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BLUFFTON
A Good Place To Live
VOLUME LXXHI
BUMP IN STREET
CAUSES BIG TRUCK
TO RUN WILD HERE
Large Semi-Truck Tears Up
Lawns Knocks Down Trees
And Light
Driver Loses Control of Cargo
Truck After Hitting Bump
On South Main
one was injured, but lawns,
and a boulevard light standard
the casualties when a large
No
trees
were
semi-tractor-trailer ran wild along
South Main street in the residence
section last Thursday afternoon after
the driver lost control of the vehicle
when it struck a bump in the Dixie
highway pavement at the south corp
oration limits of the village.
Careening onto the sidewalk and
thru lawns, the truck clipped off a
catalpa tree, part of a cherry tree and
knocked down a
standard before the
to a halt.
boulevard light
driver brought it
it struck the bad
Northbound when
place in the pavement, the vehicle
went over the sidewalk at Beaver
street for a distance of some 250
feet, tearing up the lawn at the Mrs.
Lydia Lora property.
On the Lora lot the truck damaged
a cherry tree, knocked down a large
catalpa tree and broke off a boule
vard light standard on the lawn strip.
There were no pedestrians on the
walk at the time, and no one was
hurt. Perry Grimm, 27, Lodi, O.,
driver of the truck was uninjured and
the truck sustained only minor dam
age. The truck was owned by the
Motor Cargo lines, of Akron.
The bump in the pavement about
100 feet south of Beaver street had
been patched by the state highway
department a week earlier, but the
temporary repair job had gone bad
again. It was repaired a second time
on the morning following the mishap.
Death Claims Pastor
Of St. Mary’s Church
Rev. James G. Nett, 55, pastor of
St. Marys Catholic church in Bluff
ton, and who observed the silver an
niversary of his ordination in a
jubilee mass here last February 18,
died at 8:15 p. m. last Thursday in
Lima St. Rita’s hospital.
Rev. Nett had been seriously ilk
for several months, and had relin
quished his duties as pastor of the
church here and as resident chaplain
of St. Rita’s hospital.
Solemn pontifical mass was held
in Lima St. Rose church Monday
morning for Rev. Nett, with Rev.
Karl J. Alter, bishop of Toledo, offi
ciating.
Rev. Carl Reineck served as
con, with Rev. Richard Gabel,
deacon. Deacons of honor were
Albert A. Fate and Rev. James
ter.
dea
sub-
Rev.
Cot-
Msgr. Robert Maher, director of
Catholic hospitals in the diocese, and
who formerly served here as pastor
of St. Mary’s church, delivered the
sermon. Burial was in St. John’s
cemetery, Delphos.
1893, in Cologne,
Born June 14,
Germany,
officer in
armies in
about one
a prisoner in a war camp in Egypt.
Rev. Nett served as an
the German and Turkish
the first world war. For
and one-half years he was
Returning to Germany following
the close of the war, he continued
his theological studies, and was or
dained to the priesthood on Feb. 2,
1923, in the Cathedral of Cologne.
Because of Nazi party persecu
tions, Rev. Nett fled to Holland,
where through arrangements of a
Catholic bishop he came to the
United States in May, 1937.
His first assignment in this coun
try was as assistant pastor of St.
John’s church in Delphos, and in 1940
he became assistant pastor of a
church in Tiffin, and later in Nor
walk. In 1943 he became an Amer
ican citizen.
On March 15,* 1945, Rev. Nett was
made chaplain at St. Rita’s hospital,
and pastor
here.
of St. Mary’s church
include his father, two
a brother, all in Ger-
Survivors
sisters and
many.
Assistant Counsellor
At Y.M. Summer Camp
Richard Lenhart, son of Rev. and
Mrs. A. S. Lenhart of the Rawson
Methodist church has accepted a po
sition as assistant counsellor of the
summer camp operated by the Ft.
Wayne Y. M. C. A. near that city.
He left Monday morning to assume
his camp duties and will remain
there until the last of August.
