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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-10-20

~ctNUIItuc, IuuyIt uuU 1uHSIuW Iuus
Ten bic tpeiden Sdneefloden our gr.
De. gs bate bereits ben ganaen Sag
iiber geidneit. Die eroben 9inien
beuaten ibre idnerbelabenen aeite
nieoer uno tpiegten anml,tig ibre CLAN
5enoe 2ait; Bfaoe unb StraBen ,paren
o6Iig urfihtbar getporoen, uno por
ben Genitern Der Garnlbduier botten
ter oenen oas eidt i'm .Snnern Der
iih bobe tpeiBe B1nfe aufgebunt, hin.
Stube gar frel1noIib einIabero 11im.
merte.
Geierlide Stille rinesumber. Ri9ts
pernebntbar, als bas aniftern bes
Sdnees unter Dem GuBe bes Bon.
berers uno bier ,,no ba 6as 1eife Stu.
fen eines @alotieres. bas IN Der Sea.
be Der Menihen geobrune 3u iuhen
fam. @ie felham uno eeipeniterbaft
rasten Die bldtterIofen aIten @iden
in oie 2uftl
@ie ionoerbar ernit uno bod ,pie.
Der freunoIi9 i9ien beute Der nIte
airdbof bon goap Den! Ridt bitter
,pie unter Gags, no ietne bihten
Erauer1peioen Dem SonnenIidte iee-
Iihen 3utritt tpebrten, fonoern prdd.
tig beriilbert bon friiG gefanenem
Sbnee.
2anoiam, ober beborrlih fieI er auf
bic @ipfeI manh' einfan.en Meonu-
mentes, oerbiiIIte marmorplatten uno
Snidriften, iiberoedte Die i9molen
@ege a,piihen Sen @rabbiigeIn ,nb
oos rote 8ieeeloa1 Der air9e. baute
fid Dor ben gen1olten Senitern ouf,
fniiterte in ben fteifen gfeuranfen,
fano iogar o1rd cine fleine DadIide
@inlaB gum uralten @Iodenituble uno
beftete ftd leiie an Ole alte @lode an.
S6on lag ct einen ganaen Sdub bod
auf Der @rbe, uno nod INNER lieB bic
eintonig graue 5drbung bes Sirna,
mentes al1f fein SnnebaIten oes
SdneefaIles boffen. gieentIib tpar's
gan5 redt 10; tper m0dte oenn Weib-
nadten obne Sdnee oenfen2 Ct ge.
bort ia gan5 notuenbig gu bieiem
BiIoe. SIT es nidt eetpiiiermaben no.
tiirlid, 6aB iid bie gr6e in Der sc.
burtsnadt bes GrI6iers in ibr rein-
ites, Hadenloies @etpano f1eioet2
Mus Der Stride bra9 iekt elm 2idt,
ftrabl, iinb nit ibm tonte 5as Gloria
in ercelfts, bon reinen Sreelafforoen
begleitet, bon uno 1nd9tig beraus in
bie einiame Nadt.
,@bre iei @ott in Der &obe uno
Srieoe ben Meniden, oie zines guten
@ilIens iin6" - iangen iie orinnen
feierlid uno idon, rno Die gan5e Na-
tur idien oieien erbabenen 8orten
5u lauiden.
Sn bieiem Moment tpuroe bas
Rirdbofsgitter poriidtig seSffnet, uno
nnter oemielben tparo cine 1peibIi9e
@eitaIt ftdtbar. sic trug elm fIeines
8iinoel i'm Mrme uno nGberte fid
Iangfamen, l1nfideren S9rittes Dem
4irdenportale; bier uno 6a itano fie
title. blidte Inn iid, rnabte fogor ,pie-
Der cine riididreiten6e Betpegung uno |
berriet cine iidtlide Mngit, entoedt
ODER erfannt a., 1peroen. 8eim Gin.
gange CUR airhe bielt fie enolid fin,
ftieb fnhte eines Der ,tnteren Heinen
5enfter nlf un6 blidte ms Snnere.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-10-20
3 GAochen4chAae9e
pber Das gebeimnis BON Gosp Sell

