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THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1945
Rationing Calendar
So that you may keep in mind the
numerous important war-time ra
tioning dates, the Bluffton News ia
publishing this weekly reminder:
MEATS, BUTTER, CHEESE,
CANNED MILK—Book 4 red
stamps Q-5 thru Z-5 and A-2 thru
D-2 good for 10 points each.
Q-5, R-5 and S-5 expire March 31.
PROCESSED FOODS—Book 4
STEINER COAL CO.
For Economy and
Dependability Use Coal
Office Phone: 265-Y Res.
Terms: Cash—30 Days
Service
For Rent
Floor Sanders and
Wallpaper Steamers
Call Now—Don’t wait until the
Spring rush.
Frank Neuensch wander
Phone 478-W 212 N. Main Street
Bluffton, Ohio
The Fact that our tine service costs ni
funerals sold on price alone, puzzles
But it is easy to understand.
Efficient business management based
cost accounting keeps the overhead
every service at the lowest possible figu
with high standards. And our fair-prol
suits in moderate prices.
Our wide price
range enables every
family to choose a
service priced i
keeping with its plans
blue stamps X-5 thru Z-5 and A-2
thru M-2 good for 10 points each.
X-5, Y-5, Z-5 and A-2 and B-2
expire March 31.
SUGAR—Stamp 34 in Book 4
good for five pounds thru Feb. 28.
Sugar stamp 35 good for five
pounds thru June 2.
GASOLINE—Stamp A-14 good
for 4 gallons thru March 21.
SHOES—Airplane stamps 1, 2
and 3 in Ration Book No. 3 good
indefinitely.
......
74-W
within keeping
of present day conditions.
Basinger Funeral Home
G. W. Comb* Licensed Ft neral Director in Charge
during absence of Stank E. Basinger, who ia
serving our country I i it* Armed Force*.
more than
inv neople.
on accurate
charges on
e consistent
policy re-
Paul" Diller
FUNE 7AL HOME
'Phone 222“ W '*fituffton
Notice
Rabbit Raisers
I have purchased the F. L.
ifciee-TaWbit
have a year atound outlet for an unlimited number of
rabbits.
Starting Monday and Tuesday, February 12 and 13
and every Monday and Tuesday thereafter, I will buy rab
bits at my home at the corner of East College Avenue and
Mound street, Bluffton.
This business will be operated on exactly the same
policy as followed by Mr. Price for many years.
R. E- AMSTUTZ
Corner East College Ave. and Mound St.
Bluffton, Ohio
market and
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIERY. Business Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor
Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
by thaeBluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co.
Subscription rates: Tear, 2.00
six months, $1.25 anywhere in U. S.
Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Batteries in stock for all makes of
cars. Bixel Motor Sales.
Oral Dean Redick of Jenera called
on Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Krichbaum,
Sunday evening.
Miss Merilyn Battles of Findlay
was a supper and overnight guest in
the Dan Kirchbaum home, recently.
Basinger ambulance removals—
Mrs. Belle Augsbdrger from her
home to the office of a Lima physi
cian and return.
A limited stock of tire reliners,
$2.25 each while they last. Bixel
Motor Sales.
I wish to thank the many friends
for the greeting cards received on my
birthday anniversary last Friday.
Mrs. Dora Montgomery.
See me for memorials of all kinds.
Samuel Bixel, 409 S. Main St., Bluff
ton. Phone 429-W. Representing the
Lima Marble & Granite Co. tf
John Schmidt of the Army Air
corps is spending a furlough with his
mother, Mrs. Albert Klapp of South
Main street.
Frank Sweeten of Ft. Wayne
spetn several days the past week
with Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Rupp
and daughter.
Mrs. Jack Remde of Chicago,
former Bluffton resident, was the
house guest of Mrs. Maynard Geiger
of Cherry street the past week.
I wish to thank my many kind
friends for the greetings, flowers
and other gifts received during my
illness. Amanda Welty.
Mrs. Elizabeth Risser of New Lon
don is spending the week visiting at
the home of her son David Risser
and family of South Main street.
Mrs. Cleon Henry and son Keith
of Covington visited last Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Anna Gromann
and Morris and Margaret Groman of
South Jackson street.
Kenneth Gable S 1/c of the U. S.
Coast Guard stationed at Saginaw
River Range Light station, Essex
ville, Mich., and Mrs. Gable are
spending several weeks with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Gable of
North Jackson street.
Mrs. Russell Klingler of Sullivan,
Ohio, is at the home of her father,
Leonard Stager of North Main street
who. .is slowly improving following
an illaess of bronchial pneumonia.
