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Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
AIanlo-verde
Group Enjoys
Desert Picnic
AlmO Verde Notes


A trip to Winterhaven and a
picnic on the desert was enjoyed
by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Heish,
and two children, Mr.. and Mrs. j
H. williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Straum and two children, and Mr.
and Mrs. Fern Cary.
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Richie and
daughter Doris and Mrs. Verde
Freeman and baby son were Sun
day guests at the home of Mrs
Freeman's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
A. L. Cary.
Mrs. H. B. Ross and son called
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G
E. Tuttle, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard KeffeI
spent Saturday and Sunday in Los
Angeles, visiting Mr.. Keffer's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. M. Howard
Mrs. F. w. Leng, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Dobbs, attended
the 30th anniversary of the Baptist
Church of Holtville Sunday. Mrs.
Dobbs is one of the two charter
members of the church. Still living
in Holtville.
The Almo Verde Home Depart
ment will hold its next meeting
on Thursday, December IA. The
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. F. w. Leng. Instructions and
demonstrations in candy making
will be given.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
Roosevelt Flags
Ohio Government
For Relief Crisis

WASHINGTON, Dec. s. (UP)-
President Roosevelt charged today
that the Ohio state government has
failed to meet its responsibilities in
handling relief.
He said that Pennsylvania was
doing almost twice as good a job
as Ohio.
The president criticized the Ohio
state government but did not men
ton Gov. John w. Bricker by
name.
The president referred to a men,
orandum drafted by works projects
commissioner, F. G. Harrington, at
his request. 1t reported that for
home relief in 1899, Ohio was spend
ing $70OO,OOO,O00 and Pennsylvania
S33 900 1000. The average general
home relief benefits per case, the
president stated, were Sic in Ohio
and $27 in Pennsylvania.
The president said that for the
last or 7 years there has been
definite ALLEGATION of RESPONSE
bility in relief between the federal
and state governments.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
Tax Collection
Figures Checked

REDDING, Cal, Dec. 8. CUP)-
Shasta county grand jurors today
checked Redding city tax collections
for the current period while officers
sought to serve subpoena on H. F
Riley, police chief and tax collector
in the jury's investigation into af-
fairs of his department.
Before adjourning until Monday
the grand jury adopted a resolution
requesting complete check of the
tax collectors books "as much fol
the protection of Riley as for the
public" The count is being con-
Quoted by City Treasurer A. F.
Souza, jr., in the presence of three
grand jurors.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
Maverick Cleared
In Poll Tax Case

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. g.
CUP)-Mayor Maury Maverick was
adjudged innocent today of charges
that he illegally conspired to pay
poll taxes for others during the
mayoralty campaign.
A district court jury which had
been given the case last night an
nounced the verdict. Some of the
courtroom spectators cheered.
Maverick, former New Deal con-
gressman, was charged on foul
counts of conspiring to pay poll
tax for members of the Internation-
al Ladies Garment workers union
before his election last May.
He denied the charges, and testi-
fled the entire case against him
as an attempt to smear" him
politically.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
Sports Amusement
Tax Discounted

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 8. CUP)-
Finance department officials today
discounted a suggestion of state
athletic commission members that
five per cent tax on sporting
events would return revenue of ap-
proximately $10000,000.
On the contrary, such tax would
produce less than $5O0,000, and the
cost of collecting would be prohibi-
tive, unless small admission charges
were exempt, they said.
Even state levy of 10 per cent
on all amusement admissions, with
those under 40 cents exempt, SIM
liar to the federal tax, would return
only about $1,OOO,0OO, the officials
said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
Local Option on
Ballot Next Year
Remember local option?

Remember local option?
They were familiar words during
the prohibition era and bid
fair to become familiar again. Such
a proposition will be on the ballot
at the big election next year, Coun-
ty Clerk w. j. McClelland was in
formed Friday. Local option would
give political subdivisions the right
to permit or bar sale of liquor with
in their boundaries.
The League of Local Liquor Con-
troll informed McClelland that petit
tions now are being circulated in
California by league representatives
and that the league is the official
proponent of the initiative PROPOSE
ton.
Other details of the proposition
were expected to be made public
soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
I0-Year.0Id $3.50
Reward Claimed

