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crawled barely its own length before
it convulsed, swelled up and died.
Deacon Hayes and Worthy Pratt
tried the same thing on a copper
head with the same results. Many
others around Granville killed ven
omous reptiles in the same way =
one man preteDtiing that he had
fought copperhead to chew tobacco
without injury to the snake.
A legend ffom Braceville, Trum-
bull county, bf about the same time
tells about 4 settler named oviatt
who with two companions armed
with staffs land clubs went through
the woods TO ledge of rock where
rattlesnakes swere known to abound.
They went up a little hill towards
it in a solid column when suddenly
they found themselves surrounded by
a host of big Irattlesnakes and a
multitude of blacksnakes. No time
was lost = at the first rattle the
fight began and it ragged hot and
furious until the snakes retreated up
the hill as fast as they could
wriggle.
When the men reached the top of
the ledge they found the ground and
rocks in places almost covered with
snakes retreating into their dens.
Afterwards \ the dead snakes were
collected into, heaps and were found
to number 486 many as thick as a
mans ankle and over five feet long.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-16
"A Snake St0rg"

When yenomous snake bit man
the victim sometimes died but more
often pulled through. But if a man
bit snake it meant certain death
for the reptile and that before it
had been able to crawl away very
many feet. So said fthe residents of
Granville, on Raccobn Greek in Lick
ing County, long over century age
more and deaAlier venom lurked
in the human mouth than that of a
rattlesnake, copperhead or moccasin
and all were deadly.
Back in 1SQ5-06 after the town
first had been settled the whole
country around Granville was in
tested with every kind of snake, most
of the poisonous, In 1905 when only
Al persons, men, women and children,
lived in the town, the residents of
Granville organized a great snake
hunt. They had to rid the place
of its venomous snakes. Wolves
and Indians were there too, but the
snakes were the worst.
One balmy spring morning great
number of snakes were seen running
on the flat stoDes and on prying up
the stones, ds ms of snakes were
found, with copperheads, rattle
snakes, blacksnakes and all the rest
of them coiled up together, appar-
emily living in perfect peace together
Following several turnouts to kill
them the citizens had one great hunt
Elias Gilman and Justin Hillye1
acted as captains and chose up sides
to kill snakes in, competition. The
party who killed the least snakes
had to pay the other side three
gallons of whisky.
Together theyl killed about 300
snakes the first day and during that
year killed 700 Tor 800 rattlesnakes
and copperheads without counting
the blacksnakes and others of more
harmless kinds.
The young men would seize the
snakes by the neck and thresh them
against tree before they had time
to bite or curl around their arms.
The copperhead, though smaller,
was much more feared. The rattle
snake was larger but never would
bite. without provocation and then
usually only after warning by his
rattles.
The copperhead was mad all the
time and bit the hand OF feet ir
the grass before being seen and his
bite was as poisonous as that of the
rattler. Some fof the young mer
tested the copperhead's temper anc
found that it would bite a red hot
coal. Few persons ever were bitter
by the rattlesnakes but many fel
victims of Sthe copperheads. Tn,
limb bitten Immediately swelled ant
turned the color of the snake ant
| the victim ycould not walk. In some
cases the poison broke out annually
and in others the bitten limb wa.
given to frequent and periodica
swelling. The poison apparently
never entirely got out of the body.
However the men carried more
poison in their mouths than an,
snake in the woods. Martin Roo
and two other young men choppinl
wood together Isaw a rattlesnake ant
/ set the fork 6f limb over its necl
then put a huid of tobacco out o.
ones mouth into the snakes. They
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-16

from the Superintendent of Docu-
ments, the postmaster Snoted.
The revision of the Postal Manual,
Postmaster Reichenbaeh said, repre-
sents what Postmaster General Ar
thur E. Snmmerfield has described as
the most complete revision of regula-
tions in the history of the Z. S.
Pest Office Departmert.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-16

such patterns as flower prints, out
door scepes, fried-egg patterns,
splotched effects. Try such favorites
as regimfntal stripes or neat small
designs regularly spaced. Solid colors
may not seem exciting to buy, but
they're favorites with many men.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-16

