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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-06-03
A. H0uenstein Was
Last e. A. Il. Veteran

For many decades Memorial Day
services here were graced by the
presence of Andrew Hauentsein,
charter member of the Robert Ham
ilton G. A. r. post and before his
death on April %, 1887, the last
surviving Civil War veteran in
Bluffton.
Mr.. Hauenstein was SO years old
at the time of his death. He was
born in the village of Tagerfelden,
Canton Aaran, Switzerland, Jan. 10,
1914, and came to this country when
10 years old.
He lived in Beaverdam and first
saw Bluffton as a boy of II when
he came here with a Beaverdam
band to play at a Democratic politi-
cal rally held in 1856 in the woods
near Little Riley creek not far from
the former George Lewis property
on Spring street.
He moved here two years later and
secured a position as clerk in John
Meier's grocery store. At this time
Hauenstein was a student in the
small school here and at the age of
19 he enlisted in the fall of 1868
when Sam Gaskill, Bluffton's only
schoolmaster, closed the school and
raised company of volunteers.
Young Hauenstein was the only
student in the group of eight who
rallied behind Gaskill to join the
Union army. Leaving Bluffton, the
contingent enlisted with the 54th
0. V. l. composed of Lima and
Wapakoneta troops. From Lima the
infantry unit was sent to Camp Den
ison at Cincinnati.
After training at Camp Denison
the saith regiment went to Alabama
where it joined the forces of Gen
eral Sherman and served with him
during the entire southern campaign.
Hauenstein remained in the regi-
ment until the close of the Civil
War when he was mustered out of
the ranks at Little Rock, Arkansas,
with the rank of sergeant.
He returned to Bluffton and for
nearly 10 years he was prominent in
business, fraternal, civic and social
life of the community.
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Birthday Surprise

In honor OF her birthday anniver-
sary, Mrs. Paul Faze, residing south
OF Bluffton, was surprised Monday
evening when number of friends
and neighbors gathered at her home
for a covered dish supper.
Present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Huber and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Weaver.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Hauenstein. Mr..
and Mrs. Lyman Barnes and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Welty and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Zim-
norman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Blosser and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Clate Scoles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winston Jennings. Mr..
and Mrs. Willard Jennings and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Huber and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Dardio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips. Mrs.
Cora Huber, Mr.. and Mrs. Joy HUI
ber and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Den
mis- Brauen and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Faze and family.
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Two Spanish-American War Veterans
Remain To Link Town With That Fra

Only two veterans remain here
to form a link between Bluffton and
the Spanish-American war fought in
1898. These are: Hod Murray of
North Jackson street and Frank
Cunningham of Riley street who en-
listed together with several other
Bluffton boys in the spring of 1898.
There were never enough veter-
ans of that war in this locality to
form Bluffton post and all of the
men in Bluffton who fought in that
war were members of the Lima post
which still holds monthly meetings.
In 1908 there were Is Spanish
American war veterans in Bluffton
but the years have constantly re-
duced that number until now there
are just two.
This war was fought entirely by
volunteers. Not a single soldier or
sailor was drafted into the armed
services. Murray and Cunningham
both belonged to the same company,
Co. c End o. V. /. of Lima. This
unit holds annual reunions in the
IL county seats of Northwestern
Ohio where there are still veterans
living.
Murray and Cunningham together
with several other Bluffton boys en-
listed at the same time in Columbus.
Of this group of Bluffton soldiesr of
the Spanish-American war there are
only SIX remaining: Cunningham
and Murray of Bluffton; William
Kerns of Indianapolis, Ind; Noah
and Albert Welty Of Boise, Idaho,
and Alfred Lands, of Florida.
The following Bluffton veterans of
the Spanish-American war have
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-06-03
Child Welfare Is Principal Activity
Of Bluffton Post OF Legion Auxiliary

