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The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14
Traffic Hazards
Must Be Eliminated
Says State Engineer

The Arizona Statewide Highway
Planning Committee has been ask
60 by State Highway Engineer W.
{. LeFebyre to help educate Ari-
zona cities TO the need of elm
mating traffic hazards on ROADS
PASSING through the various cen
ters of population.
The committee. an all-Arizona
chamber OF commerce group set
up TO promote thorough highway
development for the entire state.
MAS told by LeFebyre at its recent
meeting in Phoenix that hazards
90 motorists can and must be elm
I mated
LeFebvre said that communities
ould be y-passed by future high
ways unless they cooperate in eN-
! pediting the safe movement OF
traffic through their areas.
Cities in Arizona have a joint
Responsibility with us to increase
| the safety of the highways and
at the same time TO speed traffic.
the engineer told committee mem
bers. Hazards To motorists can
/ and must be eliminated. In many
cases parking should be prohibit
ed on main highways within the
limits of the cities through which
they pass
Committee delegates from Ari-
zona's Ia counties voted approval
OF the state highway department 5
proposed 1861 budget. calling
for $50. 1893 .2l3 i'm construction. The
budget viii come up for final ac-
ton after a public hearing sched-
uled dune II before the highway
commission.
Commission Chairman II. o.
Pace OF Casa Grande told the COM
nittee members, This Is the first
time In the history OF Arizona that
such a group as yours has func-
toned efficiently and helpfnlly. We
members OF the commission are
extremely grateful TO you for the
helpful suggestions you have given
US"
Hugh C. Gruwell OF Phoenix.
chairman OF the committee. said
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14

military band will be on hand to
provide the music for the festivity.
Also. high-ranking military men
have been sent invitations to be
guests-of-h honor.
On another page In this paper
YOU will find coupon which you
may send 10 KOY or the Arizona
Farmer 10 get your tickets. There
viii be tickets on sale at KOY
Studios. the Arizona Farmer Of
flee. aud at a designated place
downtown Phoenix around the
middle OF June.
A capacity crowd OF around 20.-
00O people is expected to attend.
II preceding years figures can be
used as a basis OF estimation.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14
Ann Hannah Honored
Friday Afternoon By
Pre-NuptIal Shower

Miss Ann Hannah was houored
Friday afternoon with a pre-nup-
tlal shower az the home Of Mrs
Max Anderson. Mrs. Kari Fishe.
Was co-hostess. George Scott
Gieszl the Anderson.s two year
old grandson. dFessed as cupid.
was wheeled into the assembly
in basket heaped with gifts
Armed with bow and arrow and
grave sense OF HIS Importance iu
the proceedings. cupid presented
the gifts 10 the guest OF honor.
Bingo furnished the afternoon
entertainment All prizes We're
presented By their winners To Mss
Hannah a recipe book was cir
culafed among the guests, each o.
whom wrote ia n her fayoTite reci-
pc FOR the future bride
Miss Ham all aAd Robert Bris-
coe. assistant manager of the bank
al Wilcox. will be married SUN
day. Mr. Briscoe was employed
at Coolidge valley National Bank
before he Joined the army go 1871.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14
Phoenix Fourth of July
Fete at State Fairgrounds

KOY and the Arizona Farmer
announced this week that plans are
ulder way for the 9th annual
Fourth Of july Victory Celebra-
tion 10 be- held al the State Fair
grounds. Thursday. July 4th. 500
3. m.
The first KOY-Arizoua Farmer
Fourth OF July celebration was
held in 1871 AT the State Fair
grounds Il proved TO be such q
success that plans were made to
hold the affair annually The
Two following years the show was
held al the Fairgrounds. but in
1914 IL was moved To Encanto Band
Shell in Encauto Park whore the
price Of admission was purchase
of War Bond. Again in 1886 il
Was held in Eucanto with the ad-
mission being a War Bond pur-
chase
This year. the Victory Celebra-
tiou is being moved back 10 the
State Fairgrounds where larger
crowds can be handled Accord
ing to the officials that are max
iug arrangements for the eeIebra-
tion the Duffeld Fire
works Company OF Chicago viii
stage the fireworks show. which
viii include not only hundreds OF
,olurtul skyrockets. bat beautiful
ground displays which viii only b.
seen from inside the grounds.
Vaudeville acts and circus acts
are being imported from the Coast
ry the Joe Been Theatrical Agency.
Los Angeles. as well as local stagr
sud radio talent The chow ~
expected 10 last two hours. A
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14

