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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
College Booster
Banquet Feb. "a

Annual Bluffton college booster
banquet will be held this year on
Saturday night, Feb. "a, it is an
nounced by Coach A. C. Burcky,
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements. The dinner will be at
Ropp hall at $3.50 p. m.
Eugene Lippincott, Lima attorney,
will be the speaker of the evening.
The banquet is an annual affair
which was inaugurated last year.
Funds raised therefrom will be used
this year toward the purchase of a
refrigerator for Ropp dining hall.
The dinner will be adjuorned in
time for the Westminster choir con-
cert later in the evening after which
varsity basketball game has been
arranged.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
Film, To Open Far
East Fund DriUe

Opening their annual campaign
for the Far Eastern Student Service
fund, the Bluffton College Y. W.
and Y. Nj. C. A. will sponsor a film
at the High School auditorium, Sun
day night at 7:30 o'clock.
The film entitled "The 100000, 900"
depicts the plight of Chinese stu
dents under wartime conditions and
gives sidelights in present life in
China
Each year the two college organi-
cations sponsor this campaign to
raise money for the benefit of
Chinese students whose educational
facilities have been cut off since the
beginning of the Sino-Japanese con.
fiict.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
TAX CANVASSERS
NAMED FOR AREA
House-to- House Calls to be
Made in Classified and
Personal Tax Filing
Three CanyaSSerS Will Work i'm
Bluffton and Richland
Township Area

In keeping with revised system of
making Allen county's personal and
classified tax reports, three persons
from this area will make a house-to-
house canvass of Bluffton and Rich
land township homes.
During their rounds, the special
representatives of the county audi
tors office will distribute tax forms,
and assist in the filing of proper re-
turns.
Assessors named include: Mrs.
Robert Lewis, Bluffton; James Vert
ner, Beaverdam and F. c. Marshall,
of Richland township.
Thomas Ludwig and William Kidd
will be the canvassers in Jackson
township; and J. Nj. Wallace and Har-
ry Mayberry were named from Mon
roe township. {
No Inspection of Personal Effects
Assessors will not be required to
make an inspection of personal prop
erty, but merely are to act as liason
agents between taxpayers and the
auditors office, Auditor Floyd B. Grif-
fin announced.
House to house canvassing repre-
sents a revival of system abandoned
nearly two decades ago, but the
county auditor belives it will increase
the county's personal and classified
tax collections by as much as $4,000
per year.
In the past several years the prac-
tice has been to permit the voluntary
filing of tax returns.
Deadline for payment of personal
and classified taxes is April 10, and
any taxpayers the assessors may miss
are required by law to file return
anyway.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
To Collect Real
Estate Tax Here

Deputies from the Allen County
Treasurer's office will be at the
Bluffton Citizens National Bank
Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 20
and 81, to assist residents of the
area in making out tax forms.
Final date for payment of first
half 1889 real estate taxes will be
March 20, according to an announce
ment made last week by County
Treasurer Byron H. Dershem.
Last weeks real estate tax pay
ments amounted to $65,310.29, MAX
ing an aggregate of $289, 1854 for
the period.
Last weeks sales tax collections
were $4,624.11, a total for the year
of $27,617.95.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
With The Sick

Elmer Burkholder is seriously ill
at his home on West Elm street
threatened with pneumonia.
Mrs. Dwight Diller who is con-
valescing from major operation at
st. Rita's hospital, Lima, has been
removed to the home of her aunt
Mrs. /. A. Zay in that city.
B. +. Biery is recovering at his
home on Grove street from
bruised left knee as the result of
fall on an icy sidewalk.
Mrs, Martha Radebaugh who has
been critically ill at her home south
of Bluffton is somewhat improved.
Clyde Yerger, Bluffton rural mail
carrier, who has been i'll at his home
on South Jackson street for several
months is slowly improving.
Miss Berda Gratz who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at
Bluffton hospital last week is conval-
escing at her home on South jackson
street.
Kenneth Hilty who received leg
!! injuries in an automobile-motorcycl
collision near Bluffton last summer
underwent second operation on his
leg at the hospital here the past
week.
Madison Stewart who has beer
taking treatment at Lima Memoria
hospital for carbon monoxide poison
ing has been removed to his hom,
in Orange township,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
DelphOs Band Will
Play Here Thursday

