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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Hospital Defends
Right To Farm

Claim of ownership of a $4,000
farm in Auglaize county by the Lima
Memorial hospital was strengthened
Thursday when the Ohio supreme
court refused to review Auglaize
county court judgments which held
that the hospital was entitled to the
140-acre tract of land and its valu-
able buildings.
The farm was granted the hospital
about two years ago by a satisfied
patient, the late John C. Harrod,
subject to the life interest of one
half the income of the farm for the
benefit of Ola V. Harrod, the donors
daughter.
The daughter had filed suit against
j. K. Rockey, executor of her
fathers estate, and the hospital con-
testing the hospitals claim. The
case has been in litigation for about
a year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Gag WOrks-AnOther
Car Stolen

In the future, John Hollington,
manager of the Findlay Motor Sales,
probably will be bit skeptical when
prospective customer asks him if
he "can drive a car home to show
his WIFE"
On Thursday, such was the case
when the "would-be purchaser" was
trying out" a 1910 model coupe.
After taking the car out by him.
self ito show his wife," he returned
and said she hadn't returned from
Columbus, wondering all the time if
he could keep it "bit longer.
He's still got it.
Police believe he may be the same
man who obtained a car under SINH
lar conditions in Lima several days
ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
County Music Test
Thursday

More than eleven hundred stu
dents from thirteen Putnam County
schools will perform in the Ottawa
school auditorium, afternoon and
evening, of Thursday, April 4,
when the Annual County Music Fes-
tival will be given. Vocal and in
strumental selections will be render
ed.
The program is sponsored by the
Putnam County Music Teachers As
sociation. Professor Oscar Jones of
Defiance City schools will be guest
conductor for the vocal groups. Pro-
fessor William Mcbride of Ohio
State University will direct the ALI
County 140-piece band.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Dog Causes TwO-Car
Crash

Mans best friend may be a dog
but to three Putnam county men one
dog proved to be plenty of trouble,
Sheriff Arnold Potts reported last
week.
He said that when a little cur
ran into the path of a car driven
by j. G. Flynn of Leipsic on Route
Is it became entangled in the steer
ing mechanism of the Flynn car
and three it into an automobile driv-
en- by John Hiltner of Continental.
Neither of the drivers were hurt
but Arthur Johnson of North Creek
who was riding with Hiltner, sus-
tanned a fractured left hand, a
fractured rib and severe laceration
on the forehead.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Conservation Head
quarters In Ottawa

Establishment of the headquarters
for District No. / of the state con-
servation department in Ottawa prob
ably will be completed by the mid
die of next month.
This news was announced by How
ard Langstaoff of Findlay, district
supervisor. He said that the state
department is delaying the compile
tion of this office until the rest of
the districts have been organized so
that uniform equipment can be pur-
chased for all.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Tax Collection Books
Closed

Allen county treasurer's books for
the frst-half 1889 real estate tax
collection are nearly ready to be
turned over to the auditor for settle
ment, Treasurer Byron H. Dershem
announced Saturday.
Tax payments will be received
without penalty during the few days
remaining while deputies complete
preparations for the settlement, he
said.
A 10 per cent penalty will be as
sessed against property on which the
taxes are not paid before the settle
ment is made. Cards have been
mailed to holders of Whittemore con-
tracts, notifying them that the con-
tracts will be voided if the current
tax is not paid in full.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
PUTNAM COUNTY
Fear Spread Of Rabies
In County

Dog owners in Putnam county
must keep their dogs chained up for
the next 30 days to avoid a threat
ened spread of rabies, Dog Warden
Lawrence H. Giesken of Putnam
county declared last week.
Rabies were discovered in a COW
and a dog on a farm two miles
north of Ottawa last week and state
health authorities reported that the
test of the dogs head showed posi-
tive reaction. The COW also was de
stroyed.
Two men are being treated to
prevent their catching the disease
after they handled the dog.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Triplett Has Good
Safety Record

