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If the old tradition of early East
er early spring holds true, Bluffton
may expect an early spring this
year when the date of Easter falls
on March 28, only six days after
March 22, the earliest date on which
the observance may occur.
The Lenten season this year be
gins on Ash Wednesday, February
11 and the first Sunday in Lent will
be February 15.
In 325 A. D. the Council of Chris
tian Churches meeting at Nicea in
Asia Minor decided that Easter shall
be on the first Sunday following the
full moon which occurs on or next
after the twenty-first of March.
Principal reason for the decision
was that in those days pilgrims
needed moonlight to aid their travels
to the great yearly Easter festivi
ties.
As a result of the decision of the
council, the date of Easter may fall
THURSDAY JAN 29| 1948_________________________________
Early This Year May Foretell
FCTSarly Spring, According To Tradition
IT’S HERE! THE NEW 1948
QUAKER
489 E. Cherry Street
AMBULANCE
PHONE
160-W
Only QUAKER has mechanical draft!
QUAKERTROL, invented, patented and
manufactured solely by QUAKER has a
proven 35% SAVING IN OIL! It’s not
too late to take advantage of this saving.
Model 3210M has heating cap. of 60,000
BTU per hour. Will heat 8,000 cu. ft. in
this north central area—-4-5 rooms.
For Further Information
Geiger Apjdiaiices
Gen. Admission 65c
between March 22 and April 25, a
varying period of 35 days.
Only four times during the last
140 years has Easter been celebrat
ed earlier than March 24. In the
year 1818 Easter fell on the earl
iest possible date, March 22.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices) Wheat
$2.90 corn $2.50 oats $1.25 soys
$4.10.
Poultry—Heavy hens 27c leghorn
hens 19c stags 13c.
Eggs—Large whites, 41c large
browns 39c medium w'hites 37c
medium browns 35c pullets 32c.
Butterfat—83c.
Mr. and Mrs. John Public now
are spending at the rate of 93 per
cent of their current income.
Heater1
tee Your Dealer
I P. M.
Open 9 A. M. to
Phone 409-T
•P IN MIND WHEN
a bereaved family
we do will be long
WE KE
SERVING
that what
remembered.
Years of experience has
taught us how to be careful,
lest this memory be marred
by mistakes or oversights.
BASINGER
FUNERAL HOME
TON, OHIO
BLUE
BASKETBALL
Saturday Night, Jan. 31
Ohio Northern vs Bluf
8:00 P. M.
7:15 P. M. Preliminary—C
ican Legion vs Beave|
Halftime Novelty 1
on
I*m sure there will
i no delay when I
them and I know
service will he the fine
obtainable.
ttawa Amer
Reserves
Exhibition
FUNERAL HOME
'Phone. 222 W-Mufftcn
may select a ser
vice in keeping
with its require
ments.
H. S. 50c
mt bLumuN
C. A. BIERY, Editor
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Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Dr. and Mrs. Soash will leave
February 22nd for a two weeks’ va
cation.
N. E. Byers of West Kibler street
left this week for Tempe, Arizona,
to spend the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Suter visited
Mr. and Mrs. John Chidester and
Harvey Sutter’s, Tuesday.
George Read of South Lown ave
nue is visiting relatives and friends
at Campbellsville. Ky.
Misses Marie and Jill Scialla of
Bridgeport, Conn., were Friday night
guests at the M. E. Emerick home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Krouse and
daughter of Lima visited Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kramer.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scialla of
Bridgeport, Conn., were Friday night
guests at the Chauncey Spallinger
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gratz of
South Main street are leaving this
week for St. Petersburg, Fla., where
they will spend the winter.
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
Mrs. Harry Barnes of South Main
street is spending two weeks as a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Spanton
of Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Wilhelm Amstutz is spending
the week at the home of her daugh
ter Mrs. Melvin Yoder, Jr., of
Goshen, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Deerhake and
son Donnie and Mrs. Bertha Matter
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Stevens and family of La
fayette, Friday.
Furniture repairing and upholster
ing of all kinds. Make your old
furnishings look like new at a worth
while saving. Estimates without
obilgation. Murray Upholstering
shop, Thurman St., Bluffton phone.
Now taking ‘‘orders for certified
Clinton or Benton seed oats also In
diana certified hybrid seed corn.
