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VOLUME NO. LXIX
18 CALLED FOR
INDUCTION INTO
ARMED SERVICES
Allen County Draft Board An
nounces Those Leaving for
Training.
Others Summoned for Physical
Examination Farm Defer
ments Ex:pire.
Eighteen Allen county draft regis
trants have been called for induction
into the armed services, it was an
nounced Wednesday by the Allen
County Dfaft Board No. 3.
Also another group of 18 men have
been notified to report for pre-induc
tion physical examinations, board
headquarters announced together with
a list of 15 farm registrants whose
deferred classifications will expire on
or before November 1.
Notified for Induction
Notified to appear for induction
are:
Bluffton—George Meyers, Ellis Hau
enstein, Raymond Kohli, Earl D. Lug
inbuhl.
Col. Grove—Leonard Krietemeyer.
Lafayette—Dale Barnes.
Lima—William Contris, Clarence
Bridges, Jr. James Fetter, Howard
Foust, Emmitt Breitigam, Jr.
Beaverdam—Marion J. Lenny.
Elida—John M. Brenneman.
Delphos Arnold Miller, Albert
Lammers.
Harrod—Paul Richardson, Rolland
and Richard Wright.
Physical Examination
Notified to appear for pre-induction
physical examinations are:
Bluffton—Howard Krehbiel, David
Dean, Jr. Robert Amstutz, Robert E.
Diller, Wayne Badertscher.
Col. Grove—Lewis Martz.
Lafayette—Gilbert Althaus,
Emerick.
Mark
Lima—Doyle Gudakunst, Harold
Shindiedecker, Robt. Joseph, James
Keller, Chas. Burden, Weldon Swartz,
Harold Strohl.
Spencerville—Thos. McCray.
Delphos—Rufus Bonifas, Ralph
Farm Deferments Expire
Farm deferments of the following
registrants now classified 2-C will
expire on or before November 1:
Bluffton-Russell Gratz.
Col. Grove—Harlan Peters.
Lafayette—Wm. Crist, Preston
LaRue.
Delphos—Richard Thompson,
min Pothast, Clement Croft.
Harrod—Junior Leroy Clover.
J.
Alger—Garland H. Harvey.
Lima—Robt. Shaw, Dorsey P. Mil
ler, John M. Brenneman.
Fir­
Elida Ray Lavern Brenneman,
Clark Brenneman.
Waynesfield—Rodger Stimmel.
Funeral For Former
Bluffton Marshal
Funeral services for D. W. Fox,
83, former Bluffton town marshal
were held at the Paul Diller funeral
chapel Saturday afternoon with Rev.
V. C. Oppermann of the Reformed
church officiating.
He died at
Thursday after
fast for the past
complications.
Bluffton hospital
having been bed
three months w’ith
The son of Jonathan and Letitia
(Mead) Fox he was born in Han
cock county April 24, 1861. He was
married first to Lydia Beagle who
died and later to Elvira Fensler
Smith who also preceded him in
death.
Surviving are a granddaughter,
Mrs. Grace Foltz of Findlay a step
son Cleo Smith of Lima and two
step grandchildren Dale Davidson of
Minneapolis and Mrs. Ellen Burk
holder of Findlay.
Also surviving are two brothers,
William Fox of Bluffton and Edwin
Fox of Drumright, Oklahoma.
Interment was made in Maple
Grove cemetery.
In New Locations
Gerald Berry and family have
moved from the Biederman apart
ments on South Main street to the
Elmer Burkholder property on West
Elm street.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ewing have
moved frr n the Chase Ewing frm
in Orange township to the Corda
Ryan property on East Elm street.
Olive Branch Rally
And Homecoming Day
Olive Branch church of Orange
township will hold rally day and
homecoming services, Sunday. Sen
ices will be held in the morning and
afternoon with a basket dinner at
noon.
Real Estate Deals
Leland Sechler, Bluffton restaura
teur, has purchased the property of
the late Geo. Barnes at Franklin and
South Jackson streets.
Clayton Bixel has purchased the
former A. J. Owens farm, an 80
acre tract in Orange township.
Amos Suter of near Pandora has
purchased the Russell Amstutz prop
erty on South Mound street which
he will occupy next spring. The
deal w’as made by Mrs. H. W. Alt
haus. Amstutz is moving on the 55
acre tract in Orange township which
he purchased from the Chase Ewing
heirs.
