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BLUFFTON
A Good Place to Live
VOLUME LXXI
GALA OPENING SET
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
AT CARMA THEATRE
Modern New Show house Has
Seating Accommodations For
492 Patrons
Theatre Equipment And Fur
nishings Equal Of Any In
Northwestern Ohio.
Gala opening of Bluffton’s new
•Carina theatre with two showings
this Friday night will give residents
of the area their first chance to
see the interior of the motion
picture house, one of the finest in
Northwestern Ohio.
Modem in every respect, the
beautifully decorated and furnished
showhouse has all new equipment
and will be completely air-condition
ed. Special acoustic wall panels are
installed to provide sound reproduc
tion as good as that in any of Ohio’s
larger theatres, and new type, com
fortable seats will add to the enjoy
ment of patrons.
Construction of the building was
started last December by George
Carmack, who erected the structure
in a post-war expansion of his
theatre interests here.
New Building
Site of the new motion picture
house adjoins Carmack’s two-story
business building on South Main
street occupied by the A and
food store. Its architecture and
materials used for construction
matches the former building, to
which it is attached.
With a seating capacity of 492,
the new theatre has an auditorium
about three times as large as that
in the Star, formerly Bluffton’s only
showhouse.
First run “A” pictures will be
shown in the new Carma theatre,
with second-run films scheduled for
weekends only at the Star theatre,
which also will continue under Car
mack’s operation. For the next two
weeks, however, the Star will be
-closed for repairs and redecoration.
Television Feature
The new Carma theatre also is
adapted for trunk television, which
is expected to be available to show*
houses in this area long before home
reception will become a reality. A
television trunk line, with booster
stations, will run between Findlay
and Bluffton in this area, and the
Bluffton theatre will be served by
it.
Carmack first acquired his theatre
interests here when he purchased
the Star showhouse in October, 1939.
and moved his family here from
Findlay in the same year. He had
planned to construct a new theatre
here 1942, but the outbreak of
war delayed a start on the project.
A premiere showing will be made
in the Carma theatre this Thursday
for motion picture owners in this
area, film representatives, etc.
Rites Held Saturday
For Albert Lovell
Funeral services were held last
Saturday afternoon in the Bluffton
Methodist church for Albert B.
Lovell, 79, a retired carpenter, who
died in Bluffton Community hospital
the preceding Wednesday afternoon,
from a stroke suffered last June 27.
Lovell came to Bluffton from
Findlay in 1924. Bom in McComb
on Sept. 28, 1867, he w’as married
on June 20, 1889, to Lily Harlow’,
who survives.
In addition to the widow, surviv
ors include the following children:
Mrs. Ward Marshall, Bluffton Mrs.
L. R. Reese, Findlay, and Mrs. L.
L. Clymer, Marion. There are six
grandchildren and eight great-grand
children.
Lovell was a member of the
Bluffton Methodist church, where
funeral services w’ere held Saturday
afternoon. Rev. Paul Cramer, pas
tor of the church, officiated. Burial
was in Benton Ridge cemetery.
Lions Hear Griffin
On Tax Structure
Most tax problems have been cre
ated by catering to minority groups,
Allen County Auditor Floyd B. Grif
fin told members of the Bluffton
Lions club at a dinner meeting
Tuesday in the Walnut Grill.,
General property tax largely has
been the basis for the tax structure
in the past, but fluctuations of value
make appraisals difficult, Griffin
said. He recommended the fairest
course in the future would be to
leave valuation at its present level
and vote additional taxes outside
the 10-mill limitation.
Patriotic Thief
Takes U. S. Flag
From Grange Hall
A thief with patriotic leanings
took a silk United States
flag as his only loot, after
breaking into the Richland
Grange hall, last week. The
flag was one used for stage dec
oration in the hall.
Margery Niswander
Weds Elton Beery
In a beautiful floral setting in
Ramseyer chapel, Miss Margery
Nisw’ander, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. W. M. Niswander, of Jackson
street, became the bride of Elton
Beery, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Beery, of Seville, Ohio, at 4 o’clock
last Saturday afternoon.
The double ring ceremony was
performed by Dr. L. L. Ramseyer,
president of Bluffton college. Ferns
and yellow’ chrysanthemums in a
brass container and ivory candles
in brass candelabra made a beautiful
setting for the ceremony. The aisle
was marked with chrysanthemums
and greenery tied with ivory satin
ribbon.
