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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Funeral Thursday For
Mrs. Bertha NIssbaln,

Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. m. Thursday in the Re-
formed Mennonite church west of
Bluffton for Mrs. Bertha Steiner
Nussbaumwho died at a. m. Tues
day in the Bluffton Community hos
pital after an illness of several
months.
Cause of the death was attributed
to heart disease.
Born in Richland township, she
was the daughter of Jacob and Kath-
ryn Steiner. On October 2, 1894,
she was married to David Nussbaum
who survives.
Others survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Merlin Jones, Pan
dora; Mrs. Louie Wagner, Ada; five
sons, Leonard, Robert and Gilbert
Nussbaum, all of Lima; Marley
Nussbaum, Columbus Grove, and
Elmer Nussbaum, at home; three
sisters, Mrs. Andrew Balmer, Bluff
ton; Miss Rhoda Steiner, Lima; and
Mrs. Lydia McCleary, Waynesbor.
ough, Pa; and one brother John
Steiner, of Lima.
Rev. William Rupp, pastor of the
church, will officiate at the funeral
services Thursday. Burial will be
in the church cemetery. The body
will be removed from the Basingel
funeral home to the residence Wed.
nesday noon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Degrees Conferred At Forty-sixth
Commencement Of BlufftOn College
Class of Thirteen Seniors Are
Graduated i'm Exercises
Monday Morning
Class Address Delivered by DIR.
E. G. Kaufman, President
of Bethel College.

Thirteen seniors were graduated
from Bluffton college in the 46th an
nual commencement exercises held in
the First Mennonite church, Monday
morning.
An auditorium filled with relatives
of the graduates and friends of the
college witnessed the conferring of
degrees and heard an inspiring ad-
dress by DR.. E. G. Kaufman, presi-
dent of Bethel college, on "The Chal-
lenge of the Kingdom"
Answering the challenge involves
risks and adventures, the class speak.
er said, but the development of la.
tent powers in the individual is the
end achieved.
The Challenge represents adven
lures in race relationship, in worlt
brotherhood, in political peace and il
permanent world peace" DR.. Kauf
man summarized in the conclusion o1
his address.
A violin solo by Lawrence Burk.
halter, new field secretary at the col
lege, preceded the commencement ad'
dress. He was accompanied at the
piano by Esther Bohn.
The invocation was aked by Rev
Harry Yoder and the benediction pro
| nounced by Rev. Arthur S. Rosen
berger.
The Bachelor of Arts degree was
conferred on Elton Berry, Seville;
Hildred Eversole, Bluffton; Russell
Fellers, Findlay; Iona Gerber, Orr.
vile; Mary Locher, Bluffton; Darwin
Luginbuhl, Bluffton; David S. Rosen.
berger, Dalton, and Paul Edmund
Soldner, Bluffton.
Two seniors received Bachelor OF
Science in Home Economics degrees;
Lavonne Hostettler, Smithville, O..
and Margery A. Niswander, Bluffton
Bachelor of School Music degrees
were conferred on Celia Mae Am.
stutz, Dalton; Mary Kathryn Ramey.
er, Smithville, and Treva Arrantz
Sommers, Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
WOMAN INJURED IN
AUTO CRASH DIES
in HOSPITAL HERE
Miss Ruth Williams, Findlay,
Former Rawson Resident Has
Fractured Skull.
Fatal Accident Occurs as Two
Cars Crash at Highway
Intersection.

Miss Ruth Williams, 48, of Findlay,
former Rawson resident, died early
last Sunday morning in the Button
Community hospital from injuries re-
ceived the previous afternoon in a
two-car crash at the intersection OF
Route SO and Route BON, z miles
southeast of Bluffton in Orange
township.
The mishap victim suffered a skull
fracture when a car driven by hel
brother, Fred B. Williams, SIS, oi
Culver City, Calf, colhded with q
vehicle operated by Darl R. Walters
20, of Van Vert.
Williams was taken to Lima Mem
orial hospital with a broken shoulder
and lacerations of the face and head
His wife, Eta, 81, also in the car,
was uninjured.
Walters received first aid treatment
and a passenger in his car, Anna
Gribler, 81 of Van Vert suffered a
possible fractured leg.
Miss Williams was born Dec. %,
1897, in Union township, the daught-
er of Henry and Alice Williamson
Williams. She moved to Findlay a
year ago from Rawson.
In addition to her brother, she is
survived by sister, Mrs. Mary Beck
Lakeview. Funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon at the Benton
Ridge Evangelical church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
AZ SENIORS WILL
BE GRADUATED AT
HIGH SCHOOL HERE
Commencement Exercises to be
Held in Gynasium Thurs
day Night.
Editor Grove Patterson, of To-
ledo Blade, Will Be Class
Speaker.

