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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
Cruelty Charged

Divorce and change of name are
sought by Carmela Lattanzio
Guarino in a superior court action
filed against Albert Guarino today.
The couple was married February
II, 1893. The plaintiff makes al
legations of intolerable cruelty.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
.STICK-UP STAGED
IN 'LOVERSL LANE
Members of Detective Btu
reau Reported Attempt at
HOldup of Local Couple

A daring stick-up was staged
Sunday night on Lovers lane, off
the Waterbury Cheshire highway,
when two gunner sprang from the
bushes and ordered a couple to
throw up their hands.
According to the story related to
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
Receivers

Stephen Kelly, 81, of 727 Bald
win street, who made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to hang himself
Saturday night, may be discharg-
ed from the Waterbury hospital
today, attaches reported.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
REVIEW TO BE ASKED

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 26 - Gu.
P0 - Counsel for G. Leroy Kemp,
Mt. Vernon. NJ Y, former state
land agent sentenced to states pri-
son for three to seven years on a
conspiracy charge, said today the
state supreme court would be asked
to review the case in about a month.
Kemp was convicted by Superior
court on charges he split fees on
land purchases for the Merritt
Parkway with land agents.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
SPOTLIGHIING-
Brass City News

IA Central Avenue, and Joseph
Marciano, IA, son 0 fMrs. Mar
ciano, were discharged yester-
day from the hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
Late Realty

QUIT CLAIM DEED
Violet Jacobs to the Boys
Club, Inc, of Waterbury, prop
erty on Randolph avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
BATTERY gLQUIDATES" FOES

Philadelphia (UPD : Columbia
A. c., an upper bracket sandlot
baseball team, can "liquidate" its
opposition by sending in the bat
terry of Ed Beerman and Frank
Drinkwater.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
PRISONERS LIKE THE LIFE

johannesburg (UP)-Tanganyika
has q prison with no bars no cells
and no walls, and where prisoners
don't try to escape. because they
prefer to stay where they are
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
REPUBLICAN CLUB
CANCELS MEETING
Brooklyn and Town Plot
Members Drop To
nights Farley

Pestonement of meeting of the
Brooklyn and Town Plot Republic
can club, scheduled to be held to-
night, was announced this afternoon,
The meeting will be held instead
at 8 o'clock Thursday night at the
Brooklyn Y. M. C. A.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26

were given by Cominaro, Lieut..
johnson said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26

The Lithuanian Chamber of Com
merce Radio Chorus will hold their
annual novelty dance October at
48 Green street. Bronze Rasims
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26

Time to give your windows a new
Fall dressing up! These are in the
popular tailored style = with 3
inch hem on one side and bottom
headed, all ready to hang. Use
in any room!
THIRD FLOOR
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Teachers Organize
For Coming Year

Teachers in the Bluffton high and
grade schools have organized for the
coming school year electing Mrs.
Russell Lantz, art instructor, as
president of the Bluffton Teachers
association. Other officers are vice
president, Miss Theola Steiner; sec
retary-treasurer, Miss Elenor Letter.
Opening meeting of the organiza-
ton was held Monday night when
Mrs. Armstrong of the Houghton
Miflin company spoke on the sub
ject Reading, the Responsibility of
Every Teacher. After the address
pictures were shown of the trip to
the National Education association
meeting at San Francisco which was
attended by several Bluffton teach
ers last summer. Refreshments closed
the meeting.
A joint meeting of high and grade
school teachers together with their
wives and husbands will be held each
month. Separate monthly meetings
will also be arranged for teachers
of the high and grade schools to
discuss mutual problems.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Funeral On Thursday
= For Mt. Cory Woman

Funeral services for Mrs. Lovena
Smith, SO, of Mt. Cory, will be held
Thursday afternoon at o'clock in
the Mt. Cory Methodist church. Rev.
E. /. Obee will officiate and inter
ment will be in the Clymer ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Smith died Tuesday after
noon at the home of her son, Edwin
H. Smith in Mt. Cory following an
extended illness.
She was a native of Mercer coun-
ty, Pa, the daughter of Peter and
Malinda Rickart and moved with her
parents to Union township near Mt.
Cory when eighteen years of age.
She was married March ID, 1872,
to Cicero Smith who died Feb. Is,
1924, while living in Findlay. For
the past fourteen years she has
made her home with her son in Mt
Cory. For fifty years she was a
member of the Mt. Cory Methodist
church.
Besides her son, Mrs. Smith is sur.
vived by three nieces and two
nephews. Two children preceded hei
in death.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Couple Is We'd In
Port Clinton, FRIDAY

