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THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1945
Game Aide to Speak
Ollie Neimeyer, Marion County
game protector, will speak at the
meeting of the club to be held next
Tuesday, at 7:30 p. m. at the Town
Hall club rooms. Neimeyer has ap
peared before the club on several oth
«r occasions and his talk s are alaways
accompanied by motion pictures and
slide projection which fully illustrate
his topic.
Neimeyer will discuss game man
agement and game reserves. His talk
will feature the famed Hoch game
refuge of Marion county and full mo
tion pictures will be shown of this
wildlife protection area. Mr. Hoch
■will also be present at the meeting and
aid in the discussion.
Neimeyer has earned a reputation
for his excellent motion picture pho
tography of wildlife of this area. He
has taken many shots of predators
and Ohio game in action. Many of
his films are in color.
This program will be excellent en
tertainment for men, women and
■children and a good attendance is
urged at the meeting.
Herbert Rupright, the refreshment
chairman, announces a snack luncheon
■will be served immediately following
the program and chicken sandwiches
will be the chief attraction on the bill
of fare.
Fishing Season Opens
Many local anglers have succumbed
to the urge to wet a line and could be
found plying their skill at the Water
Works quarry over the week end.
The fish were really cooperative
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CONSERVATION AFFAIRS
Happenings Affecting Woods. Waters and Wildlife
By THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY SPORTSMEN’S CLUB. INC.
and some fine catches were made.
Sunday afternoon the fish could be
tempted with a variety of lures. Min
nows 'were producing some fine catch
es but Grover Davidson from Pandora
was having a lot of fun with a fly
rod and rubber legged bugs. David
son snagged one blue gill after an
other with his rod and although in
some instances they ran small in size
there were several nice ones taken.
On the preceding day Davidson en
joyed excellent fishing and hooked
two ten inch crappies, four 9 inch
blue gills and 4 others that ran small
er in size, five 10 inch perch, and a
rock bass that measured 9 inches.
This is a real catch for this time of
the year, but it must be remembered
that the Water Works quarry has not
frozen over this winter, which means
the spring fishing has started off
earlier at this particular body of wat
er. The Buckeye quarry is still cov
ered with a 4 inch stand of ice.
Ross McDonald, Ada, made a good
catch of blue gills, perch, and rock
bass on worms at the Water Works
quarry last Friday.
Jess Manges snagged a nice catch
of pan fish at the quarry on minnows
and had a variety of crappies, perch,
catfish and sunfish before the after
noon was over. Ed Root and Bernard
Fish hooked 4 perch measuring 10
inches and 4 blue gills measuring
around 9 inches on worms. Sparky
Fett also had some fun fishing for
blue gills.
The wateworks has been heavily
stocked with several thousand legal
size fish bast fall by the club and this
body of w’ater is open to public fishing
but fishermen must abide by state
fishing laws and regulations.
Fishing regulations have practically
made no change over last year and a
folder giving a resume of prevailing
regulations is furnished with each li
cense. Club dealers handling licenses
and club membership are Carl Mum
ma Electric Shop, Charley Dillman
News Stand, Sam Stepleton Recrea
tion Hall and Don Forche Sno-White
Market at Beaverdam.
New Directors Elected
Additional directors elected at the
recent directors meeting held at the
town hall are: C. V. Stonehill, Li
cense Sales Director Joe Stage, Fish
Management Director Frank Cun
ningham, Buckeye Quarry Director
Nelson Herr, Flower Director. Wil­
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MASTER FEED MILL
Leland Basinger, Mgr.
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Highest Prices Paid for
All Dairy Products
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THE
bur Fish was elected treasurer, suc
ceeding Garald Huber who was drift
er into the armed forces.
At present there still remains sev
eral directors to be elected in the
Farmr-Sportsmen Cooperation depart
ment before the roster is completed.
Rodeo Planned as Bluffton’s Fouth
of July Celebration
Plans were made at a joint Saddle
Club and Sportsmen’s Club directors
meeting to hold a Rodeo in the com
munity as Bluffton’s Fourth of July
celebration.
The gala affair will be streamlined
over last years program and plans
are under way to invite at least 100
horses and riders to participate in the
contest. Rodeos are new in this area
and have attracted a huge following.
Last year’s performance held on Har
mon Field at night attracted a crowd
of nearly 5000 persons and over 150
horses and riders.
