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VOLUME NO. LXVIII
RATION BOOK NO. 4
WILL BE ISSUED
HthS OCT. 20-25
Residents of School District to
Get Books at High School
Cafeteria.
Distribution to be Made Accord*
ing to Alphabetical Schedule
of Names.
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War Ration Book No. 4 will be
distributed to residents of Bluffton
school district at Bluffton high school
cafeteria beginning Wednesday of
next week, it is announced by Supt.
of School A. J. B. Longsdorf who is
in charge.
It is estimated that a total of 3,000
books will be distributed and four
days have been designated for that
purpose. Residents of the school
district will call for their books in
alphabetical order on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, October 20 to
22 inclusive, and the following Mon
day, October 25. Hours will be 3:30
p. m. to 8:30 p. m.
Teaching staffs of the grade and
high school will be used for this
work, however, additional clerical
help will be necessary and a call
for volunteers has been made. Any
one who will help with this work
for one or more days is asked to
notify the high school office.
Issuing Schedule
The following alphabetical
schedule will be followed in is
suing of the ration books:
Oct. 20—Persons with last
names beginning with letters A
to E.
Oct. 21—Persons with last
names beginning with letters
to K.
Oct. 22—Persons with last
names beginning with letters
to R.
Oct. 25—Persons with last
names beginning with letters S
to Z.
Those expecting to receive ration
books here are asked to observe the
above schedule as this will distribute
clerical work as evenly as possible
and avoid congestion.
On the basis of records from the
issuing of Ration Book No. 2 which
was distributed thru the schools, it
is estimated that about 750 books
will be issued on each of the four
days.
Must Have Ration Book 3
Any members of the family may
obtain books for the entire group.
However, it is pointed out that Ra
tion Book No. 3 must be brought
along for each person for whom the
new book is to be obtained.
Interviewers first will ask the ap
plicant if he has Book 3 fbr each
applicant and hand him an applica
tion form to fill in. Assistants will
help fill out the forms which require
the first name, middle initial and
last name, age and sex of each mem
ber.
The applicant then will be sent to
a checking table. There the number
of No. 3 books and number of names
on the application form will be
checked, and any books of persons in
service will be picked up. After this
the applicant must wait his turn un
til his number is called.
Will Sign Own Books
The next step will be issuance of
the new ration book. The applicant
will sign only his own book in the
presence of the issuing agent, and
will be instructed to have all mem
bers of the family sign the book
when he reaches home.
After books have been issued and
the No. 3 books returned to the hold
er, a checker will check the No. 3
books to be sure entry has been
made on the cover, showing that No.
4 books have been issued.
A custodian will maintain a record
of the number of books issued, and
of any voided as well as an account
of blank books allotted to each is
suing desk.
Dr. Rufus D. Bowman
To Give Bible Lectures
Dr. Rufus D. Bowman, President of
Bethany Biblical Seminary’ in Chica
go, will deliver the annual Bible Lec
tures at Bluffton college November
14-19. Dr. Bowman is a former pas
tor of the Church of the Brethren in
Washington, D. C,, and is an out
standing lecturer.
Sunday afternoon and morning
week day services will be held in the
college chapel. Other services will be
in the First Mennonite Church in
Bluffton. On Sunday the services are
at 10:00 A. M., 3:00 P. iM., and 7:30
P. M. From Monday through Friday
the services will be held at 10:00 A. M.
and 7:30 P.M. ..
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Overseas Veteran In
Cdlifornia Hospital
Pvt. George Duffman, who has
been in the south Pacific war area
for the past 17 months is now in
Letterman General hospital, San
Francisco, undergoing treatment for
an ear ailment, according to word
received the first of the week.
Pvt. Duffman, son of Merl Duff
man, is expected here on furlough
later in the fall to visit his father
and other relatives.
NO FATHERS WILL
BE DRAFTED FROM
HERE THIS MONTH
loard Three Fills Call for 50
From Single and Childless
Married Men.
