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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-09

turned home with him Sunday.
The W. S. C. S. Of the Methodist
church viii meet in the home Of Mrs.
Clifford Fruchey, Thursday afternoon
of next week. The following pro-
gram has been arranged: Song; De-
Builders of Peace for To-
morrow" Mrs. Charley Van Meter;
Topic-"Children and the Peace"
Mrs. Alpha Salter, Mrs. Lena Rock
hill and Mrs. Gladys Beemer; special
number, Mrs. Ernest Freet; closing
prayer; Mite box opening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mayberry and
daughter Joan were Wednesday even
ing dinner guests of Miss Nancy
Mayberry in Lima. The honor guest
being Mrs. Mayberry who was cele-
brating a birthday anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Begg and
sons Jimmie and Dean spent Sunday
with Mrs. Begg's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. r. Kerst in Wapakoneta.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. d. Steiner of Pan
dora were Sunday afternoon guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. 0rlo Marshall.
Miss Joan Mayberry spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Dale
Westenbbarger of Columbus Grove,
Rt. No. 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Begg were
Sunday afternoon callers in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Pickens and Mr..
and Mrs. Orlo Marshall.
DIR. and Mrs. Milo Rice of Pandora
and Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mayberry at
tended Defiance College reunion at
the Congregational-Christian church
in Lima, Sunday evening. A potluck
supper was enjoyed at $50 after
which DR.. Hopkins, college president,
gave an address, followed by music
by college octette and group sing
ing. Officers were elected for the
Lima group.
Albert Wells of Lima who has been
numbered with the sick for some time
is at present making his home with
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Wells who re-
side in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Marshall at
tended Parents Day at Ohio State
university in Columbus, Sunday, and
were the guests of their daughter
Rebecca a student at the University.
They were accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Marshall who spent the
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freezes with tiny gas flame. There's
nothing In the freezing system that can
wear or get noisy-eyer. So it stays
silent-lasts longer.
II won't be too long now until Servels
win be produced in greater volume.
Meanwhile, we suggest that you stop
and place your order now to be sure Of
getting yours at the earliest possible
date. :.
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MasnA
penAotzoI

