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THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1946
An experiment is being made on
REA lines in Arkansas to find if it
is practical to use power wires to
carry telephone conversations. The
system known as carrier telephone,
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4 phone cat!'—
will start something
That is, if you phone us for that handy truck
pickup service to market your
Cream, Eggs and Poultry
It’s mighty handy—especially in bad weather—
our truck drivers are mighty accommodation and
you’ll wonder how you ever did withouj,l?7
Phone us now—we’ll do the^^r—and that in
cludes sending you a check fop«5p market price.
The K & Produce Co.
Robert Murray—( harles Kinsinger
Next to Town Hall Bluffton phone 492-W
Notice
Sealed bids will be
the Reuhen Augsburger
2’4 miles north of Beav
Leave bids at Citize
ton, Ohio, until Saturdaj
o’clock noon.
Farm open to ii
parties. Contact Mrs. V
The right is reser
bids.
Follow This Easy Plan
The secret of making 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 Hubbard Sunshine concentrated mash
with your grain, mixed accoiyiing to our formulas
means life, growth, health and high production.
The Bluffton Milling Co.
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In spring a young man’s fancy—
you know the rest and a lot of
other folks’ fancies turned to thoughts
of spring the first of the week when
the mercury went to a top mark of
65 degrees ... all of which doesn’t
mean that spring is here—which re
minds us that Hoss Tradin’ David
Harum once said the only thing cer
tain about luck is that it is sure to
change—and that goes for the
weather some cynics opined that
“we would pay for this later” but the
general attitude was to enjoy what is
here today and worry about tomorrow
when it comes. anyway it looked
like spring—felt like spring and prov
ed an elixir to flagging spirits re
covering from the post-holiday sea
son letdown and this together
with a new sugar stamp and end of
tire rationing pepped up morale
all of which is not to say that tires
are plentiful—fact is that motorists
will find them as scarce as batteries—
or butter—or bacon and the David
Walthers north of town who lost a
barn by firt* Sunday morning was
Danny Walthers of muskmelon fame
which a lot of his friends here will
regret and army and navy uni
forms plentiful as ex-service men
gather in restaurants and recreation
spots swapping yarns from the far
corners of the world.
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Because of the present demand for
used farm machinery which far ex
ceeds the supply, the practise widely
followed at public sales has been to
put in a hat the names of all pros
pective purchasers willing to pay ceil
ing price for a given piece of machin
ery and then make the selection by
lot—having a disinterested party
draw one name from the hat which
would determine the purchaser. How
ever, in order to increase his chances,
a prospective purchaser often had
friends not actually interested in buy
ing the equipment also put their
names into the hat with the under
standing of a re-sale in event any of
them was lucky. However it doesn’t
work that way in Iowa, says Alvin
Honken of the Triplett company, who
returned recently from a visit with
relatives in that state. There, every
farmer who puts his name into the
hat is assessed a contribution of $2
for the Red Cross—which confines the
lottery pretty much to prospective
bona-fide purchasers.
Hancock county officials and a Find
lay newspaper were busy the first of
the week trying to unscramble an
omlette of mistaken identity. Thru
an error in the sheriff’s office the
name of Harold Montgomery, Bluffton
registrar of motor vehicles appeared
as booked on a charge of driving
while under influence of intoxicating
liquor and later pleaded guilty and
paid a $100 fine. The error came to
light when the'item appeared in Mon
day’s edition of a Findlay newspaper.
A checkup by Montgomery revealed
that the motorist arrested was Wel
don Luginbuhl and the arresting offi
cer mistakenly read the name from
the driver’s license—but he read the
wrong name. Montgomery’s name ap
peared there as the deputy registrar,
the official who had issued the license
and not the one whom the license was
issued.
On the first page of New York
city’s current edition of the Sunday
News, a tabloid picture newspaper ap
pears a large photo of Clark “Pop”
Bolster, 70, and his war-veteran son
Leonard, 36, who with the latter’s 26
year old wife Effie are driving a cov
ered wagon from Leadville, Colorado
to Berne, New York. The covered
wagon drawn by two horses with two
more hitched on behind attracted
much attention when it went thru
Bluffton eastbound one Saturday af
ternoon about a month ago.
