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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
On Capitol Hill
BY GEORGE L. KNAPP

Washington, d. C. ILNS).-One Of
the great tragedies of the American
worker and his family has been un-
rolled before the Monopoly Committee.
1t is the tragedy Of industrial or week
ly payment life insurance
Here is table, condensed from one
of those laid before the committee,
showing the percentage of industrial
life insurance policies which termin-
ated during 16 years by the death of
the insured.
1922-1925. 5................. 6.14 per cent
1926-1929. .................. At per cent
1930-1933. 3.......... 3.11 per cent
1934-1937 4.01 per cent
In other words, only from 81 per
cent to Cid per cent of these work
ing families received what they paid
for. The rest Of those policies went
out of existence in different ways, the
vast majority by lapses, that is, fail
ures to pay.
Here is another table, showing the
amount of industrial insurance bought
by working families in these years:
1922-1925. S 6,768,534 900
1926-1929 .. 1851 ,06S,000
1880 0-1933...... 19,S78,956,C
1884 1887 7..... 1927 ,466,000
And here is another table showing
the total amount they collected out of
that insurance in the same years:
1922-1925. ..-................ $348, 100000
926-1929 929... 500, 1885, 900
1930-1933 33.... 619,269,000
1934-1937 7....... 635, 100000
Without a shadow of doubt, the
sizable sums which these workers were
paid were a godsend to them when
they got it. But without shadow Of
doubt, too, they got, collectively, from
little over per cent to little over
per cent of what they had bargained
for.
X X X
Nothing else in the well planned
and certainly well filled visit of the
King and Queen of Britain to Wash
ington was quite so unique, so in
genious as the musicale which they
heard at the White House.
Only in that place of all the world
could such program be given. Am
erica is not supposed by the Old World
to have much distinctive music. The
Windsors-George's predecessor in the
World War took that name-can tes-
tify that we have quite lot. Negro
spirituals, cowboy ballads, folk songs
from the southern mountains and from
the early west-they covered deal
more than century. Buffalo Gals
was a fairly old song when the Presi-
dents mother was a girl; and some of
those spirituals probably are not as
old as this administration.
Schubert and Tschaikowski were
there, too; and at the finish, the royal
visitors must have felt at home. They
sang "God Save the King" which tune
we swiped for "My Country 'Tis of
Thee; and the "Star Spangled Ban
ner," the throat-twisting tune first
written for "Anacreon in Heaven"
P. S. Someone should tell some
newspaper men that a young range
calf is not "doggie" but DOGGY
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22

Always Demand the Union Label.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
STATE EMPLOYEES UNION MEETS

Columbus, o. (OLNS).-Second an
nual delegate assembly of Ohio State
Employees, Local 5, affiliated with the
American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees, will be held
in the Virginia Hotel here June 28
and 20, Royal E. Clements, president
of the Union, announced last week.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22

and friends of Charles Albright, pres
ident of Limoges China Co. Come to
the meetings. Au Revoir.-O. c. AZ.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
Home Education
THE Child's First School b ~
Family"-Fr0ebel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 10th
Street, New York City. These arti-
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22

This poem was composed by Evelyn
Daugherty a patient for five years at
Hopemont, w. Va. sanitorium, who
passed away June 3, 1899. Evelyn dedi-
Gated this poem to her mother and
father who are still living.
Evening star., 1939-09-22

ing seed with moisture, while tho
fieshly part provides 1t with food.
This is the answer to the question
Of how coconut trees grow on small
islands hundreds Of miles from other
lands. The nuts are carried there
by the current and come to rest on
the shore and with their own food
and drink supply, which enables
them to sprout and take root.
Evening star., 1939-09-22

Meeting in the Carlton Hotel,
members also heard the Rev. Oliver
J. Hart, chaplain Of the club, relate
that an air of utter calmness pre-
walls at West Point in regard to
the war situation. He said he had
made observations Of the mood of
the academy when preaching there
SUNDAY.
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Coconuts Corry Own Food

At the end Of q coconut there are
three round spots. Beneath one Of
these nestles q tiny, fiat seed. II
the nut falls on suitable ground, the
seed sprouts through the hole. The
milk, which drains from the fleshy
part Of the nut, provides the sprout-
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Dr.. Silver to Speak
At New York Fair

