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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-12
CHAPTER TX

Mr.. Wrinkle peered at him through
his glasses and blinked. He had seen
the Army work other wonders, even
on himself, but never miracle like
this. That's all right" he muir
INJURED.
II suppose" Freddie went on.
"I'm responsible for you being
called Pop too"
Il don't mind" Mr.. Winkle as
sured him. In fact, I rather like
it"
Me" said Mr.. Tinker, 81 don't
believe it. It's somebody else pre-
tending to be him."
Hes reformed character" !"
Jack agreed
Freddie looked at the bar. "Pm
not SO reformed l won't buy every
body a drink
Over their glasses, in the noisy
bar, Freddie explained how he had
come to see the light. He was ar
ticulate about it.
''The kid here did it," he said,
indicating Jack. when figure the
Army made him almost up to lick
ing me, I thought it must have
something. Even for me. / got a
look at myself, I mean, what I had
been. I didn't even like my mus
tache."
What about the Alphabet Mr..
Winkle inquired.
''He isn't so bad" Freddie an
swered. when you get to know
him."
"You seer" Jack asked. Hes
got the right attitude. OF course,
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CHAPTER I: wnbert winkle. -. pro-
prietor OF the Fixit repair shop, located
In the alley back Of his home, Ii notified
by his draft board that he is In la. he
breaks the bad news TO his wife. Amy.
and marches of to work without kiss.
Ing her goodby.
CHAPTER III: He opens his shop the
following morning. his imagination work.
ing overtime. A bullet had just sped
through his body: he found himself dy.
ing In some strange. foreign land.
"reportographer" from the Evening
Standard calls to take his picture and
get his story. and the next day his picture
appears on the front page under the
headline. Wrinkle Proud to Fight
CHAPTER III: Telephone calls of com.
miseration pour in. The Pettigrews drop
in that evening. Mrs. Pettigrew weeps
over her son. Jack, who Ia being called.
Mr.. Westcott. next door neighbor says:
'n you're the kind of q soldier we're
going to have. God help us" Mr. Winkle
makes out his win and tacks q sign read
ing CLOSED" over his shop. Amy
packs his bag and includes q pair OF
rubbers.
CHAPTER Nv: Mrs. Wrinkle confdes
her worries. She fears Wilbert might
get interested In other women. He prom
ises to send her q post card IL he does.
Amy and Mr.. Winkle drive to the draft
board. A fellow draftee calls him Pop"
The draft board members shake his
hand. Mr. Wrinkle takes his place at the
head Of the draft parade. and marches
of behind the band.
CHAPTER v: Mr.. Winisle kisses Amy
goodby at the bus station and Is of 10
the wars. On arrival at camp. he 10
given his army physical and is ashamed
OF his skinny physique. He Is stin count.
ing on his dyspepsia to save him. He 10
passed along from doctor TO doctor while
his spirits sag.
CHAPTER vi: To his utter dismay.
Mr.. winkle Is accepted by the army and
takes the oath of enlistment. He gets
his dog tags and so many shots" he
cannot remember what they all are for.
He is sent to Camp Squibb. a thousand
miles from home. where he meets Mr..
Tinker, a plumber-a man Of his own
age. They become very friendly.
CHAPTER vn: Mr.. Tinker tells Mr..
Wrinkle that he wants to get just one Jap,
Win MS nAnuS, 10 dNenBG his hiu O1uluSAs
killed at Midway. Any more that he
gets win be gravy" Mr.. Winkle gets
KIP and some bayonet practice. He for.
gets to take his pills for three days
straight and realizes he has no further
need for them. His first day on the range
comes along. but he only plows UP the
ground.
CHAPTER vIH: Mr.. Wrinkle Is called
before his superior officer and told about
the new regulations. Being over 80 he
can get q discharge If he wants 1t. He
said he would like to stay in the army.
and is recommended for motor mechan-
les school, Mr.. Tinker is classified the
same. but is unhappy about It, He says
he is not In the army to be nursemaid to
a jeep. Mr.. Wrinkle is given lesson in
locating the trouble In a combustion en-
gine. according to army procedure.
Mr.. Wrinkle takes a short cut. adjusts
the carburetor, and gets bawled out.
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ortho stratton and James Watkins

