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ALLEN COUNTY
Lima Area Office To
Aid Veterans
Harry J. Reeves, Toledo, was in
this area in connection with the es
tablishment of an area office of the
United States Veterans administra
tion which will be located at Lima.
Interests of World War II veterans
in Hancock, Allen, Putnam and
Paulding counties will be handled
through this office.
The office will be located at 209-11
North Main street, Lima, in rooms
405-412 in the Citizens building. It
will be open from 8 a. m. until
4:30 .m .daily except Sunday.
Flagman Injured In
Lima Train Crash
One trainman was injured when a
Baltimore & Ohio freight crashed in
to an Erie freight at the South Lima
junction of the two roads.
E. L. Steele, 55, Huntington, Ind.,
a flagman, suffered a back injury
Harold McClain, Auct.
Ray Long, Clerk
40 HOGS—10 head registered Hereford sows, to farrow in
August and September 9 gilts registered, to farrow in August and
September registered Hereford boar 2 yrs. old 2 yearling register
ed Hereford boars one fall boar 20 spring shoats. All hogs im
muned for cholera and pneumonia. Papers will be furnished with all
hogs eligible to registry.
100 Laying hens, AA-Leghorns.
FARM MACHINERY
A full line of farm machinery including Moline corn binder 2
wagons 2 sets double work harness Ward hammermill and electric
Choreboy milking machine.
5 Dickelman hog houses brooder house 12 by 18 like new 2
hog feeders 2 hog fountains hog troughs 2 hog crates.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Majestic 7 cu. ft. electric refrigerator Kalamazoo coal and wood
range Wilcox-Gay console type electric radio 6-tube Belmont
console type electric radio dining table 3 kitchen cabinets sewing
machine corn dryer 2 kitchen tables 12 chairs library table rock
ing chair occasional chair linoleum rug 12 by 14 new cabinet
grand piano and bench 2 piece blue velour pre-war living room
suite blue 9 by 12 rug and mat made by Oriental Rug Co., hall
tree rug filler for 12 by 14 room large size Ward Heatrola with
new set grates lots of good glass cans 5 gal. barrel churn Vogt
75 lb. white enamel ice box stand 2 Simmons beds with inner
spring mattresses 2 iron beds 3 dressers 2 Axminster 9 by 12
rugs Royal Blue electric cream separator rubber tire wheel barrow
and other articles.
Hay—A quantity of new baled hay: alfalfa, red clover and
timothy mixed.
TERMS—CASH
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
when the impact hurled him from
the caboose of the Erie train.
Three cars of the Erie train and
the tender of the B. & 0. train were
derailed .blocking traffic on both
roads for several hours.
Lima Couple Manage
Children’s Home
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Leonhard, op
erators of a boarding home for child
ren at Lima became superintendent
and matron of the Allen County
Children’s home. They succeeded
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Moyer, re
signed.
Lima Firemen Aid In
Wapakoneta Fire
Fire of undetermined origin caused
damage estimated unofficially at
$100,000 at the main plant of the
Bryant Mfg. Co. at Wapakoneta.
Lima and Wapakoneta firemen
fought the blaze two hours and saved
nine other company buildings.
A. L. Frame, manager, said 40
vacationing employes would aid in
Public Sale
As I am moving to Idaho, I, the undersigned will sell at public
auction at my farm, 3 miles west of Ada on Hardin-Allen county
line road
Tuesday, July 24, 1945
Beginning at 10 a. m.
The following property:
2 HORSES—Draft team 8 and 9 yrs. old, wt. 3800.
29 CATTLE—10 head good milk cows, from heavy milking
strains, Brown Swiss, Shorthorn, Jersey and Guernsey from 2 to 7
years 19 head young heifers and steers from 3 months to 2 years
old also Swiss, Shorthorn, Jersey and Guernsey 2 of this number
are registered Brown Swiss yearling heifers and one registered
Brown Swiss bull, no relation to heifers. These were purchased to
start a dairy herd and will be a real buy for someone.
GLEN LONG, Owner
Lunch served on grounds.
