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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Balance In County
Relief Fund

In sharp contrast with last Janu-
airy when the outlook was uncertain,
Putnam county faces 1941 with a
balance of s7,19766 in its direct
poor relief fund,
County Relief Director Bonnie B.
Corns reported this balance together
with figures on the cost of relief dur
ing 1910. She pointed out that by
reducing the expenditures during
1910 she has been able to operate
within the county's relief budget
which at the beginning of the year
appeared to be too small.
Relief cost a total of $50, ,430.51
last year with 1,667 cases being pro-
vided with aid. This was a 20 pei
cent drop from 1889 when the costs
totaled $36,893.29 for 2,111 cases.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
PUTNAM COUNTY
Old Fire Apparatus
To Be Sold

Once an important cog IN the hre
fighting equipment of Ottawa but
now outdated and useless, the chem
ical outfit owned by the village is
being placed on the block.
Councilmen announced that bids
are being received on the assembled
chemical apparatus which is parked
in the municipal building beside its
modern successor. They probably
will be opened and the equipment
sold at the councils next session.
When first purchased half cen
tury ago, the chemical outfit was q
hand-drawn vehicle. Later the vol
unteer firemen purchased a used
chassis and motor and mounted the
outfit on it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Pleasant View

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Zimmerman
and family of Defiance spent Sun
day with her sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oren Doty and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Clymer were
Sunday guests in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. c. ]. Whistler and daughter
Mary Louise.
David Carr, who accompanied
Lehr Green in his airship to Florida
returned home on Saturday.
Rev. Paul Zimmerman called in
this vicinity on Monday.
Mrs. Grace Hughes has sold her
35 acre farm to Jesse Bracy of
Bluffton.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Zimmerman
and son Paul entertained the young
folks of Pleasant View at their home
in Rawson Wednesday evening.
Communion services will be OBJ
served at the Pleasant View Church
next Sunday morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Lima Asylum May Be
Improved

Prospects for a 100000 expansion
program at the Lima State Hospital
for the Criminal Insane appeared
brighter Friday with announcement
that priority in the states proposed
S5,000,000 welfare improvement
plans would be given to four insti-
tutions for insane, including Lima.
The announcement was made by
Welfare Director Charles L. Sher-
wood. He said emphasis would be
put on enlargement of institutions at
Lima, Dayton, Akron and Hawthorn
den, and modernization of clinical
apparatus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
HARDIN COUNTY
Ada Petition May Be
Thrown Out

An indication that the second pc
tition for referendum vote on pur-
chase of the Ohio Power company
waterworks in Ada by the village
may be thrown out as illegal was
given this week at the meeting of
Ada solons.
The fact that the revised petition
was not filed within 80 days after
council had passed an ordinance ap-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
$4,000 For Putnam
Farmers

Putnam county farmers Tuesday
received $4,000 additional soil con-
servation checks, Chairman Arnold
Schroeder of the county AAA COM
mittee announced.
Township sign-up meetings were
held thruout the county recently for
the distribution of the checks. The
county committeeman aided town
ship committees in the work.
This consignment of checks is the
second to be received during the
last few months. The first was for
$4,000 so that the farmers have re-
ceived a total of about St85,000 to
date
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Students Win Trip
To Florida

Raymond Hunsicker of McGuffey
and MalbeIIe Harder of Mt. victory
will receive a Today trip to Florida
as the award for being the high
boy and girl in the recent temper
ance quiz, sponsored by the Hardin
county w. C. T. U. Hunsicker re-
ceived a grade of "a in the test and
Miss Harder received 92.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
HANCOCK COUNTY
Sled Goes Thru Ice,
Boy Rescued

Two Huber school boys went to
the rescue of a playmate late Tues
day afternoon in Findlay after he
and his new Christmas sled had
gone through the ice of Eagle creek
lust south of Lincoln street.
Bobby Routson, a fourth grader,
after being rescued by Donald Mains
and Leslie Gaines, appeared more
worried about the loss of his new
sled than about his wet clothing, his
rescuers reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Former Lima Girl
Top Singer

