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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
TURKEY MARKETS.
GLUTTED; DEALERS
REFUSING TO BUY
Enough Birds Now Bought To
Take Care of Christmas
Trade Demands
Farmers Who Raised Record
Flocks Can Find No Out
let For Them

Commercial outlets for turkeys are
glutted this week, and even the pros
poets of buying for the Christmas
holiday season give no indication of
easing situation in which farmers
who raised larger focks than ever
find that they have no chance of mov-
ing the birds thru regular market
channels.
When Thanksgiving demand ended,
dealers found they had a surplus of
turkeys on hand, and as a result buy
ing has been discontinued, altho
farmers have plenty of birds to sell.
The market has been flooded since
early fall when the government re-
leased from cold storage turkeys
which were bought a year ago when
there weren't any for civilians.
Turkey Raising Booms
This situation has been aggravated
by the fact that this year record
number of turkeys were being raised
for the holiday trade.
Some sources estimate that there
are enough turkeys in cold storage
now to fill Christmas demands, and
if such should be the case there will
be hundreds of birds on farms which
cannot be marketed.
Turkey prices remain steady at
around 80 cents a pound, but should
dealers continue to refuse to buy a
drop of as much as five cents may be
expected within the next few weeks.
The only chance for farmers to move
their focks appears to be increased
selling to individuals and small res
taurants, instead of the regular COM
mercial buyers.
Chicken Market Flooded
Buttons chicken market is in a
similar condition and at present there
is no regular commercial outlet for
either hens or fryers.
However, the long range outlet for
chickens is brighter inasmuch as there
is a year-around demand for them,
and if chickens are held until after
the holidays the prevailing congestion
may be relieved.
Chicken prices are holding steady
at from % to 26 cents pound, paid
to farmers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29

JUDITH Montgomery, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. >Frank
Montgomery of Oraifge township
who will leave Saturday for
Chicago where she will attend
the National All Club congress
for the coming week.
Her trip to Chicago with all
expenses paid, is in recognition
of winning one of three state
wide All Club championships.
Her activities include making or
clothing, preparation and serving
of meals, poultry raising and
vegetable gardening as well as
state representative in a health
contest.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
With The Sick

Mrs. Robert Welch is i'll with
pneumonia at her home on North
Lawn avenue.
Mrs. James Elvin and her sister,
Miss Huldah Schifferly are i'll at
their home on Poplar street with in
fiuenza.
Mrs. Ray Marshall is sconvalescing
at her home in Orange township
where she was removed Friday after
undergoing surgery at Findlay hos
pital.
Ed Steiner, Bluffton clothier, is ill
at his home on South Main street.
Mrs. Eugene Benroth who under
went surgery at the Cleveland Clinic
recently for correction of defective
hearing is convalescing at her home
on North Lawn avenue.
ROLAND Flythe continues seriously
i'll with heart ailment at Bluffton
hospital where he has been pa
tient for the past ten days. He
makes his home with his daughter,
Mrs. Oscar Wenger of Spring street.
Mrs. Jacob Schnegg continues i'll
at her home on Cherry street with
heart ailment and complications
which have kept her bedfast for the
past month. A daughter, Mrs.
Arthur Schaaff has returned to her
home in Manchester, Mich, after
caring for her mother for three
weeks. Another daughter Mrs. Har-
vey Which now has the care of her
mother.
Edgar Jackson, formerly of Bluff
ton, is seriously i'll at his home in
Belvidere, H., with heart ailment,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Rites On Sunday For
Mrs. Blanche BOJUnldrl

Funeral services were held last
Sunday in the Riley Creek Baptist
church for Mrs. Blanche Bowman,
81, wife of Edward c. Bowman, of
Orange township, who died last
Thursday morning at her home six
miles south of Rawson.
Daughter of Val and Fannie
(Schumate) Verdier, Mrs. Bowman
was born May 80, 1884, in Auglaize
county. She was married on Dec.
20, 1901.
In addition to her husband she Is
survived by one son, Lloyd Bowman,
Bluffton; a foster son, Merle Law
renee, with the armed forces on
Okinawa; stepmother, Mrs. George
Hancock, Piqua, and a sister, Mrs.
Bessie Ledford, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Burial was in the Hassan cemetery
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
TWO IN HOSPITAL
HERE AFTER CAR
SKIDS INTO TREE
Delphos Couple Injured in Ac-
jcident As Winter Adds Driv-
ing Hazards
First Cold Wave of Season Bows
Out After Recording Low
of 13 Degrees

