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ALLEN COUNTY
Clarence Gordon Maze, 52, former
cashier of the St. Marys Home
Banking Co., St. Marys, was removed
in an ambulance from Memorial
Hospital at Lima to the hospital
ward of the federal penitentiary at
Milan, Mich.
U. S. Marshal Reuben Speas, To
ledo, said Maze, who is recovering
from injuries suffered in an auto-
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mobile accident, had failed to pro
vide $10,000 bond following his pica
of guilty to embezzling $35,000 of
the bank’s funds.
Bank Embezzler Taken
To Federal Pen Allen County Ranks
Eighth In U. S.
Tree Bulbs Furnished
By Good Neighbors
The good-neighbor policy worked
out all right in Christmas tree light
ing for Main Street at Delphos after
the Chamber of Commerce failed to
find enough bulbs for the lighting.
Wapakoneta merchants had a
stock of the bulbs and supplied
N age old greeting—yet ever new—
with sincerest wishes for Health, Hap
piness and Prosperity to all the friends and
patrons of this store whom w five been
privileged to serve for the past forty-three
Basinger’s Furniture Store
Merry Christmas
THROUGH the ages ... in the midst of a
changing world rings out this cheery
greeting bringing with it a promise of re
newed hope and brighter days to come.
In the friendly spirit of the Christmastide
we extend bast wishes and compliments of
the season to all our Bluffton friends.
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CENTRAL OHIO LIGHT & POWER COMPANY^
^sJ-OW RATES^1'
Delphos with sufficient bulbs to
permit the project for the first time
since 1941.
Grants
As producer of war materials, Al
len county ranks eighth among Ohio
counties.
during
274,000
in the
on government expenditures
the war showed the $361,
of federal money was spent
county to procure materials
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and products for direct and indirect
War uSca.
Flu Keeps Delphos
Schools Closed
Delphos schools will remain closed
until after the Christmas holidays
upon action of the city board of
health when that board abided by
the advise of four physicians.
Efforts are being made to make an
accurate check on the number of flu
cases in the city.
Movie houses will be permitted to
remain open.
HANCOCK COUNTY
County Fair Board
Organizes
The annual reorganization meet
ing of the fair board of the Han
cock County Agricultural society
was held Saturday iri Findlay.
New directors of the board are
M. W. Neff, Van Buren township
Henry Brinkman, Pleasant Paul
Henry Brinkman, Pleasant township
C. J. Rossman, Madison township
J. Lee Miller, Amanda Clyde
Warren, Orange, and H. O. Burrell,
Allen.
Officers of the board are A. N.
Hochstettler, president Ray Howard,
vice president Lester Stough, secre
tary. All are members except
Stough.
Findlay Brewing Plant
To Expand
in
ex-
Among the first of Findlay’s
dustries to announce a postwar
pension program is the Krantz
Brewing corporation. S. J. Secor,
secretary-treasurer of the corpora
tion said Saturday that ground has
already been broken for a $200,000
addition to the present facilities of
the Findlay plant.
Oldest Findlay House
Razed
A house, older than Findlay as a
corporate community, has fallen in
the path of progress. The residence
of Thomas Palmer, at 121 East
Front street, built 12 years before
Findlay was incorporated in 1838,
has been razed and a cement blocx
building which will house a service
garage is being
erected.
was said to have
in Hancock county
served for over a
The structure
been the oldest
and though it
century the bark still clung to some
of its timbers. Its joists, both upper
and lower, were logs flattened on one
side and brought into place. Each
sill was hewn square from a single
piece of timber.
ed Vets
One hundred thirty Christmas gift
boxes for wounded veterans in
hospitals have been assembled and
wrapped by fourteen members of the
American Legion and Auxiliary in
Findlay.
HARDIN COUNTY
$1,350,000 Fund Asked
As O. N. U. Goal
A year-long series of events and
financial drives for $1,350,000 will
mark the diamond jubilee anniversa
ry of Ohio Northern Universary
President Robert O. McClure
nounced.
here
an-
will
Goals in the financial drives
be $1,000,000 for additional endow
ments, $100,000 for rehabilitation of
present facilities, and $250,000 for a
new 100-room women’s dormitory,
Dr. McClure said.