A one-time Lima schoolgirl, Helen
O'Connell, now singer with Jimmy
Dorsey's nationally known orchestra,
was selected as the best feminine
vocalist of the year by the magazine
"Down Beat, musicians trade jour
nal. General announcement of the
selection was made by Time maga-
zine in the current issue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Real Service In Fire

1t was a lucky thing for William
H. Smith, so, of Tampa, Florida,
that his car caught fire at p. m.
Tuesday where it did.
The fire broke out in front of the
state highway patrol barracks at the
north edge of Findlay and patrol
men quickly attacked the blaze while
city fremen were called. Damage
was estimated at $50.
The fire apparently started when
a wheel became hot and tire blew
out. Smith was towing a brand
new trailer which was not damaged.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
" In Defense Glasses

Sixty-five are enrolled in the third
period of the national defense voca-
tional school in Findlay, which last
week swung into regular class work
in Findlay High School. 1t will con-
tinue for IL weeks with classes from
6 to 10 p. m. five days each week.
Twelve persons turned out for the
initial meeting of the Vanlue de-
Tense school
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Former Pandora
Banker Dies

Peter C. Steiner, 72, prominent
Pandora farmer, former banker,
school teacher and merchant, died
at $50 o'clock Wednesday morning
of last week in his farm home after
an illness of six weeks from heart
trouble
Mr.. Steiner, lifelong resident OF
Riley township, Putnam county, was
born on Dec. 7, 1868, the son OF
Christian and Magdalene UugibihD
Steiner. He was married in 1893
to Elizabeth Bixel, who survives.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Utility To Raise
100000

The Central Ohio Light and Power
company is taking the preliminary
steps involved in the sale of securi-
ties in connection with additions con-
templated later on at the company's
plant at Bluffton.
Sale of 100000 in securities is
now being completed in the financial
market in the east by the company
as the initial step in the program.
Upwards of a million dollars will
be involved by the time the financing
program is completed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Fund Appropriated
For Farm Agent

The Hancock county commissioners
last week voted an annual appropria-
ton of $4,000 for the year 1941 for
the purpose of meeting the county's
half-share of the cost of maintaining
the office of county agricultural
agent. The amount is the same as
last year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
TwO-Bit Bounty On
Hawks

Payment of a 25-cent bounty to
all members who kill hawk was
voted last weewk a meeting of of
the Putnam County Conservation
club in the courthouse at Ottawa.
However, this does not include
mouse hawks, officials pointed out.
The hawks must be brought to the
secretary for members to obtain the
bounty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Window Looted Of
Watches

A thief who broke a window at the
Zumbrun Jewelry store in Lima
shortly after a. m. Friday, OBJ
tanned seven wrist watches valued at
1878, G. F. Zumbrun, proprietor, in
formed police.
The loot consisted of four mems
and three women's watches. Officers
Enn-1itt Scott and Frank Yost re-
ro--od the thief hurled a piece of
ccr.ent thru the front window.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
13 Men In February
Draft

Word has been received from
Columbus that Hancock county will
send 13 draftees, IL white and one
colored, when the third call is is
sued by state selective service head
quarters in February.
The two local boards will send six
white men each and in addition
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
ALLEN COUNTY
County Employees
Get Pay Boost

Harry L. Burgess has been re-
elected president of the Allen county
board of county commissioners
Other members of the board are IL
T. Morris and Dale Jennings. They
re-appointed 13 county employees and
raised salaries of several including
Clerk Edward Jones.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16

net profit of $474,3S5 for the year
ended Oct. 81, reports showed last
week at the annual meeting in Lima.
Common stock dividends totaled $3.50
share, as compared with $1.31 in
1889.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Beaverdam

