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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Many From Here See
Dunkirk Train Wreck

Hundreds of residents from this
area were among the spectators who
went to Dunkirk, 18 miles south
east of Bluffton, Monday, to view the
wreckage of a Pennsylvania pas
senger train crash that took the
lives of ID passengers and injured
40 others at 1919 p. m. last Sunday.
1t was the second tragedy of ma
tlonal interest to occur i'm this area
on successive week-ends, the crash
OF an army bomber at Mt. Cory hav-
Ing taken the lives of the five men
comprising its crew a week ago last
Saturday.
Cause of the railroad mishap at
Dunkirk in which the engine and
all but one car were derailed was
announced as very unique. The cyl
lnder head of a passing freight en-
CINE blew out, throwing the head
In front of the fast moving passen-
ger locomotive and resulting in one
of the nations worst railroad TRACE
dies of the last year.
Most of the wreck victims were
IN a coach that was split in half
when it crashed into the derailed
passenger engine.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Amos H0chstettLer
Rites Held Tuesddu

Amos l.. Hochstettler, 73, father of
Mrs. Calvin Deppler, Of Bluffton,
died at $50 a. m, Saturday at his
home in Lima. He had resided in
Lima for go years.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon in the Defenseless
Mennonite church of which Hoch-
stettler was a member. Rev. Eli
Steiner officiated. Burial was in the
Defenseless cemetery.
Survivors include the widow; a
daughter, Mrs. Calvin Deppler, of
Bluffton; three sons, Waldo and
Oliver Hochstettler, of Lima, and
Harry, of Mansfield;. three brothers,
Elmer Hochstettler, of TT. Wayne;
Eli Hostetler, of Bluffton; and Noah
Hochstettler, of Pandora; two sis
ters, Mrs. Linda Fett, Of Bluffton,
and Mrs. Lavina Sumney, of Ft.
Wayne.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Haiselup of
Elwood, Ind, is spending several
days with Mr.. and Mrs. w. |. Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty and
Miss Margaret Guider attended the
61st wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Kahler of Ada, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Hosafros
called Sunday evening on Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Masner of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Hartman called
at the Purl Hartman home Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l. Moore, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arch Haiselup were Detroit
callers Sunday and Monday.
Sunday callers at the Owens home
were Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Owens and
son Tommy, Mrs. Clarence Gleason
and children.
Sunday dinner guests at the c. E.
Klingler home were: Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Matter and daughter Carrie
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Montgomery, Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. E. Coldiron, Mrs
Anna Groman and granddaughter
Margaret and grandson Morris
Afternoon callers were Mr.. and Mrs
Lewis Klingler, Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
w. Wilkins and family and Miss
June Ream.
The L. A. S. and w. NJ. S. meets
this Thursday afternoon with Mrs
Rhea McCaferty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
WANT-ADS

X X X X
Wanted-To buy farm of DO to so
acres located within six miles OF
Bluffton. Write Box 106, Bluffton
News. 20
| will continue to haul Ohio coal.
Call me on Jenera phone and reverse
charge. Elmer Burkholder. If
For rent-Sleeping room, central
ly located. See w. F. Iutzi. If
For rent-House. 2 miles north
of town on College road. Nelson
Diller. Phone 530-W.
For sale-Several varieties of good
winter apples. Steiner Fruit farm
l mile east of town.
For sale-Ducks for Thanksgiving.
Millard Herr, Bentley road.
For sale-Automobile hot water
heater. G.. w. Combs.
For sale-Breakfast set including
green porcelain enameled top table
and four chairs, $5. Inquire News
office.
For sale-Modern house with good
garage. H. w. Althaus, South Main
st.
For sale-Country lard. Raymond
| Moser, Bluffton phone.
For sale-No. 2 potatoes, 60c per
hundred lbs. Clifton Neuensch-
wander, Pandora. Bluffton phone
555-W.
For sale-Firewood for fireplace OF
chunk wood; also Irish Cobbler po-
tatoes. Clarence Steiner, Bluffton
phone 595-T. tt
For sale-Nice sweet turnips.
Sutter Vegetable Farm, Pandora. 29
For sale-Sweet cider and apples
Augsburger Fruit Farm. II
For sale-Business block on S
Main ST.; also lot on Spring St. Edith
L. Mann, phone 197-W. Il
For sale-To settle estate, 90 acre
farm Zone of those good ones) 81
miles southwest of Pandora in Swis!
community; room house; bank barn
silo hog house, cribs, coop, adapted
to livestock farming. Electricity,
good wells, abundance of fruit. Wei
drained deep black loam with ella.
subsoil. One-half purchase price cal
be financed over long term at low in
terest rates. Contact Clarence [
Diller, Executor, Pandora, Ohio. 3
| For Sale-Modern house at 426
Main street, to close estate; reason
able. Paul Faze, executor. t
/ Lost-Auto license No. 58S-ZT
Finder please return to the Bluffto
News office or to Hiram Dillel
Pandora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Many From BiuftOn
Attend Ohio State

