davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Settlement

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Wenger and
daughter, Norma of Salem, Oregon,
arrived here the forepart of the
week to spend several weeks among
relatives and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Schumacher
and family visited in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Amstutz in
Ada, Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Bucher expect
to leave for North Carolina the lat
ter part of this week to visit their
youngest son John who is stationed
at camp there.
Arthur Schumacher, Ezra Moser
and Hiram Kohl were in Nappanee,
Ind, Tuesday to make contact with
the office of the Relief Service of
the Church of the Brethren who
have for some time done relief work
among the needy and suffering of the
European nations.
Many churches of various denom-
nations all over the United States
are manifesting a splendid spirit of
cooperation in this worthy enter
prise. A representation of the adj
ministration office at Nappanee is to
present the cause in our locality in
the near future. Committees from.
the various churches of our locality
are being appointed to carry ON
this work.
William Fridley, 81, died in the
Bluffton Community hospital, We'd
nesday morning. Funeral services
at Pleasant View church Friday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Wheat is still being sown in this
vicinity at present. Perhaps at no
time in many years has such large
acreage been seeded as late as now.
Rev. P. ]. Boehr officited at the
wedding of Miss Mary Liechty and
Emmett Augsburger Sunday after
noon at the Mennonite church in
Berne, Ind. T heir many friends ex-
tend their best wishes. The couple
will be at home to their many
friends on the Augsburger farm
across the road from the Menno
Augsburger homestead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach
and son Roger and Mrs. Verl Reich
enbach and children Larry and Carol
Sue visited in the home Of Mrs. Dan
Steppler near Decatur, Ind, Sunday
MIRA nd Mrs. Marvin Dirk OF
Evanston, ILL.,, missionaries who were
! interned in the Philippine Islands By
the Japanese for three and a hall
/ years will bring messages at the st
! John church at morning, Afternoon
| and evening services.
| p. A. Suter is spending severa
: weeks in the home of his daughtel
| Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Irish at De
Witt, Michigan.
/ Rev. and Mrs. Erwin Wedel o
E Jackson, Miss, are to be at the 81
John church on Thursday evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Hold Lutheran Rally
Service In FindLdy

A Lutheran Reformation Rally
service will be held in the Findlay
high school auditorium, Sunday
night at s o'clock, it is announced
by Rev. w. L. Harmony, pastor of
the Bluffton church, inviting parish
toner's and friends of this place.
Speaking will be DR.. H. L. Yoch-
um, president of the Michigan dis
trict of the American Lutheran
church. A chorus of 125 voices will
be under direction of Prof. Ellis
Snyder of Capital university, Co
lumbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Wade Lape Promoted
To Lieut.. Commander

Promotion of Naval Lieut.. Wade
w. Lape to rank of Lieutenant Com
mander was announced this week
from the Naval Air station at
Hutchinson, Kansas, where he has
been on duty since last June.
Last week Lieut.. Commander Lape
and his wife visited at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. S.
Lape, of Grove street.
Prior to reporting to the Kansas
station, Lieut.. Commander Lape
served for 81 months in the South
Pacific as a fiier attached to the
USS Louisville.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
DR.. Clarence Lehman
College Head, Dies

DR.. Clarence O. Lehman, so, an
early graduate of Bluffton college
who later became prominent as an
educator, died Monday at Geneseo,
New York, where he had retired
two months ago from the presidency
of the State Teachers college at
Potsdam, N. Y, because of failing
health.
His death came a day before a
testimonial dinner was to have been
given in his honor by presidents OF
other New York colleges.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon in the Geneseo
Presbyterian church of which he
was member of the session.
Born in Berne, Ind, the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Lehman, he was
graduated from Bluffton college in
1916. His father was for many
years president of the college board
of trustees.
Later he received the Phi. d. de-
gree from Ohio State university and
the LII. d. degree from st. Law
renee university. He became presi-
dent of Potsdam State Teachers col
lege in 1889. He was member OF
Phi Beta Kappa and other learned
societies.
Surviving are his wife the former
Carol Betzner of Bluffton and daugh.
ter Marjorie Jean, student in the
Yale University School of Nursing
Administration, New Haven, Conn.
Also surviving are his mother oi
Berne, Ind; two brothers Prof. G
A. Lehman, director of music al
Colgate-Rochester Divinity school
Rochester, N. Y, and Clinton Leh
man of Chicago, and three sisters
Mrs. Rose Baumgartner of Berne
Ind, and Mrs. Gertrude Albrecht o,
Columbia, Mo. A third sister, Flor
ence, lives in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Pfc. William, Anstutz
Released From ARM

