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ALLEN COUNTY
Canal Thru Delphos
May Be Closed
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Possibility that a portion of the
Miami & Erie canal, which runs
thru the heart of Delphos, may be
closed, was announced by the Del
phos Planning board. The proposed
move, under consideration for some
time, would include a large sewer
thru a portion of the business
district.
Backers of the movement point
out that such measures would pro
vide attractive parking space in the
heart of Delphos as the canal is
only a half block west of Main
street. The project, which would
also eliminate a railroad bridge, was
considered favorable by the railroads.
The action is to be discussed in an
open meeting of the Chamber ot
Commerce in the near future. Pos
sibility of such a move several times
in the past was left without action.
$4,000 Fire At Lima
Fire caused $4,000 damage to the
Erie Railroad Depot at Lima. Most
of the damage was to the ticket of
fice and waiting room.
Blind Man Takes Over
Delphos Mayor Job
Carl Eiche, blind since 1910 when
he was hit in the eye with a stone,
was sworn in as mayor of Delphos.
Eiche, 42, will be the youngest
mayor in the city’s history. He held
a council seat for the last eight
years.
Eiche overcame his physical handi
cap by entering the State School for
the Blind at Columbus, where he
studied 10 years. Since 1943, he has
worked on an assembly line in a
Lima factory.
Eiche’s wife, Mary, also is blind.
They have two daughters, Shirley
and Marilyn.
Solon Plans Ohio Talks
Representative Short, Republican,
Missouri, soon to go on tour for the
Republican Party, has scheduled two
speeches in Ohio during February—
at Lima on the 11th, and Findlay on
the 19th.
Name Destroyer For
Lafayette Hero
The Destroyer USS Leonard F.
Mason, named in honor of a marine
hero from Lafayette, who braved
death to knock out a Jap machine
gun nest on Guam, was launched at
Fore River.
Mrs. Hillery Mason, mother of the
Congressional Medal of Honor win
ner, sponsored the ship. Among the
spectators were Larry E. Mason,
young son of the hero.
Paint Odor
To remove the odur of paint from
a freshly painted Roopt. place a
slice of onion in a bowl of cold wa
ter and leave in room overnight.
PAGE STX THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
HANCOCK COUNTY
Checker Title Regained
By Former Champ
Joseph L. Wilson, Akron, is Ohio’s
checker champion again. He held
the state title in 1935-36-37.
Wilson, who says he learned the
game in a country store 40 years
ago, rewon the title by defeating
Merton Smith, Willoughby, in the
finals of a tournament sponsored at
Findlay by the State Checker As
sociation. He won 14 games, lost
two, drew nine.
The defending titlist, Gene Zuber
of Wharton, formerly of Bluffton,
lost out earlier in the play.
Zuber won the state crown five
years ago in the last tournament
held by the state checker association
until this year. His defeat assured
him of sixth place in the final stand
ing.
To cop the championship, Wilson
defeated Smith twice, Cecil Searfoss
of Findlay, J. A. Diller of Bluffton,
defending chompion Gene Zuber of
Wharton, Claude Hile of Carey and
Herman E. Mishler of Canton, the
youngest competitor at 31 in the
original field of 20 starters.
Riley Creek Church
Calls New Pastor
At a meeting of the official board
of the Riley Creek Baptist church
in Orange township, Rev. W. H.
Turner was unanimously called to
the church pastorate. Rev. Turner
has been engaged in missionary work
at Rhinelander, Wis. He has
preached several Sundays in the
Riley Creek church.
Rev. and Mrs. Turner and small
daughter will move^to Orange town
ship soon and will occupy the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ream who
expect to move to Bluffton.
Elections at the reorganization
meeting of the Riley Creek Sunday
school last Sunday resulted as fol
lows: Orren Zimmerman, superin
tendent Carl Gallant, assistant sup
erintendent Donald Cribley, secre
tary Leland Nonnamaker, assistant
secretary John Boutw’ell, treasurer
Dorothy Jean, pianist Mrs. Helen
Messenger, assistant pianist J. A.
Gallant, chorister Mrs. Helen Mes
senger, assistant chorister Gene
vieve Stewart, librarian Mrs. Carl
Gallant, cradle roll.
Findlay Post Office
Has Biggest Year
The Fifidlay post office has just
completed the biggest year in its
history, with receipts gaining 10,
3Q3.45 or four per cent over last
year’s receipts, Postmaster W. T.
Ault said.
Receipts for 1945 were $261,795.05
and for 1944, which had set the
previous high mark, receipts totaled
$251,401.60. While the gain for the
first half was some $20,000, a loss
suffered during the last quarter cut
the year’s gain in half.
MEN WANTED
Get in Line for a Steady Post-War Job
EXPERIENCE UNNECESSARY
Because of PLANT EXPANSION now almost completed we
are now hiring men to learn the following trades:
Tire Building
Tire Curing
Mill Mixing
Calendering
Other Rubber Manufacturing
Immediate Employment
For Up to 75 Men
Apply at the employment department at factory entrance.
