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VOLUME NO. LXIX
THREE BLUFFTON
YOUTHS REPORTED
MISSING IN ACTION
Parents of Pvt. Janies Stonehill
and Pfc. Ned Schultz Noti
fied.
Sgt. Joe Swick, Bluffton Native,
Also Missing on German
Front.
Reported the first of the week as
missing in action are two Bluffton
youths, Pvt. James Stonehill, 19, and
Pfc. Ned Schultz, 20. Both were
with the American infantry forces
on the German front.
Pvt. Stonehill, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Swan Stonehill of East Elm street,
was reported missing on December
17, the family was notified Wednes
day morning by the War Depart
ment.
Pfc. Schultz, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Schultz of West Kibler
street has been missing since De
cember 16, his parents were notified
by the War Department, Monday.
Pvt. Stonehill was inducted into
the Army on January 8 of last year
and in October was sent overseas.
He was graduated from Bluton high
school in the class of 1943.
Pfc. Schultz last wrote to his par
tens on December 13, three days be
fore the date he was reported miss-
MISSING SOLDIER FOUND
Sgt. James Martin, 25, who
was reported missing in action
December 19, has been found and
is back in action, according to
word received Wednesday morn
ing by his uncle, Ezra Moser,
north of Bluffton. No further
details were given. Sgt. Martin
is the son of Rev. A. J. Martin
and attended high school here.
ing. In that letter he told them he
was in Belgium ,and it is believed
that his division wras in the path of
the German breakthru from the Sieg
fried line defenses last month.
The local youth was graduated
from Bluffton High school in 1942
and worked as a draftsman at The
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co. un
til he joined the army last March 22.
He left this country last October,
stopped for a short time in England
and then went on to France.
A brother, Sgt. Edward Schultz, is
in the U. S. Marine corps.
A thiifl missing soldier is Sgt.
Joe M. Swick, Bluffton native, son of
Morris Swick, of Coldwater, who has
been unreported since December 21.
Sgt. Sw’ick also was sent overseas
last October and was in the same
theatre of operations to which Pfc.
Schultz was assigned, according to
word received by his wife, Mrs. Wa
neta Swick, of Lima.
Returns After 35
Bombing Missions
First Lieut. Robert Edwards,
whose wife was formerly Ruth Bar
num of Beaveruam, has returned
from overseas where he completed 35
bombing missions over Germany and
occupied France.
Mrs. Edw'ards who has been living
in Lima, is now with her husband on
a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Edwards of Amherst.
Lt. Edwards, home on a 21 day
furlough, has bombed such targets
as Berlin, Hamburg, Paris and the
Ruhr valley. He recently was
awarded the Air Medal with four
oak leaf clusters and the Distinguish
ed Flying Cross for meritorious
achievement in operations against
the enemy.
Couple Observes
50th Anniversary
Golden wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hochstettler was
observed at their home on Cherry
street last Wednesday. Plans for an
open house in the afternoon and
evening were cancelled because of
impassable condition of the roads.
The couple were married in Lima,
January 10, 1895 by Rev. Baum of
the Reformed church. Mrs. Hoch
stettler was formerly Amanda Balm
er.
During nearly all of their married
life the couple has lived on their
farm four miles southwest of Bluff
ton moving to town last March.
Mr. Hochstettler is 72 years of age
and his wife 71.
Their children are: Walter and
Andrew’ of Bluffton Edwin of De
troit Mrs. Albert Badertscher and
Mrs. Reno Oberly of Bluffton and
Mrs. Cloyd Schick of Lafayette.
Mr. Hochstettler has three broth
ers: John and Henry of Findlay and
Jacob of Bluffton. Mrs. Wm. Leiber
of Bluffton is a half-sister of Mrs.
Hochstettler.
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Add Chemical Fire
Fighting Equipment
Three tanks of carbon dioxide fire
extinguishers were added to the
equipment of Bluffton’s fire depart
ment when the town council at its
meeting authorized the purchase in
the sum of $114.50.
