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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16

stood; First, $50; Second, ga; Third,
446; Fourth. 424.
Altogether. there were u blank bal
lots cast. IA in the Second precinct
and seven in the Third.
Thirteen ballots were spoiled, one in
The Third and II in the Fourth.
The winning candidates were spon-
Sored by the WyandOtte Citizens
League, which revOlted at the actions
IT the dominant faction in the Board
Of Education during the school year of
1878, and with the support of hun
dreds of citizens not connected with
The organization, year ago elected
Charles H. Bleck as school trustee, the
latter receiving a clear majority over
both Of the opposing candidates, Will
lam Clements, seeking reelection, and
Joseph Berens.
Mondays vote in detail was as fol-
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
FIR. ERbACRER
GAVE ADDRESS
TO GRADUATES

Rev. Sebastian Erbacher, president
of Dun Scotiis college, delivered the
commencement address to st. Patrick
high school graduates, at st. Patrick
church on Sunday evening. A large
audience listened TO his words, which
were replete with sound advice to the
Al members of the class Of 1889.
Rev. L. g. Ryan presented the di-
plomas, and the program included the
professional; 'Agnus Del" by Paul
Tlefer; hymn by the class; solemn ben
edictiOn Of the most blessed sacrament,
and the occasional
A reception for the graduates was
held in the school near the church
following the ceremonies.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
F. E. Van Alstyne
Heads Chamber

At a meeting held on June Z. the
directors Of the Down River Chamber
of Commerce elected the following Of
ficers for the enSting year:
PleSident-F. f. Van AlStyne.
First Vice President-Harry FenSke.
Second Vice President - Fred H.
Mans.
Treasurer-James G.. Headman.
Secretary-C. Il. HanSell.
Mr.. Van AIStyne was asked by the
directors TO serve as president for the
third successive term due to the fact
that he has been highly instrumental
IN keeping the ,chanaper foremost in
the civic activities Of the down river
district
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16

Conrad u. Kreger. incumbent. re-
ceived total of $50 votes. followed by
Fred Tackle. also an incumbent. with
go.
Free text hooks received a majority
in all Of the fGur voting precincts ex-
cept the Fourth Only six of the 2.039
electors who east ballots for trustees
failed to vote on the text book issue:
The total vote for trustees in the
four precincts was AZ follows: First.
I5; Second. 624: Third. 446: Fourth.
424.
The text book vote 10y precincts
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
HI wants Sponsors
Boxing Contest

WyandOtte KiwaniS club, No. 1000.
has made arrangements for its annual
boxing contest. to he held AT Michigan
Alkali park OH Thursday evening. June
-. Tickets are now on sale The con-
test will be held under auspices OF the
Michigan Amateur Athletic Union, and
some of the best amateurs iii this sec
ton will appear. Proceeds will go into
the Kiwanis clubs under-privlleged
children'S fund. which fund has accom-
plished a vast amount of good during
recent years.
Admission is priced at from 40 cents
to 81.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
Vaca ton School
Starts Monday

The twentieth annual vacation
school will be held In the Presbyterian
church for four weeks this summer,
beginning next Monday morning at 8
o'clock. The school is open to all child
rem from ) to II years of age. The
program includes bible stories and
dramatizatiOns, music, handwOrk and
organized play.
Mrs. Louis Held will be principal
again this year. Assisting will be Mrs.
Thomas Burns and Mrs. Frank Sim
mons. The school is held each week
day morning except Saturday, from 8
to Ii 80. A special project will be pur-
sued throughout the school which will
consist of a study OF Friends around
the world
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
Te Hold Outdoor
Servic. Sunday

The annual outdoor service of Trim
ity Lutheran church will be held next
Sunday at SchwaFtz's grove on the
Grange road.
A religious service will be held start
ing at IL o'clock followed by dinner
at noon and supper from 5 To Z.
A program Of games and sports viii
toe carried out during the afternoon.
with ball game between Monroe and
Trinity teams
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
BARNETT BROS.
COMING JUNE z

