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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13

Although hearing from her British
pen pal at frequent intervals let
ter received this week by Glenna
Swick, high school freshman living
with her grandmother, Mrs. Amos
Lugibihl near Bluffton, said that no
letter from Bluffton had been re-
ceived at Coventry, England, since
September.
She has been corresponding with
Betty Harris, 15-year-old English
lass, for several years. Recent
newspaper accounts of the sinking of
British mail ships would probably
explain why the letters did not reach
their destination.
The letter contained newspaper
clippings describing the recent visit
of Wendell Willkie, the Republican
presidential candidate. Also con-
tanned in the letter were a half
dozen picture postcards of the Cow
entry business section. Notatioas
made by the English lass on the
back of the cards indicated that very
few of the shops and business houses
pictured in the cards were standing
any more due to the terrific aerial
bombardment to which Coventry had
been subjected.
Almost complete destruction Of a
historic old cathedral is described in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
County Auditor Griffin AucUlOneer
At Sale Of Properties For Taxes

Properties to be auctioned may be
claimed by their present owners up
until the day of sale, but only by
payment of all past-due assessments,
Griffin said.
Clear title to forfeited lands will
be given to each purchaser by the
state; free of any liens which may
have been placed against the pre-
vious owners.
Griffin said he will act as auction
eer for all the sales, thereby saving
the county approximately $50 each
sale day.
A total of $500 delinquencies now
are listed on county tax books, as
compared with GAIT last November,
and $3.50 before the auctions held
in March a year ago, according to
Auditor Griffin. Previous to No
vember, 1889, Allen county's tax de-
linquency amounted to $1,000, ,352.16,
a figure which has been slashed by
half, Griffin reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Was $50 According To Old Document

spelling, geography and English
grammar.
People of the school district having
children in the school were required
by the board in resolution passed in
1852 to furnish one cord of fire wood
for keeping the school building warm.
Anyone not delivering the stated
amount of wood to the school build
ing by the first of November would
be fined SOC, according to the adopted
resolution.
Two more subjects, photography
and singing were added to the curric-
ulum to make a grand total of nine
subjects offered in the one room
school house, an unheard of educa-
tional innovation.
Amustutz Resigns
Mr.. Amstutz continued to serve the
board of education as it's clerk until
1857 when he resigned in protest
against the action of the Allen county
board of education in redistricting
some of the school territory in the
township. Several years previously
the school district was divided be-
tween Allen and Hancock counties.
Other board members of the early
period were: John B, Neuenschwan-
der, Ulrich Amstutz, John Basinger,
John Geiger, John Deeler, Daniel
Neuenschwander, Michael Niswander,
Peter Schmucher and John d. Am
stutz.
Teachers were: Joseph Beutler,
David Rothen, Christian Stauffer,
Christiane Amstutz, John d. Am
stutz, Joseph Weigel, and Godfrey
Sutter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Six Negro Slaves Among Many Items
Listed On Century-Old Sale Notice

so gallons of soft soap and a 60
gallon soap kettle; several oxen
teams; two spinning wheels, 40 gal
Ions of maple syrup, a large loom
three scythes and cradles and six
head of fox hounds.
Tastes of the day in beverages is
indicated by the section, zone 32-
gallon barrel of Johnson Miller
whiskey, seven years old; 20 gallons
of apple brandy and one 40-gallor
copper STILL"
Reason for the sale was explained
by Moss, as follows: Having sold
my farm, I am leaving for Oregon
territory by OK team, and will offer
March l, 1849, all of my personal
property, to witt"
In looking thru old clothing, un-
used for years, Kohler found the
sale notice, and none of the family
has been able to explain how i
came into their possession.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
High Schools In Holland Require
Six Languages, Dutch Lass Writes

