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VOLUME NO. LXVIII
ALL MEN 18 TO 25
WILL TAKE DRAFT
EXAMS NEXT WEEK
Allen County Board No. 3 Mails
Notices To All Registrants
Under 26 Years
Examination And Induction
Men Over 25 Delayed
By New Order
of
age
All men in the 18 to 25
bracket, irrespective of draft classifi
cation, were ordered Tuesday by
Allen County Draft Board No. 3 to
report for pre-induction physical
examinations at Toledo on Tuesday
and Wednesday of next w’eek, it was
announced at board headquarters
Tuesday afternoon.
This move is in keeping with last
Saturday’s Selective Service order to
delay induction of men ,26 or older
in occupations contributing to the
war effort until the manpower re
serve in the lower-age bracket is
exhausted, a spokesman for the
board said.
No men over 26 will be called for
physical examinations or notified to
report for induction by Board No.
3, if they are in work that can be
considered essential and deferment
of younger men will be practically
impossible.
Shortage of Men
men are in the 18 to 25 age
however, and as a result
No. 3 will send only about
Few
group,
Board
one-third the number of men called
for in the April induction quota it
was announced.
Varying interpretations of the
order relating to the induction delay
of older men are reported in the
district. A few boards have announ
ced they will contintfe to induct older
registrants because they already
have virtually depleted the supply
of younger men.
Others, however, following action
similar to that of Board No. 3, are
combing and re-combing their lists
of ^registrants for men 18 to 25,
and will postpone induction of men
26 and over until they are notified
of a change in orders.
Altho all 18 to 25 registrants have
been ordered to Toledo for the pre
induction physical examination, the
April quota sent by Board
will be eonsiderably* short
number of men prescribed.
No. 3
of
the
Notices Cancelled
had
25
More than 100 men over
been notified to report for examina
tions next week, but following
receipt of the change in Selective
Service procedure notices were mail
ed to them cancelling the call.
In the April call, all men in Class
1-A in the 18 to 25 group, except
those with appeals pending, will be
taken into the armed services, repre
sentatives of Board Neff 3 said.
Board members also are combing
the list of other classifications to
get more men into 1-A if possible.
These two classes, those with appeals
pending and those now deferred, are
expected to make up the May call,
which probably also will be short of
quota.
In the April induction schedule a
group will be sent to the Navy on
April 21 and another to the army
on April 22, it was announced
Board No. 3. The number to be
ducted was not disclosed.
by
in-
College Minstrel
Show Next Monday
Bluffton college students will pre
sent a minstrel show, “Land O’ Cot
ton”, at 8 p. m. next Monday in
the Ramseyer chapel.
Earl Lehman, Pandora senior, will
act as interlocutor and end men
will be Howard Baumgartner, Berne,
Ind., sophomore Richard Boehr,
Pandora, freshman Howard Kreh
biel, Donnelson, Iowa, freshman, and
Ehigeru Matsunaga, Haw’aii, fresh
man.
Prof. Russell A. Lantz, head of
the college department of music, is
directing the production. The min
istrel show is sponsored by the Stu
dent Christian association of the
college.
Open House Marks
25th Anniversary
Twenty-fifth wedding anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swick, of
Dayton, will be featured by an open
house at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Irwin, on North Main street,
here, from 3 to 6 p. m. next Sunday.
Local friends of the couple are in
vited to call during those hours.
Former Bluffton residents, Mr. and
Mrs. Swick have resided in Dayton
for the last 10 years.
Market Baskets
Soon To Replace
Paper Bags Here
OLD fashioned market bask
ets of grandma’s day are
due for a comeback, merchants
here stated as paper bags are
becoming increasingly difficult to
obtain.
Both quantity and quality of
paper bags for civilians has been
dropping rapidly and is now esti
mated at less than one-third of
normal, the War Production
Board announced.
Besides the scarcity of paper
bags, kraft wrapping paper is
less plentiful and will he used
more sparingly to conserve the
dwindling supply.
Little relief from the situa
tion is anticipated until after
the war.
