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Evening star., 1941-06-09
GarhH nf Thanka

HARVEY, LOUISE A. The dsushter of
the late LOUISE A. HARVEY wishes to
thank the friends who so kindly gave their
service, floral tributes and sympathy dur
ing her illness and at her death.
DENA L. NORRIS.
HESSICK, WILLIAM H. We wish to ex-
press cur sincere appreciation to relatives
snd many friends for their sympathy and
Moral offerings at he death of our be-
loved father. WILLIAM H. HESSICK.
FREDERICK ANDREW HESSICK WILL
LIAM HENRY HESSICK, JR., AND MRS.
LELAND J. STUMP
Evening star., 1941-06-09

The Bladensburg Rescue Squad
removed the youth to Casualty Hos
pital, where he was treated for in
juries to head and spine.
Evening star., 1941-06-09

u " doIIIIIE IUII
Lodge, No. Is, B. P. o. Elks,
will convene in session of
sorrow at 7:3O pm. Monday.
June 9. 194l, for the purpose
Iof paving tribute to the
memory of our late brother.
NATHAN L. GOODMAN, en-
rolled March IA, 1929: died
June s. 1941. Elk services
lpel, 14th and Harvard SITS
Evening star., 1941-06-09

ct Hines chapel 14th and Harvard SITS.
Attest: ". S. SHELBY, Secretary.
GOODMAN. NATHAN L. A special COM
"a muncation OF Hiram Lodge, No.
IN TO- tbs F. A..dn,, 4 A M; will will be held
nGMmorning June TO- 1871, at $50
SN am, for. the purpose of con-
~N Quoting Masonic funeral services
L. GooDMAN Members please rs attend. tend
L. EMMART MEANY, Master
GREEN, THOMAS APPEL: On SUNDAY,
husband of the late Florence T. Schimel-
fenig and beloved father of Elizabeth Anne
Green and brother of Mrs James Cum
mingS, Mrs Wallace W. McGregor and
Funeral from W. Warren Taltavun II e.
Bro. funeral home 36la 14th st. NV, on
tiyes and friends are invited. Interment
HALE: Luther W. In Providence, R.
I. on Monday. June Q, l94l, LUTHER W.
HALE. husband of Emma Hartman Hale
Services will be BEL held at the Ray o; Page
dence, R. /. Wednesday June IL. at 3
pm. Relatives and friends invited.
HARBAUGH, ALICE S. On Sunday,
June s, 194l. at her residence, 1417 Jeffer-
sAuH a s sRee0n Seo1ed wife of eGE ehsTes HAE Haf
baugh and mother of Mrs. Mabel H. Slocum
Charles D. Harbough and Mrs. Minnie
II. Motter.
Services at the S H Hines Co. funeral
home, 290l 14th st. NV, on Monday, June
p at sis pm: then to Sharpsburg. ND
Services will be held at the Lutheran
Church on Tuesday, June TO- at IL am.
fnterment Mountain View Cemetery,
Sharpsbure, Md
7, 1a41, MARTHA HARVEY. devoted
mother Of Mary Harris, Bertha Savage,
Grace watkins Frank, James. Charles,
vey.
Funeral from Hall Creek Church Wednes-
day. June IL. l pm. Interment church
cemetery. ARRANGEMENTS by Malvan &
Schey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-20
TWO DAMAGE SUITS WITHDRAWN TODAY
Woman Plaintiff Injured When Ceiling Plaster
 Fell; Mishap Recalled

Two damage suits totaling $4,000 were withdrawn from the dockets of Common Pleas today. Vera De- Biase of Waterbury sought dam- ages of $2,50O from Isadore B. Kra- mer of Waterbury for alleged in- juries she suffered when ceiling plaster fell on her head in tene- ment at 17 Haase street. Attorney Francis J. sumina represented the plaintiff.
 Clifford Loognis of Watertown was named defendant in @ $500 civil action against him by Robert Tenn Of Waterbury as Q result of an auto. mobile accident which occurred in Watertown June l4. 1889. Tenn sought to recover for injuries sui. fered in the accident, charging that Mir. LooEnis drove ir Q reckless man. ner. causing triple accident ln. volying Loomis' car and two others. Attorney Irving William Pasternak appeared for MT. Tenn.
 Terms Of the settlements iii both eases are not disclosed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-20

ul6Iut ul AAey knows enough to teach her pupils t h Q t simple fact. We doubt if the fact is taught ever in Norwich, W h e r e on Chelsea P a. rade, a boul- de1. has been dedicated to Captain Sam uel Chester - { Al@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-20

