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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
APPEAL DECISIONS
SHOW INCREASED
TEMPO In DRAFT
Six of Eight Appealed CIassifi-
cations Are Continued i'm
la by Board
frightened Restrictions ON De-
ferments Reflect Need of
Younger Men

Continuation of tighter restrictions
on the deferment of younger men, re-
flecting needs of the armed forces, is
seen again this week with announce
ment by Allen County Draft Board
No. 8 that of eight appealed cases,
six registrants were continued in Class
Ia.
Board No. 8 has jurisdiction over
all of rural Allen county, including
Bluffton and Richland township.
Decisions on the eight appealed
cases were as follows:
Ralph Franklin Thomas, Route No.
3, Lima. Classified in IA by Local
Board. Lima Tank Depot appealed.
Classification of Ia upheld by the
Board of Appeals.
Donald Forest Hostetler, Route No.
3 Lima. Classified in Glass Ia by
Local Board. Registrant appealed.
in Class lib by Board of Appeals.
Ronald Lowell Ferguson, 126 N.
Cole Street, Lima. Classified in Ia
by Local Board. Registrant appealed.
Classification of Ia upheld by the
Board of Appeals.
James Otto Lang, III Sutter ST.,
San Francisco, California Classified
in Class IA by Local Board. Direc-
tor of Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton appealed. Reclassified in Class
liza by the Springfield, Illinois Board
of Appeals.
Preston James UaRue, Route No. 2,
Lafayette. Classified in Class Ia by
Local Board. Registrant appealed.
Classified in Class II-C by Board of
Appeals. This classification was APP
pealed to the President by State Di-
rector. Presidential classification, T.
A. Registrant is engaged in agricul-
ture.
Fred Leo Zeits, Route No. 2, Column
bus Grove. Classified in Glass Ia by
Local Board. Registrant appealed.
Classification of Ia upheld by Board
of Appeals.
Robert Bixel Marshall, WLOK Ra-
dio Station, Lima. Classified in Glass
IA by Local Board. Registrant ap-
pealed. Classification of IA upheld
by the Board of Appeals.
Jay Junior Long, Route No. 2,
Ada. Classified in Class Ia by Local
Board. Registrant appealed. Classi-
fication of IA upheld by the Board
of Appeals, with 81 vote. John L.
Long, father, appealed to the Presi-
dent Presidential classification, Ia.
Registrant is engaged in agriculture.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Former Orange TIUp.
Man Dies In South

C. P. Swank, 83, native of Orange
township, died Tuesday night at the
home of his son Roy Swank in
LAGRANGE, Georgia, according to
word received by relatives here.
His death occurred following a
period of failing health.
Born in Orange township, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Swank who
lived on what is now the Irwin Moore
farm on the county line, he taught
school in this vicinity as a young
man and later went to Chanute,
Kansas, where he operated retail
store and also served as judge of the
probate court.
Following the death of his wife
he made his home in recent years
with his only son, Roy Swank, La
Grange newspaper publisher. He is
the last survivor of the Henry Swanh
family. The late Chris Swank OF
Orange township was brother.
The body will be taken to Chanute
Kansas, where funeral services will
be held Friday followed by interment
at that place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
COUNCIL APPROVES
PLANS FOR TOWNS
new FIRE TRUCK
Delivery of New S6,203 Pumper
Expected in April, Coun-
cilmen Announce
Triple Combustion Mack Truck
Will Have 500-Gallons Per
Minute Capacity

Blueprints and specifications for
Bluffton's new $6,203.s5 fire truck
have been approved by the town coun-
Gil, and delivery of the pumper is ex-
pected in April.
Technical details of the new truck,
worked out to answer Buttons re-
quirements for vehicle fitted for
rural fire fighting as we'll as in town.
were approved by councilmen in the
final form submitted by the Mack Fire
Truck Co., of Allentown, Pa, which
has the contract to provide the equip
ment.
An order for the truck was placed
with the Mack firm in October, and
the WPB allocated an AA5 priority
for the purchase the last week in No.
vember
500 Gallon Minute Capacity
Buttons new truck will be triple
combustion fire pumper with a ca
pacity of 500 gallons of water a min
ute. 1t will be equipped with 400
gallon booster tank, fitting in for rur-
al fire fighting, to comply with ar
rangements made by the department
to provide fire protection in Richland
and Orange townships.
Purchase of the fire truck last Oc-
tober was the second made by the
town in the last three Years. A
previous contract for Mack pumper
in 1941 was cancelled after wartime
production restrictions made it inn
possible to obtain the vehicle.
Final details in financing the pur-
chase of the new truck also have been
cleared with the purchase Of bonds
in the amount of S6203.S5 by the Cit
liens National bank, of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
George Washington Preferred Farming
To Responsibilities OF Public Service
Birthday Anniversary of First
American President to Be
Observed Thursday
Throughout Career He Always
Longed to Settle Down at
Mt. Vernon Estate