G. T. Soldner has purchased the
Cherry street property which he oc
cupies from Mrs. Sarah Geiger of
North Newton, Kansas.
TOWN’S TAX RATE
IS CUT TO $16.70
FOR COMING YEAR
Vew Real Estate Levy, Will Be
$1.50 Per Thousand Lower
Than Present Rate
School District Rate Cut 40
Cents to $15.10
dam Will Pay
$15.50 in effect for 1943.
Beaverdam Rate Higher
Beaverdam village’s rate has in
creased $4.80, the new schedule call
ing for a levy of $18 as compared to
313.20 for last year, including pro
posed two mill and three mill levies.
Richland township in the Beaver
dam school district will pay $15 in
1944, an increase of $1.50 over the
rate of $13.20 in 1943. The new rate
includes the proposed two mill levy.
Monroe township in the Bluffton
school district will pay the rate of
$15.10, and that part of the township
in the Beaverdam school district
have assessments made under
Beaverdam district rate.
Viasonic Order Will Celebrate
75th Anniversary This Thursday
Beaver
More
the tax rate
Reduction of $1.50 in
for every $1000 worth of taxable real
estate in Bluffton was announced
Tuesday in the release of new taxa
tion levies to be assessed against the
1944 real estate duplicate.
Bluffton’s new tax rate under the
schedule approved by the Allen
County Budget Commission
$16.70, as compared with the
rate of $18.20. It will apply
estate tax collections made in
ber, 1944 and June, 1945.
will be
present
on real
Decem-
Richland township in the Bluffton
school district will have a slightly
lower rate, $15.10 for the 1944 dupli-
will
the
Delphos Pays $18.50
Delphos corporation rate of $18.50
is the highest in the county, and the
Landeck school district rate in Ma
rion township, $7.80, is the lowest.
This is the second consecutive year
that Bluffton’s tax rate has been re
duced, the $18.20 rate of 1943 repre
senting a drop of $1 from that of
1942. This means a total reduction
of $2.50 over the two-year period.
Members of the Budget commission
which is charged with the duty of fix
ing rates
are the
Treasurer
Attorney.
of
taxation in the county
County Auditor, County
and County Prosecuting
Jonathan Agin
Funeral Friday
Funeral services for Jonathan
Agin, 80, former Bluffton resident
will be held in the Diller Funeral
chapel, Friday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. Rev. J. J. Anglemeyer of
Arlington will officiate and burial
will be in the Hassen cemetery.
Mr. Agin died Tuesday night at
Bluffton hospital where he had been
a patient for the past three months.
Mr. and Mrs. Agin lived on
Cherry street until recently when
they made their home with a daugh
ter, Mrs. Grace Hartman at Wil
liamstown.
Riley Creek
He was a member of
Baptist church.
of William and Mary
Agin he was born Sep-
The son
Montgomery
tember 9, 1864 in Orange township.
Surviving are his w’ife the former
Exie Nonnamaker to vchom he
married 58 years ago, one
Charles, of near Jenera and
daughter, Mrs. Hartman.
was
son,
one
ARMY PROMOTION
sta
Robert Matter of Bluffton,
tioned at Wright Field, Dayton, has
been promoted from staff sergeant to
technical sergeant, it was announced
Wednesday.
’amily Night Gathering Will
Be Held by Town’s Oldest
Fraternal Organization
Order of Eastern Star Is Ob
serving 30th Anniversary
of Its Organization
Seventy-fifth anniversary of Bluff
ton’s oldest fraternal organization
will be observed here this Thursday
night at a family-night meeting of
the Masonic lodge held in conjunc
tion with the 30th anniversary cele
bration of the Order of Eastern
Star.
Dispensation to organize the Bluff
ton lodge was granted by the Grand
Lodge of Ohio on June 25, 1865, and
the first meeting of the local or
ganization was held on July 9 of
the same year.
Charter for the lodge was granted
on October 20, 1869, a«d the lodge
was officially constituted on Nov. 12,
1869, when the officers were in
stalled. From June 25 until Novem
ber temporary officers had served,
who for the most part comprised the
same group that later filled the var
ious posts.
Petition to organize a lodge here
was filed by nine prominent early
Bluffton residents, as follows: E. G.
