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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06
ST. THOMAS NEWS

The Anniversary Tea held on
Sunday, Oct. l at st. Thomas
Church was a great success.
Friends from all parishes were
present. Many talented people
appeared on the program. There
were piano selections by Mines.
N. j. Hunter, John Nellie, Miss
June Williams and Mrs. Dorothy
Simms. Mrs. Mamie White gave
a reading, Floyd Poole Jr., rend-
cred a violin solo. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Simms. There
were two vocal selections, one by
Mrs. Velma Williams of Zion
Baptist church who was accom-
panied by her daughter and a
song by the Waymanettes. The
members of the Waymanettes
are Ruby Jackson, Elizabeth
Green, Patricia Smith, Katherine
Watts, and Joyce Ann Cruise. Mrs.
c. NJ. Taylor, president of the
Deanery gave a talk.
The Twin City Glorious meeting
on October 3 was a very inspir-
ing one. DR.. Neville Tinker of
Gethsemane delivered the sermon.
Reverend Martin L. Luther.
pastor of st. Peter AME church
delivered the sermon on October
for the INSTRUMENTATION AL
lance meeting.
The Anniversary committee
was composed of Mines. Hobart
Mitchell, general chairman, Lucia
Mcclure, secretary. Donald Scho-
field, treasurer. Tela Burt and
Hobart Mitchell, chairmen of the
tea, Eugene Shepherd and Frank
Corners, banquet chairmen.
George Duncan, Maurice Daniels
and Theodore Hatcher, program
chairmen, Paul Curry and Maur-
ice Daniels, publicity chairmen.
Miss Nokomis Collins and Miss
Elizabeth Hughes, ticket chair
men. Miss Dorothy Wells and
Miss Collins entertainment. Mrs.
Vert Richardson and Mrs. John
Nellie were the music chairmen.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06
Group Urges Display
OF fIuq on Ihanksaivina

Families ami business establish
mcnts were urged 10 display the
American flag on Thanksgiving
Day. Nov. % by members Of the
National Thanksgiving assocta-
ton, at meeting held Monday.
Oct. ? in the City Council.
Mayor Edward Delaney, said
the gesture is of especial i'm
portance this year with Ameri-
can men fighting in Korea and
war clouds elsewhere on the
horizon"
The association is planning an
educational program on the i'm
portance Of displaying the flag
on Thanksgiving day as a ges-
ture of the meaning of American
liberty. John X. Donohue is the
newly elected chairman of the as
ISOLATION.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06

sadie Fletcher was granted a
divorce from her husband Alonzo
Fletcher.
The Missionary Society of St
Peter AME church will meet at
the home of Mrs. Hazel Morris
S749 Fourth Ave. So. Friday,
Oct. ID. All members are request
I'd to be present.
Mrs. Lucille Shaw, 534 Aldrich
No. left the city September Is
for Chicago, Ill. to visit Mrs.
Irene Smith. Mrs. Shaw STAYED
N Chicago for two weeks and
then left for Detroit. Mich. She
will be in Detroit for two or three
weeks. She plans TO return to the
city after a months vacation.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06
CARD OF APPRECIATION

l wish to thank the friends who
have been so kind to me during
my recent illness. I am very
grateful for their visits to the
hospital, their beautiful flowers
and cards and the lovely en-
couraging thoughts extended me.
brownie the Barber,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06
West Coast Wade

Construction grades OF West
Coast woods are conveniently iden.
titled as boards. dimension, plank
and small timbers, stringers. posts
and timbers, shiplsps, and center
matched humber.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06
IN MEMORIAM

Our dear mother and grand
mother, Mrs. Matte B. Harris
who departed this life October l,
l949. You are gone but not for
gotten, dear mother, we miss YOU
so much, but God loved you too,
and took you away. Your daugh-
ter and grandson,
Mrs. Freddye Hughes
Mr.. Oslo Martin.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06
tuberculosis

tuberculosis is a communicable
disease which can be prevented.
yet 1t Is killing nearly 1000 Amer
leans a week, l25 persons q day
at the rate Of one person every II
minutes.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06
BETHESDA CHURCH NEWS

