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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
BLUFFTON LEGION
REGISTERING FOR
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Local Post Participating in
Countrywide Movement
of Ex-Service Men
Qualifications and Training of
Each Veteran to be List
ed for Emergency

Registration of ex-servicemen for
national defense service was started
this week by the Bluffton American
Legion post, in a nationwide volun-
tary movement on the part of
Legionnaires.
Unaffiliated World War veterans
also are being asked to register in
the drive to provide a complete in
ventory of assets of the organiza-
tion in man power, experience and
special training that could be made
available to the government if
needed in the defense of the nation.
Registration in the nations 11,715
Legion posts was officially started
on Washington's birthday, last Sat-
urday.
All ex-servicemen in Bluffton and
the surrounding district are urged
to register at local post headquar-
ters where a committee is on duty
to help fill out questionnaires.
Forms in triplicate are used to
list every Legionnaire's capabilities
which could be utilized in the ma.
tional defense program. Original
copy Is retained by the local post
one copy goes to the national head,
quarters of the Legion and the thirc
goes to departmental offices.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
community GROUP
TO COORDINATE
ACTIVITIES HERE
Organization of Permanent CO.
0rdinating Council Effected
by Civic Groups
Represents Revival of Old New
England Town Meeting in
Modern Form

Aiming to coordinate activities of
the many clubs and organizations in
Bluffton, formation of a permanent
community council was effected at
a meeting of representatives of
civic, industrial and religious or,
ganizations held at the high school
cafeteria Friday night.
Although details remain to be
worked out, the general plan of the
council would be to serve as clear
ing house for community problems
and to provide opportunity for dis
cussion at public meetings of meth
DDS for solution of difficulties.
Regular Meetings
Present plans call for regular
monthly meetings with representa-
tives of all groups and organizations
in the community assembling to
make plans for community better
ment and civic welfare.
Officers named at the meeting in
clude: A. j. B. Longsdorf, chairman;
Clair Fett, vice-chairman; N. E.
Byers, secretary; Orden Smucker
treasurer. Planning committee
Mayor w. A.. Howe, chairmaa
Norman Triplett, Mrs. w. 4. DiIlss
In addition to designated repre-
sentatives of the various organiza
tions of the community, other resi-
dents may attend the monthly meet.
ings of the council and have voice
in the plans for civic improvement
New England Meeting
Representing revival, in 9
streamlined form, of the old New
England town meeting, the com.
munity council represents democracy
in action with any one given an op.
portunity to express opinions anc
suggest programs of action.
Reports were given at the Friday
night meeting by Orden Smuckel
and A. L. Daymon, high school in
structors, who attended sessions oi
the Ohio valley and Great Lake:
conference on Education, the Com
munity and National Defense" a
Columbus, recently.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Remains To Arrive
From West Thursday

Mrs. Margaret Ellen Adams, 70, Of
Mt. Cory, died last Sunday after
noon at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Myrtle Kuhns, Oakland, Calf,
with whom she had resided since
last December 13.
She was a sister of the late
Charles Steingraver, with whom she
made her home in Bluffton several
years ago.
Death followed a stroke suffered in
the home of her daughter early last
Saturday morning.
The body will arrive at the Diller
funeral home in Bluffton on Thurs
day, with short services to be held at
that place at lis p. m. Friday.
Rites also will be conducted in the
Mt. Cory NJ P. church at 2 p. m. on
the same day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Tax Men Coming To
Aid In Filing Returns

