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Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01
Obituary
MURPHY

MURPHY
Mrs. Georgia II. Murphy, 50 years
old. widow of William Fl. Murphy,
died Thursday morning, November
%. at her home in Pennington. The
mother of the late State Senator
Charles ID. Murphy. she is survived
by daughter, Mrs. Harry l.. Bon
ham, Newark; brother, former
State Senator John w. Sheldrici:, Of
Harrington; two sisters. Mrs. W. a.
Ransom. Railway. n. j.. and Mrs.
Edward c. Hardesty, Wilmington,
and three grandchildren, BarbaII
Bonham and Charles ID. Murphy.
Jr.. and Louise Murphy. Funeral was
held from the home Saturday after
noon. interment was made in Holly
wood cemetery at Harrington.
WALLS
Funeral services for Charles Hen
ry Walls. aged IS years. who passed
away at his residence near Milton on
Sunday, November 26. were held
from Wilson's funeral home on We'd
nesday, with interment in st. Johns
cemetery at st. Johns Cross Roais,
the Rev. Ross of Milton and the Rev.
George of Harheson officiating. Sur
viving Mr. Walls are one half-brl-
ther. Ira Walls. and one half-siste".
Mrs. John Reynolds. both of Milton.
Mr.. Walls was a sailor. having sailed
the Seven Seas" on some of the lar
gest vessels, hut retired from active
service several years ago.
MxN
UNRUH
Edwin Forest Unruh. aged 81
Years. veteran of the United States
Marine Corps and resident of Mil
ton. passed away on Thursday, No
yemher 2l, after a brief illness. Fu-
reral services were held at Wilson's
funeral home on Friday afternoon.
Interment was made in Bethel ceme-
terry. near fredericksburg. Md. with
the Rev. Joseph Vaughn of Milton
officiating Mr. Unruh is survived by
one brother. Clarence NJ. Unruh. of
Wyoming. {
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SHOCKLEY
Mrs. Clara c. Shockley. colored. =
age 20 years. daughter of the late
and Rachel Hudson. of
Neck. departed from this
life. November "a. 1889, at the home
of her sister. Mrs. Ida Collins, in
~ J. Mrs. Shockley was
born in odessa. on November S, 1869. /!
She was the widow of Charles B. i
of Milford. She is survived
by a son, Davis W. Shocllley; a sis
ter, three brothers and many other
realtives and friends. A brief funeral
service was held on Sunday in Pal
myra. and regular services were held
here Monday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. Williams. a former minister in
this town. Interment was made in
rho avi peiOptery
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01

The work on the new Avenue
Church is progressing very rapidly
these days, but not rapidly enough
for meeting of the Ladies' Aid on
Wednesday of next week. That has
been postponed until January when
it can take place in the ladies par
lOr of the new church. At that time
the organization plans tea, when
not only the members of the church
but friends of the various churches
will come for tea, inspect the new
building lately completed, and en-
joy the exchanges of commonplaces
and friendships.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen p. Toad
vine entertained guests at dinner on
Monday evening and followed the
dinner with cards. Their guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Truitt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Waples, and
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Smith.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01

UBSCRIBERS for the
Southern Delaware Con-
cert Course may be a bit
anxious to have further
news of late deyelnp-
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01

Mrs. Thomas Davis combined two
one table bridge clubs on Wednes-
day evening and entertained them
at her home IN South Walnut
street. The guests were Mrs. Rob
ert c. Hall, Mrs. NJ. Haswell Pierce,
Mrs. S. c. Evans, Mrs. c. ID. Alb
bott, Mrs ] Harry IIumes and Mrs.
G.. Marshall Townsend.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01

The ladies of the Auxiliary of the
Milford Memorial Hospital are
waging an earnest drive for MEM
berships to the organization, not
only locally, but in the towns
which benefit by the proximity of
the hospital. In another column will
be found the many things that the
subscription dollar buys for the
needs of the institution. II is re-
markable how far the ladies make
a dollar go, but that amount of
money must be given each year to
keep up the excellent work of that
body of workers, who give them
selves so freely. Read what they do
and you will be inspired to join at
once so that your part will be regis
tered early and on its way to make
the hour or the day easier by the
patients, through the use of some
comfort that your money has bought.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01

