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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Bluffton Churches Will Participate
Sunday In Great Hour OF Sharing
Special Emphasis On Sharing
For Foreign Relief to Mark
Local Services
Nation Wide Program Is SpOn-
sored by 16 Church
Denominations

Bluffton participation in the "One
Great Hour of Sharing" campaign
for overseas relief will be marked
by special observances in local
churches next Sunday.
The movement is an interdenomin-
ational project to raise funds for
relief needs of Europe and Asia as
administered through the various
participating groups and to complete
the displaced persons program of
resettling family units in this coun-
try. Next Sunday which has been
designated as the day special serv-
ices will be held and offerings taken
for this purpose.
DR.. John NJ. Versteeg, district
superintendent, will occupy the pull
pit at a special Sunday morning
service in the First Methodist
church here, following which the
congregations sacrificial gifts will be
received.
In Button and Rockport Presby-
terian churches, Sunday will mark
the elimination of month-long
sacrifcial period during which con-
gregational members were asked to
eat one or more sacrificial meals
each week. Savings are to be con-
tributed to the relief program.
Sunday morning services at the
st. Johns and Emmanuel's Reformed
churches also will be on the "One
Great Hour of Sharing" theme, and
other local congregations also are
planning participation during the
day.
Local activities in connection with
the campaign have been publicized
from the pulpit and by mail; Sunday
school classes have made posters and
there has been other special promo
tional activity.
Nationwide radio programs on the
theme set for this week include an
A. B. c. broadcast from 10:30 to
IL P. M. Thursday, and c. B. S.
program from $50 to 7 P. M. on
Saturday.
Sixteen American church denomin-
ations are participating in the "One
Great Hour of Sharing" movement,
which was inaugurated last year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Staley, La
fayette, girl, Jane Laura, Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cramer, Find
lay, a boy, Larry Joe, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Baughman,
Lafayette, a boy, Jerry Keith, Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Derringer,
Benton Ridge, a boy, Wednesday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mehollin,
Wadsworth, a boy, Brice Charles,
born in Wadsworth hospital, Feb. 26.
Mrs. Mehollin is the former Vera
Welty, daughter of Mrs. Homer
Zimmerly north of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Feller, Ft.
Wayne, girl, Janice Elaine, in a
Ft. Wayne hospital, Sunday Mrs.
Feller is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. M. Hiestand of Orange
township.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Physician Fills Two
Engagements
Despite Broken Leg

DIR. b. w. Travis, Button
physician, isn't one to let
broken leg interfere with his
plans.
With the leg i'm a cast and
walking with the aid of crutches
he kept his appointment as
speaker at the Lions club dinner,
Tuesday night. The club gave
the doctor a rousing ovation
when he appeared and roared
Hes a Jolly Good Fellow" He
will also address the meeting of
the Parent Teacher association
next Monday night.
While trimming trees at his
home on West Kibler street
Saturday afternoon a limb on
which he was bracing himself
for support gave way and he
fell some IL feet to the ground
breaking his left leg below the
knee.
He will resume his afternoon
office hours beginning the latter
part of this week, it was an
nounced Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Fmdtdy Couple Are
Injured In Accident

Mrs. Margaret Cole, 81, of Find
lay, received a fractured left col
larbone in an automobile accident
two and one-half miles north of
Bluffton on the Dixie highway We'd
nesday morning at $50 o'clock. Her
husband, William Cole, 80, of Find
lay, received cuts and bruises.
The accident occurred when the
car in which they were riding crash
ed into the rear of an automobile
and trailer reported parked on the
highway. Driver of the parked auto,
unidentified, was reported as not in
jured.
The couple was removed to Bluff
ton hospital in the Diller ambulance
where they were given treatment
and later released.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
'lMENNONITES WILL
SPONSOR EUROPE
farm YOUTH HERE
Local Area Volunteers To Assist
In One-Year Training For
% From Abroad
Bluffton College Graduate Di-
rects Placement of Foreign
Farm Trainees

