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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21
GE Names Bues(her
Lake Area Manager

r. A. Buescher has been APP
pointed manager of the Great
Lakes district Of General Elec-
tries appliance and merchandise
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21
Robinson Back

&h H r. Ewald president Of
campbell EWaidi announces
that 1t. Col. Loren T. Robin
son has rejoined the company
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21
WINNIPEG GRAIN
TOLLDO CASH 0RAIN

WINNIPEG Juno 30 -IINA+-Rpf cIoseC
-2+gc 70 3ssc lower TODAY July fI5eia
Oct. sI477s Dee. Si.4ss@i.43h.
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CHICAGO

CHICAGO. June 20 IlNsl l-hocs-i2 900;
siS.5seiz.7S: medium. si475. light
sl4.75, Hight lights. si4. 1873; packing
CATTLE-lo 500: steady. cslyes-soo:
steady. Beet steers choice, 1e.5oW1sl me
dium, Si3@l6.5o: yesrlings. si3@l7: so.
butchers heifey. SilalT.2S: cows. 500
1880 bulls, SloGl4 so. calves, sioa
1880. feeder steers, s17@iS so. stoekers:
steers, Si1@i5.23. COWS and heifsrs, $3.50
al
SHEEP 500 steady: lambs. sl4.so9
1875. common. Sl2.5o@l4, sprngers SIS
@le25 yesrlings. si3@i5. feeders, all.So
el3.So, ewes, secs
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21

and up to The present Time he
worked for the A and NJ. depart
ment as an eXpediter on war
materials.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21
GETS MAJOR SPOT

The acquisition will give AVCO
major place in the postwar
production and distribution of
household appliances. Crosfey
lines added TO those of AVCO,
American Central Manufacturing
Corp, a subsidiary, and Spencer
Heater, a division. will provide
wide range of home equipment,
including radios. refrigeratorS.
kitchen sinks and cabinets. gas
and electric ranges and home
heating units. In addition, CroS-
ley is producer of radar and
electronic equipment.
WLW of Cincinnati operates a
80. 000-watt clear channel trans
mitter. The Crosley broadcasting
division also includes I'm and
television experimental stations.
In addition, Crosley holds con-
tract to buy station WINS in
New York, also subject TO FEC
approval.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21
Livestock Market
DETROIT


HOGS-25o: fully steady. Practically all
weights barrows and gifts. $l4.eo ceiling.
bulk EovS, Sl44l4i5.
CATTLE-50o, slow. steady 10 weak trade
on practically all slaughter classes; spots a.
much as as cents lower fed steers and heif-
ers along with eanner COWS little changed
most pressure on bulls. stock steers firm.
short load good and choice fed steers held at
SIT; few truck loads good fed heifers eligible
10 sell In Sis column. common TO low me
dium beef cows. $e.25@ IL so. Gamers and
cutters. s7@S. although some light weight
common beef type cows included at 1913
@ bulk sausage bulls. $40. SOC 2, latter
price practical top on good ~eighty kinds: few
good Southwest stock steer calves, Sl4; siz-
able lot medium 45o lbs. weights, $3.50.
calVeS-30o; steady. Practical top and
bulk good and choice veHlers, SIS SO. COM
mon and medium. largely sl2@l5.5o.
SHEEP--4oO; slaughter lambs steady 10
weak although nothing done early on limited
supply native springers. Few good and choice
kinds late Tuesday. $3.50; package good and
choice old crop fed Shon lambs and year.
nngs mixed with No. pelts,. 81 so; good
and choice shorn aged ewes, ss@9 package
medium wooied ewes. SO. Gull shorn ewes
elbible, down 70 So.
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Earnings

oINTIAI oIsrIi, sos.s s9vTH 9, "rSq yriLiliES co
Net incoale so4s7oI S747,7T1
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Trend of Sales

NEW YORK. June 2o-Ssles on the New
ork Stock Exchange today totalec $50 900
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21
iAViiationCorp.
.BuysCros|ey