Find Stolen Register
Police reported a cash register
stolen from a Kenton store was
found along a railroad track looted
of $15.
O. N. U. Enrollment
Gains
Fifty-seven returned servicemen
have enrolled at Ohio Northern Uni
versity for the winter quarter giving
the university approximately 100 ex
servicemen. There is a definite in
crease in enrollment in all four col
leges of the school.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Two Escape Death As
Train Crashes Car
A car driven by Cletus Huffman,
route 1, Fort Jennings, stalled on
the Second street crossing of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Ottawa.
When Huffman saw a northbound
freight train coming fast, he was
able to pull his passenger, Eugene
Looser, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Romus Looser, route 3, Ottawa, to
safety seconds before the train hit
the auto and carried it four blocks,
past the Fourth street crossing. The
automobile was demolished.
The train, with Engineer N. C.
Whoster, of Lima, at the throttle,
stopped until the wreckage was re-
3 Schools In Tourney
Thirteen Putnam county class
high school basketball teams will vie
in the tournament at Leipsic Feb. 14
23, it was decided at a meeting with
County Superintendent of Schools
Carl D. Vermilya. Tournament of
ficials, both from Lima, will be Wel
by Widner
and Cletus Clark.
Pandora Man
Name
At the
Nineteen directors were also elect
ed at the meeting.
Richland Center
Christmas program will be given
next Sunday evening, December 23,
at 7:30 o’clock at the Emmanuel’s
Evangelical and Reformed church.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ernest and|
sons of Columbus Grove spent Wed
nesday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Fett and daughters.
Kenneth Gratz and son Kenny Le
roy of Lima called Sunday afternoon
on Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and sons were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Moo.
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Boutwell
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Schaublin and family of
Columbus Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Basinger and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Basinger
and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Dillman and daughter and Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Basinger and daughter of
Lima spent Sunday afternoon with
their mother, Mrs. Martha Basinger.
Mr.and Mrs. Clair Leiber and fam- |j?
ily and George Rodabaugh spent Wed- I
nesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. I
Raymond Matter and family. I
Mrs. Robert Gerber and daughter II
Karen spent Thursday with Mr. and I
Mrs. Dean Myers and family of Mans- I
field.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and sons were Friday evening callers
at the Otis Fett home.
EAST ORANGE
Callers in the Will Stager home I
the past week were Miss Gayle Cand-1
ler, Roy Epley of Ada Evelyn Gallant I
and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Reams and I
Dorothy Jean, Martha and Esther I
Marquart and Mr. and Mrs. B. J. I
Boutwell. I
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Luginbihl I
and daughters Carolyn Kay and Dor-1
othy Rae of Bluffton spent Wednes-1
day evening with Mr. and Mrs. B. J. I
Boutwell. I
Mr. and Mrs. Rayon Boutwell and I
children Lynn Ray and Lonnie Sue I
and Ho Agin called in the B. J. Bout-1
well home Saturday. I
The Woman’s Missionary meeting I
of the Riley Creek Baptist church will I
be held in the home of Mrs. Virgil I
Criblez on Wednesday, Dec. 19. An I
all-day sewing will be held for Miss I
Norma Jones. I
Mrs. Kermit Boehm who has been I
ill with rheumatic fever for the pastl
three months is able to sit up some I
now.
Mrs. Anna
Funeral services for
Strahm of Ada, formerly of this com
munity was held in the Riley Creek
Baptist church, Tuesday afternoon
and burial in the Hasson cemetery.
Pleasant View
W. G. Carr underwent an operation
at the Findlay Hospital, Thursday
morning.
Mrs. Byron Manges who under
went an operation at the Bluffton
Community Hospital was moved to
her home last week.
Mrs. Robert McVey attended a
meeting of the Critique club in the
home of Mrs. Arthur Smith of Mc
Comb, Thursday evening.
William McCartney, who has been
overseas the past two years has
recently been discharged and is now
with his wife the former Maxine
Fridley of this place.
Miss Barbara Carr, who has been
stationed in Florida as a WAVE has
been discharged and is now at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Carr.
A. H. Clymer Sr. of Rawson, who
had a leg amputated at the Bluffton
Community Hospital remains in a
serious condition. He is the father
of Mrs. Cecil Clymer of this place.
