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PAGE EIGHT
Attention Is Called
To Overseas Mailing
If you want to send a packape to
a soldier overseas there are many
restrictions pertaining to mailings,
etc., that you should keep in mind,
Bluffton postal authorities reminded
this week.
In the first place, before making
anv purchase keep in mind that you
must have a soldier’s request for any
gift mailed to him which weighs
more than eight ounces.
No exceptions are made to this
restriction, and the rule covers of
ficers and enlisted men alike. Limited
ship space is the reason that the
gize of personal gifts must be limited
in this way.
The requested package must not
exceed five pounds in weight, 15
inches in length and 36 inches in
combined length and girth.
“Don’t forget to wrap the pack
age securely and address it ade
quately,’’ officials said. They blamed
bad packaging as one of the main
reasons for lack of delivery, pointed
to badly packed goods crushed at the
bottom of a ship’s hold by surround
ing goods. They emphasized need
for double corregated cardboard box
containers, added that these should
be wrapped in heavy brown paper
and bound with heavy cord.
Addressing adequately means pre
paring your package against treat
ment which may wipe out the ad
dress.
It means printing the address on
the wrapper in case various climatic
conditions cause gummed labels to
come off, and it means printing the
address on the inside wrapper just
in case the outside one is lost.
Sample is Given
Print the address clearly and in
clude all of it don’t take chances
of non-delivery by leaving out any
thing. Here is a sample address
form:
“Pvt. John K. Doe, 32,185,692
Company K, 167th Infantry
APO 8(19, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, Cal.”
Among items the Army Postal
Service says men usually request
are bars of soap, shaving cream,
razors and razor blades. Candy
g.,es fast, but the only kind easy to
send is hard candy. Nuts travel all
right.
The suggested shopper’s list also
includes pocket size books, cigaret
lighters, cigaret cases, cigars, dried
fruit, pipes, playing cards, pocket
flashlights, tobacco and small toilet
kits.
While you will have to have a
request for some of these articles,
others are light enough for you to
send without a specific request.
Articles that weigh under eight
ounces packed can be sent first class
mail without request. The cost for
sending an eight ounce package first
class to either the New York or San
Francisco APO’s is 24 cents. When
you prepare the package, remember
that you must seal it as you would
a letter.
Servicemen gift items which weigh
less than eight ounces are: billfolds,
unfitted toilet aprons, manicure sets,
metal mirrors, cigaret cases, tobacco
pouches, unfitted duffle bags, as
sorted pocket games, sunglasses,
identification chains, braclets, play
ing cards, razor blades, socks, ties,
pocket knives with gadjets to open
K rations, pipes, candy, letters, fox
hole pillows, pocket editions and
cigaret lighters.
No Perishable Goods
You can send two ounces or less
airmail. Put, airmail packages sent
overseas must be sent in the form
of a letter.
Post office officials say not to send
perishable goods. Unbelievable as
it seems, some well-meaning per
sons have tried to send ice cream
to India and Egypt. While home
baked cakes are good gifts in this
country, they get tumbled around on
a long journey and changes in
climatic conditions aren’t good for
them.
Some of your packages may not
reach their destination. Ships may
be sunk, other damage may be
caused by war conditions. But, the
Army Postal Service, an organization
of some 2000 officers and 35,000
enlisted men which takes over mail
when it reaches New’ York and San
Francisco, makes this claim:
“No man in the U. S. Army any
where in the world and regardless
of the conditions of the theatres is
out of reach of a local APO.”
Along with the scarcity of farm
help, farmers now are required to
pay all-time record wages for any
workers hired. The index of farm
labor costs on April 1, 1944, 292
points higher than it was on that
date during 1910-14, is 17 points
higher than the index level on Janu
ary 1, 1944, and is 53 points higher
than on April 1, 1943.
An acre of Sudan grass will pro
vide pasture for two or more cow’s
remove the necessity of turning
for about eight weeks and also will
livestock on second growth clover
which should be cut for seed in 1941.
Unusual prevalence of a grape
disease called “dead arm” is reported
in some Ohio areas. It is a fungus
disease which causes formation of a
canker that girdles the trunk or a
part of the vine and the portion
above the canker is killed. The only
control method is to remove and
burn diseased vines.
Record Crowd Of 4,000
Rodeo Fans Jam Har
mon Field
(Continued from page 1)
vantage to gain an unobstructed view
of the field.
