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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
EUerett Golden
Wedding Tuesday

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Everett of
Rockport, retired, passed their fif-
tieth wedding anniversary Tuesday,
April 4. No special celebration was
planned for the occasion.
Former residents of Bluffton, liv-
ing on Riley street, the couple were
married by the late Rev. Goodwill
Nash. Mrs. Everett was formerly
Cora B. Adams.
At the time of their marriage,
Floyd Everett was water we'll drill
er, later going to work as chief en-
gineer at the Bluffton Light plant,
the first light plant to be built in
Bluffton. At that time the engineer
worked twelve hours a day seven
days a week and earned s42 per
month stated Everett.
The couple have four children liv-
ing: Milfred and Paul Everett of
Rockport, Mrs. Evelyn Holtz, Flor
ida, and Mrs. Joyce Martin of Lima
One son, Delmar, died number OF
years ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
BOLT OF LIGHTNING
HITS LIGHT PLANT
End Time IN week
Municipal Plants Largest Tur-
bine Put Out of Operation
BY Bolt Monday
Prompt Action By Plant Engin-
GERS Prevents Disruption
of Service

Lightning striking the Bluffton
municipal light plant for the second
time in week, Monday evening put
the establishments largest turbine
generator out of operation and
burned a hole in the condenser, re-
sulting in a flooded basement.
Prompt action by plant engineers
and Supt. John w. Swisher, who was
nearby when the bolt struck, pre-
vented any disruption of service to
the town.
Supt. Swisher, working with high
voltage in the cascading water from
the damaged condenser, succeeded in
making circuit adjustments without
the necessity of cutting off current.
Only noticeable effect on service
sa far as light plan patrons were
concerned was'a town-wide dimming
of lights for matter of about five
seconds after the mishap occurred
about 9:45 p M
FLOODED BASEMENT
Jumping around lightning arrest
ers on lines to the outside, the bolt
punctured and grounded cables lead
ing from the new General Electric
turbine to the switchboard.
In the basement, it jumped from
the cable conduit to the turbine con-
denser and burned a hole three
inches in diameter in the water
tubes, resulting in flooded base
ment as water poured from the
break.
Standby turbines, cut into the line,
carried the owns load while repairs
We're being effected. Plant crews
working on the damage steadily had
replaced burned wires and the large
turbine was ready for emergency use
within IL hours after the bolt had
struck.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
ElIenberger Rites
To Be Held Friday

Laura May Ellenberger, mother of
Ural and William Ellenberger, Bluff
ton business men, died at $3.50 a. m.
Thursday at her home in Beaverdam,
following a two-weeks critical i'll
ness
Funeral services will be held at
8 p. m. Friday in the Beaverdam
Church of Christ with Rev. o. Mer-
rill Boggs, pastor, officiating. Burial
will be at Rockport.
Born Oct. 10, 1869, in Hardin
county, Mrs. Ellenberger was the
daughter of Benjamin and Matilda
Lambert Parker.
Survivors include her husband,
William H. Ellenberger, Sr,, Beaver
dam; three sons, Ural and William
B., Jr., both of Bluffton; and Clay
ton E., Lima; and daughter, Mrs.
Josie Tooley, Rawson.
The body will be taken to the
Beaverdam residence Wednesday from
the Paul Diller funeral home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
Amos LuginbuM
Rites Wednesday

Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon in the Ebenezer
Mennonite church for Amos Lugin-
buhl, IT, who died at his home four
miles southwest of Bluffton at lilo
a. m. Sunday.
Luginbuhl had been in poor health
two years and had been seriously Ill
two weeks. He was sawmill EN-
ploye for many years.
Son of John u. and Katherine
(Hilty) Luginbuhl, he was born in
Richland township on Sept. Z, 1872
On Sept. 7, 1898, he was married to
Sarah A. Zurfluh, who survives with
the following children:
Mrs. Ella Dillman and Mrs. Edna
Neuenschwander both of Blutfton;
Mrs. Alice Sharpe, Norwalk; Mrs
Cassie Yerks, Lima, and son, Wei
don Luginbuhl, at home. One son
Lloyd, died. There are six grand
children and five great-grandchild-
rem.
Surviving brothers and sisters in,
clude Eli, Ocean City, N. j.; Calvin
Bluffton; Oswin, Allentown; Homer
and Oscar, of Toledo; and Mrs. En-,
ma Burkholder, Lima.
Luginbuhl was a member of the
Ebenezer church where rites were
held. Rev. Howard Lands officiated
Burial was in the church cemetery
Funeral was handled by the Dillel
funeral home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Mccullough,
Bluffton, a boy, Thomas Edward,
March 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Major, Find
lay, girl, Susan Jean, March 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Deitler, Bluff
ton, boy, James William, April Z.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Fox, Ar
lington, a girl, Deborah Sue, April 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Wiechmann,
Jenera, boy, Kevin Martin, April 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gallagher,
Findlay, boy, Roger Wayne,
April 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Schumacher,
Lafayette, a girl, Phyllis Lynn,
April 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Preston, AL
ger, a boy, Ronald Lynn, April 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Minck, Jr.,
Bluffton, son Randall Lyn, born
April 3 at Lima Memorial hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard E. Mar
quart of Norfolk, Va, are the par
ents of daughter Dianne Sue born
March 27. Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Cuth-
erall of Richmond, Va, and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Marquart of Ada are the
grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Balmer of
Harrison, Mich, son, John Patrick,
i born March IT.
Major and Mrs. Daniel r. Clark
of Washington, d. c., announce the
birth of son, Dennis Keith, weigh
ing 7 lbs, l or, at the 155th Station
Hospital in Yokohama, Japan, re-
Gently. Major Clark is formerly of
Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
Family Fish Fry By
SpOrtsnen's Club

A pickerel fish fry for members
and families of the Bluffton Com
munity Sportsmen's club will be held
Thursday night of next week in the
Bluffton town hall.
Herbert Rupright, program chair
man, plans to have plenty of fresh
Lake Erie pickerel fillets on hand
for all attending the spring mixer
Hunting and fishing motion pic.
lures of Canada and several come.
dies for the children will be shown
by c. E. Neuman, well known out.
doorsman from Spencerville.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
North Main Street Bridge Scene OF
Fifth Traffic Accident In 10 Months
Three More Union
Holy Week Services

Services Wednesday and Thursday
night and Good Friday afternoon
will conclude Buttons Union Holy
week observance sponsored by the
Bluffton Ministerial association.
Wednesdays service will be in the
st. ohn's Reformed church, with
Rev.. P. H. Cramer speaking ON "The
Power of Silence-Then and Now"
A union communion service will be
conducted in the First Methodist
church Thursday night by Rev. v. C.
Oppermann.
Good Friday services will be in the
Presbyterian church from / to $3.50
P. M. Bluffton stores will be closed
during the service.
Seven pastors will participate in
the Good Friday observance, includ-
ing the Revs. L. w. McIntire, O. M.
Boggs, v. C. Oppermann, P. Fl.
Cramer, R. r. Welch, Paul Shelly
and J. N. Smucker. Organist for
the service will be Edgar Hauen-
stein.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
SPRING BUILDING
UPSURGE IS UNDER
WAY IN BLuFFToN
Business Building Expansion
And Residential Con-
struetion Starts
Carey Niswander To Expand
Business Location; Everett
Sutermeister Building

Buttons spring upsurge in build
ing activity got away to an early
start this week, despite unfayorable
weather, with the start of z business
building expansion in the towlrtown
district and excavation for a new
home on Harmon road.
Clearing of the site for new DC
by 60-foot warehouse to be built by
Carey Niswander for his farm im-
plement and home appliance business
marked the downtown business build.
ing program.
On Harmon road, excavation was
started for a new residence to be
erected by Everett Sutermeister, ano
the start of several other homes is
reported to be awaiting only a fav.
orable break in the weather.
BUSINESS EXPANSION
7 The new Niswander business build
ing, a one-story cement block struc
ture, will be erected across the alley
from the rear of present operations
on land purchased last week from
Hiram Huser.
A barn on the site has been dis
mantled and builders are ready tt
start work on he foundation.
Niswander's modern new sale.
building was erected in 1887, ant
two years ago he added a new shol
to the rear of the structure. Thi.
years building expansion will mari
the firms third construction program
in the last four years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
Packing Company Truck Upsets
At Jinx Locale When Steer
ing Gear Breaks
Three Mishaps At Same Loca-
tion In Last Two Months;
Two Others Earlier