Inaugurating a series of inter
school musical presentations, the 65-
piece Delphos High school band will
give a concert at l p. m. Thursday
in the Bluffton High auditorium.
Immediately after playing here
the Delphos group will go to Lima
Shawnee for a repeat performance.
Shawnee's contribution to the
three-school affair will be next month
when the Shawnee chorus sings at
Delphos and Bluffton.
Bluffton Highs orchestra will play
at Delphos and Shawnee, early in
the spring, as Buttons part in the
program.
Delphos' band is rated as an ex-
ceptionally good one. Two years ago
in a contest held here the Delphos
band captured top honors in the
Class C division.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
SEMINARY BOARD
ORGANIZES HERE
Rev. Paul Whitmer of Pandora
President of New Wit
marsum Trustees
Committees Working on Plan to
Reopen Bluffton Theological
School

With the reopening of Witmarsum
Theological seminary as its objective,
a newly reorganized board of trustees
took over affairs of the institution at
a meeting in the Musselman library
on the Bluffton college campus, Tues
day.
The former board of trustees
which had served since the seminary
closed nine years ago met briefly
Tuesday morning, wound up its af-
fairs and turned over the admins
tration of the institution to the new
board which has been appointed for
that purpose by the General and
Central Mennonite conferences.
In taking over affairs of the SEM
mary the new board of trustees did
so with the pledged support of the
two large conferences and additional
backing from other Mennonite groups
in prospect.
PROMINENT FIGURES HERE
Seated in the Mennonite history
room where the board held its meet
ing was a gathering of ministers and
laymen, prominent in the Mennonite
denomination and appointed by the
two conferences to work out a plan
for operating the church seminary.
Officers elected by the board from
its number were: President, Rev
Paul E. Whitmer, Pandora; vice
president, Rev. A. S. Rosenberger
Dalton; secretary, Rev. |. R. Det-
weller, Bloomington, ILL.,, and treas
urer, E. w. Baumgartner, Berne
Indiana.
Of the boards membership of nine
six are appointed from the General
conference and three from the Cen.
trail conference. An additional FIVE
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
Ice Covered Highway Jams
Traffic On BlufftOn's Street

A new assault by the forces of
winter covered the Bluffton district
with a treacherous coating of ice
over the last weekend-the worst
storm of its kind in the memory of
the oldest resident.
Motoring and walking were equal
ly hazardous from the time the
storm broke early Friday afternoon,
until bright sunlight Sunday after
noon and early Monday finally broke
the grip of the icy wave.
Motoring was at its worst Satur-
day morning and afternoon, and at
one time a string of cars a block
long was stalled on the North Main
street hill behind a heavily laden
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
PUREBRED HOES
SELL WELL HERE
Ohio Chester White Assn, Sale
Averages $42 Head, Tues
day Afternoon
McComb Offering Tops Sale at
S109; Many Out of State
Buyers Attend

Current weakness of the hog mar
ket was not reflected in prices paid
for purebred breeding and show stock
at the sale of the Ohio Chester White
association held here Tuesday after
noon.
Twenty-eight head of Chester
Whites offered at auction in the Stein
er Chevrolet garage on East Elm
street, the former Stratton garage,
brought an average of around $42.
Top price of the sale, $109 was
brought by hog consigned by G. w.
Corron, young livestock breeder of
McComb and winner of considerable
prize money at Bluffton's Mid Winter
fair. The hog was bought thru a
mail bid by a Ft. Wayne breeder.
Buying Crowd
Although not largely attended, ii
was a buying crowd present for the
sale and included in the number were
prominent Chester White breeders
from Michigan, Indiana and Pennsyl,
vania.
While the majority of the offering
was purchased for breeding purposes
some choice individuals are reported
to have been bought for show purpos.
es and will be fitted for state fairs
in the Middle West. Corron's hog
which topped the sale was a prize
winner at the Ohio State fair last
fall.
Consigners of sale offerings mum
bered dozen leading Ohio Chester
White breeders including the agri
cultural college of Ohio State univer
sity, Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
Masonic Father And
Son Dinner, Feb. 22

Annual Patterson banquet of the
Masonic lodge will be held on Thurs
day night, Feb. %, in the lodge
dining room. Dinner will be served
by women of the Eastern Star order.
Principal speaker of the evening will
be ]. P. Sutton of Findlay. Mr..
Sutton is connected with the Ohio
Oil company in that city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
In New Locations

Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Ewing and
family who occupied the Roth farm
ON the Dixie highway have moved on
the Hiram Locher farm northwest of
Rluffton. Mr.. and Mrs. Winfred
Dunlop who formerly occupied the
Locher place have moved to his
fathers farm near Cairo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fleming ex-
pect to move soon from the James
Crow farm north of Bluffton te
Lafayette.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15

truck that could not make the grade.
Residents carried ashes by the
bucketfull to spread on the street,
and the traffic jam finally was
cleared.
On principal highways and on
Main street, conditions were bet
tered somewhat by applications of
sand by the state highway depart
ment. A slight rain fell and froze
thruout most of Friday and Satur-
day, however, to nullify to great
extent much of the effort to control
the hazardous condition of the high
ways.
Most of the ice had disappeared by
Monday evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
Births

Word has been received here of
the birth of a daughter, Nancy FL
len, to Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Cum
ningham Of Lakewood, Friday. Mr..
and Mrs. Cunningham are former
Bluffton college graduates. Mrs.
Cunningham is the former Miss
Elizabeth Baumgartner, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Baumgartner of South Main street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
Former Orange TlUp.
Woman Is Married

Announcement has been made of
the wedding of Mrs. George Nonna-
maker of Mt. Cory, former Orange
township resident, to Willard Kram-
er, also of Mt. Cory. The wedding
took place at the home of Rev. 0. D..
Myers at Belmore. The couple will
reside in Mt. Cory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15
Tschiegg Hired As
School, Bus DriDev

Eldon Tschiegg was hired as a
school bus driver at the meeting of
the Bluffton board of education, Mon
day night. Tschiegg, formerly a
substitute bus driver, will fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Hiram Burkholder.
Edwin Rice, who is attending
Bluffton college, was hired as SUBJ
stitute bus driver.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-15

MISS Edna Ramseyer, Bluffton
" college dean of women who
has arrived safely in Genoa Italy
after a ten days ocean voyage,
according to an announcement
made the first of the week.
Word of Miss Ramseyer's land
ing was contained in a cable
message received by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Ramseyer of
Smithville. She will go from
Italy to France where she will
supervise a camp for Spanish re-
fugee children near Marseilles.
Work of caring for these children
is under auspices of the Friends
Service committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-RtU. S.
Dept. Adjustable hogs 400; to-
tai 1890; sa1able supply strickly
good and choice hogs almost neg
ligible; undertone steady to weak;
nothing here to test top prices;
quotable top around $50; few head
merely good light and medium
weights SIS to $50; compared
week age: good and choice bar
rows and gifts 100 lbs. up 10 to Is
lower Fighter weights IS to Is off;
packing sows little changed; ship
pers took none; holdover 500.
Salable cattle 100; calves none;
compared Friday last week: strict
~ fed steers and yearlings Is to
50 higher; common grassers weak
to Is lower; medium to o d
grassy and short fed steers strong
to Is higher; declining markets
early smaved weeks receipts to
smallest volume in Is years; this
stimulated buying for numbers,
hence, all classes and grades clos
ed active at uneven advance; fed
heifers and all grass cows Is up;
bulls steady to strong; vealers Is to
so higher; extreme top fed steers
1l.90; next highest price 11.85; siz-
able supply 1.00to It's; best long
yearlings 11.40; light yearlings
1l.25; heifer yearlings 1875; strict
ly grass steers, mainly southwest,
500 to 8.75; medium to good fed
but grassy offerings 900 to TO- so;
very few grassy heifers in crop;
mostly $50 down; following break
up of intense heat wave glutted
beef situation measurably improv-
ed; grass fat cows closed 5.25 to
6.25; Gamers and cutters 4.25 to
4.85; grassy light and medium
weight sausage bulls 500 to 900,
best heavies CTS; vealers 1000
down. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
TREND IRREGULAR
IN BOND MARKET
Light Nibbling In Foreign
Division Causes Few
Upswings

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-R-
Traders generally moved cautious.
ly in the bond market today, but
light nibbling in the foreign dlvl-
sion caused a few sharp swings.
Domestic corporates were gener-
ally narrow and mixed, the few u.
S. governments which saw action
showed moves in both directions.
The extreme gain was 9-32 and
the greatest loss 2-32.
Denmark 5 lbs, Hungary 4 lbs.
Colombia mortgage bank Is, agri-
cultural mortgage bank and Colon
bia IS and Italy Is showed advan-
ces of l to nearly 2 points. Most
of the normally active issues were
unchanged to a shade higher.
Unchanged to slightly improved
were Santa Fee As of '95, Columbia
Gas & Electric IS of 81, 1nterna-
tional Hydro Electric IS, c b a
Northern 5 LIS, Missouri-Kansas-
Texas IS of 81 and National Dairy
3 3-4s.
Southern Railway As lost more
than a point on the sale of a single
bond. Others down a bit. included
Texas Corp IS, Portland Gas 4 LIS,
City of New York IS and Bethle-
hem Steel 3 lis.
Turnover today was ST. 56, 200,
face value, compared with 81, 49,
500 last Saturday. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
ANDREW J.

