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Evening star., 1939-06-14
League Gives
Citizenship
Awards
Teacher and School
Get Citations at
Meeting

Presentation of awards to the
teacher with the best definite pro-
gram for the appreciation Of citizen
ship in the elementary schools Of the
District and to the school with the
best sustained program promoting
citizenship featured dinner meet
ing of the Washington unit Of the
Women's Overseas Service League
last night at the Admiral Club.
Mrs. Donna May s. MulQuin Of
Bryan School received a member
ship in the District of Columbia
Elementary Principals Association
as an award for the program In her
grade, while the Henry Blow School
received a picture of the signers Of
the Declaration of Independence,
the presentation being made to the
principal, Miss Julia c. Taliaferro,
for the best school program.
More than go entries were con-
sidered by the judges, the final de-
cisions being based on the consist
ency Of programs throughout the
year.
Mrs. Wallace w. Chiswell. past
president Of the league, made the
awards, as 1t was during her ad-
ministration that the program
toward promoting appreciation Of
citizenship was initiated. Miss Hazel
Nelson. the new president, opened
the meeting, and Mrs. Virginia Arm
listed Nelson. patriotic chairman,
presided over the patriotic features
of the program. Miss Katharine
McKiever was the piano accompa-
mist for group singing of patriotic
songs.
Judges in the contest were Miss
Nelson, Miss Nelson and Mrs. Helen
Cream.
The members discussed the
leagues convention to open July 2
in San Francisco. Delegates will
be Miss Nelson, Mrs. j. N. Steed
and Mrs. Chiswell. Others expect
ing to attend are Mrs. Fred FRANKIE,
vice president of the Third Corps
Area; Miss Faustine Dennis, a past
president of the unit; Miss Ruth
McClelland, editor of the leagues
publication Miss Martha Peden and
Miss Sadie Caughey.
Japan has a shortage of silk mill
Evening star., 1939-06-14

ing list continues to grow, she added.
At the head table with Mrs. Key
ser were: Mrs. G. E. Ferguson, Mrs.
Robert Lyons, Mrs. w. w. Scott,
Mrs. Howard Hodgkins, Mrs. G. B.
Keyes, Mrs. Charles Dasher, Mrs.
w. w. Badg(ey, Mrs. Lloyd Biddle
and Mrs. Otis j. Rogers. Guests
included Mrs. Irene B. Brumgart,
Mrs. Frank Mulkern, Mrs. Kath-
erin Boyee. Mrs. 8. M. Meek, Mrs.
c. M. Houchings, Mrs. G. E. Hun
gerford and Mrs. L. Marbury.
Evening star., 1939-06-14

nual picnic luncheon yesterday at
the home Of the president, Mrs.
Prentiss Wilson, 2940 Albemarle
street NV. About 40 members at
tended the. affair Of the spacious
grounds and porches.
Evening star., 1939-06-14

following sponsors: Mrs. Theodore
Wilkinson. chairman; Mrs. George
Rublee, Mrs. Keith Merrill and Mrs.
Emory SoLand. The luncheon was
arranged by Mrs. Winslow Van De-
vanter,
Evening star., 1939-06-14

A business meeting was held, when
reports were read on the progress
made at the birth control clinic,
7l5 E street S.W., during the last
year.
Among those present were the
Evening star., 1939-06-14

Japan has shortage of silk mill
workers because many have been
called to military duty. .
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24

as no other people, participate in po-
litical life.
Indeed, there is no other Capital
quite similar to the basic character of
Washington. In Europe the seats of
government are located in London
Paris, Berlin, Rome and Moscow, all
the largest cities of the land. If our
politicians had stayed in Philadelphia
prehaps there would be a combined
metropolis-capital in the U. S. A.
No Big City Atmosphere
Washington, however, consists only
of people working for the government
working for agencies related to the
government or people providing goods
and services to the former two cate
gories. And, as matter of fact, the
District of Columbia does not have a
big city atmosphere.
Those in the gay activities of dip
lomatic and high-up political society
are in a minority. The average per-
son here is just an ordinary mortal
who wishes he would still be living
in the county seat back home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
BluftOn Pastor To
Leave For California

