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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
SPRINGFIELD FIRM
IS LOW BIDDER ON
POST OFFICE HERE
James /. Barnes Construction
Company. Submits Figure
OF $4,000
Work on New Federal Building
In Bluffton Will be
Started Shortly

Construction of Bluffton's new post
office, an $4,000 federal project, will
!, be under way by late spring it was
indicated last week following an
inouncement that the James |. Barnes
Construction Co., of Springfield, Ohio,
was the low bidder.
Bid of the Barnes company one of
the best known construction firms in
the state was s45,300.
Indications are that the United
States public buildings department is
anxious to get the work started soon,
Deadline for placing general con-
tract bids was last Wednesday noon,
and announcement was made on the
afternoon of the same day that the
Barnes firm had submitted the low
figure.
The next lowest bid was 6,S38,
submitted by H. d. White and Co., of
Chicago
After final details of the contract
are conSumated, the builder will have
240 days in which to complete the
structure. In case of delay the con-
tractor must pay $50 for each addi-
tional day required for completion of
the job.
As a consequence it is expected
that work will be pushed forward
rapidly. If the entire 24O days are
required to complete the work, the
structure will not be completed until
next December.
Bluffton's new post office will be a
one-story building of colonial design.
Exterior walls will be faced with
brick, and the colonial trim will be of
wood and stone.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Rites Held Saturday
For Lloyd LuginbuhI

Funeral services were held Satur-
day afternoon in the Ebenezer Men
MONTE church for Lloyd L. Lugin-
buhl, AZ, former proprietor of the
Bluffton Auto Top and Glass shop,
who died at 10 o'clock last Thursday
morning at bis home four miles west
of town.
Mr. Lugnbuhl had suffered a
years illness from heart disease.
A native of Richland township,
Mr.. Luginbuhl was born March 2,
1898, the son of Amos and Sarah
(Zurfuh) Luginbuhl, both of whom
survive. He had resided all his life
in the Bluffton area.
In addition to his parents he is
survived by four sisters, Mrs. Ella
Dillman, Bluffton; Mrs. Edna Neu-
enschwander, Columbus Grove; Mrs.
Alice Sharp, Norwalk; Mrs. Cassie
Yerks, Lima; and brother, Weldon
Luginbuhl, Bluffton.
Mr.. Luginbuhl was member of
the Ebenezer Mennonite church in
which the funeral was conducted,
with Rev. P. A. Kliewer, pastor,
officiating. Burial was in the
Ebenezer cemetery.
The Bluffton Auto Top and Glass
Shop, which Mr.. Luginbuhl formerly
operated, is located on Cherry street
near the Riley Creek bridge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
English Copper Coin, Century And A
Half Old, Found On Farm Near Town
Fisherman Gets
Two Large Bass
At Quarry Here

PECORD catch of fish in
~ Bluffton waters this season
was made by Lawrence Hosafros
of Orange township who landed
two small mouth bass at the
National quarry, Sunday.
His largest catch was made in
the morning. four FOUNDER
measuring twenty inches. In the
afternoon he hooked another
one, measuring eighteen inches
and weighing three pounds.
Choice fishing spots were
crowded Sunday, the last holiday
before the closed season for bass
from May / to June Is inclusive
in Ohio's inland waters.
The Lake Erie bass fishing
season remains open until May
"a after which it will remain
closed until July 1. The ban is
placed on bass fishing to COIN
eide with their spring spawning,
according to the state division
of conservation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
E. ID. Boutwell, Turns Up Coin
In Flower Bed on John
Rogers Farm
Coin Bears Likeness of King
George III; Date 1906, is
Still Legible

An old English copper coin, dated
1906, was found Sunday by E. ID.
Boutwell, in a flower bed he had
made on the John Rogers farm,
three miles north of Bluffton on the
Dixie highway.
Boutwell, lives on the farm with
his son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Nonnamaker.
He had spaded the flower bed Sat
urday, and while strolling about the
yard Sunday he noticed the copper
coin laying on top of the earth.
Cleaning it up, he found it in ex-
cellent condition. A likeness of
George III, King of England, can
be distinguished plainly, and also the
inscription of the date, 1906. Value
of the piece of money is not given.
A hole was punched thru the coin,
leading to the belief that an Indian
had obtained it from English trad
ers, perhaps at Detroit, and wore it
on a string or leather thong as u
necklace.
If this assumption is correct the
coin likely was lost on the farm long
before there were any settlers in
this area, and in all probability be-
fore the fighting of the War of 1912.
Also, there is the possibility the
coin might have been lost by a
British soldier, for the English had
extensive movements of troops thru
this area about the turn of the
Nineteenth century.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
CONTRACT IS LET
FOR HAULING OF
ASHES, GARBAGE
Award Made to Russell Triple
horn, Low Bidder for One
Year at $1,000
How to Collect Fees from
Householders is Problem
Battling Town Council

