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Laurel outlook., 1947-02-05
Husbands Are Guests
At Dinner By Laurel
Garden Club Members

The Laurel Garden club members
entertained their husbands at a $50
dinner Jan. 80 in the Methodist
church dining room. Rev. and Mrs.
M. j. Wilcox were guests of the
club also.
Mrs. o. C. Cooper, program chair
man, presented Mrs. R. L. Baker,
who gave a humorous reading,
't.What Is the Matter With Women"
Mayor Peter Thomson addressed the
club and guests, giving a history of
the Identification of the small city
parks in Laurel. He stated that the
Laurel Garden club is responsible
for planting and caring for three
parks and the Unity Garden club,
organized several years later, had
made arrangements to plant and
care for the newest park.
F. H. Leslie, branch manager of
the Sherwin Williams Paint COM
pany, and Mr.. Vivien of Billings,
completed the entertainment by
showing two very interesting talky
films. These dealt with lawn beau
LITIGATION by the use of chemicals
that destroy obnoxious weeds, and
insecticides that free yards and
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-05
Laurel Happenings

Entertaining at dessert bridge,
Mrs. o. X. Chapman, Mrs. l.. C.
Foote and Mrs. c.. A. Cromwell were
hostesses at Mrs. Chapman's home
on Thursday afternoon, Thursday
evening and Friday Afternoon. A
valentine motif and bouquets of
flowers were used in decoration. At
the first event, the bridge winners
were Mrs. R. H. Sterrett, high;
Mrs. Kenneth Walker, second; Mrs.
John Dyer, low and Mrs. Paul Void,
travel. Thursday evening the
awards were won by Mrs. G. A.
Cloyd, high, Mrs. Ray Stevens, sec
ond; Mrs. Joseph Jolley, low and
Mrs. A. F. Arnold, travel. Friday
afternoons honors went to Mrs. c..
L. Morris, high; Mrs. d. H. Nc
Cauley, second; Mrs. H. T. Smart,
low and Mrs. j. H. Albertus, travel.
Mrs. c.. E Gilbreath of Living
ston was the guest Thursday of
her sister, Mrs. C. L. Galloway.
Jacob Ruff of Laurel was one of
the SO whose names were called
Tuesday at a drawing at Powell,
Wyo,. for award of priorities on
farm units of the Heart Mountain
division of the Shoshone project.
Mrs. Harry AIDE of Holyoke,
Mass, arrived by plane this week
and is a guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. D. j. Foley of 312 Mon
tana venue.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-05
The Outlook SAYS:

Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Weldon
who lived north of Laurel, moved
recently to a ranch on Blue creek
to make their home.
Visiting Sunday afternoon in Ed
gar were Mrs. William Frank and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fox,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Frank
of Billings. They were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. John George Frank.
They report that Mr.. and Mrs. John
George Frank are the parents of a
son born at the St. Vincent hospital
in Billings, Jan. %. The baby was
named Leland John Frank.
Guests from Rapelje last week at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Lumsdon were Mrs. V. L.. Dimmitt,
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-05
Construction Activities
Beginning TO Level Of

WASHINGTON. = CONSTRUCTION
activity "began to level off" in Sep
TENDER after a steady rise since the
end of the war, the bureau of labor
statistics reported.
Both employment-2,30 7 900 work
ers - and expenditures were slight
ly below August figures. Home con-
~struction shared in the decline.
The slackening is typical of the
season, the BIS report said, but
material shortages and cost uncer.
tainties probably were retarding in
fuences preventing still further ex-
pansion at the present time"
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-05
Camera Club Names
Officers At Meeting

The Laurel Camera club met
Tuesday evening in the basement of
the Church of the Nazarene and
elected officers. Chosen for the
new organization were Karl George,
president; Archie Berkland, vice
president; Tom j. Mathis, secretary,
and Rev. James H. Haueter, treas
urer.
Karl George and George Frank
discussed home motion pictures of
both 8 and 16mm dimensions, and
moving pictures were shown.
1t was decided to have meetings
the first and third Tuesday of each
month. Those interested in photo
graphy or who have camera prob
lens are invited to attend.
Laurel outlook., 1947-02-05

