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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Former Resident
Dies In Texas

M. B. Sweeney, former Bluffton
resident died at his home in Dallas
Texas, last Wednesday, according to
word received by relatives here.
Death was due to throat infection.
His wife, who survives was the
former Miss Rose Benroth, sister of
Albert Benroth of North Main
street.
Mr.. Sweeney was associated in re-
sponsible positions with the Sun Oil
company and at the time of his death
was production manager of the
Texas field. He had been connected
with the company for more thar
fifty years and was recently pre-
sented with a service medal and golt
watch in recognition of his long
service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sweeney visited here
last summer enroute to their home
in Dallas after Mrs. Sweeney hat
christened one of the company.
ocean going oil tankers when it wa.
launched at Philadelphia.
Besides his wife he is survived b,
three sons, John, Eugene and Jerome
and two daughters Ruth and Mar
garet, all living in Texas.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
May Use Town Hall Third Floor
For Youths Recreation Center
Krdutter- -TrippIehOrn
Wedding Held Sunday

Wedding of Gerald Tripplehorn,
youngest son of Mrs. Ross Triple
horn of Cherry street, and Miss Ruth
Krautter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Krautter of near Mt. Cory took
place Sunday noon at the home of
the officiating minister Rev. Fl. d.
Camp of North Baltimore.
Rev. Camp was the former pastor
of the bride when he was minister of
the Mt. Cory United Brethren
church. The wedding was held in
the presence of the immediate fami-
lies.
The bride wore a street length
dress of printed crepe and a corsagc
of roses and sweet peas. Following
the ceremony wedding dinner was
served at the home of the bride fol
several close friends and relatives.
Mr.. Tripplehorn graduated from
Bluffton High school in the class Of
1886 and is engaged in the trucking
business. The bride has been en-
ployed at the Triplett Electrical In
strument Co. The couple is residing
in the John Kohler property on West
Elm street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Lions Hold Seventh Annual Charter
Banquet In Ladies Night Celebration

Important officials in Lionism o1
District 13-A assisted in the ladies
night program of the seventh annual
charter night banquet of the Blufftor
Lion club held in the high school caf-
eteria, Tuesday night.
Howard Hendershott, district gov
ernor, and Paul Carter, district secre-
tary, both of Cleveland appeared or
the program. The entertainment
was featured with music by the Dixie
Eight, colored octette of radio sing
ers representing the Ford Motor Co
of Dearborn, Mich.
The colored musicians presented an
hours program of varied music con-
sisting of spirituals, classical, semi
classical and popular numbers. The
group was given many encores by the
appreciative Bluffton audience.
Summary of the years activities
was presented at the meeting. Club
activities included: cooperation with
village officials in mosquito elimina-
ton; feting of high school basketball
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
With The Sick

Condition of Prof. E. J. Hirschler,
Bluffton college mathematics in
structor, remains unchanged. Prof.
Hirschier was taken i'll two weeks
ago and has been confined to his bed
at his home on Elm street.
Marjorie Clark, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Clark of Grove street,
continues to be in a very serious
condition. Marjorie, student in
the eighth grade class at Bluffton
High school, is i'll with rheumatic
fever and heart compile ations.
Miss Arlene Carts who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at
Bluffton hospital recently is conval-
escing at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carts in Orange
township.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Burglars Obtain S25
Loot At Gas Stations

Burglars broke glass from windows
to gain entrance to two filling sta
tions and broke lock to steal gaso-
line at a local saw mill Thursday
morning to gain loot valued at ap-
proximately S25, Marshal Lee Coon
reported.
The thieves took $10.86 from the
cash register at the Shell gas station
owned by Elmer Burkholder at Main
and Elm streets and obtained several
cans of motor oil from the Johnson
filling station operated by Ralph Dill
ler on South Main street and Bent.
ley road.
A lock was broken on a gasoline
pump at the Cal Balmer saw nil
on East College avenue enabling the
thieves to steal a quantity of gaso-
line.
Assisting in the Investigations OF
the thefts here were Deputy Sheriff
John Carder of Lima and Corpora
Loveland of the state highway pa
trolls Findlay outpost.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Boone County Radio
ShOU Here March 4

