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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
DR.. c. Henry Smith Describes
Visit to Unique Communal
Colonies in Dakotas.
Children Separated From Par
ents at Five; No Autos, Ra-
di0s or Social Contacts.

Unique aspects of the Hutterite
colonies of South Dakota, one of
most unusual social and
economic sects, were detailed Tues
day night at a dinner meeting of
the Bluffton Lions club by DR.. c.
Henry Smith, who visited the colo
MES last summer.
Each colony comprises an average
of 10000 acres populated by 25
families who live in central viii
lage made up of community houses.
Each colony is an independent
economic unit and there is no pri-
vate ownership of property. There
are no money transactions within
the group and all business transac-
tions are handled by a business man.
ager.
The colonists have no automobiles,
no radios, no telephones and no mu-
sic. Social or political contacts with
the outside world are banned, and
the only connection with established
government is their payment of
taxes.
Children are separated from their
parents at the age of five and
thereafter live in separate dormi-
tories. Each colony has a separate
dining room where everyone eats.
Profits are large from farming OPP
erations and all money is deposited
in banks to buy additional colonies
for surplus population.
In the United States and Canada
there are 72 Hutterite colonies, with
the origin in this country dating
back to 1874 when the first members
of the sect came here from Russia
Three original settlements with q
total of $50 persons have since
grown to the present group of "
independent colonies.
The Hutterite sect is an out,
growth of the Anabaptist movement
founded in 1886 by Joseph Hutter
who was burned at the stake II
Innsbruck, Austria, in 1886.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
WILD GAME HELPS
OFFSET CURRENT
MEAT SHORTAGE
Modern Hunters Follow Example
of Early Settlers to Fill
Larder.
Record Number of Hunters
Afield; Game Reported as
Plentiful.

With meat shortages pinching the
menu of a majority of Bluffton area
families, opening of the squirrel sea-
son last Saturday found hunters
more interested in adding to their
meagre table supplies than in hunt
ing merely for the sport of it.
The situation virtually represent
ed throwback to pioneer days when
early settlers had no meat markets,
and were forced to shoot wild game
for their meat if they wanted any
A record number of meat-famished
hunters were afield early Saturday
morning when the season opened
and guns could be heard banging
away until twilight. Despite the
large turnout of nimrods surprising
ly good success was reported by
most of them.
Unusually heavy hunting can be
expected until the close of the sea
son on Saturday, Sept. 20, because
of meat shortages, making this one
year in which the JOY of hunting is
counterbalanced by an actual need
for the food that daily bag limits
represent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
CORN CROP RACING
FOR MATURITY TO
BEAT FALL FROST
Corn Cutting Started in Bluff
ton Farm Area This
Week
Crop Is Expected to Make
Average Yield Despite
Handicaps

Corn cutting under way in some
fields in the Bluffton area while un-
ntatured stands in adjoining land
will make full crop only if killing
frost holds off until the end of
September, this week, represented
another unusual development in a
season of decided agricultural con-
trasts.
Inclement weather of nearly a
months duration right in the middle
of the planting season last spring
accounts for this years pronounced
difference in the ripening of corn, a
situation that is rare in this section.
Corn cutting was started during
the last week in stands which were
seeded early, but fully half the crop
is not yet ready for harvesting, farm
observers report.
Farmers Jittery
As the weather veered from one
extreme to the other in the first half
of September farmers hopes have
alternately scared and fallen, for
every day without killing frost
means thousands of bushels of corn
added to this years yield.
In the first two weeks of Septem-
Der, temperatures have ranged from
the high eighties to a low of 36 and
farmers have had their fingers
crossed, realizing that frost would
be disastrous to major portion of
the corn crop.
No frost damage has been report
ed so far in this area, one of the
states top corn growing sections,
and assuming that the crop natures
before killing frost it is expected to
produce an average yield. This will
be less than the bumpers returns of
some of the war years, but an ex-
cellent one in view of the many
handicaps encountered this summer.
Estimate so Bushels Acre
With yields of so bushels to the
acre expected, there will be plenty
of corn to supply the feeding needs
of the district, for the livestock
population on most Bluffton farms
will be the lowest in recent years.
Feeding cattle and hogs have been
virtually cleaned out on most farms,
sales being made last month before
OPA ceilings were put back into
effect. Consequently, it appears that
there will be a less than normal
demand locally for corn designated
for cattle and hog feeding.
There will be increased feeding
needs, however, for dairy cattlemen
and for those who are raising
poultry. Expanding dairy opera
tions in the district have been
spurred by the prospects of good
freturns, with butterfat bringing 70
cents a pound and in face of the
increasing demand for raw milk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Carl OgIesbee Dies;
Formerly Lived Here