DR.. Edwin H. Silver Of this city
will discuss visual problems con-
fronting motorists and aviators at
Z Congress of Vision" to be held
Sunday in the Hall of Special
Evening star., 1939-09-22

The Autocar Sales q Service Co.,
trucks, $31 ,884; American Steel &
Wire Co., electric cable. $14.853, and
the General Gable Corp, electric
cable, $14,446.
A $28, ,686 contract for canned corn
was awarded to Thomas & Co.,
Frederick, Md.
Evening star., 1939-09-22
NuvyLets Five Contracts
TotoIinq $165,624

Five Arms giving Washington ad-
dresses yesterday received Navy con-
tracts totaling $685. ,624. They are:
Fleetwood Craftsmen, Inc, mat
tresses and hair, $70,980; Interna-
tional Harvester Co., trucks, $33 400;
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Wartime Broodcustinq
Methods Described

An OF -the-record description Of
methods of wartime news broad
casting from Europe was presented
to members Of the Cosmopolitan
Club yesterday by A. D. Willard, jr.,
manager of Station WJSV.
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Events at the New York Worlds

Events at the New York Worlds
Fair.
Chairman Of the Motor Vision
Commission of the American OPP
tometric Association and an author
ity on highway safety, he will pre-
sent results OF new experiments
undertaken to discover the part
played by the eye In automobile
and aviation accidents.
Evening star., 1939-09-22

More care, less dare.
Evening star., 1939-09-22

Alpden, Mohoir nnd Wool
are scientifically blended
io give you q Topeodt 50
luxurious. sturdy and sers-
neobIe thof il is .1r.iqus
n cIoth;ng history.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
WILL LEAVE NEXT.
WEEK FOR AFRICA
Former BlufftOn Woman and
Husband to Sail from
New York City
Will Resume Mission Work i'm
Belgian Congo in Interior
Of Africa

Missionary service in the heart of
Darkest Africa" will be resumed
this fall by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Seneff, who have been on a fur
Tough in the United States since the
spring of 1888.
Mrs. Seneff was formerly Miss
Lillian Welty, of this place, daugh-
ter of John Welty, on Cherry street.
On visit with her father here at
present, Mr.. and Mrs. Seneff will
leave for New York next week, from
where they will shortly sail for
Africa.
Working under the African In
land Mission, an interdenominational
board, Mr.. and Mrs. Seneff are To-
Gated in the highlands of Belgian
Congo, deep in the heart of Africa
The Congo is approximately a third
as large as the United States.
Mombasa, seaport for the region
in which the Seneffs are located, is
1900 miles from the mission station
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Matter-Arnabrecht
Wedding Saturday

Marriage of Miss Ruth Matter,
daughter of Mrs. Bertha Matter of
Cherry street and Frank Armbrecht
of Findlay was solemnized at the
parsonage of the Reformed church
here in a quiet ceremony Saturday
night at 7:30 o'clock.
The marriage service was read by
Rev. Emil Burrichter, pastor of the
church. The couple was unattended.
The bride was attired for the oc-
casion in rofance blue satin with
accessories and carried lovely bou-
ouet of roses and cut flowers.
After the ceremony the couple
left on weeks wedding trip thru
the southern states. On their return
they will reside in Findlay.
The bride is graduate OF Bluff
ton high school in the class OF 1892
and has been employed in the office
of the Page Dairy plant here. The
groom is also an employe of the
Page plant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
In New Locations

