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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
WAVE
CONTINUES WITH
Low OF 5 BELOW
New Low Mark of Winter Is
Established Here Monday
Morning
Cold Wave Goes Into Fourth
Week With Renewed Assault
of Frigid Weather

Frigid sub-zero weather took an
other crack at shivering Bluffton
area residents the fore part of this
week, continuing the grip of a cold
wave that first struck here better
than three weeks ago.
Thermometer readings variously
reported as ranging from five to
eight degrees below zero on Monday
morning gave Bluffton its coldest
weather of the winter, and the lat
est wintry assault continued Tues
day morning when the mercury drop
ped to zero.
Relief finally came Tuesday after
noon, however, when bright sunlight
and abatement of the cold gave the
district its mildest weather in near
ly a month.
No immediate lasting relief has
been promised as yet by the weather
man, however, for latest predictions
report a new cold wave moving down
from Canada to blanket northern
states.
While the cold wave continued
Monday and Tuesday new complica,
tions entered into the fuel gas
shortage when the West Ohio Gas
Co. reported the failure of four o1
the company's seven engines at its
compressor station east of Lima.
The breakdown cut the gas pres
sure at least one-third in the Lima
district, including Bluffton, necessitat,
ing a renewed appeal for conserva.
ton in the use of gas. Mechanical
failure of the engines was attributed
to overworking them during the ex'
tended period of extremely cold
weather.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
Calvin Kenaph Rites
Thursday Afternoon

Calvin Kemph, Sc, farmer of Mt.
Cory, died in Bluffton hospital Tues
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. He
was removed to the hospital two
weeks ago following year of fail
ing health.
Services will be held Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Stanley Basinger funeral home.
Born August Is, 1891, in Orange
township, he was the son Of Chris
tian and Catherine (Klayl Kemph.
On June "a, 1926, he was married
to Goldie Marie Fisher, who sur
wives.
Other survivors include a son,
Raymond, at home; three brothers,
Albert, Edward and Gideon Kemph.
all of Rawson, and a sister, Diana
Kemph, of Toledo.
He was a member of st. Johns
Reformed church and Of the Amer
ican Legion.
Rev. v. c. 0ppermann, pastor of
the st. Johns church, will officiate
at the funeral rites Thursday. Ru-
rial viii be in Maple Grove GENE
tery
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
Allen County, Also, Has Birthday
Thursday; It's 128 Years Old
County Was Established Febru-
airy II, 1920, Old Records
Disclose
Fort Amanda, Near Lima, was
Highly Strategic Spot in
War of 1872

Among the distinguished company
which celebrates birthdays in Feb
ruary, you can include Allen coun-
ty-still going strong at the VEN
cradle age of 12S years.
Fact is, Allen county was estab-
lished February IL, 1920, according
to old records yellowed with age in
the court house at Lima. All the ad-
joining counties except Auglaize
were established at the same time.
Lands from which Allen county
and 13 other northwestern Ohio
counties were formed were ceded to
the U. S. by the Wyandot and af-
fliated tribes by treaty in September
of 1917. Population of Allen county
initially was too small to justify or
ganization of a governmnt, and for
II years Allen county was attached
to Mercer county for judicial pur-
poses.
A portion of the county on the
south was taken away when Auglaize
county was established in 1848 and
at the same time certain additions
were made to Allen from Mercer.
Van Vert and Putnam counties.
Due to adjustments here and there,
the boundaries of Allen county pre-
sent many irregularities and there
are IA corners. The county gov
ernment was organized in June of
1881.
Initial point in history of the set
tlement of the county was the build
ing at Fort Amanda on the west
bank of the Auglaize river during
the march of the left wing of Har-
rison's army toward the Maumee
Rapids. This was in October, dur
ing the War of 1912. 1t was a sup
ply fort in the chain that reached
across the western part of the state.
The Auglaize then was navi-
gable river and in 1916 a number of
boats were built at Fort Amanda to
carry troops and supplies down the
river to posts along the Maumee.
The Mcclure and Wood families set
tied on Hog creek, about five miles
northeast of Lima, about 1926, and
trading post was established on
the site of Lima in 1923.
First public sale of lots took place
in 1881. Allentown was an early
rival of Lima as a location for the
county seat. Allentown is in Amer
lean township, which until 1913 was
called German township, a large
part of the early settlers being Ger,
man.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
Bluffton High Cagers viii Be
Faced By st. Gerard If
They Win First
If Pirates Continue Winning
Delphos ST. Johns Would
Be Third Foe