The fact that Bluffton was one of
the few places having a Fourth of
July celebration this year together
with a cool evening and bright moon
light did much to swell the attend
ance to record breaking proportions.
Northwest Ohio Here
Horsemen and rodeo enthusiasts
thruout Northwestern Ohio were here
as well as the usual Fourth of July
holiday croud seeking diversion and
entertainment for what to many will
be their only opportunity for vacation
this summer.
That the affair would attract a
large number of rodeo contestants
became evident Monday when horse
men began arriving early in order to
put their mounts thru preliminary
paces and warm up on Harmon field.
All streets leading to the field were
jammed Tuesday night with parked
automobiles and empty lots were
turned into emergency parking space.
Cars were parked on both sides of
Main street in an almost unbroken
line from Elm to Poplar streets.
Minor Accident
Notwithstanding the huge crowd,
there were no accidents among the.
spectators. One contestant, Charles
Surles of Wapakoneta was rushed to
the hospital after he was reported
to have received hip injuries when
rolled upon by his horse.
On arriving at the hospital Surles
was put to bed, altho protesting that
his injuries were not serious and
while the attending nurse was tele
phoning for a physician the horse
man hastily dressed and slipped out
unnoticed.
Added attractions for the Tuesday
night event consisted of an M-4
combat tank from Lima Tank depot
placed on exhibition at the field
early in the evening. Also Clayton
Bixel, Bluffton flier brought his
plane from the Findlay airport and
put it thru a program of exhibition
stunts before the opening of the
program. Jimmy Klingler of near
Bluffton was the black face comedian
who rode a mule and furnished
plenty of laughs for the crowd
during the evening.
126 Horses in Opening Parade
In the grand parade opening the
rodeo 120 horses and riders traversed
the field amid rolling applause from
the big crowd. Judge of events was
Ted Case of Adrian, Mich., veteran
rodeo man.
Joe Baker of Lima was acclaimed
grand champion for winning the
greatest number of points in various
contests and was presented by Mayor
W. A. Howe with a large horseshoe
of roses and rose bouquet. Miss
Jerry Sterling of North Baltimore
received a rose bouquet as women’s
grand champion.
Bluffton Old Timer Here
An unannounced feature of the
rodeo was the appearance of Mike
I’armalee, 72, formerly of Bluffton
now living near Adrian, Mich. Par
melee, an oldtimes who resided here
during the oil boom forty-five years
ago was mounted on an oldtime
horse and paraded the field.
Parmelee’s mount was donated to
the rodeo by Judge Case and auction
ed off for $G0, proceeds of which
were turned over to the Bluffton Red
Cross. The horse was bought by II.
II. Hoffman of Adrian.
Lester Binkley, home on furlough
from Bougainville in the southwest
Pacific area received the $5 prize for
the service man in uniform coming
the farthest distance to the rodeo.
Binkley’s home is southeast of Bluff
ton.
Prize Winners
Winners in the various events
were:
Western stock horse Hass—1st,
$19, Jack Dick, Cygnet 2nd, $6, Don
DUTCH ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCES have waited
four years for the invasion, are now part of the Allied Ex
peditionary Forces smashing into occupied Europe. Trained
Ladies musical pads—1st, $8, Jerry
Sterling, North Baltimore 2nd, $4,
Clayma Hoffman, Adrian, Mich. 3rd,
ribbon, Reta Kleinhenz, McComb-j 4th,
ribbon, Patty Huber, Bluffton.
Bronco riding—1st, $10, Hoza
Gonzales, Santa Fe, N. Mex. 2nd, $6,
Joe Baker, Lima 3rd, $4, Hoza
Gonzales, Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Pony musical pad—1st, $5, Richard
Musgrave, Dunkirk 2nd, $4, Jack
Powell, Ada 3rd, ribbon, Dick Irwin,
Ada 4th, ribbon, James Rainey,
Rawson.
W’omen’s horse race—1st, $8.75,
Jackie Myers, Rockford 2nd, $6,
Patty Moore 3rd, $4,
Objective—Holland
Herr, Bluffton 3rd, $4, Roy Neal,
Findlay 4th, ribbon, Floyd Williams,
Leipsic.
Steer riding—1st, $8, Wm. Spring
er, Lima 2nd, $5, Richard Wilson,
Jenera 3rd, ribbon, Glen Andrews,
Bluffton 4th, ribbon, Millard Herr,
Bluffton.
