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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Dog Owners Must Get Tags
For CANNES By January 20

Owners of dogs were warned again
this week that they must buy new IL
censes for the animals before Jan. 20.
II they want to escape paying the 81
penalty that will be assessed after
that date.
Registration fees for dogs remain
the same as last year: 81 for each
male or spayed female; and SO for
each unspayed female. Tags must be
bought for all dogs over three months
of age.
Every person who purchases a dog
from outside the state after Jan. 1
and before July l, must within 80
days make application for registra-
tion from Jan. l and pay full years
fee.
If a dog becomes three months of
age after July /, the fee is one-half
the regular charge.
In case of the loss of dog tag,
the law provide; duplicate that may
be obtained at the auditors office for
25 cents.
Licenses for both Allen and Han
cock county may be obtained in Bluff
ton at the Community Market
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Former BlUftOn
Woman Dies In West

Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. Fannie Green, 80,
of Bothell, Wash. She was the
widow of the late Charles Green.
The couple formerly resided in
Bluffton.
Mrs. Green died last Thursday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leo
Mccullough. Funeral services were
held at the Methodist church in
Bothell, Saturday followed by burial
at that place.
Besides the daughter at whose
home she died she is survived by a
son Burl Green of Tacoma, Wash,
and two sisters, Mrs. Peter Bader-
fischer and Mrs. John A. Anderson
both of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Donor OF Bluffton College Library
Building Is Victim OF Heart Attack
NislUander Director
At Citizens Bank

C. F. Niswander, Bluffton farm
implement dealer, was elected to the
board of directors of the Citizens
National bank at the annual stock
holders meeting Tuesday night. He
succeeds L. T. Greding, director of
the bank whose death occurred last
summer.
All directors on the present board
were reelected for the coming year
at the meeting Tuesday night. They
are: c. H. Smith, E. C. Romey,
Noah Basinger, Edwin Amstutz,
Henry Huber and nj. M. Bogart.
A cash dividend of $4 share re-
Gently declared on the outstanding
common stock was announced at the
meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Real Estate Deals

Eli Garmatter of near Benton
Ridge has purchased the 80 acre
farm from the Amos Garmatter es-
tate 31a miles west of Bluffton and
will occupy the place this spring.
Walter Garmatter who tenanted the
place has rented the farm being va
Gated by Eli.
Gideon Garmatter residing north
of the Hiltv school has also pur-
chased from the Amos Garmatter
estate the 80 acre farm on which he
resided.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Susanna AnaStutz

Funeral services for Mrs. Su-
sanna Amstutz, 81, pioneer Bluff
ton resident were held at st. Johns
Reformed church, Monday afternoon.
Rev. V. c. Opperman, pastor of
the church officiated and interment
was in Maple Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Amstutz died Friday night
at her home on North Jackson
street.
She was born February A, 1859,
in Sigristville, Switzerland, the
daughter of John and Mary Sigrist.
In May, 1888, she came to Bluffton
and on August 81 of that year she
was married to Godfrey Amstutz.
She was for many years a member
of the ST. Johns Reformed church
and active in the work of women's
organizations.
Surviving are a daughter Olga
of Bluffton, four grandchildren and
two great grandchildren. Her hus-
band and two daughters, Mrs. Edith
Stepleton and Mrs. Rosa Kline pre-
ceded her in death.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
new PREINDUCTI0N
TESTS FEBRUARY 1
FOR SERVICE men
Present Screening Tests Will
be Discontinued Under
New Procedure
New Order Will Have no Effect
on Selected to be Examined
Next Week

New pre-induction examinations o1
Bluffton and Allen county men ear.
marked for the armed forces will
begin next Monday and preliminary
or screening tests of men about to
be reclassified la will be discontinue
ed February /, according to orders
from state headquarters received the
first of the week by Allen county
draft board No. 8.
. Under the new program, men
passing their physical examinations
will be returned home for at least
q days before being called for actual
induction.
The new order will have no effect
on selectees leaving next week for
examinations, but will affect those
scheduled to be called later in the
month for induction to fill February
quotas.
Continue Blood Tests This Month
Local boards will continue making
blood tests until February and also
will call up men for pre-induction
tests during the last half of this
month.
Local board screen examinations
will be discontinued after February
l except in cases of obvious physical
disability or when the registrant re-
quests such an examination.
The new pre-induction examina-
tion will be one day process except
in cases where necessary to hold the
registrant for a further clinical
check. These examinations will be
given at the regular induction
centers.
Quotas to Examining Centers
Under the plan, local boards will
send their quotas to the examining
centers where the men will be classi-
fled as fit either for the navy, army
or army limited service. Men
physically unfit will be returned and
reclassifed At.
A majority of men from this area
probably will report to Ft. Benjamin
Harrison near Indianapolis altho
some may enter service at Ft. Hayes
in Columbus and Ft. Thomas, KY.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Mrs. EsteNa LOcher,
Early Resident, Dies

