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PAGE SIX ALLEN .COUNTY Child Dies of Leukemia Lymphatic leukemia, a rare blood disease, was blamed for the death at Lima of Deloris Ann Bitler, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Bitler. Hospital, Open Forum Heads Named Harold Burr, Akron, has been ehosen administrator for Lima Me morial Hospital to succeed Leslie Fonkalsrud, resigned, trustees an nounced. Mr. Burr was assistant ad ministrator of Akron City Hospital for nine years. H. C. Roberson, assistant principal of South High School, was named ehairman of the Lima Open Forum. THE A. C. & Y. RAILROAD NEEDS BRAKEMEN BOILERMAKERS MACHINISTS CAR REPAIRMEN SECTIONMEN TELEGRAPH OPERATORS BRIDGE AND BUILDING CARPENTERS meet WMC requirements, are full wartime jobs and possibilities for postwar Must These good work, and unemployment benefits. Call at the nearest A. 46 Y. station and the you complete inft Liberal railroad retirement The Akron, Youngstown I give ton & oad Co. WH WANTED for the manufacture of Spray Powder AND NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES County Wheat Crop To Runs 30-40 Bushels Per Acre Allen county’s 28,000 acres of wheat land are yielding from 30 to 40 bushels an acre, with the average at about 35 bushels, County Agricul tural Agent James H. Warner said. Lima Man Killed In Action Sgt. Louis Wohlgamuth, Jr., form er resident of Spencerville, an em ploye of the Ohio Steel Foundry, was killed in action on Okinawa June 13, the War Department has notified his wife, Anna. War Fund Goal Set At $161,625 Goal for a 1945 war fund drive in Allen County was set at $161,625, identical with the 1944 goal, by di rectors of the County War Chest and the Lima Community Chest. Of the total, $669,281 would go to the Lima Community Chest. 27 Bills Returned By Allen Grand Jury Seven persons were arraigned in Common Pleas Court on gambling charges immediately following their arrest on indictments returned by the Allen County grand jury. Twenty-seven indictments were re turned, 13 of them secret. Youth Killed In Crash SOUR1CREAM for the manufacture of Butter HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR ALL DAIRY\PRODUCTS Robert Dean Greenawalt, 18, oi Lima, was dead and two other per- LE MILK THE PAGE DAIRY,W BLUFFTON, OHIO W 3 W PHONE 4 Y1 HER DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME! A new world of ease and convenience for her and every woman who cooks! The whole GAS industry is working to make your dreams come true. It’s a plan to bring you new freedom from wasted energy, wasted time new freedom from fatigue, dirt, heat, unwanted kitchen odors. Yes .. that tiny blue flame that heats as well as cooks is really destined for fame! WEST OHIO GAS COMPANY sons were suffering injuries as the result of an automobile collision on a Lima street intersection. The injured were Miss Margaret Fought, 18, and Miss Edna Harp ster, 18, both of Delphos. Steve Yuhas, of Lima, driver of the other automobile, escaped injury. Coroner Holds Delphos Drowning Accident Investigation of the death of Mar ion Miller, 71, Delphos, whose body was recovered from the Miami and Erie Canal July 9, ended when Con ner Harry Lewis returned a verdict of accidental death. Police and sheriff’s officers had re ported Mr. Miller’s face bore evi dence that he may have been beaten. Vet Breaks Neck In Fatal Dive A broken neck suffered in a swim ming accident, proved fatal to Wal ter H. Peebles, 26, Cleveland World War II veteran, who died in Lima Memorial Hospital. Mr. Peebles’ neck was broken when his head struck a rock in a dive into a shallow pond near St. Marys where he had visited relatives. Rate Lima P. O. High The Lima post office now ranks 250th among 2,235 post offices of the first class, it was learned recently. Post Office department officials disclosed this and other information about the Lima office following sub mission to thfe President a bill chang ing the base for post office classifica tion and increasing salaries of postal personnel. Delphos Firm Short Thousands Of Shoes The case of proprietors of a Del phos shoe concern charged with vi olating office of price administra tion regulations had been continued to August 24. Hearing Commissioner James Ken nary ordered the continuation Mon day in Toledo. The proprietors are Lucy and Carl Lindamen, owners of the Lindamen Shoe store. They were charged with a shortage of 2,579 pairs of shoes. HANCOCK COUNTY Tire Plant Production Continues Cancellation of 21 plant expansion projects for the manufacture of truck tire tubes will affect only slightly the Master Tire and Rubber Corp, at Findlay, company officials said. The Findlay plant was one of the five Ohio firms affected by the can cellation, but officials said most of the equipment for the program has been received and is in production. Because of tubes from ordered the a reduced demand for the armed forces WPB cancellation. Crash Injures Lady Parked Car S'' .