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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1946
High School Seniors
Tour Southern Ohio
Following their graduation exer
cises last week, the Bluffton high
school senior class spent the week
end on a motor tour of southern
Ohio, visiting Columbus, Cincinnati
and other points of interest. They
were accompanied by Dwight
Spaythe, faculty member in charge
of manual training instruction.
322 N. Main
AMBULANCE SERVI
Bluffton
FARMERS PRODUCE
Bluffton Ohiq
Offers Friendly Service
Buyers of
Cream, Eggs and Poultry
ROUTE SERVICE
CLAYTON HARKNESS, Mgr.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices)—Wheat $1.
87 corn $1.38 oats 83c soys $2.10.
APPRECIATED
Thanks to all my friends for the
many gifts, cards and letters sent to
me while confined to Lima Memorial
Hospital. These I assure you were
greatly appreciated.
N. Main Street Bluffton Phone 284-W
PRO SSIONAL
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^^professional FserviceTemptoyslftiei
knowledgeJaiid sluD gained^ by Jsdeotifxri
training "togefherwith 'an* intimateVunder
standing of bereavement *$\ieeds that*can
needs.end wishes.
Mrs. Ed Scheele.
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day facilities equip us'fo
modem funeral benefit.
Paul Diller
FUNERAL HOME
Wiune222-W 'Wuffton
STAR Theatre
rsday-Friday-Saturday
•$ back/
in
M-G-M’s
CLARK GABLE GREER GARSON
Feature at 7:00 and 9:20
Sunday-Monday and Tuesday-Wednesday
GENE TIERNEY
CORNEL WILDE JEANNE CRAIN
Leave Her
To Heaven
IN TECHNICOLOR
Feature at 7:00 and 9:00 P. M.
exciting screen
THE BLLFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIERY, BuMnces Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor
Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
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Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March S, 1879.
Some unusual values in early
spring hats at Clark Hat shoppe.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller of Cleve
land visited friends in Bluffton the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Suter of Pan
dora visited Tuesday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Suter.
L. A. Oberly visited Mr. and Mrs.
V. K. Doty and daughter Peggy of
Lima over the last week end.
Mrs. M. M. Kibler is visiting at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.
W. Bash and family in Lorain.
Raymond Hixon and family of
Hillsboro visited relatives here over
the week end.
See me for prompt shoe repairing
service of all kinds. Ed. Smith, 199
W. Kibler St., tf.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deerhake and
son Donnie visited at the home of the
former’s mother, Mrs. Louis Deer
hake in St. Marys.
Dean N. E. Byers of West Kibler
street is spending two weeks in Cleve
land at the home of his son, Robert
Byers and family.
Mrs. A. T. Worthington of South
Main street visited over the week
end in Richmond, Ind., with her
cousin, Mrs. Horace Grimm.
See me for memorials of ell kinds.
Samuel Bixel, 409 S. Main St., Bluff
ton. Phone 429-W. Representing the
Lima Marble & Granite Co. tf
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Quaintance
and Miss Larkie Quaintance of Up
per Sandusky spent Sunday with
Mrs. Edith Mann.
Names of men recently inducted in
to the armed services should be re
ported to Mrs. J. S. Steiner in order
to be included on the honor roll.
Lawn mowers sharpened. Charles
Young, Bluffton phone 214-T. 6
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Beer of Pan
dora and Miss Sarah Amstutz of this
place visited Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Knight of Mt.
Blanchard.
Cars washed and simonized. Mer
lin Zuercher, 517 S. Main street,
phone 158-Y.
Lawn mowers sharpened. Charles
Young, Bluffton phone 214-T. 6
Early spring hats at reduced prices.
Clark Hat shoppe.
Mrs. Ralph Locher and daughter
Virginia Lynn of Columbus spent
the past week with the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Worth
ington of South Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Tesla Stearns of
Alpena, Mich., spent the week end
at the home of his brother, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Steams and family and
attended the high school alumni re
union Friday night.
2, 4-D weed killer for weed control
for your lawn. Does not harm blue
grass. We also have the potato spray
in 1 lb. cans, 4 lb. sacks and 50 lb.
sacks. The Bluffton Milling Co. 8
Mrs. Gladys Kaltenbach of Los An
geles is spending the summer here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Garlinger. Mrs. Kaltenbach made
the trip by plane, leaving Los An
geles, Saturday night and arriving in
Toledo, Sunday night.
