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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13
ElrOse

VIM. Durk, wife and daughter
Esther of near Lima, spent Sunday
at the J. r. Fisher home.
Ami Nonnamaker, wife and son
Glenn and daughter Faery were en-
tertained Sunday at the C. V.
Klingler home near Ada.
Russell koontz, wife and daugh-
ters Helen Ruth and Anna Jane and
Jane Carol Daugherty of Hominy,
Okla, arrived Saturday evening to
spend some time in the Mrs. Anna
Koontz and Arthur Nonnamaker
home. Sunday callers were: Myron
Stratton, Thomas Bell, of near Ada;
Harold Bell, of Tiffin; Mr.. and Mrs.
ROLAND Koontz, daughter Martha,
Mary and Lillian, J. o. and Jack
Koontz, James Scott, Betty Bish,
Jimmie Dray, and Bernard Stratton,
wife and son Ortho and daughter
Elaine.
Union prayer services will be held
at Bethesda Thursday evening.
Miss Joan Kallant returned to the
J. r. Fisher home after having
spent the past week with the Dave
Fisher family of Pandora.
Mrs. Anna Koontz in company
with Russell Koontz and family of
Hominy, Okla, left Monday for
Baltimore, Nd, and other points of
interest, while there, they will spend
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Pandora

The First National Bank is MAX
ing new improvements on their build
ing. E. J. Leightner and helpers are
doing the work.
Mr.. and Mrs George Thomas are
at present at the Elmer BURY home
after being away on their wedding
trip.
Vincent McClintock who taught at
Liberty township high school near
Findlay is at home for the summer.
Robert Cahill of Columbus spent
the week end with his parents. Rob-
ert will attend Bliss college this sum-
mer.
A. c. Coates, 73, retired mail car
rier, died in the Findlay hospital.
Tuesday night from heart trouble.
Funeral will be held Friday after
noon at the M. E. church. Inter
ment will be in Pandora cemetery.
Villas BURY is the owner of a new
1910 Plmouth sedan which was pur-
chased from the Pandora garage
DR.. and Mrs. NJ B Rice attended
the Ohio State Eclectic Association
meeting at Russel's Point, June 9th.
The restaurant operated by the
Krohn's was sold to Reno A. Krohn
last week. Noah Steiner had owned
the building for sometime
Mrs. Levina Grismore and Dorothy
and Davey sisters spent several days
with the Jean Hartzlers in Lima.
Aaron Hilty '38, we'll known farmer
of west of here on Route IL, was run
over by his own tracktor last Satur-
day afternoon. Mr.. Hilty who suffer-
ed broken hip was rushed to Lima
Memorial hospital in the Harris am
bulance of Columbus Grove. He is re-
ported as resting very well.
The wedding of Miss Ruth Helm of
Detroit to Mayne Steiner of Pandora,
will take place Sunday afternoon at
the Missionary church. Rev. A C.
Steiner will perform the ceremony.
Miss Ruth Bixel, who has been at
tending Ohio State university, is now
home with her father for the summer.
While at home she will teach piano. :
Mrs. Anna Basinger who had lived
in Columbus Grove since she moved
from the farm has moved in with her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lehman.
Harry Grismore's are remodeling
their home with many modern i'm
provements.
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NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF OCT. 16, 1913

