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VOLUME NO. LXX
TWO AUTOS CRASH
ON LINCOLN THREE
MEN IN HOSPITAL
Chas. Bormuth, Jenera Rural
Mail Carrier is Serious
ly Injured
Accident Occurs Wednesday
Morning Two Pennsylva
nia Men Involved
Three men, two of them badly in
jured, are in the Bluffton hospital
as the result of an automobile colli
sion Wednesday morning at 10:30
o’clock and a farm woman residing
near the scene of the accident may
have sustained a fractured arm as
the result of a fall which she sus
tained .while helping to give first aid
to victims of the accident.
In the hospital are:
Charles Bormuth, 60, Jenera
rural mail carrier.
Chas. Spears, 57, Halifax, Pa.
Edward Spears, 23, also of
Halifax.
Bormuth was driving alone in one
car and the two Spears men, father
and son were in the other.
Bormuth and the elder Spears are
the most seriously injured it was
disclosed following an examination
by Dr. Treece, Arlington physician,
who was called to the scene of the
accident and accompanied the injur
ed men to the hospital here. The
younger Spears escaped with slight
injuries. Both cars were completely
wrecked.
Former Bluffton Woman Hurt
The injured woman is Mrs. Elmer
Burkholder, former Bluffton resi
dent, living one mile west of New
Stark on the Lincoln highway. The
accident occurred in front of the
Burkholder home and Mrs. Burk
holder fell as she was assisting the
elder Spears from the wreckage, sus
taining a painful injury and possible
fracture to her right forearm.
The accident occurred as Bormuth,
making the rounds on his mail route
had deposited man in Burkholder’s
rural route box and was driving
away, when the two cars crashed.
Bormuth was reported driving west
and the Spears car was believed to
have been headed in the same direc
tion.
The elder Spears who was driving
was too seriously injury Jo^give a
coherent account of the accident and
his son also in thee ar, was asleep
at the time of the crash.
Injured Brought
to Hospital
The three injured men were given
first aid treatment at the Burkholder
home. Bormuth was brought to the
Bluffton hospital in the Stanley Ba
singer ambulance while the two
Spears men were brought to the hos
pital here in the Dally ambulance
from Arlington.
Determination of the extent of
their injuries will await a more
complete examination late Wednes
day, it was announced.
With The Sick
George Klay of South Mound
street is a patient in Bluffton hos
pital.
Mrs. Edgar Hauenstein of South
Jackson street is in the University
hospital clinic at Ann Arbor, Mich.
Donald Deeds, 20 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Deeds of Beav
erdam who received a fractured pel
vis in an accident at Columbus has
been removed from the University
hospital in that city to Bluffton hos
pital. Deeds, a freshman at Ohio
State university, was injured when
the motor scooter which he was
riding was struck by a truck at a
street intersection. His condition is
reported satisfactory.
Mrs. Frank Gibbs of Rawson un
derwent a surgical operation at
Lima Memorial hospital Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Grace Wilson of West Elm
street is a patient in a Lima hos
pital.
Real Estate Deals
John Wilkins of Cherry street has
sold his farm of 120 acres in Orange
township to his son Delbert Wilkins
who occupies the place.
Fred Mueller has sold the North
Main street residence occupied by
A. C. Amstutz and the lot formerly
occupied by the Faze filling station
to William Smith of Findlay and
Joseph Hubble of St. Marys. The
new purchasers are fitting up the
building formerly occupied by Faze
and will operate a filling station and
lunch counter, in partnership. Later
the two families expect to move to
Bluffton and occupy the property in
which the Anututzs now. live.
This sum was realized from the
concert given here last week by the
Findlay Legion band. Expenses in
cidental to the concert were defrayed
by the Bluffton Legion post. Cost
of uniforms for 44 members of the
high school band is estimated at
$1,800.
TWO SCHOOLS TO
OPERATE FARM
COURSES JOINTLY
Bluffton and Beaverdam Boards
to Hold Meeting for Final
Arrangements
Harry Barnes, Head of Depart
ment Here to Teach Half
Time at Both Places
Bluffton and Beaverdam boards of
education will meet in joint session
at Bluffton high school this Wednes
day night to make final arrangements
for vocational agriculture depart
ments in the two schools for the
coming year under instructorship of
Harry F. Barnes, head of that
department in the Bluffton school.
