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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
NelU Books, Librarian
Announces This Week

The following new books have
been received at the Bluffton Public
library:
Mrs. Miniver-Jan Struther. Mrs
Miniver, an English lady, tells with
wit and humor of the little happen
ings that make up the everyday life
of her family. The setting is Eng
land just before the war.
Can Christianity Save Civilization
Walter Marshall Horton. Ranging
over the centuries, Mr.. Horton shows
that religion and particularly Chris
tianity has repeatedly come to the
rescue of dying cultures and recon
structed them into new and living
systems.
The Big Sea-Langston Hughes.
Autobiography of the Negro poet,
novelist and playwright. 1t re-
counts his life story up to the age of
twenty-seven, giving some of the
struggles of the negro for life and
justice, freedom and intellectual lib
erty.
Secrets of the Marshbanks-Kath
leen Norris. Cherry, shy convent
bred girl, is introduced into the lux
urious home of Judge Marshbanks
and becomes involved in the mystery
Of the house.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
rRev. A. C. Schultz Called To Pulpit
Of The Ebenezer Mennonite Church

church west of Bluffton, beginning
April 20. He succeeds Rev. P. A.
Kliewer, who has held the position
for more than eleven years. Rev.
Schultz will continue his work at
the college.
The Ebenezer church is one of the
largest in the General Conference,
having membership of nearly 600.
Rev. Schultz was born on farm
near Langham, Saskatchewan, Can
ada. When five years old he moved
to Chicago. He received his educa-
ton in Chicago, graduating from the
Moody Bible Institute, and received
his degrees from the Northern Bap-
tist Theological Seminary and the
University of Chicago. During this
time he did extensive pulpit supply
ing. Later he spent one year in
Palestine, Egypt, Transjordan doing
archaeological research work, and
for two months was the director and
minister of the mission station in
Jerusalem. He has travelled extens-
ivelv in Europe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
High School And College Use Recording
Device For Remedial Work In Speaking

Most of us are reasonably sure
how we look but only a few of US
know how we sound. Not so with
the students in the speech classes at
Bluffton High school and Bluffton
college. Here with a modern record
ing machine the students learn to
appraise the tonal quality, the die
tion and other traits of their own
voices.
Two permanent records are made,
one at the beginning of the course
and the other at the end of the
course. This was both the instruct
or, P. w. Stauffer, and the student
are able to check on the progress
made by the student in the duration
of the course.
The student stands at a micro
phone and reads a sample speech
containing difficult words which re-
quire proper pronunciation, enuncia-
ton, diction and voice modulation.
In addition Prof Stauffer makes
records of the voice in extemporan-
eous speaking by asking the student
impromptu questions over the micro
phone.
Adjustment and operation of the
machine, which makes a cutting of
the record, is performed by mem
bers of the class. The mechanism
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Former City Plumbing Contractor
Will Be Real Dirt Farmer Here

From owning and operating one of
the largest plumbing and heating
contracting businesses in Northwest
ern Ohio to becoming a real dirt
farmer near Bluffton is the change
being made this spring by Charles
Danner residing two miles west of
town on what was formerly the
Adam and Barbara Amstutz place of
120 acres near the Ebenezer Men
MONTE church.
banner plans to be no gentleman
farmer-it's real dirt farming for
him, he says, and he expects to put
into practise on the farm the latest
ideas in scientific agriculture.
Since buying the place two years
ago Danner and his wife have re-
sided on the farm and liked it so
well they decided to dispose of their
Lima interests and take over active
operation of the farm this year.
Shortly after he purchased the
place Danner had all buildings on the
place painted white and carried out
the scheme on the fence posts which
were also painted the same color.
The old Amstutz homestead, one
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

of the landmarks of the Swiss set
tlement has been remodeled into a
strictly modern dwelling and barns
and outbuildings wired for electricity
and equipped with all up-to-date con-
veniences.
Both Danner and his wife were
reared in small towns, Danner him.
self being the son of the late Conrad
Danner who resided in Bluffton on
Grove street.
For the past fifteen years he was
engaged in the contracting business
with headquarters in Lima and hand
led many large school and factory
plumbing and heating installations
throughout Northwestern Ohio.
He is now winding up his affairs
in Lima following the sale of his
business to two of his associates and
beginning the first of next month
will devote his entire time to his
farm west of Bluffton.
One of his projects planned for
this year is chicken raising on
large scale. He now has a flock of
1900 laying pullets and expects to
add large number of baby chicks
shortly
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