A very inspiring and timely
message was delivered by our
pastor, Rev. l.. c. Harris. Sub
ject, Christian Inventory" taken
from the II chapter, Cor. 1875.
The senior and junior choirs fur
nished the music. Our visitors
were Rev. ]. Phelps and family
of st. Paul, Clara c. Nelson, Mrs.
Matte Nelson, Messrs. Fred
Ewing and Otis Spencer, all of
this city. Bethesda extends a cor
dial invitation to one and all who
have no church home to make
Bethesda your choice.
Our sick and shut-ins are Mrs.
Martha Lee and deacon John
Young. Let us remember them
and all our sisters and brothers
in prayer.
In the afternoon at 8 p. m. the
Senior Gospel choir and some of
the members were the guests of
the Wesley Temple church. A
grand program was rendered and
their hearts and ours were made
to rejoice, to see and feel the
warmth in fellowship and CO.
operation which existed between
the young men and women of
Wesley and the Bethesda Gospel
choirs. Songs We're sung between
the two groups. directed by Mrs.
Bessie Gresham. After the pro-
gram we were invited to a pan
cake social. Our regular evening
service was spent in testimonies.
Don't forget to attend the re-
vival and soul saving. beginning
Monday, Oct. 10th. Come to the
Barbecue dinner at the home
of Mrs. Nettie Scott, 1928 Fifth
Ave. So, Saturday, Oct. It'll.
Then be sure and have your
chicken dinner with us Sunday
Oct. sth at p. m. at the church
Rev. L. c. Harris, pastor;
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish the thank the public
and each one who helped to make
the king and queen popularity
contest a great success, Sunday,
October l.
Gospel chorus
Zion Baptist church
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In Pilgrim DAYS

Cannons made Of strong leather
were used by the Pilgrims In the
early days Of New England TO de-
fend themselves against Indian
raids.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06
INFANT BAPTIZED

Los Angeles-The infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Brady was
baptized here Sept. IL by Rev. d.
Manning, assistant pastor of the
church of st. Odilia.
Godfather was Harold Hilyard
former resident of st. Paul, MINI,
The twin sons of Mrs. Ethel
Brady, former Minneapolis wo-
man are reported in Korea.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06
Sole Leather

In the age-old tradition Of the
tanning industry, the thickness Of
sole leather is expressed in terms
OF irons" A nine-iron sole IL az
actly e/4Sths OF an inch thick.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-06

Churches listed on this page
extend a hearty welcome to WISH
tors
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
Jim HOlUe Earns
Northwestern Letter

Jim Howe, of Bluffton, last week
received a varsity letter for partici-
patton on Northwestern university's
1850 football team. The sophomore
center saw considerable action, prin-
cipally on defense, during the sue
cessful nine-game campaign.
Howe, a graduate of Bluffton High
school, is the son of Mayor and Mrs.
w. A. Howe.
A total of DC letters were award
ed to members of the Wildcat squad
that won six out of nine games and
finished fifth in the Big Ten with q
record of three victories against
three defeats.
High point of the season was a
IA to z upset victory over highly
favored Illinois in the final game of
the season. Other Wildcat victories
were scored over Iowa State, Navy
Pittsburgh, Minnesota, and Purdue
The Purple bowed to Wisconsin,
Ohio State and Michigan.
Northwestern ranked second in
the Big Ten in offense and fifth in
defense.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
Pirates Win OUer
DeIDhOS st. Johns

Bluffton high emerged victor in a
hard fought rough and tumble bask-
etball game to defeat Delphos ST.
Johns So to 46 on the gym floor
here Tuesday night. The visitors
were 1949 state class B champions
and the victory gave the Bluffton
Pirates their fourth victory against
a single defeat this season.
Delphos which was out in front
at the half 27 to %, lost the ad-
vantage in the third quarter by a
one point margin, 81 to 36, regained
the lead early in the final period
but Bluffton surge of power saw
the Pirates leading throughout the
latter part of the fourth quarter.
Garmatter, Oates and Hofstetter
led in the scoring for Bluffton while
Suever was high man for Delphos.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
Community Feeding Project Was Boon To
Birds During Recent Heavy Shows

Hundreds of emergency bird feed
ing stations were established thru
out the Bluffton community recently,
as local bird lovers rallied to the
support of "our feathered friends"
during the six-day period that a 12-
inch blanket of snow covered the
ground.
Cut off from their usual sources of
food by the knee-deep snow, birds of
the town and community had to de-
pend on handouts" from area resi-
dents to keep alive.
Bluffton Community Sportsmen's
club started the impetus for a COM
munity-wide feeding program when
it provided 200 pounds of cracked
corn and screenings, distributed free
to all takers at The News office.
Supplemented with suet or meat
scraps, the corn and screenings pro-
vided balanced diet for birds which
otherwise might have starved to
death, or frozen during the worst
of the record November snowstorm.
Nearly barrel of grain was used in
the program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
ASKS BOARD FOR
RETIREM lent; ILL
HEALTH IS CAUSE
Hiram Wenger Acting SuperIn-
tendent of Municipal Light
and Waterworks
Resignation Effective Last of
This Month; Successor is
Being Sought

