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BLUFFTON
A Good Place To Live
VOLUME LXXIII
BLUFFTON CASTS
HEAVY VOTE IN
PRIMARY TUESDAY
360 Ballots in Four Precincts
About One-fourth of Town’s
Total Vote
Republicans Support Taft and
Herbert Democrats Vote
Strongly for Lausche
In a vote considered heavy for a
primary election, Bluffton’s four
town precincts polled a total of 360
ballots Tuesday, about one-fourth of
the town’s estimated total vote.
Republican voters came out strong
ly for Senator Robert Taft for presi
dent and Thomas J. Herbert for gov
ernor. Democrats gave Frank
Lausche a thumping big majority in
his bid for the governorship, the
only hotly contested office in the
party primary.
Republicans in Bluffton’s four pre
cincts cast a total of 201 votes as
compared with 159 Democratic bal
lots. In Ricvhland North precinct
Republicans and Democrats each
cast 26 votes.
Republican Contests
The larger number of Republican
votes presumably reflected a number
of contests on the county ticket,
■while Democratic candidates for
nomination to county offices ran with
no opposition.
Local Republicans gave Carring
ton T. Marshall, delegate at large
io the national convention pledged to
Harold Stassen, a total of 72 votes
as compared to 129 for the lowest of
the nine delegates pledged to Taft.
In Richland North the lowest Taft
vote was 11 as compared to 9 for
Stassen.
Democrats Back Lausche
Bluffton Democratic voters sup
ported Lausche by a majority of
more than four to one in the gover
norship nomination race over his
principal opponent Ray T. Miller.
Vote in the four precincts was:
Lausche, 120 Miller, 26.’ In Rich
lam! North the vote stood: Lausche,
15 Miller 3.
In Democratic committeeman con
tests in two Bluffton precincts Lloyd
Brauen, running for re-election in
precinct A was returned to office.
The vote: Brauen 26 Geo. Rauen
buhler 23. In Precinct D, Homer
Bracy, up for re-election, was de
feated by Gerald Swank. The vote:
Bracy 10 Swank 22.
Woman Injured In
Fall From Bicycle
Mrs. Harold Badertscher, residing
three miles south of Bluffton on the
Fett road sustained a fracture of the
right leg above the ankle when she
fell from a bicycle Tuesday morning.
She was riding the bicycle down
the lane from her home to the mail
box on the highway when the acci
dent occurred. She was removed in
the Diller ambulance to Bluffton hos
pital for medical attention.
Beaver Track Team
Gets Six Firsts
In their second track meet of the
year, Bluffton college thinclads last
Saturday were defeated by Findlay,
75*4 to 42 on the Findlay field.
Winners for Bluffton were Frost
in the lOOyard dash 11.1 Yoder the
mile run, 5:47.5 Stauffer, the 220
yard low hurdles, 29.7 Leeson, high
jump, 5 feet, 4 inches and Schertz,
discus, 121 feet, 5 inches, and in the
broad jump, 18 feet, 5 inches.
Commencement Set At
Beaverdam, LaFayette
Commencement services will be held
on May 17 at Lafayette High school
and the following night, May 18 for
graduating Beaverdam seniors, it
was announced this week.
Rev. Morris White, Lima, will be
the Beaverdam class speaker, and
Dr. A. W. Elliott, Delaware, will
give the Lafayette class address.
Checkers Exhibition
At Columbus Grove
Dr. Weldon Diller, of Rawson, and
Eugene Zuber, former Bluffton resi
dent who also is a former state
checkers champion, will take part in
a checkers exhibition at Witteborg*s
Blue Room Thursday night in Co
lumbus Grove.
Many prominent Bluffton players
will appear, as also will Newell W.
Banks, of Detroit, blind-folded check
ers champion, and a former world’s
champion.
They were Ralph Lewis, 64, who
suffered a fractured right collarbone,
his wife Edna with several frac
tured ribs and their 19-year-old
daughter Karen with severe head
lacerations and possible internal in
juries.
The accident occurred on Route
30-N three-fourths of a mile west of
the intersection of Route 69 near the
Ira Moser farm. The family was
eastbound returning from an extend
ed motor trip when the car got out
of control and left the road.