Mr.. and Mrs. James Ramsey and
daughter were Sunday visitors of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dode Ramsey and
family at Buckland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Vertner left
this week on motor trip to Florida.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Church of Christ met Wednesday
with Mrs. Sam Varvel.
Mrs. John Augsburger and Mrs.
Jack Pugh visited Wednesday with
Miss June Augsburger in Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Williams en-
tertained the Win-One class of the
Methodist church Wednesday evening
in the church basement. Those pres
ent were Rev. and Mrs. E. j. Arthur,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Herr and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Michael and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray thinner
man and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Brackney, Mrs. Dwight
Baughman, and Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Augsburger.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. C. Paul enter
tanned the Homemakers Sunday
school class of the Pleasant View
church Friday evening. 49,
Mrs. Carrie Durkee and daughter
Ruth attended a District meeting of
the Eastern Star at the Masonic
Temple in Van Vert Saturday.
Ralph Vertner is employed at the
Patterson Flying Field at Sairfeld
Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lutterbein
of Camp Shelby, Miss, are enjoying
ten days furlough with the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j
Lutterbein.
Mrs. c. A. Barnum was a recent
visitor of Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Fergus
at Sidney.
Mrs. Harley Lugibihl was Sun
day dinner guest of Mrs. Edith Manr
at Bluffton.
Lester Piper returned to the u. S
Ship Badger at South Carolina aftel
spending several days with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Vernon Foltz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Bassett ant
daughter of Bowling Green; Mr.. ant
Mrs. Ed Bassett were Sunday visit
ors of Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Basset
and family.
| Walter Amstutz has been name,
president of the board of education
for the coming year at meeting
held Tuesday evening. Francis Mar
shall was chosen vice president
Other members of the board ar
Lewis Van Meter, E. l.. Michael, an,
Walter Hochstettler. Mrs. T. V
Stirn was retained as clerk.
Richard Arnold of Ft. Wayn
Business college is spending the wee
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cal
Arnold.
NAAs anu hIS. Earl MdIIeT all
daughter of Bluffton were Sunda
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E
Cook and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Amstutz an
family were Sunday visitors of Nj
and Mrs. Pete Amstutz and daughte
| Evelyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Younkman ar
visiting this week with Mr.. and Mrs
Clair Younkman and family at Wes
Unity.
! Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lugibihl an
family were Sunday dinner guests G
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Younkman an
family.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Grocer-P0et On Radio

Howard Clevenger, Vaughnsville
grocer-poet, read several of his works
over radio station WLOK, Lima, at
/ o'clock Sunday afternoon. They
included "Just A Forty Acres" and
"Fall and Shadows.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Frozen Food Lockers
In Columbus Grove
!. . kohis Columbus Grove ero-
eet, Is installing 268 frozen food
lockers u room next to his store.

People Nho d nm believe III adj
Feftising should look at the map
which shows population Increases ia
The United States as determioad bg
the 1910 census. Southern Cab
fofnia and southern Florida are the
only two areas il the nation with
more than a p per cent increase Of
population ii rural areas and in
towns with less than 10000 inhabi-
tants Rural Ohio gained less thar
10 per cent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16

proving purchase of the waterworks
plant from the utility for S68,O00
(Dec. 3rd) was cited as one reason
the petition may be ruled invalid.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Light Plant Head
Resigns

Earl Anderson, superintendent Of
the Columbus Grove municipal light
and water plant, for the past thirt9
years, resigned his position Dhcem-
ber 31.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Findlay 35th Ohio City

Findlay is the 35th city in size in
Ohio, according to the latest census
which places the city's population at
20,228.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
Nor0E or APPOINTMENT

IHe .Natt q VfIlo
Allen County,
Estate of Moses Steiner Deceased.
fgana Steiner If Biuffton. Ohio, has been
appointed and qualified a. administratliN OF
5he estate Of Moses Steiner. late ot Allen
County. ONO. deceased.
3afed this 4th Gay Of January. 1871
RAYMOND p. SMITH,
q Probate Jndge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16

Development of farm machinery
since 1900 has reduced the man labor
required to produce an acre of wheat
from 8.8 hours to 3.3 hours and for
corn from 15.1 hours to 60 hours
per acre.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

board No. 1 (FindIay) will send one
colored The call is expected to be
issued between Feb. 10 and Is.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
N0lIeE oF ArfoIN rMFNT

TIE u G 1I WFatAF
AlleH County
tlstate Il John " Hits i;seessed.
Elmer G. Ronsey. 81 Button. Ohio. mas
been appointed and qualified aim nj strator
y TIE estate Of John "a. Hlty. late of Al
les County Ohio deceased.
osted this 3fd day Il January raj.
RAYMOND r, SMITH
q Probate Iaf1ee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16

