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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
Heart Attack Fatal
On Way to Hospital

A heart attack proved fatal tt
Solomon C. Baumgartner, I'd, retired
farmer as he was being taken tt
Bluffton hospital in the Diller ambu
lance, Tuesday night.
Mr.. Baumgartner, who resided foi
forty-eight years on farm near
Pandora, had made his home for the
past year with his daughter, Mrs
Frank Hall of near Beaverdam. He
was native of Wayne county.
Funeral services will be held al
Grace Mennonite church, Pandora
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with
Rev. P. E. Whitmer officiating. In
terment will be in Pleasant Ridge
cemetery. The body will remain at
the Diller funeral home here until
time for the services.
Surviving are one son Olin Baum
gartner of Girard and five daugh-
ters, Miss Naomi Baumgartner OF
Toledo; Mrs. Elmira Hankinson
Oklahoma City, Okla; Mrs. Almeda
Auten and Miss Arville Baumgart-
ner both of Akron and Mrs. Hall al
whose home he died.
Also surviving are three sisters
Mrs. d. C. Bixel of Bluffton, Mrs
David Steiner of Orrville, Mrs. Frank
Shoup of Holmes county and two
brothers VIM. Baumgartner of Pan
dora and Peter Baumgartner OF
Smithville.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
Where You Will
Find Exhibits At
BlufftOn's Fair

Horses-Locher barn, Vance St.
Dairy Cattle-Augsburger barn,
Cherry street.
Beef Cattle-Wilkins barn,
Cherry street.
Sheep and Hogs-Steiner Stor-
age garage (the old Stratton
garage on E. Elm street).
P0ultry-Rear of Carmack build
ing, S. Main street. (Rear of
Western Auto Associate store.)
Agricultural Products and Ladies
Domestic Arts-Second floor,
Hankish building, S. Main
street. (Above Todd grocery.)
School Displays-Bluffton High
School gymnasium.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

Rev. J. A. Weed of the Methodist
church will address the meeting of
the Parent Teacher association next
Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock. The
meeting will be held in the newly
decorated auditorium at the Grade
school.
Christmas will be the theme of
the meeting and the program will
include community singing of carols
and a program by grade school
pupils.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

Nelson Hauenstein, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein of Campus
Drive, a student in Eastman School
of Music in Rochester, N. Y, will
be heard in a radio feature mile
stones in Music" to be broadcast
from station WEAF of New York
city, Saturday at noon.
The Bluffton youth who is study
ing flute at the Eastman school will
be a member of an ensemble group
to appear on the program. He will
also play with the Eastman school
band in program broadcast Thurs
day night at o'clock over WIZ of
New York city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

1t was a mutual surprise when
two Bluffton youths, recent recruits
in the army air service, met unex-
pectedly the first of the week at
Patterson field, Fairfield, the army's
big air training school near Dayton.
The two youths, Carlton Wilson
and Americus Holden, Jr., enlisted
within four days of each other at
different recruiting stations. Neither
knew that the other was enIisting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

A week of special services at the
First Mennonite church will begin
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock and
continue each evening at T:3o, clos
ing on Friday.
General theme for the services will
be "The Certainties of the Christian
Faith.
Rev. A c. Schultz, professor of
biblical literature at Bluffton coll
lege win be the speaker and special
music is being arranged for the se-
ries of meetings. The public is in
vited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
ENTRIES CROWD
EXHIBIT SPACE
Displays Open to Public We'd
nesday Afternoon; Team
Pulling Friday
Parade on Friday Afternoon at
200 O'clock Will Close
Annual Showing

With every livestock department
but one showing an increase in en-
tries, the twenty-fourth annual fair
of the Bluffton Agricultural Society
opened here Wednesday morning for
a three-day showing.
Livestock departments in which en-
tries are heavier than last year in
clude hogs, sheep, and beef and
dairy cattle. In the horse depart
ment the number of entries has fall
len off somewhat. The poultry show,
with BIT entries, is the largest in
history.
Favorable weather during the
course of the fair is expected to
bring near-record turnout of spec
tators, judging by the interest which
has been evidenced thus far. Ex-
hibits will be open to the public on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
This years fair will continue for
three days, closing at 2 p. m. Fri
day with the livestock parade thru
the downtown area. A feature of
this closing event will be the child
ren's pet parade section.
A feature of the school exhibit
will be a series of puppet shows by
pupils of the fifth and sixth grades
to be given in the high school GYM
nasium Wednesday and Thursday
nights. The shows will begin at z
p. m. and each half-hour thereafter,
the pupils using puppets which they
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
BlufftOn Youths In Army Air
Force Have Surprise Meeting

