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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-06-17

called eonestogas by smokers along
the route, the word was later short
ened TO stogas and finally to stogies.
Manufacture of the stogie was begun
commercially about 1920 in Wheel
ing, still a center Of production.
Stogies were favorite of oil men
here about the turn of the century
when Bluffton was one of the oilfeld
centers of Northwestern Ohio.
And if you can remember back
there when stogies were popular,
you'll be back in the days when the
oil boom gave Bluffton something
of the atmosphere of a wide open
western frontier mining town-yes
it had bakers dozen saloons-and
poker games ran far into the night
for stakes that weren't hay and
the center Of oilfield gossip was the
National Supply company's store
where Doc Ludwig's shoe repair
shop now stands =. . and Main street
was a stretch of pike road pitted
with chuck holes-a sea of mud or
cloud of dust, depending on the
weather with fagstone crossings
and hitching racks and the
five o'clock waterworks whistle
started the day for teamsters q.
wages jumped from $3.50 to $4
day which ushered in an era of
golden prosperity and crude oil
was refined for kerosene to burn in
lamps-gasoline was a nuisance and
dumped into the creek and
Frank Scott had the towns only
automobile little one-lunger i.
and there wasn't any sales tax
or withholding tax or radio
programs nobody ever spent
dollar for auto tags-or drivers
license folks going out of town
rode the L. Z. & w. or the Narrow
Gauge q. and the Democrats elect
ed all the town offices-that is, the
men did-woman's place was at home
and she stayed there thru it all
Bluffton was growing up from
struggling crossroads hamlet and
getting acquainted with the influx
of oil men-a new strata of popula-
tiOn principally from western Penn
sylvania-some good-some other
wise-but by and large a hale and
hearty good-fellow-well-met crew,
generous to a fault with hearts of
gold beneath a rough exterior.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-06-17

the Charlie Day building now oc-
cupied by Waltermire's, the late ].
l.. Doty ran a grocery with the
rear of the place fitted up with a
brick bakery oven. Another and
probably the best known was the
bakery on Cherry street operated by
the late Henry Ruhl in the quarters
now occupied by Rauenbuhler's
plumbing shop. Ruhl's hearth bread
was the, standby for those Bluffton
homes which didn't do their own
baking. Bread was five cents loaf
in those days, or for a quarter you
could buy six brass bread checks,
each redeemable for loaf of bread.
Hancock county's Orange township,
SO square miles without a village,
nevertheless has no shopping
troubles. Huckster wagons are the
answer. Eley's store at Ada has
two of them and Pore & Baumgart-
ner's of New Stark offers the same
service. One doesn't see so many
huckster wagons on the roads any
more.
Oldtimers in the business section
said it was the first time they could
recall seeing automobiles with head
lights on in the middle of the after
noon--but that's what happened last
Saturday when the sky became omin-
ously dark before a heavy electrical
storm about $3.50 o'clock in the after
noon. So dark was it, that objects
on the opposite side of the street
were barely visible and the boule-
ward lights were turned on at inter-
walls.
The world moves-and so does
Uncle Sans postal service. Chester
Stauffer, Bluffton plumber, q back
from a visit at the home of his
daughter Mrs. X. J. Dickerson of
Torrance, Calf, says that a hell
copter twice daily drops down in a
field near the Torrance post office
delivering pouches of mail from
nearby Long Beach.
e.
And speaking of postal affairs, the
Bluffton post office staff was regaled
Monday with a generous portion of
the cake which centered the table
for the Silver wedding anniversary
celebration of Assistant Postmaster
Ralph Stearns and Mrs. Stearns at
their home on Spring street, Sunday.
Supplementing the cake were big
helpings of ice cream provided by
Postmaster Ed Reichenbach and his
clerks to make up the delectable
combination of ice cream and cake.
Stogies, once top-seller on the
shelves of every tobaccoist are 4
slow moving item now, altho there
is still a demand for them, says
Charlie Dillman of Dillman's store
of North Main street which has
handled them for years.
The long, slim six-inch smokes, a
favorite here some fifty years ago
were peculiar to the Middle West.
They were improvised by drivers of
the Conestoga wagons-those vehicles
drawn by a six-horse team which
were the 10th century counterpart
of the modern truck and trailer. The
wagons were used principally for
hauling freight from Baltimore to
the western terminus of the nation
al pike at Wheeling, West Virginia
and returned loaded with frontier
produce.
To while away the time on the
long haul, the teamsters would roll
cigars from leaf tobacco which con-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-06-17
MaI>sL
DehAatzoI

