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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Dean OF Ohio AttOr-
neys Dies

John H. Smick, 90, dean of Ohio
attorneys and the last Civil War
veteran in Hardin county died of in
firmities in Antonio Hospital at Ken
ton last Wednesday after an illness
of two weeks. He would have been
"a Thursday.
He served in Company C, Second
Ohio Cavalry, during nine months
of the Civil War, enlisting before he
was II. A native of Canton. Ohio.
he came to Ada in 1867 to manage
his fathers sawmill, took up the
study of law and was admitted to
the bar in 1875.
Mr.. Smick was mayor of Ada for
a time, and while a member of the
Ada Board of Education was infiu-
entail in erecting a building for Ohio
Northern University. He was prose
cutting attorney of Hardin County
from 1880 to 1884.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
ALLEN COUNTY
Spark Causes 100000
Blaze

A spark of static electricity was
blamed last Friday for a spectacular
fire which destroyed 100000 gallons
of gasoline and other petroleum pro-
ducts at Standard Oil Company of
Ohio bulk station in south Lima.
Company officials, still checking
the loss, estimated it at 100000.
Other estimates ran to 100000.
Eight storage tanks were destroyed
before the last stubborn flames were
extinguished.
The flames bursting from tank
truck at loading rack about p. nj.
spread quickly and smoke rose 1000
feet into the air. Lee InSkeep, the
truck driver, escaped injury.
Firemen's efforts and a shift of
the wind kept the fire from spread
ing to the company's Solar refinery,
500 feet away; garage, office
building, warehouse and structure
housing a large quantity of auto
mobile tires.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Mt. Cory

Mr.. and Mrs. J. {. Jones and Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Jones attended the
funera, of Mrs. Idell Bailey, Thursday
at L. B. church in Rawson.
Mrs. c. c. Taylor of Bellefontaine
was an over night guest in the j. w.
Garlinger home.
Miss Thelma Jordan called Sunday
evening on Mrs. Emma Green and
daughter Joyce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ripley and
children were week end guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Radabaugh in Benton
Ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Holmes and
Mrs. Bessie Guin were recent callers
on Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Kramer.
Rev. Irwin Kaufman was recent
caller on Mrs. Bo.ick.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Radabaugh of
Benton Ridge, Albert Myers, Mrs.
Jim Watkins were callers Sunday af-
ternoon on Mrs. Mary Bolick.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Balister are
the proud parents of a son born on
Wednesday morning in the Findlay
hospital. They have named him Col
in Brooks Balister He was named
Colin after the flyer Colin Kelly.
Mrs. Paul Ludwig and daughter
Eileen spent one evening last week
with Miss Ruth Ghaster.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05

Justice Roy Haudenschild. Raver
pleaded guilty to charge of first
degree murder Monday night when
he was arraigned before the justice.
Raver told police he shot and
killed his wife Monday about Gas
a. m. following a breakfast table ar
gument in which she said she wished
to obtain a divorce, A second shot
which entered her body, Raver said,
was fired when he attempted to COM
NIT suicide. As he attempted to
shoot himself, Raver said, his moth
er-in-law Mrs. Golda Wetherill, who
had been sleeping in another room
of the downtown apartment and
awakened by the shot, rushed into
the room. She startled him and he
failed in his attempt when the gun
discharged prematurely.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05

with his mother, after safe jour
ney from the war zone
Ensign and Mrs. Charles Huston
are the parents of the seven-week-
old infant, which has already trav-
elled more than 5000 miles in his
young but eventful life.
The baby's father is somewhere
in the war theater, aboard one of
Uncle Sans vessels and has not yet
seen his child and probably will not
until the hostilities are over.
Mrs. Huston reached Findlay re-
Gently with the baby after the long
trip from the Hawaiian islands. She
left earlier in the month for the
states, coming home via clipper plane
across the Pacific ocean from Homo
lulu.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
College Course Speed
ed Up