Mrs. Estella Julia Locher, IS,
long a resident of the Bluffton area
died Friday in Bluffton Community
hospital.
Born in Canton Bern, Switzerland,
she came to this country at an early
age and spent most of her life on
the old Charpie homestead on Bent
ley road south of Bluffton.
In 1876 she married Henry Stein
er, one of Buttons early merchants
who preceded her in death in 1888.
She married Eli Locher in 1903.
Following the death of Mr.. Loch-
er in 1910, she lived with her niece,
Mrs. Jay Harris, on Cherry street.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Mary Balmer, Pontias, ILL.,; two bro
theirs, Fred Charpie, Taft, Calf,
and Emile Charpie, Enid, Oklahoma.
Funeral services were held SUM-
day afternoon in the Basinger fun
eral home, with Rev. Ernest Bige-
low, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, officiating. Burial was in
Maple Grove cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
1914 Community
INSTITUTE OPENS
next WEDNESDAY
Joint Meetings On Opening
Day; Separate Sessions
On Second
Discussion of Community Prob.
lens Featured; Music and
Drama On Program

Offering a two-day program of
instructive talks, discussion sessions
and varied entertaining features,
Buttons annual community institu-
te will be held here Wednesday and
Thursday of next week.
Well qualified speakers will ap-
pear at the sessions to discuss many
phases of rural community problems.
Playlets and musical offerings are
included to give balance to the pro-
gram.
Complete details OF the program
appear on Pages and of this
weeks issue of The Bluffton News.
| Joint meetings of the mems and
women's institute organization will
be held in the Bluffton High School
auditorium on the opening day of
the institute, next Wednesday. First
session on the Wednesday program
will be at 10 a. m.
JOINT SESSIONS WEDNESDAY
Afternoon and evening meetings
also will be in tine school auditorium
on Wednesday.
Varied offerings on Wednesday
night are expected to draw a
capacity audience from the COM
munity. Special music, talks by the
two state speakers and presenta-
ton of a one-act comedy skit will
be the headIiners on program
scheduled to start at 7:30 p. m.
Separate sessions are planned for
Thursdays institute programs, with
the men meeting In the high school
auditorium, and the women at the
auditorium in the grade school
building.
Two STATE SPEAKERS
Heading an impressive list of
speakers scheduled Il; appear herr
during the two-day session are John
Grierson and Mrs. M. C. Rosselott,
both of Hillsboro, the two state
institute speakers; ]. w. Warner,
Allen county farm agent; DR.. /. w.
| Bauman and c. j. Windau.
Grierson, now farm owner and
operator, has broad background
including services as a former dis
trict executive secretary of the
American Red Cross during which
he studied first hand some of the
basic problems of society.
Mrs. Rosselott's experience in
cludes that of teacher and welfare
worker among Blue Ridge mountain
people. Later she served as radio
lecturer and she is prominent
worker in the grange and P. I. A
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Six Counties In Peace
Contest Here Sunday

Six counties will be represented in
the Prince of Peace defamation con-
test to be held at the Methodist
church here Sunday night at 7:30.
Competing are contest winners
from Defiance, Lucas, Seneca, Han
cock, Wyandot and Crawford coun-
ties.
Contestants entered are: John
Fritz, Farmer; Ruth Prueter, To-
ledo; Carolyn Grove, Fostoria; Alan
Mieffer, Arcadia; Phyllis Rossel,
Upper Sandusky and Robert Hughes,
Bucyrus.
The contest is under direction of
the Ohio Council of Churches and
gold medal will be awarded to
the winner who will be eligible to
be one of 18 participants in the
state contest to be held in Columbus
this spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Military Funeral For
BIuftOn Service Man

