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VOLUME NO. LXV1II
RATION POINTS ON
BEEF WILL BE CUT
BEGINNING MONDAY
K!
Reduction Will Average From
Two to Three Points
Per Pound
itter Points Unchanged Lard
Drops Increases Com
ing in Cheese
Ration costs of most beef cuts will
drop from two to three points per
pound beginning next Monday, it is
announced by the Office of Price
Administration at Washington.
So-caled variety meats are also in
cluded in the reduction by an aver
age of from one to two points.
Pork cuts, generally, with minor
exceptions, will remain at the present
levels which were reduced by OPA
several weeks ago.
30% More Meat
The point reductions, effective
Sunday, will make available for each
family 30 per cent more meat than
was available in recent months.
Butter, however, remains unchang
ed at the present level of 16 points
per pound.
Fresh, smoked and cooked sausage
together with several varieties of
tinned meats are reduced in points,
but increases of as much as four
points will go into effect for canned
fish and two to three points for
cheddar and cream cheese.
Lard Drops
Lard will be reduced one point per
pound. Also grapefruit and other
citrus juices, sauerkraut and ready
to-serve soups (not concentrated)
will be removed from rationing and
point values of a number of canned
vegetables has been reduced.
In beef cuts, steaks and roasts
will drop three points per pound
while stews and other cuts will be
reduced for the most part two
points. Hamburger, now 7 points
will be 6 points under the set
schedule. Veal steak, now 1(2 points
will be set at 10 points per pound.
Funeral Service
For Infant Tuesday
Funeral services for Perry Diller,
12-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sherwood Diller of Ypsilanti, Mich.,
were held at the Paul Diller funeral
home Tuesday afternoon.
The child, born at Bluffton hos
pital November 17, died at that
place, Monday afternoon. Death
was due to pneumonia.
Surviving besides the parents are
a brother Peter at home and the
.grandparents, Mrs. W. E. Diller of
St. Louis, formerly of Bluffton and
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Driver of Lima.
Rev. E. N. Bigelow of the Presby
terian church officiated at the funer
al services. Interment was in Maple
Grove cemetery.
Former Bluffton
Man Dies In Lima
Benjamin F. “Bun” Lambert, 61,
of Lima, former Bluffton resident,
died at Lima Memorial hospital,
Thursday morning. Funeral services
were held at the Siferd and Son
funeral home, Saturday afternoon.
Surviving are his widow, one son
Thomas Jefferson and one daughter
Emma Jean Lambert, both at home
and a sister, Mrs. Alice Lugibill of
Bluffton.
In North Africa
Evan Leiber, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Leiber of Richland township
has arrived in North Africa with
the armed forces, it was announced,
the first of the week.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Evans of
Pueblo, Colorado, are he parents of
a daughter born at that place, Mon
day. Mrs. Evans is the former
Marjorie McElroy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank McElroy of South
Main street.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs Oren Doty
of Mt. Cory, a son, Donald Oren,
November 23 at Findlay hospital.
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mrs Myron Motter of
South Main street, a daughter,
Thursday.
Mi. and Mrs. Frann Sheidler of
Leipsic, a daughter, Jo Ellen, Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Simon of Ada,
a daughter, Sunday. Mrs. Simon is
the former Bucilla Amstutz of this
place.
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Bluffton Man Named
On ODT Committee
Henry Huber, farmer residing north
of Bluffton was named as a member
of the permanent advisory committee
for the Office of Defense Transporta
tion in the 15-county area of North
western Ohio at a meeting held in
Findlay, Saturday.
The meeting was called to act on
transportation differences and diffi
culties which have arisen or are ex
pected to arise.
Sixty-three persons were present
representing produces.., haulers, deal
ers, market agencies and processors
from Allen. Hancock ,Putnam, Wood,
Seneca, Henry, Defiance, Sandusky,
Fulton, Williams, Lucas, Ottawa and
several counties in southern Michigan.
Huber was named to the committee
as one of the three representing pro
ducers.