The three tanks are portable, two
15 pounds size and one of four
pounds. Tfiey will be used prin
cipally in fighting fires where house
hold goods or stocks of merchandise
might be damaged by water or the
soda-acid extinguishers. It also is
used in case of burning oil or fire in
electric motors.
Carbon dioxide, active principle of
the extinguisher, is a gas and op
erates by smothering the fire, cut
ting off the supply of oxygen from
the surrounding air.
FARMERS TACKLE
TASK OF CLEANING
SNOW FROM ROADS
Snow-Plow Equipment Fails To
Meet Emergency After Five
Weeks of Snow.
Residents Take Over Resposi
ibility of Opening Their Own
Roads in Area.
With township and county snow’
clearing equipment failing to make
any headway in opening the snow
bound network of rural roads, indi
vidual farmers in each section have
taken into their own hands the full
responsibility of digging themselves
out thru fence-high drifts which have
blocked roads continuously since De
cember 11.
It will be a slow’ process to clear
the drifts by hand and many roads
will probably be impassable until
spring thaws, but township and
county snow plows are unable to
cope wuth the emergency.
In the meantime sporadic snow
storms accompanied by high winds
are adding to the complications by
piling new’ drifts almost as rapidly
as stretches of rural roads are clear
ed.
To launch the sixth week of snow’
bound conditions, a driving snow
storm Monday afternoon and evening
undid practically all the work that
had been accomplished in clearing
the difted roads.
30 Cars Stalled
In some sections Monday’s storm
made roads worse than ever, and for
the first time the Columbus Grove
road out of Bluffton was blocked.
At one time Monday evening 30 cars
were stalled in drifts near the Waldo
Hofstetter farm about one mile west
of the towm limits.
Many employes of The Triplett
Electrical Instrument Co. who live
out of town were stranded here, and
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Bluffton Navy Man
Weds Leipsic Girl
Samuel Trippiehorn WT 2/c of the
Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Trippiehorn of Bluffton, and Vir
ginia, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Patrick of Leipsic were mar
ried January 8, it was announced the
first of the week by parents of the
bride.
The couple, unattended, w’ere mar
ried in a single ring ceremony at
the home of the officiating minister,
Rev. Paul Fisher of Gilboa.
The bride was .graduated from
Leipsic high school and the bride
groom is a graduate of Bluffton
high school and enlisted in the Navy
three years ago, most of the time
being spent in active duty.
He participated in five major bat
tles and has been stationed on the
light cruiser Philadelphia. Follow
ing a 20-day leave, he and his bride
will return to Philadelphia where
they will reside.
Awarded Medal And
Oak Leaf Cluster
Lt. Col. Richard Euller, Bluffton
native, now’ in Belgium with one of
General Patton’s armored divisions
has been awarded a bronze medal
and oak leaf cluster for “meritorious
service”, according to word received
here.
Lt. Col. Euller is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mont Euller of Lima and
a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Benroth of North Main street. He
has been with Patton’s forces since
they landed in France last summer.
Bluffton Community Hospital Cares
For 19 Patients Daily During 1944
Superintendent’s Report Shows
195 Births and 37 Deaths
in the Year
Receipts of Institution Were
$32,564 Expenses Aggre
gated $32,262
During 1943 the Bluffton Com
munity hospital cared for 784 pa
tients and had an average of 19
patients a day in the institution, ac
cording to a report made by Supt.
Sylvia Biederman at the annual hos
pital meeting in the Bluffton High
school cafeteria, Monday night.
There w’ere 195 births and 37
deaths in the hospital during the 12
months period, in comparison with
the figures for the preceding year of
217 births and 35 deaths.
Capacity accommodations at the
hospital are 22 adult beds and seven
cribs in the nursery. This is ob
tained by using the solarium as a
room for patients and by placing
beds in the reception room when
necessary. An average of 19 pa
tients a day last year is about the
same as in 1943 when there was an
average of 20.
Receipts of the hospital for the
last year amounted to $32,564.93, ex
penditures were $32,262.11 and the
books were closed with a balance of
$302.82.
Trustees elected for three-year
terms at the meeting included Edgar
Hauenstein, Waldo Hofstetter and
Mrs. Charles Hankish. Hauenstein
and Hofstetter were re-elected and
Mrs. Hankish succeeds Mrs. John
Warren.
