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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
BLUFFTON SCHOOLS
TO OPEN TUESDAY
FOR FALL TERM
Local School Enrolment Is
Expected To Show Slight
Increase This Fall
Teaching Assignments For New
Term Announced By Supt.
Ralph Lanham

Reflecting sharply increased regis
tration in the grades, Bluffton's pub
lie school enrolment is expected to
be near the 500 mark with the open
ing of the fall term next Tuesday
morning.
Last years registration in grade
and high schools on the opening day
was 485-25S in the grades and 227
in high school This falls high school
enrolment is expected to drop slight
ly, but the number Of grade school
pupils will be greater.
Preceding opening of schools next
Tuesday morning, a general teachers
meeting will be held in the high school
cafeteria at 8 a. m. Monday,
Teaching assignments announced
this week by Supt. Ralph Lanham are
as follows:
Grade School
Meredith Stepleton-First Grade
and Grade School Principal.
Ruby Murray-First Grade.
Genevieve Beagle-First-Second
Grade.
Levada Bixel-Second Grade.
Minerva Hilty-Third Grade.
Robert Ewing-Fourth Grade.
Faye Herrick Fourth-Fifth
Grades.
AdelIa Oyer-Fifth Grade.
Theola Steiner-Sixth Grade.
High School
Gerhard Buhler-Principal and
Science.
Florence Duffield-Commercial.
Wilford Geiger-Chemistry, Biol
ogy, Science.
Wilbur A. Howe-English, Social
Science.
Mildred Keel-English, Latin.
Earl w. Lehman-Instrumental
and Vocal Music.
Richard @. Lowry Physical Ed
ucation, Coaching.
Elizabeth Mohr-Vocationa Home
Economics.
Theresa Slusser American
History, Social Science.
Dwight Spaythe-Industrial Arts.
Sidney c. Stettler-Mathematics.
Elma l.. Ater-Elementary vocal
music supervisor.
Ocie Anderson-Library Science.
Ralph S. Lanham-Superintendent,
Mathematics.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Nelson Bdsinger
Funeral Services

Funeral services for Nelson Ba-
singer, 81, farmer, were held at the
First Mennonite church, Wednesday
afternoon with his pastor, Rev. ], N.
Smucker officiating.
He died at his home one mile
north of Bluffton, Monday morning.
Death was due to multiple seller
osis following an extended illness.
Born in 1911 in Richland town
ship, he was the son of Enoch and
Sarah Ann (Reichenbach) Basinger.
He was graduated from Bluffton
high school in 1881.
He and his fiancee, Miss Florence
Duffield of Van Buren, Bluffton high
school instructor had completed plans
to be married when his illness inter
vened.
Surviving are his mother, also sis
ter Gail Esther and a cousin Wesley
Sommers at home. Interment was in
Maple Grove cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
REGISTRATION FOR
21-MONTHS DRAFT
STARTS THIS week
Men In Is Through p Age
Groups Begin Registering in
Lima On Monday
Mailing of Draft QuestiOnaires
Will Follow Completion Of
Registration

Registration for the new 21-month
peacetime draft is continuing at a
steady pace this week with those in
the 1S through 25-year-old bracket
subject to induction registering by
age groups.
After opening with registration of
25-year-olds on Monday, 24-year-old
men were registered Tuesday and
Wednesday, following which 23-year-
olds will be handled Thursday and
Friday.
Altho youths of Is must register
they are not subject to draft induc-
tion until they are 10, and neither
win draft calls affect a dozen cate
gories deferred by presidential order,
including husbands, fathers, men with
dependents, essential workers and
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Dancing And Card Playing At High
School Social Functions Draws Fire
Drivers Licenses To
Go On Sale Tuesday

Sale of automobile drivers licenses
for 194S-49 will open next Tuesday at
offices of Bixel Motor Sales, Bluffton
area registrar.
Anyone operating a motor vehicle
after Sept. 80 is required by law to
have the new license.
A new requirement in the issuance
of chauffeur's licenses this year pres
cribes that photographs to be placed
on the license card must have been
taken not more than 80 days prior to
application for the permit.
Photographs must be two and one
half inches square, and show only a
head and shoulder view. No re-
touching of photograph is permitted,
and there must be a space at the
bottom for the signature of the ap-
plicant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Mt. Cory Names
NelU School Head

