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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
100 Pigs Loose On
Lima Street

Anyone passing through south
Lima Thursday afternoon probably
would have thought that fair was
in progress or that Main street had
been transformed into stockyards.
Nearly 100 full-grown hogs scam
pered about in a panic over lawns
and sidewalks in the vicinity of S.
Main and Vine streets after the
double-decker stock truck in which
thev were riding overturned.
All available Lima police and fire
men were called to the scene to help
in the "hog roundup. After more
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Heir To Estate Is
Missing

Police are seeking traces of man
named Kemper who once lived in
Lima.
If and when they find him, they
will tell him he owns several valu-
able pieces of land in Kansas.
John Kemper, Gugoton, Kansas
died recently and bequeathed his
estate to his only brother, but neg
lected to give the brothers name
The two men, according to Hugo
ton banker, lived in a convalescent
home in Lima for short time after
the death of their parents, and John
then moved to Kansas while the
brother remained.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Civil Service Posts
Available

Several opportunities for govern
ment employment were announced
Saturday by the U. S. Service
Board of Examiners.
Examinations will be held next
month for positions as junior public
health nurse, Indian field service,
department of the interior, at an
annual salary of $1,000. Applica-
tions must be filed by Sept. IL.
Sept. 18 has been set as the dead
line for filing application for the
following positions: junior engineer,
$4,000 a year; junior marketing spe-
cialist, $4,000; psychologist, $4,000;
associate psychologist, $4,000; as
sistant psychologist, $4,000, and as
sociate physical oceangrapher, $4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Quick Action Prevents
Train Wreck

Clear thinking and quick action
on. the part of H. V. Shaffer, night
tower operator on the Pennsylvania
railroad at Dunkirk, probably pre-
vented a serious train disaster.
Shaffer found a defect in one of
the rails just ahead of No. 154, a
passenger train which passes thru
Dunkirk at about 3 a. m.
When a freight train went thru
Dunkirk, Shaffer noticed an un-
familiar sound. Upon investigation
of the tracks he found a rail brok-
en- apart about six inches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Possibility Of Double
Suicide PrObed

The possibility of double suicide
was advanced by Coroner Burt Hib-
bard in his investigation of the
deaths of two unidentified men whose
mangled bodies were found along the
Nickel Plate railroad tracks, four
miles northeast of Lima.
Hibbard said scraps of paper con-
tanning two addresses were found on
big rock nearby. The paper was
weighted down to prevent blowing
away, Hibbard said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
600 In County On
WPA

Only two persons have been drop
ped from Hancock county WPA rolls
because of the new Works Projects
Administration provision requiring
layoffs for persons on WPA continu-
ously for 18 months. DR.. Carl Wat
son, state administration, said.
The dismissals were as of Aug. 16.
Total employment in Ohio on that
date was 146,141 compared to a
peak load of 277,00O employees in
October, 1888.
Rolls in Hancock county, stand at
approximately 600 employees includ-
ing all city and countrywide projects.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Four Rescued From
Drowning

The story of how two Findlay
fishermen rescued four Fremont per-
sons from drowning in Sandusky bay
after their boat capsized last Sun
day, was disclosed last Friday when
Robert Seigried and Albert T. Glea-
son returned from fishing trip on
the bay near Crystal Rock.
The modesty of the Findlayites
and the fact that they just returned
home, prevented the story from be-
coming known earlier. The victims
of the accident themselves do not
know their benefactors.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
158 Industrial Acct
dents In July

Allen county workers filed total
of 158 claims with the Ohio Indus
trial commission during July:
This was disclosed Friday in the
monthly report issued by Thomas P.
Kearns, superintendent of the COM
missions division of safety and hy-
giene.
Of the 158 claims, only one in
volved a fatality. There were no
permanent partial disability cases.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
School To Open
Sept. 5

