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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
MAY COMPROMISE
SCHOOL DEADLOCK
Basis for Settlement of Orange
Twp. School Controversy
May be Found
Meeting of Hancock County
Board of Education Next
Saturday Significant

That the four yearold deadlock i'm
the Orange township school contro-
versy will be broken at the meeting
of the Hancock county board of edu-
cation at Findlay, Saturday, is viewed
here as strong possibility this week.
Results of the board meeting, it is
believed, will provide definite clue
as to whether the board will take
steps this summer toward the trans
fer of disputed school territory from
the Union township district to the
Bluffton district.
Basis for any possible action of
the board looking toward a settle
ment of the differences will lie, it is
believed in compromise offered by
Orange township residents at a meet
ing of the board last month.
Compromise Offered
Suggestion of the Orange township
objectors was that areas in which a
preponderance of electors favor af-
filiation with the Union township dis
trict, having changed since the origin
al petitions for transfer were set up,
be permitted to remain in that dis
trict. Other areas involved, howev-
er, which have not changed in senti-
ment should be assigned to the Bluff
ton district for school purposes.
At the time the compromise was
submitted, it was indicated that no
action would be taken at that time
pending consideration of its provis-
ions.
Since that time there has been no
indication as to what course the board
proposes to follow. Leaders of the
Orange township opposition, likewise
are voicing no comment. However,
it is generally assumed that the
boards meeting Saturday will pro-
vide the cue for the future course of
those residents who have been at log
gerheads with the board.
Point to Court Verdict
| Following the Ohio Supreme court
verdict month ago in which the
HANCOCK county board of education
was ordered to transfer disputed por-
tions of Marion township school dis
trict to Findlay, Orange township pro-
ponents seeking transfer of their ter
ritory to Bluffton have declared that
the two cases are parallel.
New legal counsel, it is understood,
has been retained by the Orange
township objectors to press their
claim in court if necessary. However,
| it is said that an attempt will first
be made to adjust the matter without
litigation if possible.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Orange TUp. Man Wins
Trip To Worlds Fair

Frank Montgomery, Orange town.
ship farmer, was one of seven prize
winners to be awarded a free trip
to the New York city Worlds fair
in a nationwide contest conducted
by a manufacturer of poultry feeds.
Montgomery was notified the first
of the week that he will receive
shortly a check to cover railroad
fare and pullman accommodations to
New York city and return and also
money to cover three days expenses
at the fair.
A check in like amount will be
sent to o. <. Bowers, manager of
the Farmers Elevator company, here,
local representative of Allied Mills
of Ft. Wayne, sponsors of the con-
test.
The two men, accompanied by their
wives, expect to make the trip to
New York in August, going by auto
instead of train.
The contest in which Montgomery
was a winner was open to poultry
raisers in which each was asked tc
write in not more than twenty-five
words why he preferred his par.
ticular breed of chickens.
Besides awarding free trips tt
| seven prize winners, the local deal
er of each prize winner was alss
given a free trip to the fair.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13

Mennonite young people of Ohio
and Indiana will hold a two-day
youth conference at the Grace church
in Pandora, Saturday and Sunday.
Sessions will open Saturday after
noon at $3.50 and continue in the
evening with social mixer scheduled
at 5 p. m. between the two meetings.
Meetings will also be held Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock and in
the evening at 8 p. m. Rev. A. C.
Schultz of the Bluffton college fac
ulty will be the principal speaker,
delivering addresses at the evening
meetings on Saturday and Sunday.
Churches participating in the con-
ference include: First Mennonite and
Ebenezer of Bluffton; st. John and
Grace of Pandora; also churches in
New Stark, Dalton, Lima, Trenton,
Ohio; Berne, Nappane and Goshen,
Indiana.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Couple Will Celebrate 55th
Wedding Anniversary Sunday

log cabin on tract of land owned by
his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman moved to
their new home on the following
Thanksgiving day, taking three loads
of household goods with them. The
couple recall that they sat on the
banks of the Blanchard river to eat
their Thanksgiving dinner.
After living in Wood county for
five years, Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman re-
turned to Orange township where
they resided for 18 years on the w.
w. Eaton farm. They then purchas-
ed f20 acres from the Chris Swank
tract in the same township, living
there eleven years.
Selling this farm they purchased
the Adam Bame property on Jefferson
street and p adjoining acres anc
moved to Bluffton. After living il
| Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Demands Jobs Back
For State Employees

