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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21

JJOLY Moses bat this Island was good place! The
II keen cold fresh hit William Olanne like blow
IN the face, singing him into eNltant NE since SOPHIE
eratoles INVITATION g. visit lie Parads and play with
her daughters William had much of the girls And
tins morning he was committed to early outing to the
sea with Marianne.
He had done no more than lay the fire in the Ozanne
Kitchen thoroughly sootng his face IN the process when
Marianne arrived.
Soon they Off with "Hcave no my hearties heaVe
no parting Old Nick the parrot ringing IN their
ears They cuced and went out into the cleaning gianc-
ing sunlight Green Dolphin Street and soon stood by
the sea with the dazzling water tapping at their teet
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21

Marianne said gently You'll pick II up in moment"
And IN moment lliam had picked It up, together with
respect for Marianne that surpassed anything he had
ever felt for woman before one Two Three she SAID
"One Two Three Well done William And William
beamed with pride. Their dipped into the water
Now" said Marianne softly And they ceased rowing and
William looked up. They right under her stern be-
meath the Red Ensign of the Merchant Service Their
thraed eyes followed the mighty sweep OF her hull up 10
the dazzling inrcaCies OF spars and towering maSis
TOP o. the mornin to you doomed out great voice
like muffled foghorn Captain Denis Ofdra at your
service Come aboard the Green Dolphin and have bite
of breakfast (COnumued tomorrow
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. L. X. Mcintosh
and daughter, Margaret, return
ed this week from a vacation
spent in Tennessee.
Miss Nell Colley, Baton Rouge,
La. spent the weekend with her
parents DR.. and Mrs.. F. Colley.
Mr.. Dewey Soulson, Lufkin,
Tex, was a visitor here this week
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Beebe
and sons spent last Wednesday
and Thursday in New Orleans.
1t. 6g1) and Mrs. j. Y. Christ
mas who have been spending a
few Gays with relatives in Vicks-
burg, Miss. arrived Tuesday for
a visit in the home of MI. and
Mrs. c.. L. Bond.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Bullock and
daughter, Dorothy Marie, moved
Tuesday to ITO Dantzler street
to make their future residence.
Mrs. Allen Jones entertained
the members OF the Sunbeams
of the Baptist church in her home
ON Thursday afternoon with a
Games were enjoyed
during the afternoon. Ice cream
and cake were served to the
twenty members present.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Davis have
a little son and have
named him Donald Eugene.
Sgt. H. L. Seidenspinner . who
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for duty in the Air Corps.
Miss Eugenia LatadN will de-
part Sunday for Columbia, Mo.
where she will enter Stephens
College.
Mrs. Calvin Norris has return
ed to Mobile after visiting with
Mrs. d. H. Pickett and family for
several days.
Miss Betty Sullivan returned
to her home at Tuscaloosa, Ala,
Wednesday, after dividing a visit
of a week among Mrs. c. J.. Ian
der. and family in Pasoagonla
and Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Ladnier
at Gautier. and other friends.
Miss Sullivan and her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Sullivan
made their home in Pascagoula
for about three years but moved
to Tuscaloosa three months ago.
On her return home Miss Sui
Ivan will depert Tor Asbury Col-
lege at Wilmore, Ky, where she
will study this year.
TheWoman's Auxiliary TO the
American Legion will hold a
meeting at Odd Fellows Hall,
As this is the first meeting of
Thursday, Sept. 10, at 1880 p. m.
the fall, the president, Mrs. E. A.
Mason urges every member to
attend.
Mrs. L. A. Hall and son, Ashby.
enjoyed a visit to Mobile, Labor
Day.
Announcement has been made
of the birth of a son to Cpl. and
Mrs. Joe A. Stiglets, Sept. 4, l945
in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Alex Willis returned home
Saturday from Philadelphia,
Miss. where he attended the
funeral Of his sister-in-law.
Initiation of new members will
take place at a meeting of the
Order of the Eastern Star chap
ter in Pascagoula, Tuesday, Sept.
IL at he Masonic Hall at 300
p. m. Out-of-town members of
the order are welcome to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray D.. Leach, Jr.,
had as guest last week the form
er's father, r. d. Leach. Sr. with
whom they went to Birmingham
for the Labor Day weekend. Mr..
Leach returned with them Mon
day for a longer stay in their
home.
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HH
her. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Seheffler was accompan-
led TO Pascagoula by Mrs. Bureh.
Mrs. Burch visited her mother.
Mrs. w. R. Pyles) for several
days.
Mrs. t. R. Bacot and daugh-
tiers, Misses LMae and Mabel, OF
Laurel spent last week in Pasca-
goula where they divided a visit
between Mrs. Bacot's sons, E. H.
and c, L. Bacot and their fam
lilies. While here the visitors
We're entertained by a trip along
the coast one day of their stay.
The Misses Bacoi are teachers in
the Laurel public schools.
Several Pascagoula girls will
attend the Mississippi State Col
lege for Women this year. Among
those who leave for Columbus
Monday will be Misses Dorothy
Hague, Doris Megehee, and Vivi
Moore. Miss joyce Justice will
leave Tuesday for the same des-
tination.
Mrs. Howard Walker, who had
come from Mobile for a visit
with Mr.. Walker at the home of
his sister, Mrs. B. H. Pickett, was
called to Waukegan, Mich, Sat
urday. by the serious. illness of
her brother, Fred Golf. Mrs.
