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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
By PIERRE J. HUSS

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27

Hutchins, superintendent of schools
at Cridersville, was defending cham
pion and also won the title in 1910.
In dropping the championship match
to young Howe he lost temporary
chance to win permanent possession
of the singles trophy which goes to
the player winning the title on three
occasions.
LONG GAME
Howe was runner-up to Hutchins
in the county tourney at Lima Lost
Greek courts last year and lost in
the finals only after hard struggle.
The finals this year lasted three
hours, longest in recent years, and
were won by Howe by score of
2-6, Cd, 0-6, Ga, 6-2.
Steady grinding tennis marked the
finals and after Howe lost the third
set in love, he came back to out
steady the veteran Hutchins. Sew
eral of the rallies totaled 25 shots
across the net.
Howe reached the finals by defeat.
ing his father Mayor w. A. Howe
in straight sets, Ga, 60, 60. Hutch
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Funeral Thursday
For Mary FCulet

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Ann Follet, rs, will be held Thurs
day afternoon at the Diller Funeral
home at 2 o'clock and at the EN-
manuel Reformed church at 2:3O
o'clock.
Mrs. Follet died at the Bluffton
hospital Tuesday morning at 10:0O
o'clock of complications. She was
preceded in death by her husband
Adolph Follet who died in 1888.
She was born Dec. z, 1867, ir
Richland township the daughter OF
Moses and Fanny (Herr) Augsburg.
er. She was a member of the EN-
manuel Reformed church.
Rev. Emil Burrichter, pastor, will
officiate at the service. She is sur
vived by two sons, Noah and Homer
at home and brother Samuel Augs
burger of near Beaverdam.
The body will remain at the Dillel
Funeral home until time for services
Burial will be at the Emmanue
cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
LOCAL FIRM WINS
AWARD IN COUNTY
SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Triplett Co. Has Perfect Safety
Record in Six Months
Period
Wins First Place in Competition
With LAT Other Concerns
In County

With no time lost because of in
dustrial accidents in a six months
period from January l to June 30,
The Triplett Electrical Instrument
Co., has won first place in the 9Th
annual Allen county safety cam
paign, it was announced Tuesday
afternoon by Frank Klett, safety
engineer of the Industrial Commits
sion of Ohio.
Representative of the Triplett Co
will be presented with an industrial
plaque signifying the perfect safety
record at victory award dinner tc
be held at the Argonne hotel in
Lima on Sept. 23 at $50 p. m.
Speaker at the dinner will be DR.
Copeland Smith of New York City
a representative of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers.
The safety campaign has beer
sponsored for several years by the
Lima Association of Commerce anc
the Division of Safety and Hygiene
of the Industrial Commission o1
Ohio. There are lat concerns ir
the country rated by the group.
The Triplett Co. has consistently
had high safety record and has
lost minimum number of hours Of
work due to industrial accidents
over period of years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
MID WINTER FAIR
CANCELLED; WAR
CONDITIONS CAUSE
Fair Will be Dropped This Year
For First Time in Twenty
Six Years
Decision Announced Following
Meeting of Board of
Directors Here

Buttons annual Mid Winter fair
will be cancelled this year because
of war conditions, it was decided by
the board of directors of the Bluff
ton Agricultural association in
charge of the fair.
Announcement of the decision was
made following a meeting of the
board held here last Wednesday
night.
In announcing its decision to can
eel the fair this year, the board
gave no indication as to whether
or not it would be dropped for
duration. The decision of the board
as announced by the secretary,
Harry F. Barnes was mot to hold a
fair this year because of the war,
gas, tires and labor conditions.
Dropped for Duration, Belief
However, since the boards action
in cancelling the fair was attributed
to war conditions, it was the opinion
of observers here that the fair would
not be resumed until after the war
However the board plans to hold
intact the organization of the Bluff
ton Agricultural society with view
of resuming the annual fairs when
conditions permit.
The Mid Winter fair was one OF
Bluffton's leading community at.
fractions and has been held annually
during the winter season for the
past twenty-six years. This year
will be the first break since the fail
was organized in 1915.
Directors of the fair are: Hiram
Kohl, chairman; Ben Amstutz- Ray
Marshall, Joe Powell, Albert Wink
ler, Carl McCafferty, Harold Carr
Dwight Frantz, Clyde Klingler
Edgar Herr, Quinten Burkholder
Harvey Burkholder and Clyde War
rem.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
ReU. J. F. Steiner
ArriUes On Liner