Mrs. Harry H. BrakeIey returned
home from a short visit in Borden
town, N. j., on Wednesday. While
there she was the guest of honor at
a luncheon given by her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Harry II. Brakeley,
Jr., in celebration of her birthday,
which was Tuesday.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01
Edited by
VIRGINIA S. TOWNSEND

neous shower was given TO the
bride-to-be, after which the guests
played cards. Those present were
Miss Gretchen Calhoun, Miss Jane
Grove, Mrs. Walter J. Hoey, Miss
Ada Shockley, Miss Priscilla Nailor,
Miss Zena Coopersmith, Miss Doris
Mills, Miss Beatrice Johnson, Miss
Jeanette Kirby, Miss Jean Galloway,
Miss Betty Calhoun, Miss Lily Lord,
Miss Frances Roach, Mrs. Frank
Mag, Miss Betty Bennett, Miss
Jean Calhoun, Miss Lillian Ingram,
Mrs. Pierce Watson, Mrs. Harold
Clifton and Mr.. Kennerly Lambert.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01

Lieutenant Commander and Mrs.
J. Lockwood Pratt, of Washington,
3d. ID. C., welcomed a fine son in that
city on Tuesday, November 2S. He
has been given the name of his ma
ternal grandfather, Frank Layton
Pratt and will he called Layton.
This is the third child for the
Pratts, one girl and two boys.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01

Isaac A. White and wife have re-
turned from a visit with their daugh-
ter in Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-01

Early on Sunday morning last the
NJ. P. Church at Georgetown was en-
tirely consumed by fire, which had
its origin between the ceilings from
a defective flue. The church cost
about $4,000. and was insured for
$1,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Velma West Hunted In
Allen County

Allen county Thursday became the
center of the search for Velma West,
33-year-old Painesville hammer slay-
er, and one of the other three wom-
en- who escaped last Monday from
the Marysville Women's Reforma-
tory.
Virginia Brawdy, committed from
Akron as an incorrigible, is believed
to be the West woman's companion.
Officials were requested by Mar
guerite Reilley, reformatory super
intendent, to conduct the search.
1t was recalled that the Brawdy
woman, who escaped a little more
than two years ago from the Girls
Industrial School at Delaware, was
in South Jackson street,
Lima, by Detectives Earl Miller and
James Goodwin. At the time the
girl was arrested on an open charge
and it was only after a thoro check
up had been made that she was re-
vealed as an escaped prisoner.
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Physician Appeals
Damage Verdict

Motion for new trial will be filed
in the reducing pill'' malpractice
case of Mrs. Maurine Morningstar
against Or. Glen E. Jones, of Lima,
it was announced Thursday by Atty.
Carl Neville, co-counsel for the de
fendant.
After celebrating seven hours, a
jury of eight men and four women
concluded an eight-day hearing We'd
nesday afternoon by awarding Mrs.
Morningstar s11.1S2.35 damages.
She claimed DR.. Jones prescribed
for her a dangerous, harmful and
unofficial drug to reduce her weight
three years ago, and that he repre-
sented the medicine to be entirely
safe and harmless.
The plaintiff further contended
that cataracts which later developed
in both her eyes, necessitating eight
operations and permanently impair
ing her sight, were caused by the
reducing pills.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Head Of Lima Loco
Optimistic

Belief that "as the railroads go,
SO will go the country" was ex-
pressed by John E. Dixon, president
of The Lima Locomotive Works, dur
ing an interview Thursday afternoon
following an inspection trip of the
Lima plant.
Dixon, who was named president
of the locomotive firm about six
weeks ago, was making his first visit
to the local plant in his capacity as
president. He has been with the
firm since 1916 and has made many
previous trips here.
Questioned regarding general busi-
ness conditions throughout the coun-
try, Dixon said that in his travels
he had observed a feeling of "every-
thing waiting to go ahead but hesi-
tant until there was some definite
knowledge of what will be done in
Washington"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Draws Fine And Back
Breaking Job

William E. Mineau, Detroit truck
er, will always have reason to re-
member Findiay when he passes
through.
Mineau was arrested on an over
load charge early Friday morning by
state highway patrolmen and after
being fined s25 by Justice of the
Peace C. C. Holliger he had a back
breaking job to perform before he
could go on to Detroit
The outfit was overloaded only on
the drive axle of the semi-trailer
while the four-wheeled trailer's
weight was not quite up to the load
limit.
The truck was loaded with vitri-
fed wall tile and Mineau had to
carry $500 of them or 1000 pounds
from the front to rear trailer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
WPA Refuses Aid In
Rail Removal

