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THURSDAY, AUG. 12, 1948 Robert Kohli left Tuesday on a trip to California. A few more skirts at half-price. The Lape Co. Atty, and Mrs. Ralph Locher and daughter Virginia of Cleveland are spending the week with relatives and friends here. AMBULANCE 160-W Phone, write or call for Funeral Information We give a definite answer to every funeral ques tion, either before the need for a service occurs or at the time arrangemnts are made. Personally-planned-and-diiected funerals, priced to meet every patron's requirements. PRICES START AT Dresses for the shorter women, prints and black crepe values to $19.95 at $5. The Lape Co. Mrs. Joshua Amstutz and son David and Mrs. Ralph Steiner spent the week visiting Mrs. Gerald Fill hart and family and Clifford Fillhart and family in Michigan. A FUNERAL DIRECTOR BEST SERVES HIS COMMUNITY by giving practical cooperation to the families he serves. This means, we think, a kindly con sideration for PERSONAL. RE LIGIOUS. and FINANCIAL RE QUIREMENTS, and a policy flexible enough to meet the preferences of those who call him. BASINGER FUNERAL HOME BLUFFTON. OHIO WANTED EXPERIENCED METER LINE ASSEMBLERS DAY SHIH The Triplett Electrical Instrument Co. SEE A. R. BAKER FUNERAL HOME 222 IVJBtu^on STOP IN AND SEE- iLfT. THE NEW IM Beevlreeze HOME FREEZERS Geiger Appliances Open 9 a.,m. to 9 p. m. Closed Thursday Afternoon & Evening Phone 409-T 489 E. Cherry St. ONIY MOTOR PRODUCT* CORPORATION CAN MAKE A DffPFJUf/f HOME FREEZER n reading and freezers waiting to see If you have thinking about if you have what the leader was going to do— then come in thrilling new freezers, now on| display at our store. Find out to bring you a way of life! COME IN! SEE THEM TODAY AT w and see the pfreeze home they can do w and better THE BLUFFTON NEWS C. A. BIERY, Editor Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio, by tht^Bluffton News Publishing and Printing Co. Subscription rates: Year, $2.50 six months, $1.50 anywhere in U. S. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Shorts at $2.47. The Lape Co. Ice cream social at West Point church, Friday night at 7 o’clock. Mrs. M. M. Kibler of South Main street spent Tuesday with friends in Findlay. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stratton and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stauffer spent the weekend at Carpenter lake, Mich. We have a few items that you can purchase at Dollar day prices. Better come and see. The Lape Co. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Harris of New ark, former Bluffton residents visited friends here the latter part of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hepner and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Blunk of Lima visit ed at the home of Mrs. Will Light ner, Thursday. Alva Anderson of Coldwater, Mich., a former Bluffton resident, spent the week end with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Donivan Stratton and family of Col. Grove have re turned from a motor trip to the Smokey Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Aukerman and son Rex of Cherry street are expect ed home the last of this week from a vacation in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stearns at tended funeral services held Satur day for Miss Larkie Quaintance, a former Bluffton resident. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sneary and daughter of Col. Grove and Matt Blunk of Virginia called on Mrs. Will Lightner, last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Niswander and family of Columbus visited his mother, Mrs. Kate Niswander at her home on South Lawn avenue. See me for memorials of all kinds. Samuel Bixel, 409 S. Main St., Bluff ton. Phone 429-W. Representative the Lima Marble & Granite Co. tf Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rehfus and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Jelley and Miss Ethel Jelley of Sidney were dinner guests of Mrs. Will Lightner, Sun day. Coats of unusual quality, not the new look length, but long enough for the little woman. Price $15. The Lape Co. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Crites of Wapakoneta and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clark of Grove street were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don Crites and son, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zuercher and family and gra. ddaughter Judy Mor ton of Muncie, nd., who is visiting here spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Fell of Findlay. Dr. and Mrs. Evan Basinger of Spring street are spending a week in Philadelphia where they are guests at the home of her brother, Dr. Allan Day and family. Fresh cut gladioli, assorted colors, by the dozen or bouquets. Use on all occasions. Herr’s Flowers, 12.3 S. Lawn Ave. Phone 339-W. 17 Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bash of Lorain spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. M. M. Kibler. They stopped here enroute on a motor trip to Mi ami, Florida, where they will spend several weeks vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Oppermann of New Knoxville, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hilty and son Charles and Mrs. Jesse Bracy and soa Kenneth enjoyed a picnic dinner at Lake St. Marys, Sunday? Sidney Stettler and sister, Mrs. Inez Neuenschwander of South Lawn avenue and Mr. and Mrs. Omar Neu enschwar.der of Berne, Ind., left Sat urday on a two weeks' sightseeing tour thru Texas and other states. Wade Mumma, student at Purdue university, accompanied by a class mate Melvin Tieszen of Marion, South Dakota, spent the week end with Carl Mumma and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mum ma. Mi. and Mrs. C. M. Gleason and family south of town returned Satur day from a two weeks’ trip to Three Forks, Montana, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Lane and family. Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Gleason are cousins. Custom weaving—Now you can have that discarded clothing woven into rag rugs for your home. Bring it to the Weaver’s Delight Shoppe located at 136 Thurman St., operated by Mrs. Elsie Basinger. No orders taken on Sundays or Mondays. tf Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Todd and Mrs. Myrl Hull of Kenton visited in Cleveland last week with Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Huttenlocher, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Todd and Mar jean Todd. Miss Marjean Todd returned home with Mr. and Mrs. Todd to spend her vacation here. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Marshall and daughter Malinda of Lexington, Ky., spent The weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Marshall of Rockport. Ralph is manager of Wal nut Hills farm, near Lexington, noted for raising fine horses. Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Lenhart of Rawson entertaind at their home their son Richard Lenhart, a counsel lor at Camp Potowatomie, sponsored by the Ft. Wayne Y. M. C. A., and Lt. and Mrs. Wm. Wikely also of the same camp. THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO Ned Schultz and Robt. McCune returned Tuesday night from a week’s trip to Niagara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huber north of Bluffton are expected to return the. last of this week from a two weeks trip to Alaska. Basinger ambulance removals—Dr. N. S. Hilty from the home of his son, Ray Hilty to Lima Memorial hospital. Mrs. Richard Stanewick of New York city is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Tripplehom of South Main street. She is the former Miss Phyllis Tripplehom. Supper guests at the Albert Kohler home Friday evening were: H. L. Kohler of Fresno, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Fisher and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Hilty and Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCullough. Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Zimmerly and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Basinger of Lima have returned from a ten days sightseeing trip to Washington, New- York city, Niagara Falls and Canada. Mrs. Ira Slusser of Cherry- street will spend the next week in Toledo visiting her son, M. D. Slusser and brother, 0. J. Sager also some time in Temperance, Mich., visiting an other brother, D. F. Sager. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger and son Bud and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Augs burger spent Monday* evening with Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Stratton and family of Col. Grove. Mrs. Peter C. Luginbuhl of Lake wood, Ohio, who is in Washington, D. C., this summer while her husband is in Europe, will ac company her daughters Edna and Kathryn on a motor trip to Canada, visiting Montreal and Quebec and returning through the New England states. Recent callers on Mrs. Carrie Blakesley were Mrs. Earl Arnold, Waneta Gossman, Mrs. Clyde Ream, Jenera Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Snare, Bellecenter Mrs. J. O. Gallant, Findlay Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Wil liamstown Mrs. Dora Shutt, La fayette Mrs. Lester Young, Mrs. Clyde Hauenstein, Bluffton. Harry Kohler of Fresno, Calif., visited here the past week with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Griffith, and also Albert Kohler, Waldo Kohler and other relatives and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wahl of Findlay’. Kohler, a vocalist, has a music studio in Fresno, and his wife, the former Ella Welty, Berne, Ind., pianist also has a studio in Fresno for instruction in piano. Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Schultz of West Kibler street returned the first of the week from a motor trip to California. They were acompanied home by their son Edward of Los Angeles who left Wednesday to re turn to California by plane. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger and son Burdette returned last Wednesday afternoon from a two weeks motor trip through Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mich igan and Canada. Enroute they visited Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Rader and family of Washington, Ill., who were vacationing at Hayward, Wisconsin. i They also visited the iron mines at Hibbing, Minn., and locks at Sault Ste. Marie. A ugust Wedding Is Announced Announcement is made of the mar riage of Miss Virginia Fett, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Fett, Columbus Grove and Richard Joseph, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Joseph of Harrod. The ceremony took place August 1 at the home of the officiating min ister, Rev. J. E. Davidson. The couple is residing with the bride’s parents. Settlement Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schumacher and daughters are spending a num ber of days visiting relatives in the eastern states. Mr. and Mrs. John Boehr and sons left Sunday for a four or five weeks stay in the Pacific coast states. Mary Ellen Boehr, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. P. J. Boehr, mission aries in China is on her way home to be at home at Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schey of Lansing, Michigan, visited a number of days recently in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Schey. Word has been received from Mary Ellen Gerber, missionary in Africa, that she is to set sail for home in the very’ near future. Reva Snavely is visiting at home. She is a student at Ohio State University in Columbus. Peter and Irvin Hilty have recent ly purchased the thirty-eight acre farm from Mrs. Lydia Diller. Mr. and Mrs. David Steiner have operat ed this farm for quite a number of years. Growers of sweet corn in this area are finding ready sale for their pro duct in the markets. Mr!, and Mrs. Jr. Wolfrom and family have recently- moved into the property which was formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Filhart. The home is now owned by Mh and Mrs. Jake Dorman who reside in Pandora. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Suter and Miss Martha Suter attended the fun eral of their sister Mrs. Selma Stxter at Washington, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reusser of Berne, Indiana, were Sunday visi tors among relatives here. Clubs, J^odc^eS and Societies Church of Christ Picnic Annual picnic of the Church of Christ will be held Thursday, Aug. 19 at Sportsmen’s park, Buckeye 13KC, Lutheran Missionary The Lutheran Missionary- & Aid society- will meet at the church Fri day- afternoon at 2 o’clock. Richland Grange Richland Grange will meet next Tuesday night. Entertainment will be furnished by the July and August group. Richland Community Circle Richland Community- circle and their families will have a weiner roast and potluck supper Thursday evening at 7 o’clock at Paulding Center Community House. August Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Harris an nounce the engagement of their daughter Lois to Roger Klay, son of Mr. and Mi's. Albert Klay-. The wedding will take place Saturday, August 21 at the Ada Methodist church with Rev. Morehead officiat ing. Following a wedding trip the couple will reside on Lawn avenue. Methodist W. S.-C. S. Mrs. Clara Cochrane will speak on her experiences as a missionary in Puerto Rico at a meeting of the W. S. C. S. in the Methodist church basement Thursday night at 6 o’clock. Refreshment committee will furn ish hot meat, rolls, relish, hot and cold drink. Members may bring any other covered dish. Orange Twp. 4-H Champs The Orange Township Champs 4-H club will hold a skating party at Findlay next Monday night. The club is also planning a scrap drive and hay ride. All project books should be finished and turned in at the meeting next Wednesday night. Riley Creek Young People Riley Creek Young People’s society is making up a box of food for over seas relief. Committee in charge is Violet Bales, Marilyn and Carole Gallant. Next meeting will be a weiner roast at Hilty’s Park, September 14 with Virginia Criblez, Marilyn Mathewson and Elaine Ream on the food committee. Couple Is Married In Rawson Sunday Miss Mary Lou Keller and James Hubert