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Churches
EBENEZER MENNONITE
CHURCH
(Two miles west of Bluffton)
Howard T. Landes, Pastor
Wednesday:
8 P. M. Monthly meeting of the
Women’s Missionary Society.
Thursday:
7:30 Prayer and Bible study. Les
son I John 2: 18-27.
Sunday:
9:30 Sunday School, Francis Nis
wander, Supt.
10:30 Morning worship.
Messages from I Thessalonians.
Theme, “Life in the Lord.” I Thes.
1: 1-3.
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Paul H. Cramer, Minister
Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. Nelson
Steiner, Sup’t.
Morning worship at 10:30 A. M.
M. Y. F. 6:30 P. M.
Choir Rehearsals:
Junior Choir every Tuesday after
school.
Senior Choir 7:00 P. M. Thursday.
W. S. C. S. Study Course will meet
at the home of Mrs. Dan Trippiehorn
on Thursday afternoon at 2:30.
Official Board meeting Thursday,
8:00 P. M. at the church.
EVANGELICAL MENNONITE
CHURCH
(So. Jackson near Kibler)
Kenneth Bauman, Pastor
Wednesday:
7:30 Ladies Sewing Society will
meet at the home of Mrs. Mellinger.
Thursday:
Choir rehearsal, 6:50 p. m.
7:15 Prayer meeting. We will
study Rom. 12:7b.
Sunday:
9:30 A. M. Sunday School.
10:30 A. M. Morning worship.
Emerald Gerig and Rev. Reuben
Short will bring the message.
There will also be a child dedica
tion service.
7:15 Christian Worker’s Band.
8:00 Evening service Emerald
Gerig will bring the message.
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
J. N. Smucker, Pastor
Thursday:
3:45 Youth Choir
7:15 Adult Choir
8:15 Bible Study and Prayer
Service.
Also all-day sewing by Women’s
Missionary Society.
Sunday:
9:30 Sunday school, with classes
for all. Under the supervision of
Mr. Irvin Baumgartner.
10:30 Worship service.
6:00 J. N. Byler, head of the M.
C. C. Relief work speaks and shows
pictures at College Chapel.
6:45 Intermediate Christian En
deavor.
7:30 Union Service (See announce
ment elsewhere in this issue.)
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Bluffton-Beaverdam Parish
O. Merrill Boggs, Minister
Bluffton:
9:30 Bible School.
10:30 Communion.
6:30 Christian Youth Fellowship
will meet at Beaverdam.
Beaverdam:
9:30 Bible School.
10:30 Worship and Communion.
Sermon: “Where Is Thy Brother?”
6:30 Christian Youth Fellowship.
The film, “Boy Marries Girl,” will be
shown and discussed.
A friendly, Christian welcome
awaits you at all our services. If
you are not attending church else
where, you are cordially invited to
make either of our two churches your
spiritual home.
MISSIONARY CHURCH
Robert R. Welch, Minister
Thursday?
7:30 Prayer meeting.
Sunday:
9:30 Sunday School.
10:30 Morning worship.
7:00 Youth Fellowship meeting in
basement.
7:00 Gospel Light service upstairs.
7:30 Evening service.
Tuesday, Feb. 7th, at 7:30 Women’s
Missionary Workers Meeting in the
home of Mrs. Cal Deppler.
Everyone is welcome.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. V. T. Monk, Pastor
9:30 Sunday School, Harold Beals,
Supt.
7:30 Worship sendee.
The newly elected members of the
church council will be installed at the
evening service.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Sunday services at M):30 A. M.
Lesson: “Spirit.”
'Eestimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church is
open every Wednesday from 7 00 to
7:30 P. M. The public is invited to
all services and to visit the reading
room.
This society is a branch of The
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ, Scientist.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Leonard W. McIntire, Minister
(Week of Feb. 5)
Rockport:
9:30 A. M. Morning worship.
Sermon by the pastor.
10:30 A. M. Church School. Classes
for all age groups.
Trustees will meet after Church
school.
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2:00 P. M. Mis
sionary Society will meet at home of
Mrs. Edgar Begg.
Bluffton:
9:45 A. M. Church School. Classes
for all age groups.
10:55 A. M. Morning worship.
Sermon by the pastor.
7:30 P. M. Union service in St.
John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Church.
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 8:00 P. M. Mis
sionary Society will meet at the home
of Mrs. Morris Triplett.
8:00 P. M. The Session will meet
in the pastor’s study. This includes
Elders-elect and those whose terms
are expiring.
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 8:00 P. M. The
Adult Choir will meet at the church.
Thursday, Feb. 9, 6:30 P. M.
Moderator’s dinner at the Van Wert
Church. Contact Rev. McIntire at
once for tickets.
A warm Christian welcome awaits
those who worship with us.
EVANGELICAL & REFORMED
CHURCHES
V. C. Oppermann, Minister
Emmanuel’s:
9:30 A. M. Church School.
10:45 A. M. Morning Worship.
The Dorcas Circle will meet on
Wednesday evening of this week at
8:00 at the home of Mrs. Lydia and
Clara Lora. All ladies are cordially
invited to attend.
