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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Bette Ldpe Weds
Carlton Wilson

Miss Bette Lape, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Z. S. Lape, of Grove street,
and Cadet Carlton c. (Tony) Wilson,
son of Mrs. Magdalene Wilson, of
Dayton, were married last Saturday
afternoon in the Presbyterian church
at Helena, Arkansas, where the
groom is in training at the Helena
Air Base.
Officiating at the double ring cere-
mony was Rev. William B. Oglesby,
pastor of the church.
Preceding the ceremony, short
program of musical favorites of the
bride was played by Mrs. c. F. Greer
at the organ, and 20 Perfect Love"
was played softly during the ex-
change of the vows.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. She wore a lovely
wedding gown of frosted organdy,
and fingertip veil fell from coro-
net of orange blossoms. She carried
white prayer book, with gardenias
and a shower of white sweat peas.
The church was beautifully decor
ated for the occasion in green and
white color scheme and on each side
of the altar were large baskets OF
white gladioli.
Following the ceremony reception
was held in the church parlor. Mr.
and Mrs. Lape and Mrs. Wilson were
present at the ceremony, and Lieut.
Wade Lape, a Navy pilot, flew from
Corpus Christi, Texas, to attend the
wedding.
After the reception Mr.. and Mrs
Wilson left for Memphis, and after
their return to Helena they will be
located at 1108 Porter Street.
Both are graduates of Blufftor
High school.
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Red Cross Needs
More Workers Here

More help is needed to make sur
gical dressings for the armed services
at the Bluffton Red Cross work room
in the Grade school building, it was
announced this week by Mrs. j. S.
Steiner, who is in charge of the
project.
American soldiers and sailors
wounded in battle are largely de-
pendent on work done by Red Cross
chapters thruout the country in
making the dressings, Mrs. Steiner
said, and increased attendance at the
local work room is necessary if
Bluffton is to carry its share of the
load.
The work room is open every Mon
day from to $3.50 p. m, and every
afternoon Tuesday thru Friday from
| to p. m. 1t has been completely
redecorated by Levi Gable and facili-
ties for the work are better than
ever.
Loyalty, zeal and sacrifice of Red
Cross volunteer workers are more
important now than before, with the
knowledge that heavy fighting is in
prospect in every combat zone, Mrs.
Steiner said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
High School Alumni
To Meet Wednesday

Annual reunion of Bluffton High
school alumni in the school gymnas-
ium at p. m. this Wednesday will
honor DIR. Helen Barnes, of Findlay,
only living member of the first grad
uating class of 1881, and the class
of 1894 on their fiftieth commence
ment anniversary.
The program will open with the
welcome to the class of 1914 by w.
A. Amstutz, alumni president; and
the response by Warden Loganbill,
president of this years graduating
class.
Other features include a vocal
trio, Miss Carolyn Romey, Mrs.
Katheryne Patterson and Mrs. Mabel
Steiner; In Memoriam, by Mrs. Mar
jorie Basinger, in memory of H. G.
Murray, SO; Carrie Fensler Durkee,
80; Alice Bessire Stratton, '88;
Charles Gambler, '02; Harry Mohler,
'03; Wilbur Steiner, '26, and Calvin
Dudgeon, '43.
This will be followed by talk,
"An Alumnus for so Years, Noah
Basinger; music by the trio; "Our
Alumni in Service, Dwight Murray,
and presentation of play, Show
Boat" by this years senior class.
Members of the 1894 class were
Lulu C. Augsburger, Emma Young
Noah Basinger, J. S. Herr, Clara
Greding and Gertrude Lewis.
Alumni officers are: Honorary
President, DR.. Helen Barnes; Presi-
dent, w. A. Amstutz; Vice-president
Ralph T. Stearns; Recording Secre
tary, Minerva Hilty; Corresponding
Secretaries, Marcella Warren ane
Edith Augsburger; and Treasurer
Sibyl Mollett.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Last Rites Monday
For Gordon Barnes

Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon in the Paul Diller funeral
home for Gordon c. Barnes, 56, who
died Saturday morning in hospital
at Gallipolis, following an illness of
four weeks.
Barnes resided in Jackson town
ship, between Bluffton and Lafayette.
Survivors include his father, Samuel
Barnes, and brother, Lyman
Barnes, both of Jackson township.
Rev. Bernard Baughn officiated at
the services Monday. Burial was in
the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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English Newspaper Terms Former
Bluffton Boy Typical Yank Soldier