COUNCIL WILL GET
FAST TIME ISSUE
ON MONDAY NIGHT
Sentiment For Change To Fast
Time Is Growing Here,
Mayor Reports
Lima, Findlay and Ada Will
Move Clocks Ahead Farm
ers Oppose Change
Whether Bluffton residents will re
main on “slow time” or move their
clocks ahead an hour for the summer
months will be taken up at next
Monday’s meeting of the municipal
council, Mayor Wilbur A. Howe said
this week.
Other Places on Fast Time
Lima, Findlay and Ada already
have adopted “fast-time” for the
summer season, another factor that
is tending to crystalize local senti
ment for a change.
Farmers have been outspoken in
their opposition to moving clocks
ahead one hour because they feel
slow’ time is better suited to their
W’ork, and the Bluffton Board of
Education has gone on record in op
position to fast time.
Otherwise, however, sentiment in
the town is becoming more pronoun
ced in favoring a return to “fast
time” for the summer season. Should
the council decide on a change in
time, how’ever, it is unlikely that
clocks of the town will be moved
ahead until after May 1.
Bluffton returned to “slow time”
last October 3, after operating on
war time for 18 months following
America’s entrance into the war.
China Social Worker
To Speak At Vespers
Robert Kreider, Bluffton High
school graduate and a former social
worker in China, will be the speaker
at Bluffton college vesper services
at 3 p. m. next Sunday in the Ram
seyer chapel on the college campus.
The speaker is the son of Rev. A.
E. Kreider, of Goshen, Ind., former
pastor of the First Mennonite church
in Bluffton.
At present Kreider is employed in
the Mennonite Central committee
office in Akron, Pa. He was sent
to China early last summer by the
M. C. C. as a social worker, but
was recalled because of the war.
Kreider also has experience as a
social worker in South America. In
his talk he will discuss his exper
iences in both fields.
Special music will be provided by
the college women’s choir.
Promotions
Sgt. Richard Burkholder w’ho is in
army service overseas has been pro
moted to the rank of staff sergeant,
it wras learned by his wife here
first of the w*eek.
Plowing Now Month Late Further
Delayed By Heavy Rains This Week
of widespread sentiment
the last 10 days for a
faster time, the mayor
Because
developing
change to
has decided to present the question
to the council for its consideration.
Townspeople reported in faror of
"fust,, time*' fori^the summer are
those who work in Bluffton and out
of-town factories, victory gardeners
and others who like the advantages
of an extra hour of daylight in the
evenings for sports and outdoor
pursuits.
the
of
Sgt. Elmer Burkholder, Jr.,
Camp Jackson, South Carolina,
been promoted to the rank of staff
sergeant. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Burkholder, Sr., of Je
nera.
has
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED
blu:
Little Work can be Done in
Water-logged Fields During
Next 10 Days
Time Already Passed for Most
Profitable Oats Sowing
May Plant Soys
Late spring has delayed normal
plowing by almost a month and rains
the first of the week make it certain
that little work will be done in the
ground for another week or ten days.
Spring tillage which started a
week ago was cut short by rains
which started Friday and continued
at intervals ending with snow flurries
Wednesday morning.
Farmers said Wednesday that the
ground will not be ready to work in
time for the most profitable planting
of oats, the crop that is immediately
threatened.
Oats are important in this area as
a feed crop. Late planting tends to
cut down the yield and farmers are
seriously considering passing up oats
in favor of soybeans or perhaps just
summer fallowing the land for fall
wheat planting.
Fruit growers report that the
rains are hindering early spraying.
Continued rains may bring a repeti
tion of last year’s condition when
pollination was incomplete and yield
was reduced to about twenty per
cent of normal.
Roger Hauenstein
Married Sunday
Roger Hauenstein, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Hauenstein of Bluffton
and Miss Ruth Vernaine Kress,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes
Kress of Bellefontaine were married
in the First Methodist church of
Bellefontaine, Sunday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock.
Rev. Don Timerman, pastor of the
bride officiated' in the single ring
ceremony in the presence of the
families and intimate friends. The
church w’as decorated with Easter
lilies and palms.
