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Evening star., 1939-09-26

boats. They went to opposite ends
Of the lane and turned around,
facing each other. At a given signal
each gave her boat the gun and the
two high-powered speedsters nearly
jumped out of the water as they
started roaring down the water lane.
A timer found that they took 3
seconds to pass from the bow to
the end of the steamer. The next
time they raced side by side, one
with slight head start. This time
it took IS seconds for the faster
Of the two boats to pass the other.
.Now, if the faster boat travels 80
miles an hour, how fast does the
other boat travel?
(Answer on Page B-l5.)
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Broin TwizzIers
BY PROF.. L ID. FLINT.

ny "OHs d Ds AHAN1 H
At wonderful vacation resort
two beautiful and winsome young
ladies owned speedboats. They were
by far the most popular girls for
miles around, not only because they
owned speedboats and were lovely
to look at but because they were also
very fond of racing and other sports.
Just as unique gesture each car
ried a long streamer from the stern
of her boat. One day the two girls,
who were natural rivals anyway,
established a racing lane for their
Evening star., 1939-09-26

no attention either to Farmer Brown
or the frightened hens. Once more
he flew low just over Reddy's head
and once more cried: Coward"
then swiftly disappeared over in the
Green Forest. He had made good
his dare.
A. for Reddy Fox, he sneaked
Evening star., 1939-09-26

admire the speed with which he
few. Straight over the Old Or
chard he came, and swooping down
just above Reddy's head, he cried,
Coward" and then shot up In
the air and over Farmer Browns
henyard. There he made . little
circle and then shot down like Q
Evening star., 1939-09-26

thunderboh, seizing q hen in his
great claws only q few feet from
where Farmer Brown was standing.
Before Farmer Brown could move
he was In the air again carrying
away that fat hen. Farmer Brown
yelled. All the hens screamed and
raced for the henhouse. Terror paid
Evening star., 1939-09-26
BY WilIord
BY Mormon Marsh
WoIIy

away toward the Old Pasture. In
his heart he admired the boldness
of Terror the Goshawk, but he hated
him more than ever, and that hate
grew as he thought Of the fine
breakfast Terror was enjoying
while he himself could md nothing
to put In his empty stomach 8
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Points for Purents

BY EDITH THOMAS WALLACE.
Real recreation results from
hapino time and opportunity to do
the things one 1Dants to do most.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
LETTER-OUT
BY Bruno

Remove letter and
called the last Print the letter in column opposite
the IeeredOu
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Answer to Yesterdays Letter Out.
Leter-Out
CID AMHERST-MASTER Zone in).
90 TADPOLES-STAPLED they're fasened).
90 DISGORGE-DIGGERS (they delve).
P) REPEATS-RESEAT Gt gets a seat
(S) CAPERS-CRAPE "a materiaD.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Claim Violation Civil
Service Laws

Three employees of Lima District
No. l of the state highway depart
ment will be discharged for alleged
violation of civil service laws, advices
from Columbus announced last week.
r. Francis Blosser, Lima, time
keeper, who has given notice of ap-
peal, was charged with engaging in
active politics while employed, being
a member of the Allen county Demo
cratic Central committee.
Chris G. Taylor, mechanic at the
Lima ighway division garage, was
charged in removal order with be-
ing candidate for Allen county
sheriff during the 1886 campaign
while he was also employed by the
state. He also was charged with be-
ing absent without leave from April
II to May IL in 1886.
A charge that Ira Mcbride, Lima,
timekeeper, was a candidate for and
was elected to the Allen county
Democratic Executive committee last
year was cited in the removal order
against him.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Work Found For 136
JObleSS

One hundred thirty-six workers,
registered with the Unemployment
Compensation Commission since the
first of the year, have returned TO
private employment, Lester Stougn,
Findlay commission manager an
nounced last week.
Of that number, Slough said, &c
had been placed thru efforts of the
compensation office and the remain
ing 70 had cancelled their unemploy-
ment insurance due to the fact that
they had returned to their former
Jobs.
According to Slough, 575 persons
in Hancock county have filed claims
for unemployment compensation.
Weekly checks have averaged around
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Auto Hits School Bus,
Driver Jailed

