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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1945
Rev. Grabill Suffers
Back Injury In West
Rev. Clifford Grabill, of Denair,
Calif., founder and first pastor of
the Bluffton Missionary church, is re
covering at a hospital at that place
from injuries to his back received
two months ago.
Rev. Grabill was unloading lumber
from a wagon and jumped, striking
a post with his back, when be slipped
and realized he was going to fall. A
bone in the vetebrae was broken.
He now is in a wheel chair at the
hospital and expects to be able to go
home soon. The family moved from
Notice
No shoes accepted for re
pairing next week July 16
to 21
E. C. LUDWIG
BABY CHICKS
New Hampshire Reds, White and Barred Rocks.
Hatches each Monday and Thursday until Sept. 1. Place
your orders now.
We have RenosaL Protosep, C-K-Gene, Blactol, CCC.
and Sulpha Guanidine for Coccidiosis. Ovumix to put in
the feed to worm the growing Pullets.
A complete line, of poultry remedies and supplies.
Ceiling prices paid for poultry.
JORG HATCHERY
Phone 182-W Bluffton, Ohio
Basinger
WANTED
Women (17-35) with a real desire to
help the war program. As one of the
nation’s leading manufacturers of elec
trical measuring instruments our 100%
contribution to needs of the armed
forces has been substantial. If you will
join us, you can be assured of making
a real contribution toward the war
effort. Clean, interesting work good
pay.
THE TRIPLETT ELECTRICAL
INSTRUMENT CO.
BLUFFTON, OHIO
Persons in essential activities must have certificates of
availability.
NFORMATIVE,
Bluffton to California about six years
ago, where Rev. Grabill has been em
ployed on a ranch.
Lafayette Man Is
Advanced In Navy
Carlton Laverd Emerick, 24, of
Lafayette, has advanced to gunner’s
mate, third class, USNR, while serv
ing at the antiaircraft training cen
ter, Shell Beach, Louisiana.
Emerick is married to the former
Gathyl Downing of Lafayette, who is
now living with her husband at New
Orleans, La. They have a daughter,
Marcia Kay. Emerick is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus E. Emerick,
Route 1, Lafayette. Before entering
the Navy in June, 1944, he was a
farmer.
Where Our Soldiers
Are
Pfc. Robert Criblez
Nichols Hospital, Ward 5
Louisville 2, Ky.
Pleyel Duane Fett
Co. 433 Unit
Sampson, N. Y.
ithin keeping
iv conditions.
HELPFUL COUNSEL
One important feature of our service lo
the living is providing helpful counsel to those
who seek it, without placing them under the
slightest obligation.
4 public servant's attitude toward the
public should be one of "Come-in-and-get-
acquainted". In this spirit we respectfully in­
vite you to visit our funeral home.
Paul Diller
FUNERAL HOME
Wtune 222- If' 9flufHon
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIEKY, Business Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor
Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
by th^Bluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co.
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six months, $1.25 anywhere in U. S.
Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Mrs. Beulah Temple Wild of Hous
ton, Texas, former Bluffton resident,
visited here last Thursday.
Portable out-door grills—just the
tiling for summer picnics at Basing
er’s furniture store.
Mr. and Mrs. George Schumacher
spent several days last week visit
ing in southern Indiana.
Misses Helen Schnegg and Betty
Holtkamp spent the past week on a
vacation trip to New York city.
Mrs. Lloyd Naas of Lima visited
here Tuesday. Mrs. Naas, previous
to her marriage was Miss Helen Max
well, former superintendent of Bluff
ton hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wenger and
daughter Dorothy spent the past
week with friends and relatives in
Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Suter, Miss
Sarah Amstutz and Mrs. Linda Fett
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Marsh of Lima, Sunday.
Mrs. Dorothy Palm of Cleveland
and Mr. and Mrs. Dari Hess of Tiffin
spent the week end at the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Murray of South Main street.
See me for memorials of all kinds.
Samuel Bixel, 409 S. Main St., Bluff
ton. Phone 429-W. Representing the
Lima Marble & Granite Co. tf
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wiebe and
daughter of Willard visited the end
of the week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Stettler.
Mr$. Robert Deerhake and son
Donnie spent several days last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Deerhake
of St. Marys.
Miss Beverly Biery is spending a
week the guest of Miss Mary Wright,
an Oberlin college classmate, at the
latter’s home in Hastings-on-the
Hqdson, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. George Clever of Kis
simee, Fla., were guests last week in
the home of their grandson, Gerald
Clever and family of South Main
street.
