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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Install Masonic
Officers MOndau

Installation of recently elected Off
GERS of Bluffton Masonic lodge viii
take place next Monday night, pre-
ceded by a potluck supper at $50
in the lodge dining hall.
Installed will be:
Master, Kent Amstutz; senior
warden, Robt. Ewing; junior ward
en-, Chas. Steiner; treas, Evan Ba-
singer; secretary, Ralph Stearns;
senior deacon, Carl Marshall; junior
deacon, Hubert Troy; tyler, Oscar
Wenger; chaplain, Paul Cramer;
senior steward, Clayton Harkness;
junior steward, Wilford Gratz,
trustee, Richard Lewis.
Installing officers: Presiding, Will
bur Amstutz; grand marshal, Bert
rand Swank; grand chaplain, Armin
Hauenstein.
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Blufton Hospital
NOVEMBER 80

Discharged-Mrs. F. D. Lewis, Col.
Grove; Mrs. Arthur Rantz, Rawson.
DECEMBER l
Admitted-Gideon Lehman, Pam
dora.
Discharged-Mrs. John Long, Ada;
Mrs. Harold Radabaugh, Mt. Cory.
DECEMBER 2
Admitted-Mrs. Gerald Yarger,
Continental.
Discharged-Mrs. Evan Leiber and
daughter, Beaverdam; Mrs. Chas.
Kimmet and son, Leipsic; Mrs. Har-
old Klingler and son, Bluffton; Mrs.
Ropp Triplett and daughter, Bluffton;
Mrs. John Berryhill and son, Bluff
ton.
DECEMBER a
Discharged-Mrs. Ralph Niese and
daughter, Leipsic; Mrs. Howard Ha-
begger and son, Bluffton; Kathy lone
Pifer, Williamstown.
DECEMBER 5
Acknowledgements Knepper, Pan
dora.
DECEMBER 6
Admitted-Vernon Suter, Pandora.
Discharged-Mrs. James Morton
and daughter, Bluffton; Mrs. Chas
Williams and daughter, Findlay;
Margaret Knepper, Pandora; Susan
Steiner, Pandora.
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Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Leiber, Beav-
erdam, a girl, Lois Nadine, born
November 27.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Starliper,
Findlay, a boy, David Lloyd, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Niese, Leipsic,
a girl, Ruth Ann, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morton,
Bluffton, a girl, Jane Iris, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Williams,
Findlay, a girl, Carol Jean, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bracy, Jr.,
Leipsic, girl, Jean Ann, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Niswander,
Bluffton, a boy, Thomas Ray, Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hefner, La
fayette, a boy, Wesley Andrew, Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleland Amstutz,
Pandora, boy, Mark wayne, Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Zuercher,
Pandora, boy, Gregory Charles,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Gratz, Bluff
ton, girl, Donna Marie, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Diller,
Bluffton, a boy, Colvin Dean, Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Devier,
Blufft6i, a girl, Valerie Frances
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lauck, Nc
Comb, a boy, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Stauffer,
Findlay, a boy, William Charles,
born at Findlay hospital. Emmett
Stauffer of Bluffton is the paternal
grandfather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elton Beery, Sc
vile, a girl, Anna Jean, born at
Medina hospital. Mrs. Beery is the
former Margery Niswander of Bluff
ton. i,
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Interest Mounts In Christmas Home
Lighting Contest To Be Held Here

Emphasizing the Importance of a
colorful setting for the Yuletide sea-
son, all residents of Bluffton have
been urged to participate in the
Junior Chamber of Commerce Christ
mas lighting and decoration contest.
In stressing a COMMUNICATIVE
program of decorative imaginative
creativeness, Jaycee officials in
charge of the program this week
submitted the following suggestions
for cooperation:
Shrubbery offers an excellent
theme for outdoor lighting. The use
of flood and spot lights help to Gre
ate contrast. When shrubbery does
not lend itself to the lighting theme,
the display may utilize the architec-
tural lines of the house, gable porch
and other vertical lines.
Windows provide beautiful frames
for Christmas trees, stars, signs and
other window decorations. Stores are
full of many types of display ma
terial, of course, the things we Gre
ate ourselves are the ones that give
us a satisfaction that is lacking
with other types, according to Robert
Hamman, chairman of the Jaycee
committee.
Colorful windows and doorways
reflect the hospitable spirit within
your home. With such inexpensive
materials as bulbs, foil, scrap wood
and greens, novel and attractive dec
orations can be fashioned in few
hours. Many types of these holiday
lighting decorations are also avail
able commercially.
A novel treatment of the wreath
decoration is to frame the entire
doorway in a wreath made from
poultry netting covered with layers
of evergreen. Dot the wreath with
berries or red bulbs.
In every home the center of at
traction will be the Christmas tree
In this particular field we all have
our own ideas. May personal Gre
ativeness reign and be reflected in
our very creations.
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Announce Varsity
Basketball Schedule