Pfc. William Amstutz, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Amstutz, of
this place, has received an honorable
discharge from the army and ar
rived home last Friday.
After serving one and one-half
years overseas as a medical corps
man, Pfc. Amstutz was returned to
this country and for several months
was assigned to Grille General hos
pital at Cleveland as a Military
Policeman. He was in the army two
and one-half years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
MeLUin LOra At
Air Base In India

Flight Officer Melvin (Bud) Lora
son of Mrs. z. r. Herring, has ar
rived at the Army Air base at
Chalria, India, a station in the
Asam valley at the foot of the
Hump.
F/O Lora made the trip from this
country by air, following the same
route taken by the Colchester. His
wife and son are at the home of hel
parents in Bethlehem, Pa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Former Resident
Dies In Toledo

Word of the death of J. n. Plats,
GO, of Toledo, at that place was re-
ceived here this week by his cousins,
w. H. and Chester Huber. Years
ago his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Israel
Plats, resided on the county line
road south of Bluffton. For many
years he was travelling salesman for
a stove manufacturing concern.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Orange TIUp. Girls
4-H Club Winners

Two Orange township girls, jean
nine Stewart and Esther Wolber,
won first place as dairy food dem
onstration team in the state All
club elimination contest held at Ohio
State university, Saturday. The
girls are members of the Orange
Township Gold Star 4-H club. Each
was presented with $50 war bond
by a cheese manufacturing company.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Biufton Girls Are
LedUing For College

Nine Bluffton girls are leaving to
attend various colleges opening for
the fall term.
Those who left the first of the
week for Bowling Green State uni
versity are Dorothy Anderson, Helen
Groding, Geneva, Janice and Ruth
Hankish, Juanita Bame and Eileen
Haller.
Alice Jean Bixel will leave Friday
to enter 0berin conservatory.
Beverly Biery will leave next We'd
nesday for 0berlin college.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
TWO TYPES OF
SEWERS VOTED
ON IN BLUFFTON
Complete Sewerage System Re.
jected Three Times by
Voters
lntercepting Sewers, Less Cost
ly, Also Turned Down at
Polls

EDITORS NoTE: This is an
other In a series of articles deal
ing Nth the history of Bluff
tons sewage disposal problems,
for Which an onswer mast be
found early IN the post-war
period.
Five sewage disposal bond issues
which have been rejected by Bluff
ton voters since the first proposal
was presented at the polls in 1927
are divided into two major classes.
Three of the five proposals pro-
vided for a complete sewerage sys-
TEN, and the other two proposed
solution of the problem by means of
intercepting sewers.
As its name implies, the complete
sewerage system would entail con-
struction of an entirely new system
of sewers thruout the town, which
would carry only sanitary sewage.
Under this method, storm water
from rains would be handled by the
present sewers and discharged into
Big and Little Riley creeks. Storm
water is drained off streets thru
catch basins and comes from down.
spouts which take the water from
roofs of buildings.
SEPARATE HANDLING
Individual lines in the separate
sewerage system would merge into
trunk lines carrying the sewerage
to a disposal plant on the edge of
town, and there would be separate
facilities for the handling of sewage
and storm water.
An intercepting system, proposed
in two of the bond issues, would con-
tinue to use present sewers in carry
ing sewage from homes of the town.
However, instead of the sewers
emptying in Bluffton's two streams
as they now do, their outlets would
be in trunk lines laid along the
banks of Big and Little Riley creeks
These intercepters would run to the
sewage disposal plant.
One intercepting line would be
laid along the course of each stream
| with connections of sewers on the
opposite side of the creek made by
tunneling under the water bed. II
is estimated that each intercepting
line would be about three-fourths
of mile in length.
| INTERcEPToRs LESS COSTLY
Construction of an interceptine
| system would be more economical
for it utilizes the present system OF
sewers within the town proper.
Engineers, however, have always
pointed out that difficulties in op-
Grafton would result from use of ar
intercepting system, since there
would be wide variation in volume
which the disposal plant would be
called upon to handle because of the
storm water factor.
A disposal plant handling sani
tary sewage only has steady aver
age volume, with comparatively lit
tie variation to be considered. How
ever, when storm water is mixeC
with the sanitary sewage, heav!
downpour of rain may double o.
triple the total volume, and if ca
pacity of the plant is exceeded SOM
of it must be by-passed into tn
creek without treatment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Sgt. RObt. COOney
Home From Arn1y

