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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-04
Total

Correspondingly light was the vote
in Richland North precinct where
farmers attempting to make up for
time lost in spring work took little
interest in primary election affairs.
The tally sheet showed total of "a
votes cast, divided equally between
Republicans and Democrats.
Precinct election boards had little
to do during the day which passed
virtually unnoticed as far as election
and politics was concerned.
With no local contests and COM
paratively few contests in county and
state tickets, together with general
lack of primary campaigns by
candidates, there was little to at
tract attention of the average voter.
Republicans, with total vote OF
142 in Bluffton's four precincts did
better than the Democrats which
polled only 101 votes. Observers
pointed out in this connection that
there were no county contests for
nominations on the Democratic ticket.
One contest on the Republican ticket
for state representative may have
accounted for the larger number OF
votes.
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Bluffton Cooperates In Townwide
Cleanup Campaign Ending Saturday

Buttons concentrated spring
Cleanup, Paint-up, Fix-up campaign
will come to close this Saturday
following a nine-day period of COM
munity cooperation to make the city
a cleaner, healthier and more at
tractive place to live.
Clearing weather the first of this
week gave local householders a
chance to complete the cleanup of
their premises, and although the
drive has another three days to go
the bulk of work planned for this
spring already has been completed.
Joint community participation in
the cleanup campaign marked the
kickoff last Thursday when business
men swept streets and sidewalks in
the downtown area; fremen washed
down the streets with the fire hose,
and a large crew of volunteer work
men completed the cleanup of Sports
mems park at Buckeye lake.
A regular April rubbish collection,
postponed because of the cleanup
driye, was started at midweek, and
in its rounds of the town this time
the truck will pick up rubbish from
both patrons and non-patrons of the
service.
Bluffton retail stores are cooper
ating in promoting the cleanup drive
by advertising special items and en-
phasizing the advantages of united
community-wide effort to assure sue
cess of the program.
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Two Bluffton Girls Receive High
State F. H. A. Degree At Columbus

Genevieve Burkholder and Joan
Montgomery, Bluffton High school
juniors, received their F. H. A. State
Homemaker degree at the annual
Future Homemakers of America
state meeting held on the Ohio State
university campus, last Friday and
Saturday.
Both girls are completing their
third year in home economics at the
local school. Miss Burkholder is
president of the local chapter and
Miss Montgomery is parliamentarian.
The two girls have completed their
Junior and chapter degrees and were
we'll qualified to receive the Home
maker degree, highest honor con-
ferred by the state organization.
The State Homemaker degree is the
highest degree granted to F. II. A.
girls, next to the American Home
maker degree, which up to the pres
ent has been conferred on only three
girls.
In honoring the two local students
at the state meeting las week, they
were guests at formal banquet,
featuring an elaborate ceremony.
At last Saturdays meeting Miss
Burkholder gave a speech on the
fourth purpose in the F. H. A. in
stitution, ITO work for good home
and family life for all"
Others attending the state meet
ing last week included Marilyn Ober-
ly, Marian Bell, Janice Henry and
Shirley Derringer. The Bluffton
group acted as voting delegates for
the local chapter.
Louise Reichenbach who is vice
president of the state organization
presided during the two-day meeting
Mrs. Ray Reichenbach, club mother
and Miss Jean Wore, chapter advisor
accompanied the girls.
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Middle District Mennonites Buy
Lakefront Summer Retreat Site

Middle District Conference of Men
nonites, including four churches in
this area, has purchased 40-acre
frontage on Shavehead lake in In
diana, and plans to develop the
grounds as summer retreat loca-
tion.
Announcement of the lake develop
ment came this week following the
61st Middle Districtn conference
meeting in Wadsworth, last weekend.
Grounds for the retreat site have
extensive frontage on the 300-acre
Shavehead lake, about 25 miles north
of Goshen. Price of the site was
$500.
Near the retreat grounds and on a
one-half mile peninsula extending
into the lake is site for 500 build
ing lots, sale of which will be limit
ed to Mennonites interested in the
retreat project.
At last weeks Middle District con-
ference meeting, Rev. E. J. Bohn,
of Pandora, was reelected president;
Rev. Irwin Rickert, Dalton, vice
president; G. T. Soldner, Bluffton,
secretary; N. N. Soldner, Pandora,
treasurer; and D. w. Bixler, Bluff
ton, trustee for three years.
Churches in this area affiliated
with the conference include Bluff ION
First and Ebenezer and Pandora
Grace and st. John.
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FARMERS ABANDON
OATS SOWING PLAN
AS MAY ARRIVES
Lateness of Season Makes it
Impractical to Sow Oats
This Year
Many Farmers Hold That
Weather Cycle is Changing
Here i'm Ohio