Steer riding—1st, $8, Duane Fett,
Beaverdam 2nd, $5, Wm. Springer,
Lima.
Horse high jumping—1st, $5, Thos.
Springer, Lima 2nd, $3, Bud Case,
Adrian, Mich.
Greased pig tussle—1st $5, Robert
Warren, Bluffton.
Bronco riding—1st, $10 2nd, $6
3rd, $4, ribbon, all to Joe Baker,
Lima.
Stake bending race—1st, $8, Thos.
Springer, Lima 2nd, $4, Dale Wilkin
son, Tiffin 3rd, ribbon, W. L. Cook,
Lima 4th, ribbon, James Rainey,
Rawson.
Steer riding—1st $8, Jack Clymer,
Findlay 2nd, $5, Richard Musgrave,
Dunkirk.
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mentation was
ganisms and
Sterling,
North Baltimore 4th, ribbon, Rita
Kleinhenz, McComb.
Calf roping—1st, $10, Floyd Wil
liams, Leipsic 2nd, $7, Woodrow
Herr, Bluffton.
Men’s musical keg—1st, $10, Dale
Wilkinson, Tiffin 2nd, $5, Guy Foltz,
Ft. Wayne 3rd, ribbon, E. Hoffman,
Pontiac, Mich.
Bronco riding, bareback—1st, $12
2nd, $6 3rd, $4 4th, ribbon, all to
Hoza Gonzales, Santa Fe, N. Mex.
"The Name
Is Familiar-
BY
FELIX 8. STREYCKMANS
and ELMO SCOTT WATSON
Pasteurize
ASTEURIZATION is a term we
apply to the process of killing
germs in milk because of the dis
coveries of Louis Pasteur, French
chemist. But few of us realize that
his discoveries did not come as a
result of his interest in milk but in
alcoholic drinks. He is the first mar
to make a scientific study of fer
mentation and set out to find the
failed they were absent or unable to
multiply. Then he found out that
the lactic fermentation of milk was
practically the same as that of al
cohol and that the bacteria in milk
could be stopped from multiplying
Pasteurism, also named after Lou
is Pasteur, is a treatment of rabies
by inoculation with germs of gradu
ally increasing strength.
(Released by Western Newspaper Unlop)
A silent man may not be a wise
man but the world always gives him
the benefit of the doubt.
—Luke McLuke
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NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
The spelling contest at the Huber
school was attended by 65 pupils
from Beaverdam, Richland Twp., and
Bluffton. The contest consisted of
100 written words from lists selected
by the teachers of the town and
township. Miss Fannie Diller of the
Huber school won first place by
having 96 words spelled correctly.
Other winners w’ere Adella Steiner
95%, Carl Geiger 95%, Sarah Syl
vester 91%, Coza Gable 90%, Treva
Patterson 90%.
Gid Locher has been nominated for
the position of Postmaster of Bluff
ton by President Wilson.
Postmaster Lewis has received in
formation that the Bluffton Rural
routes will receive radical changes in
the near future. The present delivery
of 4 routes will be reduced to 2
under the new system. The new
carriers have not been decided.
J. W. Shilling cut a tree in his
woods that measured 314 feet across
the stump and made 9 fence posts
and cut 1*4 cords of wood.
Miss Sarah Amstutz who took a
three months’ vacation with her
mother and other relatives returned
to Flanagan, Ill. to take up her
work of nursing in the orphans’
home at that place. She has been
serving in this capacity for 15 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Badertscher
welcomed a baby girl at their home
this week.
S. S. Welty, Sam Amstutz, John
At a special election last Wednes
day, the electors of Union Township
decided to issue bonds in the sum of
$14,000 for the purpose erectinng a
new high school building.
Ed Miller is assisting Will Klay
with his threshing machine.
Ardon Zimmerly is at present
pumping the oil wells for David Zim
merly.
Noah Augsburger and Ephriam
Welty will leave for Illinois soon
where they will work on a big rail
road bridge.
Henry Wehrley and Frank Rafoth
attended the Lima races, Saturday.
While threshing wheat at C. H.
Bowers’, Monday, Charley Vertner,
one of the managers of the machine
had one of his fingers severed near
the second knuckle.
W. P. Althaus is home on vacation
after attending school at Lima for the
past year.
Thursday noon, 15 fresh air child
ren arrived here from Cleveland ac
companied by a lady attendant. A.
