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FACE TWO Hardriding Rodeo Set for Bluffton July 4th “YIPPEE”, Here she comes again folks, that dazzling, colorful, exciting show of all shows with multitudes of horses in sparkling trappings, feroci ous wild steers, raring broncos, and daring horsemen all set to give the people of Bluffton and community a display of horsemanship in a real wild western Rodeo the like of which has never been seen in this area. hbhmmk Beautiful horses, gaudily attired horsemen and horsewomen from Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, cowboys from other states and Mexico, all on hand to compete for more than $200 in war bonds and stamps in the big show which will be given on Harmon Field, July 4, in the evening, the program starting at 7:30 p. m. Fast Time. i The Rawson Band will start the program with a set of lively tunes, playing while Bluffton’s Ace pilot, Clayton Bixel, puts his plape through a variety of stunts high in the air over the field. Immediately following the exhibi tion of stunting a grand parade of all horses will be held led by the Rawson band. In swift routine a fascinating, ex citing, program of wild west rodeo events will be held. The program will be highlighted with steer riding, bronco busting, and calf roping. In colorful dress both men and women will put their splendid animals through a variety of events demanding skill and training on the part of the horse and rider. There Vill be a ladies hiusical keg and a musical event for the men. A fast neckbreaking stake bending race for three daring riders riding zigzagging abreast thru rows of wooden stakes. A variety of special events will be held including a greased pig tussel for the youngsters, pony race for ponies 54 inches in height and under, and high jumping horses. A special prize will be given to the member of the armed forces attending the show from the farthest distance. The final event will be a dangerous bareback exhibition of bronco riding D. C. BIXEL, O.D. GORDON BIXEL, O.D. 122 South Main St., Bluffton EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS Office Hours: 9:00 A. M.—5:30 P. M. Evenings: Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat. 7:00 to 8:00 P. M. Closed Thursday Afternoon 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. Francis Basinger, D. D. S. Evan Basinger, D. D. S. Telephone 271-W Bluffton, Ohio CROSS EYES Straightened usually in one office visit —safely, permanently. No cutting of muscles or cords. fnterv/ewg 9 a. m. until 9 p. tn. V"*0’, SprlngfiaW, ancle. Merten, Zanesville, Sandusky, Columbus, Caveland, Ashtabula, Youngstown, Canton, °U1 ’’••♦•‘•vreh, Erie, Pa, Wheat Ing, Huntington, W. Ya. Write for Free Booklet OW 1 and Date ©f NEXT CLINIC Nearest tOUR HOME TOWN THE MARY RAKESTRAW LEAGUE for Cross Eye Correction CaMmmlty Nat’l Bank pontlac, Mich. For Vigor and Health— include meat in your menu. Always ready to serve you. Bigler Bros. Fresh and Salt Meats CONSERVATION AFFAIRS Happenings Affecting Woods, Waters and Wildlife A By THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY SPORTSMEN’S CLl B, INC. on Ramona, the wildest bronc in this section of the country. Several other of these wild untamed horses have been obtained for daredevil horsemen to ride throughout the evenings entertainment. All events are open entries and any person having a horse is elgible to compete for the prizes. The final event of the evening will be the awarding of a beautiful horse shoe of roses, awarded to the grand champion horseman or horsewoman of the Rodeo. The trophy will be given to the rider who has earned the most points during the evening. BASS SEASON OPENS Local fishermen are having a small share of luck since the season open ed on June 16th. Plug casting and fly fishing has produced some fish and several nice bass have been snagged in local waters. George McCune landed a 14 inch bass in the Water Works quarry several evenings ago. Fishing is much improved at this body of water and a good many blue gills larger than a man’s hand have been taken from the quarry. “Doc” Rickly probably holds the record since the season opened for We've heard he has to his credit 4 bass taken in one day’s fishing at the Buckeye. Carl Mum ma spends a good deal of time blue gill fishing at the quarry and very few evenings have slipped by without Carl plying his skill near the pump hole—and he gets several nice ones each time he frequents the Buckeye. Alvin Augsburger of Ada hooked a nice 14 inch bass on a Jitterbug near the swimming float over the weekend and Donald Rupright of Ney snagged one also, Don says his fish was a “keeper”, but not worth bragging over. Jess Manges has had some luck and has taken a few bass home with him since the season came in. Don Forche from Beaverdam (the guy who walked off with the war bond and Aldine’s $5.00 prize in the fishing contest) came over to show us how easy it was to catch fish and give us a few lessons. You guessed it folks, this time he went home empty handed. The fish are wising up to those Beaverdam tactics. As a whole fishing is slow, Byron Stratton will vouch for this state ment—he has a sore right arm from plug casting this week—he says he is ready to light out for New York What news will You know now what we’ve heard from him. We’ve heard that Eisenhower and his Americans have hurled themselves like a thunderbolt against the bristling defenses of Hitler’s Wehrmacht! that they are smashing at our foe sparing neither steel nor sweat not blood in one final, furious as sault that marks the supreme military effort of this War! And what news do Eisen hower and his men expect from us? Men and women of America what the Invasion is to our fighting men, the 5th War Loan is to us at home! For us, as well as for them, this is the crisis the time for tremendous, overwhelming effort! Make no mistake! The 5th War Loan will undoubtedly be the biggest, most vitally im And here ore 5 More reasons for buying Extra Bonds in the 5th! soon. 1. War Bonds are the best, the safest investment in the world! 2. War Bonds return you $4 for every $3 in 10 years. 