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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01

naming part of the coupon sheet
after coupons have been removed
and contains code number and other
information. 1t will be required by
the local board when next winters
oil ration is distributed.
A plain spoken farmer friend Of
ours says the present food situation
is because the farmer has been
hobbled by robbery of his labor, con-
fused by regulations, penalties and
questionnaires and annoyed by So
called agents" who would go broke
in year trying to farm for them
selves. The farmer doesn't want
sympathy any more than he wants
blueprints, theories or directives.
Give the farmer back his labor,
throw the blueprints and directives
into. the wastebasket and tell the
farmer to go to it and Washington
will enjoy the surprise of its life.
It's really as simple as that, he said.
st. Sgt. Francis Badertscher, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Badertscher of
Bluffton, Ind, former residents here
has recently been transferred from
Ft. Bragg to Camp Mackall, N. c.,
where he is in training with the glid-
er infantry. He is a grandson of
Mrs. Levi Hauenstein and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Badertscher of Lawn Ave.
Harry Mericle is one man who is
thoroughly convinced of southern hos
pitality. When he and Mrs. Mericle
visited their son, Staff Sgt. Gene Mer-
icle at Camp Claiborne, La, last week,
they finally found a room after only
the greatest difficulty. The lady of
the house gave them free reign, gave
them breakfast and refused to take
any money for the room or meals.
Harry said he insisted on paying and
the lady insisted that he shouldn't.
He finally had to throw several dol
lars to the children and told them
to buy something for themselves.
Everyone seems to go out of their
way to be kind and nice to you down
there.
One of the many and varied duties
that the Bluffton town marshal has
to do is to supply water to Nickel
Plate engines whenever the call comes
which is three or four time each week.
The locomotive parks on the siding
near the hydrant on Railroad street
and Lee connects the four inch hose
to the tank in the tender and puts in
10000 gallons at clip. Some of the
bigger engines have a 10000 gallon
capacity but the average takes only a
10000 gallon drink.
It's small world. End 1t. Bob
West, located at New Orleans, La,
rooms near former Findlay resident,
Capt. Burl. Conversation brouvht out
the fact that the two officers have
many mutual friends in and around
Bluffton and Findlay.
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kind of United States coinage from
colonial times up to the present day
coins.
His collection features a large dis.
play of United States commemora.
tive half dollars in uncirculated con-
dition. This display with other coins
will be one of the features of the
National Coin week display at the
Basinger Furniture store window
during the week of April IL to II.
Bill is a member of the American
Numismatic association.
Overheard at David Risser's sand
wich shop-"You know, the president
has ordered all ships into port
David informed the customer that he
had first hand information that the
president was about to freeze the
ocean.
The Sunday meat shortage solved
itself at the Albert Benroth home on
North Main street after a large
rooster being fattened for a birth
day dinner decided to see the rest of
the world. Dutch located the miss
ing bird and after chasing the
rooster around the block felled it
with a rifle shot i'm the head. Dutch
says he couldn't afford to take any
more chances on its getting away.
Anyway chicken in the pan is
worth two on the loose.
Girls in the home economics
classes at Bluffton High school are
taking work in the industrial arts
department, learning how to use
wood working tools. Haydn Steiner,
the instructor, tells us that the girls
are doing good job.
Grandpa HIGHWAY northeast of
town received a card from his STEP
grandson Charles Smiley of Tiffin
now in training at Lambert Field,
Robertson, Mo-, the first of the
week. Not much to tell, only busy
getting ready for the. Japs.
Good news for those folks who
have been wanting to buy the stirrup
pump on display in the News win
dow. The pump on exhibit is one
of more than hundred loaned to
the town by the Office of Civilian
Defense for putting out fires and is
not for sale.
However, now comes word that
stirrup pumps may be sold to the
public, according to National OCD
Director James M. Lands. Retail
store prices may not exceed $3.50
and in most places will be substan-
tally less, the announcement stated.
The pumps, primarily intended for
fighting fire bombs and fires caused
by them are not recommended for
spraying insecticides or for other
such uses that might impair their
effectiveness in an emergency.
A few wartime hints-Food in
frozen food lockers is not covered
by rationing restrictions as 80 per
cent of these lockers are rented by
farmers who kill their own animals
for home consumption, OPA has
stated approximately rs per
cent of all rationed farm machinery
has now been freed for distribution
+. about 10000 pressure cookers
will be produced for this years can
ming season; this is twice as many
as were made last year stove
pipe will be obtainable only in limit
ed quantities next winter oil
rationed householders should pre-
serve the identity stub of their
heating ration. The stub is the re-
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WITH THE
SPORTSMEN'S CLUB
BY Paul souder