Bluffton college cagers will play a
17-game schedule this winter, with
contests carded again some of the
best small-school quintets in Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan and Kansas.
A newcomer on the Beaver sched-
ule will be Bethel college, of New
ton, Kansas, another Mennonite in
stitution, which will play here De-
cember 10.
Ten of the IT games will be in
Mid Ohio league competition, with
the Beavers tangling twice in the
loop with Ohio Northern, Findlay,
Defiance, Ashland and Cedarville.
Season schedule for the Beavers
was announced by Athletic Director
A. C. Burcky as follows:
Dec. 4-Bluffton %; Toledo rs
Dec. Sat o. N. u.
Dec. Wilberforce, here
Dec. 13-at F'indlay
Dec. 19-Bethel, here
Jan. 5-Open
Jan. 8-Detroit Tech, here
Jan. 10-at Defiance
Jan. 16-at Ashland
Jan. 20-Cedarville, here
Feb. lat Cedarville
Feb. 60. N. u, here
Feb. Sat Wilberforce
Feb. 14-Ashland, here
Feb. 16-Defiance, here
Feb. 19-Huntington, here
Feb. 26-Findlay, here
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has been installed and several rooms
added in the basement to provide
better storage space.
The growth of the plant also
necessitated other major changes.
The original coal unloading and con-
veyor system, having capacity of
so tons per hour, has been replaced
with a new system having a capacity
of 100 tons per hour. The plant
burns over 300 tons of coal per day.
A settling basin, consisting of two
ponds approximately so feet by $50
feet each, was also made in the area
north of the plant so that cinders
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Window Shopping
Winners Listed

Winners who have claimed prizes
so far in the free gift program op-
Grated in conjunction with Window
Shopping Night are:
Mrs. Lyle Everett, won the slip
given by Rice Dry Goods & Tot
Shop; Alvin Lee, cake given by
Hauenstein Bakery; Godfrey Bigler,
clock, from Waltermire's Mrs. Herb
Haller, ham, from Swank Bros. Meat
Market; Mrs. Arden Baker, lamp,
from Basinger Furniture store; Ross
Irwin, sack of flour, from Clover
Farm store.
Otis Fett, ham, from A to z Meat
Market; Mrs. Harold Beals, Parker
pen, from Sidney's Drug shop; Rol-
land Guider, 5 qt. of oil, from Stauf-
fer Pure Oil Station; Luke Lugibill,
defroster fan, from Steiner Chevro-
let sales; Miss Bertha Miller, Bluff
ton college, pitcher and glass set,
from Marshall g. Bixel; Carol Moser,
box camera, from Montgomery News.
Bert Swank, $500 in trade, from
Geiger and Diller; Ronnie Geiser,
gold picture frame, from Neu-Art
Studio; Mrs. Otto Badertscher, cleo
trio clock, from Mumma Electric
shop; Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Spalling-
er, dinner for two, from Elk Res
taurant.
Barbara Diller, mems gift set, from
A. Hauenstein C Son; Vidella Herr
basket of groceries. from Amstut,
Grocery; Jesse Anderson, II giant
candy bars, from Risser's; John
Rhodes, Bluffton college, 6 free
passes, from Carma Theatre; Mrs
Kenneth Moser, fruit cake, from
A & p store; eJan Ann Frick, string
of pearls, from Leiber's; Mrs. VIM.
Wiebe, bouquet of NUNS, from Ba-
singer Florist.
Bluffton Business Mems association
reminds the public that tickets are
still good until Saturday night and
|27 firms still have unclaimed prizes
on display. On Window Shopping
Night so firms had free gifts on
display. Remaining prizes in win
dows all have new numbers.
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Lions Hear Talk
On Postal Service

Reviewing development of postal
service from the days dating back
to the century before the Christian
era when the only means of COM
munication was by couriers serving
royalty alone, Assistant Postmaster
Ralph T. Stearns spoke at a meeting
of the Bluffton Lions club Tuesday
evening in the Walnut Grill.
Modern postal service available to-
day at reasonable cost to Bluffton
residents as well as elsewhere in the
country is the outgrowth of the cen
turies intervening since that begin
ming, Stearns said.
In commenting on the extent of
service provided by the Bluffton post
office, Stearns told the group that
a staff of IA is employed here in
handling the mails.
Next meeting of the Lions will be
a Christmas party, Tuesday, Dec
10, in the Walnut Grill.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
$500 ESTIMATED
COST OF CLEARING
STREETS OF SNOW
Nearly One Week Required to
Dig Out of Record Snow
fall Here
Return of Warmer Weather
Aids i'm Work of Cleanup
Over Weekend

Cleaning up last week in the wake
of the record November blizzard was
the most costly snow-removal pro-
gram in Bluffton's history, Street
Commissioner H. L. Coon announced
Monday.
With nearly a week required in
digging out from the 12-inch snow
fall, the cost to the municipality
carried a price tag estimated at
$500, the street commissioner said.
Major emphasis in the cleanup
program was in the downtown dis
trict where 750 tons of snow were
scooped into trucks and hauled to
the Harmon road banks of Riley
creek, where it made an impressive
mountain of snow, much of whicn
weathered the warm temperatures of
last weekend.
Plow Streets, Alleys
In addition to the removal of snow
from the business area, all streets
| in the town were plowed out in a
program which continueG thru Thurs
day of last week. Principal alleys
also We're opened by the town crew,
in combating one of the heaviest
SHOWS in recent years.
1t was near the week end, however,
before automobile travel in town en-
countered conditions which represent
ed a return to normalcy, then mucn
warmer weather Friday night ana
Saturday virtually erased all traces
of the snow within a 24-hour period.
The sudden thaw brought high
water in Big and Little Riley creeks,
but conditions were no worse than in
usual heavy rains, and colder wealth
er Sunday eliminated most of the
danger of flood damage.
Country Roads Blocked
Many country roads were blocked
until late in the week, and after
Bluffton schools had operated on
Tuesday and Wednesday, they closed
for the remainder of the week, while
the snow cleanup was continuing.
The decision to close came Wednes-
day when classes were dismissed in
early afternoon when drifts began
forming again on roads which had
been opened.
Bluffton's garbage and month-end
rubbish collection service also were
casualties of the weather; and the
garbage pickup Monday of this week
was exactly one week late. Rubbish
collection, which normally would
have started last week, will get
under way at noon this Thursday,
Mayor w. A. Howe announced.
With Maple Grove cemetery also
snowbound during the emergency
there were no burials until last Sun
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Announce Messiah
Concert SOEOiStS

Soloists for the annual rendition
of Handel's Messiah were announced
the first of the week by Prof. r. A.
Lantz.
The concert is an annual event
presented by the College Choral So
ciety under direction of Prof. Lantz.
The concert this year will be given
in the high school gymnasium, Sum
day evening, December II at 8 p. m.
Soloists are: Hilda Ohlinger, Chi
cago, soprano; Helen LeClair, New
York, contralto; Dwight Weldy,
Goshen, Ind, tenor; Warren Allen,
Bowling Green, bass.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Town to Get New
Police Auto Soon
Bluft0n Couple
Lands In ENGLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hankish, Jr.,
of North Jackson street arrived in
England last Friday, according to
word received here Tuesday.
The Bluffton couple sailed from
New York City, November 23 to
spend 10 weeks visiting at the home
of Mrs. Hankish's parents in Tet-
bury, Gloucestershire, about 100
miles south of London.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07

kilowatts which provides adequate
capacity to take care of the addi-
tional business contemplated and
meet any emergency resulting from
the war effort that might develop in
this area.
The plant addition to house this
new turbo-generator unit was started
on April 25, 1949 with a ceremony
which saw Mr.. Floyd w. Woodcock,
Chairman of the Board for the
Company, turning over the first
spade full of dirt. A great MANY
local and out of town visitors were
present on this occasion.
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and fly ash could be removed hy-
draulically from the plants two
largest boilers.
The coal storage area has also been
enlarged and it is now possible to
keep at least a four months supply
of coal on hand if required. At pres
ent the company is maintaining ap-
proximately 100 days reserve.
Improve Service
A second high voltage bus has also
been installed in the plants outdoor
switchyard to insure an uninterrupt-
ed flow of electric energy from the
station generators to the company's
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
New Boiler

New Boiler
In the plant addition, which
measures 11O ft. long and 43 IT.
wide, is also housed a new 10000
lbs. of steam per hour boiler togeth-
er with all the auxiliary equipment.
This new boiler was completed ana
placed in operation on June II, 1850.
According to Paul Martinka, Vice
President and Superintendent or
Production for the Company, this is
the third addition which has been
made since the original construction
in 1897. In addition to the expan-
sion of the plant, new laboratory
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
BLUFFTON MARKETS

Grain (bushel prices) - Wheat
$2.o8; corn $1.58; oats 91c; soys
$2.72.
Poultry-Heavy hens 22c; leghorn
hens 19c; heavy fryers 28c; leghorn
fryers zoe; heavy stays 13c; leghorn
stays 12c.
Eggs-Large white SEC; large
brown 55c; medium white 45c;
medium brown 44c; pullets 35c.
Butterfat-No. l, Gle; No. 2, SEC.
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Record Crowd In BlufftOn Attends
Opening OF Holiday Shopping Season

Buttons window shopping observ-
ance, pre-Christmas innovation
here this year, launched the towns
Yuletide gift shopping season with
record turnout of young and old
folks alike here last Friday night
and Saturday.
A crowd estimated at more than
5000 persons jammed the business
district in a record turnout of shop
pers. Milling crowds thronged the
streets lured by the dual attraction
of free gifts and the official arrival
of Santa Claus, who made an ap-
pearance here on the grade school
grounds Saturday afternoon.
Although a mixture of rain and
sleet, beginning at about p. m.
Friday night, kept many from the
streets as the downtown window
shopping observance opened, the
weather on Saturday was favorable
for window shopping, greeting Santa
or doing your Christmas shopping.
Residents of the area took advant-
age of the first favorable break IN
weather conditions for more than a
week, and while milder temperatures
and a warm south wind melted the
snow, the streets were thronged with
jostling crowds.
BUYING HEAVY
Merchants were jubilant over Sat
urday's sales volume, for cash regis.
ters were worked overtime as the
crowd proved to the satisfaction OF
everyone that they were here te
buy, as well as to look.
Kept away from stores for more
than a week by the 12-inch snow
fall, Christmas shoppers more thar
made up for lost time when they
descended on local stores in the
wake of the window shopping OBJ.
servance.
Many buyers virtually completed
filling their Christmas lists, making
no secret of the fact that they were
afraid of shortages or the possibil-
ity of higher prices. Others just
wanted to get their Yuletide shop
ping out of the way early, and
since they were downtown anyway
went right ahead with the job.
In the meantime there were count
less hundreds milling around on the
streets outside stores trying to find
the lucky numbers in the windows
which entitled them to free gifts.
Presentation of the gifts, one by
each place of business, was a popu-
lar feature with shoppers and mer-
chants alike. Winning numbers
from stubs distributed by Blufftor
business men were on display with
the gifts. Some gifts still are un.
claimed, following second drawing
Saturday night, but the present
numbers will continue in effect until
this Saturday.
Tickets for the gifts were dis.
tributed free of charge in every
business place, and it was unneces'
sary to make a purchase to get q
chance.
Main street Christmas decorations
the most elaborate in the towns his.
tory, also were unveiled over the
weekend, adding to the Yuletide
atmosphere.
The plastice ovals are anchored te
light standards with metal brackets
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two main transmission lines.
A fly ash precipitor has also been
installed for the purpose of removing
the very fine furnace dust from the
gases leaving through the stacks.
This will remove practically all air.
borne particles thereby freeing the
area around the plant of smoke nui-
sarce.
With this construction now COM
pleted Central Ohio has one of the
most modern and efficient power
plants in the country today. Gus
toners of the company are served by
two 34.5 XIV transmission. lines run
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07

Curiosity-seekers at Bluffton
fires drew the criticism of NUM-
cipal councilmen at their meeting
Monday night, and brought
request from Mayor w. A. Howe
asking that only authorized men,
bers of the fire department enter
homes and assist in fighting the
blaze.
Many complaints have been re-
ceived from home owners regard
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07

Completion of $2,2O0,0OO ex-
pansion program at the Bluffton
generating plant of the Central Ohio
Light and Power Co. was announced
this week by Emory D. Erwin,
president of the utility.
Test runs of a new turbo- generator
installed at the plant now are be-
ing made, preparatory to tying in
with transmission lines of the
system.
This new unit, which is the fifth
installed at the plant, has rating
of $4,000 kva. This makes the total
effective capacity of the plant $4,000
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07

Sometimes the curious and
"would-be" helpers do not wait
until the fire is extinguished to
start their activities, and firemen
often complain of their work be-
ing handicapped by unauthorized
interference.
In urging residents of the town
to refrain from misguided as
sistance, the mayor called on on
lockers to stay back of fire lines
and help firemen only when re-
quested to do so.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07

ming the entire length of the system.
Electric energy from the Woodcock
Plant provides power for the custom
ers located in the five, county area
served = namely A II en-, Hancock,
Wood, Van Vert and Auglaize.
The management of the company
has indicated tlat an open house Is
contemplated in 1861 so that the pub
lie will have an opportunity to visit
and view this modern electrical gen.
Grating station.
Announcement of the open house
will be made to the general public
when such plans have been completed.
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Curiosity Seekers Told to Keep out of
The Way and Out Of the House at Fires

ing curious onlookers who barge
into residences on sightseeing"
tours after the fire has been ex-
tinguished.
The mayors plea urged resi-
dents of the community to re-
spect property rights of indivi-
duals in whose homes fires occur,
and pointed out that the fact a
blaze has occurred does not con-
stitute an invitation for "open
house" for those gathered at the
scene.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Mile OF NickeLs
Stands At S4OO

The Mile of Nickels drive now
stands at $400, it is announced by
the Band Mothers club. The total
represents an increase of $3.50 over
last weeks gure, it was stated by
Mrs. Henry Green, club treasurer.
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Student Recital

Public school pupils of Pearl Bo-
CART Mann and Laurence Burkhalter
of the college music faculty will ap-
pear in recital Friday evening at
7:30 o'clock in Ramseyer chapel.
The public is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07
Special Services For
Bible Reading Sunday

Bluffton churches will observe
Universal Bible Sunday with special
sermons and litanies in services next
Sunday morning, it is announced by
the Ministerial association
Elsewhere in this issue appears a
reprint sponsored by the Bluffton
Ministerial association of the poster
announcing Universal Bible Sunday.
The local pastors urge christian
in Bluffton to follow the outline of
Bible readings which are recon-
mended by the American Bible So
ciety this year. Copies of the Bible
reading bookmarks are available in
churches here.
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Complaints ON Phone
Service Given Airing
ShOlC Film, At Church
Of Christ On SIlflday

A colored sound film Stewardship
of JEANNE" will be shown at a
union service of Bluffton-Beaverdam
parish in the Church of Christ here
Sunday night at o'clock, it is an
nounced by the pastor, Rev. o. Mer-
rill Boggs.
The service will open with hymn
sing and Mrs. Don Martz, vocalist,
will sing a soprano solo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-07

Immediately after straining milk
put lids on milk cans tightly.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-29
HW Auxiliary
Names Delegates

Mrs. William Moore, Mrs. Will
liam Lahue and Mrs. Dale Ack-
ley have been named delegates
from the Auxiliary unit of VF'W
Post No. 4721 to the state con-
vention which opens Saturday,
July | in Columbus.
The convention will continue
through Sunday and Monday
with the parade scheduled for
Sunday evening at z o'clock.
The drill team of the VFW
post, headed by the Caldwell
high school band, will be a part
of this parade. 1t is expected that
a large number from Caldwell
viii attend the Sunday session.
Mrs. Moore is president of the
local Auxiliary unit. She ex-
pressed her appreciation today
to the people who assisted in the
bake sale which neted the unit
over $4,000. Mrs. Joseph Gial-
iombardo served as chairman.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-29
Robert /. Secrest
Introduces Resolution

Congressman Robert T. Secrest
of the 18th congressional district
has introduced a resolution IN
the House of Representatives,
which is aimed principally at the
Importance of cheap glassware
from Czechoslovakia. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on Ways
and Means.
Congressman Secrest said that
more than twelve million pieces
of glassware entered the United
States last year.
The resolution differs from
any others before Congress in
that it makes the Secretary OF
Defense, rather than the Secre-
tary of State, responsible for de-
claring a country communistic.
The secretary of defense is a
former national commander of
the American Legion and in the
congressman's opinion, would op-
crate promptly.