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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

Bluffton High and Bluffton College
cagers will open the 1939-40 season
in games this week, the collegians
playing at home against Bowling
Green and the high school tackling
Vaughnsville on the oppents' floor.
Bluffton college will meet strong
Bee Gee outfit in the game here Sat
urday night, the opening contest of
the season for both schools.
Bolwing Green has 16 lettermen. in
cluding all of last years regulars, but
Bluffton hopes to at least partially
match this display of strength with
seven veterans.
Reichenbach and Radulovich are
looking unusually finished this season
and Buttons attack likely will be
built around them.
Others from last year who likely
will see action include Mclaughlin
Warren and Backensto, guards and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

A parked automobile discovered on
fire resulted in the turning in of
fire alarm Tuesday evening at 6:30
o'clock. The car, parked in front
of the Albert Benroth residence on
North Main street, belonged to Don
Gundy, Bluffton college student.
The fire department was sum-
moned when efforts of bystanders
failed to extinguish the flames. The
car was considerably damaged.
Origin of the first was undeter-
mined.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

The Western Auto Associate store,
owned and operated by Millen Z.
Geiger opened for business the first
of the week in the George Carmack
building on South Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geiger and daugh-
ter who arrived last week from Me-
dina, their former home, expect to
locate here permanently as soon as
housing accommodations can be
found. Mr.. Geiger, a native of Pan
dora, is well known in this vicinity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

An American flag was presented to
Troop Sc of Bluffton Monday night
by the Bluffton American Legion
post. A candlelight ceremony was
held in connection with the presenta-
ton, with the Wolf Patrol, directed
by Roger Howe, in charge.
Second class compass tests were
passed last week by Gordon Bixel,
Jr., and Maurice Kohl, Jr.
TROOP CALENDAR
Dec. ALLEN county district round
table at Lima.
Dec. 4-Scout Meeting, 7:30 p. m.
at First Mennonite church.
Dec. 5-Troop Committeeman
meeting.
Dec. 5-Board of Review, 7:30 p. m.
at First Mennonite church.
Dec. 14-Court of Honor at Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Confectionery Store
Holds Opening Here

The Caramel Crisp shop, confec-
tionary establishment, opened for
business here Wednesday in quarters
in the Mrs. Fred Zehrbach block at
North Main and Vine streets.
The store is under management of
Henry Ruhl who arrived here from
Marion recently to take charge of
the place. The store is located in
the room formerly occupied by the
Midway Fountain. A number of
changes have been made preparatory
to the opening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Peace Speaker At ~...
College Vespers

John Nevin Sayre, chairman of the
American Fellowship of Reconcilia-
ton, will be the speaker at vesper
services in the Bluffton college
chapel, at 3 p. m. next Sunday.
Sayre will be one of the speakers
at an intercollegiate peace confer
ence on the Bluffton campus Friday
and Saturday, and will remain to ad-
dress the vesper service on Sunday
His address will be on peace activi-
ties in this country and abroad.
Special music will be presented by
the Bluffton college vesper choir di-
rected by Prof. Russell A. Lantz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER

Marking his sixteenth birthday an
niversary, Charles Lora was the
guest of honor at surprise dinner
at the home of his father Chas.
Lora, Sr., west of Bluffton, Sunday.
Present for the occasion were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Lora, Bliss
field, Mich; Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Staley and family, Ada; Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Gratz and Mrs. Walter
Deppler and family of this place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the neighbors
and friends for their aid and SYM
pathy so generously extended in the
death and burial of our beloved
daughter and sister, Miss Hazel Nc
Cune; also Rev. Weed who officiated
at the funeral services, the singers
and all those sending flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. McCune
and Robert
H. B. McCune
Mrs. G. B. Stratton
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Santa Will Miss Nazis This Year; No
Parcel Post Accepted For Germany

Dec. Is; Jamica, Dec. 10; Newfound-
land, Dec. 16; Nicaragua, Dec. s; Pan
ANA, Dec. Is; Peru, Dec. s; Puerto
Rico, Dec. 16; Salvador, Dec. IL; Ven
ezula, Dec. Is; Virgin Islands, Dec.
16.
Australia, Nov. 25; China, Dec. i;
Japan, Dec. a; New Zealand, Dec. g.;
PHILIPPINES, Dec. 1; Hawaii, Dec. 18.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
"RObinsOn CrusOe"
To Be Staged Again

