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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-16
Flathead Area Lumberme7
To Fight Timber Grab

At meeting held at the Eks Temple kaspe Tuesday MAJ
oganizat
fight the attempts blocks of
timber privileged
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Former Resident Is
Dead In California

Mrs. Mary Mollett Jennings, So,
native Of the Swiss Settlement west
of Bluffton and wife of Roy Jen-
nings, died December Il at her home
in Turlock, Calf, according to word
received here. Death came following
a brief illness.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Mollett living three miles
northwest of Bluffton, she left for
California about 40 years ago. For
many years she and her husband
were engaged in mission work among
the Klamath Indians in California.
Surviving are her husband and
six children, Benjamin, Mary, Louise,
Paul, Mark and Betty all of Turlock
and vicinity; two sisters Mrs. Lena.
Imbach of Greenfield, Oregon, and
Mrs. Josephine Miller, Pasadena,
Calf, and a brother Walter Mollett,
Van Nuys, Calf.
Funeral services and burial were
in Turlock. ....
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Sportsmen's Club Provides
Scratch Feed For Song
Bird Feeding Here
Corn For Pheasants Made Avail.
able Here By Department
of Conservation

Bluffton song birds, which soon
may face starvation because of con-
tinued ice and snow, will dine on
scratch feed during the winter season
If area residents cooperate in a
feeding program announced this week
by the Community Sportsmen's club.
Free feed provided by the club is
in The Bluffton News window, and
householders interested in feeding
the birds in their neighborhoods may
get all they want simply by stopping
for it.
Put up in fve-pound sacks, the
scratch feed consists of cracked corn,
ground oats, wheat and other small
seeds.
Feeding of pheasants in country
districts also will be started this
week from a truck load of corn
provided by the Ohio Department of
Conservation.
The corn is being distributed from
the Albert Garmatter residence on
West Elm street. Persons who know
of pheasant concentrations and wish
to obtain grain for them may do so
by obtaining a permit from Donald
Range, Bluffton game protector,
whose headquarters are at 11S
Poplar street, telephone 177-R.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Hold Union Prayer
Services Next Week

Annual week of prayer services
will be observed in Bluffton churches
beginning Sunday, it is announced by
the Bluffton Ministerial association.
Services will be held every night
from Sunday through Friday at 1880
o'clock except on Thursday when the
service will begin at 8 o'clock. Local
pastors will lead the services, each
in a church other than his own.
A service will also be held at the
chapel exercises of the high school
next Wednesday morning at $3.50
o'clock.
This is the 151st annual observ-
ance of the Universal Week of
Prayer according to the Federal
Council of Churches and a Week
of Prayer booklet will be distributed
in connection with the services here.
Place, speaker and theme for the
weeks service follow:
Sunday-Methodist church, speak
er, Rev. j. N. Smucker. Prayer Hon.
ors God.
neutrality-suspicious. church, the
speaker, Rev. Edgar Shady. Prayer
Changes Things.
Tuesday-Church of Christ, the
speaker, Rev. E. N. Bigelow. When
a Man Prays.
Wednesday-Evangelieal Mennon,
ite church, speaker, Rev. Victor
Monk. The Power of Prayer.
Friday-Lutheran church, speaker
Rev. v. c. Oppermann. Jesus Pray
ed for His Disciples.
Wednesday-High school, speaker
Rev. Paul Cramer. Jesus Taught
Us to Pray. ~
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
TOWNS new ROAD
SCRAPER ORDERED
IN 1916 IS HERE
Delivery of Scraper Means Ex-
pansiOn of Street Repair
Program
Newly Added Subdivisions and
Maintenance Work Make
Move Necessary

Bluffton's new eight-foot blade
road scraper, ordered in September,
1916, was delivered last week, and
for the first time in many years the
town street department next spring
win be adequately prepared to
handle the expanding needs of street
and alley maintenance here.
Delivery of the new motor scraper
also will make it possible to COM
plete alley and curb grading in
several new additions to the towns
residential districts.
Cost of the 30 horsepower scraper,
purchased from the Gallon Iron
Works. was s2,s73, the 1916 price,
despite the fact that the same
scraper now sells for more than
$4,000, village officials pointed out
Addition Of the scraper to street
department equipment also will
permit local street maintenance
crews to handle initial preparation of
streets for re-surfacing, thereby
reducing the expense of the towns
street improvements.
During the two-year period elaps-
ing since the order was placed with
the Gallon concern, a used scraper
was loaned to the town by the firm
/ on cost-free basis.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Christmas Was
White After All

