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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28
Hinckley

DR.. Chauncey Kelsey is spending
an eight-day vacation with his par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. c. G. Kelsey.
Chauncey is an inferno in a hospital
at Minot, S. D.
Patrick Healy did some electrical
work in Askov the past week.
Buddy Dicks from the southern part
of Minnesota, visited over Christmas
at the home of his mother, Mrs. Pearl
Dicks.
Mrs. Everett Atkins and Russell
Biwer were business callers in Sand
stone Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Atkins and
Russell Biwer were Pine City visitors
Tuesday evening of last week.
O. B. Thompson was on the sick
list the past week.
The school program last Thursday
evening was enjoyed by a large
crowd. The auditorium was packed
and it was impossible to seat all
present.
Dan Royal visited at the c. G. Mann
home over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Atkins and
Russell Biwer spent Sunday and
Monday in ST. Charles visiting their
parents and sister and other rela-
tives in Lewiston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Merritt spent
Christmas vacation at the home of
Mrs. Merritt's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alderman, in st. Charles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie jackson and
Russell Biwer were in Pine City
Tuesday taking inventory in the Gam
BILE Store there
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Hamele spent
Christmas day at the Richard Weser
home
Mrs. Ivans and Everett Burke spent
Christmas with Mrs. Anna Burke and
sons, Larry and Eddie.
Miss Alice and Mabel Sanburg
are spending their Christmas vaca-
ton at the home of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Sanburg.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28
Rutledge
A Happy and Prosperous New Year

A Happy and Prosperous New Year
to ALL
Fred Reuer and children, Myrtle
and John, left Sunday for Pound,
Wis.,, to spend Christmas with rela-
tives. Mrs. Reuer and Harold have
been visiting there the past 10 days.
The Reuer family returned home
Christmas night.
Jerome Kruger left early Sunday
morning for Cold Springs to spend
Christmas at his parental home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Jones and Ed
win were Christmas day guests at the
Melvin Anderson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Malmgren
spent Christmas with relatives at
Bovey.
Wayne Bowers, John Reuer, Leon
ard Wegworth and John DeRung of
the CCC camp at Bena, spent from
last Thursday until Tuesday at their
respective homes.
Lloyd Lindermann of the CCC
camp at Deer Diver, spent Christmas
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Hedberg and
Marilyn of Duluth, visited relatives
here during the holidays.
Mrs. R. Bowers, Mrs. j. L. Brooks
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bowers, Jr.,
were dinner guests at the Bowers,
ST., home Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Youngbauer
and son, Ray, of st. Paul, came
Christmas day for brief visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Youngbauer.
P. L. Roncoff left last Thursday for
vacation trip to Chicago and De-
troit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pangerl and
Lawrence were dinner guests Christ
mas day at the Frank Pangerl home.
Frank Pangerl accompanied John
Swanson to the Cities Friday on a
business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Hennen and
family of Sturgeon Lake, were Christ
mas day guests at the Geo. Watson
home.
Miss Audrey Glimm and Leonard
Wegworth visited friends in DuXbury
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Art Abrahamson and
Gordon and Betty spent Christmas
eve at Mrs. Abrahamson's parental
home in Rush City.
Eugene Weshinger of Duluth, came
Saturday for few days visit at the
Christopherson home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Anderson were dinner guests
at the H. Christopherson home Christ
mas day.
Fred Pritchett of Willow River, Wis
tied friends here from Saturday until
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Davis of Duluth,
called to see Mrs. Rondeau Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Anderson Wis
tied relatives in Minneapolis and
Watertown over the weekend.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28

MIR. and Mrs. Selmer Hanson and
children spent Christmas eve at the
parental Upgren home, returning to
Cloquet Monday morning.
Miss Edith Melander left Friday
morning for her home in Duluth
where she planned to spend her two
weeks Christmas vacation.
There will be services in the North
land church at 2:3O p. m. Sunday,
conducted by Rev. Oscar L. Olson.
All are welcome.
Word has been received here that
Miss Virginia Benson of near Hinck-
ley, teacher in the Maple Grove school
the past FIVE years, but this year en-
ployed in school near Hinckley, was
married Saturday evening to Russell
Gilbert of Sturgeon Lake. Best wish
es are extended to Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert.
The Nordland choir, under Mrs.
Lindor's leadership, will render its
Christmas cantata in Sturgeon Lake
Friday evening of this week.
Happy New Year to all!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28
Brook Park