Sgt. Orville Slough, son of Jay
Slough living near Findlay and
formerly of Bluffton now stationed
In England has been termed ..typi-
cal American soldier" by British
bond rally speaker according to the
Whitby Journal of Whitby, England.
The speakers comment was made
in connection with the work of Sgt.
Slough who has been active in the
national savings movement on the
British home front which corresponds
to the war bond drives in the United
States.
In presenting Sgt. Slough to a
large gathering at a rally held in
Whitby, the chairman said:
I'm Sergeant Slough we have
what | would describe as the typical
American soldier.
Sergeant Slough said it was a
pleasure and honor to have been
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chosen to speak at that meeting, and
to give some impressions of the
American soldier in England. On
arriving in the country he found it
quite different from what he expect
ed and he felt that person really
had to see country to appreciate it..
''At first, things were quite strange
but since he got used to those
changes, he was thoroughly enjoying
England. Since his arrival he had
travelled over good part of Eng
land, and had seen a lot of nice
places but Whitby impressed him
more than anywhere else.
"The old and historic town, the
beautiful views of the North Sea,
and the expansive and wonderful
moors are something hard to be-
lieve. He had done a fair share of
travelling in the United States and
had seen nothing like it yet"
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Births

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Kliewer of Chi
cago are the parents of a daughter
born Thursday in that city. Mr.,
Kliewer is formerly of Bluffton. His
father P. A. Kliewer was pastor of
the Ebenezer Mennonite church.
The following births at Bluffton
Community hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Bormuth
Bluffton, daughter, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doyle Rainey, Raw.
son, son, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Williamson
Benton Ridge, a son, Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Shigeru Matsunaga, Born In
Honolulu, Drafted With
Quota from Board Three
College Sophomore Is American
Born of Japanese Parents;
Glad to Serve In Army

Shigeru Matsunaga, %, Blufftor
college sophomore, an American born
of Japanese parentage, left last
Saturday with the Allen County
Draft Board No. quota for Undue
tion into the army at the Ft. Benja-
min Harrison induction station
indianapolis.
Matsunaga was born in Honolulu
where his father is a clerk. He is
graduate of Mckinley High school
in that city, and among his teachers
were Herbert Bowers, of Beaverdam
and William Geiger, of Pandora, both
of whom are Bluffton college gradu-
ates.
During his senior year in high
school, Matsunaga was president OF
the Hi-Y club.
Glad To Serve
He speaks japanese fluently, and
says that altho he is of japanese
extraction he is an American by
birth and is glad to do his part in
the war program by serving in the
United States army.
He came to this country in
September, 1941, to enter San Mateo
Junior college at San Mateo, Calf,
where David Rempel, Bluffton col
lege graduate, is a teacher.
Following the outbreak of war he
was Investigated and cleared by the
FBI, after which he came here and
enrolled in Bluffs college.
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To Close Library
May Is To June )

Buttons public library at the
high school will be closed for clean
ing and redecorating from Thursday,
May 25 to Saturday, June inclus-
i've, it is announced by Miss Ocie
Anderson, librarian.
The library will open Monday,
June observing summer hours
which will be from noon to 5 p. m.
every week day and Monday, We'd
nesday and Saturday evenings from
$50 to p. m.
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Former Local Girl
Back From India

Miss Eleanor Thiessen formerly of
Bluffton who has been in India for
the past three years with her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. John Thiessen,
missionaries, arrived in Boston, Tues
day, according to word received here.
She is a sister of Arthur and
Harold Thiessen, formerly of Bluff
ton, now in florida. The family pre-
viously lived here at which time Rev.
Thiessen was connected with Bluffton
college.
Miss Thiessen has returned to this
country where she expects to enter
college in the fall. She is a native
of India where her parents have
been missionaries for many years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
BUYING OF EGGS
AT SUPPORT PRICE
IS RESUMED HERE
Farmers Guaranteed 81 Cents
Dozen AS Glutted Egg
Market Is Cleared
Government Support Price Is
Three Cents Higher Than
Regular Market

