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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
FOOTBALL PREvIEW
At HARMON FIELD
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
Six-Man Football In Opener VIII
BE One of Features of
Four-Game Show
Bluffton High Win Play Forest:
Proceeds VIII Be Used For
Community Recreation

An action-studded gridiron presen-
tation, including Bluffton Highs first
start of the season and three other
16-minute games, win feature Bluff
tons second annual football preview
at Harmon field this Friday night.
An outstanding feature on the
program will be the opening tilt at
7:30 p. m. between six-man football
teams representing Clyde and
Wayne.
1t viii be the first time six-man
football ever has been played in this
district, and the wide-open, free
scoring game is expected to attract
many here.
Six 11-Mau Teams "a,
In the other three games bv IL
man teams, Ada will meet Columbus
Grove; Bellefontaine will play Upper
Sandusky and Bluffton will oppose
Forest.
Sponsored by the Bluffton board
of education, the preview is held
here to provide funds for the COM
munity recreation program of the
Bluffton recreation committee.
Manager of the preview is Bluffton
High schools new head coach. Rich
ard Lowery; with Roger Howe serv-
ing as his assistant.
Dedicate New Lights
The preview also will serve as
dedication of Harmon fields new
lighting system, installed early last
summer, as a community venture. IL
Elimination of the field is about twice
as bright since installation Of the
new lights.
Music and entertainment will he
provided by the Bluffton High school
band.
Members of the Recreation com-
mittee will direct various. phases If,
preview activity, and concessions.
will be operated by the Band
Mothers.
Officials will be Cletus Clar. Don
Koch, Guy Workman and Howard
seheuerman, all of Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Funeral Wednesday
For Vim. Chidester

Funeral services for William Fl,
Chidester, 50, native of the Beaver
dam ara were held at Emanuel's Re-
formed church, Wednesday morning
with Rev. V. c. Oppermann officiat-
ing. Interment was in the church
cemetery.
Chidester died at his home in
Lakewood, Monday and the BODY ar
rived at the Diller funeral home
Tuesday evening. He was an EN-
ploye of the Nickel Plate railroad
and formerly lived in Lima.
Surviving are his wife, Sylvia and
the following children: Kenneth. Mrs.
Bernice Short, Rice, Robert, Dale,
Ruth and Richard Chidester.
Also surviving are a brother John
and sister Mrs. Ira Larue both of
Beaverdam; and half-brother Jacob
Wingate of Beaverdam.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Two From Holland; Two From
Germany and One From
Hawaii Enter Here
European Students are Coming
Under Exchange Student
Arrangement

Five foreign students are enrolled
at Bluffton college it was announced
from the registrars office as the
school opens its doors for the fall
term this week.
Of this number one come from
Hawaii and two each from Holland
and Germany. The four Europeans
are enrolled here under the student
exchange program of the Council OF
Mennonite and Affiliated colleges.
Coming from Hawaii is Sanec
okada, whose brother formerly at
tended college here.
From Holland are Jacob Rote and
Joan de Monchy the latter a brother
of Reno de Monchy who was a
Bluffton student in the 1946-47 col
lege term.
Herta van Delden, Gronau, West
fallen, and Hermann Neff, Regens-
burg, Mayern, are the two Germans.
The exchange students were Sc
lected by committee of Mennonite
relief workers in Europe, following
personal interviews and intensive in
vestigation of each.
The United States government has
approved the exchange program, it
was announced by local college Off
cials.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Bullet Wounds Fatal
TO Lima Executive

Paul F. Schoenlein, 80, an execu-
tive with the City Loan and Savings
Co., of Lima, died Tuesday after
noon in st. Rita's hospital, that
city, the result of two bullet wounds
in his head, reported to have been
self-inficted.
His wife Helen is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Armstrong of
Lima; Mrs. Armstrong being the
former Loa EULER, a native of Bluff
ton and a sister of Mrs. Albert Ben
roth, of this place.
According to Lima police, Schoen-
lein fired the shots Monday after
noon from a % calibre target pistol
while in the bedroom of his home in
Lima. He had been suffering from
nervous condition for two months
and had been on leave of absence
from his position with the loan COM
pany since July 8.
Funeral services will be held in
the Davis-Miller chapel, Lima, Thurs
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. In
terment will be in Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Wayne Deppler Is
Polio Victim In Lima