Uncertain weather this spring pre-
vented virtually all traditional April
planting of oats in the Bluffton area.
and farmers report they cannot recall
a spring season in which nature has
remained at a standstill for so long
a time.
Weatherwise, April was a repeti-
ton of March and February-wet
and chilly-keeping farm work at
standstill and also retarding the bud
ding of trees and other evidences of
advancing spring.
April showers which came Bluff
toms way in frequent doses pushed
the rainfall for the month to a total
of 4.52 inches, nearly an inch and
one-half more than the 16-year aver
age.
Wet YEAR
Aggregate rainfall for the first
four months of this year is 1928
inches, 1924 more than normal.
Rainfall over the weekend again
kept farmers out of their fields as
May bowed in on Monday, and most
local farmers regretfully junked
their plans for oats planting and be-
gan seeking a substitute crop for the
acreage they had tentatively ear
marked for April seeding.
Adding to discussion of this
springs unusual weather conditions
is the claim from many farm observ-
ers that there is evidence the wealth
er cycle for this part of Ohio is ex-
periencing revolution.
SEASONS CHANGING?
Although meteorologists may not
agree, many farmers will tell you the
seasons are changing. For matter
of seven years since 1912, springs
in this area have been later. VIM
ter has fingered into late March or
April.
Summers, arriving tardily, have
run rather true to form, although
the customary summer droughts have
been more prolonged. Although
rainfall records indicate precipita-
ticn for the years involved have been
about as normal, observers say the
pattern is different-more rain in
winter and spring, less in summer.
But it all comes back to the fact
that this year is perhaps the most
unusual in the seven-year cycle. Altho
there have been other springs in
which wet weather has delayed oats
planting, and even the seeding of
corn, virtually everyone is agreed
that nothing like this spring ever
has happened to us within the MEM
ory of the oldest residenter.
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Hospital Day Next Monday Centers
Interest In BlufftOn Institution

National hospital day next Monday
highiights interest in Buttons Com
munity hospital which serves an
overwhelming area.
The present structure on Garau
street built in 1896 as a WPA pro-
ject, replaced a former building at
South Main street and College
avenue.
The present hospital, including
building, lots and equipment Is
valued at $4,000, hospital officials
said, Tuesday. Of this sum $4,000
was allotted by WPA, $4,000 raised
by canvass in the community and
$4,000 realized from sale of the
former building and reserve funds.
Deed for the real estate is held
by the town council and the board
of public affairs furnished free heat
and electricity during the period
from 1886 to 1914. At present the
town provides nothing toward its up
keep or operation.
The Community Hospital associa-
ton owns the furniture and equip
ment and leases the building for 81
a year.
Anyone contributing $50 receives
one share of non-proft stock and has
one vote at the associations annual
business meeting. There are at
present 10 stockholders holding 275
voting shares who elect the board of
directors. The directors, in turn
choose the superintendent who is in
charge of operation of the institution
Present superintendent is Miss Sylvia
who has been head of
the hospital for the past eight years.
Among recent additions to the
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Births

Following births at Bluffton hos
pital:
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Briden-
baugh, Pandora, a boy, Daryl Jay,
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell Fellers, Bluff
ton, a girl, Kathleen Anne, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hearne,
Bluffton, girl, Pamela Sue, Thurs
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Weber, Ko-
komo, Ind, girl, Mary Jean,
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron L. Ripley,
sr., Mt. Cory, boy, Myron Lozelle,
Jr., Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Watkins, Pam
dora, a boy, Roger Dale, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fett, Beaver
dam, a girl, Rosemarie, Tuesday.
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Funeral Rites For
William J. Lugibihl

Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon in the First Mennon-
ite church for William ]. Lugibihl
68, local shoe repair shop operator
who died in his home at 259 n
Lawn avenue at 3 a. m. last Friday
Death was due to complication
of diseases, and followed illness OF
five weeks.
Son of Abraham and Anna (Loch-
er) LugiDihl, he was born April 23
1882, in Riley township, and spent
his entire life in the Bluffton COM
munity.
Survivors include his widow, the
former Zelma Amstutz, whom he
married in 1908; seven children: Mrs
Cora Younkman, Cleveland; Mrs.
Elva Montgomery, Ft. Recovery
Mrs. Marie Zerbe, Toledo; Mrs. Dor
othy Musser, Lima; Francis Luigi
bihl, Bluffton; Wayne Lugibihl, En-
glewood, Calf; and Norman Luigi
bihl, Los Angeles, Calf. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Lugibihl and Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Lugibihl were here for
the funeral.
Also surviving are three sisters,
Mrs. Sarah Amstutz and Mrs. Noah
Steiner, Pandora; and Mrs. J. j.
Suter, Lima.
Rev. J. N. Smucker officiated at
the funeral rites Tuesday. Burial
was in Pleasant Ridge cemetery, near
Pandora.
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High School Junior
Goes To Girls State

Genevieve Burkholder, the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Edith Burkholder of
Bluffton, has been elected by the
Bluffton American Legion auxiliary
to represent them at Buckeye Girls
State this summer. The conference
will be held on the campus of Capt.
tai University, Columbus, from June
Is to 25.
Miss Burkholder, a junior at Bluff
ton high school, is president of the
Senior Future Homemakers of Amer
ica and also is on a national re-
creation committee of the FILA. She
is the secretary-treasurer of the
junior class, and is active in GAA,
Y-Teens, Glee club and mixed chorus.
She has also been a cheerleader for
three years.
Margaret Stratton, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Stratton of
Bluffton, was chosen as alternate for
Buckeye Girls State.
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Summer Camp Of
Church OF Christ

The Church of Christ denomina-
ton will operate youth camp near
Magnetic Springs, Ohio, this sum-
mer it was announced by Rev. O..
Merrill Boggs, pastor of the Bluff
toni Beaverdam parish following his
return from a meeting held Monday
at the new camp site.
The camp will accommodate about
200 youths according to present
plans, with new group arriving
each week. It is located in a wooded
area with stream at one side. Fa-
cilities of the camp include base
ball field, tennis courts, gymnasium,
and large concrete swimming pool,
he said. Rev. Boggs will be MEM
Der of the camp staff.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-04
MAIL DELIVERED
ONCE DAILY ON
BLUFFTON ROUTES
Trial Run Last Friday is Put
on Regular Basis Here
This Week
City Mail Carriers to Start on
Rounds in Morning at
8 O'clock

Buttons one-trip-a-day postal de-
livery service in residential and busi-
ness districts was being continued
this week, after a trial last Friday
indicated it was the best readjust-
ment possible under the post office
departments national curtailment
program.
Under the new city delivery sched-
ule, aything mailed in Bluffton for
the days delivery must be in the
post office before 7:30 a. m, and the
same is true of mail from outside
coming into the town.
City carriers are going to work
earlier in the morning to sort the
preceding days arrival Of mail, plus
what is brought in on the morning
train. Anything received at the post
office later will not be delivered until
the following day.
BEGIN AT 500 A. M.
Regular rounds are started by the
city carriers about s a. m, and the
days work schedule is completed at
approximately $3.50 p. m, after al
lowing 80 minutes for lunch hour
at noon. On Saturday carriers will
deliver only first-class mail and
newspapers, and will complete their
rounds at noon.
90 - ri .11 L
said that a system of relays is being
put into effect which should improve
delivery service under the new pro-
gram, especially for magazines and
periodicals.
No immediate changes are con.
templated in window service at the
local post office, which for the pres.
ent will remain open daily until
p. m. Monday thru Friday and until
l p. m. on Saturday.
No Cur IN FORCE
Postmaster Reichenbach said there
would be no layoffs in post office
personnel here as u result of the
new program, although there may
be some reduction in working hours
Nationwide readjustment ordered
by the post office department. to
bring operations within operating
revenue are necessitating curtilments
that will OBJECT virtually every pa
tron of the office, it was announced
by national heads of the department.
Permanent schedules embodying
drastic cuts must be in effect by
next July /, but every local post
master has time to work out the
| final details.
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Sunday School
Convention May z