Rejecting an improvement i'm the
egg marketing situation, the Bluffton
branch of the Gray and White Co.
late last week resumed buying of eggs
at the government supported price of
q cents a dozen for top-quality
grades.
This support price is said to be ap-
proximately three cents more per dog
en- than many other dealers are pay
ing, and all Of the eggs bought un-
der the program go to the government
because the figure is considerably
above the regular market price.
Next lower price paid under the
support program is % cents a dozen
for mediums, which are smaller
eggs.
Over Supply Moved
Buying from producers at the sup
port price was resumed by all branch
es of the Gray and White Co., after
the organization reported that its
Tiffin warehouses had been cleared on
the oversupply which choked its fa-
cilities early last week.
In addition, the government has
promised immediate orders for all
eggs purchased under the support
program.
The Gray and White Co is one of
nine Ohio firms selected to buy eggs
at the government support price, in a
move to take surplus eggs off the reg
ular commercial market and halt the
wholesale liquidation of poultry fiocks
resulting from slow movement of eggs
and low prices paid for them.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Meningitis Victim
Reported Improved

Improvement is reported in the
condition of Wanda Lehman, high
school freshman, i'll with spinal men,
ingitis and hopes are held for her
early recovery.
The girl has been i'll at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Lehman eight miles west of Bluffton
for nearly two weeks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
ten BLUFFTON men
INCLUDED IN GROUP
DRAFTED FOR MAY
Allen County Board No. 3 Sends
"a To Army And Navy
Last Week
May Quota Missed Substantially
as Result of New Draft
Regulations

Ten Bluffton area men were in
cluded in group of Sd registrants
from Allen County Draft Board No,
3 inducted into the Army and Navy
last Friday and Saturday.
Included among the inductees were
Walter B. King, Bluffton; Harry d.
Simon, Ada; Verl ID. Reichenbach,
Beaverdam; and Thomas NJ. Fisher
and Brice p. Staley, of Lafayette, in
the Navy; and Omar l.. Welty,
Hiram w. Bucher, Louis R. Thomp-
son and Shigeru Matsunaga, all of
Bluffton; and Basil w. Fisher, La
fayette in the Army.
Last weeks induction group of 81
men was substantially under the
quota set for Board No. 3 in May,
according to reliably informed
sources.
Quota Not Met
tributed to the new national draft
policy delaying for the present in
duction of any men over 25 years
of age, providing they are in work
necessary to the war program or in
essential civilian pursuits.
Of the group inducted last week,
81 went into the Navy and II were
taken by the Army.
Navy inductees left Lima at 1926
p. m. Friday for the induction sta
tion in Toledo, from where they will
be assigned for their "boot" training.
Men taken by the Army went to
the Fort Benjamin Harrison Army
reception center at indianapolis, Ind,
leaving Lima at $3.50 a. m. last
Saturday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Buckeye Lake Opens
For Season SuHadau

Buckeye swimming lake, Buttons
municipality operated recreation spot
will open Sunday for the coming
summer season. The place will be
in charge of Harry Minck and Bob
Fisher who have been appointed as
managers by the town council. They
will also serve as life guards.
Buckeye lake, fed by springs, is
one of the popular swimming places
in this section and attracts large
numbers every summer. 1t is
owned by the Central Ohio Light &
Power company al l operated under
lease by the municipality as a re-
creation place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Cost of Last Year Will BE About
$3.50 In Comparison With
$500 Previously
Change from Private Contractor
Enables System To Pay
For Itself

Buttons municipality operated
garbage and rubbish collection
system during the last year cost the
town only about half what it did
previously when the work was let to
individual contractors, Mayor w. A.
Howe said Wednesday.
This month marks the close of the
fourth year of garbage collection
here, but it is the first season that
the system has been municipality
operated.
Altho exact cost of the years
operation has not yet been determin-
ed, Mayor Howe said that a prelim-
mary estimate indicates it will be
approximately $3.50. Last year on
private contract garbage and rub
bish collection cost the village 81 500.
Included in the expenses of $3.50
are the payments made for labor and
for operating cost of the towns
truck. Marshall Lee Coon is in
charge of the system of collection,
which Mayor Howe says has been
operating entirely satisfactorily.
430 Patrons
- Awaiting themselves of the munich
pal service are 430 patrons who pay
So annually. As result the last
year is the first time charges to
patrons have fully paid for the
service. In other years it was sub
sidized by the town.
Garbage is collected weekly in the
winter and twice each week during
the summer months. In the winter
there is about one load each week,
but in the summer, with fruit, fresh
vegetables, watermelons, roasting
ears, ETC., comprising larger
volume, about four truck loads are
filled weekly.
Garbage is disposed of to farmers
in this area who feed it to their
hogs.
About 80 loads of rubbish, consist.
ing of tin cans, ashes, ETC., are col.
lected monthly, and dumped into the
old quarry at the rear of the Bluff.
ton Hatchery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
FUrS For Service
To Be Collected

