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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
ALL PATRONS WILL
PAY IN MAY FOR
GARBAGE SERVICE
Standardized Collection Date
For All Users Authorized
By Town Council
Payments For Municipal Serv-
ice Will Be Made To Town
Clerk May IL to 20

Payments for municipal garbage
and rubbish collection service in the
future will be received only during
one-week period in mid-May, under
a new system authorized Monday
night at the organization meeting of
the town council.
Patrons of the service will be
billed at that time for the coming
year ending, May, 1949 plus any
amount in arrears up to May of this
year, and in the future all payments
will be on the basis Of the one-year
period from May to May, or any
part thereof.
Payments will Be made in the
board of public affairs office in the
future; with Town Clerk s. Charles
Emans handling the collections. In
the past payments have been made
either to the mayor or the town
marshal at the mayors office.
Dates on which payments will be
received will be from May IL and
20, following which anyone in arrears
will have service discontinued.
Principal advantage Of the new
system will be the elimination of
uncertainty as to when payment is
due, for all collection dates will come
at the same time, and patrons will
be notified by card instead of at
tempting to keep track of due dates
on, their own calendars, it was point
ed out.
Householders receive garbage and
rubbish collection service here for So
year, one Of the lowest rates in
the state, and the local service also
has proved one Of The most salts,
factory in this area.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Last Rites Monday
For Mrs. Emma Huber

Funeral services were held at the
st. Johns Reformed church Monday
afternoon for Mrs. Emma Greding
Huber, 81, who died in Bluffton Com
munity hospital early last Saturday
morning from heart ailment. She
had been seriously i'll for one week.
Officiating at the last rites were
Rev. V. C. Oppermann and Rev.
Paul Cramer. Burial was in Maple
Grove cemetery.
Daughter of the late Rev. Peter
Matter Greding, Mrs. Huber was a
member of the st. Johns church.
Surviving are her husband, Will
liam NJ, whom she married So years
ago; two sons, Earl c. Huber, Ada; !;
and Clair M. Huber, Findlay; and
two sisters, Miss Amelia Greding,
Lima, and Mrs. Blanche Diller,
Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08

Leland Tiller was elected presf-l
dent of the board of education, at
an organization meeting of the
group, Monday night in the Bluffton
High school office.
Levi Althaus, reelected to the
board last fall, will be vice-president.
N. A. Triplett, Paul Diller and Carl
T. Derringer are the other members
of the board. Derringer, elected in
November, is, serving" his first term.
Committees appointd at the meet
ing include Triplett and Derringer,
finance; and Paul Diller and Alt
haus, building and grounds.
Second Monday of each month was
set as regular meeting night of the
board.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
TdIk On India At
Vespers Sunday

DIR. r. C. Kaufman, professor of
philosophy and psychology at Bethel
college, North Newton, Kansas, will
be the speaker at vesper services in
Ranseyer chapel on the Bluffton col
Iege campus at p. m. next Sunday.
DR.. Kaufman spent two years in
relief work in India as representative
of the Mennonite Central committee
and later as secretary for the Nation
al Christian council.
Special music will be provided by
the Bluffton vesper choir, directed
by Prof. Russell A. Lantz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
100000 Campaign To Open For
Mennonite Home For Aged Here

A drive to raise 100000 for the
proposed Mennonite home for the
aged, to be erected on the former
fox farm site in Bluffton, was
launched this week by five area
churches cooperating in the venture.
An artists drawing of the pro-
posed two-story brick home, which
will accommodate 30 persons, is on
display this week in the window of
The Bluffton News.
Sponsoring the home for the aged
are congregations of the First Men
MONTE and Ebenezer Mennonite
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08

churches Of Bluffton; the st. John
and Grace Mennonite churches of
Pandora, and the First Mennonite
church of Lima.
Similar homes have been in sue
cessful operation by the Mennonite
church for some years in several
states, many of which are supported
financially by those who enjoy the
benefit of them.
Life memberships in the home are
obtained by paying a fat fee upon
admittance, and others pay a month
ly fee covering their share Of main
tenance and operating costs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Sol Sweetland
ShipWreck

