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PAGE SIX
ALLEN COUNTY
Gen. Peck Decorated
By Air Force
Brig. Gen. Walter R. Peck, of
Lima, has been awarded the Silver
Star for gallantry in action, the
Eighth U. S. Air Force announced.
General Peck on three occasions
led an entire Liberator division, in
which he was wing commander, on
bombing assaults over Germany.
Targets were Berlin, Halberstadt
and Aschedsleben.
“Each time, in the face of in
tense enemy opposition, he led bomb
ers to a successful completion of
their mission”, his citation said.
A graduate of West Po nt, Gener
al Peck has been in the army 26
years. A son, Walter, Jr., is a Fly
ing Fortress pilot.
Mother’s Day Parade
Has Five Bands
Five bands participated in the
Mother’s Day parade at Delphos
prior to a program in Jefferson
school auditorium at which the Rev.
John Miller, Ft. Jennings, spoke.
Taking part were the Eagles lodge
bands of Van Wert and Defiance, two
Lima school bands and the Gomer
High School band.
Mishap Kills Two
Mrs. Alice C. Aukland, 24, and her
daughter, Alberta Jean, 2, were
killed when their automobile collided
with a truck at a traffic light in
tersection at Elida, five miles west
of Lima.
The driver of the truck, J. W.
Smith, of Columbus, wras treated for
cuts on the legs and body and re
leased.
Cyclist Killed
William R. Long, 28, of Wapak
oneta, R. R. 4, was injured fatally
at Lima when he spilled on his
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motorcycle while riding south on
U. S. Route 25 one-half mile south of
Lima. Long suffered a severely
fractured skull and died in St. Rita’s
hospital without regaining conscious
ness.
Jurist Denied Expanse
Common Pleas Judge Charles A.
Leach declined to rule on the prop
erty of expense accounts turned in
to the state for payment by Third
District Court of Appeals Judge
Charles A. Guernsey of Fostoria.
Holding that State Auditor Joseph
T. Ferguson presumably had investi
gated before allowing the expenses
and had not filed any claim against
Judge Guernsey, the court said no
real and genuine controversy existed.
Guernsey, in asking a ruling, de
clared that although Fostoria is his
legal residence, he maintains a home
for himself and family in Lima. He
said taxi fares to Lima and lodging
and meals at his home had been
placed on his expense account. He
declared a “controversy” existed re
garding their property and asked the
court to find them “properly” al
lowed and paid.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Findlay College To
Graduate 29
20th ANNUAL
36 Head Registered Guernsey Cattle
Twenty-nine seniors will be gradu
ated Jrom Findlay College in exer
cises to be held Sunday afternoon,
May 28. Dr. Rees E. Tulloss, presi
dent of Wittenberg College, Spring
field, will deliver the address.
by members of the Van Wert County Guernsey Breeders
Association,
FRIDAY, JUNE 2nd at 1 P. M.
At the Van Wert County Fair Ground consisting of
Cows, Bred and Open Heifers, 5 Bulls.
All Cattle T. B. and Bang Tested
Lunch served on Grounds,
Roy Johnson, Auctioneer F. S. Barlow, Pedigree
For Catalog write Otto Gehres, Wren, Ohio.
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The Rev. Tennyson Guyer, Celina,
son of the late Dr. William H.
Guyer, former Findlay College presi
dent, will give the baccalaureate ser
mon.
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McComb Soldier
Wounded
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Moore,
of near McComb, have received word
that their son, Pfc. Charles I.
Moore, was wounded in action in the
Southwest Pacific. He is a member
of the 37th Division.
302 Sign Up For Swim
ming Course
Three hundred two Findlay boys
and girls over eight years of age
have registered for the free leam-to
swim course which opened at the
Y. M. C. A. pool recently.
The registration, according to K.
G. Thomas, physical director, is only
ten less than the number who took
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the course last year.
The course will include a series of
five lessons. The hour for the second
lesson will be announced at the close
of each class meeting this week.
Boys and girls taking the course
must furnish their own bathing suits
and towels.
Graduate 21 At Rawson
Rawson high school graduated 21
seniors with exercises in the school
auditorium. Rev. David N. Roller,
pastor of the Presbyterian church,
Mansfield, was the speaker.
One member of the class was not
present to receive his diploma. He is
Richard McCall, who is in the armed
service at Camp Blanding, Florida.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace McCall of Eagle township.
