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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
SOIen,nize Thutt-
Garnidtter Wedding

In an. attractive home wedding
performed Thursday evening at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
Thutt, of South Main street, their
daughter, Sylvia Wanda, became the
bride of William Garmatter also OF
Bluffton. Chaplain Ernest V. Ru.
pert of the Erie Proving Grounds
received the vows against a back.
ground of palms and lighted candel-
abra.
The brides sister Mrs. H. w. Alt
haus of Bluffton, was matron OF
honor, and Raymond Thutt, OF
Springfield, was best man. Miss
Edith Amstutz was pianist and
played the traditional wedding
marches.
The bride was attired in a peri
Wrinkle blue afternoon frock and
wore American Beauty roses, while
her sister wore a dusty pink dress
and her flowers were pink carna.
tions. An informal reception fol-
lowed.
The bride was graduated from
Bluffton college and is member OF
Delta Kappa Gamma sorority. She
formerly taught school in Barbertor
and Bluffton, and at the time of hei
marriage was employed as a civilian
at the Erie Proving Grounds. The
couple will reside on the Garmattei
farm on the Dixie highway north OF
Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Many Attend Golden
Wedding Open House

Relatives and friends numbering
116 called at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Keiffer south of Beaver
dam, Sunday afternoon when the
couple held open house in honor of
their Golden wedding anniversary.
All of their seven children were
present for the occasion with excep-
tion of their eldest daughter, Mrs.
Russell Greiner of Holdenville, Okla.
The couple attended services at the
Emanuel's Reformed church on Sun
day morning with Mrs. Keiffer wear
ing a corsage of golden rosebuds and
Mr.. Keiffer a golden rosebud bouton-
Mere.
Present for the family dinner at
noon were: Rev. and Mrs. V. c. OPP
perman, Capt. and Mrs. Raymond
Keiffer and daughter Marilyn, Mr..
and Mrs. Homer Lugibill and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Lewis and family
all of Lima; Lloyd Keiffer of River
ton, Va; Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Child
ester and daughters of Lafayette and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hauenstein and
family of Bluffton.
Among those calling in the after
noon were two sisters of Mrs. Keiffer,
Mrs. Lewis Niswander of Col. Grove
and Mrs. Lydia Cora of Bluffton and
brother, Eli SchifFerly of Bluffton
and Charles Keiffer of Bluffton, bro
ther of Mr.. Keiffer.
Many beautiful gifts, flowers and
cards of congratulation were received.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
TO Bury Geo. Ruck,
Former Grocer, Here

Remains of George Ruck, 80, of
Lima, former Bluffton grocer, will
be buried at Maple Grove cemetery
here on Thursday afternoon.
Ruck died at his home in Lima
Tuesday morning following a two
weeks illness. He operated gro
Gerry in Bluffton about so years age
and later moved to Lima where he
continued in the same business until
he retired.
Surviving are his wife Margaret
and son Francis of Lima; also a
daughter Mrs. Elaine West of Lima
widow of the late Donald West OF
Bluffton. A sister surviving is Mrs
Nicholas Knoth of Dayton and five
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held ir
Lima Thursday afternoon at
o'clock at the Sowards funeral home
with Rev. C. r. Fogle of Wesley
Methodist church officiating.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
WANT-AD

