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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Charles M. Armentrout, Pastor


Rockport:
$50 a. m. Morning worship.
1850 a. m. Sunday school, Mrs.
Walter Marshall, Supt.
7:30 p. m. The Christian En-
deavor will meet at Rebecca Mar
shall's home.
Button:
9:30 a. m. Sunday school, Mr.
Norman Triplett, Supt.
1880 a. m. Morning worship.
The subject of the sermon will be
"The Presbyterian Creed. This is
the last of the series on the Presby-
terian Church. The public is cordial
ly invited to come and worship with
US.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18

7:30 p. m. Evening services in the
First Mennonite church.
Miss Lester said during this week,
and many of you heard her say it,
"The world is suffering today be-
cause we all sinned. People are
leaving God" Come to church
Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
Resigns Music Place
At DOId High School

Villas Gerber, of Pandora, Bluffton
college graduate who has been in
structor in vocal and instrumental
music in the Dola schools for the
past two years has resigned at that
place to accept a similar position in
the high school at Reynoldsburg for
the coming year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

IADOVE IUSIUHICCT
Sunday services at 1O:30 a. M,
subject: Life"
Testimonial meeting at 1880 We'd
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church is
open every Wednesday from 200
to 400 p. m. The public is invited
to all services and to visit the read
ing room.
This society is a branch of the
Mother Church, the First Church OF
Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Lee b. Remaley, Pastor

Sunday school 9:15.
Communion 10:30.
Preaching 10:45.
C. E. Sunday evening at $50.
You are cordially invited to these
services.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
EBENEZER MENNONITE

EBENE EEK MENNUNIIE
p. A. Kliewer, Pastor
Teachers meeting 7:45 p. m.
Bible study and prayer service
7:45 p. m.
Mixed Choir rehearsal $3.50 p. m
Friday: Girls Mission band, ir
the home of Walter Sommer al
8 p. m.
SUNDAY:
Sunday school $3.50 a. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
j. A. Weed, Minister

SUNDAY:
900 to 11:00 a. m. Unified service
Worship, Lesson study, Sermon.
topic, "Is God Limited ?"
600 p. m. Epworth League De-
votional Service.
Union evening service cancelled
this week.
Official Board meeting at close of
Morning service.
Frequent nourishment for our
souls is as necessary as it is for our
bodies, in summer as well as in
winter; and spiritual recreation is
no less necessary than physical
recreation. Go to Church next Sun
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

wednesday, MORNING
Hogs-160 to $50, $3.50; $50 to
275, $500; 275 to 800, $50; roughs,
$3.50; stags, 1925.
Calves, 1925; lambs, So.
Grain (bu. prices)-Wheat, roc;
corn, Sic; oats, &c; soys, 60c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18
MISSIONARY CHURCH

A. F. AIbrO, Pastor
Sunday:
$3.50 Sunday school. -
1880 Morning worship.
TOO p. m. Children's meeting.
700 p. m. Young Peoples society
7:30 .. m. Mrs. Hinkey from
China will be the speaker of the
evening.
Wednesday, 8 p. m. Prayer meet
ing.
Saturday, S:45 p. m. Street ser.
vice.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18

tribes were in Flagstaff for the
event.
Other points of interest which they
visited included the Grand Canyon,
Painted Desert and Petrifed Forest.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18

King Is Capital
Many cities in China have names
ending with king such as Peking.
Nanking. The word king means
capital city" in Chinese.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-18

Sunday school $3.50 a. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
Death Rides With the Driver

Accidents are just accidents, if you hear those involved tell about them - but not if you take look at automobile safety records. The one thing that is glaringly apparent in the figures, as released by the Travellers Insurance Company is that virtually all accidents are beyond doubt due to negligence of those involved. There were 32,100 persons slaughtered on American highways last year. Most of them needn't have been.
 In the vast majority of fatal accidents, the usual alibis of drivers had no basis. The weather was clear in 86.7 per cent of the cases and the pavement dry in -79.6 per cent. Of the drivers involved, 95.7 per cent had more than years experi- ence; 93.4 per cent were men. Ninety three per cent of the cars involved were in good condition, and 84.5 per cent were driving on straight open stretches when tragedy struck. Drivers can't blame accidents on nature or on the service sta- tion man who forgot tp fix the brakes. They've got to face the responsibilities that fall upon them when they take the wheels of high powered machines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
School System Isn't So Bad