For the first time in several years.
ONO Northern university will offer
summer courses in all four colleges,
engineering, pharmacy, law and lib
eral arts, DR.. Robert Williams, pres
ident, announced.
Increased demands for trained
pharmacists, nurses and engineers
have made it necessary to speed up
the time for completing professional
training, and pharmacists and en-
gineers will now be able to complete
the four year course in three years
by going summer and winter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
| NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

hall Friday night to dance at the
Presidents Birthday Ball and to fur
ther the cause of the prevention and
relief of infantile paralysis.
Turning out in a spirit to enjoy
themselves and help give JOY, fun
and assistance to others, more than
1000 Lima and Allen county per-
sons joined in an evening of gaiety
and entertainment which will be long
remembered.
Proceeds of the dance together
with thousands of dimes collected
thru the March of Dimes" cam
paign conducted in connection with
the event, will be shared by the
local and national infantile organiza-
tions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
PUTNAM COUNTY
Can't Stay Out Of
POOlrOOmS

When given the choice of promis-
ing to stay out of local poolrooms or
going to Jail for 30 days, Ralph
Johnson, Is, of Continental, Satur-
day chose jail.
Marshal Paul Nighswander brot
Johnson before the newly-elected
mayor, N. w. Prowant, charged with
disturbing the peace. Mayor Prov
ant said Johnson, after being found
guilty, was given the choice of prom
ising to stay out of all local pool
rooms, for which he would receive a
suspended 30-day sentence, or go
ing to jail at Ottawa. Johnson said
"I'll go to jail''. He did.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Seminary At Findlay
College

Official announcement was made
Wednesday to the Churches of God,
constituent bodies of Findlay col
lege, that a new department, the
Winebrenner Graduate School of Di-
vinity, will be opened at the local
institution this fall. The announce
ment was made in "The Church Ad-
vocate", organ of the denomination.
The founders of Findlay college
anticipated the granting of the
Bachelor of Divinity degree to stu
dents for the ministry but for var
ious reasons this intention was not
heretofore realized. Now in the
Goth year of the existence of the
college, graduate courses will be
available leading to this degree.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05

Such was the revelation Tuesday
morning in Municipal court. Hailed
into court for operating motor We
hicle improperly illuminated from
the rear, Jones, who lives south of
Lima in Route 1T, said swine were
to blame for his dilemma.
Judge NJ. B. jenkins clamored for
elucidation. He was told that Farm
err Jones has some 450 hogs. But the
porkers plague him by repeatedly
demolishing the tail light on his
car. Asked how the pigs regarded
the headlights, the rural resident re-
piled that the light were too high
off the ground for the rooters to
reach.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Youth Await Grand
Jury

Ira Howard and Randolph Patrick,
both 29 years of age and both of
McGuffey, furnished bond and are
awaiting grand jury action after
having been bound over to the Hard
in county grand jury by Justice of
the Peace Roy Haudenschild in Ken
ton Friday night.
The two men entered innocent pleas
to echarges of taking steel and lum-
Der from a McGuffey property.
They asked to be bound over to the
grand jury. The charge is petty lar
ceny.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05

Frank c. Landers has been elected
vice president and general manager
of the Central Ohio Light and Pow
er company. The company with of
fees in Findlay operates the Wood
cock generating station here.
Mr.. Landers formerly held this
position here and his return to Find
lay now is brought about as a re-
suit OF the vacancy created in the
management when A. w. Conover,
former vice president and general
manager of the company, leaves the
concern to become president of the
North Shore Gas company of Chi
cago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Scarlet Fever Epidemic
ThWarted

With danger of an epidemic of
scarlet fever in northwestern Put
nam county lessened, the partial
quarantine at Continental has been
lifted, it was announced by DR.. H.
A. Neiswander, county health COM
missioner.
He said schools opened at Contin-
entail Monday after Today vaca-
tion imposed because of scarlet fever
cases there. However, close check
is being maintained at the school to
prevent recurrence of cases.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Wife Shot At Break
fast Table

A special session of the Hardin
county grand jury last week in
dicted the husband after hearing
testimony in the fatal shooting of
Mrs. Reva Lamb Raver, 23-year-old
Kenton woman.
Her husband, Francis E. Raver,
%, an employe in the shipping room
of The Kenton Hardware Co., is be-
ing held in the Hardin county jail,
unable to furnish $4,000 bond set by
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Sues For Damages
In Death

