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Evening star., 1939-06-29

81 White Linen Skirts. 7Oo
Were $199 ---
20 White Rayon Crepe
Skirts. Were $199 and G7
$2.99
Ill Rayon Taffeta Jackets, were
$5.95 and S695; 4 Rayon G1
Sports Dresses, were $7.95
a Wool and Cotton Cor cQ
duroy Toppers. Were $795
-6 Wool Toppers. 90 90
Were $500 -----
-16 Rayon and Cotton EOc
BlOuses. Were $1.99---
81 Cotton Sweaters and 80
Navy or Brown Cotton
Slacks. IA to Is. Were SOo
s Cotton 2-Pc. Slack &7 40
Sets. Were $1.99-
SURF SHOP.
-15 Wool Bathing Suits. OOo
Were S2.99 -----------,
-3s Prs. Bathing &7OO
Shoes. Reduced to- ~
Kann's-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Domestics
5 Cotton Chenille

. Cotton Chenille
Sprea S, twin size. Cd 90
Were S7.95 -----
3 Cotton Chenille
Spreads. Were S1299 cH 10
and S9.99 - ~' HO
SO Empire Cotton Sheets.
Seconds. S109 Mohawks. size
72X99; 19 Empire Cotton Sheets,
seconds. Sll9 Mohawks, HOo
size 81x99 - Wv
-13 Cotton Sateen
Spreads. Were S1.95 CT 10
to $3.50 -- ~~
Il Quaker Lace Cot
ton Spread. Double. 60 hO
Was S7.95 -- ~
200 Yds. UnbIeached Cotton
Sheeting. 81 in. wide. IL
Were Csc yd.------
-2l Crinkle Cotton Spreads.
Blue. lavender. Double. SOo
Were roc ------ wv
Kanns-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Wash Frocks

Cotton Uniforms, HoOverettes,
Wash Frocks. Were soc to 90
S1.00
-Georgiana Rayon Dresses. CD
Soiled. Were 1899 9------
Cotton Frocks, Rayon Print
Frocks, Cotton Lace Frocks, Cot
ton SmOcks. Were Sl99 c1
and $299 ------
-Georgiana Rayon Frocks. GO
Were $5.95--------- W.
Cotton Dresses. Were SOo
S100 to
Kann's-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Lamps
or Lamp Bas

. Floor Lamp Bases, were
$7.98: IL Table Lamps
with shades, were CD 90
$598 and $798 --- %o
3 Floor Lamp Bases. c1 90
Were 1898 - ~A~o
W. W.. Floor sss. Lamp Base $2.98
-13 Table Lamps with
shades. Were S9.98 DE- 90
to S12.98 - %o'|o
SO Painted Paper Shades, were
s1.49; 43 Vanity Lamps c7
with shades, were $1.69- ~
SO Table Lamps with CT 90
shades. Were S2.98--- ~A~~
IA Maple Bou dofr
Lamps with shades. Were ~.
$l.19
Kann'SThird Floor
Evening star., 1939-06-29

Kann's-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Trimmings

As's''sssssSS
Odd Lot Fancy Buttons, 7Oo
1 to IL on card d--- o~
Odd Lot Pins, Clips, %.
Buckles. Were SOC to 81 ca. Nv
Kann's-Street Floor.
Lingerie
Philippine Cotton and Rayon
Sheer Gowns, Rayon Satin and
Ray0n Crepe Slips. We're 70.
$1.00 to S1.69---
Cotton Pajamas and &1
Gowns. Were $1.93-- %A
-Rayon Gowns and Ray0n Taf-
feta Slips. Broken sizes, regular
and extra. Were $1.69 OOo
to $500
is Cotton Robes. Were IN.
Silk Crepe t25% Weighted)
Slips and Panties. c7 90
Were $2.95 and 1895 ~
Kann's-Second Floor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
First Educational Structure was
Located on Site of Late
Ewing School
Literary Societies Provide Early
Training for Distinguish
ed Leaders

The Blufton Neaos presents
the tlUenty-third instalIment of
the "CentenniaI Series" deGIinq
aoith early Bhtfton history and
published in commemoration of
the one hundredth anniversary
of Buttons founding.-EDIroR.
The school house in Orange town
ship was the first community center.
1t housed not only school activities,
but on Sunday was used for church
and in the evenings literary societies
were in full session. Before the build
ing of the school houses every social,
religious and community event took
place in the cabins of one of the set
tiers.
These events were red letter days
on the calendars of the people and all
the inhabitants would assemble, no
matter what the attraction might be.
Roads were difficult to travel and
trails were harder to traverse, but be-
cause there were only a few attrac-
Continued on page d
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
Car Is Damaged In
Collision With Truck

