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VOLUME NO. LXIX
TOWN WILL CHANGE
TO FAST TIME FOR
SUMMER, APRIL 29
Change in Time Provided
Legislation Enacted by
Council Last Year
by
to
Clocks Will Return
Time Again Next
September
Bluffton
Slow
clocks will be set ahead
Bluffton
one hour at 3 a. m. Sunday, April 29,
in a return to operation on “Fast
Time’’ for the spring and summer
season.
No legislation will be required, the
change occuring under a permanent
schedule adopted in an ordinance
passed last spring by Bluffton coun
cilmen. Under this arrangement “Fast
Time” will be in force here from the
last Sunday in April every year until
the first Sunday in September.
At the time the ordinance was pass
ed, sentiment indicated that most res
idents were in favor of discontinuing
■“Slow Time” for the summer season.
Although it w’as knowm that most
farmers oppose “Fast Time,” those
v?ho live in town prefer an extra hour
of daylight after their usual working
hours during the spring and summer,
because of the additional time it gives
for work in victory gardens, on lawns
and for outdoor recreation*.
Plan Revamping Of
School Music Here
Revamping of the music depart
ment in the public schools here next
year was indicated following a meet
ing of the board of education Mon
day night when it
Miss Harriet Brate
had withdrawn her
mitted last month.
Miss Brate will
schools here next
organization of the
was stated that
music instructor
resignation sub­
remain in the
year and a re
music depart­
ment is planned whereby she will
be relieved of some of her duties.
During the past year she has been
in charge of all vocal and instru
mental music, except band and in
addition has taught part time in the
college department of music.
Her resignation presented last
month was prompted, she stated,
because of “multiplicity and com
plexity of duties”. No action on the
/natter was taken by the board.
Plans for next year provide for
Carl Twining of Findlay to be here
two days each week instead of one
day this year. Twining will conduct
the band, senior orchestra and give
instruction in wind instruments. He
will be paid a salary of $100 month
ly-
Miss Brate will continue in charge
of all vocal music, give instruction
in string instruments and conduct
the junior orchestra.
Confirm Word Ned
Schultz Is Prisoner
Official confirmation from tw’o gov
ernment sources that Pfc. Ned
Schultz is a prisoner of war in Ger
many w’as received Tuesday by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Schultz, of West Kibler street.
First indication that Pfc. Schultz,
previously
alive and
on March
post card
■German prison camp.
reported missing, was
well, came to his parents
21 when they received a
written by him from a
They also received a second mes
aage from him since that time, but
official government confirmation of
the fact that he is a prisoner of
war did not come until Tuesday in
the form of a letter from the Pro
vost Marshal General and a telegram
from the Adjutant General.
Mr. and Mrs. Schultz were notified
on Jan. 15 that their son had been
missing in action since December 16.
The prison camp at which Pfc.
Schultz is interned is south of Ber
lin.
Missionaries To Speak
At Emmanuel's Church
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Martin, re
turned missionaries from Brazil, will
speak on conditions in that country
in addresses at the Emmanuel’s Re
formed church, Sunday night at 8
o’clock, it is announced by the pastor,
Rev. V. C. Oppermann.
H, S. Orchestra To
Broadcast Friday
Bluffton high school orchestra will
be heard in the weekly broadcast
from Findlay station WFIN Friday
afternoon from 12:15 to 12:45 under
direction of Miss Harriet Brate.
Bluffton Woman
Arrives Overseas
Barbara Joyce Hauenstein, who
sailed in March for Beirut, Syria, to
become a teacher in a Presbyterian
mission school, arrived in Lisbon,
Saturday, it was learned by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hauen
stein of
a cable
week.
Campus Drive who
message the first
FARMING PLANS OF
WAR VETERANS HIT
SNAG IN FINANCING
Soaring Cost of Farm Land And
Chattels Make Financing A
Difficult Matter
80-Acre Farm With Equipment
And Livestock Would Cost
About $17,000
Soaring prices commanded by farm
land and farm chattels are new
obstacles that must be overcome by
World War II veterans who have
been planning to obtain a modest
homestead following the war and
enter into farming as a lifetime
pursuit.
