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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-31
State News Roundup:
State News Roundup:
MISC Urges Girls
To Miss Fall Term

EAST LANSING. Aug 3lAichigan State College officials
that of students for the fall term
virtually halted due the lack of housing facilities
Hannah letters girls
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-31
kalamazoo:

1t. Hilbert Hatfield, "a, Kala-
mazoo fireman who was awarded
the Bronze Star and Purple Heart
and who received a battlefield
promotion TO lieutenant in Europe
has been injured in an auto acct.
dent in Czechoslovakia. his wife
has been informed by the war de-
partment,
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-31
Arrivals
At Jones

BATTLE CREEK. Aug 81
Arrival of 81 Michigan patients
was announced today at Percy
Jones General Hospital.
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CRAWFORD. PVT ROY ? LANSING
FOPTHEY. PFC HOWARD vickeryvills
HoPP, PVT. HAROLD T.. Rogers CRY
HOWELL. CPL. JOHN " MlcdieHlis.
HUTCHINSON PVT. FRANCIS, LaPeer,
MANC1NI PVT. PAUL J Lakeside.
SKYTTA, 1T WILLIAM j., Nesaunsc
TOWERS 1T JOSEPH A.. Battle creek
WATKINS. 1T. WILLIAM L., lansing.
WELLS, PFC. WILLIAM T., huskegon.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-31

Seven clerks Of the Kalamazoo
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-31
Ship Passages
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Evening star., 1945-10-19

Sorry!
X We regret thot it is
impossible to occept
further reservations for
the "Chompoene and
Orchid" Fall opening
of the MoyfIower Lounge
this evening.
The management feels
thot our good patrons
who wonted tobles ot
this eoy event will,
however, indorse our
policy of never over
crowdine.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
$4,000 Veterans Due
In U. 5. Today From
Europe and Pacific
ny the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
More than $4,000 veterans of
Europe and the Pacific are scheduled
to debark in the United States to-
day.
The West Coast Is expecting near
" $4,000 service personnel aboard
19 ships and arrivals at East Coast
ports will total about 8,100 troops
aboard vessels.
Ships and units arriving today:
At San Francisco Monterey,
from Pearl Harbor) 1913 Army,
1902 Navy personnel. (Grundy,
from Yokosuka) 1894 troops in
cluding members of the 43d Division.
Burleigh, from Saipan) Ill Navy
personnel, 1,225 Navy patients, 1913
Army patients. Dashing Wave,
from Manila) 1923 Army personnel.
(Cape Neddick, from Manila) 1,198
Armp personnel.
(Magoffln, from Yokohama TAG
Army personnel (Catron, from
Guam So Canadian Army liberated
prisoners, "a United States liberated
prisoners, 467 Navy personnel and
364 Navy patients. CHaskell, from
Eniwetok and Manila) 1,780 Army
personnel. civilian P. Biddle, from
Manila) 1,005 Army personnel.
(Cape Henlopen from Samar) 672
Army personnel, 326 Army patients,
$50 Navy patients. (BarnetD 1888
passengers. CKitkun Bay 504 pas
sengers. Kalinin Bay 1,098 pas
sengers. (Others) bringing total for
port to 22,800.
At New York-(Seminole, from
Leghorn), 428 patients. John Pills
bury, from Antwerp, $50 miscel-
laneous troops. (Battleship New
York;, 1,126 Navy and Coast Guard
passengers, mostly separates.
At Boston-(Milford Victory, from
Marseilles), 1868 troops including
21st Tank Battalion of 10th Armored
Division; 718th Air Materiel Squad
ron; Headquarters and Headquar-
ters Detachment, 172d Medical De-
tachment; also high score Army per-
Sonnel. (Henry w. Beecher, from
Antwerp, $50 miscellaneous troops.
At Newport News-(A d m ir
Capps), 5.165 troops including per-
sonnel of the 1920 Armored Ord
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Europa to Make First Trip
As Transport NeYembef 6

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (R.-The
Sd naval district said yesterday
that the former German liner Eu-
ropa is scheduled to sail for Europe
November 6 as troopship with a
capacity of $500 to 1000 men.
A lack of time was given as the
reason for changing plans to con-
vert the liner into a troopship Ca
pable of carrying 10000 men. Navy
Spokesmen said.
Evening star., 1945-10-19

nance Medium Battalion, 109th
Antiaircraft Gun Battalion, 534th
Antiaircraft Air Warning Battalion,
48th and 164th Engineer Construc-
ton Battalions, 613th and 621st
Medical Clearing Companies, 511th
Fighter Squadron and high score
personnel.
At Seattle, Wash.--Lowndes from
Saipan), 70 Army officers, 1881
Coast Guard and Navy personnel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
Leave For Florida

