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OCT. 12, 1944
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VOLUME NO.
LXIX
19 FARM YOUTHS
GETiTHIRTY DAY
INDUCTION STAY
Allen County Draft Board An
nounces Action by State
Director
Decisions of Appeals Board are
Reported by County Draft
Office
Allen County Draft Board No. 3 an
nounced Tuesday that 19 farm regis
trants who were listed in the group
to be inducted this month have been
given a thirty day postponement of
induction by the State Director of Se
lective Service.
Included in the postponement or
der are:
Bluffton—Ray Edward Blosser, El
lis Hauenstein, Raymond Kohli, Geo.
E. Myers.
Columbus Grove—Leonard Kriete
nieyer, Theodore F. Basinger, George
B. Stephens.
Lima—John Junior Baber, Clarence
H. Bridges, Emmett E. Breitigam, Jr.
Norman C. Dirmeyer, James Fetter,
Howard Foust.
Lafayette—Dale Barnes.
Harrod—Harry Nichols, Paul Rich
ardson.
Delphos—Albert Lammers, Arnold
Miller.
Elida—Paul E. Brenneman.
Earl Dean Luginbuhl of Bluffton
who was also on the list for induction,
did not appear, the board’s announce
ment stated.
2-C Classification
Fourteen registrants were given
draft classification of 2-C because of
being engaged in farm work. They
are
Lewis Bassett, Lima John Bly
myer, Elida Richard Hawk, Lafay
ette Jay Junior Long, Ada Leonard
Allen, Delphos, all to Nov. 1.
Hubert Noonan, Delphos to Nov. 11.
Charles DeLong, Mark Jacobs,
Lima Byron Barnes, Harrod, to Nov.
30.
Eugene Myers, Geo. Fetter, Roland
Flanigan, Dale Miller, Lima Robert
Burtchin, Hume to Dec. 1.
Appeals Board Decisions
Appeal of John Anthony Young
peter, Lima Rt. 2, was denied. Local
board classification 1-A. Registrant
appealed to Board of Appeals. Ap
peal Board classification, continued
1-A.
Appeal of Russell Schaublin, Bluff
ton Rt. 2, was also denied. Local
board classification 1-A. Employer
appealed. Board of Appeals contin
ued classification 1-A.
James H. Kritzler, Lafayette, cur
rent address Tulsa, Okla., was classi
fied 2-A until November 8 by the
President.
Former Bluffton
Woman's Son Dies
Joe Lyons, 18-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Lyons of Los An
geles, died Sunday of a kidney ail
ment in the Good Samaritan hos
pital of that city, according to word
received by relatives here the first
of the week.
Mrs. Lyons was formerly Miss Lil
lie Zehrbach of this place. She, to
gether with her husband and daugh
ter Virginia visited in Bluffton last
June at which time Mr. Lyons was
a delegate to the Republican na
tional convention in Chicago.
Mrs. I yons who remained here for
an extended visit was called home
because of her son’s illness which
first became serious at that time.
Program By Radio
Staff Here Saturday
Radio Staff of the “Wings of Pray
ut” daily, broadcast, directed by H.
Max Good, son-in-law of the late How
ard Cadle, of the Cadle Tabernacle, of
Indianapolis, Ind., will present a pro
gram in the Bluffton High auditorium
at 8 p. m. this Saturday.
Good will be the speaker, and speci
al vocal music will be presented by
Chief White Feather, great-grandson
of the famous Sitting Bull, who will
appear in full custume when singing.
Lee H. Baum, director of music for
the “Wings of Prayer” radio program
will be here to play the piano as an
accompanist for the soloist.
BANK TO CLOSE THURSDAY
The Citizens National bank will be
closed all d'ay Thursday, Columbus
day, a legal holiday. Other activities
will continue without interruption, in
cluding mail delivery which will main
tain reglar schedules, Postmaster Ed.
Reichenbach stated.
Frank Neuenschwander of Pan
dora purchased the two residence
properties of Mrs. W. S. Dearth on
North Main street. He later sold
the smaller of the two to Mrs. Bess
Goodman who occupies the property.
Neuenschwander will move here
from Pandora into the other prop
erty. Mrs. Gertrude Fields and
family who now occupy the house
will move this month into the Leiber
property on North Main street which
she recently purchased adjoining the
Boss Glove factory.