Bluffton corporation will pay the
sum of $1,000 for having its gar
bage, rubbish and ashes hauled away
for one year, beginning May 10.
Contract in that amount was
awarded to Russell Tripplehorn by
the town council Monday night after
bids for this service were opened.
Tripplehorn was the lowest of six
bidders.
Other bids were Gerald Triple
horn $3.50, Jesse Weiss SLABS, Paul
Shulaw $4,000 all of Bluffton; Elmer
Sutter $3.50, Pandora; City Collec-
ton Service, Lima, $2,100.
How COLLECT MONEY
Although Mayor w. A. Howe stat
ed that garbage and ashes removal
service would start on May Is, the
council has yet to set up machinery
to collect the annual fee of 81 from
each householder using the service.
How to collect this fee, payable in
quarterly installments of fifty cents
has proved a problem which has baf-
fled the council ever since the ques-
ton of garbage collection was ser
iously considered
After discussing half-dozen plans
the council adjourned with the prob
lem apparently as far from solution
as ever. Plans discussed at the meet
ing ranged all the way from employ
ing a collector to make the rounds OF
houses thruout the town to a sug-
gestion to abandon the collection idea
entirely and finance the project thru
regular real estate tax collections the
same as fire protection and police
service.
TRY COLLECTION SENTIMENT
Majority sentiment in the council,
however, appeared to favor the idea
of giving the collection plan trial
for at least six months. At meet
ing of the council next Monday
night, some plan, it is expected, will
be worked out.
Regulations in the matter of de-
position of garbage, rubbish and
ashes to which householders will be
REQUIRED to conform are also expect
ed to be formulated by the council
before the middle of the month when
-1Ioa4.ox, eavxvica baCinS
These regulations are expected to
deal with the placing of wastes IN
suitable containers and placed where
reasonably accessible to the collector
on his rounds.
AS it is understood that garbage
will be fed to livestock, regulations
viii probably be made requiring that
glass and foreign substances lnJur-
ious to animals be eliminated from
garbage and placed with rubbish.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Operettd By Grade
Schools, Next Tuesday

An operetta "Peter Rabbit" will
be presented by the first six grades
of the public school next Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock in the high school
gymnasium.
The production will be directed by
Miss Elizabeth Higley, vocal music
supervisor.
The cast of characters:
Peter Rabbit, Elmer Stonehill /;
Mopsy, Jean Ann Klingler; Flopsy,
Marilyn Fett; Cottontail, Maynard
Pogue; Mother Rabbit, Louise Sold
ner; McGregor, the gardner.
Groups of vegetables: Beets, Grade
1; Carrots, Grade a; Lettuce and
peas, Grades and 6; Beans, var
ious grades; Glow worms Grades 4,
5 and s.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Martha Rddebdugh
Rites Wednesduu

Mrs. Martha Ann Radebaugh, "a,
a former teacher in the Hancock
county schools, died at 1925 p. m.
Sunday in her home two miles south
of Bluffton in Richland township.
She had been bedfast for the past
four months.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon in the Bluffton
Methodist church. Rev. ]. A. Weed,
pastor, officiated Burial was in
Maple Grove cemetery.
A native of Fairfield county, Mrs.
Radebaugh was the daughter of Ben
jamin F. and Sarah Sager Myers,
who moved to Hancock county when
she was a child.
She was the widow of William
Henry Radebaugh, who died July a,
1919. They were married in Han
cock county, and lived six years at
Cannonsburg. After residing in De-
fiance for three years, they returned
to Hancock county where they lived
two years, then moved to the farm
south of Bluffton.
Four daughters and three sons
survive They are Mrs. Vesta
Steiner, Toledo; Mrs. Fame Fett,
Button; Mrs. Clara Augsburger,
Button; Mrs. Grace Wolfe, New
York City; William Radebaugh,
Bellevue; DR.. Webster Radebaugh,
Detroit; and George Radebaugh, To-
ledo.
Also surviving are three sisters,
Mrs. Huldah Gable, Upton, Okla;
Miss Sarah Myers, Iona Linda,
Calf; Mrs. Mary Kurtz, San
Diego, Calf; and brother, Albert
Myers, Mt. Cory.
Mrs. Radebaugh was graduate
of Ohio Northern university, and
was a member of the Orange Town
ship Farm Women's club and the
Bluffton Methodist church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
~ PERCENT IN
RICHLAND TWP.
SIGN FOR AAA
Total of 272 Farms of $50 il
Township Sign Compliance
Agreements
Committee Makes Final Repor
AS Period for Signing
Closes Wednesday