Located on the northern coast Of
Holland, that area of the country
has seen little direct effects of the
war. Despite this fact the town Of
Alkman has been required to have
biackouts and residents may ust
only flashlights with blue lights fol
illumination. All of the homes are
required to use black shutters.
The Dutch lass speaks of seeing
frequent war planes overhead, but
for the most part the population re-
mains little perturbed over the war
situation.
Despite the fact that her father
is a well-to-do organ manufacturer
in both Holland and Belgium the
family does not own car. Auto
mobiles are owned only by the very
wealthy and the quantity of them in
America is a source of constant
amazement to the Hollanders as well
as to the rest of the people on the
continent.
Automobiles
Asked to name all of the automo-
biles she has ever seen in Holland
Miss Pels named the following
Buick, Rolls Royce, Citroen, Mer-
cedes-Ben Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge
APPEL, Fiat, Bugatic, Lincoln, Hansa
Olds, WANDERERS, Austin, Chrysler
Auto-union, Studebaker, Hudson ano
Plymouth. The law requires that tc
drive an automobile one must be al
least Is years of age.
American movies are very com.
mon in Holland and Miss Pels stated
that her favorite actress is Deanns
Durbin.
The principal sports enjoyed ar,
canoeing, swimming and horseback
Especially is swimming popular a
there are hundreds of pools through
out the country. In the way O.
competitive sports football and hook
ey are the most common, especial,
among the schools.
/ Many of the letters speak of tn
beautiful tulips most of which ar
grown on a strip of territory benin
! the sand dunes known as "Renne
merland". This same territory ais
has many hyacinths and daffodils
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13

II. P. Zimmerman was Sunday
visitor in the Elmer Long home. Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Cal Herr and son Dale who
was home on furlough from the Air
Corps.
Mrs. Sprague and daughter and
Mrs. Clifford Montgomery and son
were Thursday visitors in the VIM.
Lugibihl home. Mrs. Montgomery
spent Thursday afternoon with her
brother Wayne who is convalescing
in Bluffton hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Zerbe and
son were weekend visitors in the
VIM. Lugibihl home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joy Huber and
daughter and Mrs. Cora Huber were
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Yoakum and family.
Mrs. Adeline Graber called Sun
day evening at the Arthur Phillips
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Winegardner
and family of Harrod called Sunday
evening at the Cora Huber home.
Sunday evening callers of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Huber and son were Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Blosser and children
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes
and jeanne Seigg.
Norval Scoles and daughter Rhea
called Sunday afternoon at the En-
mitt Scoles home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Younkman
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Alton
Younkman and family were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen and
family were Sunday evening visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Pfeifer
and family of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hess and
family were Sunday visitors of Mrs.
Lily Fett and Nellis Huber.
Mrs. Dennis Brauen spent Wednes-
day and Thursday with Mrs. L. C.
Hauenstein.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Lung and
brother called at the Norval Scoles
home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Huber and
son were Sunday afternoon visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Huber and
son.
Edgar Huber spent Sunday after
noon with Dale Huber.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Culture May "Change
Color, Speaker Says

Civilization will not disappear be-
cause of present chaotic world condi-
tions but it may Change it's color"
according to Charles Corwin White
traveller and business executive, who
iectured in the Bluffton College
chapel, Tuesday morning.
Speaking on the theme of 'sTend
to Business, White declared that
unless the white race reverses it's
course the next step will be loss of
world dominance.
Three principal causes of the de-
cline in present world civilization
have been the oppressive cost of
government, weakening effects of
wars and the loss of morality.
Character underlies all construct
i've human relationships and moral
ity is nothing more than the rules
set up so men may live together,
White declared.
American defense should be plan
ned and coordinated as a means to
preserve civilization in this hemis-
phere, but there is grave danger to
US if we become involved in the
present war, it was pointed out in
conclusion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Practical Approach to Educa-
ton Not Popular in HOl-
land as i'm America
Autos Owned by the Wealthy,
Dutch Girl Writes to Bluff
ton High Senior

High school students in Holland
learn six languages, according to a
letter from Miss Bep Pels, II year
old Dutch lass from Alkman, Hol-
land, who has been corresponding
with Harry Turner, Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Turner of Water
street and a member of the senior
class at Bluffton High school.
The languages required in the
high schools of Holland are: Dutch,
French, English, German, Greek and
Latin. The practical functional ap-
proach characteristic of American
education has gained practically no
headway in the lowland country as
indicated by the curriculum subjects
listed. In addition to the languages,
the students take the following
courses: chemistry, physics, mathe-
matics, geography, history and
church history.
Shorter Vacation
Their vacation period is some
what shorter than is the case in
America as the holiday session ex-
tends from July IL to Sept. 5.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
I)Iuil luii LC..xlo w. 4AaaAy..ss,
Destination, British Pen Pal Writes

the missive. The letter stresses
again and again that the morale of
the people is not broken and that
they are carrying on despite the
terrific property destruction.
The bambings came very close to
the home of her grandmother as IN
dicated by huge crater created by
a bomb in the garden at the rear
of the house. The crater measures
so feet across and 20 feet deep.
Several of the houses surrounding
that of her grandmother were COM
pletely burned down with little dam
age done to her house except few
broken windows.
1t is almost impossible to do down
any street in town without seeing
much visible evidence of wars de-
struction. People are still worried
of further raids to come and as a
result Betty and her parents leave
the town every night for the coun-
try in order to enjoy uninterrupted
sleep.
The English lass described a re-
cent acquaintance with an American
boy and was quite surprised at his
accounts of American boys and girls
having dates at such an early age, a
practice generally frowned on in
England
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Lights On Campus? Perish The
ThOt Say Students In Protest