Preceding the ceremony nuptial
music was provided at the organ by
Mrs. Glenn Morgan, Sylvania, sister
of the bride. Mrs. Wilbur Lauer,
a sister of Philadelphia, played vio
lin selections. Vocal selections were
sung by Mr. Paul Emmert, Bluffton,
a brother-in-law’ of the bride. The
traditional “Bridal March,” Wag
ner, and “Wedding March,” Men
delssohn, were used and the hymn,
“O Perfect Love,” was played dur
ing the ceremony.
Escorted and given in marriage
by her father, the bride wore a
white brocaded taffeta gowm made
with a fitted basque, sweetheart
neckline, and long sleeves, pointed
at the •wrist. A full skirt fell in a
court train and a crown of orange
blossoms held her finger tip veil.
She carried an arm bouquet of white
chrysanthemums tied with satin rib
bon and streamers.
The bride was attended by Miss
Lettie Ann Landis, Van Wert, as
maid of honor. Bridesmaids were
Miss Marjean Todd, of Cleveland,
Mrs. C. K. Howell, of Lewisburg,
and Miss Joan McCarty of Waynes
field.
Mr. William Anderson of Medina
w*as best man and ushers were Mr.
Frederick Soldner of Berne, Ind.,
Mr. Roger Berkey of Wooster, and
Mr. Kenneth Winkler of Bluffton.
A reception followed at the home
of the bride’s parents for friends
and relatives.
Both the bride and groom were
graduated from Bluffton college last
spring. Mr. Beery is now employed
as a chemist with the Nickel Plate
railroad in Lima.
For going aw’ay the bride wore an
autumn brown suit with gold ac
cessories and a gold chrysanthemum
corsage.
Dr. R. S. Oyer Opens
Wapakoneta Office
Dr. Robert S. Oyer, recently dis
charged captain in the army med
ical corps, and son of Mrs. Adella
Oyer, has started medical practice
in Wapakoneta.
Dr. Oyer was graduated from
Hahnemann hospital in Philadelphia
in March, 1943, and served as an
interne at Huron Road hospital in
Cleveland. He was resident physi
cian at Lima Memorial hospital for
one year before enlisting in the
Army. During his time in service
he was in the Pacific theatre for
two years.
Dr. Oyer is a member of the Lima
Memorial hospital staff, and has
hospital privileges at Lima St. Rita’s
hospital.
Dr. and Mrs. Oyer and daughter,
Christine, are residing in the Fauld
er apartments in Wapakoneta. His
offices are located on the main floor
of the same building.
Tenor Is On College
Concert Series Friday
Harold Haugh, talented Oberlin
concert singer who made a hit with
Bluffton music lovers in a previous
appearance here several years ago,
will be the first artist to appear on
the Bluffton College 1946-47 Con
cert Series, at 8 P. M. this Friday
in Ramseyer chapel.
A tenor who sings with fine range
and excellent tone, Haugh w’ill ap
pear here only two weeks after be
ing featured in a New York City
Town Hall concert.
Arrangements for the concert ser
ies are directed by Prof. Russell A.
Lantz, director of the college de
partinent of music.
Star Gazers Line Streets For Century’s
Most Spectacular Shower Of Meteors
Hundreds of Residents in Their
Yards to Watch Continuous
Falling Star Show.
Cloudless Skies Permit Full
Enjoyment of Rare Treat
Continuing Two Hours.
An almost cloudless sky permitted
Bluffton area residents to enjoy the
rare aerial show’ put on last Wed
nesday night when the greatest and
most brilliant meteor shower of this
century was at its zenith.
Impromptu neighborhood star-gaz
ing parties could be seen along
every street, as residents craned
their heads to watch the almost con
tinuous performance which often had
as many as six or seven shooting
stars racing across the heavens at
the same time.
Brilliance of the moon w’as the
only distracting factor, but its in
terference was not serious, for some
observers reported seeing as many
as 23 meteors in one single minute,
and the total number of shooting
stars visible here must have num
bered in the thousands.
The first shooting stars were seen
about 9 p. m. and the peak of the
display was reached at 10:30.
Leslie C. Peltier, Allen county’s
noted amateur astronomer, said the
exhibition was the best he has ever
seen.