Jessie j. Lovett as administrator
of the estate of her husband, Glenn
B. Lovett, Findlay school teacher,
has brought suit in Wood county
court against the First National
Transit company, of Toledo, for
damages.
She asks $4,000 for the death of
her husband and $500 for damages
to his Dodge automobile in which he
was riding at the time of collision
at Portage, January 3, 1941.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
S121,101 Received In
AAA Checks

The first batch of conservation and
parity checks for the 1941 AAA
program was received at the county
AAA office Friday
A total of 896 checks amounting
to S121, ,101.26 was received. Aver
age payment will be $136.16.
Members of the county committee
said the checks represent approx
mately half the number that are to
be received. Notices will be sent to
those farmers whose checks are in
cluded in the batch.
More checks are expected within a
short time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
HARDIN COUNTY
Free Radio Classes
Offered

Free courses in radio technical
training and beginners engineering
drawing are being offered at Ohio
Northern university under the ma
tional defense program.
Dean j. A. Needy of the college of
engineering is pointing out that the
radio work will be particularly valu-
able to men who will soon enter the
service. Glasses will be held three
evenings each week, the periods last
ing three hours. Information can
be obtained from the engineering
dean.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Ottawa Farm Institute
Cancelled

Cancellation of the Ottawa Com
munity institute, scheduled for last
week was announced by officials in
charge. The rush of events at this
time was given as the cause for
cancellation.
The Ottawa River institute in Sug-
ar Creek township was held Wednes-
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
120-POund Calf Be-
lieved Record

A Brown Swiss heifer on the Mark
McRill farm near Vanlue recently
gave birth to one of the largest
calves ever born in Hancock county.
The calf, a bull, weighed 120
pounds as compared to the usual
weight of go to 80 pounds at birth
The animal lived two weeks but then
became i'll and died.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Nurses Annual Report

In the annual report presented
Thursday afternoon by Miss Ruth
Lunney, Kenton city health nurse, to
the city health board, it was stated
that there were 242 births, four still
births, and 194 deaths in Kenton last
year. Her report showed that there
were 504 general nursing visits.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Klein of Find
lay We're Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. j. w .Garlinger.
Mrs. Oscar Cupples of Benton Ridge
spent Friday with Mrs. B. E. VOL
from.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Harkness of
Bluffton were Wednesday evening
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Harkness.
Mrs. Will Harkness called on Mrs.
Mary Bo.ick, Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Harkness spent
Friday with Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton
Harkness in Bluffton.
Rev. Landes of Rawson called on
Mrs. Mary Bolick, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bauman and son
Donald of Findlay were Friday after
noon callers on Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Kramer.
Mrs. NJ. E. Meyer was recently sur
prised on her birthday when the fol-
lowing guests visited her home: Mrs.
Esther Co.e and son David, of Fos-
toria; Mrs. M. S. King and Mrs. Eu-
la Hartman of Findlay and Mrs. AL
bert Beaussun.
A Bible as a gift was presented by
Lynn Cupples in hehalf of the Evan
gelistic Sunday school to Milton Stein
niger in appreciation of his services
as Sunday school superintendent for
a number of years. Lynn Cupples is
his successor.
Miss Margaret Wagner has return
ed from recent trip in Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Ghaster visited
Thursday evening in the home of
Mrs. Emma Gusfahl in Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
To Be In Army Photo
Corps

Eugene Vermilya, the son of Supt.
Carl d. Vermilya of the Putnam
county schools and Mrs. ,Vermilya,
left last week for Denver, Colo,
where he will enter the aviation ca
det Photographic school of the army.
Vermilya is one of IL students
from the Rochester Athenaeum and
Mechanics Institute at Rochester.
N. T., who responded to the War de-
partment's request for IL volunteers
for the Photographic school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Homemade Cannon
Blast Fatal

A tentative verdict of suicide has
been returned by Allen County Cor
oner Harry Lewis in regard to Hen
ry Schaeffer, so, of Lima, whose
lifeless body was found by his wife
in small machine shop at the rear
of his home late Wednesday after
noon. Schaeffer is believed to have
discharged into his mouth a home
made cannon. The upper part of his
face was mangled.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
HANCOCK COUNTY
Taxable Property
Scars In Value