BLUFFTON SOLDIER
ON SHIP BOMBED IN
SICILIAN INVASION
Sgt. Edwin Rice Narrowly Es
capes Death As Flames
Envelop Transport
Picked Up by American Boat
While Struggling in Break
ers Off’ Shore
Details of how Staff Sergeant Ed
win Rice was wounded in the invasion
of Sicily were disclosed this week, the
first word received here since the
Bluffton youth was awarded a Purple
Heart medal early in the fall.
Sgt. Rice narrowly escaped death
when the ship on which he was being
transported was bombed and set on
fire off the coast of Sicily during the
invasion of July 10.
His account to his fiancee, Miss
Ethelyn Oyer, now teaftiTiSg at Salem
Centralized school near Upper San
dusky, read as follows:
“We were bombed aboard ship as
we landed off the shore of Sicily. As
the bomb hit and went below deck I
was but a few yards from where it
struck..
“Almost instantly the boat became
a furnace. The “abandon ship” or
der came a few minutes after the ship
was hit, and the next thing I found
myself in the water, clothes and all.
“Among others I began a fight for
my life. I was in the water when
‘Jerry’ dropped another bomb beside
me, which fortunately didn’t explode,
for which I have thanked the Good
Lord many times.
“Amid the strafing, shrapnel from
the ship’s exploding ammunition and
the six-foot breakers I fought my way
toward shore. I was picked up some
50 or 60 yards out by an American
duck boat and was taken ashore with
the more fortunate. During the two
following days I was in the shore
hospital.”
Sgt. Rice now is in Italy.
Brotherhood Flower
Day Here Saturday
“Brotherhood Day” sale of arti
ficial flowers in Bluffton next Satur
day for the national benefit of the
blind and shut-ins was announced on
Tuesday.
Proceeds from the flower sale are
used by the Brotherhood of Service
to provide reading matter in Braille
for the blind, furnish white canes
for those who cannot see, to provide
assistance for those handicapped in
other ways.
Miss Esther Berky will direct the
sales, assisted by Mayor Wilbur A.
Howe, Mrs. Charles Hankish, Mrs.
A. J. B. Longsdorf, Rev. J. A. Weed
and Miss Ocie Anderson.
Judge Smith To Talk
At Union Service
Judge Raymond P. Smith, of the
Allen County Probate Court, will be
the speaker at Bluffton Union Ch irch
services at 7:30 p. in. next Sunday
in the First Presbyterian church.
Judge Smith's subject will be on
juvenile delinquency. Special music
also will be provided for the serviec.
More Red Cross
Workers Needed
More workers are needed at Red
Cross headquarters in the Grade
school building to make surgical
dressings, it is stated by Mrs. J. S.
Steiner in charge of this project
here.
Sweet Christmas” In Prospect Here
As Candy Makers Get More Sugar
Yuletide Supply of Sugar This
Year Will Be Two-thirds
of Normal, Dealers Say
Candy Last Year Was Scarcest
In Generation Because of
War-Time Conditions
With more candy in prospect for
Christmas this year, Bluffton resi
dents are looking forward to a “sweet
er Yuletide” than in 1942 when the
available supply was estimated at
two thirds of normal.
Improvement in the supply this
December is attributed to the release
of more sugar and chocolate to candy
makers, and local dealers are looking
forward to having three-fourths as
much for sale as in pre-war years.
Recovery from the 1942 situation
when candy was the scarcest in more
than a generation will help Santa fill
stockings that otherwise might be
short because of depleted gift stocks
that merchants are offering under war
time conditions.
Hard-mixed candy, popularly known
as “hard-tack,” probably will be the
leading item in Christmas sales, altho
the release of more chocolate will
make other kinds of sweets equally
plentiful to obtain.
Candy now is more plentiful on
dealers’ shelves than at any time since
the outbreak of war, first evidence of
the relaxation in rigid sugar and
chocolate rationing, and the supply
will grow more plentiful as the Christ
mas season approaches.
Last year when the available supply
was estimated at two-thirds of nor
mal, candy stocks were soon depleted
by many who bought early in larger
quantities than usual for hoarding
purposes.
