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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-13

Grover. You'il have 10 see him. :
Tns woman turned YEARLY
away. Carol ionGsd 10 stop her.
10 press the money into her sands
Give II back in the name Of Mr.
Dearborn.
Give u back for Mr.. Dearborn ;
The thought ran rot In ber mind
and left her bresthlsss.
The will ssld that ths name II
Dearborn's must never stand for
anything but service" Here va
another contradiction q tss win.
fIrs, Mrs.. Aiillgan. So~ Mrs.
Grover. Thsy were Two o. dossns
VINO were being turned away
empty handed.
Even az she sat and watched
Dssrpornis WAS becoming lsss and
less The Peoples store
Il must not happen, Until the
viii WAS found. she. Carol Fair
field. must uphold the stores
reputation. Mr.. Dearborn would
expect that.
The way was clear al last FOR
his sake. for Andys sss<s. for the
stores sake she would save ia
name. Then when the viii was
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-23

Only those are strong who, m
cad IF dominating others, govern
..aen.seA es.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-23

Tommy Lost is lost and authorities
III Chicago IN cooperation with
newspapers and municipal agencies
took UP the search to find his par
ants. Tommy's father IS believed to
nave abandoned him in Ghlcago's
famous Brookfeld Zoo, where the
boy was found.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-23

Gong to the polls and voting +
II public duty and no. Il personal
privilege to be exercised il convcn-
tent
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10

Bluffton representatives of the Flu
ture Farmers of America will be the
guests of the Allen county f. +. A.
council meeting to be held at the
Lima Memorial hall this Wednesday
night at s o'clock, it was announced
by Prof. Harry Barnes, adviser to
the group.
BY virtue of winning the pest con-
test conducted in the county last fall,
the Bluffton group will not be re-
quired to furnish refreshments or
numbers for the program.
Several Bluffton boys, however,
will appear on the program in the
degree ceremonies. Nine boys will be
raised from the Green Hands to the
Future Farmers degree. In order
to be eligible for the degree it is
necessary for boy to have finished
one year of F. F. A. work and to
have completed his first years pro-
ject work.
Those eligible from Bluffton are:
Sylvan Burkholder, Weldon Burk-
holder, Weldon Deppler, John Dun
bar, Ellis Hauenstein, Edgar Huber,
Wilmer Lehman, Clyde Sommer and
Kenneth Winkler.
The Allen county F. F. A. council
is composed of the following schools
in addition to Bluffton: Lafayette,
Harrod, Shawnee, Spencerville and
Waynesfeld.
The Kiwanis club of Lima and var
ious business men there have been
interested in the work of the organ
ization and have given trophies to
the clubs and sponsored activities of
the group, Mr.. Barnes stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
Easter Customs OF Today Contain Many
Curious Remnants OF Early Paganism

day commemorative of the resurrec-
ton.
1t was the invariable policy of the
early church to give a Christian
significance to such of the extant
pagan ceremonies as could not be
rooted out. In the case of Easter
the conversion was easy. Joy at
the rising of the natural sun, and
at the awakening of nature from
the death of winter, became joy at
the rising of the Sun of righteous
ness, at the resurrection of Christ
from the grave.
Some of the pagan observances
which took place about the first of
May were also shifted to correspond
with the celebration of Easter. Many
new features were added. 1t was a
time of exuberant joy. All labor
ceased; all trade was suspended. 1t
was favorite time for baptism, the
law courts We're closed, aims were
given to the poor, slaves were freed.
In the reaction from the austeri-
ties of Lent people gave themselves
up to enjoyment, popular sports,
dances and farcical entertainments.
In soma places the clergy, to in
crease the mirth, recited humorous
stories from the pulpit for the pur-
pose of exciting the Easter SMILE.
In many parts of the world people
exchanged the Easter kiss and the
salutation "Christ is risen, to which
the reply was made, "He is risen in
deed", a custom practiced in some
parts even today.
The celebration of Easter in the
United States is now an established
practice. New England was the last
section to adopt the festival upon
which the settlers of Puritan Mas
sachusetts looked with particular alb
horance.
In contrast to Europe, Easter and
Lent are time of quiet reflection
and meditation rather than gaiety.
Easter Day ends the period of COM
parative quiet and the custom has
developed in this country in which
young women appear in the seasons
new raiment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
SDOrtsnien's Club
Releases Rabbits