Whether Fathers Will be Taken
in November Will Depend
on Size of Call.
Altho other parts of Ohio are not
as fortunate, none of Allen county’s
three draft boards are calling pre
Pearl Harbor fathers for induction
into the armed forces this month.
Local Board No. 3, which has jur
isdiction over Bluffton and Richland
township, is filling a call for 50 se
lectees next week from single men
and married men without children,
officials announced.
Wether any pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers must be taken by Board 3
in November will depend entirely
upon the size of the call for the
month, it is stated in informed
quarters. If only a few men are
called, November also may pass with
“dads” untouched so far as induction
is concerned.
Draft of Fathers Looms
As soon as all available single and
married men without children are
taken, however, fathers will be draft
ed Unless Congress in the meantime
takes action to change present selec
tive procedure.
When no one else is available,
fathers must be called under the
present method of handling draft
calls, fathers will be called accord
ing to order number, and the number
of depericfents has no bearing on the
status of -the registrant.
Allen Cdifhty Board 1 announced
there is posibility some fathers may
be included in its November call, but
Board 2 does not expect to take fath
ers until December.
Former Bluffton Man
On State Commission
Dr. Reuben Hilty, Toledo veterin
arian and a former Bluffton resident,
was appointed Friday by Governor
John W. Bricker as one of a three
man commission to consider salaries
of state, county and city employes
thruout Ohio with a view of recom
mending adjustments.
Dr. Hilty was engaged in veterin
ary practise here about forty years
ago.
The salary study commission to
which he was appointed was created
by the last Ohio legislature. Other
members of the group are H. D.
Defenbacher, state finance director
and Dwight Swisher, Columbus at
torney.
Coal Shortage Continues Here But
Dealers Predict Easing In Situation
Board Names Lee
Coon Truant Officer
Lee Coon, Bluffton marshal, was
named school attendance officer at a
meeting of the Bluffton board of edu
cation, Monday night. Coon said
Tuesday that he had not decided as
to whether he would accept the ap
pointment.
Action of the board was taken
Monday night when W. A. Amstutz,
of the high school faculty, previously
named attendance officer was unable
to perform duties of the office be
cause of a heavier teaching schedule.
Greding Estate Is
Listed As $79,508
Net assets of the estate of the
late L. T. Greding, Bluffton mer
chant are listed at $79,508.27 in in
ventory and appraisement filed in the
Allen county probate court. This
sum included $23,100 in real estate.
Greding, in the hardware business
for thirty years was also a director
of the Citizens National bank and the
Bluffton Milling company at the time
of his death.
Much More Coal Will Be Avail
able With Closing of Lake
Shipping Season.
With dealers’ yards swept bare of
all coal, fuel is being delivered from
cars as rapidly as received. Large
backlogs of unfilled orders indicate
dealers stockpiles cannot soon be
built up again, even tho more coal
is forthcoming.
More Coal In Prospect
Mine officials have announced,
however, that plenty of coal will be
available for normal demands as soon
as the lake shipping season closes.
Shoilage of coal here has been
confined to the domestic supply for
household heating with industrial
users and institutions reporting suf
ficient stocks on hand to cover im
mediate needs.
Getting coal into the hands of
householders has been further compli
cated by a scarcity of coal handlers
and haulers. Attracted by war in
dustry employment many haulers
have forsaken their former jobs, and
most coal trucks now are being
manned largely by transients and
others who can help out in their
spare time.
Funeral Thursday For
Woman Found Dead
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’resent Deliveries Restricted To
Lots of One Ton For Each
Household.
Bluffton’s most severe coal short
age since the days of the first World
War is showing promise of easing in
the near future, local dealers stated
the first of the week following re
ceipt of shipping information from
mines.
Present deliveries, however, are be
ing limited to one-ton lots, with deal
ers attempting to spread meager
stocks over thq largest possible num
ber of patrons.
