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Evening star., 1947-01-09
Light in Mexico Due
To Be Supplemented d

VF001Ns .
Six portable Diesel-driven gen.
orators, first ever to be used in the
motion picture industry, will be
shipped to Mexico for use In finn
ing the forthcoming RKO Radio
Technicolor feature Tycoon in
which John Wayne will be starred.
The generators are now In course
of being assembled. Representing
a cost of approximately $150,000.
they will be mounted on trucks and
trailers.
They are equipped with Maxim
silencer type mufflers and will be
completely sound proof.
Evening star., 1947-01-09
How to Lose a Bet
BY the Associated Pres,
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
He wasn't trying for it, but Paul
Kelly, 40 years in the movie busi-
ness, established some kind Of record
when he went before the cameras
for eight straight days without
blowing a line.
But even at that, he lost a bet
on the deal. On the ninth day,
Paul bet his colleagues he could
go 10 without missing line. He
had just completed lengthy
speech. His next line should have
been: st think So"
But Kelly said, II guess So"
AS an afterthought, he added,
"And I guess I just lost bet"
Evening star., 1947-01-09

doors which remain always locked
and which passersby no longer see.
Yet it was in frigid dungeons such
as these that two men once learned
how to make $469, 900 a year, which
is more than they teach men to
make at Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
Oxford, Cambridge or the Sorbonne.
Life. come to think of 1t, Is fun
nier than a prattfall.
Evening star., 1947-01-09

According to Earl Miller. head Of
the studio electrical department.
under whose supervision the gen.
orators are being constructed, they
will produce approximately 80 mils
lion candle power, or enough elec-
tricity to operate 80 large sun arcs.
Evening star., 1947-01-09

Another question that suggests it
Evening star., 1947-01-09

ADJUSTMENTS
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Lions Back Program
For Mosquito Control

Bluffton Lions club went on record
at their meeting Tuesday night as
backing a program for mosquito con-
troll here this summer and appointed
committee to convey to the town
council formal offer Of the clubs
cooperation. Members of the COM
mittee are c. B. Fett, Rev. Paul
Cramer and r A Lantz.
The club also endorsed the DAN
iels-Cramer bill before the Ohio leg
islature providing for increased pay
for school teachers.
Saraj Bahadar, native of India
and senior at Ohio Northern uni
versity, Ada, who was the after
dinner speaker told of current condi-
tions in his country. He predicted
that a period of civil war will ensue
before India has solved her problem.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
p. TIA. Parents
Night On Monday

Panel discussion on practical sug-
gestions for Buttons public school
program will be featured at a Par
ents Night meeting of the Bluffton
Parent-Teacher association at 500
? M. next Monday night in the high
school cafeteria.
P. w Stauffer will preside as
chairman for the panel discussion
made up of five~minute talks as fol-
lows: r A. Stratton, agriculture
Mrss Clair Fett, arts; William Ed
wards, athletics; Mrs. Harry Yoder,
character training; M. E. Riege,,
scholastic standing; N. A. Triplett,
vocational training.
Following the panel talks, there
will be a period for audience par
ticipation in questions and discus
sion.
Officers for the coming year Will
be elected in the business session.
Special music will be directed py
Mrs. Mabel Steiner and Waldo HoI-
stetter.
All citizens of the school district
are invited regardless of P. 7. A
membership.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Pre-EdSter Services
To Open Next Sunday

Annual special pre-Easter services
will be held at the First Mennonite
church here next week beginning
Sunday morning and continuing each
evening thruout the week except
Esaturday, closing the following Sun
day, March 16, it is announced by
the pastor, Rev. ]. N. Smucker.
Services on the two Sunday morn
ings will be held at 1O:30 o'clock;
evening services vii be held at 7:30
O'Clock.
The speaker will be Rev. w. F.
Unruh, pastor of West Zion Men
MONTE church, Moundridge, Kansas,
former missionary to India.
The topics follow:
Sunday morning, Jesus as Labor
er and Worshipper; evening Jesus
the Soul Surgeon.
Monday, Jesus the Miracle Worker.
Tuesday, Jesus the Revelation.
Wednesday, Jesus the Divine For
giver of Sins.
Thursday, Jesus Dealing with Evil
for Us.
Friday, Jesus who baptizes with
the Holy Spirit.
Sunday morning, Jesus the Sover-
eign of the Nations; evening, Jesus
Our Living Lord.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
FINDING
FARMS SCARCE AS
SPRINGTIME NEARS
Farm Owners Are Now Staying
on Land Instead of COM
ing to Town
NeighbOrs with Modern Mechan-
ical Equipment Are Rent
ing Fields

