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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Button High School Notes

amounts of war stamps and bonds at
the high school will get under way
soon, it was announced by Mrs.
Harriette Luginbuhl, faculty adviser.
A contest will be held in the various
classes and home rooms starting the
first of the year. Ray Luginbuhl
and Anne McGinnis, who have been
operating the school war stamp
booth, will retire from that service
at the end of the year. Don Augs-
burger and Earl Dean Luginbuhl
will take over the management of
the sales at the school after that
time.
Vacation at Bluffton High school
will start after the presentation of
the play, Christmas in Coventry"
Thursday afternoon. Because of the
sickness of P. w. Stauffer the play
will be directed by Beverly Biery.
Members of the cast are: Bar
bara Jean Triplett, Calvin Dudgeon
Floyd Herr, David Smucker, Earl
Luginbuhl, Robert Pannabecker, Bill
Mericle, Robert Oberly, Mary Jane
Worthington, Eileen Moser, James
Stonehill, Ralph Althaus, John
Schmidt, Florence Hofer, Raymond
Schumacher, Roberta Wenger, Her.
bert Conrad, Dorothy Anderson
Alice Oyer.
Students at the high school vii
have a little shorter vacation thar
usual. When the 25th comes more
towards the first of the week severa
days are added to the vacation
period. Glasses will be resumed OF
Monday morning, Jan. 4.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Ancient English and Roman
Influences are Discerned
In Festivities
Puritans of New England
Frowned on Merriment With
Yuletide Holiday

Altho Christmas is usually thot OF
as a celebration of deep religious
significance, this best loved holiday
of Christianity is characterized by a
curious blending of religious and an
cient pagan customs.
Holly and mistletoe, linked for
centuries with the observance of
Yuletide, are survivals of the an
cient worship of the Druids in Eng
land.
Christmas carols, the singing OF
which are still popular in Bluffton
can be linked with the hymns of the
Saturnalia, a pagan Roman holiday
The Yuletide banquet itself is remin-
iscent of the feasts accorded to an
cient gods and goddesses.
PAGAN CUSTOMS
When the early Christian church
inaugurated the celebration o.
!Christ's birthday, many pagan Gus
toms were incorporated to assur'
that the observance would becom
popular with the laity.
In time these customs became &C
cepted as part of Christianity
most popular festival. The religion
aspect of the season retains all o
its Significance in the modern observ
ance with many of the pagan Gus
toms adding to the attendant gaiet
of the season.
At first the church had a har
task with the pagan features of tn
christmas celebration. Though
aimed only to retain the paga
forms, it found 1t could not restrai
the pagan spirit, AS a consequent
many of the early Christmas ceiebr'
tions turned out to be wild revels
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Announce Wedding
OF Paul KieUer

Announcement has been made of
the wedding of Paul Kliewer and
Miss Mavis Fairbanks, both of Chi
cago. The bride is the son of Rev.
and Mrs. P. A. Kliewer of Albany,
Oregon, formerly of Bluffton. The
kliewer family resided here several
years ago when Rev. Kliewer was
pastor of the Ebenezer Mennonite
church.
The wedding took place in Elgin,
H., Saturday, December 5, at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. c. Z. Kiels-
meier, the latter being a sister of
the bridegroom.
They will reside in Chicago where
the bride is a registered nurse in a
hospital and Mr.. Kliewer a student
in Western Medical school of that
city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24

Rev, John Esau, local evangelist,
addressed students and faculty peo-
pie Friday morning, during the
regular chapel hour.
*
Rev. Gerald d. Bright, pastor of
the Bluffton Church of Christ, adj
dressed members of the College
Peace Club and Gospel teams at
their joint Christmas meeting, Thurs
day evening. He spoke concerning
"The House of Christmas"
Students and faculty people held
their annual formal Christmas ban
quet, Tuesday evening, in the Ropp
hall dining room. Following the
banquet, two one-act plays were
presented by the college Thespian
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Traditional Christmas Customs Are
Blend OF Religious And Pagan Kites