A wide contrast in the conditions
which prevailed before the first
World War and at the present is
becoming increasingly apparent,
despite efforts of government agen
cies to control inflationary prices.
In 1910, a modest outlay of $5,000
w’ould buy an 80-acre farm and
equip it for operation, with perhaps
a, fairly substantial cash balance re
maining.
Today, however, the cost of such
a venture is roughly three times
$5,000, and the returning
veteran expecting to set himself up
on an 80-acre farm will need almost
$9,000 of his own money, in addition
to the amount he can receive thru
loans.
Total Cost $17,000
Estimates of the total cost of
buying and taking over the operation
of an 80-acre farm with chattels in
these days show an aggregate out
lay of approximately $17,000 would
be required.
These calculations are based on
current average land values in
Northwestern Ohio and on stocking
the farm with new machinery bought
at present ceiling prices.
Cost of the farm itself would en
tail an outlay of $12,000, based on
the present average of $150 per
acre machinery is valued at an ad
ditional $3,400 and the expenditure
for livestock would amount to $1,600.
Under present arrangements made
for veterans, a returned serviceman
can obtain a maximum government
loan of $2,500 for chattels, and an
estimated commercial loan of $6,000
on his land (based on 50% of its
value).
This will give him loans amount
ing to $8,500, and a balance of
$8,500 must be provided by the
serviceman to give him the $17,000
needed as investment capital.
Simpler In 1910
Back in 1910 things were much
simpler. An 80-acre farm at $50
an acre cost $4,000, and a team,
plow, wagon, cultivator, livestock,
etc., could be had for less than
con
out-
$1,000. This total of $5,000 is
siderably less than one-third the
lay required today.
Going into farming in 1945
costs reflecting the increased
of machinery in keeping
trend aw’ay from marual
most farm pursuits.
The farmer of 35 years
provide his motive pow’er,
horses together with equipment, a
plow’, wagon and cultivator for an
estimated expenditure of $500. To
day’s commonly accepted form of
motive power, a tractor, together
with the implements necessary for
farming, will entail spending $3,400,
almost seven times the outlay neces
sary in 1910.
How World War II veterans w’ho
wish to take up farming will sur
mount these problems is a matter
engaging the attention of Veterans’
Administration facilities, for present
conditions will make it difficult for
any serviceman taking up farming
who does not have approximately
$10,000 of his own money to put
into the venture.
IIIEBLUF
Letter Narrates Death Of Airman,
Bluffton Native, Killed In Belgium
received
of the
Lisbon she will sail for Bei-
From
rut by way of Alexandria, Egypt.
Her first year abroad will be spent
in Jerusalem studying the Arabic
language. She will be overseas for
a term of five years. For the past
three years she was an instructor in
a southern mountain school at Sunset
Gap, Tennessee.
Lt. Robert Stultz Shot Down
in Flight Over Enemy
Territory
Belgian Tells of Assisting
Wounded Pilot Parachuting
Plane
Mother of the youth is the former
Jennie Comw’ell, formerly of this
place. E. C. Stultz, of Grove street,
is an uncle.
Lt. Stultz was reported missing in
action on August 17, 1943, when he
was last seen pursuing a German
plane in Holland.
The letter giving details of his
death was received tw’o weeks ago by
his parents, with an explanation
from the Belgian fanner that he had
been unable to write earlier because
of German occupation of his home
land.
Written in longhand in the French
language, the letter was as follows:
“Liege, Belgium
Oct. 12, 1944
Sir:
“Now that my country has been
in great part freed by the valiant
army of the United States of Amer
ica, I can perform the sad duty of
acquainting you with the following
facts:
“On August 17, 1943, at 5:30, I
rescued with my own hands your son,
Robert Stultz, descending in a para
chute, having been severely wounded
by the fire of the enemy. Concerned
with his severe wounds, I took him
to the nearest doctor, where the best
care was lavished upon him.
