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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
ArmOrsville

Mr.. and Mrs. O. P. Hartman and
son spent Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. Cecil Hartman and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott McCafferty and family of Raw
son.
Sunday guests of Miss Margaret
Guider and Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Guider were: Ira Guider of Ridge
way, Mrs. Summerfeld of Kenton;
Mrs. Amy Berringer of Ada; Mrs. B.
Z. Cartwell of Delaware; Mr.. and
Mrs. C. L. Stotts and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster Stotts, all of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Hauenstein and
son spent Sunday evening at the FL
mer Anderson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. /. Moore called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Basinger, Sun
day evening.
Those that took Sunday dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hilty an son OF
Columbus were: Mr.. and Mrs. H. O
Hilty and daughters Fern and Ros.
ann, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ewing, Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Hilty and son and
Harry Katschke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Schweitzer
Martin Schweitzer and son Ralph
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Levi Hauenstein and son
afternoon callers were Mr.. and Mrs
|. A. Klingler.
Past week callers of Mrs. Ev;
Montgomery were Mr.. and Mrs. Free
Battles, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Hit.
and granddaughter Billy Ann, Mrs
H. O. Hilty and Mrs. Robert Ewing.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Hauensteii
were Findlay callers Sunday.
Recent callers of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Montgomery and family were MI
and Mrs. w. L. Hilty and granddau
ghter, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wells an
son, Ebert Anderson and son Jimm
and daughter Ann, Mrs. H. 0. Hit.
Mrs. Robert Ewing and Mr.. and Mr.
C. E. Klingler and son.
The L. A. S. and w. M. S. of til
Liberty Chapel church will meet wit
Miss Margaret Guider, Thursday a
ternoon, April 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. |. Moore Gale
Sunday afternoon on Mr.. and Mr.
Chas. Hall and family of Arlington.
News want ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
College Head Speaks
To Chicago Alumni

Bluffton college alumni, former
students, and friends in the Chicago
area officially welcomed DR.. Lloyd
Ramseyer as president of the school
at their annual banquet last Satur-
day evening.
In acknowledging the enthusiastic
ovation given him, DIR. Ramseye1
outlined ways in which the college
can maintain a distinctive educa-
tional position in an increasingly
competitive situation. Maintenance
of democratic campus life and de-
velopment of wider student work
program are especially important
he said.
Roland M. Bixler, Toledo, presi
dent of the Alumni association, alsc
spoke, outlining the years program
of the organization. Cleland E. Lea
man, president of the Chicago Chap
ter of the association, presided anc
Afford Moser, Franklin Park, Ill.
was POSTMASTER.
New officers elected for the Chi.
cago chapter include: President, At
torney Kennion K. Kaufman; vice
president, Roy w. Mohr, Bellwood
ILL.,; and secretary-treasurer, Kath.
leen Lugibihl.
Musical selections interspersed il
the program were presented by Mr.
and Mrs. Albert A. Lehman, Mis-.
Mary Rediger, and Prof. and Mrs
Guy c. Latshaw, of Evanston. Prof
Latshaw was on the faculty here il
1902.
A reception in the Harriet McCor
mick Y. w. C. A. preceded the ban
quet, announced as the most widel.
attended since the chapter was or
ganized.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06

