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Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

guest of Robert spending the week.
end with his mother, Mrs. Ollie
Hines. Mrs j. II. Blake was in
town Tues. Mrs. W. b. Rhine
hart spent last weekend home. she
is teaching school at Rock Port .
Charley Wyle was struke by an UNI
identified bicylist one night last
week, He suffered minor injuries.
Mrs. Texanna Smith entertained
on Feb, q for her son, Walter
Smith, on his seventh birthday. All
had a wonderful time. . Mrs. Bes-
sic Canady will announce the re-
opening Of the Home Laundry
soon. Watch The news. Mrs,
Modessa Gray is leaving for De-
troit, Michigan :. Mrs. Mary Can
ady wants to thank all her many
friends for their kindness shown
her during her recent illness. . 4.
The Church of God in Christ takes
this method to thank Elder Hend-
erson of Texas and Mother kittie
Woodson for tine twelve days
meeting held in the church. Please
get your news to the reporter by
6 p. m. Sunday, also pay us that
we may pay them.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

Norma Railey

Mrs. Mary Simmons, passed a.
way Tues. Morning at 6:45. All
of her children from Chicago were
home for the funeral. Mines.
Mollie Faye Pippens. Hazel Binns,
and Zendan Iaskson; Elvin SIM
mons and Seottie Jay Simmons.
She had two sons in the Armed
Service and two at home. . Mrs.
Fannie Bell Vaughn is i'll ;. Sea-
mar Issac Jones is home with q
discharge from the Navy. . Sea
man NJ. G. Wimbley has returned
to Maryland where he is stationed.
Miss Thelma Railey is here from
where she was called to attend the
funeral services of her aunt 3. .
Bro. Matt. Grim, Bro. Nelse Brad
ley and Bro. Jessie Taylor, pioneer
citizens are all reported i'll. . Miss
Ida Bell Fisher was the weekend
guest of her grandmother, Mrs.
Emma Erwin. . The Wilmar Col
ored School is progressing :. Rev.
j. #. Vaughns has returned from
Little Rock The travelling Five
sung at Shady Grove AME Church
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

Sadie Davenport

Macs, Lula Grubbs and Matte
l.. Laws visited relatives and
friends in Dermontt last week. -.
Mr.. and Mrs, Fred Allen were in
Dermontt last Monday on business.
Miss Cctava Glover has retufne
home from the hospital. . Mrs.
Ethel Rhodes of Los Angeles, Calf.
is visiting relatives and friends
here. . Mrs. Lille Mae Vaughn
has returned from Camden. ;. =.
Willie Jones has returned from
son,formerly of this city, now of
Gary, Ind. :. Mrs, Lizzie Ander-
son, formerly of this city, now Of
Madison, H., is visiting relatives
and friends here.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
Texarkana, Tex.
NJ. b. Wesley
Phone 42S5 w

Miss Louise Dell Nelm, Trudie's
Beauty palor, is leaving for Little
Rock in a few days for a six weeks
"brush-' at Velvatex Beauty Col
lege. Mrs. Pauline King Heard,
exprt beautician from Dallas, will
fill her booth at the above estab-
lishment. a.. Mrs. j. w. Bennett of
Little Rock is the house guest of
Mrs. Samuel Bennett. Mrs. Lu-
Gle Adkins has returned from
Stuttgart where she visited a sick
friend, Mrs. Laisley, who dice
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

mer Wiley made a business trip to
Arkadelphia. The girls team of
Delark Public School are praetie-
ing for a basket ball game Friday.
NWe are hoping TO defeat them on
our campus, Mrs, Virginia Neal
has returned from Calf. where
she has been visiting her husband
Pvt, Cay Stoyall mas returned to
his camp in North IT. Lewis,
Washington. We, thepeople OF
old Delark are glad to see a stale
Press agent here, W enjoy reading
it very much.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
ATKINS
Norma Ross