Preceding the ceremony a program
of w’edding selections was played by
the father of the bridegroom at the
organ follow’ed by the Lohengrin
wedding march for processional and
the Mendelssohn march for reces
sional.
The bride entered the church on
the arm of her father w*ho gave her
away. She wore white marquisette
and carried a bouquet of w’hite roses
and the w’edding handkerchief of the
bridegroom’s mother. Her ornament
was a string of pearls worn by the
bridegroom’s grandmother, the late
Mrs. Andrew’ Hauenstein.
She was attended by her sister,
Miss Miriam Kress of Bellefontaine,
gowrned in pink and carrying a pink
rose bouquet. Kent Hauenstein, of
Marion, brother of the bridegroom
was best man. Ushers were Mervin
Kress of Bellefontaine, and Dwight
Ballinger of West Mansfield, brother
and brother-in-law of the bride.
Following a reception at the home
of the bride the couple left for Co
lumbus where they will be at home
at 232 West Woodruff avenue.
Mr. Hauenstein is a graduate of
Bluffton high school and Bluffton
college and later was instructor in
public school music and served in
the army. He is now employed by
the Curtiss-Wright corporation and
studying at Ohio State university.
The bride is a graduate of Belle
fontaine high school and attended
Bliss Business college in Columbus.
Previous to her marriage she was
employed in the office of a Bellefon
taine loan company.
Those from Bluffton attending the
wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Hauenstein, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Hauenstein and Mr. and Mrs. Armin
Hauenstein and son Bruce.
Births
following births at Bluffton
The
hospital:
Pvt. and Mrs. Harold Rayle, Pan
dora, a son, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Detwiler, Bluff
ton, a son, Thomas Lengel, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Eckenrode,
Ada, a son, Gary Gene, Sunday.
Arrives Overseas
ElmStre
Quick Ri
Keeps
the Bluffton district,
by labor and machin
are facing a new and
Farmers in
already faced
ery shortages
real threat to crop production in
heavy rains this week.
Following an i
reached a sudd
continued at a ft
of three hours,
of
Cpl. Nelson Hauenstein, son
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein has
arrived at an undisclosed overseas
destination with an army air service
unit it was announced the first of
the week.
CREEKS
WLANDS
UESDAY
»n Field To
ier Water
Riley
Flash Flood
om Water
The most sp ______
flood conditions was in the Harmon
field area, where waters overflowed
the banks of he Big Riley to form a
huge lake extending from the water
works property north three blocks to
Elm street and east one block to Rail
road street.
Hannon FeH Flooded
Harmon field itself was under four
feet of water, EastCollege avenue
was impassible from the bridge to
Railroad street, and farther north
Cherry street was covered with water
from Vance street to the Nickel Plate
right of way with exception of the
Cherry street
Steinman
flooded and water
inches of the offi
foot of water dn
prevented work4
ing the afte
age.
Yards of 1
also were und
little dam
of water stood
ing of the Sco
banks of Big
At the No. 2 plant of The Triplett
Electrical Instrument Co. on East
College avenue water was in the plat
ing and painting buildings, but only
slight damage was reported. Employ
es experienced difficulty in return
ing to work Tuesday noon because of
flooded conditions.
To the west of the creek, the Bluffton
tennis courts were under water and
high water backed into the yards of
residences facing on cherry street.
Farther down stream the flood was
not so serious. Jefferson street was
not under water at any time, but wat
er from the creek broke into the Na
tional quarry thru an overflow outlet
in the bank of the reservoir.
Water from Marsh run flooded the
Dixie highway near
crossing.
the A. C. & Y.
College
overflowed into
No Heat at
Little Riley creek
the lower reaches of the Bluffton col
lege campus, flooding the heating
plant. College buildings were with
out heat from noon Tuesday until
early Wednesday because fires had to
be pulled when the rising waters en
tered the heating plant and made op
erations impossible.
Krehbiel bridge was under water,
but the College Avenue and College
Road bridges were clear. Waters also
stood on the college tennis courts and
overflowed onto the baseball field.
