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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
ASK BIDS FOR
HAULING ASHES.
CANS, GARBAGE
Council to Consider Proposals
At Next Meeting on Mon
day, April 29
Expect to have election Sys-
tenn in Ope 5tion by
Middle Of May

Decision to inaugurate a municipal
system of collecting and disposing of
garbage and rubbish, starting May
15, was voted Monday night at a
meeting of the town council.
Bids are now being received by
Corporation Clerk James F. West,
with the deadline for filing set at
noon, Saturday, April 27. Bids will
be opened at meeting of the council,
Monday, April 20.
Bidding will be on two proposals.
and contracts will probably be let on
the basis of low figures.
Under this system it is possible
that separate contracts may be let
for the collection and disposal of gar
bage, and for gathering and disposing
of tin cans, ashes and rubbish.
Collection Twice Week
Garbage is to removed twice each
week under the proposed system
Collection of tin cans, ashes and rub
bish will be once each month.
This entire service will be available
to householders for 81 per year, pay.
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
III. S. Girls GIee Club
At Columbus Friday

Competing in state high school
choral finals for the second successive
year, the Bluffton High school girls
glee club will go to Columbus Friday
to seek the Ohio title in their divis-
ion.
In the Northwestern Ohio contest
held in Bluffton on March Is, the
Bluffton glee club won a rating of
excellent, to qualify for the state
meet.
At the Columbus contest all clubs
must sing required selection:
"Celtic Lullabye", an Irish air
Buttons selected number is "Sap-
phic Ode".
Miss Elizabeth Higley is director
of the club, and will accompany the
group on the trip to Columbus.
Members of the singing 'organiza.
tion are:
First Soprano: Jeanne Baumgart
ner, Dorothy Garmatter, Doris Jear
White, Mary Alice Geiger, Harriet
Blome, Doris Garmatter, Georgis
Fisher, Harriet Burkholder, Rutf
Hankish, Marcene Stonehill, Dorothy
Anderson, Alice Oyer.
Second Soprano: Mary Alice Howe
Marie Zuercher, Helen Soldner, Betty
Steinman, Carolyn Stonehill, Hildret
Eversole, Virginia Geiger, Bett!
Holtkamp, Marjorie Niswander
Eloise Sommer, Mary Elizabetl
Stearns, Mary Ellen Luginbuhl, Viii
ma Steiner, Barbara Jean Triplett
Marjean Todd.
Alto: Margaret Basinger, 10 AM
Patterson, Marcile Sommer, Phylli
Steiner, Carol Bame, Dorothy Jen
nings, Adah Lehman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Game And Fish Restocking
Started In BIuffton District
Jackrabbits and Cottontails are
Released Here by Sports
mems Club
Florida RaccOOn are Being Ship
ped Here for Propagation
Purposes

An extensive fish and game re-
stocking program launched this
spring by the Bluffton Community
Sportsmen's club is aimed at making
hunting and fishing in this area bet
ter than at any time in recent
years.
Game propagation has been helped
by the purchase of cottontail and
jack rabbits, Florida raccoon, fox
squirrels, gray squirrels, chukker
partridges and other game birds in
cluding Black Mongolian pheasants,
Seeking to better fishing facilities
in the area, the club has leased a
site behind the Bluffton Hatchery
Co. on which a modern fish hatchery
is to be built this summer. Fish
obtained from the hatchery will be
released in waters in and around
Bluffton after they reach maturity
One dozen jack rabbits and two
dozen cottontails were purchased by
the club and released near Blufftol
recently as one of the first move
in the propagation program.
Twelve full-grown raccoon are be
ing imported from Florida. Half O.
the animals bought are females i
was announced.
Inaugurating the restocking pro
gram, 40 Black Mongolian pheasant!
were released near the town. 4
pair of large Chukker partridge
also have been obtained for breeding
purposes. These birds have brown
backs, wings barred in contrasting
brown, and have a crooked band O.
black, lined in red, across their eyes
Several pairs of fine fox and gra.
squirrels are being obtained from
Minnesota, and will be released il
different places in the community.
All proceeds from the sale o
membership tickets in the club ar
used for conservation purposes il
this district.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
200 TEACHERS
ARE ASKED TO
SPEECH CLINIC
Meeting to be Held in Bluffton
High School on Saturday,
April 27
State Speech League Head and
University of Michigan
Man on Program

