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Evening star., 1942-03-22

She has a scrapbook now Of the letters she
received in answer to the post cards- One 10 in
Spanish from a soldiers brother in Cuba
There are invitations to her to pay retm
visits to New Jersey and Maine. New England
and the West. There was the warm-hearted
grateful letter from Manhattan. With thrill
thank you in behav of my son Samuel
EVE1Y WEEK End there were three or four
soldiers. One week end there were seven.
Sometimes the men came and dept and ate
and disappeared without any word Of written
thanks. But among them all there was not one
who turned out to be an unweloome visitor.
not one who created an unpleasant incident.
There were amusing experiences. however.
a. when the boy. tired from maneuvess, went
to sleep in the bathtub.
BY nature Mrs. Cunningham l. no pro-
fessional hostess. l doubt that she has
any special gifts n an entertainer. But
she docs have, think, . special gift for
recognising people A. people, boys a.
boys, Americans n Americans.
They all belong to somebody" she said.
Many of the boys who slept in her beds and
helped her wash the dishes after they had
eaten have moved on from the maneuven to
new places in the defense of America. The
Evening star., 1942-03-22

way they are gong does not nun
by North Boylan Avenue. But they
have been that way. and l know
the America they defend is more like
home wherever they 60 because they
have been there.
It wasn't a palace. Hospitality
Evening star., 1942-03-22
RARA0 q gWIys0

sent her. And they sent her all sorts: Irish
man. Jew. Armenian. Cuban. young selectee
lust two years out of Mani Germany - only
Evening star., 1942-03-22
ON THE
HOME
FRONT

was not pretentious But it was good and
from a warm heart. In peace and war the
hospitality of America would be better if all
of it came from such spirit.
- JONATHAN DMeElS
Evening star., 1942-03-22
MAKE CLOTHES LAST l0ttCEe
THIS NEW 0XYD0l WAY

New Oxydol 10 the oaly soap o0caaliy recon-
memded BY . Group Of Ieadina washer nakers
includine EASY-0akers Of the famous lS4l
EASY SpandrieS Washers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-30

WHEREVER he is, whatever his outfit, you be
appreciate the Came send gift they
for is cigarettes the brand: Camel cigarettes.
AND TO SAVE YOU TIME AND TROUBLE, YOUR DEALER HAS
A SPECIAL WRAPPER WITH COMPLETE MAILING MSIRUC-
ToNS Stop today and send off Came chap who's
waiting hear from another and smoke them
Then you'll know why with the the favor
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
LIVESTOCK YARDS
HERE WILL CLOSE
TWO DAYS WEEKLY
No Operations on Tuesday and
Wednesday at Brady Bros.
Markets
Sixty Yards in Three States to
Be Closed to Conserve
Tires and Gas

Buttons livestock yards owned
and operated by Brady Bros, will
be closed every Tuesday and We'd
nesday beginning next week as a
measure to conserve tires and gaso-
line. Announcement to this effect
was made by A. E. Lugibill in
charge of the local yards.
The market here is one of go
yards located in Ohio, Michigan and
Indiana owned by Brady Bros, large
livestock dealers with headquarters
at Payne, Ohio.
Livestock assembled at the COM
pany's different yards is graded and
then trucked to a central point for
carload shipments to packing houses
Some thirty trucks are operated
by the company in this phase of the
business and it is with the aim of
conserving tires and gasoline OF
these trucks that the order was
issued for shutdown two days
weekly.
All of the company's yards will be
effected, it was stated Wednesday
morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Farm, Machinery
RatiOning Committee

Rationing of new farm machinery
and equipment in Allen county will
be handled by a three-man commit
tee headed by AAA Chairman, Clair
A. Patterson of Lima it was an
nounced Tuesday.
Two other farmer members of the
committee appointed by the County
CSDA War Board are Leonard L.
Bowsher of Shawnee township, and
Francis C. Marshall of Richland
township Alternates named are
Paul Lawrence of Auglaize township
and J. C. Begg of Monroe township
The Department of Agriculture
order of September II, temporarily
s'freezing" all farm machinery and
equipment was described by Patter
son as necessary because of the
critical shortage of steel and also tt
insure fair distribution of the limit
ed supply and it's placement where
it will do the most good In wartime
farming production.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
In New Locations

