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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

All North American Indians
born within the territorial limits
of the United States were given
citizenship by the Act of June 9,
1921.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
R DORA PICKETT

WARSAW, Oct. 11.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Dora Pickett,
n, widow of the late w. F. Pio-
kett, Chinquapin, will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the home.
She is survived by five daugh-
tiers, Mrs. A. C. Sewell of Nor
folk, Va, Mrs. W. j, Carr, and
Mrs. c.. H. Blanton of Wallace,
Mrs. C. C. Mills, and Miss Effer
Pickett, of the home; one
brother, Ashley Bradshaw of the
home community.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
r F. A. JONES

Mrs. F. A. Jones, IS, 437
Kyle street, Fayetteville, died
Friday night and funeral serv-
ices are scheduled to be con
Quoted today at 3 o'clock with
the Rev. Lewis Gaines in charge
at the First Baptist church.
Survivors are Is grandchll-
dren; ten great-grandchlldren;
five sons, O. D. of Philadelphia;
C. v. ]. T., and E. N. t,ayette-
vile; and S. A. of New Jersey;
two daughters, Mrs. Frances
Ryan, New Jersey, Mrs. Pauline
Tart, Seagate; one brother D.
D. Jordan, Bladenboro.
Pallbearers are grandsons Z.
+. Ryan, Jr., Fred 7. Ryao'
Percy, Floys, Wesley and Don,
art Tart and Fred T. Jones and
Howard Green.
Burial will be in Fayetteville.
Evening star., 1947-04-25
Dr.. Mann to Lecture
At Library tuesday

DR.. Thomas Mann, winner Of the
1929 Nobel prize for literature and
one of the most famous new Ameri-
can citizens among exiles from Nazi
Germany, will continue his series
of lectures as fellow of Library of
Congress in Germanic literature at
$50 pm. Tuesday.
The lecture will be given In the
Coolidge auditorium In the Library.
Dr.. Mann will discuss "Nietzsche's s
Philosophy In the Light of Con-
temporary Events,
Evening star., 1947-04-25
Court Weighs Suit
To Pay Bar Test Fees
Info Public Funds

District Court yesterday took ur-
der advisement a suit against It's
Committee on Admissions and
Grievances which asked bar exam
nation fees collected by the COM
mittee be paid into the public
treasury.
The fees now are split among the
committee members.
The suit, filed by Attorney James
J. Laughlin, was heard by Federal
District Judge Albert L. Reeves Of
Kansas City.
Judge Reeves was brought here to
ais in clearing the crowded District
Court docket. The suit went before
him vi1en the court granted Mr.
Isk1ghiin's motion that all judges Of
Distritt Court disqualify themselves,
inasmuch as they named the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Laughlin declared there would
have been sufficient money available
ito buAd a new court house we so
badly need" If the fees had been kept
intact. He stated Walter G. Gle
phane, committee chairman, had
profited personally o the extent of
100000 to s150,00c curing his long
service. He argued the committee
members had no right to the funds
and insisted the money should be
disbursed by the court If the COM
fnittee Is to be considered an arm
Of the court.
Spencer Gordon, attorney repre-
senting the committee, told the court
the committee merely had acted In
conformity with court rules. He
contended Mr.. Laughlin had no
right to bring the suit, since 1t
was not a claim against the United
States. nor had it offered any infor-
nation not already known to the
court. Mr.. Gordon suggested Mr..
LAughlin should direct his argu-
ffeY3t toward Conrress
Evening star., 1947-04-25
Don't delay!

Store your furs and winter garments Call MA 57eo
for bonded messenger.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
COHapses After
Hit By Auto Here