With exception of those attending
Bluffton college, Ohio State univers-
ity at Columbus numbers the largest
number of Bluffton students of any
higher educational institution.
Those from the Bluffton area list
ed as students are:
Bluffton-Elias Augsburger, Louise
Dunifon, William Holtkamp, Ralph
Marshall, Paul Rhoads, John Romey
and Wayne Yoakam.
Beaverdam-Ruth Marquart and
Doris Nelson.
Columbus Grove-Ruth E. Camp
bell and Rebecca Marshall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Remains Brought
Here For Burial

Burial services for Ella Murray,
83, former Bluffton resident, were
held at Maple Grove cemetery, Fri
day afternoon. She died in Cleve-
land Wednesday morning where fun
eral services were held Friday after
which the body was brought here.
She was the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. George Murray pioneer
Bluffton residents and was never
married. Surviving is one sister,
Mrs. Maude Murray Boehmer of
Cleveland.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
No Hunting

We, the undersigned farmers posi-
lively prohibit coon hunting on our
farms before December l, 1941.
Coon hunting after that date and
all other hunting at any time per-
mitted only with permission of
farmer:
Amos Klingler Gilbert Montgomery
John Warren Ivan Montgomery
Clyde Warren Clyde Klingler
Harry Anderson Edgar Montgomery
John Anderson Raymond
N. M. Hiestand Montgomery
Jesse Anderson Walter Montgomery
Joe Powell Helen Montgomery
Lewis Grubb o. F. Hartman
Ray Marshall H. O. Hilty &c
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
200 Catfish Are
Placed In Buckeue

State conservation officials released
200 yearling bullhead catfish in the
Buckeye quarry at Bluffton this
week, in a program that included
the distribution of $4,000 fish in AL
len county waters.
Fish were placed in three other
lakes, as follows: Schoonover Lake,
Lima, 2,267 bullheads, bass and
breeder crappies; Lost Greek reser-
voir, Lima, 5,267 bluegills and crap
pies, and Inirmary Reservoir, Lima,
5,267 bluegills and crappies.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Masonic Lodge
Elects Officers

Officers were chosen for the COM
ing year at the annual election of
the Bluffton Masonic lodge, Monday
night. Elected were:
Master, Stanley Basinger; senior
warden, Fred Wenger; Junior ward
en-, Donavin Conrad; senior deacon,
Paul Martinka; junior deacon, Arden
Baker; tyler, John Thompson; trus-
tee, G. r.. Bogart.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Model Airport Made
By Grade Students

A model airport in the Bluffton
News window display is attracting
much attention this week.
Made by Donald Root and Harry
Klay in the eighth grade art class,
the airport is complete in every de-
tail.
There are hangers, runways, air
planes, service automobiles and
trucks, tractor, and in one corner
stands a cannon guarding the field.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Hospital Tag Day
Gifts Announced

Tag day sponsored by the Women's
Auxiliary of the Bluffton Community
hospital on election day last week
netted total of $9409, it was an
nounced by the organization We'd
nesday morning.
These funds are used for the pur-
chase of needed supplies and equip
ment at the hospital. The solicita-
tion was made by the women of the
auxiliary all day during the Tuesday
election.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Attends Brothers
Funeral S0turdaY

Mrs. c. Henry Smith, of Campus
Drive, attended the funeral of her
brother Julius E. Ioder, So, retired
farmer, of Tiskilwa, Ill.,, at the Men
MONTE church in Tiskilwa Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. Ioder, who had been i'll for
eight years, died last Thursday after
noon of a paralytic stroke at the
family homestead where he had been
residing.
Surviving are four sisters and one
brother, all living in TiskiIwa except
Mrs. Smith.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Large CrOlCd Hears
GudrdSn,en Quartet

A capacity audience attended the
concert given by "The Guardsmen
Quartet" noted musical unit from
Hollywood, at the Bluffton college
chapel Friday night.
Classical and popular number were
presented by the group. Of special
interest was the "gay nineties"
group of songs in which the enter
tainers appeared in the dress Of
the era.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Where Our Soldier
Boys Are

