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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-30
Wear Protective Cream
For First Summing
BY DONNA GRACE

HAVE YOU made plans for
your Summer complexion? From
past experience. YOU know it al
ways begins wiffrthe Decoration
Day Sunburn. We all know what
to do TO avoid this bit of misery
but even 50. we will probably
rush out and ignore every pre-
caution as usual.
Later on i'm the season our
truSty Sunburn creams and To-
tions will be used but on this
opening day no one is going to
tell us what 10 do. We are CO.
ing to spend hours on the beach.
ON the golf course or driving in
The hot sun with full freedom
from all restraint.
This seems 10 be the custom
and there are always the bis
tered shoulders and brilliant
noses a proof our our indie
pcndence.
Bad for You
II may be fun but YOU could
enjoy yourself Just as fully and
protect your nice complexion.
Contrary TO the old idea that
there is always better and
darker tan after a good dose of
burning gradual exposure means
a much pretticr and more even
tint Besides, Sunbun is bad
for us.
Your lovely peaeheS and
cream complexion should never
be subjected to drastic burning
You can Get all the benefit of
tho hcalth-giving vitamin y by
exposure for "A few moments at
a time. When the surface is
burned nature cannot supply
the protective pigment in Suf-
fiCicnt thickness TO prevent
burning
Now instead Of accepting the
discomfort of bhSterS with the
resultant rough skin. why not
be- a clever girl or boy and keep
your nice smooth skin protected.
All YOU need is the applications
nf your Sunburn cream. These
creams filter out the burning
rays Of the sun hut do permit
the fair skin 10 darken gradu-
ally as II should.
In Town
Even those who stay in town
should cover the skin for tho
first few exposures. Many girls
put IL on IN the morning as a
makeup base. then If indoors
most of the day one application
will be enough When on the
beach. golf course or driving.
repeat the application several
times a heavy coat viii guard
the roSeleaf complexion and
keep - light
The point to bear in mind is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-30

house party which Mr.. and Mrs. Amos earle giving .
at theJr Summer home above Walkeryile....
Mrs. Kesser who the house guest her brother
n-aw and sister Dr. and Mrs Frank Pageau of Stoepel
avenue.
Is spending the weekend Algonac with her uncle
and Mr.. and Mrs Bernard Baker . at their sum-
mer place..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-30
Children Staying at Mrs. Hammonds Home
Texan viii Be Guest Of Honor

AND SPEAKING of house parties reminds e.. that
that popular visitor from Houston. Tex. Mrs c. L.
Kessler. will be the guest of this weekend . at
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Last Rites For
Mrs. Anna Matter

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Matter, sc, of Richland township,
will be held at the Emmanuel's Re-
formed church Friday afternoon at
2 o'clock with Rev. Emil Burrichter,
pastor, officiating.
Death came early Wednesday
morning, at the home of her son
Chester Matter, two miles south of
Bluffton, following four-day illness
of influenza.
She was the widow of Eli Matter,
Richland township farmer, who pre-
ceded her in death several years ago
A life long resident of Allen county
she was born March 20, 1855.
Surviving are three sons: Chcseci
and Orville of Button and Benja.
min of Lima; three daughters, Mrs
Otis Leiber and Mrs. Calvin Stettiei
of Bluffton and Mrs. Calvin L,ijel
of Beaverdam; one brother Samue
Balmer of Bluffton.
The body will be at the Die
J Funeral home and will be take,
from there to the church for u
services. Burial will be made in tn
church cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30

Seven Bluffton young men who left
last Thursday morning with the con-
tingent of 81 from Allen County
Draft Board No. passed physical
examinations in Toledo and left on
the evening of the same day for
Camp Shelby, Miss, where they have
begun army training for one year.
Rluffton men sent to the camp with
the group included Willard D. Dill
man, Joseph Cooper Birchnaugh and
James F. Birchnaugh, volunteers;
Ralph Augsburger, Herbert Kenneth
Luginbuhl and Merlin Dwain Burk-
holder, all of Bluffton rural route
two; and Merl Henry Habegger, OF
Bluffton.
Sixteen of the 104 Allen count.
youths taken in the January draf
were rejected in the physical exam
]. nation. Six were from Board i
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
William Weity Dies
At NeU Mexico Ranch

