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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Two Bluffton Men Discharged
From Army Under Point System

Staff Sgt. Edwin Rice, a veteran
of five major battles in Africa, Sicily
and Italy and wearer of the Purple
Heart medal for wounds obtained in
action, was honorably discharged
from the army last week at Camp
Beale, Calf.
Sgt. Rice had been in the army
since 1912, and went into action
with the first unit to land in Africa.
He was on battlefronts from that
time until he returned to the states
last March after nearly three years
overseas.
At present he and his wife, the
former Ethelyn Oyer, of this place,
are in St Louis visiting Corp. and
Mrs. Edward Schumacher. Mrs.
Rice and Mrs. Schumacher are sis
ters and Corp. Schumacher is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Schu-
macher of this place.
Sgt. and Mrs. Rice are expected to
return to Bluffton within the next
week, but the discharged veteran has
not vet announced his plans for the
future.
When he was inducted into the
army, Sgt. Rice was in his junior
year at Bowling Green State uni
versity, majoring in manual training
and physical education.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Corp. Robert McCune Sees German
Devastation In Tour By Airplane

said, and all that can be seen from
the skies is the ruins of business
buildings, factories and residential
districts. Only handful of people
could be seen in the ruins.
The story of devastation was the
same in Essen, Hanover, Bremen and
Emden, which were also seen on the
flight. Corp. McCune's plane crossed
into Europe by way of Holland and
he saw where thousands of acres of
rich Dutch farmland were inundated
by the Germans when they destroyed
the dikes and let in the sea. Most
of the land still is flooded, he said.
The flight in B-25 bomber also
took the group over bomb-pocket air
fields strewn with wrecked Nazi air
craft, and the sight-seers also saw
the Rhine where it was crossed by
British forces.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
BLUFFTON PLANS
QUIET FOURTH OF
JULY OBSERVANCE
Fireworks Will Be Missing
From This Years Independ-
ence Day Celebration
Business Will Be Suspended
Generally; Post Office
Also Will Close

With automobile travel restriced by
gasoline rationing and banging fire.
crackers barred, by state statutes
Bluffton residents are making prep
arations to celebrate quiet Fourth of
July at home next Wednesday.
Noisy celebrations of Independence
Day sacred to the memory of Bluff
ton adults, now live on only in the
recollection of those who can recall
when the holiday would open with a
barrage of noise; when firecrackers,
toy cannon and torpedoes cracked all
day long, and when roman candles,
sky rockets, pin wheels and sparklers
provided pyrotechnical aurora bor-
calls on the holiday night.
This year the only event of color in
the holiday program viii be a gala
rodeo to be held at Harmon field,
starting at 1880 p. m, to climax what
otherwise will be quietly observed
Fourth.
No Mail Delivery
Business generally will be suspend
ed in Bluffton over the holiday, and
there will be no delivery of mail on
town or rural routes.
Bluffton's major industry, The Trip
lett Electrical Instrument Co., win
suspend operation for the entire week,
to permit employees to enjoy their an
nual summer vacation. Several busi-
ness places also have announced their
intention of closing for the same per-
iod, as they did last year.
Recreation during the day will be
centered at Buckeye Lake, the NUM-
cipal picnic and bathing center, which
is expected to do rushing business
providing the day brings favorable
weather.
Safe and Sane Fourth
Transformation of Buttons Fourth
of July observances to the present
safe and sane" variety, minus fire.
works, started back in 1910 when a
municipal ordinance was passed bar
ring the discharg of any fireworks
within the corporation limits.
The same low was confined in 194f,
and the next year a state law was
adopted, the provisions of which were
similar to those Incorporated in Bluff
tons code.
Combination of these two legal ac-
tions sounded the kneIl for the wide
open, old-time noisy Fourth of July
known to our fathers, and there is no
sign of the colorful displays of fire.
works which used to crowd the show
windows of many Bluffton dealers in
the old days.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28