Mrs. Lysle Baumgartner left We'd
nesday for Mishawaka, Ind, Her
husband is employed in the offices of
the Ball Band Rubber company and
the family will make their home in
that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Linden and
family will move the last of this
week from the Mrs. Ethel Niswander
apartment on South Jackson street
to the Lyle Baumgartner property on
Cherry street.
Rev. and Ernest Bigelow will move
this week from the Miss Martha
Steiner property on South Lawn ave-
nue. to the Mrs. Niswander apart
ment on South Jackson street.
Rev. and Mrs. John Elwood who
spent the summer near Ada, after
being in Pomeroy the past year have
moved to Evanston, ILL.,, where he
will enter Garrett Theological SEM
mary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
BlufftOn Concern Wins Industrial
Award For County Safety Record
Triplett Company Without
Single Lost-time Accident
In Six Months
Receives Silver and Gold Plaque
For Making Top Record in
Allen County

An attractive silver and gold
plaque signifying the leading safety
record of $50 manufacturing and
business concerns in Allen county
for the first six months of 1912 was
presented last Wednesday to The
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
Of this place.
R. l.. Triplett, president and gen.
eral manager of the Bluffton concern,
accepted the plaque, on behalf of
employees, at a banquet held in Lima
to honor winners in the safety cam
paign.
To win the signal honor, the Trip
lett Company worked 1859 hours
from January / to July l, 1912
without a single lost-time accident
Speaking at the banquet was DR.
Charles Copeland Smith, of New
York City. A native-born English
man, DR.. Smith is now citizen Of
the United States.
In his address DR.. Smith paic
high tribute to industry for the
part it is playing in the war pro.
gram. miracles performed in the
production field of this nation some
times are not properly appreciated
by us because they promptly are
succeeded by more and more mir
acles", the speaker declared.
DR.. Smith explained that rather
than cite an isolated case he would
review the results of profits shown
by the review of 80 war contracting
firms. Taking the average, it was
found that gross profits prior to tax
alton was six per cent, and after the
deduction of taxation three per cent
Such a record shows industry is not
going hog wild in war profteering.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Mems Rubber Work Shoes And Boots
Are Frozen; To Be Rationed Monday
Order Effective at Midnight
Tuesday to Prevent Run
on Stocks
Six Types for Men Covered
Women's and Children's
Not Affected

Stocks of mems rubber boots and
rubber work shoes on Bluffton deal
ers' shelves were frozen Tuesday at
midnight by the Office of Price Ad-
ministration at Washington. An
nouncement of the freezing order
was made late Tuesday afternoon.
The OPA stated that rationing of
the frozen stocks would start next
Monday, but until that time all
stocks now in the hands of retailers
will be frozen and dealers will be
required to secure inventory forms
from local rationing boards before
sales of the rationed articles may be
made.
Six types of rubber boots ano
shoes to be rationed will be sold or
certificate only to men working OF
jobs essential to the war or to public
health and safety.
WoMEN'S, CHILDREN'S RUBBERs
UNAFFECTED
Women's and children's rubber
boots and ordinary rubbers, arctic:
and CATERS are not affected by tht
freeze or the rationing orders. Re
claimed rubber is mostly used fol
them.
This first government move int
the field of clothing rationing af
fects six types of mems rubber boots
and rubber work shoes because they
require high content of crude rub
Der and because of a mounting de
mand among industrial and agri
cultural workers.
The almost immediate freezing or
der was designed to avert an!
buyers run.
THESE ARE RATIoNED
The following mems footwear il
included in the rationing order:
Hip-height rubber boots, including
all of hip, body and thigh height4
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
WAR CHEST DRIVE
TO BE HELD HERE
OCTOBER 10 TO 80
Campaign Will Combine All
Drives for War Relief
Under One Unit
Local Organization for Solicita-
tions Being Formed by.
Mayor w. A. Howe