Lewis were married Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Rawson Methodist church. Rev. Seth Lenhart officiated and a halfhour of nuptial music preceded the ceremony. Miss Keller is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Keller of Findlay Rt. 5. Mr. Lewis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Olan Lewis of Bluffton. Musical numbers were provided by Miss Carol Jean Keller, vocalist and Mrs. Robert Vroman, pianist. The bride app’roached the altar on the arm of her father who gave her away. She wore a gown of white lace and bridal satin with floor length veil of French illusion and carried a bouquet of white rosebuds centered with an orchid. Her jewel ry was a choker necklace of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom, and she carried the lace handkerchief which her great grandmother carried on hex- wedding day in England eighty years ago. The maid of honor, Joan Keller, sister of the bride wore pale green dotted nylon and carried a bouquet of yellow glamellias. Little Connie Lee Keller, flower girl, wore a powder puff dress of orchid net over taffeta. Woodrow Herr, uncle of the bride groom, was best man and ushers were Wendell Keller, brother of the bride, Alfred Basinger, Pandora, and Howard Reddick of Arlington. Mrs. Keller, mother of the bride, wore a black and pink silk print dress with black accessories with corsage of pink glamellias. Mrs. Lewis, mother of the bridegroom, wore a black silk taffeta suit with black accessories and corsage of yel low glamellias A reception was held at the home of the bride’s grandparents, after which the newly married couple left on a wedding trip through Yellow stone and Y’osemite National parks and will visit relatives in southern California. For traveling the bride wore a navy blue silk faille suit with harmonizing hat and acces sories. Mrs. Lewis is a graduate of Raw son high school and her hushand was graduated from Bluffton high school. Both are employed at the Triplett company here. On a group of southeastern Ohio dairy farms, the land value in 1947 was only 28 per cent of the total in vestment the farmer had in his dairy business. The other items were build ings and fences 24.3 per cent, machinery and tools 14.5 per cent, livestock 22.7 per cent, and feed 10.5 per cent. New Stark Man Dies In Hospital Here ailment at day in Blu I, following i ce were he Federated 1 at the lurch Satur J. J. Anglerr afternoon, with Rev WANT-ADS Wanted—To but building approxi mately 10 ft by 12 ft outside toilet studio couch. Eli tSchifferly, 319 N. Main St. I 17 Wanted—22 inch and 28 inch threshing machine! separator with ail steel frame com binders with bundle carriers and side! rakes also draft horses any age. lAmos Thut, phone 453-W. I 19 Wanted—1 want to buy old U. S. coins. Also scarce dates of coins now found in circulation. Highest prices paid. Robert Benroth, 612 S. Main Street. Telephone 342-Y. Wanted—To buy all kinds of good solid standing timber. Highest prices paid. We buy all kinds of good native timber. Call Ada phone Red-257 or write to John Atha Lumber Co., Ada, Ohio. 22 Wanted—To rent 2-bedroom house anywhere in Bluffton. Write: Box D, Bluffton News, Bluffton, Ohio, tf Good Gulf and No-Nox gasoline at Vance’s Gulf sendee, Main & Wash ington Sts. Iridite steel combination storm window’s with bronze screens electro zinc coated, chemically treated with iridite, finished fescote baked on at 350° F. Sales representative: James Balmer, 123Mi S. Main St., Bluffton, Ohio. Phone 309-Y. Also aluminum and Thermoseal window’s and doors. tf Do you know that a queen bee can lay one and one-half times her weight in eggs in 24 hours? Ohio’s finest extracted clover honey now on sale at Howard Rickley’s, 3 miles south on Bentley road and the Farmers Grain Co., Bluffton. White creosote barn paint $3.79 per gallon, covers in one coat. Get it at Waitermire’s. Beef sold by the quarter also pork half or whole for your locker ot home freezer. A to Z Market. tf Tasty citrus candy—by the man who grows and knows citrus fruit. Introductory 10-12 oz. package in cellophane covered box. Assorted colors, prepared 90 cents. H. Lamar Stewart, rower-Shipper-Processor, Frostproof, Florida. Shoes repaired. Bring them in and have Shirley Nonnamaker fix them for you. All work guaranteed. Mur ray Upholstering shop, Thurman St. Bluffton phone. Gulf batteries and tubes at Vance’s Gulf service, Main & Washington Sts. Furniture repairing and upholster ing of all kinds. Make your old furnishings look like new at a worth i while saving. Estimates without obligation. Murray Upholstering shop, Thurman St., Bluffton phone. For sale—Weather-Seal combina tion doors and windows, made from kiln-dried California redwood. For free estimate cal! W. J. Reagan, Beaverdam phone 175-472. tf For sale—Beautiful young canaries in full song. Mrs. Walter Gratz. 