Practically all the schools of Put
nam county will open on Tuesday
morning, September 5, according to
County Superintendent C. d. Vermiya.
Teachers have been employed for the
new term and members of the facul-
ty, pupils and parents are now turn
ing their thoughts toward the school
season ahead.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Prize Cattle Taken
To Fair

F. H. Steiner and sons of north
of Kenton have gone to Columbus
with a prize carload of their Here
ford cattle which will be exhibited
at the state fair this week. The
Herefords will be entered in carload
competition and will be judged We'd
nesday. Following competition they
will be offered for sale at the cattle
auction on the fair grounds.
Two years ago the Steiners en-
tered the fair competition and cop
ped first prize top sale price for
their cattle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Plenty Of Apples From
6O-Year-Old Tree

Ten bushels of large, delicious
Summer Pippin apples were picked
from an apple tree 60 years old by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Evenbeck, in
the yard of their home in Spencer
vile, the past week.
Twenty-Five years ago the heart
of the tree decayed and a tree sur
geon made a new heart out of spe-
cial cement.
The tree at the present time is in
splendid condition and looks like il
might reach the century mark.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
To Vote On Special
Relief Levy

A second attempt will be made
to have Lima voters approve a spe-
cial half mill tax levy for poor re-
lief at the November election, city
council voted at their session last
week. The issue lost at the August
primary by a margin of almost two
to one.
The move is designed to aid the
city's relief situation next year. II
the special levy is approved, it was
pointed out that the 1910 relief pic
ture would be somewhat frightened
1t is estimated that the levy would
produce $4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31

the defendants from selling an auto
mobile of Morgan's now being held
in the alleged failure of the plaintiff
to pay SAC in social security taxes.
Morgan's suit claims exemption
from the security act since he is en-
gagged in bailing hay and straw, set
forth as an agricultural pursuit in
his petition.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
New Ada Roofing Firm
Chartered

Incorporation of the Turnerised
Interlocking Roofs has been an
nounced by Perry T. Turner and
Mary H. Turner of Ada and Viii.
liam P. Henderson and Harry /
Kaylor of Kenton. They said they
will manufacture new style roofing
designed to prevent rain from seep
ing around nail heads and joists.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
PUTNAM COUNTY
Judge Changes Menire
Method

Judge A. A. Slaybaugh of common
pleas court has authorized revised
method of selecting jurors for duty
in the Putnam county courts.
He instructed the jury commission
to select 500 names of suitable jurors
evenly divided as possible among the
various villages and townships in
Putnam county.
He aso instructed the commission
not to pick persons whom they be-
lieved incompetent to serve on a jury.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
1871 Fair Memberships
Are Sold

The sale of memberships in the
Hancock County Agricultural society
closed Thursday with 450 more mem
bers this year than last, according
to reports made at the directors
meeting recently in the agricultural
office.
One thousand, six hundred and
seventy-one memberships at 81 each
were sold for this year as compared
to 1921 for 1888.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Tot Dies After Eating
Pills

A 17-months-old Lima boy died
last Wednesday afternoon in Me-
mortal hospital after swallowing %
3'body building pills" left in his home
by a saleslady, according to the at
tending physician. William Henry
Sullivan, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Sullivan was the victim.
The mother had just purchased
the pills when she was called from
the room. She placed the pills on
her sofa, and when she returned
% were missing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Excellent Soy Bean
Crop Reported

Allen county's 1889 soy bean crop
is up to par, Clay Miller, chairman
of the county sail conservation COM
mittee, announced Saturday. There
are more than $4,000 acres of the
crop, he said.
Miller also announced that he re-
ceived word from headquarters of
the Soil committee in Columbus that
he should warn growers of soy beans
that it is not permissible to cut
their crop with a binder.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Pioneer Grocer Is Dead

