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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
New Auto, Tractors, Refrigerators
To Be Sold At Community Auction
Sale Here on May 3 Will Be
Largest of Kind Held In
This Area. q
Many Scarce New Items and
Long List of Used Merchan-
disc Will be Sold.

House-to-house solicitation for used
items to be offered in Bluffton's Com
munity Auction sale, which has
grown to huge proportions, will be
started this Friday by campaign
workers representing the Presbyter-
ian church talent program, sponsor
of the auction.
Articles will be sold at the auction
on Saturday, May 3 on commission
basis, or as donation, whichever
plan is agreeable to the contributor
Al telephone canvass Of the. rural
area also will be made by the church
workers.
Many hard-to-get new items, still
on the postwar shortage list, will
be features of the auction offering,
including a new automobile, two new
tractors, new refrigerator, wash
ing machine, electric range, etc.
AS plans for the auction took
final steps this week, the sale COM
mittee also was receiving contribu-
tions of used merchandise, and there
was every indication the sale will be
the largest of its kind ever held in
this area.
A partial listing of the many items
which will go to the highest bidder
is in this weeks issue of The Bluff
ton News.
Endorsement of the auction as an
advertising medium and sales pro-
motion venture for the town has
been made by the Bluffton Business
Mems association, and merchants
are cooperating in the consigning OF
merchandise to be offered for sale.
Participation is open to all resi-
dents of the area having new or
used items for sale, including furni-
ture, livestock, farm produce, house
hold appliances, etc.
Items to be offered for sale are te
be listed with Clair Fett, chairman
of the auction committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
College Booster
Banquet Nay u

Bluffton college booster banquet,
an annual affair which was dropped
during the war, will be resumed this
spring with the first postwar dinner
to be held in the high school gym
nasium on Monday night, May II.
Announcement was made by Hi
ram Diiler Of Pandora, chairman of
the committee on arrangements.
Other committee members are Armin
Hauenstein and Edwin Amstutz of
Bluffton.
l.. L. Rummell of Cincinnati, pub
lie relations director of the Kroger
company and dean-elect of Ohio
State university college of agricul-
ture will be the after-dinner speaker,
Rummelt was formerly editor of the
Ohio Farmer, an agricultural publi-
cation. ....
Toastmaster will be DR.. Oliver Dill
Ter of the Wooster Experiment Sta
ton, Bluffton college alumnus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
BlufftOn Couple Will Observe Sixty
fifth Wedding Anniversary Sunday

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Hawk, pio-
neer Bluffton residents will observe
their 65th wedding anniversary at
their home on South Jackson street,
Sunday, A family dinner will be
held at noon in honor of the occa-
sion.
Mrs. Hawk, the former Electa
Hall, is aged SO years and her
husband IS. The couple were mar
ried at her home near Lafayette on
April 81, 1882. Both are natives
of the Lafayette area.
They have lived in Bluffton for
so years, the last So of which were
at their present location. For many
years Mr.. Hawk was engaged in the
livery business and also operated a
bus service.
The couple have two sons, Guy
Hawk of Belvidere, H., and Edmund
of Bowling Green and one daughter,
Mrs. H. II. Huser of Bluffton.
Mrs. Hawk has one sister, Mrs,
Florence Bogart of Bluffton and two
brothers, B. F. Hall of Lafayette
and J, c. Hall of San Antonio,
Texas.
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Patricia Huber
Weds OLin Herr

Miss Patrician Joan Huber, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Huber,
of near Bluffton, became the bride
Of Olin Herr, of Bentley road, in a
quiet ceremony restricted to the fam
lily last Sunday afternoon in the st.
Johns Evangelical and Reformed
church.
Rev. Vernon c. Oppermann, pastor
of the church, officiated at the dou-
ble-ring ceremony.
Attendant of the groom was James
Lewis, a nephew, and Miss Dorothy
Lugibihl was bridemaid.
The bride entered on the arm of
her brother, Wade Huber, who gave
her in marriage. Miss Margaret
Groman played nuptial music and
the wedding march for the ceremony.
Donald Herr, another nephew of the
groom, sang.
The bride wore a two-piece aqua
crepe dress and a white rose cor
sage, and the bridesmaid was In a
dusty rose crepe dress, with white
rose corsage.
Following the wedding a recep-
ton was held at the home of the
brides parents. After a short we'd
ding trip, the young couple will
make their home in Lima where both
are employed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
PLAN SURVEY OF
TOWNS NEEDS IN
ELECTRIC SERVICE
Each User to Get Postal Card
From Board of Public
Affairs.
Results to be Aid i'm Determin-
ing Expansion Program of
Plant.