Federal and state tax representa-
.tives. will be IN Bluffton during the
next week, to assist residents of the
area in filing income and personal
tax returns.
Next Tuesday will find a deputy
collector from the internal revenue
department here for the second time
to provide assistance in making out
federal income tax returns. He will
be located at the post office.
Representatives from the Allen
county auditor will be at the Citi-
zens National bank next Wednesday
and Thursday to assist in making out
personal tax returns and collecting
the tax.
Farmers who will require assist
ance in making out their federal re-
turns are requested to obtain form
1040-F at the post office and have
ready the information requested
therein when the deputy collector is
here next Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
No Ice Cream In France Due 10 Strict
Milk Rationing For Babies, Speaker Says
Mrs. Eugene Tscliiegg
Funeral On Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Marian
Tschiegg, rs, four miles west of
Bluffton, will be held at the Eben-
ezer Mennonite church Thursday
afternoon at 300 o'clock. Mrs.
Tschiegg, mother of IL children, died
at her home Tuesday morning, fol-
lowing a four weeks illness of pneu-
monia.
She was preceded in death by her
husband Eugene Tschiegg four years
ago. She was born in Canton Bern,
Switzerland, April Is, 1864, the
daughter of Abraham and Magda-
lene {Sprunger) Klay.
The surviving children are: Mrs,
Ira Wilkins, Mt Cory; Mrs. Otis
Badertscher and Mrs. Aaron Mes
singer, Bluffton; Mrs. Edna Weaver
Orville; Mrs. Eli Garmotter, Raw
son; Mrs. Robert Amstutz, Pandora
Jacob and Albert, Orville; Herman
Dayton; and Amos and Eldon, Bluff
ton. A half-brotha arob Lee
Blufffon, also suryives3 " -
The body will be removed from
the Diller Funeral home to her lat
residence west of town Wednesda.
afternoon. Rev. P. A. Kliewer
pastor of the Ebenezer church, will
officiate at the services. Burial viii
be in the church cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Boone County Radio
ShOlU Here Tuesday

Hill-billy musicians and comedians
will be featured in the gigantic
Boone County Jamboree, celebrated
radio show, to be presented at 500
p. m. next Tuesday in the Bluffton
High gymnasium.
Appearance here of the WLW
radio performers is sponsored by the
Bluffton Post, American Legion.
Cast of the radio show will be en-
tirely different from that which ap-
peared here last year, with the ex-
ception of Lazy Jim Day, homespun
humorist and headliner of the cast.
Others who will perform include:
Merle Travis and the Drifting Pion-
eers, a hill-billy band; Natchee, the
Arizona Indian national hill-billy fid-
ding champion; Denny Slofoot, the
Boone County Tattler"; Fiddling
Daisy and Her Rangerettes, instru-
mental group; and Lafe Harkness,
master of ceremonies and harmonica
wizard.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
BLUFFTON--TOWN OF UNUSUAL
OPPORTUNITIES Is PRESENTED in
BOOSTER--D0LLAR DAY ISSUE

During the two bargain days Bludton will take
gala air with flags flying thruout the business Sec
tion banners the street heralding the event
and stores gay decorated.
special matinee for children will be given at the
Star theatre Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for
i've cents admission if accompanied by coupon ap-
pearng in this Dollar Day issue of the Bufton News.
Buffton stores will offer at lowest prices carefully
selected merchandise for this big two day event. With
every indication of rising prices in the immediate
future the bargains herein offered will prove doubly
valuable in time to come and will justify buying in
anticipation of your needs.
Study carefully every advertisement in this issue
note the many unusual offers and plan to be in Bluff
ton on Friday and saturday to take full advantage of
this extraordinary opportunity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
HIGH SCHOOL TIES
FOR BASKETBALL
TITLE in DISTRICT
Bluffton, Wapakoneta and Ce-
lima Teams Finish at Top
of League Play
Drawing for Tournament to be
Held Next Monday; Will
Play at Shawnee

Additional honors were clinched
last Friday night by Bluffton Highs
scrappy cage outfit when the team
topped Wapakoneta, 90 to 2s, at
that place, to end the Western
Buckeye league season in a three
way tie for the circuit championship.
Sharing first-place honors with
Bluffton in the loop are Wapakoneta
and Celina teams. Each outfit has
a record of four victories and one
defeat.
By tying for the championship of
the strong Western Buckeye league,
and on the basis of their season
record of IA victories and two de-
feats, Bluffton looms as one of the
favorites in the annual sectional
Class b tournament, opening at
Lima Shawnee a week from this
Thursday.
Tournament drawings will be held
next Monday to determine the
Pirates opponent for the opening
round of tourney play.
Bluffton was a sectional winner
last year in the Carey district, but
the team was transferred to the
Shawnee tournament for 1941, MAX
ing it impossible for them to defend
their title in the area where it was
won in 1910.
Tying for the championship of the
Western Buckeye cage league last
Friday gave Bluffton its second
honor of the year in the circuit. In
football play last fall, the Pirates
won the title outright by going thru
the league season undefeated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27