Instructors and students from
more than 200 educational institu-
tions have been invited to the North
western Ohio speech festival and
clinic to be held in Bluffton High
school Saturday, April 27.
Discussion and demonstration ses-
sions on various speech activities
will be held during the day, and in
the evening program will be pre-
sented to which the public is invited.
Bluffton High school and Bluffton
college will be hosts to representa-
tives attending the clinic. AS a part
of the days programs demonstra-
tions will be made by students from
participating schools.
State Director to Speak
Principal address of the afternoon
will be given by DIR. E. r. Moses,
director of the Ohio High school
speech league. His subject has been
announced as: Speech Needs of a
High School Student"
Conference sessions in various
fields of speech activity will be con-
Quoted as another phase of the days
program.
Dramatics instructors and direc-
tors of plays will attend a clinic
conducted by c. ID. Letter, of
Fostoria.
Debate and Public Speaking Panels
Debate and public speaking panels
are being supervised by John Stipp,
Lima South High school debate
coach.
In speech correction and teaching
methods, discussion leaders will be
DR.. Henry T. Moser, of the Univer-
sity of Michigan speech correction
clinic, and George Ager, chairman of
the National Forensic leagues dis
trict organization.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
AIUard Contracts
For Cemetery Care

Contracts for the care of six GEM
eteries in Richland township were
awarded by the township trustees at
their meeting, Saturday.
The contracts have been awarded
as follows:
Old cemetery, Bluffton to Dan
McCafferty for $3.50.
Old Mennonite cemetery to Wayne
Yoakam for $40.
Gratz cemetery to w. c. Schaub-
lin for $24.
Old cemetery, Beaverdam to Max
Me- Cafferty for $65.
Woodland cemetery to Max McCaf-
ferty for $3.50.
Pleasant Hill cemetery to Hiram
Reichenbach for $41.50.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18

John Swisher, superintendent of
Bluffton's municipal electric light
and waterworks plant underwent an
operation at Lima Memorial hospital
last Thursday afternoon because of
a torn tendon in his right upper arm
as the result of an accident at the
plant here several weeks ago.
The operation was performed by
DR.. t. r. Tillotson of Lima and DR..
J. S. Steiner of this place.
Swisher was removed to his home
on South Main street Tuesday after
noon. It will be several weeks be-
fore he will be able to resume his
duties at the plant here. During this
time Hiram Wenger, chief engineer
will be in charge.
The accident occurred when
Swicher was struck by a heavy fall
ing timber while putting in the
foundation for the new turbine gen.
orator unit TO be installed at the
municipal plant here this spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
PLAN BUILDING
nine HOUSES
THIS SUMMER
Building Program is Started
With Excavation for Two
Residences
Plans are Under Way for Erec-
tion of Seven Other
Dwellings Here

Bluffton's residential building boom,
which has brought the construction
of 13 new homes in the town since
1888, will continue thru the spring
and summer months of this year
Present prospects point to the con-
struction of nine more new homes
this year, two of which already are
under way.
Launching an early-spring build
ing program, excavations have been
started for two residences. One will
be built for Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard
Geiger on Cherry street. The other
home on jefferson street will be for
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen McCluer.
Mr. and Mrs. McCleur were mar
ried Friday, the bride being the
former Miss Vedabelle Cahill, daug-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Cahill, of
this place.
Seven other new residences which
are expected to be built are reported
IN various stages or preliminary
preparation. In some instances pros
pective home builders are negotiating
for sites, and in other cases tenta-
tive stalking out" for the structures
has been completed.
Considerable activity is reported in
the sale of proposed building sites,
with quite a few desirable locations
involved. In most cases the cost of
building lots averages about $400
it is reported.
Bluffton's residential building boom
first blossomed in 1888 when eight
new homes were erected. In 1899
construction activity continued, with
five more houses being erected.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Funeral For Oscar
BOgdrt In Florida

Oscar Bogart, So, former Bluffton
resident, who resided IN Orlando,
Florida, fer the past six years, died
in a hospital at that city. Thursday
night. Death came after several
months of failing health.
He was the son of Mrs. Florence
Bogart and brother of Mrs. H. p.
Mann, both of South jackson street.
Funeral services were held at
Orlando, Sunday afternoon followed
by interment at that place. Mrs.
Bogart and Mr.. and Mrs. Nann who
attended the funeral returned horne
Tuesday night.
During his residence IN Florida
Mr.. Bogart was engaged in operat-
ing a number of gasoline filling sta
tions and also a bulk plant. He was
previously engaged in this business
in Indiana before moving south.
For many years he was actively
engaged as layman in evangelistic
work and was frequently called upon
to fill pulpits in various churches un-
til failing health obliged him tc
give up this activity.
| Besides his mother and sister, he
is survived by his wife, formerly
Eta Biery and one son Robert OF
Orlando and two daughters Mrs
Geraldine Johnson of Orlando anc
Mrs. Catherine Muslin of Ft. Val
ley, Ga. Also surviving are on,
grandson and two granddaughters.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
BLUFFTON SHEEP
CRAZE ON HIGH
UPLAND IN PERU
Merinos Raised by Kohl Bros.
Near Bluffton Arrive i'm
South America
Prominent Peruvian Sheen
Raiser Sends Autographed
Photo to Local Man

