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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
BLUFFTON PLANT
SHIPS DRIED MILK
TO BRITISH ISLES
Carload of Product from Page
Dairy to be Sent to
England, Report
Part of $50 Carload Order
Placed in u. S. by British
Food Commission

Milk produced in the Bluffton dis
trict will be used to feed the popula-
ton of the war-beset British isles,
according to reports the first of the
week that a carload of dried milk con-
signed to England will be shipped
from the local plant of the Page
Dairy Co., the middle of next week.
No official confirmation of the re-
port was available at the Bluffton
Page plant, but it is understood that
milk represents part of $50 carload
order placed in this country by the
British purchasing commission.
1t also was reported that the plant
this week is shipping two carloads of
dried milk to the United States Gov
ernment's surplus commodities cor
poration for distribution to relief cli-
ents.
Army Buys Milk
The United States Army is one of
the regular users of milk dried at the
local plant, orders being placed for
the product thru the u. S. govern
ment.
MilA in d,ied form is preferred for
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
LAYING POSTOFF|CE
CORNER STONE TO
BRING MANY HERE
Plans Being Made for Gala
Parade Thru Buttons
Downtown District
Committees are Named to Make
Arrangements for Event
On July 21

Laying of the cornerstone for Bluff
toms new $4,000 post office on Sun
day, July 81, will be a gala commune
ty event including a parade thru the
decorated downtown area and the par
ticipation of state Masonic officials.
Plans for the ceremonies are near
ing completion, with committees of
the Bluffton Masonic lodge, which is
in charge of the event, working in
cooperation with groups representing
local educational institutions, the post
office and civic organizations.
w. Dillon Crist, of Alliance, Grand
Master of Ohio Masons, will be here
to lay the cornerstone, and Masonic
bodies from the surrounding district
will attend, including lodges and uni
formed Commandery organizations.
Events of the afternoon will open
with the parade, which is to be head
ed by the Bluffton High school band.
Organizations which will appear in
the line of March include the Masonic
groups, Bluffton Boy Scouts and Ohio
National Guard unit, the American
Legion and the Lions club.
Committees handling preparations
for the event include:
General committee: Forrest L.
Steinman, DR.. Evan w. Basinger, A.
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Wedding Ceremony
At Church Sunddu

In an impressive ceremony at the
Missionary church took place the
wedding of Miss Alice Watkins and
Kent Welty, both of Bluffton, Sun
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The
church auditorium was appropriately
decorated with flowers for the occa-
sion.
q The nuptial vows were received by
Rev. A. F. Albro, pastor of the
church using the single ring cere-
mony. Open church was observed
and many relatives and friends of
the couple were in attendance.
Preceding the ceremony a program
of wedding music was given by Miss
Stella Augsburger, pianist and
Dwight Niswander, vocalist. Miss
Augsburger also played the wedding
march for the professional and re
cessional of the wedding party.
The bride chose her cousin from
Findlay as her only attendant anc
the groom was attended by his cous
in, Harry Welty as best man. Harolc
Welty served as usher.
Following the ceremony the coupl,
left on wedding trip. They are ex
pected home the last of this weel
and will occupy an apartment at tn,
Miss Martha Steiner residence OF
! South Lawn avenue.
The bridegroom, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Willis Welty, was gradu
ated from Ft. Wayne Bible institut,
recently and expects to engage j,
pastoral work. The bride, daughte
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Watkins
has been employed at the plant o
the Triplett company here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
BIuftOn Mans
Father Dead

Christian Blosser, go, father of
Ralph Blosser of this place, died
Monday at his home in Goshen, Ind.
Mr.. Blosser was a native of New
Stark, the son of the late John and
Matte Brenneman Blosser.
He was a former instructor in
Goshen college and also served as
farm agent of Elkhart county from
1929 to 1885.
Funeral services will be held at the
Eighth Street Mennonite church in
Goshen, Thursday morning at IL
o'clock.
Surviving besides his son of this
place are his wife and sons Richard
and Henry both at home, and two
daughters Mrs. John Hartzler, Jr.,
of Ashland and Mrs. Eugene Nelson
of Chicago.
Also surviving are two brothers
Tim of Syracuse, Ind, and Mark of
Goshen and three sisters, Mrs. John
Hilty, Goshen; Mrs. ]. ID. Yoder,
Larchmont, N. Y, and Mrs. o. B.
Gerig, New York city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
BLuftOn Couple
Weds In Dayton

