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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03
Button In First World War
What Happened Here Twenty-Five Years Ago This Week

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gratz and
family visited Sunday in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Delmo RAIDER and
some Blaine at LaSalle, Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gratz did
not return Sunday and are visiting
other places farther north in Mich
igan.
Mrs. Jonathan Phillips and daugh-
ter are at present making their
home with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. NJ. Wynkoop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Suter and Mr..
and Mrs. William Brotham visited
relatives in Toledo Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Schumacher
and SON Arthur and Miss Bertha
Diller attended the funeral services
of their niece Mrs. Rosalind (Diller)
Bracht of Ft. Wayne, Ind, on Sat
urday afternoon. Mrs. Braeht was
instantly killed last Thursday after
noon, at Lake James, Ind, by
falling tree where she and her
husband Ed Bracht and son Neal
were spending their vacation.
Mrs. Elmer Diller, south of the
st John church underwent an opera
ton last Thursday morning at the
Community hospital at Bluffton. She
is recovering nicely.
Word has been received by Mr..
and Mrs. Waldo Diller of Lima
Route 5 of the assignment of their
son, Emerson, S &c to a San Diego
hospital corps school.
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Settlement

Harold Biel who resides in the Mrs.
'arah Althaus property will move to
Lafayette this month where he is an
instructor in the schools.
Jacob Habeggar of Berne, Ind, is
visiting in the home of his daughter
and their families. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Amstutz and Mr.. and Mrs. For
rest Kessler.
A large representation of young
people of the Mennonite church of
this locality spent Sunday at Berne,
attending the Ohio-Indiana Young
Peoples Conference.
Abraham Sommer is staying at
the home of Lloyd Basinger while
they are visiting at Mountain Lake,
Minnesota.
Thrashing will soon be over in
this vicinity. Wheat yields have
been good while oats has not pro-
duced a high average per acre,
however the quality of the grain is
excellent.
While Wilbur Neill was cleaning
up fence rows one day last week and
attempting to burn the refuse, the
fire very rapidly spread across a
stubble field directly toward the
farm buildings and would have soon
done devastating work had it not
been for the group of men who were
thrashing on nearby farm who
came to Mr.. Neill's assistance.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Steiner con-
Quoted a singspiration service at
Belleville, Michigan, Sunday evening.
Rev. Aubrey Henderson is pastor
of this congregation. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Schneck accompanied them and
remained in the home of their
Rev. and Mrs. Henderson for an
extended visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brabham of
Baton Rogue, Louisiana are visiting
relatives here at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar Gratz and sons
Arthur and Allen, Mr.. and Mrs.
irwin HiIty, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Bridenbaugh and son Dale, Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Gratz and son Clare,
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Lafayette

Rev. D. Fl. Bucks of Minneapolis,
Mimi, visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
Adam and friends.
Mrs. Mollie Allerding, Mrs. Mild
red Hefner and daughter Kay of
Columbus were Wednesday guests of
Mrs. Jennie Eversole.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. F. Hall and sons
of Lima, Miss Linda Fitsgerald of
Cassodose, Michigan were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Hall.
Mrs. Amy Barringer of Ada was a
Sunday guest of Mr.. L. E. Burk-
heimer.
Mrs. Kathryn Smith and daughter
have gone to Columbus, Georgia to
make their home.
Members of the Methodist church
gave a farewell for Mr.. and Mrs. J..
7. Matz who are leaving this COM
munity.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Hall of Lima
were Wednesday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Hall.
Several from this community at
tended the Fett reunion at Schonover
park, Sunday.
Miss Ruth Alice Thompson of
Lima is spending a week with Mr..
and Mrs. Durance Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Watt of Lima,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Jennings of
Bluffton were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. 7. Fleming.
Mr.. U. C. Thompson of Harding
highway spent Sunday with his son,
Dorance Thompson.
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Area Conference
Called Here For
Fire Protection
Continued from page y
always available for the pumper.
One Pumper Now

