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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Fast Stepping Lions
Revue To Be Staged

Annual revue of the Buttons
Lions club, a fast stepping amateur
hour competition, will be held in the
high school gymnasium next Tues
day night at 8 o'clock.
Plenty of competition for the $25
in prizes for musical and novelty at
fractions was assured as officers of
the club announced the personnel
for the program.
Twelve separate prizes are of
fered, the awarding of which will
be made by popular vote of the
audience. Every person attending
the revue will receive a ballot on
which to name his favorites in the
musical and novelty classes.
The following contestants will ap-
pear:
MUSIC COMPETITION
Jean Marshall, violin solo.
Bud Luginbuhl, accordion.
John Moser, piano solo.
Bill Holtkamp, flute solo
Steinman Sisters and Mary Alice
Howe, instrumental trio.
Lawrence Burkholder and Thies-
sen Brothers, violin and cello trio.
Mary Smucker, Frances Ramseyer,
Dorothy Burner, vocal trio.
Murray Gerber, accordion.
Flying Dutchmen vocal quartet
from Pandora high school.
Virgil Bartz, Robert Zigler, Rich
ard Hauenstein, trumpet trio.
Mary Katherine Bauman, piano
solo.
James Diller, song bells.
NOVELTY COMPETITION
Ray Niswander, Harlan Swank,
George Myers, vocal trio.
Phyllis Driver, singing.
Janet Kay Althaus, reading.
3-B's and a G washboard quartet.
Alice Kohler and Irwin Fisher,
sing and play.
Charles Suter, whistle.
Elsie Hartman and Newlin Ha-
begger, sing and play
Doris Dunifon, acrobatics
Jimmy Grothaus, negro reading.
Ray Follas, cornet.
Ruth Zwidorhock, portable organ.
Potee Sisters, sing and dance.
| Dorothy Jennings, ventriloquist.
Robert Niswander, guitar.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Saturday Last Day
To Buy Auto Tags

Next Saturday will be the last
day of grace for Bluffton area mo-
torists who have not yet purchased
1910 auto tags and who expect to
operate their cars after midnight
Sunday.
Sale of tags has picked up some
what this week, but a heavy rush is
expected on Friday and Saturday,
Robert Lewis, Bluffton area dis
tributor, announced Tuesday.
Motorists who operate automobiles
after midnight Sunday with 1889
plates will be liable to arrest and
fines, local law enforcement officials
pointed out. No extension of the
deadline will be made.
No tags can be bought on Sunday
and as a consequence rushing busi-
ness is expected on the two preced-
ing days at distribution headquarters
in the Steiner Chevrolet garage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

position roof will be used over the
rear. Foundation walls and floor
slabs will be of concrete.
A large lobby is specified for
public convenience. 1t will be IL
feet wide, providing space for FIVE
service windows and more than 80
bronze lock boxes. A terrazzo floor,
marble wainscot and plaster walls
and ceilings will give the lobby a
decorative appearance.
Adjoining the lobby ON the left
will be the postmaster's office, and
other departments in the building
will include the large work room,
office space for the financial depart
ment, a storage room and room
for carriers.
$4,000 Allotment
An allotment of $4,000 was made
in July of 1888 under the Federal
Public Buildings Appropriation Act
to- provide for Buttons new post
office. This fund is to include pur-
chase of the site, construction of the
building and defray administrative
costs.
Bids for the general contract will
be opened at Washington, d. c. at
/ p. M, Wednesday, April "a.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
SUGGEST RURAL
FIRE PROTECTION
Purchase of Equipment by
Township Trustees Talked
By Council
Apparatus Housed Here Would
Be Manned by Town for
Rural Runs