Greene, Samuel S. Yoder, John Goble,
John Meyer, Jacob Moser, J. J. Fer
rall, J. G. Honnell, John Eaton and
James J. Crawford.
Officers Installed
First officers, who were installed
on Nov. 12, 1869, included: E. W.
Greene, master S. S. Yoder, senior
warden John Goble, junior warden
John W. Cahill, treasurer Andrew
Hauenstein, secretary J. J. Craw
ford, junior deacon and J. F. Mer
riman, tyler. Oldest member is B.
F. Biery, who also is the lodge’s
only surviving 50-year Mason.
During the 75 years of the lodge’s
history, it has met in three different
halls. The first lodge room was in
the old Steiner and Cahill building,
which stood on the present site of
the Bluffton Slaw Cutter Co.
Next meeting place was on the
second floor of the former Bogart
Harness Shop building, now owned
by Dr. M. D. Soash, when that struc
ture
The
the
Elk
stood on North Main street,
third and present location is in
Hauenstein building above the
restaurant.
O. E. S. 30 Years Old
Thirtieth anniversary of the Order
of Eastern Star also is being ob
served, that organization having been
instituted in October, 1914. Present
membership of the Star organization
numbers 130.
Eastern Star officers are: Matron,
Elsie Buckland Patron, F. L. Todd
Associate Matron, Dorothy Stratton
associate patron, Walter Marshall
secretary, Charlotte Marshall con
ductress, Effie Herring treasurer,
Emma Studler associate conduct
ress, Helen Campbell marshal, Mar
jean Todd organist, Marjorie Buck
land warder, Herma Rauenbuhler
sentinel, George Rauenbuhler Star
Points, Carolyn Aukerman, Alice
Devier, Irene Brauen, Theola Stein
er and Blanche Harmon.
Officers of the Masonic order are
Donavin B. Conrad, master Arden
Baker, senior warden Bert Swank,
junior warden Robert Niswander,
senior deacon Lloyd Brauen, junior
deacon Ralph Stearns, secretary
Dr. Evan Basinger, treasurer Ben
Shafer, senior steward John Thomp
son, tyler and George Rauenbuhler,
chaplain.
Announcement Of
September Wedding
Announcement has been made of
the wedding of Miss Dorothy Bo
gart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Le
muel Bogart of Columbus Grove and
1st Lt. James Campbell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wellington Campbell of
Hicksville which took place Thursday
evening, Sept. 14 in the Epworth
Methodist church in Lima.
Triplett plant
bert Benroth
Main street.
is employed at the
and lived at the Al
residence on North
The bride
The wedding was performed by
Rev. John White, pastor of the
church and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ver
million attended the couple.
The bride wore for the occasion
a moss green suit with black ac
cessories and a corsage of white
roses and gardenias.
Lt. Campbell was graduated from
Hicksville high school and before en
tering the service was employed by
the Ohio Power Co., in Leipsic. His
bride was graduated from Col. Grove
high school.
Lt. Campbell has returned co his
post in Georgia where his bride ex
pects to join him in the near future.
rHE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
n
AY, OCT
BLUFFTON, OHIO, TH 5, 1944
BLUFFTON YOUTH
IS IN ASSAULT ON
GERMAN HOMELAND
Believed to
Herbert Siefield,
Be First froif Here in
Germany
Field Artillery Unit with
First American Army
Near Aachen
of
of
be
on
Pvt. Herbert Siefield, Jr., son
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Siefield,
South Main street, i* believed to
the first Bluffton soldier to set foot
German soil in World War II, accord
ing to information received here Tues
day.
The Field Artillery unit with which
Pvt. Siefield serves was in Germany
with the First Army near Aachen in
the Siegfried line on September 15
when the local youth wrote his par
ents a letter received this week.
His outfit was in some of the heav
iest fighting in France following the
breakthru on the Normandy pennin
sula, Pvt. Siefield’® letter indicated.
He told his parents that he had tak
en part in two major engagements, one
at Caen, but the location of the other
had been deleted by the censor.
Young Siefield had been in England
only six weeks before his artillery
unit was sent to France, shortly after
the D-Day invasion of Normandy. He
entered the Army on March 10, 1943.