Mrs. Klingler is the former Lydia
Stager.
Pvt. James Fett who has been in
the ordnance school at the Army
proving grounds at Savannah, Ill.,
is spending a twelve days furlough
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. B. Fett of Campus Drive. At the
conclusion of his furlough he will
report to his former location at
Grand Island, Nebraska.
Diller ambulance remoa’als—Mrs.
Richard Staley from Lima Memorial
hospital to her home northeast of
Ada Mrs. Wayne Hauenstein and in
fant daughter from St. Rita’s hospit
al to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Levi
Hauenstein, south of Bluffton.
Richard Leiber S 2/c and Mrs.
Leiber and son Roger of Little
Creek, Va., spent the past week with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Leiber of Beaverdam and Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Clark of Lafayette.
They returned Monday to Virginia.
Elias Zimmerly of Wadsworth
visited here over the week end at
the Fred Gratz and Melvin Zimmerly
homes. He will also spend several
days with relatives in Lima and Ft.
Wayne. He is employed in an in
dustrial plant at Wadsworth which
has been shut down temporarily be
cause of inability to obtain coke
during the present embargo.
Robert Wilson Named
On Assay Commission
Robert Wilson, Lima councilman,
who lived here with his grandparents
while attending grade school about
40 years ago, has been appointed by
President Roosevelt to serve on the
eight-member Assay Commission
which meets annually on Feb. 14 at
the United States Mint in Philadel
phia.
Wilson made his home with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Luke
Myers, who lived in the house now
occupied by Mrs. H. B. Adams at
High street and South Lawn avenue.
The Assay Commission has been
meeting annually since the time of
George Washington to make tests
with reference to weights and fine
ness of coins reserved at the differ
ent mints during the year to deter
mine whether there has been con
formity to law requirements. Meet
ings of tTie Commission usually lasts
two or three days.
Wilson is a prominent coin col
lector and was recommended as an
authority on the subject of coins.
irhliH
Application of elgetol spray to ap
ple trees in New York State produced
an increase in yield and improved the
size and color, also the quality of the
fruit.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BU FFTON. OHIO
Pandora
Miss Margaret Hilty, teacher at
RFindlay, was home the past week
several days becase of the coal short
age and heating problem in Findlay
schools.
The roads and walks were very
slippery here the forepart of this
week.
A good many different workers
could not w’ork tne past week because
of the coal and gas shortage.
Pandora school was dismissed Fri
day until heating conditions clear up.
A Walt Dizney operetta is being
given by high school students Tues
day and Wednesday nights, February
6 and 7 at 8 p. m. Mrs. Pauline Bau
man and Earl Lehman are the mu
sical directors.
A quartette of men from Asbury’
Theological seminary, Wilmore, Ky.,
conducted a special service at the
Missionary church, Sunday night.
The Louis Risser family were din
ner guests at the Enos Sutter home,
Sunday evening.
The W. S. C. S. has been postpon
ed for the month of February be
cause of the snow-bound roads.
C. C. Wehrly, Pandora banker, who
lives north east of Pandora, was in
an automobile collision with the rural
mail carrier of Mt. Cory last Tues
day morning. The men, though bad
ly shaken and bruised by the impact
of the collision, were not seriously
hurt. Both cars were badly battered
up in the affair but not beyond re
pairment.
The P. W. Krohn family’ recently
moved from their home in Detroit to
Chicago. Mrs. R. A. Krohn who had
been with them also went to Chicago
for a while.
Raymond Core and family moved
into the former Roy Cook house last
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Steiner and daught
er Betty left Thursday for California
to make that state their home. They
visited the Melvin Steiner family at
Dallas, Texas enroute. Their son,
Robert will remain with his grand
parents.
Pandora high won over Bluffton
one point in their basketball game
there hast week.
Miss Margaret Hilty recently visit
ed Cleveland friends and saw the Ice
Follies while there. Returning by
train last Sunday she was surpised
to meet Mr. and Mrs. Shirl Hat
field, local banker, returning via train
from Cleveland, where they had spent
the day with a soldier home on fur
lough from the same hospital unit of
their son, L. Shirl Hatfield II is lo
cated with in Europe.
Mrs. Orrie Lugibihl was taken to
Lima Memorial hospital last week.
Mr. and Mrs. David Niswander of
the Settlement are on a trip to Augus
i ta, Ga. Mrs. Cal Lugibhl accompan
ied them.The Niswander’s son, Cpl.
Francis Niswander is camp food in
spector.