Farm tenants, especially married
men with families, are finding very
few farms for rent this spring, and
if they haven't yet made connections
for the coming farm year there is
every indication they will be un-
successful.
With fewer farms available on a
rental basis each year, a trend that
had its inception nearly a decade
ago, appears to indicate that in this
district the days of the tenant farm
er may be numbered.
Farmers who used to retire and
move to town now stay on their
farms when they stop work. because
over-priced city properties represent
a poor investment to anyone who
has home in which he can stay.
Demand For Land
AT the same time, farmers have
no worries about keeping their farms
in cultivation, for in these days OF
mechanical farming there always is
neighbor looking for more land.
Mechanized farming enables the
operator to handle far more land
than his predecessor could with
horses, and the more acreage he has
under cultivation the less overhead
his expenditure in equipment
represents. .....
Before the days of mechanical
farming, 80 acres were considered
about what one man could manage
Now it is nothing unusual for one
man to handle 200 acres, or even
more.
Machinery Provides More Capacity
Since 200-acre farms are scarce in
this part of Ohio, the farmer with
mechanical equipment always is
! glad to have a neighbor from whom
he can rent additional acreage. Most
of these rental arrangements are or
50-50 grain rent basis.
This development has been making
itself felt since before the war, brt
the housing shortage and resultant
high prices for city properties ha!
intensified the practice over the las
five years.
AS a result tenant farmers eaci
spring find fewer farms for rent
and are worried by a trend tina
seems to indicate the farm cultivatet
on tenant basis eventually ma,
become a rarity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
In New Locations

Jerome Herr and family are oc-
cupying the property at West Elm
and Jackson streets which he pur-
chased recently from Willis Althaus.
Mr. and Mrs. Althaus are at pres
ent in Findlay with relatives.
Herr moved from the 80 acre
farm west of Gratz crossing, better
known as the Amos Moser place
which he sold to Joe Follas, who
now occupies the place.
Follas formerly tenanteds the Mrs.
Mary Matter farm of so acres on
Bentley road which was purchased by
Sam Badertscher. The former Mat
ter place is occupied by Francis
Hochstettler and family who moved
there last Saturday from the Noah
Zimmerman property on Mound
street, formerly the Sarah Amstutz
| residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zimmerman will oc-
cupy their Mound street property,
moving from the Ben Johnson prop,
erty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
new PUMP TO AID
IN FIGHTING FIRES
IN COUNTY AREAS
Town Council Buys S3S4 AuxiI-
iary Pump at Meeting
Monday Night
Richland and Orange Townships
Renew Fire Protection
Contracts

Improved fire fighting facilities
for use in rural areas and against
grass fires were provided Monday
night by the municipal council with
purchase of a portable auxiliary
pump to be used in connection with
the towns new fire truck.
Addition Of the 1884 gasoline-driv-
en- pump to municipal fire equipment
was voted by the council following
action taken by trustees of Richland
and Orange townships to renew con-
tracts for fire protection provided in
their areas By the Rluffton depart
ment.
Each township contracts for fire
fighting services at flat charge of
$3.50 per year. This will be the second
year the contract basis has been in
effect. .a.
Aids Rural Fire Fighting
With addition of the auxiliary
pump, the new fire truck pumper
purchased Is months ago is ideally
adapted for rural fire fighting, it was
pointed out.
Principal advantage of the new
pump is the fact that it can be placed
in cisterns for use in getting water to
the pumper in case it is impossible
to maneuver the truck near enough
to drop its lines into the supply
source.
Without the truck there always
was a chance the pumper sometime
might not be able to reach a cistern
in case it was located too near the
fire, or if mud or the location OF
other buildings interfered.
Grass Fire Fighting
In fighting grass fires, the auxili
ary pump makes it possible for The
truck to move while continuing tC
pump water, where heretofore it ha'
been necessary to discontinue pump
ing while the truck is being moved
The pump will be mounted on tht
new fire truck, and can easily be car
ried by two men whenever it is pu
in use. 1t has a capacity of 15,00t
gallons per hour. The Homelite Corp.
of Port Chester, N. Y, is the manu-
facturer. -..
In the first year of providing fir
| protection to rural areas under con
tract arrangement, the new fir
pumper has provided satisfactor,
service. When it is called out of town
an older fire pumper is availabl
here in case of an emergency call i
the municipality. Part of the fir
fighting force also remains on dut
here as an additional safeguard.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
With The Sick