Wayne E. Deppler, 50, of Lima,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Deppler, of
this place, became Allen county's
first September polio fatality when
he died at a. m. Tuesday in Lima
st. Rita's hospital.
Stricken Sunday while visiting in
Findlay, Deppler was victim of
the usually fatal bulbar type of the
disease.
The Bluffton native, a graduate of
Bluffton High school in the class of
1888, was district station super
visor for the Standard Oil Co. with
headquarters in Lima.
He was born Dec. "a, 1916, in
Bluffton, and married Esther Bishop
Jan. 7, 1941. Surviving in addition
to the widow and parents are one
daughter, Dianne, and a brother,
Kenneth Deppler, of Columbus.
Deppler entered military service
May /, 1912, and served as first ser
geant with the signal corps until his
discharge on Dec. IS, 1885
First employed by TIE Standard
Oil Co. as station manager in 1896,
Deppler later becames salesman
and station supervisor for Is coun-
ties in the Lima division of the
company.
The body was brought to the Ba-
singer funeral home, Tuesday morn
ing, where funeral services will be
held at IL a. m. Thursday. Rev. E.
]. Penhorwood, of the SoutS Side
Church of Christ, Lima. Sfil off.
ciate. Burial will be in Maple Grove
cemetery.
Children will not be admitted tc
the funeral rites.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Last Rites Sunday
For Philip Steiner

Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon in the First Mennonite
church for Philip F. Steiner, 72, who
died at p. m. last Friday in his
home on College avenue.
Death followed a two years i'll
ness, during which he was bedfas;
for the last four months.
The son of Job and Lydia (Nis,
wander) Steiner, he was born in AL,
len county, March 10, 1876. He mar.
ried Elizabeth Althaus, June IL
1910. She survives.
Also surviving are twin daughters
Mrs. Mayanna Quenzer, Les An.
geles; Mrs. Madonna McNeal, Day,
ton; four sons, J. Carold and ]. Yer,
non Steiner, Dayton; Garland L
Steiner, Jackson, Mich; and Harley
P. Steiner, Lima.
There are five brothers, E. N
Steiner, Dayton; Ed Steiner, Bluff,
ton; E. o. Steiner, Lima; Clarence
Steiner, Findlay; and l. l. Steiner
Indio, Calf.
Mr.. Steiner operated grocery
store here for a number of years
and at the time of his last illness
was employed at Bluffton college.
He was a member of the First
Mennonite church where funeral
services were held Sunday. Rev. ]
N. Smuckr officiated at the rites
Burial was in the Ebenezer ceme,
terry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Balmer,
Bluffton, a girl, Barbara Louise, Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Basinger,
Findlay, a boy, James Bennett, Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Hamman,
Bluffton, boy, Timothy Clay, Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Binkley, Ada,
a girl, Anna Marie, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Davis, Lafay-
cite, a girl, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Hughes, Mt.
Blanchard, girl, Wednesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
BLUFFTON SCHOOLS
HAVE ENROLMENT
OF 493 THIS FALL
Grade School Total Is Up With
274 Mark; High School
Drops to 219
Student Registration Increases
Eight For Second Time In
Last Il Years

Bluffton's public school registra-
ton Tuesday for the opening day of
the fall term was 493, an increase
of eight over last year, it is reported
by Supt. of Schools r. S. Lanham.
A marked decline was apparent
this year in junior and senior high
school enrolment, while at the same
time there was an increase in pupils
in the first six grades.
From the seventh grade through
the twelfth there are 219 students
this fall, as compared with 227 last
year. In the first six grades, how
ever, registration increased from 258
to 274.
Top Enrolment in First Grade
Top enrolment in the grade school
this fall is in the first grade where
there are 5S pupils. In the high
school the juniors have a class of
so, but there are only % seniors, one
of the smallest groups in history of
the school over the last several
decades.
This fall marks only the second
time in the last II years that enroll
ment in Bluffton schools has shown
an increase over the preceding term.
The downward trend in enrolment
started in the fall of 1887 when the
public schools here had 669 pupils.
This represents a total of ITO more
than the schools have this fall.
Enrolment by Grades
School enrolment figures announc-
ed Tuesday afternoon by Supt. Ralph
Lanham were as follows:
Grade 1--58, Grade 11-45; Grade
III-37; Grade IV-48; Grade v
SO; Grade VI-36. Totals-274.
Junior and Senior High-Grade
VIr-38; Grade VIII-40; Grade TX
-35; Grade .x-27; Grade XI-50;
Grade xTT-29. Totals-219,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
DR.. ". S. HiLty Dies;
Funeral In Pandora