Harry Schwinnen, So and his wife
Elizabeth, 55, of Delphos were in the
Bluffton hospital over the week end
as the result of injuries received in
an accident when their automobile
skidded and crashed into a tree in
front of the farm home of Carl Nc
Cafferty on the Lincoln highway four
miles south of Bluffton, Friday af-
ternoon.
Their car was demolished and the
injured couple were removed to the
Bluffton hospital in the Diller ambu-
lance.
Mrs. Schwinnen who is still in the
hospital sustained several fractured
ribs and cuts while her husband who
received cuts and bruises was dis
charged Monday. Her condition was
reported satisfactory "Wednesday
morning.
The accident was the most serious
III the lIfSI oilSAdus3AAt VI WAtltCl HCdlAa
er when frgid wind swept into the
Bluffton district on Thanksgiving day
1t was followed by snowfall on Fri
day which made highways treacher
Gus for motor traffic
Christmas Setting
Temperatures on Thanksgiving da.
were more like Christmas and a tw,
inch blanket of snow which covered
the area by Friday noon brought mo
torists to a realization of the perill
I of skiddirg.
BY mid-afternoon on Friday sever
cars were reported in the ditch at tn
side of the Dixie highway betweel
Bluffton and Findlay.
Lowest temperature of the Ecol
snap was 10 degrees above zero, re
corded on Friday This was s. de
grees colder than the low mark OF
degrees recorded on Thanksgivin
day. Moderating temperatures pre-
vailed the first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
RISING PRICES OF
RAW FURS BOOMS
TRAPPING SEASON
Trapping Grows To Big-Busi-
ness Proportions; $4,000
Take Here Last Year
Muskrats Are Plentiful And
Price Is Good At S2.15;
RaccoOn Price Is Down

Spurred by the reward of a rising
market for raw furs, an army OF
trappers running trap lines on every
stream Of water in the district is
expected tomake a record catch be-
fore the season ends this winter.
Prices of all furs are up. with ad-
vances over previous wartime highs
prevailing for everything except
raccoon. Altho trapping conditions
have been poor so far, the aggregate
take has been quite good, an indi-
cation that a record number of trap
pers are operating this winter.
Trapping for the last several
years has gotten into the big busi-
ness class in the Bluffton district
with the take for the area estimated
at $4,000 last season, despite the
fact that it was cut short by the
heavy snowfall and cold tempera-
lures of mid-December.
More trappers than ever before in
local history are operating this fall,
and town residents have experienced
difficulties in finding places for trap
lines due to the fact that most farm
! families are reserving the territory
on their farms for themselves.
Muskrats are proving the best
money-maker for trappers. Attic
unusually plentiful in number this
winter, the market is good ano
after opening at $500, or so cent:
higher than last year, the price has
moved up to $2.15 for choice pelts.
| Fox for the first time are enter
ing the picture as goal for Bluff
ton area trappers and pay good re-
turns to those successful in bagging
them. In addition to the price of Sc
for fox pelts, Allen county pays a
bounty of So and the Community
Sportsman's club allows an addition
al bounty of So, making total OF
So for each pelt.
Raccoon also are plentiful but the
price is down to 1925, a relatively
low quotation considering the market
level of other furs.
Carcasses, bought by the govern.
rnent for the last few years to make
glycerine, are unwanted this season
and local buyers are giving the meat
to farmers who use it for hog anc
chicken feed.
Rains which raised the level OF
creeks shortly after the opening o.
trapping season have slowed tn,
take of muskrats, but despite th'
| handicap catches of as high as q
and &c in one night have been re
ported by some trappers. So fal
this season one local trapper hai
marketed rs muskrat pelts for a to
tai income of more than $50.
Practically all the furs taken il
this area are purchased by Jes
Manges and Russell Leiber, the tw
local buyers. Manages is in busines
for his goth successive year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Boy Leaving School
Bus Hit By Auto