Four Bluffton young women were
severely shaken up but otherwise un-
harmed when the car in which they
were riding skidded into a truck on
the Dixie highway three miles north
of Van Buren, Friday night at z
o'clock.
The car, driven by Miss Ruth
Greding of this place was badly
damaged. Miss Greding, instructor
in the high school at Waterville,
near Toledo, was returning to her
home here for the week end.
With her in the car were Miss
Marcella Steiner, instructor in the
schools at Grand Rapids, near
Waterville and Misses Letha Mis-
wander and Annabelle Weed, stu
dents at Bowling Green State uni
versity.
The car skidded on the ice covered
pavement colliding with truck
driven by Hobard Jayne of Wake
field. Miss Niswander and Miss
Weed finished the trip on the bus
while Miss Greding and Miss Steiner
drove the car to Bluffton later in
the evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
Near End Of Work On
Light Plant Addition

Construction of the new addition
to the municipal water works and
electric light plant will be completed
this week.
Brick work on the walls has been
completed and the new 20 by so
structure shortly will be under roof
Herbert u. Tuttle, of Lima, has had
the contract for construction of the
building, which involved a total ex-
penditure of 5000.
Delivery of the boiler and stoker,
which will be housed in the addition,
is expected about the first of Feb
ruary, and installation will be start
ed at once. The parts will be de-
livered unassembled.
All work is to be completed on the
$34,512 expansion program by next
April, when it is planned to place in
operation the new boiler for the
generation of electric current. Eight
separate contracts were let by the
Board of Public Affairs for various
phases of the work, which is being
financed in conjunction with the
PWA.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
Births

A son, Michael Wade, was born to
DR.. and Mrs. DeLos Kervin of Port
Huron, Mich, at that place, Sunday
night. Mrs. Kervin was formerly
Miss Dorothy Rae Triplett, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Triplett
of South Main street.
Announcement has been received
here of the birth of a son, Don
Erwin to Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Koch
of Toledo. Mrs. Koch was formerly
Miss Mabel Althaus of Bluffton.
A daughter was born Monday to
DIR. and Mrs. C. E. Kielsmeier of
Butte, Montana. Mrs. Kielsmeier
was formerly Miss Elizabeth Kliwer,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. P. A.
Kliewer of Grove street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bame of
Williamstown are the parents of a
son born at the Community hospital
here, Saturday.
A son was born to N and Mrs
Clarence Greiner residin.. north OF
Bluffton at the Community hospital
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Lehman Of
Pandora are the parents of a daugh
ter born at the Community hospital
Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
Police Quiz Awaiting Accident
Victim Unconscious In Hospital
Transient Receives Fractured
Skull in Automobile Crash
Near BlufftOn
Seek to Learn Story i'm C0nnec-
ton with Theft of Wrecked
Detroit Car

Suffering from a fractured skull and
slowly regaining consciousness in the
Bluffton Community hospital, thirty
three year old man, belived to be a
hitch hiker, is expected to furnish po-
lice with corroborative testimony rela-
tive to a stolen automobile wrecked
on the Dixie highway, three miles
south of Bluffon last Thursday night
at 7:30 O'Clock.
According to paper found in his pos
session following the accident, the
man is Raymond E. Roth, born in AL
lentown, Pa, and later lived in New
York state. Roth who was brought in
the Diller ambulance to the hospital
unconscious following the accident
showed first signs of regaining con-
Continued on page 50
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
MAN KILLED AS
AUTO HITS TRAIN
Hitchhiker Riding in Car is
Fatally Injured; Com
panion in Hospital
Accident Occurs at Nickel Plate
Grade Crossing North of
BlufftOn

Death which stalked the ice-covered
highways of northwestern Ohio the
past week brought to an abrupt close
an expedition of Michigan hitchhik-
ing couple who were returning to
their homes after the romance of the
open road had faded.
Gordon Black, 30, hitchhikier, of
Big Beaver, Michigan, is dead and his
companion Dorothy Green, IL. of Haz-
el Park, Michigan, lies in the Bluffton
Community hospital in a serious con-
dition as the result of injuries sus-
Gained when the automobile of a mo-
torist who picked them up a short
time before, crashed into a Nickel
Plate passenger train near Bluffton,
Monday afternoon.
w. F. Ridge, 20, REA engineer of
Tamaqua, Pa, with temporary head
quarters at St. Marys, driver of the
ill-fated car is also patient in the
Bluffton hospital, having sustained a
minor hip injury in the accident. He
is expected to leave the hospital by
the first of next week.
Crash at Grade Crossing
The accident occurred at the grade
crossing of the Dixie highway and the
Nickel Plate railroad one mile north
of Bluffton. Ridge, enroute to his
work ON REA project in Huron
County was driving north and
crashed into the westbound Nickel
Continued on page 4)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
BIuftOn WOnidKt's
Grandson HOnOred