With Bluffton High cagers sched-
uled to open 1948 exempted village
and parochial tourney play at Celina
Monday night of next week, tourna-
ment fever, an annual midwinter
phenomenon, was spreading this
week among the local followers of
the Pirates.
In their first start, scheduled for
$3.50 p. m. next Monday, Bluffton
win go into action against Wapak-
oneta st. Joseph, a team that has
won six and lost II so far this win
ter. Buttons present record is 13
wins and four losses.
Although the first round foes of
the Pirates is one of the weaker
teams in the tourney, Bluffton can
expect no setups in it's bracket, for
if victorious in their first start,
Continued on page 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
HIGHER ASPHALT
PRICES TO LIMIT
ROAD PROGRAMS
Basic Ingredient in Highway
Programs up Sharply Over
Last Year
New Cost Schedule Will Result
in Less Improvement for
for Same Outlay

Road building in RichIand town.
ship and street improvements in
Bluffton will be curtailed this year
by materially higher prices for
asphalt, basic ingredient in street
and road programs.
With asphalt prices up more than
30 per cent over last years levels,
township and town officials have
pointed out that it will require more
money to get the same amount of
work done as in previous seasons.
However, with budget limitations
restricting the amount of money
that can be expended for street and
road work, the only alternative for
officials viii be to trim the amount
of work to fit the budget pattern.
-s Limit Road Programs
Little has been done SO far by
township trustees or Bluffton village
councilmen in planning this sum
ners work, but soaring prices for
materials have confirmed earlier
fears that programs Of necessity
will be of limited nature this
summer
The only bright spot to the picture
is the fact that thus far township
highway funds have not been serious
ly depleted in clearing drifted
roads, and the winter weather so
far has not been exceptionally hard
on roads and streets.
In the township, road improve
ment costs usually are divided
equally between the township and
Allen county. Rluffton village
finances the full extent of its inn
provements.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
Golden Wedding
Reception Sunday

Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Stratton, re-
siding south of Bluffton will observe
their golden wedding anniversary
Sunday with a family dinner at
noon followed by an afternoon re
ception.
The couple was married February
IL, 1898, and lived for a year near
ithaca, Mich. They then moved to a
farm south of Bluffton where they
lived for IT years. Two years ago
they remodeled the house on on their
farm on Bentley road which is their
present address
Mr.. Stratton is a native of Orange
township and his wife, the former
Amelia Arras, is native of Union
township Both are charter mem
bers of Richland grange.
Their family includes a son Ray
mond and daughter, Mrs. Kathryn
Bell, both of this vicinity. Grand
children are James, Robert and Mar
ilyn Stratton, and Roger, Marian
and Tommy Bell.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
Pirates To Play WapakOneta St.
Joe In Celina Tournament Monday
March Of Dimes
Drive Nets S57I

Buttons March of Dimes cam
paign, sponsored by the local Lions
club, netted $571.91 for the pro-
gram to combat infantile paralysis,
it was announced this week by D.
w. Bixler, president of the club and
campaign chairman.
Half of the total turned over to
the Allen county organization will
be retained in the county for as
sistance in treating local cases.
In the campaign, Bixler was as
sisted by Harry Yoder and Cloyce
Bame.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
BIG TRUCK DITCHED
TO AVOID CRASHING
INTO SCHOOL BUS
Seven Pupils i'm Stalled Bus Es-
cape Possible Serious
Accident
Truck Driver Uninjured as
Loaded Vehicle Overturns
on Lincoln Highway