February returns from an Allen
County industrial safety campaign
revealed that eight participating or
CARNATIONS employing Laos persons
completed 485,975 man-hours of work
without reportable injury.
The Colonial Finance Co. retained
its top position on the honor roll
for February, with no injuries
among its 355 employees in 12S,000
man-hours.
Other contestants with perfect
records include The Triplett Elec-
trical Instrument Co., of Bluffton;
Standard Oil Co., sales division;
Ohio Power Co.; Leader Store; Lima
Cord Cole and Heel Co.; West Ohio
Gas Co., and R. T. Gregg Co.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Relief Bonds To Be
Issued

At meeting in Columbus of Ken
ton and Hardin county officials. with
regard to the relief situation in
Hardin county, it was agreed that it
will be necessary for Hardin county
to issue bonds to the extent of S11,-
232, which is permissible under the
law, in anticipation of the collection
of delinquent taxes in the county.
That amount, with other monies
available and the amount of the con-
tribution from the state, it is be-
lieved, will take care of the local
relief situation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
School Lands Are
Leased

State Auditor Joseph 7. Ferguson
last week announced the awarding of
a contract for a lease of 120 acres
of Marion township school district
land in Hardin county to David C..
Dorman of McGuffey. Dorman was
successful bidder on three tracts of
land. The district still has three
tracts of 80 acres each to let, Fer
guson said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Won't Curtail Sugar
Operations

Officials Of the Ohio Sugar COM
pany are not going 70 ask farmers
in its growing area to make any re-
duction in their sugar beet acreages
during 1910, despite reduction of
$4,000 bags in the company's mar
keting quota for this year, according
to John Pfeifer, president of the
firm.
He told Ottawa citizens that the
local plant has received a marketing
quota of 100000 bags of sugar for
1940 as compared with $4,000 in
1889. He disclosed that the local
plant could sell only 7,425 bags of
sugar from its latest crop during
1889 because of the limitation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Lima School Cost
Is Low

Per capita cost of education of
Lima pupils is one-third less than
the average for cities of comparable
size, the board of education has been
told by the Ohio State university's
educational research.
Lima's cost per pupil was $76.07
last year, compared with a state
average of $102. Only Marion, Ham
ilton and Newark among the Is
cities of similar size have lower edu-
cational costs, report showed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Livestock Directory
Published

A purebred livestock directory was
compiled by the vocational agricul-
tural teachers of the county in CO.
operation with the agricultural ex-
tension agent. This directory lists
the owners of purebred sheep, hogs,
cattle and horses.
The survey revealed that there are
33 farmers owning purebred sheep;
"a, hogs; p, beef cattle; 81, dairy,
and %, horses.
These represent two breeds of
horses, four breeds of dairy cattle,
three breeds of beef cattle, eight
breeds of hogs, and eight breeds of
sheep.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Cactus Blooms Out
Of Season

There is something peculiar about
the way a Christmas cactus owned
by Mrs. John Slinker, of Findlay, is
behaving these days.
Scheduled to bloom on Christmas
and never any other time but in De-
cember, the plant now has five bios
SONS. This is the first year it has
bloomed, too, Mrs. Slinker said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Jones Wars On Press
Agentry

Rep. Robert Jones', R., Lima, Ohio,
last week aimed legislative guns
against publicity agents employed by
departments of the federal govern
ment.
Jones has introduced two resolu-
tions which seek appointment of a
fve-man investigating committee
and to learn the names, salaries and
duties of press relations men en-
ployed by the government.
Jones contended that much of the
publicity disseminated is propaganda
instead of information.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
War Order Completed
By Lima Concern

One of Lima's few outright "war
orders" was completed during the
past week when the Superior Coach
Corp, delivered to the War depart
ment last of the 78 auto-truck units
the Lima enterprise constructed.
The vehicles are portable machine
shops for repairing of small arms
and machine guns. In event of war
they would be used to effect repairs
of such equipment on the "front
lines. The bodies were mounted on
Chevrolet fourwheel chassis and cul-
minated several years experimental
work carried on by the Lima firm
for the War department.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Fertilizer Plant In
Operation

Operation of the fertilizer manu-
featuring division of the Ohio Sugar
Co. plant in Ottawa has been start
ed for the spring season, it was an
nounced by Lee Van Derlinden, sales
manager of this division.
He said that about IL men are
being employed in the plant which
will continue in operation until the
middle of June.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
HARDIN COUNTY
Votes AZ Years, Altho
Not A Citizen