Norma Ross
GOLD HILL SCHOOL, - De-
spite bad weather, we had a per-
feet attendance record in school
last week. This was Red Cross
Week and each student did his part
to make it a success. We know the
value of the aid the Red Cross to
our men and women in the Armed
Forces. . Miss Fletcher and sever
al students attended the District
Tournament. The following STU
dents are on tn honor roll: Nor
man Ross : Sth. grade; Dortha
Embry and Lucille Robinson = eth
grade; Girtha Robinson and Les
sic Cornuth 9th grade; Johnnie
Thompson 4tn. grade; Lizzie
Robinson : 5rd grade; and BBennie
Littles End, grade. P. L. A.
meeting was held, noon Monday,
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
Sunday afternoon.
Jackie Ray Johnson

~"$'A> w.
Albert Scott entertained with a
stag party on his birthday, We'd,
Feb. %, 1915. Those present were
Rufus Hodge, Garland Johnson,
Harry Davis, Cootie Colman, John
Poe, Audry Finney, Walter SOM
meryille, 7. George, Francis
Rhinehare, Tate Harris, and John
Smith. Games were played and
refreshments were served. Mrs.
Francis Rhinehart assisted Mrs.
scott in serving. Mr.. Scott receiv-
ID many lovely gifts. . Mr.. and
Mrs Albert Scott are spending uhe
weekend in Little Rock visiting
Mr., and Mrs. l.. A. Rutchledge.
Lee Brinkley of Hot Springs spent
the weekend with his sister, Mrs.
Jessie Martin. Mother William
Of Woodson visited Saints and
other friends in Benton. . Mrs. Lu-
la Ashley is recovering at Baptist
Hospital in Little Rock. On the
sick list are Peter Campbell and
Henry Simmons, Jr. Willie
Williams, II. ID. Johnson and Mrs.
Il. B. Colman are able to be out af-
ter having been on the sick list. +.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Collier and baby
are spending the weekend in FL
dorado. r. Ford is spending the
weekend with his son and daught-
er-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. J. P.
Ford. Mrs Bonnie Lee Nelson of
Witchata, Kansas is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Welch,
ind brother, Thomas Nelson. .
Aurthur Williams of S%parkman is
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
Mrs. Ida b. Marshall

The Loneke Bapt. Church eele,
hnbed the pastors 7th Anniver,
sary Sunday, March 4th. Sunday
School was open at 9:45 with Mrs.
ophelia Cheaves supt,, presiding,
The pastor, Rev. ]. A. johnson.
reviewed the lesson. II. J. Napo-
leon, st. James Church, was visit
or. Rev. Johnson preached the
morning ermo and one member
was added to the church II visit
ors were present. . Rev. f.. j.
Haney, pastor of New Hope Bapt.
Church. preached the Anniversary
scented to thethexgh ...;etaon
Sermon at 5 P. NJ. Gifts presented
10 the pastor were: Usher Board!
$500. Mission $1,000, Sunshine
Band, $500, Mr.. and Mrs. Shin
Miller of Los Angeles sent $500.
Total raised -S153.29 Mrs.
Temple Mccoy Of Dallas, Texas. is
visiting her daughter-in-law Mrs.
Mat Mccoy. st. James Bapt.
Church celebrated the pastors 7th
Anniversary sunday. March 18th.
Supt. ]. Q. Adams presided during
Sunday School services, and the
lesson was reviewed by Rev. A.
Williams, pastor. The Juniors.
Bro. l.. Marshall. teacher, won the
Attendance and Financial Banner.
Col. $10.52. Pastor Williams
preached from Matt. 1924 at II
a. m. 5 visitors we're present. Of
fering, $500 3 =. M. Devotion
al was led by dcaeons Of Cedar
Springs Bapt. Church. Music was
furnished by College Hill Choir.
Rev. G. r. King. pastor of College
Hill and Union Hill Bapt. Church
e.. delivered the Anniversary ser.
mon. General Offering, S16S.56.
Gifts were presented by the church,
Mrs. Greeia Ford and husband
have returned from Portland, Ore
gon. MIR. and Mrs. Roy Roberts
are proud parents of a baby girl
born March 5th. . Mr.. and Mrs.
Hermon Hill and three daughters
just returned from Portland, re-
port Mrs. Lucy Haines ill in Port
land. Mrs. Ella FELTON,, Bernice
Laudymilk and Mrs. Hester Allen
are on tine sick list in the Mt,
Addition. Mrs. Bertha Riley left
for q few days business trip IN
Garfield. Mr.. and Mrs. W H.
Wright have returned from a
five-months stay in Los Angeles. ;.
The City Prayer Band will meet
Sunday, March 18TH at tae Can
non Bapt. Church, 5 a. m. The
Quarterly Sermon will be delivered
March 18th ut 8 P. M. by Rev. A.
Williams Bro. C. H. Mitchell,
President.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
n. Little Rock