GROUND WATER LEVELS in
Ohio during November were in the
best situation as compared with past
years, that they have been in for the
last IL months.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-16

TIE MANUFACTURERS, buyers
and statesmen fsay only one woman
out of four Knows how to buy neck
ties men lilSe-yet they buy 80 per
cent of the heckties sold every year.
Here are some tips: Keep in mind
that most men like conservative neck
ware. Buy colors that go with or
contrast well with his suits. Avoid
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-16
LEGAL NOTICE

IE1HAL EUTIJE
Alfred r. Mingus, Whose last known place
Of address was Tiayana, Mexico, is hereby
notified that Doris 4. MiRgus has fled her
petition against HIN for divorce, for the
custody of the mi Hbr child and for any and
all other equitabls relief tdKasvhich she may be
entitled in the Premises M the ground of
gross neglect g6f duty in "a Mse Number 425S8
of the .ComnsbF Tseas Cou# of Allen County,
Ohio. and tlsaN SID cause &ill be for hearing
the first pubff6at&n..dft "a notice.
DURSIN, NAxNRRE AND RIZOR
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
30l Don1iaion Building
Moy 81 ~ Q q re % on
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26

ing to recent announcement by
Harry F. BurmeSter, Cleve-
land Chest president.
UNDER TERMS of the new
policy, which also affects Lake,
Portage, Summit, Medina and
Lorain counties, residents who
live here but work in Cuyahoga
county and their families will
be entitled to the services Of
Cleveland Red Feather agen-
cies if those services are not
provided by Red Feather agen-
cies in their home community.
Burmester pointed out that the
thousands of people living in
the six counties contingent on
Cuyahoga, but working in Cuya-
hoga, are now eligible for ser
vice where the need exists.
Most of these residents are Soli-
cited by the Cleveland Chest
through their place of business
in the annual fall campaign.
THE NEW MOVE came as
a result of the gradual decen-
tralization of Greater Cleveland
industry during and since World
War II. The many plants and
companies located around the
rim of Greater Cleveland at
tract great numbers of employ
eeS from other counties. Since
these people are asked to give
where they work. Chest Off
cials formulated the new policy
to insure fairness to all Cleve-
land Chest contributors regard
less of their place of residence,
Burmester said.
Terms of the new policy go
into effect Immediately after
the Cleveland Chest campaign,
slated for October 18 to %.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26

Among the appliances on display will be a
Frigidaire electric water heater: Let us give YOU
complete information the New 1O-year Protec-
ton Plan offered by Frigidaire! Switch to modern
hot water service with an Automatic Electric
Water Heater!
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26
TEN YEARS AGO

ZEN YEARS AGO
Theft of an automobile own.
ed by Doris Daniels, Montville
was reported to Sheriff Stuart
Harland, Saturday. The thief al
SO departed with two dogs.
Mrs. Kaplan, South Hambden
ST., and Route 306, also report
ed that her daughters car
had been stripped.
Mrs. Dorothy Molzon of
Hambden received a telegram
from the War department Sat-
urday evening, saying that her
husband Pvt. Robert Molzon
had been wounded in the back
July 81, with shell fragments,
while in France.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Parr are
having happy time with their
son, Harry Parr Jr., who has
returned to the United States
after being missing in action
over Yugoslavia.
A. L. Calhoun advertiSes in
this paper a new service for
Chardon furniture storage. He
has greatly improved and re-
modelled a building at his place
at 300 Water street into a
storage house with capacity for
some eight or ten loads of
furniture.
Auxiliary Police Association
of Geauga county will hold an
all day picnic Sunday, August
27, at Boy Scout camp on e
mile north of Parkman on Rt.
168. All auxiliaries and h i r
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26