Summer due to arrive officially
next Monday-that's right-we look
ed twice, just to make sure . and
after that the days begin to get
shorter-and before we know it
there will be the chirp Of the katy
dids-and farmers on the anxious
seat and here comes Fathers
day, next Sunday when Dad is king
for day, receiving the annual
shower of neckties, sox and smokes
which makes him lot happier than
he will admit-so don't forget dad
next Sunday.
With wheat harvest in the offing,
you'll find modern machinery doing
the job in the Bluffton district
which is a far cry from the primi-
tive equipment back in grandfather's
day. There are some oldtimers who
can recall the following sequence of
grain cutting methods: sickle, cradle,
dropper, reaper, wire binder, twine
OlIluer ana To-Day the combine. It's
interesting to ponder whether the
next two or three decades will see
progress correspondingly great.
The Hauenstein bakery in the
location of the former Barnes
grocery keeps up an old tradition
of bakery in Bluffton. There have
not been many years that Bluffton
was without a bakery. Morris Num-
ma operated a bakery and delicates-
sen ON North Main street in the
early days. He sold out some so
years ago and moved to Fostoria
where he ran a restaurant. And in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
K. J. KAD0W RETURNS l FROM AGRICULTURAL
 MEET AT ANCHORAGE


 Kenneth J. Kadow, Chief of the Alaska Field Staff, returned from Anchorage following a meeting with agricultural leaders on plans and problems of increased agricultural production in Alaska.
 Kadow also conferred with top military officials and presented the Department of Interiors program for the development of Alaska, Kadow stated that the Army men were enthusiastic about the program and they will submit list of sug- gestions to aid in the program.
 The second meeting of the Alaska Field Committee, of which Kadow is chairman, will be held in Juneau on Thursday and Friday. Members of the committee are directors of all Department of Interior agencies in Alaska and Gov. Ernest Gruen- ing.
 The organizational meeting of the Alaska Field Staff was held at An chorage in August.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
EXPENSIVE SET
 BUILT FOR FILM
 NOW AT CAPITOL

One of the largest and most lav- ish interior sets ever constructed for a Columbia picture has been built on that studios Stage g for the infectious Ginger Rogers-Cor- mel Wilde comedy-romance, Tt Had to Be You" now playing at the Capitol theatre.
 Designed to producer director Don Hartman's specifications by art di- rector Rudy Sternad, the huge set features five practical" rooms and mezzanine, built around l60- foot-long hallway and wide sweep ing staircase.
 The setting represents the home of Miss Rogers wealthy parents Four wedding ceremonies take place in the hall with much of the action occurring in the adjacent breakfast room, library, reception room, ter race and foyer. Percy Waram and Spring Byington portray Miss Rog- CTS parents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05

tCOntlnueQ lrOIn rage OIlcl explained. Later sailings may call at Tacoma for freight, he said.
 Priority will be given all essen tial freight, including food, medi- cal supplies, building materials and livestock feed, the officials pointed out.
 The Federal Cancellation Service has no plans at present for step ping into the 34-day-old West Coast Maritime strike. National Concilia- ton Director Cyrus s. Ching says neither side has asked him for help, and he does not intend to take the initiative himself.
 Ching says: At the present time don't see any possible method of
 bringing the opposing sides to- gether. There is no magic formula , for handling these things by medi- ation."
 But the Federal official says the door is open for any group wanting ito ask his agency for help. He says this applies not only to the mari- time strike, but also to the oil in- dustry and boilermakers' union walkouts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
SALMON GREEK PLANT BREAKDOWN CAUSES
 POWER SHUT DOWN

Machines came to a standstill, elevators stopped running and of fices were darkened when electric power failed here at 9:25 o'clock this morning.
 Cause of the power cutoff was the breakdown of an "exciter" at the Salmon Creek power plant. &C., cording to Ben Phillips. operator of the plant. The shut down lasted IA minutes.
 Power failure caused a minor accident at the Alaska Coastal Air lines hangar when a furnace oil burner exploded few minutes fol- lowing the resumption of power service. Windows on the first floor were broken and the door of the furnace was blown off.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
FEATURE NOW Al
 1OTH CENTURY HAS
 NEW YORK SETTING