Emerging as a major Bluffton
traffic "hoodoo", North Main street
in the vicinity of the bridge over
Big Riley creek last Friday morning
was the scene of the third truck
accident during the last two months.
In the latest of the series of re-
occurring mishaps, a Kay Brand
Packing Co. truck enroute south
from its Findlay headquarters upset
in the driveway entrance to the
Habegger filling station at the north
approach to the bridge.
Driver of the truck, James William
Roberts, of Route 3, Findlay, lost
control of the vehicle when the steer
ing mechanism broke, according to a
report by Police Chief H. L. Coon,
who Investigated the mishap. The
crash occurred at a. m.
Upsets Near Station
Careening eastward across the
street when the driver found himself
unable to guide the vehicle, the truck
upset in the filling station drive, mar
rowly missing the gasoline pump is
land and the building.
Roberts, who suffered back in
juries, was returned to his home near
Findlay.
Two other truck accidents have
occurred in the same vicinity since
the end of January, and the locality
now has been the scene of five ac-
cidents during the last 10 months.
Scene of Five Mishaps
In late February, half of the west
balustrade of the bridge was de-
molished when the heavily-loaded
trailer of large semi broke loose
and careened into the structure. The
truck was owned by the National
Transit Co. of Lima.
This was only a few yards from
the scene Of another truck accident
on Jan. 20 when a big semi-trailer
overturned just before reaching the
bridge, after grazing an automobile
driven by Noah Habegger, of near
Bluffton. Habegger was attempting
to turn into the Habegger filing
station, operated by his nephew,
when the accident occurred.
Last December large trupk load
ed with cheese overturned at the
North Main street A. c. and Y.
railroad crossing, within $50 yards
of the bridge, when it swerved from
the highway to avoid an approaching
train.
The fifth accident in the series
occurred last spring when a Bowl
ing Green automobile crashed into
slow-moving A. C. and Y. freight
train at the crossing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
Easter Egg Hunt For Riddles In
Legion Hall Saturday Afternoon

Bluffton kiddies will scatter in the
wake of the Easter rabbit in the an
nual Easter egg hunt to be held in
the American Legion hall under aus
pices of the Legion Auxiliary at 2:30
P. M. Saturday of this week.
Separate hunts will be arranged
for children of pre-school age and
those from the first four grades, it
was announced by Mrs. Clarence
Stonehill. Contests also will be stag
ed, and kiddies who find prize eggs
in the hunt will earn special gift
awards.
Legionnaires and members of the
Auxiliary each are asked to donate
one dozen colored eggs, which are to
be left at the Community Market
not later than 1:30 P. M. Saturday.
This years egg hunt has been
planned for the Legion hall instead
of Harmon field, the usual locale,
because of continued bad weather.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
STREETS WILL BE
WIDENED AT TWO
SPANS over RILEY
Filling Completed For New Co.
Foot Approaches On Grove
st. and College Rd.
County Plans To Install Two
Lane Bridges Over Little
Riley in Program

Widening of approaches to bridges
over Little Riley creek on Grove
street and the College road was
completed during the last week, as
the first step in a program to replace
| existing spans over the stream with
new two-lane bridges.
Earth fills on both sides of College
road and the south side of Grove
street We're involved in the project,
completed by the Allen county road
crew.
When the fill has settled new
hard-surfaced approaches, 60 feet in
width, will be constructed at both
bridges. Ordinarily earth fills are
permitted to settle for more than
year before roads are built on them,
county officials said.
Roadbed Built Up
In preparing the BERN for the
new College road bridge approach,
fills were completed on both sides
of the road from the north edge of
the bridge to near the Cyrus Schu-
macher residence, a distance of 500
feet.
On Grove street, fill was requlr-
ed only on the Myron Motter farm
side of the road, extending 500 feet
from the bridge to a point opposite
Maple Grove cemetery. North side
of the Grove street road did not
require filling.
Earth for the fills was obtained
from grounds of the Bluffton Stone
Co., where a county power shovel
was in operation. The earth was
hauled by county trucks.
New Bridges Later
| Altho construction of the new two
lane bridges is not scheduled for
!. this summer, they may be included
on the 1851 county road and bridge
program.
| The new structures will be of con-
crete and will alleviate congestion at
the two bridges, both on heavily
travelled roadways.
Widening of the approaches to so
feet will nearly double the present
width of both roads, and will
eliminate the hazard which the
present bridges represent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
Bank Directors Fete
ROnley On Birthday

