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THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1947
Amendments to marketing orders
for the Columbus and the Tri-State
areas propose prices of $4.42 for
Tri-State July milk, $4.62 for Au-
AMBULANCE
160-W
eople
BLUFFTON__
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Can
■/, Gal.
gust, and $5.06 for
January. Columbus
$4.20 for August
September-Dece mber.
A FAMILY STRICKEN WITH
BEREAVEMENT shouldn't be
confronted with the hundred
and one worries incidental to
a funeral service.
At our
S.MA/N ST S-W
PREMIER BRAND
Orange & Grapefruit
BLENDED JUICE
25c
46ca^-
CAMPBELL’S
TOMATO SOUP
ASSORTED
JELL-0 PUDDING
2 i!°xes 15c
funeral home, we
all these responsi
well as the many
details.
take over
bilities, as
concluding
BASINGER
FUNERAL HOME
BLUFFTON. OHIO
Who’s
\Mho
porta nee
When death calls, the family of mod­
erate means is fully as important as
one possessing wealth.
Regardless pf its cost, every service
we direct is one of quiet beauty, true
dignity and impressive quality.
Our choice on prices meets the needs
or wishes of every family.
FUNERAL HOME
'Plwnt 222
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CITY MAFFKETV^
PROCTER & GAMBLE’S
NEW
TIDE
3Oc
FLAVOR KIST
SODA CRACKERS
KRAFT
MIRACLE WHIP v-
Roman
CLEANSER
21C
23c
4.
box
59c
POST’S
CORN TOASTIES
S 16c
DUFF’S
HOT ROLL MIX
V 28c
JUMBO BRAND
38 6z.
Jan
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U. S. NO. 1 COBBLERS
POTATOES
65c
SUNKIST SUNKIST
ORANGES LEMONS
35c
doz.
46c »«z.
OUR FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE VARIETY
Head Lettuce Pascal Celery Peppers Cucumbers
Cauliflower Cabbage Tomatoes Oranges Lemons
Peaches Apricots Plums Grapes Apples
Sweet Potatoes Watermelon Canteloupe Honey
Dew Melons.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIERY, Buainem Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor
Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
by the^Bluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co.
Subscription rates: Year, $2.00
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.
Ice cream social on lawn of the
Pleasant HUI church this Wednesday
night at 7 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brookhart of
Cairo called at the Edwin Niswander
home, Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. E. J. Wahlie and daughter
Sharon of Spring street are spending
several days visiting relatives in
Indiana.
E. J. Wahlie returned Friday after
spending several days at the Inter
national Baby Chick convention in
Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Alspach of
Detroit are visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Matthey.
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Fry of Co
lumbus were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Waitermire of South
Jackson street.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Woods of In
dianapolis spent Thursday with his
mother, Mrs. Bertha Woods of West
College avenue.
Mrs. Harry Barnes of South Main
street is spending the week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Duncan
in Genoa, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Elliott of West
Kibler street have returned from a I
month’s motor trip to California and
other western points.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McCracken of
Bradenton, Fla., spent Wednesday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. R.
Bogart of Cherry street.
Misses Lillian Desenberg and Ethel
Staley and Mrs. T. W. Desenberg of
Ada spent the week end in Paines
ville and North Girard, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Deppler spent
several days in Columbus last week
visiting at the home of their son
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Deppler.
Miss Sarah Jane Overholt of Me
dina is spending the week at the
home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Millen Geiger of South Lawn
avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Berry and
son Jimmy had as a guest the past
week, Mrs. Berry’s brother, Cadet
Harold Lombard of West Point, New
York.
Mrs. Linda Fett of Bentley road
spent the week end in Lima visiting
her cousin, Mrs. Emma Roof and at
tended the Fett reunion at Schoon
over park.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ludwig of
Poplar street attended the Koon
family reunion at the home of Mrs.
Elizabeth Hollinger in Bairdstown,
Sunday.
J. O. Koontz of Mound street has
returned from a trip to Wilmington,
Delaware where he visited at the
home of his uncle Edgar Koontz and
family..
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Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Binkley of Chi
cago and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith
of Lima were Monday evening callers
at the home of Mrs. T. WT. Desen
berg and daughter of Ada.
