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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-01-15

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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-01-15

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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
ROckpOrt

The Light Bearers of the Presby-
terian church will meet in the home
of Don David Marshall, Saturday af-
ternoon.
Howard Winchester and Miss Bea-
trice Cupp of Toledo were week end
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cupp
and family.
Ralph Marshall transacted business
in Ontario, Canada, couple of days
the first of the week.
Several from this vicinity attended
the Farmers Institute in Bluffton,
Wednesday and Thursday of last
week. Mrs. w. Z. Marshall was re-
elected president of the ladies session
for the coming year.
Mrs. Stewart Berryhill who has
been in Lima Memorial hospital with
ear trouble for couple of weeks was
brought to her home one day last
week where she is improving at the
present time. Mr.. Berryhill and son
Dale who have been laid up with the
flu are also recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marshall
spent couple of days the first of the
week attending Farmers Week at
Ohio State University in Columbus.
The young people of the C. Z. So
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Charge False Sale
OF Land

In packed municipal court room
the preliminary hearing of Francis
D. Somers, 46, of Lima Route A, on
a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses was being heard Fri
day by Judge M. B. Jenkins. He
pleaded not guilty at his arraign-
ment January Ia.
Taking the stand, David O. Stein,
er, of near Elida, who filed the affi.
davit, told the court he filed the
charge because 81 was under the
impression of getting two acres o.
land and | didn't"
Steiner alleges that Somers sole
him two acres of land in Perry
township in May, 1889, after telling
him the sale had been authorized by
T. w. Naus. Naus, according tc
Somers, was the owner of the land
Steiner testified he discovered The
land belonged to heirs of Ed Weir
man instead of Naus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30

ciety enjoyed a coasting party at the
home of Roger Mayberry, Monday
evening. At the close of the evening
refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lehman and
family of New London were Sunday
evening supper guests in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cupp.
Mrs. William Augsburger of Bluff
ton spent the week end with her dau-
ghter, Mrs. Herbert Marshall and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Begg had as
Sunday dinner guests: Mr.. and Mrs.
Loren Van Meter and daughter Ann
of Lima; Harley Van Meter and Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Cupp and daughter
Beatrice and Margery and son Rich
ard and Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Win
chester.
Word was received here Saturday
that William Cupp and Lloyd Cook
who reported for duty at Toledo last
Thursday had been sent to Camp
Shelby ear Hattiesburg, Miss, for
training.
Robert Marshall accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. f. c. Marshall play
ed flute solo at the p. T. A. meet
ing in Pandora, Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Parrish of Ar
cadia were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Frankhouser and
daughters.
The M e. Missionary society will
meet with Mrs. Howard Beery, We'd
nesday afternoon of next week and
the following program will be given:
Devotions, Mrs. Arthur; Interracial
Cooperation, Mrs. Aurther Price;
Reading from the Methodist Women,
Mrs. Alice Harsh; Vocal solo, Mrs.
Clifford Fruchey.
Miss Jane Mayberry returned to
Bluffton College, Tuesday after spend
ing the semester vacation with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mayberry.
Word was received here Sunday
that Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Stewart of
Bessemer, Pa, were in an auto acci-
dent the past week when their car
turned over three times landing right
side up, leaving the occupants in their
seats. Mr.. Stewart had a broken
shoulder blade and Mrs. Stewart
broken rib as result of the accident.
Mr.. Stewart is a relative of the Mar
shalls in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Marshall were
Sunday dinner guests in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mayberry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Ada Water Bond
Squabble Continues

A showdown that probably soon
will be in court appeared imminent
following a session of council in Ada
last week at which Okey Van Dyne,
village attorney, reiterated his decis-
ion not to file referendum petition
with the Hardin county board of
elections.
Van Dyne again told council MEM
bers the referendum petition which
seeks a mandate by the electorate on
proposal to spend 100000 in ac-
quiring and improving the present
village water system, should not be
certified by the council clerk. The
attorney declared it should have been
filed by the mayor, and not by the
clerk. Van Dyne cited letter from
the bureau of inspection and super
vision in support of his contention.
Principal objection to councils ac
ton revolve around a contract with
the Nelson Browning Co., of Gin
cinnati, to sell the village 100000 in
revenue bonds at Ais per cert in
terest. Directors contend the in
terest rate is excessive.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Draft Evasion Racket
Uncovered

Because it failed, a guaranteed
draft evision" racket was uncovered
in Putnam county last week.
Selective service officials revealed
one of the young men they drafted
for military service informed them
he had paid man S75 for keeping
him out of conscription. AS far as
the authorities could learn, he is the
only victim.
The youth related how the man
approached him to pay 500 for a
correspondence course in aeronautical
mechanics and in return the man
guaranteed" the victim he would
not be drafted. Because the young
man only had SIS, the agent kindly
reduced the price.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Sugar Beet Allotment
Higher