Wade knight, mathematics in
structor at Liberty centralized high
school in Hancock county has been
as superintendent of the
Mt. Cory school, succeeding H. r.
Severns who resigned to take po-
sition as salesman with the Cooper
Tire & Rubber company in Findlay.
Knight, a graduate of Wittenberg
college and the University of Gin
cinnati, was formerly superintendent
of the Henry county schools. He also
was in the hardware business at Mt.
Gilead for a short time.
The vacancy in the Liberty school
faculty caused by his resignation
will be filled by Mrs. Rosemary Han
line of Trio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
st. Mary's Church To
Welcome NetU Pastor

Members of ST. Mary's Catholic
church will hold a welcoming party
and covered dish supper at the
church next Sunday evening at 6
o'clock in honor of Rev. Clarence J.
Yeager who has been assigned to
the pastorate here.
Rev. Yeager, former Army chap
lain who was assigned to st. Mary's
parish by Bishop Karl J. Alter of
Toledo, took over his duties here last
Sunday. He is also chaplain of St.
Rita's hospital, Lima.
The new pastor fills the vacancy
caused by the death of Rev. James
Nett, former pastor, who died June
II in st. Rita's hospital.
Before coming here Fr. Yeager
served as pastor of st. Patrick's
parish, Bascom, following his return
from military duty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
new WELL WILL
BE DRILLED HERE
FOR WATER WORKS
Additional Well viii Be On
Howard Stager Tract,
Near City Limits
Drilling of New Well Will In
sure Adequate Water Supply
For The Town

Taking steps to insure an ade-
quate city water supply here even in
the face of emergencies, drilling of
another we'll for 'Bluffton's munici-
pal water works will be started with
in the next week, it was announced
Tuesday by John Swisher, superin-
tendent of the plant.
The new we'll will be located on
the Howard Stager tract, a short
distance south of the corporation
line, between. the Dixie highway and
the Nickel Plate railroad,
Rights for drilling a water we'll
on the site were acquired last wear
when the board of public affairs
negotiated q lease with Stager.
No Water Shortage
The new we'll is necessary to main
tain an adequate. reserve, especially
in view Of the rapid growth of the
town, altho so Ear the local water
works has not been troubled by
water shortage.
During the past weeks heat wave,
in which temperatures rose daily to
near the 100-degree mark, Button
had sufficient water for all its
needs, and there was no indication
of any water shortage, Supt. Swisher
said.
However, to maintain the reser-
voir level, it was necessary to pump
part-time a third we'll in addition tc
the two from which the city supply
normally is drawn.
Bluffton's normal daily consump-
ton of water is I250,000 gallons, and
in addition another quarter of a
million gallons is pumped each "a
hours for use by the Page Dairy
Co. Water for the dairy plant comes
from a fourth well located at the
rear of the dairy plant near the
Nickel Plate railroad.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Ed X. LugibiU Dies;
Funeral On Saturday

Edward X. Lugibill, 81, of North
Mound street, died Wednesday morn
ing at 2 o'clock in Bluffton hospital.
Death, due to complications, followed
injuries sustained Monday of last
week in an automobile accident and
on Friday he underwent an operation
at the hospital here.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday afternoon from the First Mis-
.sionary church of which he was a
member. The pastor, Rev. Robert
Welch will officiate and burial will
be in Maple Grove cemetery.
He was born in Bluffton, the son
of Emanuel and Magdalena (Conrad)
Lugibill and was married May 21,
1901 to Alice Lambert. At the time
of his death he was employed as a
mechanic at Lima.
Surviving are his wife, one son
Z. Earle Lugibill of Lima and two
daughters, Mrs. Margaret Skidmore
of Bluffton and Miss Frieda Lugibill
at home and two granddaughters.
Also surviving are sister, Mrs
n. J. Welty of Reno, Nevada; half,
sisters, Mrs. Frank Dray, Blufftor
and Mrs. Alice Boutwell,, Vallejo
Calf, and half brother Fred Luigi.
bill of Hutchinson, Kansas.
The body will be removed Wednes,
day evening from the Basinger fun
eral home to his late residence where
it will remain until the funera
services.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
BIuftOn And Bethel
To Exchange Students

