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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Employment Bureau
Places LOG

Jobs were found for 106 unem-
ployed workers in Allen county dur
ing March by the employment service
division of the Bureau of Unem-
ployment Conversation according to
announcement made by ]. w. Saun-
ders, of the Lima BUG district Of
fice
The office is located at 229-231
S. Main street, and is open from
s to 4:30. 1t functions as valuable
source of supply for persons desiring
to employ additional help and also
as a federal bureau for those seeking
employment. At this time of the
year increase is noted in inquiries
concerning farm laborers, construc-
tion workers and domestic help.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Old Time Firearms
To Roar Again

The long rifle and fiintlock musk
ct and pistol, all of which played a
leading role in the winning of the
west in the days when Ohio was
Americas frontier, will boom again
May and z as the Lima Rifle and
Revolver club offers its fourth an
nual muzzle-loading tournament.
From attics, trophy cases and
above ireplaces will come the an
cient arms with which the more than
100 entrants will try their skill with
the guns their ancestors used.
Ordinary targets will be fired at
by the competitors, far cry from
the redskins, deer and wild turkey
which furnished marks for the
pioneers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
PAGE THREE

old fashioned community belling-
Mrs. Foley was the former Gwenda
Everett, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Milford Everett.
Mrs. Mary Sylvester is a guest in
the home of her son John and wife
at their home in Marion.
Mrs. d. c. Campbell who has
been in Lima Memorial hospital fol-
lowing an operation for gall stones
seems to be improving now and viii
probably return home some time
next week if no complications arise.
Mrs. w. E. Marshall in company
with Mesdames Audrey Hoffer.
Laura Gottshall, Theresa Slusser,
Evelyn Bales and Elsa Buckland of
Bluffton, attended @. E. S. inspec-
tion in Delphos last Thursday even
ing with the Grand Matron, Mrs.
Wollerman of Toledo as the inspect
ing officer.
Mrs. Alice Harsh will be hostess
to the NJ. Z. Home Missionary So
ciety Wednesday afternoon of next
week assisted by Mrs. Clifford
Fruchey. The following program
will be given: Devotions, Mrs.
Charlie Cook; New Horizons through
Missionary Education, Mrs. Clifford
Fruchey; Woman's Home Missions,
Mrs. Stewart Berryhill; Social Hour,
Mrs. Clyde Van Meter.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Biery of Bluff
ton called on Mrs. M. E. Krohn and
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Marshall, Sunday
afternoon. x4
The Spring meeting of the Pres
byterian League for young people
of the Presbyterian church will be
held at the Market Street Church
in Lima, Sunday afternoon and
evening with a supper at $50. Sew
eral from. the local church are
planning to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marshall
recently purchased the Graham Reed
farm of the Cook heirs. Mr.. Mar
shall has farmed the place for the
past few years using it mostly for
hybrid corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Huber's names
were omitted last week among those
who attended Presbytery in Ada on
Monday.
Miss LaDonna Campbell who IS q
Senior in the Conservatory of Music
in Wooster college is presenting her
piano recital this Friday evening and
her voice recital Tuesday evening Of
next week. Her father Mr.. D. c.
Campbell and daughter Elizabeth
are planning to attend both events.
Mrs. Orlo Marshall attended a
dinner party for the Krohn cousins
given by Mrs. Magdalene Wilson OF
Dayton in the home of her father
Mr.. C. C. Corson in Pandora, Tues
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Sack Bandit Caught
In Lima

