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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21
NOTICE To CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
UF.F FAKI N ENI OF HIGHWA1
Columbus. Ohio. May IL, 1892
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Columbus. Ohio May IL. 1892.
Engineer Of Sales Legal Copy No. 42-2l7
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Sealed proposals will he received at the
Office of the State Highway Director of Ohio,
at Columbus. Ohio. until ten o'clock A. NJ.
Eastern War Time.
Tuesday. June 2. 1912, for improvements in !:
Allen County ohio on Sections |. Cairo.
and X Of the Lina-0ttawa Road. State High
way No. l29, State Route No g.. in Bath
and Monroe Townships and the Village Of
Cairo Allen County Ohio on part OF Sec
ton Cairo of the Delphos-Unper Sandusky
Road. State Highway No. 5i2. u. S. Route
No. 80 ". in the Village OF Cairo Putnam
County. Ohio on Section @ Of the Lima OF
tawa Road. State Highway No. 129. State
Route No 65. in Pleasant Township; by re-
surfacing with asphaltie concrete.
Width: Pavement Is feet. 20 feet. % feet
Roadway 30 feet TO 3 feet.
Length: 47.a5s.92 feet or 9.0s2 miles.
Estimated cost ............-... SIT 900. 90.
Contract to be completed not later than
September so. 1912.
The minimum wage TO be paid to all labor
cordance with the Schedule of Prevailing
Hourly Wage Rates Asceftaned and Determin-
ed by The Department of Industrial Relations
applicable to State Highway Department I'm
provements in accordance with Sections f7-3
TIA, i7-4a. 17-5 and i7-5a of the General
Code of Ohio"
The bidder must submit with his bid n Ger.
titled check in an amount equal to FIVE per
cent of the estimated cost. but in no event
more than ten thousand dollars.
Plans and specifications on file in the
department of highways and the Office OF
the resident district deputy director.
The director reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
State Highway Director.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21

As soon as Don mentioned the word
bath, the dog started whining and
refused to move until she was fore
IDLY lifted into the tub for the oc-
casional scrubbing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21

Roger Murray has two pet ducks.
One of them is sitting on a nest of
% eggs which should hatch this
week and the other duck has IL
ducklings.
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(CONCLUSION)

There was long silence after
that. 1T seems to me- Dick said
at last, that neither one of us has
been very sensible about any of this.
All the way along we've kept fight
ing over the most trivial things-is-
lands, and grandfathers, and Kama
ka girls, and who busted lei on
James Wayne's desk. 1t certainly
looks as if we ought to run out of
things to fight over, pretty soon."
Don't you know" Karen asked,
whose lei that was? Don't you
know who was with James Wayne
when he died?"
81 don't even care" Dick said.
81 care. It's taken me a week S
detective work even to find out what
you were talking about. And I'm
going to tell you about it, whether
you're interested or not"
II just don't think it's important
now" Dick said.
II do. Because that was what
really broke US up. It made you
say things to me that were perfectly
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21
BEGINNING NEXT WEEK.