LUMBERTON. Aug. 3.-Funeral
services for Andrew j. Billiard, 70,
prominent business man of Lum-
berton, were held yesterday from
the late residence.
The Rev. l. P. Hedgpeth and the
Rev. S. H. Durham conducted the
services. Burial followed in e
Meadowbrook cemetery.
A native of Lumberton, MI. Bull
lard had engaged in farming, the
mercantile and fertilizer business
for a number of years. He contin-
ued active in his business affairs
until he suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis about seven weeks ago.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Nola Britt Billiard; two sons, Les
lie and Howard Billiard, of Lum-
berton; three daughters, Mrs. J.
M. Williamson, of Lumberton; Mrs.
R. D. Sanford. of Charlotte; and
Mrs. E. C. Madden, of Greensboro.
Two sisters, Mrs. Joe Freeman
and Mrs. Mary Prevatte, of Lum-
berton; one brother, Lon Billiard.
of Lumberton and IS grandchild-
rem. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
AP Average Unchanged
For. Day But Up Ia .
Points For Week :
BY GARDNER

+ NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-4RLT h e
stock market today edged out of a
fair-sized recovery week with mi
nor gains and losses about evenly
split. :.
Inability of the list to establish
a definite trend in the brief ses-
sion was attributed by brokers
partly to the desire of traders to
keep reasonably clear over t h e
weekend on the thought Hitler
might launch his long-threatened
AL out" smash at England.
Little Speculation
Reluctance of speculative forces
to expand positions also was blam-
ed On the desire for more light on
the forward business picture a n d
the national tax problem w h
which congress is wrestling. Some
nervousness was in evidence as the
result of increasing British-Japan-
S tension.
The Associated Press average OF
go stocks was unchanged at 42.9
but on the week held a net ad-
vance of IA points. Transfers
amounted to 121, $50 shares against
the 22-year low volume a week ago
Of 1920. The days price stale
mate was exemplified by the fact
that, of 1865 Individual issues trad
ed, 122 were up, 116 down and
128 unchanged.
U. S. Steel and Bethlehem Slip
ped as next weeks mill operations
were expected to show a S m a !
drop due to suspensions of blast
furnaces in a number of plants for
repairs.
General Motors and Chrysler
were off a shade despite reports
current sales of new cars were
highly satisfactory and active man.
ufacture of new 1941 models was
to get under way after shut-downs
for changeovers.
Eastman Kodak got up a point
and minor improvement was shown
for Studebaker, United Aircraft,
Glenn Martin, Sperry, General
Electric, Standard Oil of N. j.,
Texas Corp, Anaconda, Brooklyn
Manhattan Transit and Southern
Railway.
Westinghouse dipped, along with
International Paper, Sears Roe
buck, Kennecott, American Tele-
phone, Great Northern, dupont
and U. S. Gypsum. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
f. EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Aug. 3-R-Dips
in some for eastern monies and ir
the Canadian dollar stood out in
quiet foreign exchange dealings to.
day. The Canadian unit lost IL
cent a 81 U. S. cents. The Hong.
kong dollar was quoted ID Of a
cent lower and the Shangai dollar
lost OF of a cent. Unchanged were
the free" pound Sterling, the Ger
man mark, the yen and the Mexi'
can dollar. Swiss francs declined
oil of a cent.
Closing rates follow Great Brit.
ain in dollars, others in cents).
Canada: Official Canadian con.
troll board rates for U. S. Dollars:
Buying 10 per cent premium, SELL
ing II per cent premium, equiva-
lent to discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York of buying 9.91
per cent, selling 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New Y k
open market 10 per cent discount,
or 100 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, official,
Bankers foreign exchange COM
rates., buying $4.02, selling
81. O4; open market, babies 1888.
40. Ion; (benevolent)
II. 95; Finland 2.05n; Greence SO;
Hungary 19.50n; Italy sos; Portu-
gal 3.87; Rumania SIN; Sweden
1887; Switzerland 22.74; Yugoslav-
ia assn.
Latin America: Argentine Off
cial 29.77; free 22.00; Brazil Off
cial Cos; free sos; Meciso 20.50n.
Far East: Japan 23.48; Hongkong
23.15; Shanghai. 500.
.(Rates in spot cables unless 9TH
indicated.)
N-Nominal. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
Pauline Revere Ride Against
Draft Bill Rouses Fathers Ire