Yes. sir. there's a real housing
shortage in our town, as ! guess
there is in yours, too.
Keefer Cole, for instance, Il
sharing his home with a brother
in-law from Connecticut. Six chill
dren and a dog In one family; four
children and three cats In the
other.
asked Keefer how they rot along
together especially the grown
ups Didn't they get 4 little edgey
from the noise and erowding!
Keefer looks at me with q twin
kle. "Sure," he says. "And when
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14

recommendation made by the
group had been needed In almost
every instance in the scheduling
OF improvements by the highway
department.
Although there are disappoint-
ments for some sections" he said.
"on the whole we are delighted
with the way in which the road
program is shaping up"
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14

OMrs " Il Elliott left Tuesday
for Banks. Arkansas. to-visit her
parents. Mr. and AIRS J. r. Child~
she viii b. there aboHt three
weeks
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14
Afh,ass-s.I
From where | sit ...ly Joe Marsh
Our town has q
Housing Shortage

that happens, Sara and just pass
around four sparkling glasses of
good beer and that reminds
everybody that there are still lot
offriendly, gracious pleasures that
can help Us make the best Of
things"
From where sit, it's great to be
able to relax during this strain OF
postwar living with . beverage
that's truly moderate and whole
some. truly friendly.
@s MAue
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14

OBennie Boone was one or
group OF students who presented
the first of a series OF recitals at
the All-State High School Musi'
Camp. Tempe. in Arizona state
Colleges Lyceum auditorium Fri
day. Bennie had two solo mum
bers. The camp opened June l
and will continue until June %.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-06-14

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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Former BLuftOn City
Solicitor Dies In Lima

Carl H. Neville, prominent Lima
attorney and city solicitor for Bluff
ton in 1926 and 1927, died last
Sunday night at his Lima home
from head injuries apparently sus-
tanned few hours earlier when he
fell while alighting from his auto
mobile.
Following his graduation from the
Ohio Northern university law school
in 1920, Neville entered the firm of
Wheeler and Bentley, both of whom
preceded him in death. FL. O. Bent
ley, of the firm, was a Bluffton ma
tive.
Neville was a former chairman of
the Allen County Democratic Execu-
tive committee, and at the time of
his death was president of the Lima
Memorial hospital board of trustees.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon at Lima. Burial
was in Lima.
In addition to his wife and two
sons, Neville is survived by one
brother, Wesley Neville, of Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
BluftOn Woman On
Radio BrOadcaStS

Mrs. Beulah Bernard of Bluffton
will present quarter-hour program
Sunday morning from HAS until
noon over Findlay radio station
WIN.
She will read the following poems
of her own composition: my Gift"
"The Street That | Live On" Dis
Illusion" and Because of YOU"
Her vocal numbers will be BLESS
This House" and "Some Sunday
Morning." together with accordion
numbers.
Also on Friday afternoon at 4:45
will be heard quarter-hour of Mrs.
Bernard's recent recordings made in
Philadelphia. Among these will be
the Rachmaninoff C-sharp minor pre-
lude and "Nola" by Felix Arndt to-
gether with medley of popular
numbers, BY the Light of the Silv'ry
Moon, The Waltz You Saved for
Me, Five Foot Two, and "The
World is Waiting for the Sunrise "
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Auto Runs Into
FIOOrLess Bridge

An automobile which Hancock
county deputy sheriffs said was driv-
en- by Herbert Garmatter Is, OF
near Bluffton, crashed thru barri-
cade and onto a fioorless bridge on
county road 38 in Union township
last Thursday night. The bridge
was out for a new floor when the
accident occurred.
The damage was estimated at $50
by County Engineer John M. Slough
Sheriff's deputies who investigated
the accident said that Garmattei
came from Rawson on county road
81 and instead of going to the inter.
section of this road and highway 38
took a short cut south of the rail.
road tracks to road 38, thereby
missing the bridge out" sign al
the intersection.
Garmatter and three passengers
Clarence Smith Is, Norman Smith
13 and Leonard Amstutz all of Mt
Cory were uninjured. Headlights
and front tenders of the car were
damaged.
County Engineer Slough said tn,
floor beam and few stringers were
bent as we'll as the sway bracing
Principal damage will be the labor
cost in replacing parts of the bridge
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Cemetery Viii Buy
NelU POIUer MOJUer