Mrs. B. P. Lugibihl of Ft. Wayne
mails us a copy of an illustrated
edition of the Bluffton News pub
lished in 1904. Those were the DAYS
when Bluffton was the cream sepa-
rator manufacturing center :.
Frank Eaton, mayor Russell
Day, postmaster and E. c..
Akerman superintendent of schools.
Alvin R. Whistler, Bluffton native
now employed by the San Diego Gas
G. Electric company and living in
Oceanside, Calf, has recently been
promoted to district manager in that
organization. Whistler is a live wire
in Oceanside civic affairs, having
been twice president Of the city's
chamber of commerce and is now its
treasurer. He is also prominent in
affairs of the Rotary club.
We are not sure what a Skink
really is but Gene Benroth caught
one of this type of reptillia while
on a hike near Fox hill recently.
When he caught the small lizard it
shed its tail. Boy Scout troop No.
80 is keeping the specimen in its
collection.
Monday night was bad time te
have treasure hunt. Boy Scout
troop No. Sc was a considerable dis.
tance in the woods when the down.
pour started. The few who hao
raincoats tried to share them with
other scouts with the result that
everyone got completely soaked. BOZ
Stratton said he couldn't see how he
possibly could have gotten wetter
even if he had no raincoat.
We never knew before that model
airplanes could make such terrific
speeds until Sunday at the Mt. Cory
model airplane contest when We
found out that many of the gaso.
line powered planes were being
clocked at 100 miles per hour and
some of them considerably more
than that. Incidentally the meet at.
tracted thousands of people with
cars lined up on the country roads
near the Lehr Green farm for miles
| around.
Harry Klay and Hubert Basingel
were the recipients of the generous
benefactions of a Lima Westing
house employe at the Mt. Cory meet
Sunday. He treated the boys tc
pop and sandwiches several times
and then told them to keep the
change. On the second round OF
treats Hubert made it known to the
man that he had been overlooked OF
the following handout and again the
generous nature Of the man mani.
tested itself and he Immediately
tossed a coin to Hubert and told him
to buy some more eats.
Call it intuition if you wish but
Spot, the hitch-hiking dog belonging
to Don Root laid down Immediately
when her master started talking Of
giving her a bath Saturday night
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ANs " " = NJ
State Highway Director
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21
CHAPTER XVII

He went out into the main cabin,
sat down at the table, and laid out
a hand of solitaire; but when it was
laid out he sat staring vacantly at
the cards. He had reason enough
to be sick of solitaire. Then pres
emily he became aware that he was
infinitely weary, and that he had
as much reason as Karen to be in
need of sleep. He laid his head on
the table, convinced now that there
was no longer on the face of the
sea any uncertainty worth keeping
man awake; and was almost inn
mediately asleep.
He must have slept a long time,
for when he awoke daylight was
coming in the ports. In front of
him on the table had been placed a
tray containing a wilted sprig of
celery, and a glass of cold water
that sloshed about with the Holo-
kai's roll; but it didn't seem to him
much of a joke.
Then as he shook the sleep out of
his eyes he was suddenly aware that
something was wrong. The sun ap-
peared to be rising in the west; and
when he had thought about that for
minute he knew that they should
have been in Honolulu many hours
ago. He could hardly believe that
the Holokai had been into Honolulu
harbor, and set Karen ashore, and
put to sea again, without waking
him up but that was the only ex-
PLANTATION he could think of at first.
Certainly the Holokai was tearing
southwark at roaring clip.
He went on deck and found In
yashi at the wheel. whats the idea
of not waking me up in Honolulu"
Honolulu"
Don't stare at me like a block
head!" Dick shouted. "What time
did we leave Honolulu"
We've haven't been to Homo
lulu, Captain"
"You haven't been-well, where
do you think you're going?"
'Why-Why-Oh / was afraid of
this" Inyashi moaned.
''Well, speak up! What do you
think you're doing?"
Miss Waterson-Miss Waterson-
she said you had changed the
course, Captain. She said you want
ed me to bring about and lay for
the Marquesas. She said you had
decided not to go to Honolulu. She
said you were asleep, and she said
l was supposed to-"
Dear heaven" Tonga Dick said.
"You go ask her yourself. She's
up there in the bow. Captain Ton
ga, try to set what course you say.
But didn't know what to do when
she came and"
The mainsail was partly to blame:
the Holokai's low-swung booms
made part of the deck invisible
from the wheel. But the real rea-
son that Dick had not found Karen
before now was that he had not ex-
pected her TO be there. It had been
very definitely fixed in his mind that
she was gone from his ship, gone
altogether out of his life.
He went forward hesitantly, part
ly humble, partly dazed BY his luck.
He stood close beside her at the
rail, and drew her against him with
one arm.
well, good morning!" Karen
said do you always sleep in your
clothes? Because l don't think it
does them any good"
Dick said stupidly, We've didn't
go to Honolulu after all, did we?"
Certainly not. Silly effort of
yours-chasing off to Nuku Hiva.
Did you think you'd get away from
me as easily as that?"
A great cloud of flying fish went
up before the bows of the Holokai.
making Pickering rainbow on the
face of the warm sea.
1.-THE ENDl
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PAGE SEVEN
ArnOrSviiie

