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Evening star., 1940-10-20
mans growing dec1ePit with every picture
That's what fans saying about the twome Academy
Award winner Here's how Brennan stays feeble at forty
by Donald Hough

parts, which were his speciality even then -
he was idling along toward the familiar exit,
wondering what next, when he came upon an
outdoor set with company at work.
They were having trouble Brennan stopped.
He found that one of the actors, donkey,
had been emitting unscheduled bFays all
afternoon, to the anger of the sound tech
nicians; and now that it was supposed to bray,
it would unleash nary sound.
Brennan went up to the harried director.
Il can bray" he said.
The truth was that he never had brayed in
his life: this was simply an inspiration.
Lets hear" the director said.
Brennan brayed Both the director and the
donkey were delighted. The director told
Brennan to 60 ahead Brennan began to sniff
hamburgers in the offng
How much?" he asked the director.
Ten bucks
But our hero, sensing that he had the
upper hand, held out for more. The director
explained that the rules allowed only ten
Then don't bray" Brennan said firmly.
The director had an idea Tell you what,
he said; you bray for the ten-spot, and TO-
morrow come around and I'll give you bit
part. You can collect twenty-five for that.
twas deal. Brennan was in pictures, and
not the first man to bray his way IN.
For some time after that he played small
character roles, until finally the part of Old
Atrocity in Barbary Coast made Walter
Brennan the most sought after character actor
in HOLLYWOOD Parts came thick and fast after
that, and so did Brennan. He made another
hit as one of the principals in The Three
Godfathers; then in Come and Get 1t, in 1885,
he won the Academy Award for the best sup
porting performance of the year.
Then came Banjo on My Knee, Buccaneer,
The Texans; and just two years after he had
won the first supporting award, he won an
other for outstanding work as Uncle Peter
Goodwin in Kentucky.
When Brennan was walking the streets. back
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Domp Debut

AN EXTRA strong gust swept the car, and
the top, just above the front seat, ripped wide
open. The rain came in plenty of it.
In the twinkling of an eye MIR. Brennan
came up with the smartest idea IN the history
of the cinema. He stopped and bought cheap
umbrella. This he thrust up through the hole
in the top, opened it, and the Brennans drove
into Hollywood with Mrs. Brennan holding
the umbrella with all her might and main.
But that wasn't the jackass part of the
debut. That came later, after MIR. Brennan
had tramped the streets, from studio to studio,
for many months. One afternoon, having just
been turned down once more by studio -
thev wouldn't believe he could do oid-man
Evening star., 1940-10-20
POOR OLD WAITER!"

a DARK, dank fog hangs over the San
~ Francisco waterfront. The sailing YES
Z Z sci from New York is in; our heroine is
being rowed ashore in the black mist. The
boatman is cackling, voluble old ooot whose
Adams apple runs on ball bearings. He chews
tobacco with gusto and expectorates with
even greater gusto. Nice old fellow; regular :
character.
Halfway in, he ships his oars. He wants
another dollar No more money, no more ride.
But he had agreed - objects the girl fear
fully.
Maybe 50 i but no more money, no more
ride A dollar II no, tUO dollars more.
And what if he doesn't get it? What then!
What then? Heb, heh, heh! Many's the
throat he has slit in his day for less than that.
Toughest, killingest, fghtingest man on the
Barbary Coast, that's what he is. Many's the
BODY the silent waters of the bay
Oh, shut up! We know you, Walter Brennan.
behind them false boasts. Only thing you
ever killed was a lot of time, waiting for this
part in Barbary Coast, the first real break
you've had in pictures Your name may be
Old Atrocity, you may be stealing this pic
ture right from beneath the noses of its stars
but you're just sitting there play-acting. Uncle
Walter, the demon pirate. Ha!
] AM sitting in the observation car of
streamliner on my way from Hollywood to
Tucson to watch the first shootings OF The
Westener. am reading, and have placed
part of my paper on the chair beside me.
'Your paper?" asks pleasant voice.
Hook up. There stands tall, distinguished
looking man, about forty His dark hair is
neatly oombed. He is wearing trim. dark
gray business suit.
Pardon me-" say; and remove my paper.
He sits down.
When we both have finished reading we get
to talking, and talk all the way to Tucson.
We get off the train together, find we both
are going to the same hotel, so we share cab.
am still a bit sleepy next morning as
stand in the little movie-made town IN the
desert, the sun just rising, and watch prepara-
tions for the first shot of the day.
Near me stands an old man, patriarch of
the Southwest. His knees are bent beneath
the load of the years; his shoulders droop; his
unkempt hair hangs about his ears. He looks
at me and grins.
How are you this morning." he says.
Evening star., 1940-10-20

