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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-25
WEDNESDAYS QnorAruoNs

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-25

As the year opens planet display Of recent
months toward end At the beginning of January
il is still possible four of the five naked eye planets
the sky simultaneously but Venus gone by the end
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-25
RITES fOR HENRY HUNT

Funeral wees were held
Wednesday al Elk. Wash. for
Henry A. Hunt. who had been a
resident for ~ years. Among the
survivors is a daughter. Mrs. Ivy
Ingstrom of Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-25

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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04

Fifty years of welded life, all of
which have been spent at the same
location, is marked in a Golden
Wedding anniversary celebration and
open house by Mr.. and Mrs. d. c.
Bixel at their home on South Lawn
avenue this Wednesday.
Following the anniversary dinner
attended by members of the imme-
date families Wednesday noon, the
couple are receiving congratulations
from their many friends in the
afternoon from 2:30 to o'clock and
in the evening from 7 to o'clock.
The couple was married on De-
cember 8, 1891, at the Abraham
Bixel homestead, four miles west of
Bluffton, near the Schumacher quar-
ry. Rev. John Moser, pastor of the
Mennonite church, received the we'd
ding vows. Mrs. Bixel before her
marriage was Miss Delilah Baum
gartner, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Baumgartner of near Orville.
USE OLD DISHES
At the anniversary dinner We'd
nesday the dishes used were those
Continued on page y
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Pirates Win From
VdughnsUiLLe High

After leading all the way, Bluff
ton High cagers weathered whirl
wind Vaughnsville rally in the last
half to capture a At to 43 victory
in their opening game of the 1941-
az season, last Friday night at
Vaughnsville.
Holding a 14-point lead at half
time, the Pirates had a few uneasy
moments toward the close of the
game as the powerful Vaughnsville
aggregation scored 33 points in the
last two periods and came within
four of tying the count.
In the early stages of the con-
test, Buttons attack worked smooth
ly, enabling them to dominate first
half play.
After leading at the close of the
first quarter, to a, the Pirates
stretched their advantage to a count
of "a to 10 at halftime
.Vaughnsville then counted nine
points in the opening minutes of the
third quarter before Bluffton could
score, working the count to 26 to
10 before the Dillermen broke into
the scoring column.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
County Prince OF
Peace Meet SuHlda4

Six winners of Bluffton Prince of
Peace contests will compete in three
different churches for the Allen
county competition Sunday at 7:30
o'clock.
Contests will be held at the Bluff
ton Reformed church, the Spencer
vile Methodist church and the Grace
Methodist church of Lima. Two
Bluffton representatives, winners of
local church contests, will compete
at each church with other winners
in county churches.
Winners of local contests, held
during the first of November, are
Doris Dunifon, Reformed church
Barbara Jean Triplett, Presbyterian
church; Rosann Hilty, First Men
MONTE church; Marcene Stonehill,
Church of Christ; Hildred Eversole,
Methodist church; Darlene Truck,
Bluffton college sponsored group.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
MILKING and LOG
SAVING CONTESTS
FEATURES OF FAIR
Competition Injects Note of
Popular Appeal Into Three
day Fair Program
Entries Open to Residents of
Four Counties; Cash Prizes
To be Awarded

Milking and log-sawing contests,
plus a livestock and pet parade will
inject note of popular appeal into
the Friday afternoon program, mark
ing the close of Bluffton's 26th an
nual winter fair.
Because of funeral services to be
held for Albert Niswander at the
First Mennonite church later in the
afternoon, the place for holding the
contests has been changed. Fair of
ficials announced Wednesday morning
that the contests will take place ON
Cherry street in a roped off area from
Main street to the alley at the rear of
the Hauenstein & Son pharmacy.
Opening event of the Friday after
noon program will be the log saving
contest starting at l p. m. Each
team will provide its own saw, and a
log of uniform size will be used by
the contestants.
Last year, the best time in saving
a beech log, 20 inches in diameter,
was made by Walter Thompson and
Jack Miller, of Findlay, who cut oc
their piece of wood in one minute,
three and one-fifth seconds.
Competition in the milking contest
will be started at 1870 p. m. with each
entrant providing his own cow and
other equipment. The 1910 milking
contest winner was Robert Criblez, of
near Bluffton, who MIXED 17A
pounds of milk in the allotted time of
three minutes.
Four prizes will be awarded to the
winners in each contest. First place
award will be $4, with other prizes of
50, 50 and ST offered.
The pet parade, a popular feature
of the last two fairs, will be held in
conjunction with the livestock parade,
starting at p. m.
Any pupil or grade or high school
age is eligible to compete, and indi-
Niuudi piA1cS VIII uc dW6lucd Ny
grades on basis of condition and or
iginality of the display.
Judges for the fair contests include:
Log saving, Ray Marshall, Carl Nc
Cafferty, Ben Amstutz; milking con-
test Clyde Warren and Clyde King
Ter. Mayor w. A. Howe is timer for
both contests. Pet parade judging
will be handled by committee named
by the Bluffton Lions club.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Widow OF Former
Hotel Man Dies