DLUFFTON-a town of unusual commercial in
- dustrial and cultural Advantages presented in
comprehensive survey through this Booster-Dollar
Day issue of the Blufton News.
BIuffton offers all the advantages of modern
forward looking community with schools, college,
hospital, library and diversified industries giving en-
pIoyment in many different lines.
Situated in the midst of thriving agricultural dis
trict Button is the natural trading center of this
area and Bluffton merchants cooperating in two
big Dollar Days. Friday and Saturday.
Outstanding bargains in many lines of merchandise
featured by local merchants in this issue of The
Blufton News and special invitation is extended to
shoppers to visit Bluffton during Dollar Days, Friday
and Saturday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
In New Locations

Oscar Wenger has moved from
Thurman street to the v. E. Green
property on Spring street, recently
purchased by Charles Gazette. The
property was formerly occupied by
Roy Berry who moved into the
LaVerne Morrison property at Elm
and Spring streets.
Robert Hochstettler has moved
from Mt. Cory into the property va
Gated by Wenger.
Walter Niswander, residing in the
Jacob Hochstettler property on High
street expects to move soon to his
new location on Grove street near
the Jackson machine shop. Niswan-
der recently purchased from Mrs.
Mary Moser a lot previously owned
by the late Mrs. Martha Radebaugh,
south of BIuffton which he purchased
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
new AUTO TAGS
TO GO ON SALE
HERE SATURDAY
Licenses Sold by Bluffton Dis
tributor to Carry Letters
ZB to IF
Tags This Year are White on
Maroon Background; Can
Be Used March 10

Ohio automobile tags for 1941 will
go on sale here this Saturday, and
motorists will be permitted to use
the new license plates on their cars
anytime after March 10.
Headquarters for distribution of
the tags will be at the Bixel Motor
Sales, North Main street, under the
direction of Clayton Bixel, Bluffton
area deputy registrar.
From March 10 until April 1, tags
will be on sale days and evenings
at the motor sales rooms, Bixel an
nounced.
New License April l
All automobiles, trucks, trailers
and motorcycles operated on or after
April must display new license
plates or owners of the vehicles will
be subject to arrest.
Ohio's 1941 tags have white let
ters and figures on a rich maroon
background. A new series of license
plates will be distributed here this
year, running from ZB-51-900 to
ZF-51-900.
Rates on tags for passenger cars
will be unchanged, with $7.25 charg-
ed for cars up to rs horsepower;
$10.25 for those with horsepower
from 25 to 81; and $16.25 for all
over 81 horsepower. Clerks fees
are included in the above prices.
Passenger car tags already are in
the hands of Bixel and may be
obtained from him as soon as they
go on sale. Applications for truck
and trailer licenses are sent to
Columbus, and the tags are mailed
direct to the purchaser.
In applying for license plates, the
bill of sale or certificate of title
must be presented and only tbs
owner OF the car can make the pur
chase.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Woodrow Herr Is
Drafted Wednesday

One additional Bluffton area man
will be inducted into the army dur
ing February for one years military
training under the selective service
act. it was learned this week.
Woodrow Wilson Herr, of near
Bluffton, is one of three men chosen
as requirements for draftees rejected
in the third calls physical examina-
ton early in the month.
Herr was notified to report at
Lima Wednesday morning, and from
there left for the Toledo induction
station.
Sixteen additional men from Allen
county's three draft boards will leave
Lima Thursday morning Six are
from Board No. 3, which includes
Bluffton, but none of those selected
are from this area.
Another contingent of draftees will
be inducted into the army on Wed
uesday, March 5, but names of Sc
lectees have not been announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Charlotte Stannus
Rites On Thursday

Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. m. Thursday in the Basinger
Funeral Home for Mrs. c. Charlotte
Stannus, 81, who died Monday even
ing at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Gideon Schaublin, of
Cherry street.
Mrs. Stannus had been in failing
health for a number of years, and
death resulted from complications.
Born March Z, 1908, Mrs. Stannus
had lived in this community most of
her life. She is survived by a son,
Walter, Jr.; her father and step
mother; two brothers, Lowell Schaeu-
bin, Lima, and Robert Schaublin,
Lorenz, Ohio, and a sister Mrs.
Phyllis Clark, of Jackson, Michigan.
Rev. A. F. Albro, pastor of the
First Missionary church will officiate
at the funeral services. Burial will
be in Maple Grove cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Phoebe Wilkins We'd
To Boyd L. Ctapper