Mrs. NJ. NJ. kibler is a surgical
patient at Bluffton hospital where
she underwent an operation Monday
afternoon.
Edwin Niswander, patient at Lima
Memorial hospital is expected to be
moved to Bluffton hospital shortly.
Mrs, George klay continues quite
ii at her home on Mound street.
Miss Huidah schifferiy, nurse, vino
has been a patient in BlofFton hos
pital as result Of a hip injury sus.
tanned in a fall last December has
been removed to her home on Pop.
lar street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
FARM TESTS SHOW
WATER LEVELS IN
AREA ARE LOWER
State Board Gives Results of
Records from Richland and
Riley Townships
Measurements Taken over
Three Year Period by Nine
District Farmers

Agriculture in the Bluffton area
must be prepared to cope with a
receding water level. This was
revealed the first of the week when
data was released by the Ohio Water
Resources board which has been
checking wells over three year
period in cooperation with nine
farmers in Richland and Riley
townships.
Periodic individual measurements
are made by the participating farm
ers by means of a weighted steel
tape chalked at the bottom to give
clear water mark. Readings are
reported to the Ohio Water Resources
board which keeps a record used in
studying local trends.
In report on the fiuctuation of
water levels, made to the Bluffton
Community Sportsman's club by
Ralph J. Bernhagen, chief geolgist
of the resources board, no reason
was advanced for generally declining
water levels in this area.
Tests On Nine Farms
Water table observations are made
on the following farms: Joe Follas,
Eldon o. Reichenbach, David A.
Reichenbach, Weldon Basinger, d. ].
Basinger, Malcolm Ewing and Joseph
L. Thompson, all of Richland town
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Night School For
Veterans Proposed

Mechanical drawing or general
shop instruction may be offered with
out cost to World War II war vet
Grams interested in enrolling for
night study courses, it was an
nounced this week
Those wishing additional informa-
tion regarding the proposal are
asked to contact Dwight Spayth, vo-
cational arts teacher at Bluffton
High school.
If there is sufficient interest, night
classes can be arranged, and the
cost of training win be paid by the
government.
Under the proposed program three
hour class sessions would be held
three nights weekly, according to an
announcement made by Supt. r. S,
Lanham
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Many At Opening
OF Funeral Home

Notwithstanding the unfavorable
weather over the week end, nearly
1000 persons visited the Basinger
funeral home on the occasion of it's
formal opening on Saturday and
Sunday.
The establishment is situated at
West College avenue and Jackson
streets on the site of the former
0berly property which has been ex-
tensively remodeled to provide mod
ern commodious quarters for the
mortuary.
Many beautiful floral pieces from
friends ard business associates Lex
pressing good wishes We're received
in connection with the opening. A
continuous program of muted organ
music. was arranged and souvenirs
were presented to all callers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
BIuftOn Veteran
Gets Housing Break

Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Clark of
Bluffton are among "a G. I. fami-
lies at Marietta college who are oc-
cupying the new three-rooms-and-
bath apartments on the campus
there, it was announced this week
by the college,
Mrs. Clark is the former Betty
Patterson, daughter of Mr., and Mrs
Ralph Patterson. Her husband is a
student in metallurgy.
The veterans and their wives re.
Gently moved into three FPHA apart.
ment buildings completed on the
campus. Four other buildings Il
accommodate 32 additional veterans
families are expected to be complet
ed next spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Conrad,
BIuffton, a girl, Diane, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Rusmisel,
Pandora, a boy, James Richard,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Geiger, Pam
dora, boy, Richard Allen, Monday,
Mrs. Geiger is the former Stella
Steiner. who attended Bluffton coll
lege.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fry, Lima, a
boy, Robert William, Jr., Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Kirkland,
Findlay, a boy, Kenneth Eugene Sat-
urday. Mrs. Kirkland is the former
Wava Stotts of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Rettig, Je-
nera, a girl, Victoria Lee, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cook, Pandora,
girl, Diane Christine, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Main, Ar
/ l1ngton, girl, Ghariene Raes Erl-
day. Mrs. Main is the former Betty
Livingston of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Basinger
Mt. Blanchard, D girl, Brenda Ruth
Thursday. Mrs. Basinger IS the
former Ruth Anderson Of 0rangs
township.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer RAIDER, Me
Comb, a boy, Thomas Lynn, Thurs
| day
/ Mr.. and Mrs William Wells, Lima
formerly Of Bluffton, 4 boy, Philil
Mekirgan, born at st. Rita's hos
pital, February 90
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Holmes, Mort
! Wales, Pa, a boy, Richard siartir
born Feb. q, the 24th birthday ar
: niyersary Of the mother. who wa
formerly Kae Raumgartner, grant
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ross 81
gart Of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
TWO TRUCKS BURN
AFTER CRASH; LOSS
ESTIMATED $4,000
Heavily Laden Freight Outfits
Crash on the Lincoln
Highway
Cleveland Truck Rams Disabled
Chicago Unit Parked
on Road

