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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
County Music Fete
Planned

Announcement was made here
Tuesday by County Supt. Carl d.
Vermilya of the selections to be used
for the 1912 Putnam county high
school music festival tentatively set
for March 26 in the auditorium
gymnasium in Ottawa.
With Dale V. Gililand of Ohio
State university and Lewis E. Pete
of Ashland, as the guest conductors
there will be selections by five sep
arate groups. These will be the $50
voice junior high chorus, the IT'S,
voice boys chorus, the 300-voice
girls chorus, the 300-voice mixed
chorus, and the 125-piece band.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
$4,000 For 472
Farmers

Checks for $4,000 will be dis
tributed to 472 Putnam county
farmers and farm owners Wednes-
day during meetings in the various
townships by the agricultural adjust
ment committee.
Chairman Arnold J. Schroeder of
the county AAA committee said that
there still are small number OF
checks to be obtained for 1941 AAA
participants but this group of ATE
which is the third to be received al
most finishes the payments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Grasshoppers Hop In
February

"Leaping grasshoppers in Febru-
ary. Did you ever hear of anything
like that?"
1t was the voice of William Nei-
heiser, on the telephone.
There's at least 20 of them hop
ping around in the dining room,
Come out and see them"
Neiheiser explained that the little
insects apparently had Matched in
flower pots containing an African
Violet and vine and were skipping
back and forth from the pots to the
lace curtains.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Mt. Cory

Mr.. and Mrs. Avis Gantz and dau-
ghter Betty of Lima, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Nonnamaker and family, Mr..
and Mrs. A. E. Holmes were callers
Sunday afternoon on Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Kramer.
Miss Jane Dukes spent the week
end with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Jones spent
Monday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
T. B. Ghaster and daughter Ruth.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Schifferly OF
Lima were recent callers on Mrs
Larena Guin.
Mrs. Mary Bolick who is quite il
is about the same at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Harkness cele
brated with dinner Sunday. The
occasion being Mr.. Harkness' birth
day. Those present were: Mr.. ant
Mrs. Clayton Harkness of Button
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Watkins and fam
lily and Mrs. Lizzie Vickers.
Mrs. F. B. Cherry and Mrs. Ralpl
Turner of Findlay, Mrs. Gene Craw
ford of Lima called Friday Afternoon
on Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Ghaster an,
daughter Ruth and Jimmie Ghaster.
Clarence Jones, Ralph Jones an,
son Ralph, Jr., were callers Monda,
afternoon on Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Jones
Earl Jones of Benton Ridge also wa
a caller.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Ghaster, Dl
and Mrs. A E King, Mr.. and Mrs
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
ALLEN COUNTY
Two Asphyxiated In
Cabin

Leroy Hasson, 20, of Dola, and
Don G. Holtzberger, Il, of near Ada,
died last Wednesday evening in st.
Rita's hospital, Lima, after a long
exposure to carbon monoxide from a
gas stove in a tourist cabin near
Lima.
The two young men, recently en-
ployed by The Campbell and COM
pany, Lima construction firm, had
taken the cabin at the Willow Tav-
ern, three miles south of Lima on
the Dixie highway to be near their
work.
Don Ford, Allen county deputy
sheriff, said the two apparently re-
tired Monday night about 11:45
O'Clock. They were discovered at
4:30 p. m. Tuesday and were rushed
to the hospital where the Dola boy
died at 6:22 p. m. Wednesday and
the Ada boy two hours later.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19

that the outlook is exceptionally
bright for Putnam county's relief
financing during 1912.
She estimated that S21,714 will be
needed to meet general relief needs
this year. The county relief admin
istration ended 1941 with an unen-
numbered balance of S9,699.53. If the
state continues its matching program
and finances 30 per cent of the coun-
ty relief expenditures, Putnam coun-
ty would need to provide S10,857 as
its half of the s21,714 estimated
1912 cost.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
PUBLIC SALE