Bryan O'Linn had no
Breeches to 40ear
So he hunted deerskiu
To make him pair
With the skinny side oWt
And the hairv side in
They'll be cool and conUenient,'
Thought Bryan O'Linn." -
So sang Solomon Sweetland 130
years ago as he stealthily stalked a
buck on the Lake Erie shore near
Conneaut, Ashtabula County. Sweet
land was humming the jingle because
it seemed exactly to fit the occasion.
His buckskin breeches were com
pletely worn out. Wearing like
buckskin" was a good simile but il
did not mean that even buckskin
would wear forever.
So that October morning in 1917
Solomon Sweetland was engrossed in
doing just what he. was humming
about--getting new pair Of pants
He flushed the deer but it eluded
him by running into Lake Erie
where it began to swim with tht
tide-towards mid-lake. m.
Pursues Fleeing Pants
Sweetland was not going to lose
his pants so easily. At least not SO
long as Deacon Brookes' pirogue
fishing boat was tied up right at
hand. So jumping into the boat
Sweetland pursued the deer out in
to the lake.
The deacon's fishing boat was a
14-footer made by following out a
log and it was correspondingly wide,
heavy and unwiedly. Besides it had
but one paddle. That was the way
the deacon did things. Sweetland So
liloquized, slipshod-he even pad
deled his fishing boat like an Indian
would a canoe.
Solomon got his buck all right,
hauled it into the boat and then
turned its bow back towards shore.
Right there was where his troubles
began. The boat moved-but in the
wrong direction. Against the tide
and a brisk wind which had come up
the hunter could make no headway
at all. Worse than that, the wind
and tide We're winning the fight
against him.
Drift Out Into Lake
Against such odds a single paddle
and a clumsy log boat were a losing
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Asserts Current Available For Less
Than Cost Of Generating It Here
Deer Reported Seen
Near TOlUn Monday

An eight-point buck deer was re-
ported sighted north of Bluffton
Monday by three Findlay men, Ralph
Bibler, Homer Russell and Francis
Faber when the animal ran across
the road in front of their automo-
bile.
The men chased the animal in the
auto and on foot until it was lost
in thicket across the line in Ham
cock county.
The Findlay trio said the deer,
estimated to weigh 200 pounds at
one time. cleared a five foot fence
doing a 24-foot leap from the point
where he took off to where he land
ed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Law Effective First OF Year
Brings Significant
Changes
Statute Requires "X" as Only
Legal Method of Marking
Ballot

Revision of laws regarding write
in elections, which should be of
particular interest in Bluffton where
that form of voting is approaching
the basis of established procedure, is
included among other changes in
Ohio's new election code which went
into effect with the start of the new
year.
Altho the revised code seeks to
make an "X" the only legal method
of marking a ballot, officials in the
secretary of states office doubt if
the courts will permit such a rigid
requirement.
Heretofore, the courts have held
that if the voters intent was ap-
parent, it did not matter what marks
he used to express his preference.
Election officials, however, in the
future will count only the "X's" until
courts order differently, and that
cannot possibly come until after the
next election when a test case would
have to be filed.
Write-in candidates in primary
elections hereafter to win the reIec-
ton must receive at least. Is pen
cent of the total vote cast, instead
of eight per cent under the previous
law. ..n
Primary Date Changed
The new election code also does
away with the traditional August
primary. Hereafter all primary
elections will be held in May.
Students in the future must vote
only at their home residence. In the
past they have been able to vote
where attending school by making an
affidavit that they intend to make
the school city their place of resi-
dence after finishing their college
work.
With advent of the new code,
Sd1dI lCS VI ali ClIIIlDiI DtdAu HE'LL
bers and clerks are substantially in
creased, with the boost in pay
amounting to so to so per cent in
some of the smaller counties.
Precinct officials also may receive
a boost in pay, depending on action
of county boards. The maximum daily
pay is raised from $40 to $12 for
election service, and from $6 to So
for registrars. Boards fix the pay
within those limits.
Sign In Ink
Declaration of candidacy petitions
under the new code must be signed
in ink or indelible pencil, and only
signatures from one county may be
entered on a single petition blank.
In recounts, if the defeated candi-
Continued on page g
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
DieseLs On Nickel
Plate FLiers Soon