Miss Edith Burkhart was home
from Findlay the forepart of the
week.
Miss Ruth Bixel, who teaches mu
sic in the Omaha, Neb. Grace Bbile
School, recently spent a few days
here with her father, Noah Bixel.
O. S. Johnson of Columbus Grove,
recently bought the Clyde Schumach
er house just north of St. John’s
church. Mrs. Don Sommers and two
daughters have been living there.
Mrs. Sommers has gone to Gulfport,
Miss., tobe with her husband who is
in training there. The two daughters
will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Lugibihl, their grandparents.
The Grace church Missionary so
ciety held an all day meeting last
Thursday.
Albert Hilty, who has been very
sick at the Bluffton hospital, is bet
ter at this time.
Ralph Locher, Cleveland attorney,
has been appointed secretary of the
state industrial commission at a sal
ary of $4,600 a year. The appoint
ment was made by Governor Lausche.
Locher’s father, Eph Locher and uncle
Cyrus Locher, former U. S. Senator,
both deceased, were Riley township
natives.
Lt. V. P. McClintock, who is in the
air forces, writes that he is now in
the Philippines and finds the islands
hot, rainy, mosquitos by the millions
and human life cheap. The soldiers
live a rugged life, have fairly decent
tents, but everything has a terrible
musty odor. They find the natives
friendly, quite clean and their young
sters cute. Vincent says when he
gets back home he feels as though
he just wants to go in the house, stay
there and rest. Lt. McClintock has
flown 350,000 miles, over half way
around the world from home and feels
he has traveled enough.
Daniel Cook, who was wounded in
battle last June and has been hospit
alized ever since in England, was
sent to Memphis, Tenn., recently for
hospitalization. Letters that Daniel
wrote to American friends while
still in England, were received here
with the edges of the envelope and
folds of the letter burned. They had
been an air plane wreck the Ameri
can receiving postoffice reported.
Lawn Mowers
Sharpened
and/l/
Steel RtoW
Points Forged
Bluffton Welding Shop
Dana Mathewson, Prop.
Riley Street, Bluffton
Clubs,
ana Societies
Legion Auxiliary Valentine Party
A covered dish supper and Valen
tine party will be held by the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary at 6:30 p. m.
next Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Harry Trippiehorn. All members are
urged to attend.
Methodist W. S. C. S.
The Woman’s Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist church will
meet Thursday night at 8 o’clock at
the home of Mrs. Edith Mann. As
sistant hostesses will be Mrs. Evelyn
Steiner, Mrs. Melva Berry and Mrs.
Cliff West. Mrs. Pauline Augsburg
er will lead devotions and Mrs. Mabel
Huser will be program leader.
Gertrude Hoy Circle
The monthly meeting of the Ger
trude Hoy Missionary’ circle was held
at the home of Miss Betty Bracy,
Monday night with Miss Mathilda
Mueller assistant hostess. Miss An
nabelle Weed was guest speaker.
Following the program a miscel
laneous shower was given in honor of
Mrs. Alice Schyllander, the former
Alice Santschi.
Present were: Jane Baker, Ruth
Diller, Ruth Geiger, Blanche Hauen
stein, Julia and Ruth Herr, Georgia
Irwin, Marie Lehman, Mabel Minck,
Irene Niswander, Bernice Risser,
Frances Scoles, Fairy Stager, JUanita
Swank, Pauline Zimmerman, Bertha
Swank, Levada Balmer, Thelma Ba
singer, Meredith Stepleton, Leona
Schroer, Dorothy Rae Amstutz, Mary
Louise Balmer, Betty Bracy and Ma
thilda Mueller.
Alice Freeman Club
The Alice Freeman club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Fred Gratz
this Wednesday night. A book re
view will be given by Mrs. B. W.
Travis.
Century Circle
Mrs. Gordon Bixel was hostess to
the Century circle at her home,
Wednesday afternoon. A paper,
Machinery and Modern Life was read
by Mrs. Clair Fett. Annual business
meeting of the club was also held
at that time.
Travel Class
The Travel class met at Lincoln
hall, Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
Metta Dean and Miss M’Della Moon
i as hostess. Numbers ‘of the pro
gram were: The New Public Health,
Mrs. C. A. Biery Advances in
Medicine, Mrs. E. J. Hirschler.
Lutheran Aid Society
The Lutheran Aid society will
meet at the home of Mrs. Ora
Wetherill, Thursday afternoon at 2
o’clock.