A total of 9,308 acres may be
planted to sugar beets this year in
the Findlay factory district of the
Great Lakes Sugar company, accord
ing to the allotments announced
Thursday in Washington, d. c., by
the department of agriculture.
The allotment for the nation was
placed at $4,000 acres and for other
sugar beet districts in this section
of Ohio as follows: Fremont, 1928
acres; Ottawa, 1902 acres, and
Paulding, 1885 acres.
The allotment for the Findlay dis
trict is 733 acres more than the g.
SIS acres that were harvested last
year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Civil Service Exams
Are Set

Several more forthcoming u. s.
civil service examinations were an
nounced Wednesday by the local
board of examiners.
The positions for which applica-
tions may now be filed are as fol-
lows: Engineering craftsman of var
ious grades and optional branches,
junior communication operator, in
spector of subsistence supplies, as
sistant home economist in various
fields, home economics specialist,
medical guard-attendant, medical
technical assistant, phyciotherapy
aide, psychiatric nurse, junior veter-
marian and junior aircraft wire
worker.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Movies On T. B. To
Be Shown

Mrs. Harriet Vandemark, county
tuberculosis nurse, has announced the
schedule to be followed in the visual
education program on tuberculosis in
the Putnam county schools next
week.
She and DR.. w. S. Smith of the
state health department, will be in
charge of this program which is de-
signed to educate both the children
and their parents on the merits of
the tuberculin skin testing program
which will follow in February.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Civil War Vet Is
Nearly SO

William Porter, believed to be
Hardin county's oldest resident, a
Civil war veteran and retired farm
er, will mark his 99th birthday on
April s. He is in good health and
resides on small farm about four
and a half miles southwest of Alger,
on the Hardin-Allen county line
road.
Porter was born April s, 1912, in
Winchester, Indiana, and enlisted in
the Union army in 1862, and served
three years. He has lived in Hardin
county more than 80 years. He took
part in the battle of Gettysburg as
well as Gen. Sherman's famed "march
to the sea-. He also participated in
the battle of Lookout Mountain, an
important Civil war engagement. He
was member of Co. B, 45th Ohio
Volunteer infantry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Negro Held On Knif-
ing Count

Thomas Jones, Is ,colored, of
Lima, was ordered bound to the Al
len county grand jury Friday by
Municipal Judge Nj. B. Jenkins after
he pleaded guilty to a charge of cut
ting with intent to wound. He has
been ordered held in jail in default
of $1,000 bond.
Charges against the man were
filed by police after he allegedly
stabbed Gene Hughes, "a, colored, in
the back with a pocket knife last
Sunday during an argument at a
party in the Odell Hughes home.
Odell and Gene are brothers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Lima Man Dies In
Crash

Herald w Thompson, 80, operator
of the Lima agency of The Diehl
Centennial Distributing Co., was
killed instantly and John Diehl, 21,
of Defiance, was injured early Thurs
day when their auto crashed into a
parked truck in Union county.
In another accident at the south
Lima corporation limits Ray Ohm
stead, 48-year-old Westinghouse po-
liceman suffered injuries when he
was struck by car while directing
traffic early Thursday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30

ate sentences of from 10 to 25 years
in the Ohio State penitentiary when
arraigned in Bowling Green.
The two previously wereindicted
on charges of holding up a Bowling
Green gasoline station attendant.
Gilbert Foster, on Dec. 4. They
were arrested near Perrysburg in
Wood county. They also are wanted
in Hardin county in connection with
the robbefies of gasoline stations in
kenton, Dunkirk and Mt. Victory
and hardware store in Forest.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Cancel Institute

In a move which it is believed will
be for the best interests of the COM
munity, officers and committeeman
of the Arlington Farmers Institute
announced Tuesday they had decided
to cancel this years eycrt.
The institute was scheduled for
neAt Wednesday and Thursday bat
officers said they fel. that if they
had gone ahead and he'd it the pur-
pose of school closing last week
would have been defeated in that
tie crowds would be assembled in
the auditorium with tho possibility
that influenza might spread.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
PUTNAM COUNTY
Owns Original Of
Famous Print

John Peach, Leipsic, says he is the
owner of the original print showing
George Washington riding his horse
in Trenton, back there in 1889. He
says it was owned originally by a
Jacob Sigler, born in 1877. He
brought it to Liberty Township, Put
nam County, in 1886, in a covered
wagon. Mr.. Sigler was a great
neutrality-suspicious.. of Mrs.
Peach, her husband says. The pic
ture is in colors in a frame of 13-
ply mahogany.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
ALLEN COUNTY
Livestock On Road
Costly To Farmer