With the United States engaged
in all-out military action at the
present time, attention is focused on
George Washington, whose birthday
anniversary we celebrate this Thurs
day, not only as the father of our
country but as military genius of
first order.
Even from the period of his earl
lest boyhood George was known for
his insistence of precision. His fam
lily encouraged him TO take up sur
veying, an activity that appealed
very much to the young man. Bound
aries, angles, plots, calculations all
were entered with formality and ex-
actness on Georges books.
Life at Sea
At the age of Is he had a con.
suming ambition to enter a life al
sea. Many time he was seen Il
cast longing eyes at the ships which
sailed up and down the Rappanahan
ock. His mother did not sympathize
with his ambition and prevailed or
her brother to write George and tel
him of some of the hardships with
that type of work.
His mothers tears, reinforced with
the cold hard judgment of his uncle
put an end to Georges dream of
glory to be gained from a life at
sea.
Prevented from realizing this am
bition George went to work in earn
est in his chosen field of surveying.
After several years of this work the
young man began to feel that the
profession did not provide sufficient
outlet for his boundless energies and
aspirations. Whenever an idle in
terval found him at Mount Vernon
he took up the study of the military
profession.
Made Major
At this period of life it became
evident that Virginia was likely to
be plunged into the war between the
English and the French. The colony
was therefore divided into four dis
tricts. An officer, called an adju-
tant general, was appointed for each
district. Young Washington was
given the rank of major with a
salary of $50 pounds a year.
Washington served his country for
five years in these frontier struggles
at the end of which he was given
the rank of colonel. When the peace
of the frontier was assured Washing
ton retired to private life.
He was married to Mrs. Martha
Custis on Jan. 6, 1759 Both being
of aristocratic lineage and the groom
being an outstanding military leader
the wedding was one of the out.
Continued on, page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
BlufftOn Woman Sails In March For
Syria To Teach In Mission School

Barbara Joyce Hauenstein, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Hauen-
stein, OF Campus Drive, will sail
from Philadelphia on March "a to
take q teaching post in a girls
school at Beirut, Syria, operated by
the foreign mission board of the
Presbyterian church.
Miss Hauenstein will be overseas
for period of five years, the first
of which will be spent in Jerusalem
studying the Arabic language.
Altho classes in the school are con-
Quoted in English, the language of
Syria is Arabic and teachers are re-
quired to know it before taking up
their duties.
Grade and high school courses are
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
With The Sick

A. J. B. Longsdorf, former Bluff
ton school superintendent, now con-
nected with the federal bureau of
internal revenue is i'll at his home
on South Lawn avenue with compli-
cations.
Jacob Hochstettler is i'll with pneu-
monia at his home ON Spring street.
Peter, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Archie
Diller is i'll with asthma and compli-
cations.
w. D. Keel is bedfast at his home
on South Main street.
Donald, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Neuenschwander of Butler, Ind.
formerly of near Bluffton is recov.
ering following an attack of rheu.
matte fever and complications.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Basinger,
Pandora, a boy, Tuesday. Mrs. Ba-
singer is the former Glada Wilkins
of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon Basinger of
Bluffton, boy, Tuesday.
Pvt. and Mrs. Willis Badertscher
of Lima, boy, John Leslie, Sun
day.
Pfc. and Mrs. Victor Bucher of
Pandora, boy, Richard Wayne,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Keifer of
Beayerdam, a girl, Charlotte Louise,
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Charles, Col
Grove, Thursday, boy Jerald Alan
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Steinman
Bluffton, girl, Linda Lee last We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Bucher, Bluff
ton, a girl Linda Jane, last Wednes
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Addresses NJ. E.. Men
On Latin America

Rev. Frank Patterson, instructor
in Spanish at Bluffton college will
address the Mems Brotherhood of the
Methodist church following a pot
luck dinner at its monthly meeting
Thursday night.
Rev. Patterson formerly lived in
South America where he was en-
gagged in mission work under aus
pices of the Methodist church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Post Office Will
Close Thursday