Mrs. Lenora Studebaker Stephan,
so, former Bluffton woman, died at
her home in Cleveland, Monday. She
was the widow of Charles Stephan
who operated the Stephan hotel in
Bluffton some forty years ago. The
hotel was located at the corner of
Main and Church streets on the e
now occupied by the Citizens Ma
tional bank.
Mrs. Stephan was born in Green
vile, Darke county, Ohio, and was a
relative of the Studebaker brothers
who later founded the South Bend,
Indiana, wagon works which later
went into the automobile manufac-
turing field.
Funeral services and burial will, be
at Greenville, Thursday afternoon.
Her only immediate survivor is a
son, Robert Stephan, radio editor of
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Resigns Passionate At
Presbyterian Church

Rev. Charles Armentrout, pastor
of the Bluffton and Rockport Pres
byterian churches has resigned his
charge here to accept the pastorate
of the Washington Street Presbyter-
ian church in Indianapolis, it was
announced the first of the week.
The resignation will become eff
fective the middle of this month
when the minister and his family
will leave for their new location.
He will preach his final sermon here
on December IA.
Rev. Armentrout has been pastor
of the Bluffton-Rockport charge for
the past six years during which time
both churches have made notable
progress.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Fifty Years OF Welded Life Marked
BY Couple Here In Golden Anniversary
With The Sick

Mrs. John Maxon, who is at the
Bluffton hospital i'll with pneumonia,
is much improved.
James Coon, is bedfast at the
home of his son Lee Coon of South
Jackson street, suffering from arth-
ritis.
David Frick, 8th grade student at
Bluffton High school, was removed
to his home from the Bluffton hos
pital Wednesday following an ap-
pendicitis operation.
Mrs. Lydia Williams is recovering
from an attack of influenza at the
home of her grandson Norman Trip
lett of Grove street.
Albert Marshall of Rockport is
critically i'll following a stroke which
has left him in a paralyzed condi.
tion.
Henry Arnold, of Orange township
is at the Bluffton hospital where he
is recovering from the effects of a
broken hip.
Condition of Mrs. Clarence Greiner
who is convalescing from a major
operation at her home on the former
Clymer farm, now the Waldo Hof
stetter farm, is reported much i'm
proved.
Charles Burns continues in a SER
ious condition at his home on Riley
street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Last Rites For
Mrs. John BirIeT

Funeral services for Mrs. Gather
inc Bixler, rs, wife of John Bixler,
residing four miles west of town,
were held at the Ebenezer Mennon-
ite church, Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock. Mrs. Bixler died at her
home Sunday afternoon.
Rev. A. C. Schultz, pastor of the
church, officiated at the funeral
services. Mrs. Bixler was a men,
Der of the Ebenezer church and its
Missionary society.
A lifelong resident of Allen coun-
ty, Mrs. Bixler was born in Rich
land township on April %, 1865.
She was the daughter of Peter P.
and Barbara (Steiner) Diller.
Surviving in addition to her hus-
band, with whom she celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
last February, are son, Milton, at
home, and three grandchildren, AL
bert, Jr., Catherine Joan and Theo-
dore of West Palm Beach, Florida,
children of her son DR.. Albert Blk
ler, who was killed several years ago
in an automobile accident.
Also surviving are four sisters
Miss Fannie Diller, Chicago; Miss
Mary Diller, Mrs. Peter Nusbaum
and Mrs. Peter Herr of Bluffton
three brothers, David, John and Al.
bert Diller of Richland township.
Burial was made in the church
cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Noted EUangelistic
Singer Here Sunday