Fire protection will be provided for
the rural area within a six mile radius
of Bluffton if suggestion by city of
ficials is adopted by township trustees
in the surrounding district
1t has been proposed that fire
truck be purchased by the townships
near Bluffton, with the understanding
that the unit be kept in Bluffton and
manned by the Bluffton fire depart
ment.
The truck would be used only in
fighting rural fires, and its location in
BIuffton would make it possible for
the vehicle to reach any fire with a
six-mile radius in short ordr.
Rural Districts Seek Protection
Consideration of the rural fire pro-
lection qestion was precipitated re-
Gently when group of Monroe town
ship farm residents sought an ar.
rangement under which Bluffton's fire
truck would be available to call in the
district.
Bluffton counc;lmen tabled +he pro
posal and in it's stead informally sug
gested the purchase of a separate fir
truck for the rural territory surround
ing the town.
Want Towns Equipment Here
City officials do not believe Bluff
toms regular quipment should bt
used for rural fire fighting. AS mat
ters now stand, the town lacks full
fire protection facilities whenever The
truck makes runs outside the corpor
alton, even though half of the firemer
remain here.
If the townships purchase igh
truck of their own, it will leave Bluff
ton with its regular complement o.
equipment. Altho the rural truci
would be manned by members of thu
Bluffton fire department at least hal
of the force would always be available
thereby giving the town adequate pro
lection.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Near-ZerO Weather
On Easter SuYlday

Mid-winter weather, with temper
atures near the zero mark, spoiled
Buttons Easter fashion parade of
spring fnery last Sunday.
Climaxing a four-day wave of
frigid weather, temperatures fell to
a mark of eight above zero Easter
Sunday, and failed to climb above
the freezing point at any time dur
ing the day.
Inclement weather also interfered
with the Easter Egg hunt for child
rem of the town, which had to be
held in the American Legion Hall
Saturday afternoon instead of at
Harmon field.
Nearly 65 dozens of colored eggs
passed into the possession of eager
kiddies in the egg hunt, and in var
ious contests. The American Legion
and the Legion Auxiliary sponsored
the event.
Special services were held in Bluff
ton area churches in observance of
the day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Farmers Impatient as Zero Cold Snap
Forces Further Delay of Spring Work

Far behind in their spring plowing
Bluffton area farmers anxiously are
awaiting "break in the weather. to
get a long-delayed pre-seeding work
campaign under way.
Only a little plowing has been done
so far in this area and elsewhere
thuout Ohio because of severe winter
cold that froze the ground to a great
er depth than usual.
In addition, warm spring weather
has been late in arriving, and the un-
seasonably cold weather of the last
week has contributed further to the
extended delay in starting spring
farming operations. Temperatures as
low as eight degrees above zero were
recorded here the first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
open POSTOFFICE
BIDS ON APRIL "a
Bids to be Opened in Washing
ton for Construction of
Building Here
Work on New Federal Building
For Bluffton Expected to
Start Soon

Construction this summer of
Buttons long deferred post office
building, for which federal funds
were appropriated in 1888, was in
dicated with announcement Monday
that bids for the general contract
will be opened in Washington, D. C.
on Wednesday, April "a.
Altho no date has been set for
the start of work, it is expected that
construction of the building will be
under way by early summer.
Plans and specifications released
this week by the Public Buildings
Administration call for a one-story
building of colonial design. This
will be erected on the postoffice site
at the Northwest corner of Main
and Franklin streets, purchased in
1888.
Brick Colonial Building
Exterior walls of the structure
viii be faced with brick, and the
colonial trim will be of wood and
stone. Windows will be wood and
metal framed.
A pitched slate roof surmounted
with chimney type ventilators at
either end will cover the front por-
tion of the building, and fiat COM
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
With The Sick

Leland Sechler, Bluffton restaura-
teur, who has been quite i'll with
complications is somewhat improved.
Mrs. Orren Guin sustained a brok-
en- right arm near the wrist as the
result of fall at her home north
of Bluffton.
Mrs. Frank Cunningham who has
been a patient in Bluffton hospital
is convalescing at her home on Riley
street.
C. w. Roethlisberger of South
Jackson street has been i'll at his
home since Sunday.
Homer Reichenbach was painfully
injured when steel particle flew in
his left eye while operating a drill
at his home north of Bluffton.
Bert Swank, employed at the
Meter works is confined to his home
on South Main street for several
days on account of an injury to the
index finger of his right hand which
he sustained Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Albert Althaus west of Bluff
ton has been i'll at her home for sew
eral weeks.
Albert Steiner of East Elm street
is i'll at his home with an attack ot
rheumatism.
Mrs. Hazel Green, Bluffton tele
phone central operator, is i'll at hel
home in Beaverdam.
Peter C. Herr is i'll at his hom,
northwest of Bluffton with rheuma
tism.
Frank Dray who has been i'll fo
several months is taking treatmen
at the Cleveland clinic.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