Carl Oglesbee, 81, former Bluffton
boy who for more than thirty years
lived in Dearborn, Mich, where he
became prominent in politics, died
at his home in that city September
10.
Oglesbee, engaged in the restau-
rant business in Dearborn served
several terms on the city council and
became well known figure in coun-
ty politics.
He was the son of the late Charles
Oglesbee of Riley street and at
tended school here.
Masonic funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at Dearborn fol-
lowed by burial in Acadia cemetery
at that place.
Surviving are his son Cameron
and daughter Shirley of Dearborn,
sister, Mrs. Wanetta Carter of Lima,
and brother John Oglesbee of Dear
born.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
CITY FOLK SCOUR
RURAL AREAS In
SEARCH FOR FOOD
Auto CaravanerS of Out-of Town
Food Seekers Seen in Stores
Here Daily
Discouragement Is Not i'm VO-
cabulary of Shoppers Who
Even Go to Farms

Bluffton has become the "happy
hunting ground" for an increasing
number of larger city shoppers lured
here by the towns unique advantage
of being a rich agricultural COM
munity near to farm producers of
meat.
Current meat shortage conditions
affecting larger centers much more
severely than small towns is the
spark which has set off the caravan
of food seekers which apparently are
visiting all small towns in the area
on regularly planned tours.
The strangers you see in Bluffton
stores these days are part and par
eel of the small army on the road
in search of food, and local retailers
Continued on page q
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
No Family Life, Private Property In
Hutterite Colonies, Lions Are Told
NelU Surface Water
SeUer Authorized

A surface water sewer along Har-
mon road from the Amstutz Hatch
cry property at the streets inter
section with the Bluffton Stone
Quarry road to the Page Dairy
sewer was authorized by the muni-
cipal council at its meeting Monday
night.
Action on the matter followed a
request made at the meeting by
officials of the Amstutz Hatchery,
who were seeking relief from dam
age caused by water draining from
Kibler street and Harmon road into
their building.
Level of the two streets has been
raised above the hatchery property
by succeeding years of street re-
surfacing, and during heavy rains
water draining into the building
presents serious problem for the
concern.
Slightly more than 500 feet of
drainage sewer construction will be
required, and new catch basins will
be installed to eliminate the COM
plant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
RESTAURANTS WILL
OFFER RESTRICTED
MENUS HERE SOON
Official OPA Notice of Price
Rollback to Eliminate Many
Items Ordinarily Served.
Restaurants in Cities May Close,
But Bluffton Eating Places
To Juggle Menus.

Many items are due to disappear
from the menus of Bluffton restaur-
ants as soon as they receive official
notification of the OPA's cutback or
der on prices of meals to June 30,
1916, levels, according to operators
of the eating places, who discussed
the situation Tuesday night.
Following the rollback in prices of
meals, restaurant owners said they
simply will not be in a position to
continue listing many items ordinar-
lily included on the menu in view of
what they have to pay to obtain
them.
Many restaurants in the state have
indicated plans to close their doors
as soon as official OPA notices are
received, but Buttons reaction for
the most part will be confined to
juggling of the menus to permit con-
tinued operations free of deficits.
One Restaurant Unchanged
One local restaurant reporting that
there have been no price changes in
the establishment faces no problem
at all, other than that of attempting
to get meat now that supplies have
grown more critical than at any time
during the war.
In a blast at the OPA order, rep
resentatives of the Northwestern
Ohio Restaurant association charged
this week that the rollback to June
80 prices of this year actually repre-
sents a return to April 10, 1943
prices.
The charge embodied a claim that
on March IL, 1916, an Is per cent in.
crease was absorbed by restaurants
and that on Sept 9 of this year an
other II per cent was absorbed.
In the meantime, restaurant oper.
ators are awaiting receipt of officia
orders, altho an OPA announcement
on the price rollback was made Mon.
day night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Poultry Market For Live Fowls
Goes To New Record High Here

