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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-28
NEWS FROM
Three Rivers
(Too Late for Last Week.

ed his regular appointment here
Sunday.
Miss Doris Harwell of Lucedale
was a weekend guest of Miss
Ruthie Mae Cumbest.
Mesdames Roy Porter and B. f.
Parker were visitors to Mobile on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Cumbest
and son of Jackson spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
Cumbest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Qutzen
and sol of Pascagoula visited in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. M. E.
Cumbest on Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. Fannie Jones of Hurley
spent Saturday visiting in the
home of her daughter and SON.
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Buren, Kirk
wood.
Miss Merylene Cumbest visit
ed friends at Kreole Sunday af-
ternoon.
Robert Golf visited relatives in
Hattiesburg on Sunday. Mrs.
Golf returned home after a visit
of several days with her parents,
MI. and Mrs. B. E. Parker.
Mrs. Wilton Kirkwood attended
the funeral of Mrs. Susie Dodge
at Pascagoula on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Cauley and
daughter left Sunday for Green
wood to visit the latter's mother.
Those who attended the zone
meeting at Pascagoula included
Mesdames Joe Rockwell, Law
renee Golf, Ray Diamond, George
Cumbest, Leslie Golf, Tom Pierce,
Randall Cumbest, Sam Kirkwood
and Alva Hester.
ra -
Mrs. C.. L. Kirkwood and little
grandson, c. H., returned Friday
from Homestead, Fla, where they
spent two weeks with Lavell
hlfKWOOd ana family.
Roy Cumbest was a business
visitor to Pascagoula on Friday.
Mrs. Roy Porter and Mrs. B. E.
Parker were visitors to Mobile
recently.
Friends of w. w. Herndon are
sorry to learn of his illness at the
Jackson County hospital and wish
for him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. George Scarborough and
daughter, 10 Ann, were visitors to
Pascagoula on Wednesday.
Alton Kirkwood returned Tues
day from Waynesboro where he
visited several days.
Andy Scarborough and son, Ed
rel, were business visitors to Moss
Point on Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Eley at
tended the funeral of Peggy De-
loris Hill at Harleston on Friday
afternoon.
Mesdames Sam Kirkwood, B.
E. Parker and Roy Porter visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Qutzen in
Pascagoula on Wednesday.
MI. and Mrs. Buren, Kirkwood
and family were visitors to Moss
Point on Saturday afternoon.
Misses Joyce Porter and Merry
len Cumbest we're Sunday after
noon visitors to Moss Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Dryden
spent the weekend with the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. E.
Cumbest.
B. E. Parker of Hattiesbufg
spent the weekend here visiting
relatives.
The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service met in the home of
Mrs. Tom Pierce recently. Eigh-
teen members were present.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-28
GAS STOVES NEEDED FOR
SUNDAY SCHOOL

The Rev. Wallace Harrell, pass
tor Of the Unity Baptist church
states that the new Sunday School
rooms are badly in need Of gas
stoves and asks anyone having
stoves that they do not need to
donate them to the church.
They may phone 1005-W and
Mr.. Harrell win pick them up on
Saturday when he comes home
for the weekend from the New
Orleans Baptist Seminary where
he is studying. !
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-28

She gave some interesting data
that she had acquired while at
tending a convention of a nat
ional safety association last sum-
mer.
Following the program the club
enjoyed the hospitality of Mes
danes M. L.. Funkhouser, w. r..
Guest, Jr.. w. r. Gulley, Jr., and
H. D. Moffett who served a re-
freshment course.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-28
FROM
Red Hill '

Eddie Wilson of Bonnie Chapel
was a Tuesday visitor here.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Farley were
Wednesday visitors in Ocean
Springs.
Melvin Cain transacted bust
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-28

Clyde Anderson of Biloxi, Mr..
Moore and daughter of Hatties-
burg and Udell Nolf of Moss
Point spent Saturday here hunt
ing with Bradford Nolf.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Catherine Gratz Completes Trans
Atlantic Airplane Hop To Africa