Frank Bonanno, 10, pioneer Lima
merchant and we'll known North
Lima resident, died at $3.50 a. m.
Friday in his home, after a five
days illness of heart disease.
Born in the Province of Cusenza,
Italy, Bonanno spent his early life
and was educated in that country.
Starting on a military career, he at
tanned commission of major in the
Italian regular army.
Ultimately realizing a desire to
come to America, Bonanno, his wife
and a six months old son settled
in Lima in 1891.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
DelphOs May Have 15-
Man Commission

Delphos electors will vote Nov. z
whether they should have commits
sion of Is men to frame a non-par-
tisan charter for the city of Delphos
and also for the members to form
the proposed commission.
This action was made possible
when city council Tuesday night
adopted an ordinance certifying the
proposal to the Allen county board
of elections, with the request that
legal plans for such an election be
made.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Hessian Fly Infesta-
ton Heavy

The Hessian fly has increased so
sharply in abundance this season
that it now constitutes a serious
menace to the 1940 wheat crop.
From figures just released by T. H.
Parks, extension entomologist of
Ohio State university, Hancock
county appears to be the center OF
the highest infestation in Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Has Good Hatching
Season

Jay Radabaugh is proprietor of
an extensive poultry hatchery in
North Baltimore. He says the past
season was the best in volume of
business transacted in the 38 years
he has conducted the hatchery. Dur
ing the entire season his day-old
chicks were called for as rapidly as
they were ready to be removed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Rejected Project Now
Approved

City of Findlay has been granted
permission to proceed as originally
planned with its proposed nine-mile
sidewalk building program which
was drafted last spring, approved
by the WPA and later rejected on
an order of w. B. Schmuhl, Toledo
district WPA administrator.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
HARDIN COUNTY
Child Caught In
Wringer

William Roger Long, little three
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Glen
Long of west of Ada is suffering
from painful injuries he received
when he caught his left hand and
arm in the wringer. His mother
had left the kitchen for a minute
and when she returned he was hang
ing in the wringer. Flex and liga-
ments were badly torn.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Pandora Rates As
Honest Town

Rows of keys stuck in lock boxes
at the post office in Pandora was a
sight which surprised a passing visi-
tor recently. "How Gomez" he asked
Postmaster Hiram Basinger.
WELL" came the answer, people
here are honest and they don't want
to bother with fishing around for a
key" he replied. Even the First
National bank does not bother to lock
their box. - .a.s-ssz yasz wT
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31

Bids will be taken by the state
highway department in Columbus on
Friday, Sept. 8, for resurfacing the
30-foot Dixie highway for distance
of 1.83 miles from Van Buren, north
to the Wood county line.
The contract will require that the
work be completed not later than
Nov. 80.
The present concrete surface will
be covered over with several inches
as asphalt concrete in a treatment
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
1873 Illiterates In The
County

According to figures compiled by
the Works Project Administration
adult education program, there are
1873 illiterate persons in Hancock
county, Mrs. Eleanor Mcclure
Bowling Green, supervisor, said on
visit in Findlay.
In the four counties in this area
over which Mrs. Mcclure is in
charge, there remain 375 illiterates
in Seneca, POT in Putnam, 566 in
Wood and 885 in Allen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Hay Bailer In Fed
eral Suit

A temporary injunction was grant
ed Jesse Morgan of Dunkirk in COM
mon pleas court against M. |. Evans,
deputy collector of internal revenue,
and Charles w. Graves who holds a
similar position.
The order temporarily restrains
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Ia Arrested For
Drunken Driving

Kenton police, in a drive against
drunken driving in the city, last
week made their 14th arrest so far
in August of "tipsy drivers.
Wayne Carpenter of West Mans
field was the 14th arrest. He was
fined $50 and costs when arraigned
before Mayor Ellis H. Mcfarland
on charges of operating motor
vehicle while intoxicated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Triplet Sons Die Soon
After Birth

Triplet sons died in oxygen tents
in st. Rita's Hospital in Lima last
week, within a few hours after their
birth to Mrs. Joseph Bishop, wife
of baking company salesman.
The smallest, weighing one pound,
nine ounces, died within two hours,
and the largest, weighing two
pounds, ixe ounces, lived slightly
more than seven hours.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Gets Post In Panama