Assurance of more candy f'r Christ
mas this year has been apt rrent to
de alers for several weeks, following
aun uncement that 10 per cent more
mgar and 15 per cent more chocolate
would be available for Christmas
candy this winter than in 1942.
Golden Wedding
At Ada Sunday
Golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Dodge will be observed at their
home in Ada, Sunday, when open
house will be held in the afternoon
from 2 to 4 o’clock. Friends are in
vited to call.
The couple was married Dec. 7,
1893 by Rev. Barney Van Vaulkin
burg at his residence near Ada. They
have spent their entire married life
in the Ada vicinity, the past thirty
years at their present location, 507
North Liberty street.
They have one daughter, Mrs.
James Newland and two sons, E. R.
and Roy Dodge all of Ada, also six
teen grandchildren, including three
grandsons in the armed services.
Real Estate Deals
R. S. Wolfley, retired West Liberty
hardware dealer, has purchased the
Mrs. Russell Magee property on Hu
ber street in a deal handled by Mrs.
H. W. Althaus. Mr. and Mrs. Wolf
ley expect to move here after the
holidays Mrs. Magee who is teach
ing in a Cleveland high school will
move her household goods to that
city.
Mrs. Corda Oerhli has sold to the
Triplett Electrical Instrument com
pany a vacant lot fronting on Pop
lar street adjoining the Cal Steiner
property.
Mrs. Agnes Warkentin Moore of
Vaughnsville has purchased the Levi
Frankhauser property on Cherry
street occupied by Cecil Kuhn. Mrs.
Moore and family expect to occupy
the property next March. The deal
was closed by Mrs. H. W. Althaus.
The Mrs. Ethel Roberts farm of
102 acres south of Bluffton on the
Dixie highway has been purchased
by Wilbur Risser of Vaughnsville, it
is announced by Mrs. H. W. Althaus.
Possession will be given next spring.
Mrs. Roberts, residing in the Staater
apartments on Church street will
leave next week for an indefinite visit
in Arizona, accompanying her daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Myron Elliott of Columbus Grove
who are moving there.
Coach Burcky Gets
Scouting Certificate
Coach A. C. Burcky, of Bluffton,
received a Scoutmaster’s Training
Course certificate at the last session
of the course held last Sunday after
noon at Twin Oaks woods near Lima.
Coach Rurcky is new scoutmaster
of Troop No. 56, of Bluffton, succeed
ing Kar Gable, who has been in
ducted inio .he army.
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS, OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1943
............ —"U'A"
PRE-WAR FATHERS
TO BE HOME OVER
XMAS IS BELIEF
Some Fathers Probably Will Be
Needed to Fill December
Draft Quota
Furloughs After Induction Ex
pected to Delay Leaving
Before Xmas
Belief that all pre-war fathers in
Allen county outside Lima will be at
home with their-families for Christ
mas was voiced this week by well in
formed sources close to Allen County
Draft Board No. 3. which has jurisdic
tion over Bluffton and Ricland town
ship.
Date of the December draft call is
not expected before the middle of the
month, and even tho fathers are call
ed for induction they in all probabil
ity will not be required to leave for
reception centers until after Christ
mas Day.
Altho date of the December call has
not been announced, it is not dqpested
until sometime after the 15th to be
in line with the procedure in previous
months.
Furlough Until After Xmas
This means that if fathers must be
included they will be with their fam
ilies over Christmas, because the
Army allows three weeks before in
ductees report to reception centers,
and the Navy permits a seven-lay
stay. On this basis it is assumed
that even if a man is taken into the
Navy, he will be permitted to remain
with his family until after Christmas.
Informed sources said this week
that Board No. 3, like other* in the
state ,find itself at the button of Ibe
single manpower barrel and it is ex
pected that some pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers will be needed to fill the De
cember quota.