Five Orange township Sunday
schools will hold their semi-annual
convention at Olive Branch church
next Sunday afternoon and evening.
Rev. Earl Leist of Mt. Cory E. U.
B. church will be the principal speak
er at the afternoon session opening
at 2:30. Rev. Pummell of Riley
Creek Baptist church will lead de-
votions and Rev. Purdy of Bluffton
E u. B. charge will pronounce the
benediction.
The film "Now I See" will be
shown at the evening session at 7:45
presented by Ralph Stager of Riley
Creek Baptist church. Rev. Bate
man of Bethel Church of Christ will
lead devotions.
Musical selections will be given by
the five participating schools.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-04
ROBBERY ATTEMPT
is FOILED AGAIN
AT farm BUREAU
Third Attempt in Last Five
Months Fails at Warehouse
South of Town
Tear Gas Bomb on Safe ROuts
Burglars; Office is Found
Disarranged

Persistence has failed to "pay off,
for burglars who three times in the
last five months have made unsuccess-
full attempts to loot the office safe
at the Allen County Farm Bureau
Coop warehouse, two miles south of
Bluffton on the Dixie highway.
Automatic locking device of the
safe and an exploding tear gas bomb
blocked the third burglary attempt
week ago last Friday night, the
third time since last December that
burglary attempts have met with
failure.
In most respects the latest
burglary attempt followed the pat
tern of it's predecessors. Burglars
broke into the warehouse from the
rear, and after gaining entrance to
the office knocked off the handle and
combination of the safe.
Tear Gas Bomb
As in the two previous attempts,
the attempt to force the safe was a
failure, because of an automatic
locking device, plus setting off of a
tear gas bomb when the handle was
knocked loose.
Records and office furniture were
disarranged, but the only loss re-
ported was the theft of approximate
ly $3.50 from soft drink vending
machine.
First attempt to loot the office
came late last December and was
followed by a second burglary at
tempt early in February. In all
eases the attempts to crack the safe
were not discovered until employees
reported for work the following
morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-04
Mrs. EIgdr Eaton
Dies In California

Mrs. jeanette Phelps Eaton, Sd,
widow of Elgar Eaton, died suddenly
at her home in Berkeley, Calf, last
Wednesday according to word re-
ceived here. Funeral services were
held in Berkeley, Friday.
She had not been i'll and her death
came within three weeks after the
death Of her husband who succumbed
to a heart attack. Mr.. Eaton was a
former Bluffton resident and brother
of Mrs. Mabel Bogart of this place.
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Film And Discussion
At Church On Sunday

Showing of the film prejudice"
followed by panel discussion at the
Church of Christ here Sunday night
at 7:30 is announced by the Pastor
Rev. o. Merrill Boggs.
The picture is produced under CO.
operation of the Protestant Film
commission and Anti-Defamation
league and is brought here by the
Christian Youth Fellowship of Bluff
-Beaverdam parish.
Participating in the discussion will
be Carl Smucker of Bluffton college,
Rev. V. C. Oppermann, pastor of the
Reformed churches here and Rabbi
Myron Movsky of Lima. Rev. Boggs
will serve as chairman.
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Auxiliary Sponsors
Poppy Poster Contest

A Poppy Day poster contest is
beig sponsored by the American Le-
gion auxiliary here with grade school
pupils of Miss Theola Steiner's art
class competing for prize.
The contest will close May II.
Judges are Mrs. F. I. Lauriat, Mrs.
r. Rammel and Miss Joan Harmon,
it is announced by Mrs. James Ben
roth and Mrs. Harry Triplehorn, CO.
chairmen of the auxiliary.
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ferent schools are Orlo Springer,
Ada; Raymond Zuercher, Mt Cory
Rawson; Roberta Manages, Pandora;
William Steiner, Columbus Grove;
and Earl Lehman, Bluffton.
Laurence Burkhalter, from Bluffton
college will conduct the orchestra,
and Director Ecker from Bowling
Green university will conduct the
band.
Kay Berry, president of the Bluff
ton band, is overall chairman. Other
chairmen are John Bauman, equip
ment; Louise Reichenbach, tickets,
and Jane Riser, publicity.
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Merchants Offer
Weekend Bargains

Promoting Bluffton as trading
center, merchants here are offering a
wide selection of extra special week
end bargains to Friday and Satur-
day shoppers. The first of these
week end features appears on Page
5 of this issue. Shoppers win find
many real money saving values list
ed each week and will find it we'll
worth while to plan shopping in
Bluffton to take advantage of these
outstanding bargains.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-04
243 Ballots Cast Out of EST.
mated Total Vote Here
of 1900
Lack of Contests and Pre-.
Primary Campaign Finds
Voters Apathetic