The Buffalo Style Shop is con-
Quoting a Special Clearance of a
limited number of Dresses and
BlOuses at S1.0O. Others formerly
S1O.95 to S27.50 are on sale at $500.
These are very extraordinary prices.
Many of the items are newly ar
rived and are being discontinued.
Take advantage of this opportunity.
adv.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Boedieker, OF
tawa, a girl, Shirley Ann, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Racine Warren, Ken
ton, a girl, Constance Joan, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Kimmel,
Bluffton, boy, Stephen Carl, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guadalue Mara, Gil
boa, girl Paulita P. Celestine, Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Myers, Find
lay, a girl, Ruth Ilene, Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Gesler,
Lima, a boy, William Lynn. Mrs
Gesler is the former Vivian Schu-
macher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Morton,
Muncie, Ind, boy born May 13
Mrs. Morton is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Zuercher of Bluff.
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
To Appear on NBC
Radio BrOadcdsts

Miss Barbara Jean Triplett,
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. L. Triplett of Campus Drive is
marimbist with the symphony or
chestra of the Eastman School of
Music, Rochester, N. Y, which will
be heard in two Saturday afternoon
concerts to be broadcast over the
NBC network, it was announced this
week.
The first program will be heard
this Saturday and the second on
Saturday, May 81. Both concerts
are at p. m.
Miss Triplett, senior, will be
graduated from the Eastman school
at commencement exercises, June Is,
with the degree of Bachelor of
Music and will receive a perform
er's certificate and supervisors certi-
fcate in public school music.
She appeared last Wednesday
night as marimba soloist with or
chestra in the second of her gradual
ing recitals. Those from here at
tending the program were Mrs. r.
L. Trinlett, Mrs. Ropp Triplett,
Mrs. Ed Rice and Miss Alice Oyer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
FARMERS SUCCEED
IN FLOWING MUCH
ACREAGE FOR CORN
Push Tractors to Limit As
Weather Clears Monday
and Tuesday
Long Continued Rains This
Spring Similar to Condi-
tions in 1913

Farmers pushing mechanical till
age equipment to the limit made the
most of two days of fair weather,
Monday and Tuesday following a
week end of clearing skies.
A good sized portion of ground
for corn has been plowed, although
no corn has yet been planted in the
Bluffton district. With no rain from
early Monday morning until after
dark Tuesday night, tractors were
being operated usually in shifts to
make the utmost use Of valuable
time to catch up on tillage already
more than month late.
In some instances tractors equip
ped with headlights ran all during
Monday night Rain which started
falling Tuesday shortly after night
fall cancelled plans for another all
night operation. Rain which con-
tinued to fall Wednesday has put an
end to field work until the last of
this week at least.
OATS ACREAGE SMALL Bur Coon
Oats acreage in this district will
be negligible farm observers de-
clared. However, they added that
the small acreage which a few farm
ers succeeded in planting last March
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22

has had the benefit of ideal grow
ing conditions through the cool and
wet months of April and May and
should yield heavily Statewide esti-
mates place this springs oats acre
age at about half that Of q year
ago.
Farmers in the BIuffton area,
however, are still expecting to plant
an average corn acreage, it was in
dicated in a survey of the situation.
They point out that May "a has
been cited by agricultural experts
as the date best suited over a per-
iod of years for corn planting.
Notwithstanding that the release
of acreage originally earmarked for
oats has placed strain on the seed
supply, stocks of seed corn appear
fairly adequate.
Soy BEAN SEED SCARCE
This situation, however, does not
carry over into soybeans, especially
in the early maturing varieties.
and hope that frost will hold off un-
til fall.
The current critical seed shortage
in soybeans was aggravated last fall
when soybeans scared to around 81
a bushel in the open market and
many farmers sold seed stock. The
same beans it is estimated would
bring So today.
CONSIDER SUGARBEETs
Sugarbeets are also being consid-
cred by some farmers as an alterna-
tive to take up the surplus acreage.
The crop, it is SAID can be safely
planted in June. Some growers in
the Bluffton district said that re-
fineries which contract for acreage
grown each year are not yet up to
capacity.
Farmers who keep records of
weather conditions point out that
this spring is similar to that of 1943
when wet weather carried the farm
ers right into june. Much of the
corn and soybean crop was planted
after June l and with the advantage
of late fall matured into good
yields.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
Couple Weds In
Church CEREMONY