Both attended Bluffton high school
at the same time. Wilson was grad
uated in the class of 1898 and Hold
en- last spring.
They are now undergoing the two
weeks quarantine, a routine proce-
dure for all recruits. Wilson is as
signed to the 1st Transport Squad
ron and Holden to the 5th Transport
Squadron. Their present address is
care recruiting depot, Patterson
Field, Fairfield, Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
Saint Nicholas will be Regular
Visitor Here with Gifts
For Children
Free Picture Shows for Riddles
On Saturday Afternoons
December 1928

Santa Claus is coming to Bluffton
early this year-his first arrival
scheduled for Saturday afternoon of
this week when he will be in the
downtown district to talk to kiddies
regarding the all-important item of
Christmas presents and distribute
gifts to all the children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
IN AUTO CRASH

Miss Ruth Vermillion of Orange
township and Mrs. Rozelle Link
suffered minor injuries Saturday
when automobiles driven by Miss
Ruth Vermillion and Mrs. Links
husband, Lawrence, collided at New
Rochester, south of Perrysburg.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
TOWN TAKES ON
YULETIDE DRESS
Gaily Bedecked Arches Span
Main Street Thruout Down
town District
Bluffton Public Schools and
College Will Close for
Holiday ReceSses

Buttons business district last
week was dressed in its Christmas
fnery to provide fitting and ap-
propriate setting for the approaching
Yuletide season.
Rounding arches in green holly,
ablaze with gay multi-colored lights
span Main street thruout the down
town area, and store windows have
taken on their customary Christmas
atmosphere.
Altho home and lawn decorations
are not yet in evidence generally, the
next week is expected to produce a
colorful Yuletide setting in the resi-
Dental district.
Show Windows Colorful
Show windows of downtown busi-
ness places reflect the atmosphere of
Christmas-tide and holiday decora-
tions also are in evidence in the in
terror of most shops.
Opening Buttons musical observ-
ance of the Yuletide, the Bluffton
College Choral Society will present
its thirty-ninth annual rendition of
Handel's Christmas oratorio, "The
Messiah, Sunday night, Dec. II, in
the high school auditorium.
A chorus of more than 100 voices
will assist the featured soloists in
presentation of the oratorio. Prof.
Russell A. Lantz is conductor of the
chorus.
Mail Early, Is Plea
Early mailing of Christmas greet
ing cards and parcels was urged this
week by Postmaster Ed. R. Reichen-
bach, who pointed out that the rush
of mail will grow heavier every day
that the holiday draws nearer.
A new feature in connection with
Christmas shopping in Bluffton this
year, will be the presence OF Santa
Claus in the downtown area each
Saturday afternoon until the Yule-
tide. r -sssAs = So sAs--A ss~-s.
Another attraction will be free
movies for children on the afternoons
of Dec. 16 and %. Two showings
will be made on each day.
Vacation for Students
Students in Bluffton educational in
stitutions already are looking for
ward to approaching holiday re-
cesses.
Christmas vacation will begin at
Bluffton college Thursday evening,
Dec. 81, and school will be resumed
Wednesday morning, Jan. 3.
Bluffton grade and high school stu
dents will be dismissed for the holi-
days Friday afternoon, Dec. 22, and
classes will convene again Tuesday
morning, Jan. 2.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
COUNTY RALLY HERE

Young people, members of Ep-
worth League chapters of Allen
county will hold their December
rally at the Methodist church here
next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
Lions Protected

Mountain lions and other preda-
tors are protected in the national
parks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07
BLUFFTON

A Good Place to Live and q
Good Place to Trade
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-07