merely requires correct tuning of the
voice pitch and volume. Appear
ance and operation of the recording
apparatus is similar to a combination
radio and phonograph machine.
The machine is the property of
the speech department of Bluffton
High school and is housed in spe-
cially padded ad carpeted room at
the school in order to hold disturbing
noises to a minimum. The machine
was purchased with funds earned in
play productions at the high school
over period of years.
All speech students at both the
high school and college are given
the opportunity to have their voices
recorded. Speech is required
course at the college with the re-
suit that all students are given a
voice analysis. In high school the
course is optional.
At the college a course in speech
pathology is being given and the
students in the class conduct a
speech clinic in which they are as
signed high school and college stu
dents for remedial work. Readings
and analysis charts are kept of
their progress in assisting students
to overcome suffering, stammering,
poor diction and other speech defects.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

of campaign buttons in town, those
of S. P. Herr of South Main street
and Eugene Benroth of North Main
street. Herr's collection started with
the campaign buttons of President
Benjamin Harrison in 1889 and con-
tinues until the present. Benroth
has specialized in the last campaign
in which he has collected hundreds
of buttons of all descriptions in the
1910 presidential campaign.
Benroth also has an auto license
tag collection starting with the first
year metal tags were issued in Ohio,
that of 1909. The collection also in
cludes several leather auto tags
prior to 1909.
Jesse Yoakum, of West Elm street
has specialized in pencils having
nearly 800 all different commercial
pencils of various colors and descrip-
tions. Floyd Herr, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson Herr of South Lawn
avenue has been an enthusiastic
match cover collector and has hun
dreds of varieties representing al
most every type of commercial, bust
| ness and industrial establishment.
Anyone in town knowing of other
interesting and unusual hobbies in
and around Bluffton is asked to com
municate information to the Bluffton
News. q
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

Special measures are to be taken
to acidify the local alkaline soil in
the section to be planted in noun
tain species. These measures are
necessary in assuring the growth of
such trees as laurel and hemlock.
Some of the students will be in
structed in the process of taking
trees from both local areas and nur-
series. Correct methods of planting
trees will be given under the super
vision of the committee.
Miss Schrock plans to spend her
spring vacation digging Appalach-
ian trees and shrubs, to be shipped
for the arboretum. Students and
alumni who can obtain trees for the
project are also urged to contribute.
After the trees have been well
started, all will be labeled accord
ing to name and native section. A
record will also be kept of the stu
dents participating in the project
along with the particular trees
which they donate and plant.
At the present time Bluffton col
lege is growing on the campus near
the gymnasium number of blight
resistant chestnuts, which Jesse
D. Diller, Division of Forestry
Pathology of the United States
Agricultural Commission, considers
to be the best ever put out by his
division.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
st. Patrick's Day Observed Here
Accompanied By Cold Wintry Blasts

was beaten so vigorously that it
burst. According to the legend, the
snakes then started to glide out of
their hiding places. Suddenly an
angel patched the drum, the sermon
proceeded, and all the reptiles van
ished as if by magic.
The shamrock, which is the symbol
of the celebration, is worn in COM
memoration of the fact that when
st. Patrick was preaching the doc
trine of the Trinity he made use of
this plant bearing three leaves on
one stem as a symbol of great mys-
terry.
Despite the legendary character of
much of the material, the fact re-
mains that st. Patrick accomplished
much good and that he remains in
the minds and hearts of countless
millions at this time every year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Junior Play Next
Wednesday Night

Lavender And Old Lace, play
based on Myrtle Reeds famous
novel by the same name, will be
presented by the Junior class next
Wednesday at the Bluffton college
chapel.
1t is a masterpiece of fiction pre-
sented in three acts. The plot of
the story centers around Mary Ain
slie, a charming and gracious little
lady who lives among her memories,
growing lavender flowers and plac-
ing them among her rare old laces.
She never leaves the house and
every night a lighted lamp burns
brightly in her attic window. Ruth
Thorne, the niece of her closest
friend comes to stay with her. When
Ruth's lover, Carl Winfield, a young
newspaper reporter, suffers an ac-
cident which causes him to lose his
eyesight, Miss Ainslie fights heroical-
ly in order to help Carl regain his
lost vision. Not until the final scene
does Mary Ainslie reveal her rela-
tionship to Carl and her reason for
having lived such strange life.
The cast of characters includes
Miss Mary Ainslie, played by Ruth
Henderson, Col. Grove; Jane Hath
away by Margaret Berky, Bluffton;
Ruth Thorne by Betty Keeney, Pen
craft, Pa; Bernice Carlton by Mar
garet Olivet, Chicago; Carl Winfield
by Mark HORSEPOWER, Bowmansville
Pa; Sophrony Trotter by Evelyn
Hilty, Pandora; DR.. Howard Patter-
son by George Swank, Bluffton;
Hepsey by Frances Ramseyer, Smith
vile; Joe Pendleton by Bert Smuck-
er, Bluffton; and James Ball by
Richard Weaver, Middlebury, Ind.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Seventeenth Star In Flag Is
Traditionally Ascribed To Ohio

