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Evening star., 1939-01-30

late to international affairs, the pic
ture takes a slyly good -humored dig
at some of Europes latter-day polit-
ical PHILOSOPHERS. But it is not one
sided, not by long shot. Mr.. Hitch
cock has great deal of fun with
those English characteristics with
which English filmmakers always
have lot of fun. Among them are
the fanatical love for cricket, the
airiness of wind-blown English girls
on foreign holidays, the whimsicali-
ties of the foreign Office, the feeling
of an Englishman that his national
ity will protect him from any foreign
madman'S gun, and the light
heartedness of young English artists.
A spy picture with that many asides
is something very much out of the
ordinary, especially when it turns
out to be very entertaining as re-
suit of them.
Hollywood already has made off
with the leading lady of the picture,
not the one who vanishes, but Miss
Margaret Lockwood, who is very
deeply involved with the mystery.
Miss Lockwood has both the beauty
and the crisp, clipped speech which
Twentieth Century-FoX is safe in
assuming will fascinate American
audiences. 1t has not signed up
young Michael Redgrave, however.
Mr.. Redgrave plays the other half of
the films love interest. plays it upon
occasion with little too self
conscious nonchalance.
The best performers in the large
cast are two rather better-k known
players, Dame May Whitty and Paul
Lucas. AS one of those oatmeal
Evening star., 1939-01-30

Watermeions are to be grown in
Egypt from seed imported from the
United States.
Evening star., 1939-01-30

tweedy old ladies, FULL of quaint
charm, which takes surprising turns,
Dame May is at her very best. Mr.
Lucas is suave william, full of guile
and menace
Subordinate characters are played
by those highly qualified what's
Evening star., 1939-01-30
Sister Again

Gale Page, who was a sister of
the Lane sisters in -Four Daugh-
ters," will appear again with Pris-
ella, Rosemary and Lola in ely
Away Home" which Warner Bros.
will place before the cameras this
month.
Evening star., 1939-01-30

his-names which all English pictures
invariably have
Don't forget The Lady Vanishes'
when you are meditating on what to
do with the next few evenings.
J. C..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Virgil BOWers Dies
Monday In Hospital

Virgil Bowers, 45, farm resident
of near Beaverdam, died early Mon
day morning in Lima Memorial hos
pital, following an illness of the
past two months.
Survivors include the widow, son,
Clarence; a daughter, Mrs. Ellis
King, of Pandora; his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Bowers, of Beaver
dam; four brothers, Earl, of Bluff
ton; George, of Columbus Grove
Russell, of Payne, and Harry, of
Lima; and two sisters, Mrs. Walter
Barber, and Mrs. Stanley Vertner,
both of Beaverdam.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon at the Beaverdam
Church of Christ, with Rev. l.. C.
Davis, pastor, officiating.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
FRIDAY DEADLINE
FOR AUTO TAGS
One-third of Button Motorists
Have Not Bought New
Licenses
County Auditor Warns No Ex-
tension of Time for Fill
ing Tax Returns

Friday of this week will be an
unlucky day for the motorists who
neglects to get new auto tags or the
taxpayer who fails to file his per-
sonal tax return.
Two state agencies called atten-
ton the first of the week to the fact
that Friday is an important day.
As the last of March this year, it
represents the final day on which
the 1888 automobile tags can be
used.
Also County Auditor Floyd B.
Griffin reminded taxpayers that there
will be no extension of time for the
filing of personal tax returns, due
on that day.
About one-third of Bluffton motor
lists have failed to get new license
tags, it was stated by Robert Lewis,
deputy registrar, in charge of sales
here. Sales Wednesday noon showed
a total of 811, Lewis said. This is
about two-thirds of the 1900 tags
usually sold here during the year
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Former College
Student Is Dead

Leslie Springer, 38, former Bluff
ton college student, died Thursday
morning at Millard Fillmore hos
pital in Buffalo from pneumonia
complications.
Springer, a native of Berne, Ind,
will be remembered as student in
Bluffton college during the year
1922. He was member of the
Mems Glee club which made the
coast-to-coast tour in the summer
of 1922 under direction of Prof. G.
A. Lehman.
After one year of college here he
attended the Chicago Art institute
after which he was employed as
type designer by the Ludlow Typo
graph company which calling he fol-
lowed until the time of his death.
He had resided in Buffalo for the
past five years.
The remains were taken to his
former home in Berne, Ind, where
funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon followed by interment at
that place.
Surviving are an eight-year-old
daughter, Patricia Joan of Buffalo;
his mother Mrs. d. c. Springer OF
Berne; four brothers and four sis
ters. His wife preceded him in
death three years ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Summer And Winter
Weather Past Week