Lawrence Ruhlen, Kenton business
man, was enroute to Cristobal- Colon,
Panama Canal Zone, last week to
accept a position as maintenance
engineer on the canal locks, under
the federal civil service. Mrs. Rub
len is accompanying her husband.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Births Exceed Deaths
In County

The birth rate exceeded the death
toll in Putnam county by 600 per
cent during July, figures released at
the Putnam county health office today
revealed.
OF the 4s births in the county last
month 26 were girls and % were boys.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Painting Presented To
RaWSOn Church

Mrs. M. L. Crist presented a
large oil painting "Christ in the
Garden of Gethsemane" to the
Methodist church of Rawson. 1t was
painted by her nephew, Dan Palmer
of Rawson.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Lima Man Gets State
School Post

H. c. Robertson, head of the man.
ual training department of South
high school, Thursday was appointed
to the state board of school exam
iners for a five year term
Announcement of the appointment
was made by E. N. Dietrich, state
director of education, at Columbus.
The board passes on teachers quail
fications and certifcations. Members
serve without salary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
S2O,691 Paid To Un-
employed

Some 600 unemployed workers reg
istered at the Lima office of the
Ohio Unemployment Compensation
bureau received $20,691.93 in COM
pensation benefits through 2,634
checks during July, the state bureau
announced Saturday.
The payments brought the total
benefits through the Lima office
since last January l to $258, ,072.09
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Orphans Guests At
Fair

More than 40 inmates of the Allen
County Children's home will be
guests of the Auglaize county fair
board at the opening session of the
10th annual county fair. Their
trip is sponsored by the Lima Elks
under supervision of Roy Bower
sock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Hog Cholera Breaks
Out In County

Hog cholera has become serious in
several sections of Hardin county, it
was revealed by veterinarians. 1t
has appeared in particularly serious
form in the last four days. 1t was
reported.
Four cases now in the county are
scattered over the area.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31

picks up a grasshopper to hop, he
picks hopper. At least the one he
entered in a grasshopper hopping
contest at Rawson park hoped four
feet, four inches, while its nearest
competitor spanned only two feet,
nine inches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Scarlet Fever Reported

One case of scarlet fever, reported
last week in Dudley township, Hard
in county, is the only case now in
existence in this health district, it
was reported by county health Off
cials.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
HANCOCK COUNTY
Auto Fires Are
Numerous

There were thirty alarms for
automobile fire in Findlay in 1888,
according to Fire Chief Ray Long.
More than ten per cent of all fire
alarms in the country today are for
automobile fires, according to Fred
Sheppard, manager of the Interna-
tional Association of Fire Chiefs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Grove To Vote On
Sewerage Disposal

Members of the Columbus Grove
village council in regular session last
week passed a resolution requesting
the county board of elections to place
a $4,000 bond issue proposal before
the electorate of the village in Novem-
Der.
Voters will be asked to approve
Continued on page 90
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31

automobile, and fioated a plane to
earth with a parachute. He is man
ager of tive Findlay airport and
manages the Narration Flying Aces
who will present other stunts at the
air races.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Drops Dead At Fair

Anthony Lerch, So, Van Vert res.
taurant proprietor, died suddenly OF
a heart attack last week while at
tending the Delphos Street Fair.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

than so minutes of chasing and
"sooie calling, tired police officers
and frement had the stock corralled
in an alley.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
No More One-ROOm
Schools

For the first time in the history
of Allen county, one-room school
houses will be a thing of the past
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Grasshopper Hopping
Contest Held

When Rex Flanagan, of Findlay
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
T. B. Exams For All
Working In Schools

All school employees of Hardin
county will have tuberculosis exam
ination before they will be eligible
to work, as result of resolution
passed by the county board of
health.
The resolution which requires the
X-ray examinations follows:
"Re it resolved that all superin-
tendents, school teachers, school of
flee help, janitors, bus drivers and
cooks in school lunch rooms who
have been in direct contact with
tuberculosis or are themselves ar
rested cases of tuberculosis, must
submit to an X-ray before the be-
ginning of each school term.
The general wage level in the
United States up to July was 207
per cent of the 1910-14 level, indus
trial production was at Sc per cent
of the 1923-25 level, and prices re-
ceived by farmers were 95 per cent
of the 1904 prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-02
Christ. Science
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES
Sunday, December 3.