Stanley Peterson made a business
trip to Pine City last Thursday.
Mrs. Henry Berndt and Mrs. Bert
Chase spent Tuesday in Hinckley.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Stevenson were
Sandstone shoppers Tuesday.
Forest Holland of Pokegama, was
a Brook Park caller Wednesday of
last week.
Paul Wood and Axel Holmstrom
made business trip to the range
country last Thursday.
Mrs. Ted Swedlund and children
attended the Christmas party in
Hinckley Tuesday.
Miss Helen Johnson left for her
home at Cook recently after spend
ing week here with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Pechacek and
daughters, Donna and Joyce, spent
Christmas day with her brother and
family in Ogema.
Luvern Fosberg, Paul Butler and
Elmer Ziegler, Jr., arrived home
from the CCC camp and spent Christ
mas at their respective homes.
Mrs. Ed LeMay spent Friday after
noon here and also attended the
Christmas school program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Alderman
visited relatives in Brook Park Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Peterson and
sons, Robert and Donald, were Christ
mas eve guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Magnus Peterson in Super
ior.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28
(From Another Correspondent

Mr.. and Mrs. John Romanoski are
the proud parents of a 9-pound boy
born Friday, Dec. 8. Both mother
and baby are doing fine.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28
Bremen Township

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Harvet and
Dorothy drove here from Chicago
with Frank Chodora to visit their
mother for Christmas. They returned
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hrbek, Mrs. M
Arazim and Mrs. NJ Smetak motored
to Salina, Kans., recently to attend
the funeral of Mrs. John Hrbeks
sister.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28
Sturgeon Lake

The Misses Dorothy and Gertrude
Kolosky and Joie Tomczak of st.
Paul, and Ray Tomczak of Mime
apolis, spent over the weekend and
Christmas at the j. F. Kolosky home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Konoski and
Richard of Minneapolis, spent Christ
mas day at the parental John Gent
koski home.
Stub Gilbert of Albert Lea, spent
over Christmas here.
Everyone is invited to be present
Friday night, Dec. 20, at the village
hall when the Nordland choir will
present its Christmas cantata.
The community was surprised Sat-
urday to learn of the marriage of
Russell Gilbert and Miss Virginia
Benson. The newlyweds will make
their home at present at the Barnes
cafe. Good luck and happiness are
wished them by their friends.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28
Denhan