Washington's birthday here this
Thursday will be observed as holi-
day only by the Bluffton post office
and the Citizens National bank.
Windows will be closed thruout the
day at the post office and there will
be no mail deliveries on town or
rural routes
Bluffton High and Grade schools
and Bluffton college will have class
es, and local business places and in
dustries will operate as usual.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
HORSES DRUG ON
farm MARKET AS
POPULARITY WAVES
Horses Become the Forgotten
Animal As Tractors Gain
i'm Use on Farms
Shetland Pony Sells for $50,
But Good Work Team Only
Brings Slit Here

Draft horses are we'll on their way
toward becoming the forgotten ami
NAL on Bluffton area farms, II prices
paid at public sales this spring are
any indication of present and future
trends.
Good work teams selling at sales for
barely S100 to $125 demonstrate more
than anything else just how far the
tractor has gone in replacing horses
in Bluffton area farming practices.
At the same time farmers are cheer
fully paying top quotations on scarce
ceiling priced farm machinery, and
prices are soaring to fatastic heights
on non-ceiling items, horses, once the
mainstay of farm production, are vir-
tually a drug on the market.
Team Brings Silt
Typical of the market situation.
farmers say, is an incident at sale
several weeks ago when good match
ed team of draft horses, six and ten
years old, sold for Silt.
AT the same time a draft mare colt
brought $40, which farm observers
point out is less than insurance fee.
In times when horses were a fixture
on every farm such colt might have
been expected to bring from s75 to
$100.
On the other hand, riding horses,
virtually unknown in this district a
decade ago, are commanding fancy
prices. At one sale early this month
seven-year-old riding horse brought
$160, and four-year-old shetland
pony sold for $186.
Interest in Riding
Altho feed is high and labor to care
for horses usually scarce, saddle
mounts continue in demand because
of the current interest generated BY
podeos and horseback riding.
Present-day farming practices, how
ever, are in favor of the tractor, es-
pecially in spring plowing where the
horse finishes a poor second to his
mechanical cousin.
With his plows hitched to a tractor
farmer can take care of far more
acreage in one day than he can with
good team, and blowing at night
also is possible by adding light on
the vehicle. In the busiest seasons
the tractor can run day and night,
pausing only for re-fueling, where
horses are governed by physical linn
itations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
WINTER DAMAGE TO
HIGHWAYS HEAVY
in BLUFFT0N AREA
Richland Township Road Fund
Is Nearly Depleted by Cost
of Clearing Snow
Trustees Petition Court to
Transfer Money for
Highways

Winter damage to highways in the
Bluffton area has been unusually
heavy this year, and Richland town
ship trustees are debating the prob
lem of how to paw for an extensive
repair program out of heavily de-
pleted road fund.
Rejecting the gravity of the situa-
tion the township trustees have filed
a petition in the Allen county common
pleas court to transfer the sum of
$2,500.00 from the general fund in
the township treasury to the road and
bridge fund, which has been badly
depleted by the excessive drain caused
by cost of clearing highways of heavy
SHOWS since early in December. The
petition is scheduled for hearing on
March 5.
Hard-surfaced highways and gravel
roads already are in poor shape, and
their condition will become much
worse with the arrival of spring
weather bringing rains, freezes and
thaws.
Damage suffered so far has result
ed from the heavy snowfall of this
winter, which was cleared from the
center of the roads, leaving banks on
each side.
Freezes on Surface
This snow eventually packed solid
and froze into ice, thereby preventing
water from running off into bitches.
Each roadway became a trough under
these conditions, with water lying on
top of the road and penetrating be-
low the surface. AS water froze and
thawed chunks were broken loose from
the surface, making extensive repairs
necessary.
Financing the repair program will
prove a real headache for Richland
township trustees, who in connection
with their petition for a transfer of
funds announced Saturday that more
than two-thirds of the $4,000 they re-
ceived each year for the township road
fund already has been spent in clear
ing highways of snow.
So far this winter the cost of labor
on township roads and the bills for
repairs to the township snow plow,
which broke down repeatedly, have
totalled $1,000, leaving a balance of
only about 500.
Seek County Aid
In the hope of obtaining financial
assistance from the county, the town
ship trustees have taken up the mat
ter with County Engineer Hobart
Mumaugh, pointing out that only
about one-third of the amount they
normally spend on roads will be avail
able this pring at time when the
need for repairs are as great as any
time in history.
With the thawing weather of last
week, practically all of the township
roads have been opened, altho in many
places only one-way trafic is possible.
AS roads are gradually cleared of
SNOW and ice the extensive winter
damage to them becomes more ap-
parent here township officials say.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22