DR.. N. S. Hilty, II, retired Pan
dora physician and dentist, died
Sunday morning at 3:15 o'clock at
the home of his son Ray S. Hilty,
of West Kibler street, Death, due
to a heart ailment followed several
weeks illnss.
DR.. Hilty has made his home with
his son here for several years after
retiring from his profession which
he practiced for 90 years. He also
served as mayor of Pandora and
president of the Riley township board
of education.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon from Grace Men
MONTE church, Pandora, of which he
was member. Rev. Ernest Bohn
officiated and burial was in Pleasant
Ridge cemetery, Pandora.
He was born February 13, 1877
in Richland township, the son of
John S. and Magdalene (Sutter)
Hilty. He married Eva Schumacher
who died in 1916.
Surviving are four sons: Roy OF
Bowling Green; Ray of Bluffton
Ralph of Berea and Reno Hilty OF
Brookville.
Also surviving are a sister, Mrs
A. c. Diller, Orrville and the fol.
lowing brothers: c. D. Hilty, Bluff
ton; DR.. o. X. Hilty, Ft. Wayne.
Homer Hilty, Spencerville; Wilfort
Hilty, Lima; Monroe Hilty, Colum
bus Grove and Eldon Hilty, Pandora
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Union Church Service
To Be Held Sunday

Welcoming Bluffton college stu
dents for the fall and winter term,
a union church service will be held
Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock in
the First Mennonite church, under
auspices of the Bluffton Ministerial
association. ~....
Brief remarks by pastors of sew
eral local churches and by Nelson
Steiner on behalf of the Sunday
schools will be featured in the union
service. Each church also will pro-
vide special music for the occasion.
Following the union service re-
freshments viii be served in the
basement of the First Methodist
church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
ReU. Cranler Heads
Ministerial Assn.

Rev. Paul Cramer, pastor of the
Methodist church, was elected presi-
dent of the Bluffton Ministerial as
sociation for the coming year at a
meeting last week.
Rev. E. N. Bigelow, of the Presby-
terian church, former president of
the association, will be secretary
treasurer.
A union church service will be
held by the Ministerial association at
7:30 p. m. this Sunday in the First
Mennonite church to welcome Bluff
ton college students. Plans also are
being made to hold a school of re-
iigion this fall for the training of
Sunday school and church leaders.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Foreign Students From Europe And
Hawaii Enrolled At Bluffton College
Grdtz Dry Goods
Store Changes Hands

Mrs. Laura Gratz announced the
sale Tuesday of the Peter Gratz
dry goods store at North Main and
Church streets to Mr.. and Mrs, Ed
win Rice of Cherry street. The new
owners will take possession Friday.
Mr.. Rice has been local represen-
tative of life insurance company
for several years and his wife has
been employed at Bixel Motor Sales
office. Mrs. Gratz who. took over
management following the death of
her husband, Peter Gratz, has an
nounced no plans for the future.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Pastors Child Is
Victim, OF Polio

Janet Armentrout, seven-year-old
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Chester
Armentrout of Sparta, ILL.,, is a pa
tient in a st. Louis, Mo-, hospital,
suffering from polio.
She became i'll while returning
home with her parents after visiting
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
]. Kissell of Columbus Grove.
Rev. Armentrout is a former pas
tor of the Col. Grove Presbyterian
church and a twin brother of Rev.
Charles Armentrout, now living in
Indianapolis, former pastor of the
RIuffton and Rockport Presbyterian
charge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
GrdUeside Services
Are Held For Infant

Graveside services for Infant Dan
iel Bowers, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur A. Bowers of Beaverdam
were held at Woodland cemetery
near Beaverdam Sunday afternoon
with Rev. Frank Harder officiating.
The infant died at birth at Bluffton
hospital, Saturday afternoon.
In addition to the parents he is
survived by a sister Judith Ellen,
brother John Philip and maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Schwitzer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09

Jimmy Dennis, Is, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Dennis of near Rawson
was taken to Maumee valley hospital
from Findlay hospital, Tuesday.
The youth became i'll Saturday at
his home and was removed in an un-
conscious condition to Findlay hos
pital where his illness later was di-
agnosed as polio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Real Estate Deals

