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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-03-08

mu Sc ne obetaJo tega. Ia Lau-
scheta je dobro to, da kdorkoli
DO republikanski kandidat "a
governerja, DO prav tako mo
vince kakor on. &c bi pa Bri-
cker ostal ma svojem mestu, bi
Lausche svoje kandidature mai
brze ne prijavil. Tudi v politiki,
&c hoces zmagati, moraS vse do
bro preudariti, kakor poveljnik
v vojni.
Dusan Simovic je bill spomla-
di pred trent lett slavljen "a ju-
naka dneva, ker je pomagal str
moglaviti OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
kovicevo Waldo in postal pre-
mier, prestolonaslednika Petra
pa proglasil "a kralja. Ko Sc je
Simovic S svojo Waldo preselil v
London, je napravil par diplo-
maticnih "pogresk". Ena teh je
bila njegova izjava, kaj vse da
DO zahtevala Jugoslavija, n. pr.
slovenske in hrvatske kraje, XII
Jill je V prejsnji vojni dobila tia
LIZA. V Londonu SO ga poucili, da
Sc teritorijev Sc ne razdaja. Ne
kega dine je nastala "kriza' V "a
mejni vladi in general Simovic
je bill oh sluzbo, ne pa oh place.
Pred par tedni pa Sc je v oceh
zamejcev in pittsburskega Srbo-
brana Sc bolj pregresil, ker je
pc radiu apeliral ma Mihajlovi-
ceve cetnike in ma Srbe, da Sc
maj pobotajo S Titom in borbo
proti Hitlerju in kvizlingom
nadaljujejo pod njegovim vod-
stvom. Uvodnik v Srbobranu
namiguje, da ko je bill Simovie
Sc predsednik Wade, je kores-
pondiral z "notoricnim Adami-
Gem" - in &c je tako, je vse ia
sno. Adamic je Simovicu zmesal
glavo. Ampak kdo 10 je Chur-
chillu?
"My Weekly Reader, XII ga
izdaja A m Education
Press v Columbusu, O., "a otro-
Ike prvih raZredov, je pc trditvi
"Srbobrana" primerjal v eni
Stevilki marsala Tita Abrahamu
Lincolnu. &c je to %storil, je Sc
veda smeSno. Cd Lincolna je Til
to Sc dalec. Toda uredniki ONE
njenega mladinskega lista so A
mericani, cato jim nj zameriti,
&c delajo take tjavendanske pri-
merjave. Mar ne slisijo v vsaki
predsedniski kampanji, kako gr-
movniki primerjajo svojega
kandidata k vsem slovitim pred
sednikom v zgodovini tie dezele,
posebno pa Lincolnu, &c je kan
d1dat repuDllkanec!
Presenecenja SO mogoca. Ne
kega dine Sc v Jugoslaviji lahko
primeri to, kot Sc je v Grciji.
Angleski zastopniki delujejo ma
to. Ameriski menda tudi. &c bo-
do uspeli in Sc Russia pristane,
Sc bodo partizani in cetniki
zdruzili, kralj ostane in vse DO
zadovoljno, vsaj ma papirju. 0
taxi moznosti ugibajo re dolgo
in nekateri Sc trdno veruieio, da
Sc izpolni. To poneni, ola delu-
jejo "a tax lid. Kajti S samim
upanjem Sc ne DO dogodil.
Brosura Zveze slovenskih zup-
Mi, XII Sc bori "proti sovjetizira-
nju Slovenije", pravi, da parti-
! zanov sploh nj. &c Jill nj, potem
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-03-08
JOSEPH LEVER