Security Is Prime
Need, Speaker Says
To provide a sense of security for
physically and mentally handicapped
of Ohio is one of the principal ob
jects of the state’s department of
public welfare, Judge Henry J. Rob
ison declared in an address at the
luncheon meeting of the Lions club
at the Walnut Grill, Tuesday night.
Judge Robison, speaking on the
subject of “Family Security’’ pointed
out that preservation of the family
is sought in the administration of his
department.
Thera are now about 38,000 per
sons in state institutions such as in
sane asylums, institutions for the
feeble minded, prisons and similar
places and besides this the counties
have about an equal number in their
local institutions, the speaker said.
The object of the division of social
administration is to keep as many
people needing some form of help,
out of institutions as possible, thus
preserving self-respect and self-suffi
ciency.
Child welfare work includes super
vision of some 2,400 crippled child
ren under state care. Besides this
there are about 20,000 in the various
county children’s homes in the state.
Because of wartime industrial de
mands, the relief problem has de
clined from one out of four receiv
ing aid during the depression to four
out of a thousand at the present
time. Some 700 blind adults have
gone to work in the state during the
present emergency largely thru the*
aid of the program of the division of
social administration, the speaker
said.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks for the kind expressions of
sympathy extended during the long
illness and death of our beloved hus
band and father to the following:
the ministers, organist, singers, pall
bearers, honorary pallbearers, all of
those sending flowers, those offering
blood, to the neighbors and friends.
Mrs. Noah Zuercher
Merlin Zuercher
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Zuercher
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Thiessen
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices-------Wheat
$1.68 com $1.12 oats 80c soys $2.04.
Settlement
IM. James Reichenbach of Camp
Lejuene, North Carolina, spent a
10-day furlough at the home of his
father, Henry Reichenbach and fam
ily.
Pfc. Frederick Reichenbach who is
at present at Camp Atterbury, In
dianapolis, Ind., and his wife who is
at this time employed in Toledo,
spent the week end at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reno
Oberly and family.
Mrs. Orville Lugibihl is at Memor
ial hospital in Lima where she sub
mitted to an operation. Her condi
tion is reported as favorable.
Hiram Kohli, Jr. and Donavin Dil
ler took a truck loads of eggs to
Pittsburgh, Pa., for Noah Bixel,
Monday.
The operetta “A Waltz Dream’’
presented at the Pandora High
school auditorium Tuesday evening
was largely attended and well re
ceived. Pauline Bauman and Earl
Lehman were the directors of the
program. The operetta is to be pre
sented the second night this Wed
nesday evening.
Mrs. Harold Diller returned from
Portsmouth, R. I., several days ago
where she had spent four weeks with
her husband.
This is one winter when our “old
timers” are refraining from spinning
yarns about old fashioned snows and
WANT-ADS
Wanted—Dishwasher fc
Wilch’s restaurant.
For sale—Sm
Mrs. Paul Schuf
578-Y.
Condition and
the easy way. I
feed. Get it at
For sale—Aps
range, almost ne
kerosene stove.
402 N. Main St.
For sale—Doub
except furnace, in
one arce of ground.
Mrs. H. W. Althai
238-W.
For sale—Collapsibl
pre-war make.
Spring St.
I will sell at public a’
northeast of Bluffton, fi:
of Pleasant Ridge chut
house on Route 12, Fri
16, horses, cattle, hogs,
lis Chalmer tractor and
ery reconditioned with
Hiram P. Steiner, ow
& Huffman Aucts. W
plete sale bill.
A limited stock o
$2.25 each while th*
Motor Sales.
For sale—Apples, i
extracted honey, daily
Augsburger Fruit Fax
of Bluffton
For sale—One Pf
broiler
Bluffton
evenings.
Estate range,
iw, Bluffton phone
tire chains. G.
sets
For sale—Two
W. Combs.
Lost—Silver c|
turn to News ofl|
arm
ce.
bracelet. Re
Liberal reward,
nt ground for corn.
Bluffton phone.
farm IVa miles east
Lite 103. Good build
•ic lights.
Wanted—To
Clayton Bucher,
For rent Good
of Bluffton on
ings also elect
Stratton, S. Main
Jesse
St.
orm your
ut Ovumix
|org hatchery, tf
i ment size
u Will trade
I iyton G. Basinger,
poultry
in
the
gas
for
house, modern
pod condition with
Two car garage.
Bluffton pnone
We wish to announce that we* ate
entirely sold out of*teotatoes. Thanks
for your patronage.
Steiner.