are staying with their cousin,
Rob Foster and family for a
few days. Mrs. Wilder remains
about the same.
Don Wedge had a cow killed
by lightning in Hambden SUM-
day night.
Born August 26 to w. S.
Richards and wife of Chardon
a five pound son, Paul Stephen.
These teachers for Chardon
public schoold have been hired
for the new school year be-
ginning September L: Superin-
tendent Phillip E. Ward; high
school teachers, Lee A. Humph-
rey, Mrs. Pearl Bickle, Dorothy
Welch, Dorothy Smith of Col
umbuS, Myrta M. Bennett,
Dorothy Geisen; Mrs. May H.
Sperry, principal of gra d e S;
first grade, Mrs. Jessie Zeth-
mayr; second grade, Miss
Anna Cults; third grade, Miss
Milly Hotchkiss; fourth grade,
Miss Bernice Thompson; fifth
grade, Mrs. George D. Talbot,
will teach until January for
Mrs. Florence Radcliffe, W h o
is taking a special course at
Kent normal; sixth gra d e !,
Miss Mary Mowrey; seventh
grade, Miss Hazel Summers !;
eighth and principal, Mrs. May
Sperry. Vocational agriculture,
George D. Talbot; vocational
home economics, Ruth j. Gle
sen; music instructor, Miss
Marion Roberts.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26
PARKMAN TWP. Alice Jud.

PARKMAN TWP. Alice Jud-
son lot "a with house, barn and
62.88 A. to Louis v. and Louis
r. Scarmecchia and Michael
CaSale, GarrettSville.
RUSSELL TWP. Charles Jo-
seph and Ellen Klouda sublot
Is with 1865 A. to Paul B. and
Luella Larson, Cleveland, and
sublot IS with 1865 A. to Wal
lace J. Larson, Novelty.
Helen B. Sullivan lot 9 with
1.39 A. to Hugh B. Jr. and Jean
M. Sullivan, Novelty.
SOUTH RUSSELL VII. r.
wing and Hermine Krauthamer
lot 10 with 2.55 A. to Mike and
Grace Grubick, Chagrin Falls.
Thomas A. and Alice A. Pop
lar lot 2 with 1000 A. to John
and Agnes Nosol, Chagrin Falls.
Bertha M. and Paul C. Steel
lot 7 with house, barn and lat
A. to Alfred G.. and Gertrunde
Sheer, Chagrin Falls.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26
from Oa, E!ks

wives are urged to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe. Koritan-
sky of Hambden received a
telegram Wednesday from the
War Department, telling them
that their son, S-Sgt. E mil
KoritanSky, who had been re-
ported missing in France June
Is, is now a prisoner of war
in Germany.
Over 100 Geauga county men
were present when Tom L.
White owner of Whitewood
camp near Windsor, extended
welcome to the weekend camp
erS.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The State Highway patrol has
notified county school superin-
tendent, F. r. Schofield that
they will be in Geauga county
to inspect the 56 school busseS.
The Chardon Theatre, owned
and operated for some years
by H. F. and C. w. Goodrich,
has been leased for five years,
according to reports, to L. M.
Smith of Canton. Mr.. S mith
took over the management and
operation Sunday, August 26.
He promises the continued fine
programs offered by the Good
rich brothers. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith expect to move here with
in a few days.
On Tuesday night of last
week, while a plain quadrille"
was being executed at Five
Points dance hall in Leroy and
the orchestra was playing Pop
Goes the Weasel, holman Gmi-
ira, a Willoughby young man,
slipped and fell to the floor,
diSlocating one shoulder. Soon
afterwards he received prompt
relief at a hospital.
The Rhodes cider and jell
mill began operations for the
season last week, with several
hundred bushels of apples. The
mill will probably remain open
until late in November.
=
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Guests of C. L. Cults a nd
wife of Chardon last week were
Ray Horn and family and
Robert Cunningham and fami-
ly of Cleveland. Ray Collier
and wife of Cleveland were
there Saturday night.
Glenn Wilder and family of
West Chardon were in the city
recently to see his parents who
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26
COURT CALENDAR