Whenever you get to thinking what's wrong with the American public school system and you wonder whether it will ever approximate the utopian visions set tip by educational dreamers, think back a moment -- back 50 years, or 25 or even IS. Try to recall what the dreamerS were talking about then as the 'perfect" setup, and then snap back very suddenly to the present. What have you? Why, the kind of perfection that was dreamed of half century ago. Only it doesn't look like perfection now. It's still full of holes so the critics protest, and practically the whole pattern has to be made over.
 That's the trouble with utopia. It keeps moving away. It's like your shadow when the slin is low at your back. Every time you dive for it and you've hit the spot where you last saw it, you discover it has pulled ahead of you again. The public school system isn't so bad. It's been going steadily ahead, even if it hasn't caught up totits own shadow. Educators, who are often in the vanguard of the critical, reflected on the advancement of public schooling in the United States during recent years when they got together at the 70th annual convention of the Amer ican Association of School AdminiStra- tors, affiliated with the American Edu- cation Association.
 They took general inventory, and, while they conceded that there Is still room for considerable improvement, the public school system hasn't as much to be ashamed of as might be gathered from periodical blasts of lnvective and fault. finding. Chiefly. educators have Suc- ceeded to q large measure in removing much Of the cold auSterIty Of educating Che very young. Schools are no longer denS of discipline, controlled by InStillIng
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11

fear into the youngsters. They are in- formal club gatherings, based on general participation and cooperation.
 There's no reason to let down on the progress. This is no time to be resting on any laurels. The classroom is much better place today than 1t was not so many years ago, but there is still plenty or room for expansion of ideas. Even if we never catch up with utopia, we can pretend that the millennium is prac- tically within sight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
Scavenger Gang Grows

Away down at the bottom of American society - SO far down that most people scarcely know about it - is growing army of dirty, bedraggled, shiftlesS, indif- serent misfits, who are causing local off cials considerable concern. It is the Scav- enger Gang the people who live in makeshift huts and lean-tos or tattered tents along river banks, in fields on the outskirts of town or, more often, on the fringes of city dumps. They are usually spiritless men and women, offering noth- ing but bleak promise to their grimy off spring. They are men who don't want jobs, but are righteously indignant when relief trucks, loaded with free food, are late in arriving. -..,
 Most people don't know about these conditions first hand. It is not pleasant to know about them. They have seen the shackS, perhaps, from distance. But they have never been up close. They have never met the residents They have never been inside to see the dirt floors, the broken improvised furniture, the filthy clothes. Those who have ventured closer inspection have usually been thor oughly nauseated. If the Scavenger Gang could be left alone, to diminish of it's own inertia, perhaps that would be the best
  bers don't diminish. They've been increas- ing in the past 10 years. Their families are large, and new members are being born into them. While the problem once was of such slight importance that 1t could be overlooked by city officials and SociologistS, it is no longer trivial.
 To themselves, the members of Scav- enger Gangs are utterly worthless; to society, they are rapidly becoming dan gerous. The older members of the gangs are too indolent to. attempt crime of any kind except possibly petty pilfering from refuse dumps But their children have not yet had all their spirit knocked out of them. The youngsters are not con- tent to sit forever in grime. They want action and excitement, and the only way to get it that they know of is to turn to crime. As result, juvenile agencies 1n many communities have found the prob lem of the ScaVenger Gangs tossed right into their laps - and they know there isn't much they can do about it.
 What can anyone do about these peo- pie? How are you going to find jobs for them if they don't want jobs? How are you going to do anything to help them if they are unwilling to help themselves? They can't stay - and yet, they can't go There's no place for them to go, except possibly to new Scavenger camps in other cities. Arbitrarily driving them out isn't going to help matters. Juggling them around won't decrease their numbers
 The easiest way, of course, is to try to forget that they exist - to look out the Other window when we drive past their ill., kept colonies. But they can't be brushed aside that easily for long. Eventually the folks who have closed their eyes to an unpleasant sight will discover they are confronted with a serious matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11