Analysis of the electrical require
ments of Bluffton domestic consum-
ers, in q survey to be made this
month BY the Board of public af-
fairs, will be used in mapping the
expansion program of Buttons
municipal light and power plant,
spokesmen for the board said this
week.
What Bluffton' households have in
the way of electrical home appliances
and what they plan to add to their
equipment in the near future will be
determined in the boards survey,
the first Of its kind made here since
1889.
A postal-card inquiry, on which
electrical equipment is to be listed,
will be mailed within the next week
to all domestic consumers, with the
request that the card be marked and
returned to the boards office when
the next electric light bill is paid.
A copy of the card appears in a
board of public affairs advertisement
appearing in this weeks issue of
The News.
Ask Users To Cooperate
Answers of domestic users will be
helpful in determining future policy
of the board in installing equipment
for increased generating capacity at
the municipal plant.
The last preceding survey of this
type was made by the board in 1899,
which provided data that remained
substantially unchanged thruout the
war years when electrical appliances
were hard to get.
Now that appliances are beginning
to be generally available, an indica-
ton of additional home installations
is needed by the board to adequately
make plans for failure electrical load
demands.
Industrial users regularly keep
the board of public affairs posted on
what their needs may be, but in
creased household demands can be
determined only thru surveys, it was
pointed out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
Continued Rains Prolong Delay In
Spring Tillage Already Month Late
Sail Thursday From
NelC York For India

DIR. and Mrs. Bradford Steiner
and daughter Nanette and Rev. and
Mrs. Chas. Warren and daughter
Beth Ann will sail from New York,
Thursday enroute to India where
they will join Rev. and Mrs. Ezra
Steiner, formerly of this place, en-
gagged in foreign mission work.
DR.. Steiner, a physician, and Mrs.
Warren the former Anita Steiner,
are the son and daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. Steiner.
Rev. Warren and family spent last
summer here when he was supply
pastor at the Ebenezer Mennonite
church.
After sailing from New York on
the freighter Flying Enterprise, they
will be on the water about % days.
After landing in India they will be-
gin long overland trip north to the
Tibetan border, a wild and noun
taineous region, the last 100 miles
of which must be made on foot or
horseback.
For many years Rev. and Mrs.
Steiner have been engaged in mis-
sionary work among the natives of
that district.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
Herman Trio To
Play Here Tuesday

Appearing as the final presenta-
ton in the 1946-47 Bluffton College
Concert series, the Hermann trio
will present concert at s p. m.
Tuesday night of next week in the
Ramseyer chapel.
In the celebrated trio are Emil
Hermann, violin; Walter Hermann,
violincello, and John Quincy Bass,
piano.
Emil Hermann is concertmaster
of the Cincinnati Symphony orches-
ira; and his brother occupies first
stand in the Symphony. All three
musicians who will appear here are
on the faculty of the Cincinnati Con-
servatory of Music.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
Farmers Await Clearing Wealth
er to Begin Long Overdue
Flowing.
Oats Acreage Facing Drastic
Cut; Large Acreage Planters
Hard Hit.

With the spring tillage season al
ready delayed more than a month
by the inclement weather of March
and April, farmers who had taken
on additional acreage for this sum
mer's operations were busy revising
their crop plans as it became ap-
parent all of this years blowing
must be gotten out of the way in
"a comparatively short period of
time.
Altho the late spring has compli-
Gated work schedules on all area
farms, those hardest hit have been
farmers who rented additional land,
banking on q season similar to that
of 1916 when there was an early
spring.
Now, with tillage barely started,
except in especially favorable spots,
farmers with a lot of acreage are
busy re-mapping their crop schedules
to suit the seasonal complications
that a late spring has brought.
Oats Acreage Cut
That little oats will be sowed is
a foregone conclusion, and ground
intended for the grain will be used
instead as meadowland or for corn
or soybeans, farm observers pointed
out this week.
Once a break in the weather per-
mits farmers to get into their fields,
tractors will run day and night, in
an effort to make up some of the
time lost, but operators who have
extended their operations this year
will find themselves hard-pressed to
keep up with the rush of concentrate
ed spring work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
Stolen BLuftOn Car
Found At Wdp0kOnetd