With two Bluffton men, former
state employees, directly involved, po-
litical circles here are following with
interest the demands made during the
past week by Attorney Francis Dur
bin of Lima that provisional civil ser
vice employees dismissed by the pres
ent Bricker administration be rem
stated in their former jobs.
Frank McElroy and Ralph Reich
enbach both of Bluffton appointed to
positions in the state liquor and ola
age departments respectively under
the preceding Davey administration
were subsequently dismissed after the
Bricker administration took over con-
troll of state affairs.
Following McElroy's dismissal, Her
bert Siefeld, Blufton baker, was ap-
pointed to a position in the state
imuor store in Lima, where McElroy
had been previously employed.
The two Bluffon men dismissed are
part of group of sixteen former
state employees in this district whum
Durbin is demanding be reinstated II
their former positions.
Durbin's demand, backed by an ohle
supreme court decision that recen'
dismissals of provisional civil service
employes by the Briker admlnistra
tion is invalid, carries threat o
mandamus action if the employees arr
not reinstated.
Forseeing a bitter legal fight IL
hehalf of the dismissed workers !
thav are not Immediately restored q
their Jobs, Durbin indicated that sim
liar action will be taken in behalf o
20 some workers dismissed from tn
state highway department.
Several of the dismissed worker
have reported back to their forme
Jobs, but supervisors in charge deciin
ed to put them to work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Brilliant Meteor Flashes Across
Northern Sky Tuesday Evening

Bluffton saw it-that meteor that
flashed across the northern sky
Tuesday night at S:45 o'clock. Cas-
ual observers scanning the sky about
dusk were astonished to see a pear
shaped ball of fire with a long tail
streak across the heavens for a
period of several seconds clearly Wis.,
ible from the zenith to the horizon,
travelling from west to east and dis
appeared in a flash and sudden burst
of light.
Where the meteor fell is a matter
of conjecture. Reports following the
phenomenon indicated that it had
been seen throughout northern Ohio
and Canada. All reports agreed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13

In honor of their 55th wedding an
niversary, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hart
man will hold open house Sunday af-
ternoon at their home in Orange
TOWNSHIP, four miles south east of
Bluffton.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman are
members of pioneer families of the
BIuffton district. Mrs. Hartman be-
fore her marriage was Celia Wilkins,
daughter of Absolom Wilkins of
Union township. Her husband was
the son of Francis Hartman of Or
ange township. Both are now n
years of age.
The couple were married in Ottawa
at the home of C. Dwight House, 9
cousin of Mrs. Hartman on July 13
1884. Rev. Hill officiated.
After the wedding, Mr. Hartman
went to Wood county where he clear
ed an eighty acre farm and built /
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Sales Tax Man To
Be Here Next Week

Francis ]. Huret, manager of the
department of taxation office, Lima,
announced that a sales tax examiner
will be in Bluffton to assist vendors
with their semi-annual sales tax re-
port for the period January i to
June 80.
Examiner C. l.. Flicker, will be
here at the Mayors office next Mon
day and Tuesday for the convenience
of vendors in Bluffton and vicinity.
Sales tax reports must be filed
not later than July 81. Failure to
file on or before this date subjects
the vendor to penalty Of 81 PEI
day until the report is filed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Wedding FOlIOUs
College Romance

