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THURSDAY, SEPT. 21. 1944 North Ohio Starts Squirrel Hunting The Ohio squirrel season in the 35 northern zone counties Friday and nimrods may hunt these frisky crea tures in al) counties of the state until nightfall, September 30. Ample am munition and an abundance of game point to more shooting than last fall, when between 185,000 and 200,000 squirrels were killed, Don Waters con servation director, said. The bag lim it on squirrel is 4 per day. All indi cations from field men for the depart ment point to a better squirrel seas on this year than in 1943. In report ing to the department, only a half dozen field men have made pessimistic reports. The mofC general estimate is that bushy tails will be at or near, the peak in numbers for five years. why Doesn't Someone 'Tel! the "These Things? 1?E6AI?DL£SS OF AGE~EVERY HUNTER MUST HAVE A LICENSE UNLESS HUNTING ON HIS OWN PROPERTY• Some of the local boys back from the southern counties report seeing a goodly number of squirrels. Bob Ben roth bagged two fox squirrels and Alvin Augsburger four more in tim ber near DeGraff down in Logan county. They said a number more were seen but were out of range. Herb Rupright bagged 3 fox squirrels with his rifle down in Shelby county last Friday. He was accompanied by Charley Wood of Cairo who was not luck with his 12 gauge. Clarence Stonehill, Dean Davis, and Brice Ferguson also had a good deal of luck near McConnellsville and had all the squirrel they could eat last week end. Squirrels were plentiful in Morgan county these men report. Locally some hunters have spotted 1 I :__ FEEDS INSURANCE CONSERVATION AFFAIRS Happenings Affecting Woods, Waters and Wildlife By THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY SPORTSMEN’S CLUB, INC. great numbers of squirres in nearby woods. Russel Montgomery saw 20 east of town in a woods in about an hour’s time. Jess Manges also visited a woods in the Settlement where the squirrels were plentiful. Jess says the squirrels were tame as well as plentiful and would just sit up on the trees and bark at him as he walked through the w’oods. AVar production Board officials said ammunition for sporting purposes would be more plentiful this fall, with each hunter permitted to purchase 100 rounds of shotgun shells from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. The rabbit, pheasant and Hungar ian partridge season opens Nov. 17th and is followed by the Dec. 4 to 9 deer season in Adams, Pike and Scioto never CARRN\ A LOADED &UN |AJ A CAR* A/EYEP PULL A TOWARD YOU AY Yp£ MUZZLE' ASA PEPM/SS/O^ TO &COD SPOKESMEN COOPERATE WrH THE EARMEPS counties only. Hunting license fee There is little migration going on and with a heavy crop of beechnuts and and acorns, moving away is not so great in spite of shortage of water and hickory nuts, due to drought. Well on toward a million squirrels are like ly to be bagged this season in Ohio, game management agents estimate. every person taking to the field re gardless of age must have a license unless hunting on his own land. Increase in Hunting After War May Wipe Out Game Arthur Graham, writing in the Sep tember issue of “Outdoor Life,” fears that the invasion of woods and streams by 22,000,000 after the war may annihilate fish and game. Graham basis his estimate on the 30 percent increase in fishing and hunting licenses after the last war, due largely to increased interest of servicemen in guns and outdoor life. The new army of sportsmen also wil linclude millions of hunters and fishermen wrho have been unable to A. E. KOHLI Bluffton, Ohio indulge in their favorite sports be cause of gasoline rationing. Federal conservation agencies are making plans to meet this emergency, but Graham points out Congressional approval is needed and state author ities must adopt additional conserva tion and restocking measures. Bob Rainseyer, son of Dr. ’L. L. Ramseyer, Bluffton college president, spotted a nice big fat opossum on the college game reserve near the feeder by the lagoon. The animal was dis covered after dusk and Bob gave his family a treat by escorting them all to the spot and showing them the ’possum up a tree. Real Estate Broker LIST YOUR PROPERTIES AND FARMS NOW 235 W. College Avenue Phone 165-W Prof. H. W. Berky at the college MASTER MIX .. Hog Concentrate Good grain—plus this balanced concen trate—is a combination which makes for rapid, economical pork production. Ask for the Master Mix Hog Feeding Program. MASTER FEED MILL Leland Basinger, Mgr. Phone 317-W Bluffton, Ohio reports the stand of nut trees back of the gymnasium are producing in Good quantities. At one time was able to gather two wheelbarrows