Climaxing varied events of Bluff
ton High school commencement
week, graduation exercises for a
class of az seniors will be held
Thursday night at s o'clock in the
school gymnasium.
Presentation of the diplomas
marking the completion of the
graduates II years of public school
work will come as the concluding
event of commencement week activi-
ties which included the baccalaureate
on Sunday and the senior class play
on Monday and Tuesday nights.
Only remaining activity of the
commencement season will be the
alumni reunion, featuring a banquet
and dance, this Friday night in the
high school building.
Editor To Speak
Grove Patterson, editor-in-chief of
The Toledo Blade, one of Americas
best-known newspaper men, will be
the commencement speaker this
year.
Patterson has travelled extensive
ly about the world, with his latest
trip being to the war-torn Far East
Continued on Page 81
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Ordination Service
Here Sunday Night

Richard Mumma, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Mumma of Cherry street
will be ordained to the ministry in
services at the Presbyterian church
Sunday night at s o'clock. 1t will be
the first ordination service in the his
tory of the Bluffton church.
All ministers of Lima Presbytery
are expected here for the occasion
and will participate in the ordination
ceremony, it was stated by Rev.
Ernest Bigelow, pastor of the church
here.
Presiding at the services viii be
Rev. Robert Hartman of Rockford,
moderator of Lima Presbytery. The
sermon will be delivered by Rev. Ar
thur Romig, pastor of Lima Market
Street Presbyterian church.
Assisting in scripture reading and
prayer will be Rev. Malcolm Taylor
of Middlepoint, Rev. Gibson Wilson
of Ottawa, Rev. Gerald Johnson of
Venedocia, Rev. Wayne Amsler of
Delphos and Rev. Chas. Johnson of
st. Marys.
The service of ordination marks
the transition in the church from the
status of layman to that of clergy
man and follows preliminary exami-
nations by the clergy of the presby-
terry as to the fitness of the candidate.
These latter already have been COM
pleted.
Mumma was graduated from Nc
Cormick Theological seminary, Chi
cago, last Friday. He and his wife,
the former Wilma Nonnamaker and
their infant daughter expect to spend
the next two years in New York city
where he will enroll for graduate
study in Union Theological seminary
and Columbia university which is
open to him thru scholarship award
ed him by the seminary at Chicago
this spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Bluffton Grocers Have Real Woes
In Coping With Shortage OF Bread
To Take OUer Legal
Duties In Germany

Vern Schlegel, Bloomfield, Iowa,
attorney and former Bluffton college
student has been named as one of a
group of DO to take charge of legal
duties in the part of Germany oc-
cupied by the American army.
Announcement of Schlegel's ap-
pointment was made Saturday when
he together with his wife and son
stopped here to attend Bluffton col
lege May day exercises. They were
enroute to Iowa after a trip to
Washington where he conferred with
the state department on the matter.
He expects to leave July l for his
overseas post where he will remain
for one year. His wife will join
him this fall.
Schlegel has been for more than
20 years a prominent attorney in
Bloomfield where he has a large
practice. He was formerly county
prosecutor.
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Wartime Rationing Headaches
Were Slight in Comparison
With Present Situation.
Heated Arguments, Near Fights
and Crowds of Shoppers
Shortage Aftermath.

Bluffton grocers are learning this
week that the troubles they had
with handling wartime rationing of
food products were small in COM
parison with their woes today now
that the bread supply just won't
stretch to meet the demand.
Shortages of meats and other pro-
ducts also are causing headaches,
but none to compare with the prob
lens involved in trying to get bread
into the hands of Bluffton families.
Altho grocers are doing their best
to ration bread equitably, the sup
ply just isn't sufficient for the towns
needs, and they are continually find
ing themselves in hot water with
patrons seeking that staple item of
every family's diet.
SHOPPERS RUSH BREAD TRUCK
At one place during the last week,
the rush of shoppers was so great
when they spotted a bread truck,
that they had to be restrained by
main force while the grocer and
truck driver stood in front of bread
baskets until order could be re-
stored.
Heated words and several near
fights over obtaining bread have
been reported, and tempers are far
ing up more quickly over bread
shortages than they ever did over
any food product during war years.
Trucks which formerly made de-
liveries of bread via the front door,
now are unloading at rear entrances
to stores.
EARLY MORNING SHOPPERS
Another evidence of the times was
the largest Saturday morning crowd
of shoppers the town has seen for
long time, tramping from store to
store in search of bread.
Altho householders are stirred up
over bread shortages far more than
of meat, the situation isn't entirely
hopeless, for early Saturday after
noon ryebread and frankfurter rolls
still were available in most groceries
despite the Saturday buying rush.
Principal casualty in the meat
shortage has been hamburger, which
has simply disappeared from mark
cts. With their butchering quotas
rigidly restricted, markets don't want
to grind higher priced cuts to sell at
hamburger prices, and hamburger
will be available rarely as long as
current conditions continue.
So far hamburger shops have OBJ
tained enough of supply to satisfy
most of their demand, but the short
age may begin to pinch there next,
and hamburger may shortly join
ham as an almost non-existent item
in restaurants.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
BlufftOn's Second British Bride
To Arrive In New York On Sunday