NEW YORK June 20 (INS)-
Victor Emanuel. chairman. and
Irving y. Babcock. president of
the Aviation Corp. announced
today that the corporation has
purchased controlling interest in
the Crosley Corp. from Powell
CroSley Jr. and family.
The sale is subject TO approval
Of the federal communications
commission because radio station
WLW and other broadcasting
facilities and applications are in
cluded in Crosley assets.
AVCO acquires approximately
Ga per cent of Cresley's 545. 800
shares al S39 a share. A similar
offer is being made to minority
stockholders. Both are cash
transactions involving a total
commitment of S22 900, 900.
A bank credit with 10 banks
participating has been arranged
by AVCO TO finance the purchase.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21

MfCORD corr.
Nine TICS ended Nay 81 iata igft
ECt pIln. sSlo.67e a46i 6sl
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21

rs lbs apprentice allowance claimed
XXI lbs. apprentice allowance claimed.
Horses listed In order Of post position
- Weather raining. track, sloppy.
PoSt. -2.3o .. m. Detroit timr.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21

xxKSrven oouncE cl1Inec for rder
Horses hated according 20 post position.
Weather. clear. uack fss'
Hnal q m Def rclf Nn,f L-
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21
Entries at Leading Tracks
SUFFOLK DOWNS ENTRIES

rIRsr RAeSs,i s2s IfesspAa soo. sl.lm.ns. ,.y,.r.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21
Dividends

Dividrnds IN th, foregoing table ar. IN
smoEnG paid or payable 40 FAR thiG rear.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-21
rHIsrLEDowN ENTITIES

FiRsr pAcE-seoo. ei.iminr. maiden
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08

Historical background and beliefs
of the Presbyterian church win be
presented by Rev. Charles Martz of
Van Vert in lecture at the First
Mennonite church here Sunday night
at 1880 o'clock.
The address will be the third in a
monthly series dealing with the his
tory of the various denominations,
arranged by Rev. j. N. Smucker,
pastor of the First Mennonite church.
Rev. Martz is pastor of the Pres
byterian church in Van Vert, one
of the large and influential churches
of that denomination in Northwest
ern Ohio.
The monthly lectures, which began
in January have been growing in in
terest and attendance and provide
an insight into the beliefs, tenets and
creeds of the different church groups
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
Letter To Wife Here Tells OF
Brutal Staying of Children,
Men and Women
Account Deals With Bitter War
fare Around Stavelot in
Late December

Nazi atrocities on the citizens of
occupied countries is confirmed in an
eyewitness account related in a
letter received last week from Pfc.
Berdell Huber, formerly of Bluffton,
whose wife lives in the Citizen Bank
apartments.
Pfc. Huber, now in hospital in
England recovering from frozen feet
suffered on the Western front in
early January, writes in part:
did you read "Nazi Savages in
France" in the December issue of
Readers Digest Well it is all the
truth. | could tell you story of
my own about the breakthru into
Belgium on December II.
"On that day we were ordered to
Continued on page p
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
New Meat Point Values Expected To
Move Steaks Faster; Other Cuts Slower


Revamping of meat ration point
values is expected to bring relief to
Bluffton meat dealers who have been
plagued with an accumulation of
high point value cuts for which there
was comparatively little sale, while
confronted on the other hand with
an insistant consumer demand for
less desirable, low point cuts.
Especially in beef, there was an
accumulation of choice hind quarter
steaks which have moved slowly es-
pecially since the drastic Tightening
of rationing early this year, while
the lower point value front quarter
cuts moved rapidly across the deal
ers' counters.
To keep meat stocks within reas.
enable balance between the slow
Continued on page q
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08

Peter Burkholder, 80, died Thurs
day night at the home of daughter,
Mrs. Fred Bronson, with whom he
had made his home in Bluffton, after
being confined to bed for two weeks.
Death was due to infirmities.
Son of John and Elizabeth (Kiene)
Burkholder, he was born near Bluff
ton June ID, 1864. He was married
in 1889 to Elizabeth Best, who sur
wives.
Other survivors include Mrs. Bron-
son, at whose home he died, and the
following additional children: Charles
c., William B. and Louis Burkholder,
all of Bluffton; Elmer Burkholder,
Jenera; Mrs. Hazel Walters, Lafay-
cite; and Mrs. Fairy Martin, Lima.
There are four brothers: Samuel
Burkholder, Bluffton; John Burk-
holder, Beaverdam; and Enos and
David Burkholder, both of Lima.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon in the Paul Diller
funeral chapel. Rev. John Esau of
ficiated, and burial was in the Eben-
ezer cemetery, west of town.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
THREE AREA MEN
RETAINED In IA
in DRAFT APPEALS
Nine Appeal Board Decisions
Reflect Stricter Draft
Procedure
Need of Men in Armed Forces is
Seen i'm Tighter Deferment
Regulations