Former Resident
Dies In California
Rev. John Lauby, 60, former resi
dent of near Bluffton, died at his
home in Van Nuys, Calif., Tuesday,
according to word received here.
Death, due to apoplexy, followed a
He lived
st thirty
years.
Rev. Lauby was married to
lina Lugibihl of this place wh
ceded him. in death with five
Ange-
jfrho pre-
who together with three children
survive.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Vernon Yoakam and Mrs.
Harvey Gratz of Bluffton and one
brother Charles of Van Nuys.
Funeral services will be held at
the Missionary church in Van Nuys,
Friday afternoon followed by inter
ment at that place.
St. John's Rally
Day Next Sunday
Special morning and evening serv
ices will mark the annual Harvest
Home and Rally Day festival of the
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
church next Sunday.
Dr. Allen O. Miller, professor of
Bible at Heidelberg college, Tiffin,
will be the speaker at the morning
session, starting at 10:45 a. m.
the evening service
be Rev. H. C. Keller
Trinity Church, and
of the Home for the
Speaker for
at 8 p. m. will
myer, of the
Superintendent
Aged at Upper Sandusky.
Two Receive Army
Pre-Induction Call
Two youths in the Bluffton area
were sent to Fort Hayes, Columbus,
Tuesday, by Hancock county Draft
Board No. 2 for pre-induction call
and physical examination for the
armed service. They were Ernest
Bosse of Bluffton and Richard West
all of Mt. Cory.
Messiah Concert
Rehearsals Begin
Bluffton College Choral society is
holding rehearsals every Tuesday
night at 7:30 o’clock in Ramseyer
chapel in preparation for the an
nual Messiah concert to be given
during the holiday season. Prof.
R. A. Lantz, director of the chorus
has extended an invitation to all
singers of the town and community
to attend rehearsals.
Church Of Christ
Calls New Pastor
Rev. Milton Fronsoe of Collier,
W. Va., has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the Church of Christ
here, it was announced the first of
the week.
Rev. Fronsoe has resigned his pul
pit at Collier, effective next month
at which time he will move here
with his family.
Se v en Bondholders Present
Bonds Aggregating $300
for Redemption
The bonds presented at the bank
all were redeemed on Monday, and
the fact there were none on Tues
day indicated those cashed on the
first day represented an abnormal
condition which likely resulted from
those who might have redeemed
bonds earlier waiting until the
simplified procedure went i^o ef
fect.
Caught taking the gasoline by
Murray, William E. Messling, 22, of
Hamilton, made a break for liberty
and escaped from custody when
Night Policeman was unlocking
door to the mayor office in
town hall.
Murray had the last laugh in
matter, however, for he impounded
Messling’s motorcycle which had
been parked near the police car.
Bluffton Residents Are Holding
Their War Bonds Few Are Cashed
Bonds Presented Monday, First school
Day of New Procedure [Thursday,
None Tuesday I Appearance
Heretofore bond holders in need I
Caught Taking Gas
of money had to have their bonds I lumbus Grove, Casualty
certified locally then mailed to a I September 13
Federal Reserve bank, which sent*
them government checks a week or
10 days later.
Under the new procedure all delay
is eliminated and any Series A, B,
C, or E Savings bond can
presented at the local bank for
mediate payment of the cash
demption value.
be
im
re-
From Police Car
The Hamilton man, who had fled
Tuesday night and surrendered toltbe’r
Murray, who was in the mayor’s of-|'
WHERE OUR SOLDIERS ARE
Pvt. Robert Criblez 35241229
Co. B, 59th Bn. 12th Regt.
Camp
Fannin, Texas
A game of horse and rider then was[
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices)—Wheat $1.59
corn $1.12 oats 70c soys $2.04.
Southernaires Will
Sing Here October 19
The Southemaires,
ing radio and concert
ble, will appear in the
an outstand
vocal ensem
Bluffton High
8:30
gymnasium at
p. m.
October 19.
I ton is being sponsored by
I ton College department
Few War Savings bonds were|Bro^' Bussell A. Lantz is
cashed in Bluffton this week, altho|0^ arrangements.
Monday marked the first day the
securities can be converted into
money on demand at local banks un
der the government’s new simplified
system of redemption.
