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VOLUME NO. LXX
HEAVY FROST IN
BLUFFTON AREA
TUESDAY NIGHT
Temperature Drops to 32 De
grees in Coldest Snap of
Spring Season
Orchardists Fear Extensive
Damage to Prospects for
Early Fruit
Frost, heaviest since the advent of
warm weather nearly a month ago,
covered the Bluffton area Tuesday
night as the temperature dropped to
32 degrees, the freezing point.
Orchardists expressed fears Wed
nesday morning that damage to
early fruit prospects would be ex
tensive, altho it was still too early
to accurately estimate extent of the
loss.
However a wind from the north
west and partly cloudy skies which
prevailed after midnight may have
served to alleviate the worst effects
of the cold snap.
Frost Most Severe
The frost Tuesday night was the
most severe of a series of cold snaps
which visited this section during the
past week. Another favorable factor
in the situation was the absence of
recent rainfall.
Most killing frosts do their great
est damage when the cold follows
rainfall, and there is moisture re
maining inside buds and blossoms.
This causes them to freeze and split
open.
Beaverdam
Mrs. Clara Jennings and Mrs. Ella
Hutchinson i^turned Thursday after
spending the past six weeks with Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Hutchinson and fam
ily in Arizona.
The L. O. C. S. of the Church of
Christ met Wednesday evening with
Mrs. LaVaun Lewis. Devotionals
were led by Mrs. Faye Reigle which
was followed by the song, “Christ
Arose.” The society voted to send
clothing and books to missionaries in
Porto Rico. Those present were Mrs.
Lillian Bowers, Mrs. Nettie Young,
Mrs. Carrie Barber, Mrs. Effie Pfei
fer, Mrs. Luella Beck, Mrs. Ruth
Lewis, Mrs. Olive Bailey, Mrs. Ella
Yant, Mrs. Ruth Peterson, Mrs. Ber
tha Dally, Mrs. Alice Kuhn, Mrs.
Mildred Varvel, Mrs. Faye Reigle and
Mrs. Carrie Walters.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Warner spent
Thursday in Columbus.
Mr. Frank Barber was a week end
visitor of his mother Mrs. Emma Jane
Barber at Genoa.
Mrs. Lillie Anderson was hostess
to the Women’s Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist Church at
her home on Thursday. A covered
dish dinner was enjoyed at the noon
hour. Mrs. Gideon Steiner was in
charge of the program for the after
noon. Mrs. Harmon Downey led the
Devotionals “Fruit of the Spirit.”
Present were Mrs. W. A. Arnold, Mrs.
John Augsburger, Miss Rosa Sear
foss, Mrs. Clara Jennings, Mrs. Ed
Marquart, Mrs. Sam Bushey, Mrs.
Wm. Younkman, Mrs. Wm. Amstutz,
Mrs. G. T. Arnold, Mrs. Oxville Hu
ber, Mrs. Frank Williams, Mrs. Rus
sell Wolfe, Mrs. Everett Rowland,
Mrs. Ed Cook, Mrs. Elizie Gierhart,
Mrs. Frank Hall, Mrs. Pete Amstutz,
Mrs. Gideon Steiner, Mrs. Harmon
Downey, Mrs. Margaret Yant of
Lima, Miss Ruth Durkee.
Mr. and Mrs. Cordrey is visiting
relatives in Cleveland.
Miss Eileen Amstutz attended the
wedding of Miss Mildred Binkley and
Charles Waltz Jr., on Sunday after
noon at the Harrod Christian Church.
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Steele of Lima
were Sunday afternoon visitors of
the former’s mother Mrs. Mary
Steele.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Yoakam and
son of Texas, Mrs. Floyd Yoakam,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yoakam of Find
lay and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wag
ner of Lima were visitors the past
week of Miss Adda and Clem Yoa
kam.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Michael and
family and Bernard Gratz spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Younkman and family at Clyde.
The Lions Club will meet in regular
session at 7 P. M. Monday. The oc
casion will be a banquet for the lad
ies. Dr. John Versteeg will be the
guest speaker.
Scouts Will Collect
Waste Paper Saturday
Bluffton Boy Scout Troop 82 will
collect waste paper Saturday after
noon. Newspapers and magazines
should be in bundles on the front
porch at noon. Farmers may leave
bundles at rear of the town hall.
Sunday 7:30 p. m.—St. John’s
Reformed church. “The Day of
Triumph”. Speaker, Rev. V. P.
Wierville, Van Wert.
Monday 8 p. m.—Methodist church.