The Council at its session Tuesday
light. granted permission to the Wy
andOtte Boat club to present Barnett
Brothers. three-ring circus on the old
shipyard property, lower Biddle ave-
nue. on Thursday of next week. The
club is endeavOring TO raise funds
wherewith to finance its activities
for the 1899 season.
A communication from the Recrea-
ton Commission. Stating that the club
had also applied for a 81 500 apprOpri-
alton to bear its expenses. Chairman
Otto G. Bufe OF the commission, stated
that there was no appropriation in
their budget for such purpose.
Ire request for money was tabled
10y the Council.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
Epis copal Excursion
Thu, sday, June %

The annual excursion Of st. Steph-
ems Episcopal church will be held on
Thursday, June y, to Bots Blanc park.
The steamer will leave WyandOtte at
5 a. m, going 10 Detroit before pro-
ceeding 10 the island.
Tickets may be secured from Mrs.
Neil Mcneil, yinewOOd avenue, or at
Bishop park dock on the day Of the
excursion.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16

The free text book issue. which
would supply free" books to all stu
dents i'll the WydndOtte schools. re-
gdrdless VI ability to pay. won 10y the
close vote of 1,O40 tn 80. majority
of 81
HOmciSter led in the vote for school
trustee. receiving total of l.Oi9. He
was followed by J. Homer Steele with
fO23 votes.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
HOME|STER
AND STEELE
WIN ELECTION

In close holly contested school ell
tctiOn on Monday, William J. HOmeis-
ter and J. Homer Steele won over Con
rad L. Kreger and Fred Tackle for
seats on the Board Of Education for a
tOur-yPar term.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16

Among those graduate from the
University Of Michigan this month is
Miss Virginia Rachel Allen. daughter
IL Mr.. and Mis-. Clare r. Allan. She
receives the degree of Alb. in English.
Miss Allan Is member Of Alpha
Chi Omega sorority. and Of the honor
airy society. Mortar Board. has been
vice president Of the Women'S Athletic
Association. her other activities includ-
ing the sophomore cabaret, Junior
girls play. and Mfchigras.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
HITS FUNERAL CAR,
PAYS COURT SIT

At 10: 80 o'clock Monday morning,
while a funeral was leaving st. Pat
rick church, William Armstrong of
1872 Fourteenth street failed to halt
his car at stop street and struck an
automobile that was in the procession
Armstrong was arrested for reckless
driving. and in court paid a $40 fine
and 50 costs.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16

Guy Henderson circuit, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy a. circuit. is another Of
this years graduates. receiving the de-
gree of B.S. in physics.
Mr. Orcutt has held office i'm the
Westminster Guild and in the Student
Religions Society. the first office i'm
his third year at the university. the
last named in his fouftt year.
Sunset graduation exercises will be
heh AT Ferry field in Ann ArbOr at
& 80 tomorrow evening.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16

DIR. and Mrs. ~ Doyle mclaughlin
formerly Charlotte CampbellD an
Dunce the birth Of son, June s, at
st. Mary's hospital, Detroit.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16

Continued on Page Three
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Former Resident
Dies In Indiana

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Zehrbach of
this place and Mr.. and Mrs. A. M.
Schifferly of Mt. Cory were in De-
catur, Ind, Saturday attending fun
eral services of Mrs. Henry A. Fuhr-
man, II, former Bluffton resident.
Mrs. Thurman died at her home
in Decatur, last Wednesday follow
ing five months illness. She will
be remembered here as the former
Miss Maggie Schifferly, a sister of
the late Mrs. ]. E. Lugibill. She
was employed as a saleslady in the
Lugibill dry goods store here some
forty-fve years ago.
Surviving are her husband of De-
catur; one son Herbert Thurman of
Waterloo, Iowa, and three daughters
Mrs. Herman Baumgartner, Ft
Wayne; Mrs. Joe Livers, Bozeman,
Montana, and Mrs. Mason Hoyt
Hollywood, Calf.
Also surviving are one brother
VIM. Schifferly of Kenville, Mani
toba, Canada; one sister, Mrs. Sadie
Moore of Van Vert and five grand
children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Rural Church Is
SIS Moving To TOlUn

@ Purchase of the A. S. Faze lot on
South Jackson street by the congre-
CATION of the Defenseless Mennonite
church will bring another church to
Bluffton this fall.
Announcement was made Tuesday
of purchase of the site, and the
church building will be moved to
town shortly from its present To-
cation four miles northwest of Bluff
ton.
Excavation will be made for a
basement on the new site before the
building is moved onto the location,
it was announced by church officials.
Until the church is ready for oc-
cupancy the congregation will hold
services in the Bluffton college
chapel.
Rev. E. G. Steiner is pastor of the
church, which has membership OF
about so.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Former Trustee OF
College Succun,bs