Mrs. Allie Young, 76, was found
dead on the kitchen floor of her
Beaverdam home about 9 a. m. Mon
day by neighbors who had become
alarmed after seeing no sign of her
about the premises for two days.
The elderly woman suffered a
heart attack sometime Saturday
night, according to a report made
by Harry Lewis, Allen county coro
ner, w’ho investigated.
Mrs. Young had lived in Beaver
dam many years, and resided alone
following the death of her husband,
George Washington Young, four
years ago.
Surviving are two step-sons, Chas,
and Raymond Young, of Oklahoma
one sister, Mrs. O. L. Boucher, of
Hobart, Okla. and one brother, E.
C. lark, of Waxahachie, Texas.
Services will be held at Paul Dil
ler Funeral home Thursday after
noon at 2:30 with Rev. Bernard
Baughn of the Beaverdam Methodist
church officiating. Burial will be in
the Old cemetery in Beaverdam.
High School Bond And
Stamp Sale Nets $1,500
Total sales of Defense Bonds and
Stamps during the first six weeks
period of school amounts to $1500.
Throughout the school building, post
ers indicating the price of army
equipment and medical supplies have
been placed.
Students are urged to make their
purchases at the High school boot*
which is being operated at the pres
ent time by Jean Anne Burcky and
Bob Niswander, members of the De
fense Council. Last week bond pur
chasers were Esther Kohler and
Ralph Dunifon.
Eagle Scout Award
To Robert Ramseyer
Robert Ramseyer, of Troop 56,
Bluffton, received the Eagle Scout
award in presentation ceremonies at
the annual meeting of the Shawnee
Area Council in Lima, last Wednes
day night.
Robert McDonald, president of the
Shawnee Area Council of Scouts,
presented the award to Ramseyer.
It is the highest that can be won
by any Scoqt.
Ramseyer is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. L. L. Ramseyer, of College
avenue.
Radio Sermon Series
“Prayer, a Neglected Weapon” will
be the subject of the radio address
in the ^Living Today” series by Rev.
A. C. Schultz over the Findlay radio
station, WFIN Friday afternoon.
Note the ch-r.jc of time to 4 30 p. m.
BLUFFTON NEWS
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY. OCT. 14, 1943.
WOMAN SERIOUSLY
BURNED RESULT OF
KEROSENE BLAST
Mrs. Marion Hixon in Hospital
With Severe Burns About
Lower Part of Body.
Explosion Occurs When Kero
sene is Poured on Live Coals
in Kitchen Range.
Mrs. Marion Hixon, 52, residing
four miles south of Bluffton on the
Allen-Hancock county line, was se
verely burned about the lower part
of her body in the explosion of a
kitchen range at her home, Monday
morning.
The blast occured when Mrs. Hix
on poured kerosene on live coals in
the range as she attempted to start
a fire to prepare breakfast.
Her husband and a neighbor, John
Dunbar, extinguishing her burning
clothing, and also put out a fire
which was started in the kitchen by
the explosion.
Mrs. Hixon was taken to the Bluff
ton Community hospital where she is
recovering from serious burns about
the lower part of the body. Her con
dition is fairly good, according to Dr.
J. S. Steiner, the attending physician.
Mr. and Mrs. Hixon reside on what
is known as the former I. N. Harris
farm which they purchased some time
ago.
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WAR CHEST DRIVE
OPENS WITH HOUSE
TO HOUSE CALLS
Funds Raised in Drive Will Go
To 17 War Relief and Ser
vice Agencies.
Solicitors Hope to Complete
House to House Canvassing
of Town Within Week.
House-to-houqgyrolfcitation in the
Second Allen Oort^iwar Chest cam
paign was started in Bluffton, Wed
nesday, with nearly 100 women can
vassers expecting to complete the
drive within the next week.
Goal in the county drive is $161,
625, of which $32,635 is to be raised
outside Lima.
