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Evening star., 1941-09-07
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NEWS. For the first time in history the
government owns song hit.
The Treasury Department of the United
States Government is the publisher. Sec
retary of the Treasury, Henry Morgen-
thau, Jr., is the owner of the copyright
And Irving Berlin is its composer.
Its title is ANY Bonds Today" and if
you listen to music, you We probably heard
Eddie Cantor sing it or Kay Kyser play
it or listened to the Barry Wood record
ing that is being played over 600 u. S.
radio stations.
IRVING BERLIN, the writer of God Bless
America" is now almost officially recog-
nized as the American patriotic composer.
One day last May he got letter from the
Treasury Department. Mr. Morgenthau
wondered if Mr.. Berlin would like to write
a song which could be used to help sell
Defense Bonds.
Berlin wasn't sure he could do it. But
he told Mr.. Morgenthau he'd love to try.
It's tough, he says, to tell people about
something as important as Defense Bond
with words and music He wrote three YER
sions Three versions went into the waste
basket. But then he got the words which
co. The tall man with the high hat and
the whiskers on his chin will soon be
knocking at your door - and you ought
to be in"
Evening star., 1941-09-07
TRY PLANTING One
YOURSELF
by Homer CroY
by Homer CroY

work, in which he said two things that
shook England: that no two fingerprints
in the world were alike; that fingerprints
could be used to detect and identify crimi-
nails. Scientists started in to skin him
alive; but when they studied the subject
they weren't quite so sure. The British
Government appointed committee to
investigate. 1t ended up with knight
hood for Francis Galton.
Just another acorn that has sprouted
all over the world.
August ID, 1906, was a hot, sultry day
- the worst day in the year for planting
an acorn. you'd say. But listen to this.
A group of young fellows and girls at
Cambridge, Wisconsin, decided to cool
off by going on picnic; they rowed to an
island on the lake, and when they got
there, one girl in the party said she wanted
some ice cream. This meant that some
poor soul would have to row back to shore
to buy it. But one of the boys was in love
with the ice-ueam-hungry girl, and you
know what love will do
As he was perspiring his way across the
lake, an idea trickled down his brow. He
would invent some kind of oontraption
that would push a rowboat. He did. That
was Ole Evinrude. He invented the out
board motor. Happiness note: he married
the ice-cream- hungry girl.
The thrilling thing is that we may,
at any time, plant such an acorn and,
someday, have it make shade for us
and for those who follow us.
think of another hot summers day -
this time in 1903. The newspapers splashed
headlines about the heat. A young worker
at the Buffalo Forge Company sat down
to mop his forehead - and noticed some
thing interesting: drops of water were
gathering on a cold pipe that ran along
the factory ceiling. He asked himself,
why does the water cling to that pipe?"
Millions of people had seen water collect
on glasses and Jugs; millions had wondered
about it; he was the first one really to
think about it.
There must be some way, he reasoned,
to use that principle to cool the air. There
was! He didn't get it done in jiffy;
oaks aren't jiffy conscious. Nineteen years
later he made the first machine to cool
air in restaurants and theaters Who was
that Boy from Buffalo? Willis H. Carrier,
the father of conditioning.
There are many, many other acorns
being planted every day. And what fine
oaks some of them will grow to be! And
how much realize now the utter truth of
that walnut-framed, yarn-worked motto
which used to puzzle me so sorely.
wouldn't have the hired man throw it into
the coal box for anything.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
He's rish. on the beam