Pvt. Floyd Casey of Gap Pen,
Pa, has been visiting his parents
in Jacksonville After spend
ing two weeks with his sister, Mrs.
Daisy Brown, SIT Walnut street,
L. G. Strickland has returned to
his home in Seattle, Washing
ton Mrs. Susie Harris home
was burned, March /, She is a
widow and is now residing at 623
East 18th street. Any assistance
will be appreciated.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

con was served. Funeral services
were held at the M. Il. Church for
Mrs. Parlee Thomas who passed
Sunday, March 4, 1915, Rev. j. V.
Davis rendered the sermon. Sis
ter Beulah Flowers acted as miss
tress of ceremonies. Mrs. c. H.
Charles of TeXarkana was present,
also many friends and relatives.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
NASHVILLE

Prof. Smith, a teacher of the
Glove Training School, of which
Prof. $. e. Terrence is Supt., died
in a car while enroute to Hope.
Was buried at his home, Hensley,
Ark. j. B. Brown of MeGnee, a
Deputy Of the Good Samaritans,
has moved into our town ad will
assist in the work here.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

Mrs. Odessa Bynun

Miss Martha Branch, Home
Economics teacher here, went to
Little Rock this week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecie Pearson have
moved to their new location on
Factory St. =. Mr.. and Mrs. Loise
Pettis have purchased a 23 block
plot near the Pine st. High School.
Mrs. Henrietta Mattison has re-
Gently finished repair work on her
house located on Walnut and Lin
coin st. To the list of members
of the Ebenezer Methodist Church
who are in the armed services are
added the following. Pvt. Chappie
Cotton, Pvt Roy Nichols, Jr., Sgt.
Stephen Williamson, Jimmie Nicn-
OILS, and It's Elmon Smith. viii
Greendaw passed at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Leila Greenlaw
Pettis, in Liatle Rock at 2l24
Denninson st. Mr., Greenlaw was
the grandfather Of Mrs. Marion
Martin and Willie Lee Greenlaw.
He was ~seyenty-tWo years of age
and a life time resident of Conway.
odell Embry, chairman of the Red
Cross Drive for Faulkner County,
met with his committee last Fri
day night to make final plans for
the final solitation. The amount
raised is $1,000 30.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
THE SUNSET
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Edwin Johnson. pastor

The Sunday School was we'll at
tended every Sunday at $50 to le:
80. The little tots and older group
will render an Easter Program
Easter Sunday night, in charge
of the program committee with
Mrs. +. B. jackson, chairman. A.
D. johnson, Supt The pastor
preached oh the subject: 1.-THE
Last Supper at the morning SER
vices. The Elements Of the Lords
Supper were administered by the
pastor. The following guests were
introduced: Mrs. Geneva Russell,
Los Angeles; Mrs. Inez Ghostom,
Georgia; jefferson Young and Mrs.
Viola Daniels of Oak st. Church.
The Edwin Circle is growing in
in numbers. The Circle met Thurs
clay night, February 2Sth at the
beautiful home of Mr.. and Mrs,
P. c. (Mayme b. Bate. Evening
receipts were $14.00. Thursday
hight, February ,gDjNSe.. .e'FFth
March Sth, the Circle met in the
spacious home of Mrs. Sadie Bar
har with Miss Irene Barbar, hos,
tess, We we're happy to have Mrs.
Gussie Smith join the Circle. Re-
ceipts for the evening We're $500.
Mrs. O. p. Ferguson was elected
reporter.
BLUE BONNET CLUB
Mines. A. Il. Alton and Marvin
Marshall were co-hostesses to thu
members and several guests of tn,
BBlue Bonnet Club, Wednesda.
evening at the It'll st. USO Club
Games We're played and uniqu
prizes Of hard-to-get items wer
presented the following: LIST prize,
Mrs. A. N. Johns; LIST club, Mr.,
j. d. Muckleroy; cut prize, Mr..
A l.. Garner, and consolatio
prize. Mrs +. Fisher. A deliciou
ice course was served. Mines. f
2enobia Porter, Mayme Mclvel
NJ. Roy, Viola Daniels, Huey Car
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
ATKINS
Mckindra Fletcher

