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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
First Heat Victim

Clarence Harger, 81, a plasterer,
was recorded as Allen County's first
1889 heat victim. He was found
dead in bed Thursday after having
complained the night before of feel
ing i'll. Coroner Burt Hibbard
blamed heat prostration.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
DelphOs Votes Street
Light Levy

A three-mill levy for street light
ing carried with a majority of 817
of total 978 votes cast and against
the levy at a special election held at
Delphos last week. The levy will
run for two years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Robbers Didn't Appear

Had a gang of bank bandits at
tempted to hold up the First Ma
tional Bank at Findlay they would
have met with a warm reception
Thursday.
Police were posted throughout the
institution with sawed-off shotguns
and machine guns as a precaution
taken to ward off an attack after il
was reported from Cleveland, that q
gang was prepared to loot the bank
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Findlay May License
Bicycles

City Council proposes to license
and regulate the operation of bicy-
cles in Findlay. All cycles would be
required to have a headlight, tall
light or reflector, and adequate
brakes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Injured Man Dies

Grover C. Miller died of injuries
suffered July A when he fell down
an elevator shaft in the Steiner
building where he was night watch
man.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Is Accepted For CCC

Although Hardin County's quota
was only 16, eighteen youths have
ben accepted for enlistment in the
Civilian Conservation Corps.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Farmer Ends Life
With Gun

Chester Steer, 63-year-old promin-
ent Liberty township, Hardin coun-
ty farmer, ended his life Sunday
evening in the garage at his home,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Plaintiff Loses Damage
Suit

After celebrating an hour, an
Allen county jury hearing the $780,
600 damage suit of Mariana Cosa-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13

Mrs. Daisy 0les who operated the
taffy stand at the park for num-
Der of years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-13
Park Concession Close
For Funeral

Concessions at Riverside park at
Findlay were closed Friday after
noon during funeral services for
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02
BEACH PLANS PROGRESSING

Members of the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce are making excellent progress
in their effort to provide the city with ade-
quate beach facilities the coming season.
They have prepared plans for rehabilitat-
ing the beach at Coral Isle and utilizing
the old casino for bathhouse. They hope
to obtain lease of the property for five
years, so that it may be available to the
local and the travelling public until other
agencies provide permanent municipal
beach. This is laudable program, worthy
of the Jaycees and emitting them to the
thanks of the entire community.
In connection with the beach project
as now being worked out by the Jaycees
it is to be hoped that the recreation de-.
partment will be able to supply the beach
between Simonton and Duval streets, as
well as Rest Beach, with benches and
tables. It is reported the benches at the
beaches were removed some time ago for
other purposes and have not been re-
turned. AT present there are only one or
two benches at either of the two beaches.
These are important fixtures for a beach.
There is no place for tourists and our local
residents to rest where the coolest breezes
caressing the city usually are to be found.
What is vitality needed in Key West,
The Citizen believes, is permanent
beach committee or commission. Such a
body can be charged with the duty of
checking activities at the public beaches,
and of making recommendations for i'm
provement as they develop.
Competent men to serve on such a
commission can be found among the hotel,
roominghouse, apartment and restaurant
operators of the city. These men are
vitality interested in creating facilities here
for the entertainment and amusement of
visitors and willingly would serve on any
commission set up to push such a program.
It seems to The Citizen that the business
interests most vitality concerned with the
development of the tourist trade should
organize to protect their interests and
thus bring large benefits to the entire
city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02
STAMPS TO HONOR AMERICANS