Purchase of second power lawn
mower for Maple Grove cemetery
was authorized Monday night by the
Bluffton municipal council, in re-
sponse to a request for the equip
ment by the cemetery board of
trustees.
Ordinarily equipment at the 13-
acre cemetery includes two power
mowers, but only one has been avail
able since 1914 when an older model
could no longer be used. No replace
ment could be purchased during the
war years.
Purchase of the mower will be
made by the cemetery board. Re-
quest for authority to buy a new
mower was presented to the council
by Elmer Diller, clerk of the ceme-
terry board.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
III. s. Reserves Top
Columbus GrOUe, 1926

Scoring 33 points in an inspired
last-half performance, Blufton High
reserves romped to an easy 49 to 25
win over Columbus Grove seconds
Tuesday night on the Bluffton floor.
The Pirate understudies led at
the first quarter, 6 to 5, and at half
time, Is to IL. They then pro-
ceeded to run wild in the third
period and were out in front when
the whistle sounded, 81 to 10.
Fifteen more points were added to
the teams total in the fourth
stanza.
Moore, after going scoreless in
the opening quarter, found the mark
from that point and dropped IL
fielders thru the nets for a % point
total. Lewis was next high for the
Pirates with IL, Which got seven,
and Pogue six.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. mad Mrs. Wayne Luginbuhl,
a girl, Carol Irene, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Ebay, Find
lay, girl, Diane Sue, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Tudor, Lima,
a girl, Susan Kate, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Evans, Co
lumbus Grove, girl, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Neuensch-
wander, Lima, boy, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Smucker of
Princeton, N. j., boy, Thomas
Cornelius, Tuesday, born in hos
pital at that place. Mr.. Smucker is
the son of Mrs. B. D. Smucker OF
South Lawn avenue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
With Service Men

1st Lieut.. Joel r. kimmel, son of
Mrs. L. D. Kimmel of South Main
street has received his discharge
from the service at Lawry Field,
Denver, Colo, and returned to his
home here.
Master Sgt. Robert c. Motter, SON
in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Gratz
of South Lawn avenue has been dis
charged from the Army air forces
after az months of service being as
signed to the headquarters of the
Air Technical Service Command. He
and his wife, the former Ester Ann
Gratz are on an extended motor trip
thru the south and will spend some
time in Florida. On their return
Mr.. Motter will resume his former
position with the National Bank Of
Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
MOUie At BeaUerddn,
On Wednesday, Feb. I3

A moving picture production will
be presented at the Beaverdam high
school auditorium next Wednesday
night, February 13 at 7:15 o'clock.
The production is sponsored by
the Beaverdam high school senior
class and consists of musical COM
edy and newsreel in addition to the
main feature SPOT o. Gold" with
Jimmy Stewart, Paulette Goddard
and Charlie Winniger.
Jimmy Stewart appears in a role
that reveals new facets of heart
warming fun and Paulette Goddard
is in her gayest, most gorgeous COM
edy vein with Charlie Winniger for
comedy and Horace Heidi and his
Musical Knights, most famous band
on the airwaves.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Bluffton Will Play in First
Round at Ada on Monday,
February Is
Winner Will Advance to Sec
tional Play at Celina First
Week i'm March

Bluffton High schools first oppon-
ent in the Class B exempted village
and parochial school tournament al
Ada two weeks from now will be
Hicksville, team that has won 1C
and lost four games so far this sea-
son.
The Bluffton- -Hicksville contest is
scheduled for 700 p. m. on Mon
day, Feb. Is, the opening night OF
the tourney in which nine district
schools will be competing to qualify
as the two entrants in the Sectional
tournament at Celina, the first week
in March.
With Bluffton and Hicksville in
the upper bracket of the tournament
are Ada (eight wins and four losses)
VS. Lima st. Johns (nine wins and
four losses). Bluffton has a record
of three victories and eight setbacks
In the lower bracket are Delphos
Jefferson (10-3) VS. Lima ST. Gerard
OLD; and Wapakoneta st. Joseph
(11-5) VS. Delphos st. Johns (1-11).
st. Rose (5-5) also in the lower
bracket drew a first round bye.
Win or lose in the first game,
Bluffton will play again on Wednes-
day night, Feb. 20, because of the
double elimination feature of this
years tournament.
Should Bluffton defeat Hicksville,
the Pirates will play winner of the
Ada-Lima st. Johns tilt at p. m.
Wednesday. If the Pirates lose they
will meet the loser of the Ada-St
Johns tilt at 7 p. m. on the same
night.
Two losses will eliminate any team
from the tournament, and the win
ner of the losers bracket will repre-
sent the tourney in the Sectional
meet, along with the tournament
champion. The two teams will not
play each other at the close of the
tourney.
The tournament will be played in
the Taft gymnasium at Ada on Feb
ruary Is, 20, 81, %, and 25. Don
Koch and James Vogelgesang will
be the tournament officials.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Hicksville, 10 Wins, Four Losses,
Is First BlufftOn Tournament Foe
Kohl Assumes
Board Position