Explanation of the campaign to
raise funds for 17 war relief and
service agencies was made to solici
tors at a “kickoff” meeting, Tuesday
night in the high school building.
In addition to house-to-house can
vassing, pledge cards also will be
distributed in local industrial plants
to reach those who live outside Bluff
ton and who otherwise might not be
contacted.
Directing the Bluffton drive are
Mayor Wilbur A. Howe and Mrs. J.
S. Steiner, co-chairmen of the cam
paign.
The 17 organizations which com
prise the National War Fund which
will share in funds raised in Allen
county’s campaign are USO, United
Seamen’s Service, War Prisoners’
Aid, Belgian War Relief Society,
British War Relief Society, French
War Relief, Friends of Luxembourg,
Greek War Relief-ass’n, Norwegian
Relief, Polish War Relief, Queen
Wilhelmina Fund, Russia War Re
lief, United China Relief, United
Czechoslovak Relief, United Yugoslav
Relief Fund, Refugee Relief Trustees
and the United States Committe for
Care of European Children.
With The Sick
Rev. J. N. King, formerly of Bluff
ton, is seriously ill at Dayton follow
ing an operation in a hospital in
that city. His son Walter King of
South Main street was called to his
bedside Monday.
Mrs. Lloyd Murray of South Main
street is a patient at St. Luke’s hos
pital, Cleveland.
John A. Rogers has been removed
from his home on South Main street
to Bluffton hospital.
No change is reported in the condi
tion of E. M. Hostettler who is ill
at his home on East Kibler street
with complications.
Greding Substitute
School Bus Driver
Paul Greding, Bluffton hardware
merchant, was appointed substitute
school bus driver at a meeting of
the Bluffton board of education, Mon
day night. .Greding has accepted the
appointment.
book you will receive the latter part
of this month will be good for can
ned fruits and vegetables beginning
Monday, November 1, it is announced
by the Office of Price Administra
tion. Green stamps in the new book
will be used for this purpose.
The A, and series of green
stamps in Book 4 will be valid to
buy ration processed foods from No
vember 1 through December 20.
These green stamps will be used ex-
Soybean and Corn Harvest Bet
ter in Hand Than They Were
Last Year.
Predict Showers May End Near
ly Three Weeks of Clear
Weather.
Mid-October without a killing frost,
together with ideal harvest weather
has spelled the difference between
success and failure of farm opera
tions in the Bluffton district.
The late planted crops, particular
ly corn and soybeans were especially
vulnerable this year to an early
frost, which if it had come would
have ruined both stands.
In contrast to conditions last year,
when early winter snows caught
many fields of soybeans before har
vest, the crop this fall is well in
hand with much of it already in the
farmer’s granary or sold on the
market.
Good Quality Soys
Quality of soybeans in the Bluffton
area is generally reported as good
with low maisture content of 11 to
13 per cent indicating maturity of
the crop.
With no rain since September 25,
the district is in its third rainless
week—the longest stretch of dry
weather of the current growing sea
son—providing an unexpected oppor
tunity for com cutting and offset
ting to some extent the prevailing
shortage of farm labor.
That the unusual period of clear
weather may be nearing an end was
indicated Wednesday with predic
tions of showers the latter part of
this week.
Victory gardens, too, which in
many instances were washed out by
early summer downpours are making
a good showing, due to recent favor
able growing conditions.
Eight Rabbits Are
Stolen By Thieves
Wilbur Potee, Bluffton city mail
carrier, reported to authorities the
theft of eight rabbits stolen from a
pen at his home on North Mound
street.
The rabbits, Flemish Giants, were
discovered missing Tuesday morning
when Potee went to feed the animals
and discovered the lock to the pen
broken. Chickens in an adjoining pen
apparently were not molested.
Authorities here are conducting an
investigation.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
Community hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Jennings,
Bluffton, a boy, Larry Gene, Satur
day.