In announcing the meeting, it was
disclosed that negotiations have been
under way for some tipie between
the two boards and an agreement
reached on all major points.
At the meeting here this Wednes
day night a joint committee consist
ing of members of the two boards
will be chosen to administer affairs
of the joint vocational agriculture
setup.
Half-time at Each S£h6ol
Under the proposed arrangement
which will become effective next fall,
Barnes will teach half time at each
school.
This will make possible a continua
tion of vocational agriculture in
Bluffton high school which was faced
with closing of this department be
cause of decreased enrollment and
also add a new department in this
field to the Beaverdam schools.
Bluffton will have an enrollment
of approximately 17 boys in this
department while Beaverdam has a
prospective enrollment of 20.
Retain Federal Aid
With Bluffton’s enrollment for
farm courses less than half of what
it was at one time, the federal
government which pays half of the
instructor’s salary has demurred on
continuing the arrangement.
Consequently the consolidation
move was necessary so far as Bluff
ton was concerned, if vocational
agriculture was to be continued here
with the assistance of federal funds
provided under the vocational pro
gram.
By combining the agricultural
departments of the two schools, the
federal government will continue to
pay one-half of the instructor’s
salary. The other half will be shared
equally by Bluffton and Beaverdam
schools.
With each school, therefore, paying
only 'one-fourth of the total salary,
continued operation of the vocational
agriculture department in Bluffton
actually will cost less money than
this year when the local board paid
half of the instructor’s salary.
Proposed Spring Improvement Program
Started At Harmon Field Playground
$556 Added To H. S.
Band Uniform Fund
The sum of $556.35 has been
added to the fund to provide uni
forms for the Bluffton high school
band, it was announced by Supt.
Ralph Lanham.
Decreasing enrollment in the agri
culture department at Bluffton is in
direct proportion to a sharp drop in
school attendance that has been the
trend for more than a decade.
When a section of Orange town
ship, bordering Richland, was trans
ferred some 10 years ago to the
Union township school district at Mt.
Cory, Bluffton lost a rural section
that provided many agriculture
students.
Since that time, total enrollment at
the local school also has shown a
steady decline, and this decrease has
been greater among students from
farms than it has been in town.
Farm families in previous years have
been considerably larger than the
average city family, but now they
are more nearly equal in size, and
boys interested in agriculture studies
consequently are fewer in the local
school.
Barnes’ present salary, "paid half
by the Bluffton board of education
and half by the state department of
vocational education, is $2,576, with
200 travel allowance.
Tiling of Field for Better Drain
age is Completed as the
First Step
Playground Will Be Re-located
and Additional Equipment
Added
Inaugurating an extensive improve
ment program projected for Harmon
field this spring and summer, an
intricate network of drainage tile
was laid last week thru the baseball
diamond and the area surrounding
it at the recreation center.
Tilfiig the field to provide better
drainage for the area involved
represents the first improvement
project of any extent at the recrea
tion field since lights were installed
for night football play, back in 1937.
In the intervening 9 years, little
has been done to improve existing
recreational facilities, a situation
that finally culminated this spring
with the Community Progress As
sociation citing revitalization of the
recreation center as one of this
year’s most needed projects.
Improve Playground
Following initial publicity on the
needs of the field, the Bluffton
Business Men’s association adopted
the program, and agreed to sponsor
this summer’s improvement plans,
including moving of the playground
location, purchase of new playground
equipment and sponsorship of a full
time recreational director.
In the tiling program completed
last week, six lines of intersecting
tile were laid thru the baseball
diamond. The improvement in drain
age has been badly needed for some
time, for in early-spring wet seasons,
the field is unfit for baseball play
for weeks at a time.
Funeral Sunday For
Mrs. C. A. Stauffer
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the St. John’s Reformed
church for Mrs. Chester Stauffer,
gf
668 South Main street, who died last
Friday morning in the Bluffton Com
munity hospital.