A quiet ceremony solemnized in
Port Clinton, Friday afternoon at
four-thirty o'clock united in marriage
Miss Lois Jordan, younger daugh-
ter of Mrs. Pearl Jordan of Mt.
Cory and Richard Fillwock, son of
Mrs. Anna Fillwock of North Balti-
more.
The ceremony took place at the
residence of Rev. G. w. Lily, former
pastor of the Rawson u. B. church
who officiated. The ceremony was
witnessed by Mrs. Lily.
The bride wore a titan crepe
gown with black accessories and cor
sage of white gardenias.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fillwock left i'm
mediately after the ceremony on a
motor trip thru the eastern states.
They will reside in their new home
at Leavittsburg, near Warren, where
Mr.. Fillwock is an electrician in a
steel mill.
Mrs. Fillwock was a graduate of
Rawson high school in the class of
1886. She has been employed at the
plant of the Triplett Electrical In
strument company for the past three
years.
Mr.. Fillwock graduated from Raw
son high school in 1884 and has been
employed at his present position for
the past three years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
COUPLE TELL OF
WAR IN ENGLAND
Sales Representative of Triplett
Company and Wife Here
From London
Cross Atlantic on British Liner
Conveyed by Warship;
BlackOut on Boat

Of al business trips to the United
States, the one just completed likely
will linger longest in the memory of
w. G. Watson of Sydney, Australia,
sales representative of The Triplett
Electrical Instrument Co. in Australia
and New Zealand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson arrived in
Bluffton this week to visit the Trip
lett plant and the story of their trans
Atlantic crossing from England to
this country represents the danger
and disrupted conditions resulting
from the present European war.
In London when the war broke out,
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson witnessed the
evacuation of that great city-the
largest in Europe-because of the
fear of air raids. Children, patients
in hospitals and older persons were
removed from London to rural areas,
and the huge art galleries and mu-
seums were emptied.
London Life Changed
Declaration of war brought COM
plete metamorphosis in everyday life
in London and thruout England and
Scotland, just before Mr.. and Mrs.
Watson decided to leave. He was in
England principally to study the in
dustrial picture as it applied to his
extensive Australian importing busi-
nees, and the outbreak of war of ne
cessity put a stop to his investiga-
tions.
1t was for easier, however, to think
of leaving England than to do SO.
Eventually, after numerous delays,
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson finally sailed,
but because of war precautions, not
on boat they thought would take them.
Before they could board the ship, a
British liner, passengers were ques-
toned, and in some instances their
luggage was searched. Americans
were warned by United States Off
cials that they would travel at their
own risk.
Boat Crowded
The boat carried nearly twice it's
customary number of passengers, and
for second and third class passengers
meals three sittings were required in
the dining hall. Leaving port at
night, the liner was accompanied by
destroyers and cruisers. One of the
destroyers stayed with the liner for
several days.
Ordinarily, the passenger run from
England to America is less than five
days, but a zig-zag route was fol-
lowed and it took nine days to COM
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
TO
Be GALA Event
Blufft0n College to Hold Annual
Backbone Movement
Saturday
Frosh-Soph Tug of War, Crown
ing of Queen and Foot
ball on Program

An elaborate Homecoming pro-
gram, with morning, afternoon and
evening features, has been prepared
for the entertainment of alumni and
former students returning to the
Bluffton college campus this Satur-
day.
Opening the events of the day,
graduates who now hold positions as
instructors in educational institutions
will gather for a teachers confer
ence at a. m. in College hall. DIR.
]. S. Schultz is in charge of the pro-
gram.
At 10 a. M, a special Homecoming
chapel service viii be held, at the
close of which the Homecoming
Queen, Miss Margaret Hobson, will
be crowned.
This will be followed by peace
meeting at IL a. m. conducted by
Don E. Smucker, youth secretary of
the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Activities of the afternoon will
bring the traditional tug-o-war be-
tween freshmen and sophomores at
1:15 p. m. on the banks of Little
Riley creek.
"Sparkin", one-act comedy, will
be presented by the Thespians, col
lege dramatic society, at p. m. in
the college gymnasium.
Alumni will gather for reminis-
cences and an interesting program at
the Homecoming banquet at $50 D
m. in Ropp hall. Ira Baumgartner
will be POSTMASTER.
Climaxing a busy day, Buttons
scrappy football eleven will meet q
rugged team from Grand Rapids uni.
versity at a night contest on the
Harmon field gridiron, starting al
$50 p. m.
One of the features to be present
ed during the intermission viii b.
the parading and playing by the 55
piece Celina High school band, di
rected by Lawrence Evans, q Bluff
ton graduate.
| Many of the homecomers are ex
pected to remain for continuation
of the program on Sunday which in
cludes a special Homecoming servic
at the First Mennonite church in tn
morning and vesper service in tn
college chapel in the afternoon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Allen County Corn Huskers
To Vie For Title Saturday
With The Sick

