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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Real Estate Deals

The former Samuel Garrett prop
erty on North Spring street has been
purchased by Edw. Scheele. The
deal was made by H. w. Althaus.
Scheele moved here last week from
near McComb into the former Alder
fer property on South Main street
which he purchased from Althaus.
Scheele's son is occupying the Gar
rett property which was previously
occupied by Ralph Garlinger who re-
Gently enlisted in the navy. Mrs.
Garlinger and family are residing at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Fisher in Orange town
ship.
Fred c. Badertscher has purchased
the South Main street residence of
the late Hiram Locher from the
Locher estate. The property is oc-
cupied by David Risser and family
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
American Cigarettes Big Help In
Winning Over French In North Africa

navy who is home on furlough this
week. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Fritchie of Riley street.
Fritchie, one of the navy crew
operating transport carrying army
units to Africa, was also coxswain
in command of an assault boat used
in getting troops ashore.
Opposition which was encountered
during the first two days gave way
after it became apparent that the
United States had landed superior
forces and from that time on the
French garrison made friends with
the invaders and gladly accepted
American cigarets.
Assault Boats Prove Worth
Much of the success of the Ameri-
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
q GO TO CAMP;
S. CALLED FOR
PHYSICAL Exam
Eleven from Bluffton Area to
Be Inducted Into Army
At Camp Perry
Large Quota Summoned to
Undergo Final Examination
At Toledo, Friday

Twenty-eight Allen county selectees
will leave Lima for induction into the
army at Camp Perry, Thursday, it is
announced by Allen County Draft
Board No. 3.
The board also announced that a
group of So selectees will go ito To-
ledo on Friday to undergo final phys
ical examinations.
Of the number leaving for Camp
Perry, Thursday, eleven are from this
part of Allen county. Heading the
group as acting corporal in charge, IS
Harry Bogart, Bluffton rural mail car
rier.
Others from this area who are IN
cluded in the contingent being sent to
Camp Perry are:
Garnette Foltz, Jean Kohler and
Allen Wilson of Bluffton.
Edwin Kiefer and Glen Zimmerman
of Beaverdam.
John Nichols and Joseph Moneette
of Lafayette.
Lloyd Early of Ada.
Leon Boedicker and Camillus Knott
of Col. Grove.
Take Phyical Examination
Twelve from this area who will un-
dergo physical examination at Toledo,
Friday are:
Marion Burkholder, Claude Ream,
Chas. Alex Conrad, Clifford Houts and
Virgil Gratz of Bluffton.
Chas. X. Struble and Russell M. Car
ner of Col. Grove.
James R. Watt, Orbin Hensley, John
Hefner and Charles Gossman OF
Lafayette.
Erold Ray Diller, Lima Route 5.
Charles R. Emans originally includ-
ed in the group enlisted in the navy
the first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Ensign Miller Gets
NelU Assignment

Ensign James F. Miller, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Miller, of
South Main street, has been assigned
commanding officer of coast guard
station on one of the Florida keys.
At his new post Ensign Miller will
be in charge of a station of IT'S
Coast Guard men patrolling high
ways and beaches.
Ensign Miller has been located at
Key West Coast Guard headquarters.
Before enlisting in the service, he
was coach at Pandora and Me-
chanicsburg High schools.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
BEGIN FRIDAY TO
REGISTER 1S YEAR
oLDs FOR DRAFT
Bluffton and Richland Twp.
Youths to Register at Board
No. 3 in Lima
Registration to Take Place from
9 a. m. to 5 P. m. at
Boards Office

Bluffton and Richland township
youths who have attained the age
of Is years will register for the
draft, during designated periods, in
the sixth registration to be held at
the headquarters of Allen county
Board No. 3 located on the second
floor of the National Bank building
starting this Friday.
Registration at the headquarters
will take place from a. m. to 5
p. m. on week days except Satur-
days when the hours will be 8 a. m.
to IL noon. Registration will not
be conducted on Sundays.
All Bluffton youths will go to the
Lima headquarters for the registra-
Continued on page 8
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Christmas Shopping In Full Swing
Despite Tire And Gas Restrictions
Shoppers This Year are Buying
Larger Quantities at One
Purchase
Increased Buying is Reflection
Of Higher Wages Paid
In Industry