Combining all drives for war relief
under one head, Bluffton residents
will be solicited for contributions to
the Allen County War Chest for the
United Service Organizations and
nine national war relief agencies, it
was announced Tuesday by Mayor
w. A. Howe, temporary chairman of
the local organization. The cam
paign will be conducted Oct. 10 to
30 throughout the country.
Individual drives for relief of !
particular country or organization
will be eliminated and the War Chest
drive will unite into a single effort
, the raising of funds for the needs of
the home front and war front, it
was stated. The Allen county quota
is $52,731.
Only One Drive
Bluffton residents should welcome
the opportunity of contributing TO
war relief in one sum instead of
being bothered by numerous drives
asking for relief in the various parts
of the world, it was pointed out by
Mayor Howe.
An organization for the drive is
being formed locally with represen-
tatives from the various clubs, busi-
ness groups, fraternal orders and
other organizations of the commun-
ity. A meeting of the representa-
tives will be called in the near
future to make preliminary plans,
the mayor stated.
War Relief Control
All of the war relief agencies in
cluded in the Allen county and Bluff
ton campaign have been registered
with and licensed by the Presidents
War Relief Control board of which
Joseph Davies is chairman. These
agencies have been examined and
approved by the National Informa-
tion bureau, New York. Thus all
contributors can be assured that
their funds will go into legitimate
relief channels.
"All Americans should welcome
contributing to this cause in view OF
the opportunity to aid our valieni
| allies in a way which will promote
international unity as no other
method can," it was further stated
by the mayor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
FINDS BROKEN RAIL
i'm Time TO AVERT
TIEUP ON RAILROAD
Sidney Garau, Merchant Police,
Discovers Break Tues
day Night
Section Crew Makes Emergen-
cy Repairs Near Cherry
Street Crossing

Promp action by Sidney Garau
Bluffton merchant police, early
Tuesday night averted what might
have been serious train wreck or
the Nickel Plate road here.
Garau, making his first round OF
local business places and industrial
concerns shortly after o'clock, dis.
covered a section of broken rail al
the railroads Cherry street crossing
He notified Alva Scoles living
nearby on Cherry street who in turr
telephoned Agent Fred Hofer.
An eastbound freight due here a
s p. M, was notified of the situation
as it had made an unscheduled stoT
at Beaverdam to make a minor re
pair.
Meanwhile a section crew wa.
summoned to make emergency re
pairs. During the evening traffic O.
the line, including the Cleveland t,
st. Louis passenger train passed
over the place cautiously but with
out interruption. The repair jol
was complete dabout IL p. m.
The broken section of rail was dis
covered only a few feet east of tn
grade crossing and opposite tn
shelter for the watchman on dut,
during daytime. The crossing i
protected by an electrically operated
signal at night
The break was at the base o
the "ball' of the rail. While no
Immediately serious it would, if un
discovered, lead to further break
in the rail at the same spot an,
eventually derail traffic Hofer stated
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
VIII Enlist In Army
Air Corps Band Unit

Nelson Hauenstein, son of Prof
and Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein of Cam
pus Drive left Wednesday for Los
Vegas, New Mexico, to enlist in the
army as member of the 95th air
squadron band.
He was graduated from Eastman
School of Music, Rochesta, N. Y,
last spring, specializinpfn flute and
spent the summer Q the university
of Michigan, AM Arbor, where he
had teaching asistantship in the
music department for the coming
year.
To enlist in the army he was re-
leased by the Allen county draft
board and the university music de-
partment.
Accompanying Hauenstein to Los
Vegas will be Noah Knepper OF
Bowling Green, who will enlist as q
member of the same army band as
a member of the oboe section. Knep
per was also a student at the Uni
versity of Michigan last summer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Manu- Attend Funeral
For Harry 0. Bentley

Many from Bluffton were in at
tendance at funeral services held at
Lima, Saturday afternoon for Harry
o. Bentley, SO, widely known corpor-
alton lawyer and native of this place.
Bentley died Unexpectedly at his
home in Lima shortly before eight
o'clock last Thursday morning. Death
was due to heart attack. He had
become i'll during the night but had
not considered his illness serious
enough to summon physician.
He was senior member of the law
firm of Wheeler, Bentley, Neville
and Cory and prominent in profes-
sional and civic affairs.
The son of Winfield Scott and
Mary Jane (Anderson) Bentley, he
was born in 1878 near Bluffton. The
family lived on what is now the Ira
Slusser farm on Bentley road south
of town.
He graduated from Bluffton high
school in the class of 1891 and later
taught in the schools here. Out
standing as student Bentley gained
more than local note for his attain
ments in spelling school contests.
His legal career began with his
admission to the bar after gradual
| ing from the Ohio Northern univers-
ity law school in 1896. Locating in
Lima he formed law partnership
with the late S. S Wheeler and since
resided in that city.
He was a frequent Bluffton visitor
especially during the lifetime of his
/ parents who moved to town and lived
for a number of years at what is
now the Lloyd Murray residence on
South Main street.
He was also loyal supporter of
Bluffton college and a close friend
of the late DR.. S. X. Mosiman,
| former president of the institution.
Memorial services in his honor were
held at the Bluffton college chapel,
Sunday evening with d. w. Bixler
as the principal speaker.
Bentley was general counsel for
the Triplett Electrical Instrument
company of Bluffton and more than
a score of other industrial and finan-
cial firms. Among these was the
Pennsylvania railroad which he rep
resented as district solicitor for forty
years.
Funeral services were held from
the Davis, Miller and Son Cathedral
chapel in Lima. Among the hon
orary pallbearers was +. L. Triplett
of this place.
Surviving are his wife, Blanche
, Bentley whom he married April 8
: 1901; two daughters Mrs. Robert
J Breckenridge and Mrs. Charles Cory,
: FIVE grandchildren and sister, Mrs
Charles Killen, all of Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01