sunsets during three years after the
eruption. The noise of the terrific
explosions was heard in Australia,
1850 miles distant, and the disturb
ance in the atmosphere was regis
tered on the barometers over the
whole world. Huge tidal waves, 100
feet above tide, swept over the low
living coasts of Java and Sumatra,
with appalling destruction of lives
and property.
In May, 1902, the volcano of
Mount Pelee on the island of Mar
Unique in the West Indies erupted
in a series of violent explosions. An
enormous black cloud of superheated
steam and suffocating gases, heavily
charged with incandescent particles
of rock, rushed down the mountain
slopes to the sea. Annihilating all
life in its course, the cloud swept
through the city of St. Pierre, s
miles from the point of origin and
destroyed the town and all of it's
$4,000 inhabitants.
The quiet type of volcano tran
GULLY discharges flows of liquid
lava, unaccompanied by the explo-
sive gases and election of fragmen-
tai material; the best examples of
this type are those of Hawaii.
Mauna Loa, now active, is the
monarch of modern volcanoes, be-
cause of its mighty size and the
magnitude of its eruptions; immense
columns of white-hot holten lava
play as fre-fountains several hum
dreds of feet high.
Vesuvius is not known to have
erupted prior to 79 A. ID. There
is every reason to believe that dur
ing the centuries of Greek and
Roman occupation, it has not been
active. During the eruption OF
August, 79 A. D., ashes fell upon
the surrounding country, a huge
: column of steam and ash darkenec
. the sky, and great torrents of water
fell upon the fianks of the mountain
Pompeii was buried beneath {
cover of ash and dust, which 81
sealed the objects in compact
cover that they are found in an ex
cellent state of preservation. Her
culaneum, was overwhelmed by ;
great mud-fow, and this has sinc'
! been covered by lava flow OF
z which village now stands.
Volcanoes occur in the area
5 where mountain ranges are in tn
0 process of building. The active one
n lie in the two great belts of noun
IS tains, the one surrounding tn
Pacific Ocean and the other extend
$ ing from the Pyrenees eastwar
! through the Himalayas to tn
Z Pacific.
NEXT WEEK-ORIGIN OF
: WATERFALLS.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
New Sales Tax Stamp Series
Coming Last OF This Month

treasurer, has been notified that a
five-weeks' supply of the new stamps
will be shipped to the county office
shortly.
Design of sales tax stamps was
changed to comply with recently en-
acted legislation which provides that
after May | prepaid stamps will be
redeemable at three per cent of the
face value, when presented in
amounts of S100 or more.
However, the new stamps are re-
deemable only if application is made
by health, welfare, charitable, re-
ligious, educational, fraternal or pa
triotic organizations, or by individu
ais who present evidence of mater
tally assisting in the collection oi
| the Ohio sales tax.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06

Ohio's old-style sales tax stamps
will be succeeded on Monday, April
"a by the new redeemable series
which will be different in design
and color.
After April "a, vendors will be re-
quired to deplete their supplies of
the old stamps as rapidly as pos
sible. Old stamps cannot be used
after May l, when it becomes man.
datory to change to the new style.
Since the old type stamps may not
be exchanged for the new issue
vendors will receive special forms
with which application can be made
for refund on old stamps that can.
not be disposed of before May /
Byron H. Dershem, Allen county
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
Pleasant Hill

Past week callers at the Clate
Scoles home were: Paul Lehner, Mr..
Gibson, Misses Margaret and Rose
Evelyn Kinner, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Zimmer and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
George Huber and son, Mr.. and Mrs
Glen Huber, Mrs. Albert Sylvester
Mr.. Dow Scoles, Willard Jennings
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Zimmer and
family, Mrs. Cora Huber, Huber
Winegardner, Mrs. Esco Huber and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. X. K. Huber
and Robert Kenton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Huber and
son called Sunday afternoon on Mr.
and Mrs. G. d. Hathaway and
daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Weaver call
ed on Mr.. and Mrs. George Huber
and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips call
ed Sunday afternoon on Mr.. and
Mrs. F. G. Younkman and family.
Burdel Huber called on Winston
Jennings Sunday afternoon.
Dorothy and Rodney Jennings
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. |. M. Jennings.
Those from this community who
attended the United Rural Electri-
fication program held at Kenton
Monday were: Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman
Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. George Huber,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Welty, Mr.,
and Mrs. Peter Badertscher, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Flemming and Mr.. and
Mrs. Orvin Vert.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
Three From Here On
Juries For April

Names of three Bluffton persons
were included in the venires of grand
and petit iuries for the April term
of Allen county common pleas court.
In the list of grand jurors was
Edith Augsburger of Bluffton. Petit
jurors included Raymond Conrad and
M. M. Murray, both of Bluffton.
Others from this area on the petit
jury venire were Atmur Bergman,
Lafayette, and Lois Cupp, Columbus
Grove, Route two.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06