Primary election is over it
came and went-unnoticed and un-
sung by the majority of Bluffton
people who didn't know it =. or for
got it or just didn't care
whatever it was there were far too
many who didn't get to the polls j.
so if you didn't vote Tuesday, don't
gripe if second raters are on the
ticket next November if you
are too busy to vote, the politicians
will probably be too busy to notice
you i. ]. after all, it's votes that talk
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at Salem Mennonite church, Dalton,
June 9.
Last of the quartet to wed will be
Iona Gerber who will marry Stanley
Hostetter on June 16. Both are from
Dalton and the wedding will take
place at Salem Mennonite church at
that place.
Mrs. Munson Thrapp, wife of the
auctioneer, has a lot of first-hand
information about curren privations
in Europe. Her parents were natives
of Holland who emigrated to this
country and she corresponds with two
cousins now living in The Hague.
Lack of food there became so acute
during the war that Hollanders ate
the bulbs of tulips which were ex-
tensively cultivated in that country
and stripped the bark off trees to
brew for tea. An uncle was killed
in the first German bombing of Rot
terdam. The Thrapps frequently send
boxes to their kinfolks in Holland
who prize highly the sugar and jel-
lies. Besides this was feature in
long-distance shoe fitting. Obtaining
the sizes of shoes which the Holland
cousins wore, the Thrapps sent them
several pairs of footwear-with a
package of American cigarettes in
the toe of each shoe.
Former Councilman Jess Yoakam
feels present municipal officials took
unfair advantage of him during the
current drive to curb traffic viola
tions. Jess parked in one of the
public alleys Saturday night long
enough to run into store to pick
up a parcel, but there met Mayor w.
A. Howe and stopped to discuss cur
rent municipal problems. When he
finally broke away he found a police
officer had given him ticket that
cost exactly 81 for parking privileges.
Infinite patience and care required
in the making of artificial poppies
which are sold by American Legion
organizations each year was witness
ed by a group of Bluffton women who
visited the Soldiers and Sailors home
in Sandusky, Sunday. The flowers
are fashioned from crepe paper by
disabled veterans who receive one
cent for each flower. Veterans make
from 300 to 600 poppies each day.
Flowers made by these veterans will
be sold in Bluffton on Poppy day,
May 25.
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lake and Mothers day, Sunday :.
j. and Poppy day May % :.
and there's Memorial day on the S0th.
The wars over-but Bluffton peo-
pie still meet in far off corners of the
world. Latest episode in the meet-the-
home-town-folks occurred in Kobe,
Japan, where Pfc. Fred Tschantz
with the occupation forces met Betty
Steinman who is in that country with
a Red Cross service unit.
IF you have a long memory you
may recall Bernie Freeman who came
here from Lima way back in 1891
to seek knowledge at Bluffton college.
We don't remember of Bernie break
ing any scholastic records, but we
do remember him as a pianist and
idol of the jazz-hounds of that era.
Well, Bernie is now pianist with an
orchestra at Dayton's swank Biltmore
hotel and aspires to become famous
writing popular song lyrics. During
the war he organized jazz band and
toured Army camps. And some of
the oldtimers still remember how
back in his college days Bernie
wangled passage on passenger liner
as an entertainer and got free trip
to South America-and after he got
there he didn't bother to get off the
boat.
Oldtimers are scratching their
heads trying to recall a baseball
season as wacky as the high school
has had this spring. In eight games
played, seven of them have been de-
cided by one run. Incidentally the
Bluffton team won six of the eight
games and the two they lost were
by one run margins.
Comes word from the Ollie Lochers
at Lake Worth, Florida, that the
natives are settling down for sum-
mer rest after last winters record
breaking tourist season. According
to figures from the states chamber
of commerce, Florida entertained Az
million visitors and the tourist "crop"
was worth $605 million-almost
double the amount estimated for any
pre-war year. The Bluffton News
reaches them every week and Bar
bara writes "Woe be unto anyone
who interrupts Ollie while he's read
ing it."
All this talk about college grad
yates shying away from the marriage
altar is pure bunk at least as far
as this years graduating class at
Bluffton college is concerned. Within
month after the graduation of thir-
teen seniors, four of them-nearly
twenty-five percent of the class
will be married. There will be one
wedding on each of the four Sundays
following commencement.
First to wed will be Darwin Lugin-
buhl, son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. B.
Luginbuhl of East Kibler street who
will be married to Evelyn Johnson
of Bucyrus graduate of last years
class. The ceremony will take place
on the campus, Sunday, May 26.
On June 2 will take place the
wedding of Mary K. Ramseyer, this
years May queen to Virgil Gerig.
Both are from Smithville and the
wedding will be at the home of the
bride-elect's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. c. Ramseyer.
Celia Amstutz of Dalton another
of this years class will be married
to Robert Blough of Middlebury, Ind,
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LEGAL NOTICE