ortho Stratton and James Watkins
are among the selectees who leave for
induction camp, October 10th.
Union prayer services at Olive
Branch church, Thursday evening.
Callers the past week at the Ami
Nonnamaker home were Mrs. Jane
Bender, son Vance and daughter Alice
of Jenera; Lucinda Koontz, Mrs. Hen
ry Koontz, son Robert, Chas. Nonna-
maker, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hamilton
and daughter Betty, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Nonnamaker, sons Dean
and Ralph, Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. King
ler, daughter Marilyn and son How
ard, Mrs. Arthur Nonnamaker and
daughter Kaye.
Mrs. Howard Stauffer of Bluffton
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
Emmaline Nonnamaker.
A large number from this commun-
ity attended the fair at Ottawa last
week.
Mrs. Claude Christman, daughters
Rose and Nancy, son Edgar of Findlay
and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Nonnamaker
and daughter Kaye called on Mr.. and
Mrs. M. J. Stratton, Sunday evening.
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IfQRyICTOKfI

Geo. Rauenbuhler who is in the army
quartermaster's depot at Mira Iona,
California, former Triplett employe
here. From this point many of the
supplies are shipped to the South
Pacific war area. She says that the
Mira Iona depot could accommodate
fifty Triplett plants with space to
spare. And Mrs. Ferguson adds
that personnel at the depot are we'll
acquainted with Triplett instruments
which goes to show that this is a
small world.
Comes word from Don Smucker.
pastor of the First Mennonite church
Of Wadsworth, informing us of the
fact that there is quite a sizable COL
ony of exhibition college people in
and around that eastern Ohio To-
cality. There's A. ]. Krabill, bank
cashier who graduated from Bluffton
college about forty years ago under
the Hirschy regime and his wife,
the former Rilla Rickert, a student
here about that time. Others are
Ruth Zepp Allen, niece of Mrs. E. ].
Hirschler; Vida Krabill Daniels.
Milo Lind, Lester Wurgler, Jake and
Marge Fretz. Former Bluffton stu
dents members of Don's church but
absent in the service or working ele-
where include: Lyle Strubhar and
Verna krabill Strubhar, Jack Nc
Laughlin and his wife the former
Betty Molyneaux (Jack is in the
Army at Salt Lake City,; Elida
Yoder Beer, orlo Springer lin the
Pacific war theatre with the Navy;
Vernon and Lily Bachman Springer
now in the Belgian Congo mission
work. Also there are Melvin and
Harriet Scheid Krabill, Donovan
King and Wade Shook, the latter two
being in the armed service.
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Eirose

Rally Day was observed at the Olive
Branch church, Sunday. Dinner was
served at the Black school house, fol-
lowed by program in the afternoon.
James Gallant of Bucyrus spent the
week end at the ]. r. Fisher home.
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Oen1a<soI

Coming this week-Friday the
18th, playing a one day and night
stand in Bluffton no, we try
not to be superstitious-bu never
theiess we always did hate to walk
under a ladder =. and just before
Halloween and the black cat sea-
son =. and high school getting all
set for a big Halloween party for
everybody from 7th grade to seniors
and Christmas packages for
overseas service men flooding the
post office to beat the Saturday
night deadline death of Albert
Lora, one of the original incorpor-
ators of the Bluffton Manufacturing
company recalls the days forty
years ago when the cream separator
business started Bluffton on its car
eer as an industrial town-at least
three concerns making separators
here-the Diller and Arras compan-
les besides the Bluffton and hap
py birthday to Mrs. Neil Duffman
who has received a years gift
subscription to the Bluffton News
from her twin sister, Mrs. Arthur
Lewis and Bluffton youngsters
regaling themselves on oranges from
crates broken open in the Nickel
Plate wreck last week-those oranges
disappeared like magic until rail
road men arrived to round up what
remained for salvage &. heard the
other day that Lloyd Murray is
Bluffton's oldest native born resi-
dent /. and that Dode and Missus
Murray who celebrated their 55th
wedding anniversary last summer
are the oldest couple who were mar
ried in Blutfton 3. and Paul Det-
wiler erstwhile Bluffton dairyman
now with Dun & Bradstreets To-
ledo office says he likes his new
job and speaking of dairying
now you can get homogenized milk
if you know what that is and
farmers objecting more and more to
Sunday sales of fruit and produce
and prediction of a large food
surplus next year together with help
shortage isn't boosting the fall wheat
acreage . and Herb Siefeld, form
er Bluffton baker now at Pines res
taurant still bakes lots of cookies
and since the dismantled Sic
field bakery has been turned into
living quarters, we don't know of
single vacant business room in town
except Tufy Swank's barbershop
which he will open after the dura-
tion.
Myron Motter, whose row of cot
ton plants in his South Main street
garden has been attracting much
attention placed one of the stalks
in the News window. The bolls have
burst open showing the feecy white
cotton.
Two former Bluffton men now
living in Lima have been elected to
top positions in the Allen county in
surance mems association. Raymond
Schryer, Bluffton college graduate
and former high school teacher here
has been named president and Harry
Eaton, son of Mrs. Lou Eaton is
vice president.
There was rejoicing at Aaron Mes
singers southwest of town Monday
when their little rat terrier dog re-
turned. You may recall that a lost
advertisement for the dog appeared
in the News classified column two
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Easily Damaged