In the countryside surrounding
Bluffton, lowlands were under water,
but as in town damage was slight due
to the quick recession of the peak of
the flood.
Real Estate Deals
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stratton
have purchased from Mrs. Cal Balm
er the latter’s property on South
Main street which they now occupy.
Justin Basinger of West Elm
street has purchased the Nile Mur
ray property on Thurman street and
will occupy it soon. Albert Gar
matter will occupy the property to
be vacated by Basinger which Gar
matter recently purchased from Miss
Lydia Basinger.
Radio Broadcaster
Leads Singspiration
Dr. Richard Dunham of Findlay
will lead the singspiration at the
Defenseless Mennonite church, Sun
day night at 9 o’clock. He will
bring with him a pianist and other
talent.
Dr. Dunham is heard over Findlay
radio station WFIN on Sunday
afternoon from 12:30 to 1 o’clock in
the program “Voices from Calvary”.
OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
AY, APRIL 13, 1944
flood
Rampant waters in a flash
Tuesday afternoon inundated lowlands
bordering I tOfetle Riley creeks,
blocked two streets, put the Bluffton
college heating plant out of operation
and interfered with Uie normal work
of several ind
quickly with Htl
H-night rain the flood
it crest about noon,
jh stage for a matter
ten receded rapidly.
CtAcular evidence of
yard was
n Milling Co.
but there was
than one f*t
ned
ON NEWS
Don’t leave your gasoline ration
book in the glove compartment of
your car was the warning given
motorists here the first of the week
as a number of thefts of ration
books was reported.
The recent reduction in gasoline
rations has been followed by an in
creased number of thefts of ration
books carelessly left in unlocked
glovt compartments.
It is pointed out that such prac
tise not only encourages thievery but
the victim is liable to the penalty of
waiting some time for replacement i
of coupons.
One measure to aid in preventing
the use of stolen ration books is for
each owner to write his license num
ber on all unused coupons in his
possession.
Opening Game Will Ik At Pan
dora Next Tuesday At Lima
Central Wednesday
Bluffton College Has No Inter
Collegiate Play Because
of
Don’t Leave Gas Ration Books In
Your Car, Warning To Motorists
Lack of Men
the restrictions result
wartime uncertainties,
Reflecting
ing from
Bluffton High school and collegiate
spring sports programs this year will
be restricted
played by a
to a baseball schedule
Bluffton High team,
school nine, which
not chance to work
:ause
The high
within a few
Nearly ta
shep
building dur
little daifi-
A second game is schedul
following nig^t, with th|
ama Central
for other i
iis time.
,on High hq
is a matt!
following night
tangling with Li
ArrangementS|
indefinite at
Where Blu
SO
in
of
far has had
outdoor practice sessions
inclement weather, will oped the sea
son next Tuesday in a g®me with
Pandora at Pandora.
id on the
Pirates
at Lima,
imes are
ie games
of con-
will be plays
jecture so fa# --Either thj diamond
at Harmon field will be put into
shape for the spring schedule, or
arrangements will be made to
the Bluffton college field.
use
this
Bob
Bob Gratz will be hurler for
year’s Bluffton High team, with
Burkholder again working behind the
plate as catcher. Gratz, also a
eran, will be making his first
pearance as a pitcher. Varden
ganbill is another letterman who
be available.
vet
ap-
Lo
will
At Bluffton college, however, there
will not be enough men available
for an intercollegiate spring sports
program, Coach A. C. Burcky re
ported.
Selective Service inductions have
reduced the male enrollment at the
college to a point where available
candidates would not be sufficient in
number to make up a baseball team.
An intensive schedule of intra
mural competition will take the place
of inter-scholastic play, the Beaver
coach said.
Dearth Funeral
Rites On Thursday
Funeral services for William
Sheldon (Shell) Dearth, 67, who
died at his farm home in Orange
township at 10:10 p. m. Monday, will
be held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday in
the Bethel Church of Christ.
