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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-31
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF December 29, 1910

Will Euler and wife were visiting
friends in Bluffton over the week
end.
Lewis Martin of Salt Lake City,
Utah; Stephen Martin of Spokane,
Wash, Carl Oglesbee of Detroit,
Mich; and Harry Martin of Lima
were guests of Charles oglesbee,
Monday.
Ed Steiner who has been employed
with Eilermen's clothing store for
the past three months is again de-
voting his time with the Steiner
Bros. grocery firm.
C. B. Luginbuhl, who is attending
Rush Medical College at Chicago,
called on his many friends in Bluff
ton.
Miss Carol Betzner was happily
surprised on her 10th birthday anni-
versaryswhen 35 of her young friends
called Unexpectedly to celebrate the
occasion which was. on Christmas
day.
Charles Bailey has been appointed
to serve as deputy under Sheriff
Marion Watt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Steiner and sor
David of Lima and Miss Alice Lud
wig spent Sunday at the George Lud
wig home.
Bame and Bell are shipping car
load of horses to the Eastern marke'
soon.
Daniel Tripplehorn and Myrol
Lugibihl are home from the Univer
sity of Michigan for the holiday va
cation.
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Former Mt. Cory
Mayor Dies Monday

Lawrence L. Wise, 55, former
mayor of Mt. Cory and present JUS
tice of the peace of Union township,
died at his home in Mt. Cory Mon
day morning of heart disease.
Wise was employed as an electri-
clan BY the Ohio Steel Foundry in
Lima. He was a member of the
K. of P. lodge and a native of But
Ter, Ohio.
Survivors include the widow, Haz-
Ell; two daughters, Mrs. Ernestine
Sites, Mt. Cory; Mrs. Virginia Null
lett, Chicago, H.; one sister, Mrs,
Ethel Hess, Mansfield; two brothers,
Wade Wise, Mansfield; and Ralph
Wise, Bfookville, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 ?. NJ. Wednesday in the Paul
Diller funeral home at Bluffton. Rev.
Irwin Kaufman will officiate.
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Birthday Surprise

Members of Mrs. Linda Fett's Sun.
day school class and friends and rela.
tives surprised her Christmas night
on her list birthday.
Those enjoying the occasion were
Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Shady anc
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Hoch.
stettler and children, Mr.. and Mrs
Levi Mellinger, Mrs. Peter Bixel
Misses Sarah Amstutz, Martha Stein.
er.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kinsinger, Mr.
and Mrs. Marion Hochstettler, Mrs
Ada Miller and daughter Charlene
Mrs. Caroline Matter and daughter
Rhoda, Miss Ethel Harris, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Crawford, Miss Marie
Imbach, Noah Hochstettler and
daughter Lorena.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Harris and
daughter Lois and the honored guest
Mrs. Linda Fett. At the close Of the
evening delightful refreshments were
served by the hostess.
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New Teams Organized in Basketball
League


League
Six new teams have been organiz-
ed for play in the second round of
the mems basketball league, with
competition beginning at 7 p. m.
next Monday in the high school
gymnasium.
Included on team rosters are the
following:
Bugs-Ralph Reichenbach, captain;
Dick Wenger, B. Metzger, R. Zuer-
cher, C. Sommer, H. Bogart, r.
Augsburger and Marshall.
Rockets-Weldon Deppler, captain,
K. Moser, C. Jones, j. Shaffer, j.
Hermann, r. Vroman, A. Basinger
and M. Triplett.
All-Stars-Ken Winkler, captain;
d. Reichenbach, R. Zimmerly, W.
Amstutz, d. Sommer, j. Moser, J.
Fett and R. Triplett.
Five-P Potatoes. Clark, captain;
H. Kindle, A. Hilty, B. Fritchie, r.
Luginbuhl, L. Niswander, Jim Stone
hill, r. McCune.
Tgers-Chas. Sheridan, captain;
F. Hermann, d. Amstutz, w. Little
|. Fisher, H. Burkholder, j. Bracy
and R. Klay.
Olympics-Bert Swank, captain; d
Mathews, H. Klay, Bill Stonehill, j
Davis, N. Triplett, R. BurkholdeI
and R. Moser.
Next Mondays schedule will pit
the Bugs against the Rockets at 7
p. M; All-Stars VS. Five-P Potatoes al
p. m, and Tigers VS. Olympics q.
8 p. m.
The gymnasium will be opened al
GAS p. m. each Monday evening
and every player will be assured OF
playing at least one-half of the
game.
A volleyball league will be or
ganized during the coming week, to
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Van Vert Speaker
Wins Peace Contest