Rope may be easily damaged by
rough surfaces, acid, chemicals and
fumes. Weaver suggests frequent in
spection of the rope for deteriora-
ton of its fibers.
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/ weeks ago. Sne turned up MONDAY,
gaunt and apparently exhausted.
Generous portions of food and a
warm bed in the house are working
wonders, however, The dog has been
household pet for more than seven
years.
In the back of a picture which he
bought at the Isaac Stauffer heirs
sale, Saturday, Henry Schifferly of
Jefferson street found a copy of the
Bluffton News almost so years old.
1t is of the issue of February Il,
1895. And just to show that times
don't change we ran across a letter
in that issue bewailing the fact that
the young men of the gay nineties
failed to save their money as did
their fathers, but spent it lavishly
taking girls buggy riding and going
to theatres, and buying flowers and
candy. Advertisements and business
cards include Wise's, Skaters, Day
& McGriff's Oak barbershop, A. ].
Owens, attorney and physicians F.
c. Steingraver and F. J. Baldwin,
also Findlay specialist who cures
cancers without cutting or burning.
And believe it or not-the L. E. &
w. ran three trains each way and
the Narrow Gauge two trains each
way daily.
Fire prevention week calls to at
tention the fact that one out of
every three persons who lost their
lives as a result of fires in the
United States last year lived on a
farm. Also the report of the Bluff
ton fire department appearing in
this issue indicates that farm fires
are more destructive than those in
town. Farm fire prevention sugges-
tions include a readily available lad
der that will reach to the top of the
highest building, a water supply for
fire fighting in the farm yard and
frebreaks around haystacks, farm
buildings and maturing crops of
high fire hazard.
More Bluffton service men meeting
in far off corners of the world. Out
in New Guinea, Master Sgt. Aldine
Weiss, Jr., and Staff Sgt. James
Deppler got together recently. 1t
was the first time in three years
that Wiess had seen anyone from
Bluffton with exception of once when
home on furlough. Wiess is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Aldine Wiess, Sr.,
and Deppler the son of Mrs. Mary
Deppler.
And then there's Staff Sgt. Wayne
Deppler out in Iran who looked up
from his desk the other day to see
Pvt. Roger Howe who had made
500 mile trip and stopped in to talk
over affairs of the old home town.
Deppler who is in army communica-
pier manager of the telephone COM
tions work is the son of Eli Dep
pany here and Mrs. Deppler, and
Howe is the son of Mayor and Mrs.
w. A. Howe.
When Della Pifer, daughter of
Ami Pifer in Orange township
learned to drive the family Ford, lit
tie did she think that it would come
in handy to aid the war effort. But
that's exactly what happened after
she enlisted in the woman's division
of the marine corps. She is sta
toned in Ell Toro, Calf, driving a
big international truck, hauling
water, and she says the truck hand
les just like the old Ford.
And speaking of Bluffton women
in the war effort, there's Mrs. Ruth
Ferguson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
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CHAPTER \: wubert winkie. "a. pro-
prietor OF the Fixit repair shop. located
In the alley back of his home. Ii notified
by his draft board that he is In la. he
breaks the bad news 70 his wife. Amy.
and marches of to work without kiss
Ing her goodby.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-09
Poles Ponder Govt. Crux
tContinued from Page D
Up To Poles