Clarence
hub cap
Ebenezer
News of-
let
and
1 to
i, Pandora.
baby buggy,
uire 110
Lost—1941 /Chevr*
between Bluffton
church. Finder retui
fice. Err Bridenbaug
n
For sale—92^ ac^
as the Samuel Barnei
south of Bluffton od
Call or see Ly
phone.
of land k/ioam
place, 5 miles
Bentley road,
.rnes, Bluffton
tf
for spring
11.00 per hour
order
Earn
Ladies-r-Ti
and up. Steady wort
mation write: Box 83,
Ohio.
Player piano and ro
reliable party. Write
zow, Route 5, Box 31
Wis., as to when pian
in Bluffton.
For infor-
Cincinnati 15,
43
s Terms to
Verne Net
Waukesha,
can be seen
:tion, 7 miles
it place north
and school
ay, February
chickens, Al
ther machin
new parts.
er.
tch
Basinger
for com
42
makes of
all
Batteries in stock fo
cars. Bixel Motor Sa
You are looking fo
and larger income.
Route is available
county where prod
years to 1,847 famil
card request will brir
tails without obligati
study and decide. W
Dept. CHA-51-222A, I
see Sylvan us Welty,
Bluffton, Ohio.
!S.
better work
A Rawleigh
west Allen
ts sold 25
s. A postal
you full de
i. You then
:e Rawleigh’s,
eeport, Ill., or
W. Elm St.,
42
tire reliners,
last. Bixel
weet cider and
except Sunday,
n, 2 miles south
tf
ersime 5 deck
il. Luginbuhl,
tf
eating
battery.
phone.
sale—Cook
no Sunda
For
and
W. G.
42
sales.
apples
Carr, Bluffton phoi
Wanted—Middle/aged woman to
take charge of
Ohio. Family coi
one boy 4 and
stand and care 1
home and pay
Write
S. W., Massillorj
Chas.
interview. I
e 539-T.
Sme in Massillon,
fists of one boy 6,
^elf. Must under
hr children. Good
■for right person.
514 Perry Ave.,
to me al
Ohio, or to Mrs.
Bluffton* Ohio for
Fenton,
Wanted—To tljy potatoes, U. S.
No. 1 grade in 100 lb., 50 lb., and
15 lb., bags. Celling prices—deliver
ed to nearby A It
grade, pack, quap
where located*
Commission Co., 136 N. Huron St.,
Toledo, Ohio. 43
stores. Advise
itity available and
PAGE FlVF
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severe winters. This community as
well as a great part of our state
has been blanketed with heavy snows.
Harold Geiger is driving the new
school bus which the Riley Township
School Board has recently purchased.
Pvt. Howard Diller of Camp Glan
nin, Texas, is enjoying a furlough
with his home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynafd Steiner
and Mr. and Mrs. Arden Zimmerly
were Sunday visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lehman and
family.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Ebenezer church Tuesday after
noon for Frank Burkholder, retired
farmer who passed away at his home
near Beaverdam, Sunday morning at
the age of 81 years. Rev. John
Esau officiated.
Special effort is being put forth
to open many roads that have for
weeks been impassable on account of
snow banks.
Cotton Insulation
Cotton insulation, first manufac
tured in 1940, may be widely used
in home refrigerators and freezing
units after the war.
How long
should a man’s legs be?
Lincoln once said they should
be long enough to reach to the
ground.
“How^jrfGch insurance should
I carry?” isi a question fre
quently asked. The answer is
that it shoyld be reasonably
sufficient to protect your prop
erty in event of partial or to
tal loss.
I
IIJTZI
Insuraiice Agency
Fire Auto Bonds
BLIIFFTON
ROLLER RINK
Corner N. Main & Elm Sts.
Skating Every
Tuesda y, Thursday
and Saturday
Might
7:30 to 10:30
a
Old Ti ners Night,
rirn Wednesday,
7:30 tp 10:30.
JUD JOHNSON, Mgr.
Put New Life In
Your Worn Out Tires
A limited supply of
TIRE RELINERS
IN STOCK
Specially priced
while they Or
last, each .. 4
Bixel Motor Sales
Cherry Street
CT AD
THEATRE
1 A Bluffton
THURS.-FRI.-SAT.
TALLULAH BANKHEAD
and WM. IJENDIX in
“LIFEBOAT”
sunJmon.
“NO TIME
FOR LOVE”
with
CLAUDFT|JB»’TOLBERT
FRED 51 AC MURRAY
TUES.-WED.
SON OF DRACULA
and
MARINES AT TARAWA
and
COMEDY
COMING SOON FOR
ONE NIGHT ONLY
WILSON
in Technicolor