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It occupies only a relatively small area, and yet combines a maximum of utility
and efficiency with a charm that is all its own. A modern GAS RANGE will do
your bidding quickly and automatically, and a silent GAS refrigerator will be the
dependable custodian of your food. Yes that tiny blue flame that heats as well
as cools is really destined for fame!
WEST OHIO GAS COMPANY
gaged in making tool handles for
rebuilding the plant which was en
the government.
Ex-Slave Slayer Dies
Preston Carter, who says he was
born in slavery in Virginia 100 years
ago ,died in Lima State Hospital,
where he had been an inmate since
a few weeks after its erection in
1923. He was committed from
Franklin County and earlier had
served a sentence in Virginia for
murder.
Hold Dayton Man
Roy E. Carter, 47, Dayton, was
trdered held at Lima for grand jury
action after Mrs. Gertrude Miller,
Cridersville, charged he represented
himself as an insurance company
representative and took $1,443.28 to
help her collect a $3,000 insurance
claim after her husband’s death.
Allen County Leads In
“E” Bond Sales
Allen County led all counties in
Ohio in the percentage of its quota
of E-bond sales during the 7th War
Loan campaign, Phil Trounstine,
state chairman, notified R. H. Mc
Donald, county chairman. The coun
ty purchased 117 per cent of its
quota of $2,159,000 of E bonds.
The county was within $550,000
of doubling its overall quota as the
total reached $9,297,942.
Foil Delphos Robbers
Police Chief Samuel Link reported
thieves obtained no loot when they
broke open a safe in the Wagner
Novelty Co. and also entered the
Equity Store. These were the first
robbery attempts at Delphos in 18
months.
Hold Lima Juvenile
A Lima juvenile was held by Put
nam county authorities in Ottawa in
connection with the theft of two
automobiles, one of which he wreck
ed near Columbus Grove.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Assumes New Duties
Henry A. Marti, Toledo, has as
sumed his duties as executive vice
president and general manager of the
Buckeye Traction Ditcher Co.
Cite Findlay Corporal
For Heroism
Corp. Donald J. Yoder, Findlay,
has been awarded the Soldier’s Medal
for Heroism, the 12th Service Com
mand announced in Italy.
Air Patrols Tie In
Findlay Meet
Toledo and Findlay squadrons,
Civil Air Patron, tied for first place
in a drill formation exhibition held
at Findlay in connection with a
group CAP maneuvers. Squadrons
from Toledo, Lima, Sandusky, and
Findlay participated.
Four parachute jumpers from a
Detroit squadron entertained 2,000
spectators at the maneuvers.
Fall Fractures Leg
Lorraine Marilyn Smith, age 6, suf
fered a fractured leg when she fell
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14 feet from an upstairs window at
her home in Findlay.
Team Bolts, Hurls
Woman From Wagon
Mrs. Thomas Beard of near Find
lay suffered head and neck injuries
when the team of horses bolted in a
hay field, throwing her from the
wagon.
Findlay To Get Park
ing Meters
Parking meters will be installed in
Findlay within 90 days, it was an
nounced following acceptance by the
City Board of Control of a proposal
to install 500 meters for a nine
month trial.
HARDIN COUNTY
Ada Soldiers Home
After Discharges
Sergeant Nelson McBride, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert McBride, of Ada,
reached home after receiving a dis
charge from the army air corps
June 26 at Stuttgart, Ark. He was
in the service three years, saw some
rugged duty in Alaska and the Aleu
tian islands, and has recently been
stationed at Esler, La.
Corporal Richhard E. Stambaugh,
veteran parachute rigger, who has
nearly three years sen-ice in Italy,
Normandy and Germany, arrived at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Stambaugh. He was discharged
at Fort Dix, N. J., on June 30.
End Fund Drive At
Ohio Northern
Former students of Ohio Northern
university contributed $13,502.97 to
ward the operation of their alma
mater in the annual Loyalty fund
drive ending June 30, it was announc
ed. More than 660 members of the
national alumni association were
donors to the fund this year.
