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PAGE FOUR Quickly installed in your home. *w 1 ... _' U. S. production of lamb and mutton in 1947 may be 200,000,000 pounds below the 1946 level. Ohio once was one of the leaders in sheep raising and was ^noted for its high quality wool clip. In techen, 'aundry, bathroom—wher ever water is used—soft water saves ’work, saves time, saves money. Makes household tasks easier. Saves soap, clothing, fuel, costly ptumbing repairs. Keeps hands soft and smooth. Woo derfui for bath and shampoo. Own Your Own Softener 41 A new Stover Water Softener soon pays for itself in savings. Just a i few minutes' attention a month keeps it work ing for you day and night—provides ail the soft water you can use. Stover Water Softener Pioneer end Pacemaker Since 1924 Paul Emmert Plumbing & Heating 144 N. Jacksoq Phone 266-M Announcing- To my Friends and Customers Churches MISSIONARY CHURCH Robert R. Welch. Pabtor Wednesday— 7:30 Prayer meeting Sunday— 9:30 Sunday school 10:30 Morning worship 6:30 Prayer service 7:00 Young Peoples’ meeting Children’s meeting in 7:30 Evening service Everyone is welcome. FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH J. N. Smucker, pastor Thanksgiving Day 9:30-10:30 Union Service at Evangelical and Reformed church. Sunday— 9:30 Sunday school, with classes for all ages 10:30 Worship service 6:30 Intermediate Christian En deavor 7:30 Evening service “Echoes from Summer Service Camps.” 8:30 Bluffton Youth Federation at First Methodist church. Beginning December 1, I will be at ELSIE'S BEAUTY SHOP, 11272 South Main Street A Continuation of your patronage will be appreciated. Mary Schultz NOTICE or PUBLIC SALE Real Estate and Personal Froporty The undersigned will offer for sale at PUBLIC AUC ON on the 12th day of December, 1947, at 12:30 P. M. the farm of the late Elias Augsburger, located three ,es West and one mile South of Bluffton, Ohio, on the ckport Road. i REAL ESTATE “One Hundred (100) acres of lAnd with good set of odern buildings, six (6) acres in Woods and the balance good farming land. Sale of land to include one-half 1 interest in Twenty-one (21) acres of growing wheat, .^session of real estate to be given pn or before March 1948. Said real estate appraised at $14,500.00 and can be sold for less than that amount, 0 PERSONAL PROPERTY Automobile—One (1) 1940 model PlymAith four (4) door sedan, in good condition. Cattle—Nineteen (19) head 8 head of Holstein milk cows, one to be fresh in August and twd to be fresh in October 1 Holstein bull 7 Holstein heifers 2 Holstein heifer calves. 1 Guernsey Milk cow. Horses—2 Sorrel mares. Hogs—3 sows of mixed breed, not bred (2 years old) 28 weaned pigs 40-50 Tb. average. Feed—400 (approx.) shocks corn 200 (approx.) bu. oats in bin baled straw hay in mow (mixed). Paul J. Augsburger, Administrator d. b. n. w. w. a. of the estate of Elias Augsburger, deceased. Auctioners—Munson Thrapp and Clyde Warren Clerks—Russell Ream and Wade Marshall I John H. Romey Attorney for Administrator The following items are subject to withdrawal depend ing on the outcome of the real estate sale: Chickens—160 White Rock pullets. Household Goods—Miscellaneous items. FARM MACHINERY7—One John Deere Model B\(1937 model) Tractor on rubber 1 set John Deere TractoriCulti vators 1 John Deere 12” Tractor Plow 1 John Dee|e 10” Hammer Mill 1 Hocking Valley Corn Sheller 1 McCormick Deering Ci^eam Separator with Electric Motor 1 Farm Master Milking Machine, 2 single units 1 Two Wheel Farm Trailer with stock rack 1 new case wagon and grain bed on rubber 1 wagon with grain box 1 Oliver Corn Planter^ 1 Hoosier 9H1 grain drill 1 International Markire Spreader 1 McCormick Deering Mowing Machine 1 Hay Tedder 1 Keystone Gearless Hayloader 1 McCormick Deering Grain Binder 1 Johnston Corn Binder 2 Spripg tooth Harrows 1 spike tooth Harrow 1 double diskAl weeder 1 Oliver Walking Plow 1 sulky plow 1 hog self feeder 1 brooder stove and feeders 1 set butchering toolA 2 iron kettles 1 copper kettle 1 set harness and collars 1 drag 1 bob sled and other miscellaneous items. TERMS OF SALE—Real estate 10% of bid cash, cashier’^ or certified check on day of sale, balance on delivery of deed. All other items cash. The real estate will be offered for sale at 12:30 P. M.. followed by the sale of the auto mobile. ALVIN AUGSBURGER EVANGELICAL A REFORMED CHURCHES V. C. Oppermann, Minister Emmanuel’s: 9 '30 m. Morning Worship 10:30 a. m. Churc School No choir rehearsa1 this week. Brotherhood meeting on Friday evening this week at 8:00 o’clock hn’s church Dr. L. L. Ramseyer will speak and show pic tures of lis Europe®n trip. Ail men are cordi ally invited to attend. Union Thanksgivi ng Services on Thursday- morning at 9:30 .m. at St. John’ 3 