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THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1946
Bluffton Youth Is
Married In Iowa
Lysle Niswander, son of Mr. ana
Mrs. Edwin Niswander of near
Bluffton and Miss Leona Elizabeth
Schroer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Schroer of Gamer, Iowa, were
married in New Year’s day at 4:30
o’clock at the Peace Reformed church
in Garner, it was announced the first
of the week.
The bride’s sister, Mrs. V.* C. Op
permann and son Calvin Oppermann
and Miss Kathleen Niswander, sister
of the groom attended the wedding.
The bride was previously employed
in the plant of the Triplett company
here. The groom was recently dis
charged from Army tarvice.
The couple are expected to arrive
here the latter part of the week and
will reside in a house being built for
them on the farm of the groom’s
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Blufftoii, Ohio
parents north of Bluffton on the
county line.
Report to Clientele
Speaker From South
America At College
Robert Geigley, Bluffton college
alumnus recently returned from
Paraguay, South America, w’here he
was engaged in relief work in the
Mennonite colony will speak at the
vesper service in the College chapel,
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Geigley spent two years in the
colony which consists of refugees
from Russia. He will be accompanied
here by his wife, a native or
Argentina who is on her first visit
to this country.
Geigley’s vesper address together
with a varsity-alumni basketball
game on Saturday night have been
arranged as a mid-winter homecom
ing for former Bluffton college
students.
The Board of Directors of Investors Mutual, Inc., have
declared a quarterly dividend distribution from income of
14c per share payable pn January 21, 1946, to sharehold
ers of record as of December 31, 1945.
Precious 1945 dividends amounted to 10c per share for
the quarter ending ]|arch 31st 20c per Share for the
quarter ending June 120th, and 26c per slyire for the
quarter ending September 30th, totaling 70c for the cal
endar year 1945. Of this amount 43.2c was derived from
interest and dividend income less expense and 26.8c from
profits from sale of portfolio securities.
Earl E. Crabb, Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Investors Mutual, Ink, reported that the net asset value
of the fund totaled $78,008,445.78 as of December 15,
1945, with shares held by approximately 40,000 share
holders.
G. T. SOLDNER,
District Manager
Bluffton Flying Club
cordially invites you to attend their
meeting on Saturday, January 12 at
8:00 P. M. in the mayor’s office, Bluff
ton to^n hall,
Under the club plan you learn to fly
at a new low cost. Also have part
ownership in a plane that otherwise
you may not |)e able to afford.
This is an opportunity worth your
time to investigate. If you are unable
to attend this meeting, write
I9hf fieri, Hying Club
R. O. Box 2
—or—
Harry Moore, Route 2, Bluffton
He'sback home wilh^
jou? He's back home
with us. With America's
beneath his feet,
he's thrilled as never
before in his life—and,
snare we!."
We need his help to gain the full benefits of
the victory he fought to win. We need him
and he needs us. Together we’ll win the peace.
Paul Diller
FUNERAL HOME
'Phone 222-If' 'Muffton
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIERY. Business Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor
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Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Chas. Gazette is ill at his home on
North Main street.
All fall and winter hats at reduced
prices at Clark Hat shoppe.
Mr. and Mrs. Elza Stober of New
London spent Monday evening with
Mr and Mrs. M. E. Long
See me for general hauling. Cash
prices paid for poultry. Clayton
Harkness, Bluffton phone 166-Y. 38
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
Dewey Foreman has returned
from a visit in Paulding county dur
ing the holidays.
David Stearns has returned from
Alpena, Mich., where he spent the
holidays with his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs Tesla Stearns.
An unusual opportunity to get fall
and winter hats at reduced prices at
Clark Hat shoppe.
Mrs. G. W. Clever of South Main
street attended the funeral of a
great-aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Arras of
Jenera, Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Huber of near
New Stark have returned from a
week’s trip to Oklahoma where they
visited relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Steiner and son
James and Miss Martha Steiner spent
Sunday in Ft. Wayne visiting at the
home of Abe Steiner.
Mrs. Oswin Luginbuhl of Lima ac
companied by her son Donald recent
ly discharged from the Army visited
Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Stettler.
Mrs. Louis Deerhake of St. Marys
and her son Kermit who recently was
discharged from the Army visited the
past week with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Deerhake and Mrs. Bertha Matter and
Rolland Matter.
