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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1947
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIERY, Business Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor
Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
by th^Bluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co.
Subscription rates: Year, $2.00
I six months, $1.25 anywhere in U. S.
Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Bake sale Saturday, 9:30 a. m.,
at Niswander’s by young people of
the Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs Willis Welty of
South Main street left Monday for
Iowa to visit relatives.
W. R. Dally is quite ill with a
heart ailment at the home of Mrs.
Corda Oehrli on Poplar street.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gossman
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. David Kauffman in Ottawa.
Raymond Bixel of Los Angeles is
visiting at the home of his parents,
Peter Bixel of South Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dray of Cleve
land, former Bluffton residents,
spent the week end visiting Thomas
and Frank Dray.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Stratton at Carpenter
Lake, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Sprunger and
son of Berne, Ind., and Ellis Sprung
er of Detroit visited friends in Bluff
ton and Pandora, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Aukerman
and family of McComb spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hilty and
family.
Morris Triplett and Chas. Schu
macher have returned from a week’s
canoe trip at Torch lake in northern
Michigan near Traverse City.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Klingler and
children of Rensselear, Ind., were
Saturday evening guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Derringer and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schyllander
of Erie, Mich., spent the Fourth of
July ait the home of her grandfather,
Chris Santschi of East Kibler street.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gossman and
Miss Bessie Arnold spent Sunday
afternoon and evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Baumgartner of Pandora.
Miss Evelyn Kent of Philadel
phia is a guest this week of Fred
Davidson, psychologyy instructor in
the Bluffton college summer school.
A. F. Sommer of Miami, Florida
and Mrs. Marie Edwards of Jack
son, Miss., were guests at the Amos
Suter home here the pgst week.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Suter and
their house guests Mr. and Mrs.
James Scheidt and Ricchard Sigfried
of Toledo visited at the W T. Marsh
home, Sunday.
Miss Marjean Todd of Cleveland
spent the week end at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L.
Todd.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Klay of
Waynesboro, Pa., spent the first of
the week here with his sister, Mrs.
S. H. Stepleton and brother Elmer
Klay and families.
Diller ambulance removals—Mrs.
Dan Badertscher, Cherry street to
Bluffton hospital Mrs. Amos Thut,
Bluffton hospital to South Main
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Nello Steinman were
among the 42,000 who witnessed the
double header ball game between the
Cleveland Indians and the Detroit
Tigers in the Cleveland Stadium on
the Fourth of July
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stettler will
return Saturday from a two weeks’
vacation visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Cox at Ashtabula, Mr. and Mrs. Theo.
Stettler at Cleveland and Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Wiebe at Willard.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hahn of West
Elm street entertained Sunday: Mr.
and Mrs. H. S. Hahn, son Junior and
daughter ReJean and Turlan Rine
haimer all of Findlay and Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson Steiner and family.
Mrs. Harry Barnes and Mr. and
Mrs. Gail Rakosky and family enter
tained Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. John
Rakosky and family of Cleveland
Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Duncan of Genoa
and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Abel of To
ledo.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ewing enter
tained as their dinner guests Satur
day evening, Mr. and Mrs. Hershal
Moore, LaGrange, Ill. Mr. and Mrs.
Reed Hilty, New York Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Locher, Cleveland and Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Devier, Bluffton.
Miss Marcele Lora of Grove street
has returned home after spending
the past ten days in Traverse City
and other points of interest in
i northern Michigan. She was ac
companied by her brother, Wade
Lora, wife and daughter of Bliss
field, Mich.
Aaron Murray, superintendent of
schools at Washington Court House,
formerly of Bluffton is a patient in
Cleveland Clinic taking treatment
for stomach ulcers. His mother, Mrs.
H. G. Murray and sister, Mrs. Ed
Badertscher and children Harriet and
I Robert visited him in Cleveland last
Sunday.
Miss Verena Winkler has returned
to Akron, Pa., where she is employer!
in the office of the Mennonite Central
committee after visiting here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Winkler and sister, Miss Marie
Winkler who recently returned after
spending a year in Hollywood, Calif.
See me for memorials of all kinds.
Samuel Bixel, 409 S. Main St., Bluff
ton. Phone 429-W. Representing the
Lima Marble & Granite Co. tf
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Clubs, £pdyeS
and Societies
Altar & Rosary Society
The Altar and Rosary society of
St. Mary’s Catholic church will meet
Thursday night at 8 o’clock with
Mrs. Andrew Herrman. Assistant
hostess will be Mrs. Landolin Kindle.
Busy Bee Club
The Busy Bee 4-H club will meet
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
G. R. room in the high school.
Farm Women’s Improvement Club
The Farm Women’s Improvement
club will meet with Mrs. Louise Bad
ertscher, Thursday afternoon, July
17, with Mrs. Ida Ballinger and Mrs.