A Bluffton college romance culmin-
ated in the wedding of Miss Evelyn
Pifer, Youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton N. Pifer of Orange town
ship and DR.. Robert Long, only son
of DR.. and Mrs. B. A. Long of Lima.
The ceremony was solemnized be-
fore an altar banked with flowers at
the home of the brides parents, Sat-
urday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev.
Cornelius N. Baker, pastor of Mar
ket Street Presbyterian church of
Lima officiated in the single ring
ceremony.
The bride wore a gown of white
satin and lace made with long full
skirt and fitted bodice and carried a
shower boquet of white roses.
Following the ceremony a reception
in honor of the bride and groom was
held at the home of the brides par
ents, after which DR.. and Mrs. Long
left on motor trip thru Michigan.
For her travelling ensemble Mrs.
Long wore a black and white pin
striped dress with white accessories.
The bride is a graduate of Rawson
high school and Bluffton college. For
the past four years she has been home
economics instructor in McComb high
schoo.
DR.. Long is a graduate of Lima
Central high school, attending Bluff
ton college and graduate from Ohio
State university college of dental
surgery. He is a member of Delta
Sigma Delta fraternity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
MARKETING OF
WHEAT AT PEAK
Bluffton Elevators Open Even
ings to Handle Influx of
Seasons Crop
Tests Running from So to So;
Yields are Averaging 20
Bushels Acre

This week is expected to witness
the peak of the wheat marketing
season with from 5000 to 5000
bushels of the yellow grain pouring
into the Bluffton market daily.
Buttons two elevators are remain
ing open in the evening this week
to handle the volume of business.
Both threshing rings and combines
are at work in the harvest field and
cooler weather, following the swelt-
ering humidity last week, served to
speed up operations. Passing of the
A yield of 33 bushels of wheat
per acre was one of the top
records of the season made by
Amos Klingler on the Mrs. Earl
Ewing farm in Orange town
ship. The wheat tested SO.
Klingler marketed here Mon
day 1873 bushels of wheat har-
vested from a six acre tract,
receiving 62 cents per bushel.
heat wave without the usual thunder
storms made ideal harvest conditions
here the first of the week.
Elevator men, however, report that
the grain this year is still little
wet and tough, due mostly to the
fact that farmers have been in too
much of a hurry to combine.
Average Yield 20 Bushels
Yields in the Bluffton district this
year appear to average around 20
bushels to the acre, although there
are plenty of fields making a show
ing of from 25 to 80 bushels.
Test for wheat is from SIS to SO,
according to elevator reports.
Threshed wheat is running general
ly toward the top of this range while
combine wheat is in the lower levels.
Price for the grain is running
about the same as this time last
year. A price of 81 cents a bushel
was quoted for grain marketed here
Wednesday.
Fly Damages Crop
One factor in decreasing the aver
age acre yield is Hessian fly infes-
tation which has been reported more
widespread this summer than in sew
eral years past.
This years outbreak of fly damage
is attributed to disregard of the fly.
free date in fall planting together
with favorable weather conditions
for winter survival of the insect.
Many farmers are trying to keeI
their loss at a minimum by cutting
wheat early and harvesting the croI
with binders, a reversal of the grow
ing practice toward the combine
method.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Will Attend Lions
Meet In Pittsburgh

Four Bluffton Lions and their
wives will leave next Monday for
Pittsburgh to attend the annual sum-
mer convention of Lions clubs.
The Bluffton representation will
consist of District Governor and
Mrs. Forrest Steinman, District
Treasurer and Mrs. E. S. Lape and
daughter Betty, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Gratz and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Stauffer.
Following the close of the conven-
ton the latter part of the week, Mr..
and Mrs. Lape and daughter will
motor thru the east and visit the
Worlds fair in New York city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Three Year Contract
As School Principal

Aaron B. Murray, formerly of
Bluffton who has been principal of
the schools of Washington Court
House for the past two years has
signed contract to continue as prin-
cipal of school at that place for the
next three years.
Murray is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. G. Murray of North Jackson
street and has held responsible
school administrative positions at diff
ferent cities in Ohio. He and his
family have spent the past week
visiting relatives in Bluffton and
Ottawa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13

that it was located in the northern
skies and it is believed that it fell
to earth somewhere in Canada.
So brilliant was the meteor that
some observers thought it was an
airplane.
The meteor is the second to be
seen here this summer. On Satur-
day evening, June 3, large meteor
was seen by number of Bluffton
residents in the northwestern sky.
Although not as widely visible as the
one Tuesday night, nevertheless it
lighted the sky brilliantly and was
believed to have fallen somewhere
in Northwestern Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
SCHOOL TO Get
WITHHELD FOND
State Department Of Education
Reverses Former Stand on
Tuition Pupils
$4,000 to be Paid to Bluffton
Schools from State Founda-
ton Fund