Burtchin, Shawnee, world fellowship
chairman, and Ruth Steiner, Bluff
ton, devotions chairman.
Resuming a commencement season
custom discontinued two years ago,
the Thespians, campus dramatic or
ganization, will present Shake
spearean play, this spring as one of
the features of graduation weetS-
"The Merchant of Venice" has been
selected for staging by the group.
LET My People Co., a three-act
drama, portraying the character and
courage of the Mennonite people,
will be presented by members of tire
Bluffton College Mennonite Peace
Society on a western tour during the
college spring recess. The group
will leave this Friday and will re-
turn to the campus 10 days later.
| Appearances are scheduled in In
diana, Illinois and Iowa. In the cast
are Karl Schultz, Rollin Moser,
Betty Keeney, Melvin Yoder, Ann
Schumacher, Margaret Berky, Leo
nard Metzker, Richard Weaver, Bert
Smucker, William Ramseyer and
the director, Carl Landes.
/
Easter vacation at the college will
be opened this Thursday and classes
will not reconvene until Tuesday
April 18.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
CAMPUS COMMENT

"The War of the Centuries: Man
VS.. Insect" was discussed by two
Bluffton college instructors in a
broadcast over Lima station WLOK,
Sunday afternoon. Speakers were
Professors M'Della Moon and II. w.
Berky, speaking on the program
known as ''The College Roundtable".
The feature is conducted by Milburn
Diller, college junior. Broadcasts
are every Sunday afternoon and will
include variety of subjects.
Members of the staff of The Wit
marsum, campus newspaper, held
their annual spring formal banquet
last week in the Walnut Grill of the
Pine restaurant. Roy Flournoy,
former columnist of the Toledo
| News-Bee, was the speaker. Karl
Schultz, editor of The Witmarsum,
was POSTMASTER.
President L. L. Ramseyer repre-
sented the college at alumni meet
ings in two states last week. On
Friday he was speaker at a
gathering in Ft. Wayne, and Satur-
day found him attending another
session in Chicago.
Members of the college home
economics class served as hostesses
to the Alice Freeman club last
Thursday afternoon. Following sev.
eral demonstrations by Magdalent
Geiger, a member of the class
luncheon was served under the direc
tion of Loreen Peters.
Leap Week" will be observed OF
the college campus this year from
May to 8, inclusive, it was an
nounced last week. During thi'
foul-day period, co-eds will enjoy al
the privileges accorded to the men
A sunrise service under auspice
of the Women's Gospel team wa
held last Sunday morning. Tn
group left for Fox hill at $3.50 a. m
A diversified program will be of
. fered during the summer session o
the college, administrative official
announced last week. Glasses vii
be offered in all divisions of tn
regular scholastic setup.
Members to serve on the Y. "
c. A. cabinet next year were ar
nounced last week by Carol Cooksor
! of Bluffton, new president. Inclue
ed are: Helene Stonehill, Linn;
program chairman; Vivian Heel
Willard, social chairman; Margart
Olivet, Chicago, social action chair
man; Rachel Criblez, Bluffton, Gil
Reserve chairman; Loreen Peter
Defiance, music chairman; Josephir
: Mohr, Bethlehem, Pa, personn,
chairman; Ann Schumacher, PaI
dora, publicity chairman; Eleane
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
Volcanoes

Volcanoes are one manifestation
of the rise of molten rock from un-
known depths to the upper levels OF
the Earth's crust. A volcano is a
vent from which hot or molten ma
terial is elected from the Earth's
interior. The essential feature of a
volcano is the conduit that connects
the interior with the exterior of the
Earth. The election of material is
termed an eruption, which to the
human mind is the most awe-lnspir-
ing and impressive of all geologic
phenomena.
Volcanoes range in size from
small cones no larger than beehive
to some of the highest mountains on
the globe. The<volcanoes of the
Hawaiian Islay6s rise from the bot
tom of the Pacific Ocean at depths
of $4,000 6 $4,000 feet, and as their
highest jsummits project $4,000 feet
aboves2sea level, they attain total
height of 10000 feet; higher than
Mt. Everest. The peaks in the Cas-
scade Range, Baker, Rainier, Adams
Hood and Shasta are volcanoes
which are now dormant or have re-
Gently become extinct. The only
active volcano within the United
States is Mt. Lassen at the south
end of the Cascade Range.
Materials of three kinds are eject
ed from volcanoes, gases, liquid:
consisting of molten rock, and solit
material in the form of fragments
This material builds up the cone.
The nature of the volcanic erup
tion depends largely on the proper
tions of gases, liquids and solids
If the eruption is explosive, th'
gases are the chief factor and sole
fragmental material is the mail
product. If the eruption proceed
quietly, liquid rock, or lava, is th
chief product and gases are les
important.
Volcanoes are therefore of thre
| types, the explosive, the quiet an
the intermediate. The explosiv
eruptions are frequently appalling
ly disastrous. Enormous quantitie
of gas are suddenly elected int
atmosphere, thickly charged wit
fine rock dust, forming dense clouc
of dark color.
The greatest known explosion wa
that of Tamboro, on Sambawa |:
land, east of Java, in 1915. Abol
30 cubic miles of material wer
blown into the air, causing darknes
during three days for distance {
800 miles from the volcano and du.
fell over an area of 100000 squar
miles.
| Krakatoa, volcano in the Stra
of Sunda near Java, became violen
| ly active in August, 1883, after
period of repose of two centurie
Great explosions occurred, whiC
blew into the air A cubic miles
dust, ash and rock fragments.
vast, dark cloud rose II miles in
the atmosphere. The finest du
eventually attained a height of
miles and travelled around the eart
several times, causing brilliant re
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Board of Trustees of Maple
Grove cemetery will receive sealed
bids for the position of sexton and
caretaker of said cemetery for the
period April l, 1889 to January 1
1910.
All bids to be in the hands of any
member of the board not later than
April 6, 1889 at 7 p. m.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Z. L. Diller, Pres. of Board as
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
Jones Directs Choir
In Radio Broadcast

