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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Bluffton Girl Awarded Prize On
S. S. Normandie; Meets Celebrities

Meeting Mary Pickford, Buddy
Rogers, Norma Shearer and Ignace
Jan Paderwski on the s. S. Nor
mandie was the honor recently ac-
corded Miss Harriet Criblez as a re-
suit of winning the prize by the
Normandie for being the first person
to sight land.
In addition to meeting the cele-
brities, who presented her with or
chids and rare perfume, she received
all first class privileges of the boat
for day.
Miss Criblez also had an interest
ing experience when the boat was
called to answer an S. o. s. call near
the coast of Ireland. A sailor on a
nearby freighter had the misfortune
of broken leg. Several sailers and
doctor went out to the freighter in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
BluftOn Couple To
Celebrate Golden
Wedding Anniversary

Golden wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Lowell, of South
Main street, will be celebrated at
their home on Sunday, June 25. The
couple were married so years ago,
June 20.
A dinner will be served Sunday
noon for the immediate family and
open house will be held from 2 to 5
o'clock in the afternoon.
The bride of so years ago was
Miss Lille Harlow, daughter of
Joseph and Saraheta Harlow, of
McComb. The groom was A. B.
Lowell, son of Joseph and Nancy
Lowell, also of McComb.
The marriage was solemnized in
the home of Rev. Cooper, pastor of
the McComb Presbyterian church.
Attending the couple were the brides
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. V. C. McAtee of Dundee, Mich
igan, who are expected to attend the
celebration.
Also attending the celebration
Sunday will be another sister of
Mrs. Lowell, Mrs. H. ]. Cooper, of
Findlay.
The couple went to housekeeping
in McComb where they lived for Is
years, then to Findlay where they
lived for five years. They lived in
several other cities before taking up
their residence in Bluffton II years
ago.
Mr.. Lowell is a carpenter and
contractor and is still engaged in
this business. They both enjoy good
health. Mrs. Lowell was 68 years old
| on May Is and Mr. Lowell was IL
last September 2s. They are active
members of the Methodist church of
/ Bluffton. Mr.. Lowell is the only re-
naming one of eight children in the
family.
They are the parents of three
daughters, Mrs. L. r. Reese of Ben
ton Ridge; Mrs. Ward Marshall and
Mrs. L. L. Clymer of Bluffton. They
have seven grandchildren and one
great-grandchi1d.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
800 AT MEETING
OF MENNONITES
Sunday Session of Middle Dis.
trict Conference Draws
Many to Bluffton
Mennonite Congregations of
Five States Represented
At Four-day Meet

Representing an aggregate mem.
bership of 5,400 communicates in five
states the Middle District Conference
of Mennonites concluded its annual
meeting, four day session, at the
First Mennonite church, Tuesday af.
ternoon.
Comprising the Middle District
Conference are 20 churches of the
General Conference distributed as fol.
lows: Missouri, one church; Indiana
two churches; Illinois, three churches;
Iowa, four churches and Ohio, ter
churches. The Middle District Con-
ference is one of seven district con-
ferences which make up the General
Conference.
This is the second occasion in which
Bluffton has entertained the Middle
District Conference, the previous
meeting having been held here in
1915. The General Conference, which
consists of 145 Mennonite churches
has held its triennial sessions in Bluff
ton twice previously, one in 1911 and
then again in 1888.
Clearing House
The conference bringing together
as it does, ministers and prominent
laymen of the district, serves as a
clearing house for matters of COM
mon interest, including progress
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
College EnrOlis 40
At Summer Session

With 40 students enrolled and
late registrations expected, Bluffton
college opened its annual nine weeks
summer school session, June Is.
DR.. ]. S. Schultz, dean of The
college, is director of the summer
session. Regular teachers offering
courses this summer are: Prof. H.
w. Berky, DIR. I. w. Bauman, Mrs.
A. M. Myers, Prof. Otto Holtkamp,
Prof. Sidney Hauenstein, Mrs. Pearl
Mann and Dean Schultz.
Prof. Donald Bowman, of Ohio
State university, is offering special
courses at the college this summer in
mathematics and physics.
The summer session closes on Aug
ust II.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
REDUCTION IN
ELECTRIC RATES
New Schedule Effective With
June Billing; Home User
To Benefit Most
Charges for Heating Service
viii be Increased this Fall.
Board Announces