births and deaths in Richland town.
shin recorded by Charles F. Miller,
registrar of vital statistics, for the
month of September: Births, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank ]. Burkholder, girl;
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Garmatter, girl;
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Hilty, girl; Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Neuenschwander,
boy; Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Root, boy.
Deaths-Ethel NJ. Herr, %; Almeda
Mann, 10; Mary Ellen Weaver, 90;
Agnes Jacobs, 10; Elizabeth Suffer,
80; Barbara Basinger, 73; Edward
d. Bame, s months; Daniel Rogers,
SO; Martha Eaton, 10; and CRATIC
Messenger, q.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Charley
Kieffer a baby girl, one day last
week.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Amos Augsburger will move to
Pandora, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Sommer well
coined a little baby girl into their
home, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Suter are re-
joicing over the arrival of son,
since Saturday night.
Invitations are out announcing the
wedding of Miss Elma, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Steiner, to DR..
w. NJ. Niswander, of Bluffton, to be
solemnized at the home of the
brides parents, Sunday, October 26.
The young couple are among our
most popular and highly esteemed
young people and they have a host
of friends throughout the Settle
ment, who extend congratulations.
They will reside on Cherry street,
Bluffton. after Nov. Is.
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LEADER. antonio de Oliueira
Salazar is Portugars present pre-
mier. He is leading the nation in
its struggle to regain the prestige
once possessed BY Portuguese sea-
men.
stead of "city of magnificent dis
tances," however, Lisbon is city of
magnificent hills.
This five-mile multihued piano.
rama of cliff terraces rearing above
the Tagus invites comparison with
Naples and Istanbul. AS back
ground it lacks a Vesuvius or the
spearpoints of minarets; yet it still
achieves the spectacular with its
bright buildings, sprawling palaces,
subtropical gardens, and old fort.
Historic Sights Abound.
Between the somber battlements of
st. George, once Morrish strong
hold, and the modern wharves more
than eight centuries of visible his
tory are spread in impressive ar
ray. Many other centuries, dating
back to Phoenician and Roman oc-
cupation, have been covered by its
growth.
Once ashore, we gain new per-
spective of the city's hills. Instead
of the single curved range that ap-
pears from the harbor, there are
several separate eminences. Lis
bon spreads over more hills than did
ancient Rome. And they are steep
er. Venture away from the Praca
do Commercio, the Rocio (Rossio)
and the long Avenida da Liberdade,
which cleaves the city in half, and
one must climb.
Motorcars take circuitous routes,
and even then often have to growl
up in low gear. Tramways and cog
| wheeled cars run everywhere, but
they climb uncanny slopes and
twist around unbelievable corners.
| On the narrow, precipitous streets
men are stationed at each curve
with paddles painted red on one side
and green on the other to flash STOP
and go signals, for passing is i'm
possible.
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News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF March IA, 1907

making arrangements for opening
the same. The Mitsch building on
lower Main street was leased and
orders were sent to Toledo and
Cincinnati for new sewing machines.
The building, with it's heating plant
and other modern improvements, is
we'll adapted for the work, and will
make convenient and comfortable
quarters.
Freeman Thompson purchased six
acres of ground of Zophar Ewing
on the east side of the village and
intends building fine residence.
John Garlinger and William Ste
wart left Wednesday for the Canad-
ian oil field.
Rev. A. F. Reiter formerly pastor
of the Disciple church here, recently
accepted the superintendency of
mathematics in the Oklahoma Chris
tian university, Enid, Oklahoma. He
will enter upon his new duties next
September. Mr.. Reiter has had con-
siderable experience in teaching and
is well qualified for the work. He
will spend the summer vacation at
the home of his father near Mt.
Cory in private study and outlining
his future work.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Romey cele-
brated their thirty-fifth wedding an
niversary at their home on Main
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street last Sunday. An excellent
dinner was served to near relatives
and a few friends, among the latter
being Rev. +. Goetsch and brother,
Otto. and Mr.. and Mrs. John Stull.
William and Samuel, of Richmond,
Ind, remembered the day by send
ing their parents a handsome Morris
chair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Stewart expect
to move to Canada in the near fu-
ture.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bogart, of near
Columbus Grove, are the happy par
ents of a daughter since last week.
Mrs. Bogart was formerly Miss
Linda Ritzler, of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Augsburger
welcomed a baby girl at their home
on Lawn avenue, Wednesday night.
Misses Edith McPeak, Nellie Ea-
ton, Silas Basinger and Clyde Waltz
were among the successful appli-
cants at the last county teachers
examination at Lima.
When it comes to fat babies, Tor
rens, the fve-months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Armentrout is in
the lead. The young man weighs
an even twenty-five pounds.
John D. Shifferly, who suffered a
stroke of paralysis last week, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
F. r. Moore, at the home farm, one
mile east of Beaverdam, Monday,
March 18th.
SCHOOL NOTES
The senior class will be represent
ed at the oratorical contest to be
held at st. Marys, May IT, by Harry
Mohler.
D. r. Tripplehorn, who was
awarded second prize at Delphos, in
the high school oratorical contest
last year, will enter the college con-
test to be held at Cincinnati, May
18th.
There are one hundred and three
students in the high school at pres
ent. Of this number, nine will
graduate. Present indications are
that about thirty-six scholars will be
promoted from the eighth grade. To
accommodate this number next year,
the school board will have to make
new arrangements, as the two high
school rooms are already we'll filled.
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Mr.. j. E. Lugibill, of Bluffton,
presented the college with an old
family Bible that has been in the
Lugibill family for several centuries.
The Bible was printed in Zurich,
Switzerland, in the year 1854.
The extensive improvements at the
Presbyterian church and manse are
about completed and the congrega-
tion will resume their customary
services next Sunday morning. For
about two months the church has
been closed during which services
Were held in the reformed church.
The church has been frescoed, the
large windows have been remodeled,
the floors are covered with battle
ship linoleum, the woodwork and
seats are vanished and new drains
have been dug.
1t is Grandpa I. G. Scheid since
the young lady arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Scheid.
j. A. Thompson left Monday even
ing for Youngstown to attend the
Ohio Presbytery meetings. He will
spend over Sunday with relatives
near Pittsburgh, Pa, his former
home.
Mrs. ]. Berry and daughters, Mrs.
Grace Steiner, and Miss Marjorie
Berry, left Wednesday morning for
their new home near Tucson, Ari-
zona, to join Mr.. Berry, who has
been there over a year. The Berry
family have been residents of this
place for about IL years, during
which time they made many friends,
who greatly regret to see them
leave Bluffton.
The following is the report of the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13