For Sale-Good heavy oats. Geo.
Myers, Bluffton Hhone 552-W.
For sale-100 acre farm located
on Route 25 near lBluffton with COM
plete set of farm buildings. Call Mrs.
H. w. Althaus, ph one 23S-W. F. Gar
retson, broker.
Lost-Log cha ain between Gilbert
Montgomery's ahd elevator. Return
to Gilbert Montgomery.
Lost-Ladies ted coin purse. Find
er return to Bonnie Lou Burkholder.
~ mile north on Dixie highway.
For sale-Nsw overhead door z
by 8. Emersa IN Lugibihl, Bluffton
phone 203-R.
Wanted-To do beef butchering on
your farm. Raymond Moser, Bluff
ton phone 541ET. as
and 5 drawer maple, walnut and
unfinished chests. Gamble dealer.
For sale-Stark fruit and shade
trees for spfing delivery. L. A.
Oberly, salesman, 14O Cherry st. 45
For sale-375 bales good mixed
hay, cheap if taken soon. Harold
Marshall, Ora ange township. Bluffton
phone 533-T.
Kidney shaped dressing tables
with bench. Gamble dealer.
For sale. .-Vickland seed oats.
Nelson Basi1ger, miles north of
Bluffton.
| For sale 80 acre farm, miles
west of Jenefa on Rt. 103, l Y miles
south on H Rncock county road r.
Good buildings, electricity, running
water, basement, furnace, good
productive l9amy soil, A acre timber
lot, fairly we'll tiled and fenced. See
c. M. Heldrpan, Rt. /, Jenera, Ohio.
| 45
For sale-450 bushels Lincoln beans
| grown from certified seed; also 25
bushels Mmgo beans; as bushels
Manchu beans; brooder house s by
IL in good condition. C. NJ. Held
man, Rt. /, Jenera. as
For sale -F-12 tractor with lights
and on good rubber with cultivators
and Little Genius IL Anch plow, all
in Al condition. r. 9. Klihgler, IL
miles south and y mile east of
Beaverdaml nv
| For sale--Utility cabinet, like new;
4
also kitchen cabinet. Dan ]. Bader-
scher, 115 Cherry St.
Wanted Someone to stay with
semi-invalid while wife works. Call
phone 106-R after $50 p. m.
For sale "A few good purebred
Duroc male pigs. Call forenoons.
Orville Shafer, north of Bluffton on
Rt. 25.
For sale Baby beef, E. E. Ander-
son, phone 653-T. s+t
For sale e-Baled straw; also 10
tons hay ii NOV. Mrs. Lille Mana
han, Beaverdam phone 342.
| Wanted House in or near Bluff
ton willing to pay $40 month rent.
Melvin Dudgeon, Rural Route, Pan
dora, Ohio, or can be seen at Bluff
ton A & P Store.
| In these days the goose that lays
the golden egg is frequently flock
of pullets raised from Amstutz
Hatchery chicks. Get special price
list now at Amstutz hatchery, Kiblel
street and Harmon road. Blufftor
phone 252fW.
| have Iopened radiator repair
shop using the Okite equipment to
boil out radiators. 321 N. Main ST. &c
For saleETo settle estate of Loui:
Pore u nile north of New Stark
Hancock County, Ohio, Rt. BON
will sell at Findlay courthouse door
! 4 February 33 cash. Fred L. Eberharr
Atty, Findlay, Ohio. 4.
Wanted ITO rent house with run
ming watet. Best of recommenda
tions, Lifelong Bluffton resident
Need this hs soon as possible witt
! garden If possible. Call Beaverdan
phone 271. 4
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Triple Shower

=
Members of the Bluffton hospital
nursing staff and friends honored a
recent bride and two coming brides in
a triple shower at the hospital, Tues
day night.
Honored were Miss Ruth Soldner of
Berne, Ind, member of the nurs-
ing staff whose marriage to Elwyn
Hartzler of Florida will take place
March 2; Mrs. Richard .Augsburger,
the former Virginia Roberts, a recent
bride and former nurse at the hospi-
tai and Miss Julee Garmatter, en-
ployed at the hospital whose coming
wedding to VIM. Amstutz, Jr., of
Beaverdam was announced. The
wedding will take place on March Il,
The honored guests were recipients
of many beautiful gifts and the infor-
NAL evening was concluded with dain-
ty refreshments.
Present were:
Misses Sylvia Biederman, Helen
Soldner, Doris Garmatter, Elizabeth
Zimmerly, Huldah Schifferly, Ra-
mona Reid, Lillian Reichenbach, Hill
da Bixel, Alice Lewis, Florence
Grieser, Clorinda Luginbill, Betty
Jean Edinger, Clara Lora, Marie
Kennel, Sophia Augsburger, Janice
Hoffman, Rebecca Hofstetter and
Mrs. Ella Dillman, Mrs. Stella Hu-
Der, Mrs. Ruth Riley, Mrs. Melvena
Whistler and the honored guests.
Gifts We're also received from
Misses Dorothy Amstutz, Elvena
Criblez, Dorothy Burkholder, Mrs
Glen Miller and Mrs. Katherine Bad
ertscher.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Former RaIUsOn
Pastor Is Dead

