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Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-09-15

Gus support to the program. With
this sort of backing, school boards
have been encouraged and enabled
to make notable Improvements.
Many have been surprised at the in
terest and ability displayed by the
youngsters when they are given an
opportunity to help in the study and
planning of improvements.
Almost every school has numerous
betterments to its credit. Traffic
signs for safety have been erected
or repaired. Water supply has been
bettered or made more convenient.
Better walks are made or old ones
repaired.
Safe and sanitary waste disposal,
parking facilities, shelters for saddle
ponies or bicycle racks, some land
scaping and proper recording of
property deed are matters of atten-
ton that mark their advancement.
Improve Buildings
cummings o4C A1AdelC SdlCl, ulOI0
sanitary, more attractive and more
convenient. Privies are being prop
erly placed, screened and vaulted
and are required to be kept clean
: and free from marks. Ventilation is
attended to and fresh air in class
rooms is must.
More and more, a teacherage is
regarded as indispensable. Garages
and other conveniences evidence
greater consideration for the teach.
ers. More comfortable and attrac.
tive furnishings, electric lights anc
appliances are being regarded as the
due of the teacher who must spens
at least three-fourths of the yea
away from her own home. Tele
phones are gradually becoming
, standard equipment and are he'll
. and satisfaction to all concerned.
Democratic Principles
Pupils become imbued with tn
S principles of democracy through de-
: mite instruction and by member
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-09-15
Yes =. ready to eat DAT CEREAL
with whale of a lot of EGO power!

Betty Croker of General Mills Americas food author
ty you discovered the breakfast goodness and energy
bo of Cheero milk and it If not put Cheer1os
your shopping today Try crunchy little toasy dough
nuts made the family size package.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-09-15
Parents Give Support

In most of the districts, parents
and civic groups have given vigor-
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-09-15
Democratic Principles

Pupils become inbued with the
principles of democracy through def
mite instruction and by member
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
First Frost OF Season In BlufftOn Area
Hits Tomato Crop Hard; Will Help Corn

First frost of the season in the
Bluffton area came Saturday night
when the temperature for several
hours dropped to chilly "a degrees.
Tomato stands, especially in low
lying section were the principal
casualty, however, the season was
nearing the end and no extensive
damage should result.
Allen County Agent Herbert H.
Hadley said that a general check of
crops indicated the frost may have
slowed the growth of corn which
will be beneficial if another heavy
freeze does not develop Immediately.
Corn is late in maturing this fall
because of continued wet weather of
the past few weeks, Hadley said.
The colder weather probably will
help dry the corn so that farmers
will not suffer so great a loss from
soft" or moist corn as they anti
cipated.
Hadley said that soybeans appar-
emily escaped the frost with COM
paratiyely little damage.
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Entertain At Dinner

Dinner guests at the home of Mrs.
Lydia Lora and Miss Clara Lora,
Sunday were: Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Lora of Elyria; Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Sonnet, daughter Deloris and son
Ronnie, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Bowser,
all of Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Sparr, son
Rickie and daughter Emily, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ted Stettler and sons Jimmie
and Bobby, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Sherman and son Terry, all of Lima !;
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Hochstettler and
daughter Susie of Cloverdale; Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Stettler, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Hochstettler and FAM
lily, Columbus Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hochstet-
tier, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sousley and
daughter Karyl, Mrs. Eldon Tschiegg
and son David, all of this place.
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Fire Department Here to Collect Data on
Farms i'm Richland and Orange Townships
BlufftOn Woman
Guest At Tea In
Governors Home

MRS. Helen Worthington of
Bluffton was guest at tea i'm
the Governors mansion i'm CO.
lumbus, Saturday afternoon. The
invitation to tea came while
Mrs. Worthington was spending
the weekend in Columbus with
her son in law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Locher. Mr..
Locher is private secretary to
Governor Lausche.
With Mrs. Worthington were
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Rhind of Los
Angeles, who are spending
month with relatives and friends
in Bluffton. Mrs. Rhind was
formerly Miss Corrine KimmeI
of this place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28

In Bluffton's cooperation in the
Worldwide event, the local minis
terial association has urged every
Protestant to join in the act of
communion Sunday.
This celebration is in conjunction
with the Federal Council of Church
es, which organized the movement in
this country, and the World Coun-
ell of Churches which does so for
the rest of the world. This is one
occasion when the cooperating de-
nominations have communion on the
same day.
Churches in each country will
have their services at the regular
hours of worship, and one of the
largest attendances of the year is
anticipated.
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Bluffton Hospital
SEPTEMBER 20
Discharged-Mrs. Rose Ireton, Ada.