Cooper Corporation
K Findlay, Ohio
Findlay Store Robbed
Burglars broke open the safe in
the Kate Auto Store at Findlay and
escaped with $500, police reported.
They said the Duffield Motor Sales
and Nash Motor Sales Co. garage
also were entered.
Wild War Vet At Hos
pital Blames Bottle
The recently discharged Detroit
war veteran who ran amuck at
Findlay hospital and climaxed his
antics by diving head first from a
second story window, was released
from city jail.
After apologizing for his conduct
and actions in rushing into the hos
pital and creating a disturbance by
shouting the “Japs are coming,” the
one-time tank driver in the ETO
went on his way, apparently none
the worse for his two story dive ex
cept for a minor scratch on the
face.
He blamed his “wild performance”
on the contents of a bottle of whis
key. He said he hadn’t been home
for four years, and thought he
would celebrate on the way from
Camp Atterbury, Ind., to the Motor
City. He got to Findlay he said,
when the power or kick in that bot
tle dealt him a blow that converted
him from a mild-mannered person
into an old meany with a lot of
pent-up energy eager to be cut loose.
His running into the room of a
patient on the second floor and kick
ing out the window from which he
made his leap, so startled the pa
tient that she demanded to be re
moved to her home, away from “this
asylum.” Within an hour the pa
tient was back, in the quiet of her
own home.
HARDIN COUNTY
Divorced Pair Leave 9
Children To County
Marion County juvenile authorities
had in their laps nine children of
Elmer Van Buskirk, 40, and Pauline
Van Buskirk, 34, who were divorced
in Hardin County.
The children, ranging in age from
nine months to 16 years, were brought
to Marion by the Hardin County sher
iff, since the Van Buskirk home is in
this county. Authorities said that un
less other arrangements are found,
the children will be placed in the
children’s home.
Will Teach Soldiers
Dr. W. E. Binkley, political scien
tist, Ohio Northern university, sta
tioned at Birritz American univer
sity in France, was chosen with three
other American professors for panel
discussions and open forum for U.S.
servicemen of the army occupation in
Germany.
Lausche To Speak
Opening a six week midwinter in
stitute in the First Methodist Church
at Ada, Jan. 16, Gov. Frank J.
Lausche will speak on “Reverence for
the Law.” Other speakers will include
Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, New York,
and Norman Thomas, Socialist leader.
Students Housed In
Trailers At O. N. U.
Providing a solution to the housing
problem for war veterans attending
Ohio Northern University, Ada, 50
trailers dot the university campus.
Trailers are located on the lawn of
the Presser Music Bldg.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Name New Sealer For
Putnam County
Appointment of Ellsworth Conn,
veteran of World War II, to the
post of deputy sealer of weights and
measures and appraiser in his office
was announced by Putnam county
Auditor Harry Corkwell.
The Ottawa veteran who was dis
charged Nov. 26 from the army has
begun his duties. He served 39
months in the army with 18 months
of that time spent in the South Pa
cific.
Before entering service, Conn was
an Ottawa barber. He also had bar
bered in Continental.
Fire Destroys Barn
North Of Bluffton
F^re of .undetermined origin de
stroyed a barn and adjoining shed
on the David Walthers farm at the
junction of the college road and
route 12, Sunday noon.
Estimate of the loss was not
made by Mr. Walthers who said the
structure and contents were partial
ly covered by insurance.
The blaze was discovered by a
step-son, Clifford Winkle, shortly be
fore noon. Walthers had gone to a
physician’s office at Bluffton about
10 o’clock that morning and re
turned to find the building in flames.
Winkle had succeeded in removing
a trailer and seed cleaner from the
burning building. There was no
livestock in the barn at the time.
Contents destroyed included from
350 to 400 bushels of corn, five tons
of hay, 25 bales of straw, a grain
drill, two plows, and other farm ma
chinery and tools.
The Pandora fire department was
called but was unable to prove ef
fective in battling the flames, due to
a lack of water.
Bridenbaugh Heads
Pandora School Board
Warren Bridenbaugh was reelect
ed president for the Riley township
board of education at a recent meet
ing.
Harry Sutter was elected vice
president. Other members of the
board are Clarence Schneck, Fred
Grismore and Mrs. Milford Haas.
Oliver Davidson is clerk-treasurer of
the board. The outgoing members
are Elam Sutter and George Shoe
maker.
The board meets the third Mon
day evening of each month.
Pandora
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyde Sagers of
Sand Lake Mich., are spending the
winter in Arizona. The Sagers used
to have a bakery in Pandora, and
later run a bakery in Lima before
going to Michigan to live. Mrs.
Sagers before her marriage was Miss
Maude Fromm of Pandora. Her
brother K. C. Fromm lives in Lima.
The older brother Dr. Guy Fromm
practised medicine in Cincinnati up
until his death a few years ago. Miss
Mary Grismore, daughter of the late
Henry Grismore prominent farmer,
miller and banker of Pandora, pro
ceeded her husband Dr. Fromm in
death both being buried in the old
Pandora cemetery. Their son Eugene
their only child, is a practising physi
cian in Cincinnati.