Northwestern Ohio's notorious
"sack bandit" was thought to have
been captured early Saturday after
wild automobile chase thru down
town streets in which a number of
shots were fired.
The bandit and companion were
taken after their car crashed into
the Bellefontaine avenue bridge. The
"sack bandit" himself was forced
from sewer hiding spot by tear
gas after his companion had sur
rendered.
Police said the long-sought thug
was Norman A. Waaland, Al, of
Findlay, and his companion was
Clark Decker, %, also of Findlay.
Authorities said both had police
records.
A quick-thinking stationary en-
gineer who saw the pair entering
the Equity Dairy store in w. North
street with drawn guns was credited
with having given police the quick
tip which resulted in the ultimate
capture.
When arraigned neither man had
a word to say except to enter plea
of mot guilty" Bond was set by
Lima Municipal Judge NJ. B. Jen-
kins at $4,000 each. They are held
in Jail at Lima.
Lima police have been working on
the belief that Waaland is the
"hooded bandit. The finding in
his garage early Saturday morning
of burlap sack like that reported
to have been worn by the hooded
one, seemed to substantiate the be-
lief.
Police are working on the theory
that both Waaland and Decker
might have been the "hooded band
it,, working alternately. The phan-
tom robber has been described by
victims as both large and small.
WaaIand is large; Decker is small.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
PUTNAM COUNTY
Owes $4,000 Back
Taxes

Discussion of the sale of School
Section No. 16 in the marsh area of
Marion township, Hardin county,
and the employment of one vocation
al agriculture teacher for both the
Alger and McGuffey schools was
held at joint meeting of the boards
of education of the two districts at
McGuffey.
In connection with the sale of the
school section of land, it was point
ed out that the taxes on the tract
are now listed as delinquent to the
extent of $4,000. If the land is
sold, a McGuffey board member
pointed out, any surplus from the
sale would go for the benefit of
schools in Marion township which in
cludes both Alger and McGuffey.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Makes Offer For
Utility's Holdings

North Baltimore village council
last week passed an ordinance in
which a stipulation is made for of
fering the Central Ohio Light and
Power Co. $4,000 for it's holdings
in the village.
The offer to the power firm is
nearly double the $4,000 previously
offered for the holdings. Council
men, after learning that in order to
qualify for a PWA grant, it was
necessary to submit a "fair" offer
to the company.
The present offer was determined
by government engineers who have
been in the village making a survey.
Estimated value of the company's
holdings was received by Mayor Fred
Halboth, in a communication from
Secretary of Interior Harold l..
Ickes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Sues Pipe Line Com
pany For $500

A damage suit for $1,000 was filed
Saturday in Allen county common
pleas court against the Buckeye Pipe
Line Company by Amy A. Wharton,
of Van Vert county. A defective
pipe line of the defendant corpora
ton in April 1885 is alleged to have
caused farm property damage of the
plaintiff in York township
The petition states that a large
quantity of oil was permitted to es-
cape into nearby open ditch into
which drain tile emptied from the
property of the plaintiff. 1t is fur
ther charged that the defendant later
plugged up the end of the plaintiffs
drain tile and also constructed a
dam across the open ditch.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Hog Cholera Strikes
Early

One severe case of hog cholera has
been reported in Cessna township,
Hardin county, and it is also re-
ported that the disease has touched
in other parts of the county. Vet
erinarians pointed out that this is
extremely early in the season for
the disease to show up.
In the Cessna township case it
will be necessary to kill all the hogs
on the farm veterinarians believe.
A case less severe was reported in
the Niger Island district. Several
of the animals were killed and the
remainder are responding to treat
ment, it was said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
City Fights $500 Case

A motion of o. j. Steele, Colum-
bus Grove village attorney, to effect
an itemized statement in a suit for
attorney fees filed against the muni-
cipality, was overruled by Judge A.
A. Slaybaugh.
Attorney Kalter G. Rusher, of
Columbus Grove, and the legal firm
of Timmermeister and Monahan, of
Wapakoneta, recently filed in COM
mon pleas court in Ottawa claim
for legal services totaling $500.
Steele sought to have the court or
der an itemized bill be filed but
Judge Slaybaugh permitted the claim
of $500 to stand without being item
lied.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
$4,000 Suit Result
OF Crash

Damage suit for $4,000, the after
math of an automobile accident last
November in Virginia, was filed in
Allen county common pleas court
Thursday by w. J. Philpott, minor,
thru Homer Philpott, of Rocky
Mount, Va, against l.. D. DeGarmo
of Lima and the D. Danier Shirt
Co., a corporation.
The petition states that the acci-
dent occurred last Nov. 7 on State
Highway IL, between Salem and
Roanoke, Va, when the automobile
in which Philpott was passenger
was halted along the highway for
making repairs to a fiat tire.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Burglars Shy OF
"Piker" Class