David Zeigler of Van Vert won
the district Prince of Peace decla-
nation contest held in the Methodist
church here Sunday night.
Zeigler's topic was "The Fire of
Prometheus. He was awarded the
silver medal and will represent this
district in the state contest to be
held in Columbus during the Ohio
pastors convention.
Miriam Fritz, of Attica, second,
will be alternate. Her topic was
"The American Way"
Others. in the contest were Arlan
johnson, Ansonia; Dwayne Wright,
Sylvania; Loretta Darnell, Ada, and
Ann Copeland, Waynesfeld.
Judges were Mayor w. A. Howe,
DIR. L. L. Ramseyer and Mrs. Paul
Cramer. Rev. Paul Cramer, pastor
of the Methodist church was chair
man of the contest.
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Alva Morrison, of Tillsbury, On
tario. one of Buttons former popu-
lar young men, surprised his friends
here last week when he arrived,
bringing with him Canadian bride.
He was married Wednesday, to Miss
Gertrude Ainslie, of the above named
place.
Ezra Z. Ansrltz, of Meade, Kan
sas, is here to spend Christmas and
New Years with relatives and
friends. Amstutz and Henry Basinger
togther rented nearly 400 acres Of
land. He expects to return the first
of the year.
P. B. Amstutz is busy making
hand rakes. He has a good market
for them.
Mr.. and Mrs. jeremiah Basinger
are the proud parents of a baby boy
Oswin Hilty, who is attending
Dental College, and visited with
Berne friends over Sunday, is spend,
ing a weeks vacation at home.
Allen Geiger is employed at ons
of the automobile shops in Toledo
Miss Hazel Goble, who is employee
at the Findlay Glove factory, il
spending a vacation at home.
Jacob Nusshaum has been work
ing in Wayne county.
Fifty guests presented j. B. Lugin
buhl with a fine oak rocker at sur
prise party reminding him of his els
birthday.
Miss Clara Freyman is spending
week with friends at Wapakoneta.
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New Year To See Little
Change In Officials

(Concluued from page
threatened to prevent organization
of a new council.
Councilman Charles Alderman,
who had been elected in the Novem-
ber election by written campaign
declined the office and instead re-
tanned his seat on the council, for
which he had been a regular candi-
date.
Not until incumbent Mayor w. A
Howe's decision that he would stay
in office, announced in January
would the new council consent to or.
ganize, because none of the council
men would accept presidency of the
body if it entailed succeeding to the
post of mayor.
No DIFFICULTIES ANTICIPATED
At the first council meeting of the
new year, next Monday night, wher
organization for the coming IL
months will be effected, it is expect
ed, that present appointees will be
continued in office, and no problems
will arise.
Under state regulations which be-
came effective eight years ago, ap-
pointees named by the mayor for
the office of town marshal and
nightwatch continue TO serve unless
cause can be shown for their re-
moval AS a result there is expect
ed to be no change in those offices.
Nightwatch r. E. Griffith has been
serving on temporary appointment,
and Lee Coon has been marshal dur
ing the entire eight-year term.
Appointments made last January
for two-year term, and which will
not come up again this year, includ-
ed Guy Corson as fire chief, and d.
r. Tripplehorn as solicitor.
The only appointments expiring at
the end of this year include that of
James Benroth, as caretaker of the
town clock, and those of members of
the volunteer fire department. These
appointments are filled annually, and
no change is anticipated
CEMETERY CLERKsHIP VACANT
Death in November of Elmer Dill
Ter caused vacancies on the board of
trustees of Maple Grove cemetery.
Diller served in a dual capacity as
clerk of the board and also as a
trustee.
His successor has not yet been
named and Town Clerk w. o. Geig-
er has been taking care of clerical
duties of the board. Next Mondays
appointments of the mayor probably
will include someone to serve OILERS
unexpired term.
Reorganization of the council will
take place at the meeting of the
group next Monday. Don Patterson,
serving his second year as council
man, has been president of the coun-
Gil.
Present standing committees of
the council are as follows: Fire and
Light-Don Patterson and c. A.
Triplett; Streets and Roads-C. A.
Stauffer; and Frank Todd; Finance
Charles Alderman and Arden
Baker.
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Adventures
The Railroad Raider