With Wednesday as the last daI
in which to enter compliance con
tracts, ~ per cent Of the farms i
Richland township were signed u
under AAA agreements it was re
ported by the local committee.
In making final check up, the com
mittee stated that 272 of the 35
farms in the township had agree,
to the federal governments propose
for aid in return for regulation o
crop production.
Any tract of three or more acre
is recognized as a farm by the AAl
committee.
Members of the township commit
tee are: Amos Moser, chairman
Willard Jennings and Sol Steiner
Fred Mueller and D. E. Daily are al
tcrnates.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Golden Wedding At
BeaUerddna Sunday

Fiftieth wedding anniversary OF
Mr.. and Mrs. /. Marshall Jennings,
prominent Richland township resi-
dents. will be marked next Sunday,
at their home in Beaverdam.
Since their marriage in 1890, Mr..
and Mrs. Jennings have lived con-
tinuously in Richland township.
For the last 16 years they have
resided in Beaverdam where Mr..
Jennings has served as manager Oh
The Farmers Elevator Co. Prior to
taking up his residence in Beaver
dam Mr.. Jennings was a Rlchland
township farmer. a
A family dinner will be held at
noon next Sunday; to be followed in
the afternoon by reception for rel
atiyes and friends. Three sons and
a daughter, and their respective fam
lilies, will help celebrate the event.
Mrs. Jennings is SO years old, and
in good health, Mr.. Jennings, IL, has
not missed day at the elevator for
many years.
Three years ago when the Beaver
dam elevator burned to the ground
after being struck by lightning, Jen-
nings shouldered the task OF direct
inc rebuilding of the structure, des-
pite his advanced years.
Children of Mr.. and Mrs. Jen-
nings are Willard S. Jennings, q
farmer. of near Bluffton; Doit U
Jennings, of Kenton !; Gerald w. Jen-
nings, of Newark; and Mrs MAJ y
Huber, of Findlay, the wife OF
Clair Huber.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
May Go To National
School Music Meet

Two high school students in the
Bluffton area, winners in the state
solo and ensemble contest at Oberlin
last Saturday may participate in the
national contest to be held at Battle
Creek, Mich, May Is and IT.
Barbara Jean Triplett, Bluffton
high school freshman, entered at
Oberlin in the Class B xylophone
solo competition was awarded rat
ing of superior and was named alter
nate in this class for the national
contest. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. r. L. Triplett of
Campus Drive.
Robert Marshall, student in Bea-
verdam high school and son of Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Marshall won the
flute solo competition in Class c and
will participate in the national con-
test.
Other ratings of Bluffton contest
ants were:
Cello solo-Betty Steinman, excel
lent.
Flute solo-Raymond Schumacher,
good.
Clarinet quartet-Donna Hager-
man, Josephine Augsburger, Robert
Amstutz, James Stratton. Very good.
String quartet-Marie Zuercher,
Neil Neuenschwander, Helen Soldner,
Arthur Thiessen. Excellent.
Mixed ensemble-Dale Grismore,
Ralph Short, Roger Howe, Wilhelm
Amstutz, II; Phyllis Steiner, Mar
garet Basinger, Mary Alice Howe
Jeanne Baumgartner. Excellent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Births

Mr.. and Mrs. George Bame of
Jenera are the parents of daugh-
ter born at the Bluffton hospital
Tuesday.
A daughter, Carolyn Kay, has been
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Wilson
of Findlay. Mrs. Wilson was form
erly Miss Laoma Oberfy of this
place. ss.efs
A son, Charles Rex, has been born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Klingler of
Ada. Mr.. and Mrs. John Russell of
Ada, who lived in Button number
of years ago are the great grand
parents. Ha. e
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
G. 0. P. WIN IN
COLLEGE MOCK
ELECTION HERE
Students Take Over Direction
Of Institution Wednesday
For One Day
Advocate Handsome Instructor
For Girls Physical Educa-
tion Class