A TRANSATLANTIC airplane hop to
Dakar, Africa, was completed by
Miss Catherine Gratz, daughter of
Mrs. Peter Gratz, OF South Jackson
street, who is returning to the mis-
sion field in French Vest Africa
where she previously spent FIVE and
one-half years as q missionary.
According to a cablegram received
Tuesday by her mother, Miss Gratz
left New York City BY plane at
p. m. Friday, Jan. II, and arrived
the following Monday.
Travelling by boat and train it
will take another week to reach her
destination at Kankan, sizable city
in French Guinea. The mission
there is operated By the Christian
Missionary Alliance. She works as
q bookkeeper in the office,
Because the war had disrupted
normal transportation facilities, the
Bluffton woman had remained at her
mission station Is months longer
than the regular four-year term of
service, and did not return to this
country until year ago last fall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Community Institute
To Re Continued Here Next Year
Three From BluftOn
Are Hurt In Collision

Dale Berryhill, 18, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. f. Berryhili, Of West Elm
street, suffered broken bone in his
right ankle and two other Bluffton
residents were less seriously injured
last Saturday night when an auto
mobile driven by Stanley E. Basing-
er, local funeral home operator, was
demolished in two-car collision two
miles south of Beayerdam on the
Dixie highway.
Basinger escaped injury in the
crash, but Miss Carolyn Romey, and
Kenneth Moser, 20, also occupants
of the Bluffton auto sustained facial
injuries and bruises.
Berryhill and Moser, who were
hitchhiking to Lima, had been pick
ed up by Basinger, enroute to that
city.
State highway patrolmen said the
mishap apparently occurred when
the Basinger automobile, a new mod.
Ell Dodge sedan, was sideswiped b!
a car driven by Joseph Lombard, %
of Ft. Wayne. Lotaasard escaped un
injured.
The Basinger car overturned twice
andlanded on its top. It is in th'
Augsburger garage at this place.
The injured were brough to th'
Bluffton hospital in the Basingel
ambulance of Bluffton and the Chilei
ambulance of Lima All excep
BerryhilI were released after receiv
ing first-aid treatment. After re
naming in the hospital Saturda!
night, Berryhill was taken to hi
home, Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30

Blutfton politicos were caught with
no plans for candidates, and are in
a position where they had only 10
days to draft party states.
New MAYOR, CLERK
Developments since work on party
tickets were started thus far, brought
announcements that Mayor w. A.
Howe and Town Clerk w. O. Geiger,
both unopposed on the 1916 ballots,
will not be candidates this year.
This leaves both parties with the
responsibility of drafting candidates
for the two principal municipal of
fees.
Other offices for which candidates
must file include town treasurer, six
seats on the municipal council and
three on the board of public affairs
Nor IN PRIMARY .-
Not included in the primary, are
nominations for members of the
board of education and Richland
township offices which will be made
at party caucuses during the sum-
mer.
Bluffton's last municipal primary
was held in August, 1941, and no
primary was necessary in 1943 when
there were no contests on either
ticket.
EarI;ay 6I;rrr +b;s xyaoy ;s +ba ,a
suit of wartime legislation advancing
the primary election to May instead
of August, thereby throwing the fill
ing deadline in February instead of
May. The legislation was set up to
give servicemen overseas time in
which to vote, and no change has
been made so far in the emergency
status.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Elimination of Morning Ses.
sions Proves Popular and
VIII be Continued
Institute Groups Decide Against
Separate Meetings for Men
and Women Next Year

Decision to continue a "stream-
lined" program of activity, inaugura-
ted at this years sessions, was made
during the business meeting closing
two-day Bluffton Community In
stitute, held last Wednesday and
Thursday in the high school audit
oriam.
Morning meetings were eliminated
at this years institute, a change
popular with those who attended,
and further revision in procedure,
planned for next year, is the dis
continuance of separate sessions for
mems and women's organizations on
the afternoon of the second day.
Next years institute program, as
tentatively planned, will call fol
afternoon and evening sessions or
the opening day and an afternoon
session on the second day. Mems
and women's organizations will meet
jointly in the three sessions.
Also missing from this years in
stitute activities were the drafting
of resolutions, heretofore an import.
ant feature of each years gathering,
The decision to eliminate resolutions
was made at the 1916 institute and
carried out this winter for the first
time.
Attendance was very good at this
years two-day sessions, and the
program was unusually interesting
and varied, including talks by state
speakers, movies, music, plays, etc.
New officers elected for the mems
institute organization include Ezra
Moser, president; Homer Gratz, vice
president; Wayne Zimmerman, secre-
tary; and an executive committee
consisting of the three officers plus
Milo Lora, Joe Thompson, Wilford
Steiner and Supt. Of Schools Ralph
| Lanham.
Women's institute officers are Mrs
Harvey Gratz, president; Mrs. Elmer
Fett, vice-president; Mrs. Ezra
Moser, secretary; and an executive
committee made up of Mrs. Russell
Huber, Mrs. Albert Augsburger, Mrs
Ray Marshall and the officers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
BUTTER, CREAM
AND OLEO DOWN
TO LOWER Level
Butter and Oleo Sag Under Lev
els of Week Ago in Stores
Here.
Butterfat and Fluid Milk Are
Returning Less Cash to
Producers.

