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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 Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio, by tha^B luff ton 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. 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. a 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. Bi-