Maryland, (8) South Carolina.
Second row: (9) New Hampshire
(10) Virginia, (11) New York, (12)
North Carolina, (13) Rhode Island
(14) Vermont, (15) Kentucky, (16)
Tennessee.
Third row: (17) Ohio, (18) Louis
lana, (19) Indiana, (20) Mississippi
(21) Illinois, (22) Alabama, (23)
Maine, (24) Missouri.
Fourth row: (25) Arkansas, (26)
Michigan, (27) Florida, (28) Texas
(29) Iowa, (3O) Wisconsin, (31)
California, 1922 Minnesota.
Fifth row: (33) Oregon, (34)
Kansas, (95) West Virginia, 1861
Nevada, t37) Nebraska, {3s) Colo.
rado, (39) North Dakota, (40) South
Dakota.
Sixth row: (41) Montana, (42)
Washington, (43) Idaho, (44) Wyom
ing, (45) Utah, (46) Oklahoma
(47) New Mexico, (48) Arizona.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

Did you know that tradition as
cribes to Ohio the 17th star in the
field of blue on the flag of the
United States of America.
This star, first at the left in the
third row, represents the chrono-
logical order of the date of Ohio's
admission into the union.
Altho no legislation assigns to
states any particular star in the
flag, in tradition and theory each
represents the entrance of a specifis
state into the union.
To Delaware, the first state to
ratify the Constitution, is delegated
the position in the upper left hand
corner. Other stars, in order ac-
cording to the date of the states ad-
mission to the union, are arranged
III rows as follows:
Top row: (2) Pennsylvania, (3)
New Jersey, (4) Georgia, (5) Con-
necticut, (6) Massachusetts,, CD
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

Although there is much legend and
uncertainty about the facts of St.
Patrick, great Irish bishop and re-
ligious organizer, there was little un-
certainty about the fact that Bluff
ton experienced the coldest st. Pat
rick's Day seen here in years, Mon
day.
There is probably no other great
saint about whom SO much uncer-
tainty exists. It is not even known
whether March II is the date of his
death or the date of his birth, tho
it is sometimes said to be both.
According to the best authorities
Patrick was born about A. D. 1856.
His talents as an organizer were
soon Developed and in a short time
he understood how to adapt the sup
erstitions and the pagan rites which
he found to teaching of the church.
His work in Ireland may be sum-
med up by saying that he founded
365 churches and established numer-
Gus schools and colleges and con-
tributed much to civilizing the peo-
pie.
The most popular Of the legends
regarding st. Patrick is that which
gives him credit for driving all the
snakes and similar vermin out of
Ireland. The story as current today
is told in one of the most popular
of Irish songs, from which the fol-
lowing is an extract:
There's not a mile in Ireland's isle
where the dirty vermin musters
Where'er he put his dear forefoot
he murdered them in clusters.
The toads went hop, the frogs went
flop, slap dash into the water,
And the beasts committed suicide to
save themselves from slaughter" 4"
1t seems that st. Patrick, wher-
ever he went, was always preceded
by a drum. One time when going
up hill to preach sermon that
was to finish the snakes, the drum
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Three Hundred Varieties Or Trees And
Shrubs To Be Planted At Arboretum Here

Students and faculty members of
Bluffton college will participate this
spring in the planting of an arbore-
tum to be situated on a three-acre
plot behind Science Hall. Plans for
the project are well under way at
the present time, with Miss Alta
Schrock, acting professor of biology,
chairman, and Professor H. w.
Berky and ]. H. Loganbill serving
on the committee.
Three hundred varieties of trees
and shrubs will be planted. Most
of these will be specie native to the
United States; however, a few for
eign trees of special interest will
also be included.
One section of the arboretum will
be typical of the Appalachian Noun
tains. Another part will be repre-
sentative of the northern and
western conifers. Native shrubbery
and threaded by-paths will border
this section. Planted in the largest
area will be common deciduous for
est trees of the middle states.
Thorns and other bird foods will
be planted on the extreme back
border, which will be nearest the
college orchard. The abandoned
faculty garden will become grow
ing bed for seedlings, including
many blight resistent chestnuts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Triplets Are Born To
Two BlufftOn Goats
Over Past Week End

