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July 16,
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MISSIONARY CHURCH
A. F. Albro, Pastor
8 p. m. Prayer meeting.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Ern
Rockport
Mornin
Wednesday
home of Elder Walter Cupp.
Bluffton:
Church school 10:00
Mr. Norman A. Triplett, Supt.
Morning Worship 11:00
Special congregational meeting im
mediately after the morning wor
ship service.
Sermon for Sunday: What is God?
‘‘As a matter of mere psychologi
cal fact, the thought of the Cross
has counted for far more, as the
mainspring throughout 19 centuries
of Christion devotion, service and
self-sacrifice, than the Sermon on the
Mount,
greater
what he
DEFENSELESS MENNONITE
Stanley Rupp, Pastor
Thursday:
8:00 Prayer meeting
Sunday:
9:30 Sunday school
10:30 Morning worship
7:45 Y"oung People’s meeting
8:30 Evangelistic service
No Singspiration this Sunday even
ing.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Sunday services at 10:80 a. m.,
subject: God.
Testimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church
is open every Wednesday from 2:00
Settlement
The Misses Marcele Reichenbach,
Lois Steiner, Lucile and June Geiger
are spending the week at Winona
Lake, Indiana, and are also visiting
in the homes of Rev. and Mrs. Ken
neth Geiger and Rev. and Mrs. Dick
Reilly and family.
Paul Unruh was taken to the Com
munity hospital in Bluffton for ob-
Mona Lou, daughter of Mr.
rs. Howard Welty submitted
Waith
Mrs.
last Wed
ami Mrs
Ridge. 1
ducted i
church i
Mr
Tliis Sunday in Ae
Mr
It
Rev. J.
charge
made in the Belmore cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Geiger and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Moser were Sunday dinner guests in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose
Basinger.
Rev. and Mrs. Harold Welty and
son Jimmy* of Woodburn, Ind., visit
ed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Steiner.
Ulrich S. Steiner is spending
some time in the home of Rev. and
Mrs. Paul Steiner and family at
Wakarura, India
Elaine Welty
burger who ha
Mis
and Wilma Augs
been enrolled a
ie of Re
family.
gres
at
good
quality of grain excellent. Local
elevators are putting forth every ef
fort possible to make immediate
shipment of the wheat.
The members of the Amos Hilty
family and their families enjoyed
their Sunday dinner at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hilty and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Amstutz of
Detroit visited over the Fourth at
the home of his uncle, Edwin Lugin
bihl and other relatives and friends
here.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices)
$1.45 corn $1.12 oats 75c
$1.86.
ston, Mass.
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
Smucker, Pastor
EVANGELICAL & REFORMED
CHURCHES
V C. Oppermann, Pastor
Emmanuel’s:
Momir
W
irship
St. John s:
9:30 a. m. Morning w
10:30 a. m. Church
Thursday
8:00 p.
Basinger
8:00 p.
8:45 p.
9
What Jesus was and did is
and more wonderful than
said.” —Edwin Beven.
m. Ladies Aid at Marden
m. Choir rehearsal
m. Consistory meeting
LUTHERAN CHURCH
W. L. Harmony, Pastor
a. m. Sunday school
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
J. A. Weed, Minister
Sunday:
9:30 a. m. Church school
10:30 a. m. Morning worship. Ser
mon topic, “Wanted—A Faith that
Makes a Difference.”
EBENEZER MENNONITE
CHURCH
Arnold C. Schultz, Pastor
Thursday:
~2:00 p.
Society
9:00 p.
9:15 p.
Sunday:—
9:30 a. m.
10:30 a. m.
m. Women’s Missionary
Choir rehearsal
Prayer meeting
tn.
m.
Sunday school
Morning worship.
East Orange
Betty Ream spent last week
her aunt Mrs. Don Harrod
TOLEDO
the
J. Herbert Fretz will bring
message.
3:30 p. m. Radio Program from
WFIN, Findlay
8:15 p. m. C. E. Missionary meet
ing. Rev. J. P. Suderman, mission
ary to the Hopi Indians will speak.
with
near
Mr. and Mrs. John Caris of Find
lay spent Thursday afternoon in the
O. W. Nonnamaker home.
Marilyn Gallant spent last week
with Mary Jane Gallant of Findlay.
