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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20

minutes OF play when he sunk .
long shot with his team trailing by
one point ard plt them ln the lead
which Accounted for the margin OF
victory he scored eight Of htt
teams 10 points
The visitors took the lead early
Ia the game ard the first quarter
ended w1th them leading b. a score
Of I O 0 In the second period Of
pla9 the Painters Staged q rally
and when the intefmisslon came a.
the hall. they we're leading 9 70 4
The third period ended With Van
cieave leading . 20 7 but 81 the
opening o. the fourth period. West
mofeland hit the wicker FOR a bulls
eye and pat bis team III front This
wa followed 3 little later b. Cates.
ringer The Painters had several
opportunities 70 score IN the closing
minutes. but they mnifed their
chances D. freezing the ball when
trey should have attempted u
score
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20
PANTHER MITTMEN
commence WORK
FOR RING SEASON

The PANaeo0la Partners team
a naxers are getting ar early s1su
IL pFegaTaGon for nhe a@ing q
s1ssx regular boxing seasan anc
Qsh wsek launched regular training
periocs me boxng program wth
be carried uat snser ne direction
uf Coach Alton woAswarc Pros
perx tor a Winning leather-pu&ning
team are bright 4 Is ranncreo
around the Panther Campus and
use candidates sx tire team are
looking forward with eagcTres 10
the opening program which win be
against the Biloxi High School m
dians team III Biloxi on the night
OF January 7
me Painters team viii Be head
Cd At this time by four letser-nen
John McCoy. Alto smith Edward
MCCOY and Bobby KEEL Each OF
theze BOYS all be flghting in heav-
Ter divisions this coming season.
but ali we're In the lighter classes
ANAH
last year.
saue e good boxers are expec-
ted % be developed 70 round out
the SQUAD this season. For mat
reason early practices are siated-
Yne first call for the boxing season
was issued this week Road work
oue skipping and other routine
training viii occupy the next sever
al DAYS Of work for these athletes
and the latter part Of next week
they win eli settle down 70 hard
routine and practice.
The candidates reporting Tor the
team are John Mccoy, Roy Bosarge.
Alto Smith. Roy Westmoreland.
Edward mccoy. Barney Gslmer,
Dewey Hazard. r Z. Griffin. Jack
King, Norbert Slater. Robert VII
son, Oscar David. Manuel Yon.
/ George Iadnier. Marby Penton.
Bobby K eel. Billy Gautier, Gerald
Henley. Emory warrtck and Slower
Swdtzer. the latter Of whom Is team
manager.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20
Vocational School
Places More Men
In Permanent Jobs

The vocational training depart
u1ent Of the Pa3eAsoula city schools,
operating under the National De-
Tense Program. placed eight more
men In welding Jobs 1t the ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corporation yards
during the past several weeks Pour
Of them completed their training
and we're put 70 WORK during the
latter part OF November and four
additional men went TO WORK the
early part of This month.
Prior 20 completing the courses
as welderS. these men were unem-
pl0yed. unskilled workmen. Four Of
them had been on the wPA rolls for
some time.
The average hours Of training for
these men we're los. Several OF
those obtaining jobs ~ welders and
completing their courses. had been
enrolled In the welding schools
while II was conducted at the r. b.
Walker a. Sons Shipyard
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20
Local Girl Students
From Blue Mountain
Home For HOLIDAYS

Blue Mountain. Miss. Dec. IA
a general exodus from the noun
tam VIII occur tomorrow when Blue
Mountain College students leave for
the Christmas holidays. Some win
spend the season at home. while
others viii visit college mates. va
cation begins at noon Thursday and
lasts until 800 q m. January 2
wnen classes viii be resumed.
In their home churches, Sunday
evening, December ~. many of the
students viii participate in the
Suudent-Night-at Christmas pro-
grams.
Girls from jackson county who
VII cav here Thursday are: RUBY
Mel Cooley. Dorothy Suthoff. Mos
Poinh and Zelma Van Osdol. pas
cagoula.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20
Social Meeting Of
Presbyterian Circle