Bluffton's White Christmas was
pretty much of a ''tattle-tale" gray
variety last Thursday, until an early
evening snowfall gave the town and
countryside new white blanket more
than two inches deep.
For the earlier part of the holi-
day, the only snow was the remnants
of a heavy snow which came 10 days
earlier, and altho there wasn't much
more than dirty, soot-specked cover
ing of it, plenty of ice remained to
make driving hazardous.
The two-inch snowfall on Christmas
eve further added to the ice menace,
and with cold weather continuing
streets remained slippery and danger
Gus five days later.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
NINETEEN ELECTED
LAST FALL WILL
TAKE OFFICE HERE
New Terms in Municipal and
Township Governing Units
Will Begin Jan. |
Mayor w. A. Howe Is Retiring
After Serving Five Terms
in Office "

Reorganization of municipal and
township governmental bodies with
arrival of the new year viii find 10
officials elected last November taking
office at the first January meetings
of the various units.
In Bluffton Mayor w. A. Howe
will retire after serving five terms
as the towns principal executive
office, and will turn over the position
to Arden Baker on New Years Day.
Other village officials taking over
their duties at the first of the year
include Charles Emans, village clerk;
Sidney c. Stettler, reelected treasur-
er; Harvey Beidler, Edgar Conaway
and Forrest Steinman, board of
public affairs. Conaway is the only
holdover on the board.
On the board Of education Levi
Althaus, incumbent, and Carl Der
ringer will start new terms.
Council to Organize
Organization of the new municipal
council next Monday win include the
following: Charles Alderman. Arnin
Hauenstein, Wilford Geiger, Don
Patterson, Chester Stauffer and
Frank Todd. Todd, Stauffer, Patter-
son and Alderman were reelected,
and Geiger will be shifting from
town clerk to the council. Hauenstein
a former mayor and councilman, is
returning to public office after an
absence of several years.
In Richland township Albert Augs-
burger will be inducted as township
trustee, and Ray Hilty as township
clerk. C. D. Amstutz will be justice
of the peace, and r. E. Griffith and
Charles Lora will take office as
constables. Both Griffith and Lora
now hold the same office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
BLUFFTON PLANS
TO GREET The new
YEAR WITH GAIETY
Watch Parties and Bands of
Carolers VIII Greet 1913
Wednesday Night
Business Places and Industries
To Suspend Operations On
New Years Day

Climaxing the Yuletide holiday
season of unrestrained gaiety, Bluff
ton will usher in the New Year at
midnight "wednesday in traditional
fashion with ringing bells, shrieking
whistles and footing horns.
Watch parties in many homes will
add color and cheerfulness to the
New Years observance; theatre
parties are planned by some, and in
other cases the passing of the old
year will be observed by staying
quietly at home and listening to radio
music in keeping with the season.
Bands of merry carolers are plan
ming their traditional rounds of the
town and countryside, to sing the
favorite songs of yesteryear, as an
other eolorful feature marking the
debut of another new year,
Holiday Thursday
New Years Day Thursday will be
observed as a general holiday, with
business and industrial activity of
the town suspended generally. As
usual there viii be no postal deliver
les on town or rural routes.
With the passing Of 1947, the gai-
ETY. Of the holiday season comes to
close, and its color and cheer soon
will be absorbed in the rush of every
day affairs.
Yuletide decorations will come
down for another year, and the
Christmas trees win be discarded,
symbolizing the end of another cele-
bration of the community's fayorite
holiday season.
Bluffton High and Grade school
students will return to their classes
neat Monday morning, and Bluffton
college will resume regular classwork
on the following day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01