Howard made the trip by plane
from Mobile.
Miss Mary Alexander of New
Orleans divided Labor Day
weekend in visits among friends
in this, her former residence.
A. j.. Franklin and Miss Ruth
Cain are. attending a meeting of
Southeast Mississippi district
farm and home demonstration
agents at Meridian. The SEES
sions, which began Wednesday,
will end Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Leroy G. Weber returned
Saturday from a visit of a few
days. with Mrs. Fanny Damrell
in Fairhope, Ala.
Miss Jane Herring returns to
Bristol. Va, Sunday. where she
will reenter Sullivans College
from which she will be gradu-
ated at the end of the school
year.
1t. Jack Stone, who has been
visiting the families of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Lewis and Mr., and
Mrs. w. b. Herring fer the past
ten days or more, departed for
San Antonio during the mid
week, where he goes to report
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Mr.. and Mrs. R. j. Hare re-
turned to their home in Jackson,
Miss, Tuesday after a visit with
Mr.. r. L. Head, Miss Adah Head
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Head.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde MeIanis,
Daphne, Ala, spent a few days
here last week with relatives.
Mrs. C.. o. Brady, Mississippi
City, spent a few days this week
with Mrs. Laura Mays.
Miss Lucille Thompson, Mo
bile, spent the weekend here with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. l.. DeLashmet,
Jr., Baton Rouge, La, spent the
weekend with their parents. Mr..
and Mrs. T. L. DeLashmet, ST.,
and Mr. and Mrs. E. ". Suthoff.
Misses Duverynne and Barbara
Watts and Zelda Zubra spent
Saturday afternoon in Mobile.
Mrs. D. C. Pitts has returned
to her home in Fayette Miss,
after a visit in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. R. F. Fitzner and with
other relatives.
Misses Alice and Margaret Col
mer were visitors to Ocean
Springs Sunday afternoon.
1t. T. l.. Bond after a several
days visit with his brother and
sister in law, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. L.
Bond, returned last week to Mi
ami, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tim Blades were
visitors to Mobile last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Lowe and
little son left last week to make
their home in Mobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Gauthier
and sons, Mrs. Edward Gauthier,
New Orleans, Mr.. and Mrs, Floyd
McCray, Mobile, spent the week
end in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. A. Fails.
Mrs. Edwina Robinson, jack
son, Miss, is enjoying a visit in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Franklin.
Mrs Harry Young, Jr., has re-
turned from a visit in Lucedals
Miss.
Mrs. w. w. Bond has returned
to her home in Wier, Miss after
a visit with her son and daught-
er-in-law MI. and Mrs. G. l.
Bond.
DR.. and Mrs. r. c. Eley re-
turned Tuesday from a visit of
several days with relatives in
cities in Mississippi and Ark
ansas.
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Mr.. and Mrs, S. H Frederic
are in receipt of the news oil
the birth of a daughter, Terrie
Kathleen, to their son, 1t. q. 81
Gerard ]. Frederic and Mrs.
Frederic at the Baptist hospital
in New Orleans, August 81, l945,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Wood of
1905 South Pascagoula street,
spent the weekend at St. Au-
gustine, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Cowan, Jr.,
were overnight guests in the
home of Mrs. S. E. Cowan, Sr.,
Sunday and Monday.
Miss Thelma Mansfield departs
Sunday for Washington. d. c.,
where she will spend a few days
before going to New York to
visit her aunt, Mrs. r. d. North,
for the next fortnight. Miss
Mansfield expects to be away
about three weeks
Mrs. George Blair, a former
resident of this city, was a week
end guest in the home of Mrs. A.
E. Gsassick but now has returned
to New Orleans where Mr.. Blair
is part owner of the Alexander
Shipyard.
Connell Cowan of the USNR
who is in training at the Naval
Station at Jacksonville, Fla,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c, C. Cowan.
Mrs. H. H. Ahrens arrived
Saturday from Beaumont, Texas,
for a visit of a week in the
home of her son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. j.. w.
Ahrens on the Old Mobile high
way.
E. v. Stringer and his son,
Edgar, of Norman, Okla, spent
the past week visiting Mrs.
Stringer and her parents, M.
and Mrs. J. d. Clark at their
home at 319' Live Oak street.
They returned to Oklahoma.
Tuesday. Mrs. Stringer is a.
present staying with her parents
during the illness of her father,
whose condition is improved.
Colonel J. P. Moore and Staff
Sergeant George M. Davis stop
ped overnight Friday with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Davis. Colonel Moore
was en- route to Galveston, and
Sergeant Davis to Harlinger,
Texas.
Friends of j. Chester Vaughn
in this city, where he was form
erly manager OF the Western
Union office, will be pleased to
learn that he has just been APP
pointed to. a similar position in
Meridian, Miss.
An interesting visitor in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. James A.
Sweeney this week has been the
latter's brother, Captain Willis
Bixby of Boston, Moss, who has
just returned from a year and a
half of duty in Germany, Cap
tain Bixby departed for Boston
Wednesday. Among the various
informal social affairs given for
Captain Bixby was a barbecue.
Dinners at Longfellow House
were also enjoyed.
o n her return home after a
visit with her aunt, Mr. Joseph
Burch in Mobile. Janet Scheff-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