Cleveland, O. - v prejsnji
stevilki je bilo re omenjeno, da
je dine "a. februarja umrl V boil
niSnici St. Lucas v neWburSki
naselbini dobroznani Joseph Lee
yer.
Pogreb Sc je vrsil v soboto 26.
februarja IL pogrebnega zavoda
L. Frfolje ma pokopalisce High
land Park, kjer je bill upepeljen,
kakor je zelel pred smrtjo.
V krematorij ga je spremi-
10 precejsnJe stevilo n1egovih
prijateljev, znancev in sorodni-
kov. Govor V zadnje slovo po-
kojniku je cital Louis Zorko.
Ker nj bill v nobenem podpor
mem druStvu, je "a nosilce rakve
poskrbel klub st. 27 JSZ, cigar
clan je bill. Vecer pref pa mu je
pevski zbor Zarja lapel dive ma
grobnici.
Pokojni Lever Sc je zelo zani-
NAL "a delavsko gibanje in "a
napredek v sploSnem. Bill je u
stanovitelj kluba st. % JSZ, De
lavske dvorane in pevskega zbo-
ra "Cvet"; pc razkolu tega zbora
je sodeloval pr ustanovitvi pew
skega zbora "Delavec". Propa-
ola sta oba. Vzrok temu so bill
prepiri med clanstvom. Koncno
je propadel tudi klub st. %, ka-
terega tajnik je bill do zadniega.
Ker pa vsled svojega prepri-
canja "a delavsko gibanje nj no.
tel postati pasiven, je pristopil V
klub St. 81 in V pevski zbor Ear
ia, V katerima je ostal do konca
svojih dni.
S. Joe Lever je bill vesele ma
rave in rad zahajal zabavno
druzbo. Ker ga je petite zelo We
selilo, je rad lapel in drugi smo
mu pomagali.
A tudi razpravljal in argu-
mentiral je rad, posebno o poll
ticnih in delavskih vpraSanjih.
Skusal je pridobiti S tenn druge
ma svojo stran, a ker ga mnogi
MISC razumeli, Sc jim je zameril
in 81 S tenn nakopal veliko So
vraznikov. Morda SO Sc nekateri
cello veselili njegove smrti.
On Sc nj podal temvee vztra-
jail pri svojih nacelih. V casu de-
presije je veliko prestal. incl je
stevilno druzino, izgubil je delo
in ker nj bio dohodkov, je izgu-
bill tudi hiso, XII 10 je lastoval.
Zena mu je umrla in ostalo mu
je Sest otrok.
Moral je prositi "a "relif". Do
bill je relifno delo, a oh mali pla-
ei, XII jo je prejemal, je incl V
naporih "a prezivljanje otrok in
sebe tezke dneve.
10 je oborozevanje ~industrijo
spet pognalo v dir, je dobil delo
v tovarni. Ia njegovo zdravje
ie bio to delo umorno, a vzlic
temu je v~ztrajal, da 81 kaj pri-
hrani "a dezevne dni, XII pridejo
pc vojni. A nj Sc mu posrecilo.
Zelo Sc je prehladil, posledica je
bila pljucnica in il podlegel.
ZapuSca Stiri SHOVE in dive
hceri. Eden je pr vojakih.
Pokojniku casten spomin.
H. X-L
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-03-08