jeanne Buhler and Alice Ruth
Pannabecker, sophomores in Bluffton
college left Wednesday for Newton,
Kansas, where they will attend Beth
ell collge for the coming year in an
exchange arrangement between the
two schools.
Coming to attend Bluffton college
will be Mary Lou Rich of Newton,
Kansas, a member of the sophomore
class at Bethel college.
The exchange arrangement is
planned to give students of each col
lege a wider educational background.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Mccartney,
Findlay, a girl, Vickie Lou, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cook, Jr., Pan
dora, boy, Correl Don, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Landes, Bluff,
ton, a girl, Deborah Jean, Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Rogers, La
fayette, girl, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Hartman
Arlington, a girl, Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Takes Position In
NetU Detroit Plant

Wade Mumma, son of Carl Mum
ma, who was graduated with honors
from Purdue university recently has
accepted a position as bio-chemist in
a new plant recently opened in De
troit by Park-Davis Co., pharmaceu-
teal manufacturers, He entered on
his new duties Wednesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Takes Position With
Aircraft Concern

Roger B. Amstutz, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Amstutz south of Bluff
ton on the Dixie highway, has ac-
cepted a position with the Boiling
Aircraft Co., of Seattle, Wash, it
was announced this week.
Amstutz was graduated August 20
from Notre Dame university in areo-
nautical engineering. He and his
wife left last week by automobile,
for their new home in the west.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
SIX MAN FOOTBALL
TO Be FEATURE OF
PREv!EW SEPT. 10
Novelty Version of Grid Contest
to be Staged on Harmon
Field
Teams from Clyde and Wayne
to Feature First Game of
Series

Six-man football, a wide-open
game played on a smaller field, will
be seen in this area for the first
time in Buttons second annual
football preview at Harmon field,
Friday night, Sept. 10.
The six-man tilt between teams
from Clyde and Wayne will be the
first of four games in an action
studded presentation.
Following the six-man contest,
there will be 11-man games between
Ada and Columbus Grove; Belle
fontaine and Upper Sandusky and
Forest and Blutfton.
Smaller Playing Field
Clyde and Warren will tangle in
the first six-man games ever played
in this area. For the six-man tilt,
d playing field 80 yards long and 40
yards wide will be used, instead of
the regulation field of 100 yards by
80 yards.
In six-man football. all offensive
players are eligible to receive for
ward pass, and in scrimmage three
players must be on the line when the
ball is snapped. A tumble or a clear
pass may be recovered and advanced
by the defensive team, even though
it has touched the ground.
The first man to handle the ball
from center may not run with it, but
must pass or hand it to another
player. In six-man football, the of
fensive team must advance the ball
Is yards in four downs instead Of
the 10 yards in four downs rule
prescribed for 11-man teams.
Committees Named
With plans for the preview taking
shape, committees to be in charge
of the event were announced this
week. They include:
Advance ticket sale-Harry Bogart,
Charles Steiner, Edgar Chamberlain,
Woodrow Little and David Risser.
Game ticket sales-W. A. Howe,
Rev. V. c. Oppermann, Eddie
Badertscher, Leland Diller, Levi
Althaus, Paul Diller, Ralph Lanham
and Norman Edinger.
Sale of programs-A. c. Burcky,
Arthur Lewis, Gail Mumma and
Silas Diller.
| Police-Don Patterson.
Ushers-William Edwards.
Publicity-Ralph Reichenbach.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Triplett.
The preview is sponsored by the
Bluffton board of education, with
proceeds going to the recreation
committee for community recreation.
Tickets went on sale this week
for the action-studded presentation
which will mark Bluffton's second
annual football preview.
Tickets for the preview are on
sale locally at Risser's Sandwich
shop; Swank's Barber shop and
Bluffton High school office. General
admission tickets will be sold at a
25-cent discount if purchased before
Friday noon, Sept. 10.
Officials for the preview games
include Cletus Clark, Don Koch, Guy
Workman and Howard Scheuerman,
all Of Lima.
In preparation for the preview,
officially opening Bluffton's 194S
football season, a crew of volunteer
workmen under the supervision of
Dave Riser is repairing and re-
painting stadium seats.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
BluftOn Pianist Wins
AUard At State Fair