“The Day of Authority”. Speaker,
Rev. J. L. White, Lima.
Tuesday 8 p. m.—First Mennonite.
“The Day of Controversy”. Speaker,
Rev. Wilmer Shelly, Topeka, Ind.
Wednesday 8 p. m.—St. John’s
Reformed. “The Day of Retirement”.
Speaker, Rev. Arthur Romig, Lima.
Thursday—8 p. m.—Methodist.
“The Day of Fellowship. Union
communion service. Rev. J. N.
Smucker in charge.
Friday 1 to 3:30 p. m.—Presby
terian. “The Day of Suffering”.
Speakers, Bluffton ministers.
Sunday 6:30 a. m.—First Men
nonite. Easter sunrise service.
Bluffton Youth federation in charge.
Sunday 7:30 p. m.—St. John’s Re
formed. Easter musical program by
union community choir.
Elrose
Callers the past week at the My
ron Stratton home were Mrs. Nello
Steinman and Kaye Nonnamaker,
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Marshall, Mrs.
Goldie Battles and Mabel and Meri
lyn Battles of Findlay, Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Stratton and family, Fern
Koch, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Clymer,
Russell Elzay, Mrs. Olive Christman
of Findlay, Mr. and Mrs. Wright
Klingler and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Koontz and
family of Bluffton spent Friday
evening at the Arthur Nonnamaker
home.
A large number from this com
munity attended services at the Raw
son U. B. church Sunday evening.
Union prayer services at Olive
Branch this Thursday evening.
Friday evening supper guests at
the Emerson Neff home were Mrs.
Maude Von Stein, son Junior and
daughter Helen, Mrs. Ruth Bermuth
and daughter Mary Ann and Kaye
Nonnamaker.
Callers on Mr. and Mrs. Ami Non
namaker were Mrs. Lucy Kamerer
and Clarence Kamerer of Findlay,
Mrs. Mary Hartman and son Cloyce
of Hoytville, Mrs. Clair Bergban,
Mrs. Purl Hartman and daughter
Hazel, Mrs. Freeman Basinger, Mr.
and Mrs. C. V. Klingler and fam
ily and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Non
namaker and sons.
June Gallant spent Sunday w’ith
Kaye Nonnamaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkholder
spent Thursday evening with the
Emerson Neff family. ,,
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Neff and
Replete with the rollicking songs
and gay comedy repartee of old-time,
blackface footlight entertainment, the
Georgia Jubilee Minstrel to be given
by the Bluffton Lions club Tuesday
and Wednesday, April 23 and 24, at
the high school will be unsurpassed
in real entertainment value.
In addition to enjoying a full even
ing of fun, those in the audience also
will be contributing toward two
worthwhile community improvement
programs.
Proceeds from the two-night show’
w’ill go to the Bluffton High school
band uniform fund, and to the Har
mon field recreation program, both
of direct benefit to the community
as a whole.
In this outstanding show of mirth
and melody, many of Bluffton’s lead
ing citizens, business and profession
al men will be seen and heard—all in
blackface.
An added feature will be the stir
ring music of the Bluffton High
school band, playing a spirited pro
gram of music in many moods.
Genial Paul Detweiler will be the
interlocutor, and wifi have i s
troubles with those six mad-men of
comedy, D. W. Bixler, Ralph Lanham,
Robert Nonnamaker, Forrest Stein
man, Fred Lingel and Boyd Travis,
the end men.
THEBLUF
Black Market Flourishing Business
In Berlin, Lt. (Ropp Triplett Writes
Churches Hold Union
Holy Week Services
Union Holy week services will be
held in Bluffton churches beginning
next Sunday sponsored by the Minis
terial association according to the
following schedule:
Rollicking Songs, Gay Repartee In
Lions Benefit Minstrel April 23, 24
Other minstrel players include Ross
Bogart, Clayton Bucher, Ralph Bal
mer, Gordon Bixel, Harold Diller,
Kenneth Winkler, Roger Howe, Paul
Diller, Russell A. Lantz, Norman
Beidler, Nelson Steiner, A. J. B.
Longsdorf, Ed Rice, Richard Davies,
Ed Lape, and Henry Blosser.
A swung quartet will be Eldon
Beery, Keith Brauen, James Mes
singer and Allen Tschiegg. Claren
Sommers will be the pianist, and
Russell A. Lantz is directing the pro­
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTE
American Cigarets Major Item
Involved in Barter Trading
of Germans
More Than Half of Residents
Are Homeless in War-Torn
German Capital City
Editor’s Note: The following
article on present-day conditions
in war-scarred Berlin was written
for The News by Lieut. Ropp
Triplett, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Triplett, of Campus Drive.