Child welfare is the principal ac-
tivity of the Blufton post American
Legion Auxiliary, an active patriotic
organization devoted to community
service.
Many and varied are the activities
of the organization as follows: Red
Cross activities, donations to the O..
S. u, support of the Bluffton Com
munity hospital, sponsorship of Pop
py day, child welfare programs, gath
ering of old monograph records,
Easter egg hunts for kiddies, free
picture shows for the children,
Christmas gifts for needy children,
etc.
The auxiliary was organized here
in April, 1882 and has grown until
it now has membership of SO men,
bers. Any woman is entitled to join
the auxiliary who has had member
of the immediate family in one of the
bAe'h,hiNo VI 1iiS dIftlcu S6INlIGS.
Meetings are held on the second
and fourth Tuesday of every month
in the Legion hall. The auxiliary
works in close cooperation with the
Legion organization engaging co.
operatively in some activities.
The following officers were install.
ed in October, 1912 and will serve
for one year: Mrs. Harold Stonehill
pres; Mrs. VIM. Amsutz, viee-pres.
Mrs. Murray Tripplehorn, End vice
pres; Mrs. Theodore Schultz, treas
urer; Mrs. Monroe Amstutz, secy.
Mrs. j. S. Steiner, chaplain; Mrs
Herman Schmidt, sgt.-at-arms; Mrs
Clarence Rockey, historian.
Committee chairmen-membership
Mrs. Stella Core; community service
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Long History of Grand Army
Group Here Perpetuated
Name of Youth
Grave i'm Old Cemetery at
Pandora Identified by Head
stone Inscription

Unknown to many Bluffton people,
small grave in Pandora is the
only remembrance of Robert Hamil-
ton, for whom the once fourishing
G. A. r. post in Bluffton was named.
The grave was decorated again this
Memorial Day in honor of the Civil
war veteran.
For many years Memorial Day
services were in charge of the G. A.
R. post. In later years, however, the
details were taken over by the Span
ish-American and World War veter-
ans.
Since the death of Andrew Hau-
enstein in April of 1887 there has
been no representative of the Grand
Army in Memorial Day exercises
here.
ROBERT HAMILTON
Robert Hamilton, for whom the
Bluffton post was named, when it
was organized in 1882, seems to have
been one of the many adventurous
youth who entered the war of the
rebellion for glory and found death
Details of his life are given in ar
early issue of the Bluffton News
For many years knowledge of Ham
ilton and his life have been more or
less shrouded in mystery. In fact,
few facts seem to have been known
even when charter members of Rob-
ert Hamilton Post No. 26, G. A. r.
met in Keim's hall and perpetuated
the memory of his name in their
organization back in September, 1882.
The name Robert Hamilton Post
was suggested at the meeting by
Henry L. Romey, one of the charter
members. The late Mr.. Romey was
the father of Elmer Romey and Mrs.
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Robert Hamilton For Whom G. A. K. Post
Was Named Sleeps In Pandora Cemetery
Elizabeth Badertscher of this place.
BORN IN PANDORA

Elizabeth Badertscher of this place.
BORN IN PANDORA
Hamilton was born and reared In
Pandora by a widowed mother, his
father having been killed when Ham
ilton was a small child. The mother
was Electa Day, second eldest daugh-
ter of Rev. Elan Day, of Pandora.
She too died when Hamilton was
quite young.
Rev. Day was a pioneer Methodist
minister in this area and at one
time served at old Fort Findlay,
while he was a circuit rider. Rev.
Day was also the grandfather of
Charles Day of Findlay. Charles
Days father, Russell Bigelow Day,
the youngest son of Rev. Day, was
killed in the Civil War. Thus, Rob
ert Hamilton was cousin of Charles
Days, although the latter never re-
called seeing his adventurous rela-
tive.
UNDER LEGAL AGE
Hamilton is supposed to have been
under the legal age limit when he
enlisted for service in the war. A
faced picture which for many years
was in the possession of the Bluff
ton G. A. r. post showed the boy in
uniform and it is said to have indi-
Gated he could not have been more
than 16 years old.
How long the youth served in the
war is largely matter of conjec.
ture, although it is known that he
was in the service in 1868. A letter
written home by Russell B. Day il
that year stated that he had seer
Hamilton near the battle front. The
youth died later in an army hospital
but the cause of death is not known
Hamilton, his father Samuel, ane
his mother are buried in the same
lot in an old cemetery one-half mile
south of Pandora.
According to the inscription on the
marker, the father died June 8, 1849
and the mother, May Is, 1853. She
was % years old at the time of hel
death.
Inscription on the soldiers monu
ment reads, Robert Hamilton, Co
H, 74th Ohio Infantry. No age OF
date of death is given.
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May 80, 1918