Authors, artists, poets, educators, in
ventors, composers and scientists will be
honored by the issuance of a special series
of postage stamps that will carry the like
ness of thirty-five Americans, selected by
polls of philatellic societies and from adj
vice received from educational, business
and patriotic organizations.
1t is interesting to note that one Of the
stamps will show the likeness of Booker
T. Washington, noted Negro educator, who
founded great college for his race in
Alabama. The other thirty-four will in
clude thirty-one men and three women.
Here is the list of Americans to be honored
by the stamps:
Authors: Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Samuel L. Clemens, Washington Irving,
Louisa May Alcott and James Fenimore
Cooper.
Poets: Henry w. Longfellow. James
Whitcomb Riley, Walt Whitman, John
Greenleaf Whittier and James Russell
Lowell
Educators: Horace Mann, Charles
w. Elliot, Booker T. Washington, Frances
E. Willard and Mark Hopkins.
Inventors: Alexander Graham Bell,
Eli Whitmeny, Samuel F. B. Morse, Elias
Howe and Cyrus H. Mccormick.
Composers: John Philip Sousa, Ed
ward A. Mcdowell. Stephen Collins Fos-
ter, Victor Herbert and Ethelbert Nevin.
Scientists: Luther Burbank, DR.. Craw-
ford w Long, DR.. Walter Reed, John
James Audubon and Jane Addams.
Almost anybody. reading the above
list, will realize that it includes notable
names and that it onnits others who should
be equally honored. At the same time it IS
virtually impossible to compile any group.
that does not have similar defects.
AS homemade intelligence test It
might be good idea for the family circle
to take up the names on the list in order
to see how many of them are not within
the familiar circle that should embrace the
great men of the nation
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02
cHEWs AND CHOOSE

(This happened at times in
Key West.)
The Piper trudged along one day
His lovely tots to meet:
He saw kid, two-legged one,
Asauntering in the street.
Now what you're rnunching, z
said the Piper,
Some candy that you eat?"
The tofie opened her mouth, and
answered,
sJes' gum: you bet, it's sweetl'
The Piper spoke this fable.
IA goat once met pup,
Who said, why are you moving
Your jaw just down and up
The billie wisely answered,
II do SO cause / slews.'
The Piper quickly added, Honey,
Just give the same excuse
TO all who ask, why are you
fhunching,
Just say, because, / choose Z
Too young to understand, the
tot
A wee BIZ feebly smiled
The Piper waved adieu to her.
TO him waved back the child.
KEY WEST PIED PIPER.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan OF the nouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue.
commend good done By individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not coltaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02
DAILY QUIZ
Can you Answer seven Of these
Test Questions? Turn TO
PAGE 4 for the Answers

l. In the foothills of what
mountains is the city of
Pasadena, Calf?
2. Which is heavier, platinum
or lead?
8. Name the Foreign Minister
Of Hungary.
4. Are bats classed as birds?
5. Is there such a word as sir
regardless?
5. From whom did James j.
Braddock win the worlds
heavyweight boxing cham
pionship?
Z. What is pedometer?
8. What does the Italian word
Fra" mean?
9. Which contains the largest
quantity, As of quart or
1-5 of a gallon?
10. In which country did the
celebration of wedding an
niversaries originate?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Not ever before has any president of
the United States inveigled Congress into
spending the taxpayers money to preserve
his writings. Twelve thousand dollars q
year is heap of money to throw away on
papers no one will want to read and for
which posterity will have no taste. Sup
pose all future presidents were infected
with this megalomania?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

President Roosevelt's comments seem
to have little or no effect on the stock mar
ket. His recent statement that the Senate's
neutrality action or inaction-had killed
off an incipient business boom and would
have an adverse economic effect made no
impression on the market. In fact inn
mediately after that statement appeared,
stocks jumped to their highs for the year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Employees of governmental agencies,
from municipalities to the Federal govern
ment, have penchant for pensions, many
believing that so is fine age for retire
ment. It is. At that age man is in his
prime, and has really been living but 10
years, for isn't it said that life begins at 40.
Bat the question arises: AT what age
does the average home owner and tax
payer retire and take it easy on an as
sured incone?" It is he who must con-
tinue to work and worry so that the pen
sioner's ease and comfort be not inter-
rupted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

