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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
TOWN TO BUY ROAD
SCRAPER To MEET
EXPANSION NEEDS
Newly Added Subdivisions and
Maintenance Work Make
Move Necessary
Plan Will Supercede Former
Arrangement For Use OF
Township Equipment

Advertising for BIDS for a road
scraper, authorized last week by the
Bluffton town council, is an indica-
tion of the expanding needs for
street and alley maintenance here,
together with the rapid growth of
new subdivisions, it was pointed out
this week.
Alley and curb grading required
in the new additions to the towns
residential districts, plus mainten-
ance of existing streets and alleys,
virtually demand that scraper be
available whenever work is required,
council members said.
In addition, the scraper would per-
NIT Bluffton street maintenance
crews to handle initial preparation
of streets for re-surfacing, thereby
reducing the expense of the towns
street improvements.
TWP. TRUSTEE DENIES REPORTS
Explanation of the overall picture
came this week, after Allen Girls
more. member Of the Richland town
ship board of trustees, denied re-
ports emanating from last weeks S
council meeting that the township
scraper no longer was available for
town use.
He said the scraper can be used
in the town, providing it is operated
by the township maintenance man,
and if the village pays for his time,
plus operating costs and its share of
upkeep.
In previous years the Bluffton
street commissioner has operated the
scraper for work in the town, with
the township and village sharing the
cost of repairs.
No work has been done on town
streets this summer with the town
ship scraper, and Mayor w. A. Howe
said that following a meeting with
township trustees last spring he re-
ceived no official answer to his re-
quest for a continuation of use of
the equipment as in previous years.
Council consideration of the mat
ter, stemming from the situation,
eventually led to the decision that
expanding street and alley mainten-
ance needs. plus work in subdivisions,
will require much more use of a
scraper than in past seasons when
it was available as the township
could spare it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Reunions

The Peter ana Elizabeth (Neuen-
schwander) Hilty reunion will be
held Sunday, Sept. | on Bluffton
college campus.
The Christian Hilty reunion will
be held at the Hilty roadside park
on Route BON near New Stark.
Sunday, August Is. Pres, Joe Hilty;
Sec, Mrs. Evelyn Gratz.
The 22nd Augsburger reunion will
be held at Bluffton college campus,
Sunday, Aug. Is. Pres, Homer
Gratz; Sec, Mrs. Paul Spallinger.
The twentieth annual Augsburger
reunion will be held at Riverside
park shelter house No. 8, in FindIay,
Sunday, August Is. Pres, Charles
Augsburger, Sec, Mrs. M. L. Wahl.
The Bath Suffer- -Welty reunion will
be held at Pandora school building
Sunday, Aug. 25. Pres, Ralph
Basinger; Sec, Clyde Welty. :
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
AGED WOMAN HIT
BY TRUCK is IN
HOSPITAL HERE
Mrs. Bertha Woods, 90, of West
College Avenue Accident
Victim
Mishap Occurs as Pedestrian is
Crossing Street i'm Down
town Section

Mrs. Bertha Woods, 81, of West
College Avenue and Spring street, is
in the Blufton Community hospital
with the right leg broken in two
places, deep cut on her head and
bruises suffered Saturday morning
at $3.50 o'clock when she was struck
by the rear of a northbound truck
in front of the City Market grocery
on South Main street.
One of Buttons most active older
residents, Mrs. Woods was in the
business district on a shopping trip
when the mishap occurred. Hospital
sources Tuesday reported her condi-
tion as fair.
Police said the truck was owned
by a Lima dairy concern and was
driven by William Offenbacher, %,
of 321 S. Woodlawn Ave., Lima.
SEEN BY DRIVER
Offenbacher told police authorities
Mrs. Woods apparently did not no
tice the oncoming truck, and when
she did not wait. for him to pass he
swung the vehicle to the right to
avoid her. The front of the truck
missed the Bluffton woman but she
was struck by the rear of the truck
and was thrown to the pavement.
She was removed to the hospital
in the Basinger ambulance.
Unusually active for a woman of
her age, Mrs. Woods walked with
the agility of person many years
younger. For some time, however,
she has suffered from defective hear
ing.
During the past week her sons,
Harold Woods, of Detroit, and Mr..
and Mrs. George Woods, of New
York City, visited at her home here.
The latter couple were still here
when the accident occurred, and an
other son, Louis Woods and wife, of
Indianapolis, Ind, enroute to spend
the week end here arrived Saturday
about an hour after the accident.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Sails From Syria To
Marry In Scotland

