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BETHEL CHURCH OF CHRIST
D. Read, Pastor
Sunday—
10:15 Bible School. Clyde Hart
man, Supt.
11:15 Worship service. Sermon
subject, "The Great Beginning.’’
Everyone welcome.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
C. D. Read. Pastor
9:15 Worship service. Sermon sub
ject, “The Great Beginning.”
10:00 Bible School. Robert E.
Luginbuhl, Supt.
Bible study every Wednesday, 7:30
p. m. We are studying the book of
Galatians. Everyone welcome. E
FEET
Health Spot fo
in the foilowing
Women’s
3 to 12
Widths 5-A to 3-E
The House
of Perfect
Sound
W. H. Gratz Family Shoes
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor
M.
Rev. Paul H. Cramer,
Church School 9:30 A.
This is Gideon Sunday.
Morning Worship 10:30
Sermon by the minister
music by the Junior choir,
otwear available
sizes:
TOM DRAKE BEVERIY TYLER,
AU EY^TOTTER U E*C 0 N YN^
nusz
OoacMt, fVodooteb,
NORMAN TAUBOGfa jSAMUU MARX
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
Double Feature
Genius At Work (Comedy)
and
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Attention Fishermen!
The fish are biting and we have what it
catch them. Complete line of—
1 I
True Temper Rods
Reels
Fishing Lures plugs and flies
Tackle and Fly Boxes
Cane Pole, Cast ng Rod & Fly rod lines
Minnow Seins
ind Swivel Sinkers
Casting Corks i
Crappie and Blue Gill Corks & Sinkers
Casting and Fly Rod Tube Carriers
Eagle Claw Snfelled Hooks
Pork Rind, Fly Rod Varnish, Reel Oil
Various Types of Spinners for Casting
or Fly Rods
Wire & Nylon Leader with swivel snaps
FETT’S HARDWARE
Make Fett’s Yodr Fishing Tackle Headquarters
We Have A Complete Line of All Available Tackle
A. M.
Special
Youth Fellowship 6:30 p. m.
Choir practices—
Junior choir Wednesday at 7 p. m.
Senior Choir, Thursday 7:30 .m.
Jitney supper Thursday, beginning
at 5:30 p. m. Public invited.
Lima District Conference, Mon
day, April 28 at Grace Church, Lima.
Meeting begins at 9 a. m., closes
with a banquet at 6 p. m.
HURT?
I Men’s I
6 to 15
Widths 4-A to 3-E
“Scientific Fitting a Specialty
Bluffton, Ohio
Store
CARMI THEATRE EL-
BLUFFTON, OHIO
THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Blondie’s Hol
with
PENNY SINGLETON and ARTHU
Matinee Saturday at 2:30 P.
SUNDAY-MONDAY
iday
LAKE
M.
.LMGM’s^r*
08 THE END'
Brian OOHim. Ml MIKE*
.#•
takes to
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Sunday services at 10:30 a. m.
Testimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church
is open every Wednesday from 2:00
to 4:00 p. m. The public is invited
to all services and to visit the read
ing room.
This society is a branch of The
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass.
EBENEZER MENNONITE
CHURCH
Rev. Howard T. Landes, Pastor
Thursday
10:30 Morning Worship
8:30 Evening meeting.
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
J. N. Smucker, pastor
7:00 Junior C. E.
DEFENSELESS MENNONITE
CHURCH
Rev. E. J. Shady,
Thursday—
8:00 p. m. Mid-week
Saturday—
8:00 p. m. Youth For
at High School auditorium.
Sunday—
9:30 Sunday school
I
I
7:30 Program by Youth Group.I Shehan or if anyone has him penned
Pictures of Chinese Life by Dr. F.l UP please release
Rodabaugh.
I
I
0 I
6:30 Intermediate Christian En-|caiiers Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Huber
deavor.
Levi Mellinger, Supt.
10:30 Morning worship and Com
munion service. Speaker, Rev. Reu
ben Short of Archbold, Ohio.
7:00 Children’s meeting
I n
The choir meets on Thursday even
ing at 7:30 at the church.
Father and Son banquet or Friday
evening at 7:30 at the church. Guest
speaker: Dr. Tennyson Guyer. Come,
bring a son let’s begin on time.
Regional Youth Rally on Sunday
at Calvary church, Lima, at 3:00 p.
m. All young people are urged to
attend.
Catechism instruction Saturday
morning at 9:30 A. M.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Ernest N. Bigelow, Minister
Rockport:
Morning worship 9:30
Church school 10:30
Mr. Lawrence Begg, Supt.
Youth of Lima Presbytery hold
their Spring Rally today, 3 p. m. in
the Delphos church.