Rev. George Wesley Lilly, 72,
former pastor OF the Rawson United
Brethren Church, died last Sunday
at his home in Van Buren, where he
has been serving a church charge
for the last yeah and one-half.
DR.. V. II. Altman, of Bluffton,
superintendent of the Sandusky con-
ference of United Brethren churches,
officiated at funeral rites Wednesday
at Van Buren. Burial was at Hicks
vile
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21

gomery, sons Carl and James and
daughters Norma and Carol; Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Anderson and son
Willis; Mrs. Sarah Matter, Mrs.
Carrie Thut, Misses Glenna Kohler
and Marjean Todd of Bluffton.
A buffet lunch was served follow
ing an informal evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Birthday Gathering

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Matter and
daughter Carolyn entertained SUM-
day evening in honor of the formers
birthday anniversary the following
guests:
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Matter,
sons Wayne and Billy and daughter
Betty, Donald Gutermuth, Misses
Thelma and Dorothy Mccoy of Ft.
Wayne; Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Mont
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21

Prof. r. A. Lantz of the Bluffton
college department of music will ad-
dress the University Women's club
of Lima this Wednesday night at
the home of Mrs. Charles Leech in
that city. His topic will be Modern
Music.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Alpha Gamma Club

The Alpha Gamma club will meet
with Mrs. Wilford Steiner at the VIII
Steiner home near Bluffton, Friday
night. Members viii bring pictures
and souvenirs from the various thea
tres of war.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21

Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21

Stated communication of Bluffton
Masonic lodge Monday night at 7:30
o'clock. Work in E. A. degree.
Bertrand Swank, w. NJ.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21

See me for prompt shoe repairing
service of all kinds. Ed Smith, 199
w. Kibler st. ~ A
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Legion Auxiliary

Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet next Tuesday night with
Mrs. Monroe Amstutz. The chairman
on Americanism will be in charge of
the program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21

Subscription rates: Year, $500;
six months, SIPS anywhere in u. S.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Travel Class

Travel Glass
Mrs. Leland Diller entertained the
Travel class, Wednesday afternoon. A
book review people on Our Side"
was given by Miss Katherine Meyer
and paper In This our Day, by
Mrs. Armin Hauenstein.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21

The Presbyterian Social club will
meet Thursday night at 8 o'clock
with Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein. Miss
Leila Frick and Mrs. Geo. Linden are
assistant hostesses.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Clubs, Goages
and Societies


Royal Neighbors
The Royal Neighbor lodge will
meet Friday night at s o'clock.
Lucille Frantz and Louella Stauffer
will entertain.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Garden Club

The Garden club will meet with
Mrs. Harvey Beidler, Thursday after
noon. Numbers on the program are:
Methods of Assembling and Present
ing Garden Material, Mrs. P. E.
Whitmer; What's New in Garden
Books, Mrs. c. F. Niswander.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
THE BLUfFT0N NEWS
B. F. BIERY, Business Mgr.
C.. A. RTERY. Editor

Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
by the<Bluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21

Poinsettia Club
Meeting of the Poinsettia club will
be held at the home of Mrs. Forrest
Harmon this Wednesday night. A
patriotic program will be in charge
of Miss Theresa Slusser.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21
Progressive Mothers Club

Progressive Mothers Club
The Progressive Mothers Study
club will meet at the home of Mrs
Eugene Benroth next Tuesday night
The program: Devotionals, Mrs. Lois
Caughman; Roll call, name first
grade school teacher; We Treat Our
Children Alike, Mrs. Lenore Myers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12

Polish demand to be heard by the Sc
curity Council on the subject. Sec
rotary Byrnes has given the United
States delegate, Edward R. Stettinius,
instructions to this effect.
This does not place Mr.. Stettinius
in position requiring that he vote with
Poland. On the contrary Mr.. Byrnes
told him explicitly to vote as the merits
of the Polish case deserve in the light of
the evidence.
At the same time the claim that
Spanish scientists have been working
on the atomic bomb and rocket weapons
in the interest of the Nazis focuses
Americas attention on the Polish
charges. The chances are in favor of a
favorable American vote for a Franco
custer if definite evidence is produced
to prove the charge.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
Attlee May Face Crisis