Miss Mary Elizabeth Stearns,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Stearns of Spring street became the
bride of John Robert Moore, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis Moore,
of Dover, Ohio, in double ring
wedding ceremony solemnized at st.
Johns Reformed church Sunday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Rev. Gerhard Gebhart of Ft.
Wayne, college classmate of the
brides mother officiated because of
the illness of Rev, V. c. 0ppermann,
pastor of the bride.
Miss Jean Brian of Cleveland,
pianist and Miss Cleo Gooding, of
Tiffin, vocalist, favored with a pro-
gram of pre-nuptial music together
with Lohengrin's wedding march for
the professional and Mendelssohn'
wedding march music for the
occasional.
The bride entered the church on
the arm of her father. She wore a
gown of white nylon marquisette
over taffeta with sweetheart neck
line and fingertip veil of illusion.
Her only ornament was a strand of
pearls the gift of the groom.
Her maid of honor, Miss Ruth
Alice Miller of Shelby wore a gown
of pale blue net over silk.s
Bridesmaids were Miss Gwendolyn
Hilbish of Akron and Mrs. Elise
van den Bergh of johannesburg,
South Africa, and Chicago. Miss
Hilbish wore frosted blue organza
over blue taffeta while Mrs. van den
Bergh wore frosted pink organza
over pink taffeta. Master Joe Labb
of Dover was ring bearer.
Best man was Robert Weihenmay-
er, of Chicago, classmate of the
groom. Ushers were David Stearns,
Sic, of San Juan Puerto Rico, and
Dick van den Bergh of Johannes
burg, South Africa and Chicago.
For her daughters wedding, Mrs.
Stearns wore an aqua dress with
white accessories and gardenias.
The bridegroom's mother wore blue
with white accessories and gardenias.
Following the ceremony recep-
tion was held at the home of the
bride after which the couple left
for a short honeymoon at Camp
Minnewanca, near Shelby, Michigan
For her going away costume the
bride wore a suit of sand gabardine
with pink accessories.
The bride is a graduate of Bluff
ton high school and Heidelberg col
lege, Tiffin. For the past year she
has been employed as music instruct
or in the Rawson schools.
Mr.. Moore is a graduate Of Dover
high school and attended Heidelberg
college. He is a veteran of World
War II and is now attending college
in Chicago. The couple will reside
in the Nikolas hotel in that city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
Summer Recreation Activity Will
Get Under Way Here Early In June
Organized Recreation Program
Will Start at Harmon Field
on June 2
Buckeye Lake Swimming Pool
to be Opened at Same Time:
Busy Season Planned

Bluffton's summer program of or
ganized recreational activity will get
under way the first week in June
with opening of Harmon field and
Buckeye lake, the towns principal
recreation centers.
Roger Howe, Bluffton college ath-
lete and veteran of World War II,
will be recreation director of the
Harmon field program this summer
and organized play for youngsters
and adults will get under way dur.
ing the first week in June.
Directing operations at Buckeye
lake will be James Gratz, also q
war veteran and college student, who
has assisted in supervision of the
swimming pool in previous seasons
Working with him at the Buckley,
will be James Howe.
BUSINESS GROUP SPONSORS PROGRAM
The Harmon field program i
sponsored by the recreation com
mittee of the Bluffton Business Ment
association, which pays the salary oi
the recreation director and provides
facilities for the summer play sea
son.
New playground equipment, order
ed last year but not delivered IN
time for use, will be put into place
this month, and will provide a mod.
ern playground for the community
kiddies. A new playground site
nearer the College avenue entrance
to the field, will be put into use this
summer, it was announced by Nor.
man Triplett, chairman of the re.
creation committee.
Operation of Buckeye lake is
financed by the municipality, which
pays salaries and takes care of up.
keep at the pool. Fees charged fol
swimming largely defray the expense
of operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
RETAIL PRICE OF
MILK DROPS TO IT
CENTS QUART HERE
Quarts Are Now Selling Two
Cents Under Peak Price of
Last Fall
1925 for Milk Paid to Dairy
men Is Off so Cents Since
April l

