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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Reunions

The Christian Hilty reunion viii
be held at Pandora park, Sunday,
August 4. Pres. Myron Hilty; vice
pres, Herman Hilty; sec, Fern Hilty
Young.
Eighth annual reunion of the des-
cendants of Christian Stettler will
be held at Richland Grange hall
south of Bluffton, Sunday, August 4.
Pres, Calvin Settler; Sec, Richard
Stettler.
The Schumacher family reunion
will be held Sunday, August IL at IL
o'clock on the Bluffton college cam
pus.
The Nonnamaker family reunion
will be held at Buckeye Lake, Bluff
ton, Thursday, Aug. Is. Pres, M. E
Nonnamaker; sec., Fern Koch.
The Spangler family reunion will be
held at Buckeye Lake, Bluffton, Sun
day, August Is. Pres, John Cupples;
sec. Fern Koch.
The sixth annual Blair school
homecoming will be held Sunday
Aug. ii at the school house. Pres.
James Blair; sec., Esco Huber.
The nineteenth annual reunion OF
the Reichenbach family will be held
Sunday, Aug. Is at Pandora high
school. Pres, Myron Reichenbach
sec., Mrs. ID. w. Reichenbach.
The Gratz-Coon family reunion
will be held Sunday, Aug. IL a
Richland Grange hall. Basket din
ner. Pres, Earl Wignate; sec., Mrs
Maggie Gratz.
| The thirty-frst annual reunion o.
the Black school will be held at III.
school house in Orange township
Thursday, Aug. s. Pres, Chas. Mar
quart; Sec, Mildred Klingler.
The nineteenth annual reunion o.
the Neubrecht, Schick and Swart;
families will be held at Ft. Amand;
State park, Sunday, Aug. II. Pres.
David Neubrecht; Sec. Harold Schick
The annual reunion of the Thu
family will be held at Buckeye lake
Bluffton, Wednesday, Aug. IA. Pres.
DR.. ]. S. Steiner; sec., Rhoda Hilty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
BIuftOn Lions To
Sponsor Ne.C Club

The Bluffton Lions club will of
ficially sponsor Lions club recently
organized in Findlay, it was an
nounced the first Of the week.
A large delegation of Bluffton
Lions and their ladies will be in at
tendance at the charter presentation
ceremonies to be held in connection
with dinner Thursday night at the
Findlay Elks club.
Forrest Steinman of the Bluffton
club and a past district governor of
the organization will preside as
toastmsater.
Address of welcome will be given
by Paul Stauffer of the Bluffton
club representing the Lions Inter
national and E. S. Lape also of the
Bluffton club will present the en-
blems.
Principal speaker of the evening
will be Howard Hendershot of
Cleveland, newly installed district
governor who returned Wednesday
from the International Lions conyen-
tion at Havana, Cuba.
Presentation of the charter will be
by immediate past district governor
A. S. Koenrich of Canton.
Representing the Bluffton club al
Findlay, Thursday night will be-
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Alderman, Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Augsburger, Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Chamberlain, Mr.
and Mrs. Eli Deppler, Mr.. and Mrs
A. E. Lichtenwalter, Mr.. and Mrs
Ed Reichenbach, Mr. and Mrs. Ros.
Bogart, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Gratz
| Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Diller, Mr.. anc
Mrs. E. S. Lape, Supt. and Mrs. A
j. B. Longsdorf, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Short, Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Stein
man, DR.. Gordon Bixel, |. B. Beeshy
N. E. Byers, Mrs. A. C. Burcky
and Mrs. r. A. Lantz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
TJUO Hurt In Auto
Mishdp Near JeHerd


/ Injuries were suffered by three
men Tuesday night of last week
when autos driven by Lloyd Vermil-
lion, of Bluffton, and George r..
Redick, of Jenera, collided at a
country road intersection southwest
of Jenera.
Redick was confined to the Findlay
hospital for few days because of
severe facial decorations and minor
hurts. Vermillion was released after
treatment by a Jenera physician.
Harry Shrider, Jr., who was riding
with vermillion received painful back
injuries and has been confined to
his home here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Local Youth To Cross
Equator With Marines