Mrs. N. W. Cunningham is spend
ing two weeks visiting at the houses
of Thomas Donaghue in Fremont
and George Donaghue in Detroit.
Mrs. Chas. Bartholomew’ and dau
ghter of Lansdale, Pa., are visiting
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Eversole and daughter
Hildred.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stettler and
granddaughter Judith Ann Wiebe of
Willard spent the past week ■with
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cox and family
of Ashtabula and Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Stettler and family of
Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith and Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Stager returned
Sunday after spending a week’s
vacation at Avondale and other
points.
All steel painted clothes posts—
just the thing for your outdoor
clothes lines at Basinger’s furniture
store.
Corp. Morris Fett of the Air
Transport Command based at Miami,
Fla., is spending a furlough with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Fett
of South Main street.
Mrs. Naomi Jones and daughter
Barbara spent last week with Mrs.
Roger Fritsch and family at Wause
on and Mrs. William Hoke and son
at Fremont.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Hull of Toledo
spent the week end with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Todd of Franklin
street and her brother Ens. Gareth
Todd of Galveston, Texas who is
home on leave.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Clever and
family of South Main street spent
Saturday and Sunday at the home of
Mr. Clever’s parents in Lexington,
Ohio, and were accompanied home by
his mother, Mrs. Lloyd Clever who is
spending the week in Bluffton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Badertscher
of Bloomington, Ind. Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Cox and son David of Lafayet
te and Ens. Kenneth Gratz visited
Mr. and Mrs. John Badertscher and
Mrs. Peter Matter over the week
end. Ens. Gratz, who has been here
for a week at the home of his grand
father, Henry Gratz, left for San
Diego, Calif., where he will be
stationed.
Sgt. and Mrs. H. H. Huttenlocher
are visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Todd of
Franklin street and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Huttenlocher of
Berlin Heights. Sgt. Huttenlocher
who was in overseas service recently
arrived from England on a 30 days
furlough. Mrs. Huttenlocher, the
former Eileen Todd has been living
in Toledo.
Mrs. Blanche Roberts of Col. Grove
entertained at dinner, Friday the fol
lowing guests: 5 Charles Arnold,
Mrs. Arnold and daughter Rebecca
and Sgt. Richard Arnold of Mansfield
who are home on furloughs Mr. and
Mrs. Waiter Rusher of Berea, Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Schmidt and Mrs. Ella
McHenry of Bluffton. Mrs. Roberts
and Mrs. Rusher are aunts of the two
service men. Mrs. McHenry returned
with the Arnolds to Mansfield to be
with her daughter who is ill.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Curtain rods at Basinger’s furni
ture store.
Mrs. Emanuel Leichty of Mt.
Blanchard visited Munday at the
home of Miss Sarah Amstutz.
Anyone wanting hospitalization
please notify Mrs. D. W. Bixler by
August 1.
Miss Margery Niswander of South
Jackson street has returned from a
several weeks’ visit at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Wilbur Lauer and
family in Philadelphia.
Diller ambulance removals: Mrs.
Joseph Gerdemen from Magnetic
Springs to her home in Beaverdam
William Fridley of Pandora from
Lima Memorial hospital to Bluffton
hospital Mrs. Richard Miller north
west of Mt. Cory to Bluffton
hospital Mrs. N. E. Byers to Bluffton
hospitalu and return.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gossman and I
Miss Bessie Arnold of Bluffton, Miss
Wanetta Gossman of Jenera and
Mrs. Mary Hartman of Hoytsville
spent the past w’eek with Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Arnold and family of
Kinsman, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Arnold of Ashtabula and Mr. and
Mrs. George Schwartzenburger of
Cleveland.
Order your Agrico for wheat fer
tilizer now at the Master Feed Mill,
Bluffton phone 317-W 14
Mrs. Richard Cans of South Main
street left the first the week for
Jacksonville, Florida to join her
husband Lt. (j. g.) Caris of the
Navy who arrived in this country
after 16 months sea duty in the
Atlantic. Mrs. Caris, the former
Miss Betty Triplett has been making
her home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Triplett during her
husband’s absence.
Farmers—We inv you to see the
National Portable Milker now on
display. Ed Waitermire, Gamble’s
Auth. Dealer.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Huber enter
tained at a family dinner, Sunday,
honoring a soldier home on furlough
and four birthday anniversaries.