/ A birthday party was given
yesterday afternoon by Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Yradi at their home
on Fleming street in honor of the
fifth birthday anniversary of the
daughter, Catherine. The prize
offered for a contest was award
ed to Margaret Jaycocks. The
color scheme was pink and vel
low, which afforded some very
attractive combinations in the
decorations. The little hostess
wore a gown of pink and yellow
to carry out the color scheme.
The National Guard annual en-
campff1ent dance will be given
tonight with Howard Wilson's
orchestra furnishing his delight
fully enhancing music for the
dancers. This is an annual func-
ton. which is always pleasantly
anticipated by the society people
of the city.
There will be an entertainment
tonight given in the Harris
school for the benefit Of the Con-
gregational church, it was an
nounced this afternoon. A very
interesting program will be pre-
sented by local talent.
The American Legion minstrel
show staged at San Carlos last
night was well attended and the
program was unusually fine.
Every member was enthusiastic
ally received and repeated en-
cores indicated that the affair
was successful.
There was marked slump in
the marriage market during the
past month in comparison with
the preceding month. During
July there were only nine liz
censes issued, while there were
81 issues during June, according
| to the records in the office OF
County Judge Hugh Gum.
British steamer Levenbridge,
which arrived in port yesterday
afternoon loaded with sugar and
consigned to the Porter Dock Co.,
Els being unloaded at the dock and
the cargo stored in the warehouse
lnf the company. The vessel,
| which has gross tonnage Of a.
$40 tons and 1859 tons net, was
floated from its position on Dia-
mond Point Reef near the Ba-
Ihamas By the Wrecking Tug
Warbler, IN command of Captain
Dexter as wrecking master. The
steamer halls from England and
was loaded at three different
ports in Cuba Cardenas. Nuw-
vitas and Puerto Tarafa. The
vessel was enroute TO England
with the cargo when it struck on
the reef, where it remained for
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here JUST Tea Years Ago Today Al Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

several days before it was re-
leased. In all probability it will
take several days to unload the
ship and is affording work for a
large number of men removing
the cargo.
Doctor M. S. Lombard, head of
the Marine hospital in Key West,
was called out to sea yesterday
afternoon to examine several
members of the crew. of the
Tanker Affair of the Standard
Oil Company. He carried anoth-
|er physician and two nurses with
him. The men had evidently
partaken of some kind of food,
which did not agree with them,
according to DR.. Lombard, who
stated that all were getting along
nicely when the hospital party
left the ship and he said that Sc
srious illness is not anticipated.
f
Mrs. j. B. Allen and son. Billy,
are leaving Saturday for Miami
to join Mrs. Aliens sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Z. Kemp. From that point the
party will motor to Jacksonville
to spend a couple of weeks with
Mrs. Aliens sister, Mrs. Ruth
Slappey.
Editorial Comment: Erection Of
the New York war memorial
shaft has been completed and it
is an imposing monument despite
the fact that some critics have
expressed disappointment at its
appearance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Hitler pirates about the strength of the
axis, ard that Germany would not have
been defeated in the World War had she
had one. Former Kaiser Wilhelm may
think so. too, especially when he ruefully
looks at the wood-pile and his axes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

chap living 1900 miles from New
York asked why he was not attending the
Fair replied that he was waiting until the
fare was reduced to soc from the prevail
irg T5c. High finance, that.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Each year relatives hold big
gathering at the grave of Dick
Wood near Floyd, Va, where he
is buried in the center of a cross
formed by the graves of his four
wives. Wood was a pioneer with
a large number of descendants.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

President Roosevelt told the compilers
of-the thirty-fifth annual report of the
Harvard class that he has no aversions. At
least correct in one thing-he has no aver
sions to third term.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02
sssssSsssssssss Ssssxssss
SIDELICHTS
By MARCY B. DAHNALL

BY MARCY b. DAHNALL
Former Editor Of The Citizen
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Having a surplus of birds and
animals, Director Edward III.
Bean Of Chicago's famed Brook
field Zoo is giving visitors num-
bered tickets emitting them to-
chances on several to be given
away each Sunday. Prizes the
first Sunday included a baboon,
a monkey and some birds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Beware of the seller if he is not will
ing to advertise his goods; he may have
something to conceal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Buying canned goods in a large
grocery store at Dallas, Wis, is
d sort of lottery. A flood soaked
all the labels off the cans stored
in the basement, and no one can
tell which are beans, soup or corn
until they are opened.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02
,esessssssssssssssssssss
Today's Birthdays
ooeooeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeeeee

Charles Francis Adams of Bos-
ton, ex-secretary of the navy,
born at Quincy, Mass, 70 years
ago.
Westbrook Pegler of New
Canaan, Conn.,, columnist, born in
Minneapolis, As years ago.
Robert Lassiter of Charlotte,
N. c., cotton manufacturer, born
at Henderson, N. c., 81 years ago.
DR.. Winthrop ]. v. osterhout
of the Rockefeller Inst. for Med
ical Research, New York, born in
Brooklyn, SO years ago.
Judge Sarah T. Hughes of the
14th District Court, Dallas, Tex,
born in Baltimore, 43 years ago.
Myrna 10y, screen star, born at
Helena, Mont.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Advertising that pays the merchant
pays the buyer. Buy advertised goods
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

People of England are expect
ed to spend s5.000,0O0 in ocean
cruising this year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Make your plans slowly but once they
are made, make haste.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Three of golfers, fishermen
and proud parents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Michaelangelo MARITIME, 80, of
Rome, claims to be the youngest
grandfather in Europe. He mar
ried at is, and his son Franco,
married at the same age, is now
the father of son at the age
of is.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Duncan Campbell Scott, Cana
dian poet, born n years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage
Comprehensive City Plan tzoning).
5. Hotels and Apartments
4. Bathing Pavilion
s. Airports--Land and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

Buy advertised goods at advertised
prices. 1t is safer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

y 4 = 5 ~
In 1881 years of the worlds
recorded history only 268 years
have been without war, Col. r.
H. Cushing told an audience in
Lancaster, NJ. Y. He also esti-
mated that during the same
period 5000 treaties were signed
and were observed on an average
of two years each.
In a pistol battle over the af-
fections Of a 10-year-old girl at
Gnadalajara, Mexico, Enrique
vazquez. 10, shot and seriously
wounded his rival, Jesus Ramos,
aged IL.
Halsey Corwin Of New York
died recently at the age Of ~.
About 40 years ago he was left
a fortune of q million dollars,
which he squa6dered in four
years. He then took q job at
SO week as subway ticket
puneher. and lived IN obscurity
ever since.
Ira Burke of Silver Lake, Ind,
sold his sawmill which he had
run more than 70 years Shortly
afterwards he asked the new
owner for a job, and got it, at the
age of 90. He explained that he
just had to be doing something.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-02

There will be an entertainment
tonight given in the Harris
school for the benefit of the Con-
gregational church, it was an
nounced this afternoon. A very
interesting program will be pre-
sented by local talent.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-17
Funeral Given
ToOxfordMan