The first portable typewriter in the United states was patented by George Q. Biiekenderfer in 1902,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-20
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUs

Not one person in 8 hundred realizes that 6 Connecticut man was the designer of the present American flag. Not one school
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Voters To Decide
$4,000 Fire Bond Issue

Continued from page u
Unless the new equipment is avail
able soon, fire underwriters re-class-
ifcation can be expected and increas-
ed insurance rates will be levied.
Pumper Costs $1,000
Approximately $1,000 will be re-
quired for the purchase of the new
motor pumper and new fire hose alone,
Chief Corson said.
1t is estimated that a modern fire
truck will cost $4,000, and price of
the hose will be about $500. Other
miscellaneous equipment also will be
needed, the cost Of which is difficult
to determine at present because of un-
certainty in the business picture.
Bluffton's present motor pumper
was purchased by the town In 1923.
1t is estimated that the efficient life
of a fire truck -pumper is about 10
years; with the result that fire under
writers would consider the towns
present equipment inefficient and out
moded.
Further routine details incident to
the bond issue will be taken up at a
meeting of the council next Monday.
An estimate from the Allen county
auditors office of the millage levy re-
quired for the $4,000 bond issue also
will be studied at the session.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04

Mrs. S. F. Pannabecker, be evacu-
ated Immediately as they both were
of conscript age. At the present
time Richard is enrolled as student
at Bluffton college and Robert is at
tending Bluffton High school.
Also indicating that the cable Sat
urday was in response to the one
sent from Souderton on the same
day, is the fact that the last letter
received by Mrs. Pannabecker from
Mr.. Pannabecker mentioned nothing
about coming home and there would
have to be special summons for
the men to take such action. The
last letter received by Mrs. Pan
nabecker was on June %.
The Pannabecker men may come
home on the American liner P-esi-
dent Coolidge or it is possible that
the United States government may
send liners to China for the pur-
pose of evacuating nationals. Re-
ports have been current that Sept.
| and Sept. Is are the dates for the
sailing of American ships to Chinese
ports for the special mission.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Coast Guard Artillery
Expanding
Continued from page il
ANTI-AIRCRAFT

Considerable stress is placed on
anti-aircraft artillery and long range
guns in view of defense needs on the
coasts of the country Dillman
pointed out. Before he was given
the assignment as mechanic, Dillman
worked with artillery enough to ac-
quire knowledge of the fundamentals.
His main work, however, will be in
maintenance and repair of automot-
i've equipment
The camp being of rather recent
construction has not developed re-
creational facilities to the same de-
gree as a number of the other army
training centers. An orchestra and
band composed of trainees provides
regular concerts for the amusement
of the boys but much remains to be
done in the way of systematic and
organized recreation, Dillman point
ed out.
WEEKEND LEAVES
Weekend leaves are easily obtain
able and many of the boys take ad-
vantage of the amusement facilities
at Newport News and Yorktown.
They are required to be back at
their posts by Sunday at midnight.
Dillman recently under went a
surgical operation at the camp hos
pital and was afforded the best of
medical attention. He was in the
hospital q days at the camp and
was given 15 additional days for
convalescence in Bluffton. None of
the SO days of convalescence will be
considered as part of his furlough
and he will be given the entire so
days allotted to every selectee.
Camp life consists largely of a
routine of lectures, drill and ma
neuvers and once the initial adjust
ment is made little difficulty is ex-
perienced, Dillman said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Pannabeckers Are
EnrOuIe Home
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Continued from page u
Floyd Pannabecker residing on South
Lawn avenue and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Lloyd Pannabecker, Of Gibson
City, ILL.,, who was visiting here at
that time.
That the message was addressed
to Rev. P. H. Richert at Souderton,
would indicate that it was in re-
sponse to the cablegram sent by the
board urging the missionaries to
come home because of the new ten
sions developing in the far east.
Rev. Richert, secretary of the board,
lives at Newton, Kansas, and the
message would normally have gone
there had not the men received the
secretary's message from Souderton,
where he was visiting.
UNUSUAL SPEED
The message was sent from Soud-
erton early Saturday morning OF
last week and a response came back
likely from Tienstien, China, on Sat
urday night. The unusual speed of
the transmission of the message
would indicate that the Pannabeckel
brothers were on the coast anticipat.
ing sailing to America. If they
would have been located in the in.
terror of China at the Kai Chow
station, it would have taken an ad
ditional three weeks for the message
to arrive at it's destination, Mrs
Pannabecker said.
Accompanying the Pannabeckers
will be Rev. Ewert, general con
ference missionary from Freeman
S. D. Other general conference mis-
sionaries choosing to stay in China
are Rev. and Mrs. H. ]. Brown
Miss Wilhelmina Kuyf, and Mis-!
Minnie Regier of Tanning and Mis-:
Elizabeth Goertz of Kai Chow. Ap
parently these missionaries have
elected to stay in China regardles.
of the peril involved, it was pointed
| out by Mrs. Pannabecker.
HAZARD GREATER
The hazard would be much great
er for men of the age of the Pan
nabeckers than it would be for tn,
elder Rev. Brown and the womer
missionaries. The japanese are re
ported to hold eligible men as host
ages and conscript them into th
| military forces of the country. Th
American embassy especially advised
that the two Pannabecker boys
Richard and Robert, sons of Mr.. AM
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04