Christmas shopping in Bluffton is
in full swing despite restrictions on
gasoline and tires, local merchants
reported this week.
Most motorists have full tanks of
gasoline, purchased before rationing
of the fuel started last week, and
they are apparently using this for
Christmas shopping.
Merchants have reported that
shoppers this year are buying larger
quantities of Christmas items at one
time instead of numerous separate
purchases. This apparently is done
to conserve tires and gasoline.
No Yuletide Garb
Neither has the lack of the Gus
tomary Yuletide garb lessened the
influx of Christmas shoppers into
the town. Although many have re-
marked that they miss seeing the
gay decorations they are resigned to
war necessity which calls for the
diversion of critical materials into
military channels.
Shortages prevail in many items
but customers have been able gen.
orally to make satisfactory pur-
chases through substitution of avail.
able merchandise.
The Increased buying this year Il
reflection of the higher wages be-
ing paid in industry and the larger
number of people having employ.
ment
Opening Observance
Opening musical observance of the
Yuletide season will be joint
Christmas concert to be presented BY
the various musical organizations Of
the high school at the gymnasium
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
This will be followed by the an
nual rendition of Handel's oratorio
"The Messiah at the high schoo
gymnasium Sunday night, Dec. 20
The presentation is made by the
Bluffton college choral society which
is augmented by singers from the
community.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
FUEL OIL RATION
PERMITS READY
AT HIGH SCHOOL
May Be Called for at Office
During Regular School
Hours
N0n-highway Gasoline Ration
Permits are Not Avail
able Yet

Bluffton area residents who made
applications for fuel oil and kero-
sene rationing permits may obtain
their ration books at the Bluffton
High school office, it was announced
Wednesday morning by Supt. of
schools A. j. B. Longsdorf, in charge
of the registration.
All of the stamp books are here
except those permitting non-highway
usage of gasoline, it was stated by
Longsdorf.
The applications were made at the
high school in early November and
have been processed by the Allen
county rationing board. The COM
pleted allotment cards were secured
in Lima Wednesday by Supt. Longs
dorf, e:
The classes f5r which the allot-
ineft< cards are available include:
dealers and retail merchants; heat
ing and hot water for domestic
users; heating and hot water for
other than private dwellings,; indus
trial, commercial and governmental
users; domestic institutional and
agricultural users.
Applicants may secure the ration
books by calling for them at the
office or they may send an agent
or member of the family, Supt.
Longsdorf stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Your 1913 License Tag Will Be
Just Another Windshield Sticker

Another sticker will be added to
the already well-plastered wind
shields of Ohio's automobiles early
next year, when it's time to buy
1943 license permits.
A printing contract was let last
week by the state for windshield
stickers to be used instead of metal
license tags.
Motorists will retain their old
tags, but also must display the
windshield sticker denoting payment
of the 1943 vehicle registration fee.
In size the new stickers will be five
by two inches, and will be issued
in different colors for different type
of vehicles.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Births

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Lauer, of Philadelphia, boy, Hugh
Conrad, Nov. II, at a Philadelphia
hospital. Mrs. Lauer was formerly
Miss Lucille Niswander of this place
The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Bassitt, Lima,
a boy, Thomas Edgar, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Lugibihl, Pan
dora, girl, Betty Carol, Saturday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
With The Sick

Walter Sommer, Bluffton school
bus driver, is patient at the Bluff
ton hospital where he underwent an
operation, Saturday
Charles Oehrli is suffering from a
heart ailment at his home on Poplar
street.
Miss Lucille Steiner is i'll with in
fluenza at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Steiner of Poplar
street. She had been teaching at
Wayne.
Samuel Kohler, residing south of
Bluffton is quite i'll at the Bluffton
hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Fair Board Named
At Annual Meeting

Four of last years board of di-
rectors of Buttons agricultural fair
were reelected for three year terms
at the annual meeting held at the
town hall Saturday night.
Reelected were: Hiram Kohl,
Clyde Klingler, Edgar Herr and Ben
Amstutz. Holdovers serving the un-
expired portion of three year terms
are:
Ray Marshall, Carl McCafferty, Joe
Powell, Harold Carr, Albert Winkler,
Clyde Warren, Dwight Frantz, Quin-
ten Burkholder, Harvey Burkholder.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Graduates From Army
Air School Wednesday