Rev. /. II. McCray held his reg
ular service on Sunday. He
preached a very inspiring sermon,
Music was rendered by the choir.
$3.50 was collected. "A large
number of our students attended
the Tournament last Friday at
Morrilton. . Mrs. Channey Swim
tor, 80, passed last week.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

Mrs. Lola Mae Sterling and
Rosie Lee Sterling have recovered
from the humps. . Mrs. Ira Lee
Terrence is still i'll with the
mumps. . The Silver Leaf Club
met at the home Of Mrs. Abbie
Baldwin last week. A lovely lunch
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
MALVERN

Mrs. Lula Parson of Merouge,
La. visited Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Jones. F.. Mr.. and Mrs. Cluster
Jones and Mary Frances, Mrs. l..
B. Oasety and Jewell Oasety were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Will
liams. . The meeting at the New
Hope church was Il success, A
sum of $1,000 was raised.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

non, A. Sowell, o. w. MePeters, IL.
II, W. Simmons. w. IL. Goree,
l.. Williams, V. q. Goree, and f..
K. Jones, We're also present.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

FOR SALE--Good, Sound Ear Corn
SHUCK OFF. Write for deliver
ed price cor lots 1000 bu.,
B. w. Bowmon, l09 So. Pine
St., Little Rock, Ark.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
PRESCOTT

PRESCOTT
There will be an ~oratorical con
test at Washington School Friday,
March 10. Nine participants are
from Nelson ScShool. Everyone
is invited to come.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

Released by u. s. Wa Department,
bureau of Public Relations
RIGHT THROUG IL THE
CLOUDS - Captain Milton r.
Brooks, fighter pilot from Glass
port, Pa, got a Jerry plane shortly
after he strafed a German airfeld
after a dive from an altitude of
$4,000 feet. He Owed through an
opening in the clouds to do it.
Hes home from the 332nd Fighter
Group in Italy for reassignment.
(Army Air Forces Photo from
BPR.)
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Mrs. Mary Nuhley

Sunday, March 18th, Sunday
School was opened at 9345, with
Sis. A. Wilder, Acting supt. Ban.
ner Offering, Glass No. 3; Banner
Attendance, Class No. l.. Visitors,
l. Sis Mary A. Nunley was elect
cd supt., Sis. Armogene Trotter,
Secretary. ll;00 prayer service
was conducted by Sis. Mary Peters.
Sermon was delivered by the Rev.
j., A., Wilder. pastor from jeremiah
1929. Mt. Zion is stll on the drive
with deaeons as tribe leaders.
Their goal is $200.0 90 The Assoeia-
ton Of Choirs met at Mt. Zion for
rehearsal, March 7th. Bro. Jim
Toylor is up and about again.
THE SUNSET
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16

March ist during Mrs. Adkins
stay. Mrs, Adkins has purehas-
cd a lovely home at 1902 oak st
Mis-. ANNE Mae Sanders spent TIVE
weeks in Camden, visiting tive
aunts, Her little two-months old
Mrs.. Sanders, Rev. La Beau. pas.
tor Of Oak st. Church, preached
the 1880 n. m, sermon. Three
visitors we're present. The Nation.
al Good Win Singers will render i
program at Oak st. on the fourth
Sunday and the following Monday
evening. On the sick list are.
Mrs, Louise Modiew, 2411 W. 14th,
who is recovering from two weeks
in bed; Mrs. George Ludley, still in
bed, and Mrs. Cannon, 22ll w.
18th, is critically i'll.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-16
DELARK
Oracle Lee Walker