Oxford Oct. 17.-Funeral services
for S. M. ColclOugh Of near Oxford,
who died in a Bennettsville, S. c.,
hospital Sunday afternoon at 1:45
o'clock as the result Of injuries re-
ceived in an automobile wreck six
miles from Bennettsville that morn
ing about o'clock were conducted
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
Mount Zion Baptist church by Rev
w. c.. Francis Burial was in the
church cemetery.
In the automobile with Mr.. Col
clough at the time Of the accident
were Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Rudder and
their children, Margaret and Jimmie,
and a Negro maid, Inez Latta. None
of them received injuries other than
bruises. The boy, Jimmie, was
thrown about 25 feet from the auto
mobile, but escaped unhurt except
for a shalze-up and few bruises.
Information received in Oxford
was that a front tire blew out as the
automobile driven by Mr.. Rudder,
its owner, was rounding long bank
ed curve The car overturned on the
right 81 Z of the highway and was
demolished. Mr.. Colclough was taken
to hospital in Bennettsville, where
he died 10 hours later. Hospital au-
thorities said death was due to cere-
bral hemorrhage.
This group left their homes in Be
rea Saturday about midnight to
spend Sunday with relatives in
Scranton and Lake City. They plan
ned to travel at night to avoid the
heavy traffic on the north-south
highway route.
The Colclough body was brought
to Oxford yesterday to a local fun
eral establishment and taken to his
home at Berea yesterday afternoon.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Helen Clark Colclough; one son, Nc
Way Colclough, Jr; one daughter,
Miss Sibyl Colclough; two brothers,
]. c.. and C. O. Colclough of near
Durham and five sisters, Mrs. H. A.
Myers and Miss Ruth Colclough Of
Durham; Mrs Richard David and
Miss Mamie Colclough Of VancebOrO;
and Hrs. w. NJ Lee Of Washington,
D. C.
Active pa1lbearers will be Giles
Critcher, Leva Clayton, Kirk Dun
can, Graham Lemons, Albert Sher-
man, and Clifton Adcock.
Honorary pallbearers will be Sid
ney Sherman, Lewis Sherman, Lee
| Wilkins, Beam O'Brien, w. F. Burch,
Robert Critcher, Mr.. BurWell, B. B..
Adcock, Robert Sherman, J. S. Rud-
der, S. L. Vaughan, Odell Oakley,
Clyde AdcoclY Goldie Adcocl1, Eu-
gene Hobgood, Lester Willford,
Broadie Regain, w. D. Mangum, VIII
liam B. Jones, Frank Hicks, E. E.
Hicks, Dorsey Latta, Sam Day, Char
lie Clark, Virlie Price, Lewis Jones,
Harry Newton, Dr. R. L. Noblin, DR..
W. NJ Thomas, E. D. Gooch, Bonnie
Wilson, B. p Elliott, S. E. Lindsey,
R. F. Huddleston, Thomas Hobgood,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-17
Man Is Killed
Near Oxford

Oxford, Oct 17.-Mark PuEyear,
27, Of Nelson, Va, died instantly
Monday morning about 2 o'clock
when he suffered q broken neck as
his automobile failed to take a curve
and turned over near Virgilina on
the GAINESVILLE highWya.
Purycar's companion, William
Clark, was taken to South Boston
hospital The extent Of his injuries
was not known, except he had a
broken shoulder.
Funeral services for Mr. Puryear
were conducted this afternoon at 3
o'clock at Nelson Baptist church in
Nelson by Rev Mr.. Newman. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c.. Puryear, his father being
in Detroit, Mich, and unable to at
tend the funeral because of i'll health;
one brother, S. I. Puryear Of Oxford;
and four sisters, Mrs. EIeby Her
ring Of Washington, d. c.; Mrs.
Simon Wiley OF Clarksville, Va; Mrs
w. M. Moseiy of Richmond, Va; and
Mrs. j. F. Hurst OF Detroit, Mich.
Active pallbearers will be Otis and
Lonnie Wright, Ohio, Mac, and Mel
son Clark and Robert Yancey.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-17
Warren Youth
Wreck Victim

WarrentOn, Oct 17.-William E.
Twitty Of Warrenton was dead to-
day and three other persons were in
serious, if not critical, condition as
result of an automobile wreck Sun
day five miles north Of Boiling
Green, Va, near Hanover Court
house.
The injured:
Mrs. Mary Howard Palmer, daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. j. R. Palmer Of
Warrenton, brain conclusion.
jefferson Davis Palmer, son of
Mrs J. T. Palmer Of WarrentOn,
driver of the car, unconscious from
a critical Lead injury.
Miss Florence Hoepner Of Wash
ington, D. c., severe head cuts and
shock
The victims were returning to
Washington after spending the week.
end here with parents and friends.
A government employe for the
past three years, Twitty, % years
old, died in Richmond hospital
Sunday night. The three injured per-
sons are receiving treatment in the
hospital.
Three cars were involved in the
collision, according to reports reach
ing here The automobile operated
by Palmer was badly wrecked.
Funeral services for TWitty were
held at the Warrenton Methodist
church this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Burial was in FairvieW cemetery.
The Rev. E. R. Shuller will be in
charge, assisted by the Rev. j. O.
Long.
Surviving are Twitty's parents and
four brothers, Horace, Frank, Perry
and Henry Twitty, all Of Warren
ton, and sister, Miss Martha Twitty,
also of here.