About one Bluffton resident out OF
five took the trouble to go to the polls
and cast a ballot at Tuesdays pri-
mary election, it was disclosed fol-
lowing a count of the vote.
There were 243 votes cast in Bluff
tons four precincts, according to a
complete unofficial tabulation as
posted by precinct counting boards
which finished their work early in the
evening. 1t is estimated that Bluff
ton has a total of 1900 votes.
Vote cast by precincts:
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Limit Trout Derby
Catch To TlUO Daily

A limit of two fish daily in Bluff
tons trout derby was announced by
the Sportsmen's club Wednesday
noon. The announcement came after
fishermen who thronged the banks
of Buckeye lake beginning at dawn
Wednesday reported catches far
larger than had been anticipated.
One angler, Ross Mcdonald of Ada,
had five large trout weighing up
wards of three pounds by 10 a. m.
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y1slfftOll
saAs v Here Tuesday
Bands AMI Orchestra From Five Schools
In Concert On Harmon Field May 10

A massed band of 200 members
and an 80-member orchestra COM
posed of high school musicians from
Ada, Mt. Cory -Rawson, Pandora,
Columbus Grove, and Bluffton high
schools will present concert at Har-
mon Field Wednesday evening, May
10, at s o'clock.
The bands from the five schools
will march through Bluffton at 4:3O
in the afternoon. Orchestra practice
will start at 1:30 p. m. and band
rehearsal at 800 p. m.
The music directors of the diff
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-04
Real Estate Deal

Howard Stager has sold his resi-
dence property at Grove street and
College road to Morris Triplett of
East Kibler street and will give pos
session in the fall. Stager expects
to build home this summer on his
lot facing East College avenue at
the rear of the Sinclair service sta
ton.
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Noted Clergyman
To Speak May II

Dn George Buttrick, pastor of
Madison Avenue church, New York,
prominent clergyman and author will
speaker in the First Mennonite
church Thursday night, May II at
8.15 o'clock. His subject: "Our
Shaken World" He comes here un-
der auspices of Bluffton college.
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Rites Held Thursday
For Main Infant

Graveside services were held last
Thursday in Maple Grove cemetery
for Infant Main, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Main, North Main
street, who died one hour following
his birth in Community hospital on
the same day.
Surviving, in addition to the par
ents, is a sister, Chariene Rae.
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hospital equipment are laundry
equipment representing an invest
ment of s1,5o0; a heating plant
$4,000 and $1,000 in laboratory
equipment donated by Mrs. Bertha
Roethlisberger Newman of Washing
ton, Bluffton native, in memory OF
the late Mr.. and Mrs. S. V. Hecka-
thorn, former residents.
The Ladies Hospital Auxiliary
furnishes linens and has donated
equipment for the kitchen and
nurses dining room.
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Mid-OhiO Tennis
Tournament Here

Button college will be host to
other Mid-Ohio league schools in the
circuit tennis tournament on the lo-
cal campus Friday and Saturday.
Competing in play here will be
Blutfton, Ashland, Findlay, Defiance,
Cedarville and Ohio Northern.
Buttons golf team will meet
Ohio Northern in a match on the
Kenton links next Tuesday.
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Russian Authority
Is Lions Speaker

Conditions in Russia today were
described at a dinner meeting of the
Bluffton Lions club Tuesday night
by John D. Shiraef II, lecturer and
world traveller. The teeting was
held in the Walnut Grill.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-04
BeaUerddn, Pre-SchOOL
Clinic Next TuesdaY

A pre-school clinic will be held at
Beaverdam next Tuesday for child
rem entering the first grade of school
next fall. The clinic will be held in
the school building beginning at
a. m. Each child is to be accompan-
led by parent or guardian.
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Religious Education
Program On May II

Buttons monthly Sunday night
union church service will be held in
the First Mennonite church, Sunday
night, May Ia at which time pupils
of the week day religious education
classes of the grade schools will pre-
sent a program, it is announced by
the Bluffton Ministerial association.
This will mark the 25th anniver-
sary of he inauguration of week day
religious instruction in the schools
here.
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