Extreme changes in the weather
have been Bluffton's lot for the last
week, real summer conditions that
prevailed last Friday and Saturday
being succeeded by a spring rain and
a drop in temperature that brought
winter back for belated assault.
On Friday, the weatherman really
provided the unexpected when the
thermometer reached a mark of 81
in a heat wave that had all the ear
marks of midsummer weather.
Mild conditions prevailed through
Saturday, but rain on Sunday
brought a close to the short three
day tenure of spring.
The mercury dropped rapidly Mon
day, and Bluffton residents were still
shivering on Tuesday. At its lowest
point the thermometer was near the
32-degree mark, difference of near
ly so degrees from the weather that
had prevailed only few days
earlier.
Warmer weather is expected to-
ward the close of the week, but local
residents are hoping the weather
changes for the remainder of the
spring season will not be so extreme
in nature as those experienced in
the last several days.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
REGULATE SALE
OF FIREWORKS
Restrictions ON Fourth of July
Observance to be Continued
This Year
No Sale of Fireworks Until
July 3: Ban Shooting in
Business District

Buttons Fourth of July celebra-
tion this year will again be of the
"safe and sane" variety, repetition
of the 1888 observance when rigid
regulations were placed on the use of
fireworks.
In announcing a continuation of
safety measures, municipal restric-
tions regulating the sale and shooting
of fireworks were released this week
by Mayor W. A Howe, with approval
of the town council.
Thru a proclamation, the mayor
will rule that firecrackers, torpedoes,
fireworks, or explosives of any kind
cannot be exploded, in the business
district at any time during the Fourth
of July celebration.
Boundaries of the business area are
fixed as from College avenue to
Washington street, and from Jackson
street to Big Riley creek.
In the residential district, the dis
charge of fireworks will be restricted
to one day only-the Fourth, Mayor
Howe declared. All measures are to
be rigidly enforced.
Mayor Howe's ruling also specifies
that fireworks cannot be sold or ex-
posed for sale in town before Mon
day, July 3.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
ASK BURIAL PLOT
FOR Ex-SOLDIERS
Council Gets Proposal to Set
Aside Sixteen Lots in
Maple Grove
Appropriate Monument Would
Be Provided by Bluffton
Legionnaires

Proposal to establish a plot in
Maple Grove cemetery for war vet
Grams of the area who lack sufficient
funds for burial expenses is being
considered by the Bluffton municipal
council.
Sponsor of the plan is the Bluff
ton American Legion post, which
presented the proposal to the coun-
ell and pledged its cooperation.
According to the suggestions of
the Legion, plot would be set aside
in the cemetery for honorably dis
charged soldiers, sailors or marines
now residing in the Bluffton vicinity
and who in event of death would
have no funds for funeral expenses.
1t was proposed that the site be
large enough to accommodate about
is graves. Under the suggested pro-
gram, the town would hold the title
to the plot.
Should the plan be approved the
Legion will erect a suitable monu-
ment to mark the site and COM
memorate its purpose.
No indication has been given as
to what action the town council may
take with regard to the proposal,
and an immediate decision may not
be made in the matter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Low Grain Prices OF 1897, 1888 Bring
Record Compliance In AAA Program
With The Sick