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Gratz of
South Main street left Wednesday
for Miami, Florida, where they will
spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Bogart of
Cherry street accompanied by their
granddaughter, Mrs. Geo. Swank,
Jr., of Mishawaka, Ind, will leave
Thursday for Bradenton, Florida,
for the winter. During their alb
sence their home will be occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sheridan. Mr..
Sheridan, who served as lieutenant
in the Army Signal Corps stationed
at Philadelphia was recently dis
charged and now employed in the
engineering department of the Trip
lett Electrical Instrument Co.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
Relaxation From Tenseness Of The
War Marks Christmas Celebration
With Many Servicemen Home
Family Gatherings Take On
Pre-War Aspect
Gifts and Toys In Profusion
Give Evidence of General
High Level of Prosperity

Buttons business section thronged
with holiday shoppers on Saturday
and Monday was strangely silent
Tuesday as the town celebrated it's
first peacetime Christmas in five
years.
With many servicemen already
home, family gatherings for the Yule-
tide took on new significance this
year in comparison with the obser-
Yances of the war years.
1t was generally happy and con-
tented community for this years cele-
bration, and the day was spent quiet
ly for the most part with family
circles enjoying the festivities in their
own homes.
Turkeys and chickens were abun-
dant and with rationing abolished, the
Christmas dinner for the first time
since 1941 took on most of it's pre-war
eiaborateness.
Gifts and toys in profusion gave
evidence of generally high level of
prosperity this holiday. Another evi-
dence of the prosperous times was
seen in the fact that a survey failed
to disclose any poor or INDECENT in
need of relief.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
One of Bluffton Posts Suite of
Rooms Turned Over To
Young Couple
Makeshift Housing Win Permit
Veteran To Attend
Bluffton College

Bluffton Legionnaires this week
came to the rescue of a World War
ii veteran whose plans to attend
Button college apparently were
headed for the discard because of
the tight housing situation here.
When Bernard Jacobson, %, and
his wife, Of Elmhurst, n. Y, were
unable to find rooms or house, the
Bluffton Legion post turned over to
the young couple one of their suite
of rooms on the second floor of the
town hall.
Until they can find another place,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobson will live in
the former justice of the peace of
fee, facing Main street. To further
assist the war veteran, the Legion
has loaned him kerosene cook stove
and some chairs.
LEGION AID Solves PROBLEM
Except for the Legion's aid, Jacob
son and his wife would not have
been able to locate here, and his
plans to enter Bluffton college on
January 8, following the Christmas
vacation, likely would have been
cancelled.
When he was unable to find living
quarters after an all-day search
last Friday, young jacobson con-
tacted Ralph Stearns, service Off
Ger of the Bluffton Legion post.
Jacobson's father, DR.. NJ. .. Jacob
son, a veteran of World War |, is
adjutant of the Elmhurst, N. Y,
post.
Stearns checked with Legion Off
GERS, and the former justice of peace
Office suite was offered to the young
couple until better quarters can be
found. They were well pleased with
the arrangement and with the cour-
tesy and cooperation extended BY
the Bluffton Legionnaires.
Four YEARS WITH MARINES
jacobson expects to be a student
at Bluffton for one and one-half
years, as a part of pre-dental schol-
astic training. He was discharged
last September after serving four
years with the 2n> arine division,
and was married one month later.
Over the holidays the couple are
in Detroit with her parents.
The Legion still has its large hall,
the former town hall auditorium,
which is used for its regular meet
ings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
With The Service Men

Sgt. Roland Swank who served in
the European theatre of war has re-
ceived his discharge from the Army.
Swank, former superintendent of the
Elida schools expects to do graduate
work at Ohio State university this
winter.
Clair Habegger SM &c, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Habegger who served
40 months in the Navy has received
his discharge at the Great Lakes,
H., separation center.
Home for the holidays with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Steiner
of near Pandora are Maurice ].
Steiner, formerly stationed at Savan-
nah, Ca, who has received his Army
discharge and Sgt. Loren D. Steiner
home on furlough from Camp
Campbell, Kentucky.
Cpl. Victor Moser, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Erwin Moser has received his
discharge at Indiantown Gap, Pa.y
after 38 months of Army service, 80
of which were spent overseas.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
HOLIDAY SHOPPING
VOLUME SETS new
BLUFFTON RECORD
Dollar Volume Highest In Local
History Despite Scarcity
OF Merchandise
New Records Also Set In Vol
ume of Mail Handled
By Post Office