Mrs. Katherine Badertscher, regis
tered nurse, is a patient in the
Bluffton hospital as a result of a
fall down flight of stairs leading
to the basement of her home on
South Jackson street, Monday morn
ing. She received severe bruises and
possible internal chest injuries. Her
condition, however, is not regarded
as critical according to DR.. J. S.
Steiner, attending physician.
Frank Parker, 81, transient is in
the Bluffton hospital with broken
left leg as the result of an accident
in Buttons downtown section Sat
urday night. Parker, who was
crossing the street was struck by an
automobile driven by a Toledo man.
The motorist stopped and took
Parker to the hospital.
Fred Stauffer of Williamstown
former Bluffton resident who was
iJoANd III Oil dutOIliOUllC dCGluGIi
two miles west of Bluffton ten days
ago is again patient in the Bluff.
ton hospital after having been dis.
charged from that institution early
last week. After leaving the hos
pital Stauffer remained several day.
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Kat,
Beals on South Jackson street.
relapse in his condition, however
resulted in his being re-admitted t
the hospital last Friday. He is no,
reported improved. His wife, VIII
has been patient in the hospita
here since the accident is also i'm
proving.
Mrs. Wilson Hawk of South Jack
son street is patient in the Find
lay hospital.
Oliver Locher who is convalescin,
at st. Luke's hospital in Clevelan
following a recent kidney operation
is expected to be removed to hi
home here during the coming week
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
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Third Annual Contest and Colt
Show to be Held at J. C.
Begg Farm
Standing and Shock Corn Con-
tests are Arranged; Ma
chinery Displays

Allen county's third annual corn
husking contest and draft colt show
will be held this Saturday morning
and afternoon on the J. c. Begg and
Sons farm, two miles east of Column
bus Grove, just off the Bluffton-
Columbus Grove road.
Husking contests will be held in
the morning in an unusually good
2-acre field of Hybrid corn, Indiana
614 and Ohio U-17. Standing and
shock corn contests both are planned
Entry in each contest is limited to
the first 10 applicants reporting to
the office of James H. Warner, AL
len county agricultural agent, in the
Federal building at Lima.
Rules announced for the state con-
test, in which winners will be eli
gible to compete, will be in force for
the Allen county meet. Awards for
winners also are being offered.
| A Future Farmer corn huskinp
contest, with entry limited to ON
high school students from each dis
trict, will be held on the Begg farm
in the afternoon, starting at / p. m
I The draft colt show will be opened
at 2 p. m. with classes for horse
and mare colts. Any colt whose
dam or sire is owned by an Aller
county breeder may be entered.
/ Other events of the day include
farm machinery displays, plowine
demonstrations in alfalfa sod anc
processing of seed in a hybrid seec
corn plant on the farm. Lunch will
be served on the grounds.
The contest and colt show is spon.
sored by the Allen county oranges
in cooperation with County Agent
| Warner.
The shock corn contest will oper
at $3.50 a. m. and the standing corr
contest at 10 a. m. Shock winners
in 1887 and 1888 respectively were
Jesse Shaw, Harrod Route One, and
Elmer Wood, Cairo. Winners in the
standing contest in 1887 and 1895
were George Greenway, Columbus
Grove, and Ralph Jarvis, Spencer
vile, respectively.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
In New Locations