Burglars who looted the office of
the Lima Airport Monday night
don't want their public to "think
we're pikers"
They made the appeal on a penny
postcard which found it way to the
"city desk" of The Lima News last
Wednesday morning. The card re-
quested mention of "the six packages
Of chewing gum we acquired"
This 30-cent detail was omitted in
the report of Ben Arquitt, Airport
manager.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27

There were 55 births as compared
to Al deaths for the month, it was
reported.
There were two violent deaths
during the month. On March 6,
Floyd Firestone, 46-year-old World
war veteran died from self-inhict-
ed gunshot wound, and on March Is,
Amos n. Cusac, 10, died instantly
from skull fracture received when
his auto was demolished by a Nickel
Plate train at McComb.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Ada Graduation Plans
Made

Forty-two Ada high school seniors
were certified for graduation this
week by Supt. W. NJ. Floyd. The
number exceeds by one the class of
last May, and is divided evenly as
to girls and boys.
Carl V. Weygandt, chief justice of
the Ohio supreme court, will be the
commencement speaker on May %.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Beet Growers Get
$500, 900

With the final payment on the
1888 crop mailed to beet growers
Tuesday, a total of more than $780,
600 was received by Hancock and
Putnam county farmers under con-
tract last year with the Great Lakes
Sugar Co.
The final payment was 95.72 cents
ton, the largest in recent years
according to L. w. Esckilsen, dist
rict manager. Initial payment was
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
HANCOCK COUNTY
Scores MOtOrist On
Drunk Charge

Ray Vanscoder, North Baltimore,
was given a $100 fine and a thirty
day Jail sentence by Justice of the
Peace J. c. Dunn of Findlay on a
drunk driving charge filed by the
state highway patrol.
Justice Dunn referred to drunk
drivers as menace to our public
highways" Recently he gave a
Toledoan a fine of 5000 and a jail
sentence of 80 days for similar
offense.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Insane Hospital To Be
Repaired

The house finance committee at
Columbus Wednesday allocated $17,-
500 to the Lima State hospital for
the Criminal Insane for repairs dur
ing 1939-40 at the initial hearing on
the biennial appropriation bill.
The allotment does not include
money for a proposed addition to
the institution for relieving existing
over-crowded conditions.
This improvement, calling for a
new wing which would house between
200 and $50 patients, is expected to
be presented later in a special ap-
preparation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Tire Rolls Off Truck
In Freak Mishap

Slight damage resulted from a
freak traffic mishap in the Findlay
road north of Lima late Wednesday
afternoon, according to police re-
port.
A tire was thrown with such force
from a rear wheel of truck driven
by Frank Hitchell, %, of Conner
vile, Ind, that it smashed fog
light and radiator grill of another
truck passing in the opposite direc-
ton and operated by Raymond
Haska, 27, of Cleveland, police said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Century-Old Clock
Still Gives Service

There is a clock doing reliable
duty in the Hancock county court
house that has been handed down
from the county's first frame build
ing which housed the county offices,
a courthouse that preceded the brick
edifice erected in 1840
The clock still keeps correct time
in the WPA office ON the first floor
This clock was bought by the county
more than 100 years ago, in 1882
Many of the wheels in it are made
of wood.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Sheep Raising Import,
ant Industry

This business of raising sheep is
better than a f-million-dollar in
dustry in Hancock county and right
now farmers are in the midst of a
sheep shearing season that'll net
them an estimated $4,000.
Figured on the basis of $4,000
head of sheep in the county with
each clip averaging eight pounds, a
pound or two better than last year,
an estimated 100000 pounds of wool
will be sold this year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
ALLEN COUNTY
Major BOwes To
Honor Lima

Radio listeners around the world
viii hear an up-to-the-minute story
of Lima Thursday night.
Facts about Lima will be incorpor-
ated in a salute to the city read by
Major Bowes during his Original
Amateur Hour at 9 p. m.
They will be heralded to the world
not only over the National network
of Columbia Broadcasting but also
over the two short-wave stations,
W2XE of New York and W3XAU
of Philadelphia.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Chairman Of Election
Board Dies