Two fine Merino sheep raised on
the farm of Hiram Kohl, well known
breeder north of Bluffton, are thriv-
ing in their new home in the uplands
of Peru, according to a letter receiv-
ed this week by Kohl.
Acknowledgement of safe arrival of
the sheep and description of their
new South American home were con-
tanned in letter written by j. c.
Romero Oblitas, of Nunoa, Peru.
Kohl shipped two sheep, Merino
ram and eve, to Oblitas late last
September, and the animals arrived
in good condition on Sept. 20.
The South American breeder has
extensive grazing lands in the noun.
famous area of Peru. In many in
stances the plateaus on which the
sheep feed are as much as 12,800
feet above sea level.
In his letter to Kohl, dated March
Is, Oblitas said he had written as
soon as the sheep were received but
the previous correspondence appears
to have been lost in the mails. With
his last letter he included an auto
graphed photograph.
81 have recommended the good
quality of your Merinos to some OF
my friends who have probably writ.
ten you," Oblitas stated in his letter
to Kohl.
One of these friends located about
40 miles from Oblitas' ranch, already
has contacted Kohl relative to pros
pective purchases.
Kohli's shipment to Oblitas was-hi:
fourth to South America. In tn,
three preceding instances, however
the sheep were sent to Uruguay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
BISHOP ALTER AT
BLUFFTON CHURCH
DIAMOND JUBILEE
Head of Toledo Diocese to Visit
st. Mary's Church on
Sunday, May 19
Event Will Mark Seventy-fifth
Anniversary of Founding
Church Here

Marking the Diamond Jubilee of
st. Marys Catholic church, founded
in Bluffton rs years ago, the Most
Reverend Karl J. Alter, ID. D.,
Bishop of the Diocense of Toledo, of
which Bluffton is a part, will Off
ciate at special services in the
church here Sunday evening, May l9.
1t will be the second time in the
last so years that Bishop has Off
ciated at rites in the Bluffton
church.
In preparation for the Diamond
Jubilee observance, the church has
been completely renovated, and many
improvements have been made in
beautifying the structure and the
church fittings.
REcREATIONAL PROGRAM
Recreational celebration of the
18th anniversary will be marked by
card party to be held Tuesday
evening, May 7, in the parish hall.
In his appearance here on May 19,
Bishop Alter will officiate at confir-
nation services for a class of child
rem and adults. He will be assisted
by visiting clergy, and the public
is invited.
Among those assisting in the
services will be Right Reverend Mon
signor James S. Elder, dean of the
Lima district; Rev. James Hebbeler
| S. T. D., who served as pastor OF
the st. Marys church from 1882 to
1888; and Rev. Robert A. Maher
present pastor.
NEW WINDOWS INSTALLED
In improving the appearance OF
the st. Marys church building, new
loaded art glass windows are being
installed. The windows are OF
structural design forming a Gothic
arch and each will carry different
symbolic medallions in color. They
will perpetuate old family names OF
the Bluffton parish.
A new floor has been laid in the
church, and new wiring and light
ing fixtures have been installed thru
out. In the sanctuary a new deel
blue carpet has been laid.
Redecoration of the church interior
has been completed. Walls are II
buff color and the ceiling is hgh
blue. A gold border enchants th'
ceiling of the sanctuary.
/ ALTAR ILLUMINATED
The altar is enamelled in whit
with gilded trim, and it is illum
mated by new indirect lighting ar
rangement.
Installation of new air condition
ing unit has been completed, whicl
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
College Choir To
Broadcast THURSDAY

The Bluffton college a capella
choir of 43 voices on a spring tour
of the Middle West will be heard
Thursday afternoon at 1870 o'clock
in a radio program broadcast from
Chicago station VIVID, 1130 kc.
Word received here the first of the
week stated that the choir has re-
covered from illness which followed
eating of chicken sandwiches at
Normal, ILL.,, on Sunday night, April
n. Almost all of the choir became
i'll and twelve members were unable
to appear at concert on the follow
ing night at Washington, I'll.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Wreck Crews Summoned AS Big
Locomotive Goes Off Track

tracks by about foot.
1t was reported the locomotive evil
IDENTIFY was too heavy for the COM
paratively soft ground, and was too
long to negotiate the sharp curve in
the siding.
1t was one of the large Nickel
Plate freight engines with eight
drive wheels that left the track.
Lighter switch engines generally are
used on the siding.
Arriving here Thursday afternoon,
the wrecking crew worked through
Thursday night and most of Friday
before the derailed locomotive was
able to continue its journey.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18