Three Bluffton area men are
among nine Allen County Draft
Board No. 8 registrants whose Ia
classifications were upheld in ap-
peals decisions announced this week
and whose inductions into the armed
forces probably are imminent.
Tightening of deferment regula-
tions in reflection of the increased
need for manpower for the Army
and the Navy was evidenced by the
fact that in the appeals decisions no
IA classifcations were reversed.
Bluffton area men affected by the
rulings were:
Russell M. Schaublin, Route 2,
Bluffton, classified in Ia by the
Local Board. The Page Dairy Co.
appealed. Classification of la up
held by Board of Appeals.
Ray E. Luginbuhl, Findlay, form
erly of Bluffton; classified in IA by
the Local Board. Ohio Oil Co. APP
pealed. Classification of la upheld
by Board of Appeals.
Freeman Wilson Basinger, Route 1,
Pandora; classified Ia by Local
Board. Registrant appealed. Classi-
fication of la upheld by Board of
Appeals.
Other registrants for whom ap-
peals rulings We're handed down
were:
John Elmer Scherger, Delphos.
Classified in Glass Ia by Local
Board. Old National Bank, Delphos,
appealed. Classification of la up
held by the Board of Appeals.
Berdine Scholl, Lima. Classified
in Class Ia by Local Board. Su-
perior Coach Corp. appealed. Glass
ification of Ia upheld by the Board
of Appeals.
Lloyd Everett Early, Lima. Clas-
sified in Class LA by Local Board.
Registrant appealed. Classification
vi IN up1iSid by the DOdld VI al
peals.
Melvin Price Sprinkel, Lima. Clas-
sified in Glass Ia by Local Board.
White Mountain Creamery Co. APP
pealed. Classification of Ia upheld
by the Board of Appeals.
Frank Louis Bosch, Lima. Clas-
sified in Glass Ia by Local Board.
Lima Locomotive Works appealed.
Classification of IA upheld by the
Board of Appeals.
George David Fetter, Lima. Clas-
sified in Class IA by Local Board.
Registrant appealed. Classified in
Class nc by Board of Appeals.
This classification was appealed to
the President by the State Director.
Presidential classification, IA. Reg
istrant is engaged in agriculture.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
Letter From Pfc. Berdell Huber
Confirms War Atrocities Of NaZis


Bluffton got a preview of spring,
Monday, when the temperature rose
to a high mark of go degrees.
The spring weather, however, was
of short duration and followed by
snow and colder weather Tuesday
afternoon with the mercury dipping
to a low of "a degrees Wednesday
morning, a drop of 80 degrees in a
24-hour period.
Wet and heavy snow freezing on
automobile windshields added diff
culties to driving and slush and ice
reduced traction. The snow, how
ever, was not of sufficient depth to
require snow plows on the highways.
Big and Little Riley creeks, swol-
len by recent rains are expected to
recede with the arrival of colder
weather. Fair weather with rising
temperature is predicted for Thurs
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
Inspector Here For
Signal Corps Dies

Raymond ]. Feldman, al, chief
resident Signal Corps inspector at
The Triplett Electrical Instrument
Co. here, died in the Bluffton Com
munity hospital at 2:30 p. m. Mon
day, following an illness of seven
days from ulcers of the stomach.
Feldman and his family moved to
Bluffton five months ago from Ellis
worth, MINI. where he was a hard
ware merchant and electrician. He
was born Dec. Is, 1903, in Iowa.
Funeral services were held at 1880
p. m. Tuesday evening in the Paul
Diller funeral home, with Rev.
Charles Donaldson, of the Bluffton
Presbyterian church, officiating.
Feldman was a native of George,
Iowa, where his body was taken for
burial. 1t was sent from Bluffton
following the funeral service Tues
day night.
His father, Herman Feldman, of
George, Iowa, arrived here Tuesday
afternoon.
Survivors include the widow, three
daughters, Katherine Helen, Ruth
Mae and Betty Lou; his parents;
three sisters and three brothers.
Mrs. Feldman and daughters will
return to, their former home at Ellis
worth, Mimi, where the three daugh-
ters will enter school next week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
SGT. R. +. kOONTz
MISSING IN ACTION
in EUROPEAN AREA
Flying Fortress Ball Turret
Gunner Reported Missing as
of February 16
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Ko0ntz Entered Army Air
Force in 1913

