The Bluffton News, 1939-09-14

Classes Open Thursday Regular classroom work will be started Thursday morning with final details of enrollment to be completed by the close of the week. Upper classmen registered Tuesday and fres classmen registered Tuesday and freshmen enrolled Wednesday. The one faculty vacancy, the philosophy department occasioned by the resig resignation - nation resignation of Dr. M. C. Lehman will be filled by Prof. N. E. Byers, former dean of the college who retired last year from regular classroom work.

In addition to the 2.30 mill average levy to retire the bond issue, each property owner also would pay an es estimated - timated estimated average flat rate of $6 each year to retire $20,000 in special rev revenue - enue revenue bonds, which would be required to complete the town’s share of $100, $100,000 - 000 $100,000 in the $400,000 project. ^»The $6 special revenue assessment, however, would be the same on all properties, irrespective of valuation.

Besides his banking connection here he served as director in banks at Findlay and Toledo as well as being interested in smaller institutions in Rawson, Mt. Cory, Lafayette, Van Vanlue - lue Vanlue and Butler. He was also for a time a member of the board of direc directors - tors directors of the Ohio Pennsylvania Joint Stock land bank with headquarters in Cleveland. Following the closing of the bank here he retired from active business affairs.

With harvest-sales of wheat com completed - pleted completed during the threshing season more than a month ago, the lack of offerings now in the face of a strong to rising market would in indicate - dicate indicate a prevalent belief among growers that still higher prices, pos possibly - sibly possibly dollar wheat, are in the of offing, - fing, offing, dealers said in sizing up the situation Wednesday morning.

For more than fifty years he was influential in the commercial and in industrial - dustrial industrial life of Bluffton and North Northwestern - western Northwestern Ohio with many business in interests. - terests. interests. He was president of the Commercial Bank & Savings company, pioneer Bluffton financial institution when it closed its doors eight years ago.

With an average rate of 2.30 mills, the tax assessment would be an av average - erage average of $2.30 per $1,000 of taxable property included on the tax dupli duplicate. - cate. duplicate. During the first twelve and one onehalf - half onehalf years the tax would be higher than $2.3», but it would be less for the second twelve and one-half year period.

If Bluffton electors vote favorably this fall on the $80,000 bond issue to finance the major portion of the town's cost in construction of a pro proposed - posed proposed $400,000 municipal sew’age sys system - tem system and disposal plant, the tax rate to retire the bonds over a 25-year period will average 2.30 mills annual annually. - ly. annually.