Holiday business established new
all-time records in Bluffton this year,
it was learned Wednesday as prelimi-
nary checkups were made on the vol
ume of Christmas merchandise sales.
Altho stocks of stores were far
from plentiful, the dollar volume was
the largest ever to be set here, mer-
chants admitted privately in COM
menting on record Yuletide sales.
Most stores were closed from
Christmas eve until Wednesday morn
ing and until a complete tabulation of
sales is completed and inventories
checked it will be impossible to get an
accurate figure of how much this
years sales tops previous marks.
Another reflection of the end of the
war was the endless volume of mail
that swamped handlers at Buttons
post office. New incoming and out
going mail records are believed to
have been established during the
holiday rush.
A general upsurge in business local
ly during the past year, and which
reached its climax at Christmas, is
reflected in the demand for business
rooms, with all available ones filled
for the first time in more than de.
cade.
Most buyers had plenty of money
for this years Christmas shopping
and as a result concentrated on better
quality merchandise. Despite the vol.
ume of large scale spending, the pub
lie held onto its war loan bonds, fol
there was no local evidence of con
version of bonds into cash in any un'
usual amount.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
Jangle OF Telephone Was The Only Xmas
Bells Busy Auto Wrecker Operator Heard

Christmas eve was anything but a
season of peace and joy for Leroy
Traucht who operates the auto
wrecking service department of Bixel
Motor Sales on Cherry street.
Fact is, Leroy spent virtually the
entire night pulling cars out of
bitches at the side of the highway.
There may have been Christmas
bells ringing that night, but the
only bells he heard was the strident
jangle of the telephone as stranded
motorists appealed for help.
Streets and roads were covered
with ice from a heavy downpour of
rain which froze as it fell and to
make matters worse coated automo-
bile windshields with a heavy sheet
of ice which added to hazards of
skidding.
Although numerous cars went off
the road resulting in number of
minor accidents, no serious injuries
were reported. @
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
WHO WILL BE new
BLUFFTON MAYOR
REMAINS QUESTION
MayOralty Picture Puzzling As
No Successor For Howe Is
In Evidence
None Of Incoming Council
Wants To Take Job; Howe
Non-committal on Serving

Who will be Buttons mayor for
the coming year remains just as much
of question this week as it did fol-
lowing the startling developments in
last November's election which finally
ended in the towns most perplexing
political dilemma in history.
Charles Alderman, elected mayor
in a surprise write-in campaign, has
re-interated his decision to refuse to
qualify for the office, and will serve
instead on the municipal council to
which he also was elected.
Mayor Wilbur A. Howe, who ac-
cording to law must serve until a
successor is qualified, could remain in
office until after the 1887 election, or
could submit his resignation to the
municipal council following its organ
ization, in which case the president
of the council would become mayor.
So far Howe has made no state
ment regarding his intentions, but the
picture is further complicated by the
fact that it is understood no member
of the new council will consent to
serve as its president should it mean
that he might have to serve as
mayor.
No Qualification Of the situation is
expected until the organization meet
ing Of the new council on Monday,
JAN 7, when Mayor Howe likely will
disclose what course of action he es-
poets to follow, III
If he should refuse Bluifton may
find itself at an impasse so far as
municipal organization is concerned,
providing councilmen refuse to accept
the presidency of the group, and how
the dilemma could be solved is some
thing not even political observers can
see as easily answerable.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
Home From, College
For Holiday Recess

Many Bluffton young people who
have been away attending college
are home for the holidays, among
these are:
Mary Elizabeth Stearns from
Heidelberg college, Tiffin.
Sarah Amstutz, Miami University,
Oxford.
Barbara Jean Friplett, Eastman
School of Music, Rochester, N. Y.
Florence Ann Blome, Art Students
League, New York City.
Mary Jean Siefield, Toledo Uni
versity, Toledo.
Mary Margaret Basinger, Wooster
college, Wooster.
Earl Dean Luginbuhl, Cincinnati
Bible seminary, Cincinnati.
Jason Tripplehorn, University OF
Pennsylvania Medical College, Phila-
delphia.
Alice Jean BixeI, Oberlin Conser-
vatory, Oberlin.
Beverly Biery, Oberlin college
Oberlin.
Charles Tripplehorn, Ohio State
University, Columbus.
Nadine Altman, Otterbein college
Westerville, Ohio.
Dorothy Anderson, Helen Greding
Geneva, Ruth and Janice Hankish
Juanita Bame and Eileen Haller
State University, Bowling Green.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
BLUFFT0N PLANS
TO WELCOME new
YEAR WITH GAIETY
Watch Parties And Bands OF
Carolers VIII Greet 1916
Monday Night
Business Places And Industries
Will Suspend Operations On
New Years Day