Liveweight poultry prices zoomed
to record highs in the Bluffton area
Wednesday morning with increases
averaging from to 10 cents a
pound.
Current quotations were: Heavy
hens up eight cents from 26 to 81
cents; heavy broilers up from 29 to
81 cents; leghorn hens, % cents;
leghorn broilers 33c; young ducks
24c; roosters 35c.
These prices, paid to farmers are
said to be the highest ever paid for
live fowls in this area with possible
exception of broilers in scarce sea-
son certain years. Even higher
prices were paid in some instances
for extra choice offerings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
World War Ii Veterans Will Fill
All Offices In American Legion

World War II veterans took over
the reins of guiding the destiny of
the Bluffton American Legion post
in the election of officers for the
organization at Monday nights
meeting.
An all CT slate of officers was
selected by the post, with the thot
that younger men will instill new
life in the organization.
Elected as new officers were Fred
erick Reichenbach, commander; STAN
ley Basinger, vice-commander; Ber-
nard Jacobson, Bluffton college, adju-
tant; Maurice Fett, finance officer
Rev. Paul Cramer, chaplain; Gail
Rakosky, sergeant at arms; James
Fett, service officer; and Raymond
Greding and Robert McCune, his
torians.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Water ChIOrinating
Bids Are Due Oct. I

Bids for equipment to be used in
chlorinating Buttons municipal
water supply will be opened at 8
p. m. Tuesday, October /, by the
board of public affairs.
Decision to chlorinate the towns
water supply was reached last
month by the board, upon recon-
mendation of the state department
of health, and advertising for bids
has been carried out during the in
tervening period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Woman Dies One Day
After Her Arrival Here

One day after the family's arrival
from California to establish their
home in Bluffton, Mrs. John Hilty,
6s, died last Thursday morning in
the Community hospital, after suf-
fering an attack of heart disease
during the preceding night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilty had arrived
in Bluffton Wednesday evening with
their son, James David, who had en-
rolled at Bluffton college in the mu-
sic department.
They were establishing their resi-
dence here and had rented an up
stairs apartment at the Ross Bogart
residence on Cherry street. During
the night Mrs. Hilty became critical
ly i'll and was taken to the hospital
where she died on the following
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilty had been en-
gagged in home mission work for the
Mennonite church during many
years, and at one time lived in West
Liberty where they were in charge
of a Mennonite orphanage.
Mrs. Hilty was born Nov. 9, 1877
at New Stark, the daughter of Rev
John and Magdalene (Brenneman)
Blosser. She had a number of cous-
ms here including Mrs. A. L. Baum
GARNER, Mrs. E. C. Romey, Miss
Rhoda Hilty, Memo Geiger, Edgar
Sidney and Armin Hauenstein.
Survivors include her husband
whom she married in 1912; two sons
John M. Hilty, ColevilIe, Calf; anc
James, who accompanied the family
here; an adopted daughter, Mrs
Ruth Braden, Los Angeles, Calf.
two sisters, Mrs. Leffe Yoder, Larch
mount, N. Y; and Mrs. Mary Gerig
Washington, d. c.; two brothers
Mark and Timothy Blosser, both o.
Goshen, Indiana.
Mrs. Hilty was a member of th'
First Mennonite church of Goshen
Ind, where she resided before NOV
ing to California 30 years ago.
Funeral services were held las
Saturday afternoon in the FRS
Mennonite church, with Rev. J. n
Smucker, pastor officiating. Rev. G
T. Soldner assisted.
Burial in the Hassen cemetery wa
postponed until Sunday Afternoon
awaiting the arrival of her son
John, from California.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
With Service Men

David Stearns S &c who recently
completed his recruit training at
Bainbridge, Nd, was selected honor
man of his company during the
training period. The honorman is
selected on the basis of neatness,
cleanliness, naval bearing and lead
ership. He has been spending leave
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Stearns of Spring street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chancey Spallinger
and son Donald and Mrs. Howard
Spallinger motored to Dayton, Fri
day to meet Howard Spallinger, stu
dent in the officer candidate school
at Ft. Belvoir, Va, who is home on
furlough.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Traffic Lights Here
On "CdutiOn" Signal

