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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
Body Is First of World War III
Brought Home from Over
<,s seas War Areas
Army Captain Accompanies
Body Here from New York;
Funeral Saturday

The body of 1t. Wayne Yoakam,
20, arrived in Bluffton with a mill
tary escort on the 9:25 P. NJ. Nickel
Plate passenger train last Thursday
night, the first World War II SOL
der to be returned to this area
after meeting death overseas.
On the railroad trip here from
New York City the body was ac-
companied by Capt. Dean Becker,
detailed as military escort by army
authorities.
Vernon Yoakam, west of Rluffton,
father of 1t. Yoakam, and broth
err, Jesse, met the train on its ar.
rival here. The body was taken to
the Diller funeral home until Fri.
day morning, then to the Yoakau
family home. The remains, in .
sealed casket, were viewed privately
by members of the immediate fam.
| lily.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day afternoon III the Arlington Good
Hope Lutheran church, of which he
was a member. Rev. Arthur Ris-
miller, pastor, officiated. Burial
was in the Arlington cemetery.
1t. Yoakam died on December s
at Wurtzburg, Germany, from in
juries received when his jeep was
involved in a collision with train.
His wife, the former Luella Mae
Smith, of Jenera, who had been with
him overseas returned home by air
plane, reaching Bluffton on Christ
mas eve, and the body followed by
boat.
A son of Vernon and Matilda
Lauby) Yoakam, 1t. Yoakam was
born in Richland township on Feb
ruary IL, 1917. He married Luella
Mae Smith, of Jenera, January 7,
1916.
He became member of the First
Mennonite church, of Bluffton, at
the age of IA, and at the time OF
his marriage transferred his mem
bership to the Arlington church. A
graduate of BlufFton High school in
the class of 1886, he later received
degree in electrical engineering al
Ohio State university and took grad
uate work at Yale university.
In addition to his wife and par
ents he is survived by the brother
Jesse, of near Bluffton, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Cleora Genres, of Chicago
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
To Observe Fiftieth
Wedding Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Stettler of
Mound street will celebrate their
Fiftieth wedding anniversary Satur-
day with a dinner at noon in the
Walnut Grill.
They were married February Il,
1897 by Mrs. Stettler's uncle, Rev.
Peter Greding at the Reformed
church parsonage at Richland Center,
south of Bluffton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stettler are lifelong residents of this
place with many friends and both
have been active in church affairs.
Their three children are Theodore
Stettler of Cleveland; Mrs. P. A.
Wiebe of Willard and Mrs. VIM. Cox
of Ashtabula. Their six grand
children are Halstead Settler of Two
Jima; Theodore of Cleveland; Judith
Wiebe, Willard; Julia, Jon William
and Jane Sheilah Cox of Ashtabula.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
No PRIMARY, BUT
MORE CONTESTS
FOR TOWN OFFICES
Democrats and Republicans
Have More Candidates Than
In 1945
Primary Unnecessary This Sum.
mer With No Inter-Party
Contests Developing

With no inter-party contests devei-
oping on either ticket prior to the
filing deadline last Wednesday night,
Bluffton will not have primary G.
lection this summer, q repetition of
the last "off-year" election in 1915.
In contrast to the political situa-
ton of two years ago, however, both
parties filed virtually full tickets, as
suring the most spirited November
municipal election in nearly a decade.
There are 10 candidates on each
party slate for the II municipal Of
fees. Democrats and Republicans
each nominated only five candidates
for the six council posts, and with
three to be elected to the board of
public affairs each party named only
two nominees.
Mayoralty Contest
At the head of this years tickets
there will be contests in the Novem-
Der election for the office of mayor
and town clerk, in contrast to 1945
when there was only o Republican
candidate for mayor and Democrat
ic candidate for clerk.
The number of council candidates
is the same as In the last preceding
municipal election, with total of 10
nominees. This year, however, there
are five council candidates on each
ticket. In 1945 the Democrats had
six and the Republicans only four.
The board of public affairs contin-
ues to be the unwanted Bluffton Of
flee, with only four Candidates this
year for three posts. In 1s45 there
were three candidates.
NO More Filing
With last Wednesday representing
the deadline for filing. anyone else
seeking municipal office win have to
file on the November ballot as an in
dependent candidate.
Bluffton's tickets for the Noyem.
Der election offer the following nom,
A ~
linees:
Republican: For Mayer Paul w
EStauffer; Clerk-Richard Cookson
treasurer, Hiram Huser; Council.
Armin Hauenstein, Charles Auker
man, Richard Davies, Cleon Tripieti
and Carl CahiII; Board of Public AT.
fairs-Harry F. Barnes, Harvey
Beidler.
Democratic: For Mayor--Arder
Baker; Clerk-Charies Emans
Treasurer-Sidney C. Stettler; Coun
cil-Don Patterson, Frank Todd
Chester Stauffer, Wilford Gratz, w
o. Geiger; Board of Public Affairs
A. C. Burcky, Forrest Steinman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
It. Wayne YOakam's Body Brought
To BlufftOn With Military Escort
Couple is Married in
Ada Sunday Afternoon