The father was found in the ditch,
the daughter lying on the highway
and the^dM^g|«till in the car. They
were taken the Bltfffton hospital
in the DiUer^ambulance. By Tues
day the fatherland mother had suffi
ciently recovered to ride in a car
to Lima, but sendees or the ambu
lance were required for the daughter.
Bluffton Pastor To
Attend Synod Meet
Rev. V. C. Oppermann of St.
John’s and Emmanuel’s Evangelical
and Reformed churches will attend a
meeting of the North West Ohio
Synod of the Evangelical & Reformed
churches in Toledo, Thursday and
Friday, where he will serve as chair
man of the committee reporting on
evangelism.
Death Visits Family
Twice In One Week
Mrs. Iva Grace Miller, 52, of
Lima, mother of Darrel Dene Deit
ler, for whom funeral services were
held last Thursday, died at 10 p. m.
last Saturday after a short illness.
She also was the mother of Paul
Deitler, of Cherryy street. The two
Duller, street. The two
their home with their aunt and un
cle, Mr. and Mrs. William Carr,
northwest of Bluffton.
Funeral services for Mrs. Miller
were held Tuesday afternoon in
Lima.
In addition to the son of this
place, Mrs. Miller was survived by
two daughters and two sons.
Softball League
Meeting Monday
Organization of a summer soft
ball league, with teams sponsored by
organizations or other groups of the
community will be completed at a
meeting with Coach Kent Cotterman,
summer recreation director, at 8:00
p. m. next Monday in the Bluffton
high cafeteria.
County Republicans Support Taft And
Herbert Democrats Vote For Lausche
Three Are Injured
In Highway Crash
Three motorists who were pa
tients in Bluffton hospital as the re
sult of injuries received in an acci
dent last Thursday afternoon were
taken to Lima, Tuesday and placed
on a train returning to their home
in Greenwich, Conn.
Organizations planning to enter
teams in the league are requested to
name managers before the Monday
meeting, so thy can be in attend
ance at the session.
Players who are not on a team but
who want to play are to give their
names to Coach Cotterman.
Martinka Officer Of
Central Ohio Utility
Paul D. Martinka, former Bluffton
resident, who joined the Central Ohio
Light and Power Co. during con
struction of the Woodcock generatiug
plant here, last week was elected as
sistant vice-president of the organi
zation.
Martinka will continue to serve as
superintendent of production, a post
he has held since he returned from
Navy service during World War II.
Before entering naval service he
had served as efficiency engineer at
th Bluffton plant after assisting in
the engineering involved in its con
struction.
Bluffton High baseball team came
through with its first victory of the
season last Friday afternoon on the
Harmon field diamond by downing
Lima St. Gerard, 9 to 8, but lost to
St. John of Lima, Monday, 7 to 0,
as Keel hurled a no-hit game for
the Johnnies
The Pirate victory over St. Ger
ard was made possible in the last
inning when the locals broke an 8-8
deadlock with no one out.
Bluffton’s hitting assault was paced
by Klay who banged two hits, one a
home run in four chances Linden
who had a double and a single in
three tries, and Ted Bauman who
got a double and single in two times
Bluffton High Nine Tops Lima
St. Gerard, 9-8, For First Win
ADen County G. O. P. Rolls up
Total of 6,698 Votes for
Governor
Democrats Support Lausche by
Margin of More Than Two
to One
Allen county Republicans voting
in Tuesday’s primary supported
Taft-pledged delegates to the nation
al convention, gave Thomas J. Her
bert a big majority in his race for
nomination for a second term as gov
ernor and settled a number of con
tests for nomination to county offices
Unofficial returns from all of the
county’s 112 precincts showed Her
bert with 6,698 votes Payne, 308
and White 662.
On the Democratic ticket, the more
hotly contested race for the gover
nomination showed Frank J.
Latnlb running more than two to
rme'Tfiead of his opponent Ray T.
•Unofficial vote from the county’s
112 precincts showed: Lausche 2,635
Miller, 1,037.
Concert At First
Mennonite Church
Choir of the First Mennonite
church will appear in a sacred pro
gram Sunday night at 7:30, includ
ing a selection of hymns and spiri
tuals. The choir of 40 voices is di
rected by Prof. Otto Holtkamp with
Claren Sommer, organist.
