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Evening star., 1948-08-25
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The bidding:
South West North East
spade Pass diamonds Pass
2 2Spades Pass 3spades Pass
4Spades Pass Pass Pass
Opening lead. ace of clubs.
An overwhelming majority OF
problems confronting a PLAYER on
defense have to do with the selec-
ton of the proper suit to attack.
Once that suit is chosen, further
problem may arise in the choice OF
the proper card to play. In most
cases that will be. simple matter
and accepted conventions will usual
ly serve as substantial guide In
a number of situations, however,
the orthodox method will not sue
ceed and a certain amount of logic
must be applied in the choice of the
particular card to play Today's
hand presents one such case.
The bidding requires no special
comment. South's rebid of two
spades Is eminently correct. Some
players with holdings of this type
cannot resist the temptation to Jump
on the second round in order to
describe the long and solid suit.
Such tactics are unsound. A lump
rebld should not be made when the
only justification for it is length of
suit. 1t must be accompanied by
additional honor values as well,
South's hand was minimum so far
as high card values were concerned.
In view of the bidding West could
md no better lead than the ace of
clubs and East played the dis
couraging deuce. Though a single
ton appeared in dummy, it was
pointless to lead trumps, with the
idea of preventing ruffs, inasmuch
as the established diamond suit
would provide discards for any
losers declarer might hold. Tricks
had to be cashed in a hurry, so West
led the ace of hearts and followed
with the jack. This was covered by
dummy's queen and the ten became
established in the South hand.
There were no more tricks for the
defense.
The only hope was that you had
the king and ten of hearts. partner"
was Vests comment. West had not
gone far enough in his analysis.
There was another hope-namely,
that his partner held the king and
nine OF the suit. In any event the
winning play at trick two was the
jack of hearts. The play might
gain but could not possibly lose.
The jack would be covered by the
queen and the king, and on the
heart return South's ten would be
captured, yielding the defense three
tricks in the suit. II East held
king-ten either play would have the
same effect. If South held the ten
and the nine no play would succeed.
but if East held the king and the
nine the only winning play at the
second trick would be the jack.
! tCopyrieht. 194s. by Charles II. Goren)
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
Funeral Home Opening
Saturday And Sunday

The Paul Diller funeral home on
South Main street, recently re-
modelled will hold open house Satur-
day and Sunday, it was announced
the first Of the week.
A building program begun early
last summer has been completed
recently in which the chapel is en-
larged and a display room added
together with modern preparatory
room and improved garage facilities
for ambulance service.
Programs on the electric organ in
the funeral home chapel will be
given Saturday and Sunday after.
moons and evenings by Prof. Otto
Holtkamp of the Bluffton college
conservatory and fayors will bt
presented to all visitors.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
Install Masonic
Lodge Officers

Installation of newly elected Of
ficers will take place at the Masonic
lodge here Monday night. Officers
to be installed are:
Worthy master, Edgar Cook;
senior warden, Richard Lewis 4;
junior warden, Kent Amstutz; SEN
ior deacon, Robert Ewing; junior
deacon, Chas. Steiner; treasurer,
Evan Basinger; secretary, Ralph
Stearns; chaplain, Paul Cramer
senior steward, Carl Marshall; jun
ior steward, Hubert Trop; trustee,
Wilbur Amstutz.
Installing officers will be George
Klay, Bert Swank and Arrnin Hau-
enstein :.
Preceding the lodge session a pot
luck supper viii be served at $3.50
o'clock. Motion pictures of the Ma,
sonic home in Springfield also will
be shown.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
STATE MAY FORCE
TOWN INTO SEWAGE
DISPOSAL ACTION
Legislation Compelling Sewage
Disposal Treatment Expect
ed Next Year
Ohio Action Will Be Outgrowth
OF Pact Against Pollution
of Streams

State legislation expected to be
enacted at the next session of Ohio's
legislature may bring to a head
Bluffton's long-deferred action on
construction of a sewage disposal
system ard plant here much earlier
than anyone had expected.
Testimony introduced last week at
the Maumee valley watershed con.
servancy district hearing disclosed
that all Ohio cities without sewage
treatment plants may be compelled
Immediately to proceed with con-
struction.
The prediction was made by Fred
II. Waring, chief engineer of the
sanitation division.
New Legislation Planned
Testifying at the hearing, Waring
said Ohio is obligated to pass
legislation ordering the construction
of sewage treatment plants in all
municipalities which do not now have
them.
He said the obligation arises from
a previous act which authorized
Ohio to sign an eight-state Ohio
river anti-pollution compact now eff
fective, but for which the state now
lacks the power to proceed with en-
forcement.
Waring testified the bill to be in
troduced at the next session of the
state Legislature will make state
wide compliance necessary. Hence
Bluffton would be compelled to take
action, altho streams passing thru
here do not empty into the Ohio
valley.
Sewage Systems in Area
In his testimony, the state
engineer said that altho SO munic-
ipalities in the Mamee basin have
waterworks, only 13 have sewage
treatment plants. The only cities
treating sewage m this area are
Columbus Grove, Findlay and Lima.
Waring said further that shout 10
Continued on page 10)
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Rites For Moses
Antstutz Monday