following purposes:
Purchase of so rabbits and 81
squirrels for release at a cost of
S92.47.
Purchase of 1900 blue gills for dis
tribution in stone quarries in the cor
poration at S10S.40.
Fees expended for other conserva-
tion purposes:
Feed purchased for rearing approx
imately 150 pheasant chicks and the
maintaining of four squirred and bird
feeds at College game reserve totaled
S23.39.
Cost of materials for building the
squirrel dens and feeds totaled S3.15.
The total amount expended for the
above conservation purposes 1927. Al.
Donald Rupright of Ney, Ohio,
started off the fishing season in the
Buckeye quarry last Sunday by snag-
ging a nice Is inch bass. Minnows
were used as bait. Don has long
been regarded by many of his local
friends as being a lucky fisherman.
There is no doubt that his ability to
catch fish is far above that of the
average fisherman for his consistant
success in landing the big ones shows
he has mastered the technique of
quarry fishing.
Don, a club member for years, still
likes to fish his old stampin' grounds,
and plans to pay his old home town
additional visits this year.
The Water Works quarry produced
a 131a inch crappie last Friday. Neil
Duffman caught the fish on a buck
tail spinner. The three quarries with
in the corporation have been stocked
with a considerable number of these
fish during the past two years. The
fish obtained thru the efforts of the
club are supplying real sport for the
local anglers.
Thumbing thru the Sears catalogue
brings to light the interesting fact of
this large mail order house is now al
so selling pheasant chicks for restock-
ing purposes.
Albert Garmatter, chairman of the
Raccoon Management committee says
that another female coon has been
purchased and released by Kenneth
Diller and Walter Garmatter. The q
year-old animal was released in the
Will Lugibill woods.
Final plans for the planting of the
Units of Trees ordered thru the club
from the Conservation Department
are being made and committee
meeting will be held Tuesday evening
of next week at the home of Gene
Benroth.
The following persons have arrang-
ed for a unit of 167 trees under the
plans of the department.
A. C. Burcky; Vernon Yoakam; Eli
Schumacher; Roy Clements 1.-TWO un-
its); Kenneth Chideser; E. G. Ben
roth (unit for Campus Game refugee;
o. w. Greiner and Denver Zimmerly..
The committee headed by Wilford
Geiger as chairman consists of Harry
Barnes, Miss M'Della Moon, Karl
Gable and John Schmidt.
Geiger states that some recent ar
rangements with Robert Winchell,
conservation official of Wapakoneta,
has enabled the High School to OBJ
tain for planting along Riley Creek
bordering Harmon Field and the city
tennis courts 700 trees for erosion
control.
All the trees ordered thru the club
are expected to arrive a day or two
prior to Arbor Day, April Is.
This N that from the editor-Last
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Gordon Little and family of Napol-
con and Sebastian Royal of New
Bavaria were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Little. After
noon callers were Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Pope and family of Lima.
Ned Hugus of Findlay College
was a Sunday caller of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hugus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Neighs-
wander and daughter Wilma and
Mrs. L. R. Forsyth spent Sunday at
Sycamore visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Harold Schryer and family who have
been sick with the flu.
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The public is invited to attend the
Archery Demonstration to be given
at the Legion Hall, Tuesday night,
April 13, at 500 o'clock. The event
is directed by Bob Wilson, president of
the Lima Archery Club. Accompany
ing Wilson for the demonstration will
be 16 Lima Archers. Archery en-
thusiasts from Bluffton and neighbor-
ing localities are invited to attend the
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Shines Through Fog

A brilliant red arc light that
makes use of the rare atmospheric
gas neon, and that can shine through
thick fog, has been invented.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Hints When Ordering Parts