In organization of the board N. E.
Byers was named president Hiram
Wenger, vice-president Waldo Hof
stetter, secretary, and Ross Bogart,
treasurer. Miss Biederman will re
main as superintendent.
Members of the board of directors
are Byers, Wenger, Bogart, Hauen
stein, Hofstetter, Mrs. Hankish, Mrs.
R. L. Triplett, Mrs. Reese Huber
and Ezra Moser.
Local GirVs Husband
Flies On 35 Missions
First Lieut. Jimmie V. Woolley, 21,
husband of the former Bernita
Holmes, of this place, has returned
to this country for re-assignment
after completing 35 missions as a
Liberator bomber pilot in the Euro
pean theatre of operations.
His wife is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Austin Holmes, of Rural
Route One, Bluffton.
Lt. Woolley won the Distinguished
Flying Cross and the Air Medal with
three oak leaf clusters during the
time he w’as in the European thea
tre. He entered the army in Octo
ber, 1942.
Now at a redistribution station in
Miami Beach, Florida, he is await
ing assignment to further duty.
Home On Furloughs
Capt. Francis Hochstettler, pilot
in the Army Air corps who spent 28
months overseas is home from the
Italian front to spend tw’o and one
half weeks with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Hochstettler southw’est
of Bluffton.
Lt. and Mrs. Kenneth Luginbuhl
of Ft. Monmouth, N. J., are here on
furlough visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. I. Luginbuhl and Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Criblez.
Richard Klay 1/c of the Navy
stationed at San Diego, Calif., is
spending a 20 days leave w’ith his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Klay
and family of Mound street.
Clayton Harkness of the Navy who
has been stationed in Washington is
home on leave. On his return to
duty he will report in Chicago for
assignment.
Clair Habegger SM 3/c of the
Navy has returned to New York
after spending three weeks with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Habeg
ger west of Bluffton.
John Luginbuhl of the Navy and
Mrs. Luginbuhl are spending a leave
at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. I. Luginbuhl south of Bluff
ton.
IN ARMY HOSPITAL
Word was received here Saturday
by Mrs. Fred Getties that her young
est brother, Floyd Hixon, is in
a hospital at Coral Gables Florida.
Mr. Hixon had been over seas for the
past two years with an Army Engi
neering corps.
Large quantities of Argentine al
falfa are being imported and the seed
is unsuitable for Ohio plantings. It
can be identfied by orenge-red dye on
10 per cent of the seeds.
FHE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, JAN
BLUFFTON BOY IN
HEROIC ONE-PLANE
BOMBING MISSION
Lt. Kenneth Oberly with Daring
Aircraft Crew Over
German Terriory.
Flying Fortress Bombs Target
Alone Despite Loss of
Two Engines
Second Lt. Kenneth G. Oberly, 21,
son of milliard Oberly, of Cherry
street, was navigator of a B-17
Flying Fortress crew which took
their plane into the target alone
despite the loss of two engines on
the crew’s first bombing mission
into Germany.
Flying in their first combat as
signment during an Eighth Air
Force attack on railroad yards at
Mainz, Germany, the crew had to
drop out of regular formation when
their plane was hit by enemy fire
and lost two of its four engines.
Altho underpowered and far be
hind the other attacking bombers,
the crew was unwilling to return
from their first mission without
bombing the target, so they continu
ed on the course alone.
Braves Enemy Flak
Risking the danger of losing an
other engine, which would have
forced them down in enemy territory*,
the Americans took the big bomber
over the railroad yards thru a heavy
barrage of flak, released their bomb
load and then beat off the attack
of lurking German fighters on their
return to base unescorted.
Their big ship, “Glad T’ See Ya’,”
altho badly battered, made the re
turn trip safely.
For meritorious achievement in
heavy bombardment missions over
Germany, Lt. Oberly has received the
Air Medal, it was announced from
his bomber station in England.
Before entering the Army Air
Forces in July’, 1943, Oberly was
employed as a calibrator at The
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
He is.a ,?».adnate of Bluffton High
school and attended Bluffton college
and Ohio Northern university.
