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PAGE SIX
ALLEN COUNTY
Name 3 To Highway
Jobs In Lima Division
Max Stringfellow, state highway
engineer for the Lima division,
named Robert Shick, 39, Bowling
Green, as assistant divisional engin
eer, and J. B. Walsh, Lima, chief
bookkeeper. Shick has been with
the State Highway Department since
1934. Walsh has been at the Lima
Locomotive Works for several years.
Stringfellow also appointed Harry
Clark, Paulding, as superintendent of
maintenance. Clark is a former
manager of the Milwaukee (Ameri
can Association) baseball team.
Youth Escapes As Two
Trains Demolish Car
Two Nickel Plate trains demolish
ed his automobile but Andrew B.
Jones, 17, of Lima, escaped injury.
After the automobile struck a
standing freight train near his home,
the youth left th? vehicle just before
a fast freight struck it, hurling it
200 feet.
Held In Hospital 19
Years, Claim
Frank Ward, 63, who is awaiting
grand jury action which will deter
mine whether he is to be tried for
a murder committed 22 years ago,
said he was held at Lima State Hos
pital for Criminal .Insane 19 years
after his discharge had been recom
mended by physicians.
Ward was sent to the Lima hos
pital in 1923 for the murder of his
45 HOGS: 45 head of feeding shoats.
YES, Sill!
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
brother-in-law, Frank Schreiber, with
whom he lived in Cleveland. He was
not indicted. The psychiatrists
found he still was afflicted with a
mental disorder resulting from a
skull fracture suffered in 1920.
Ward, a native of Darke County,
related he was recommended for re
lease in 1928, 1928, 1930, 1933 and
again last month, but that a sister
never came for him. So he was re
leased to county authorities.
Plan 250 More Houses
For Lima
Construction of 250 temporary
family-sized houses for war workers
was included in an emergency $84,
000,000 housing program approved
by the house appropriations commit
tee in Washington.
The temporary units for Lima are
needed to house workers to be re
cruited from outside the city to
work in war plants within the com
munity.
Sentence Lima Men
Robert Meyers and Paul Knerr,
both of Lima and Robert Gogan of
Monroe Mich., were sentenced to
prison terms of six months each by
Federal Judge Frank K. Klieb. They
pleaded guilty to illegally wearing
uniforms.
Soft Water Returns
Lima residents drank and washed
with relatively soft water for the
first time since the city’s water sup
ply was exhausted early in January.
Thaws and rains have filled stor
age reservoirs to a point where it
was considered safe to turn water
Public Sale
The undersigned will sell at public auction at his home
located 5 miles east of Bluffton or 3^ miles west of Jenera
on route 103 on
Thursday, March 8th
Starting at 1:00 P. M.
The following property:
2 HORSES: Matched team of roan mares, 9 & 12
years old, good workers.
25 SHEEP: 25 head of ewes, some with lambs by side.
FARM MACHINERY: Fordson tractor in good condi
tion 2 bottom 12 in. tractor plow tandem disc McCormick
Deering rotary hoe rubber tire wagon with grain bed
McCormick-Deering manure spreader John Deere corn
Planter with fertilizer attachment McCormick-Deering
corn binder McCormick-Deering mowing machine Roder
ick Lean tractor disc 9 ft. Dunham cultipacker 9 ft.
Massey Harris side delivery rake hay loader hay tedder
seed cleaner wooden beam harrow iron harrow land
roller spring tooth harrow mud boat wheat binder
Oliver walking plow Gale riding plow 5 shovel plow Letz
No. 9 feed grinder set work harness 2 wheel trailer with
stock rack electric 500 chick brooder stove and^bWr
articles too numerous to mention.
Terms—Cash
Harry Gehrisch, Owner
Thrapp & W arren— Auctioneers Loren Rauchf—Clerk
One spoonful of Banner Starter Mash is enough
to last a chick several days, but that first feed is im
portant. Make sure chicks are getting all the proteins,
vitamins and minerals they need for rapid growth and
sound development right from the start by making
that first spoonful Our Banner Starter Mash also
stop heavy losses from Bloody Coccidiosis and Immune
and Protect your chicks. There is no flushing
no spraying of the litter. Just feed our Banner Starter
Mash and forget your fear of heavy Bloody Coccidi
osis losses.
Price $3.70 Cwt.
The Bluffton Milling Co.
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from the reservoir into city mains.
Water had been drawn from spring
fed quarries and deep wells, much
to the discomfort of all who tried to
get soap to lather.