Oas 1d0enlDelnlge ol11ne &le10hen
bot feinen geniigenoen S9ut gegen
6ie falte Sabres3eit, uno bod mar
feine anbere tparmenoe Siille an benz
armen Weien iidtbar. Das feudte,
gldn5enb fdmar5e &aar bing aufse.
loft iiber ibren @iiden, uno elm pieIs
fad burdloderter SdIeier, bonn
5beitel berab unter Sem idnalen
Gimme feiteebunben, umrabmte elm
obales, abgebdrmtes @eii9t. @inen
alten @o4fba1pl - tpabrideinli1 ibr
ein5iges tuirflid >parmes 2leiounss-
ituf - bate iie ioreian1 nm BEN
Sduslins ee,pideIt, ,pelden fie auf
ibren 4rmen trug unb spieoerbolt a6rt.
lid an ibr &er5 briidte, als mibte
beiien beiBe 9iebe yibn ihiisen unb er.
,pdrmen trok sdnee uno Binterfroft.
geadoem ote Jremoe einen BIid
ins Snnere Der airhe eetporfen batte,
lebnte fie fi9 erid6pft eeeen Die Dor.
iprineenbe Mauer auriid unb fda,ite
in itumpfer ger5tpeifluns Dor fi9 Fin.
ah, es mar Elm 10 uniaebar idmer5.
polles Mntlis! Scot un5 glenb, beera.
bene 2ebensfre,aoen unb enttduidtes
Soften, &uneer ,,nb @ntbebrung tpn-
rem eineemeiBelt IN Die e6len 3iiee,
,pelbe unperfennbar ben 5tempel
ebemaliger Sd0nbeit trueen. Sest
aber ,par Der @lons ibrer eroBen Mu.
gen erloiden, rno it,,,11pfe gingebuns
tpar an bic StelIe friberen Summers
eetreten, iene grsebung, oie nur nod
oes Ietten, iideriten @rloiers barrt -
6es Tooes!
@dbren6 fie 10 nit balbgefdloFenen
Iugen bem beiligen @eiang 1auidte,
perlte laneiam 1rdne Inn Erdne iiber
oie eineeiunfenen 8aneen nieoer, rn>
Die idmalen, blutloien 2ippen 5udten
in frampfbaftetn @ebe.
8elde Sreu6e bate mobI sic
gbriitnadt ibr, Der Mrmen, Sein,ot
loien, 5u bieten? Obne ,Sreuno, obne
Stat 11nb Silfe, auein uno n1ittellos
in Ser tpeiten, ipeiten 8elt - &pas
batte lie nod 5u boffen?
Sbr 2eben ging raid 5u @n1e; ite
fiblte, ouB iie ni6t tnebr biele Sage
5l leben batte - un6 6as tpar gut;
iie itarb ia 10 gerne, bate ia r1iemano
auf ser gan5en @elt, Ser iie betrouern
tpiirbe; es tpGre benn ibr @in6, ibr
ein5iges &leino6. @roB uno bertpun-
bert blidte es iebt nit ieinen un-
iduloigen Iugen 5u ibr en1por, als
mol1te es fraeen: ,,Mutter, mas ma.
den mir 3tpei oenn 90 beraus in
Ma6t uno 59nee2" @9Iud3enb
briidte ite ben &leinen an ft6; iie
&pollte linn AUDI Elm gbriitgeidenf ee-
ben, ibr ein5ises Gut - 6ie Iebte
2ebensapdrme ibres biniterbenben Sci.
bes. Md, baB iie i'm 6o9 bauerno er=
mdrmen fonnte! @enn iie bieneibt
beute nod bier auf 6ieiem Rirdbof
iterben mubte, 6unn fonnte iie ia aub
Der &nabe nur b09itens etlibe Stl1n-
Den iiberleben: er tpar nod 10 5art
unb bilflos!
Die Mutterliebe nber bleibt groB
un6 ielbftlos Biz gum lesten &aude,
nnb oas tpar's, 1pas a,1b oieie Mrme
lieB, ibr Rrnbe moge ibr
ridt folgen Ing enge @rab, ion6ern
moge leben unb eliidlih .per6en. Die
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-10-20