Second presentation of Robinson
Crusoe", a play based on the adven-
lures of the story-book character,
will be given at p. m. this We'd
nesday night in the Bluffton high
school auditorium.
In the opening offering Tuesday
night, a distinct dramatic success
was scored by the cast. Members
of the speech classes at the high
school are producing the dramatiza-
ton.
P. w. Stauffer is the director.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

read the lines of the three plays.
"Pandora's Box" and "The Kings
Toothache" will be dramatized by the
sixth graders, and the fifth and
sixth grade pupils will collaborate in
offering "Old Pipes and the Driads".
The puppet shows on Wednesday
and Thursday nights will be staged
at TOO, 7:30, 800 and $3.50 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

jects at Ohio State University are
planned to give the greatest amount
of practical information in the least
possible time. Information can be
secured by writing Dean John T.
Cunningham, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio.
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Field reports Indicate a good Ohio
beet crop which is high . in sugar
content and will bring a better price
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
SHORTS AND MInnLINGS

The New Philadelphia Rotary club
and agricultural agent Lester A.
Cronin teamed up to plan a tree
planting project as screen for some
abandoned coal mines. Interest in
this planting started a discussion of
the advantages of community for
est.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

than has been obtained recently.
The income from the crop added to
benefit payments made by the AAA
will tend to stabilize future produc-
tion in the state.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Found on a postcard:

Found on postcard:
Dear Son, this is the cliff from
which the Spartans threw their de-
fective children. Wish you were
here. Love, Dad. Bored Wall
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

Short courses in agricultural SUBJ
Evening star., 1939-01-22
New Orleans Plans
Annual Spring Fiesta

NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. al
New Orleans, one Of the few re-
manning cities of the country that
enjoys a personality all her own, re-
veals itself in all her quaintness and
picturesqueness during the annual
Spring Fiesta to be held March
1918.
The high lights of the fiesta are
the arranged tours that make pos
sible an intimate inspection of the
historic old homes Of New Orleans
particularly those in the famous
Vieux Care and Garden District,
and the great plantation homes in
the nearby sugar country of Louis
lana, permitting one to study at first
hand the mode $50 and more years
ago.
Among other events that take
place during fiesta time are a mag
nificent flower show, which in the
past has featured such exhibits as
a half million dollar orchid display
an outdoor art exhibit in the quaint
setting of the French quarter, gar
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Curling a Favorite
Sport Of Winter
Around Quebec
Ancient Postime
Standardized for
International Matches

MONTREAL, Quebec, Jan. 2l.-
To the uninitiated curling" may
suggest a visit to the hairdresser
but to the winter sportsman it is
one of the most pleasurable of
games. In the province of Quebec,
curling attracts enthusiasts from
the United States who take part in
the bonspiels featured annually on
artificial ice.
Lost in the mists of antiquity
the history of the game is not to
be written from the beginning,
though occasionally references to
curling in its rudimentary stages
date back as far as the 10Th century
in Scotland.
In a museum in Stirling, are to be
seen some interesting old "kuting'
(quoiting stones) and it is conjec-
tured that the game as originally
played was a combination of quotis
and curling, as we know it today.
These old stones or "loofies" as
they were also called, were merely
water worn boulders, in which holes
were bored for the finger and thumb,
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Behind-Scene Tours
Of Travel ARRANGED