Present were: Mrs. Sarah Niswand
er, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Niswander,
Mrs. Geo. Klinefelb of Mechanics
burg, Pa., Miss Kathleen Niswander
of Cridersville Pvt. Lysle Niswander
of Ft. Benning, Ga. Miss Leona
Schroer and Mrs. Berdell Huber and
daughter Anita, the iatter spending
a few days in the Huber home.
T/5 Charles Arnold, wife and
daughter Rebecca and Sgt. Richard
Arnold, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Arnold of Mansfield and grandsons
of Mrs. Ella McHenn of North Main
street spent Thursday night with
Mrs. McHenry and their aunt, Mrs.
Treva Schmidt of Cherry street.
Both are home on furloughs. Charles
who has been in England, will report
for reassignment in Louisiana and
Richard, from Scoit Field, Ill., will
report in Nebraska. The eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs:*Arnold is stationed
in Iceland.
Settlement
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schumacher,
recently married, are living at
Exeter school, Lafayette, R. I. Mrs.
Schumacher is the former Vera
Amstutz.
Rev. D. J. Unruh of Newton,
Kansas is spending several days in
this community this week while en
route to Pennsylvania where he is
to visit his parents and then also
he is to speak at a Youth conference.
He will preach at St. John church
Thursday evening, where he had
served as pastor for a number of
years some time ago.
William G. Fridley who has been
at Memorial hospital in Lima for
the past weeks was removed to the
Bluffton hospital, Monday. His con
dition remains about the same.
Mrs. (Rev.) William Cox arrived
here Monday from California to
spend two months with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Steiner. Rev.
Cox is to come later.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Welty of Ft.
Wayne visited over the week end
with relatives here.
The members of the Solomn Welty
family and their children had
family gathering at the home of
their mother and sister, Sunday.
The program presented at St. John
church Sunday evening by the
young people of the Baptist church
of Belleville, Michigan, was well at
tended and the numbers were well
received. Mrs. Aubrey Henderson,
the former Miss Henrietta Schneck
was in charge of the program.
The young people of the four
Mennonite churches of this locality
and also including the congregation
in Lima are to hold a session at St.
John church Sunday evening. Rev.
Jacob Enz of Napanee, Ind., will
bring the message of the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Schumacher
and daughters Pauline and Linda
Louise and Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
Kohli were supper guests Monday
in the home of Mrs. Mary Miller
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Gratz, Mar
jorie, Arthur and Allan visited
relatives in Ft. Wayne, Sunday.
Pvt. Evan Seiner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Steiner is spending a
furlough with his home folks. He
has had his* basic training at Camp
Maxey, Texas and after his furlough
here he will report to a camp in
Kansas.
Vitamin A
Both winter squash and sweet
potatoes, two important yellow
vegetables, are excellent sources of
vitamin A.
Clubs, J^odgeS
and Societies
Methodist Women’s Society
The Methodist Women’s Society of
Christian Service will meet Thurs
day night at 8 o’clock at the home
of Mrs. Fay Isham, 112 S. Mound
street. Assistant hostesses are Mrs.
Fred Hahn, Mrs. Elmer Diller and
Mrs. Nelson Steiner. Devotions ’will
be in charge of Mrs. Millen Geiger
and Mrs. A. J. B. Longsdorf will be
program leader.
Masonic Lodge
A special meeting of Bluffton
Masonic lodge will be held Monday
night at 8 o’clock for examination in
the M. M. degree. Ralph T. Stearns,
Sec.
Busy Bee 4-H
The Busy Bee 4-H club will meet
in the G. R. room at the high school
next Wednesday afternoon.
Pvt. Franklin Steiner
Now In Philippines
Pvt. Franklin W. Steiner, son of
Gideon, Steiner of near Bluffton
has been assigned to Company E,
136th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Divi
sion, as a rifleman. He is now in
Luzon in the Philippine campaign.
The participation in the Philippine
Campaign climaxes months of hard
and strenuous training in Tennessee,
Ft. Lewis, Wash, and the Mojave
Desert. The division has served in
Hawaii, on New Guinea and on
Morotai island in the Netherland
East Indies before coming to Luzon.
Pvt. Steiner was a farmer before
his induction in Oct. 1944, and
received his basic training at Camp
Robinson, Ark. He sailed for the
Philippines in March 1945, and join
ed the 136th Infantry on Luzon in
May. He is now near Baguio, the
summer capital of the Philippines.
Pvt. Steiner is entitled to wear
the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon
and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon
with a battle star for the Luzon
campaign.