which obscenity, drunkenness, bias
phemey and license ran rampant.
START IN ENGLAND
Merry old England, however, was
the soil in which Christmas took its
firmest root. In ancient days Christ
mas was not confined to single day.
1t had its preliminary novena which
began December 16 and ended on
January or Twelfth Night.
1t was a democratic festival with
all classes mixing in its merrymak-
ing. Hospitality was universal with
the landowners opening their houses
to the tenants and the neighbors.
The ale was broached, blackjacks,
| Cheshire cheese, toast, sugar and
nutmeg going plentifully around.
PURITANIsM
With the rise of Puritanism, Christ
mas took on much more sombre
tone and the very existence of the
institution was threatened. Even the
harmless good cheer of the season
was looked upon as pagan.
The anti-Christmas feeling of the
Puritans was brought over to this
country on the Mayfower. Governor
Bradford in 1921 issued a stern re-
buke to young men who played
games on Christmas day as follows
"On We day called Christmas day
ye Gov 4. +. found them in ye street!
at play, openly, some pitching "
barr, and some at solleball and lik'
! sports. So he went to them and tool
: away their implements, and toult
them that it was against his con
: science that they should play ant
! others worke."
8 In England parliamentary stat
ute actually abolished Christmas Gel
: ebrations in 1643 and a number o
: colonies brought about the restora
Y ton of the English Christmas an
the colonies also repealed the ordin
| ances abolishing Christmas, some 2
e years later.
It From this time on Christmas be
n came firmly established in the war
n and woof of behavior both in Eng
e land and in this country and toda
l. it continues to be Americas love
n holiday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Funeral Services
For Joel AnaSssliz

Funeral services for Joel Amstutz,
63, of Columbus Grove, were held at
the Ebenezer Mennonite church,
west of town, Monday afternoon
Death came Thursday night at 8
o'clock following an illness of one
year.
He was born March 16, 1879, in
Allen county, the son of Abraham
and Anna Amstutz. He was mar
ried to Caroline Diller who survives
with five children, Kathryn and Paul
of Bluffton; Odula and Leland at
home and Mrs. Esther Penza of
Cleveland. A son, Ray, is deceased
Rev. A. c. Schultz, pastor, officiat-
ed at the services. Burial was in
the Ebenezer cemetery.
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So, BIuffton College Notes

society in the Ramseyer chapel, 1.-The
Rose Garden" and II Am A Jew.
Christmas recess will be observed
at the college from Wednesday,
December %, through Monday, Jan.
4. Glasses will be resumed at 8
a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 5.
Professor H. w. Berky, instructor
in chemistry who was confined to
his home for several weeks because
of illness, has now resumed his
teaching duties.
Paul Stauffer, instructor in speech
at the college, underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis at the Bluffton
Community hospital last week. He
is making a normal recovery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24

An all-schooI Christmas party, to
which students of the upper four
grades have been invited, will be
held in the high school gymnasium
this Wednesday night at 7:3O
o'clock. The gym will be decorated
in appropriate Christmas decora-
tions. A program has been arranged
after which dancing will be enjoyed
to the music of seven piece
orchestra. For those who do not
care to dance games will be pro-
vided in the cafeteria.
After the dancing and games, re-
freshments will be served by the
irl-Reserves and the Home Econo-
mics Reserves. Arrangements for
the affair were made by student
committee of representatives from
the various organizations. These
were: Barbara Jean Triplett, Mary
Ellen Luginbuhl, James Gratz, Ralph
Althaus, John Dunbar, Ellen Bas-
niger.
Members of the sociology class
visited the Lima State hospital Mon
day afternoon as follows: Dorothy
Anderson, Ellen Basinger, Harriet
Fett, Dorothy Jennings, Eileen
Moser, Alice Oyer, Barbara Triplett,
Mary J. Worthington, Ralph Alt
haus, Herbert Conrad, Calvin Dudg-
con, Raymond Schumacher, Richard
Klay, Denard Loganbill, Robert
Pannabecker, Kenneth Reichenbach,
John Schmidt, James Stonehill, Ken
meth Winkler, James Gratz.
A drive for the purchase of larger
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Grand, Petit Jury
Panels Selected

Grand and petit jurors have been
drawn in the Allen County Common
Pleas Court.
The following names from the
Bluffton district were selected to
serve at the next grand jury selec-
ton: Vernon Yoakam, Dale David
son, Bluffton; C. C. Arnold, La
fayette.
The names of the Bluffton district
petit jurors who will be summoned
IL at a time when the occasion
arises, are: Oliver Locher, Gladys
Bracy, Ruth Burcky, Bluffton; Jen-
ME Roberts, Harry Patterson, Pau
Craig, Irene Boyd, Lafayette; j. E
Bowers, Beaverdam.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Annual Business
Meeting