PHOENIX, Dec. 8. (UP)-Two
Maricopa county deputy sheriffs, j..
T. Duane and Hance Coor, today
put claims for $3.50 reward offered
decade ago for the capture of O..
v. Winer on a child stealing war
rant in the abduction of Alice YES
tai, then a 12-year-old school girl
il Phoenix.
Miner was arrested by Duane and
Coor early this week. He confessed
the child stealing, pleaded guilty
and faces a sentence of from one
to ten years in the state prison.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
.23 Here Request
u. s. Citizenship

Ming, Johann Kubler Martin Ma
thias, Marie Hedwig Muller, Rosa
Hofer, and Alois Stockalper.
Eight Greeks were scheduled to
renounce allegiance to George II,
King of the Hellenes. They were
Koungoulos Haralampos, A. Glikos
Triantafillos, Dimitrios N. Meintasis,
D. Panageotopulon, Nicolas E. Kor-
distos, Maria Shenas, and IoaniS D..
Petrogianis.
A majority of the applicants for
citizenship were trained for their
examinations in citizenship courses
conducted by Dean Glenn Kieffer at
Central Union High school night
classes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
Non-Support Case
Causes Suicide

TUCSON, Dec. 8. (UP)-Dislike
Of having to face trial on charge
of failing to provide for his wife
was blamed today for the suicide
Of John Grant, so, Tucson.
Grants body was found dangling
from a leather belt in the closet of
his downtown hotel room.
Officers learned that the day be-
fore his wife had filed a felony
complaint charging failure to pro-
vide.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
COLLEGIANS TO DEBATE
THIRD TERM QUESTION

TUCSON, Dec. g. UP)-The
question of third term for presi-
dents will be argued between debate
teams of the University of Arizona
and Drake University of Des Moines
here Dec. II and 10, it was an
nounced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
Farm Income Up
Throughout y. s.

Texas was second in total income
with $430,613,00O; California next
with $418 $4,000 and Illinois fourth
with 1881 ,486,000 California was
the only one of the four with a
smaller income this year than last,
when the 10 months total was $426,-
$4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
REAR ADMIRAL DIES

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Dec. 8. UP)-
Rear Admiral George j. Meyers,
81, commander of the base force
here, died of a heart attack aboard
his flagship, u. S. S. Argonne, yes
terdaV
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
YUMA HOST TO MEETING

YUMA, Dec. 8. (UP)-The mid
winter meeting of the Arizona NUM-
cipal league opened here today with
more than 100 delegates of the
states 81 incorporated cities and
towns in attendance.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
CONCERT ARTIST DIES

NEW YORK, Dec. 8. (UP)-Ern-
est Schelling, famous concert pian-
ist, conductor and composer, died
at his home here today.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08
BOYD TRACT
SMALL HOME SITES FOR SALE

Make home Of your own while the govern
ment is in the notion of hel ping you. $50 per month
payment is certainly better than $50 per month
rent. In few years you own something to sell for
real money! few chickens and garden will pay
the home out if you want to sell. This property
will advance in value on the MAIN ST. of the
U.S.A., paved highway 80. located Il miles east
Of city limits of Ell Centro. An acre for the price of
a lot and room enough to live like human Make
living worth while.
Write or Phone |, Jacumba, Calf.
JF.BOyD
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-08

For best results read the Post
Press Classified Page.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09

In a proclamation announced last
week, President Roosevelt set Thurs
day, Nov. %, as Thanksgiving Day,
one week earlier than calendars and
custom had designated
Announcement of the Presidents
decision to move Thanksgiving up a
week was first made last August,
and most states, including Ohio,
agreed to fall in line. A few, how
ever, will not cooperate and will OBJ
serve Thanksgiving on Nov. 80, the
last Thursday in the month, as de-
creed by custom.
President Roosevelt said he had
decided to move the holiday up a
week because of business reasons.
In his proclamation of last week
the chief executive declared that il
is fitting to continue a "hallowed
custom" begun by President Wash
ington when he asked the nation to
lay down all tasks for one day in
the year and give thanks for the
blessings granted by divine provi-
dence.
sour nation has gone steadily for
ward in the application of demo
cratic processes to economic and so.
cial problems" the President said.
In the proclamation the President
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
Modern Halloween Has Roots
In Beliefs OF Middle Ages

long before the Christian faith
spread over Europe.
Druid priests in Great Britain
more than 1900 years ago taught in
their pagan religion that Saman was
the Lord of Death. Each year at
Halloween Saman was believed to
call together all wicked spirits. Bon
fires were built to keep such con-
gregations away from homes and
communities.
In parts of Ireland today the
memory of Saman still lives, altho
the Druid faith disappeared long
ago. Halloween in those areas is
known as the Vigil of Saman".
Another phase of the modern OBJ
servance of Halloween was given to
us by the Romans. They honored q
goddess, Pomona, who was believed
to watch over trees which produced
nuts and fruit. A feast in her honor
was held on or about the first OF
November every year.
From this has come our present
custom of associating apples, "applt
dunking" and nuts with Halloween
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09