Past week callers at the w. I.
Moore home were Mrs. Chas. Hall
and children and Mrs. Earl Driver
and children of Carey. Mrs. Chas.
Montgomery and daughter Sue. Miss
Margaret Guider and Mrs. Daisy
Steinbrenner.
Mr.. William Hartman and daugh-
ter Mrs. Golda Cribley of Texas,
called at the o. p. Hartman home
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Marjorie Ream was Sunday
dinner guests at the Chas. Mont
gomery home.
Clyde Klingler and Miss June
Ream spent the week end with Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. E. Coldiron of De-
troit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. |. Moore called
at the c. E. Klingler home Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Sarah Oates and son Don
were Lafayette callers Sunday after
noon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21
Ma~A
OeAotsoI

Yes times change after the
ball game here Monday afternoon
hard fought between Bluffton col
lege and Toledo U both teams got
together and enjoyed hamburger
fry and hot dog sandwiches around
the outdoor stove just beyond the
outfield everybody happy !. i. =.
no grudges and Bluffton Beavers
and Toledo Rockets swapped yarns
{. =. can't imagine that back in the
days when Everett used to pitch 'em
down on Schmidt's field and
Hod Murray picked hot ones off the
bat when high school football
games ended up all too often with
a free for all especially with
Col. Grove and home town kids
were all set to make off with all
the visiting teams equipment they
could find lying around loose
maybe we've still got a long ways
to go to be good sports, but any
way we're off to a good start.
Better take it easy when you
drive the old jaloppy-for it's go
ing to be long time before you'll
get new one. And even priority
may not get you one any too quick
ly. There's Harry Bogart, Bluffton
rural mail carrier who was off the
route the first of the week waiting
for a new car and Harry will
tell you that new cars are really
scarce right now. Meanwhile barber
Don Patterson is pinchhitting on the
route. Harry expects to be back
making his rounds by the last of
the week.
Missionary Paul Wenger recently
back from India says one out of
every hundred in that country is a
Christian. This is a correction of a
figure given in last weeks issue
which stated that one in six had
been converted. Sorry we fell into
the error of misquoting him.
And speaking of errors there's the
old one told about Hughie Jennings,
who as manager of the Detroit
Tigers once refused to look at a
likely prospect for the position of
shortstop because his record of 81
games and no errors was 'too
good.
"Any shortstop who has played
that many games without an error
isn't going after the hard ones",
said Hughie. "I'ye noticed that the
fellow who never makes a mistake is
the fellow who never does anything
worth while, he added.
Melvin Zimmerly whose herd of
purebred Holsteins is one of the best
in this section has a coy which pro-
duced 6,165 quarts of milk this past
year and 481 pounds of butterfat,
according to results recently an
nounced, of test supervised by
Ohio State University and the Hol-
stein Friesian association.
j.
Ebert Kibele of Lorain in town
the first of the week. Ebert, whose
draft number is up has been with
the Kresge department store organi-
cation for number of years. He
says high school boys, women and
older men are being used to replace
these called by the army.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

The State of Ohio.
Allen County, SIS.
Estate of Malissa (Melissa) Garret. Deceased.
T. r. Chiles of Lima, Ohio, has been ap-
pointed and qualified administrator with
will annexed of the estate of Malissa tMelssa)
Garrett late of Allen County. Ohio. deceased.
Dated this Sth day of May. 1912.
RAYMOND p. SMITH.
Probate Judge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
The State of Ohio.
Allen County, SIS.
Estate of Calvin Balmer. Deceased.
Sarah A. Balmer of 543 S. Main ST.. Bluff
ton, Ohio has been appointed and qualified
as executrix of the estate of Calvin Balmer.
lated of Allen County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this t1th day of May, 1912.
RAYMOND z. SMITH.
5 Probate Judge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21

Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
and help keep America free.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-21

