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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-01

her two pinto horses from men,
bers of the Madison Square Gar
den Rodeo, she has spent every
weekend on her Connecticut farm
training the animals.
The blind actress whose spot on
we, the People" recently landed
her a job with a Broadway play,
is only one of over fifty whose
appearances on the Gabe Heater
show have led to their finding jobs.
Andre Kostelanetz, shown here,
is hailed by modern composers for
the unusual methods he uses in
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-01
No. 5682
SUMMONS

In the Superior Court of the State
of Washington, in and for Grant
County.
KIRKENDALL BOOT COMPANY,
a corporation,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Ray HiIty Weds In
Pandora CerenOny

Announcement was made the first
of the week of the wedding of Ray
S. Hilty, assistant registrar of Bluff
ton college and Miss Mary F. Hornal
of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, and
Pasadena, Calf.
The wedding took place in Pan
dora, Friday at the home of the
officiating minister, Rev. P. E. Whit,
mer, pastor of the Grace church OF
that place. Following the ceremony
the couple left for a wedding trip
thru Michigan and Canada.
Mr.. Hilty is the son of DR.. and
Mrs. N. S. Hilty of Pandora and
for several years has been in charge
of the administration office of Bluff.
ton college. He has also been act.
ing registrar during the illness OF
Prof. E. J. Hirschler, registrar oi
the institution.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
PANDORA YOUTH IN
HOSPITAL AS BUCK
RAKE ovERTURNS
Paul Lugibill Recovering from
Injuries Received i'm Ac-
cident Tuesday
Youth Discovered i'm Ditch at
Side of Road Fifteen Min
utes After Mishap

Paul Lugibill, %, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. David Lugibill of near Pandora
was found helpless in a ditch at the
side of the road Tuesday afternoon
when a buck rake which he was
driving overturned two miles east OF
Pandora.
Suffering from eight fractured ribs
and punctured left lung he was
taken to the Bluffton hospital where
his condition was reported satisfac-
tory Wednesday morning.
The accident occurred as Lugibill
was taking the rake from his home
to Pandora. Near the Albert Schultz
farm the vehicle swerved from the
road and overturned in a ditch.
Lugibill, alone at the time was
found by Roy Cherry of near Pan
dora about quarter-hour after the
mishap. Cherry took the injured
youth to the office of DR.. Milo Rice,
Pandora physician from where he
was removed to the Bluffton hospital
in the Diller ambulance.
Buck rakes, manufactured in Bluff
ton, are coming into common use in
this section for gathering hay and
hauling it to the barn. The rake is
nrade from an old automobile with a
frame constructed on the rear for
carrying hay and other crops.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Shop Courses For National
Defense Will Open Monday
Arrangements Being Made for
Enrolment of 20 to % in
Industrial Class
instruction to be Given Five
Nights Weekly at Plant of
Triplett Company

Industrial training classes in the
national defense program will open
in Bluffton next Monday for an in
tensive Is weeks course.
Classes will be held five evenings
a week in the modern machine shop
of The Triplett Electrical Instrument
Co., with George Klay and Charles
Hilty, supervisory employees of the
company, acting as instructors.
Enrolment has exceeded the mini
mum of 10 students, required by tn,
Bluffton board of education, and it ii
expected that approximately 20 to 2;
will have registered for the work by
the time classes convene next week.
Registration will continue for the
rest of this week, Supt, A. ]. B.
Longsdorf announced. Any who
wish to enroll may do so at the high
school office until next Monday.
CLASSES FIVE NIGHTS WEEKLY
Glasses will be held five nights a
week, Monday thru Friday, from
to 10 o'clock. A 200-hour program is
required, which means that the
course will continue until the close
of October.
There are two classes of enrollees,
those who are employed and those
who are unemployed. Before un-
employed persons can enroll it S
necessary that they register at the
unemployment office in Lima. Nc
one under Is years of age will be
accepted.
Instruction will be in the various
phases of shop work, technical draw.
ing and design, pattern making ano
training in various mechanical oper.
ations. Tuition, textbooks and ma.
terials are free to those selected fo,
the course.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Tax Deputies Here
On August 5 And 6