Word was received here this week
of the death of William F. Welty,
81, of Roswell, New Mexico, former
Bluffton resident and school teacher,
who was fatally injured by an auto
mobile while crossing the highway
to get mail.
Mr.. Welty, native of Riley town
ship, was the oldest son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Welty of near
Bluffton. He was married to Amelia
Gaylord of Galesburg, H., who sure
wives him.
After teaching school in Bluffton
he secured another teaching position
in Arkansas moving from there TO
Roswell, New Mexico, where he has
been operating ranch.
In addition to his wife he is
survived by one son Lester of Clin-
ton, Iowa. seven brothers, Adam and
Ben of Lima; Andrew of Apple
creek; Noah of Reno, Nevada; DR..
Emil of Seattle. Wash; Jacob of
Minneapolis, Mimi; Albert of Mo-
line, Ill.,; three sisters, Mrs. Barbara
Steiner, Pandora; Mrs. c. ]. Ba-
singer and Mrs. l.. d. Lehman,
Mountain Lake, MINI.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Training School To
Meet On Thursday

Those interested in enrolling for
courses in the leadership training
school will have an opportunity to do
so at the second meeting at the high
school Thursday night, it was stated
by Rev. j. A. Weed, dean of the
school.
an view of the fact that illness
and conflicting meetings last week
kept some from attending the open
ing session a most urgent invitation
is extended to all interested to reg
lister at the second session." Rev.
Weed stated.
Glasses will begin at Z p. m. and
continue for one hour on Thursday
night and also on the three follow
ing Thursdays. Sessions are held on
the second floor of the high scnool
building.
Courses and leaders include: "A
, Brief Survey of the New Testa.
ment", Mrs. w. E. Diller; Teaching
Juniors, Mrs. P. w. Stauffer
youth at Worship, Mrs. Lenor'
Myers; "How Jesus Developed Lead
ers", Prof. II. w. Berky.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
BIuffton Man Pays
Wager Standing on
Head on Town Hall

Because three Button youths
volunteered for a years training in
the army, Gerald Swank, North
Main street barber, stood on his head
in a driving rain storm on top of the
town hall last Wednesday afternoon.
1t all dated back to wager made
half in jest in Swank's barber shop
several weeks ago, during discus
sion of the conscription system en-
failing military training for young
men between the ages of Il and 35.
Three local youths, Willard Dill
man, Joseph Cooper Birchnaugh and
James F. Birchnaugh, told Swank
they planned to volunteer for service
without waiting to be drafted.
Swank told them that if they vol
unteered he would be willing to stand
on his head on the town hall roof.
Two weeks ago Dillman and the
two Birchnaugh boys volunteered
dIlQ WCIC 1lllOliS tiiC AliCu NOuiley
group who left for camp last Thurs
day morning.
Wednesday afternoon they went to
Swank's barber shop and reminded
him of his promise. Despite heavy
rain storm, Swank left his shop ano
accompanied by the trio made his
way to the top of the town hal
getting onto the roof thru a traT
door in the abandoned l. o. 0. F
lodge room.
Swank stood on his head on the
roof, with the rain beating on hi:
upturned feet while the three arm.
volunteers applauded the procedure
From the town house, the groul
returned to the barber shop wher
Swank gave all three shaves am
haircuts, in preparation for thei
trip to Toledo for induction into tn
army on the following morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Former Bluffton Woman Returning From
France Encounters Hurricane at Sea

high as the promenade deck.
At Marseilles, Miss Ramseyer's
work was the supervision of a refu-
gee camp for Spanish, French, Ital-
ian and German-Jewish war-orphaned
refugee children. Toward the end of
last year most of the Spanish child
rem were reclaimed as Spain gradu-
ally became more normal after the
devastating Spanish civil war.
CONSTANTLY ON MOVE
There was constant change in
the makeup of the camp, children
coming and going all the time.
French was the most commonly used
language in the camp, Miss Ram
seyer stated.
The schedule in the camp was
made up of class room work, assist
ance in camp routine and supervised
Continued on page %
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
help BRITAIN BUT
STAY OUT OF WAR
DECLARE FARMERS
Farm Institute Resolutions Urge
Municipal Sewage System
For Bluffton
Institute Supports Continuance
OF Federal AAA Subsidy
For Present