church. Consistory of the church meets on Tuesday evening Dec\ 2, at the par sonasrc a 8:00 o clo ck. St. John’S— 9:30 a. m. Church fSciiool 10:45 a m. Morniiig Worship The M'omen’s Guild will observe their Amlual Thank Offering Festival in the sc rvice this Sunday with At torney ames Blair of Lima as the guest speaker. Bri ng your Thank Offering Boxes to the service. The ch oir of the church meets on Wednesd ay’ evening of this week at 8:00 at the church. Union Thanksgiving services on Thursday morning at 9:30 at St. John’s church. All are cordially in vited. The rotherhood of the churches will meet on Friday evening of this week at St. John’s church at 8:00 p’clock. Dr. L. Ramseyer will speak and show pictures of his Europea n trip. AH men are cordial ly invited. The Gertrude Hoy Missionary Cir cle meets on Monday evening, Dec. 1, at the home of Mrs. Ruth Geiger with Mrs. Florence Bame, assistant hostess and Mrs. Mabel Mink, leader. Meeting begins at 7:30 p. m. Catechism instruction Saturday morning at 9:30 a. m. “Our Churches welcome you to worship on the Lord’s Day.” EBENEZER MENNONITE (Two miles west of Bluffton) Rev. Howard T. Landes, Pastor Thursday— 10 a .m. Thanksgiving service. No prayer and Bible study in the evening. Sunday— 9:30 Sunday school, Joseph Thom* son, supt. 10:30 Morning worship Observance of the Lord’s Supper. No evening services. EVANGELICAL MENNONITE E. J. Shady, Pastor Thursday— 7:30 p. m. Thanksgiving service. Mr. Kenneth Bauman, speaker. Sunday— 9:30 Sunday school, C. D. Diller, Supt. 10:30 Morning worship. Junior church. ,, i 7:00 p. m. C. W. B. program 7:45 Evening service. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES Ernest N. Bigelow, Minister Rockport: Morning worship 9:30 Church school 10:30 Mr. Lawrence Begg, Supt. The Women’s Missionary Society meets on Wednesday, December 3, 2:00 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Guy Mayberry. Bluffton: Church school 9:45 Mr. Ropp Triplett, Supt. Morning worship 11:00 Young adults meets Sunday night, 7:30, at the church. Moving picture, “Beyond Our Own”, and plans for Christmas. Women’s Missionary Society meets on Tuesday, December 2, 2:30 p. m., at the home of Mrs. Sidney Hauen stein. Union Thanksgiving sendee, 9:30 a. m., in the Reformed church, with the Rev. Paul Cramer as preacher. November 30 is the First Sunday in Advent. Sermon: “Prepare Ye The Way of the Lord.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Sunday services at 10:30 a. m. Subject: Ancient and Modern Necro mancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypno tism, Denounced. Testimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed nesday evening. The reading room at the church is open every Wednesday from 7:00 to 7:30 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. STOCK SALES -23 hea4 Shropshire ewes pigs old enough miles For sale- also 2 sows and 1 to wean. Carl ingate, 3% north of Lafayette For rent—Bulls: ford, An^bs t»nd Moser. THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO The home of Diller on Jacksc scene of a very their daughter J' came the bride of son of Mr. and burger. The second an be held at the Tuesday afternoo his efforts as school. The hi Union Thank? a. m. on Than John’s Evangel church. boars, John 32 Here- s and 4 stock. For sale—5 gil registered Hampsl ire Marquart, Rt. 1, 1 luffton. Shorthorn 1 Srown Swiss. Ira tf cattle, hogs and W an id—Butchex calves/ Swank Bi s. phone 208-W. Meat Market, tf requests for decided to go hauling service Owing to repei ted our service, we ive back in business bulls. Fees: $3 p»r cow plus 10c a mile one way. No Sunday calls C. N Long & Son, Ada, Ohio. Ada phone Red 1270. tf Mews Our Grandfathers Read From Issue Of May 18,1911 Mrs. Henry Augs OF CHRIST C. D. Read, Pastor Bluffton: 9:15 Worship service. Sermon subject: Giving Thanks. 10:00 Bible school. Robert E. Luginbuhl, Supl Bethel: 10:15 Bible Supt. Booth Festival. All day Friday at the Shawnee High school. Our church has met its quota and the M. Y. T. will set up a booth. Peggy Eckenwiler is our booth festival chairman The Annual Christmas Bazaar of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service will be Thursday, December 4th. LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. Victor E. Monk, Pastor Worship serve Sunday school W m. Edwards Members are i 9:00 a. m. 10:00 a. m. Supt. ’ged to attend. public is cordially invited. Mr. and Mrs. Ben pleasant eve ning left on the west n street was the sound interui’ban for their hon^es. retty wedding when Miss Cora i3elle Lora has completed iss Mary May be- a course in mirses study at the Muff Mvnno Augsburger, ton santitoriiim. county May Day will re campus on Twenty five oi of Richland cent? went to the hon E. M. Hochstettl while trying to stop e to town and Mr. and Mrs. rowd after a CHURCHES I. Clyde Hartman, 11:15 Worship service. Sermon subject: Giving Thanks. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Paul H. Cr Sunday school Morning worst Methodist Yot amer, Minister 9:30 a. m. ip 10:30 a. m. th Fellowship Bluffton Youtl 10 p. m. Wednesday, 2 program of 1 Department of der direction of 10 lowship 8:30 in. Thanksgiving ,?ious Education public school un s. Lauby. ng Service 9:30 Iving at the St. and Reformed The Settlement Laverne Geiger of Washington, D. C., is her visiting his brother Edgar who has been ill the past months. He is at present in St. Rita’s hospital in Lima. Stanley Burkhart had the mis fortune of having his tractor almost completely destroyed Tuesday as a result of fire which started when the antifreeze in the tractor ignited. Selina Steiner spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. P. C. Steiner. Messrs. Elam Suter, Gideon Schu macher and Phares Bixel attended a meeting of the Ohio Farm Bu reau in Columbus, Tuesday. Myron Steiner of Sterling visited relatives here the last of the week. Elmer Burry has been appointed administrator of the estate of his mother who passed away recently. Miss Edna Amstutz who has been here on furlough from Africa where she is a medical missionary is to leave for her field of work the last of this month. Her niece, Miss Win ifred Jacobson, also left for China recently where she is to take up work as a missionary. Announcement has been made of the coming marriage of Miss Ruth Margaret Diller and Lyle Suter which is to be solemnized at Ada on Thanksgiving day. BLUFFTON MARKETS Grain (bushel prices) Wheat $2.95 corn $2.45 oats $1.10 soys $3.75. Poultry—Heavy hens 22c leghorn hens 18c heavy springers 31c leg horn springers 20c stags 13c. Eggs—Large whites 59c large browns 57c medium whites 45c medium browns 42c pullets 39c. Butterfat—80c. I A I jenschv Minnie Hilty of the S are attending Ft. Way Frank Zuercher had a rib broken the runaway of The same day Will Klay’s horses. P. C. Sutters had their son Peter rt Emanuel Kohli’s had a week but no one was injured. Pauline Herrman, daughter Frank Herrman, was' Miss of Mr. and Mn united in marriage to John. A. Stein of Fremont. Orlo and Ray Marshall took the interurban to Toledo to hear Billy Sunday. Cyrus Schumacher, the city elec trician, in descending an electric light pole near the city hall, fell a distance of about 7 feet, resulting in the frac ture of a bone in the right arm. Misses Nellie Eaton and Martha Diller, teachers in the public schools, will attend the school of domestic science in Detroit. Miss Nettie Moser will take kindergarten work in the Moody institute at Chicago. Ray Mumma, Leslie Kimn el and Ralph Benroth started out early Sun day morning on their Reading Stand ard motorcycles for Southern Mich igan to be guests of William Kohli and family at Ida, Mich. Their speed ometers on their return the same day registered 225 miles. Considerable excitement at the D. C. Campbell farm near Rockport resulted when the manure spreader caught fire. In hauling manure the boxing of the small pulley became heated and set fire to the string wrappings around it. The flames were seen a short time later and quickly extinguished. The machine had been left in the barn yard and little damage resulted. Ohio State University invites i poultrymen to cooperate in kee records on their flocks. Co agricultural agents will explain plan and they have forms for records. The House of Perfect Sound and MITCHELL IEISEN BLUFFTON, OHIO THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY November 27-28-29 130 million moviegoers will howl of the stag e riot that wowed 10 millic n playgoers! 3 J1RNOED ^BlLLY EDVr'AR MONA u ct i o Check Coolerator’s MANY Exclusive Features Before You Buy Your Freezer Waltcrmin s Ycur Friendly Stere THURSDAY7, NOV. 27, 1947 but treeman Matinee Sunday 3 P. M. Continuous '4 mrs wtaw mius SUN.-MON ..Twin Symbols of Temptation from a woman more tempting than Eve! Paramo inf present! R3Y M3RLENE LLAND DIETRICH nwniMi MURVYN VYE BRUCE LESTER REINHOLD SCHUNZEL- DENNIS HOEY QUENTIN REYNOLDS by MITCHELL LEISEH From th* by Yoi.nd* Fold** TUES.-WED. THE TROUBLE WITH WOMEN 1 i’ A JB. with RAY MILLAND—TERESA WRIGHT SPECIAL MATINEE SATURDAY 2:30 P. ML “LONE HAND TEXAN” 151-2 Cubic Foot Freezdr E ANGELISTIC BIBLE CONFERENCE onducted by Rev. p. G. Lewis “The Gospel Ar ist” of Minneapolis, Minn. December 2 to 14 Every Night Except Saturday at 8:00 Riley Cretlk Baptist Church One Mile North of Lincoln Highway and Two Miles East of Route |69. Orange Township. Rev. Robert C. Turner, Pastor Artist Cartoonist illustrator Dynamic Speaker Soul Stirring Messages in Sermon, Chart, and Song All Will Be Givfn A Heart}’ Welcome