SEPTEMBER Z0
Discharged-Mrs. Rose Ireton, Ada
SEPTEMBER 81
Admitted-Mrs. Wilbur Potee.
SEPTEMBER %
Discharged-Mrs. Harold Huff.
man and infant, Rawson; Mrs. Irwin
Woodward and infant, North Balti.
more.
SEPTEMBER %
Admitted-John Swisher, Bluffton;
Mrs. John Long, Ada.
Discharged-Mrs. Grover David
son, Pandora; Mrs. Pearl Phillips
Ottawa; Mrs. Edgar Geiger, Pan
dora; Mrs. Scott Murray and in
fant, Ada.
SEPTEMBER Is
Admitted-Mrs. Inez Dukes, Find
lay; Mrs. Oscar Wenger, Bluffton
Mrs. V. C. Oppermann, Bluffton.
Discharged-Mrs. Richard Mericle
and infant, Bluffton; Mrs. Robert
Shumaker, Bluffton.
SEPTEMBER 26
Discharged-Mrs. Kenneth Deeter
Rawson.
SEPTEMBER 27
Admitted - Mrs. Jesse limerick
Beaverdam.
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HluftOn Girl On
College Honor List

Alice Jean Bixel, daughter of Mrs.
Halle Bixel, of Cherry street, was
named to the Honor Scroll at the
opening convocation of the academic
year at Flora Stone Mather college,
Western Reserve university, last
week.
For the Honor Scroll ranking, stu
dents must have attained an average
of B or better during the 1949-50
school term. Receiving third high
honors, Miss Bixel was one of 35
seniors to qualify.
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to S24 per light annually. Cost of
this lighting service would be paid
from the municipal treasury.
To meet this cost, a tax levy up
to two mills may be added to the
duplicate by action of the town
council, it was stated by Sawtell.
Under the present arrangement with
current supplied by the municipal
plant, there is no charge for street
lighting.
Citing benefits accruing from the
location of the Woodcock station,
Gray stated that the Central Ohio
utility is the towns largest single
taxpayer. It's local taxes paid in
1949 were $12,T53, representing, he
said, about 25 per cent of all taxes
collected locally.
Tying in with the proposed nego-
tiations, the company indicated its
willingness to discuss sale of tract
of land at the north end of the
company-owned Buckeye lake. The
town previously had asked to pur-
chase four acres as site for a pro-
posed sewage disposal plant.
On prior occasions the utility de-
clined to consider sale of this real
estate on the ground that it is in
cluded in assets pledged to secure
outstanding bonds. Acquisition of
the Bluffton plant, however, would
make possible the offering of addi-
tional security in exchange for re-
moval of the land from underlying
security for the bond issue, Gray
said.
Gray also stated that two years
ago a group of farmers residing
along Route 25 receiving electric
current from the Bluffton municipal
plant had sought to switch over to
the Central Ohio as source OF cur
rent supply. However the matter
later was dropped without any ac-
tion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
World Wide Day OF Communion To
Be Observed I'm Churches Sunday

Six Bluffton Protestant churches
next Sunday will observe the Sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper in con-
nection with the World Wide Day
of Communion, held each year on
the first Sunday in October.
Cooperating in the worldwide OBJ
servance will be First Mennonite,
First Methodist, st. Johns Evang. &
Reformed, First Presbyterian, First
Missionary, and Church of Christ
churches, it was announced Tuesday
by the Bluffton Ministerial associa-
ton.
Probably so million Christians
around the world, including Russia
and other Iron Curtain nations, will
participate in the international OBJ
servance of the World Wide Day of
Communion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
Condition Of Polio
Victims Is Serious

