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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16

B. Griffin, Allen county auditor.
The new levy represents an ad-
vance of S1.80 per thousand dollars
of taxable property over the present
rate of $17.30.
TOWNSHIP RATE UP
Likewise the rate in that portion
of Richland township included in the
Bluffton school district will be $500
under the proposed schedule, an ad-
vance of 95 cents per thousand dol
lars of taxable property over the
present rate of SLABS.
In making up Buttons rate of
$19.10 for the coming year decreases
in county and township levies were
more than offset by increases in
amounts granted for schools and
municipal purposes.
County taxes for the coming year
under the proposed rate will be
levied at a rate of $3.50 instead of
$500 and the township tax rate is
set at 80 cents as compared to 35
cents as at present.
MORE TO SCHOOLS AND CORPORATION
Bluffton schools, however, will re-
ceive $11.10 instead of $40, the pres
ent rate and the municipality will
receive a rate of $500 instead of
S3.05.
The rate as now set up makes no
provision for any levy for bonds for
new fire apparatus. This question
will be decided by voters at the polls
next month. A majority vote will be
required for a decision. Should the
measure receive a favorable majority
it would add an average of .56 to
the proposed tax rate.
Bluffton's total valuation for tax
ing purposes shows an increase of
$34,170 for next year over present
valuation, it is reported by the
county auditors office. Total valua-
tion of Buttons tax duplicate as
announced the first of the week was
$2,304,623, for the coming year. This
total, however, may be subjected to
minor adjustments it is pointed out.
The valuation in Bluffton corpora
ton as set up for the coming year
is made up as follows:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Chas. Green, Former
BLuftOn Man Dead

Charles Green, 80, former Bluffton
resident, died at his home in Bothell,
Washington, according to word re-
ceived by friends here the first of
the week. Death followed two
years illness.
Mr.. Green was formerly employed
as janitor at the Grade school build
ing and later as an engineer at the
municipal electric light and water
works plant.
He moved with his family to Lima
about thirty-fve years ago and later
moved to the state of Washington
where he has since resided.
Surviving are his wife, one son
Burl of Tacoma, Wash, and a
daughter Mrs. Fern Mccullough OF
Arlington, Wash, and six grand
children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Miss Harriette Criblez, Bluffton
High School Instructor,
Talks at P.T.A.
Describes Trip to Europe in
Summer of 1899 to Study
And Visit Relatives

Activities ranging all the way from
meeting American celebrities on the
French liner Normandie to being Jail
ed In Paris, France for photographing
an object deemed important by the
French gendarmes, were described by
Miss Harriet Criblez, Bluffton High
school language instructor, at the first
meeting of the Parent Teacher asso-
citation held in the auditorium, Tues
day night.
Miss Criblez, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Criblez, residing east
of Bluffton, toured Europe and stud
led at the University of Lausanne
Switzerland during the summer of
1889.
Sailed on Nomandie
When Miss Criblez crossed the
ocean on the Normandie the vessel
had the smallest number of passen-
gers in the history of its Atlantic
crossing. War scare had consider
ably lessened the amount of oceanic
passenger transportation
Entirely accidental was the prize
won by Miss Criblez for being the
first to sight land as the vessel ap-
preached French shores. Her watch
having stopped, Miss Criblez went on
deck to see what time it was and
found that it was very early in the
morning.
Sighted Land
Not wishing to go back to bed she
decided to stay on deck and watch
the sunrise. Just as the sun was ris-
ing Miss Criblez sighted land and en-
Enthusiastically announced the fact.
Not even knowing there was a prize
offered for being the first one to dc
this she was summoned to the cap
tain's cabin the next day and told that
she would be privileged to go on the
| first class deck and meet the celebri.
ties.
| Here she met Norma Shearer ant
Mary Pickford, American movie act
resses and late Ignace Paderewski
the great Polish pianist and states.
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
II TEACHERS GIVEN
new CONTRACTS IN
BLUFFT0N SCHOOLS
No Longer to be Hired Annual
ly as Under Previous
Arrangement
Continuing Contracts for %
Teachers; Four Get Limit
ed Contracts

