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PAGE FOUR
WE HAVE ALWAYS ADDED
whatever improvements our profes
sion has offered—organ music, air
conditioned chapel, private assembly
rooms, cars for all purposes and
enough of them.
Yet our price schedule offers a
substantial saving in funeral cost.
WE WELCOME INQUIRIES.
Basinger
funeral home
Ambulance Phone 160-W
BLUFFTON, OHIO
BLUFFTON COLLEGE
presents
THE GENERAL PLATOFF
DON COSSACK CHORUS
A World Famous Organization
APRIL 25,
Bluffton High School Gymnasium
TICKETS
GENERAL ADMISSION
Adults $1.00, plus tax
College Students 75c, plus tax
Grade and High School Pupils 60c, plus tax
Reserved Seats $1.50, plus tax
Ticket sale begins Friday, April 14
ftint two rooms
for the price of one
DEAN & BARRY
the one coat oil paint for walls
Dean & Barry 3 for 1 Flat now brings you the extra
economy of one-coat wall painting jobs—enables you to
give velvet-smooth beauty to 2 rooms at a price ordinarily
paid for decorating only 1.
Just stir and apply with brush or roller over wallpaper, plas
ter walls, water-thinned paints—most any interior surface.
There s no prime coat required, no second coat to put on,
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time. See us soon, see us and save.
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TICKETS ON SALE AT Sidney’s Drug Shop,
A. Hauenstein and Son, and Music Hall, Bluffton College
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Paul H. Cramer. Minister
(Stewardship Sunday)
Sunday School 9:30 A. M.
Nelson Steiner, Superintendent.
Morning worship 10:30 A. M.
M. Y. F., 6:30 P. M.
Visitation of Youth Camp near
Bellefontaine, Sunday afternoon.
Choir Practices:
Junior Choir Tuesday after school.
Senior Choir Thursday 7:00 P. M.
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service Thursday 8:00 P. M. at home
of Mrs. Chas. Dillman. Program
chairman, Mrs. Paul Cramer Devo
tions leader, Mrs. Rolland Stratton
Special feature, Mrs. H. E. Augs
burger. Hostesses, Mrs. Cliff Strat
ton, Mrs. Elmer Diller and Mrs.
Myron Moyer.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Bluffton-Beaverdam Pariah
O. Merrill Boggs, Minister
Bluffton:
9:30 Bible School.
10:30 Communion.
6:30 Christian Youth Fellowship
will meet at the home of Miss
Marilyn Gratz. Miss Betty Bushong
will be in charge of the program,
“Stewardship of Failure.”
Thursday, April 13, 8:00 P. M.
Christian Women’s Fellowship will
meet at the home of Mrs. Floyd
Basinger. Mrs. Eli Deppler will be
in charge of the program and Mrs.
Helen Wells will lead the devotions.
Please bring your contribution of
children’s clothing or household
linens for “The Hazel Green
Academy.”
Beaverdam:
9:30 Bible school.
10:30 Worship and Communion.
Sermon: “Inheriting Eternal Life.”
6:30 Christian Youth Fellowship
will meet at the home of Miss
Marilyn Gratz. Miss Betty Bushong
will be in charge of the program,
“Stewardship of Failure.”
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Leonard W. McIntire, Minister
(Week of April 16)
Rockport:
9:30 A. M. Morning worship.
Sermon by the pastor.
10:30 A. M. Church School. Class
groups for all ages.
Bluffton:
9:45 A. M. Church School. Class
groups for all ages.
10:55 A. M. Morning worship.
Sermon by the pastor.
7:30 P. M. Westminster Fellowship
meeting at church. Scavenger hunt!
Monday, April 17, 2:00-8:30 P. M.
Lima Presbytery will meet at Sidney,
Ohio. Business session in afternoon.
Supper at 6:00 P. M. Evening
address by Dr. John R. Williams,
Wooster, Ohio, followed by Com
munion service. All members are in
vited for the supper and evening
service.
Wednesday, April 19, 8:00 P. M.
Adult Choir practice at the church.
Thursday, April 20, 3:30 P. M.
Junior Choir.
8:00 P. M. Social Club meeting at
the church.
[ATTENTION PARENTS: Please
do not forget the tea and social hour
on Thursday, April 13th at 2:30 in
the church. Church School materials
for the April-June quarter will be
given to you and previewed.
Everyone is welcome in these
churches.
Meth-Coat
INSIDE
WALL FINISH
Comes ready to use. No
messy mixing. Dries to lustrous
satin surface. Smart new
colors.
I COAT COVERS
Us* METH-COAT on any Interior*
wall surface such as wallpaper, wall*
board, plaster, brick, stone, concrete,
stucco, painted walls, basement
walls, plywood, etc.