A Chevrolet coupe belonging to
William Edwards, manager of the
Basinger furniture store stolen here
Monday morning was found undam-
aged at Wapakoneta in the after
noon.
The car disappeared shortly after
Edwards had parked it on Vine
street near the side entrance to his
place of business.
Harold Montgomery, who operates
newsstand on North Main street
reported seeing three youths furtive-
ly examining cars short time be-
fore Edwards coupe disappeared.
Wapakoneta police who found the
Bluffton car Abandoned reported a
Wapakoneta car was missing, indi-
eating that thieves who took the
coupe here continued their flight in
another car.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
ROGER HOWE IS
NAMED AS HARMON
FIELD SUPERVISOR
Three Months Playground Sea-
son from June / to Sept. |
Announced
Community Recreation Com.
mittee Outlines Plans for
Coming Summer

Plans for a continuation Of organ
ized recreational activity at Harmon
field during the coming summer sea-
son were mapped last week by the
Button Recreation committee, a
group sponsored by the Blufton
Business Mems association, which
last year revived the program after
several years of inactivity.
Roger Howe, Bluffton college
athlete and a veteran of World War
II, was named recreation director by
the group, and will head up the
three-months' summer program.
Howe is a graduate of Bluffton High
school, and since his return from
military service has starred on
Bluffton college sports teams.
Kent Cotterman, Bluffton High
school coach, who served as recrea-
ton director last summer, was not
a candidate for the position this
year.
The field will be opened to child
rem of the town, under direction of
Howe, on June /, with the summer
program continuing a full three
months until September l.
Organized play, however, such as
softball leagues, etc, will not start
until mid-June and viii end about
August Is, the recreation committee
decided.
Average daily attendance at the
field last summer for children's
activities numbered rs, and about
100 men and youths of high school
age participated in softball league
play.
To provide facilities for tennis, the
Harmon field courts will be kept in
shape this year. w. A. Howe was
employed as caretaker.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
HARRY F. BARNES
DIES; WAS ACTIVE
IN CIVIC AFFAIRS
Dhlfion Agriculture Teach Also
seryed on Board of Public
fNSt,s Affairs.
Death at | a. m. Sunday Fol-
lows Third Attack of Heart
Trouble.

Harry II. Barnes, So, member Of
the board Of public affairs and Bluff
ton High school vocational agricul-
ture instructor, died Unexpectedly in
his home Sunday morning at l o'clock
after suffering three heart attacks
within space of about four hours.
Apparently in good health until
Saturday evening, Barnes suffered
the first attack about p. M, anoth-
er at 1880, and the third Immediate
" preceding his death.
An instructor in Bluffton High
school for the last is years, he had
been active in community affairs. He
was serving his second term as a
member Of the board of public af-
fairs, and was candidatee for re-
election on the Republican ticket in
next November's election. He also
was member of the Lions club. He
was also secretary for many years
Of Buttons MidWinter fair. -
Honoring his servicee as an over
seas veteran of the first World War,
a uniformed squad made up of MEM
bers of Bluffton post, American Le-
gion, conducted military funeral ser
vices at his grave in Maple Grove
cemetery.
Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon in the First Presbyterian
church, with school classes dismissed
for the afternoon. Rev. Ernest Big
Glow, pastor of the church, officiated.
Born September 90, 1893, Barnes is
survived by his father and step
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson A.
Barnes, Of Huntsburg, Ohio.
Also surviving is his widow, the
former Alice M. Kathary, whom he
married December "a, 1917; and two
daughters. Mrs. Rosaiie Rakosky, Of
Bluffton, and Miss Rosemary Barnes,
of Gallipolis. A brother, lives in
Huntsburg.
The municipal council will name
successor to serve the remainder Of
Barnes term on the board of public
affairs. Expiration date of the term
is December 81 of this year.
A replacement candidate on the
Republican ticket for next falls cleo
tion may be named by the party COM
mittee, under provisions of Ohio
election laws.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
Three Bluffton High Musicians Get
Superior Ratings In District Meet

Three Bluffton High school stu
dents received superior" ratings,
and four others were classed as
excellent in Northwestern Ohio
district solo music additions held
last Saturday at Bowling Green
university.
Students rated superior" in the
competition are eligible TO compete
in state finals at Columbus next
month.
Bluifton students in the superior"
class included Paul Bixel, flute solo,
and Eleanor Linden and Mary K.
Bauman, piano solo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
Mrs. Polly Painter,
88, Dies Here M0nday

