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Evening star., 1946-12-08
Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy, warmer today with high
near go degrees. Tomorrow, considerable
cloudiness and continued warm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
LAST WEEK FOR
AUTO TAGS and
PERSONAL TAX
Automobiles Must Have New
1916 License Tags BY
Next Monday
Personal Tax Returns Due at
Office of County Auditor
Saturday i

No fooling about it, you may get
into plenty of trouble with the au-
thorities on April FOOLS Day next
Monday if you happen to forget
your new 1916 automobile tags or
fail to file your personal tax report.
Autos operated after next Sunday
must have new license plates on
them unless owners want to run the
risk of arrest.
A heavy rush of last-minute buy
ing is expected this week by Harold
Montgomery, Bluffton auto tag reg
istrar, who said that many motorists
appear to have been delaying MAX
ing their purchases in the hope new
cars might be available before the
April ! deadline.
In purchasing tags, auto owners
must take their bill of sale or GER
tificate of title with them, Montgom-
cry warned.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Good TlUins Will
Be 88 THURSDAY

One of Ohio's oldest sets of twins,
Abraham and Isaac Good, of Lima,
former Bluffton residents, will cele-
brate their s8th birthday this
Thursday.
For some time the twins have been
in the Kollmeier convalescent home
at Findlay where, it is reported,
they are getting along well" des-
pite their advanced age.
In Bluffton and Lima the twins
were well known because of their
eccentricities in dress and manner.
In their younger days, the twins
were expert gunsmiths, and Isaac
often entertained with stories of the
days when he was a sparring part
ner for Jim Corbett, when both
were employed on southern Ohio
farms.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Settlement

Willard Moser attended Short
horn Cattle sale at Elkhart, Indiana
Monday.
Mrs. Albert Hilty expects to leave
soon to spend some time in the home
of her daughter Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy
Stauffer at Geneva, Indiana.
Miss Elaine and Norma Wenger
arrived here from Oregon the latter
part of the week to be at home with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert
Neuger and family.
Louise of Ft. Wayne, Ind, also
spent Sunday at home with her folks.
Mrs. Ed Hilty is somewhat strong
er than she had been the past few
months. She is at present staying
at the home of her daughter Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lehman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haydn Steiner of
Toledo spent the week end with Mrs.
p. G. Steiner.
Carold Welty is spending several
weeks Mt hon,>-
Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Suter announce
the engagement of their only daugh-
ter Elizabeth Irene to Dwight Baum
gartner, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Baumgartner.
uG dIuOId AulSiltdiA 1ESloii oSL
held their first meeting Tuesday
evening. The newly organized post
has recently been granted charter.
Paul Schey spent several days last
! week at Lansing, Michigan. He ex-
poets to take up work at the college
there some time in the future.
Miss Norma Jones left Lima Tues
day evening for New York City and
from there expects to sail for Africa
soon where she is to be engaged in
missionary work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Stucky and
family of Morton, Illinois visited
over the week end in the home of
their daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Lehman.
Miss Elma Basinger who has been
bedfast for quite a number of years
was critically i'll last week.
Advisory Council No. 2 held their
March meeting in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Hauenstein Monday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wenger and SON,
Bobby of Lancaster visited relatives
here over Saturday and Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Americans Well Liked In War-t0rn
Greece; English, Russians Unpopular
Last Rites Held For
Mrs. Alice E. Herr

Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon in the st. Johns Evan
gelical and Reformed church for Mrs.
Alice Elizabeth Herr, SO, who died
early last Thursday afternoon at her
home one mile south of Bluffton on
the Bentley road.
Mrs. Herr had been bedfast since
suffering stroke two years ago in
March.
Officiating at the last rites Sunday
in the church was Rev. v. c. Opper-
mann, pastor. Burial was in Maple
Grove cemetery.
Born in Akron on Feb. 9, 1877,
Mrs. Herr was married on Jan. u,
1898, to William Henry Herr, who
preceded her in death Nov. 27, 1884.
Mrs. Herr was a member of st.
Johns Evangelical and Reformed
church.
Survivors include the following
children: Mrs. Rowena Lewis, Mrs
Blanche Lewis, Edgar, Millard and
Jerome Herr, all of Bluffton, and
Emma, Forrest, Woodrow and Olan
Herr, all at home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
BLuftOn Boosters In
Leipsic Tournament