Ray Mumma and family will move
this week from what is known as the
Geo. Hacker property on South Main
street into the H. A. Alderfer prop
erty on South Main street vacated
several months ago by the Robert
Cooney family.
Mrs. Sibyl Mollett and Mr.. and
Mrs. A d. Wells will occupy the
property vacated by the Mumma
family. 1t was recently purchased
by Mrs. Mollett. The North Main
street property which they vacate
was recently purchased by the Misses
Marcella and Lilas Basinger, daugh-
ters of Philip Basinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Ludwig and
family have moved from the Zanna
Staater property on South Jackson
street to location near Rawson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nj. L. Perkins, resid-
ing on the former Lafe Owens farm
south of Bluffton on the county line
expect to move to Leipsic Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laverne Badertscher
have moved to the house formerly
occupied by Irene and Eugene Augs-
burger, near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Ream have
moved from the Ludwig property on
North Main street to an apartment
in the Mrs. Zoe Zehrbach block. ~
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Temperance Play
Here Sunday Night

"The Tiger Tale, temperance
play, will be presented in a union
service in the high school auditorium,
Sunday night at 7:30 under auspices
of the Bluffton Ministerial associa-
ton.
Presentation will be by local cast
under direction of S. P. McNaught
of Columbus. The action will be
based on the life of John B. Cough,
reformed drunkard.
Appearing in the cast are: Rev.
E. G. Steiner, Rev. C. M. Armen-
trout, Rev. J. A. Weed, Elmer Stone
hill, Mrs. J. S. Schultz, Robert Lug
inbuhl, Charles Schultz, Luella Lug
inbuhl, Mrs. Fay Isham, A. ]. B.
Longsdorf, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Stauf-
fer, Norman and Freddie Sumney.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Hold Funeral For
Mrs. EdlU. ZUeibeL

Funeral services for Mrs. Edward
Zweibel, 81, of Riley street, were
held at the Church of Christ on
Monday afternoon with the pastor
Rev. L. B. Remaley officiating.
Mrs. Zweibel died from complica-
tions at the Community hospital,
Saturday morning. Interment was
made in Maple Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Zweibel, the former Rose
Elizabeth Rash, was born in st.
Johns, Ohio, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Rash. She has resided
here for the past twelve years.
Surviving are her husband and
daughter Betty Jean of Bluffton and
her father residing in st. Johns.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Lillian Pohlabel and Mrs. Lena
O'Hara both of Sidney and a foster
brother Charles Kinstle of Wapak-
oneta.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Church OF Christ Prepares To
Observe Eightieth Anniversary

Founded in Bluffton in 1859, the
Bluffton Church of Christ will OBJ
serve its eightieth anniversary with
special services ON Sunday, October
29, it was announced the first of the
week.
The pastor, Rev. L. B. Remaley
and committees of members of the
congregation are making prepara-
tions for observance of the occasion.
The church was originally located
on North Main street on the site
now occupied by the Hi-Speed filling
station short distance north of the
Riley creek bridge.
After being moved to its present
location on East Elm street, the
former site was occupied for many
years by the Kimmel planning mill.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Orange TJOp. Couple
Married so Years

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Cummans,
pioneer Orange township residents
observed the sixtieth anniversary of
their wedding, Wednesday at their
home east of Bluffton.
The couple are of that compar-
atively rare number now living who
were married in the old brick court
house in Findlay. The wedding took
place October 18, 1879.
They have been lifelong residents
of this section and Mr.. Cummans, a
retired farmer, has been justice of
the peace in Orange township for
twenty-eight years. He is the last
survivor of a family of fifteen child
rem.
Mr.. Cummans is 80 years of age
and his wife 79. Their three child
rem are Elmer Summans of New
Stark, Mrs. George Wagner and Mrs.
Francis Wagner of Orange township.
They have six grandchildren and five
great grandchildren.
In honor of the event, a family
dinner was held at the Cummans
home last Sunday followed by a re-
ception in the afternoon. Present
for the occasion were 139 friends
and relatives from Detroit, Toledo
Kenton, Dola, Van Vert, Rawson
Grover Hill, Ada, New Stark and
Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
BIuftOn Couple Is
Married In Toledo