Clara Andrews assistant hostesses.
The following program has been
arranged:
Roll call, patriotic quotations
Paper—Patriotic woman, Effie Pfeif
fer Contests, Lulu Spallinger poem
Clara Jennings.
Bridal Shower
A miscellaneous shower honoring
Mrs. Leland Bartels, the former Ruth
Van Meter was given July 1 in the
Chas. Van Meter home.
Guests were Mrs. Alice Bodell,
Florence Freet, Lena Rockhill, Mar
gie Rockhill and daughter Deloras,
Frances Van Meter and sons Rich
ard and Larry, Mrs. Vera Rogers and
children Roy Dean and Ethel Jean.
Irene Reams, Gladys Beemer, Cora
Jaggers, Maud Cook, Mina Reeder,
Nae Foley, Betty Cook, Lena Price,
Jerry Huffman, the honored guest
and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Van Meter.
Regrets and gifts were received
from Mrs. Ella Van Atta, Lucile
Beery, Ritha Ewing, Osa Reams,
Fannie Phillips, Mary and Lula
Hooper and Janet King and Mrs.
Lester Van Meter.
Lutheran Aid & Missionary
The Lutheran Aid and Missionary
society will meet in the church Fri
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Family Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Miller of South
Main street entertained at a family
dinner at their home on the Fourth
of July, the following:
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ramseyer, son
Arden and daughter Phyllis of Smith
ville Mr. and Mrs. James Miller and
children Linda and Jimmy of Mis
sion, Texas Miss Eileen Brauen of
McAllen, Texas Mr. and Mrs. Arden
Baker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Wenger and family together with the
host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Miller.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all the relatives
and friends for their aid and sym
pathy extended in our recent bereave
ment also Rev. Roy Longnecker
who officiated and all others who as
sisted at the funeral services in any
way and all those sending flowers.
Adrian Basinger & Family.
Misses Harriet Biome of Chicago
and Fluff Biome of New York are
visiting their mother, Mrs. J. O.
Biome of North Main street.
Thermoseal storm windows with
screens, storm sash and weather
stripping in one permanent unit
metal adjustable closure frame as
sures 30% fuel savings .Liberal
payment plan. For free demonstra
tion call James Balmer, distributor,
123!4 S. Main, Bluffton. Phone 309-Y
Mrs. Wm. Fox is ill at her home
on South Lawn avenue with a
sprained foot since last week.
Improvement is reported in the
condition of Dr. M. R. Bixel, Bluff
ton physician, who is a patient in
Bluffton hospital ill with a heart
ailment.
Frank Dilley, Jr., of Athens is
visiting at the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. J. S. Steiner of South
Main street.
The Boss Glove factory building
on North Main street has been paint
ed white with green trim by Frank
Neuenschwander, contractor.
Mrs. Cal Steiner of Poplar street
is spending several weeks at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm.
Snyder and family of Akron, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Basinger and
daughter Marjorie and Mr. and Mrs.
Hiram Wenger were Sunday even
ing dinner guests at the Chas. F.
Miller home on South Main street.
Roland Flythe. who makes his
home with his son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wenger is
spending a month with relatives in
Norfolk and JTampton Roads, Va.,
and also in North Carolina.
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Bixel and
family have returned from a motor
trip to Kansas and Nebraska where
they visited relatives. They en
countered high water from the Mis
sissippi river at flood stage at
Quincy, Ill.
Marion Marquart, student at Ohio
State university, Columbus, spent
over the Fourth with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Marquart and
family. Other guests at the Mar
quart home the past week were Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Rupright and Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Chidester and grand
daughter, Mary Ann Chidester of
Lake wood.
WANT-ADS
Croquet sets at Waltenaire’s.
Lawn mower sharpening. Rell I’o
tee, Mound street.’ 12
Indian Cents waited: Will pay the
following prices for average circu
lated coins: $35.10 for 1856 F.E.
$4.00 for 1877, 19(J9-S $1.50 for 1871,
I 1872 $1.00 for 1^70, 1908-S 75c for
1869 50c for 1846, 1867, 1868 25c
for 1861, 1873, 18^4, 1875, 1876, 1878,
1885 15c for 1804, 1879. Other old
coins also wanted. Robert Benroth,
612 S. Main Street. Phone 342-Y. tf
Truck and autp cushions rebuilt
and recovered. MUrray Upholstering
shop, Thurman street.
Good buy—Station supplies and
equipment. Low Rental on station to
a good producer. C. D. Bame, 124
E. Jefferson. A. D. Gratz, broker.
Have your saws sharpened on our
new Foley saw sharpening machine.
