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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15
ROOSEVELT LODGE
 ELECTS OFFICERS
Meyer Rubin Succeeds Benjamin Diamond as
 Chancellor in Election

Members of the Theodore Roose- welt Lodge, Knights of Pythias elected Meyer Rubin chancellor commander at a meeting last night at the lodge rooms on North Main street.
 Other officers elected follow James Green, vice-chancellor; Rob. ert Riback, prelate; Louis Free. man, master of arms; Morris Grus- gy, master of works; Past Chan cellor Louis Franklin, keeptr oi records; Past Chancellor Michael Plumer, master of finance: Past
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15

Mrs William Falk was year older yesterday Private Frank Spno of Ann Street is somewhere over seas Private Frank D'Amico of Sperry Street IS home from Camp Gruber Oklahoma, for 10 days. His brother Carmne also private recently returned to the same camp after lO.days furlough at home William R. Nolan in charge of the local U. s. State Employment Service office will give interesting ac- count of his organizations work in wartime at the ki wanis Club luncheon meeting at the Elton tomorrow noon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15
Q ANSWERS
 TO WAR QUIZ
nnestions nn Hpant Para

Questions on Want Page 1. Insigne is sworn by members of the Signal Corps.
 2. It takes more than l8,O0C bonds to buy one Flying Fortress --cost $S50,000.
 3. A depth charge of high ex- plosive intended for . submarine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15

black of his civilian church activities to don the khaki to minister to the spiritual and moral needs of the Army of the United States.
 Father Casey before entering the priesthood, graduated from South Boston high school and Boston col. lege. His brother is Judge Daniel W. Casey of the West Roxbury court, Boston,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15

Private Winkler has been transferred from Fort Bragg, N. c. to DaytOna Beach, Florida Midgie Byron, now master sergeant with Uncle SamS Army, has returned home fNrl0ugh from the West lndies The snow Sunday the first he's seen in two years Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Courtney of East Clay Street have moved to Washington D. c. By the way, hotel accommodations precious in that town you have to take addition before they permit you to sing in the bathtub.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15

TODAY
 BIS a. m., American Brass co. \ standard first aid: Earl Howard.
 800 a. nl., Boys club: standard first aid; Arthur Very.
 200 D. i1i., 56 Church street, Wa terbury Council of Catholic Women, sewing for Chaplains' aid, Mrs. Mary skahan and Mrs. John White.
 7:3O p. m, Sacred Heart high school: WardenR of 16 sectors in Zone A. Topic: Incendiary bombs, burns and demonstration of fire fighting compliment. Anna E. Pagan, precinct warden.
 7:3O D. m, 56 Church street: Council of Catholic Women; Iutri- ton class; Miss Ann Toomey, ip- structor. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16
 12l30 p. r1., Woodbury high school; standard first aid: Mrs. De- France Clark.
 200 D. m., 56 Church street: Council of Catholic Women. Red Cross sewing, Mrs. Mary SkahaIi, instructor.
 700 D. m., Washington school advanced first aid: Pat Wallace ana Dorothy zibell.
 s:30 D. m, Pearl Street Com munity house; standard first aid Mrs. Henrietta Poster. THURSDAY, Dec. F
 3:45 p. m, Sprague school; junio, first aid: Mrs. Lawrence Farrell and Alice Fitzpatrick.
 7:3O D. m, Russell school; stand ard first aid: Mrs. Mary Norgren; c. Russell Sumpf, Frank Hennes- sey.
 7:3O D. m, Thomaston branch: standard first aid: Felix L. Mat thews and staff.
 FRIDAY, Dec. IS
 300 a. m., Boys club; standard first aid: Arthur Very.
 12:30 D. m, Woodbury high school: standard first aid: Mrs. De- France Clark.
 7:i5 D. m., St. Thomas church: junior first aid: Michael Hanlon, Harry Cole, Ernest Wilcox. SATURDAY, Dec. 19
 HOO a. rn., Boys club; junior first aid: Arthur Verry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15

Chancellor Philip Cohen, master of exchequer; George Frank, inner guard; Harry Horenbein, outer guard; Past Chancellor Edward Goldberg, trustee; flick Crimson, delegate to the grand lodge; Past Chancellor Leo J. Garston, alter. nate delegate to the grand lodge
 Benjamin Diamond is the retiring chancellor commander.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15
Civilian Defense
 Calendar