Wedding of Miss Mary C. Kramer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Kramer and Byron E. Betz, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Betz all of
Bluffton, took place Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Early of Ada. Mrs.
Early is a sister of the bridegroom.
Rev. C. L. Stager of Ada officiated.
The bride who was given in mar
riage by her father wore a white
net over taffeta with fingertip veil
of illusion held by a halo Of the
same material and carried bouquet
of white carnations.
Miss Betty Kramer, sister Of the
bride was maid of honor and was
attired in pink net over taffeta and
carried a bouquet of yellow jonquils
Oliver Beach, Jr., Of Jenera was
best man.
Following the wedding a reception
was held for members of the i'm
mediate families and the brida
party.
Mr.. Betz is employed at the Trip
lett company In Biuffton and ne ass,
his bride will occupy a new hom,
which they recently purchased in tn,
Garmatter addition on College road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
new LIGHT PLANT
BIDS INDICATE Is
PER CENT SAVING
Bids on Boiler with Attached
Stack Range from SSs,s97
to s93,399
Low Bid Is s15,511 Under Pro-
posals for Boiler and
Separate Stack

A saving Of approximately 16qs
in cost Of an expansion program at
Bluffton's municipal electric light
plant by eliminating the construction
Of separate stack and installing 8
boiler with blower-equipped stack
was indicated on the basis Of new
bids for the project opened Tuesday
by the board Of public affairs.
Three bids on the boiler with at
tached steel stack ranged from $685.
S97, including an estimate on erec-
ton costs, to s9S, ,399, with a specific
commitment on erection.
The low bid is 1851 under ansa sag-
gregate expenditure of S104, ,40s
which would have been entailed for
installation of boiler with q sepa-
rate stack, called for in previous bids
rejected by the board because of the
cost factor.
No determination of contract a.
ward was made by the board Tues
day, because only one bid embodied
a specific commitment for all phas-
es of me work. The other, TIVE quoted
a fixed price for materials, with est-
mates for the cost Of erection.
A study of the comparative bids
will be made by the boards firm OF
consulting engineers, Emery, Marker
and Emery, of Toledo, before definite
action is taken. .t. s,-E.
Firms placing bids opened Tuesday
were the same as those bidding on
previously rejected proposals for the
boiler with separate stack.
Bids for the steam generating unit
Including the attached stack, we're,
]. A. Young Co., $s3,399 complete
Babcock and Wilcox Co., s79,O41 plus
cost of erection, estimated at $t3,.
O37; and the Wickes Boiler Co., $77,'
897, plus cost of erection, estimated
at $1,000. All bids are subject tc
price adjustment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13

Wedding Of Miss Mary Gene
seiield and James Ieverne Wenger
both of Bluffton took place in Lima,
Friday afternoon. The bride il the
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Herbert
Siefeid ef South Main street and
the bridegroom the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilhert Wenger Of Salem,
Oregon, formerly ef Button.
The bride i 4 graduate of Bluff
ton tiea school and has been en-
pl5yed II the Triplett plant where
l1er husband also i employed. The
couple viii make their home for the
present with the brides parents on
South Main street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
First BIuffton Tourney Game To
Be Played At Northern Gym
Next Monday
Undefeated Pirates In Bracket
With Tournaments Strong
est Cage Teams