Announcement was made last
week that Lima's city-wide street
car rail removal program has been
put on the WPA eligibility project
list.
City officials learned of the de-
cision when William B. Schmuhl,
Toledo district WPA director, told
them the obligation of removing
rails on several abandoned car
routes rested entirely with the city.
Councilmen, however, authorized
City Engineer Thomas Quinn to
submit a rail removal program on
the basis of the city standing the
expense of removing the rails and
then pledging 20 per cent spon-
sor's share toward a WPA project
which would complete the street i'm
provement program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Social Work Opens
In Marsh

Attempts to correlate social service
activities OH the Scioto marsh were
meeting with success this week as
Miss Beatrice Green, a deaconess of
the Methodist church, opened the
first supervised playground at For
aker, and the Misses Esther Came
ron, Dorothy Knowles and Elizabeth
Selmser. students of Schauffler Col
lege, Cleveland, opened classes at the
children's service center near Alger.
In addition to work with children,
the two centers will sponsor COM
munity night programs for adults
and will conduct other educational
services, it was announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Gets $4,000 Bus
Order


Two Lima industries will be given
a $320,OO0 "boost" under terms of a
contract with a New York manu-
featuring firm.
The industries are the Superior
Body Co., and the Indiana Boat Co.,
which already have started to build
build fleet of 80 elaborate travel
ing salesrooms" for the Devoe and
Reynolds Co., Inc, makers of paints
and brushes.
According to A. HI. Mohrhusen,
manager of the firms brush division
each of the 80 huge buses will repre-
sent an expenditure in Lima of APP
proximately $4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
HANCOCK COUNTY
69-Acre Lake Being
Built

Contract for construction of a dam
to form conservation lake at Van
Buren was awarded Monday by the
state department of conservation to
the H. W. Holt company, of Column
bus.
The Columbus firm submitted the
low bid of S18,714.
According to Howard Langstaff,
district conservation officer, the con-
tract includes the construction of the
concrete central portion of the dam
and also the earth fills extending
each way from it to protect the New
York Central railroad right-of-way.
The concrete dam will be 204 feet
long and p feet high.
The new dam will be 200 feet to
the east of the railroad fill and
bridge and it will impound lake
of 69.76 acres extent at estimated
normal level and extending eastward
three-quarters of a mile. Normal
flow of water from upstream springs
is expected to keep the lake filled,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Swindler Gets S1.5O
From Driver

The bogus Sewing machine sales
man" who swindled several Hardin
county resident recently of sums of
money, carried his operations into
FindIay but got only $3.50 from his
victim.
The salesman" hired Paul Sails
burey, of Ottawa, to drive him to
Findlay for the purpose of getting
three sewing machines for delivery
in Ottawa.
Upon arrival in FiTidlay the sew
ing machine man stopped at West
ern avenue address to make col
lection. He returned to the car and
told Salisburey that the woman had
only S. bank check and he needed
some change. Salisburey, who had
left the bulk of his money at home
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Crop Damage Is
Reported

Heavy rains on sun-heated soils
caused humid conditions and Putnam
farmers expect heavy losses from
rust in wheat and oats crops.
Hundreds of tons Of hay have
been wasted by the excessive rain
fall; in some instances growers
have hauled the ruined forage from
the fields and burned it.
Thousands of acres of corn in
western Putnam county will be more
than knee-high by the Fourth of
July. This height is said to be es-
sential to assure the proper matur-
ing of the crop.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Auto Found In Quarry

Persistence of Lima police SER
geant in pursuing meagre clues re-
suited Thursday in the pulling of an
automobile from water of the
quarry which figured prominently in
the infamous Woods-Truesdale muir
der mystery and the arrest of a
Lima man on charge of attempt
ing to obtain money frauduently
from an insurance company.
Gordon Jones, 27, of Lima, taxi
cab driver, was the man held.
The 1887 sedan owned by Jones,
and reported stolen by him on
March II, was pulled from the quar-
ry south of town shortly before
p. m. Thursday, ending a three
months intensive investigation by
Sergt. Don Miller and his aids.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Kidnappers Caught
Within Two Hours