Notices for shis column must be sent to Che Mayors ofllce
 at least three days in advance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15

CNews Item; Unnecessary Telephone Calls ana A0nS
 Distance Telephoning to Be Cnrtalie0
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21
AVE EVE IT Fl n @

Rubber solos, heels, overshoes, boots, shoes.
Drug sundries, hot water bottles, rubber
gloves, rubberized clothing, bathing caps, shoes
and rubber rain-coats.
Miscellaneous items-matting, hose, jar :
rings fly swatters, rubber stamps and pads,
plumbers suction cups and hundreds of other
articles containing rubber.
Industrial scrap rubber -.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21
r u B B E r

Everyone should be cautioned that these
rubber articles must not be burned, thrown away
or destroyed. (This is covered by Amendment
of 3-20-42 to War Production Board Order No.
M-15-b, which reads as follows: s
mo SHALL unless expressly permitted by the Director
of Industrial Operations deoyby burning other
all rubber castings tubes water
betting battery
products not which composed in
o part Of any kind of rubber"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21

Rubber Reclaimers' stocks of scrap will run
out in about four months unless we increase cur
rent collections. !.
Types of Miscellaneous Rubber Articles to be
Collected ". 4.s= Fl
Tires, solid, also bike, baby carriage, play
wagon, lawn mower, Wheel-barroW, rubber tires
and tubes All cut up parts of auto tires includ-
ing beads and buffings, old patches, boots and
reliners
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21

Place all small articles in sepa-
rate boxes; segregate material;
do not mix metal, paper, rubber,
rags. Salvage for Victory!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21
the following business firms and

e. III. Behrman
III. C.. Schmidt
j. G.. Pratt
Kennewick Bank
DurOcher's Furniture
Pollyanna
McDonald's Grocery
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21

Olav Otheim
Washington Hardware
Earl Ludwig
l.. e. Johnson
Ideal Cleaners
Bricks Super Service
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21

Vibber-Gifford Drug Co.
Washburn Variety Store
MoultOn & Powell
Mona Monroe Dress Shop
DIR. P. o. Stone
DIR. M. w. Stevens
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21

DIR. r. M. debit
F. III. Lincoln
Harry Hampton
J. r. Ayers
Kennewick Bakery
Gascoigne & Fyfe
Standard Lumber
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21
What to Look For i'm Your Yard
or on Your Farm

Farm tools; logging chains, wire fencing and
fence posts; motors and motor parts.
Playground equipment, pieces of old metal,
well handles, ETC., ploughs; wheelbarrows.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21
TO SAVE:
METAL--aII kinds
RUBBER--aII kinds
RAGS and PAPER

How to Save Paper .
1-Stack newspapers in large bundles Tie
two ways.
2.-Open cardboard boxes, lay flat, bundle.
3-Stuff small waste paper in burlap bags
or boxes. -
4.-Magazines using glazed paper should be
segregated.
5.-DO NOT SAVE waxed paper, cellophane
or butcher paper. .--
How to Save Rags ~.- ... ~.
1-Burlap Bags-keep separate.
Cotton, other textile bags-keep separate
3.-Waste material: clothing, Shirts suits,
towels, etc., stuff into bags or make into
bundles. .~.s-+
Rubber Items . g. -z
Artics, overshoes, rubber boots. s.
Miscellaneous Items, hose, gloves, hot water
bags, etc.
- --I i ..~
Miscellaneous Instructions
TinfoiI: Remove foil from cigarettes, candy,
tea, etc. and flatten out.
Remove plastic tops from toothpaste tubes.
~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21
What to Look For i'm Your Cellar

Coal stoves that are worn out; fireplace equip
ment, andirons, CRATES, pOkers, etc.
Fire extinguishers; furnace parts, old CRATES,
doors, etc.; iron and nickel parts of old
gas stoves; pipes, pieces of iron, brass or
copper piping; plumbing fixtures, bath
81 tubs, faucets, Sinks ETC.; radiators. .E.
Refrigerator parts-ice trays, inside Innings,
ETC.; tools, all old tools.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-21