Mrs. A. E. Lugibill is very low
with heart trouble at her home on
South Lawn avenue with little hope
for her recovery. The children have
been summoned and her eldest son
Waldo Lugibill of Hope, North Da-
kota, will arrive here this Wednes-
day night.
H. B. Adams is quite i'll at his
home on South Lawn avenue.
Mrs. Elizabeth Amstutz, formerly
of this place who has been i'll at
the home of her daughter at Bloom
vile, near Tiffin, was removed to
Lima Memorial hospital Friday for
treatment.
Miss Virginia Price, freshman in
Beaverdam high school and daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Price of
Rockport underwent an operation
for appendicitis at the Bluffton hos
pital, Tuesday. Her condition is re-
ported satisfactory.
Mrs. Arthur Miller is convalescing
at her home south of Bluffton fol
lowing a major operation which she
underwent in the hospital here.
Ray Kern, residing in the Bertsche
property on the County line under
went an operation for stomach ulcers
/ last Friday at Findlay hospital.
Oliver Locher who has been af
fiicted with kidney stones has beer
brought to his home after two weeks
at Huron Road hospital, Cleveland
After six weeks here he is expected
to return to the hospital in Cleve-
land for further treatment.
Verne Dardio is ill with scarlet
fever at his home south of Bluffton
Mrs. Harry Ewing is i'll with 8
throat infection at her home near
town.
Mrs. Mary Ludwig, former Bluff.
ton resident, has been i'll at her home
in Toledo for the past five weeks
being confined to her bed by an at
tack of bronchial asthma.
Mrs. J. C. Welty of Minneapolis
Mimi, formerly of Bluffton is i'm
proving at Phoenix, Arizona, where
she has been seriously i'll for the
past two months. Mr.. and Mrs
Welty were making a winter tril
through the southwest when she re
ceived a paralytic stroke. Aftel
seven weeks in a Phoenix hospita
she was removed last week to {
hotel in that city. Mr. and Mrs
Welty expect to remain in Phoeni,
for another month after which the!
will return to Minneapolis.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Return From South
American Trip Soon

Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Triplett of
Campus Drive are expected to return
the middle of next week from an
extended trip to South America.
They are due to land at New York
city the first of the week.
They left here the latter part of
January, sailing down the east coast
of South America and up the west
coast with stops at principal cities
including Sac Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Ar
gentine, and Santiago, Chile.
From the Pacific coast they will
sail thru the Panama canal and back
to New York city.
While abroad, Mr.. Triplett, presi-
dent of The Triplett Electrical In
strument company of this place, Wis
tied the firms South American agen-
cies and representatives from which
comes a sizeable amount of the
.company's volume of business.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
BUILD dixie FOR
FLOOD CONTROL
Work Undertaken to Protect
Utility Generating Station
From High Water
Dixie to Prevent Overflow Into
Quarry and Subsequent
Damage to Plant

Construction of a dixie 200 feet
long paralleling the jefferson street
bank of the Central Ohio Light and
Power quarry was started Tuesday
as flood control measure.
Flood danger was apparent to Of
ficials of the utility two weeks ago
when Buttons most disastrous in
undation since 1913 raised the level
of Big Riley creek to the extent that
water flowed across jefferson street
and into the large quarry.
Designed to prevent a repetition
of the occurrence, the dixie is being
constructed from the creek bank
toward the Nickel Plate railroad for
a distance of some 200 feet parallel
to Jefferson street.
Two FEET HIGH
1t will stand about two feet above
sidewalk level and will be sturdily
constructed to turn the force of the
current in case of any future floods.
Employees of The Bluffton Stone
Co. are building the dixie, using
earth obtained in stripping opera
tions at their quarry.
Utility officials pointed out that
food hazard exists at their gener-
ating plant, across the quarry from
Jefferson street, due to the fact that
the first floor of the plant is level
with the sidewalk on Jefferson street.
AS a consequence, if the level or
the large quarry should be even with
Jefferson street, water would back
up through the intake tunnel and
flood the ground floor of the gener-
ating plant. BY constructing the
dixie, it is believed any danger of
this sort will be averted.
No DAMAGE LAST TIME
When the water ran into the
quarry during the recent flood there
was not enough to raise the water
level materially.
Because of the size of the quarry
it would require large amount of
water to make any noticeable differ
ence in the level, and the flood two
weeks ago rose and fell so suddenly
that there was little effect.
Officials of the utility said the
level of the quarry varies very little
otherwise. Pressure of the water
has much the same action as a
thermostat and when the level
reaches a certain point the pressure
is sufficient to prevent the under
ground springs flowing again until
the water level has dropped.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
CLEANUP DAY TO
Be ON APRIL I8
Date is Set by Town Council;
Mayor Howe Urges Co
operation of Public
Rubbish and Tin Cans will be
Removed by Municipality
Free of Charge