The first important showing of motion pictures took place on April 27, 1896. at the Manhattan Opera House on 34th Street in New York City, on the site now occupied by Macy's. The regular vaudeville bill was supplemented by movies Of Annabelle in Serpentine dance, and special film showing the waves tapping upon Manhattan Beach CD.
 Twentieth Century-Fox's hilarious hit, Miracle on 34th Street" which co-stars Maureen O'Hara and John Payne, and at the 20th Century Theatre, is the first movie set against the background of the worlds busiest shopping center New York's 34th Street-and many sequences were filmed in Macy's, the worlds largest department store.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
TELLER TO FACE 5AIN,
 FIRST GAME
Hurlers Named for Open. ina of World Series 10
 Be Played in Boston
By JACK HAND

BOSTON, Oct. 5--lR-Cleveland's newly crowned American League champs, still walking on thin air after their playoff success, have named Bobby Teller to face John- ny Sain of the Boston Braves in tomorrow's world series open CT at Braves Field.
 Rapid Robert will have to go hard to top the performance of young Gene Bearden in yester- days 8-3 victory over the Bos- ton Red Sox in an unprecedented sudden death playoff of a tie.
 Today the Indians and Braves settle down to plans for a series that must come as an anti-climaS to the Indians. It won't come as any anti-climax to their pocket I books.
 The big Cleveland ball park with it's 95000 capacity is certain to set a new series record. If it goes seven games despite the size of the Braves Field which holds only 4o,ooo bulging at the seams, a new record cut for the winning players may result.
 Working with only one full day of rest after shutting out Detroit Saturday, Bearden silenced the guns of the fence-denting Red Sox in their own ball park to gain Cleve- lands first American League flag since 1920.
 |. He did it with a little of this and a little of that-but mostly his knuckle ball. He threw the dipsy-doodler four out of every five pitches. The knuckler got him home.
 "The knuckler did it." said Man. ager lou Boudreau, they just couldn't hit it. I know one of their coaches was topping the hitters every time he threw it. which was four out of every five and they still couldn't connect
 Boudreau, the hitting star of his own teams sensational triumph with two homers and two singles preferred to pass on the glory to the younger members of his team
 Jim Hogan and Larry Dolby made our ball club, ne said.
 Read the Wa1t-nus for bargains
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
AT THE BARANoF

Mrs. Hans Hofemeister, Anchor age, is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
U. C0MDR. PLATOON IS
 ASSIGNED, WASHINGTON

It. Comdr George w. Playdon of the USCG Wachusett has received transfer to the Coast Guard head quarters, office of operations, in Washington, D. c. It. Comdr. Play don is at present in Seattle and Mrs. Playdon and their two chil- dren, Linda and George Jr., will leave October Is to join him. The Playdon family has been residents of Juneau for the past two years and both It. Comdr and Mrs. Play don have played c1 active part in community affairs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
INFORMATION WANTED

Anyone having information con- corning the following persons is asked to communicate with the Governors Office:
 JAMES RICHARD LYNCH-6 it. 9 in. in height, weighs l65 pounds, sandy, straight thinning hair, ruddy complexion, noticeable squint in left eye, shutters when excited. He holds a private pilots license.
 ROBERT LEE LYNCH-height it. in, weighs around 200 lbs, thick blond hair, blue gray eyes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
U5CG UNALGA TO
 ARRIVE, OCT. E

According to advices received by the Governors office, the USCG Un- alga, a supply ship, is due here on October 25. The Unalga will carry household and personal belongings of the USCG Wachusett officers and crew members to Seattle. The Unalga bears the same name as a cutter which was stationed in Ju- neau 20 years ago.
 The Storis, an ice-breaker, has been permanently assigned to Ju- neau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
HOME

Mrs. James s. Mcclellan, who entered St. Ann's Hospital last week for medical care, returned to her home here during the week end.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
PoTTERs TO MEET

The Alaska Potters will hold a a:ort business meeting on Wednes- day evening at 8 o'clock in their club rooms in the Juneau Recrea- ton Center. Following the busi- ness meeting demonstration will be held on the slab method of pottery making. Mrs. Toni Keith ahn will be instructor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
FIVE UNIONS
 MAKE OFFER
 ON LOADING

(Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
A HUNTERS DREAM

It sounds like dream to most of us but it came true for some sportsmen. F. w. Dubois of the DuBois- Webb Company, Manufact- urers Representatives, of Detroit Michigan, and Otto F. Beier, a real estate man of Birmingham Michigan, contacted their friend Marcus F. Jensen to arrange a hunting expedition.
 With the charter boat Donjac for transportation, Ralph Morten- sen as Captain, the Michigan men left two weeks ago, with the following in the party: Mortensen Captain and official flapjack flip per; Thomas Jensen, who came down from Anchorage, as photo grapher and deck hand; Lewis Macdonald of the Harbor Mar ket Juneau, and Marcus F. Jen- sen, of Feusi and Jensen of Doug las, as guides. Their two week trip took them around Admiralty Island, Chichagoff and Kehu Is- lands, with turn at all phases of Alaskan wild life and sea foods
 They bagged their limit of geese and ducks. caught and steamed fresh crabs, got their deer and may have broke the record on a big Brownie.
 Their largest Brownie measured on deck of the boat to between 10ls and II feet in length. Be- sides all the above, they stated the weather was excellent, the scenery most beautiful, with per feet flap-jack maker and cook and the trip well worth the sev- eral thousand miles of airplane travel and time and expense, and yesterday left at 1:30 enroute to their Birmingham homes, via Pan American
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05

Read the Walt-nus for bargains.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
ASK TRUMAN FOR HELP

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. s. LREPresident Truman was urged today as last resort to take. over the West Coasts strike bound ports for the government.
 The Master of the California State Grange telegraphed the Pres ident urging first appointment of a five-member commission to help settle the strike-then to have the government take over if the con- mission failed.
 We are not trying to determine which side is at fault" Master George Sehlmeyer said in the tele- gram.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
LUTHERAN JUNIOR CHOIR
 GOING TO BE ORGANIZED

The first meeting of the junior choir of the Lutheran Church will be held Wednesday evening at o'clock in the church with Mrs. Eunice Nevin as director. Children nine years of age or older are invited to join the choir at this time.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-30
DAILY VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL TEACHERS
HOLD POT-LUCK

The teachers of the Daily
Vacation Bible School of the
Christian Catholic Church,
and their helpers, met at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B.
Rocks for a pot-luck dinner on
Friday, June 25th. A very de-
licious dinner was served buff
fet style, followed with COM
munity singing by the group.
General Overseer Mintern
spoke of his appreciation of
the program, and Elder Jabez
Taylor talked on plans for
next years Daily Vacation BIZ
BILE School.
The group all gathered on
the front porch while Elder
Taylor took a picture. All join
ed in the parting song, civ
ing for Jesus"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-30
SECOND SCHOOL BOND
ELECTION WINS BY
SMALL MARGIN

Continued from page u
High School building to pro-
vide accommodations for sew
enth and eighth grade pupils.
Both propositions had been
defeated in a previous election
held May 18th.
After further considerations
the Zion Grade School Board
decided to put the additional
bond issue again before the
Voters of Zion, hence the cleo
ton last Saturday afternoon,
June 26th. In this election the
Junior High School building
proposition won by 8 votes;
while the new Grade School
building won by l06.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-30
The fheOCraf

joy the picnic plus swim and
free suntan. This columnist will
not be responsible for rain on
July 18th.
AS summer weather contin-
ues flowers continue to go
down in price. Flowers are al
ways the incest gift and now
that prices are down they are
by far the most economical
also. Always remember that
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-30

even if flowers don't last as
long as some other gifts they
are remembered twice as long.
All for now. See you all Fri
day, July End, between 600
p. m. and g: p. m. If you want
to make your friends better
friends bring them to Zion
Gardens this Friday evening
for the biggest day since our
Grand Opening.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-30
THIS WEEK AT
ZION GARDENS
BY Fred Richards

First of all this week [ want
to bring to your attention that
this coming Friday, July End,
all the Retail Stores in the up
town district will remain open
until 900 p. m. This will give
every one a chance to see the
stores and enjoy real bar
gains. AS far as Zion Gardens
is concerned, our special for
Friday evening will be mixed
bouquets in containers for on
ly $1.0O. These bouquets will
be in different arrangements
ranging from the low center
piece to the tall bouquet. Re-
member the $1.00 bouquets in
containers will be sold only
from 600 p. m. to 900 p. m.
Friday evening.
The annual Farm and City
Picnic" will be held Wednes-
day, July 18th at Cages Lake.
The two events the majority of
us are mostly interested in, are
the Black and White Holstein
Show and the Rural and City
contest. Entertainment will be
furnished by performers from
the WIS Barn Dance Show.
So every one come out and en-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-30
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our most
sincere thanks to all our many
friends, who were so kind to
us in our recent sorrow through
the passing of our beloved wife
and mother.
Mr.. R. Poulsen
and Family.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-30
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to sincerely thank
our many friends and neigh
bors for their kind expressions
of sympathy in our sorrow at
the loss of our little daughter,
Karen.
The Fred Nelson Family.
Evening star., 1948-06-13