Miss Imojean Montgomery and
Mrs. Badertscher of near Pandora
are spending this week with Leland
Mrs. Goldie Baker spent Friday*
with Mrs. Ethel Morrison.
Mrs. Marie Ream and daughter
Nancy, Mrs. Carrie Montgomery
on Emma
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Strahm of
Ada attended church at Riley Creek,
Sunday and were dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Von Strahm
ily.
guests of
and fam-
spent the
Mrs. Rachel Schaublin
week end in the Fred Boutwell home.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Boutw’ell and
Byron Leo called in the Kermit
Boehn) home, Friday evening.
The Ladies Missionary* meeting of
Riley Creek Baptist church will be
held in the home of Mrs. Ray Guider
on July 12th.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Gallant called
in the B. J. Boutwell home, Sunday’
evening.
Tomato plants sent to Ohio State
nination show
are caused by
also produces
cankers which
ante fungus a
blight leaf s
rs usualIv dev
id Mrs. B. J. fected
ions are en- early blight o i tomato foliage in
iake fine pro- wet wt*ather.
of the wheat
discarded,
will start
from tli e cankers
per cent more than the 1943 harvest
and also would be the third largest
dairymen wi
Experiment S
Wheat
jspects are
midwestern
crop ever produced. Pi
excellent in eastern and
states, and the southern crop is ex
pected to be 150 per cent better
than the light crop harvested in
that section in 1943.
undup for Ohio
held at the Ohio
WOO!
Huddl
Rockport
The July* meeting of the Presbyter
ian missionary society will be held in
the home of Mrs. F. C. Marshall, on
Thursday evening at 8:00 p. m. of
next w’eek with the following pro
gram: Worship service, Mrs. J. C.
Begg Russia and Religion, Miss
Edythe Cupp Music, Mrs. F. C. Mar
shall Year Book of Prayer, Mrs. E.
N. Rigelow’.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Begg and fam
ily and H. J. Van Meter attended the
Van Meter reunion in Delphos, Sun
day.
Mrs. Orlo Marshall left Saturday to
spend several days with Mr. and Mrs.
Lysle Cahill and little daughter Lynn
Marie in Cleveland.
Miss Edythe Cupp in company wdth
Miss Grace Steiner of I’andora at
tended a conference of Home Econom
ic instructors on the campus of Bowl
ing Green university* last week.
Lieut. Robert E. Burnette and wife
are the parents of a son, Paul David
born June 30th, at Fort Sam Housten
hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Mrs.
Burnette is the former Miss Mary*
Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Marshall.
Miss Eunice Trumbo of Council,
Idaho, now an ordained minister of
the Congregational church, is visiting
friends and relatives in this commun
ity. An informal reception was held
in the Presbyterian church, Monday
p. m.
Mrs.
Jayne
orris
Sandra Lee of Lima Route
day.
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NORM ANDY-IN OHIO
Port’ Clinton
iorHcur
iCHERBOURG
Valoonei
Cartffet
Corentan eg
Lessay
Maps above show the 90-air-miIe stretch of the Normandy coast
involved in initial Allied invasion operations, translated, on top
map, into Ohio geography, with Toledo and Cleveland approximate
ly the same distance apart as Cherbourg and Le Havre. An
other interesting parallel is that huge tankers like those that ply on
Lake Erie, cross the English Channel to bring millions of gallons of
the vital 100-octane gas that Allied airmen need to maintain tbaur
present overwhelming superiority over the enemy.
Members of the Presbyterian church
will hold a Congregational meeting
and farewell party for their pastor,
the Rev. E. N. Bigelow in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cupp, Wednes
day evening of next week. Rev. Big
elow plans to enter the army as a
Chaplain and is leaving July 16th for
Harvard University where he will en
ter training.
Guy Mayberry and daughters
and Joanne called
Kidd and infant
Ben Free! and
Elnora Marshall were Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Mason of Col.
Grove entertained at an anniversary
dinner Sunday noon in the Wittborg
dining room. Mr. and Mrs. Mason’s
50th wedding anniversary will be next
month, but since the family could not
all be present at that time the dinner
was held Sunday. Those enjoying the
occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Guy C.
Mayberry and daughters Jayne,
Nancy and Joan, Mr. and Mrs. Will
iam J. Porter and son Billy of Marys
ville Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Trippser
and children Richard Jr.
Ann of Memphis, Tenn.