1t isn't much of a stream-just
short branch splitting off the Sci
oto River near Piketon, Pike county,
and winding through its self-named
valley on towards Chillicothe. That
is Pee Wee creek and its story is two
centuries old but known to few.
1t got its name from the letters
"P. p" carved on a big tree early
settlers found on it's bank. The in
itials of some early Irish backwoods-
man, pioneers said, and let it go at
that. They knew no more.
Overlooked by most historians and
unknown to college professors and
laymen, there once was an attempt
to settle the Ohio country that failed
three years before the reputed
first settlers arrived at Marietta,
Columbia, Cincinnati, Gallipolis, or
Manchester. And as a monument to
it there is only Pee Wee creek and
the story of the initials.
Journey on Flatboats
1t was early in April, 1885 when
four families from Pittsburgh float
ed on flat-boats down the Ohio to
the mouth of the Scioto, where
Portsmouth now is and decided that
spot would make an excellent home
The name of but one of the families
is known. 1t was the wife and children
of Peter Patrick. The others do not
matter.
The quartet of families cleared a
little land, built cabins and put in
corn and pumpkin seed, hoping that
the Indians would understand their
peaceable dispositions and let them
alone. The savages, they argued,
would behave il they were treated
right.
Then one day the four men went up
the Scioto to get a better look at
the wonderful country which was to
be their future home. The beautiful
hill-bound river bottom excelled all
their expectations. 1t was a veritable
wilderness paradise.
Carves Initials ..t
Patrick was so impressed with it
that he carved his initials on a big
beech tree, just a sort of sign that
he was the first white man to set
foot on the creek bank. Then the four
pioneers built a fire and peacefully
went to sleep.
The Indians attack that night was
so stealthy that two of the settlers
never again awoke. The other two
escaped and eluded pursuit until they
made their way back to the Ohio
River. One of those killed was Pat
rick.
The camp fire and the attack was on
the spot where Piketon now is. Pat
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Aid At Lima For
Income Taxpayers

Representatives. froa the office of
the collector of internal revenue will
be at the post office building in Lima
daily except Saturday and Sunday,
January 2 to Is inclusive to aid
federal income taxpayers who must
file tax returns by January Is.
The January Is deadline must be
observed principally by farmers who
have not filed previously an estimat-
ed tax for 1947, persons who desire
to amend their 1947 tax estimate
and for final payments on 1947 esti-
mated income tax.
Service formerly given by the in
ternal revenue bureau will be great
ly curtained this year due to the
fact that the field division staff has
been reduced so per cent. Aid will
be given to taxpayers only at offices
regularly maintained by the depart
ment, it was state by John J. Quin-
livan, head of the Toledo district of
which Bluffton is part.
Wage earners with less than
$4,000 income can use the simple
withholding tax form to file their
1947 tax returns and have until
March Is to file without penalty.
After the withholding form is filed
the tax collector will compute the
tax and send a refund if too much
has been paid, or a bill if more tax
is owed.
All persons whether single or mar
ried who had a gross income for
1947 of $500 or more are required
to file returns.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Funeral Monday For
Mother Of DR.. SOash

Mrs. Rosa Soash, 10, mother of
DR.. M. d. Soash, Bluffton physician,
died at her home in Bowling Green,
Friday following an extended ILL.,
ness. .ss
Funeral services were held in the
Croll Funeral home in nearby Ton
togany, Monday afterioon.
Besides her son of this place she
is survived by her husband, Eber ].
Soash, Bowling Green; another son,
E. Glenn Soash, Wilmington, Del;
two sisters and three brothers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Bell Ringer At Riley
Creek Church Sunday

Wilbur Fish of Columbus, known
as the Joy Bell Ringer, will present
a program of music at the Riley
Greek Baptist church, Sunday night
at 1880 o'colck, it is announced by
the pastor, Rev. Robert Turner.
One of the specialties of the even
ing will be the use of ordinary
water glasses to produce music. The
program will be held in connection
with the monthly singspiration of
the church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Legion Banquet
Monday Night

Members of Bluffton American
Legion post will hold a dinner at the
Walnut Grill, Monday night at 6:3O
o'clock. Following the dinner Clair
Bowersox of Findlay will show pic
lures and give talk on his extens-
i've trip through the west. Maurice
Fett, post commander, will preside
as POSTMASTER.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Industrial And Business Expansion
Highlights Review OF Past Year Here
Board Of Public
Affairs Organizes