Osborne Crafts, 80, of Toledo, sec
retary of the Toledo Convention Bu-
reau, Inc, was sentenced in Find
lay last Saturday to 80 days in jail,
fined 500 and ordered to pay dam
ages to a school bus after state
highway patrolment arrested him
on charges of driving while intoxi-
Gated.
James c. Dunn, justice Of the
peace, said Crafts drivers license
probably will be revoked for year
when the state bureau of motor We
hicles reviews transcript of the
case. Crafts pleaded guilty.
Crafts automobile was involved
in a collision with school bus car
rying 26 Arlington school children
near that village officers said. The
pupils were unhurt.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Attempted HOldup
Reported

Allen county sheriff's deputies be-
lieve Loran Althaus, of one-half
mile south of Lafayette, may have
been the intended victim of hold
up attempt.
Althaus reported that while driv-
ing home from Harrod late Thurs
day his auto was followed by an
other car without lights.
81 didn't think so much about it,
he related, until / turned into my
driveway. Then I discovered that
the other car had turned in too.
81 ran into the house to get gun,
but the other machine backed hur-
riedly out of the driveway and,
with lights not shining, hurried
away"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
ALLEN COUNTY
May Enlarge Lima
Insane Hospital

Construction of an addition at the
Lima State Hospital for the Grim
inal Insane to house from 800 to
1000 additional prisoners was pro-
posed Wednesday of last week as
Gov. John w. Bricker and Welfare
Director Charles L. Sherwood swung
into action to provide expanded pris-
on facilities.
The directors proposal came on
the heels of an announcement by
Gov. Bricker that there is "desper-
ate" need for additional facilities
and fast breaking developments in
the probe conditions at Ohio State
penitentiary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Road Transfer Plan
Proposed

Commissioners of Hardin county
may turn back to the townships of
the county for maintenance some 220
miles of road, it was revealed last
week. During the last couple of days
the commissioners have been confer
ring with tie trustees of the various
townships, many of whom are in
favor of the transfer and many of
whom will oppose it.
Under the present set-up, the
county maintains approximately 585
miles of road, the townships 185 and
the state les, making total of
about 935 miles. The proposal now
being considered would leave $40
miles for the county, 400 for the
townships and 165 for the state.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16

superintendent of schools. Mt. Vic
tory, Roundhead, McGuffey and Al
ger have filed applications for the
approval of the state board of edu-
cation.
At present, state-conducted courses
in vo-ag are in operation at Forest,
Dunkirk, Dola and Ridgeway in the
county system and Kenton and Ada,
Independent schools. Half the salar-
les of vo-ag teachers is provided by
the state and federal government
and additional schools are added to
the list as teaching personnel is
available in the state, it was pointed
out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Basketball Tournament
Nets S1,627

The 18th annual Putnam county
high school basketball tourney played
its six session to an aggregate OF
4,965 paid admissions amounting to
$1,627.25, according to report OF
Manager A. E. Shiveley. I
Saturday, Feb. is, was the larg-
est session with 1,403 paid admis-
sions totaling $472.40. The opening
session Feb. 16, netted $1S1; the
second, Feb. II, S33010. The fourth
session, Friday, Feb. 26, brought
s293.75 and the final session S288.30.
The girls final games only brought
in S61,70.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Defend Memory Of
Jesse James

Hair-raising tales of the Jesse
James band of seven decades ago
hold no horror for Mr.. and Mrs. c.
B. Blackburn, who reside with their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Lament, near kenton.
With twinkle in their eyes, the
elderly couple enjoy telling stories
of how tey knew Jesse and his bro
ther Frank James, personally, back
in the SOS.
81 remember when Jesse stopped
at the home of my parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Handy, in Carthage,
Mo-, for supper one night" Mrs.
Blackburn reminisced. "He held me
on his knee and played with me
after supper, just as any other
visitor might have done with seven
year-old girl".
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Claims $1,000 Owed
In Rent