After voting AZ years Joe Van
natter, of Kenton, this year can cast
his vote legally. He was granted
his final citizenship papers in COM
mon pleas court.
Mr.. Vannatter was born in Can
ada and cast his first vote in 1898
at Smithdale, Ark, the same year he
came to this county. From 1904 to
1886, he voted regularly in Kenton.
The fact that he was not a natural
lied citizen came to light when he
applied for a pension.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Durbin Out Of Senate
Race

Andrew T. Durbin, Kenton, son of
the late William w. Durbin, former
Ohio Democratic leader, has an
nounced his withdrawal from the
race for State Senator in the 18th
31st district, thereby leaving the field
open to Raymond Burt Alderman of
Crawford County and Ivan r. Gong
wer of Wyandot County.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
IL Schools Must Be
Closed

Twelve one-room schools in Put
nam county must be closed at the
end of the 1939-40 term or be oper-
ated outside the sanction of the
state department of education.
This ultimatum was handed down
by State Director of Education E. N.
Dietrich recently, and the schools
cited by Dietrich will have to be op-
Grated without state aid if they are
kept open next year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04

the annual debt statement released
by Deputy County Auditor Charles
Mootz.
The Indebtedness totaled $461 $780,
SO at the end Of last year as COM
pared with S4S2,914.12 at the close
of 1888 There were the following
reductions: county, $4,000; villages,
STAG, and schools, s9,O06.93. At the
same time, the townships showed an
increase of S7ss.4O to give the s20,-
963,53 total decrease.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
More Drainage Work
Favored

A resolution asking for an en-
larged program of work for CCC
drainage camps in northwestern Ohio
and for the establishment of another
camp in this section of the state was
among those passed by the North
western Ohio Drainage Association
which met for its third annual meet
ing in Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
School Head For 16
Years Resigns

E. w. Bell, superintendent of pub
lie schools in Delphos for 16 years,
has resigned and will sever his con-
nection with Delphos school July 81.
His resignation has been accepted by
the city board of education. He has
been in the teaching profession more
than 38 years.
Bell said Thursday that he has no
plans for the future other than he
intends to take a well-earned rest
and vacation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Coon Dog Trials
Sunday

First racoon dog field trials of
the season, sponsored by the Old
Time Coon Hunters club, will open
at 10 a. m. Sunday, April 7, at R
Own clubhouse grounds, two and
one-half miles east of Delphos. All
entry fees will be paid back in
finals, with an estimated purse of
S100.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Relief Directors Salary
Is Cut

An adjustment which lowered the
salary of Hardin County Relief Di-
rector from $125 to $115 and which
extended thru the office personnel of
the relief program, was announced
last week by the Hardin county
board of commissioners. Some sal
aries were raised while others were
reduced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
O. n. u. Choir To
Tour East

Ohio Northern university's a capel-
la choir of over go student voices.
under the direction of Haydn Owens,
professor of voice and conductor of
choral ensembles, will present several
concerts on their second ten-day
tour of the east, beginning Sunday,
April 10.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

The same type cactus, owned by
q woman in Adrian, Mich, also is a
bit out of step, with its March bios
SONS. The Michigan plant accord
ing to news item, has as blooms
at this time, each one a delicate
shade of nearly every color in the
spectrum.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
HANCOCK COUNTY
Tuberculin Testing
To Start

The first of tuberculin cards were
distributed in Hancock county last
week and more will be placed in
the hands of school children. The
cards must be signed by the parents
in order for the children to take the
patch test" for tuberculosis.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
BeaUerdanl School
Play Friday Night

"Flat Tire" a three act play, will
be presented by the senior class of
Beaverdam high school, Friday night
at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium.
Appearing in the cast are: Doris
Nelson, Erold Diller, Ruth Barnum,
Harold Andrews, Kenneth Marshall,
Virgil Allgire, Dale Herr, Vera
Burkholder, Robert Michael and
Dorothy Fett.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04

The collection thus far amounts to
S772, 2,480.61, approximately $4,000
short of the first-half 1888 collection,
Dershem reported.
Sales tax collections Saturday were
S558.31; personal S1,150.17; and
classified S1,304.65.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
School Bus Operation
Costs S6O,635