- Il
The following persons. defendants in the
above entitled cause; Florence Burkholder
and Monroe BmSholdsr whose last known
place of fesid nee WIS 1919 7th Avenue
South Nsmpa, Idaho Verna Patterson and
Dales Patterson whose last known place Of
residence Caldwell. Idaho Euaia Bixe
and Waldo BiNci, whose last known place
of residence was Eugene. Oregon Armin
Kohl and Wanda Kohl, whose last known
place OF residence Decatur, Illinois Car
oline Leigh ano Horace Leigh. whose last
known place of residence was 63e Lilebridge
Detroit, Michigan. Elbert Kohl. a minor.
whose last place Of residence was 999 Mariet-
IA Street, Decatur, Illinois viii take notice
that on the l7th day Of December, A. D..
1910, Maurice T. Kohl. administrator of the
estate of Christina Kohl. deceased filed his
petition in the Probate Court of Allen County,
Ohio, in Case No. 20655 against the above
named defendants. praying for an order TO
sell the reaf estate belonging to said Christina
Kohl. deceased, for the purpose of paying
tie debts ot SAID estate. said real estate he-
ne deeribed as follows.
Being Northwest one-haH "a Of Lot
Number one - of Peter OILERS Subdivision
of Outlets 20 the Village Of Button, Allen
County Onto.
That said real estate was appraised by the
Appraisers Of the estate Of said deceased for
lhe sum of Twelve Hundred S12o00e1 Dol
li4rs.
said parties are required 10 answer on OF
ipefore ne 46th day Of February. A. H., 1871.
MAURICE r. KOHL
Adninistrt tor Of the Estate
Of Christina Kohl, Deceased
Bs haa x Fripuehorn. his attorney ~
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16

Farmers who use freezer lockers
claim that they make a saving of
about $13 by having a 225-pound hog
dressed and frozen instead of selling
the hog and buying the same amount
of pork at retail.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16
LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE PROBATE COURT, ALLEN
COUNTY, OHIO
Maurice X. Kohl, Administrator
of the Estate Of Christina Kohl,
deceased.
Plaintiff
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-16

VS..
Florence Burlholder, ct al,
Defendants.
Case No. 20655
ACTION TO SELL REAL. ESTATE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
Game Trophy
Market Scarce

Behind every mounted deer
head. bear skin or any other
trophy that adorns the doctors
front office, the basement recrea-
ton room or the cabin wall lies
a bloodcurdling story. These
priceless trophies are much in de-
mand, but they no longer have
the commercial value they once
possessed.
To those wishing to sell them
as the law allows, the conserva-
ton department is now forced to
reply each season that there are
few or no takers for other mems
trophies.
Taxidermists and tanners re-
port most of their work with deer
and bear is not commercial but
is done for the hunter who has
personal reasons for preserving ex-
amples Of his proweSs.
Housewives have condemned
bear rugs as dirt catchers and
bearskin robes went out with the
one horse open sleigh. Buckskin
jackets and gloves. once quite the
style. are now affected chiefly by
hunters who have had them
tanned and made up the hides Of
deer they have killed themselves.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
Lots Of Rabbits
Near Detroit

JACKSON. Nov. Is. - Rabbit
hunters from metropolitan areas
OF Jackson, Wayne and Wash
tenaw counties are finding good
shooting in the 5000 acres Of
public hunting grounds in Water
loo recreational area, according to
G. T. Black of the conservation
game division. Be-
fore the seasons closed Wednes-
day, pheasant hunters found ring
necks scarce. but squirrel hunters
had good sport.
Areas open 10 hunting are
marked with 1850 white signs,
while closed areas are posted IN
red. Posting was done according
TO national parks service orders
by conservation men under Blacks
direction.
Although there are many ducks
in the area. two of the best duck
habitats are closed by order of the
park service TO protect one Of the
largest colonies of sandhill cranes
in the Lower Peninsula.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
Many Hunters
Use State Areas