We like the warnings that even now are going out in Boston, Mass. Liquor dealers are being warned about decorat- ing their windows for St. Patricks Day witk an eye towards attracting trade for holiday consumption of liquors. No use of any banners or other advertising ma terial that might capitalize on the name of the good saint or the observance of his day will be countenanced by the state liquor commission. The same ban was imposed at Christmas time when use of St. Nicho- las in liquor displays or advertisements was forbidden. That's in keeping with the proper observance of any holiday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
CCC Boys Learn to Read

Aside from the relief they furnish to able-bodied young men, the eco camps are providing another little known service by helping to reduce illiteracy. The boys don't need to learn to read and write if they don't want to, but since the eco was started, more than 8O,000 of them have. The percentage of illiteracy in the Camps is approximately consistent with that of the nation in general. Last year, out of 100000 lads, $500 could neither read nor %cT write about 2s per csnt cen opportunity any educational agency has of getting at these boys. If they haven't learned by the time they're discharged, they probably never will The schooling is worthwhile adjunct of program that has kept millions of restless, ambi- tious young fellows away from the temp tations of crime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11

The position that Harry w. Marsh is leaving on May - State Personnel Di- rector won't be filled by political appointment nor by personal selection on the part of Governor Raymond E. Baldwin or other state officials. The office is going to go to the Dest-qualified applicant. And needless to say there probably will be lot. of applicants, although the position is an exacting one and demands of the incumbent both training and ability to deal with complex problems which arise in any political gov ernment. Open competition may give us another Marsh, who certainly was an ideal man for the job and more than lived up to all advance predictions. Dr. Wilbur L. Cross gets much of the credit for select. ing MT. Marsh. Evidently present state officials are not going to have it said that they were derelict in their duty in secur- ing worthy successor to the first holder of this post in our government
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
Selected Poem
HOMESICKNESS

(Mary c. Butler in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Times) Over the way, the florists window, Bright with rosebush and sweet pea, Holds dropping home-sick song bird Dreaming of f1owery lea; Close at hands squawking parrot, There's the din of city streets, And the dragging, aching rhythm Of the march of tired feet. am weary of this tumult;
 Hands lie idle on the keys; My sad heart is sick with longing For peach bloom and hum of bees. Sick for maple blush and May-blow, Gold of willow, flash of wing, Springing life of country wayside Where the nesting bluebirds sing. Mountain snows in streams arc trailing Shining ribbons OCT the plain, When the breaking heart of winter MeltS in tears of silver rain. Dropping bird within your window Lit some shining liquid strain For some aching heart still buried Under winter snows of pain. In the studio tomorrow. help me, God of Springs. to bring Loveliness of country wayside.
 Maple blush. Blue wings a-fiutter
 JoyouSness the bluebirds utter. Till the silver rain of memory Brings to some the budding sprlnsI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11

1. Who was Postmaster General of the United States in Herbert Hoover's Cabinet?
 2. What statue SurmountS the dome of the U. s. Capitol?
 8. What is the date of Inaugura- tion Day in 1941?
 4. Were there more or fewer la- bor strikes in 1889 than in 1888?
 5. Is air a chemical compound or nitrogen and oxygen, or simply a mixture of these gases?
 6. U. s. currency is printed at the Government Printing Office, U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, or the Philadelphia Mint?
 '. Name the city that more than doubled its population between 1920 and 1880 and became the fifth larg- est city in population in the United States.
 8. Name the five organs of diges- ton?
 9. Which Amendment to the U. S. Constitution conferred suffrage upon women?
 10. Of what does treason against the United States consist7 ;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
In Today's Mail