Naval Lieutenant F. C. Carnicom
and Mrs. Carnicom and son Gene ar
rived here Tuesday for a week's vis
it at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Ludwig and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Harkness. Lt. Carnicom is the son
of Mrs. Ludwig and a brother of Mrs.
Harkness.
Mrs. Ella McHenry of North Main
street entertained last Wednesday
evening Mrs. Alice McHenry, Mrs.
Ed Haley and Mrs. Lawrence Wyman
and son Ronnie of Midland, Mich.,
and Mrs. Blanche Roberts of Colum
bus Grove. Mrs. Everett Schmidt of
Toledo called in the evening.
Mrs. Stewart Brower, Mrs. Blanche
Troyer and Mrs. Harold Troyer of
Continental were Sunday night sup
per guests Mrs. Ella McHenry.
Mrs. Harold Troyer attended the Mt.
Cory alumni banquet, Saturday even
ing. Callers on Sunday afternoon
were Mrs. Roy Mumma and Patty
Mumma and Mr. and Mrs. Lilly of
Ft. Wayne and Ray Mumma of this
place.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamont Diller of
the Stratton apartments had as
their week end guests, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Leasure of Lima. Mr.
Leasure is a nephew of Mrs. Diller.
He was married last summer in
Ipswich, England and his wife ar
rived in this country last month on
the liner Satumia, on which Mrs.
Harry Shrider, also an English war
bride, arrived to join her husband
here.
Diller ambulance removals: Jacob
Luginbuhl from Beaverdam to Lima
Memorial hospital Mrs. Ed Scheele
from Memorial hospital to her home
on South Main street Mrs. Samuel
Braueneller from Bluffton hospital to
her home in Jenera Mrs. George
Swank from her home on Riley street
to Bluffton hospital and then to Col
umbus Mrs. Glen Cool from Lima
Memorial hospital to her home near
Lima.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFF ION, OHIO
Washings and ironings. Mrs. Ru
de 11 Greiner, Bluffton phone 367-W.
Chas. Elzay of Toledo visited rel
atives and friends here the past week.
Mrs. Emma Roof of Lima spent the
week end with her cousin, Airs. Linda
FettJ of Bentley road.
Miss Mary Steams and Robert
Moore of Tiffin spent the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stearns
and son David.
Basinger ambulance removals—
Mrs. Grace Wilson from her home on
Jackson street to Bluffton hospital
Mrs. Dallas Heldman and infant son
from Bluffton hospital to the home of
her mother, Mrs. Grace Core, North
Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helmlinger
of South Main street entertained,
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt
Snyder and son Gary, Misses Cleda
and Zelma Helmlinger and Donna
Schular all of St. Johns Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Helmlinger and Miss Irene
Allen of Wapakoneta and Robert
Matter of Bluffton.
Couple Is Wed In
Campus Ceremony
Wedding of Darvin Luginbuhl, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Luginbuhl
of East Kibler street and Miss Eve
lyn Johnson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Johnson of Bucyrus
took place in an outdoor ceremony
on the Bluffton college campus in a
wooded section near the baseball
diamond, Sunday afternoon at 4
o’clock.
Preceding the ce'temony Claren
Sommers of Dalton gave a program
of amplified organ music including
Evening Star from Tannhauser,
Trees and A Perfect Day.
Dr. L. L. Ramseyer, president of
Bluffton college, officiated.
The bride wore for the occasion a
light green suit with brown and
white accessories. Her corsage was
white gladioli with pink center.
Mrs. Walter Fritz, sister of the
bride and maid of honor, wore a
royal blue suit with brown acces
sories and a corsage of peach glad
ioli.
William Holtkamp was best man.
The bride’s mother wore for the
occasion a blue print sheer dress
with navy and white accessories.
The groom’s mother wore a brown
and white jersey dress with white
accessories.
Following the ceremony a recep
tion was held in the Mosiman room
of the College library. Serving at
the reception were Miss Marcile
Steiner and Mrs. Howard Habegger.
The couple left Sunday evening on
a wedding trip to the Shenandoah
valley after which they will live in
Athens, Ohio.
