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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-30
ROckport

Alvin Whistler Of Ocean Side, Calf,
arrived here the latter part of the
week and he and Mrs. Whistler who
has been here for some time, are WIS.,
iting friends and relatives in the
community.
Ralph Marshall spent the week end
with his brother Herb in Columbus
and attended fraternity dance Sat-
urday night.
Mrs. Orlo Marshall received word
last week that Mr.. and Mrs. H. C.
Eisenbach of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs.
Walter Eisenbach and children of
Casa Grande, Ariz., will arrive here
the second week of June for a visit
with friends and relatives in Ohio.
They will be joined here the latter
part of that week by Commander and
Mrs. J. A. Saunders and son Selden
of Washington, D. c., who will be
here only a couple of days.
The June meeting of the M. E.
Missionary society will be held next
Wednesday afternoon in the home of
Mrs. Charles Van Meter with the fol-
lowing program: Worship service
Mrs. Clyde Van Meter; "Sixtieth An
niversary Festivar-Mrs. Joe Park
er; Social Hour-Mrs. Arthur Price.
Kenneth Marshall and Virgil AL
gire spent the past week with the
Seniors of Beaverdam high school
seeing the sights in Washington, d.
c..
Miss Mary Duggan of Lima spent
Sunday with Mrs. Arthur Price and
family.
The following members of the M. E
Missionary society attended a Dis
trict meeting in Bellefontaine last
Wednesday,: Mrs Frank Jaeger, Mrs
Alice Harsh, Mrs. Arthur Price, Mrs
Alfred Reams, Mrs. Joe Parker, Mrs
j. c. Spicer, Mrs. Cloce Kidd, Mrs
E. E. Erect, Mrs. Lena Rockhill and
Mrs. Ed Dunlap.
Miss Eunice Trumbo, who is pastor
of the Congregational church in Coun.
Gil, Idaho, is now visiting friends ir
Detroit and is expected here for the
annual Decoration Day services.
Mrs. D. C. Campbell and daughter
Elizabeth spent Tuesday in Columbus
making arrangements for Elizabeth
to enter o. S. u. this fall.
Miss Edythe Cupp was a week enc
guest of her sister Mrs. Delmar Smith
and family in Tontogany.
! Miss La Donna Campbell who ha.
been student at Ada the past year
received her degree in Public Schoo
Music and has returned home for the
summer.
Miss Doris Neusbaurn of Columbu.
Grove was a week end guest of Mar,
Jane and Nancy Mayberry.
Decoration Day services will b.
held here as usual Thursday morn
ing beginning at 900 A. M. with tn,
decorating of graves in the Millel
and Rockport cemeteries with tn fol
lowing outdoor services: Bugle As
sembly, F. C. Marshall; Lincoln's Get
tysburg Address, Richard Cupp
Bugle TAPS" Special music by Fif,
and Drum Corps.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Marshall ant
their guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Whistler of Ocean Side, Calf, spen
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hal
of Harrod.
| 1000 a. m. program at Methods
church; Music, Battle Hymn of tn,
Republic; Invocation, Rev. E. J. Ar
thur; Special Music; Election of OF
ficers; Roll Call; Special music; Ad
dress, Rev. S. M. Davidian, Lima
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Former BlUftOH
Woman SUccun1bS

Funeral services were held in Della
ware, Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Ida
Blair Mann, widow of Rev. A. M.
Mann, former pastor of the Bluffton
Methodist church.
Mrs. Mann died Thursday night at
her home in Delaware following a
stroke which she received two days
previous.
Mrs. Mann is survived by daugh-
ter Mrs. Wilbur Johnson of Carey.
Also surviving are four grandchild-
rem including Mrs. Fred Mckee of
Cuyahoga Falls, the former Peggy
Mann, whom she reared.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Charles M. Armentrout, Pastor