Military funeral services We're
held in the Presbyterian church Fri
day morning for Pvt. Calvin Dudg-
con, Is, who died of spinal menin-
gifts at Fargo, North Dakota.
His death occurred on Tuesday of
last week and the body arrived here
Thursday morning. Rev. E. N.
Bigelow, his pastor, officiated at the
funeral services and burial was in
Maple Grove cemetery.
Service men home on furlough
served as pallbearers and ritualistic
services of Bluffton Legion post were
held at the grave. The Boy Scout
troop of which he was a former
member attended the services in a
body.
Pvt. Dudgeon was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. O. E. Dudgeon of Cherry
street. At the time of his death he
was in an engineering unit of the
army specialized training program
at the State Agricultural college in
Fargo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Coach A. c. Burcky Takes Over AS
Athletic Director At Ohio Northern

Wartime manpower conditions ere
ated a unique situation in this dis
trict's sports setup when A. G..
Burcky, veteran coach at Bluffton
college, took on additional response
bilities as the athletic director of
Ohio Northern university, this week.
Naming of Burcky to head the
sports departments of the neighbor-
ing institution in addition to con-
tinuing as athletic director here fol-
lowed the drafting of Millard
(Lefty) Murphy, Northern coach,
who reported Wednesday at Fort
Hayes, Columbus, for army service.
In addition to taking over the di-
rection of Ohio Northern sports
teams for the remainder of the sea-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Former Orange TUp.
Man Is Found Dead

Earl Eugene Denison, 81, former
Orange township resident was found
dead in bed at his home in Sidney
Saturday morning. Death was due
to heart ailment.
He was the son of George and
Anna (Beach) Denison. The family
formerly lived on what is known as
the Blackford farm in Orange town.
ship. He was manager of the Marks
Shoe company in Sidney at the time
of his death. He never married.
Surviving are two sisters: Mrs.
Ora Williamson, Toledo and Mrs
Anna Mann, Marion. A sister who
preceded him in death was Mrs. Nan
Ruhl. Her husband, the late Carr
Ruhl was a Bluffton native.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
War Service Legion
Drive Launched Here

War workers at The Triplett Elec-
trical Instrument Co. were signing
pladges this week in the presentee-
ism program sponsored by the Allen
County War Service Legion, as a
part of campaign launched in all
county industries on Monday.
Goal of the Legion is to assure un-
interrupted production in war plants
by cutting down on absenteeism.
All workers who sign the pledge
receive an attractive sterling pin.
If after three months they are on
the job regularly when scheduled to
work they will receive a service bar,
and additional awards will be made
at the close of following three
months periods.
One copy of the pledge is mailed
to some friend or relative in the
armed forces.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
c. HI. Musselman, One of Ma
tion's Largest Fruit Pro-
ceSSOrS SuccumbS
Gifts to Bluffton College Aggre'
gate S135, 900; Lived at
Biglerville, Pa.

C. H. Musselman, 63, donor OF
the library building on the Blufftor
college campus and long an influ.
entail supporter of the local insti-
tuition, died Thursday afternoon at
his home in Biglerville, Pa.
Death was attributed to a heart
condition which had kept him from
his office for the past year.
He was founded, president and
general manager of the C. H. Mus
selman company, largest fruit pro-
cessing company in the east and
possibly in the nation.
The business started in 1907
when Musselman, together with his
father and brother bought at sher-
ifs sale small vegetable canning
plant at Biglerville, is now ten
million dollar concern operating
plants covering so acres and owning
nearly 1000 acres of producing
land, most of it in bearing fruit
trees.
He and Mrs. Musselman made a
contribution of 100000 to Bluffton
college in 1923 to cover the cost of
constructing and maintaining the
Musselman library building that
now stands on the campus. Of
this sum, $4,000 was expended in
erecting the structure, and the re-
naming $4,000 was invested to
provide funds for the cost of main
tenance.
The couples most recent contribu-
tion to the college here was a $4,000
gift received late in December. At
the time she forwarded the money,
Mrs. Musselman wrote that she
hoped to add $4,000 more this year.
A requent visitor on the college
campus, Musselman was well known
in Bluffton. The family's total do
nation to Bluffton college have
amounted to $135,000.
MuSScifildI Was IiefHDeF Oh the
Mennonite church at Fairfield, Pa,
where Rev. George Stoneback, a
Bluffton college graduate, is the
pastor.
Responsible position in the Mus
selman canneries are held by two
other Bluffton college graduates,
Alvin Stauffer and Willis Beidler.
DR.. L. L. Ramseyer, of Bluffton
college, attended funeral services
held last Saturday at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania.
Surviving are his widow and two
children, a son and a daughter, all
of Biglerville.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13