Stamps In No. 4 Ration Book Good
For Canned Foods Starting Nov. 1
Stamps in that No. 4 war ration
Pfc. and Mrs. Kenneth Keller, a
girl, Saturday. Mrs. Keller of Pan
dora is the former Lavaun Habegger.
Pfc. Keller is stationed at Los Vegas,
Nevada.
Mr. and Mrs. Conner Stewart,
Bluffton, a girl, Monday.
Real Estate Deals
Rawleigh Moser has purchased the
Chester Matter farm of 80 acres
south of Bluffton on the county line
road.
Paul Detwiler has purchased the
residence property of the late Mrs.
Gottlieb Danner on South Jackson
street from the heirs. After making
some alterations, Detwiler and his
family will occupy the residence,
moving from the Mrs. Josephine Car
nahan property on South Lawn ave
nue.
Real estate holdings of the late
O. A. Ludwig were sold under court
order Tuesday at public sale. The
residence property on South Jackson
street was purchased by Robert Non
namaker residing east of Bluffton
for $2,025. Ludwig’s 50 acre farm
in Orange township brought $4,375,
being purchased by Archie Hartman,
a nearby landowner.
actly the same manner as the famil
iar blue stamps in war ration book 2.
The last series of blue stamps, X, Y
and Z are good until November 20.
War ration book 4 will be dis
tributed through the public schools
during the period October 20 to 25.
The green stamps will be used for
processed foods only until the ra
tion “token” system goes into effect,
probably early next year. Then the
red and blue stamps in book No. 4
will be used.
deal Weather For Fall Harvest
Offsets Shortage Of Farm Labor
TURBINE PUMP AND
PIPE BOUGHT FOR
WATERWORKSWELL
’ump and Pipe For New Well
On Mrs. Matter Farm Costs
$1703.
With New Well in Use Water
works Can Pump 700 Gal
lons Every Minute.
Purchase of a turbine pump and
1,352 feet of pipe required to add
water from a new well on the Mrs.
Noah Matter farm to the city’s mu
nicipal water supply was announced
Friday by the Board of Public Af
fairs, in approving bids totalling $1,
703 for the new equipment.
Capacity of the pump, a Pomona
turbine type, is 300 gallons per min
ute, and its cost installed will be
$757. Application for a priority to
purchase the pump has been made
to the War Production Board at
Washington, and installation is ex
pected to be completed by December
1.
Pipe bought for the project is six
inch transite pressure type, a com
bination of cement and asbestos, de
veloped as a substitute for scarce
iron and steel. Its cost is lower than
the type previously used, and the
1352 feet required will cost $946.
Four Bids Opened
Successful bidder for providing the
pump and pipe was C. L. Bierly and
Son, of Lafayette. Four bids were
considered by the Board of Public
Affairs when they opened them last
Friday noon.
The pipe will be laid this fall to
carry water from the new well, on
the Mrs. Matter property adjacent
to the hospital on Harmon road, to
the aerator at the city reservoir.
With the new well added to the
city supply, Bluffton will have pump
ing facilities capable of providing
approximately 700 gallons a minute.
The Matter well is the third used for
the city water supply. This is suf
ficient for fire and drought protec
tion, it was pointed out by John W.
Swisher and Forrest Mumma. sup
erintendents of the water works.
Bluffton’s two waterworks reser
voirs are large enough to provide an
ample reserve supply, having a com
bined capacity of 600,000 gallons.
City consumption is about 200,000
gallons of water daily, exclusive of
water supplied the Page Dairy Co.
from the Bluffton Stone Co. and a
new water works well designed for
that purpose alone.
In New Locations
Mrs. Elias Amstutz and daughter
Miss Rhoda Amstutz will move this
week into the property on South
Jackson street recently purchased
from Charles Hankish. Mrs. Adella
Oyer who formerly occupied the
house has moved to one of the Hau
enstein apartments above the Lape
Co. store.