Collapsing shortly after he had
been struck by an automobile in the
business district last Saturday night,
Fred Boutwell, received treatment in
a. local physicians office and was
taken to his home in Orange town
ship by the. Paul Diller ambulance.
Boutwell, received bruises and la
cerations when he was struck by an
automobile with Michigan license
while crossing Main street in the
downtown area.
Driver of the car, who stopped,
offered to take the Orange township
man to the hospital, but Boutwell,
said he was not seriously hurt, and
declined assistance. Shortly after,
as he was walking away, he col
lapsed, and was taken to the physi-
clans office.
Injuries are not believed serious
although Boutwell, will be confined
to his home for several days.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rufenacht,
Bluffton, a girl, Kandis Ann, Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beery, Beaver
dam, a girl, Julie Ann, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arven Scheele, Lima,
a girl, Reva Fac, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Schyllander,
Erie, Mich, a girl, Christine Naomi,
Sunday, named for her maternal
grandfather, Christian Santschi. Mrs.
Schyllander is the former Alice
Santschi of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Swank,
Blufton, a boy, William Frederick,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gratz, Bluff
ton, a boy, Robin James, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Greena-
walt, Ada, a girl, Pamela Kay, We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Brand, Find
lay, announce the adoption of
daughter, Pamela Sue, born Deem
Der 8.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
LOCAL PLANT OF
UTILITY PUTS new
TURBINE ON Line
-
Installation Of New 10000 XIV
Turbo- Generator Completed,
Manager Announces
Operation of New Generator
Gives Plant Generating
Capacity of $4,000 XIV

A new 10000 kilowatt turbo-
generator was put in operation this
week at the Woodcock plant Of the
Central Ohio Light and Power Co.,
completing one major phase of a ane
and one-half million dollar expansion
program launched at the Bluffton
location II months ago.
This is the fourth generating unit
now in operation at the plant here,
and increases total generating
capacity to $4,000 kilowatts.
Announcement that the new tur-
bine was in full operation was made
by Emory d. Erwin of Findlay vice
president and general manager of
the Central Ohio utility company.
Company policy in anticipating
future needs resulted in ordering the
new generator in 1945, Erwin said
Delivery was made two months ago
with five fiat cars required to deliver
all the parts necessary for installa.
ton.
According to Paul Martinka, sup
erintendent of production for the
company, the new unit, completely
installed, weighs 108 tons and
measures 374a feet in length and IL
feet in width. A total of 922 tons
of concrete and reinforcing steel was
required to support the unit.
In addition to installation of the
new generating turbine, another
phase of the expansion program in
cluded the new transmission line
recently put into operation between
the Blufton generating plant anc
Findlay. &% .a
This line, IT miles in length, Ii
the second circuit between the tive
cities, and together with unique
automatic switching arrangement, il
now Is possible to keep steady flow
of electricity into Findlay should {
fault occur in either circuit.
The new line carries 34,500 volts
required $4,000 pounds of copper
wire, and cost in excess of $150,0OO
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Former Resident
Dies In Canada

VIM. E. Schifferly, Sc, former
Bluffton resident, who for the past
35 years has lived in Kenville, Man
itoba, Canada, died Saturday at St.
Paul's Home for the Aged at Dau-
phin, Manitoba, according to word
received here by his niece, Mrs. Fred
Zehrbach the first of the week.
He was born near Beaverdam, the
son of John and Christina Schitferly,
one of family of II children.
For many years he was employed
here by the Button Manufacturing
company during which time he made
his home with his brother-in-law and
sister, the late Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
Lugibill.
He left for Canada in 1912 to take
up farming in Manitoba and was
active in management of his farm
until last fall when he took up his
residence at St. Paups home in Dau-
phin for the winter.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Dauphin followed by inter
nent at that place.
Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Sadie
Moore of Rose Lawn Rest Home IN
SpencervilIe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
WHITE CHRISTMAS
IN PROSPECT AS
COLD CONTINUES
Twenty-One White; Fifteen
Green Christmases Here in
Past 36-Year Span
Heavy Snowfall Last Week Pro
vides Pre-Yuletide Setting
In Area