Electric lights and romantic spring
moonlight nights just don't mix, in
the opinion of large portion of the
student body of Bluffton college who
object to a proposal to install lights
on the campus.
Reaction of the student body in
relation to the proposed lighting
project appeared in a survey con-
Quoted by the Witmarsum, college
student publication, which showed
half of those interviewed were
against the measure.
Objections ranged all the way
from claims that it would destroy
the natural beauty of the campus to
the obvious fact that spring is just
around the corner-and moonlight
nights and-well, if you've ever
been to college you know what we
mean.
The proposal to light the cinder
path between Musselman library and
Ropp hall, girls dormitory, was
launched by the college student well
fare committee. Cooperation of the
town was sought by representatives
of the federation of women's clubs
who appeared before the city council
asking that lighting service be pro-
vided by the municipality as a
measure of public safety.
Middle-aged councilmen thought il
good idea and with approaches to
Krehbiel bridge over Riley creek
lighted up, it looked like curtains
for campus romances-until City
Solicitor Francis Durbin spoke up
and said that it couldn't be done.
It's not legal, quoth the solicitor, for
municipality owned plant to fur
nish current free of charge on pri-
vate premises-and that's that, at
least as far as the law is concerned
Of the seven students interviewed
in the newspaper poll, three said
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Holden Assigned
To Langley Field

A. R. Holden, Jr., former Bluffton
youth, recent graduate from the
Air Corps Technical school at Scott
Field, Ill.,, has been assigned to
Langley Field, Virginia, as private,
first class.
Tony Wilson, another former resi-
dent of Bluffton, also is stationed at
the Virginia field.
Holden is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. r. Holden, Sr., formerly of Bluff
ton, who now reside in Toledo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Legion Registration
For Defense Starts

Registration of Bluffton area ex-
servicemen for national defense serv-
ice is proceeding satisfactorily under
auspices of the local American Le-
gion post, Ralph Stearns, command
er, said Tuesday.
Unaffiliated World war veterans
and Legion members are asked to
register in the voluntary nationwide
drive to provide a complete inven-
tory of the assets of the organization
in man-power, experience and special
training that could be made available
to the government, if needed in the
defense of the nation.
Forms in triplicate are used to list
every Legionnaire's capabilities.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Winter This Year
Warmer Than Last

Unless March comes up with an
unpleasant surprise, Bluffton will go
thru the winter of 1940-1941 with
out suffering any sub-zero weather.
Average temperature for the two
months and 13 days of the winter
to date has been 20.16, and the Off
cial recordings of the thermometer
haven't once dropped below the zero
mark.
For the same period ending in
March, 1910, the average tempera-
ture was 1859. This made the aver
age days temperature five degrees
colder last winter.
In 1910, from the first of January
thru the first two weeks of March
there were FIVE days of sub-zero
weather, with the lowest mark 13
degrees below on Jan. 10.
Coldest weather of 1941 was re-
corded February 10 when the mer-
curry dropped to five degrees.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13

Six negro slaves are among other
items listed in a newspaper adver-
tisement for a sale held in Ken
lucky March 1, 1849, which was
found recently in some old clothing
by Waldo Kohler, son of John
Kohler of South Lawn avenue.
The sale, now nearly a century
old. was to be held at the home OF
J. L. Moss, two miles south of Yer.
sailles, Kentucky.
Solicitude for the six negro slaves
is indicated in Moss's declaration
"Will sell all together to the same
party, as will not separate them"
Slaves listed on the bill were "two
men, 35 and so years old; two boys
IL and Is years old; two mulatto
wenches, 40 and 80 years DID,"
Customs long discontinued are
represented in some of the other
items offered for sale. There were
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13

School Board Record of Nearly
Century Ago Kept by
John Amstutz
Patrons of School Required to
Deliver Cord of Wood to
Schoolhouse

