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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-15

At the Washington County Or
9hans Home. San Mar, is relic
IF by-gone days, in excellent state
II preservation. 1t is a large stone
slab, on an elevated foundation,
the top being reached by steps
1t was used in years gone by,
when horseback riding was very
much in vogue. Many were the
occasions on which the horse and
saddle were brought into use. Old
and young alike rode horseback 1t
vas a much more agreeable way
if going about the country at
hat time not blessed with the
fine roads we have now Many
persons became expert riders. Be
sides, no more eXhiliarating or
healthful exercise could be found
han being mounted on fine
5teed slick and carefully groomed
and trained to horseback riding
In many instances it was the
way to take your girl buggy rid
ing. 1t was also a custom to take
your girl on behind you to singing
school, church or the social gath
ering and take her back home
again that way.
The slab. which is still located
in front of the orphanage super
intendent's home. formerly the
Peter Gray Home, was used as a
means of getting on the horses
back as well as dismOunting, es-
pecially on the part Of the ladies'
who wore long, trailing skirts and
used the side saddle, found on the
loft of more than one country
home today.
In the Torch Light and Public AID
vertiser, published in Hagerstown
in 1924, a Great Sale Of Slaves"
was announced to be held at the
Bower Farm. in jefferson County
the late residence Of A. S. Dan
bridge, deceased, on a credit of IL
months, so slaves, of both sexes
and all ages. Also at the same
time and place there would be
sold, household and kitchen furni-
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-15

a lingering pulmonary trouble.
Nancy Kurtz, wife of Rev. Benja-
min Kurtz, this town. Her re-
mains were entered in the Luther
an graveyard in the presence of
an unusually large concourse OF
relatives and friends The deceased
was one of the most amiable Of
women and has. perhaps left not
an enemy on earth" Rev Kurtz
was the pastor of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church at that time.)
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-15

Jack Keller, 6, Of FL Reno. asked
his teacher to promote him from
the first to the third grade. eX-
planning: 81 can lick all the kids
up through the second grade"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-15
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Nothing personal, Tokyo = but
new bacterial treatment is found
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-15

Nothing personal, Tokyo = but
a new bacterial treatment is found
by science to be a potent enemy OF
the Japanese beetle. Also talk re-
sumes of fortifying Guam.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
Auto Supply Store
Here Home OIUned

The Western Auto Associate store
recently opened in Bluffton is home
owned, it was stated the first of the
week by Millen c. Geiger, the pro-
prietor.
Geiger's statement was made in re-
sponse to numerous inquiries. The
store here is one of 1900 similar
establishments thruout the country
owned and operated by individual
merchants providing retail outlets
for products wholesaled by the West
ern Auto Supply company of Kansas
City, Missouri
The store, located in the Carmack
building on South Main street han
dies auto accessories and allied lines.
Geiger, native of Pandora, has
been connected with the Sinclair Oil
company for the past sixteen years
the last seven of which he was COM
mission agent of the company with
headquarters in Medina, from which
place he moved to Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
1910, Leap Year, Sixty-fifth
Anniversary Of Telephone

the almanac. At the direction of
Alexander Graham Bell, the first
telephone was made by his assistant,
Thomas A Watson, on June 3, 1875,
after historic experiments on the
previous day had verified Bells the
ory as to electrical transmission of
speech The telephone did not, how
ever, even begin to become an in
strumentality of service until near
ly two years later, when the first
box telephones were leased in pairs
by a few customers, and the COM
mercial development of Bells inven-
ton was inaugurated.
1t was only 25 years ago-on Jan
uary 25, 1915-that the first trans
continental telephone line was form.
ally opened for service. And althe
radio has reached point where il
| is taken as a matter of course, il
was only 20 years ago-on October
| 81, 1915-that the human voice was
| first transmitted acros the Atlantic
Ocean by Bell System engineers.
The almanac points out that the
coming year will be centennial fol
regularly scheduled steamship serv
ice across the Atlantic, which wa'
inaugurated on July Is, 1910, wher
the Cunard packet "Brittania" com
pleted at Boston her first westward
trip, started at Liverpool on July A
Two states will have 50th birth
days in 1910. Wyoming and Idah'
were admitted to the Union in 1890
i The telephone company announce
that copies are available, free O.
j charge, at its local office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
.ArmOrsville

Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Moore left
Sunday afternoon for their home in
Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Montgomery
and family were Thursday dinner
guests of w. L. Stouffer of North
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. A. Zay, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vaughn Spellman and daughter
called Sunday on Mrs. Hannah
Swank and Mrs. Eva Montgomery.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Welsh of Ada
called Thursday evening on Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Montgomery and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Klingler and
son were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Klingler and son
of Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
CAMPUS COMMENT

day of this week. Coach Paul
Stauffer will announce the personnel
of his tournament teams day be-
fore the meet opens.
Mems and women's gospel teams
returned to the campus last week
following extensive deputation tours
that took one group thru Ohio and
Pennsylvania, and the other thru
Indiana and Illinois.
Prof. A. C. Schultz, head of the
Bluffton department of religious
education, conducted services in sew
eral Mennonite churches in the Way
land, Iowa, area, a week ago.
This years publication of The
Ista, yearbook published by the
junior class, will be dedicated to the
fortieth anniversary of the college.
Marjorie Bloomquist, editor, an
nounced last week. Duane Tway is
business manager of the publication.
John Nevin Sayre, noted peace
worker and lecturer, was the speaker
Sunday afternoon at vesper services
held in the college chapel. His ad
dress terminated three-day session
of an intercollegiate peace conference
held on the Bluffton campus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

Mrs. H. o. Hilty and daughters
Fern and Rosann entertained in
honor of Mr.. H. o. Hilty's birthday
anniversary last Tuesday evening,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey Niswander and
son Dean and daughter Marcella, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Schaublin and
daughter Rachel, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
ford Gratz, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Schaublin and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Hilty and granddaughters
Billy Ann and Sally Ann, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Ewing, Racine Warren,
Emanuel Boutwell, and Harold Young.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. O. Hilty and daughters were,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ream, of Lima; /;
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ewing. In the
afternoon they all called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Cummins.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

Sixty delegates representing six
colleges attended a historic inter-
collegiate peace conference on the
Bluffton campus last Friday and
Saturday. Colleges which sent
faculty and student delegations in
cluded Bluffton, Manchester, Earl
ham, Goshen, Ashland and Whining
ton. The institutions are sponsored
by the Mennonite, Quaker and
Brethren churches.
Presenting its first concert of the
season, the Bluffton vesper choir
sang last Sunday night at the Grace
Mennonite church in Pandora. An
Eastern vacation tour thru the Mid
west is planned by the group. Prof.
Russell A. Lantz directed the choir in
last Sundays appearance.
Gayle Lathrop, Ohio area student
secretary of the Y. M. c. A. was on
the Bluffton campus last week, con-
Quoting individual conferences and
addressing public meeting of the
Y. M. and Y. w. C. A. organizations
of the school.
a
Bluffton college debaters will COM
pete in the state intercollegiate for
ensic tournament at Capitol univer'
sity in Columbus Friday and Satur-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