Guests at the wedding in addition
to members of the immediate fami
lies included Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Smith of Bucyrus, Mrs. S. K. Mosi
man, Mrs Metta Dean and Mrs L. L.
Ramseyer.
Former Bluffton
Physician Married
Miss Rosella Biederman, Jenera
physician and former resident of
Bluffton and John G. Boehm, farmer
residing in nearby Eagle township,
wmre married in a ceremony at Trin
ity Luthern church at Jenera, Tues
day morning.
Rev. John J. Gauss, pastor of the
church officiated and the couple was
unattended.
Dr. Biederman who formerly prac
ticed medicine here has been located
in Jenera for a number of years.
Union Twp. Trustee
Dies At Hospital Here
Samuel W. Hughes, 66, of Raw
son, president of'the Union township
board of trustees, died suddenly at
7 a. m. last Monday in the Bluffton
Community hospital, after appar
ently being in good health until he
was taken to the hospital late Sun
day night.
A retired farmer, Hughes had
been a lifelong resident of Hancock
county. He was married in 1903 to
Phoebe Atwater, who died a year
later. On April 26, 1908, he mar
ried Myrtle Powell, who survives.
One son survives from the first
marriage, Burnett Hughes, of Belle
fontaine. Three sons and one daugh
ter of the second marriage died in
infancy. One sister survives, Mrs.
M. H. Deeds, of Rawson.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at the United
Brethren church in Rawson, of
which he was a member. Rev. Walt
er Purdy, pastor, officiated. Burial
was in Clymer cemetery.
Poppy Sale Nets
$234 For Veterans
Poppy day in Bluffton last Satur
day realized the sum of $234 it was
announced the first of the week by
officers of the American Legion
Auxiliary which was in charge of
the project.
Proceeds from the sale of artificial
poppies, made by veterans at the
Sandusky home, are dedicated ex
clusively to the care and rehabilita
tion of the nation’s disabled and
needy veterans. The Auxiliary
wishes to thank all who cooperated
in this project.
Clubd/dcje$
and Societies
Eastern Star
Bluffton Eastern Star chapter will
meet next Tuesday night.
Farm Bureau Councils
Allen County Farm Bureau council
Nos. 1 and 15 will meet with Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Huber at the Commun
ity house on Bentley road next Tues
day night at 8 o’clock.
Orange Twp. Farm Women
The Orange Township Farm Wom
en’s club will meet with Mrs. Cleah
Ewing on Thursday afternoon, June
6. The program follows: Devotion
als, Nora Miller roll call, current
events The Goodest Dad in Town,
Maude Thompson Beyond Under
standing, Myrle Warren As his
Mother used to do, Mildred Mont
gomery Papa, what would you take
for me? Eleanor Marshall My Dad,
Gertrude Kimmel.
Alpha Gamma
The Alpha Gamma club will meet
Friday night at 8:30 o’clock in the
Walnut Grill wih Mrs. Paul Detwiler
hostess. Speaker of the evening will
be Miss Helen Thutt.
June Wedding
Wedding of Miss Ruth Hartman of
Lima, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Er
vin Hartman of Mt. Cory’ and Eric
Parlette, war veteran and son of Mr.
and Mrs. I. B. Parlette of Lima will
take place Saturday night at 7:30
o’clock in the First Church of God,
Lima with Rev. Denzel Lovely offi
ciating. Open church will be observ
ed.
Maid of honor will be Miss Eileen
Hartman, sister of the bride and
bridesmaids will be Miss Helen Hart
man, another sister and Miss Janice
Wingate.
Robert Parlette, brother of the
groom will be best man and ushers
will be Darrell Parlette and Myron
Winegardner. The flower girl will
be Devonna Hahn. Jerry Lee Par
lette will be ringbearer.
The bride-elect is employed at the
Newberry store and Mr. Parltte is
employed at the Coca Cola bottling
works.
Gold Star 4-H Club
In observance of Rural Life Sun
day, ten members of the club attend
ed the young people’s meeting at Ol
ive Branch church.
The fourth meeting of the year was
held Monday night, with 19 members
and 12 visitors present. On the pro
gram were Judith Montgomery, Jean
ette Murray, Twila Henry, Virginia
Criblez, Esther Wilber, Jeanann
Klingler and Rosemary Montgomery.