,Nun aber geb! Sd min oas Sper-
rem Der Stride idon iibernebmen."
uNidt tpabr, sic t,1en es aber ae.
pib, @uer @naoen2" frus Der Ell ifrige
air6enoiener balb ansitlid. Sic tpii-
len ia, tpas Sbr ieliger Obeim auf
Die &ir6e bier eebalten bat, uno iei-
ne 8iinide tporen Sbnen ia bon ie-
Der beiIig."
Bei bieiem 2obe bui9te elm oii.
iterer 5datten iiber Dos @eii9t oes
pornebmen Serrn, Der nun Die Stirne
run5elte, uno in baridem Eone tura
entgegnete: ~Sdon gut, Blunt, iei
obne Gorge. 5ieb na6 beinem franfen
8uben Gieueidt erbolt er iid bod
tpieoer. @iait bu niht bel Dinab Dor.
ipreden unb iie et,pa fir beute Nabt
NIT Dir nebmen CUR Bfleee oeiner
beioen &ranfen?"
~Sa, erdnoiser &err; i9 tperoe es
tun, iie lit eine bortrefflide BGrterin.
aber Sic i9lieBen bod eetpiB gut
au?"
Mit bieier Mabnung batte er bic
airdentiire aufgeitoben unb itano iest
in Ser Borballe, bic, tpie bic Stride
ielbit, bon rotten 3ieseln sebaut uno
auf beiben Seiten eeidloiien mar. &C.
raoe iiber ibr NOR Der @lofenturm
angebradt, l,n6 bas bonn Stuble Der.
abbangenoe Cell lag in beridieoenen
&riimmungen auf Dem 8ooen. Blunt
itieB es NIT Dem Sube ettpas beiieite
uno blidte Damn binaus ins Sreie:
,,@o6 INNER Sdneefal'', rief er aus,
u,pie bebauere i6 ieben Mrmen, Der
in FOLDER geadt oboadIos orauben
iein muB i'm 5reie1.''
sd audi, berieste iein @ebieter
5iemli6 gleidgiiltie uno or6nete ben
&iiiter gum 5ortgeben.
@ls bieier bie Stride berlaiien bot.
te, lenfte er feline Sdritte na6 benz
@ittertor bes &irdbofes. ,,&ann. mir
nidt belfen'', murmelte er, m6bren6
er 10 5piiden ben @rabbiieeln bin.
idritt, ~er gerdt nidt nad ieinem
Snfel, es lit mir oroentlid fdtper,
i'm 81 lieben. Ser alte quite Serr
bon go5p Sen, &pie 1par er 10 gana,
gan5 anoers! Sd bdtte bod Die Sir
DIE nibt nerlaiien iouen. @eroe feinen
rubigen 4ugenblid baben, Biz id NOR
gen friib iebe, bob anes in Sronuns
it,"
Cine Stunoe ipdter batten bic leb-
ten slnbddtigen oas @ottesbaus ber-
laiien. @eorg 5tiltportb berIab nun
6en Dienit oes &iiiters, loidte Die
2idter, idloB Safriitei uno Stride uno
begab it6 enolid nit elmer 2aterne
in Die 8orballe binals, Inn audi 6as
@uBentor 81 iperren. Sein ueberrod
mar Big gum Salie binauf 5ugefn0pft,
ser SUIT tief in bic Stirne seoriidt,
uno 6ennob 5itterte er 1,no fontte
nibt Sen S6liiiieI in 6as Sdliiiielloh
iteden. gs gelang linn erit, na6bem
er feline 2aterne an einem Nagel auf=
gebGngt uno nit beioen $Gn6en fi6
angeitrengt bate, 6as i9pere 5bloB
a5buidlieben. (5ortiesung folgt)
ON hoho nohGr4 9}oiS+or So6 Gic
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-10-20