Raymond E. Lehman
CA Repl. Ting. Cn.
Barracks 1922
Battery B, 9Th Battalion
TT. Eustis, Va.
Aldine Weiss, Jr.
545 S. S.
Gardner Field,
Talf, Calf.
Pvt. Robert Kohl
Special Service School
Letterman, General Hospital
San Francisco, Calf.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Hogs-160 to $50, $3.50; $50 to
220, S9.70; 220 to $50, $3.50; roughs,
$3.50; stays, S7.25.
Calves, $12.75; lambs, S10.25.
Grain, (bu. prices )-Wheat, S1.05;
oats, 48c; new corn, sec; old corn,
CSC; soys, S1.53.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Birthday Party
Lutheran Missionary Society

Lutheran Missionary Society
The Missionary Society of the
Lutheran Church will hold their an
nual Thank Offering program at the
home of Mrs. Noah Basinger Thurs
day evening at 7:45 o'clock. All of
the ladies of the church are cordially
Invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13

Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Button, Ohio,
under the Act of March 8, 1879.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
SOCIETIES
and CLUBS

-.
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A"e pol'ueFs lass Oh the meth
ou,ss onuieh VIII ENJOY a soclai
eesHe, ing III .he basement Oh the
-
Ailce freeman Club
Inc Alice Freeman club met We'd
nesday afternoon at the home of
street. The following program was
presented; Canadian Rockies, Mrs.
y. W. bixler; Slava Bohu", Mrs.
Clayton bixel.
Poinsettia Club
The Poinsettia club will meet at
tne nome OF Mrs. Raymond Conrad,
OF Geiger street, Wednesday night at
f'oo O'Clock. Mrs. Ida Burkholder
was assistant hostess. The follow
ing program was presented: Group
singing, led by Mrs. Herbert Mar
shall' women In the News, Mrs.
FOREST Harmon; Special Feature,
MRS. Guy Corson.
Skating Party
Inc sophomore class of Bluffton
Hlgh school will enjoy skating
party to be held at the Lima Y. NJ.
{. A. Friday night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13

Subscription rates: $500 per year
in u. S. payable in advance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13
Public Sale

At home of Mrs. Noah Augs-
burger, ia S. Jackson Street,
Bluffton,
Saturday Afternoon,
November 22
Household goods and mason
tools.
Complete advertisement next
week.
Leonard Gratz, Auct.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-11-13

mo Hunting signs at News.
Evening star., 1941-08-04

Distributing Co. Four good, clear
fingerprints" were obtained, ac-
cording to Howard F. Pilling, ex-
pert of the police identification
bureau.
A check of local files Saturday
night and Sunday revealed no pre-
vious record here of these prints, so
they were turned over to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation today.
The expert said the prints were
not obtained from the bandit auto
but from the sedan of Samuel Felker,
firm manager, which was forced to
the curb Saturday morning by two
armed men. Flourishing a revolver,
one of the men, about 80, opened the
payroll cars left front door before
seizing the bag of cash from Mrs.
Pearl Baum, Office manager of the
firm.
Store Robbed OF STAG.
Other week end robberies in
cluded S149 in goods and cash taken
from a store at 249 Minnesota ave-
nue. NE, police said. Frank Gordon,
proprietor. reported the place en-
tered by forcing a transom. The
loss included s65 in cash-tile rest
in cigarettes and hams.
A ruby dinner ring valued at $40
and ST in cash was taken from the
home of Nettie Gilbert, 1926 H street
NE Norman J. Altman of Mount
Vernon, N. Y, reported $50 worth Of
clothing was taken from his car
while it was parked in TIE 1900 block
of G street NV.
Evening star., 1941-08-04
Pepco Employees Outing
Tomorrow and Thursday

Sports events. baby contest and
dancing will feature the seventh an
nual outing of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. at Bay Ridge, Md, to-
morrow and Thursday. Half of the
group is scheduled to go on the
outing tomorrow and the other half
two days later. The outing is
for employees, their families and
friends.
Besides many who will drive their
automobiles to the scene of the
outing hundreds will leave by buses
scheduled to start on each Of the
two days from Fifteenth and H
streets NE. between 9 and $50
am. Returning buses are sched-
uled to leave Bay Ridge for Wash
ington at intervals beginning at 4:30
pm.
The general committee for the
outing consists of w. L. Jones, gen.
eral chairman: G. I. James, vice
chairman, and Miss E. G. Greco,
secretary.
Other committee chairmen and
vice chairmen are as follows:
Reception-G. I. James, chairman,
and w. H. Kessler, vice chairman.
Entertainment-W. L. Howenstine,
Evening star., 1941-08-04
Miss Bradley
TOBeBrideO OF
Mr.. Pitney
Grandson of High
Court Justice to
Wed Next Month