gions where 1t was most difficult to find the means of livelihood. Hence would not the providing of good land for all automatically abolish poverty? Are people really driven to mountainous regions or denied suitable land today? If so, howp
 Before we try Co answer this question, let us consider the cause of all strife and wars, however large or small they may be. Are they not all caused by human greed and willingness to rob and destroy, if necessary, to get what is desired? Can you think of any struggle that really did not have for its cause a desire for power, prestige, trade ad- vantages, colonies, wealth, leader ship?
 As strife of all sorts destroy wealth we must find Q way to eliminate strife, If we would elim- mate poverty. To do this, would not the providing of suitable land on which man by his own efforts be able to produce and satisfy his own desires accomplish this end? Thus to do this land must be made com- mon property, free for all to use. Yearly 1t must be rented to the highest bidder and the money so obtained be used for community good. The more valuable a piece of land for use becomes, the more rent 1t would bring. This would eliminate most of our present taxes, which are burdens on labor and free land for all to use, aS Q person could not afford to hold land out of use. The rental value would be too much.
 Gan we see the picture of land being held of use only; and not taxes at all on what 6 man makes, uses or sells? No taxes at all so man can enjoy the full use of his whole income? Can we see man having suitable land to use for a just rental and thereby being able to satisfy, by his own efforts, all his desires? Can we see man in this machine age freed from idleness because suitable land which nature provided is his to use at a just rental? Can we see man no longer seeking jobs.' but jobs seeking men because the means of sustenance no longer depends on the factory gate? Can we see factories and iii- dustries advertising and bidding for common workers? All of this is in the picture if those who hold land are compelled to pay the full, just yearly rental for it.
 EVERETT M. STANLEY,
 43 Wyman Street.
 Waterbury. Conn.
 March eth. ielO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
MANS PROBLEM TODAY STILL
 TO ELIMINATE STRIFE IN HIS MIDST

Editor, Waterbury Democrat
 Man unlike the rest of the animal kingdom has always had 8 struggle to secure an adequate food supply and to keep property clad, for Na- ture did not provide him with a digestive apparatus capable of util- iztng the raw grasses of the field nor an outer covering that would withstand She heat and cold of the elements. This caused man to out wit not only the beast, killing them for their flesh to eat and their fur- covering to wear, but also to outwit his fellowmarl, even killing him sometimes for his meat, but far more often for the goods he possess cd, getting by bloody strife what he was unable or unwilling to produce himself.
 Naturally he united his family into a close unit so as to keep what he had and be better able to get what the family really wanted, be 1t food, clothing or most likely spot In which to hunt, fish or play. AS families grew in numbers and became more or less united by common ties, they became closer united for protection against out- side family neighbors and to appro- prtate for themselves by force, if necessary, the most desirable hunt ing grounds and whatever else they desired.
 Thus we see man occupying the sea shore where the fishing was good and living conditions most at- tractive. But when stronger families came, these seashore dwellers were driven away and into the back country where life was not 80 easy but rather difficult. In turn stronger families took the seashore for them selves who in turn drove the last and weaker families Into the noun- tainS where life was most difficult. Thus poverty began to be estab- lished and the real struggle for ex- istence began.
 As family and units grew larger and stronger and as fields and fiocks had to be attended what more natural than that captured ensm- les be made to do the laboring work and thus slavery began.
 Too, the strongly entrenched families began to develop and pros duce products peculiar to the region in which they lived and as other families could not obtain these by force, bartering or trading took place, which, f the trade Is fair. always benefts both parties. Thus trade and trade routes began to be established.
 As the family units grew in slse. the one man or head rule had to be modified to Include advisors and adminislFators and work peculiar to the people ag c whole had Co be done. This called for contributions on the part Of the people either in goods or q certain amount os labor and thus was established the very bee ginnines of our present tex system, Nov it is the eause og poverty shat ie mans problem le remove and we have seen c real eailee es povoF- tv is the driving If people fo lila- suitable land oF mountainous se-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11

side kick. And shoulder to . shoulder with both was Peggy, who readily agreed to postpone her marriage plans until the light was over.
 The battle ragged through most of February. Finally, Hanes with drew and three trustees acceptable to the Administration were ap- pointed. A new date, March 1, was fixed for the marriage. That day, at tho hour when Tom, Peg gy and their best man, Men, were supposed to be at the church, the young Dominican priest who was to perform the ceremony was called to the phone.
 Father JoubeFt, this is Tom CorCoran. I'm in Washington"
 "Yes, Tom. What is 1t, Asso.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
Daily Almanac
Moon sets s;S9 ?. in.