Sgt. Robert F. Koontz, 10, of the
Army Air Corps, is missing in ac-
ton in the European theatre, ac-
cording to word received Monday by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Koontz, of three miles east of Bluff
ton in Orange township.
Sgt. Koontz was ball turret gun
ner on the Bit Flying Fortress,
Marie Helena, stationed with the
Eighth Air Force in England.
In the telegram from the War
Department, he was reported missing
as of February 16, presumably in
action over Germany.
The third division Of the Eighth
air force, with which he was at
tached, has been cited by the Presi-
dent for its now historic England to
Africa shuttle-bombing of Germany.
Sgt. Koontz was graduated from
Mt. Cory High school in the spring
of 1943, and entered the Army air
force shortly thereafter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
Births

The following births at Blufftor
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Coral Shick, Ada, q
boy, Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Which, Bluff.
ton, a girl, Gene Marie, Tuesday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Long, Bluff
ton, a girl, Jan Elaine, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Blackburn, Je-
nera, a boy, James Michael, Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Wilson, Will
Jamestown, a girl, Gretchen Marie
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wilson, Jenera
girl, Lois Ann, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Traucht, .
boy, Allen Wayne, born at Brooklyn
N. Y, Feb. 27. Mrs. Traucht was
formerly Marcene Garmatter of this
place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
I'm New Locations

S. E. Berryhill and family have
moved from the College farm one
mile northwest of Bluffton to the
Warner Newlan property on West
Elm street which he purchased last
fall.
Rev. Ernest Bohn and family of
Millersburg, Ind, moved on the Col
1ege farm the first of the week. Rev.
Bohn will operate the farm and serve
as instructor in philosophy at the
College.
Rayon Boutwell, and family have
moved from the Andrew Gratz farm
south of Bluffton to the farm of the
late 7. A. Kitchen in Orange town
ship which they recently purchased.
Robert NJ. Shafer and family of
Vaughnsville are occupying the
Gratz farm vacated by the Boutwell,
family.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
SIX REGISTRANTS
in BLUFFTON AREA
UP FOR PHYSICAL
Allen County Board 3 Calls 81
For Preinduction Physical
Exams
Three Former Bluffton Men
Also i'm Heavy March Draft
Call