Lieut. Triplett is stationed in
Berlin with V. S. Signal Corps
forces.
Occupation of Berlin by the four
powers, Englaftd, Russia, France,
and the United States has settled
down from front line combat outfits
to service troops, military govern
ment units, mobile, police forces and
reserve infantry units.
With the settling down comes the
old army customs which make the
typical army. To those who fought
in Berlin’s outskirts, it will be hard
to believe that GI’s now go around
saluting careful that all buttons
are buttoned, and especially watchful
that a field jacket is not worn off
duty.
Although actually in Russian oc
cupied Germany, Berlin is divided into
four sectors—one for each of the
victors. This is a policy agreed
upon by the big four, to place the
capital of the defeated nation in
control of all the allies. The same
system is followed in Vienna. It is
difficult to say which nation got
the best slice—probably the one
which has the most buildings stand
ing.
Russian Restrictions
All zones within Berlin are clearly
(Continuedo n page 2)
Minister Injured
Under Automobile
Rev. Robert Welch, pastor of the
Missionary church received a frac
tured collarbone when he was pinned
under his automobile on which he
was working at his home on North
Lawn avenue, Friday.
The minister had blocked up the
car in his driveway and was lying
underneath making repairs w’hen a
slight grade in the drive caused the
auto to slip off the underpinning of
wooden blocks. Weight of the car
dropping on his shoulder resulted in
the fractured collarbone.
Emmeline Nonnamaker spent last
Thursday with Mrs. Howard Stauf
fer in Bluffton.
daughter Marilyn spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell Ream and family.
duction.
In the high school band are:
Trombones—Harold Hartman, Har
riet Amstutz, Betty Bixel.
Clarinets—Joanne Buhler, Cather
ine Bohn, Robert Ramseyer, Donald
Herr, June Habegger, Eileen Brauen,
Mary Jane Ramseyer, Roderrick Bal
mer, Jane Risser, Lynn Carmack.
Cornets—Ray o 11 a s, Leonard
Smucker, Allison Neuenschwander,
Allen Tschiegg, Roger Lehman, Rich
ard Steiner, Stanley Bohn, James
Ewing, Ceacle Potee, Beatrice Leiber.
Flutes—P. D. Bixel, Lyman Hof
stetter, Gene Hankish.
French Homs—Alice Ruth Panna
becker Addison Myers.
Baritone—Paul Steiner.
Basses—Bob Coon, Don Schmidt.
Percussion—James Harmon, David
Steams, Ted Kohli, Don H. Burk
holder, George Grismore.
Bassoon—Malcolm Basinger.
Saxaphone—Roger Bell.
Glockenspiel—Sana Jane Huser.
Bluffton Youth 6th
In Scholarship Test
Robert Ramseyer, son of Dr. and
Mrs. L. L. Ramseyer and a student
in Bluffton high school ranked sixth
in the boys’ competition of the
Northwestern Ohio division of the
state scholarship test for high school
seniors.
The test was given in Lima, March
8. Ramseyer w-as tied for sixth
place with John Henry Holland of
Van Wert.
Ranking first in the test was John
David Spangler of Celina, grandson
of Mrs. A. C. Spangler of Geiger
street. Young Spangler is the son
of Byron Spangler, former Bluffton
resident and later superintendent of
of Mercer county.
1schools
BLUFFTON, OHIO THU
Refreshments That’s
80 Pounds of Pickerel
and 12 Gallons Coffee
TT took 80 pounds of fre*h Lake
Erie pickerel and 12’gallons of
coffee besides 3 gallon* of milk
to provide the after-program
snack for an audience of 240
which attended the Sportsmen’s
club meeting, Tuesday night.
Speakers from the Ohio de
partment of conservation were
Arthur Harper who talked on
“Conservation as a Naturalist
sees it” and Walter Lauffer who
gave an illustrated talk on U. S. I
wild life.
The club has a membership of
over 1.D00.
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Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller and
family of Smithville are expecting to
move to Pandora where Mr. Miller
is to assist his father-in-law, Noah
Bixel, in the egg business.