Recovery of $1,000 representing
rent allegedly due for eight months
is sought by Alfred 7. Soltz, of
Cleveland, in a suit filed against the
Conestoga Cream and Cheese Mfg.
Co. of Lima.
Plaintiff says he is owner of a
property in E. Pennsylvania avenue
occupied by the defendant from June
27, 1888, to Feb. 27, 1889, for the
purpose of manufacturing a milk
product. Soltz claims the firm owes
him $3.50 per month rent for that
period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Tax Duplicate Up
Half Million

The taxable valuation of all Han
cock county taxable property-real
estate, public utilities and personal
property combined--showed an in
crease in 1888 of $432,177 over the
appraisal of the year before, ac-
cording to the duplicate just COM
pleted in the office of County Audi
tor Frank H. Huffman.
The total value listed in the cur
rent duplicate is SCI, 1,388,067, as
compared with $60,955,890 on the
duplicate for 1887. The 1886 dupli-
cate showed a total of $59,S42,950.
Thus, the total Hancock county tax
duplicate has increased $1,545,11
in the last two years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16

Hardin county, Kenton, by attor-
news for Jonas ]. Wheatley. He
asks s1o,14O.s1 in damages
Wheatley's petition states that
while he was an occupant of a car
driven by Isaac L. Carmean, the
Carmean auto was struck by truck
operated by employees of the Bigley
company. The accident occurred on
route ST about IL miles west of
Kenton ON Dec. %, 1888.
Similar suits have been filed
against Bigley by the administrator
for Clyde Henkle, since deceased
and by Carmean. b
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Findings Against
DelphOs School
Board

A summary of the examination of
the Delphos school accounts by Will
liam S. Bundy, examiner for the
state bureau of inspection of public
offices, includes findings for recovery
OF S16O.95 against William B. Glad
en-, former clerk of the Delpos board
of education, representing "unearned
compensation and supplies sold by a
board member; and for $3.50 against
George 7. HORNE, president of the
beard, for supplies sold by men,
ber."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Republican Auditor
Takes Post

Carl d. Frick, 80, assumed office
on Monday as Putnam county's first
Republican auditor in more than q
quarter century.
Frick was elected last November
in Putnam's Republican landslide,
unprecedented in the county's his
tory. Frick, however, was the only
county official elected despite the
fact every Republican state candi-
date, including judges of the var
ious courts, was elected.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
HARDIN COUNTY
Pin Cushion Poor Diet
For Dog

"Panuck", the Eskimo sled dog
owned by Frederick Machetanz, Ken
ton artist and writer, has an un-
usual taste, it was discovered last
week.
"Panuck", who is the chief charac-
ter in book of that name now be-
ing published by Charles Scribners
Sons and written and illustrated by
Machetanz, was attracted by the
bright color of pin cushion and
attempted to eat it.
1t was necessary to call veterin-
arian to remove needle from the
dogs tongue and tonsil.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Dairy To Build New
Plant

The White Mountain Dairy COM
pany of Lima, will utilize the next
go days to construct pasteurizing
and bottling plant for milk within
the Kenton district, it was an
nounced last week by A. j. Claxton,
manager.
The decision followed extension of
an injunction against the city of
Kenton from interfering with te
operation of the company for the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Father On ROstrum
With Son

DR.. L. G. Herbert, of McComb,
Hancock county, visited the Ohio SEN
ate chamber last week.
A senator moved that he be ac-
corded floor privileges and escorted
to the rostrum.
The presiding officer, Lieut.. Gov.
Paul M. Herbert, a strict observer
of parliamentary rules, inquired:
"Are there any objections?
"If there are none," he continued,
"the father of the lieutenant governor
will be escorted to the platform of
his illustrious SON..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Quartet Fail In
HOldup

State highway patrolmen last week
were attempting to locate four men
and one woman, all occupants of an
auto which allegedly attempted to stop
and hold up N. B. Cordell, of Nc
Comb, in Route Is near North Balti-
more, Tuesday night.
Cordell told patrolmen that the
auto, which bore Michigan license
plates, pulled up along side his and
tried to force him to stop. He said
that he saw two shotguns and two
pistols in the car.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Wait Three Years To
Re-marry