Miss Mary E. Stearns, senior in
Heidelberg college, Tiffin, returned
Monday to resume her studies after
spending the holiday vacation with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Stearns of Spring street.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kohli and
family of Oak Harbor, Mr and Mrs.
Horace Leigh of Mobile, Alabama,
and Harold Kohli visited their moth
er, Mrs Eva Kohli the past week.
Unusual values in fall and winter
hats while they last at Clark Hat
shoppe.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Honken and
sons David and James of Harmon
road have returned from visiting re
latives and friends in Lake Mills,
Iowa and Chicago over the holiday
season.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleon Henry and fam
ily of Covington spent Sunday even
ing with Mrs. Anna Gromann and
Morris and Margaret Groman of
South Jackson street.
Wm. Edwards of the Basinger fur
niture store is visiting the furniture
markets in Chicago and Grand Rapids,
Mich., this week buying new’ spring
stock for the store here.
Walter Greiner is convalescing at
his home north of Bluffton on the
Dixie highway following an operation
for removal of tonsils and adenoids
which he underwent at Bluffton hospi
tal last Friday.
Orville Badertscher of North Man
chester, Ind., visited Saturday at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Badertscher of South Lawn
avenue. He was accompanied home
by Mrs. Levi Hauenstein who is visit
ing at the Badertscher home in North
Manchester.
Miss Marion Pugh student at Heid
elberg college, Tiffin, has resumed
her studies at that place after spend
ing the holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pugh of Beaver
dam.
Mrs. Donald Stratton and family at
tended funeral services held for her
father, C. M. Winterhalter, 59, at Ce
cil, Ohio, Saturday morning, Mr. Win
terhalter died January 2 at St. Rita’s
hospital where he had been a medical
patient for the past month.
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Lahr of Har
mon road who have been visiting at
the home of their daughter Mrs.
Marie Stucki and family in Denver
have left for Mexico City where they
will spend three months with another
daughter, Mrs. Edith Moser and fam
ily-
Mrs. L. L. Huber of State College,
Pa., was a Monday evening supper
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Huber and daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huber and
their guest Mrs. L. L. Huber of State
College, Pa., were Tuesday dinner
guests of Prof, and Mrs. H. E. Huber
at Ada.
Diller ambulance removals: Mrs.
Sarah Amstutz from north of Beaver
dam to St. Rita’s hospital, Lima C.
D. Hilty from First Mennonite church
to his home on Spring street Mrs.
Margaret Crist from Rawson to Bluff
ton hospital Mrs. Boyd Clapper from
north of Ada to Bluffton hospital
Mrs. Claude Napier from Beaverdam
Ito St. Rita’s hospital, Lima Mrs. C.
iL. Byerly from home near Lafayette
Ito Bluffton hospital Ed Fett from
I Beaverdam to Bluffton hospital.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO
Special reduced prices on fall and
winter hats at Clark Hat shoppe.
Mrs. Olive Perkins of Lima former
ly Miss Olive Huber is a patient in
Lima Memirial hospital.
Missionary Speaker
At Bethel Church
Miss Mary M. Haas, returned mis
sionary from Nigeria, Africa, will
make two appearance Sunday in the
Bethel Church of Christ.
At 11 a. m. she will speak on her
experiences as a missionary worker,
and at 7:30 p. m. she will show
pictures of her work in Africa. Miss
Haas has been a missionary with
the Sudan Interior mission for 20
years.
Beulah Barnard
In Radio Program
Beulah Moser Bernard will be
heard over Radio Station WFIJf,
Findlay, at 11:45 a. m. Sunday in a
program of poems and vocal selec
tions she has composed. Poems will
include “Somebody Prayed Last
Night,” “My Plea, “Tears Upon My
Pillow,” and “My Lady.” Among
her vocal numbers will be “I’d Rath
er Have Jesus.”
No One Hurt In
Two-Car Mishap
Occupants of botl
jury last Friday
automobiles driven
of Rochester, Micl
Gossard, of Find
Main and Elm stre
the Fulks car was
Settlement
Mr. and Mrs. Haydn Steiner are
expecting to discontinue farming and
will move to Toledo this spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamid Schumacher
are to operate the Steiner farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Reichenbach
and family were Sunday dinner
guests in the home.of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Probst and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Kohli and
son, Eugene and Marcele Reichen
bach were Sunday dinner guests in
the home of Mrs. Mary Miller and
family.