Rev. C. l.. Grabill of the Bluffton
Missionary church has accepted a
call from the Missionary church of
Denair, Calf, and will leave with
his family for that place next week.
The Bluffton pastor, together with
his wife, two sons and daughter will
make the trip west by automobile.
The vacancy in the Bluffton pulpit
will be filled by Rev. Arthur Albro
of Elkton, Mich. Rev. Albro, with
his wife and three children will ar
rive in Bluffton next week to take
up his pastoral duties here Sept. l.
Rev. Grabill has been pastor OF
! the Missionary congregation here
since it was organized ten years age
and has been largely instrumental
in the building up of the church.
Meeting were held in the towr
hall until five years ago when the
congregation purchased frame
church structure and moved it to it
present location on North Lawr
avenue where services have sine,
been held.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
CAUCUS
DATES ARE SET
Republicans and Democrats
Will Name Nominees
Next Week
School Board and Township
Nominations to be Made
By Parties

Richland township caucuses will be
held next week by Democrats and
Republicans to name candidates for
the Bluffton Board of education, and
six township posts.
Republicans will hold their caucus
Thursday night, August 81 in the
Bluffton town hall, and Democrats
will meet at the same place Friday
night, Sept. 1.
Two nominees will be named by
each party for the Bluffton board of
education, with only electors from the
school district participating.
For the township nominations elec-
tors from Bluffton, Beaverdam and
the rural areas will be permitted to
take part.
Township NOMINEES will include one
trustee for four-year term, town
ship clerk treasurer for four-yeai
term; two justices of peace and two
constables.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
TOWN TO VOTE ON SEWERAGE SYSTEM THIS FALL
HISTORY MAKING BATTLE LOOMING OVER HOT
NEUTRALITY ISSUE WILL ROCK NEXT CONGRESS
WRITES FORMER BLUFFTON BOY IN WASHINGTON

Under the caption "A Small
y Towm Boy IN the Nations
Capitar', Don E. Smaeker, form
erly of Blufton gives closeup
uiew of current affairs IN Wash
ington. Smscker has been IN
the capital this summer IN the
interest of neutrality legislation
and has had the benefit of nu-
n,erous official contacts in this
Work.-EDIToR.
By every standard of comparison
Washington is the most unique city
in the United States. 1t is only nat
ural that more Americans have visit
ed or worked in the Capital than any
other metropolitan center, for here
is the very nerve center of our poIit-
ical life.
Every day one see a seemingly end.
les caravan of sightseeing buses full
of people with craned necks. BEHIND
that awe and wonder are years OF
study, interest and anxiety about the
affairs of state since the Americans
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24

A further paradox is the rapid ex-
pansion of Washington in the mo-
ments when the remainder of the
country is experiencing a depression.
The statistics on the expansion since
1888 are almost unbelievable. When
the New Deal came to power there
were 65,437 people employed here by
the government; today there are 121,-
933 or an increase of IS per cent.
Building Boom
The monthly payroll has increased
from S11, ,103,449 to S21, ,458,S16, an in
crease of over SO per cent. Natural
ly, this kind of expansion has called
for an increase in office and apart
ments. Today there is a building
boom here with an endless succession
of new homes and apartments, reach
ing well beyond the actual boundaries
of the District which is s miles square.
Thousands of employees live in Mary
land and Virginia suburbs, close by.
Most impressive, however, are the
new and the old government bildings.
Continued on page q
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
NO WPA WALKS
HERE THIS YEAR
About "a Want Walks But
Program Too Small for
New WPA Setup
Last Sidewalk Construction was
In 1898; First Such
Program in 1886

Bluffton will have no WPA side
walk construction program this year
according to present indications,
Mayor w. A. Howe reported Tues
day, following study of the situa-
ton.
About two dozen scattered prop
erty owners have indicated their i'm
terest in having walks built under
the WPA program in which they
pay for the materials and the fed
eral government provides the labor.
However, the project apparently
is too small for consideration by the
WPA, Mayor Howe reported, par
ticularly since officials of the federal
setup of late have indicated pre-
ference for larger programs requir-
ing a maximum of man hours.
Unless there should be additional
signers or the WPA policy is
changed there is very little likeli-
hood of a sidewalk or curbing con-
Structlon program IN biuHton lnis
year.
Walks have been built here under
the WPA program since 1886, the
last such project being in the sum-
mer of 1888.
In 1888 construction the WPA
crew laid 5,528 feet of new walks,
four feet in width. Work was done
on 73 individual properties and at
13 village street crossings. In addi-
tion several blocks of new street
curb were laid. The aggregate cost
was approximately $4,000, including
the federal expenditure for labor.
WPA constructed walks are of ap-
proved construction, with a four
inch base of stone and a four-inch
top of concrete.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
Fill Vacancy On
Democratic Ticket

