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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-13
Methodist Momen,s Society

The w. S. C. S. of the Methodist
church will hold its monthly meeting
at the home of Mrs. Earl Lugibill
on Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock.
Members are asked to bring sand
wiches, a covered dish and table
service.
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Where Our Soldiers
Are

Pvt. Harry Hauenstein 35s44686
Co. d, 34th |. T. B.
Camp Croft, South Carolina
Pfc. Richard W. Oberly 352974s6
223rd A. A. F. Base Unit (CCTS) 4
co Commandant of Crews, Box 2645
Dyersburg, Tennessee
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SingspirdtiOn Here
Next Sunday Night

singspiration services will be re-
sumed at the Defenseless Mennonite
church, Sunday night at 9:15 o'clock
with Iner Basinger of Pandora in
charge. He will be accompanied by
his wife, pianist, and they viii
give special numbers.
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Rome Storage

Proper storage and handling of
rope, as well as care in using. win
enable it to last for many years.
Weaver explains that the best wav
to store rope is on raised, Slated
platform. 1t also may be hung in
loose coils on large wooden pegs.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that on the gath day
will be held on the budget prepared BY the
board of education of Bluffton Exempted Viii
lage School District. Button, Allen County,
Ohio, for the next succeeding fiscal year end
ing December 81, 1945.
Such hearing will be held at the office OF
the Board of Education, Bluffton Ohio.
LELAND DILLER,
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If ground corn or other grain is
not available to mix with legume
hay for making silage, add $50
pounds of dry grass hay to each ton
of the green legume.
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Early Recruiting

John Paul Jones instructed Capt.
Matthew Clark to have his recruit
ers go around with a drum and fife
and colors as often as may be prop
er" to obtain recruits to form a
marine guard for a cruise.
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Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Busy Bee All Club

Meeting of the Busy Bee All
club will be held at the high school
building Wednesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
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Richland Community Circle

The Richland Community circle
will meet at the home of Mrs. J. S.
Steiner for Red Cross sewing on
Thursday.
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Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Millen c. Geiger of
South Lawn avenue announce the
engagement of their daughter Zary
Alice to Corporal Franklin L. Farms
worth, son of the late Mrs. Ida
Farnsworth of Wheatland, Wyoming.
Cpl. Farnsworth is stationed at
the army air base at Vandalia, near
Dayton. The wedding will take
place in the near future.
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS
B. F. BIERY. Business Mgr.
C. A. BIERY, Editor

Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
by the<Bluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co.
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To Wed Saturday
Wedding of Miss Freda Fritchie
and Jacob Warkentin, both of Bluff
ton will take place in the South Side
Church of Christ at Lima, Saturday
afternoon at o'clock.
The bride-elect is the eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fritchie
of South Jackson and Mr.. Warkentir
is the son of Mrs. Agnes Warkentir
Moore of Cherry street.
Rev. E. j. Penhorwood, pastor OF
the church and formerly of Bluffton
will officiate, using the single ring
service. Members of the immediate
families will be in attendance.
Following a short wedding trip the
couple will be at home in cheir newly
furnished apartment in the Hankish
building above the Todd grocery.
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Clubs, lodges
and Societies
Coming Bride

MISS Freda Fritchie, daughter
A of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Frit-
chic who has chosen Saturday,
her eighteenth birthday, as the
date of her wedding to Jacob
Warkentin, son of Mrs. Agnes
Warkentin Moore. The wedding
will take place in the Lima
South Side Church of Christ at
2 O'Clock in the afternoon. The
bride-elect was graduated last
May from Bluffton high school.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Gruziuno Shows Pleasing Sock
In K. O. of Brown in 5th Round

Brown back across the ring with
lefts and rights to the head.
Brown stayed with him, however,
and, by virtue of throwing lot of
leather and going all out with each
punch, gained slight edge in the
third and fourth heats. The local
boy was tiring, however, while Gra-
ziano, picking his spots for each
blow, was pacing himself we'll
Rocky set up Brown for the finish
with a body attack early in the
fifth and then sank him in cor
ner with two hard lefts to the head.
Brown was plenty cold, although
able to slide to his feet a fraction
Of a second after Referee Marty
Gallagher finished the 10-count.
The end was at 2:25 of the fifth.
The semifeature six-rounder went
to Tee Hubert over Stoney Lewis.
Hubert used a good left hook to
advantage in taking the nod and
looked better than in previous fights
here, especially that last one against
Holman Williams.
There was another knockout on
the card, with Mario Colon of New
York stopping Baltimore's Junior
Murray in 1875 of the fifth. In
other six-round matches, Ernest
Butler decisioned Charley Miller,
and Al Franklin got the nod over
George Williams.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
FourD. 6. Boxers in AAUSemis
As Midwest Tops Survivors

