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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-28
Pleasant View

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Carr and dau-
ghters Barbara and Marjorie were
week end guests of relatives in To-
ledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Rickley and
FRANKLY of Columbus spent the week
end in the Mrs. Samuel Rickly and /.
r. Harris homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Wynkoop and
daughters spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Phillips, Jr., of West In
dependence.
The Pleasant View c. E. society will
present a playlet entitled, "The Bible
in the Home" Sunday evening, Oct.
/ at 7:30. There has also been sever
al musical numbers arranged. Every
one is welcome to attend this pro-
gram.
Miss Mary Jane Carr attended the
wedding of Miss Mary Morrison to
Francis Lugibihl at the Evangelical
church at Mt. Cory, Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Habegger and
family entertained the following Sun
day, honoring Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Habegger and daughter of Upland,
Calf: Mr.. and Mrs. Harry thinner
man and son of Defiance; Mr.. and
Mrs. Oren Doty of Benton Ridge; Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Gibbs of Rawson;
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Habegger and
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Rupright and
daughter of Bluffton; Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Kirkland of Lima; Mr.. and Mrs
Lester Habegger and daughter ano
| Noah Habegger and son Howard.
Members of the Hancock county del
! egation to the Ohio State Christian
Endevor convention held at Cantor
recently gave a very interesting ane
inspiring program at the View, Sun
day evening. Conference reports ant
reports of convention addresses wer'
given by members of the group ant
special music was furnished by ;
mixed quartet. Following the pro
| gram the p V. society and the dele
gates enjoyed social shour at tn
| home of Donald and Livona Harris.
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News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF September 20, 1906

The marriage of DR.. Henry Eby,
of Goshen, Ind, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
7. S. Eby, residing five miles west
of Bluffton, and Miss Charlotte Thut,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter B.
Thut, of Middlebury, Ind, formerly
of New Stark, took place at Goshen,
Ind, Thursday, Sept. Z. The young
couple are well known thruout this
vicinity.
The friends of Mrs. S. B. Davis,
the wife of a former Bluffton editor,
will learn with regret the announce
ment of her death, which took place
at her late home at South Bend, Ind,
Thursday, Sept. 6.
James A. Wood and wife are re-
joieing over the safe arrival of a
baby boy at their home, since Tues
day.
Mrs. Dell Waters and little son,
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Bluffton Beats Heavier Kenyon
Eleven By 80 Count At Lima

Opening the 1899 season in inn
pressive style, Bluffton college grid
ders last Saturday night sent
heavier Kenyon eleven home smart
ing under the sting of to 0 set.
back, administered in a game played
at Lima stadium.
Bluffton battled the Ohio confer
ence outfit to a standstill in the first
three periods of the game, then in
the fourth quarter capitalized on
their second scoring opportunity of
the contest to delight crowd of
l7O0 which had gathered to witness
the tilt.
Dick Backensto provided the win
ming margin of the Beavers in the
waning minutes when he booted a
held goal from Kenyons 1S-yard line.
The setting for the scoring thrust
was laid when Bluffton pushed the
heavier Kenyon team back to its
l3-yard line late in the game. Ken
yon attempted to kick out of danger,
but the fast-charging forward wall
of the Beavers spoiled the attempt
and the ball went out of bounds on
the Kenyon Is.
On the first down, Radulovich
Bluffton back, hurled a perfect pass
to Mel Yoder, who was finally
spilled on the Kenyon one-yard line
The heavier team then rallied and
Bluffton lost five yards in the next
two sallies.
1t was then that Backensto was
called on in the field goal attempt
and he sent the pigskin whirline
squarely thru the uprights to assure
3 to victory for the Burckymen
Both teams confined their offens
i've maneuvers to the center of tn.
field for the greater part of the con
test, altho Bluffton threatened ser
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NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF MAY |, 1913