Retail prices for butter, oleo and
eggswh ich have been on the down
grade, dropped to lower levels again
this week with Buttons budget
conscious housewives hopeful that
the trend may be a forerunner Of d
major break in prevailing high
psices for food.
In it's decline from an early fall
high of nearly one dollar a pound,
Lutter Wednesday morning was re-
failing as low as 81 cents here, a
drop of two cents since last week.
Oleo was keeping pace with the
downward trend of butter, priced at
36 cents a pound, after selling at AZ
cents last Wednesday.
BUTTERFAr Down
Meanwhile on the producers side
of the market adjustments were be-
ing made to lower price levels. But
terfat at 63 cents was off three cents
from last weeks figure.
Fluid milk which brought $4.35
per hundred pounds in December
dropped to S4.10 for the first half
of January, according to the Page
Dairy Co. Price for the last half
of January win be posted early next
month.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
POLITICAL ACTIVITY
BOOMING TO DRAFT
TOWN CANDIDATES
Democratic and Republican Cau-
cuses Next Monday Night
at High School.
Filing Deadline Next Wednesday
Because of Wartime Legis-
lati0n.

The customary between-elections
lethargy of Bluffton political circles
was famed into unexpected activity
the latter part of last week when
party executive committeeman learned
that provisions of an unrepealed
emergency wartime measure require
that candidates for municipal offices
must file petitions by p. m. We'd
nesday of next week.
With the deadline for fling only
a week away, local politics presented
a confused picture, as party chief
tans scrambled to get full slate
of candidates on short notice.
If no contests develop on either
ticket it viii be unnecessary to hold
primary election here in May, but
the filing deadline must be observed
if contests develop and a primary is
to be held.
With the advanced filing deadline
generally unknown thruout the state
until Ohio election officials called
attention to the February date,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
FOUR MORE new
HOUSES STARTED
HERE THIS MONTH
Renewal of Construction Activi-
ty Does Not Await Arri-
val of Spring
Prefab House Erected, Founda-
tions Started for Two
Other Homes

With the start of four more new
houses !, the first of the year,
Buttons -esidential building boom
is not waiting for spring to bring
a renewed furry of construction ac-
tivity.
Foundations were started during
the past week for two new resi-
dences, erection of a prefabricated
house launched 10 days ago is near
ing completion, and fourth house
will be moved to Bluffton this week
on a foundation recently completed
on West Elm street.
Albert Garmatter has started work
on the foundation for a fourth house
in his new addition off College road,
west of Elm street, and construction
of two other houses which he start
ed there in late fall is nearly COM
pIeted. The first house built in his
addition was finished early last sum-
mer.
The second foundation started dur
ing the past week is on South Main
street, adjoining the Forrest Hager-
man property, near the corporation
line. 1t will be erected by Clayton
Bucher, who built house last fall
on Cherry street and sold it shortly
before the holidays.
In the Berryhill addition on West
Elm street, Clair Bucher has COM
pleted the foundation for a house he
will move to Bluffton this week from
a location three miles west of town.
He will remodel the building after
it is on the foundation.
The fourth house started in the
January building furry is a pre-
fabricated structure nearing compile
ton on South Jackson street at the
rear of the Paul Clark lot. 1t il
being erected by Wade Shook, who
will occupy it with his family. Shook
is a son-in-law of Clark.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Soaring Prices OF Farm Land =.
~ Restrict Return Of Vets To Soil