owl (urad "a i~nformacije) po-
roca dine &c. febr. il Washingto-
ma, da snuje fasisticni tajnik Ro-
berto Farinacci V Mussolinije-
VEN delu I~talije narodno kato-
liSko cerkev. Pomaga mu precej
duhovnikov in OWL navajo v O.
menjenem porocilu njihova
imena. Vzrok tel akciji je, ker
Farrinacci smatra, ola Sc je pa
PEI in YES njegov vatikanski
stab v italijanski krizi klavrno,
nekako izdajalsko izkazal, in du-
hovnik Antonio Ciceri papeza
Pija XII. dolzi, ola Sc pripravlja
''v objem S Salmon.
Kanonik Oman pa je povsem
drugega mnenja kot zupnik CT
ceri. V "a. D." praM: "Boljsevi-
XII Sc re bojijo, ola bi papez ne
incl kaj malega besede pr mi
rovnih pogajanjih. To bi jim
znalo delati velike neprilike.
ako DO Slo "a pravicni mir. cato
SO zaceli metati blato ma Vati-
kan"
Besedo "pravicni' je Oman
poudar1l z velikimi crkami, kar
pomeni, da nina kaj dosti upa-
MIA, da Sc DO slo "a pravicni mir,
cato papeza brzkone ne DO pr
mirovni mizi. Ampak avtor
newburskih movie, XII zgodovino
re vsled svojega poklica in ca
sti lahko dobro pozna, We, da je
bill papez zastopan re ma marsi-
kaki mirovni konferenci, O ka-
terih je pisano, da Sc ma njih nj
slo "a "pravicni mir, pac pa "a
posvetnosti, "a krivicne delitve
zemlje, "a izmenjavanje krona-
nth CLAW ma tronih.
"Pravica'', krivica, kakor tudi
demokracija in druge take bese-
de ne pomenijo vsakemu enako.
Poljaki n. pr. trdijo, da jim Ru-
sija jennie pravico do vzhodne
Poljske, a Moskva trdi, da spada
tisti del bivse Poljske pc vseh
pravicah Sovjetski uniji.
DIR. Kern je sklenil ugoditi
onim, XII vprasujejo "a ~anglesko-
slovenski besednjak, pa je dial
svojega ~prejsnjega ponatisniti,
menda lie z malo spremembami.
Start mu je re davno posel. Do
Der, obsezen besednjak, sloven-
sko-angleski in obratno, bi bill
draga stvar, XII Sc ne bi izplaca-
la nobenemu posamezniku, tudi
ako hi dobil kak tisocak ali diva
podpore. Tako knjigo hi Sc mo-
Clio uresniciti edino, &c bi 10 zalo-
zile organizacije, XII imajo kaj V
blagajni, in to SO med Mani sa-
mo bratske jednote in zveze.
Vseeno, Kernov besednjak DO
sal "a silo izpopolnil vrzel, XII 10
imamo ma tenn polju cd vsega
zacetka priseljevanja Sloven-
cev.
Pri Suezu v Egiptu je nastalo
veliko jugoslovansko mesto, o
katerem poroca j. G. Harrison
v dnevniku Christian Science
Monitor, da je zraslo hitreje
kot katerikoli drugo mesto. Raj
prostira Sc pc puscavi v obmoc-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-03-08

sam demokratski prvak ma ST.
Clairju prijatelj James Debe-
vec.
Podpredsednik Wallace je ma
svoj naein najbolj napadan anne
risk politik, ker ga tolcejo v
njegovi demokratski stranki, v
republikanski, in vsi toriji ter
fasisti z geslom, da ga je treba
pokoncati, ker on nj demokrat,
ampak "propagator komunizma
"a Zed. drzave''. Demokratski
politiki SO Sc vecinoma zedinili,
da on ne dobi vec podpredsedni-
ske nominacije, tudi &c bi ga
Roosevelt hotel "a partnerja. A
p~ravijo, da Sc tudi predsednik
zanj vec ne navdusuje, ker S
svojimi radikalnimi govori Cd
bija glasove. Sedaj pa je treba
glasove p%rivabljati, ne jih Cd
vracati.
Kaj in KIDD je socialist? Med
neuko maso. Slovencev V Ameri-
XII in v starem kraju je veljalo
mnenje, da je socialist tisti, XII
cez duhovne govori in Boga tail.
V nash naselbinah so rojaki or
nacili "a socialista vsakega, XII
je robantil cez "farje". To je po-
nehalo, ko SO Sc taxi "svobodo-
miselci' pozenili in dobili otro-
Ike. Vecinoma so Sc pomirili in
marsikdo izmed Min sedaj "ho-
di k masi", ali pa "saj otroke po-
silja v cerkev. Pc novem pa Sc
skusa uveljaviti drugo razlago:
Socialist je, kdor Rusijo sovra-
Ii, ali 10 sal mrzi, in robanti cez
komuniste ma nacin, kot so 'svo-
bodomisleci" vcasi "cez farje".
Ako pa z razvojem in z napori
Rustic simpatiziras, ali 10 cello
zagovarjaS, ne moreS biti socia-
list, ampak lie komunist" in So
potnik. &c je to res, tedaj je ma
svetu stotine milijonov komuni-
stow, in tudi clane delavske
stranke v Angiiji hi lahko pri-
steli k MIN, ker njihova ekseku-
tiva DELUXE "a sporazum z rusko
komunisticno stranko, in "a pri-
druzenje sovjetskih unij k med
narodni delavski strokovni I'VE
III.
Bit fanatik je slabo, pa mai DO
ma katerikoli strani. Oni MISC ne
priljubljeni, ne koristni. &c pa
SO sposobni, lahko store veliko
skode. Komunisticni fanatiki so
10, O tenn nj spora. A oni MISC
edini greSniki.
Kritiziranje, da! To je potreb-
no, &c je z dobrim namenom. Il
boljsavanje, da! A zabavljati sa-
mo zaradi zabavljanja, to je ne
smiselno. In ravno tega je mai
vec ma svetu. Tolerance in pri-
zadevanj "a razumevanje pa
najmanj.
Boljseviska diktatura, kakr-
sna je bila, je storila marsikaj
neodpustnega. A ostala je ma
povrsiu vseeno. Mnogi preroku-
jejo, ola DO pc tel vojni demo-
kratizirana. Drugi 81 cd ME tudi
v bodoce ne obetajo mic dobre-
ga. A konca Sow. uniji vec ne
prerokujejo.
Ohijski governor Bricker bi
tudi rad naprej. Njegova ambi-
CHA lie Bella hisa. Ina upanje, da
ga DO republikanska stranka no.
minirala, a sedanja znamenja
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-03-08
KOMENTAR.DH