John Swisher, superintendent of
Bluffton's municipal light and water
plant for the last % years, has
resigned the position effective on
December 81 of this year.
His resignation, in the form of a
request for retirement at the end or
this year, was accepted at a meeting
of the board of public affairs, last
Saturday.
In retiring, Swisher will end more
than a quarter of century of sery-
ice with the municipal plant, during
which it experienced its greatest
growth.
Swisher's retirement follows a
three months period of i'll health
since he suffered heart attack last
September 81. He is now conval-
esclng at his home on East Kibler
street.
Wenger In Charge
During his absence his duties were
assumed by Hiram Wenger, assist
ant superintendent, who will continue
as acting head of the plant unit!
is named. Applicants for
the position are now being consider
ed, it was learned from informed
sources.
During his % years as superin-
tendent of the municipal plant here,
the installation grew from small
town utility to one of the most
modern in the state for village of
Buttons size.
Over the span there were three
major additions to the plant build
ing, water and electric service has
been greatly expanded and the
electric current generating division
changed from steam engine to tur-
bine operation. The plant now en-
ploys force of Is persons.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
Abe Wise, Former
Merchant, Succunlbs

Abe Wise, S5, former Bluffton
business man, died Wednesday morn
ing in st. Ritas hospital in Lima.
His death followed period of fall
ing health and for the past ten days
his condition was reported serious.
For the past 27 years he had lived
in Lima, moving to that place after
he and his brother, the late julie
Wise disposed of their clothing and
shoe store here, now the Steiner q
Huser establishment.
Born in Germany, he came to this
country as a youth and for many
wears was engaged in business in
Bluffton.
He was married to Hattie Zehr-
bach of this place who survives al
the family home, 327 South Rose
dale, Lima. Also surviving are a
son Robert Of Lima and four daugh-
ters: Dr. Consuelo Newman, Youngs-
town dentist; Mrs. Virginia Shalley,
Kenmore, n. Y; Mrs. Elenore Deib-
Ter, Conneaut, and Mrs. Miriam
REM, Lima. Surviving are two
brothers in Cleveland and six grand
children.
Funeral arrangements are incom-
plete.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
Bluffton's Tax Rate OF $3.50 Is Eighth
High In County, Treasurer's Report Shows

Buttons tax rate of $500 for the
1850 collection is eighth high among
Allen county's SO taxing subdivisions
according to an announcement last
week by Ray w. Barnett, county
treasurer.
Beaverdam village has the fifth
highest rate, it is shown in the report
which lists the following breakdown:
Harrod, S21.40; Lima, Delphos and
Spencerville, 500; Beaverdam, S19.40;
Bath township, 1920; Elida, S19.10,
and Bluffton, $500.
Bluffton villages total tax rate of
$500 is broken down as follows:
Schools, $13.40; County, $2.40; Cor
poration, S1.95; state, 20 cents and
township 20 cents.
School Rate High
Treasurer Barnett reported Bluff
tons school tax is third highest in
the county, the S13.40 rate for Bluff
ton being topped only by Bath town
ship, $3.50, and Sugar Creek town
ship, S13.70.
Richland township in the Bluffton
school district viii have a rate of
S17.45, consisting Of s13.40 for
schools; $2.45 for the county; s1.40
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14

for the township, and 20 cents for
the state.
Township residents in the Beaver
dam school district will pay a rate
of s16.40, consisting of S12.35
school rate; S2.45 for the county,
s1.40 for the township and 20 cents
for the state.
Beaverdam villages rate of S19.40
consists of S12.35 for school pur-
poses; $4.20 for the corporation;
S245 for the county and 20 cents each
for the township and state.
Other Tax Rates
Riley township in the Bluffton
school district will have a total tax
rate of $16.65; and Monroe township
in the Bluffton district has rate of
$17.45.
Lafayette village has tax rate of
s17.40, of which $1O.20 Is for schools.
The Jackson township rate is $14.70
and the township rate in Jackson is
$1.85, highest township assessment in
the county.
The state levy in all subdivision
tax rates is 20 cents per thousand
tax to retire World War IT dssmpen-
sation bonds. County levy of $2.45
goes into the general fund.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
EGGS PLUNGE 10
CENTS WEDNESDAY
ON MARKET HERE.
Price of Top Quality Offerings
Drops from 62 to 50 Cents
Per Dozen
Drop Is Sharpest Ever Exper-
fenced Here, Local Deal
ers Declare