One of the few remaining oil-pro
ducing areas in Ohio is in the vicinity
of Rising Sun in Wood county where
Calvin Schaeublin, former Bluffton
man is employed by an oil well sup
ply concern. He has been identified
with the oil business for the past 34
years, starting here in 1912 and lo
cating in Rising Sun two years later.
Schaeublin who visited here during
the holidays says that some wells in
that area have been pumped for 50
years.
How it got here no one knows, but
an object shining in the grass which
George Combs picked up on the lawn
strip near his home on South Main
street, Monday has been identified by
local coin collectors as a Russian
penny. Its Russian identy was read
ily established by the Soviet insignia
of a hammer and sickle which appears
thereon. It is about the size and gen
eral appearance of a dime.
New additions to the Bluffton News’
honor roll of 50 year subscribers are
Lloyd Murray and D. C. Bixel.
Murray, who is Bluffton’s oldest
native born resident also has the dis
tinction of being Bluffton’s first rural
route mail carrier back in the days
when the late Russell Day was post
master and the office was located in
what is now the township room in the
town hall. Murray made his rounds
on the mail route via horse and buggy.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
It was not until some yesysV«r.-r that
Schuyler Huber inaugerafc motoriz
ed rural mail service when he made
his rounds in a Model Ford.
And D. C. Bixel counted it up the
other day and found that he has been
a subscriber to the Bluffton News ever
since he came to Bluffton which is 54
years ago. That was when he opened
a jewelry store in the location now
occupied by the office of Dr. M. D.
Soash. Later he branched into the
music business and sold many of the
Packard pianos still in Bluffton homes.
At present he and his son Dr. Gordon
Bixel are optometrists located on
south Main street.
And there’s Vic Green, Bluffton na
tive and long-time reader of the News
who moved here last fall from Canada
where he was identified with a large
oil company for the past 44 years.
He hasn’t taken the Bluffton News
for 50 years, but from the time he left
for Canada in 1901 he received each
holidays a subscription as a Christ
mas gift from his mother, the late
Mrs. Hannah Zoll until her death 36
years later.
Comes to our desk a copy of the
Bluffton News of over fifty years
ago—dated February 14, 1895. And
just to show that times don't change,
we ran across a letter in that issue
complaining that young blades of the
gay nineties did not save jr money
as did their fathers, but spent it
lavishly taking girls buggy riding,
going to theatres and bj ng flowers
and candy. Advertiser eats and busi
ness cards included Wi e’s, Staater’s,
Day & McGriff’s Oak barbershop, A.
J. Owens, attorney and physicians F.
C. Steingraver and F. J. Baldwin.
And in those days the L. E. & W., now
the Nickel Plate, ran three trains
each way daily—and the Narrow
Gauge, the present A. C. & Y. oper
ated two trains each day.
LaFayette
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hall were
Tuesday afternoon callers of Mr.
and Mrs. Edison Hall of Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rumbaugh of
Tipton, Ind., and Pfc. Cletus Rum
baugh of Camp Atterbury, were
New Year’s Day guests of Mrs. An
gie Rumbaugh and Mr. and Mrs.
Googin.
Mrs. Daisy Ludwig spent Tuesday
with her daughter, Mrs. Byron
Whetstone of Lima.
Mrs. Louise Cloore and Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Knoble, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Downing were Saturday even
ing dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Sherritts of Lima.
Rev. and Mrs. N. Walter Klingler
entertained over the holidays Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Rhine of Sandusky
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gossard
and daughter, Sandra of Pruden
ville, Michigan.
Billy Downard and Lester Hall
recently received their discharges
and have now returned to their
homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clum, Mr.
and Mrs. Rolland Clark of Lima
were Sunday afternoon guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clum.
The Keystone and Sempre Fidelis
classes of the LaFayette Methodist
church met at the home of Mrs. Ra
chel Rex Wednesday with Mrs. Lois
Hall as assistant hostess. Those
present were: Mrs. Ivalene Urich,
Mrs. Mildred Carey, Mrs. Bessie
Slane, Mrs. Edith Downing, Mrs.