Mrs. Stauffer had been seriously
ill since last December with a heart
ailment.
Daughter of Adolph and Lydia
(Kohler) Badertscher, she was born
October 18, 1893, in Richland town
ship. She was married to Mr.
Stauffer, who is a member of the
Bluffton municipal council, on No
vember 25, 1916.
Survivors include her husband and
mother, and two daughters, Mrs.
Ralph Diller, of Lima and Mrs. K.
H. Dickerson, of Lomita, California.
In addition, she is survived by five
sisters, Mrs. Albert Balmer, Mrs.
Lee Coon, Mrs. John Everett, Mrs.
E. C. Stauffer and Mrs. Maynard
Geiger, all of Bluffton and four
brothers, Albert, Elmer and Milton
Badertscher, all of Bluffton, and
Herman Badertscher, of Arlington.
Mrs. Stauffer was an active work
er in the St. John’s Reformed
church, where she taught a begin
ners Sunday school class, and was a
member of the Edith Lahr Mission
ary Circle and Women’s Guild. She
also was a member of the Royal
Neighbor’s lodge.
Rev. Vernon C. Oppermann, pastor
of the St. John’schurch, officiated at
the funeral rites Sunday afternoon.
Burial was in Maple Grove cemetery.
Postal Inspector
Dies At Beaverdam
Jesse F. Cordrey, 60, postal in
spector, died Tuesday afternoon at
the home of his step-mother,* Mrs.
Maude Cordrey in Beaverdam. Death,
due to cerebral hemorrhage, followed
several weeks’ illness.
Cordrey was well known in Bluff
ton, visiting here frequently in con
nection with his official duties. He
has been a postal inspector since
1907 and at the time of his death
was assigned to a district consisting
of Van Wert, Allen, Auglaize and
Mercer counties.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Martha Cordrey of Lima, one broth
er in Toledo and two sisters, one re
siding in Findlay and one in Ne
braska. Funeral arrangements are
incomplete.
Navy Recruiter At
Post Office Monday
A navy recruiting officer will be
at* the Bluffton post office every
Monday afternoon from 1 to 3
o’clock, it was announced by the
Lima recruiting office. Anyone in
terested in navy enlistment is in
voted to consult with him.
11IEBLUE ETON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO THURSDAY, MARC 21, 1946
SENIOR CLASS OF
43 TO GRADUATE
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
Barnes of Members of Graduat
ing Class is Announced by
Superintendent
Robert Ramseyer to be Valedic
torian Elmer Stonehill
is Salutatorian
Bluffton High school will graduate
a class of 43 seniors at 1946 com
mencement exercises Thursday night,
May 23, in the school auditorium.
This year’s commencement list is
headed by Robert Ramseyer, valedic
torian, and Elmer Stonehill, saluta
torian, it was announced Wednesday
by Supt. Ralph Lanham.
Others in the upper 25 per cent of
the class include Leonard Smucker,
Mary Louise Dean, Harold Hartman,
Paul Steiner, Hugh Hilty, John Lugi
bihl, Helen Bauman, David Stearns
and Kenneth Moser.,
Other graduates will include Fero!
Althaus, Donavin Augsburger, Hub
ert Basinger, Karl Basinger, Dale
Berryhill, John Braqy, Harry Burk
holder, Marion Criblez, Margaret
Diller, Ray Follas, David Frick, Mary
Jane Garmatter, Wilma Geiger, Mar
garet Groman, Phyllis Hardwick.
James Harmon, Lois Harris, June
Hauenstein, Arthur Hilty, Patricia
Huber, Harry Klay, Robert Lee, Dor
othy Lugibihl, Phyllis Marquart,
Richard Minck, Harvey Moser, Anne
McGinnis, Allison Neuenschwander,
Louise Soldner, Robert Stalter,
Charles Swank and Charles Stonehill.
Grove Patterson, editor of The To
ledo Blade and one of America’s best
known newspapermen, will be the
class speaker.
Japanese Speaker
At College Friday
Speaking on ‘’The Church and
Japanese Americrnr**- Toru Matsu
moto, staff member of the Home
Missions Council of North America,
will appear at a public meeting in
the Ramseyer chapel at Bluffton
college, at 8 p. m. Friday.