always available for the pumper.
One Pumper Now
Bluffton at present has only one
motorized pumper and local officials
say they are not justified in letting
it go outside the corporation as this
leaves the town without adequate
fire protection.
Altho this has been done in the
past because additional equipment
could not be obtained, there is con-
siderable pressure to discontinue that
practice. Unless surrounding dis
tricts are willing to participate in
the cost of expanding Buttons fire
department, out-of-town runs by
motorized equipment necessarily will
have to be curtailed.
In addition to its motorized 500
gallon pumper, the town has a 500
gallon motor driven pumper furnish
ed by the Civilian defense admins
tration two years ago, but there is
no means of getting it to a fire
unless it is pulled by a truck. 1t
has never been used inasmuch as
there are no means of transporting
it to the scene of a fire.
Buttons present fire truck was
purchased in 1928, and in the 16
intervening years many changes have
been made in design and equipment
that makes the present pumper
considerably outmoded.
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NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF MARCH 16, 1916

was made to have English services
every three weeks.
Mrs. Edwin Diller was given a
miscellaneous shower on her birth
day anniversary, March 7th.
Twenty five young folks gathered
at the home of Huldah Augsburger
to remind the young lady of her
10Th birthday anniversary.
Andrew GRATIS have taken a small
boy from the orphans home.
Charles Jenkins is confined to his
home after running a nail into his
foot.
James Dray and Hazel returned
from a two weeks visit with friends
in the eastern part of the state.
Gideon Locher the newly appointed
postmaster received his commission
last Thursday and will take direct
charge of the office the last of the
month.
Dan Neuenschwander traded his
house and barns near the city hall
to James McElroy for his 120 acre
farm in Orange Twp.
James Coon, Albert and Carey
Niswander can be seen riding around
in new Ford cars.
The roof on the Jesse Montgomery
barn was blown off in the recent
wind storm. The roof sailed clear
across the road. Later the poultry
house roof was also blown off.
The new officers of the Epworth
League of the Mennonite Church are:
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The folotoiag article IS con-
tributed by Charles Ty1pplehorn,
specialist on reptilia, sohose Sat
urdag night exhibits Of snakes
IN the BluFton Nescs aot,do'o
hare attracted much attention.
EDITOR
Truth is stranger than fiction.
This is proven once again by the
true story of the hog-nose snake.
Far more interesting than the
ridiculously impossible milk snake
myth and other such stories is this
true one of the most whole-hearted
buffer in the reptilian world.
The hog-nose is not large, seldom
attaining a yard in length. Its
snout is pointed in manner unlike
any other species, hence its name
'hog-nose".
The snout itself should make this
snake unique, but its strange per
formance given when first captured
far overshadows its physical appear
ance.
Here is a resume of its little
routine:
Act THE snakes first impulse is
to retreat, but this often is impos-
sible, So
Act 2-He assumes an altogether
different character, fattens his head
like a cobra, Kisses sharply and
strikes repeatedly, exhibiting forti-
tude overshadowing that of the rat
tiers and old world vipers-in fact
it would make the moccasin look
meek in comparison.
Most intruders greet this seeming,
ly genuine display of temper by
beating a hasty retreat or promptly
killing the snake. If one teases
this snake for a short time until he
sees he is not frightening anyone
he goes into
Act 3-The snake goes into con
WILSON'S, writhing as if in grea
agony, thrashes violently with itt
tail, opens its mouth and hangs ou
its tongue and then rolls over OF
its back dead.
1t can then be picked up anc
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Pleasant Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Forkner of
Lima and Mrs. Forkner's mother of
Columbus were Sunday afternoon
callers of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mef-
ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Basinger
and daughter called Sunday after
noon on Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wine