Arrow Grill
Lady Lure
Visger Drug
Neuman Stores
City Dray Line
Tony Schultz
Roxy Theatre
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

er the population the higher the
standards.
An average of about 40 book re-
serve notices per day are given to
patrons and the student body. Stu
dents of all grades are notified the
day their books are due. Books and
material requested by borrower that
cannot be supplied by the library are
borrowed from the state library.
The library now has 9S03 volumes
on its shelves, 901 of these having
been added by gifts and purchases
this year. All gifts are greatly ap-
preciated by the library and requests
for book purchases for both study
and pleasure reading are always
welcome from all patrons. The pur-
chases also include sixty magazine
subscriptions, while many valuable
files of magazines have been donated
by patrons.
173 books were rebound in certi-
fed binderies, and many were re-
paired within the library.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

night guests of Mr.. and Mrs. F. C.
Marshall and Miss Madeline Bixel.
Other evening guests were: Messrs.
Sam and Eli Steiner and the Misses
Barbara and Mary Steiner, Mrs. P.
C. Steiner, son Haydn and daughters
Lillian, Irma, Salina and Stella all
of near Pandora and Mr.. and Mrs.
Orlo Marshall.
Rev. Mccullough of Defiance Col
lege will occupy the pulpit at the
Presbyterian church Sunday morn
ing and in two weeks DR.. Harry
Barr superintendent of the Presby-
terian Home in Sidney will be the
speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Pugh and
family of near Beaverdam; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Marshall and Herbert
Marshall, Jr., of Marysville, took
! dinner Saturday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Marshall, Sr., and
sons Kenneth and Don.
Mrs. D. C. Campbell will be host
ess to the Presbyterian missionary
society at an all day meeting with
pot luck dinner at the noon hour
Wednesday, Jan. 18th. The business
session and election of officers will
be held at 1890 a. m. with the
regular program following the din
ner. Mrs. F. S. Pannabecker a
former missionary to China will be
the speaker, with Mrs. Edgar Begg
presenting the talk on Spiritual Life
and Mrs. William Reichenbach Civ
ing the Year Book of Prayer as the
closing number.
A group of friends was entertain.
ed in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F
C. Marshall New Years night at 9
chop suey dinner. The guests in
cluded: Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Mar
shall, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marshal
and sons Herbert Jr., Kenneth ant
Don, Mrs. Delmer Smith, of Avol
Lake; Miss Edythe Cupp, Mis-.
Madeline Bixel, of Rittman; Mr.. ant
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08
Library Patrons Read Average OF
One Book Per Month, Report Shows

Bluffton people who borrow books
from the public library here read on
an average Of one book per month,
according to the report of Miss 0cie
Anderson, librarian in charge.
The total book circulation for 1941
shows that the Bluffton-Richland
public library's 1892 registered bor-
rowers read PISA books during the
year, an average of IL books per
borrower, and an average of nine
books per capita circulated.
Registration of borrowers and the
issuing of borrowers cards was be-
gun in June 1886, and 1892 borrow
er's cards were issued to December
81, 1941, about n per cent of the
district population registered within
that time. 1S9 borrowers registered
in 1941. According to the American
Library association standards of
services in cities less than 10000,
the per cent of population registered
as borrowers should be SO. The low
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

Mrs. w. E. Marshall and daughter
Mary, Mr.. Bob Barnette of White
House; Carolyn Carey, Of Lima; Mr..
and Mrs. Orlo Marshall, the host
and hostess and son Robert.
John Begg spent several days the
past week with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Van Meter. near Pandora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lugibihl of
Bluffton were new Years Day
guests in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Frankhouser.
Dinner guests Friday evening in
the Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Begg home
were: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 0. Cupp and
daughter Edythe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Marshall and sons Kenneth
and Don, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Mar
shall, Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Marshall
and daughter Jean and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. c. Begg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Neuensch-
wander of Lima were Sunday after
noon guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi
Frankhouser.
Losers entertained the winners at
a supper Friday night in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Frankhouser
as the pay off In recent attendance
contest held by the Willing Workers
class of the M. E. Sunday school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Begg attend
ed an installation service in Pandora,
Tuesday night for officers of SUBJ
ordinate Oranges in Putnam county.
Sugar Creek Grange of Allen county
put on the work in an open installa-
tion. Lunch was served at the con-
clusion of the service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08
Rockport