Dan J. Steiner of Salem, Oregon,
formerly of this place is visiting at
the home of his niece, Mrs. Oscar
Lora and family of South Main street
and other relatives and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Ricketts of Van
Wert, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Reed of
Delphos and Mr. and Mrs. Lon Rick
etts of Bradenton, Fla., spent Sun
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.
K. Bogart of Cherry street.
Mrs. W. E. Diller of St. Louis, a
former Bluffton resident accompanied
by her little grandson Peter Diller
III of Alameda, Calif., were week
end guests of Mrs. M. M. Kibler
while visiting friends here.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Cramer and
family of North Jackson street are
on a month’s motor trip thru the
west. They will visit friends in
Milwaukee, Duluth and Ames, Iowa
going as far west as Yellowstone
National park.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Koeck, Jr.,
and daughter, Mary Ann of Oshkosh,
Wis., were guests at the Santschi
home on East Kibler street during
the past week. Mrs. Koeck and Mrs.
Arthur Santschi are sisters. Mary
Ann Koeck will remain here during
the month of August.
Rev. and Mrs. E. N. Bigelow and
family of South Jackson street left
Monday to spend the month of Au
gust with Mrs. Bigelow’s parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Ward Boyd of Fargo,
North Dakota, at the latter’s sum
mer home on a lake at Backus, Minn.
Rev. and Mrs. George Klinefelter
and daughter Mary Josephine of
Mechanicsburg, Pa., spent the past
week at the home of Mrs. Klinefelt
er’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Niswander, north of Bluffton. Mrs.
Klinefelter is the former Josephine
Niswander.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Gable of Tip
ton, Okla. Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Gable of Muleshoe, Texas Mrs.
Georgia Park of Walters, Okla., and
Mrs. Gladys Cole ol Robert Lee,
Texas, all former Bluffton residents,
visited the past week at the homes
of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Gable and Mr.
and Mrs. El mer Fett and families,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Augsburger and
son Harold and other relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Howard Nique visited Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Deerhake and Mrs.
Bertha Matter, Tuesday.
Mrs. Russell Leiber visited Mr.
and Mrs. James Dorman of Bowling
Green, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cox and child
ren Julia, Jon and Jane of Ashtabula
are spending the week with Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Stettler.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cox and family
and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stettler
were entertained at dinner at the
home of Mrs. Edna Leiber, Tuesday.
Mrs. Bessie Edgecomb spent the
past w-eek with Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Fenty of Germantown, N. Y. and
stopped over one day enroute home
to visit Niagara Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Luginbuhl of
Lakewood and daughters Edna of
New York city and Kathryn of
Washington spent the week end with
Sam Luginbuhl and Alice Balmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Suter are
spending their vacation with Mr. and
Mrs. James Scheidt in Toledo and
also will spend several days in
Detroit.
Miss Beverly Biery returned Tues
day after spending a month at West
Falmouth, Mass, on Cape Cod, and
New York City.
Miss Gwen Kay Eichenbarger of
Toledo spent the past week at the
home of her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hahn of West Elm street.
Miss Mary Margaret Basinger, a
student in Wooster college summer
school has returned to her home here
following the close of the summer
term.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Newland
and two daughters of Columbia, Mo.,!
are visiting at the home of Mrs.
Newland’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.
R. Tripplehorn of South Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Baumgartner
of South Main street are in Chicago
visiting at the home of their son in
law- and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. K.
K. Kauffman and family and also
Fred and Catherine Hilty and Mrs.
Lavina Marr.
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
Basinger ambulance removals—
Frank Neuenschwander from high
school to Bluffton hospital Noah
Badertscher from Bluffton hospital
to his home north of Beaverdam.
Mrs. Clarence Diller of South
Jackson street who accompanied her
husband on a business trip to Mil
waukee last week stopped off enroute
home for a week’s visit with her
aged mother, Mrs. Kathryn Claudon
of Valparaiso, Ind., widow of the
late D. N. Claudon.
Mr. and Mrs. Delvin Kirchhofer
and Mrs. Kirchhofer’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Moser of Orrville
spent several days with Mrs. Moser’s
brother, D. W.' Bixler and Mrs.
Bixler and the Misses Dora and
Stella Kirchhofer and ether relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Roy Rausch of Detroit visit
ed the first of the week at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Vilas Lehman and
family of North Jackson street. Mrs.