in Die bellerleubtete airbe. Dieie tpor
nit griinem 2aubtperf feitlid ge.
idmiidt, Der friide @erltb brang or
oentlib erquidenb beraus ins Sreie.
Die 5dulen, nit 5ierliben Seitons
umtpunoen, rtrugen iinnige Snibriften.
gin5elne Snitialien ooer aub gan3e
Spribe, aus 5arten 9tanfen gebilbet,
bingen bon Ser @alerie nieoer; an
ieoem Seniter itano cine balbge,pa6-
iene 3eoer, uno rote Beeren nabmen
ii6 in Dem ounflen Grim alIerliebit
aus. &er5en brannten auf Dem Ml.
tare, iotpie Lungs Der @dnbe, uno Die
Srgel ipielte lire feierliden 8eiien.
Die aiemIib ttefe StelIung Der aau=
Idenoen geitattete ibr nidt, ben ean-
aen 9faum oes @ottesbauies gu uber'
idauen; iiberoies bin6erte Der Crime
2aubi6mud oen freien 8lid.
Muf benz gbor iaB Der &iiiter. 8ei.
oe S6noe batte er auf bic 2nie ses
itemmt uno itarrte tribe Dor iid bin.
Nun tam aber Elm Mnn auf i'm
5u - es mar gero6e Bel einem 8or.
iprung Der gmporfirbe, unb oaourb
tparb er Der 6remben be,tlih er.
fennbar.
@ei ieinem Mnblid audte es pie
@etterleu6ten iiber ibr fables 4ntlis,
uno Die ean5e 5arte @eitalt erbebte
in faltem Shauer.
Ser Seranfommen6e .par elm bod
getpahiener Mann in ben Be ten Sab-
rem, elm @6elmann, bas fab man auf
Ben eriten 8lid. Seine &aare aber
tparen bor Der 3eit ereraut, unb cine
tiefe Melandolie lag auf Der breiten
Stirne.
CT reoete ben @iiter an: ,,$e,
Blunt, biit bu miioe ooer miro Dir
oein Dienit beute fauer?"
uNein, endbiger Serr", ertpioerte
Der @ngeIprohene unb itano auf.
.Mein Dienit lit mir leidt, aber mid
oriidt Die Gorge um @eib unb &ino. "
uglh, i6 bergaB: beine Srau iit
eronf! 8ie eebt es ibr? @as ma6t
>ein &nabe, 8lunt?"
sd fiir6te, er miro mir 1terben,
Fuer @naben; bic Mutter fGngt an,
'b langfam al erbolen, aber bas
eino tpelft 6abin, unb fait CLAUDE ie),
'aB linn fein neuer Sag bere0nnt lein
tpirb.'
uSsSit's moeli9, Blunt! @arum iag-
telt on mir babon nifts? 8ie alt lit
bein Sunge uno 1pie beibt er?"
,,@obert, endoiger Serr; geitern
mar er bier Wtonate aIt."
Scr fleine &obert ion fir feline
3ufunft in mir einen @0nner fin6en,
8lunt."
u2obn's gud @ott, @uer @naoen |!
Bie gliidlid tpGre id, oiirfte er leben !!
@r tpiir6e it6erlid) ein treuereebener
l1ntertan Ser gnd6igen Serridaft
tper6en."
~@ile iebt, oaB 6u nod Sauie
fammit, Blunt; 6u bdtteit beute ear
nidt in Die Stride geben iouen."
,yDurfte ib benn tpeg bleiben, gnG-
bigger Serr? 8ar nidt Sic Stride @us
res ielieen Sbeims gr0Bter Stol8? @s
iin6 eben iett 80 Sabre, oaB er iie
bier auf 6ieiem Blabe neu aufgebaut
,tt1H mir Aip E5tprIe oi11ps @i;5tpra iihpr.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-10-20
Die weItberuehmte
St. Benedict WundsaIbe

erprobtes Heilmittei gegen siie Arten Won g.
ten und frischen Wunden Ceschwueren, Co
~aechsen, Bsswunden ksrbunkein, usss 5tste
Geld nur dUeh Post Money Order ~ scsaicken.
J. l. stsab, l72o9 vslseyvisw Ave-, cisssisad. o.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-17

