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VOLUME NO. LXVIII
NEW PREINDUCTION
TESTS FEBRUARY 1
FOR SERVICE MEN
Present Screening Tests Will
be Discontinued Under
New Procedure
New Order Will Have no Effect
on Selected to be Examined
Next Week
New pre-induction examinations of
Bluffton and Allen county men ear
marked for the armed forces will
begin next Monday and preliminary
or screening tests of men about to
be reclassified 1-A will be discontinu
ed February 1, according to orders
from state headquarters received the
first of the week by Allen county
draft board No. 3.
Under the new program, men
passing their physical examinations
will be returned home for at least
21 days before being called for actual
induction.
The new order will have no effect
on selectees leaving next week for
examinations, but will affect those
scheduled to be called later in the
month for induction to fill February
quotas.
Continue Blood Tests This Month
Local boards will continue making
blood tests until February 1 and also
will call up men for pre-induction
tests during the last half of this
month.
Local board screen examinations
will be discontinued after February
1 except in cases of obvious physical
disability or when the registrant re
quests such an examination.
The new pre-induction examina
tion will be a one day process except
in cases where necessary to hold the
registrant for a further clinical
check. These examinations will be
given at the regular induction
centers.
Quotas to Examining Centers
Under the plan, local boards will
send their quotas to the examining
centers where the men will be classi
fied as fit either for the navy, army
or army limited service. Men
physically unfit will be returned and
reclassified 4-F.
A majority of men from this area
probably will report to Ft. Benjamin
Harrison near Indianapolis altho
some may enter service at Ft. Hayes
in Columbus and Ft. Thomas, Ky.
Mrs. Estetla Locher,
Early Resident, Dies
Mrs. Estella Julia Locher, 85,
long a resident of the Bluffton area
died Friday in Bluffton Community
hospital.
Born in Canton Bern, Switzerland,
she came to this country at an early
age and spent most of her life on
the old Charpie homestead on Bent
ley road south of Bluffton.
In 1876 she married Henry Stein
er, one of Bluffton’s early merchants
who preceded her in death in 1888.
She married Eli Locher in 1903.
Following the death of Mr. Loch
er in 1940, she lived with her niece,
Mrs. Jay Harris, on Cherry street.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Mary Balmer, Pontias, Ill. two bro
thers, Fred Charpie, Taft, Calif.,
and Emile Charpie, Enid, Oklahoma.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon in the Basinger fun
eral home, with Rev. Ernest Bige
low, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, officiating. Burial was in
Maple Grove cemetery.
Former Orange Twp.
Man Is Found Dead
Earl Eugene Denison, 57, former
Orange township resident was found
dead in bed at his home in Sidney
Saturday morning. Death was due
to a heart ailment.
He was the son of George and
Anna (Beach) Denison. The family
formerly lived on what is known as
the Blackford farm in Orange town
ship. He was manager of the Marks
Shoe company in Sidney at the time
of his death. He never married.
Surviving are two sisters: Mrs.
Ora Williamson, Toledo and Mrs.
Anna Mann, Marion. A sister who
preceded him in death was Mrs. Nan
Ruhl. Her husband, the late Can
Ruhl was a Bluffton native.
Badertscher Heads
Township Trustees
F. C. Badertscher has been elected
chairmen of the Richland township
trustees for the coming year at the
organization meeting of the board.
Walter Marshall is vice chairman.
Allen Grismore is the third member
of the board. N. W. Basinger is
clerk.
Niswander Director
At Citizens Bank
C. F. Niswander, Bluffton farm
implement dealer, was elected to the
board of directors of the Citizens
National bank at the annual stock
holders’ meeting Tuesday night. He
succeeds L. T. Greding, director of
the bank whose death occurred last
summer.
All directors on the present board
were re-elected for the coming year
at the meeting Tuesday night. They
are: C. H. Smith, E. C. Romey,
Noah Basinger, Edwin Amstutz,
Henry Huber and M. M. Bogart.
A cash dividend of $4 a share re
cently declared on the outstanding
common stock was announced at the
meeting.