HARDIN COUNTY
Ada Laymen Organize
Dr. W. E. Binkley, professor of
history and political science at Ohio
Northern university was the speaker
at the organization meeting of the
laymen’s group of the Ada churches.
The meeting was held at the Luther
an church.
Several preliminary meetings have
been held prior to this meeting. In
cluded in the organizing group be
sides the Ada churches is the Sugar
Gceve Methodist church of one mile
east of Ada.
Diver Aids In Hunt
For Man
Sheriff Randall L. Clark and his
deputies, who for several days have
been dragging a stone quarry near
Dunkirk for the body of George
Hager, 22, reported missing since
Tuesday, have employed the aid of
a Toledo diver.
A friend said Mr. Hager, who has
a medical discharge from the army,
told him he was going to get a boat
at the quarry.
Later a fisherman there reported
he heard a call for help, but be
cause of darkness could not detect
from where it came. He said he also
believed he heard someone bailing
water from a boat.
Deputies reported a boat is missing
from the quarry and it had a small
hole in it.
Fighter Plane Forced
Down
A fighter plane, forced down on
the Earl Fish farm near Ridgeway
by motor trouble, was landed un
damaged by its pilot and was later
removed to Wright Field, Dayton.
Nephew Gets Norton
Estate
Anson W. Gear, Ada, a nephew,
has been named sole beneficiary in
the will of the late William A. Nor
ton, Kenton business leader and
banker. The estate is valued at $22,
000.
Ada Bomber Gunner
Missing
Staff Sergeant George A. Der
ringer, 21, waist gunner on a B-24
Liberator bomber has been missing
in action since April 16 over Rou
mania, the War department notified
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ora J.
Derringer.
Crow Verdict Awards
State $43,500
Common Pleas Judge Arthur D.
Tudor of Kenton ruled that the late
Phil M. Crow, for six terms a judge
of the Third District Court of Ap
peals, illegally collected $24,540 from
the State to recover $43,500, $18,960
of it as interest, from his estate.
Attorney Carlos A. Faulkner, who
brought the suit on behalf of the
auditor of state, and Roy Warren
Roof, his cocounsel, each were au
thorized to receive $6,000 from the
State’s share.
The court said it had no difficulty
in readily finding that Judge Crow
lived with his wife in Lima since
some time prior to 1920 and was un
der no expense in maintaining any
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Defendants were George Q. Krein
bihl of Ridgeway and the City Na
tional Bank of Lima, coexecutors of
the $950,000 Crow estate.
Kenton Woman
Honored
Miss Anne Bowman, daughter of
Mrs. D. H. Bowman, of Kenton, has
been named state chairman of Red
Cross activities for the Daughters
of the American Revolution for three
years. She will address Red Cross
branches through the state.
Bags 15 Planes, Gets
D. F. C.
Staff Sergt. Franklin A. Grubaugh,
21, is home on furlough with the
Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded
as a result of the feat of his craft,
“Pistol Packin’ Mama", in shooting
down 15 enemy craft on a single mis
sion.
Previously reported as missing in
action, Sergeant Grubaugh returned
to duty April 8 and later was grant
ed a furlough. A ball turret gunner
on a B-24 Liberator bomber he had
been overseas since December.
He is to report at Atlantic City,
N. J., May 21, for reassignment.
Supreme Court Up
holds Sommers
The state supreme court refused
to review a Putnam county appeals
court decision granting unemploy
ment compensation to Ray Walter
Sommers from R. F. Roof, Ltd., al
though he was a partner in the firm.
His application for payments orig
inally was refused on grounds that
his status had not been that of an
employe. A board of review re
versed the decision, allowing the
claim. The employer appealed to the
common pleas court which, in turn,
reversed the board’s decision and de
nied benefit payments.
The appeals court, however, re
versed the common pleas decision on
Feb. 16, 1944, asserting that Som
mers was an “employe” because he
had been working in the interest of
the association.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Music Festival Held
At Ottawa
Presented to a large crowd the
fifth annual music festival of the
Ottawa public schools was held re
cently.
The program of chorus, solo, and
ensemble numbers was conducted un
der the supervision of Alvin Burk
holder, music director of the school
there.
Mr. Burkholder was a graduate of
Bluffton College and a native of
Bluffton.