Wedding of Miss Melvena Amstutz
and Richard Lewis, both of Blu.fton
was solemnized at Dayton, Saturday
when the marriage vows were re-
ceived by Rev. ]. Norman King,
chaplain at the National Military
home in that city and a former
Bluffton pastor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amiel Amstutz, par
ents of the bride and Mrs. Minnie
Lewis, mother of the bridegroom
were present for the ceremony.
Following the wedding the couple
left for Cincinnati from where they
went on a motor trip thru the Great
Smoky mountains.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis are
graduates OF Bluffton high school
Mr.. Lewis is an employe of tic Trip
lett company here and his bride has
been employed in the office of the
Crane company in Lima for the past
year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
new INDUSTRY
MOVING PLANT
TO BLUFFT0N
Metal Awning Manufacturing
Concern to be Located on
Cherry Street
Equipment is Being Moved from
Pandora; Seven Men Will
Be Employed

Bluffton has a new industry, it
was disclosed Wednesday with an
nouncement that metal awning
manufacturing concern is moving
here from Pandora.
Business and patent rights for
folding metal awnings formerly man.
ufactured by the Pandora Lumber
Co., now in receivership, have been
purchased by Roy Hauenstein and
Orville Sutter, who decided to locate
the concern here instead of continu-
ing it in its former location.
The new proprietors started NOV
ing the industry to Bluffton the first
of this week, where they are located
in the Charles Dillman brick build
ing on Cherry street near the Riley
Greek bridge. This is the structure
formerly occupied by the Bluffton
Auto Top Shop operated by the late
Lloyd Lugbihl.
EMPLOYS SEVEN
Employment will be provided for
seven men in present operations of
the concern, it was announced. De-
cision to move to Bluffton was
reached because of shipping and
labor facilities.
Hauenstein and Sutter are making
application to incorporate the manu-
featuring business for $4,000. Tenta-
tive selection of the name is Metal
Products Co.
Incorporators include Hauenstein,
Sutter, Myron Meyer, David Lugibihl
and Arthur Orlean, attorney for the
company. Permission to buy the as
sets of the Pandora concern was re-
ceived recently from the court.
In the present setup of the organi-
zation Hauenstein will be in charge
of production, and Sutter will handle
the sales and marketing.
PATENTED PRODUCT
Folding metal awning covered by
the patents held by the new Bluffton
concern is said to be the only type
of it's kind on the market, and sales
prospects are reported as excellent.
Advance orders are on hand to in
sure operation for some time, it is
stated. Hauenstein, who has been
manufacturing an electric fence, may
continue that industry as another
phase of the business of the new
concern.
Folding awnings have been manu-
factured for the last two years by
the Pandora company, and several
Bluffton business places have had
awnings installed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
CONSIDER SUMMER
SHOP COURSES FOR
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Supt. L0ngsdorf Attends State
wide Meeting of School
Heads Tuesday
Federal Program Proposes Ten
Weeks Training i'm Machine
Shop Work

Cooperation of Bluffton's public
school system in the statewide train
ing of youthful Ohioans in industrial
crafts geared to the National De-
fense program appeared likely fol-
lowing conference between Supt. A.
]. B. Longsdorf, of the local schools,
and state educational officials at Col
umbus, Tuesday.
A complete proposal in connection
with the suggested program will be
worked out this week and presented
for discussion at next weeks meeting
of the board of education.
Supt. Longsdorf learned at Colum-
bus that the Ohio department of edu-
cation is rushing plans for the train
ing of 10000 to 10000 youths this
summer The national quota for the
same period is 100000.
Most of those enrolled in the cours-
es will be taken from WPA rolls, and
others will selected from unemployed
registered with state-federal employ
ment agencies.
10 Weeks Training
Workers already employed in in
dustry and who wish to improve their
skill also may enroll. Ten weeks in
tensive training will be provided, with
enrolment open to mechanically fit
ted men over Is years of age. Pre-
liminary tests will be given to deter
mine mechanical aptitude for the po-
sitions.
Tuition will be free to those select
ed for the courses, and instructors
will be paid from federal funds. TIC
qualify as an instructor, the person ir
charge of classes must have had three
years.. journeymen experience in the
field he is to teach.
Some of the Ohio schools will be in
full swing on the training program
within the next week. Men are being
trained in them as aircraft mechanics
| machinists, auto mechanics, electric
ians, welders, cabinet makers, pattern
| makers, lathe operators, craftsmen
punch press operators and drill press
operators.
The entire project will be financed
from $9,781,340 of WPA fund anc
| S7,50O,000 from the U. S. office OF
education.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Man Hit In Eye
By Flying Bolt