Crossing the equator and receiving
the usual baptism accorded in the
court of King Neptune was an oc-
casion being looked forward to by
Donald ID. Nusbaum, son of Jacob
Nusbaum, when he wrote a letter
received here this week from Hawaii.
Nusbaum, with the United States
Marines, was about to be quartered
on ship which was to cruise across
the equator at the time he wrote.
Following an elaborate ceremony of
tomfoolery, all naval men and ma
rines will receive a certificate.
Pineapple and sugar cane were
plentiful in Mauli, one of the Haw-
allan islands, where Nusbaum has
been quartered. The former Bluff
ton man was particularly impressed
by the large number of japanese and
Chinese on the islands. 1t was his
impression that the Japanese were
the more intelligent race of the two
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
SOten,l,ize Wedding
At Bethel Church

An attractive summer wedding
was held Saturday evening July 20,
in the Bethel Church of Christ near
Ada, uniting in marriage Miss Azetta
Marie Berger and Vernon w. Rich
ard, both of Lima. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Ber-
ger of Forest, and Mr.. Richard is
the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A.
Truman Richard of near Lima.
A candlelight ceremony was per-
formed at $3.50 by Rev. Ray Strouse
of McComb before an altar banked
with palms, ferns and garden flowers.
The bride wore a white taffeta
floor length gown made with shirred
bodice, short puffed sleeves and
sweetheart neckline trimmed with
orange blossoms. Her fingertip veil
was edged with chantilly lace made
with a halo of tiny seed pearls. She
carried an arm bouquet of talisman
roses and baby breath and a hand
kerchief brought from Bethlehem,
where Christ was born, by Miss Hat
tie Joseph. Her only ornament was
gold locket the gift of the bride
groom.
The maid of honor, Miss Hope
Brentlinger, of Lima, wore a sky
blue net frock over matching satin
and the bridesmaid Miss Eileen Nc
Millen, of Kinsman, cousin of the
bride, was dressed in yellow net over
satin. Both wore matching shoulder
wells and carried colonial bouquets
tied with long satin streamers. AS
ornaments, they wore gold lockets,
gifts of the bride.
Waldo Richard was his brothers
best man and ushers were Earl Sto-
Der and ROLAND Eley of Ada.
Miss Joan Tyson, presided at the
organ and played the traditional
wedding marches. Preceding the
ceremony Charles Berger, brother of
the bride sang 80 Promse Me" and
II Love You Truly.
Mrs. Berger chose for her daugh-
ter's wedding a black and white
crepe redingote dress and wore a
corsage of red roses.
A reception for the bridal couple
and wedding party was held in the
church dining room. The table was
centered with four-tiered wedding
cake trimmed in blue, yellow and
pink and adorned with a wedding
bell and good luck token.
The couple are at home on Route
2, Lafayette. The bride is employed
at the Maytag Sales and Service in
Lima, and Mr.. Richard is employed
at the Superior Coach Corp, also in
Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Fall From Car Fatal
To Jos. Schumacher

Internal injuries received July 10
when he fell from an automobile and
the wheel of combine passed over
his body proved fatal last Sunday
to Joseph Schumacher, 81, who lived
four miles southwest of Columbus
Grove.
The mishap in which Schumacher
received the hurts which were to
prove fatal occurred near Beaverdam
on the Lincoln highway.
Schumacher and two sons had
driven to Columbus to purchase the
new combine, and near Beaverdam
the-efder man was thrown from the
car when it swerved as the driver
fell ASLEEP at the wheel.
He suffered a cracked pelvis, frac-
'tured arm and leg, skull fracture and
severe lacerations about the legs.
Death occurred in Lima st. Rita's
hospital where he had been taken
following the nnishap.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Bible Lectures In
November This Year

Bluffton College Bible lectures for
the 1940-41 school term will be held
the week of November 10 instead of
the customary February date, accord
ing to an announcement by college
administration officials last week.
1t is felt that many more persons
can attend the November lectures, be-
cause weather is no SEQ inclement as
in February. Also, school authori-
ties are of the opinion the Bible lee
lures should come earlier in the
school year.
DR.. R. Ames Montgomery, of the
Presbyterian theological seminary,
Chicago, widely known author and
lecturer, will be in charge of this
years Bible lecture week program
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Librarians Father
Dies In West Virginia

Miss Ocie Anderson, in charge of
the Bluffton public library, was
called to Cameron, w. Va, because
of the death of her father j. w.
Anderson, aged 65. Mr.. Anderson
died at his home in Cemaron follow
ing an extended illness.
Funeral services were held last
Thursday. Miss Anderson returned
here Sunday, accompanying her two
brothers, Thomas and Harley An
derson of Cameron.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01