In ordering repair parts for farm
machines, include the make and
model or year of the implement,
the name or description of the part,
and the part number.
Evening star., 1943-04-18

called on the transportation sec
ton of the Bureau of Personnel at
the Navy Annex.
Through them an appeal was cir
culated among all the enlisted men
attached to the bureau.
Twenty men volunteered, all Sec
ond and third class yeoman, trained
Office workers.
After sizing up the situation all
20 offered to continue their services
as long as they remained ashore
Among them are William
O'Rourke, H. r. Album. A. w.
White, M. J. Burke, F. w. Pratt,
M. j. Mcdonnell, w. L. Neal, yeo-
men End class; T. w. Lane, w. H.
Sauf1ey, j. D. Wilson, S. F. Hansen,
M. j. Stokes, B. C. Sevv. S. Major,
R. C. Rollings, j. J. Kelly, J. o.
Boatman and Daniel FEEDER, yeo-
men 3rd class.
Mrs. c. F. Clayton, head of the
gasoline division, who is grateful
and complimentary about the specl
and expertness of the sailors work,
said the nights the Navy takes over
will remain a secret lest the board
be overwhelmed with additional VOL
unteers of the - ahem - feminine
species!"
The men say the work is inter-
esting and a good spare-time diver
sion until they can get to sea. But
as one long, lean sailor said, raising
his head from an overfull file cab
met, I'D hate to have to send the
word home-'Dear Mom-Went
down filing!'"
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Arlington Gas Rotioning Files
Combed Out by 20 Sailors

The Navy has landed this time,
and the situation is well in hand.
The "objective' is the Arlington
County Rationing Board where 40
coo gasoline renewal applications are
fast being brought under control by
20 brawny and, more important,
brainy sailors from the Arlington
Annex of the Navy Department.
They volunteered their services for
the duration of shore duty.
Clerical work in the Arlington
board has been doubled during the
month of April when the big quar-
terly issuance of B and C books
takes place. Work was complicated
this time by the use of new applica-
tions and the necessity for checking
all tire inspection records.
Members of the board, the small
paid staff and daytime volunteer
workers have efficiently handled the
auditing and writing up of books,
but the files-ah, the files!
All 10000 applications began to
wage private war-bulging. over
the edges of file cabinets and re-
fusing to remain in any semblance
of order. BIS began to leer, out of
the PQR file, and some would dis
appear for days at a time, under
mining the morale of the workers
and causing high rate of ab-
senteeism.
In desperate search for volun-
teers who would come in at night
and put the applications back in
their places, officials of the gasoline
division of the Arlington board
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Jones Joins Arlington
Race for Trial Justice
Attorney May Run os
Independent in Primary

John Paul Jones, Arlington at
torney, of 407 George Mason drive.
yesterday announced his candidacy
for Arlington County trial justice.
Mr.. Jones said he did not know
whether he would seek the Demo-
cratic nomination in the primaries
August 3. He added that he may
run as an independent in the gen.
eral election.
Only other person to announce
his candidacy for the post thus far
is Hugh Reid, who will .un on the
Democratic ticket. Judge B. NJ.
Hedrick, the incumbent. has not yet
stated whether he will seek re-
election.
This is Mr.. Jones second venture
into politics. He ran against Law
renee Douglas for the post of COM
monwealth's attorney four years ago
and lost.
A native of Washington, Mr.. Jones
came to Arlington 10 years ago.
He has been practicing law for
almost 18 years He is member of
the Knights of Columbus and is
a former supreme chief justice of
the Phi Beta Gamma legal frater-
nifty and former president of the
National Conference of Law Fra
ternities. He is 80 years old and
married. He has two sons.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Northern Virginia
Gasoline Boards 10
Meet on Coordination
Session at Arlington
Thursday Hopes to
Adopt Uniform Program