Release of AZ cotton tail rabbits
in various woods in the Biuffton
hunting area was effected this week
by the Bluffton Sportsmen's club.
The rabbits were shipped in from
Missouri and were purchased by the
club for local release. Jesse Mangus
and Sam Hauenstein, directors, SUI
pervised the release of the rabbits.
The club is undertaking a pheas-
ant raising project in cases made by
the industrial arts department of
Blutfton High school. The state de-
partment of conservation furnishes
the chicks and the local organization
raises them to legal size.
Officers of the club announced this
week that one of the pheasant
cages will be exhibited in one of the
store windows.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10

With % birth certificates issued
and recorded during the month of
March by City Clerk James West, a
local months record was created IN
a period marked by unusual activity
in the issuance of the certificates.
Although most of the certificates
are for infants, an unusually large
number of them have been for ad-
ults. This unusual demand is occa-
stoned very likely by the desire of
industry to keep a careful check on
fifth column infltration, especially
during National Defense work, West
stated.
Many people are having difficulty
in proving that they were born be-
cause no written record can be found
In the earlier days the attending
physician sometimes would fail tc
report births to the village anc
county authorities.
In case an individual can find nc
written or legal proof of his birth
he is required in some sections OF
the country and in some industries
to fill out an affidavit and have some
relative swear as to the authenticity
of the birth date. Some counties viii
allow this to be entered on the iegal
records and Others will not. 1t /:
reported that Allen county will not
permit the procedure but that Han
cock county will.
County authorities are not satisfied
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
Library Adds Many
Volumes This Week

About rs new books were added
to the Bluffton Public Library this
week, it was announced by Miss
Ocie Anderson, librarian. These
follow:
Zinsser, Hans, AS / Remember
Him; Buchanan, John, Pilgrims
Way; Nathan, Robert, Portrait of
Jennie; Wilson, Forrest, Crusader in
Crinoline; Bailey, Temple, Blue
Cloak; Williams, H. L., Turi of the
Magic Fingers; Buchan, John, Noun
tain Meadow; England's Hour;
Kraus, Rene, Winston Churchill;
Henderson, Sir N, Failure of a
Mission; Yutang, Lin, With Love
and Irony; Peck, A. M, Round
About South America; Meader, S.
W., Bat, the Story of Bull TERROR;
Taylor, Edmond, Stategy of Terror;
Wood, Esther, Pedro's Coconut
Skates; Hogan, Inez, Nicodemus
Laughs; Wilson, w. E., Big Knife;
Maurois, Andre, Tragedy in France.
Young, Stanley, Young Hickory;
Meader, Stephen W., Clear for Ac-
ton; Kaup, E. D., Not for the Meek;
Thane, Elswyth, Remembers today;
Nevins, Allan, John d. Rockefellers-
vi; Nevins, Allan, John d. Rookie
feller, w; Even, David, Living Musi-
clans; Stong, Phil, Cowhand Goes to
Town; Pease, Howard, Captain Bin
nacle; Mayorga, NJ, Twenty Short
Plays on Royalty Holiday; Ander-
son, Maxwell, Journey to Jerusalem.
Streatfeld, Noel, Tennis Shoes;
Sprague, H. B., Better Lawns; Ellis
berg, Edward, Treasure Below;
Rounds, Glen, Lumbercamp; Tark-
ington, Booth, Heritage of Hatcher
Ide; Bemelmans, Ludwig, Madeline;
Lathrop, d. p, Animals of the
Bible; Mukerji, d. Co., Fierce-face;
Burton, V. L., Mike Mulligan and
His Steam Shovel; Golden, E. B.,
kindergarten Curriculum; Powell,
M. c., Junior Method in the Church
School; Baldwin, J. L., Worship
Training for Juniors; Gunnarsson,
Gunnar, The Good Shepherd; Cobb
|. S., Exit Laughing; Hamilton, Hol-
man, Zachary Taylor.
Fletcher, Inglis, Raleigh's Eden;
COLES, H. c., Groves Dictionary OF
Music and Musicians; Athearn, l.
A., Christian Worship for American
Youth; Shaver, E. L. & Stock, H. T..
Training Young People in Worship;
Powell, M. c., Guiding the Expert
ence of Worship; Smith, U. R., Jr
Dept. of the Church School; Hard.
ing, Bertha, Hungarian Rhapsody;
Smith, Nicol, Burma Road; Smith
Nicol, Bush Master; Du Bois, w
Pene, Three Policemen; Lindman
Maj, Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the
New Dotteddresses; Leaf, Munro
Safety Can be Fun; Kalab, Theresa
Kokwa, the Little Koala Bear;
Swenson, Margaret c., Kayoo the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
Lima Mission Clues
$4,000 Free Meals