The American Weekly with Sundays lime,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-17
IS ADOLF HITLER
Down TO WITCHCRAFT?

a noted 0Voodoo authority tells how a
psychic Piz maY be driving supsrs,i-
foas Adolf 10 series OF ruinous mis-.
takes Reed about it in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25
BENJAMIN Augsburger
Succumbs At Hospital

Funeral services for Benjamin
Augsburger, So, will be held at his
late home here Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock and the st. John
Mennonite church at 3 o'clock, both
services to be held on fast time.
He died at the Bluffton Commun-
ity hospital Sunday morning at 7:30
o'clock after period of failing
health for the past year.
Mr.. Augsburger moved to Blutfton
from a farm near Pandora three
years ago. He was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin Augsburger. His
wife died several years ago.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mabel and Evelyn, both at home, and
by two sons, Ralph and Denver, both
in service with u. S. armed forces.
There is one sister Mrs. Eli AM
stutz of Bluffton.
Ralph Augsburger is overseas and
is unable to be located. Denver
Augsburger, who has been training
at Vancouver, Wash, will be here
for the funeral services.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25
Announce Program
For Amateur Night

A variety of local amateur talent
will be featured in competitive tai
ent show in the Bluffton College
chapel Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
The program is sponsored by the
College Y. w. C. A. with high school
students, college students, and other
persons in the community participat-
ing. A chalk talk, humorous read
ings, vocal and instrumental music,
and other novelty numbers are in
cluded in the program.
A first prize of $500 and a Sec
ond prize of $3.50 will be awarded
the two best performances for gen.
eral entertainment value, stage pres
ence and personality, and for indica-
tion of real underlying talent. The
decision of the judges will be final
Tentative program announced the
first of the week includes:
Readings-Janet Althaus, Ray
mond Schumacher, Doris Dunifor
and Ellis Guthrie.
Vocal solos-Earl Lehman, Betty
Holtkamp, Roger Howe.
Violin solos-Joe Smucker, Mary
Ann Smucker, Harold Thiessen.
Chalk talk-Ellen Clark.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25

apportioned among the rationed COM
modities in any manner in which the
purchaser sees fit.
For example with beefsteak and
butter each rating eight points per
pound, the consumer could buy two
pounds of steak or one pound of
steak and one pound of butter or
two pounds of butter and no steak.
Meat Points Vary
Points governing the purchase of
meat, however, vary from one point
for a pound of bacon rinds to IL
points for a pound of dried beef.
Meats which comprise the greater
part of the official table of point
values include beef, veal, lamb, pork,
bacon, ready-to-eat meats and sRus-
age. sssz z..x Z: !. !.
Meats in tin or glass cort} - =.
are classed separately with point
values running as high as IL for a
pound of dried beef.
Fish Points Per Pound
Fish in Theoretically sealed con-
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25
Births

Ensign and Mrs. James Miller of
Pidgeon Key, Fla, are the parents
of daughter born at the City hos
pital in Wooster, Ohio, Sunday. The
mother is the former Esther RAM
seyer, former college student here.
Ensign Miller is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Miller of South Main
street.
The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Klingler, a
girl, Barbara Ann, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Gable, a girl
Janis Elaine, Friday.
Rev. and Mrs. Everett Mosslander,
Pandora, a girl, Carol Sue, Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Croft, Con
tinental, a girl, Margaret Shirley
Saturday.
|. Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Holden
Rawson, boy, Ronald Ray, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Villas Niswander
Columbus Grove, twin boys, Terry
Flynn and Gerry Lynn, Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25
Does Bone In T-BOne Steak Take
Points? Housewives Here Ponder
OPA Leaves Settlement of Diff
ferenceS to Butcher and
Customers
Hamburger May Offer ComprO
mise Solution to Long
Standing Difficulty