Soloists are Misses Elizabeth
Brand and Joanna Verckler, soprono,
and Freda Yoder, alto, together with
a male quartet composed of James
Hilty, Dean Niswander, Alford Dil
ler and Roger Howe.
To Sail Monday For
Summer In England
Mrs. Harry Shrider, Jr., of Har
mon road will sail from New York,
Monday for England where she will
spend ^e^ummer visiting at h^x
former home in Grisby, Lincolnshire.
She came here two years ago as
a British war bride, having first met
her husband, a Bluffton serviceman,
while the latter was stationed in
Grimsby with a U. S. army air unit.
Four airfields were represented in
the breakfast flight to Mansfield early
last Sunday morning as twenty-one
planes from Bluffton, Ada, Pandora
and Findlay congregated at Bluffton
and Ada airfields for the flight.
Seven ships owned by Bluffton air
port and a Stearman, privately own
ed, made the trip from the local air
field. Ada was represented by three
planes, Pandora five and Findlay five.
At Mansfield airport, pilots and
passengers making the flight, congre
gated at the Sky club for breakfast.
A light rain encountered on the
return trip proved no handicap and
all craft made the return flight in
good time. One plane, the Stearman
biplane, had an open cockpit. The
pilot did not get wet because the
windshield and speed of plane kept
the rain from blowing in on him.
Breakfast flights are scheduled for
each Sunday morning throughout the
summer months. All participating
aircraft will travel to flying fields
about an hour’s flying time away.
Planes are airbourne at 6 a. m. with
all craft scheduled to return to Bluff
ton airport by 9:00 a. m. Ohio,
Michigan and Indiana airports will
be visited.
Plan Trip to Urbana
Next Sunday morning aircraft
from flying fields at Ada, Pandora,
Jackson Center, Wapakoneta, and
Bluffton will congregate here for a
hop to Urbana.
Harold Carey and Clayton Bixel,
operators of Bluffton airport expect
at bat.
Bluffton held a 6 to 3 edge going
into the fifth when the visitors got
to Schmidt, starting Pirate hurler,
and Moore who relieved him for five
runs. The Cotterman-coached out
fit. then tied up the score in their
half of the same frame, and went
on to victory with a seventh-inning
tally.
Bluffton batsmen were helpless
against Keel’s offerings on Monday,
however, and Lima St. John got the
first no-hit game of the season in
this area. Keel struck out seven.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
Twenty-one Planes Made Early
Sunday Morning Hop To Mansfield
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Bluffton __ 28 9 7
St. Gerard _______ 1 28 8 5
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1948
County Results in
Contested Offices
Following are complete unofficial
returns from all of Allen county’s
112 precincts in contested offices in
Tuesday’s primary. All contests
were on the Republican ticket, Demo
cratic candidates running without
opposition.
Republican Ticket
Representative, Gen. Assembly—
Floyd Griffin, 5855*
Emery Kent, 1374
Commissioner—
Jess Cochran, 649
Cliff Long, 1932
Harry Mason, 3313
Frank McClain, 3679*
H. T. Morris, 3428*
Prosecutor—
Anthony Bowers, 3904*
Clarence Fischer, 3657
Sheriff—
Bernard Clark, 268
William R. Dailey, 4352*
Clifford Heller, 347
Marion McGinnis, 643
Dewey Miller, 566
Earle Plaugher, 803
George Terhark, 830
Recorder—
Samuel Burke, 2U93
Morgan Davis, 4838*
Engineer—
John Breese, 5546*
Worthy Gahman, 1616
Nominated.
Dancing To Follow
H. S. Alumni Dinner
Dancing in the gymnasium will
follow the high school alumni din
ner in the cafeteria, Friday night,
May 21, it is announced by the pres
ident James F. West. Tickets for
the dance will be $1.50 per couple
including tax and may be purchased
at the door.
Tickets for the dinner, however,
must be obtained not later than May
14, as preparations will be made for
only the number of tickets sold at
that time.
Alumni secretaries this week were
unable to send invitations to mem
bers of seven classes because of rec
ords missing from the files. These
classes are: 1897., ,,1902, .1905, 1913,
1914, 1915, 191-6. Anyone knowing
of the whereabouts of these records
or able to supply the names of the
graduates is asked to contact Presi
dent West or Miss Mary K. Bau
man, alumni secretary.
more than twenty-five ships to be on
hand for the trip.