Less than two hours after they
had left, William Dunkle, Is, Can
ton, robbed and bound in Hills
woods, four miles southeast of Nc
Comb, Robert Taber, 20, and Patrick
Darcy, 10, hitch-hikers, both of
New York City, were apprehended
by Fremont police shortly before 3
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The two were returned to .Findlay
by Lieut.. S. D. Augenstein and
Sheriff Yyle A. Harvitt while State
Highway Patrolman R. M. Perry
drove Dunkle's automobile back.
Dunkle identified them as the ones
who tied him to tree and stole
his car.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Effinger Files Libel
Suit

The Lima News Publishing Co.
was named defendant in S250,000
suit filed Friday by Virgil H. Bert"
Effinger, of Lima He charges libel.
Twelve counts are contained in the
petition filed by Atty. j. K. Rockey.
Effinger claims he was libeled in
a series of stories dealing with
charges of syndicalism and unlawful
possession of explosives filed against
him in Detroit and recently dis
missed.
The Lima man figured in the news
for the past three years following
the charge made by Wayne county,
Michigan, Prosecutor Duncan McCrea
that Effinger was an officer in the
Black Legion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Suspect Held In
Attack

Arraigned in Lima municipal court
Thursday on two counts of criminal
assault, Robert G. Miller, IS, of
Spencerville, pleaded not guilty and
was remanded TO jail in default of
bonds totaling $4,000. Judge M. B.
jenkins set a. m. Friday as time
for preliminary hearing.
Miller, married twice and father
of an I8-months-old child, is ac-
cused of attacking two Spencerville
girls with a six-inch length of iron
pipe as they walked in a lonely road
to their homes late June IA.
According to Sheriff William v.
Daley, the man has signed con-
fession in which he admitted that he
intended to criminally assault one or
both of the girls.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29

before making the trip, gave him
s1.50.
Later, the salesman asked him
to drive his car to the rear Of the
Rawson block and to wait there
Wilde he went around in front and
opened up his store. Salisburey
waited and the man did not retarn.
He inquired as to the location of
the Singer Sewing Machine store
which the man said he represented
and was told that it was not located
in the block.
Salisburyy drove back to Ottawa
minus his S1.50.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Kenton Students Win
Top VO-Ag HOnOrs

Kenton high schools vocational ag-
ricultural teams under the direction
of d. B. Robinson, vo-ag teacher
at the school, again placed among the
best in the state by winning two
team championships and placing
high in all competition.
The dairy cattle judging team
composed of Edwin Steiner, Jr.,
Charles Drum and Jesse Curtis, Jr.,
and the poultry demonstration team
made up of Charles Wolf, John
Slough and Paul Rogers, both took
first state honors.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
How He Got Car Puzzle
To Negro

Eugene Jiles, 23-year-old Detroit
Negro, was in the Hancock county
jail this week trying to figure out
how he hoppened to be driving a
stolen auto when arrested by state
highway patrolmen near Rawson on
Thursday.
Jiles told Officer Busch, "Ah,
didn't steal that car, boss. He said
he had been shooting dice and drink
ing Wednesday night with several
other colored boys in the Detroit
parking lot.
"Ah, lost all ma money, got pretty
tight and crawled in the car to
sleep. When / woke up, ah was
driving in Ohio" he said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Low Relief Costs
Cited

The comparatively small sum Of
money given direct relief recipients
in Putnam county was cited last
week by Mrs. Bonnie Corns, county
welfare case supervisor.
The per-person food disbursement
during May for a family of IL per-
sons was only 2.59 cents per meal.
1t ranged as high as 6.25 cents for
single person, however.
For two persons in family, man
and wife, they got $500 for gro
ceries, or an even four cents per
meal; three persons were allowed
three and half cents per meal and
four persons obtained 3.22 cents per
meal.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Tulip Tree A Show
Place

A large tulip tree, said to be the
only one of its kind in Hancock
county, stands on the old Abraham
Hart farm in Portage township. 1t
has stood there, in all probability
for century as the farm was taken
up by Mr.. Hart 100 years ago.
This tulip tree has large snowy
flowers, yellow in color and shading
into brown at the base. When in
full bloom it was a pretty sight,
looming up in the atmosphere fully
so feet and well branched to near
the ground, clothed in dense foliage
which hides the bowl from sight.
The tree is about two feet in diam
eter at the base.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Bridges Culverts To
Be Built