Bluffton's prospects for a white
Christmas-perennial hope of the hol-
iday season-materially were bright
ened by the heavy snowfall in the
week preceding the Yuletide, with a
white blanket remaining on the
ground early this week.
More snow probably viii be needed,
however, to assure the proper Christ
mas setting, but with cold weather
continuing with little abatement the
odds this year appear largely in
favor of a white Yuletide.
For the last three preceding years,
the Bluffton area has had white
setting for its festive Christmas
scene, altho the snowfall in 1916 did
not come until Christmas afternoon,
Snowfall on Christmas in the last
three years, however, reversed a
trend in recent years, which has Civ
en- us a white holiday in only four of
the last IL years.
On the basis of weather conditions
during the last SO years, however,
the odds favor white Yuletide. Over
the 36-year span there have been q
Christmas Days with snow and Is
green.
Heaviest snowfall in the 36-year
period was in 1916 when a roaring
blizzard brought a 12-inch blanket of
snow. In 1885 Bluffton had eight
inches of snow, the heaviest in re-
cent years; altho there were seven
inches of snow in 1914.
The all-time warm weather record
for Christmas here was in 1882 when
the thermometer recorded a mark of
81 degrees shortly before noon.
Bluffton's 36-year record of
Christmas weather is as follows:
1911, no snow; 1912, no snow; 1918
trace of snow; 1914, seven inches;
1915, three inches; 1916, II inches;
1917, seven inches; 1918, trace OF
snow; 1919, one inch; 1920, no snow
1921, no snow; 1922, trace of snow
1923, no snow; 1924, five inches
1925, one inch; 1926, three inches
1927, no snow.
1923, one inch; 1929, five inches
1880, no snow; 1881, no snow; 1882
no snow; 1888, no snow; 1884, three
inches; 1885, eight inches; 1886, NJ
snow; 1887, no snow; 1888, no snow
1889, trace of snow; 1910, no snow
1941, no snow; 1912, two inches; 1943
no snow; 1914, seven inches; 1945
two inches; 1916, two inches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Last Rites Held
For Fannie DiLLer

Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon for Miss Fannie
Diller, II, a retired nurse, who died
last Sunday evening in the home OF
her sister, Miss Mary Diller, on
South Lawn avenue.
Miss Diller, who had been in poo,
health for one year, had eaten her
evening meal and retired for the
night, when death came.
A daughter of Peter P. and Bar.
bara (Steiner) Diller, she was born
in Allen county Feb. 26, 1876. For
81 years she was a nurse in Chi.
cago, returning to Bluffton last Sep
tember to live with her sister.
In addition to the sister at whose
home she died, Miss Diller is sur
vived by two other sisters, Mrs. Su
san Nusbaum, Bluffton, and Mrs
Barbara Herr, near Bluffton.
Miss Diller was member of tht
Moody Bible Institute church in Chi
cago. ss.s- .-s
Rev. J. N. Smucker, pastor of tn
First Mennonite church, officiated a
the last rites Wednesday Afternoon
in the Paul Diller funeral home
Burial was in the Ebenezer ceme
terry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Selma Miller We'd
To HOUard DiILer

In an impressive candlelight cere-
mony last Saturday evening in the
Pandora st. John Mennonite church.
Miss Selma Miller, daughter of Mrs
Mary Miller, became the bride OF
Howard Diller, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
Dennis c. Diller.
Both families reside in the area
between Bluffton and Pandora.
Rev. Frank S. Harder received the
vows of the bride and groom in the
double-ring ceremony in a chancel
decorated with palms, evergreen,
white chrysanthemums and four sew
en-branch candelabra.
Nuptial music provided by Mrs,
Milo Lora, cousin of the bride, in
cluded "All For You," "IU Walk
Beside You," Ave Maria" "Leib-
estraum" and Loves Greeting"
ROLAND Reichenbach, cousin of the
groom, sang Because" II Love You
Truly and THE Lords Prayer"
The bride was attractively gowned
in a white satin princess style dress
with sweetheart neckline, fngertip
veil with lace edge, a double strand
of pearls, gift of the groom, and
carried a bouquet of white roses
with blue and white streamers.
Maid of honor was Mrs. Franklin
Steiner, cousin of the bride. She
wore a maize yellow princess style
gown, and carried bouquet of pink
roses. Nolan Diller, brother of the
groom was best man.
Ushers were Paul Miller, Harold
Diller, Donald Reichenbach and Clar-
ence Jones, Jr.
Mothers of the contracting couple
were dressed in black and wore
shoulder corsages of gardenias.
A reception was held following the
ceremony in the church basement fo1
more than 100 guests. A three
TERED wedding cake, topped with g
miniature bride and groom, centerec
the table.
The cake was cut by Mrs. Hiram
Kohl, aunt of the bride, and coffee
was served by Mrs. Homer Reichen
bach, aunt of the groom. Misses
| Mary sehey, Dorothy Lugibihl, Mar
garet Reichenbach and Mrs. Doroth!
(Huser) Moser9 assisted in the serV
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs: Diller both gradual
ed from Pandora: High school in TIM
class of 1944. Mrs. Diller has beer
employed at The Triplett Electrical
Instrument Co. in Bluffton. Th'
| groom, a veteran of World War II
is a painter.
On their return from a weddint
trip, the couple viii reside for tn
time being with the groom's parents
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Last Rites Held
For Leah Steiner