Rev. Carl Landis and family, oc-
cupying the residence at Cherry and
Mound streets, known as the former
Storer property will move Thursday
to Chicago where Rev. Lands will
have charge of Mennonite mission
and also study in a theological SEM
mary. During his residence here
he was in charge of Bluffton college
student work projects. He is also
secretary of the Mennonite Peace
society.
l.. A. Oberly and family will move
Thursday from the Mrs. F. L. Todd
property on Cherry street into the
property vacated by the Lands
family.
Rev. Arthur Albro and family of
Elkton, Mich, are expected here Fri
day and will occupy the Mrs. Todd
property vacated by the Oberly fam
ily. Rev. Albro comes here to as
sumo the pastorate of the Missionary
church recently resigned by Rev. c.
L. Grabill.
Rev. C. L. Grabill and family are
vacating the Mrs. Minnie Patrick
property on Riley street this We'd
nesday and moving to Denair, Cali
fornia, where he has accepted the
pastorate of a Missionary church
They are making the trip by auto,
Rev. Grabill, pastor of the Mission
ary church here for the past ten
years recently resigned. aadmaa
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Wells will
move Friday from the South Jack
son street property of the Misses
Clara and Ella Geiger to apartments
in the Mrs. Orpha Harris residence
on South Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Greiner have
moved from the Clymer farm north
of Bluffton to the w. H. Stepleton
property north of town on the Dixie
highway.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Miss Catherine Gratz Scheduled
To Sail Middle of October
For France
Plans for Years Study Before
Leaving for Africa Mission
Field

Plans of Bluffton young woman
to study in Paris for missionary
service in French West Africa may
be disrupted by war clouds lowering
over Europe.
Miss Catherine Gratz, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gratz, of South
Jackson streets, is scheduled to sail
from New York city on Oct. 10 for
years study in Paris, preparatory
to going into the African mission
field.
What effect the war scare may
have on her plans has not yet been
determined, but at present American
officials are warning all citizens tC
return from continental capitals and
are discouraging others from going
overseas.
Miss Gratz, who recently resigned
her position as a home missionary
in Ft. Wayne, will leave for New
York city on Sept. 19 where she is
to spend a month in preliminary
study of French and African native
languages. On Oct. 10 she had
planned to go to Paris for a year
of advanced study.
Following completion of her course
she is to go to French West Africa
where she will be located on the
western border of the Sahara desert
for four years.
Miss Gratz will go to Africa un-
der the board of foreign missions of
the Christian Missionary Alliance
church. She will be maintained
however, by the Missionary church
Farewell services for Miss Gratz
will be held in the Bluffton Mission
ary church Sunday night at 7:3C
o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
ENROUTE HOME
FROM EUROPE
Former Bluffton Man on Dutch
Liner to Land in New York
Next Tuesday
DIR. Emmet Harshbarger Tenn
porarily Stranded as Re-
suit of Threatened War

Stranded in Europe during the past
week when the threat of war resulted
in cancellation of German steamer
schedules, DIR. Emmett Harshbarger,
former Bluffton high school instructor
succeeded in booking passage on a
Dutch liner and is expected to land
in New York city next Tuesday.
Word to this effect was received
the first of the week by his wife and
two sons who recently arrived here
from their home in Bethel, Kansas,
to visit her mother, Mrs. Sarah Geig-
er and the Rev. G. t. Soldner family
on Cherry street.
DR.. Harshbarger who has been in
Europe for the past two months had
his return passage engaged on the
North German Lloyd line when all
sailings were Cancelled last week be-
cause of the prospect of war.
Sails on Veendam
One of the thousands of Americans
stranded in Europe by the unexpected
turn of events, the former Bluffton
instructor obtained passage on the
Veendam, a small Dutch liner.
DR.. Harshbarger was one of eleven
Americans granted fellowships to
attend the Academic of International
Law which met at The Hague, Neither
lands this summer. Fellowships were
given by the Carnegie Peace Endow-
ment.
DIR. Harshbarger viii be remember
ed here as an instructor in Bluffton
high schoo. for four years, -1926-30.
He is also a graduate of Bluffton col
lege. For several years past he has
been an instructor in Bethel college
at Newton, Kansas and is one of the
officers of the Kansas Institute of In
ternationa1 Relations.
Mrs. Harshbarger and sons, togeth-
er with Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Fretz
of Chicago who are visiting here will
leave Thursday on motor trip to
Cambridge, Mass, where they will
visit at the home of Mrs. Karl Nord-
strom, sister of Mrs. Harshbarger and
Mrs. Fretz. From Cambridge they
will go to New York city to meet DR..
Harshbarger next Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
SCHOOL HERE TO
BUY new BUSES
Purchase Will Be Made At
Special Meeting This
Thursday Night
Number of Buses Operated Will
Be Reduced From Six
To Five