In the 81 years the Lima Rescue
Mission has been operated by A. D..
Welty, its founder, more than $685.
900 free meals have been provided
for the INDECENT.
A former Settlement resident,
Welty opened the mission in Lima in
1906 and has been superintendent of
the institution since that time. Home
of the mission now is a commodious
two-story brick building on East
Wayne street in the county seat.
During 1910, the mission fed IT,
149 and provided lodging for 5,849.
In the month of March, 1,413 trans
tents were fed and 497 received free
lodging.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
Name of Easter Derived from
Anglo Saxon Heather Cod
dess Known as Easter
The Christian Easter was Ori-
ginally a Thanksgiving OBJ
servance Lasting s Days

Although Easter is the day when
the Christian churches quite gen.
orally commemorate the resurrection
of Christ, there is a curious remnant
of practices once distinctly pagan in
character.
The name, Easter, is used only
among the English and German
speaking peoples. 1t is derived in
all probability from heather god
dess of the Saxons known as Eastre.
She was the personifcation of the
east, of the morning of the spring.
The month of April was dedicated
to her and was called "Eastermo-
nath" among the Saxons and Angles
and is still known in Germany as
"Ostermonat". Her worship struck
deep root in Northern Germany,
was carried to England by the
Saxons, and still survives in some
obscure customs in feasts to cele-
brate the return of the spring.
The Christian Easter was original
ly a sort of thanksgiving observ-
ance lasting eight days. This con-
formed somewhat to the length of
time devoted by pagans to their
spring festivities, and approached
the duration of the Jewish paschal
observances. The eight day period
was afterwards cut down to three
days, after that to two, and finally
it became, as it exists now, single
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10

Selection of area delegates to the
convention of the National Educa-
tion Association to be held in Bos-
ton this summer was made at a
general teachers meeting held Mon
day after school. The session, in
charge of Supt. A. ]. B. Longsdorf,
also considered problems relative to
the adoption of a uniform plan
throughout the school for student
conduct.
The Campfire Mother Daughter
pot luck supper was held at the
cafeteria Monday night. Miss Burr,
director of Camp Fire from Findlay
was the guest of the organization.
Sure signs of spring were seen
around the school grounds the fore
part of the week with the boys
playing pitch and catch during the
noon hour.
With warmer weather here the
school yard at the rear of the build
ing is cluttered with dozens of
bicycles giving proof that this
method of conveyance is still very
popular in Button. The bicycles
are parked on a bike rack construc-
ted by the boys of the industrial
arts department. The rack, how
ever, is not large enough to ac-
commodate the numerous bikes used
by the students.
Bluffton High school will partici-
pate in the Allen county Future
Farmers of America meeting to be
held at the Lima Memorial Hall
Wednesday night. The following
boys will receive the Future Farm
er degree: Sylvan Burkholder, Wei
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
Unusual Demand For Birth Certificates
Here Occasioned By Defense Activity

with the recording of the birth date
in the family Bible as was the Gus
tom for many years. Insurance COM
panies and old age pension officials
will often take the Bible record as
sufficient proof but not so with mu-
nicipal and county authorities.
The record of Bluffton births is
fairly complete since December, 1908,
and with few exceptions entirely
complete for the past Is years. 1t is
always the procedure to record the
birth at the town and county where
the birth occurred rather than the
home town of the parents of the in
FAINT.
All of the births at the Blufftor
hospital, even though the parents are
from other counties, are recorded To-
cally and should the birth certificate
be desired in later years it, never
theless, would be Originally entered
here.
1t is the duty of the hospital at
taches, or in the case of the home
birth, the attending physician, t.
make out the birth certificate ane
forward it to the clerk who ther
forwards it to the county official.
who make it part of the county
record. Although it is not the par
ents' responsibility to see that th'
certificate is recorded, it is to th'
best interests of the child that thu
parents check to see that the birtl
is a matter of public record.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
Easter Bunny Tradition In United
States Traced Back To Early Egypt