Rev. Lee Remaley, of Arlington,
will officiate at the services. Burial
will be in the Hassen cemetery.
Long a prominent resident of
Orange township, Dearth had served
as justice of the peace of the town
ship and at the time of his death
was a director of the Ada Farmer’s
Exchange. He was a member of the
Bethel Church of Christ.
The son of John B. and Sarah
(Long) Dearth, he was born in
Hardin county, March 12, 1877. On
Nov. 22, 1899, he was married to
Ethel Kuhn, who survives with a
daughter, Mrs. Roy Rogers, of Bluff
ton, and a son Kenneth Dearth, of
Ada. There are four grandchildren.
Other survivors include seven sis
ters, Mrs. Vina Paulus, Lima Mrs.
Effie Klingler, Ada Mrs. Jennie
Guyton, Alger Mrs. Elsie Snyder,
California Mrs. Neil Harruff, Ce
lina Mrs. Edith Houchin, Akron,
and Mrs.
D.
Ruby Ramey, Washington,
c.
BENEFIT SHOW
The Bluffton Legion Auxiliary will
sponsor the film “We’ve Never Been
Licked” at the Star theatre this Wed
nesday night for the benefit of the
honor roll fund.
Personal Tax Return
Deadline Is Saturday
Personal tax returns must be
filed no late^ than this Saturday,
Bluffton area residents were warned
again this week by the Allen county
auditor’s office.
I Original deadline for the filing of
I returns was March 31, but an ex
tension was granted to April 15.
Bluffton High Will Play Baseball
Schedule Despite War Uncertainties
Deputies from the auditor’s office
will be at the Citizen’s National
bank Friday to assist taxpayers in
making out their returns. At least
half of the tax must be paid when
the return is filed.
FARMERS IN AREA
PLAN CUTS IN FOOD
CROP PRODUCTION
Concern Over Labor Scarcity
And Low Prices Will Af
fect Food Production
Farmers Citi Low Egg Prices
And Fluctuating Livestock
Returns Ii| Dissatisfaction
1_____
A trend away from food produc
tion
crops
area and thruout the Midwest
generally, as a result of farmer em
bitterment over contradictory selec
tive service and war price policies,
farm observers pointed out here
this week.
toward the seeding of field
is anticipated in the Bluffton
and thruout the
ft is believed farmers will
War Food Administration
headache
discount
pleas for all-out food production in
1944. Z
Farmers, for instance, cannot
understand present low egg prices.
WFA asked for and received all-out
poultry production in 1943. The goal
was met and farmers point out their
reward has been the lowest egg
prices in 10 years. As a result lay
ing flocks are being sold and chick
orders are being cancelled generally.
Farm Labor Scarce
Contradictory selective service
orders affecting the status of farm
labor has a tendency to delay plant
ing plans.
Farmers already short-handed will
switch from hand labor to machine
crops if an adequate supply of
labor cannot be assured.
This means vegetables and
food crops requiring much
farm
labor will give way to grain and
forage crops, with the result that
the nation’s fool supply picture will
be materially affected.
Cut In Livestock
Fruit prospects, too, are normal,
but the possibility there will be in
sufficient labor to harvest the crop
is troubling the grower, and he finds
his plans hard to make in view of
the scarcity of labor.
Production of livestock, also need
ed to maintain this nation’s food pro
duction
cutback
quota, appears headed for a
on farms.
of stability of livestock
in comparison with high
Lack
prices
prices guaranteed for grain and for
age crops likely will find farmers
concentrating more on
duction than in livestock
with the result that the
supply of food next winter
fer, it was pointed out.
crop pro
feeding,
nation’s
will suf-
Former Resident Dies
When Struck By Auto
John Bessire former Bluffton resi
dent, was fatally injured when
struck by an auto near his home in
Akron, according to word received
here. He was buried at Canton,
where he previously resided.
He was the son of the late Alcide
Bessire and tfie family resided in
Bluffton in the early days of
town. Three brothers surviving
J. P. Bessire of Nashville, Ind.,
Paul and Edmqnd Bessire.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices)—Wheat $1.60
com $1.10 oats 75c soys $1.80.