Girls, that year is here again and
If that man is still here, it's time to
map out campaign.
Yes, another four-year cycle is
drawing to close, Leap Year-l94O
lis just around the corner with all
of its romantic possibilities.
And with US again is the Bell
Telephone Systems almanac, which
also is replete with romance, but of
a different kind. It's the romance
of history, invention, science and
people; the romance of America and
its pioneers. Telling who did what
and what happened when, copies of
the almanac has just been received
at the local office OF the telephone
company for public distribution.
January /, 1910, Julian calen-
dar, corresponds to January ID,
1910, in the Gregorian calender,
which is used in the United States,
says the almanac.
"The year 2693 since the founda-
ton of Rome, according to Varro
begins January /, 1940, Julian cal
endar. The year 5701 of the Jewish
era begins at sunset on October 2
1910, Gregorian calender. The year
1859 of the Mohammedan era, OF
the era of the Hegira, begins a
sunset on February 9, 1940, Gregor
ian calender. The year 2600 of th'
japanese era begins on January |
1910, Gregorian calendar"
The telephone, as an instrument
as a piece of apparatus--has it
65th birthday in 1910, according t.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Koontz, sons
Richard, Russell and Raymond spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Ebay in Hardin county.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Nonnamaker
and daughter Kaye spent Monday
evening at the ROLAND Koontz home.
Mr.. Ami Nonnamaker and Glen
Nonnamaker spent Sunday evening
with Edw. and Chas. Nonnamaker.
The following called on Mrs. M
]. Stratton during the past week
N. R. Ebay, Mr.. and Mrs. B. J.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
Tax Collection To
Close Next Monday

Personal and classified property
tax books for the last-half 1889 col
lection will be closed next Monday,
it was announced last Saturday by
Treasurer Byron HI. Dershem.
After that date a penalty of 10
per cent will be added to all over
due payments. Personal tax collec-
tions thus far aggregate $129,776.85;
and classified receipts amount to $27,-
708.14.
Last weeks sales tax collections
were $297, ,178, a total for the year
of 1914, ,95S.22.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
Mission Observes
10th Anniversary

Fortieth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the Lima City Mission
by Adam d. Welty, former Bluffton
area resident, was celebrated last
Tuesday.
Welty still continues as superin-
tendent of the Mission, which is one
of Lima's outstanding religious and
charitable institutions
In November past the Mission pro-
vided 1899 free meals and over
night lodgings for sos persons.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

Arnold, Mrs. Albert Gossnnan, Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Klingler and family
Mrs. Melvin Williamson, Lewis
Grubb, ]. T. Bell, Harold Bell, Mr.
and Mrs. ROLAND Koontz and daugh-
ter Martha Ann, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S.
Pifer, Miss Helen Pifer, Mrs. Anna
Koontz, Mrs. Arthur Nonnamaker
and daughter Kay, Mrs. Frank Dray
and son Jimmy, Miss Mary Koontzy
of this place. and Mr., and Mrs.
Russell Stratton and son Scottie of
West Jefferson. :
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

at the Ami Nonnamaker home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. d. Williamson
spent Sunday with Rev. Herbert
Graham and wife and little son
David in West Mansfield.
The Y. P. M. c. of Bethesda will
meet with Miss Fairy Nonnamaker,
Friday evening.
Union prayer services at Bethesda
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Era Litterick and
two children and Mrs Jane Litter
ick, all of Akron, spent Sunday at
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

Radios are we'll within your
holiday budget when you
can buy them here &C AZ
as low as. YU.fJ
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Marshall
spent Sunday with Mrs. Marshall's
brother Walter Williamson in De-
troit.
Misses Mabel and Merilyn Battles
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Garth Hickman in Dayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. v Klingler,
daughter Marilyn, sons Jack and
Howard of Ada, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Nonnamaker and sons Harold
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
LIQUID Air Engines

The japanese are running engines
on liquid air at --218 Fahrenheit. A
small unit is said to have pushed
27-foot boat along at 4.6 knots, for
an hour and a half.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
III N1V1f1UT1d1ff