Fine, thank you" reply, with the slight
reserve that one uses in answering question
from a total stranger.
Gary Cooper comes along and slaps him
resoundingly on the back.
"All set, Walter" he asks
The other mods; they move toward the
camera, Mr. Cooper stridmg along, the old
codger shutting beside him, bent and weary,
running few steps now and then in a pitiful
effort to keep up
And now, finally. rare fash of intelligence
tells me that this is the pleasant spoken man
met on the train last night, and that his
name is Walter Brennan.
For man who got in by making Jackass
of himself, Walter Brennan has done right
smart Job of it in Hollywood. Two-time
winner of the Academy Award for supporting
narts. considered the most valuable character
actor
But first let me tell you how the Brennan
family landed in Hollywood back in the
twenties. They came in an old touring car; the
top was up and the side curtains on because
it was raining, and raining hard. Buttons were
missing from the side curtains and the top was
loose, and the whole shebang was Tapping
loudly in the wind.
Evening star., 1940-10-20

in his braying days. he got acquainted with
a chap who was just coming into fame. A
fellow from Montana, Gary Cooper. They BE-
came friends - have been ever since; and 1t
is more than accidental that they have played
in number of pictures together. First there
was The Wedding Night, later The Cowboy
and The Lady, and now Brennan has finished
what l, at least, consider his greatest part, as
Judge Roy Bean in The Westerner.
In fact it's hard to tell whether he is sup
porting Cooper or Cooper is supporting him.
do know that if it develops that Brennan
steals the picture, it will be all right with
Cooper.
Following his work in The Westemer -
which was finished some months ago -
Brennan played a minor role for all it was
worth in Northwest Passage, then carried the
film Maryland on his own bent old shoulders.
Recently he has been working with Cooper
again in Meet John Doe.
New Box-OHiee Slant
j HERE has been an undoubted switch of
public interest to character parts. People are
tending more and more to 60 to pictures IN
which their favorite character actors are
billed OF course the patrons want to see
Mr. Flynn and MIR. Gable and Mr. Powell and
Mr. Cooper just being themselves. but in
creasingly they want to see people like
Brennan They never know just what he is
going to be like, but they know he II be good
Brennan prefers character acting to straight
parts because, he frankly points out, it's
easier, you get in more pictures and you last
longer He is still, of course, a specialist at
old-man characterizations, though, as | men
toned before, he is only about forty.
The idea that you can take the part of an
old man by putting on gray wig and making
up your face is nonsense" he says. An old
man has slowed up mentally, and is going to
pieces physically. When he gets up from
chair. he helps himself with his arms. He
shuffles when he walks The leg muscles are
tired, and the knees sag
when / am on the set my body is con-
sciously and carefully transformed, as well as
can do it, into that of an old man, and l
cannot come out of it between scenes. Some
times have to be an old man for days."
Then there is the mental side. A mans
brain, he points out, begins to slow up in Later
years. Hence the necessity for the hesitating
reply, the pause. which, however slight, must
be there if the role is to carry conviction.
Not long ago friend of mine, discussing
the movies and expressing his admiration for
Walter Brennan, shook his head.
Trouble is" he said. you just get in
terested in an actor, and the first thing you
know he's not around any more. Poor old
Brennan He's getting pretty feeble.
Well, maybe 50. But you can lay down
small bet that Uncle Walter will manage. some
how. to stagger along into his next picture.
Tie End
Evening star., 1940-06-21