• Asir f, In Mrs. Harry Pool suffered a head injury when a car, which police said OMMMMSflMHn -■sw-"« HP IB THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON OHIO was driven by Miguel Reyes, 19, crashed into the parked car in which she was sitting at Findlay. She is in Findlay hospital. Police said the car driven by Rayes was reported stolen from Juan Mora, Findlay. Gather Ripe Tomatoes From Findlay Garden Miss Kathryn Minnich of Findlay said that she has had nice red ripe tomatoes to eat from her garden which puts new life into the free for-all garden marathon. G. W Oman, of Amanda township, reported he had ripe tomatoes back around July 1. Balloon Ascentionist Dies At Findlay Stephen B. Smith, veteran Findlay locksmith, died recently. He was a former city policeman, fire captain and health officer. As a locksjnith for 30 years, he was often called to other cities to open safes and vaults. As a youth he made balloon ascen sions at fairs and celebrations. Inmate Tries To Hang Self In Jail A 17-year-old Mexican youth at tempted to commit suicide by hang ing in the Hancock County jail, re cently, according to police, who said he had admitted the theft of a watch, four dozen eggs and construc tion tools at the Cooper Corp. Hancock Wheat Crop Twice 10-Year Avg. Although Hancock county may not have quite as many acres of wheat in 1945 as its farmers raised in 1944 the yield will be approximately twice as much as the average yield to the acre, an elevator man at Findlay stated. His statement was based on estimates from growers who place the average yield per acre at 35 bushels this year compared to a ten year average of around 18 bushels. HARDIN COUNTY Plan Ada Farmer-Mer chant Picnic Plans for Ada’s 32nd annual com munity gathering, known throughout the states as the Farmers and Mer chants’ picnic, to be held at Com munity park on August 15, got off to a good start at the organization meeting recently. The event, never rained out since inception, has survived two w’orld wars. A new feature added to this year’s program will be a rodeo staged by the recently organized Ada Riding club. Raiding Dogs Kill 25 Chickens Red points and the meat rationing problem took a solar plexis blow at County Auditor W. B. Wilson’s home at Ada recently when dogs killed 25 six-week-old chickens, which were be ing raised at the Wilson home. The dogs, all unknown, scratched their way under a wire fence and succeeded in getting the top off of the metal brooder house in order to make the kill. Eighteen of the chick ens were in the pen the next morn ing, while seven had been carried away. Ada Plant To Expand The O-K Manufacturing Co. an nounced construction will begin soon on an addition to its plant at Ada. The company produces sports equip ment. Veteran Named To Sheriff Post World War II Veteran Frederick Wood, 27, Hepburn, assumed his new duties as Hardin county deputy sher iff it was announced by Sheriff Ran dall Clark, who made the appoint ment. Wood fills the vacancy coused by the resignation of Ray Comstock, who accepted the position of deputy sealer of weights and measures in the county auditor’s office. Wood served four years in the army with the 37th Division. He has received a disability discharge. swiftTco. COLUMBUS GROVE DAILY MARKET HOGS— 160 to 400 .. 1460 ......... 400 up .......... 1435 SOWS .................. 1385 STAGS ................ 1300 1350 COWS— Good ................ 9inr lose Cutters ............ 650 850 Canners .......... 550 650 Calves .................. 1550 Spring Lambs ... 1450 Ewes, Good ........ 650 700 Ewes, Thin ........ 400 500 O. N. U. Football Star Loses Leg At Okinawa Word was received in Ada from Angello Jannotti, S 1/c, Ohio North ern 1943, that he had been wounded off Okinawa while serving with the navy. The letter written to a friend in Ada from a hospital at Mare Is land, Calif., revealed that he had been hit two inches above the knee in the right leg, which was later amputated. A member of the conference cham pionship football team of 1943 at Northern, Jannotti teamed the year before with “Big Stoop” Semple, who tied for the conference championship in 1942, and who was hospitalized at the Mare Island hospital. Semple, a marine, was also wounded at Okin awa. Thugs Rob GI of Watch said in a and Mrs. Ada, that