Moses J. Amstutz, 10, of Grove
street, a retired farmer, died at 4:45
p. nj. last Friday in Bluffton Com
munity hospital, following serious
illness of one week from complica-
tions of diseases. $685.
Born in Putnam county May 26,
1869, he had been a lifelong resi-
dent of this community. His wife,
the former Caroline Messenger, pre-
ceded him in death.
Surviving children include Mrs
Sidney Hilty, Mt. Blanchard; Mrs
William D. Supple, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Elmer J. Amstutz, Toledo; and Irwin
S. Amstutz, Bluffton.
Also surviving are two brothers
and two sisters: Mrs. Samuel Bixel
Bluffton; Mrs. Margaret Reardon
Canton; Otto Amstutz, Bluffton
and Joshua Amstutz, Pandora.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon in the Ebenezer Men
MONTE church, of which Mr.. Amstuts
was a mmber. Rev. Howard Landes
officiated. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
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Amos Steiner Rites
Held Here SUNDAY

Funeral services were held Sun
day in the Paul Diller funeral home
for Amos Steiner, TT, a native of
Bluffton and former livestock buy
er here, who died at his residence in
Toledo, last Thursday.
Rev. David Morris, Toledo, Off
ciated at the rites. Burial was in
Maple Grove cemetery.
A son of Joseph and Catherine
(Basinger) Steiner, he was born in
Bluffton on Jan. Is, 1871. His wife
died in August, 1947.o
Steiner had conducted a collec-
tion agency in Toledo for the last
Is years.
Surviving are seven children, all
of Toledo; a sister, Mrs. Ephriam
Amstutz, of Bluffton; and brother,
Aaron Steiner, of Ann Arbor, Mich
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
TOWN MAY REDUCE
SPEED OF TRAINS
in CROSSING JAM
Drastically Reduced Train Speed
Cited AS Only Out in College
Ave. Crossing Problem
State Laws Permit Reduction of
Train Speed To 10 Miles
Hourly In Towns

Buttons decade-old battle to OBJ
tain warning signal lights at the
hazardous East College avenue cross
ing of the Nickel Plate railroad was
heading into a new stage this week
with the municipal council consider
ing passage of legislation to limit
drastically the speed of trains thru
the town until conditions are
remedied.
Council consideration of curtailing
train speed followed filing of peti-
tions signed by more than 800 local
residents demanding warning signals,
crossing watchman or cutback in
the speed of trains passing the cross
ing.
In view of the stalemate resulting
from previous efforts of council to
induce the railroad to install warn
ing signals, spokesmen Monday night
notified representative of the rail-
road that restriction of train speed
appeared the only alternative in
complying with community protests
of the crossing hazard.
Railroad Man Here
Appearing for the Nickel Plate
at council meeting was Trainmaster
c. w. Hecker, who pointed out the
importance of railroad shipments
moving on schedule to meet close
schedules in Buffalo and st. Louis,
Speed is essential in handling rail
road consignments without delay,
and a municipal ordinance limiting
the speed of trains would seriously
affect scheduling, he told council
men.
Earlier council sentiment for speed
restrictions appeared unchanged,
however, for unless crossing protect
tion is provided, the only safeguard
for local residents at the crossing
will be slower movement of trains,
spokesman said.
Under state laws, municipality
may order the reduction of speed of
trans to a rate as slow as 10
miles an hour. f.
Last year, resumption of nego-
tiations over College avenue crossing
lights ended in a stalemate when the
railroad proposed a $4,000 installa-
ton for which the town and railroad
each would pay half.
This proposal had to be rejected
by council because limited funds
available for municipal operations
made it impossible for the town tc
share in any part of the cost of in.
stallation.
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***4 81 AsAA4 ~ $& e. Gus .3.& ~s
Outstanding Guest Soloists VIII
Appear With Chorus of
IT'S Singers #aA#
Prof. Russell LantZ is Direct
ing Rendition For His
10th Season