A very pretty home wedding was
solemnized at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Mueller, of Bluffton,
Sunday at noon, April 27, uniting
their eldest daughter, Miss Olga, to
Mr.. Albert w. Kohler, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kohler, in marriage.
Joe Steepleton received word Tues
day evening that his son-in-law,
Charles Cramer, was struck by an en-
CINE and died a few hours later. The
unfortunate man was the son of Reese
Cramer and was section foreman on
the Clover Leaf at Delphos.
Supt. Arganbright was one of the
Judges Thursday evening in the Pan
dora High school contest selecting a
representative to enter the oratorical
contest at Ottawa,
Edith, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
]. Porter, of Columbus Grove, form
erly of Bluffton, was married at Ro-
chester, Mich, to Carl NJ. Ga1lt last
week. Mrs. Gault was a nurse in
Kalamazoo and her wedding was a
surprise to her parents and Ohio
| friends.
j. C. Welty arrived here from Spo-
kane, Wash, Tuesday noon. He is on
his way to Columbus on business
trip. Mr.. Welty and family left here
about year ago but now will make
Ohio their home. Mrs. Welty an6
daughter expect to return about the
middle of June.
Miss Eunice Trumbo held fare
we'll reception at the home. Of, hel
mother near Columbus Grove, las
Friday evening, in honor of her man,
cousins, before her departure for th'
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Bluffton High and Bluffton college
grid teams will play on foreign fields
this week, the Pirates journeying to
Ada on Friday and the collegians to
Bowling Green on Saturday.
Ada, which had one of the strong
est high school teams in this area
last fall, is not so impressive this
season and Bluffton will go into the
game as the favorite.
In their opening tilt the Ada Bull
dogs lost to little Van Buren, and
last week Forest handed the crew
their second consecutive setback.
Bluffton's record is better, win
over Pandora and a loss to Lima
Central appearing on the slate.
Ada lost nine of the 1888 regulars
thru graduation last spring, which
means an entirely new team must
be whipped into condition this fall
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Decision was reserved last Thurs
day by the three judges of the Dis
trict Court of Appeals after hear
ing arguments of affected parties IN
the Orange township school transfer
controversy.
Testimony took most of the day
and various exhibits were presented
as evidence. Principal exhibits were
the petitions that have been circu-
lated in the so-called Anderson ter
ritory by the group which wishes to
have the area attached to Bluhton
for school purposes and other peti-
tons sponsored by the Hancock
county board of education, which
has fought the transfer for three
years.
At the conclusion of the hearing
Judges Phil M. Grow, William
Klinger and Charles A. Guernsey
ordered briefs and answer briefs sub
mitted by the contesting parties by
October Il. 81.
They indicated, however, that their
decision will be reserved until the
state supreme court has ruled on a
similar case that has been appealed
to the court from Henry county.
The Anderson territory includes
51b square miles of. Orange town
shin which Jesse Anderson and
others, claiming to represent 70 pei
cent of the electors, seek to have
transferred to Bluffton.
The county board, which has trans
ferred the territory to Union town
ship mt. Cory) rural school district
has as its legal advisors, Russel
Knepper, of Columbus, and Charlie
A. Blackford, of Findlay.
The board disputes the legalit
of the Anderson petition on tn
grounds that the names of bet
school districts were erroneousl
stated in the petition. They clair
that the word "Rural" was omitte
from Union Township School dis
trict, and the name Village" wa
omitted from the Bluffton school dis
trict. The defendants contend ais
that at no time was there 1870 o
the electors of the district on tn
petition or supplementary petitions
Most of the day was spent i
arguing the eligibility of the name
on the polls and petitions, presente
as exhibits in the case. The cour
instructed the attorneys that
would consider the eligibility of tn
names at four different stages: a
the time the petition was presente
to the county board, at the time tn
board acted upon it, at the time o
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of Galveston, Texas, who is visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Bert Clark,
and other relatives, for the past
three months, will start on her
homeward trip, Tuesday. Mrs. Wat
ers has been quite sick during her
visit but at present is fully recover
ed and enjoying excellent health.
Mrs. j. S. Mccullough, who re-
turned from the home of her parents
at Mercer, Pa, several weeks ago,
and who since that time packed her
household furniture and shipped the
same to Beaumont, Texas, leaves
here Tuesday to join her husband in
that city and to make that place her
future home.
Waldo Courtad, after a few days
visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. L. Courtad, returned to Middle
town Tuesday, where he is employed
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iollsly on two occasions, once in the
third period and again in the fourth
when the goal was the result.
The drive at the opening of the
second half was staged by the Sec
ond team, which clicked in surpris-
ing style. Passes from Feller to
Jay Vogelgesang carried the Beavers
to the Kenyon five-yard line before
a tumble finally spoiled the chance.
Stan Fretz, Bluffton captain,
played a stellar game at his right
guard position and spoiled Kenyon
plays time after time before they had
a chance to get under way.
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Holy Land. Seventeen of her cousins
were in attendance and an enjoyable
evening was spent together.
The Leipsic schools will graduate a
class of eighteen this year.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Moser, of Aber-
deem, Idaho, welcomed a little baby
boy in their home last week. This
makes Noah Moser grandpa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Winkler are
happy over the arrival of baby girl
that was born to them on Tuesday
John Winkler is wearing a genuine
grandpa smile that won't come off.
In the oratorical contest held al
Pandora for Riley township, Walter
Hart was considered as winner, anc
will represent the township at the
Northwestern, Ohio Oratorical contest
to be held at Ottawa.
Nettie Moser is spending her spring
vacation at home. She will return tt
the Moody Institute to finish hel
course this summer. Adella Lugibil
from the same place is spending he
vacation in the city.
Henry Basinger, formerly of Bluff
ton, has moved from Meade, Kansas
to Partridge, Kansas, distance o
one hundred and forty miles.
The pace of Settlement boys ava.
from home in moving to the from
seems to be quite rapid. Harvey |
Eby, superintendent of the Allianc
schools for the past three years, re
signed to accept a professorship i
the Kent Normal school at $4,000
year salary.
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SHORT SPORTS