ju 100 XIV. mill Ito je veliko!).
Pc tenn prostranem prostoru so
sotori in v Min mad $4,000 jugo-
slovanskih beguncev partizanov.
Kako SO priSli tia, porocevalec
ne pove. Vecino gradbenega de-
la, XII ga je vzlic sotorom "a tako.
stalno "mesto" treba precej, pa
SO izvrSili slovenski zidarji IL
Primorske. To SO teoreticno tia
lijanski vojni ujetniki. Vsled
njihne narodnosti SO bill dode-
ljeni jugoslovanski kraljevi ar
madi, a so sc raise izrekli "a par
tizane. Angleska oblast Jill je
vsled njihove graditeljske spo-
sobnosti poslala V omenjeni be-
-gunski tabor. Sezidali so bolnis-
nice, jedilnice S cementnim tia
kom ,straniSca in kar je Sc treba.
Tako podi vojna ljudi sem in tia.
Ma svojo bodocnost SO mnogi re
neha}i misliti. Pravijo, kar pri-
de, to DO.
Frank l.. Lausche Sc je odlo-
ell poskusiti splezati vec klinov
visje pc politicni lestvi S sluzbe
clevelandskega zupana ma 60
vernerski stolec v Columbusu.
V primarnih volitvah DO incl ma
demokratski listi kakega pol du-
cata tekmecev. &c Sc mu posre-
ci, DO to zanj, XII je izven svoje
drzave lie Sc malo znan, nagel
napredek. John Lokar MI. je
njegov Campaign manager.
Enako sluzbo je incl v zupan-
ski kampanji in z Lauschetom
"dobro orjeta'.
Tudi komunisti agitirajo "a
Lauscheta. Dali DO TAXA druzba
"partizanov" Jamesu Debevcu,
kanoniku Omanu in Antonu CIR
dinu vSec, Sc ne We. Slovencem
V starem kraju je ne p~rivoscijo,
v Sansu je ne marajo, sedaj pa
Jill bodo imeli kar v svojem
kampanjskem taborul So to GU
dine reel.
"Am. dOmovina' z dine 20. feb.
poroca o shodu Italijanov v Gle
velandu, ma katerem sta bila
glavna govornika komunisticna
voditelja Peter Cachione IL New
Yorka in Clevelandcan Arnold
Johnson. Poudarjala sta (citira-
no IL omenjenega lista), ida je
zupan Lausche dolzan dezeli,
DRAW in narodu, da postane
kandidat "a governerja in S tenn
pomaga predsedniku Rooseveltu
do izvolitve v njegov cetrti ter
min"
Zupan Lausche Sc je OBJ par
priloznostih ogibal cello Adami-
ca, ali pa odklonil sodelovati ma
shodu z MIN - ne VEN re, kako
so porocali listi O tistem inciden-
tn, in tolmacili, da je to storil,
ker je hotel S tenn dati duska
prot komuniSticnim tendencam
Adamicevega gibanja. Komuni-
sticnim glasovom pa Sc brzkone
ne DO ognil. Steer pa komunisti
MISC vec to, kar ljudje o Min mi
slijo, ola so, ampak boil vneti a
gitatorji "a demokratsko stran-
ko in njene candidate kot pa
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-03-08