John Bash, senior in Oberlin col
lege and grandson of Mrs. M. M.
Kibler of this place, has been
awarded the Jerome d. Davis in
dustrial scholarship for 1888, ac-
cording to announcement made the
first of the week by the college pub
licity bureau.
The scholarship was awarded for
Bash's essay on Labor Conditions
in the Lorain Steel Plant"
Bash, whose home is in Lorain,
worked the past summer as COM
mon laborer in a steel plant in that
city. He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
E. w. Bash. His father is an in
structor in Lorain high school. His
mother was the former Helen Kiblel
of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
Three Hurt In Mt.
Cory Auto Mishdp

Three Hancock county youths were
treated last Thursday in Bluffton
Community hospital for injuries suf-
fered late the preceding night in an
automobile crash on Route SO at the
south edge of Mt. Cory.
John Gill, 18, IF Mt. Blanchard,
was the most seriously hurt, receiv-
ing a broken arm and cuts and
bruises. He is brother of Virginia
Gill, an office employe at The Trip
lett Electrical Instrument Co.
Thomas Rodabaugh, IT, also of
Mt. Blanchard, and Earl Deter, 16,
of near Findlay, escaped with minor
cuts and bruises.
State patrolmen said the driver
apparently lost control of the car
which crashed into utility pole
The car was badly wrecked.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
Lions Hear Talk
On Service Clubs

Development of service clubs as a
force in community betterment was
outlined by Roland Bixler, of To-
ledo, Tuesday night at dinner
meeting of the Lions club in the
Walnut Grill of the Pine restaurant.
Bixler, a graduate of Bluffton
High school and Bluffton college, is
managing editor of "The Exchange
ite", magazine published by The
Exchange club.
Service clubs had their inception
in luncheon clubs organized during
the latter part of the nineteenth
century, Bixler pointed out. Their
work in community betterment, how
ever, was not inaugurated until the
early part of this century.
Of the international service clubs
in existence today the three largest
are the Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions,
the speaker said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19

perilous. Two serious accidents oc-
Cured near Bluffton as a result of
the slippery highways. Many other
minor crashes also were reported.
Ice and snow were pretty well
cleared from the highways by Tues
day, but the fall of snow resumed
Tuesday night and continued until
Wednesday morning, giving indica-
tion that perhaps winter has not
yet ended its latest siege.
The cold wave arrived quite sud-
denly last Friday, after the first of
the week brought a continuance of
almost spring-like conditions.
Farmers were plowing generally
early in the week, and one of them,
Joshua Amstutz, found a dandelion
in blossom while plowing on his
farm, five miles north on the Allen
Putnam county line road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
new SI75,OO0
UNIT INSTALLED
Central Ohio Light & Power
Company Adds Second 5000
XIV Tubo- Generator
Bluffton to be Principal Point
For Generating Electric
Current

Installation of new 5000 XIV tur-
bo-genrator was completed here hast
week at the Woodcock generating
station of The Central Ohio Light and
Power Co., at total cost of more than
S175,000.
Completion of the additional gerera-
tor makes it possible for the local
plant to assume a new importance as
the power company's principal source
of electric. energy.
Erected at a total cost of over ST.
100000, the modern plant of the util-
ity, located on the grounds of the de-
serted quarry, in the future will be al
most the sole regular source of cleo
trie energy for patrons in six counties.
Principal Source
An older plan at Findlay, with
5000 XIV capacity, which previously
has been the principal supply station
for current, will be kept in operation,
but will provide only a limited out
put. 1t will be ready at all times for
emergency use, but the principal
source of current in the future will
be the Bluffton station.
Installation of the 5000 XIV gener-
ator doubles the output of the local
steam generating plant. Another
generator of the same type was in
stalled when the plant was built, and
was placed in operation early last
spring.
Both generators will be operated on
a full-time schedule, with the Bluffton
plant carrying approximately rs per
cent of the total current requirements
of Central Ohio customers.
10000 XIV Output
With the two generators operating,
output will be 10000 XIV. This out
put together with current from the
Findlay Station will be ample to meet
all requirements up to the peak load
of from 11,00 to 10000 XIV.
Installation of the new generator
was started last September. Aggre-
gate cost of the turbine and auxiliary
equipment installed during the five
months period has been announced as
approximately S175,000
When the plant was constructed last
year, space was left for the recently
placed equipment Construction of
additional boilers was not required,
for sufficient boiler capacity was pro-
vided in the original plant work.
Two complete sets of boilers were
built last year, and have since been
used intermittenly with the first gen.
orator included in the plant equipment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
RICHLAND FARM
INSURANCE MEET
Association Holds Annual Meet
ing and Election Here
Saturday Afternoon
Organization has $40 Policies
Outstanding and $1,94S,265
In Risks