Circle No. l Of the PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH met at the home of Miss
Katie Blair Woodward last Monday
Q their regular business and socl-
a. meeting. Mrs. w. c. Ravens was
IN charge Of the Bible readings. The
program was given BY Mrs. c. T.
IorJusen, whose subject was Listen
Inc Wise Men Have Come. and
Mrs Robert Rtenecke. who chose
as her topic Gifts Of joy" After
the business session. refreshments
Of cake and coffee were r Ia
ne ten members present
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20
Pascag0ula Hunter
Kills Banded Duck

Leslie Barber. PaScagoula hunter
killed 3 registered maIIard duck
while hunting IN Bayou Chico. last
Saturday afternoon The bird. bear
inR : tag. Number ~4o-T02Ied Of the
I. s. Biological Survey, was one o.
nine killed b young barber on ths
hunt
Tne tag vas sent 70 washington
= C. heacqaarterS this week where
Il VIII become part Of the data being
assembled o. the flights and MI
eratiunx Of ducks
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20
HaID EAGLE PROTECTED

me bald eagle. symbol q Ameri-
can Eaeah c freedom Is now pro
secle1 from Al hunters and co.
sectors ~ a. set Of Congress which
has ben approved BY President
Roosevelt. Secretary o. the Interiof
Harold = Tekes has announced
rnfuxezment Of the act win b
deieaated 70 I. s game manage
menl arSnts and deputy agents q
ne Bureau o Biological Survey
rho aFe charged wIth the eonsena-
Ton e The countrys wIldlife re-
seurces
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20
r. W. DUNN. UNCLE
OF LOCAL CITIZEN
DIES IN HATTIESBURG

r. W. Dunn. 81 years old. preSi-
dent and general manager OF the
American Oh Company Of Hatties-
burg, died In that city on Tuesday
afternoon at q hospital. where he
had been III for q month with heart
disease. Mr.. Dunn was q brother
OF the late Mrs. Henry F1tzenreiter
OF Pascagoula. and an uncle Of Mrs.
Trina Evans. Mrs. Tobias Trojusen
and Miss Iris F1tzenreiter. He Is sur
vived BY his widow. two daughters,
q brother. q sister and a stepson.
Funeral services were held Thurs
cay morning in the First Baptist
church In Hattiesbure.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20

Keith Legare OF Portland. Ala.
has a nice fish pond well stocked
with fish One night recently ne
was going home and lost control Of
his al II plunged into his fish
pond. Mr. Legare declares that
there were thirteen blue gill Dream
In the q when he finally got II
out.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20

PascagoulA C20l-Betty Jane Pos
ter. I. Mamie Ruth Cook. I: Doris
Jane. I: Mercedes Cox. (: Yvonne
Mcleod. (. Dorothy Richards. &.
Efffc Broun. e. Hazel Bwit1er, &.
Virginia Trester. q; Martha Marine.
g: Virginia Hildebrand. {. vancleaye
ui1-Robarts. {. L. Ravens, r:
Nix. I; Davis. (. r Ware. e: Decs.
g: Wilson. 4; Ware. g: Ryal. 6
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
LIQUOR PERMITS
CANCELLED HERE
Legaiized Sale of Light Wines
And Beer Ends on New
Years Day
Dispensers Have Until Wednes-
day Afternoon to Dispose
OF Stocks

Legalized sale of light wine and
beer of alcoholic content exceeding
81 per cent ended in Bluffton on
Monday afternoon, New Years day
when county liquor control authorities
revoked licenses of four dispensers in
effect here at that time.
At the time when the licenses were
revoked, permit holders were notified
that they would be given until We'd
nesday afternoon to dispose of all re-
naming stocks, according to municip-
al authorities. Any liquor found on
the premises after that time will be
subject to confiscation by the state, it
was reported by officials here.
Revolving of the licenses puts into
effect ban on liquor sales voted at
the November election. The sale of
3.2 beer is not affected and may be
continued.
Await States Report
Mayor w. A. Howe stated Tuesday
that he had not yet received any re-
port from the state board of LIQUOR
control relative to its action in re-
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
II. L. Triplett Talks to Club at
Session Attended by Visit
ing Lions
Industry Unalterably Opposed
To War, Speakers Tells
His Audience