Buttons second English war
bride, Mrs. Charles Hankish, Jr,
will arrive in New York city, Sun
day on board the liner Erickson. it
was learned here, Tuesday. She will
be met by her husband who will
leave for that city on Thursday.
The couple expect to spend ten
days visiting points of interest in
the east before returning here where
they will occupy an apartment on
the second floor of the Hankish
building above the Allen County
Farm Bureau store on South Main
street.
The English bride is the former
Louise Hart of Tetbury, Gloucester
shire, England, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Hart of that
place.
The couple met during the two
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
College Announces
NelU Faculty Man

Justus G. Holsinger will join the
Bluffton college faculty next fall as
instructor in history, it was an
nounced the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holsinger have rent
ed the furnished home of Dean NJ. E.
Byers on West Kibler street and will
take possession when college opens
in September. They will spend the
summer at the University of Vir-
ginia where Mr.. Holsinger will work
on his Phi. d. degree.
Dean Byers retains rooms for
himself and will do considerable
travelling during the coming year.
He leaves Saturday for visit with
his son Robert in Cleveland.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23

years in which Hankish, an army
corporal was stationed in England.
They were married last November 8
in Tetbury.
Hankish was afterward stationed
in Germany and later returned to
this country after 80 months over
seas service. He was discharged
from the service last January and
has been living with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hankish, Sr., of
South Main street and is associated
with his father in the operation of
fruit and confectionery store here.
Bluffton's first English war bride,
Mrs. Harry J. Shrider, arrived
three weeks ago. She is the former
Marie Cullen of Grimsby, Lincoln
shire. The couple are making their
home for the present with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shrider
of North Jackson street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
New Physician Buys
Patterson Residence

DR.. Franklin Rodabaugh has
purchased the home of the late Mrs.
Eva Patterson residence at South
Main and College avenue, it was an
nounced by her son Rob Patterson,
Tuesday. Possession will be given
by early summer.
DR.. Rodabaugh, recently discharg-
ed from the Army Medical corps
will open a medical practice here,
using the property for both office
and residence purposes. He is a
native of New Stark and a graduate
of the Ohio State university medical
college. His wife, graduate nurse,
is the daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Niswander of Pandora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Former Student Here
Gets Chemical AUard

Richard Weaver of Goshen, Ind,
Bluffton college graduate in the
class of 1912 has been awarded a
fellowship by the American Chemical
society, it was announced here the
first of the week.
The fellowship pays the sum of
$3.50 a month for two years to-
gether with tuition and fees for ad-
vanced study in chemistry in an in
stitution of his choice.
Following his graduation here
Weaver was a graduate assistant in
chemistry at Ohio State university
for several months until he was
drafted into civilian public service
work. He is still engaged in that
work, stationed in Porto Rico.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Mayor Urges Poppy
Day Support Here

Poppy day will be observed Satur-
day and has been designated as such
in Bluffton by mayors proclama-
ton, it was announced this week.
The proclamation of Mayor w. A.
Howe urges residents of the COM
munity to be generous in their pur-
chases of poppies which are to be
worn as evidence of a desire to
honor the memory of Americas hero
dead by helping the living.
Proceeds from the sale of poppies
conducted by the American Legion
Auxiliary are dedicated exclusively
to the care and rehabilitation of the
nations disabled and needy veterans,
their dependents and the widows
and orphans of Americas deceased
veterans.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
TlOO High School
Seniors Join Arn1u

Two high school seniors, members
of the graduating class have en-
listed in the Army it was announced
the first of the week. They are
David Frick, son of Robert Frick,
and Charles Swank, son of George
Swank.
Robert Stalter, another member of
the class has been in the Army since
last winter and is now stationed at
Lowry field, Denver, Colorado.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Coach Is Presented
Watch By Varsity "D''

Coach A. C. Burcky, Bluffton col
lege athletic coach was presented
with a watch as a token of esteem
by past Varsity "B" members at
their annual reunion breakfast, Sat
urday morning at the Walnut grill.
The Varsity "B" is an organiza-
tion of men who won letters as men,
bers of college athletic teams.
Baseball and tennis letters were
also presented at. this time to men
of this years teams. Coach Clyde
Lamb of Ohio Northern was the
principal speaker dealing with the
function of athletics as related to
college activities.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
ARRIVAL OF COAL
AT LIGHT PLANT
AvERTS BR0WNOUT
Shipment is First Received by
Municipal Plant Since Strike
Started.
No Restrictions i'm Use of EIec-
tric Current Anticipated
Here at Present.