full of English walnuts from several of the trees. Berky also stated that thia spring squirrels were very plentiful and there were sufficient numbers that live trapping could have been at tempted for redistribution to other areas. This fall there are some squir rels, but have not been noticed in such large numbers. Harry Wingate bagged a whopper of a crow in the Schaublin woods near his place south of town. Wingate says the crow seemed to be the leader of a large flock and measured 37% inches in wingspread. Wingate bag ged the crow while it was flying and says there are plenty more to be had in the area. Sometimes the birds make so much noise at night the neighbors trouble getting their eight hours sleep, Wingate said. Paul Shulaw and his family have accomplished a good turn for conser vation in our area. The past few days the Marsh run has dried up nearly to the point of extinction spelling doom to a great number of catfish trapped in the receding waters. With the help of his family Paul was able to seine out several tubs full of bullheads and release them in the Buckeye quar ry. The fish were of nice size and measured 3 to 6 inches in length. Duck Season Opens Sept. 20 Duck season in Ohio runs from Sept. 20 to December 8. Daily bag limit is 10 ducks and in addition— singly or in the aggregate—5 mal lards, pintails, or widgeon. Shooting hours on ducks are from one half-hour before sunrise until sun set. CRAKE MALLARD All persons over 16 must have on their person in addition to their reg ular hunting license a Federal Mi gratory Bird Hunting Stamp, validat ed by his signatures written across the face thereof in ink. These duck stamps are obtainable at the post of fice and cost $1.00. Coon Purchased Albert Garmotter has purchased another coon for the club. This makes 29 raccoon that will have been re leased through auspices of the club in the Bluffton hunting area. This coon and several others will be re leased on Oct. 1 at the Rickly Game Refuge in the afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. All directors and others in terested in the activity are urged to be present. Plans are underway to release a few squirrel and install dens in the timber. Motion pictures will be taken and photographs for publi cation. Channels are Hitting Some folks have the technique for snagging those big channels in the Buckeye quarry. Last week Sam Stepleton in one hour’s time hooked 11 nice channel catfish in the evening at the quarry. The fish were of good size and averaged 14 inches in length. Sam used leeches and crawlers for bait and the episode was witnessed by Joe Herrman, Fred Tschantz, and Frank Cunningham. W. R. Dally hooked a nice bass at the quarry on minnows, but other than these two incidents- no other anglers reported any sizable catches. LaFayette Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Snyder and son Ed, Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Snyder and daughter, Patsy, Mr. and Mrs. Steph' en Carey and children, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Plate land children of Lafay ette, Miss Lilly Selover and Miss Pearl Selover of Ada spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Selover of Ada. The day was in honor of Mr. Selover who is 83 and his grand-dau ghter, Mrs. Carey, who is 35. Richard Wlatt and Edsel Downing are spending furloughs with their par ents and friends in this community. Mr. and Mrs. Si Williams of Tole do are spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Biteman. Mrs. Eda Hal] is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hall of Huntington, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Nate Stober and dau ghter of Ada were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Guthrie. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bailey of Crid ersville were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Desenberg. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wiekett of To ledo, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bechdolt of Har rod were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Robert Shrider. THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO A Triplett softball team in the 1944 season racked up the be:st record of any outfit in the district by win ning 16 games in 17 st:irts against strong opposition. The lone setback came at the hands of the Routh ’ackers, of Tiffin, a team which Triplett beat on the home field, 7 to 4 but which turned the tables at TitFin for a 4 to 2 victory. That the loss to Tif in was no blot on the record of le outfit is seen in the fact that the Routh outfit was one of the few to defeat Ferguson’s State Auditors during the regular season. The