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11 1 —■iwm —I I Make Lucid quarte THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1948 __ ____________ Blouses Scarfs Purses |and Clean Winte Annual Pre-Christnias ♦Jitney anti Bazaar Bluffton Methodist Church Thursday, Dec. 2nd Bazaar 2 to 7 m. Jitney Supper 5 to 7 .m. EVERYONE INVITED Loveljf should be well informed. figure it out for your^e/f/ c’s Your Shopping Head s for Christmas Gifts Slips Nighties Hosiery Sweaters Costume Jewelry Gifts for the Baby nee Sale of Fall and Hats $2 $4 $6 Lucille's Fat and Dress Lhcp .11 South Main Street 'What dfyou read?” EVERYBODY Partial knowledge of a subject, like half-truths, may result in regrettable errors of judgment. Learn authoritative facts about making funeral arrange ments that may safeguard your interests, or those of a friend, at some future time. Have a talk with us, without obligation. FUNERAL HOME 'Hums. 222 ’s Best es the if milk 1 lb. of Pillsburi Calf Starter tai place of 8 lbs. worth You know what milk on today’s market. 1 glad to show you how you can •ave milk and money.—also save a lot of work during the busiest hours of the day. VeTl be The Farmers If You W In A 1" BEST \z_ (flllsburifs Best CALF STARTER Grain Co. Bluffton, Ohio It Back urry y in the bank Keep your mon where every dollar is available upon demand. Xour funds are PROTECTED--GUARDED—INSURED The Citizens National Bank JMember Federal Reserve System 'ral Deposit Insurance Corporation THE BLUFFTON NEWS C. A. BIERY, Editor Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio, by thvBluffton News Publishing and Printing Co. Subscription rates: Year, $2J0 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. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Arnold visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rogers of North Baltimore, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Fleming of Lafayette were Saturday evening callers at the Mrs. Adeline Graber home. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Moore and daughter Deborah Lynn spent Thanksgiving with his parents at Dover. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Badertscher of Ft. Wayne visited Sunday with Mrs. Lydia Badertscher and Milton Badertscher. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harwick of Columbus and Mr .and Mrs. Walter Overton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller. Mrs. James J. Mayer of Shelby spent the past week at the home of her mother Mrs. Anna Basinger of South Lawn avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Badertscher, Norma and Wayne Badertscher visit ed Sunday in Toledo with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Balmer. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Alspach and family of North Jackson street spent Thanksgiving day with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Rinaldo in Shelby. Mrs. Louise Schmidt and Martin Schmidt of Cherry street spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Julius Schmidt and family of Columbus. Mrs. Emma Fell and Margaret and Anna Fell of Findlay and Mrs. Kate Lahore of Chicago visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zuercher, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Bright of Oaklandon, Ind., were Thanksgiving day guests at the home of the lat ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Luginbuhl of West Elm street. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gossman and Miss Bessie Arnold of North Jack son street spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Arnold and daughter of Jenera. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Caris of Cleveland were Thanksgiving week end guests at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Triplett of South Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schyllander and daughter of Erie, Mich., spent Thanksgiving and the weekend at the home of Mrs. Schyllander’s grandfather, Chris. Santschi of East Kibler street. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Lape of Grove street have returned from visiting their son Lt. Commander Wade Lape and family who are stationed at the naval base in Newport, Rhode Island- Mr. and Mrs. Cal Stettler enter tained on Thanksgiving Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Wiebe and daughter Judith Ann of Willard and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cox and children, Julia, Jon and Jane of Maumee. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Blackwood and daughters Joan and Judy of Detroit were weekend guests at the home of her mother, Mrs. Albert Benroth of North Main street and other rela tives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon LeDuc of Detroit spent the weekend with her aunt Mrs. Edith Mann of North Main street. Mrs. LeDuc is the former Lorraine Lugibihl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Lugibihl, former Bluffton residents. Marion Marquart, student at Ohio State university, spent Thanksgiving at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Marquart and family. He and Dale Huber attended the Inter national Livestock show at Chicago the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Baumgartner of North Wales, Pa., and daughter Miss Betty Baumgartner, student in Ohio Wesleyan university, Delaware, visited over the weekend at th^ home of Mrs. Baumgartner’s parents* Mr. and Mrs. Ross Bogart of Cherry street. Mr. and Mrs. John Marquart ent tertained at supper, Friday evening: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rupright and daughter Sandra Kay of Arlington Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rupright and grandson Leroy Rupright of Jenera and Miss Coleen Dangler of this place. Mr. and Mrs. L. Arnold entertain ed at a family dinner on Thanksgiv ing day. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Walters and family of Detroit and Mr. and Mrs. Will Ferguson of Fostoria. Evening callers were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Crow and daughter of Pandora. Miss Ida May Arnold spent Sat urday visiting friends in Cleveland. Mrs. N. M. Hiestand of Orange township, Mrs. Jessie Wineland of I Findlay and Mrs. Adeline Graber of this place called on Mrs. Olive I Shanks at the tuberculosis hospital in Lima, Friday afternoon. i Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gossman, daughter Wanda and son Robert and I Russell Brown of Ada and Mr. and i Mrs. Richard Gossman of Ottawa were Friday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gossman and Miss Bessie Arnold of North Jackson street. THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Troy spent the week end at Renfro Valley, Ky. Donivan Augsburger spent the week end in Washington, Illinois. Bake sale by Pleasant Hill W. S. C. S. at C. F. Niswander store Sat urday at 10 a. m. Mrs. Ethel Roberts of Lima spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Augsburger. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hilty and family spent Thanksgiving in Berne, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Dew’ey Augsburger and son Neil spent Sunday with his mother Mrs. Noah Augsburger. Mr. and Mrs. Harold W’oods of Detroit spent the Thanksgiving week end with his mother, Mrs. Bertha Woods of West College avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Swank, Jr., of Ohio State university, Columbus, spent Thanksgiving here with rela tives and friends. Mrs. David L. Steiner and Mrs. E. C. Steiner of Lima visited at the home of Miss Alice Ludwig of Pop lar street, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Crouse and daughter of Ada were guests at the home of his mother, Mrs. Verna Crouse, Thanksgiving evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Allen of New ark, N. J., were Thanksgiving sea son guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ami Pifer of Orange township. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Basinger of Medford, Minn., spent Thanksgiving and the week end with his mother, Mrs. Gust Basinger and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Basinger of Medford, Minn., were Friday din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Llysses Reichenbach of Cherry street. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Todd spent the week end in Cleveland visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Huttenlocher and Mr. and Mrs. Gar eth Todd. Canaries, the ideal Christmas gift. A deposit will hold it until Christ mas. Mrs. W. H. Gratz, 110 S. Lawn Ave., Bluffton. Phone 467-W. 34 Mrs. Inez Neuenschwander and Sidney Stettler of South Lawn avenue spent the Thanksgiving week end with relatives in Berne, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Murray of Washington Court House were here for the Thanksgiving weekend with his mother, Mrs. H. G. Murray of North Jackson street. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger and son Bud entertained at dinner on Thanksgiving day, Mrs. Noah Augsburger, Mrs. J. W. Eversole, Mrs. Verna Crouse and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Augsburger. Mrs .Elizabeth AJthaus of North Jackson street ha&.as her Thanks giving day guests Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Huber, State College, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Butler, Wooster and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Althaus and family, Hillsdale, Michigan. Mrs. Millen Geiger of South Lawn avenue was called to Medina, Sun day, because of the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. S. H. Overholt who was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage at her home in that city. Mr. and Mrs. a glmer Short of South Main street had as their Thanksgiving dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mowery and son and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Short and daughter of Lima and Miss Eliza beth Zimmerly of this place. Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Niswander of South Jackson street had as their Thanksgiving and week end guests Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Neuenschwander and son John of Akron Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Morgan and family of Sylvania and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Emmert and family of Bluffton. Basinger ambulance removals— Mrs. Clarence Fleming and infant daughter from Bluffton hospital to their home north of Ada Mrs. Rose Ireton from Bluffton hospital to her home in Ada Mrs. Blanche Bemius from her residence on Bentley road to Bluffton hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Steinman of South Lawn avenue had as their Thanksgiving day guests their dau ghter, Miss Jean Ann, Steinman, stu dent in Baldwin Wallace college, Berea their son-in-law* and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Clark Dozer of Mar ion and James Szabo of Elyria, Baldwin Wallace student. A big selection of Christmas can dies, including our own home-made tandies, bon bons in fancy holiday boxes, Hershey’s dipping chocolate also fresh shipments of this year’s crop of dates, assorted nuts and a variety of fruits. Cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Prices right. Special prices to those buying in quantities for holiday gifts. Hankish Fruit store. Diller ambulance removals—Calvin Leiber from Bluffton hospital to his home southeast of Beaverdam Mrs. Waldo Diller of near Cairo from a Pandora physician’s office to Bluff ton hospital Moses Amstutz from Grove street to Bluffton hospital Mrs. Lloyd McIntosh and infant daughter from Bluffton hospital to north of Rawson Miss Vinnie Meeks from her home in Rockport to Lima Memorial hospital. Thanksgiving dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hahn of West Elm street, were: Mr. and Mrs. Glen Eichelberger and daugh ter Gwen of Toledo Mr. and. Mrs. Wm. Hahn and daughters Joan, Bar bara and Karen, Lima Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hahn and sons Ronnie and Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Stein er and children Mary Margaret and Rudolph, Bluffton. Evening callers were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hahn and son Junior of Findlay. OHIO Mrs. Ruth Moyer of Cherry* street has returned from a three weeks’ visit with her sons Gene Moyer and wife of Chicago and Stanley Moyer and family of Toledo. Bluffton college girls gospel team and Rev. Paul Shelly will present a vesper program at the Mennonite Biblical seminary in Chicago, on Sunday. WANT-ADS A Anti-freeze at Waitermire’s. Wanted—To rent 2-bedroom house anywhere in Bluffton. Write: Box D, Bluffton News, Bluffton, Ohio, tf Beef sold by the quarter also pork half or whole fpr your locker or home freezer. A to Z Market tf Geiger & Diller is your Ball-Band footwear store. tf $50.00 is the price I will pay for an 1856 U. S. Flying Eagle cent. $5.00 for 1877, 1909-S Indian cents $2.00 for 1871, 1872 Indian cents. $5.00 for 1909Svdb and $1.00 for 1914-D Lin coln cents. $3.00 for 1885 and $1.00 for 1886 Liberty nickels. Coins must be in nice condition. Top 1948 prices paid for all U. S. coins wanted. Robert Benroth, 612 S. Main Street, Phone 342-Y. I tf Indite steel combination storm windows with bronze screens electro zinc coated, chemically treated with iridlte, finished fescote baked on at 350° F. Sales representative: James Balmer, 123*4 S. Main St., Bluffton, Ohio. Phone 309-Y. Also aluminum and Thermoseal windows and doors. tf Shoes repaired. Bring them in and have Shirley Nonnamaker fix them for you. All work guaranteed. Mur ray Upholstering shop, Thurman St. Bluffton phone. Furniture repairing and upholster ing of all kinds. Make your old furnishings look like new at a worth while saving. Estimates without obligation. Murray Upholstering shop, Thurman St., Bluffton phone. Buy your gloves by the dozen and save at Geiger & Diller. tf W’anted—To