Kentucky hill billy music and COM
edy features will be featured in pre-
sentation of the Boone County jam
boree, celebrated radio performers, at
p. m. Tuesday, March 4, in the
Bluffton High gymnasium.
Local appearance of the WLW
radio entertainers is being sponsored
by Bluffton Post American Legion,
with tickets for the event going on
sale this week.
Cast of the radio show will be
entirely different from that which ap-
peared here last year, with the ex-
ception of the headliner of the cast
Lazy Jim Day, featured comedian.
Others who will appear include
Merl Travis and the Drifting Pion-
GERS, Natchee the Indian, Fiddline
Daisy and her Rangerettes, Bill and
Eveline and many others.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
SEEK WPA AID IN
STREET PROJECT
HERE THIS SPRING
Extensive Program for Roads,
Sidewalks and Curbing is
In Prospect
Undertaking of Work Will be
Dependent on Federal Aid,
Council Says

Buttons town council will seek
to have listed as a WPA project a
proposed extensive street construc-
tion program during the coming
summer. Preliminary steps in the
matter were taken at the council
meeting Monday night and formal
application for aid is expected to be
filed with WPA authorities soon.
The project as outlined at the
council meeting will include construc-
tion of roads, sidewalks and curbs,
entailing a larger cash outlay than
corporation finances will permit, it
was stated.
In event WPA aid is not forth
coming it will be necessary to dras-
tically revise the program, council
men stated. However, Mayor w. A.
Howe stated that he was hopeful of
obtaining approval of having the
work listed as a government project.
Proposed Program
The entire program as proposed
with WPA assistance includes grad
ing and surfacing of Huber street
and also short stretches at the south
ends of Jackson, Geiger and Mound
streets.
Huber street which joins jefferson
street at the Allen McCluer resi-
dence will be continued until it
reaches Cherry street at the resi-
dence of Mrs. VIM. Underwood. AT
present Huber street stops when it
joins Mound street at the Fred Hofer
residence. Construction of sidewalks
is also proposed on Huber street
from Jefferson to Mound street.
Other street construction will in
clude that portion of Jackson street
south of the Kibler street intersec-
ton at the Moses Steiner residence
and on Geiger and Mound streets
south of the East College avenue
intersections.
Sidewalk Construction
Construction of a sidewalk on
Kibler street road from South Lawn
avenue to Grove street is also in the
program. A number. of new resi-
dences have been built in that area
during the past summer.
A concrete curb for nearly a mile
stretch of the full length of Lawn
avenue from Kibler to Riley streets
is also tentatively proposed.
Besides this a number of minor
sidewalk and curb improvements are
expected to be included in the final
draft of the application for a WPA
project.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Legion Post is Investigating
Possibilities of Proposed
Plan
Quarters, Now Unused, were
Formerly Occupied by Odd
Fellow Lodge

Possibility of converting the third
floor of the town hall into muni-
cipal recreation center is being in
vestigated by the Bluffton American
Legion post, sponsor of the proposal.
Discussion of the matter at a Lee
gion meeting Monday night was
based on using the entire upper story
for recreational purposes for the
boys of Bluffton and the surrounding
community.
The space proposed for the recrea-
tion center formerly served as quar-
ters for the l. o. o. F. lodge prior
to disbanding of the organization
here several years ago. On the third
floor are one large hall and two
smaller rooms, now unused.
AMPLE Room
Plenty of room would be available
for setting up recreation program
with broad facilities if the project
can be put into effect, officials of the
Legion announced.
Shuttle board courts could be in
stalled, there would be room for
ping pong tables and a small basket
ball court. Gymnastic equipment is
being considered including trapeze,
swinging bars, and other features
Checkers and other games also would
be provided.
Ii the project becomes a reality
competent supervision under a re-
creational director will be provided
at all times.
INVESTIGATE POSSIBILITIES
Investigation of possibilities is be-
ing made by a Legion committee
made up of Clair Fett, Fred Fritchie
and Mayor w. A. Howe.
Other civic organizations of the
town will be invited to cooperate in
putting the recreational plan intc
effect, and suggestions and donations
of equipment will be welcomed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Winton .Modin is Radio Officer
At Bolame, Portuguese
Guinea
Wendell Willkie Stopped at Port
Enroute Home from
Europe