One of a group of 25 European
Mennonite farm youths coming here
for a years study of American
agricultural methods and practices
may be assigned to farm family in
the Bluffton-Pandora area, it was dis
closed here the first of the week in
connection with an announcement that
arrangements have been completed
for admitting them to this country.
They are scheduled to arrive next
month or early in May.
Arrangements are being made thru
the Mennonite Central committee with
headquarters in Akron, Pa, and di-
rection of the program is being
handled by William Snyder, Bluffton
college graduate whose wife is the
former Lucille Steiner, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Steiner of Poplar
street
Ezra Moser, representing local
Mennonites interested in the program,
has been in touch with Snyder, offer
ing place for one of the 25 trainees
in the Bluffton area.
Scattered Thruout Country
Snyder said the European farmers,
all young, will come from Germany,
the Netherlands, Switzerland and
France. They will be placed on Men
MONTE farms in all parts of the
country.
In the farm education program,
Mennonite young people from abroad
will have an opportunity to observe
American agriculture as practiced in
Mennonite communities. The pro-
gram also will promote closer re-
lationship between Mennonites in
foreign countries and those in the
United States.
Farm families who sponsor the
trainees must provide room, board
and so monthly incidental expenses.
They also will pay $40 toward trans
portation costs. Trainees are ex-
pected to pay for their clothing and
other personal needs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Triplett Salesman
Dies In Detroit

J. A. McCaffry, SO, sales repre-
sentative of The Triplett Electrical
Instrument company in the Detroit
area, died in a hospital in that city
Tuesday night. His death which was
unexpected, followed six weeks i'll
ness.
He was born in Australia and lat
er as resident of Canada saw
service in the British navy during
the first World War as a radio and
wireless expert. Following the war
he located in Detroit and has been
connected with the Triplett company
for the past q years, being one Of
the oldest sales representatives in
point of service.
Surviving are his widow and four
year old daughter of Detroit. Fun
eral arrangements are incomplete.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Arrival Of Coal Supplies
AVertS Power Crisis Here
Bluffton Legion Post to Celebrate 3Oth
Anniversary with Banquet Tuesday Night

Wilbur Potee, Marion A. Koch, Earl
Good, Millard E. Oberly, Homer
Zimmerly, Monroe Amstutz, Irwin
Hermann, Elam Welty, Ruel Mis-
wander, G. A. Lehman and ]. S.
Steiner.
DIR. Steiner Commando
Officers elected on April Is, 1920,
to serve for the first year of post
activity included: J. S. Steiner, COM
mander; Vance Schrider, vice-com-
mander; Donavin Baumgartner,
adjutant; Armin Hauenstein, finance
officer; Frenas Hermann, sergeant
alarms; HI. w. Berky, chaplain; Ray
Staater, historian; DR.. R. E. Hugh
son, surgeon; Gilbert Fett, William
Griffith, Joseph Ralph Henry and
Arthur Amstutz, color sergeants;
and Clair Fett, musician.
During its first year, the post had
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
EMERGENCY COAL
TRUckED IN; MORE
SHIPMENTS COMING
Regular Street Lighting Will
be Resumed Soon as
Possible
RatiOning of Coal to House
holders Continued Here
Temporarily

Timely arrival of trucked-in coal
the latter part of last week, together
with a settlement of the miners strike
averted what a week ago appeared to
be Buttons gravest coal crisis.
With a 10-days' supply of coal on
hand at the municipal plant, steps
were being planned last Thursday for
immediate drastic curtailment of
electric current, including cutbacks on
industrial plants when four large
semi-trailer loads of coal arrived to
replenish the plants empty bunkers.
Further relief was assured the first
of the week when John Swisher, plant
superintendent said he had received
word that three carloads of coal were
enroute here.
Street Lights Curtailed
The first step in the coal conserva-
tion program was put into effect last
Wednesday when part of the Main
street boulevard lighting was discon-
tinued. The regular service will be
resumed this week as soon as main
tenance crews can make the necessary
connections.
With mines again in production at
the opening of this week, three cars
of coal are enroute to the plant, and
the danger of shortage is past, offic-
ials declared. On hand now is a
supply adequate for two weeks, and
stockpiles are expected to soon be
back to normal.
Bluffton coal yards, never entirely
without coal due to supplies received
from truckers, also expect to have
plenty of fuel on hand before long,
altho home deliveries will continue to
be restricted in quantity temporarily.
Few householders, however, felt any
real pinch during the fuel shortage.
Bluffton public schools still had ap-
proXimately one-month supply of
coal on hand when the strike ended;
and the Central Ohio Light and
power Co. generating plant here had
fuel for several months.
There was no shortage at Bluffton's S
Page Dairy plant, and Bluffton
colleges rapidly-vanishing coal supply
was bolstered last week by the receipt
of one car of coal, making possible
operations on a normal scale until
additional fuel is obtained.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Doomed For Mayor
OF Michigan TOlUn