It was learned at the meeting that
the Buckeye Western Horse Associa
tion has made plans for three other
Rodeos to be held in Northwestern
Ohio the coming summer.
Bluffton’s Rodeo is considered one
of the best performances given in
Northwestern Ohio.
A committee consisting of three
members of each club will be selected
by Donivan Stratton, President of the
Saddle club, and Aldine Kohli, presi
dent of the Sportsmen’s club to draw
up a contract and make necessary ar
rangements for putting on the Rodeo
performance.
Order Trees Now!
Owners and operators of farms, or
ganization leaders or youth groups,
interested in planting units of wildlife
food and cover trees and shrubs may
get them free of charge by applying
to local game protectors, the Conser
vation District headquarters, or to
Wilford Geiger or Harry Barnes if
application is made on or before
March 24. This time limit is made
necessary by supplies available, man
power shortage and seasonable de
mands, say officials.
This tree planting program w’hich
has been in operation for several
years as a part of the Division of
Conservation and Natural Resources’
15-point program has resulted in the
distribution of thousands of trees, de
signed not only to aid wildlife but to
aid farmers also in checking erosion
and restoring surface cover.
Rockport
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Marshall were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John Burkholder.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kissell of Col
umbus Grove were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Begg.
Mrs. Alice Bodell has been removed
to the home of her niece ,Mrs. Jesse
Spicer in Shawnee township where
she is recovering from a recent ill
ness.
Mrs. Regina Lemley of Pandora is
visiting at the home of her daughter
Mrs. J. Harold Marshall.
Pvt. Wayne Kidd arrived home Sat
urday from a hospital in Sante Fe,
New Mexico, where he has been hos
pitalized since his return to the
States. He was with the U. S. Army
in France. He has received an hon
orable discharge from service.
The youth group of the community
held a meeting in the Presbyterian
church basement Monday evening.
The usual program, recreation and
refreshments were enjoyed by the
young people. John Marshall and
Leland Bucher are leaders of the
group.
The Cook sisters, daughters of the
late Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cook who
were married on the Seventh day of
March on different years had their an
niversary dinner Sunday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gratz.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. E.
E. Freet and daughter Ruth, Mr. and
Mrs. Cliff Fruchey and daughterMar
tha,Mr. and Mrs. Cloyce Kidd and
daughter Helen ,Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Kidd and son Oswin, Mrs. Gerald Kidd
and daughter Donna Lee, Miss Dor
othy Bridenbaugh and the host and
hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gratz.
Rubber Suit
Every man in the United States
merchant marine now is equipped
with a synthetic rubber suit. The
suit is made so that it holds every
thing, including a kapok life belt and
protects the seaman against cold,
fire, water and wind. The outfit
weighs 11^ pounds. It takes less
than a minute to don it.
include meat in your menu.
Always ready to serve you.
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BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON. OHIO
As
Legal
trapping of
mink and muskrats
IN THE
Lake Erie
Richland Center
Memorial services will be held next
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at
the Emmanuel’s Evangelical and Re
formed church for James Amstutz
son of Mr. and Mrs. Hairy Amstutz
who was killed in Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Maidlow
and daughter Eileen, Mrs. Robert
Roof and daughter Sharon, Mrs.
Amos Gratz, Mrs. Melvin Zimmerly,
Mrs. Walter Sommers, Mrs. Byran
Basinger and daughter, J. L. Gratz
and Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Gratz and sons were Sunday after
noon callers at the Ernest Gratz
home.
Mrs. Rolland Bixler of New Hav
en, Conn., Miss Janet Bigler, Mrs.
Carol Patterson of Bluffton were
Thursday evening dinner guests of
Mrs. Donivan Gratz.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bowers of
Lima were Sunday afternoon and
supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Green and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Aldine Amstutz and
son Dwight, Mrs. Marion Downey,
Mrs. Emory Basinger, son Emer
son and daughter Eline, Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Dillman and daughter
were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
Martha Basinger and David Am
stutz. Afternoon callers were Mr.
and Mrs. Leland Basinger and
daughters Arleen and Marleen, Mrs.
Gerald Basinger and daughter Pa
tricia.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Badertscher
and family called Saturday evening
on Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmerman
and daughters.