Lt. Oberly won his wings at
Hondo Field, Texas, in July, 1944,
and is now a member of the 486th
Bombardment group.
Arrange Lectures On
Church Denominations
Background, beliefs and work of
the different church denominations
wil] be presented in a series of lec
tures to be held at the First Men
nonite church, it is announced by
the pastor, Rev. J. N. Smucker.
On one Sunday evening each
month a leading representative of
one of the denominations will be
brought here to give an outline and
comprehensive view of that church,
its history and practise.
The first meeting of the series
will be held next Sunday night at
7:30 o’clock when Rev. Arthur Kuhl
man of Lima will speak for the
Lutherans, the oldest Protestant de
nomination.
In February a leading representa
tive of the Reformed church will
speak for his denomination, followed
by representatives of other faiths,
to be announced monthly.
The public is invited to attend
these meetings which should provide
a better understanding and insight
into the salient points of the differ
ent denominations.
Sgt. Louis Foltz
Flies 65 Missions
Staff Sergeant Louis J. Foltz, 30,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Foltz,
of near Bluffton on the Dixie high
way, is at the Army Air Forces dis
tribution center at Miami Beach,
Florida, after completing 65 mis
sions as a gunner on a Marauder
bomber in the European theatre of
operations.
In recognition of meritorious
achievement, Sergeant Foltz received
the Air Medal for his 11 months of
active service in bombing missions
over enemy territory.
He is awaiting re-assignment at
Miami Beach.
Lt. Joel Kimmel Is
Assigned To School
Second Lieut. Joel R. Kimmel, son
of Mrs. Leslie Kimmel, of South
Main street, has been selected by
officers at Harding Field, Baton
Rouge, La., to attend a course in ad
vanced mechanics at Chicago.
At the Louisiana combat field, Lt.
Kimmel has worked in the mainten
ance section.
18, 1945
Cpl. Park Mathewson, of Ada, a
former employe of The Triplett Elec
trical Instrument Co. and a brother
of Dana Mathewson, of this place,
arrived home last Thursday’ after
participation in four major engage
ments in the Southwest Pacific war
theatre.
Cpl. Mathewson had been on duty
in the Pacific for three years, serv
ing in Guadalcanal, New Britain,
Pelelieu, etc. He expects to be re
turned to the Pacific war area after
completing his furlough.
Widespread Damage of Blitz
Fails to Erase Grandeur of
The English Capital
Sight-Seeing Tour of London is
Something Never to be For
gotten In Lifetime
Sgt. Roland Swank, now in
England, well known graduate of
Bluffton High school and Bluff
ton college, has forwarded a pic
turesque account of a recent trip
to London and his impressions of
the great British city.
At the time he joined the
armed forces, Sgt. Swank was
superintendent of school at Elida
The letter follows:
First Impressions
As we sweep into London on the
fast smooth riding train from the
West country, quickly passing thru
Clapham Junction and Wimbleton,
suburb of international tennis tour
ney renown, we see a sharp re
minder of the blitz of ’40-’41 and the
devastation wrought by Hitler’s lat
est evil devices, V-l and V-2.
The approaches to and the vicinity
of Waterloo station have truly felt
the brunt of the inhuman and savage
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Rites For Andrew
Balmer Thursday
Funeral for Andrew Balmer, 69,
retired farmer, will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. H. H.
Burkholder and at 2:30 at the Re
formed Mennonite church.
Mr. Balmer was found dead in
bed Monday morning at the home of
his daughter Mrs. John Robert Jones
in Columbus where he had gone the
day previous for a visit.
His death, attributed to a heart
attack came unexpectedly. Although
he had been afflicted with a heart
ailment for the past year, his con
dition was not considered critical.
During the illness of his wife, now
a patient in Bluffton hospital, he has
been making his home with his
daughter, Mrs. Burkholder three and
one-half miles west of Bluffton.
The body was removed to the
Stanley Basinger funeral home, Mon
day, from -where it was taken to the
Burkholder home Wednesday morn
ing.