LOVE. According to Professor c. L.
Fluke, University of Wisconsin entomolo-
gist, boy and girl mosquito share a
miniature radio system. The wings of the
female equal a sending station. Two little
broomlike feelers on the males head are
the receiving set.
The wings of the female send out some
thing like $50 vibrations a second AS
soon as he hears the first soprano note, the
male turns around until the signals are
equally strong on both aerials Then -
he's off on the beam! He keeps going until
he meets his future wife. He doesn't stop
on the way for bite, either. The lady of
the family takes care of that department
NOT HARD. A little British tramp
steamer, wallowing off the English coast
recently, was sighted by squadron of
Messerschmitts. The Nazi flight comman-
der Immediately ordered a bomber to go
after the ship.
The vessel had only one gun - tiny
pompom on her bow. The flier zoomed
down. The old Scots skipper fired one
shot, winged the plane and watched it
crash into the ocean.
The German commander, infuriated,
ordered another plane to do the job. But
the aviator dived too Close fouled his
undercarriage in the tramp's masts - and
crashed! Score: two down - and the
Nazis gave it up as bad job.
To the crowd which had heard the good
news and was waiting on the quay the old
Scotsman modestly explained: 1T was nae
hard The first one brought down with
my wee pompom. But l had to r-r-r-am
the second"
LETTER. Recently, Claiming Pollock re-
ceived letter which he forwarded to us.
We think you might like to hear about
it. too.
Being a minister" the letter reads,
II ann called upon to marry number of
couples. l try to have short talk with
each couple before the wedding to get
them to see what marriage means - the
give and take of it that is so necessary in
order to achieve real happiness. l have
never said it so realistically as you say it
in your article, Eighty Per Cent Happy
(which appeared in recent issue of THIS
WEEK Magazinel Would you give me
permission to have that article reprinted
so that could hand it out to every couple
who comes to me to be married."
You have that permission, Pastor
Wright. M.
Evening star., 1941-09-07

p CAN still see that walnut framed motto
we had on the wall in the country
4 school in Missouri where went. The
motto was on a perforated card, with the
words worked in yarn;
GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW
can remember sitting there and try
ing to figure out what the Sam Hill the
thing meant Of course oaks came from
acorns, but why under the sun should
anybody go to the trouble to work it into
motto? Now and then the hired man
would come after school and scrub the
floor and dust the motto. 1t was strange he
didn't throw the silly thing into the coal
box.
But now that am many years older,
alas, realize why that motto was there,
and l hope that it, or some form of it,
is on wall of every schoolhouse in the
land For it is most valuable idea. The
idea that important things can come from
a humble beginning. And that we, each
and every one, can be part of that be-
ginning.
In this connection think of pea
soup" fog in 1909 that made London the
inside of bag. On this night a business
man from Chicago started down the street,
but it was not long until the fog was too
thick. His steps grew slower and slower.
AS he hesitated, boy stepped up to
him. Can be of help, SIR"
YES" said the American. The boy put
his hand on the mans arm and guided
him across the street. The man drew
thruppence from his pocket.
Thank you, sir, but am Scout and
we do not accept tips"
Il think should like to know more
about these Scouts" said the American.
lHE boy took him to the late Lord
Baden-Powell, who told him of his work
with boys. The American was William d.
Boyce, Chicago publisher who had had
boys selling his papers and had become
interested in them and their problems.
When he returned home, he got some other
Scout idea, and helped sponsor the initial
movement on this side of the ocean. The
acorn sprouted, and now it is fine oak
called The Boy Scouts of America"
One day, some years ago, another man
in England, named Francis Galton, hap
pened to pick up magazine and, thumb
ing through it, came to an article on finger
prints When he finished he took magni-
flying glass and looked at his own finger
tips more closely than he had ever done
he was intrigued.
Fingerprints became his hobby. He col
lected them, studied them, classified them.
He published book, after ten years of
Evening star., 1941-09-07

That was the idea he wanted. The pic
ture of Uncle Sam - Uncle Sam, Ameri
can, the Freedom Man.
DELIGHTED. Two or three days later
Berlin was in Washington with the fin
ished manuscript He played ANY Bonds
Today" for the Secretary. Mr. Morgen-
thau was delighted. Then the composer,
without payment, of course, turned over
the complete rights to his latest creation
to the Treasury. Berlin = writer of hun
dreds of smash hits = had just written
theme song for the government.
Berlin says "the Treasury has done
better job of popularizing it than we in the
music business could have done. Already,
thousands of requests have come in for it.
Of you want your own copy, just write and
ask for it, Barry Wood has been singing
it each week on the Treasury's radio
hour. More records are being sold each
day ANY Bonds Today" is hit 1T
could only happen here" says Berlin.
jerry MASON
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Button College Notes