In single-ring ceremony at the
home of Rev. L. C. Davis, near Van
Vert, Miss Phoebe Wilkins, young
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wilkins, of Cherry street, became
the bride of Boyd L. Clapper, of
near Bluffton, Sunday morning.
Rev. Davis, who officiated, was the
former pastor of the bride.
For the occasion the bride wore
a two-piece crepe dress of navy blue
with embroidered white organdy
trim and an orchid corsage.
Following a wedding trip to New
York, Niagara Falls and Canada,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clapper will make
their home here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
With The Sick

Condition of Marjorie Clark, dau-
ghter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Clark of
Grove street, was somewhat improv-
ed this week. Marjorie, a student in
the eighth grade class at Bluffton
High school, has been i'll with
rheumatic fever and heart complica-
tions.
Ronald Paul Diller, 10 year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Diller of
South Main street, sustained a
broken leg when his ice skates were
caught in wire fence at the Stager
bridge at the end of Grove street
Sunday afternoon. Ronald, a stu
dent in the fifth grade, is getting
along nicely at his home.
Mrs. A. ]. B. Longsdorf has been
removed from her home on South
Lawn avenue to the Bluffton hos
pital for treatment.
Mrs. III. r. Grove has been re-
moved from the Bluffton hospital to
her home on Mound street where
she is convalescing following an
operation.
Condition of Mrs. A.. L. Daymon,
who has been i'll at her home on
NoMh Main street, remains un-
changed.
Improvement is reported in the
condition of Prof. L. j. Hirschler,
Bluffton college mathematics in
structor. He has been confined to
his bed during the past several
weeks at his home on West Elm
street.
Mrs. Rufus Gorham of Thurman
street, who has been under observa.
ton at the White Cross hospital ir
Columbus, underwent an operation
Monday morning.
Miss Helen Pifer of Orange town
| ship underwent an operation at th'
Findlay hospital, Tuesday.
| Oliver Locher, who underwent al
operation recently at Clearwater
Fla, is convalescing nicely at tha
place. Locher, who lives north 0
town, is wintering with his famil,
at the Florida resort.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Grandmother OF
Local Woman Dies

Mrs. Ida Mcdaniel, rs, of Leipsic,
grandmother of Mrs. Eugene Ben
roth, of Bluffton, died Monday even
ing in McConb hospital. following
an illness of short duration.
Funeral services will be held IN
the Pleasant Grove church, east of
Leipsic, at 2:30 p. m. Thursday, with
burial in the Gilboa cemetery.
Mrs. Benroth is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Sheidler, of Leip-
sic; Mrs. Sheidler being one of three
surviving children of Mrs. Mcdaniel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Last Rites For
i Former Resident


Funeral services for Miss Elsea
Won Gunten, 73, who formerly lived
south of town, were held at fun
eral home in Tiffin, Monday night.
Miss Won Gunten, a retired mission
ary to China died Friday at the
home of a sister Mrs. ]. F. Williams
of Tiffin. Burial was in the Lima
mausoleum.
She served as a missionary to
China for the Christian Alliance of
New York for 36 years, retiring
about 10 years ago. She was born
near Bluffton on October /, 1867, the
daughter of John and Anna Won
Gunten, both natives of Switzerland.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Visit Findlay Concern

The evening classes of the ma
tional defense courses visited the
factory of the Buckeye Traction
Ditching Co. of Findlay, Thursday
evening. Visitation of industrial
concerns is included in the plans of
the class work. C. C.. Ershick, of
the personnel department, conducted
the classes through the plant. The
groups were accompanied by the in
structors, A. L. Daymon and Geo.
Sigg.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
A. C.. & Y. Traffic Late
Here Due To Wreck

Freight and passenger traffic of the
Akron, Canton and Youngstown rail-
road passing thru Bluffton was de-
layed three hours as trains were de-
toured Tuesday and Wednesday due to
a wreck on the line at North Auburn
in Crawford county early Monday
morning.
The accident happened when train
of 20 cars jumped the track and piled
up. Cause of the accident was not
determined. With repairing of the
line being rushed normal traffic sched-
ules probably will be resumed late
Wednesday afternoon, according to
Foster Buckland, Bluffton agent for
the A. c. & Y.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Bishop Paul Jones
To Address VesDers

Bishop Paul Jones, professor of
religion at Antioch college, will ad-
dress the Bluffton College Vespers
at the new chapel Sunday afternoon
at o'clock. Bishop Jones has ap-
peared before Blufton audiences on
previous occasions. Music will be
provided by the college A Capella
choir.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Geo. Barnes ActiUe
On 06th Birthday