Charged with permitting livestock
to run at large on public high
way, Virgil May, of near Lafayette,
was found guilty by Justice of the
Peace Don Williams, Jackson town
ship and fined S. and costs. The
costs amounted to So.
May was arrested two weeks ago
by Constable Arthur Carman and
Deputy Sheriff John Carder, who
said Mays cattle wee obstructing
traffic in Route 81 east of Lafayette.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
HANCOCK COUNTY
Midget Army Cars
In Findlay

Northwestern Ohio towns got a
fieeting glimpse of Uncle Sans new
est army vehicles last week when a
long line of trucks, officers cars and
light station wagons travelled south
in Route 25 from Detroit.
Some of the new midget puddle
jumpers" purchased by the govern
ment for its stepped-up streamlined
defense program were seen. They
are about the size of motorcycles
with sidecars. Their design is much
the same as that of sedans.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
1S Volunteers In
Hancock Draft

Eighteen volunteers including
twin brothers will make up Han
cock county's second quota of 81
men who will leave at s O'Clock
Thursday morning by bus for Toledo
and year of military training. at
Camp Shelby, Miss.
The twins are Richard Roy Hen
bricks and Robert Donnell Hen
bricks, of Vanlue. The former holds
order number 139 in Board No. z
and the latter has number 339. Both
volunteered so they would be able to
go to camp together as there was the
possibility they might have beer
drafted at different times.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Delphos To Build
Swimming Pool

Assurance that work on the pro-
posed swimming pool for Delphos will
begin March l was given to Mayor
w. D. Swihart, by WPA officials at
Toledo, he announced last week Swi-
hart, with Service Director A. E.
Weger, conferred with William B.
Schmuhl of Toledo on Thursday and
submitted amended plans by Lyman
Strong, Lima architect. He urged
if the plans are approved that the
work start as early as possible.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Utility Pays Largest
Tax Check

The Central Ohio Light and Power
Co., turned over a check of S11,-
711.66 to Hancock county last week,
the county's largest half-year tax
check.
The check represented the first
half of the taxes levied on the COM
pany's properties and assets as they
appear on the current tax duplicate
of the county. The remainder is due
in the fall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Phoney Inspector OPP
crates In Findlay

Mayor Cloyce H. Duttweiler told
residents of Findlay last week to be
on their guard against an imposter
who has gained admission to at least
two places on the representation that
he was building inspector.
J. 7. Snyder, of Toledo, represent
ing the division of factory and build
ing inspection, Columbus, told the
mayor of the operations of the
fraud" and suggested that residents
notify the mayors department when
such a person shows up.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
May Lift Dog
Quarantine

Allen county commissioners, mem
bers of the county board of health
and Representatives of the Township
Clerks and Trustees association met
in the courthouse Thursday after
noon with DR.. G. E. Miller, county
health commissioners, to discuss the
advisability of lifting the quarantine
on dogs, effective since early last
summer. No definite action will BE-
taken until the February meeting of
the health board, DR.. Miller an
nounced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
S3O8,194 Paid In
Realty Tax

A total of S4,366.86 in real estate
and retail sales taxes was collected
Saturday by deputies in the office of
Allen County Treasurer Byron H.
Dershem.
First half 1910 realty tax receipts
amounted to $3,749.02, bringing the
total for the week to $54,932.65 and
for the collection thus far to $685.
194.17. Deadline for payment with
out penalty is March /.
Sales tax collections Saturday were
$517.84, for the week S3,833.26 and
since the first of the year S17,014.19.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Auto Crash Fatal To
Youth

Harold Brown, II, Carey High
school junior, died in Findlay hos
pital last Thursday of injuries suf-
fered in a traffic accident in Route
500 a mile south of Carey.
The light truck in which he was
riding with Joseph Mullholland, 16,
also of Carey, skidded on icy pave
ment and struck a culvert.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
GilbOa To Get New
Fire Truck

Trustees of Blanchard township
and officials of Gilboa are cooperat-
ing in the establishment of a volun-
teer fire department, they reported.
A $4,000 fire truck is being pur-
chased by the township group and
the village will organize volunteer
fire company in a few weeks. 1t is
expected that the fire truck will be
ready for use in a short time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Wins National Gro
cheting Award

Second place in the national GRO
cheting display in New York City
was won by Mrs. Harry Ingleright
of Ottawa with a bed spread she
crocheted.
Mrs. Ingleright announced the
award and said that she made the
spread in her spare time as a hob
by. She displayed it at the Putnam
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
O. N. u. Sponsors
Defense Glasses

Ohio Northern University will of
fer tuition-free part-time national
defense evening classes in engineer
ing, in Kenton, Ada, Findlay, Bu-
cyrus, Lima, Marion, Piqua, Sidney,
and Troy, providing there is suffi-
cient interest, it was announced by
Dean John A. Needy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Ada May Lose State
Funds