Mrs. Polly Painter, So, one of
Buttons oldest residents, died in
her home at s:05 a. m. Monday, fol-
lowing short illness.
Funeral services were held in the
Paul Diller funeral home at 2:30
p. m. Wednesday, with Rev. f. j.
,Penhorwood officiating. Burial in
the Hasson cemetery.
Born in Orange township, she
married Samuel ]. Painter, who pre-
ceded her in death.
Survivors include four daughters:
Mrs. Jennie Geiger, Bluffton; Mrs.
L. NJ. Grant, Hudson, Mich; Mrs.
Ora Smith, Akron; and Mrs. Nora
Miller, Toledo; and two sons, Frank
Painter, at home, and Edward
Painter, Lima. There are 33 grand
children; 112 great-grandchildren,
and 80 Observation-Disclosures.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
SUiss Folk Program,
Here Friday, Nay 2

Swiss songs and stories will be
featured in a Swiss evening program
to be presented in the Bluffton High
school auditorium at p, m. Friday,
May 2.
The entire program will be con-
Quoted in the Swiss language, with
Swiss songs and stories featured on
the program. Accordion music will
be another feature of the presenta-
tion.
On the committee making plans
for the evening are Hiram Kohl,
Philip Hilty, Levi Althaus and Will
helm Amstutz.
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Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND Stratton,
Bluffton, boy, ROLAND Kipton,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dearth, Ada,
a boy, John Russell, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Zimmerman,
Bluffton, girl, Mary Ann, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Shakelford,
Sr, Williamstown, a boy, Ralph
Levi, Jr., Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Kear, For
rest, boy, Warren Gene, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Amstutz, Jr.,
Bluffton, boy, Larry Dean, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne B. Topham,
Newton, Kansas, a boy, Thomas
Bartlett, born at that place April 16.
Mrs. Topham is the former Helen
Soldner, daughter of G. T. Soldner.
She was formerly a nurse at Bluff
ton hospital.
Rev. and Mrs. Russell Mast,
Wadsworth, a boy, James William,
born at that place. Mrs. Mast is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. d.
Hilty of Spring street.
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Music Program At
High School Friday

Vocal and instrumental numbers
will be heard on program of Bluff
ton high school musical talent at the
auditorium, Friday night at o'clock
directed by John Martin, music SUI
pervisor.
On the program will appear num-
bers by boys and girls glee clubs and
a mixed chorus together with those
solo and ensemble groups which ap-
peared in the northwest district mu-
sic contest held at Bowling Green
last Saturday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
1000 HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS COMING
FOR MUSIC MEET
Northwest District Addition at
High School Here This
Saturday.
Forty-one Schools Are Sending
Delegations to Music
Contest,

approximately l,D0p students
representing Al high schools will be
in Bluffton Saturday for competition
in the annual Northwestern Ohio
High school music additions, to be
held in the Bluffton High school
building under auspices of the Bluff
ton college department of music.
Entered in the various classifca-
tions are 53 choruses, 20 bands and
three orchestras. Three sessions will
be required for choral group compe-
tition, with the start Of programs
set at s a. M, p. M. and p. m.
The morning and afternoon sessions
will be in the high school auditorium,
and the evening program in the
gymnasium.
Morning and afternoon competition
is scheduled for instrumental groups
in the gymnasium. .sss suss
IS Piece Band
Largest groups expected to appear
in the all-day session will be the
Lima South band Of 76 pieces, and
the Toledo Libbey chorus of St
voices. Bands appearing viii be in
uniform, with an average of 80
musicians in each unit. Choruses
will average so voices, and orchestras
have an average of 35 players.
School competition will be in
Classes A. b, BIB, G and &C, depend
ing on enrolment, it was announced.
Prof. Russell A. Lantz, director of
the college music department, said
there has been a high school music
contest here every spring for the last
15 years.
Competing schools and music
directors of the institutions include
the following:
Bluffton, John Fl. Asrtins Pandora
Earl Lehman, Blufton College grad.
uate; Ada, orlo o. Springer; Col
Grove, Betty Lusk; Rawson, Mary E
Stearns; McComb, Frank Spirk;
Vanlue, Ralph Balmer, Bluffton Col,
lege Student, Senior; Continental
Pauline Spuser; Delta, Richard w
Damback; Ohio City, Melvin R
West; Wren, Richard E. Weldon;
Deshler, Ruth Burkhard, Blufftor
College graduate: Ottawa Hills, Car
L. Snyder; Holgate, C. M. Wilson,
Hicksville, c. w. Zimmerman; Con.
voy; Dorothy Hofner; Malinta, Hoyt
c. Sprow.
Haviland- Scott, Richard M. Cof.
felt; Ottawa, Winnifred M. Jones;
Grand Rapids, Harold L. Will; Ris-
ing Sun, Margaret Clifford; Tontog-
any, Josephine Davis; Wayne, Mar,
jorie Engle; Libbey, Harold Nc.
Clure; Mt. Blanchard, Ralph Balmeri
Delphos, Max Brilliant; Leipsic
Charles H. Garster; Lafayette, Doyt
Yoakam; Shawnee, Homer Mitchell;
Van Vert, Harold f. Mohr; Gallon
F. A. w. Liddell.
Kenton, Herbert A. Murphy
Crestline, Mrs. Gregg Pennington
Fostoria, Richard Downes; Kalida
Janet Bigler; Perrysburg, L. B
Peters; Vaughnsville, o. c. Reihl
Lima, Harold Clark, Lima Central
Lima, Charles E. Luoma, Lima
South; Hoaglin-Jackson, Owen Rob,
erts; Union Township, Owen Roberts
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SPRING BUILDING
BOOM GETS OFF
TO EARLY START
Three New Houses, Under Con-
structiOn; Excavations for z
Four Others
Activity Centers in West Elm
and East Jefferson Street
Districts