some time with Edgar Koontz and
family of Wilmington, Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Stauffer of
Bluffton; Arthur Nonnamaker and
family spent Thursday evening with
Mrs. Emaline Nonnamaker and the
Lendon Basinger family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Marquart and
daughter Marilyn, and Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Marquart spent Sunday even
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. King
Ter and family.
Wright Klingler and family spent
Sunday afternoon at the j. K.
Fisher home.
Joan Gallant spent Sunday after
noon with lila Lee Which.
Kenneth Gallant of Columbus was
a Saturday guest at the ]. R. Fisher
and Mrs. Ida Gallant home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Walch of
Wheeler, Ind, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
WaIch and daughters of Valparaiso,
Ind, Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Hilty of
Pandora, Mr.. Philip Basinger, dau-
ghters Lilas, Marcella and Lois and
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Basinger of
Bluffton were dinner guests Satur-
day evening at the Lendon Basinger
home.
The following called on Mrs. M.
J. Stratton during the past week:
Mr.. N. R. Ebay, Rev. H. ID. Camp,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Stratton and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Pifer,
Mrs. Golda Battles, Mrs. Della Bond
and Mrs. Jack O'Day of Findlay;
Mrs. Anna Koontz, Mrs. Dull Bat
ties and daughters Doris, Shirley
and Beverly of Mt. Cory; Mr.. J. T.
Bell, Mr.. Harold Bell of Tiffin; Mr..
Waldo Kohler of Lima; Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Klingler and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Stratton, Misses
Mary Koontz, Betty Bish, Kaye
Nonnamaker, Mr.. and Mrs. R. B.
Koontz and family of Hominy, Okla,
and Roderick Nonnamaker.
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A wicker hamper lined with re-
movable fish net bag saves precious
moments when it's time to relegate
soiled clothes to the tub, the washer,
or the laundry man. Spare bags
are provided so that clean ones can
always be ready to snap in place.
The hamper itself is fioorless and
raised from the ground on tiny legs,
thus insuring a constant circulation
of air.
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PORTUGUESE POSSESSIONS

OAtI OOOLCG ODDL0DIOIVO.
Here is the tcorld-tcide extent of
Portugars empire. Four hundred
years ago this tiny nation changed
the map of the World by its
achievements in discovery and ex-
pIoration. Modern Portugal is no,U
attempting the comeback trail in
the field of ,oorld prestige.
paintings through the morning haze.
At the end of a seven-mile-long COR
ridor the Tagus broadens into a
wide marine anteroom. Greeks,
Phoenicians, Romans, Moors, and
visionary Crusaders, as well as
hardy Portuguese navigators, have
anchored their ships along its
shores. Here have come rich argo-
sizes, bearing spices, silks, and por-
celains from the East, and gold from
Brazil.
Armada's Port of Call.
From these waters, in 1888, when
Portugal was a vassal of Spain,
sailed the Invincible Armada to suf-
fer defeat by British force and rag
ing storms. Some of the boats that
ride there today, like the craft that
came to the Tagus of old, have up
turned Phoenician prows or the slop-
ing lateen sail of Arab dhows.
AS you swing into the lakelike es-
tuary, freshening breeze conspires
with the mounting sun to sweep
away the obscuring fog from Lisbon,
as if a curtain has been suddenly
drawn aside.
Lisbon, or Lisboa, as it is locally
called, is the nearest continental
capital to Washington, D. c. 1t is
approximately the same size and
lies at almost exactly the same par
allel as our national capital. In
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Boost for Barley