James E. Moots, Delphos, chair
man of the Allen County Board of
Elections, died in a hospital last
week in his home city Robert b.
Tolan, another member, died a
month ago.
Mr.. Moots, active in civic and
Democratic political affairs for many
years, had been in ill health sew
eral years. He was president of the
Delphos fair board.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Sheep Pool Dates In
June, July

Due to the fact that members of
the Hancock County Flock and
Fleece Improvement association have
reported spring lambs already weigh
ing so pounds or better, the board,
Wednesday night, set tentative dates
for the lamb marketing pools during
June and July.
The first pool was tentatively sche-
duled for June IL, with the second
on June 26. Other shipments were
tentatively set for July IL and 25.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Injuries Wife, Hangs
Self

The body of Albert Furrell, Sc,
who was released from the Toledo
State Hospital Is days ago, was
found hanging in his home in Del
phos last Friday shortly after his
wife was found unconscious with a
skull fracture in their bed.
The weapon with which Mrs. Fur
rell was struck was not found.
Furrell's wrists and throat had
been slashed with razor blades and
DR.. Miller said he died from loss
of blood, and not from hanging.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Shawnee School To
Be Enlarged

Preparing for the completion of
the new $4,000 addition to Shawnee
school, c. N. Breese, clerk of Shaw
nee Township Board of Education,
announced bids will be received up
to noon Friday, May 5, for equip
ment for the new class rooms.
The new addition, 10 new class
rooms and an annex to the garage,
is expected to be completed in Aug
ust. The improvement was voted at
a special election last September 30.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Buses To Replace Lima
Street Cars

Another formality in connection
with Lima's change-over to a bus
transportation system, scheduled for
Sunday, May Z, was announced by
the United States District court at
Dayton.
The court approved an application
filed by the C. &L. E. to discontinue
the present street car service. The
c. & L. E. owns stock of the city
street car lines.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Deaths Outnumbered
By Births In March

Deaths were outnumbered by births
in Hancock county during the
month of March according to figures
released by Miss Edith Houseman,
registrar of the bureau of vital sta
tistics for Findlay, and DR.. Sem F.
Whistler, county health commissioner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27

SIS per ton which with the govern
ment payment of s1.S9 and the final
payment, made the total to growers,
S7.95 per ton.
A report released by sugar COM
pany officials revealed that Hancock
county growers received a total of
s18s,052.79; Putnam county, $780,
1885: Hardin, s66,S61.50
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Lima Armory Proposal
Scrapped

A proposed Lima armory improve
ment which was to have cost $4,000
was included in the S668,0O0 state
armory building program scrapped
by the house finance committee of
the Ohio legislature Thursday.
The Lima project called for con-
verting stables into garages. Also
killed were proposals for construc-
tion of new armories to cost $4,000
each at Celina and Bellefontaine.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Highway Supervisor
Faces Court Battle

B. F. Welty prepared to carry to
the Third District Court of Appeals
the case of his client, Harold Lip
pincott, whose criminal suit against
O. C. Kohl was thrown out of
Municipal Court in Lima last week
Kohl, division engineer of the
State Highway Department, was
charged by Lippincott with misuse
of his office by employing coercion
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

in dismissal or attempts to dismiss
Democratic departmental employees.
Judge M. B. Jenkins sustained dis
missal motion filed by Kohli's coun-
sci, Melvin C. Light, who contended
that neither Lippincott nor Welty
was legally competent to file such
a suit.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Debaters Make 200O-
Mile Trip

Findlay college debate squad men,
bers have returned here following a
2,0OO-mile jaunt during which they
participated in the annual Grand
Eastern Forensic Tournament at
Winthrop college, Rock Hill, S. C.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
S1O,497 Collected In
Sales Tax

Sales tax collections throughout
the state for the week ending April
8 totaled $827,613, or approximately
$145,000 more than for the same
period in 1888, State Treasurer Don
H. Ebright announced Friday.
Allen county's collection for the
week was $10,497.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27

wet weather. Much water has laid
on the surface of the saturated SOIL
Not much work can be done on
the fields before the middle of this
week and it is likely that a portion
of the intended oats acreage will be
planted to other crops.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
S55,958 Spent For
Relief