committee under the direction of
Miss Alta Schrock, dean of women,
and Mrs. Meta Dean, matron of
Ropp hall.
Various improvements have been
made in Ropp hall in decorations and
recreation facilities. Wine and white
figured drapes decorate the windows
of the dining room and new damask
table cloths have been secured for
the tables.
Bluffton college participated in a
practice debate tournament at Wit
tenberg college in Springfield, Ohio.
Each team participated in three
rounds of non-decision debates. The
colleges represented were Witten-
berg, Otterbein, Earlham, Capitol,
Ohio university and Bluffton college.
Students representing Bluffton
were: Leland Lehman, Herbert
Fretz, Leonard Metzger, Mark Hou-
shower, Ray Ramseyer and Alvin
Beachy.
| Returning from years expert
ence in war-crushed France, Miss
Edna Ramseyer, former dean of wo-
men, will resume her duties as dean
and as instructor in the department
of home economics starting with the
opening of the second semester.
She recently arrived in the United
States after serving since last Feb
ruary as supervisor and dietician in
Friends Service Camp for Spanish
refugee children near Marseilles
France.
The Bluffton college Y. w. C. A
girls entertained the Findlay college
Y. w. c. A. girls with supper ir
the lobby of Ropp hall last Wednes.
day preceding the Findlay game.
After supper the program consist.
ed of piano solo by Marie Zuerchei
and reading by Eloise Whitmore.
"The Lost Church., a religious
play, was presented at the new
chapel by the college church society
Sunday night. The production was
under the direction of Prof. p. w
Stauffer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Knight and son
Eldon called on Mr.. and Mrs. E. D.
knight, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Little of
Bluffton were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Little and son
Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiestand of Bluffton
were Sunday afternoon callers on Mr.
and Mrs. William Peterson.
Mrs. Amanda Walters and Mrs. Joe
Walters were callers on Mr.. and Mrs
George Crozier last week.
Mrs. Robert Willoby and daughter
Olive were callers on Mr.. and Mrs
Dohn Russell, Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Peterson and
family of Lima were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Peterson.
MIR. and Mrs. Bert Huffman of OF
tawa were Saturday evening supper
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Little
and son Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Crow of
Carey were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wentworth
Matilda and Tommy Wentworth
were overnight guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles w. Crow, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Forsythe were
Wednesday dinner guests of Mrs. M.
L. Crist.
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Methodist church, Sunday afternoon
and evening. Rev. Cecil Fogle of
Lima was the speaker.
Willis Steffen who has joined the
navy for six years left for San
Diego, California.
Mr.. Bauman who lives on the
north end of town was hired to take
care of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Hatfield of
Toledo were visitors in the Hatfield
and Diehl homes Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Shirl Hatfield and daughters
were also Sunday supper guests in
the Diehl home.
Mrs. Francis Kempf and baby
daughter were removed from the
Bluffton hospital to their home We'd
nesday.
The Gideons of the Lima Camp at
tended the Evangelistic meeting
Tuesday night at the Missionary
church. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Strub-
har of Peoria, Ill.,, are conducting
these services which will last until
Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Sutter are on
trip in Texas.
The first prize winners in the
Farmers Institute posters are as
follows: Marcy Alkire, 9th grade,
Charles Alkire, 9th grade, and Milton
Schultz, 18th grade.
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Pandora

Mrs. Nancy Basinger of Columbus
Grove is spending several days with
Mrs. Regina Lemley.
The Pandora Fleetwings played
with Ottawa Parochial last Friday
night, losing close game "a to &c.
Sunday dinner guests in the E. O.
Edwards home were Barbara, Mary,
Sam and Eli Steiner, Noah Bixel and
Misses Ruth Steiner and Phyllis
Grismore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armstrong are the
parents of baby boy born to them
at their home here Saturday. Mrs.
Armstrong was formerly Miss Phoebe
Tschudy.
Glenn Pierman of Columbus was in
town Monday.
Homer Wenger is installing a new
furnace in the Donald Mcdowell
home.
Andrew Steffen, Forrest Woodruff,
and Ebert Hilty left Monday for
Toledo and later will leave for Camp
Shelby, Miss, for a year of military
training. ~
Rev. John Thiessen, Missionary to
India spoke Sunday morning at the
st. John Mennonite Church and Sun
day night at the Grace church. Mr.,
and Mrs. Thiessen will leave soon
for India.
Frank Krohn is the owner of a
1941 Chevrolet.
The Putnam County Methodist Ep-
worth League Rally was held at the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