Tournament interest was running
at fever pitch in Bluffton this week,
as Bluffton Highs undefeated Pi-
rates drilled for their game with
Delphos jefferson at 7:30 p. m. next
Monday night in the Glass B ex-
empted village and parochial school
tourney at Taft gymnasium, Ada.
Riding the crest of spectacular
16-game winning streak, which also
gave them undisputed championship
Of the Western Buckeye cage league,
the Pirates will go into action as
tournament favorites.
In some respects this is a dubious
sort of distinction, for it means the
pressure will be on" in every game,
with each competing school anxious
to gain the honor of pulling an up
set and knocking the favorite out of
the running.
FAvoRITEs COMPETE
Another factor that is making the
Pirates regard the tourney seriously
is one of those strange quirks of
tournament drawings whereby what
appear to be the four strongest COM
peting teams landed in the same
bracket, and must engage each other
in the first two bracket games.
If Bluffton gets by Delphos JEFF
ferson, which has an impressive
record, a stronger test will await
them on Thursday, Feb. 20, when
they will play the winner of the
Lima st. Rose-Delphos st. Johns
tilt. The Lima-Delphos game will
follow Buttons first start next
Monday.
Earlier in the season Bluffton top
ped st. Rose on the Bluffton court
by five points, So to Al. Last week
Delphos st. Johns beat the Rosar'
ians, 81 to 81, giving evidence oi
how comparative scores indicate ths
ranking of the three teams.
FIVE OTHER TEAMS
In the other bracket of the tour
nament are Ada, Wapakoneta st
Joe, Lima st. Gerard, Hicksvill'
and Lima st. Johns.
In opening tournament games taii
Friday night, Ada tangles will
Wapakoneta and Lima st. Gerardl
meets Hicksville. Lima st. Johns
drawing the only tournament bye
will play the winner of the st
Gerards- -Hicksville tilt on Tuesday
February Is.
Finalists of the two brackets viii
meet to decide the tournament cham
pion on Saturday, Feb. %. The win
ner and runnerup will compete in
the district Glass B meet at Celins
the following week.
Hicksville is defending tournament
champion, and Wapakoneta St. Johr
was the 1916 runnerup. st. Rose
won the meet in 1916.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
Births

The following births at Bluffton
Community hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Keller, Lima,
girl, limo Harriet, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Marshall
Blufrton, Route l, a boy, Martin w.
Thursday. Mrs. Marshall is the
former Ada Neuenschwander Of Pan.
dora.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Rakosky
Button, a boy, Keith Randall, Sun,
day. Mrs. Rakosky is the formei
Resale Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Henry
Button. girl, Ruth Ann, Monday
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
C0LOred Singers At
Sunday Vespers Here

Twelve singers from Wilberforce
university, colorad educational insti-
tuition at Xenia, will be heard at the
Button college vesper service Sun
day afternoon at o'clock. The
service viii be held in the First
Mennonite church, it is announced
by DIR. L. L. Ramseyer, president Of
the college here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13

Miss Bonnie Dewitt, niece Of Mrs,
Carnie Powell, Of Rawson, is sta
toned at Carrie Tingley hospital,
Hot Springs, New Mexico, where she
is in charge Of surgical patients re-
covering from infantile paralysis.
Her aunt is the former Carrie
Dewitt, Of Bluffton. The nurse is
graduate Of Rawson High school
and Lima Memorial hospital nursing
school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
TALENTS AT WORK

Young adults of the Presbyterian
church will hold bake sale at the
Blutfton Implement & Harness store,
Saturday morning. Proceeds from
the sale win go to the talent fund
project which the church has under
taken.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
MARRIAGE LICENSE

4 marriage license has been is
sued to Ralph Rammel, u, Of Jack
son street, Button, railroader and
Geneva HochstettIer, 26, Of 163 n.
Mound street, BlufTton, waitress.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
Minor Damage IN
Roof fire Tuesday

Minor damage resulted from q
roof fire at the home Of Mrs. Lu-
ellie stager, Thurman street, at 8:45
a. m Tuesday. -
Caused by sparks from the el1ira-
ney, the blaze was extinguished By
the Bluffton fire department.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13