Ray Clark and family have rented
the Francis Lugibihl property on
North Jackson street to be vacated
by Mrs. Amstutz and daughter. The
Clark family previously occupied an
apartment in the home of Mrs. B. D.
Smucker on South Lawn avenue.
David Risser and family have
moved from the Fred Badertscher
property, formerly the Hiram Locher
property on South Main street into
the E. C. Romey property on South
Main street recently vacated by Ray
Patterson and family who moved to
Findlay. Badertscher expects to
move from his farm and occupy his
town property soon after the first
of next year.
Mrs. Sam Locher and daughter
residing northwest of Bluffton moved
Tuesday into the South Jackson
street property recently purchased
from Joseph Rediger.
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No. 25
DREDGING OF RILEY
CREEK IS STARTED
WEST OF VILLAGE
Operations Will Be Completed
In Few More Days, Mayor
Howe Announces.
One Mile of Creek Dredged in
Carrying Out Terms of Suit
Settlement.
Dredging the channel of the Big
Riley creek through the farms of Ol
iver Locher and Henry- Huber, is ex
pected to be completed this week as a
part of the recent out-of-court settle
ment in the stream pollution suit a
gainst the village of Bluffton.
Dredging operations were started
at the boundary of the H. P. Huber
and College farms, with contractors
working east toward Bluffton, Mayor
Wilbur A. Howe reported. Charles
Kohl and Sons, of Lima, hold the con
tract.
About one mile of the Big Riley
channel will be deepened in the dred
ging program, resulting in a more
rapid flow of water and eliminating
stagnant pools, it is claimed.
It is estimated that cost of the
dredging will be about $1000, with
the contractors receiving $6 an hour
for their services. Starting the lat
ter part of last week, the dredge
reached the Locher farm on Wednes
day.
Other terms of the agreement in
which a $25,000 stream pollution suit
against the municipality was settled
out of court included:
I^ayment of $1000 to each of the
plaintiffs, with interest from Nov. 24,
1942 that the town make arrange
ments for the construction of a sew
age disposal plant after the war and
that the present contract shall not
bar the plaintiffs from redress.
Francis Kohli
Enlists In Navy
Francis Kohli, son of Mrs. Eva
Kohli, of Elm street, enlisted in the
Navy last Thursday at Lima, and
was accepted for training after pass
ing a physical examination at To
ledo, Monday. He is home on a
short leave after which he will re
port at Great Lakes, III., fbr train
ing.
Beaverdam Will Vote
On Three Mill Levy
Additional funds for the operation
of the village of Beaverdam will be
sought in a three mill levy to be
voted on at the regular election,
Tuesday, Nov. 2.
The funds are needed to help de
fray the cost of current operation,
Beaverdam officials pointed out in
announcing that the levy would be
submitted at the polls.
It is the only special levy being
submitted in this area this fall.
Red Cross Home
Service Course
Red Cross home service courses
will begin in Lima next Monday
.night, it is announced by officials in
charge. Application blanks and in
formation for those interested may
be obtained from Ralph Stearns at
the post office.
Lions Club To Hear
Talk On Manpower
Arden R. Baker, personnel man
ager of The Triplett Electrical In
strument Co., will be the speaker at
a meeting of the Bluffton Lions club,
at 6:15 p. m. next Tuesday in the
Walnut Grill. Manpower problems
will be discussed.
Karl Gable Helps
In Training School
Scoutmaster Karl Gable, of Bluff
ton, is one of a group conducting a
scoutmasters’ training course in
Lima, plans for which were complet
ed last week in Lima.
R. Schryer, formerly of Bluff
ton, now of Lima, was re-elected
chairman of the Allen county dist
rict of the Shawnee Area council at
a meeting inaugurating the scout
master’s training program.
Promoted
Announcement has been made of
the promotion of R. C. Motter from
sergeant to staff sergeant in the aie
service command at Dayton.