Funeral services were held last
Sunday afternoon in the Diller funer-
al home for Miss Leah Steiner,
youngest daughter of the late Jo-
seph and Catherine (Basinger)
Steiner who died last Thursday at
the home of her sister, Mrs, Ephraim
Amstutz.
Death was attributed to heart all
ment and complications following a
short illness.
Miss Steiner was born April 80,
1877, at the Steiner homestead, one
mile west of Bluffton. She was a
faithful member of the Ebenezer
Mennonite church.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs.
Amstutz, at whose home she died; !;
ant r'vo brothers, Amos Steiner, To-
ledo, and Aaron Steiner, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
Rev. Howard Landis, pastor of the
Ebenezer church, officiated at last
rites on Sunday, Burial was in the
church cemetery. .....
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Turkey Dinner For Four Will Cost
About $40 Here This Christmas
Santa Interviews
687 Riddles Here

Buttons Santa Claus suffered
from writer's cramp" last Satur-
day afternoon, after interviewing
687 kiddies in the hut erected for
him on the Presbyterian church
lawn. ~-~-, .. @-t.-
In his second visit to the town,
Saint Nick wrote down the name of
each child interviewed and listed the
items requested for Christmas, a
procedure that kept him busily en-
gagged throughout the afternoon.
During his interviews, he distrib-
uted more than 1000 'ail-day suck
ers to the kiddies.
Santa's appearance here Saturday
was sponsored by the Bluffton Busi-
ness Mems association.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
BLUFFTON AGLOW
With LIGHTS FOR
YULETIDE SEASON
Rush of Pre-Christmas Activity
Ends; Town Anticipates
! Coming Christmastide
Holiday Mail Heavy; Carolers
- Make Rounds, and Church
: Programs Presented

With the rush of pre-Christmas
activity drawing to a close, Bluffton
area residents were ready Wednesday
for their annual celebration of
Americas best-loved holiday season
Dressed in brilliant holiday raiment
and aglow with lights, the towns
homes, lawns and business places
provide a colorful setting for the
observance Of the Yuletide; opening
with the Christmas eve celebration
Wednesday and continuing through
the advent of the New Year.
During the week preceding Christ
mas there was a busy rush of
activity, reaching peak the last
weekend. A four-inch snowfall early
last week, with a white covering re-
naming for the start of this week
added materially to the holiday
spirit.
Shopping Sets Record
Shopping was heavy, with a new
record volume of Christmas trade
reported by local merchants. Christ
mas mail had Bluffton postal en-
ployes swamped from the mid-part
of last week until this Wednesday
but no efforts were spared to deliver
letters and packages promptly
despite the rush.
To cope with the heavy volume ot
Christmas mail, windows at the post
office were open Saturday Afternoon
instead of closing at the usual
o. m. deadline. Late-arrival Christ
mas parcels and perishable packages
will be delivered on the morning oi
Christmas day.
Musical presentations in keeping
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Deer Hunter ~.
Bags Large Buck

One of the largest deer ever bag
ged in Ohio was credited to a Bluff
ton hunter during the recent 5 day
Ohio deer season conducted in 8
Eastern counties.
Floyd Hardwick Of Bluffton bagged
the unusually large animal in Ash
tabula county near Windsor, Ohio.
The deer was II point buck and
weighed $50 pounds on the hoof.
Hardwick had the animalaon display
at his home on Cherry street last
Saturday.
Accompanying Hardwick on the
hunt were Denver Augsburger, Rus
sci Montgomery, Ralph Diller, all of
Bluffton and Kenneth Dearth of Ada.
Due to lack of snow and the fact
that the county had an insufficient
number of hunters afield to keep the
deer moving the other men in the
party were unsuccessful.
The deer season was the first held
in the eastern counties in modern
times and H. M. Cannell, district 8
game supervisor, arrived at 354 deer
bagged for the district plus some
200 others in the other six counties.
The season ended last Friday night.
Official count for number of deer
taken: Lake County, 70; Ashtabula,
78; Columbiana, 46; Geauga, 81;
Portage, %; Trumbull, II.
Hunters averaged about a hundred
deer a day for the FIVE day season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
CHRISTMAS MAIL
VOLUME At ALL
Time HIGH MARK
Monday Mornings Mail Volume
Heaviest in Local Post
Office History
More Greeting Cards and Few
er Parcels Mark This Years
Christmas Mailing