Purchase of from one to three buses
for transporting rural pupils to class
es in BIuffton public schools will be
considered by the board of education
at meeting Thursday night in the
high school office.
Altho the board has asked for bids
on from one to three new vehicles, it
has been indicated unofficially that
the latter number will probably be
bought.
Buses purchased this year will be
of larger capacity than those former
ly operated, and the number of We
hicles in service will be reduced from
six to five, members of the board have
pointed out in discussing the matter.
Larger buses, together with de-
creased enrolment from rural areas
make it possible to operate satisfac-
torily with five buses during the COM
ing year, it was announced. Old bus
es will be used this fall until the new
one are delivered.
viii Buy Coal
In addition to the bus proposition
the school board will consider bids
and let contracts for furnishing Goa
for the grade and high school build.
ings.
Bids for the sale of state schoo
foundation refunding notes in the
amount of $1,000 will be received by
the board at this session. These -four
per cent notes, held by the Citizer
National bank, accumulated during
the last year.
They represent a direct obligation
of the state school foundation fund
When Foundation funds are due ane
the state lacks finances to make the
distribution, certificates are sent tx
school districts authorizing them tt
borrow money on the strength of thu
certificate, it was pointed out.
Another matter to be decided a
Thursdays meeting is the hiring o
an instructor for the new vocationa
trade school department, which wa
added to the school curriculum tw'
weeks ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
COUNCIL TO GET
SEWER ESTIMATE
Cost of Intercepting Lines and
Complete System Ready
Monday Night
Council to Set Machinery in
Motion for November Elec-
tion on Question

Final arrangements will be made
at special meeting of the town
council next Monday night for sub
mitting the proposed municipal sew
age disposal system question to vote
in the regular November election.
Engineers will have estimates
completed by that time, and COM
plete data will be turned over to the
councilmen, permitting them to set
machinery in motion to include the
bond issue vote on the ticket this
fall.
Estimates are being prepared on
an intercepting sewerage system,
calling for the construction of main
sewers along the banks of Big and
Little Riley creeks, into which the
present private lines would empty.
In addition the cost of completely
sewering the town will be presented.
Vote On Intercepting Lines
1t is believed, however, that the cost
of a complete new system will be
prohibitive, with the result that the
vote will be on the intercepting set
up. Other lines thruout the town
could be constructed later if desired.
Estimates are being drafted by the
Toledo engineering firm of Champe,
Finkbeiner and Associates. 1t has
been roughly estimated that an in
tercepting system will cost approx
mately 100000, and that rs per
cent of the total would be betrayed
by the WPA.
This will be the third time in
recent years Bluffton voters have
ballotted on the sewage disposal
question.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Capt. Rene Studler is Military
Attache to American
Embassy
Has Been Assigned to Present
Post in England for Past
Three Years

In the midst of feverish British
preparations for war, anti-air raid
drills and nightly blackouts, for.
mer Bluffton resident, Capt. Rene
Studler, now in England is obtain
ing closeup view of world history
in the making.
Capt. Studler, son of Mrs. Paul
Studler of South Jackson street is
stationed in London as military
attache to the American ambassy.
He and his wife have been in London
for the past three and one-half
years.
His mother had expected to visit
in England and on the Continent
this summer, but cancelled the trip
because of the uncertain interna-
tional situation. Mrs. Studler has
had no word from her son since a
letter written on August 1, at which
time conditions had not yet reached
the acute stage.
Capt. Studler and his wife visited
in this country last fall, arriving in
Bluffton the middle of October and
accompanied by his mother went to
California for a month.
Previous to his London assign
ment, Capt. Studler was stationed at
Manila, Philippine Islands.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Auto License GiUes
Clue To Melon Raid

Raiding of farmers melon patch
by sixteen members of the Bluffton
high school football squad after
skull practise" Tuesday night came
to grief when numbers on the license
tag of one of the automobiles fur
nished a clue as to the identity of
the raiders. *h
Dan Walters, Putnam county mel
on grower said he obtained the IL
cense numbers of one of the cars
whose occupants he claimed were in
his melon patch and notified the All
len county sheriff's office.
Deputy sheriffs were here Wednes-
day morning working on the case
and rounded up sixteen youths at
the office of Mayor w. A. Howe.
All of the youths are juveniles and
the mayor said that a hearing would
probably be held in the juvenile
court at Lima Wednesday afternoon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Name Orange TUp.
Candidates Monday