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy C. Mayberry
and family were New Years night
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Foote and son John of
Lima.
Miss Beatrice Cupp of Toledo
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Cupp.
Miss Madeline Bixel returned to
Rittman, Sunday after spending her
vacation with her sister, Mrs. F. C.
Marshall, brother DR.. NJ. R. Bixel
and family of Button, and other
relatives in Pandora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy C. Mayberry
and family were callers in Dayton,
Ohio, Sunday, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Sanders and daughter
Miss Betty Stolzenbach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Gratz and
sons of near Bluffton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Fruchey were Thursday
evening guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Begg and family.
Misses Mary Jane and Nancy
Anne Mayberry resumed their stud
les at Bluffton college after spend
ing the holiday season with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy May
berry.
College students who have been
spending their holiday vacation with
their parents in this vicinity, left
Monday to resume their studies
Ralph and Rebecca Marshall ana
Elizabeth Campbell to o. S. u. Co.
lumbus; Mary Marshall to Bowling
Green university; Jean Marshall tt
Miami university at Oxford; Mar,
Jane and Nancy Mayberry to Bluff
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. A. Carver an,
Miss Gladys Furgeson of Rittmal
were Wednesday dinner and over
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

For the welfare of the nation as a
whole and yourself individually, the
federal government asks your cOOpera-
ton in checking up now as to what
farm machinery repairs you are likely
to need during the coming season Of
farm operations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

old, Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Arnold, Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Arnold attended the
wedding of Miss Christine Baker
and Edison Hall at the st. Paul
Methodist church in CeIina.
Among the welcome callers at the
Gideon A. Lehman home near
Beaverdam during the past week
were eighteen active workers of the
Ebenezer church: Mrs. Walter SOM
mer, Mrs. William Althaus, Mrs.
Harley Marquart, Mrs. VIM. Steiner,
Mrs. Dennis Diller, Mrs. Waldo
Hofstetter, Miss Ida Winkler, Mrs.
Oscar Lora, Mrs. Elizabeth Basinger,
Miss Mary Lugibihl, Miss Mabel
Amstutz, Mrs. Sam S. Bixel, Bertha
Lugibihl, Mrs. Watson Steiner, Mrs.
Pearl Lee Geiger, Mrs. Milton
Bixler, Mrs. Isaac w. Lugibihl. The
above group of singers who SO kindly
rendered New Years carols to the
shut-ins entertained in a pleasing
serenade.
Mrs. Byron Manages and daughters
Myda Jane, Roberta June, Marilyn
Jean and son Byron Dean spent
Christmas eve with the Lehmans.
Miss Emma Lehman, Pandora, and
her brother Gideon called on Mrs.
Nelia Lehman, of Lima, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ramsey and
daughter Linda Sue spent Sunday
with relatives at Buckland.
Larry Michael spent the past week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Younkman
at Clyde.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Williams,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Williams, Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Polling and daugh-
ter of Ada; Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Zim-
norman and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Ridenour, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Williams, and Ralph Williams were
recent visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Hall.
Mrs. Eunice Smith has been ap-
pointed Clerk of the Board of Edu-
cation to fill the vacancy of Mrs.
Rachel Stirn.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

Air raid drills are taken seriously
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

in the east, says r. L. Triplett,
Bluffton manufacturer, who expert
enced one during the past week
while on business at Ft. Monmouth,
New Jersey. At the sound of the
air raid signal everyone except those
designated on duty retires to under
ground air raid shelters, remaining
there until the "all clear" signal is
given.
Charlie Alderman said he would
like to write this column so he could
tell News readers how editor Biery
made a dash after his hat which
was blown down Main street in the
near-zero gale Tuesday noon. Char
lie says betting at the A g. P store
was about even on the editors
chances of recovering his headgear
which rolled tantalizingly just out
of reach. The hat was finally COR
rallied as it lodged against the curb,
A lot of Bluffton people have
been attracted by the exhibit in the
Basinger Furniture store window of
model train built by DIR. B. W..
Travis, Bluffton physician. The
train, built to scale, is patterned
after the famous "Hiawatha" of the
Milwaukee road and is about one
fiftieth the dimensions of the real
train.
The model built by DR.. Travis is
IL feet long and consists of engine
and tender, express car, diner, three
luxury coaches and beavertail OBJ
servation car. Tables, seats and
lounge chairs may be seen thru the
windows. The interior of the cars
is electrically lighted.
The streamline "shroud" or jacket
of the engine was fashioned from
sheet brass and fits snugly over the
usual type of locomotive. The ten
der was built by hand and large
part Of the cars made from ordinary
lumber or sheet metal.
Bluffton sport fans who follow
college basketball will be interested
to learn that Kenneth Roethlisberger
appearing in the Bowling Green
State university basketball lineup is
a grandson of C. w. Roethlisberger
of South Jackson street and the
son of Aldine Roethlisberger, for
merly west of Bluffton who has for
many years been a Lima mail car
rier. Young Roethlisberger, a sopho-
more, is specializing in accounting.
Comes from Pvt. Maurice Bout
well of Camp Wolters, Texas, big
thank you to every one of his
friends who sent him 108 greeting
cards which he says helped to make
Merry Christmas, since he could
not get home over the HOLIDAYS.
Maurice, son of Fred Boutwell, of
Orange township, enjoys the Bluff
ton News every week and says he
reads every line of it. Greeting
cards and the home paper mean q
lot to the boys in camp and it's
something the home folks should
not overlook.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