Rockport:
9:30 a. m. Morning worship.
1890 a. m. Sunday school, Mrs.
Walter Marshall, Supt.
7:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor.
Bluffton:
$3.50 a. m. Sunday school, Mr..
Norman Triplett, Supt. The College
Trumpeters, Virgil Bartz, Robert
Zigler, and Richard Howenstine, will
play at the Sunday school.
1850 a. m. Morning worship.
500 p. m. Tuxis.
The subject of the morning service
will be "Life's Renewal. The public
is cordially invited to attend the ser
vices of the church.
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p. A. Kliewer, Pastor

p. A. kliewer, Pastor
Wednesday: Mixed Choir rehearsal
at 800 p. M.
Thursday: America Back to
Cod quartet at 500 p. m.
SUNDAY:
Sunday school 9:30 a. m.
Sermon 10:30 a. m. Text: "The
True Totalitarianism."
Christian Endeavorers - Juniors,
intermediate and Seniors 7:30 p. m.
Message: knowledge and Wis
DOM" $3.50 to 900 p. m.
Gospel Team will meet for Bible
study and prayer in the home of
Miss Rhoda Amstutz, Bluffton, June
at 100 p. m. Book of Ruth for
Bible study. Theme: "How to deal
with unconcerned".
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Varied Program, At
Next Grange Meeting

A balanced program of discussion
and recreation is planned for a
meeting of the Richland Grange in
the grange hall, next Tuesday night.
Talks will be given by Willard
Jennings on "The Milk Dollar; j;
Kathryn Moser, "On Tired Soi!", and
Henry Huber on "Food Order Stamp
Plan". A discussion on grange pc
grams also will be included.
The evening will close with games
and contests directed by Evelyn
Gratz.
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MISSIONARY CHURCH
A. T. Albro, Pastor


SUNDAY:
$50 Sunday school.
1880 Morning worship. =
TOO p. m. Children's meetings
700 p. m. Young Peoples society.
Wednesday p. m. Prayer meeting.
Monday, June 3rd Vacation Bible
School will start at the Bluffton
Missionary Church. This is for all
the children of the community.
Teachers with special training for
this course have been procured from
Pandora, Ohio. For full announce
ment of this course see special
article in this paper.
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RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP

A scholarship from Bluffton coll
lege was presented to Miss Ruth
Soldner, highest ranking scholastic
student in the graduating class of
Berne, Indiana, high school, it was
announced the first of the week.
Miss Soldner, valedictorian of the
class is the daughter of DR.. T. H.
Soldner of Berne.
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Settlement


Wharton and Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. Ba-
singer of Lima were entertained in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Bridenbaugh last Sunday.
Mrs. (Dr.) Pender of Everglades.
Florida, left for her southern home
last Wednesday, after spending a
couple of weeks visiting with her
folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oswin Lugibill visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter E.
Kohl in Ottawa, Sunday afternoon.
Frequent rains are delaying plant
of corn and soy beans.
Duane, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Haas of Columbus Grove is spending
some of his vacation at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Haas
The Pandora High School Seniors
returned from their eastern trip late
Sunday night. The group and the
teachers who accompanied them re-
port an enjoyable time.
Noah Bixel returned home last
Saturday after spending the winter
on the Pacific coast, visiting in the
home of his daughter, Eda and his
son Verdi and families. Mr.. Bixel
also visited in the homes of other rel
atives and friends, many of whom
were former residents of our COM
munity.
Mrs. N. N. Soldner and daughter
Mary Margaret left Thursday fol
Berne, Ind, where they are spending
some time in the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Springer.
Mrs. Edwin Luginbill, Mrs. E. E
Miller, daughter, Selma, Mrs. Wilbert
Wenger and Mrs. H. M. Kohl ane
son, Eugene visited Mrs. Oliver Schu
macher at Findlay Hospital last
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hilty and sor
were entertained in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. David Lehman on Sunday.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Geiger, north of town has been re
modelled recently and is making a fin,
appearance.
Miss Mildred Brickman of McComl
and Arthur Eisenbach were unitet
in marriage last Saturday. They vii
reside in Pandora where Mr.. Eisen
bach is in business with his father
We extend our best wishes.
Miss Marian Basinger is spending
some time with her home folks again
Bert Yoder is at present assisting
Ralph Diller in his plant at Kokomo
Ind. Mr.. Diller is manufacturing
electric fence chargers.
Mrs. Mary Thut passed away at tn,
home of her daughter in Goshen, Ind
Saturday. A number from this vi
cinity attended the funeral on Mon
day. She died at the age of SO years
Her husband, Peter Thut had preced
ed her in death almost thirty yea
ago.
The young people of the St. JOIN
church are planning to spend Decora
tion Day at Cincinnati to visit point
of interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bauman ar
rejoicing over the birth of a baby bo.
on Tuesday at the Community hospit
al in Bluffton.
ROLAND Burkhart and Howart
Howell have left for South Dakot;
where they are to do sheep shearin,
with their up-to-date power unit.
| Ruth Bixel, who has been in Colum
bus the past year and Mrs. Raymon,
Miller and children of Smithville, ar
at the home of their father, Noal
Bixel at present.
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REORGANIZE RAILROAD