With three new houses started in
late winter i'm various stages of com
pletion, and excavations completed
for four other structures, present
indications are that this spring and
summer will see Blufftea's most act
i've building boom since the pre-war
era when the towns residential ex-
pansion program was in high gear.
Acute shortage of houses in the
town, plus the availability of car
penters now rather than later in the
season, has precipitated an unusual
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200 Women Attend
Presbyteridt Here

More than 200 women from 26
churches in Lima Presbytery attend
ed the annual spring meeting of
Lima Presbyterial held in the Pres
byterian church here Wednesday.
Morning and afternoon sessions
were held,
Principal speaker at the afternoon
session was DR.. Emilio Rodriguez
Busto, superintendent of Presbyter-
ian school in Cuba who spoke on
conditions in that coun-
try.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24

Those in the excellent" class were
Mary smucker, violin; Treva Alt
haus, alto solo; Donald Herr, bass
solo; and Ruth Irene Diller, piano
solo.
Lyman Hofstetter was rated very
good" in the tenor solo class.
Other awards in the district were:
Jeanne Sumney, Lafayette, and
Phyllis Lenz, Beaverdam, excellent
in the alto solo class; Allan Iacock,
Beayerdam. excellent in piano solo;
Robert Niswander, Richland, very
good in baritone solo.
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lowing the fence would be joined
with Jackson street, under the pro-
posed plan for the subdivision.
Action taken by the council was
in the form of an alternative pro-
posal whereby the building addition
would be accepted if the owner
would agree to do all filing required
for the street, with the council to
do finish grading and surfacing.
It was pointed out at the meeting
that the towns financial condition
does not permit expenditure of funds
for streets in new building additions
over and beyond the finish grading
and surfacing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
Butter Drops To 81
Cents On Wednesday

Butter retailed in Bluffton for 81
cents 4 pound Wednesday, a drop Of
six cents under the price a week ago.
Price of butterfat to dairy farm
ers took a sharper drop. Wednes-
day mornings quotation Of 81 cents
was IL cents lower than the price
of So cents one week previous.
Dealers here said the price slump
was nationwide, being combination
of anticipation Of q larger supply
Of butterfat coming in May and
June and also consumer resistance to
high butter prices.
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College Announces
Graduation Speaker

DR.. Clarence Mccartney of Pitts
burgh will deliver the class address
at the commencement exercises of
Bluffton college on Monday morning,
June 2, it was announced the first
of the week by DIR. Lloyd Ramseyer,
president of the college here.
DR.. Mccartney, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of that city for
the past twenty years is prominent
in the denomination also as an auth
or and lecturer.
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Filling Required For Street Causes
Hitch In Plans For Matter Addition

Plans for the latest proposed resi-
Dental building addition to the town
struck a snag this week, with decis-
ion by the municipal council that the
depleted condition of the village
treasury will not permit shouldering
an extensive financial outlay re-
quired in filling in two deep ravines
for a street thru the Mrs. Sarah
Matter subdivision, running east
from the bend of Kibler street.
Starting at the Kibler street
curve, the proposed addition would
consist of b lots, so feet wide and
It's feet deep, along the line fence
on the Matter farm. A street fol-