on October s, 1852.
PROBATE COURT CALENDAR
Estate of Stella T. Turkoc,
aka. Teklia Turkoc, will admit.
ted to probate and record.
Estate of Loren A. Marsh,
schedule of claims filed.
Estate of Aaron Guy Burr,
application for release of estate
from administration filed.
Estate of Stella T. Turkoc
executor and appraisers ap,
pointed.
Estate of Herman Schneider
will admitted to probate and
record.
Estate of Lorena L.Walter
final and distributive account
filed.
In the matter of the guard.
ianShip of Robert McGill, min.
or, application for allowance
for care and support of ward
filed.
Estate of Leon L. Caldwell,
inventory filed.
Estate of Neal Monroe Os-
born, will filed, will admitted
to probate and record.
Estate of Martha M. Crago,
will filed.
Estate of Katherine L. Bar
tholomew, schedule of claims
filed.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26
MARRIAGE LICENSES
(AnnIied FOr)

Richard Earl Faux, %, of
Chardon and Virginia Lee Col
Inns, 18, of Chardon.
william N. Smith, 26, of Char
don and Carol M. Fensterma-
ker, 25, of Chester.
Paul E. Greenough, 26, of
Euclid and Helen G.. Rodger,
%, of Chester.
Edward T. Hanlon, 26, of
Euclid and Patricia A. Fenster-
maker, %, of Chester.
Jerry Havens, 18, of Mantua
and Doris Scarberry, IT, of
Troy.
Robert Ray Mont tague Of
Chester and Martha June Post
of Chester.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
BAINBRIDGE TWP. George
French lot "a with .63 A. to
Don A. Berlincourt, Chagrin
Falls.
William Benawit lot 10 with
1.18 A., 10 A, and house,
garage and 2.20 A. to Elizabeth
F. BenaWit.
LAKE LUCERNE LAND co.
The Lake Lucerne Land co. lot
1O-F with 80 A. to John F.
Ellis.
John F. Ellis lots 8-F, 9-F
and 1O-F with 80 A. each to
Richard L. Weser, Lake Lu-
cerne.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26
Cleveland Community Chest
Extends Services TO Geauqa

Residents of Chardon and all
of Geauga county who are en-
ployed in the Greater Cleveland
area will be affected by an i'm
portant new policy of the Cleve-
land Community Chest, accord
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26