Ari Korn, manager of Korn Flying
Service at Jackson Center, and Chas.
Finkenbine, manager of Koneta Fly
ing Service at Wapakoneta, both plan
to send a number of ships owned by
their airfields and have extended in
vitations to other plane owners in
their communities to make the hop.
All airmen from the counties flanking
Bluffton are invited to participate in
the flight. Ada and Pandora airports
will participate.
Citizens of Bluffton and area GI’s
interested in seeing the mass forma
tion of planes are invited to be on
hand at the local airport to witness
the activity. Many types oi aircraft
will congregate here for the flight,
weather permitting.
Fly to Mansfield
Two weeks ago on Sunday morn
ing 18 planes made a breakfast flight
to Adrian, Mich. Last Sunday the
following made the trip to Mansfield:
From Bluffton in planes owned by
Bluffton airport, Paul Mackaman, St.
Marys and Hannon Falkel, Bluffton,
flying a Piper Cub Mr. and Mrs. Vir
gil Haas, Bluffton, Taylorcraft Mr.
and Mrs. James Slechter and friend,
Lima, Aeronca Richard Simmons,
Bluffton College, Aeronca James
Hilty, Bluffton College, Aeronca Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Nesbitt, Lima, Er
coupe Harold Carey, Dorothy Ander
son, William Paul, all Bluffton and
Paul Wertheimer, Ada, Stinson Fly
ing Station Wagon Eldon Carey,
Lima and Howard Post, Spencerville
flew a Stearman biplane owned by
Carey.
From Findlay: Allan Thomas and
Edward Paige in a Piper Super
Cruiser Leo Lenard and Edward De
Puy in a Luscombe Silvaire Charles
Stump and Robert Farrell in an Aer
onca Champion Robert Seifried and
James Chain in an Aeronca Cham
ion, and Mr. and Mrs. William Ul
mer, Carey, in their Globe Swift.
Findlay air port is operated by Ed
dy Flying Service, which owned all
the ships participating except the
Swift.
From Ada two Aeroncas and a
Ryan made the flight. Pandora was
represented by five Piper Cubs. Ada
airport is managed by Paul Wert
heimer and Pandora airfield by Em
ery Russell.
Area Residents Invited to Visit
Hospital In Observance of
Hospital Day
Local Institution Sets New
Record For Handling Patients
Last Week, Head Says
Bluffton Community Hospital,
which carried its heaviest all-time
patient load during the month of
April, will hold open house for resi
dents of the area Wednesday of next
week in conjunction with the local
observance of National Hospital
Day.
Miss Sylvia Biederman, superin
tendent of the busy Bluffton hospital,
said that open house tours of the
institution will be made from 1:30
to 4:00 P. M. and from 7:00 to 9:00
P. M.
She also reported that a new daily
record for the number of patients
accommodated .was set last Saturday,
when the register showed 14 babies
and 27 adults
The hospital was designed for ca
pacity accommodation of 10 babies
and 24 adults. During the month of
April there were 39 births at the
hospital, another new record.
Under Miss Biederman’s direction
at the hospital there are 12 regular
nurses and six part-time nurses.
Clubi, £odaei
and Societies
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau council No. 11 will
meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Hilty, Friday night, May 14
at 8 o’clock instead of May 7 as
originally planned.
Bluffton Community Hospital Will
Hold Open HouseNext Wednesday
Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion auxiliary
will meet in the Legion hall next
Tuesday night.
Richland Grange
Richland Grange has arranged a
Mother’s day program for their
meeting next Tuesday night.
Masonic Lodge
Meeting Monday night at 7:30
with work in M. M. degree. Refresn
ments.
Beaverdam 4-H Club
Officers and advisor of the Beaver
dam Stitch and Stir 4-H club attend
ed a county meeting at Elida last
Wednesday night.
May Wedding
Wedding of Robert Stratton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Stratton of
East Elm street and Miss Betty
Meyer, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
J. O. Herbert Meyer of Philadelphia
will take place Saturday afternoon
May 22 at 3:30 o’clock in the Evan
gelical and Reformed church in New
Knoxville, the former home of the
bride’s family. Both Mr. Stratton
and his bride-elect are Bluffton col
lege sophomores. Mrs. Meyer, mother
of the bride-elect is the former Betty
Kunst who attended college here.