tomato season is practically over,
and the potato and sweet potato
crops are matured.
An unusually large amount of
cane has been planted in the Bluff
ton area last spring for old fash
ioned sorghum molasses. The freeze
compelled the patch owners to strip
the leaves from the stalks and get
it ready for the cane mills.
No damage was done to sugar
beets and harm to apples is slight
because the loss of the trees leaves
will enable the late fruit to ripen
faster.
Furnaces were started in opera
ton; heating stoves were set up and
some residents were seen putting on
storm doors and storm windows, all
indications of unusually cold weather
for this time of the year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
FIRE DAMAGE IN
TOWN LOW; LOSS
in COUNTRY HEAVY
Biuffton Department Gives Out
Figures for Fire Preven-
ton Week
Total of Loss i'm Town is
$1,000; Losses in Country
$4,000

Local preparation for observance
of national fire prevention week, Oc-
tober to 10 brought the announce
ment that Buttons fire loss for the
first nine months of 1912 has been
900 in six blazes, an increase over
the $40 total of last year.
Last year there were five runs of
the fire department. In 1910 the ag-
gregate loss was only $50 and in the
same period in 1889 there was a loss
of $500.
$4,000 Loss i'm Country
Five runs have been made to rural
areas by the Bluffton fire department
so far this year, with a total damage
of $4,000, it was reported by Clar-
ence Stonehill, secretary of the de-
partment. A year ago the losses in
the country came to $4,000 with six
runs.
Bluffton's fire fighting equipment
has been improved during the last
year. with the purchase of 500 feet of
additional hose.
Observance of fire prevention week
also has served to focus renewed at
tention on the need for additional
equipment that will be made available
if action can be had from the WPB
for delivery of the Mack fire truck
cancelled by that group in early May.
Contracting WPB
City Solicitor Francis Durbin is
presenting the facts to WPB officials
relative to the need here for the equip
ment which the voters of Blugton ap-
proved funds for last November.
Durbin will stress to WPB that
Blufton is a center of defense indus
try upwards of a half dozen plants
engaged directly or indirectly In pro-
duction for the war effort and that a
(Ccnrinued ON page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Mennonite Educator
At st. John Church

DR.. NJ. c. Lehman, well known
Mennonite educator, will speak at
union meeting of the Mennonite
churches of the Bluffton and Pan
dora area, at the st. John Mennonite
church next Tuesday night at s
o'clock.
DR.. Lehman has just returned
from Germany where he has been
engaged in directing the relief eff
forts of the Mennonite Central Com
mittee. The committee has been dis
pensing relief in most of the coun-
tries occupied by the German forces.
He has travelled widely in Europe
since the outbreak of the war, hav-
ing done relief work in France and
Poland prior to his work in Ger
many. The public is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
WAR WILL SHELvE.
BUILDING SEWAGE
DISPOSAL PLANT
Necessary Materials Would be
Impossible to Obtain, En-
gineer States
Two Plaintiffs in. Suit Meet for
Conference with City Soil
cit0r Here