A seven-hour airplane sightseeing
flight over the war devastated cities
of northern Germany was taken by
Corporal Robert McCune, of Geiger
street, before he returned to this
country after 81 months service in
England.
Corporal McCune arrived here
Monday morning for 30-day fur
Tough before reporting to Camp At
terbury, Ind, for reassignment.
McCune's ground crew which serv-
iced American bombers assaulting
Germany from England was treated
to the aerial sightseeing tour, and
from the skies saw the extent of the
war damage caused to Germany's once
proud industrial cities.
Hamburg, a city with a peace
time population of nearly 100000,
is entirely devastated, Corp. McCune
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
BLuftOn Man Gets
Patent On Combine

John Jorg, 73, retired thresher-
man who makes his home here with
his son, Earl Jorg, Bluffton hatch
eryman, has taken out a patent on a
simplified construction of a farm
combine used in the harvest of wheat
and other grains, it was learned the
first of the week.
Jorg's patent is said to greatly
simplify combine construction, thresh-
ing and separating the grain from
the straw by means of a cylinder
mounted on two bearings. His con-
struction would eliminate 62 bear
ings, IL shafts and a number of belts
and chains, it is claimed.
He has already received several
offers from interests seeking to buy
the patent rights. Jorg was a
threshing machine operator for so
years before he retired
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Lima Girls Victims
of Attack Near Here

Three men who two Lima sisters,
Is and 16, said transported them
from Lima to a secluded field south
east of Bluffton on. the John Palte
farm and criminally attacked them
shortly after midnight last Wednes-
day were being sought this week by
county and state authorities.
Left in the muddy field following
the attack, the girls made their way
to the Palte home, from where they
were taken to the office of Bluffton
physician and then questioned by
local police.
The field where the alleged attack
took place borders little travelled
road land is near the Ewing school
in Orange township. 1t is on the
former Cal Ewing farm.
In their initial account of the Incl
dent, the girls told Bluffton police
they were forced into the car by the
three men about 11:15 P. M. Wednes-
day at Main and High streets in
Lima. They said one of the men
brandished knife to make them en-
ter the car.
On the following day they changed
this detail of their story, and told
Allen county authorities that one of
the girls got into the car after her
sister had been pushed into the back
seat because didn't want to leave
my sister alone with them"
They said the men, who talked in
a foreign language, drove to the Sc
cluded spot dragged them from the
car and that each of the men as
saulted each of the girls.
Authorities said the sisters had
decorations and bruises about their
arms and bodies which they said
were inflicted by the men when the
girls fought them in the field.
Two of the attackers, the girls
said, wore Navy uniforms. The girls
said that the men claimed they OBJ.
tained the uniforms by killing two
sailors. However, authorities dis
counted the story of the killing,
pointing out that the men probably
were attempting to frighten the girls
with such conversation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Overseas Soldier
To See 3-Year-Old
Son For First Time.

TECH. Corp George Moser, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Moser of
North Main street, honorably dis
charged from the army is enroute
to Denver, Colorado to join his wife
and three year old son Gregory
whom he has never seen.
Corp. Moser who served four
years in the army, three of which
were in the European theatre ar
rived here Monday to visit his
parents and left on Tuesday for
Denver.
His wife is the former Pearl
Beery, daughter of the late Joshua
Beery residing west of Bluffton.
Mrs. Clayton Murray of West Elm
street is sister.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Lit. Richard West
KILLED In Action

1t Richard West, of Amarillo,
Texas, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Don
West, of Chicago, and grandson of
Fletch West, formerly of Bluffton,
was killed in action over Germany in
March, 1914, his wife was notified
recently.
A pilot in the air corps, 1t. West
had been reported missing in action,
and his death was not definitely es-
tablished until after We Day in
Europe.
His father, a former resident of
Bluffton and a World War | veteran,
is seriously ill in Hines Veterans
hospital in Chicago. He lived here
as boy in the Fletch West home on
Grove street where the Ebenezer par
sonage now stands.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
new FIRE TRUCK
is DELIVERED TO
BLUFFTON MONDAY
Triple Combustion Mack Truck
Will Have 500-Gall0ns Per
Minute Capacity
Final Tests On New S6,203 Fire
Truck Made By State In
spectors on Tuesday