Lt. (j. g.) and Mrs. Woodrow Lug
inbuhl and daughters, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Coon and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Courtney and fam
ily, Mrs. Kenneth Luginbuhl and Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Grant and sons were
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. I. Luginbuhl.
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Moser were
Sunday evening supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Moser and
son.
Richland Community Circle will
meet this Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Edith Badertscher instead of
Mrs. Olga Kohler as stated last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hochstettler
and son were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hochstettler
and daughters.
Mrs. Arthur Miller called Mon
day afternoon on Mrs. Ernest Gratz.
Mrs. Marion Hochstettler and
daughter Emily, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Gerber and family called Sunday
afternoon on Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
Bower and son of Jenera.
Misses Irene Brankman, Dorothy
Long and Rita Eggerman of Lima
were week end guests of Miss Rachel
Schaublin.
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Amstutz of Ada,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Amstutz and
daughter Shirley of Ft. Wayne were
past week callers at the Mrs. Martha
Basinger home.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Amstutz and
Mrs. Donivan Gratz and son Brett
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Gratz and daughter.
Mrs. Florin Reuscher of Cincinnati
is visiting her sister Mrs. Ernest
Gratz.
Mr. and Mrs. Rayon Boutwell and
family have moved from the An
drew Gratz farm to the late T. A.
Kitchen farm which they purchased
recently. Mr. and Mrs. Shafer and
family of Vaughnsville have rented
the Gratz farm and moved there
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Badertscher
and family were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bad
ertscher. Evening callers were Mr.
and Mrs. Noah Finke, Dan Bader
tscher and Mrs. Sarah Finke of St.
Marys.
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Moser, Mr.
and Mrs. Weldon Luginbuhl, Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Moser spent Sun
day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Roily
Moser and sons.
Junior Amstutz, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Amstutz who recently re
turned to the states from’ the Euro
pean theater of war, is spending a
15 day furlough with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and sons spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ackerman.
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FISHERMEN
MADE SOME EXCELLENT
catches the past few sea
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WHERE THE RECEDING ICE
LEAVES THE WATER CLEA?
BLACK BASS BEGIN FEED
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either artificial or live
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Mr. and Mrs. Amos Gerber spent
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Frank
Burkholder.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wingate and
daughter spent Monday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chidester
and son.
Mr. and Mrs. Reno Gratz and
daughter spent Saturday afternaan
with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hochstettler
and daughter were Sunday dinner
guests at the Amos and Robert Ger
ber home.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wingate and
Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and
daughter spent Thursday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. W. C, Schaublin
and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz and
daughters spent Wednesday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bader
tscher and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Schaublin
and family were Monday evening
supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Schaublin and daughter.
Pandora
George Moor of Toledo visited
friends here over the week end.
Prof. Dale Snavely and family
and Charles Andersn of Holgate,
visited the Hiram Krohn family over
the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Corson and
daughter and Mrs. Norton Nolan of
Bluffton 'visited the C. C. Corson
family, Sunday afternoon.
Jane Davis has been transferred
from the office of a Lima plant to
the General Electric plant at Ft.
Wayne, Ind.
The Memorial Service held at the
Grace church Sunday afternoon for
Private First Class Kenneth Hilty,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hilty,
who was killed in a motor vehicle
accident in Belgium, January 26,
was largely attended. Rev. Forrest
Musser conducted the services. Ken
neth left for overseas duty May 1943
visiting his parents and brothers
James and Richard, before going
across. His departure leaves a
vacant space in the family home
circle and in this community. He
was the seventh from this communi
ty to give his life in the armed
forces. The American Legion of the
Harter Post attended and took part
in the services.
Mrs. R. A. Krohn has been bed
fast the past week.
A Memorial was held for Fireman
First Class Arthur Eugene Eisen
bach, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Eisenbach, of Pandora, husband of
Mrs. Mildred Brickman Eisenbach
and father of Joan and Carol Eisen
bach, 3 and 1 years old of Findlay,
at the local M. E. church Sunday
afternoon at 3:15 o’clock with Rev.
W. P. Alspach of Findlay officiating
at the services with members of the
American Legion of the Harter Post
assisting him. Seaman Eisenbach
was sent overseas with the Pacific
fleet last May and was home in
September to see his folks. Seaman
Eisenbach engaged in several major
battles on Gaum and Saipan. The
destroyer on which he was stationed
the U. S. S. Hull was lost in a
typhoon December 18, 1944. Only a
few survivers escaped from the de
struction of the ship by the typhoon
which lasted several days. One
brother Roland Eisenbach, of Pan
dora, survives Seaman Eisenbach.