Bluffton Boosters first foe in the
Leipsic invitational tournament at
z p. m. this Thursday will be the
Pandora team that handed the locals
their only setback of the season two
weeks ago.
On the Bluffton tourney squad
will be Jack and Jim Clark, Fred
and John Hermann, Stonehill,
Wenger, Kinsley, Mathews, Soash
and Reichenbach.
Last Friday, the Boosters topped
Beaverdam, 46 to 43, in game at
that place, with Jack Clark getting
IA points and Evan Soash IL, to
lead the attack of the locals.
Others in the Bluffton lineup were
Stonehill, Mathews, Wenger, Kinsley,
Burkholder, and Jim Clark.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
With The Service Men

Major w. E. Diller and family
arrived Tuesday from Camp Roberts,
Calf, on six months leave and will
occupy their home in Rawson. Ma
jor Diller, of the Army Medical
corps was recently advanced from
the rank of captain. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Diller of
North Jackson street.
Capt. Wade Basinger of the
Army Medical corps has returned
from the Pacific area and while on
terminal leave is visiting his par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. Francis Basinger
of South Lawn avenue.
S. Sgt. Gail Rakosky has received
his Army discharge and Joined his
wife, Rosalie Barnes Rakosky of
South Main street. He was in serv-
ice 81 months, 13 of which were in
Europe. For the past seven months
he was stationed n Nurenburg,
Germany,with the international mill
tary tribunal trying war criminals.
S. Sgt. John B. Johnson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Johnson of
South Main street is enroute home
from Korea. He has been overseas
since last May.
Donavin Gratz, recently dis
charged from the Navy at San
Pedro, Calf, has Joined his wife
and son here. As a naval photogra-
pher his last assignment was that OF
flag photographer on the U. S. s
Klondike. He and his family will
move to Souderton, Pa, Me-
| where they recently purchase Q
home. Gratz is the owner of 20
tato chip business at that place.
VIM. Holtkamp, son of Prof. enc
! Mrs. Otto Holtkamp of South Mair
, street who was recently stationed ir
Texas, has received his Army dis
charge.
Karl Gable, recently returned
from the European war theatre has
been granted his Army discharg'
and joined his family here.
Clayton w. Weiss, B. M. &c, sol
of Mr.. and Mrs. Aldine Weiss o
Riley street received his discharg'
at the Great Lakes Naval station OF
March 10, his 22nd birthday ami
versary. He spent 35 months over
seas.
James Strunk, son of Mr.. AM
Mrs. Duluth Strunk, south of Bluff
ton, left Tuesday morning for train
ing in the Merchant Marine service
H. Ray Luginbuhi who entered tn
service from this area severa
months ago recently left CAM
Crowder, NO., for the Army's Fitz
simmons General hospital at Denve
where he will receive specials
training as an x-ray technician II
the medical corps. He is the son o
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Arthur Schumacher, Pandora,
Who Accompanied Cattle, !.
Returns Home
Carload of Cattle Contributed
Locally in Shipment of 325
Heifers for Relief

Arthur Schumacher, of Pandora,
has returned home from a voyage to
Germany as one of the attendants
on a relief ship that carried to war
torn Europe the carload of bred
heifers contributed in December by
the Bluffton-P Pandora community.
In the shipment was a total of
325 bred dairy heifers, I'll ofewhich
We're contributed thru the Brethren
Service committee and 154 provided
by UNRA. No loss in heifers oc-
Cured in the voyage to Germany,
and only four of Is calves born in
the trip overseas died enroute.
From Bremen, Germany, where
Schumacher's ship docked on Janu-
airy 20, the cattle were taken 500
miles inland to Czechoslovakia by
rail. Most of them were distributed
in the northern Moravia Moravak-
Ostrava dairy area.
The demand for milk for children
in this great industrial area is very
urgent, Schumacher said. Before
the war there were approximately
601, 900 cattle in the herds of the
region, and today there are less
than 10000.
Because of travel limitations
Schumacher and is other cattle at
tendants could not make the trip
inland.
Schumacher reported that practi-
cally all the heifers in the shipload
which he accompanied went to hos
pitals, orphanages and child feeding
centers. Small children and mothers
will be the first to benefit from the
fresh milk given by the heifers.
Numerous churches are working
thru the Brethren Service committee
in sending heifers for relief, includ
ing the Church of Brethren, Evan
gelical and Reformed churches
Friends and Mennonites. Othel
groups are becoming interested ii
this practical method of helping tn
war-torn countries to help them
selves.
Schumacher's voyage overseas was
made in the SSCW Wooster, which
sailed from Baltimore on January 8
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Couple Weds In
Lima Ceremony