In the Probate Court Of Allen County, ohio'
Case No. 23449.
Harley w. Shrder, who resides at $500
East 18th Street, Mclaughlin Heights, Van
couser, Washington, and Lawrence w.
Shrider. whose last known address was 80
Labelle Ave-, Highland Park, Detroit, Mich
igan, and whose present place of residence
is unknown to plaintiff and can not with
reasonable diligence be ascertained, will take
notice that A. ID. Gratz, administrator OF
the estate of Mary j. Shrider. deceased, on
the 23rd day of March, 1916. fled his petit
ton in the Probate Court within and for the
County of Allen and State of Ohio. alleging
that the personal estate of said decedent is
insufficient to pay her debts and charges of
administering her estate that she died seized
in fee simple of the following described real
estate situate in the County of Allen, State
of Ohio, and Village OF Biuifton, to-wlt !:
Being the undivided one~half (2) interest
In the following described real estate:-
Being InIots Number Four Hundred Sixty
One t461) and Number Four Hundred Sixty
Two 1852 in Elmer r. Ewings Addition to
the Village of Bluffton. in the Village OF
Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio.
The prayer of said petition is for the sale
of said premises, for the payment of debts
and charges aforesaid.
The persons first above mentioned will
further take notice that they have been made
parties defendant to said petition and that
they are required to answer the same on or
before the 9th day of May, l946.
A. ID. GRATZ, Administrator
of the estate of
Mary j. Shrider, Deceased.
Harry ]. Bennett,
Attorney at Law.
9l8 National Bank Bldg.
Lima, Ohio.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
rHE STATE 0E OHIO

Allen County, S.
Estate of Susan Jane Dudgeon Deceased.
A. d. Gratz of Bufton. Ohio. has been
appointed and qualified as Executor of the
estate of Susan Jane Dudgeon late of Allen
County. Ohio. deceased.
Dated this Irt day of May 1916.
RAYMOND p. SMITH. Probate Judge s
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

| NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
| THE STATE OF OHIO
| Allen County, SIS.
| Estate of Mayme Lugabill Deceased.
| Betty s. Pugh of 9s5 Hazel Ave, Lima,
Ohio. has been appointed and qualified as
Administrators of the estate OF Mayme Luga-
| bill late of Allen County, Ohio. deceased
/ Dated this End day of May 1916.
| RAYMOND P. SMITH. Probate Judge
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
THE STATE OF OHIO

Allen County, IS.
Estate of Richard e. Clark Deceased.
Naomi G. Leber of Lafayette. Ohio. has
been appointed and qualified as Administra-
trix of the estate of Richard Z. Clark late of
Allen County. Ohio deceased.
Dated this 1st dav of May 1916.
RAYMOND p. SMITH. Probate Judge
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day with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bar
nett and son David.
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News want-ads bring results.
The Nome nugget., 1946-12-24
Wishing you A Merry Christmas
 and A Happy New Year 
Christmas As Of Tore

Out of the bowl of this Christmas night, Studded with the stars and pierced with Ii Still shines the Star that ages ago Directed three Wise Men where to go. And on that golden, effulge ray, Was waited song that is heard today On every hill and plain and glen, Of s'Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men, This Yuletide wish is offered you; That the Star, now shining so bright and t Bring you Joy and Hope in heaping meas And light your path to lasting pleasure.
 -C w Gas
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-02
Religion

By T. ELLIS
AS TO PREACHERS PAY

NY friend, a keen, prosperous
business MAJ. unburdened himself
to me of his concern" for the
Church. His pastor, whose salary
is ten thousand dollars a year, re
Gently refused TO let his name be
considered for a twenty-five thou
sand dollar pulpit. My friend
thinks that all ministers are cruel
ly underpaic. with incomes aver
aging less than that of a me
chanic, a miikman or the driver
of a garbage cart.
He is right in roofing for better
pay for preachers; but he is
wrong in assuming that the eco
nomic difficulties of ministers
families are what is principally
amiss with the Church.
Out of the homes of underpaid
clergymen nave come countless
great men ard women, disciplined
to self-denial. industry and ideal
ism. They have learned lies high
est and deepest lessons. Through
out tl:eir lives they have teen sus-
tanned by memories of Christian
homes. They have Understood
what Jesus meant when he bade
His friends take up a cross and
follow Him.
If preaching we're to become one
of the highly paid professlons-the
goal of the ambitious and worldly
wise the brand-nrars of the
Saviour would fade out from His
ministers. Their service is by its
nature one of sacrifice.
In the heroic fellowship of self
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-02
Border Belt Sales