More than day was required to
get 100-ton Nickel Plate freight
locomotive back on the tracks of a
siding serving the Page Dairy plant,
after the engine was derailed dur
ing switching operations last Thurs
day morning.
The locomotive jumped the tracks
at $3.50 a. m. Thursday, and it was
late Friday before wrecking crew
of some 20 men, working with a
crane, had it ready for service.
Pulling into the Page plant siding
to pick up an empty coal car, the
100-ton engine broke the rails in
several places and was off the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
PIANO RECITAL

Elma Schifferly will present a
number of pupils in recital at st.
Johns Reformed church Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Appearing on the program are:
Wanda Niswander, Marilyn Steiner
Mary Ellen Luginbuhl, Sarah Ain
stutz, Marilyn Hofer, Miriam Diller
Christine Miller, Gertrude Lugin.
buhl, Margaret Niswander, Alfred
Basinger, John Schumacher, Johr
Moser. The public is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
BLUFFTON WOMAN
SAILS FROM new
YORK FOR AFRICA
Catherine Gratz Embarks We'd
nesday on Freighter Bound
To French Colony
Will Serve for Four Years at
Mission Station Near
Sahara Desert

Enroute to equatorial Africa
where she will spend four years as
a worker in a mission station, Miss
Catherine Gratz, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Gratz of South Jack
son street sails this Wednesday from
New York city.
Because of disruption of steamer
schedules due to war conditions her
original plan for sailing on Dutch
steamer has been cancelled and she
is making the voyage on U. S.
freighter Humhau.
Routing of the boat has also been
changed and instead of landing in
Portugal and then re-embarking for
Africa, she will go direct to French
West Africa.
In FRENCH GUINEA
From there she will go inland to
Mamou, French Guinea, where she
and two other missionaries who
make up the party will be stationed
at the Christian Missionary Alliance
school. Others in the party are
Miss Prudence Gerber of Ft. Wayne
formerly of Pandora and Miss Sher-
wood, who is returning to the sta
ton after a furlough in this country
The mission station and school is
located at the edge of the Sahara
desert, south of Timbuctu, the prin-
cipal city of that region. 1t is neal
the equator.
After her arrival she will spenc
some time learning both the French
| and native languages before taking
UP her duties in the mission school
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Boy Scout DriUe
Continuing Here

Continuing Buttons Boy Scout
sustaining membership drive, adult
sponsors this week are seeking con-
tributions for scouting executive ac-
tivity in the Shawnee area district.
A committee of 21 local men are
in charge of the campaign, and ini-
tial results have been reported very
satisfactory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Name Coon Manager
Of Buckeye Lake

Maynard Coon, who last year
managed Buckeye lake, Bluffton's
municipality operated swimming pool,
was again appointed to that posi-
ton by the council, Monday night.
Coon who will be manager and
lifeguard at the place will receive
as his compensation one-half of the
receipts together with concession
rights.
He expects to take up his duties
next month following the closing OF
school at North Robinson where he
is teaching. Coon is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fl. L. Coon of Soutf
Jackson street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Refugee From Germany's Nazi
Regime Addresses Lions Club
Rain Halts Spring
Work; Oats Acreage
Here To Be Short

HEAVY downpour of rain
Wednesday morning, follow
ing a return of winter weather
the latter part of last week has
further delayed spring farm
work already far behind sche-
dule.
With the latter part of April
at hand, oats acreage in this
district promises to be one of
the smallest in years. Only
fraction of the regular acreage
has been sowed. Much of the
unused oats acreage is expected
to be put out in soy beans.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
RE-HIRED AT LAFAYETTE

Miss Ruth Greding. of Blnffton, is
one of 13 instructors in the La
fayette-Jackson school system who
were re-hired last week at meet
ing of the district board of educa-
tion. She teaches English, lam
guages and physical education in
the high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Hog Market ShOJOs
Brisk Price Rise

Hog prices showed a brisk and
sustained rise on the Bluffton market
the first of the week. Quotations
which had been sagging under five
cents for the past month did sud-
den about-face and crossed the line
for top of $500 Wednesday morn
ing.
Wednesdays top price was ten
cents above Tuesdays maximum and
twenty cents over Mondays high
mark.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Births