Moon sets 8;32 D. n.
 Sun rises 0;ii .. no.; sets B;S4 D. n.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Pussyswiil0gs are budding In the holi0wS and to sheltered spots where the midday and early afternoon Rlifl strikes, Even the thick coating 0f snow end lee has failed to prevent tlts seasonal hamburger making tls annual appaaraDee 0n Connecticut hllisidee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
Q HlGHlIGHTS FRoM
 LATEST BOOKS
Clark's Fighters Faced Hardships on Long March

HardshlpS on Long March William E. Wilson's "The Wabash" (Farrar and Rinehart: $2.5O) is the eighth volume In the Rivers of America series. It Is fully as
 cOlorfuI. exciting as the rest. Here are William Henry Harrison, Te- cumseh, George Rogers Clark and
 many other frontier fighters of
 the Wadash. Described briefly be- low are the last days of Clark's
 incredible march to recapture Vincennes in February, 1779:
 At times the water was up to George Rogers Clark'S neck-and he was tall man. Then 1t was reces- sary for the other tall men to carry their shorter comrades or ship them ahead on floating logs and in two canoes.
 On the third day-the 18th of the expedition - they reached a wood where the short and the weak were able to cling to trees while the tall and the strong plunged on to a l0- acre scrap of land that was actually land. There the stronger ones built fires and came ack and carried their comrades to safety. Then the strong fed them with a quarter of buffalo, some corn, and some tal- low, which they had taken from several squaws and Indian children who had padded past the camp in a canoe.
 With their mouths watering for food, but refusing to touch any of U. the strong stood by and watched the weak regain their strength. Then All Of them, strong and weak alike, frightened their belts about their lean bellies and faced thelr com. mander.
 They had marched 20 flooded miles ln 10 days. They might, with. out diShonoF, have asked for c brething spell But Vincennes iay llst on the other side of yondeF hiil.
 'Tbs men are ready cIonsI Clark"
 "wsSo SpOiIlH' Gur . fIgbti"
 "RoFwardi"
 "En ayanti"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11

ciated again?"
 ''NO, not this time, Father. We've been delayed by a last minute job, but we're all ready now and we'll be there i'm an hour and . half. Wlll that be all right with you?"
 It was and so-three weeks and one hour and a half late-Tom Corcoran and Peggy Dowd finally were married.
 NOTE-After their engagement last year, Peggy took over man. aging Corcoran's personal 1inan- ces, allowed him only g 8 day for pocket money.
 Copyright, 1940, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
DOMESTIC BUSINESS DROPS BACKWARDS

Sharp as this rise has been, 1t has not offset the drop in iadus- trial production due to fading of last falls inventory boom. Index of industrial production shot up from 103 in August to 128 in December; it hes fallen back to 105 as of to- day, and is expected by government soothsayers to go a bit lower. Some of these are frankly pessimistic and look for a period of inventory Iiqui- dation in the spring; others believe that expanding export trade will firm" price levels, prevent an in- ventory slash and pave the way for new business investment and a sub- stantial upturn.
 All are agreed on one point: a heavy spring offensive in the Eu- ropean war would create a buy- ing wave here that would make up all the ground lost since Decem- Der.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11

United States exports today are running atla rate fully S0O,- 000, 900 . quarter above that for . year ago. On a volu me basis, they are nearly as high as they were in 1929, ai- tn ough value basis Is lower because of lower prices. Trade to Europe and to the Far East has picked up, and trade~ to South