With 1,4O0 other American re-
patriates from the Orient, Rev. j.
Frank Steiner, native of the Swiss
Settlement and missionary to Hal
nan, China, arrived on the diplomatic
liner, Gripsholm, as it docked at the
American Export lines pier on the
New Jersey side of the Hudson River
Tuesday morning.
The passengers included mission
aries, newspaper men, business men
and diplomats all who have been on
the ocean since June 10 in the $4,000
mile voyage from the tyranny OF
Japan. Ambassador Joseph Clark
Grew, was the first passenger to
leave the ship.
Rev. Steiner was met at the dock
by Mrs. Steiner of Wooster. They
will attend conference of the Pres
byterian church in New York city
which started on Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Ten Per Cent Club Being Formed
Here For Purchase OF War Bonds

ment and it will be necessary for
more residents to pledge 10 per cent
of their income to maintain this,
Triplett said.
The different departments of the
Triplett Electrical company are COM
peting to obtain the largest group of
10 per centers. To date the best
record is held in the inspection de-
partment.
The entire personnel of 40 en-
ployees is having regular deductions
made from their pay checks with &c
per cent signed up for the 10 per
cent deductions. The plant is seek
ing to obtain a Minute Man flag in
which at least 80 per cent of all
employees is signed up for 10 per
cent deductions.
Bluffton has an enviable record in
the purchase of the bonds and
stamps and every effort must be
made to maintain and even increase
the pace, Triplett urged.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27

Formation of 10 per cent club,
consisting of all residents in the
community who are regularly pur-
chasing war bonds and stamps in
the amount of 10 per cent of their
income, is being made in Bluffton, it
was announced this week by Norman
Triplett, chairman of the local de-
fense savings council.
Quite a few people in the COM
munity are already setting aside 10
per cent of their income for the
purchase of the bonds and are en-
titled to a lapel button designating
this activity. Those who do not have
the button may obtain one from
Triplett or any of the campaign COM
mittee chairmen.
So far the community of Bluffton
along with the state of Ohio has
been meeting its monthly quota or
better, Triplett stated. The quota
has been increased several times by
the United States Treasury Depart
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Births

The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fruchey,
Columbus Grove, girl, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Badertscher, a
girl, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Sommers,
Pandora, a boy, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Thomas, Pan
dora, a boy, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Boehm
Jenera, girl, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Good, boy
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lewis
Beaverdam, boy, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Shulay Of
Toledo are the parents of daugh
ter born August 15. She has beer
named Betty Jane. Mr.. Shulaw il
the son of Clarence Shulaw south o.
Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Farmers Anxiously Look For Hot
Weather To Mature Big Corn Crop
Near Approach of September
Brings Concern to Bluffton
Area Growers
Little Corn Cutting in Prospect
Before Middle of Septem-
Der, Forecast

Believe it or not-but many farm
ers in the Bluffton district after
looking over their grass-green corn
fields will tell you that the growing
weather this summer has been too
good.
Corn, in spite of twin handicaps
of late planting and unfavorable
weather earlier in the season has
made unusual progress and the stand
throughout this area is one of the
best in years. "You can't find field
of poor corn anywhere around here,
was the way one farmer put it We'd
nesday morning.
Major worry of corn growers now
is, the lack of hot dry weather tc
mature the crop. At this season
when corn cutting usually starts, the
crop is virtually as green as it was
| in June.
NEED Hot WEATHER
Hot, dry weather has been notice
ably absent this summer and this
development is noticeably reflected by
! condition of the corn fields. A week
of such weather, farmers point out
would bring to maturity bumper
crop.
However, should frost intervene it
would result in widespread damage
| and loss. Farmers in the Bluffton
district. are particularly concerned
over this possibility as they eye the
calendar edging toward September
and bringing with it seasonably cool
er weather.
Hot weather in September, how.
ever, is not unusual. In fact, wealth.
er records show that this section
sweltered in 90 degrees of heat OF
September % just last year.
LATE WHEAT SEEDING, PROSPECT
Another development of the de
layed corn harvest this year is th'
fact that it will make unusually lat'
the seeding of wheat in those field
now in corn.
Unless weather conditions chang
decidedly mid September will Sc
much corn to be cut, farmers her
predicted. This together with short
age of farm labor will make rus
of late fall work, they said.
: Because of late maturing of tn
corn, little advantage may 1esul
from .the action of several school
which postponed opening Of the fal
, term until September IA in order t
! give pupils an opportunity to assis
i in corn cutting.
II Another plan was adopted by tn
| schools in Arcadia, Hancock count
village, whichh as announced oper
ing of the fall term next Monda.
The school, thus opening one wee
earlier than the usual Labor da
week, will dismiss for week durin
: the latter part of September whe
pupils may best be used to ASST!
!. in corn cutting and wheat sowin
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
In New Locations