The choir of the church will meet
for rehearsal on Thursday evening
of this week at 8:00. All choir
members attend.
Catechism Saturday morning at
9:30.
The Consistory of the church will
meet on Monday evening at 8:00 at
the Parsonage.
St. John’s:
9:30 A. M. Morning Worship.
10:30 A. M. Church School.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet
on Thursday afternoon at 2:00 P. M.
at the home of Mrs. Henry Balmer.
The choir of the church will meet
on Thursday evening at 7:30 at the
church. All choir members attend.
The Consistory of the church will
meet on Thursday evenng at 8:00 at
the church.
Catechism Saturday morning at
9:30.
School of Missions Saturday 1:30
3:30 P. M.
The Gertrude Hoy Missionary Cir
cle will meet on Monday evening at
8:00 o’clock at the church. All plan
to. attend.
Union Church services at our
church on Sunday evening at 7:30.
See details in this issue of the News.
Spray Barn Walls
In dairy barns and stables, the
insecticide DDT may be used to
spray the ceilings and walls.
STATE OF OHIO
Joseph T. Ferguson, '.Auditor of State
Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of
Public Opices
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio
For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1919
Population 376$ 1940
Total Salaries anil Wades Paid
During the Year 19.49 3,427.46
Tax Valuation i...........6,336,320.00
Tax Uvy .......................I...................... 1.40
Investments Owned I ............... None
Bluffton, Ohio, January 20, 1950
I hereby certify thd following report to be
correct.
Ray S.i Hilty, Township Clerk.
GENERAL TtJWNSHIP FUNDS
Receipts
General Property Tai ............................$ 6,661.02
Sales Tax ............................... 1.171.26
Gasoline Tax 1............................... 4,400.00
Inheritance Tax ...I........................... 223.71
Cigarette Tax ...J. 37.87
Cemeteries—Sales oi Lots 10.00
Miscellaneous Receipts 88.37
Total Miscellaneous Receipts 88.37
Total Receipts J...................................£12,592.23
Payments 1
General Executive/Services—
Compensation of trustees ... V .)•••$ 959.00
Compensation of Clerk 442.21
Total Genera) Ew-cutive Servid|| 1,401.21
Town Hall—Maintenance ^Repair 50.10
Total Town Halt .X^. $ 50.10
Fire Protection-i
Other Fire Protection Expenses ....$ 250.00
Total Fire Protection $ 250.00
Total Pavmentsj Carried Forward .$ 1,701.31
Health—Taxes withheld for
District Board tf Health S 412.72
Poor ReliefBprial Expenses 100.00
Total Poor Relief $ 100.00
Road Maintenance and Repair—
Labor and Materials ..........................$ 7,091.93
Total Highwa? i ......................................S
Cemeteries Co npensntion of
Officers and Ei iplovees ........................?
Tools. Machine y and Materials ....
7,091.93
420.75
9.12
Total Cemeteriis .... S 429.87
Central SnnpliJs 206.33
Memorial Dav Expenses 25.00
■Rmnlo”es Reti't’mert tTwn. Share) 88.95
Deduct ion« bv County Auditor:
For Workmen'1 Compensation 275,46
For AdvertMnil Delinquent Lands .SK
Runea” of T'-snl’tion ............................. 36
Total Miscellaniwus ................................. 385.86
Total Fni’mentsl.........................................$16191.60
SUMMARY nv* OPERATIONS BY FUNDS
of All Fitfidg
Pnlnnco. 1. 1949 (Clerk's) $
Porrdn+a D»ir|nr Veer ........................... 28
Balance .............. 15.9 AO A”
During Year ........... 10,121.69
Ba’anre. 311 1949 (Clerk’s) 5.678.98
December ?1. 1949 (Add) 1.026.00
Bnlanen in Devn«lfory,
December 31, 1949 .................................... $ 6,704.98
THE Bl UFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
I. B. Beeshy won first place in the
poultry division of the Mid Winter
Fair with his prize pullet. A. E.
Lugibill and Earl Frantz each placed
first with a cockerel. All were R. C.
R. I. reds.
A, L. Baumgartner is president of
the Community Association.
Bold safe cracksmen looted the
vault of the Farmer’s Bank at Pan
dora, securing a haul of $15,000. The
stolen property consisted primarily
of Liberty Bonds and War saving
stamps taken from deposit boxes.
Direct current service will be re
placed February 1 at the Bluffton
Light plant with alternating current.
Hiram Steiner, motorcycle instruct
or in camp, was honorably dis
charged.
George Mangus, Roscoe Blakesly,
Herbert Marshall, and Hiram Alt
haus have returned home, honorably
discharged from camp,
George Wood has sent a collection
of sea shells from the Bahamas to
his mother.
The posters announcing Bluffton’s
great clearance sale tacked on the
hitching posts at the Ebenezer Men
nonite church looked like some one
had the washing out, stated Gotthard
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF JAN. 16, 1919
J. U. Amstutz will operate his
saw mill again.
Miss Eddyth Bogart is instructor
in the grade schools.