Aid to Britain but no entangle-
ments that will lead to war; contin-
uance of the Federal AAA program;
no sales tax on farm. machinery and
installation of a modern sewage dis
posal system in Bluffton were urged
in resolutions drafted during Bluff
toms annual two-day Farm Institute
held last Wednesday and Thursday.
Meetings of the Institute embraced
comprehensive discussions of modern
farm community problems as well as
offering variety of entertaining
features.
Excellent and informative address
es were given during the course of
the Institute by c. Clyde Jones, Ohio
City livestock farmer; Mrs. Pearl Z.
Boil, prominent Strak county farm
woman; Edgar Herr, hybrid corn spe-
cialist; w. Windau, former farm
agent of Putnam county, and J. H.
Warner, Allen county farm agent.
Among other resolutions adopted
by the Institute were those favoring
retention of the present sales tax and
also for raising additional funds; ex-
tension of the r. <. A. program; fed
eral control of farm loan refinancing;
suggestions for practical and efficient
school administration and support of
the 65 per cent vote for approval of
all Ohio legislation.
Complete text of the Resolutions
appears on Page 2 of this weeks is
sue of The Bluffton News.
New officers of the mems Institute
organization include: Edgar Herr,
president; Homer Gratz, vice presi-
dent; Quinten E. Burkholder, secre-
tary-treasurer; Harry F. Barnes,
William Althaus, Carl McCafferty
and Francis Basinger, executive COM
mittee.
Women's Institute officers were re-
elected, including Mrs. Walter Mar
shall, president; Mrs. Willard Jen-
nings, vice president; Mrs. Henry HUI
Der, secretary; Mrs. Chris Gratz, Mrs.
Harley Marquart, Mrs. Ray Marshall
and Mrs. John Warren executive COM
| mittee
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Can Still Register
In Farm, Short Course

Registrations are still being made
for the. farm short course given at
Bluffton High school Monday nights
under the instruction of Harry +,
Barnes, teacher in Vocational Agri-
culture at the high school.
Approximately fifteen are enrolled
in the course which deals with gen.
eral farm problems. The subject
now is soil management.
Everything is free and there are
no examinations. Bulletins and
pamphlets are furnished. There is
considerable discussion at the meet
ings and exchange of experiences BY
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Former Teacher Here
Succunlbs In NeIU York

Word was received here of the
death of William Mari, 79, former
Bluffton resident and teacher, who
died in a New York City hospital
recently.
Born near Bluffton, the son of
Nelson Marr, he left this community
so years ago. After teaching school
in Bluffton Mr.. Marr later beca ne
public stenographer on the 20th Cen
tury Limited crack train of the New
York Central railroad.
He was known as an expert
stenographer and rapid calculator
and was an author of book on the
subject of stenography.
Surviving is his wife Mrs. Lavins
Hilty MARI of Chicago. Burial wa.
| in New York City.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30

More thrilling than a years ex-
periences in war-torn France was a
terrific storm of hurricane proper
tions encountered on the ocean by
Miss Edna Ramseyer, Bluffton col
lege instructor, who arrived here the
first of the week to resume her
teaching duties.
The storm struck the vessel as il
was making the last leg of the
transatlantic voyage between Ber-
muda and New York.
Miss Ramseyer, instructor in home
economics and dean of women, has
been on a leave of absence doing
refugee work under the sponsorship
of the Quakers and Mennonites at
Marseilles, France. She sailed from
Lisbon, Portugal January and
landed in New York January Ia
She arrived in Bluffton, Monday
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
COUNTY ASSESSORS
START ON ROUNDS
in TOWNSHIP area
House to House Canvass is Be-
ing Made in Country but
Not i'm Town
Mrs. Robert Lewis Named in
Bluffton; Marshall and
Muller in Twp.