The engagement of Miss Barbara
Bradley to Mr.. Shelton Pitney, jr.,
is of much interest in Washington
where the latters grandmother,
Mrs. Mahlon Pitney, widow of for
mer Associate Justice Pitney of the
Supreme Court, makes her home
The engagement is announced by
Miss Bradley's grandmother, Mrs.
Ernest r. Adee of Tuxedo Park,
N. Y, with whom she has made her
home for some years. Miss Bradley,
who is the daughter of the late
Francis B. Bradley of Convent,
N. j., and the late Mrs. Lothrop M.
Weld, attended Miss Hewitt's
Glasses, was graduated from the
Shipley School at Bryn Mawr and
attended Bryn Mawr College. She
made her debut at the autumn ball
in Tuxedo Park and at a dinner
dance at the Ritz-Carlton in New
York City in 1899. Miss Bradley
is member of the Junior League
and of the Colony Club. She is
a great-granddaughter of Gen.
Louis Fitzgerald, former comman-
dant of the National Guard of New
York. Her sister, Miss Geraldine
Bradley, was a debutante of 1910.
Mr.. Pitney is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Shelton Pitney of Morristown,
N. j., and grandson of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Darlington Brown of
Baltimore. He was graduated from
Phillips Exeter Academy in 1897
and from Princeton University in
June of this year.
The wedding will take place in
Tuxedo Park next month.
Evening star., 1941-08-04

A victim Of one of the meanest
thieves is Mrs. Rose Fones, IA, who
lives alone in a single room at 4l6
Third street NV. From the mat
tress of her bed was stolen about
s1.10O-her life savings.
I've always been kind to every
one" the shocked woman said to
a photographer. Can you see why
any one should want to do this to
me?"
Mrs. Fones walked to police head
quarters yesterday and told detec-
tives that she discovered her loss
Saturday morning when she lifted
the bedclothes to get money to buy
food. The last previous time she
had looked was Thursday night
The hoard was all in change and
bills of small denomination, except
for two $50 bills, she said.
Roomer Questioned.
A roomer who left the house with
his wife on Saturday was located
at his home town, Bristol, Tenn,
yesterday and questioned there,
police reported. The wife could not
be located, the Bristol police chief
said, and no information about the
money was obtained, Washington
police stated.
Detective Sergt. Elmer Lewis was
assigned today to go to Bristol for
further investigation.
Police reported some progress to-
day toward solving the $4,000 pay
roll robbery of the Valley Forge
Evening star., 1941-08-04

chairman, and G. C. Scheuch, vice
chairman.
Tickets-George F. Jones, chair
man, and r. c. Moore, vice chair
man.
Transportation - George Bissett,
chairman.
Information-Mrs. B. J. Jones,
chairman, and Miss M. L. LOTUS
vice chairman.
Dance-C. C. KidWell. chairman,
and o. w. Jackson. vice chairman.
Athletics-G. E. Plummer, chair
man, and F. C. Black, vice chairman.
Prizes-D. E. Hahn, chairman, and
J. H. McGlue, vice chairman.
Grounds-N L. Dwyer. chairman,
and R. L. Kingsbury, vice chairman.
Publicity-E. B. Sholtes, chairman.
First adm. L. Byrnes, chairman.
Japan will spend 3,500,000 in
constructing 100000 houses.
Evening star., 1941-08-04

Japan will spend s23,500,00O in
constructing 100000 houses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24
so, 900 Children Need
 Sight Saving Glasses
Special Educational Facilities Provided for Boys ana
 Girls With Seriously Defective Vision