Edgar Conaway was elected presi-
dent of the board of public affairs
at its organization meeting, Tuesday.
Conaway, appointed last spring to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of the late Harry Barnes is the
only member of the outgoing board
TO continue in service.
Harvey Beidler was elected vice
president of the board and Forrest
Steinman is the third member of
that body.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
SOLOist In DenUer's
"Messiah" Concert

Gordon Hilty, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Hilty south of Bluffton, who
is prominent in musical circles in
Denver, Colorado, was tenor soloist
for the annual rendition of Handel's
Messiah" at the city's municipal
auditorium during the current holi-
day season. An audience of more
than 5000 was in attendance.
This is the second successive year
that Hilty has appeared as soloist
in the concert and the Denver Post
referred to him in this connection
as "Colorado's we'll known tenor"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
New Industrial Plant Built
Also II New Homes Are
Added Here
Power Plants Expand Capacity ;
Early June Flood Worst
in Years

Bluffton is heading into 1948 with
q continuation of the revitalized in
dustrial, business and residential ex-
pansion programs which got under
way here shortly after the close of
World War II, back in 1916.
Widespread building activity reach
ing into all three fields, and herald
ing the growth of larger and bet
ter Bluffton, easily qualified as the
most noteworthy events of the past
II months, just as they did a year
ago.
Residential building continued to
boom, despite widespread material
shortages. Fourteen new homes
either were completed or in the pro-
cess of being completed at the year
end, oddly enough the same total as
reported in 1916.
New PLANT HERE
Industrial expansion was marked
early in 1947 by completion of the
new two-story, $4,000 brick-block
plant of the Bluffton Cement Block
company. The new industry went
into operation last March, and has
represented busy addition to the
towns industrial interests.
To keep pace with the towns ex-
panding needs for electrical current,
the municipal light and power
plant is installing an 1880 XIV
turbine, purchased at a cost of
$24,720. Also ordered during the
year for the plant by the board of
public affairs was a new boiler, de-
livery of which is expected in 1948.
Central Ohio Light and Power
Co. also added a new turbo-generat-
or to its generating plant located in
Bluffton, and it's rating of 10000
XIV gives the utility a gel - =
capacity of $4,000 XIV. Installa-
tion of the new generator is part of
a one and one-half million dollar inn
provement program, launched at the
local plant IA months ago.
Possibility that Bluffton may have
a. new addition soon at the Com
munity hospital was pointed up by
a survey completed in December and
forwarded to the Ohio hospital sur
vey committee. If the plans are ap-
proved and certified by the state
group, federal funds will be avail
able to finance one-third of the cost
of the structure. ...
BUSINESS EXPANDS
Building expansion was marked by
the completion of an addition to the
c. F. Niswander farm implement
business in downtown Bluffton. In
the new structure are a 40 by so
repair shop and a % by 80 ware
house.
Principal business real estate
transaction of the year was sale of
the Zehrbach block on Main street
to Roy Hauenstein, who plans to
open a bakery in the building early
in 1948.
Church modernization programs
completed during the year included
installation of new pipe organ in
St. Johns Reformed church, and
cathedral windows in the Church of
Christ.
Principal news caused during the
year by the weather was an early
June flood, the worst here since 1913,
with local streams going on a "a
hour rampage before subsiding.
Bluffton had no traffic fatalities or
other accidental deaths during the
year, one of the few in history.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Church Of Christ
Minister Resigns

Rev. C. D. Reed, pastor of the
Bluffton and Bethel Churches of
Christ has resigned as pastor of
the Bluffton church, it was an
nounced here Tuesday. However, he
will continue his connection with the
Bethel church in Orange township,
the announcement stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices) - Wheat
1888; corn $40; oats $1.25; soys
$3.50.
Poultry-Heavy hens 27c; leghorn
hens Ice; heavy springers, 33c; leg
horn springers, zoe; stays 13c.
Eggs-Large white 4sc; large
brown 46c; medium white 44c;
medium brown 42c; pullets 3se. ..
Butterfat-S9c. -..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01

A friend should be one in whose
understanding and virtue we can
equally confde, and whose opinion
We can value at once for It's justness
and sincerity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
MARRIAGE LICENSE

A marriage license has been issued
to Dale Altman, Findlay and Lavaun
Augsburger, Bluffton, Rt. 2.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Song Birds And Pheasants Facing
Starvation Will Dine On Free Feed
flsD3 14Jga5.
5Bze9ss1sSlo9n0!T
81 HARRY 4. HALR