T. Sgt. Harold C. Zuercher, who has
been in the south Pacific area, has
returned to Pandora. He and Mrs.
Zuercher have gone to housekeeping
in the former William Alkire property
in north Pandora.
Oliver C. Davidson of Pandora will
draw plans and specifications for the
building of the Food Laboratories at
Ottawa. The company manufacturing
the food products comes from a south
ern state.
Richard Hilty, Charles Risser, Louis
D. Risser with U.S. Marines in the
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FURNACE AND ROOF
REPAIRING
SPOUTING AND SHEET
METAL WORK
ASPHALT SHINGLES—
ALL COLORS
COPPER FOR VALLEYS
J. A. Leatherman
Phone 152-W
Bluffton, Ohio.
Pacific, James Zuercher of troop 26,
Pandora, were recently advanced to
the Eagle rank in the Putnam county
Court of Honor in the Put-Han-Sew
area council. James G. Diller and
Mark Diller received Gold Palm
awards. Richard Hilty and James
Zuercher were given Merit Badges.
The Putnam county Infantile Para
lysis drive opens Jan. 14, under the
leadership of Rev. H. L. Mitchell pas
tor of the Pandora Missionary church.
Elmer Burry, of Pandora, is chairman
of this community the solicitation of
money being under the Giri Reserves.
There is considerable discussion as
to where the new municipal building
is to be built. Some think it would
be wise to place the telephone ex
change in the same building.
Miss Zoa Frantz who had been
visiting Mrs. R. A. Krohn and other
relatives here and at Ottawa return
ed to Rennselaer, Indiana last Friday.
William D. Steiner, E. M. 3/c who
was on the Destroyer Mitchell in the
Pacific thirty months is now stationed
at Cleveland. His bride the former
Grace Lewis of Leipsic, is a senior at
Bowling Green State University.
Grant J. Stainbrook aged seventy
seven, of Pandora, died at Lima Me
morial hospital last Wednesday morn
ing at six thirty o’clock. His wife
preceeded him in death Oct. 14, 1945.
One son Arlie Stainbrook, Gilboa, Mrs.
Sidney Agner and Mrs. Leonard Hart,
of Pandora, survive him. Funeral ser
vices were held a the Methodist
church Friday afternoon with the
pastor Rev. M. E. Ringenberg pre
siding, assisted y Rev. Paul E.
Fisher of Gilboa. Interment was
made in Gilboa cemetery.
The barn o n the Dan Walthers
farm northeast of Pandora three miles
and just directly north a short dis
tance, from where the old Linwood
school used to stand, burned Sunday
about 12:30 noon. The source of the
fire is undetermined.
Arthur Schumacher will be an at
tendant on a boat taking cattle to
Europe sent there by the Mennonite
churches of this community and of
Bluffton.
Miss Elizabeth Hilty was home
from Ft. Wayne Ind., several days
last week. She reports her sister,
Miss Minnie Hilty as continuing to
improve from her recent accident.
Mrs. Peter Hilty, Miss Margaret
Hilty, Mrs. Sam Bixel and Mrs. Clara
Light were recent callers on Miss
Minnie Hilty at Ft. Wayne
Miss Geraldine of Columbus was a
recent visitor at the home of her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sutter.
The Putnam county Methodist Mens
Chorus gave a very good concert at
the Methodist church here Sunday
evening. The brotherhood enjoyed a
covered dish supper in the church
basement before the program.
The P.-T. A. met at the school
building Wednesday evening. Honor
guests were members of the Board of
Education of Riley township. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Presi
dent of the board Warren Briden
baugh vice-president, Harry Sutter
with members of the board Mrs. Inez
Haas, Clarence Schneck and Fred
Grismore. Oliver C. Davidson, clerk
treasurer.
Mrs. Josephine Moses southeast of
Pandora, is spending several weeks in
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon F. King an­
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nounce the recent marriage of their
only daughter, Virginia, to Richard
G. Hermon of near MtCory The wedd
ing took place on December 29th.
Only attendants at the ceremony were
Marie Hermon, sister of the groom
and her fiance^ Ralph Waltz, also of
Mt.Cory. Mr. Hermon recently re
turned on 30 day leave after serving
twenty-two months with the Navy in
the Pacific. Mr. and Mrs.'Hermon are
residing with the groom’s parents for
the present. Mr. Hermon will report
back to Cleveland on January 12th,
after which Mrs. Hermon will con
tinue working at the office of the
Triplett Electrical Instrument Com
pany in Bluffton.
Annual Meeting
Notice
The annual meeting of the policy
holders of the Richland Township
Farmers Mutual Insurance Associa
tion, will be held in the council room
in the town hall at Bluffton, Ohio, on
Saturday, January 12, at 1:00 P. M.,
1946, for the purpose of electing
officers, and any other business that
would properly come before the meet
ing. All members are requested to
attend.
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