Diesel-powered locomotives will be
put into operation about March l to
pull the Nickel Plate morning and
evening fiiers passing thru Bluffton
daily, it was announced Tuesday by
officials of the railroad.
The passenger locomotives gener-
ating 1000 horsepower will be sim
liar to a diesel engine handling a
freight train which went through
Bluffton last August on a trial run,
and which was seen by many per
sons here.
The announcement that diesels
would provide locomotion for the two
Nickel Plate fast trains made no
mention of a rumor current here
when the trail run was made that
the two trains in the future would
not stop in Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08

Miss Josephine Steiner, superin-
tendent of nurses in modern new
Rockefeller Foundation hospital at
Maracaibo, Venezuela, left for New
York city last Friday evening, from
where she will sail soon on a return
trip to South America.
Miss Steiner spent the holidays
here with her mother, Mrs. ]. S.
Steiner, of South Main street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Lecturers Featured In
Lite Here Next Week

Lecturers featured in a colorfully
illustrated article in a recent issue of
Life" Magazine, will show colored
motion pictures of the Arctic region
in a presentation of the Bluffton Col
lege Lecture course at $3.50 p. m. on
Thursday, January Is, in the high
school auditorium.
The two lecturers are Harmon and
Constance Helmerick, who spent two
years in making colored photographs
in Alaska and the Arctic.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08

DR.. B. W, Travis, Bluffton physi-
clan. is in Cleveland from Tuesday
until Friday this week attending a
meeting of the American Medical
association and taking a post
graduate clinical course recently out
lined by the association for general
practitioners.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
II ARE APPOINTED
TO VILLAGE POSTS
FOR COMING YEAR
Mayors Appointments Approx
ed By Council at Organiza-
ton Meeting Monday
Armin Hauenstein, Former
Mayor Elected President of
The Council

Armin Hauenstein was elected
president of the council and Mayor
Arden r. Bakers recommendations
to fill II appointive municipal posts
were confirmed by councilmen at a
meeting Monday night, as the pat
tern of the towns governmental
organization took shape for the
coming year.
As president of the council, Hauen-
stein, a former mayor, will preside
at meetings of the body in the
absence of the mayor, and succeed
to the mayOralty in case the post
becomes vacant.
In organization of the council
Mayor Baker named the following
standing committees: Finance
Charles Alderman and w. o. Geiger;
Street-Chester A. Stauffer and
Frank Todd; and Fire and Light
Don Patterson and Armin Hauen-
stein.
experienced COunCh
Of the six councilmen who began
new two-year terms Monday night,
Alderman, Patterson, Stauffer and
Todd were incumbents; Geiger is the
retiring town clerk, and Hauenstein,
a former mayor and councilman, had
returned to public office after a
number of years absence.
Municipal appointments recon-
mended by the mayor were those
for service supervisor, fire chief, city
solicitor, clerk-trustee for the Maple
Grove cemetery board, and II MEM
bers of the volunteer fire department.
Marshal Lee Coon was re-appoint
ed service supervisor, with his duties
including those of street commits
sioner, supervisor of the municipal
garbage collection. program and
sexton of Maple Grove cemetery.
Coon's salary is s115 as chief of
police and s75 as service superyisor.
AuI@OM aHIe SiflCA
Tire Chief Guy Corson was re
appointed for two-year term at an
annual salary of 5000.
Samuel Bixel, named year ago
to complete the, unexpired term of
Elmer Diller as strustee-clerk of the
Maple Grove cemetery board, was
re-appointed at the meeting. His
salary is 500 a year. Other in
cumbent members of the board in
clude William Edwards and John
Thompson. Lee Coon, as sexton, win
handle sale of the lots. g.
Bixel's appointment as trustee was
for a six-year term, and as clerk
for two years.
Retain Solicitor
Dan r. Tripplehorn, city solicitor,
was renamed to that position. His
retainer on an annual basis Is 500.
James Benroth was re-appointed
town clock caretaker, post held for
many years by his father, the late
Albert Benroth. The salary is $50 a
year.
Twelve firemen recommended by
Chief Corson were re-appointed,
including H. E. Augsburger, Richard
Augsburger, Edwin Badertscher,
Robert Dillman, Wilford Gratz, Ross
Irwin, Fred Martin, Lester Niswand-
er, C. V. Stonehill, John Stonehill,
Aldine Weiss, Sr., and Charles
Young.
Firemen receive payment in the
amount of 50 for each monthly fire
meeting attended, and 81 for answer
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Earl Huber Head Of
Ada School Board