The federal district court of
northern Ohio has been empowered
to effect reorganization of the Akron,
Canton & Youngstown and the
Northern Ohio railways, according
to press dispatches from Washing
ton.
News Want-Ads Bring Results.
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EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED
CHURCHES
Emil Burrichter, Pastor

Mrs. Geo. Snyder, returned mis-
sionary to China, will be the speaker
at the morning services in both
churches. All members are urged,
and friends are invited, to attend
these services.
Emmanuel's:
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Public worship at 10:45 a. m.
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FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH

III. Il. Unruh, PdsIOT
Thursday 7:15 p. m. Choir re-
hearsal.
SUNDAY:
900 a. m. Church school.
1000 a. m. Church worship. Rev.
Herold Ratzlaff who is to go into
the Mission in India will bring the
message.
600 D. m. intermediate C. E.
500 p. m. Mrs. John Thiessen will
show pictures of art portraying the
life of Jesus.
We invite you to worship with US
this coming Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-30

Music, America the Beautiful; Bene-
diction Rev. E. j. Arthur. Judge
Neil Lora of Lima is the President
and Clifford Fruchey, Marshal of the
day.
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NOTICE

All pledges for redeeoration of the
Presbyterian church are due on or
before June 1. Please pay same to
Paul Faze, church treasurer or to a
representative at the News office.
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IL This Sundayin 1Ihe
Rglf1urrf1R8H

Testimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church Is
open every Wednesday from 200 to
400 D. m. The public is invited to
all services and to visit the reading
room.
This society is branch of the
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-30

Do your part to life the whole
race notch in the scale of human
ity; then your heaven will take care
of itself.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-30

(Above Postoffice)
Sunday services at 10:30 a. M,
subject: "Ancient and Modern Nee
romancy, alias Mesmerism and Hyp-
notism, Denounced"
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Three Eagles Among
First Ten Scorers
In Hockey Loop

Three of the Eastern Amateur
Hockey Leagues 10 leading scorers
will be included in the lineup Of
the Washington Eagles tomorrow
night when they continue their drive
for second place, meeting the Jersey
Skeeters at Riverside Stadium at
$3.50 o'clock.
As result of Baltimore's defeat
Of the New York Rovers, 50, last
night at Baltimore, the Eagles re-
main in a deadlock for the runner
up spot and can forge ahead of the
Rovers tomorrow night by trimming
the Skeeters If the Sea Gulls spank
the New. York outfit at Atlantic City.
Washington owns leading scorers
in Hal Dewey, tied for fourth place
with Baltimore's Norman Calladine
with 70 points; Roy Covert. in sixth
place with "a, and Les Ramsay, in
eighth place with St.
New York continues to possess the
three leading scorers, Albert Ceilings
setting the pace with 90 points, fol-
lowed by Murdo Mckay and Frank
Boucher with 80 each. Ceilings,
Mckay, Boucher, Calladine and
Dewey all have broken last years
record, a previous all-time high.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
New Kensington Five
Will Defend Title
In Tourney Here

Victorious in IS Of 40 games this
season and acknowledged leader in
the Western Pennsylvania area, the
New Kensington, Pa. Lions Club
basket ball team will return to Heu-
rich gym Sunday afternoon to de-
fend its title in q miniature mid
Atlantic tourney.
The New Kensington Lions will
meet the United Typewriters, newly
crowned Heurich Amateur League
champions, at $3.50 o'clock, while
Delaware Il Hudson tossers will face
Philadelphia Spha Juniors an hour
earlier. The little Sphas are COM
prised of players who recently won
the scholastic championship Of
Philadelphia for Southern High.
On Sunday night at o'clock,
losers in the afternoon round will
clash in a consolation game, with
the championship tilt listed for 9
o'clock,
Evening star., 1940-03-14
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Danny Boothe, two time all-high
end at Roosevelt, who hasn't stopped
growing at 6 feet 3 inches, repre-
sents one reason Maryland's football
situation will improve with age.
The Terp yearling may develop into
one Of this sectors finest flankmen.
Capt. George CARRIER Of G. w. U.
may join Tommy OBrien, 1898
Colonial court captain, with the
Firestone pro quint at Akron next
season.
Not harming the report George
Washington will be admitted to the
Southern Conference is the fact the
Colonials soon will announce the
dropping of West Virginia from
their l941 football schedule. The
replacemnt will be Richmond, a
Southern Conference school.
Bob Custer, whose performance
at Eastern this season earn him a
berth on any all-time all-high
basket ball team you can name, is
being swamped with scholarships,
but he won't be graduated in June.
Bob lacks two credits, but the latest
report is he'll spend a year in prep
school before entering Georgetown.
Some Of the Washington Eagles
were out until at least o'clock
Saturday morning. They blew a
four-goal lead to lose to the Sea
Gulls at Atlantic City that night.
Frank Kocsis, who played guard,
tackle and fullback for Central High
Evening star., 1940-03-14
G. w. to Play Richmond in al;
Boothe Is 7erp YeorIing