Abolition of the arrangement
whereby Bluffton public school
teachers are hired annually by the
board of education was effected when
% teachers were given continuing
contracts at meeting of the board
Monday night.
The continuing contracts, required
by the recently enacted teacher
tenure law, were awarded to in.
structors who have completed five
years as faculty members in the
Bluffton schools last June and who
hold either professional, permanent
or life certificates.
Contracts Continue
The arrangement in the past has
been to hire the teaching corps at
the end of every school year. The
law now provides that the contracts
will continue in force until retire
ment or reason for dismissal as pro-
vided in the tenure law.
Teachers who have taught in the
system for less than five years will
be given limited or provisional con-
tracts and after five years of service
may be given continuing contracts al
the discretion of the board. -Four
teachers will receive this type OF
contract.
The administrators are also in
cluded in the continuing contract
arrangement. The new contracts
were granted subject to all employ.
ment regulations set up by the loca
board and in effect at the time the
state law was passed.
Not Life Terms
No lifetime tenure, however, viii
exist according to a recent statement
of Walton B. Bliss, executive secre
tary of the Ohio Education associa
ton, the organization which sponsor
ed the bill.
There are definite grounds fo
terminating such contracts as set u
by law. Bliss stated that teacher
as a body are just as anxious t
weed out incompetents in the pro
fession as is the public. The righ
of board of education to dismiss
incompetent teachers is contained il
provisions of the law.
The grounds for dismissal a
specified in the act are inefficienc!
or immortality, and violations o
reasonable rules of the board o.
education. The procedure set up fo
+, such dismissals includes writer
notice of the reasons, the right of ;
hearing with witnesses before th'
board and the right of court appea
| if desired.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
May SdUe Sight OF
Eye Hurt In Crash

Melvin Long, Jr., 81, Orange town
ship youth, who received a serious
injury to his right eye in an auto
mobile crash was removed from
Findlay hospital to the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Long
east of Bluffton, Tuesday afternoon.
Longs eyeball was pierced by a
fragment of glass but attending ply
sicians expressed the belief that it
would be possible to save the sight
as he was released from the hospital.
The accident in which Long was
injured involved three cars and oc-
Cured on the Dixie highway south
west of Rawson on Wednesday night
of last week.
Also injured and in the Findlay
hospital were Mr.. and Mrs. Semiah
Neiswander, an aged couple of Find
lay, who received cuts and bruises.
State highway patrolmen said the
accident occurred when Long, headed
toward Bluffton, attempted to pass a
vehicle operated by A. M. Gilliland
of Findlay which was going in the
same direction and then tried to get
back into his own line of traffic when
he saw Neiswander's car approach
ing from the opposite direction.
Longs car struck the two other
machines and then went into the left
ditch, hit a utility pole and upset.
The other two machines were knocked
off the road to the right.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
NATIONAL DEFENSE
CLASSES TO Open
HERE OCTOBER 27
Four Courses of Study Offered
To Young Men Without
Cost to Them
Metal and Woodworking, Auto
Care and Electricity Classes
Suggested

Four National Defense classes pro-
viding eight weeks of training in vo-
cational pursuits will be offered this
fall to Bluffton area young men, it
was announced Tuesday by A. ]. B.
Longsdorf, superintendent of the
Button Public School system.
Enrolment will be at 7:30 o'clock
next Monday night in the Bluffton
high school cafeteria, when plans for
the defense courses will be outlined.
Course of instruction will be from
October 27 to Dec. 10.
Glasses to be offered here if the
minimum enrolment of 10 or more
students can be obtained for each
course of study will be as follows:
Class No. 1-Operation, care and
repair of tractors, trucks and auto
mobiles.
Glass No. 2-Metal Work.
Glass No. 3-Woodwork.
Class No. 4-Elemenary electricity.
Enrolment in the classes is without
cost to the student. Instructors will
be paid by the federal government
and equipment and shops for the
work will be made available by Bluff
ton High school.
Registration for the classes is open
to, any young man between II and 20
years of age. Each class must meet
a minimum of Is hours per week for
an eight week period.
Instructors named for the program
by the state board of vocational edu-
cation are A. L. Daymon, industrial
arts instructor and Harvey Beidler
vocational electrical instructor, in
Bluffton High school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Homecoming Will Be Celebrated By
Bluffton College Saturday And Sunday