Arden r. Baker of the Triplett
Electrical Instrument company has
been named by local Democratic
committee to fill the vacancy on the
party ticket caused by the with
drawal of Orden Smucker, nominee
for town council.
Smucker, instructor In Bluffton
high school, withdrew from the
ticket as one of the Democratic can
didates for council following the pri-
mary two weeks ago.
His withdrawal was due to the
fact that he has been given years
leave of absence to attend Ohio State
university, Columbus, where ne viii
teach and also do graduate work
He and his wife will leave next
month for Columbus.
Baker, who will take his place or
the Democratic ticket has been con
nected with the Triplett company II
advertising and personnel work FOL
the past three years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
In New Locations

Coach and Mrs. Dwight Diller who
returned the latter part of last
week from Ann Arbor, Mich, are
occupying the Martha Steiner prop
erty on South Lawn avenue. Coach
Diller, in charge of athletics at
BIuffton high school attended sum-
mer school at the University of
Michigan.
John Hirschfeld and family moved
Monday from the Ed Marquart farm
south of Bluffton to Lima where he
is employed at the Westinghouse
plant.
Rev. C. L. Grabil and family who
have been occupying the Mrs. Min
ME Patrick property on Riley stree
will move next week to Denair
Calf, where he has accepted a pas
torate.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
About Forty Rtsgtl
Loss Claims Filed

About forty claims for losses in
the rural districts near Bluffton will
be filed as a result of the tornado
which swept this section ten days
ago, it was indicated the first of the
week by officials of the two mutual
insurance companies which insured
most of the property in that locality.
TIE Richland Township Farmers
Mutual Insurance association officers
states that about 25 claims would
be filed with their organization
ranging from $5 to $100.
The Mennonite Mutual Aid society
will be called upon to settle only
about Is claims. Included in this
number, however, are two of the
heaviest losses, that sustained by
buildings on the Chris Santschi
farm two miles south of Bluffton
and the Amos Thut hay barn with
in the corporation limits. Other
claims, however, will be under 800
officials stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24

Doe, Nearly Full Grown Sighted
on Emil Garau Farm South
of Town.
Animal Leaps Fences Easily
and DISAPPEARS into Thicket
Near Creek

A deer, the first to be seen in this
locality In years, was sighted south
west of Button last Friday afternoon
The animal was seen at various times
during the afternoon by more than a
half-dozen Iaerls as it jumped high
fences with surprising agility and fin
ally disappeared in a thicket near
little Riley creek on the Homer Gratz
farm.
From description furnished by those
who sighted the animal, it is believed
to be doe nearly full grown. How
the animal came to be in this locality
has been exciting much comment. II
has not been seen since Friday and
its whereabouts are a mystery.
The deer was first reported as hav.
ing been seen by Francis Basinger
Aaron Messenger and Ulysses Reich.
enbach, carpenters making repairs OF
the barn at the Emil Garau farm two
miles south of Bluffton on the Rock,
port road, Friday afternoon about
o'clock. - s-s@aaa
The animal appeared to be Wild anC
fled at the sight of humans. AS il
crossed the Rockport road it was seer
by James Davis, Caesar Klayk anc
others of crew of workmen engaged
in cutting weeds alongside the high
way. Later that afternoon it was Re
ported as having been seen Abx-& p
Steiner, farmer residing in that "
cinity and Philip Basinger, Blufftoi
meat market proprietor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
Drivers Licenses
On Sale Sept. 5

Drivers licenses for 1910 will go
on sale thruout the state on Sept. 5,
it was announced last week by the
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Motorists must provide themselves
with the new licenses before Octo-
Der /.
Robert Lewis, deputy registrar of
motor vehicles, will be in charge OF
the issuing of licenses here. He
will open an office at the Steiner
Chevrolet garage.
In applying for new licenses, mo-
torists must present their 1889 GER
tifcates, according to new ruling
by the state department.
Licenses for 1889 must be present
ed in order that any convictions
made for violations of motor vehicle
laws may be readily seen by the
registrar.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
Births