Town Council Gets
'That Summer Feelin9 99
Maybe it was the summer solstice,
or urge to go fishing or just a plain
case of taking it easy—anyway the
legislative machinery of Bluffton’s
town council slowed to a complete
stop Monday night when only three
members reported for the regular
meeting.
With three members present and
three absent Mayor Arden Baker
announced there could be no meeting
because of Jack of a quorum. A
meeting has been called for next
Monday night, the mayor said.
MENNONITE WORLD
CONFERENCE TO BE
HELD IN AUGUST
Sessions in Goshen, Ind., Aug,
to 5 and Newton, Kan.,
Aug. 7 to 10
While there is no way of estimat
ing accurately the attendance, those
familiar with preparations said this
week that there undoubtedly would
be “several thousand” present, includ
ing 50 or more foreign delegates from
Europe, South America and the Far
East.
The conference, it is pointed out
will occupy roughly the same status
to the world Mennonite membership
as does the General conference to its
component parts, since neither has
any authority to make decisions hing
ing upon the constituent members,
but rather both serve as a clearing
house for discussion of problems com
mon to the group.
Last Conference in Holland
The last world conference of the de
nomination was held in Amsterdam,
Holland, in 1936. Since that time post
war conditions have prevented
holding of another meeting. This
be the first time the conference
been held in the United States.
6^0
Gala Parade Complete With Floats
To Open Independence Day Program
the
will
has
Arrangements for the conference
are in charge of the Mennonite
Central Committee of Akron, Pa.,
which directs relief work and other
activities in which various branches
of the denomination participate.
Among major topics which are
scheduled for discussion at the con
ference are relief and rehabilitation
projects in war areas together with
reports of home and foreign mission
work.
Bluffton Man on Committee
Rev. J. N. Smucker, pastor of the
First Mennonite church here and
chairman of the General Conference
of Mennonites is a member of the
committee on counsel and guidance
which will plan the agenda for the
world conference.
Work of the conference will be in
the hands of the delegates from the
various branches of the denomination
however attendance at sessions is
open to the public and many Menno
nites in this area are planning to at
tend at least some of the sessions,
particularly those held in Goshen.
Foreign delegates are scheduled to
arrive from Holland, Germany,
Switzerland, Brazil, Paraguay and
Canada, as well as from mission
stations in China and India.
Board Hires Teacher
For Grade School
Miss Genevieve Beagle of Mt. Cory
has been hired as an instructor in
the Bluffton grade school for the
coming year, it was announced the
first of the week. She is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Dessie Beagle and taught
last year in the Mt. Cory schools.
The board of education announced
this spring that two additional
teachers would be hired for the
grade school for the coming year
because of increased enrollment. No
action has been announced relative
to hiring of the second teacher.
New House
new house is being built
by
Mrs. Elsie Buckland on North Thur
man street.
BLUF
Many New Features Will Be in
Night Parade On Main
Street, July 3
’arade And Band Concert To
Publicize Air Show And
Rodeo On July 5
Air Show
from
delegates are Coming
Europe, South America and
Far East
What leaders say will be not only
the largest but most representative
gathering of Mennonites ever to be
held in this country is the fourth
Mennonite World conference to con
vene at Goshen, Indiana, August 3 to
5 and continued at Newton, Kansas,
August 7 to 10.
three-day
including
an Inde
Saturday
Inaugurating Bluffton’s
Fourth of July program
an air-show and a rodeo,
pendence Day parade on
night, July 3, will be the most pre
tentious seen here.
Decorated floats entered by bus
ness concerns and community organ
izations, will compete for prizes in
the parade presentation, adding a
new note to the pre-rodeo festivities.
Riding horses, new and old auto
mobiles, the latest in farm imple
ments, bands and Boy Scouts also
will be in the parade line of march.
Band concerts will precede and fol
low the parade.
and
Rodeo
Highlighting the Fourth of July
weekend celebration will be the after
noon air show and the evening rodeo
on Monday, July 5, plans for which
are nearing completion this week.