Bluffton:
Church school 9:45
Mr. Ropp Triplett, Supt.
Morning worship 11:00
Youth of Lima Presbytery’s Spring
Rally, today, in the Delphos church.
Meet in front of our church at 2 p.
m.
An important meeting in the
church basement of all men and boys
of the church is called for Thursday
night, April 24, at 7:30, to organize a
community-wide canvass for the Auc
tion. Eats.
Sunday’s sermon: “How to Know
Christ.”
STOCK SALES
Rite-way milkers. Waitermire’s.
For sale—23 shoats, avg. 90 lbs.
Henry Bame 7 miles ea$t on 103 and
mile north.
Wanted—2 pigs for next winter’s
meat. Jacob Nusbaum, 1
town.
mile east of
For rent—Bulla: Shorthorn Here
ford, Angus and Browa
Moser.
Swiss. Ira
Hog Worm
|m fluoride.
317-W. 1
tetered gilts,
I others due
»eford boar
Try the new Vernostl
Powder. Contains sodiu:
Master Feed Mill. PhonqI
For sale—Several regi
some with pigs by side,*
soon also registered He
one year old and registered Swiss
bull 9 months old, all atl reasonable
prices. C. N. Long & Son. 10 miles
south of Bluffton on county line, tf
Many money saving itepis in our
Third Anniversary advertisement on
Page 3. Don’t miss it..Waitermire’s
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
MISSIONARY CHURCH
Robert R. Welch, Pastor
W ednesday—•
7:30 Prayer service
Sunday—
9:30 Sunday school
10:30 Morning worship
6:30 Prayer meeting.
7:00 Young People’s meeting.
Children’s meeting in basement.
7:30 Evening service.
Everyone is welcome.
Mt. Cory
I win
8:00 p. m. Prayer and Bible study.I callers on Mrs. Chester Huber in
Sunday—
I
Mrs. Dan Shehan, Kenneth Baid-
I and
and Graceann were Thursday
Bluffton.
9:30 Sunday school, Joseph Thomp-I If anyone has seen a large black
son, Supt.
white cat named Tommy belong-
in8T Ruth Huber, please notify Dan
he maY come home.
owner.
....- I Mrs. Nettie Pitze
I a recent
I V’ Turner-
Thursday— I Mr8’ Ira Wilkins was a recent ca,!*
6:30 Young People’s Bible Study
Ier of Mrs-
Bluffton.
.1 Mrs*
7:30 The evening service. A* Gos-1 Wednesday in her home
pel team from the Mennonite Bibli-1 ’n Bluffton and has been under a
cal Seminary will present the pro-1 doctor’s care.
gram. Rev. Marvin Dirks will speak. I Mrs. C. E. Bo
Visitors are always welcome. I Harold Lynn Falk
1
Pastor
service
I
I
Senior C. W. B.
Adult C. W. B.
7:45 Evening service
All are invited to these services.
EVANGELICAL ft REFORMED
CHURCHES
V. C. Oppermann, Minister I
Emmanuel’s: I
9:30 A. M. Morning Worship I
10:30 A. M. Church school I
Father and Son banquet on Friday I
evening of this week at St. John’s I
church at 7:30 p. m. Guest speaker:!
Dr. Tennyson Guyer, of Ohio City,
Ohio. Come bring a Son we want
to begin on time.
The choir of the church will not
meet for rehearsal this week.
St. John’s—
9:30 A. M. Church School
10:45 A. M. Morning Worship
him at once so
He is missed by
ie of Findlay was
Mr. and Mrs. N.
visitor of
Bessie Guin.
8:15 Adult Bible study HoP' °f Ridge were dinner
Sunday_ I.guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hu
9:30 Sunday school Carl Smucker,|I)er *n Bluffton.
Supt I
10:30 Worship service.
I
Mrs. Virginia Wilson and daught-
Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Suter and fam-
ny of Pandora were Friday evening
Chester Huber suffered a
ibering and Mrs.
were Tuesday af
Mrs. Chester Hu
ne at Bluffton.
held in the High
temoon callers on
ber in her new ho
A musical was
School auditorium
Benton Ridge, Rawson, Mt. Cory and
Liberty took part. The program in
i eluded chorus, orchestra, instrumen-
I
Christ Rally
Friday evening.
tai solos by each group.
I
I
On Tuesday evening the P. T. A.
held their annua] meeting in the
High School auditorium.
I
Mr. and Mrs. Cflhester Huber
I
Bluffton, Thursday afternoon.
FRESH BANANA LAYER CAKE
Bananas may like* the climate of the
tropical equator, but we like ’em right•
here ... in the filling and frosting!
gold cake.