Winton E. Modin, former super
visory employee at The Triplett Elec-
trical Instrument Co., is stationed al
the new Pan-American Airways port
at Bolama, Portuguese Guinea, Africa
in a capacity as radio communica-
tions officer for the airline, according
to word received here the first OF
the week.
Flights over the new route between
this continent and Europe were in
augurated two weeks ago, and the
PAA "Dixie Clipper" carrying Wen
dell Wilkie home from Europe stop
ped at Bolama on the maiden trip
On the same plane, Modin sent a
letter to Miss Alice Mayberry, OF
Columbus Grove, office employe al
the Triplett plant, describing the
new African station of the airline
(Continuedon page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Mrs. ID. L. ShdHey
Rites Held Tuesday

Bedfast for the last two years,
Mrs. D. L. Shalley, rs, was found
dead last Saturday morning ct ner
homo on South Jackssn street.
Mrs. Shalley and her husband, who
survives, formerly operated res
taurant in Pandora. After moving
to Bluffton they established the Shall
ley Variety store, now operated by a
son, Harry.
Surviving in addition to the hus-
band and son are a daughter, Mrs.
Opal X. Egly, of Miami, Fla; two
grandsons, great-granddaughter;
two sisters and brother, Mrs.
Josie Feaser and John Kratner, both
of Bluffton, Ind, and Mrs. Emma
Harth, of st. Petersburg, Fla.
Mrs. Shalley was born June ID,
1868, at Ft. Wayne, Ind. She was
a member of the st. Johns Evan
gelical and Reformed church of this
place.
Funeral services were held Tues
day morning in the Stanley Basing-
er funeral home, and. in the after
noon at Berne, Ind., where Mr.. and
Mrs. Shalley were founders of a
Reformed church.
Rev. Emil Burrichter, pastor of the
st. Johns church, officiated at both
services. Burial was at Berne.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
|NEAR-zERD COLD
WAVE GRIPS area:
NO EARLY RELIEF
No Break in Gusty Weather
Foreseen in Immediate
Future
Farmers in Area Concerned
Over Winter Wheat Due
To Lack of Snow

With the weatherman giving little
indication of immediate relief, severe
winter was in full swing in Bluffton
Wednesday morning with the mercury
lowering close to thu zero mark.
Near-zero temperatures were not
ed in the rural areas and four de.
grees above was reported quite con-
sistently throughout the town to give
the area the coldest snap of the year
No break in the gusty weather, ac-
companied by occasional snow flurries
was foreseen in the Immediate future
by the United States government me.
neurological observers.
A biting wind accompanying the
low temperatures made everyone
conscious of the fact that winter is
still here grounding or no grounding
The weather conditions were par.
ticularly uncomfortable in view of the
fact that about a week ago Blufftor
residents were considering the posi-
bility of an early summer. Quite il
contrast to the weather of this week
the sun shone warm and the weather
was altogether comfortable.
The forecast for this immediate
area call for continued cold and in
creasing cloudiness for Thursday.
Farmers in the area have been quite
concerned over the wheat crop pros
pects due to the absence of snow will
the severe drop in temperature.
There should be at least an incl
or two of snow to protect the whea
in case of near-zero temperatures
farmers stated Wednesday morning
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
BIxEL NAMED TO
DISTRIBUTE AUTO
LICENSES HERE
Appointment Follows fractional
Party Dispute for Bluffton
Position
Tags Will be Sold at Bixel
Motor Sales Beginning
First of March

Controversy over the position of
deputy registrar for the distribution
of automobile license tags in Blufton
for the next year, was settled last
week with the appointment of Clayton
Bixel by c. w. Wallace, state regis
trar of motor vehicles.
Naming. of the local distributor fol
lowed factional party dispute which
came into the open a month ago when
it was learned that both Bixel and
Robert Lewis, registrar for the last
two years, were seeking the appoint
ment.
Bixel has been endorsed by the AL
len county ways and means commit
tee of the Republican party.
Tags on Sale March /
Automobile license plates for 1941
will be placed on sale here Saturday,
March l, with April set as the dead
line for purchasing the new tags.
Headquarters for the sales will be
established in the Bixel Motor Sales
rooms on North Main street. No
changes in passenger car registra-
tion costs are anticipated.
Color scheme for Ohio's 1941 Ii
cense plates will be maroon back
ground with white numerals and
marking. State cars will have a
white background and maroon numer-
ais.
1t is estimated that approximately
100000 auto tags will be sold in
Ohio this year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20