gardner and family of Harrod.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Dardio were
Thursday evening callers in the Ly-
man Barnes home.
Sarah Oates and son Don, Claribel
Owens, Dale Owens and son Tom
my and Mrs. Mary Tullis called
Sunday afternoon on Lille Fett and
Nellie Huber. Mrs. Ortan Stratton
called Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Coulter and daughters
Martha and Priscilla who have been
at Mansfield, are spending Monday
and Tuesday in the Cleo Garauo
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Faze had as
their Sunday evening dinner guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Welty and
daughter Marjorie.
Mrs. Ralph Hover and little
daughter Marie spent the weekend
in the c. NJ. Gleason home. Sunday
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. C. H
Zahrend of West Minister. Callers
during the week were Mrs. Pau
Faze and children, Sarah Oates anC
son Don, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Huber. Danny Gleason returned
home with his grandparents for &
| week.
Friday evening callers in the Ray
mond Stratton home were Mr.. anc
Mrs. Bill Edwards and Mr.. and Mrs
Morris Bell of Columbus Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen anC
family called Sunday evening OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Lung, ant
daughter.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Arthur Phillips were Harolt
Younkman and family and Altol
Younkman and family.
Jane and Cleola Zimmerman spen
Friday afternon with 10 Am
Barnes.
Lille Fett, Mr.. and Mrs. Rober
Hess and family attended the Fet
reunion held Sunday in Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Jennings
and son were Sunday dinner guest:
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fleming
of Lafayette. Sunday evening they
called on Clara Jennings of Beaver
dam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winston Jenning.
and son were guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Chidester.
Robert Ross of Harrisonburg, Va.
visited Sunday at the home of S. R
Blosser and S. S. DiIler.
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At the home of the brides parents
in Westerville, DR.. Melville D. Soash
and Miss Lena Sapp were quietly
married Saturday morning at 1C
o'clock.
Albert Balmer has purchased the
Murray meat market and will con-
tinue the business.
Clair Boothby left for Toledo to
start work in the Overland factory.
Memo Bixel the Ford salesman
sold his last Overland last week to
Noah Byers.
Eli Motter returned from Toronto,
Ontario where he purchased very
fine speciman to add to his herd of
Shorthorn cattle.
Grover Hummon has secured the
agency for the Elcar automobile.
Mildred and Olive Stratton,
Thomas Koontz and Gilbert Mann
attended the boys and girls con-
gress at Findlay as delegates from
the Olive Branch Sunday school.
We are glad to hear that Cloyce
Kidd has taken under his arm of
protection one of the fair damsels
of the Rockport vicinity, Miss Lola
Cook.
Prof. Noah Byers filled the pulpit
of the Presbyterian church at Rock
port last Sunday.
That English services are in de-
mand in part at the St. Johns Men
MONTE Church was decided Sunday
by a vote of Is to lot. A decision
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President, Vera Rogers; sec'y, Bonnie
Steiner.
Mrs. Estelle Greding has been
elected to the Ohio Chapter of Phi
Epsilon Omicron, an honorary home
economics society.
Mrs. William Althaus was pleas
antly pleased on her birthday an
niyersary by receiving a shower of
handkerchiefs from her many friends.
DIR. H. B. Ford attended the con-
vention of the Toledo Dental Society.
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meet in the home of Mrs. Ella
Howell, Thursday afternoon, Aug. 10.
Mrs. Olive Zimmerly will be program
leader. The election Of officers will
be held at this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz and
daughters spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Badertscher
of RichLand Center.
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HARVEST LOANS. Any farmer who needs
extra cash perhaps 800 :. get it
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cost of only 1925. Use this handy money
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to $1,000
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Phone 1851
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-26

