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PAGE EIGHT Ira Mack and Rosa Ingalls were married by the Rev. W. A. Brundige. Amos Diller and family spent Sun day at Sarn Bame’s in Arlington. Benroth Auto Co. have secured the agenev for the Reo car. Jule Benroth Saunders left for Lan sing, Mich., returning the next day with a newt Reo touring car. E. B. Stuber left for New Haven, Conn., to ake up studies at Yale. Eli Hartman is buying timber. Mr. and Mrs. Lem Black left for California tp spend the winter. J. A. Thompson represented the Presbyterian church at the Lima Presbytery meeting at Turtle Creek. I. B. Stith will do custom sawing BEEF PORK AUTHORIZED DEAL! News Our Grandfathers Read From Issue Of September 28, 1911 Miss Martha Suter is in charge of the cookingj at the ladies dorm at the John Sclmeek purchased the Herr man Waiters farm and will move Harvey 1P Basin e’er leaves for Chi- A M. Mb VI 1 n o 1 I Al. Gid Scflumacher and Miss Lily Hilty will be married Sunday at the home of he brides parents. Edwin ftisser of Pandora is spend ing severa1 days at Boston, where he went to clispose of a car load of horses. The oil well shot on the William Elzay farni) is a good producer. Hunters are making preparations for their annual outing in Maine. They always bag their share of big mo in 11he Maine woods. Edmund Hawk fell from a hickory nut tree and sprained his ankle. He is obliged to use crutches. yq Notice The Bluffton Welding Shop will be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 8 to id I Dana Mathewson FOODS Sweetened 1 Lb. Apple Sauce Pck. 10c N A I ICE CREAM Pints, all flavors, 23c Quarts, Vanilla 45c Y2 Gal., all flavors, 89c Gal., all flavors, $1.69 All Flavors Sherbets Pint 19c PICNIC HAMS Blue Bonnet Delrich No Bone—No Fat at his new sawmill bordering the railroad on College ave. Mrs. George Steams visited Mrs. Simon Herr at Upper Sandusky. Floyd Everett of Angola, Ind., vis ited his family on Grove street. Rev. Wm. Brundige purchased the Sarifli Goble farm in Union Twp. for Settlement Kenneth and er Patricia of Springfield, Ill., ne of Mr. and Mrs. visited Willis over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Augsburger and ds ughter riam visited at the home o Mr. and Mrs. Albert Leichty and family near Berne, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schneck and fa mily and ohn Schneck visited for several days in the home of Rev. and rs. Aubrc y Henderson and family in 1 lir, Michigan. Sonic wheat is being cut this week. The far greater acreage is to be harvested with the combine. Pota to fields ir this area are sur in beauty perhaps those of any pr•evious vc1 ar. Prospects are bright for a big yield. The trustees of the St. John church have purebased the parcel of land between the church and the home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Burk holder from Hiram Schutz and is to be ised as a parking space. s Dukes aiid sons have recent ted a Qi onset barn on the farm o replace the large barn that was torn down by the storm this spring. The new structure is 40 ft. by 100 ft. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Filhart and family moved o their new home near Pontiac, chigan, last Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. William Habegger and fa mily and Miss Lucile Stuckey of Beime, Ind., were Sunday and Monday,r visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernerson Basinger and family. NOTICE of APPOINTMENT THE S7 Allen Estate ATE OF OHIOI County ss. of Ira A.' Slusser, Iteceased. E Slusser of East Gherry Street, Olive Bluffton tied as A. Slusier Ohio, has been a^Mir»edlend qualL Administratrix oV tM Mate of Ira la'te of Alien] QpW’ity, Ohio, de- ceased. I Dated this 21st day ofWune, 1948. Raymond P. Smith Probate Judg-e 13 fy&tJteA, c&i/vfce Home Killed Meats Ready to Eat Vi or whole Oleo lb. 45c Steak lb. 75c All Beef Beef Ground lb. 55c VEAL LAMB Your Choice LUNCHEON MEATS Minced Hani Dutch Loaf Pickle & Pimento Veal Loaf heese Loaf Souse. v’AII For lb. 49c No Skins Weiners lb. 39c Bologna, large lb. 39c lb. 49c We have a Large assortment of Cheese Real Wisconsin Grade A Swiss lb. 89c LARD (pu»E« 2 lb. 49c Is your home Freezer or locker getting low? See us for replacement of Beef Pork- Veal -Poultry or Frozen Foods. BY HARRY U HALfc Editor’s Note—This is one of a series of articles to appear in the Bluffton News dealing with early Ohio history. Others will appear in forthcoming issues. Allen