Americas business and industrial
outlook is definitely brighter, bar
ring the possibility of war or fur.
ther governmental encroachment or
private enterprise, R. l.. Triplett
president of the Triplett Electrical
Instrument Co., told the Bluffton
Lions club at dinner meeting Tues
day night in the Walnut Grill.
Members of the Lima Lions club
were guests of the local organization
at the session, and a crowd of ap-
proximately 20 heard the talk.
A sincere desire to stay out of war
has been advanced by industry of the
United States. This country's engage
ment in warefare would undoubtedly
result in private industry being TAX
en- over by the government, and
might eventually mean an end to our
present system of free enterprise,
the speaker said.
WAR CURTAILS LIBERTIES
Personal liberties, too, would be
sharply curtailed in case of war, and
industry is eager to promote the
cause of non-intervention.
War also never fails to bring a
period of imitation, followed by de-
preston and upset business stability,
Triplett told his audience.
Events of the past two postwar
decades and their effect on business
and industry were analyzed by the
head of Buttons major industry,
who has been in charge of the direc-
tion of a business conducted here on
an international basis since 1904.
Triplett also briefly reviewed the
December meeting of the Congress of
American Industry held in New York
city. Outlook of the Congress was
optimistic provided government does
not encroach further on the rights
of industry, and there is closer CO.
operation between the two in the
next few years.
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With The Sick

Fl. r. Lugibihl, former Bluffton
hardware merchant, is seriously i'll
at his home in Beaverdam with
heart complications.
Mrs. Maude Coon of Mound street
is a patient in the Bluffton hospital.
Word has been received here that
Miss Minnie Zoll, former Bluffton
resident, is critically i'll in a Toledo
hospital following a paralytic stroke.
Miss Zoll was teacher in the grade
schools here about forty years ago.
Condition of DIR. S. K. Mosiman,
patient in the Bluffton hospital con-
tinues unchanged.
Jesse Hummon who received injur-
les to his left forearm in a corn
shredder accident two weeks ago is
improving at the Bluffton hospital
and is expected to be removed to
his home in Union township during
the coming week.
Mrs. Chester Huber, patient at
Bluffton hospital following a stroke,
is somewhat improved.
Miss Sylvia Fett of Bentley road
is a patient in the Bluffton hospital.
Mrs. Emmett Harshbarger of New
ton, Kansas, and Mrs. Winfield Fretz
of Chicago are at the bedside of
their sister, Mrs. G. T. Soldner who
continues critically i'll at her home
on Cherry street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
CIeOn AHhdus Weds
In Monroe CerenOnu

Cleon Althaus, son of Mrs. Will
liam Althaus, of Jackson street, was
married Tuesday, Dec. 26, at Mon
roe, Mich, to Miss Albina Master
marco. of that place.
In the morning ceremony the bride
was attended by her sister, Anne
Mastermarco, and the groom by his
brother, Hiram Althaus, of Button,
and the brother of the bride Victor
Mastermarco.
Following wedding dinner and
reception in the Mastermarco home,
Mr.. and Mrs. Althaus left on we'd
ding trip. Following their return
they will reside in Monroe where
the groom is an instructor in the
public school system : '---"--Ass
Among those attending the we'd
ding were: Mrs. William Althaus
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Althaus, of
Bluffton; Miss Bernice Althaus, of
Doylestown, and DR.. and Mrs. L. l..
Huber and daughters, Jean and Joan,
of Wooster.
The groom was graduated from
Bluffton High school and Bluffton
college. He has been teaching in
Monroe for three years. Mrs. Alt
haus is graduate nurse, and until
her marriage was with the Monroe
city hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04

town-happenings of major import
ance at the time, but quickly for
gotten in the rush of everyday
affairs.
Flood in March
The flood, bringing Bluffton's high
est water in &c years, caused
thousands of dollars of damage,
isolated areas in the town adjacent
to streams, swept into the plants of
three local manufacturing and indus
trial concerns, and washed away
small buildings and roadbeds. 1t
struck the town last March, and
altho it subsided quickly the result
ant damage was extensive.
Nature showed it's destructive side
again in August when a Saturday
afternoon tornado, unequalled in 81
years, ripped up and manned trees
blew down power lines, damaged
homes, barns, other buildings and
hurt crops in its path.
Wrigglers found in Bluffton water
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Flood and Explosion Experienced Here-Cod
In Juy-Heat Wave in Observation-Disclosures
Bloom in February