Because of the lateness of plowing,
few if any fields will be seeded in oats
during March, the customary month
for sowing, and as a result the oats
harvest next summer will be much
later than usual.
Should weather of an alternately
warm and alternately cold variety be
experienced within the next few
weeks, horses will have an advantage
over tractors for plowing, many farm
ers say.
This is due to the fact that horses
can be used on ground too wet for
tractors and because wet plowing will
be satisfactory for the next few weeks
since alternate freezing and thawing
will break up sod which otherwise
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
RETURNS FAVOR
GARBAGE SYSTEM
Early Returns of Question
naires Show Large Major
ity Want Service
Council to Consider Establish
ing Municipal Garbage
Collection Here

Sentiment favorable to the estab-
lishment of municipal system of col
lecting and disposing of garbage is in
dicated in early returns to a question
naire mailing last week to every
Bluffton householder.
Mayor Wilbur A. Howe announced
that answers have been received from
more than one-fourth of the 600 re-
ply cards mailed last Thursday by the
town administration.
Of those replying approximately IS
per cent are in favor of the proposal
to establish a town-wide system of
collecting and disposing of garbage,
ashes, tin cans and rubbish, the mayor
said.
Cost So Annually
Cost to each householder for the
service is estimated at 81 year, pay
able so cents quarterly at the mayors
office.
Other Bluffton residents who re-
ceived cards are requested to mark
the postage-free reply card and mail
it to the mayor hy Friday i'm order
that every family mi11 have an oppor-
tunity to express their sentiment on
the proposal.
Anyone who failed to receive a
card explaining the system may OBJ
tain one at the mayors office, Mayor
Howe said.
Sentiment is Sought
No signature is required on the re-
turn card. Purpose of the mailing is
to determine the sentiment of the
residents as regards municipal gar
bage collection, and returning the
card does not obligate anyone in any
way.
Action takn in the matter by the
town council will be guided to a great
extent by the sentiment expressed in
the return postal cards.
With more than 500 residences in
the town, not counting apartments
and business houses, the collection OF
garbage twice week would be full
time job. Should the plan be approved
bids will be accepted for the work.
Would Let Contract
The So per year rate for private
houses would not apply to business
places having large quantities of gar.
bage. For these a higher rate would
be set. Should total receipts for the
collection service fail to cover the
contract bid for the work, it is pro-
posed that the town make up the def.
cit.
Compulsory participation in the pro
gram would not be required, but any
householder who did not cooperate
would be held responsible for the sat
| isfactory disposal of his garbage ant
rubbish.
| Systematic collection and disposa
| of garbage, tin cans, etc., throut th'
spring and summer will be necessar.
to make Buttons new mosquito con
troll program a success, it was pointe'
out by Mayor Howe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
SMALL DROP in
LIQUOR TAX HERE
Annual Income of $500 This
Year Nearly Equal to
1889, Mayor Says
Places Formerly Selling Out
lawed see Beer Take Out
Licenses for 3.2

Buttons liquor tax receipts this
year will be $500, only slightly less
than the amount received before
last falls local option election out
lawed the sale of six per cent beer
and light wines in the town.
This announcement made Tuesday
by Mayor Wilbur A. Howe, follow
ing a check on the tax income that
can be expected from the sale Of
liquor licenses locally.
At present Bluffton has eight
establishments with permits to sell
3.2 beer. These licenses cost the
holders 500 each, which gives the
town total liquor tax revenue for
the year of $500. m
Previous Liquor Tax Income $500
Before six per cent beer and
wines were voted out last fall,
Buttons receipts from the sale of
licenses amounted to about 5000
Mayor Howe said.
The present prospect of $500 from
liquor taxes is approximately $500
more than had been anticipated last
fall when six per cent beer ane
| light wines were voted out. -.-----
This increase, it is explained, j.
due to the fact that a number OF
local establishments which formerly
dispensed only the six per cent beer
and light wines have now taken out
licenses for the sale of 3.2 beer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

would remain in an unavoidable con-
dition.
Rush Work With Tractors
When suitable weather arrives,
however, many farmers in this area
will make use of tractors to overcome
the delayed start in spring plowing.
1t is estimated that an acre can be
plowed in 1.5 hours with tractor, as
compared with 4.5 hours needed to
do the work with horses.
Once the turning of earth is un-
der way farmers will be found in their
fields from early morning until late
at night, in an effort to make up the
time that has been lost because of
the severe winter and unseasonably
late spring weather.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
CLEANUP DAY IS
UNDER way HERE
Date Nearly One Month Early
This Year to Aid i'm
Mosquito Campaign
Municipal Cleanup Crew Begins
Work Wednesday; Cooper
alton is Urged