to determine the approximate cost of
a sewer system and also whether fed
eral aid thru WPA could be obtained
similar to that offered two years ago.
Although voted down at the cleo
ion here in 1899, the project is still
on file in the Toledo office of WPA,
the mayor stated. Also available for
preliminary estimates would be plans
which were drafted by the engineer
firm at that time.
Estimated 1889 Cost
Cost of complete sewer system as
voted on in 1889 under the WPA aid
setup was estimated by engineers at
100000. Of this amount the muni-
cipality was to finance one-fourth, or
100000. This latter amount was
planned to be raised by $4,000 in
general obligation bonds and $4,000
in sewage revenue bonds.
Cost of the system if installed un-
der private contract, without federal
aid was estimated at that time at
S250,000. Under this latter plan there
would have been no federal WPA
grant and the entire cost would then
have been met by the town.
1t was suggested at the meeting
Monday night that in event the cost
Of complete sewer system would be
, prohibitive, solution of the stream
pollution problem might be reached
by installing intercepting sewers
along Big and Little Riley creeks.
Present private sewers would then
empty into the interceptors instead
of into the creeks and the sewage be
taken thru these trunk lines to dispos-
al plant for treatment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Triplett Softball Team Ends Season
With 12-1 Win Over Lima Stones Grill

Scoring in every inning but one,
the Triplett softball team brought
their 1941 season to a close last
Thursday night with II to VIC
tory over the Lima Stones Grill
outfit.
After tallying one run in the first
inning, the Triplett crew batted
around in the second stanza when
six more runs were added.
Two more scores came in each the
third and fourth innings, with one
more added in the fifth.
Five hits were punched with one
error, two bases on balls and a field
er's choice in the big second inning.
Bluffton batsmen raped out total
of IL hits, with seven errors COM
mitted by the visitors contributing
to the scoring.
Crawford and Burkholder each hit
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Twas This WAY
BY LYLE SPENCER
g Western Newspaper Union.
The First Bathtub

THE first honest to goodness
i bathtub was installed in an AM
erican home less than a hundred
years ago. It's proud owner was
Adam Thompson of Cincinnati,
Ohio, a wealthy cotton and grain
dealer, who had a passion both for
cleanliness and publicity.
The tub he ordered was custom
built job. 1t was encased in Nicarag-
uan mahogany and lined with sheet
metal. 1t was seven feet long, four
feet wide, and weighed over 1850
pounds. The water was pumped into
it.
On the very night the tub was
installed, December 20, 1912,
Thompson gave a large party at
his home as sort of dedication
ceremony. His guests were invited
to try the bathtub, and several of
them availed themselves of the op-
portunity.
High lights of the party were fully
described in the local newspaper
next day, and aroused a storm of
protest in the community which
quickly spread throughout the coun-
try. Politicians and doctors were
especially wrathful. The doctors
thought it was unsanitary. Politi-
clans said in their speeches that
wash tubs on the kitchen floor on
Saturday nights had been good
enough for their grandfathers, and
that washtubs were still good
enough for them. The Virginia legis-
lature even laid a $50 tax on bath
tubs and increased the water rates.
Despite all the opposition, bath
tubs gradually became a fixture in
American homes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
III. S. Grid Practice
Is Started MOndau