Trumbo of Council, Idah
ored gues
Mr. and Mrs. Mason.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mefferd fr
Mr. and Mrs.
family.
Chas. Mefford and
Bettie and Robert Mefford
who have been visiting here for the
past two weeks returned home with
them. In the afternoon Bart Blosser
and Ida Foltz of
Mr. and Mrs.
Delores and Earl
Saturday evening
home.
Michi-
Elida were callers.
Clyde Hauenstein,
Dean were callers
in the Karl Huber
Ben Dale Nor beck of Lima spent
several days with his cousins Mickey,
id family
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Lake Eric
Sandusky
Allies initiol
invasion
beachheads
established here
I stony
Bayeux
St. Lo
Coutonces
[CLEVELAND]
Lorain
Vermilion
Cobourg
Dwight Frantz w
callers of Wayn
family.
Lisietix
E*
Courtesy THE STANDARD OIL CO. (OHIO)—25
An-
re Sunday evening
Zimmerman and
Wednesday even
Brauen home.
Paul Faze and
day with Mr. and
Jess Bracy call
ing at the Denn
Mr.
daughters spent
Mrs. Ralph Sutter of Toledo and
with relatives at Bowling Green.
Jeannene Sutter of Toledo came home
with them to spend a few days.
and Mrs
Friday evening dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huber and
daughters were, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Stratton and
Mrs. Russell Huber
Pvt. and Mrs. Burdell
daughter.
family, Mr. and
and son Dale,
Huber and
Huber and
Mrs. Gene
the latters
Pvt. and Mrs. Berdell
daughter and Mr. and
Peterson were
mother at Kenton, Sunday.
ests of
C. M. Gleason and
Mr. and Mrs.
family spent Several days with rela
tives in Portland and Red Key, Ind.
Rodney Jennings spent the week
end with his cousin, Ronald Watt of
Lima.
Mr.
and s
Harold
Kenn
on rs.
daughter
3 Satur-
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Stewart and
daughter Geanne, Mr. and Mrs. Cloyce
Kidd, Clark Kidd,
Miss
p. m. callers in the home of Mr. and
M$. E. E. Freet.
in the Willard Jennings
past week were Mr. and
Amstutz, Mr. and Mrs.
t, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Callers i
home the
Mrs. Bill
Avery Wat
Stratton.
Mrs. Russell Huber, Pvt.
irdell Huber and daughter
several days of Mr. and
n Boyd and
n, Mr. and
Mr. and
and Mrs.
were guest!
Mrs. Mario
Maude Cot
Watkins ai
Guests ir
the past w
Carl Kimnnel,
family, Mrs.
Mrs. Frank
Detroit,
the Russell
veek were: Mr. and
Huber
home
Mrs.
Ray
Mr. and Mrs.
I daughter, Mr. Sam
n. Mrs. Harry Huber and
Miss Kathleen Niswander,
ser and s
daughters
Mr. and Mrs
and family jvere dinner
Sunday of Lillie Fett and
Huber. The same parties at
the birthday party of George
Orchard Day at the Ohio Experi
ment Station, Wooster, is scheduled
for August 17 and w’ill be held in
conjunction with the Ohio State
Horticultural Association.
STOCK SALES
Ser
cept
Miss Eunice
and the hon-
bulls delivered any time ex
day. Phone Ada, Red 1360.
ng & Son. tf
Wanted —All kinds of butcher
cattle, steers, heifers, cow’s and bulls
also unlimited number of veal calves.
Stow’ell Packing Co. Call N. P.
Steiner & Son, Agt. Bluffton phone
189-W. tf
For rent—Bulls: Shorthorn Here
ford, Angus and Brown Swiss. Ira
Moser. tf
For sale—Fresh cow with calf by
side. Roy Hauenstein north on Col
dege road.
For sale—Young
hog. J. C. Deppler
Road.
For sale—Young
enough for
442 Cherry
For sale--Very
W.
Berkshire male
& Son, Bentley
Angus bull old
Albert Geiger,
service.
street.
choice dairy heifers
Holsteins, Guernseys and
Non-related bull free
ad. Shipped C. O. D.
Pandora
ts Mr. and Mrs?.
and othei
community.
Mrs. Mary Locher and gran
ren, Mrs. Dora Locher and da
Betty of Bluffton, were callers at
the Davidson and LeRoy* Lemley*
home, Sunday evening.