Miss Marcella Motter, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Motter and
Robert Helmlinger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Helmlinger of near st.
Johns, Ohio, were married in a dou-
BILE ring ceremony which took place
at the home of the officiating min
lister, Rev. Arthur Kuhlman of the
Lutheran church in Lima, Saturday
noon.
The bride was attired in a street
length frock of aqua shade with
harmonizing accessories. Her cor
sage was of pink roses and garden
las.
Immediately following the cere-
mony the couple left on a short
wedding trip and will reside here.
The bride is a graduate of Bluff.
ton high school, attended Blufftor
college and is employed as depart
ment supervisor at the Triplett Elec
trical Instrument Co. Mr.. Helm
linger attended the Wapakonets
schools and is a carpenter by trade
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Daughter OF Pioneer
Doctor Buried Here

Remains of Mrs. Almira Brand,
S5, who died in Toledo, Sunday were
brought here for interment at Maple
Grove cemetery, Wednesday after
noon.
She was the eldest daughter of
the late DR.. A. Nj. Kyser, pioneer
Bluffton physician who practiced
here some fifty years ago.
Mrs. Brand died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Faye overton
after suffering paralytic stroke
and broken hip. Her husband, Chas.
w. Brand died % years ago.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Brand
is survived by sister, Mrs. Cora
Schultz of Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
TOWN May RETURN
TO SLOW Time ON
PERMANENT BASIS
A ction Annulling Municipal
Ordinance Will Be Consid-
cred by Council
Under Present Law Town Would
Have to Go to Fast Time
April 2S

Whether Bluffton will remain on
Slow Time this summer, for the first
time since 1941, is a question that
will come up for consideration at
the next meeting of the municipal
council, Monday, April l.
Should sentiment of the town
indicate a desire to remain on the
same time schedule the year around,
it will be necessary to repeal a
municipal ordinance providing for a
change to Fast Time during the
four summer months.
With the close of the war last
summer, it was felt that Bluffton
would remain on Slow Time Irregular
Eastern Standard Time) the year
around, but unless the council takes
action to repeal an ordinance pass
ed in 1914 the towns clocks officially
must be set ahead one hour on the
last Sunday in April this spring.
Appeal For E. S. T.
Mayor w. A. Howe said this week
that the state generally can be ex-
pected to remain on Slow Time this
summer, as a result of Governor
Lausche's appeal for an uniformity
of time in all of Ohio this year. The
Governor favors retention of Eastern
Standard, or Slow Time, the mayor
said.
Federal attitude toward the time
problem, however, favors Fast Time
in the state during the summer
months, Mayor Howe pointed out.
Bluffton's Time Ordinance, passed
in 1914, provides for operation on
Fast Time from the last Sunday in
April to the first Sunday in Septem-
Der, and on Slow Time for the re-
mainder of the year.
Fast Time Opposed
Area pressure so far has indicated
that repeal of the ordinance may be
effected now that the war is ended
and that there will be a return to
Slow Time on a permanent basis.
Farmers always have been opposed
TO Fast Time, because of its effect
on their schedule of farm opera
tions, and there has been opposition
from other sources on the basis that
it interferes with proper rest at
night by getting persons out of BED
too early in the morning.
Bluffton first went on Fast Time
early in the winter of 1941-42, when
President Roosevelt declared nation.
wide adoption of Fast Time as, wai
measure. Since the winter Of 1912.
43, however, the town has operated
on Fast Time only during the sum,
mer months.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Auto Trneh Victim.
Has Fractured Skull

Charles R. Bormuth, 68, Jenera
rural mail carrier, continues serious
ly i'll at the Community hospital
from fractured skull and other in
juries suffered last Wednesday
morning in an accident on the Lin
coin highway, east of Bluffton.
Charles Speers, 81, who received
fractured bones in both feet, and
his son, Edward Speers, %, facial
cuts, were removed from the hos
pital to their home in Halifax, Pa,
Friday. The older Speers was driv-
er of the other auto involved in the
mishap.
Mrs. Elmer Burkholder, of Jenera
who fell and fractured her right
arm when she was attempting tc
pull the younger Speers from the
wreckage, returned to her home
after receiving treatment at the
hospital. The mishap occurred in
front of her home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
CANNING SUGAR IS
FOR CANNING, OPA
CAUTIONS WOMEN
Housewives Casfing Stamps
Far i'm Advance Of Can
ming season
Use of Sugar for Other Pur.
poses viii Res Il in Short
age Next Summer