Lower retail milk prices are in
effect in Bluffton this week with
quarts selling at IT cents, a drop of
one cent under the price a week
ago and two cents under the peak
price of 10 cents established last
fall.
Dealers said they did not know
how long this price would be main
tained, but would probably hold
through the summer months.
Other retail prices of allied pro-
ducts also were lower this week,
coffee cream selling for II cents a
half-pint, off one cent and whipping
cream at SO cents a half-pint, off
two cents.
DAIRYMEN GET 1926 HUNDRED LBS.
The lower prices for milk reflected
settling market prices for raw milk
to producers in the Bluffton area.
Prevailing base price of milk posted
Tuesday which dairy farmers will
receive for their production the first
half Of May is 1925.
This represents a drop of Is cents
under the price for the last half of
April and so cents under S3.75 which
was quoted for the first half of
April.
Heavy rains this spring have re-
suited in lush pastures and this con-
dition together with the seasonal
spring upsurge in production has re
suited in particularly heavy milk in
take at processing plants in this
area.
Butterfat prices likewise, have
been dropping to lower levels. It
was quoted at 90 cents here We'd
nesday morning. Retail price of
butter is around 63 cents a pound.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
Late Spring But 1t Might Be Worse
A Foot Of Snow Fell Here 81 Years Ago

With rain falling in a steady
downpour Wednesday, at least there
was no indication that it might turn
to snow by Thursday morning as it
did Sd years ago.
Qldtimers recall that it was on
May p, 1883 that the Bluffton area
was covered with a foot of snow
and to make matters worse it was
an early spring with corn coming
up in the fields and trees in full
foliage.
So heavy was the snowfall that it
broke down limbs of trees. Some of
the youngsters of that day celebrat-
ed the event by taking bobsled ride
through the country where apple
trees were in blossom.
The snowfall, however, disappeared
rapidly and did no material damage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
new WATER MAIN
CONSTRUCTION TO
START HERE SOON
Board of Public Affairs in
Market for $500 Feet of
Pipe for Projects
Work Will Start on Overall
Program of Lines in Six
Districts

Preparing for a summer program
involving the extension of Bluffton
water mains to serve new building
subdivisions and to eliminate exist
ing unsatisfactory installations, the
board of public affairs is advertis-
ing for $500 feet of four and six
inch pipe to be used in proposed pro-
jeets.
Bids for the pipe, including $500
feet of four-inch size and 1000 feet
of six-inch size, will be opened by the
board on June II. Cast iron or class
100 cement pipe will be considered.
In the overall extension program,
new lines will be laid in six parts OF
the town, according to plans an
nounced this spring by the board.
Negotiations under way for site
on which a new we'll will be estab-
lished to serve the waterworks also
will entail the laying of a consider
able amount Of new water lines, ii
was announced by the board.
Serve New Additions
To serve the new building subdiv.
ision opened by Harley Burkholder,
1000 feet of six-inch line will be laid
on Cherry street to the county line
road.
Water for the Matter and King ad-
ditions will be provided by 1000 feet
of six-inch mains on Harmon road ia
Bentley road. A connecting line OF
500 feet of smaller pipe will be laid
on Garau street from Main street to
Harmon road, replacing an overload
ed one-inch line.
Continuing expansion of water ser.
vice in the same vicinity, 400 feet OF
mains will be laid on Bentley road
from Harmon road east, and a new
fire hydrant will be installed to serve
the same district.
Replace Old Lines
Another 1,000-foot project is plan.
ned on Spring street from Elm te
Riley, where existing two-inch are
to be replaced by larger lines.
A new main also will be laid to the
Harmon field stadium by running 50(
feet of pipe from Railroad street.
Two extensions serving districts
outside the corporation also have
been proposed. In one, 600-foot
line will be laid on South Mair
street, south from the corporation
| line.
The other involves laying 600 fee
of line on West College avenue Il
College road, and 500 feet on College
road, at the rear of the campus.
Spokesman for the board of pub
lie affairs have announced the vari
Gus projects represent an overall pro
gram which will not be entirely com
pleted this summer because of othel
demands on water works employees
time.
It is expected that work on the pro
gram will be started soon after pipe
is received.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
Fl WILL RECEIVE
COLLEGE DEGREES
HERE THIS SPRING
Eight Other Graduates viii
Get Degrees at Close of
Summer Term
Bluffton College Commence
ment Exercises to be
Held June 2