Girls are asked to bring material
and patterns to the next meeting on
June 17 and Marilyn Moore will dem
onstrate altering a pattern.
Fifty-five projects are being car
ried by club members this year in
cluding sewing 21, poultry 4, vege
table gardening 8, junior leadership 4,
dairy 5, flower gardening 3, nutrition
7 and rabbits 3.
Bridal Shower
The Capsule Pal group of Bluffton
hospital entertained with a miscel
laneous shower Tuesday night at the
Fred Biederman home honoring Miss
Helen Soldner of the nursing staff, a
coming bride.
Prseent were: Mrs. Virginia Augs
burger, Mrs. Betty Cookson, Mrs.
Melvena Whisler, Mrs. Jane Craw
ford, Mrs. Anna Marie Gallant, Mrs.
Julee Amstutz, Mrs. Stella Huber,
Mrs. Treva Elsea, Mrs. G. T. Sold
ner, Mrs. Katherine Badertscher, Mrs.
Ella Dillman.
Misses Clara Lora, Helen Soldner,
Florence Grieser, Sylvia Biederman,
Dorothy Burkholder, Doris Garmat
ter, Dorothy Amstutz .Elizabeth Zim
merly, Ramona Reid, Janice Hoffman,
Rebecca Hofstetter, Alice Lewis, Be
ty Edinger, Marie Kennel, Sophia
Augsburger, Hilda Bixel, Elvena
Criblez, Marcella Basinger, Clorinda
Luginbill, Lillian Reichenbach.
H. S. Alumni Hold
Annual Reunion
Sixty-fifth annual reunion of the
Bluffton high school alumni associa
tion was held Friday night when 148
members enjoyed a dinner and pro
gram in the high school cafeteria
followed by dancing in the gymnas
ium attended by more than 200.
Speakers at the dinner included
Edgar Hauenstein representing the
class of 1896 which held its 50th
reunion and Stanton Steiner of
Lima, speaking for the 25th anni
versary of the class of 1921. Don
avon Conrad of the class of 1923,
member of the finance committee of
the board of education spoke on the
financial outlook for the schools.
Welcome to the incoming class was
given by C. A. Biery, president of
the association and the response was
by Harold Hartman, class president.
Memorials were read, by Mrs. Nor
man Triplett for four members of
the association who died during the
past year: Steiner Geiger ’16, La
verne Thut ’25, Marcele Fett Smith
’28, and Robert Criblez ’38.
Music was furnished by an in
strumental trio consisting of Edgar,
Sidney and Armin Hauenstein and
vocal numbers by a quartet includ
ing Ralph Balmer, Raymond Gred
ing, Norman Beidler and Roger
Howe.
Music for dancing was by Dick
Startzman’s Music Makers.^
Officers for the coming year are:
Pres., Mrs. M. M. Kibler vice pres.,
Stanley Basinger sec., Miss Donna
Hagerman treas., Miss Carolyn
Romey.
WANT-ADS
Do you have u camera to sell?
Bring it to Neu-Art Studio.
Bike tiresu tubes, fenders, kick
stands, etc. I EcJ Waitermire.
Wanted—Jo rent house in or near
Bluffton.
Main St, i
store.
See me
ing. Rell
See me
service of
W. Kibler
4’s and al
sheeting ai
Chamberla:
ames Clark, 108’a S.
ove Armstrong furniture
Have us
i install Rittenhouse Door
{you. Ed Waitermire.
—Two row corn plow,
lion. W. A. Vermillion,
lone.
-Chickens. We
:e. The K &
In phone 492-W.
tiwers sharpened,
iffton phone 214-T.
for lawn mower sharpen
r*otee, South Mound St 6
tor prompt shoe repairing
all kinds. Ed. Smith, 199
St., tf.
"inklers, grass shears, hose
Chimes foi
For sa)
good cone
Bluffton i
Wanted-
market pr
Co., Blufft
Lawn ir
Young, Bl
sic fttore,
Black roof Ija
Cars washeli and
lin Zuercher] 517
phone 153-Y.I
pay top
Produce
tf
Charles
6
Wai term ire.
nozzles. 1
Lawn
repairing,
one day
shop, 6 rr
countyline
wer grinding and general
new rollers and handles,
service. Moyer’s Repair
lies north of Bluffton on
and 1 mile east 11
-Standard size door and
for sale choice of 5 sows
Wanted-
frame als'
with pigs.