Rausch was accompanied here by her
aunt, Mrs. Etta Bogart of Orlando,
Fla., who is visiting at the home of
Mrs. Florence Bogart and Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Mann of South Jackson
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Oberly en
tertained at dinner Sunday in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Delvin Kirchhofer.
Present were Miss Judith Lehman,
Chicago Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bixel
and daughters Fern and Dora, Dr.
and Mrs. Gordon Bixel and family,
Sara Mae and Robert Oberly, Ken
neth Hartman, Dora and Stella Kir
chhofer and the honor guests Mr.
and Mrs. Delvin Kirchhofer.
Junior Nine Will
Play Here Tuesday
Bluffton Junior baseball team will
play three games during the next
week, only one of which will be on
the home field.
The locals will meet Vaughnsville
at the College baseball diamond next
Tuesday evening, after playing Find
lay here on Thursday and Huntsville
at that place, Saturday.
In games of the last week, the
Juniors dropped decisions to Findlay,
10 to 3 Gomer, 3 to 0, and Cairo,
9 to 6.
In the Findlay contest Schmidt
hurled seven-hit ball for Bluffton,
but 11 errors contributed to the
downfall of his team.
Jim Badertscher gave up only two
hits against Gomer, neither of which
contributed to the scoring, but Bluff
ton let in three Gomel’ runs after
five innings of scoreless ball to go
down to defeat.
Graveside Services
Are Held For Twins
Darlene Kay and Marlene Fay, in
fant twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
George Smith of Lafayette died at
Bluffton hospital, Thursday shortly
after birth.
Graveside services were held in
Lafayette cemetery Friday afternoon
with Rev. Arthur officiating.
Surviving besides the parents are
one sister, Marylin Joan and three
brothers, George Junior, Charles
Eli and Gary Eugene together with
the grandparents, Eli Smith of La
fayette and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kol
lar of Gomer.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON OHIO
and Societies
Olive Branch
The Olive
coming
home
Wednes
at a
Richland Grange
will be guests of Richland Grange
next Tuesday night and confer the
third and fourth degrees on a group
of candidates.
Orange Twp. Farm Women
The Orange Township Farm Wo
man’s club will
members and
Orange center,
August 7.
Mont
John
Mrs.
hold a picnic for
their families at
Thursday night,
Gertrude Hoy Circle
The Gertrude Hoy Missionary
circle will meet next Monday night
at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Naas.
Mrs. Vilas
hostess.
Lehman will be assistant
Class
Entertains
Twenty-five members
Nineties Sunday school
Van Buren Presbyterian
spent last Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Adeline Graber of South Jack
son street. Mrs. Graber was form
erly of that vicinity.
Engagement Announced
Announcement has been made of
engagement of Lois, daughter of
and Mrs. Roy Palmer of Colum-
the
Mr.
bus
Mr.
Route 5.
place in the fall.
Grove to Roger Roush, son of
and Mrs. R. M. Roush of Lima
The wedding will take
Miss Palmer is employed at
Triplett plant in Bluffton while
Roush is employed at a Lima
cleaning plant.
Mrs. Albert Wink
Marie and the hon
and Mrs. Kenneth
Honor Newly Weds
Honoring Mr. and Mrs. Cloyce
Ernst, recently married, a basket
dinner was enjoyed at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Klingler, Sun
day.
Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Cloyce
Ernst, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huber,
Mae and Edgar Huber, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Montgomery and Robert Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Montgomery, Gene,
Dennis and Sharon Mr. and Mrs.
Myron Tripplehorn, Iva Mae, Janice
and Richard: Harold Jennings, Mr.
and Mrs.
Cleobelle
Cuppies,
and Doi
Huber Jennings, Patsy,
and Joe of Clyde Lynn
Gladys, Dorothy, Jean Ann
Klingler and Jimmy Scott,
son callers were Donavin
ery, Margaret Basinger and
After)
gorr
and Robert Warren. Mr. and
Ernst received many useful
Bridal Shower
A kitchen shower honoring Mrs.
Evan Leiber, the former Velma Ruth
Fisher, was given Friday night by
Mrs. Naomi Leiber of Beaverdam.
Guests were Mrs. Mary Jane
Moser, Mrs. Marjorie Marquart, Mrs.
Thula Leiber, Mrs. Troles Anspach,
Mrs. Edna Leiber, Mrs. Pauline
Chidester, Mrs. Donna Fisher, Mrs.