taught in the girls school, which at
one time was part of the American
University of Beirut where DIR. J. E.
Hartzler, formerly of Bluffton, taught
about Is years ago.
Several years after DR.. Hartzler
was on the schools faculty, the uni
versity was taken over by the gov
ernment of Syria. The girls school,
however, is operated by the Presby-
terian church as a mission project.
For the last three years Miss Hau-
enstein has been an instructor at the
Sunset Gap, Tenn, Presbyterian mis-
sion school in the mountains. She
returned home last Saturday and
will remain here until she sails for
the Near East in late March.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Warmer Weather
MeIts SnOtU, Ice

Warmer weather of the last week
finally erased most of the snow and
ice which had covered the ground
continuously since last December IL
except in places where deep drifts
had piled, but snow furries again
blanketed the area on Tuesday fol-
lowed by rain on Wednesday.
Mild weather continued thru Tues
day night and Wednesday, however,
with much of the new snow disap-
pearing soon after it had fallen.
Except for cold snap which drop
ped temperatures below 20 late Sat
urday and on Sunday, warmer wealth
er appears to finally have broken the
cold wave which first moved into
the district early in December.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Former BIuftOn Boy
Called To Passionate

Edgar Neuenschwander, Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Neuensch-
wander of Saginaw, Mich, has ac-
cepted call to the pastorate of the
Missionary church at Yoder, Ind,
near TT. Wayne and began his min
isterial duties there last Sunday
He is a student in Ft. Wayne Bible
institute from which he will be
graduated in May.
The Neuenschwander family form.
erly lived in Bluffton where the
father was photographer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Resume Mission Work
Interrupted By War

Rev. and Mrs. Paul Wenger former
missionaries to India have returned
to that country to resume their work
which was interrupted by the war.
They arrived in Bombay last We'd
nesday, according to word received
here.
The couple spent the last two
years in this country and visited in
Bluffton during the past summer at
the home of Mrs. Wenger's mother,
Mrs. A. r. Good and sister, Mrs.
Harvey Beidler of South Jackson
street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Coal Supply Continues Short But
Immediate Demands Still Are Met
Harold Montgomery
To Sell Auto Tags

Harold Montgomery, operator OF
a North Main street news stand, has
been appointed deputy registrar of
motor vehicles and will sell auto
license tags here beginning March /,
New plates must be used on and
after April 1.
Each vehicle again will have only
one plate, but two are promised for
1946.
The plates this year will be blue
lettering on a white background.
Licenses will cost the usual fee,
81 for vehicles up to % horse power ;
$40, from 25 to 81 horse power, and
SIC for over 81 horse power.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Care OF WOOIens
Demonstration Here

A "Care of Wool and Wool-Mixed
Materials" demonstration will be CIV
en- in the home economies room at
Bluffton High school Friday after
noon at o'clock.
Miss Ruth Winner, Allen county
home demonstration agent, viii be in
charge of the meeting, which will
feature the new glue wash for WOOL
ems and other timely hints on the
care of clothing.
Interested women of Bluffton and
the surrounding area are invited to
attend.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22

Miss Lois Slagle, who will sail
soon as a missionary to the African
Congo, will speak at morning and
evening services in the Defenseless
Mennonite church next Sunday.
She is graduate of the Ft.
Wayne Bible Institute, the Lutheran
hospital in Ft. Wayne, and of Taylor
university.
Services at the church next Sun
day will start at 10:30 a. m. and
8:15 p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Former Resident Is
Dead In California

Mrs. John Winkler, 73. died at
her home in Los Angeles, Calf, Feb
ruary 8, according to word received
here. She was a former Bluffton
resident living here about 25 years
ago. Funeral services were held
in Los Angeles, Feb. 10 followed by
burial at that place. Her husband,
also formerly Of Bluffton, is the only
survivor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Agnes Amstutz Takes
Vets Hospital Post

Miss Agnes Amstutz, of the Bluff
ton college faculty, has obtained a
leave of absence starting March l,
to take post in the library of the
Veterans hospital at Sunmount, New
York.
Sunmount is near Tupper Lake in
the Upper Adirondacks.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-14
l2--Wanted to Rent

WILL DO IRONING at 665 Lei
Rey. 3-l'
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-14