“Due to the gravity of his wounds,
he died without bodily suffering. It
w’as then necessary for our welfare
to take him to a place of burial by
the Germans, who placed him the
following day, August 18, 1943, at
seven o’clock in the morning in one.
of their cemeteries.
“I thought it well to take from
him certain things which your son
was wearing, and
a safe spot with
returning them to
“These objects
(1) A wedding ring engraved in
side—“Mary, Bob, married July 6,
1942” (2) A signet ring (3) A
silver identification bracelet (4) His
pocket money and papers (5) All
the inscriptions that I could recover.
“Because of the dangerous circum
stances in which I found myself, face
to face with the Germans, one in
scription could have escaped me, but
I hope these hurried notes will help
you to recognize the truth of my
statements.
“I remain entirely at your service
to supply other information or per
form any service you wish to ask.
I, as well as a great part of my
community, join in the deep sorrow’
that you endure at the loss of a
loved one so brave, so audacious and
so worthy. You can be proud of
him.
“While waiting to hear from you
as to your wishes as to the manner
of sending to you the objects listed
above, I beg you to accept with my
sincere condolences the expression of
my profound respect.
“N. B. I have in my possession
his helmet and earphones.
I placed them in
the intention of
you.
are as follows:
Colette.”
C. Henri
Births
Mr. and
has
use
the
for
with
labor
ago could
a team of
Bluffton
The births at
following
hospital:
Mr. and
Bluffton, a
Lugibill,
Mrs.
girl,
Mrs.
Emerson
Sunday.
Robert Thompson,
Lima, a girl, Sunday. The father is
in naval service.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fei
kert, a girl, Sue Ellen, March 18 at
White Cross hospital, Columbus.
Mrs. Feikert is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Calvin Luginbuhl of near
Bluffton.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Steiner at the Lutheran hospital, Ft.
Wayne, a girl, Janet Louise, March
30. Mrs. Steiner is the former Miss
Lillian Balmer of this place and Mr.
Steiner the son of Mrs. Lydia Lora
of South Main street.
To Address Bird
Club At Findlay
H. W. Berky of the Bluffton col
lege faculty will speak before the
Findlay Bird club in Findlay high
school this Wednesday night. He
will lecture on habits of birds of this
region.
If
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INT OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, T1 AY, APRIL 12, 1945
10 BLUFF
Preinduction PB
tion Monday
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M.
an
Details of the death August
1943, in Belgium of Lt. Robert
Stultz, 24, native of Bluffton,
army fighter pilot, were received last
week from a Belgian by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Stultz, of Wa
pakoneta.
AREA
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SELECTEES CALLED
FOR EXAMINATION
cal Examina
Group of
Call Sent Out byAllen County
Draft Board to County
Registrants
Ten Bluffton area WgDtrants were
included in a group of 47 men sent
by Allen County Draft Board No. 3
to Ft. Hayes, Columt|ttS, for preinduc
tion physical examinations last Mon
day.
Those from this community in the
preinduction call included Bertrand L.
Swank, William L. |3dwards, LeRoy
Traucht’ and Vance Edward Frank,
all o’’ Bluffton Robert Fitzpatrick,
Paul J. .Shafer, Warren C. Shook and
James R. Williams, itaf.iyette and
Edward L. Vandemajfk and Paul H.
Sommers, Columbus jGrove.
Others forwarded for the preinduc
tion physical examinations included:
Lima—Basil L. Burden, Robert D.
Burden, Robert A. Coffman, Albert H.
Adams, Wallace D. Brenneman, Paul
T. Craig, Frank E. Stedke, Kenneth
O. Poling, Richard H. Mann, Grant
W. Barber, Clarence L. Balliet, Amos
Wireman, Harold W. Bowers^ Jr.,
Stephen E. Hanthon?, Francis C.
Huges, Earl E. Lee, To mie Caudill.
Delphos—Vernon G. Edwards, Ro
bert L. Focht, Daniel E. Williams,
William H. Monfort, Robert M. Dien
stberger, Howard W. Flannagan, Her
schel B. Prine.
Cridersville—Harolfl A. Perry’.