Buttons first move in a municipal
mosquito control campaign was well
under way Wednesday with the start
of work on the towns annual spring
cleanup drive.
Cleanup day is being nearly
month earlier this year to permit the
eradication of mosquito breeding
places before the larvae season ar
rives.
During the cleanup drive the town
truck is removing debris, tin cans and
rubbish free of charge if the items
are placed in containers alongside al
leys or streets.
No Ashes Hauled
No ashes will be hauled by the
cleanup crew, and householders should
make other arrangements for dispos-
ing of them as quickly as possible,
the mayor urged.
In the hope of successfully launch
ing Buttons proposed mosquito con-
troll program, Mayor Howe and the
town council have requested 100 per
cent cooperation on the part of cit
izens in cleanup.
Removal of tin cans, rubbish and
other debris will go far toward elimi-
mating breeding places for mosquitoes.
The cleanup drive marks the first
step necessary in opening the local
war on the pests which during past
years have plagued Bluffton resi-
dents during the spring and summer
months.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Receive $500 From,
Hospital Bazaar

The sum of 5000 was realized
from the hospital benefit Easter
bazaar held last Saturday at the c.
F. Niswander implement store, ac-
cording to Mrs. Lloyd Van Meter,
chairman of the ways and means
committee of the Woman's Auxiliary
which sponsored the project.
Mrs. Van Meter expressed thanks
of the committee to all those who
aided in any way in the success OF
the bazaar. Any further contribu-
tions toward the fund should be left
at the Citizens bank this week. All
proceeds are used for benefit OF
Bluffton hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
may START FISH
HATCHERY HERE
Negotiations are Under Way by
Sportsmen's Club to Raise
Bluegills
Fish from Hatchery Would be
Used for Stocking Waters
Near Bluffton

Possibility of establishing a small
fish hatchery in Bluffton is being
investigated by the Bluffton Com
munity Sportsmen's club, and pre-
liminary negotiations have indicated
the proposal likely will become a
reality.
If the hatchery is located here,
bluegills will be raised under a
forced feeding system and used for
an extensive fish stocking program
in the Bluffton area.
Dimensions of the pool required
for hatchery purposes should be ap-
proximately $50 and so feet, with a
depth of from two to four feet. A
sand bottom would be needed.
Funds Available
Members of the Sportsmen's club
already have found several promis-
ing locations, and prospects for the
hatchery have been made brighter
by the announcement that outside
funds will be available to help f.
nance the program.
Bluegills of breeding stock can
be obtained without charge from the
state conservation department. 1t
is estimated that approximately two
years would be required to raise
about $4,000 bluegills for stocking
purposes. All fish raised here would
be released in the Bluffton area.
For spawn feeding, minute marine
vegetation would be put in the pool,
and after the fish reach the adult
stage ground carp would be re-
quired.
Marshy Area Sought
Most suitable location of the pool
would be in a marshy area where a
regular change of water can be
made available, it was pointed out
by the sportsmen's group.
Made up of approximately 200
members, the Sportsmen's club has
been an active factor in local fish
and game propagation, but the fish
hatchery proposal is the most am
bilious that has heretofore been sug-
gested by the group.
Officers Of the club includes Jess
Manages, president; Silas Diller
vice-president, and Dallas Berry
secretary-treasurer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

Opposite trends were pronounced
on the Bluffton markets Wednesday
morning when grains opened strong
while hogs took sharp turn toward
lower price levels.
Dollar wheat was a reality when
prices were chalked up on the board
here as the market opened. Soys,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
brotherhood Will
Hear DR.. e. III. Smith

