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PAGE EIGHT
Christmas gifts were wrapped for
children in Japanese relocation
centers at the Y. W. C. A. meeting
monday.
Rev. Wilmer Shelly, pastor of the
Mennonite church at Topeka, Indiana
spoke to the Gospel Teams and the
International Relations club 1 hurs
day night. As a representative of
the Mennonite Central Committee,
re
Bluffton College Notes
Bluffton High
By Joan Clark and Richard Minck
G. R. held a meeting Wednesday
evening at 7:30. A short business
meeting was held to discuss the
project of selling metal sponges and
caps with school colors.
Josephine Steiner then spoke of
her experiences overseas. After this
Rev. Shelly w’orked with C.
units in Puerto Rico.
School Notes
Merry
Christmas
Everybody!
Best Wishes To Our
Customers
QRATFFUL for the good
ourselves have enjoyed,
preciation of the loyalty
friends and customers w
to you our best wishes foi
Merry Christmas.
The Bluffton Cement
P. s.
the
in
night.
Annual Christmas banquet
dining hall will be Thursday
The toastmaster
Stauffer. Professor Lantz will lead
the group in some Christmas carols
after which a talk on “Christmas”
will be given by Dr. Ramseyer.
Elizabeth Brand w’ill sing a solo.
will be Stanley
sroup singing was enjoyed followed
by devotions.
The individual Junior and Senior
pictures arrived Monday.
G. A. A. played Triplett Girls In
basketball Monday evening at 7:30.
will we
In ap
iof our
extend
U very
Ben Amstutz & Son,
Candles!
more
ItfAKE Christina.
with the
let the real
shine down
This is our
and yours.
cheerful
candles—
soft glow7 of
spirit
upon you and yours.
Yuletide wish for you
of the occasion
you
For your generous patronage in the
past, please accept our thanks.
FARM'
Bureau
S. Main St, Phone 377-W Bluffton, Ohio
Quarters of five and ten minutes
each were played at that time. The
Triplett Girls were the champions.
There was a short Hi-Y meeting
Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the
clubroom. Devotions were read by
Paul Steiner.
There were 114 magazine subscrip
tions sold by the club.
An opinion
Several of
Should labor
Was the use
against Japan
country draft all eighteen year old
boys for
ing, and
realistic
gotten
poll was also taken,
the questions were:
unions be abolished
of the atoomic bomb
justified? Should the
one year of military train
Are the four Freedoms un
and should they be for-
Pirate Seconds Win
Over Ada, 27-23
After leading at one time 15 to 4
Bluffton High reserves were not dis
heartened when Ada seconds rallied
to tally 15 points while they were
getting none, and the Pirate under
studies finally turned the tide
their favor again and w’ent on
win by a score of 27 to 23.
in
to
to
The Pirate reserves held a 13
4 first quarter advantage, then the
attack bogged down after they
worked the county to 15 to 4, and
Ada had
halftime.
i
r'
tied the score at 15-all at
opening minutes of the last
visitors ran up a 19 to 15
In the
half the
advantage, but Bluffton came back
strong to lead at the end of the
third period 22 to 21, and then went
on to victory.
Kirtland and Sommers each tal
lied six points for the winners,
Pogue had five Bracy three,
Ray Wilch, Stonehill and Moore
each.
Appearing in
preceding an
and
two
College Five Loses
To Northern, 47-33
their final contest
extended Christmas
holiday layoff, Bluffton college eag
ers w’ent down to defeat before Ohio
Northern university, by a score of
47 to 33, last Wednesday night on
the Beavers’ court.
Bluffton started slowly in the con
test, and before the home team’s
offensive maneuvers got into high
gear the Bears had virtually as
sured themselves of victory. The
Beavers were trailing, 17 to 36, be
fore they really got under way.
Shelly with 11 points was high
for Bluffton in the contest, and
Klassen took second honors for the
Beavers with nine.
Scoring honors of the evening,
however, went to Huston and Good,
of the visitors, who tallied 15 and
10 points respectively.
Bluffton’s next cage start will not
be until January 9 when the Beav
ers tangle with the Alumni
college gymnasium.
in the
APPRECIATED
wish to thank my friends,
different organizations for
also
the
the
cards, letters, flowers and other gifts
which I received during my illness
this past summer and fall. They
w’ere lovely and greatly appreciated.
I wish all of you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
Mrs. Ray Marshall
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Bluffton High eagers racked up
their third victory in four starts
last Friday night with a 37 to 26
win over Ada on the local court.
Except for a space of about one
minute early in the first quarter
when Ada held a 5 to 4 advantage,
the Pirates led all the way, with
their greatest show of offensive
strength in the initial stanza when
they tallied 12 points and their best
defensive stand coming in the last
quarter when the visitors made but
four points.
The Burckymen held a 12 to 9
first quarter
halftime, 18
quarter they
29 to 22.
Bluffton High Cagers Score Third
37-26 Win Over Ada
Victory With
advantage, and led at
to 14. In the third
stretched their lead to
at any previous time
More than
this year the Pirates showed well
balanced offensive power, w’ith five
members of the team vying for scor
ing honors.