With it's 256, 300, 900 pound tobacco
crop and sales on the opening day az
eraging 48 cents a pound, planters in
the Border belt, which opened it's mar
kets yesterday, appear to be in for a
season Of exceptional prosperity. There
will be money on tobacco farms for
new machinery and, what is of ever
more interest to many members of farm
families, money too for new cars and
radios and washing machines, electric
refrigerators, electric milking devices,
and sundry other things to make life
and work easier. There may even be
enough left over for a nest egg against
leaner times, or to meet the expenses
of sickness.
However this may be, and however
the farmers see fit to utilize their
tobacco money-and all will not employ
it advisedly-it is gratifying indeed to
know that tobacco growers in this
particular belt, and hopefully in all
others, are doing so we'll with their
crop. Warehouses in all Border market
cities report brisk buying and keen in
terest, which cannot fail to be reflected
in the-well, zip-of the population in
the belt.
The Star is pleased to announce
that with the cooperation of super
vlsors in all markets sales and prices
will be published every morning. AS
tobacco is the principal crop of the
area this information will be of value
in all commercial circles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-02
A Gigantic Steal

The time draws near for President
Truman to take action on a bill to quiet
all state titles to submerged lands along
the coasts of the United States. Inc
measure now before Mr.. Truman was
introduced in Congress before any court
action was taken to challenge stats
titles and wa passed by the House be-
fore a suit was filed in the Supreme
Court with the blessing of Harold lckes,
at the time Secretary Of the interior.
This suit still ponds.
If Mr.. Truman should veto the bill,
therefore, the Supreme Court would
still have to act. And if the Supreme
Court should decide that the nations
submerged lands belong to the United
States coasts, billions of dollars ex-
pended in improvements OF reclaimed
land either by the states and corporate
capital would enrich the national Treas
ury and impoverish the investors.
The complaint before the Supreme
Court was craftily prepared. It claims
title in the name of the United States
to "the lands, minerals and other things
of value seward of the low water mark
and outside of the inland waters"
That phrase "other things of value"
includes any property projecting be-
yond low water mark. Because low
water mark is continually changing
and real estate lines must be definitely
fixed, the complaint sets the mark as
it existed on July 4, 1776, for the
original states and on the subsequent
admission Of additional states to the
union.
On this grounds, then, the United
States claims title to breakwaters, piers,
docks, airports, parks, highways, and all
other public and private structures
erected on the subsoil or upon reclaim
ed land which, in itself, is a thing of
value" So much of the hayward side
Of San Francisco was built on filled
land the United States would become
landlord of practically all the extensive
wholesale district of the Pacific coast
metropolis if the Supreme Court handed
down a decision against present owners.
AS the court of last resort, a favor
able opinion to the United States would
make the quoted titles legal, but the
best that can be said for it is that it
would be the greatest steal ever per-
petrated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-02

INSTRUMENTATION peace conference IN
progress at Paris.
Russia threw in its lot with the
loyalists in Spain during the war which
placed Franco in control at Madrid
with substantial help from Germany
and in a more limited way of Italy too.
Mr.. Molotov, therefore, cannot free
himself from the suspicion he is foster
ing further trouble in Spain in the hope
that Russia will have it's day of revenge
for the defeat it's forces suffered in
the Civil war.
Mr.. Molotov demands that the war
time Allies must take quick action
against fascism and the Franco regime
this survival bred by Hitler and
Mussolini"-a it may be that frances
removal, if it can come about without
more bloodshed, would be praiseworthy.
But it is not possible, in the light of
Russia's policies in Europe, to think the
Molotov position is altruistic. Rather it
is more likely that his attitude in Paris,
rejecting as it must the Moscow view,
stems from secret purposes to turn
Spain into another communist state.
Considering Russia's absolutism
wherever Moscow has extended it's in
%fluence, there is nothing to choose be-
tween fascism and communism.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-02
Mol0tov And Spain