Born in Japan in 1913, Matsumoto
was graduated from a Tokyo school
founded by the Presbyterian and
Reformed churches of America. He
was arrested in Japan in 1934 by
Japanese thought control police.
Later he graduated from Union
Theological seminary in New York
City. In 1945 and 1946 he was on
the committee of re-settlement of
Japanese Americans.
Faculties of Findlay college and
Ohio Northern university, Ada, who
will be dinner guests of the Bluff
ton college faculty at Ropp hall will
attend the lecture in a body.
Booster Five Plays
At Beaverdam Gym
Playing manager John Stonehill
says the Bluffton Boosters basketball
team will play the Beaverdam War
Vets at the Beaverdam gym Thurs
day night. The Boosters team, com
posed of Bluffton war veterans, is
sponsored by the Bluffton Commun
ity Sportsmen’s Club. The game is
called for 7:30
Probable players for Bluffton are:
Stonehill, Wenger, Clark, Kinsley,
Matthews, Soash and others.
Feature Popular
Opera In Broadcast
Light opera numbers will be fea
tured in the weekly broadcast of the
Three O’s and Jeanne from Lima
station WLOK, Friday night at 6:15
o’clock.
Vocal numbers by the trio will in
clude Giannina Mia from The Firefly,
I’ll See You Again from Bitter
Sweet and Gypsy Love Song from
The Fortune Teller.
Jeanne will continue the program
with Scharwanka’s Polish Dance and
the program will close with a hymn.
Business Men To
Meet Next Week
Bluffton Business Men's Associa
tion will meet Wednesday night of
next weekin the Walnut Grill, it was
announced this week by Silas Diller,
president of the organization.
Committee reports will be submit
ted at the session, including those on
bylaws of the revitalized association.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices )—W e a
1.73 corn 1.12 oats 80c soys 2.04.
Richard Mumma, son of Mr. and I
Mrs. Ray Mumma of Cherry street,'
who is graduating this spring from i
McCormick Theological seminary, in
Chicago, has won a fellowship in I
New Testament Greek, it was an
nounced by the seminary early this
week.
Tne award, known as the T. B.1
Blackstone Fellowship is said to be
one of the most lucrative of its kind
amounting to about $1,500 which I
Mumma will use for graduate study!
during the next two years, probably
at Columbia university in New York
city.
The fellowship was awarded for
writing a thesis on a competitive
basis, the three best of which were
sent to an eastern theological sem
inary for determination of first
place.
A 40-year-old concrete arch bridge
over Little Riley creek on West Elm
street, one of the first of its type in
Allen county, has been closed by the
Allen county commissioners for re
building.
Strain of traffic for nearly half
a century has rendered the struc
ture unsafe, the commissioners said,
and an Allen county repair crew is
busy this week in work on the
bridge.
Built 40 years ago, the bridge was
one of the first of its kind in the
county and it has stood up well dur
ing the four decades it has been in
use. The late A. L. (Alex) Conrad,
of Bluffton, was a member of the
county board of commissioners when
^he structure was built here.
During the course of repairs, traf
fic on Elm street is being detoured
between Spring street and the Col
lege road. The street will be closed
four or five weeks.
With The Service Men
Harry Shrider, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Shrider, recently return
ed from the European theatre of
war, has been discharged from the
Army and returned to his home here.
Shrider, who married an English
girl, expects his wife here this
spring.
Sgt. Raymond Kimmel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Kimmel of near Bluff
ton is stationed aboard an LMC
craft based on Batanga islands in
the China sea, it was learned the
first of the week.
Verl Reichenbach, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach has re
ceived his Navy discharge and re
turned to his home in Beaverdam.
Harold Schick, stationed in Korea,
has been promoted to the rank of
technician fifth grade, it was an
nonced the first of the week.
Ralph Diller of Lima, former
Bluffton resident who served in the
European area, has heceived his
Army discharge and joined his wife,
the former Geraldine Stauffer, in
Lima.