Wade Lora, formerly of Bluffton
and son of Charles Lora of Grove
street is being doomed as mayor of
Blissfeld, Michigan, where he is a
member of the town council.
Local party leaders are conducting
a campaign there on his behalf and
are asking voters to support him in
write-in movement at the spring
election there.
Lora, now serving his first term
as councilman, said he would serve
if elected. He has lived in Blissfield
for the past nine years where he is
vice president of the Harrison
Mckinney Construction company with
headquarters in Jackson, Michigan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09

Three busy decades of activity in
all phases of 'Bluffton community
activity will be marked this month
by Bluffton post, American Legion,
in celebration of the 30th annivers-
airy of the local organization.
Featuring anniversary activities
will be a banquet at $3.50 p. m. next
Tuesday in Legion hall. Legion
aires and their wives and members
of the Legion Auxiliary and their
husbands will attend the gathering
to celebrate the thirtieth year of the
Bluffton post.
Charter of the local Legion post
was received on March l, 1920, and
bears the signatures of the following
charter members: Armin Hauenstein,
Ray Staater, Joseph Halph Henry,
A. D. Amstutz, John w. Spangler,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09

107 members, and meetings were
held in the old community hall above
Lape's Dry Goods store, which since
has been converted into residential
apartments.
In 1923 the post moved its head
quarters to the Steiner building
above Montgomery's news stand; but
the organization returned to the
rooms over Lape's store again in
1926 and remained there until
present quarters in the town hall
were dedicated on April IA, 1885.
High Mark 1873
Starting with membership of lot,
the post reached a high mark of
183 in 1948. This year the member
ship total is 161.
Following DR.. Steiner as post
commanders have been Wilbur A.
Howe, Arinin Hauenstein, VIM.
Scothorn, Murray Tripplehorn, R. R.
Schryer, Clair Fett, Harry Triple
horn, Hermann Schmidt, Fred Frit-
chic, Rev. ]. Norman King, Ralph
Henry, Paul Weaver, Nello Stein
man, John w. Ryan, Herb Siefeld,
Gilbert Fett, A. E. Schlegel, William
Ryan, John Frenas Hermann, Clair
Fett, Ralph Stearns, Millen c. Geig-
er, Amos Tschiegg, John Ross, Her
man Schmidt, Ralph Henry, Freder-
ick Reichenbach, Maurice Fett, AL
bert Ingalls, and Garnette Foltz.
Remain Active
Out of the 107 original members
in 1920, the following remain active
in the post: Monroe S. Amstutz,
William C. Amstutz, Charles C.
Burkholder, Garland Basinger, Cor
don Bixel, Evan Basinger, Gilbert
Fett, Clair Fett, Harvey Garmatter,
Sylvan Herman, Frenas Hermann,
Irwin Hermann, Joseph r. Henry,
Armin Hauenstein, Charles Hilty,
Wilbur A. Howe, Ward Marshall,
Layton Manages, Carl Mumma, Her
bert Marshall, Albert Reichenhach,
Alva Rickly, Howard statiffer, Cleo
Smith, Raymond Stratton, Ralph I.
Stearns, DR.. M. d. Soash, Murray
Tripplehorn, Waldo wilkins, Charles
Young and Homer Zimmerly.
Always active in community ac-
tivities, the local Legion post each
year sponsors and conducts Bluffton
Memorial Day and Armistice Day
ceremonies. Each summer an out
standing Bluffton High student is
sent by the post to Boys State,
Achievement awards are presented
to Bluffton students for scholarship
and athletic performance, and the
organization is active in all forms
of welfare work. A recent service
feature has been Inauguration of the
Legion Blood type list to provide
blood donors on short notice.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
TUO BIUftOn Girls
Capped At Hospital