A record volume of Christmas
cards and first-cIass mail is being
handled by the Bluffton post office
department this year, altho parcel
post packages have dropped off
sharply from the wartime peak,
Postmaster Ed r. Reichenbach said
this week.
Bluffton's heaviest incoming mail
in history swamped the post office
Monday morning when five pouches
of letters were received. Normal
Monday mail rarely fills one pouch,
postal attaches said.
Stamp cancellations at the Bluff
ton post office this year also are
greater than in 1916, and the only
slump in Christmas mail has been in
the volume of parcel post handled
locally.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Expense of Yuletide Meal with
All Trimmings Shown by
Market Survey
Turkey At Higher Price Repre-
sents Principal Part of
Menu Cost

Christmas dinner with turkey and
all the trimmings for a family of
four viii take the greater part of a
$40 bill in Bluffton this Yuletide, a
survey of local food markets dis
closed this week.
Although not lavish in its extent,
the menu would include a 10-pound
dressed turkey, mashed potatoes,
gravy, fresh peas, cranberry sauce,
bread, butter, pumpkin pie, milk and
coffee, an estimated cost of from
nine to 10 dollars.
Increased cost of the turkey, ira
ditional centerpiece for the Yule-
tide table, represents the greater
proportion of the cost of the Christ
mas dinner. Dressed young turkeys
are selling here at IS cents pound,
for a total outlay of $3.50. Tom
turkeys however, are selling as low
as 55 cents a pound, ready for the
oven.
Cost of a pound and half of
fresh peas will be approximately A
cents, and celery will take another
quarter. Cranberries will cost &c
cents; two and a half pounds of po-
tatoes, 10 cents, and the gravy can
be made for another dime.
Pumpkin pie cost will be about 40
cents; olives 80 cents; a quarter of
pound of butter, % cents; milk for
the children, II cents; and coffee
another eight cents.
A year ago the same Christmas
dinner could have been duplicated
for approximately one dollar less.
Those who prefer chicken can have
a Christmas dinner for as little as
$3.50 to $4, the survey showed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Youth For Christ
Rally Saturday

Monthly rally of the Biutfton-
Pandora Youth for Christ will be
held at s p. m. Saturday night IN
the Ebenezer Mennonite church.
The evening will feature an evan
gelistic gospel team composed of
Harold Walker and gorge Pike. This
gospel team has been in evangelistic
work for six years travelling from
coast to coast.
Singspiration time will be led by
George Pike. Vocal duets will be
presented by the gospel team and
local talent will also be featured on
the program.
Rev. Harold Walker, youth evan
gelist, will be the speaker. Rev
Walker has been in youth work for
several years. At present, he is
general superintendent of the young
peoples organization of the Mission
arv Church Association.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Telephone Santa" Is Latest Wrinkle
In Streamlined Old Saint Nicholas
Innovation Being Tried for First
Time This Year is Work
ing Well
Santa Discards Traditional Red
Suit and White Whiskers
for Phone Booth

And now they've streamlined
Santa Claus-the bewhiskered, good
natured gent who's been cavorting
about in a red suit around Christ
mas time as far back as anyone can
remember.
The latest idea which is being
tried out this season for the first
time by some of the country's lead
ing department stores is the in
auguration of telephone Santa.
The response, they say, is good and
by next Christmas the idea of Junior
calling up Santa Claus may be wide
ly prevalent.
It has it advantages-frst place,
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
Fewer Packages

Fewer packages this year may be
attributed to the high cost of living
cutting into family budgets, aggra-
waited by the high cost of merchan-
other factor in the slump is perhaps
other factor in the slump is believed
the fact that only a few men are re-
manning in military and naval ser
vice.
Following Mondays flood of in
coming mail, the volume dropped off
Tuesday and Wednesday, with par
ticularly sharp decline on the latter
day.
Extra men have been employed to
speed the delivery Of holiday mail
and Postmaster Reiehenbach said
Tuesday that Christmas will be made
brighter by delivering all parcels re-
ceived on the morning Of Christmas
day.