Herbert Jones, senior in the de-
partment of music at Bluffton col
lege, is director of the choir of the
Lima First Baptist church, which
presented an Easter cantata over
Radio Station WLOK, Lima, last
Sunday afternoon.
Dubois "The Seven Last Words
of Christ" was sung by the group.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06

Following is the tsoelfth of a
series of tacelue articles on the
geology of the earth By DR.. Kart
Versteeg, head of the geology de-
partment of Wooster College and
recognised as one of the leading
authorities IN this feld.-EDIToR.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06

Industrial production in February,
1889, was 20 per cent below the
1929 level. Agricultural production
throughout 1888 was 10 per cent
greater than the 1929 level. Econo-
mists question the advisability of
continued high agricultural produc-
tion unless industrial plants are
furnishing enough employment SO
that the city workman can purchase
average amounts of farm products.
Fifty-one Ohio counties had filed
requests for farmers institute
speakers for the 1939-4O season by
March 10, the date when the last
1889 institute program began at
Mendon. This means that more
than $50 communities already have
planned next seasons Institutes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-06
FEED 1851

A. d. Welty, superintendent of the
Lima City Mission, last week re-
ported that during the month of
March, 1851 transients were fed and
638 were lodged. In its 25th year,
the institution provides free meals
and lodgings for transients.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-29
CROSS ROADS OF LIFE

From time to time people come to
fork in the road, where they don't
know which way to turn. The road
ahead is obscure. and many people
choose: the wrong one.
One of those cross roads of life is
reached when young people quit
school. Shall they go on to some
higher course, or shall they go to
work, and what occupation shall
they choose? A further difficult de-
cision occurs when it comes to get
ting married Shall they select this
or that mate? Life has a number
of such cross roads, and a decision
taken hastily may mean the choice
of the wrong road.
What to do at the cross roads of
life? Talk with older folks who have
travelled these ways before. Study
your own nature. and what kind of
eople you get on with. 1t seems as
if some people snapped up coin to
zee which road to take. Better do
some solid thinking.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-29
FIGHTING INSTINCT

Should a boy be encouraged to
fight or not? If your youngsters
keep coming home with bleeding
hoses and scratched faces, and it ap-
pears that they get into fights with
the kids on the next street. should
you tell them to step it, or advise
them to give as good as they get?
When a boy keeps getting into
fights. the suspicion arises that he
is trying to make himself the boss
of the neighborhood Yet some rough
kids don't appreciate the kindly
feelings of a good hoy. who just
wants to get along we'll with every
body. They think his good nature
is just weakness. Those rough fell
lows need a good licking. and your
boy may have to give it to them.
After he polishes them of, he is
likely to live a peaceful life. Most
boys have to have at least one
fight before they establish their place
in the kid world.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-29
WARS MAKE WARS