Seven pupils in a stalled Bluffton
school bus escaped injury or possible
death in a heavy fog at $3.50 a. m.
last Friday, when a huge loaded
semi-trailer truck jaek-knifed and
overturned in field near the Bent
ley road intersection on the Lincoln
highway, as the driver swerved to
avoid the bus partially standing on
the highway.
Ned Wolfe, 80, of Forest, was un-
hurt in the crash, although his truck
upset, and the truck-tractor reared
straight up in the air on its rear
wheels.
Approximately 20 pupils were in
the bus when it stalled about 200
yards east of the Bentley road, but
all except seven of them who stay
ed in the vehicle had gone to the
nearby residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Gleason to warm themselves.
The Gleasons live at the corner in
the remodeled building which form
erly was the Owens school.
The Lima highway patrol which
investigated the mishap said the bus,
enroute west to the Bluffton school,
had developed fuel line trouble and
wasn't getting gasoline.
David Smucker, q, Bluffton
driver, went to the rear of the bus
to flag approaching traffic. He also
kept the red blinker lights of the
bus in operation.
Patrolmen reported there were
two semi-trailers travelling west, and
vision was limited by fog. The
first vehicle swung out around the
parked bus, but Wolfe, following,
did not see the bus soon enough to
avert the mishap.
To avoid crashing into the bus,
Wolfe ditched his truck at the op-
posite side of the road and it over
turned into an adjacent field.
The semi-trailer truck, owned by
the Commercial Motor Freight Co.,
out of Lima, was badly damaged in
the mishap.
Children marooned at the Gleason
home when the bus stalled later
were brought to school here in a
bus driven by Francis Basinger. The
disabled bus was towed to the
Steiner garage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

Funeral services for Oscar Lora,
65, retired farmer, will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the Ebenezer Mennonite church of
which he was a member.
Rev Howard Landis, pastor, will
officiate and burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Mr.. Lora died at his home on
South Main street Monday evening
of carcinoma following an illness
which kept him bedfast for six
months.
A son of Theophilus and Nancy
(Stull) Lora, he was born in Allen
county, March 6, 1882. He married
Florence Diller, Sept. 2, 1907 and
she survives together with four
children, Mrs. Mabel Reinhard, Colo
rado Springs, Colo; Milo Lora, Co
lumbus Grove; Mrs. Wanda Gratz,
Pandora, and Mrs. Eloise Augsburg
er, Bluffton.
Sisters and brothers surviving are
Mrs. Cora Basinger, Col Grove;
Mrs. Sylvia Stone, St. Louis, Mo-; =;
Mrs. Mary Basinger, Fresno, Calf;
Mrs. Martha Maynard, Cincinnati;
Mrs. Ida Minor, Washington, d. c.;
Mrs. Ida Saunders and Mrs. Vic
toria Seitz, Lima; Charles Lora,
Bluffton; Ed and John Lora of Jack
son, Michigan.
The body is at the Paul Diller
funeral home, where it will remain
until time for services at the church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

The following births at Blufton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Morrison, Mt.
Cory, a girl, Linda Kay, last We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Basinger,
Columbus Grove, a boy, Mark Alan,
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Rankin, Find
lay, a girl, Linda Jeane, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ropp Triplett, Bluff
ton, boy, Gregory Lynn, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Frantz, Je-
nera, a boy, Wayne Allen, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Feller, Mt.
Blanchard, a girl, Rosemary Ann,
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Downen, Van
Buren,, a girl, Alice Ann, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Herr, Beaver
dam, a girl, this Wednesday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Wolford,
Findlay, d girl, Barbara Jeanne,
this Wednesday morning.
X
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Edinger,
Dayton, a girl, Merilyn Louise born
at the Good Samaritan hospital, Day
ton. Mrs. Edinger is the former
Meredith Montgomery and the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Montgom-
cry of Orange township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Fritsch, Wau-
seon, a girl, Nancy Lynne, Thurs
day at Detwiler Memorial hospital,
Wauseon. Mrs. Fritsch is the form
err Naomi Welty of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
GRAIN, HOGS AND
CATTLE OFF EGGS
AND POUL RY FIRM
Bluffton Area Farmers Eye
Disorganized Farm Prices
Wednesday
Cream Quotations Moderately
Down; Eggs Show Slight
Advance