Fire of undetermined origin com
pletely destroyed tin barn and all its
contents on the farm of Dan Walth
ers Sunday forenoon.
Sgt. Rolland Reichenbach who is
stationed at Camp Atterbury is
spending a ten-day furlough with
his home folks.
Eugene Kohli accompanied Omer
Gratz to Pittsburgh Tuesday morn
ing.
Officers elected at the Grace
church annual congregational busi
ness meeting were: Deacon, Gilbert
Suter Trustee, C. A. Basinger
members of church council, Mrs. L.
G. Steiner and Mrs. N. N. Soldner
educational committee, Mrs. Hiram
Schutzand Mrs. Nelson Diller or
ganist, Eulalia Steiner clerk, Raj’
Hilty music committee, Mrs. Lyle
Crow social committee, Mrs. Eldon
Hilty flower committee, Mrs. Alice
Hilty nominating committee, Mrs.
Grover Geiger and Mrs. Elmer Bur
ry auditing committee, Chris Loch
er English correspondent, Mrs. Sid
ney Steiner German correspondent,
Alfred Brauen ushers, Vernon Bu
cher, Russell Welty, Vernon Suter
and Nelson Diller.
Howard Welty has recently purch
ased a new Dodge truck.
Rev. J. H. Woodward of Orange
City, Iowa, conducted special serv
ices at the Missionary church in
Pandora from Thursday until Sun
day night.
Francis Geiger has assumed the
milk route which his father con
ducted for many years.
Our balmy days at present stand
out in sharp contrast to what we
experienced last winter at this time.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gleason and
family were Sunday evening callers
at the Homer Luginbuhl home in
Lima.
Aid Society will meet Thursday
afternoon at the home of Donna
Barpes.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen
spent Sunday afternoon at the home
of Mac Andrews.
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Herr and son
■were callers at the Oscar Zimmer
man homes Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman
called at the Herr home on Sunday.
Where Our Service
Men Are
Francis Kohli S 1/c
U. S. S. L. C. (FF) 484
LCS Flot. One St. Off.
c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif.
Notice
Any man or woman in Bluffton or
vicinity who would be willing to
serve as substitute teacher in either
the High School or Grade School
please contact me.
Ralph S. Lanham
Supt. of Schools, Bluffton
Clubi, tfpdgeA
and Societies
Friendship Circle
Friendship Circle of the First
Mennonite church will meet at the
home of Mrs Melvena Whisler Mon
day night at 7:30 o’clock. Miss
Mary Haas returned missionary
from Africa will be guest speaker.
Poinsettia Club
Mrs. John Biome will entertain
the Poinsettia club this W’ednesday
night. The program is in charge of
Miss Sylvia Biederman and members
will answer to roll call witTi a New
Year’s resolution.
Alice Freeman Club
The Alice Freeman club will enter
tain at a banquet meeting husbands
and guests of members this Wednes
day night. Hostesses are Mrs. C. F.
Niswander, Mrs. H. W. Althaus and
Mrs. Cyrus Schumacher.
Travel Class
Meeting of the Travel class was
held at the home of Mrs. E. W.
Basinger, Wednesday afternoon.
Numbers on the program were:
China Rediviva, Mrs. V. C. Opper
mann China can Also Help Us, Mrs.
Ralph Lanham.
Coming Marriage
Announcement has been made oi
the coming marriage of Miss
Susanna E. Lugibihl, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Lugibihl
to Francis J. Luginbuhl, son of Mrs.
Mary Luginbuhl.
The bride-elect recently returnea
from California and Mr. Luginbuhl
has returned home after four and
one-half years of Army service,
eighteen months of which were in
the South Pacific area.
Date for the wedding has not been
announced.
Profit and Pleasure Club
The Profit and Pleasure club will
meet with Mrs. Orrin Cupp next
Wednesday afternoon. Numbers on
the program are: Introduction to
India, Mrs. Glen Mayberry Voice
less India, Mrs. Walter Marshall.
Methodist Women’s Society
The Methodist Women’s society of
Christian service will meet at th?
home of Mrs. Forest Harmon, Thurs
day night at 8:30 o’clock. Assistant
hostesses are Mrs. Gerald Berry,
Mrs. Charles Steiner and Mrs.
Harold Beals. Devotions will be fn
charge of Mrs. Berry and Mrs. Beals
will be program leader.