Bluffton, Richland North and Rich
land South went over the top in the
Red Cross drive by safe margins.
With an assigned quota of $1,000
Bluffton raised $2,042.70 Richland
North and Richland South were
given quotas of $500 each. Rich
land South contributed S1,124, over
subscribing the quota by 1924.
DR.. r. E. Hughson will enlist to-
day in the army medical reserve
corps. If successful in passing the
physical examination he will be in
Quoted. The town already has two
physicians in the service, DR.. Steiner
and DR.. Soash.
Eighty-seven new men, selected
by the county draft board, entrained
from Lima Tuesday morning for
Camp Taylor, Ky. Bluffton boys in
the contingent were: Evan Basinger,
Paul Stettler, Homer Locher, Sidney
Garau, Jerome Hermann, Harry
Kohler, Waldo Bixel, Memo Schu-
macher, Luke Scoles, John Herr
mann, G. A. Lehman, Floyd Harris,
H. w. Berky, Emmett Stauffer, Carl
Mumma.
What was the first airplane to
pass over Richland and Orange
townships was sighted shortly after
one o'clock Saturday afternoon. The
motor of the machine, making a
noise like an automobile, mystified
some of the residents along the
route of the flight who heard the
sound and yet saw no auto.
A protest against the action of
the fuel administration in classify
ing the churches and saloons to-
gether for the fuel supply purposes
next winter will be sent to that
body by the Richland township Sun
day schools as the result of a resolu-
tion passed at the Sunday school
convention held here Sunday after
Noon and evening.
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are now held.
IL CHARTER MEMBERS
At the organization meeting in
1920 there were eleven charter MEM
bers and the rolls have grown until
today there are 10. In past years
there has been more than this num-
Der but deaths and members moving
to other towns have caused a reduc-
ton in the membership.
The first officers of the post elect
ed at the April Is meeting in 1920
were as follows: DR.. J. S. Steiner,
Commander; Vance Shrider, vice
commander; Donavin Baumgartner,
adjutant; Armin Hauenstein, finance
officer; Frenas Hermann, Sgt. at
arms; Prof. H. w. Berky, chaplain
Ray Staater, historian; DR.. r. E.
Hughson, surgeon; Gilbert Fett,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-06-03

Mrs. Clarence Stonehill; poppy sales
Mrs. Harry Turner; national defense
Mrs. Harry Tripplehorn; publicity
Mrs. Fred Fritchie; legislature. Mrs.
Chas. Miller; rehabilitation, Mrs.
Murray Tripplehorn; child welfare.
Mrs. M. d. Soash; color bearer. Mrs.
Christine Harris; banner bearer. Mrs.
Cliff Stratton.
Charter Memebers
Charter members of the 1892 or
ganization We're: Mesdames Arthur
Amstutz, Corrin King Blackburn. Bill
Ryan, Clarence Rockey, Chas. Ga
zette, Estella Core, Ida Krouse, Clair
Feet, Amos Tscheigg, J. N. King,
Murray Tripplehorn, j. S. Steiner.
Paul Weaver, Nello Steinman. Grace
Cox-Longsdorf, Harry Tripplehorn.
Present members of the organiza-
ton are:
The Mesdames William Amstutz.
Arthur Amstutz, Chas. Burkholder.
Carl Burkhart, Albert Benroth. Es-
telia Core, A. J. B. Longsdorf, Lou
Eaton, Fred Fritchie, Harry Fisher.
Mlllen Geiger, Floyd Harris, Freas
Hermann, B. R Herring, Fay Isham.
Chas. McCarty, Chas. Miller.
The Mesdames Wilbur Potee, AL
bert Reichenbach, Clarence Rockey.
Harold Stonehill, Clarence Stonehill,
Herman Schmidt, Theodore Schultz
Cliff Stratton, ]. S. Steiner, M. d.
Soash, Nello Steinman, Harry Turn
er' Howard Stauffer, Harry Triple
horn, Murray Tripplehorn, Miss Ce-
cile Welty.
The Mesdames Elam Welty, HON.
er Zimmerly, Monroe Amstutz. Bryce
Ferguson, John Boutwell,.
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Flourishing Post at One Time
Had 81 Members, Veterans
OF Civil War
Andrew Hauenstein Was Last
Living Veteran: Fought
Under Sherman