An appeal for citizens of the com
munity to volunteer for committee
work at the air show and rodeo was
issued this week by Roy Rogers,
general chairman of the Independ
ence Day promotion committee. Ad
ditional workers are needed for all
phases of the all-day affair, it was
stressed.
Features of the air show will in
clude demonstrations here by an air
force helicopter and jet planes, an
aerial circus, and a demonstration
of a wrist radio worked out in the
Components Development branch of
Wright field headed by F. E. Weng
er, of Bluffton. Wenger will be in
charge of that part of the program
devoted to the wrist radio.
Augsburger Bros.
In Concert Here
Two youthful sons of Rev. and
Mrs. Wm. Augsburger of Wheaton,
Ill., will appear in a program at the
First Mennonite church, Friday
night at 8 o’clock.
Augsburger,
vibraharpist
be heard in
They are Wilson Lee
nine-year-old pianist,
and composer who will
piano and vibraharp numbers and
give a demonstration of perfect pitch
and Grayson Terry Augsburger, six
year-old vocalist.
The brothers appeared on the Mor
ris B. Sachs Radio Hour in a coast
to coast broadcast early this month.
Their father, formerly of Bluffton,
is pastor of Westmont Baptist
church, Westmont, Illinois.
Restored Train Will
Improve Mail Service
Faster service in handling Bluffton
mail for southern destinations has
again been made possible thru the
resumption of two Toledo-Columbus
passenger trains out of Findlay on
the New York Central railroad. The
trains had been taken off their regu
lar runs during the coal strike.
Resumption of the service which
considerably speeds southbound Bluff
ton mail came after Findlay and
other cities on the railroad had filed
complaints with the Ohio Public
Utilities Commission that the trains
did not resume operation after the
coal crisis had ended.
Afternoon mail taken
by Star Route to Findlay
mediately for Columbus
southern points on the
train, it was pointed out.
from here
leaves inl
and other
afternoon
good, and
Sendee is unusually
special delivery mail dispatched here
at 2:30 p. m. can be delivered in Co
lumbus late the same afternoon. Air
mail also can be sent out of the Co
lumbus airport within a few hours
after leaving Bluffton.
Swimming Program
Here Next Wednesday
A program of movie shorts tied
in with this summer’s swimming pro
gram at Buckeye lake will be shown
in the high school auditorium at 8
p. m. Wednesday night of next week.
On the program will be three
movies: “Heads Up,” “Oars and
Paddles’* and ‘Learn to Swim.”
Adults and children are invited.
Arrangements for the local show
ing were made through John Romey,
a Bluffton native, who heads
len county’s Red Cross life
program.
up Al
saving
classes
Swimming and life saving
will be started at the Buckeye pool
on July 6, it was announced this
week.
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BLUFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, TH
SUMMER OUTLOOK
IS GOOD FOR FARM
CROPS IN DISTRICT
’armers View* Prospects Rang
ing from Average to Good,
Survey Shows
Wheat Stand “Turning” Rains
and Humid Weather Spur
Corn Growth
Official arrival of summer season,
Monday, found farm crops general
ly promising in the Bluffton
with farmers in off-the-record
casts estimating prospects
average to good.
Wheat—Average crop. Overall
yield in the area aboul 25 bushels
per acre. Heads filling well and
straw will be heavy.
Corn—Outlook good with
favorable weather should aver
age knee high by Fourth of
July.
Oats—Cool spr
time may see I
age yield.
Hay—Bumper
By far the
wheat in the
be combined, fa
declared they ki
where binders w
Shortage of
been one of the
spending the chi
combine, the la!
tion and dimi
labor formerly
However w
AY, JUNE 24, 1948
TLOOK
area
fore
from
A survey by the Bluffton
found the farmers cautious as
about going out on a limb for a
long range prediction and qualifying
their opinions with numerous condi
tions. However, the net result of
the survey appeared about as fol
lows:
up to this
than aver-
Wheat Crop
greater portion of
ufffon district will
rmers said. Some
ew of no instance
11 be used.
larvest hands has
leading factors in
nge from binder to
ter method cutting
crop in one opera
ting much of the
Combine
processed by
more
combine is harvested at a ____
mature stage which usually delays
cutting from 10 days to two
beyond the time when it is
for harvesting by binder.
of this there will be little if any
wheat cut by the Fourth of July,
farmers said.
harvest
of next
weeks
ready
Because
Peak of the wheat
is expected about the middle
month.