us any good.
Prijatelji, Proletarec je to kan
je bill cd svojega zacetka. Kmalu
mu DO 40 let. Lepa doba je to
Stranke in strancice so Sc usta-
navljale in spet izginevale. Ma
zadnjaske in druge sovrazne xii
Ike SO Sc zaklinjale list uniciti in
v ia namen ustanavljale svoje.
Morali SO prenehati v boju, q
Proletarec je ostal.
Ravno tako demolxraticno So
cialisticno gibanje. Koliko je BIZ
10 grmenja S strani komunistic-
nth agitatorjev in S strani neka-
terih drugih takozvianih ekstre-
misticnih grup. Kje so danes?
V okupiranih dezelah in v ia
sisticnih so S socialist vred ali
pobiti ali pa v koncentracijskih
taborih. Namesto solidarnosti Sc
je delavstvo borilo med seboj in
potem zelo posledice.
Emo je gotovo, in to je, da 81
delavstvo lahko izboljsa svoj
zi~vljenski polozaj samo S po-
mocjo svojih uni, zadruznistva
in pa ma politicnem polju z de-
mokraticnimi sredstvi.
V ia namen potrebuje stran-
ko, pa maj DO socialisticna, So
cial demokratska, delavska, far
marsha delavska, ali pa kakor Sc
imenuje v Canadi, Common
wealth Federation. Glavno ie
socialisticen program, ime je po-
stransko. Use drugo kricanje je
t%ratenje casa in podaljsevanje
delavske mizerije v korist onih,
XII delavce izkoriScajo in live ma
kupih bogastva. cato pa izkori-
scevalci tako radi nete prepire
med delavci in najemajo tudi
provokatorje v ia namen. Imajo
casopisje in radio, vse V name
nu, ola ohranijo svoj red. Tako
Sc cestokrat primeri, da zave-
deni delavci svojo zmoto placajo
tudi z zivljenjem.
Zavajalcev je mnogo vrst.
Pred letom sem precital 20 bro
sur, XII imajo naslov BLACK In
ternational'. Napisal jih ie INA
nj Jos. McCabe, XII je bill II let
menih samostanu in Studiral
aktivnosti omrezenja "crne in
ternacionale''.
On je bill eden prvih, XII je OBJ
javil dejstvo, da je kardinal Pa
cell (sedanji papez) pomagal
Mussoliniju in Hitlerju ma kr-
milo. Tiste brosure je tiskal Hal
deman Julius v Girardu, Kans.,
XII izdaja list American Free
man.
Potem SO pisali o tenn boil
vplivni pisatelji. Tudi poznejse
case razpravljajo o takratni vlo-
gi omenjenega kardinala, in o
poznejsi, XII jo Sc vedno igra. o
tenn ma primer veliko pise v raz-
nih revijah professor Gaetano
Salvemini. In vec drugih, XII z
dokazi pricajo, kako sta Musso-
lini in cerkev I~taliji delala ro-
ka V roki. Toda ne samo v Italiii,
temvec enako v Spaniji in dru-
gle. Tudi V Ameriki je incl
Mussolini veliko obozevalcev,
bodisi v~visokih p~osvetnih kot v
cerkvenih krogih.
Ko o vsem tenn premiSljujem,
81 ne morem kaj, da ne bi kar ma
glas rekel: "Vsega zlega 81 je
ljudstvo samo krivo, ker sledi
krivim prerokom." Raise hi po-
slusal pametne ljudi, ako sam ne
znaS delati nacrtov, pa hos ma
pravi poti.
To je edini pravi nacin, da
clovek ne zaide v zmote in v pa
sti z~avajalcev. Anton Zornik.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-03-08
Now ovti bodo drozii,
q mic boIiSi

Ko DO avte spet dovoljeno pro-
ducirati v mnozinah, Sc ne bodo
cd prejsniih modelov skoro mic
razlikovali, pravi neko porocilo
il New Yorka, razen V cent. Ia
DO vista vsled vecje mezde in
podrazenih surovin.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21
Father Finds Baby
Deu. In Morning