Corp. Frank Stevenson, letter to his parents, AV Edward Stevenson of near while at Nice, France, he was beaten and robbed of a watch by four ci vilians. Ada Card Club In New Nest After 15 Years The South Side Pinnochle and ‘Rum’ club, so called because of its long years room Josie forced to move because of of the building, adjacent garage. standing meeting place, 15 to be exact, in the business at the rear of the yate Mrs. Wiggins home at Ada, was the sale The new William to the Boutwell 12 members, only ssions original attend the nightly Of the four still of the ‘gang’. Included in the present member ship are business men, professors of Ohio Northern university, as well as Toms, Dicks and Harrys who make up the three tables, ing at stake except the game itself, but There is noth the winning of that in itself is a tough job as all the ‘boys’ play them close to the vest and for all they are worth. PUTNAM COUNTY Gilboa Man Injured In Fall From Hay Load Eli Laibe, 86, was injured in a fall from a load of hay while work ing on his farm near Gilboa. Mr. Laibe was on the load of hay and Lloyd Nutter, a neighbor, was pitch ing the hay onto the load. The horses stepped up and Laibe fell backwards off the load, landing on his head and shoulders. He was taken into the house in a semi-con scious condition. He was taken to a Toledo hospital for x-ray examination. Putnam Farm Agent Resigns Post L. C. Holtkamp has resigned as state agricultural extension agent in Putnam county effective Sept. 1, he announced. The agent disclosed he has accept ed the post of county agent in Van Wert county where he will succeed R. S. Oetzel. The latter has re signed to take a position in the per sonnel department of the Marsh Foundation at Van Wert. Holtkamp has been county agent in Putnam county for the last five years. He succeeded Ralph Dush who is now manager of the Buckeye Sugar Co. plant at Ottawa. Putnam Wheat Yield Above Average Wheat yields reported show that the yields will be above average. Farmers and elevator men felt that many field would go to 35 bushels per acre with some around 40. Less Putnam Farms Census Shows Showing an increase of 5.532 acres but a drop of 142 farms during the last five years, the preliminary re port on the 1945 agricultural census in Putnam county was released by George Heffner, supervisor for the First Ohio census district with head quarters in Lima. There are 2,725 farms in Putnam county covering 298,191 acres accord ing to the 1945 report. The average size of farms shown in this report on Putnam county was 109 acres as compared with 102 acres in 1940. The district supervisor explained these changes in the various figures Men Wanted For War Work and With a Future Openin? s Available For Tire Tire Inner Tiibe Mi Mill Elee THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1945 during the five-year period could have been brought about by various things. Some farm land may have been listed in another county in the last census because of cross-county farm ing, he pointed out, or it is possible some farm land was not listed by owners in a farmer census but was included this time. Pandora School To Ask $80,000 Bond Issue Preliminary steps have been taken by the Riley township school boards for the Memorial Field House which has been proposed by citizens of the district. The local board voted to float an $80,000 bond issue to run for 20 years for a memorial field house, garage for school buses, and a vocational farm shop, the issue to come before the voters at the general election next November. ALL KINDS OF Roofing and S' Free Estimates t](e material and We have ir job complete. will finish y Scheele Arvin 226 N. Sp/ing St.. Bluffton, O. /hone 469-Y 1 -«V'i w M**W' ■_________ Follow Thi Easy Plan The secret of maki/ig more profit from poultry is to cut your production/costs by feeding more of your own grains with a well balanced concentrate. Our Red Rose or Hubbawi Sunshine concentrated mash with your grain, mpced according to our formulas means life, growth, iiealth and high production. The Bluffton Milling Co DEADSTOCK REMOVED WITHOUT PAY BUCKEYE DEDUCTION COMPANY, Findlay, Ohio Phong MAIN 475 Collect BRANCH OF FOSTORIA ANIMAL PRODUCTS, INC. Builders Curing Molders II Men Wrights trieians ut if you have had no experience we ove trades. We Pay You While You Experienced men preferred, will teach you any of the a Learn. More men are needed mlw building and new equipment—which will soon be available for production. Good opportunity for steady work after the war. and for our expanded facilities—new Cooper Corporation Findlay, Ohio ALL HIRING THROUGH USES