Officiating at the funeral services
will be Rev. V. C. Oppermann, pas
tor of Emmanuel’s Reformed church
of which Mr. Balmer was a member,
who will officiate at the house, and
Rev. William Rupp of Archbold who
will be in charge of services at the
Reformed Mennonite church.
He was born Feb. 7, 1875, the son
of Abraham and Anna (Beeler)
Balmer, who lived west of Bluffton.
In August 1895 he w*as married to
Mary Steiner who survives.
Other survivors include one son,
George Balmer, Harrison, Mich.
four daughters, Mrs. Harvey Burk
holder, Bluffton Mrs. B. R. Stan
field, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Mrs. J. R.
Jones, Columbus, and Mrs. Charles
Beardsley, Philadelphia and two
sisters, Mrs. Levi Hochstettler and
Mrs. Will Leiber, both of Bluffton.
Bluffton Man's
Mother Is Dead
Mrs. Jennie Eversole, 80, mother
of Wesley Eversole, Bluffton high
school janitor, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Lentz in
Lafayette, Tuesday afternoon. She
had been ill for some time.
Resides the daughter at whose
home she died and her son of this
place she is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Hazel Guthrie of Detroit
and two sons, Donald Eversole of
Lafayette and Carl of Maumee. Mrs.
C. C. Arnold of Lafayette is a sister.
Funeral arrangements are incom
plete.
Bluffton Man’s Brother Home With Jap
Flag Australian Wife Is Coming Soon
London Is Vast City Of Fascination
And Charm, Sgt. Roland Swank Writes
On his return he brought with him
a Japanese silk flag, a Japanese
rifle, bayonet, compass, wrist watch,
money and sword. The flag, which
has a Japanese inscription, is on dis
play in the window of The Bluff
ton News.
While in Australia, Cpl. Mathew
son was married to an Australian
girl, Miss Helen Gregory. She still
is in Australia, awaiting her turn
to come to this country, where she
will make her home with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Mathewson, of
Ada.
RICHLAND FARMERS
MUTUALINSURANCE
BUSINESS GROWS
Risks Aggregate $2,345,420,
With Total of 560 Policies
In Force in Area
Mutual Insurance Organization
Names New Officers at An
nual Meeting Saturday
Continued expansion in the insur
ance coverage of The Richland Town
ship Farmers’ Insurance Co. was an
nounced Saturday at the annual
meeting of the rural mutual organ
ization in the council chamber at the
town hall.
Insurance risks aggregating $2,
345,420 are carried by the society in
Allen, Putnam, Hancock and Hardin
counties, with the principal emphasis
on farm coverage, it was announced.
This represents a gain of $168,975
over the coverage of the preceding
year, and the organization has 560
policies in force, an increase of 19 in
the past year.
In Four Count/ei*****
Altho specializing in farm risks,
the company writes policies for town
properties except those used exclu
sively for industrial and commercial
purposes. These may not be insur
ed by farm mutuals,according to a
state law.
At last Saturday’s meeting Fred
Mueller was elected a member of the
board of directors for a term of three
years. He succeeds Eli Augsburger,
whose term expired. Quinten Burk
holder was re-elected treasurer.
Charles Lora was re-elected ap
praiser for one year, and in increas
ing the appraisers from one to two,
the association elected Russell Huber
to serve in the same capacity.
Board Organizes
In organization of the board oi
directors Elmer Lauby was named
president and Ezra Moser vice-pres
ident. Earl Matter was appointed
secretary for one year by the board.
Lauby, Moser and Mueller are t*-.
directors.
Insurance claims paid by the
company during the last year
amounted to $5,370, nearly all of
which represented losses from fire.
Last year insurance coverage of the
organization was expanded to cover
damage from hailstorm, but no
claims were filed from that source.
Corporal Robt. Koontz
Ends Combat Training
Cpl. Robert F. Koontz, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas J. Koontz, of
Route One, Bluffton, recently com
pleted orientation training for com
bat action against the enemy in the
European theatre, at an air service
command station in England.
His next station will be at a base
where Army fighting planes cover
the advance into Germany, it was
announced.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Augsburger,
Bluffton, a girl, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Schaublin,
Bluffton, a girl, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDougle,
Columbus Grove, a boy, Sunday.