James A. Griffith, Bluffton youth
in training with the army air corps
has completed a three months course
at the school in Miami Beach, Flor
ida, and was graduated Wednesday
with the rank of second lieutenant.
Following his graduation he will
be an instructor in the air corps
school at Palm Beach, Florida.
Griffith entered the air corps serv-
ice last February and was previously
stationed at Randolph Field, Texas.
He is the grandson of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Rogers of South Main street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
DiLler Named Clerk
OF Cemetery Board

Z. l.. Diller was named clerk of
the board of trustees of Maple
Grove cemetery at meeting of the
council Monday night. The appoint
ment made by Mayor w. A. Howe
and confirmed by the council filled
the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of A. L. Baumgartner.
Baumgartner also resigned as
caretaker of the cemetery and
Marshal H. l.. Coon was appointed
temporary caretaker.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
DRAFT DEFERMENT
APPLIES ONLY TO
men ACTUALLY SO
Registrants Approaching 3Sth
Birthday are Not Covered
By Ruling
More ChildleSS Husbands Will
Face Early Induction into
Service

Recent ruling granting draft de-
ferment for men SO years OF age OF
older, applies only to those who have
actually attained their thirty-eighth
birthday, it was stated by Col.
Chester w. Goble, Ohio director of
selective service, tuesday.
Goble's statement came after the
Induction Of men who have reached
50 was stopped Sur1iay by presi-
Dental order.
Following the presidents order
questions came as to whether tn
ruling exempted from the draft only
men who were 38 or older last Sun
day, or who will be 38 on given
date, or whether it meant, for the
indefinite future, that. the only age
barrier to a mans induction would
be his arrival at the age of 38 be-
fore he was actually sworn into
service.
OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Since the sweeping change in the
selective service-War Man-Power
Commission setup was promulgated
Saturday night by President Roose-
Welt, Col. Goble said, the only official
instructions issued to local draft
boards were these:
Effective Immediately, no reg
istrant who has attained the age of
SO years or over will be forwarded
to the induction station.
2-Regulations are being amended
to provide that all registrants 80
years old and over will be classified
in All.
3-Registrants 3S years old and
over are no longer eligible for vol
unteer officer candidate training.
"If board has registrant who
is even 81 years, IL months and Is
days old and is qualified on other
grounds for induction, it has no al
ternative to processing him if failure
to do so would make the board fall
short of meeting its call", Col. Goble
said. "The regulations do not permit
any other course"
USE DISCRETION
AS a matter of fact, however
some, if not all, local boards will
exercise varying degrees of discre-
ton in deciding whether to proceed
with the processing of man who
is on the verge of his 38th birth.
day, especially if the registrant car
show he is contributing directly te
the war effort in his civilian pursuit
The instructions concerning draft
registrants who are over 38 were
accompanied by blanket authori-
cation from Coy. Goble permitting al
selective service boards in Ohio "tc
reclassify to IA and induct mar.
ried registrants with wives only in
meeting calls for December and any
month thereafter"
Previous to receipt of this au-
thority, only local boards which had
individually reported an exhaustion
of single registrants and those with
corollary dependents (parents, sis
ters, brothers, grandparents, aunts
uncles) had been given permission
to call up childless married men.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
ReU. BigelOW Will
Address Lions Club

Rev. Ernest Bigelow, pastor of the
Blafftcn Presbyterian church, will
address the Bluffton Lions club at
the Walnut Grill Tuesday night at
6:15 o'clock.
The blind of the community will
be the guests of the club. Plans
for the distribution of Christmas
baskets here will be made.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Radio Sermon Series

Marriage" is the subject in the
radio sermon series Living Today
by the Rev. A. c. Schultz, pastor of
the Ebenezer Mennonite church and
Bluffton college Bible teacher, to be
broadcast over Findlay radio station
WIN Friday afternoon at 3:45
o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Ebenezer Broadcast

A girls trio consisting of the
Misses Jemima Lugibihl and Esther
Amstutz and Mrs. Wilford Steiner
will be heard in the broadcast of
the Ebenezer Mennonite church over
Findlay radio station WIN Sunday
afternoon at Ais o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
Enlists In Navy

