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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
COLLEGE TO BUILD
APARTMENTS FOR
MARRIED STUDENTS
Apartment Construction In Ad-
dition to Requested Temper
ary Housing Units
Long-Range Program Also In-
cludes Construction OF Apart
ment Building on Campus

Eight family-housing units for
married students may be erected this
winter on the Bluffton college
campus, two apartments are now
under construction in college build
ings and others viii be completed
next summer as the institutions
answer to the effect Buttons hous-
ing shortage has on its operations.
Application has been made to the
government for family housing units
under federal act providing for
temporary housing on college camp
uses where married war veterans are
unable to obtain living quarters
while attending school.
If approved, eight family units
would be set up on the Bluffton
campus, but college authorities have
taken steps to further expand the
housing program by the construction
of apartments in present college
buildings.
Under construction at present are
two-room apartments on the second
floor of the Beaver Hut, a brick
building built several years ago at
the rear of the gymnasium. This
building originally served as a work
project center, then later was used
for student recreation.
Two additional two-room apart
ments will be fitted this summer in
Lincoln hall, mems dormitory. They
will be ready for occupancy next
fall.
Tentative plans also have been an
nounced for construction of an apart
ment building on the vacant lot own
ed by the college at College avenue
and Spring street, east of Music hall.
This project has mushroomed with
out planned sponsorship, President
L. L. Ramseyer said, and to date
some $4,000 has been pledged to-
ward a building fund.
Under present plans the apartment
building would be erected by private
capital, with the college paying
interest on the investment, and with
arrangements made for the school
to hayoxa III opportlmity to acquire
ownership of the building.
When the need for housing for
married war veteran students has
II. a.
four years, the apartment house
could be used as women's dorm
itory, expanding present inadequate
facilities.
The proposed brick veneer build
ing would be two floors in height,
with basement, and would consist
of eight two-room apartments.
Estimated cost is $4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
Pfc. Robert Cribiez
Dies Of Var Wounds

Pfc. Robert NJ. Criblez, "a, hos
pitalized since he was wounded in
the opening days of the assault of
Okinawa last May, died at 2:15 p. m.
Monday in Percy Jones General hos
pital, Battle Greek, Michigan.
He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Criblez, three miles south of
Bluffton, and prior TO his induction
into the army Sept. IL, 1914, has
been a farmer.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. m. Thursday in the st. Johns
Reformed church, with Rev. V c..
Oppermann, pastor, officiating. Bur-
ial will be in the Thompson ceme-
tery.
The body was brought from the
Percy Jones hospital to the Paul
Diller funeral home Tuesday, and on
Wednesday afternoon was taken to
the home of his parents.
Going into action on Okinawa last
May 8 with the 77th Division of the
Tenth Army, Pfc. Criblez served as
an advance infantry patrol scout
He was hit by a japanese mortar
shell May 16.
He was evacuated to Saipan and
then to Nichols General hospital
Louisville, KY, on June 27. Suffer.
ing from spinal paralysis he was
flown to Percy Jones hospital, Oct
80. After recovering from malaria
he underwent major operation fol
the removal of shrapnel from tn,
spinal column on Nov. %. Later in
fection set in resulting in his death
Pfc. Criblez received his basi,
training at Camp Fannin, Texas
and his last visit home was in Jan
uary of last year He wore the Goo,
Conduct, Pacific Theatre and Victor,
ribbons, the Combat Infantry medal
and the Purple Heart.
Survivors include the parents; an
the following brothers and sisters
Mrs. Blanche Wilkins, Button; Mrs
Pauline Bosse, Ada; Mrs. Lucill
Taylor, Toronto, Ohio; Mrs. Fried
Neiswander, Adrian, Mich; Miss E
vena Criblez, Mrs. Frances Scolei
Mrs. Harriet Luginbuhl, all of Bluff
ton; Mrs. Rachel Grow, Pandora
Mrs. Ellen Griffith, Van Buren,
Louis and Maurice Criblez, both c
Bluffton; Charles Criblez, Arm
strong, ILL.,, and Theodore Crible
Mansfield. Miss Ida May Arnol,
of Mt. Cory, Is his fiancee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
CITIZENS BANK
VOTES $4,000
STOCK DIVIDEND
Shareholders Take Action al
Annual Meeting Held Tues
day Night
Institutions Capital and Sur
plus Increased to 100000
Each