County’s Ghosts When and if, on some moonlight night, you have the old jalopy loiter ing along on some southwestern Al len County road near Harrod, look ing east over the Scioto Marsh with the motor purring at four miles an hour and your arm around the girl friend’s shoulders, you see a spook— don’t be frightened, the banshee has been dead for a long time. It also should be much emaciated, have dragging white whiskers and exude the fragrance of chewed-up Spanish onions. Then you might see another and still another—any num ber from 388 down to none whatever, most of them in glaring red British uniforms and a few in walnut-stained home-spun. The specters, if any, have been lost in the Black Swamp for 136 years. Nineteen-year-old Lieutenant Wil liam H. Raper, that was “Holly” Raper, of Bethel, Clermont County— felt pretty proud of himself. He was in sole charge of his 100-man com pany, the Williamsburg Rifles, part of the Third Regiment, First Brigade of the First Division, Ohio Volunteers. Raper’s superior officers had been worse needed elsew’here so the young officer was put in charge of his com pany, marching 400 British prisoners taken by Perry and Harrison at Lake Erie, through the wildnerness to the barracks atj Newport, Kentucky. Outnumbered four to one, the American volunteers got along all right until they were crossing the Black Swamp. There the whole party, prisoners and guard, got lost. The swamp at that time almost was covered by water. For three days and nights the 500 men floundered around in the swamp, without food and with only the brack ish water to drink. They became so scattered that on the morning of the third day Lieutenant Raper found himself with only a guard of 12 men and out of his 400 prisoners, but one hundred remaining. Seeing the guard’s weakness the prisoners mutinied and refused to march. They were only going around in circles, they declared, and may as well starve to death sitting down where they were as to do it wander ing around in the morass. Raper drew his soldiers up, with fixed bayonets and cocked guns, and gave the prisoners five minutes to decide whether they would obey him. At the end of the last minute the soldiers were ordered to present arms, take aim and—but before the order to fire could be given a large Scotch soldier cried “Hold!” and stepped for ward, asking that he be permitted to speak to the other prisoners. “We have been taken in a fair fight and are prisoners of war, honorably so and this conduct is disgraceful to our king’s flag—not becoming of true soldiers,” he told his compan ions. “I have no hand in raising this mutiny and I suggest that all who are in favor of behaving themselves as honorable prisoners of war shall rally around me and we will take the others in hand ourselves. The American guard, with loaded guns, may stand by and see fair play.” That ended the mutiny and Raper delivered what remained of his prison ers to the army at Newport. The band only got out of the swamp by forcing at sword’s point, two Indians who were among the British prison ers to lead the party out of the marsh. In 1819 Raper became a Methodist preacher and when swimming his horse across a swollen creek on the way to one of his appointments, the animal became entangled and sank. Raper got hold of a tree limb over head and managed to hold on to rest and keep his head above water. While hanging onto the limb he suddenly thought “My mother is praying for me and I shall be saved,” so he let loose, swam ashore and soon the horse also wallowed out of the flood water. Later his mother related that, 90 miles away that day, she awoke sud denly in fright with the thought “William is in great danger.” She jumped out of bed and prayed earnestly that her son be saved. Both Raper and his mother declared that when they met and compared notes the time of the prayer and accident was the same. The episode is mentioned by histor ians for what it is worth and with no comments. Not long after the swollen creek incident Raper was given a new cir cuit to ride in Indiana. On approach ing one of his first stops a large, fine looking man approached him, calling him “brother,” and said: “I suppose you have forgotten me bint I knew you the minute I saw you. I am the Scotch soldier who made the speech to the prisoners of war the morning of the mutiny in the Black Swamp.” The man related that after he had been exchanged as a prisoner his en listment terminated and that he, hav ing