Approval of WPA officials of pro-
jects which include construction of
three culverts and one bridge job in
Hardin county was received in the
office of Hardin County Engineer
Russell L. Harvey.
The work on the new projects will
not be started until after the begin
ming of the new WPA fiscal year on
July 5. A total of 48 men will be
employed on the four projects which
will cost total of SS,071. Of that
figure S5,281 will be used for labor
and $2,791 for materials, the COM
said,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Three Questioned In
Shooting

Three Kenton youths We're ques-
toned by Probate Judge Guernsey B.
Dewitt in connection with the
shooting Monday afternoon of last
week of Mrs. Mona X. Mowry.
The three boys admitted being
and shooting in the vicinity of the
Mowry home with rifles, but said
they couldn't remember shooting in
the direction of the house.
The bullet which struck Mrs.
Mowry entered her body on the left
side just below the ribs and took a
course toward the right where it
lodged on the right side of the
abdomen. Her condition was be-
lieved not serious.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
KentOn Man COmmutes
To Columbus

1t gets him up at 6:30 a. m, but
Carl w. Smith, chairman of the
state civil service commission, is still
sold on the committing plan which
has carried him nearly 100000 miles
between Columbus and his home in
Kenton during the last six years.
"It actually is less expensive than
if / were to live in Columbus" !"
Smith asserted, "and besides, it en-
ables me to keep my home where it
always has been."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Trailer, Cargo Lost
In Crash

A truck enroute from Marietta to
Lima, which left the road about six
miles east of Kenton on route sos
lost its cargo of $500 gallons of
gasoline when it crashed into a
ditch and later lost a door when an
other truck struck it.
The pin between the tractor and
the trailer came loose, allowing the
trailed to go into the ditch, r. J..
Waltz, the driver, said. The tractor
stayed on the road. He opened the
door to get out and truck passing
in the opposite direction sheared the
door off.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Bars Placed On Rail-
road Track

d. w. Taylor, of Columbus, cap
tain of police for the New York
Central railroad and Officer John
Hartman, were conducting an i'm
vestigation Tuesday of three angle
bars which had been placed across
the New York Central tracks near
the East Melrose street crossing in
Findlay.
The bars were discovered by the
crew of freight train which went
through Findlay at 7.30 o'clock. The
freight had slowed down to go on a
siding near there and was able to
stop the train before any damage
was done.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Business Leaders Meet
In Findlay

Findlay was visited last Thursday
by a large number of prominent
business executives who came from
many points as guests at the annual
golf party of o. D. Donnell, presi-
dent of the Ohio Oil company. The
Findlay Country club was the scene
of the event.
Approximately 275 were there for
the occasion, spending the day at the
club, where they enjoyed morning and
afternoon rounds of golf, participat-
ing in tournament which developed
high interest throughout the day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Finding Returned
Against Physician

A report charging that DR.. Ed
ward B. Pedlow, trustees of the dis
trict tuberculosis hospital at Lima,
had been illegally paid $3.50 for pro-
fessional services was submitted to
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson
by State Examiner S. X. Armstrong.
The finding was contained in re-
port of affairs of the hospital jointly
owned by Allen, Auglaize, Mercer,
Shelby and Van Vert counties, from
March 26, 1888, to April 13, 1889.
1t contained also the examiners
statement that the hospital admins
tration appeared to have paid too
much for food supplies.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Ottawa Power Service
Suspended

Ottawa suffered the first severe
power failure last Thursday since in
February, when a sharp blast of
lightning terminated service in more
than half the village.
Officials of the Ohio Power Co.,
Ottawa branch, said the bolt prob
ably hit some portion of the north
circuit, from which the northern
portion of Ottawa, including the
village waterworks, and all of Clan
dorf is serviced. Service was sus-
pended about four hours.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-29
Year Of Many Straw
berries

The year 1889 will go down as a
season long on shortcake. The fre-
quent rains kept the strawberry crop
fresh and ripening to the last bios
som that spring produced. Not only
the cultivated crop but volunteer
plants produced amazingly. Along
fence rows, railways and vacant lots
the berries fourished.