Pastors Team Up To
Run Gospel Tabernacle
The Rev. David H. Morgan, pastor
of the Wesleyan Methodist church at
Kenton for five years, has resigned
to become an associate of the Rev.
Ray Dunlap, pastor of the Lima Gos
pel Temple.
0. N. U. Students Bat
tle Food Crisis
The Kappa Psi Boarding club, a
co-operative effort by two groups of
students on the Ohio Northern cam
pus, began to function this week in
an attempt to solve an increasingly
difficult food situation.
Members of the Theta Phi Delta
sorority and the Kappa Psi pharma
ceutical fraternity joined forces,
pooled their red and blue points and
formed the boarding club in an ef
fort to get more varied and cheaper
meals than have been available. The
sorority girls do the cooking, the
boys helping with the dish washing
and other work. Expenses are shared
equally. Two meals per day are
served.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Putnam Needs Nine
School Teachers
Nine vacancies exist in the
faculties of Putnam county schools,
County Superintendent C. D. Ver
milya said.
In making the statement Vermilya
said that the Ottawa board of educa
tion expects to hire a superintendent
qualified to teach mathematics, sci
ence and coach basketball. A num
ber of applications are now being
considered by the members of the
board.
Other vacancies in the county are
instrumental and vocal music in
structors at Continental and Leipsic
commercial teacher at Leipsic com
mercial instructor at Glandorf social
science and English teacher at Pan
dora and Vaughnsville vocational
and home economics at Columbus
Grove and elementary teacher at
Cloverdale.
They Also Have a Victory to Celebrate
HAPPY RANGOON CIVILIANS «how their pleasure on the return of British and Indian troops who recently
re-entered the chief city and port of Burma. Up to the entry into Rangoon, the Japanese lost nearly 500,000 soldiers
in three years of Burma fighting. British troops freed hundreds of Allied prisoners, including some Americans.
Mr. Vermilya stated that the posi
tions of music instructors at Contin
ental and Leipsic will be hard to fill
and from present indications the
schools may be without music teach
ers during the school year.
Schedule 4-H Club
Program
Special activities for the 4-H clubs
of Putnam county were outlined in
Ottawa following a meeting of the
activity committee in the county
agent’s office.
From July 16 through July 31 the
county health nurse, Mrs. Harriet
Vandemark, will visit all 4-H clubs.
The county picnic will be held at the
Columbus Grove swimming pool
August 15 with various features be
ing planned for that day.
August 31 has been set aside as
county 4-H Day with the health dem
onstration contest scheduled for the
morning in charge of Dr. H. A? Neis
wander, county health commissioner.
The club demonstration contest will
be held in the afternoon in the audi
torium-gymnasium in Ottawa fol
lowed by the style revue.
To Build New Road
Authority to construct a road one
half mile long northeast of Ottawa
to be known as the Pacey road has
been granted by the board of Put
nam county commissioners.
The Ottawa council will be asked
to share in the expense of the pro
ject. The right-of-way is 50 feet
with the road to be 16 feet wide,
it was reported.
However, one of the property own
ers along the proposed road has de
clined to donate the land for the
right-of-way and the board has
granted the authority for the con
struction on the ground that all prop
erty be donated.
The 17 owners who petitioned for
the road explained it would give
them a more convenient thoroughfare
on which to come to Ottawa.
Bomber-Gunner On
Way Home
After a tour of duty in Italy with
the 15th Air Force, Tech. Sgt. Wal
lace B. Carl, 21, of Ottawa, radio
operator-gunner on a B-24 Liberator
bomber, is returning to the United
States for training and re-equip
ment, according to an announcement
by Brig. Gen. Fay R. Upthegrove,
his wing commander.
Since going overseas, he has been
assigned to the 456th Bombardment
Group commanded by Col. Thomas
W. Steed, of Etowah, Tenn., a Lib
erator bomber group which has par
ticipated in numerous bombings of
German-held targets throughout
southern Europe and the Balkans
and one of the groups Nazi leaders
were referring to when they credited
the 15th AAF’s strategic bombing
for their downfall.