Because of difficulty in obtaining
mechanical equipment and other ma
terials on the critical list, it is un-
likely that Bluffton could build a
sewage disposal plant even if di-
rected to do so by a court verdict.
This was the opinion expressed by
Engineer Pettis of the firm of Fink
beiner, Pettis and Strout, Toledo
engineers who were retained by the
council several years ago to prepare
plans for sewer system here.
Pettis' statement of difficulty in
obtaining materials necessary for
construction of a sewer system came
following a conference with Mayor
w. A. Howe, Friday afternoon.
File Dispositions
This development came in connec-
tion with the filing of dispositions in
Allen County common pleas court
by City Solicitor Francis Durbin in
which the municipality will make its
answer to two suits filed against the
town a year ago charging that its
sewage emptied into Riley creek and
thereby damaged farms of the plain
stiffs.
Conference Monday Night
The suits aggregating S25;000
were filed against the municipality
by Oliver Locher and Henry P.
Huber, whose farms are located on
the streams. The plaintiffs with
their attorney, r. S. Steiner of Lima,
appeared before the town council at
a meeting at the town hall Mon
day night. They were questioned by
Solicitor Durbin to secure more
specific information about damages
caused by pollution of the stream.
The landowners reaffirmed that
: unless something was done by the
Continued on page 50
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
European Relief Head
Viii Speak At Lions

DR.. M. c. Lehman, who has Just
returned from Germany where he
has headed Mennonite war relief ac-
tivities, will be the speaker at the
meeting of the Lions club to be held
at the Walnut Grill Tuesday night
at 6:15 o'clock.
DR.. Lehman has been administer
ing relief to countries occupied by
the Germans and he will describe his
experiences in these countries.
Rev. j. Norman King, retired u.
S. army chaplain of Dayton, will
speak to the Lions on Tuesday night
October 20, it was announced by l.
B. Beeshy, club president. Rev. King
will tell about army life at the meet
ing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Mercury Drops To Low Mark Of %
Monday For Third Time In Century

Cold early Monday morning? Well
there was a good reason, for temp
erature dropped to % degrees above
zero. 1t was the third time in a
century that temperature of 28
degrees has been recorded in this
section in September.
However, farmers here reported
frost damage was slight. 1t has
been pointed out that the killing of
the heavy foliage in the soy bean
fields will make possible an early
harvesting of the districts bumper
crop.
Nearly all of the corn was well
enough matured to escape damage, a
few late fields were going into silos
In different parts of the surrounding
countryside.
The vegetable harvest in town and
country is virtually completed. The
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
PROPOSED HARMON
ROAD EXTENSION
May BE DEFERRED
Construction of Satisfactory
Retaining Wall is Engin-
eer's Problem
Work on Street Projected for
This Fall May be- Postponed
Until Spring

Engineering problems in connec-
ton with the proposed extension of
Harmon road from East College
avenue to Cherry street this fall,
may delay construction work until
next year.
This became known the first of
the week with the announcement by
Mayor w. A. Howe that satisfac-
tory solution of the engineering diff
ficulties would be the first step in
getting the project under way.
The proposed roadway will follow
the west bank of Big Riley creek
for the distance between the two
streets and construction of a re-
tanning wall on the side facing the
creek will be necessary, it was point
ed out by the mayor. The other
side will also require protection
against high water it was stated.
Seek Property Easements Later
Only until these problems are
worked out in more detail by the
engineers will the easement from
property owners be secured, it was
pointed out. No difficulty is antici-
pated in obtaining the easement
since a number of the owners have
already signified their willingness to
donate enough of their land along
the creek for that purpose.
County Engineer Hobart Mum.
maugh will likely assist the town
in working out details of the road.
way construction, the Mayor said.
Fill Required
Considerable fill will be required
to bring the road up to grade level
This would be required for most OF
the road which will be about q
quarter mile long. At the present
time it is likely that a stone dress.
ing would be applied to the top ano
after the war it could be properly
surfaced with asphalt.
The road would relieve traffic con
gestion on Main street considerably
in that it would provide an effective
bypass for traffic which woule
otherwise be required to go on Mair
street. At the same time it woult
serve industrial establishments il
the area including the two plants 0.
the Triplett Electrical Instrumen
Co., the municipal electric light an,
waterworks plant, Page Dairy
Bluffton Hatchery and Bluffton Ston
Co.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Woman Loses End Of
Finger In Accident

Mrs. Clint Morehead, As, of five
miles south of Bluffton on the coun-
ty line, suffered the loss of part of
the middle finger of her left hand
when it was accidentally caught in
a corn shelter at her home the past
week.
The woman was alone at her farm
home at the time of the accident
and went to neighbor's to obtain
help. She was removed to the Bluff
ton hospital where the finger was
amputated at the first joint.