Although it was only a work
horse Ray Grouse enjoyed his horse
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08
Beaverdam

Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Barber and
family spent New Years Day with
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Younkman and
family at Clyde.
Miss Joan Van Meter spent the
past week with Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar
Beery at Dayton.
Miss Bertha Nelson of Ft. Wayne
was a recent visitor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo Nelson and daughter Doris.
Mrs. Cynthia Elliott is spending
several weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
Don RAIDER and family at Delaware.
Mrs. Mae Bailey spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. Mary
Everett at Cairo.
Miss Ruth Barnum returned Sun
day to Bowling Green university,
after spending the holidays with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Barnum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilhelm Amstutz of
Bluffton, were Thursday afternoon
callers of Mrs. Carrie Durkee and
daughter Ruth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Amstutz an
nounce the arrival of a son on Dec.
25.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Marshall have
returned from their wedding trip
through Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olan Larue of Mans.
| field were recent visitors of the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Irs
Larue.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Gail Arnold, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Pugh and daughter
Marian, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Arm
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08
MaAsA
De4otsoI

Little Eddie Filhart, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Byron Filhart of Jenera,
enjoyed his first Christmas this past
season when he received a doll
marked, "A Little Sister For You."
A bovine premonition of the dire
future in store for her at the
slaughter house no doubt prompted
the cow belonging to Waldo Hof-
stetter to break out of the trailer
Saturday as he was taking the
animal to the Columbus Grove stock
yards. The COW broke the sides of
the trailer and made bad dent in
the trunk of the car.
Coach Dwight Diller of the Bluff
ton high school faculty, finds his
effectiveness in giving orders some
what impaired since a tonsil opera
tion during the holidays has kept
his vocalizing down to little more
than a whisper. He finds that he
can't yell at the boys anymore but
instead must use wild gesticulations
to make proper impressions. And
incidentally the coach tells us that
the usual pain deadening devices had
no effect on him and that his was
one of the few cases in which ether
had to be resorted to.
Nan Schmidt, two year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann
Schmidt is proud possessor Of two
bull dog pups with which she en-
joys playing. She calls them Jack
and Jill. Both Of them have tails
with white spots.
A fruit cake more than a foot
high was baked by Mrs. Floyd Moy-
er of Mt. Cory and partially eaten
at family dinner held recently At
the home of her mother, Mrs. S. w.
Steiner of near town.
Old man winter isn't fooIing any
longer with plenty of evidence seen
in the frozen creeks, the creaky
snow and the children seen playing
the perpetually enjoyed snow game
of fox and geese.
Although it was only a work
horse Ray Grouse enjoyed his horse
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08
ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE

The annual meeting of the Rich
land Township Farmers Mutual In
surance Association, will be held in
the township room at Bluffton, Ohio,
on Saturday, January 10, 1912 at
900 P. NJ, for the purpose of trans
acting any business that may prop
erly come before the meeting. All
members are earnestly requested to
attend.
EARL L. MATTER, Sec'y.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08
ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE

The annual meeting of the Mennon-
ite Mutual Aid society of. Putnam, AL
len and Hancock Counties, Ohio, will
be held in the School Building, at Pam
dora, Ohio, an Saturday, January 10,
1912 at $3.50 a. m, for the purpose of
transacting any business that may
properly come before the meeting.
All members are requested to be pres
ent.
81 ID. J. Basinger, Secretary,
News want ads bring quick results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

Steel is of prime Importance in
the matter of national defense; how
ever, the government has agreed to
allOt such an amount as may be
necessary for the manufacture of farm
implement repairs, provided there is
some trustworthy basis for estimating
the amount of steel needed.