tended by Miss Frances Ramseyer
of Smithville and Miss Margaret
Berky of Bluffton.
George Swank, of Bluffton and
president of the mems Varsity "B'
organization will escort the queen
to her throne and place the crown
upon her head.
Following lunch in the Ropp hall
dining room at 1900 o'clock the ira
ditional tug of war between the
freshmen and sophomores will take
place across the Little Riley creek
near the dormitory.
A victory by the freshmen will
mean the discarding of the little
green caps but sophomore victory
will mean the continued use of the
caps until Thanksgiving day.
Instead of playing the homecoming
football game at night as has been
the custom in past years, the Bluff
ton College Beavers will meet Otter
bein college from Westerville at Har-
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Beaver Gridders to Clash with
Otterbein at Harmon Field
Saturday Afternoon
DIR. Maurice Troyer of Wash
ington, ID. c., Vesper Speak
er Sunday Afternoon

Starting with the crowning of the
Homecoming queen Saturday morning
at 1000 o'clock a gala round of fes-
tivities has been scheduled for the
annual week end Bluffton college
Homecoming to be celebrated on the
campus Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Hilty, senior from
Pandora, will be crowned queen in
special ceremonies to be held in the
college gymnasium. Miss Hilty was
one of four candidates selected by
the football team. She will be at
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Army To Get Test
Sets Made Here

Bluffton-made test sets will be
used by the army to check its radio
communication apparatus it was an
nounced the first of the week when a
contract was awarded for this equip
ment to the Triplett Electrical In
strument company. Contract for the
test sets was let by the signal corps
division of the army. Production of
radio testing equipment for the army
is expected to take precedence over
the plants output for civilian needs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Phyllis TrippIehOrn
To Teach In Florida

Miss Phyllis Tripplehorn, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. d. r. Triple
horn of South Main street, has been
appointed vocal and orchestral in
structor of the Mt. Verde School
near Orlando, Florida, and will
leave this Wednesday night for
Florida to begin her new duties.
The school is private co-educa-
tional institution for boys and girls
between the ages of 10 and 18 years.
Most of the instruction given is col
lege preparatory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Former Resident
Dies In California

Matte Steiner, 81, former Bluff
ton resident, died Tuesday at her
home in Upland, Calf, according to
word received by relatives here.
She was the youngest daughter of
the late John and Katherine Steiner,
born on what is known as the Adam
Steiner farm three miles northwest
of Bluffton.
About twenty years ago she left
for California and has since resided
at Upland. She was never married.
Funeral services will be held at
Upland followed by burial at Pasa-
dena, Calf. She was the last of her
family and number of nieces and
nephews are the only survivors.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
BLU FFTON'S REAL
ESTATE TAX RATE
$3.50 next YEAR
Levy Slated to go to State Tax
Commission this Week for
Approval
Rate for Coming Year is S1.S0
Per Thousand Higher; Tax
Duplicate Larger

Bluffton taxpayers will pay higher
real estate levies during the coming
year Notwithstanding the fact that
the total amount of taxable property
on the towns duplicate will show a
sizable increase.
A real estate rate of S1910 per
thousand dollars of taxable property
will be levied in Bluffton if the new
schedule worked out by the Allen
County Tax commission is approved
by the State Tax Commission at
Columbus.
Formal request for confirmation
of the proposed rate is expected to
be made this week when the report
will be sent to Columbus by Floyd
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
High School Teacher jailed In Paris
For Photographing Forbidden Objects
Man Hit By Bicycle
Ridden On SidelUdlk

Harry Shrider, Jr., filling station
attendant, received painful injuries
when he was struck by bicycle rid
den by Neil Schmidt, Bluffton high
school junior, Tuesday night.
Schmidt, riding his bicycle on the
sidewalk in front of the Hankish con-
fectionary struck Shrider who was
thrown to the sidewalk by the impact
of the collision and received a bal
cut on his head.
Shrider was removed to a physi-
cans office for medical aid and later
taken to his home where he was re-
ported recovering Wednesday morn
ing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Mutual Interests More Important Than
Sex For Happy Marriage, Speaker Says
DIR. Roy Burkhart, Columbus,
Addresses Bluffton College
Marriage Course
Saws Divorce Can be Avoided if
Common Concerns are
Numerous