MENNONITE AID
SOCIETY GROWS
IN PAST YEAR
Company Has §3,610,165 Risks
In Force Shows Increase
of $160,415
Policies Carried By Insurance
Unit Aggregate 905 Of
ficers Named for 1944
has 905 policies in
Putnam, Hancock
counties.
$10,064 In
Total losses during the last year
were $10,064.62. Fire damages were
the heaviest, a total of $8,584.74
being paid out for such losses. Pay
ments for lightning losses amounted
to $784.94, and storm damages cost
the society ,$691.94.
With 905 policies in force the as
sociation has nine less risks than
carried
number
of the
mutual
surance
dwellings
This has resulted in cancellation of
policies
mercial
Bluffton
Donor Of Bluffton College Library
Building Is Victim Of Heart Attack
C.
a
Insurance risks aggregating
total of $3,610,165 are carried
the Mennonite Mutual Aid Society,
a locally owned and operated insur
ance organization, specializing in
farm risks, it was reported last
Saturday at the annual meeting of
the group in the Bluffton
school building.
by
High
session
society
Reports submitted at the
show’ the mutual insurance
force in Allen,
and Hardin
carried by the
Aggregate risks
organization showred an increase of
$160,415, over the total of $3,445,325
on the books at the close of 1942.
With present policies in force re
presenting $3,610,165 in insurance
value the company
coverage since it
June 5, 1866.
has its largest
was organized
Losses
in 1942. Decrease in the
of policies reflects operation
Ohio statute barring farm
companies from writing in
on real estate other than
in incorporated towns.
in buildings used for com
and industrial purposes in
and Pandora.
Risks Up $160,415
Despite the small drop in the
number of policies in force, officials
of the society pointed to the fact
that value of risks in force have
increased $160,415 over last year.
Ray S. Hilty, of Bluffton, was
re-elected a director, and
Geiger, of
director to
of Bluffton.
Directors
H. Musselman, One of Na
tion’s Largest Fruit Pro
cessors Succumbs
Gifts to Bluffton College Aggre
gate $135,000 Lived at
Biglerville, Pa.
H. Musselman, 63, donor of
C.
the library building on the Bluffton
college campus and long an influ
ential supporter of the local insti
tution, died Thursday afternoon at
his home in Biglerville, Pa.
Death was attributed to a heart
condition which had kept him
his office for the past year.
He was founded, president
general manager of the C. H.
selman company, largest
cessing company in the
possibly in the nation.
Surviving are his
children, a son and
of Biglerville.
was in
Mrs.
at her
street.
Llewellyn
named a
Basinger,
Pandora, was
succeed Jerry
are
L.
continuing to
and
serve
Raymond
E. E. Bucher
Moser, of Columbus Grove L. G.
Phillips,
Tschiegg
Bluffton.
Amos
of
of Ottawa, and
and Albert Winkler,
elected Monday night at
Officers
the organization meeting of the
board of directors are:
Pres., E. E. Bucher vice pres.,
Amos Tschiegg sec., Albert Wink
ler asst, sec., Raymond Moser
treas., Ray Hilty appraisers: L. G.
Phillips, Llewellyn Geiger, Raymond
Moser, Amos Tschiegg.
Map Local Plans For
4th War Loan Drive
Plans for Bluffton’s participation
in the Fourth War Loan campaign,
Jan. 18 to Feb. 15, will be mapped
at a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Bluffton War Loan
committee at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday
in the offices of The Triplett Elec
trical Instrument Co.
Bo
the
or-
Norhan A. Triplett and Mel
gart, co-chairmen, are calling
session to complete preliminary
ganization for the drive. Members
of the committee will be notified of
the meeting by mail.
from
and
Mus
pro-
and
fruit
east
1907
in
with his
at sher-
The business started
when Musselman, together
father and brother bought
iff’s sale a small vegetable cannnig
plant at Biglerville, is now a ten
million dollar concern operating
plants covering 50 acres and owning
nearly 1,000 acres of producing
land, most of it in bearing fruit
trees.