team; staging of musical revue; Boy
Scouts were assisted in vacation fund;
needy children were provided with
glasses; sponsoring of the Findlay
Lions club.
Presentation of magic show; as
sistance in the campaign for the three
mill levy; distribution of Christmas
baskets to the blind; support of the
community defense program; dona-
tion of money to Camp Shelby recre-
alton fund; contribution to the stu
dent refugee fund at Bluffton college;
inaugurated community advertising
program; club had charge of post of
flee dedication.
The room was attractively decorat-
ed by the art classes of the Bluff
ton public schools under the direction
of Mrs. R. A. Lantz, art instructor.
Dinner music was provided by Bluff
ton college instrumental ensemble.
P. w. Stauffer, president of the
club presided as toastmaster.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Red Cross Glasses
Start Friday Night

Glasses in first aid under the spon-
sorship of the Red Cross will start
at the Bluffton High school cafeteria
Friday night at Z o'clock.
Miss Elizabeth Tiefenthaler, reg
istered nurse and instructor in relig-
ious education in the Bluffton public
schools, will teach the classes.
Red Cross certificates will be given
to everyone completing the course
which will consist of 20 hours of in.
struction. Certain positions in fielIs
of welfare and safety require these
certificates, it was stated.
Enrolment will be limited to stu.
dents II years of age and older
Time and frequency of meeting viii
be determined at the Friday session
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
POUer Farming
Program Feb. ~

Roy Smith and his Tenresseans,
popular RADIO entertainers, will be
heard here in person at a power
farming entertainment at the high
school gymnasium on Thursday
night, February 27 at 7:30 o'clock.
The entertainment is sponsored by
c. F. Niswander, Bluffton McCor-
mick-Deering dealer and all farmers
of this vicinity are invited.
Besides the Tennesseans, there will
be included in the program motion
pictures among which is Belgian
Congo African Expedition.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
PindfOre To Be GiUen
At School Next Week

H. M. S. Pinafore, tuneful Gilbert
and Sullivan operetta, will be pre-
sented by the high school A Capella
musical organization at the Bluffton
high school auditorium next Tuesday
and Wednesday nights at 8 o'clock.
Rehearsals have been proceeding
under the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Higley, music instructor. Colorful
costumes and stage settings have
been secured for the production.
The operetta is satire on English
customs and traditions whose rigidity
is the object of the authors barbs.
The plot centers about the romance
of Josephine, daughter of Captain
Corcoran of H. nj. S. Pinafore and
Ralph Rackstraw, a common sailor
aboard ship.
Sir Joseph Porter, the "ruler of
the Queens Navee" would like to
marry Josephine and the various en-
tanglements involved in the situa-
ton lead to many amusing and COM
plicated incidents.
The following is the cast of char
acters: Boatswain, Norman Beidler
Buttercup, Carol Bame; Dick Dead
eye, Wilhelm Amstutz, Jr.; Ralph
Rackstraw, James Gratz; Captain
Corcoran, Roger Howe; Josephine
Alice Oyer, Marcene Stonehill; Sin
Joseph Porter, Robert Cooney; Cous-
in Hebe, Betty Steinman, Mary
Stearns; Boatswain's Mate, Harold
Augsburger; Sailors, boys glee club
First Lords sisters, cousins anc
aunts, girls glee club.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Former BlufftOn Man Stationed At
African Airport OF American Line
$500 Fire Loss In
Orange Township

Fire damage estimated at S400
occurred when a house on the form
er Emanuel Bishop farm eight miles
east of Bluffton was partially burned
Monday afternoon at l O'Clock.
The farm is owned by Fred Bout.
well and the house is occupied by
Miss Elvira Bishop, sister of Mrs.
Boutwell,.
A call to Bluffton and Jenera brot
fire departments from both places.
Considerable damage was done to the
stairway and one room before the
blaze could be brought under control.
The coldest snap of the winter to-
gether with high wind materially
hampered the fremen's efforts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
State And Federal
Tax Men To Be Here