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Z. Peterson and
daughter moved here from Ada into
the apartment at the Miss Zanna
Staater residence on South Main
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Emans are
moving from the Mrs. Alma Bixel
property on South Main street to
the Rineman apartment formerly oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Day
mon on North Main street. Mr.. and
Mrs. Daymon and daughter are NOV
ing this week to Toledo where he
has accepted a position in the OF
. tawa Hills High school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
TOWN May GIVE
RAILS TO help
WAR PRODUCTION
Council Will Likely Donate
Rails if Government
Will Fix Street
Mayor Howe COnfers with
WPB Representative on
Removal Problem

With steel being needed increas-
ingly for the prosecution of the
war, the steel rails of the abandon
ed Western Ohio interurban line
running the length of Buttons
Main street may be removed by
government order in the near fu-
ture, it was announced this week by
Mayor w. A. Howe.
A representative of the War Pro-
duction Board was here last week
comforting with the mayor relative
to removal problems and indicated
that a WPA engineer would be in
Bluffton soon to survey the situa-
ton.
To Donate Rails
The council will very likely donate
the rails to the government if the
latter will agree to assume complete
responsibility in the repair of the
street, it was stated by Mayor Howe.
If the town decided to go ahead
on the proposition, it is very likely
that the government will award the
contract for the removal to pri-
vate contractor, it was stated.
1t has been estimated by engineers
looking over the rails previously
that about 200 tons of high grade
steel are embedded in the concrete
on Main street.
Previous Contract
In November of 1910 the town
council had contracted with the
Solomon Iron and Metal Co. of
Fostoria for the removal of the
rails for $14 per ton.
Unusual difficulties encountered in
the attempt to cut the concrete
trough in preparation for the re-
moval Of the rails caused the firm
to abandon the project.
Since that time several other pri-
vate contractors have contacted the
town council to obtain a permit for
the removal of the rails.
At the present time, however, with
the country at war the council is
much more disposed to taking
since the government most u
needs the steel, it was sts
Mayor Howe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Roger Howe Wins Allen County Tennis
Tourney By Beating Defending Champ
First Chill Of Fall
Felt In Air; Mercury
Drops To 46 Degrees

DLUFFTON felt the first chill
- weather of fall this week
when unseasonably cool weather
prevailed. Lowest temperature
was As degrees registered early
Tuesday morning.
The cool snap came near the
danger point for frost which be-
gins at about 40 degrees in low
lying areas.
Cool weather late in August is
not unusual. Last year on Aug.
28 the thermometer registered a
low of As degrees and one year
before that it reached the same
low mark on August 21.
Lowest temperature for the
month in recent years was Al
degrees on August 81, 1885.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
JUNK COLLECTION
ON THURSDAY and
FRIDAY THIS week
Town Hall is Collection Depot
Where Weight Receipts
Will be Issued
Delivery Service to be Provided
For Those Unable to Haul
Materials