Hon. John Murray, Scotch evange-
listic singer, will appear in his ma
tive costume in a program at the
church of Christ here Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray are visiting
this week at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Boutwell, west of
Bluffton. Mrs. Murray was formerly
Florence Boutwell, of this place.
The couple stopped here enroute
from Hollywood, Calf, to st. Peters
burg and Miami, Florida, where he
is booked for a series of evangelis-
tic meetings this winter.
While in Bluffton, Sunday, they
will be guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. M. M. Murray whom they
met previously while spending the
winter in Florida.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Baseball Star At
Downtown Coaches

Moving pictures of big league
baseball stars will be shown at the
meeting of the Downtown Coaches
association at s p. m. Thursday night
at the Bluffton High school building.
An additional feature will be
talk by Forest "Tot" Presnell, of
Findlay, pitcher with the Chicago
Cubs baseball team. The meeting is
open to any men interested.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Eastern Star Will
Install NelU Officers

New officers of the Bluffton East
ern Star chapter will be installed at
a meeting in the Masonic lodge
rooms at 7:30 p. m. next Tuesday.
Meta Sullivan, grand conductress
of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, will
be the installing officer.
Officers include Theresa Slusser,
worthy matron; Roy Forsythe,
worthy patron; Evelyn Beals, asso-
ciate matron; Harold Beals, associate
patron; Charlotte Marshall, secre-
tary; Emma Studler, treasurer; FL
sic Buckland, conductress; Laura
Gotshall, associate conductress;
HERNIA Rauenbuhler, chaplain; kath-
leen Wenger, marshal; Dorothy
Stratton, organist; Effie Herring,
Adah; Audrey Hofer, Ruth; Theola
Steiner, Esther; Martha, Marie Ken
nedy; Carolyn Alderman, Electa;
Kathryn Steinman, warder; Charles
Coburn, centinel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Last Rites For
Albert NislUd1,der

Funeral services for Albert /. Mis-
wander, 53, prominent Bluffton bust
ness man, will be held at the First
Mennonite church Friday afternoon
at 2;30 o'clock.
III since September 27 of heart
ailment and complications, Mr.. Mis-
wander died at his home on South
Jackson street Tuesday night at
11:15 o'clock.
Mr.. Niswander was associated
with his brother C. f. Niswander, in
the implement business in Bluffton
from 1912 to 1924 when he sold his
interests to his brother but remained
with the firm as a salesman.
He was born March 6, 1888, in
Richland township, the son of Elias
and Christina lWelty) Niswander
He was married January 1, 1916, tt
Ethel Ream.
He is survived by his wife; q
daughter, Letha, teaching at Celina
brother c. F. Niswander; and
three sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Hilty, OF
Button; Miss Catherine Niswander
Philadelphia, Pa; and Mrs. Mennc
Bixel, Bellefontaine. Two children
are dead.
Rev. II. t. Unruh, pastor of the
First Mennonite church of which
Mr.. Niswander was a member, ano
Rev. G. T. Soldner, teacher of Mr.
Niswander's church school class, will
officiate at the funeral services
Burial will be in the Ebenezel
cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Workman On Street
Strikes Foot With Ak

Robert Watkins, residing on the
corner of Elm and Spring streets,
received a painful injury when he
ran a pick into his foot while at
work removing a rail of the defunct
Western Ohio interurban line on
South Main street pavement Mon
day afternoon.
Watkins, municipal employe, was
assisting Street Commissioner Lee
Coon ia removing rails when his
pick AK glanced from one of the
rails and struck him in the foot.
He was taken to the office of To-
cal physician. His condition is re-
ported as satisfactory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Start Xmas Mailing
Soon To AUOid Rush

Bluffton residents should start
mailing their Christmas greeting
cards and packages earlier than US
ual this year if they are to avoid
disappointment. Such is the advice
given by Postmaster Ed Reichenbach.
With a greater volume of holiday
mail anticipated and the movement
of soldiers on furlough, it is expect
ed that facilities of railroads will be
taxed to the utmost and that the
troops will require some of the cars
usually available for carrying mail.
Early mailing will spread the flow
of mail over a longer period and re-
duce the peak days during the week
before Christmas, it was pointed out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Tuberculosis MOUies
VIII Be ShOUn Here