Great Britain's proposal to ration
bread if the United States will do so
too places the London government in
an unenviable position. It is generally
accepted as fact in this country that
such move is unnecessary and i'm
practicable, particularly as far as re-
lieving famine conditions in Europe
and Asia are concerned, as new crops
will come in by the time or shortly
after rationing resumption could be
started.
This was made clear by former
President Herbert Hoover during his
investigation of the food situation in
Europe, when he appealed for voluntary
reduction in the consumption of grains
and fats.
If the British government should
finally decide to institute rationing
without cooperation by this country
it inevitably would face such strong
public protest that the labor regime
itself might be placed in jeopardy.
We can easily imagine the advantage
Winston Churchill, as leader of the
opposition, would take of this situa-
ton Mr.. Churchill is still powerful
figure in British politics and as we
learned. without too much pleasure
during his vacation among us, still
inclined to be plain-spoken-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
Most of Us Feel The Urge To Do A Bit
of Preaching At The Drop ora Moral

ator Bailey, himself, has laughed
long and loud at Toms take-off
of him.
But I cannot tell you how or
why Tom got into this discussion.
Unless it is that his nephew,
Lieut.. Henry Bost, who's the Will
mington port director, happened in
while was jotting down this item.
What I thought about talking
about when began this screed
was the Golden Rule. That's why
l got mixed up in the subject Of
preaching. I've been doing some
studying Of late along this line.
Which is to say that someb ody
handed me a card on which there
is some writing and I read it.
And, without laying too much
stress On the fact that it's nv
notion that what most preachers
are trying to tell you is to follow
the Golden Rule, let US proceed.
There is Golden Rule in about
every language On earth. Just to
prove it, I'll give you herewith
several of them.
GRECIAN: Do not that to
leighbor which you would take i'll
from him.
CHINESE: What you would not
wish done to yourself, do not unto
others.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
True Democracy Stands Test

There is complaint on the score that
the democracies in postwar readjust-
ments insist on forcing democracy on
countries whose peoples have no con-
ception of what democracy really is and
so are untitled to adopt it. There is
some reason for this, particularly as
it was practically the universal wish
that the brave new world would find
every nation accorded the right of self
determination. If this were the policy
of the United Nations and the organiza-
ton were functioning in all things at
par, Russia, for example, would not
have forced strange, illogical one
party democracy upon the little lands
it has come to dominate in it's might,
and boast that it's style is the only real
democracy in existence.
In one way, at least, Russia is cor
rect. It has fostered majority rule
wherever its influence is overpowering.
But it has done so by throttling COM
petition at the polls and taking very
good care that the one party or can
didate is in accord with Moscow's poll
cies. In the final analysis this was
Hitler's method and totalitarianism in
the highest degree.
Examples of the Russian policy out
side the strictly political realm are
not lacking. One is offered by the
Yugoslav, that is to say Tito's refusal
to permit American officers long at
Michailovitch's headquarters to testify
in his behalf at his trial on treason
charges, fact that makes the Yugo-
slav announcement that he will have a
fair trail a tragic joke. 1t shows the
man is prejuoged and condemned be-
fore he appears in court, another
Hitlerian practice the Russians per-
petuate.
Contrast this with the Neurnberg
and the Manila trials, conducted on the
principle of democratic common law
that defendant is innocent until prov
ed guilty and the difference between
Russian democracy and the democracy
of the United States and Great Britain
becomes clear. The two ways of life
are as unlike as night and day.
It is possible, after ali, that the eff
fort to spread true democracy to new
frontiers does not deserve the criticism
to which it is subjected.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
Servicemen's Pay

The proposal of a House Military
subcommittee to increase servicemen's
pay $500 a year is based On the belief
that the larger salaries will result in
greater voluntary enlistments and so
postpone if not actually halt inductions
by selective service.
This desirable end might thus be
achieved, but it appears to The Star
that there is a better reason for the
increased pay. Servicemen have always
been undergrad. Their salaries have
never enabled them to live in even
modest comfort off the post, or provide
adequately for dependent relatives, or
establish families.
No other group of public servants
except teachers have been so neglected
financially, and teachers do not live in
prospect Of a call to active military
service in which their lives are in con-
slant peril.
Since an aroused national conscience
has forced revision upward of the
scales of pay for teachers, it is time
that something equivalent was done for
members of the military establishment
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
By JOHN SKIES