Stricken with polio, the condition
of two children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dwain Murray of Ashland, former
Bluffton residents was reported SER
ious the first of the week.
The two, Sue, Is, and Joe, u, are
in the Akron Children's hospital par
alyzed from the hips down. Sue was
to have entered Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity at Delaware as freshman
this fall.
A younger daughter of the Muir
rays, Dana, 10, is not affected. Mrs.
Mary Diller of Bluffton, an aunt,
is in Ashland assisting at the Muir
ray household.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
HIGHER OCTOBER
DRAFT TO SUMMON
81 COUNTY YOUTHS
Plans to Add More Men to
Armed Services i'm Four
Draft Calls
Allen County Draft Board Calls
100 For Physical Exam
nations

Fifty-four Allen county young
men will be called for induction in
the armed forces during the month
of October, an increase over the
September induction sf 81 regis
trants.
In the October draft schedule, 80
men will be taken on the 10th; an
additional Is on the goth and six
more on the 27th of the month.
One of the five September in
ductees from the Bluffton area was
rejected last Friday at Toledo when
Donavin K. Augsburger, clerk of the
board of public affairs, failed to pass
the final physical examination.
No Change In Post
With Augsburger returning here
this week, following last weeks
action, no change will be made in
the board of public affairs clerkship,
from which he had been granted
leave of absence when he received
his induction notice.
In preparing for the October IN
duction of Sd men, the Allen county
draft board will call 100 men for
physical examinations. Hancock
county at the same time will call o5
for examinations.
Hancock county inductees last
week included Thomas Lynn Clymer,
of Route /, Rawson.
Five From Here
September inductees from this
area in the September draft call in
cluded Robert j. Stratton, Route /,
Bluffton; Sylvan Burkholder, Route
2, Columbus Grove; Charles Z.
Stonehill, E. Elm street and Herbert
w. Yant Beaverdam.
In addition Robert Fisher, Bluffton
grade school janitor was called for
service with the Navy reserve, in
which he was an active registrant.
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European Relief
Work Pictures

Activities of the Mennonite Gen.
trail committee in European relief
will be presented in illustrated talks
by David and Leonard Smucker at
the Grace Mennonite church, Pam
dora, Sunday night at o'clock.
The two speakers, sons of Rev.
and Mrs. J. n. Smucker of Bluffton
made pictorial record of their con-
nection with the MCC in overseas
relief work. Leonard spent the past
summer among the Waldenses, a re-
ligious group in northern Italy and
David, together with his wife were
in Holland, Germany and Switzer-
land during the summer of 1949.
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the state department.
Possible location of the highway
to bypass both Beaverdam and Bluff
ton will be considered in the study,
move which would materially les
sen traffic congestion on Main street
here, over which the heavily-traveled
national highway now is routed.
Study Re-Routing
Elimination of railroad crossings
between Lima and here also will be
sought by engineers in their survey,
it was explained by the state depart
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28

night was the second main event ot
the week in the heavenly show, after
the sun on Sunday became a pro-
nounced "blue baby" as a result OF
high-flying clouds of dense smoke
from forest fires in Canada.
Most people took the strange
phenomenon in stride Sunday when
the awesome pail made the sun ap-
pear like an eerie Halloween moon
high in the sky.
200 Miles Wide
Weather bureau officials tabled the
spectacle as a 200-mile wide and
three-mile thick blanket of smoke ex-
tending from Toronto, Ont, as far
south as Knoxville, Tenn.
In many places airliners were
forced to land, street lights were
turned on and big-league baseball
games in Cleveland and Pittsburgh
were played under arc lights in mid
afternoon.
The dense layer of smoke from
forest fires in Alberta were thickest
over Ohio and Pennsylvania, accrod-
ing to reports.
Eclipse of Moon
Total eclipse of the moon in a
cloudless sky Monday night also put
on a spectacular show, with the event
coming early enough to make it pos
sible for everyone to get look at the
Beginning at $3.50 p. M, the eclipse
had reached totality about an hour
later, and the heavenly show was
over at l a. m. Tuesday, after be-
ginning to emerge from the earth's
shadow at 11:40 p. m.
During the period of totality the
blacked-out moon was a dark copper
color, with the color tinge coming
from the earth's reflection.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
ON
file TO AID I'm
FIGHTING fires
Trustees of Two Townships
Cooperate With Fire De-
partment in Survey
Data Will Show Location of
Water Supplies and Danger
Points