$15,000 DAMAGE IN
TWO-CAR WRECK
IN NICKEL PLATE
Loaded Refrigerators Cars
Jump at Bridge Over Big
Riley Creek Here
Two Days Required to Clear
Wreckage, Altho Track Open
in Four Hours
Wreckage of two refrigerator cars
which left the Nickel Plate tracks at
the trestle over Big Riley creek ad
joining Harmon field shortly after
noon last Wednesday was entirely
cleared away by noon on Friday.
With wreck crews from Lima and
Bellevue on the job, the tracks had
been cleared within four hours ’after
the mishap to permit the resumption
of normal railroad traffic. It was not
until noon on Friday, however, that
crews which worked continuously suc
ceeded in clearing away all the wreck
age.
In the wreck, one car loaded with
canned condensed milk plunged over
the side of the trestle to the bottom of
Big Riley creek some 20 feet below.
It came to rest in the center of the
stream on the west side of the track.
The other car, filled with crates of
oranges, jumped the track at the
north edge of the trestle, demolished
the section crew’s brick storage shed
and finally came to a rest on its side
at the east of the right of way.
Contents Salvaged
Contents of both cars were salvag
ed without much loss, but the one
which was loaded with oranges was
so badly damaged that it was burned
Thursday night by the wreck crews.
The other car was lifted from the
creek and taken to Lima railroad
shops where it will be repaired.
Damage was unofficially estimated
at between $10,000 and $15,000, in
cluding the loss of one car and dam
age to the other. Refrigerator cars
are heavier than regular box cars,
weighing about 27 tons empty as com
pared to 20 tons weight for the aver
age car.
When the wreck occurred, the north
bound freight was moving slowly, or
other cars might have left the track
and the damage probably would have
been more serious.
It is believed that the mishap was
caused by a broken wheel or axle on
the car loaded with oranges.
Warned at Beaverdam
As the freight approached Beaver
dam, Conductor Paul Robert, of Belle
vue, detected something wrong with
the train and threw off a note to the
Beaverdam operator, asking him to
have the train stopped in Bluffton.
Robert could have stopped the train
from the caboose, railroad men said,
but this procedure is followed only in
case of. extreme emergency, and it
puts a severe strain on the train. In
the case of a broken wheel, an emer
gency stop may cause *a pilup.
At the same time Roberts threw’ off
the note, the Beaverdam operator sig
nalled that something was apparently
wrong. He telegraphed the AU tow
er here, and the block signal was set
against the train.
When the engineer sighted the red
signal he applied the air brakes near
the Bentley road, as the train ap
proached the railroad trestle, follow
ing w’hich the wreck occurred.
Vaughnsville Pastor
To Lead Singspiration
Rev. E. G. Riley, former pastor of
the Christian church in Vaughnsville
will lead the singspiration in the
Defenseless Mennonite church, Sun
day night at 9 o’clock.
Rev. and Mrs. Riley will sing and
his sister-in-law, Miss Marguerite
Jones, Bluffton college student, will
be at the piano.
11 IE BLUF
Bluffton Fire Loss In First Nine
Months $60, Chief Corson Reports
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Real Estate Deals
Loss Here Since Last January 1
Is One of Lowest in Town's
History
Fires Outside Corporation Are
Costly $18,000 Lost In
Nine Fires
With interest here centering on
National Fire Prevention week,
which opened last Sunday, records
released Tuesday by Fire Chief Guy
Corson showed that Bluffton’s fire
loss since last January 1 has
amounted to only $60, one of the
low’est in recent years.
During the first nine months there
were six fires within the corporation
limits, but quick action on the part
of the fire department limited the
loss.
In the same period, the local de
partment made nine runs outside the
town to fight fires in the rural area
surrounding Bluffton, and the total
damage reported in those blazes was
$18,000.
It is believed that delivery of
Bluffton’s new Mack pumper, pur
chase of which was authorized last
week by the municipal council, will
help cut dow’n the extent of fire
loss outside the village limits.
The new fire truck will be equip
ped with a 400-gallon booster tank,
especially adapted for rural fire
fighting, as a result of arrange
ments made by the Bluffton depart
ment to provide fire protection for
Orange and Richland townships.