Appearing in their 44th annual
rendition of Handel's oratorio, "The
Messiah" the Bluffton College Choral
Society, augmented by outstanding
guest soloists, will present the music
masterpiece that custom has made q
part OF every Blafftan@ Christmas
season, at 2:3O p m. Sunday in the
high school gymnasium.
Soloists for the performance this
year will be Christine Habegge1
Purves, soprano, Berne, Ind; Gayle
Howey, contralto, Lima; Allan F.
Schirmer, tenor, indianapolis, Ind
and Wilson Jones, basso, New York
City.
Of the four, Miss Howey and
Jones have previously appeared here
in Messiah" soloists roles, and are
popular with local audiences.
Prominent Vocalist ~
Jones, a former Lima man, now is
located in New York City where he
last summer was one of the fnalists
in the second annual additions con-
ducted by the Associated Concert
bureau. In October he appeared in
a concert J. in Carnegie Hail. He
previously sang here =, in 1.-THE
Messiah" in 1888 and 1947. Ce..
Miss Howey, dean of women al
Lima Central High school, long has
been a prominent performer in music
circles in this area. AS a contraltc
soloist, she has made several prev.
ious appearances here.
The tenor, Schirmer, associate
professor of voice at Indiana Centra
college, Indianapolis, Ind, will be
making his 44th appearance as &
Messiah" soloist here next Sunday
He has appeared with many leading
choral groups.
The soprano soloist is a daughter
of Martha Observation-Disclosures
Bluffton college graduate. Mrs
Purves is a graduate of the Oberlil
Conservatory of Music, and is ;
public school music instructor.
It's in Chorus
The 175-voice Bluffton Colieg'
Choral Society chorus also will b.
featured in the annual rendition. /
will be directed by Prof. Russell A
Lantz. A 30-piece orchestra will
play under the direction of Sidne,
Hauenstein, who has conducted sine,
1912.
Pearl Bogart Mann, pianist, ha
been the accompanist since 1910.
Organized in 1902, the Colleg
choral society first presented 9Th
Messiah" in 1905. Prof. Lantz is il
his goth year as director.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
44th Rendition Of ''The Messiah
Will Be Given Sunday Afternoon


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Funeral services were held Mon
day morning in the Paul Diller fun
eral home for Mrs Roscoe Blakes-
ley, So, of West Riley street, who
died in Bluffton Community hospital
at 1885 p. m. last Friday.
Death, caused byv cardiac failure,
followed an illness Of 1T years. She
had been hospitalized for three
years.
A daughter Of Coy and Bertha
Cunningham Main, she was born
in Orange township osss.January 6
1895. She married Mr Blakesley
on July 26. 1918
In addition to her husband she
is survived by a daughter, Mrs
Geneva Rammel, Bluffton; grand.
son, and a sister, Mrs. Neben Fish
er, Orange township.
Mrs. Blakesley was member OF
Riley Greek Baptist church.
Rev. Robert Turner oficiated at
the funeral services Monday in the
funeral home. Burial was in Maple
Grove cemetery. -
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
With The Sick

Mrs. c. Henry Smith of Campus
drive is a patient in the DR.. Ander-
son sanitorium in Worthington.
John Garlinger of Geiger street
is a surgical patient in Lima Me-
mortal hospital.
Mrs. Edgar Hauenstein who has
been i'll at her home on South Jack
son street was removed to Bluffton
hospital the first of the week.
NJ. M. Bogart of South Main
street continues seriously i'll al
Bluffton hospital.
Mrs. M. R. Bixel, q surgical pa
tient in Bluffton hospital is improy,
ing.
Mrs. Edgar Cook, a patient in the
Blufftons hospital has been removed
to her home on Spring street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
Plan to Move Former B1usftOn MAN From
Farm for Displaced Persons Draws Fire

A former Orange township man is
the center of a community eontro-
versy which had its inception this
fall in Darke county when Noah
Leichty, who lived near Bluffton
until few years ago, was notified
to move from the farm on which he
is a tenant in order to make room
for two displaced European families.
Rallying to Leichty's defense,
neighbors of the former local resi-
dent signed and presented petitions
to the farm owner and management,
protesting the move and objecting to
bringing in displaced persons from
Europe to this community and run
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
COUNCIL APPROVES
new STORM SEWER
ON CHERRY STREET
Sewer To Handle Storm Water
Win Run From Mound Street
to Big Riley Creek
Project Marks Start of Long
Range Program Aimed at
Remedying Situation