His was the sixth death in the serv
ice of his country in this community,
and his untimely passing at so early
an age means a great and sad loss
to his family and friends.
Miss Margaret Hilty was home
from Findlay over the week end.
Mrs. Verne McClintock is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Cordelia Whitney at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pandora Times carried more than
one-half page of congratulations
from the Pandora business firms last
week, to Supt. and Coach Cox and
the Pandora High school basketball
Fleetwings in winning the first
county basketball championship for
Pandora high. The boys have been
receiving many an extra feed the
past week. They deserved it all and
every one is happy.
Mrs. Regina Lemley, who has been
ill several weeks, was removed to
the home of her daughter Mrs. Har­
old Marshall, Rockport, last week.
Mrs. Lester Finley her daughter,
who had been with her awhile re
turned to her home at Jefferson.
Pfc. Ralph Steiner was home on
furlough and from here went to Ft.
Ord, California.
Miss Elizabeth Hilty entertained
the Ladies Missionary Society of the
Missionary church, Thursday after
noon. The Grace church Missionary
society met that same afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. Frank Cummings
called on a relative, who is ill, at
the Kenton hospital, Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Howard Welty is recovering
from a recent appendectomy at Bluff
ton hospital.
One of the Riley township Ad
visory Councils, of the Putnam
County Farm Bureau, met at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. N. N. Soldner
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. James Sommers entertained
the W. S. C. S. of the Methodist
church, Thursday evening this week.
Mrs. Wilbert Zercher and Mrs. C. D.
Steiner were assisting hostesses.
Miss Minnie Hilty missionary, who
has been in China the past seven
years, landed at a California port
last Thursday. Miss Hilty visited
friends at the Glendale, California
Missionary Home and will go from
there to visit other missionaries in
Chicago before returning to her home
here to be with her sister, Elizabeth,
a returned missionary for many
years in China at same place Miss
Minnie Hilty was stationed.
Glen Cherry, who lives northeast
of Pandora, entertains himself and
also his friends by playing for them
on.the electrical organ he owns. Glen
rpms
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PAGE THREW
is a musician and thoroughly enjoys
his nice farm home, which was re
modeled and modernized a few years
ago. He and his mother, Mrs. Mar
garet Cherry, who is in the eighties
enjoy having a nice garden and
many flowers in the summer.
Men and women of the local Men
nonite churches attended the Fellow
ship supper for wives and husbands,
at the Ebenezer church, Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Emmet Burkhart, who lives
northeast of Pandora, slipped and
fell on the ice in her farm yard one
afternoon last week breaking her
left wrist.
Mrs. Lennis Steiner, slipped and
fell in her icy yard Tuesday of last
week, breaking her left wrist also.
The streets of Pandora were very
icy last week, the rain freezing into
ice.
Riley Creek was quite high last
week when the ice broke and piled
up in the creek and along its banks.
However the high water didn’t cause
a flood.
We had a very hard rain Monday
night with thunder and lightning.
Miss Phyllis Grismore is visiting
at Lomita, Calif.
Presidential Succession
The 20th amendment to the con
stitution provides: The vice presi
dent-elect becomes president if the
president-elect dies before the begin
ning of the presidential term or the
president-elect fails to qualify, the
vice president-elect acts as presi
dent until a president does qualify
congress is given power to provide
for the case where neither a presi
dent-elect nor a vice president-elect
qualifies.
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BLUFFTON, OHIO
JUST take a look through this long-range telescope and see
yourself next spring! How’s your tractor running? Wish you’d
had it overhauled a few months ago? Well, there’s still time.
Between now and the day you want to take your equipment
into the field we’ll make the repairs you need. Our shop is
loaded—it always is these days—but we’ll schedule your work
and get it out on time. Just tell us what needs to be done.
You can be sure of this: Any job we do here is done right.
Farm equipment is our business. We know it from the ground
up. We’re implement men and that means we can take your
farm tools and put them back in working order.
You’ll find a big stock of genuine IHC parts on hand here
at all times. And from now on we’ll have more new McCor­
mick-Deering equipment, too. Let us know what you need.
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McCormick-Deering Dealer
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