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THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1944 Settlement Ruth Bixel who had submitted to an operation for appendicitis several weeks ago, left for Greenville, Ill., to resume her work as music instruc tor at the Greenville college. Israel Garber passed away at the home of his daughter Mrs. Wm. Klickman in Pandora, Monday morn ing at the age of 87 years. He had been ill for some months. Mr. and Mrs. Garber moved here from Missouri 23 years ago. Funeral services were held at the Grace church on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. and Mrs. Clayton Steiner and family and Rev. and Mrs. Har vey Mitchell and family were supper guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Kohli, Monday. Mrs. Rolland Burkhart has recent ly received word from her brother, who is a German prisoner in this country. Lorena Hochstettler accompanied Rev. and Mrs. Eli Steiner to Ft. Wayne, Sunday. Lieut. Paul Schey who recently graduated from the Ellington Field Flying School, Texas is spending a furlough with his home folks. Misses Elaine Welty and Lois Geiger are suffering from sprained ankles as a result of falls. Clyde Shawber formerly of this community and for some years own er and operator of a grain elevator at Malinta, O., died in his home on Monday evening as a result of a self inflicted gun shot wound. Farmer’s Institute is to have its sessions at Pandora on Thursday. Much sickness prevails in many homes of this locality. Ben Amstutz is planning to hold another hog sale sometime the fore part of February. The Mennonite Mutual Aid Society held their annual meeting at the Bluffton high school, Saturday after noon. Llewellyn Geiger is the newly elected director and Ray S. Hilty who served as treasurer for the organization to succeed A. S. Hilty whose term was ended by his death. Mrs. Emmet Burkhart spent the past week with her mother in Del phos. Clarence Jones, is assisting Albert Garmatter with the carpenter trade. At present they are working at the Triplett Electrical Instrument co. Excavation for the foundation of a new two story cement block structure has been started on the land form erly owned by Mrs. Corda OehrlL Cpl. Erold Diller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Diller, southwest of Cairo has graduated as a laboratory technician from the Medical Depart ment Enlisted Men’s Training school, Billings General Hospital, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. The promotion of Pfc. Naden A. Basinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al van Basinger from the grade of Private First Class to Technician Fifth Grade was announced recently “somewhere in England” by Brig. Gen.. Frederick L. Anderson, com manding general of the Eighth Air Force Bomber Command. Naoen w’as a farmer before entering the service. Harry Suter, south of Pandora, purchased the Stanley Salter farm formerly’ the Arnold farm, south of West Point, recently. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hilty, visit ed recently with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Whelan Bayman and baby Joanne Mae in Midland, Texas. Menno Augsburger, is still bedfasi suffering with sciatic rheumatism and is very little improved. Hope he soon will be on the mend again. Mrs. Anna Spallinger, who was re ported very low the past w’eek with heart trouble is showing improve ments. Mrs. Elizabeth King, assist ed the past w’eek in caring for her in the home of Mrs. Walter Haas. Elmer Baumgartner, who was se Total verely hurt several weeks ago in a Lima defense plant, was removed to his home last week and on Thursday he was taken to the Bluff ton hospital and has been quite ill with pneumonia. First Lt. Donald E. Hilty, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Hilty of Colum bus Grove has arrived in England. He is serving with the Dental Corps of a field artillery group. John Kinsinger, who was confined in the hospital at Bluffton the past w’eek was removed to his home where he is convalescing. He was ill with the flu and pneumonia. Mrs. Orrie Lugibill, was in the Memorial Hospital, Lima, a few’ days recently where she took treat ment. She is recuperatnig at her home and is up and around part time. Miss Melinda Nisw’ander, of Pan dora, w’ho has been in ill health for several years, is confined in the hospital at Bluffton where she is receiving treatment. Committees from the four Menno nite churchs in this area met in the M. C. rooms in science hall on the campus of Bluffton College last Wednesday. Sixteen women from Grace and St. John churches of Pandora, Ebenezer and First church es of Bluffton spent the day cutting 700 garments to be sent out and sew’ed by the various organizations of the churches in the middlewest. Headquarters are in Akron, Pa., w’here the finished garments are sent. This office cooperates with the Red Cross in shipping them to needy places all over the world. Mrs. John Esau, is still bedfast from her fall on the ice several weeks. She is improving slowly. John, Jr., son of the Esau’s is down with the measles. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Citizens National Bank of Bluffton IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEM BER 31, 1943, PUBLISHED IN RESPONSE TO A CALL MADE BY COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, UNDER SECTION 5211, U. S. REVISED STATUTES. ASSETS Loans and discounts (including $.31 overdrafts) $ 346,618.50 United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed 753,855.00 Obligations of States and political subdivisions 236,030.57 Other bonds, notes, and debentures 57,971.55 Corporate stocks (including $4,500.00 stock of Federal Reserve bank) 4,500.00 Cash, balances w’ith other banks including reserve balance, and cash items in process of collection 1,023,079.34 Bank premises owned $14,500.00, furniture and fixtures $3,857.00 18,357.00 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital Stock: Common stock, total par $75,000.00 $ 75,000.00 Surplus 75,000.00 Undivided profits 28,073.69 Reserves (and retirement account for prefrred stock) 6,692.12 The Missionary Band of the Eben ezer church held their monthly meet ing in the home of their leader, Mrs. Watson Steiner, Tuesday evening. Miss Kathleen Amstutz, who was at her home over Christmas, is agam clerking at the City Market at Bluffton. Edw’in Amstutz left Tuesday for the west where he will spend three weeks visiting his brother, Amos Amstutz at Silverton, Oregon, and other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Steiner, daughter Christine and son Peter or Wyandotte, Mich., spent the week end with his aunts, the Steiner Sisters. Frederick is in the army and assigned to duty at Grant hospital, Detroit. He is the son of the late Reuben Steiner. LaFayette Mrs. Oscar Hervey, Patty Thomp son, and Mr. Joseph Hervey of Al ger were Friday evening guests at the T. W. Desenberg home. Honoring Mrs. Louise Cloore on the anniversary of her birth, Mrs. Wilbur Sherritts of Lima entertained informally in her home Tuesday. Guests included the guest of honor, Mrs. Bess Kenyon and Mrs. Carl Downing. Lt. and Mrs. Charles E. Weaver have been transferred to Tallahassie, Florida. Their address is 1425 Mon roe street. Mrs. Weaver was form erly Helen Clum. Tom Presnell of Marion spent the past week with Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Arthur. Mrs. Earl Riddlebarger of Wheeler burg, Ohio is spending a week at the home of Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Arthur. Mrs. Irene Boyd, Joey and Phillip Hall and Mrs. Grace Vorhes of Lima were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hall. Agricultural production increased 20 per cent in the period 1939-42 but only increased 5 per cent in the years 1894-1917. Total Assets $2,440,412.05 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations $1,121,464.18 Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations.... 1,025,738.64 Deposits of United States Government (including postal savings) 843.75 Deposits of State and political subdivisions 62,074.09 Other deposits (certified and chashier’s checks, etc) 45,525.58 Total Deposits $2,255,646.24 Total Liabilities $2,255,646.24 Total Capital Accounts 184,765.81 Total Liabilities and Capital Accounts $2,440,412.05 MEMORANDA Pledged assests (and securities loaned) (book value): United States Government obligations, direct and guaran teed, pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities .... 1,500.00 Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities (including notes and bills rediscounted and securities sold under repurchase agreement) 36,500.00 Secured liabilities: Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to requirements of law Total ................................................................ $62,074.09 State of Ohio, County of Allen, ss: I, E. C. Romey, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Correct—Attest: C. Henry Smith, M. M. Bogart, Noah Basing er,, Directors. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of January, 1944. $ 38,000.00 $ 62,074.09 E. C. ROMEY, Cashier. Esther A. Herr, Notary Public. My Commission Expires Jan. 19, 1946. Maybe the oldtimers are right— winter this year isn’t like the ones grandpappy used to tell about fact is w’e don’t remember of having had the snow shovel out this winter forehanded boys w’ho went to Texas might better have stayed here but don’t expect too much—as hoss-tradin’ David Harum once said the only thing certain about luck is that it’s bound to change and they say there’s a sharp shortage of cheese—no we didn’t say a shortage of sharp cheese and maybe we’ll have to line up for it the same as we do for haircuts and speaking of shortages—no more hard coal until April 1 is the latest w’ord here w’ish we could whistle thru our teeth like that bobby socks high school lass we heard the other day regular siren the whistle— not the girl A lot of friends will welcome Prof. G. A. “Dad” Lehman, Friday night when he comes here for a concert which should develop into something of a reunion and homecoming. Time was—not too many years ago—when he was head of the Bluffton college music department, always ready to pinch-hit on a program when some numbers failed to appear at the last minute and never too busy to mix in a political argument. Many a student has been inspired by his enthusiasm which musical success has not dulled. Meet Coach "Zig” Burcky of Ohio Northern—yes, he’s still coaching athletics at Bluffton. One coach for two colleges—all because of wartime emergency, etc. Wonder how he would handle basketball games be tween the two schools—which by the way are over for this season. Re cognition by Northern recalls that a Toledo U. coach once remarked that Burcky could do more with less than any man in his experience. Good luck Zig this Wednesday night when your Northern Polar Bears meet Denison, rated as one of the best in the Ohio conference. That blizzard which swept the southwest during the past week was said to have been the worst in recent years. Thomas Koontz received word from Oklahoma the first of the week telling of eight inches of snow—the first that some children in that locality had ever seen. And lack of snow is becoming serious here. Farmers say the stand of fall wheat is already show ing effects of lack of the usual pro tective covering of snow’. Up in the Dakotas, where winters are usually severe, the weather Mas been mild this year, writes Waldo Lugibill who operates a large farm near Hope, North Dakota. It was a green Christmas and last week saw* only a half-inch of snow on the ground. The News reaches them on Saturday and they like this column which makes us happy and more secure, we hope, on the payroll. You never know where the Bluff ton News is going—latest is w’ord from Oswin Luginbuhl of Lima, former Bluffton farm implement dealer, who says that after they have finished w’ith it, the paper is passed on to a neighbor, formerly from Bluffton—and in these days of w’artime paper shortage w'e’re glad to know’ that the issues of the News are doing double duty. And since we’re on the subject of double duty—there’s the engine room of the fire department which did double duty late Monday night for three distressed Lima women en route home from Findlay when the radiator of their car froze up. Stopping here after garages were closed for the night, Nightwatch Murray directed them to drive their car into the engine room until it could thaw out. After more rhan an hour they were able to proceed homeward. Elrose Pvt. J. O. Koontz of Shreveport, La., is enjoying a w’eeks furlough w’ith Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dray, and visiting with other friends and relatives. Among visitors at tne Dray home Sunday were Mrs. Chas. Burris, son Douglas, daughter Karen of Alger, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Crates, daughter Sandra and son Larry of near Arlington and Mary Koontz of Bluffton. The funeral of Mrs. Stella Cleavenger was held Sunday at the Diller funeral home in. Bluffton They w’ere former residents of this community. The family have tne sympathy of their many friends. Union prayer service will be held at the Russell Elzay home Thursday evening. Mrs. Thomas Koontz spent Sunday at the J. R. Fisher home. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nonnamaker and daughter Kaye, Mr. and Mrs. Lendon Basinger called at the How ard Stauffer home in Bluffton Satur day evening. Callers at the Ami Nonnamaker home the past week were Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Klingler and family, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nonnamj*er and family, Chas. Nonnamaker, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hamilton daughter Betty, Mrs. Nelson Heistand, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Arnold and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gossman and family, Mrs. Susan Arnold, Mrs. Ilo Agin, Misses Marie Urban, Fern Koch, Mildred Marshall, Flo Strat ton, Betty Bish and Bess Arnold, Adrian Pifer, Thomas Koontz and Shirley Nonnamaker of Bluffton. Mrs. Harold Bell is spending tne week at the M. J. Stratton home. Mr. and Mrs. Stratton are improving from the flu. East Orange Mrs. J. J. Gallant is quite poorly. Mrs. Oren Zimmerman of Mt. Gilead is caring for her. Callers on Mrs. Emma Boutwell the past week were, Mrs. Ruth Held man, Ruby Boehm, Ilo Agin, Edith Stager, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Held man, Mrs. Emerson Lugibihl, Betty Jo Matter and Margaret Frick, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Potts. Among the callers on Mrs. John Carts the past week w’ere, Mrs. THE BLUFFION NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIC Dorothy Ream, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Steward and Jeannine, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Nonnamaker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wolfly of Bluffton, Mrs. Emma Boutw’ell and Byron Leo, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bowman, Elva Bishop. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Boehm and sons David and Stephen and Ann Smith spnt Sunday in th C. M. Heldman home. The Ladies Missionary society met w’ith Mrs. Anna Strahm of Ada for an all day meeting on Wednes day, Jan. 12. Burnell Bame and family are mov ing into the C. M. Heldman house this w’eek. Pandora Mrs. M. C. Rosselott, of Hillsboro and C. W. Cookson, of Troy, are the speakers at the Pandora Community institute to be held here Thursday. Harry Sutter is president and Ellis Steiner is vice president. There w’ill be programs during the fornoon, afternoon and evening sessions. Joe Kiene, of Riley township, will serve on the Putnam county grand jury, also Oren Core, Roland Burk hart of Pandora and Wm. Fridley of Riley township are on the first petit jury and William V. Jones on the second petit jury. Funeral services were held for Israel Garber, 87, at the Grace Mennonite church Wednesday after noon with interment in the Pleasant Ridge cemetery east of Pandora. Mr. Graber lived with his daughter and family, Mrs. Will Klickman, since the death of his wife, Mrs. Garber, who died last spring. Elmer Baumgartner, who was in St. Ritas hospital, Lima, for several weeks was brought home last Thurs day. He developed pneumonia after arriving home and was taken to Bluffton Community hospital. Mrs. Roscoe Aiderman of Youngs town has been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cupp. Pandora grangers met in regular session, Tuesday night. Robert Cook is the new worthy master of tne subordinate grange. Mrs. Louis Risser, who has been Juvenile Grange matron for a num ber of years won the second year “Gold Leaf certificate”, as an honor grange among nearly 600 juvenile state granges. About fifteen of these granges received this honor. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reese at tended a grange business meeting at Columbus one day last week. David Reichenbach reported a goodly number met at the school gymnasium recently and organized a community basketball league. Clyde Faltz, who was recently operated on at the Cleveland clinic, and after returning to his farm home, southwest of Pandora, became very ill with influenza is now con valescing. Mrs. William Risser was removed from Lima Memorial hospital last Friday to the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Risser at Bluffton. S. F. Schroeder, 18, who lived on State route 12, three and one half miles west of Pandora, was instant ly killed in an automobile accident Sunday morning, at 1:15 a. m. The car driven by a friend, went out of control, just as it neared the front yard of his parents’ home, struck a pole and upset. Kenneth Alt, who lives west of Panaofa was with the boys. He was taken to Bluffton hospital, where he is recovering from several cracked ribs, a dislocat ed shoulder and a cracked collarbone. Miss Edith Burkhart was a recent Florida visitor. Newly elected officers of the Pan dora grange were installed at an official meeting Thursday, Dec. 29, at Gilboa recently at which all the subordinate grange officers of Put nam county were installed. The senior class and the Sky Glass staff, were entertained at a skating party at the Harvey Sutter farm south east of Pandora, Monday night. Skating on old Riley creek has been in fine condition most all winter. Mrs. Clayton Steiner, missionary, will be the guest speaker at the W. S. C. S., Jan. 19, at 8 o’clock p. in. Newly elected officers will also be installed that evening. Pioneer Type Makers Coreans developed movable type 50 years before Gutenberg printed the Bible. Do you fool "loll out of it”? ARE YOU missing the chance to share in this war—missing an experience you’d value all your life? Right now, in the WAC, you could be doing a vital Army job. You could be getting valuable training, meeting new people, seeing new places while serving your country. More Wacs are needed at once. Get’ full details about eligibility, training, pay. the jobs Wacs do, how they live. Go to the nearest U. S. Army Recruiting Station. (Your local post office will give you the address.) Or write: The Adjutant General, Room 4415, Munitions Build ing, Washington, D. C. Do it today! For Vigor and Health— include meat in your menu. Always ready to serve you. Bigler Bros. Fresh and Salt Meats Troop 56 .By Malcolm Basinger The meeting was begun with a ganje of “football’ under the direc tion of Scoutmaster