Weather Spurs Corn
Tuesday, followed by warm
weather have greatly en
prospects for corn which
Rains
humid
hanced
previously was making only fair
progress. With an even break in
the weather, possibilities for the
crop are rated average to good.
Quality of oats is expected to be
considerably better than usual, due
to favorable growing conditions this
spring,
tensive,
prove a
crops.
Although acreage is not ex
yields should be good and
valuable supplement to feed
Hay which has proved an erratic
crop in recent years
swings from poor to
out well this year,
now being cut in
farmers reporting
bumper.
with wide
good, is proving
Mixed hay is
the area with
yields good to
Presbyterian Youth
Conference This Week
Presbyterian young people from
Lima and Toledo Presbyteries are
holding a Westminster Fellowship
summer conference on the Bluffton
college campus. Sessions began Mon
day night and will continue for one
week with' 125 students and
structors in attendance.
in­
the
the
The conference is sponsored by
Board of Christian Education of
Presbyterian church in cooperation
with the boards of National and
Foreign Missions and the general
council. It is especially for senior
high school students.
The day’s schedule includes classes
with experienced leaders, relaxation
in stunts, singing, and sports of
various kinds with swimming at
Buckeye lake. The morning watch
and sunset services will be in charge
of camp director, Rev. Alfred Peter
son, Toledo.
Other leaders on the campus are
Rev. William R. Ferry, Sandusky
Rev. Alun O. Jones, Bellefontaine
Rev. George
Mrs. Charles
Brumm, and
son, Toledo.
F. Mace, Perrysburg
A. Ward, Mrs. Carl
Mrs. Alfred C. Peter-
conference the regular
During the
Bluffton college summer school class
es are meeting in the science hall
building.
One way to control inflation: “Too
high, no buy, good-bye.”
ON NEWS
Lari J. Landes, Graduate Here
In 1930, Directs Overseas
Relief Program
Grains, Poultry, Dairy Products
and Other Foods Sought
From Northwest Ohio
Carl J. Landes, who was gradu
ated from Bluffton college in 1930,
now' serving as state director of
Christian Rural Overseas Relief
Program, this week announced plans
for Northwestern Ohio to fill a por
tion of an Ohio food train for needy
families in Europe.
Landes outlined the plan at a
meeting with delegates of Henry,
Fulton, Defiance, Williams and Wood
counties held at Napoleon last Thurs
day night. A meeting of the Henry
county group will be held in Napol
eon this Thursday night.
Landes has Keen directing overseas
relief activities of
early last spring.
The observation school ,divided in
to three age groups, will be held in
St. John’s Reformed church. Bluff
ton church school teachers and par
ents also are invited to attend the
conference sessions and observation
school.
Registration blanks for those in
terested are in this week’s issue of
The News.
Youth For Christ
Rally On Saturday
Ken Cumings, regional representa
tive of Youth for Christ Internation
al will be the speaker at the Bluff
ton-Pandora Youth for Christ rally
at the Bluffton high school auditor
ium Saturday night at 8 o’clock.
Cumings is a former member of
the America Back to God quartet
which broadcast weekly from WJR,
Detroit, on a coast-to-coast network.
Since then he has directed youth
groups in Ohio and Michigan.
He will be assisted in the program
by Mrs. Cumings, chalk talk artist
sketching with colored chalk which
is enhanced with colored lights. 4
Village Gets $363
From Cigaret
Bluffton College Graduate Heads Ohio
Campaign For Food Train To Europe
the group since
Donations
the CROP is to
Handle Farm
Chief purpose of
handle gifts from farmers including
grains ,poultry, dairy products, raw
wool and other produce for shipment
to needy families overseas.