Shareholders of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank at their annual meeting
Tuesday night authorized by unani-
nous vote stock dividend to in
crease capital stock of the financial
institution form $4,000 to 100000.
Recommended by the board of dir
ectors, the new stock dividend is in
the ratio of one share for every three
shares now outstanding. 1t is dis
tributed pro-rata to stockholders.
Action taken at the meeting viii
result in the increase of 1,200 shares
of outstanding stock to a new total
of 1000 shares.
To effect the increase in capitaliza-
ton, $4,000 of the banks undivided
profits VIII be transferred to the capi-
tai stock structure.
At the same time an additional sum
of $4,000 will be transferred from
undivided profits to the banks sur
plus, increasing it from $4,000 to
100000, thereby matching the capi-
tai stock.
All members of the board of dir
|ectors were reelected at the meeting,
including c. H. Smith, E. c. Romey,
Edwin Amstutz, Henry Huber, M. M.
Bogart, G. F. Niswander and Adam
Steiner.
The usual cash dividend of 50 a
share was declared on all common
stock.
Current total resources of the Citi-
zens Bank are S3,5O0,000, according
to bank officials.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10

by Sunday, and the ground was re-
ported to have completely thawed.
Coal piles which had dwindIed rapid
" during the cold wave Of nearly a
months duration received a welcome
respite as a result Of the change in
weather.
Colder weather is expected for the
remainder of this week, but as yet
forecastrs have given no indication
of return to the near-zero weather
in which Bluffton shivered for sew
eral weeks.
Buttons warmest January day
on record came in 1906 when the
mercury mounted to IA, but this
years spring-like weather is the
pleasantest in the memory of most
residents of the town.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
John WinkLer Dies In
Los Angeles Tuesday

John Winkler, 81, former Bluffton
resiednt, died at his home in Los
Angeles, Calf, Tuesday night at
HAS o'clock. Death due to pneu-
monia followed a three weeks i'll
ness.
Funeral services will be held at
Los Angeles, Saturday followed by
burial at that place. His son Albert
Winkler of Bluffton left Wednesday
morning to attend the funeral. A
daughter, Miss Lydia Winkler has
been in Los Angeles for the past
month caring for her father.
Mr.. Winkler formerly operated a
farm west of Bluffton and was form
erly identified with local telephone
company.
He was married to Anna Amstutz
to which unions were born seven
children, five of whom survive. Fol-
lowing her death he was married to
Mrs. Nettie Huber who died last
February.
Surviving are two sons Albert and
Harvey of Bluffton and three daugh-
ters Mrs. Iona Hoffer of Bluffton !;
Misses Ida Winkler of Lima and
Lydia of Los Angeles. A brother,
Jacob Winkler of Stanley, Wisconsin,
also survives together with seven
grandchildren and two great grand
children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
Spring-like January Weather In
Marked Contrast To One Year Ago

In marked contrast to the near
zero temperatures and snow-bound
conditions of one year ago, Bluffton
for the last FIVE days has basked in
unreasonable spring-like weather.
Near-reeord temperatures for jan
uary were set during the period,
with the mercury mounting to a
mark of 6s on Sunday.
Taking advantage of the break in
the weather over the weekend, high
ways were filed with joy-riding
motorists, and pedestrians strolled
about with topcoats open or over
their arms.
Snow and ice, on the ground con-
tinuously since the second week in
December, had entirely disappeared
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
BLuftOn Teachers
To Get SI,O88 More

Bluffton High and Grade school
teachers will get an aggregate of
S1.0S8 more during the 1945-46
school term as the result of action
taken Monday night at meeting
of the board of education.
The additional fund was made
available when the board voted to
pay teachers and administrative per-
sonnel during this term on a 100
per cent salary schedule, instead of
a 81 per cent schedule as adopted
last June.
Under the salary schedule of full
payments, teachers and administra-
tive officials will receive total of
$44,1O5 for the 1945-46 term.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
HOfstetter Named
School Board Head