Crispy old-fashioned brittle :.
chock-full OF freshly roasted pea
nuts. Wax-paper-lined box keeps
it in perfect condition despite hot
weather,
Evening star., 1940-06-21

The Black Raspberry is
made with the fresh fruit
the Custard Ice Cream
has q delicious, tart lemon
flavor. A real treat i.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Public Sale

Having decided to quit farming,
will sell at public auction at my res
idence 512 miles south Bluffton on
Sugar Greek Road, on Saturday,
March 30, at 10 a. m,
Sorrel mare 1850; Brown mare 1900.
Four cows 2 to z years with calf
at side, 5 cows to freshen soon, hei-
fers l year, steers l year, 13 Ram
boulet ewes, to years due to lamb
in April, 3 Chester White sows to
farrow April 20, 20 feeding shoats,
70 hens, Barred Rocks and Leghorns.
Full line of farm machinery and
thresher, twenty-six inch.
450 bu. of corn, 80 bu. oats, 20
bu. soy beans, 2 tons mixed hay,
ton sweet clover, tons bean, some
shredded fodder, IL bu. timothy seed.
Other articles. Terms cash.
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid will
serve lunch.
A. ID. OBENOUR, Owner.
Harold McClain, Auct.
Nate Stober, Clerk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Public Still Wants
DJUarf Fruit Trees

Present public interest in dwarf
fruit trees is only recurrence OF a
desire that has lived for hundreds
of years, but satisfaction of the de-
sire appears more probable now, ac-
cording to F. H. Beach, specialist IN
horticulture, Ohio State University.
Dwarf fruit trees attract attention
because people want trees which they
can grow in city lots or small plots
of ground and which can be pro
tected from insects and diseases with
simple equipment. Another desirable
feature of the dwarfs is that they
bear fruit within a short time after
being set.
Mr.. Beach says there are two
methods of dwarfing fruit trees.
Confinement of the roots of ordinary
varieties within a small walled area
or clipping the roots to reduce their
feeding area will limit any trees
growth. True dwarfing is obtained
by grating ordinary apple scions
upon dwarf root systems.
Trials with dwarf apples in past
decades were not especially promis-
ing. The available dwarfs were not
uniform in growth, some supposedly
dwarf trees turned out to be aver.
age in size. The lack of uniformity
was caused by variations in the
roots available for grating.
Considerable of this difficulty with
root stocks has been eliminated BY
work done in England and in New
York, and 1t is possible now to get
trees which are uniformly dwarfed
Apple trees at the New York ex
pertinent station frequently beal
fruit the year they are set and al
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Pleasant Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Miller of
Lima called on Mr.. and Mrs. George
Huber Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Winegardner
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Huber
and son and Mr.. and Mrs. Joy K
Huber and daughter were Sunday
evening dinner guests of Mrs. Cora
Huber. The occasion being the
birthday anniversary of Mr.. Joy
Huber.
Past week callers at the Dennis
Brauen home were: Mr.. and Mrs
Cloyce Hauenstein, Rev. Emil Bur
richter, Ralph Badertscher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Althauser, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach, L. C. Hau-
enstein, Orton Stratton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Jennings, Mr.. and Mrs
Lloyd Brauen, Dan Badertscher and
Charles Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donivan Anspach
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Jennings and family were Sun
day evening dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Allan Watt and daughters
of Lafayette.
Sunday dinner guests in the Wm
Lugibihl home were Mr.. and Mrs
Clifford Montgomery and son, Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Zerbe, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Younkman and daugh-
ters, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Lugibihl
and daughter, Lois Long and Pa
tricia Huber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Watt and
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Fett and families
called Tuesday evening at the Will
lard Jennings home.
Mrs. Lyman Barnes spent Sunday
with her mother Mrs. Howard Tur-
ner of Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norval Scoles, Wal
ter Booth and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Althauser were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Thomp-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Pepple called
Sunday afternoon on Mrs. Lily Fett
and Nellie Huber.
H. P. Zimmerman spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Long
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman
called Sunday evening.
Thursday evening callers at the
VIM. Lugibihl home were Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Lugibihl and daughter,
GLAND LaRue and Richard Stettler
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Farmers Can AnsIUer
Any Calls For Meat