The total of all taxable property
in Hancock county, real and per-
sonal, shows an increase of 81 1856. 578
over the year 1910, according to the
duplicate prepared in the office of
County Auditor Frank H. Huffman.
The total duplicate following the
1941 reappraisals and corrections,
shows valuation of S63, 3,356.461, as
compared with $62,070.SS3 the pre-
vious year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Victory Book Drive
Progresses

Collections in the Victory Book
campaign now being waged to Sc
cure reading material for men of
the United States armed forces
reached the 1000 volume peak Sat
urday, Miss George McAffee, Lima
city librarian in general charge of
the drive, announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Baby Has W For
Victory

There is no doubling the patriot
ism of Mr.. and Mrs. D. N. Noffsing-
er, of Continental.
Their three-month-old son, Nile
d., has developed a perfect letter v
extending from his forehead to a
point directly between his eyes.
The symbol of victory is plainly
discernable even when the child is
complacent, but when Nile D., gets
ouchy about his victuals, or some
thing, look out. The V is a bright
red.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Delphos Man Heads
ClOthiers

Elmer Steinle, Delphos clothier,
was named president of the Ohio Re-
tail Clothiers and Furnishers asso-
citation for 1912, at the annual meet
ing in Cincinnati Tuesday. The
group chose Columbus for its 1943
convention.
A. S. Zierolf, Findlay, was re-
elected a director.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Farmers Start Junk
Drive

While urban folks still are talking
about collection of scrap metal for
the war effort, Allen county farmers
have been busy collecting junk under
the direction of Clair Patterson,
county AAA chairman.
The drive has been particularly
successful in Amanda township
where farmers dumped % tons of
metal Monday in a field donated by
Elmer Norman and have been add
ing to it every day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Automatic Phones
For Lima

Preparations were launched this
week for the installation of Lima's 5
first dial telephones as Lima Tele-
phone Co. officials announced that
approximately 100 lines are avail
able for the service.
Wartime conditions brought warn
ings that it probably viii be many
months before the change-over is
completed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Liquorless Night Club
Planned

A liquorless night club designed to
supply an outlet for Lima youths
exuberance is planned by the Lima
Y. NJ. c. A.
This information was released re-
Gently by James Eckford, executive
secretary of the local unit. Eckford
declared that a "coke and matted
club" with dancing facilities will be
installed in the basement of the Y
building.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Burglaries Of Schools
PrObed

Allen county officials were con-
tinuing their investigation of a
series of school burglaries which now
have mounted to eight and which
started last Nov. 90 when the Shaw
nee school first was broken into.
That same school again was rob-
bed Jan. 8 when an estimated 500
was taken. Both Bath township and
Perry township schools have beeen
broken into twice while schools at
Conner and Spencerville have been
rifed once each.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
No Mercy For Tire
Thieves

Tire thieves will receive no mercy
from Justice o. J. Schierloll of Of
tawa he revealed in finding Robert
Scott, 10, and Darrell Statler, 20,
both of Continental, $100 each and
sentencing them to 80 days in jail.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Named To West Point

David A. Wohlgamuth, of Findlay,
has received appointment by Con-
gresham Frederick c. Smith, of
Marion, as cadet in the United
States Military academy at West
Point, N. Y. The regular time for
entering the academy will be July 1.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Tax Collection This
Month

With S28,819,89 collected last week,
the total collection of taxes on real
estate for the first half of 1941
reached S190,434.73 Saturday, it was
announced by Allen County Treasur-
er Ray w. Barnett The treasurer's
books will be closed on Feb. % for
the collection.
Sales tax receipts for the same
week were S4,936, he said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Man Burned In Blast

Charles Pund, Jr., suffered second
degree burns on his head when an
explosion occurred as he threw kero-
sene into boiler at the Farmdale
Dairy Co. in Ottawa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Baby Flown Here From
Pearl HarbOr

A baby boy, born in Hawaii the
day after the japanese bombed Pearl
Harbor, arrived in Findlay last week
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05

"The war against the Axis will last
at least five years, and all farmers
plans should be made on that basis"
Karl Brandt, Stanford University.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Pigs Cause Of Motor
lists Arrest