Leipsic Ranger Cap
tured By Nazis
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson re
ceived a card from their son, Rich
ard Thompson, a member of a
Ranger battalion, reporting he is well
and is in a German prison camp. He
asked that the parents send him
candy and cigarets.
The son had been reported missing
in action in Italy since January 30.
Pre-School Clinic
Opened
The annual schedule of pre-school
clinics for boys and girls who will
enter Putnam county schools next
fall is being launched by County
Health Commissioner H. A. Neis
wander, he announced.
A clinic was held in the Columbus
Grove high school gymnasium in
charge of the commissioner. Child
ren whose parents consent will be
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home in Hardin County. “Accord
ingly when he submitted expense ac
counts and received payment therefor
for his meals and lodging in Lima,
under the false premises that he
lived in Hardin County, such pay
ments so received were illegal”, said
Judge Tudor.
Pen»ive, an inandouter this season, won the 70th Annual Kentucky Derby by
4 lengths to pay $16.20 to win. Jockey Conn McCreary is uo.
vaccinated against small pox and im
munized against diphtheria.
Children of the St. Anthony par
ochial parish will be examined May
22 in the school at Columbus Grove.
Another pre-school examination
was conducted May J5 at Continental
with parents of boys and girls who
will enter school next fall urged to
take their children to this clinic.
Parents were notified of defects
found in children at these examina
tions.
Enraged Cat Claws
Mistress
Sheriff Arnold Potts and Chief of
Police Cletus Klausing were called
to an Ottawa home when an enraged
cat attacked a woman. The call
was made by neighbors who discover
ed the woman’s plight.
The officials reported the animal
as exceptionally large, and that in
some manner the woman was
knocked down or fell because of the
attacking feline. She suffered severe
cuts on the top of the head and the
face from the sharp claws of the
animal which was killed by the of
ficials. The cat, which was owned
by the victim, was usually kept in
the house or caged by the owner, it
was claimed.
Commencement Set At
Continental
Commencement exercises will be
held at Continental-Palmer high
school on May 18 at 7:45 o’clock,
eastern war time. The Reverend
Russell J. Humbert, pastor of Ep
worth Methodist church, Toledo, will
be the speaker. His subject for the
occasion will be, “A Long Hard
Road”.
The valedictorian is Phyllis Brooks
with Helen Hoover the salutatorian.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lung and fam
ily of Buttler, Ind., were week end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lung.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Niswander and
family and Mrs. Sarah Niswander
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Huber and Dale Huber on
Mother’s day eve.
Mrs. Clara Jennings spent a few
days of last week with Gerald Jen
nings and family of Harrod.
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Watt and son
Ronald, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jen
nings and son Rodney and daughter
Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Jen
nings and son Larry spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Fleming of
Lafayette.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Braun and
family were Sunday dinner guests at
the Arden Baker home. In the after
noon they called at each of their
mother’s homes.
Nellie Huber called Friday after
noon at the Oscar Zimmerman home.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman and
family called on Mr. and Mrs. Cal.
Herr, Sunday afternoon. Sunday
evening they called on Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Lung.
Mrs. Paul Faze and children called
on her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Suter, Mother’s day.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Binkley called at
the Norval Scoles home Thursday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stratton and
family spent Mother’s day with Mr.
and Mrs. Orton Stratton.
Miss Carolyn Basinger spent the
week end with her grandfather, Jerry
Basinger of Bluffton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Basinger call
ed at the Paul Faze home, Sunday
evening and at Jerry Basinger’s of
Bluffton.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Stratton call
ed at the Wm. Fox home of Bluffton,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Gleason and
family spent Sunday at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. H.
Zahrend The day celebrated Mr.
Zahrend’s birthday, together with
Mother’s day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Althauser spent
Sunday at Marion, visiting his mother
and brother, Arthur Althauser and
family.
Mrs. Lillie Scoles was moved from
her daughter’s at Ada to her home,
Sunday.
LaFayette
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Watt were
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Wallace and daughters of
Fostoria.
Miss Miriam Knoble and Miss
Alice Louise Kndble of Bowling
Green were week end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Knoble.
The Garden Club met Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. Belle Bradley.
Others present were: Mrs. Josie Hall,
Mrs. Illa Hall, Mrs. Helen Younk
man, Mrs. Freda Arthur and Mrs.