An annual statement received by
Putnam county relief officials dis
closes that during the year 1888 a
total of $55,958.66 was distributed
in Putnam county through the var
ious relief departments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Light Plant To Be
Improved

Work, removing the two old boil
ers at the Columbus Grove Munich
pal Light Plant, was begun this
week in order to make room for the
second new and larger boiler which
will be installed. The first new
boiler is now in use.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Seriously Hurt When
Kicked By Horse

Doren Kemmerly, 10, of near
Jenera, is in Findlay hospital suf-
fering from fractured jaw and
possible skull fracture received
Thursday afternoon when he was
kicked by horse.
The accident occurred on the AL
bert Redick farm in Van Buren
township. Attending physicians said
his condition was thought "good"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Thrown From Auto,
Baby Dies

Donald Smiltzer, Jr., infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Smiltzer of
Ponlpano, Fla, died in Lima last
week shortly after he was thrown
from his parents automobile during
a collision.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-27
Fear Oats Crop
Damaged

Farmers are uneasy over possible
widespread damage to the newly
seeded oats crop by continued cold,
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-22

Next Wednesday night, May "A at o'clock, the Drama Club ot the Federated Church will hold short business meeting follow ed by a party, in the auditorium of the church. New officers will be elected. This will be the last meeting of the season and the de sire is to have everything in good order for renewed activities in the fall
 The party that will follow the business will be a genuine good time for all. All members of the club are invited to be present, and any others who are interest ed. Included in this invitation are any who at. any time have been members of a cast for a Drama Club presentation.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-22

Chief of the Fire Department, w. w. Laws, yesterday complet- ed the job of filling and cleaning out the city fire mains by pump ing water continuously for some time and opening the several fire plugs and allowing accumula- tions to be forced out, after which the mains were allowed to remain filled with water. This allows the hooking up during the summer period and obtaining pressure on the hose lines within a few minutes after starting the engine in the fire station, instead of having to wait for the mains to be filled before obtaining the pressure.
 A year ago the fire mains were filled on April 18th. This year they were not filled until May 2lst, just one month and three days later. Several feet of snow still fingers near some of the fire hydrants, which apparently in- dicates a late season.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-22

FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
 NORTH POLE BAKERY
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-22

Rev. Segundo Llorente, s. J., who has been connected with the Catholic Mission work at Kotze- bue during the past winter, is a recent arrival in Nome via plane. Father Llorente, since his arrival in Nome has been busy conduct ing services at St. Joseph's Cath ollie Church and will continue church services here until rehev ed by the arrival of Father La Fortune from King Island, where he went last fall to administer to the King Islanders.
 Father Llorente announces that daily mass will be at 7:30 am. Sunday Mass at g am. Rene diction 7:30 p.m.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-22

Tommy" Christensen, W h o spent the winter in the Fairbanks section, and who took a special course at the University, is back in Nome full of pep and rarin' to get busy in the tim mining section west of Nome, where he and M. A. Domingoes have val uable holdings. He is also plan ming in doing some drilling on tin property near Cape Prince of Wales before the breakup in that section.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-22
For Meals Bring Your Friends To The NORTH POLE BAKERY

Parents and numerous friends of the Senior class of the Nome High School witnessed the Com mencement exercises in tn e school gymnasium last Friday night. After the invocation by Rev. Widney, Superintendent Pool presented the class to Mrs. McLain of the School Board. Each member then gave short Well-prepared talk on a special subject. Awards and diplomas where then presented by MT. Pool and Mrs. McLain, followed by the Benediction. Afeature of the exercises was a maSterly rendition of Rubenstein's "Stac- cato Etude in C Major' by Mrs. George Whaley.
 Letter awards were earned bv Lois Ost, Robert Scott, and George Martin. Friends of Lois Ost were agreeably surprised when it was anonunced that her name was to appear on the Polet Honor Plaque as the third win her. By virtue of her high schol- astlc standing she also was awarded the University of Alas ka scholarship.