Mary Kathryn Bauman, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. |. w. Bauman of
West Kibler street was awarded a
silver certificate on the basis of her
performance in a piano addition at
the Ohio State fair, Saturday.
Ten certificates, seven silver and
three gold were awarded performers.
Miss Bauman, the only entrant from
this place, is a sophomore in Bluff
ton college.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Garden Club FIOWer
ShOIU Here Friddy

The Garden club will hold their
flower show in the Methodist church
parlors, Friday afternoon and even
ing from 2 to 10 o'clock. All inter-
ested in gardening are invited to
bring arrangements of either flowers
or vegetables. Exhibits should be in
place by II a. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Richtand Grange To
Broadcast SATURDAY.

Richland grange talent will be
heard in a broadcast from Lima
radio station WLOK, Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. The program will
comprise the regular grange half
hour broadcast from the Lima sta
tion every Saturday morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Teaching In Elida

Miss Lois Oyer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Oyer of North Lawn
avenue will assume her duties as
vocal music instructor in the Elida
schools next week. She was gradu-
ated from Bluffton college last
snrinp.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Moving Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Rickert and
family have moved from Canton to
the Mrs. Sara Steiner farm west of
Bluffton. Mrs. Rickert is the former
Vera Althaus of this place. Her
husband has accepted bookkeeping
position at BixeI Motor Sales.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
Prof. KLdssen's
Carvings At Fair

Wood carvings by Prof. John
Klassen, BIuffton college art in
structor, are one of the features in
the home talent display at the Ohio
State fair in Columbus this week.
The exhibit is in the Arts and
Crafts building at the fair, it was
announced by Mrs. Mark Russell.
superintendent of the building.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
HIGH SCHOOL NOTICE

Pupils may get registration cards
by calling at the high school office
this week mornings from 8 to 1880
o'clock and afternoons from l to 3
o'clock except Thursday afternoon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
To Teach In North
Dakota Indian School

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stratton are
leaving for Dunseth, North Dakota,
where they will teach in the elemen-
tary school on an Indian reservation.
Mrs. Stratton will teach the second
and third grades and her husband
the fifth and sixth grades.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
LABOR DAY-wAfaEr COUNTRY

HERE W4AHEehcA We cELE5R47E THE RIGHT OF THe
INDIVIDUAL TO DETERMINE WHAT WORK
HIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT IN PROPORTION TO
THE EFFORT He PUTS FORTH his RIGHT TO ENJOY THE
FRUITS LABOR AND USE THEM As HE SEES FIT
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Musser, Bluff
ton, a daughter, Constance Jean, at
Lima Memorial hospital, Wednesday
morning. Mrs. Musser is the former
Dorothy Lugibill.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-02
PAPER COLLECTION

Bluffton high school senior class
will collect waste paper throughout
-@ssaa
The Valley settler., 1948-03-05
IMPROVING sou fertility

Atr icultura1 prosperity can only be mainta in
led by returning to the soil those elemen is
of plant food which are removed by cropping.
Soil fertility, moisture, and suitable tenn
perature determine your success in Acricu1-
ture.
Keeping your land fert lie while you mike
living from it pre- sent many diff icul t les. Any
materials which help to maintain fertility
cheaply and fficient1y are important. Mn
lure, ferti izer and l inc are the three mo st
reliable materials, and manure offers the
greatest range Of helpful qualities with the
most lasting effect.
Eanure provides not only the es sent ial elem
|ents, nitrogen, phosphoric &C i'd and potash,
land minute amount Of other elements. These
minor substances, though neces sary for heal tt
growth used in such snail quantities by
plants that they are classed as trace element
If these trace elements are lacking in the
crops used as feed, livestock often develops
Ida ic iency di seases.
The Valley settler., 1948-03-05
4-H AT STATE FAR