Distribution overseas and
the collection of donations
will be handled threftigh
channels, Landes said.
much of
in Ohio
church
After his graduation from Bluff
ton college, Landes served as pastor
of the First Mennonite church in
Philadelphia, later was pastor of a
Methodist church in Merom, Ind.,
and also held a pastorate in Colo
rado,
with
tion.
For a time he was connected
the Fellowship of Reconcila-
Observation School To
Be Held For Kiddies
Registration in a vacation observa
tion school is open to Bluffton child
ren as one of the features of an
adult church workers conference to
be held on the Bluffton college cam
pus from July 7 through 14 by the
Ohio Conference of Congregational
Christian churches.
Tax
$363.81
cigaret
Bluffton this week received
in the distribution of 1948
taxes, with Richland township re
ceiving $18.56. Beaverdam’s share
of the distribution was $130.48 La
fayette received $74.99 and Jackson
township, $44.29.
Old-fashioned, thunderous celebra
tions of the Fourth of July, inaug
urated by cannon fire at daybreak
and marked by a steady staccato of
noise throughout the day, remain
only as a memory as Bluffton readies
itself for its eighth holiday observ
ance sans fireworks.
Wins Scholarship
In Music At O. S. U.
Miss Janice Murray, student in the
conservatory of music of Ohio State
university has been awarded the
Dorothy McVitty scholarship in mu
sic for the coming year, it was an
nounced by the university recently.
Miss Murray, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Aaron Murray of Wash
ington, C. H., and granddaughter of
Mrs. H. G. Murray of North Jack
son street will be a senior in the
university next year. The scholar
ship is sponsored by the General
Electric company.
SUMMER RAINS
MAKE MOSQUITO
CONTROL ACUTE
Showers and Warm Weather
Make Ideal Conditions for
Incubation
Cooperation of Public Needed
to Make Town's Program
Effective
,ther thi.
Rains and wan
are making ideal growing conditions
for mosquitoes and residents of the
town must cooperate with the pre
vention program now under way if a
system of mosquito control is to
prove effective, it was stated by May
or Arden Baker.
The towm, at present, is virtually
free of mosquitoes and with co
operation of the public in addition to
the mosquito control
augurated this spring by the town,
the situation should be kept well in
hand, the mayor added. K
•W. A. Howe, who has previously
been in charge of successful mosquito
control programs here has taken over
the work again this summer and a
program of spraying creeks and catch
basins has been under way for
past month to destroy mosquito
vae.
program in
the
lar-
Need Aid of Householders
Arrival of warm weather, however,
has made it more imperative than
ever that householders cooperate to
prevent
private
prolific
toes are
used plugged evespouts and old tin
cans holding stagnant water from
summer rain.s
Old-Fashioned, Wide Open Fourth
Now Remains Only As Dim Memory
Celebrations here since a state ban
was placed on ’firecrackers and re
lated fireworks are in direct con
trast to those that our fathers knew
when the holiday was a paradise of
bedlam.
Cannons roared a salute at the
crack of dawn in tfmfe days fire
crackers and small torpedo bombs
popped all day long, and in the
evening it was customary to have a
incubation of mosquitoes on
premises. Among the more
breeding places for mosqui
cisterns, especially those un­
These may be kept free from mos
quito contamination by spraying with
oil or a commercial preparation.
Persons desiring information or as
sistance in connection with mosquito
control problems are referred to
Howe.
Two From Bluffton
Get Scout Awards
Richard Patterson, Troop 56, Bluff
ton, received a Life Scout award,
and Patterson and David Bixel were
awarded merit badges at an Allen
County Boy Scout court of honor
held in Lima last Thursday night.
John Romey, a native of Bluffton,
now an attorney in Lima and chair
man of the advancement committee
of the Shawnee Area council, was
one of the scout executives partici
pating in the court of honor.