Facilities have been provided FOR
the collection of scrap metal and
other accumulation of junk material
at the rear of the town hall on
Thursday and Friday.
Residents of Bluffton and sur
rounding community are requested
to bring their junk materials to this
location on Thursday and Friday
and several town employees under
the direction of Lee Coon, town
marshall will be there to weigh the
scrap.
Receipts will be issued after the
weighing and after Friday the ma
terial will be sold by competitive
bids. The funds will be distributed
to the holders of the receipts on a
pro-rata basis, it was stated by
Mayor w. A. Howe.
Weigh at Town Hall
All except the heaviest of ma
terials can be weighed at the city
hall, Coon said. Arrangements have
been made to weigh the heavier
items on scales able to take care of
bulky material.
For those not having facilities to
transport the material to town a
collection service has been provided.
Township residents may notify any
of the Richland township trustees
and town residents should notify
Lee Coon.
In areas not covered by these two
jurisdictions residents may bring the
material to the town hall collection
depot.
Committee
On the committee directing the
drive are Mayor Howe, Fred Badert
scher, Allen Grismore, Walter Mar
shall, Fred Hofer, +. S. Lape ant
Jesse Yoakam. Badertscher, Girls
more and Marshall are township
trustees and Hofer, Lape and Yoak
am are members of the town council
The junk collected here will b
sold Immediately at governmen
controlled prices and it will soon b
converted into war materials. Every
one is requested to comb their prem
ises for all types of waste material
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27

ship in the
history of Al
len county ten
mis- t o u r n a.
ments. In ad-
dition he won
the j u n i o 7
county tennis
champio n S Zip
for the third
successive year
winning per-
nanent po s.
session of the
trophy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
With The Sick

Hiram Althaus is i'll at the home
of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Alt
haus on North Jackson street.
DR.. V. H. Altman, south of Bluff
ton, stepped on nail a week ago
and suffered an infection. His con-
dition is improving.
Mrs. Peter Nusbaum of South
Lawn avenue, who has been bedfast
for over two weeks, is slowly i'm
proving.
j. H. Loganbill, Bluffton college
business manager, is confined to his
bed with an illness at his home il
Lincoln hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
VIII Attend Garrett
Biblical Institute

Herbert Oyer, son of Mrs. Adella
Oyer and senior at Bluffton college,
has been accepted as student at
Garrett Biblical Institute, on the
Northwestern university campus at
Evanston, Illinois.
Garrett being graduate school of
religion, Oyer must first have his
A. B. degree which he will finish this
year at Bluffton college. He will
start his academic course for the
Bachelor of Divinity degree in June.
Oyer is student pastor of the In
dian Lake Community church located
at Russells Point.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Kent Welty Will
Preach In Nebraska

Kent Welty, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Welty, has accepted a call as
pastor of the Eden Missionary church
located at Stratton, Nebraska, and
with his family will move to that
place the last of the month.
He has been pastor of the Ottawa
Missionary church for the past two
years. He will be ordained to the
ministry in the near future.
They will be accompanied to Ne
braska by Mrs. Welty's father, Rob.
ert Watkins of Elm street, who will
visit his mother and brother in Ne
braska.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Ranks Corporal

Mrs. Alice Herr, south of town.
has been notified that her son, Olan
w. Herr, has been promoted from
the rank of private first class tc
corporal. He is located in Battery
B of the 15S Field Artillery and al
present is on maneuvers in Massa
chusetts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
BIuftOn Graduate
In u. S. Navy Choir

Virgil L. Bartz, graduate of Bluff
ton college in the class Of 1910, is in
the United States Navy choir at the
Great Lakes, Illinois, training station,
it was announced this week.
Bartz, a native of Columbus Grove,
entered the Naval training station
on July 27, following graduate work
taken at Ohio State university this
summer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Red Cross Quota
Nears Completion

Bluffton's Red Cross quota of sur
gical dressings for the current month
will be completed Friday, it is an
nounced by Mrs. j. S. Steiner, in
charge of this project.
Mrs. Steiner expressed thanks to
the women who have aided in this
work and said the September quota
would be announced shortly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
IL Year Old Net Ace is First
Bluffton Player TO Cop
County Crown
Also Wins Junior County
Championship; Large Crowd
Present Sunday

Roger Howe, 17-year-old Blufftor
tennis ace, won the Allen county net
championship by defeating Car
Hutchins of Cridersville in five sets
at the courts of the Bluffton tennis
club Sunday afternoon.
Howe is the first Bluffton player
to win the county tennis champion
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Advance In Rank

James West, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cliff West of Lawn avenue, has
been promoted from rank of sergeant
to that of Staff Sergeant, it was an
nounced this week. Staff Sgt. West
is located with the armed forces in
Bermuda.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Lucille Hilty vii
Teach At Sy