Degrees will be conferred upon 81
graduating seniors at Bluffton col
lege commencement exercises on
Monday, June 2, in the First Men
monte church auditorium, with eight
other members of the class receiving
diplomas at the conclusion of the
summer term.
Of the 81 graduating this spring,
IL will receive A. B. degrees; eight
B. S. degrees, and two B. s, M. de-
grees.
Graduates receiving degrees are as
follows:
Bachelor of Arts
Esther Arlene Bchn, Pandora;
Christine June Burkhard, Orrtanna,
Pa; Paolo Gustavo Comba, Geneva,
Italy; Henry B. Grimm, Lima; Frank
S. Harder, Pandora; Phyllis June
Hartzler, Goshen, Ind; Angela p.
Meyer, Leipsic; Wade Arthur Shook,
Bluffton; Vera Louise Soldner, Berne,
Ind; Arthur d. Thiessen, Chicago;
Calvin Bruce Workman, Lima.
Bachelor of Science
Robert ]. Blough, Middlebury, Ind;
Margaret N. Chase, (Bachlor of Sci
ence, Home Economics) Toledo; Or
lin Frederick Frey, Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa; Camilla Gorby tBachelor of
Science in Home Economics), Raw
son; Betty Joan Hilty, Lima; Robert
Kennel Simcox, Cincinnati; Pearl La
vonne Sommer Bachelor of Science
in Home Economics1, Kidron; Agnes
Suter, Pandora.
Bachelor of School Music
N. Laurence Burkhalter, BlufFton;
E. Marguerite Jones, Columbus
Grove.
degrees to be awarded at the
close of the summer term are as fol-
lows:
Bachelor of Arts
Lois Jean Hoover, Rittman; Joseph
w. Stahl, Lima; Richard E. Wenger
Bluffton.
Bachelor of Science
Geneva Elizabeth Hankish, Bluffton
Willadene Hartzler, Bachelor Of
Science in Nursing), Chicago; Fer.
nan c, Loganbill, Lima; Elvina Nue.
field, Chicago.
Bachelor of School Music
Ralph c. Balmer, Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
High School Alumni
Reunion Friday Niqht

Annual reunion of the Bluffton
high school alumni association will
be held Friday night opening with a
dinner in the cafeteria at 6:3O
o'clock. A limited number of tickets
for the dinner are still available at
either drug store the committee said.
The occasion will mark the fftieth
anniversary of the class of 1897.
viii Romey of Richmond, Ind, men,
Der of the class viii appear on the
program representing the golden an
niversary graduates.
The dinner will be followed with
dancing in the gymnasium to the
music of Hank Armantrout's band.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
Tripiett Fire Found
By Employees Monday

Cost and inventory records valued
in excess of $4,000 were lost in an
early morning fire in a small Office
building on the Plant | grounds of
The Triplett Electrical instrument
Co, last Monday.
Discovered at TAO a. m. when fac
tory employees arrived for work, the
blaze destroyed al office equipment
in the two-room building and badly
damaged the structure.
It was estimated that about half
Of the company's cost records can
be salvaged.
Firemen believed an overloaded
electrical circuit was responsible for
the blaze.
Guy Scudder, head of the com
pany's cost accounting department,
discovered the fire when he arrived
for work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-22
Re-appOinted To
Library Board Here

Edgar Hauenstein, member of the
board of trustees of the public Ii
brary board whose term expires this
year, has been re-appointed for a
seven year term. Action to that eff
feet was taken at a meeting Of the
board of education at its meeting
last Wednesday night.