In an effort to settle on a COM
mon policy to deal with gasoline
problems presented before the three
Northern Virginia rationing boards,
gasoline administrators and division
heads of Arlington. Alexandria and
Fairfax boards will meet Thursday
at the Arlington Board Offices.
Officials hope for uniform deci-
sions on borderllne cases where in
terpretations of regulations vary
from board to board.
Plans are being made by a COM
mittee of three chosen by the boards
to schedule meetings of all COM
modify divisions and administrators
to further coordination of the ra-
tioning programs of the boards. A
general discussion by members of
the price control panels and officers
was held last week in Alexandria.
Persons living in the Cherrydale
area of Arlington County are urged
by board officials to make use of the
community assistance group which
functions at the Cherrydale Library
on Lee highway from to 10 pm.
Wednesdays and 2 to S pm. Thurs
days.
The group has been established to
give out and to accept applications
for the convenience of persons in
that area and if it is not used more
effectively, officials said it might be
disbanded. The Buckingham assist
ance group which opened last week
at Buckingham Center is finding
many users, ration officials said, as
is the Virginia Highlands group
which works at Nellie Gusts School.
Arlington Board officials an
nounced. that retail merchants who
mailed in registrations indicating
excess inventories and who did not
send checks to cover the excess must
come into the Offices for adjust
ment between 9 am. and $3.50 pm.
on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Satur-
days.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Wounded Men at Naval Center
To Present Radio Show Toduy

"The Happy Hour" a 3O-minute
variety show featuring sailors and
Marines who are patients at the
Naval Medical Center in Bethesda,
will make its debut from 1890 to IL
am. today over Station WRC.
Transcribed in the hospital audi
torium and in various wards because
many Of its stars are not yet recov-
cred, the show will include a wide
range of interests, from harmonica
players to servicemen decorated for
bravery under fire.
Radio listeners will hear the story
of John Batease, hospital appren-
tice, first class, who last week was
awarded the Silver Star for heroism.
Batease, who is from Dandy, VT,
landed with the Marines at Guadal-
canal, served as first-aid man and
stretcher bearer and was wounded
by shrapnel when the hospital corps
men moved up to the front.
Then there is Jack Snyder, photog-
raphy specialist, third class, who
will contribute his story from his
bed.
Mr.. Snyder helped film the first
landing of American troops in North
Africa. During the battle he slipped
on the deck of a British man-of-
war and sprained his back when
he was thrown against bulkhead.
He didn't notice his injury until
he began the overland trip to Tu-
nisia, where it was necessary to
hit the ditch" whenever a Messer-
schmitt came out of the sun and
strafed the road. 1t was On one of
these dives for a foxhole that his
back folded up like a tired &C
Gordon"
Tap dances, vocal solos and a
harmonica-mandolin duet by Bob
Argyle Of Lake Worth, Fla, and
Paul Hitler of Warren, Pa, as we'll
as some hot" music by Bob Cook
a pianist, of Metuchen, N. j., will
round out the show.
Only non-patient in the show is
Mrs. Stuart L. Bailey, Gray Lady
from the Montgomery County
Chapter of the Red Cross. Mrs
Bailey will accompany a vocal trio
composed of Don Sexton, Shelby
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Budwesky Will Ask
Increased Pay for
Garbage Collectors
Alexandra Loses City
luborers Because of Low
Scale, Manager Says

With so to go telephone complaints
day being received in the city
managers Office about trash and
garbage collections, Carl Budwesky,
Alexandria city manager, said yes
terday that the city will have to
raise the pay of sanitation depart
ment laborers to compete with
wages elsewhere. He will ask the
city council at its meeting Tues
day night to authorize an increase.
The city laborers have been re-
ceiving so to IS cents an hour, and
wages paid for similar work in the
area range from 8712 to 95 cents
an hour.
Mr.. BudWesky will recommend a
wage scale of 60 to IS cents an hour
with a bonus of cents an hour to
be paid monthly to those employees
who have worked full time during
the month.
The city owns nine sanitation
trucks, and up to December, 1912,
was able to maintain a schedule of
two garbage and one trash collec-
tino a week in all sections of the
city At that time the department
employed 48 men.
Since December it has been i'm
possible to keep more than three
or four trucks in operation because
the force has ranged from IA to %
men, he said. 1t has been necessary
to double up on garbage and trash
collections, making only one call a
week in each neighborhood.
Under normal conditions, collec-
tions were occasionally missed be-
cause of truck breakdoWns and oc-
casional shortages of labor and five
or six complaints a day were re-
ceived
However. when the city manager S
secretary was kept busy all day an
sWering complaints, and even re-
ceived calls at her home after hours,
Mr.. Budwesky decided to ask the
council for action.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
School Will Give Course
For Recreation Aides