Animal husbandmen at the Uni
versity OF Missouri boost barley as
q substitute for corn for tattening
steers. They credit it with a value
of 90 cents bushel, when corn is
priced at 30 cents. Their tests show
that steers receiving barley, plus
clover hay. silage, and cottonseed
meal. come to full feed more rap
idly. make greater daily gains,
and sell at higher prices than those
fed the same amounts of corn.
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Traces of Sun-Worship

On the Swedish island of Goth
land, in the Baltic sea, can be found
a curious vestige of an ancient re-
ligion involving sun-worship. On
Thursdays, the day of the storm
god, the peasants neither spin nor
dance; for in the pre-Christian era
it was the one day in the week when
offerings could not be made to Bal,
the sun god.
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Arctic Moonlight

The moon shines in the Arctic and
Antarctic regions for part of the
time during the six-month ''long
nights" At the pole itself the moon
is above the horizon continuously
during one-half of each lunar
month, and below the horizon con-
tinuously during the other half. In
the wintertime full moon occurs
when the moon is above the horizon
and new moon when it is below.
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Out to Lunch

Cooley" a German shepherd dog
owned by Luther Durham, Camp
bellsville, KY, according to the
American Magazine, collects his
daily lunch from a restaurant in
basket and carries it home before
eating it.
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Hotel for Dogs

George Merritt of Ontario, Ore,
as a side line to his regular hotel,
has hotel for dogs, says the Amer
lean Magazine. Each dog has his
private quarters and reservations
are made in advance.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-24
WORK
ON LEAF PROBLEM
Cooley Makes Arrangement
to Lay Protests Before U.
S. Envoy to England

Washington, Jan. 24.--ActlVc ci-
forts to break the iog-iam created
by the British tobacco embargo con-
tinued undated today in numerous
conferences among off/lls in almost
every affected branch of the govern
ment as the situation moved into an
intensive study stage without out
standing developments
Senator Josiah w. Bailey took &
strong hold Of the problem for the
first time since Britain shut tight her
door to flue-curcd tobacco. The
Senior Tar Heel Senator conferred
at length with Herbert Fcs, advisor
TO Secretary Hull on international
economic affairs, regarding possible
overtures which might persuade Eng
land TO reverse her stand.
ThruSting a sharp blow at arms
embargo repeal into the picture, Sen
ator Robert r. Reynolds declared
ihat this law left the tobacco farmer
"hoIding TIC bag while England
spend all available American for
cign exchange to buy arms, ammunI-
ton and implements Of war.
Representative Harold ID. Cooley
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-24

practically new books and have been
lost temporarily. The library would
be very glad if any of these books
can be found. Ii anyone inads any
stray high school books. please send
them i'll to it.
mere are not many fines now
that have not been paid up. Home
rooms 1903 and iU6 had only Two
fines each and they have been paid.
Other rooms have one or more VINO
have not paid. The fine rate is 9
cents for each day (not Week-ends
and hOlidayS) that the book is kept
out overi.m.. The fine rate for over
night booi.& is ; cents per period.
Many students arc careful not to
'H>o'-n fines. Others make small fines
Of "~atS or little more. The largest
fine Ia, 20 year has been 80 cents.
In this case the st~dcnt continued
f. 'te2p the book after Scvera! avcr-
DE notices had been sent. Fine
notices are sent the first day the
book is overdue. For the convenience
Of students who use the study halls,
the date Of each day l.; written on
the board 10 remind them of books
due 2nC 10 help prevent fincs. All
fine :icy goes back into library
supplio& for students use. There is
tinle NCt for every student TO paw
his fine before the end of the first
mcSt;r on January 26 or before
report cards so out February 9. No
line IS charged for books kept out
by students when they are sick.
y cabinet in the library is kept
pretty well supplied with old news
papers and magazines from which
students may secure needed Clip
pings. 1t is rule va! understood
never to clip newspapers and maya
zines that are not in this cabinet. 1t
IS pleaSingiy noticeable how quietly
students can work with these clip
pings, how well they clean lp the
trash left, and hoN we'll they remem-
Der to replace the shears ready for
use by the next person who wants
clippings.
Every day many students show in
so many ways that they arc inter-
ested in cooperating with the library
program. They work quietly when
they come to the library; they help
keep magazines and newspapers
properly placed on the racks; many
replace volumes Of encyclopedias
ard other books where they found
thnn,. thrv tIu.n in articles lef'
around the room: many always
clear their tables and place their
chairs before they leave. Many are
so thoughtful about so many little
things that some never seem TO
think of. BY and large, the majority
seems interested in making the IL
brarv better and are doing the many
small things to improve it. In library
work there are SO many small things:
and after all. small things matter
very great deal-Reported.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-24