New and used cameras for sale.
Neu-Art studio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Detweiler spent
the past week visiting relatives in
Souderton, Pa.
Miss Alice Stager of South Lawn
avenue spent the week end visiting
friends in Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Villas Lehman and son
Roger spent Sunday in Lima at the A.
L. Beachler home.
Miss Rhoda Hilty is spending sever
al days at the c. II. Hilty home near
New Stark this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Schoonover of Ii
ma spent Sunday with their daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Shifferly.
Mrs. H. w. Hindley of Toledo is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. S.
Whistler of South Spring street.
B. F. Biery who has been ill with a
heart ailment at his home on Grove
street the past week is improving.
Miss Elnora Marshall of Rockport
is taking care of Mrs. Matte Morri-
son at her home on West Elm street.
Russell Gratz is spending ten days
in Souderton, Pa. the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Donivan Gratz of that place
Miss Clara Smith of South Charles.
ton, w. Va, has been the guest OF
Miss Alice Ludwig of Poplar street
the past week.
Raymond Hixon who is attending
Ohio State university at Columbus
spent the week end with relatives anC
friends in Bluffton.
Miss Anna Zulliger of Lima i.
spending the week with her niece
Mrs. Villas Lehman and family oi
North Jackson street.
Rev. Charles Armentrout is il
Chicago this week attending a minis
terial conference. He is expected tt
return Friday evening.
Mrs. Francis Basinger of Soutf
Lawn avenue returned Tuesday aftel
spending three weeks with her son
DIR. Wade Basirger in Philadelphia
Pa.
The Tried and True class of RILEY
| Creek church will hold an ice cream
and chicken sandwich social at Or
ange Center Community house, Fri
day night. Special music.
Its just like a letter from home,'
writes Mrs. VIM. Gratz of Allen
Mich, in renewing subscription to tn,
News for the coming year. Mr.. an,
Mrs. Gratz were former Bluffton resi-
dents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Travis of New
Madrid, Mo-, who spent the first o
the week at the home of their son
DR.. b. w. Travis of North Jackson
street will return to their home
| Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Gobel of Linn
| spent Sunday at the home of her so
C. E. Greiner and family, residing
on the Clymer farm north of Bluff
ton. The occasion marked Mrs. &C
bells seventy-fourth birthday annive1
sary.
| Dr. and Mrs-AJ. S. Schultz motore
to Indiana the latter part of last wee
and visited their daughter who is {
Winona Lake this summer and ais
Rev. and Mrs. A E. Kreider who al
spending the summer at their fari
near Goshen. Rev. and Mrs. Kreide
formerly of Bluffton, reside in New
ton, Kansas
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Couple Is We'd At
Van Vert SATURDAY.

In a beautiful single ring cere-
mony, Miss Neva Kidd and Choral
Schick, both of near Bluffton were
married Saturday morning. The
ceremony took place at the home of
the brides uncle Rev. Thomas Weyer
of Van Vert at 10:30 o'clock.
The service was read by Rev.
Weyer, assisted by Rev. T. c. Davis,
pastor of the groom.
The bride wore white embroider-
ed floor length dress. Her corsage
was of pink sweet peas.
Following the ceremony a dinner
was served to the following guests:
Rev. and Mrs. Davis and daughter
Carolyn, Rev. and Mrs. Schick and
Mr.. and Mrs. Schick.
The bride is a graduate of Ohio
Northern University and has been a
teacher in the Lafayette and Shaw
nee schools. The groom, graduate
of Ohio State University, also taught
for several years.
In the afternoon the couple left
for a short wedding trip. Upon
their return they will reside for the
present with the groom's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schick.
On Saturday, July 20, the bride
was honored with party given by
her sister, Miss Nellie Kidd of Lima.
On Tuesday of this week the bride
was the guest of honor at linen
shower given by Mrs. Earl Wine
gardner and her sister Freda at the
home of Guy Younkman. Guests in
cluded teachers who had been asso-
ciated with the bride.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Sunday School
Picnic ThHrSdal

The Presbyterian Sunday school
will hold a picnic supper and pro-
gram at the r. L. Triplett farm
northwest of Bluffton, Thursday
evening. All persons who do not
have transportation are asked to
meet at the church at 5 p. m, and
means of transportation will be pro-
vided. #s
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SOCIETIES
ana CLUBS