Cadda Coggins, Mrs. Jennie Fett,
Mrs. Ruth Sumney, Mrs. Blanche
Heiser, Mrs. Bess Brackney, Mrs.
Hilda Badertscher, Mrs. Frieda
Arthur and the hostesses.
Rev. and Mrs. Packer and daugh
ters Nancy and Sue, Mrs. Martha
Coates and son, Roger, Mrs. Ethel
McElwain and son, Allen, Mrs. Neva
Fisher, Mrs. Loretta Clum, Mrs.
Emma Adams, Mrs. Helen Weaver
and daughter, Karen Sue met
Thursday at the home of Mrs. Fred
Clum for an all day meeting of the
Dorcas Aid society of the Zion Luth
eran church.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Guy and son
and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klingler
of Harrod were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John Adams.
Lieut, and Mrs. Charles Weaver
and daughter, Karen Sue spent a
few days at Leipsic with Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Weaver.
LaFayette Chapter No. 121 of the
Order of Eastern Star held their
annual installation Friday night in
the Masonic temple. The following
officers were installed: Worthy Ma
tron, Lois Hall Worthy Patron, Ver
non Foltz Assistant Matron, Alice
Zuber Associate Patron, Herman
Zuber Conductress, Lena Cox As
sociate Conductress, Ivalene Urich
Secretary, Irene Boyd Treasurer,
Daisy Heiser, Chaplain, Fisher
Marshal, Hope Creps Organist, Mil
dred McGinnis Adah, Evelyn Weav
er Ruth, Idella Oberdier Esther,
Rachel Rex Martha, Marian Guy
Electa, Blanche Oberdier Warden,
Edna Foltz Sentinel, Howard Heis
er Installing Officer, Eda Install
ing Marshal, Hallie Cook, Installing
Conductress, Adah Hall Installing
Secretary, Dorothy Hall Installing
Chaplain, Rose Stevenson. Light re
freshments were served to 100 mem
bers and guests.
Justin Blunden of Ohio State Uni
versity spent the holiday season with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carter
Blunden.
Cpl. Lester Hall has arrived at
Santa Ana, Calif. He will return
to Camp Atterbury, Ind., from where
he win return home after receiving
his discharge.
Mrs. Ruth Shea spent several
days with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Minor Peterson. She left
for California where she plans to
make her future home.
Cliff Knoble of Chicago spent sev
eral days with his mother, Mrs. Net
tie Knoble.
J. George Vorhes of Lima, Mr.
and Mrs. William V. Vorhes of Ada,
Mrs. Grace Vorhes and Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Hall were Sunday callers of
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Hall
Mrs. Nettie Nnoble is spending
several weeks with Mrs Cliff Knoble
of Marion.
Rockport
Mr. Nelson Wells is a patient in
Memorial Hospital in Lima following
surgery. His condition is said to be
favorable.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Begg and Mrs.
Glen Mayberry and daughter Rose
Leigh are among those who are out
again after a siege of the flu.
Rev. Donaldson of Delta was unable
to supply the pulpit at the Presby
terian Church Sunday morning be
cause of the illness of himself and
wife.
Mrs, Gerald Kidd has been quite ill
for several days with what appears
to be gall bladder trouble.
Mr. Robert Barnett who is a stu
dent at Ohio State University, spent
Saturday night with his wife and son
in the W. E. Marshall home. Mrs.
Barnett accompanied her husband to
Columbus Sunday where she spent a
couple of days on the housing situa
tion.
Farm Bureau council No. 12 will
meet in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Van Meter Thursday evening
for the January program.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gratz of near
Bluffton were Friday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Freet. Mr. and
Mrs. Madison Stewart of Orange Twp.
were afternoon callers.
An all day meeting of the W.S.C.S.
of the Methodist church will be held
in the home of Mrs. Ernest Freet
Thursday, Jan. 17 at which time the
following new officers will be install
ed: Pres., Mrs. Thomas Foulkes vice
pres., Mrs. Howard Beery Sec’y, Mrs.