More than half a hundred Al club girls ap-
peared at the state fair at Yakima last fall
with their lips showing on their clothing
idarned. The Sc girls were proud, rather than
enb arrassed, for those FPS and mended gar
tnents we're on exhibition to prove the prac-
tic al skill Of the c1ubbers with needle and
tthrea d and sewing machine.
Practical knowledge and skill were demonstra-
tied by 700 boys and girls, from nearly every
bart CT the state. They proved how down-to-
earth A. Club VIC rk is in a host Of different
Il1nes--from darning stockings to grooming
pigs, preparing meals to judging chickens.
ARG fNTINf A-H
Dur ing the last two years over 700 Al Clubs
have been o1eanized in Agent inc. Almost al
iof them have been created as an extra-curr1c-
fular activity of rural schools, wi tn the
tie achers assuming respons Utility for leader
Ish ip.
Ire merabersh ip symbol Of the Argentine farm
youth clubs is the same as that Of Al clubs
lin this country, four leaf clover. -ngrav-
led on the leaves are the initials, P, :, 7,
Trey stand for "pensmiento" (thought);
Waco ion" TACT ion); "integridad" Integrity;
and asalud" thea1th).
Last year the US. exported more than two bill
lion dollars worth Of goods to the Latin Az.
|erican countries and imported from them other
goods worth almost as much, in the way Of
bananas, coffee, sugar, henequen and sisa1.
Chief exports we're wheat, lard, rice and
processed milk
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-03
Take Vaca tion

Mir. and M1 s. Don- aid Ingalls and Mir. and Mrs. Eclil Lar sh recently 1o turned from a shor motor vacation.
 The men WGI c cd in coInai S. SiOncr's cOuI t on Tue sday and were fined R2OO each, were given a 3O-day suspend cd jail son. tonco and all had their hunting li- cens5 revoked until June 30, l94o.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-03
Teachers Arrive

Miss Alma Plem- mons, Mis ss Vornice Sel lman and Wal ter F1 ( 3man, all new members of the Pal- mer school faculty, arrived in the Val- ley this we ok. Miss Pl annons comes from Fl Paso, Texas and Iii ss Sol lman from Okla homa City. MT. Ire 3clan, who is ac- colpani ed by his fa- nj ly, cane from Val- dez.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-03
FOUR ARE FINED FOR ILLEGAL HUNTING

Four Valley Resi- dents this week were charCed wi tn the il- legal shooting of car i bou. The four, Robert Wend t, liar tin Sherman, Alba Br ooks and L. r. DePI es t, all pleaded gui ty to the charge of shooting car i bou out of season.
 The conpla int wa s ri led by Holgar Lar son, Fish end Jild- life Service agent.
Evening star., 1948-07-18

STEAK TURNovERs: Grind leftover
meat; add grated raw carrot and
few tbsp. catsup or mushroom soup.
Place a spoonful of mixture on
squares of rich pastry or biscuit
dough. Fold dough over meat; seal
edges with fork and bake in mod.
hot oven 425' }. Serve with
creamed fresh mushrooms or di-
luted mushroom soup.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-07-01
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
Ild0 x ASSOCIATIONS
TITO Azan Man1a

put for the first six months of
the year.
Barring a coal strike or other
possible production interrupt
lions, the outlook for the second
half of the year is bright. The
output of iron ore is running at
an all time high and the scrap
supply has improved within re-
cent weeks. Steel companies
know that they must maintain
their production at the peak to
halt attempts in government
quarters to place distribution
under Federal control.
UNIQUE
has the steel shortage been felt
more sharply than by manufac-
turers of railway equipment,
whose production potential has
been periodically hamstrung.
These manufacturers have built
100000 freight cars since the
end of the war, but during that
same period the railroads have
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-07-01
Crow Agency

Mrs. Warren M. Alfred enter
tanned with a dessert-bridge on
Monday afternoon honoring
Mrs H. c. Brockman of Calf.
who is the houseguest of her
daughter, Mrs. Leland Fallon
Four tables were in play with
high score being awarded to
Mrs. S. P. Louk and low to Mrs,
Ruth Kelly. The honoree re-
ceived a guest prize.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Mil
Ter of Benicia, Calf, stopped
FREELY at the Crow Agency on
Monday. They had been visiting
with his brother, Edwin H. Mil
Ter in Denver, Colo, and were
enroute to Yakima, Wash.
where they will visit his cou-
sin, Harry r. Throssell.
Mrs. Carl Young, assisted by
her daughter Carleeta, enter
tanned on Friday afternoon
honoring her daughter Cesyl
Janica, on her seventh birth