Call Fathers in January
More Aher? will be needed in Jan
uary totfMcalls that national t^ouipBs
largest or tne war. Nearly 300,000
men will be taken by the armed ser
vices in January, and with all avail
able single men and married men
without children now in uniform,
draft boards must call fathers to an
swer demands of the services.
Allen County Board No. 3 has been
one of the last in this area to call on
fathers, but present indications are
that seme must be taken in Decem
ber. Others are reported to be tak
ing screen tests now, preparatory to
classification as available for induc
tion.
Lt, Griffith Assigned
To New Army Post
Lt. James Griffith, former assist
ant adjutant at the army air base
at Hamilton Field, Calif., a San
Francisco suburb, has been trans
ferred to Reading, Calif., where he
has been assigned duties. He is
leaving this week for his new as
signment accompanied by his wife.
The couple are former Bluffton
young people, Lt. Griffith being the
grandson of Mrs. J. A. Rogers and
Mrs. Griffith the former Miss Zitella
Getties, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Getties, both of South Main
street.
With The Sick
Mrs. Marden Basinger residing
north of Bluffton underwent an op
eration for appendicitis at Bluffton
hospital, Tuesday night. Her condi
tion is reported satisfactory.
Ray Marshall of Orange township
whose condition was reported serious
following an appendicitis operation
at Bluffton hospital, Sunday, is some
what improved. His son, Cpl. Carl
Marshall who has been home on fur
lough left Wednesday morning, re
turning to Camp Gordon Johnson,
Florida.
Condition of Willis Althaus, form
er Bluffton resident now living in
Ashland is reported unchanged. He
suffered a paralytic stroke a week
ago. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tripple
horn and son Sammy, Mrs. Edith
Burkholder, Mrs. David Burkholder
and Cleo Welty all of this place
visited at his home in Ashland, Sun
day.
T. A. Kitchen of Cherry street is
a patient in Bluffton hospital.
Mrs. Rosa Bowsher of Lima is
caring for her cousin, Mrs. Ella
Long who is ill at her home in the
Mrs. Edith Mann apartments on
North Main street.
Mrs. Samuel Augsburger of near
Beaverdam is reported seriously ill
with pneumonia at St. Rita’s hospital
in Lima.
UFFTON NEWS
Reunion of three Bluffton area
persons near the front lines in Italy
recently was an unexpected and en
joyable meeting, it was learned here
this week.
Two Bluffton soldiers, Donald Mc
Cafferty and James Suter met Lieut.
Mary McGinnis Spinelli, an army
nurse, and had a pleasant talk about
home.
Lieut. Spinelli is the eldest daugh
ter of Dell McGinnis, of this place
McCafferty is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl McCafferty, of Richland
township, and Suter, formerly of
Pandora, is the husband of the form
er Elvira Niswander, of Bluffton.
Suter and McCafferty are serving
with a hospital unit in Italy and it
is believed that the meeting took
place in an army hospital.
Sportsmen’s Club Asks That
Buckeye Lake Fishing Be
Reserved for Members
Local Sentiment Also Favors
Ban on Outside Hunters
In This Community
Sentiment for restrictions on hunt
ing and fishing rights in this area
for the benefit of local sportsmen
and farmers is growing here, and
the first move in a program toward
such control will come before the
municipal council next Monday night.
Al their regular session, the coun
cilmen will be asked to pass n the
proposal that fishing rights in Buck
eye lake, popular local spot for ang
lers, be reserved only for members
of the Bluffton Community Sports
man’s club.
Officials of the club point out that
restocking carried on by the organi
zation i* financed by its members
and that outsiders should not be per
mitted to share in advantages made
possible by local funds.
Membership in the club, open to
residents of the town and commun
ity, is available at A very moderate
price and restricting Buckeye fishing
privileges to members would not bar
any local persons from the sport.
The problem of big-city hunters
also has come up for discussion at
meetings of Bluffton sportsmen, and
the sentiment is for the local group
to lease hunting rights from farmers
and bar outsiders from sharing in
the privilege.
As in fishing, the hunter from out
side this community contributes noth
ing toward the cost of game re
stocking financed by the local sports
men’s group, and yet gets an un
earned share of the benefits.