Supt. w. M. Floyd received notice
that the Ada public schools may
lose state aid for the vocational ag-
riculture department if building fa-
cilities and equipment are not i'm
proved. The notice followed inspec-
ton of the department by Warren
G. Weller of the state department of
education.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Foils Obnoxious OdOr
Of Flower

Mrs. Norman Dufford, of Findlay,
who announced last year that a
sacred lily with an Objectionable odor
was blooming in her home, said last
week she has found a way to lick
the unpleasant perfume. The lily
has been covered with cellophane so
that the unpleasant odor cannot es-
cape.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Congressman Jones On
Choice Committee

A tall young man from Ohio,
Representative Robert Jones, has
achieved an unusual distinction
membership on the important Appro-
priations committee after only one
term in the house.
Jones, Republican of Lima, was
named to the choice committee seat
made vacant by the retirement of
former Rep. Dudley A. White, Nor
walk Republican.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30

The driver, ]. E. Risner, %, of
vanlue, told state patrolmen he did
not see the engine until too late to
get across the tracks safely. He put
on the brakes. slid onto the icy cross
ing and stalled on the tracks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Vote On New School
Issue

Voters of the Palmer township
rural school district will have their
second opportunity to decide upon
improvement of school facilities at
Miller City at a special election on
proposed $105,O00 bond issue,
March A.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Future Farmers At
Lafayette

Lafayette chapter of the Future
Farmers of America recently was
winner in gilt judging contest held
on the Lloyd Truesdale farm, near
Lafayette.
Entered in competition were teams
from Harrod, Shawnee, Waynesfield
Spencerville, Bluffton and Lafayette
Twenty-eight boys gathered at the
village school house and then went
to the farm.
Harrod chapter captured second
place and third went to Bluff N.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
IL Cases Of Rabbits
Released

Twelve cases of rabbits, each con-
tanning a dozen Missouri cotton-tails,
Saturday were liberated on Allen
county farms under the direction of
Bob Wilson. This is the first of
four shipments to be received in AL
len county as a part of the state
conservation program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Propose New Highway
Patrol Headquarters

A measure introduced last week in
the Ohio Legislature by Representa-
tive Caryl, Union County, would
make the State Highway Patrol
Barracks in Findlay a hub of a
Northwestern Ohio system of tele-
type service lines for crime detec-
ton and police information, state
patrol officers were informed in
Findlay.
Radiating from the patrol head
quarters in Columbus, the system
would spread to the Bureau of Motor
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
HARDIN COUNTY
50 Will Go In Febru-
ary Draft

The names of 80 men, 21 of them
volunteers were listed last week by
board as the contingent to go to
the Hardin County selective service
Fort Hayes, Columbus, February 5,
as this county's second draft quota.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30

The time to make plans TO put ma
ture pullets in the laying house is
before chicks are ordered in the
spring. Late brooded chicks never
make early layers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30

county fair last fall and won first
prize. The spread required 45 balls
of thread of 500 yards each so that
there are 13 miles of thread in the
piece.
For winning second prize in the
Gotham show, Mrs. Ingleright was
awarded S25 and she sold the spread
to E. E. Fogleson of Dallas, Texas,
for $125.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
S100,946 Paid To Find
lay Jobless

A total of s10O,946.17 was re-
turned to Findlay trade channels
during 1910 in the form of benefits
paid jobless workers by the Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensa-
ton, Carl F. Diver, local manager,
reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Man Found Frozen
In Home

The frozen body of Lawrence ID.
Hook, 81, was found late Tuesday
afternoon of last week in an upstairs
bed room of the home where he lived
alone in Belmore. DR.. w. C. Miller,
Putnam county coroner, said the man
apparently died from a heart attack
last Friday.
Mr.. Hook, a retired letter carrier,
and school teacher, had not been
seen since last Thursday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Three Unhurt AS Train
Hits Truck

Three employees of the state high
way department escaped injury at
$3.50 o'clock Friday night when the
truck in which they were riding,
was struck by an eastbound Nickel
Plate freight train at the West
Front street crossing in Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

Vehicles, the Columbus Police De-
partment, the London Prison Farms
Criminal Identification Bureau, and
the patrol district headquarters ir
Findlay, Massillon, Cambridge and
Wilmington.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Findlay Schools
Reopen

Findlay public schools resumed
classes after having been recessed
for more than a week due to an in
f1uenza epidemic. Supt. F. L. Kinley
said $40 absences were counted, $50
less than a week ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Business Leader Gives
Up Post

A. D. MacDonnell, president of
the Lima Association of Commerce
for the last three years, announced
his retirement from office last week.
A successor will be named within a
week by the directors.