Total expenditures for operating
the Riley township school district near
Bluffton in 1843-1844 came to S34.34
according to the record book of the
board, now in possession of Wilhelm
Amstutz, Bluffton Swiss historian
living one mile west of town.
Yellowed by nearly 100 years of
age the record book was kept by John
Amstutz, clerk of the school district
and grandfather of the present owner
of the record. The record begins with
the school year starting September
Is, 1843. Other members of the
school board were Christian Suter and
John Steiner.
The school was large in enrolment
as the records shows "28 males and
32 females making a total of white
youth, go in number between the age
of 4 and Il years."
$50 Annual Wage
The expenditures were itemized
as follows: Teachers salary, $50;
scholars taught out of the district,
$1.78; 10 historys of the Bible, $3.50
making total of S34.24.
Subjects taught We're the tradition
al three Rs, reading, writing and
arithmetic. The yearly enumeration
showed that five of the pupils enrolled
were over 21 years of age and were
required to pay tuition of about two
dollars for the school year.
The school term lasted only three
months which accounts in part for the
small annual salary paid the teachers
in the early days. Instruction started
in December and continued through
February. Several years later the
teacher was voted an increase in pay
by the board which brought his annual
wage up to S36 or $12 per month.
Curriculum Expansion
Several years later also brought an
expansion of the curriculum to include
German in addition to the three RS
The big expansion, however, took
place in 1851 when three more branch
&c of learning were added, namely
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13

0. K, three nay nay and one
straddled the whole issue. Here's
the record:
Disapproval of the project was ex-
pressed in very definite terms by
Bill Burbick, senior from Newton
Falls, who said Definitely no, not
with spring just around the corner.
He admitted, however, that it might
solve the problem of congestion on
the bridge on balmy spring nights.
Julia Culp, senior from Akron,
took positive stand on the matter
and would be in favor of campus
lighting providing that at can be
done artistically".
Afraid that it would be a step to-
wards commercialization, Mary Lou
Poe, sophomore from McComb, op-
poses the lighting plan because she
fears it "would spoil the natural
beauty of the campus.
Leonard Metzker, senior from
Roaring Springs, Pa, favored the
plan because "it would provide
safety for girls who are unfortunate
(, in not having escorts to and from
the library. And he adds, "those
students with romantic inclinations
could walk the long way home".
Approval of the idea was express
sed by Ray Ramseyer, sophomore
from Normal, ILL.,, who said, "many
town people use the path, too, so
think it would be an excellent idea
Straddling the issue, Don Hester
sophomore from Meadows, H., ans
wered "Yes-and no, on rainy
nights-yes and on warm spring
nights-no."
Also opposing the idea from an
artistic point of view is the opinion
of Helen Habegger, freshman from
Berne, Ind, who fears that the
campus has a natural beauty that
would be destroyed by lighting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
NelO Guernsey For
Vern,iLLiOn Herd

Albert Velmillion, of Orange
township, has purchased a young
purebred Guernsey sire, Daisy's Ex-
piorer of Hopewell, a young bull of
Longwater breeding.
The animal was obtained from the
herd of Mark E. Simon, a former
agriculture instructor in Blufton
High school, who now resides on a
farm near Bloomdale.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Rites Are Held For
Sister OF Geo. Shick

Funeral services were held in Lima
last Thursday for Mrs. Emma Eaton
66, sister of George Shick, of Bluff
ton.
Mrs. Eaton died Monday of last
week in Cleveland. In addition to
the Bluffton man, survivors include
two children, of Cleveland; and a
brother, Jacob Shick, of Lafayette.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
BluftOn Youth
Rejected In Draft

Maynard S. Niswander, of Bluff
ton, was one of four Allen county
selectees in the fifth draft call to be
rejected at the army induction sta
ton in Toledo, last Wednesday. Mis-
wander returned to Bluffton on the
same day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13

Eggs are an excellent source of
vitamin A and contain vitamins 3,
D, d, and G. They also are a rich
mine from which the human body
can extract calcium and phosphorus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13

v. r.. Dorrls, rasl.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-09-12
Krajan 2Olety Sc zastTeIiI

2Olety krajan Alfred stou-
raj ma stouralove farme, lezfcf
vychodne cd Verdigre, Sc "a
stfelil z brokovnice We spizfrne
rodinneho obydlf.
Jeho otec Jirf stoural a mat
ka dleli V osudne chvili pred
domem, kdyz nahle z domu "a
slechli dusenou strelnou ranu.
kdyz prlspechali dovnitr, male
IN sveho syna smrteln6 postre-
leneho.
Nebohy mlady muz Sc navra-
til pred nekolika dny re zapad-
nj castl Nebrasky, kde praco-
val PR tam6jsl s~enoseci, a ste
zoval 81 pfi tom, re Sc necfti
dobfe. Zoufaly Gin proved pa
trne V Okamziku nahleho "a
chvatu malomys.nosti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-09-12
cesky policista dostal stipen-
dem ma UNIVERSITY.