Bluff
Bluff-
of the group in
the
of music.
in charge
Ebenezer Broadcast
That most residents of the area
are holding their bonds either untilltion WFIN,
maturity or for post-war redemption I 3:30 o’clock. In charge
is seen in the fact that during the gram are Misses Vera and Mabel |bustion fire pumper with a capacity
first two days only seven bond hold-1 Amstutz and Minerva
ers presented bonds aggregating $3001 Mrs. Vinton Bucher.
for redemption. All were Series E|Esau, the pastor, will speak,
bonds.
Pvt. Wayne Kidd of Near Co-
and Mrs. Cloyce Kidd, it is presumed
that he is in a hospital in England.
Pvt. Kidd was graduated from Col
the|Umbus Grove High school in the class
tjlof 1940. Before going into the army
the|be was en#aIed in farming.
the act I velvet
played with Karl Frick, the horse, and I
Bill Haller, the rider winning. I Herman Schmidt was named com-1
Roll call and the collection of dues|mander of Bluffton American Legion!
was conducted by Maynard Pogue,[post at the annual election of offi-l
following which Assistant Scoutmas-1 cers held Monday night. II
ter Benroth demonstrated a sparrow! Othe officers are: ]I
trap built by Prof. Russell A. Lantz. I Vice commander, Harry Trippie-
Next Monday’s meeting will be held] horn adjutant, Quintent Burkhold
at 6:30 p. m. at Harmon field, where[er finance officer, Murray Trippie
touch football w’ill be'played. I horn, service officer, Ralph Stearns
1 sgt. at arms, Ralph Henry histor­I
ian, Gilbert Fett chaplain, Millen
A children’s program will be|for municipal fire depart
heard on the Ebenezer church radio ment at a cost $6,203.85 was au
program broadcast from Findlay sta- tbor’zed by the town council Monday
BLUFFTON DISTRICT! E-a
SOLDIER WOUNDED
BADLY IN FRANCE
Wife and Parents Are Notified [were weM
Youth Believed Now in
England
Pvt. Wayne E. Kidd, 23, native of
near Columbus Grove, was seriously
wounded in France ^bn September 13,
according to a telegram received this
I we*k f™m‘h!vw“ Dement
I He entered the service in November,
.v a 11942, and has been overseas since July
A gasoline thief from Hamilton,! ,A.. ... ,, 4...
1 1944, with a held artillery unit. He
Ohio, chose the wrong scene of op-1 ... ...
.... trained in Camp Shelby, Miss., and
erations when he tried to siphon
gasoline from Night Policeman Clay- 9™P OkK, before leavmg
ton Murray’s police car early Tues- for 0WM“ duty'
day morning in the parking space
in front of the Bluffton holier Ring
at North Main and Elm streets.
I
Attend Golden
Wedding Reception
to Toledo, returned here voluntarily I south of Bluffton who celebrated I ing years many changes have been
Tuesday night and surrendered tol their 50th wedding anniversary last I made in design and equipment that
Murray, who was in the mayor s of-1 Sunday received approximately 250 I makes the present equipment consid
fice when he arrived. Arraigned be-1 quests during the afternoon and I erably outmoded.
fore Mayor W. A. Howe, Messlingl evening. I The Civilian Defense unit was sent
pleaded guilty and was fined five I Many lovely gifts were presented I here two years ago but has never been
dollars and costs. I the couple which were placed on the I used since there is no means of trans-
Messling was one of a party of I dining room table which was cen-1 porting it to the scene of a fire.
three on two motorcycles enroute I tered with a huge three-tier wed-1 In previous action taken two years
from Hamilton to Toledo to pick up ding cake witb bride and groom a-1 ago the council also purchased a Mack
another motorcycle which had brok-1 doming the top layer. I pumper for $7,950. This order, how
en down at that place. Because of I The cake was made and presented I ever, was later cancelled when it was
the rain Monday night, the group! the couple by their niece Beulah 11 found impossible to obtain the neces
stayed most of the night under the| Michael. ||sary priority at that time.
sheltered parking space in front of
the Roller Rink entrance.
About daybreak Murray went tol0^ their anniversary.
his car, parked under the shelter,| received her guestsi in a wine color
and surprised Messling in
of siphoning gasoline from the tank. I attired in a blue serge suit.