Reduction in Blutfton's electric cur
rent rates effective with the June bill
ling on July l was announced this
week by the Board of Public Affairs.
A fiat reduction of one cent ner
XVIII viii apply to each initial rate
classification as compared with the
present schedule, it was pointed out.
The starting rate in the future will be
five cents per XVIII in contrast to the
slx-cent schedule previously in effect.
In announcing the electric rate cut.
members of the board at the same
time declared charges for municipal
heating will be boosted.
Higher Heating Rate
New heating rates will become eff
fective on October /, and under the
revised schedule users will pay 20
cents per square foot of radiation.
This is an increase of five cents over
the former charge of Is cents per
square foot.
Complete data relative to the de-
crease in electric current rates was
not released by the board and the
schedule of PROCESSION will not be
announced until its completion in ap-
proximately another week.
In commenting OH the reduction
members of the board said the de-
crease will apply to domestic, COM
mercial and industrial rates. The
home consumer, however, will benefit
the most, it was pointed out.
First Cut Since 1886
Bluffton's present electric current
rates have been in effect since Febru-
airy, 1896, when 20 per cent reduc-
tion was made from the previous
schedule.
The rates adopted for dwellings in
1886 and which are being reduced are
as follows: First 80 XVIII, 6 cents
per XVIII; next 80 XVIII, cents per
XVIII; next 40 XVIII, cents per
XVIII; next 100 XVIII, 21a cents per
XVIII; and next 200 XVIII, cents
per XVIII. There is minimum
charge of so cents per month.
Under the new schedule the start
rate will be five cents per XVIII, and
members of the board said reductions
will be made also in other progressive
steps. Complete details will be de-
termined and announced before mail
ing of the June bills on July 1.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
FIRE RATE BOOST
is F0RESTALLED
Cleaning of Water Mains Means
No Increase in Towns
Insurance Schedule
Water Pressure i'm Mains In
creased Between 80 and 40
Per Cent by Cleaning

A contemplated increase in Bluff
tons fire insurance rates because of
lack of water pressure has been
forestalled by cleaning Of the towns
three-mile network of water mains.
State underwriters for some time
have been urging that steps be TAX
en- to better the water pressure, and
within the last year they indicated
fire insurance rates would be in
creased unless action was taken.
Following cleaning of the water
mains, tests taken here by repre-
sentatives of the underwriters asso-
ciaiton showed water pressure has
been increased between 80 and 40
per cent.
Preliminary tests were made on
North Main street and others will be
taken soon by the same group. 1t is
felt, however, that the pressure gem
orally has been increased by as much
as one-third and that there is no
need for boost in the insurance
rates.
Cleaning of Bluffton's water mains
was started early in May and com.
pleted in June at the suggestion OF
the state board of health.
A dual benefit has been CLEANED
because of the program, however
since the health boards recommenda
tions were carried out, and at the
same time the project was in lin,
with suggestions made by the under
writer's association.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Local Authorities Studying Mandamus
Given Hardin Group By High Tribunal

Bluffton school authorities are in
vestigating the June 14th ruling of
the state supreme court whereby a
writ of mandamus was issued to
compel the state department of edu-
cation to include average daily at
tendance of 81 nonresident pupils
of the Roundhead Rural school dis
trict, Hardin county, in the basis of
apportionment of state school funds.
The high court, however, denied the
writ to six of the nonresident pu-
pills.
Comparisons on this ruling We're
being made in the Bluffton schools
which lost $4,000 in payments from
the school foundation fund because
the board of education did not collect
tuition from 81 Orange township
pupils living outside the district dur
ing the 1937-1938 school year.
In the Roundhead case it was adj
mitted that 27 pupils lived more
than one and one-half miles from the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Wife SHccunbs In
Indiana HOspit0L

Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. A. A. Frederick
of South Bend, Ind, which occurred
in hospital in that city.
Her husband, well known TO a
number of people here, is the bro
ther of DR.. H. 0. Frederick of Ash
tabula, former Bluffton dentist.
Funeral services were held in
South Bend last Wednesday. Be-
sides her husband she is survived by
one son and one daughter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22

"a lifeboat and brought the patient
back with them.
She also had the honor of attend
ing a birthday ball in honor of the
captains daughter. The entire trip
across was marked by amusements,
deck games, shows and swimming.
They arrived at Havre, France,
on the afternoon of June 9Th. She
reports that France is very beau
tiful country with crops and har-
vesting much in advance of the
states.
Miss Criblez, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Criblez, south of town,
is visiting relatives in Switzerland
and will study for one term at the
University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
She will return to Bluffton during
the latter part of the summer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22

which the church is making, it's ac-
complishments in mutual undertake
ings as well as forum for discus
sion of the various problems confront
ing the denomination in this district.
Over one hundred registered dele
gates augmented by hundreds more
of laymen from this immediate dis
trict have provided excellent attend
ance at the various sessions held in
the First Mennonite church and the
high school gymnasium. Total at
tendance at the sessions has been es-
timated at about 800. Principal
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
DR.. c. o. Lehman To
Head State Normal

DIR. Clarence o. Lehman, well
known in this community, will as
sumo the presidency of the State
Normal School at Potsdam, New
York, effective July first.
DR.. Lehman at the present time is
head of the department of teacher
training at the State Normal school
at Geneseo, n, Y, position which
he has held for a number of years
He graduated from Bluffton col
lege in 1915 and is the younger bro
ther of Prof. G. A. Lehman, also
we'll known in this community.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
ReU. VIM. SchlUab To
Hold Meetings Here

Rev. William Schwab, pastor of
the Missionary-Alliance church of
Duluth, Minnesota, will hold series
of meetings at the First Missionary
church in Bluffton starting July 27
and continuing through August 2.
Rev. Schwab is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Schwab of Lawn avenue
and formerly lived in this vicinity.
Services will start each evening at
7:45. The public is cordially invited
to attend these meetings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Sandusky Librarian Describes Trip
Around World On British Freighter
Permanent Wave Can be Se-
cured in Manila Beauty
Shops for 2Hc
Tells Lions Club of Unique Ex-
periences and Voyage on
Tramp Steamer

Description of a trip around the
world on a tramp steamer was given
by Miss Dorothy Keith, librarian at
Sandusky, Ohio, at the regular meet
ing of the Lions club at the Walnut
Grill, Tuesday evening.
Miss Keith chose a British
freighter for her adventure because
of the more cosmopolitan nature of
the crew which consisted of Malay,
Javanese, Chinese, Russian, and
English sailors.
The trip around the world took
five months, which included many
stops at islands along the way as
well as many out Of the way ports.
The passenger list was made up of
four men and four women.
The trip circling the globe was
made by way of New York, Panama
Canal, Japan, China, India, Philip
pines, Java, Bali, Africa and then
back to Halifax and New York.
The boat, "Prince of China"
picked up cotton for the Orient in
Savannah, Ga, and airplanes for the
Orient in California. Once the boat
was completely loaded it took 21
days to cross the Pacific.
STORMY WEATHER
A dreadful storm was encountered
in the China Sea which made it ne
cessary to chain the passengers in
their beds. Everyone crawled on
| hands and knees in order to get any
place. The severity of the storm
made it necessary to eat in the spe-
cial dining room of the ship where
even the dishes and spoons were
chained to the table.
She went shopping for hair net
in Manila, P. l., and finally found
one in a hardware store. Here she
was arrested and put in jail for
driving her carriage down the wrong
street. In the native section of the
town, where all of the buildings are
Continued on page 81
Il
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
COMPROMISE is
OFFERED BOARD
Orange Township Group Of
fers to Give Up Part of
Territory
Hancock and Union Boards
Considering Compromise
Made Saturday