| will offer at Public Auction
on my farm 2 miles east OF
Pandora, the following property
on:
Tuesday, Feb. "a, 1912
3 HORSES 3
/ Grey horse, 13 years old;
1 Bay horse, 8 years old; l
Bay horse, 6 yrs. old, all good
ones.
5 CATTLE 5
2 good COWS, 2 yearling heif-
ers, / bull calf.
IMPLEMENTS
| McCormick-Deering grain
binder, | Mccormick mower, 1
Mccormick hay loader, | side
delivery rake like new, 1 Sup
erior grain drill fertilizer, 1
Mccormick corn binder, l two
row cultivator, l steel wheel
wagon and rack, l farm wagon
and grain tank like new, l New
Idea manure spreader, l double
disc, l single-row cultivator, l
cultipacker, l sure drop corn
planter, l clover buncher, | rid
ing breaking plow, l hay ted
der, l garden cultivator, l
single and double shovel plows,
l buzz saw, spike tooth har-
row, l John Deere walking
breaking plow, l good trailer,
l Az Buckeye gas engine in
good shape, l Letz feed grinder
No. 6, 1 McCormick-Deering
cream separator, corn shelter,
1 20-gal. copper kettle, l cast
iron kettle, 2 heavy work sets,
several good collars, and many
other articles not mentioned
also 10 tons of extra good hay
Terms: Cash
Sale Begins at 100 P. M.
w. ID. Keel
Aucts.: Thrapp and Warren
Clerk: L. S. Hatfield
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Youthful Crime Ring
Broken

Kenton and Hardin county officials
cooperated Tuesday night in break
ing up a youthful crime ring, Sheriff
Randall r. Clark, reported.
Six Kenton youths, three of them
formally charged with burglary and
larceny and one of them a juvenile,
are in the county jail as questioning
of the sextet continues.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Wins $4,000 Damage
Suit

Mrs. Dora M. Warren, admins
trator of the estate of her husband,
Delbert G. Warren, was granted a
verdict in the amount of $4,000 by
a common pleas court jury against
Lewis Merl Firestine of Leipsic.
Mrs. Warren had sued for $4,000
because of the death of her husband
December 81, 1910, in an accident
involving Firestine's automobile and
a farm wagon near McComb.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Charged With Stealing
Letter

Raymond II. Stallkamp, 81, assist
ant postmaster at Delphos, was held
in the Delphos Jail on charges of
stealing, OBTAINING and secreting a
letter.
He was arrested on a warrant is
sued by U s. Commissioner Morton
C. Kneipp at the request of H. j.
Dennis, postal inspector from Gin
cinnati. Kneipp said the letter, ad-
dressed to Sears Roebuck & Co. had
not been opened.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
PUTNAM COUNTY
Frogs Infested Old
Railroad

We've been told that when the old
marrow gauge" raidroad ran thru
western Putnam county on its way
to Toledo from Delphos, the right-of-
way was so narrow that brush
scratched the coaches, the water
gushed from under the water-logged
ties as trains went through, and that
frightened bullfrogs leaped from
their perches on tie ends.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
HARDIN COUNTY
Thief Helps Solve
Own Crime

Ray Gibson is a very accommo-
dating person, Kenton police say.
He was visiting police headquart-
ers one night last week and went
along with Patrolman Forrest Fitz-
patrick to investigate burglary
committed several hours previously.
Probe of the case revealed that
Gibson answered the description of
the thief. He admitted his guilt
when he was questioned, police say.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Frozen Food Locker
For Ada

Installation of a refrigerator food
storage locker plant in Ada repre-
senting an investment of more than
$4,000 is being announced by Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Kohl of Lima
who will own and operate the bust
ness. They have leased the Roth
rick building on East Buckeye aven.
ue preparatory to setting up the 358
locker system.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Train Delayed By.
Broken Axle

The Chicago-bound Rainbow Limit
ed of the Pennsylvania railroad lost
three hours running time last Thurs
day night when an axle on the main
driver of the locomotive broke about
three miles east of Lima. The train
coasted two miles.
State highway patrolmen reported
that two rear coaches were cut free
as a precaution. No one was in
jured. The track was damaged
slightly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Lima Will Tax Juke
Boxes