Insurance risks aggregating nearly
two million dollars are carried by the
Richland Township Farmers Mutual
Insurance Company, a rural mutual
insurance organization operating in
the Bluffton area.
Report of business done by the COM
pany during 1888 was made at the
annual meeting held here Saturday
afternoon to effect organization for
the coming year.
At the session it was disclosed that
the Richland Township association has
policies in force amounting to $685.
265. This represents a gain over the
preceding year when risks were ST.
872, $50.
SO Policies In Force
A total of $40 policies are in force,
II more than a year ago which re-
port showed 49S. Total loss for 1888
was $1,225.63. No assessment has
been made since November, 1886.
Elected at the meeting were: Eli
Augsburger, director for term of
three years; Charles Lora, appraiser,
cne year; Earl Matter, secretary, one
year; and Henry Huber, treasurer,
one year. Huber, Lora and Augs-
burger were reelected, and Matter
was named to fill the place formerly
held by Henry Gratz.
Augsburger also was reelected
president. Peter Matter and Jacob
Schick are the two holdover members
of the board of directors. Peter Mat
ter also serves as vice-president.
Organized in 1885
Altho the Richland organization
does not include professional insurance
men in its personnel, it has continued
in operation successfully for more
than half century. The society was
organized in 1885 for the primary pur-
pose of insuring farm property on a
mutual basis.
Business originally was conducted
in a comparatively restricted neigh
borhood but in the last decade or sc
Operations have been generally ex-
tended to include surrounding count
les.
On several occasions state insurance
authorities have complimented the 10
cal mutual organization on the man
ner in which its business affairs have
been handled. Officers and member
of the board of directors are choser
directly from farmers of the distric
affiliated with the company.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
Auto Crash Fatal
To Former Student

Vernon Ramseyer, az, of Oska-
loosa, Iowa, Bluffton college gradu-
ate in the class of 1919 was in
stantly killed on Tuesday night of
last week in an automobile accident.
Ramseyer, who was engaged in the
hatchery business was killed when
his car crashed into the rear of a
parked truck. He was enroute to
his home at Oskaloosa after attend
ing hatchery meeting in a nearby
town.
A Presbyterian minister riding
with Ramseyer at the time of the
accident was hurled from the auto
and is reported in a critical condi-
ton.
Funeral services for Ramseyer
were held at Oskaloosa on Friday
afternoon.
Ramseyer was prominent in Bluff
ton college activities during his col
lege career and has been engaged in
the hatchery business since that
time. He was married August %,
1920 to Florence Lehman, youngest
daughter of the late J. F. Lehman,
of Berne, Ind, former president of
the Mluffton college board of trus-
tees. She is a sister of G. A. Leh.
man of Rochester, N. Y, and C. O
Lehman of Geneseo, N. Y.
Besides his wife he is survived b,
two children Jacqueline Rose anc
]. Carroll, his parents and one bro
ther Harry Ramseyer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
To Attend Anti-War
Meet In WasIlinqtOn

Miss Barbara Hauenstein of
Campus Drive will leave this We'd
nesday night for Washington where
she will attend national confer
ence on the Cause and Cure of War
which will be held in that city
January 21 to 20.
She will attend the conference as
one of one hundred delegates from
the National Committee of Church
Women, representing eight large de-
nominations.
Following the conference she will
remain in Washington to do gradu-
ate work at American university
toward a Master of Arts degree.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
NO MORE LAND
TO BE BOUGHT
Letter from Washington Ad-
vises Present Property Be-
leved Large Enough
Purchase of Additional Lot
Thought Unnecessary;
Survey Continues