1t has been revealed that the
Presidents plane on his trip to
Cairo and Teheran was an Army
transport of the DC4 type, big
four-engine Douglas, capable of car
rying fifty passengers. Churchill
has a luxurious airliner specially
built for the Prime Minister But
the President rides in whatever
equipment the Army can provide
at the moment.
Otis Bryan, the man who flew
Roosevelt's plane, says the Presi-
dent is "a marvellous traveller; he
ate the K rations like the rest of
US, and demanded no special atten-
ton"
Bryan, a vice president of TWA,
is one of the first four-engine pi-
lots in the world. He also piloted
the Presidents plane on the over
land parts of the Casablanca trip.
The oversee legs of that trip were
in a American clipper.
Copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, IncD
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Invasion Censorship
Washington POST

Never has military undertaking received so
much publicity our projected invasion OF Europe.
Had we wished to do So could scarcely have kept
it secret. Millions of men and the manifold equip
ment of modern cannot be moved across an
ocean without creating something of stir. Making
virtue of necessity therefore, accompanied our
preparations with feints and fanfare and used them
to play hob with the enemy's nerves. The Nazis as
well we, have been waiting for the invasion for n
long, anxious time.
But now that the hour draws closer, it be-
comes necessary to take precautions against giving
away to the enemy details as to the time and place
and disposition of forces Clearly in the interests
of military security careful form OF censor
ship is in order for coming out of England our
great island invasion base To this end the staff of
American military censors in England has recently
been doubled And the Americans it is reported, are
pressing British censorship officials to tighten up
their restrictions dispatches Correspondents
in London have already begun to complain about
bowdlerization of their stories.
Complaints are on two grounds. First that CEN
sorship is carried out by army officers without news
paper experience Second that military security is
employed as an excuse for censoring material without
defining what is meant by security. No newspaper
man wants to publish information which might in
any way endanger the safety of our troops or the
effectiveness of the attack they plan to launch His
business however, is to give the public at home as
full understanding possible OF the progress and
meaning of events. To our mind this is important
business. If it is not accomplished the vital goals
toward which military victories only pave the way
may be attained
The need, obviously, is to achieve censorship
which will take into account, and strike a proper
balance between, the military need for secrecy and
the popular need for information The two are by
no means irreconcable They have been reconciled
with fairness and effectiveness by the civilian Office
of Censorship in Washington. civilian, it seems
to us-especaily one trained in the ways of journal
ism-can do this job better than military officer
whose attention is focused only one facet OF the
problem The ideal civilian for the job in judg
ment is Byron Price. He has guarded the security
of the armed forces zealously and carefully At the
time he has stoutly upheld the interest of the
general public by facilitating the transmission of news
to which a democratic people entitled Admin
stration of the invasion censorship problem by Byron
Price would enhance the American pubc's confidence
in and respect for the Army's candor
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-26
20 YEARS AGO { + on EMPIRE
JANUARY 2e, 1924


day
mposs this time.
the previous
Gray
Codova
shipment which turned Charles
released the
the a
Company who
a
States, returned here the steamer Alaska
Welman Hobook, had
vacation their Holbrook
was
Quicker representing Edmonds Shoe Company the
Ketchkan
Wealth report:
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HOLDING REINS ON PRICES

Secretary OF Labor Frances Perkins reports that
living costs according the Bureau of Labor index,
rose only threea half percent in 1943 compared
with nine percent rise in 1912 and 10 percent climb
in l94l
If this is accurate, the record is remarkable in
view of the fact that the money in consumer hands
has grown by billions due to deficit war financing
and consumer goods have become more than scarce.
The bureaus figures testify to the value of price
control and rationng to the willingness of retail
ers to heed to the danger signals of initiation.
Some people will doubt protest that official
living figures do not present true picture of the
situation and it is true enough that prices on some
articles have reached exorbitant levels especially in
the semi luxury and luxury items. But all in all It
appears that the American people have been well
supplied, and at reasonable prices with the
necessities and little more. Some have suffered
inadequate housing and rent gougng, but rents
have been kept at reasonable levels generally.
There many examples of consumer fostered
profieering which disgusting to those who have
been trying to cooperate in the fight against initiation
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-26
JUNEAU MAN NOW
MARITIME ENSIGN

NEP TU NE BEACH, Alameda
Calf, = Two hundred brand new
Ensigns have graduated from the
U. S. Maritime Service Officers
School, prepared to help sail the
new merchant ships now sliding
down the ways at the rate of five
a day.
After passing examinations for
their licenses, the new officers re-
ceived their graduation certificates
from Commander A. G.. Ford, US.
Mr..
In order to qualify for entrance
the men had at least fourteen
months of sea experience They will
ship out as Third Mates or Third
Assistant Engineers in the Ameri-
can Merchant Marine.
Included in the graduating class
was Lynn G.. johnson of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-26

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
That on January 18th, 1914. in the
Commissioners Court for Juneau
Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska, Jorgen
P. Christensen was appointed ex-
ecutor of the estate of Carl Eng
strom, deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against said estate are
required to present them, with veri-
fled vouchers as required by law to
said executor, at the office of his
attorney Howard D. Stabler, in the
Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska,
within six months from the date of
the first publication of this notice.
JORGEN P. CHRISTENSEN,
Executor.
First publication. Jan. rs, 1914
Last publication, Feb. 16, 1914
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GEORGIA SLAVES POLL TAX