They were divorced following their
first marriage % years ago, so Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Daley did not act
hastily when they remarked.
In fact they secured a license in
1886 and pondered until last week
before deciding to take the step.
Their licenses was invalid because
of the elapsed time, but Municipal
Judge Marion B. Jenkins waited un-
til they obtained another.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
LOng-Range Preaching
At Conner

Quarantine for scarlet fever won't
prevent the Rev. c. ]. Bradbury
from delivering his regular Sunday
sermons at the Congregational
Christian church in Conner.
Confined to his home because
others in the family are ill, the min
lister has arranged the installation of
public address system connected
with a telephone.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Auto Injuries Fatal
To Auto Victim

Samuel E. Hicks, 68, died in a
Kenton hospital last week from in
juries received Feb. Is, when he was
struck by an auto while crossing a
downtown street.
Coroner Kenneth Preston, Ada, in
vestigated, and said death was due
to shock and internal injuries re-
sulting from being struck by an
automobile. Thornton Stewart of
Rushsylvania, allegedly was driver
of the auto, Preston said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
757 On WPA In
County

Employment in Hancock county
for the last week on WPA recorded
a small drop, according to the week
ly report of William B. Schmuhl,
Toledo, district administrator.
Hancock county had 757 employed
last week as compared to 762 the
previous week.
Other county figures were as fol-
lows: Allen, 1869 and 2,040; Seneca,
891 and 838.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Civil Service Posts
Open

The u. S. civil service commits
sion has announced open competitive
examinations for the following posi-
tions: Junior multigraph operator,
81 ,440 year; various grades of
specialists on occupational informa-
tion for both men and women, $4,000
20 $4,000 year; pharmacologist,
$1,000 to $4,000 year, and air
carrier inspector, $500 a year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
PUTNAM COUNTY
Hog Thief Busy Again

The second hog to be stolen in
Putnam county within a week was
taken from the farm of Floyd Stow
er, near kalida.
Last week, a grown hog was
struck in the head and dragged from
a farm near Continental. Similar
procedure was used in stealing the
hog from Stover's farm.
Sheriff Arnold Potts said he would
start night patrol of county roads
Immediately in an effort to stop the
livestock stealing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16

two-month period, granted by Judge
w. 7. Copeland of Auglaize county
who heard the case in common pleas
court.
The case was opened recently
when henton city council passed an
ordinance requiring that, as health
measure, all plants for the pas
teurization and bottling of milk
where it was sold within the cor
porate limits of kenton, be located
within three miles of the city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Marries, Divorces
Mute Couple

Little more than year ago, Judge
Neal L. Lora, then Lima municipal
court Judge, married two deaf mutes,
and last week, sitting on the Allen
county common pleas bench, Judge
Lora granted the couple divorce.
Maude v. Hines received the de-
cree on grounds that her husband,
Wallace, had gotten little too en-
phatic while talking" to her with
MS hands.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Date Set For Ditch
Hearing

The commissioners of Hancock and
Putnam counties organized last week
for hearing the joint county ditch
petition of J. G. Krautter and others,
mostly in Union township, Hancock
county. Hancock County Commits
sioner George L. Wiseley was elected
chairman of the joint board. View
of the ditch was set for April and
the first hearing in the court house
for April 6.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
HANCOCK COUNTY
Oldest Tombstone
Dated 1916

One of the oldest burial grounds
in Hancock county is the Lee ceme-
terry in Amanda township. And the
oldest monument erected there stands
over the remains of little son of
J. and S. Bachar who died Aug. 5,
1916, at the age of five months and
nine days.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Double Funeral Rites
Are Held

Double funeral services were held
in the Spencer Cooney farm home,
near McGuffey, last week for Mrs.
Hazel Smyth, 81, and Mrs. Helen
Keller, 80, of Hartville, Ohio.
The two were injured fatally near
Canton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
S36,261 Distributed To
Schools