II YOU dress by the clock" you'll
appreciate the time-SaVln9 style o.
Marian Martins attractive Pattern
0l81. That down-the-front button
ing is not only decorative, but 1t lets
YOU slip the frock on and Off in
hurry, without mussing your colt
lure. And time-SavinS feature
from the sewing angle is the prln-,
cess style, with its straight up ana
down seams. So gracefully Slim
ming for your figure, too. Make the
side panels, front and back, on the
bias if you wish, and add smart
pockets. For merry touch, the
sleeves, neckline and pockets may
all be scallop-edged. You'll make
this frock in one two
three, with the Sew Charts 9ulo-
ancel
Pattern 918l may be ordered only
in women'S sizes "a, SO, 80, 4O, 81:
a. IS and AZ. Size So requires So
yards 35 inch fabric.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS IN COM
for this MARIAN MARTIN pattern
Be sure to write plainly your SIC :;
NAME. ADDRESS. and STYLE
NUMBER. ,
Send your order to Henderson
Daily Dispatch, Pattern DepartrnHgA''
20 w. 18th ST. New York. N. l.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-24

Emile Baume, the electric young
French pianist, who gives his first
recital in the high school auditorium
this evening al $3.50 did not take to
the piano as a boy. AS matter OF
fact, his father and grandfather,
both concert pianists, had to Way!ay
him at the end Of school hours and
lead him home to practice. 1t was
their patience, precision and watch
full eyes that prepared the youth ior
the brilliant musical life that lay
ahead Of him. When finally reused
to the meaning Of his gifts, Baume
was quite equal to the grueling
courses at the National Conservatory
of Music in Paris. 1t was there that
he came under the influence OF the
remarkable Diemer who had been
the teacher of his father.
Once inspired, the young Bal'me
SCARED on to musical heights in the
conservatory. Within two years he
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-24
CHURCH SOCIETIES
ANNOUNCEMENT
"Help Finland Week" Set
|Bv Hoover as Drive Peak

NEW YORK, Jan. l7-(SpeciaD
Growing out of a nationwide
demand for a date when the
American people can demonstrate
their sympathy for the refugees
Of invaded Finland, Herbert
Hoover, national chairman of the
Finnish Relief Fund, today an
nounced the week of February 4
as Help Finland Week"
Hundreds of benefit events,
from brilliant social affairs to
boxing matches, have been sched-
uled for Help Finland Week" by
chairmen of the 4G state commit
tees, the District of Columbia
committee and by committees in
distant, tropical Hawaii and Ice
bound Alaska, the former preSi-
dent said
The nations motion picture
thcaters are placing their facili-
ties at the disposal of the drive
and will set aside two days early
next month as Finnish collection
days.
School children, too, have vol
unteered to help UNDERGRAD and
hungry Finnish children by bring
ing a penny for each member of
the family to school during Help
Finland Week
Sports writers, under the direc-
ton of a committee headed by
Joe Williams. Scrlpps-Howard
sports editor and columnist, are
working with local and national
promoters to set up wrestling,
boxing, tennis, track and hockey
matches for the benefit of the
Fund
With Helen Hayes as chairman.
a committee of noted stage and
screen stars have set S500,000 as a
goal, which will be raised through
q series of personal appearances
and benefit performances through
out the country Such stars as
Paul Mum, Katherine Hepburn
and Tallulah Bankhead are work
ing with Miss Hayes to set up
shows
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-24
WILSON APPROVES
BONDS FOR POWER
100000 to Be Used to In,
crease Capacity of The
Municipal Power Plant

Wilson, Jan. 24.-W;ifon voters
went TO the polls yesterday III q
special election and by a 234 to %
vote gave the town permission to
isSIIe SS0O 1000 worth of bonds to be
used to purchase an install a new
7 straightforward turbine at The mtnlc-
CITY Manager W. M. Virgins sal!
that issuance Of the new bonds
would not effect the TAX rate in the
Increased use of electricity sup
piled by the Wilson plant to VII
con and ether nearby towns and to
customers on the rural network in
the county has caused the plant to
double its output in recent years,
and several times it has 5cen taxed
to capacity.