The Advertising Medium for
Bluffton Trade Territory
Evening star., 1939-09-03

twenty three weeks -. feeling has left small
energy for thought; the job has been hiring
Scarlett, an exciting task.
To the role | brought no prejudices no
knowledge of Scarlett or her people except the
vivid conceptions Miss Margaret Mitchell
had warmed to life in Gone With The Wind
l had been in the United States only three
days - my first trip - when the incredible
happened on visit to the Selznick lot. My
hosts and | were viewing vast baCklot con-
f1agration, the burning of Atlanta. MIR.
Selznick, watching me in the flickerlng light,
decided was Scarlett's physical type and
asked if would let George Cukor make tests.
They were long and grueling; their result
turned my life upside down. An engagement
to open in London play; my own living
arrangements for the coming year; the chance
to see my five-ye old daughter - all werea
swept away And know no more of HollyasI
wood than when landed in it. My days, even
my dreams, have been in the Old SOutflssaS
The real Scarlett's person. u
matte that ones reaction ming ~ Il
and shock remember when 'Gc i
The Wind reached England and Crc
furore equaling the American. several
told me they had laid the book dow .
halfway through. 1T was too mud
said
Invariably these were older personR RScarlett
frightened them She was not a Victorian
Age girl at all, but someone out of her time,
a foreshadow. in ruthlessness. of spirit that
has gripped the world. Take what you want.
Never mind others. You have the right to
happiness, to 'fulhllment.' at anyones ex-
pense" People who have seen a good deal OF
life and have observed the wreckage wrought
by that philosophy. find it gravely disturbing.
Scarlett's philosophy was no conscious one;
Evening star., 1939-09-03

wildness, deep in the fighters heart there is
after all girl with human softness and weak
ness She, like us, needs help and under
standing and love, though she would die rather
than admit it. We see it clearly once when,
after she loses the baby she so desperately
wanted, she clings to Melanie.
Melanie,- of course is the books character
anchor, person to tie to. No wonder that
Southerners love her. She is the type that
makes civilization survive through every up
set - holding to her standards, serene in an
inner strength Few of us have it in such
degree, but all recognize it as precious to the
individual and the race. If l may prophesy:
when Southerners see Miss De Havilland as
Melanie they will take her to their hearts as
both an actress and woman.
While am mentioning people, there are
few to whom l must express appreciation:
MIR. Selznick himself, Mr.. Cukor and MIR.
Victor Fleming. MIR. Selznick's brilliant en-
thusiasm, and his determination to retain and
even intensity the spirit of the book ON the
screen, was inspiring to all of us. As our prin-
cipal director Mr.. Fleming had to put up with
us more than anyone else: and am everlast-
ingly grateful to him. Nowhere in my life have
l met with such uniform consideration and
kindness as during the making of Gone With
The Wind" should mention dozen Others
who were of priceless help to me - people like
Miss Susan Myrick, brilliant Southern jour
nalist who coached me in accent, in addition
to supervising the Southern manners and Gus
toms. | uiH mention two Others. MIR. Clark
Gable to whom am most grateful. Through
out the picture he has been gay, calm and 50
helpful His personality is as irresistible to his
associates as to his public. Clark is certainly
the ideal co-worker. 1t was naturally great
pleasure for me to be associated at last with
my old friend, Leslie Howard. whom | have
admired for many years but never before had
an opportunity to work with. Leslie gave me
confidence and advice on more than one occa-
sion during the long five months just past.
Perhaps the greatest obstacle iii the charac-
terization of Scarlett was the swift transition
of her love from Ashley to Rhett 1t was some
times hard to make this believable bscause in
both the book and the picture she had 50
obstinately professed her love for Ashley
(Confinvsd on poss 1o)
Evening star., 1939-09-03