Miss Lucille Hilty, d
Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Hill
street, will teach in t'A
school at Sylvania.
Miss Hilty graduatef
ton High school in thef
and attended BlufftoA
Bowling Green unive'A
Ira Baumgartner, u
Bluffton college in thu
is superintendent of
schools. Edwin WI
Rev. and Mrs. Pa,
Grove street, teach
school at that place -
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
BIuftOn Girl Deputy
In Treasurer's Office

Miss Dorothy Greding, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Greding of West
College avenue has been named dep
uty in the office of Ray Barnett, Al
len county treasurer. Miss Greding
has started on her new duties at the
court house in Lima. She attended
Tiffin Business university last year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
2#4z
Seminary Student
To Preach SUNDAY

George Klinefelter, student at Lam
caster Theological seminary, Lancas-
ter, Pa, will preach on the subject
"The Growth of Life" at the final
summer Sunday evening service at
the st. Johns Reformed church at s
o'clock. The public is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
In ManeuverS

Corp. Robert West, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cliff West Of Lawn avenue, is
participating in maneuvers in the
Imperial Desert, located 400 miles
south of Camp Roberts in California.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
Complete Red Cross
First Aid Course

The following have completed II
weeks Red Cross course in First Aid
taught by Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein:
Sara Louise Amstutz, w. A. AM
stutz, Mary E. Habegger, Mrs. Cord
on Bixel, Mrs. Ada Miller, Geraldine
Strunk and Gladys Schumacher.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-27
NEW FRONT

A new front is being installed at
the Fred Gratz clothing store in the
Fett block on North Main street.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-30

A "piek.me-up- for yo~r
complexion-And your
purse. Only 81 for this
gay-as-sprins package Of
Tussy matched Lip~iek
and Compact Rouge.
Both in new pink plassie
cases Choice Of 7 high
fashion shades,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-30
Lions Club
Plans Annual
Ladies' Night

MEMBERS of the Lions Club,
their wives and guests will at
tend the annual Ladies Night,
a dinner-dance set for Tuesday,
May 5, at Gowanie Golf Club.
Dinner will be served at $50
o'clock, and will be followed by
a floor show at $50 o'clock, 10
be presented by talented stu
dents of the Frances Wads-
worth School of Music, Detroit.
Ivan Johnston is in charge of
the entertainment, and reports
that the show, which lasts As
minutes, is outstanding enter
tainment.
Donald j. Parent is general
chairman for the event assisted
by Fred Blanchard and Carroll
Brown.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-30
Banquet

ONE Of ST. Joseph's Guilds &C.
casional banquets will be held
on May II at Vernier's Inn, New
Baltimore, at $50 o'clock, il
was decided last evening when
members met with Mrs. Reuben
Clay.
Card prizes were won BY Mrs.
Wa ter Dubay, Mrs. Paul Schoen
and Mrs. Andrew Allor.
BROWNIE TROOP % enjoy
ed a hike from Wilson school TO
Shadyside on Tuesday. There
they pickniCked with their lead
err, Mrs. George Howell, and
Mrs. Edsel Bandlow, who &C
companied them.
MRS. JOSEPH BLUNDO and
her infant son James Charles re-
turned on Wednesday to their
home, at PIT South Gratiot ave-
nue. from st. Joseph's hospital
MRS. GEORGE DLUGE en-
tertained the st. Louis Dahlia
Cub yesterday afternoon, with
card prizes going to Mrs. Stan
ley Young and Mrs. Harris Te-
DO, and house prize to the host
ess. Next meeting will be with
Mrs. Charles Medium, on May
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-30
Socialists
are Honored

FOUR MEMBERS of ST. Louis
Sodality of our Lady were nam
ed last evening to crown the
Blessed Virgin in ceremonies
during the May program. They
are Bonnilyn Dubay, Phyllis
Miller, Thelma Dunlap and
Catherine Sterling.
The ceremony will take place
the afternoon of May IT, with
communion in a body and a
communion breakfast slated to
precede 1t.
Hymns for the occasion were
practised last evening under the
direction of Mother Marie Col
lette, who urges all girls Of St.
Louis parish to report to practise
on Wednesday, May 8 at 7 o.
clock.