Work guaranteed, Dan Nusbaum,
College road, opposite College hall. 15
Why worry if afflicted with any
known skin disease, Ask about V-J-O.
Sidney’s Drug shop, 17
Wash, clean and simonize cars.
Merlin Zuercher, 5|7 South Main St.
Phone 153-Y.
Camp stools at Waitermire’s.
Wanted—Chickens. We pay high
est prices for top quality. Reynolds
Bros., next to town hall. Bluffton
phone 492-W. tf
Wanted—Salesman. Be independ
ent. Sell Rawleigh Products in city
of Bluffton. Good nearby locality
open. Write today. Rawleigh,’s,
Deppt. OHG-51-D., Freeport, Ill.
Wanted—Oats. Master Feed Mill,
phone 317-W. 131
Wanted—To do custom baling of
hay and straw with New Holland
automatic twine baler. Carl Mar
shall, Bluffton phone 536-W.
Cold pack canners. Waitermire’s. I
Wanted—Young man to work at
Firestone store. Prosser & Prosser.
Wanted—Top wood for fireplace.
G. W. Combs. I
Wanted—To do custom baling
with John Deere automatic tie wire
baler. Clyde Hauepstein, 5 miles
south of Bluffton on Bentley road
and mile east. 13
Wanted—Butcher cattle, hogs and
calves. Swank Bros. Meat Market,
phone 208-W. tf
For rent Downstairs sleeping
room. Private entrance, close in. Call
phone 306-R.
National pressure canners. Waiter
mire’s.
For rent—5 room house in the
country has electricity. John Boehr,
phone 559-T.
For sale—Cream by the quart
bring bottle for exchange. Albert
Geiger, 442 Cherry St. 112
For sale—Two building lots 65 by
200 ft. Harley Burkholder, 156 Rail
road St. Phone 405-T. 15
For sale—Weather-Seal inter
changeable winter windows and sum
mer screens with genuine interlock
construction. Order now for screens.
W. J. Reagan, Rt. 5, Lima, Ohio.
Beaverdam phone, 175-472. tf
Farm for sale—102 acres with
good buildings. Just the right size
and price. C. D. Bame, 124 E. Jef
ferson. A. D. Gratz, broker.
Have that chair or living room
suite rebuilt and re-covered. Nice
line of materials and samples on
hand. Murray Upholstering shop.
Thurman street.
For sale—White porcelain enamel
tabletop Florence kerosene stove
good condition. Inquire 508 W. Elm
St.
For sale—Walnut bedroom suite.
Mrs. Herbert R. Luginbuhl, 137 W.
Kibler St. Phone 174-W.
For sale—5-tube model radio also
baby bassinet. Call Bluffton phone
415-R.
For sale—Currants and mulberries.
Donald Dillman, Bluffton phone 548
W.
For sale—50 lb. ice box in good
condition. Lewis J. Dukes, I’anpora
phone 19-C. tllAv
For sale—McCormick grain binder,
good condition, cheap if taken soon.
E. P. Steiner, east of Bluffton.
Kerosene ranges. Waltermire’s.
For sale—Extra nice strawberry
plants $2.50 per hundred less than
100 lots 3 cents each. Irvin Long, 123
Garau St.
For sale—Power lawn mower, good
condition also 9 by 12 blue rug with
pad. Inquire Sinclair Service station,
Beaverdam.
For sale—Used F-12 tractor on
rubber with cultivators and mounted
16 inch plow. Bluffton Farm Equip
ment Co., E. Elm St. Bluffton phone.
For sale—1939 Chevrolet, good
condition. Box 259,1 Rt. 1, Bluffton.
For sale—Greenl painted screen
door 31 ’1 inches wide, 96’*4 inches
long with copper sereen. Mrs. Noah
Zuercher, phone 153-Y.
For sale—Fryers avg. 31bs. Walter
Neiswander, 122 Grove St.
For sale—Small concrete mixer,
powered Briggs &»Stratton motor.
Inquire 168 S. Geiger St.
For sale—Hand crochet work,
large selection. See it at 168 Geiger
St. Mrs. Miller.
For sale—Several dresses, coats,
slacks and shirts, sizes 12 and 14.
Excellent condition. Priced reason
able. A’so tennis racket and press.
Mrs. Allan McCluer, E. Jefferson St.
For sale—Thayer baby carriage
also 30 gal. water tank. Paul Diller,
239 S. Main St.
For sale—6 room house, modern
except furnace possession in two
weeks. Phone 469-Y.
fl oust Of 1-Marquart
Wedding At Church
In a quiet ceremony which was
performed at 7:30 Tuesday evening,
in the Missionary church by the Rev.