SEATTLE, Aug. 3-LR-Describ-
ing his pretty, ~19-year-old daughter,
Elaine, as pink, Lane Summers,
Seattle attorney, today criticized
her Pauline Revere" ride from
Chicago to Washington to protest
against CONSUMPTION.
In an ALTERNATIVE statement,
Summers asserted:
"Press and pictures report that,
to defeat CONSUMPTION, somebody's
white horse from a Trojan stable
and my pink daughter, E a n e
Summers, from her Sophomore
year in (Rockford, ILL., college,
have been cast together as char
acters in a red road show, routed
from the draft cellar city to the
nations capitol under the sponsor
ship of the committee to defend
America by keeping out of war,
another alias for alien activity au-
throized by Car Stalin's agents.
LAS with many plays, SO in the
plot OF this piece Of publicity, the
cosmetics of comedy thinly camou-
fage the tartar of tragedy.
years ago, in real heroism,
Paul Revere rode to rouse e
ranks of the American revolution.
Now, with patriotic %pretense, a
pretty puppet is paraded to propa-
gandize against American prepar-
edness.
by the historic ride the colonies
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04

were awakened to the redcoats Of
the British troops invading
land from without. In the present
promenade the people should smell
the smokescreen of the red COM
rades seeking to subvrt our libr-
ties from within.
THE horse with it's feet on the
ground is not ridiculous, even if
Pauline Revere still succeeds in
staying astride somewhere between
the neck and the tail. But both are
without blame, which is branded on
the brows of Stalin's subtle stooges
who title treason in the language
of loyalty.
These communists cover at the
cry for conscription-it could UNI
cover their cells. However, most
patriots approve plans to prepare
for this democracy's defense; while
they all pray for peace. But very
few approve the war-whooping OF
petty presidential politics to latter
the third term tradition"
Two years ago Summers son,
Thane, was killed while fighing for
the loyalist government in Spain.
A few hours before a mass meet
ing was held here in memory Of
his son, Summers assailed the in
terests back of the meeting as
more Moscow" and labeled the
meeting a means of recruiting
more misguided martyrs. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
1EFENSE PROGRAM
BOOSTING SALES
,..rn Increase In Consumer
Buving Reported BY
Many Stores
Nv FRANK MACMILLEN

.,Dw YORK, Aug. 3.-lRHCon-
NV ,ms-thousands of them added
s4nlsi' ~navrolls of expanding war
to tas es-have been crowding re-
ina' so,Inters in the freest spending
tall so IN recent years, trade reports
iiD'iicated today
r rssin and department store re-
Cno4 for July generally revealed
PofIs INNING well ahead of last
s .a!ss IN n'! step with the rise in fac
year and mill production to the
i 10Y summer levels in a cecade.
greatest increases were re-
l .lod in industrial areas where
eol proI1s have been swollen by the
pas.oi in shipbuilding, aircraft, ma
p Sao tool and other plants sharing
en- sn,p s,,ndreds of millions of dollars
s aet poured into war equipment
FEDERAL reserve board figures
.s;+ed the most striking gains in
cEsu,'' sales to the Philadelphia,
s sa,'o,and and Richmond reserve
G s!s+ricts, centers of shipbuilding
o-S,It rrnachine-making plants. F o r
slo fn,Ir weeks ended July 27, de-
a tma store sales in these areas
l ID, I'D 10 to 10 per cent over the
We Ms., neriod last year compared with
lAe aat;on.wide gain of 7 per cent.
a a l +he chicago area, where steel
Il. ND other heavy industries like
s ana are busy, the increase over
,,st wear was 8 per cent. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
LUMBER DEALERS
HEAR FLETCHER
Wage-H Hour Act Explained At
Conference At Wrights-
vile Hotel

Major A. L. Fletcher, regional di-
rector of the federal wage-hour di-
vision, explained the workings of
the statute to the board of directors
of the Carolina Lumber and Build
ing Supply association, meeting yes
terday at the Ocean Terrace hotel,
Wrightsville Beach.
The wage-hour law was then
made the subject of a round table
discussion by the directors and
guests.
About rs were in attendance.
E. M. Garner, secretary, presented
his report of activity during the
past year.
Following the completion of ar
rangements for the associations an
nual convention, to be held in Char
lotte during the winter, the meeting
was adjourned yesterday afternoon.