Delivery of Buttons new S6,203.85
fire truck pumper on Monday of this
week gives the local municipal fire
department equipment that is the
equal of any town of considerably
larger size in Ohio, village officials
pointed out this week.
State tests of the new triple
combustion Mack truck with a
pumping capacity of 500 gallons pei
minute were run Tuesday afternoon
at Buckeye lake, and Tuesday night
the new outfit was ready for use by
the department.
Results of the tests, fire depart
ment spokesmen said, were entirely
satisfactory.
Rural Fire Protection
With the new truck added to local
equipment, the town now will as
sumo responsibility for providing fire
protection for most of the rural area
within an eight mile radius of here,
with the exception of Beaverdam and
Union township.
Richland township already has
completed negotiations with the
town for fire protection at a fiat
rate of $3.50 per year, and Orange
township trustees have signifed that
they are ready to complete a similar
contract.
Beaverdam village also has
evidenced interest in making ar
rangements with Bluffton for fire
protection, but no decision in the
matter has been announced as yet.
Discontinue Flat Rate Charge
In past years, the town has
charged a nominal fiat rate of S25
for every call outside the corpora
tion, but inasmuch as there has beer
no specific guarantee of payment
reimbursement for such runs otter
was not Forthcoming.
The new truck is equipped with q
4OO-gallon booster tank, fitting il
for rural fire fighting, to comply
with arrangements made by the
town in extending its fire protection
coverage.
Order for the truck was placec
last October with the Mack firm
the second let to the same company
in the last three years. A previous
contract was cancelled in 1912 after
wartime production restrictions made
it impossible to obtain the vehicle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Attend Youth Camp

Mary Louise Balmer, Dorothy Rae
Amstutz, Jane Riser and Sara Lee
Badertscher are spending the week
at Camp Ohio at st. Louisville, near
Utica.
The camp is sponsored by the
Evangelical and Reformed church
and is devoted this week to a group
of intermediate age young people.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Thrills of The Old Wild West
Will Be Recaptured i'm
Holiday Fete
Parade of HorSemen Saturday
Night Will Advertise
ROdeo Features

Replete with all the thrills and
color of the "Old Wild West, a
gala rodeo of 16 events, featuring
some of the best horsemen and horse
women in Ohio and Indiana, will be
held under the fioodlights at Har-
mon field on Fourth of July night.
All the colorful setting of the old
time rodeos will be duplicated in
this years show here, and the many
features will include trick riding,
bronco busting, steer riding, musical
keg racing, steer dogging and calf
roping.
Opening the gala evening program,
an airplane stunting exhibition will
be put on over Harmon field starting
at 1880 p. m. by two airplanes owned
by Clayton Bixel, Bluffton flying in
structor.
One of the features of the show
will be the competition of Bluffton
area horsemen and horsewomer
against riders from other parts OF
Ohio and Indiana for the $3.50 in
prize money offered this year.
Pre-rodeo activity will start here
this Saturday night, with parade
of horses and riders led by the Raw.
son band through downtown Bluff.
ton. The band also will present q
concert at the Presbyterian church
yard, from 8 to 9 p m, preceding
the parade, 1t will also play for the
rodeo on the Fourth.
Plenty of seating space will be
available for the capacity turnout ex.
pected for the rodeo. and temporary
wings Of bIeachers are being added
to the large concrete stadium at the
recreation center.
Co-sponsors of the rodeo are the
Bluffton Saddle Horse club and the
Bluffton Community Sportsman
club, the same organizations which
presented last years successful show
Half of the net proceeds will be
used for the development of Buckeye
Memorial park at the Buckeye swim
ming lake, project which has the
support of all municipal organiza-
tions as a tribute to Bluffton area
men and women serving with the
armed forces in World War ii.
Last years rodeo here on the
Fourth of July attracted a turnout
of more than 5000 spectators, anc
arrangements are being made to &C
commodate a similar number thi:
summer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28

Buttons Seventh War Loan drive
has exceeded its goal of 100000 by
% per cent with sales for the re-
mainder of this week still to be
added to the aggregate total, it was
announced Tuesday by Co-Chairmen
Norman Triplett and M. M. Bogart.
At the close of business Tuesday,
sales had reached mark of $685.
900, and bond purchases made during
the rest of this week will be added
to the total.
Part of the excellent results in
reaching the goal early in the drive
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Fourth OF July Rodeo At Harmon
Field Will Be Replete With Color