He and Mrs. Musselman made a
contribution of $106,000 to Bluffton
college in 1928 to cover the cost of
constructing and maintaining
Musselman library building
now stands on the campus,
this sum, $56,000 was expended
erecting the structure, and the
maining $50,000 was invested
provide funds for the cost of main
tenance.
the
that
Of
in
to
The couple’s most recent contribu
tion to the college here was a $5,000
gift received late in December. At
the time she forwarded the money,
Mrs. Musselman wrote that she
hoped to add $3,000 more this year.
A requent visitor on the college
campus, Musselman was well known
in Bluffton. The family’s total do
nation to Bluffton college have
amounted to $135,000.
Musselman was a member of the
Mennonite church at Fairfield, Pa.,
where Rev. George Stoneback, a
Bluffton college graduate, is the
pastor.
Responsible position in the Mus
selman canneries are held by two
other Bluffton college graduates,
Alvin Stauffer and Willis Beidler.
Dr. L. L. Ramseyer, of Bluffton
college, attended 1
held last Saturday
Pennsylvania.
funeral services
at Gettysburg,
widow and two
a daughter, all
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Susanna Amstutz
Funeral services for Mrs. Su
sanna Amstutz, 84, pioneer Bluff
ton resident were held at
Reformed church, Monday
Rev. V. C. Opperman,
the church officiated and
St. John’s
afternoon,
pastor of
interment
Maple Grove cemetery.
Amstutz died Friday night
home on North Jackson
She was born February 4, 1859,
in Sigristville, Switzerland, the
daughter of John and Mary Sigrist.
In May, 1883, she came to Bluffton
and Gi. August 21 of that year she
was married to Godfrey Amstutz.
She was for many years a member
of the St. John’s Reformed church
and active in the
organizations.
work of women’s
a daughter Olga
grandchildren and
Her hus-
Surviving are
of Bluffton, four
two great grandchildren,
band and
Stepleton
ceded her
two daughters,
and Mrs. Rosa
in death.
Mrs. Edith
Kline pre-
Annual Woodmen
Dinner Wednesday
Annual dinner and election of offi
cers of the Bluffton Modern Wood
men lodge will be held at the Wal
nut Grill on Wednesday night, Jan
uary 19 at 6:30 o’clock. All mem
bers are urged to attend. George
Rauenbuhler, Sec.
Barnes Heads Board
Of Public Affairs
Harry Barnes took his seat on the
Board of Public Affairs and was
elected president of that body at the
organization meeting of the board.
Barnes and F. J. Harmon were elect
ed to membership on the board last
fall.
Wm. B. Luginbuhl, the third mem
ber of the board was re-elected last
fall. The board re-elected Edgar
Hauenstein clerk.
fHE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1911
1944 COMMUNITY
INSTITUTE OPENS
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Joint Meetings On Opening
Day Separate Sessions
On Second
Discussion of Community Prob
lems Featured Music and
Drama On Program
of
Offering a tw’O-day program
instructive talks, discussion sessions
and varied entertaining features,
Bluffton’s annual community institu
te will be held here Wednesday and
Thursday of next week.
Well qualified speakers will ap
pear at the sessions to discuss many
phases of rural community problems.
Playlets and musical offerings are
included to
gram.
give balance to the pro-
details of the program
Pages 4 and 5 of this
Complete
appear on
week’s issue of The Bluffton News.
Joint meetings of the men’s and
women’s institute organization will
be held in the Bluffton High School
auditorium on the opening day of
the institute, next Wednesday. First
session on the Wednesday program
will be at 10 a. m.
Joint Sessions Wednesday
Afternoon and evening meetings
also will be in the school auditorium
on Wednesday.
Varied offerings on Wednesday
night are expected to draw’ a
capacity audience from the com
munity. Special music, talks by the
two state speakers and presenta
tion of a one-act comedy skit w’ill
be the headliners on a program
scheduled to start at 7:30 p. rn.
Separate sessions are planned for
Thursday’s institute programs, with
the men meeting in the high school
auditorium, and the women at the
auditorium
building.
fan the grade school
Two
Stats Speakers
jressive list of
Heading an
Speakers scheduled appear hettt
during the two-day session are John
Grierson and Mrs. M. C. Rosselott,
both of Hillsboro, the two state
institute speakers J. W. Warner,
Allen county farm agent Dr. I. W.