Lucille Bauman, of Bluffton, and
Lois Lehman, of Columbus Grove
rural route, were two of % fresh
man students who received their
caps Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Men
MONTE Hospital school of Nursing,
Bloomington, Illinois.
Miss Bauman is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurel Bauman, of
Riley street. Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Lehman are the parents of Miss
Lehman.
Gaping ceremonies mark compile
tion of the first step in preparation
of student nurses for the nursing
profession.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
BRANNAN'S farm
PRICE PLAN TO BE
UNDER FIRE HERE
Farm Bureau Federation Head
to Challenge Secretary's
Position
Platform Clash to Come at Col
lege Sponsored Meeting
March IL

Bluffton will be the scene of a
farm debate of national importance
on March IT when Secretary of Ag-
riculture Charles Brannan will de-
fend his proposed farm support pro-
gram against panel discussion at
tack by Allen Kline, president of
the Farm Bureau federation.
This will be one of the first public
discussion meetings in which Bran
nan and Kline will participate since
the Farm Bureau Federation in De-
cember mobilized in opposition to
Brannan's Farm Price Support plan.
The platform clash here between
Brannan and Kline will be in con-
uection with the annual conference
of the Rural Life Association which
will be held March 16 to 18 on the
Bluffton college campus.
DEBATE FARM ECONOMY
Panel discussion of the two con-
f1icting viewpoints on the national
farm economy is set for Friday
night, March II, and has shaped up
as the focal point of the three-day
conference to be attended by farm
representatives from all parts of
the country.
In the debate Brannan will defend
his proposed plan and Kline will
state the Farm Bureau Federation's
reasons for opposition. Also partici-
pating in the panel discussion will be
Jerry Voorhis, of the cooperative
league in Chicago. Voorhis will
present the consumer viewpoint.
Farm Bureau opposition to the
program is expected to carry consid-
cradle weight, for the federation is
said to represent nearly one and
one-half million farm families.
OTHER FEATURES
Varied topics of current interest
to the farmer and the public in gen.
eral also will be included on the pro-
gram for the three-day Rural Life
Association meet here.
1t will be the first time that the
national conference of the associa-
tion has been held in this part of
Ohio, and many speakers of national
Importance will come to Bluffton in
connection with the conference.
Prof. III. d. Raid, of Bluffton col
lege, is the local. representative of
the association.
Peninsula literally means almost
an island ,,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
BluftOn Seniors High
In Scholarship Tests

Three Bluffton High school seniors
ranked among the first six in Allen
county state scholarship tests held
in Lima during the month of Febru-
ary, it was announced this week.
John Bauman placed third in the
county; Jane Riser was fifth. and
Howard Landes finished in sixth
place.
In the Bowling Green university
district meet, Bauman was in 18th
place, and Landes received honor
able mention.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
BtuftOn Physician
Is p. 4. A. Speaker

"What You Should Know About
Compulsory Health Insurance" will
be the subject of an address by DR..
B. w. Travis, Bluffton physician,
who will speak at meeting of the
Parent Teacher association at the
high school Monday night at 7:30
o'clock. Special numbers will be
furnished by the high school music
department.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Bluffton March OF Dimes Campaign
Tops Sl4OO Mark Again This Year

by SCI raised by a benefit dance
sponsored by the American Legion
and the Legion Auxiliary, and the
Bluffton Saddle club made a con-
tribution of $25.
Buttons participation in the
March of Dimes campaign was spon-
sored again this year by the local
Lions club.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09

Sound movies of the 1949 World
Series between New York Yankee
and Brooklyn Dodgers baseball
teams will be shown at a meeting
of the Bluffton Community Sports
mems club at p. m. next Tuesday
in club headquarters on the third
floor of the town hall.
The film is the official American
and National league movie of the
series. Anyone interested is invited
to attend, and members of area
baseball teams also are urged to be
present.
Herb Rupright is program chair
man.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Clarence Wdnbdugh
Dies In Michigan

Clarence "Cleck" Wanbaugh, 80, of
Gladwin, Mich, who was identified
with the oil boom here some fifty
years ago, died Monday night follow
ing an operation, according to word
received by Bluffton friends.
Surviving are his wife, two sons
and one daughter. Mrs. Wanbaugh
is the former Florence Oberly of
Bluffton.
Funeral services We're held in Glad
win, Wednesday afternoon followed
by burial at that place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09