BUY
UNITI
1TAT1
STAMN
NUMBER 51
HIGH SCHOOL TO
GRADUATE CLASS
OF 43 ON MAY 23
Dr. Frank
Deliver
Slutz of Dayton Will
Class Address at
Exercises
Weed to
Rev. J. A
at Baccalaureate
May 21
be Speaker
Service,
Forty-three seniors
diplomas at commencement exercises
in the Bluffton High School gymnas
ium, Tuesday evening, May 23,
cording to a tentative list
this week by Superintendent
Longsdorf.
will receive
ac-
released
A. J. B.
Dayton,
Dr. Frank D. Slutz, of
will deliver the class address at the
graduation exercises.
aledictorian of the graduating
class will be Mary Margaret Basing
er, and
torian.
Beverly Biery will be saluta-
the pre-commencement
be the baccalaureate
graduating seniors on
of
will
for
evening, May 21, with Rev.
Weed, pastor of the First
One
events
service
Sunday
J. A.
Methodist church, in the pulpit.
List of Graduates
The prospective list of graduates
is as follows: Nadine Allman, Alice
Augsburger, Mary Margaret Basing
er, Beverly Biery, Florence Ann
Biome, Imojene Bronson, Joan Buck
land, Dorothy Burkholder,
Burkholder.
Ruth
Aileen Diller, Freda Fritchie, Helen
Greding, Margaret Griffith, Mary
Elizabeth Habegger, Janice Hankish,
Anna Louise Hochstettler, Jane
Howe, LaDonna Johnson.
Madalene McCune, Virginia Miller,
Lois Oyer, Clare Reagan, Miriam
Schaeublin, Mary Gene Siefield,
Glenna Swick, Levon Wilch, Joyce
Young.
Robert Amstutz, Wayne Badertsch
er, Robert Burkholder, Dudley Dean,
Dale Huber, Roger Klay, Maurice
Kohli, Raymond Kohli.
Jackson Koontz, Varden Loganbill,
Strl. Dean LuginbtflC William
ericle, Harry Minck Jr., Evan Nis
wander, Kenneth Reichenbach and
Robert J. Stratton.
Masonic Inspection
On Next Wednesday
Annual inspection of Bluffton
lodge No. 432, F. and A. M., will
be held at a special meeting in the
Masonic hall at 7:30 p. m. Wednes
day, April 19.
The E. A. degree will be confer
red upon one candidate at the meet
ing.
will be
Lewis Snyder, of Wapakoneta,
the inspecting officer.
Don
Moser Ends
Army Schooling
Donavin Moser, son of Mr.
Pvt.
other
hand
and Mrs. Warren Moser, of Bluffton
Route 2, has graduated from the
telephone communications school at
Ft. Eustis, Virginia,
largest anti-aircraft
training center.
the nation’s
replacement
The Triplett
A former employe of
Electrical Instrument Co., of this
place, Pvt. Moser entered the army
at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, on Dec. 9,
1943.
Tenor Will Sing
This Wednesday
Harold Haugh, dramatic tenor, of
Cleveland, will present a recital in
the Ramseyer chapel at Bluffton col
lege at 8 p. m. this Wednesday, as
the second number of the current
Bluffton college concert series.
and
con
Olaf
Haugh is professor of voice
choral direction at the Oberlin
servatory of music, succeeding
Christiansen. He has been active in
concert and oratorio fields.
Wanda Montgomery
On O. S. U. Honor List
Wanda L. Montgomery, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Montgomery,
of Orange township, was on the win
ter quarter
university’s
To qualify
must have
“B”
honor list of Ohio State
college of agriculture,
for the rating students
a classroom average of
or better in grades.
the
are
and
Ebenezer Broadcast
A vocal trio will be heard on the
radio program of the Ebenezer Men
nonite church broadcast from Find
lay station WFIN, Sunday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock. Members of
the trio are Jemima Lugibihl, Mrs.
Wil ford Steiner and Vera Amstutz
with Mabel Amstutz accompanist.