Marriages may be made in heaven
but it takes a lot of earthly plan
ming and human adjustment to make
the relationship a success, said DR..
Roy Burkhard, pastor of the Com
munity church at Columbus, in an
address to the student body of Bluff
ton college at the chapel Tuesday
mornig.
DR.. Burkhard, one of the popular
young ministers of Columbus who
built a small parish into a large in
fiuential institution, has specialized
in problems of courtship and mar
riage adjustment. He has instituted
marriage courses for young people
and has written widely in the field
FUN ON DATES
The speaker deplored the tendency
of some young people in being toe
exclusive in dating. Dating should
be a time of fun and companionship
in which some preliminary exploring
for a life mate can be made. If one
has had a wider range of compan-
ionship he is much better enabled tc
choose a mate because he knows
what qualities he wants.
With so much emphasis on sex in
ha ~. hn
lationships of young people, the more
enduring qualities are sometimes
neglected. A marriage based exclus-
lively on the physical aspect can new
er endure because there is no mu-
tuality to hold the couple together
MUTUAL INTERESTS
Married couples today do not get
close enough psychically and spiri-
tually. Mutuality of interest is a
very important factor in the matter
of harmonious relations. Only as
young people have numerous traits
and experiences in common can mar.
ried happiness continue to grow, the
speaker stated.
The speaker gave five tests of a
happy marriage. These are:
1. The building of happy com.
panionship. q
2. The extent to which the couple
can keep growing in rich experiences
and mutual concerns.
8. Development of a right attitude
towards money.
A. A happy and normal physical
union with enjoyment of this aspect
increasing as the years go on.
5. The extent to which two people
can find faith in God and themselves
DIVORCE INCREASE
One of the reasons for the ire
mendous increase in divorce in re-
cent years is that so many youne
people are almost totally unconcernec
about the seriousness of the choice
of mate. Physical attraction, while
tremendously important, is too otter
the only consideration. Research has
found that people who are much
alike in traits and interests have the
best chance for success in marriage
The more interests couple has ir
| common, the greater the mutually
of education, religion, vocation anc
interest in children, the greater i:
the chance for success in this re
lationship, the speaker pointed out
in conclusion.
A forum period followed the ad
dress and the speaker remained OF
the campus for the afternoon tt
meet students in conference period!
for the discussion of personal prob
lens.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Former BIUftOn
Dentist SuccEtnibs

DR.. Delbert Rhoades, 10, former
Bluffton dentist died in Columbus,
Monday, according to word received
by friends here. DR.. Rhoades prac-
ticed dentistry here about forty
years ago. He has lived in Colum-
bus for a number of years.
The remains were taken to his
former home at Plymouth, Ohio,
where funeral services were held
Wednesday followed by interment at
that place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Sent For Military
Service To HdlUdii

Donald Crawfis of Bluffton who
has been in military training at
Camp Callan, San Diego, Calf, is
now stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii,
according to word received by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Crawfs
the first of the week.
His present address is: Batry A,
9th C. A., Fort Kamehameha, Hon
olulu, Hawaii.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
BedUerddnl Student
Music Alternate
TOWNSHIP RATE UP

Robert Marshall, student in Beav-
erdam high school and son of Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Marshall, was
named third alternate for an Oberlin
conservatory of music scholarship in
the high schol day contest held at
Oberlin, Saturday.
Some 1920 guests, including 450
competitors in various scholarship
contests of the college and conserva-
tory attended the high. school day.
Marshall, a futist, competed in the
wind instrument class.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
NO SCHOOL OCT. "a

In order to permit teachers to
attend the Northwestern Ohio Teach
ers conference to be held in Toledo
OH Friday, October "a, Bluffton
grade and high schools will be dis
missed on that day, it was announc-
ed this week by A. ]. B. Longsdorf,
superintendent of schools.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
WIDEN BERN OF
dixie HIGHWAY
SOUTH OF TOWN
Earth from Abandoned Interur-
ban Line Used to Provide
AZ Foot Roadway
Project Believed Part of Plan to
Improve Road as Key Mill
tary Route