Six men from the Bluffton district
are included in a group of 50 regis
trants called for March preinduction
physical examinations by Allen
County Draft Board No. 8.
One of the six, Justin L. johnson,
of the Pine hotel, Bluffton, is slated
for immediate induction if he passes
the physical examination, it was
announced.
The other five from here who will
report for physical examinations are
Donald d. Dillman, and Nelson f.
Steiner, Bluffton; Wayne r. Schu-
macher, Lafayette; Doyt A. Yoakam,
Ruote 1, Lafayette, and Raymond d.
Boyd, Lafayette.
Three farmer Bluffton men also are
in the call for the preinduction phys
ical examinations. They are Richard
L. Bixel, now living in Findlay, AL
len Painter, who makes his. home i'm
Lima and Louis Macke of Ottawa.
Others in the March call include:
Elida-Maynard P. Moore, Richard
Ridenour.
Lima-Robert E. Kesler, Roy Fish
baugh, Harold Brubaker, John Stun
baugh, Dee Forest Grout, William
Bectel, David Esmond, Francis Down
hour, Sylvester Dotson, Guy James,
Francis Bloomquist, Roy Warner,
James Hughes, Harold Lewis, Lewis
Coates, Robert Harner, Karl Kruse.
Charles Pellegrini, Holland Meyer,
William Terfinger, Raymond Wood
all, John Skobler, Marvin Butterfield,
Robert Hire, Howard Loschert, Pat
Collins, Kenneth Oldeman, Jerry Dye.
Harrod - Harry Coolidge, Willis
| Spencer, Oren Engle.
| Rensselaer,, Ind.-Victor Klingler.
Spencerville-John Thompson, John
Collins, Edwin Witherow, Garnerd
| Truesdale, Earl Prime.
Delphos-Richard Friemoth, William
Remlinger, Leo Martin, Lewis Vie
chart, Paul Rahrig, Donald Heck, Ell
mer Looser, Louis Rode, Coy Drucke-
miller Eugene Lause Vincent Oden-
weller, Thomas Marks, John Pitsen-
barger, Charles Powell
Salem, nl.-John Walker.
Oak Ridge, Tenn.-Charles An
drews.
Kenton-Laurence Osborn.
Van Wert-Chester Shafer.
Terre Haute, Ind-John Pohl
Coldwater, Mich.-Ralph Huber.
WaFakoneta--Robert Zeller, Lester
Smith.
Cairo-Wayne Lehman, Robert Sol
ONION.
North Vernon, Ind.-David Smith.
Ostrand, O-Franeis Throckmorton.
Waynesfield-Boyd Smith.
Ft Wayne, Ind.-Thomas Noonan.
Allen Park, Mich.-Paul Miller.
Elwood City, Pa.-George Shallen-
berger.
Encinitas, Calif.-William Cooper.
Wayne, 0.-Ralph Hayman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
RED CROSS DRIVE
FOR $4,000 OPENS
HERE ON TUESDAY
House-To-House Canvass VIII
Be Made To Raise Roll Call,
War Relief Funds
Campaign Will Continue Thru
March; Red Cross Services
Are Expanding

Buttons drive to raise $4,000 for
the American Red Cross in its cam
paign for $1S0,000,000 to continue
its worldwide operations with battle
front troops, in hospitals and on the
home fronts, got under way here
Tuesday night and will continue un-
til the end of March.
In officially opening the campaign
Co-Chairmen Mrs. j. S. Steiner ano
Woodrow Little pointed out that the
need for Red Cross services in the
coming year will be greater than
ever before.
This years drive is a combination
campaign for the regular Roll Call
and the War Fund. Contributions
provide for both local and national
Red Cross work.
An average of IS per family is
needed to meet Buttons quota.
Solicitors who will make a house
toulouse canvass of Bluffton for
funds include:
Mesdames William Augsburger,
John Blackburn, H. E. Augsburger,
Edgar Conaway, John Stonehill,
Peggy Martin, Ray Reichenbach,
Harold Beals, George Rauenbuhler,
Monroe Amstutz, ROLAND Stratton,
~ Il NT;~,va,Jar Ghorlac HooI-;el,
Elmer Short, c. A. Biery.
Mesdames Robert Cooney, Jr.,
Ralph Stearns, Wilford Steiner,
Gordon Bixel, Amos Oyer, Edith
Manu.. Eugene Basinger, Homer
Bracy, Wilford Geiger, William
Cattle, Sidney Hauenstein, Wayne
Luginbuhl, Hiram Huser, Ray Camp
bell, Charles Patterson, Robert Non
namaker, Robert Murray, Allan
McCluer.
Mesdames Gerald Clever, H. r.
Luginbuhl, Leslie Kimmel, Homer
Grove, ROLAND Koontz, Donald Rug
gley, Herbert Rupright, Richard
Lewis, Charles Alderman, Fred
Tschantz, Frank Weinhold, M. G.
Geiger, Gerhard Buhler, A. E. Lich-
tenwalter, Cliff West, Howard Stag
er, Emerson Lugibill.
Mesdames Charles Dillman, Joe
Stage, Albert Oyer, Nelson Herr,
Gerald Crawfs, Paul Stauffer, Theo-
! dore Schultz, Richard Mericle, Gil
bert Fett, Silas Diller, Charles Hilty,
Armin Hauenstein, r. A. Dunifon,
George Linden, Leonard Wingate,
Calvin Steiner, Lloyd Hardwick.
Misses Della Kirchhofer, Phyllis
Hardwick, Dorothy Greding, Dorothy
Lloyd, Edna Ramseyer, Levada Bal
mer, Margaret Diller, Meredith Step
Teton, June Seehler, Theola Steiner
| Donna Hagerman, Annabelle Weed
Hildred Eversole, Joan Clark.
Amos Tschiegg, Robert Potts
David Frick, Robert Stalter, Eldon
Tschiegg.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
Wounded Veteran Is
Home For Fortnight