Carl Hazelbaker, Blue Creek, sold
his first All club calf in the state
purebred Hereford sale for $410.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-07-23
SHOULD GUARD AGAINST
LOSS OF FEDERAL STAMP

Motorists should take every pre-
caution against loss of their new
auto use tax stamp, according to
Clark Squire, Collector of Internal
Revenue.
"By all means he said, every
one should make record of the SER
ial number and keep it in safe
place where it can be found in the
event his stamp is lost or stolen"
The Collector explained that re-
cord Of the serial number is espec-
tally important because it will be re.
CURED on gas rationing cards, and
it is the only real proof automobile
owners have that they purchased a
stamp.
Unless the motorist keeps his own
record of the serial number, he may
find it necessary to buy another
stamp should the original disappear,
because he has no positive means of
showing he has already complied
with the law, Squire stated.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-07-23
St. Andrews News

Hans Wogensen motored to Walla
Walla Friday afternoon, where he
visited his daughters, Mrs. William
ocnumard and family and Mrs. Glen
Pope and family. Mrs. Hans Wogen-
sen returned home with him Sunday.
On their way home they stopped in
Council and visited at the Dan Jolly
home.
MI. and Mrs. Ras Tanneburg, Ma
deem and Ward, Guy Watkins and
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo Tanneberg We're
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Tanneberg,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hardy and
daughter of Harrington spent the
weekend with his sister and family,
MI. and Mrs. G. K. Jolly.
Mrs. Frank Jenkin and Gene and
Mrs. Hans Wogensen visited MI. and
Mrs, Earl Jenkin and Mary Ann in
Waterville last Tuesday. Mary Ann
returned home with them for a few
days visit.
Mrs. Susan Peterson, Susie and
Frances and Mrs. Jim Peterson went
to Okanogan TUESDAY after rasp-
berries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Jensen and
children visited Tuesday evening at
the G. K. Jolly home.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bogart and
children Of Coulee City and Mrs. w.
D. Bogart were Wenatchee callers
last Friday.
Mrs. Ras Tanneberg and Nadeen
Mrs. Edwin Mickelsen and Shirley
were shopping in Wenatchee on last
Thursday. Mrs. Earle Jenkin and
Mary Ann went with them from Wa
terville.
Kirk Hahn of Kelso was in this
community Saturday.
Chris and Howard Jorgensen took
their tractor to Waterville for re-
pairs Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Ada Bishop entertained the
Grange ladies at her home last We'd
nesday afternoon. Theo Nicholson
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-07-23
GRANGE STAND ON FARM
LABOR DRAFT CLARIFIED

| Applying the Grange stand In
favor of drafting farm workers as
the only possible solution to the farm
labor shortage which is threatening
seriously to curtail agricultural pro-
duction in this State in a time of ma
tSnal emergency, Henry P. Carsten-
sen, Master of the Washington State
Grange, declared that the drafting of
farm labor should not be considered
an encroachment on the principles of
freedom or the individuals rights
any more than CONSUMPTION of sol
dier for the battlefront.
There are definite jobs to do in
winning a war" he said. 1.-THE lob
of soldier is one, and farm pro-
duction is another-for failure of
agriculture would be Just as disas-
trous as collapse of our front lines
I'VE found that we could not get
sufficient volunteers to fill the needs
or our Army, so we had to cOnsCript
men. We now find that there is an
insufficient number of men volun-
teering for farm work, so in order to
protect our war effort the State
Grange has unanimously proposed
farm labor CONSUMPTION
The idea is not that the people
conscripted for farm labor should
donate their services, he explained
Ordinary, skilled, unusually skilled
ed labor would be paid accordingly
The main idea is to assure the far
mers sufficient workers to carry on
production
Farmers are at their wits ends as
they face 3 bumper harvest without
adequate help, Christensen said. IT
can see but one sure solution: An
industrial army, an agricultural ar
my, and our battle front army com
bined to assure us victory"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-07-23
Complete Power
House By Oct.