FOUND-Angora goat about yr.
old. Has crop in left ear. Pay for
feed and damage and ad. Lee
Smith, Rt. 2, Box Cd, Imperial.
3-l5
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-14
DEATH : FUNERAL
NOTICES

u. Buirls Atkins, 70,
disd Tuesday morning. Survived
by his wife Martha Hooker Jen-
kins, and three sons, Buris Jen-
gins Jr, of New York, Paul A.
jenkins, FL Centre, and Lt.-Com-
manter Logan II. jenkins, Cor
onado. Funeral services will be
held at II am. Friday at the
Lemons-Wney Chapel with the
Rev, Herbert Duncan, associate
pastor at Linwood Community
Church in Kansas City, Mo, off
ciating, assisted by the Rev. Hay
den Sears, pastor of the First
Methodist Church Of FL Centre.
Cremation will be in San Diego
with the burial in Kansas City,
Mo Lemons-Wiley mortuary is in
charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-14

For lots and improved property
in Pine Valley and vicinity see
or write E. c. Bangs, Real ES-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-14

-Brownish, black Holstein
heifer, brand V on right hip. No
tify Arrowhead Creamery. Phone
244. 3-l9
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-14
. Classified Ads to Thousands
lis No. 5th st. Phone 45-W
3-2O
NO DIAMONDS


NO DIAMONDS
just a top quality 160 in Ell
Centro-CaleXico district. For
quick sale at 1925 per acre. AS
an investment this place will
rent and net So on $500 per
acre. In addition to good soil
and location there is ready for
you to move into, modern
bedroom house. Other good
ranches 40 to 800 acre tracts for
sale. One or two with modern
improvements. 80 acres now in
carrots for rent for flax, $4,000
w. f. HANCOCK, The Farm
Land Man Main St., "a mi.
west of Court House. Phi. 639
3-15
FOR SALE-Good ranch. Meloland
loan; good house, including two
bedrooms with electricity and
bath; about 60 acres-$13,000, 4
down. See Starr Won Fluss, 664
Holt. 3-19
FOR SALE-2-bedroOm house, acre
of ground, pressure water system,
good shaGe. Equipped for chick
ems. San Diego Hiway. y mile
west of City Limits. r. j. Gleg-
horn. 3-l6
l9-City rrop. TOR Sole
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FOR SALES bedroom stucco house,
large living and dining room,
master bedroom, real large roomy
kitchen. Lots of closet space, large
service porch, double launCry
trays, garage, fenced rear yard
$5500
TYLER INSURANCE AGENCY
500 Main Phone 660
3-21
FOR SALE bedroom house, un-
furnished, south side, paved street,
$3250, terms.
THREE DWELLINGS on l lot,
gross income SOB per mo. Price
$5000
CLAUDE VEDDER
Real Estate & insurance
534 Olive Phone 1728-J
3-19
FOR SALE-3 bedroom house near
Harding school; small lot, house
in good condition. $4, $50. Will take
about $22C0 to handle. See Starr
Won Fluss, 664 Holt. 3-19
8 BEDROOM HOUSE in first class
condition. Corner lot, good loca-
ton. Possession at early date.
$4750-terms.
KATE OLDHAM
LOT No. 9th Ell Centro
3-15
FOR SALE-2 bedroom mouse, good
condition, immediate possession,
$4,000. Terms.
KATE OLDHAM
l07 No. 9th El Centro
3-l7
FOR SALE-Hotel and apartments,
well furnished electrically equip
ped, well located. Exceptional re-
turns on price asked. C. MUNCEY,
608 Main. 3-2O
2l-furniture tor Sale
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FURNITURE co.
542 Main Ell Centre
3-2l
22-ElectricaI Appliances
FOR SALE Westinghouse electric
range and oil heater. Phone 1875
after six 8707-J1. 3-16
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-14
Vented
NJ A n

SPEAKING registered
nurse desires position in Spanish
speaking home. Specials in mat
crnity cases. References. Phone
Mexicai 54-J. Mrs. Brown, 27O
C ST., MeXicali. 800
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-14

A vacant room IS unpatriotic. Fill
your vacancy by renting through q
For Rent" aG. phGae 300.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-14

FERNANDEZ, Guadalupe, months,
dice this week in Imperial She is
survived BY her parents, MI and
Mrs. Alfred Fernandez. Funeral
services will be held at the Lem
ons-Wney chapel in FL Centro at
pm. Thursday With Rev Father
Dennis Barry Of St Marys Cath
olic church officiating. Burial will
be in Evergreen cemetery Lemons
.WlleY mOrtuary Is N Cnarge. 3-l0