The young children of Bluffton
will again look for the gaily colored
eggs supposed to have been left at
various points in the house by the
Easter bunny. Few people know
the connection between Easter and
the rabbit.
1t goes back to ancient times
when the hare was a symbol for the
moon. Easter, inasmuch as its date
depends upon the moon, is in a
sense a lunar holiday, The hare is
nocturnal animal and comes out
at night to feed.
The female carries her young for
month, thus representing the
lunar cycle. A more important rea-
son for the identification of the hare
with the moon lay in the fact that
its young are born with their eyes
open, unlike rabbits which are born
blind.
The name of the hare in Egyptian
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10

was "un" which means "to open".
The moon was the open eyed watch
er of the skies at night, and the
hare, born with open eyes, was
tabled never to close them.
The Egyptian "un" meant not
only "hare" and "open" but "period"
and for this reason the hare be-
came the type of periodicity, both
human and lunar, and in the char
acter of opener was associated with
the opening of the new year at
Easter, as we'll as with the begin
ming of new life. Hence the hare
became connected with the paschal
eggs, broken to signify the opening
of the year.
Germany makes more of the
Easter hare than does America. In
fact the Easter hare in Germany is
almost as important a figure in
nursery lore as the Christmas St
Nicholas
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
BIuffton High School Notes

don Burkholder, Weldon Deppler
John Dunbar, Ellis Hauenstein, Ed
gar Huber, Wilmer Lehman, Clyde
Sommer, Kenneth Winkler.
Dale Francis, Bluffton college
senior, will talk to the Hi-Y club
for the Easter service to be held al
the club rooms Wednesday night.
Preparation for the coming Moth
er-Daughter banquet will be made
at the Girl Reserves meeting to be
held at the high school Wednesday
night. Each girl is requested to
bring scissors, it was announced
by Betty Steinman, president of the
organization.
A special Easter program will be
held at chapel exercises to be held
in the auditorium Thursday after
noon at 2:50 o'clock. Rev. Stod-
dard, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Lima, will be the speaker
Music will be furnished by Junior
High school students.
~
Films to be shown this week are
Sound Waves" and "Airplane
Transportation.
School will be dismissed all day
Friday in observance of Good Fri
day, it was announced this week by
Supt. A. ]. B. Longsdorf.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10

Eskimo Boy; Hill, M. B., Summer
Comes to Apple Market Street; Hill,
M. B., Big, Little, Smaller, Least;
Young, Evelyn, WI and Lu and Ii;
Newberry, C. T., Babette; Morse,
Katharine, Pig That Danced Jig;
Haywood, Carolyn, ''B" is for Betsy;
Gay, Zhenya, Sakimura; Moore, c.
c., Night Before Christmas; Hol-
berg, Ruth & Richard, Wee Bridget
O'Toole; Poncins, Gontran de, Kab-
loona; Sharpe, S. G., Tobe; Slocum,
Rosalie, Breakfast With the Clowns;
Engla, Paul, Always the Land;
Moore, c. c., Visit From St. Mich
olas; Daugherty, James, Andy and
the Lion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
Conservation Week
Reading Available

In connection with observance of
National Conservation week which
began Monday, Congressman Robert
Jones announces that the following
government publications are available
to anyone writing to him at the
House Office Building, Washington,
d. c.:
History and Significance of Amer
ican Wildlife, and IL; Birdbanding
Arbor Day, its Purpose and Observ.
ance; The Work of the U. S. Forest
Service; Some Common Birds Useful
to the Farmer; Local Bird Refugees;
Improving the Environment foi
Wild Life. The first two named are
monographs and the rest are pam
phlets.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10

Many years ago, according to the
1889 yearbook of the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, man learned
that specific physical defects and
diseases can be prevented or cured
by eating certain food. For example,
eating generous amounts of livers
of animals was known by Egyptians
and Chinese as early as 1900 B. c..
to improve vision in dim light. What
these ancients did not realize is
that vitamin A is the factor that
prevents night blindness and that
this substance is contained in livers
in considerable amounts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
-Four From Here On
Petit Jury Venire

Four Bluffton persons were among
those drawn for the Allen county
petit jury venire to serve during the
April term of the common pleas
court.
Those who will serve include Allen
Beeshy, Clair Fett, Wilford Steiner
and c. w. Lora.
Others from this district also
named in the venire are, J. R. Hall,
Ollie Hollenbarger, Olive Early and
Margaret Biteman, all of Lafayette
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
BIuftOn Scouts Get
Picture In Magazine

Bluffton Boy Scouts received ma
tion-wide publicity in the April issue
of "Boy's Life" when the picture of
the local troop received a prominent
place in the magazine.
Bluffton scouts were accorded the
honor as one of the most progressive
troops of the country and one which
has a continuous record of civic
service projects.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10
BIuftOn Receives
S4I5 From Sales Tax