Halloween season-Season of child
ren's pranks and gay adult parties
had its inception in centuries long
past in the religious and super
natural beliefs of early peoples.
Superstition of the Middle Ages
had witches riding on broom sticks
during Halloween, and altho we to-
day do not believe such tales, it is
thought faces carved on pumpkins
are reminder of the traditional
ugly faces of witches.
In olden times it also used to be
a custom to build roaring bonfres
on Halloween to frighten away evil
spirits; and it also was thought that
witches and others associated with
evil had their own fires. Today's
counterpart of these blazes is found
in the lighted candle in the "punkin-
face.
Halloween always falls on the
evening before a Christian feast
known as Hallowmas, or All Saints
Day. The history of Halloween
however, goes farther back to a time
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
CAMPUS COMMENT

Wilmington, o.; Earlham college,
Richmond, Ind, and Manchester col
lege, North Manchester, Ind.
Members of the International Re-
lations club will attend the Ohio
Valley conference at Berea college,
Berea, KY, on Nov. Is and 10.
Bluffton college debaters are pre-
pairing for an active season, opening
Nov. Is and IT with dual meets with
Wittenberg and Capital, on the
Bluffton campus. In December Bluff
ton will participate in a series of
intercollegiate debates broadcast over
radio station WBNS in Columbus.
On the Bluffton squad this year are
Karl Schultz, Bert Smucker, Richard
Weaver, Stan Fretz, Herb Fretz,
Mark HORSEPOWER, Roger Andrews,
Harold Twining and Robert Wagner
The honor roll for the school term
1889 was announced last week
from the registrars office. This in
cludes students who had no grades
below B. On the list are: Richard
Baker, Ruth Beidler, Roberta Biery
Marjorie Bloomquist, Mason Blosser
Julia Culp, James Ehrman, Donits
Hartzler, Vivian Heck, Ruth Hender
son, Everett Hiestand, Margare'
Hobson, Maurine Lowenberg, Andrew
Shelly, Ruth Steiner, Helene Stone
hill and William Tisdale.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
College Gets S285
Monthly From, NYA

Bluffton college received an in
crease of $50 a month in its allot-
ment for the 1939-40 National Youth
Administration program on the cam
pus here.
The school will receive a monthly
total of 1886 this year, as compared
with s255 allotted for the 1938-39
term.
Findlay college vii get s120 more
per month this year-$585 being al
located for work projects at the in
stitution.
Toledo university has the highest
monthly allotment of any Northwest
Ohio school, s2,6s5. Bowling Green
State university gets S1,755.
Funds released thru the National
Youth Administration program are
for employment of deserving college
students in after-class projects. Stu
dents may earn as much as SIS per
month for work in class rooms, col
lege offices, laboratories and in re-
search and campus improvements.
| All work must be of tangible value
to the college, and of practical exper-
ience for the student.
Last year Bluffton employed an
average of II students under the
NYA program. Applicants must be
members of families of limited in
come.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
Hunters Are Warned
Against TuIdrenlid

Bluffton area nimrods who bring
home rabbits should be extremely
careful in handling and dressing the
game because of the danger of con-
tracing tularemia (rabbit fever),
state conservation officials warned
this week.
Hunters are urged to wear rubber
gloves when handling and dressing
rabbits. Symptoms of the disease
very often are not readily apparent.
Careful, prolonged cooking destroys
the bacteria which causes the disease,
it was pointed out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
Those Seeking Kick In Hunting May Get
New Kind OF Kick From Electric Fence

A hunters life is not all enjoyment
particularly since the advent of
the electric fence which can deliver
some pretty severe jolts to those un-
wary enough to come into contact
with the charged wires.
And SO the marvels of electrified
fencing afford one more obstacle
that nimrods will encounter when they
take to the field this Wednesday
in search of rabbits, pheasants and
anything else the law allows.
Many of the farms in this area
have electric fences, and altho they
generally can be identified, the prob
lem of avoiding them isn't always as
easy.
Some fences are charged pretty
weakly, but therein lies the treach-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
Spanish War Vets.
Enjoy Meeting Here

Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Murray enter
tanned at their home on North jack
son street, Sunday, veterans of Allen
county's Company c of the Spanish
American war and their families.
Thirty-one enjoyed the affair the
second to be held at the Murray home,
dinner at the noon hour followed by
an informal afternoon. Mr.. Murray
has been active in the veterans or
ganization is said to be the only liv-
ing quadruplet ex-service man.
Those enjoying the affair were: Mr..
and Mrs. t. o. Alderman of Lafay-
cite; Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Whistler, Mr..
and Mrs. C. M. Faust, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. L. Linderman, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Gribling, Mrs. NJ Carder, Mrs. Bes-
sic Bly,, Miss Odella Beal, Mrs. Aud
rey Crider, Mrs. Francis Kent, Harley
Thrust, Chas. Reynolds, all of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Brese, Shaw
nee; Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Murray and
daughter of Washington, c. H.; Mr..
and Mrs. J. V. Stage, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Badertscher and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Murray.
The following poem written by Mrs.
Abbie Alderman of Lima was read:
A charming couple out Bluffton way
Invited some friends over to spend
the day.
Mrs. Murray is very sweet and
kind
But her husbands first in the receiv-
ing line.
| He welcomes the men with greet
ing of cheer
But when it comes to the ladies'
that's different | hear.
For each lovely lady down on his
list
He has an old-fashioned greeting with
an old fashioned kiss.
! Then settles down with a contented
grin
Never dreaming what mess his face
is in.
Then as the day draws to a close
And it's time to homeward trod.
We girls all decided on a plan
To put one on Hod.
So we took out our lipstick
And we smeared it on thick
And after the goodbyes were saie
Hod really looked quite sick.
He stood and looked in amazemen
He was stunned-had nothing to sa,
The spots on his face grew redde
AS we all bade him good-day.
But he's a really fine fellow
We thing he's pretty good sport
And Hod, dear, we're all sorry
To lipstick we had to resort.
Today We'll be more considerate
Well treat you as we should any ma
Down deep in our hearts we know
Hod
For lipstick you don't give a darn.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09

Robinson Crusoe," a three-act
comedy based on the famous char
acter of story-book fame, will be
presented in the Bluffton High audi
torium Nov. 28 and 20 by the speech
classes of the school. A tentative
cast selected last week Includes:
Carolyn Stonehill, Billie Bechtel,
Charlotte Santschi, Marjorie STRAIT
ton, Dorothy Greding, Georgia Fish
er, Herbert Klassen, George Myers,
Ray Niswander, Wanda Diller, Mad
lyn Isham, Doris Garmatter, Helen
Soldner, Doris White, Betty Stein
man, Harriet Blome, Harlan Swank,
John Stettler, Relph Short, Arthur
Thiessen and Harold Santschi.
L. Donifen, Marion, Ohio, lawyer,
will be the speaker at a special
chapel service in the auditorium at
| p. m. this Friday. His topic will
be "a Challenge for Good Citizen
ship" The American Legion is
sponsoring the chapel as an Armis-
tice Day observance.
An Aetna reactometer is being
used in gymnasium classes to show
students the quickness of their re.
action. The principle is based or
how soon the person being tested
reacts when he sees stop light OF
sign. The average reaction for boys
and girls is one-fourth second.
Class rings were selected last
week by members of the junior
class, and order will be placed this
week. This year it was voted tt
change the Pirates crest, appearing
on rings of the last few years, tc
"B".
Students in the speech department
will present playlet, Proposal by
Proxy, at a Thanksgiving chape
program. In the cast are: Betty
Steinman, Ralph Short, Harriet
Blome, Dale Grismore and Arthur
Thiessen.
Members of the Girl Reserves re-
Gently organized handicraft clas:
for making leather work, wall hang
ings, etc. Mrs. Russell A. Lantz i!
the supervisor.
An American Red Cross first ali
school will be held in the Blufftol
High cafeteria one night week fo
period of 10 weeks. The opening
session was held last Monday night
Approximately 20 have enrolled fo
the course.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
IIUO From Here To
Be Church Lecturers

Two Bluffton educators are among
the speakers scheduled for sessions of
the Allen County Methodist School of
Religion and Life, series which in
cludes weekly meetings in Lima from
Thursday, Nov. 8, thru Dec. IA.
A. j. B. Longsdorf, superintendent
of Bluffton public schools, will be in
charge of the class on ,,The Christian
Message for Our Day."
DR.. Lloyd L. Ramseyer, president
of Bluffton college is scheduled as the
lecturer for a special meeting Nov.
30. He will speak on individual and
Social Elements in Christianity"
Rev. Judson Weed, pastor of the
Bluffton Methodist church, is one of
the members of the committee arrang-
ing for the school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
AAA Pays S35,399
To Allen Farmers