Albert Burkholder and Walter
One hundred and fifty hunters and
families gathered at the home of
Amasa Stevenson near McComb for
the annual hunters’ reunion. Well
filled baskets graced the long tables
in the grove of catalpa trees. A. C.
Ewing was elected president secre
tary, C. B. Lambert Executive com
mittee, Huffman, Kimmel, Stevenson,
Trachler, Hashbarger. The meeting
will be held next year at Kimmel’s
Mill in Bluffton. Attending from
Bluffton were: T. G. Scheid and
family, C. B. Lambert and family,
J. W. Kimmel and family, Miss
Minnie Bigler, John Dray, Joe Mum
ma, Taylor Mumma, W. A. Morrison,
Earl and John Ewing and families,
Mayne Miller, Albert Lora, Cliff
Doty, Miss Myrtle Berry, John
Nicholson and family, Corene and
Opal Fisher. Adventures on hunting
trips to Maine and trips to wilds
elsewhere were told by those attend
ing.
The Citizen’s Band will run an
other excursion to Cedar Point,
Thursday, August 15. Hankish Bros,
will again run a refreshment car
with the excursion.
Matilda Basinger left to finish a
course at Chicago University.
Sam Steffen’s horse upset the
buggy early Sunday when it became
frightened at an automobile.
STOCK SALES
For rent—Bulls: Shorthorn Here
ford, Angus and Brown Swiss. Ira
Moser. tf
Beef sold by the quarter also pork
half or whole for your locker or
home freezer. A to Z Market. tf
Service bulls delivered to your
farm. Fees $3 plus mileage. C. N.
Long & Son, phone Ada'Red 1270. tf
For sale—4 shoats, avg. 100 lbs.
L. H. Foltz, south off Bluffton on
Dixie highway.
For sale—Year oldl Duroc male
hog also string bale| mixed hay,
60c per bale. Vance "weaver, Beav
erdam phone 432.
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Sommers have returned from Camp
Jackson, honorably discharged.
C. G. Coburn and J. W. Lugibill
are to be jurors for the Thomas S.
McKenna trial.
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of August 1, 1912
Henry Gratz has been elected
president of the Farmer’s Institute.
Ray Marshall is vice president.
Don Evans will conduct a spelling
bee at the Stratton school. Pages 9
to 80 of Hunt’s Progressive speller
will be used.
As he did not receive sufficient
replies to his query, Dr. Parrish of
the Methodist church, did not preach
on the subject “What is the Prevail
ing Sin of Bluffton.” A general
rally will be held this Thursday
night which is church night.
Noah Motter, who was bedfast as
the result of being kicked by a
horse, is up and around again.
Miss Nellie Eaton judged the
domestic science exhibit at the
Columbus Grove Mid Winter Fair.
The first ice of the season was cut
when Bigler Bros, filled their ice
house with 6 inch blocks.
Dr. A. E. Stettler will practice
veterinary medicine in Columbus
Grove.
Althaus.
Miss Eunah Temple is attending
school at Oxford.
Cal Greding and daughter Stella
left for Colorado Springs.
N. W. Cunningham will speak at
the Lutheran Sunday School picnic at
Traucht grove at Jenera.
M. M. Begart is erecting a new
structure at the rear of his building
to store buggies.
John Fett and Daniel Trippiehorn
visited the Bluffton colony at Tils
bury, Ontario.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Romey are
the happy parents of a baby girl
born at their home in Richmond, Ind.
A Spendable
QUICK-CHANGE INTERIOR
The shooting gallery found busi
ness poor in Bluffton and moved to
Delphos.
Armin Hauenstein spent the first
part of the week in Toledo and Ann
Arbor, Mich.
Misses Pauline Garau and Helen
Kibler are attending summer school
at Ypsilanti, Mich.
Cleveland fresh air children will
arrive in Bluffton on the interrurban
and will then go to the Presbyterian
church yard for distribution.
Joseph Baumgartner, brother of
Albert Baumgartner, resigned his
position in a bank at Salem, Oregon,
to become Vice-President of a large
Portland trust company.
William Huber and sons have pur
chased Greding Bros. Hardware and
Implement store. The new firm will
be known as Greding and Huber.
Inspects Guernsey
Herds In This Area
Mrs. Sallie Sexton of Brun Du
farm, Granville, member of the
board of directors of the Ohio
Guernsey Breeders association was a
luncheon guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Lois Welty of Col. Grove recently
and inspected their Guernsey herd,
also herds at the Clement Suter and
Levi "Welty farms.
Save the Bees
Arsenical killing dusts are harm
ful to bees and should be used with
extreme caution.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1S50
Mayor’s Notice
Monthly collection of rubbish and
ashes starts Thursday noon. Have
everything in containers so that it
may be readily loaded on the truck.
W. A. Howe, Mayor
FIRE RATES
on dwellings nave been reduced
by all companies in this agency.
Before yu.r present policy ex
pires let us know ai we will
write your insurance at lower
cost.
Once a year
LOOK OVER your insur
ance policies annually. It
is quite likely you may dis
cover that some of your
insurance policies do not
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need advice you can place
full confidence in this in
surance agency to sell you
insurance that really pro
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Phone 239-W
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