Oracle Lee Walker
Rev. Mays filled his regular ap-
Rev Mays filled his regular APP
pointment here Sunday. . Mrs. FL
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11
LOng-Lugibihl
Church Wedding

The marriage of Miss Lois NJ.
Long and Francis A. Lugibihl GIN &c
U. S. Navy was solemnized at the
Emmanuel's Evangelical and Re
formed church last Thursday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Rev. V. G. Oppermann, pastor of
the bride officiated using the double
ring ceremony. The attendants were
Miss Dorothy Long, sister of the
bride and Wayne Lugibihl, brother
of the groom.
The bride wore a white wool dress
with white and black accessories and
a corsage of red rose buds. Her
sister wore a blue crepe dress and
her corsage was of pink and white
carnations. The men wore bouton-
nieres of white carnations.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin Long of Orange
township and the groom is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lugibihl of
Bluffton.
The groom is home on leave after
serving the past two years on sea
duty at Pearl Harbor.
Following the ceremony they left
on a short wedding trip. Mr.. Luigi
bihl will leave on January 18th to
report for reassignment at San
Diego, California.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11

Wedding of Miss Phyllis Winget,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Winget of Bluffton to Sgt. Royal
Downey, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
mon Downey of Beaverdam took
place Tuesday noon in Findlay at
the home of the officiating minister,
Rev. w. L. Harmony pastor of the
Bluffton and Findlay Lutheran
churches. Parents of the couple wit
messed the ceremony.
The bride was attired in a two
piece white wool dress with brown
accessories. She is a graduate of
Mt. Cory high school and has been
employed at the Triplett plant here,
Sgt. Downey, graduate of Toledo
high school, recently returned from
38 months in the Caribbean war area
where he served with a military po-
lice unit. After 21-day furlough
here he will report to Santa Ana,
Calf, for reassignment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11
Hold District Peace
Contest Here SltsaddY

Representatives from six counties
will participate in the annual district
Prince of Peace Defamation contest
to be held in Blufton at the Meth
odist church, Sunday night at 7:30
o'clock. Rev. J. A Weed, pastor of
the church will preside.
Counties represented are Lucas,
Seneca, Wyandot, Crawford, Hardin
and Auglaize.
Contestants are: Jack Webb, To-
ledo; Mary Alice Fritsch, Berkey:
Lois Shank, Wapakoneta; Betty Ann
Now, Fostoria; Reva Marling, Nc
Guffey; Philip Shober, McCutchen-
vile, and Herman Seibert, New
Washington.
Each contestant has won a silver
medal in competition with other lo-
cal church winners in county con-
tests. Winner of the district con-
test will receive gold medal and
will be one of 20 district winners in
the state eligible to enter the state
contest in which cash prizes and coll
lege scholarships are to be awarded.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11
Old Fashioned Winter Brings With 1t
Return To Early Pioneer Isolation
Auto Stolen Here
Destroyed By Fire

An automobile stolen last Satur-
day evening from the Bluffton col
lege campus was found destroyed by
fire about a. m. Sunday on the
South River road near Findlay by
Hancock County Deputy Sheriff Ray
Pruitt, of Findlay.
Elton Beery, of Seville, junior at
the college, was the owner of the
1888 Dodge coupe valued at $3.50.
He found it missing early Satur-
day evening and notified the state
highway patrol. Officer Pruitt was
called to the South River road when
people living nearby saw the auto
burning.
No foot tracks were found in the
snow leading to or from the ma
chine. The license plates were miss
ing, and police said that circum-
stances indicated the car had been
set on fire Intentionally.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11
BIuftOn Girl Is
Injured In Crash

Louise Which, 16-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. Harvey Which and
senior in Bluffton high school was
badly cut about the face in an ac-
cident in Findlay, Sunday night at
1880 o'clock.
The car in which she was riding,
driven by Bud Rexouth of Findlay
collided with a truek-trailer. Two
other girls and two boys also in the
car were not injured.
The Bluffton girl was taken to
Findlay hospital where 20 stitches
were required to close the lacera-
tions. She was later returned to
her home on High street where she
was reported improving Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11