Gladys Leiber, Mrs. Velma Leiber
and the honor guest.
Sending regrets and gifts were
Mrs. Levon Downey, Mrs. Norma
Burkholder, Mrs. Roberta Amstutz
and Mrs. Mary Sprague.
Many Ohio bams and farm out
buildings do not match present day
farming methods but it is doubtful
management to incur expense for
half way remodeling or repair job.
WANT-ADS
sfc sg
Garden hose. Waitermire’s.
Wanted—Man for pennainent
tion. Inquire Firestone store.
Wanted—New straw,
combined. Al L. Stai
phone 162-Y.
Wanted—Chickens,
est prices for top
Bros., next to ton
phone 492-W.
Wanted—Footpoi
price
1869
eting in the
Marshall,
August 6 at
afte
the
Mr.
dry
September W’edding
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Winkler
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Marie to Adolph Quenzer
Paso Robles, Calif. The wedding will
take place September 5.
an-
Announcement of the coming wed
ding was made by Mr. and Mrs.
Winkler at a surprise housewarm
ing and shower held Sunday in honor
of their son Kenneth and his recent
bride.
Guests at the shower were Mrs.
Lona Hoffer, Rachel and Junior Hof
fer, Dick Coon, Ida and Harvey
Winkler, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schal
ler, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffer and
family, Mr. and
ler and daughter
ored guests Mr.
Winkler.
1879. Other old
Robert Benroth,
Phone 342-Y. tf
upply
from mohair on
chair elaborately
Have that odd
•ed at a small
cost. I also glut broken furniture
The Serv-Us Shop, 113 E. Elm St
DeLuxe seat covers for
at Waitermire’s.
most cars
For sale—Ripe apricot s orders
taken now for sweet pear
and good cooking apples.
Steiner, east of town.
For sale—Irifh cobblers.
Huber, 1 mile north of
Phone 579-W.
plums
E. P.
H. P.
Bluffton.
Wanted—Home for three kittens.
Phone 578-Y.
Have that chair or living room
suite rebuilt and re-covered. Nice
line of materials and samples on
hand. Murray Upholstering shop,
Thurman street.
Wanted—To rent 8 to 20 acres for
wheat. Richard Leiber,
phone 764.
For
of the Gay
class of the
church
Beaverdam
sale—Yellow transparent
Lyle Niswander, north on
line.
sale—New potatoes. Arthur
Bluffton phone.
sale—Six room house, bath
part hardwood floors,
apples,
county
For
Miller,
.For
complete, part hardwood
water softener and automatic heater.
Tracy sink all new 2 car garage
all newr wiring and fixtures. Pos
session September 1. Price $5,250.
A. B. Scheele.
For sale—Used bedroom suite
consisting of double bed complete,
together with dresser, dressing table
and bench. Priced for quick sale.
Mrs. Forrest L. Steinman, 251 South
Lawn Ave.
Camp stools. Waitermire’s.
A Rite-Way milker can shorten
your working day. See it at Waiter
mire’s.
Have your saws sharpened on our
new Foley saw sharpening machine.
Work guaranteed. Dan Nusbaum,
College road, opposite College hall. 15
Attention farmers—We are taking
orders as received for certified Clin
ton seed oats come out and see
them growing in the field. M. E.
Emerick & Son, Beaverdam phone
459 or 356. 15
Truck, automobile and bus cush
ions re-covered and repaired. Mur
ray Upholstering shop, Thurman St.
Why worry if afflicted with any
known skin disease. Ask about V-J-O.
Sidney’s Drug shop.
Waitermire’s,
built in 1938
and celotex in
shingles
Sprinkling cans.
For sale—House
double constructed
sulated. Asbestos-cement
on sidewalls and roof,
basement with 7 ft. ceiling,
cemented, always dry.
kitchen, sitting room, 2
with closets downstairs, attic floored,
electricity installed. Outbuilding for
coal and laundry, 2 large lots. Locat
ed in Rockport 6 miles from Bluff
ton. Known as Joe Parker proper
ty. Price $3,450. Write Box M, care
Bluffton News. 15
For sale—Strawben
per hundred smaller
each.
For sale—Red ras
ton phone 623-W.