Carlton Emerick, Beaverdam phone
459. 42
Ralph Stearns of Spring street
spent the week end in Upper San
dusky with his mother, Mrs. Sadie
Steams and sisters Misses Erma and
Mamie Steams.
Diller ambulance removals—Mrs.
Leonard Cook and infant son from
Bluffton hospital to their .home near
X* A Mark Ernest May from Bluff
ton hospital to his home near Lima.
Miss Sarah Louise Amstutz, stu
dent at Miami university, Oxford, is
spending a week’s semester vacation
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilhelm Amstutz north of
Bluffton.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Locher and
daughter Virginia of Cleveland spent
tfae week end here with Mrs. Locher’s
mother, Mrs. Helen Worthington of
Cherry street.
Bonded realty service—We give the
best of our professional efforts to
be of service to you. Engage a local
broker to relieve your real estate
worries. C. D. Bame, 124 E. Jeffer
son. A, D. Gratz, broker. 42
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Augsburger
returned Sunday after spending a
week at the home of their son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Reynolds and sons Charles
and David in Lubbock, Texas. They
also visited Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Gable and family of Muleshoe, Texas
and Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Gable of
Tipton, Okla., former Bluffton resi
dents.
Basinger ambulance removals—
Mrs. Lorena Young from Lima
Memorial to the home of her mother,
Mrs. Mary Young in Bluffton Mrs.
Orlo Marshall from her home in
Rockport to Bluffton hospital Mrs.
Edw. Hardwick frqm Lima Memorial
hospital to her home on Railroad
street Calvin Kempf from his home
east of Bluffton to Bluffton hospital
Mrs. James Gratz from the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Howe to Bluffton hospital.
College Cagers
Win Two Tilts
Bluffton college cagers chalked up
a 57 to 50 victory over Cleveland
Crile here last Saturday night at
Bluffton, with alumni stars of form
er years teaming with the Beavers
to bring home the victory.
Starring for Bluffton in the tilt
were Roger Howe, varsity guard,
and Dale Reichenbach, alumni star
of other years. Reichenbach’s height
was at particular advantage against
the Cleveland sharpshooters in the
contest.
In a preliminary contest, the
Beavers topped a team composed of
alumni and Bluffton squad members.
A tumbling exhibition was well
received.
Mayor’s Notice
Monthly collection of rubbish and
ashes will be made Thursday, Janu
ary 29. Have everything in con
tainers and placed where it can be
loaded on the city truck.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO
news
Clubi* J^odgei
and Societies
Farm Bureau Council
Farm Bureau Advisory Council
No. 15 will meet at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Augsburger,
Friday night at 8 o’clock.
Jitsu Tau Club
The Jitsu Tau club will meet with
Mrs. Ross Irwin, Wednesday night,
Feb. 4 at 8 o’clock.
5
Gertrude Hoy Circle
The Gertrude Hoy Missionary
circle will meet at the home of Miss
Matilda Mueller, Monday night at 8
o’clock.
Alpha Gamma Club
The Alpha Gamma club will meet
with Mrs. Wilford Steiner at the
Will Steiner home west of Bluffton,
Friday night. The program: Behind
the Soviet Curtain, Miss Edna Ram-
Travel Class
Mrs. M. E. Riegel will entertain
the Travel class this Wednesday
night. The American Indian is the
topic for the meeting with the fol-
Day of Prayer
Union World Day of Prayer serv
ices will he held at the Presbyterian
church, Friday afternoon, Feb. 13
at 2 o’clock. The Lord’s Prayer will
be the theme of the meeting. Mrs.
Sidney Hauenstein will preside.
High-Low Club
The High-Low club met with Mrs.
Chas. Wells, Thursday night. High
score in pinochle was held by Mrs.
Fred Tschantz with Mrs. Ed Badert
scher. guest, lbw. The next meeting
will be held February 5 at the home
of Mrs. Paul Basinger.
Richland Grange
Richland grange will hold an old
fashioned spelling bee as a feature
of the lecturer’s hour at the grunge
meeting next Tuesday night. Those
present will answer to roll call: What
constitutes a good granger.
Pomona grange will be held at
Sugar Creek grange next Monday’
night. All members having celebrat
ed their golden wedding anniversary
and those who will celebrate this
year are requested to attend.