Earl Huber, former Bluffton resi-
dent, was elected president Of the
Ada board of education, at its or
ganization meeting for the coming
two years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
New Ohio Election Code Now In Effect
May Be Modified By Courts, Officials Say
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BT HARRY l.. HALR

EDITORS NoTE-This is one
Of q series of articles to appear
in the Blufton NetOs dealing
With early Ohio history. Others
aoiit appear IN forthcoming
issues.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08

The road to friends house i
never long.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-26
Imaginary
CONTINUED iron. pLKe y

CONTINUED iron. pLEe ~
would be greatly improved.
The gist of this talkie, ~colorfully
illustrated and graphic in detail,
is that races, color, man, coun-
tries, boundaries, ETC., are repre-
sented by just a line-to be sure,
just an imaginary line. Two boys
r playing marbles and, sudden
ly they "fall out" and each draws
a line-daring the other to cross
it, claiming all and everything on
his side of the line. In the mean
time these boys forget their diff
ferences, become friends again
and grow to manhood, and, then,
all of a sudden, this imaginary
line reappears, and there is a
clash of concepts, ideologies,-
ending in concentration camps,
bloodshed, and famine, pestilence
and death-all accentuated by a
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-26

line.
In the jungle the natives wear
masks, particularly, to brighten
and drive away their enemies or
to instill fear into the hearts of
those that they wish to impress.
These marsks are made up of
lines; yet, this same act of the
jungle may be and is performed
right here in our present-day
America-when the xxx, hiding
behind their hoods and masks,
lynch some helpless victim just
because he happened to offend
their false concept Of superior
race and happened to be a Negro.
Yes, boundaries between COM
munities, and nations are only di-
viding lines-but many destructive
wars have been and shall be
fought over these boundaries; al
though they are only lines-To be
exact-"Imaginary Lines"
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Service to Stress
More Self.Reliance

The Extension Service of the Ag-
riculture Department in the future
will emphasize the Importance OF
developing in people the capacity
to identify and solve their own
problems, according to a report
issued last week.
The report was based on two
wear study of the Extension Service
bv a Joint committee representing
the department and the Association
of Land Grant Colleges.
The report also stressed the i'm
portance of the service assisting
both rural and urban families alike.
In order to better cooperation be-
tween the Extension Service and
other agencies, the report recon-
mended that all agricultural aid
groups ir county should be houseo
In the same building.
extensions early emphasis was
on immediate problems of the farm
and home the report stated.
There is danger that the broader
furction-the development OF peo-
pie themselves to the end that they.
through their own initiative, may
effectively identify and solve the
various problems directly affecting
their welfare-may be overlooked. d.
This latter objective should al
ways be recognized as basic In
extension work.
Commenting on the cooperation
of the Extension Service with other
farm agencies, the report urged that
relations with such groups be i'm
proved.
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Life on 10 Acres-W atching the Silo Crews

busy with their silos, I have been
busy with my front field. 1t is
plowed and dragged, and I hope my
bones will timber up enough to get
grass sown this week.
There is nothing rougher to ride
than tractor that is pulling drag
across a ploWed field. I feel now
that could qualify to- ride the
worst bronc that the West could
produce. He couldn't be much
worse than that tractor.
I must speak to International
Harvester, for I think they should
provide airplane seat belts to help
hold you on when you are working
in plowed ground. I hope, also, that
they soon get a hydraulic lift for
my Cub, for then I may be able to
entice Jane into doing some OF the
tractor jobs. I have been having
her carry water to build up her
arm muscles, but even so she is no
match yet for the tractor lift levers
We have an experimental supply
of Kentucky 81, the new fescue that
is becoming popular for Virginia
pastures. We will plant this in our
front field mixture and see what it
will do. There are some wet spots
there, and kentucky 81 is supposed
to be ideal for wet ground. We shall
see.
1t usually takes an incident" to
get anything done on our 40 acres.
But I can report today that the big
chimney in our living room at last
has been nicely covered over with
screen wire.
This was brought about hurridly
the other day, when Jane passed
through the room and was startled
Evening star., 1948-09-19
By james BirchfieId