Bluffton High grid workouts were
started Monday with two practice
sessions directed by Coach Dwight
Diller.
Three complete teams have report
ed for the Pirate squad, and the
Bluffton mentor is hopeful that his
1941 proteges will measure up to
the 1910 team that tied for tha
championship of the Western Buck
eye league.
Buttons opening game will be a
night contest with Columbus Grove
Friday, Sept. 10, under the lights
at Harmon field.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Suits For Damage
Are Instituted
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Continued from page 1
other farmers were planning to bring
court action on similar grounds could
not be confirmed.
Open Sewage Question
Filing of the damage suits will
again open Bluffton's much-discussed
and often-voted sewage issue, it was
indicated at a meeting of the town
council Monday night when the mat
ter was formally laid before that body
by Mayor w. A. Howe.
Both Locher and Huber were in at
tendance at the council meeting on
the invitation of the mayor. In a
joint statement made to the council
the two landowners declared that they
had instituted court action as last
resort to deal with the evils of stream
pollution because there apparently
was nothing being done by the muni-
cipality to afford relief.
They reaffirmed that unless some
thing was done by the town to effect
relief, court action would proceed.
When asked what steps they would
consider adequate, the landowners re-
piled that they were interested only
in elimination of the present stream
pollution and measures to be employ
ed were for the town to determine.
Sewer System Answer
Pointing out that a sewer system
will afford the only permanent solu-
tion to the problem, the mayor an.
nounced another meeting of the coun-
ell to be held next Monday night al
which time he would request the
presence Of representative o1
Champe, Finkbainer & Associates, To
ledo engineers, which drafted plans
for a proposed sewer system here twt
years ago. The proposal to issu
bonds for the project, submitted to
popular vo-e, lost at that time by
small margin.
At the meeting on next Monda,
night, the mayor and council will seel
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Customs Of Pa. Dutch
Are Rapidly Changing
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CONTINUED from page ID
been dying out has the unusual in
terest been manifested IN the ter
ritory. The county, being only ~
miles from New York City, has been
besieged with writer's, artists and
professional people from the city
who enjoy buying picturesque old
stone structures and converting them
into comfortable dwelling places.
As a result of this new interest
there has been a land boom of con-
siderable proportions in the last de-
cade. Many Of the homes being
bought by the professional people
are more than two hundred years
old and are built of walls 30 inches
thick. Difficulty is often experienced
in fitting in the windows as the
frames were not properly squared
when they were built two centuries
ago.
PUBLIC SALES
Stauffer recalled attending many
of the public sales which were a
real institution of the community.
1t was always customary to serve
free peanuts and oyster soup at the
sales and residents could be seen
bidding for merchandise with a bow
of soup in one hand and sack OF
peanuts in the other.
A pottery firm is capitalizing or
the unique reputation of the com
munity and is selling small pieces
| many of which are exported, for the
exhorbitant figure of SIS an item
An old town drunkard, a former
master i'm the art of ceramics, sud
denly found himself in big money
as the result of his knowledge Of
making the Pennsylvania German
pottery much in demand by collect
ors.
Numerous people in Bluffton owl
pieces from his pottery. Whel
| Stauffer was a boy the man had 81
little work that he was considered
little more than the town bum. Nov
he is counted among the wealth,
since his ability was re-discovered.
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Among the well known people liv
ing in the county are Pearl Buck
writer of Chinese novels; Josephin
Herbst, we'll known magazine writer
Jack Herckland, the dramatist o
Erskines Tobacco Road; B. H. Clark
illustrator for the Ladies HON
Journal who has his art studio in
barn; Irene Lepectore, poet, am
many others.
A number of the artists have chos
en- to remain anonymous and keel
their identity unknown. Most 0
them do little actual farming an,
either rent out or give free tn
use Of their fields to nearby farm
ers. A notable exception to th
rule is Herckland the dramatist VIII
does some real dirt farming on hi
2l0 acre farm. He owns about S
COWS and takes great delight in tn
quality Of his herd, Stauffer said.
MUCH PUBLICITY
The county has been given consid
cradle publicity in several outstand
ing magazines of the country in re
cent months. A recent issue of tn
National Geographic carries a col
ored pictorial account of the Pennsyl
vania Germans; Elizabeth Herbst
the novelist, has written novel en-
tntled "Satan's Sergeants" wit
Bucks county for setting; paint
ing OF Bucks county auction ap
peared in a recent issue of Vogue
to mention but a few.
To see a community change it i
necessary to have the perspective O
distance. The residents of tn
county are not nearly as aware O
the changes that have taken plac
as was Stauffer himself, the speake
pointed out in conclusion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Burning Winds