Representative from the Alien
county treasurer's office will be in
Bluffton Monday and Tuesday, Aug
ust and 6, to assist residents of
the area in filing last half 1889 real
estate tax returns.
Deadline for payment of the last
half taxes has been set for Sept. 10.
During their stay in Bluffton the
treasurer's representatives will estab-
lish quarters in the Citizens National
Bank.
Real estate tax collections Last
week amounted to $62,917.22, a total
for the period of $242, 1922 "a. Last
weeks sales tax receipts Were s4,-
528.35, with an aggregate for the
wear of S145.357 O3.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18

Threshing operations will be at the
usual mid-season peak by the middle
of this week, weather permitting,
according to present indications.
Altho many fields have not yet
been cut, most of them are awaiting
harvesting by combines. Wet grounds
and the conditions of this years
crop have delayed combining to some
extent this year.
Prospect 20 to 25 Bushels Acre
Reports from rural observers in
dicate the yield this year will be
from 20 to rs bushels to the acre
and that quality of the crop will be
excellent. Straw is quite rusty in
many fields but there has been little
damage to the grain.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Long War Peril To Democracy,
Warns Speaker At Lions Club
United States Should Stop All
Aid to War, Declares Bis
hop Paul Jones
Last World War, Fought to
Preserve Democracy, Pro-
duced Dictators, Claim

Citing the need for clear, rationa,
thinking in the present world crisis
as it affects the United States
Bishop Paul Jones, of Antioch col
lege, Yellow Springs, Ohio, was the
speaker at a dinner meeting of the
Bluffton Lions club Tuesday evening
in the Walnut Grill.
Bishop Jones is college pastor and
professor of religious education al
Antioch.
In commenting on intervention in
the European war, Bishop Jones de.
clared that he has every respect foi
the idealism of those who would en-.
ter the war to save Democracy, but
has no respect for their judgment.
WAR BROUGHT DIcTAToRs
Results of the last World war only
served to produce the Hitlers, Stal
ms and Mussolinis of today, tht
speaker said.
To preserve democratic institution.
in shaky world it will be necessar,
that the present war be brought t,
an early conclusion, Bishop Jone:
said. He advocated that to gain tha'
end we should stop all aid to war
which is now masquerading under
the guise of aid to Britain.
1t is impossible to preserve de
mocracy by fighting for it on tn,
battlefield, the speaker continued
After the last war we had les.
democracy than at any time in his
tory. 1t is forgone conclusion tha
under a military rule there is M
such thing as freedom of speech o.
any of the other principal attribute
cf democracy.
Bishop Jones expressed opposition
to any move toward peace-time con
scription, citing it as the prelude tt
dictatorship. Conscription has never
before been used in this country ex
cept as final measure, and under i
every citizen becomes only a pawr
of the state.
COMBAT ToTALITARIANIsM
Totalitarianism is efficient because
it exploits the residents of coun
try, regiments their lives and make.
them subsercient to interests Other
than their own.
To combat totalitarianism, it is es
sential that we preserve democracy
by cooperation between labor and in
dustry, consumer cooperation, indi
vidual sacrifice and socialized owner
ship of some activities, the Bishol
declared.
Next meeting of the Bluffton Lion.
club will be at Findlay on August l
when members of the local organiza
ton attend charter presentation
meeting at that place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
PARADE TO MARCH
THRU FLAG LINED
STREETS OF TOWN
Uniformed Knights Tempiar
And National Guardsmen
In Line of March
Parade Forms at Town Hall at
2:30 O'clock; Street Closed
To Traffic