Announcement has been received
here of the birth of a daughter TO
Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Schultz who
are spending the summer in Chi
cago. Rev. Schultz is an instructor
in Bluffton college. The family will
return here this fall and occupy the
Clayton Bixel property on South
Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Williams of
Leipsic are the parents of a son
born at the Bluffton hospital, Mon
day.
A son, Thomas Bruce, has been
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Glib
soon Joliet, ILL.,, according to word
received here. Mrs. Gibson was Miss
Kathryn Harper who formerly re.
sided near Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
WOULD Be BUILT
AS WPA PROJECT
Proposal Would Include Inter-
cepting Sewers and
Disposal Plant
Cost to Municipality is I'M
officially Estimated at
$4,000

The question of issuing bonds for
Buttons share of the cost of
WPA sewage disposal project will
be submitted to voters of the town
at the November election, it was
indicated Monday night at a meeting
of the council.
An engineering firm was retained
by the village governing body to
prepare estimates on the cost of the
program, data which will be neces-
sary before machinery can be set in
motion to include the bond issue vote
on the ticket this fall.
Altho the council took no official
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
NO TRANSFER OF
| ORANGE DISTRICT
Hancock County School Board
Takes No Action Following
Court Order
Case Expected to Come to Hear
ing Before Court of APP
peals, Sept. q

With the Hancock county board
of education ignoring order of the
Third District court of appeals to
transfer the Anderson territory of
Orange township to the Bluffton
school district, it is indicated that
the three-year-old controversy will
be fought out in the courts this fall.
At the regular August meeting
last Saturday, the board took no
action relative to the transfer.
According to County Superintend-
ent E. E. Ray, members of the board
preferred to let the matter go to a
hearing before the court of appeals.
In writ issued two weeks ago
by the court, the county board of
education was ordered to transfer
the Anderson area to Bluffton by
Sept. s., or to file an answer show
ing why such transfer was not made
1t was also provided in the order
that in case the board did not com
ply a hearing would be held in the
Hancock county court house on Sep
tember 81.
Refusal to comply with the order
one the part of the board, means
the case automatically will be taker
into court for the likely final solu
tion in battle that has been wagec
since Orange township was redis
tricted three years ago following
abandonment of the one-room rura
schools.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
LeaUe On Months
Tour Thru West

Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Romey and
daughter Carolyn of South Main
street will leave Thursday on an ex-
tended automobile tour through the
west. They will stop at Minneapolis
to visit at the home of Mr.. Romey's
sister, Mrs. j. c. Welty and visit in
Payette, Idaho, at the home of Jesse
Hilty, brother of Mrs. Romey.
In Wilmington, Calf, they will
visit Sam Romey, a brother and also
Otto Kibele, formerly of Blufftor
who is prominent in shipping circles
of that city. Among scenic spots
they plan to visit the San Francisco
exposition and Yellowstone park.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
BIufftOn Sheep Raiser Ships
Two MerinOs To South America
Journey on Board Ship Requires
10 Days; Must Unload
In Baskets
Kohl Brothers Sell Ram and
Eve to Prominent South
American Breeder

Two purebred Merino sheep, a
ram and a eve, shipped by Kohl
Brothers, north of Bluffton, will ar
| rive i'm Peru on Augnst 80 after Is
days on board ship.
The sheep were forwarded from
New York City on the West Coast
Line freighter, 'Frida", consigned to
J. C. Romero ObIitas, of Nunoa,
Peru, South American breeder, on
Aug. II, by way of the Panama
Canal.
Nunoa, however, is not on the sea-
coast and the sheep will be unloaded
at Mollendo, Peru, where the water
is so rough and the coast so rugged
that it is necessary to transfer
freight from the larger freighters
to smaller boats by basket.
Oblitas made his selection of sheep
from photographs and description
of the animals forwarded to him by
i, Kohl Brothers.
Translations of first correspond
ence from him, written in Spanish
were made for the local breeders by
the 13-year-old daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. Clarence Jones, missionaries to
Ecuador, who had been visiting with
her grandfather, Rev. A. D. Welty
of Lima. A reply also was writer
by her in Spanish.
Later translations were handled by
Manuel Caragol, former employe oi
The Triplett Electrical Instrument
| Co., whose home is in Barcelona
Spain. After his departure fol
Spain in June, translations have
been made by DR.. Wertheim, of thu
Findlay college foreign language de
partment. All correspondence ha'
been by airmail, with about nin'
days time required enroute.
On board ship the sheep are being
cared for by an attendant, accordin,
to instructions given by the Kohl
Brothers. They were shipped il
crates five feet by three and one
half feet by three feet, with built
in hangers.
Climatic conditions in the ney
home of the sheep will be slight,
different than those in Ohio, becaus
of the high altitude, but no i'll eff
fects are anticipated.
Before purchasing the sheep it wa
necessary for Oblitas to obtain per
mission from the Peruvian govern
ment to import them.
i Merino sheep originally came fror
Spain, but in recent years tn
American breed has proved superio
and is widely sought by breeder
Most South American breeders no
make their purchases from th
United States as a result.
Two previous shipments have bee
made to Uruguay by the Kohli'
whose Merino sheep are held in hig
. favor by leading South America
{ breeders.
Rev. Clayton Steiner, a missionai
to Peru, is now stationed at Lin
o about 200 miles north of Arequip
: Hiram Kohl has written a letter
t Rev. Steiner, advising the date Il
:, sheep were shipped and suggestii
: that he make arrangements to S
them.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
TO Direct Mennonite
Mission In Chicago