Wedding of Miss Avis Marshall
and Adelbert C. Schaller was SOL
a .nized last Saturday evening in
Arlington at the home of the Off
ciating minister, Rev. Lee Remaley
at 6:30 o'clock.
The wedding previously announced
to take place on New Years night
at Riley Greek Baptist church was
postponed because of impossible
roads.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Marshall of near
Bluffton and the groom the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Schaller of
near Jenera. The couple was un-
attended.
The bride is a graduate of Mt.
Cory high school and has been en-
ployed as a bookkeeper at the Jenera
elevator. Mr.. Schaller is a gradu-
ate of Rawson high school and en-
gagged in farming.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11
FARM CENSUS FOR
RICHLAND TWP. TO
START THIS MONTH
Resources and Productivity of
Farms in Wartime Will Be
Checked i'm Census
Walter Schaublin Named Enum-
orator for Richland Town
ships $50 HOuseholders

Beginning within the next week,
the 14th farm census in 104 years
viii be taken by township enumera-
tors to establish detailed information
on crops, livestock and the farm
labor situation thruout all of Ohio.
Walter Schaublin will be in charge
of taking the census in Richland
township, and it is expected that
approximately so days will be re
quired to contact the townships 35C
shouseholders.
Start of the census may be delay
ed slightly in this part of the state
if it is impossible to clear present
snow-blocked roads, county officials
in charge of the survey announced
last Saturday.
Census enumerators for Hancock
county townships in the Bluffton
area have been announced as fol-
lows: Robert o. Conner, of Mt. Cory
Union township; and Calvin Den
hart, of near Rawson, Eagle town
ship. No one has been named as
yet to check farms in Orange town
ship. C. d. Steiner, of Pandora, will
be the census enumerator in Riley
township, Putnam county; and Earl
Treece will make the survey in
Monroe township.
Congressional law provides that a
census of agriculture be taken every
five years to obtain basic informa-
ton on farm acreage, land values,
crops, livestock, tractors, labor and
hired tenure, plus all other general
items relating to agriculture.
A census enumeration will be made
of every farm in the United States
Census reports are confidential
and farmers are required by law to
give the necessary information to
enumerators, it was explained this
week. Entries as farms in a whole
for each district will be logged in.
stead of individual farms, as in past
surveys.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11
Home On FurlOugh

Sgt. James Ehrman of Amherst,
Ohio, who was graduated from
Bluffton college in the class of 1889
was in town, Tuesday calling on
friends. For the past three years he
has been in India with the Army's
weather bureau in the India, Burma
China area. Sgt. Ehrman will leave
shortly for Miami, Florida, for fu-
ture assignment.
1t. II. r. Wilson of Oakland,
Calf, and his mother, Mrs. G. b.
Wilson of Detroit are guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dan
ner west of Bluffton. Mrs. Wilson
and Mrs. Danner are sisters.
Cpl. Wayne Yerger of Camp Hood.
Texas, is spending furlough at
his home here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11
Couple Weds In
Arlington Church

Wedding of Miss Luella Mae
Smith, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Smith of Jenera and Lieut..
Wayne Yoakam, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Yoakam of Bluffton took
place in the Good Hope Lutheran
church at Arlington, Sunday night
at 7 o'clock.
Rev. Arthur Rismiller, pastor, Off
ciated in the double ring ceremony
performed by candlelight. Mrs. Mer-
lin Loach, organist, played a pro-
gram of nuptial music preceding the
ceremony and the traditional we'd
ding marches.
The bride wore a white moire taf-
feta dress with long train. Her at
tendant, Miss Ruth Ellen Russell of
Findlay, cousin, wore light blue
taffeta.
Jesse Yoakam of Bluffton, brother
of the groom was best man. Ushers
were Harold Smith of Williamstown,
brother of the bride, and Harvey
Gratz of Bluffton, uncle of the
groom.
The bride is a graduate of Airing
ton high school and has been en-
ployed at the Triplett plant in Bluff
ton.
1t. Yoakam was graduated from
Bluffton high school, attended Bluff
ton college and graduated from Ohio
State university. He is now an in
structor in the Army Air force at
Champaign, H., where the couple
will reside.