In addition, outside hunters are
responsible for most of the abuses
that result in more farmers posting
“No Hunting” signs every year, and
controlled hunting could easily pro
vide the answer to that problem, it
was pointed out.
Radio Sermon
“My Better Half” will be the sub
ject of the radio sermon in the
series Living Today, broadcast by
Rev A. C. Schultz of the Ebenezer
Mennonite church from Findlay sta
tion WFIN Friday afternoon at 3:15
o’clock.
Cigars will lie scarce for Christ
mas this year, some brands of cigar
ets will be equally hard to get, and
with the shortage expected to grow
more severe pipes are likely to at
tain a new popularity with Bluffton
area smokers.
Tobacco dealers said this week
that the present scarcity of cheaper
cigars and only a few of the popular
brands of cigarets will grow more
pronounced, 'and that soon the old
briar pipe and tobacco pouch will be
adopted by many a smoker who shun
ned them before.
While cheaper brands of cigars
are scarce now because of unprece
dented buying for hoarding or gifts,
the genuinely scarce item in the fu
ture will be the better grade cigar.
This will be, it is explained, because
the high grade cigar is handmade by
skilled workers, and there is a grow
ing scarcity of such help.
Present scarcity of cigarets, how
ever, is artificial and has resulted
Two Bluffton Soldiers, Bluffton
Nurse Meet Somewhere In Italy
First Move In Restricted Hunting
And Fishing Comes Before Council
Cigars And Some Cigarets Will Be
Scarce For Christmas This Year
Move Equipment Of
Plant To Findlay
Equipment of the Scott & Ewing
company, Bluffton manufacturing
concern was moved to Findlay the
first of the week.
The plant located for many years
on Cherry street near the Riley
creek bridge was engaged in the
manufacture and marketing of gear
and wheel pullers. It was operated
as a partnership of the late Frank
Scott and his son-in-law Elmer
Ewing.
Following the death of Scott, the
senior partner, several years ago it
was continued under direction of
Ewing until the latter’s death last
fall. The plant, it is understood,
will continue to operate in Findlay.
FARMERS RETAIN
WHEAT, CORN FOR
LIVESTOCK FEEDING
Shortage of Wheat for Human
Consumption Is Feared
By Nation’s Millers
Farmers Can Make Greater
Profit by Feeding Because
of Ceiling Prices
Limited stocks of wheat in the
bins of Bluffton area millers, with
little prospect of further marketing
by farmers in sizable quantities, is
a reflection of a nation-wide situa
tion that has occasioned concern in
some sources that there may be a
shortage in our cereal supply before
the next harvest season.
Less wheat was sold by farmers
this year, because ceiling prices on
the grain prevented them from sell
ing at the same margin of profit
they can obtain by feeding it to
livestock in their feeding lots.
This has resulted in a serious
situation, however, for the national
miller’s federation reported this
week that unless there is an im
mediate reduction in the use of
wheat for livestock feed and for in
dustrial alcohol production we will
be faced by an “unnecessary short
age of our cereal supply.”
Recommendation of the federation
was that there be no further sales
of wheat for livestock feeding ex
cept for such amounts as may be
obtained thru imports from Canada
and the Argentine.
Danger that total supplies o
wheat might be depleted to the point
where there would be insufficient
amounts to take care of needs for
human food first became apparent
last summer when the volume mar
keted by farmers was less than
normal.
Farm observers point out that
under rigid ceiling prices which do
not permit farmers to sell for much
of a profit the tendency has been for
those with wheat to use it for live
stock feeding, thereby increasing
their chances of a better margin.
The same situation applies to corn,
very little of which is going onto
the market as farmers complete their
husking.
from hoarding, wholesalers are ex
plaining. They say ample supplies
of pipe tobacco and cigarets are
available if consumers limit their
purchases to normal requirements.
However, it is agreed that cigars
definitely were on the scarce list.