Peltier for several weeks had been
following with his telescope the
Giacobini-Zinner comet, which shed
the meteors, but said it now has
disappeared into the south. He said
the comet probably is bigger than
the earth in diameter.
The display resulted as the earth
came within 131,000 miles of the
spot in space where the comet pass
ed eight days ago. Particles from
the fiery tail of the comet thus w’ere
close enough to strike the earth’s
outer atmosphere envelope, and the
friction of the collision threw off
the sparks seen from this planet.
Sight Exams For
Bluffton Pupils
Sight examinations for Bluffton
public school pupils will be spon
sored by the Lions club in a one
day clinic next Tuesday in the high
school gymnasium.
Members of the club and their
w’ives w’ill assist in making the
tests, and recommendations will be
made as to whether pupils should
take further examinations w’ith eye
sight specialists.
Paul Geiser Will
Move House To Town
A house standing on the former
A. J. Ow’ens farm in Orange town
ship, now being converted into the
Bixel airport, has been purchased by
Paul Geiser and will be moved to
Bluffton this fall. Foundation for
the house is nearing completion on
Geiser’s lot in the Fred Mueller ad
dition on Jefferson street.
WITH SERVICE MEN
Charles Steiner, of South Main
street, was honorably discharged last
Wednesday at Ft. Sheridan, Ill., and
has returned home. He served with
the army of occupation in Japan.
T/Sgt. Marion .Lenney, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Lenney, Jr., of
Beaverdam, sister of Mrs. Harold
Crawfis, Bluffton, w’as honorably dis
charged last week at Ft. Sheridan,
Ill. He served in Manila and Tokyo.
Pleasant View
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Dukes are the
Barents of a baby girl born at Bluff
ton Community Hospital, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lew’is Wynkoop and
family visited relatives at New’ Stark,
Sunday.
Rev. Walter Purdy of Raw’son call
ed in this community on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence .Stuckey
and family of Stryker, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Phillips, Jr., and family of
Ada, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Basinger
and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Loren
Basinger and family of Columbus
Grove spent Sunday in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Wynkoop.
The October meeting of the Friend
ly Couples Class which will be held
in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Walter
Purdy has been postponed until Fri
day evening, Oct. 25. Mr. and Mrs.
Dwight Frantz will be the program
leaders for the evening.
Uncle Sam soon will be mailing out
income tax report forms to many re
luctant nephews and nieces. Rural
members of the family will find farm
account books help to answer Uncle’s
questions.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
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BLUFFTON, OHIO THURSDAY, OCT
NEW BIXEL AIRPORT
WILL BE OPERATING
WITHIN TWO WEEKS
Two Additional Planes Bought
For Airfield Total of Four
Now in Use.
Combination Hangar-Adminis
tration Building to be Com
pleted Within Week.
Full-scale operations will be under
way before the close of this month
on the new 80-acre Bixel airport, one
mile east of Bluffton, following com
pletion of the combination hangar
administration building within the
next week.
Two new planes were added last
week to field equipment, Clayton Bix
el, owner and operator of the airport
announced, making a total of four
trainers now in use. Newest additions
include a Ercoupe and an Aeronca
trainer.
The new 180 30-foot cement
block structure housing hangar space,
waiting room, classroom, office space
and workshop, is virtually completed
at the field, and two new runways
finished this fall already are in use.
Hangar openings on the sprawling
new building required 550 feet of
door track, and doors are of the lat
est type, fabricated from aluminum.
Seeding of the new airfield has
been completed, and the principal un
finished work will be represented in
an extensive new ditching program.
The new’ airport is on the former
A. J. Owens’ farm, purchased several
years ago by Bixel. It is directly a
cross the road from his present fly
ing field on the Will Beagle farm.
John Burkholder's
Are Wed 54 Years
A basket dinner at the family
home last Sunday honored Mr. and
Mrs. John Burkholder, of Bluffton
Rural Route 2, on their 54th wed
ding anniversary.
In the family are daughters
and three sons, all of u’hom are
married. There are 33 grandchild
ren and two great-grandchildren.