Malcolm Ewing Treas., Mrs. Charles
Beemer Pianist, Mrs. Ernest Freet
Chorister, Mrs. Stanley Salter Pro
gram Com., Mrs. Harold LaRue, Mrs.
Howard Beery and Mrs. Arthur Price.
Several secretaries for various de
partments were also named. A cover
ed dish dinner will be served at the
noon hour and a social hour enjoyed.
Farm Bureau Council No. 4 held
an interesting meeting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gratz near Bluff
ton last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. J. O. Cupp will be hostess to
members of the Profit and Pleasure
Club for their January program Wed
nesday afternoon of next week. Mrs.
Glen Mayberry will give “Introduc
tion to India” and Mrs. W. E. Mar
shall will present “Voiceless India.”
Mrs. William Althaus will have
charge of special music.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Evanoff of
Toledo were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cupp and dau
ghter Marjorie.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sager of Sand
Lake, Mich., were Sunday evening
supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Orlo
Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Sager are en
route to Dayton, Hazelton, Kansas,
Guymon, Oklahoma, Phoenix and
Prescott, Ariz. to spend a couple of
months.
Mr. Clay Cupp of Huntsville spent
Saturday afternoon with his brother
Walter and other relatives in the
community. Other callers in the
Cupp home the past week were: Mrs.
D. C. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Huber and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Orlo Marshall.
Mrs. Harold Marshall and Mrs.
Walter Cupp will attend a meeting
of the Au Revoir Club in the home
of Mrs. Lou Basinger in Columbus
Grove Thursday.
Beaverdam
Mrs. Doris Nelson Smith has re
turned to Columbus after spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Nelson. Mrs. Smith
recently graduated from Ohio State
university with the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Education and
was awarded a plaque by the Ohio
State Allen County Alumni associa
tion as the outstanding senior from
Allen county in the 1945 class. Her
husband T/5 Lloyd Smith is in the
Philippines.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rockhill of
Napoleon spent Thursday w’ith Mrs.
Etta Yant and other relatives.
Mr. Wm. Younkman entertained the
members of the Womens Society of
Christian Service of the Methodist
Church at her home on Thursday af
ternoon. Present were Miss Rosa
Searfoss. Mrs. Clara Jennings, Mrs.
I. J. Amstutz, Mrs. Frank Hall, Mrs.
Frank Williams, Mrs. Roscoe Trout,
Miss Adda Yoakam, Mrs. W. A. Ar
nold, Mrs. Everett Rowland, Mrs. John
Augsburger, Mrs. Arthur Pugh, Mrs.
Harmon Downey, Mrs. Orville Huber,
Mrs. Ed Cook, and Ruth Durkee.
Gilbert and Paul Nungester of To
ledo were Saturday visitors of Miss
Adda and Clem Yoakam.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren M. Durkee
announce the arrival of a son, Steven
Warren on Jan. 3rd, at Christ Hospi
tal, Cincinnati.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Larue and Lenore
Bullinger of Lima were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Younkman and grandson Bernard.
Larrie Barnes and Rickey Somers
of Lima spent the week end with
their grandparents Mr. and 4rs.
Harold E. Downey.
Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Coffin and
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Byerly of Lima
were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Delmer Beery and Mrs. Cynthia El­
Bluffton’s Marathon Service Station
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Greases
KEEPS YOU ROLLING
THIS WINTER
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Authorized Hudson Agency
N. Main & Elm Sts.
Phone 207-W
WANTED
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for the manuf icture of Spray Powder
AND
SOUR CREAM
for the manufacture of Butter
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BLl FFTON, OHIO
PHONE 489-W
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liott.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cook spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rockhill
and son Ralph at Napoleon.
Miss Marian Pugh returned to Hei
delberg college on Monday after
spending the holidays with her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pugh.
Mrs. Byron Anderson and daughter
Karen Sue spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Anderson at Bluffton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Amstutz who
have been quite sick with the flu are
reported much improved.
Our Garage Service General Re
pairing Experienced Workmen
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the carburetor and cooling
thorough tuning
back to you just about
hard
tional long seasons
are town.
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