EDITORS NoTE-This Is one
of series Of articles to appear
IN the Blufton NeiUs dealing
with early Ohio history. Others
tciu appear IN Forthcoming
issups.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Three From, Here
On Jury Ver1ires

Three Bluffton persons were
among the 120 named last week on
grand and petit jury venires for the
January term of Allen county COM
mon pleas court.
Those from here in the group are
Gail Patterson, Cherry street; f. c.
Marshall, Bluffton Route 2, and Cora
M. Grismore, Bluffton Route 2.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Cox, Pan
dora, boy, James Clifford, last
Wednesday. .-..
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Crawford, Sr.,
Ottawa, a boy, Paul Bryan, Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Sutter, Pan
dora, a boy, Lonnie Eugene, Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Wiseley, Al
vada, a boy, George Anthony, Tues
day, at Findlay hospital. Mrs. Wise
ley is the former Mural Steiner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gid Stein
or
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01

Dairy cows produce more milk per
year if milking time for the herd.
averages three minutes per COW. Cups
of mechanical mixers should be re-
moved promptly when the milking il
completed. Cups should be dipped in
clean water and in chlorine solu-
ton between cows.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-27

Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Parsons, Jr.,
spent the weekend in Jackson with
his mother, Mrs. c. c. Parsons and
family.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-27
A. J. Stevens Dies
Al Home In West

Andrew Jackson Stevens, ST., died
at his home in West on May 81. Born
January 26, 1881 at Oakland, Missis-
sippi, he spent most of his life in
West where he was vice-president
of Holmes County Bank and Trust
company and manager of the West
branch at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Helen NJ Stevens, and one son, A.
j. Stevens, Jr, both of West; three
sisters: Miss Lula Stevens, Wesson,
Mrs. Katie Lou cambridge. Paris
Arkansas and Mrs. Birma S. Collins,
Tyro, Mississippi He was life
long member of the Methodist
church, member of the Masonic
fraternity and a good citizen and
civic leader.
Funeral services were conducted
at West Methodist church, Saturday,
May %, at p. m. by his Pastor,
the Rev. N. L. Threet, assisted by a
former Pastor, the Rev. j. c. Was
son of fernando with burial in West
cemetery under the direction of Lee
Funeral home. The following friends
served as pallbearers: L. ]. Hand,
w. T. Hand, o. w. Thomas, d. H.
Rhyme, ]. r. Bowie, c. M. Tate, ].
T. Montgomery, c. d. Mattox, c. B.
Cade and L. r. Bowie.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-27
Guest EdiforiaIist Is
Clayton F. Rand

The Honorable Clayton F. Rand,
nationally known columnist and
writer who last week substituted
for Miss Brannon in her column for
this paper, is this weeks guest edi-
torialist. Mr.. Rand has travelled over
much of the World and has received
wide acclaim as stimulating and
entertaining speaker on engage
ments throughout the United States.
He has written number of PAM
phlets and books, the latest of which
are "Men of Spine in Mississippi"
and link On My Hands," the story
of country editor He is con-
tributor of features to a number of
publications.
Mr.. Rand was born in Wisconsin
in 1891 and moved to Mississippi at
the age of seven where he later
started goat raising. At the age of
Is he sold his flock of goats and
entered what was at that time A
and M college. now Mississippi State,
where he worked his way through
peddling peanuts. He earned his way
through Harvard college, selling
aluminium cooking utensils, and
spent one year in Harvard Law
school. He sold popcorn machines in
New Jersey, rang door bells over
the country, settled in Mississippi
where he was admitted to the bar
and practiced law.
In 1919 he entered the field Of
Mississippi journalism by buying a
country weekly. He is present owner
of the Dixie Press of Gulfport and
publisher and editor of the Dixie
Guide, He has served as president
of the National Editorial associa-
ton
Mr.. Rand has the reputation of
being sincere and dynamic, and has
keynoted many conferences and
conventions with enthusiasm and
humor. He has had many repeat
speaking engagements before press
associations and Civic groups
throughout the nation. Known as a
vigorous exponent of Americanism
Mr., Rand is known also as free
lancing independent. Turn to the
editorial page for what he says.