Otto Won Guericke, a German
physicist, invented the first ma
chine to generate electricity
about 1868.
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The word castle" was intro
duced into English shortly be-
fore the Norman conquest, and
denoted a type of fortress.
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Visitors to New Orleans over
Labor Day weekend were Misses
Kathleen, Marguerite and Annie
Lee Cole.
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has just returned from Italy is
enjoying a thirty-day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.. L.
Seidenspinner and other rela-
tives.
Mr.. Mack Duhe has returned
from a visit with her husband,
Pfc. Mack Duhe at Camp Clai-
borne, La.
MI. Harry Levy left Wednes-
day for a two-weeks' vacation
with relatives in Philadelphia,
Pa.
Mrs. j. A. Jones has returned
from Ozark, Ala, where she was
called by the death of her father,
Mir. j. f. Galloway. Spending
the weekend with Mrs. Jones,
following her return, was Mrs. j.
B. Outlaw of Orange, Texas, who
remained over Labor Day.
A son was born to Mrs. Ferdi-
nand G. Frey of Aruba, Neither
lands, West Indies, the former
Miss Eddie Lennep of Moss
Point, at the Providence Hos
pital in Mobile Wednesday morn
ing. The seven and a half pound
arrival has been named William
Godfrey for his two great grand
fathers
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Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Bishop
and son, Charles have returned
from a two-week's trip which
was spent visiting relatives at
various points in Mississippi and
Louisiana. They had the pleas
ure of visiting in the homes of
all of Mrs. Bishops brothers
and sisters. A particularly hap
Ply event was a visit with Mrs,
Bishops brother, William Pitt
man at Varnado, La. He has
just returned from 81 months
of service overseas.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. w. Hampton
and daughters, Ann and Jean
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Easton King. returning to
their home in New Orleans Tues
day.
Miss Emmalou Barnes and her
youngest sister, Connie, who
have been spending the past
month with their father. Verne
Barnes, departed Saturday for
their home at Bushnell, Ill. Miss
Jeanne Barnes did not accom-
pany her sisters home as she
will enter Perkinston Junior Col
lege next Monday.
Mrs. ]. E. Kelley. the former
Gertrude Hilliard, has arrived
from San Diego. Calf, where
she has been with her husband
for the past five months and will
reside with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. A. billiard while Mr..
Kelley is on overseas duty with
the US Navy.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. England
and little daughter, Shirley
Lynne, of Greenwood are guests
of Mrs. England's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. H. Frederic, and
while here are enjoying. being
with her brother, Louis Fred
eric who has just returned from
duty with the navy in the South
west Pacific.
NisitorS To Naut Orleans nuer
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Mr.. and Mrs. L. X. Mcintosh
and daughter, Margaret, return
ed this week from a vacation
spent in Tennessee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
DelphOs Family Hurt
In Auto Crash