Bluffton Man Wins Fellowship
For Graduate Study In Seminary
Virgil Allgire, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Allgire of Rockport has
received his Army discharge at
Camp Atterbury after 40 months
service in the Army, 15 of which
were in the European theatre of
war.
40-Year-Old Bridge On Elm Street
Closed By County For Re-building
T/4 Harold Augsburger, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Augsburger of
near Bluffton is enroute to this
country from Manila and will re
ceive his discharge from the Army
shortly. Augsburger has served
overseas since last July.
John Schmidt, recently discharged
from the* Army service and his wife
the former Elva Pickett are moving
to Akron where he is employed by an
engineering firm. The couple have
been making their home temporarily
with his mother, Mrs. Anna Klapp
on Cherry street.
Capt. W. E. Diller of the Army
medical corps stationed at Camp
Roberts, Calif., is enroute east with
his family on six months’ leave. He
is a former Rawson physician and
expects to resmue his medical prac
tice at that place the first of April,
according to word received by his
father, J. A. Diller. His wife and
two children have been with him in
California for some time.
Masonic Inspection
Next Monday Night
Annual inspection of Bluffton Ma*
sonic lodge will be held at 7:30 p. m.
Monday night in the Masonic half,
it was announced this week by Bert
rand Swank, Master.
For inspection, work will be con
ferred in the FeUowcraft degree.
Refreshments will be served.
District Deputy Grand Master O.
W. DeWeese, of Delphos, will be the
inspecting officer.
The thesis which won the award
for the Bluffton man was on the
subject of “Popular Response to
Gospel Preaching in the First Chris
tian Century.”
Mumma is a graduate of Bluffton
high school and Bluffton college. His
wife is the former Wilma Nonna
maker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.
F. Nonnamaker of Spring street.
During the war he applied for a
navy chaplain’s commission and at
present is on the inactive list of the
Chicagg Naval Procurement office.
It is of interest to Bluffton resi
dents that the late Dr. S. K. Mosi
man, former Bluffton college presi
dent won the Old Testament Fellow
ship at McCormick seminary in 1905
and his brother Edison Mosiman
won the New Testament Fellowship
in 1909.
Garmatter-Amstutz
Wedding Solemnized
Miss L. Julee Garmatter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Garmatter
of Columbus Grove and William
Amstutz, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Amstutz, Sr., of Bluffton, were
married in a double ring ceremony
at the Amstutz home Thursday
evening.
Rev. V. C. Oppermann of the Re
formed church officiated at the
candlelight service which took place
before the fireplace banked with
gladioli, jonquils and palms. Near
relatives of the couple were in at
tendance.
The bride wore a grey suit with
black and white accessories with cor
sage of red and white carnations.
Her only ornament was a stone set
bracelet, a gift of the bridegroom.
The maid of honor, Miss Dorothy
Wenger, wore a green suit with
black and white accessories and cor
sage of pink carnations.
Roy Amstutz of Pandora was best
man.
Seventy-five guests attended a re
ception held in the* home of the
bride’s parents following the cere
mony. The couple left on a short
wedding trip and on their return
will make their home with the
groom’s parents for the present.
Receives M. D. Degree
From Medical School
Jason Trippiehorn of Bluffton was
graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania Medical school, Phila
delphia, receiving the degree of doc
tor of medicine at commencement
exercises Saturday.
Dr. Trippiehorn was on Army de
tached service to complete his medi
cal course and upon graduation was
commissioned a first lieutenant in
the Army Medical corps.
He is spending a two weeks vaca
tion here, returning to Bluffton with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R.
Trippiehorn of South Main street
who attended the graduation exer
cises.
Early in April he will return to
Philadelphia for 16 months service
as interne at Lankanau hospital in
that city.
Dr. Trippiehorn was graduated
from Bluffton high school and Bluff
ton college previous to his entering
upon a medical career.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Luginbill,
Bluffton Route 1, a girl, Nancy Lee,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hover, Wil
liamstown, a girl, Barbara Kay,
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffer, Bluff
ton Route 1. a girl. Susan Beth,
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mumma,
formerly of Bluffton, a girl, Judith
Ann, at Presbyterian hospital, Chi
cago, Monday. Mrs. Mumma is the
former Wilma Nonnamaker, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Nonna
maker of Spring street.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sumney, a
girl born at Port Chicago, Calif.