Checks for the first quarterly pay
ment of the. state public school fund
have been received by County Super
intendent E. E. Ray for distribution
to Hancock county school districts,
totaling $36,261.
Distribution to each district includ-
ed: Mt. Cory, S2,720.57; Rawson,
$3,314.09.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
$4,000 Sought In
Damage Suit

Suit for $4,000 damages was filed
against John Horner in common
pleas court Friday by Harry Rel
mund, administrator of the estate of
Sylvester Jacobs.
Mr.. Jacobs was struck by Horner's
automobile while he was walking
across Howard street at his resi-
dence near Fox street, shortly before
7 o'clock in the evening on Nov. 10,
1888. He died Nov. %.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Maple Sap Running
Again

The sap is running again in Han
cock county sugar camps for the
second time this spring. Some camps
were in operation two or thee weeks
ago but had to suspend when re-
newed cold weather cut off the flow.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16

while he served as Allen county
prosecuting attorney and has been
called to Washington by the solon
because of the serious illness of his
secretary, Harry Oldham, of Sidney.
Oldham, lawyer, was taken from
Washington to his home in Sidney.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
S15,450 Suit Result Of
Motor Crash

Samuel Carder, administrator of
the estate of Ethel Carder, 40, Lima,
last week sued the Ozark Truck
Lines, Springfield, Mo-, in federal
court at Toledo for $15,450 for her
death Jan. 8, 1889, in motor acci-
dent near Beaverdam.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Ohio Oil Founder Dies

Funeral services for James K.
Kerr, retired Ohio Oil Co. executive
and founder, formerly of Findlay,
who died at his home in Miami
Beach, Fla, were held at that city
last week.
Kerr, a former director and vice
president of the oil company, retired
in 1885. He had made his home in
the southern state since.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
REA Project Nears
Completion

I. B. Brown, resident REA en-
gineer has announced that work on
Project "a" of the United Rural
Electric, Inc, REA unit in Hardin,
Allen, Auglaize and Marion coun-
ties, would be complete in about
two months.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
To Hire Police Depart
ment Clerk

City council of Lima last week
authorized the hiring of clerk for
the police department, at the month
ly salary of $50. The new clerk, not
yet appointed, will have charge of
the traffic bureau as well as do
clerical work in the department.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Dog Finds Lost Tag

Frank E. Copeland, of Amanda
township, has dog that ranks high
in intelligence.
Recently the dog lost his license,
the tag having become detached from
its neck. A week later, the dog
came to the house carrying the
license in his mouth. He deposited
it at his masters feet.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
S1,658 For Children's
Relief

The sum of $1,65S.05 was received
last week by Hardin County Auditor
w. B. Wilson, representing the fed
eral governments share of the fund
for the aid to dependent children
for the first quarter of 1889.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16

Clean feeces, we'll tied with paper
string, bring the best prices. Buy
ers will not pay wool prices for
dirt, burrs, chaff, and other foreign
materials.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Two Burglaries Net
Only S2.05

Two burglaries last Thursday
night were reported to police in
Findlay. The loot totaled about
$2.05 and some candy and chewing
gum. Youths were suspected.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

$3.50, he said, but not all of the 575
persons are receiving them as some
have not yet completed the neees-
sary three weeks waiting period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Third Suit Against
Findlay Contractor

The third damage suit against 0.
M. Bigley, Findlay, proprietor of
the Bigley Electric company has
been filed in common pleas court in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Lima Woman Secretary
To Congressman

Mrs. w. e. Nice, of Lima, left
Friday night for Washington to act
as secretary to Congressman Robert
7. Jones.
Mrs. Nice was Jones' secretary
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Warns Against New
Horse Disease

In event your horse becomes
drowsy, appears languid or develops
other symptoms of sleeping sickness,
it should be reported Immediately to
the office of County Agent Ralph
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-16
Four Schools Seek
Ag. Courses.

Four Hardin county high schools
may have vocational agricultural de-
partments with the opening of
school next fall, it was indicated by
Frank C. Ransdall, Hardin county