The veteran unit is being returned
to the United States for a brief per
iod of training and receipt of new
equipment before jumping into the
battle against Japan.
Barn Near Gilboa
Burns
The barn on the Roy Cherry farm,
five miles northeast of Gilboa, was de
stroyed by fire Saturday morning
when gasoline ignited as Mr. Cherry
was repairing a tractor.
Mr. Cherry was adjusting a tractor
in the barn when sparks from a short
circuit in the wiring fell to the floor
and ignited spilled gasoline, it was
reported. The flames spread so rap
idly that Mr. Cherry could not stop
the fire and the structure was wrap
ped in flames when the Pandora vol
unteer fire department arrived.
Besides the building, a large new
tractor, a calf, several chickens, the
front tires on the tractor being re
paired. an electric drill, several hund
red potato sacks and a number of
miscellaneous items were consumed
by the flames.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
THE ^TATE OF OHIO
Allen County.
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9Oite of *’:era!d W. T-inp!ehorn Decen«ed
Ruth J. Triplehorn of Bluffton, Ohio, has
been appointed and qualified as executrix of
the estate of Gerald W, Trinlehorn late of
Allen County. Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 18th dav of June 1945.
RAYMOND P. SMITH
12 Probate Judge
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Beaverdam
The Womens Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist church
held their annual guest day Thurs
day at the church. A covered dish
dinner was enjoyed at the noon
hour. Rev. Riggs was the guest
speaker. Present were: Mrs. Wm.
Amstutz, Mrs. Sam Bushey, Mrs. E.
C. Pfeiffer, Mrs. Arthur Pugh, Mrs.
Everett Rowland, Mrs. Ed Cook,
Mrs. Ed Marquart, Miss Rosa Sear
foss, Mrs. Lillie Anderson, Mrs. W’il
bur Clark, Mrs. Ed Anderson, Mrs.
John Clark, Mrs. I. J. Amstutz and
Rev. Riggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Badertscher
of Bloomington, Indiana visited the
past week with Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Yant.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rockhill of
Napoleon and Mrs. Etta Yant were
Saturday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Yant and sons.
Mrs. Gladys Williams of Lansing,
Mich., spent the past two weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Huber and sister Miss Bernice
Huber.
Miss Nancy Tyson of Rawson is
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. William
D. Ellenberger.
Mrs. Mary Plaugher of Dayton
visited over the 4th with her mother,
Mrs. Emma Jane Barber and brother
Frank Barber.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Anderson
and family of Pandora were Wed­
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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1945
nesday evening visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Younkman and grandson
Bernard.
S. Sgt. Robert Michael and wife
were week end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Michael and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clark and
daughters of Lima, Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Wagner, Miss Adda and Clem
Yoakam spent Wednesday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Clark, Mrs. Wilbur
Clark and son and Miss Ellen Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Sawmiller spent
the week end in Detroit, Mich.,
where they attended the wedding of
their nephew, Ensign M. E. Purdy
and Miss Bette Page of Tulsa, Okla.,
at the St. Paul’s Episcopal church
at 11 o’clock Saturday July 7. A
reception was held in the English
Room at the Statler hotel for the
immediate families.
Mr. and Mrs. John Troxel had as
their guest the past week the lat
ters brother, Cloyd Shaffer of
Wapakoneta.
Mrs. Frank Williams who has been
quite ill the past two weeks is re-
ported feeling much better.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Smith and son
Jimmie of Jersey Shore, Pa., were
recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Pugh and family.
Miss Marion Pugh is employed for
the summer at the Aviation Products
Co. in Toledo.
SWIFT & CO.
COLUMBUS GROVE
DAILY MARKET
HOGS—
160 to 400 .. 1460
400 up.......... 1435
SOWS .................. 1385
STAGS ................
cows—
1300 1350
Good ................ 900 105C
Cutters ............ 650 850
Canners .......... 550 650
Calves .................. 1550
Spring Lambs ... 1450
Ewes, Good........ 650 700
Ewes, Thin ........ 400 500
LOCAL AND LONG
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Every Load Insured
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