Impending meat rationing begin
ming next Monday is expected to re-
new a little matter Of long standing
difference between the housewife and
the butcher-the question of trim
ming fats and bone before weighing
up meat cuts.
In the days when steaks were
plentiful and relatively low priced
there was little difficulty-but now
with steaks carrying value of eight
points per pound the question as to
whether part of those precious points
shall go for the bone in T-bone is
something of national crisis.
Even OPA which has had a repu-
tation for being hard-boiled, side
stepped that one. The regulation
merely says eight points and leaves
it to the housewife and the butcher
to settle their differences.
A CoMPRoMIsE-HAM
To avoid the imminence of dead
lock some of the more pacifstic souls
suggest that much heat and bad
temper might be avoided by COM
promise on hamburger.
It's even suggested that OPA
might purposely have been playing
sly joke and put five point value
on hamburger-nearly one-half less
than steak-as a peace offering tc
irate housewives.
With hamburger. there are nc
bones-and consequently no argu-
ment. You take it as it is-and
what's more the butcher can weigh
you an exact pound--and that's that
LOOKS LIKE MORE HAMBURGER
Under meat rationing system
OPA has ordered cutting to exact
weight. If the butcher cuts larger
piece of meat than the customer asks
for, the customer will have to pay
for what he actually receives.
Point values, however, are figured
to the nearest whole unit and stamps
detached accordingly. A piece of
meat that figured 81 points would
cost points. If it figuerd 5A
points it would be considered G
points.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25
MOST FARM LABOR
NOW IN FACTORIES
INSTEAD OF ARMY
Jobs in War Industries Lure
Men from Farms, State
Survey Shows
Bona Eide Agricultural Work
ers Will Receive COnsidera-
tion in Draft

Bulk of labor leaving the farms ir
this district is going into factories
rather than into the army. This was
the announcement made by Ohio Sc
lective Service headquarters the frs
of the week following a survey of ter
ten representative agricultural coun-
ties thruout the state.
Complaint that requirements OF
men for the armed forces has been
denuding farms of necessary labor is
not borne out by facts, the report
stated following a check of files of all
men of military age registered in local
draft boards of the ten counties, il
was indicated by officials.
Lure of high wages in industrial
plants has been the principal cause
of the present shortage of labor on
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25
To Celebrate 5Oth
Wedding Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilkins OF
Cherry street will celebrate their
50th wedding anniversary at theil
home next Tuesday.
A family dinner will be served al
noon by the Ladies Aid society OF
the Church of Christ in the church
basement. Open house will be OBJ
served at the home on Tuesday
afternoon from 2 o'clock through
the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkins have lived
all their life in this vicinity. They
spent 21 years at their farm In
Orange township now occupied by a
son.
They retired and moved to Bluffton
IL years ago. They still enjoy visit
ing their farm and working their
when able. Mr.. Wilkins was prom
inent in the township having served
as an Orange township trustee and
later was a director of the Farmers
Grain company here.
They have Is children, all living
80 grandchildren and five great
grandchildren. The children are;
Mrs. Ray Crawford, Waldo Wilkins
Daniel Wilkins, Mrs. Ralph Bader
fischer, Delbert Wilkins and Trevs
Wilkins of Bluffton; Mrs. Luke
Scoles and Mrs. Robert Basinger OF
Pandora; Mrs. Charles Hanna, Ben.
ton Ridge; John Wilkins, Arlington
Mrs. Dwight Mauk, Lima; Mrs. Boyc
Clapper, Ada. Another son, Tech
Sgt. Rudy Wilkins is in the armed
forces.
There are also three grandsons IL
the armed forces: Alvin, Marvin
and Lieut.. Thomas Crawford O.
Orange township.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25

Next Wednesday Is Last Day To Get
1913 Automobile License Stickers

vious years, it was stated by local
registration officials. Registrations
thruout the state, however, are gen.
orally running lower than previous
totals.
Many of the registrants are not
bringing the necessary papers and
are required to make a trip home to
obtain them. In addition to the GER
tificate of title, motorists are also re-
quired to present their registration
card. Only the certificate of title was
presented in the past.
The bill of sale may be presented
If the motorist does not have the
certificate of title, it was explained.
Stickers for trailers, weighing up
to 1000 pounds, are also being is
sued at this time. Applications for
truck licenses are made out here and
sent to Columbus which will for
ward the stickers.
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Last Rites For
Mrs. Mary SOWer