When pigs see red Arthur Jones,
Lima area farmer, has trouble with
the traffic officers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
Merry Crowd At Birth
day Ball

A merry crowd jammed Memorial
Evening star., 1942-11-21
Cuban Firms Complaint
In Price Case Dismissed

The United States Emergency
Court of Appeals yesterday dismissed
the complaints Of a Cuban sugar
firm against an Of11ce of Price Ad-
ministration ruling in price ceiling
case.
The OPA had dismissed a protest
OF the Galban Lobo Co., Cuban
sugar exporter, against application
OF certain price ceiling to a con-
tract that involved the shipment of
12,205 bags of sugar to the American
Sugar Refining Co., New York City.
The OPA threw it out on the ground
that the protest was not filed within
the 60-day limit of time set by the
Emergency Price Control Act.
In an opinion written by Judge
Albert Maris, a Federal Judge In
Philadelphia, who also serves with
the emergency court, the language
of the Price Control Act regulating
the time in which protests must be
filed, was criticized as Imperfect" !"
However. q ruling favoring the OPA
was given after both parties had
agreed to the statutes meaning.
The court was set up here espe-
cially to hear appeals from rulings
by the Price Administrator.
Evening star., 1942-11-21
Bible Glasses Plan
Broadcast Toniqht

The Brotherhood Bible Glass of
Hamline Methodist Church, taught
by Representative John Sparkman,
will meet the Vaughan Bible Class
of Calvary Baptist Church, taught
by Linn c. Drake in the weekly
Bible knowledge contest at o'clock
tonight over Station WWDC.
Representing the brotherhood will
be William H. Ramsey, Frank L.
Smith and DR.. T. M. Stanton. The
Vaughan Glass will be composed of
DR.. Nelson M. Blake, Richard Spen-
Ger Palmer and Chief Petty Officer
E. R. Payne. Evangelist Dale Crow
ley will be master of ceremonies,
Mr.. Crowley will speak from the
WWDC Capital pulpit at 1O:15 am.
tomorrow on Thanksgiving in War
time" He conducts the daily devo-
tional broadcast over this station
at 6:45 am, known as Morning
Twilight"
Evening star., 1942-11-21
Deaths Reported

ida Price. 81. 1923 orren st. ne.
John G. Dyer. 50, 4433 Wisconsin ave NV
Hamilton E. Gregory, "a, 3999 Benton
Oscar s s. " Purcell. 7s. U. S. Soldiers. Hom.
Erederlcka Oliver 6s, 1435 St. Sc
Tom Wharton, 6s, U. S. Soldiers Home.
| George Bond, 68. U. s. Soldiers Home.
| agnes m. Atherton. 81, 645 A ST. ne.
| Joseph s. Realm, 65. 931 g st. NV.
Corbin s. Costello, 64, 1876 G st. sw,
! navid e: Heller, 81, Capitol HEIGHTS, Md.
| water Campbell, 63. 1924 18th st. NV.
James P. Campbell. 81, 1889 Newton st.
Frank j. Ginty, 81, St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Joseph E. Caquetti, 53 1914 18th st. NV
mary r. Schafhauser, 81. 1910 Kalorama
Fora seiier,, 80. zos 9Th st. NV.
William F. Rector, so, 1863 Wyoming ave.
!: Earl Evans, A.. Chevy Chase. Md.
Julia Bender. A, 1907 22d st. Sc
Marsaret H. Morat, 40. 1902 Shepherd
Joseph i = E. Ogden, 81, b1o7 Illinois .v. NV
ne1a4sz nrsnk slasck6urn; vcI j1' q. Gody, Wyo.
Jane Mendenhall. l, villa Heights, Nd,
| infant Ruess, Colmar Manor, Nd.
infant Ruess. Colmar Manor. Nd
Mary T. Lewis, q. 2oO9 Douglas ST. se
MyEa Csmpbell, y, 17l9 Kalorama I'd. NV.
Esther sutton. 81, 1909 Wins ct. NV.
| AEnes Driver, 50, 1925 s.. Capitol st.
Ktn,! John H. Ford; 81 1903 Sd st. s.w.
Infant Lycurcis Wright. jr. Lakeland, Nd