1t cost s60,635 to transport 2,778
pupils to and from the Putnam coun-
ty schools during the 1939-40 term,
County Supt. C. d. Vermilya re-
ports.
This figures up to $21.S3 per pu-
pill for the year. The superintend-
ent's report shows that there are 66
buses in the county with "A being
owned by boards of education of the
various school districts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Findlay Woman Wins
Opera Role

Mrs. Don Winterrowd of Findlay
last week was adjudged as having
the best feminine voice of SO con-
testants at tryouts for solo parts in
the second summer opera season at
Toledo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Nickname On Auto
Tags

Chief of Police Glen Ditto, of
Delphos, who is Familiarity known as
dit, is displaying his new auto
mobile plates. They give the driver
and owners name as the tag just
shows the letters sd To-.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Fire Equipment Ruled
Inadequate

Findlay City Council last week
deferred action on request that OBJ
solete fire fighting equipment be re-
placed. The four trucks now in use
were bought in 1922 for $37, 7,872.
Repairs costing $500 are necessary
for one, it was stated.
Councilmen said no funds are
available for requirements and that
a bond issue may be submitted to
voters.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04

gas in a stove oven exploded as she
prepared the noon meal. Members
of the family said the oven gas jet
had accidentally been turned on.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04


High street, Columbus Grove. Oscar
Lora, Bluffton, o. so
For sale-Building lots on Spring
and Elm streets. See Ed r. Reich
enbach at postoffice. If
For sale-Some properties and
building lots. Richard Bixel,
administrator. If
For sale-Used electric motor and
pump, complete, for household water
supply system. In good condition
and priced right. Inquire Greding's
hardware. If
Wanted-Good second hand kero-
sene stove with oven attached. Tele-
phone 343-T.
For sale-Special this week, wall
paper for room II by II for 97c.
Choice patterns for living room, bed
room and kitchen. Harold Kempf,
127 N. Lawn.
For sale-Gid Clymer property on
Cherry ST.; also 5 acres on Elm st.
H. w. Althaus.
Found-Money. Owner can obtain
by describing same and paying for
this advertisement. Vernon Bucher,
Pandora Lumber Co., Pandora.
Wanted-To do hauling of ashes
and trash. See John Garlinger. 80
All-round handy young man, who
knows how to work, desires work OF
any kind. Gardening, trimming trees
and grapes, cleaning yards, washing
walls and woodwork, cleaning wall
paper or what have you. Can work
full days, weeks, months or will take
steady job. Call Bluffton phone
395-W.
Top prices paid for wool. Master
Feed Mill, phone 1S2-W.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
Woman Burned In
Kitchen Blast

Miss Maxine Brelsford, 10, dau =
ter of Mrs. Ida B. Brelsfo- eo
Kenton, suffered painful burn
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
RawsOn

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Arnold of Mans
field visited Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Peterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley House and
June and Margaret Miller spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
G. M. Miller and family of near
Fostoria.
Mrs. George Cramer was a Thurs
day evening caller on Mrs. Jennie
Cameron and son Charles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Smith and
daughter Ruth were Sunday after
noon callers on Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Steinman and son Larry of FindIay.
Paul Little and Cadmus Casteel of
Van Buren, visited friends in Toledo
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Bauman spent
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Beard and family of Alger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Pope and
daughter Jill Ann of Lima were
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Little and son Paul.
Mrs. Roy Cramer and daughter
Marjorie Ann and son Phil returned
home after spending a week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Gaeth of Oak Harbor. =. 4
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04
County Debt Reduced
S20,963

Indebtedness of all subdivisions in
Putnam county was reduced $40,
963.53 during 1889, according to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04

: afternoon for Columbus
e he will attend the psychology
fmeeting of the Ohio College associa-
4 tion at the Deshler- Wallick hotel.
They will spend the remainder of
the College spring vacation visiting
his brother and family in Cleveland
and Mrs. Whisler's mother in Toledo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-04

Marilyn ana
Francis RasingMrs. Theron Am
Marilyn, Mr.. and
IVAN oae se, Mr.. and Mrs.
Telephoneson Jack.
Blufftos. R. G. Whistler of
avenue will leave
Evening star., 1940-09-20
Chinese Church Opens
Campaign 10 Get $1,000