Orange Twp. Farm Women
Orange Township Farm Women’s
-club will hold an all day meeting at
the home of Mrs. Nellie Hiestand,
Thursday, Feb. 5.
The program follows:
Devotionals, Alberta Marshall roll
call, my coldest day The Women in
Lincoln’s Life, Nellie Hiestand Mid
West Express, Mary Tripplehom
Hat and Handbag Care, Maude Fish
er Hospital Blues, Gertrude Kimmel
Would You Notice the Difference,
Cathryn Van Meter Time Out in
the Kitchen, Edna Crawford Solo,
Cleo Hurney Going Home, Mar
garet Neff.
Funeral At Pandora
For Infant Child
Russell Ralph Welty, Jr., 2-months
old son of Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Wel
ty of Pandora died at Lima Memor
ial hospital Wednesday morning.
Services will be held from the
Lehman funeral home, Pandora, Fri
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with
Rev. Bohn officiating. Burial will
be in Pleasant Ridge cemetery.
Surviving besides the parents are
one brother Ronald and grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wagoner of
Mt. Cory’ and Mrs. and Mrs. Elam
Welty of Pandora.
Infant Dies After
Six Months Illness
Eugene Paul Schumacher, one
year-old son of Harold and Vera
(Amstutz) Schumacher, died Tues
day morning in Children’s hospital,
Cincinnati following a six months’
illness.
He was born in Pandora, Novem
ber 14, 1946. Resides his parents,
he is survived by his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Schumacher,
Pandora, and Mr. and Mrs. Eph
raim Amstutz, Bluffton.
Funeral services will be held from
the Lehman funeral home at 2:30
p. m. Thursday with Rev. Howard
Landis officiating. Burial will be in
Pleasant Ridge cemetery.
The body is at the Lehman fun
eral home and will remain there un
til services.
Grove Man Heads
Guernsey Breeders
Olin Waltz, Columbus Grove, was
lee ted president of the Blanchard
Valley Guernsey Breeders associa
tion at its annual meeting last week
in Findlay. Amftig the directors
elected is Levi E. Welty, Mt. Cory.
At the meeting ‘two Columbus
Grove 4-H club members, John Begg
and Robert Edwards, gave interest
ing accounts of their projects in
raising Guernsey heifers.
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The
MEN-/4A®
The
MEN WHO QUILT AMERICA'S
MARITIME SUPREMACY IN THE DAYS
OF THE CLIPPER AND WHALING SHIPS
FACED A LONG HARD APPRENTICESHIP
IN LEARNING TO MEET THE
CHALLENGE OF THE SEA.
At the home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bogart, their
daughter, Miss Vera, became the
bride of Glen Guisinger in a Christ
mas wedding.
H. L. Eby, ia Settlement boy, has
been elected editor of the Wyoming
School Journal, published at Laramie,
Wyo.
In a quiet Christmas wedding,
Miss Mae Jennings became the bride
of Clair Huber.
Homer Moser, an instructor in the
high school at Armington, Ill., is
spending Christmas with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Moser.
Sixteen year old Sidney Hilty wins
a free trip to Chicago by raising a
4IQ pound pig in nine months. His
porker was entered in the Putnam
county pig growing contest.
R. P. Steiner sprained his toe
when he accidently kicked a chair.
The accident laid him up several
days. Reuben says he thought he
was kicking the Kaiser.
Calvin Balmer and family are
moving to Tennessee this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Green of
Lethbridge, Alberta ,Canada are
spending the holidays with Mrs.
Hanna Zoll and other relatives.
Miss Bessie Todd, who has been
teaching at Ridgeville Corners, has
accepted a position as teacher here
in the fifth grade.
Mr. and Mrs. I’. C. Basinger cele
brated their golden wedding last
Wednesday with all their children
and grandchildren being present.
Calvin Kempf of Camp Sherman
is visiting his parents.
Curiosa
Americana
By Elmo Scott Watson
“Lord Dexter”
BOTHthe
tradition and the Constitution
of United States prevent offi
cial titles of nobility in this country
but the fact remains that we once had
an American ‘Lord.’’ True, he con
ferred the title upon himself but It
was confirmed to the extent that his
neighbors in Newburyport, Mass., called
him “Lord Dexter.’’