and guard at Florida, is In the fruit
business here with his father.
John Jankowski, former Catholic
University football player, Is first
on the list for public high coaching
job. Eastern Is eager to land him
and has the inside track. Mike
Kelley. Eastern High football coach,
recently received a neat pay boost.
Only two members of last years
Heurich Brewers quint currently
are playing for the team which
shortly will aim for the world pro-
fessional basket ball crown.
That Uline arena now under con-
struction Is going to be spiffy stuff,
but according to Coach Bill Reinhart
OF G. w. u, they forgot to consult
anybody who knows anything about
basket ball before drawing the blue
prints. There are too many seats,
he says, behind the backboards and
not enough sideline seats for which
customers would be willing to shell
out $1.10. If Riverside Stadium
elects to install a floor, G. w. U.
Will play its basket ball games there
next season.
A three-ring indoor circus from
Australia has been booked for River
side Stadium. It's costing the WASH
ington baseball club about IS cents
a seat to paint some 5000 Of them
at Grimth Stadium. They're also
spending $4,000 for turf. Virtually
all grandstand seats for the opening
games with the Red Sox a month
hence have been sold,
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Colorado U. Spark|es
In Drive 10 Final
OF Basket Meet
Routs De Paul, Will Face
Duquesne Thut Ended
OkIohomo Aes' Streok
Star Staff Photo.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ABSoclateo Press.
NEW YORK, March 14.-They
hung the 8. R. o. sign on Colorado
University's bandwagon today.
The Golden Bluffs saw to that last
night with the most astounding
and convincing-victory of the met
ropolitan invitational basket ball
tournament, a 52-to-37 trouncing Of
fine De Paul team. That sent the
Bluffs into the final tomorrow night,
and they've got their work cut out
for them then.
For standing directly in their path
to the title is as tough q bunch of
basketers as you ever saw-the ap-
parently indefatigable Dukes Of
Duquesne, who have gone through
two tourney games with only one
substitution.
The Dukes ruined the 25-game
winning streak of the highly-touted
Oklahoma Aggies by 1870 in game
in which the lead changed hands II
times.
That game was close, and hard
fought and tense-in direct contrast
to the playfully simple manner in
which the Big Seven champions from
Colorado got away to 16-point lead
on the Chicagoans-and never let
them get close.
Duquesne, not quite as spectacular,
but almost as adept, beat a good club
decisively in stopping the Aggies.
With the count 23-all in the games
late stage, the Dukes put on typical
squirt to forge ahead. Ability to nit
from far out, q feat the Aggies dis
dained even to try, was the margin
between the two.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Softba|| 10 Flourish
With ; New Loops
To Enter Field
Two Saturday Afternoon
Circuits Organized;
Rec League Planned

Softball appears due to flourish
stronger than ever here this sum-
mer with the announcement that
three new leagues embracing so or
more teams have been formed.
Plans were made last night for two
Saturday afternoon leagues and a
D. c. Recreation League for adults.
In the Saturday afternoon A
league only stronger teams will
compete. Among them are Mari
time, last years champion: I. B.
NJ, runner-up last year. Greenbelt
A. c., DR.. Pepper, Plaza, Labor De-
partment and Irish War Veterans.
The B league will have Carr Bros. q
Boswell, Police Court, City Refuse,
r. E. A. and Farm Credit. Other
franchises are open.
The opening game will be played
April IL between Maritime and I.
B. M.
The Recreation League will meet
again next Wednesday night. It ex-
poets to have at least IS teams.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Berths on A||-Big Six
Filled by Oklahoma,
Missouri, Kansas .
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, March 1.-THE
same three schools that finished in
the first triple tie for the champion
ship in Big Six history monopolized
all 10 places on the conferences all
star backet ball teams.
Oklahoma and Missouri furnished
two players each to the first team
and Kansas contributed Ralph Mil
Ter, with Robert Allen captain of the
second team.
First Team.
Forward-James McNatt. Oklahoma,
Forward-Raiph Miller. Kansas
Guard-Marvin Mesch, Oklahoma.
Guard-John Lobsieer. Missouri.
Second team-Forwards: Clay Cooper
Of Missouri and Robert Allen Of Kansas;
center Herbert schefhG Of Oklahoma;
guards. Martin Nash Of Missouri and Rich.
ard Harp of Kansas.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Play in Gaithersburg
Basket Ball Event
Starts Tonight