Maxwell II. Kratz, Ga, Philadel-
phia attorney and former trustee of
Bluffton college, died Sunday in
Byrn Mawr hospital, Philadelphia
suburb, after a months illness.
Kratz was a member of the board
of trustees here for eighteen years
from 1914 to 1882 and was promin-
ent in laymen's activities of the Men
MONTE church. He was well known
in Bluffton and delivered the class
address at the graduation exercises
of Bluffton college a number of
years ago.
A native of Frederick, Pa, he was
educated at Princeton and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Law school.
He was also a former member of the
Pennsylvania board of law exam
iners and a trustee of Perkiomen
school.
Funeral services were held at
Philadelphia, Wednesday. Surviving
are his wife and two children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
LIGHT PLANT TO
INSTALL TURBINE
$50 XIV. urbo-Generat0r is
Bought for Buttons
Municipal Plant
Council Authorizes $4,000 Ex-
penditure for Equipment to
Replace Unit

Purchase of 750 K. w. Turbo-
Generator unit for the Bluffton mum
icipal power plant at net cost of
$4,000 was authorized Monday night
at a meeting of the town council.
With approval given by the council
the board of public affairs will pro-
ceed with arrangements to acquire the
equipment which is expected to be in
operation here early in the spring.
Cost will be met from the plants
cash balance and no bond issue will
be required.
Westinghouse-made, the turbo-gen-
orator will come complete with di-
rect connected exeter and surface
condenser
1t was installed as new unit at
Penn State college, State College, Pa,
and was discontinued from service in
1888. Investigators report the equip
ment has been well maintained and is
in frst-class condition electrically and
mechanically.
Purchase price, freight allowed to
Bluffton, is S15,500, but the local
plant will receive credit of $1,000 on
a $50 K. w. Skinner Unifow Engine
Generator set. This makes the net
cost to the town $4,000.
First Turbo Generator
Installation of the new equipment
will give the Bluffon plant it's first
generator unit. Current prev
iously has been generated by bat
terry of three Skinner engines-two
with ratings of 800 K. w. and one
$50 K. w.
1t is now necessary to run the two
300 K. w. Skinner units much of the
time to cary Bluffton's load.
Purchase of the turbo-generato is
from the Power Plant Equipment Co.,
of New York City, which guarantees
the equipment electrically and me-
chanically for one year.
Supt. John w. Swisher, of the Bluff
ton plant, has checked the unit in its
present installation and recommended
it to the council.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Fl. S. Cast To Stage
"RObinsOn CrusOe"

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe on
desert island will be portrayed in
the play of that name to be pre-
sented by the speech department of
Bluffton high school Tuesday and
Wednesday nights of next week at
5 o'clock.
Simply tale of island life would
hardly make an interesting play, so
the author has introduced some more
shipwrecked people into the play to
provide clever plot of romance and
intrigue. All in all the play should
be one of the outstanding entertain
ments of the Bluffton dramatic sea-
son.
For the first time in the history of
the school a squad system of play
ing is used. Instead of the usual
double cast, several players are re-
hearsing the same role, but they will
not be assigned to the public per-
formance until the afternoon pre-
ceding the play. In some instances
the shift may be made between acts
if the director deems it justiiable.
The tentative cast is as follows:
Robinson Crusoe, Herbert Klassen;
Friday, George Myers and Ray Mis-
wander; Mrs. Drake, Helen Soldner
and Madelyn Isham; Emily Drake,
Doris Jean White; Ethel Cartwright,
Wanda Diller and Doris Garmatter;
Ben Hawks, Ralph Short; jeff Sny-
der, John Stettler and Harlan
Swank; Frederick Salvatore, Arthur
Thiessen and Harold Santschi; Dom
ma, Bettye Steinman and Harriette
Blome; Meta Robinson, Charlotte
Santschi and Marjorie Stratton; Ell
len Robson, Carolyn Stonehill and
Billie Bechtel; Mrs. Robinson, Dor
othy Greding and Georgia Fisher.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Nations Thanksgiving Observance
Has Varied And Colorful History
Changing of Date from Last
Thursday in Month Does
Not Set Precedent
Observance Held on Many Other
Days; One President For
got Proclamation