Night Spots Comply
With National Curfew
Night clubs and entertainment
spots of Lima and Allen County
closed almost on the stroke of mid
night and police said there were no
known violators of the MC curfew
order.
Lima Red Cross Aide
Liberated From Japs
Miss Catherine Nau, JJma Red
Cross field worker who served in
Manila, Bataan and Corregidor un
til they fell to the Japanese in 1942,
was freed Feb. 23 from Los Banos
prison.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Findlay Plant Is De
stroyed By Fire
Fire destroyed the processing plant
of the Buckeye Traction Ditcher Co.
at Findlay with a loss estimated at
$50,000.
Fire Chief Raymond De Hays said
the structure has been used for
wrapping and waterproofing parts of
bulldozers for shipment overseas.
The fire apparently started from
a vat which was used for heating a
waterproofing solution, the fire chief
said.
The fire will not affect other oper
ations at the plant, it was under
stood.
Clear Findlay Pilot Of
Low Flying Charge
Eddie Hottensmith, Findlay pilot,
has been cleared of a charge of fly
ing at a height of under 500 feet
before the plane he was piloting
crashed near Findlay last Sept. 18.
John H. Woodworth, examiner for the
Civil Aeronautics Authority, who
conducted a hearing in Toledo Feb.
1, recommended that the complaint
be dismissed.
Hottensmith and a passenger,
Clarence Dyer, both were severly
injured when the plan crashed dur
ing an emergency landing. Dyer and
several witnesses testified the crash
occurred as a result of motor failure.
War Vet Observes
102nd Birthday,
John Hart, who once had to con
vince the Bureau of Pensions that
he did not die of disease in an army
hospital, observed his 102nd birth
day anniversary recently at his home
in Findlay.
Mr. Hart, who is believed to be
Ohio’s oldest living Civil War vet
eran, recalled that he was refused
a life insurance policy 50 years ago
because he was considered a poor
risk. He attributes his long life to
a diet consisting chiefly of vegetables
and goats’ milk. He has two grand
sons serving in World War II.
Former Bluffton Man
Is Officer
Richard Bixel, of Findlay, former
ly of Bluffton has been named secre
tary-treasurer of the newly organized
Hancock County Farm Implement
Dealers association.
HARDIN COUNTY
Celebrate 61 Years Of
Married Life
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Glock cele
brated their 61st wedding annivers
ary at their home in Kenton.
Lions Sponsor Crutch
Pool At Arlington
The Arlington Lion’s club is spon
soring a crutch pool, to be used for
emergency purposes. Anyone who
has a good crutch of any size, to
donate for this worthy cause, may
leave it at the Dally funeral home,
some time during the first two weeks
in March. After that time the
Lion’s club will purchase extra
crutches, that may be necessary to
complete a full line of crutches for
any one needing them in a case of
emergency.
The club hopes to have the project
in operation by April 1. The use of
the crutches will be offered free, for
emergency purposes.
Will Fete New High
way Director At Ada
Perry T. Ford, new state high
way director, is to be honored at a
reception and dinner March 20 at
Ada.
Sponsoring organizations are the
Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, Ohio
Northern University Faculty Club
and the Ohio Society of Professional
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
OUR DEMOCRACY----
Down through the ages men have fought and died
TO PROTECT THEIR HOMES MEN AND WOMEN HAVE WORKED
CONG AND HARD TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES
TO GIVE THEM LOVING CARE WITH FOOD, CLOTHES
MEDICAL ATTENTION, EDUCATION,THE SECURITY
OF LIFE INSURANCE, RECREATION AND ALL
THAT GOES TO MAKE A HOME.
Engineers. Ford was graduated
from Ohio Northern in 1912.
Plan Semi-Pro Quint
Tourney At Ada
The Ada Rotary Club is sponsor
ing a semi-professional basketball
tournament to be held in the gym
at Ohio Northern University March
22, 23 and 24.
Tournament drawings will be
made March 15 and will be limited
to the first 16 teams to enter. Cash
awards will go to the winner and
runnerup and a trophy to the win
ner. A consolation cash prize also
is offered.
Promote Ada Man For
Lieutenant Colonel
Lt. Col. Elzay is a veteran of the
anti-submarine campaign by army
bombers based in North Africa dur
ing the critical early days of the
war, when he served as a squadron
executive officer.
Flies Lead Plane On
60 Missions
Staff Sgt. Earl Hefner, of Ada,
engineer-gunner on an A-20 Havoc,
recently was home after completing
40 missions from an Italian base.
Sgt. Hefner flew the lead ship and
in the same capacity on all 60 of the
missions. The pilot of the ship
missed the same record by one mis
sion—the last for Sergeant Hefner.