A training course for recreation
aides will start at 2:30 pm. Tuesday
at the Woodside School, Silver
Spring.
The course seeks to provide
trained personnel for the stating of
recreation projects in the Silver
Spring -Takoma Park area.
A similar course is being offered
In the Chevy Chase-Bethesda area.
Both courses are part of the CO.
ordinated program of recreation for
Montgomery County being devel-
oped under the leadership of Mrs.
John Werner, chairman of the Rec
reation Committee, Women's Divi-
sion, Montgomery County Civilian
Defense Council.
The class at the Woodside School
will hold II meetings. Instruction
in handicraft, music, dancing,
games, dramatics and the folk arts
will be offered by professional
teachers. Those wishing to enroll
should call Mrs. Phillip Ovenden,
Shepherd 1854.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Cleanup Drive Urged
For Montgomery County

DR.. v. L. Ellicott, Montgomery
County health officer, yesterday
urged communities Throughout the
county to inaugurate cleanup cam
paigns in order to eliminate pos
sible breeding places for insects.
THE flies are just around the
corner" he declared, 80 now is the
time to prepare an unhealthy well
come for them. Screen all windows
and doors, make privies sanitary,
keep garbage cans closed and dis
pose of rubbish properly
He pointed out that the Sligo
Improvement Association already
has launched cleanup, paint-up
fix-up and plant-up' campaign.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Motorists Sign Today
In Fairfax 10 Renew
Extra Gas Rations
Supplementary Books
To Be Issued by Friday,
Officials Announce

Fairfax County motorists will
apply today at community centers
throughout the county for renewals
Of B and c supplementary gasoline
ration books, which expire Friday
Motorists will register at the fol-
lowing centers:
Annandale, Annandale School;
Fairfax. Ration Board headquarters:
Falls Church, Odd Fellows Hall:
Groveton, Groveton School and
Belle Haven Country Club: Hern-
don, municipal center: Franconia.
firehouse: Mclean. firehouSe. D~.-.
Belvoir post headquarters; Welling-
ton, Holiday House Centerville,
Centerville School; Lorton, Lorton
School, and Vienna. firehouse.
All centers will be open from 2 to
6 pm. today with the exception of
the Groveton centers, which will
handle applications from IL am.
to pm
Motorists who fail to register for
gas renewals TODAY may apply at the
Falls Church headquarters from to
g pm. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, rationing officials said.
Motorists will not be required to
apply in alphabetical order.
After the registration today, off,
cials said. key volunteer workers will
bring applications to the Falls
Church headquarters, where supple -
mentary books will be processed to-
morrow to be returned through the
centers later in the week.
Officials said motorists will be in
formed at each center when supple
mentary coupon books will be re-
turned. All books, they said, will be in
the hands of motorists before Friday.
Volunteers who will aid in the
gasoline signup are urged to con-
tact Mrs. G.. B. Newman, Mclean,
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Poultry Black Market
Spreading in Virginia
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, April 17.-A
black market in poultry. which is
jeopardizing legitimate business, and
in which there are any number of
racketeering tricks" is rapidly
spreading in the Shenandoah Valley,
one of the chief poultry producing
areas of the East, according to F..
Wilmer Coffman, OPA price officer
here.
Reports of a number of violations
of ceiling prices in sales of both
live and dressed poultry in Win
chester, Frederick County and ad-
jacent areas have been received"
Mr.. Coffman said today. "Espe-
cially since meat rationing became
effective April /, the demand for
poultry has increased greatly, and
high prices on black markets
have sent scores of buyers into the
Shenandoah Valley area for poultry
of all kinds
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Alexandria Abandons
Surplus Food Program

Inauguration of food rationing
has forced the Alexandria Depart
ment of Public Welfare to abandon
its surplus commodities distribution
program and close its warehouse,
Miss Barbara Watkins. director of
the department. said yesterday.
Surplus commodities originally
included canned tomatoes, canned
grapefruit, butter, eggs and pota-
toes. Lately, however. the depart
ment has been receiving only navy
beans, cereals, -four and canned
milk, she explained. Ration cou-
pons were needed for the beans and
the few persons who applied for
them were not willing to give up
coupons. she asserted.
In addition, Miss Watkins said the
number of persons eligible for the
food has dropped from ITS to so
because there are so few INDECENT
families in the city now. The sur
plus commodities also were dis
tributed to schools for needy chill
dren's lunches.
Miss Watkins also said she un-
derstood the State program is to be
abandoned about July !.