Movies depicting preventive meas
ures in the control of tuberculosis
will be shown Thursday morning at
the Bluffton collegec hapel at $50
o'clock and at the Bluffton High
school chapel next Tuesday after
noon at l o'clock.
The pictures are under the spon-
sorship of the Bluffton unit of the
tuberculosis Christmas seal associa-
tion. Mrs. Sherwood Diller and Mrs.
Harry Bogart are the local chairmen.
The Christmas seals may be OBJ
tanned at either drug store, it was
announced by the local committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04

ed in keeping with the spirit of the
season, and local home or. lers are
expected to soon Follow suit.
Garlands spanning Main street are
festooned with reen foliage, and
brilliant multi-colored lights add
fitting touch to the decorations by
night.
Bluffton stores are preparing for
a busy Yuletide shopping rush, and
with shortages prevailing in many
items purchasers are expected to
do a major portion of their buying
very early this year.
Opening musical observance of the
Yuletide will be Sunday afternoon,
December IA, when the Bluffton
College Choral Society appears in
its annual rendition of Handel's
oratorio, "The Messiah.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Triplett Co. Ranks
Highest In Safety

Highest rank in Allen county's
"honor rolf for industrial safety
for the month of October, was re-
tanned by the Triplett Electrical In
strument Co.
This announcement was made
Tuesday when the Allen County As
sociation of Commerce disclosed the
firms SGT employees completed to-
tai of 373,719 man-hours during the
four months of the current campaign
without reportable injury.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Rare Pine Tree Shilling, First American
Coin, On Display At Winter Fair Here
Where You Will
Find Exhibits At
Winter Fair Here

Householder barn, Vance
street.
Cattle-Chamberlain barn,
Cherry street.
Hogs and Sheep-Steiner ga
rage, Elm street.
Poultry-Niswander and Herr
ing building, Church street.
Agricultural Products-Hankish
room over Todd's grocery, South
Main street.
Domestic Science-Hankish
room over Todd's grocery, South
Main street.
School Displays-Bluffton High
school gymnasium.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
No School

Glasses will be dismissed in the
Bluffton public schools Friday after
noon to permit the students to at
tend the parade and special contests
of Bluffton's Winter fair, it was an
nounced by Supt. A. j. B. Longs
dorf. The school buses will run i'm
mediately after the conclusion of the
parade.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Elect Officers At
SpOrtsmen's Club

Election of officers will take place
at a meeting of Bluffton Sportsmen's
club to be held at the town hall next
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
Prizes will be awarded to the
member bringing in the longest
pheasant tail feather.
Winners of the high school conser-
walton poster contest will also be de-
cided at the Tuesday meeting. Re
freshments will be served after the
meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
-Four From Here Are
IndUcted Into ARM

Four Bluffton area young men
were inducted into the army last
Monday at Camp Perry, as part of
the contingent of % ordered into the
service by Allen County Draft Board
No. 3.
The draftees from this district in
cluded Rex M. Shafer, route l,
Bluffton; Carl w. Krichbaum, Bluff
ton; Claude o. Yarger, Beaverdam,
and Harry o. Coolidge, Lafayette.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
BLUFFTON TAKING
ON GALA GARB FOR
YULETIDE SEASON
Gaily Decorated Streets to Re-
fleet Cheer of Christmas
Holidays
Possible Shortages in Some
Lines Expected to Stimulate
Early Buying

Downtown Bluffton took on a gala
Yuletide dress this week as work
men completed street decoration
program sponsored by local mer-
chants.
Christmas garlands and wreaths
span Main street in the business
section from Jefferson street to
College avenue to provide a fitting
setting for the holiday season.
Adding to the colorful Yuletide
atmosphere, show windows of Bluff
ton business places are being dress
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Joy Bell Ringer
Here ThurSdaY

Wilbur Fish of Columbus, appear
ing under billing of the Joy Bell
Ringer, will be heard in a concert
at st. Johns Reformed church Thurs
day night at 1880 o'clock.
His program consists of musical
novelties including piccolo-cowbells,
musical glasses, singing saw, cricket
bells and vibraharp.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Births