110 S. Lawn Ave. tf. For sale—New cobbler potatoes. Arthur Miller, 2 miles southwest of Bluffton. 19 We are delivering Elect remaster ranges now. See Elect remaster before you buy, at Waitermire’s. For sale—Cobbler potatoes. Harley Diller, 1 mile north of town. 21 For sale—Cut gladioli in assorted colors. 123 S. Lawn Ave. Phone 339-W. 17 For sale—Early eating potatoes. Amos Reichenbach & Son. Will deliver in town. Phone 582-T. 17 For sale—Upright piano in good condition. Seth Basinger. 17 For sale—Sw’eet corn and green beans. Myron Motter, Bluffton phone. 17 Gulf cattle and fly sprays at Vance’s Gulf service, Mail) & Wash ington Sts. /J ij For sale—Dining roon^rwre, table, 6 chairs and buffet, excellent condi tion. Reasonable. Phone 384. For sale—Six room all modern house. Immediate possession. In quire 114 E. Elm St. Phone 203-T. Wanted—To buy Teeter-babe. Phone 598-Y. For sale—Tomatoes for table use. A. S. McCune, 161) Geiger St. For sale—Present Kalamazoo range in good condition. Edw. Good, 124 N. Lawn Ave. For sale—Fryers. For dressed chickens order a day early. Marilyn Moore, phone 653-R. For sale—Electric refrigerator in good running condition, priced low if sold at once. Mrs. Rell Potee, S. Mound St., Bluffton. For sale—Studio couch in good condition. Reasonable. Also 2 white uniforms, size and coffee table. Call phone 510-Ti Have your bdttery checked or charged at Vance’S Gulf service, Main & Washington Sts| For sale—Thajter folding baby buggy Tip-top pathinette small baby bed. Mrs. Eugene Van Meter, phone 644-T. I PAGE FIVE For sale—2 pairs ladies pumps al so one pair ladies tipper oxfords. Mrs. Fred Swank, 124. Riley St. For sale—Mod^l John Deere tractor motor coinpletely overhauled this spring also 3 bottom 12 inch John Deere plow^, Albert Bauman, mile north of Mt. Cory. For sale—Bedrpom suite like new priced to sell. Ed Rice, phone 459-T. For sale—Tricycle, good condition. Clifford Houts, phone 579-G. You can save $6 on a new Eureka upright cleaner if ordered before August 21. See the new Eureka now at Waitermire’s. For sale—Metal clarinet, excellent condition. Joel Kimmel, 537 S. Main St. For sale—Homa made 2-wheel trailer. Rev. Paul Cramer, phone 348-W. For sale—5-bumer white enamel kerosene stove with built in oven. W. C. Pursell, ’-it mile south of Hilty school on Route 696. F. M. table model radios $59.95 at Waitermire’s. For sale—Modern 7 room house, garage also 4 room house with base ment, fireplace, built-in cupboards, unfinished upstairs, new fireplace. Mrs. H. W. Althaus, phone 453-W. F. Garretson, broker. Sohio station open for business on South Main street. Henry Dunbar, prop.. Just received new- shipment of girl’s dresses, sizes 6 to 12. Buy now for school at Waitermire’s. For an F.agle-Picher certified in sulation job with mineral wool in sulation see James Balmer, sales representative, 123’4 S. Main St., Bluffton, Ohio. Phone 309-Y. Free estimate. For sale—Eureka sweeper, good condition, except needs new dust bag, $5. Phone 115-W. Wanted—Night waitress at Swiss Inn. Call Mrs. Ed Miller, phone 650-T. For sale—Cream and tan Globe kitchen range. Inquire 108 S. Main St., Rawson, O. For sale—6*-a cu. ft. refrigerator, good condition. Call phone 3-11, Mt. Cory, Ohio. For sale—Wool dress, size 9 wool sweaters sizes 10 and 12 pair brown wool slacks pair brown jodphers sizes 24 to 26 waist custom built radio for 1942 to 1946 Chevrolet large utility cupboard set electric Chevrolet horns kitchen work table and chair. 150 Cherry St. Phone 472-Y. Oil heaters—We can furnish fuel oil with every heater. Waitermire’s. For sale:—Nice comb honey. Also some good cooking apples. Steiner fruit farm east of town. Call after 5 p. m. Tobacco plant beds can be used year after year if the soil is steriliz ed each year, otherwise a new site for the bed should be chosen every year. Season’s Near for POISON IVY Take special care on picnics, hikes thru the woods, or wherever poison ivy may grow. Learn to recognize the leaf. If you contact it, apply an abundant lather of laun dry soap. Then Apply P. H. D. This double action antidote goes right to work—destroys the rhus toxicadendrol which causes the irritation. Get P. H. D. Today yr Keep It Handy........ I DC A. Hauenstein & Son The Comer Drug Store He Lost! THIS POOR fellow gam bled with Fire and lost. Now he knows tragically the vital nped of sufficient dependable insurance. Don’t stake all you own against the chance of being .wined out by Fire. Keep I ance I to incl cover purch recent your fire insur and don’t forget se the amount to those new large 5 you’ve made Phone: 295-W tz S. Main Street Bluffton 113