George Barnes, veteran Bluffton
grocer, observed his seth birthday
Tuesday by working behind the
counter as usual and receiving the
we'll wishes of a host of friends.
Notwithstanding his advanced
years, Mr.. Barnes is actively en-
gagged in the management of his
store. He is seen daily on Bluffton
streets and usually walks from his
home to his grocery establishment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Lions To Meet At
Pandora TUESDAY,

A joint meeting of the Bluffton
Lions club and business mems asso-
citation of Pandora will be held at
Pandora high school Tuesday night at
6:15 o'clock.
A film depicting operations of be-
hand the scenes broadcasting activity
at the Fred Waring Pennsylvanians
radio program will be presented at
the meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Births

The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Gonya, Co
lumbus Grove, boy, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Bradynd,
Continental, a girl, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Badertscher, a
boy, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Stearns, Raw
son, a boy, Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Miss Edna Ramseyer Tells
Teachers of Diet Deficien-
cies i'm France Today
Hailed Before Court in Mar
seilles by Suspicious Cop
i'm Air Raid Shelter

Due to strict rationing of milk for
babies and young children, ice cream
has completely disappeared in France,
according to Edna Ramseyer, Bluff
ton college instructor in home econ
omics, who addressed a dinner meet
ing of the Bluffton Teachers assoeia-
ton at the high school cafeteria
Monday night. Miss Ramseyer re-
turned recently from year of relief
work at Quaker refugee camp near
Marseilles, France.
Food shortages have caused even
infants to receive insufficient milk
for normal growth and health.
Babies are rationed one and one-half
cups of milk per day. Children from
two to six years Of age are given
one cup a day and children from 8
to IA years of age are given one
half cup per day. After ID years of
age no one can obtain milk at any
price, Miss Ramseyer stated.
DIET INADEQUATE
The present diet in France pro-
vides for only about 1000 calories
per day, considerably less than half
the amount needed for even light
work, the speaker declared.
There is no chocolate nor coffee to
be had and smoked meats are i'm
possible to obtain. The only meats
obtainable are rabbit, chicken and
horse meat and those in very small
quantities. Soap is rationed out to
families at one-half pound per week
The many dietary restrictions are
bound to have disastrous effects or
the health of the population and in
some quarters dire famine is pre-
dicted. In view of this, the speaker
| urged support of the food relief plar
advocated by former president Her.
bert Hoover.
| WAR ZONE
Her first realization that she wa.
| in the war zone came when the blue
lights flashed on in the train il
which she was riding after sh'
crossed the Italian border int
France. Complete absence of al
autos, trucks and taxis gave furthel
| indication of the abnormal situation
In Marseilles dozens of soldiers coult
be seen walking up and down th
streets.
| Describing the difficulties for refu
gees to get out of France Miss Ram
seyer pointed out that person mus
have $3.50 paid to Lisbon, Portugal
steamship line before the authoritie
will even consider giving the visa
Some individuals have found it i'm
possible to get out of the countr
even after paying the transportatio
fee, due to racial difficulties, tn
speaker stated.
HAILED BEFORE COURT
Some indication of the watchful
ness of the secret service department
was shown when Miss Ramseyer wa
hauled before the police in MAJ
|. seilles. While in an air raid shelte
she chose to make use of the hour
! in confinement by figuring the foo
budget for the refugee camp. A su.
picious policeman picked her up as
spy and she was forced to explai
, every figure on the budget befol
she was finally released.
, Generally, however, she stated 81
found nothing but the highest prai:
for the relief efforts of the Quaker
, and Mennonites in France and oths
| uar-riddnr countries Of E11rnnn
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
Real Estate Deal

Orville Shafer of Blanchard town
ship, Hancock county, has purchased
the Alexander farm of rs acres
north of Bluffton in Union township.
The place is occupied by Earl Alex
ander who will move this spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
MISS RAMSEYER SPEAKER

Refugee work in France will be
described by Miss Edna Ramseyer,
Bluffton college instructor in home
economics, who will address the
evening services at the Presbyterian
church Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The public is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-27
CatapuIts

Catapults of the cross-bow type
were invented by Dionysius, the ty
rant of ancient Syracuse. in 399
B. C..