Alpha Gamma Club
Alpha Gamma club members will
enjoy a Mother and Daughter ban
quet in the Methodist church dining
room, Friday night at 6:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Mabel Koch is chairman of the
committee in arrangements.
Attend Conference
A group of women of the St.
John’s and Emanuel’s Evangelical
and Reformed churches attended the
Indian Lake Regional conference at
New Bremen, Tuesday. More than
400 women were present. Mrs. W.
A. Amstutz of Bluffton is the retir
ing president and Mrs. Ralph
Stearns of this place was elected
first vice president.
June Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Welty of Mt.
Cory announce the coming wedding
of their daughter Thelma May to
Robert Dean Bowersox, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Bowersox, also of Mt.
Cory.
The wedding will take place at St.
John Mennonite church, near Pan
dora, Friday evening, June 11 at
7 p. m. Open church will be observ
ed. Officiating will be Rev. Richard
Bowersox of Arville, Ind., brother
of the bridegroom assisted by Rev.
Frank Harder, pastor of the bride.
Richland Community Circle
Richland Community Circle will
observe guest day, Thursday after
noon, May 13 with Mrs. Walter
Schaublin hostess.
The program: Devotions, roll call,
introduction of guests: piano solo,
Louise Green: Poem “Mother Saw
the Sunny Side’’ Sticktricks sur
prise feature, Mrs. Addie Graber.
Busy Bee 4-H Club
Bluffton Busv Bee 4-H club has
elected the following officers: Pres.,
June Hochstettler vice pres., Mar
garet Stratton sec.-treas., Vida
Diller asst, sec.-treas., Shirleen
Klass recreation leaders, Betty May
and Doneta Amstutz news reporter,
Shirley Derringer club adviser, Mrs.
H. H. Huser. Officers and adviser
attended the Allen county 4-H club
conference at Elida last Wednesday
night.
Plan Poppy Day
Here On May 29
Bluffton ■will observe Poppy day
on Saturday, May 29, it is announced
by the American Legion Auxiliary
in charge of the project.
Poppies which will be sold under
direction of the Auxiliary are made
by disabled veterans and proceeds
are for benefit of these veterans and
their families. A poppy on every
coat and remembrance in every heart
is announced by the Auxiliary as
their aim.
David Stearns Is
Home From Navy
David Stearns, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Steams, of Spring street,
has returned home after completing
22 months service as a radio man
in the United States Navy.
Stearns had been stationed at a
Navy air base in Puerto Rico prior
to receiving his honorable discharge.
He intends to enter college next fall.
Inventory Filed
In Murray Estate
Estate of Mrs. Edna Murray, de
ceased widow of the late Lloyd Mur
ray of South Main street is valued
at $10,132 in an inventory filed in
the Allen county probate court. Real
estate worth $7,500 and $2,213 in ac
counts and debts receivable are list-
Nanie Promotion
Group For July 5
Representatives from the Bluffton
Saddle Horse Club, Bluffton Com
munity Sportsmen’s Club, Bluffton
Business Men’s Association and the
Bluffton Recreation Committee held
a joint meeting at the town hall
Tuesday night to organize and plan
Bluffton’s Independence Day celebra
tion for Monday, July 5.
Scheduled for the celebration will
be a flying circus performance and
dedication of Bluffton airport in the
afternoon followed by. a Rodeo on,
Harmon Field under the lights.
Roy Rogers was elected by the
group as general chairman for the
celebration Dick Troy, vice chair
man. Other officers were: Woodrow
Little, secretary E. A. Sutermeister,
assistant secretary Thomas Prosser,
treasurer A. E. Kohli, assistant
treasurer.
Members of the central committee
named to organize and promote the
attraction are:
Saddle Club—Roy Rogers, chair
man Martin Breda, Lima Floyd
Williams, Leipsic Forest Herr,
Gene Benroth.
Sportsmen’s Club Dick Troy,
chairman R. V. Kirtland, Silas. Dil
ler, A. E. Kohli, Russell Montgom
ery.
Business Men and Recreation Com
mittee: Thomas Prosser, chairman
Ed Badertscher, E. A. Sutermeister,
Wood row Little, Dave Risser.
Bluffton Airport—Clayton Bixel.