At the family dinner were Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Diller and family
Mr. and Mrs. Reese Huber, Mr. and
Mrs. Quinten Burkholder and fam
ily Mr. and Mrs. Gid Garmatter
and family, all of Bluffton Mr. and
Mrs. Cal Basinger and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Voorhies and
family, of Indiana Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Burkholder and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Lehman and family,
of Columbus Grove Mr. and Mrs.
Emerson Slotterback, of Lima, and
the honor guests.
Unable to attend were Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Burkholder and family,
of Los Angeles, Calif.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
Community hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gordon, Pan
dora, a boy, Robert Richard, last
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Amstutz,
Bluffton, a boy, Howard Lee, Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Warkentin,
Columbus Grove, a girl, Janise Ar
lene, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bormuth,
Jenera, a boy, Gregory Allen, Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. William Basinger,
Columbus Grove, a boy, Paul Ver
non, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Dukes, Mt.
Cory, a girl, Janice Elaine, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lanning,
Arlington, a girl, Elizabeth Ann,
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Otas Reese, Ada, a
boy, Daniel Wayne, Wednesday.
A girl, Marlen Louise, was born
September 25 at the home of Lieut.
Commander and Mrs. Wade W. Lape
in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Movies On China At
M. E. Brotherhood
Dr. F. D. Rodabaugh will speak
and show’ movies he took in China
at the Brotherhood family night at
the First Methodist church, this
Thursday evening.
All Methodists and their friends
are invited to the meeting, open
ing w’ith a pot-luck supper at 6 p. m.
Dr. Rodabaugh was a laisson med
ical officer with the Chinese army,
and had many interesting exper
iences in the Orient.
Good poultrymen immediately take
sick birds out of the flock to lessen
danger of spreading contagious dis
eases.
17, 1946
With members of a Citizen’s Ad
visory Committee mobilizing this
ednesday night to launch intensive
house-to-house canvassing in sup
port of the tw’o-mill school levy, the
Board of Education this week re
leased a public letter explaining the
financial plight of Bluffton’s public
schools and their need for increased
revenue.
Statement of board members re
vealed it has been necessary to bor
row’ funds to meet the October pay
roll of schools, and that the school
Luginbuhl Rites
Held On Tuesday
Funeral services w’ere held Tues
day in the Beaverdam Methodist
church for J. J. Luginbuhl, 68, re
tired Beaverdam merchant-poet and
operator of the last Western Ohio
interurban car to run through Bluff
ton. He died at Lima Memorial
hospital last Saturday night.
Born Sept. 9, 1878, in Richland
township, he was the son of Ben
jamin and Magdaline Steiner Lug
inbuhl.
Survivors include his widow, the
former Zola M. House, and the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Menno Geiger, Mrs. Kathryn Kohler,
both of Bluffton Mrs. Della Egley,
Ann Arbor, Mich. Dr. C. B. Lug
inbuhl, Des Moines, Iow*a Enos
Luginbuhl, Cleveland, and Adam and
Albert Luginbuhl, of Bluffton.
Luginbuhl w’as a member of the
Beaverdam Methodist church and
the Elks lodge. Rev. L. Don Fauver
officiated at the funeral service, and
Elks rites were conducted in the
Diller funeral home preceding the
church service. Burial was in Wood
land cemetery, Beaverdam.
Rites Monday For
Gordon H. Althaus
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon in the Lafayette Methodist
church for Gordon H. Althaus, 16,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Althaus,
Route 2, Lafayette, who died Friday
night in Lima Memorial hospital from
injuries sustained in an auto collision
near Waynesfield.
The mishap victim was the grand
son of Mrs. Albert Althaus, of west
of Bluffton.
The accident occurred tw’o hours
preceding Althaus’ death when the
car in which he w’as riding with his
brother, Gilbert Althaus, 21, of near
Waynesfield, was involved in a colli
sion with another auto. No one else
was injured seriously.
A member of the Ebenezer Menno
nite church, Althaus was buried in the
church cemetery.
In addition to his parents and
grandmother, the youth is survived
by the brother, Gilbert, and a sister,
Mrs. Glendoris Van Waning, Tona
wanda, N. Y.
O. C. Hursey Buys
Clymer Building
Sale of the L. L. Clymer build
ing and lot on Vance street to O. C.
Hursey and Sons, Bluffton farm im
plement dealers, was announced this
week.
The Hursey organization plans to
transfer its operations from the
present Cherry street address to
their new location between now and
the first of the year.