RVIME begins again in few days. Life
resumes for person who must be lost
d somewhere 1t will seem strange to be
me again, instead of Scarlett O'Hara. This
S written in the last week of shooting Gone
With The Wind" and perspective is difficult.
D am 50 tired feel as if all my bones were
broken.
To condense great novel into two hours
|or even three hours on the screen. only scenes
with high emotional content are preserved.
Each must build to a crisis. Today we did the
vain scene where SCarett looked over her
pretty clothes in New Orleans; the scene
where she begins to feel her power as Rhetts
wife; and the nightmare scene in New Orleans.
where she means and tosses, wakes to tell
Rhett her terrible dream and begs him, like
small child to take her back to Tara Tonight
we will switch from the honeymoon atmos-
phere Q'm glad we saved those scenes till now
+ the only time Rhett and Scarlett were
really happy to Scarlett's ride through war
Eorn Atlanta from the lumber mill, and her
|earful encounter with two ruffians and Big
SANS timely rescue.
In five and one-half months have had five
lays off, each spent fiat on my back, just
Wing in led hoping to regain strength, or to
GSSnd new strength. We have had dawn shots
and frequent late-night shooting. The nor
Irnal'' day for us begins at nine in the morning
on the set, made up, ready to shoot - and
nds at eight in the evening more often than
K
Scarlet has seventy-two costumes (many
which will droop onto the cutting room
Dor) and thirty hair dos; four or five scenes
day involve change of costume and hair
Fess.
As we move from scene to scene, stage to
age, everything is prepared before us, ready
shoot. Coaching, script study and scene
heAsal - picturemaking' routine - are
bne on the move But the unbroken emo
onal strain wears most. This afternoon we
took" that trying nightmare sequence seven
mes. Tonight will bring different, even
nser strain.
The actress in such picture has little time
introspection. My thinking about Scarlett
as done in the dim past when read the book
nd thrilled to it, turning over the character
entally. as any actress would. Lately-for
Evening star., 1939-09-03
by WHEN LEIGH
Americas most envied heroine, the girl
who came from England TO play the part Of
Scarlet O'Hara in "Gone With The Wind"

she was merely an utterly self-centered person
"a silly girl in the sense that all self-centered
people are silly and blind. A clue to her
character lies in the fact that not once does
she display sense of humor. She thinks says
and does things that amuse the reader. but
she herself is never amused in the humorous
sense. Life to her is deadly serious business
getting for Scarlett what Scarlet wants.
You feel you want to shake her. want to say,
NO! .. Mo-, just as you want to say it to
world that now rationalizes and accepts the
Only Count" basis for conduct.
DO you really like Scarlett?" visitors to
the set frequently ask.
Like her? That doesn't express Scarlett's
attraction 1t would be hard to like girl SO
shamelessly pursuing her best friends hus-
band, so careessly cruel to Frank Kennedy,
the man she married for convenience.
"a What draws us to Scarlett is, first. the rebel
III her. She will not be fitted to her time nor to
e. 6 grounding conventions. Life fings circum-
n nd she filings them back.
|A eedom, crave it. Many love it
bread and meat. Most of US have
Dlnised with life Those who fight for
hey want will always thrill u.s.
flame of courage was Scarletts finest
We see her grim in the fields at Tara,
WITT world gone to pot, trying almost
singleh6 fed to restore the war-ruined home.
We see her in the frightful siege of Atlanta,
facing the even more personal test of having
to aid Melanie when Melanie's baby came.
She never knew what fear was, and that
instructive gallantry wins us. When Scarlett
pulled life down around her head, her head
stayed erect, and she thought only, How can
l pick up the pieces?'
And we know - Miss Mitchell cleverly lets
us discover it for ourselves - that under the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01
Governor Very Wroth Over Dual Job Defeat
tcontinued fron Page ll