He took the youth’s motorcycle to| The
the mayor’s office, following Mess-|cream and wafers together with a
ling’s escape, but permitted the! chocolate bon-bon which were used11
other two men to continue theirl to tabulate the number of gust
journey, inasmuch as they had not|^ues^s were from Ada, Beaverdam,
been involved in the theft. I Bluffton, Columbus Grove, Gomer,
______________________ I Harrod, Lafayette, Lima, Pandora
Mr. Phillips presented his wife!
with a lovely diamond ring in honor!
Mrs. i’hiiips||/nfer/ied
dress and Mr. Phillips was
guests were all served ice-
I and Waynesfield.
County Line Church I
HomeconungSunday\BroadcastersWill
I Special homecoming services will I
BOY SCOUT NEWS I be held Sunday morning and after
Troop 82 I noon at the County Line Church of
By Morris Groman I the Brethren,
A game of touch football was play-1 Bluffton.
ed at Monday night’smeeting in Scout held at
noon and all present and Sunday evening service at the De
headquarters, with 17 Scouts and As-[ members of the congregation and fenseless Mennonite church at 7:30
sistant Scoutmaster Gene Benroth their friends are invited. [o’clock and also the singspiration
participating. In the game Keith[ which follows at 9 o’clock.
Kirtland's team defeated Harry Burk-[ fj Qnhmiflf Tn I They will be accompanied by their
holder’s team by a score of 26 to 12.
IHtrman oCfimiUl IO
HCad LegiOtl Post
Geiger executive com., Arthur Am
stutz, Frenas Herrmann, Armin
Hauenstein.
STAMN
NUMBER 24
COUNCIL BUYS NEW
MACK TRUCK FOR
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Expenditure of $6,203 for New
Pumper Authorized at
Meeting Monday
Delivery Probably Cannot Be
Made Before Next Spring,
Council Learns
Purchase of a new Mack fire truck
Sunday afternoon at
of the pro-1 new track will be a triple com-
Hilty and|°f gallons of water per minute.
Rev. |iB wdI have a 400-gallon booster tank,
fitting it for rural fire fighting, to
comply with arrangements made to
provide fire protection for Richland
ge townships with the Bluff
ton equipment.
Delivery from the Mack factory in
Allentown, Pa., can be made in about
four months after priorities are clear
ed, and councilmen do not expect to
obtain
spring,
will be
the truck until early next
Application for the priority
made at once.
Unanimous Vote
decision of the council was by
Final
unanimous vote after bids from four
companies had been opened and con
sidered. The councilmen said they
pleased with the bids which
[offered six different trucks.
Purcbase of the Mack pumper will
[take only $6,203.85 of the 8,000 fund
Ifor new equipment provided in a bond
issue approved at the polls here in
November, 1941, but most of the re
mainder will be required to buy new
Ihose and other equipment needed to
|revtamp the department.
Bids considered by the council in
making their selection Monday night
were as follows:
Mack Fire Truck Co., New York
General Fire Truck Co., Detroit,
Ford chassis, $4,704.29 Chevrolet
chassis, $4,894.
the I „__ „, ._____
Union Supply Co., Toledo, Interna
tional chassis, $5,700 Ford chassis,
$4,638.05.
Present Equipment Outmoded
Bluffton’s present equipment con
sists of a 500 gallon pumper mounted
on a Studebaker chassis and a 500
gallon motor driven pumper furnished
by the Civilian Defense administra
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips of I chased in 1928 and in the 16 interven-
The Studebaker pumper was pur-
Missionary
Speaks Here Sunday
Rev. Harry Wood, returned mis
sionary who was recently interned
by the Japanese will speak at the
I Defenseless Mennonite church Sun
day morning at 10:30 o’clock.
Rev. Wood who spent nearly 27
years in the orient was one of the
first missionaries to Japan and later
worked in other countries in the
Far East.
Lead Singspiration
“Frank and
seven miles south of I heard daily over Lima WLOK in a
A basket dinner will be I religious program will conduct the
sical numbers.
broadcasters
[wives who will present special mu-
Births
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mrs.
I Lafayette, a son,
I Wednesday.
r. and
Redd of
Ray, last
Warren
Dennis
Schick of
Harold
Mrs.
son, Roger Warren, Fri-
Bluffton, a
I day.
I Mr. and
I of Columbus Grove, a daughter,
Mrs. Stanley Donaldson
Nancy Ann, Saturday.