Marriage of Miss Juanita Lora,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. B. K.
Herring and Bertrand Swank, son
of Mrs. Linda Swank, was quietly
solemnized Saturday afternoon at
the home of the officiating minister,
Rev. C. L. Cohagen in Toledo.
The double ring ceremony was
performed at four o'clock. The cou-
pie was attended by Miss Betty Solt
of Rawson an intimate friend and
Melvin Lora, brother of the bride.
The bride wore for the occasion
a fall frock of stone blue with black
accessories and corsage of Johanna
Hill roses and yellow and white POM
poms.
Miss Solt was dressed in an ashes
of roses frock with black accessories
and wore a corsage of delpheniun
and yellow and white pompoms.
Immediately following the cere.
mony, Mr.. and Mrs. Swank left fol
a short motor trip. For travelling
the bride wore a black pin-stripee
suit with matching accessories. Up
ON their return they will reside a
the home of the brides parents a
551 South Main street.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Swank ar
graduates of Bluffton high schoo
and have been employed at the Trip
lett Electrical Instrument compan!
for several years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
MAY RE-SURFACE
MAIN ST. PAVING
Emergency Measure Necessary
to Save Street, Council
Declares.
Seek State Highway Depart
ment Aid for Temporary
Asphalt Top

Emergency treatment to preserve
Buttons Main street pavement from
further deterioration during the COM
ing winter will be discussed this
week by members of the town coun-
Gil and O. C. Kohl of Lima, state
resident division highway engineer.
Necessity of taking some measures
relative to the pavement was point
ed out at the council meeting Mon
day night. Many of the bricks COM
prising the surface of the pavement
are loose allowing water to seep thru
to the concrete foundation.
Present plans are to give the
street temporary surfacing of hot
mix asphalt and stone chips this
fall before cold weather. This, it is
stated, if applied over the entire
surface from curb to curb, would
effectually seal the pavement and
prevent entrance of water.
COUNCIL URGES SPEED
Members of the council it is un-
derstood, will urge that the work be
started at once as winter of freez-
ing and thawing would work almost
irreparable damage to the street, it
is claimed.
Pavement to be treated would ex-
tend from the south corporation line
north to the A. C. & Y. grade cross
ing, a distance of one and one-fourth
miles. Work on the project would
be under direction of the state high
way department, since Main street is
part of Route 25.
Following the application of the
temporary treatment, plans are ex-
pected to be made for a permanent
repair of the street next summer.
The present pavement laid twelve
years ago consists of a six inch con-
crete foundation, one inch sand
cushion and a three inch brick TOP
held in place with asphalt binder.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Representative of Toledo En-
gineering Firm Addresses
Lions Club
Buttons Bond Issue Would
Provide One-f0urth of I'M
provement Cost

Approximately IL miles of new
sewers will be laid in Bluffton if the
proposed 100000 municipal sewage
disposal system is approved at the
polls in the November election.
This was one of the details of the
project explained Tuesday night by
C. s. Finkbeiner, of the firm of
Champe, Finkebeiner and Associates,
Toledo engineers, in talk at a
dinner meeting of the Lions club.
In the proposed sewage system,
lines would be laid of six, eight, 10,
II, Is, Is and 24-inch pipe. More
than half of the total would be of
the eight-inch size.
The breakdown outlined by Fink
beiner was as follows: six-inch, H.
900 feet, principally house connec-
tions; eight-inch, 35,25O feet; 10
inch, 2,540 feet; 12-inch, 5000 feet;
15-inch, 2,570 feet; 18-inch, 5.19O
feet, and 24-inch, 1,125 feet.
Finkbeiner explained that Bluff
tons share of the cost of the $780,
900 program would be 100000,
with the remainder furnished by the
federal government in the form of
WPA labor.
Bluffton is voting on an $4,000
bond issue, which would cover the
major portion of the towns share
of the cost. The remaining $4,000
would be financed by special assess
ment bonds on properties with sewer
outlets.
Finkbeiner said sewage treatment
plants at Columbus Grove and Find
lay, similar to the one proposed for
Bluffton, are operating perfectly.
At Tuesdays meeting the Lions
also heard talk by Frank B. Pauly
of the Ohio Emergency committee
on the Bigelow amendments on which
electors will vote at the election. II
was his contention that passage OF
the amendments would result in ex
orbitant taxes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-19
Proposed Sewer System Would
Have Twelve Miles Of Lines
Public Meeting On
Sewer Bond Issue
Here Monday Night

DUBLIC meeting for the dis
cussion of Buttons propos-
ed sewer system will be held at
the high school auditorium next
Monday night at s o'clock. All
residents are invited.
A representative of the firm of
Champe, Finkbeiner and AS
sociates, Toledo engineering firm
which has been making prelimi-
nary plans for the project will
be present to answer questions.
The meeting is held pre-
liminary to the November Z
election at which time Bluffton
will vote on a proposal to issue
$4,000 in bonds for the towns
share of the cost of a municipal