Grain (bushet prices1-Nheat So
q: corn $40; oats 6oet soys $3.50.
Poultry Heavy hens 27c; heavy
springers 27c; Leghorn hens 15c;
stays 1Ac.
Eggs-Large whites, Bic; large
browns 36c; mediums &c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
Pi Delta Society

ri Delta Society
Pi Delta, Bluffton college honor So
ciety will entertain junior members
and the college faculty, Friday night
at 8 o'clock in the Mosiman room
at the library.
Wilfred E. Binkley, professor of
history and political science at Ohio
Northern university will be guest
speaker. Prof. Binkley taught in
Biarritz, France last year and is au-
thor of the book President and Cong
ress published this month.
Members of ri Delta executive
committee are: Pres, Mrs. Kenneth
Luginbuhl; vice pres, DR.. ]. w. Bau-
man; sec.-treas., Miss Carolyn Rom
ey. Social committee: DR.. c. H.
Smith, Mrs. Lawrence Burkhalter and
Mrs. bonita Harnish.
Farm Women's Improvement Club
The Farm Women's Improvement
club will meet at the home of Mrs.
Lola McElwain, Thursday afternoon,
Feb. 20.
The program follows:
Roll call, the kind of music | like;
Biography of Mrs. Truman and dau-
ghter Margaret, by Myrtle Lutter-
bein; Music of different ages. Mabel
Jennings; Valentine contest, Mildred
Fett; apron exchange. Assistant
hostesses will be Ruby McCarty and
| Besse Brackney.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
Royal Neighbors

Royal Neighbors
The Royal Neighbor lodge will
meet Friday night at 8 o'clock at
their hall. Helen Cars will be host
ess.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
Gard Party

Card Party
A Valentine card party sponsored
by the Altar and Rosary society o.
st. Mary's Catholic church will b,
held on Tuesday night, February II
in the church basement. The publ,
lis invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
Skating Party

Skating Party
The Ada Saddle club has issued ar
invitation to the Bluffton Saddle club
to attend a skating party at the
Lima Roller rink next Monday night
at 5 o'clock. Tickets sold at the door.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13

Travel Class
Mrs. G.. w. Linden was hostess tc
the Travel class at her home Wed.
nesday evening. Numbers on the
program were: Indians Up to Date
Mrs. ]. N. Smucker; Arizona Desert
Mrs. R. L. Triplett.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-13
Orange Twp. Farm Women's Club

Members of the Orange Township
Farm Women's club and their fan1il-
les will celebrate the 31st anniversary
Of the club with q tureen supper at
Orange Center next Tuesday night at
G:30 o'clock. Following the supper
Dr. T. d. Podabaugh will show pie
+uras Of China
Evening star., 1947-09-14
DEAR TOMMY
Continued from page tUerty.four

the notes. None of them did, and
Twas becoming slightly involved
until Sue Lester turned her ankle.
We were hiking at the time; I
pulled her to her feet and saw pain
and tears in her eyes. MY ankle,
Tommy oh, my ankle >"
Then somehow she was in my
arms. Our lips were salty from
her tears, and she clung desperately
to me as she stood on one foot.
It's Sue, l thought. She loves
me!
AFTER while 1 unlaced her boot.
Her ankle was swelling. 1t might
be a fracture. l remembered my
Boy Scout first aid and the fire
mans lift" An hour later we
staggered across the lawn to the
Lester place. Her ankle, it turned
out, was only mildly sprained. She
was walking within a few days.
Satisfied that I had found my
LADY of the notes." abandoned
my search and settled down to
Sue. We swan, boated, played
tennis, danced, and did a great
deal of talking about Life.
1t became somewhat of game,
too, because the notes, which were
becoming letters, still appeared in
my fruit jar. and were answered.
1t was romantic game that I
didn't want to disturb. Neither
of US ever mentioned the notes.
tenderly accepted them as an
indication of the mysteries of
woman that would not allow her
to reveal the secrets of her heart
in open conversation. At least, I
evaluated it that way as I smoked
my pipe in the grotto and answered
the words of devotion.
so THE wonderful summer con-
tinued. ana in the last week, des-
perately in love, l finally wrote:
"Of course l know who you are,
and our pretense has been delight
full and tender. Because of that, l
take this way of asking the thing
/ want most to ask. Our lives are
before us and there can be no
greater love than ours -"
l remember lighting my pipe
and contemplating my next words.
"Is it too soon to talk of marriage?
Someday in the future?"
There was more, and l liked it
so well that l copied it in a bat
tered notebook. still have the
notebook. so I have the record of
the letter to embarrass me. At the
end / wrote, "If your answer is yes,
leave a snapshot of yourself for
an answer, so that l may always
keep the picture as the symbol of
our love-"
1t was a wonderful summer, but
a little embarrassing twenty years
later -. I left the letter and
returned to the lodge.
Evening star., 1947-09-14