ticularly attracting attention was
Cannon, speedy and smart boxer
who used a left hand to advantage
in decisioning Frank Cordy of Niles,
Ohio.
Sweeney had a tough battle on his
hands before eliminating Alonzo
Karr of st. Louis, while Workman
punched out a decision over Gerald
Jackson of New York City.
-Four other District boys were
eliminated last night. Frank Tun-
still of Columbus decisioned Herbert
Jones in the first round of the 49,
pound classS, while Don King
Washington l12-pounder, won his
first round bout over Joe johnson
of New Orleans only to lose in the
second round on a split decision to
Jack Darhart of Kansas City. Joe
Failello of Pittsburgh defeated
Harry Ismer in the 126-pound Sec
ton, and Curtis Smith of st. Louis
topped Dave Staples at 135 pounds
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Petit, Barker Clash
For Squash Honors

Navy 1t. Walter Petit, top seeded
star from New York's Downtown
A. c., and Army Capt. Arthur
Barker, second on the favored list
and former National intercollegiate
champion, battled through to the
final bracket of the sixth annual
District AAU singles squash racquets
title tourney at tfA Central YMCA
yesterday. They meet for the cham
pionship at pm. tomorrow.
Petit attained the trophy round
through sizzling, four session victory
over Army 1t Pandia Ralli, local
University Club star, 16-15, 9-15,
15-10, 15-14, while Barker south
paved his way past Navy 1t. Paul
Sullivan, Pittsburgh entry, by the
handy margin. of 15-5, 15-1o,
f5-12.
! Ralli and Sullivan, seeded respec-
kively third and fourth, will clash
for No. 8 honors of the tourney
Immediately prior to the final.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
By the Associated Press.


BOSTON, April 1.-THE Mid
west has a comfortable numerical
edge today as the 80 survivors of
the opening day rounds of amateur
milling moved on toward the cli-
mactic semifinal battles of the
national AAU boxing champion
ships at Boston Garden.
Paced by the ever dangerous
Cleveland team, which has six of its
seven contestants in the semifinals,
the Midwest in all had Is represent
atives while the East presented the
nearest threat to its supremacy
with a total of II survivors of the
first day of the strenuous grind.
Oklahoma's three survivors, two
of them Indians, were the lone rep
resentatives of the Southwest, while
the South and Far West had one
survivor each to round out the
bracket or 80 which will be shaved
down to eight champions by the
end of tonight's "a bouts. Pairings
for tonight's battles were to be
made at noon today when the con-
testants appear for weighing in and
another physical examination.
Four of the Eastern representa-
tives hail from Washington, D. c..
Joe Cannon, lat pounds; Frank
Sweeney, 160; Richard Mutt, ITS
and Reno Workman, heavyweight
Mutt is in by virtue of two byes, but
the other boys had to put up good
scraps to earn places in tonight S
Semif1nal card of "a bouts. Par
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Chevy Chase Show !.
Will Open Season
BY LARRY LAWRENCE.


The local horse show season viii
be inaugurated at pm. next Sun
day at the Meadowbrook Saddle
Club grounds on the East-West
highway, when the Chevy Chase
Horse Show management viii offer
. program of u events to bring the
hunters, jumpers and fans out of
winter retirement.
The show grounds at Meadow
brook, with its fine grandstands and
arena, located in the Maryland ex-
tension of Rock Greek Park, has
one of the most beautiful settings
of any equestrian club in America
It's show ring, with its fine appoint
ments, is so popular with eXhib-
itors that, in combination with a
good card, large entry always is
expected from District, Maryland
and Virginia horsemen.
Five jumper classes are on the
program for the leapers-a handi-
cap jumper, open jumper. modified
Olympic, knock -down-and-out and
q touch-and-out.
Competition for the hunters is
furnished in seven classes-Working
hunter, road hack, green hunter
ladies hunter, hack and hunter
ladies working hunter and open
hunter.
Cash prizes and ribbons will be
awarded in each class, with tri-
colors to the hunter and jumper
champions.
For information regarding entries
call Mrs. Don Bradley, Ashton Alta
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Paq|iai Asks Permane
To Ride Derby Entry
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The feat of Apprentice Jockey
Bobby Permane in riding 10 winners
in the last four days of the Trop-
ical Park spring meeting brought
him Kentucky Derby bid yester-
day. Now at Jamaica, he received
telegram from Bruno Pagliai in
Mexico City asking him to ride
Don Jose H. in the Churchill Downs
classic May 6.
Permane, who arrived at Jamaica
on Sunday by airplane from Miami,
explained his success Of riding five
winners on each of three consecutive
days by saying, II was lucky, very
lucky" He had three mounts In
his first day at the New York track
and won the featured race with
Leaving, $3.50 favorite. He finished
third on the other two.
Racing folk still are talking of
Permane's unparalleled achieve
ment, which started last Wednesday.
Counting his three mounts at Ja-
maica yesterday, Permane now has
won 10 of 80 races in six consecutive
racing days. He was second three
times and third five times. The
other five times he was out of the
money,
Evening star., 1944-04-11