3. War Bonds help keep prices down. 4. War Bonds will help win the Peace by increasing purchasing power after the War. 5. War Bonds mean education for your children, security for you, funds for retirement. ___ —sis— 5“WAR WAN War portant financial effort of this whole War! If the 5th War Loan is to suc ceed, each one of us must do more than ever before must buy double yes, triple the Bonds we bought last time. Our men expect to hear that we are buying double that we are matching their sacrifice as best we can—that the Amer ican nation, soldiers and civil ians together, is making one gigantic effort towin this War! That’s the news our men expect to hear from us. Will you personally see that they get it? THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO state if those fish don’t start to hit Bait For Sale at Buckeye Everybody is anxious for the fish ing to improve and the club is exert ing every energy to see that bait, cane poles and lint s are made avail able. Minnows are on sale at the Buck eye quarry bath house. Harry Minck, life guard for the qi/arry, as sisted by Robert Fisher, has con floating minnow cage license and is ready structed a purchased a for business, management and Harvey Warden have agreed to show the boys how and where to obtain nows and on Tuesday night over from Ottawa to lend a and inspect the equipment. Foster Roszman, fish agent for our district, Williams Allen Game min came hand Besides selling minnows the fel lows are dealers for soft shell crabs, nightcrawlers, and fishworms. The sportsmen’s club members are taking real interest in seeing that the prop osition works out, for our area needs a live bait dealer and it is to the advantage of the fishermen to give every aid possible to help the boys along. The bait will be sold at reasonable prices and the boys reserve the right to limit quantities until they get started. Banded Fish Caught Three more prizes have been paid off with three local men the lucky winners in the $200 fishing contest. Jess Manges has captured bass num ber 9768z which entitles him to $3.00 in trade at the Community Market, operated by Merle Ingalls. Larry Mathewson snagged bass number 9794z which entitles him to $3.00 in trade at Crows Gun Shop at Lima, Ohio. Gerald Berry caught the bass wearing tag number 9778z entitling him to $2.00 in trade at Bill Augs burgers Cigar Store. This brings the total number of banded fish captured up to 14. Three of these are blue gills leaving 22 banded blue gills in the Buckeye. Eleven banded bass have been cap tured leaving 13 prize winners still swimming around. So, folks, thar’s fish in them thar waters, let’s go fishin’! APPRECIATED I wish to thank my friends for their many greeting cards, flowers and good wishes received while I was a patient in the Bluffton hospital. Mrs. Frank Neuenschwander. NOTICE OF SALE behalf of Ruth I. King, Administratrix On __________ ____________ of the Estate of the late James Norman King, I will received sealed bids for the residence located at No. 557 South Main Street in the Village of Bluffton. Ohio, together with 5 acres more or less of land upon which said resi dence is hands on erty was estate at than the ________ trix reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Terms of sale, cash. 10 pan located. All bids must be in my or before July 1, 1944. The prop appraised by the appraisers of the 35200. and cannot be sold for less appraised value. The Administra- R.<p></p>Gen. get from us? i i Finance Committee of Allen County 8act tie BUY MORE THAN BFFORf Trippiehorn. June 12, 1919 Almost the entire membership of the Robert Hamilton Post of this place .will attend the state G. A, R. encampment to be held at Lima next week. The big day of the week will be on Thursday, which will be known as World War Veteran’s Day. On that day formal recognition will be given Allen County’s returned sold iers and veterans of the other two ware who fought overseas and served in camps in this country. Mothers who lost sons in the war will receive medals on that day. Russel Buckmaster of Findlay, and formerly of this place has enlisted in the Army for service in France as a mechanic. He will leave Camp Meade Sunday for service overseas. Cpl. Oliver Welty who served with the 114th Engineers Corps and Pvt. Elam Welty who served with the 125th Infantry left for services a year ago and were in France eleven months returned home honorably dis charged. Bluffton In First World War Homer Zimmerly is home discharg ed from Camp Sherman. Russel B. Koontz who served in France 12 months has received his discharge from Camp Pike, Ark. He has entirely recovered from the gas sing he received from the hands of the Huns last July. What Happened Here Twenty-five Years Ago This Week A THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1944 France about a year returned home Thursday. Young Groves enlisted before he was seventeen and has been in a number of important en gagements. Alvin Neuenschwander arrived home at Pandora honorably discharg ed after having served overseas. The pigeons used in the war for the purpose of carrying messages will go down in history as accom plishing outstanding war work. In many instances the crew of torpedo ed ships were saved by the unerring ability of these birds in returning to the mainland or flying to neighbor ing ships and delivering distress mes sages. On the front lines these birds were utilized at every opportunity- NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT State of Ohio, Allen County, m. Estate of T. A. Kitchen, (Thomas A. Kitch en). Deceased. M. M. Boaart of Bluffton, Ohio, has been appointed and qualified as Administrator with the Will Annexed of the estate of T. A. Kitchen Thomas A. Kitchen), late of Allen County, Ohio, deceased. Dated this 16th day of June, 1944. RAYMOND P. SMITH. 11 Probate Judge. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT The State of Ohio, Allen County, s*. Estate of James W. Jackson, deceased. Nora E, Koeh of 462 Ewing Ave., Lima. Ohio, has been appointed and qualified as Ex ecutrix of the estate of James W. Jackson, late of Allen County. Ohio, deceased. Dated this 31st day of May, 1944. Judge.<p></p>EisenhowerProbate9inSMITH,P.RAYMONDbeenhaswhoGrovesAdrian