Loss estimated at $4,000 resulted
from a fire which destroyed two
large trucks and their cargoes on the
Lincoln highway at the Daily school
intersection six miles southeast of
Bluffton shortly after 4 o'clock Tues
day morning.
The fire followed a collision in
which a westbound truck owned by
Great Lakes Motor Dispatch Inc, of
Cleveland crashed into the rear of an
other truck owned by Joe Chirio of
Chicago, parked in the north lane of
traffic, according to State Highway
Patrolman, d. E. Clauson, who inyes-
tigated the accident. Both trucks
were senli-trailer outfits.
Ralph Ellxins, 40, driver of the
Cleveland truck is in Lima Memorial
hospital as the result of injuries re-
ceived when his cargo of is tons of
tin sheets, hurled forward by impact
of the collision, sheared off the TOP
of the cab in which he was riding.
Fire Department Called
The Bluffton fire department made
a run to the scene of the accident and
altho hampered by lack of water sue
ceeded in saving the tractor of the
Chicago unit. The trailer of the Chi,
cago truck, together with the Cleve.
land vehicle could not be saved and
continued to burn thruout Tuesday
morning.
Jack Bryant, 46, driver of the Chi.
cago truck was found asleep in q
Beaverdam tourist house miles a,
way following the accident. He said
his truck had broken down Monday
afternoon at 5. o'clock and that nc
had set out flares before leaving tc
spend the night in Beaverdam. The
truck was loaded with rubber hose
| mats, empty oxygen tanks and Other
freight.
Attaches at the hospital in Linn;
said Elkins is suffering from severe
chest injuries and shock. His cordi
ton was described as serious.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
$1,000 Sought In Red Cross Roll
Call Drive Opening Next Monday

House-to-house solicitation will be
started next Monday in Buttons
annual Red Cross Roll Call drive,
with a goal of $1,000 set for so
volunteer campaign workers.
Mrs. Edith Mann, drive chairman,
is directing work of the solicitors in
town. A separate organization is
handling the canvass for Richland
township.
Buttons Red Cross officers for
the coming year, elected last month,
include Mrs. j. S. Steiner, chairman; !;
Mrs. Paul Studler, yice-chairman;
Mrs. Edith Mann, secretary-treasur-
er; and Ralph Stearns, chairman
service committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Hogs And Wheat Lead General Upsurge
Of Higher Prices For Farm Products
Scarcity of Porkers i'm FeedIots
Is Reflected i'm Light
Offerings
Strong Markets Are Expected
to Continue Until Well
Into Spring

A general upsurge in prices of
farm products, set off by spiralling
quotations for wheat and hogs, has
brought a sharp reverse to a down
ward trend affecting farm markets
generally since the first Of the year.
Hogs, one of the first items to be
affected by stronger prices, went to
record marks of % cents a pound
locally, last week. Even at that
figure, however, there was little SELL
ing, the only notable exception being
herd of 30, averaging 200 pounds,
which will be marketed this month
by a farmer north Of Bluffton.
Eggs, poultry and butterfat, as
we'll as beef cattle, have joined the
parade Of higher prices, and the
trend upward is expected to hold
strong until spring or early summer
Farmers pointed out this week
that the scarcity of hogs reflects
the 80 cents government bonus, pait
last year for corn, which led farm
ers to sell corn on the open market
instead of raising as many hogs as
usual. Now there is said to be Z
countrywide shortage of hogs stem
ming from the departure from
customary feeding practices.
Farmers In Buying Mood
With farm prices generally their
brightest since last summer, tbs
prosperity that comes to a rural com.
munity under such circumstances
was evident in Bluffton last Satur.
day when local retailers reported
one of the best trading days since
the Christmas holiday season.
The nationwide shortage of rail
road box cars has some repercussions
in the farm picture, but condition;
are not as serious as they would bt
in midsummer. Three carloads Of
wheat shipped from Bluffton markets
during the last month were delayed
by the car shortage, but eventual.
were moved.
Shortage of freight cars showed
up in another way, however, for th'
Bluffton markets were bare of oyste,
shells last week, occasioning a new
| so1lrrn nf worry for nouItrynnen I,
whom the shells are an importan
item.
Salt for farm livestock was shor
on local markets for the same rea
son, prospective purchasers reported
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Fire Damages Beaver
Village House Unit