Bluffton housewives who have has
tened to cash spare stamp No. 9 for
five pounds of canning sugar months
before there is any fruit to can, are
warned by OPA to keep this sugar
for the purpose for which it was is
sued or they probably VIII find them
selves short when canning season
comes next summer.
OPA wants the extra rations issued
for canning sugar 10 be used that
way-not for table sugar, or baking,
or candy making 81 any of half
dozen tempting ways which one can
find to use the extra sweetening.
The stamp was validated for five
pounds of canning sugar on March
IL by OPA to acconmodate straw
berry growers IN the south where the
crop ripens early.
No Strawberries Here
Altho there Is no prospect for
strawberry canning here in immedi-
ate future, many BlufFton women
hastened to cash the spare stamp,
some of whom oPtA suspects will be
unable to keep the sugar allotment
intact until next salsnmer.
The women, however, are cashing
in the stamp on the theory that five
pounds Of sugar now are better than
an unused fve-pourd stamp later in
event OPA should cut the original al
lowance as was done last year.
Bluffton women point out what
happened last yeear when OPA
changed its original allotment of 20
pounds of canning sugar per person
to five-pound maximum which later
was increased to 10 pounds.
During the sulnu1er, OPA expects
to validate another / e-pound stamp
per person which II hs majority OF
instances viii be the same amount OF
canning sugar as was supplied last
year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
AUdrd Contract For
TWp. Cemetery Care

Richland township trustees award
ed to Kenneth Moser the contract
for care of six township cemeteries
this summer at Moser's bid of 1895.
The award was made at the trustees
meeting, Saturday night. Moser's
bid was one of two submitted.
Covered by the contract are the
Old Cemetery in Bluffton, Zion,
Gratz, Woodlawn, Beaverdam and
Pleasant Hill cemeteries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all the kind
friends and neighbors for their aid
and sympathy in the illness and death
of our beloved mother and grand
mother, Mrs. Alice Herr; also Rev.
Oppermann who officiated at the
burial, the singers for their services
and all those sending flowers.
Children & Grandchildren.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Herr, Bluff
ton, boy, Thomas Wesley, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyril Hilty, Pan
dora, a girl, Ginger Kay, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Dillman,
Bluffton, boy, James Dale, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Aulton Wagner
Findlay, boy, Philip Grover, born
at Findlay hospital, Friday. Mrs
Wagner is the former Madonna Lug.
ibihs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
In New Locations

Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Augsburger
are occupying the Mrs. Grace Wilson
home on West Elm street while she
is in a Lima hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cooney, Jr.,
formerly of Bluffton moved the past
week from Pullman, Mich, to
Union City, Mich. They spent the
week end visiting here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Services Thursday
For Mt. Cory Woman

Funeral services for Mrs. Jenny
Ghaster, 81, of Mt. Cory, will be
held at the Paul Diller funeral
home here Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Rev. Irwin Kaufman will
officiate at the services and burial
will be in Clvmer can,a4a.-
Mrs. Ghaster died Monday night
in the Kollmeier convalescent home
in Findlay She was the widow of
VIM. H. Ghaster of Mt. Cory.
Surviving are a granddaughter
Ruth Ghaster, Mt. Cory; three
nephews and two nieces.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
BROTHERHOOD SPEAKER

A. c. Feigert, Van Vert, past pres
ident of Ohio Gideons will address an
open meeting of the Mems Brother
hood of the Methodist church Thurs
day night at TAO in connection with
the midweek Lenten service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Fire In Business
Block; Damage Small

The fire department answered a
call when a blaze was discovered un-
der the caves at the rear of the Fett
block Friday night at 7:45 o'clock.
The blaze was extinguished with
chemicals and damage was slight.
Origin of the blaze is unknown.
First floor of the block is occupied
by the Fett hardware and the Geiger
& Diller clothing store. The second
floor is occupied by apartments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Business Men Will
Meet This Wednesday