Spencerville Merle E. Harruff,
Harold F. Montague, James C. Legge.
Elida—Mayion Setuggs, James L.
Welker.
Harrod—Carl M. Smith.
Reading—John D. ^Bradford.
St. Marys—Robert C. Ralston.
Cairo—Herbert M.Johnson.
Waynesville—Lawrence A. Jacobs.
North Baltimor J. Over
meyer.
Youth Conference
Opens Thursday
Annual youth conference of the
Ebenezer Mennonite church will open
a four-day session on Thursday night
at 8 o’clock with meetings scheduled
for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
nights at the same hour, it is an
nounced by Rev. J. J. Esau, supply
pastor.
Principal speaker will be Rev.
Lando Hiebert, instructor at Grace
Bible institute, Omaha, Nebraska.,
with Rev. Dwight Niswander of Lima
as song leader.
Rev. Hiebert will also speak at
services Sunday morning at 10:30
and in the afternoon following a din
ner in the church basement at the
noon hour.
Prepares For Mission
Service In Africa
Norma Jones, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Jones of near Bluffton
will be graduated from Moody Bible
institute, Chicago, April 19 and is
planning to enter the mission field
in Africa.
Of a class of 78 to be graduated
next week, 42 are expected to enter
foreign mission service.
Enroute Home After
Service In Pacific
Sgt. James Deppler, gunner in the
Army airforce is expected to arrive
the last of this week on furlough
after two and one-half years of serv
ice in the southwest Pacific area. He
landed in San Francisco Monday.
Sgt. Deppler is the son of Mrs. Mary
Deppler of Bentley road.
College Juniors To
Stage Class Play
Bluffton college juniors will pre
sent their class play “The Silver
Cord”, a drama, in Ramseyer Chapel,
Friday night, April 20.
Appearing in the cast are Hildred
Eversole and Mary Locher of Bluff
ton Treva Arrants, Lima Roger
Berky, Wooster Celia Amstutz and
David Rosenberger, Dalton.
China Missionary At
Defenseless Church
Miss Minnie Hilty of Pandora, re
cently returned missionary from
China, will speak at the Defenseless
Mennonite church Sunday morning
at 10:30 o’clock, it is announced by
the pastor, Rev. Stanley Rupp.
ON NEWS
Two truckloads of large size Lake
Erie fish are coming here this week
as part of the spring restocking pro
gram of the Community Sportsmen’s
club. The first truckload arrived
Wednesday noon.
Another shipment of fish is sched
uled to be here on Thursday noon
and officials of the Sportsmen’s club
said that there is a possibility of a
third truckload being here on Friday
noon if necessary arrangements can
be completed.
Bulk of the fish will be placed in
the Buckeye quarry with the re-
Mystery Telegram A
Flier Missing
Wire to Father of Sgt. Richard
Oberly Came From Wife of
Pilot of Plane
Unofficial Word From Air Base
Is Basis of Belief Crew
Safe in Russia
Unofficial w’ord from an American
air base in Italy indicating that all
crew members of a Flying Fortress
bomber to which Staff Sergeant
Richard Oberly, 19, w’as assigned
had landed safely in territory held
by the Russians, w’as responsible for
the temporarily mysterious telegram
received Wednesday of last week by
Sgt. Oberly’s father, Millard Oberly,
of Cherry street.
The wire, sent from Viaden, Miss.,
which for more than a day was the
subject of much conjecture, read:
“Have reliable information
your son, Richard, is safe in
Russia. Have you heard any
thing?
She said that the brother of her
husband had been visiting at the
base on the day the Flying Fortress
failed to return from its assignment
over Germany.
He wrote his sister-in-law that
she should not worry about the fate
of her husband and fellow members
of the plane’s crew, for other mem
bers of the squadron reported they
had received a radio message from
the crippled ship that an emergency
landing was being made in territory
held by the Russians.
Mrs. Griffith had the names and
home addresses of each of the crew
members of the plane on which her
husband was the pilot, and imme
diately notified their parents.