Mrs. Amos Hilty has been rehired
as cook in the school cafeteria again
this year.
Dr. Donald Hilty, after a month
furlough is again back in the hospi
tal at Cambridge.
A little son was born to Mr. and
of Del-
on hos
Mrs. Nora Ketner of
Pandora, during her
crop around Pandora
■ntiful this year. How
lifficult to get cherry
y nice sweet cherries
sold for 25c per quart. Red rasp
berries and black caps brought 45c to
50c a quart.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bogaert, of
Detroit, Mich., have rented the Peter
Bixel property near the former
beachtree school house. The Bixel’s
will move into the Levi Mellinger
property at Bluffton. They expect
to hold their sale July 8.
The granges of Putnam county
held their annual picnic dinner at
Ottawa air grounds Sunday.
Mrs. Monroe Hilty, of southwest of
Pandora, is convalescing from an
operation performed at Lima Mem
orial hospital the past week.
Mrs. Roy Cook and son Max, "who
recently w-ent to Berkely, Calif., re
turned home soon after as Mr. Cook
was sent overseas. She and little
Max have been staying with the La
Verne Badertscher family at Or
rville.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Zuercher are
enjoying a vacation with the home
folks. Harold says he is living
pretty close to Pikes’ Peak, Col.
The Putnam county Boy Scouts
court of honor was held with a meet
ing open to the public, Friday night,
June 30, at the school building.
Sgt. Emerson Basinger is home
from Alaska for a months vacation.
Sunday he was married to Miss Jean
Burkholder, of Beite, Ind., five hun
dred attending the church wedding.
His immediate family and other
relatives from Pandora attended the
wedding and reception. Sgt. Basing
er will be sent to a camp later near
Reno, Nevada.
Mrs. Julian Kempf, and Mrs. Fran
cis Kempf and children are enjoying
a two week’s vacation at Russell’s
Point. Mr. Kempf has been at the
Point part of the time.
Apprentice Seaman Willis Stef
fen was home a few days last week
on furlough.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Reichenbach
are the parents of a little son since
last week.
Dr. H. A. Niswander attended a
Medical Convention at Atlantic City,
last week. The Niswander
after his return expect to
some time at Indian River,
family
spend
Mich.
Gene Peterson.
Mrs. Winston Jennings
lied on Mr. and
ck and Mr. and
Chidester,
and Elwood Brauen,
Mickey Gleason called
osser, Sunday afternoon.
Mrs
Mrs
Mar
on
lene and
Ray Dea
and
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Mr.
Mrs. Robert Hess and
family
Smith
guests
Nellie
tended
Bodicker at the home of Earl Stuart,
Sunday evening.
Elmer Baumgartner has purchased
the property of the late Fanny Dice,
in
Kneehole Desks
igMg S
Smartly designed, in mahogany—
convenient and attractive something every
household needs.
Breakfast Sets
Sturdy oak construction, handsomely
finished consisting of table with two board
extension and four leather-seated chairs.
$87.50 sets now $79.50
$78.50 sets now $69.50
and Miss Ruth Thayer of Lafayette,
who have been teaching in the Gom
er schools, have announced their
wedding to take place at the Congre
gational Christian church at La
fayette, July* 19 at 7:30 p. m. A
reception will follow* the wedding.
Miss Geraldine Basinger was home
from O. S. U. where she is training
for a nurse, from Friday until Mon
day.
Mrs. Harley Amstutz, of Los
Angeles, Calif., is visiting her broth
er, Hiram Basinger and family and
other relatives in this community for
road, passed
after an illne
Louis and Edward and three sisters,
Christina, Emma and Clara and a
host of other relatives and friends.
The funeral was held at the home
Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock.
Beaverdam
Larrie Michael is
week with Mr. and
Younkman and family
Mr. John Bollinger of Arcanum is
visiting Mrs. Catherine Ross and son
John Ross.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Criblez have
been visiting relatives at Elyria and
Cleveland.
Russell Downey Y 3/c of Norfolk,
Va., is visiting his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Harold E. Downey.
TED—come home. Got something
different for breakfast. New’ bran
flakes and raisin combination called
Post’s Raisin Bran.
It’s new!
Mrs. Robert Edwards is enrolled
for the summer term at Bowling
Green university.
Miss Ruth Durkee was a Sunday
dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Frick at Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Ziegenbusch
and son Kenneth of Buckland were
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
James Ramsey and daughter Linda.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Anderson and
sons of Pandora, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Weaver and sons of Fremont, Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Bowers and Mrs.