Fire, originating from an over
heated oil stove resulted in $500
damage to the house trailer of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin, Stahl at Beaver
village, Blufton college G. /. Hous-
ing unit Thursday night at as:45
o'clock.
The fire department answered the
alarm and extinguished the blaze.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stahl who came from
Leipsic to attend college were not at
home when occupants of nearby
trailers discovered the fire.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Buhter Is Re-hired
As FL. s. PRINCIPAL

Gerhard Buhler received a three
rear renewal contract as Bluffton
High school principal, at meeting
of the board of education last FRI
day night.
Buhler's contract, becoming effect
I'VE next August |, provides salary
Of $4,000 per yeaI.
Vote on the contract was Paul
Diller, Levi Althaus, Leland Diliei
and Waldo Hofstetter, yes; N. A
Triplett, not voting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Auto License Tags
Go On Sale Monday

Auto license tags for 1947 viii 60
on sale at Bixel Motor sales on
Cherry street, Monday morning,
Clayton Bixel deputy motor vehicle
registrar announced.
The new license plates may be
displayed at any time and must
be on all cars operated after March
81.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
new PLANT BEGINS
OPERATION MAKING
CONCRETE BRICKS
Bluffton Cement Blocks Inc,
Starts Manufacture in
New Building
Industry Expects to Double
Present Capacity of 1,500
Daily

Bluffton's newest industry went in
to operation this week, with the
start of manufacture of concrete
brick blocks in the new two story
building recently completed for the
Bluffton Cement Block Co., Inc, on
the old sawmill site facing College
avenue.
One manufacturing unit with a ca
pacity of $4,000 blocks in an eight
hour day already is in operation,
and a second battery will be COM
pleted by the end of the month, to
double the plant output.
When all equipment is installed
the company will employ 10 or 12
men in the fabrication of a new-type
concrete brick block.
NEW TYPE BLOCKS
Most of the new type blocks will
be 242X4><8 inches in size, altho
some blocks also will be built in
double and triple size. Five colors
are obtainable including several
shades of brick and a natural con-
crete color.
Buildings of the Cement Block
Co., off Cherry street, also will con-
tinue in operation, it was announced
by officials of the concern. Cement,
sand and building supplies viii be
handled at that location.
In expanding for increased manu-
featuring operations, the cement
block firm last summer Incorporated
for 100000, with $4,000 paid-in
capital.
AMsTUTz GENERAL MANAGER
President of the corporation is
Michael Johnson, of Sidney. Other
officers include Ben Amstutz, Bluff
ton, vice-president and general man
/ ager; Harold Diller, BlufTton, secre-
tary; and Sam Koukious, Grand
Rapids, Mich, treasurer. Dwayne
and Wayne Amstutz, of Bluffton,
and Royce Whitker, of Bowling
Green, are the other members of
the board of directors.
Authority to erect the new con-
| crete block plant building was grant
ed early last summer by the Colum-
bus District construction committee
of the OPA, which approved plans
for structure 104 by 106 feet.
District OPA Manager Louis w.
Gehring reported that construction
of the $4,000 plant would increase
production of critical building pro-
ducts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
To Make Out Personal
Tax Returns March I8

Representatives from the offices
Of County Auditor Russell Hire and
County Treasurer Ray Barnett vii
be at the Citizens National bank
Bluffton, Tuesday, March 18 to assist
in making out personal and classified
tax returns and receive payments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06

Paul Greding, Bluffton hardware
merchant has purchased from Mrs.
Bertha Balmer her South Main
street property occupied By Lloyd
Thomas.