Altho pipe tobacco for the most
part is plentiful the supply of good
pipes is not. Imported pipes are
almost a memory, and the better
grade domestic pipes made from
imported briar are getting few and
far between
Cheaper grade pipes are being
made from a domestic briar of
southern mountain laurel root burls
and the old standby corncob is still
on the market.
A combination of manpower short
age and lack of rubber for pipe
bits is described as the principal
for the pipe shortage. In the high
grade brands the cessation of im
ports from England means pre-war
stocks have not been replenished
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NUMBER 32
XMAS LIGHTS WILL
BE MISSING FROM
DOWNTOWN AREA
War Restrictions Responsible
For Eliminating of Cus
tomary Yuletide Garb
Christmas Shopping Already In
Full Swing Peak to Be
Reached Soon
Brilliant colored lights spanning the
street and other customary forms of
Yuletide decorations will be missing
from Bluffton’s downtown district
this Christmas season, and illuminat
ed settings in keeping with the holiday
will be confined to private homes.
Elimination of all forms of illumi
nated street decorations has been ask
ed by the War Production Board thru
the Office of War Information, for
the second consecutive year.
Decorative lighting of exteriors of
homes, interiors and exteriors of plac
es of business and the use of com
munity Christmas trees also are
frowned upon by the government
agencies. Consequently Bluffton’s il
luminated Christmas setting this year
will be confined only to church func
tions and in private homes.
Early Xmas Shopping
Bluffton stores already have their
hands full in attempting to cope with
heavy Christmas buying, and there
are indications that the peak of the
shopping season will be passed two
or perhaps three weeks before the
holiday.
Earlier buying has been the rule
rather than the exception this year
bcause shoppers realize stocks on
merchant s’ shelves are limited, and
that those who delay toa long in buy
ing presents will have difficulty in
finding them.
Opening musical observance of the
Christmas season will he the Bluffton
College Choral Society’s annual ren
dition of Handel's oratorio, “The Mes
siah,” at 8 p. in. Sunday, December
19, in the high school gymnasium.
Wings Over Jordan
Choir Here Friday
The Wings Over Jordan choir will
present a concert in the Bluffton
High school gymnasium at 8 p. m.
this Friday, under auspices of the
Bluffton o 1 le e department of
music.
This is the second natonalliy pro
minent musical arganization to be
presented here this fall by the col
lege, a concert given earlier in the
fall by the original Russian Cossack
chorus having been a distinct suc
cess.
The Wings Over Jordan choir
broadcasts to a listening audience of
more than 16,000,000 persons every
Sunday morning over Radio Station
WGAR in Cleveland.
Negro spirituals are featured by
the group in its concert appearances,
and the favorites “Swing Low Sweet
Chariot”, "Couldn’t Hear Nobody
Pray”, and “Sometimes I Feel Like
a Motherless Child” always are sung.
More than 160 spirituals and semi
religious numbers are included in the
repertoire of the group.
This negro choir was organized
by Rev. Glenn T. Settle, prominent
negro clergyman of Cleveland, who
accompanies it to serve as the nar
rator for its concerts. Special 20
second narrations precede each selec
tion.
Hattye Easley, prominent negro
musician, will direct the choir in its
appearance here.
Prof. Russell A. Lantz, of the col
lege department of music, made ar
rangements for t’ae Bluffton appear
ance of the choir. Prof. Otto Holt
kamp has charge of the sale of
tickets.
Minister Leaves For
Southern Ohio Charge
Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Bright left
Monday for Shadyside, Belmont
county where he has accepted a call
to the pastorate of the First Chris
tian church. Rev. Bright, pastor of
the Bluffton-Beaverdam charge of
the Church of Christ recently re
signed after two and one-half years
of service here.
No announcement has been made
relative to his successor here.
Ebenezer Broadcast
A boy’s quartet will be heard in
the Ebenezer church musical pro
gram broadcast from Findlay radio
station WFIN, Sunday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock. Members of the quar
tet are LeRoy Lugibihl, Clarence
Jones, Robert Gratz and Howard Dil
ler. Miss Vidella Eucher will ac
company.