Gerald Balmer, 26, who makes his
home with his sister, Mrs. VIM. Sey-
er and family of near Gilboa, was
painfully injured Saturday evening
when large bolt connected to a
spring struck him in the right eye.
The accident occurred at the
Franklin Mccullough farm where he
is employed. Attending physicians
believe that it will be possible tc
save the sight of the eye, according
to reports the first of the week.
Mr.. Balmer is a brother of Mrs
Lester Niswander of North Lawr
avenue and a former Settlement
youth.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
RESURFACE five
MILES OF ROUTE
So THIS SUMMER
Improvement will Extend from
Mt. Cory South Toward
Lincoln Highway
Work .On .Huber-Matter and
Phillips Roads in Richland
Twp. Under Way

Continuation of an extensive high
way improvement program in the
Bluffton area was seen this week in
announcement that five miles of
Route SO, from Mt. Cory south to
the Ralph Ewing corner, are to be
re-surfaced this summer.
The Ewing corner is one mile
north of Route 69's intersection with
U. S. Route BON, which means inn
provement of practically all the road
between the Lincoln and Dixie high
ways.
No details have been announced as
yet relative to the starting date o.
the work, and when it is to be com
pleted.
Other Road improvements
Work on the Huber-Matter road
which intersects the Dixie highway
two miles south of town, is proceed
ing rapidly.
First coat of tar has been applied
to the two and one-half mile
stretch which will be improved ano
the road now is being rolled. The
new tar-bound surface will extend
from the Allen-Hancock county line
to the Dixie highway.
Improvement plans specify road,
way 40 feet in width, with a tai
top 15 feet wide.
Three miles of the Phillips road
connecting the Dixie and Lincoln
highways, also have been improved
Workmen have completed the con.
struction of a new tar surface. The
Phillips road intersects with thhe
Dixie highway at the Gratz crossing
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Wheat Harvest Is Late; None
Will Be Cut Until After Fourth
Harvest, Some Ten Days Be-
hind Schedule Expected to
Start Next Week
Corn Prospects i'm Bluffton Dis.
trict Much Better than
State Average

Wheat is late in ripening this
year, and none in this area will be
ready for cutting by the Fourth of
July, a date which ordinarily marks
the middle of the harvest season.
Should weather for the remainder
of this week be quite hot, cutting in
few fields may be under way by
the first of next week. If cool
weather continues the crop will be
two or three days later in ripening.
Farm observers reported this week
that altho the wheat crop looks very
good from the road, a close examina-
tion will show there is not as much
grain in the heads as might be ex-
pected.
HURT BY RAINS
1t is believed that the lack of
grain is due to heavy spring rains
which washed away the pollen.
Yields, however, are not expected
to be affected greatly, and an aver.
age crop of from 20 to 25 bushel.
per acre is anticipated. Quality Of
this years crop will be excellent
Straw will be plentiful.
Corn in the Bluffton area is ex.
ceptionally good in comparison with
the stand to the north and south OF
here, observers report.
GooD CORN PROSPECTS,
Altho rains and cool weather have
retarded growth of the crop to some
extent in this district, practically all
Bluffton corn will be 'knee high by
the Fourth of july.
Wet weather has prevented the
usual cultivation of corn, and the
stand is very weedy at present
Several consecutive days of hot, dry
weather will make a big difference
in the crop, however, and prospects
so far look good.
Harvest of hay was resumed this
week after being delayed for days by
frequent rainfall. Some hay which
had been cut and left in the field to
cure laid in the rain for nearly a
week, rendering it practically worth
less, it was reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
With The Sick