6^-lnch63e 8-lnch o"C
CHEESE FOOD
CHED-O-BIT
2-LB.
BOX oSC
SOAP GRANULES
8OAP FLAKES
CHIFFON
AUTOMATIC
PREMIUM
If milk production from the 500
cows can be obtained
has an opportunity
condensing plant.
Bluffton had a field day when a
carload of 1,000 watermelons were
disposed of locally when the local
freight agent was forced to sell the
load to pay storage charges. The
large melons sold like hotcakes for
25c each.
The following Bluffton boys are
on the way to an army camp: Levi
Gratz, John Burkholder, Fred Bixel,
.N. D. Messinger, Huber Jennings,
Harvey Beidler, Elmer Kennel, Orlo
Bixel, Ezra Jackson,
Sylvan Herrman, and
Menno
Mrs.
line to
tion.
Miss Ruth Montgomery will
the 7th and 8th grades at the
erdam schools
on
in
Willard Kramer was a caller
DIXIE
MARGARINE
IB,000 UNITS OF VITAMIN A
THE GROWN-UPS FAVORITE
THE KIDDIES DELIGHT
Grocery Values
PERK..............
SOAP FLAKES
ABOVE PAR WHOLE
APRICOTS..................
CALIFORNIA
ORANGE JUICE..........
SODA CRACKERS.......
PACKER’S LABEL SLICED Y.C.
PEACHES....................
LUNCHEON MEAT
ARMOUR’S TREET.......
COMSTOCK
PIE SLICED APPLES....
DIAMOND
HOUSEHOLD MATCHES
BAKER MAID
COOKIES....................
WALKERS
CHILI COH CARNE.....
ABOVE PAR
MIXED FRUIT.............
16-OZ.
PKG.
ALL PURPOSE CLEANER BEECHNUT STRAINED
FROM ISSUE OF SEPT. 20, 1917
locally Bluffton
to get a milk
will take the
Ralph Patterson
place of John BurKholder as Bluff
ton City mail carrier. Patterson was
substitute on the route. Burkholder
was recently drafted.
Andrew and
Tom Murray,
worked for
past year.
Burkholder
Eunice
Basinger’s the
J. S. Steiner left for Crest
attend a W C. T. U. conven-
Margaret Mabel is the name given
the nine pound bouncing baby daugh
ter bom to Mr and Mrs. R. L.
lett at the Sanitorium.
Trip-
teach
Beav-
The Light Bearers of the Presby
terian church will meet with Dor
othy Benroth Thursday after school.
Harley Spangler and Miss Blanch
Dearth of Columbus were united in
marriage.
Don Lackey is driving a new
Buick auto.
Ed Lora, auctioneer at Michigan,
recently drafted, was obliged to can
cel 26
arms,
before
sales upon receiving call to
Ed visited his mother here
taking leave.
following spent an enjoyable
The
Sunday afternoon at the home of
Amos Niswander’s: Misses Mary
Lehman and Ruth Reusser of Berne,
Edna Lugibihl, Augusta Diller,
Stella Geiger, Luella Sumney, and
Ella Roetlisberger. Messrs Lee Am
stutz, Lloyd Lugibihl, Melvin Hilty,
Waldo Diller, William and Alvin
Burkholder, Dennis Diller and Ed
win Amstutz.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lugibill made
their annual visit to the Dr. A. C.
Barnes home in Findlay Rev. Barnes
was the officiating minister at the
Lugibill wedding 35 years ago. Rev.
1859
FOOHSTORES
JANE PARKER
ANGEL FOOD RING......
ORANGE CREME
24-OZ.
PKG. VwC
LARGE
16-oa.
pkg.
No. Wt
... can
12-oa.
can
20-oc.
jar
6
Barnes and Mrs. Lugibill both cele
brate their birthdays on Sept. 9.
Youth Federation
Holds First Meet
Bluffton Youth Federation held the
first of a series of union meetings at
the Methodist church, Sunday night.
The evening’s program was divid
ed into two parts, devotional and
recreational. Rev. Warren Bright,
Lima youth leader spoke on the
theme “Striking Twelve” after which
games were enjoyed followed by re
freshments.
Committee chairmen in charge
were Alice Ruth Pannabecker, ad
vertising Lois Hauenstein, refresh
ments Joanne Harmon, decorating
Joanne Buhler, program.
The next meeting will be an out
door event planned for June.
Settlement
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Balmer and
daughter Darlene who have resided
on the Elmer Bracy place are dis
posing of their household goods Sat
urday and will move to Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wehrly and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wehrly were
supper guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Cal Hermon and family in
Lima.
Charles Ketner is to make his
home at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Wehrly and family.