Bluffton grain, cattle and hog
markets took one of the worst
drubbings in recent history when
prices dropped sharply during the
past week.
On the other hand the poultry
market which never got in on the
bandwagon of rising prices, held
steady, eggs advanced slightly and
butterfat dropped moderately.
A market survey here Wednesday
disclosed prices of farm products in
a highly disorganized state with the
outlook anything but clear.
Hogs Break
Leading consideration in the Bluff
ton area was the drop in corn and
hog quotations which may fore
shadow resumption on a limited
scale of the corn-hog feeding pro-
gram which traditionally has been
the backbone of farm operations in
the Bluffton district.
Hogs quoted at $22.25 Tuesday,
the lowest in 13 months found some
timid buying of feeding stock; how
ever, there was no reported buying
of feeding cattle, after prices were
down as much as SO a hundred
pounds.
Wheat which went above the So
mark last month and was down to
1886 a week ago was quoted at
$2.35, Wednesday morning on the
market here.
Corn last week $3.50 was listed
here at So Wednesday. The drop in
oats prices was from $1.25 to $110
in the past week while soys went
from 1885 to So.
Butterfat dropped from SOC to sac.
Poultry suffered little more than
ordinary day-to-day market fiuctua-
tion with choice heavy hens at 26c,
one cent under prices of last week.
Eggs likewise steady and showing
only minor changes were one cent
above last Wednesdays prices. Top
of the market, large whites were
quoted Wednesday morning by
produce buyers at 44c as compared
with 43c on Wednesday of last week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
Back From Auto
Tour Thru Vest

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Swank and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Guider have re
turned from six weeks motor trip
to California, driving 1920 miles
without encountering car trouble Of
any kind
On their trip they visited in Cali
fornia, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Bame and son James of Tarzana,
and also the noted Bing Crosby race
track at Del Mar. They also stop
ped enroute at the Grand Canyon
in Arizona and Carlsbad Caverns in
New Mexico.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

New auto tags for 1948-with
black numerals on lemon-yellow
baekground-will be put on sale
March l at the Bixel Motor Sales
office by Clayton Bixel, Bluffton
registrar.
Bixel was one of the deputy reg
istrars named last week in 88 Ohio
counties by Edward 7. Fogo, state
motor vehicle registrar.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
Receives Degree At
College OF Wooster

Miss Mary Margaret Basinger,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. E. w.
Basinger was graduated last week
at mid-year commencement exercises
of Wooster college with the Bachelor
of Arts degree. The Bluffton young
woman who majored in political sci
ence was one of a class of 26 to be
graduated at that time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
New Auto Tags With Black Numerals
On Lemon Yellow Plate On Sale March |

Elsewhere in this immediate Vi
cinity, tags will be sold by Paul
Latham, Rawson; Blake D. Guthrie,
Lafayette, and Orrin Wells, Cairo.
Passenger car plates this year will
cost SO, two tags to car as last
year. April l is the deadline for
operation of motor vehicles with
1947 tags.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
Eagles May Form
Lodge In BtuftOn

Plans for the organization of a
new Aerie of the Fraternal Order
of the Eagles in Bluffton were an
nounced this week by G. r. Wst,
an organizer for the order.
A charter list has been started by
West, who is maintaining head
quarters at the Swank Barber shop.
The Eagles are a beneficial fraternal
organization, the organizer explained.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
p. T. A. Round Table
Next Wednesday

Round table discussion of school
problems directed by members of the
high school faculty will be featured
at a meeting of the Bluffton Parent
Teacher association at p. m. We'd
nesday night of next week in the
high school auditorium.
Elementary school instructors will
present a period of devotionals and
music at the opening of the Wednes-
day night session.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
World Day Of Prayer
Service Here Friday

Union services will be held in the
PRESBYTERIAN church Friday after
noon at 2 P. M, in observance of the
World Day of Prayer. Church bells
will ring at 1:3O and 300 p. m.
The movement inaugurated in the
United States 33 years ago is now
observed in 80 countries, beginning in
tn Fiji islands and continuing
around the world throughout the
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

Recent awards made in compensat-
ing farm workers for accidental in
iuries include $1,304 for the loss of
three fingers in an ensilage cutter;
and Ss,907 for f4-year old boy who
fell from tractor and was an in
valid for four years before his death.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

One way to cut the expense of
farm machinery is to give it such
good care that the cost per year be-
comes very low.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

Reports of Ohio dairy herd i'm
provement associations show 2,017
cows out of 1925 produced 40
pounds or more Of butterfat in
December and also that at least 239
cows were such poor milk producers
their owners sold them for beef.
High feed dsprices soon catch up with
the incomesfr from poor dairy cows
, 1948-03-09
Senator Asks u. s.
10 Stop Russia