Orange township candidates for
the November election were named
Monday night when Republicans and
Democrats held caucus meetings at
Orange Center.
Candidates nominated were:
Republican-Trustee, John A. War
rem; clerk, Harry Ream; justice of
peace, ]. Harvey Gallant; constable,
Ebert Anderson.
mocratic-Trustee, Henry Which ;
clerk, Ralph Carts; justice of peace,
Gilbert Montgomery; constable, Ralph
Henry
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Kindergarten To Be
Privately Operated

Kindergarten for pre-school age
children operated as WPA project
last year will be continued this year
as a private enterprise since there
is no federal appropriation now
available.
Miss Ruth Lampson, in charge of
the school last year announced she
would continue the school after hav-
ing been requested to do SO by a
number of parents.
Classes will open next Tuesday in
the Grade building, room having
been provided for this purpose by
the board of education. Hours will
be in the morning from 9 until 1880
o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
WINDOW EXHIBITS

A cluster of fourteen apples on
one small branch attracted attention
in the News widnow display the past
week. The apples were grown in
the orchard of Rev. j. Norman King
on South Main street and exhibited
by Elijah Cramer who occupies the
place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
TO TEACH IN LAFAYETTE

Miss Ruth Greding, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Greding has ac-
cepted position for the coming
year as instructor in English and
Latin in the Lafayette high school.
For the past four years she has
been an instructor in the high school
at Waterville, having resigned that
position.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
To Graduate From
Ohio State Friday

Wade Lape, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
e. S. Lape of Grove street will be
graduated from Ohio State univers-
ity Friday morning at commence
ment exercises marking the close of
the summer quarter.
Lape is a senior in the college of
commerce and has been specializing
in marketing. Mr.. and Mrs. Lape
and daughter Betty will attend the
graduation exercises.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
VOcdl Program, At
Mennonite Church

Gordon and Marvin Hilty, Bluffton
vocalists, will be heard in a sacred
concert at the First Mennonite
church, Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The Hilty brothers recently returned
from an extended concert tour thru
the west. In their appearance here
Sunday night they will be accompan-
led by James Bixel of this place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
TO TEACH AT COL. GROVE

Miss Barbara Hauenstein, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Hauen-
stein. of Bluffton, has been hired as
an instructor at Columbus Grove
high school, it was announced last
week.
Miss Hauenstein will teach junior
high scocial sciences, world history,
senior English and American gov
ernment courses.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL OPEN HERE NEXT TUESDAY
Stops Here On New York To San
Francisco Journey By Airplane

cisco airport of the t. w. A. lines
recently went by plane to New York
city. On his return he stopped at
the Dayton airport where he was
met by his Uncle Virgil Moser of
that city who brought him here by
auto.
He left Dayton by plane Monday
morning for Boulder, Colorado,
where he will stop and motor to
Aberdeen to visit his parents before
returning to San Francisco,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31

Kent Moser, 20, of San Francisco,
eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Moser of Aberdeen, Idaho, formerly
of Bluffton, stopped off on trans
continental airplane fight from New
York city to California to visit Sun
day and Monday at the home of his
uncle Ezra Moser and family north
of Bluffton and also his grandfather,
J. j. Badertscher of East Kibler
street.
Moser, employed at the San Fran
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
TO TEACH IN BEAyERDAM

Miss Rita Hankish, who has been
teaching in the Conner schools re-
signed at that place to accept a posi-
ton as instructor in music and
English in Beaverdam high school
for the coming year. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Hankish of this place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Real Estate Deal

Willis Cummins has purchased the
building lot at the corner of South
Lawn avenue and West Kibler street.
The lot was formerly owned by the
late Alvah Snyder who laid founda-
tion for a residence on the site.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
LIONS SPEAKER

Supt. A. J. B. Longsdorf who
recently returned from a summer
motor tour thru the west will ad-
dress the meeting of the Bluffton
Lions club next Tuesday night at
6:l5 in the Walnut Grill.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31
Birth

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Niswander of
Jenera are the parents of a daught-
er born at the Bluffton hospital,
Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-31

"Thieves Steal Dogs in Hollywood
The PUPKEEP there must be
pretty high.