Dale Conine purchased the forty
acre farm known as the Herman
Ketner home.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Baumgartner
and children of New Mexico arrived
here one day last week to spend
some time among relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Cherry are to
move into the Bracy home that had
been occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ger
ald Balmer.
Representatives of the Gideons
spoke at several of the local church
es Sunday morning.
On Friday evening, May 2, the
Swiss people of this area are having
a get-together at the Bluffton high
school auditorium for a time of real
Swiss chatter and fellowship. A
varied program consisting of songs,
nursery rhymes and stories is to be
presented. Come prepared to par
ticipate in any way to revive the
real Swiss spirit of our community.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all.
each
JANE PARKER COCOANUT
QEA
PKG.
UvC
35c
pkg.
No. 2%
... can
No. 2
cans
39c
ANGEL FOOD BAR...... eaeh 49c
ICED SILVER
POUND CAKES............ 33c
GOLD BAR CAKE......... MCb 39c
SPICY
SPANISH BAR CAKE.... 39c
PARKAY
MARGARINE
43c
Wisconsin Cured BRICK
CHEESE
57c
FLORIDA VALENCIA
ORANGES
ASPARAGUS
VUvUlflDCnd Fine for
23c
FRESH CALIFORNIA
ftADDllTC
29c
RADISHES
boxes
23c
10- oa.
Pkg.
15-oa.
can
41c
No. 2M
.. can
64»50c
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1947
To Stage Play At
Lafayette School
“Grandpa’s Twin Sister,” comedy
farce, will be staged in the Lafay
ette high school auditorium on Wed
nesday night, April 30 at 8 o’clock
by a cast from the Auglaize Town
ship Zion Baptist church. The pro
duction is sponsored by the music
department of Lafayette high school.
Much of the fire damage to Ohio
woodlots occurs in the spring when
grass fires are started. Small
ground fires damage young trees, kill
seedlings, and remove soil protecting
leaf litter.
RILCO
BROODER HOUSE
_—
Buy it...or
Build it...
Semi assembled, ready
for delivery, $714.00
Plus roofing
Each Rilco Arch is continuoaa
framtn* member of glued lamina
ted construction. Its use eliminates
all bracing. The Hilco Arch shaped
house assures maximum floor space
with a minimum of waste space
overhead to be heated.
Riico Arch brooder houses are eco
nomical to buy or huiM. They are
light in weight, yet rigid, strong
and sturdy. Easily moved to clean
ground with team or tractor.
Besides the 12 ft. 10 ft. hou«e as
illustrated, a wide variety of other
sizes and shapes are available, all
built with Rilco Arch Rafters.
RILCO BROODER HOUSE PACK
Consists of 4 glued laminated wood
rafters. The end toners are framed fol
windows and door. Size of Heast
U I U i hieh.
$19.50
Come in
convenient
Rilco
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FOOD.
see how attractive,
and economical these
er Houses are.
STE
MAN BROS.
MBER CO.
236-246
Cherry St. Phone: 360-W
t(Ask Steinman’s"
YouTl have a devilish time
keeping enough of this delicious devil’s
foodcake in the house once your family
discovers its creamy, choc
latey goodness!
O-A-taeh...
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
FRESH, RED RIPE LOUISIANA GROWN
STRAWBERRIES
CALIFORNIA NEW LONG WHITE
POTATOES
Salad ....
FRESH CUBAN—BUY NOW TO CAN
PINEAPPLE....................
Golden, Sweet
VMnnUlQ
and Tender ....................
FRESH CALIFORNIA
PASCAL CELERY
GRAPEFRUIT
S st.ik.
TEXAS MARSH SEEDLESS
KRESH ROUND RED
Grown ..
FRESH NEW CROP CALIFORNIA
DE AC Ful1 Green
rCRd
63C
WISCONSIN COLBY
rUEECE
VdPI EEwE
53c
LGE. 150 SIZE DOZ. 39c
rax or
JV1CK
25c it. 25c
FRESH CALIFORNIA
Shoots ...........
FRESH HOT HOUSE GROWN
rilMIMRERQ Long Green-
7
70 Site
Pods ............. ................................
WISCONSIN CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES
KATHAOINS..........................
WISCONSIN CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES
RUSSETS ..............................
Rug and Uphol«t«ry Cleaner
SPIC & SPAN BABY FOOB MYSTIC FOAM OLIVES
59C
QUART
for
35c
10 lb.
49c
each
29C
18 size 18 24s
EQ
each full case
17c
2
beta.
39c
Mesh Bag
3
bob.
33c
2
n»
bag
b., $3.98
SULTANA STUFFED
41/2-oz.
BOT. JJC

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