One of the largest parades in the
history of Bluffton, against color
full setting that will include decora-
tion of the entire town, will mark
the opening of ceremonies incidental
to laying of the cornerstone for
Buttons new $4,000 post Office
building here next Sunday afternoon.
With Ohio National Guardsmen,
uniformed Communicates of Knights
Templar, visiting Masonic bodies,
civic organizations and federal and
state officials in the line of march,
the parade will be an impressive
spectacle as it moves from the city
hall to the site of the new post office.
An additional touch of color will
be added to the parade by symbolic
paraphernalia of the Masonic lodge,
which will be used in the dedicatory
ceremonies.
Decoration of the entire town with
American flags and bunting has been
requested, and there will be special
decorative hangings in the down
town area. Windows of business
places also will be specially decorated
for the occasion.
CLOSE MAIN STREET
Main street will be closed to traffic
between Kibler and Riley streets
from noon until p. M, and no
parking will be permitted on the
street. All streets crossing Main
street also will be closed from parai-
lei alleys next to Main. Traffic will
be detoured down Jackson street with
Boy Scouts and state highway pa
trolmen in charge.
Opening the impressive afternoon
program, the parade will form at
2:30 p. m. and march from the town
hall to the post office.
Heading the procession will be the
Bluffton High school band, and next
in the order of march will come the
Ada National Guard unit, 60 strong.
UNIFORMED COMMANDMENTS
Bluffton Civic organizations and
visiting federal and state officials
will follow, imediately preceding vis-
iting Communicates of Knights
Templar in uniform, under the com
mand of Captain General Fred N.
Price, of Findlay.
Past Masters of Masonic lodges of
the Bluffton district will march next
in the procession. They will be fol-
lowed by visiting Masonic lodges and
Bluffton Masons. The end of the
parade will be reserved for the
Grand Lodge of Ohio, represented by
Acting Grand Master Charles Will
son, of Ada.
The Masonic committee in charge
of parade arrangements includes C.
G. Coburn, Forrest Steinman, DR..
Evan Basinger and ROLAND Stratton.
Appointment of committees was
made by DR.. B. r. Herring, master
of the Bluffton lodge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
WAR CANNOT SAVE
DEMOCRACY PEACE
SPEAKER CHARGES
Muriel Lester, Noted English
Pacifist Addresses Confer
ence Here
State Peace Groups Holding
Meetings at BlufftOn Col
lege This Week

Citing the folly of going to war to
make the world safe for democracy,
Muriel Lester, noted English writer,
Tuesday night addressed a public
meeting scheduled as one of the ses-
sions of the statewide peace confer
ence being held on the Bluffton col
lege campus. She spoke in the
college chapel which was filled for
the occasion.
Approximately 100 delegates are
registered for the six-day conference
arranged by the Fellowship of Recon
ciliation, which opened Monday on
the local campus.
Morning, afternoon and evening
discussion periods are being held for
delegates, and two public meetings
have been arranged.
TALK ON ORIENT
In addition to Miss Testers talk on
Tuesday, Harold Fey, associate edi-
tor of Christian Century magazine
is scheduled to address a public
gathering at s p. m. Friday in the
college chapel. Fey has just re-
turned from an extended tour thru
the Orient and his talk will deal
with conditions in that hemisphere.
In assailing wars to preserve
democracy, Miss Lester Tuesday
night declared that the last worlc
war served only to provide the set
ting for the dictators that today
jeopardize European democracy.
Mistakes were made in settling the
last war, she said. Even the com
mon people of England were gener
ally opposed to the Versailles treaty
particularly after England continued
the blockade of Germany for min,
months after the Armistice, sh,
maintained.
DANGER FROM WITHIN
Americas greatest danger, tn,
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
LARGE CROWD EXPECTED FOR CORNER STONE LAYING
Here Is List Of Contents For
Post Office Corner Stone Box

sonic lodge, Bluffton American Le
gion post, post office officials anc
employees, city officials, board public
affairs, Community hospital board
and staff, Board of education, off.
cials and teachers, Bluffton Fedora.
tion of Women's clubs, Bluffton Boy
Scout Troop.
Publications-This edition of the
Bluffton News; Bluffton high schoo
Cutlass, Lions club Jungle News
Bluffton College Witmarsum, Blufftor
College catalog.
Envelope from Bluffton's first air
mail delivery.
Addresses orrest Steinman
chairman of program; John E. Lam
iel, Canton, representing post office
department.
List of committees in charge of
cornerstone laying.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Rank Growth OF Grass Along
Roadside Obscures Stop Signs

Luxuriant growths of roadside
grass and weeds have resulted in a
new hazard to motorists this sum-
mer.
Men have been hired by the town.
ship trustees to cut the fence-high
growth along roadways, particularly
where highway signs and stop signs
have been obscured. In some cases
the grass represents traffic menace
where stop signs at the intersection
of side roads and main highway
cannot be observed.
Heavy growth of grass and weeds
is attributed to the wet, cool weather
which has prevailed so far this
summer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18