]. O. Koontz has purchased the
Richard Davies property on Harmon
road. Koontz will occupy the prop
erty when vacated by Davies who
last month purchased the c. F. Mis-
wander property on South Main
street. Davies will move into his
newly purchased property when Mis-
wander vacates to occupy his new
residence under construction near
the South Main street corporation
line.
Levi Frankhauser of North Main
street has purchased the Chas. r
Miller residence property on South
Main street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
BLUFFT0N MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel pricesl - Wheat
s2.08; corn $150; oats re; soys
s2.45.
Poultry-Heavy- hens Soc; leghorr
hens zoe; heavy fryers 36e; leghorr
fryers 34c.
Eggs-Large whites 54c; large
browns SIC; medium whites 47e
medium browns 45c; pullets 37e.
Butterfat-74c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
The Indian UNO In
Old Ohio

Forgotten things and hidden bits
of history bring sudden jolts, once
the dust is wiped off and the cob
webs blown away. Nothing is new
under the sun, or in the dark either
for that matter, and most things
have been done before somehow and
some time.
Strangely parallel to our own
United Nations Organization was
that of the Indians in Ohio-and
they had one more than 156 years
ago. All tribes of all nations were
members of it and there were no
hold-outs. On the other end of the
teeterboard were your great-grand-
father and mine, five times removed,
and few Of their own members who
had troubles among themselves.
The first meeting of the federation
was at Au Gtaize in October, 1892,
and it was humdinger-the biggest
convention of Indians ever before or
since held in America. Au Glaize
now is Defiance, Defiance County,
and was named by the French. Be
fore that it was miami on the
Lake" and earlier was the Shawnee
Indian town of "En-sa-woc-sa." Still
earlier it was "Tu-en-da-wie," !"
ancient village of the Wyandottes.
Heart of Indian Nations
Au Glaize was the heart of the
Indian nations. There they came to
live, trade and council. Almost in
the middle of the great Maumee
valley, it easily was reached by the
Little st. Joseph and Tifin rivers
from the north and the AugIaize and
st. Mary's rivers on the south. All
were navigable and only a six-mile
portage on the st. Mary's river at
Loramie broke the uninterrupted
waterway between the Great Lakes
and tn Gulf of Mexico.
/ The valley is 100 miles long and
/ 100 miles wide and embraces all the
territory occupied by dozen coun-
ties in Ohio and parts of Michigan
and Indiana. Until our own TT.
Defiance was built there in 1894 Au
Glaize was the capital of the Indian
world.
One matter that troubled the
Indian United Nations Organization
was the 100-year-old war between
the Wyandottes and the Senecas
Another was the encroachment OF
the white men on their best hunting
grounds. And there were other little
angles of their foreign policy to be
ironed out.
| Chiefs Gather
| Early in 1892 the chiefs and dele.
gates of the tribes and nations began
pouring into Au Glaize. Chiefs OF
all the tribes Of the Northwest were
there and the representatives of the
seven nations in Canada and of the
I27 nations beyond Canada. OLD
Cornplanter and 48 chiefs of the sis
nations of New York attended ana
three representatives of the Cora
nations took a whole season to re
to the meeting place.
| The principal question before tn,
great council was not how to max,
or keep the peace or whether t,
declare war on the white settlrs
| 1t merely was whether there shoul,
be peace OF ought to be a war" Tn
century-old difficulty between tn
Wyandottes and senecas was easil
|; | disposed Of. The council woul
simply let the thing rock along an
it would settle itself. Each natio
had almost exterminated the othe
By that time anyway.
, The Shavnees were in favor q
war and most Of the other tribes an
nations were with them-beside
those enumerated, so many natior
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
BeaUerdan, Reports
First Case OF Polio

Beaverdam's first polio case was
reported last Friday when Edwin
Fisher, two-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Fisher, was admitted
to the isolation word of Lima St.
Ritas hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Keys Stolen From
Auto In Garage

Keys, drivers license and other
articles were reported missing when
Wade Bachtol's automobile was pill
fered while in the garage at his
home north Of Button on the county
line, Tuesday night,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Returning After
Summer In EurODe

Miss Marceille Steiner of Poplar
street will arrive home Thursday
from Europe where she spent the
summer with a reconstruction unit
in Germany under direction Of the
Mennonite Central committee. The
group also had an opportunity to
visit Switzerland and other places
of interest.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
Retain Altman As
Conference Head