A break in the automatic control
of Buttons three Main street traf-
fic lights has put them out of oper-
alton temporarily.
The lights have been set to dis
play unchanged the yellow caution"
signal until the broken part can be
replaced, which probably will not
be until the end of this week at the
earliest.
1t is pointed out in this connection
that this is the first repair expense,
other than replacement of lights,
which the system has required in
more than IL years since they were
installed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
In New Location

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry o. Luginbuhl
have moved from the former Dill
man property on North Main street
to the Menno Burkholder farm,
formerly the Amos Welty place, two
and one-half miles north of Bluffton,
where they have rented the house.
Mr.. Luginbuhl will continue to work
at the municipal electric light plant
here. Stanley Bixel operates the
farm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
BUYERS JAM MEAT
SHOPS AS SUPPLY
GOES TO new LOW
Less Fresh Meat Available Now
Than During Wartime
Rationing
Canned Meats and Fish Bought
AS Substitute for Beef and
Pork

In the wake of resumption of
OPA price controls, Blufftons avail
able meat supplies last week slump
ed to their lowest levels in local
history.
Meat shortages were worse than
at any time during war years, and
the towns two meat markets are
open only when they have meat to
offer the public. No regular business
hours can be observed under present
conditions, and housewives have to
be alert to obtain meagre stocks of
meat for the family table.
A jam of buyers seeking meat
for over Sunday was experienced
here Saturday morning, when mar
kets re-opened after being closed
most of the time on Thursday and
Friday.
Buying reached hysterical level
in the jammed shops, with customers
taking whatever they saw, paying
scant attention to weights or prices.
Hysteria In Buying
If they asked for a three-pound
roast and the butcher happened to
put four pounds on the scales they
took it gladly, and in some cases
| market operators had to apply
customer limits when purchasers
wanted too much.
Anticipating the Saturday morn
ing rush, the two local markets
refused to accept telephone orders,
and householders who put in calls
we're told by telephone operators
they had been instructed not to ring
/ the markets.
By mid-forenoon on Saturday,
not a scrap of pork remained to be
sold and at noon nothing was left
for buyers except gold luncheon
1 meats.
| Reports that markets might not
reopen until the middle part of this
week spurred the rush for meats on
Saturday, and with pork unusually
short there simply was not enough
fresh meats to go around for those
who wanted to lay in supply. The
markets however were open part
4 - = ~C - 1,o
Poultry Plentiful
Poultry, however, appeared to be
in fairly good supply, possibly due
to the fact there are no price con
trolls or quota restrictions as in the
case of meats.
Rejecting the heavy selling Of
cattle and hogs late in August, tC
beat resumption of OPA controls
meat market operators reported
they are unable tc buy livestock il
sufficient quantity to measure up tc
the restricted quotas allotted tC
them, further complicating the short.
age situation.
| Meanwhile the frantic search fol-
meats has overfiowed into grocery
stores, with shoppers switching te
stocks of canned meats and fish, as
supplement to their menus.
| Fortunate persons now are those
who have well-filled frozen fooc
lockers, and many who stocked VI
on meat during August's month o.
plenty already are drawing on theil
caches to supplement their curren
table supply.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Contract ReneUed
For TOlUn Dump

Contract for use of an abandoned
quarry at the rear of the Amstutz
Hatchery property on Harmon road,
for use as the municipalities dump
ing ground, was renewed for a
three-year period at Monday nights
meeting of the town council.
Rental for the property for dump
ing purposes is $35 per year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Harvest Home Sunday
At EmdnueI's Church

Annual Harvest Home and Home
coming festival of the Emanuel's
Reformed church will be observed
at all-day services in the church,
Sunday.
Rev. Harry ". Bredeweg, of Clay
City, Ind, viii be the guest speaker
at the services. A basket dinner
will be held at noon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
BiuftOn Man, Wife
Take Teaching Posts

Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Reichenbach,
of Riley street, have joined the fac
ulties of schools in this area, with
the former teaching history in Alger
High school and his wife serving as
an instructor in commercial subjects
at Ada High school.
Reichenbach, Navy veteran, is a
graduate of Bluffton High school
and Bluffton college.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Real Estate Deals