son, Coach Burcky will teach coach
ing theory classes at the Ada uni
versity.
He will handle the Northern
basketball team in competition for
the first time this Wednesday at
Ada, when the Bears play Denni-
son, rated as the third best team
in Ohio.
Bluffton and Ohio Northern met
twice this season in basketball
Bluffton won the first game, Al tt
43, and Northern took the second
Al to 27.
Eleven games remain on thu
schedule of the Northern cagers
while Bluffton has only three addi
tional tilts carded for the remand
er of the season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
TOSh Reelected As
School Board Head

John Tosh was reelected for the
coming year as president of the
Bluffton Board of Education at its
organization meeting, Monday night
DR.. w. M. Niswander was named
vice president and Leland Diller was
reelected clerk.
Levi Althaus, new member of
the board was seated, succeeding
Elmer Short whose term expired.
Other members of the board are
Ralph Badertscher and Waldo Hof-
stetter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13

Announcements has been made of
the wedding of Turley Rupright and
Cora McGinnis, both of Lima. Rup-
right was former Bluffton resident
and operated grocery here number
of years ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
MENNONITE AID
SOCIETY GROWS
In PAST YEAR
Company Has S3,610,165 Risks
In Force; Shows Increase
of S160,415
Policies Carried By Insurance
Unit Aggregate 9O5; Of
ficers Named for 1914

Insurance risks aggregating a
total of S3,610,165 are carried by
the Mennonite Mutual Aid Society,
a locally owned and operated insur-
ance organization, specializing in
farm risks, it was reported last
Saturday at the annual meeting of
the group in the Bluffton High
school building.
Reports submitted at the session
show the mutual insurance society
has 905 policies in force in Allen,
Putnam, Hancock and Hardin
counties.
i Aggregate risks carried by the
organization showed an increase of
$160,415, over the total of $3,445, 1926
on the books at the close of 1912.
With present policies in force re-
presenting S3,610,165 in insurance
value the company has it's largest
coverage since it was organized
June 5, 1866.
S10,064 IN LOSSES
Total losses during the last year
were $10,064.62. Fire damages were
the heaviest, total of S8,584.74
being paid out for such losses. Pay
ments for lightning losses amounted
to S784.94, and storm damages cost
the society .$691.94.
With 905 policies in force the as
sociation has nine less risks than
carried in 1912. Decrease in the
number of policies reflects operation
of the Ohio statute barring farm
mutual companies from writing in
surance on real estate other than
dwellings in incorporated towns.
This has resulted in cancellation of
policies in buildings used for COM
mercial and industrial purposes in
Bluffton and Pandora.
RISKS UP $160,415
Despite the small drop in the
number of policies in force, officials
of the society pointed to the fact
that value of risks in force have
increased s160,415 over last year.
Ray S. Hilty, of Bluffton, was
reelected director, and Llewellyn
Geiger, of Pandora, was named a
director to succeed Jerry Basinger
of Bluffton.
Directors continuing to serve are
E. E. Bucher and Raymond l.
Moser, of Columbus Grove; L. G
Phillips, of Ottawa, and Amos
Tschiegg and Albert Winkler, OF
Bluffton.
Officers elected Monday night al
the organization meeting of thu
board of directors are:
Pres, E. E. Bucher; vice pres.
Amos Tschiegg; sec., Albert Wink
| ler; asst. Sec, Raymond Moser
treas, Ray Hilty; appraisers: L. G
Phillips, Llewellyn Geiger, Raymond
Moser, Amos Tschiegg.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Map Local Plans For
9TH War Loan Drive

Plans for Buttons participation
in the Fourth War Loan campaign,
Jan. 18 to Feb. Is, will be mapped
at a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Bluffton War Loan
committee at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday
in the offices of The Triplett Elec-
trical Instrument Co.
Norman A. Triplett and Mel Bo.
gart, co-chairmen, are calling the
session to complete preliminary or.
ganization for the drive. Members
of the committee will be notified OF
the meeting by mail.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Plan To Resume Bluffton's Winter
Fair When Present Emergency Passes
Lehman Recital
Friday EUening