DR.. v. Fl. Altman of Bluffton was
renamed superintendent of the San
dusky conference of the Evangelical
United Brethren church at the an
nual church meeting held at Camp
st. Marys this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09
LIBRARY HOURS

The library will be open to the
public from L o'clock noon until )
y. m. daily except Sunday and on
Monday and Saturday evenings from
$50 to 5 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-09-09

81 HARRY Z. HAS
EDrToR's NoTE-This is one
of q series of articles to appear
IN the Blufton NeiUs dealing
With early Ohio history. Others
soit appear tn Forthcoming
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Chile Congress Asked
To Act on Antarctic
BY The A,soeio.ed Press

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile, Feb a.
President Gabriel Gonzalez videla
asked the Chilean Congress today to
place mineral-rich lands of Antarc-
tica within the political boundaries
of Chile.
The President signed message
to Congress during a ceremony yes
terday in this southernmost Chilean
city asking it to "join to this prov
ince all territories south of the
Beagle Channel" The channel lies
about 100 miles north of Cape Horn
From today" Mr.. Gonzalez said
in a speech, Chile extends from
africa (on the Peruvian border) to
the South Pole
He said Chile's titles and rights
to the Antarctic territory she claims
are 80 legitimate that other states
outside the continent have had to
resort to the threat of attacking our
military bases and using the cannon
of its invincible fleet to justify its
imperialistic intentions to colonize
our islands"
Mr.. Gonzalez apparently referred
to Britain, which has disputed claims
of Chile and Argentina in the Falk-
land Islands. Britain has dis
patched her cruiser Nigeria to the
area. Mr.. Gonzalez has just re-
turned from there.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Mother Falls Off Roof
In Futile Effort 10 Save
-Four Children in Fire
BY the Associoied Press

GLENS FALLS, N. Y, Feb. "a
Four children and a housekeepel
were burned to death today after
frantic mother had fallen from q
porch roof in trying to save them
from their flaming home about IL
miles west of here.
State police searched the ruins for
the bodies of Mrs. Elizabeth Center
IS, the housekeeper, and Janice, S;
Amos, 8; Richard, 6, and Ronald, 4,
children of Mrs. Elizabeth Hack, 80
Mrs. Hack suffered severe burns
of the arms, hands, back and face
She was reported in fair condition
at Glens Falls Hospital.
A son by a previous marriage
Vernon Dunkley, 10, escaped without
injury by jumping from the porch
roof of the small, one and one-half
story frame house.
Mrs. Darwin Peck, neighbor,
said Vernon and his mother, scantly
clad, had run screaming to the Peck
house. Mrs. Hack cried that she had
led her four other children to the
roof and then had fallen of. Mrs.
Peck reported. The children ap-
parently fled back inside.
Their father, Richard, repeatedly
was away.
Firemen from Corinth and Luzerne
were called but were unable to save
anything.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Louisiana Votes Today
In Runoff Primary
By the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 24.-Both
sides predicted victory today as one
of Louisiana's bitterest political
feuds reached a showdown at the
polls.
Rival candidates for governor in
Democratic runoff primary cleo
ton are Sam H. Jones, leader of the
States reform forces, and Earl K
Long, who has the support of the
followers of his late brother, Sem
ator Huey P. Long.
About 100000 party members are
expected to vote. The winner is
assured of victory in the routine
general election in April.
1t is the second head-on clash be-
tween the two former governors.
Mr.. Jones won out in 1910 when Mr..
Long opposed him with the Louisi-
ana scandals still fresh in the minds
of the electorate. Mr.. Long had
succeeded to the governorship on
the resignation of Richard w.
Leche. No charges were brought
against Mr.. Long personally but
the old Huey Long organization was
reellng from the impact of the
prosecutions.
Today Mr.. Jones is fighting an up
hill battle. Mr.. Long led him by
10000 votes in a preliminary elec-
ton January 30 when he polled
more than 4114 per cent of the to-
tai vote. He missed a majority by
109, 400 ballots and the second pri-
mary campaign has been directed
largely at the 229,323 voters who
supported the two eliminated Of
fee -seekers-Judge Robert F. Ken
non and Representative Morrison.
Mr.. Long forecast a triumph by
100000 votes. Mr.. Jones said it
would be close, but predicted he
would win.
Polls, opening at am. (CST
were to close at pm. Except in
New Orleans and Baton Rouge,
where they will remain open until 9.