Ruth Ann Grant, seven-months-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Grant, of four miles west of Ada
in jackson township, was found dead
in her bed by the father early Sun
day morning.
The child had been i'll for six
months and was under a physician s
care. She was born May 10, 1914.
Besides the parents she is survived
by two sisters, Deloris and jeanne;
the grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dunbar, of Bluffton, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Grant, of Ada. The father
formerly was employed by The Trip
lett Electrical Instrument company,
here.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon in the Desenberg Luth-
eran church. Rev. G. l.. Stager, of
Ada, was in charge. Burial was in
the Desenberg cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21
Troop Spy Morris Groman

Seventeen Scouts, Scoutmaster
Woodrow Little and Assistant Scout
master Gene Benroth were present at
the troops Christmas party in Scout
headquarters.
Second Class Scouts Marvin Bron-
son and Ralph Stager and First Glass
Scouts Earl Frick and Jim Howe were
in charge of the opening ceremonies.
1t was announced that the troop had
satisfactorily completed its Hit the
Trail program of the last year. A
Christmas exchange of gifts preceded
the closing ceremony.
Troop 56-By Billy Burcky
Robert Ramseyer was in charge of
this weeks meeting in Troop Head
quarters at the First Mennonite
church.
Following patrol meetings, tender
foot scouts were reviewed in their
knot tests. Following refreshments
the meeting was closed.
There will be no meeting next week
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21
Clubs, lodges
and Societies

Alice Freeman Club
The Alice Freeman club will enjoy
Christmas dinner at the home oi
Mrs. Cyrus Schumacher this Wednes.
day night at 6:30 o'clock. Assistant
hostesses are Mrs. G. T. Soldner, Mrs
Racine Warren and Mrs. John Boehr
Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Boehr will be
in charge of the evening program.
Travel Class
The Travel class met at the home
of Mrs. Ezra Moser, Wednesday af-
tenoon with Mrs. S. X. Mosiman as
sistant hostess. Numbers on the pro-
gram We're: A Christmas Story,
Mrs. Edith Mann; Christmas Poetry,
Mrs. Edgar Hauenstein.
&%&
Poinsettia Club
The Poinsettia club will meet this
Wednesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Arthur Amstutz. Numbers on
the program are: Roll call, Ny fav-
orite Christmas; A Christmas Story,
Mrs. A. T. Worthington.
*%&
Jitsu Tau Club
The Jitsu Tau club will hold a
Christmas party at the home of Mrs.
Gerald Huber this Wednesday night.
Richland Grange
Richland Grange will enjoy the fol-
lowing Christmas program at the
meeting next Tuesday night:
Christmas carols by children;
Christmas telephone, Ronnie Moser;
Letter to Santa, LaVerne Moser;
Story of the Christmas Rose, Mrs.
Alma Amstutz, Cornet solo, Elmira
Moser; Christmas Turkeys Wish,
Sally Ann Hilty; Christmas Night,
Carolyn Moser; solo, White Christmas,
Rodney jennings; Playlet, Clair and
Helen Moser; The Crippled Dolly,
jeanne Fett; A Christmas Secret,
Barbara Reichenbach; Merry Christ
mas day, by Children.
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Frank stalder is i'll at his home on
Riley street.
Miss Roberta Biery of Washing
ton viii spend the week end at her
home here.
Levi Mellinger of South Main
street is spending the holidays with
relatives in Lafayette, Ind.
1t. Robert Oyer of the Army
Medical corps stationed at Camp
Ellis, H., visited here Monday.
See me for memorials of all kinds.
Samuel Bixel, 400 S. Main ST., Bluff
ton. Phone 429-W. Representing the
Lima Marble & Granite Co. If
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Kibler is spending the
holidays at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. w. Bash and family of
Lorain.
Miss Edna Hanley of Agnes Scott
college, Macon, Ca, formerly of
Bluffton college, visited friends here
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Matter have
moved from their farm into the
South Main street property which
they purchased from M. nj. Bogart.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Kohler re-
siding southwest of Bluffton left
Sunday for Fresno, Calf, to visit
his brother, Harry Kohler and fam
lily.
Miss Doris Diller of Baltimore ar
rived the first of the week to spend
Christmas with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. d. Diller of North Jackson
street.
Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Rupp and
daughter Dawn Elizabeth left Mon
day for Camden, N. j., where they
will spend Christmas with her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Sweten.
Mrs. Richard Leiber who visited
here for the past week has returned
accompanied by her son Roger, to
Little Creek, Va, where they will re-
side. Her husband is in training at
that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Bixel of Lima
and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Bixel of
Findlay visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton Bixel, Sunday and
attended the Messiah concert in the
evening.
Orden Smucker, formerly of the
Bluffton high school faculty, now in
structor in Stevens Junior college,
Columbia, Mo-, spent Saturday with
his mother, Mrs. B. D. Smucker of
South Lawn avenue.
T/Sgt. and Mrs. Ralph E. Diller
were guests at the C. A. Stauffer
home on South Main street over the
week end. Other callers at the Stauf-
fer home were: Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Coon, Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Soash, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Mericle and Rev.
and Mrs. V. c. Oppermann.
Diller ambulance removals: Mrs.
j. c. Goecke, Beaverdam to st. Ri
ta's hospital, Lima; Jesse Thompson
from Bluffton hospital to his home
near Mt. Cory; Frank Burkholder
from the Harley Burkholder home,
Beaverdam to his home north of
Beaverdam; Mrs. Roy Moeller from
Lima Memorial hospital to her home
in Perry township; Mrs. N. F. Stein
er from Lima Memorial hospital to
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Adel-
la Oyer in the Hauenstein apartment
North Main street.
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Paper is one of the critical war
materials and Ohio farmers are
asked to inspect woodlots for avail
able pulpwood.
Following an increase of four
cents per bushel in the price of
wheat allowed by OPA December IL,
the Chicago Board of Trade an
nounced that the new ceiling for
wheat futures would be SLIT and
IS per bushel. The ceiling became
effective December 13.
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Dog Tags On Sale At
Community Market