Buttons street light and power
service will continue on normal
schedule at least temporarily, as the
result of delivery of car of coal to
the municipal light plant early this
week, it was announced Tuesday bv
the Board of Public Affairs.
The coal was the first delivered
here since the coal strike went into
effect early in April, and temporar-
lily at least allayed a situation that
might shortly have become critical.
Shipment Bolsters Supply
When the coal was received this
week, the plant had less than half a
months supply on hand, but the car
load provides enough fuel for an adj
ditional week of operation.
With three-weeks supply on hand,
there is no intention at present of en-
forcing Bluffton brownout to con-
serve fuel supplies.
More fuel is expected and it is
hoped the strike will be settled before
the situation becomes critical locally.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Award Contract For
Water Tank Painting

Contract for painting and repair
ing the water tank at Bluffton's
municipal electric light and water
works plant was awarded by the
Board of Public Affairs to the John
Fl. Greenlee Elevated Tank service
of Cherry Valley, iii.
Bid of the Greenlee company was
$745. Work on the elevated tank,
which supplies the pressure for
Buttons water service will start
this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
CEILING PRICE ON
SOY BEANS may BE
INCREASED SOON
Higher Ceiling For Beans Ex-
pected TO Follow Boost i'm
Corn Prices.
More Money For Beans Neces-
sary to Avert Reduction i'm
Acreage Devoted to Crop.

Opinion privately expressed within
the last two weeks by Bluffton area
farmers that higher ceiling prices
for corn would be followed by a
rise in the soy bean ceiling appear
ed confirmed in recent press dis
patches from Washington reporting
that Department of Agriculture Of
hcials are considering an increase in
bean prices to avert a threatened
reduction in acreage.
A 1916 soy bean ceiling of $2.O4
per bushel had been set by govern
ment officials, but a new ceiling of
Approximately $3.50 per bushel is
said to be under consideration.
If an increase in the price of soy
beans should materialize, three of
the major farm grains will be COM
manding market quotations sub
stantially higher. than they were one
year ago.
Planting Time Soon
1t Is too early to estimate what
the effect will be in the district
should the increase in soy bean
prices materialize, but seeding of
the crop will soon be under way in
the area. Corn planting is nearing
completion now, and beans will be
one of the next crops to be put into
the ground.
1t also was pointed out that the
acreage seeded to soy beans likely
Continued on Page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
French Bride OF Bluffton Man
To Land In New York This FRIDAY

A French bride he we'd overseas
will be met in New York City this
Friday by Richard Rusmisnl, 81. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Rusmisel, of
three and one-fourth miles north
west of Bluffton.
Rusmisel left Bluffton Wednesday
morning motoring to New York
where he will meet his bride when
her ship docks Friday morning. She
sailed from lie Havre, May Is, on
the S. S. Gothals.
Mrs. Rusmisel is the former Co
lette Perret, 20, of Chamonix, France,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Business Men VIII
Meet Next Wednesday

May meeting of the Bluffton Busi-
ness Mems association has been post
poned until 8 p. m. Wednesday of
next week in the Walnut Grill, it
was announced Tuesday by Silas Dill
Ter, president of the organization.
Participation of the association in
the Fourth of July rodeo will be dis
cussed by the group at the session.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23

She was a school teacher and Rus
misel met her in Chamonix where
he was stationed from April to Oc-
tober in 1945. They were married
at that place on January s, 1916.
Rusmisel left France last April
IL, and was discharged on April 25.
He was a corporal in the Army.
The couple will return to Bluffton
the first of next week, and will live
with his parents for a short time.
Then they will move to Tiffin where
he is employed by the Gray and
White Co., produce dealers. .
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Weber, Pan.
dora, a girl, Sharon Marie, Satur.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Plummer, Ada
a girl, Karen Louise, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donavin Stratton
Columbus Grove, a boy, Frederick
Leroy, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Klingler ot
Orange township, a boy, Richard
Amos, Wednesday morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Business Places
Plan Closing

A number of Bluffton retail
establishments will close on Thurs
day afternoons beginning the first
week in June, it was announced
by officers of the Busiess Mems as
sociation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
Real Estate Deals

Charles Kinsinger, Bluffton pro-
duce dealer has purchased the Mrs.
Cliff Stratton property at Elm street
and North Lawn avenue occupied by
Harley Augsburger and family.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-23
LIBRARY CLOSED

The public library will be closed
May 27 to 81 for cleaning, it was
announced this week by tho
Librarian, Miss Ocie Anderson.
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