1t hasn't made headlines, but the
quiet work of Georgias efficient
Governor Arnall toward eliminat-
ing the Georgia poll tax is being
carefully studied here Without any
fanfare, Governor Arnall has just
about eliminated the tax in a State
which has been welded to it since
the Civil War.
What the Georgia Governor did
first was to remove the poll tax
on people over Coon the ground
that they had paid all their lives
and should not be asked to pay any
more.
Then he got the legislature to
eliminate the tax on younger vot
ers tGeorgians begin voting at the
age of 49, on the ground that they
didn't have much money and could
not afford to pay a poll tax.
Then he got the tax eliminated
for members of the Army, Navy,
Marines and other services.
Thus, gradually. very large seq
ment Of the Georgia population has
been relieved of paying the poll
tax, and it should be only a brief
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erican industry as it has today
through WPB.
WPB moguls are at SKIES and
sevens over it. Most of the dollar
a-year men follow the thesis not
only of business as usual, but bust
ness as it used to be. They want
to freeze everything.
But some WPBers point to the
tremendous number of inventions
affecting postwar goods, argue
that refrigerators, for instance, will
be made out of plastics, and that
it will be unfair and unhealthy for
the nation to freeze production in
postwar lines.
The American system of free
competition never was needed more
than now, they argue, and big bust
ness, even though penalized mo-
mentarily, has the overwhelming
edge in funds, technical genius, and
plant equipment to catch up with
little business even if the latter
does get a head start now.
Meanwhile, all types Of business
are straining at the leash, awaiting
the signal to dash into peacetime
production, very much as the land
settlers awaited the gun to stake
out claims in the old Oklahoma
territory.
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NO HALFWAY INITIATION

Economic Stabilizer Vinson had
an off-the record meeting with
members of the Senate Banking
and Currency Committee the other
day which threw significant light
on the subsidy initiation fight.
Minnesota's Senator Ball, Repub-
lican, urged that Vinson consider
Senator Aikens proposal of food
stamps, by which people with fixed
incomes would get stamps similar
to those issued in WPA relief days
and would be able to buy their
food cheaper. Others not receiving
fixed incomes would have to pay
higher prices.
Judge Wilson'S reaction to this
plan was instantaneous.
do you want me TO put every
wife OF soldier or Army officer
in the category of a pauper Sena-
tor?' he said They all have fixed
incomes. SO do school teachers, po-
iANSiAt2lt ltN1lASlls anu et14 CITY dlll
government officials. But they are
not paupers I'm sure you would be
the last to have them declared so. -
Then Senator Danaher. Connect
cut Republican, spoke up and asked
if there wasn't some compromise
that could be worked out regarding
sterilization.
What I'm trying to do" replied
Judge Vinson, is carry out the
program you gentlemen passed in
Congress. You voted for stabilize
ton. If you have Sterilization, you
don't have it for some and not for
others. There is no such thing as
halfway sterilization. You can't
compromise. Either you keep the
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HOROSCOPE
"The stars incline
but do not compel"
THURSDAY. JANUARY 81

THURSDAY, JANUARY 81
Benefic influences But there is
a sign interpreted as indicating dis
appointing news from the Pacific.
HEART AND HOME: Women are
we'll directed by the stars; addition
al successes in government service
and war industries will come their
way. Care of the health is empha-
sized.
BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Winter
transportation difficulties will re-
tard many lines of business. Freight
may pile up in railway centers, de-
laying vast quantities of supplies ct
Atlantic and Pacific ports.
NATIONAL ISSUES. Axis pro-
paganda, purposely accentuating
racial MISUNDERSTANDING, will at
feet the Negro housing problems.
Poll tax discussions in Congress
will fan flames of discomfort.
INTERNATIONAL FLAIR S:
The British Empire, last political
evidence of the Piscean period, will
undergo great changes. The Amer
lean continent is to become the
focal point in the course of civili-
zation Canada and the colonies,
too, will gain greatly in prestige.
IF 1T IS YOUR BIRTHDAY:
You should not make any changes
in business. Love affairs will pros
per. Children born today will prob
ably be artistic.
Copyright, 1944)