Victor Herbert Show
On Stage At Zoo Opera
“The Fortune Teller” Victor
Herbert’s tuneful musical show is
attracting large audiences at the
Toledo Zc0 open air amphitheatre
every night this week and thru Sun
day at 8:45 o’clock.
Miss Virginia Card, favorite prima
donna of a summer ago appears in
the leading role which portrays both
a ballet pupil and a gypsy fortune
teller who look alike and whose lives
become scrambled in a scheme to
marry off the pupil, heir to a for
tune, to a conniving count.
The Herbert score has several
memorable and enduring melodies
chief of which are “Romany Life”
and “Slumber On, My Little Gypsy
Sweetheart”.
Well trained dancing choruses and
singing ensembles ably support the
principals. The current attraction is
the only Victor Herbert offering in
the opera series this summer.
Scheduled for next week, begin
ning on Monday night is Rudolph
Friml’s sparkling musical production
“The Firefly”, hailed by many as the
best of Friml’s many stage succes-
Following this are Jerome Kern’s
“Sally” on the week of July 23
another Kern production “Roberta”,
week of July 30 and Sigmund Rom
berg’s “New Moon” the week of
August 6.
Birthday Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hilty enter
tained with a family dinner Sunday
atf their home, honoring their mother
Mrs. C. F. Stratton. The occasion
marked the birthday anniversary of
Mrs. Stratton. Those attending were:
Mrs. Frank Houston, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Augsburger and sons, Mr. and Mrs.
D. B. Stratton and daughter of Col.
Grove, Mr. C. F. Stratton and the
honor guest.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks for the aid and sympathy so
generously extended to us in the
death of our beloved husband, son
and brother, Minor M. Thut also to
Rev. Smucker for his words of
comfort, to Mr. Holtkamp for the
organ numbers and the quartet for
their services at the funeral and to
all those sending flowers.
The Family
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices) Wheat,
$1.54 com $1.12 oats 7Qc soys
$2.04.
Cordless Flatiron
Cordless electric flatirons soon to
be in production draw heating elec
tric current from the house circuit
only when the iron is resting on an
automatic safety base placed near
by. Two prongs extending from the
back of the iron complete the cir
cuit so that the currtrtt may flow
through heating elements in the iron.
The current ceases to flpw when the
iron is removed.
T. G. Vickery Former
Teacher Here Is Dead
Thurlow G. Vickery, 48, former
agriculture instructor in Bluffton
high school died of a heart attack at
his home in Gibsonburg, Sunday
night.
He taught here 25 years ago and
afterward was instructor in Attica
and York, Ohio, before taking his
position as instructor in agriculture
in Gibsonburg high school where he
taught for the past nine years.
Vickery was a native of Bellevue
and studied at Heidelberg college and
Ohio State and Cornell universities.
He was a 32nd degree Mason.
Funeral services were held at Gib
sonburg, Wednesday afternoon. His
wife, Leia, and six children survive.
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 K-2 thru Z-2 and A-l
thru E-l good for 10 points each.
K-2 thru P-2 expire July 31.
PROCESSED FOODS—Book 4
blue stamp T-2 thru Z-2 and
A-l thru N-l good for 10 points
each. T-2 thru X-2 expire July
31.
SUGAR—Stamp 36 is now
good for 5 pounds thru August
31.
GASOLINE—Stamp A-16 good
for 6 gallons thru Sept. 21.
SHOES—Airplane stamps 1. 2
and 3 in Ration Book No. 3 good
indefinitely.
WANT-ADS
e
See Rell Potee for lawn mower
sharpening. South Mound St. 14
Renusit. Gamble’s Auth. Dealer.
Wanted—To contact second trick
worker at Lima Tank depot who has
room in auto for passenger frorn
Bluffton to Lima and return. Gerald
Hindall, Arlington, Ohio.
Roofing and siding, houses ana
barns. Arvin B. Scheele, 226 N.
Spring St., Bluffton phone 469-Y. 12
Wanted—To buy all kinds of
standing timber: oak, hard maple,
beech, ash, walnut, cottonwoods, etc.
Highest prices paid. See or phone
us regarding what you have to sell.
John Atha Lumber Co., Ada, Ohio.
Ada phone Red 257. 14
Wanted—To buy buck rake. W. S.
King, Mt. Cory.
Wanted—Experienced girl to watch
and entertain baby. Apply Wilch
Restaurant.
Wanted—To buy chickens, any
quantity. Will call for them. Wilch
restaurant, Bluffton phone.