An offer to compromise the four
year-old battle of Orange township
electors to be attached to the Bluff
ton school district instead of the
Union township area is the newest
development in the tangled school
situation.
Orange township representatives
made the compromise suggestion at
meeting of the Hancock county
board of education last Saturday
night in the hope that the drawn
out controversy might be brought to
an end.
Their suggestion was that areas
in which preponderance of electors
favor affiliation with the Uunion
township district, having changed
since the original petitions for trans
fer were set up, be permitted to re-
main in that district. Other areas
involved, however, have not changed
in sentiment, the spokesmen said,
and should be assigned to the Bluff
ton district for school purposes.
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY
1t is understood that less than
one fourth of the aggregate area
over which the fight has been waged
for assignment to Button would be
involved in the compromise. Details
were not announced, pending further
developments.
After the compromise measure had
been submitted, the county board
agreed to present it to the Union
township board of education and in
dicated that the matter would be
taken up at once.
Representatives of the Orange
township group at the meeting were
Jesse Anderson, S. s. Amstutz
Harry Anderson and Will Beagle.
No reference Na1 made relative t,
the compromise offer in the an
nouncement made to newspapers fol
lowing the session.
VANLUE TRANSFER MADE
Before the Orange township mat
ter was discussed at the meeting las
week, the county school board trans
ferred the Vanlue portion of Marion
township to Findlay as commanded
by the Ohio Supreme court.
Orange township electors point ou
that the Marion township case il
similar to theirs and see in th'
Supreme Courts ruling evidence tha
they also will eventually win theil
extended battle.
Altho the Marion township are;
was transferred to Findlay the cas'
is not yet settled, inasmuch as th'
Hancock county board ruled last Sat
urday that the Findlay school dis
trict must assume approximate.
| $4,000 of the Vanlue school debt.
Issue has been taken relative t.
the debt transfer, inasmuch as Mar
ion township residents do not con
| slider they have ever rightfully beer
a part of the Vanlue school district
They fought Vanlue affiliation from
the beginning and finally won thei
battle in the Supreme Court. Whel
the county board first assigned tn
district to Vanlue, the area had n,
| school debt.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Will Attend ". e. A.
Meet In California

Superintendent and Mrs. A. j. B.
Longsdorf are leaving Monday for
San Francisco where Mr.. Longsdorf
will attend the annual conference of
the National Education Association
from July 2 to 6.
He will attend the conference as
the delegate from the northwestern
Ohio district. They will also visit
friends and relatives in the west.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Births

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Diller of
Pandora are the parents of a son
born Monday at the Community
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Augsburger
are the parents of a daughter born
at the Community hospital Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Summer-With
All Accessories
Checks In Here

CUMMER-season of the bath
- ing suit, shorts, ice cream
cones and Iemonade-officiaIIy
checked in at Bluffton, Wednes-
day.
Also Wednesday was the
longest day of the year with the
sun at its most northern point
from the equator.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22

If some men expended as much
energy in trying to earn a dollar as
they do in trying to borrow one they
would never have to borrow.
The Washington times., 1939-01-26


wrong, and when the head Of that
nations banking system (Eccles)
broadcasts that no nation "need
impoverish itself by borrowing
from ITSELF" we know it.
I ask you, does it seem to you
to make sense to talk about q ma
ton borrowing from ITSELF?
Can you borrow from yourself:
OF course not.
Can a corporation borrow from
itself? OF course not.
How, then, can "the Govern
ment" borrow from itself2 The
answer is 1t can't.
ABSURD RESULT"
Suppose you think Of "the ma
tion" or "the government" a
being just all of US. Suppose Il
to be 10000, 900 individual Ameri
cans. Then the question is, car
all of us borrow from each otherf
Can each Of 10000, 900 Americans
borrow from each Of 10000, ,0OC
Americans?
The absurd result would be that
each Of us would put his hand ir
one pocket and pull out @ green
back to lend to another citizen, al
the same time that each Of VI
with his other hand would put into
another pocket another greenbacl
borrowed from another citizen!
If you still think this could bC
done, why should we ever do any
work or raise any taxes or worry
The Washington times., 1939-01-26
CAR LOADINGS
UP FOR WEEK