realized the justness of the Americans’ cause and the greatness of tfie country, reeolved to remain and become a citizen. THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO “I came to this state, rented some land and opened up a farm,” the former British sohher related. “I joined the church anc now have a fine wife and a wonderfu 1 child. Come on home with me—dinner will be ready by the time we get there.” The Reverend Will went. iam Holly Raper Over plentfully iled platters of fried chicken the tw vid soldiers re newed their acquaintance, swapped memories and becanie fast friends— an attachment wh ch lasted until death. Raper died i What became of the 300 British prisoners and the 88 missing men of their American gua •d is not related in old accounts. Wh ther they, widely scattered and hopelessly lost without food or drink, ever got out of the marsh is a matter for conjecture. Aftyhow, there w■re no Indians among their number to lead them out of the morass with back. a sword at their Of course those little blinking lights Which go on and off and dance by the roadside ma v be just will-o the-wisp or lightnin hugs. And the dismal howl away back somewhere among the black acres which grew the big onions may be only that of some farmer’s hound instead of the cry of a banchee shrieking ‘‘Chloey—I want to go W’here you are.” Anyway it is a good tale, a tall one, old and true. Maybe the black dust that sweeps off the marsh isn’t raised by shuf fling feet at all—jus by the wind. Beaverdam The Methodist Youth Fellowship will have an ice cream social on Friday evening Jul basement. v Hi in the church Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis of Cleveland, Mrs.. 1 lonald Cregs and daughter Faye of Minneopolis, Minn. Mrs. RaIph Sneary and daughters of Bradei.town. Fla. Mrs. I. W. Byerly and IHrs. Haskell Coffin of Lima, Mrs. Cat lorine Bassett, Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Beery, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Van Meter and family, Mr, and Mrs. De mer Beery, Jr., were Saturday linner guests of Mrs. Cynthia Ellio Mr. and Mrs. (.’haries Lewis and family spent th past week at Indian River, Mic Mrs. Maud ConIrey was a Thurs day guest of her sister, Mrs. Flor ence Parker at Mr. and Mrs. Ci al ounkman and daughter Loretta Dayton, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Younk man and Bernard Gratz spent Sum ay with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Youi at Clyde. kman and family Mr. and Mrs. Donald Michael and family accompani' Mr. and Mrs. Pete Beery and daughter of Lima to Clearwater, Mich, end. over the week Miss Ruth Durkee spent the week end with Mr. and shall at Lima. Mrs. Charles Mar- Mr, and Mrs. Ed Hochstettler and family of Detroit, Mich., were week end guests of Mrs. Etta Yant. The Women’s Society of Christian Service met on Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church. Mrs. T. V. Stirn was program leader and Mrs. Wm. Amstutz had devotional service. Twenty-three members responded to roll call. Mrs. Mary Davis and Mrs. Westa Ramsey were Tuesday visitors of Miss Addie Yoakam. Pandora Miss Betty Motter spent the 4th of July weekend in the home of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Verle Reichen bach and children of Beaverdam. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schumacher and baby were Sunday and Monday guests in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Charles Boehr of Goshen,* Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Robert* Cahill of Washington, D. C. are spending their vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cahill. Bernard Davies who has been stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C., is visiting his mother, Mrs. Virginia Davies for 15 days. Richard Basinger who is stationed in Arizona is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Basinger and family. The Zuercher Reunion held at the i Pandora Park on Monday was well I attended. Mr. and Mrs. Lavem Badertscher and family of Orrville, Ohio, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Donaldson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Morrey Gaskins and David Thrapp of Fort Wayne were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Thrapp one day last week. Mrs. Yirginia Kempf and Mrs. Francis Kempf and children are spending some time at their summer home on Indian Lake. Roy Crow was taken to Lima Memorial hospital for