Do you remember that Bluffton,
during the year of Our Lord Nine
teen Hundred and Thirty-Nine:
Had its worst flood in a quarter
century?
Found wrigglers in the city water
system and an extensive preventive
program was required?
Experienced its coldest July in 21
years and the hottest September on
record?
Had dandelions blooming in Feb
ruary and cherries ripening in Sep
tember?
Went through a s165 August pri-
mary to decide the nominee for a $25
a year job on the board of public
affairs?
Was visited by the worst tornado
to strike this area in more than two
decades?
These are only few of the un-
usual headline events that the pass
ing show of 1899 brought to the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Pick Cherries i'm Fa-State Checker Title Here-Fewer
Children in Bluifton-Hunter Shoots at Hawk
And Gets Pheasant

offhand shot at a hawk, flying high
above him. He was more than sur
prised when the bird, probably stung
by the shot, dropped crippled
pheasant which it had been carrying
and which he had not seen.
Other happenings found the town
going dry by a majority of SO in the
November elections; Bluffton college
installing a studio connected with
direct wires with a Lima radio
broadcasting station; Gene Zuber
winning the state checker champion
ship and bringing it to Bluffton by
defeating three-time title holder in
the Ohio tournament finals; and re-
sidents of southwest of town report
ing seeing deer cavorting in their
pasture lands.
These were some of the highlights
of l939-a year of strange contradic-
tions and unusual events interviewer
with the everyday life of small
town in the warp and woof of time
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FOrtieth Wedding
Anniversary Sunday

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. S. S.
King are invited to call at their
home one and one-half miles south
east of Pandora, Sunday afternoon
when the couple will hold open house
in observance of their fortieth we'd
ding anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. King are among, the
prominent residents cf the Pandora
district, residing at their present To-
cation ever since their marriage.
Mr.. King was also born on that
place.
They have seven children living:
Mrs. Monroe Lora, Warsaw, Ind;
Mrs. Harry Hauenstein and Mrs.
Richard Thrapp both of Pandora
and Lester King, Dearborn, Mich;
Eldon of Bluffton, Oliver of Cam
bridge and Ellis at home.
Mrs. King has one brother, Fred
Badertscher of Dalton.
Three sisters of Mr.. King are:
Mrs. Fred Lehman northwest of
Bluffton, Mrs. Elizabeth Amstutz of
South Lawn avenue and Mrs. Anna
Spallinger of Columbus Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04

L. H. Foltz found dandelion bloom
ing bravely in the heart of the win
ter. Ed Steiner in September picked
his second crop of cherries from a
tree in his backyard. Sidney Stettler
grew peanuts and cotton in his back
yard.
An event that brought out most
of Bluffton last May, was an explo-
sion at the local plant of the Page
Dairy Co. Damages estimated at
$4,000 resulted when a 7-ton milk
filled condenser exploded in the early
evening. No one was hurt.
The year 1889 also will be remem-
bered as the year in which first
grade enrolment in the public
schools dropped to its lowest mark in
many years. Only "a first-grade
pupils registered, a drop of 33 per
cent from the previous fall. In con-
trast the senior class has 81 students.
George Combs had a surprise dur
ing hunting season when he took an
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Open Bible Training
School On Thursday

The Bluffton Community Leader
ship Training school will hold it's
first session this Thursday night at
the high school. Registration will
be completed from to 7:30 follow
ing which classes will begin.
Survey of the Old Testament"
taught by Prof. A. C. Schultz, and
Understanding YOUTH" taught by
Mrs. Lenore Myers, are the two
courses scheduled for the first period.
The devotional period (S:20 to
S:4o) will be in charge of Rev. H. T.
Unruh.
Second period classes (8:4O to
9:30) are-"The Children We Teach"
by Miss Meredith Stepleton, and
Improving the Adult Glass;" by
Rev. John Thiessen.
Not only Church School teachers
and workers, but also parents and
others interested in the fine art of
Christian living, should find these
courses, of great personal value.
This will be an accredited school,
for the earning of credits, either
with your own denominational Board
of Education or with the Interna-
tional Council of Religious Education.
But any one not seeking credits, may
enroll and attend classes. Registra-
tion fee, 25 cents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04