Miss Barbara Hauenstein, daught-
er of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Hauen-
stein of Campus Drive who taught
the past year in a mission school at
Aleppo, Syria, the past year is en-
route to Edinburg, Scotland, where
she will be married to W. M. c. Tod
of that city.
The former Bluffton woman sailed
on a Greek steamer August 3 from
Beirut, Syria, to Marseilles, France,
From there she will cross France
and sail from northern French
port for England.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
BLUFFTON SCHOOLS
TO OPEN FOR FALL
TERM ON SEPT. 3
Teaching Staff For Grade And
High Schools To Have Five
New Instructors
Four New Teachers Will Be On
High School Faculty For
The Fall Term

Bluffton public schools will open
for the fall term on Tuesday, Sept.
3, with full corps of teachers for
grade and high schools, according to
an announcement this week by Supt.
Ralph Lanham.
A vacancy in the grade school
faculty created by the resignation of
Mrs. Levada Balmer Bixel the last
of July was filled this week when
Mrs. Dwight Spayth, wife of the
high school industrial arts instructor,
accepted the teaching position.
Mrs. Spayth's contract will come
before the board of education for
confirmation at its meeting this
Wednesday night. The new grade
school instructor previously taught
for three years at Roundhead.
Other designations
There were four other designations
from the grade and high school
faculties during the summer, but no
other vacancies are expected mas
much as August l marks the state
deadline for teacher designations.
Three of the designations affected
high school teaching posts. They
were submitted by Mrs. Harriet
Brate Hoon, public school music;
Miss Annabelle Weed, home econo-
mics, and Coach A. c. Burcky, who
left his Bluffton college position to
head the high school coaching staff
for the duration of the war.
In the grade school, Mrs. Floy
McBain Koenig resigned in early
summer with Mrs. Bixel's resigna-
tion following two weeks ago.
New instructors, replacing those
who left, include Kent Cotterman,
athletic coach; John Martin, instruct
or in public school music; and Eliza
beth Ann Mohr, of Van Vert, homo
economics.
In the high school Mrs. Paul
Cramer, wife of the Methodist
pastor, has been employed as part
time Instructor in public speaking
and dramatics. She previously
taught for three years at Lima
South high school.
Robert Ewing, ex-serviceman and
a grade school teacher here before
he went into the army, will return
next fall, making it unnecessary to
employ a successor for Mrs. Koenig
on the grade faculty.
One change also has been made
on the janitor-custodian staff, with
Wade Bechtel replacing Charles
Fenton, who retired at the close of
the last school term.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Daryl Robnolte,
Bluffton, a girl, Constance Kaye,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Spallinger,
Lafayette, a boy, Dennis Eugene,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Foltz, Co
iumbus Grove, boy, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thompson
Lima, girl, Carol Sue, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. K. Burns, Beav-
erdam, a girl, Ona Kaye, last Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Yerger OF
Lima, boy, Ronald Wayne, born al
Lima Memorial hospital, Thursday
Mr.. Yerger is the son of the latt
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Yerger of Bluff
ton.
DIR. and Mrs. Samuel Fowler o.
Angola, Ind, boy, Samuel Ellis
worth, Jr., at Cameron hospital, An
COLA, Aug. 6. Mrs. Fowler is th'
former Nettie Dodge of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15

Bluhton High school football
practice will get under way in two
weeks, with candidates for the
squad notified to report for the
opening meeting Monday at 6:30
p. m. in the school gymnasium.
Practice uniforms will be issued at
the session, and Coach Kent Cotter-
man this week urged all interested
candidates to be present at the
initial meeting.
Workouts will start on the
Harmon field gridiron Tuesday
night and the Pirate mentor urged
prospective players to get in as good
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
CIyde Warren On
Hancock Fair Board

Clyde Warren, of Orange town
ship, is one of the trustees of the
Hancock county agricultural society,
which is sponsoring the annual Han
cock county fair at Findlay from
Sept. thru 7, it was announced this
week.
Other trustees from this area in
clude Levi Walter, Route |, Mt. Cory
and Z. E. Hartman, Rawson rural
route.
Membership tickets may be obtain
ed in Bluffton either from Warren
or at the Citizens National bank
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
BIuftOn MasOns To
Be In M0tOrcdde

Bluffton Masons and their families
are planning to participate in dis
trict motorcade next Sunday to Ohio
Masonic Home at Springfield.
The motorcade will form in the
morning at o'clock Sunday at the
Susie-Q hamburger stand on Belle
fontaine avenue at the east edge Of
Lima, and proceed to Springfield un-
der state highway patrol escort.
Each family making the trip has
been asked to take a basket dinner
for themselves and one other person
as residents of the home will be
guests at. the noon meal.
An afternoon program will include
music by the Lima Grotto chorus
and by the Delphos American Legion
Auxiliary kitchen band.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Postwar Pattern OF Past Year Proves
Vastly Different Than Was Anticipated
Woman Pinioned By
Window Sash Smashes
Glass To Call For Help