Notification that Sgt. Oberly had
been missing since March 15 was re
ceived two weeks ago by his father,
in a telegram from the War Depart
ment. No further word has come
from War Department sources since
that date.
Former Rural Route
Carrier Now In Navy
Truckloads Of Large Size Lake Erie
Fish Coming In Restocking Program
Frances Griffith”
A telephone call on the following
day by the sender of the telegram
disclosed she was the wife of the
bomber’s pilot and that information
that all members of the crew had
landed Autfaly was received by her
from the U. S. Army air base in
Italy, from which the giant plane
had hopped to bomb a target in or
near Berlin.
carrier on
1 was in
Saturday.
Woodrow Little, mail
Bluffton rural route No.
ducted into the Navy,
Mel Long, substitute carrier has
taken over Little’s duties on the mail
route since last Thursday.
Collection of usable clothing as
Bluffton’s contribution to the United
Nations Clothing drive for 30 mil
lion poorly clad persons in liberated
Europe will be started here Thursday
in a receiving station established
next door to the A. Hauenstein and
Son Corner Drug Store.
Mrs. J. S. Steiner will be in
charge of the receiving station which
will be open afternoons and evenings
each week day until and including
Saturday, April 21.
mainder in the Waterworks quarry.
The project is in charge of the
Sportsmen’s club restocking chair
man, Edgar Root and Joe Stage in
charge of fish management.
The trucks, equipped with aerators,
haul approximately 1,000 legal size
fish in each load. Shipments being
sent here consist principally of crap
pies together with some pickerel,
perch and bass.
A fishing derby with prizes for
catching 152 tagged fish is being
conducted at the Buckeye quarry
this spring by the Sportsmen’s club.
bout Bluffton
In Action Explained
DRAFT BOARD OF
APPEALS RULES
ON SEVEN CASES
Five Appeals, Including One
Bluffton Man, Continued
in 1-A
Deferments Until May 1 Grant
ed by Board for Two
Registrants
Appeal of the 1-A draft glassifica
tion of one Bluffton ma^ was de
nied in one of seven appeal decisions
announced last week by Allen
County Draft Board No. 3, Lima,
which has jurisdiction over all of
rural Allen county.
In five of the appeals, registrants
were continued in Class 1-A, and the
two other men were granted 2-B de
ferments until May 1.
Donald J. Ream, of Bluffton,
the local man retained in Class
by the appeal board after his
ployer, The Triplett Electrical
strument Co., had appealed.
Other appeal decisions
were as follows:
Ronald Flanigan, Lima.
1-A by the local board.
Lima Locomotive Works,
Classified in Class 2-B by
of Appeals until May 1, 1945.
Collection Of Clothing For War
Relief Will Start Here Thursday
Men’s, women's and children’s gar
ments in wearable condition are re
quired. Additional items requested
include shoes, bed clothing, caps,
knitted headwear, towels, etc.
Residents of the United States are
asked to contribute 150 million
pounds of clothing in the drive, and
Bluffton residents are urged to do
their part in making the collection
a success.
All organizations of the town have
was
1-A
em
ln-
announced
Classified
Employer,
appealed,
the Board
Dale K. Miller, Lima. Classified
1-A by the Local Board. Employer,
Davidson Enamel Products, appealed.
Classified in Class 2-B until May 1,
1945 by the Board of Appeals.
Clarence L. Beckman, Elida. Clas
sified 1-A by the Local Board. Em
ployer, Steiner Division, Lennox Fur
nace Co, appealed. 1-A classification
upheld by Board of Appeals by vote
of 3 to 1. Employer appealed to the
President. Presidential decision con
tinued 1-A classification.
Claim Camper, Lima. Classified
1-A by Local Board. Employer, Lima
Locomotive Works appealed. 1-A
classification upheld by the Board of
Appeals.
Orlen B. Nebergall, Lima. Classi
fied 1-A by the Local Board. Em
ployer, Ohio Steel Foundry, appealed.
1-A classification upheld by the
Board of Appeals.