Bluffton's outmoded storm sewer
system, the cause of flooded streets
and Easements in many areas, will
be remedied on piecemeal basis as
funds are available, under a long
range program inaugurated this
week at meeting of the town
council.
First project in move to relieve
harrassed property owners in areas
where old sewers no longer will
handle the volume of storm water,
will involve the construction this
month of a new sewer on Cherry
street, beginning at the Mound street
intersection and continuing to Big
Riley creek.
One of the villages Oldest storm
water sewers will be replaced at an
estimated cost of $3,326.20 as the
result of decision reached Monday
night at council meeting.
Long-Range Program
With the start of the Cherry
street program, councilmen are hope
ful of doing some storm sewer work
each year, as the availability of
funds will permit. At the best, how
ever, installation of remedial sewers
under such program will require
years it was pointed out.
The program in no way is related
to the villages sanitary sewer
problems, which remain the respon-
sibility of individual property hold
ers, councilmen said, but action is
required on storm water drainage
because of outmoded systems still in
use in many areas of the town.
Work will be started in approx
mately two weeks on the Cherry
street sewer, with the route follow
ing the street gutter from Mound
street to the Farmers Grain Co
elevator.
At the elevator, the sewer will GO
south along the railroad track ap-
proximately 60 feet; then under the
railroad and through the Steinman
lumber yard to Big Riley creek.
24-Inch Drain
Twenty-four-inch concrete drain
pipe will be placed through the lum-
ber yard, replacing one of the towns
earliest sewers, box-like drain con-
structed with stone slab sides and a
fence-rail top.
This old-fashioned sewer has been
breaking down repeatedly in recent
years, requiring work almost weekly
during spring and fall rainy seasons
by the towns street department.
Provisions will be made for cellar
taps along the route of the new
storm sewer installation, but nc
sanitary sewage connections may be
made, councilmen said. Several new
er sewers emptying into the sewer
in areas beyond Mound street are In
fairly good condition.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
Births

The following births at Bluffton
Community hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Dukes, Find
lay, a boy, Christopher Wayne last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Seyer, Jr., OF
tawa, a girl, Jacqueline Sue, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Davis, Ar
lington, a boy, Dana Frederic,
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Oates,
Arlington, a girl, Patricia Elaine,
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hart, Pan,
dora, boy, Jerry Lee, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Timbers, Con.
tinental, a boy, Charles Edward
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Green
Bowling Green, boy, Edward Al
len, Monday. .-s%t
Rev. and Mrs Leroy Thompson
Ada, boy, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justus G. Holsinge
of LaPlata, Puerto Rico, boy, Don
aid Charles, November 27. Mr.. Hol
singer taught history and politics
science at Bluffton college for tn
past two years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
Religious Visual Aid
.@> Library Established

A religious visual aid library is
being established here by the Bluff
ton Ministerial association for the
use of churches and other interested
groups.
Picture slides and film strips will
be made available at the Blufton
public library where they may be
checked out in the same manner
that books are handled, it was an
nounced this week. 9.@E s1rn
In the library at present are a
40-piece set of color slides, "Christ-
mas Blessings" and a film strip en-
titled ''First Years of Christ's Life. u
Under the program the association
plans to build up a large collection
of visual aids for the use of the
community.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
TRAPPERS HIT AS
FUR VOLUME AND
PRICES FALL OFF
Take of Muskrat on Trap Lines
Reported Substantially
Less
Market Prices Sag; Surplus of
Racc0Ons Poses Problem
Here

a Trapping done extensively on
streams thruout the Bluffton area
this year is not yielding the bonanza
returns of 1914 and 1916 because of
a combination of sagging prices for
furs, plus the fact that trappers
generally are having a poor season.
In addition to being far below the
peak prices paid in 1914 and 1945,
this years furs also are bringing
less than during the last season
which in themselves had slumped
from the wartime level.
Muskrat prices this year are
around Sits per pelt, in comparison
with the 1947 price of 1925, High
mark for muskrat pelts was in 1916
when they brought $3.50. /
Many Raccoon
Raecoon the other principal fur
bearing animal trapped in this
district are very plentiful but the
price has dropped to q low of S1.50
and few hunters or trappers are
paying much attention to them.
Last year raecoon pelts brought
Sl.75, and the price in 1945 was
1926.
Muskrat catches SO far this season
have been lower than normal by
nearly one-half. Veteran trappers
attribute the shortage to over-trap-
ping during the bonanza wartime
years, plus high water conditions
which have prevailed most of the
time since the present season opened.
One of the reasons for the abund-
ance of raccoon in this area is at
tributed to the extensive restocking
programs carried on in past years
Continued on page 10)
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ming out our American citizens"
Also figuring in the controversy
was Herbert Marshall, Of Rockport,
manager of the farm in his capacity
with Farm Management, an organi-
zation which manages farms for city
owners.
In view of the opposition of LEIGH
tvs neighbors, Marshall says there
will be no displaced families put on
the 30O-acre farm which Leichty
has operated for the last three
years. Community sentiment appar-
emily dictates that in view of the
circumstances no one but native
American can be considered for the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-09
Morris Musser Named
BluftOn Trustee

Morris Musser, of Smithville, last
week was elected to the board of
trustees of Bluffton college to fill
the unexpired term of his father-in-
law, A. c. Ramseyer.
Ramseyer, Smithville master
farmer, had served as a trustee of
the college for many years, and long
had been actively interested in the
school. He died aboard ship enroute
to Europe last summer.
Musser graduated from Bluffton
in 1880.