The following births at the Bluff
ton Community hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Bucher, Ada,
boy, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Johnson, a girl,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clark, a
boy, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Polling, a
girl, Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Gingerich Rites
Held In Canada

Mrs. Elizabeth Gingerich, of New
Hamburg, Ontario, former resident
of this area, died Monday morning
at her Canadian home.
She was daughter of the late
Christ U. Steiner, of west of Bluff
ton.
Surviving are her husband, six
children; three brothers and two
sisters. The brothers and sisters
are David, Elida; Hiram, Mt. Cory,
Enos, Washington, Mich; Anna, of
Denver, Colo, and Mary, of Mans
field.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Former BlUftOn
Resident Is Dead

Word has been received here of
the death of Edward Wormley, 30,
of Kenton, formerly of Bluffton.
Death followed an illness of stomach
ulcers. He was a graduate of Bluff
ton high school in the class of 1920.
His father, the late Samuel Worm
ley was a harness maker here. Sur
viving are his wife and one son.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Exhibit in HankiSh Room Over
Todd's Grocery; Bears
1862 Date
Coin Played Prominent Role in
Country's Early Colonial
History

Familiar to coin collecting enthu-
siasts as we'll as all children, by
virtue of numerous stories about it
in school books, one of the famous
Pine Tree shilling coins, represent
ing the first coinage of Colonial
America, is on exhibit at Buttons
Winter fair in the Hankish room
over Todd's grocery on South Main
street.
The coin, bearing the date of 1862,
belongs to the collection of Robert
Benroth of South Main street. Not
withstanding its age and the fact
that it was hand pressed, the coin
is in a good state of preservation
and has been attractively framed by
Benroth with note of explanation
beside the coin in the frame. Ma
chine coinage was not practised in
this country until the 10Th century.
The coin was hand minted and
shows crude workmanship in COM
parison with later dates. The date
and inscription on the coin, however,
are clearly discernable. The coin is
considered rare and in the 'hard to
get category. Benroth obtained the
coin from a numismatic auction in
Utah.
PINE TREE IMAGE
The Pine Tree shilling coin is
made of silver and is about the size
of quarter although somewhat
thinner. A pine tree is stamped on
one side of the coin with the words
"In Massachusetts," and the denom-
ination of the coin, the Roman nu-
neral XII and the words "An New
England DOM" are on the other.
Being pressed by hand the piece
shows evidence of lack of precision
characteristic of machined money.
Most familiar to school children is
the story in their history books
about John Hull, the colonial mint
master, who presented his daughter
with a quantity Of Pine Tree shill-
ings equal to her weight as we'd
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
PTA Meeting To Be
In Charge Of Hi-Y

Activities of the Bluffton High
school HiY organization will be pre-
sented by the club to members of
the Parent-Teachers association in a
meeting to be held in the cafeteria
Tuesday night at 1880 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Welfare Donations
Sought For Marsh

Donations of used clothing, toys
and story books are being sought
for distribution in the Scioto Onion
marsh district near McGuffey in
Hardin county.
Welfare workers maintained in the
area by the Ohio Council of
Churches has reported the need for
the articles.
Anyone wishing to make a contri-
button is requested to notify Mrs.
Ralph Whistler, telephone 470-W, and
collectors will pick up the donation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
CHRISTMAS MUSIC

Christmas music will comprise a
program to be given at the
Ebenezer Mennonite church, Sunday
night by the Ladies Chorus of the
church. The program will begin at
7:45. Miss Mabel Amstutz will con-
duct.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
Fair Board To Name
Three NelU Directors

Election of the new board of di-
rectors of Buttons annual Winter
fair will be held in the council room
of the town hall Saturday night at
Z o'clock, it was announced by Harry
Barnes, secretary of the fair board.
Three directors will be named to
fill the vacancies caused by the ex-
piring terms of Albert Winkler,
Clyde Warren and Dwight Frantz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04
HOME FROM ARMY

Completing one year of service in
army training, Corp. John Stonehill,
member of the military police force
at Ft. Knox, KY, returned to his
home last Thursday. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Stonehill
of South Main street.