The ship was forced down several
times but was not crippled badly
enough at any time to prevent keep
ing the crew intact.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Hefner of west of Ada, Sgt. Hefner
has earned the Distinguished Flying
Cross, Air Medal and four Oak Leaf
clusters.
French Boy Asks Word
Of Ada Flier He Aided
A French boy who aided in hiding
and caring for Staff Sgt. Everett
Ludwig, Ada, after' he bailed out of
a Flying Fortress, wrote a letter of
inquiry concerning the sergeant. The
letter, addressed to an English base,
was forwarded to Sergeant Ludwig’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Lud
wig, at Ada.
The French boy wrote that Ser
geant Ludwig had been wounded and
cared for in his home. He asked
about the wounds and related that
the day after the Germans took him
prisoner, they returned for the fath
er and son. The youth said he
escaped.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Date Red Cross Auc
tion At Kalida
Eva Dowding, chairman of the
Red Cross drive in the Kalida com
munity, announces a benefit program
to be sponsored by the parochial and
public school of that village and the
Leatherwood grange. The program
will be given in the school auditor
ium Friday night.
Plans for a public auction for
the benefit of the Red Cross are
FOR ALL THIS OUR FOREFATHERS HAVE FOUGHT
BEFORE -AND FOR ALL THIS WE FIGHT AGAIN TODAY.
W. O. Elzay, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Elzay, of Ada, has been ad
vanced from major to lieutenant col
onel with the army air forces, ac
cording to word received from Wash
ington.
-by Mat
THE FAMILY UNIT /S THE
OPERATIONS BASE
OF AMERICAN LIFE.
also announced.
The auction will take place at the
town hall at Kalida on the evening
of arch 16 and will start at 7:30
o’clock. Ralph Geckle will serve as
the auctioneer.
Name New Heads At
Putnam Home
Appointment of Mr. and Mrs. Had
sel Bundy, of near Leipsic, to the
posts of superintendent and matron
of the Putnam county home was an
nounced by the bbard of county com
missioners.
Mr. and Mrs. Bundy will assume
their duties March 15, succeeding
Mr. and Mrs. John Boegli who re
cently resigned.
There are 24 residents at the home,
19 men and five women.
Ottawa May Get Sewer
System
Possibility that Ottawa can ob
tain new sanitary and storm sewers
together with a disposal plant before
the end of the war was revealed.
An engineering firm which made a
complete survey of Ottawa’s sewer
age needs three years ago, have in
formed municipal officials materials
may be available in the near* future
for such a project.
The engineering firm representa
tives in a recent conference with Ot
tawa officials informed them such
projects as the one proposed for Ot
tawa are being made possible by the
release of materials which have been
needed in the construction of war
plants and other vital projects.
State Insurance Plan
In Putnam
Announcement of a new regulation
governing national life insurance for
veterans of World War II was made
by officials of the soldiers relief
office at Ottawa.
Under this regulation veterans
may reinstate their insurance on the
five year level plan by passing a
physical examination and paying two
months premium with interest. Ap
plications for reinstatement are
available at the soldiers’ relief office
at the court house in Ottawa.
Married 60 Years
The sixtieth wedding anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Laibe was ob
served recently with a family dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Laibe are prominent
citizens of the Gilboa community and
congratulations were extended by
many friends. Both are in fair
health.
Killed In Action
Pfc. Harold A. Waren has been
killed in action in the Southwest
Pacific, the war department has in
formed his mother, Mrs. Flossie N.
Warren, of Leipsic.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
THE STATE OF OHI
Allen County,
Estate of Jere
Robert H.
Ra«ini?er, tiieceiAed.
of Pandc
lualified a
been appointed ’and
the estate of Jeremia
County. Ohio, _____
Dated this 26th daj Ft
48
LOCAL
DISTAN
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of Allen
MWND P. SMITH,
Probata Judsre
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BROS.
STAGER
Rluffton, Ohio
Pleasant View
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Reichenbach
spent Sunday with Howard Ellis at
Battle Creek, Michigan.
Mrs. Howard Frantz and little son
were moved from the Bluffton hospit
al to their home, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Doty and fam
ily spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Habegger and Mrs. Robert
Poe and little son.
Mrs. Emma Carr of Mt. Vernon
and Miss Mary Jane Carr of Dayton
spent the week end in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Carr and dau
ghters.
Mrs. Virginia Wilson spent Friday
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Wilson and family of Findlay.