John R. Kaverman, Delphos. Clas
sified 1-A by the Local Board. Em
ployer, Minnick Chevrolet Co., Del
phos, appealed. 1-A classification
upheld by the Board of Appeals.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices): Wheat,
$1.62 corn, $1.12 oats,, 80c soys,
$2.04.
been asked to assist in making the
local collection of clothing, and action
already has been taken by the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary to lend assist
ance.
Sponsor of the drive is the Bluff
ton Lions club.
Draftees Here Called
By Hancock Board
Registrants in the Bluffton area
under jurisdiction of Hancock county
selective service board No. 2 were
called Tuesday for
physical examination
Columbus.
pre-induction
at Ft. Hayes,
Among those called
Byron Anderson,
stettler, Lewis Gossard, of Bluffton
Dari Benner, Oscar Zorns, Rawson,
and Arthur Phillips, Ada.
were:
Robert Hoch
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NUMBER 51
BEGIN ISSUE OF
CANNING SUGAR
COUPONS MAY 1
lousewives Should Write
Couny Ration Board for
Application Blanks
Maximum Allotment Will be 20
Pounds of Sugar for Each
Person
Issuance of home canning sugar
coupons w’ill be started on May 1 by
the Allen County War Price and Ra
tioning Board, it was announced this
week by H. .Bogart, Toledo district
OPA director.
Altho all applications must be pro
cessed thru the central county board,
arrangements are made so that Bluff
ton area residents may handle all de
tails by mail ,thereby eliminating the
necessity of making trips to Lima
board heaquarters.
Housewives w’ho expect to do home
canning this season are requested to
write their board, asking for a sugar
application blank.
Apply by Mail
Mailing of the blanks will start as
soon as the initial supply V available
at board headquarters, and after the
application is filled in it can be re
turned to the board by mail.
Sugar coupons then will be sent to
the housewife by mail and personal
appearances at the OPA office will be
unnecessary, it was pointed out.
Home canning sugar allotments
this year w ill be based on the amount
of canning housewives did last year
and the amount they plan to do this
year.
Allocations of sugar will be made
on a basis of a maximum of 20 pounds
per person, or l»0 pounds to a single
family, even tho the family may con
tain more than eight persons.
Organ Concert At
College Next Week
Joseph W. Clokey, well known or
ganist and composer, will appear in
a concert on the stage of the Ram
seyer chapel at 8:30 p. m. Wednes
day of next week, as the concluding
number of the Bluffton College Con
cert Series.
Among his compositions are two
symphonies, 12 choral works in large
form, five organ suites, liturgical
music, a cappella music for the
church and many songs.
Since 1939 he has been dean of the
school of fine arts at Miami uni
versity.
Used Furs For Seamen
To Be Collected Here
Used furs needed in making gar
ments for merchant seamen will be
collected in Bluffton during the rest
of April by the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Furs may be placed in a collection
box to be located on N. Main street
in front of the office of Dr. M. D.
Soash,
Millen
iliary.
it was announced by Mrs.
Geiger,
president of the aux-
jackets
Fur
for merchant seamen
from used furs ob
nation-wide drive, it
will be made
tained in the
was explained,
was made here
A similar collection
one year ago.
Real Estate Deals
I. W. Bauman, formerly of the
Bluffton college faculty has purchas
ed from the Philip Basinger estate
the latter’s property on East Kibler
street. The property is occupied by
Mrs. James Martin whose husband
is in military service overseas.
Mrs. S. F. Pannabecker of College
road has purchased the East Kibler
street property formerly occupied by
her mother, the late Mrs. J. H.
Tschantz. She and her family will
occupy the property this month.
Paul Greding and family will move
next month from the Hews property
on South Main street into the Mrs.
Lenore Miller property on College
road when vacated by Mrs. Panna
becker and family.
Lions To Hear Talk
On Allied Conference
William Humphrey, instructor of
social science at Findlay High
school, will be the speaker at a din
ner meeting of the Bluffton Lions
club at 6:15 p. m. next Tuesday in
the Walnut Grill.
Humphrey will discuss the San
Francisco conference of the Allied.
Nations at the dinner session.
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