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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1950
Corporal Edwin Stauffer, Bluffton
College student, has been awarded
the Croix de Guerre, the French
military medal for bravery in action.
Stauffer rescued a wounded comrade
under a storm of bullets in No Man’s
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into the shell hole where the two
were cruched failed to explode.
Stauffer responded to a call for a
volunteer to rescue the shell shocked
man. For his bravery he was award
ed the medal by his company com
mander.
John Warren and George Swank
attended a Poland China sale near
Muncie, Indiana, both buying hogs.
Gideon Nis wander moved from
Pandora to the Harvey Jones farm
on Big Riley at the edge of town.
Niswander expects to start a modem
dairy farm.
William C. Amstutz writes to
Mervin Deifendeifer from France
that you can tell how many people
are in a house by counting the num
ber of wooden shoes left at the en
trance to a dwelling. Amstutz is
at present billeted at La Chapelle du
Bois, Belgium.
Almeda Melott has purchased the
Siddell property on Riley street.
The B. M. Luginbuhl home, 3
miles south of town, was totally
destroyed by fire.
Harry Anderson writes to his
sister, Mrs. Shirley Nonnamaker that
the boys over there really are grate
ful for the Bluffton News. He
received a copy, Aldine Roethlisber
ger received 3 copies, they in turn
passed them onto Calvin Deppler and
the last they saw of the copies
Emanuel Hartman reported seeing
several other fellows each having a
foot square piece of the paper read
ing the portions intently.
Waldo Motter purchased the 140
acre farm of the late John W.
Motter.
Allen Henry purchased the George
Kimmel property on Geiger street.
Baumgartner, Locher and Co. are
holding a quitting business sale after
20 years of successful retailing.
You Say How Much
Does Porkey Weigh
Someone is going o own Porkey
next week. Porkey is the dressed
and frozen pig at Moyer’s Refriger
ation and Heating store on South
Main street.
The question is how much does
Porkey weigh. The person whose
estimate is correct or nearest correct
will win the pig. The contest opens
Friday and continues through next
week and is open without obligation.
Total energy of Ohio’s annual
rainfall is enough to generate
1,000,000 horsepower continuously.
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON. OHIO
By Harriett Burkhart
Buried under the newest completed
building on the Bluffton College
campus are the College’s oldest
tennis courts. These courts were
made when the College was founded
but falling into disuse when new
courts were layed out, they later
made a perfectly level, cleared site
for the college library.
Pig pens and a vegetable garden
formerly put to practical use the
low area planned as place for the
new courts. A barn stood at the
curb behind the present Music Hall
site, the barnyard sloping down to
Riley Creek where the college cow
and pigs got water. The rest of
this low ground supplied vegetables
for the students’ tables.
Vegetable Garden
The three clay tennis courts which
are located at the former vegetable
garden site and are in present use
were made when ground from the
garden was used to fill in Ropp
Hall terraces. Students stripped the
top soil from the garden and the
clay remaining was leveled for the
tennis courts. The whole process was
carried on under the guidance of
H. W. Berky, who has supervised
the making of all of Bluffton’s
present tennis courts and who has
coached tennis for many years. The
dirt line where students stopped
digging to fill in Ropp Hall terraces
can still be seen today.
Bluffton’s clay courts with their
humble history according to visiting
tennis teams are the best in this
general vicinity.
Campaign
With tennis interest running high
in 1926, three courts were no longer
enough to accommodate the Bluffton
College peak enrollment. It was
then that six tennis courts were lay
ed out back of Lincoln Hall. To
finance this project, students cam
paigned extensively for money writ
ing letters, holding a tag day, and
sponsoring basketball games. Then
Prof. Berky and students completed
the work on these six courts. For
some years students made use of all
nine Bluffton courts, enthusiasm
running so high that in 1930 the
tennis team won two games from
Miami University. With interest
gradually waning the courts behind
Lincoln Hall fell into disuse. The
weeds grew. One court was ruined
when students dumped a load of
gravel on it.
Asphalt
Revival of interest about four
years ago however brought about
th resurfacing of one court with
asphalt. Bluffton now uses one
asphalt court and three clay. Condi
tion of the clay courts is poor, ac
cording to Prof. Berky, tennis coach
but work will be done on them and
plans are under way to hold at Bluff
ton an intercollegiate tennis confer
ence.
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Special Services At
County Line Church
Special evangelistic services will be
held at the County Line Church of
the Brethren, April 25 to May 7, it
was announced this week. Rev. and
Mrs. I. D. Leatherman will be in
charge. Services will be held night
ly at 7:45 o'clock.
Baseball Meeting
At Harmon Field
All those interested in summer
baseball are asked to meet at Har
mon field Sunday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock. Games are now being book
ed with Van Buren, Liberty, Ken
ton, Lima, Findlay, Col. Grove and
other towns.
LEGAL NOTICE
Merl J. Rot no IT, whose residence is 6
Wakefield, St. Louis 17, Missouri, will take
notice that on the 12th day of April, 1950,
Lyda M. Clark, 559 West Market Street,
Lima. Ohio, filed her petition against him
in the Court of Common Pleas of Allen
County, Ohio, the same being Case No.
39560 in said Court, for the purpose of
quieting the title of certain real estate in
said petition described, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of American,
County of Allen and State of Ohio, to
wit:
Lot Number Sixteen Thousand Four
Hundred and Eight (16408) in C. R.
Baechler’s Third Addition to the City of
Lima, Allen County. Ohio.
The prayer of laid petition is for the
quieting of title of said real estate and for
other equitable relief. Said defendant. Me.rl
J. Rotroff is required to answer said peti
tion on the 17th day of June. 1950, or
judgment will be taken against him.
Lyda M. Clark. Plaintiff
By: F. W. Gooding, Her Attorney. 6
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ENTRENCHING
Sunday, A
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Drown 90 bu. capacity.
No. 14A Tractor
Drawn 60 bu. capacity.
500,000 COMMUNISTS TO MARCH AGAINST AMERICAN
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TO DIE FOR CHRIST!
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pril 23rd
1949 Ford Custom “8” Tudor, Heater, very low
mileage, clean, save money $1495.00
1949 Ford Custom “8” Fordor, Heater. This car
is Gray with only 7,000 miles. Buy this up
to-date car and save money .. $1545.00
1949 Ford Dlx “8” Tudor, Radio, Heater, Good
tires, lots of extras $ 995.00
1947 Cushman Motor Scooter, like new
1941 Oldsmobile 76 Coupe Sedan, Radio, Heater$ 475.00
1941 Buick Sedan, Radio, Heater $ 400.00
1941 Mercury, Tudor $ 400.00
1939 Plymouth, Radio, Heater $ 350.00
1936 Dodge $ 285.00
We also have cheaper cars to choose from.
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THIS WEEK’S POULTRY PRICES:
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TODAY’S EGG PRICES:
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Grade A Large Brown...........
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