Sgt. Robert Cooney who served
with the Army Air Force in the
European theatre of war has re-
turned home after receiving his
Army discharge. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. K. Cooney of South
jackson street, and husband of the
former Joan Patterson of this place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
ThOs. COnalUay Gets
Release From NdUy

Thomas Conaway, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Conaway has arrived
here after receiving his discharge
from naval service, much of which
was spent in the Pacific war zone.
He and his wife will occupy their
home, the former Byron Anderson
property at West Elm and Spring
streets.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Back From Tokyo

Verl Reichenbach of the Navy,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reichen-
bach of near Bluffton who recently
was at Tokyo bay, is expected to
return with the Third fleet for Navy
day observance this week. He was
recently promoted from fireman first
class to water tender third class.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Three Year Old Polio
Victim Is Improving

Rodney Keith Habegger, three
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. New
land Habegger residing four miles
southwest of Bluffton is improving
at Lima Memorial hospital where he
is undergoing treatment for infantile
paralysis, it was stated the first of
the week. This is the only case of
infantile paralysis reported in Allen
county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
SGT. Robert Deerhake
Gets Army Discharge

Sgt. Robert E. Deerhake has been
discharged from the Army after 81
months service in the European war
theatre. He arrived home last We'd
nesday and is residing with his wife
and son at 207 S. Lawn avenue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Ralph W. Garlinger
Gets Navy Discharge

Ralph w. Garlinger, whose wife
resides at 100 Riley street, the form
er Troxel property, was discharged
from the U. S. Navy Separation
center at Great Lakes, H., last
week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Exhibition Barber
Is Home From NaUy

Gerald Swank, former Bluffton
barber, has been discharged from
the Navy and returned here. Swank
enlisted early in the war and at the
time of his discharge was operating
a barbershop for the Navy at Miami,
Florida.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
ATTEND CONVENTION

L. j. Wahlie and Albert Winkler of
the Amstutz Hatcheries organization
are in Columbus attending the con-
vention of the Ohio Baby Chick as
sociation, Wednesday and Thursday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
Funeral For Mrs.
Ella Long Friday

Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Long, 70, were held Friday after
noon in the Basinger funeral home
with Rev. c. L. Remaley of Airing
ton officiating.
Mrs. Long died at her home here
last Wednesday following a two
years illness. Burial was in Maple
Grove cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25

Recent doubling of points paid for
salvaged fats is one more indication
of the great need for saving every
possible pound.
The sub., 1945-10-04