An annual tax of SIS on each
"juke box" in Lima appeared GER
tain after city council approved
unanimously proposal to submit
such legislation next week. In addi-
tion a tax of 81 is proposed on each
coin receptacle such as usually is
placed at tables in establishments
using the music machines.
The levy is expected to bring in
about $4,000 a year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Grove Soldier In
East Indies

Robert Witteborg of Columbus
Grove, soldier in the U. S. Army
Air Corps, now is stationed some
where in the Dutch East Indies, ac-
cording to word received here by rel
atives. He reports the trip across
the Pacific was made without Incl
dent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Freak Fox Is Killed

Now a group of Arcadia boys re-
port Staying a fox that is "a cross
between gray and red"
This latest trophy was killed re-
Gently in the "Old Briar Thicket"
three miles southwest of Arcadia
near the Oscar Bye farm. 1t was
shot six times before it finally was
stopped.
The animal, cross between the
gray and red fox had very short
legs and appeared to be about three
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Cost Of Lima Educa-
ton Low

The cost of education per pupil in
Lima is far below the state average,
the annual report released by the
board of education showed this week.
Lima's per capita cost for the last
year was $88.76 compared with
S110.81 for a state average.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Ottawa School Head
Resigns

Carl J. Rasmus announced he is
resigning as superintendent of the
Ottawa public school system to ac.
cept appointment to the superintend-
ency of the Celina exempted village
schools.
He will assume his duties at Ce-
lima March |. Rasmus will succeed
Forest Swigart who resigned the
Celina post several weeks ago to ac.
cept another position at Bellevue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
National Legion Com
mander At FindIay

National Commander Lynn c.
Stambaugh, Fargo, N. d., will speak
at the 17th annual banquet of the
Findlay American Legion post Feb.
%. The Rev. F. S. Legowski, To-
ledo, Ohio, department chaplain, also
will speak.
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fourths the size of the regular red
variety. However, it weighed llA
pounds.
Lard Cooking School
February Is

A lard cooking school, sponsored
by the Hancock County Farm Bu-
reau, will be held Wednesday, Feb
ruary %, in the armory on East
Crawford street instead of March 8
as originally planned.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

worked out under the new war time
and starting times were announced
Friday by Willard M. Floyd, county
superintendent.
One school, Beaverdam, has de-
cided to revert to the former time
on April l, and it was believed pos
sible that a number of the other
schools will adopt a similar policy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
HANCOCK COUNTY
Lights Cigaret; His
Car Upsets

Chester A. Fellers, 26, was in the
Findlay hospital Thursday night
with a broken collar bone received
in an accident early Wednesday
morning on route II west of Fos-
toria.
Fellers told state highway patrol
men he was lighting a cigarette
when his car started skidding on a
slippery spot. The machine turned
over several times.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19

The stalled car was being pushed
by Vernon Hipshire, 30. Lima High
way patrolmen believe Hipshire's
body obscured the tail light of his
car. Hipshire jumped aside and es-
capped with bruises.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

State OF Uhios
Allen County,
Estate of John Diller, Deceased.
Albert Diller of R. ID. No. 2. Bluffton,
Ohio, has been appointed and qualifec@ as
executor of the estate of John Diller, late of
Allen County, Ohio deceased.
Dated this 9th day of February. 1912
RAYMOND p SMITH,
obo+o Indy
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Pickle Ruling Made
By Court

Judge A. A. Slaybaugh Wednes-
day handed down a decision in the
case of the Harbauer company of
Toledo, against Albert Hovest, Louis
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
578 On Relief In
County

An up-to-date report of relief
needs in Hardin county disclosed
that in the first month of 1912 there
were 174 families obtaining direct
relief, and in those families there
were SIS individuals.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Driver Dies AS Car
Hits Stalled Auto