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Every one
bankers at some time or other to
see just what goes on behind the
scenes in that most romantic field
Of American endeavor, the travel
and Transportation industry.
Women In particular have long
believed that backstage in the in
dustry lies woman's world. a
world where housekeepers, nurses,
home economists and marketing
experts play role as vital as that
of engineers or captains themselves.
Now they are to learn just how i'm
portant that role actually is, for
the American Woman's Associa-
ton and 81 women's clubs, in CO.
operation with steamship, air and
rail lines. this year will feature spe-
cial "backstage" tours Of the trans
portation world in New York for
business and professional women
visiting the Worlds Fair.
One steamship line will. for in
stance, arrange tours of its liners
to demonstrate the work of nurses,
librarians, home economists, cater
ers, hotel management operatives,
marketing experts and architects as
applied to sea-faring. Another
steamship company will reveal the
details of housekeeping aboard its
Mediterranean ships. while other
companies will throw open giant
superliners for bow-to-stern expe-
ditions. Special attention will be
given to the use of new materials,
new methods of decoration and
modern design on these tours.
Railroad and air lines also will
cooperate on the career tours whose
headquarters are at 353 West Fifty
seventh street, New York. One
tour will feature the Railway Mu-
scum in Grand Central Terminal,
Evening star., 1939-01-22
The Travellers Notebook
seribbings About Where the Baseball Fan May
Scout for Stars in Florida, When the Two Big
Fairs Open, and Dr. Brighton

comfortable mapping places in the
center of the roads. The experienced
driver slows down, and If the lion
holds his ground, goes into low gear.
When the car is but few feet away,
the king of beasts rises with regal
dignity and unhurriedly moves away.
TO add a novel spice of adventure
to a cruise, strike up an acquaint-
ance with Louis Baltar, oiler aboard
the S. S. Puerto Rico, which sails
every now and then for the Carib-
bean. He might welcome an agree
able companion while he fishes for
the tiger of the deep from the deck
while the ship is in port 1t would
mean, perhaps, getting up at am.
or 3, for the veteran of some 500
shark landings has found this to
be an auspicious time for, the hunt.
To tempt his prey to the surface,
Baltar spreads over the waters
some leftovers from the galley. His
line is ready-a No. IL hook fastened
to a stout A-inch cord by 3 feet
OF piano wire. The hook is baited
with shark candy" a 2-pound
chunk of Goldfish, and dropped over
the side for a wait that might be
only a minute or several hours. A
chance feel" of the line may dis
close the bait has been snatched.
The yank tips off the shark too and
the battle is on. Played for a half
hour or an hour, the shark is coaxed
to the side OF the ship. Then comes
the thrill for the deck hand who
volunteers to play the secondary,
dangerous role. He must descend to
the water and loop a rope around
The head of the shark, which may
or may not be exhausted. If the
fish submits, it is hauled on deck
by winches.
Yellowstone National Parks 1899
season begins June TO-
American tourists, with their con-
slant demand for fruit juices again
have influenced the lives of Parisians.
Ten years ago Frenchmen looked
perplexed when every Tom, Dick and
Harry Of tourist ordered, usually
in vain, pineapple, orange, grape
fruit or tomato juice. But now even
the Frenchmen go for it, with the
result that not only American bars,
but corner cafes in Paris serve it.
Farms in Burgundy furnish the
edible, snail. d'escargot, that deli
cacy appearing on menus in Paris.
Snails that have passed their second
birthday anniversary without being
Evening star., 1939-01-22

part of feast for another celebrant
face fairly long and happy life
about Is years. Only the young and
tender snails reach the table.
Clipper and Cavalier planes be-
tween the United States ana Ber-
muda carried 5,5l5 passengers in
1898.
Switzerland's st. Moritz has been
adding to its fame and its vacation
facilities since 1882, when it had
but one hotel. Now a wide array
OF hostelries draws visitors from
all over the world to recreate at 10
skating rinks huge ice stadium,
IL curling rinks. the Cresta run for
toboggans. a race course for horses
on the frozen lake, ski leaps, a
covered tennis court and many other
arrangements for sport. While
Switzerland Is the subject: The
drama william Tell' will be pre-
sented on Sunday afternoons from
July 9 to September 10 in the Tell
Playhouse at Altdorf, near the Lake
of Lucerne.
One may visit the Gate of Heaven
in Puerto Rico, for there, at San
German. is the ancient church,
Porta Coeli.
Evening star., 1939-01-22