Provoznf policista serzant
James Basta byl jmenovan ia
ko jeden z osmi narodn1ch vi
tezG v soutezi O Kemperovo sti-
pendulum v obnosu $1,000 k stu
dim ma universite Northwest
ern v kursu o provozen1 kon-
trole a zabranen1 nest6st1.
Provoznl komisar Blecke pro-
hlasil, re jest velice potesen
mad 1spechem Bastovym, jeli-
koz to- Dude chloubou Cleve-
landu.
Basta byl pTijat do policejnf-
no Department. 10. srpna 1884
g povysen ma serzanta 10. GER
vence 1910. Jest v odd6leni ma
zabranenf nestest1 a v~ysetTuje
nejvaznejsf pT1pady nehod i
zabitf a pripravuje tyto prfpa-
dy pro soud. Jest zenat, 33 ro-
XII starry a bydlf elsie 1926 E.
1873. ulice.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-09-12
Vzdala Sc syna.

V Chicago, Josefa Glynnova.
34leta, zadala, ably il by. vra-
cen 17lety syn, ktereho pred
IS lety dala manzelum Hart
nettovym, pon6vadz jej memo
hla NIT u sebe. Roku 1926 me-
la vynosnou praci, ale nemela
domacnost a tax jej dala Hart
nettovym a odejela do Califor-
ME. Tam pry d~ostala shrouce-
nj nervd a Hartnettovi sli k SOU
du, oznamili, re Glynnova ZEN
rela a zadali, ably $5,362, jez
m6la ulozeny, jim byly dany
ma vychovu syna.
Soudce Sc obratil ma chlapce.
Martina, a tazal Sc jej, jestli 81
pTeje zdstat nyn6jsich pestou
I'd nebO j1t k matce. Hoch pra
vi, re mimo Hartnettovych nj
koho nezna a z1stane u Mich.
Glynnova S tim byla spokojena
pod podmlnkou, kdyz pestouni
nebudou hocha adoptovat a
vrat1 il tech $4,000.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-09-12
Polska LODI zachranila piloty
re Spoi. Staff.

Ctyri americtf letecti pilot,
kteff jeli z Ameriky do Angle,
ably slouzili v kralovskem le-
teckem sboru proti N6mc1m,
nalezli svGj hrob ma dine ocea-
nu, kdyz jejich LODI byla torpe-
dovana ma oceane.
Sedm dalsfch pilotd bylo "a
chraneno polskym valecnym
plavidlem, ktere je vylodilo v
jednom skotskem prfstavu. Diva
z Mich byli DAM do nemocnice.
Tito pilot, jak z Mich jeden
vypravel, byly civilnfmi piloty
We Spoj. Statech. Pc vycviku
pod dozorem Raj byli poslani
do Angle.
Britska admiralita podala
zpravu o nestestf techto anne
rickych letc6 londynskemu vel
vyslanectvf Spoj. StatG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-09-12
Whence latky ceka pry zdraze-
nj O 1909.

Desetiprocentn1 zvyseni cen
vlnenych odevG pro muze Sc
strany pTedn1ch retezovych di-
tributorG je pry temeT neodvra
lifeline, jak bylo feceno V OBJ
chodn1ch kruzich v New Yor-
ku.
Tovarny ma latky prodaly jiz
mnoho svych vyrobk1 pro pf1-
st1 jarn1 sezonu a nabfdky jsou
nyn1 podavany mnohem poma-
leji, jezto tovarnfci Sc rozmy-
slej1 mad rozsfren1m svych "a
vazk1 ma jarn1 dodavky.
Obchodn1ci nyni vyckavaji
ma vysledky OPACS a ma sch1-
ri poradn1ho sboru odevn1ho
prImyslu, ktera byla svolana
ma pf1st1 tyden, druhy tyden V
mes1ci zaT1.
Take trh sc zbozfm z rayonu,
coz je umela tkanina, je itchy.
Prodavaj1cf agent pravili, re
tovarny jiz neprij1maji zad-
nych novych objednavek. Wy
rizovanl prijmutych objedna-
vek pokracuje We zvysenem
tempu.