Collection of castoff furs needed to
fabricate winter garments for serv-
icemen stationed in cold climates will
be made during the next 10 days
as war activities project of the
American Legion auxiliary.
A receptacle in which furs may
be placed will be located on Main
street in front of the office of DIR.
M. D. Soash, and Bluffton house
wives are urged to contribute all un-
used pieces of furs they find during
house-cleaning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Wedding In Florida
May 5 Is Announced

Announcement has been made of
the wedding of Miss Roxanna Eaton
and Lieut.. Homer Gratz, Jr., which
took place at Jacksonville, Florida,
May 5.
Both are former Bluffton college
students. 1t. Gratz is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Gratz, Sr., residing
near Bluffton. His bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Eaton of Lima and granddaughter
of Mrs. Lou Eaton of this place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Savings Of 80 Per Cent Results From
Town Operation OF Garbage Collection
Closed Next Tuesday

The Bluffton News office will be
closed all day next Tuesday,
Memorial Day. All news matter,
correspondents letters and ad-
vertising copy SHOULD be in the
office by 3 p. m, Monday for
publication i'm next weeks issue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Miracles Of Melody

Mrs. Milo Lora's Miracles of
Melody" broadcast over Radio Sta
ton WIN, Findlav, at 5:45 p. m.
Friday will include Because of
Him., "Home Sweet Home, "Have
You Thought, "Spring Song" and
"If | Forget.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Arrives Overseas

Ems. Maynard Coon has arrived at
an undisclosed overseas destination
it was learned by his wife of North
Robinson who is spending several
days at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. L. Coon, parents of Ems. Coon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices) Wheat
$3.50; corn SLIP; oats 75c; beans
$1.80.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Suthoff-D eLoshmett
Engagement Is
Announced

News of more than passing in
terest because of the prominence
of the two families, is that of the
engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Dorothy Sewell
Suthoff to Tom Lewis DeLashmet
Jr.. which has just been an
nounced by Mr.. and Mrs. E. v.
Suthoff, parents of the bride.
Both young people come of
families prominent socially and
financially in Moss Point, Mr..
Suthoff being head of the Hill
Hardware Company and Mr.. I.
L DeLashmet ST., father of the
eroom-elect, head of the Pasca-
goula-Moss Point bank of that
city.
The date for the nuptlals has
not vet been definitely set.
The younger Mr.. DeLashmet is
connected with the Copolymer
Rubber Co. at Baton Rouge in a
position that he accepted shortly
after his graduation from college.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Name or Housing
Projects Talked
By Civic Council


The regular meeting Of the
Pascagoula Civic Council GOT I'm
der way Tuesday night. with Mrs.
j. 0. Cole, chairman, presiding.
Topic for discussion was the ques-
ton of naming the newly con
structed government housing pro
jects. Mrs. Cole read several let
tiers concerning this in which w.
r. Guest, executive vice presi.
dent of Ingalls, Shipbuildine
Corp, Mayor Gulley, Of Pasca-
goula and Charles L. Levy.
Regional FPHA Director, in At
lanta, all declared 1t was a mat
ter for the Civic Council to dis
cuss.
There are five new projects in
Pascagoula, one on Market street,
another on Lincoln on the Be-
lair tract and three trailer pro-
jects, one of which is in Carver
Village, a section for the negroes,
The members Immediately agreed
that the trailer projects should
not be named as they are OF a
temporary nature only.
Names suggested for the new
sections were "Belair Addition"
for the project on Lincoln as 1t is
on the Belair tract and "Gulfview
Homes" for the one on Market
street, a location where one can
get a good view of the Gulf. Mrs.
]. S. Abbey said that once a move
was made to change the name of
Market street to Gulfview boule-
ward, but the expense of changing
city. records were too much to
justify the change.
After a thorough discussion,
the members voted unanimously
that no name be given the present
new additions or any in the flu
ture.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23