Glenn Wagner, 40, New Hamp-
shire, Ohio, was killed early Friday
when his automobile struck a stalled
car on u. S. 30-S, west of Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Relief Picture Is
Bright

A study of the fiscal budget re-
leased Wednesday by County Wei
fare Director Bonnie B. Corns shows
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Beaverdam To Change
School Hours

The school hours of all schools in
the Allen county system have been
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19
Tuesday, Feb. "a, 1912

/ Grey horse, 13 years old;
l Bay horse, 8 years old; l
Bay horse, 6 yrs. old, all good
ones.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-19

| will offer at Public Auction
on my farm 2 miles east OF
Pandora, the following property
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27

Subscribe for The Chief
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27
P0st0ffice To Be
Closed Sundays
To Stop Vandalism

Unable to cope with the prob
lem of policing t h e postofice
| o b by on Sunday afternoons
against vandals. Postmaster o.
A. Tellifero plans to lock the
building beginning tn e coming
Sunday afternoon. Closing will
be done as soon as the noon mail
has been distributed.
To do otherwise, he said,
would be to do one of two things,
viz. remain in ne postoffice
throughout Sunday afternoons or
20 home and leave the lobby
open as he has done in the past
and permit it to be the loafing
place OF youngsters. who in their
destructive impulses turn it into
a witch's haven.
After he had gone home last
Sunday afternoon juvenile van
dals, both boys a n d girls, pro-
ceeded to undo the lobby bv tear.
ing government placards a n d
notices from the bulletin board
and creating disorder to the full
ness of their ability"
Since it is federal ofense to
mutilitate government property
the procedure under more advan-
tageous circumstances would be
in arresting the guilty persons
and have them stand the full
punitive forces of Uncle Sam. In
larger postotfices, W h c h, of
course, serve towns and cities
that are sentried thoroughly by
law enforcement officers, esteem
for government property is not
the worry of the postoffice de-
partment.
A cop usually just around the
corner. Or, there is a govern
ment-salaried janitor t 0 police
the properts. youngsters with
vandalistic impulses soon learn
from trial and error" exeer-
fence.
In these times when the post
office department is shouldering
an unprecedented responsibility
to serve AN America That Is At
W 70 Browning postoftice pa
irons can realize the load that is
b e i n e carried by Postmaster
Tellifero.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27
No New Speed Limit Signs

The posting of the highways in
Montana with 40 mile speed limit
signs cost the t a t e several
thousands of dollars, and III e
changing of these signs to 35
miles would cost several thou
sand more according to the State
Highway Department.
Therefore. in view of the fact
that all persons who have recei-
we'd gas ration cards have sigded
an agreement to the effect that
they will refrain from driving in
excess Of So miles per hour, it
seems to US that all persons are,
or should be. aware of this speed
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27
RIP Van Wrinkle" Left
Progeny In Glacier Co.

Here is a portion of an inter-
esting letter received by The
Chief from Tom D. Caverly. As
sistant Secretary, General Sal
wage Section. Conservation Divis-
ion, War Production Board. Hell
ena:
my dear editor:
I'VE find that in spite of the pub.
licity you have given in the past
regarding the salvage campaign
we are still getting letters from
people in your county asking US
who to contact in your locality
regarding t be various scrap
Fcampaigns so-that they can get
information as to how to handle
silk and nylon hose. tin cans,
auto bodies, etc."
Caverly's letter includes a long
list of names of committeeman
in charge of the Glacier county
project and suggests that they
be published for the benefit +
those who apparently must go
long distance" for their infor-
nation, rather than to seek cut
their next door neighbor for it.
Newspapers of Glacier county
have made spot news of the sal
wage drive ever since in began,
with the result, it would seem.
that only confirmed rip Van
Winkle' would be in ignorance
of what is going on.
Printers ink, mouth-to. ear
conversation and the spectacle of
trucks hauling salvage metal,
rubber, etc. from day to day over
every country road during the
last several months should have
resulted in necessary advertising
reaction that only dead m a n
could escape.
Heaven forbid such a situation.
If we were tempted to smart
crack it might be in saying
that for every cubic inch of
space in some sections of Glacier
county. there is a cubic foot of
dumb bell.'
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27
Power, Lights To Be Off Sunday Afternoon
Service Will Be Interrupted From Noon
Until 4 P. M. To Enable Change at Cut
Bank Airport; Browning, Blackfoot and
Glacier Park Service To Be Effected