hired or re-hired during the preVI- cue week and to indicate thereon the departments to which they have been assigned. EXPLANATION: Article III. You will note that the Union Security Shop, settled for by the AFL ne- gOtiating committee, is THE TYPE THAT MAKES FOR VOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIP! Your Local Lead CTS and FeIlOw-w0rkers are cOnfi- dent that we will have UNION SHOP at the E. B. without having to FORCE ANYONE to JOIN! Your Union Committee took the stand that accomplishment and ed- ucation will be the means used to bring about a 1OO% UNION SHOP, rather than FORGED
 Article uI-GrievanceS
 Section 1. The Employer agrees to recognize Shop Stewards, duly authorized by the Union, to maximum number of sixty-two (62) and Chief Shop Stewards, duly authorized by the Union, to maximum number of seven CD. Such Stewards and Chief Stewards shall be employees of the Employ CT and shall be the last to be laid off or terminated for lack of work in their respective Occupational classifications and the first to be recalled to work. The President of the Metal Trades Council of New London County shall have the same rights as a Steward in respect to lay-offs and employment termina- tions for lack of work, in the event he Is a regular employee of the Employer.
 Tn the event of major change in the total number of employees in the Plant, either party may request re-adjustment in the number of Stewards or Chief Stewards, ac- corded preference as above, and if no agreement is reached the mat ter shall be subject to the grievance procedure.
 Section 2. The Union shall furn- ish to the Employer and maintain complete and up-to-date list of it's authorized Stewards, Chief Stew ards, Officers, and other repre- sentatives and shall designate on the list the group of employees whom the Stewards and Chief Stewards are authorized to rep resent.
 Section 3. It Is mutually under stood and agreed that all grievances of employees or the Employer aris- ing herein shall be dealt with as provided for in this section,
 (a) Step 1. Employees in the
 first instance may register
 grievances with the Shop
 Steward, who shall present
 such grievances to the im-
 mediate supervisor.
 (b) Step 2. If unable to reach
 satisfactory adjustment with
 the immediate supervisor
 within one tD working day,
 the Shop Steward shall sub-
 init the grievance to the Gen.
 eraI Foreman.
 (c) Step 3. If unable to reach
 satisfactory adjustment with
 the General Foreman within
 two (2) working days, the
The sub., 1945-10-04

This AGREEMENT made this a4th day of September. 1045 by and between the ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY of Groton, Connecticut, a New Jersey Corporation, having its principal office in New York City, acting herein by L. Y. Spear, President, duly authorized, herein after called the Employer, and the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, the International Unions affiliated herewith, acting herein by Committee of the Metal Trades Council of New London County, duly authorized, hereinafter called the Union.
 WTTNESSETH:
 WHEREAS, the Union was certi- fled on June 12, 1945 by the Ma tional Labor Relations Board as the exclusive representative of certain employees, herein after defined, for the purpose of collective bargain ing with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment, and
 WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to establish and maintain a state of mutual under standing and cooperation, create harmonious relations between the Employer and it's employees, at it's Groton, Connecticut, Plant and to abide by this contract in the settle ment of any and all disputes that may arise between them concern ing the subject-matter of this Agreement, and
 WHEREAS, the representation by the Union covers all work includ- ing maintenance, done by the em- plOyees for whom the Union has been certified by the National La Dor Relations Board;
 NOW. THEREFORE, in consider atoin of the mutual promises and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto mutually covenant and agree as follows, viz:
 Article I-DefinitiOns
 Section 1. It is mutually under stood and agreed that certain words and terms used herein shall have the meanings defined below:
 The word employees" as used in this Agreement means to the exclu- sion of all others, all production, maintenance and stockroom em- ployees of the Employer; all clerical employees who do manual work or who work in the production areas of the Plant; all watchmen, inspec- tors, and test crew: but excluding foremen, assistant foremen, leaders. all supervisory officials above the rank of foreman, all draftsmen, oatternmakers and administrative office clerical employees at the En- p1oyer's Groton, Connecticut, Plant; The term "p1ant holiday" includes 4iae following, and only the follow ing holidays: New Years Day. Washington's Birthday, Decoration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day, on which days the Plant will normally be shut down;
 The term Standard work week" means the regular scheduled work
The sub., 1945-10-04