My neighbors filled silos last
week. and I have been observing
from the safe distance of my front
porch. 1t is not good to get too
close to a silo crew, because an
extra man always can be used, and
it is a back breaking job, even with
modern machinery.
The mecnpaization OF this one
farm Job has been tremendous dur
ing the last few years. I remember
not so long ago when it took crews
of 10 or more men a week or longer
to fill a silo. Now it is done in a
fraction of that time. Binders that
cut the corn and load it on wagons,
and the new field choppers, have
taken much of the hard work out
of silo filling.
In my part Of the country, silo
filling is community affair. Men
and machines go from farm to
farm, helping each other with the
harvest. 1t is a way to get the Job
done quickly and without too much
strain on any one. 1t also is pref
ty good example OF community
spirit.
While my neighbors have been
Evening star., 1948-09-19
~ This Week in the Garden

Gardening for the 1913 season is
about over. but preparations for
1949 should begin in earnest. AS
the saying goes, I'm the spring pre-
pare for fall; in the fall prepare
for spring" This applies to the
flower grower as well as to the vege-
table gardener. Most gardeners are
inclined to think in terms of the
early spring Towering bulbs, but
there are ANIMALS and perennials to
be planted now. Sowings of spinach
that do not mature this fall will
live over and give the earliest har-
vests next spring.
Tulip planting normally begins in
mid October and ends early in No
vember All spring Towering bulbs
should 60 into the ground then and
for two reasons. First the bulbs,
unless properly stored, deteriorate-
lose their. .vitality-and so should be
planted as quickly as possible. Sec
ondly, most of the bulbs make a
certain amount of root growth in
the fall and if planting is delayed
the soil becomes too cool for normal
growth. Do not plant the bulbous
iris or the tender anemones (St.
Brigid and De Caen) until just be-
fore the ground Is frozen. This Is
the exception to the above rule
Prepare a section of the garden
in the fall for early spring planting.
In doing this the steps are the same
as for all other spading with the
exception that the soil should not
be raked and leveled. Leave that
step for the frost. Soil prepared in
the fall may be planted much earlier
than is possible with spring spading.
Burn or bury the remnants of
the sweetcorn-stalks and roots-so
as to destroy the wintering-
home of the European corn borer
and other pests of this crop.
Dig gladioluses when the leaves
have turned brown. dry thoroughly,
remove the tops and, after week or
two, clean, removing the old CORN
and roots. Dust with DDT and
store in cool, well-ventilated store
room.
Gardeners who experience unSat-
isfactory results from spring g-planted
perennials might well check to see
if it was because they should be
moved at some other season of the
year. Oriental poppies, peonies.
trollius, phlox, bleeding heart (di-
central anemone and columbine are
among the common perennials that
this rule applies to. The Oriental
should be moved in August
is late, as the new
growth has started. Peonies are
dormant in September. The others
find the fall growing weather ideal
in recovering from the shock of
transplanting.
y X X X
The moving of house plants in /
doors from their summer resting
place in the garden seems simple
task. However, the first few days
are apt to be difficult time during
which they need most care. The
step most needed to insure best re-
suits is to keep the plants we'll
watered without keeping the soil in
the pot water-logged. Light syring-
Evening star., 1948-09-19

ing of the foliage every day or two
is one method. Keeping the plants
away from trong draughts Is
helpful.
Il + \ 4
One way to keep the garden soil
in good tilt is to use q cover crop
during the winter. Common rye
grass, Abruzzi rye, vetch Hairy
and crimson clover are commonly
used for this purpose. Many local
gardeners prefer the quick-growing
ryegrass, as 1t prevents erosion dur
ing the winter and the masses Of
flbrous roots add humus to the soil.
Seeds of cover crops are normally
sown between the rows Of growing
vegetables and cultivated into the
soil. 1t is too late to SOW Crimson
clover, but ryegrass (annuaD and
the combination of rye and hairy
vetch may be planted as late as the
first Of November. Earlier seeding,
however. is recommended. w. H. Y.