Charles Emans of North Main
street has enlisted in the navy and
was sworn into the service with a
group of AZ recruits Monday night
at Memorial hall in Lima as part
of the Pearl Harbor commemoration
ceremonies.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10

Annual installation of officers of
Bluffton Eastern Star chapter will
be held Thursday night at the
Masonic hall at 8 o'clock. All mens
bers urged to be present. Evelyn
Beals, w. M.-Eleet.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
BlufftOn Seaman Home on Fur
lough Tells of Opening of
New Front
Americans and Free French
Fraternize After Opposition
On Landing

American cigarets worked like
magic in winning over Free French
forces holding North Africa and
opening the way for occupation of
that territory by United States
forces, said Fred Fritchie, Jr., of the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
SCHOOLS HERE TO
GET B GAS CARDS
FOR BASKETBALL
Will Enable High School and
College to Play Most of
Games Scheduled
Gas Obtained to be Used i'm
Private Cars to Carry
Teams to Contests

Bluffton High school and Bluffton
college basketball programs will be
kept at least partially intact, it was
indicated following an announcement
this week that all members of school
athletic departments would be eli
gible for "B" gasoline rationing
books.
No official word had been received
yet by Coach A. c. Burcky of Bluff
ton college or Sidney Stettler, fac
ulty manager of athletics at Bluffton
High school.
Press dispatches this week report
ed that John r. Richards, chief of
the national gasoline rationing
branch at Washington, promised
state athletic officials that "B' books
would be available for college and
high school athletic departments.
OFFICIALS INCLUDED
The game officials. will also get
"B' books which will guarantee that
schools will have personnel to handle
the games, it was stated.
The limited amount of gasoline
available under "B" books will re-
suit in some curtailments of the ath-
letic programs here. The extent to
which the curtailments will be made
cannot be determined at this time, it
was stated.
Requests for "C' (unlimited) ra-
ton books by athletic officials were
fatty refused by the national ration
ing, organization.
ONE OFFICIAL
AS a further aid to conserving
tires the state managers association
has recommended the use of one
basketball official instead of two in
necessary instances.
With several nearby cities having
officials available for athletic con-
tests, it is not expected that this
problem will be as acute here as in
some localities.
The gasoline to be made available
to schools through the issuance OF
"B" books may be used in private
cars exclusively for the Transports
tion of athletic teams to and from
contests.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
CHRISTMAS TREES HERE

Another note of the approaching
Christmas season was sounded We'd
nesday morning with the arrival in
Bluffton of the first shipment of
Christmas trees.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
SAVE RUBBER

If butterfat is allowed to remain
on the rubber parts of a milking
machine, the rubber becomes oil
soaked and loses elasticity. Cold
water should be used to remove milk
from the rubber Immediately after
milking.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24

Buy W." S"..- e...... OH" Bonds
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24

sure enough he did. Fuminp
that anybody who makes a pre-
emptive bid like that is plain
sucker, nc doubled it almost with
out any pause to think. Then he
proceeded to lead his diamond X.
East soundly overlook with the A
cashed the spade a. led the spade
for a ruff by Vests heart 3, took
the returned club with the A and
led the spade 8. South ruffcd with
the heart J and was over-ruffed
by the Q. but if he had ruffed with
the A or X he would have built n
trump trick for Vests o.
See. smarty!" exclaimed West
after South was set two. for 300
points. But the post-mortem de-
Velopcd that 6-Diamonds could
have been made by West if he
had guessed the clubs right. as he
should have. producing over four
times as many points. Further. he
could have counted East for some
OF the vital minor suit tops, DOS
sibly both aces. and should have
bid 5-Diamonds without WORRY
ovcr the 4-Hearts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24

"''t iHi'' ana IHmlly-F"r 'arTs
81 '!n I'm !. ''ir i.ci iua' every
''fn security b"ir"W," HAS :u-
.t'.."'d ha- rt"dIc'i"n "i 'i'H so"
ecu. 'N'h - dairy. iHlt. poultry
h,""i'I'' ana 'a"!!N GI.dcii-. s,'i
MT. ny.
These al" lumIliC.. WHO have by.u
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"'A'' "'.''. Stock ana better 'm.-
3d. I'''''[ !" q" Il better J"" a.,
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.. an uh'''' 'hr inna i". ui r1".3
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24
Food Productions Increases
Called Gifts 10 Uncle San,