E. Temple gave each of the tired
youngsters a fat sandwich which they
greatly relished. They went to Pan
dora in the afternoon where they are
spending a two weeks vacation.
Joseph P. Owens who recently
passed the state bar examination and
was admitted to the practice of law’,
has been admitted to the office of his
father, attorney A. J. Owens in this
city, where he will be engaged in an
active practice of his profession.
Miss Mai Jennings, the accomplish
ed and charming young lady who so
artistically rendered several panto
mimes in the city hall, will render the
pantomime “Rock of Ages” at the
moving picture hall on Sunday even
ing.
Mayor Frank Eaton was called on
to officially tie the knot at the Court
House in Lima the other day. The
Judge was busily engaged in the
courtroom, so Mr. Eaton had the hon
or of marrying William Knous and
Amelia Sprunger.
Tuesday was a very pleasant occa
sion at the M. E. parsonage when the
four Houser brothers met, who had
not been together for 16 years. Rev.
and Mrs. Houser entertained N. W.
Houser, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Houser
and Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Houser.
Miss Kathryn Mitchell is spending
the summer with her brother Robert
Mitchell and father at Denver, Col
orado.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bucher were
ditched Sunday morning near the Zion
church by motorcycles from Bluffton,
The Bixels’ decendants of Peter
Bixel, enjoyed a gathering of relatives
at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs.
Gid Burkholder.
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of July 27, 1909
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1944
FROM ISSUE OF FEB. 17, 1916
Winkler, and C. W. Roethlisberger
attended the auto show at Toledo.
The wild cat scare that had Jack
son Township in an uproar of
fright proved to be the large cat of
David Klingler, Sr. who lives near
Ada. The wolves were two large
dogs, so reports say now.
Coral Hinkle who shot himself
accidentally has almost recovered
from the incident.
The local ice men are busy putting
up ice from the Buckeye and Bluff
ton Stone company quarries.
Miss Gladys Flick entertained a
dinner party at her home, the guests
being the Misses Cleora Rogers, Ruth
Montgomery and Ruth Blue.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Stratton pur
chased a spanking new Auburn auto
from the Stratton garage.
Henry Diller had the misfortune
of catching his little finger under a
chain while moving logs and crushed
it badly.
Gilbert Mann had the misfortune
to fall and break his arm Sunday
afternoon.
The marriage of Miss Sibyl Close
and Robert Mollett was solemnized
in the Episcopal church at Lima by
the brides pastor Saturday forenoon.
The ceremony was witnessed by the
mother of the bride and the bride’s
best friend, Miss Minnie Benroth of
Lima. The happy couple will reside
at Lewisburg.
“Ballon” Sawmiller, the famous 3
bagger, with Bennie Lewis pitching,
the top notchers of the Beaverdam
ball team, defeated Cairo and Minster
teams last week and can lick any
team in the county outside the Lima
league they say.
Expected decreases in the number
of hogs to be marketed this year, as
compared with 1943, will materially
reduce lard production. Unless the
1944 production of oilseeds is ex
ceptionally high, there is no prospect
of increased vegetable oil production.
Total output of fats and oils in the
U. S. may be appreciably smaller
than the 1943 record production.
All restrictions on the farm slaught
er of any’ kind of livestock have been
removed and no slaughter permits
now are required. If farmers sell
meats on the ration list, the specified
points must be collected for OPA.
The number of Ohio dairy herd
associations has been reduced more
than one-half by scarcity of testers
to make production records. The 29
associations now operating in the
state have only about one-fourth the
number of cows which were under
test in 62 associations in 1941.
LOCAL AND LONG
DISTANCE HAULING
Every Load Insured
STAGER BROS.
Bluffton. Ohio
We carry a Complete
Line of American
Greeting Publishers’
GREETING CARDS
Cards for all occasions also
comic and scenic postcards
one cent each.
Make your shoe ration stamp
go twice as far—see us for a
pair of Knapp Bros. Aerotred
Cushion Sole Shoes.
Twice the wear in every pair.
C. L. RUPRIGHT
Beaverdam, Ohio
We’re all in favor of the "pause that
refreshes”—and we’re in favor of
those open-toed shoes that are so
comfortable. However, to wear them,
feet must be free of corns and
callouses.
NYAL CORN REMOVER
stops pain almost at once—a few
applications peel off the dead skin
layers and get at the root of the
trouble. Then you can wear shoes
that fit, be happy when you walk and
keep your feet off your mind!
A. Hauenstein & Son