President Roosevelt's decision this
year to advance the date of Thanks
giving from Nov. 80 to Nov. %,
generally followed thruout the coun-
try, has not as popularity supposed
established a precedent.
President Andrew Johnson, in
1865, forgot or neglected to issue a
Thanksgiving proclamation, and took
no action until a church delegation
called upon him.
Then it was too late to observe
the holiday on the customary last
Thursday in November, and as a re-
suit President Johnson set Dec. 7 as
Thanksgiving Day.
Since President Abraham Lincoln's
last year in the White House, how
ever, 1865 was the only year in
which the last Thursday of the
month was not observed, until Presi-
dent Roosevelt changed the date this
fall.
FIRST NATIONAL OBSERVANCE
President George Washington was
the first to declare a national day
of Thanksgiving, observed on Thurs
day, Nov. 26, 1889, at the suggestion
of Congress.
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
NURSE KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
Early Morning Accident Proves
Fatal to Hazel McCune
Of Bluffton
Head0n Collision with Stone
Truck on Highway South
OF Beaverdam

An early morning highway crash
was fatal to Miss Hazel McCune, 40,
of Bluffton, a private nurse, and she
died at $40 a. m. Friday in Lima
Memorial hospital less than two hours
after her automobile crashed headon
into a heavily laden stone truck, two
miles south of Beaverdam on the
Dixie highway.
The mishap occurred near the ill
fated Foust bridge, which has been
the scene of many fatalities. Miss
McCune was enroute to Lima to go on
duty at Lima Memorial hospital.
In the crash she suffered several
fractures of the pelvis bone, 10 frac-
tured ribs and broken right leg,
Shock was believed the cause of her
/ death.
The stone truck involved in the col
lision was owned by the American
Stone Co., of Lima, and was driven
by Warren Stauffer, 21, of Lima. 1t
was northbound. Stauffer was unin-
jured.
Harry Wolfe, of Findlay, bound to-
ward Lima at the time of the crash,
told state highway officers that Miss
McCune had passed him just prior to
the mishap. Because of poor visibil-
ity that early in the morning, he was
unable to explain how the accident
occurred, however,
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the Diller funeral home.
Rev. J. A. Weed pastor of the Bluff
ton Methodist church, officiated. Bur-
ial was in Maple Grove cemetery,
Findlay.
Surviving are her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur McCune, of Geiger street,
sister, Mrs. Byron Stratton, Niagara
Falls, N. Y, and brother, Burdette
McCune, McFadden, Wyoming.
The mishap victim was graduated
Bluffton High school in 1916, and
from the Lima City hospital nurses
training in 1923.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
NEW TAX RATES WILL BE LOWER; TOWN
RATE SIG; SCHOOL DISTRICT $3.50

Rate in. Bluffton for the coming
year will be SO per $1,000 worth
of taxable property. This is de-
crease from the present rate of
$3.50, a drop of sixty cents for
each thousand dollars worth of
property on the tax duplicate.
Rate in the school district for the
coming year will be $500. This
rate likewise is a drop of sixty cents
per thousand from the present rate
of $3.50.
The rates approved by council and
board of education will go into effect
with the December tax collection
which will be made early next year.
The following table shows rates
in mills inside and outside the 10
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Will Open Auto
Accessory Store

Opening of Western Auto store
in Bluffton was announced the first
of the week by Millen C. Geiger who
will operate the establishment. The
store will be located on the first
floor of the George Carmack build
ing, part of the former Bluffton
Manufacturing block on South Main
street.
Geiger, a native of Pandora, has
been in Medina for the past seven
years and is moving with his wife
and daughter from that place this
week. His daughter, Mary Alice, en-
tered Bluffton high school as a men,
Der of the senior class, Monday.
The store here will handle auto
accessories, electrical and sporting
goods and allied lines, Geiger stated.
Arrangements are being made for an
opening early next month.
For the past sixteen years Geiger
has been connected with the Sinclair
Oil company, the past seven years
of which he was commission agent
of the company with headquarters
in Medina.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Crash Injury Fatal
To Fred Staufer