Senator Mack ellar. who
was against the European Re
covery Program, said he is
now in favor of it and called
on the United States to tell
the Russians that one more
move will mean war. He cited
the recent case Of Finland, as
being the last act that caused
him to change in favor Of the
ERP.
Senator Nolan has intro
duced an amendement calling
for an embargo on all products
to Russia and satellite coun-
tries. This was accepted by
Senator Vandenberg who is
guiding the measure through
the Senate.
, 1948-03-09
Leewdrd Is. Cattle
Qudruntined:
Governor Worms

Due to an outbreak Of an
thrax, a serious cattle disease,
in the Leeward Islands, the
area has been quarantined the
British Colonial Secretary in
formed Governor HASTE. The
Department of Health, Gus
toms Department and the Vet
erinarian of the Agricultural
Station have been informed
and asked to take steps to pro-
tect the Virgin Islands against
spread Of the disease.
The Department Of Agricul-
Continued on page ~
, 1948-03-09
Director Earl Charles
impressed On Visit

Director Earl Charles, new
" appointed Director of Po-
lice for st. Thomas said that
he was greatly impressed af-
ter his visit to the various in
situations here recently. He
was taken to all the points of
interest by Acting Director
George Matthias, after first
calling on Administrator Tay-
Tor.
Director Charles said his
CONTINUED on page As
, 1948-03-09

held in the two main build
ings, while offices for the U.N.
staff will be placed in the low
wings, which now house an
outstanding naval muesem
and an exhibition of sculpture.
A colorful garden, studded
with statuary, runs down the
hill to the river, which is now
spanned by the lena Bridge,
leading to the Eiffel Tower
and the Champs de Mars a
wide promenade. Futher on is
the Ecole Militaire, a famed
French military training
school.
The Palais de Chaillot,
which was selected for the AS
sembly recently by U.N. Sec
retary-G General Trygve Lie af-
ter a tour Of inspection to
Continued on page Al
, 1948-03-09
Gen. Davis Urges Aid
To Red Cross

Brigadier General B. o.
Davis, Special assistant to
Secretary Of the Army in
Washington in a message to
the people Of the United States
urges them to contribute to
the Red Cross drive for funds.
The General wrote as follows:
Il urge all of the American
people to contribute to the
American Red Cross as much
as they can afford. To my
knowledge there is no organi-
cation in our country which
is SO well organized and which
has always been among the
first to arrive in communities
which have suffered from dis
Continued on page a
, 1948-03-09

cleaning pair of severely
modern buildings on the site
OF the famous old Trocadero
on the right bank Of the Seine
River directly across the tall
Eiffel Tower.
Placed on a hill that has
been inhabited since the eighth
century, the modern hall con-
sists Of two four-story build
ings, separated by a terrace.
From each building stretches
q 64O-foot, one-story wing. The
whole effect is one Of a great
semi-circular structure.
Under the terrace and nest
ing in the hill of Chaillot is an
underground theatre, seating
5000 persons and famed for its
acoustics, that will serve as
the Assembly's main meeting
hall, Smaller meetings will be
, 1948-03-09
Il. 7. Evan. Lufherans
celebrate 18th Anniv.

ne 18th Anniversary Of the
angelical Luthern Church
of the TRANSPORTATION in New
York City is being celebrated
not only by members of the
Church but by Virgin Island
ers residing on the mainland.
The celebration began in Feb
ruary and is scheduled to con-
tinue through May.
For the occasion a souvenir
journal was printed showing
Continued on page ~
, 1948-03-09
Paris Landmark 70 Be 1913
UN Assembly Hall

PARIS-A striking Partisan landmark will become the
capitol OF international affairs this fall when the United Ma
lions General Assembly meets for the first time in continental
The General Assembly5s home for its 1948 session will be
Pala1s de Chaillot pronounced Pah-lay duh Shyoh). a
, 1948-03-09
Youth Resists Police
Grozed By Shot

A youth, Peter Archie, was
grazed by a p~atrolman's bullet
when he resisted arrest and
sought to get away from the
officer, last Saturday night.
Archie, who was probably
under influence of liquor, and
James Martin, the patrolman,
had a scuffle and both landed
on the ground. Martin was
taking him to the station, how
ever, when, he said, it APP
peared that Archie attempted
to draw a weapon on him and
Continued on page A.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-10

Classified advertisements in this
newspaper do more for the money
than any other aid to business.