That night l came down with
acute appendicitis, was rushed to
a hospital, and didn't get a chance
to return to the grotto and the
fruit jar for my answer.
Sue Lester returned to New
York two days after my operation.
and before she could visit me. The.
next winter Dad was transferred
to Los Angeles and sold the sum-
mer lodge.
l never heard from Sue. My
two letters to her were unanswered.
Eventually, l learned, she married
a Yale man.
But for twenty years I wondered
what answer she'd left me in the
jar. Sometimes I even became
somewhat sentimental about it.
lHIS summer Irene and l vaca-
toned in Montana and Glacier
Park. 1t was then l got the idea.
suggested that we take a run
out to Swan Lake.
"I'd love it," Irene said.
So we did. All the time l was
wondering about the fruit jar and
if the picture was in it.
Irene walked to the grotto with
me. I didn't tell her why wanted
to 60. l was feeling a trifle silly
about the whole thing by then. She
sat on the bank of the brook and
watched me step across to the
boulder.
The jar was there. / pulled it
out and saw my pipe and tobacco
and a fiat envelope curved close
against the glass. Mime" I told
Irene, andlaughed self-consciously.
Il used to hide my tobacco here"
And you remembered"
at just occurred. to me about
an hour ago." lied. unscrewed
the top of the jar and fished out
the envelope. l felt it; there was
a snapshot inside.
Sheepishly l glanced at Irene
as l opened the envelope.
What's that" she asked mildly.
AN answer to a proposal. I'm
just twenty years late finding out
if she said yes or no."
IRENE smiled, and sunlight was
reflected in her eyes as she looked
at me. Darling" she said softly,
you've known quite long time" "
looked at the picture then.
After moment glanced at Irene.
and saw the amusement and gen.
tleness and delighted understand
ing in her eyes.
''Irene!" l said. This picture
you've hardly changed a bitr'
stepped across the brook and
my foot slipped into it and got
soaking wet as ! kissed her, but
/ didn't mind.
mo, I haven't changed a bit."
she smiled. Dear Tommy, l love
you -" The End
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-09-26
OHLSON MAY HAVE
 OPERATOR FOR LOCAL MILL

Col QUO Ohlaou. who returneu recently from the States where he had gone on mill business, aG- uouneed that he expected a man to come mp from Seattle to inspect tae mill with the possibility of taking il over and operating il. II Che party assumes operation, Ohls5p sad, he will do so under a one year contract with option 10 buy.
 The U. s. Engineers, Ohlson add ed, have invested S149,OOO Of an sl60.0Oo loan and are ready to aa- vance al aduit onal $10l,0OO as scon as they are assured first prl- erity on their claim as a creditor The additional ban will facilitate the addition Of a resaw and dredg lng oI the mill pond which. accord Ing To Col. Ohlson, will greatly iu- crease the capacity of the mill.
 Col. Ohlsou said that he has been authuslzed to pay labor claims a gainG the mill with tue sale or already cut lumber and added he would facilitate such payments as rapidly as possible.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-09-26
WRANGELL SCHOOLS
 ABOVE THAT OF LAST YEAR ENROLMENT CLIMBS TO 20

Wrangeu Public Schools have aH enrolment this year of 247 pupils. 20 over the number last year
 Last year the grades had l7a students and the high school 4s. This year the grades have 1S9 Du- pils and the high school 56.
 Numbers of students in the var i9us classes so far this year are.
 First grade. 3S; Second. 27. third. 31; fourth. 20. fifth. 21; sixth. IT. seventh. l7 and eighth. 20.
 In the high school there are b upils in the freshman class. l. sophomores. f5 juniors and nias seniors.
 There are g3 pupils on the upper floor and I52 on the lower
 supt George Fabricius said the large enrolment in the lower grades has made if necessary to put some of the first and a few second grade students under another teacher in the City Hall.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-09-26
AERIAL BOMB FOUND HANGING IN TREE NEAR
 PETERSBURG TUESDAY

PETERSBURG Am aerial bomD oI aa unidentified type was found by Andrew Hanson Tuesday at Ideal Cove and was brought in and turned over to authorities by the finder.
 The bomb. weighing 30 to 5O pounds, was stiu attached to a par achute, it Is reported. and had ap- parenuy never touched the ground The fabric was enlangled in tree branches and the bomb was sus- pended about five feet above the ground al a spot approximately 20 minutes walk inland from t h beach.
 Hanson turned the bomb over to the Coast Guard who took pictures ol the possibly deadly missile put have released DO report on it as yet.