Dog licenses for 1945 went on sale
in Bluffton this week at the Com
munity Market, and early purchasing
of the tags was urged by Allen
County Auditor Floyd B. Griffith,
to prevent a last-minute rush next
month.
Cost of licenses remains the same
as last year, 81 for males and
spayed females; So for unspayed fe-
males, and $40 for kennels.
Deadline for purchase of the new
tags is January 20, it was announced
by Zelma ingalls,, the Bluffton reg
istrar. In Beaverdam, the tags are
sold by the Farmers Elevator Co.
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Lions Club Hears
Talks; Sees Play

A play "Mistletoe", produced by
a high school student cast was
staged at the Lions club dinner
meeting, Tuesday night. H. P. HUI
Der also addressed the club relative
to the coming farm institute next
month and Virgil Moser of Chicago
described his work as government in
spector in airplane plants in Illinois,
Ohio and Indiana.
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Former BIuftOn Men
H0nOred By Bar Group

w. P. Anderson, Lima attorney,
formerly of Bluffton was elected
president of the Allen County Bar
association and the Allen County
Law Library association for the
coming year. The election took place
at the annual meeting of the two
groups in Lima, Saturday night.
Recognition was also given to I.
r. Hamilton, Lima attorney and ma
tive of the Bluffton area, who has
completed so years as member of
the Allen county bar.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our deep appre-
citation to all the neighbors and
friends for their kind aid and SYM
pathy during the illness and death of
our beloved wife and mother; also
Rev. Chiles and Rev. Lahr for their
consoling words, the pail bearers for
their services and all those sending
sympathy cards.
Howard c. Clark
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Anderson
and Family.
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Named To SerUe
On County ytries

A number of Bluffton people have
been drawn for service on grand and
petit jury service in the January
term of the Allen county common
pleas court.
Those drawn are:
Grand jury-Melvena Lewis, Chas.
Mefferd, Laura Gratz and Mildred
Sutermeister.
Petit jury-Dorothy Edwards, Will
lard Jennings, Katherine Moser, S.
S. Bixel and Ralph Patterson.