observation. Campaigns for the eradication of flies by spraying farm buildings with DDT should also include the elimination of grain weevils by using the same material. That insecticide applied to the floors and walls of empty grain bins will kill adult weevils which hide in cracks and crevices but sally out to feed. Weevil infestations are carried over from year to year by insects hiding in the buildings and can be ended by kill ing those skulkers. Record Crowd At Fourth Celebration (Concluded from page 1) best ever staged here” by most of those who lined M?in street from Jefferson street to College avenue to view the two and one-half block long procssion. Replete with horsemen, floats, in teresting business entries and led by the brightly uniformed Bluffton High school band, the parade set the stage for the elaborateness of the Inde pendence Day celebration. First prize for the most interest ing parade entry went to a float en tered by the Herr Bicycle Shop sec ond prize was taken by a decorated surrey driven by Elmer Fett, and third prize to cowboy-garbed Jackie Rogers mounted on a miniature pony. Indicative of the large crowd in town for the parade were north and south streets lined with auto mobiles from Jefferson street to Grove street, and with intehsecting streets equally crowded. Rodeo Closes Celebration Closing event in the weekend cele bration came with a gala rodeo, Monday night. Seating space was crowded, and hundreds lined the fence around Harmon field for the night-time spectacle that proved it still holds plenty of appeal for com munity residents. In the 12-event rodeo, $250 in cash prizes were awarded to competing horsement from Northwstern Ohio, and the show was critically adjudged one of the best ever staged here. There was a total of 130 horses and riders in the grand entry parade which opened the evening show, 98 of which participated in competition for prizes. In the stand with Clyde Warren, official announcer was Ray Patterson of Findlay, who organized the Sad dle Horse club when he lived here six years ago and was one of the prime movers in putting on Bluff ton’s first rodeo. Tony, winner of the western stock horse class owned by Donald Herr, originally belonged to Patterson and was the first horse ever to appear in Harmon field in connection with a rodeo. The balloon race, always a feature of Bluffton’s rodeo, was first seen in this area at local rodeos and since had been widely adopted. In connection with the celebration, the Bluffton High school band had a busy weekend. The school musicians played a concert on the Presbyterian church lawn Saturday night led the parade marched and played at the air show, and played again for the rodeo on Monday night. Rodeo Prizes Rodeo prizes are announced as follows: Grand entry—1st, Guy Foltz, Ft. Wayne 2nd, Eugene Harman, Ft. Wayne 3rd, Wm. Alstaetter, Cairo 4th, Ralph Vandervlack, Jr., Moline. Brone riding—1st, Clarence De Tray, Defiance 2nd, Tony Gunder man, Cecil 3rd, Bill Tooley, Raw son 4th, Donald Niedermier, Bucy rus. Pony class—1st, Beverly Graves, Ft. Wayne 2nd, Guy Foltz, Jr., Ft. Wayne 3rd, Jackie Rogers, Bluff ton 4th, Beverly Sperbeck, Lima. Musical .keg, boys and girls under 16—1st, Pee Wee Ketner, Bowling Green 2nd, Jo Jo Harrison, Toledo 3rd, Tom Nichols, Ft. Wayne 4th, Merwin Rush, Ada. Steer riding—1st, Bill Springer, Lima 2nd, Paul Troyer, Miami, Texas 3rd, Jack Powell, Ada 4th, Jim Rainey, Ratfson. Balloon race—1st, Howard Rutter, Bowling Green 2nd, Ralph Vander vlack, Jr., Moline 3rd, Donald Herr, Bluffton 4th, Norman Foltz, Cairo. Obstacle race—1st, Merlin Steed, Lima 2nd. Ray Crouse, Bluffton 3rd, Tom Nichols, Ft. Wayne 4th, Wm. Alstaetter, Cario. Men’s Musical Keg—1st, Harry Clean outside from the INSIDE! the Sgt. Walter Klay has arrived safe ly in France with a regiment of mechanical engineers. A fire in the Tine McGriff barber shop attracted a large throng of people. A roof fire the next day at the Charles Stratton home on Elm street was also quickly extinguished. Patriotic enthusiasm ran high at a farewell reception in the Methodist church, Thursday evening for Lt. J. S. Steiner, Edmund Hawk and Edwin Hauenstein. Sup’t. C. C. Nardin delivered the principal address of the evening Dr. Cliff Wetherill, who enlisted in the army medical corps, will leave for Hoboken, N. J. His family will stay in Bluffton. Miss Ladonna Dearth was an over night guest of Miss Kaske of Arling ton, teacher at Owlsburg. Tess Curry