Four members of a Delphos family
were injured, one seriously, when
their automobile crashed into a park
ed transport truck on Route 80,
three miles west of Delphos.
Floyd E. Hiegel, 80, the driver,
suffered fractured ribs and a pos
sible punctured lung, and his wife,
Martha, 81, sustained a fractured
right leg and facial decorations. The
Hiegels' IA year-old twin sons re-
ceived facial decorations.
According to state highway patrol
men, the Hiegel car was travelling
east en- route to the Delphos
residence, when it hit the truck
which was parked at the side of the
highway The truck, owned by the
Chicago-Akron Transport Co., had
broken down "a hours earlier. Of
ficers said the driver, Kenneth Copp
of Mansfield had placed flares
around his vehicle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Columbus, Ohio
Engineer. Of Sales Legal Copy No. 45-4i
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Sealed proposals will be received at the
Office of the State Highway Director of Ohio.
Standard Time (10:00 A. NJ. e. W.T..
Tuesday. May 10. 1915. for improvements in !:
Proposals Nos. to inclusive are
offered as one project and viii be
awarded as one contract.
Proposal No.
Allen County. Ohio. on Section FL of the
Lima LIN -spenoerville Road. State Highway No.
American Townships, by applying a bitumin-
Gus treatment, Items T-30 and T-3i.
Pavement: Width ls feet. Length 4564 feet.
Width 80 feet. Length $50 feet
Total length $3.50 feet or c. .g9 mile
Proposal No. 2
Allen County. Ohio, on Section Ell OF the
Lma-Bellefontaine Road State Highway No
1so. State Route No. III. in Perry TOWNSHIP hin.
by applying bituminous treatment, Items
T-s0 and T-31.
Pavement: Width 90 feet
Length $1,000 feet or 2.90 miles,
Proposal No. 3
Hancock County. Ohio, on Section c. of
the Bluffton-CareyE Eastern Road. State High
way NO l3s, State Route No. SOB. in Orange
Township, by applying a btlminous treat
ment. Items T-30 and T-31.
Pavement: Width 16 feet.
Length 1859 feet or 2e7 miles.
Proposal No.
Hardin County, Ohio, on Sections " and o
of the Bellefontaine-Kento Road. State High
way No. 226 u. s.. Route No. SIS, In Tavlor
Greek and Buck Townehips. hv applying a
bitunlinous treatment Item T-31
Pavement: Width 20 feet.
Length SO .491 feet or 6.s4 miles.
Proposal No.
Hardin County, Ohio. Section Of the
kenton-Ridgeway tHardin) Road. State High
way No. els. State Route No. 292. in Buck
ard Hale Townships. by applying a hitumin-
Gus treatment. Items T-30 and T-3i
Pavement: Width 16 feet, Length 81 $50 feet
Width 20 feet, Length 6.336 feet
Total Length 3s.016 feet or Z 20
miles.
Total estimated cost S3s 900 90
Proposals Nos. | TO 5 inclusive of this rro-
Ject to be completed not later than Septem-
Der /, 1945.
employed on this contract shall be in accord
ance with the Schedule of Prevailing Hourly
Wage Rates Ascertained and Determined by
The Department of Industrial Relations appIi-
cable to State Highway Department Improve
ments in accordance with Sections I7-9 I'D
l7-4a, IT'S and l7-5a of the General Code of
Ohio.
The bidder must submit with his bid GER
titled check in amount equal 10 five per
cent of the estimated cost, but in no event
more than ten thousand dollars.
Plans and specifications are on file in the
department of highways and the office of the
resident district deputy director.
The director reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
PERRY T. FORD
2 State Highway Director
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
Putnam Clothing Drive
Under WAY