He started as plain Timothy Dexter
but early in his life he began calling
himself “Lord Dexter.” Then he pub
lished a book, “A Pickle for the Know
ing Ones” to establish his claim in
print In it he said “line the first Lord
in ye United States of Amercary Now
of Newburyport it is the voice of the
people and I can’t Help It.’’
Because his book was critisized for
not having any punctuation, he issued
a second edition. At the end of It
were page after page of commas, pe
riods, colons, semicolons, question
marks and the like with this explana
tion: “founder mister printer the Now
ing ones complane of my stops 1 put
in A nuf here and they may peper and
solt It as they please.”
Eccentric as laird Dexter was, he
was also a shrewd (and lucky) busi
ness man. He sent a cargo of mittens
to the semi-tropical “West Inges” aud
most unexpectedly a polar expedition
outfitting there bought the whole con
signment at a big profit to him. An
other cargo of 42.IXM) Warming pans,
for which the inhabitants of the West
Indies had no use whatsoever, was sold
for molasses ladles. When Lord Dex
Dexter died in 1806 he left an estate
of $35,000, a considerable fortune in
those days.
Western Newspaper Union.
THE SEA
/OUNG MEN ANSWERING THE CALL TO THE SEA TODAY
HAVE A MUCH BROADER CAREER OPPORTUNfTY
IN THE MARITIME SERVICE.
U.S. MERCHANT marine academy at kings POINT, N.Y.,
FOR EXAMPLE, OFFERS FACILITIES FOR THE PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING OF MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS. GRADUATED
WITH COMMISSIONS IN THE U.S.NAVAL RESERVE
THESE YOUNG MEN HELP 70 /NSUPE AMER/CA 'S
STRENGTH ON THE SEAS ~/N PEACE AS /N WAR*
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF DEC. 27,1917
fc^7
Farm mortgage debt decreased al
most continuously for 25 years and
then started upward in 1947. A lot
of the reduction in the first of the
period was the result of foreclosures.
t612,000,000
iports of food to foreign
tries in November, 1947, included
pounds sold for cash and
551,000,000 pounds which were deliv
ered to the Department of the army
for civilian relief feeding in areas
occupied by Allied troops. Grain
products made up about 94 per cent
of the total tonnage of food export
ed.
WANT-ADS
St A
Several colors
Waitermire’s.
Thermoseal storm
screens, storm sash
stripping in one pe
metal adjustable closi
sures 30% fuel sav
payment plan. Prodi
Russell Co. For free!
call James Balmer, dis
S. Main, Bluffton. Pl]
Shoes repaired. Brin
have Shirley Nonnaml
for you. All work guj
ray Upholstering shop
Bluffton phone.
60 gal. ElectromasU
Hot Point electric hot
at Waltermire’s.
For sale—75 lb. ice
lined’ 10 lb. buck rab
avg. 8 to 10 lbs., both
house 12 by 14 ft.,
Jamesway 500 chick
oil brooder stove, wor
don H. Deppler, Benth
580-W.
Auction
be held Sa
p. m. at
church 7
board feet
and also 2
auct ioneerj
Alarm
For sal
style) and
liner, all
phne 4.‘9
ats. This
38.8 per
Lloyd Lop
Zerone
at Walters
Wa med
farms this
also buy
ph me :4
For sal
facing
For rent—Nice sleepir
320 S. Main St. middle
who works, preferred.
For sale—Weather-Sea
tion doors and windows,
kiln-dried California red
free estimate cal! W.
Beaverdam phone 175-4
Washer service al
and parts. Prompt
Reichenbach, Beaven
542.
For sale—Winter apj
daily. No Sunday s
Augsburger fruit far
town.
frying baske
mire’s.
Buck Ball, the $1
that really writes at
Piano tuning, repairi
Leave orders at Gel
store, Bluffton. Dom
536 Nova St., Lima.
93507. Graduate of
servatory of Music 0
nology.
See me for sharpenii
shears. Prompt service
ed workman. Johnson’
324 N. Main St.
at
room
aged man
41
old U. S.
coins now
best prices
Wanted—1 want to bu
coins. Also scarce dates o
found in circulation. Hig
paid. Robert Benroth, 6:
Street. Telephone 342-Y.