The Great Northern Utilities
Company transmission line has
to be moved to obtain clearance
for runway at the Cut Bank
airport and in order to comply
with the army engineers request
it will be necessary to interrupt
service at Blackfoot, Browning
and Glacier Park from IL noon
until 4 p. m. Sunday.
The company suggests that
buildings equipped with electric
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27

driven oil burners be warmed I'D
before noon that day so as to
hold the heat as long as possible
during the outage.
Company employees will use
every effort to restore service as
soon as possible.
We wish to thank electric GUS
TONERS for cooperation we feel
sure we will receive.
GREAT NORTHERN
UTILITIES co.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27

Your five dollar contribution to
the Chest means that you are
giving only 33c per year to the
support f each f these Is
worthwhile causes. If you give a
dollar your donation is less than
7c each for the entire year.
Not included among TIE recip.
tents of funds from Community
chest are the American Red
Cross, tuberculosis Seals Fund,
{ h Browning W ar Mothers
(omitted at their own request)
and support Of local churches and
church organizations.
T he Browning Community
Chest has been organized for the
first time this year. The Brown
Lions Club has played a promi
nent part in its organization.
Chairman Of the committee
which will supervise the collec-
ton and expenditures of funds
is Fred Getty. Other members
of the committee are Rex Camp.
bell, Stuart Des Roster, Frank
Sherburne and Joe Sherburne.
Volunteer workers for the
! Community Chest will visit all
Browning people at their places
of business or in their homes on
| December 2. Cash donations
will be requested. BY contribu-
ting to the Browning Commun-
ity Chest you will be doing your
part to improve your community
and to make Browning a better
town in which to live.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27
Card of Thanks

We wish to express our heart
felt thanks to our many friends
for their kindness in the illness
and death of our beloved son and
brother.
MIR. and Mrs. Irwin Colbert
and children, Margaret,
Mary Louise, Shirley, Mar
vim and Rita.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27
Chest Drive Set
For Next Wed:
0ne-Day Project

The town of Browning and the
Blackfeet Indian Agency will
unite in a one.day drive for
$1,000 for the Browning Com.
munity Chest next Wednesday.
Like many other communities.
large and small. throughout the
country, the people of Browning
have decided that the old meth
cd OF unsystematic. periodic SOL
icitations of funds by individual
agencies is an out.moded and in.
efficient method of obtaining
needed funds for the support of
worthy character building and
charity dispensing organizations.
supported wholly or in part by
Browning citizens. By contri-
buting to the Community Chest
you will at one and the same
time help to support some fiji.
teen worthy causes.
Suppose you give five dollars
to the Community Chest. Here
is how your five dollars will be
used:
Community Chest 2834c
Boy Scouts of America --7tc
Camp Fire Girls ----- 12tc
Salvation Army 12tc
OSO ---------- LAC
Six Charitable Homes and
Hospitals in Montana---- 81
Public School Carnival 49, 1910
July 4th Indian Encampment SOC
Com. Recreationai Program 81 90
Com. Improvement Program 81 90
Unallotted- 25c
Administrative Expense ----12!c
Total --- -- --$5.00
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27

Employed by the Douglas Air
craft Corporation at Long Beach.
Calf, Ruth Shannon and Mar
celia Wellman write that they
are getting along nicely. Both
left here in October.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27

limit and that the posting of the
State would be an unnecessary
expenditure Of labor, material
and money. 1t has. therefore,
been decided by the Highway
Department and the Patrol that
35 mile signs will not be erected,
b u that enforcement will be
strictly adhered to. The cooper
alton o f the driving public is
earnestly solicited.