Organization of the Bluffton
Board of Education was completed
at the first 1916 meeting Monday
night with Waldo Hofstetter named
to serve as president of the five
man board.
Levi Althaus was elected vice
president. New members of the
board who took office at the meeting
include Leland Diller, Donavin Con-
rad and Paul Diller.
Members of the board voted to
change their regular meeting night
to the second Wednesday of each
month, and named Stanley Stauffer,
a Bluffton college student, to sue
ceed David Rosenberger, also of the
college, as a school bus driver. Ros-
enberser completes his college work
at rnidterm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
Births

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marquart of
Bluffton, a girl, Barbara Rae at
Bluffton hospital, Monday. Mrs.
Marquart is the former Madeline
Isham.
Rev. and Mrs. Landolene AmstutZ
of Tiskilwa, ILL.,, girl, Adela Ruth
born at the Princeton, ILL.,, hospital,
Saturday. Mrs. Amstutz is the
former Lenna Augsburger, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Augsburger.
Pfc. and Mrs. Delbert Luginbuhl,
a girl at Cottage hospital, San Ra-
fael, Calf
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
Car DriUer Injured In
Bentley Road Mishap

Robert Kelly, 90, of Lafayette
Route l, is in the Bluffton Com
munity hospital with a broken col
larbone and one broken rib suffered
in an auto accident near the J. c.
Deppler farm ON Bentley road at
$50 o'clock Monday night.
Kelly was driver of the car which
went into the ditch when it struck
culvert near the Deppler farm.
His auto was headed south, toward
home, when the mishap occurred.
Three other unidentified passeng-
ers in the car went to Deppler's
house for help, and the mishap VIC
tim was taken to the hospital in the
Deppler auto.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
Charles LOra To
LeaUe For Europe

Charles Lora, of Grove street, left
Monday for New Windsor, Nd, to
complete arrangements for sailing to
Europe as an assistant in handling
a shipload of relief cattle being sent
to Europe for restocking depleted
herds.
At New Windsor he will report to
headquarters of the Brethren Serv-
ice Committee, sponsor of the cattle
project. He expects to be gone nine
weeks, but does not. know where his
ship will land in Europe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
District Defamation
Contest Here Sund0y

Contestants from seven counties
will compete in a district Prince of
Peace defamation contest at 7:30
p. m. next Sunday in the First
Methodist church here.
Winner of the meet viii receive a
gold medal and be eligible to COM
pete in the state semi-fnals. Coun-
ties to be represented by contestants
include Darke, Lucas, Seneca, Mer-
Ger, Auglaize, Hardin and Logan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
Harmon Heads Board
Of Public Affairs

In organization of the Bluffton
Board of Public Affairs for the next
two years, F. ]. Harmon, serving his
second term, was named president.
Harry F. Barnes is vice-president,
and A c. Burcky is the other men,
Der. Charles Emans is clerk. Reg
ular meetings of the board are set
for the first Tuesday night of each
month
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
Fire Truck Makes
Run To BeaUerddni

Buttons fire department made a
run to the farm home of w. Z. Bar
Der two miles west of Beaverdam,
Friday morning at $50 o'clock when
fire originating from a defective fue
caused an estimated 5000 damage to
the house.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
HOWE TO CONTINUE
HOLDING OFFICE AS
BLUEFTON MAYOR
Decision Announced When
Dilemma Faces New Council
Preceding Its Organization
Don Patterson Named President
OF Council; Municipal Ap-
pointments Made