UNABLE to free herself when
~ heavy window sash ac-
cidentally fell on her left hand
while doing housework alone at
her home Tuesday morning,
Mrs. Elmer Ludwig of Poplar
street seized nearby suitcase
and smashed the glass pane to
summon help.
Workers at the nearby Page
Dairy heard her call and came
to her rescue. The two middle !
fingers of her hand were pain
fully bruised. y
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Oats Join Bumper Crop Parade With
10l Bushels To Acre I'm Orange Twp.

Oats has Joined the parade of
bumper crops in the Bluffton district
this summer.
Top yield reported for this section
is 101 bushels TO the acre by Orvie
Frantz, tenant on the Will Gillian
farm in Orange township. The oats,
Vickland variety, were grown on a
9 acre tract and threshed by Brice
Main, Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
ExPEDIENTS MARK
new DEvELO OPMENT
in HOME BUILDING
More Garages Are Going Up AS
Temporary Living Quarters;
Another House Moved
Woodsheds Being Converted In
to A Home; Two More Ex-
cavations Are Under Way

Garages as temporary living quar-
ters, moving already-built houses in
to town from other locations. and
other expedients including building
homes from woodsheds are being con-
tinued by Bluffton families in their
efforts to circumvent a critical local
housing crisis and the continued
shortage of materials for new build
ings.
With fall virtually at hand, the
question of where to live this win
ter has forced intensifcation of
Buttons emergency building pro-
! gram over the last two weeks. the
principal emphasis of which is on
temporary housing expedients.
The idea of building a garage and
living in it until permanent resi-
dence can be erected is continuing
to grow in favor, and two more con-
struction programs of that type have
been added to the long list during
the last week.
BUILD GARAGES FOR DWELLINGS
Both are in the new Matter addi-
tion on Harmon road, with z. A.
Sutermeister and Richard Mericle
starting garages that will serve as
living quarters thru the winter. A
total of four building projects now
is under way in the addition, Harry
Turner and Clair Leiber having
started construction of houses ear
lier.
A second house was moved into
town last week and will be located
on a South Mound street lot pur-
chased by Mr.. and Mrs. Don Ream
from his father, Clyde Ream. The
house is now on the lot and the
foundation is virtually completed
| for the structure.
Formerly known as the Benham
house on the Lincoln highway near
the Route SO intersection, the house
was bought by Ream because of
building material shortages. Ream
now is in Germany with u. S. armed
forces, but is expected to be dis
charged this fall.
NEW BUILDING VENTURE
On the Lee Wingate lot on North
Mound street another new building
venture is under way, with Wingate
converting several woodsheds into a
house which will be available for
rental.
In the meantime, excavations have
been started for foundations for
two more new homes.
Walter King has completed an ex-
cavation on Jefferson street in the
Fred Mueller addition, and ROLAND
Guider is excavating for a house on
Riley street. Guider is employed by
The Triplett Electrical Instrument
company and married the former
Vivian Patterson.
East of Bluffton on State Route
103 Mr.. and Mrs. Don Richey of
Ada have resorted to building addi-
tional space to prefabricated poul-
| try house, as another means of get
ting around the material shortage,
with the family occupying the struc-
ture while the work is in process.
Attempting to keep up with the
rapid expansion of the towns sub
divisions, the municipal water works
this week will start laying a water
line on Jefferson street from Huber
street to the Allen-Hancock county
line road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
With Service Men

Freeman Basinger who was in the
Army of occupation in Japan has re-
ceived his discharge from Ft. Sheri-
dan, H., and returned to his home
here.
Sgt. Wilhelm Amstutz, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Amstutz north of
Bluffton who served for 33 months
in the Marines has received his dis
charge from the service. He will
enroll this fall for study in the
American Television laboratories in
Chicago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Bluffton High Football Practice
Will Be Started Monday Night

physical condition as possible before
the start of the practice season.
Football manager candidates also
are requested to report for the Mon
day night meeting.
Competition Bluffton encounters
in the Western Buckeye league, in
which it is the only Class 3 school,
means that plenty of practice is
necessary before the opening of the
season to assure the locals of hold
ing their own against the larger
schools, it was pointed out in stress
ing the fact that all interested
candidates should be on hand for
the start of workouts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
On Spring Honor
Roll At Ohio State