Cliff Fruchey, tenant on the Clar-
ence Begg farm east of Columbus
Grove was painfully injured when he
was kicked on the left kneecap by a
mule, Saturday. He was brought
here for x-ray examination at a
physicians office.
Albert Vermillion of Orange town.
ship, who recently underwent a ma
jor operation in Cleveland hospital
is sufficiently recovered to leave the
hospital, but is still remaining IN
Cleveland for treatment.
Mrs. Phoebe Steiner of Merced,
Calf, former Bluffton resident who
was injured in fall last year has
not entirely recovered from effects of
the accident, according to word re-
ceived here.
Mrs. Amos Thut who recently un-
derwent an operation at Flndlay
hospital is convalescing at her home
here.
Mrs. Alex Steiner is critically i'll
at her home southwest of Bluffton
Orren Zimmerman, principal OF the
Cairo school is convalescing salts
factorily at Bluffton Community hos
pital where he underwent a major
operation last week.
James Benroth returned Monday
afternoon from F;ndlay where he
underwent an operation for sinus
trouble, Saturday
Prof. E. J. Hirschler who has beer
taking treatment at Robinwood hos
pital, Toledo, underwent major op
Grafton at that place Tuesday. Hi
condition is reported satisfactory.
Carol Fisher, ix-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Fisher o.
Orange township underwent gal
bladder operation at Lima Memoria
hospital, Saturday morning. He
condition is reported satisfactory.
Robert Fisher, SON of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Fisher of South jackson
street is recovering from a broker
right arm which he received at Har
mon field recently.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
BLUFFTON Will
OBSERVE QUIET
4TH THURSDAY
New Ordinance will be i'm Effect
Banning Former Fire
cracker Din
Business Suspended; No Mail
Deliveries; Library Will
Be Closed

Bluffton will observe the Fourth of
July quietly this Thursday, the result
of a new municipal ordinance which
bans the sale or discharge of fire.
works within the city limits.
No special observance of any kind
is planned for the day although many
Bluffton residents will go out of town
for short holiday trips and others are
making arrangements to entertain
visitors here.
Stores will be closed and business
will be suspended generally. No mail
will be delivered on town or rural
routes, altho outgoing mail will be
made up and dispatched as usual.
The library also is to be closed for
the day.
Buttons ban on fireworks likely
will bring heart-aches to many a
youngster, but for the grownups it
will be a day of peace and quiet in
comparison with the Fourths of other
years when roaring fire crackers
started laundering early in the morn
ing and continued until long after
sundown.
Plants of the Readrite Meter Works
and The Triplett Electrical Instru-
ment Co. have been closed since last
Saturday, to give employees their an
nual summer vacation with pay, and
as a consequence the arrival of the
Fourth will find many residents of the
town and area already at some dis
tant vacation spot from which they
will not return until the end of the
week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
FindIay Church Calls
Former BLuftOn Man

Rev. A. L. Althaus, son of Mrs.
Jennie Althaus of this place has re-
ceived a call to the pastorate of the
Central Church of Christ in Findlay,
it was announced the first of the
week.
Rev. Althaus is now pastor of the
Church of Christ at Bethel, in south
ern Ohio, where he has been located
for the past several years. He ex-
poets to assume the Findlay pastor
ate this fall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Physician Wrecks Car To Avoid
Striking Girl Riding Bicycle

Quick thinking by DIR. J. S.
Steiner, Bluffton physician, saved
nine-year-old Marie Anderson of
Orange township from serious in
jury or possible death when the girl
riding a bicycle, turned directly in
front of the doctors automobile last
Friday morning.
The accident occurred on Route
103 near Olive Branch church three
miles east of Bluffton as both were
westbound. Overtaking the bicycle
from the rear, the doctor sounded his
horn but as he was about to pass
her, the bicycle veered directly in the
path of the car.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Eleanor Letter
Resigns At II. S.