Rev. Carl Lands, who has been
in charge of student work projects
at Bluffton college will move in Sep
tember with his family to Chicago
where he will have charge of the
Twenty-sixth Street Mennonite mis-
sion.
While in Chicago he will also
study at a theological seminary in
that city. Assisting him in work at
the mission will be six Mennonite
students who will attend the semin-
ary and the University of Chicago
Rev. Landis for several years has
been secretary of the Mennonite
Peace society with headquarters
here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
Set Caucus Dates
For Orange TWp.

Orange township Democrats and
Republicans will hold party caucuses
at Orange Center next Monday night
at 7:3O o'clock, to nominate candi-
dates for the various township Of
fees.
Republicans will hold their meet
ing in the school house and Demo-
Gratis in the township house, both
of which are at Orange Center.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-24
Afternoon Wedding
In College Chapel

A wedding in the Bluffton college
chapel this Wednesday afternoon at
a o'clock when Miss Alma Hilty of
Bluffton becomes the bride of Russell
Mast of Walnut Greek, Ohio, will
mark the elimination of romance
that began while both were students
in the college here. -~~ 2
The wedding which will be wit
messed by immediate families to-
gether with close relatives and inti-
mate friends win take place before
an improvised floral altar amid dec
orations of ferns and gladioli and
lighted by the glow of tall cathe-
dral candles from candelabra on
either side.
Rev. Paul Whitmer pastor of the
Grace Mennonite church, Pandora,
will officiate, using the single ring
ceremony. The bride entering ON
the arm of her father, c. ID. Hilty.
who will give her away, will wear
the gown in which she was crowned
Bluffton college May queen two years
ago. 1t is of white lace, princess
style with finger tip length veil.
Her bouquet will be of white glad
ioli.
Her only attendant will be her
sister, Miss Agnes Hilty who will
wear gown of peach lace with net.
George Stoneback of Goshen, Ind,
roommate of the bridegroom while
attending college here, will be best
man.
Ushers will be Hiram Diller of
Pandora and the brides brother
Harold Hilty of Rising Sun.
A program of wedding music pre-
ceding the ceremony will be opened
with Miss Mareen Bixler at the or
gan playing Rubenstein's Romance.
Miss Lucille Hilty, sister of the
bride, will continue the program
with a group of vocal numbers
"When I Have Sung My Song" by
Ernest Charles and Debussy's "Ro-
nance"
Miss Bixler will be heard in an
organ number Dedication" by Franz
after which w. r. Mast, father of
the bridegroom will sing "Ice Liebe
Dich" by Grieg, "Calm as the
Night, Bohm and conclude with
"Believe Me If All Those Endearing
Young Charms.
An organ number "Drink to Me
Only with Thine Eyes by Miss Blk
Ter will be followed by DeKoven'e
80 Promise Me-, sung by Miss
Hilty.
The bridal party will enter the
chapel as Lohengrin's wedding march
is played by Miss Bixler who will
continue with subdued rendition o,
Meditation" from Massenet's Thai
during the ceremony. Mendelssohn'
wedding march will be played as tn,
bridal party leaves the chapel.
Following the ceremony recep
ton will be held at the home of tn,
brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. g
Hilty on Spring street after whicl
the couple will leave on short wed
ding trip.
Both the bride and bridegroom ar
graduates of Bluffton college in tn
class of 1887. The bride has bee
in instructor in the high school 9
Trio for the past year.
t The bridegroom, son of Mr.. an
: Mrs. w. R Mast of Walnut Creel
e is student at Hartford Theologic;
a seminary, Hartford, Conn, fro
$ which he will be graduated durin
: the coming year, and the coup
iwill reside in that city.