Chief Steward shall submit
 the grievance to the Indus-
 trial Relations Department. (d) Step 4. If the grievance is
 not satisfactorily adjusted by
 the Industrial Relations De-
 partment within three (3)
 working days, it shall be sub-
 mitted to the next regular
 meeting of a Grievance COm-
 mittee which shall be cOm-
 posed of not more than five
 (5) representatives of thu
 Employer and not more than
 five (5) representatives of
 the Union. The Grievance
 Committee shall hold 8 regu-
 lar scheduled meeting week~ Ny unless no matters are
 pending for disposition.
 (e) Step 5. I'm the event the
 grievance is not satisfactorily
 adjusted by the Grievance
 Committee within four (4)
 working days, it shall be sub-
 mitted to the General Mans
 ager of the Employer.
 (f) Step. In the event the griev.
 ance is not satisfactorily ad-
 justed by the General Man~
 ager within three (3) work
 ing days, either party may
 take this case to Arbitration
 If the parties are unable to
 agree upon an Arbitrator, he
 shall be selected by the
 chairman of the National
 War Labor Board, First Reg
 ion. The fees and expenses
 of the Arbitrator shall b0
 shared equally by the parties
 and the decision of the Arbas
 tratOr shall he final and binds
 ing upon the parties
 Section 4. In the case of any uestion involving the interpreta~ on or application of this Agree- lent, or affecting employees Oe lore than one department. the rst two steps of the grievance rocedure shall be omitted and the ase shall be referred directly to 1e Industrial Relations Depart lent. Grievances of the Emp1oyeR lay be initiated by the Employer any step of the grievance pro- edure. All other steps and condi- ions, including the use of tho rievance forms, shall remain the anne.
 Section 5. Grievances shall in all ases be presented in writing, in ot less than duplicate, on forms , be provided jointly for this pur- ose, and shall be signed by the rnion or Employer representative the grievance. If the rievance is adjusted at any step f the grievance procedure, the ad. shall be noted on the rievance form and shall be signed y the Employer representative and le Union representative reaching 1e adjustment. At any step of le grievance procedure where no is reached, the griev- nee form shall bear a notation that 1e grievance is unsettled, shall be lgned by the Employer representa- we and the Union representative len handling the grievance and nall be referred to the next step
 GCnmAia4seA nm pnre Tzssnl
The sub., 1945-10-04

week for the majority of employ eeS;
 The term 'normal rate" means the hourly rate as shown in the Wage Schedule;
 The word grievance" means dis satisfaction and complaint with classification, wages, hours or oth- CT conditions of employment by any individual employee or group of employees in any one department; or dissatisfaction and complaint by the Employer with any act or fail ure to act by the union or mem- bers or representatives of the Un- ion;
 The word "lay-off' means the cessation of employment on ac- count of lack of work estimated by the Employer to be temporary and of an estimated duration not exceeding ten (10) weeks; The term employment termina- ton" means involuntary separation from employment, other than dis charge for cause. of unknown and indefinite duration;
 The word "helper" means semi skilled worker who assists me- chanic or an artisan but does not possess the skill to handle tools without the supervision of me chanic or an artisan;
 The word '1aborer" means a worker whose work is not in any degree skilled;
 The word ''patternmakers" means to the exclusion of all others only those patternmakers who are employed in the Pattern Shop; The word 'draftsmen" means to the exclusion of all others all those employees directly under the su- pervisory staff.
 Article H-RecOgnition
 Section 1. The Employer recog- nizes the Union as the sole col 1ective bargaining agency in re- spect to rates of pay, wages. hours of employment, or other conditions of employment for all employees" as defined herein, who are now or may be hereafter employed in the Employers plant at Groton, Conn. Section 2.
 (a) All employees who fifteen
 days after the 24th of Sep-
 tember, 1945, are members of
 the Union i'm good standing
 in accordance with its consti-
 tuition and bylaws, and all
 employees who thereafter be-
 come members shall, as 8.
 condition of employment
 maintain their membership
 in the Union i'm good stand-
 ing for the duration of this
 Agreement. Any employee
 who may be a member of the
 Union and wishes to with
 draw, may do so only within
 the fifteen-day period im-
 mediately following the date
 of this Agreement.
 (b) The Union shall immediately
 after the expiration of the
 fifteen-day with dr wal
 period furnish the Employer
 with a notarized list of its
 members in good standing. (c) If any dispute arises as to
 standing of member of the