AT certain periods of the year on
the hot plains and deserts of South
America, South Africa and Asia Mi
nor, the bitter and burning winds
are SO nerve-rending that persons
who commit crimes, even murder,
during these gales are seldom pun
iShed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04

Last year new motor vehicle sales
in the United States totaled $685.
232, the highest since 1887. The year
1929 still remains the peak-nearly
100000 new vehicles took to the
highways during that l2-month Pc
riod.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclama-
ton did not include the slave states
OF Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky,
and Missouri because the proclama-
ton affected only those slave states
IN open conflict with the United
States.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Settlement

Mrs. Sidney Herr, and infant
daughter Jeannene Kay of Lima,
were removed from the Bluffton
hospital on Sunday afternoon TO the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ezra Bucher, near Columbus Grove
Pvt. Vinten Bucher of Camp
Lee, Virginia, arrived Saturday TO
visit a few days with his wife and
parents.
Mrs. Walter Neuenschwander of
Butler, Ind, who spent the past
two weeks with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Zuercher and daughters of Lima, re-
turned to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Bixel and
daughter have returned from a trip
thru the southern states. Enroute
they visited Rev. and Mrs. Rudolph
Larson and family at Barbourville,
KY, and James Niswander and
family at Randolph, Alabama. They
also toured the Smoky and Blue
Ridge mountains and visited at
Washington, d. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Bucher and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Schumacher
have returned from an extended
automobile trip thru the eastern
states and Canada. While in Vir-
ginia they visited son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bucher who is in camp there.
They also visited Miss Doris Diller,
a nurse at John Hopkins hospital in
Baltimore.
Ernest, third son of Rev. and Mrs.
P. j. Boehr arrived at the home of
his parents last Friday. He had
spent several years at Orlando, Fla.
He is completing his high school
course here, being in his senior year.
The interior decorating work at
the St. John church is making good
progress and the congregation will
be able to resume their regular
worship services in couple of
weeks.
Wayne and Duane Amstutz ar
rived at home last Saturday.
Last Friday evening at the home
| of Rev. p. Z. Whitmer in Bluffton
Anne Gertrude, daughter of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Willis r. Schumacher and
David, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Reichenbach were united in mar.
riage. Following reception at the
| home of the brides parents the
couple left for trip into Northern
Michigan. Their many friends ex
| tend their best wishes.
DR.. Waldo Schumacher who has
been an instructor in the University
of Oregon, at Eugene for 13 years i:
spending several days at the home
of his brother Willis and family
Before coming here he spent some
time in Mexico.
School days are here again. Man!
youngster will find the routine O
! the school room quite different from
summer vacation days. A larg,
number of our younger folks ar
| leaving at this time for schools fa
and near to take up their work a
teachers.
The Amstutz Cannery is doing
big volume of business this season.
Elan Suter copied second highes
honors at the Ohio State Fair witt
his car load of fat cattle. Thes
cattle sold at auction at the Fai
Grounds for $19.25 per cwt.
Word has been received that Rev
and Mrs. Edgar Z. Toews of Cali
fornia are the happy parents of
boy recently born to them.
Vernon Schumacher is employee
at the Wayne Pump Works in Fl
Wayne, Indiana.
Nelson Basinger was taken to tn
Community Hospital in Bluffton tn
latter part of last week.
Ed Cupp has rented the A. {
Coates residence in Pandora an
they expect to move there in tn
near future. NJ. Cupp is a partne
with the Lemley Bros. in the hard
ware and implement business.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Screen in CarburetOr

The screen in the carburetor air
cleaner should be removed and
cleaned thoroughly at least once ev-
cry 5000 miles, according to the
California Automobile association.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04

home runs, and two hits apiece were
made by Russ Gratz, Fritz Swank,
Burkholder and Wenger.
Dutch Lewis hurled five hit ball,
and did not give up run until the
seventh inning when Lima punched
two hits to escape a shut out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Mocha a Combination

Mocha means a combination of
coffee and chocolate. 1t also means
good supping almost any time on a
cool day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Marvellous Cow

Brazil is marveling over a cow
in Pelotas which produced 40 quarts
of milk a day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-04
Verdi Rejected Once

Verdi, Italian composer, was once
rejected at conservatory for want
of musical ability.