Buttons annual spring municipal
cleanup will be held this year on
Tuesday. April Is, according to an
announcement made this week by
Mayor w. A. Howe.
During the cleanup drive, the truck
owned by the town will remove debris,
Tin cans and rubbish free of charge
if the items are placed in containers
suitable for easy handling.
All such rubbish-filled containers,
however, should be placed on alleys
or streets in spots easily accessible by
truck.
Nc ashes will be hauled by tn clean
up crew, members of the town council
decided last week in drafting plans
for the cleanup campaign.
Urges Cooperation
III announcing the drive, Mayor
Howe urged residents of the town to
cooperate in cleaning up their proper
ties in order that Bluffton might go
into the spring season with the mu-
nicipality presenting the best possible
appearance.
City officials also have pointed out
that the removal of rubbish and piles
of other debris will go far toward
eliminating possible breeding places
for mosquitoes, which every summer
are d problem in Bluffton.
Annual cleanup activities in the
spring are benfcial to the town and
cost is relatively small, the mayor re-
ported. Altho the cleanup crew may
not be able to cover the entire town
in one day, every one is requested to
have debris ready for removal on the
day set by the council.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30

The appendage appears to have
come from medium sized Beaver,
and it is freshly cut, the fieshy part
of the tail now being in the process
of curing. 1t is the meat from the
tail that the Indians prefer when
eating Beaver, it was stated
r. II. kolb, pharmacist, of Fair
view, Michigan, sent the tail of the
animal to Coach Burcky. His daugh-
ter, Jean Kolb, is a sophomore at
Bluffton college, and when the father
learned Bluffton sports teams went
by the name Beavers" he promised
a real Beaver memento would be for
warded to the Coach at the earliest
opportunity.
For the next few days the tail
will be on display in the window of
The Bluffton News.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
BIuftOn FinaIist
In Play Contest

Bluffton High actors will compete
with representatives from two other
schools for the Northwest Ohio dis
trict championship in one-act play
contest sponsored under the WPA
recreational program at Toledo this
Friday night.
The Bluffton group was one of the
winners in an elimination tourna-
ment last week. Convoy, of Van
Vert county, and Toledo group are
the other competitors.
Bluffton players, representing the
Thespians organization, presented
"The Happy Journey. In the cast
were Zitella Gettles, Mark Niswan-
der, Bettye Lewis, James Landis,
Paul Soldner and Lora Schultz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Last Rites For
Mrs. VIM. Wallace

Funeral services for Mrs. VIM.
Wallace, 68, were held in the Pres
byterian church, Sunday afternoon
with her pastor, Rev. Chas. Armen-
trout officiating. Interment was
made in Rockport cemetery.
Mrs. Wallace died at her home on
Cherry street, Friday morning fol-
lowing an extended illness.
Born in Columbus Grove, she re-
sided in Bluffton for the past twenty
years and was active in church and
club work. She was a member of
the Presbyterian church and its
women's organizations and also the
Travel class.
At the time of her death she was
president of the Bluffton Federation
of Women's clubs.
Surviving are her husband tt
whom she was married in 1908 anc
one daughter, Mrs. Richard Bike
both of Bluffton and two brothers
A. w. Bushey of Lexington, Ky.
and L. v. Bushey of Canton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Caterpillar Weather
Forecast Fulfilled
By Past Winter Here

CHARLES Burns, Bluffton
- weather prophet, this week
was happy over the fact that
his predictions for the winter,
based on a study of the cater
pliers furry covering, again
have. been accurate.
Last fall Burns predicted that
the early part of the winter
would be the coldest, and he
pointed out that since Feb. 2,
which marks the halfway mark
of the winter season, there has
been very little cold weather.
Based on his study of the
catterpiller, Burns also said in
the fall that most of the oats
would be sowed by April l, an
other forecast that appears to
be materially accurate.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Richland Township Contract
Signing Far Greater Than
In Previous Years
Trend Appears to be Similar
Throughout the Nation,
Observers Report

Low grain prices resulting from
relatively high agricultural produc-
ton in 1887 and 1888 are believed
to be the underlying cause of the
widespread interest evidenced this
year by Richland township farmers
in the AAA conservation program.
A survey the first of the week in
dicated low prices of the last year
have caused many farmers to sign
full compliance contracts. Reports
from all parts of the country indi-
cate there is a similar trend on a
national scale.
In Richland township new record
will be set for compliance, and it is
believed the percentage of local sign
ers will be greater than for any
other township in Allen county.
LITTLE INTEREST BEFORE
Until this year, Richland township
farmers have not idenced unusual
interest in the AAA program, last
years compliance being about aver
age, with 40 per cent of the farmers
holding contracts.
The trend is general throughout
Ohio, with the result that state agri-
cultural observers report they expect
Ohio's 1899 corn acreage will be re-
duced approximately four per cent
from last year. Planting of one
per cent less oats is expected.
Meanwhile drastic increases in sol
building crops is anticipated. Barley
acreage is expected to jump approx
mately rs per cent, and soybeans 45
per cent. Little change is antici-
pated in spring wheat sowing, how
ever.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
COLLEGE BEAVERS" HAVE REAL BEAVER TAIL FOR
MASCOT SENT FROM WiIDS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN

Bluffton college finally has a real
Beaver trophy for its athletic depart
ment-a Beaver tail that was sent
to Coach A. C. Bureky this week
from the wilds of northern Michi-
gan.
Just what use he will make of the
article hasn't yet been decided by
Coach Burcky. More than a foot
in length and about FIVE inches wide,
the tail is a little large to carry as
a good-luck charm, the Button
mentor believes.
The tail is dark brown in color
and the outer skin is shiny and hard
with a surface that is somewhat
scaly in nature. 1t is fiat on both
sides and slightly paddle shaped,
with the smaller part toward the
end.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Missionary Church
Workers Conference

Attendance of some fifty pastors
is expected at a two-day workers
conference to be held at the Mis-
sionary church here from Monday
to Wednesday noon of next week, it
was stated by Rev. Clifford Grabill,
pastor of the Bluffton church.
The visiting pastors will come
from churches of that denomination
in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Ill
inois, which comprises the central
district of the Missionary church.
Monday and Tuesday evening ses-
sions of the conference are open to
the public. Rev. Walter Lugibill of
Peoria, ILL.,, formerly of Bluffton is
among the speakers who will be
heard Tuesday night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
HOLY WEEK SERVICES

Special services in observance of
Holy Week will be held at the
Methodist church, beginning Sunday
and continuing through Thursday
evening. Services each evening at
7:30 o'clock. Sermon topics for the
series are as follows:
Sunday-Morning, MARKS of the
Lord Jesus; evening, "Who is
King?".
Monday-"Authority in Religion"
Observation-Disclosures Controversy.
Wednesday-"Behold the Lamb of
God"
Thursday-"And it was Night"
This service will conclude with the
Sacrament of the Lords Supper.
Everyone most cordially invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Firen1en Extinguish
Blaze In Automobile

Fire Monday night damaged the
interior of an automobile owned by
John Gibbs, who lives in an apart
ment at the Mrs. Orpha Harris resi-
dence on South Main street.
The upholstering of the car was
discovered ablaze about 10 p. m. by
neighbors, and Marshal Lee Coon
was notified, who in turn turned in
a call for firemen. A few of the
fire fighters made the run on the
truck and quickly extinguished the
blaze with chemicals.
When the fire was discovered the
car was parked at the rear of the
residence. Upholstery was badly
burned, but other than that there
was little damage, it was reported
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Laundering Old And
NelU ShOlUn In Exhibit

Progress in laundering in the past
three-quarters of a century is graph
ically depicted in a window exhibit
at the Basinger furniture store.
Beside a glistening array of mod
ern laundry equipment was a
seventy-fve year old washer" con-
sisting of three wooden rolls, some
what similar to a wringer and oper-
ated by crank. A sidewise motion
of the upper roll against the two
lower provided the rubbing for soiled
clothes fed thru the machine.
Several old residents of the town
recalled the first of the week of
operating similar washing equipment
many years ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Report Beaver
Seen In Flood
Of Riley Creek

EP0RTS that a beaver was
sighted in Riley creek near
Pandora during the recent high
water, were current here the
first of the week.
The animal, it is said, seen
swimming in the creek had
broad fat tail, similar to that
of beaver and bore no resemb-
lance to muskrats which are fire.
quently encountered.
Beavers have not been report
ed in this locality for many
wears,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-30
Real Estate Deals

Adam Amstutz and sister, Miss
Barbara Amstutz, who recently sold
their. farm west of Bluffton, have
purchased the Levi Frankhouser res
idence on Spring street and expect
10 occupy it soon.
Eugene Basinger has purchased
the w. P. Agin property on North
Main street. Mr.. and Mrs. Basinger
who have been living in Mt. Cory
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Bowersox, will occupy the property
shortly.