The following births at Bluffton
Community hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Scoles, Bluff
ton, son, lost Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Wilkins,
Bluffton, a son, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norwood Powell,
Mt. Cory, daughter, Thursday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
ACCIDENT COSTS FINGER

J. R. Fisher of Geiger street en-
ployed at the Balmer saw mill lost
the first finger of his right hand at
the middle joint when it was caught
in mechanical log turner, while at
work Friday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Stores Open

Bluffton retail stores will be open
this Wednesday night and continue
every Wednesday evening during the
spring and summer.
La gaceta., 1940-01-05
fACUSADoS LOS QUE ACu~
'SABAN A LOS J~UGAD0RES

Miami, Enero Sci fiscal
del Estado, Mr.. Worley, $rden6
aver ell arreoto de vari@ indivi-
duos a los cuales acus4 de ira
tar de sacar dinexa cA amena-
zas, de varios garitos de esta
ciudad.
Atirma ell fiscal que cuatro de
ellos, incluyendo dos abogados.
cfrecieron retirar los litigios es-
tablecidos a cambio de $4,000 al
contado Y $3.50 a ia semana has
ia completar un teal de $500.
FL iuez del circuiVo Barns or
demo comparezcan a declarar,
como autores de una falta de res
peto a los tribunales, los senores
r. Luther, &C. Kirkland, Cor
don R. Broome, abogado de
Sumner, y James G, Pace, abo-
gado de Kirkland. La ~conteSta-
La gaceta., 1940-01-05
NEGRcE~ ACESADos DE Ro.
BAR MUEBLES a

Dos iHdividuos de Ia raza ne,
ga, L. Jones, de 81 amos, Y Wi
Alan Harry Edwards de 20, fue
ron arrestados aver bajo la a
cusaci6n de haber realizado va
rios robes de muebles en- per-
juicio de $1,250,00 para la nue.
bleria Lister, situada eS Ell MI
nero 3715 de la avenida Flori-
da, en- eSta ciudad.
Jur6 ia orden de prisi6n con-
ira esos negros ell Sr. C. B.
WEIGH, TN detective privado,
Quien asegura que otro indivi-
duo mas tuvo participation en-
esos delitoS.
Jones admiti6 haberse oculta-
do en- el e~stablecimiento y ha-
Der sacado de el, en- una OCCASION,
alfombras, maquinas de lavar,
refrigeradores, cortinas, meSaS
y otros objetos.
La gaceta., 1940-01-05
TOmG de possession


Hoy tomaran possession, en- u
ma brillante ceremonial conjun-
ia, los nuevos directories de las
Logias Ideal No. SIS y Progreso
No. 81, de la Orden de Odd Eel
lows.
Para ell mayor lucimiento del
acto Sc ruega la a%sistencia de to-
dos los miembros.
Trabajan estas logias, como sa
ben nuestros lectores, en- ell edi-
ficio de la Legion Americana,
en- la avenida Once.
Publicamos va los nombres de
los nuevos oficiales de la SIS y
esperamos la lista de los que du
rante un ano dirigiran los desti-
nos de la 81.
La Orden de Odd Fellows es
una Ge las mas populares y res
petadas en- ell pals.
La gaceta., 1940-01-05
o 80 ~.
NO Saba QUE ALEMANiA
EsTABA EN- GUERRA CON
INGLATERRA

Londres, Enero 5.-La ami
ga inglesa de Hitler, Unity Wal
kyrie Milford, arrib6
aver a esta capital y dijo que no
saba existiera un Estado de
guerra entire ~Inglaterra y Ale
mania.
Mi hija, declare Ell padre,
Lord Redesdale, nj siqrlera sa-
bia que Inglaterra estaba en-
guerra. Esta gravemente enter
ma y debera ser cuidada con ell
mayor esmero".
Al pasar la ambulancia, uno
lie los p%eatones critic: Hell Hit
ler".
La gaceta., 1940-01-05
RUMANIA FORTIFICA SU
FRONTERA CON Russia

Bucarest, Enero 5.--Los ira
bajos de fortificaci6n en- la from
terra con Russia Sc verifican con
gran actividad. Esto Sc ajusta
a las recientes palabras del pri-
mer ministro Tatarescu, quien
asegur6 que Rumania defende-
"a su territorio hasta con el IL
timo hombre.
La primera Inca de defensa
rumana Sc ha situado a 10 largo
del rio Pruth, a 60 millas dentro
de Ia frontera.