Increasing concentration of work on
Ohio's strategic network of military
highways is reflected in an improve
ment program now under way on the
Dixie highway, U. S. Route 25, be-
tween Bluffton and Beaverdam.
A ten foot widening of the present
BERN, five feet on. each side of the
road is being provided by -leveling the
old right-of-way of the abandoned
Western Ohio interburban line which
parallels the highway south of Bluff
ton. Much of the work between Bluff
ton and Gratz crossing, two miles
south of town, already has been COM
pleted by the state hihgway depart
ment.
Although there is no official con-
confirmation, it is believed that work
on the route is a part of the state
highway departments program to
improve the Dixie as one of the main
north-south military roadways in the
state.
Leveling is Started
Leveling the old interurban right of
way to provide BERN AZ feet in
width on the west side of the present
pavement will prepare the way to
build a four-lane divided highway
over the route, it was pointed out by
observers.
Divided highways has been recon-
mended for the entire route of the
Dixie from Detroit to Cincinnati in
line with the military road improve
ment program.
Present width of the Dixie pave
ment south of town is % feet, with
five foot BERN on each side.
Priorities Affect Work
Work of the state highway depart
ment for the next year is expected
to be almost entirely concentrated on
the 1,300-mile net work of military
roadways in Ohio, it was learned this
week.
This is made necessary by a recent
order of the supply priorities and al
locations board, halting all highway
construction except that essential for
national defense or to public health
and safety.
Route 25 is the only highway in
this section included in the military
road network.
Shortage of Steel
The highway department has been
affected principally by priorities or
iron and steel. There are no priori-
ties on asphalt, tar and other bitum-
inous materials, stone, sand, cement
or tile.
Consequently, the highway depart
ment is free to operate on widening
and resurfacing programs, subjec:
only to shortages of materials, and il
can prepare specifications for non-
priority roads by eliminating steel re-
inforcing for concrete roads and COM
pensating for the elimination of heav-
ier bases.
However, every time such a project
includes the construction or remodel
ing of bridge, the department is
stuck.
Even concrete bridges require
heavy metal reinforcement. Unless
the bridge is on road which war
rants a low priority rating, no metal
can be obtained.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16

Breakdown of Buttons pres
ent and proposed real estate tax
rates, showing amounts levied by
the various taxing units inside
and outside the ten mill limita-
tion appears on Page 2 of this
issue of the Bluffton News.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-16
Births

The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Davis, Ada,
boy, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Faze, a girl
Tuesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-11

TONIGHTS GAMES In tonignt's doubleheader in the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-11

closely and playing slow, but sci entific ball. Tn close played first half. the clothing men kept ahead of the Bremen and it looked for a while as if the Department might take its first trimming of the sea- son.
 After a little see-saw in the sec- ond canto, the Henning five ended the first half ahead of their op- ponents IT to 13.
 Only One Point
 Then came the turning point for Henning's five, as the Bremen glued themselves to the ball, and allowed the clothing men only one point, that when Bird made a foul shot on Lindstrom.
 Jones and tubby Buddy Brown played good game for the Fire men during the last period and despite Birds frantic efforts to even the lopsided score before he went out on fouls, the game ended 26 to 38 for the Bremen.
 Following are the box scores for last nights games:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-11
MANGALA0 E HIGH kEGLER
 AT BRUNSWICK

In Commercial Leaue bowling at the Brunswick Alleys last night Mangalao rolled em high for n 549, the high total of the nights pin play. but still his Taku keglers lost three games of the four-game match to the Brunswick team.
 Tie Baranof team managed to eke out win over the Juneau Florists With a three to one score. but the tot point chart showed the Flor ists only 13 points behind in four garle totals.
 In the Women's League play yes terday afternoon the Topples took match from the Carnations three 10 one, as only Katherine Pasquan manned the Carnations, Hilda Ellen berf's average being used in her abs 'nce.
 Following are the winners and st, ,nding of the Flower League for women's play: