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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
Tall Tales OF Big
Timber

How old they were, nobody knows.
But it takes lot of time to grow
big trees. Many sof the forest giants
in the early 18O0's, before the white
mems axes cleared the land and
turned it into fertile fields, were
really big-and it must have taken
centuries for them to grow that way.
The Whispering Oak, still standing
in St.Clair Park, Eaton Ohio, barely
| is thicker than the writer's body but
beneath it's branches, November 6,
I1792, the five heroes killed that day
| in an Indian attack on Ft. st. Clair
are buried. They were: Lieut.. Job
Hale; Sgt. Matthew English and
Privates Robert Bowling, Joseph
Clinton, Isaac Jett and John Will
liams. 1t is a quiet spot now-only
little winds rustling the oak leaves
above.
Behind the parsonage of the Wal
nut Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Chillicothe, grew the Chilli
cothe Elm-its girth foot above the
base, % feet six inches and two
feet higher up, % feet, seven inches
The spread of the tree top was about
lao feet, covering an area of about
55 square rods.
Ohio's Biggest Elm
Under it, tradition says, Logan,
Mingo chief, usually held his coun-
ellis. In 1882 students built plat
form high in the tree, big enough to
hold dozen chairs, where they
used to study. The tree was white
or swamp elm, very tough and
hard to split. 1t is believed to have
been the biggest elm tree in Ohio.
Another big Ohio tree was the
huge sycamore which stood on the
Deer creek side of Mt. Ida (now Mt
Adams), Cincinnati, in the Late
| 179O's. In its hollow lived old Ida
| Martin, recluse who did washing
for the troops at Ft. Washington. A
hollow, broken limb of the tree
served as a chimney "and was much
blackened by the smoke coming out
The steep hill was named MT
Ida for the tree dweller but wal
changed to mt. Adams" after Presi
dent John Quincy Adams spoke there
in dedication of the Cincinnati Oh
servatory-first u. S. weather burea,
station. Incidentally, the whole u. 5
weather bureau system grew from
the observatory on Mt. Ida.
| Famous too, was the big walnu
| Continued on page 1O)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25

Additional Three Mill Levy FOR Schools
May Go On Ballot at November Election
WatermelOns Litter
Highway After Two
Trucks Sideswipe

WATERMELONS-dozens of
them Uttered the Dixie highway
early Tuesday morning after two
trucks sideswiped two and one
half miles northeast of town.
Involved in the accident was a
truck loaded with watermelons
driven by Charles Poland, %,
Stewartsville, Ind, and an oil
tanker, semi and four wheeler
driven by Kenneth Snare, 40, To-
ledo.
The melons were strewn over
the road and the state highway
department was called to clear
the slippery pavement. The state
patrol made the investigation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
HEALTH BOARD
To PRESS FOR
EARLY ACTION
Bluffton, Ada and kenton
Among 81 Ohio Municipali-
ties Singled Out
New Law Puts Teeth i'm Crack
down; Financing Remains
Big Problem

Blutfton is one of 81 Ohio COM
munities against which the state
health department last week an
nounced it will take action in the
construction Of sewage disposal
plants, under new law which be-
comes effective this Thursday.
In singing out cities in this area
which will feel the state breakdown,
the announcement named Bluffton,
Ada and kenton.
Under the new statute Ohio hopes
to clean up all stream pollution with
in 10 years. according to the an
nouncement by Chief Engineer Fred
Waring of the state health depart
ment. In all, 43 cities and As Will
ages will be affected in the program.
Fines Provided
The new measure, effective this
week, prohibits the dumping of un-
treated sewage in any stream by any
public agency or private industry,
under penalty Of a $500 fine for
every 30 days the offense continues.
However, Waring said it is not the
intention of the department to col
lect fines. Instead, efforts at present
will be confined to working out de-
tailed plans of procedure with each
affected community.
Should local governments balk at
compliance, the state health depart
ment may resort to court action In
the form of mandamus compelling
compliance with the law.
In listing the 9i communities, in
cluding Bluffton, Waring said they
"will have to take steps immediate
ly' to correct offending conditions.
Lists Requirements
He outlined the three major steps
in procedure:
drafting of preliminary plans
for health department approval.
2-Detailed planning for construc-
tion purposes.
3-Arranging of financing.
Bluffton already has complied with
the first two of these steps, mayor
Arden Baker announced this week,
but financing the sewage disposal In
.sstallation at today's high prices re-
mains a major hurdle in local
procedure.
In the state announcement, Waring
said the department favors a revenue
bond method of financing sewage
disposal installations.
Preliminary work in setting up the
state program of procedure has been
marked by operations Of a mobile
laboratory which sthe state health
department has had in the field for
the last several weeks to determine
where pollution is the most serious.
The mobile unit will visit every
watershed in the state before its
work is considered completed, War;
ing said. No tests have been made
by the state in Bluffton SO far this
summer, local officials said.
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Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Shackelford
Williamstown, boy, William Elton
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olan Herr, Lima, a
boy, Michael Craig, Friday.
Mr.. and Hrs. Harold Walter, La.
fayette, boy, Harold Leroy, Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Bowers
Pandora, girl, Susan Jane, Tues.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jolliff, Ar.
lington, a boy, this Wednesday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Shields, Bluff.
ton, twins, boy and girl, born al
Lima Memorial hospital Sunday
Mrs. Shields is the former Ceaclt
Potee of this place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25

EDITORS NoTE: One of Bluff
toms principal industries is re-
ceiuing state-acide publicity this
week IN the folloVing neaos re-
lease from the Ohio DeUelop-
ment and Publicity committee re-
gardiag operations of The Trip
lett Electrical Instrument Co.
at this place.
Bluffton, an Allen county village
of 1000 offers a good example OF
one of the best ways for a COM
munity to get a fiourishing manu-
featuring industry, the Ohio De-
velopment and Publicity Commission
reports.
The formula is to produce a ma
tive son of an inventive turn who
devises the equivalent of the better
mouse trap and goes back to his
home town to manufacture it.
Buttons internationally known
industry is the Triplett Electrical
Instrument Company, producers OF
measuring devices for television
radio, radar, and all the other rarni-
fications of this electronic age.
The home town boy who made
good at Bluffton is r. l.. Triplett
Aged 20, he founded the company
in 1904. Testers were needed ther
for. the dry batteries used in auto.
mobile ignition. Triplett started ir
one room, expanded into small fac.
tory in 1905, and continued to grow
building whole new plants in 1925
and 1885.
Radio and all the other electrical
developments brought business tt
Triplett. During the second worlc
war, building instruments for tht
Government, the company employed
900 persons from radius of 81
miles. Besides television, genera
manufacturing is great user o.
meters such as Triplett makes.
Americans became instrument
minded during the war; explained
Mr.. Triplett. "Pilots got used t.
watching a bank of dials. Now in
dustry demands exact control b!
means of instruments"
Location in Bluffton gives Triplet'
ready access to the television in
dustry, roughly limited to Chicago
on the West and Philadelphia ant
New York on the East, overnight
by train and few hours by plane
Triplett workers, from Mr.. Trip
lett on down, also feel that location
in Bluffton combines the best fea
lures. of town and country. Th'
town is the seat of Bluffton College
the surrounding farmland is rich
and Lima, city of $4,000, is onl,
Is miles away.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
Pharmacy Here Will
Undergo RemOdeling

Plans have been completed for an
extensive remodelingof the interior
of the Hauenstein g. Son pharmacy,
to begin the first of September, it
was announced this week. The store
has recently been appointed as
Walgreen agency, nationally known
drug enterprise.
Associated with Edgar Hauenstein
in operation of the store will be his
son, Kent Hauenstein who for the
past IL years has been connected
as a pharmacist with Henney &
! Cooper, large Marion drug store.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
Witness OF Fall Of
Shanghai To Speak

81 Saw Shanghai FALL" will be
the subject of an address by Rev.
G. A. Jacobson, former missionary
to China who will speak at En-
manuel's Reformed church Thursday
night at 8 o'clock.
The occasion will be the family
night, meeting of the brotherhood of
Emmanuels and St. Johns Reformed
churches. Rev. jacobson recently
returned from the Far East is liv-
ing near Pandora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
On Surgical Staff
Of Minnesota Clinic

DR.. Jason Tripplehorn, son of Mr..
and Mrs. d. r. Tripplehorn of South
Main street, has accepted a position
on the surgical staff of the Nickolet
clinic at Minneapolis and will leave
for that place Monday.
After graduating from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania medical col
lege, he served for two years in the
Army air force hospital at Hickam
Field, Hawaii.
Early this summer he was re-
leased from active service and since
that time has been at his home here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
Radio Minister To
Address Youth Rally

Rev. Quinton j. Everest, dynamic
radio preacher of South Bend, Ind,
will address the monthly Bluffton-
Pandora Youth for Christ rally to
be held in Bluffton high school
auditorium, Saturday night at 8
o'clock.
Rev. Everest is pastor of the Cos
pei Center church of South Bend
and conducts Sunday morning serv-
ices over the South Bend radio sta
ton.
Other features of the rally will be
music directed by Rev. Arnold
Schmidt of Pandora Missionary
church and a Bible quiz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
Pandora Girl Is
Injured In Fall

Dorothy Nussbaum, 13, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Nussbaum
Route /, Pandora, fractured her
right ankle in a fall at her home
Monday.
She was taken to Lima St. Rita's
hospital where her condition was re.
ported fair.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
DOttie Anderson
Wins Air Trophy

Dottie Anderson, of the BIuffton
Flying Service, Tuesday received a
gold trophy emblematic of winning
second place a week ago last Sun
day in a women's distance flying
contest held at Mansfield.
Miss Anderson piloted an Aeronca
Champion plane over a 200-mile
course in the competition.
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Former Resident U
With Heart >Ailnlent

julie Benroth, former Bluffton
resident, who for many years has
lived in Phoenix, Arizona, is in a
hospital in that city following a
heart attack on August ID. He was
a brother of the late Albert Ben
roth Of tbs place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices)-Wheat
s170; corn Sl.15; oats SIC.
Poultry-Heavy hens 21c; leghorr
hens 19c; heavy rock fryers Csc;
heavy red fryers 27c; leghorn fryers
zoe.
Eggs-Large white 58c; large
brown SIC; medium white 48c;
medium brown 47c; pullets 38c.
Butterfat-60c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
Band Concert

A concert by the Bluffton band
directed by Earl Lehman will be
given on the Presbyterian church
lawn, Saturday night at 8 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
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EDITORS NoTE-This is one
of series of articles to appear
in the Blufton NeWs dealing
with early Ohio history. Others
wiH appear in forthcoming
issues.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
Contract Suspended

However, or May 26, Mrs. Lantz
was informed her contract was being
suspended for the 1948-49 school
year and her services would not be
required, the petition states. Similar
notice was given for the 1949-5o
school term.
The petition claims that under the
school tenure act the notice, to be
legal, should have been given before
April /, 194S. Since that time, two
additional teachers have been added
to the system, but Mrs .Lantz ha!
not been assigned. it was stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-25
TEACHER SUIT VS.
BOARD HEADS FOR
COURT SHOWDOWN
School Board Has Until Sept. II
To File Answer To Teacher
Tenure Suit
Mrs. Mabel LantZ, Former Art
and Grade School Teacher,
Is Plaintiff

Bluffton school officials have until
Sept. II to file their answer in Allen
county pleas court to a suit filed by
county common please court to suit
filed by Mrs. Mabel Lantz of Camp
us Drive seeking two years back
pay and reinstatement in the school
system under the Ohio teachers
tenure act.
In official notice Of the suit,
received last Friday, the board of
education and superintendent of
schools were notified that they have
until the Sept. II date to make their
answer.
In her suit, Mrs. Lantz asks a
total of $4,884, representing salary
for the 1948-49 and 1949-50 school
terms, together with a reinstatement
of all rights and privileges as d
teacher under the tenure act.
County Prosecutor in Case
School officials likely will be
represented in the case by the Allen
county prosecuting attorney, Anthony
j. Bowers, who is legally designated
as counsel for school systems. Mrs
Lantz's attorney is Clarence Fischer
Mrs. Lantz's petition states she
was employed by the Bluffton school
board in 1881 as a part-time grade
school teacher with the remainder OF
her time to be devoted to art super.
vision in the grade schools.
Later, the petition states, supervis
ory work was extended to include
junior and senior high school classe:
in art. On March %, 194S, she
states she received a letter advising
art courses were to be dropped, bu
she says she was assured she would
be retained as grade school teach
Evening star., 1949-04-21
sarbers May Be Required
To Post Prices CHARGED

Complaints that some BARRIERS
are charging exorbitant rates for
special services probably will lead
to a regulation requiring the post
ing of prices, according to C. T..
Nottingham, superintendent Of
licenses.
Mr.. Nottingham and Tony j.
Durso, secretary OF the District
Barber Board. are drafting the
regulations that would put a GUS
toner on notice Of just what
prices the shop is charging. The
signs would have to be approved
by both the superintendent OF
licenses and the barber board.
One of the recent complaints
received by Mr.. Nottingham came
from a young man who came to
Washington from the country to
get work. AS soon as he arrived
here he stopped for a shave and
haircut. After the barber had
shaved him and cut his hair and
applied a few high-priced ton
serial services, the bill came to
more than $8. 1
The young man had only S5in
cash. After demonstrating with
the barber he gave him the IS
and agreed to come back as soon
as he got a job and pay the re-
mainder. After leaving the barber
shop he sought a policeman. who
directed him to the Office Of the
superintendent. Of licenses, where
he made a complaint.
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Jobs and Wages Drop
Anew as Experts Wait
For Delayed Upturn
By she Asso<ioted Prsss

The spring seasons expected
boost for the Nations economy Ii
overdue.
That became clear today from a
new batch Of Government reports
They showed fresh declines In
nonfarm employment. In factory
workers earnings and working
hours, in business loans and In
estimated farm receipts.
One Government off1ciaI, Com
missioner Evan Clague Of the
Bureau Of Labor Statistics. said
ordinarily these figures should
have showed an uptrend at this
time. He said it may be just de-
layed action. due in part TO a late
Easter.
However. Secretary Of the
Treasury Snyder sounded an op-
timistic note to a New York audi
ence last night. He said latest
employment figures actually are
higher than a year ago and pur-
chasing power still is high.
200 Billion in Liquid Assets.
Right now" said Mr.. Snyder.
"in the pockets Of the American
people. we have 5000. 900. .ooo, 900
of liquid assets"
Mr.. Snyder said the present
economic picture lacks the ele-
ments that brought on depres-
sion and depression crises in the
past"
On the other hand, a third Gov
ernment expert, Louis H. Bean,
said businessmen can cause a de-
preston by curtailing investment
for industrial expansion. He said
recent surveys indicate they plan
to reduce it in the next i've years
to 40 per cent Of the 1948 level.
Mr.. Bean, economic adviser to
Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan. also spoke in New York.
Drop in Buying Power Seen.
Mr.. Clague told a news confer
ence the new lag in worker earn
ings and working hours means a
cut In public purchasing power.
He gave these figures for March:
Non-farm employment-43,848,- s.
600. down 0,000 from February.
This is 10000 below a year ago,
Evening star., 1949-04-21

when March showed O SOC. 900 tn
crease over February. Non-farm
employment represents about
tfree-fourths OF the Nation s
workers.
Factory earnings and working
hours - Weekly earnings are
s53.37. down about 81 from
Evening star., 1949-04-21

February and down slss from
Decenbers s55o3 peak. Working
hours reduced from 394 II
February 70 $40 in March.
A 18th consecutive weekly de-
cline in business loans vas re
ported by the FEDERAL Reserve
Board. It said they fell OF s54 :
Evening star., 1949-04-21

900 900 u Ire week ended April IS
The Agriculture Department
estimated that farmers cash re-
ceipts may os 10 per CERT ies
this yea- than the Is{s rrco.o
Evening star., 1949-04-21

total. TAeI- cst .rccs-e nav &C.
cline svsa -so-r. Ire department
SAc.
In cFrr~Ail employment :ss
Census Bureau has reported q
Evening star., 1949-05-15
Demand for Carriers
Sparks General Rise
On Bond Market
0, .sss G.ssc o.sd Press

NEW YORK. May IA Brisk
demand for rails sparked a gen.
eral advance in bond prices today
Trading was the liveiest IN two
months for a Saturday session
Sales Of sl420 900 compared with
$500 900 last Saturday and brought
the weeks total volume TO si4.-
e99 $50, against sl4.o60 900 las;
week
international Great Northern
p" SIS climbed 27s points 70 81
on moderately heavy turnover
Norfolk Southern convertible 5:
also gained 27s TO close at 70.
All Missouri Pacific issues were
in demand. The SIS Of 1877 were
up Ia to 87is with 24l bond,
changing hands. Up liz each
were the SIS Of 1865. the SIS OF 1878
and the SIS Of 1880
New York Central 4lzs finished
a point ahead at So and Third
Avenue adjustment SIS were up a
like amount to 81 u.
Among numerous issues adVanc-
ing by major fractions were Bal
timore g. Ohio convertibles 4i2s
Central Of Georgia As. Central OF
New Jersey SIS. Denver & Rio
Grande Western income 4 4i2s. Il
linois Central 434s. Katy first As
New Haven income 4i2s and
Frisco 4i2s
Bonds in the minus column to-
day were a small minority. New
York Susquehanna & Western 4 l2s
skidded 7 points to % on the sale
of bonds. Northern Pacific &C
IS lost a point to So and the ID"
SIS were off q at 86. Midland Rail-
road of New Jersey IS sagged l y
to 53A4 on turnover of 4 bonds.
Pennsylvania Power q Light IS,
Penn Central Airlines 3h2s and
Pennsylvania Railroad general SIS
and General 4h2s lost fractionally.
No United States Government
bonds were traded. which is Gus
tomary on Saturdays Foreign
bonds were mostly a little higher
in very quiet trading.
Prices were more rigid during
the week in over-the-counter trad
ing in United States Treasury
bonds. The 2l2 per cent issue of
September, 1972-67, usually one OF
the price change leaders among
Government loans. closed out the
five-day session with a net gain OF
1872 of a point at 103 1872.
Evening star., 1949-05-15

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Evening star., 1949-05-15
Chicago Gruin

| CHICAGO. May IA "a mixed trend
| prevailed in grains on the Board Of Trade
| today The nearby months tended lower,
but December CONTRACTS shoTed a frm
clined to lag in yesterdays market, had
a good rally.
MAY corn and oats were depressed BY
expectations OF deliveries Of cash grain
on these contracts Monday December
at times. Corn planting is more than
half. completed IN The main belt. but
much has been planted in dry soil.
May wheat was under pressure from
the start while the new-crop months ran
into profit taking. Rye. also met profit
taking after three DAYS of sharp advances
on Increasing volume, However. rye, dia
not lose much ground and came back
Wheat closed a. lower to lss higher,
Hay . 224se-7s; corn was IA lower to "a
| higher, MAY .34k4; oats were UNCHANGED
| to - lower, Nav 67ss-3; rye was un-
changed to cent lower MAY .40t2; soy
beans were UNCHANGED to n higher. May
237l2-2 .3S. and lard was 20 to 25 cents
hundred pounds higher. May 1905