Leary lot cd with house and
"a A. to Herbert K. and Saw
eria K. Cook, Lake Lucerne.
BURTON TWP. Wilma L.
Voorhees, lot 254 with house and
.18 A. to w. B. Bailey, Cleve-
land Heights.
The Burton Housing corp. lot
91-104 with 80 A. to Philip and
Madeline Gauvin, Cleveland.
The Burton Housing corp. lots
91-245 with .39 A., 91-255 with
IT A, 91-256 wit h.90 A., 91-106
with 80 A., and lots 91-249 with
.33 A., 91-246 with .35 A., 91-247
with "a A. and a new house
started on each to Joseph F.
and Corrine Cottage, Burton.
BURTON VII. John L. Ding
man lot 1896 with house, gar
age and so A. to John L. and
Ethel Dingman, Burton.
CHARDON TWP. : J. M. Sage
lot 159-153 with 11.5O A., 200
A., and house, barn, garage and
24.20 A. to Allen r. Sage, Char
don.
CHARDoN VII. Peter P.
and Fern Speck lot 141 with
house and .82 A. to Kenneth
Orlyn and Virginia Irene Peace,
Chardon.
A. r. and Ruth G. Muehlei-
sen lot 1873 with house and So
A. and lot 1923 with garage
and .28 A. to S. Louis and Bet
ty Berta, Chardon.
Joseph and Helen Wozniak lot
129 with 14.68 A. to Joe Loecy
Jr., Chardon.
CHESTER TWP. Elizabeth
Sharp lots Sc, sublots l through
So with SO A. each, Sublots ST.
AZ with "a A. each, sublots 49,
46 with .63 A. each, sublots At
81 with so A. each, sublots So
54 with 81 A. each, sublots 55-
Sc with go A. each and Sublot
81 with 1.01 A. to Elizabeth
Sharp, CheSterland.
Lyle and Belle Battles lot 2
with 1.24 A. to Robert J. and
Harriet May bennington, Gen
eva.
E. J. Parker lot 4 with 500
A. to Roger w. and Margaret |
M. Schaffert, Chesterland.
Douglas G. Oviatt lot 4 with |
1856 A. to RoXie F. and Julia |
r. Fanelli, S. Euclid.
Elmer Fisher lot 8 with 1.61 |
A. to John and Elizabeth Maj |
or, CheSterland.
CLARIDON TWP. Wesley |
M. and Margaret L. Alden lot |
18 with $50 A. to Richard and |
Norma Turner, Chardon.
HAMBDEN TWP. Charles |
and Katherine Scheutzow lot 9
with 498 A. to Henry C. and |
Vernice C. Sullivan, Cleveland.
MIDDLEFIELD TWP. Rudy |
J. and Savilla M. DetWeiler lot |
Al with 80 A. to Clarence L.
and Elmira Bender, Middle
field.
MIDDLEFIELD VII. - Mark |
perry, Don 'Farinacci and |
Newton B. Chapman lot 20 with |
a Kroger stare and .05 A, with
.O3 A., with .03 A. and with
0l A. to Vaughn E. and Mary
S. Ishee, Middlefield.
Joseph and Bertha Hammond
lot 20 with 10 A. to E. A and
A. Marie Summers, Chardon.
MUNSON TWP. Carl Fred
erick Walker lot 1924 with .O5
A. to the Board of Trustees of
Munson township, Chardon.
The Pebblebrook Realty co.
lot SO with buildings and 2.07
A. to Walter S. and Julie E.
Mccormick, CheSterland.
Roscoe F. Sanders 1.50 A. to |
Robert J. and Jean M. Ebert,
Chardon.
NEWBURY TWP. Joseph |
Pokorny and E. w. Watkins lot
81 with 1887 A. to The Far
inacci Lumber CO., Chardon.
The Farinacci Lumber co. lot
q with 1888 A. to Joseph Pok-
orny and E. w. Watkins and |
lot 81 with .O22 A. to Carl F.
Walker.
Carl F. Walker lot 81 with
20 A. to The Farinacci Lum-
ber CO.
Emma Fairchild lot II with
1.43 A. to Ronald B. and Fern
Ream, Newbury.
Alice A. Mckay lot 6 with
21.52 A. to Ralph K. and Kath-
leen Davis. NeWbury,
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26
Chester Girl Wins
HOLLYWOOD Trophy

CHESTER Sharon DeGreen,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid DeGreen, received a trophy
from the International Studios,
Los Angeles, last week. She
was given first place award
as a result of a screen test
in May.
Sharon received the recogni-
ton on Tuesday, the day she
celebrated her fifth birthday
with party with a group OF
little friends as guests. On Fri
day she appeared on the King
Jack Toy Box Show.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-26

The Geauga Record does not
solicit out of town adyertis-
ing. All of us will be better
off if you buy at home.
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accident on Main ST., Chardon,
on October s, 1852.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Findlay Partners
Acquire Stauffer
Plumbing Business

Having acquired the plumbing busi-
ness of the late Chester Stauffer
two Findlay partners, Dewitt Knight
and Fred Nivison, have established
a new showroom and plumbing shop
on North Main street in the store
room recently vacated by r. A.
Leatherman, roofing contractor.
The new firm will be known as
K & N Plumbing and Heating, in
cooperating the initials of the owners
into the name In addition to plumb
ing and heating service the business
will handle metal spouting and gut
ter work.
Mr.. Nivison has been in the heat
ing business for the last Is years
having been employed by the Holland
Furnace Co. and the Kalamazoo
company. His partner has worked
in the plumbing business for the last
seven years for a North Baltimore
plumber.
Although they will continue to live
for a time in Findlay and commute,
the men hope eventually to bring
their families to Bluffton and make
their homes here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Army Inducts Two
BluftOn Youths
In Aug. Draft Call
Wilbur Bracy And Ralph
Molder Leave Monday
For Fort Hayes