Solution of Blufftolfs naayoralty dill
emma came out Of Monday nights
organization meeting of the incom-
ing municipal council when Mayor
w. A. Howe announced that he will
continue in office for The coming two
years.
Howe's statement was made after
he was requested to declare his in
tention in view of the fact that no
member of the new council would
accept presidency of the body should
it entail serving as mayor in case the
present municipal head resigned.
| Under state law, Mayor Howe can
continue in office until the next cleo
tion, since no successor had qualified,
and with the unanirroIs consent of
the council he made lis decision to
remain as mayor.
In announcing that he would con-
tinue, Mayor Howe SAID he hoped his
part in the municipal administration
would merit the cooperation of the
citizens of the town.
Council Organizes
With the question Of who was to be
mayor solved, the incoming council
proceeded to organize by electing Don
Patterson president, and the mayor
made the usual municipal appoint
ments, with confirmation of the coun-
| Gil.
Council committee appointments in
cluded: Fire and Light, Don Patter-
son and C. A. Triplett; Streets and
Roads. C. A. StaufFer and Frank
Todd; Finance, Charles alderman and
Arden Baker.
Other appointments Included:
H. l.. Coon, service supervisor for
two years, at a salary Of $1l2 per
month. This post is combined with
that of town marshal for which he
receives $50 a month additional. AS
service supervisor, CoonAacts as street
commissioner, cemetery sexton, dir
ector of garbage and rubbish c2llec-
ton and dog warden
Corson FL sip.sw' a
Guy Corson as Ire cl.stfer
two year term at an annual sal lNYy oil
5000.
Members of the fire department will
include H. E. Augsburger, Edwin
Badertscher, Donald DiIlman, Wilford
Gratz, Ross Irwin, Harry Luginbuhl
Fred Martin, Lester Niswander
Claude Ream, c. v. Stonehill and
Charles Young. Each fireman re-
ceives 81 per month plus 81 for each
fire call. -
Clayton Murray, present night
policeman, assistant service super
visor for the month of January, $5C
month. AS night policeman he re-
ceives $3.50 a month.
James Benroth, town clock care
taker, for one year at an annual sal
airy of $50.
Diller Cemetery Clerk
Elmer Diller, clerk of the board OF
Trustees, Maple Grove cemetery, S15C
a year, appointed for two years.
| John Thompson, member of the
board of trustees, Maple Grove GENE.
terry, six years.
Dan R. Tripplehorn, solicitor, two
years, at an annual retainer of 500
Before organization of the new
council, councilmen who had served
for the preceding two years were call.
ed to order and resigned sine die.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
High School Youth
EnIists In NdUy

Robert Fisher, Bluffton high
school junior and son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Fisher has enlisted in
the Navy and viii leave Friday TO
begin service, it was announced the
first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-10
RLIIFFTON MARKETS

Grain = (bushel prices)-Wheat,
s1.7o; corn, SLIP; oats, roc; soys,
$2.04. al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-12
Views of the Press

for long period will absorb the increased costs for time, but there is no question that the ulti- mate consumer will eventually be called upon to meet the increase The intimate consumer. had nc voice in the proceedings nor will he be able to stem the tide of rising increases in cost of service. His job is simply to pay the bill, either pleasantly or grumblingly, as he may elect.
 Presumably, the total involved in making it possible to pay from $5 to $7 more per week in wages to each employe will run into large figures. That has not yet been re- vealed nor has it appeared whether the wages were really so low as to make it equitable to grant the in- crease. The outstanding fact was that demands were made for more pay and when the strike was about to be put into effect the increases were agreed to.
 So far as the public is concerned 1t is now simply question of how long it will be before the increases are passed along in higher charges for service. The only way out may be to cut out all unnecessary tol calls, if and when the rates are raised.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-12
A Thought For Today
John Cardinal Glennon

John Cardinal Glennon will arrive home Thursday, so it G scheduled in St. Louis which prepared to pay him signal honor his recent elevation to the cardnaate That say his body will arrive but his soul goes marching on
 The bright decorations and program of reception will become sombre by contrast but the event which becomes his funeral instead of great reception of pomp and reoc ing no oyous because holy soul has passed on to it's reward. ..
 Closely following Cardinal Glennons nvestture at the Vatican as he was to start the homeward trip by plane came his death in the midst of relatives and friends in his native Fire The event which might be termed tragic nonetheess happy in that his passing at the close of
 long and faithful which merted for him the honor so lately received.
 He had lived long ife had completed great tasks in the St. Louis archdiocese where he distinguished himself brilliant orator builder and friend of the working classes
 Cardinal Glennons achievements many, his life ss stated by his associate Cardinal Speman Twas pattern of justice and charity whose gadness and whose memory shall be an example and blessing Grief and sorrow for him and disappointment that he did not live to continue for time prnce of the church. mitga ed in the knowledge that he lived long and holy fe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-12