Directors of the Citizens National
bank staged a birthday surprise for
Elmer Romey, bank president, Tues
day night following a meeting of
the group.
Romey, whose birthday is this
week, was the honor guest at light
lunch in the Elk restaurant. On the
table set for the surprise occasion
was a large bouquet of roses and a
birthday cake. Arrangements for
the affair were handled by Adam
Steiner and Henry Huber.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
1900 NeIU Auto
Tags Sold Here

Sales of 1850 passenger automobile
tags reached the 1900 mark here at
nid-week, it was announced We'd
nesday by David Reichenbach, local
registrar.
The totals do not include licenses
sold for trailers and trucks. Dead
line for use of 1949 tags was last
Friday at midnight.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
To Curb Parking On
Main, Poplar Streets

A weekday curb on Main street
parking between College avenue and
Kibler streets and on the one-block
stretch of Poplar street was passed
Monday night by the municipal coun-
Gil.
An ordinance approved at the
meeting provides for two-hour park
ing in the restricted area between
the hours of 6 a. m. until p. m,
except on Sunday and holidays.
The legislation followed complaints
of residents regarding parking of
factory workers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
p. T. A. To Elect
Officers MOnddY

The Bluffton P. T. A. will meet
Monday evening, April 10 at 7:30
in the high school auditorium. The
annual business meeting will be con-
Quoted including the election of Off
GERS for the coming year. The Grade
School chorus will provide special
music. The special feature of the
program will receive special an
nouncement through the school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
NatiUe OF India
Is Lions Speaker

Nilkanth Chazre, native of India
and an authority on international af-
fairs addressed the local Lions club
Tuesday evening in the Walnut Grill.
A special dinner was provided with
the wives of members present as
guests. James Zsabo entertained
violin selections as a part of the
program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
Enumerators Begin Rounds of
Town This Week; Two On
Local Canvass
Census Taking In Bluffton Will
Be Completed Within Next
Two Weeks

Census taking, under way since
Monday in Bluffton, will take about
two weeks work on the part of a
two-woman team of enumerators,
with the average family answering
questions which will require a 10
minute stop.
In rural Richland township the
census canvassing may require a
a slightly longer period because of
the complexities of agriculture ques-
tionnaires.
Enumerators for the Bluffton
census are Mrs. Aaron b. Murray
and Mrs. Elmer Short. Census in
Beaverdam and Richland township is
being taken by Edith Wolfe and LA
Hall is the Lafayette enumerator.
There are rs enumerators in Allen
county.
20 Questions
Most householders will be required
to answer about 20 questions pertain
ing to themselves and families. Every
fifth person, however, will answer 40
questions, and in addition most
families will be asked 80 additional
queries about their housing condi-
tions.
Agricultural forms cover housing,
crops, husbandry, status of farm
equipment, etc. Altho there are a
total of 334 questions on the farm
census sheet, the average farmer will
answer only about 100, according to
his crops or type of farming, census
officials pointed out.
All information received is conf
Dental and will be available to nc
other city, state or federal offices
Not even the F. B. /. or Bureau OF
Internal Revenue can get at the
census records" it was announced
by district census heads.
Must Answer
Persons who refuse to answer
census questions are liable to fines
of $50 or 80 days in Jail, or both, SO
don't slam the door in the census
takers face or refuse to cooperate
in answering his questions.
Apart from its original value as
study of population progress when
it originally was established by
Congress in 1887, the census provides
statistics of inestimable value to
businesses and for industrial develop
ment in the country.
The controversial family income
date, incorporated in the census this
year, is said to provide an overall
picture of how America lives for the
benefit of the nations businessmen
educators and government planners.
Won't Miss Many
The census taker won't miss many
He will visit jails, hospitals, hotels
shacks, rooming houses, tourist
courts, and even morgues and hobo
camps along railroad sidings.
This year Bluffton college students
living here away from home will BIZ
included in the towns population
figure for the first time, a change il
enumeration which is expected alone
to add approximately 200 persons K
the villages total of residents. Ii
previous years, college student
rooming at schools were counted il
their home town enumeration.
About 100000 persons will b,
| working on the nations census pro
gram, with the cost expected to b,
| $80,00O,000, twice as much as il
1910. Each enumerator will cove
about LILO persons.
Following the census taking, tn,
job of tabulating, coding and cross
indexing begins. The actual count i
expected to be in President Truman
hands by about Dec. l, but othe
complete data will not be availabl
until about mid-year 1851.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
RLTFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices) : Wheat
s2.13; corn, S1.30; oats, Toe; beans,
$2.45.
Poultry-Heayy hens 24c; leghorn
hens 18c; heavy fryers 32c; heavy
stags 14c; leghorn stays 12c.
Eggs-Large white 33c; large
brown SIC; medium white 28c; med
ium brown 27c.
Butterfat-No. l, Soc; No. 2
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
Course In Selling To
Meet Again Tuesday