machinery and equipment, S2,700 for
productive livestock and $4,000 for
feed, seed and supplies. This is a
per acre investment of upwards of
500.
In operating a rented farm, the
working capital will be approximate
ly the same on a cash or crop-share
basis, but only about two-thirds as
much if renting is on a livestock
basis.
recommendation For Beginners
Because of prevailing high prices,
farm authorities are urging those
who wish to become farmers to fol-
low one of several plans alternative
to attempting to "buy into" the
picture now.
A father md son working agree
ment can solve the problem for
many. An operator-owner lease with
an overworked farmer who wants to
ease up on his load may provide
another means of setting up opera
tions.
Another "out" is a $3.50 stock
share lease which gives great free
dom in a livestock problem, and the
age-old plan of starting as a hired
man remains a sound one, even tho
not too appealing in these days of
high factory wages. However, wages
paid to hired men these days are
at all-time high levels, and the ex-
perience gained while so working is
invaluable.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
UNBEATEN PIRATES
WIN H. S. LEAGUE
BASKETBALL TITLE
Blufft0n Downs WapakOneta
Tuesday Night to Clinch
First Place
Spectacular Record of 13 I'm
broken Victories Piled
Up by Team

Bluffton Highs undefeated cagers
clinched the championship of the
Western Buckeye league Tuesday
night in topping Wapakoneta at that
place, 4s to 33, for the Pirates 18th
consecutive win of the season.
By turning back Bellefontane and
Wapakoneta during the last week,
the Cotterman- coached outfit dis
posed of the only teams that had
chance to tie Bluffton for the league
crown.
The Pirates have only one remain
ing game in league play, contest
with hapless Van Vert team that
has lost every loop start so far.
Btuffton has five straight wins in the
league.
BY clinching the race for the bas-
ketball championship, the Pirates
have made a clean sweep of honors
in the Western Buckeye this school
year, for they went thru an undefeat-
ed football season last fall to win the
grid trophy.
As in their last three league
games, Bluffton was trailing Wapak-
oneta at the close of the first period.
Tuesday night, then came back with
scoring rush to sew up the deci-
sion in the next twd periods.
Wapakoneta had an s to 4 lead at
one time in the first stanza, but the
Pirates had shaved the advantage to
one point at the end of the period
when the score stood 8 to z. After
the Indians had gone out in front 13
to . at the opening of the second
quarter, the Bluffbon crew finally
started rolling and leading at half
time, 25 to Is.
In the third quarter, the Pirates
stretched their lead to go out in
front, 81 to p, as they went into the
CLOSING period, and altho Coach Cot
terman used substitutions freely in
the last eight minutes Biuffton con-
tinued to pull ahead,
Neil Schmidt, as usual, was top
scorer of the evening with Is points,
Althaus and Kirkland each got nine
points and Sommer contributed sew
en-. Wehner was high for the Indians
with II points.
In winning the league title, Bluff
ton in five games has scored 291
points, while loop foes We're getting
| 209.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Hancock Chorus To
Sing Here Sunday

4 program of sacred music will
be presented in the First Mennonite
church at 7:30 y. m. Sunday night
by the Hancock County Chorus.
Local appearance of the group,
one of the finest in this area, is
Sponsored by the Bluffton Minister
ial association, and the churches of
the town and community will join in
the Sunday night service.
Organized IL years ago, the Han
cock chorus presents an average of
about one program a month, except
during the summer season. It is
composed of singers from all parts
of Findlay and Hancock county.
The chorus is directed by Russell
Barnhin, H. B. Dreisbach and Mrs.
Percel Parker.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30

Capital investment required for
farming in these days of high prices
have scared to such heights it not
only prevents many returned G. rs
from starting agricultural operations
but also has cut the number of new
farmers entering the field to an all
time low.
High cost of land is the first
deterrent to those who want to break
into the farming game on their own,
with most good farms in this area
selling at 5000 an acre and upward.
At the lowest price, this means a
100-acre farm will involve the ex-
penditure of $4,000 for land alone,
and in addition there must be suf-
ficient working capital to operate in
the manner today's modern farming
practices demand.
Sizeable Working Capital
For a 100-acre farm at least
$500 is needed in the form of
working capital for stock and equip
ment, according to practical farmers
This will cover the average annual
investment in machinery, livestock
feed, seed and other supplies, as
we'll as the cash reserve to pay cur
rent farm expenses before the
years yield starts making cash
return.
Satisfactory farm incomes cannot
be expected in these days without
proper stocking and equipment
However, equipment may vary, &C
cording to the type of farming done
1t pays therefore to look into
the problem from all angles be-
fore going into farming, includ-
ing recommendations to:
BE sure to get some farm
experience before buying land.
This may come from working on
a farm, renting one or share
cropping.
Don't buy a farm until you
know exactly what kind of farm
ing you expect to do.
| Stay away from buying
until a substantial down pay
ment can be made and still leave
capital sufficient to equip and
!, operate. Avoid heavy indebted
ness at the start.
for grain farming or hog farminl
will require less working capita
than dairy farming, say farmers il
the Bluffton district.
A breakdown of the worltin
capital investment shows the aver
age farm Of about 100 acres wi
need $40 for horses. s2,400 70
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Couple Weds In
Findtdy Sunday