Members of the Bluffton fire de
partment include Chief Guy Corson,
H. E. Augsburger, Charles Young,
Fred Martin, Wilford Gratz, Ross
Irwin, Ed Badertscher, C. V. Stone
hill, Lester Niswander, Don Dillman
and Harry Lugibill.
In connection w’ith the observance
of Fire Prevention W’eek, Chief
Corson urged Bluffton area residents
to be particularly careful of fires
now’ that furnaces and stoves are
being put to use again after a sum
mer of inactivity.
Burkholder-Basinger
Wedding Solemnized
The wedding of Miss Harriet J.
Burkholder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin R. Burkholder, Bluffton and
Mr. Richard Basinger, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Basinger, Columbus Grove,
was solemnized unday afternoon at 2
o’clock in the home of the bride’s par
ents.
Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Will
iam Althaus, aunt of the bride, played
several selections at the piano and
Mrs. Vinton Bucher cousin of the
bride sang “Because” and “I Love You
Truly.”
Mrs. Althaus played “A Summer
Reverie” while the single ring mar
riage sen ice was read by the Rev. V.
C. Opperman, pastor of the St. John’s
Evangelical and Reformed church in
Bluffton. The ceremony took place
before an improvised altar of white
chrysanthemums, snapdragons, ferns,
and lighted candles arranged in the
living room, with only members of the
immediate families land a few close
friends present.
The bride was attired in a wine vel
vet dress with an orchid corsage. She
carried the handkerchief her mother
and maternal grandmother carried on
their wedding days.
The bride’s only attendant, Miss
Carol B1ame of Sylvania, Ohio, wore
a green velvet dress and her flowers
were a corsage of gardenias.
The bridegroom was attended by
Don Wirt of Leipsic.
A pink and white color scheme was
carried out in the informal reception
for the wedding guests which follow
ed the ceremony. The table was cen
tered with a tiered wedding cake top
ped with a minature bride and groom.
The bride is a graduate of Bluffton
High school in the class of 1942 and
for the past two years has been em
ployed in the office of The Triplett
Electrical Instrument Company in
Bluffton. The bridegroom graduated
from the Pandora High school class
of 1940 and is engaged in farming.
Pvt. Wayne Kidd. Is
Recovering In France
Pvt. Wayne E. Kidd, 23, of Co
lumbus Grove, who was seriously
wounded in France on September 13,
is in satisfactory condition, accord
ing to word received this week by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cloyce
Kidd.
A letter from Pvt. Kidd’s nurse
advised that he had been wounded in
the stomach by shrapnel, but that
he is improving. Pvt. Kidd entered
the service in November, 1942, and
has been overseas since July, 1944,
with a field artillery unit.
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, OCT 12, 1944
GEO. BURKHOLDER
MISSING IN ACTION
IN EUROPEAN WAR
Former Bluffton High Athletic
Star Lost in France on
September 23
Bluffton Youth with Ground
Crew of Army Air Unit No
Details Received
George Burkholder, 22, former star
athlete at Bluffton High school, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey H. Burkhold
er, three miles west of Bluffton, is
missing in action in France, his par
ents were notified last Friday by the
War Department.
No additional details were received
beyond the fact that Burkholder was
reported missing as of Sept. 23. He
was with the ground crew of an army
air unit.
Burkholder was graduated from
Bluffton High school in the class of
1940 and had been an outstanding
athlete in football and basketball. He
was a student for two years at Bowl
ing Green State university before he
went into the service.
Elder Brother in South Pacific
His elder brother, James, is with
the famous 37th division in the South
Pacific war theatre, and a younger
brother, Robert, who was graduated
last pring from Bluffton High school,
is awaiting a call to the Navy.
Burkholder is the second Bluffton
area resident reported missing in the
European war. Gerald Caris, 21, of
Orange township, husband of the
former Veldean Moser, and son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Caris, has been re
ported missing since last March 8,
when the plane on which he was a
gunner failed to return from a mis
sion over Germany.
No further word has been received
by his wife or parents, and a rumor
which circulated \ere several weeks
ago to the effect that he was a prison
er in Germany is unfounded.
Bluffton Native
Succumbs In Carey
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth Flick Ewing, 79, Bluffton na
tive, for many years a resident of
Carey were held at Christ Lutheran
church at that place, Sunday after
noon. Rev. Wade Koons, the pastor,
officiated.