Price of top quality eggs dropped
10 cents on the Bluffton wholesale
produce market Wednesday morning
in what dealers here said was the
sharpest decline in their experience,
if not in the entire history of the
local market.
Buyers who on Tuesday were pay
ing producers 62 cents a dozen for
large white eggs, tops on the mark
ct were paying 50 cents, Wednesday
morning.
The decline came abruptly, reflect
ing Tuesdays gyrations of the New
York and Philadelphia markets
which govern prices here.
New York Egg Price Soc
Top egg price of so cents a dozen
dropped suddenly to ga cents, for
a net loss of 16 cents in a frenzied
market in which spectators were
said to have run eggs up to record
marks in an effort to cover commit
ments in futures when the supply
suddenly was found short.
The ten cent raise, which came
during the past week was cancelled
by the sudden drop and Wednesday
mornings wholesale quotation of So
cents For top quality eggs was the
same as that quoted a week ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
TOWN TO LOSE
LARGEST CITY
WATER ACCOUNT
Page Dairy Plant is Drilling
Well to Supply its Require
ments
$4,000 Gallons are Used Daily
i'm Milk Condensing Opera
tons

The Page Dairy Co., largest indi-
vidual account of the Bluffton
municipal water works is installing
its own water supply by drilling a
well east of the plant building near
the Nickel Plate railroad siding on
in operation this month.
Harry Turner, manager of the
Bluffton Page plant, said the COM
pany expects to have the new well
in operation this month.
It's use in dairy operations will re-
duce by about one-half the total
volume of water now being pumped
and sold by the municipal plant,
which faces the loss of it's largest
single water consumer as a result of
action taken by the Page firm.
$4,000 Gallons Daily
In present operations, the dairy
plant is using about $4,000 gallons of
water daily, principally for cooling in
milk condensing procedure. Local
plant of the Page interests is engaged
largely in the condensing of milk
trucked in from surrounding farms,
large-scale operation. During sum-
mer months daily water requirements
of the plant are considerably greater
than the $4,000 gallons now being
used.
Page operations here have used
water from the municipal plant since
the condensery first was established
here in 1920. Its requirements have
expanded over the years, and about
decade ago separate well was
drilled by the water works to provide
water exclusively for Pages cooling
purposes.
! Current water bill for the dairy
plant currently averages from $25t
to $500 monthly, and the total ii
higher in the summer. With Their
own well in use, the Page firm ex
poets to effect considerable savine
in operation cost.
New Installation
Electrically operated pumps will BIZ
used in the new Page well, with {
four-inch line connecting the wei
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
DECORATIONS and
LIGHTS USHER IN
HOLIDAY SEASON
Bluffton Bright with Christmas
Spirit of Approach of
Yuletide
Churches Prepare for Christmas
Observance; Mail Volume
Higher

In an appropriate Christmas set
ting made gay by illuminated decora-
tions in the downtown district and
the first appearance of Christmas
bedecked homes, Bluffton's prepara-
tons for the Yuletide were taking
final form this week.
Musical observance of the season
will open next Sunday night in the
high school gymnasium with the an
nual presentation of Handel's "The
Messiah" by the Bluffton College
Choral society. In addition to the
large chorus of local talent, promin-
ent soloists will appear in the
rendition under the direction of Prof.
Russell A. Lantz.
First evidence of the Christmas
mail rush was reported at the Bluff
ton post office this week, with the
annual heavy flood of parcels ana
greeting cards expected to swamp
the office beginning next Monday.
Post Office Windows Open
To accommodate local postal
patrons, windows at the post office
will remain open next Saturday
afternoon instead of closing at the
usual IL noon deadline, Postmaster
Ed R. Reichenbach announced. Stamp
windows will be open until $3.50 p. IN.
Saturday.
Squirting the Christmas decoration
of Bluffton homes, a residential
holiday lighting program is being
sponsored by the Bluffton Junior
Chamber of Commerce. Five cash
prizes are offered to winners.
Public school children are looking
forward eagerly to their usual
Christmas holiday recess, scheduled
to begin this year on Friday, Dec. Zz.
Vacation at Bluffton college will
start on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 21.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14