Pvt. Maynard Badertscher who
was wounded in Germany, December
2 is spending two weeks at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Badertscher of Geiger street.
He arrived here last Saturday
night from Billings General hospital
at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana,
where he has been taking treatment
for shrapnel injuries which have
healed. At the conclusion of his
stay here he will return to the hos
pital for hernia operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
BLUFFTON MAN ON
u. S. SHIP SUNK
OFF PHILIPPINES
Francis Luginbill Among So
Survivors Saved After Ship
Is Sunk BY Mistake
Former Bluffton Man Worked at
Triplett Co.; Serves AS
Deep-Sea Diver

Francis w. Luginbill, machinist's
mate &c, of Bluffton, was among
the 65 survivors of the USS Ex-
tractor, naval rescue and salvage
ship, which was torpedoed and sunk
mistakenly by an American sub
marine in the Pacific.
Before going into the Navy, Lug
inbill lived on North Jackson street
and was employed in the machine
shop of The Triplett Electrical In
strument Co.
He is the husband of the former
Mary Morrison, now living with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Morrison
near Mt. Cory. His parents are Mr..
and Mrs. w. J. Luginbill, who live
six miles northwest of Bluffton.
Lugibill telephoned his wife last
Friday morning from San Francisco,
where the survivors of the sunken
vessel had travelled by plane from
the Philippines. He arrived in Chi
'cago on Tuesday, and is expected
here Wednesday night on a 30-days
leave.
Luginbill's ship, enroute to the
Philippines, was sunk off Leyte in
error by an American submarine,
which then rescued all but six MEM
bers of the crew. The men were
taken to the Philippines, and re-
turned to this country by air.
Luginbill, 28, is a deep sea diver
and does underwater repairing of
sunken ships.
His wife has been living with her
parents at Mt Cory since her father
became critically i'll.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
Nurse Returns With
OUerSe0s Wounded

Miss Jennie Beery, captain in the
Army Nurse corps landed at an
eastern port, Saturday in charge of
ship load of wounded veterans
from the European theatre of war.
Miss Beery is a sister of Mrs.
Clayton Murray of West Elm street
and has been overseas for the past
nine months. The transatlantic
trip was made on the Ernest Hines,
Army hospital ship.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
AWard Purple Heart
To Fred Hermann

Award of the Purple Heart medal
to Fred Hermann who was wounded
in action in France, was announced
the first of the week. Hermann, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hermann
of North Main street has been in
military hospital in France after be-
ing hit in the left leg by shrapnel.
February |. He also received the
combat infantryman's badge.
Hermann, who has been overseas
since last October was a former ace
athlete at Bluffton high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
Garbage Collection
Rates Are Raised

Rates for Bluffton's municipality
operated garbage and rubbish collec-
tion system were raised by the coun-
Gil at its meeting Monday night.
The new rate will be SO per year
for households and S6 per year for
business places having larger than
average volume of garbage or rub
bish. The service also includes re-
moval of ashes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
BIuftOn Youth
Enlists In NaUy

Harry R. Minck, Jr., son of Mrs.
Mabel Minck, of South Lawn ave
nue., is one of a group of 17-year-olds
who enlisted at the Lima recruiting
office of the u. S. Navy during the
latter part of February, it was an
nounced by Chief J. B. Sanzenbacher,
recruiter in charge.
Prior to his enlistment, Minck had
been working as a calibrator at The
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-08
In Lima Hospital

Alvin Augsburger of Ada, form
erly of near Bluffton, is patient in
Lima Memorial hospital i'll with kid
ney stones. Augsburger is instructor
in Smith-Hughes agriculture in Ada
and Lafayette high schools. His
wife is the former Dorothy Benroth
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Benroth of North Main street.