Mrs. Ewing was the widow of J.
D. Ewing, Carey druggist for many
years and also a Bluffton druggist.
The couple moved to Carey in 1892.
She died at her residence in Carey
last Wednesday from cerebral hem
orrhage which she suffered tw’o days
previous.
The daughter of Daniel and Phoe
be Flick she was born in Bluffton
May 16, 1865 and was married Sep
tember 25, 1888.
Surviving are Clare Olin Ewing,
Wallaston, Texas Ruth E. Tuttle,
Center, Iowa, and Robert Ewing,
Wooster. Interment was in Spring
Grove cemetery, Carey.
Former Bluffton
Woman Succumbs
Mrs. Eva Martin Orchard, 78,
Bluffton native, for many years a
resident of Lima died Monday night
at St. Rita’s hospital in that city.
Death was due to complications.
She had been ill for the past week.
Mrs. Orchard was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin. Her
father was a pioneer Bluffton har
ness maker and the family resided
on North Main street. They moved
to Lima about 60 years ago.
She was active in Lima church
and fraternal organizations for many
years. Her husbanc
only survivor.
BLUFFTON, OHIO
Edward is the
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock in
the Davis, Miller and Son Cathedral
chapel, Lima. Rev. Ira Jones of
Trinity Methodist hurch will offi
ci ate. Burial will
cemetery.
ce in Woodlawn
Birthday Gathering
In honor of the 69th birthday an
niversary of Mrs. N. F. Steiner re
siding west of Bluffton, a family
gathering and buffet supper were
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson Steiner of North Lawn ave
nue, Sunday night.
The table was attractively decor
ated with individual birthday cakes
and flowers.
Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. N. F.
Steiner, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Oyer
and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Jorg and family, Mrs. Adella Oyer
and daughter all of Bluffton, and
Mrs. Marian Lugibill of Ft. Wayne.
NNEWS
Two more Bluffton area soldiers
are with Allied forces on German
soil, it was learned in letters re
ceived from them this week.
Pvt. John R. Stettler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Stettler, and Pvt.
James H. Amstutz are the second
and third from here to write home
they are with the American forces
in the assault on the Siegfried line
near Aachen.
Letters received from them this
week indicate they reached German
soil about the same time as Pvt.
Herbert Siefield, Jr., who last week
wrote to his parents that he is with
Coronation o Homecoming
Queen Features Saturday
Morning Events
Homecoming Banquet and One
Act Play on Saturday
Evening Program
Homecoming and Parents’ Day
events at Bluffton college next Sat
urday and Sunday will include coro
nation of the Homecoming Queen,
freshman-sophomore sports, alumni
banquet, presentation of a Thespian
play and a special vesper service.
Crowning of the Homecoming
Queen, Miss Evelyn Johnson, of Bu
cyrus, Ohio, at 10 a. m. Saturday
will be the opening feature of the
observance. The coronation will be
on the campus, near the gymnasium.
Outcome of a freshman-sophomore
softball game in the afternoon will
determine whether the freshmen are
to wear their caps another six
weeks. Following the game, other
sports exhibitions will be staged on
the campus.
At the Homecoming banquet for
alumni, starting at 6 p. m., Ralph
Lanham, superintendent of Bluffton
public schools, will be the speaker.
This will be followed at 9 p. m.
by the presentation of a one-act
play, “The Arrival of Billy” by the
Thespians dramatic society. Chris
tine Burkhard, Orrtanna, Pa., and
Howard Krehbiel, Donnellson, Iowa,
will direct the cast.
Sunday’s program will feature a
vesper service in Ramseyer chapel at
3 o’clock with C. H. Sprunger of
Berne, Ind., as the speaker. Sev
eral selections will be sung by the
girls’ choir.
Funeral Services
For Albert Lora
Services were held at the Metho
dist church here Tuesday afternoon
for Albert C. Lora, 74, Bluffton na
tive and pioneer auctioneer who was
one of the founders of the Bluffton
Manufacturing company.
Mr. Lora, a Findlay resident for
twenty years had been spending the
past week here with his daughter,
Mrs. Murray Trippiehorn of South
Main street where he died suddenly
Saturday afternoon of a heart at
tack.