w L. Pts. Opts.
Bluffton FL. S. 1 l 6 21
Bluffton College 0 3 0
Meeting their first of four Ohio
Conference foes, Bluffton colleges
1899 gridiron machine sprung a sur
prise last Saturday by besting Ken
yon, 3 to 0, in game played in the
Lima stadium. This Saturday the
Beavers will tangle with another and
more formidable Ohio loop opponent,
Bowling Green, on the upstate grid
iron. Bowling Green has a veteran
aggregation this fall, with line that
averages more than 100 pounds.
A former Bluffton college gridder
will be in the Bowling Green lineup
when the two teams clash this Sat-
urday at Bowling Green. Riddle, reg
ular center at Bluffton two years ago,
now plays the same position on the
Falcons first team and will see action
against the Beavers in that spot.
Bluffton High has hopes of aveng-
ing last years defeat at the hands
of Ada when the Pirates journey tc
the Hardin county town next Friday
afternoon. Last year Ada had one
of the outstanding grid outfits in this
area, but II lettermen were lost thru
graduation, leaving sadly riddleo
squad for this falls play. So fal
the Bulldogs have lost two, going
down to defeat before Van Buren ano
Forest.
Opening contest of the season il
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Ruling On Orange Twp. School
Suit Delayed By Appeals Court

the mandamus action and at the
time of the trial. The court did not
indicate which count would be de-
termining factor but Judge Crow
said the court would want to know
"the names of those whose eligibil-
ity would not be in dispute at any OF
the four times mentioned"
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Settlement

Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Zimmerly en-
tertained Sunday: Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
Zimmerly of Wadsworth, Mr.. and
Mrs. Karl Zimmerly and son Karl,
Jr., of Rittman, Leo Goffinet and
Miss Elizabeth Stanger of Doyles-
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Habegger and
daughter of California arrived in this
community last week to spend sew
eral weeks with their relatives and
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Habegger left
for California over twenty-six years
ago, and have lived there since.
Rev. d. ]. Unruh and his parents
returned from their trip to Min
nesota and South Dakota last Thurs
day. On Saturday the couple left
for their home in eastern Pennsyl-
vania. Their son-in-law, Mr.. Penner
met them here and they accompanied
him.
Mrs. Joseph Probst has not been
well for several weeks.
! Miss Mary Brobeck is having her
farm home equipped with electricity
The farm is being operated by Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Diller and family.
Peter E. Kohl of Ottawa is can
vassing several of the townships Of
, Putnam county in the interest of tbs
/ new Ford tractor.
: Airing Augsburger is assisting
/ Lloyd Basinger with his farm work
Ulrich Steiner and David c. Shanl
: visited with E. d. Kohl, Frida,
J afternoon.
: Miss Rosa Welty recently pur
, chased the property from Mr.. Laza
rus Basinger. Mr.. and Mrs. Bas
niger are moving to Bluffton.
. Mr.. P. C. Steiner has been on tn
| sick list for over week.
A refreshing rain fell Tuesda
night which is very much appreci
ated. Fields have been very dry fo
preparing the seed bed for whea
sowing.
Mrs. Susie Boaz and family visite
with E. d. and Hiram Kohl an
family on Sunday afternoon. He
son Harold left for Columbus Of
Wednesday where he is attendin,
Ohio State University.
Mrs. Isaac Zuercher passed ava,
early Sunday afternoon. Funers
services were conducted by her pas
tor, Rev. P. E. Whitmer at the Grac
church on Tuesday afternoon.
d. B. Basinger has been laid U
with rheumatism.
Miss Maurine Probst has spent
week at her home in Pandora as
sisting with the work since her steI
mother has been bedfast. She II
turned to Bowling Green on Sunda.
Miss Ruth Geiger is employed
the Triplett Meter works in Blufftol
Miss Lucille Geiger visited FRIEND
in Ft. Wayne several days last weel
The Mennonite Song Festiv'
which was held at the st. job
church on Sunday evening was ver
largely attended. The four Mei
MONTE churches each contributed tw
selections. The congregational sing
ing was directed by Mr.. Haro
Reusser of Columbus, Ohio. II
presence in this festival was great
appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Burkholder hay
rented the Shawber farm. Mr.. al
Mrs. Stanley Burkhart have operate
this farm for some time.
There are no graduates from Il
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Substitutions: Central-Ends, W.
covich, Schlosser; tackles, Meeks,
Leech, Blose; guards, Earl, P. Rie-
gle; center, E. Riegle; backs, Clark,
Tarbutton, Evans, Waltemath, Smith,
Penn.
Bluffton-Ends, Balmer, Schmidt;
tackle, Augsburger; guard, w. AM
stutz; backs, Hermann, F. Fritchie.
Any reward that is worth having
only comes to the Industrious.
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College "Y" Stag Es
Wednesday Night

All men of the college will be
feted at the annual "Y" stage to
be held on the baseball diamond
this Wednesday evening. f
The moonlight event of light
social nature will mark the official
opening of the Y. M. C. A. activity
year. The evenings program will in
clude recreation, a campfire song
fest and the introduction of cabinet
members to old and prospective Y.
M. c. A. members. The course of
action and programs for the year
will be outlined to the men of the
campus at the "Stag" The evening
will be concluded by light refresh
ments.
The fall membership drive of the
organization will open this week.
Any fellow on the campus is eligible
for membership in the Y. M. c. A.
Freshmen men are especially invited
to the opening meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-28

The darkest hour in any mans life
is when he sits down to plan how to
get money without earning it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-28

Score by periods:
Central ....--...---.-.... z 0 z 7-21
Bluffton -..--.... 0 0 0 90
Officials: Referee-Klee (Chicago),
umpire, Young (Wisconsin), head
linesman, Raach (Hillsdale).
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Officials: Referee, Wagner (To-
ledo); umpire, Skibbie Bowling
Green); headlinesman, Connolly Ito
ledo).
Scoring: Field goal, Backensto
(place kick).
Substitutions Bluffton-ends, Rice,
Sommers; tackle, Lengrel; guard,
Deeds; center, Warren; backs, Eel
lers, Grow, Vogelgesang, Lubinsky.
kenyon-ends, Berno, Davis; tack
lie, Shaw; guard, Ventolo; backs, Pa
olozzi, Gray, Johnson.
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There are no graduates from the
school of life.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
BY JESSE C. sUTER.