with construction ahead of sche-
duie, the end of extra work order "a
for building of the east power house
Will be reached by late October,
Ward Wipes, Obi office engineer.
indicated yesterday.
unless we run into difficulty in
the fabrication and placing of the
steel girders for the power house
roof, and even allowing for delays,
we will be through with the Job be-
fore the end of this year." he said.
Pouring of the concrete walls of
the huge structure is rapidly near
Ing the finish. On the east end of the
building concrete has reached the
top level in two sections to allow for
placing of the 97-foot steel Orders
which is scheduled to begin August
2.
Pouring Of substructure concrete
around the draft tubes in the wheel
pits, which was Interrupted by high
water, will be resumed within 2 few
days. When the downstream eleva-
ton reaches 900 the wheel pits will
be deWatered, The elevation yester-
day was approximately 926 Water
was run into the wheel pits to safe
guard against collapse of the wooden
draft tube bulkhead gates.
Obi now employs an average of
900 in all departments on a six-day
work week. By November l it is ex-
pected only few will remain to re-
move company equipment. A major
ity Of the skilled workmen will go to
other Kaiser projects, these inolud-
ing walkers foremen and admins
tration personnel.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-07-23
Mold Activities

VIM. (Waco) Rugalski is back, af-
ter six weeks visit to his home
i'll Rockford, III. He intends to help
Kay Leander haul wheat during har-
vest.
D. S. Thompson, the Grange life
insurance man, was caller here on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Burton and
Melvin spent Thursday at Awkward s.
John Carlook was i'll Few days
last week.
Hazel Glessner of Mansfield wlll
help her aunt, Mrs. Del Mclean,
through harvest
A fine shower visited this section
Thursday morning, cooling the at
mosphere. But it is getting hot again.
Susan Thompson, who has been
visiting at the Sims home, went to
Yakima for few days visit.
Housewives are urged to save their
fats for their local butcher, as col
lection win be started soon The
time for rubber collection has been
extended. All metals and rags can
be used also.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thompson,
Dean and Jean went to Wenatchee
Saturday to meet their daughter,
Mrs Ann Ash and infant son, of
Bremerton, who will visit at the
Thompson home.
Mrs. Dick Mckenzie and children
of Grand Coulee were guests at tn
c. w. Jones last week.
Charles O'Connor, Waco Rugalski
and Wayne Gander attended the
dance at the Dude Ranch Saturday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Weimerskirch
and his father, John Weimerskirch
made a business trip to Waterville
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Lemley and fam
lily visited at the Awkward home on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilburn and
daughter, Shannon, and Bobby Fields
visited the L. ] Leander home one
evening last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virl Clark and Bon
ME of Ephrata We're out to their
ranch Sunday. They plan to move
back next Sunday to take care OF
their wheat crop.
Huston Gander of Park lake visit
ed his brothers Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Sam Malone, Carl
and Shirley and Bernice Baugh were
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Edge
mon Sunday
Imo Jean Pitts spent Tuesday with
Billie Jean Hies.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-07-23
HoNoRED AT SHOWER

Mrs. Arnold Smeltzer was honored
Thursday afternoon at her home
with surprise stork shower, with
Mesdames Arthur Shelter, Bob
Shelter and Clarence Fields as hos
tesses.
Those invited were Mesdames Ella
Joplin, Mary LETTERS, Margaret Dodd,
Clara Eggleton, Maude Tucker, Fern
Austin, Della Chappell, Dolly Trip
plpet, Vivian Bewick, Mary Bewick,
Alice Shelter, Marcenia Willis, Mil
dred Scheibner, Dorothy Wilburn and
John Gill.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-07-23
F'ETED ON BIRTHDAY

A birthday party was held Mon
day, the occasion celebrating Glenn
Eheler's ninth birthday. Many young
folks were present. The time was
spent playing games, then later a
trip was made to Blue lake where
all enjoyed a grand swim.
Those present were Darrell Bur-
ton, Guy Burrows, Donald and Ron
aid Davidson, Billy Haasl and cou
sin. Earl Croft Donald, Glenn and
Ralph Eheler.
A beautifully decorated cake with
nine large candles was served. Cook
les and punch topped off the menu.