buy old dishes, gob lets, lamps, paperweights, shaving mugs (with any design), old style mechanical banks and marble top tables. Harry Bogart, 180 W. Kib ler St. Phone 350-R. tf Toy metal dairy barns complete with fence and animals at Waiter mire’s. Thermoseal all aluminum combina- tion storm windows with self-storing aluminum screen also wood windows •and combination storm doors. James Balmer, sales rep., 123’4 S. Main, Bluffton. Phone 309-Y. For sale—Nice Katahdin potatoes. J. C. Deppler & Son, Bluffton phone. tf For sale—9 room modern house, 2 baths, double garage, automatic heat. Phone 166-R. 35 Wanted—To buy all kinds of good clear solid standing timber. Highest prices paid. We buy all kinds of good native timber. Phone Red 257 or write to John Atha Lumber Company, Ada, Ohio. 35 Will the lady who by mistake took the wrong silverware at the women’s conference at Lincoln hall lobby last Thursday noon, please call Col. Grove phone 181-R-7. 1949 model Eureka DeLuxe Clean er, just in time for Xmas. Free home trial at Waitermire’s. Wanted—To rent 2 bedroom house in Bluffton. Call Findlay phonfe 3(^88 and reverse charges. ///Iz/ 33 Wanted—Salesman to( Lpfcpresent nationally known company in sales and service. Experience not neces sary as we train our men. Write Air-Way Branches, Inc., 211 Richard son Bldg., Toledo 4, Ohio. 35 Wanted—Woman to care for mother and infant about middle of February. No ether children. Mrs. Walter Green, 729 S. Main St. 34 For sale—White hybrid popcorn guaranteed to pop, shelled and ready to go. D. C. Campbell, 7 miles west of Bluffton. Col. Grove phone. 33 For sale or wifi trade on a farm— An 8-room semi-modem house in Beaverdam. Inquire at Swiss Inn. Phone 650-T. tf For sale—Strictly modem prop erty also Indis a chief motorcycle 1948 model. Elmer Burkholder, West Elm St. 33 Trade your ol new Crosley Sh mire’s. refrigerator on a jlvador at Walter- WE’RE cleani rugs and upholst Fina Foam. Sidi ig up—that is the pry of Bluffton with py’s Drug Shop. killfold and wrist Lost—Man’s watch between Beaverburg, We 24. Contained papers. Finder phone 586-Y. I’ College gym and hesday night, Nov. |oney and valuable )1 Jack McCullough, jward. ing lot. Harold For sale—Bui] Balmer, phone 3 For sale—Nice Steiner, east of 5:30 p. m. D-W. ^omb honey. E1. P. itown. Call after Artificial flowe year are essentia focused on the with potted plai ments or sprays Mrs. E. J. Wahl at this time of twhan all eyes are ime. Beautify it tfe, dish arrange tp fit your needs. A 102 Spring St. Phone 402-T. Baby Coos dolls Sunbeam and the ideal gift for i at Waitermire’s. Iqmington razors, len. Waitermire’s, home in Arlington For sale—New completely modem, Ifully insulated, hardwood floors, full Abasement, auto matic forced air gas furnace, 1 block from school, 1 block west of church. Telephone 155-R Arlington for ap pointment or see Harry Wilch. 35 For sale—Gray wool coat size 13 black chesterfield coat size 10 white wool shorty trimmed in red size 14 old rose woo} jacket, size 10 or 12 all wool black and white check slacks size 12 skirtjs, blouses and sweaters size 14 also four head Remington electric razor like new. Inquire 150 Cherry St. Bluffton phone 472-Y. For sale—1937 English Fordson on rubber. Frank Steiner at Bluffton Farm Equipment Co. The party who borrowed my ax last summer is asked to return it now as it it badly needed. N. W. Hochstettler. Wanted—Odd jobs of all kinds mornings only. Paul Clark, phone 462-R. For sale—M-Moline 8 ft. combine with motor, A-l condition, reason ably priced. Irvin Fisher, 1 mile north of Bluffton on Allen-Hancoca county line. Phone 636-G. Artificial Christmas flowers and holly for window and door decora tions can be purchased at the Floret Gift shop. Don’t be the last minute person and be disappointed. Shop early. Open evenings by appoint ment. Mrs. E. J. Wahlie, phone 402-T. Now is the time to trade your old washer on a new ABC at Waiter mire’s. Wanted—German girl college stu dent wants work all day on Tuesday also afternoons Thursday and Satur day. Herta van Delden. Lincoln hall, phone 249-W. For sale—Canaries, singers and females. Mrs. Merl Duff man, 141 N. Main St. For rent—Five furnished rooms, adultz only. Mrs. R. O. Comer, Mt. Cory. 34 For sale—Good country lard. Stan ley Bixel, phone 635-W. Wanted—To buy building lot in south end, South Main street prefer red. Phone 316-W. For sale—Paper shell pecans, direct from the south. W. H. Huber, Bluffton phone 648-T. For sale—New Schwinn girls’ and boys’ bicycles also used bicycles. Bluffton Bicycle shop, 139 N. Lawn Ave. tf See the Floret gift shoppe for the newest in Roseville pottery. Mrs. E. J. Wahlie, 102 Spring St. Phone 402-T. For sale—Briggs & Stratton gas engine. Hrvey Bame, Jenera. For sale—Laurel natural gas range, good condition. Price $8. Hiram P. Steiner, 3V.