James Palte, nine-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Palte, two
miles west of Beaverdam, is re-
covering in Lima st. Rita's hospital
from head injuries sustained last
Wednesday afternoon when he was
struck by an automobile as he
alighted from school bus in front
of his home on the Lincoln highway.
Driver of the automobile, E. M.
Jaeger, a retired Naval officer, or
Minneapolis, Mimi, said he started
to pass the bus, then was unable -
stop in time to avoid hitting the boy.
Unconscious when picked up, the
boy was taken to the Lima hospital
where he is reported recovering.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
College Students Home

Among the Bluffton young people
attending college who were home for
the Thanksgiving vacation were:
Mary Jean Sheffield from Toledo
university.
Mary Margaret Basinger from
Wooster college.
Sarah Amstutz from Miami uni
versity, Oxford.
Dorothy Anderson, Helen Greding,
Geneva, Ruth and Janice Hankish,
Juanita Rame and Eileen Haller
from Bowling Green State uniyers-
ity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Births

The following births at Button
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Connor, La
fayette, a girl, Laura Jane, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hilty, Pan
dora, girl, Linda Sue, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Chidester,
Lima, a girl, Darlene Kay, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray J. Mcclure,
Ada, a boy, Dennis Michael, Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Kimble, Ada,
a boy, Joe Eldon, Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Area Garden Clubs
To Meet Here Dec. 4

Garden clubs from eight counties
in this area will hold an afternoon
meeting next Tuesday in Ramseyer
chapel on the Bluffton college cam
pus.
Feature of the season will be a
talk by Prof. Victory Ries, Colum-
bus, state fioriculturist, who will dis
cuss materials suitable for use in
Christmas decorations. Following
his talk a demonstration will be
made.
Counties to be represented at the
Garden club meeting here include
Allen, Hardin, Putnam, Hancock
Van Vert, Paulding, Mercer and
Auglaize.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
N@f
Hold AAA Election
In Orange TOUnsIiip

Russell Alge was chosen township
chairman in the AAA election held
at Orange Center, Tuesday night.
Eighteen were present for the meet
ing and Ray Bibler represented the
Hancock county committee.
Others elected were: vice-chair-
man., VIM. Beagle; third member,
Charles Baker; first alternate Fred
erick cribley; second alternate How
ard Benroth; delegate to county
convention, Russell Alge; alternate
VIM. Beagle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Real Estate Deal

Clyde Reams of near New Stark
purchased the Fay Isham property
on Mound street in a deal closed the
first of the week. Possession will be
given next month when Mr.. and
Mrs. Isham will move to Lima where
he is employed at South high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
1t. David Kliewer Held Prisoner OF
War Nearly Four Years Visits Here
Prisoners Hoisted American
Flag Over Camp When Japs
Surrendered
Former Bluffton Man, Marine
Corps Flyer, to Enter Medi-
cal School