Auditor’s outfit,with Dizzy Kirkenttail, former Triplett hurler, on the mound won Smarting under the sting of a 20 to 0 setback administered by Ken ton at that place last Friday, Bluff ton High’s inexperienced gridders wdll try the fortunes of war again this Friday night in a tilt with Ada under the floodlights at Harmon field stadium. In most respects this week’s game will be a more severe test than the season opener against Kenton, for Ada has an all-veteran outfit which already has one victory to its credit. Wapakoneta, w’hich also is able to put a full team of experienced players on the gridiron this year, lost to Ada last Friday night in a 7 to 6 game, and with that hurdle past many Ada backers already are talking in terms of an undefeated season. Last year Ada won over Bluffton 18 to 12 by scoring the winning touchdown late in the last quarter. Beaverdam Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams and Ralph Williams visited on Wednesday w’ith Mrs. Williams’ brother who is quite ill in Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, Ellen Clark, Clem Yoakam and Addie Yoa kam spent Sunday afternoon at Belle fOuntaine. The Mary and Marha S. S. class of the Methodist church enjoyed a picnic at the church on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Green and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hoffman and children Karen and Bill of Continen tal were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Green and family. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rockhill of Columbus Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Anderson and daughter Karen of Bluffton and Mrs. Etta Yant spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cook. Ralph Elliott of Indianapolis was an over Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Beery and son. Mrs. Lillie Anderson spent a few days during the past week with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weaver of Fremont. Bluffton High Eleven Will Play Ada At Harmon Field Friday Night Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lee were Sun day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gender of Lima. Mr. and Mrs. William Burden, Lew is Burden and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Burden attended funeral services for Clark Burden of Roundhead which was held on Monday. Jack McCullough and Jim Neu who are with the Cruiser Cincinnati in the U. S. Navy are on furlough and were guests of Bill and Dean Chiles during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. John Augsburger, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. William Younkman, Mr. and Mrs. Ira LaRue, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Michael and children, Mr. and Mrs. Merril Arnold and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pugh and son Jack attended the La Rue reunion held at Lafayette park Sunday. Mrs. Mary Homes and Mrs. Lloyd Hardwick of Bluffton were Sunday guests at the J. T. Huber home. Mrs. W. C. Lacock was hostess to the Leisure Hour club at her home on Thursday evening. Other than the members two guests, Miss Betty Herron of Lima and Mrs. Margaret Robnolte were present. TRIPLETT SOFTBALL TEAM WINS 16 Pictured here are members of the Triplett softball team which concluded one of its most successful schedules in history by winning 16 of 17 games against some of the strongest opposition in this area. First row, left to right, Robert Burkholder, Bert Swank, Evan Anderson, Paul Eikenbary, Don Ream, Timer Spaeth, Russ Gratz back row, Weldon Deppler, Roger Berky, Maynard Geiger, Robert Luginbuhl, Fred Swank and Jess Manges, manager. Absent from the picture are Ken Moser, Norm Triplett and "Cubic" Basinger. the Ohio state championship in August. During the regular season the Triplett crew scored dual victories over Ada O-K, Pandora, Columbus Grove, Cairo, Findlay Point Serv icea nd Findlay First Lutheran. A two-game series w-as split with TifTin Routh Packers, and single wins were racked up over Jenera, Findlay All-Stars and the Bluffton Lions team. The latter outfit was an exhibition game played for the benefit of Buckeye Lake. Timer Spaeth and Maynard Geiger were the hurlers for the crew’ thru out the season, and between them turned in four shutouts four games in w’hich opponents made but one run, and four in which only turn Against Kenton last Friday night, the Pirate outfit was at a disad vantage most of the game because of its inexperience. In spite of that, how’ever, the locals played scrappy ball all the way, and Kenton had anything but a pushover. Bluffton battled the Hardin coun ty crew to a standstill in the first quarter, but the home team pushed