Sixty-one years ago on September
28, 1882, the Robert Hamilton post
of the Grand Army was organized
The ling directly connecting Bluffton
with the Civil War period was sever
ed when the fag-draped casket OF
Andrew Hauenstein, pioneer pharma-
cist and last surviving war veteran
was lowered to his final resting place
at Maple Grove cemetery on April
%, 1897.
The post was organized here by
L. w. Prentice. The organization
took place in Keim's hall, a popular
gathering place in the early days OF
the town. Twenty veterans of the
Civil War were enrolled as charter
members.
First Officers
Records of the organization show
the following officers elected at the
founding of the post: Commander
w. B. Richards; S. V. Commander, S
J. Brand; J. V. Commander, Jesse
Vernon; Adjutant, Andrew Hauen-
stein; Quartermaster, H. L. Romey;
Surgeon, Jos. Harris; Chaplain, VIM
Lewis; Officer of the Day, Fl. j. Call;
Officer of the Guard, M. F. Beals.
With the continued enrolment of
veterans the membership of the post
increased until maximum of 81 was
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-06-03

With an impressive record of COM
munity service since the inception of
the organization % years ago, the
Bluffton post of the American Le-
gion has had charge of Memorial
Day services here since 1922.
Until this time the services were
in charge of the Robert Hamilton
post of G. A. r. and because of the
thinning of the ranks the response
bility was transferred to the Ameri-
can Legion.
Since its organization on March /,
1920, the Bluffton post has enjoyed
gratifying increase in membership
The first meeting place was in the
rooms over the Lape Co. On April
A, 1885, the Legion headquarters
were moved to the second floor OF
the town hall, where the meetings
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-06-03

With a picked battalion of hard
ened mountain troops, Pfc. Ralph
Diller, formerly of this place,
marched in an epochal trek over ITO
miles of mountain country in snow,
rain, sleet and hail from Camp Hale
to Camp Carson, Colorado, during
the past 10 days.
The battalion-mules and men
had come on foot every inch OF the
way from Camp Hale at Pando In
10 days-a remarkable achievement
in steep mountain terrain. Only tht
most hardened and toughened sol
diers were picked for the excruciat.
ing experience.
The men bent slightly forward
under the weight of their ruck sacks
strapped onto pack boards. Their
faces were ruddy from the sting OF
mountain winds. But they are hard
ened and in shape to march any
place in the world, they have con-
WINGED their commanding officer.
The marching unit crossed the
continental divide at 10,400 feet the
first day out of Camp Hale, thereby
gaining the distinction of being the
first pack artillery unit to negotiate
the continental hump.
1t would have been difficult un-
dertaking in ideal weather. But
these hardy mountai ineers, toughened
up in a winter of rigorous activity
at Camp Hale, encountered snow
rain, sIeet or hail on most OF the
Journey. They did not carry tents
but made lean-tos of pine boughs
For three days straight they could
not dry out even after building fires
Occasionally the outfit awakened
in pitch darkness at a. m. to begir
their trek. Mountain ranges were
scaled, ridge after ridge was crossed
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passed away: Clarence Brobeck Dr
Otto Owens, Elmer Baumgartner,
Willis Troxel, Clyde Goble, Webb
Wetheriii, John McHenry.
All of them were sent to Chicka-
mauga, Tenn, then to Knoxville,
Tenn, and then to Atlanta, Ca, for
their training. The war was of
short duration and the Spanish le-
gIons were unable to stand up to the
punishment meted out by Admiral
Dewey and the other heroic fighting
officers and enlisted men of the
American fighting forces.
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Robert Hamilton G. A. r. Post Was
Organized Here September 2S, 1857