Up To Poles
 Mlckola Jczyk's decision Co confer with the London cabinet on the rival groups proposals apparently temmec from the conference with Molotov. The foreign cominissar and other Soviet leaders hitherto had maintained a strictly formal and neutral attitude in the neg0tia- tions. indicating Russia wished the Poles themselves to settle upon q single authority to govern liberated Poland.
 An official Soviet c0mmunique this morning announced for the first time that Premier Josef StaIin had received Mlckolajczyk in the Kremlin on Aug. 2 for . conference on S0yiet-P0lish relations and had expressed himself in favor 0f q compromise settlement between the rival governments.
 StaliE also received leaders Of the Polish committee Of National llb- erati0n. headed by It's president, Boleslaw BeruL.
 ~ Nao NNNEfabbuu hihk aSFtt8s members Of the Mlckola iczyk cab inet were ready and willing to Fep- ndiate the ie2S constitution under which they hold office and the I0nd0l delegation appeared optim- istic over the prospects for . set- tlement.
 The committee. however, wes be- lieyed determined 10 insist on re- establishment of the 1921 prrequis- ties tO any compromise.
 The Russian army newspaper Red Star, meanwhile. renewed its at- tacks on 'anti Soviet" elements in the London government. eTiticiging 60snk0wski and Gen. ". Anders, commander of Polish forces in Italy as favOring defeat for the Red army. not victory"
 Red Star accused the Polish gen. erals of trying to establish c Euro pean federation that would include the Baltic states and Czecll0sl0ya- kta, under Polish leadership
 "rile existence Of such plans" t said, '0nly proves that when God wishes 10 punish some one he first depriyes him 0f his reason"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-09

iCODiInued from Page D Of hell to get Into that village" the brigadier said,
 The Germans hurled a fountain Of deadly steel out of the cluster of trees on the hillside but e0neans traiAd Allied artillery fire broke lhr0ugh the screen and compelled the hagi gun crews t0 quit their geer and take Fesllge in the ruins 0f the village,
 Never fB0l E,sek
 They never got back to tlleiT guns, ! saw them today, some undaInaged and ready to fire, projecting from tDle elNplaGemenfs,
 Across the road were 70 blaekenAd hlllks which once had been German tanks, The brigadler told me they marked the Roena Of Q battle io which the Allied tanks took Qn go German Tigers, panthers and Mark TVS tn q pl0uglled field while the battle for lhe orchard was going Ap,
 "A. leTnan panxeg division wa6 Rallght in the process Of being res lieved ip the line when DuF attack was launehAd yesterday" GaFas dlan staff 0fIleer explained, ~Eheg were bewlldeTed, We Afiaekaa fheEsl nf tbFAe or four points, The axtAne ef lllsly surprise Is sllsED bY iias1e heavy losses,
 Nlpl0Ti9Ng Scene
 pf0p see panTeFs and guns ayeFvs where around here, Thls is Q Faal spectacle 0f . victorious haislefeld t0r n6,"
 As we talked, the Canadians were carrying forward their drive with great nl0nlenillla, aided by hFilllant weather The battlefield Was the kind 0f tank country we have been trying i0 get Into beyond Caen,
 The hatile Rt the nl0nOpl eRns tered around "Rald Pate hldGe," q smooth, W00dless emlnenRa e0DtT0lr llng Valaihe, Fierce resistance WAs encountered from Germans ems placed lll Q quarry iD that region but infantrynlen hnFllng gFenndes llnally got lD close enough t0 aleeD them out.
 self-pr0palled guns, Long Toms and field artillery were laglng down a hurricane bafFa9A on tlsa ridge which will decide the fate Of RalalHe t not the entire German Flgllf HnIlk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-09
Red Armies Open
 Big Battle For Riga
CContlnued from Page D