Lieutenant DAVID hlleWer, Marine
corps flyer and former Bluffton High
school graduate taken prisoner by
the Japanese at the fall of Wake
Island in the early days of the war,
was visitor in Bluffton the latter
part of last week, to tell frst-hand
of his experiences in a Jap prison
camp for nearly four years.
Lieut.. Kliewer stopped off here for
two days while enroute from Bos-
ton, Mass, to the home of his par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Kliewer,
in Albany, Oregon.
Rev. Kliewer is former pastor OF
the Ebenezer Mennonite church, west
of town, and Lieut.. Kliewer gradu-
ated from Bluffton High school as
an honor student during the time
the family lived here.
| Lieut.. Kliewer had been in Bostor
to complete arrangements for enter,
ing the Harvard medical school ne&
fall, course for which he had fit.
ted himself by studying medical
texts and assisting doctors while il
the Jap prison camp.
Upon his return to the west coast
Lieut.. Kliewer will report to a Nav.
al hospital near his home in Oregon
a routine procedure for liberated wal
prisoners. He expects to remain il
the Marine corps until next fall.
Because of several promotions h,
earned while held a prisoner by tn,
enemy, Lieut.. Kliewer likely viii bs
advanced to the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel when Marine preliminarie.
incidental to shis return to active
duty are completed.
Lieut.. Kliewer appeared in excel
lent physical condition and altho h,
weighed only l20 pounds when re
leased as prisoner at the end o
the war, his weight now il IS
pounds.
i in the prison camp, Lieut.. Kliewe
said hunger was a chronic condition
and that no one ever receivet
enough to eat. The amount of foo,
| they received, however, was abou
equal to that of the Jap civilian
population, he said.
Altho prisoner of war for nearl,
four years, he was never mistreate,
or humiliated and evidenced no par
ticular bitterness toward the Japs
He was at the Zentsuji camp unit
near the close of the war when h
was moved to branch of the Hiro
shima camp. His last location, how
ever, was quite a distance from tn
city destroyed by the atomic bonn
: attack.
After Japan surrendered, the ia
| commandant of the prison camp tol
, his prisoners of the end of the wa
and turned government of the cam
over to his former charges. Fror
hiding, the American resurrected
battle-worn American flag and hois
ed it over the camp, and governe
{ themselves for two weeks unit
0 American forces arrived to rescu
them. The prisoners in the cam
all were Americans, and many, Liz
5 Kliewer, had been held by the JaI
since the early days of the war.
In camp, Lieut.. Kliewer was pc
mitted one and one-half hours eac
: day for medical studies, and in az
: dition he received tutoring frol
American doctors and assisted the
with their work. He expects tn
! experience to be of assistance
: him in his medical studies at Hal
ward
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Scouts To Collect
Waste Paper Saturday

Bluffton Boy Scouts will collect
waste paper Saturday. Newspapers
and magazines tied in bundles will
be collected from front porches be-
ginning at noon. Farmers are
asked to leave bundled paper in
front of the town hall, Saturday
morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Home From, OUerSeds
Service With Arn1y

T/Sgt. Nelson Hauenstein, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein of
Campus Drive is spending ten
days furlough here after 20 months
overseas service stationed at Casa
blanca with the Army Air Transport
Command. After his furlough here
he will report at Romulus, Michigan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Discharged After
Year In Europe

Sgt. Harvey Huttenlocher who
served for a year with Patton's
Third Army in Europe was dis
charged at Camp Atterbury, Friday.
Sgt. Huttenlocher was awarded the
Distinguished Service Star for meri-
torious service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Brotherhood Speaker

DR.. L. L. Ramseyer, BIuffton col
lege president will address the Meth
odist Brotherhood meeting at the
church Thursday night at 7:30
o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
TUO Night Run For
High School Play

"Best Foot Forward" former
Broadway comedy hit will be staged
by the Bluffton high school junior
class in two night run at the aud
itorium next Tuesday and Wednes-
day nights at s o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
James Basinger Is
Released By Army

A/C James Basinger who has
been stationed at Craig Field, Selma,
Alabama, has received his discharge
from the Army air corps. Mr.. and
Mrs. Basinger will be here until
after the holidays visiting their par
ents, Mrs. Anna Basinger and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Klay of Lawn Ave.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
Swiss Speak German, Italian And
French, Sgt. ROLAND Swank Writes