The list of contents to be placed
in the copper box receptacle at the
laying of the corner stone at Bluff
toms new post office building, Sun
day afternoon, has been announced
by the committee in charge consist
ing of Ralph Stearns, E. C. Schultz
and A. ]. B. Longsdorf.
The box will be placed in a niche
in the wall at the rear of the cor
ner stone at the southeast corner of
the building fronting South Main
street.
The following articles will be
placed in the copper container:
Bible; names of post office off
cials, architect, engineer and con-
tractors.
Pictures-Post office building,
Bluffton churches, public buildings,
industrial concerns.
Roster and History-Bluffton Ma
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
FIRST WHEAT OF
new CROP SOLD
ON MARKET HERE
Grain Marketed Monday by
Aaron Messenger from
Garau Farm Tests so
Oats Prospect is Best i'm PAS
Four Years; Corn Outlook
Is Good

First load of new wheat from the
Bluffton area was marketed at the
Bluffton Milling Co. at $3.50 D. m.
Monday, altho survey of the dis
trict reveals that many fields have
not yet been cut.
The wheat sold here Monday
afternoon came from the farm OF
E. E. Garau, south of Blufftor
which is operated by Aaron Mes
singer. 1t tested 60, and the price
paid was 68 cents per bushel
Threshing was done by Eldor
Tschiegg.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Texas Horned Toads Are Strange
Curiosity In BlufftOn News Window

They eat very little; in fact there
are recorded instances in which
horned toads are known to have gone
for years without food or water
and still remain alive.
In appearance, the animals seem
to be about a cross between our COM
mon garden variety to toads and
lizards. On the back of each toad's
head are the horns from which the
species derives its name.
In addition to the toads, Weiss is
exhibiting several unusual specimens
of lead, zinc and piff ores which he
obtained in the Tri-State mining dis
trict in Oklahoma, and several types
of cactus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Couple Is We'd In
Kentucky Sunday

Wedding of Miss Naomi Shrider,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Shrider of Bluffton and Lee Basinp-
er, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ba-
singer of Pandora took place at
Newport, Kentucky, Sunday.
The couple will reside for the pres
ent at the Shrider home on West Col.
lege avenue.
The bride is employed at the plant
of the Triplett company here anc
Mr.. Basinger is employed at the
Westinghouse plant in Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18

Horned toads are the center of in
terest in The BIuffton News window
display this week, and far from their
native habitat of Texas the oddly
shaped creatures survey the every
day life of Bluffton with an air
tinged with wonder.
Twelve fine specimens of the toads
were brought to Bluffton by the
Aldine Weiss family, following a 10
days. visit in Wichita, Texas, and
were put in the window display.
Weiss reported that the toads can
be found everywhere in the section
of Texas where he visited, and that
it is an easy matter to capture
them.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Births

The following births at Bluffton
Community hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyril Hilty of Pan
dora, son, Garry Gene, Wednesday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Staley
Bluffton, a daughter, Marsha Ann
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldemar Spaeth
Lima, a daughter Connie Lou, Fri
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18

In some districts of the state
wheat scab is prevalent, but there
have been no reports of damage
from that source in the Bluffton
area.
Oats fields, altho seeded late, give
prospects of heavy yield this year
Observers report that it appears the
crop will be the best in the last four
years.
Corn also is making excellent
progress in the Bluffton vicinity, and
a fine fall yield is expected. In
other parts of the state corn pros.
poets are not so good, but the con.
dition of the crop locally is quite
promising.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Resigns Teaching To
Take Up State Work

Miss Martha Niswander has re-
signed her teaching position in the
Milan schools to go into state exsen-
sion work in home economics. She
vii, take up her new position in
September.
Miss Niswander is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Niswander of
South Main street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
To Be Teacher In
Schools At CeIind

Miss Letha Niswander, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Niswander
of South Jackson street has accepted
position as instructor in the second
grade of the Celina schools for the
coming year. Miss Niswander was
graduated last spring from Bowling
Green State university.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
TALL TIGER LILIES