Matchmaker Gabe Menendez, who
makes the fight cards for Turner'S s
Arena, has another out-of town
fighter on his list now who supplies
enough action to warrant the GUS
toners coming to see him, and likely
he will make good use of him on fu-
ture programs. This crowd-pleaser
is Rocky Graziano, ~156-pound New
Yorker, who made his Washington
debut last night by chilling Bobby
Brown, District middleweight, in the
fifth round of a scheduled eight
heater.
It was one of those action-packed
suggests. Both boys were a bit
short on boxing, but long on throw
ing lots of punches and they went
at it at top speed from the word 60
They had the crowd of 1,270 in ar,
uproar Of approval as they mixed 1t
from all angles until the sudden, but
not unexpected, end. They fought
through a hot and even first round
but in the second Graziano showed
himself the stronger by rocking
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Chance Chandler, Bonhom May
Play for Time Buoys Yankees

serted Manager Bill McKechnie.
St. Louis Cardinals-Only bright
spot in st. Louis was arrival of Ted
.Wilks, Cardinal piacher. Inclement
weather curtailed workouts for both
Cards and Browns.
Pittsburgh Pirates-Infielder Pete
Coscarart expected to start third
season with team against Cleveland
at Indianapolis. Coscarart, who pre-
viously said he'd stick to war job at
Escondido, Calf, reported yester-
day.
Cleveland Indians-Three players
on casualty list: Mickey Rocco, with
foot injury incurred in volley ball
game; Joe Heving, struck on leg by
line drive in batting practice, and
Oris Hockett, with sprained shoul-
der.
Detroit Tigers-Team breaks camp
today at Evansville, Ind Six exhi-
bition games drew only 5,674 fans,
one-third of turnout for five games
a year ago. However, Tiger officials
said inclement weather cut crowds.
Brooklyn Dodgers-Bobby Bragan
who used to play shortstop for Phil
lies before turning to catching, may
play third for Dodgers this season
He reported yesterday and was
promptly put on the hot corner.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
ax the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Spud
Chandler and Ernie Bonham, who
between them pitched IS winning
games for the world champion New
York Yankees last year, will be back
with the Bronx Bombers when the
baseball season opens a week from
today.
The news that Chandler, who
won 20 and lost 4, and Bonham,
who won Is and lost 8, will rejoin
the team before the end of the week,
was tonic to Manager Joe Nc
Carthy. The 34-year-old Chandler
and the 30-year-old Bonham both
had been certified as acceptable for
military service. However, neither
has been called up, and under the
latest ruling of selective service,
restricting the drafting of those
older than 26, may be able to play
for a short time
Chandler, who turned in an
earned-run average of 164 as well
as 'peatlng the Cardinals twice IN
the World Series, is expected to
join the team tomorrow at either
Atlantic City or Plainfield, N. J
Bonham is expected to report
Thursday in New York.
Other major league news:
Chicago White Sox-Players told
they will have tomorrow off to &c
apartment hunting in Chicago.
Chicago Cubs-Five rockies tt
start against White Sox Thursday
Don Johnson, second base; Bill
Schuster, shortstop: Tony York
third base; Andy Pafko, center field
and Billy Holm, catcher. Bill Mich.
olson, slugging outfielder, expected
to bat third instead of cleanup.
Cincinnati Reds-Squad in "best
possible physical condition" as.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Will Battle Conn After War,
Louis Declares in London