|nN THE morning OF April IL,
~ 1862, trainsstopped at Mariet-
ia, Ca, en- route from Atlanta to
Chattanooga. An unusually large
number of men passengers came
aboard, claiming they were refu-
gees from within the Yankee lines
and wanting to join the Confederate
forces.
When the train stopped at Big
Shanty for breakfast, James J. An
drews, citizen from Flemingsburg,
KY, and one of the large party of
alleged refugees, cut away all but
three cars, climbed into the cab and
steamed away.
Capt. w. A. Fuller, who was in
charge of the train, dashed to the
telegraph office to warn the station
agents up the line but found that the
telegraph wires had been cut. An
drews really was the leader of a
group of Union soldiers in civilian
clothes who started out to paralyze
traffic on the Western and Atlantic
railroad-one of the vital arteries
of Confederate transport.
Captain Fuller got handcar and
with a couple of men started in
pursuit. But Andrews burned Is
bridges, pulled up many sections OF
track and placed several obstacles
along the right of way, all while
keeping ahead of his pursuers who
finally abandoned the handcar when
they were able to board a locomo-
tive.
About to be overtaken, Andrews
set fire to the last freight car, left
it on a bridge and ran into the
woods with his crew. Mounted mi.
litia finally captured all of Andrews
party and he, with several others,
was executed as spy.
g Western Newspaper Union.
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Butter, Fruit Juice
Prices Going LOWer

Retail butter prices in Bluffton
Tuesday were quoted at so to SO
cents pound, being drop from
the levels of 81 to 80 cents a week
ago.
Fruit juices, too, dropped to lower
levels with large cans of orange
juice, previously retailing for 80
cents dropping to 25 cents.
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APPRECIATED

J. A. Anderson of Orange township
wishes to thank all his neighbors and
friends for remembering him with
cards on his birthday anniversary and
wishes one and all Happy New
Year.
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BLuftOn Has SnOU
For Christmas Day

Buttons Christmas Day observ-
ance last Wednesday had partially
white setting remaining from the
six-inch snowfall of the preceding
Friday, altho warmer weather in
the intervening period had erased
all but an inch or two of the white
blanket by the time the Yuletide
arrived.
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Russell Ebay Is
On AAA Committee

Russell Ebay, Orange township,
is one of two alternates elected to
the Hancock county AAA organiza-
tion, it was announced this week.
Harry Hofmaster, of Washington
township, heads the three-man coun-
ty central committee.
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Swiss Carols Of New
Year Will Be Sung
(Concluded from mace 1l

Concluded from page u
said to have composed the verses of
both while living near Bluffton,
after emigrating to this country
from Switzerland.
Lived Near Here
When Rothen wrote the words for
the two carols, he lived four miles
north of Bluffton on the farm now
occupied by Homer Reichenbach. AS
nearly as can be determined they
were written nearly century ago.
Altho appearing without music,
the verses gained widespread popu-
larity thruout the Swiss settlement
and several years later music was
set to the lines by Sam Geiger,
brother of Aaron Geiger, pioneer
resident of the Settlement, north
west of Bluffton.
Singing these quaint old-world
songs, bands of carolers since that
time each New Years Eve trudge
the streets of the town and high
ways of the countryside.
HID Singers Welcomed
However, their rounds are not
aimlessly made. The route is well
defined and carefully planned in ad-
vance. A light in the window is the
signal that beckons the carolers and
after the singing warm welcome is
provided inside the house. Cookies,
cakes and other goodies are heaped
high on the table to reward the
singers.
On New Years eve, some of the
older serenaders recall again the
elderly Swiss cobbler who lived alone
here and to whose heart the annual
visit of the carolers was ever dear.
With no feminine hands in his kitch-
en- to provide the customary outlay
of baked goods, he substituted a
large bowl filled with nickels as his
contribution to the singers.
Thru snow and sleet, rain and
mire, and the vagaries of the wealth
er, go the carolers each year, un-
daunted by winter rigors and other
hardships.
Welcome In Song
Both the traditional carols sung
here are pervaded by deeply re-
ligious sentiment, invoking divine
blessing on the home visited by the
singers, and extending best wishes
for the New Year.
An old custom it is-reminiscent
of the days when life was less COM
plex and modern New Years revel-
ry was unknown. 1t should be kept
alive as precious heritage to hand
down to future generations, and the
number of serenaders which every
year raise their voices in the we'll
known carols of New Year bear wit
ness that it is in no danger of ex-
tinction.
And so each New Years the fleet
ing hours of the dying year are
ushered out in song that also pro-
vides fitting welcome for its sue
cessor.
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CARD OF THANKS