Injuries received in an automobile
accident near Bluffton on October s
resulted in the death late Monday
of Fred Stauffer, SO, of near Will
Jamestown.
Stauffer, who sustained a frac-
tured rib and severe cut above the
left ear, was in the Community hos
pital here until two weeks ago. His
wife, injured in the same crash, also
was a patient in the hospital until
recently.
One man was killed instantly in
the crash at the Ebenezer church
corner on the Grove street road
October 8.
The car in which Mr.. and Mrs
Stauffer were riding with their son
Harold and family, of Findlay, was
involved in an accident with an auto
carrying four Lima fishermen. One
of the four was killed instantly and
the others were seriously hurt.
Funeral services for Stauffer We're
held Wednesday afternoon at the
Combs funeral home, with Rev. ]. A
Weed, pastor of the Methodist
church, officiating. Burial was in
the Bluffton cemetery.
In addition to the widow, Stauffel
is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Kate
Beals, of Bluffton; Mrs. James Ham.
mon, of Columbus Grove; and the
son, Harold, of Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Hog Prices
Lowest In
Five Years

HOG prices on the Bluffton
a market Wednesday morning
stood at the lowest point in five
years when $50 was quoted for
top offerings.
The drop in prices wiped out
the last vestige of the September
"war boom" which lifted hog
prices about $3.50 in a single
week-the sharpest rise in the
history of the stockyards.
Large corn crops during the
past three years when hogs were
ranging from So to more than
S11 has stimulated increased
production which is Cutting the
market, dealers stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
To Spend Winter
Season In Arizona

Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Welty of Min
neapolis, former Bluffton residents,
left the first of the week on a motor
trip to Phoenix, Arizona, where they
will spend the coming winter.
Mrs. Welty, who became seriously
i'll last winter in the southwest, is
improving nicely, according to word
received by friends here.
Mr.. Welty, a former Bluffton farm
implement dealer who continued in
that line has retired after spending
thirty-eight years in that business
He has announced no definite plans
for the future.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Births

Announcement has been made of
the birth of a son, Michael Edmund
to Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Lockwood of
Solvang, Calf. Mrs. Lockwood was
formerly Miss Lena Sinkowitz of this
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dahl Predmore of
Findlay are the parents of a SON
Mr.. Predmore was formerly manager
of the City Market store here.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Don Kirkland of Bluffton at the hos
pital here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Warren, Bluff
ton are the parents of son born at
the hospital here Monday.
A son was born Tuesday to Mr.
and Mrs. Wilmer RAIDER of Blufftor
at the hospital here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
With The Sick

DIR. S. K. Mosiman, president
emeritus of Bluffton college who be-
came suddenly i'll with a kidney all
ment and complications was removed
to the Bluffton hospital Sunday
night. His condition which was re.
ported serious is considerably i'm.
proved.
Albert Vermillion residing east OF
Bluffton is convalescing following al
operation at Bluffton hospital
Sylvan Herman of East Elm
street is recovering from an attacl
of rheumatism.
Mrs. Noah Moser residing nortl
of Beaverdam underwent an opera
tion at Bluffton hospital the first O.
the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Former BLuftOn Girl
Married In Cleveland

Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Margaret Ruhl
of Cleveland, formerly of Bluffton,
to DR.. Victor B. Yahner, Kent dent
ist. The wedding took place at St.
Augustine's parish house in Cleve-
land last Wednesday.
Since her graduation from Bluff
ton College in 1929, the bride has
been engaged in social service work
in Cleveland where she was director
of Herrick House Day Nursery, for
several years. She was also presi-
dent of the Cleveland Association of
Housemothers whose membership in
cludes everyone in institutions of
that city coming in direct contact
with children.
DIR. and Mrs. Yahner will be at
home after December l at 531 Earl
avenue, Kent, Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Bluffton Weather Prophet Sees
Mild Winter In Annual Forecast

the mildest in recent years. We lik.
ely will experience our coldest wealth.
er during the latter part of Decem.
Der.
Predictions for this year tend tc
indicate the winter will be similar tc
that of 1889, Burns said. In that
year, he pointed out, there were only
three and one-quarter inches of snow
With open weather prevailing Burns
recalled that he hunted all winter, and
caught rs raccoon.
An early spring is predicted in 1910,
on the basis of Burns forecast, and
he said that plans can be laid now to
make garden early in the season.
Farmers can start their spring work
after the first cold snap if the wealth
er forecasts is borne out in its ntirety
for the third successive year.