Any time city consumers want to
satisfy their appetites for choice
meats, farmers are ready to supply
them with pork chops, porterhouse
steak, leg of lamb, or any of the
other cuts obtainable from an abund-
ant supply of livestock.
The rural economics department at
Ohio States University points to in
creases in numbers of all the meat
animals, as well as poultry, on Janu-
ary 1, 1910, as compared with num-
bers on farms one year previously.
Ohio had 120 hogs on January l for
every 100 on that date a. year ago.
The increase in hogs for Ohio
compared with 18 per cent for the
United States as a whole and with
% per cent for the central states.
Storage supplies of lard on February
l set a record for that date Stor-
age holdings of pork were about
average for the past five years.
Both dairy and beef cattle num-
bers increased during 1889, with
beef cattle showing the greatest
gains. Most of the increase in beef
cattle occurred in the states along
the Mississippi and to the east. One
southern and four western states had
decreases in beef cattle. Storage
holdings of beef on February l were
higher than a year ago but lower
than the average for the past five
years.
The number of sheep increased ]
per cent, there being 54,473,000 head
in the United States on January L
Gains in numbers in the native
states more than offset reductions in
six range states.
Poultrymen were carrying per
cent more chickens and 33 per cent
more turkeys on January / than on
the same date in 1889. Increased
feed prices are expected to affect the
demand for chicks this spring SO
Matching will be below those of a
year ago. The large numbers of
chicks was not financial blessing
as their value was $25, 100000 less
than the value of the smaller num-
Der on January /, 1889.
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Richland Center

Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Burkholder,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Amstutz and son,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gerber
and son were Sunday evening sup
per guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Hochstettler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Hathaway and
family were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Badertscher
and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hirschfeld of
Lima and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Marquart
spent Friday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Gratz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Rhoads spent
the week end with Rev. and Mrs. J.
Norman King of Dayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Coon and
Miss Harriette Criblez of Millers-
burg, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Courte-
nay and family of Lima, Miss Mar
garet Hobson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Grant and son were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. /. Lugin-
buhl and sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gratz and Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin Zimmerly spent
Sunday afternoon at the Amos Ger
Der home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Amstutz spent
Tuesday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Amstutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and son and Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Fett
and family spent Friday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmer-
man and daughter.
Past week callers at the Walter
Schaublin home were: Rev. Emil
Burrichter and son, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Gratz, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford
Gratz, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Schaublin and daughter Patsy Ann,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Matter and
daughter Carolyn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Gratz and son James, Mr..
and Mrs. Will Hilty, Mr.. and Mrs.
0. L. Stratton, Marilyn and Robert
Stratton, Vera Amstutz, Eloise Lora,
Treva Hochstettler, Mrs. Robert
Hochstettler, Mrs Robert Matter,
Mrs. Warren Moser, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Badertscher and family and
Mrs. Elda Hoffman of Lima.
Mrs. S. C. Daley of Findlay spent
the week end with her son, Dwight
Daley and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Burkholder
and Mrs. Jess Amstutz and son
Robert spent Monday afternoon at
the Amos Gerber home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hirschfeld and
son Billy of Lima spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mar
quart and sons.
Mr.. Francis Gratz and son Ronald
of Sidney; Mrs. Richard Core and
daughter Linda of Lima; Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Gratz and son Jimmie,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Gratz. Afternoon
callers were Mr.. and Mrs. Reno
Gratz and daughter Mary Kathryn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bad
ertscher and son and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Zimmerman and daughter
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Badertscher and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Miller and
family were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Cupples.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
wavs have borne the second year.

ways have borne the second year.
The Ohio State extension special
ist says fruit is frequently better in
quality and more highly colored than
the same variety borne on trees of
average size. The dwarf trees have
more open tops SO the sunlight has
a better chance to reach and color
the fruit.
Mr.. Beach believes dwarf apples
and pears have considerable promise
for those who want to have fruit
trees in yards or gardens. The
bloom often is as beautiful as that
produced by ornamental shrubs and
the fruit provides color not obtain
able otherwise.
Dwarf trees, however, are subject
to attacks by all insects and dis
eases that injure commercial orch
ards, and gardeners should be pre-
pared to learn how to control these
troubles if they plant dwarf trees.
The dwarfs can be made to assume
most any desired form by training
them against walls or upon lattices.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
FEnERAL WORKS AGENCY p,.hlie nn,l

FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY, Public Build
ings Administration. Washington. ID. c.,
March 2S. 1940-Sealed proposals in duplicate
will be publicly opened in this office at / P.
M, Standard Time, April %, 1910. for con-
struction of the U. S. P o., Bluffton, Ohio.
Upon application. set of drawings and
specifications will be supplied free to each
general contractor interested in submitting a
proposal The above drawings and speciica-
tions MUST be returned to this office. Con-
tractors requiring additional sets may obtain
them by purchasing from this office at a
cost of IS per set, which will not be returned.
Checks offered as payment for drawings and
specifications must be made payable to the
order of the Treasurer, u. S. Drawings and
specifications will not be furnished to con-
tractors who have consistently failed to SUBJ
NIT proposals. One set upon request. and
when considered in the interest of the Govern
ment, will be furnished. in the discretion of
the Commissioner, to builders exchanges,
chambers of commerce or other organizations
who will guarantee to make them available for
any suh-contractor or material firm interested.
and to quantity surveyors, but this privilege
will be withdrawn if the sets are not re-
turned after they have accomplished their
purpose. w. Z. REYNOLDS. Commissioners
of Public Buildings, Federal Works Agency.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Will AnstUer Questions
On Hybrid Seed Corn
On Farm Night Radio Program of
WOSU, Mon, April 1. Dial $40 Kc.

500 Music, weather forecast, pro-
gram preview, student farm re-
porter
Sis Ccshocton County All Club
Program Members directed by
G.. Harold Chambers and Miss
Harriet Green, Co. Ext. Agts.,
Coshocton.
$3.50 Songs by Voices Three
8:45 The Uses of Wood-H. E. Es-
wine, Arbor Day Talk
900 Buying New Spring Fabrics.
Miss Edna Callahan, Ext. Cloth
ing Specialist
9:15 Answers to Questions About
Hybrid Seed Corn.----S. r. AL
drich and r. E. Kunze, Gradu-
ate Students in Agronomy
$50 What CCC Camps Mean to
Farmers.Guy c. Fuller, Soil
Conservation Service, Mt. Yer
non
9:45 to 10 Music.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

Pigs have more cupboard space
than cattle. The first animals can
store in their bodies 35 per cent of
the gross energy in the feed they
consume but cattle can store only
10 per cent of the energy.
The number of turkeys on farms
January 1, 1910 was an all-time
high, being 33 per cent above the
figures for the same date in 1899
and AZ per cent higher than the
average for that date in the period
1929-38. Ohio had an increase of
IA per cent on January l, 1910, as
compared with a year earlier.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

The Ohio extension service will
supply spray information for fruit
growers over WLW at 12:45 each
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
starting April 1 and over WTAM at
1:10 each Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday starting April 9. This
broadcast from both stations will be
one hour earlier than the hour an
nounced here when daylight savings
time becomes effective.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Amanda {. Thayer Byerly, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Hattie Blcken-
staff whose post office address is 432 McPheron
Ave-, Lima, Ohio. has been duly appointed
and qualified executrix of the estate of
Amanda C. Thayer Byeriy. late of Allen
County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 18th day of March. 1910.
RAYMOND p. SMITH
Judge of the Probate Court.
Allen County. Ohio 49
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
summer.

The decline in the number of
horses on United States farms con-
tinued the downward trend in 1889
which started 25 years ago. Ohio
had 3 per cent fewer horses and
mules on January 1, 1910 than on
the same date in 1899.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

Practical control of the internal
parasites of sheep can not be obtain
ed with the drugs now available if
the animals are permitted to range
woods pasture or other shaded
areas.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

Poor blowing jobs with tractor
outfits usually are caused by the
operator forgetting the plow is the
piece of equipment which must be
watched if the soil is to be turned
properly.