For the rodeo performance on
Harmon Field, Emerson DeTray, De
fiance, Ohio, will act as judge.
College Nine Will
Play Two Contests
Bluffton college baseball team will
attempt to repeat victories over Ce
darville and Wilberforce in games to
be played at those places during the
next week.
The Beavers will tangle with Wil
berforce this Friday and will jour
ney to Cedarville next Monday for
the tilts.
Student Recital
Bluffton college department of mu
sic will present in public recital Fri
day night at 8 o’clock in Ramseyer
chapel students of Miss Elma Ater,
Mrs. H. P. Manb, Profs. Sidney
Hauenstein, Otto Holtkamp and Rus
sell Lantz in voice, violin, cello,
piano and organ numbers.
College Netters To
Play Here Thursday
Bluffton college tennis team will
open 1948 season home play this
Thursday when the local racquet
swingers entertain Bowling Green on
the Bluffton courts.
On Saturday, the Reaver netters
will be at Toledo university.
Beaverdam Senior
Play On May 14
Beaverdam high school seniors will
present their play “The Ghost Chas
ers” at the high school, Friday night,
May 14.
BLUFFTON
A Good Place To Trade
NUMBER 3
GARBAGE SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO BE
DUE NEXT WEEK
Standardized Collection Date
for All Users Will be Put
Into Effect
Payments for Municipal Service
to be Made to Town Clerk,
May 12 to 20
Payments for municipal garbage
and rubbish collection service will
be made during a one-week period
from Wednesday of next week, May
12, until May 20, under a new
system being put into effect this
year by the village administration.
Payments will be made at the
board of public affairs office with
Town Clerk Charles Emans handling
the collection.
Bills will be sent within the next
week to all patrons and if payment
is not made before May 20 service
will be discontinued. Re-instatement
will be made on payment of sendee
in arrears, one year’s service in
advance, plus a penalty fee of $1.
Send Notices to Patrons
In the notices to be sent within
the next week, patrons will be billed
for the coming year ending, May,
1949, plus any amount in arrears up
to May of this year. In the future
all payments will be on the basis of
the one-year period from May to
May, or any part thereof.
Principal advantage of the new
system of collection will be elimina
tion of the uncertainty in patron’s
minds as to when payment is due,
for all collection dates will come at
the same time. Patrons will be
notified by card instead of attempt
ing to keep track of due dates on
their own calendars.
Householders receive garbage and
rubbish collection service here for $3
a year, one of the lowest rates in
the state, and the local service also
has proved one of the most satis
factory in this area.
H. S, Musicians
In State Contest
Bluffton high school musicians will
compete in state contests at Colum
bus this week, the girls’ chorus on
Friday morning and the band, Sat
urday morning. The two organiza
tions won the privilege of enterting
the state competition by virtue of
their rating in district contests last
month.
Pre-School Clinic
Here Next Tuesday
Pre-school clinic for children who
will enter the first grade here next
fall will be held at the Grade school
building next Tuesday morning. The
clinic is sponsored by the Parent
Teacher association in conjunction
with county health authorities.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Worstine,
Mt. Blanchard, a boy, Ray Dennis,
last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schumacher,
Pandora, a girl, Beth Elaine, Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Traucht, Ar
lington, a boy, Joe Lynn, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kohli, Bowl
ing Green, a girl, Candace Nan, Fri
day. Mrs. Kohli is the former Mar
ci le Reichenbach.
Mr. and Mrs. Montell Bibler, Con
tinental, a girl, Nancy Lee, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lehman, Pan
dora, a boy, Gene Alan, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hilty,
Pandora, a boy, Daniel Lee, Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Traucht, Bluff
ton, a boy, George Laverne, Tues
day.
Mr. and Mrs .Gene Crawford, Ot
tawa, a boy, Joel Stephan, Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wenger of Mis
sion, Texas, former Bluffton resi
dents, a boy, Steven David, Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs .Wayne Luginbuhl of
Medway, Ohib, former Bluffton resi
dents, a boy, David Wayne, Friday.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices) Wheat
$2.27 com $2.10 oats, $1.10 soys
$3.60.
Poultry—Heavy hens 29c leghorn
hens 23c.
Eggs—Large whites 41c large
browns 39c.
Butterfat—82c.