Improved fire protection for Rich
land and Orange township farms
will result from a survey to pro-
vide permanent file record of use
full data allied with fire service pro-
vided by the Bluffton fire depart
ment.
Trustees of the two townships
have authorized the survey, which
will be bade by Lester Niswander
member of the fire department. II
will require about four months to
complete the compilation of data.
In the survey, permanent card
file record will be made out for each
farm. On the card will be the farm
number, its location from Bluffton,
how to reach it by the shortest
route, plat of the buildings, loca-
ton of water supplies, wells, els
terms, streams, etc.
SHOW DANGER POINTS
Location of danger points, such as
fuel oil and gasoline storage tanks,
also will be shown on the record.
Cards will be on file in the fire
department room, and in case of an
alarm the first fremen responding
will remove it from the file and give
it to the driver.
At the fire, the card will be used
by the chief to map the program of
fire protection best suited to the con-
ditions.
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ment.
In connection with the survey in
this area, highway department per-
sonnel also will study re-routing of
the Dixie through Lima, with by
passing the city considered as an
alternative.
Route 25 now has four traffic
lanes south from Toledo to Bowling
Green and three from near there to
Findlay. Double-lane highways now
carry the traffic from Findlay to
Lima, and south of Lima to Dayton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Klingler, q
girl, Linda Marie, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Harden,
a boy, William Eugene, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Green,
boy, Daniel Vance, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Houts,
Bluffton, a boy, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James J. Mayer,
Mansfield, boy, Philip Alan, born
at Shelby hospital, September Il.
Mrs. Mayer is the former Margaret
Basinger of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
ENR0LLS FIFTY IN
FIRST AID COURSE
Opening Meeting Is Held At
High School; Classes Run
For Five Weeks
Plans Being Made for Bluffton's
Part i'm Countrywide Alert
Nov. 19

Bluffton's Civilian Defense first
aid course got under way in the
high school cafeteria room Monday
night with group of nearly so CD
volunteer workers in attendance.
DR.. nj. ID. Soash was in charge
of the session, which embraced in
struction on treatment of shock,
burns and wounds.
The meeting was the opening ses-
sion of a five-weeks' course to be
held each Monday at the school
building from to 2:45 p. m. and
Z to 7:45 p. m. instruction is open
to CD volunteers and anyone else
interested.
Bluffton physicians will alternate
in conducting the instruction ses-
sions, assisted by Mrs. Gerald HUI
ber, registered nurse. Physicians
cooperating include DR.. Soash, DR..
b. w. Travis, DR.. F. ID. Rodabaugh
and DR.. Walter Donahue.
COUNTY ALERT
In the meantime, Bluffton Civilian
Defense heads are working with
Allen county authorities in planning
a countrywide alert to be held Sun
day, November 10.
In the test, first countrywide event
of its kind in Ohio, there will be
mock bombings, sabotage, looting,
fires, and a disruption of telephone
and light service.
Date of the alert was set back
one week from Nov. IL to avoid in
convenience to a delegation at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars conven-
ton scheduled for Lima on the
afternoon of November IL.
Assisting in planning for the
countrywide test are Garnete Folz,
Button Civilian Defense Director,
and Harry Bogart, assistant director.
FIRE ORGANIZATION
First meeting of the CD auxiliary
firemen unit was held last week un-
der the direction of Paul Geiser,
auxiliary chief. Lester Niswander,
who recently returned from taking
a course in fre fighting and pre-
vention at Columbus, is in charge of
instruction of the group.
Geiser announced this week that
additional volunteers are needed to
round out the personnel of the aux
iliary unit.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices) Whea,
$1.93: corn S1.44; oats 76c; soys
$2.07.
Poultry-,Heavy hens 21c; leghorn
hens 19c; heavy rock fryers 3oc;
heavy red fryers 2Sc; leghorn fryers
23c; heavy stays 15c; leghorn stays
12c.
Eggs-Large white 49c; large
brown 47c; medium white 35c;
brown 34c; pullets 24c.
Butterfat-No. /, Coo; No. 2, 55c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
Cleveland Train
On NelU Schedule