the Moscow-Riga and Daugavplls. Riga railways.
 Counter Attacks
 Heavy German coilntef-attacks slowed or halted Soviet advances al along the central and southern sec tors of the vast eastern front. hut the list Ukrainian army extended ils bulge across the vistnla river some ll5 miles below Warsaw and with the 2nd Army widened the Russian arc parallcling the CzechO- sl0vak border to i80 miles.
 Gee-saw battles continued with out decisive change both ln War saws eastern suburb of Praga and on the immediate approaches fo East Prussia with the Germans fighting a 'do-or-die" struggle to protect their eastern frontiers.
 German Gen. George Lindemann sought to break the Russian encir- element of his Baltic forces by striking at the southwest corner Of the Baltic sack in an effort to blast open corridor through Lith- uania t0 East Prussia.
 Massing their arm0r and mobile guns in a marrow sector on tine Lat- gia-Lithuanian border around Bir- zai. the Germans charged again and again at the Soviet lines until. in the words of the Soviet midnight conmunique, they "were bled white" !" The battlefield was left Uttered with the eoFpses Of enemy dead and the greckage of German equipment.
 Counter -Aftaeks
 Soviet observers believed Llnde- mann has nearly l5 divisions south and southeast Of Riga and t was anticipated he soon would launch further counter-attaekg against tine Soviet sector enchored on the Bal lic approximately 20 miles vest Of Riga.
 There vas no indication of the depth of the Soviet wall west of Riga, but it was doubted that Linde- mann nov has sufficient arms and strength left t0 break through. Lin- demaDn's defeat at Blrzal also gave the Russians valuable time ln which i0 strengthen th0 salient.
 To the south, Marshal Ivan & KonegIs Ist Ukrainlan army extend ed it's bridgehead on the west bank Of the Visiula hel0w WarsaW with advances Of three 10 six miles aOng a 30-mile front, One column cut the HandOmieTz-O Ostr0wiee hlgh- way at Wl0sl0W, while others eap- tilred 6am0rzee. four miles south of 6and0mieTZ, and K0TytDica, 25 miles southeast Of Kielee.
 Marshal Ivan Y, PetrOy's eth Ukralnian army cleared the PTza- mysl-Dr0h0byog railway and caps tured Chyr0w and D0nbr0mil. ]; and Is miles south of PTzemysl,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-09

Danube area. German and Hun garian fighter pilots, DNB said, duelled with the Americans over Budapest and Lake Balaton,
 The long pr0cessi0ns of yarplanes started shortly after dawn and con- ilnued past noon. One group of lours engined hombeTs alone required an hour and . half t0 pass over a section of East Anglia,
 Most of the Isrltlsh-based ar strength apparently was being thrown against strategic targets or perhaps flying bomb installations tD northern France AS the weather closed in again over the immediate battle area in Normandy and BFll- Lany.
 During the night, RAP Mosquito b0Lllers pummeled the rail and co1lr mllnieail0n center of Cologne, ln Germany, with tw0-t0p blockbnsiers while fOnr-englned Hallfaxes at- tackled several flyiDg-b0lnb launchE ing sites on n0rihern France and blasted tbre large German tnel dumps in France.
 T'he fuel dep0is, all 0f which were left burning, were hidden M forests ct Air-HuT-I.ys in the Pas de Calais, Lueheuy fartller south and SC, cbaDtllly, just north 0i Paris,
 Supreme headquarters Ann0uIleeg that more tlgan 1000 ralD ears and 60 locomotives were Tfblf0yed 0r damaged yesterday by Elghtb Ar. force Tbllnderb0lt llgblntng and Mustang lighlerrb0mbefS ln n0rlh' lefn and central France. Four enemy planas were destroyed in combat and an0ther on the ground lD the dive bombing and sLFaflng allAeks
 Medium and light homheTs con- eenlTaied 0D road end rall bfldgef yesterday and supreme headquarters held satisfactory results wege re- ported over Dlne widespread tar' gets, most Of them east 0g ule Seine
 Allied h0mbers also struck Ri enemy shipping, both way and ineF' lehanl vessels fro mihe Ray 0f hiss eav 70 Norway, Rocket firing coastal aircraft rakRd tbTee enemy mlpes gwnepers ln the Bay 0f blheay hetE ting all Rtlre,
 T0rped0-l .446s, and eann0psilf' Ing IlRau0ghiers Rttaeked . convoy of Il ships naaf EseF0 en the south west coast 0f Norway, Three Of the vessels, between 200 and 5000 l0ila each, were tOTpedoad, three others Het allTe aDd hlE additional badlS damaged.
 Three Of the I3eauflghlfFs weFf missing from the raid 70 ghleh the Allied planes faced Rntl-aireFmfI Ire from both ships and shore bat- teFles,