In loving memory of
VICTOR S. PENCE,
died December 7, 1887.
Sadly missed by
Parents and Sisters.
Evening star., 1939-02-01

in as much or little as you please,
and be sure of freedom for working.
Nice deep armholes add to its
comfort. Gathers beneath shoulder
yokes give becoming fullness where
you want it. All in all, this is such
trim, becoming dress that it will
be practical for street and shopping,
too, If you make it of wool or sports
silk. For home wear make it in
such household cottons as percale,
gingham or calico. It's a diagram
design-you can turn it out in no
time.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 4654-B
is designed for sizes 80, "a, SO, SO,
4, a and "A. Size "a requires 37s
yards of 35-inch material.
Send for Barbara Bells Spring
Pattern Book! Make your own smart
new frocks for street, daytime and
afternoon, with these simple, care
fully planned designs! It's chic, it's
easy, it's economical to sew your
own. Each pattern includes STEP
by-step sew chart to guide beginners.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Treat Your Stockings Gently and You Will Be Pleased With the Results
Ny Neiehbor Soys:

If tube roses are potted dur
ing March in the house and
planted In q rich, sunny soil
in May, they will begin to
flower In July and continue to
do 10 until frost kills the plant.
Egg whites will not beat up
fluffy and light If they are
placed in anything besides a
cold bowl or If there is any
egg yolk or water in them. The
egg beater should be dry, per-
fectly clean and cool. It Is
often q good plan to place the
bowl of egg whites and the
beater in the refrigerator for
10 minutes before beating the
eggs.
Effective spring garnishes for
baked or boiled ham, meat loaf,
roasts, chops or cold cuts in
clude hard-cooked eggs stuffed
with chilli sauce and white
cream cheese; halves of lemons
filled with pickle relish mixed
with horseradish; cubes of red
currant jelly placed on circles
of green mint jelly; slices of
green peppers stuffed with a
gelatin-r relish mixture.
Copyright. 1939)
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Elaborate
Hair>DOs
Old
Current Coifures
Appear Simple
In Comparison
ana SefVe eVefv OCCASION.
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

II you are one to complain about
the new upswept coiffure you need
only glance at these elaborate hair
dressings of the early COS to be con-
vinced that you have not begun to
experience hair fussing!"
From the archives of one of the
leading scalp specialists I culled
these amusing hair-dos which swept
fashionable females of their feet
about 1890.
Curious were the customs of the
day when it came to caring for
the hair. Crimps, as you see, were
very much in vogue. They were
created by pressing the hair be-
tween two hot irons which were
heated over a charcoal stove, and to
keep from burning the beauty's
scalp a resting gadget was placed
under the irons.
More thrifty women, who could
not or would not afford the services
of a hairdresser, tried their luck
at home. Long hair was curled
over ebony sticks (about 20 inches in
length), which were heated in the
oven. And the smartest of the
thrifty bellies achieved "crimps" by
braiding their hair after moistening
it with ounce seed lotion and then
pressing the braids on a board with
a hot iron! A cloth covered the
hair to protect it from scorching
and discoloring!
Patrons of beauty salon were
cautioned not to brush their waves
for fear of running them, and in
order to keep their costly coiffures
unharmed women slept at night
with their heads tightly bound in
caps and "stays" and during the
day held their heads stiffly. The
glide waltz was a necessity of the
times-for how could a jitterbug
keep her beribboned topknot in
place?
The serious scalp conditions which
resulted from these foolish GUS
toms we're treated haphazardly.
Spirits" were applied to the oily
scalp and ointment" to the dry
scalps. No brushing, no scalp mas
sage, no neck exercising and mus
Gle relaxing!
Not until 1918-at the time of
the big influenza epidemic-did
women begin to listen to the teach
ings of the more modern authori-
ties on scalp care. They preached the
need for blood supply to the scalp
through exercise, daily massage and
brushing of the hair; corrective diet
and the Punishment of transforma-
tions or toupeeS.
Quite naturally the very elaborate
coifure disappeared. The more mod
ern permanent waves appeared, and
women took to "bobbing" their
heads in order to care for their hair
more intelligently.
And even with the current vogue
for longer hair there is no excuse
for Indifferent care of the scalp
Science has taught us what hair
needs to be a "crowning glory,
and it is up to women to protect this
allure through daily beauty routine
If your hair Is oily, send for
my leaflet, Treatment for the
Oily Scalp" and inclose a SELF
addressed, stamped (3-cent) en-
velop.
(Copyrisht. 1939J
Evening star., 1939-02-01