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Sower, 50, were held at the Basinger
Funeral home Wednesday afternoon.
She died at the Bluffton Community
hospital Monday morning at 2
o'clock following an extended illness
which kept her confined to her bed
for two weeks.
She was born in Fulton county
May 26, 1878, and was married on
Nov. 20, 1908, to Abraham Sower
who died 18 years ago. Mrs. Sower
had resided with Mrs. Clarence
Steiner, near Pandora, and with her
daughter Mrs. George Everly of
McComb.
Besides her daughter, she is sur
vived by three sons, Vernon of To-
ledo; John of st. Louis and Floyd
of Chicago. She is also survived by
four sisters and two brothers.
Following the funeral here the
body was removed to LAUDER Hill
church near Wauseon where fnai
rites were held later Wednesday
afternoon followed by burial in the
church cemetery.
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TOWN WILL have
TEST BLACkOUT
in NEAR FUTURE
Residents are Urged to Famil-
iarize Themselves With
Procedure
Whistle at Municipal Light
Plant to be Used for
Blackout Signal

Bluffton will have its first test
blackout IN the near future. it was
announced this week by Clair Fett
chairman of the local Civilian Defense
council.
The community will participate in
the blackout along with 20 counties
in the east-west strip of Ohio and all
residents are required to participate,
it was indicated in instructions receiv-
ed from the Ohio Defense Council.
Following the resignation of For
rest Steinman as chief air raid ward
en-, Jesse Yoakam, town councilman,
was appointed to that post by Chair
man Fett.
Details of the blackout will be plan
ned this week by committee COM
posed of Fett, Yoakam and Mayor w.
A. Howe.
Waterworks Whistle Signal
In general the town is planning to
use the signals and procedure suggest
ed by the National Office of Civilian
Defense. The warning signal will be
two-minute steady blast from the
whistle of the municipal light anc
waterworks plant.
This is the signal to make prepar-
ations for the blackout and to take
cover. The blackout begins wher
the whistle blows series of inter
mittent signals. At this time al
transportation must stop and al
lights must be turned out or thoroly
blacked-out.
During the blackout, residents are
asked to stay in their homes and tt
turn on their radios. The clear sig.
nal will be a two-minute steady BIAS
from the municipal plant whistle.
More detailed plan will be announc
ed in the Bluffton News next week
Fett stated.
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RatiOning Calendar

So that you may keep in mind th
numerous important wartime ra
tioning dates, the Bluffton News j
publishing this weekly reminder:
MARCH 25-Blue food point
stamps d, E and F become good
for rationed processed foods.
MARCH 29-First day for red
coupons of No. 2 book for meat,
cheese, edible fats and oils.
MARCH Blast day for A
book tire inspection.
MARCH 31-Last day to use
blue A, B and c stamps for
canned or processed foods in
War Ration Book No. 2.
APRIL 25-Last day for one
pound of coffee with Stamp No.
rs. Book l.
MAY 21-Last day to use
Coupon 5 in A books good for
four gallons of gasoline.
MAY 31-Last day for five
pounds of sugar with Stamp No.
II.
JUNE 15-Last day for one
pair of shoes on Stamp No. II.
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Bluffton motorists have until next
wednesday to get their 1943 auto
mobile license stickers to be used in
place of the metal tags, it was an
nounced this week by Bixel Motor
Sales, official headquarters for local
distribution on Cherry street.
To facilitate the purchase of the
tags the Bixel Motor Sales will be
open every night, starting this We'd
nesday evening, from z to O'Clock
until April /, the deadline date for
the display of the tags. The present
1912 metal plates must also be dis
played on all motor vehicles as well
as the stickers to be placed on the
windshields.
With about half of the licenses al
ready issued here indications are
that the number of registrations will
not be reduced over totals of pre-