K4l. c1tlSl WI Dc AACiAy oo1ooh oAsS
Miss Marie Paulson spent Christmas
day here visiting at the Dick Rye
and at the Overom homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Weinberg, Mr..
and Mrs. Dick Rye and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Swendsen spent
Christmas eve at the Eskel Ander-
son home.
Miss Percie Hillbrand came to
Moose Lake Saturday evening to
spend Christmas with relatives here
and there.
Leroy Hillbrand underwent an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis in the Uni
versity hospital Friday afternoon. His
mother was with him until Sunday
afternoon when he was feeling much
better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mailman and
Harland and Myrna of Glenwood,
came here for Christmas day and to-
gether with Mr.. and Mrs. John Mel
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Nelson and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Hillbrand
and Grace and Margaret, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Haney and family, Percie Hill
brand and the mother, Mrs. Clara
Hillbrand, opened up the old home
and spent Christmas day there as in
former years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Burrell and
Warren of Duluth, spent Christmas
day at the Godfrey Carlson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Milbrath of
NG;opaoDo1;c cpo,f rhricfr,oc of tho
Person home.
Mrs. Lena Peterson and sons had
the following guests Christmas day:
Mrs. Peterson's brother, Emil Selberg
of Velva, N. D., her sister, Mrs. Lund,
and her three children of Granville,
N. D.: Mr.. and Mrs. Butts (Mrs. Pc
terson's sister) of Bemidji; Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Stewart (Mrs. Peterson's
niece) of Bemidji; Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Butts and son of Bemidji; (Clif-
ford is Mrs. Peterson's nephew. Mr..
and Mrs. Arnold Roseland, T. T..
Roseland and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pc
terSon and Arlene.
Martin Borg is spending Christmas
at the L. j. Larson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Nelson and
Roger and Leonard Nelson spent
Christmas eve at the X. P. Christen-
sen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Upgren had
Mr. and Mrs. Mentser Upgren and
Gloria and Mr.. and Mrs. Eden Guen-
Their and Earl Grover and Charlotte
Amundson as their dinner guests
Christmas day.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Lick came to
the parental Julius Olson home Mon
day and returned to their home in
Brook Park Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Privette and
family of Duluth, spent Christmas at
the Julius Olson home. They re-
turned Monday morning taking Betty
Olson with them to visit until Sat-
urday.
Mrs. Per Larson, Mrs. Anne An
derson and Helen and Arlene were
Christmas day visitors at the L. j.
Larson home.
John Peterson came home Satur-
day and returned Monday evening to
st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs Hugo johnson and
family spent Christmas eve at the
Overom home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Weber
Edith Anderson) came Sunday to
the John Peterson home and re-
turned to st. Paul Monday.
Miss Edith Goranson of st. Paul,
came home for Christmas and is
spending a week with her mother,
brother and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Goranson and
baby son of st. Paul, spent Christmas
eve at his parental home and re-
turned to their home Christmas day
The w. c. T. U. is sponsoring a
"watchnight" service at the Goran-
son home Sunday evening, Dec. 81
Everyone welcome
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. 0. Keaton of Bis
mark, N. D., arrived here Christmas
eve and visited her folks, Rev. and
Mrs. S. T. Palm, a week.
Mrs. Hedlund and Mr. and Mrs.
Al Scholton spent the latter part of
the week in Minneapolis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Albin Lundgren and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Sandberg of Min
neapolis, were entertained at the
home of John and William Lund-
gren for Christmas dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Peters, who
live east of Bruno, are the proud
parents of an eight-pound girl born
TO them in Willow River Thursday,
Dec. 81 She will be known as Bon
ME Ann Peters.
Miss Marion Krogdahl, former Pine
county public health nurse, who is
now employed in Wisconsin Rapids,
Wis, in the paper mills at that point,
visited here recently. She enjoys her
new position and is getting along fine,
but likes to get back to Pine county
and see her friends here. She was
accompanied by her sister and some
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Nelson spent
Christmas with his parents near Dem
ham.
Miss Florence Linsley of Austin,
is spending her Christmas vacation
with her parents here.
Mrs Harry Nyrud and little daugh-
ter, Beatrice, went to Minneapolis
Tuesday with Rev, and Mrs. L. r.
Larson of Sandstone, to visit her aunt
until Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Hage and chill
dren went to Drummond, Wis, to
visit their parents over the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albin Lundgren went
to Minneapolis Wednesday and re-
turned the same evening.
The Christmas bridge party at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Land
mark was attended by the usual men,
bers and they had good time. After
the first of the year they will play con-
tract instead of auction as formerly.
Mrs. Landmark served nice lunch
with an ice cream dessert of different
Christmas designs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Novak and Sofia
and Helen Novak spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Novak, at their farm home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D.. Burns enter
tanned Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Price
and son, Ronnie, and Mr.. and Mrs
Victor Price and son, Donald, and
Grazelle Arramy at dinner Christmas
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Johnson and
Sharon and Theodore Allen spent
Christmas in Minneapolis with he1
mother, Mrs. Christene Jarchow.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28

About four-fifths of the iron ore
that is mined in the United States
comes from the region around the
head of Lake Superior in the states
of Minnesota, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-28
Willow River
Greetings Received.

Many people here received Christ
mas greetings from former residents
and old time friends, now scattered
to the four points of the compass. A
few of these to come to attention
are the following: Mr.. and Mrs.
Graydon Bachmann and three chill
dren of Minneapolis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Stanton and daughter of
Blomkest, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ehm-
Ike and daughter of Markville, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Klatt and two daugh-
tiers of Minneapolis, Miss Blanche
Ziwicki of Duluth, Myrtle, Dorothy
and Frank Cox of st. Paul, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kermit Lundgren of Minneapo-
lis, Mrs. jeanette Moore and son,
John, now of Portland, Ore, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Clough and daughter,
Mary, of Spokane, Wash, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Kinney of Pikesville, KY.
MIR. and Mrs. Victor King of Moor
head, Mr. and Mrs. Kief Melberg of
Austin, Jerry Robinson of Fort Shell
ing, MIR. and Mrs. Fred w. Kinney
of San Pedro, Calf, Alfred Lundell
of Cloquet, Mrs. R. Thompson and
Gladys and Hilda of Duluth, Mrs. L.
Olson of Duluth, DR.. and Mrs. N. p.
Anderson and John D. and Maryanna
of Los Angeles, Calf; Mrs. Anderson
was formerly Dorothy Dederick. DR..
Edwin Ehmke of Los Angeles, Calf;
Edwin is nephew of DR.. w. c. Ehm-
Ike and attended the local school here.
Alberta Guessing, R. NJ, of Mime
apolis, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Walton
Parker of Hopkinsville, KY; Mrs.
Parker was formerly Alberta Linsley.
Miss Marion Krogdahl, R. NJ, of Wis
consin Rapids, Wis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Emory B. Linsley of Aberdeen, Wash,
and Mr. and Mrs Harold Olson of
st. Paul.
Evening star., 1939-06-04

Rod and line champion with tie proof This 1892 pound tiger
shork eoueht off Sydney Heod New South Wales Austroo by
Lionel eoenod the proud exhibitor the Iosest fish token
on eeuoton tocke 1t bette by omost 100 pounds cowes
pevou. record coch Of 29 pound white shork Ausoon
voters lost yeor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
Morning Nuptials
Held At Pandora

In morning nuptial ceremony,
Miss Adah Neuenschwander, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Neuensch-
wander of Pandora became the bride
of Harold Marshall, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Marshall of Orange
township at o'clock Saturday.
The wedding took place at the
home of the officiating minister, Rev.
Paul Whitmer, pastor of the Grace
Mennonite church of Pandora. The
single ring service was used. The
couple were accompanied by the
brides parents.
The bride wore for the occasion a
white formal sheer gown and carried
bouquet of spring flowers.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was held at the Neuensch-
wander home after which the couple
left for a week end visit at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Neuensch-
wander in Lafayette, Ind.
They returned Tuesday night and
are making their home for the pres
ent with the groom's parents. Later
they will occupy their home on
North Lawn avenue, the Weiss prop
erty, which they recently purchased
The bride is employed at the
Meter works here and Mr.. Marshall
is a painter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
HOME FROM ALASKA

Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Biery returned
Sunday afternoon from three
weeks trip to Alaska with a group
of newspaper publishers comprising
the National Editorial association.
The party went north by steamer
from Seattle thru the picturesque
inside passage" stopping enroute at
Ketchikan, Juneau and other ports.
From Skagway, historic mining
center of the gold rush of the
nineties, the party went across the
Gulf of Alaska to Seward, then
north by rail thru the scenic portion
of Alaska to Fairbanks, near the
Artic circle. Their itinerary, COW
ering 10000 miles, included sight
seeing trips to Mt. Mckinley, high
est peak in the western hemisphere
and also a visit to the large Column
bian glacier and other points.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
HeZekiah Hubbell is Buried on
Farm He Wrested from
Wilderness
Soldier Under Washington Set
tied Here One Hundred
Years Ago

Beneath small grassy plot in an
obscure corner of the little farm he
wrested from the virgin Ohio Wild
erness, in a grave all but forgotten,
lies the body of Hezekiah B. Hubbell,
the only Revolutionary war veteran
buried in this vicinity. The recur-
renee of independence day centers
interest on this grave.
Who he was, whence he came and
the details of his antecedents have
been forgotten in the dust of CEN
tury. Those who knew him and
might have given information passed
away long before the memory of
Hubbell attained its rightful herit-
age.
Only a fiat, white headstone,
simple as the life lived by this
hardy pioneer, remains to mark the
last resting place of the patriot, and
mutely testihes to his claim for
recognition as one of those who
served in the Revolutionary army
that defied the British in 1776.
Quiet Grave
The grave is on the old Benedict
Andrews farm, near a country road,
Continued on Page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
Staufer-DiLIer
NuptiaIs In Ada

In a quiet ceremony solemnized
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock at
the home of Rev. w. H. Lahr of
Ada, Miss Geraldine Stauffer, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Stauf-
fer, became the bride of Ralph E.
Diller of this place.
Before an improvised altar decor
ated with garden flowers Rev. Lahr
officiated in the single ring cere-
mony. The bride wore a sacha rose
Faconne over satin, white large hat
and white accessories. Her flowers
were sweet peas, delphenium and
baby breath.
Mr.. and Mrs Stauffer, parents of
the bride, attended t1e wedding, Rev.
Lahr having officiated at their we'd
ding twenty-three years ago. Her
twin sister Kathleen, wearing an
Identical dress and accessories was
married June 10 at Mineral Wells
Texas.
Following the wedding Mr.. and
Mrs. Diller left for an eastern trip
Mrs. Diller wore tootal liner
printed dress.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Diller are
graduates of Bluffton High school
Mr.. Diller is proprietor of the John
son Oil station on S Main street
After July 18th they will be a
home to their many friends at tn,
Stauffer home on South Main street
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
COUNCIL COOL TO
PWA SEWER AID
Possibility of Obtaining Federal
Funds Arouses Little
Interest
Proposed Projects With Gov
ernment Aid Twice De-
feated at Polls Here