A recent tour thru Switzerland
gave Sgt. ROLAND Swank, of this
place, an insight into the language,
customs and industry of the tiny
nation which he thought might be of
interest to descendants of the Swiss
who came TO this district from
Europe two generations ago.
A second letter follows which Sgt.
Swank titled "Swiss Notes"
With "a population of only 4,250,000
| Switzerland has no single national
language. 1870 of the Swiss people
speak German, 1870 French and the
balance Italian. The three languages
are all official and advertising, rail-
ways signs and hotel notices usually
carry the news in all three languages
with the better hotels including the
English version. In spite of these
language barriers the Swiss are in
tensely nationalistic. They We're
ready and willing to fight for their
neutrality throughout World War II
and AAA gunners and Air Corps
pilots fired impartially on both AL
lied and Fascist planes which oc-
casionally ventured the short route
over the Alps.
| An English-speaking Swiss sales
man who had travelled widely in the
states told us that the Swiss COM
mon people seemed a little more
sympathetic to the Allied cause;
newspapers were inclined to favor
those riding the crest at the moment
and big business was pro-Nazi since
large share of their business anu
trade was with the German nation.
/ Swiss soldiers wear a uniform that
is almost identical to that of the
Germans and every able man must
serve a minimum of 80 months dur
ing his lifetime.
Excellent Swiss watches are to bt
), found in every Swiss village, towr
and city. For from so to 200 Francs
or $1,000 to $45.00 the better qualit.
watches may be purchased. Cheapel
types of luminous dial stop watches
can be purchased for a dollar and !
half. The Swiss send mainly tn
inner works to the USA since ;
shortage of finer metals makes ea
porting of cases impractical.
Old fashioned music boxes wer
almost threatened with extinction
when skilled workers transferred t
other jobs as the popularity of thi
novelty waned in the last quartz
century. The workers moved to tn
more stable watch, electric and pre-
, cision industry fields to guarante
their economic security. Only yer,
few old companies operate today
and only as side line.
, Yodling in Switzerland is littl
/ more common than the wearing o
bright plaids in Scotland. Bot
practices have lost their appeal 4
the rush of the younger generation
for modernization. In the small VII
lagos and as an entertainment
feature for visitors in city cafes an
on the radio one may still hear a
e occasional bit of genuine yodling.
Riddles and parents alike have
terrific liking for American chewin
gum. P. K. Wrigley has unquestior
ably received more free advertisin
during this war than any othe
manufacturer in the world.
> The larger Swiss cities use Neo
:, advertising as widely as no.
: American cities. Shops are sma
and attractive. Most shops have OF
or two clerks who speak clear al
fluent English.
= Breakfast in Switzerland is vel
u simple meal. It seems to be Il
universal custom to serve plain roll
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29

Success in home dressma aking or
in altering ready-to-wear depends in
part on the care with which you
mark your fabric pieces.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29
BLuFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices) Wheat ST.
10; corn, s1.l2; oats, 65c; soys 500
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29

Breakfast in Switzerland is very
simple meal. It seems to be the
universal custom to serve plain rolls,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-29

The larger Swiss cities use Neon
advertising as widely as most
American cities. Shops are smart
and attractive. Most shops have one
or two clerks who speak clear and
fluent English.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-29
STAR, STAND-IN TEAM

Sonny Tufts and his standin on Paramounts Miss Susie Slagle," Charles Campbell, have teamed for a comedy routine they are currently presenting on a USO hospital tour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-29
HOLIDAY BILL AT LAKE COMPOUNCE
Band Concert in After noon, Benny Meltzer's
 Orchestra in Evening

Lake Compounce starts it's reg ular daily schedule of operation Memorial Day with a special holi- day program of entertainment. In addition to the regular amusement facilities provided at the lake, spe- cial features of the day include a free band concert from to p. m. by the Fulton Band of Waterbury and dancing at night to the music of Benny Meltzer and his orchestra. Benny, who is one of the states outstanding clarinet players, was featured for seven years with the former Russ Schuerer organization, and is making his premiere appear ance with his new band at the lake Wednesday evening. Roller skating sessions will also be held both aft ernoon and evening Memorial Day.
 Lake Compounce offers excellent | facilities for picnicS, outings and dinner parties with special induce ments to organizations that make advance reservations. The bathing season opens Wednesday with sen- for Red Cross life guards on duty at all times and special full course dinners are served daily under the direct supervision of Chef Tony Castro, formerly of Jack Dempsey restaurant in New York.
 Jerry Wald, "The Clarinet Sensa- tion", brings his orchestra to Lake Compounce Sunday, June 3. Or May 30th, the band will be heare