Freddie Mills, which British sports
fans were anxious to see.
Il want to meet Mills socially
while am here" Joe said, however,
because think I had better size
him up. You never can tell"
Louis stripped to the waist and
went two rounds with his long time
sparring partner, George Nicholson,
survivor of more than 20 Louis
camps and 1000 rounds with the
champ. Then the champ stepped
two minutes with Tommy Ireland,
local 48-year-old heavyweight, whose
opponents have included Primo
Camera and Mike McTigue. Ireland
weighed in" at pudgy $40 pounds.
Soldiers packed every inch of the
room in the enlisted mems club.
Some stood on chairs. Others, un-
able to get down the stairway,
climbed in windows. Ireland poked
a snappy left jab at Louis nose
four or five times as the GIs laughed.
Joe weighed 215, 10 pounds over
his best fighting weight. He said he
had benefited from his exhibition
tour of United States camps. He is
slated to take in both British and
American bases in the United King
dom and then will probably swing
into the Mediterranean theater.
Louis was greatly impressed by
the blackout in London. II wondered
who took the lampposts away" he
grinned. When he was asked If he
had lost any of his ability, Nichol-
son put in: "If he has, don't feel
it."
British sports writer's were as in
terested as the soldiers at seeing
the champ in action. When an off,
Ger indicated he might show his
stuff only for the soldiers, the
scribes were voluble in their disap-
pointment. Writers eventually were
advised it would be arranged for
them RI watch tho champ
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Allen and Hughes Top
In Basket Shooting

Top honors in yesterdays basket
shooting contest at Edgewood Play
ground were copped by Joe Allen in
the 14-year-and-under division and
Johnny Hughes in the 17-and-unde
group.
Allen Gagged his goals in 13 at
tempts, with Buddy OKeefe second
and Jim PLACING third. Hughes
tossed goals in 13 tries with Charlie
Bassford second and Whitley Gibson
third
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Young No-Hit, No-Run
Hur|er Isn't Eager
To Enter Majors
BY the Associated Press.


NEW ORLEANS, April IL
There's curly-haired schoolboy
pitcher down here who has trained
a regulation baseball to travel in
such a curly fashion that nobody's
been able to officially hit it this
season.
In two starts for Holy Cross High
School the slim, 6-foot Dick Gala
han has come through with hitless
runless jobs. Only one batsman has
been able to bump the ball out of
the infield. Twenty-six batsmen
failed to touch it, which is to say
they whitfield.
The 20-year-old Callahan's Sue
cess recipe:
II just try to figure the man I'm
|pitchin' to; I've been awfully lucky,
too."
At any rate, the Callahan luck is
consistent.
Last year he won 10 and lost none
boosting his Holy Cross buddies into
the city championship, tanning 18
batters in one contest.
The youngster has fast ball that
squlrts over the plate like a jet
driven aspirin tablet and he mixes
this was a sharp sliding curve. Be-
cause Callahan is singularly hard
to hit, it has reached the point
where fans of opposing teams
sheepishly applaud batsmen who get
foul strikes off him.
Following last season he went into
the Navy, but was invalidated home
recently when an old knee injury
began acting up" His coach,
George Digby, says, however, that
certain big league scouts are not
alarmed at the condition of the
knee and that they are eager to sign
Callahan.
Dicks current interest in going
upstairs to the big show is on the
wan side. He intends to finish
school "and maybe put in hitch
at some college"
Digby thinks he's a better pros
pect than was Howard Pollet, an
other New Orleans youngster who
landed with the st. Louis Cardinals
and became a star,
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Par II by Ga||etta
Best in Ms. Golf
By the Associated Press.


P1NEHURST, N. c., April Ii
The opening round of the 44th
North and South amateur golf tour
nament today sent Nal Galletta Of
st. Adams, N. Y, the medalist,
|against Richard Bowles, jr., of the
Cherry Valley Club, Long Island,
N. Y.
Galletta led field of "a yesterday
with par Y. Bowles had a 78.
Other pairings and qualifying
scores: .a ......
S. B. Gardiner, Plandome Long Island
CD VS.. It. John De Pierre, New Rochelle,
n. Y. Gg); 1t. 9. g. Alfred Keck, Phila.
sSsss5;toyRI sSsTs5; "a. Needless sr RI! nj
Randolph. jr.,- Point Judith, r. l., l39-40
I'D; Peter Ladislaw, Llandome. (74) VS..
Sam Graham, Greenwich, Conn, 900;
George McAllister, Spartanburg. s. c., (7S)
VS.. Robert Shreve, Elizabeth, N. j.. (7S);
r. Q. Stranahan, Toledo, Ohio (G6) VS..
Stedman Tinker. Columbus, Ohio, (S0),
and Jim Fownes, Pittsburgh, Pa, (75) VS..
Pfc. Alex Thomas, Pittsburgh, (S0).
Ryerson and DR.. Surgent were
tied for last place in the qualifying
round and had to play of for the
place.
Evening star., 1944-04-11