Bluffton was represented Sunday
at Lions club district meeting held
at Tiffin to supplant the usual state
convention of the organization, to
conform to ODT regulations.
In the delegation from the local
club where Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Gratz, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Waltermire
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Burcky.
Guy w. Brentlinger, of Lima was
nominated unanimously for Lions In
ternational director.
Karl Kurtz, of Sandusky, was
elected Governor for this district
which comprises about one-fourth of
Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Receives Degree
-~ At Ohio Wesleyan,

Miss Betty Steinman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Steinman of
South Lawn avenue received her
Bachelor of Arts degree at Ohio
Wesleyan university, Delaware, at
the week end commencement exer-
cises.
The class address was delivered by
Capt. A. S. Adams of the Bureau of
Navy Personnel, Washington, D. C.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Piano Recital

Mrs. James Elvin will present the
following pupils in a recital at ST.
Johns Reformed church Monday
night at 8:15 o'clock:
Sarah Amstutz, Miriam Basinger,
Phyllis Lentz, Janet Andrews, Mary
Ann Basinger, Ruth Nonnamaker,
Barbara Diller, Bobby Steiner, Gene
Badertscher, Roderick Balmer and
Dean Redick who recently played a
very successful program in Findlay
sponsored by members of the Music
club. The public is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Roland BirLer Talks
To Student Meetings

Roland Bixler, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
d. w. Bixler, of Kibler street, and
president of J-B-T Instruments, Inc,
in New Haven, Conn, has been
speaking before high school assembly
groups at that place in series ar
ranged by the New Haven Chamber
of Commerce.
His talks have been on "The Prac-
tical Application of Mathematics in
Industry, in which he points out
that mathematics is tool for doing
things the easy way.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
RObt. Criblez, Wounded
Arrives In California

Pfc. Robert Criblez, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Criblez south of
Bluffton who was seriously wounded
at Okinawa May 16, arrived Tues
day at the Air Debarkation hospital
at Hamilton Field, Calf, the family
here was advised
He is expected to be removed soon
to a hospital nearer his home here.
His injuries consist of wounds in the
upper back caused by an enemy
shell fragment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Program By Bible
School Friday Night

Pupils of the Daily Vacation Bible
school will present program under
direction of Rev. Paul Rupp at the
Methodist church, Friday night at
5 o'clock.
There are lao enrolled, it was
stated by Rev. Rupp and each class
will present the work it has been
doing. The public is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
MEAT SUPPLIES AT
LOWEST POINT in
HISTORY OF AREA
Promises of Improved Supply
Situation Received With
Skepticism Here
Buttons Two Meat Markets
May be Closed Frem Sat-
urday to Saturday

Bluffton's meat supply situation
has reached what undoubtedly is the
lowest ebb in its history, and reports
of promised improvement during the
coming month are being received
here with skeptical attitude on the
part of meat dealers and consumers
alike.
With the towns two meat markets
closing early last Saturday evening
and announcing that they likely will
remain closed until Saturday of this
week, promises of something better
in the future have done little to
satisfy a meat-hungry community
which is Judging the situation as it
is and not as those in control of
rationing expect it to be.
If the markets remain closed until
Saturday as announced, it will be
the longest period in history that
no meat has been available here in
butcher shops. Operators said they
possibly might be open for business
on Friday afternoon, but no matter
how you figure it, practically a full
week will elapse before raeat can
again be purchased from the local
retailers.
Consumers Rush Markets
A rushing business was done by
both meat markets last Saturday
when they opened after being closed
for two full days, and crowds of
customers stood in line from early
morning until the markets closed
long before their usual time of
suspending business at 10 p. m.
With the exception of a limited
supply of cold luncheon meat, all
stocks were exhausted in the stores,
even steaks which require the ex-
penditure of a maximum number of
ration points
Reports of pending legislation
which is said to provide relief for
the situation were received here with
a crossed fingers" attitude, and
local dealers and consumers will
believe it when it comes to pass.
Legislation Pending
The legislation in question was a
bill passed last Saturday by the
house of representatives to permit
unlimited local slaughtering of live
stock if it should be available.
An ample supply of livestock IS
reported available in this area for
slaughtering, but the joker in the
situation is the fact that before he
bill can be put into effect it must
also be passed by the Senate and
signed by the President.
In the meantime, the OPA said
more meat would be available in
Ju1y, for slaughtering quotas for the
month are based on 1914 inventories
which was about 25 per cent higher
than the June 1914 quota.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Bring Body Here
For Burial Friddy