DR.. M. c. Lehman, who for the
plst year has been doing Polish Re-
liee Work under the auspices of the
Mennonite Central Committee, will
address the students and the faculty
in an open Chapel service, Thursday
morning at $3.50.
L. DR.. Lehman returned from Europe
in December for a two months fur
Tough and he will sail again for War
saw about Feb. 15. Before doing
relief work DIR. Lehman was Profes-
sor of Philosophy and Psychology at
Goshen college, Goshen, Ind. At 500
o'clock in the evening he will speak
i'm the First Mennonite church.
/, The annual Bluffton college facul-
reception will be held the
evening between semesters, next
Monday night in the Musselman Ii
brary at 500 p. m.
The reception will be semi-formal
in nature and is rated one of the
outstanding social affairs of the
school year. Plans as to entertain
ment and refreshments are directed
by the faculty, students being guests.
Professor A. C. Schultz is chairman
of the committee in charge.
The Bluffton Y. w. girls enter
tanned the Findlay Y. w. girls with
supper in the lobby of Ropp Hall
last Wednesday, preceding the Find
lay game.
After the supper the program con-
sisted of a soprano solo by Dorothy
Burner, piano solo by Marie Zuer-
cher, and a reading given by Eloise
Whitmore. The Findlay girls then
visited the rooms of Ropp Hall.
The first semester's exams began
on Wednesday and will continue
through Saturday. Students will en-
roll for the new semester next Mon
day and classes will resume Tuesday.
Robert Sommer, junior, has been
appointed chaplain for the dining
room at Ropp hall, it was announc-
ed this week. He will be responsible
for the devotions at meal time.
Sommer was appointed by a student
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Beaverdan

Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Polling of Ada
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Hall.
VIM. Rimer of Kalida was a We'd
nesday evening supper guest of Mr..
and Mrs. T. V. Stirn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lutterbein
of Camp Shelby, Miss; Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Luttterbein of Lima; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Lutterbein and son Max
were Friday evening guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Gail Arnold.
Mrs. Mary Steele spent the past
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Walt Faber
at Lima.
Mrs. Arthur Pugh was a Wednes-
day visitor of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Augsburger at Ada.
Mrs. Nora Eckenwiler spent several
days the past week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Potee and family at BIuffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ryan, daughters
Ruth and Patty were Tuesday even
ing visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. w. R.
Daily.
Otis Lippincott of Lima was a
Friday caller of Mrs. Emma Vinson.
Mrs. Glenn Watkins and Mrs. Rod
ney Wrinkle of Mt. Cory were recent
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bogart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Van Meter
accompanied Miss Maxine Cook on
Thursday to Washington, D. c. where
she has accepted position in the
Navy Department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wolfe and
daughter Lois were recent callers of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Post at Allen
town.
The members of the Vesperian S.
S. class were entertained Wednesday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gail Arnold. Those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wolfe, Mr.. and
Mrs. |. M. Jennings, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Brackney, Mr.. and Mrs. Orville HUI
ber, Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Trout, Mrs.
Arthur Pugh and son Jackie, Rev.
and Mrs. E. j. Arthur, Mrs. Everett
Rowland, Miss Ruth Durkee, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Lutterbein, the host and
! hostess.
Sherry Jan Zimmerman of Bluffton
was a week end visitor of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Amstutz
The p. T. A. met at the school au-
ditorium, Monday evening. Sheriff
William Daley of Lima was the guest
speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gebert OF
lsEcorse, Mich, are visiting with Mrs
Mary Marshall who has been quite i'll
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Button High School Notes