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lora of South
Main street sold their so acre farm
four and one-half miles northwest
of Ada to Harold Long of Ada,
Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Moore
occupy the place which is the form
er j. w. Stonehill farm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19

Body postures are not trained by
movements, but by static positions
held frequently. The only way to
get good posture is to repeat it un-
til il becomes natural.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19

Let us read with method, and
propose to ourselves an end to what
our own studies may point. The use
of reading is to aid us in thinking.
edward Gibbon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19

The vicious little animal called
the fisher is misnaned for he dis
likes water almost as much as
cat does.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19

Speed Fiend: "It's great speeding
along like this. Don't you feel glad
you're alive?"
Passenger: "Glad isn't the word;
I'm amazed"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Lingel,
Bluffton, a boy, Jonathan Carter,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Bartz, Col.
Grove, a boy, Thomas Dale, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Badertscher,
Col. Grove, girl, Dian Kay, Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Moser, Ada,
girl, Joan Louise, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Houghtlen, Ben
ton Ridge, a girl, Linda Jane, Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Kidd, OF
tawa, a girl, Cheryl Anne, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Weller,
Ada, a girl, Cheryl Denise, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Rossman,
Jenera, a boy, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Peterson, Mt
Cory, a boy, Tuesday.
/
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Alderfer
Harrisburg, Pa, boy, Walter Hen
ry, born in that city last Thursday
Mr.. Alderfer formerly lived in
Bluffton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-06
40.Hour Week Set
 For Prison Guards

Hartford. June CUP Gov. R. F. Baldwin said today that a 4s- hour week would be put into effect for guards at the State Prison July l. if 44 additional guards could be secured by that time.
 He said the prison nov is under staffed and that it would be impos- sible to shorten the work week from it's present 54 hours until additional help could be obtained
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-06
Retail Credit GFontoFS tn N. E. Session
 Waterbury Te Do
 Represented Msxi Week
 At Convention

The 18th annual convention of Retail Credit Grantors of New Eng land to be held al Springfield. Mass. Wednesday and Thursday. June i2 and B. Is attracting many dele gates from thls area.
 Bernice N. Kolet. manager of the
 Waterbury Credit Rating Bureal. Inc. the local unit of Retail Credit Orantors of New England, regional division of National Retail Credit Association, reports that among those from this city who are plan ming to be in attendance are, Flor tnce Baker. Hampton- -Mintie- Ab- bolt. Inc. Viola Cosgrifi. Freed mans. Inc. Cenevieve Dervis, J. R. Clayton's. Mildred Hebert. Mar garet o'Donnell and Bernioe Nj Kolet of the Credit Bureau.
 The convention will open infor- mally Tuesday night. June II. with get- acquainted party to be held in the Kinsball Hotel. where all meetings wln oe held during the two day session.
 Wednesday morning at 9:45 the convention will be formally called tc order by William J Kirby, credit manager of Gilchrist's Store. Bos- ton.
 Among the topics to be discussed during the convention are. Trends In Installment Selling in Canada" "Where Do We Go Prom Here?" Credit Bureau Reports, Inc '-The Outlook for Retail Credit" Cycle Billing" Unit office Construc- ton" Know Your Installment Costs" and Personnel Training.
 Wednesday morning a panel dis cussion of Timely Subjects for Credit Departments, will be pre- sented by four Providence credit men. Those who will participate. and their topics, are John T. Cam bit The Shepard Company. who will talk on What Are Your Plans After Regulation w" is AboliShed?" John E. Burke Of the Morris Plan Bank. who will discuss. "GI Loans To eVterans." Joel J. Pincus of the Outlet Company whose subject will be Selling Minors" Furniture lnstallments" and Charles E. DOni- lon of the Boston Store whose top-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-06
Children's Hospital Gets Polio Center

Worcester. Mas, June eur A Georgia Warm Springs og thn North" will be established this gear at the Childrens Hospital ln nes- ton.
 This was disclosed here last nlehl by President Basil o'Connur of tlfs National Foundation for InfantiIe Paralysis who said that s118 ooo hAa been raised for the project.