He was associated with the late
H. D. Zehrbach in the organizing of
the Bluffton Manufacturing company
some forty years ago, serving as
vice president and later as president.
He resided in Findlay after the
business was moved to that place
some twenty years ago. In his
earlier life he was engaged in the
grocery business.
He was born on a farm near
Rockport the son of Peter and Mary
Lora and an uncle of the late Judge
Neal Lora of Lima. He was mar
ried to Jennie Steingraver who died
in 1924, leaving one daughter, Mrs.
Trippiehorn. Later he was married
to Pascalene Wery who died a year
ago. For many years he was a
member of the Ebenezer Mennonite
church.
Besides his daughter he is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Amos Gratz
of Bluffton and a brother Chris
Lora of Cairo, together with four
grandchildren.
Rev. J. A. Weed officiated at the
funeral services and burial was in
Clymer cemetery.
Southernaires Date
Here Is Postponed
Postponement of the Bluffton ap
pearance of the Southernaires, negro
vocal ensemble is announced by
Prof. R. A. Lantz of Bluffton college
in charge of arrangements.
The concert scheduled for October
19 has been postponed because of a
conflict in their itinerary. Arrange
ments are being made for their ap
pearance here in February, Prof.
Lantz said.
11
Two More Bluffton Soldiers Are
Fighting With Allies In Germany
Bluffton College Homecoming Will
Be Celebrated Saturday And Sunday
the American forces in the enemy’s
homeland.
In a letter to his parents dated
September 15, Pvt. Stettler said that
he had been in action in France
and Belgium and now* was in Ger
many. The letter had been censored
and his present location was not
disclosed.
Pvt. Amstutz wrote to his sister,
Mrs. Rayon Boutwell, of Orange
township, advising that on Sept. 18
he had reached German territory,
after seeing action in Belgium. He
arrived in England in July, and on
September 2 went to France.
BLUFFTON SOLDIER
DIES OF JUNGLE
FEVER IN PACIFIC
Sgt. Frank E. Houston Death
on Sept. 28 Followed Three
Months' Illness
War Department Notifies His
Wife, the Former Marjorie
Stratton, of Bluffton
Sgt. Frank E. Houston, 22, husband
of the former Marjorie Stratton, of
Bluffton, died Sept. 28 in New Guinea,
his wife was notified in a telegram
received last week from the War De
partment.
The message stated that he had
been ill since last July with jungle
fever and anemia.
Sgt. Houston was bom in Raven,
Va., and attended school in Beckley,
West Virginia. He was married on
June 2, 1943, to the former Marjorie
Stratton, daughter of Mr. land Mrs.
Charles Stratton, of Bluffton.
Incited into the Army in May,
1941, Houston received his basic train
ing at Camp Wolters, Texas. He
graduated as first cook from Ft. Riley,
Kansas, and was later stationed at
San Luis Obispo, Calif. He left for
overseas duty in September, 1943, and
was stationed in Hawaii until January,
1944, when he was sent to New
Guinea.
In addition to his widow, of this
place, Sgt. Houston is survived by his
father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Houston, of Harper, West Va.,
two brothers, one sister and one step
sister.
Memorial services will be held at
2:30 p. m., Sunday in the Bluffton
Missionary church. Rev. Robert
Welch, pastor of the church will of
ficiate assisted by Rev. A. F. Albro
of Swanton, a former pastor.
Harmon Walters
Funeral Thursday
Funeral services for Harmon Wal
ters, 76, lifetime resident of Beaver
dam community will be held at the
Reformed Mennonite church north
west of Bluffton, Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. Wm. Rupp of
Archbold will officiate. Interment
will be in the church cemetery.
He died at his home Tuesday
morning following two years of ill
health. Death was attributed to a
stroke suffered Sunday.
Surviving are his wife the former
Sarah Stager two daughters, Mrs.
Florence Beemer, Beaverdam and
Mrs. Lily Burkholder, Bluffton two
sons, Charles and Elmer Walters of
Beaverdam, a brother John Walters
of Pandora and sister Mrs. Emma
Zeptner of Akron.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mis. Wm. Edwards, Bluff
ton, a son, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul McDowell, Ot
tawa, a daughter, Rebecca Ann,
Thursday. Mrs. McDowell was Lu
cille Niswander, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gideon Niswander, form
erly of Bluffton.