said that during the recent windstorm he fled to the cel lar, and if anyone wants him at any time during a storm look for him in the cellar. Ketner, Bowling Green 2nd, Alfred Basinger, Bluffton 3rd, Norman Folk, Cairo 4th, Bill Springer, Lima. Ladies Musical Keg—1st, Louise Kleinhenz, McComb 2nd, Mary Jane Gustin, Bowling Green 3rd, Rita Keinhenz, McComb 4th, Jean Main, Ada. Ladies Pleasure Horse—Mary Jane Gustin, Bowling Green 2nd, Wanda Breda, Lima 3rd, Joan Baker, Bowl ing Green 4th, Betty Sterling, North aBltmire. Calf Roping—1st, Woodrow Herr 2nd, Tom Surles, Wapakoneta 3rd, Jo Jo Harrison, Toledo. Western Stock Horse—1st, Donald Herr, Bluffton 2nd, Ray Crouse, Bluffton 3rd, Wanda Breda, Lima 4th, Gene Franks, Van Buren. Visiting Air Pilots Visiting air pilots and planes reg istered at Bluffton airport Monday in connection with the air show in cluded: Rick Emick, Dayton, Cessna Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Winterrowd, Lima, J-5 Cub Harry Ebinger, Cincinnati, Taylorcraft Joe Uhlman, Fostoria, Flying Tiger P-40 Paul Zorn, Jack son Center, Aeronca Geo. W. West, Kenton, Piper Cub Robt. Lape, Fos toria, Cessna Dick Thomas, Fos toria, Cessna. Otis Leist, Kenton, J-3 Cub Clair Hilty, Pandora, Piper Cub Capt. Raymond Papson, Dayton, Army Air force Helicopter J. Beck, Montpel ier, Cub Paul Bohmer, Montpelier, )Cub John Nonnamaker, Lima, Cess na John York, Kenton, Cub Cruis er Virgil Myers, Kenton, Cub Cruis er Leroy Katterheinrich, Kenton, Cub Cruiser. B. G. Hawley, Ada, Aeronca Jerry Doyle, Cleveland, Ercoupe Robt. Drake, Bowling Green, Taylor Craft F. A. DeLong, Lima, PA-12 W. O. Wilt, Anna, Ercoupe Donnet Wilt, Anna, Ercoupe Jay Snyder, Fos toria, BT-13. Leslie Davis, Toledo, PT123 For rest Wilson, Fostoria, Aeronca 55 Ernie Baker, Kenton, Waco Jerry Enders, Upper Sandusky, Taylor Craft Ross O. Brown, Wapakoneta, Luscombe Paul Hannum, Upper Sandusky, Cruiser D. A. Wood, Dayton, Piper PA-15 Ray Carter, Dayton, Aeronca Champion James Shaw, Maplewood, Aeronca Chief Ernest Shaw, Maplewood, Aeronca Chief Bob Shelly, Lima, Cub Jim Hanley, Columbus, Luscombe. The Ohio 4-H Junior Leadership Camp will be held at Camp Ohio July 5-10. The training course is sponsored by the Ohio Extension Service and the Ohio Fanner’s In surance Company. THE BEAUTIFULLY MODERN (dccGcc WINDOW HMHH The latest trend in design to give your home a new charm and beauty both inside and out! BeeGee Windows are the answer to sunnier, airier rooms. Completely built in one unit with copper screen and hardware already applied. Steinman Bros. Lumber Co. “Ask Steinman’s” 236 Cherry Street Phone 360-W THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1948 NEWS OUR FATHERS READ FROM ISSUE OF MARCH 28, 1918 Miss Minnie Benroth is employed at the county treasurer’s office. In honor of their son Armin who will leave for Camp Sherman soon, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hauenstein will, entertain a number of friends at their home, Wednesday night. The contract for wrecking the Gid Locher home to make way for the new post office building has been let to Med Murray. In honor of his 29’th birthday a real surprise was given R. E. Griffith at his home south of town. A large party of friends and relatives called to cele brate the occasion. In honor of her 7’th birthday Cleda Binkley entertained 15 little friends at her home after school, Friday. Present were Zoa Manges, Evelin Watkins, Wanda Brown, Alice Stith, Florence Hahn, Helen Jacobs, Fran ces Stratton, Lillian Dillman, Sylvia Watkins, Margaret Jacobs, Helen Am stutz, Edna Graham, Pearl Ramer, Kenneth Henry, Glenna and Cleda Binkley. SHORTS AND MIDDLINGS Officers in charge of registrations say that 25 per cent of all Guernsey cattle now being registered are pro duced by artificial insemination. That method produces a greater number of progeny from the best bulls. The Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics reports that, in years when the December futures price of corn was markedly lower than the June price, the hog-com ratio improved an average of 2.4 points by the follow ing April. More and better vegetables can be produced in the home garden if the gardener applies three or four pounds of 5-10-|0 or 4-12-8 fertilizer in 100 feet of row. Care must be taken to keep fertilizer from coming in contact with newly planted seeds. Put the fertilizer a little lower than the seed. 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