The annual business meeting of
the policy-holders of The Mennonite
Mutual Aid Society of Putnam, AL
len and Hancock Counties, Ohio, will
be held in the school building at
Pandora, Ohio, on Saturday, Janu-
airy 8, 1943, at 900 o'clock P. M.
for the purpose of electing directors,
and transaction of any business that
may properly come before the meet
ing. All members are requested to
be present.
81 Albert Winkler, Secretary
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24

duction of all the postage stamps
used in the United States"
The books are printed on special
paper which will "prove a real head
ache for anyone foolish enough to
try to counterfeit ration books" the
OPA warned
Eighteen printing firms in the
country have handled the large job,
two of which are in Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Pirates Make 1t Four In Row,
Crushing Ada By AZ TO 81 Score


20 points to take a commanding 81
to 28 lead.
In the closing stanza, the Swank-
men tailed only 10 additional points,
but their defense was working al
most perfectly, holding the visitors
to only three.
Four Bluffton cagers played major
roles in the scoring assault against
Ada. Neil Schmidt had 15 points
Fred Hermann tailed Il, and Jim
Gratz and Bob Burkholder each got
seven.
Tressel, Ada's star point-getter,
despite Buttons close-checking de-
tense, managed to get Is points for
his team.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Resume EnListmenfs
In Navy And Marines

Enlistments in the Navy and Ma
rine corps were resumed last week
thruout the nation for men in the
draft age brackets of 18 thru 81,
under the name of voluntary induc-
tions.
This form of enlistment will be
permitted until Feb. /, or until such
time thereafter as the War Man
power Board, reaches an agreement
on how men will be allotted by draft
boads to the various services,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24
Notice

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Trustees of Orange town
ship, Hancock County, Ohio, win
meet on Tuesday, December 29th,
1912, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. at the
Township House for the purpose of
making their annual settlement.
Any outstanding bills against the
township should be presented to the
clerk or any board member before
that time.
Nell Long, Twp. Clerk
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24

In a last-half scoring rush that
netted 30 points, Bluffton Highs un-
defeated cagers romped over
strong Ada quintet, At to 81, to rack
up their fourth successive win of the
season, last Friday night on the 10
cal court.
The visiting Ada outfit battled the
Pirates on even terms during the
first two quarters. At the close of
the first period the count was knot
ted at Gall, and Bluffton's edge at
halftime was only one point, 17-16.
1t was in the third quarter that
Bluffton's scoring prowess clinched
the decision. In the eight-minute
period the Pirates racked up exactly
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24

Ohio will need to double the 1912
All club enrolment figures to meet
the request for juvenile aid in food
production.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-24

Buttons reserves also remained
undefeated by besting Ada seconds,
33 to Is. They led all the way to
gain the decision; to 2, Ia to Z,
and 26 to 10 at the quarters.
Summary of the varsity game:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02

Plans for an active summer pro-
gram of entertainment has been
announced by the Rockville Rec
reation Council. At meeting
held on Sunday, June 20, details
of the program were discussed
and decided upon. The groups
recognition of changed conditions
under our war economy is definite
lyly implied in the plans as an
nouuced by DIR. William Welsh,
president of the council.
While not complete these plans
indicate an appreciation on the
part Of the committee of the
problem Of providing varied pro-
gram of activities which will ap-
peal as well to the oldsters and
the youngsters. The backbone
of the summer program is the OPP
Grafton of a play center at the
Rockville Elementary School un-
der the direction of Arthur SOM
ervell. The oldsters will be lin
tied mostly to after-work hours
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02

but recreation which can be in
dulged in at a minimum cost in
money, gas and tires is being
mapped out. The program con-
sists of horseshoe pitching, bad
minton, chess, code practice, radio
theory classes, community sing
ing and weekly dances. Other pro-
jects are being worked out SO that
the whole program should offer
something to satisfy persons of
widely different interests and tai
ents.
The Recreation Council has
found many persons and organiza-
tons willing to help with the por-
gram. The Inquiry Club, of Rock
vile, is sponsoring the community
singing which will be held on the
courthouse lawn on July 10. Miss
Lucille Johnson has charge of this
event. The Rockville Volunteer
Firemen's Association is planning
to sponsor presentation of the
comic operetta "Trial by Jury.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02
County Farmers
Will Share I'm So.
States Dividend
More Than A Million Dol
lars To Be Distributed By
Cooperative