Bluffton received $415.86 in the
first quarterly distribution of Ohio
sales tax revenue for 1941, it was
announced last Saturday following
the mailing of checks by Allen Coun-
ty Auditor Floyd B. Griffin.
Richland townships share of the
distribution was S244.71, and Beav-
erdam village received s73.56. Cairo
got $76.41 and Lafayette's allotment
was $76.06. Monroe townships
share amounted to $219.96, and Jack
son township received $179.01.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-10

Farmers in Iowa have just OBJ
served farm cleanup week, with a
20 per cent reduction in livestock
losses as the goal of this spring.
cleaning up of barns and farmyards.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
WHEELER PLANS
TO RESIGN SEAT
WILL CAMPAIGN AGAINST
JUNIOR SENATOR MUIR
RAY FROM MONTANA
thy As.oerasea I'rexs,

HELENA, Mont, Sept. g..
Sen Burton K. Wheeler. who has
fought the administration at
every step in its foreign policy.
will resign his seat to learn if
the people Of Montana are IN sup
port Of his stand, political OBJ
servers are predicting here.
Wheeler. it is believed, will
campaign against the Junior SEN
ator from Montana, James e.
Murray.
Senator Murray, who has OPP
posed Wheelers views, contends
that the isolationist does not rep
resent his constituents in his OPP
position to the administration.
Thus it is believed that Wheeler
will campaign on clear cut is
sue Of vote Of confidence in his
record.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
NAVAL STATION
CIRCLE GATHERS
REPORT MADE BY CREDIT
UNION; MRS. SCHNEIDER
NAMED TO OFFICE

Naval station employees here
have borrowed $l6,50O from their
Federal Employees Credit Union
since its formation in November,
1910, report put before the mem
bers this week revealed.
The union, which has not had
d delinquent account since its i'm
auguration, has 406 members, who
own $1I,087 in shares, Hunter
Hardin, treasurer of the organ
ization, announced yesterday that
a dividend will be paid the share
holders in December.
Members of the group held a
special meeting Thursday to name
Mrs. Frank C. Schneider to the
post Of assistant treasurer Frank
Schneider is president Of the
union. s'ls' ST.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
BRITISH sink
TWO VESSELS

LONDON, Sept. 6.British
submarines operating in tie
Mediterranean yesterday sank a
10,000-ton Italian liner and A.
000-ton Italian fighting ship, the
admiralty announced today.
The ships brought to eight the
number claimed for British sub
marines in the past two days.
Royal Air Force bombers dur
ing the day were said to have
carried out powerful attack on
the Italian base Of TripoI in
north Africa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
LIONS PREPARE
FOR ANNUAL SHOW
TO HELP BLIND
KEY WEST PLAYERS ARE TO
JOIN WITH LIONS In PUT
TING ON PLAY AT HIGH
SCHOOL BUILDING

Key West Lions Club will
sponsor its second annual show
for local blind work on Thurs
day and Friday, October % and
IA. This year Key West Players
will join with the Lions to pre-
sent Twin Beds in the Key
West High School Auditorium.
Blind work is the principal
activity of Lions Clubs all over
the world. Last year local Lions,
under the craftsmanship Of Lion
Doctor Sanchez, QUILTED scores
of school children with glasses
and examined the eyes Of many
more.
Proceeds from this years per-
Torrance will be used to finance
an extensive program which has
been planned BY the local club
I Key West Players have scored
a tremendous hit since its Corr
ganization and the many follow
ers Of this group will find Twin
Beds" an answer to their re-
quest for an honest to goodness
comedy drama.
1t is distinct departure in
farces, jovia1, rollicking and
clean as the high wind, swift
moving in its action, brilliantly
slangey and vivid in its dialogue
and adroit and sure in its char
acterizations.
The story of Twin Beds.
deals with the felicities and in
felicities of three married couples
ito say nothing of maid who is
a paragon in 20 Ways in their
futile efforts to rid themselves
|of uncomfortable and trouble
brewing proximity In fashion
able apartment house
You viii find the enchanting
little Blanche Hawkins who
couldn't see why her. domestic
husband ! Harry did not want
her to bring in all the neighbors
for parties The COLOSSAL Signora
Mont. who, having found and
married fat Italian, singing in
a Brooklyn cabaret earning SIS
per week, and having elevated
him to the ranks of the $4,000
per night stars Of the Metropoli-
tan. cannot see why he should
be so susceptible to all the fair
ladies who cross his path The
plastic Andrew Larkin and his
watchful jealous young spouse.
Amanda; the cynical housenlaid.
Norah, whose reflections and OBJ
servations, borne Of long ex-
perience, create peals of laugh
ter All Of these and more are
to be seen in Twin Beds" the
peer Of all modern farces.