year will be featured by an unusu-
ally large picture section devoted to
candid shots of activities and persons
at the high school.
The Cutlass, bi-monthly school
newspaper, will be published again
this Friday, according to Marilyn
Hofer, editor. A plan is being dis
cussed by the staff to have various
members of the editorial staff serve
as issue editors with full responsible
ity for the paper for one issue. De-
tails of the plan will be worked out
in the near future.
Bluffton High school will cooperate
with the Golden Rule Foundation of
Chicago, which is collecting funds for
distribution to war orphans of China,
under the direction of Madame Chang
Kai-Shek.
Gl0De banks VIII DE placeu III Sd0ii
home room and the students are in
vited to deposit such money as they
can spare. The gifts will be sent
100 per cent to Madame Ciang Kai-
Shek as the bookkeeping is taken care
of by the foundation.
A two reel sound movie entitled
Grain For the Earth" will be shown
in both the science and social social
science classes this week. The pic
ture will deal with drought conditions
in the country.
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The importance of developing do
mestic supplies of sugar beet seed
during the past 10 years becomes
apparent now when access to Europ-
can producing sections is Impossible
Farmers had difficulty getting suaEa
beet seed in 1914-18 when little see
was produced in United States.
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The second semester opened Mon
day and outside of a few shifts in
classes everything proceeded in the
customary routine. Business Law
will be taught in place of Economics.
American Government and Sociology
will change places during the second
semester. Both are half unit courses
and taken by all seniors in the high
school.
The Girls Athletic Association of
the high school defeated the girls
varsity from Bluffton college, 16 ID
in basketball game held at the gym
nasium, Monday night.
''The Schools of Turkey" was the
subject discussed at a meeting of the
Bluffton Teachers association by Prof
Richard Honig, instructor in physics
at Bluffton college, at a meeting OF
the body held at the cafeteria, Mon
day night
To give some indication of the vol
ume of books handled at the B1uffton
Public library, statistics compiled by
Miss Ocie Anderson, librarian, 81 ow-
ed that one book is checked out and
one boo kwas checked back every five
minutes of the day during the year
1910. This count does not include
any books used within the library or
during the library study halls. Ii
these figures were added to the totals
the amount probably would be tripled
Initiation ceremonies were held al
the meeting of the Future Home
makers of America at the regular
meeting Tuesday evening. Following
the initiation travel movies of Florida
and Ohio were shown to the group
Those initiated were: Margaret
Schumacher, Frieda Fritchie, Vera
Smithely, Majorie Stratton, jeanette
Burkholder, Marjorie Moser and LIE
Won Which.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

Letters of inquiry from prospect
i've owners of small farms to depart
ments in the College of Agriculture
indicate these people do rot know
there are correspondence courses in
many agricultural subjects available
at no cost to Ohioans. Information
can be secured from J. E. McClin-
took, extension editor, at the Uni
versity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

Ohio farmers who plant their des-
ignated share of the 1941 corn al
lotment of 2,3S6,441 acres will re-
ceive conservation payments of nine
cents per bushel on the normal yield
on their acreage. Parity payments
also will be made but the amount is
not yet determined.
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OBSERVATION of the mechanical de

Observation of the mechanical de-
vices used to prevent cannibalism
among hens indicates that shields
over the eyes cause less decrease in
egg production than appliances at
tached to TIE beaks.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

THE STATE OF OHIO
Allen County. IS.
Estate Of Catherine Palnaer, deceased.
Elmer Lauby of Button, Ohio. has beer
appointed and qualified rs administrator O!
the estate of Catherine Balmer late of Aller
County, Ohio. deceased.
Dated this 18th day of January, l94i
RAYMOND p. SMITH,
Probate Judge Al
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
The State of Ohio,
Allen County, ss
Estate of Moses Steiner Deceased.
Fiana Steiner of Bluffton, Ohio has been
appointed and qualified as administrators of
the estate of Moses Steiner late of Allen
County. Ohio. deceased.
Dated this 4th day of January. 1e41.
RAYMOND p. SMITH.
80 Probate Judge.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Allen County, SIS.
Estate of John W. Hilty. Deceased.
Elmer c. Rooney, of Blufton, Ohio, has
been appointed and qualified as administrator
of the estate of John w. Hilty. late of AL
len County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this Bird day of January. 194f.
RAYMOND p. SMITH.
~ Probate Judge,