last spring finally brought an inves-
tigation by the state board of health
and resulted in construction of a
new type aerator at the water plant,
and cleaning of the towns three-mile
network of water mains.
Freakish Weather
Freakish weather was the rule
thruout the year. After the town
had its coldest July in 21 years, it
experienced in September the hottest
weather on record for that month.
Early winter months also were un-
usually warm, and Christmas Day
rivalled one in spring so far as the
weather was concerned, to be sue
ceeded by a cold wave with the mer-
curry at minimum of l degree above
zero the last day of the year.
Plant life, too, contributed to the
oddities of the year. Last February
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
DATES SET FOR
1910 FARM FAIR
Mid-Winter Showing Again this
Year; Dates Will Be
Dec. 4, 5 and 6
Hiram Kohl Named President
of Fair Board at Organi-
Zation Meeting

Buttons annual agricultural fair
will be presented as a Mid Winter
offering again in 1910, officials of
the board of directors announced this
week after comparing the popularity
of the 1889 December showing with
late October fairs held in 1886, 1887
and 1888.
Their decision again re-establishes
the custom of holding the fair dur
ing the winter season, a precedent
that was broken in 1886 when Bluff
tons first fall showing was held.
Dates set for the 1910 fair are
Dec. a, 5 and 6, almost the same as
those of last months presentation
which was one of the most success
full in the history of the fair.
Board Organizes Saturday
Organization of the board of di-
rectors for the 1940 season was eff
fected at a meeting last Saturday
night in the town hall.
Officers named at the session in
cluded Hiram irohlf, president; Al
bert Winkler, vice-president; Harry
f. Barnes, secretary, and Ray Mar
shall, treasurer.
Other members of the board are
Clyde Klingler, Carl McCafferty, Joe
Powell, Harold Carr, Clyde Warren,
Edgar Herr, Ben Amstutz and
Dwight Frantz.
Financial report of the 1889 fair
appears in detail elsewhere in this
weeks issue of The Bluffton News.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
ASK POSTQFFICE
BIDS IN MARCH
Government viii. Accept Bids
For New Federal Building
In BlufftOn
Plans for Building About One
fourth Completed, Donahey
Writes

Bids on Buttons new post office
building are expected to be accented
in March of this year, idicating that
construction likely will get under
way in early summer after more
than year of inactivity following
the selection of a site.
That was the gist of information
received the first Of the week bv
Fred Gettles, president of the Bluff
ton Lions club, in letters from
Senator Vic Donahey and the United
States post office department.
Since a site was selected at the
corner of Main and Franklin streets
late in 1888, no further local action
has been taken by the post office de-
partment, beyond the completion of
preliminary survey last January.
Plans Started
In response to letter written by
Gettles, the post office department
replied in part as follows:
"The Federal Works Agency,
which has charge of preparation of
plans and specifications for the pro-
posed building, advises that tentative
drawings and cabinet sketches have
been approved, and that work has
been commenced on the detailed
drawings"
Senator Donahey, in his reply to
Gettles, said he had been informed
by the post office department that
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Leaving Thursday
For Air College

James Basinger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Noah Basinger of South Lawn
avenue, will leave Thursday for st.
Louis where he will enroll in the
Parks Air college for an executive
and maintenance course.
The Bluffton youth has been a
leader in model air plane building
activities here from gliders to gas
models and has also completed a
course in flying at the Lima airport.
He has attended Bluffton college for
twoy ears, preparatory to enrolling
in the st. Louis air school.
The st. Louis course, which will
require approximately four years,
prepares its students for operations
managers duties at one of the ma
tons many airports.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Pianist To Present
- Concert On Tuesday

Appearing in the second Bluffton
college music course offering of the
season, Franz Bodfors, brilliant
pianist,will present concert in the
college chapel at 8 p. m. next Tues
day.
Rodfors comes from a prominent
American musical family, and after
intensive training in this country he
studied abroad as the student of sew
eeral of Europe's leading pianists.
One of his instructors abroad was
the great Arthur Schnabel.