0ukludyp OcCeIHUcE o,
 "GOD THE ONLY CAUSE AND CREATOR" will be the subject of the Lesson Sermon.
 The Golden Text is taken from Psalms 33:8,9: Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabi- tants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and 1t was done; {; he commanded, and 1t stood fast.
 Bible readings include the follow ing: "The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath es- tablished the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding" Jeremiah 51: 10,15).
 Correlative readings from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scrip lures" by Mary Baker Eddy, include the following citation from page 502, line 27: "The creative Princi- ple-Life, Truth, and Love-is God. The universe reflects God. There is but one creator and one creation. This creation consists of the un- folding of spiritual ideas and their identities, which are embraced in the infinite Mind and forever re- flected. These ideas range from the infinitesimal to infinity, and the highest ideas are the sons and daughters of God"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-02
ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
POI Cherry Street Rev EiNar Xr0n faa st0t.

Rev. Einar Kron, pastor. Sunday, December g.
 First Sunday in Advent.
 Church School and Bible Class at 9:30 a. m.
 At 10:45 services will be held when Holy Communion will be celebrated and new members received. The Communion Sermon will be on It Is Good For Us To Be Here. The Swedish language will be used.
 Calendar for Week of December
 Monday at 8-Monthly meeting of trustees.
 Tuesday at 2--Confirmation class meets in church.
 Tuesday at 8-Women's Mission ary Society will meet at the church for the final meeting of the year. Thursday at 2:30-Daughters of Zion will meet at the home of Mrs. Carl E. Anderson, 94 Elliott street. Thursday at 8-Choir practice in church, with preparations for Christ mas services
 Friday at 8-Luther League will hold @ White Elephant" sale, to which all are invited Admission will be any article you do not have use for at home (old clothes not in- cluded
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-02
METHODIST

Sunday, December g. Rev. Will liam M. Nesbit. Ph. D.
 9:45 a. in.-Sunday School. (Our aim is intelligent Christianity.
 Il a. m. to 12 M-Public Worship. The Feast Of Gathering. pr. Nesbit will preach on "The Widows Mite".
 ' to 7:50 p. m.-Epworth League meeting at the home of Miss Doris Donovan, POP Maple street.
 On account of the Hollyberry Ba- zaar, the regular meeting of the Preparatory Membership Class and the choir rehearsal will not be held this week.
 Hollyberry Bazaar, Thursday and Friday. Dec. 2 and 8.
 Committee on dining room tdin- ner Thursday evening": Mrs. H. D, Gibbud in charge. Mattresses: Mrs. Andrew Culver, Mrs. Emma Glad ding, Mrs. Harry Goetschel, Mrs. Edgar Wyatt. Mrs. Harry Wintsch, Mrs. Gottfried Siequist, Mrs. Charles Hitchcock, Mrs. Lauriston Moves. Mrs. Harry Grover. Mrs. James Me- Nance. Mrs. William Booth, Mrs Lyle Shaner, Mrs. Albert Markay, Miss Pearl Adkins, Miss Helen Noy- es, Miss Mona Culver, Miss Mildred Brown, Miss Muriel Booth, Miss Marion Wyatt, Miss Evelyn Emery, Miss Beatrice Mcclellan. Miss Dor is Donovan, Miss Arlene Brown, Miss Shirley Walsh, Miss Imogene Foote.