OK baby goats less than
- week old being sheltered in
the barn of DIR. Gordon Bixel,
Bluffton optometrist, on Spring
street are proving an unusual
attraction to children of the
neighborhood.
The sextette consists of two
sets of triplets born to to two
goats, belonging to Gordon, Jr.,
Betty and David Bixel, children
of DIR. and Mrs. Bixel.
The goats are purebred Saan-
ems and are kept for milk pro-
duction, giving from ten to
twelve quarts daily.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
College Senior Goes
To u. S. Air Corps

Albert Naum, Bluffton college SEN
ior from Lima, will take up duties in
the United States Army Air Corps
and left the campus for his pre-
paratory training Wednesday.
Naum will spend the coming
three months in preliminary train
ing at the Spartan Air College,
Muscogee, Oklahoma. From there
he will go to Randolph Field in
Texas for five month period of
more intensive actual army air
training. After that he will be a
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

full fledged member of the Army
Air Corps and will remain in that
capacity for a period of three years,
holding the commission of Second
Lieutenant in the u. S. Air Corps.
Two other Bluffton seniors, La
Moyne Lingrel and Elmer Ramga,
are also planning to enter the air
service. Lingrel has been definitely
accepted and will leave sometime in
May while Ramga has yet to take
his physical exam before being ac-
cepted for training. Lingrel, due to
preliminary training in the Reserve
Officers Training Corps is also in
line for a commission.
News Want-Ads Bring Results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Work On Jefferson
Bridge To Start Soon

Work on the jefferson street
bridge on Route 103 will start as
soon as there is break in the
weather, it was stated the forepart
Of the week by Mayor w. A. Howe.
A new floor and steel supporting
stringers will make up the proposed
improvement with equipment for do
ing this already on location. The
job will be done by the state high
way department, it was announced
by the mayor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

Northeastern Ohio and smaller
areas in other parts of the state are
harvesting the 1941 maple syrup
crop. A few years ago about 80 per
cent of Ohio maple syrup went to an
eastern state for resale under that
states label. At present, most of the
Ohio crop is sold on its acknowledged
merit under Buckeye label.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

Seed-borne diseases can be con-
trolled by proper treatments of seed
oats before planting. Thorough
cleaning of the oats will eliminate
weed seeds and waste material. In
structions for seed treatment can be
obtained from any Ohio agricultural
agent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

Rev. A. C. Schultz, professor of
Biblical literature at Bluffton col
lege, has been called to full-time
pastorate at the Ebenezer Mennonite
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-01
Majors on Spree
For Labor DuV

NEW YORK, Sept. /. (UP)-The
major leagues went on their third
big spree of the year today when
every club in the big time partic-
ipated in a Labor Day doubleheader
but of the entire 16 game program,
only four contests merit the un-
divided attention of diamond devo-
tees.
The four games are those IN
which the st. Louis Cardinals, lead
ing the National league b. 002 per-
centage points, play host to the
Pittsburgh Pirates, and the runner
up Dodgers meet the Boston Braves
at Ebbets field.
The Cards defeated the Reds, 63
Sunday while the Dodgers trounced
the Giants, 1876. Bucky Walters and
Joe Beggs combined to hold St
Louis to five hits but the Cards
racked up three runs and enough
TO win in the seventh.
Brooklyn rallied for nine runs
in the last three innings to stop
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-01
PC !
Ro oce
light j
BY UNITED PRESS