Mrs. Robert McVey is visiting in
START RIGHT
“Better Luck”
HEALTHY HATCHED rilfrifC
PRODUCTION BRED ulllUnd
There's no doubt about it
for all the vital profit factors
both meat and eggs. Remembd
with outstanding egg vigor, bd
develop fast into bigger, bej
chicks, you can dependjyHtrar
We now have sortie S. C.
Super A A Grade, started
Deluxe White Rocks, Ba
day old and started.
Special on all Brooders— Jil or Electric.
The following p:
13 CATTLE—(
fresh in May Guen
years old, each with
old 3 steers: 2 one
months old 2 Shor
cattle Bang tested.
CHICKENS—
to hatchery.
F-12 tractor wi
road rims Model A
both tractors recen‘
tractor plow, cultr
tractor disc McCon
mick-Deering 8 ft.
McCormick 5 ft. mo
fertilizer attachmen
Deere-Van Brunt fei
her tire McCormick
Deering all steel dui
hitch.
Keystone hay 1
row spike tooth ha
ders and grain bed
ft. bed all steel ho.
pump jack with nn
scales 2 tires 20 4
hog coop 6X12 ft.
GRAIN & FEED
mow straw stack 3‘.
bushels corn 70 busl
soy beans.
MISCELLANEO1
DeLaval No. 12 crei
copper kettle laundry
range South Bend
size several pieces
our to mention.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1945
the home of Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Mc
Vey and family of Elyria.
Mrs. Arietta Rickly and Alva Rick
ly and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rickly
of West Liberty spent Saturday with
Prof, and Mrs. O. D. Rickly and fam
ily of Columbus.
Irvin Fisher underwent an appendi
citis operation at the Bluffton Com
munity hospital one day last w'eek.
The Ladies Harmony circle will
meet in the home of Mrs. L. M. Wyn
koop, this Thursday afternoon. The
topic for the program is “The Chris
tian Home.”
Named After Trader
Dubuque, Iowa, was named in
honor of Julien Dubuque, a French
Canadian trader who got permission
from the Indians to dig for lead
there.
with Quality Bred Chicks!
Raise more to maturity! Bouse more
first class pullets! Gathec more eggs!
.chicks backeLX^cars of “selective breeding”
are yourJ^Stassurance of bigger profits from
r, selec^Fbreeding not only develops breeders
It abrtrstrains that live better, feather early and
l^type market birds. For consistently better
Selective Breeding: Program.
Large type White Leghorn Deluxe and
chicks from Feb. 22nd and 26th hatch,
red Rocks, and New Hampshire Reds,
Amstutr Hatcheries
JLUFFTON
Publi
As we are leaving the farm, we will sell at public auc
tion at our residence^1/’ miles north of Bluffton on the
Hancock-Putnam comity line or 3 miles west and 1 o mile
south of Mt. Cory, klown as the Hi Hews farm
FRIDAY MARCH 9th
beginning at 12:30 P. M., sharp
ic.:
lin
Reno J.
Zarina S
Thrapp & W arren, Au
ale
iperty:
liernsey-Shorthorn cow 6 years old.
key heifer 3 years old black heifer 3
[calf by side 2 heifers 1 and 2 years
year and 1 two years old 3 -calves 9
lorn bulls 9 and 18 months old. All
New Hampshire Reds, selling eggs
ARM MACHINERY
.h rubber in front, fenders, lights and
on rubber with plow and cultivators,
ly overhauled Little Genius 12 inch
ators for F-12 McCormick-Deering
lick-Deering 9 ft. cultipacker McCor
rrain binder Milwaukee corn binder
ver John Deere 999 corn planter with
Gale corn planter 12 disc John
ilizer grain drill with power lift rub
bering manure spreader McCormick
ip rake. Above tools all with tractor
ader hay tedder spring tooth har
ow rubber tire wagon with hay lad
wheel implement trailer with 7 by 10
feeder 18 bushel size Green Giant
tor corn sheller 800 lb. platform
4*5 with tubes 4 hog coops 6X7 ft.
lumber and gates.
—10 tons mixed
shocks corn 32
els Wayne oats
hay oats straw in
shocks fodder 300
75 bushels Manchu
S—One bushel little red clover seed
n separator lard press 25 gaiion
stove Sears white enameled kitchen
lleable range Estate Heatrola, large
aleum and other articles too numer­
3RMS—CASH
Dborly and
aahr. Ciunors
s. L. Shirl Hatfield, Clerk
DEAD STOCK REMOVED
WIT
BUCKEYE REDUCTION COMPANY, Findlay, Ohio
Phone MAIN 475 Collect
BRANCH OF FOSTORIA ANIMAL PRODUCTS. INC.