The question Of federal aid in
construction of sewage system for
the town, twice defeated in the past
by residents of the village when they
voted on bond issues, is again being
considered here.
Presentation of the matter was
made at meeting of the Bluffton
council, following the receipt of cor
respondence relative to the matter
from Toledo engineering firm stat
ing that federal aid was again pos
sible.
No action was taken by the village
governing body, but in informal dis
cussion it appeared that council was
only lukewarm in favor of the pro-
posal, manifesting little interest.
Their attitude likely was guided
by the vote of the town when bond
issues were rejected in 1885 and
1886 after there had been consider
able sentiment for municipal sew
age system.
Issues Defeated Twice
In 1885 project that would have
involved the expenditure of $104,500
was defeated by electors. Actual
cost to the town for the work would
have amounted to only $4,000. and
the federal government would have
provided the remaining S60,5O0.
The matter was considered again
in 1886 when a special election was
held on a $111,00 sewage project.
Buttons share of the cost would
have been SCI, 900, with $4,000 in
federal funds.
In defeating the last bond issue,
Blutfton electors voted 59.7 per cent
in favor of the project, but 65 per
cent vote was required.
Correspondence presented to the
council was from Champe, Fink
beiner and Associates, of Toledo,
who advised that. S125, 900, 900 is
available for new PWA projects, and
that the Bluffton sewage program
would be eligible for consideration
should the town wish to avail itself
of federal aid.
The Toledo engineering firm pre-
pared preliminary plans and esti-
| mates for the proposed sewage
system previous to the vote in 1885.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
Sails To Visite Her
Son In Venezuela

Mrs. Eph Locher, formerly OF
Bluffton, now living in Cleveland, is
enroute to Venezuela, South America,
to visit here son Walter Locher en-
ployed in that country by the Stand
ard Oil company.
Mrs. Locher sailed last week from
New York city on one of the COM
pany's tank steamers. She expects
to be gone for several months.
Her son Walter Locher, electrical
engineer, has been in the employ OF
the oil company for several years
being stationed at Maracaibo, on the
Venezuelan seacoast.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
Magician To Get
Rabbits From Hat

Rabbits-real live ones-will be
produced from an empty hat at a
free magic show here this Wednes-
day night by r. w. Kaufman, billed
as "The Vagabond Magician.
The show will be held on the park
ing lot on South Main street adjoin-
ing Risser's Sandwich shop and Is
sponsored by the Bluffton Merchants
association for the entertainment OF
the Wednesday night crowd of shop
pers.
Rabbits produced at the show will
be given to children in the audience
officers of the Merchants association
stated the first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
Heart Attack Fatal
To Former Resident

Charles Dewitt, 30, former Bluff
ton resident, died suddenly at SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, Thursday evening while
attending. a reception given in his
honor, according to word received
here over the week end. His death
was due to a heart attack.
Mr.. Dewitt, an instructor in
American government at Syracuse
university for the past three years
had recently resigned that post to
accept the professorship of local gov
ernment at st. Lawrence university,
Canton, N. Y, beginning July l.
Popular with faculty and students
alike, a farewell reception was ar
ranged in his honor at the home of
Miss Elizabeth Allen, Cazenovia,
N. Y, near Syracuse in the pictur-
esque Fingerlake region.
While attending this function he
succumbed to heart attack. Altho
his trouble had been of long stand
ing, physicians had recently pro-
nounced his condition much inn
proved, relatives here stated
Mr.. Dewitt was born in Bluffton,
January %, 1910, the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Dewitt.
He is a graduate of Bluffton high
school and Bluffton college. Follow
ing the completion of his college
course here he was granted a fel-
lowship at Syracuse university where
he received his M. A. degree. At the
time of his death he had completed
all his work, including his thesis for
his doctors degree.
He is survived by his wife who
before her marriage was Juanita
| Kissel of Toledo; also surviving are
two sisters, Mrs Earl Sampson of
Findlay and Mrs. Garnie Powell,
Rawson.
Funeral services were held at the
Allen summer home in Cazenovia,
N. Y, Sunday afternoon after which
the remains were cremated.