Chorus OF Two Hundred Voices In Annual
Messiah Concert Here On Sunday Night

Appearing in the 54th locaI
rendition of Handels ''The Messiah, ,
the 200-voice Bluffton College Choral
society will present the celebrated
Christmas oratorio Sunday night at
IS o'clock in the high school gym
nasium.
Organized in 1902 the Choral
society has grown from a 33-member
organization to its present size OF
200 voices. 1t has a history of 54
renditions of "The Messiah" for
during number of years two pro-
grams were given each season.
Soloists for the oratorio presenta-
ton this year include:
Dwight Welty, tenor, voice ara
choral director at Goshen college,
Goshen, Ind.
Hilda Ohlin, soprano, featured
soloist with the Chicago Opera Co.
and symphony orchestras. Miss
Ohlin was a soloist here in 1914 and
was popular with the audience,
Warren S. Allen, baritone, of the
department Of music at Bowling
Green State university.
Helen LeClaire, contralto, of New
York City, a concert artist and form
er member of the New York City
Opera Co.
Lantz Conducts
Prof. Russell A. Lantz, conductor
of the Choral Society for the last 81
seasons, will direct the group in next
Sundays rendition. He is the eighth
conductor of the society.
Pearl Bogart Mann, professor OF
piano at Bluffton college and ac-
companist for the oratorio since
1910, will again serve in that
capacity.
Also accompanying the chorus will
be the Bluffton college orchestra,
under the direction of Laurence
Burkhalter. Organized in 1904, the
orchestra has accompanied "The
Messiah" renditions since 1913.
Members of the Choral society are
from the college, town and COM
munity. As usual, the audience Is
invited to sing ths Hallslujah chorps
with the society singers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
BOARD OF FIVE.
WILL Determine E.
PRIZE WINNERS
Judging Will Take Place Satur-
day and Sunday Nights,
December 1924
Deadline for Mailing Entry
Blanks i'm Contest is
December %

Buttons Christmas lighting ana
decoration contest moved forward
this week with naming of the five
judges who will select winners or
the five cash prizes offered by the
Bluffton Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
In the list of contest judges will
be w. A. Howe, mayor of Bluffton;
Grover Soldner, Men Garden club
representative; Mrs. Gordon Bixel,
president of the Women's Garden
club; Prof. John Klassen, of the
Blutfton college art department and
Mrs. Russell A. Lantz, Bluffton
artist.
Judging of contest entries will be
done Saturday night, Dec. %; Sun
day night, Dec. "a, and Christmas
night.
Only those filing out entry
blanks will be considered for
prizes. Clip out the blank on
this page and mail to Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Bluffton.
Prizes will be ist. $40; End,
S5; 3rd, $3.50; 7th & 5th, 81
each.
In determining winners the fol-
lowing method viii be used by the
judges: General artistic effect, 500;
originality, 20ao; ingenuity in utiliz-
ing the surroundings, 1879; conform
ity to the Christmas spirit, 1910;
and size, 1919.
Robert C. Hamnlan, chairman OF
the COMMUNICATIVE contest, an
nounced this week that the per-
person cost of participation in the
decoration contest is small, yet
everybody shares in the benenrs.
Providing fitting atmosphere Tor
church, school and civic holiday
activities, the decoration of homes is
a symbol of the instructive good will
the people of America have for all
people.
1t requires little or no experience
to create interesting and appropriate
designs. A lighted Christmas tree
on the roof, lighted wreaths, stream
ers or garlands stretched across the
front of the door, flood-lighted
candles or bells-all work wonders
and cast a magic spell in keeping
with the season, it was explained.
Entry blanks should be filled out
and mailed to the Junior Chamber
of Commerce. Entry is open to all
residents of the town. Entries must
be postmarked before midnight, Dec.
%.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14

with the plant building. A fve-inch
line is used in the present supply
system operated by the municipal
plant.
What the municipal water works
will do with the we'll now used ex-
clusively for Page operations could
not be learned Immediately. In ad-
dition to the well pumped for Page
requirements, the water works has
four other wells used for the munich
pal water supply. These are ade-
quate for all ordinary requirements
and all have been certified by the
state board of health as approved
sources of supply.
The well now supplying the Page
plant never has been in use for the
towns drinking water. Municipal
plant attaches said that negotiations
to have the we'll certified were under
way between the health department
and Supt. John Swisher at the time
Swisher was incapacitated by heart
attack two months ago. However,
its use in the town system is not of
immediate Importance, for there is
plenty of water without it.
Altho the Page plant in the future
will pump its own water, the dairy
would like to maintain its present
connection with the municipal water
works, according to Manager Turner.
Presumably the connection would be
on standby basis for emergency
use.