Plans for the collection of wear
able clothing for war refugees in
European countries in Putnam coun-
ty and Ottawa as well as the collec-
tion of waste paper were announced
at Ottawa.
Collection depots for the clothing
are set up in each community in
the county with mayors of villages
and township officials supervising
the gathering of the clothing in
their respective communities, accord
ing to Paul Stech, of Ottawa, coun-
ty clothing drive chairman.
The armory in Ottawa will be
open during the day, April 27 and
%, so anyone wishing to bring cloth
ing to the county center may do so
on those days.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
COuncilmen Study
Sewage Disposal

Councilmen at Ottawa still are
studying possible Improvements to
the sanitary and storm sewer sys-
TENS together with the erection of a
disposal plant, they reported after
visiting Coldwater, Covington and
Tipp City plants.
The officials viewed disposal plants
in those communities as a part of
their study Of the proposed improve
ment in Ottawa. No decision will be
made in the matter however, until
the matter has been given further
study, the councilmen stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
Beaverdam

The Win Another Class of the
Church of Christ held their meeting at
the church. After the business ses-
sion, games were enjoyed, followed by
refreshments. Members present were
Rozella Barber, Marilyn Gratz, Con-
ME Sherrick, Ruth and Arthur Peter
son, Joan White, Marvin and Robert
Reigle, Jimmie jameson, Miriam AM
stutz, Mrs. Carl Amstutz and the
hostess, Mrs. Raymond Peterson.
Frederick Arnold, Robert Bowers,
Emil Gratz, Catherine Herman, Shir-
ley Ogden, Georgianna and Pat Peter
son attended district youth council
meeting at the Church of Christ in
Kenton over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Reigle and
family entertained the Home Builders
S. S. class of the Church of Christ at
their home on Thursday evening.
Present were Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Am
stutz, Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Barber,
stutz, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Barber, Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Walters, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kent Amstutz, Mrs. O. K. Burns, Mrs.
Ralph Vertner, Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Meter, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Van Meter,
Mrs. Walter Beck, Miss Catherine
Herman, Rev. and Mrs. Raymond
Peterson, Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Ar
mold.
Mr.. and Mrs. irwin Cook and grand
daughter of Lafayette were Sunday
afternoon visitors of Mr.. and Mrs Ed
Cook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Amstutz and
daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Cook and
Mrs. VIM. Weick were Sunday evening
callers of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Arnold
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Wagner of Lima
were Sunday guests of Miss AIDA and
Glenn Younkman.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Younkman and
grandson Bernard were Sunday even
ing visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hall at Lafayette.
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Mr.. Stuckey was thrown forward
beneath the tractor His clothes
caught on the draw bar, dragging
him for distance until the body,
under the wheel, held up the tractor
causing it to stop and the wheel to
spin in the furrow
Mrs. Stuckey who was working in
the garden 500 feet away, heard the
racing motor, then saw the spinning
wheel and investigated. She was un-
able to stop the motor and summoned
neighbors.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
Findlay Captain
Returns To u. S.

Capt. Homer H. Hammond, Find
lay, who escaped from a German
prison camp in Poland, has arrived
in this country. He telephoned his
wife from Boston and said he will
report at Camp Atterbury, Ind, be-
fore arriving home.
Captain Hammond received the
Bronze Star Medal for heroism be-
fore his capture last November.
Owner of the Hammond Piano Co.,
in Findlay, he has been in service
three years, and overseas Ia months.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
Kent0n Rail Traffic
Detoured

Twelve cars of an eastbound Erie
freight train were derailed in Ken
ton, tearing down telegraph poles
and signal lights. Crewmen of the
train escaped without injury.
The derailed cars, loaded with
fruits, vegetables, meat and butter
held up traffic for nearly 10 hours.
One car broke in two when workers
attempted to lift it back on the
track.
Passenger and freight trains pass
ing through Kenton were detoured
on the Pennsylvania line to Dunkirk,
where they continued on their regu-
lar route.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
IwO's Wounded Aided
By Ada Man

Harold K. Gardner, pharmacists
mate, End class, Ada, landed with
the 5th Marine Division on Two Jima
on invasion day. He and his unit set
up medical aid headquarters in a
shell crater and during the initial
hours more than 40 wounded ma
rines received treatment. Blood
plasma was administered by flash
light
The corpsman is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Gardner, Ada. His
wife, Margaret, lives in Upper San
duslly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
KentOn Man Tells Of
Truck Regulations

Paul L. Lilies of Kenton, newly ap-
pointed chief of enforcement for the
Ohio public utilities commission, ex-
planned regulations for common car
riers to Is truck and bus investigat-
ors and four auditors.
Were trying to establish an eff
fective postwar enforcement program
to protect both the industry and the
public, Lilies said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

farmers to return to the soil as
much as they take from it. He said
a fourth of good farm land is lost
through soil erosion and another
quarter is losing its fertility.
"Too many persons mine the soil
instead of farming it, the speaker
said. Seventeen counties in Ohio
are definite liabilities as to wealth
and thousands of farms pay no
taxes"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
Four Hurt In Crash

Martin Swick, II, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w Swick, Findlay, suffered
a fractured leg when the autohobile
in which he was riding with five
other young people overturned after
a tire blew out. The accident occur
red two miles east of Findlay.
Eda May Pollen, 18, and Dolores
Stanield, 18, both of Findlay, and
Betty Grey, 10, North Baltimore,
suffered minor injuries.
The car turned over several times
and was demolished, state patrolmen
said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-26
Hire Teaching Staff
At Pandora

The Riley township board Of edu-
cation has announced that a complete
teaching staff has been engaged for
the 1945-46 term of school.
Members of the faculty will be C.
C. Cox, superintendent; Faith Mil
Ter, Mrs. Urban Lichty, Mrs. H. L.
Mitchell, Mary Steiner, Dorothy
Kobe, Eleanor Hogan, Mrs. Evelyn
Grow, Mrs. Pauline Bauman, Dona-
vim Mckinney, Gladys Schumacher,
Grace Steiner, Ralph Brooks, Phyllis
Bollinger and Earl Lehman.