plains the steps taken by the Gov
ernment to assure American con-
sumers of a clean and wholesome
meat supply:
Prom the start working place
that was clean and easily kept clean
was regarded as one of the essen
tials. The Government inspects
meat only in plants that meet the
general standards specified by the
Federal meat-inspection law and
regulations. Sanitary engineers of
the neat-inspection service have
made a thorough study of suitable
construction and equipment.
THE requirements specify such
necessities as generous quantities
of hot water under pressure, plenty
of well-located places to sterilize
instruments, good drainage, eff
cient lighting, good ventilation and
adequate facilities for conducting
inspection and disposing of con-
demned products. These require
ments provide that certain ma
chinery move only so fast and no
faster. This restriction on speed Is
necessary to give inspectors sufh-
cient time to examine each carcass
thoroughly as it passes before them.
plumbing and lighting require
ments change with scientific ad-
vances In both these lines. One OF
the newer developments is the use
of glass building blocks-allowing
more light than in conventional
structures and less glare through
the daylight hours.
I'm the interest Of greater cleanI-
ness, stainless steel hooks, blades
and other equipment are gradually
replacing the older types Of equip
ment, all of which require constant
polishing to keep down the rust.
"Thoroughness is the motto for
every step of the inspection service.
Experienced graduate veterinarians
supervise examinations from the
time the live animals are checked
over before the slaughter. Any ami
NAL that is affected with any dis
ease or condition which might cause
condemnation in whole or in part Is
tagged with the words u. S. Suspect
and held for separate slaughtering.
Carcass Carefully
Scrutinized.
"At the time of and after the
slaughter, qualified inspectors scru-
tinize all parts of the carcass and
give special attention to parts IN
which disease is most likely to make
its first appearance.
IF there are any indications Of
disease or any Objectionable condi-
tions, the carcass is marked with a
tag u. S. Retained and held for a
more intensive study. In this, as in
all examinations, the public gets the
benefit of any doubt, and only meat
that is clean, wholesome and fit for
human food wins the purple stamp
of approval.
During the last four years only
about four -tenths of l per cent of
the animals slaughtered in Feder-
ally inspected plants were con-
Evening star., 1939-02-01

Dear Dorothy Dix: The pioneer
wife drove a wagon through q will
derness, felled trees, hewed timber,
plowed oxen and did other work side
by side with her man before there
were Office jobs for women. That
was her way of being a helpmate
to her husband. The modern wife's
way of being a helpmate is to hold
a position and aid her husband
fiancially. Cold cash instead Of
hard physical labor is her contribu-
ton to the family upkeep. Or it
should be. So why should a girl
who has a job before she marries
expect to give it up after marriage?
If were rearing a daughter in this
day. I would teach her that her
modern husband will expect as much
assistance from her in the modern
way as the pioneer husband did
from his wife in pioneer times. This
would save much friction in mar
riage. MIDDLE-AGED.
Virtually every woman who gets
married does so with heartfelt de-
sire to be a helpmate to her hus-
band, but how best to do it is a
question that is not solved by the
simple expedient of her contributing
her share of the bacon.
The problem is complicated by
the fact that when men marry they
do not marry to get business part
ner, but a homemaker. There are
mighty few women who can hold
down down both jobs; who have
the health. strength and the energy
to work all day in a store or ONCE
and then clean up a house and get
dinner. To say nothing Of having
babies and rearing a family as side
line.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Government Inspection of
Meats and Poultry Aids
The Family Marketer
Purple Stamp of Approval
Assures Purchaser That
Product Is Wholesome
BY BETSY CASWELL
Woman's Editor.

THIS year Of 1889 marks the sd milestone the attempt
safe the family third
Americas inspected and
awarded the little purple stamp Of approval ~ NsD PsD
There interesting
meat inspection saughe