Miss Eleanor Letter, head of girls
physical training at Bluffton high
school has resigned her position on
the faculty here, it was announced
the first of the week. The resigna-
ton will be presented to the board
of education here at its meeting next
Monday night.
Miss Letter has accepted position
as director of girls physical train
ing in the high school at Oxford,
Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04

Swinging his coupe sharply to
one side, the car struck a pool uf
water and skidded from the road
swapping off telephone pole and
crashing thru a fence and came to a
stop in a nearby field.
Neither the child nor the physician
was injured. The car, however, was
badly damaged.
The girl, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ebert Anderson, was return
ing to her home after attending a
Al club meeting at the home of
Evered Bish. She had only recently
learned to ride the bicycle which
belonged to her elder brother.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
BlufftOn Feels First Effects
OF New National Defense Taxes
Farmers Burning
Hay Damagd By
Weeks Rainfall

CLEARING weather the first
of the week found a consid-
cradle number of farmers burn
ing hay cut some ten days ago
which they had been unable to
get out of the fields because of
continued wet weather.
Most of the hay burned consist
ed of first cutting alfalfa to-
gether with a smaller amount of
clover. The hay was raked up
and burned in order not to be
mixed in with second cutting of
the crop which is expected soon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
VIM. Harding Dies At
Ada; Funeral Friday

Will Harding, 83, native of Orange
township, died at his home in Ada,
Tuesday night, following several
weeks illness.
Funeral services will be held at the
Souseley funeral home at Ada, Fri
day afternoon at o'clock followed
by interment in the Ada cemetery.
Surviving are his son B. B. Hard
ing of Denver, Colorado, who ar
rived at his fathers bedside last
week and one sister Mrs. Minnie
Turner of Ada.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Steinnadn Speaker
At Bucyrus Meeting

Forrest Steinman was the speaker
at the First Charter Anniversary of
the Lions club in Bucyrus, last We'd
nesday night.
Bucyrus was one of the eight cities
in which Steinman presented chart
ers to newly organized Lions clubs
last year when he was serving as
district governor of the organiza-
tion. The local man has been active
in Lions work since the Bluffton cub
was founded.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
GarIinger Named
As Night Police

John Garlinger received tempor-
ary appointment to relieve Albert
Reichenbach as night policeman dur
ing July and August, at a meeting
of the village council last Monday
night.
Reichenbach will be on leave of
absence for nearly two months to OPP
crate his threshing rig during the
wheat. oats and barley harvest sea-
sons. 80.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Union Services To
Begin Sunday Night

Buttons union summer church
services will begin next Sunday
evening. The meeting will be held
at the Presbyterian church at 7:30
o'clock with the sermon by Rev. c.
Elmer Miller, pastor of the First
United Brethren church Of Lima.
Special music Is being arranged.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Births

Mr.. and Mrs. 0rden Smucker are
the parents of son born at Bluff
ton hospital, Friday.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Irwin at the Bluffton hos
pital, Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
FORMER RESIDENT DEAD

Funeral services were held in
Findlay last Wednesday for Frank
Wellman, So, formerly engaged in
the poultry business in Bluffton. A
number from this place attended the
funeral.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28

It is generally believed that Fur key. whose newspapers warned that Two million Turkish bayonets await any Axis attack on Turkey" will construe the attack on Greece as aimed at Turkey.
 It is also believed that Turkey will wait to see how much aid Great Britain is prepared to give Greece and also to see what Russia's s atti- tude will be.
 Rome Viewpoint
 In Rome, authorities announced merely that Italy has been obliged to take measures" to meet the sit uation caused by alleged Greek in- spired border incidents and the grave British threat to Greek in- dependence"
 AS news of the ultimatum spread through Italy, Fascist blackShirts appeared massed in Piazza, Dekka Signora, and Florence.
 Hitler and Mussolini, in a sudden ly called conference, twice appeared on balcony of the Palazzo Vechia but made no speeches.
 In Rome. Italian government of- ficials disclosed a note was sent tc the Greek government using Greece of opening Territorial waters of her coasts and ports to the Brit. ish fleet flor war operations against Italy. Greek neutrality is tending continuously toward mere shadow This can no longer be tolerated"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
Man!ga|aoHas
 Best Mark of
 Tourney Year

Brunswick bowling trio won three points of four Saturday night from Juneau Launderers with O. Smithberg rolled 564 for h ig h honors, while yesterday, Elks bowl CTS beat the Brunswick two games of three with Brunswicks Benny Mangalao copping the days honors and posting the highest score of the tournament season with a sos.
 Tonight's games are Juneau Laundry vs. the Islanders and AL aska Laundry vs. The Brunswick.
 Scores last night and Saturday night were as follows: