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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
RICHARD OBERLY IS
SECOND IN FAMILY
TO GET AIR MEDAL
Sergeant Receives Award One
Month After His Brother is
Honored
Two of Three Sons of World
War / Veteran Have Been
Decorated Overseas

Staff Sergeant Richard w. Oberly,
son of Millard Oberly, lao Cherry
street, has received the Air Medal for
-'meritorious achievement while par
ticipating in aerial fight, the second
a in his family to be so honored.
His older brother, Lieutenant Ken
meth Oberly, nayigator on a Flying
Fortress, received the same award
early IN january.
Sgt. Oberly, 19, is ball turret gun
ner in an Italy based 18th AAF Bit
Flying Fortress. He has flown nine
successful daylight bombing missions
against enemy targets in Europe.
He was graduated from Bluffton
High school in 1943. Prior to his in
duction into the armed forces on
December 20, 1943, he was employed
in the celebrating department of The
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
He completed AAF aerial gunnery
training at Las Vegas, New, air field
in August, 1914.
The sergeant is one of three broth
ers now overseas. He is based in
Italy; his brother Kenneth it at an
English air base; and Robert is with
the American army in Belgium.
Their father is veteran of World
War |.
ALL three sons were employed by
The Triplett Co. before they entered
the service, and the elder 0berly has
worked for the same firm for several
years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Last Rites Are Held
For Infant Daughter

Funeral services for Katherine
Ann Niswander, seven weeks old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard
Niswander of Lawn avenue were
held at the Paul Diller funeral home,
Saturday afternoon with Rev. v. C.
Oppermann of the st. Johns
Reformed church officiating.
The child, i'll since birth, died at
the Bluffton hospital, Friday morn
ing. Burial was in Maple Grove
cemetery.
In addition to the parents, the in
fant is survived by one brother,
Maynard Gene at home, the paternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Noah
Niswander and the maternal grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Basing-
er all of this vicinity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
TWO OF 81 men
IN MARCH DRAFT
FROM BLUFFTON
Allen County Board No. 3 viii
Induct 81 Men Into Armed
Forces Next Week
Call Also Includes One Regis
trant From Lafayette; One
From Columbus Grove

Two Bluffton men are included in
a group of 81 registrants notified to
report for induction into the armed
services next week.
Lyle Ray Everett and Harold Perry
Schick, both of Route 2, Bluffton, are
among those to be taken in the latest
call of Board No. 3, which has iuris.
diction over all of rural Allen county,
A third Bluffton man who has
been called with the March quota
is Gerald Huber, Bluffton post
office employee. Huber, living in
Lima at the time of registration,
is under jurisdiction of Allen
County Draft Board No. | and
will leave Friday with a Lima
contingent for an induction GEN.
ter. His wife and son will con-
tinue to live here at their home
on Thurman street.
Others to be inducted include:
Columbus Grove-Fred Leo Zeits.
Lafayette-Howard Vernon How
bert.
Lima-John Hanthorn, Ralph Thom-
as, Glen Myers, Eugene Myers, Rich
ard Spyker, Carl Downing, Kent Nc
Cough, Charles DeLong, Roger Fett,
Robert Burtchin, Bernard Murphy,
Harold Shindledeckr, Willard Wat
kins, Harold Hardin, William Stun
baugh.
Delphos-Gail Foust, Frederick
Bindel, Richard Thompson, Bernard
Kill, Clement Croft.
Spenceville-Otto Degen, Thomas
Dillon, Thomas Morrison, Jack Core
Robert Mitchell, Jay Roberts.
Anderson Ind.-Paul Halker.
Los Angeles, Calif.-Benjamine
Reynolds.
McComb William Pees,
Georgetown, 0.--Jan1es Hook. '
Bryan-Gerald Ware.
Ada-Jay Junior Long.
Waynesfeld-Norman Case.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Former Blufft0n Youth With
Medical Unit, Long Under
Enemy Fire
Fifth Army Commander Com
mends Hospital for Work on
Italian Front

Sgt. Donavin Berry, formerly of
Bluffton and brother of Dallas Jack
Berry, Bluffton post office clerk, is a
medical technieian with the 56th
Evacuation hospital which has been
serving under fire in Italy most of
the time since September, 1943.
It's most severe test came in jan
uary, 1914, when the hospital went
ashore on the famed Anzio beach
head and received more than 1000
patients in its first SO hours of ac-
tivity there.
Evacuating seriously wounded pa
tients to hospital ships and landing
craft in the harbor, the hospital per-
sonnel worked feverishly under con-
slant threat of German planes and
guns. For a time, the 56th did the
work of two evacuation hospitals.
1t. General Mark w. Clark, then
Fifth Army commander, commended
the unit for outstanding devotion to
duty and meritorious conduct during
the beachhead operation.
The 56th went ashore at Casa
blanca, French Morocco, April Is,
1943, and set up the following June
20 at Bizerte, Tunisia, where it re-
ceived and treated wounded evacu-
ated from the Sicilian campaign.
The evacuation hospital was land
ed at Paestun, Italy, September 27,
1943, and set up October 6 at Avel-
limo, where it was the foremost evac-
uation hospital to the Fifth Army
front. It was moved along as the
front advanced until late in the siege
of Casino, when the hospital unit
prepared for, its biggest assignment,
service on the Anzio beachhead.
The seth, which can function in a
new location in from 36 to 48 hours
from the time it suspends operations
in an old site, is completely equip
ped with medicinal and surgical
paraphernaIia, sinclading X~ray and
laboratory needs. A makeshift heat
ing system, fashioned with a boiler
and radiators salvaged from bombed
buildings, is assurance of constant
temperature in the operating rooms.
Another field innovation is a COM
plete water system, piping from
central storage tank into wards,
kitchens, laboratories and operating
rooms.
The original officer personnel was
drawn from Baylor Medical School,
then at Dallas, Texas.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
High School Talent
To Be Heard On Air

Bluffton high school talent will be
heard Friday afternoon in half
hour radio program beginning at
Ills o'clock, it was announced from
the high school office Tuesday.
The broadcast will be the first of
a series of ten weekly programs at
the same hour from station WIN,
Findlay. Broadcasts will be from
the high school auditorium directed
by P. W. Stauffer and various or
.ganizations and departments of the
school win be featured.
Sponsoring the program series
are the Triplett Electrical lnstru-
ment Co., Steinman Bros. Lumber
Co., Bluffton Milling Co., c. F. Mis-
wander and Koontz Service station. i.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
BIuftOn Navy Man
And WAVE Married

Miss Eileen Wenger of the
WAVES and Harlan Swank, in nav
al service were married in San Fran
cisco, February IL, according to an
announced the first of the week
Both are from Bluffton and gradu-
ates of the high school here.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Wenger of Beaver
street. She recently completed her
boot training in New York city and
has been assigned to duties in San
Francisco.
Mr.. Swank is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Swank, residing north
of town. He has been given short
duty after a period of service at sea.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
TWO MORE FROM
HERE WOUNDED IN
ACTION OVERSEAS
Omer Welty and Dwight Zim-
merly Slightly Injured on
Western European Front
Two Other Bluffton Men Wound
ed Overseas Now in Hospitals
in United States


Two more Bluffton area men have
been wounded with American forces
in the European theatre, and two
others have been returned to this
country for disqualification, according
to word received here this week. III,
Latest additions to the. growing
list are: ss
Pvt. 0mer Welty. in France,
who received wounds in the back
and ribs. Slightly injured.
Pvt. Dwight ZimmerIy, also
wounded on the Western Front.
Slightly injured but no details.
Pvt. Welty now is in hospital in
Paris, according to word received by
his wife, who lives one mile south of
Bluffton on the Dixie highway. He
is the son of Sylvanus Welty, and a
graduate of Bluffton High school.
Pvt. Zimmerly is in an undisclosed
hospital in France. Notification of
his injury was received Monday by
his wife, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Aldine Wiess, who lives on Riley
street. He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Zimmerly, of Pandora.
Pvt. Maynard Badertscher, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Badertscher, of
Geiger street, has arrived at the Bill
ings General hospital, at Fort Benja-
min Harrison, Ind.
He was wounded in action on De-
cember 2 in Germany, suffering shrap-
mel injuries to the thigh. His par
ents this week received a Purple
Heart medal, awarded to him.
Pvt. William Amstutz, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Amstutz, Sr.,
who reside on the former Folet farm,
three miles southwest of Bluffton,
now is in an Army hospital in Phila-
delphia.
He was. woanded in action several
times in France and Germany and
also has received the Purple Heart.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01


hg facilities after midnight, for 9th
er restaurants here have been in the
custom of closing either at that
time or earlier.
No changes will be required in
the usual operation of local amuse-
ment or drinking places, as a re-
suit of Byrnes' order, for all of
them customarily have their doors
locked before midnight, it was point
ed out this week by their proprie-
tors.
Director Byrnes announced last
week that the move was ordered 'to
straighten out the muddled transpor-
tation and manpower problems.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Former Resident Is
Dead In Cleveland

Harry, Kibier, 20, former Biuffton
resident, died in Cleveland Monday,
according to word received here We'd
nesday morning. He was an adopted
son of the late A. G. Kibler, pioneer
Bluffton clothing and shoe merchant.
He left Bluffton about so years
ago going to Lima and later to
Findlay where he lived for many
years. Recently he resided in
Cleveland. He was never married.
Funeral services will be held in
Cleveland, Thursday afternoon fol-
lowed by interment at that place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
No Restaurants Open Here After
Midnight; Result OF Byrnes' Curfew

Closing of all Bluffton restaurants
and amusement places at midnight
is a development that seemed as
sured the first of this week, as a
result of the amusement curfew or
dered effective last Monday by War
Mobilization Director James F..
Byrnes.
The Pine restaurant, the towns
only eating place which has been re-
maining open after midnight, will
close at that time in the future, in
'asmuch as it has been serving beer
in addition to providing food.
This leaves Bluffton with no eat
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Red Cross War Fund
Goal Here Is $4,000

House-to-house canvassing of Bluff
ton will be started next week to
raise $4,000 in the annual Red Cross
War Fund Drive.
This years campaign will be di-
rected by Mrs. j. S. Steiner and
Woodrow Little, co-chairmen. In
addition to canvassing in the resi-
Dental district, donations will be
received at the Star theatre.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Honorary Degree To
Former BLuftOn Man

Clarence o. Lehman, Bluffton coll
lege graduate and president of the
State Teachers college of Potsdam,
N. Y, was awarded the honorary
degree of Doctor of Laws by st.
Lawrence university at Canton, N.
Y, Saturday.
Conferring of the degree came in
connection with the 87th commence
ment exercises at St. Lawrence uni
versitv which is located ten miles
from Potsdam where Lehman heads
the teachers college.
The degree was confrred by DR..
Harold Speight, president of st.
Lawrence who at the same time con-
ferred similar degree on L. w.
Houston, president of Rensselaer,
Polytechnic institute of Troy, N. Y.
DR.. Lehman, a native of Berne,
Ind, attended Bluffton college about
thirty years ago and for the past
twenty years has been identified
with teacher training institutions in
New York state
He recently recovered from a SER
ious illness and has resumed his
duties as head of the Potsdam insti-
tuition. His wife is the former Carol
Betzner, daughter of the late Mr..
and Mrs. f. B. Betzner of Bluffton.
A brother is Prof. G.. A. Lehman,
former head of the Bluffton college
music department, now in charge of
the conservatory of Colgate Roch-
ester Divinity School, Rochester,
New York.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Sgt Dalayin Berry With Hospital
That Served On Anzio Beachhead


Sergeant Raymond E. Lehman,
Bluffton, hit The "beach" on "D''
Day, and has been in the thick of
the fight since
Sergeant Lehman is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil d. Lehman, of
near Bluffton.
A member of the Ninth Air De-
fense Command, Sergeant Lehman
wears two Bronze Battle Participa-
tion Stars indicating two major bat
ties. Just recently his unit was at
tackled by strafing German planes.
They bagged sin of the huns and
sent-the rest failing for home. An
other triumph of aek-ack over plane
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
FIT. Wayne Bible
Singers Coming

A trio of students from Ft. Wayne
Bible Institute will have charge of
music at services in the Defenseless
Mennonite church here Sunday, it is
announced by the pastor, Rev. STAN
ley Rupp. Members of the trio are
Misses Violet and Choletta Egly of
Berne, Ind, and Mrs. Ruth Schirling
of Royal Oak, Michigan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Leichty, Pan
dora, son, Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Frantz, Mt.
Cory, a son, Saturday.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stark, Lima,
son, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Bower, Je-
nera, son, Friday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Robert KOOntz Gets
Promotion In ARM

Robert F. Koontz, 10, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Koontz, of Bluff
ton, has been promoted from the
grade of corporal to sergeant at an
Eighth Air Force bomber station in
England.
Sgt. Koontz is a ball turret gun
ner on the Bit Flying Fortress
Marie Helena, and is a member of
the Third Division which was cited
by the President for its now historic
England to Africa shuttle bombing
of Germany.
Prior to entering the AAF in
September, 1943, Sgt. Koontz was a
student at Mt. Cory High school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Real Estate Deal

O. c. Hursey has purchased from
Eli Deppler the South Main street
property occupied by Lewis Deer
hake, formerly the Harvey Jones
residence. The Hursey family, now
occupying the Marquart Bros. prop
erty on what was formerly the NJ. D.
Miller farm in Orange township ex-
pect to move to town this spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Freezing Rain, SnoW
ROuts Spring Weather

Freezing rain and snow this week
routed the first appearance OF
spring weather which came Satur-
day when the thermometer rose into
the fifties for the warmest weather
since the December cold spell.
However, the spring weather was
short lived as a freezing rain Mon
day followed by heavy snowfall on
Wednesday morning brought a re-
turn of winter to this district. There
was no indication, however, that the
snow would greatly hamper traffic.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
In New Locations

Hiram P. Steiner has moved from
the ]. Folk farm in Union township
to the house on the Carey Shawber
farm in Riley township.
ROLAND Beery of near Gilboa who
recently purchased the Folk farm of
100 acres will move on the place
this spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
NeU Red Ration
Stamps Good Sunday

Book red stamps-E2 thru J2-
will be validated next Sunday, and
in the meantime there are reports
that many Bluffton families are run
ming short of points this week.
The next series in processed foods
blue stamps-N2 thru S2-will be
validated this Thursday and win be
good thru June 50.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
John Mdnges Will
Be 08 On THURSDAY

John Manages, retired farmer and
pioneer Orange township resident,
will celebrate his 8Sth birthday an
niversary, Thursday.
He lives on his farm east of
Bluffton where he has resided for
many years. The place is operated
by his son Layton Manges. Charles
Manages of Railroad street is a
brother.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Sailor Flies Home
From, Philippines

Richard Balmer SIX &c of the
Navy is expected Thursday noon to
spend thirty day leave with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. James Balmer
of South Main street.
Balmer who has been in the south
west Pacific area for the past 18
months flew from the Philippines and
arrived at Washington, d. c., the
first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
African W. e. Pastor
Sunday Night Speaker

Rev. Gaar Davis, pastor of the
African Methodist Episcopal church.
Lima, will be the speaker at Bluff
tons monthly union service at the
First Mennonite church, Sunday
night at 7:30 o'clock. The high
school Girl Reserves will have charge
OF the opening exercises.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
Kindergarten Class
To Open On Monday

Kindergarten class will open next
Monday morning in the Grade
school building, it is announced by
Mrs. w. A. Howe who will be in
charge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01
OLD AND OBSOLETE
FARM MACHINERY
TO BE USED AGAIN
Farmers Will Press Makeshift
Implements Into Service to
Handle Work
Shortage of Equipment, Labor
Requires Use of Dicarded
Machinery

Broken-down, antiquated and dis
carded farm machinery is being over
hauled and being put into shape on
Bluffton area farms, to help meet the
production goals of farmers who will
be harrassed more than ever this
spring by critical shortage of farm
labor and equipment.
ANY implement that can serve as
a makeshift will be pressed into SER
vice by farmers who cannot obtain
new equipment from dealers to serve
their needs.
Used machinery is hard to get, with
ceiling priced implements going in
lotteries at farm sales, and anything
that does not have ceiling price
commands fantastic levels when avail
able.
With spring plowing only a matter
of few weeks in the, offing, farmers
are faced by the task of getting into
shape what equipment they have on
hand.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-01

Complications have entered into the
picture, however, with the fact that
farm machinery repair shops are
flooded with work, principally on
tractors, just at a time when deal
ers find themselves short of help.
Consequently farmers in many cas-
es are obliged to use their own re-
sourcefulness and ingenuity to make
repairs to their equipment.
The jam in repair shops reflects the
trend of recent years toward motor
ization of farm equipment, and the
backlog of work in shops since last
fall now is worse than ever.
Some observers see in the conges-
tion in tractor repairs a situation that
may force more farmers to depend
on horses this spring. This move
likely would bolster the unusually
low prices which have been command
ed for draft horses, as a result of the
swing toward tractor blowing and
cultivation.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-07
MW5 mXM GNW!5:
By Emma Crews
BY r. MELVIN

So, when they do meet, it's
going to be an unusually lively
game.
CeOla Webb and Theresa Herring
are back from their trip to Chi.
It seems they had quite a visit, go
ing to boxing and wrestling
matches, and bowling every day, in
some pretty slick alleys. It
was topped off by going to see
"Anna Lucasta." Lucille Lou"
Burris, is leaving soon for her home
in st. Louis, but will return in
several months. "Lou" got
homesick. Rumor has it, that
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jones, are in
fanticipating-they have a little
daughter, Judith. MIR. James
Kirk, ST., of MP, was taken of
his train in Missoula, Mont, and
put in the hospital there, with the
flu, but is now recovering.
Byron Rife was aboard the Cen
eral Meigs, that locked in New
York, Monday, and will soon be
home. Bessie Powell received
a card from friends in Chi, invit-
ing her to a formal party, at the
Olde Timers club, but Bessie won't
make the trip. Z. The Pragmateia
Sorority is giving a Christmas bas-
ket, to the Most Needy family in
the Twin Cities. There was
quite congregation in the st. Paul
Elks, Sunday night: George Brooks,
Jr., and his brother-in-law, Don M.
Vernon, from Washington, D. c.,
also at the table were Bill and Edna
Small-Paul and petite Shirley
Thomson in a foursome with
Woody and VOntella Mills.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-07

is in a topsy about turvy jack.
. After conversing with the
skirt, T gathered that her sugar
dumping had been pulling q cats
walk on her and they were both in
shush, tush wonder. So I take
it that if the solid character would
get on the rolling ball and call, it
would make the slim hen less fran
tic and take himself out of lovers
chalk walk. :. Take heed to this
E. B. or am I behind time? You've
got the world in a jug and don't
know what to do. K. Nc, are you
still in a huba huba, also I take
it you are? If a certain G. ].
should read the happy jacks col
umn of mine, you can still say
tx. Nc she is mine all mine"
You're on the road OF toad. !
Just don't get off the line and
get behind. Say 1 see several
sparks in the younger set such as
those two dazzling twins the Shaw
girls. >. They can dance and good
too. I am liable to put brick
on my head and wall for you. {.
Jane Stone also is on the beam. .
She can tap circles around any
dream cream.
Well I've made with all the hob
BILE, gobble, so till the neat Bronze
vile frolic jump. I'll pick up
on all you powder puffs and cats
tough and rough. So pick up
your Daddy OATS" Keep up the
good work Unc Elmer and stop
now because you've got a long ways
to slide. So Jacks and Jills,
let it ride!-Duke Don.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-07
Wurdldw Speaker
To Student Group
At Carlton COLLEGE,

James T. Wardlaw, executive
secretary of the Minneapolis Urban
League, was speaker in the Great
Hall on the campus of Carleton
College, at Mortified, Mimi, on
Tuesday, November 81. His sub
ject was "The Challenge of Color
Caste to American Democracy"
Speaking before a social prob
lens group, he told students that
caste is being used in it's normal
sense and not as a metaphor, in
that We do have a breakdown of
caste in America determined by a
persons skin color.
Wardlaw stated segregation is
the principal tool used in perpetu-
ating this heritage. He was a guest
on the campus during his stay
there.