Easter Star Picnic
The annual picnic of the Bluffton
Eastern Star chapter will be held at
Buckley Lake, Friday night at $50.
All members of the chapter and their
families are invited. In event of rain
the picnic will be held in the lodge
dining room. Bring your own service.
Happy Go-Lucky
The Happy-Go-Lucky All club of
Orange township met at the home of
Jean Ann Strahm, Friday afternoon.
The club has undertaken as a project
the taking of flowers and fruit to the
sick.
Arrangements were also made for
social Friday at Irwin Vandemark' S
store at the junction of Routes SO and
BON.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Velma Ruth Fisher, next
Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01

Hogs-160 a $50, $500; $50 "a
275, $3.50; roughs, s4.O0; stays, $2.75.
Calves, $3.50; lambs $3.50.
Grain (bushel prices) Wheat No. 1,
73c; Wheat No. 2, re; corn, 62c; new
oats, 27c; soys, 60c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01

Dairymen depending upon water
for cooling milk should remember
that the milk will remain several
degrees warmer than the original
temperature of the water. A ther-
mometer will tell whether the water
alone can be depended upon to cool
the milk sufficiently.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01

Fried turtle suppers 25c; fried frog
legs 50c, every Tuesday and Satur-
day night, 1880 p. m; also entertain
meY1t Bills Tavern, Jenera. If
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
RichIand Community Circle

The Richland Township Commun-
ity Circle will hold picnic at the
home of Mrs. Addie Graber, Thurs
day evening, August 8. Members
REQUESTED to be there at $50 o'clock
and bring their own service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01

Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act Of March 3, 1879.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01

Orange Twp. Farm Women
The Orange Township Farm Wo-
mans club will enjoy a picnic supper
at Orange Center, Thursday night.
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Subscription rates: 500 per year
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. nIERY. Business Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor

Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
by the Bluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31

The White Pass and Yukon Rail- road between Skagway and White horse, Y. T., was opened in August, 1900. The road is no miles long and supplanted the old Chilkat and Chilkoot Passes into the Yukon gold country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31

Uncle Sams colonial experiment in the North, now in it's fifth year, is still a question mark in many minds.
 Ever since ground was broken for the first houses in Matanuska Valley in June, 1885, the critics have blazed away. They say for example that the colony has been mismanaged from the very start; that some of the colonists had no farming experience and were un- fitted for pioneer life; that they were promised too much; that some of them were allowed to draw more equipment and supplies than they needed or could pay for.
 But friends Of the colony are staunch in defense They believe the colonists are making good pro gress.
 Maybe the final answer is years away.
 Here's a picture of the colony then and noW-based on Fed eral records.
 Then: Uncle Sam planned to spend $3,000 apiece to re-establish farm families from relief rolls in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and to show by example that AL aska could be settled by perma-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31
Five Years Has Wrought
 Many Changes af Colony
Anchorage Times cut.

nent population. (That figure, the best available, was supposed to cover the cost of farm and equipment but did not include roads, the community center, etc). Uncle Sam paid expenses to AL aSka.
 No". 1'ne r'ederal Government has actually allotted $4,l69,37l for the colony. Replacements must pay their own way. Thirty acres of cleared land on each of the 40- acre farms, essential for colonist and family to be sustaining, are cleared.
 Then: Two hundred families (890 perScns) migrated to the colony at Government expense. The families selected by local social case work CTS by the Federal Emergency Re- lief Administration were supposedly farm families.
 Now: One hundred and ten of the original 200 families remain. Replacements bring the total num- Der of families to 155 with an av- craze of five persons per family. Population now is about ITS con- pared with the original 890. Thou sands of applications are on file.
 Then: Much of Matanuska Val ley was virgin territory inhabited
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31
Matanuska Was Promoted
 Decade Ago

Matanuska first came into the national hmelight a few years ago when the Federal Government sponsored it's colonization with families from the drought-stricken dust bowls of the Middle West, but it was many years before that it was viewed as an agricultural area capable of providing for hun dreds of families.
 Back in May, 1929, Colonel Otto F. Ohlson, General Manager of the Alaska Railroad. said that Matanuska Valley was in need of farming families.
 At that time, he proposed the encouragement of immigrant fami lies to populate the region, men, tioning Holland and Denmark as the most likely sources for such farming people.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31
SHEEP RAISING SUCCESSFUL NEW
 ALAMA VENTURE
.s Herds onFar Umnak Island Produced S50,258 in
 Wool Last Year