Climaxing a season of holiday gai-
ETY., without war-restaint for the first
time in five years, Bluffton area resi-
dents will celebrate the arrival of the
first postwar New Year at midnight
next Tuesday.
Ringing bells, SHILLING whistles and
footing horns win usher in the year.
and in keeping with the custom of the
community, bands of carolers will
make their traditional rounds of the
town and countryside.
Watch parties ii many homes will
add color and cheerfulness to the New
Years observance, and in other cases
the passing of the old year will be
observed by staying quietly at home
and listening to radio music in keep
ing with the season.
New Years Day next Tuesday will
be observed as a holiday, with busi-
ness and industrial activities of the
town suspended. Plants of The Trip
lett Electrical instrument Co. will be
closed both Monday and Tuesday. AS
usual, there win Be no postal deliver
les on town or rural routes on New
Years day.
With the debut of 1916, the gaiety
of the holiday season will be brought
to close and its color and cheer viii
soon be absorbed IN the rush of every
day affairs. Yuletide decorations will
come down for another year and the
Christmas tree viii be discarded, SYM
bolizing the passing of the commun-
ity's fayorite holiday season.
Bluffton High and Grade school stu
dents will return to their classes on
Wednesday, Jan. 2, ending a Today
vacation. and Button College will
resume its scholastic schedule on
Thursday, Jan. S
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27

The iftieth wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w. Marshall
of ofalsgc to,,tsi was quietly cef=
ebrated by the family Tuesday even
ing, Dec. Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall were mar
ried Dec. Is, 1896 near Ada. Mrs.
Marshall was Miss Mary Carts be-
fore her marriage. They have eight
children, Ward Marshall, Mrs. John
Smith, Mildred Marshall, Raymond
Marshall, Mrs. Harold Chiles, Mrs.
Dale Keith, Kimmel Marshall, Mrs.
Charles Conrad. There are eight
grandchildren. Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh
all are both 73 years old.
A large cake, commemorating the
occasion, graced the table.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Chiles, Donald and Carol
Ann, Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Keith of
Lima; Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Marsh
all, Miss Mildred Marshall, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Marshall, Jimmy and
Arlene, Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith,
Vera and Nexa, Mr.. and Mrs. Kim
mel Marshall, Terry and Larry, and
Mrs. Charles Conrad all of Bluffton.
The couple expressed appreciation
for the many calls, greeting cards
flowers and gifts sent by friends in
honor of their Golden wedding an
niversary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
EdWin WeIty Dies;
Funeral SuTlday

Funeral services for Edwin Welty,
68, laborer, were held in the Paul
Diller funeral home, Sunday after
noon with Rev. Robert Welch of the
Missionary church officiating. In
terment was in Maple Grove ceme-
terry.
He died Friday at Kollmeier
convalescent home, Findlay, where
he was patient for the past six
months.
Born in Putnam county the son of
Christian and Marian (Klay) Welty
he lived for many years in Bluffton.
He was never married.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
Amos Reichenbach of Bluffton and
four brothers, John and Aaron OF
Bluffton; Theophilus of Toledo and
Enoch of Salem, Oregon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
Couple Married In
Ceremony At OttdUa

The wedding of Miss Lois M.
Steiner, oldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram P. Steiner of Pandora,
to Finley E. Brown of Dayton, took
place at Ottawa Saturday morning
with Rev. Hall officiating.
The brides oldest brother Maurice
witnessed the ceremony.
A reception was held at the home
of the bride for members of the inn
mediate family.
The bride, graduate of Mt. Cory
high school in the class of 1943, has
been employed at the A. S. C. Pat
terson Field, for the past two and
one-half years.
The groom has been recently dis
charged from the Navy and is en-
ployed at the w. C. r. in Dayton.
The newly weds will make their
home in Dayton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
TlUO Hurt In Falls
Patients In Hospital

Two Bluffton residents injured in
falls the past week are patients in
Bluffton hospital.
They are James Davis of Grove
street who fell at his home and Mrs.
Albert Deppler who fell on the ice
near her home on South Main street.
The condition of both was reported
satisfactory Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Raymond Conrad who was a
patient in the hospital for several
days the past week following a fall
has been removed to her home on
Geiger street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
MANY CHANGES
LOOM IN TOWNS
OFFICIAL FAMILY
New Incumbents i'm Buttons
Administrative Bodies Next
Year
Two New Members i'm Incoming
Council; Three on Board
of Education