Don West, 40, former Bluffton resi-
dent, died at Hines Veterans hospital,
Chicago, Wednesday morning. The
body will be sent here for services at
the Basinger funeral home, Friday
afternoon at o'clock. Interment will
be in Maple Grove.
Surviving are his wife and one
daughter of Chicago; his father Fletch
West of Lima and brother Ralph of
Wheaton, Illinois.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Seventh War Loan Bond Sales Here
Over The Top At Mark Of $4,000

was due to the fact that for the first
time the Central Ohio Light and
Power Co. and the Boss Glove fac
tory allocated some of their bond
purchases to Bluffton because they
operate plants here.
Final reports of captains in charge
of the 10 zones set up here for
house-to-house solicitation will be due
the latter part of this week, Co
Chairmen Triplett and Bogart point
ed out, in order that concluding
report on the drive will be available
on Saturday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Habegger,
Bluffton, a girl, Constance Ann, last
Wednesday. Mrs. Habegger is the
former Marcile Luginbuhl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruben Ramon, Je-
nera, a boy, Ruben Martinez, Jr.,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Schreck, Leip-
sic, boy, Wednesday morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Real Estate Deal

Charles Alderman has purchased
the Cherry street property which he
and his family occupy from Ross
Bogart.
F. G. Anderson has sold his South
Main street residence, the former L.
L. Glymer property to Walter Ba-
singer residing two miles south of
Pandora. Possession will be given
in September.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
BIuftOn Man Raised
To Captain In Army

Robert West, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cliff West of South Lawn avenue has
been promoted from first lieutenant
to the rank of captain, it was an
nounced the first of the week. He
has been with an army unit in the
Pacific war area for the. past two
years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
Publish Thursday
Next Week Because
Of Fourth Of July

BECAUSE of the Fourth of
~ July holiday on Wednesday,
the Bluffton News will be
published next week on Thurs
day. All news items and adver-
tising copy should reach the of
flee on Tuesday as usual. The
office will be closed all day
Wednesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-28
SCHOOL TEACHERS
GET RAISE IN PAY
FOR COMING YEAR
Sum of S2,400 is Allotted by
Board for Salary Advance,
Monday Night
Average Increase Will be S109
For Each of p Teachers
in System

Bluffton teachers in the high and
grade schools were granted salary
increases for the coming year ag-
gregating $2,4OO by action of the
Board of Education in a special
meeting Monday night.
The salary increase represents
nearly half of the increased revenue
to be received from the state school
funds as result of provisions of
the McDaniels-Cramer bill recently
passed over the veto of Governor
Frank Lausche.
Under provisions of this bill the
Bluffton schools expect to receive
from the state school foundation
fund total of $22,698 as compared
with S17,211, an increase of s5,487.
Average Increase Per Teacher $109
The S2,400 to be added to salaries
will represent an average increase of
$109 for each of the % teachers in
the school system. This will bring
the average annual salary of full
time teachers in the high school TO
$1,865 and that of the grade school
teachers to $1,750.
Supt. of Schools Ralph Lanham's
salary will also be raised from $4,000
to $3,100 and that of Principal
Gerhard Buhler from $2,350 to
$4,000.
Harry Barnes, instructor in voca-
tional agriculture will receive s2,575
with $500 additional for travelling
expenses. Half of Barnes salary
and expense account is paid by
government agencies. .-ssx
Fund Balance
What disposition will be made by
the board of education with the
balance represented in the increase
from the McDaniels-C -Cramer bill has
not been announced. However it is
believed that a substantial portion
of it will be earmarked for operating
expenses.
There has been no official indica-
tion from the board as to whether
any portion of the remaining balance
will be used for pay increases to
janitors and maintenance personnel,
whose pay rates for the coming year
are usually fixed at the July meet
ing.