The sum of $4,000 withheld from
the Bluffton public schools by the
state department of education has
been reinstated and will be paid to
the Bluffton board from state founda-
ton funds as originally set up, ac-
cording to word received here the
first of the week by Leland Diller,
clerk of the board.
Action of the state department in
withholding the money was based on
the fact that the Bluffton board of
education had failed to collect tuition
from 81 Orange township pupils who
attended school here in 1878.
At that time the state department
held that where no tuition was paid
by an out of the district pupil, there
was no obligation on the part of the
state department to make payments
to the board of education on the bas-
is of that pupils attendance.
State Department Reverses Stand
Reversing its previous stand, fol-
lowing a decision last month by the
Ohio Supreme court in a similar case,
the state department notified the
board here that it is prepared to
make necessary adjustments on re-
ceipt of a certified copy of those
Orange township pupils attending
school here who reside one and
one-half miles from the Union
township school at Mt. Cory and near
er the Bluffton school.
The letter, signed by Dick Smith
assistant director of education, closes
differences of long standing between
the Bluffton board and the state de-
partment of education which had their
ramifcations in the tangled Orange
township school controversy.
The differences arising between the
Bluffton board and the state depart
ment relative to the attendance here
of Orange township pupils began sew
eral years ago when the Orange town
ship rural schools were abondone'
and the territory transferred to tn
Union township school district.
Orange Pupils Sent Here
At that time a number of Orang
township residents who objected t
the transfer of the district to Unio
township sent their children to tn
Bluffton schools.
During their attendance at schoo
here the Orange township pupils pro
vided their own transportation an
also entered into a contract with tn
Bluffton board for the payment of tu
| ition. The tuition, however, was neH
er collected by the Bluffton board.
Tuition in the chool here, based 0
actual cost, amounts to approximatei
1896 per pupil per month. For eac
pupil attending school here the boar
or eQucdllOn ID chtAIicu w
from the state foundation fund a pay
ment of approximately Sc per montl
| 1t was this $6 per month for the 3
Orange township pupils which tn
state department of education cor
tended it was not liable by reason
the failure of the Bluffton board
education to collect the monthly tu
ton of 1895.
Following the Supreme court d'
cision last month the state depar
ment reversed its stand and funo
being withheld will be paid as soon
routine details have been worked ou
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
ACCIDENT VICTIM IMPROVES

Clyde Klingler, Orange township
farmer who was badly bruised and
cut in harvest field accident ten
days ago is improving at his home
south of town.
Klingler, in attempting to stop a
runaway team, was thrown under the
horses and run over by a grain
binder. He is still confined to the
house.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Hold Model Airplaine
Contest On July 23

Arrangements are being made to
hold a model airplaine flying contest
here on Sunday, July %, it was an
nounced the first of the week.
Entries in the contest will be open
to all interested in Bluffton and vi
cinity. Marion Burkholder, director
of the contest is in charge of ar
rangements.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Births
The following birth.

The following births at Bluff
ton Community hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Geiser, Bluff
ton, son, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Guider, south
of Bluffton, daughter, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Peterson,
Findlay, daughter, born Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13

Idaho City Named for Indian
The name Pocatello was taken
from a famous chief of the Bannock
Indian tribe, who was valiant war
rior and noted for his intemperance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Specific Gravity of Blood

The specific gravity Of blood de-
pends upon the quantity of haemo-
globin present Normally it is be-
tween loss and LOGO.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13