where a collection of miniature
trains. from the first primitive en-
gines to- today's streamliners, is
housed. Inside visits to airports
are also scheduled, but details Of
these arrangements are not yet
available. Tours of 13 other fields
Of particular interest to business
and professional women also are
being planned.
So that the tours will not con-
fiict with other sightseeing and with
visits to the Worlds Fair itself, a
special effort is being made to limit
each to half day at most. A reg
istration charge Of SO cents is made,
and for this sum any number of
the tours may be made.
Evening star., 1939-01-22

den tours, a floral parade, q number
OF operatic and symphonic perform
ances, and concerts of various kinds,
including Negro spirituals.
The Spring Fiesta takes place at
time when the azaleas are In
bloom and the great floral trails Of
New Orleans are at the height OF
their beauty. The New Orleans
celebration comedies with the an
nual pilgrimage sponsored by the
pilgrimage Garden Club of Natchez,
Miss, in which the Old homes and
fine gardens Of that colorful old city
are thrown open to the public.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
By JACQUES FUTRELLE. Jr.

Scribblings: Husbands who are
reminded from time to time of the
smallness of the family kitchen
might cite the accomplishment of a
mere man, Chef E. l.. Walker of the
Florida East Coast Railway dining
car Daytona, who on one trip pre-
pared 500 meals in a galley Is by 6
feet. Added to his problem was the
fact that he did not know what
his guests liked.
From a hotel manager in the
Poconos comes the warning that the
catchword, skiing" is creating a
winter vacation psychology that is
shutting the public out of lot of
enjoyment. He points to the de-
lights of such old recreation stand
bys as skating, skate sailing, ice
tobogganing, hockey and sleighing,
and observes, with truth, that re-
ports of no snow" doesn't mean mo
fun"
Bermuda's third annual fishing
tournament, open to both men and
women, gets under way March 16,
with prizes offered for the biggest
catches in wahoo, marlin, tuna,
bonita, amberjack, barracuda, rock
fish and dolphin. Light tackle en-
trants are limited to 6-ounce tin
and a 9-thread line; heavy tacklers,
12-ounce tip and a 24-thread line.
The contest will continue through
May.
Loeb Lomond is the largest lake in
Great Britain
King Carnival LXI and his court.
who stage their battles with flowers.
begin their merry reign on the
French Riviera February 8, when the
monarch will capture Nice. For all
his disposition to bring pleasure to
natives and visitors at Nice, Mentone
and Cannes, King Carnival is fore
doomed to tragedy. for on February
81 he will be cremated while his
subjects dance.
A guide to Florida visitors who
want to see baseball teams warming
up for the season and perhaps do
some amateur scouting: Daytona.
Baltimore Orioles and Minneapolis
Millers; Haines City, Kansas City
Blues: near Barlow, INDIANAPOLIS
Indians; near Avon Park, Toronto
Maple Leaves: near Sebring, Newark
Bears: Arcadia. Louisville Colonels:
Bradentown, Boston Bees: Plant
City, Buffalo Bisons: St. Petersburg,
New York Yankees and st. Louis
Cardinals, and not far away, the
Cincinnati Reds; Lakeland, Detroit
Tigers; Lake Wales. Montreal
Royals; Ocala, Milwaukee Brewers:
Orlando, Washington Nationals and
the "Grapefruit League"
Brighton, England's favorite
health resort of cripples and
tired London businessmen seeking
seaside tonic. has been dubbed
DIR. Brighton"
The New York Worlds Fair will
open May l, the Golden Gate EXPO
sition on Treasure Island, San
Francisco, February 18.
Only few hardy individuals con-
tinue their daily dips on Atlantic
City's beach in wintertime, but hun
dreds enjoy saltwater bathing in
the pools of three notes.-the Am
bassador, the President and the
Morton. Two Of the pools, blazing
with sun lamps, also offer a chance
to acquire a tan.
Czecho-Slovakia, and there is
quite bit of it left, is going ahead
with plans to develop its tourist
industry, knowing that much of its
charm remains. The country, de-
spite its loss of territory, still is
larger in area and population than
Belgium, Holland. Denmark, Portu-
gal, Hungary or Switzerland.
4 X
Lions in Africa's Kruger National
Park preserve their dignity even in
the face of approaching autos,
refusing to scamper away from
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Curb Service for Yachts