New York City-Approximately 50,000 school children in the United States have such seriously defective vision as to require the special fac- ilities and special teaching methods used in "sight-saving classes in order that they may take the fullest advantage of the educational pro- gram and, at the same time, con- serve their remaining sight, accord ing to Mrs. Winifred Hathaway, As- sociate Director of the National Society for the Prevention of Blind ness, outstanding authority on the education of partially seeing chill dren. Mrs. Hathaway made this estimate on the basis of the school populatiin and her experience in the movement for conservation of vision.
 "Fortunately," said Mrs. Hatha- way, such classes are now main- tained in more than 200 cities and towns in 28 states, the District of Columbia and Hawaii, with total enrolment of about 5000 boys and girls: but there are still about 4i,000 children who need these special ed- catlonal facilities.
 "These classes are in the regular schools, so that the children are not segregated from their normally see.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24
Soft-Hearted Ruth Shipley Has To Be Hard-Boiled As Passport Chief

help countless individuals estab- fish their citizenship.
 WITH DEPARTMENT
 FOR 20 YEARS
 Mrs. Shipley has earned the complete confidence of the State Department by 28 years of service. She has worked up from $l200 year, as clerk, to S65O0 as the first woman to head major division in the State Department, (she's been Passport Chief since 1928. A bit reluctant to talk about herself, she prefers to stick strictly to business, with an occa- slonal concert for relaxation. Now Q widow with a grown son, she shares an apartment with her Sis- ter, who holds q highly respon- sible position in the Military In- telligence Division of the War De- pertinent, as chief assistant in the Latin American section.
 One of Ruth Shipley's greatest sources of pride is the financial standing of the Passport Division. Although she reluctantly admits that the curtailment in passport Issuance and the increase in cleri- cal check-up has made inroads in- to the credit side of her ledger, she still runs the division at a profit, and recalls the assertion made some years ago that the Passport Division pays for the running of the whole State De- partment."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24
SURVEY ASKED ON
 LIVING EXPENSES
Union Feels Budget Direc. tors Estimate of 69o Tn-
 crease too Conservative

The Waterbury Brass Workers union is filing request with the United States Department of La- Dor for a special survey here to determine how mucf, siving costs have increased during the past two years. John J. Driscoll, executive secretary of the union, said he seriously doubts" the accuracy of an estimate by Budget Director Thorvald E. Olsen that costs have risen only 6 per cent and expressed the belief that a government sur- vey would be the best means to "get a true picture"
 Budget Director O1sen told the board of finance last week that figures compiled by him showed that the cost of living was 6 per cent higher than two years ago. He made his statement during a discussion of requests of city em- ployes for wage increases running as high as 20 per cent. City work CTS gave advances in living costs as a principal reason for their de- mand for wage boosts.
 MT. Driscoll said that informa- ton secured by the union indi- cates that MT. Olsen's estimate of the amount of increase in costs Is much too low.
 Organized labor gains nothing" |" he said. when wage increases re- ceived from employers are taken away through increased prices de- manded by commodity distribu- tors"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24

ing companions. They do all their close eye work In specially equip ped classroom under the direction of a teacher who is trained to under stand their eye conditions, and they take all other work in the regular classroons.
 "One chief difference between the classes for normally seeing children and those for the partially seeing Is the type of equipment that is pro- vided. Tn sight-saving classes the books are in large, clear type; maps and pictures have a der!nite, heavy outline and few details; and special paper and pencils suitable for the use of these children are provided. Typewriters with large type are an essential part of the. equipment; and the pupils are taught the touch sys- tenn of typewritlng so that as soon as possible they may substitute typewriting for handwriting and thus save much close eye use.
 "The importance of good eyeSight among school children cannot be overestllnated. We have come to recognize that defective vision or disease in the yees of the child not only may have detrimental influence on his school progress, but may re- act upon his general health and upon his adjustment to his school, his playmates, and even to his fam fly. This recognition has given new impetus to the work of discovering and correcting visual defects among children"
 FarsightednesS is the most com. mon visual defect among American school children, according to Mrs. Hathaway. Astigmatism is next in frequency, and nearsightedness is third. Other common eye defects among children of school age are cross-eyes and inflammation of the eyelid lining.
 "The beginning of the new school year is a good time for children to have their eyes examined" she commented.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24
CREEM INSTALLED
 BY EAST END CLUB

Members of the East End Com munity club installed James Green as president in ceremonies held last night in the Hamilton park pa- vilion. MT. Green succeeds Ray mond Burke.
 John B. Cuddy, president of the Washington Park Community club acted as installation officer. He was accompanied by large delegation from the Washington club.
 Other officers installed follow: Vice-president, Dennis Mccarthy; recording secretary, Mrs. Helen Leary; financial secretary, Charles Berube; assistant secretary, Mrs Harry Cashin; and treasurer, Paul Kunkel; directors, William Cava- naugh, Joseph Brophy and John Wrenn; auditors, Ernest Wilcox Clarence Waite and Frank Crow ley.
 A musical entertainment followed speeches by the new and retiring officers.