510-Y.
Clarence Young, phone
-Used lumber 2 6’s, 2
ut 600 square feet of
1 some pine flooring. Ed
For sale-
1929 Model A Ford truck,
ber shop.
For sale
Johnson Bi
For rent-|-7 room farm home, mod
ern except Ibath, on improved road
with garag| and garden immediate
possession. (This property is that of
the late W.IO. Bigger. Inquire Lee
Shilling, Rt.|3, Box 75, Ada, O. Je
nera phone I9-F-2.
Camp stools. Ed Waitermire.
Notice —I Instruction: Trumpet,
trombone, French horn, melophone
and bass leilsons by former NBC
and CBS Nl»w York Studio musi
cian. Jack lligelow, c/o Zender Mu
sic Store, 134 E. High St., Lima. 9
Black roof|paint. Ed Waitermire,
simonized. Mer
S. Main street,
Sand your town
to do with lpr motor driven floor
sander. Rentlit by the day, do the
work yourself and save money.
Stauffer Pure Ijil Station, across from
town hall. Plllne 410-W. 6
floors. It’s easy
Kem-Tone. I Ed Walterniire.
ARTICLE Sl^iothproofed with Ber
lou are guailtmteed against moth
ears. Dry cleaning
damage for 3
cannot remove
Jerlou. Average cost
to moth spray a suit or dress is 8c
a year. Sidney’s Drug Shop, 129 N.
Main street, Bluffton,
heating
Casco and San^son
pads in stock.
For sale—Two1 6:50 by 16 tires
and tubes like n®v. Kenneth Hart
man, 140 Cherry St.
Ed Watermire.
Baby auto seats! Ed Waitermire.
For sale—Strong colony of bees
also some nice cofnb honey. E. P.
Steiner, east of town.
For sale—Good McCormick-Deer-
ing 8 shovel ridinglcultivator Inter
national hayloader, good as new
'International manure spreader and
spring tooth harrow, priced reason
ably. E. P. SteinerJ mile east of
town.
Wanted—To mow lawns. Clarence
Greiner, Jr., Blufftoi} phone 637-W.
For sale—Residence and business
place in Bluffton. Call Bluffton phone
123-W or 159-W.
For sale—175 lb. biack male hog
also 10 bushels LinccAn soy beans.
Stanley Bixel, 3 miles north on Col
lege road.
2, 4-D weed killer fon weed control
for your lawn. Does n|t harm blue
grass. We also have theu potato spray
in 1 lb. cans, 4 lb. sacks and 50 lb.
sacks. The Bluffton Mining Co. 8
For sale—Tomato, cabbage and
head lettuce plants. Dgle Reichen
bach, 151 Riley St.
Wanted—To buy property in Bluff
ton or small place in country near
by, preferably on highway. Prefer
to deal direct with owner, Address
Box L, Bluffton News.
For sale—Good heating stove for
shop or garage. M. C. Geiger, Bluff
ton phone.
Cultivator shovels, garden hose,
tool boxes. Bluffton Implement &
Harness Co.
For sale—Gearless hay loader in
fair condition. Sam Luginhuh).
mile west of Richland grange.
For sale—Large tricycle ir good
shape. Henry Green, Bluffton phone
630-W.
For sale—Three months old collie
shepherd puppie. Cleo Garau.
For sale—John Deere 2-horse corn
plow, good as new, $](J. Cal Lugin
buhl, Bluffton phone.
Buy your Avon protects from Mrs.
Fred Hahn, authorized representative
for the Bluffton district.
For sale—Brick residence on Grove
street, known arf the lutzi property.
See Leland Diller at lutzi Insurance
agency.
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Reunions
The Abraham and Marian Steiner
reunion will be held July 4 at Pan
dora school park. Pres., Ezra Stein
er sec., Adelia Oyer.
Wanted
Man For Night
Shift In Bakelite
Molding Machine
Department
Steady Work. Two Nights
Off Per Week.
EMPLOYMENT
DEPARTMENT
THE TRIPLETT ELECTRI
CAL INSTRUMENT CO.
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Phone
295-W
113 ft S.
Bin
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ffton
and
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Merchandise
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Prescriptions Care
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Sidney’s Drug Shop
Phone 170-W