Bauman and C. J. Windau.
Grierson, now a farm owner and
operator, has a broad background
including services as a former dis
trict executive secretary of the
American Red Cross during which
he studied first hand some of
basic problems of society.
the
in­
Mrs. Rosselott’s experience
eludes that of teacher and welfare
worker among
people. Later
lecturer and
worker in the
Blue Ridge mountain
she served as a radio
she is a prominent
grange and P. T. A.
Six Counties In Peace
Contest Here Sunday
Six counties will be represented in
the Prince of Peace declamation con
test to be held at the Methodist
church here Sunday night at 7:30.
are contest
Lucas, Seneca,
and Crawford
Competing are contest winners
from Defiance,
cock, Wyandot
ties.
Han
coun-
John
To-
entered are:
Contestants
Fritz, Farmer Ruth Procter,
ledo Carolyn Grove, Fostoria Alan
Mieffer, Arcadia Phyllis Rossel,
Upper Sandusky and Robert Hughes,
Bucyrus.
The contest is under direction of
the Ohio Council of Churches and
a gold medal will be awarded to
the winner who will be eligible to
be one of 18 participants in the
state contest to be held in Columbus
this spring.
Victory Girl Program
Is Dedicated Locally
Dedicated to war workers in
Bluffton, Lima and Delphos is the
“Victory Girl” program, popular
WLW feature to be heard this Wed
nesday night from 6:25 to 6:30 p. m.
Announcement of dedication of the
program to Allen county industries
was made the first of the week.
Real Estate Deals
near Benton
Eli Garmatter of
Ridge has purchased the 80 acre
farm from the Amos
tate 3H miles west of Bluffton and
will occupy the place this spring.
Walter Garmatter who tenanted the
place has rented the farm being va
cated by Eli.
Garmatter es-
Gideon Garmatter residing north
of the Hilty school has also pur
chased from the Amos Garmatter
estate the 80 acre farm on which he
resided.
this week
censes for the animals before Jan. 20,
if they want to escape paying the $1
penalty that will be assessed after
that date.
Registration fees for dogs remain
the same as last year: $1 for each
male or spayed female and $3 for
each unspayed female. Tags must be
bought for all dogs over three months
of age.
Every' person who purchases a dog
from outside the state after Jan. 1
and before July 1, must within 30
day’s make application for a registra
tion from Jan. 1 and pay a full year’s
fee.
If a dog becomes three months of
age after July 1, the fee is one-half
the regular charge.
In case of the loss of a dog tag,
the law provides a duplicate that may
be obtained at the auditor’s office for
25 cents.
Licenses for both Allen and Han
cock county may be obtained in Bluff
ton at the Community Market
Organization Continued Ready
To Function When Condi
tions Warrant
Hiram Kohli Re-elected Presi
dent of Association at
Annual Meeting
Bluffton’s Mid Winter fair, discon
tinued because of wartime conditions
will be
it was
annual
at the
night.
On the board of directors are
the officers and the following:
Quinten Burkholder, Harvey Burk
holder, Harold Carr, Dwight Frantz,
Ben Amstutz, Joe Powell,
Warren, Carl McCafferty,
Klingler and Edgar Herr.
Dog Owners Must Get Tags
For Canines By January 20
of dogs were warned again
that they must buy new Il­
Owners
Plan To Resume Bluffton’s Winter
Fair When Present Emergency Passes
resumed after the emergency,
stated by directors at the
organization meeting held
high school building Friday
Altho there has been no fair for
the past two years, the organization
has been held intact and will be
'’ready to resume the annual showing
as soon as conditions warrant, prob
ably after the war.
In the organization meeting all
officers were re-elected for the com
ing year.
The officers include Hiram M.
Kohli, president Albert Winkler,
vice-president Harry F. Barnes, sec
retary, and Ray Marshall, tenor.
Clyde
Clyde
Former Bluffton
Woman Dies In West
been received here of
Mrs. Fannie Green, 80,
Wash. She was the
Word has
the death of
of Bothell,
widow of the late Charles Green.
The couple formerly resided in
Bluffton.
Mrs. Green died last Thursday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leo
McCullough. Funeral services were
held at the Methodist church in
Bothell, Saturday followed by burial
at that place.
Besides the daughter at whose
home she died she is survived by a
son Burl Green of Tacoma, Wash.,
and two sisters, Mrs. Peter Bader
tscher and Mrs. John A. Anderson,
both of Bluffton.
WEDDING ANNOUNCED
Announcement has been made of
the wedding of Turley Rupright and
Cora McGinnis, both of Lima. Rup
right was a former Bluffton resident
and operated a grocery here a number
of years ago.
Wartime manpower conditions cre
ated a unique situation in this dis
trict’s sports setup when A. C.
Burcky, veteran coach at Bluffton
college, took on additional responsi
bilities as the athletic director of
Ohio Northern university, this week.
Annual Hospital
Meeting Monday
Coach A. C. Burcky Takes Over As
Athletic Director At Ohio Northern
Naming of Burcky to head the
sports departments of the neighbor
ing institution in addition to con
tinuing as athletic director here fol
lowed the drafting of Millard
(Lefty) Murphy, Northern coach,
who reported Wednesday at Fort
Hayes, Columbus, for army service.
In addition to taking over the di
rection of Ohio Northern sports
teams for the remainder of the sea-
Annual business meeting of the
Bluffton Community hospital will be
held at the high school cafeteria
next Monday night at 7:30 o’clock.
Reports for the past year will be
given and directors elected.
Tosh Re-elected As
School Board Head
John Tosh was re-elected for the
coming year as president of the
Bluffton Board of Education at its
organization meeting, Monday night.
Dr. W.
vice president and Leland Diller was
re-elected clerk.
son, Coach
ing theory
versity.
named
Levi Althaus, a new member of
the board was seated, succeeding
Elmer Short whose term expired.
Other members of the board are
Ralph Badertscher and Waldo Hof
stetter.
Lehman Recital
Friday Evening
Prof. G. A. Lehman, baritone, of
the Colgate-Rochester Divinity school
of Rochester, N. Y., will appear in
a vocal recital in the Bluffton col
lege chapel, Friday night
o’clock.
at 8:00
Prof. Lehman, formerly
the department of music at
lege here wTas a favorite
vocalist
ing. 1
charge to the concert but an offer
ing will be received.
head of
the col
Bluffton
with a large local follow
lere will be no admission
Military Funeral For
Bluffton Service Man
Military funeral services were
held in the Presbyterian church Fri
day morning for Pvt. Calvin Dudg
eon, 18, who died of spinal menin
gitis at Fargo, North Dakota.
His death occurred on Tuesday of
last week and the body arrived here
Thursday morning. Rev. E. N.
Bigelow, his pastor, officiated at the
funeral services and burial was in
Maple Grove cemetery.
furlough
ritualistic
post were
Service men home on
served as pallbearers and
services of Bluffton Legion
held at the grave. The Boy Scout
troop of which he was a former
member attended the services in a
body.
Pvt. Dudgeon was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. E. Dudgeon of Cherry
street. At the time of his death he
was in an engineering unit of the
army specialized training program
at the State Agricultural college in
Fargo.
War Service Legion
Drive Launched Here
War workers at The Triplett Elec
trical Instrument Co. were signing
pladges this week in the presentee
ism program sponsored by the
County War Service Legion,
part of a campaign launched
county industries on Monday.
Allen
as a
in all
Goal of the Legion is to assure un
interrupted production in war plants
by cutting down on absenteeism.
All workers who sign the pledge
receive an attractive sterling pin.
If after three months they are on
the job regularly when scheduled to
work they will receive a service bar,
and additional awards will be made
at the close of
months periods.
following three
pledge is
relative
One copy of the
to some friend or
armed forces.
mailed
in the
Burcky will teach coach
classes at the Ada uni­
handle the Northern
He w’ill
basketball team in competition for
the first time this Wednesday at
Ada, when the Bears play Denni
son, rated as the third best team
in Ohio.