Born to Lt. and Mrs. Wade Lape,
a girl, Tuesday, at Corpus Christi,
Texas. Lieut. Lape, son of Mr, and
Mrs. E. S. Lape of Bluffton is flight
commander in the school of tech
nical engineers in radio and radar.
Born to Pvt. and Mrs. Wendell
Duffman, a son, Donald Ray, at St.
Rita’s hospital, Lima. Pvt. Duffman,
formerly of Bluffton, is on duty at
the Army Air base at Oscoda, Mich.
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NUMBER 39
NEW FEATURES
ON PROGRAM OF
FARM INSTITUTE
Attractions of General Com*
munity Interest on 1945
Farm Institute Program
Civic Organizations Participate
In Sponsoring Meetings
Jan. 25 and 26
Program features representing a
transition from exclusive attention to
farm subjects to those of general
community interest will mark Bluff
ton’s annual two-day Farm Institute
scheduled for Thursday and Friday
of next week.
Bluffton civic organizations are
sponsoring the different sessions of
the Institute this year, with special
features of a community nature in
cluded on each program. In addition
to the appearance of two state farm
speakers, there will be local and
radio talent, novelty acts, plays and
music.
All residents of the Bluffton com
munity particularly are invited to
the joint sessions of men and wo
men’s Institute organizations on the
opening day of the meeting next
Thursday. Programs on the first
day will be held in the Bluffton High
school auditorium in the morning,
afternoon and evening.
On the second day, the men’s ses
sions will be held in the school
auditorium, and the women’s organ
ization will meet elsewhere in the
school building. Dinner Mall be
served in the high school cafeteria
Thursday and Friday.
State Institute speakers will be
Charles W. Cookson, of Troy, O.»
former lyceum lecturer, and Miss
Carrie Wilson, of Sunbury, Delaware
county, Ohio, both of whom conies
well recommended.
Local civic organizations sponsor
ing features on the two-day event
include the Bluffton Ministerial as
sociation, the Lions club, the Farm
Bureau, the Grange and the Bluff
ton Conservation association.
Complete program will appear in
next Meek’s issue of The Bluffton
News.
Former College
Students Married
Wedding of Miss Mary Jayne May
berry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Mayberry of Columbus Grove
and Sergeant James Dale Westen
barger of the United States Marine
corps Mas solemnized at the home of
Rev. Ray Seely of the Columbus
Grove Christian church, Thursday
night at 6 o’clock.
The single ring ceremony M*as used
and the couple M-as unattended.
Both Sergeant Westenbarger and
his bride are former students in
Bluffton college. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Westenbarger
of Ft. Jennings and is home on a
30 day furlough after fifteen months
of overseas service. At the con
clusion of his furlough he will re
port at Cherry Point, North Caro
ina, for assignment.
The bride Mas graduated from Co
lumbus Grove high school in the
class of 1940 and has been employed
in the treasury department of the
Ohio Steel Foundry company, Lima.
In New Locations
N. W. Hochstettler, his daughter
Miss Lorena and sister-in-law, Miss
Marie Imbach will move this month
into their property ‘on Spring street
now occupied by Wm. J. Lugibihl.
Mr. and Mrs. Lugibihl will occupy
an apartment in the Allen Beeshy
residence on Riley street.
The Hochstettler tract of two acrea
five and one-half miles north on the
College road was recently purchased
by Mrs. Gerald Filhart, daughter of
Joshua Amstutz. Her husband is in
service with the Seabees.
Mrs. Ray lark and two children
occupying an apartment above the
skating rink at North Main and Elm
streets will move next week to St.
Marys. Mrs. Clark has operated the
rink since her husband was inducted
into military service.
S. E. Berryhill and family will
move next month from the College
farm one-half mile north of Bluffton
into the West Elm street property
which he purchased last summer
from Warner Newlan. Berryhill Mrill
operate the Wilhelm Amstutz farm
this year.
Real Estate Deal
Francis Moser has purchased the
Thurman street property in which
he resides from Wm. B. Augsburger^