The family Of John c. Amstutz
wish to thank their friends and neigh
bors for the kindnesses and words of
sympathy extended in the death and
burial of their beloved father; also
the minister and singers for their
services at the funeral and all those
sending flowers.
The Children
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends for
the beautiful floral offerings and for
the sympathy and kindness extended
to us during our recent bereavement
in the loss of our father, William
Shrider. We appreciate also the
services of the minister and singers.
The Family.
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ALLEN
COUNTY, OHIO

IUUNII, FUHIO
Case Number 23990
To: Joe Hartleben
You are hereby notified that on the 26th
day Of December. 194g. a Petition for the
adoption of Micheal John Hartleben, who
was born on the 9Th day of April. 1943. at
Los Angeles, California. was filed in the
Probate Court of Alien County. Ohio. and
that hearing on said Petition will be had be-
forq the Judge of said Court on the 3rd day
of February. l947. at | 80 o'clock D. m.
1t is alleged in said Petition, that you. as
father of said child, have wilfully failed to
properly support and maintain said child for
a period of more than two years Immediately
preceding the filing of said Petition.
RAYMOND p. SMITH
By Louis T. Brown, Deputy Clerk SO
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NOTICE or APPOINTMENT

THE STATE OF CHlD
Allen County. IS.
Estate of Abbie M. John Deceased.
Robert s. John OF i. ID. No. 2, Wellington.
Ohio, has peen appointed and Qualified as
Administrators of the estate of Abbie NJ
John late of Allen County, Ohio, deceased
Dated this gath day of December 1916.
Raymond T. Smith
Probate Judge 80
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Winter Recreotionul Notes

begin play January IA in the college
gymnasium.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-31

In one Michigan county, rs per
cent of the farmers interviewed said
they obtained helpful information
about farming from their local news
paper. Helpful information was OBJ
tained from farm journals by SO
per cent and from bulletins by 81
per cent.
Meat cuts to be placed in freezer
lockers or those which are to be
preserved by other methods must be
properly cooled before the preserva-
tion process is started. Carcasses
have internal heat of nearly 100
degrees when an animal is killed and
the meat should be cooled to about
38 degrees as soon as possible. Beef
cuts can be held several days at 38
degrees for aging. but pork should
be put in the loeker or cured soon
after it has been cooled.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
THE STATE OF OHIO

Allen County, IS.
Estate of Lee ". Mcdowell, Deceased.
Robert L. Mcdowell of r. ID. No. 5. Lima,
Ohio, has been appointed and qualified as
Administrator OF the estate of Lee v. Me-
Dowell late of Allen County. Ohio deceased
Dated this 26th day of December 1885,
Raymond p. Smith
Probate Judge ~ 3e
Evening star., 1946-11-07
7 Indicted in Deaths
In Baltimore Fire
BY the Associotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 1.-Two men
listed on a Seafarers' International
Union ballot as candidates for minor
Offices were held without bail on
murder and arson charges today in
connection with a fire which swept
a waterfront rooming house last
Thursday and killed five Latin
American seamen.
The charges were in the form OF
Baltimore grand jury presentments
against Walter Haas, 80, and John
Hatgimisios, %. William Rentz
port agent for the STU, said Haas
was picket leader for the union
during its recent strike.
Both Haas and Hatgimisios are
listed as candidates for 'patrolman'
on ballot now being voted upon
by union members.
The fire burned out a rooming
house operated by Jesse Rodriguez,
hiring agent for Panamanian
steamship lines. Battalion Chief
Thomas Heagerty recovered two
metal cans from the debris. He said
examination showed they had con-
tanned infammable liquids.
Turned over to the FBI for exam
nation were two red-penciled notes,
one' OF which was attached to- a
wrench that shattered Rodriguez's s
window a week before the fire. It
warned him to stop rooming finks
in your house The other note,
with similar message. was tossed
into a tavern near his house.
Mr.. Rodriguez told police he had
received union permission the day
before the fire to ship some Of his
men to Newport News, Va. to sail
on q Panamanian freighter.
Evening star., 1946-11-07
Wife Of Dr.. J. F. Martin,
Agriculture Official, Dies

Mrs. Gertrude Winifred Martin,
So, Washington resident for 80 years,
died yesterday at her home, 75o4
Fourteenth street NV, after a six
month illness.
A native of Tignish, Prince Ed
ward Island, Canada, she came to
this country when a young girl and
lived first at Boston. Si1e~was the
wife of DR.. James F. Martin, head
of the Division of Plant Disease
Control in the Agriculture Depart
ment. She, was member of the
Church of the Nativity, Georgia
avenue and Peabody street NV.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Martin
is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Peter r. Kinch of Tignish: a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Geraldine Ruth Jordan of
Takoma Park, Md; eight sisters, a
brother and two grandchildren.
Requiem mass will be said at the
Church Of the Nativity at 10 am.
Saturday following services at the
home at $50 am Burial will be in
st. Marys Cemetery. .
Evening star., 1946-11-07
Rites for First Flyer
In Largo Crash Held