Students occupied the "seats of the
mighty" at Bluffton college Wednes-
day in the annual observance of Stu
dent Administration Day.
All administrative posts at the col
lege and the direction of classes are
taken over by the students on Ad-
ministrtion Day. Instructors take a
day off and undergraduates are king
for a day.
Much of the campus interest in the
smoveement, however, centered in al
old-fashioned prediction campaign
waged by three parties jockeying fol
victory in the all-college election tt
determine those who will fill the ad.
ministrative positions.
In Tuesdays election, the "Ele.
phant" party swept its entire slate
into office, scoring a decisive victory
oveer Donkey" and Blacksheep'
candidates.
William "Snooks" Snyder, Altoona,
Pa, elected college president, head
ed the Elephant" ticket, with Mason
Blosser, Lima, being named dean of
the college.
In national politics, the Elephant"
party was pledged to the support of
Tom Dewey, young Republican can
didate for president.
Other planks in the platform of the
party included advocating a college
dating" bureau, free transportation
to and from school for all Bluffton
students attending the college, and
the hiring of a handsome instructor
for girls physical education classes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Religious Education
Instructor Resigns

Miss Janet Henderson, instructor
in religious education in the Bluffton
schools has resigned her position eff
fective at the close of the current
school year, it was announced the
first of the week.
Miss Henderson has been instruct
or in religious education subjects
here for the past two years under
direction of the council of religious
education composed of representa-
tives of various churches of the town
and community. No successor has
been named to fill the vacancy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Geiger To Head Radio
Club For Coming Year

Maynard Geiger, who is employed
in the research laboratory of the
Triplett Electrical Instrument COM
pany was elected president of the
Bluffton Radio club for the coming
year at the annual election held
Monday night.
Other officers elected were:
Vice president, Garland Steiner
Sec'y.-treas., Eugene Benroth; activ-
ity manager, Lloyd Brauen.
Retiring officers are: Pres, Harold
Solt; vice pres, Nelson Herr; sec'y.-
treas, Donald Corson; activity mgr.
James Benroth.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Large Audiences
At School Programs

The high school auditorium was
well filled Sunday afternoon and
evening when programs were given
by pupils of the grade and high
schools.
Instrumental and vocal musical or
CARNATIONS of the schools were pre-
sented in an afternoon program un-
der direction of Prof. Sidney Hau-
enstein and Miss Elizabeth Higley.
In the evening program was pre-
sented by classes in religious educa-
ton under direction of Miss Janet
Henderson.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Old School Photo
In NelUs WindOU

Students in the Ewing school in
Orange township during the 1890-91
term are shown on photograph on
display in The Bluffton News win
dow, this week.
w. w. Scothorn, of Orange town
ship, was the teacher. Of the sc
students included in the picture
many are we'll known and a number
still live in this area.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Advance In Hog
Market B0gs DOlUn

A sharp reaction the first of the
week stopped the spectacular rise in
the hog market which provided fire.
works in the agricultural picture.
Top on the market Wednesday,
quoted at s5.7O represented a drop of
so cents under the market, Monday,
and was sixty cents under the maxi
mum price week ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
BREAKS ARM

John f. Steiner of Thurman
street, Bluffton timer, sustained a
broken bone in the upper left arm
as the result of fall. Steiner was
working on an outbuilding at the
Oberly property at West College
avenue and Jackson street when the
hooks on an extension ladder gave
way and he fell to the ground.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
DIR. Smith Talks To
Historical Society

DIR. c. Henry Smith, head of the
department. of political science at
Bluffton college, was the speaker at
meeting of the Allen County His
torical society at Memorial hall in
Lima, last Thursday night. His SUBJ
iect was 1.-THE Tooth Anniversary of
the Log Cabin-Hard Cider CAM
paign." h1sIEH 81.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
REAL ESTATE DEAL

A price of $4,000 was paid by
Harold Radabaugh for a farm of 135
acres in Union township. The farm
was sold in the case of Hazel Peter
son against Arvilla Inebit and
others. The land was appraised at
$4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
TO MOVE HERE

f. w. Steinhagen of Lima has
rented the Med Murray property at
Jefferson and Thurman streets re-
Gently vacated by Clayton Murray
and will occupy the place this week.
Steinhagen is travelling representa-
tive of a brewing concern.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Community SOftbdU
Organization Friday

Plans for community softball play
during the spring and summer
months will be drawn up at meet
ing in the recreation center at the
Grade school building, at p. m.
this Friday
All interested in the proposition
are urged to attend.
1t is hoped that separate leagues
can be organized for boys and men
this year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Chicks Are Lost As
BrOOder House Burns