* miles north- east of Pandora. Pandora phone 90-1). Found—Collie dog. Owner in quire at Lincoln hall, Bluffton col lege. Phone 249-W. Buy Lewyt the cleaner with no bag to empty. Big trade in allow ance for your old cleaner at Waiter mire’s. For sale—Eight roonr modern home, excellent location, 3-car ga rage. Mrs. H. W. Althaus, phone 453-W. F. Garretson, broker. For an Eagle-Picher certified in sulation job with mineral wool in sulation see James Balmer, sales rep., 123*4 S. Main St., Bluffton. Phone 309-Y. For sale—$10.95 leather stadium boots, size 10*4. Will sell for $5 if taken soon. Phone 113R. Give Gladiolus bulbs for Xmas— ideal, popular, practical. Give your friends a gift that will be enjoyed year after year. Let me send you, or direct to your friends a special as sortment of separately labeled bulbs of different colors. 20 bulbs $2 50 bulbs $6.50 100 bulbs $12.75 200 bulbs $24.75. Gift package includes bulbs, announcement c^rd and cul tural directions attractively wrapped. Postpaid and insured. Attach re mittance to order includiing mailing instructions. Herr’s Flowers, Kermit D. Herr, 123 S. Lawn Ave. Settlement Gideon Nusbaum passed away Sunday evening after an illness of several months the beginning of which was the result of a fall ini which he sustained a broken hip. Mr. and Mrs. Riley Case and fam-1 ily of LaGrange, Indiana were Sun-1 day visitors in the home of Mr. a nd Mrs. Clarence Schneck and family. Mr. and Mrs. James Suter and family visited relatives in Toledo, Sunday. I Special services at St. John are being well attended each evening this week. Rev. Theodore Epp of Lincoln Nebraska is bringing very good mes sages. I Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bridenbaughl and daughter Judith and Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Hilty returned Monday evening from Poplar Bluffs, Missouri where they had visited a number of days in the home of Rev. and Mrs. John Neuenschwander and family. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Suter and son David left for Randolp, Alabama where they are to visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Neuensch wander and family. Mr. and Mrs. Alcus Pate of De troit were over the weekend visitors in the home of Mrs. Josephine Moser and Mrs. Wanda Welty and family. Mrs. Moser had spent the past two weeks in the home of Mr. and Mrs* Pate. Verena Schumacher of Toledo spent Sunday with her home folks here. Miss Janice Bryan of Columbus Grove and Hiram Bucher were united in marriage Sunday, Nov. 21 at the Congregational Christian church Columbus Grove. They are making their home in Bluffton. PAGE FIVB Russell Company Net Is $842,270 Net profit for the six months ended October 31 amounted to $842,270, equal to $1.79 a share, it was announced this week by the F. C. Russell Co., of Cleveland, which includes a Pandora plant in its manufacturing operations. The profit compares with $884,652, or $1.86 a share one year ago. Pro fit was made after providing $522, 000 in federal income taxes. F. C. Russell, president, said Octo ber sales this year were the largest for any month in the company’s history. OfhethatFEED KES THEM UY There u differ ence in poultry feed. Some feeds get a lot more eggs out of the bens than others. Come in let us visit and talk about how hens can be made to lay best. We will gladly give you all the up-to-date informa tion on feeding. MASTER FEED MILL Leland W, Basinger, Mgr. Feeds, Fertilizer, Grain and Custom Grinding Phene 317-W Potted Xmas Trees $2.00 nnd up Skip’s Nursery 5 miles west of Gratz Crossing Phone: Cairo 3517 MASSEY-HARRIS SALES AND SERVICE TRACTORS-COHERES IMPLEMEMTS GENUINE MASSEY-HARRIS FARTS BLUFFTON FARM EQUIPMENT CO. E. F. Schmidt, Prop. llassey-Harris Salas & Service 105 E. Elm Street Bluffton phone 260-W Open Saturday Evenings wutfawK- wptrial may pl»» bock thlogi y®» A small, powerful, light weight Heanng Aid that will bring tel the Hard of Hearing a w of enjoymen! iole new life Hearing Aid Batteries and Supplies in i 467-W for tock. Phone ppointnient. Mrs. W. h. Gratz 130 S. Bluffto I iwn Ave., m, Ohio TOO OFTHN after a fire the newspaper report says “There was rm Insurance.” Only the property owner who took a I chance—and lost-—can appreciate that insufficient Fire Insurance is a real calamity. DON’T stake everything you own againit the chance of being wiped (out by fire! Insure with I Leland Diller, I Insurance Phone: 29B-W 113H S. Mai» Street Bluffton