MRS. Robert Long, bride in a
- wedding Saturday which fol-
lowed a college romance. Mrs.
Long, the former Evelyn Pifer
and DIR. Robert Long of Lima
were married Saturday after
noon in a ceremony at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton n. Pifer in Jenera.
Both DIR. Long and his bride
were former Bluffton college
students. Mrs. Long was Bluff
ton day queen in 1885.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-20
LOOKING BACK In Into 9TH the u Files

president; Charles Sandberg, second
vice president; Fred B. James, secretary,
and P. T. Brownell, treasurer.
Lowell Anderson of Minneapolis was
drowned in Eastwood river Wednesday.
Anderson, in company with H. r.
Halsey, also Of Minneapolis, were on
a weeks canoe trip. When the canoe
foundered in the rapids, Halsey sue
ceeded in reaching shore and was
brought to town by a forest ranger
A searching party made up of Under
taker Seiberlich, Arthur Sheridan, Fred
James and several others, recovered the
body the following day. 1t seems that
Anderson swan distance and sud-
denly sank Heart failure is given as
the cause of his sinking.
Edward Burns and Miss Eileen
Forciea Of Winton were married in
Seattle, Washington, on Monday. **%
Mrs. c.. A. Dahlgren has returned to
her home at Coueur d Alene, Idaho,
after visit in this city. She was &C.
eompanied to Duluth by the Misses
Jennie Skogland and Dora Tonkin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-20
Fifty Years Ago
From Issue of July %, 1889.

The Two Harbors harbor will be i'm
proved to the extent of s62 500 this
season ***E. F. Mead is completing a
boat house at the end of the new road
to the lake *""Patrick O'Brein and Miss
Nora Pearson were married Wednesday
morning by the Rev. Father Buh. ***The
village council is trying to satisfy itself
as to whether the contract system or
the days work is the most practical for
this rapidly growing community. ***Mr.
and Mrs. w. P. Price of Medford, Wis,
were here this week and called on their
old friend, Jud Cleveland. Mr.. Price
is figuring on opening in the general
merchandise business in SeIwood when
this town gets going.
It was decided to grade Harvey street
by contract at the last council meeting
and bids are being called fol. ***A rumor
has been confirmed that a ship yard
viii be established in South Chicago for
the building of steel steamers for the
Minnesota Iron company. ***The notori-
Gus JOS. Shelby and Patsy Cardiff are
making a tour of the northwest giving
sparring exhibitions. They were in Ely
Tuesday and drew full tent. **"A party
of boys and girls gave Miss Wilson, their
teacher, a surprise party on Saturday
evening Presidents in the vicinity OF
a certain saloon have been complaining
of late Of disorderly conduct. The
was arrested and paid fine
of 81.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-20
SEEK MONEY
FOR RELIEF

A special committee, representing the
st. Louis county board of commissioners
and welfare board, viii meet with a
group Of Duluth bankers towmorrow to
discuss future poor relief financing in
tn county.
The county committee will seek funds
to pay current relief bills until tax col
lectionS, due in October, are paid, or
until other action is taken by the
county. BY the end Of this year a
S650OO0 shortage in relief funds is
anticipated.
The welfare board has decided to
ask the Minnesota relief division TO ap-
prOpriate $4,000 to this county during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1910.
The amount IS 100000 higher than re-
QueSted from the state earlier in the
year. State action is due soon on the
question Of ALLEGATION of state funds for
relief purposes to the various counties.
The county board is scheduled to act
Sept. IS on method of raising tax
funds to cover the relief overdraft-
already beyond the 100000 mark The
board at that time will consider levying
? mills additional for poor relief against
1889 taxes, coIlectible in 1910, and is
Suance Of new relief bonds to cover the
deficit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-20
NaUaL and Military
Examination Called.

Congressman Pittenger of this dis
trict states that he viii have one
vacancy to fill at the naval academy
at Annapolis in 1910 and one at the
military academy at West Point.
These appointments viii be made
from candidates who attain the highest
scholastic ratings at examinations Con-
gresham Pittenger has requested the
United States civil service commission
to conduct at designated postoffices in
the district on October 7th, this year.
All young men in the district who
have had sufficient school work viii be
eligible to take this examination, pro-
vided they can meet the physical re-
quirements of the branch of the service
to which they aspire.
Further information can be obtained
by writing to Mr.. Pittenger, Room 244
Old House Office Bldg, Washington,
D. c.