The World war was often caIlet
"The war to end war" Our peopl,
felt that if they could teach the wal
making powers that war does not
pay. no more wars would be made.
After that war closed. the League
of Nations was organized, which il
was hoped would make it next to i'm
possible to carry on wars. Then in
1928. the so-called Kellogg BRAND
peace treaties were negotiated, by
which most of the nations agreed to
not carry on wars.
A recent newspaper statement has
IL that there have been 20 wars of
some importance since the end of the
World war, and 10 wars since the
treaties of 1928 were signed. Wars
stir such intense hatred, that as soon
as nations recover a little. many of
them are at it again. Our country
can well be thankful that il has great
oceans protecting it from these ter
lible conflicts. which do no country
any good. and fill the earth with sor-
row and loss.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-29
ACTIVITY AND CONDUCT

The story is told of a Sunday
school boy who was usually trouble
some in his class. One Sunday he
was extremely quiet. The teacher
told his father what good boy he
had been on that day. The father
said he was glad to hear it, only he
thought it was perhaps because he
had been on a 20-mile hike the pre-
ceding day.
Both young and older people are
less likely to make trouble if they
have plenty of scope for activity. A
large part of the so-called lawless-
ness of youth occurs when youth has
Lad too little chance to do active
things. If they can't throw base
ball or a football, they may take
out their surplus spirits in mis-
chief.
Also older people who have plenty
of interesting things to do. frequent
ly avoid the mistakes that tear UP
families, and get them into trouble
in their daily work.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-29
AUTOMOBILE LEARNERS

In past years there have been many
people who have felt they never
could learn to drive an automobile
Many of the older people have reach
ed that conclusion. They perhaps
tried it a few times, and felt so ner-
vous that they found themselves un-
able to control the car. Some of
them had some trifling accident. and
gave up in despair.
The number of such people will
grow less, because most people in fu-
ture years will learn to run cars
While quite young. Youth takes up
new things readily. 1t is fearless
and full of confidence. and to such
folks the operation of a car seems
easy.
One of the older men tells how
he learned to run a car in the early
days. He got into the car alone on
his first drive. and drove over to the
hext town alone. without any in
struction except the information
given him before he started. He had
no trouble. in those days of slow driv-
ing and uncongested traffic. With
the fast driving of today and many
regulations to govern the driver,
things are very different.
In this time when many roads and
city centers are crowded and there
are many reckless drivers. the novice
needs careful instruction. and he
needs to study his driving methods
as he goes along and see where they
are at fault. He should learn to put
his mind right on the job. and not
allow his attention to be diverted by
The smart talk of his companions. or
he destinations of the girl by his
side.
The over-confdent driver who has
driven a few years without an acct !
lent is sometimes a peril. He may
become too sure of his ability to get
,ut of any tight spot. Some day the /
spot may be so tight. that ever his |
ast eye and hand can't get out of it.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-29
THE WORLD'S SUPREME FOLLY

War is the worlds supreme folly
With all mans marvellous science. ht
has not learned the first principles
of human relations. In his science he
measures the universe and sweeps
the stars with his telescopes. But
when it comes to conduct and action
he seems just a little unruly infant
who has not learned the first prin-
ciples of life.
So when war broke out again in
Europe. scene of countless bloody
struggles. it was an indication that
man is only mere novice and begin
ner in social science. A perfect dem
onstration was given from 1914 to
1918 that the victors in war lose as
we'll as the vaanquished.
Yet in defiance of that plain les
son. Europe is again at war. Will
the human race ever learn these pri-
mary lessons of conduct, ever find
out these obvious truths?
In invading Poland. a struggling
nation entitled to its free chance for
progress. the German government en-
counters the condemnation of the
world. The rights and wrongs of
pending controversies are not all on
one side, but such issues should be
settled by peaceful negotiation. When
Peace-loving nations are thus at
tackled. nothing is lett for them but
to fight with all their might. The
friends of bleeding Poland have done
well to come to her with prompt re-
lief and aid.
The sinking of the British ship
Athena. when many Americans were
placed in peril, is warning that this
war will be fiercely fought on the
sea. If such ships are sunk by order
of the German government. the Am
erican people will demand their fell
low countrymen be given chance to
get home in safety. The German
government should realize that when
the Lusitania was sunk in 1915 and |
many Americans perished, that cruel |
act was one of the principal causes
leading our country to enter the war. |