Buttons 1850 March of Dimes
polio campaign has topped the $1400
mark for the second year in sue
cession, DR.. F. D. Rodabaugh, chair
man of the local drive, announced
this week.
Final results in the Bluffton cam
paign showed total of S1,440, only
$24 less than the preceding year.
The fund was swelled last week
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain fbushel prices) - Wheat,
$2.02; corn, $1.27; oats, 72c; soys,
1928.
Poultry-Heavy hens, 24c; leghorn
hens, 1Sc; heavy fryers, 30c; heavy
stays, 14c; leghorn stays, 12c.
Eggs-Large white, &c; large
brown, Bic; medium white, 27c;
medium brown, 26c; pullets, 22c.
Butterfat-No. l, Soc; No. 2, 54c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
With The Sick

Mrs. Carl Kimmel is a surgical pa
tient in Bluffton hospital since Sum
day.
Mrs. Calvin Leiber of near Beav-
erdam, a surgical patient in Lima
Memorial hospital, is improved.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Real Estate Deal

Ezra Basinger has purchased the
E. P. Steiner farm of IS acres on
the Allen Hancock county line east
of Bluffton. Possession will be CIV
en- the first of April.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Attends National
SchO0lmen's Meet

Supt. of Schools A. B. Murray has
returned from Atlantic City, N. J.,
where he attended the annual con-
vention of the American Association
of School Administrators last week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Breaks Arm In Fall

Mrs. Minnie Kimmel of South
Main street sustained fractured
left forearm in a fall on the ice at
her home last week
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09
Hold SingspiratiOn
Here Sunday EUeriifig

Monthly ssingspiration service will
be held at the Missionary church
Sunday night at $3.50 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-09

Peninsula literally means "almost
an island.'
Evening star., 1950-05-28
IRE REAL Sol uTlON

lne u The best hopes for cnrbing
violencc j. early diagnosis and
trcatment of persons with emo
tional Disorders. 10 do this, -
need = triplc Tie nsarnber of nsentaI-
health clinics we now have. We
also need more psychiatric adnis-
SION wards il general hospifals md
many more psychiatric hospiaals
With the stan. facilities and money
. do definite joEs IN rehahilitating
IE0MARD A. scHEElE
Snrge0ss Gemsv@s. u. $.
Rsblic Heaifh Sergsre
Evening star., 1950-05-28

1T HAPPENED in residential section of a
l. big Eastern city not long ago.
A group of children, on the way home from
school, caught sight of the neighborhood
crazy man." The grown-ups shrugged him
off as the usual harmless Crouch" or crank"
so familiar in every community. To the chill
dren he justified the stronger term crazy"
with his long, unkempt hair and heavy cane
which he swung at imaginary enemies while
mumbling to himself.
Now they raced up to him with jubilant
cries: Crazy! Crazy"
The boldest, a lO-year-old boy, picked
up a stone, gestured threateningiy and
then threw it. The man ducked, but the
terror i'm his eyes was their reward.
With shrieks of laughter the kids ran off.
That night, the house of one of the young
tormenters was burned to the ground. The
entire neighborhood was aroused. 1t wasn't
hard for the law to find the guilty man. But
was it his guilt alone?
Camden Massacre
SUCH trifles as children's taunts can easily
be the spark that makes mentally i'll person
explode, experts warn. When that happens,
violence, and even death, may be the result.
Today more and more mentally disordered
persons, cracking under some sudden stress,
are terrorizing their families and neighbors
with their frenzied outbursts
We all recall with horror how Howard
Unruh, Camden, NJ j., veteran, calmly
Evening star., 1950-08-20
Nal. Gen. Roger N. Ramey
Awaits Car Death RuIinq

Mai. Gen. Roger M. Ramey, A.
Air Force Director of Plans and
Operations, will learn tomorrow
whether he must explain to a
cofoner's jury how his automobile
killed q woman pedestrian at
Eighth Street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
| Acting Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy said last night he will
await a final police report
tomorrow before determining
whether an inquest into the
death Of Mrs. Ruth Huntley, 30,
colored. of 1919. o street NV. is
necessary.
Mrs. Huntley died in Emer-
gency Hospital early yesterday two
hours after she was struck by
Gen. Ramey's car.
Samuel Cradle. %, colored, of
1919 O street NV, who was ac-
companying Mrs. Huntley. told
police they waited until one auto
mobile passed and then started
running across the street. Gen.
Ramey told police he was driving
about 20 miles an hour when the
couple ran in front Of his car.