A. E. Kohl, Bluffton Republican
leader, assumed his duties Monday
as a member of the Allen county
board of elections for which position
he was recently endorsed by the
party's executive committee.
Kohl was named to the board by
the secretary of state to fill the un-
expired term of James Jacobs who
resigned to be candidate for coun-
ty commissioner.
Kohl who has been active in Re-
publican politics for thirty years
was previously a member of the AL
len county jury commission from
which he resigned Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Announce Wedding
OF Orange TlUp. Girl

Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Basinger of
Orange township announce the mar
riage of their daughter Alice to
Pfc. James r. Fawver of Waco,
Texas. The wedding took place
January a at Pemberville with Rev.
Roy Longnecker officiating.
Attendants were Theo Beggs,
cousin of the bride and Miss Joyce
Long, his fiancee, both of Toledo.
Pfc Fawver left Tuesday for
Corpus Christi, Texas, to receive his
discharge from the Marine corps in
which he served for four years. The
couple will reside on the farm of the
brides parents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
SeIectiUe Service
HOnOrs Group Here

Three Bluffton men were included
among the nine members of the AL
len county draft board group receiv-
ing recognition awards for services
of two years or more during the
war.
The Bluffton men are Forrest
Steinman, member of the, board, ID.
r. Tripplehorn, the government ap-
peal agent and DR.. M. d. Soash,
medical examiner. Steinman and
Tripplehorn were in Dayton, Tues
day night to attend formal pre-
sentation ceremonies at the Van
Cleve hotel where Gov. Frank j.
Lausche was the speaker.
Other members of the Ain county
group are: DR.. C. E. Savage, Morris
Fenneman, Harry Marshall, Jesse
Vandemark, DR.. o. S. Roebuck,
Francis Joy and Byron Dotson.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Lions Will Stage
Benefit Minstrel

Bluffton Lions club will present a
Georgia Jubilee Minstrel on April 2a
and "a in the high school auditorium,
with proceeds to be donated to the
Bluffton High band uniform fund, ii
was announced this week.
Local talent will be featured in the
cast which is to be directed by Prof.
Russell A. Lantz, of the Bluffton col
lege music faculty. Rehearsals will
start next Tuesday night. At Tues
days meeting of the club, Stanley
Basinger showed motion pictures
which he filmed in the European war
theatre.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
RICHLAND TWP. TO
GET HARD SURFACE
ROADS AND BRIDGE
Four Miles of New Hard Sur
faced Highways Planned for
This Summer
Tom Fett and Swaney Roads
Slated for S10,4OO Improve
ment Program

Four miles of new hard-surfaced
roads and one bridge will be built
in Richland township next spring as
part of an extensive $3.50 Allen
county road and bridge improvement
program announced this week.
Work in the township includes the
surfacing of three miles of the Tom
Fett road and one mile of the
Swaney road, county officials said.
The Tom Fett road improvement
will extend from the Putnam county
line to the Rockport road, and sur
facing of the Swaney road will be
between the Dixie and Lincoln high
ways.
Estimated cost of the road con-
struction is $1,000 per mile, or a
total of s10,400.
New Bridge
The new bridge will be built on
the Tom Fett road south of the
Ernest Gratz farm buildings. 1t will
replace the present structure across
ditch at that place. No estimate
of the cost has been made.
Allen county road crews win do
the work entailed in the spring
program, with the cost being shared
by the county and township.
In the S335,000 county program
proposed by County Engineer Hobart
Mumaugh, $4,000 has been set
aside for new county roads, $135,0O0
for new township roads and $4,000
for new bridge construction.
Other Projects
Also involved in the proposal are
maintenance of all county and town.
ship roads at a cost of 100000;
general maintenance of bridges and
drainage at $4,000, and county
petitioned ditch work at $4,000.
There are some 500 miles of
county and township roads in Allen
county.
The 1916 program is larger than
any during the war, and is ap-
proximately the same in volume as
that accomplished in 1941 However
the cost is considerably greater than
five years ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
WARM WEATHER IS
AVERTING WORST
COAL CRISIS HERE
Fuel Shortage is Most Serious
of Winter, Say Dealers,
Wednesday.
Two Cars of Mine Run, Undeter-
mined Quality is Towns
Only Supply.