P. T. A. Reception
For Teachers Tuesday
Nearly 100 persons attended
Tuesday night’s P. T. A. reception
for Bluffton public school teachers
in the high school cafeteria. A so
cial hour and refreshments w’ere en
joyed.
Membership of the association is
nearing the 100 mark, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Charles Hankish,
president. Next meeting of the
group w’ill be Tuesday, November 12.
HOME COMING
The Beuverdam Methodist church
plans to observe her annual “Home
Coming” next Sunday (20th), and
is extending a welcome to all form
er members and friends of the
church and church school to attend:
especially the dinner and afternoon
program. You no doubt will be in
terested in our “Diversiform Sen ice
which is bringing about a very
sat is factor},’ result in the morning
services.
The Rev. N. H. Bradley, who has
a suburban home near Columbus
Grove, will be the afternoon speak
er. The regular pastor the Rev. L.
Dow’ Fauver will conduct the morn
ing w’orship services and Edgar Herr
who is the church school superint
endent, will be the chief spokesman
of the day.
Board Asks Support Of Two-Mill
Levy To Continue Good Schools
has on hand approximately $3,000 in
unpaid bills.
Favorable vote for the two-mill
levy at the polls in November will
help meet increased operating ex
penses, adjust teachers’ salaries to
present-day requirements, continue
the present broad curriculum and
provide funds for long-deferred and
badly needed repairs.
Final plans for the house-to-house
canvass will be drafted at the Citi
zen’s Advisory committee meeting
at 8 p. m. this Wednesday’ in the
high school building.
SPECIAL POLICE TO
CHECK HALLOWEEN
DEPREDATION HERE
Nightly Patrol of Bluffton Is
Started to Prevent Prop
erty Damage
Municipality Continues Action
To Halt Widespread Damage
Of Two Years Ago
Nightly patrol of Bluffton streets
was started this week by special po
lice officers to prevent Halloween
depredations which in some past
years have caused widespread dam
age here.
Fred Martin, sw’orn in as a spe
cial deputy sheriff, has been en
gaged to patrol the town by automo
bile, to ward off damaging forays by
youngsters whose enthusiasm for the
Halloween season often gets out of
hand.
Regular police also will be active
during the next two weeks, to pre
vent an outbreak of depredation
which two years ago were costly to
property ow-ners.
Any bands of juveniles roaming
the streets will be taken into cus
tody for explanation of their actions,
Mayor W. A. Howe said, in an
nouncing a continuation of last
year’s control measures which proved
highly successful.
Bluffton householders can help
too, the mayor said, in reporting
promptly any Halloween damage,
and he pledged full support of local
authorities in attempting to keep
property damage out of the Hal
low’een picture this season.
Pandora
Mrs. William H. Steiner is visiting
her brother Wjllard and family at
Holly, Mich.
Mrs. Zella Krohn, Mr. and Mrs. Hi
ram Krohn and daughter Mildred and
Bernice Anderson spent Sunday even
ing W’ith Mr. and Mrs. Dale Snavely
and family at Holgate.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weber and
daughter of Ft. Wayne, Ind., spent
the w’eek end at the home of her pa
rents Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schumacher
and Helen.
Francis Kempf and Leotus Suter
are in Michigan for several days.
Warren Bridenbaugh teacher of the
young Men’s class of the St. Johns
Sunday school entertained them at
dinner in his home on Monday even
ing.
Mrs. Abe Hilty underwent an
operation at Bluffton hospital one
day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Correl Donaldson
spent Sunday with their daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Green and son
at Elkhart, Ind.
The Pandora Grange gave the
“Traveling Grange Program” at Gil
boa Monday evening.
Mrs. Mertie Reese and Miss Har
riet Krohn are visiting in the Dr. W.
C. Suter home at Waterville. 0
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sommer spent
the week end with relatives at Troy,
O.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McDowell of
Pandora are announcing the engage
ment of their daughter Rosemary, to
Kenneth Marshall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Marshall, of Bluffton.
No date has been set for the wed
ding.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goedde of Ot
tawa called on Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Krohn on Saturday.
On Monday evening a group of
young people gave Mr. and Mrs. John
Vermilya a rousing belling. After
ward they were treated at Krohn’s
Restaurant.