Iva Binkley.
Honoring their mothers the Aloha
Club entertained at one o’clock
luncheon at the home of Mrs. Iva
Binkley assisted by Mrs. Hilda
Badertscher. Other members present
were: Mrs. Olive Early, Mrs. Doro
thy Bierly, Mrs. Elsie Bierly, Mrs.
Raychel Rex, Mrs. Verda Watt and
Mrs. Inez May. Guests present were
Mrs. Carrie Hawkins, Mrs. J. C.
Yant, Mrs. Belle Heath, Mrs. Fred
Biteman, Mrs. Everett Baxter, Mrs.
D. A. Patton and Mrs. Ellen Hutch
inson.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Snyder and
son were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Plate.
Mrs. D. A. Patton of Findlay spent
several days with Mrs. Allen Watt.
Seaman first class Jack Witham
of the United States Navy is spend
ing a furlough with his wife.
Miss Marilyn Watt, student nurse
of Memorial Hospital is spending her
vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Watt.
Mrs. Downing and Mrs. Longbrake
of Roundhead are spending the week
end with Mrs. Edith Downing and
Mrs. Rowena Sandy.
Mrs. John Lyle, Mrs. Ida Boyd,
Mrs. Bertha Desenberg. Mr. Isaac
Hefner, Miss Celing Thayer, Mrs.
Loretta Clum, Mrs. Louise Cloore,
Mrs. Pauline Shrider, Miss Lillian
Desenberg were callers of Mrs. Jen
nie Eversole.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Wheeler of
Lima and Mr. and Mrs. Walter King
and sons were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. William Albert.
Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Boda, Mr. and
Mrs. Edison Hall and sons, Mr. and
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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944
Mrs. George Vorhes and daughter
and Mrs. Grace Vorhes of Lima, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Hall and daughter
of Huntington, Ind., Mr. and Mrs.
Doyt Hall and sons were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clum of Lima
were Sunday guests of Mrs. Loretta
Clum.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Houser were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Hiram Elzay of Ada.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
The State of Ohio.
Allen County, as.
Estate of Wilbur R. Steiner, deceased.
Cledas E. Steiner of R. R. No. 2. Bluffton,
Ohio, baa been appointed and qualified as
Administratrix of the estate of Wilbur R.
Steiner, late of Allen County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 8th day of May, 1944.
Raymond P. Smith.
Probate Judge
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
The State of Ohio,
Allen County, ss.
Estate of Addison Miller, Deceased
W P. Anderson of Citizens Bldg., Lima,
Ohio, has been appointed and qualified as Ad
mistrator De Bonis Non of the estate of Ad
dison Miller, late of Allen County, Ohio, de
ceased.
Dated this 25th day of April. 1944.
RAYMOND SMITH
4 Probate Judge
MUNSON R. BIXEL, M. D.
Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M.
1-3 P. M.j 7-8 P. M.
Office, 118 Cherry St.
Phone T20-F Bluffton, O.
THE A. C. & Y.
RAILROAD NEEDS
BRAKEMEN
BOILERMAKERS
MACHINISTS
CAR REPAIRMEN
SECTIONMEN
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
BRIDGE AND BUILDING
CARPENTERS
Must meet WMC requirements.
These are full wartime jobs and
good possibilities for postwar
work. Liberal railroad retirement
and unemployment benefits.
Call at the nearest A. C. & Y.
station and the agent will give
you complete information.
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For real hog profits now is the time to feed a quality
supplement like 36% Hog Balancer Mix. Save your
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The Bluffton Milling Co.
PUBLIC SALE
OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS
The undersigned will sell at public auction at
126 South High Street, Coumbus Grove, Ohio,
Saturday, May 27,1944
Beginning at 1:30 p. m.
The following articles:
2 piece overstuffed living room suite, library table,
metal bed and dresser, single bed, child's bed, dining table,
and 6 chairs to match, buffet, 2 rocking chairs, straight
chair, 3 large rugs, floor lamp, throw rugs, fernery, kero
sene heater, and other articles.
MRS. NANCY BASINGER, Owner
DEAD STOCK REMOVED
WITHOUT PAY
BUCKEYE REDUCTION COMPANY, Findlay, Ohio
Phone MAIN 475 Collect
BRANCH OF FOSTORIA ANIMAL PRODUCTS, INC.