Roy Wingfield. Jr., who is recov-
ering from a recent appended
tony.
Master Charles Mitchell, Jr.,
lof Tupelo Miss, is visiting his
father, Judge Charles Mitchell,
Sr., at GIT Columbus Drive.
Mrs. Mary Evelyn Monzingo is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Jacques
Honeycutt at Clinton, N. c. En-
route I'd that city Mrs. Monzingo
went by way of Birmingham,
where she stopped for a brief WIS.,
ii with another sister, Mrs. Cath
crime Lackmond. She will return
home about July LIST. Her hus-
band, Jack Monzingo who is in
the 9th Air Division stationed in
England is now in the thick of
the invasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Ezell re-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
All Age Groups Urged To Participate
In Moss Point Recreation Program

The Moss Point recreation pro-
gram is in full swing at five play
grounds and participants, both
children and adults, are urged to
take part in one or more of its
many phases, Tom Swayze, ath-
ietic director, said this week.
The five Fairgrounds are To-
cated at the High school, Char
lotte Hyatt school, East Moss
Point behind the c. B. Wilker-
son home, Ed Mayo school, and
at Kreole across the highway
from the International Paper
Company mill.
All five Fairgrounds are open
all day every day to the public,
and recreation is supervised by
directors from 3 to 8 pm. every
day except Saturday and Sun
day.
Boys softball teams are being
organized at each playground,
and the mems teams play every
Tuesday. and Thursday at the
high school diamond at 1880 and
8:45 pm. No admission is charged
for the games and the PUBLIC
is invited, Mr.. Swayze said.
Entries are now being accept
ed for the tennis tournaments
which will be staged later in the
summer. Tournaments will be
held for all ages and each sex
at each playground, to be fol-
lowed by a city tournament. The
courts at each playground r in
good shape and open for play at
any time, Mr.. Swayze said.
The Fairgrounds provide in ad-
dition to tennis and softball, vol
ley ball, swings, ring tennis and
other games and recreational ac-
tivities. Other equipment is be-
ing added.
The Youth Canteen at the
Community House is also open
every night except Sunday and
Monday from 8 to IL pm. and,
although the program has been
set up for the teen-age group,
anybody is welcome to come and
join in the fun. A new ping pong
table has been installed, and an
other is scheduled to be installed
shortly. The Canteen has been
open for two weeks under the
direction of Jimmy Bishop, who
has been experiencing fine CO.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Navy Mothers Hold
Monthly Meeting AT
USO Wednesday,

The Navy Mothers club held
its monthly meeting at the
USO club last Wednesday af-
ternoon with the president, Mrs.
r. B. Mahaffey, in the chair.
1t was agreed that greeting
cards are a tiny useful gift for
sending to sons in the service and
their mothers on their birthdays.
Mrs. Mildred Frederic, Mrs.
Louise Walker and Mrs. F.
Green we're selected to head the
membership committee.
Mrs. Hermes Gautier then
gave a very interesting account
of Red Cross activities and
stressed the need for entrants in
the nurses aid classes that have
recently been organized.
Mrs. John Loris was appointed
to head the Red Cross commit
tee.
Members learned that Mrs. j.
d. Buffet, Sr., would be unable
to attend regular meetings and
accepted her resignation as Sec
rotary with regret. Mrs. L. M.
Scholtes was elected to fill the
vacancy thus created.
Mrs. J.. 0. Cole, treasurer, gave
her monthly report after which
it decided that dues would be
paid monthly.
A very beautiful letter to Mrs.
John Loris from a mother was
read by her. in which thanks
were expressed for the kindness
that Mrs. Loris had extended to
the writer's son at the Mothers
Day supper recently held at the
USO.
The Navy Mothers club ex-
tends an urgent invitation to all
mothers with sons in this branch
of the service to come to their
meeting and help to Keep the
Harbor Lights Burning"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Pascagoula
Personals

W. Z. Glothlin and daugh-
ter, Jacqueline, have been spend
ing this week with relatives in
Birmingham.
Those who listened to the La
dies Be Seated" program last
Thursday had a pleasant sur
prise when Mrs. Henry Gautier
of Pascagoula, was announced as
the next to appear on the pro-
gram, which this Pascagoula wo-
man did with her usual poise.
mrs. r. G. Wingfield departed
Thursday for Holly Grove plan
tation near Minter City, Miss, to
visit her daughter-in-law, Mrs.