Miss Mary Haas left Tuesday
morning for New York City and ex
pects to set sail for Africa within
the next two weeks. This is the
fifth time she has gone to her mis
sion field. Miss Haas was very for
tunate in obtaining a new Ford V-8
pickup truck which she frove to New
York carrying all her ’baggage, in
cluding a new motor footer. The
truck is to be crated for the ocean
voyage. She was accompanied as
far as New York by Miss Fern
Bixel.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wei ger and
family and Wilbert Wenger and sev
eral of the children Were Sunday
dinner guests in the home of Mrs.
Mary Miller and daughter Selma.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Schumacher
and daughters were afternoon call
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. William Donaldson
are to celebrate their golden wedding
next Sunday. Open house will be
observed from two to five in the
afternoon and seven to nine in the
evening.
Mrs. Irvin Hilty visited from
Thursday until Sunday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred ^rucrr in
Cleveland and Mrs. Warren Briden
baugh and son Dale and daughter
Judith ^ay visited tfti
OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
JAY, APRIL 11, 1946
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and sister Mary Ann at Rocky River
and also in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Bridenbaugh and fam
ily.
David Amstutz has rented the
farm of his father Joshua Amstutz
north of Bluffton on the county line.
He recently purchased a new Ford
tractor.
William Clay, formerly of the
Pandora settlement, who started the
Wharton Custom Cannery in Whar
ton ,Ohio and operated it for the
past seven years is moving to Mt.
Victory, Ohio, where he and his son
who returned from overseas service
with the Armed Forces last Novem
ber, are erecting a cement block
building 72 feet by 60 feet for their
new and modern custom cannery.
They expect to have the cannery in
operation this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Phares Bixel and
family and Hilda Bixel attended the
wedding of Mrs. Bijcel’s sister Mar
jorie Basting and Vernon Mitchell
of Waynesburg, Pa., last Friday
evening at the Cleveland Hebrew
Mission church at Cleveland. Mr.
and Mrs. Mitchell plan to continue
their work with the mission. Mr.
Mitchell is a student at Baptist
Bible Institute. Mrs. Fred Basting
and daughter Fern, Helen Basting,
Mrs. Russell McBrayer, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Basting and family all from
Illinois also drove to Cleveland for
the occasion. They are visiting in
the Bixel home enroute.
The Roy Basting family spent
Sunday with relatives at West Lib
erty, Ohio, and Mrs. Fred Basting
will visit for a week with er daugh
ter Mrs. Bixel and family.
The Phares Bixel family and their
Illinois visitors were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Lora and
family Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Augsburger were
visitors of their daughter Mrs. Si
mon Steffen and family of Dalton.
The monthly meeting of the Girls
Missionary Band of the Ebenezer
church was held in the home of
Merlin Zimmerly
Frequent frosts at this time are
again threatening the season’s fruit
crop.
Funeral Services
For Infant Tuesday
Private services were held at the
Stanley Basinger funeral home
Tuesday afternoon for a son still
born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burk
holder at Bluffton hospital, Tuesday
morning. Rev. J. N. Smucker offi
ciated and interment was in Maple
Grove cemetery.
Big Variety in Apple
More than 7,000 varieties of ap
ples have been recorded in th«
United States alone.
ON NEWS
Mrs. Evelyn Niswander Reeder,
Teacher on Islands, Writes
to Parents Here
Wall of Water Engulfs Houses
As Inhabitants Flee Inland
Death Toll 205
Wholesale destruction wreaked in
Hawaii by last week’s tidal wave
caused by a sub-sea earthquake in
the Pacific ocean near Alaska, was
described in an airmail letter re
ceived by Mr. and Mrs. Noah Nis
wander of South Lawn avenue from
their daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Reeder
who witnessed nature’s seaborne out
burst on the island of Maui, of the
Hawaiian group.
According to Red Cross reports
the loss of life in the catastrophe
has grown to 205.
Giving a graphic account of how
she witnessed the tidal wave beat
upon her home island Monday morn
ing of last week as she was enroute
to the school where she teaches, Mrs.
Reeder writes the following:
“You probably have heard of the
disastrous tidal wave we had here
today. It certainly caused a lot of
destruction where the beach was low.
“Before school in the morning I
was listening to the 7:15 newscast
and in the middle of one item the
commentator interrupted to say that
a tidal wave had struck the Waikiki
area. After that it was time for
me to leave and I went out to wait
for the other teachers with whom I
ride.
Receives Warning
“While I stood there a truck pass
ed, and as the road was very muddy,
slippery and very steep the wheels
started turning just before they
reached the top of the hill. Some of
the workmen jumped off and started
pushing. One man noticed me stand
ing there. He shouted to ask me if
I was going to Paia where I teach.
I shook my head, and he said, “Tidal
wave down there.”
“Soon my driver came and I asked
the others In the car if they had
heard anything. They had not, so
we went on. We usually take a
short cut thru the cane fields, but
because they were muddy and im
passable we went around by the
ocean road which is paved.
“As we neared Paia w’e noticed an
unusually heavy stream of traffic.
All the buses were coming up, in
stead of going down as they usually
do. When we came to Paia, people
were out of their houses in excited
groups, clothed in whatever they
could grab quickly. The streets were
lined with cars, and the people all
wore worried expressions. Some
were weeping, others carried bundles.
“As W’e went down to lower Paia,
people came in slacks with pant legs
rolled up to their knees. Policemen
were directing traffic and one road
was completely blocked off. We
couldn’t stop but were waved on be
cause traffic was so heavy, so we
went on along the road toward
school.
See Destruction
Former Bluffton Woman Writes Of Havoc
Wrought In Hawaii By Huge Tidal Wave
“Wherever there were low spots
we could see the destruction. We
looked down and saw where a house
had been washed right into the mid
dle of a street. Finally we were
able to stop on the top of a hill
where a Hawaiian church stood.
People were on top of a stone wall
looking down, and we joined them.
“One of the men there was an old
Japanese w’ho pointed and said,
“That is my house.” All you could
see were pieces of lumber being
churned in the waves. While we
watched, the water receded, then
came back in a huge wall. It hit
those pieces of lumber and carried
them out to sea.
“The Buddhist temple was under
water, and the Japanese cemetery
was completely flooded. The houses
had whole walls carried away.
“We went on and found places
where the water had swept across
the road. None of the roads had
been washed from the shore. The
below and see where huge holes had
been wreched from the shore. The
ocean was very wild, muddy and
churning as far out as you could see.
“We found many absent when we
arrived at school. Some teachers
had not been able to get thru either.
Whenever anyone received a news
bulletin thy passed it around thru
the school. At 11 a. m. Tom (Mrs.
Reeder’s husband) called to say all
the houses along the beach had been
destroyed.
Houses Washed Away
“Houses, furniture, and automo
biles were washed away, or washed
inland. Many people moved their
cars to safety just before the tidal
wave hit. Others fled from homes
just in time to escape. Corrals were
chopped down hurriedly to permit
“Little Minister" To
Be Staged At College
The Little Minister, a three act
play adopted for stage by Roland
Fernand from a story by James
Barrie, will be given by the junior
class of Bluffton College Friday
night in Ramseyer Chapel at 8
o’clock.
Action of the play occurs in
Thrums, a small village in Scotland.
It is the spring of 1860 and Gavin
Dishart has just arrived in Thrums
to be their minister. The people
are superstitious but deeply attached
to the church. The chief industry
in town is a mill owned by Lord
Rintoul.
Weavers working in the mill are
restless because they need higher
wages in order to afford the necessi
ties of life. The minister takes an
active part in the solution of the
community’s problems. Many of the
eligible young ladies become inter
ested in the little minister which
brings a love problem into the plot.
Armorsville
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. O. Hilty were Mrs. Mary
Friedly of Dunkirk Mr. and Mrs.
Kent Welson of Bucyrus Mr. and
Mrs. Owen Spencer of Bowling
Green Mrs. Ima Jean Ewing, Mn
and Mrs. Harold Young and family.
Mr. Arthur Hartman of Detroit
spent the week end with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Hartman and son
Jay.
W.M.S. & L.A.S. of the Liberty
Chapel Church will meet this Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. Edith Mont
gomery.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grismore and
daughters Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fen
stemaker of Arcadia called Sunday
forenoon at the O. P. Hartman home.
Mrs. Roily Moser -and son spent
Monday a the Levi Hauenstein
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hall and fam
ily of Carey spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Moore and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty, Miss
Margaret Guider called on Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Guider Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Eva Moser, Mrs. Grace Kling
ler called on Mrs. Howard Hover and
children Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hartman and
family were Sunday dinner guests
at the O. P. Hartman home. After
noon callers were Mr. Ervin Hartman
and Mrt Gerald Scoles.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hauenstein
and daughter were Sunday dinner
guests at the Levi Hauenstein home.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wilkins and
family, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler
called on Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kling
ler and son Keith, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Montgomery and daughter.
Mrs. Mary Hartman and son Cloyce
o Hoytville and granddaughter
Flossie Burgman were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. V). P. Hart
man.
Atomic Bomb Subject
Of Local Man's Talk
Prof. H. W. Berky of the science
department of Bluffton college ad
dressed a dinner meeting of the Ot
tawa Kiwanis club Monday night on
the subject of the atomic bomb.