For sale—Gray anc
Jewel, bottle gas rang,
for natural gas. Mi
the home of Dan She.
phone 40-5 or see Mr
Bluffton,
pc
Im reshed or
|vr, Bluffton
15
re pay high-
qVality. Reynolds
hall. Bluffton
tf
rer rug loom. Mrs.
See us for custom bucking
or straw’
N. Main
Has full
fully
Large
bedrooms
For sale—Two building lots 65 by
200 ft. Harley Burkholder, 156 Rail
road St. Phone 405-T.
15
inter-
For sale—Weather-Seal
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
For sale—Fowl pox vaccine. Jorg
hatchery, Cherry St. 15
Half-inch electric drills only
$34.95 at Waitermire’s.
For sale—Aluma-craft boat, '-wt.
110 lbs., ideal for cartop also new
and used outboard motors. Vernon
Tousley, Pandora, O. 17
Farm for sale—102 fine acres with
good buildings only 4 miles from
Bluffton on Dixie highway.
Bame, 124 E. Jeffersoi
broker.
C. D.
A. D. Gratz,
y plants $2.50
lots 3 cents
Garau St. 16
sparent apples.
jfferson street.
shoe roller
on. Raymond
n Street,
ood condition
colored range:
il. water tank
•e 314 N. Main
Irvin Long, 121
sale—Nice tran
For
C. D. Bame, 124 E.
For sale—Ladies
skates, good condii
Thompson, 211 N.
For sale—Piano,
violin: Renown cream
large wardrobe 30
and corn dryer. Inqu
St. Phone 321-Y.
For sale—Modern
2-car garage west
Mrs.' H. W. Althaui
F. Garretson, broker.
For sale—6-room
Main street irf Beav
Mrs.
f. F. Gai
-Eastman
lent condition, takes
noth Hartman, 140
For sale—Yellow
pies. W. G. Carr, phc
429-W
straw
Bros.
James Bixel, Blu/fton phone
Wanted—To buy combine
also stack straw. Lehman
Bluffton phone 189-T.
of hay
Raymond Thompson, 211
Bluff-
may be used
y be seen at
han, Mt. Cory,
:. Ruth Huber,
house.
side location.
phone238-W.
use located on
rdam. Posses
W. Althaus,
retson, broker,
kodak, excel
20 film. Ken-
‘ansparent ap
ne 539-T.
For sale-—Gio-Maid
range also feather!
feather pillows. He
and new
For sale—io inch power jig saw,
cuts o center of 20-inch circle, $5
hIso s
trong trailer, 4 by 8 ft. bed,
tight Ixrttom and sides, 6 by 16 tires.
Kenneth Hartman, 140 Cherry St.
Lost—Billfold with driver’s license,
insura nee certificate and other im
portant papers^ together with $39 in
CBsn. Left o» counter of A to Z
rnarke last Saturday night. Reward
for return. (|harles Baney, Rt. 1,
Mt. Cory, O. I
For sale—2 piece living room
suite, good condition, $35. Call
Bluffton phone 169-W.
Wanted—Butcher cattle, hogs and
calves. Swank Bros. Meat Market,
phone 208-W. tf
GOOD NEWS
FLEX-STEEL
LIBERTY
VENETIAN BLINDS
Add beauty and glamour to your
windows. Venetian BEnda made to
your special mesa
urementa. Liberty
Blinds have pat
terned fascia and
brackets which
encloM the mech
anism .. IM' tape
with cable erase
ladders braided
tilt cord and at
tractive putt.
Approximately three weeks de
livery on made to measure blinds.
Call for estimates.
Basinger’s Furniture Store
45 Years of Dependable Service
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unipac
ALL Ifl ONE Case—This Is AU You Wear!
Dependability Assured
by 44 Years* Experience
WF IHVITT COMPARISON
Fittings by appointment at
110 So. Lawn Ave-, by
Mrs. Walter Gratz
Bluffton, Ohio
Fresh Drugs
and
Quality Drug Store
Merchandise
of All Kinds
Prescriptions Care
fully Compounded
Sidney’s Drug Shop
Rhone 170-W
Let’s Talk It Over
WOULD YOU be able to
replace your home if fire
ruined it? Have you
REALLY enough Fire In
surance to cover its pres
ent value, as well as all the
contents? If you have any
doubts ask our advice
there’s no charge or obli
gation whatever.
lutzi Insurance Agency
Phone: 295-W
113 Uj S. Main Street
Bluffton