reached. From this point there was
a steady decline until death removed
the last remaining member, Andrew
Hauenstein on April %, 1887.
Charter Memebers
Charter members of the organiza-
ton were: Jesse Vernon, w. B.
Richards, A. Hauenstein, Joseph Har-
ris. [. w. Bell, Pat Noonan, Lewis
Rash, H. w. Reiter, J. NJ. Woolcott
M. w. Hesser, S. j. Brand, H. l.
Romey, II. J. Call, J. G. Morehead
E. B. Agin, VIM. Lewis, M. F. Beals
Isaac McHenry, j. A. Nonnamakel
and Z. B. Lewis.
These men all saw action or were
in training during the War of Seces
sion in the period 1861 to 1865. The,
responded to President Lincoln's cal
for troops; when the nation swung K
the cadence of new marching
rhythm, "John Browns body lie:
mould'ring in the ground but his sou
goes marching on"
Turbulent Period
It was a turbulent period when feel
ing ran high and the blare of buglei
interrupted routine tasks as the you'll
of the North flocked to join the arm
les of Grant and Sherman. Most O
these boys, charter members of tn
Robert Hamilton post, came back t.
Bluffton to renew their work on th'
farms, stores and businesses of tn
community.
For many years the G. A. r. pos
here had charge of Memorial day ex
ercises, but due to the rapidly di
ninishing ranks of the Grand Arm,
the responsibility was turned over t.
the younger men in the Bluffton pos
of the American Legion for the frs
time in the May celebration of 1922.
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Bluffton Soldier Marches In 17O
Mile Trek Over Mountain Terrain

taking bearings from one peak to
another following narrow mountain
trails and secondary roads. The bat
TALON finally reached Carson ar
irving one day ahead of schedule.
Pfc. Diller is the son-in-law of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Stauffer of
South Main street. His wife, the
former Geraldine Stauffer, lives in
Lima where she is employed at the
offices of Allen county rationing
headquarters.
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BLUFFTON POST OF THE AMERICAN LEGION HAS
AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD OF COMMUNITY SERVICE