Current spell of springlike wealth
er is all that has prevented the most
serious fuel crisis of the winter,
local coal dealers said Wednesday
morning.
The coal situation, it was declared
has deteriorated from bad to worse.
A canvass of retail dealers disclosed
that two cars of mine run coal of
undetermined quality constitute the
only supply Bluffton has on hand.
From this supply coal to house
holders whose bins are empty is be-
ing rationed.
PROMISED Coal Nor HERE
Scheduled shipments of coal of
regular quality for domestic con-
sumption have allied to arrive and
dealers said they could not tell when
these shipments will come.
A continuance of the present
warm weather with temperatures
ranging between DO and so degrees
together with careful outstanding of
such coal supplies as householders
have on hand appears to be the best
solution to the problem.
The existing shortage of coal has
been confined largely to domestic
consumers. Industrial concerns, in
cluding Buttons municipal electric
light and power plant and education
al institutions have sufficient stocks
on hand for their immediate needs,
it is indicated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
BIuftOn Pupils In
Ohio Poetry Contest

Bluffton public school pupils are
eligible to compete in the Allen
county elimination phase of the an
nual Ohio state poetry contest, it was
announced this week by Orval Bur-
dette Lippincott, chairman of the
county committee.
Poems may be of any length and
may be on any subject. Students may
submit as many poems as they wish,
but none of those submitted will be
returned.
The name, address, school and
grade of the pupil must appear or
each entry.
Three winning poems will be sell
ected from Allen county. These will
be divided in the following grade
groups; 1-6; TO; and 1912 inclusive
Winning poems will be printed in
the 1916 Anthology of Ohio verse
which goes to every school, radio sta
tion and library in the state.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
MIR. GrOundhog's Six-Weeks Weather
Prediction Holds Good-For One Day

For one day at least, the
Groundhog's prediction of six more
weeks of winter weather was vindi-
Gated last Sunday and within Ii
hours after he had seen his shadow
on the preceding day, the tempera-
ture early Sunday morning sank to
a mark of two degrees above zero.
Then, just as it appeared that the
Grounding deserved his traditional
role as weather prophet, it turned
warmer and remained that way
thruout Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
In contrast to the reading of two
above on Sunday morning, the mer-
curry reached high mark of so on
Tuesday night, and so far there are
no indications of an early return to
colder weather.
Sleet on Monday morning changed
to rain later in the day, as temper
atures kept climbing, and there was
some rainfall on Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Wheaton Choir At
Ebenezer Church

The chapel choir of Wheaton col
lege, Wheaton, ILL.,, will give con-
cert of sacred music at the Ebenezer
Mennonite church on Thursday night
February Ia at 8 o'clock.
The choir consists of 35 voices
and is making a tour through the
east including stops in Pennsylvania
and New York states and Washing
ton, D. c. Their present itinerary
schedules 10 concerts in 13 days
and over 1000 miles of travel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Real Estate Deals

Mrs. Mary King Schiffke sold two
lots on Harmon road south of the
hospital to Richard Davies, recently
discharged war veteran. The Davies
family are making their home with
Mrs. Davies parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank McElroy of South Main
street.
Paul Miller of near Lafayette has
purchased the property of the late
VIM. Alspaugh on Railroad street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller moved into the
place during the past week. They
are the parents of Mrs. Justin Gratis
of Dayton, formerly Of Button.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Stnufer Resigns
At BLuftOn High

Paul w. Stauffer, instructor in
speech and dramatics at Bluffton
High school since 1881, has re-
signed from the faculty, effective as
of the end of the current school
term.
He will complete this years teach
ing schedule on half-time basis,
spending the remainder of his time
as assistant purchasing agent at The
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
BLuftOn MUited
To Pandora p. r. A.

Bluffton school patrons interested
in Parent-Teacher activities are in
vited to attend a Founders night
meeting of the Pandora Parent
Teacher association to be held in
Pandora high school on Wednesday
night of next week at 7:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Fred Slower of Lima will be
the speaker and social hour will
follow the meeting.