Proposals to finance the commun-
ity recreation program which is be-
ing sponsored this spring and sum
mer by the Bluffton Business Mems
association will be discussed at a
meeting of the organization at
r. M. this Wednesday, in the Walnut
Grill.
Committee reports will be consid.
cred at the session, including those
on bylaws, it was announced by
Silas Diller, president of the group
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
AUTO BLAZES

Bluffton fire department made a
run on South Main street Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock when the mo-
tor of a Packard sedan driven by
Mrs. A. d. Finefork of Spencerville
caught fire. Damage was estimated
at $25.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Ministers To ShOlU
Sunday Night Film

"King of Kings, Cecil B. De-
Mile film production will be shown
at the high school auditorium, Sum
day night, April 7 under auspices
of the Bluffton Ministerial associa-
ton it was announced the first of
the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Mayors Notice

Monthly collection of rubbish and
ashes will be made on Thursday,
March %. Have same in containers
ready early in the morning and
placed where it is readily accessible
for collection.
w. A. Howe, Mayor
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
COLLEGE MUSIC COURSE

Myron Carlisle, vocalist, will ap-
pear in the chapel, Friday night
April 5 as the final number on the
Bluffton college music course.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28
Charles Lora Reports on Condi-
tions Overseas Following
Return from Greece
Bluffton Man Gone from This
Country Two Months with
Relief Cattle


people of Greece, in contrast to gen.
eral opposition to both the English
and Russians, Charles Lora, of
Grove street, reported this week
after returning from a trip to
Europe on a relief ship.
The Bluffton man said that in
Grecian cities large pictures of
Churchill and Stain invariably are
defaced, but those of Roosevelt have
been untouched by the populace.
Lora sailed from Baltimore last
January 10, on the Liberty ship,
William S. Halstead, and docked at
Norfolk, Va, on March IA, after be-
ing gone overseas two months and
two days.
His ship carried a consignment of
332 cattle, 200 tons of livestock feed,
and 4,100 tons of fertilizer, the
equivalent of $50 carloads.
DONATED TO GREEK GOVERNMENT
In the shipment of cattle were 316
bred heifers and 16 bulls bought in
Minnesota by UNRA and given to the
Greek government. The government
in turn sells the cattle to Grecian
farmers on long-term credit.
AS a cattle handler on the ship,
Lora worked under the direction of
the Church of Brethren relief or
ganization, operating from its head
quarters at the town of New Wind
sor, Md. Lora reported that New
Windsor's normal population of 500
has been stepped up to approx
mately 1900 because of the extent of
the organizations relief work.
Enroute to Europe, the relief ship
encountered heavy weather, and
progress was slow thru the Medi-
terranean because of danger from
floating mines. On the trip Is
heifers and three bulls were lost.
Among the crew of Is volunteers
who cared for the cattle on the trip
across was Stanley Fretz, Of Lans-
dale, Pa, a former Bluffton college
student.
Dock AT SALoNIKA
The ships longest stay overseas
was at j Salonika, Greece, where ii
docked for a week to unload its
cargo. Enough feed to supply the
cattle for 80 days was left with the
herd.
Waterfront and railroad yards at
Saloniki were in ruins from the
bombings, Lora reported. He said
the Greeks do not look emaciated,
but all are old beyond their years
because of their war experiences.
Sunken ships litter the harbor
few buildings have windows, and
altho there was need of fuel to
warm homes and public places it is
virtually impossible to obtain any
Residents of the city sit in their
homes wearing their overcoats and
cooking is done with charcoal, OF
what scraps of wood can be gather.
ed.
FILTH AND LACK OF SANITATION
Everywhere there was filth and 6
lack of sanitation, the Bluffton mar
said, and the Americans ate on theil
own ship, and drank only the water
supplied by it.
Food conditions in Greece, how
ever, have improved greatly since
1941, Lora said the Greeks told him
and there seem to be enough food
stuffs to maintain reasonable de
gree of health. Variety, however, il
lacking in the diet, and mutton
seems to be the principal meat.
On the return trip, the ship stop
ped at Gibraltar to refuel with oil
and later at Casablanca to take Of
rs servicemen returning to thi
country.
Hs3
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-28

1t. Colonel and Mrs. Herbert Lug
inbuhl of Washington.
Richard Klay of the Navy, has
received his discharge and returned
to his home here Sunday from San
Francisco. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Klay.