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Nd, March
H. Gaithersburg's first annual
basket ball tournament will be held
in the high school gymnasium here
tonight, Friday and Saturday nights
under sponsorship Of Pride of Mont
gomery Lodge Of Odd Fellows, Of
GaitheSburg.
Eight junior and five senior teams
will participate with three games
each night. Play will start at 7:30
tonight and Friday evening and at
7 o'clock Saturday night.
Robert Gartner will be referee,
and the Committee of Arrangements
Is headed by Ira Darby.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
M Masonic Shrine and Odd Fellows Leagues Stage Big Charity Pin Show
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TOMORROW.
Baseball.

TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington vs.. Cleveland, Fort
Myers, Fla.
Basket Ball.
Roosevelt VS.. Harrodsburg, KY,
and Bethesda Chevy Chase VS..
Lanier, Ca, in scholastic tourney
at Duke University, Durham,
N. c.
District A. A. U. tournament,
Heurich gym, 7:30.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles VS.. Jersey
Skeeters, Riverside Stadium, $3.50.
Swimming.
District A. A. U. indoor
championships. shoreham Hotel
pool, 8.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington vs.. New York
Giants, Winter Haven, Fla.
Basket Ball.
District A. A. U. tournament,
Heurich gym, 1880.
Swimming.
District A A. U. indoor cham
pionships, Shoreham Hotel pool,
8.
Badminton.
District A. A. U. champion
ships, first round, Kensington
Armory, 2.
Racing.
Warrenton Hunt Point to
Point, Warrenton, Va.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Dobyns Tops Be!|man
In 50-fo-21 Victory
Over Pepco Five

A sharp-shooting center, Dobyns,
led a hot Bellman Fuel five to q So
to-21 victory over Pepco in a D. G.
Recreation basket ball feature last
night. Playing at Roosevelt, Dobyns
scored 10 goals for his side to take
individual honors for the night.
In other Roosevelt division games
Wallace Memorial swamped North
ern Props, 81 to IA, and Sixth Pres
byterian nosed out Retail Clerks, 80
to 80.
Central division battles went to
Railroad Board, which beat Sigma
Phi Epsilon, 28 to 10, and National
Labor Relations Board, which
trounced New York Life Insurance
a to Is. Stack, Labor Board cen
ter, tailed II points.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
20 Years Aoo
In The Stor

The Griffmen made it three
straight over the Tampa nine as
five double-plays helped. The
score was S to 4. Sam Rice con-
tinued to hit hard, collecting
three hits, two for extra bases.
Every top-flight 3-year-old ex-
cept Man O. War was named for
the $50. 900 added Kentucky Der
by. H P. Whitney's John P,
Grier and Upset, lone conqueror
Of Man O. War, head the list of
107.
Georgetown University athletes
scored eight f1rsts in the first
annual c. U. track meet which
attracted leading South Atlantic
teams. Griffith, La Gendre.
Sheehan and Feeney won for the
Hoyas. Western, Eastern and
Tech High also supplied winners.
Bob Folwell, former University
of Pennsylvania coach, was
named grid mentor at the Naval
Academy, succeeding Gil Dobie,
who went to Cornell.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Walter Walsh of F. B. !.
Wins Pistol Crown
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, March 14.-Walter
Walsh Of Washington. D. c., known
as the best pistol shot among the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
men, won the national .38-caliber
pistol championship in the ma
tional mldwinter matches here.
Walsh fired a total Of S54 out
of possible 900 points IN four
matches.
AL Hemming. Detroit policeman
and winner of last years midwinter
.38 championship, was second with
852.