"Chrlsin"s presents ;u Uncle Saa.
twelve w"nths II five yCaI, in ~,
n'IEinl r- To-" APT description give
rood production inrrva US uu inr ,r..
of Vance count" farmers. as the.
pJrt IN tn" w@G effort.
Present of Farm Security AG.r.
l-iratiun borrowers consist r. r-.
ductlnn increases ranging ir.. {,
Err cent - marc than 100 I.. r..;
according 10 County NAN ~mr..-
NiS"" lv"i " Day. IN ann. .ri....
%'Hr.c"d figures.
~ great tribute 20 na;r:.l. Of Jrt.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
BY Shepard Barclay
The Authority on Authori,ies-
The Authority on Authori,ics-

discarded two diamonds from the
dummy On his club X and Q.
After that the defenders could
not get any tricks in diamonds.
but only one in each major, so
that the contract was made.
Simple concentrated thinking
by East. when his partner led the
club 9. should have told him it
was 100 to l South had both the
X and Q of the suit. Such being SO,
if the A was held up and South al
lowed to win the trick. there
would have been no way to make
the contract. Besides the two GER
tain tricks in the majors, there
would have been two in diamonds.
or else one in diamonds and one
in clubs If South saw fit to toss o.
diamond OF the losing club @
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24
NOT MUCH IS OBVIOUS

MANY THINGS about bridge
are not what they seem at first.
The proportion of the utterly oh
ficus to the rest nf the game is
extremely small. Even such n
thlng as using your defensive ace
on the first round Of a suit. when
tnere Is a singleton of il in the
dummy. may appear automatic ut
your initial glance and the con-
trary wren you have given a bit
Of study to the matter.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24
CURE YOUR EMOTIONS

ALLOWING your prcjudiccs for
or against certain tactics to riie
you, and cause you to take action
based on your enthusiasm or re-
sentiment, weakens your effective
ness. To gain a reputation for par
ticularly liking or disliking GER
tain kinds of bids or PLAYS
amounts to tossing out a boomer
ang which flies back and hits YOU
in the face. You will find that YOUR
opponents are ever ready and
willing to spur you on if you can
not curb your emotions in one d.
rection or the other
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24
CHRISTMAS

The angel said unto them. for
not lor. behold. | bring you good
tidings ui great JOY. which shall ~
lr an people For unto you is born
i,i.. day ~ the city of David a So
Eiuug. which j. Christ the Lords ST.
Luke l.lO-li
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24
TomorrOw's Problem

'Dcaler: East. Both sides vul-
nCriblc)
Against South's 4-Hear.s on
inns deal. how can East figure WI,
inc correct defense after his part
n"r leads the club9?
ItuT"F S"rdir1t.. rnr
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24

tDealcr: South. Both sides vul-
nrrablrD
Why siioald West. when dis.
cart!ng on club and diamond
tricks. no, he high cards for the
purpose while South Plays for
NO Trumps on this dcaia
'It'irCs Syndicate. INC.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24

Dca!er: East. Both sides vul-
ncrablc.)
East South West North
IL ~ Pass 40
Just notice what occurred here
because East did what ne con-
sidcred the obvious. West led the
CLUB 8. and East used his A au-
Dramatically III view of the dummy
having a singleton. Otherwise he
would no, get any trick with hi,
y. - lie r""EuncG. After he then
returned til diamond = :" the \.
Sol. Id Il hcLt :" rs own a.
ie.'a:i,8 The tiuc s" AL promptly
L.~.g:.....cd by King
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-24

dealer: North. East-Wcst yul.
ncrable)
North East South I,ros,
IdSS Dbl
South's pre-cmptivc jump would
have been very bad bridge against
most opponents. but nc knew Wcs,
as an ebullicnt individual who is
always raving against the alb
S'lrdity of ever pre-cmpting. who
advises everybody not to make
such bids, and who sees rcd when
ever anybody at the table makes
one. South knew West, an other
wise fine player. would get so
stirred up by this bid that he
would be Knocked off balance and
might find any of a dozen ways to
80 wrong.
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