Robert Welch, Marjorie Stratton
Houston, youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Stratton, became the
bride of Paul Marquart, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Marquart of Jeneara.
They were attended by Mr. and
Mrs. Solomon Marquart, twin broth
er of the groom.
The bride was attired in a street
length dress of Alyce Blue, with
black accessories and her flowers were
a corsage of red rose buds. She
carried a white testament, a gift of
the groom.
Mrs. Marquart wore a street length
dress of pink with white accessories
and her corsage was of mixed flow
ers.
Following the ceremony a recep
tion for the immediate families was
held at their newly furnished apart
ment.
A three-tier wedding cake, topped
by a miniature bride and groom was
cut by the bride. Pink candles burn
ed at either end of the table and dec
orations were in a color motif of
pink and white. Mrs. R. W. and Mrs.
H. E. Augsburger assisted in serving
This occasion also marked the
birthday anniversary of the bride’s
mother.
The couple left for a wedding trip.
For traveling the bride wore a white
suite with black accessories and brid
dal corsage.
The bride is a graduate of Bluffton
High School and Fredricks Beauty
School in Lima. The groom served
in the armed forces and is now em
ployed as a welder at the Bluffton
Farm Equipment Co. On their re
turn they will be at home in their
apartment at 122 E. Cherry street in
in Bluffton.
Successful tests have been made of
a method to make refrigerated rail
road shipments without the use of
ice. Jq
Grain export quotas for August,
1947, total 52,899,000 bushels, of
which almost 41,000,000 bushels will
be wheat or its flour equivalent and
5,410,000 bushels will be corn.
Gallia county farmers who used
soil conservation practices on their
farms in 1947 had an average annual,
farm income $725 higher than the in
come on farms where those practices
were not used. The practices paid
the farmers an average of $5.47 an
acre.
Mexican work stock may be less
picturesque and more stubborn after
the hoof and mouth disease has been
eradicated. Mules purchased in the
U. 3- are replacing work oxen which
have been used to plant and tend
Mexican crops. Mules are immune to
hoof and mouth disease but oxen are
susceptible.
Sprinkling cans. Waite (mire’s.
For sale—Fowl pox v
hatchery, Cherry St.
For sale—10 by 28
tractor tire, like new, 2
Beaverdam phone 764.
|ccine. Jorg
15
1 tube for
months old.
Wanted—Houses and farm build
ings to paint. Several years ex
perience. See E. J. SI idy or call
Bluffton phone 559-W. 1
For sale—Sour cherii is. L. E.
Hosafros, 408 Cherry A.
Wanted—To buy baby stroller.
See Harold Balmer or rphone 390-W.
Callers at the home pf Cleo Garau
and Mrs. Alta Garau [Monday even
ing were Mr. and Mrs! Carl Qu enzer
of Los Angeles Charlfs Ray Rickert
and Wm. Wearstler (if Canton and
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fox. Mrs. Quenzer
is the former Maearkia Steiner of
this place.
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Wed. Night
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Exciting dramas from
life! PAT O’BREIN as
the owner of a corner
drug store LYNN
BARI as a nurse.
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Associated With
Beauty Shop Here
Miss Joan Buckland, beautician, is
associated with Elsie’s Beauty shop
at 112*1*1 South Main street operated
by her mother, Mrs. Elsie Buckland,
it was announced the first of the
week.
Both are graduates of Fredericks
Beauty Academy, Lima, and Miss
Buckland, prior to receiving her
state license received additional
training at the school.
Mrs. Buckland formerly operated
her beauty shop at her home on
North Main street before moving to
its present location above City
Market grocery.
Good
Coal
I am still selling the
Jacobs Fork Pocahontas,
Va. Nu Rex Tennessee and
Commando, W. Va. coals.
The best is good coal.
Ed Good
1241 Lawn Ave.
Bluff ton, Ohio
GOOD NEWS
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tractive puH.
Approximately three weeks de
livery on made to measure blinds.
Call for estimates.
Basinger’s Furniture Store
45 Years of Dependable Service
Fresh Drugs
and
Quality Drug Store
Merchandise
of All Kinds
Prescriptions Care
fully Compounded
Sidney’s Drug Shop
Phone 170-W
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Or
YOUR HOME and its con
tents are more valuable to
day because of thf short
age of many materials.
The fire insurance you
carry is probably no longer
adequate to cover the in
creased insurable v$lue of
your home.
Now, before you have a
loss, check up with this
Hartford agency.
lutzi Insurance Agency
Phone: 295-W
113y2 S. Main Street
Bluffton