For the second year since Allen
county returned to the personal con-
tact assessor system of obtaining per-
sonal and classified tax reports, three
workers from this area will make a
canvass of Bluffton and Richland
township homes and business places.
During their rounds, the county
assessors will distribute tax forms
and assist in the filing of proper re-
turns. In rural areas the assessors
will make house-to-house calls. Tax
forms will be distributed at business
places in the towns.
Assessors named for this area in
clude: Mrs. Robert Lewis, Button
F. C. Marshall and Fred Mueller
Richland township. In Monroe town
ship assessors are Guy Mayberry
and Harry Mayberry, and Jackson
township will be served by c. A
Meyer and William Kidd.
Assessors will start their canvass
this week for the collection period
opening Feb. Is and closing March
81, County Auditor Floyd Griffin an
nounced Saturday. Penalties will be
added for failure to file before the
March 81 deadline.
No INSPECTION
Inspection of personal property II
not required of the assessors, who
serve principally as liason agents be
tween taxpayers and the auditor
, office. Any taxpayers missed by as
SCISSORS are required by law to file
return anyway.
House to house canvassing repre-
sents the revival of a system aban
doned near two decades ago, but it
use last year is said to have result
ed in an increase in the county's per
sonal and classified tax payments
Prior to last year, filing of the ta
returns was voluntary in the county
Thirty-two appraisers were name
| by Auditor Griffin to conduct tn
canvass in Allen county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
HUNGER STALKS IN
POLAND man FROM
EUROPE SAYS HERE
Situation Grave, Says Menno-
mite Relief Commission
Head in Address
DR.. Lehman, in Poland Until
December will Return to
That Country

Stalked by the gaunt spectre of
hunger and famine, Poland today is
experiencing the gravest food short
age of its turbulent history, declaren
DR.. M. C. Lehman, Mennonite relief
commissioner to Poland, in an address
at the First Mennonite church, Thurs
day night.
DR.. Lehman, director of relief for
the Mennonite Central Committee in
Poland returned to this country in De-
cember and will leave again for Pol
and in February.
After conferring with German of.
ficials in Berlin, arrangements for the
relief program were made with the
understanding that foreign relief
workers would not be permitted tc
live in Poland. They also stipulated
that no relief should be given to any
Germans in Germany.
Permission, however, was granted
to send relief goods to points in Pol.
and and for DIR. Lehman to accom-.
pany a German official in the distri.
button of the goods.
The German government also al
lowed relief work for internees anc
war prisoners within Germany. These
for the most part were Polish, French
and English and were located usually
in places at some distance from the
railroads
Duty Free
The German government allowed al
relief goods brought in adjacen
countries to enter Germany duty free
These goods were carried free o
freight charges to various points II
the country. A limited supply o
condensed milk and lard could b.
Continued on page y
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
H. S. BASKETBALL
TOURNEY SHIFTED
BACK TO Shawnee
Bluffton Team Again to Meet
Old Rivals i'm Sectional
Competition
Assigned to Play at Carey Last
Year: Ada Also Returned
To Shawnee

Resuming tournament cage play
with traditional foes, Bluffton High
school has been assigned to the sec
tional basketball tourney at Lima
Shawnee after one year of competi-
ton in the Class B meet held at
Carey.
In a juggling of Northwestern
Ohio districts, state athletic officials
last year sent Bluffton and Ada
teams to Carey for sectional tourney
play.
1t marked the first time that Bluff
ton had played in the Carey division,
and took the Pirates away from
teams with whom they had COM
peted since organized tournament
play was started more than two de-
cades ago.
For the tournament this March
Bluffton and Ada have been return
ed to Shawnee by action resembling
the decision of last year.
Tournament officials gave as their
reason too great a number of com
peting teams in the Carey district
Incidentally, the same reason was
cited last year when Bluffton ant
Ada were transferred from Shawnee
Three sectional championships wer'
won by Bluffton teams at Shawnee
and the local aggregation each yea
is regarded as one of the stronges
competing outfits.
In their one year of competition a
Carey, the Pirates won their fourtl
sectional title. This entitled them t
their fourth trip to the state tourna
lment at Columbus, setting a neN
state record in Class b competition
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
.STEINMAN HEADS
OHIO ASSOCIATION
OF LUM Der MEN
Bluffton Lumber Dealer is
Elected President at Con-
vention, Wednesday
Annual Meeting is Being Held
In Columbus; Gen. Hugh
Johnson to Speak