Federal and state tax representa-
tives will be in Bluffton during the
next few weeks.
On Friday of this week a deputy
collector from the internal revenue
office will be at the Bluffton post
office to assist in making out federal
income tax returns. He will also be
at the post office here on Tuesday,
March A.
Representatives from the county
auditors office will be at the Citi-
zens bank on Wednesday and Thurs
day, March and to assist in the
making out of personal tax returns
and collection of personal taxes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
NAMED TO SOCIETY

Josephine Niswander, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Niswander, re-
siding north of town, has been
elected to the Kappa Delta Phi,
honorary scholastic society at Heidel-
berg college in Tiffin.
Miss Niswander is a member of
the junior class at Heidelberg and
was graduated from Bluffton High
school in the class of 1888.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Concert Pianist Playing Here Worried
Over Fate OF French Home In War Zone
Maurice Dumesnil, i'm Concert
Here Monday Night, Has
No News from Home
Recently Returned from South
American Tour; Complains
OF Poor Bed Facilities

Although Maurice Dumesnil, noted
French pianist appearing in concert
here Monday night, is possessor of
all the material advantages accorded
one of such outstanding artistic
achievement, the current European
war has given him concern on a
levelwith those of the peasant or
other commoners.
When he left France in November,
1889, his home remained under the
care of his friend, the mayor of the
town. The latter was inducted into
the army service and Dumesnil fears
that last June, during the German
advance, that his home may have
been plundered by the enemy.
CONCERNED OVER HOME
Since May of last year he has been
without news as to what may have
happened to his home near Caon,
Normandy, France All efforts to
communicate with friends who have
remained over there have been fruit
less. During his seven months tour
of South America recently he tried
to secure information through the
diplomatic channels and French en-
bassies, but without results.
Although the artistic standards Of
South America have been greatly
raised, the general conditions of COM
fort have not been correspondingly
improved. According to Mr.. Dunes
nil, innerspring mattresses are still
a rarity, and it is not unusual to
see a much advertised luxury hotel
offer to customers a beautiful room,
an equally lovely bathroom, and a
bed which in the United States would
be rejected by even so cents a
night tourist place along the road
Meals are excellent and incredibly
cheap. One can get good lunch for
20 cents due to exchange conditions.
In Montevideo, Uruguay, big juicy
steak with French fries costs about
Is cents, la carte. In fact, South
America would be a paradise for
tourists if only the beds improved
and the red tape of passports re-
duced, Dumesnil stated.
Although worrying over the fate
of his home, the French artist has
fresh memories of great successes of
his recent South American tour. He
can point, for example, to being the
only foreign artist who is an honor
arr citizen of Chile, South America.
This honor was granted at his
farewell recital in the municipal the
atrc of Santiago, capital of that
country. This concert was offered
to the students and workingmen as a
token of the gratitude on the pari
of the artist for the splendid recep'
ton given him by the public.
PRESENTED DIPLOMA
During the intermission the mavor
of the city presented to him the
diploma which symbolized the appre,
citation of the artists efforts.
Dumesnil possesses a number OF
original Debussy manuscripts, Others
| from Massenet, Saint Saens, Rayel
many autographed pictures of fa
nous musicians, apart from a Ii
hrary of piano music, chamber music
orchestral compositions, around twt
thousand books, among which arr
r,anu valuable first editions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Observe World Day
OF FrUuer Feb. 2d

Bluffton will observe the World
Day of Prayer with union service
in the First Mennonite church, Fri
day afternoon, Feb. %, it was an
nounced the first of the week. The
service will begin at 2:30 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Births

The following birth at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Burkholder,
boy, Saturday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Berry
at their home on North Mound
street, daughter, Saturday morn
ing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Real Estate Deal

VIM. Amstutz, of Beaverdam, has
purchased the VIM. Obenour farm
of 58 acres west of Beaverdam on
the Lincoln highway. The deal wac
made thru II. w. Althaus of Bluff
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Post Office And Bank
viii Close SATURDAY.

Bluffton's post office and the Citi-
zens National bank will be closed
Saturday in observance of Washing
toms birthday. With the closing of
the post office it is announced that
there will be no mail delivery on
Bluffton city or rural routes for
that day. Other business will con-
tinue here as usual.
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