Burcky. Two teams, under Don Augsburger and Robert Ramseyer, played with Augs burger’s team receiving at the East Goal. The team then made two straight first downs and were halted only by a penalty after they had advanced from their own four yard line to their thirty. The game was then halted for the roll call, in charge of James Har mon, in the absence of Scribe Paul Don Bixel, and other business which included the registration of the troop and the resubscription to “Boy’s Life” the Boy Scout’s nation al magazine. Plans were also dis cussed for the town-wide canvassing by both troops, for newspaper to help with the national paper short age. The meeting was then closed by another short round of "football” and then the’Scoutmaster’s Benedic tion. roop 82 By Don Fritchie The meeting opened by the scouts repeating the scout oaths and laws in a circle illuminated by the glow of flashlights. After a short business period an ice rescue was attempted with Bobby Neuenschwander playing the role of tne victim. He was rescued in short order with the boys making actual test runs to the doctors office and neighboring homes for blankets, hot water, and other necessary aids that would be necessary under an actual rescue condition. Scout commissioner E. N. Bigelow gave a stimulating presentation of the new program for 1944—“Hit the Trail”. All scouts heartily agreed the plan submitted was worthy of their comandeering and a comando attack will be launched on the new program. Some of the highlights of the new program are: 10 days of camping in ’44 for each scout, effort will be made to add at least 4 new members to the troop, the scouts pledged to be 95% in uniform at meetings for the balance of the year, 60% of the scouts will bend every effort to ad vance at least one rank. After the “Hit the Trail” presen tation, a number of handy-craft Francis Basinger, D. D. S. Evan Basinger, D. D. S. Telephone 271-W Bluffton, Ohio MUNSON R. BIXEL, M. D. Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M. 1-3 P. M. 7-8 P. M. Office. 118 Cherry St. Phone 120-F Bluffton, O. D. C. BIXEL, O.D. GORDON BIXEL, O.D. Citizens Bank Bldg., Bluffton EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS Office Hours: 9:00 A. M.—5:30 P. M. Evenings: Mon.. Wed., Fri., Sat. 7:30 to g:30 P. M. Closed Thursday Afternoon. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE Auto—Fire—Life—Liability Paul E. Whitmer, Agent 245 W. Grove St.—Phone 350-W Bluffton, Ohio LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE HAULING Every Load Insured STAGER BROS. Bluffton, Ohio NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS Residents of Hancock County may purchase 1944 Dog Tags from Zelma In galls at the Community Market in Bluffton, Ohio. Male Dog $1.00 Female Dog $3.00 No Fee for Registration Charles E. Simpson Auditor Hancock County items made from tin cans were shown by the scouts. The articles included soup kettles, skillets, sugar scoops, cups, pans and other items. We pause at this time to publically express "our sorrow in the loss of one of the members of our scout troop. Calvin Dudgeon is greatly missed by the members of the troop, the scoutmasters, the gram. FOR VICTORY IN ’44 Buy Bonds More am More! We9re rolling down that good old victory road full speed ahead in 944. We figure the sooner we put every last cent we can in War Bonds, the quicker this war will be over—• and we9ll be able to have those new Gas Appliances we all want! That’s why we should all stretch our budget to invest even more in 944. The more money we have in bonds, the more of that thrifty, time sav ing gas equipment we can buy for that all gas home, when the gas industry makes home appli ances again instead of war materials!. WEST OHIO cas 00. *^ONE ACRE faw America’s food and feed production goals for 1944 exceed all records. The question is being asked—"How many more acres must be put under the plow?” In the face of labor and machinery shortages, the question might better be—"How much more can be produced on every acre now being farmed? Experiment station results show that the intelli gent use of potash, properly balanced with other essential plant foods, can greatly increase yield and quality. If you do not know just how much potash your soil needs to make every acre do its best, your official agricultural advisers will tell you. Write us for free inforntafhn an A literature on the practical fertilization cf your crops. AMERICAN POTASH INSTITUTE Incur porv.ed 1159 Sixteenth S«.. N. W. W.thmfton ft, D. THE POTASH -Y-O PAGE SEVEN committeemen, and the sustaining membership. We all saw’ in this boy the qualities that stand for scout living. Well mannered, fun loving, sincere, aggressive in scout ing, and ambitious in life our friend Calvin has set a pace that will be a stimulation for continued activity in Bluffton’s scouting pro- i I iNU AMERICAN POTASH