27, Navy Day, and an honor
roll of Women in the Navy will be
presented to the winning community.
That community which has the
largest number of bona fide applica
tions in the WAVES, based on per
centage of population, will be de
clared the winner.
The contest will be supervised in
this area by the U. S. Navy recruit
ing station of Lima.
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RATION VALUE OF
BUTTER 16 POINTS
PER POUND OCT. 3
ncreases in Pork and Cheese
Points Also Effective at Same
Time.
Nation Value For Corn, Can'
ned Beans Cut: Variety Meats
Off Ration List.
Butter will cost 16 ration points
per pound—the total one-week allot
ment of red stamps for one person—
beginning next Sunday morning, ac
cording to an announcement made
Tuesday by the Office of Price Ad
ministration.
Increase of four points from the
present value of 12 points per pound
doubles the ration coupon cost set
for butter at the time rationing was
started.
OPA officials explained that a drop
of 10 per cent in September dairy
production below the production for
the same month in 1942 resulted fn
the decision to again increase the
ration point cost of butter.
Farm Butter 10 Points
Margarine remains unchanged at
four points per pound. Farm butter,
or home-made butter, which amounts
to a very small percentage of butter
sales was increased from six to
points.
10
or
be
Point values of canned green
waxed beans and canned corn will
lowered two to four points, effective
Sunday, with so called luxury canned,
goods, apricots, cherries, figs, grape
fruit and plums, going up from eight
to 11 points for the stndard sizes.
Eight standard pork cuts will be
increased one to two points per
pound, and cheese will cost one point
more per pound.
Variety Meats Unrationed
Eighteen variety meat items, such
as brains and kidneys, will be re
moved from rationing.
Dried peas and lentils will be re
moved from rationing.
The decreases in canned torn cover
Vacuum-packed whole kernel corn in
the 12-ounce can, dropped from 14
points to 10, and other types from 16
points to 13 for the number two size
can. Green or wax beans declined
from 10 points to eight for each
number two can.
The only increase in canned vege
tables affected asparagus, which was
hiked four points to a total of 18 for
a number two can and mushrooms,
advanced from three to five points
for a four-once can.
Grape Juice Higher
The point values of a quart of
grape juice was advanced from three
to six. This was significant, OPA
said, “because it reflects the diver
sion of a large part of the nation’s
grape production into the making of
jams, jellies and preserves.”
OPA observed that consumers
would experience a net gain out of
the point changes “because the items
reduced in point value sell in
er quantities than
raised.”
great
being
the items
lentils
peas and
accomplished by
Removal of dried
from rationing was
dropping their value from one point
a pound to zero.
25 Volunteer For
Blood Donations
More than 25 Bluffton persons have
volunteered to donate blood when
Allen County’s first Blood Donor
Center is established in the basement
of the Lima Trinity Methodist
church October 4 to 8, inclusive.
Local residents are making ap
pointments at the blood center by
filling out application cards available
at Sidney’s Drug Shop or the A.
Hauenstein and Son Drug store.
Completes Radio
Television Course
Cpl. Wayne Dailey has graduated
from the army radio-television school
in Kansas
air cadet
versity of
the son of
ey of this place.
City, Mo., and is now an
in training at* the Uni
Denver, Colorado. He ia
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Dail-
EVANGELIST ON TOUR
Evangelist John J. Esau of Bluff
ton, who is totally blind, was en
gaged to conduct a series of revival
meetings at the First Mennonite
church at Geary, Okla., during the
past week. Rev. Esau who ha
ea in Mennonite churches
all parts of
Canada, will
gregations in
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also yiiit o
the Middle