Prof. G. A. Lehman, baritone, of
the Colgate-Rochester Divinity school
of Rochester, N. Y, will appear in
a vocal recital in the Bluffton col
lege chapel, Friday night at 500
o'clock.
Prof. Lehman, formerly head of
the department of music at the col
lege here was a favorite Bluffton
vocalist with a large local follow
ing. There will be no admission
charge to the concert but an offer
ing will be received.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Barnes Heads Board
Of Public Affairs

Harry Barnes took his seat on the
Board of Public Affairs and was
elected president of that body at the
organization meeting of the board.
Barnes and F. ]. Harmon were elect
ed to membership on the board last
fall.
VIM. B. Luginbuhl, the third mem
Der of the board was reelected last
fall. The board reelected Edgar
Hauenstein clerk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Victory Girl Program,
Is Dedicated LOc0IIy

Dedicated to war workers in
Bluffton, Lima and Delphos is the
Victory Girl" program, popular
WLW feature to be heard this We'd
nesday night from 6:25 to 6:30 p. m.
Announcement of dedication of the
program to Allen county industries
was made the first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
RICHLAND FARMERS
MUTUAL INSURANCE
VOTES EXPANSION
Risks Aggregate S2,276,445.
With Total of $50 Policies
in Force i'm Area
Association Votes to Provide
HailstOrm COverage; Ter
ritory Is Extended

Extension of the insurance facili-
ties offered by the Richland Town.
ship Farmers Insurance Co., a rural
mutual organization operating in the
Bluffton area, was announced last
Saturday at the annual meeting of
the organization in the Richland
township room at the town hall.
Hailstorm insurance protection
will be provided in the future by
the company, the result of an
amendment to the charter voted by
the organization. Previously policy
holders were insured only against
fire, lightning and storm.
A new type policy also was voted
by members of the association. This
embodies standard provisions" re-
commended by state and national
associations of mutual insurance
companies.
TERRITORY ENLARGED
Adoption of a new constitution
also was affected with the major
change representing an enlargement
of the territory covered by the as
sociation. Insurance protection will
be available in the future to all of
Allen, Hancock, Putnam and Hardin
counties.
Previously, the group limited its
insurance to Richland, Jackson, Bath
and Monroe townships of Allen
county; Riley township in Putnam
county; Union and Orange town
ships in Hancock county, and Liber-
ty township in Hardin county.
Members of the association also
voted to insure town properties ex-
cept those used exclusively for in
dustrial and commercial purposes.
These may not be insured by farm
mutuals, according to state law.
s2,276,445 IN RISKS
Reports made at the annual meet
ing last Saturday showed property
insured by the association has an
aggregate value of S2,276,445. This
is an increase of S51,355 in risks
over last years total of s2,225,09
The increase of insurance in force
was recorded despite the fact that
the number of policies decreased
II, from $50 to 53S. This drop
represented combining of chattel and
real estate policies, officials said.
At last Saturdays meeting Ezra
Moser of Bluffton, was elected
director for a three-year term,
succeeding Jacob Schick, of La
fayette.
APPRAISERS NAMED
Charles Lora, of Columbus Grove,
and H. o. Hilty, of Bluffton, were
named appraisers. Lora was re-
| elected, and Hilty was named as a
new appraiser, there previously
| having been only one.
Quinten Burkholder, of Bluffton,
| was elected treasurer for one year,
succeeding H. p. Huber, also of
| Bluffton.
| The board of directors of the
association consists of three direct
ors elected as such. They are Moser
elected last Saturday, and Elias
Augsburger and Elmer Lauby, who
are serving unexpired terms. In
addition, the two appraisers, the
treasurer and the secretary serve as
directors.
The secretary, who will be APP
pointed at organization of the board
of directors next Saturday, alst.
will be a director.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Budertscher Heads
Township Trustees

F. C. Badertscher has been elected
chairman of the Richland township
trustees for the coming year at the
organization meeting of the board.
Walter Marshall is vice chairman.
Allen Grismore is the third member
of the board. N. w. Basinger is
clerk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Annual Hospital
Meeting Monday

Annual business meeting of the
Bluffton Community hospital will be
held at the high school cafeteria
next Monday night at 1880 o'clock.
Reports for the past year will be
given and directors elected.