Wanted—To do combining with
new motor driven John Deere com
bine in vicinity of Bluffton and
Beaverdam. Ralph Vermillion, Rt. 5,
Lima. Lima phone 64612.
Wanted—To do washings. Call
Beaverdam phone 563.
Wanted—To do washings no
ironings. Call Bluffton phone 532-1.
For sale—Queen Anne style buf
fet also cabinet base 36 by 48
inches, cheap if taken soon. 216 N.
Main St.
For sale—Farm of 78 acres 1 mile
east of Bluffton. Jacob Haas, Pan
dora 13
For sale—3 to 4 pound heavy fry
ers. Winston Jennings, 5 miles south
on Bentley road. Bluffton phone
542-R.
One only, kerosene 5-burner range.
Gamble’s Auth. Dealer.
For sale—Pre-war and newly
covered davenport. Murray Uphol
stering shop.
For sale—“Stay Cold” ice box in
good condition. Inquire 223 West
High Street, Bluffton, Ohio. Bluffton
phone 380-T. 12
For sale—One 9 by 12 two tone
all over design blue W’ilton rug with
2 rugs 27 by 54 to match. Used
three months, just like new. Inquire
661 S. Main St., Bluffton.
For sale—Three pound fryers. Roy
Clements, H2 miles west of Gratz
crossing. 13
Two burner ovens with thermome
ter. Gamble’s Auth. Dealer.
For sale—Property at 213 N. Main
St. Close in. Modern except
furnace. Phone 113-T from 5:30 to
6:30 p. m. or see Gene Basinger at
218 N. Main between 5:30 and 6:30
p. m.
For sale—Stark fruit trees.
Apricots and sweet cherry trees are
scarce. L. A. Oberly, salesman, 140
Cherry St.
For sale—McCormick-Deering hay
loader and side delivery rake also
fresh cow and some gilts and tried
sows to farrow in August and Sept
ember. Brice Richardson, 3 miles
south of Harrod.
For sale—Second hand lumber and
tile roofing. C. D. Amstutz, Bluff
ton phone.
For sale—Hay crop on fox farm.
John E. Steiner.
Lost—Small square Westfield wrist
watch with black wrist band on
Fourth of July. Finder return to
News office. Reward.
Lost—My title as lazieM man in
town. Some scoundrel left some
malty rich, sweet-as-a-nut Grape
Nuts on my doorstep, and I couldn’t
resist ’em. Dam it—they’ve given
me so much energy I have to go to
work 1
PAGE FIVE
The number of sheep and lambs
on U. S. farms January 1, 1945 was
47,945,000 head, which was 15.5 per
cent less than the peak number
reached in 1942. Ohio had 1,791,000
sheep and lambs on farms January
1, 1945, and that total was a 31 per
cent reduction from the high total
reached in 1935. Market reports
indicate U. S. sheep raisers still are
liquidating flocks.
Is This Home?
WHEN you check up,
after a fire, will you find
your insurance too little
to cover the value of your
household furnishings?
It is better to do the
checking now, before the
fire—and be sure of insur
ance sufficient to cover
your loss.
lutzi Insurance Agency
Phone: 295-W
113’/z S. Main Street
Bluffton
Is Your Home
Protected?
Our Extended Coverage Policy
gives complete Protection at low
cost. Let me quote rates and
explain coverages on town and
farm buildings and contents.
PAUL E. WHITMER
245 W. Grove St. Phone 350-W
Bluffton, Ohio
Representing
Farm'Bureau Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
Home Office: Columbus, Ohio
Improve Your
Home with—
Asbestos Siding,
Roll Brick and
Insul Brick
Siding
Also see me for Roofing and
Metal Roof Painting. Spout
ing and Furnaces
Jacob Warkentin
Rt. 2, Columbus Grove, Ohio
Bluffton phone 645-R
NOTICE
We will operate every
Tuesday and Friday until
further notice.
AMSTUTZ
CANNERY
Phone 635-Y Bluffton, O.
QTAD
THEATRE
Dinh BluHton
THIRS.-FRI.-SAT.
Jeanne Crain
Frank I^atimore
“IN THE MEAN
TIME DARLING”
SUN.-MON.
“OUR HEARTS
WERE YOUNG
AND GAY”
with
Diana Lynn—Gail Russell
TUES.-WED.
Alan Carney
Wally Brown
in
“ROOKIES
IN BURMA”
Also Mystery of River Boat
Coming soon—Meet Me In
St. Louis