REAL ESTATE DEAL
Mrs. Belle Hall, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Potee, has purchas
ed the former George Stot’s property
in Beaverdam from Mrs. Bertha Po
tee. She will live there with her
grandmother, Mrs. Nora Eckenwiler.
BLUFFTON
A Good Place to Trade
NUMBER 26
MEAT COUNTERS
FULL AGAIN WHEN
PRICES ARE FREED
Bluffton’s Two Meat Markets
Operating Again on Full
Time Schedules.
ost of Meat Goes up Rapidly
But Plenty is Available For
Shoppers.
Bluffton’s two meat markets Tues
day resumed operations on a full
time schedule, with plenty of meat
for all takers, the first day after
meat price controls were abandoned
by order of President Truman.
Livestock immediately started mov
ing to market and Bluffton’s prox
imity to the producer meant assur-
SIGN OF THE TIMES
In contrast! to the heavy shop
ping rushes of the last month,
Tuesday afternoon trade was so
slack one meat market operator
was seen chatting on the street
in front of his establishment,
while employes of the other
market were washing windows.
ance of full meat counters, but any
body’s guess is good as to what
meat will cost the purchaser from
day to day.
Retail prices immediately started
an upward spiral, reflecting higher
cost of animals, and on Wednesday
one market reported pork generally
was bringing about 20% more than
under price control. Beef prices so
far have advanced only about 10
per cent.
Hogs that last week brought the
farmer $15.85 a hundred, were sell
ing for $25 a hundred Wednesday.
Cattle prices did not advance cor
respondingly, and there was some
hope beef prices may not rise as
sharply as those for pork.
Principal retail price advance w’as
for center cut ham, up to 70 cents
from 58, and pork chops to 65 cents
from 55. In contrast T-bone steaks
were bringing only two cents a
pound more than before controls
were dropped. Beef roasts and
steaks advanced about four cents a
pound.
Settlement
Rev. and Mrs. Frank S. Harder.
Roger, Gideon Lehman, Mr. and
Mrs. Milford Haas and son Marvin
were Sunday dinner guests in the
home of Miss Emma Lehman.
Sunday dinner guests in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach
and family were, Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Hochstettler and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Zimmerman and family
of Findlay, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Zimmerman and family, Mr. and
Mrs. David Zimmerman and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Zimmerman and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Orren Zim
merman and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Zimmerman and family,
Miss Bernice Zimmerman and broth
er Junior Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs.
Verl Reichenbach and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Austin Lehman and family
of Berne, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Kohli.
Mrs. Albert Leichty, Mr. and Mrs.
Osia Von Gunten and Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Bixler and son, all of Berne,
were Sunday dinner guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Augs
burger and family.
Mrs. Ernest Thymne and daughter
Kate and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carl
ton of Toledo were Sunday visitors
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Am
brose Basinger.
The four Mennonite churches of
this area are to be represented by
a group of the Ladies’ Missionary
societies of the local churches at the
Berne Mennonite church, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stutzman of
Carlock, Ill., were Saturday evening
visitors in the home of Mr. ana
Mrs. Hiram Kohli.
Miss Reva Snavely of Columbus
visited over the week end with her
home folks.
Willard Moser and Ellis Stein0"’
consigned a number of their high
ouality Shorthorn cattle to the sale
which w’as held Tuesday at the Rob
ert Tudor farm near Col. Grove.
Out of state buyers from Ten
nessee, Kentucky, and Maine pur
chased choice individuals. Over 40
head were sold at an average of
more than $400. The highest price
w’as paid for a female consigned by
Herbert Weber of Edgerton, Ohio,
which was purchased for $625 by
Dr. House of Washington, D. C.
The young men’s class of the St
John Sunday school taught by War
ren Bridenbaugh enjoyed a supper
Monday in the Bridenbaugh home.
Gideon Nusbaum expects to have
a sale of farm chattels this fall
and discontinue farm work. His
son, John, will operate the farm as
in oast rears.
Rev, and Mrs. P. J. Boehr and
daughter Mary Ellen of Winona
Lake, Ind., visited Sunday and Mon
day among friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. David Luginbill,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Luginbill and
children, Charley and Carolyn, Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Elsea and Danila
Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bodey and
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gallant and
children, Janice and Clair, had Sun
day dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ber
nard Green at Bowling Green.