$3.69 GaH°n
Marshall & Bixel
NEW METHOD 1
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTO J, OHIO
EVANGELICAL & REFORMED
CHURCHES
V. C. Oppermann, Minister
Emmanuel’s:
9:30 A. M. Morning Worship.
10:30 A. M. Church School.
No choir rehearsal this week.
The Dorcas Circle will meet at the
home of Mrs. Bertha Matter on
Wednesday evening of this week at
8:00 o’clock. All ladies are invited
to attend.
Catechism Instruction Saturday
morning at 9:30 A. M.
The Cornelia Missionary Circle
meets on Monday evening April 17,
at 8:00 at the home of Mrs. Connie
Leiber. All members and friends
are invited to attend.
Youth Fellowship Sunday evening
at 7:00 P. M.
St. John:
9:30 A. M. Church School.
10:45 A. M. Morning Worship.
The choir of the church meets for
rehearsal on Thursday evening at
7:30. All members attend.
Catechism instruction Saturday
morning at 9:30 A. M.
Youth Fellowship will meet on
Sunday evening at 7:00 at St. John’s
church. All young people are invit
ed.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Sunday services at 10:30 A. M.
Subject: “Doctrine of Atonement.”
Testimonial 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 sendees and to visit the reading
room.
Thia society is a branch of The
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ, Scientist.
MISSIONARY CHURCH
Robert R. Welch, Minister
Thursday:
7:30 Prayer meeting.
Sunday:
9:30 Sunday School.
10:30 Morning worship.
Rev. C. J. Geriz of Fort Wayne
speaking.
2:30 Sunday School Convention at
Pandora Missionary Church.
7:00 Youth Fellowship meeting in
basement.
7:00 Gospel Light service upstairs.
7:30 Evening service.
Everyone is welcome.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. V. T. Monk, Pastor
9:30 Sunday School. Harold Beals,
Sup’t.
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
J. N. Smucker, Pastor
Thursday:
7:00 Choir rehearsal.
8:00 Bible study and prayer ser
vice.
Sunday:
9:30 Sunday school, with classes
for all ages Irvin Baumgartner,
Supt.
10:30 Worship service.
6:45 Intermediate Christian En
deavor.
7:30 Evening service. Rev. H. D.
Raid will speak-
EVANGELICAL MENNONITE
CHURCH
(So. Jackson near Kibler)
Kenneth Bauman, Pastor
Thursday:
April 13th, United Missionary
Society meeting of Mennonite
Churches at the Ebenezer Church.
Morning session 10:30. Pot Luck
Dinner. Afternoon session 1:30.
6:50 P. M. Choir rehearsal.
7:15 P. M. Prayer and Bible study
and Missionary meeting in charge of
Rev. and Mrs. Bontrager, prospective
Missionaries to Congo in near future.
Sunday:
April 16th, 9:30 A. M. Sunday
School.
10:30 A. M. Worship service.
7:30 P. M. Christian Workers Band.
8:15 P. M. Evening message.
CARD OF THANKS
.___
We wish to express our thanks
and appreciation to the relatives,
friends, neighbors, Rev. Bateson,
Basinger Funeral Home, pallbearers
and the singers for the flowers and
kindness shown during the illness and
death of our husband and father.
The A. J. Caris Family
STOCK SALES
•jc
ejc
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—Registered Chester White
boars, priced reasonable. J. M.
Montgomery, 2 miles north on county
line and mile east of Bluffton.
For sale—Good Guernsey cow with
calf by side. M. L. Gilbert, 1 mile
north and mile west of Rt. 30N
and 69.
For sale—One purebred Duroc sow
with 7 pigs registered. L. H. Foltz,
south on Dixie. Phone 629-W.
For sale—Chester White male hog,
one year old. Erwin Amstutz, 4 mi.
southwest of Bluffton.
For sale—Guernsey cow, 7 years
old, calf by side. Albert Vermillion,
Phone 658-Y.
For sale—Poland China male hog,
11 months old. Robert Amstutz, 212
miles northwest of Beaverdam.
EBENEZER MENNONITE
CHURCH
(Two miles west of Bluffton)
Howard T. Landes, Pastor
Thursday:
10:30 Union Missionary service,
Mennonite Churches of Pandora,
Bluffton, Lima.
8:00 Prayer and Bible study.
Lesson 1 John 5:1-10.
Sunday:
9:30 Sunday School, Francis Nis
wander, Supt.
10:30 Morning worship.
Offering for church expenses.
7:30 C. E. programs.
8:10 Evening service.
Richland Center
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Matter of
Ft. Wayne, Ind., Mrs. Sarah Matter,
Mrs. Carrie Thutt, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Matter and daughter Carolyn
and Wade Oberly were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Matter.
Mrs. S. C. Dailey of Findlay was
a week end guest at the Dwight
Dailey home. Other Sunday dinner
guests were Mr. and Mrs. D. I.