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Masonic Lodge
Meeting of the Bluffton Masonic
lodge next Monday with work in
F. C. degree. Ralph Stearns, Sec.
Richland Community Circle
Richland Community circle will
meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Clara Augsburger. The program
follows:
Song Devotionals roll call, poem
Topics: Home Freezing Units Do’s
and Don’ts for Home Canners A
Prayer for Simple Things From
Daddy’s Diary Contest Seng
Benediction.
Eastern Star District Meeting
A delegation from Bluffton Eastern
Star chapter will attend the annual
meeting of district No. 8 to be held
in Delphos Thursday. Some 400
members from 16 chapters of Pauld
ing, Allen, Putnam and Van Wert
counties are expected to attend.
Mrs. A. T. Worthington of Bluff
ton, district president, will presiae
at the morning session opening at
9:30 o’clock.
In the afternoon the exemplifica
tion of ritualistic work will be given
by Van Wert chapter under direction
of the deputy grand matron or
district No. 8 with Mrs. Edith
Conger of Dayton, worthy grand
matron of Ohio presiding over the
school of instruction.
Mary Sypos Is Red
Cross Aide' In Pacific
Miss Mary E. Sypos, former di
rector of religious education in
Bluffton public schools, has arrived
in the Pacific ocean area to serve
the armed forces as an American
Red Cross staff aide.
Miss Sypos is a graduate of Far
rell High school, Farrell, Pa., and
Taylor university, Upland, Indiana.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank the many friends
who so thoughtfully remembered me
with flowers, get-well and Christmas
cards received during my recent ill
ness and for visitors and callers.
Mrs. Jacob Schnegg
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to all our kind neighbors ana
friends for their thoughtfulness and
assistance during the long illness
and death of our sister, Sarah
Beery, also to Rev. Esau, the sing
ers, to the women of the Ebenezer
church and to those sending flowers.
Farm Short Course
To Organize Monday
A short agricultural course open U’
all interested farmers and fanti fioys
will be started at 7:30 ip. na. neatt
Monday in the Bluffton High School
agricultural room.
Subjects for the course will be cho
sen at the opening session of the 10
weeks series, it was announced by
Harry F. Barnes, high school agricul
tural instructor, who is in charge.
Tentative subjects include dairy
production, pork, poultry, farm man
agement or soil conservation.
WANT-ADS
DeLuxe modtl coal and wood
range. Gcrmblp dealer.
Wanted—To buy or rent small mo
dern house or apartment. Mrs. Wood
row Little, phone 350-R. Call after
6 p. m. 39
Worm your chickens the easy way.
Put Ovu-Mix in the feed. Get it at
Jorg hatcherjr. tf
Card tablef. Gamble dealer.
Wanted—Vfhy worry about ath
lete’s foot, boils, burns, eczema, itch,
pimples, poilon-ivy, psoriasis, ring
worm or any known skin disease. Ask
about V-J-O. Sidney’s
tiemen.
strument
For sale
beauty and
David Beery
Mrs. Susan Good
John Beery
drug shop, tf
the county’s
business. One
Act now—tTo secure
most profitable small
man can operate. Write F. V. Jami
son, e. pouglas St.
111.
Free—I hpve some st
that would make exce
Will give free for cuttir
away. Howard Mos
north of A4a.
anding timber
ig and hauling
er, 4 miles
Seat covers. BlufTt
on Implement
& Harness Co.
For sale—Potatoes. Clarence
Steiner, Bluffton phone. tf
For sale--—New Zealand white rab
bits for breeding also take orders
for dressed rabbits. Cal Luginbuhl,
Bluffton phone. tf
For salq—The Oberly residence,
corner College and Jackson Sts. In
quire of Mrs. J. J. Reiss, 4 Hanford
St., Colunjbus, Ohio. tf
For salq—Ke’” rubber tire farm
wagon made by Gramm also new met
al Dickel mpn corn cribs and brooder
houses. Inquire Sinclair Service Sta
tion, Beaverdam. 38
For sale4—100 acre farm with com
plete set of farm buildings, near
Bluffton. Call Mrs. H. W. Althaus,
Bluffton pljone 238-W. F. Garretson,
broker.
Four-drawer unfinished chests.
Gamble dealer.
Lost—Blue tick hound. Call Bluff-
30-Y.
—Shepherd-collie
I. Call Bluffton
ton phone
For sah
months ol
580-W.
■Rooms, heated, for gen
ie Triplett Electrical In
o., personnel department.