papers. .t
 Newspapers necessarily stress the big strikes be- cause of their dramatic interest to such large part of the public, aside from those directly involved, often quite number MT. Truman expressed an outside and laymans viewpoint of newspaper treat ment of strike news, but it is healthy for somebody to call attention to it. For perhaps the situation does get out of focus.
 It is Q fact, certainly, that soldiers overseas in the war got an exaggerated impression of strikes here at home in those days, which were held down to minimum, as matter of fact, and at any one time involved only small percentage of workers. Any strike in war time naturally is news. The record of production was proof of how well the workers kept on the job They worked long hours, many regularly seven days week.
 The rush of industrial disputes after the war was expected because of reduction of hours and pay with the cost of living high and moving up
 We have had some big ones and some tough ones But, as the President pointed out, there also
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-12

tain machinery in time to test atomic reactions Un- garding the date of the test and it takes time to prepare delicate atomic machinery. Some of this will not be completed in time.
 Reason the Navy won't postpone the test few weeks is the weather. It runs into typhoon season later and the adirals say that if the test is post poned even for few weeks 1t would have to go over until next year
 Last thing the Navy wants is another years delay for its appropriations from Congress plus the whole question of whether there is to be Navy at all depends on the effect of the A-Domn on Dattle- ships.
 In contrast to the Navy, there is almost nothing about the Army which atomic scientists like, eS- pecially Army Boss Major General Leslie F Groves the construction engineer now presented to the world as physicist
 scarcity of water at Los Aamos N. M. and the fact that the Army is trucking water up to the proj- ect from the Rio Grande River at cost to the U S. taxpayer of several thousand dollars day. The Army failed to consider the scarcity Of water in the New Mexican desert, did not build pipeline or enough retaining dams to conserve water, so that Los AlamoS at times this Wloter mas nao no
 For a time the water was turned off entirely. with the pipes undrained, so that they froze ana burst During that period. scientists were so ate IL would have been worth General Groves life to have come up on the hill where they live.
 Today almost every gasoline truck in that psrt of New Mexico has been hired to haul water up the steep mountain road to Los Alamos from the RIO Grande
 Henry Kaiser paid a call several steel execu- lives before he finally paid call the Justice De- partment to ask for antitrust prosecution Of the steel moguls.
 First Kaiser called Ernest Wier, head of Wier- ton Steel and said he wanted to buy steel to manu- facture his new automobile. Wier gave him polite "No" Then Kaiser called on Ben Fairless or U: g..
 Steel who said he probably could handle some oroers in the dim distant future.
 Last, Kaiser dropped in on Republic Steels Tom Girder and Charlie White. Girdler was hopping mao | Roira caid he tO automobiles, Big Tom replied: N | "When the fellows were in trouble in Detroit,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-12
The Underpaid Man in the White House

At $75O0O per year. President Truman is "the poorest paid man in the United States any and all protests to the contrary Jonathan Daniels former White House press sec retary contends in Illuminating article in Golfers maga zine.
 In the days when President Taft resided in the White Houseour nations great boarding househe boasted of saving $1OOOOO in four from his $50OO annual st pend Daniels relates But expenses obviously have risen since then and-blOw of bows-there is heavy income tax.
 Out of his $75OOO, President Truman has to pay ap- proxmatey 46OOO yearly in income taxes leaving 29OOO according tothe Golfers article At minimum the cost of running the White House. and above expenses pad by the taxpayers is said to be $25OOO This leaves $4OOO yearly
 President Trumans home State of Missouri then taxes him about $1 OOO leaving him only $300O, with which he must pay his insurance premiums keep up an extensive wardrobe contribute to the Democratic Party respond to appeals from charity institutions, buy War Bonds, etc.
 If President Truman lived Taft did, paying the same for groceries and other necessities he best he could do would be to leave the White House $1OO0OO in debt Dan els reports For Harry s. Truman will have to pay in fouryear term nearly $200OO0 in State and Federal taxes which did exist when Taft counted his luck and thrift
 Under the circumstances, that President Truman has recommended salary increases for Congress- it's not be- yond the realm possibilities that Congress itself will say M for tat" and raise the Presidents salary It's big job the greatest in the world and any in the post should certainly be liberated of personal financial worries