Denise, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Denise
of Bowling Green, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Snyder, Mrs. Clara Paukhurst
of Fostoria and Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Dailey and daughter. Afternoon
callers were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Hein and Mr. and Mrs. Francis King
and children of Bowling Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Neuensch
wander, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mar
quart and Mr. and Mrs. Don Dillman
spent Sunday evening with Mrs.
Amos and Mr. and Mrs. Weldon
Luginbuhl.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fridley, Mrs.
Sam Kohler and daughter Madaline
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Rhuel Kohler and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stevens and
daughters of Sandusky spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Amstutz.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Althaus and
family spent last Thursday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Core and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Schaublin of
Rising Sun, Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel
Boutwel land daughters Barbara and
Marcia, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Schaublin and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Wilford Gratz and daughter
Sharon were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin.
Mrs. Kenneth Leedy, Miss Marie
Imbach and Noah Hochstettler spent
Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Gerber and Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Hochstettler and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gerber and
family were Sunday afternoon call
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. Faye Isham of Lima
were Friday supper guests at the
Ed Marquart home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Luginbuhl of
Marion, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Coon
and daughter of Columbus were week
end guests of Mrs. J. I. Luginbuhl.
Other Sunday guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Courtney and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Grant and sons
and Mr. and Kenneth Lugin
buhl and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Amstutz and
son Harold spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sims and sons of
Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hochstettler of
Allen Park, Mich., Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Matter of Ft. Wayne and
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Matter spent
Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Matter.
Miss Mary Gratz was a Sunday
dinner guest at the Ernest Gratz
and Richard Core home.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller and
daughter Grace, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Blosser and daughters, Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Miller, Mrs. Edna Leiber,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Leiber and
sons, Ray Hirshfield and Ernest
Gratz spent Thursday evening at the
Ed Marquart home.
East Orange
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wober spent
the week end with their daughter
and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Athy of Decatur, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Stewart and
family of Columbus Grove, Mr. and
Mrs. Wendell Stewart and children
of Lima, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hart
man and daughters were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Matt
Stewart.
The missionary meeting of the
Riley Creek Baptist church met in
the home of Mrs. John Boutwell on
Wednesday afternoon, April 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Boutwell and
son Michael, Adrian Van Atta were
supper guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. Boutwell.
Patty and Billie Merrit of Piqua
spent Easter vacation with Mr. and
Mrs. O. W. Nonnamaker.
Mrs. Mary Heldman, Mrs. Ruth
Heldman called on Mr. and Mrs. B.
J. Boutwell, Friday.
Mrs. Alice Mae Boutwell and
daughter Rondo Kae, Mrs. Mildred
Amstutz, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Bout
well called on Mr. and Mrs. John
Caris of Findlay and in the Earl
Rupright home of Arlington last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Inbody and
children Beverly and Buddy of Ann
Arbor, Mich., Mrs. Margaret Lonyo
and children Tommy and Betty of
Findlay, were Sunday dinner guests
of Mrs. Ethel M. Boutwell. Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Trippiehorn and daugh
ter Helen Ann of Findlay, Mr. and
Mrs. Emanuel Boutwell and children
Barbara and Marcia were afternoon
callers. Mrs. Oren Inbody and child
ren remained for a week’s visit.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be accepted by the
Bluffton Exempted Village Board of
Education for one (1) carload of
oil-treated stoker coal.
Bidder to submit test anaylsis of
coal he proposes to furnish, together
with price per ton delivered in bins
at High School and/or Grade School
building, as directed.
Bids to be delivered to the business
office of the Board of Education,
Bluffton Exempted Village District,
106 W. College Ave., by Monday,
April 17, 3:30 P. M.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids. By order of the Board
of Education.
James F. West, Clerk.
ELECTRICAL ALLOY fill
underneath point means
longer wear and
maintains suck
longer than
a new
•bar*.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1950
Plant corn at the rate of 12,000 or
more plants per acre for best yields,
say experiment station agronomists
in Ohio.
A New and Better Plow Point
THE WIESE drop forged
point is welded on worn shore to give point
■ew plow shore length and strength.
THE CUTTING EDGE is
west applied to the worn
•hare, then ground and polished to new plow
•hare appearance and efficiency.
ALLOY
Electric
on display—the New Handcrafted
195L1F RAZER
AUGSBURGER GARAGE
H. E. Augsburger 129 S. Main—Rear
to Mtei l/te t-Eit on t/ie toad!
The Frazer is offered in all models with the power
ful new K-F high compression superonic engine,
Hydro-matic transmission and over-drive are avail
able as optional equipment.
See It Now At
Hitchcock's Auto Sales, Ottawa, Ohio
OR SEE
Joel F. Basinger, Agent, Bluffton, Ohio
Call or Write—
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Phone 350-W
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The New Wiese
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tear on tractor or
team.
Bring in your
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the spring rush
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