Forrest L. Steinman, Bluffton
lumber dealer and prominent in civic
affairs here was elected president of
the Ohio Association of Retail Lum-
Der Dealers at the 60th annual con-
vention of the association at Column
bus, Wednesday morning. Sessions
of the convention are being held at
the Neil House in that city.
Forrest Steinman of Bluffton
will be heard on a national radio
broadcast Friday afternoon at
2:3O o'clock when he introduces
General Hugh Johnson, principal
speaker at the Ohio Lumber
Dealers convention in Columbus.
Johnson's address will be carried
over the NBC blue network.
Steinman as president of the
lumber dealers association is pre-
siding at the convention sessions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steinman left Tues
day for Columbus to attend the three
day session of the convention of
which the Bluffton man has been the
presiding officer since Wednesday
afternoon. They are expected to re-
turn home Friday night.
The association which has elevated
the Bluffton man to its highest office
is an old established and influential
trade organization numbering in its
membership more than 700 lumber
dealers throughout the state. A
gathering of more than 1000 is IL
attendance at the Columbus conven
ton this week.
Inaugural Address
In his inaugural address Wednes
Continued on page 81
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after visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. C. Ramseyer of Smithville.
EXCITING EXPERIENCES
Although in Marseilles an aerial
bomb exploded only four blocks away,
the war had to give way to the
oceanic hurricane to. rate first place
as her most exciting experience since
leaving Bluffton last year, Miss Ram
seyer stated.
The vessel, the American owned
ExCalibur, was headed almost for
the center of the typhoon when the
captain ordered the boat steered to
safer areas. Most of the passengers
estimated the waves to be 125 feet
in height but the captain said rs
feet would be more accurate.
ORDERED Orr DECK
All passengers were ordered inside
as the huge waves washed over as
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
PROPOSED SETUP
AT LIGHT PLANT
HAS COUNCIL 0. X.
Vote of Four to One Approves
Plan of Board of Public
Affairs
Objections Raised by Council
IrOned Out in Joint Meet
ing Monday

Buttons town council which
week previous tabled a resolution of
the board of public affairs proposing
changes in the management of the
municipal light and waterworks plant
approved the measure by majority
vote at its meeting Monday night.
Approval of the resolution carried
in the council by four to one ma
jority. The vote stood:
For approval-Basinger, Hauen-
stein, Patterson and Triplett.
Against approvaI-Badertscher.
Not voting was Councilman M. K.
Bixel who was absent.
Endorsement of the boards propo-
sal came at the close of a session IN
the council chamber at which were
present members of the board of pub
lie affairs and John Swisher who has
been superintendent of the plant.
Council Reaffirms Stand
For more than an hour the discus
sion centered principally on the coun-
ciPs contention that under the pro-
posed setup there would be no single
responsible head at the plant.
Statements from both board of pub
lie affairs members and Swisher,
however, brought out the existence OF
a collateral understanding on this
point which had not been amplitied IN
the boards resolution submitted to
the council. This, it was claimed
would provide satisfactory centralized
authority.
Following this explanation, the
council by majority vote approved the
measure and ordered an ordinance
drafted by City Solicitor +. W. Dur
hin to make the resolution binding.
The ordinance is expected to be ready
for consideration by the council at It's
meeting next Monday night. !.
Must Include Understanding Council
men Say.
Following the meeting counciimen
stated they had in no wise abandoned
their nosition of a week previous IN
demanding one single responsible
head at the plant. Whether the or
dinance will be adopted by the council
Continued on page 81
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Bluffton Draftees Start Year Of
Army Training In Mississippi Camp

five from Board 2 and four from
Board 3.
More than 800 additional Allen
county .draftees will be called to
training within the next five months
if the war department holds to its
original schedule.
This was disclosed with announce
ment that Ohio is scheduled to fur
nish 52,497 additional recruits by
July 1.
Twenty-one draftees will be taken
from the county in the February
call, conscription officials announced
Seventeen white youths will be TAX
en- on Feb 10, and four negroes are
to be inducted on Feb. 20.
Board No. Is quota is six whites
Board No. 2, five whites and three
negroes, and Board No. 3, six whites
and one negro.