Little Miriam Keller of Findlay
spent Thursday with
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
ger.
\Flu Hits H. S. Five
grand
Habeg-
her
Will
circle met in
The Ladies Harmony
the home of Mrs. Nile Newton
Thursday afternoon. Miss Mary
Haas, missionary to Africa gave a
very inspiring address on the sub
ject “The African Woman from
Birth to Death.” Mrs. Wilbur Neil
was the program leader.
Clouds Keep Bluffton
From Seeing Eclipse
Cloudy skies and snow Tuesday
night prevented Bluffton residents
from viewing the moon in its first
eclipse visible in this country since
August 23, 1942.
Altho the period of totality began
at 8:40 p. m. and continued until
10 p. m., those who looked for the
phenomenon only caught fleeting
glimpses of the eclipse thru the
heavy banks of clouds.
With three regulars out of uni
form because of the prevalence of
influenza among members of the
basketball squad, Bluffton High eag
ers dropped a 51 to 16 decision to
Lima St. Johns Tuesday night in
the Bluffton gymnasium.
annual Putnam county I The visitors led at the
Farm Bureau meeting held at the I 12 to 6 25 to 9, and 38 to
Vaughnsville high school Elam Sut-I The lineup:
ter, of Pandora, was elected presi-l Bluffton
dent Dean Bach, Belmore, vice I Lee ..............
president, and Phares Bixel of Co-| Hilty
lumbus Grove, secretary-treasurer.
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All told, the crippled Pirates got
only four field goals during the
course of the evening, and
accomplished what only one other
team heretofore had succeeded in
doing this season.
quarters
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gILENT is the night. The
town vigilantly waits for
Santa, many tousled heads
asleep on the pillow but
there remains one who is
active—busy every minutex***
And we shall be constantly
at your service night anct
day to make your Christ
mas happy.
The Bluffton Telephone Co
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Last Christmas
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Shop our store for Christmas gifts
Basinger’s Furniture Store
Forty-three Y jars of Dependable Service
ALWAYS
A GREAT SHOW
ON WLW
WED, 9:30 PM
With the assistance of
Miss Miller and Harring
ton, the D. A. always gets
his man and provides
pm a thrill while doing it.
S’lOW' YuU HEAR
UNLY ON WLW
EVERYBODY’S FARM
DAILY AT 12:30 PM
An informative farm program
in the farmer’s language
broadcast from a real, practi
cal farm.
CHORE TIME
DAILY AT 6:45 AM
PPeather and market reports,
.pod music and helpful hints
lor better farm living.
Zrom the Ground Up
SUN., 7:45 AM
Roy Battles, WLW Farm
Program Director, gives
the news of the week that
concerns the farmer.
THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1945
Basinger 2 15
Klay .... 0 2
Smucker 0 0
Stonehill 0 0 0
Reagan 0 0 0
Sommer 113
Kirtland 0 0 0
Pogue 0 0 0
Wilch 0 0 0
And St. John's Wins20
Totals 4 8 16
St. Johns 23 5 51
Library Closedillness
Bluffton’s public library will be
closed December 22 to 28 inclusive it
is announced by Miss Ocie Anderson,
librarian.
Miss Anderson also announced the
following gift subscriptions to
periodicals from the Bluffton Garden
club: House and Garden, Flower
Grower and Horticulture.
fractal for
shoppers will find here
ions and merchandise
holiday gift lists.
FIBBER
McGEE
McCarthy
SUN, 8 PM
Charlie may be a wooden
head but he never lacks for
ft wise crack that’ll set you
howling. Songs by Bobby
•oxer Anita Gordon.
MR.
TUES.,
9130 PM
For a laugh filled haff
hour, let’s drop in on the
big-mouthed little braggart
with the heart of gold and
hear what he’s up to.
LIFE OF
RILEY
DISTRICT
ATTORNEY
SAT,8 PM
Everyday events of an
average household become*
screamingly funny with
movie star Wm. Bendix
ABBOTT &
COSTELLO
THURS.,
10 PM
Here is Lou
loud half of
ous comedy
Costello, the
this uproari
team. Petite
Connie Haines relieves the
situation with song.
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