Well, they're of to another
season of civic activity and
wrestling with the many prob
lens which confront this voteless
and unrepresented community.
There can be no doubt of this,
for week ago saw the first
meeting Of the Federation of
Citizens Associations. Monday
the Council of Social Agencies
met at luncheon and on Tuesday
night the Washington Board of
Trade held its first meeting of
the season.
There was an excellent at
tendance at each of these gath
erings and an interest which
promises an active season of
constructive work by these rep
resentative groups, which give a
fair cross-section of local opinion.
The Red Cross membership
, campaign has continued through
the week, but has been inclined
to lag. An extra squirt will have
to be made if the goal set for
this year is to be reached.
The preliminary work for the
Community Chest campaign is
moving along very satisfactorily
and with substantial encourage
ment from the local government.
The Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia have announced
official sponsorship of the cam
paign and are to issue call for
a citizen rally at Constitution
Memorial Hall on Monday eve
ming, November 6, to inaugurate
the drive. Heretofore such a
rally has been called by the
Citizens Committee and Chest
officials.
The Washington Criminal JUS
tice Association has been ad-
mitted as a Community Chest
agency and will hereafter be
enabled to confine its activities
to the doing Of its valuable and
particular job for the community
instead of dividing its energy be-
tween that work and the raising
the funds for its support. This
important agency, though young,
has well proven its worth and
helped bring about a much-im-
proved condition in the admin
1stration of criminal justice with
far-reaching beneficial results.
At the District Building the
most important event of the past
Evening star., 1939-10-15

homes, particularly for children,
to cut down the cost Of unneces-
sarily longer care In hospitals
was emphasized by other speakers.
This was asserted to be . gap In
the health service. It was claimed
that the lack Of such facilities
for convalescents jksults fire.
quently In relapse and q return
to the hospital.
Many other Of the health needs
were pictured at the meeting and
In almost every instance. the real
problem was shown to be one of
legislation and financial support
OF the activity in question. At the
close of the meeting one promi-
nent woman civic leader was
Evening star., 1939-10-15

inal docket Of the District courts
has been checked by reducing the
criminal courts to two. The Court
in General Term has found It
necessary to assign another JUS
tice to the trial Of civic cases In
an endeavor to help in the ef-
fort to cut down the accumula-
ton Of cases on the civil docket.
The change is . great disap-
pointment to the Washington
Criminal Justice Association and
others who have been working
earnestly to continue the fine
work in bringing criminals to an
early trial. The promptness in
the administration Of criminal
- q
Evening star., 1939-10-15

heard to tell another that, the
answer to these questions Is to
b found In the getting Of ma
tional representation for the
District. II am convinced" she
added, when the District has its
own Senators and Representa-
tives In Congress these matters
viii receive proper attention. You
might call 1t log-rolling, but the
District Of Columbia is as much
entitled to the benefits of that
practice as are any of the States"
Vacant Judgeship
Slows Down Criminal Trials.
The fine progress which was
being made In clearing the GRIM
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Season in Full Swing; Criminal TrioIs
Slowed by Vacant Judeeship

week was the appointment Of two
District men to District offices.
Edward A. Dent, native of the
District and for some years Dis
trict surveyor, was appointed Dis
trict assessor to succeed the late
Fred D. Allen. Carl E. Relz, who
has been the assistant, has been
appointed to succeed Mr.. Dent
as District surveyor.
These appointments both fol-
lowed so closely the death of As
SCISSOR Allen that there was no
opportunity for outside influence.
In civic organizations the Com
missioners are being commended
for these appointments.
Studies Show Reliability
OF Health Report Figures.
The Council of Social Agencies
last year featured at it's monthly
meetings the accomplishments Of
the various agencies. This year
the needs are to be brought out
IN the open, so that all may see
Just what is actually required If
social service activities in the
District are to be both efficiently
and effectively operated.
Public health was the subject of
the initial meeting, held in Bar
ker Hall of the Y. w. c. A. on
last Monday. The principal
speaker was DR.. Halberd D.
Dunn, chief of the division of
vital statistics of the Bureau of
the Census. He told of studies
which have been made recently
OF the Districts death rate, the
rates Of disqualification, births,
etc., as affected by the place of
residence. These studies included
the interchange of services be-
tween the District and the adja-
cent portions of the metropoli-
tan area. When all of these in
terchanges were checked one
against the other the final fg-
ures were substantially the same
as the figures shown in the Dis
trict reports.
There was also shown through
surveys made locally and noted
on spot-maps of the council the
areas in the District from which
come most of the tuberculosis
and venereal patients at CALM
ger Hospital. A study of these
areas shows that the real prob
lem is one of sanitary housing.
The need for convalescent
Evening star., 1939-10-15

Continued on Page CHA, Column IL
Evening star., 1939-10-15

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