across two touchdowns in the first nine minutes of the second stanza. In the third quarter Bluffton again held its own against the hard-charg ing Kenton forward wall, but a third Kenton touchdown came in the fourth period Bluffton’s starting lineup included Newdan and Klassen, ends Tripple horn and Nisw’ander, tackles Alt haus and Hartman, guards Sommer, center Basinger, quarterback Zim merly and Swank, halfbacks, and Herr, fullback. Attic Floor Insulation The attic floor may be covered with layers of newspaper or wrap ping paper to help hold in heat. Building paper or other insulation may be tacked to the underside of the roof. runs were scored. Complete record for the successful season iis as folows: Tripett 15 Ada O-K 3 Triplett 16 Pandora 1 Triplett 1 Ada 0 Triplett 5 Pandora 4 Triplett 21 Columbus Groye 5 Triplett 10 Cairo 2 Triplett 7 Tiffin Routh 4 Triplett 8 Findlay Point 0 Triplett 2 Tiffin Routh 4 Triplett 2 Findlay All-Stars Triplett 2 Jenera 1 Triplett 8 Findlay 1st Luthe: Triplett 20 Lions Club 8 Triplett 14 Findlay Point 2 Triplett 8 Findlay 1st Luthe Triplett 3 Cairo 0 Triplett 7 Columbus Grove 1 Pleasant Hill Mr. and Mrs. Russell Huber called on Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mefford, Sun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Blosser and children spent Sunday evening in the Lyman Barnes home. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Stratton at tended the home-coming, Sunday af ternoon at Bethel church. Mrs. Harvey Welty called on Mrs. Paul Faze, Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Gleason and family were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stines of Lima. Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Basinger and daughter called at the Jerry Basinger home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman and children were Sunday callers of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long, Coline O’Neil and Carol Sue Hitchens of Beaverdam. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gleason and children of Red Key, Ind., were Sun day overnight guests in the C. M. Gleason home. Mrs. Gleason and children remained to spend a few days here. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Avery Watt and son Roney of Lima spent Saturday evening in the Raymond Stratton home. Mrs. Chas. Miller and Mrs. Arden Baker and son were visitors in the Dennis Brauen home, Sunday. Mr. No Hunting or Shooting Within Corporation Limits Town will be Patrolled by Deputies All Firearms, including Rifles, BB Guns and Shotguns will be confiscated if used for shoot ing game or song birds within corporation limits. This order will be enforced by the Police Department in cooperation with the Bluffton Community Sportsmen’s Club, Inc., operating under state laws. PAGE THREW and Mrs. Dan Badertscher were Mon day callers. Mr. and Mrs. Orton Stratton called Sunday afternoon on Mrs. Lou Arris and Henry Arris of Arlington. Wednesda.^afternoon callers of Lil ly Fett and Nellie Huber were Hazel Fett and Crystal Stratton. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fleming of La fayette and Mrs. Winston Jennings and son spent Friday in the Willard Jennings home. Elrose Mrs. Frank Haines of Toledo spent the week end with the E. L. Bish family here. Callers at the Ami Nonnamakcr home were Betty Bish, Helen Pifer, S. F. Nonnamaker of Bluffton, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mamilton and dau ghter Betty, Chas. Nonnamaker, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nonnamaker, sons Dean and Ralph, Mr. and Mrs. Chaun cey Klingler, daughter Marilyn and son Howard. Union prayer services at the Beth esda church Thursday evening. Mrs. Ida Stratton of Tiffin spent Saturday and Sunday at the M. J. Stratton home. Mr. and Mrs. Lendon Basinger, dau ghter Jeanette and son Gareth, called Friday evening on the Philip Basing er family. Mrs. Anna Koontz of Kenton spent the week end at the Arthur Nonna maker home. Callers on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Stratton and Mrs. Ida Stratton of Tiffin, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Clymer, Mrs J. Fisher and Mr and Mrs. Thomas Koontz. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nonnamaker and daughter Kaye spent Friday even ing at the Ivan Montgomery home. SAVE THOSE TIRES! TIRE PUMP 1.95 Complete with bras* fittings and heavy rub ber hoae. Bluffton Implement & Harness Co. Firestone Dealers Metal and Roof Asphalt Paint Green, Red and Black Spouting and Roof Repairing Asbestos Sheets 4 by 8 ft. for siding and roofing. J. A. Leatherman Beaverdam, Ohio (First door east of Post Office) Signed by: VILLAGE COUNCIL W. A. Howe, Mayor