Last rites for the two flyers, both
Navy veterans of the past war, who
persisted Tuesday when their ex-
perimental plane crashed near
Largo, Md, were to be held today
and tomorrow, with burial of one
in Arlington National Cemetery and
the other in Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Funeral Services for Frank E.
Tate, As, were held this morning at
9:45 am. at Gasch's Funeral Home,
Hyattsville. Burial was in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Surviving are a wife, Marjorie;
a four-year-old daughter, Kathleen
Anne; brother, Walter E. Tate,
and his father, who lives in Wash
ington State.
Services for Robert J. Franken-
field, 81. will be held tomorrow at
2:30 pm. at the Little Church of
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Burial will
follow in the cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Jane
and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Frankenf1eld of GIT Lewis ave.
Rockcrest, Md.
Both were employees of the Engi-
neering and Research Corp, River
dale. Mr.. Frankenfleld was a lieu
tenant in the Naval Reserve on in
active duty. During the war he
served with the Naval Air Transport
Service. Mr.. Tate, who had been a
Navy machinist's mate for two years
during the war, was also veteran
of the first World War.
Both were killed when their plane
crashed in field, apparently after
one of its wings had fallen of.
Evening star., 1946-11-07
John Owen Clark Dies;
Resident Of Falls Church

John Owen Clark, 48, resident of
Falls Church, Va, since 1885, died
yesterday at Garfield Hospital after
short illness.
A native of STAFFORD, Pa, he was
a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania. He
taught English there and later in
Japan for five years in Kanazawa
and Tokyo. He then returned to this
country and was an employe of the
Midvale Steel Co.
Since 1885 he has been civilian
analyst in the Navy Department
employing his knowledge of japanese
language and customs.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Muir.
iel Schoff Clark; a daughter, Miss
Ethelwyn Clark, a junior at Bryr
Mawr College; son, John, jr., oi
Falls Church; three sisters, Mrs. A
l.. Bressler, Mrs. Russell Long, both
of Philadelphia, Mrs. Cecil Denning
York, Pa, and brother, George B
Clark, also of Philadelphia.
Private funeral Services will be held
at Valley Forge, Pa.
Evening star., 1946-11-07
lit Mpnturtant

| BLAND, ESTELLA LEWIS. A sacred
1qte to hs S our vbe 5e9yed g,ed
years ago ASA sHas' AND NS'e9ls CHARLES Lew LEWIS.
EDELIN,. THERESA. tribute OF love
and devotion mt 70 2I the n memory X Of our desrss!
into. eternal rest one year ago today, No
vember z, 1945.
| AS we loved her so we miss her,
In our hearts she snIH Is always ,sI near; ,,v
DEVOTED 15lf fHusBANp, e cH1LDREN ANr
GRANDCHILDREN. ="
! EDWARDS, HUGH. In sad but loving
sd of e4r 1 desT sxeen sheg years
| today, November z, 1880.
Gone, but not forgotten.
! We think of you every day and remem'
/ ber all the kind things you did for u.s.
| Our hearts still ache with sadness.
Our eyes often. are filled with tears;
| God only knows how we miss you
YOUR Be pESoTfp sod e slxsffn canhpsFN 5sa
GLADYS, THEODORE AND LAURA.
FOX, JAMES THOMAS, In sad but loy.
ashsn as 6 ~ THeAs ssi hIsosna
parted this life three years ago today NO
The world may change from year to year
] And friends from day to day.
But never will the one we loved
HIS srf9 Iov1NG msGo1S WIFE r.. AND DAUGHTERS
HAWKINS, MARY A. A tribute Of love
seh he mRY aaEs Ga suF ai1 sho
tered into eternal rest seven years ago
November 7, 1899.
! Just when life was sweetest
And she could have lived her best,
The gates of Heaven opened
! And God took her home to rest.
SISTER, MARGARET.
JOHNSON, BARBARA. A tribute of sin
cere love and devotion to the memory oi
my mother, BARBARA JOHNSON, who de-
parted this life twenty years ago today,
November T. 1926.
| Your memories are all have now,
| Your cares are all at rest;
Happy to know today I can say
loved you and did my best.
DEVOTED DAUGHTER, ANNA E. JONES.