One of the newest Alaskan in dustries, and probably the farthest west of any. consequence, is sheep raising. Herds on Umnak Island, far out in the Aleutians, have been built up until they now number 13,000 ~
 From this remote region which has been found admirably suited for the grazing of sheep, l47,203 pounds of. manufactured wool was shipped to the States last year, a .'crop" worth S50,258
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31

THE WESTWARD

by only a few settlers. The col onists came from areas classed as drought-stricken and distressed
 Now: Uncle Sam has built 176 homes of wood or logs, with six to eight rooms each, for the col- onists. More than 150 miles of roads have been constructed through vir- gin territory at a cost of nearly S1 100000 and there's a commun- ity center with school, hospital, warehouse, staff houses, hatchery, cannery creamery, trading posts and heating plant Gall included in the total cost figure).
 The colonists are raising hay, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, turnips, rutabagas, beets, radishes, onions, parsley, broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower, spinach, kale, celery, swiss chard, parsnips, peas, berries, rhubarb. Produce is marketed through the Matanuska Valley Farm Cooperat ing Association, primarily to mer- chants supplying the market ill and around Anchorage.
 Loans and advances to colonistS are repayable over 30-year per- iod. After readjustment to take care of colonists that got in too deep the first payments are now due in November, 1940.
 The colony has gone, in the short space of four years, a long way toward converting a wilder ness into a modern community, feat accomplished in most parts of the United States in not less than one quarter century, says the Division of Territories and Is- land Possessions of the Department of the Interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31
FIRST, THIRD DIVISIONS ARE .
 BIGpR0DUCERS
Over S23,OOO, in Ex-
 ports from Each Divi- sion Last Year

The First Judicial Division, with ts diversified economy, and the Third, with it's heavy salmon pack, an almost dead heat for Alaska export honors last year.
 Exports from the First Division totaled $23,637,875 and from the Third Division $23, ,896,766. The to- ,al for the First consisted of $5,- )97,7l4 in gold and $l8,540,16l in 1ther products, while that of the Third was made up only $l,109,8l7 from gold and $22, ,786,949 in other products.
 Biggest gold producer is the Fourth Division, whose rich placer fields 1889 poured $10,969,302 in golden wealth into the States.
 Total exports for the Fourth Di- vision were $l1,730,189 and for the Second Division $3,115,83
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31
COOPERATIVE OF
 TAKES OVER
Settlers Look Forward to Spring 10 Prove Worth
 as Private Venture

Despite the outpouring of thou sands and thousands of words of adverse criticism directed at the Matanuska colony since it's incep- tion in 1885, it plugged steadily along and 1889 saw it pass it's most significant milestone.
 On December Is formal transfer of the property of the Alaska Ru- rals Rehabilitation Corporation was made to the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association. This meant that the goal set for it by planners back in Washington five years ago had been achieved. The colony was on its own.
 Nor was it only the Government steering committee which was anxi- ous to see the colony free from Uncle Sam's tethers. The farmers themselves had asked that the transfer be hastened in order that they might try out their newly acquired independence.
 155 Families
 The 155 families who now com- prise the colony are patiently wait ng the early spring they expect after an unusually mild winter so they may pursue their work free from Government encumbrances. It will mean they must also work without Government subsidies. That is when the test will come.
 Will the Matanuska farmer be able to go along on his own with out Uncle Sam as a benevolent guardian? In the opinion of many who know the colonists well they will be able to steer a good course.
 2,500 Applicants
 That the colony is permanent is attested by the fact there are 25OO applicants on file awaiting a chance to settle on one of the tracts should any more be given up.
 Officers of the new cooperative claim the colony saved $30,000 above expenses last year and es- innate half million gross for 1940.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31

Malaspina Glacier in Alaska has an area of 1900 square miles, larger than the State of Rhode Island. It is the largest glacier in the world.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31

Tuna fish, like the salmon, re- turn to their original spawning ground.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31
C0L0NY'5 STORY
 MAY BE FILMED

Matanuska, Alaska's farming col only, is going to be in the movies if the efforts of a Paramount scen- ario writer bear fruit.
 Vessel Smitter, scenarist, visited Alaska last summer to get first hand information on Matanuska. He took voluminous notes in the re- zion, then returned to Hollywood to await decision of studio officials on whether film will be produced.