Two Rluffton men were among the
Is Allen county members called to
fill the county's August draft quota
and who left Monday by bus for
Ft. Hayes, Columbus, and induction
into military aervic4
The Rluffton men were Wilbur
Bracy, son of the Mrs. Homer Bracy,
N. Main street and Ralph Molder,
who made his home with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. John
son, S. Main Street.
Bracy, a Bluffton high school grad
uate of 1949, participated in foot
ball and basketball during his high
school days and was employed until
recently at the Triplett Electrical
Instrument Co.
Molder, a 1854 graduate of Bluff
ton high school, holds the BHS re-
cord for the mile run and participat-
ed in football and basketball. He
was an employee of the Triplett Co.
before being called to the service.
David Coleman, Lima, who was
also employed in the laboratory of
the Triplett Co., also left Monday
in the Allen county contingent for
Army duty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Girl Scouts Return
From, 10 Days At Camp

A campfire program Monday eve-
ming was the final event of a Today
camping experiences of eleven Bluff
ton Girl Scouts, who returned home
Tuesday from Camp Wcodhaven near
Lima. ...-.s ...
During their stay at the closing
session of the camp, the girls took
two of their meals each day in the
camp lodge dining room, and pre-
pared one meal themselves over camp
fire.
A feature of the program during
the session was a folk dance festival
one evening last week
Those enjoying the camp were:
Ann Stauffer, Pamela Berry, Connie
and Nancy Patterson, Kathy Basin
ger, Jacqueline Tschantz, Janis Gable
and Ruth Stratton.
Laura Diller, Joenita Shelter and
Sue Ann Clauss were members of
the Pioneer Unit while in camp.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Entire TOUn Enlisted In
Traffic LdU CrackdOUn

Something new in the way of a
breakdown on traffic vioiators was
sprung this week by Mayor Wilbur
A. Howe, with a request that resi-
dents of the village cooperate in re-
porting to him the license numbers
of automobiles recklessly operated on
streets and alleys of the town.
So far as is known his request is a
new approach to the matter of traffic
law enforcement in that it represent
ed a move to mobilize the entire
$500 population of the city against
the hazardous operation of motor
vehicles.
In response to complaints of dan
gerous driving, particularly in alleys,
the mayor requested that those OBJ
serving traffic violations report the
license number of the automobile to
him. 1t viii be helpful if a second
witness can also be obtained, the
mayor said. !.
The complaints were the first to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-05
Municipal Electric System
Goes On Block Monday Noon

Next Monday noon will provide 9
dramatic moment in Buttons mum.
cipal history when the three-mar
board of public affairs quietly opens
the sealed envelopes containing the
bids for the towns 57-year-old muni-
cipal electric system.
Indications now are that there will
be two envelopes-two competitive
bids on the system. A franchise to
serve the Bluffton community fol-
years to come will be at stake.
For time it appeared that the
Ohio Power Company would be the
only bidder, and since an unofficial
offer of s466,5G0 had been made ear
lier by the company Bluffton knew
about what to expect as the value of
the system.
Early last month competitor ap-
peared on the scene. The Hancock
Wood Electric Coop, serving rural
customers adjacent to town, an
nounced that 1t was interested IN
placing a bid on the system. The CO.
op concern, not being in the electric
generating business, would operate
as it does in the rural areas by pur-
chasing power wholesale and distri-
butte it much as Buttons former
board of public affairs had advocated
in the long controversy over selling
the system.
Whatever develops from the bid
ding, it appeared likely that Bluffton
will receive somewhat in excess of
the price originally discussed by Ohio
Power. How much more will be
learned when the envelopes are op-
ened Monday at noon.