Indication that there will be no en-
largement of the site chosen for
Blufton's new $4,000 postoffice is
seen in letter received this week
by The Bluffton Business Mems As
sociation.
Following announcement that the
post office department had selected
lots owned by Edgar Chamberlain
and A. d. Gratz, at Main and Frank
lin streets, the Business Mems as
sociation and the Lions club entered
a protest as to the size of the real
estate.
In a letter of suggestions sent to
the post office departments, the two
civic organizations urged the addi-
tional purchase of a lot owned by
Mrs. Clara Geiser, adjoining the
Gratz property on the north.
The letter from the procurement
division of the treasury department
indicated the matter is pretty def
nitely closed, and that officials con-
slider the Chamberlain Gratz site suf
ficiently large for the purpose.
Consider Site Large Enough
In part, the communication reads:
Careful study has been given
to this case, and it is found that
the 86-foot frontage on the cor
ner of Main and Franklin streets
will be sufficient space on which
to erect a suitable building at
Bluffton.
''The Department has entered
into contract for the purchase
of the land in question. 1t is
not expected, therefore, that the
site case will be re-opened, and
consideration given to the selec-
ton of other property"
Preliminary survey of the site at
Main and Franklin streets is under
way at present. J. D. Levin, the
engineer in charge, is visiting Bluff
ton intermittently to make detailed
investigation of the property.
1t is believed contracts will be let
for the work and construction will be
under way before the close of the
government fiscal year, June 30.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
CITY Gets new
WATER SUPPLY
Acquires Rights to Large Vol
ume Pumped from Bluffton
Stone Quarry
May be Used for Drinking Pur-
poses if State Health
Board Gives O. X.

An additional source of water for
Bluffton's municipal water works was
assured this week with the consuma-
tion of negotiations that made avail
able approximately three-quarter mil
lion gallons of water daily from the
quarry of the Bluffton Stone Co.
In exchange for the water, the town
council has agreed to furnish electric
current from the municipal plant, not
to exceed SO horsepower, to operate
the electrically driven pumps at the
quarry located nearby.
For the present, plans are being
made to use the water for boiler pur-
poses only, and it will be piped into
the main quarry at the water works.
Samples of the water, however, have
been sent to Columbus for analysis by
the state board of health. If a favor
able report is received, there is the
distinct probability most of the water
from the stone quarry will be pumped
into the the reservoir and used to sup
ply the needs of Bluffton water pat
rons.
More Desirable Water
Water from the quarry, it was
pointed out, has no sulphur content, i;
much softer and is entirely free o.
sediment. Both sulphur and sedimen
are contained in water pumped from
the present weels operated by th'
water works. Springs from whicl
water is taken in the stone quarry ar
about 25 feet below the ground Level
Approximately one-half to three
quarter of a million gallons of waite
daily are pumped from the quarry
Bluffton's average daily water con
sumption ON the other is about one
quarter million gallons.
In addition to the new water suppl.
from the stone quarry, the municipa
plant has three wells. Two are pump
ed regularly and the other is held fo
reserve purposes it was announced.
If the state board of health gives it
approval, the new source will NOR
than double the towns supply o
drinking water, and in addition bet
ter quality product will be available.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
PIANO RECITAL

Elma Schifferly will present the
following pupils in recital at the Re-
formed church, Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock:
Marilyn Steiner, Lavon Burrichter,
Virginia Miller, Treva Kempf, Sarah
Amstutz, Mary Ellen Luginbuhl,
Miriam Hannawald, Margaret Mis-
wander, Alfred Basinger and Arthur
John Moser. The public is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
Orange Townships First School
Was Log House Back In 1850
Dogs Life Just
One Thing After
Another Nowadays

7 IFES uncertainties loom larg-
er this time of year than ever
before-at least for a dog-with
the announcement that sale of
dog tags is running considerably
under last years figure.
With only two days left in
which to buy tags, Memo Bad
ertscher, in charge of sales in
this part of Allen and Hancock
counties is expecting rush of
last minute business.
Friday will be the last day to
purchase tags without paying the
81 penalty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-19
POWER COMPANY DOUBLES PLANT CAPACITY HERE
Government Turns Don Plea for Larger Site For Nelu Posoce
Winter With Heavy Snow And Ice
Covered Roads In BlufftOn Area

Buttons weather during the last
week varied from spring-like condi-
tions that prevailed until Thursday
to include sudden and violent re-
turn of winter that gripped the
area unexpectedly on Friday.
Dandelion blossoms were found on
farms the early part of last week
which closed with a touch of real
winter that brought five inches of
snow and treacherous ice-coated
highways.
The snow storm Friday was the
heaviest experienced here this sea-
son, and it continued all day and
night. Light flurries also fell on
Saturday and Sunday.
Snow packed on the highways as
it fell, Transforming them into dan
gerous ice-covered roadways that
made automobile traffic unusually