Mr. Sumney is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Sumney of Lafayette,
formerly of Bluffton and is in naval
service.
BOARD ACCEPTS BID
Bid of Leri Gable in amount of
$76.10 was accepted by the Bluffton
board of education for a combination
saw and jointer formerly part of the
equipment of the manual arts depart
ment at the high school. Five seal
ed bids were submitted by prospec
tive purchasers ranging from $35 to
Gable’s bid which
wm
the highest.
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NUMBER 48
BLUFFTON COLONEL
RECEIVES ARMY'S
LEGION OF MERIT
Award Presented to Col. Rene
Studler for Small Arms
Development
developed Pocket-size Machine
Gun and Body Armor for
Combat Troops
Col. Rene Studler, son of Mrs.
Paul Studler, of S. Jackson street,
has received the Legion of Merit for
exceptionally meritorious services in
the Army Ordnance Dept, during
World War II, it was announced thia
week.
Outstanding in his wartime record
were development of a “pocket-size”
machine gun light in weight and
deadly in operation, and his work on
research in helmets and body armor
combining a maximum of protection
with a minimum of weight.
As chief of the small arms division
of the Army’s Ordnance Department,
the former Bluffton man held a key
position in wartime developments for
the fighting man.
Col. Studler was graduated from
Bluffton High school and was a
student at Ohio State university
when he enlisted in the air force in
World War I.
Remains In Army
After the war, he continued in
the Army and took training at Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology in
the field of small arms. Later he
spent two years at each of the United
States military bases.
From 1936 to 1941 he was station
ed in London as assistant military
attache, where he had an opportunity
to inspect and study small arms
weapons used by the warring nations.
His citation for the Legion of
Merit said that he was “instrumental
in developing and increasing the fire
power of numerous small arms,
decreasing the weight of similar
items carried by the foot soldier,
developing powerful recoilless weap
ons of man-portable weight, develop
ing more effective types of small
arms ammunition, improving its
packaging, and in developing head
end body armor for the individual
soldier.”
Lima Mailbag Club
Sponsors Breakfast
Rainbow chapter of the WLW
Mailbag club of Lima will sponsor
a Breakfast in Hollywood at Trinity
M. E. church, Lima, next Monday
morning from 11 to 12 o’clock.
It will be conducted similar to the
Tom Brenneman Breakfast in Holly
wood with awarding of gifts and
John Daniels of WLOK radio sta
tion, master of ceremonies.
The Mailbag club is a non-profit
organization for bringing cheer to
handicapped persons. Tickets for
the breakfast may be obtained from
Mrs. H. E. Augsburger, Bluffton
member of the club.
Central Ohio Power
Workers Vote Strike
CIO-affiliated employees of the
Central Ohio Light and Power Co. in
the Woodcock generating plant locat
ed in Bluffton last Thursday evening
voted to go on strike to force recog
nition of their union as a collective
bargaining agency instead of the ex
isting independent union.
No date was indicated* when the
strike was to be called, nor was there
any indication if such a date had
been set.
In 1943 a vote of all Central Ohio
employees indicated their preferenc*
for an Independent union, with cer
tification of that group as the com
pany-wide bargaining agency follow
ing from the National Labor Rela
tions Board.
Strike vote of CIO-affiliated em
ployes at the Bluffton generating
plant of the company represents a
culninating of their efforts to obtain
recognition since that time. All
moves by the union, however, have
been without effect so far as the
NLRB is concerned, which as recently
as Jan. 23 ruled that “further pro
ceedings do not seem to be warrant
ed.”
Following that decision, the local
union on Feb. 13 notified the Secre
tary of Labor of the union’s inten
tion to file with the NLRB an appli
cation to conduct a strike vote.
The Central Ohio’s generating
plant here supplies light and power
to many villages in the area, includ
ing Mt. Cory, Rawson and the bulk
of the electric cuftent used in Find
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