S. Main
combina-
inade from
vood. For
I. Reagan,
tf
ringer rolls
phone
tf
js and cider
les. Albert
1 south of
tf
at Waiter-
indows with
nd weather
ianent unit,
frame as
?s. Liberal
of F. C.
epiorfttratfon
18%
them in and
ker fix them
ranteed. Mur-
Thurman St.
and 52 gal.
water heaters
box porcelain
it and 2 does
bred brooder
’s tight also
capacity fuel
ks good. Wei-1
y road. Phone
41
•all point pen
Waltermire’s.
ig, regulating,
rer & Diller
Id Luginbuhl.
Lima phone
heinnati Con
piano tech
41
all kinds of
by experienc-
PARR FTVH
ssale of lumber—Sale to
lirday, January 31 at 1:30
the Riley ereek Baptist
les south of Rawson. 1,200
of one-inch rough lumber
y 4’s. Clarence Jones will
ocks at Waltermire’s.
1—Playpen (off-the-floor
pad baskinet’e, pad and
1 excellent condition. Call
W.
—Certified Clinton seed
seed is 99.96', pure, wt.
ushel $2.75 per bushel,
n, Col. Grove.
nti-freeze $1 per gallon
ire’s.
To do beef butchering on
winter on Thursdays. I
hides. Raymond Moser,
r. 45
1—Building lot. Harley
For sal
Bluff ton phone. 46
To rent or buy farm
50 acres in Beaverdam
Wanted-
from 5 to
school district. Leo White, phone 250.
For saue—Jointer-planer also
bench table saw. Lester Niswander,
130 N. Lawn Ave.
For sale—Estate Heatrola like new.
Harold Badertscher, 1 mile west and
3 miles south of Bluffton.
sale*—Power brush
lied with 32 inch
rdam phone 259.
$10. Phone
Wanted—Part time house work.
Write: P. O. Box 54, Bluffton.
For sale—Potatoes. Clarence Stein
er, Bluffton phone 535-T. tf
For sale—Wood or coad kitchen
range. Good condition. Walter
Augsburger, phone 586-W.
For sale—75 lb. ice box porcelain
lined brooder house 10 by 12 ft.,
it’s tight. Weldon H. Deppler, Bent
ley road. Phone 580-W. 43
For sale—Seven room house in
Mt. Cory, modern except furnace
interior nevdy decorated, priced for
quick sale. Ruth Huber, 320 S. Main
StM Blufftoj^ phone.
Wanted—4To rent a house until we
rebuild ourj home destroyed by fire.
Eugene Haas, phone 577-W.
For sale—Smooth-riding well-built
collapsible baby buggy, like new.
Price reasonable. Phone 468-Y.
For sale—3 storm windows 23Mi
inches by 6 ft. Frank Neuenschwand
er, North Main St.
For sale—Good Glow Boy circulat
ing heater. Lawrence Hosafros,
408 Cherrj St. Call after 5 p. m.
For sale—Table top Florence Kero
sene stove. Fred Biederman north
of town on county line.
For sale—Two pairs ladies shoe
skates: one pair hbekey skates $2.50
and one pair ^gure skates $5. In
quire Pine Restaurant between 7:30
a. in. and 1:30 p. nu
LEGAL NOTICE
In the Common Pleas Coart of Allen County,
Ohio. Case No.
Ralph M. Sexton. Plaintiff, vs. Betty F.
Sexton, Defendant.
The defendant, Bet'iy F. Sexton, whose
place of residence la Rural Route 1, Box 77,
Winfield, West Virginia, will take notice that
Ralph M. Sexton has filed in said court an
action against her for divorce on the grounds
of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty,
and for equitable relief. Said cause will be
for hearing on and after six weeks from the
date of the first publication of this notice,
to-wit: on and after the 27th day of February.
CLOSED
Jan. 31 to Feb. 14
NELSON TILE CO.
Beaverdam, Ohio
tse of the
Ration Patient
NOBODY i
who ratii
no matter
patients ne
nderstands Dr.
ns his medicine
how badly his
si it.
Yet son
Barber shop.
41
Waltermire’s.
for certified
aats also In
I seed corn.
Irdam phone
Ladies cotton hose al
Now taking orders
Clinton or Benton seed
di^na certified hybric
Ctrl ton Emerick. Beav
459.
e people give
rty investment
tion of the in
jection it needs.
their propi
only a frat
surance pre
Don't Y(
U be that fool
i
ish. Call
Leland Dii
ler, Insurance
Phonl: 295-W
Main Street
iff ton
my, s.
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