New schedule effective this week
for the Cleveland-St. Louis Nickel
Plate train changes its arrival and
departure here about half-hour
later than formerly.
The train leaves Bluffton at $3.50
a. m. and arrives in Cleveland at
8:55. Returning the train leaves
Cleveland at $50 p. m. and arrives
in Bluffton at Gal.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28

Rerouhng Of Dixie Highway Bypass Both Blufon and
Beaverdam will be Considered by State Highway Engineers

State highway department engin-
eers within the next month will
make a study of the Dixie highway
in the Bluffton-Beaverdam area In
the hope of making improvements
which will eliminate traffic conges-
ton now existing between here and
Lima.
The study will embrace detailed
survey of the highway from Lima
city limits to the Hancock county
line at the north corporation limits
of Bluffton it was announced by
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
Hold Reformation Day
Union Service Oct. 20

Plans are being made for a spe-
cial union service in observance of
Reformation Day, October 20, it is
announced by Rev. L. w. McIntire,
president of the Bluffton Ministerial
association. This service will be
held instead of the regular monthly
union service next Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
Leaves To Attend
College In Indiana

Miss Esther Reichenbach, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reich
enbach of near Bluffton has left for
Upland, Ind, where she will enroll
as a sophomore in Taylor university.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
Completes Course In
Psychidtric Nursing

Dale Grismore, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Grismore, near Bluffton,
was graduated from ST. Elizabeth's
hospital in Washington, d. c., on
completion of a three years course
in psychiatric nursing. His par
ents attended the commencement ex-
ercises at that place September Is.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
TtUO Men From Area
Called For PhysicaIs

Among 35 Hancock county men
ordered to report for pre-induction
physical examinations at Toledo
Tuesday was Carl William Mont
gomery, of Route /, Bluffton.
Also in the group was one Raw
son man, Paul Hover, Jr.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
Mayors Notice

Burning of rubbish or leaves is
forbidden on Bluffton's streets sur
faced with asphaltic concrete OF
other hard surface streets in the
town. This practice damages the
surfacing materials and greatly
shortens the life of the pavement.
Please cooperate in our program
for better streets.
"a w. A. Howe, Mayor
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
RehearsaIs Of
Choral Society

Rehearsals of the Bluffton Col
lege Choral society will be held on
Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p. m. in
Ramseyer chapel. Russell A. Lantz,
conductor, invites all interested to
attend rehearsals. The society is in
its 48th season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to Rev. Paul Cramer, the pail
bearers, relatives and friends, all
those sending flowers and cards and
to those who assisted in any way at
the time of the death of our beloved
father.
The Manges Family
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
Sun Turns Blue And Moon Is Backed
Out In Unusual Celestial PhenOmens

The sun was blue and the moon
was blacked-out the first of this week
in an unusual combination of phe-
nomena affecting the stellar and
lunar bodies.
Total eclipse of the moon Monday
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
SUiss Male Chorus
Begins RehedrsdIs

First rehearsal of the Swiss Male
chorus will be held at the First Men
MONTE church, Monday night at 8
o'clock. Anyone wishing to join the
chorus is asked to be present.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-09-28
Bronze Age Pins

Back in the Bronze Age, more
than 1000 years before Christ, pins
strikingly like the safety pins of to-
day were in wide use. Museums
contain numerous examples of
these relics, made with typical
spring and catch, with plain or
open points.