The Allen County AAA Committee
today announced that $35, ,399.91 in
conservation payments has been dis
tributed to Allen county farmers who
participated in the 1889 AAA farm
program. The money represents pay
ments earned by farmers who coop
Grated in the farm program by keep
ing within their individual allotments
and carrying out approved soil build
ing practices. This represents 20 per
cent of the total payment estimated
at $120,O00.00 for the county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09

An amateur night program was
presented last Saturday in the col
lege chapel under the sponsorship of
the college social committee. Each
class presented one feature. Pro-
ceeds will be used to purchase a new
piano for the Ropp hall dining room.
Miss Harriet Criblez, graduate
from the college in 1887, now teach
ing at Millersburg, addressed meet
ing of the Y. w. c. A. last week.
Her talk was drawn from observ-
ances of a summer tour thru Europe.
Representative of the mems gos-
pei team appeared Sunday in the
Mennonite church at Grabill, Ind.
They were in charge of morning and
evening services.
Eight Bluffton delegates attended
the conference on "The Student and
the World Christian Community,
held on the Oberlin campus last
week end. Those attending from this
campus were Elenore Burtchin,
Evelyn Burkhart, Jean Habegger,
Betty Keeney, Elizabeth Rasmussen,
Karl Schultz, Richard Weaver and
Miss Edna Ramseyer, faculty advis-
or of the Y. NJ. c. A.
President L. L. Ramseyer and
Prof. ]. H. Loganbill have completed
a tour thru Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas tt
study student aid programs carried
out by other colleges and univers
tiles.
Bluffton college will be host to ;
historic Peace Church conference, t.
which delegates from five denomina
tional colleges are expected on Dec
l and 2. Two Mennonite colleges
two Friends colleges and one Breth
rem college will be represented a
the session. The schools will in
clude Bluffton, Goshen college, o
Goshen, Ind; Wilmington college
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
Be0Uerddna HOldup
Suspect Ruled Guilty

After two hours deliberation last
week an Allen county common pleas
jury found Paul Shaffer, 10, formerly
of Lima, guilty of participating in the
armed robbery last Aug. 81 of the
Blue Bell restaurant in Beaverdam.
Imposition of sentence was with
held by Judge Neal L. Lora, to per-
NIT counsel for Shaffer to file a mo-
tion for a new trial.
Arthur Detrick, 21, and Woodrow
McClung, %, both of Lima, were ar
rested and accused with Shaffer of
robbing Miss Lavonne Beemer, wait
ress and Mrs. Leota Peters, proprie-
tor, of $45 in an early-morning hold
up.
Detrick pleaded guilty to an armed
robbery indictment last week and was
sentenced to 10 to 25 years in the
Mansfield reformatory. McClung
pleaded not guilty and is awaiting
trial in the common pleas court.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
Lima Rescue Mission
Observes Anniversary

This month marks the BIRD ami
versary of the Lima Rescle Mission.
founded by Adam ID. Welty, former
Bluffton area resident, who has serv-
ed continuously as superintendent of
of the institution.
During the missions 33 years of
activity nearly one-half million tran
sients have received lodging and food.
In the month of October, just closed,
the mission fed 1892 persons and pro-
vided overnight lodgings for SIG.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09

cry of the whole thing, for about the
time the hunter gets accustomed to
them he may stumble acros one that
if touched will set him back on his
heels with a real shock.
1t is reported that some farmers
are running fences with load taken
directly from regular power lines,
and that in many other cases the
voltage is reduced only slightly. As
a consequence it behooves every
hunter to beware of every single
strand fence that looks as if it
might be electrified.
Hunting season opened at noon
on Wednesday, Nov. s, and many
from this district are planning to be
among those in the field when the
restrictions are lifted.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-09
NeU Motors Put
In SnOlU Cruiser

New motors were installed in Ad-
miraI Richard f. Byrd's 37-ton snow
cruiser at Erie, Pa, plant of the Gen
eral Electric Co., over the last week
end.
The motors replaced two which
were damaged when the gigantic We
hicle left the highway near Conner a
week ago last Saturday, and lay stuck
in the mud of a creek bed for three
days.
Following replacement of the mo-
tors the snow cruiser continued its
journey to Boston on Monday.