they'll be in serious trouble in
their homeland, Cabre said.
Chattanooga has nine Cubans
on its roster. Pitcher Leonardo
Golcoechea, 1nfielder Hectero
Arago and Catcher Joe Lopez
have shown we'll in practice.
Two Cuban infelders, Mario
Fajo and Ernesto Estevez, have
wired President Earl Mann of
Atlanta that they planned to re-
Dort this week
Evening star., 1944-04-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 11.-Sergt. Joe
Louis, who is in Great Britain to
give series of morale building ex-
hibitions for American CTS, de-
clared today he plans to fight again
after the war, with Billy Conn as
his opponent.
II have set no age limit for when
to retire." the heavyweight cham
pien said. II am planning to fight
Conn after the war, because since
titles are frozen for the duration,
positions such as the No. l chal-
lenger also should be frozen, and
Billy is it."
Louis, who wound up his first
press conference with an exhibition
"go" before 800 cheering soldiers,
declared there was no chance of
his taking on British Champion
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Basket Rules Changes
Scored as Too Great
Burden on Referees
By the Associated Pres

.
CHICAGO, April 11.-He didn't
exactly say so, but one Of these days
Nick Kearns, veteran cage Official,
may decide to picket the National
Basket Ball Committee as unfair to
organized land unorganized) ref
erees."
Kearns, who has referred Big Ten
games for more than 20 years, was
outspoken today in denouncing
the committees recent rules changes
allowing player five instead Of
four personal fouls a game and out
lawing so-called goal tending by
tall boys.
Kearns fumed that the new regu.
lations place too heavy burden on
officials. I'm the last few years."
he went on, coaches already had
doctored the rules so as to put 90
per cent of the burden of game on
officials. Now they've gone ahead
and raised 1t to 800 per cent"
Filing a bill of particulars, he
added that the five foul rule would
encourage teams with a plentitude
OF players to foul with abandon. In
anticipation he warned fellow ref
erees to be prepared for an extreme
ly busy season of whistle footing,
with an accompanying increase in
razzberries from fans.
That's bad enough" said Nick,
"but infinitely worse Is the prospect
Of deciding whether q ball has begun
its downward fight when grabbed
by defending player near his
basket.
If the ball has begun its down.
ward arc and apparently is headed
for the net when caught, it is up to
the official to award a field goal to
the player making the shot.
"You can imagine the howls that
will bring from stands in a close
game"
Kearns charged that coaches adj
vocated the new rule because they
don't know how to weave a defense
for man more than 6 feet 2, SO
they decided to penalize height.
I'm what other sport Is a lads
God-given ability penalized?" he
asked belligerently.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Cuban Players in Dixie Planning to Go Home

with Chattanooga, said they
probably would return home be-
fore the season is we'll under
way.
Henry Cabre, spokesman, ex-
planned that all of them-With
the exception of l7-year old Ar
mando Roche-were registered
for the draft in Cuba. If they
register here and report and then
fail to answer a call in Cuba
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Costly TuIso Golf Club
To Be Sold at Auction
By the Associated Press,

by IHE ASSOClHItO PresS.
TULSA, Okla, April Ii The
$3.50 600 Oakhurst Country Club, its
membership reduced from 500 to less
than 100 since the war started, will
be sold Wednesday at a sheriff S auc-
ton at the Sapulpa Courthouse.
In addition to its 18-hole grass
greens course, Oakhurst has a S105,-
900 club building, a large swimming
pool and spacious picnic grounds for
members. 1t covers 312 acres.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Girls SoftboII League
In Need of Teams

The District will get a new girls
softball league when team repre-
sentatives meet at the Southeast
Boys Club, Seventeenth street and
Massachusetts, avenue Sc, tomor-
row night at 7:30.
Already entered in the league are
the Merrick, Southeast and Eastern
girls and representatives of other
teams are invited to the meeting.
Evening star., 1944-04-11

BY the AbSOCIaJeO PTeSS.
ATLANTA, April lit be-
gins to look as if there won't be
many Cuban baseball players
around Southern Association
parks when the 1914 season
opens the latter part of this
month.
The situation grows out of
new regulations requiring Latin
American baseball players to reg
lister for the American draft or
leave for home by June IL.
A group of Cubans, trying out