With three weeks left in the
Pacific Coast league season, Sac
ramento Monday was down to
A. game lead over Seattle, and
San Diego was only another half
game farther back.
The Solons, fighting to hold their
lead which ran as high as Is games
most of the season, split a double
header with San Diego Sunday.
Seattle took a defeat from Port
land before the rains came. San
Francisco took a pair from Holly
wood to move into fifth place and
Oakland beat Los Angeles twice
to drop the Angels into seventh.
San Diego shut out the league
lenders. 10. in the first game
Pitcher Bill Thomas got his 18th
win of the season. holding Sac
ramento to two hits. The Padres
scored their run in the fifth when
Art Garabaldi. Swede Jensen and
Mel Mazzera singled and Garabaldi
scored when George Detore hit into
a double play with none out. Tony
Freitas allowed San Diego seven
hits in losing. Sacramento won the
nightcap, So, largely on two home
runs by Bob Blattner which were
responsible for three scores.
Portland beat Seattle, 80 in a
game cut short by rain at the sixth
inning. The Beavers had 80
lead in the sixth when Ira Serb
ner doubled and Les Scarsella trip
led but the rally fell short. Port
land scored in the second on Marv
Ovens double and Al Wright's
single, and Ted Norbert added
another score in the sixth with a
homer.
San Francisco beat Hollywood
81 and 3-2. Don TroWer won the
opener IN the seventh with TWO on
base The Seals trailed 81 in the
sixth inning of the nightcap, but
Ferris Fain and Nanny Fernandez
singled and got nome on Brooks
Holders single and a wild throw
to third by first baseman Bill Gray.
Oakland trimmed Los Angeles
Us and 81 to lead the series,
three games to one. Pitcher Henry
Pippen won his own game in the
, 10th inning of the opener when
he singled with the bases loaded
scoring two runs. In the nightcap
Oakland put in four runs in the
first inning on four nits and two
errors.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-01
L. A. PRODUCE
Los ANG BLEs, Aug. so. up

LOS ANGE ELES, Aug. 80. (UP)-
Trading was fair 10 moderate.
Bunched zyegetable-Beets 50-65c,
Carrots 60-75c. Celery root 75-90c
Dixon 60-s0 c. Green onions 400
425. Leeks 1.50-1.75. Mustard 40-6Oc
Parsley 90-1.l0. Radishes 1.20-1.50.
seal Beach go. Spinach 1,10-1 20.
Turnips 1876. Dill 1.20. Mint zoe
Watercress 30-35c.
Squash-White summer local and
San Diego s5-1 .eG. Lompoc lis.
Italian local and San Diego 90-1.00.
Lompoc Pismo and san Luis Obs
po 1.O0-1.15. Yellow crookneck So
TIC. Table queen and cream local
and Oxnard 50-6Oc. Bananal local
pink. IL to u.
Tomatoes-Orange and San Diego
lugs 0G-75c on 4x5, SKIS and 5x6 Co
75c. Oxnard 4x5 1850 5x5 and
5x6 75-1.oo 6x6 5o-75c Stems, san
Diego layer Axe and 5x6 65-s5c
Egg yellow $4,000. Red cherry 40
45c
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-01
Sfeinbeck Flaws
New York Censors

PACIFIC GROVE, Cal, Sept I.
(UP)-New Yorks banning of the
Mexican film. The Forgotten vii
lage." is "a violation of American
good neighbor policy inspired neith-
er by courtesy nor intelligence,
Author John Steinbeck, who helped
make the movie, said today.
The documentary film was made
in a primitive Mexican community
last summer, with Steinbeck acting
as an advisor. It deals with life
among the backward, poverty
stricken group of people somewhat
as his novel, Grapes of Wrath,
portrayed the lives of migratory
laborers in the United States.
This censorship comes at an un-
fortunate time Steinbeck said I'VE
are trying to carry out a good
neighbor policy. So far the motion
picture industry has offered as its
contribution several films highly
insulting to our Latin American
neighbors. In addition, good will
tours of actors have been sent down,
some of who made themselves Sc
obnoxious that one small republic
offered TO declare war on US if we
sent any more good will tours
The New York board of censors
banned the film because of its child
birth sequences.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-01
State League Ends
Season Monday
By UNITED PRESS

The California Glass c baseball
league winds up its first season
Monday with Labor Day doublehead-
ers and everything is settled except
the presidents cup playoffs start
ing Wednesday between the four
leading teams.
Santa Barbara leads by four
games in the second half of the
season with only two to play. Fres-
no, the first half winner and in sec
ond place for the late season, has
the full-season pennant sewed up.
Bakersfield and Anaheim, the third
and fourth teams, join Fresno and
Santa Barbara in the playoffs.
Merced and Stockton, the two
tail-enders, went to Reno for week.
end games, but come back for an
afternoon game at Stockton and
a night game at Merced. Bakers
field plays a double-header at San
ia Barbara Cnd Anaheim plays two
at Fresno.