Kenneth Charles Stauffer of Find
lay, son of Emmett Stauffer of Bluff
ton and Miss Mana Beehtel, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Laura Bechtel of Vanlue
were married in Findlay at the home
of the officiating minister Rev. W. P.
Alspach of the United Brethren
church Sunday afternoon at 200
o'clock.
Following a wedding trip through
southern Ohio they will reside tenn
porarily at the home of the bride
groom's aunt, Mrs. Florence Hamil-
ton in Findlay. Both are employees
Of the Ohio Oil company IN FindIay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
community NEED
WOULD BE- FILLED
BY COLLEGE GYM
New S250,000 Structure Would
Be Ideal for Basketball
Tournaments
Used As Auditorium, Building
Would Have Accomm0-
dati0ns for 1900

In addition to serving a major
need on the Bluffton college campus,
the projected new $250,0OO gymnas-
ium-auditorium at the institution
will answer a community demand
for facilities such as it provides.
The community benefit angle was
pointed out this week, as a local
campaign committee readied plans
for a house-to-house canvass the
last two weeks of February to raise
funds in Bluffton's contribution to-
ward the campus project.
With a seating capacity of $500
for sports events, the new gymnas-
ium will be ideally suited for basket
ball tournaments and other indoor
sports events. Its two gymnasium
floors also will lend itself to the
community recreation program.
Used as an auditorium, with
seating accommodations for 1900,
the building will be centrally located
in this area for music contests, COM
munity gatherings, denominational
conferences and the like, in addition
to providing sufficient seating ca.
pacity for events such as the an,
nual Messiah concert.
Expansion of college facilities By
addition of the new gymnasium ii
the first step in a program to make
Bluffton a larger school, attracting
a greater number of outside students
development that would be to the
benefit of Bluffton business interests
generally, it was pointed out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Tax Collection
Here Next Week

Bluffton area residents can pay
first half real estate taxes for 1946
to representatives of the ALLEN coun-
ty treasurer's office at the Citizens
National bank, next Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Tax payments will be received dur
ing the regular banking hours on
the two days.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30

Body of 1t. Wayne Yoakam en-
route here from Germany had not
arrived here Wednesday morning,
members of the family stated. No
further word had been received in
the matter, they added, since
telegram arrived two weeks ago stat
ing that the body was enroute from
Bremerhaven to New York.
1t. Yoakam died in Germany De-
cember of injuries resulting from
a grade crossing accident when a
ieep in which he was riding was
struck by train. Funeral arrange
ments are incomplete pending arrival
of the body.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Elizabeth BOehr VIII
Take Post In Austria

Miss Elizabeth Boehr, former do
nestle science instructor at Bluffton
college, will leave for two years
welfare service with the Mennonite
Central Committee in Austria.
Miss Boehr this week will go to
Akron, Pa, where headquarters of
the Mennonite Central Committee
are maintained. After leaving Bluff
ton she was for several years on
the faculty at Heidelberg university
in Tiffin.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Pirate Reserves
Win IIth Victory

Winning their 18th game in Ii
starts, Bluffton High reserves best
ed Wapakoneta seconds, 27 to Is,
at Wapakoneta, Tuesday evening.
The Pirate understudies led at the
quarters: 80, IA to and Il to 13.
Braey and Which, with seven
points each, topped the scoring pa
rade for Bluffton. Moore got six,
Mathewson three and Burcky and
Herr two each. Also in the Bluffton
lineup were Ralmer, Bauman, Ms
wander, Schmidt, Dunifon, Sommer
and Burkholder.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30
Bluft0n College Is On
WOSU Radio Program,

Bluffton college will be one Of
more than 20 Ohio colleges and uni
versities featured in a new radio
program, Campus Cavalcade," to be
inaugurated at 11:30 a. m. this Sat
urday from W0SU in Columbus.
News items from the states var
ious colleges will be dramatized in
the half-hour program, which will
be regular feature each Saturday,