Elias r. Augsburger, son of Elias
Augsburger, of Jackson street,
qualified for the spring honor list of
the Ohio State University college of
education, it was announced this
week.
To qualify for the list, students
must have an average grade Of 'BA
or better for the term.
Rebecca |. Marshall, of Columbus
Grove, also was on the honor roll.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
ON WESTERN MOTOR TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bogart of
West Kibler street and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mel Beckwith of Columbus Grove,
parents of Mrs. Bogart, left Satur-
day on motor trip to visit Oregon,
California and other places of inter
est. They expect to be gone for one
month.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Orange TUp. Girl
To Conservation Camp

Twila Henry, Orange township,
will be one of the Hancock county
delegates to the annual Ohio State
Conservation camp in Licking coun-
ty Aug. II thru Aug. %, it was an
nounced this week.
Paul Stuckey, Mt. Cory, also will
attend,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Bert Sn,ucker Sails
Friday For Austria

Bertran Smucker, son of Mrs. B.
d. Smucker of South Lawn avenue
will sail Friday on the Queen Mary
from New York for Europe where
he will be engaged in relief work
under auspices of the Mennonite
Central committee. He will be over
seas for two years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
IN NEW LOCATIONS

: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Danner
residing on the former Amstutz
farm two miles west of town are
moving this week to Lima. They
recently sold the place to u. S.
Amstutz of Grove street. The farm
will be occupied by John Schmutz,
now on the Amos Thut farm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Olin A. Krehbiel
Friday EyaninU 2.lll

.-..---.-.---.-~Rev. OIin A. krehbiel
Friday Evening, 500
Leader, Dwayne Amstutz
Song Service :. Lawrence Burkhalter
Special Music First Church, Bluffton
Devotions
Special Music ..-.--. Feral Althaus
Phyllis Marquart
Offering
Special music First Church Bluffton
'sWhy Are We Here ?" .s.
--.-...-..-.-...-...-........-..-- Rev. Krehbiel
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15

Sunday Evening, 1880
Leader, Doris Garmatter
Song Service 49, Freeman Burkhalter
Devotions
Concert by Berne Mems Chorus
"Vision and Service" :. Rev. Krehbiel
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
LEGION AUXILIARY DELEGATE

Mrs. Millen Geiger will represent
the Bluffton Legion Auxiliary at the
state convention in Cleveland next
week
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15

Song Service --- freeman Burkhaiter
Devotions
Special music --..---. Quartette
Lowest Thou Me" .... Rev. krehbiel
Sunday Morning
Worship Service, 10:30
"Blind Spots" ..-.. Rev. Krehbiel
Sunday Afternoon, 2:30
Leader, Joe Thompson
Song Service m Freeman Burkhalter
Special Music - st. John, Pandora
Devotions
Special Music ... Allen Tschiegg
Offering
Special Music .-.-- st. John, Pandora
Truth Revealed to Daniel" ....-..
Il
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
Rain Coming At Critical Time "Makes"
Bumper Corn Crop In Bluffton Area
Young Peoples Rally
At Ebenezer Church

The tenth annual young peoples
rally will open at the Ebenezer
Mennonite church west of Bluffton
on Thursday night continuing with
sessions on Friday and Saturday
evenings and closing with three
meetings Sunday.
Principal speaker will be Rev. Olin
Krehbiel, pastor of the First Men
MONTE church of Berne, Ind.
The program follows:
Thursday Evening 500
Iaadnr-Mrc Harhar.t Kinda
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15
BUSY BEE All CLUB

The Busy Bees All club will be
judged Thursday morning at 9
O'Clock in the high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-15

Saturday Evening
AT the Pandora Community Park
Pot Luck Supper, 6:15
Sunset Galilean Service
Leader, Clayton Bucher
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Neiehborhood Councils
Meet Toniqht at 'Y

Psychiatric needs Of socially
handicapped children will be dis
cussed at meeting of Neighbor-
hood Councils at pm. today in
the YWCA. Seventeenth and K
streets N. w.
Speakers will be DR.. Leopold
Wexberg, director of the District
Bureau of Mental Hygiene; Miss
Jessie La Sale, assistant superin-
tendent of schools in charge of edu-
cational research, and DR.. M. Ger
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Portable Pay Phones
Installed at Mount Alto

Portable pay station telephones
for patients unable to leave their
beds are being installed at Mount
Alto Hospital and should be ready
for use in less than a month, DR..
Charles M. Griffith, manager of the
veterans hospital, said today.
The portable telephones-known
as "telecarts be wheeled to
any bed in the hospital, DR.. Griffith
explained. Veterans unable to ham
die a telephone will be assisted by
an aide.