point of bitter political debate, was sent to a committee on conference today in the house in an endeavor to whip it into form acceptable to both branches of the legislature.
 The measure came back to the house, where it was approved last week, with senate amendment tack ed on to make its provisions almost unlimited.
 The disagreeing action was re- ported by Speaker Walter Howe, r., Litchfield, and committee on conference immediately was asked by Rep. E. Lea Marsh, r., old Lyme.
 After hearing the debate in the senate" he said, "our heads are in whirl."
 He said few members were ac- quainted with the provisions of the senate amendment "and think they should be studied. The only way to do that is to insist upon our former action and ask for commit- tee of conference"
 Rep. Donald Francis, r., East Hartford, said he feared the bill would die as result of such move
 "The politicians are out to kill this bill, so whw not kill the poli- ticians," he declared. He recalled the parting words of the martyr-patriot NathanHale ano observed:
 q suggest it would be good thing if many members of the leg islature would announce I regret I have but one job to lose for the state"
 Might Remove BIemishes
 Rep. Edwan O. Smith, T., Mans field, who resigned as a member or the State Board of Education as result of the earlier house action, state a conference committee might eradicate some of the technical blemishes of the senate amend- ment."
 From the Democratic side of the house, Minority Leader T. Emmett Claire, Killingly, demanded action.
 q see no reason for holding ur this bill any further" he shouted. "Every member of this house knows all the provisions of the bill, feel confident, and now that the Demo- cratic senate has seen the light through the holes in the bill and has plugged them up so as to make it 8 real dual-office holding bill it does not become the gentleman on the other side of the house to stall for time."
 The senate amendment, he said, makes the original bill read merl- torious dual-job holding measure and now that it's laid before you in its cold, naked truth, you are like the gentleman at certain dis armament conference who, when faced with loss of battleships and other accountrements of war, did not want it." / After Majority Leader Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr., T., Suffield, pointed out the amendment was unconstltu- tional and should be redrawn, the conference committee was named. Marsh and Rep. George E. Jones, T., West Hartford, were named to the committee. ....-..
 The senate committee probably will be appointed tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01

to the order of D. A. Pietraroria. Total-$3, ,450.
 o. MT. Purcell, who is James F. Healey? Do you know?
 A. Yes, sir.
 o. How long have you known him? A. I've known MT. Healey, possi- bly, IS years. s @. Do you know whether or, not he is connected with any company in the city?
 A. Yes.
 o. What is the name of the com- pany?
 A. The .Connor Company. o. Do you know the initials? A. H. w., Connor. r
 Checks Issued
 o. Do you know whether or not during the years from 1891 to 1887 any checks were Issued to either. MT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01

Purcell on witness stand. Ques- toned by Alcorn)
 e. show you States Exhibit 166, MT. Purcell. Do you notice the pencil numbering on those duplicate checks? ....
 A. Yes.
 o. What does this mean to you?
 A. It means that the checks were issued without a number.
 e. And went through the bank without a number?
 A. Yes. The number was put on after the checks were paid.
 Q. And whether or not they were approved by the Board of Finance? A. They were not. Alcorn Reads:
 Jan. 26, 1885. $150. Pay to the or der of Donate A. Pietraroria. Feb. g, 1895. $50. Pay to the order of Donate A. Pietraroria. Truck hire.
 Feb. g, 1885. Truck hire $50. Pay to the order, of D. A. Pietraroria.
 Feb. 16, 1885. Truck hire. $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraroria.
 Feb. 18, 1885. Trucks for the city of Waterbury for one week. $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraro- ria.
 Feb. 25, 1885. Trucking for streets, as per invoice. $50. Pay to the order of Donate A. Pietraroria.
 March 2, 1895. Truck hire for streets. $150. Pay to the order of n pietraroria
 March g, 1895. Trucks for streets. $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraroria.
 March 16, 1885. Truck hire. $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraro- ria.
 March 25, 1895. Truck hire. $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraro- ria. .
 March 25, 1895. Truck hire. $50 Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraro- ria.
 April 6, 1885. Truck hire, $50 Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraro- ria.
 April 13, 1885. Trucking for city of Waterbury for week ending April 13. $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraroria.
 April IT, 1895. Truck hire, $15O. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraro- ria.
 April 17, 1895. Trucking for city of Waterbury. $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraroria.
 8-24-35. Trucking for the city of Waterbury. $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraroria.
 8-31-35. Services rendered city of Waterbury for trucking. $l50. Pay to the order of Donate A. Pietraro- ria. .a
 Sept. 2, 1885. Truck hire, $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraroria.
 9-14-35. Truck hire. $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraroria.
 9-21-35. Truck hire, $50. Pay to the order of D. A. .Pietraroria.
 9-21-35. Truck hire, $50. Pay to the order of D. A. Pietraroria.
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 Oct 12, 1895. Trucking, $50. Pay