Joseph Henry, Arthur Amstutz and
William Griffith, color sergeants;
Clair Fett, musician.
PAST COMMANDERS
Past commanders of the Bluffton
post are as follows: DR.. ]. S. Steiner,
William Scothorn, Armin Hauenstein,
Murray Tripplehorn, R. r. Schryer,
Wilbur. Potee, Clair Fett, Harry
Tripplehorn, Herman Schmidt, j.
Norman King, Ralph Henry, Paul
Weaver, Nello Steinman, John Ryan,
Herbert Siefeld, Gilbert Fett, A. E.
Schlegel, Frenas Hermann, Ralph
| Stearns, Millen Geiger. Fett and
Weaver were past commanders for
more than one term.
Present officers are: AMOS
| Tschiegg, commander; Byron Herr
ing, vice-commander; Quinten Burk-
holder, adjutant; Millen Geiger,
chaplain; Murray Tripplehorn, finance
officer; Ralph Stearns, service Off
Ger; Harry Tripplehorn and Arthur
Amstutz, color guards.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
The post has been engaged in var
| ious types of community service
Some of these are: sponsorship of
essay contests in the schools; Boy
State meetings.; scholarship and
medal awards in the schools; blood
| donations; civilian defense activities
! Memorial Day services; Armistice
Day services; gift of flag to the
high school; medical care, military
burials for veterans, sponsorship OF
Boy Scout troop 81, held community
meetings to bring business men and
townspeople together, etc.
1t is expected that the present
membership of the Legion will be
greatly enlarged with the addition o1
young men in the present selective
service. The American Legion has
invited to membership all in the
various branches of armed service
in the present war
70 MEMBERS
The present paid-up membership
is as follows: John Ross, Charles
Burkholder, H. G. Fisher, Gilbert
Fett, Amos Tschiegg, Arthur Am
stutz, Murray Tripplehorn, Armir
Hauenstein, Carl Burkhart, Evar
Basinger, Theodore J. Schultz, Mil
lard Oberly, Ralph Henry, Howard
Stauffer, Calvin Kempf.
Leo Nelson, Herbert Marshall
Harry Homer, Leonard Green, Roy
Beemer, Pearl Geiger, Waldo Viii
kins, John Boutwell,, Harry Triple
horn, Walter Sommers, Clayton Nor.
ray, Millen Geiger, Herman Sihmidt
Harvey Garmatter, Daniel McCarty
Gordon Bixel, Ralph Stearns, Ray
mond Tuttle, Herbert Siefield, Car
Mumma, Clifford Koontz, Garland
Basinger, William Schumacher.
| Byron Herring, Quinten Burkhold
er, Elmer Short, Charles Hilty, DR.
Munson BixeI, Hiram Neuenschwand
er, Frenas Hermann, Clair Fett
Harry Anderson, Albert Reichenbach
Homer Zimmerly, Alva Rickley, w
r. Schumacher, James Moore, Roscoe
Blaksley, John Deppler, DIR. j. S
Steiner, Monroe Amstutz, Raymond
Stratton.
William Amstutz, Elam Welty
Harvey Burkholder, w. A. Howe
Nello Steinman, John Betz, Chancey
Spallinger, Floyd Harris, DR.. M. d
Soash, Edwin Amstutz, Clarence
Rockey, Walter Ballinger, Otto Wis
ley.
Death reduced the ranks of the
Legion membership here by four dur
ing the past year as follows: NOAH
Danner, Russell Magee, Hiram Alt
haus and Cyrus Burkholder.
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Cow Without Heart

Paul Brake, meat dealer of Ash
fabula, Ohio, found cow without
heart. There was no trace of that
organ after he had butchered the an
imal, and his statement is atlested
to by several persons who witnessed
the butchering
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To relieve lumber shortages on
farms for all repairs except those to
farm dwellings, WPB has set aside a
total of 500 million board feet of lum-
Der for delivery on AA-2 preference
rating during June, July, Auguest,
and September. Farmers who can
moo obtain lumber with presentrat-
ings should apply to the County Farm
Rationing Committee for certificates
to purchase lumber for maintenance,
repair, and new construction neces-
sary to the food production program.
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Manufacture Alcohol

A process for the manufacture of
industrial alcohol from natural gas
waste is reported to have been de-
veloped in the laboratories of the
Canadian National Research coun-
Gil.
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BIuHton In First World War
What Happened Here TwentY-fye Years Ago This Week

Dozens of inspections in which the
soldier receives a demerit if there is
so much as a spot of dirt on the
heel of ones shoe mark the army
training at Camp Greenleaf at Ft.
Oglethorpe, Ga, writes DR.. Steiner
to the News this week.
Business houses will close and
all other activities will pause for a
moment while Bluffton honors its
departed heroes, members of the
Robert Hamilton post of the Grand
Army of the Republic this Thursday
afternoon. A program in charge of
the G. A. R. will be held at Maple
Grove cemetery. A program in
charge of Supt. C. C. Nardin will be
held at the high school auditorium.
Speakers will be H. d. Zehrbach, DIR.
c. J. Smith and Rev. w. E. Verify.
By proclamation of the President,
every male person residing in the
United States, who has become q
years of age since last June must
register on Wednesday. Bluffton
boys as well as all those in the
county will register at the Allen
county courthouse in Lima.
Ralph West, an instructor in the
Ottumwa, Iowa, High school has
made application for admission to
the naval reserve corps. He is ex-
pected home soon to. visit his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletch West.