The Board of Managers of the
Chinese Community Church of
Washington, Protestant interde-
nominational mission for the more
than 1000 Chinese here, has inaugu-
rated a drive for $4,000 to cover the
entire amount due on the church
buildings at 10ll L street NV.
Fred J. Rossiter, chairman of the
board, and H. H. SaXton, chairman
of the Finance Committee manag-
ing the drive, said the total cost
of the property, remodeling and
furnishing for the church has eX-
ceeded $4,000 and that contribu-
tionS of Chinese and American
friends of the church so far have
been approximately $1,000.
The Rev. Ching Chong Hung,
they said, has been successful in at
tracing larger congregations to the
church, which now operates Ian
guage school, Sunday school classes,
young peoples meetings, singing
practice, a children's playground
and other activities.
The church was founded in 1885,
when a group of Chinese and
Americans became convinced that
the Chinese here. many of whom
could speak no English and most
of whom were not Christians, were
in need of a Chinese language
church.
Evening star., 1940-09-20
Edward Armentrouf,
Retired Merchant,
Is Fatally Stricken
Native Of Virginia
Headed Hardware and
Auto Supply Business

Edwin Rapp Armentrout, 79, of
b508 Fourteenth street NV, retired
dealer in hardware and auto sup
plies, died suddenly yesterday of a
heart attack at his home.
Born in Colliersville, Va, Mr.. Ar
mentrOut was the son of Charles
and Elizabeth Armentrout. His
father was a farmer and one time
member of the Virginia State Leg
islature.
He was educated at Virginia Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College,
now Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and Washington and Lee University
For a number of years he resided
in Kansas, where he taught school.
Later he went to Staunton. Va, OPEN
ing a hardware and harness store.
He was said to be the first licensed
automobile owner in Virginia.
In 1908 he transferred his hard
ware business to Washington and
soon afterward opened the first au-
tomobile supply stores in the Capital
He retired in 1916, leaving the busi-
ness to be carried on by his sons
until 1887.
Mr.. Armentrout was an active
member of the Odd Fellows and
served as secretary and historian
of Mount Pleasant Lodge here for
many years. He also was a member
of King Solomon's Lodge No. 81,
Masons. For many years he was
member of the Board of Trustees
of St. Paul's Methodist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Nancy Elizabeth Hull Armentrout;
three sons, J. c., c. L. and R. H.
Armentrout. all of Washington, and
seven grandchildren and three
eat-grandchildren
Funeral services will be held at
pm. Sunday at st. Paul's Metho-
dist Church. Burial will be in
Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton,
Monday.
Evening star., 1940-09-20
Two D. c. Hiking Clubs
PIun Trips Sunday

Two Washington hiking clubs, the
Wanderbirds Hiking Club and the
Jewish Community Center Hiking
Club, have announced hikes for
Sunday.
The Wanderbirds will conduct an
8-mile hike in the Catoctin Range
near Frederick, Md. The group will
leave the National Theater at 8 am.
under the leadership of Howard Ball.
The Jewish Community Center
mixers will go to Conway Robinson
Memorial State Forest, near Gaines
vile, Va. Those taking the trip will
meet at the Jewish Community
Center at 1890 IN
Evening star., 1940-09-20
Sewer Worker Escapes
Injury in Cave-In

Buried under sand for Is minutes,
q colored employe of the District
Sewer Division, Harrison Banks, so,
of l949 Fourth street NE, was res
cued today uninjured after cavein
in the 1900 block of Ridge road Sc.
Banks was working on a sewer
project for a new row of houses.
He was walking Immediately behind
a mechanical ditch digger, bracing
the sides of the trench. when sand
in a fill tumbled on him.
According to the foreman, NAL
colin King, 27, of Gaithersburg, Md,
who headed the rescue group. Banks
head was under feet of sand. The
employe said he was able to keep
alive only because he had thrown
his arms in front of his face
forming an air pocket. No other
employees were trapped. Banks re-
ElIned work soon after.
Evening star., 1940-09-20

India has refused to restrict the
sale of gasoline and oil.