Five hundred chicks were lost
when brooder house on the Carl
Fett Farm southeast of Bluffton on
the Lincoln highway caught fire and
burned last Wednesday night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
BLOCKADE BY ALLIES

Maracalbo is one OF the world S
largest oil producing centers, and be-
fore the present European war Ger
many was one of the largest buyers
of oil produced in that area.
Only 180 miles from Maracaibo is
the small Dutch island of Aruba on
which is located the worlds largest
oil refinery.
To keep Germany from this rich
oil center, France and England have
set up a tightly drawn Gordon of
speedy destroyers and gunboats. In
maintaining vigilant watch, French
and English planes check every boat
entering or leaving Aruba harbor.
Locher said that the Standard Oil
tanker on which he and his family
returned to the States was checked
twice by French planes which flew
over the boat to learn its identity.
GERMAN BOATS INTERNED
At the opening of the war three
German boats were interned in
Aruba. Later they made dash for
Germany, attempting to evade the
Allied blockade. One of the ships
was captured by the British, and an
other returned to port.
The third ship was the German
luxury liner, Columbus, on which
Father Robert Maher, pastor of st.
Marys Catholic church was a pas
senger when the war started.
The Columbus had barely gotten
started on its way to Europe when
it was overhauled by British de-
stroyer. At the captains orders, the
magnificent ship, one of the largest
in the world, was scuttled, to pre-
vent its falling into enemy hands.
GERMAN TRADE GONE aa
Locher said that the production of
oil has been curtailed in the Mara
caibo field since outbreak of the war;
This is due to the fact that Ger
many, formerly one of the best Gus
toners, has been unable to buy or
transport oil to Europe.
England, however, is buying much
oil, and it is a customary sight to
see British tankers in Aruba harbor.
These are closely guarded by British
destroyers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
New Tree Pruner

A new tree pruner, operating on
hydraulic pressure, easily cuts
limbs up to two inches thick. Ex-
tension poles enable the operator to
remove a limb 20 feet from the
ground.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
CHANGE GRANGE MEETING

Meeting of Richland grange will
be held next Monday night instead
of Tuesday, it was announced by
grange officers the first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
choral The Motet Singers which
~
Allied Blockade Encountered
By Former BlufftOn Resident
Walter Locher, from Venezuela,
Tells of Tight Gordon
Around Oil Center
Low Flying French Planes
Scrutinize Identity of STAN
dard Oil Steamer

In returning to the United States
from the Venezuela oil field in which
he is stationed, Walter Locher, form
er Bluffton resident, passed thru a
closely-drawn Allied blockade of de-
stroyers and airplanes.
Locher told of precautions taken
by France and England to keep Ger
many from South American oil when
he visited in Bluffton Monday and
Tuesday.
His wife and little son were here
with him. The family recently ar
rived from Maracaibo, Venezuela, to
vsit his mother, Mrs. Eph Locher, in
Cleveland, to which city they re-
turned Tuesday.
Later this week the Lochers will
motor to Oklahoma where they viii
visit with Mrs. Locher's sister. They
expect. to return to Venezuela early
| fy1 linn .sa-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Air-Conditioned Trains

More than 1000 air-conditioned
railroad passenger cars are now in
operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Orange TUp. S. S.
Convention, Sundau

Sunday schools of Orange township
will hold their spring convention at
Olive Branch church, Sunday night
at 7:45 o'clock.
Theme of the convention is "In-
crease Our Faith. Officers are:
Pres, Helen Wagner; Sec'y.-treas.,
Joe Bell.
The program follows:
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-03
Today's Birthdays

John BaSsett Moore, famed jur-
ist and legal authority, born at
Smyrna, Del, 30 years ago.
A. Atwater Kent of Philadel-
phia. radio manufacturer and in
ventor, born at Burlington, VT,
81 years ago.
James E. Warren, president OF
Southern Bell Telephone, Attain
ia, Ga, born at Beech Grove,
Tenn, 81 years ago.
Rev. DR.. Ralph H. Long, execu-
tive director of the National
Lutheran Council, New York,
born at Loudonville. Ohio, SO
years ago.
Dr. Charles F. Pabst of Brook
lyn. N. Y, dermatologiSt. born
there, SO years ago.
DR.. Lucia r. Briggs, president
of Milwaukee-Downer College,
born at Cambridge, Mass, So
years ago.
Col julius Ochs Adler of New
York and Chattanooga, Tenn,
newspaper publisher, born II
Chattanooga, 48 years ago.
George B. Utley, librarian Of
rthe Newberry Library, Chicago
born at Hartford, Conn, "a year.
ago.