LaFayette
The W. S. C. S. of the Liberty
Chapel church met at the home of
for an all day
Mrs. Dorothy Hall
meeting Thursday,
were: Mrs. Evelyn
Beatrice Rumbaugh,
Stoodt, Mrs. Grace Hall, Mrs. Thelma
Stoodt, Mrs. Mabel Grady, Mrs. Lu
cille Baker, Mrs. Lucille Kunkleman,
Mrs. Mary Boyd, Mrs. Cecil Binkley,
Mrs. Gertrude Long, Mrs. Freda Der
ringer, Mrs. Mary Derringer, Mrs.
Stella Bowers, Mrs. Edna Bowsers,
Mrs. Pearl Arnold, Mrs. Ruth Stoodt,
Mrs. Frieda Arthur and the hostess.
Those present
Weaver, Mrs.
Mrs. Boneta
The King’s Daughters of the Con
gregational-Christian church met at
the home of Mrs. Pearl Klingler,
Thursday. A basket dinner was serv
ed at noon. Mrs. Rose Stevenson,
Mrs.Estella Hall, Mrs. Vonna Cross
and Mrs. Helen Binkley of Lima Mrs.
Ella Watt, Mrs. Ura Watt, Mrs.
Bertha Thayer, Mrs. Zella Hawk,
Mrs. Carrie Lentz, Mrs. Blanche Ev
ersole, Mrs. Verna Rollett, Mrs. Opal
Binkley, Mrs. Ola Eversole, Mrs. Pearl
Williams, Mrs. Jossie Williams, Mrs.
Lola Long, Mrs. Ross Hefner, Mrs.
Nellie Kline, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Helen
Thayer, Mrs. Etta Skinner, Mrs. Til
lie Ackerman, Mrs. Esther McCague,
Mrs. Cora Ellis and the hostess were
present.
The Keystone and Sempre Fidelis
classes of the Methodist church met
at the home of Mrs. Arthur, with Mrs.
Brackney assisting for their Christ
mas meeting. Attending w’ere: Mrs.
Fannie Bergman, Mrs. Hilda Bader
tscher, Mrs. Edith Downing, Mrs.
Blanche Heiser, Mrs. Cadde Coggins,
Miss Georgia Fackler, Mrs. Inez May,
Mrs. Bessie Slone, Mrs. Lillian Plate,
Mrs. Mildred Carey, Mrs. Jennie Fett,
Mrs. Helen Cayton, Mrs. Ivaleen Ur
ich, Mrs. Bertha Ransbottom, Mrs.
Irene Stump and the hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hall, Mrs. Grace
Vorhees spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. D. P. Hall and family.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Weber and Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Altenbach and son Gary
all of Lima were Sunday dinner
guests of the Blake Guthrie family.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle McCluer and
family of Harding highway were Sun
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ack
erman.
Lee and Althaus each scored eight
points in the tilt, Hilty
and Moser and Basinger
ped in with six.
had seven,
each chip-
field goals
Bluffton racked up 15
in the contest, and the visitors
but nine.
Bluffton
Moser
Althaus
Hilty
Howe
Lee
Basinger
Klay
Smucker
Sommer
Hartman
Stonehill
Lew’is
Reagan
Totals
Ada
got
3
3
3
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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9
East Orange
Misses Martha and Esther Mar
quet called on Mr. and Mrs. Will
Stages one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlen Gallant of
near Findlay were dinner guests last
Wednesday of Mr. and Mrs. B. J.
Boutwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Rayon Boutwell and
children Lynn Ray and Lonnie Sue
and Retha Van Atta were Sunday
WE
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.) B. J.
Boutwell and Byron Leo.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Heldman
last Wednesday in the Kermit
home.
Ethel Mathewson, Pearl Criblez
and Alma Nonnamaker spent last
Wednesday evening with Emma
Boutw’ell.
The women of the-* Riley Creek
Baptist church will meet with Mrs.
Virgil Criblof on Wednesday Dec. 15
for an all day sew’ing. The sewing
will be for Miss Norma Jones who
will soon leave as a missionary.
Mrs. Grace Warren spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Warren and
would like to pause
extend our sincere s
you for the patronage
with during the past ye
Christmas in the good
way.
jvierry
Christmas
THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1945
children Stephen and Lois Kay.
Mrs. Kermit Boehm who has been
ill w’ith rheumatic fever for the past
three months is able to sit up a few
minutes now.
The midweek prayer
be held in the home of
lant and Mr. and Mrs.
merman on Wednesday
^Steiner
Brush man”
lor a moment or two to
pod wishes and thank
pu have entrusted us
ir May you enjoy
•Id fashioned American
the PRINCE of PEACE
Bethlehem, to the faithful, became the shining
must for all time symbolize peace and good
'ho first saw it 1945 years ago have their coun-
rpHE Star
light wh
will. hose
terparts in e&ch of us—who look ahead with full faith in the
enjoyment oi happiness and security for all people of all
lands. The
rich in wis
'abe born in the manger grew to speak words
n which can still guide us in living the good
rededicate ourselves tins Christmas to keeping
spirit of the day alive—for all time.
IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE
TO SAY TO YOU
nuti
service will
James Gal
Orren Zim
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Boutw’ell and
Byron Leo spent Tuesday evening in
the C. M. Heldman home.
Children's Books
Books for a child should be select
ed to fit his present state of develop
ment, which may or may not co
incide with his age in years.