Abundant moisture and excellent
growing conditions this summer have
resulted in some unusually tall tiger
lily stalks measuring five feet one
and one-half inches at the home Of
A. e. Tempt on Vance street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
WINDOW EXHIBITS

Four carrots, intertwined to make
almost perfect braid is an exhibit
attracting attention in the News
window. The exhibit was brought
in by Beulah Burkholder of West
Elm street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
DOLLAR DAY SUNDAY

Dollar day will be observed at the
Methodist church here Sunday.
Each one attending is asked to
bring an extra dollar to help meet
conference claims.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
IN NEW LOCATION

C. NJ. Gleason and family have
moved from Geiger street to their
home, the former Owens school prop
erty south of Bluffton which they
secently remodeled.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
THIRTY BUSHELS TO ACRE
Wheat i'm the Blufft0n district

Wheat in the Bluffton district
made record of thirty bushels
to the acre, according to thresh-
ing reports from the David Neis-
wander farm four miles west of
Bluffton. The farm is operated
by Robert Neiswander.
A fine piece of fifteen acres of
wheat threshed by Lehman Bros.
on the Neiswander farm, Tues
day, showed a yield of 450
bushels.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18

FIRST THRESHING MONDAY
Threshing in the Blnffton dis
trict started Monday morning
when threshing crews swung in
to action. Eldon Tschiegg who
operates an outfit got into
practice by threshing a field of
wheat on his farm early in the
morning before starting on his
regular rounds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Real Estate Deal

Mrs. Gladys Shaw of Springfield,
Mo-, has purchased the Ralph Ewing
farm in Orange township.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
NO uNInN SERVICE

Due to the afternoon program
next Sunday there will be no union
church service in the evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07
FRIDAY. JUNE !

Benefic aspects dominate to-
day. 1t is an suspicious date for
expansion Of business or political
activities, especially fortunate
for leaders OF their fellow men.
There is a sign. however, pre-
saying jealousy which inspires
misrepresentation Of ideals and
severe criticism of motives.
There should be definite accept
ance of labor demands by poll
teal parties.
Heart and Home: Women to-
day are under fortunate rule of
the stars. 1t is a time for start
ing that which is most desired
in launching children along the
right paths toward life voca-
tons. Need Of aid in public serv-
ice will be felt by home-makers
and women in business. Training
to be nurses should be encour-
a6Sds ANoiiduIS VIII iloui 1911 I'LL
der this CONFORMATION.
Business Affairs: While enjoy
ing prosperous trade. merchants
and manufacturers are warned
to look ahead, for evil portents
are seen for 1941 when there will
be grave economic problems. The
cost of war will not be confined
to belligerent countries and ad-
ded losses to American investors
will be widely felt. Relief pro-
jects for victims of foreign ag-
gression will bring out large con-
tributions.
National Issues: Balancing the
budget will now appear even less
likely than in the past. for heavy
costs are to be entailed by army,
navy and air forces. Pension ad-
vocates will be insistent and
cause embarrassment when po-
litical platforms must be built.
Women will be prominent in the
coming national conventions and
they will aid men in obtaining
offices. Much work and little
reward will attend women out
standing in politics.
International Affairs: Earth
quakes will cause heavy losses
in Japan this summer. increasing
economic problems. British war
losses will be heavy and Can
ada will prove supremely helpful
in the progress OF military
offenses. More aggressive policies
are prognosticated for the mid
summer. Cabinet changes in
London and Paris may have bad
a. well as good results.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
have the augury OF a year of
good fortune. They should make
hay while the sun shines during
the next twelve months.
Children born on this day prob
ably will be kind hearted and sf-
fecuonate. Many profoundly in
tellectusl persons belong TO this
sign.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07
QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Is the question ?"

Is the question
s. Was the first Inauguration
Of jefferson Davis as president
OF the Confederate States of
America In Montgomery. Ala.
Atlanta, Ga. or Richmond. Va.
Z. Which state Is called Bay
State"
8. How many red and white
stripes has the American flag?
.. Do moles eat vegetables or
insects?
10. The ruling sovereign Of
Great Britain Is George V, vi,
VII. or VII?