Buttons official family for the
coming year will find many changes
taking place when the municipal coun-
ell, board of public affairs and board
of education complete new organiza-
tions at their first 1916 meetings.
Least affected in the municipal set
up will be the council, for only two
of the six councilmen to be qualified
at the initial session on Monday. Jan.
Z, will be new members of the group.
The other four were reelected in last
November's election.
The three new members of the
board of education, to be seated the
same Monday, Jan. z, all will be
serving their first terms. All three
members of the board of public affairs
have served before, but only two will
be filling successive terms.
Major question-mark in the 1916
picture, however, remains the mayor
atty puzzle, for Charles Aukerman's
announcement that he will not accept
the office to which he was elected in
a write-in campaign will stand un-
changed. Whether Mayor Wilbur A.
Howe will remain in office in view of
the fact that no member of the coun-
cil-elect will indicate willingness to
take over still is undecided.
Buttons council for 1916 will in
clude Don Patterson, Charles Auker-
man, Chester Stauffer, Cleon Triplett,
all holdover members, and Frank
Todd and Arden Baker, elected for
their first terms.
Rounding out the elective positions
will be Wilford Geiger, reelected mu-
nicipal clerk, and Sidney c. Stattler,
treasurer.
The three new school board men,
bers will be Donavin Conrad, Leland
Diller and Paul Diller. Holdover MEM
bers are Waldo Hofstetter and Levi
Althaus.
On the board of public affairs will
be Harry F. Barnes, Forrest Harmon
and A. c. Burcky.
New Richland township officials
who viii take office include: Trustees
Fred Badertscher and Watson
Steiner; constables, Esmond Griffith
and c. w. Lora; justice of the peace,
Stanley Vertner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
YULETIDE WEATHER
RUNS GAMUT;; ICE
SLEET, RAIN, SNOW
Rain Changing to Ice Dampens
Christmas Eve
Observance
Snowfall Tuesday Afternoon
Restores White Christmas
Here

Bluffton's holiday weather ran the
gamut Of ice, sleet, rain and snow
within the twenty-four hours from
Christmas eve until Christmas night
proving to be the most disagreeable
Yuletide from weather standpoint
in recent years.
The rain which started shortly
before dusk on Christmas eve, freez-
ing as it fell covered sidewalks and
pavements with ice and made travel
hazardous for pedestrians and motor
lists alike. A number of Easements
also were flooded.
Cancel Christmas Programs
Conditions became worse by night
fall when the heavy downpour of
rain coated automobile windshields
with a sheet of ice obscuring the
vision of autoists. Numerous cars
were reported skidding off the road
into bitches but there were no
serious accidents.
A 12-hour rain which started fall
ing early on Christmas eve trans
formed six inches of snow into a
thin, soot-pocked blanket of gray
white by Christmas morning. A
light snowfall Tuesday afternoon,
however, gave the landscape a fresh
covering and ushered in belated
really white Christmas.
Some Christmas entertainments
scheduled for churches here Monday
night were cancelled because of
weather conditions.
The rain continued all night and
by Tuesday morning temperatures
which lowered around the freezing
point had risen sufficiently to change
the ice and snow into treacherous
slushy underfooting.
Slightly warmer weather Tuesday
helped to clear away the coating of
ice on main-traveled highways until
late in the afternoon when snowfall
and somewhat colder weather provid-
ed a more realistic and traditional
Christmas setting at the close of the
holiday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
Forecast End OF Bad
Weather On Thursday

End of a spell of bad weather
which set in Christmas eve and con-
tinued thru Wednesday is forecast
for Thursday with prediction of
generally fair skies and somewhat
colder.
Snow falling Wednesday morning
ordinarily would have added to traf-
fic hazards, actually improved driv-
ing conditions over that which pre-
vailed Monday night and Tuesday
when highways were covered with
sheath of ice.
Temperatures, Wednesday ranged
around thirty degrees, slightly be-
low the freezing point.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-27
BIuftOn POetess To
Broadcast On Sunday

Beulah Moser Bernard will pre-
sent a ouarter-hour radio program
broadcast over .Findlay station WIN
on Sunday morning beginning at
11:45 o'clock.
The program will include the fol-
lowing poems composed and read by
Mrs. Bernard to piano accompani-
ment: 81 Once Had A Home," ITO
You," death" would You?," "A
Dream" and LESS Than Nothing" /"
Among her piano selections will be
dreams for Sale" which she has
Just composed.