-Stark fruit trees for food,
shade. L. A. Oberly,
ing, voicing a,nd regulat-
Wanted-
Piano tui
Hahn, 448 W. Elm St. 41
-Garage at 218 N. Main
rnos Moser.
hauling—Dirt removed
lent. Allen 151
ing. Lestei
For rent
St. Mrs. A
Free o
from baser
Riley St.
Automobi
lotment jus
|e batteritd. January al
received. Gamble dealer.
Wanted—Ipo do beef butchering on
your farm, Iffaymond Moser, Bluffton
phone. 5^1 miles south of Bluffton
on Bentley road.
For sale—Potatoes at all times. J.
C. Deppler 4 Son.
For sale—IJulless popcorn. John H.
Klingler, 3 rrfiles south of town.
Avon’s Janpary sale until Jan. 19:
Astringent, s|pn freshener, cleansing
cream, liquid spots out. Regular
price 89c. Now on sale for only 69c
plus tax. Mrs, Fred Hahn. 39
For sale—Kplamazoo coal and wood
kitchen range. Herrman Hilty, Bluff
ton phone 629-Y.
For sale—Oldsmobile 1939 5-pas
senger coupe, in good condition, with
radio and header. Morris Amstut^,
first house wast of Liberty chapel
church.
For sale—Mqtal trunk, reed baby
buggy, screen dpor, nursery chair and
high chair, porih box, Chevrolet air
horns. Call Bluffton phone 472-Y.
For sale—Play pen $2.50. Inquire
353 S. Main St. Bluffton phone 381
W.
For sale—Australian hulless pop
corn. Dillon Fisher, 1 mile north of
Benton Ridge on Route 69. 40
Wanted—Woman to keep house for
family of two adults. John Ross,
Beaverdam.
Eversharp skyline pen and pencil
sets, limited supply. Gamble dealer.
For sale—Parlor furnace, excellent
condition. Montgomery-Ward* make.
T. R. Shindeldeckqr, mile south of
Pleasant Hill churtch on Pewee road.
Wanted—To reqt house or apart
ment in Bluffton, flyde Klingler, Jr.,
Bluffton phone 547-W.
For sale—Sorghum molasses bring
own container. Arthur Pugh, Beaver
dam phone 541.
For sale—1936 Chevrolet sedan in
good condition. Inquire 222 N. Lawn
Ave., or call Bluffton phone 231-T
after 5:30 p. m.
For sale—150 White Rock pullets
3^ months old, $1J25 each. John Me
Vetta, Bluffton Rt, 1. On Route 69
one mile north of gt. 30-North.
For rent—Room for working gen
tleman only. Inquire 209 S. Jacksoh
St.
For sale—Motorola
,378-T after 5 p. mf’*
IT Call
PAGE FIVE
Prayer Services In
Churches This Week
I^ivn prayer sendees are being
helfi this week in Bluffton churches
under auspices of the ^Bluffton
Ministerial association. Meetings
being held at 7:30 p. m. .nightly will
close Friday.
Schedule of remaining meetings is:
Wednesday—Presbyterian church,
G. T. Soldner, speaker.
Thursday—Defenseless Mennonite
church, F. J. Batterson, speaker.
Friday—First Mennonite church,
V. H. Allman, speaker.
Bluffton Navy Man
Announces Marriage
Donald Nusbaum, chief gunner’s
mate aboard the battleship Iowa was
married to Norma Emmet of Ports
mouth, Ohio, November 27, according
to word received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Nusbaum residing
east of Bluffton. The wedding took
place at Portsmouth.
Oyer Trio To Be On
Radio Friday Night
accompanied by
ivill be heard in
am broadcast FrL
o’clock from I
WLOK. Members of the trio
Mrs. Ethelyn Rice and Misses A
and Lois Oyer.
Watch
for the new, nationally
known
fir# tender
Stoker
On display after February
15 at our sheet metal shop
J. A. Leatherman
Phone 152-W
Bluffton, Ohio
Outgrown?
JUST as a healthy boy
needs larger clothes to
property fit him, so does
thriving real estate require
more insurance protection
to me?t the increase in
value.
OEFORE you have a loss.
°ask|this Hartford
agency to make sure you
have adequate insurance.
No obligation.
lutzi Insurance Agency
Phone: 29S-W
113
¥2
S. Main Street
Bluffton
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