Farmer-members of Southern
State Cooperative in Montgomery
county will share in the more than
a million dollars which the board
of directors of the organization has
set aside for distribution this sum-
mer to its members in Maryland,
Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia
and North Carolina for the fiscal
year ended June 80, w. G. Wysor,
Richmond, Va, general manager
Of the cooperative announced yes
;erday.
Of this amount, $919,OOO repre-
sents the $40 ton on mixed fer
tilizers and 3.8 per cent patronage
re- und on all other farm supplies.
The balance of 100000 is the 6
per cent dividend on outstanding
capital stock. The cooperative's
volume for the year ending June
80 is in excess of $28,OOO,O0O. Ad-
dition to reserve funds for after
war decline in inventory values,
for working capital, and for self
insurance total $338,O00.
Besides the dividends declared
by Southern States Cooperative, a
dividend of 6 per cent has been de-
clared by the board of directors of
Southern States Gaithersburg Ser
vice on it's capital stock, according
to E. B. Lipford, manager of the
service which has a membership
Of 396. Volume for the year just
ended was approximately Sill, 900.
The board of directors for the
Gaithersburg Service is composed
of Allie Messer, president, and Nc
Kendree Walker, Edwin D. Fry. J..
Raymond Kemp, L. r. Sabine. and
C. M. King, Gaithersburg; Thomas
c. Darby, Germantown.
Southern States Gaithersburg
Petroleum Cooperative will pay a
6 per cent dividend on its capiatl
stock and per cent patronage
refund, William p. Mauck, man
ager of this organization which has
267 members, has announced.
Members of the petroleum CO.
operatives board was w. Ray
Smith, Mount Airy, president;
Charles Boyer, Germantown; M. B.
Warield, Gaithersburg; Guy F.
Allnutt, Seneca; C. F. Claggett,
Rockville; T. B. Kicker, Greenbelt;
Austin T. Powell, Brookeville.
Patronage dividends" Mr.. wv
sor stated, "are of no significance
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02
Eight ColOred Men
Indicted On June Is

The first colored registrants to
be drafted from Rockville, since
last November were indicted into
Army at Baltimore, June 25th.
Eight men, including six volun-
teers under the draft age, were
in the group.
They were as follows: Howard
Sylvester Cant, Derwood; Charles
Mcpherson, Dickerson; George
lSewell, Rockville; Charles Wes-
ley Moore, Clarksburg; Thomas
Jerome Webster, Derwood; James
Edward CLANCY, Clarksburg;
Ralph Carter Dove, Washington,
D. c.; William G. Campbell,
Gaithersburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02

Courtesy of The Washington Post.
The play will be given under the
direction of Rev. Raymond Black,
of Christ Episcopal Church.
For the youngsters the program
thus far includes outdoor games,
story telling, library hours, sing
ing, dancing, swimming, picnics
and bicycle hikes, On Monday
Mrs. Randolph Talbot chaperoned
a group of boys and girls IA to
II years old) to Glen, the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. MINER HOstetler
where they had picnic lunch and
went swimming.
On July IA trip to Glen Echo
for boys and girls over IL years
old will be made under the sup
ervision of Mr.. Somervell. Those
interested in going on this trip
should contact Mr.. Somervell well
in advance Of the date.
The Social Activities Committee
is composed of Mrs. Hazel Beall,
chairman; Mrs. Owings England
and Mrs. Olivia K. Sims.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02
Sugar Rationing
Changes Listed
By Local Board

Continued frodm Page y
Thus, an application by such users
may now be made for July, August
and September instead of for two
months.
Local boards also may permit
such applications to be made after
the specified time, that is, in the
present instance, after July 8, but
in such cases boards must deduct
the proportion of the allotment
which is allocable to the expired
time.
Other changes in the sugar ra-
tioning regulations permit signing
of applications for allotments by
agents of owners of registering
units, provided that the owner
files written authorizations with
the local board; and also permit
applications to be mailed to the
Office of the local board.
Sugar retailers who had excess
inventory at the time of register
ing must report ct the board the
amount of sugar in excess so that
stamps for this amount may be
cancelled.
Any person who has never regis
tered for sugar must present him
self in person or designate in
writing an agent who will appear
in person before the Commodity
Rationing Board in the Rockville
Court house to secure sugar ra-
tioning cards. In the case of
newborn baby, an adult member
of the family must apply in per-
son for the baby's ration card. If
a sugar ration card is lost, the
Commodity Rationing Board must
be notified in writing and the
holder must wait so days for a
new book. No provision is made
for issuing sugar during the 60
day period.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02
Byron w. Thompson
Receives Commission