Answering Customers Objections"
and Suggestion Selling" will be con-
sidered at the fourth meeting in the
Bluffton course in modern selling at
7:30 p. m. Tuesday in the high
school library study hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
Detroit Pastor, II. s.
Graduation Speaker

DR.. Dewitt Jones, popular Detroit
pastor and lecturer, will be the class
speaker for Bluffton High school
commencement exercises on Thurs
day, May 25. DR.. Jones is well
known in this area.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-06
To Hold Sunrise
Service Su1,day

The Bluffton Youth Federation is
sponsoring q Sunrise Service Easter
morning at $50 in the high school
auditorium. An Easter film in full
color will be featured and everyone
is invited to attend.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-07-15
Poultry Department
It's Time to Gull
Laying Hens

|
thus save feed and housing space for
the good layers. Later on, of course,
you will want to Gull your pullets
and keep only the best of them.
Culling hens will not increase egg
production, but it will increase the
percentage of production from your
flock For example, let's assume that
you have 100 hens and are getting SO
eggs a day or so percent production.
You Gull out 35 hens which are not
doing their share on the production
line and you have IS good layers left
in the flock.
Assuming that you get 48 eggs
day from these SIS birds, you now
have IA percent production from the
flock. Less labor is required and
you have cut the feed bill by third
at the cost of only two eggs per day.
Look for Good Producers
In going over your flock look for
the birds that show signs of good
production. A high producing hen
has the capacity and ability to use
large amounts of feed rapidly and
effectively. She is equipped to lay
for a long period of time at good
rate.
The heavy producer has long,
flat, broad back; a deep, full, well
rounded breast; uniform width and
depth of body, and large, soft, PHI
able abdomen. BY contrast the poor
layer has a narrow, tapered back;
shallow, narrow breast; lacks uni
formity of width and depth of body,
and has a smaller hard, leathery
abdomen.
You can check on past production
of yellow skinned birds by the APP
pearance of the shank, beak, vent,
eye lid and ear 1obes. At the be-
ginning of the laying period, yell
low skinned bird carries supply of
yellow pigment that can be easily
seen. When production begins, the
yellow pigment obtained from feed
is diverted to the yolk of the eggs.
Gradually the yellow pigment dis
appears from the body, indicating
how long the bird has been in pro-
duction.
Color Test
The order of this bleaching and
the time required for bleaching of
the different parts of the body most
visibly affected are as follows: Vent,
Is days; eye lid and ear lobe, two
to three weeks after the hen begins
TO lay; the beak, after about six
weeks of continuous production;
shanks, after from 4 to IL months of
continuous egg production.
When hen stops laying, the vel
low color comes back quickly and
the color reappears in the same order
as that in which it bleaches.
So you can tell the yellow skinned
birds which have been laying for
some time by their silvery colored
shanks, white beak, blush colored
vent, bleached eye lids.
If you don't have time to handle
each bird individually in culling
you can take a short cut which j.
/ based on the fact that the high pro
ducer must spend more time eating
) in order to keep up her production
Thus the good layer is the first of
the roost in the morning and the has
; 10 roost at night.
So, if you take out the first tinire
2 10 roost at night you viii renaov'
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-07-15

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