MIAMI. Fla. Jan. 21.-Curb serv-
ice for yachts Is the latest innovation
for the winter pleasure boat head
quarters at Miami.
With fleet speed boats. nautical
costumed curb girls deliver food and
drinks from shore to ship for the
gay parties held on deck day and
night.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Skiing by FloodIiqht

LAKE PLACID, N. Y, Jan. Ill
Saturday night ski parties under
f1oodlights at Stevens Hill have been
added to the increasing list Of win
ter diversions at this resort. Mem.
bers OF the Lake Placid Ski Club
are planning many special affairs
for ensuing week ends.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
RESORTS,
NASSAU,

CABLE BEACH, room mod
ern bungalow, completely and charmingly
furnished. Two-car garage. Private beach.
Two bath houses. Gardener on premises.
For rent Immediately to March 1st or 18th.
5000 per week. BUSCH, 145 East 63d
Street. New York. Butterfeld 8-1481.
BAHAMAS.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Fisher, ;, Hooks Mink

KAMINISTIQUIA, Ontario P).-
Taisto Pesola, 3ll2 years old, is some
fisherman. He caught a mink in
the Kan River with a baited hook.
1t was a large one.
Evening star., 1939-01-22

Lions in Africa's Kruger National
Park preserve their dignity even in
the face of approaching autos,
refusing to scamper away from
Evening star., 1939-01-22

were accustomed to hurting them
down the ice rather than sliding
them as in the present game
Handles were later attached to the
stones which varied in shape and
weight from IS pounds to ITO
pounds. Later, when the game
adopted some sort Of regulations,
1t was decided that stones must be
circular and of approximately SINH
lar weight.
Heather Served rs Brooms.
Much progress has been made
since the early days of the sport,
when the setting was q frozen loch
in the heart of Scotland and when
players used punches of heather as
brooms to sweep the ice clean, and
smooth and mark out the curling
sheets-to the sumptuouA forums
with artificial ice where the curling
clans gather today.
The sport was first introduced on
the American continent by members
of Wolfe's Highlanders at Quebec
about the middle OF the 18th CEN
tury. The Scots, to while away
many long hours of tedious mo-
notony during rigorous Quebec
winter, thought of the old game,
and fashioning their stones of old
cannon balls. melted down and cast
in a form somewhat resembling a
tea kettle, they spent much of their
leisure time curling on the frozen
surface Of the st. Lawrence River
and nearby ponds.
AS early as 1907 a group of 20
Montrealers, all Scotsmen, formed
the Montreal Curling Club, later
known as the Royal Montreal Curl
ing Club. the first organization of
its kind in Canada. The first affilia-
ton OF curling clubs took place in
1888, when various clubs met in
Edinburgh to form the parent or
ganization known as the Caledonia
Curling Club, which later became
the Royal Caledonia Curling Club
when Queen Victoria bestowed her
royal patronage in 1842.
The Royal Caledonia Curling Club
is now the mother club of curriers'
the world over, recognizing the
formation of curling fraternities in
Canada, England, United States,
New Zealand, Switzerland and
France.
Stones About 40 Pounds.
c. Campbell Patterson, jr.. past
president of the Grand National
Curling Club of America, says a
word Ito the man who thought
curling was played in a beauty
parlor. On the contrary, it is played
on an ice rink approximately As
yards long and 18 feet wide, with a
fixed mark or tee at each end. The
curling stones, weighing about 40
pounds each, are made of granite
and equipped with handles. Each
of the four players on team slide
two stones down the rink, trying
either to place them as near to the
tee as possible or to knock out the
opposing stone or to place a guard
for their own side.
The skip or captain directs the
play and makes the last shot. When
all eight players have delivered their
stones the count is made, and every
stone lying nearer to the tee than
the best stone of the opposing side
counts one point. Each player car
ries a broom, and two players run
down the ice ready to sweep in front
Of the stone delivered by one of their
own team. The action of the broom
has a decided effect on the curve
and length of dying stone; the
matter of an inch may mean the
game and match"
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-10-19
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