DR.. C. Henry Smith, head of the
department of political science at
Bluffton college, will be the speaker
at a meeting of the Brotherhood of
the Reformed churches at p. m.
this Thursday in the st. Johns
church.
DIR. Smith will talk on present
world affairs. Following the address
a lunch will be served.
Members of the st. Johns and
Emanuel's Reformed churches COM
prise the Reformed Brotherhood.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Gypsy Melodies To
Be Heard Wednesday

Haunting strains of gypsy melo-
dies will be heard when the Conti-
mental Gypsy Ensemble appears in
the high school auditorium this We'd
nesday night at $3.50 o'clock. The
program is one of the numbers of
the Bluffton College Music course.
The group under direction of Ador
Berger, appears in costume in a
form of entertainment that is new
and original both in character and
presentation and has been well re-
ceived in metropolitan music centers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Choir Sings Here On
EUe OF Concert Tour

Last local appearance of the Bluff
ton college A Capella choir before
the group leaves on a 2000-mile
spring concert tour win be made at
7:30 p. m. Sunday in the First Men,
MONTE church.
After singing at the public con-
cert here Sunday night, the choir
will leave Bluffton Thursday, April
a, on a 17-day trip thru four states.
During the tour the 45-voice choir
will present II concerts, including a
broadcast from Chicago over a ma
tion-wide radio hookup, Prof. Rus
sell A. Lantz, director of the group,
announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Maple Sugar Icicles Prove
Latest Spring Sweet Delicacy

Rivalling the lavishness of nature
on the tabled "Big Rock Candy
Mountain, maple sugar icicles were
found hanging from trees on Main
street Tuesday evening.
Sap oozing from maple trees in
the vicinity of the high school build
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

ing froze in icicles from four to
eight inches in length.
Investigating the phenomenon, Sid
ney C. Stettler and w. o. Geiger,
high school instructors, found the
icicles maple favored and pleasant
to the taste.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Births

The following births at Rluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson Marshall of
Beaverdam, a daughter, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Coffin, Bluffton,
a son, Monday. Mrs. Coffin is the
former Yolanda Hofer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hofer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Grains Strong; Porkers Take
Sharp Drop On Markets Here

also, which have been strong since
early last fall opened at the dollar
mark.
Hogs on the other hand were dis
appointing, opening ten cents under
Tuesdays close and 80 cents lower
than Tuesday morning. Top price
quoted Wednesday morning was $4.70.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
LIBRARY CLOSED

The BIuffton public library will be
closed all day Saturday for cleaning,
it is announced by Miss Ocie Ander-
son, librarian.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

A photo of Buttons new
pOst0ffice as it will look when
completed is on display in the
News window. The photo, an
artists sketch made from archi-
tect's drawings, was received
from Washington, Tuesday after
noon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Orchestra Concert
Sunday Afternoon

Annual spring concert of the
Bluffton college orchestra will be
presented in the high school GYM
nasium, Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The orchestra of thirty five
pieces is under direction of Prof.
Sidney Hauenstein.
The program follows:
Overture-Ruy Bias Mendelssohn
Dolly Dances Poldini
Sleeping Beauty Waltz Tschaikowsky
D-Minor Symphony First Movement
Overture-Oberon. v. Weber
tinlandia Ia8s. Sibelius
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Schwartz and
family, of Columbus, spent Easter
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. M. Bogart of South Main street.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-13
Carrying an Assortment of Fine Liquors, Win
 es, and Beers. FRONT ST. NOME.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
No. 3459
Kiana

In the District Court of the United States for the Second Judicial
 Division of Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-13
CALL FOR BIDS Time Extended

Sealed bids, in duplicate, will be received until 5 o'clock p.m., June 10. 1940, at the office of the City Clerk, Nome, Alaska, to be publicly opened at the regular meeting of the Common Coun- cil held that night, for furnish ing all labor and materials for the erection of the addition to the Nome Public School Build ing in strict accordance with the plans and specifications S prepared by William H. Kelsey of the Common Council, Nome, Alaska, except that the provisions for completion of the work called for is extended to November l, 1940 Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for five (5fDper cent of the amount bid, payable to the City of Nome.
 This call allows an extension of time to June 10, 1940, to sub init bids, whereas the original call provided for the bids to be presented May 13, l940.
 The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
 By Common Council
 of Nome, Alaska. Acting for: Anthony E. Karnes
 Commissioner of Education Publish May 10. 13 and l5, 1940