There are no doubt many others
I don't know about, but Tom Bost,
veteran Raleigh reporter for the
Greensboro News, is the only news
papeHnan Of my acquaintance who
regularly practices preaching
from pulpit.
I qualified that statement with
from a pulpit SOS you wouldn't
trip me. I'm as aware as you
that all of us-people Of the news
paper trade, that is are, per.
haps, the prea chingest set of folks
on earth. We will climb a pulpit,
figuratively, at the drop of a
moral and expound upon it until
you are gasping for breath and
looking around, nervously and long
ingly, for the nearest exit.
But Tom Bost goes around to
various churches, climbs the ros-
trum, takes text, and puts on
what he calls the "rousements. -
This is the same thing as any OF
your Demostheneses holding you
spellbound. In a way, too, it's
the same reaction Sinatra creates
in the bobby-soxers whom he
causes to swoon.
It's hard to get away from Tom
Bost and on into what may or may
not be the subject of this item I'm
aiming, most peripstetically, to
jot down eventually. Tom is one
of the States most vociferous op-
ponents of capital punishment. He
knows. He's seen every execution
since North Carolina abolished
n n 6 and put in the
electric chair. He's seen them all,
too, since the installation of the
gas chamber.
Furthermore, Tom is one of the
States best amateur mimics. Sen.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Anthor;tv

Probably the greatest thrill Of the
Eastern States tournament this
year went to Bob Hawk, of quiz
fame. Bob, who has been most
generous with his entertainment in
behalf of American Contra ct
Bridge League charities, was final.
ly persuaded to enter bridge
tournament. While it is true that
ne picked great partner in B
Jay Becker, nevertheless it takes
tine playing on the part of any
two players to finish fourth in the
Eastern States Open Pair cham
p1onshlp, one of the greatest pair
games in the country.
When I asked Hawk for a hand
ne gave me one in which he said
ne made a mistake and got a good
score as result,
Declarer trumped Hawks third
club lead in dummy, then led the
md finessed the ten
spot. Hawk said he was not pre-
-" 'his nlay and played
low. Declarer then figured that
East must have held the kingiack
and two small spades and con-
sequently he was afraid to play
for the trump break. He also mis-
guessed the diamonds.
While it il true he made two
odd, that was poor score in
duplicate, as four-odd could have
been made.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12

BUDDHIST: One should seek for
others the happiness one desires
for oneself.
EGYPTIAN: He sought for
others the good he. desired for
himself. = 80 1880 e
CHRIST1AN: All things whatso-
ever we would that men should
do to you, do we even so to them.
MOHAMMEDAN: Let none OF
you treat his brother in way he
himself would dislike to be treated.
HINDU: The true rule in life
is to guard and do by the things
of others as they do by their own.
ROMAN: The law imprinted on
the hearts of all men is to love the
members of society as themselves.
JEWISH: Whatsoever you do
not wish your neighbor to do to
you, do not unto him. This is the
whole law. The rest is a mere
expo sition of it.
There may be other ways of say
ing, simply, Do Unto Others as
You'd Have Others Do Unto You,
but they're The only ones l know
OF at the moment. OF course,
there're innu1nerable ways of say
ing Do Others Before Others Do
You. And that, unfortunately, is
the way most of us seem to trans
late the Goldeo Rule.
See there! It didn't take me
more than couple of minutes, or
whatever the reading time for the
above conglo,neration of words is
to jump into preachment.
That, / emphasize, is the wav
most Of us are. We start tellino
about something we've picked un
in our literary browsing and be-
fore anybody can possibly ston lis
we've gone into pointing morals
and summing up lot of philoso.
ohlcal mouthingS. Can't lust ssy
'omethlng and let it 60 at that
Anyway, you got those Golden
Rules. Auei'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
An Open Market

When the city made it's investment
in the produce market out Fourth
street the project was generally viewed
rs beneficent undertaking. But it had
not been long in operation when pro-
test was made against it's use save by
farmers of the county who were to be
restricted to the sale of their own
products, and the Council concurred.
Thereafter the market fell into disuse
and many truck loads of New Hanover
county produce found their way to
other county seats with open markets
while Wilmington dealers had to de-
pend on shipments from the hinter-
lands.
When a committee from the Chamber
OF Commerce appeared before the Coun-
Gil and explained the true situation
the governing body took quick action
to get the market back into use by
instructing City Attorney Campbell to
draw new ordinance lifting the bans
and opening the plant to farmers and
wholesalers generally.
Although the action is belated, the
Council has taken a wise step through
which Wilmington may reasonably ex-
pect to increase it's produce supplies
as the facility will offer an outlet for
surplus products from other counties
as well as absorb larger quantities
from this county.