MOVES TO FINDLAY
Gerald Clever and family have va
cated the Deppler property at South
Main and Poplar streets and moved
to Findlay where they have bought
a house. Clever is employed by the
Central Ohio light & Power Co.
gigantic fireworks display.
For weeks preceding the holiday,
show windows were piled high with
fire crackers, sky rockets, roman
candles, torpedoes, pin wheels and
sparklers, and kiddies husbanded
their pennies to assure a goodly
supply for the holiday.
In some parts of the business sec
tion on the Fourth the youngsters
would concentrate their explosive de
vices to the extent that it
scarcely safe for pedestrians to
down tha|g|Bgion of the street.
Stringent laws prohibiting
sale^K^discharge of fireworks
was
walk
BLUFFTON
A Good Place To Trade
the
have
wrought vast changes in the picture,
and the hectic celebration of that
era now live on only in the memory
of the older folks.
NUMBER 10
SCHOOL BOARD TO
CONSIDER TEACHER
VACANCIES FRIDAY
Resignations of Coach And In
strumental Music Teacher
Vring Up Problems
Applications Have Been Receiv
ed For Coaching Post No
Music Applicants To Date
With next fall’s plans for sports
and instrumental music activities at
Bluffton High school stymied until
positions left vacant by the resigna
tions of Coach Kent Cotterman and
Music Instructor Harold Hunter are
filled, the board of education will take
up its first consideration of the situ
ation at a special meeting Friday
light.
week to
Cotterman resigned last
accept a position as head
coach and athletic director at Bryan,
and Hunter notified the board of his
intention to go into business with
his father-in-law in Bellevue.
Applicants for Coaching Job
Altho there have been several ap
plications for the Bluffton coaching
post, the board likely will not take
steps to hire a replacement for Cot
terman at this week’s meeting.
Supt. Ralph Lanham said this week
that no applications have been re
ceived so f&r as head of the instru
mental music department, but that he
would check with Columbus and Bow
ling Green sources prior to the meet
ing of the school board.
Coach Cotterman had been head
coach here for two years, and Hunter
last spring completed his first year
on the local high school faculty.
Former Bluffton Man
Gets Ph. I). Degree
Neil Baumgartner, formerly of
Bluffton, received a Doctor of Phil
osophy degree from the
of Illinois at Urbana at
ment exercises Saturday.
University
commence-
weeks with
Mrs. Lyle
After spending several
his parents, Mr. and
Baumgartner of Mishawaka, Ind.,
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
R. Bogart and Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Baumgartner of this place he will
leave with his wife and little daugh
ter Sarah Lynne for Linden, N. *J.,
where he has accepted a position as
research chemist with the Standard
Oil Development Co., of New Jersey.
During the past year in college
he was president of Phi Lambda Up
silon, honorary chemical society and
also a member of Phi Kappa, Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, honor
societies.
Here From California
For Summer Season
John Kirk Ferguson of Riverside,
Calif., arrived by bus last Thurs
day evening to spend the summer
vacation with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Rauenbuhler of North
Main street.
His brother, Dean Ferguson was
graduated June 10 from Riverside
high
high
class
bury
to study foreign trades and public
accounting. The Ferguson family
formerly resided here.
school, being one of 19 with
scholastic honors in a
of 600. He will enter Wood
Business college in September
Births
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Don Crites, Bluffton,
a boy, Don Michael, last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ballinger, La
fayette, a boy, Roger Lee, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Baumlein,
Findlay, a girl, Sharon Anne, Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beach, Ada,
a girl, Patricia Ann, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson, Je
nera, a boy, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Core, Pan
dora, a girl Wanda Sherriell, Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Augsburger,
Bluffton, a boy, James Jay, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Steele of Brook
ville announce the adoption of a five
weeks ’old son. Mrs. Steel is the
former Virginia Waltz Wilson of
near Mt. Cory.
To Collect County
Tax Here July 6-7
The Allen county treasurer will be
at the Citizens National bank in
Bluffton, Tuesday and Wednesday,
July 6 and 7 to collect real estate,
taxes for the last half of 1947.