Bluffton and Ohio Northern met
twice this season
Bluffton won the
43, and Northern
44 to 27.
in basketball,
first game, 44 to
took the second,
Eleven games
schedule of the
while Bluffton has only three addi
tional tilts carded for the remaind
er of the season.
remain on the
Northern eagers,
RICHLAND
MUTUAL INSURANCE
VOTES EXPANSION
Risks Aggregate $2,276,445,
With Total of 559 Policies
in Force in Area
Association Votes to Provide
Hailstorm Coverage Ter
ritory Is Extended
Extension of the insurance facili
ties offered by the Richland Town
ship Farmers’ Insurance Co., a rural
mutual organization operating in the
Bluffton area, was announced last
Saturday at the annual meeting of
the organization in the Richland
township room at the town hall.
Hailstorm insurance protection
will be provided in the future by
the company, the result of an
amendment to the charter voted by
the organization,
holders were
fire, lightning and storm.
Previously policy
insured only against
A new type policy also was voted
by members of the association. This
embodies “standard provisions” re
commended by state and national
associations of mutual insurance
companies.
Territory E
n larced
Adoption of a new constitution
also was affected with the major
change representing an enlargement
of the territory covered by the as
sociation. Insurance protection will
be available in the future to all of
Allen, Hancock, Putnam and Hardin
counties.
Previously, the group limited its
insurance to Richland, Jackson, Bath
and Monroe townships of Allen
county Riley township in Putnam
county Union and Orange town
ships in Hancock county, and Liber
ty township in Hardin county.
Members of the association also
voted to insure town properties ex
cept those used exclusively for in
dustrial and commercial purposes.
These may not be insured by farm
mutuals, according to a state law.
$2,276,445 In Risks
Reports made at the annual meet
ing last Saturday showed property
insured by the association has an
aggregate value of $2,276,445. This
is an increase of $51,355 in risks
over last year’s total of $2,225,09 ).
The increase of insurance in force
w’as recorded despite the fact that
the number of policies decreased
12, from 550 to 538. This drop
represented combining of chattel and
real estate policies, officials said.
At last Saturday’s meeting Ezra
Moser of Bluffton, was elected
director for a three-year term,
succeeding Jacob Schick, of La
fayette.
Appraisers Named
Chari es Lora, of Columbus Grove,
and H.
named appraisers.
elected, and Hilty was named as a
new appraiser, there previously
having been only one.
O. Hilty, of Bluffton, were
Lora was re­
Quinten Burkholder, of Bluffton,
was elected treasurer for one year,
succeeding H. P. Huber, also of
Bluffton.
The board of directors of the
association consists of three direct
ors elected as such. They are Moser
elected last Saturday, and Elias
Augsburger and Elmer Lauby, who
are serving unexpired terms. In
addition, the two appraisers, the
treasurer and the secretary serve as
directors.
The secretary, who will be ap
pointed at organization of the board
of directors next Saturday, alst
will be a director.
Rites For Clayton
Little Held Monday
Clayton D. Little, 33, of Bluffton,
died last Thursday evening in the
Lima District tuberculosis hospital.
He had been ill for one year.
A native of Kalida, Mr. Little
was born Aug. 14, 1910. He had
been employed at the Lima Tank
Depot and at one time w'orked at
The Triplett Electrical Instrument
Co. here.
He was married to Eva Agin, who
survives with .me daughter, Wini
fred Irene. Other survivors include
two brothers and five sisters, Kuhl
man Little, Chicago Murray Little,
Lima Mrs. George Blakemore,
Toledo Mrs. Madeline Griffin, New
York city Mrs. Glenn Williams,
Ypsilanti, Mich. Mrs. I. M. Baum
gartner, Taft, Calif., and Miss Zelda
Little, Seattle, Wash.
Funeral services w’ere held Mon
day morning in the Diller funeral
home. Rev. A. F. Albro, pastor of
the Bluffton Missionary church, of
which Little was a member, officiat
ed. Burial was in a Kalida ceme
tery.
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