Announcement has been made
that Byron w. Thompson has been
commissioned a Second Lieuten-
ant in the United States Army.
1t. Thompson is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Thompson of
PoOlesville and ne formerly prac-
ticed law in Rockville. He is at
the present spending furlOugh at
his home in Poolesville, after
which time he will leave for Utah
where he is stationed for duty
VITA the Army Air Force.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02
Leadership Course
Offered To League
OF Women Voters

Mrs. Harvey C. Mansfield, of
Chevy Chase, is the new chairman
of the Citizens Information
Service of the Montgomery Coun-
ty League of Women Voters. She
takes the place of Mrs. Bernard
Oliver. Mrs. Mansfield recently
came from New Haven, where
she was active in League work.
The new chairman of the Speak
ers' Bureau of the Citizens In
formation Service is Mrs. A. B.
Hermann, Chevy Chase. She
takes the place of Mrs. Dean Din
woody who recently became Pres
ident Of the County League. Plans
are becoming definite for some of
the members to take the one-day
course in group leadership.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02
Potomac Farmer
Buys Angus Cows

George P. Plummer, Of ne
Potomac has joined the ranks ]
Maryland farmers adding beef cat
tie to their farms. Recently he\
purchased six Angus cows from
William H. Trail, also Of Rock
vile.
The Baltimore region is becom-
ing one of the beef cattle centers
of the Eastern Coast, and it is at
Timonium, near Baltimore, that
the Aberdeen-Angus breed viii
hold its second great national show
after the war.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02
w. E. Murphy Will
Is Probated At Rockville

Under the will of William E.
Murphy of Etchison, admitted to
probate in Orphans Court, at
Rockville this week his nephew
and sisters, George Kohlenburg
Beulah Davis and Julia Smith,
each receive $1,000 and the residue
of the estate goes to another
sister, Martha Rae, who is named
executrix. The value of the estate
was not given.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02
Prescott Reappointed
To Assessments Board

William H. Prescott, of Chevy
Chase, has been reappointed a
member of the board of assess
ments. The term is for six years
and carries a salary of $4,000. Mr..
Prescott's new term began on
July 1st.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02
Vesper Services At
Washington Grove

The Washington Grove Christ
ian Fellowship will hold Sunday
Evening Vesper Services on the
Washington Grove Methodist
Church lawn beginning on July 5,
and continuing through August 30.
These services will be held and
conducted by prominent local min
listers and laymen of nearby Mont
gomery County and Washington,
d. C. The services will start
promptly at $50 P. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-02

Grove, Md. : sponsored by W. S.
c. S. beginning at P. M.
July 4-Dance-St. Marks Parish
Hall, Fairland-9-12.
July THE All girls of Colesville
will entertain their friends at
the home of Marjorie Thompson
at s o'clock.
July 1918 - Rockville Volunteer
Fire Department Carnival.
July 18-Fried Chicken and Coun-
try Ham Supper, Mt. Carmel
Church-Sunshine-5 to P. M.
July 23-Annual Fried Chicken
Supper, Burtonsville Methodist
church, sponsored by W.S.C.S..
5 to $3.50 P. M.
July 25-Fried Chicken and Coun-
try Ham Supper - Methodist
Church, Etchison-sponsored by
W.S.C.S.-4-8 P. M.
July 28-Annual supper for bene-
fit Montgomery County General
Hospital Sandy Spring High
School 400 to $500 P. M.
July 80 = Montgomery County
Pomona Grange No. /, German
towns P. M.
August 6--Annual Fried Chicken
Supper and Lawn Party st.
Marks Protestant Episcopal
Church : Falkland to 7:3O
P. M. Sponsored by st. Marks
Guild.
August 15-Liberty Grove Picnic
and Tournament at Burtonsville.