There is little or no credit due the
Franco regime in Spain. But if any
action is to be taken to throw Franco
out and give the Spanish people a chance
to choose their own form of govern
ment and their top governmental adj
m~inistrators, which probably could be
done only at the terrific cost of another
civil war, It ought to be undertaken
without Russia's participation.
Mr.. Molotov, the Russian Foreign
Commissar, is not helping the world
back On the rough road to peace by
injecting his governments quarrel with
Spain into the proceedings at the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-02
Like Balm In Gilead

American housewives will be glad to
know that Portugal. is making a SUBJ
stantial increase in olive oil production.
They have been unable to purchase ever
tiny bottles of it for so long a time that
this news probably will be received
with the comfort experienced on receiv-
ing a letter from home-with a check
enclosed.
Most of the olive oil reaching the
United States in the past came from
the Mediterranean belt, with forty
thousand tons a year.
Portugal itself provides less than
z per cent of the olive oil and olives
imported into the United States. Italy
used to supply three times that amount.
The largest foreign ource is Spain,
which, with Greece, ships three-fourths
of the total.
About 10000 tons Of the imports are
olives, as against CALIFORNIA; annual
crop of $4,000 tons.
CALIFORNIA; first olive trees were in
troduced by Franciscan missionaries
from Mexico. There were fewer than
500 trees a century ago, but the groves
have increased until the state now has
possibly 1900, 900 trees covering more
Ahan $4,000 acres. Spain's large cror
comes from groves covering 5,000,00(
acres
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-02
Nick enney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The weekly duplicate game on
Tuesday evenings at the Cavendish
Club in New York draws from
the finest players in the country,
but they have upsets there just as
in all tournament competition.
Recently Mrs. George H. Berg
man and Mrs. j. Daub won top
score for the evening, and today's
hand is the one that did it for
them.
Looking over the scores, it was
surprising to note that most of
the North-South pairs attempted
to play this hand at three no
trump, but Mrs. Daub and Mrs.
Bergman never came close to that
contract. At some tables West
o%vercalled the diamond bid with
a heart, North bid two diamonds,
and South then bid two no trump
to show the heart suit stopped.
North, also having a heart stopper,
took it to three no trump.
You can see h happened
against three no trump p. The
queen of hearts was opened, won
by South with the ace, and the
diamond suit ST. Ted. East won
with the king If diamonds and
returned a heart. Even though de-
clarer held off one round, he had
to win the tn d round. West
then got in with the ace Of dia-
monds and cashed the good hearts,
thus taking three hearts and two
Against the diamond
contract all the declarer had to
was the ace and king of
This type Of hand is difficult to
bid. 1t often is easier to make
three no trump than five in a
minor, but when a hand has two
suits, the distribution
usually favors playing it at a suit
rather than lie trump.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-02
Money For Greenfield

With but few items in the new city
BUDGET still to be determined yester-
day afternoon and the required twenty
day advertising period, the Council did
itself proud and the community a great
service by earmarking $4,000 for parks
in the first of a two-year program,
with fully $4,000 to be expended in
developing the unimproved section OF
Greenfield park.
At last it will be possible to make a
great dream come true. With this sum
of money it will be possible to clear the
whole southern front Of Greenfield
lake. plant it chiefly to a~zaleas, and
have the plants in bloom when the next
season arrives. There are enough plants
on hand to carry out this part Of the
program.
All that remains to be done is to
assemble the necessary labor squads
for the preliminary clearing Of under
brush, making necessary fills, cutting
down unnecessary humps, laying the
necessary lines for paths and special
flower beds and having the work finish
ed in time to set out many thousands
azaleas when the growing season starts.
There is no good reason why prep
arations for the initial azalea festival
should not go forward simultaneously
with this other work. The Greenfield
Park development has been delayed 50
long, no time should be lost in bringing
in visitors to see how beautiful the
lake and the park are, as soon as the
physical work is completed.