Q.N.S.) Loading Of revenue
freight for the week ended Janu.
ary 81, totalled 6so,S59 cars, an
increase Of 3,482 cars above the
preceding week and an increase Of
20,126 cars above the correspond
ing week in 1888, the Association
of American Railroads announced
today.
Miscellaneous freight 221 ,655,
decrease 1874, increase 14,878;
merchandise less than carload lot
146,586, increase 1.117 and 1000;
coal 1888, increase 7.719 and
6,2s6; grain and grain products
5000, decrease 1,027 and 3,067;
livestock 1889, increase 687, de-
crease 1,740; forest products 81
24O, increase 824, decrease 40; ore
1864, increase Lis and 1906;
coke 1868, increase SOL and 943.
The Washington times., 1939-01-26
STOCKS BREAK
.1TO5POINTSIN /
SELLING WAVE
Fifth Successive Day Of
Market Decline
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 I.N.s.)
The stock market broke ! to 4
points today in q rush Of selling
which sent the ticker q minute
behind. The break marked the
fifth successive decline to revive
fears over the situation abroad.
Prices started weak, steadied
briefly and then crumbled with
confirmation Of the fall of BARGE
Iona, Some support appeared
when the selling ran its course
but rallying power was limited.
DU POINT DROPS
Hardest hit were the blue chips
Du Pont fell 5 points, Westing'
house and Johns-Manville over 4
each, and Eastman Kodak and
Allied Chemical 8 each.
SteelS were again under heavy
pressure. youngstown fell nearly
3 points, Bethlehem 2 and U. 8.
Steel nearly as much. Chrysler
led the auto list down with a
decline Of over 2 points.
RAILS, COPPER OFF
Rails suffered losses running to
q points or more in Union Pacific
and Santa Fe. Declines in coppers
ran to nearly 2 points, and rubbers
lost as much. Sizable losses also
developed in aviations, tobaccos
utilities, mail orders and communi.
cations.
Foreign exchanges were mar.
row and price trends mixed.
Cotton was lower and grains quiet
Bonds were depressed.
The Washington times., 1939-01-26
BY the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics
prices paid shippers Net f. o. B.
ManhinRfnnl

prices paid shippers Net +. o. B.
WashinRtOn)
Eggs-Market unsettled on Govern
ment graded eggs; weak on nsarby
ated eggs (January 26): Whites. L. S
extras, large, 2lc; U. S. extras, me
d.ums, 17c; u. s. standards, large. 19ci
U. 5. standards, medium, lSc; u. s.
trades, l5c. Nearby ungraded eggs:
Current receipts whites, lie; mixed
Live Foultry-Maeket about steady.
Fowl: Colored, all sizes, IL 611Sc; few
higher No. Is, 10@12c; leghorns, l?9
13c; roosterE, l09l1c. Chickens: Vir
sizes, 17q1Sc: No: 9s l2@13e. Della;
ware Rocks and Crosses: Broilers and
fryers, all sizes, 160l7c: No. rs, l2@
13c. Mixed colored tryers. lac. Capnns:
7 lbs. and up, 2S@2Sc slips and small
sizes size. as 1sS'Ce; S:,, GuineaS' , lbs and
IL. c. L. Express Receipts at WASH, d. G.
Florida-36 14-pound lugs avocados; "a
llugs lines; % bushel baskets lima beans;
10 bushel baskets parsley: aS bushel
baskets peppers: 4s lO"pound baskets to-
matoes.
California-32 15-pound lugs avocados.
Pennsylvania - 124 3-pound baskets
mushrooms.
Virginia-5 barrels watercress.
Unknown origin-45 crates mixed vege-
tables
Apples-Market steady. No carlot ar
rivals l unbroken car on track. Bushel
baskets, u S No. /, Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia and West Virginia,
Grimes, az inch minimum. 759S5c: 2h-
inch minimum. 81; 2%-inch minimum.
s1S1,l5; ripe all sizes. SeSaSc; YGrks; ;Ho IS
minimum. 8l10@1.15: ~ inch minimum,
lt1.I5q1.25; U. S. Utility. 6Ocq 800 as
| to size; Staymans, 2A Inch minimum,