Announcement has been made of
the birth of a daughter to Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Emmert of Goshen, Ind.
Mrs. Emmert was Esther Niswander
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. M.
Niswander of South Jackson street.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Lora of
Warsaw, Ind., are the parents of a
son, Oliver Ray. Mrs. Lora was
formerly Verna King of near Pan
dora.
NUMBER 25
WAR CHEST DRIVE
OPENS WITH HOUSE
TO HOUSE CALLS
Funds Raised in Drive Will Go
to 17 War Relief and Serv
ice Agencies
Solicitors Hope to Complete
House-to-House Canvass
Next Week
House-to-house solicitation in the
Third Allen County War chest cam
paign will be started in Bluffton. Fri
day, with nearly 100 women canvass
ers expected to complete the drive
within the next week.
Funds contributed to the War
hest are distributed among 17 war
relief and service agencies, with the
I SO and its various services to Amer
ica’s men and women in uniform being
the principal benefactors.
Directing the Bluffton drive are
Mayor Wilbur A. Howe and Mrs. J.
Solicitors are being notified thru the
mail that their kits nlay be obtained
at the Mayor’s office between 7 and
10 p. m. Thursday. Those who can
not report at that tin e are requested
i send a substitute.
The 17 organizations which share
in the National War fund are the
USO, United Seaman’s Service, War
Prisoner’s Aid, Belgiiin War Relief
Society, British War Relief Society,
French War Relief, 1 ’riends of Lux
embourg, Greek War Relief assoc ia
tion, Norweigian Relief, Polish War
Relief, Queen Wilhelnlina Fund, Rus
sia War Relief, United China Relief,
United Czechoslovak Relief, United
Yugoslav’ Relief Fund, Refugee Re
lief Trustees and the United States
Committee for Care of European
children.
Solemnize Wedding
In Home Ceremony
The wedding of Miss Eleanor Berky,
daughter of Prof, and Mrs. Herbert
W. Berky of West College Avenue,
and Pfc. Harold Lehman, of Indianap
olis, was solemnized in a beautiful
home setting at eight o’clock Satur
day evening. The bridegroom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo E. Lehman
of Berne, Ind.
Before an altar of fems and cle
matis lighted with candelabra the
vows were received by Lloyd L. Ram
seyer, President of Bluffton College.
A string trio composed of Misses Ca
milla Gorby, Mary Katherine Ramsey
er and Mary Louise Dean, accompan
ied by Miss Louise Sommer, furnished
wedding music before and during the
ceremony.
Miss Esther Berky, sister of the
bride, was maid of honor. Pfc. Mel
vin Matlin, of Indianapolis, Ind., was
Best man and Elizabeth Marie Steiner
was flower girl.
The bride wore a floor-length satin
dress with sweetheart neck and long
long sleeves, and with a skirt fashion
ed over crinoline, with an overskirt of
net extending into a train. Her three
tiered fingertip veil was attached to a
lace and net Dutch cap. and her flow
ers were white roses. She wore as her
only ornament an antique lavalier, a
family heirloom.
The maid of honor, dressed in white
lace and marquisette and wearing a
royal blue headdress, carried llame
colored gladioli tied with royal blue
ribbon. Die flower girl’s dress was
white organdy with a light blue sash,
and her miniature bouquet was of
blush gladoli.
Following the ceremony a reception
wa hi Id for the guests. Out-of-town
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Leh
an and son Jack, Burkhart Lt liman,
sses Viola Lehman .. and Inda
Sprunger, all of Berne Mrs. Louisa
Kennel, of Trenton Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Simcox and son Richard, Mr. and
Mi-. Edgar Kennel, of Cincinnati Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Bishop of Philadel
phia, Ba. Miss Virginia Hadsell, of
Lima.
The bride is a graduate of Bluffton
High school and a member of the
Bluffton College class of 1944. Mr.
Lehman attends! Bluffton College and
at present is a student at the Indiana
University medical school in Indian
apolis.
Former Local Woman
Gets Army Office Job
Word has been received by Mr.
and Mis. George Rauenbuhler that
their daughter, Mrs. Ruth Ferguson,
now of Riverside, Calif., a former
employee at the Triplett plant has
accepted a position as clerk in the
payroll branch of the Army Quarter
master’s depot.