Margaret Yant and son of Lima were
Sunday evening visitors of Mrs. Lil
lie Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Augsburger and
son Harold of Ada were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Augs
burger.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Arnold and
son Frederick, Mr. and Mrs. Gail
Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pugh
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Arnold
Some Unusual Summer Specials
Housefurnishiiigs
Basinger’s Furniture Store
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1944
I Mrs. W.
Honii
Mr. and Mrs
Miss Irene Rowland, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Pugh and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Gail Arnold, Mis. Richard Arn
old and son w*ere
guests of Mr. and
Wolfe.
week.
The
meet
spending the
Mrs. Daniel
at Clyde.
delicious.
It’s
and
are
daughter
guests of
Mrs. James Burke
Jane of Youngstown
Mrs. W. C. Lacock and family.
Mrs. Bertha Nelson of Ft. Wayne
is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Nelson.
Rev. C. D. Chiles has assumed the
duties of Pastor of the Rockport,
Pleasant Hill and Beaverdam Metho
dist church.
Sunday evening
Mrs. Russell
View
Pleasant
Doty and fam
and Mr.
near Raw
their par­
Mr. and Mrs. Oren
ily of near Benton Ridge
and
son spent Sunday
ents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Habegger.
Mrs. Howard Poe of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harris and
little son spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Burnette Powell and little
daughter of near Benton Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Milford Green, son
James and daughter
Tuesday
Word
and Mri
on the Ridge
Sunday’ night
Joan spent
at Cedar Point.
has been received by Mr.
Levi Waltz that their son
Ralph VV altz has been
moved from Wales to somewhere in
Mrs.
is visiting
Michigan,
at this
Ladies Harmony Circle
in the home of Mrs. 1
s will
Edith
Motter of Bluffton next Thursday
afternoon, July 13. Mrs. L. M. Wyn
koop wdll be the program leader.
Mr. and Mrs. David Carr and
little son Billy of Dallas, Texas,
Miss Mary Jane Carr of Dayton and
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Zuercher spent
the w’eek end with Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. Carr and daughter Pauline.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
State of Ohio.
Allen County. «i.
Estate of T. A. Kitchen, (Thomas A. Kitch
en). Deceased.
M. M. Bogart of Bluffton, Ohio, has been
appointed and qualified as Administrator with
the Will _Annexed of the estate of T. A.
Kitchen
County,
'Thomas A. Kitchen), late of Allen
Ohio, deceased.
thia 16th day of June. 1944.
Dated
RAYMOND P. SMITH.
Probate Judge.
NOTICE OF Bl'DGET HEARING
Notice is hereby Riven that on the 17th day
of July, 1944, at 8:30 p. m., a public hearing
will be held on the budget prepared by the
council of the village of Bluffton, Allen
County, Ohio, for the next succeeding fiscal
year ending December 31, 1945.
Such hearing will be held at the council
chamber in the town hall building. Bluffton,.
Ohio.
W. O. GEIGER. Clerk.
Sweet clover seedings are seriously
injured by being clipped any time
between seeding time and October 15
of the same year.
Bring yAur smooth tires In now
for thousands of extra miles
You can b®
but®
Floor Coverings of
Quality
Pebbletone twist carpet, 9 by 17,/j,
in rich green specially priced $115.
Regis Carved Wilton, all wool carpet
in 2-tone green 12 by 17-3, an unusual
value $192.50.
Axminster carpet—37 yard roll 27
inch width, attractive blue with rust leaf
design. Specially priced.
Arcola Wilton back rugs, limited num
ber, 9 by 12, formerly $88.50 now $75.
Armstrong’s Congoleum
An unusually large selection of Arm
strong’s Congoleum Rugs in 9 by 12,
by 12 and 12 by 15 sizes.
Remember—there is no rationing
these floor coverings and they are still
the pre-war price. See them today.
of prop«r recapping
when you bring your tiros to us. W®
us® only the finest materials. You
pay no mor® to get th® best No
certificate is required. We also
carry a complete stock of B. F. Good
rich Silvertowns for Grade I certifi
cate holders.
No Certificate Needed
Stauffer’s Pure Oil Station
N. Main & Elm Sts.
Phone 410-W
B. F. Goodrich Tires
of
at