H.
NhS sHSs REAL ESTATE CO. Elk. $500. @l3 5E.
A cUsToM-BUILT, CUsToM-decorates:
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nearby Arlington County, Virginia:
The house was built about ten years
Decorator whose selection of papers and
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are literally perfect
large wood burning fireplace with Morgan
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living room there is completely private
bath. bath The dining room has a beautiful
chair rail. is unusually large and abun-
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from the dining room to hasstoned ter.
privacy. on the dining room Is a nice
the grounds. The kitchen is large and
sunny and has convenient breakfast
On the. second floor are, two unusually
large bedrooms and a beautifully ar
ranged bath and dressing room.
The basement consists Of large recrea-
tion room. maids room and bath, Iuf-
mace room and laundry.
There is an abundance Of closets and
storage space, all of which are lighted.
This is corner site of, Of about r,,. = acre s
The lawn is in perfect condition. -
There is two-car detached brick
This property is truly worthy of your
The price is S37 800.
Exclusively with STANLEY R. ROWLAND
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Evening star., 1948-06-13
CHARMING COLONIAL

This fine home. in a restricted area. con-
tains 3 lse. hedrms.. master bedrm 13x.4
with . closets. lse. tiled bath, sairs to
storage attic; fine lge. liy. rm.. din. rm.:
study with n bath, beautifully ARRANGED
and equip KIT: full bsmt, with easement
windows and fireplace in rec: rnl.. gas
heat. plumbing in for "a bath: situated
on N4-acre wooded lot. Handicapped. flag
stone terrace for relaxation: conven. to
everything. and within Is min. of District:
$4,000 frst trust. SEWELI REALTY
co. IA South Glebe I'd at Lee blvd, OK.
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Evening star., 1948-06-13
ARLINGTON


Open today, til dark-260S No. 18th
ST.. Lyon Village rooms. tile bath 1St
floor, studio apt with bath on md floor
oil h. h.: workroom, u bath in basement
fenced-in lot. det. garage. To inspect out
Lee hwy, to Cleveland st. to 18th and
OPEN TODAY, 2 TILL DARK
4511 No. Henderson rd.-6-room brick
Colonial. screened porch, finished rec. room,
maids room and bath in basement A
North Henderson to- open, sign
OPEN TODAY, l TILL DARK
3424 N. George Mason dr.. .Arlington---.Cus-
m-built white brick rambler, near Wash,
ington Golf and Country Club. Beautiful
living room with fireplace and picture. VIM
doWs overlooking flagstone terrace. Large
dining 1oom. equipped kitchen with pantry
large bedrooms and bath. large closets
on first; semifinished rec, room with f1re.
place and utility room in basement Bryant
gas &C heat, copper tubing. cutters and
downspouts, etc, among many features
Excellent financing and available for i'm
mediate occupancy, makes this home
real buy at So 500. so better see It today
To reach drive out Lee hwy. to Old Do
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Evening star., 1948-06-13
ARLINGTON

Can you match this? 3-bedroom brick
large lot, full basement. BendiX, equipped
Kitchen; excellent neighborhood. Price
S15,95O If you have $500 to pay down.
payments will be. S145 mo-; $4,000 down
payments, OF course, S135 mo-; $4,000
down, Sl.7 mo-; $4,000 down, 500 mo-;
Sc $50. payments will be S69 mo.
Judson Reamy & Son
1I22 No. Irving st, CHI 0sOO, Mr.. Duffus.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA,
732 So. Patrick st.-S9,9s0, about $500
cash Ideal for small family; , bedrooms
and bath upstairs: living rm., dining rn1
and fully equipped kitchen on 1st floor;
full basement, outside entrance to fenced
in yard: bus at door,, conv. to everything.
The Pentagon is only short distance
away; also the Navy bldgs This group
of brick homes was built Of prewar ma
81. 81 " 346a 'V or Ma. 9141. or Come Come to ''' O.
FREDERICK w. BERENS