LANSING, Nov. 15.-Non-land-
owners. especially those from
Wayne County. were predominant
among hunters using state game
areas in 20 southeastern Michigan
during the early days of
the small game season, according
to checking records released to-
day by the conservation depart
ments game division.
Eighty-three per cent OF the
hunters interviewed on game
areas were non-landowners, at
tracted to state-owned land where
permission to hunt is
not a problem.
Game men personally inter-
viewed 663 hunters on the Barry,
Dansville. Gratiot Saginaw,
Gourdneck and Tuscola areas and
in the vicinity of Crane Pond
Pinckney, Milan, Bedding. Sanilac,
Waterloo, Port Huron and Glen
wood.
Eighty per cent Of the hunters
in the sample cross-section checked
had no difficulty in obtaining per-
mission to hunt on private land.
Hunters visiting the Minden City
area in Sanilac County were the
exception, as 90 per cent there
reported difficulty in gaining ac-
cess TO private land. More than 70
per cent of the Minden City area
hunters were from Wayne County.
Time required for hunters in
terviewed TO bag one unit Of small
game varied from two hours at
Dansville 10 six hours AT Gratiot-
Saginaw.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16

Lets Go Fishing Again" a new
sound movie on the art of fly cast
ing featuring Tony Accetta, six
time United States Professional all
around fly and bait casting cham
pion, has just been produced by
the Fisher Body, division of Cen
eral Motors. w. s. Mclean, di-
rector of advertising announced
today.
The film is a squel TO the popu-
lar picture, Let's Go Fishing "
which dealt with bait casting. The
movie is a two-reel Commute film,
and will be distributed without fee,
Mclean announced.
The bait casting picture was
shown to some 100000 persons
through various clubs, organiza-
tons and societies who obtained
it on request merely by paying
nominal express charges from the
Fisher Body offices in Detroit.
Both pictures are available in
rs and 80 nm, and narration
again is by Ted Husing, radio
sports announcer.
In Let's Go Fishing Again" Ac-
cetta gives a masterful display of
angling for bass, pan fish and trout
with fly rod. He shows which
flies or bugs should he used under
varying conditions, how flies should
he securely attached 10 the leader.
the proper method Of manipulating
the fly rod for either wet or dry
flies or for bugs.
More than that, he actually
shows how he catches fish in a
thrilling series of shots taken
while the champion was hooking,
playing and landing fighting small
mouth bass and near-record size
trout.
He also shows how with a fly
rod. fishing for parrish can be q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
Policeman Gets
First Deer at
Canada Creek
Royal Oak Lieutenant
Beats Out Lake Orion
Man by S Minutes

CANADA CREEK RANCH. Nov.
15.-Lieut. Clare L. Geister of the
Royal Oak police department took
deer honors here in the first day
of the 1941 hunting season, get
ting a 140-pound spike-horned
buck in the first hour of shooting
at the camp in Montniorency
County, $50 miles north OF Detroit.
Ray Poole OF Lake Orion should
have won. He shot his buck Is
minutes ahead OF Geister but he
arrived back at the clubhouse five
minutes too late 10 claim honors.
Russell Cotner of Flint was the
third hunter TO score.
Others 10 bag bucks were d. j.
Dezasky, Saginaw; Floyd Burch,
Lansing; Earl Riders, Detroit; r.
d. Turner, Royal Oak; Earl
Rouser, Lansing; Howard Ryck-
man, Detroit; Carol Havel, De-
troit; Harold Martinson. Detroit;
Glenn Unberhocker, Detroit; G. B.
Farley, Detroit; Walter r. Adj
wanski, Detroit, and ID. A. Norris,
East Lyon.
or all the hunters who took 10
the deer paths here today, II. w.
McClintock and Fred Coulton OF
Detroit left the clubhouse with
nothing to ask in the way of COM
fort. Both had a charcoal cook
stove, camp stool. heavy blankets
and cushions. They parked out
on a runway in solid comfort.
Harvey Stonehouse Of Detroit
arrived in camp last night with
bright red silk lace covering his
brown trousers. He came in for
a lot of kidding. Ken Stevens Of
Detroit. who seldom gets his buck.
was back again for his tenth
straight year. as were A. w. Van
Auken. Saginaw: w. o. Young,
Brighton; II. b. Forsyth, Saginaw;
Frank Martin, Detroit; Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Y. Riggs. Cheboygan;
Mat Shelton, Pontiac, and r.
Hugo of Detroit.