GOOD FRIDAY PAGEANT
A pageant “The Challenge of the
Cross” will be presented by a group
of young people at the Methodist
church on Good Friday night.
horses to race inland, and escape the
water.
“Tom said he was near the beach
when he heard trees cracking and
breaking. He looked up and saw a
wall of water coming. He thought
of the car. and drove it to higher
ground then later took some drench
ed refugees to the home of friends.
“The refugees said they were
awakened when the wave hit their
house. They jumped out of bed and
ran for their car in the garage.
After they were in the car, the
water just picked it up, twirled it
about, and the man had to chop his
way out thru the top. While he
was chopping his house was engulfed
by the water and swept away.
Biblical Experiment
Pictures Here Sunday
Pictures of the famous Biblical
wheat growing experiment conducted
by Henry Ford and Perry Haydn,
and an account of the great spiritual
revivals sweeping Germany and the
Philippines will be features of an
afternoon program in the Bluffton
High school auditirium at 3 p. m.
next Sunday.
Dr. Don R. Falkenberg, inter
national president of the Bible Medi
tation league, will be the speaker.
NUMBER 51
RICHLAND TWP. TO
HAVE BLUFFTON
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Township Trustees Sign Two
Year Contract for Fire Pro
tection from Town
Local Fire Department to Ans
wer All Calls for Annual
Fee of $250
Fire protection in Richland town
ship will be taken over by Bluffton
Fire Department for the next two
years, according to the terms of a
contract signed by the Richland board
of trustees at their meeting, last Sat
urday night.
With a similar contract having
been accepted earlier by Orange trus
tees, Bluffton now has the responsi
bility of providing fire protection for
the two townships on a stipulated
basis, in line with a proposal that
first came up for consideration more
than a year ago.
Under the contract the Bluffton
department will answer all fire calls
in Richland township at an overall
annual fee of $250. The arrange
ment will continue for the next two
years.
Signing of the contract by town
ship trustees represents the culmina
tion of negotiations started more
than a year ago when Bluffton order
ed its new fire truck.
With trustees of Richland and
Orange township showing interest in
arranging for regular fire protection,
provided by Bluffton equipment, the
new pumper purchased by the town
had special facilities incorporated for
fighting rural fires.
Orange township trustees early in
March signed a similar contract to
that accepted last Saturday by th®
Richland township officials.
Former Bluffton Man
Badly Hurt In Fall
E. M. (Mike) Balmer, 6&, former
Bluffton resident now living in Fos
toria is in a critical condition in
Fostoria City hospital as the result
of injuries received in a fall last
Wednesday.
Balmer, a carpenter by trade, was
working on a scaffold at a Fostoria
industrial plant when a plank broke
and he fell a distance of 20 feet to
the ground. His injuries included a
fractured hip and pelvis and two leg
fractures.
He resided in Bluffton some 25
years ago and is a brother of Henry
Balmer of South Lawn avenue. Mrs.
Mel Long and Mrs. John Marquart,
both of Orange township are sisters.
A fellow workman, Ernest Smith,
21, who was on the scaffold at the
time of the accident and fell with.
Balmer, escaped with minor injuries
and left the hospital last Saturday.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Borkosky, Ar
lington, twin boys, Frederick Lee
and Franklin Lee, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Jennings,
Bluffton, a boy, Tommy Lynn, Fri
day.
S. Sgt. and Mrs. Richard Lehman,
Pandora, a girl, Jennifer Jean, Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Bosse, Ada,
a girl, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Freck, Raw
son, a boy, Frederick William, Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Serge Warren, Raw
son, a girl, Carol Kay, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schultz,
South Bend., Ind., a boy, Donald
Carl, born in that city, Tuesday.
Dean and Mrs. J. S. Schultz of
South Lawn avenue are the grand
parents.
With The Service Men
James Stratton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Stratton of near
Bluffton has received his discharge
from the Navy after 35 months of
service.
Richard Klay, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Klay of Mound street re
ceived his discharge Friday from the
Navy at Great Lakes, Ill.
John Ew’ing of Pandora has re
ceived his discharge from the Navy
at Great Lakes, Friday.
Flight Officer Melvin (Rud) Lora,
who was in service in India has re
ceived his discharge from the Army.
He and his family will make their
home with Dr. and Mrs. B. R.
Herring of West Elm street and
Lora will resume his former posi
tion with the Ohio Oil company Lw
Findlay.